Pass. A live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. The roadways are slick. Take it slow out there as you head out the door. Not going to see any slow downs coming into San Francisco this morning. Finally a live look here at highway 4. Things getting a little bit busier from what i can tell, as more and more people are starting to make that drive westbound out of pittsburgh and antioch, but not showing any crashes in that area, so thats good news. Well keep tabs on it throughout the commute. Pam, over to you. Once again, bay area preparing for rain. Some damage from last weeks storms still not repaired. Ktvus lee martinez is in orinda where that giant sinkhole opened up. How does it look out there this morning . Reporter well, about 10 minutes ago, the rain started. I put my rain boots and hat on. The weather is here, and the sinkhole is still here, as well. Across the bears, they are preparing for more safety problems that come with e storms. The orinda sinkhole here opened up last week a
Democrats challenge republicans today by, reading a letter that scott king rotate to congress in in 1986, ironically, they silenced Elizabeth Warren for doing the same thing. Sons and brothers mr. President senator impugned the motives of our colleague from alabama. Senator warren said senator sessions has used the power of his office to chill the exercise of his office. I call on the senator to rule mr. President . That is how senator warren started off the speech reading a letter from scott king in 1996 she wrote congress to ask them to oppose a nomination of Jeff Sessions. The federal bench would irreparably damage the work of her husband, dr. Martin luther king junior. Thats what this is about. She wrote a powerful letter about an important moment in history that directly involved Jeff Sessions and is directly relevant to the question of whether or not Jeff Sessions ought to be the attorney general of the United States. I dont know what image mcconnells intent was to silence her. I
Results, fans are hoping for success, but this is a huge blow to the team. Reporter good morning to you, sam. The warriors say that kevin durant is out indefinitely because of a hurt knee, but that he will be reevaluated in about four weeks. You can take a look at this video. He got hurt within the first minute of the warriors game against the wizards last night taking place in washington. You look up in your screen, you can see what happened. Unfortunately it was a fellow teammate a as you mentioned who accidentally caused the injury. He inadvertently fell backwards into durants knee. Durpt left the game, was given an mri that revealed he had a grade 2 mcl sprain and bruise to the tibial bone. Never a good time to get hurt but the timing on this is especially bad because the playoffs are six weeks away. Kevin durant just put a stick in the spokes of the warriors season. The question now how quickly the warriors can get back up on their bike. Durants bone bruise and mcl strain puts him
It doesnt mean theyre leaving the jail. Today, the judge acknowledged she is going to per the governments request that shes issuing a 48hour stay or pause of the order so that the Florida Court and the florida district where he was indicted, they will have a chance to have a say and review the judges decision over the next 48 hours. Now, if the Florida Court doesnt step in and say that she does need to be still held in custody, then they will be able to go to go home to the comfort of her familys home and wait for the start of her trial. She will have to be monitored by an ankle bracelet and cant leave the uncles home other than any reason than seeking medical treatment for ptsd. Shell be able to leave to meet with her attorneys and leave her uncles home only to travel to and from Northern California to florida where it is expected her trial will be held. Outside the courtroom a short time ago one of her attorneys spoke about how unexpected the judges decision was in releasing her on b
Now forceful words from San Francisco congresswoman nancy pelosi who is also the minority leader. She is calling for attorney general sessions to step down from his post after telling a senate committee, quote, i did not have communications with the russians. Sessions offered those words on his own after being asked about investigating the president s ties to russia. Here is congresswoman pelosi speaking from the capital earlier this morning. The fact that the attorney general, the top cop in our country, lied under oath to the American People is grounds for him to resign. It is grounds for him to resign. He has proved that he is unqualified and unfit to serve in that position of trust. California senator Kamala Harris also responding this morning by twitter, sessions must resign immediately. Well, even prominent republicans are demanding that sessions recuse himself from the Justice Department investigation into President Trump and russia. This revelation causing shock waves across th