Good morning and good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Were going to start things off this morning with the republicans push to confirm Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. The Senate Judiciary Committee Reconvenes this morning to hear from outside witnesses. Two days of intense questioning wrapped up yesterday. Barrett managed to sidestep key questions about obamacare and abortion rights. S. Laura podesta is in washington. Laura, whats next in this confirmation process now . Reporter good morning, annemarie. For democrats on the committee its delay, delay, delay. They want to push the Committee Vote to next week or as close to the general election as possible. I cant give a yes or a no. Reporter Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett sidestepped some questions from democrats for the second day in a row on wednesday. You think its wrong to separate children from their parents to deter immigrants from coming to the United States . A matter of hot political debate in which i cant
The forecast. A nice one out there for us strike. Air force two had to turn back around and pence had to take a today . Yes, were enjoying this weather with beautiful skies and military cargo plane to get back comfortable temperatures. To washington. Lets head concord. More new images of a fire low 60s here. We will see a few clouds around onboard a u. S. Coast guard ship sunrise and quickly clearing as it was conducting a mission out. We will see our trend heading upward with a warmup that will abroad. It happened on sunday. Lead us into upper 70s around the fire was actually in the engine area. Lunch time. It took two hours for crews to looking at our microclimates put the fire out. Well reach into the upper 80s. Some were injured. The coast stays in the 60s. The fire is now under investigation. Well talk more about a weekend the ship is currently docked in heatup. Japan but its permanent home is mike, whats the update on the Traffic Alert . In alameda. The mission involves tracking
We are going to see plenty of sunshine and temperatures on the rise. Even warmer still compared to yesterday. Is a live look our Treasure Island camera and check out our temperatures. We are in the 50s to start off our day. Looking at conditions around the coast and around the bay, some low clouds, but as we had inland looking at clear skies as we start our thursday. Our friday eve. The mid70s in oakland, fremont, upper 70s and san jose, low 80s and concord and santa rosa and it gets even warmer still. Lets check in with gianna for good morning. Right now the roadways are actually doing much better. Weve been monitoring in the napa area. Now open, all the activities now over to the right shoulder. If you plan on driving to that area things as far as delays should be dissipating a looking a little bit better as you head through their. Other than that, no major accidents to report but we are still dealing with a little bit of roadwork. That is traffic. And anne makoveck at the live news
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. Golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. robin in our top story this morning. Wildfires continue to burn in Southern California. Forcing people from their homes and scorching hundreds of thousands of acres. The thomas fire is the largest blaze. It has burned 230 thousand acres and is 10 percent contained. Some of the strongest santa ana winds in recent memory are fueling the fires. And conditions are expected to remain in place through at least the next few days. Kim hutcherson has the latest. Mark brown ca dept. Of forestry and Fire Protection weve experienced some extreme fire behavior on the fire. California officials. Warning that the massive thomas fire is still advancing. And nearby communities must be prepared for the worst. Sheriff bill Brown Santa Barbara county this fire has acted in an unpredictable manner. It has be
Less then 30 min from the maze to sf. james more on our breaking news out of new york city where there are reports of where there york city out of new breaking news more on our james maze to sf. james more on our breaking news out of new york city where there are reports of an explosion in manhattan. This is a live shot from the scene. Its near the Port Authority bus terminal. Witnesses say there was a very loud explosion and people were seen running out of the terminal near times square. The subway has been evacuated. Law enforcement says one man had an explosive device strapped to him. He is custody. At least one other person was injured in the explosion. darya our top story this morning. Wildfires continue to burn out of control in Southern California. james now the thomas fire in Ventura County is getting closer to Santa Barbara. This is a live shot from that fire. darya its burned 230 thousand acres and is now the fifth largest fire in californias history. And this morning it is j