We begin with Breaking News. The biden administration taking a series of actions to target what they allege are attempts by russianbacked actors to manipulate Public Opinion here in the u. S. Ahead of the president ial election. According to two senior u. S. Joining officials. Joining us now is nbcs ken ken, dilanian. Ken, what more have we learned . Jose this is being described by our sources as a whole of Government Action designed to target russian Propaganda And Disinformation aimed at interfering in the 2024 it election. It is said to include sanctions by the treasury department, Law Enforcement Action by the Justice Department, and one of the focuses on rt, formerly known as russia today, that network of russian government funded English Language websites and Television Platforms that was flagged all The Way back in 2017 by the u. S. Intelligence community as a vehicle for russian Disinformation And Election interference. At that time, the Justice Department required rt to regist
Lets check with gianna. We are dealing with foggy conditions on the roadways as we start the day. We sure are. Chp issued fog advisories for bay area bridges. That includes the bay bridge. You are looking at the toll plaza, metering lights are on and there are a few foggy spots as you work across the span. We did have a broken down vehicle on the upper deck near Treasure Island. Thats now cleared out of lanes but slows things across the upper deck as you work from the incline to the Treasure Island exit. Past that, things look better down the skyway near the fremont exit to San Francisco. Slow and go in the altamont pass, busy out of tracy as you work towards north flynn. We are following the aftermath of this nasty crash in San Francisco this morning. It appears as if it started as a High Speed Police chief. Sfpd has not said what led to the crash. This is fillmore and waller. Neighbors say a police car and another car came speeding into the intersection, police car hitting a hydrant
That drive across the golden gate. It is. That is where chp issued a fog advisory. We are commuting out of marin into San Francisco, you are going to deal with limited visibility, extra careful across the span of the golden gate. You see in the live shot things are foggy. Be careful. Just north of there we are dealing with road work. Thats the usual stuff. You have slow and go conditions there. Take a look at traffic into Altamont Pass there is crash with the left lane blocked, chp arriving on scene and we have a back up ensuing because of that. Plus with the morning commuters out of tracy it is already busy, 36 minutes 205 towards 680. I am anne makovec. We are keeping an eye on this crash that happened in San Francisco involving a patrol car. Season sfpd officer hitting a fire hydrant after what appears to have been a high speed chase. Fill more and waller. What we heard from neighbos about a half hour ago on the scene, they had two cars coming very quickly. They said up to 60 miles
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