The Senate Judiciary committee grilled the attorney general about several ongoing investigations. Attorney general Jeff Sessions was questioned about the president s firing of fbi director james comey. The probe into russias meddling in the 2016 election and more. Lauren blanchard reports. Reporter Jeff Sessions is on the job as the nations top Law Enforcement officer for eight months but today is the first time he was called to testify before the Senate Judiciary committee. Under these circumstances today, i will not be able to discuss the content reporter attorney general Jeff Sessions citing executive privilege telling the Senate Judiciary committee he will not discuss his private conversations with President Trump. Despite sessions refusal to answer questions on the president s firing of fbi director james comey, the nations top Law Enforcement officer did go on to criticize comey saying the investigation into Hillary Clintons emails was closed before being fully investigated. I do
Then allegedly rammed the officer, who was on his bike near turk and franklin. The suspect then took off. Officers then later found the abandoned suv and later took this man into custody. They have not yet released his name. We did get an updating from acting chief Toney Chaplin on the officer. The suspect fled the scene and the officer was transported here to Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. The officer has been with the department for 4 years and is assigned to tenderloin station. He is out of surgery and in intensive care. Reporter i want to show you some video of this lexus suv. The suspect vehicle found abandoned and as officers are scouring that suv for evidence and whatever they find will possibly be used against the suspect who potentially assault with a Deadly Weapon or attempted murder. Latest word the officer is in Critical Condition after having surgery after being hit by this gun suspect. We dont know the suspect name or the name of the officer but well follow th
A lunch truck. The chp shut down southbound 101 for four hours. At this point investigators dont have a description of the truck and both victims expected to recover. Mechanical failure caused this fire on the back of a bus this morning in san franciscos richmond district. It happened near 26th avenue around 7 30 last night. Officials say the alternator split and that caused oil to drip into the engine and cause the fire. Nobody was hurt. The bus will be strapped and replaced with one of the new buses coming online. The white house is changing its story about president trumps firing of fbi james comey, this as a stunning contradiction was made on capitol hill. The white house clearing up conflicting me conflict messages, saying the firing was triggered by rod rosen stein, but those claims direct directly. He said he was not under investigation, and including once during a dinner at the white house when trump claims comey asked to keep his job. He wanted to stay on as the fbi head, and
Weather. I have puns today. You took that one by the horns. So is Mother Nature when she springs in the winds of change and its going to feel like spring, early spring. Wind gusts 20 to 30 Miles Per Hour. Chased away a chance of rain there on live doppler 7. The winds will pick up and chase away clouds lingering this morning. In the 40s and 50s, so dress warmly. 56 to 64 at 4 00, and at 7 00 the sun has not set yet and we are in the mid to upper 50s. How about the morning commute . We are looking great this morning, and we want to look ahead to this weekend. If you are taking mom to check out golden gate bridge, they have the parking lots, the Welcome Center on the south end of the bridge, and those will be closed from 11 00 a. M. To 5 00 p. M. On sunday and thats all to avoid massive backups on the 101 that tend to happen. Unfortunately, you are going to have to make other plans and check out golden gate from another vantage point. And we are looking great all the way around and we wi
A slight chance of rain regionwide late monday into tuesday as another system approaches from the north. A warming trend is then expected late in the forecast period as a result of building high pressure. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. james breaking news this morning. Two more car fires are reported in the east bay overnight. Bringing the total to seven car fires this week. This comes as investigators say they believe its the work of a serial arsonist. Kron fours Hermela Aregawi has the details. The fire marshall tells me there have been more than 10 vehicles set on fire between those this week. And dating back to 2016. The fires have some things in common leading them to believe the same person or people are responsible for all of them. A serial car arsonist is still on the loose in Contra Costa County. Five cars have been set on fire this week alone. And Police Believe the same suspect