And im marcus washington. Mike is keeping an eye on the commute for thus morning. Lets get to meteorologist kari hall. Were talking about the lightning and thunder. How soon could we expect to see that . Weve seen it very isolated across the bay area, but were keeping a close eye on the radar because this can detect the Lightning Strike as it happens and then it plots an icon here. As we look at the bay area weve seen a couple places of rain but look over the sierra, a lot of Lightning Strikes as the thunderstorms really get going this morning and thats something well be watching throughout today, that chance of that lightning. As we get a closer look, the good thing we are seeing spotty rain. This is not enough to make a big impact on those wildfires, but the humidity is going up and we havent seen a lot of Lightning Strikes. Ill be watching that with an hourbyhour look. Mike, how is it looking getting out the door right now . Kari, the traffic is light. That light rain may affect fol
Washington journal continues. Host your chance to comment on news that weve discussed this morning. Ther things, 2027488000 for democrats. 2027488001 for republicans. For 027488002 independents. He u. S. A. Today this morning talks about a new action by the Consumer Financial protection rogram when it comes to banks saying consumer consist sue bank necessary classaction lawsuits. Financial said monday companies will no longer be allowed to force customers to settle group n to disputes restricting the industrys favorite legal tool years of review. Companies insert clause ecessary contracts to prevent consumers from banning together to file classaction lawsuits scams and seek revenue own, sue on their discouraging many lawsuits from consumers who deem them not time, money and effort. More about that in u. S. A. Today, if you want to that or other things n. Miami, florida, independent line, here is john. Morning. Od caller good morning, pedro. I love cspan. Guy dos for what you for us eve
Desert and san diego, both places that hold significance in aviation history. The crews worked throughout the night to prep the airplane, wheeled it out of the hangar at around 3 00 this morning. The plane is amazing, carbon fiber, 5100 pounds, wing span is 231 feet. Flies on batteries that charge at night. They tell us they can fly indefinitely powered by the sun. This round the world flight is meant to show the world that Clean Technology works and makes Good Business sense and is a winwin for humanity and the environment. These are very long flights. The longest one took five days to five nights. The pilot for this journey is andre borschberg. The other pilot is joining us now is bertrand piccard. You use hypnosis. Tell us how that works. Im a doctor, i use hypnosis to treat my patients but also use it to be able to disassociate myself from the concentration of the stress of flying the airplane so if i have just 20 minutes free, i go into hypnosis, i relax completely, i can regenera
Surprise of the night. We project that Bernie Sanders will win the race. Poll had shown Hillary Clinton ahead saying she was way ahead. In mississippi donald trump is projected to within the republican side. Senator ted cruz took second and Hillary Clinton overwhel overwhelmingly won the democratic primary over Bernie Sanders. Lets get the latest from megan in detroit. Good evening. Shaping up to be a big night for donald trump with winds in mississippi and michigan. Those two states alone there are almost 100 delegates. Critical day in the race to the white house. And biggest prize of the night michigan. I think its important for everybody to vote. Vote for the one i really want annie think it will make a difference. I know definitely whoy want and who i dont want. Hillary clinton sounding up beat during the day at detroit coffee house. By night she took the stage in ohio. Im proud of the campaign. That senator sanders and i are running. Jt reporter rival Bernie Sanders now facing to
We feel the deep sorrow and deep feeling of incapacity that you are in front of a heritage that is being destroyed and you cannot do anything. Ifill those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your life and become youre own chief life officer. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill Islamic State fighters in iraq moved today to consolidate the capture of their newest prize the city of ramadi. At the same time, a new battle took shape. Some shiite militiamen, allied with the iraqi army, massed at a nearby base, to prepare for a counterattack. In washington, the fall of ramadi struck spark