The whole entire riverbed started taking fire from the high ground. Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news. Im elaine quijano. President trump continues his assault on the process thats led to an impeachment inquiry against him. The president again demanded to know the name of the whistleblower, whose complaint about his controversial call to the leader of ukraine started the whole investigation. Democrats in the house have not called the whistleblower to give a deposition, fearing for his or her safety, but the whistleblower has now agreed to answer questions from House Republicans in writing. Here is natalie brand. The whistleblower should be revealed. Reporter President Trump sunday intensified his calls for the whistleblower to be identified some five weeks after their complaint triggered the impeachment inquiry. It was like a big antitrump person, hated trump, and they said terrible things. Reporter but the whistleblowers identity remains protected
57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. We could soon be getting a glimpse into the closed door interviews by house investigators in the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. Democrats are expected to start releasing transcripts of the interviews as early as today. Theyve also asked nearly a dozen more people to testify this week about mr. Trumps dealings with ukraine. Laura podesta is here in new york. The president renewed his call for the anonymous whistleblower to be identified. What did he say . Reporter yeah, the president said the whistleblower is, quote, antitrump and that person gave a very inaccurate report about the phone call with the president of ukraine. He also claimed via tweet that the news media knows the whistleblowers identity but is covet President Trump ramped up his attacks on the anonymous whistleblower this weekend. The whistleblower should be revealed because the whistleblower gave false stories. Some peop
Continues today. As you get ready to head out the door, in antioch well be at 44 degrees and will stay there for a couple of hours and then well see our temperatures warm up at noon. Were at 71 and heading into the upper 70s today. Well be slightly above normal but well talk about if theres any break or change in this forecast coming up in a few minutes. Mike, youre still tracking a car fire in livermore. I am but more concerning is the slowing into San Francisco. Well talk about that as well. In the trivalley as you saw almost everywhere in green we have slowing for 84 westbound past ruby hill golf course. Theres a car fire. Well get more info on that in just a bit. Westbound 80 slows towards fremont. The off ramp there was a disabled vehicle reportedly cleared but i still see the slowing. Well track that closely. 5 01 right now. Breaking news, another tech giant promising billions of dollars in money overnight to help you or someone you know find Affordable Housing across the state.
Area. They want to make food coast. Other ways clear skies. For concord as well 40s, low accessible for students on campus. Another big day on wall 5os. For oakland as well as San Francisco. Colder in santa rosa. Taking you through the day. Above average temperatures with street. Plus supersized trouble for mcdonald. Dine din Diane King Hall has more. That sunshine. San francisco looking at 72 for reporter we begin with two a high. Oakland 74. San jose 79. Cond chord looking at 80. At new records. Anywhere from 4 to 8 degrees above average. Friday the dow soars 301 well have the rest of the points. The closing high of the s p 500 workweek and what to expect gained 29 hitting a new record. Coming up. Good morning. A couple cars got tangled up. It is causing a bit of a snag. Chinas Foreign Ministry said they have kept in touch but this is coming off the skyway didnt testify when they would into the fremont area exit. It is as you head off the main meet again. Trade negotiators have been
Kraut, you have spent your professional career as an historian studying u. S. Immigration. Many americans look to the statue of libertys famous poem by emma lazarus that says give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free as the embodiment of the way we think about this country and immigration. As you look at history, does it track with the reality of how we have treated immigrants . Dr. Kraut the history of immigration in the u. S. Doesnt track at all with emma lazaruss wonderful quotation. It has been a lovehate relationship. In the 19th century, there was a popular immigrant saying, america beckons but americans repel. That is more accurate as to how our relationship with immigration has been in the United States. One of the great ironies is that emma lazarus wrote the poem in 1883, and one year before, in 1882, the u. S. Passed the chinese exclusion law, excluding chinese laborers from coming to the United States. We would pass in the years after that i