When the days are longer and we can see development in the afternoon and possible thundershowers and occasionally scattered showers and after today, though, well get a break on friday and saturday. Schooler, though, in the 50s and 60s. Its 4 01. And i saw the storm clouds as i was driving into work. Nice ton that skies later today. Things look good for the commute this morning so far. Out of tracy, going westbound on 580 through the altamont pass. You can see green there and no problems to tell you about and looks good by the 680 interchange and moving to the west, though. Westbound 92, there is knowa ambulance on the way to the crash and that is blocking one of the lanes on westbound 92. Far left lane. And taking a look at the san mateo bridge, things look good as you go further west to the peninsula and also, bay bridge toll plaza. No problems to tell you about. The traffic is very, very light at this Early Morning hour. One thing to tell you about when you get across the span if you
Caves and tunnels that isis fighters useed to move around freely, making it easier for them to target u. S. Military advisers and Afghan Forces in the area. The United States takes the fight against isis very seriously. And to feed the group, we deny them operational space, which we irwe did. Moments ago, President Trump commented on the bombing while at an event honoring first responders, calling it, quote, another successful event. Well have more from the president at dwell 30 00. This is a new event and we never used this bomb in war before. Were going to have to see if its a onetime only event or if it might be useed in the future. And never useed it in battlefield. What is the story behind it . It came out in 2003 as part of the invasion in iraq against Saddam Hussein and this was what the bomb was developed for, to send a message to Saddam Hussein that we didnt necessarily have to use Nuclear Weapons to show we had military power in the middle east. Eye 20 were built and they cos
Kids health pointing to berkeley which has a soda tax as proof that it works. But does it . So what we found is that to a surprising extent the tax is spread around in berkeley. Reporter Brad Williams is a former chief economist for the California Legislative Analyst Office an antisoda tax group hired him to look at the numbers. Dont have a major increase in price on sugary drinks, you wont get a significant effect on consumption. So youre not going to get the Health Benefits into the proponents would like to see. Reporter critics says its a grocery tax. Grocer can recoup the tax charging higher for other items. Thats what a survey of 180 small grocers in San Francisco, oakland and berkeley found. 70 said they would raise the cost of many products not just sugary drinks. If the tax is spread around, its going to affect a Broad Spectrum of residents of San Francisco whether or not they drink sugary drinks. Reporter according to the study, the cost of soda in berkeley isnt much different
Where employees are being staged. Shakala Alvaranga denise, dozens of employees are patiently waiting for power to be restored. Theyve been outside for hours. Some, forced to walk up all these stairs to get back inside. The hotel is looking at other options for the guests if theyre unable to turn the power back on. Hotel guests are being told to go to the ballys front de to a different property. Guests are also being encouraged to spend time at the Planet Hollywood lounge while they wait to get back into their rooms. One employee described the moment paris. Went dark. i went into the bathroom. The lights went out. I went into the hallway. though no one was hurt, the fire Shakala Alvaranga again, no word yet on when power will be restored. Stick with 8 news now for the latest developments. Reporting live Shakala Alvaranga 8 news now. Dave Courvoisier the president ial election away. And the latest National Poll Shows Hillary clinton is still ahead of donald trump. The two candidates cri
The strip with more on how theyre dealing with the a big inconvenience. Shakala Alvaranga dave and denise, inside crews are working around the clock to restore everything. But in the meantime, no guests will be allowed in their rooms until the fire chief gives the all clear. Its frustrating for us but its much more frustrating for our customers who have spent good money to spend the night in paris and are not able to do it. Shakala Alvaranga the mishap forced thousands to evacuate and trapped others. We have rescued 11 people from 5 different elevators shafts. Shakala Alvaranga behind the hotel, employees were seen climbing flights of stairs. Just cut off. Check the hallway. All the lights is off. First time this happen after so many years that ive been working here. It was really kind of. Scary. Shakala Alvaranga guests were sent to neighboring hotelin planet hollywood. I can go down the strip and i can drink and i can celebrate but id like to get back in and relax. Shakala Alvaranga