The trump campaigns ties to ru is he the right now at 11 00 this former fbi director is taking over the investigation into trump campaigns ties to russia. Is he the right man for the job . Tonight his background and his bay area ties. Good evening. Im elizabeth cook. Im ken bastida. Lets get right to kpix5s andria borba in the newsroom tonight. Well, ken and liz, the latest whiplash inducing turn of events from washington d. C. , the department of justice has appointed Robert Mueller as special counsel in the investigation into President Trump, his associates and russian ties. Impeccable character, someone who knows the law. Reporter kpix5 security analyst jeff harp, form early assistant special agent in charge former assistant special agent in charge of the San Francisco fbi office served under mueller and said he was hands on in his years as the director of the fbi. When you go into his briefing, there was no good answer i dont know. Thats not a good answer for him. You need to know,
An offshore push . Today, thats it right there. The coast is clear except for the swath of low clouds off the coast the san mateo coast at least. Otherwise, we have clear skies today and temperatures responding nicely to the ridge of High Pressure building in. We are talking 60s at the beaches. 60s, 70s bayside. 70s around the peninsula. 80s away from the bay to the north and to the east. Even warmer weather is coming up on the weekend. A new accident on eastbound 580 at grant line road. Now, this is opposite commute direction. We are seeing the delays in the westbound direction. Thats where we always see those slowdowns this time of morning. So just a heads up if you are traveling there. You might see flashing lights on the other side of the freeway there. Emergency crews heading to the scene. Live look at the Golden Gate Bridge everything is fine in both directions. No problems to report along that stretch. 580 at 680, headlights moving in the westbound direction. 25minute ride from
Its reaching the point where its of watergate size and scale. Two days ago, the Washington Post reported that the president gave russian officials highly classified information from israel. Yesterday, the New York Times said comey had memos indicating he tried to talk him into dropping the fbi investigation of his former security adviser, michael flynn. You know, its obviously, its no small matter when were talking about impeaching the president of the United Statesmembers of both parties are now asking to see comeys notes on his oval office encounters. House Oversight Committee chairman Jason Chaffetz scheduled a hearing with comey next week. But tweeted that the former fbi chief has changed his phone number. Our democracy has become a mess. The turmoil in washington triggered a sell off on wall street. Stocks suffering their biggest one day drop since last september. I think were at a point where it seems like the presidency is starting to crackle and become vulnerable. I think wall
There is still a little bit hanging on, 45 and Half Moon Bay, 49 in fairfield and 46 at livermore. Will see if kelseyville we will see if kelseyville can get down the 36 again. Mill valley at 45, lots of sunshine today, and the fog on the coast does not have much of a chance and the High Pressure is our fairweather friend to. 60s, 70s and a few 80s well enough inland. It is 4 01 am. Pretty quiet, we will look at the tracy commute, traffic continues to look pretty good driving on 580. As you drive over through the area, no major issues. You can see the traffic is moving along pretty well on interstate 880 with no major issues. At the bay bridge toll plaza, it remains a nice and like commute into San Francisco. We begin with breaking news in contra costa county, there is an armed standoff right now at a home on nottingham drive near the San Pablo Dam road. The authorities have responded to a report of gunshots. It is unclear whether the suspect has hostages. The Police Tactical team is o
Increase in the people driving from tracy to the bay area to the jobs. We certainly always had the traffic but now we have a lot more traffic on 205 and 580, slow driving through with low speeds. A look at the livermore area, i want to say hello to Richard Meyer who says he needs more highway 4 love. I am happy to oblige. If you want to get out to highway 4 it is a little bit slow at the west end of antioch driving into pittsburg. Not slow yet and conquered, 680 looks good down to walnut creek. The highway 4 commute is an early commute we see quite a bit. San jose looking okay. At the corner of the story road and white road is a good area to avoid because there is a two alarm structure fire in that area. 880 in oakland traffic looking good in both directions. At the bay bridge toll plaza traffic is light, a few slowdowns but nothing major. 5 01 am. In Contra Costa County, the armed standoff with the police is happening right now at the home on nottingham drive near the San Pablo Dam ro