Ready to bring up the word impeachment just yet. pam grant lodes is here in studio tracking the latest in this fast developing story. Grant . grant the New York Times broke the story. The wall street journal, cnn and others are now corroborating it. And the allegation is explosive. Sending shockwaves through the political world and beyond. Tonight the white house says. Comeys account. Is wrong. Sources close to former fbi director james comey say comey wrote a memo following a one on one conversation with President Trump. In which the president asked him to end the investigation into National Security adviser Michael Flynn the president reportedly telling the former director quote, i hope you can let this go. Sources saying comey was so appalled by the request. He wanted to document it. The white house adamently denying the report in a statement reading while the president has repeatedly expressed his view that general flynn is a decent man who served and protected our country, the pre
Across the Central Coast through early this morning. Breezy onshore flow will persist today along with clearing skies. A more robust warming trend will take place through late week and into the upcoming weekend as High Pressure builds along the coast. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. james our top story this morning. Comes out of the south bay. A severe stomach flu outbreak in schools across Santa Clara County has made hundreds of students sick. Kron4s jr stone visited one of the hardest hit schools where 88 children have fallen sick in the last two weeks. San jose workers scrubbing down classrooms just as quickly as they can in an effort to sterilize Hacienda Elementary School. Dozens of students have gotten sick here in the last two weeks. That means spraying a bleach solution on just about everything in site. Sot cafeterias play structures bathrooms anywhere where kids are going to be con
Im kendis gibson. Aim Adrienne Bankert in for diane macedo. That special election in georgia, the republican candidate celebrating after the most expensive congressional race ever. Take a look. There she is, karen handel defeating democrat jon ossoff. The 30yearold for a seat held by her party for decades. Fending off what would have been a political upset that would have rattled congress and, of course, the white house. Abcs janai norman has the latest from washington where the president was actually already offering congratulations overnight. Good morning, janai. Reporter kendis and adrienne, good morning to you. It was definitely a hard fought victory for karen handel. She managed to beat out the young democrat and held on tight to that seat held by republicans for nearly four decades. 30yearold jon ossoff had supporters across the country and hoped to be a breath of fresh air for georgias 6th district. We are going to show those cynics in washington, d. C. Who have been peddling ha
Peninsula. The state department pushing back against claims President Trumps remarks were unaccepted by those outside his immediate team. The United States and some of you may disagree with us, but the United States is on the same page, whether its the white house, the state department, the department of defense, we are speaking with one voice. And the world is in fact speaking with one voice. Reporter meanwhile the communist nation is also releasing a statement of its own pledging to make the u. S. Pay dearly for all the heinous crimes it commits against the state and people of this interest. Whether thats conventional, whether theyre nuclear or whether theyre special forces, the message is very clear, dont test this white house. When asked if he had any advice for those concerned over the increased rhetoric, secretary of state Rex Tillerson said firmly, no, that americans should sleep well tonight and that they should know america will defend itself if needed. Live tonight in washing
Rescue here. Everyone really needs to be focused like a laser beam on their congressional representatives particularly republicans. Reporter the republican proposal would also impact the vast majority of californians who get insurance through their employers. Right now even private insurance has to provide certain benefits. The Affordable Care act currently there are provisions for all sorts of free Preventative Care including contraception and those are at risk. Reporter because california is the land of startups, freelancers and artists, this state would be hit especially hard apply what he calls job lock. Where individuals are worried about leaving their current job even if there might be a better opportunity somewhere else but the Health Insurance somewhere else might not be as good or maybe its a startup that doesnt offer Health Insurance. Another problem for california, dozens of our Health Insurance laws are tied to the individual mandate. If as republicans have proposed the ind