Kayla is live at the 2017 ideas festival in san francisco, and joining us also at one market, brett taylor, a cocreator of google maps, and from palo alto, good morning to everyone. Jeff sessions in the hot seat on capitol hill facing the Senate Judiciary committee on day one. John harwood is in washington watching that. Were now past the Opening Statements and into the questioning of Jeff Sessions under a question from dianne feinstein, the veteran democratic from california. Jeff sessions just said that legalizing abortion four years ago was wrong. He says he respects the law of the land and that is the law of the land. The most prominent charge is the one that sunk his nomination in 1986 to be a federal judge under ronald reagan, and that is that he harbored racial animous. I was accused in 1996 of failing to protect the Voting Rights of africanamericans. And of condemning civil rights advocates and organizations and even harboring, amazingly, sympathies for the k. K. K. , these are
How are people in gernville dealing with this . Right over my shoulder. Our photographer is going to show you these two women are having to walk to their house after the grocery store. This is their walk through the front door, through the water. Thankfully they had their rubber boots and said they were prepared. Coming up later, were going to show you what some of the Russian River keepers are doing to keep the river clean and free of debris. Theres a lot out there right now. And it continues to stay pretty full. Thats the latest here in gernville, juliet goodrich. Storms took down this old tree in yonkville. Its been blocking the roadways for drivers since last night. Crews are working to get the tree out of the way and clean it up. But there have been a few mud slides. By letting down tarps and sandbags theyre trying to clean that up as well. A storm caused a major leak in the citys systems. So people are being asked to conserve. In Santa Clara County some roads are still closed ton
And one more day where tam and karen and i watch david shiver outside in the morning. I like it. Bone chilling cold out here on the terrace but we got an issue tonight and well start with. That theres a Winter Weather advisory thats been posted for northern suburbs including northern bucks and Montgomery County. Berks county, the Lehigh Valley, all the way up through the poconos and beyond. This kicks in at 6 oclock tonight and doesnt expire in some Northern Areas until as late as 2 00 a. M. And the issue is some light snow but also some freezing rain and thats about the worst kind of winter precipitation we can have whether youre a pedestrian or a driver. If you see something starting to fall, even if it looks like rain later this evening or later tonight, up in those Northern Areas, slow it down because very likely we are looking at freezing rain on the surface. Cloud cover getting thicker out to the west. Might squeeze out some early sunshine today but the clouds generally get thick
Moments ago, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer playing coy with President Trump tomorrow on tax reform saying only hes got a great plan for you to see and that the president plans to do everything he can to make america more competitive. Capitol hill in the last 15 minutes, were Hearing Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell sounded optimistic about reaching an agreement on funding the government to avoid a shutdown saying hopefully well have something in the next couple of days. Folks, its midnight on friday night, so, yeah. Three days left. While minority leader senator Chuck Schumer is saying americans should breathe a huge sigh of rief now that the wall does off the table. President trump leading with his brandnew secretary of agriculture, sunny purdue at this hour, and hes bringing along farmers to the white house. First time farmers have been invited inside the oval office in the white house since ronald reagan. A breadbasket lake a trade deal with canada. Were going to bri
Has officially begun talks for the fight against the zika virus. But lawmakers left town for the memorial day recess with no progress toward a compromise. Michigan Governor Rick Snyder is looking to stop administrative investigations into how two state agencies handled flints Drinking Water crisis. The move by Governor Snyder follows warnings the investigations could hurt state and federal inquiries. Russia is including Maria Sharapova on its preliminary team for the summer olympics in rio, despite her provisional suspension for failing a drug test earlier this year. Global news 24 hours a day, powered by our 2,400 journalists in more than 150 news bureaus around the world from the bloomberg newsroom, im mark crumpton. Bloomberg west is next. Emily im emily chang, this is bloomberg west. Coming up google dodges a 9 , million bullet. A jury verdict wipes out the oracle claim. Biggest ride hailer, ft andhic alliance with ly others to take on uber. And the journalist who wrote the origina