Announcement. Think of it like this, start of a Police Investigation where they think a crime may have been committed. Law order, two separate but important groups. House decide to impeach as if indicting someone, now senate will hold a trial and 2 3 have to find president guilty. Begins with a committee talking to the whistleblower who reported the call, anyone else who has information and possibly the president himself. If the Committee Approves the article of impeachment, full house votes when to impeach and sends to the senate. Its a long process. A year away from the 2020 election for which theres going to be a lot of time, money and effort dedicated to that. Very well may be even if house decides to impeach wont be cadd one way or the other. Reminded us never before removed a sitting president. Richard nixon resigned when it was all but certain. Andrew johnson after the civil war and bill clinton because of Monica Lewinski were impeached, neither removed. Seems like Speaker Pelos
Thats about 274,000 customers in the bay area in all 34 counties are parts of those Central California will be affected. The begin at midnight in many of these locations and will be completed in waves. Joining us on the phone now is Contra Costa County Fire Protection district spokesperson, steve hill and steve understand you have some on good news for people in Contra Costa County were talking about the starting at midnight, but that may not be the case there. Thats right and we just learned in the last hour and to our shut off have been delayed and some about noon tomorrow. And may have the effect about of course is that they occur in Daylight Hours as that the middle the night which is good of course this unprecedented as all of the bay area counties are trying to get prepared. How do you prepare for Something Like this when youre talking about not only. Staf in your county but also for the people who will be meeting who may need assistance. And weve been back good fortune of being
Call for president of ukraine to investigate joe biden. First expressing disbelief and calling it witch hunt and president ial harassment. House minority leader later at the capital. This election is over, i realize 2016 did not turn out way Speaker Pelosi wanted it to happen. She cannot change the laws of this congress, unilaterally decide for impeachment inquiry. Should mention 2 3 of House Democrats say its time to impeach and President Trump says he will release the transcript of the phone call with ukraines president. More on the response tonight on abc7 news at 6 00. Dion lim, abc7 news. Within the last hour the White House Press Office Issued a statement slamming House Democrats. Reads in part attacks are partisan and pathetic and dereliction of constitutional duty. Also says the Trump Administration will be vigorous with the facts and standing up for the men and women who elected him. Sent out alert of this breaking news at 2 14 on the mobile app this afternoon. One way to stay
Per hour. We do anticipate these winds ramping up late tonight. We have that red flag warning for the north bay mountains and east bay hills. The winds are gusting 30 to 40 miles per hour. Lasting until 11 00 a. M. Tomorrow. Humidity is dry in spots. Any fires can easily start and spread. Look at those numbers. It is a hot evening across the entire bay area. 82 in the city. Its 87 in oakland and cloverdale is 102 degrees. We have that heat advisory that expires at 7 00 p. M. Tonight and another advisory begins tomorrow at 11 00 a. M. We are not done with the heat. We will show you when well find cooler weather and the fog returning in a few minutes. Thank you. In San Francisco city pools will be open for free , the second day in a row because of this hot weather. Normally scheduled activities will continue as usual. One lane will be kept open. Three cities have opened cooling centers because of the hot temperatures and theyll be open again tomorrow. Pg e may still shut off the power to
President. The call is at the center of an official impeachment inquiry. Inez has more. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Nancy pelosi has been on the fence for months but is now making her move as more than twothirds of House Democrats say its time to impeachment. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announcing the First Step Towards impeachment. The actions of the Trump Presidency revealed dishonorable fact of the president s betrayal of his oath of office, betrayal of our national security, and betrayal of the integrity of our elections. Reporter the historic move comes after President Trump acknowledged that he asked ukrainian president zelensky to investigate joe biden and his son hunter, just days before that phone call trump ordered his chief of staff to freeze 0 400 million in foreign aid to ukraine. This is about the president abusing his office in seeking political dirt about an election thats upcoming. Reporter trump says there was no quid pro quo. Reporter trump authorized the tra