Then well look at high def doppler and show you where the rain is falling. This is from the view of the me valley. We have gotten light rain on that camera, but that is thoughts the only one. That is what it looks like coming office golden gate bridge. That is what it looks like at sfo. We have rain down the peninsula but not much in santa clara county, however, back up north, looking at the richmond bridge, it is slick here and we have a little light rain. Santa rosa picked up a quarter inch of rain overnight. It is relatively out there now. Low to mid60s. It is still raining. So here is high def doppler. Pay attention to the green stuff that is moving. This is not rain here. That is the central valley. Here is the rain that matters. There is not a lot to it, but if we put it back into the last two hours, there are a few light showers working their way across the peninsula and over into the east by. This is one of the hi e about to get a break whtht of rafor the afternnodone entirely
With james hodge who is director of the center for Public Health law and policy at Arizona State university. Washington journal is next. Is next. Is next host good morning. This is washington journal for tuesday, march 17, 2020. There is very little celebrating planned due to the shutdown of bars and restaurants nationwide because of the coronavirus and further restrictions and limited by the federal government, the white house, State Governments and localities. We would love to hear what you are seeing in response to the outbreak. The7488000 is the line in eastern and central time zones. For mountain and pacific residence, 2027488001. In the line we have set aside for medical professionals. Your line, 2027488002. We would love to hear your experience. You can text us a message. That is 2027488003. We would love to hear where you are texting from, your name as well. Andwitter we are cspanwj post your comments on facebook, facebook. Com cspan. There was a briefing yesterday with the Cor
It is important we distinguish between federal and state roles but the state is is at. He action they are the possessors of the broadest Public Health powers that you can actually have in the United States. Some states delegate those two locals. They have got the Sovereign Authority to respond in real powers thaterent you are seeing put into effect as we speak. They use those the extensively in an emergency like this. We have seen states act across the country, thinking of new york state, maryland, california, obviously. Of note soou seen far . It is important to observe one thing we have never seen before in u. S. History to my knowledge. Every single state, all u. S. Territories, simultaneous declared state of emergency. We have never seen that. This is that serious. We have unleashed Public Health powers traditional things we might do we are now using those on expedited basis. Everything in relation to testing, screening, social distancing, measures pursuant to quarantine, isolation
Adjust the time. We will start with 80 westbound heading out for the maze. Backed up from hercules all the way to richmond. The richmond lid bridge, so traffic. San mateo bridge, it is slow all the way across because of earlier issues. North found that 87 come that crash is taking a long time to clear. If youre driving up to downtown, we will have another update in just a few minutes. It is 7 01 am. Lets go back to the desk. This morning, San Francisco police are investigating a hit andrun crash on Treasure Island. We are live on Treasure Island to bring you the latest. Reporter police are still on scene as a car crashed into the tree right behind me on detroit avenue. There is still some large pieces of debris that need to be removed. This afternoon i street and avenue eight just before midnight. Police were called to the scene and they say the driver of a white ford first struck a park are about a block away and sped away. The driver continued eastbound on 93 and slammed into a tree
Tree. Ive never seen anything like that. Reporter sharon and her husband were the first to see the crash which happened on the street behind their house. They immediately called 911. I could make out that the car was pinned against the tree, roof first. It was on its side, bent as a cshape around the tree with the underside of the car being what you could see. And it doesnt look good. They were opening Christmas Present when is they heard the crash. Its a loud impact. It shook the house. It was loud. Reporter the crash happened on foothill road in pleasanton. All five people were teenagers, two of the victims killed were brothers. We had 8 or 9 people die here. This is the most recent. Its a tragedy. Reporter tom coleman didnt see the accident but says foothill is a dark windy road and notorious for racing. Its particularly bad. Last year its been especially bad. I dont know, im not sure. Just maybe this road got rediscovered as a place to drag race. But its not a good situation. Repor