Reporter thousands spent the morning waiting at least an hour to board bart into San Francisco including this rider in west oakland. Its made me about two hours late for work. Reporter just before 7 a. M. , the train headed towards richmond broke down right at the entrance of the transbay tube where one track crosses over to the other. Broke down in the worst possible position, which was an interlocking that we rebuilt last year and so the interlocking itself was in great shape. Unfortunately, the train was not in great shape. Reporter the train blocked all the transbay train traffic into San Francisco. After about 30 minutes, crews pushed the train out of the way. But bart spent a couple of hours working to get trains to catch up to schedule. Yeah, i had a friend who called in today because its too much. Its been too much of a delay to get in. Reporter bart Officials Say the 3. 5 billion bond measure passed in the fall will eventually help fix the problems triggering delays. But for n
Says officers woke woods who had extremely slow and slurred speech. The 41 year old golfer issued a statement, blaming his dui arrest on prescription medicine, said, quote, i want the public to know that alcohol was not involved. I didnt realize the mix of medications had affected me so strongly. Police say he failed a roadside sobriety test and took him to jail but they confirm no alcohol in his system. His life had been chaotic, and difficult, i think, for several years. Woods was once the worlds greatest golfer, winning 14 majors, and 79 career victories on the pga tour, not won major title since 2008. His personal struggles became tabloid in 209 when he crashed his suv into a tree, and revelations of Extramarital Affairs led to his divorce, also undergone four back surgeries. A better note than appears to be happening right now. In his statement woods apologized saying i expect more from myself, too, he ended by saying egg egg do everything in his power to ensure this never happens
This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. 11 00 p. M. Op the east coast live with new developments. President trump claiming today he has been tougher on russia than former president obama and encouraging people to look at the facts. So were going to do just that. Here are just some of the actions president Obamas Administration took against russia. Okay . Here we go. After a prominent kremlin critic who called out russian financial corruption dies in prison, obama signs the act that imposes travel and financial restricting on human rights abusers in response the kremlin halts the american adoption of russian babies. In early 2014, the russians began military operations in ukraine, ultimately taking parts of the country by force. In response, the Obama Administration begins imposing multiple rounds of sanctions over the next two years. The sanctions target russian defense, financial, energy and technology companies. The u. S. Joins allies in suspending russias membership in the g8. The Obama
A guilty plea in the muller probe the 11th hour gets underway. Good evening from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. This is day 397 of the trump administration. News on the mueller front, the Mueller Investigation of russia and a matter involving the president s soninlaw and chief of staff. First off tonight, Robert Mueller has obtained a new guilty plea as he investigates russias interference in the 2016 election. Before today, three people have already admitted their guilt to the special counsel. Former National Security adviser Michael Flynn, former Trump Campaign adviser George Papadopoulos and a california man richard pineto. Now alex van der zwaan, the soninlaw of one of russias wealthiest men has pleaded guilty of lying to the fbi. Well have an explanation of this prong of the story for you just ahead. Today, we also saw the white house answering questions for the First Time Since muellers extraordinarily and extraordinarily detailed indictment of more than a dozen russ
Was. Making sense of the dramatic developments of the white house this week and what they signal moving forward. But we begin with the three big stories were following out of the white house, chief among them nbc news learning what may have prompted President Trump to launch a potential trade war, comments which sent the stock market reeling. President trump was angry and, quote, unglued about simmering issues when he imposed tariffs, catching his white house completely off guard. The Washington Post digging into whether anyone had direct knowledge this announcement was on the mohorizon. Former adviser and billionaire carl icahn dumped millions in steelrelated stocks. And muellers team is looking into whether kushners ties have anything to do with it. And publicing condemning russias actions. When i hear what he was saying just yesterday about the Nuclear Capabilities that he has and then the president of the United States is tweeting about alec baldwin this morning, where is your sens