And we do say morning. Im kendis gibson. And im erielle reshef. At the center of an internal investigation stemming from its inquiry into Hillary Clintons emails. The Justice Department Inspector General is investigating if fbi director james comey broke Department Protocol and policy by going public with details of the email probe just before the election. A move some say cost clinton the white house. Abcs janai norman has the latest from washington. Good morning, janai. Reporter good morning. Its a tumultuous development for the fbi thats recently come under heavy criticism from both parties for its handling of politically sensitive cases. This one centers on director comeys unprecedented announcement days before the election. Investigating the investigator. This morning fbi director james comey is under intense new scrutiny. They have discovered new emails. Reporter the department of justice asking whether comeys announcement about reopening an investigation into Hillary Clintons us
But they didnt have time. They didnt know what was coming. Reporter it flooded hundreds of acres of farmland stranding livestock and ravaged homes. Matt says the current was too strong to even stand up in. His home was flooded by two feet of water. Today the floors are drying out and the dirty job of cleaning out inches of river muck from all corners of the rooms is just Getting Started. The floodplain ends right in the middle of my little chunk there so its not required for me to have Flood Insurance so i dont because its very expensive and so i gambled and i lost this time. So well see what happens. Reporter theres been a lot of talk about levees. Ranchers used to be able to bury their old farm vehicles in the levees themselves to add stability and weight to the levees but Environmental Services people years ago stopped them from doing that practice and forced them to remove the vehicles from the levees. People say that contributed to the flooding. Reporting live in hollister, len ra
World in 90 seconds. He was faced with making two decisions, one with very bad consequences, the other with disastrous consequences. We need to know the truth. The fbis inquiry into clintons emails comes under investigation. I understand the timing for Hillary Clinton at best seems untimely. But, you know, she created this mess. It wasnt director comey. Comey personally briefed donald trump on claims. The russians may have compromising information on trump. Their argument was it was their obligation to inform the president elect so that it didnt come out of the blue. Investigations are under way in baltimore of a tragic fire that killed six children. The youngest victim was 9 months old. An arizona Good Samaritan saved a troop over an ambush. I dont know that my trooper would be alive today without his assistan assistance. President obama giving his final Network Television interview to 60 minutes. The one thing i said to him directly is just make sure that certain norms, certain insti
Steve the upside of the downpour reservoirs filled to capacity. Steve both in the bay area and up in the sierra. State water officials telling kron four things are looking up for us youre watching kron four news in prime time. Reporter the series of storms giving california the rain it needs. But causing headaches for neighbors. Steve steve aveson. Pam and im pam moore. Pam tonight. From marin county to guerneville and back to the east bay. Pam we are tracking the trail of destruction left behind. And the work to cleanup and repair the damage. P steve and our team has you covered. Kron4s alecia reid is live in the east bay where there are concerns about a collapsed road. And Charles Clifford live in the north bay where extreme flooding shut down highway 37. Pam but first lets go out to following flooding in guerneville. Reporter there will be opening starting tomorrow at 8 30 a. M. Until 3 30 a. M. And will be open until sunday, january 15th. The water has receded a lot of the streets.
Oakland. Alecia do we know the condition tonight of the band members hit by the train . Reporter know. Steve we do not at the moment. We do know that it would try to get to freshi. Reporter it is not clear as to what their injuries are at this time. Reporter bay were scheduled to play ed at yoshis tonight. I was supposed to meet them here because we have a v8 we have a gig. It was nothing going on and then it just happened. The freiht train going that way which was literally walking distance. Reporter yoshi has canceled the concert for tonight. We will bring you the latest. Steve thanks alecia well check back in with you as soon as you have new information. Pam tower of power is an iconic home grown band. Together almost 50 years, the band was one of the many groups to come out of the bay area in the late 1960s. Including the grateful dead, jefferson airplane, and santana. Pam they always claimed oakland as their home. They call their sound urban soul music. Their many hits include you