As we come on the air, were live in brussels. But the focus is on his next stop with 48 hours to go before the president sits down face to face with Vladimir Putin. Before he does we did. Keir simmons with a brand new peace. You will only see it on this show. President putin getting testy when being pressed. Will you commit to sending no more troops into ukraiian soviet territory . Wait until you hear what he had to say about that. We have Keir Simmons Live In Moscow with more of his exchew sieve interview. We also have make memoli. Keir, good morning to you and boy this was a ride ranging interview, significant on a number of fronts including this issue that you ask id him about ukraine. Yes, we were trying to understand what his strategy is. His strategy is to attack, negotiate, attack, negotiate. Arrest americans and then try to negotiate a trade. What it appears to be is talking about troops and then i want to talk about nato. He also talks about history and resentment. Bush promis
For about 15 minutes now and we see the backup packing in on the toll plaza and the approach and the span itself. It is slowing because of the volume so they may slow the metering lights down a bit. We look at the map, the rest of the bay shows a smooth expected commute except for here northbound 680 coming through fremont. We have that construction crew clearing a little bit late so theyre slowing north in to sunol and the south bay incidents coming up. Back to you, laura. Thanks so much, mike. We begin with a transition of power in washington. Overnight attorney general bill barr making headlines after saying improper voting allegations should be examined. The Trump Administration not making it easy for team biden to get started. Today in the bays tracie potts is following the post election drama. I know the president firing the defense secretary with possibly more firings to come. Reporter exactly. Some people being moved around within the administration as well on Climate Change no
Its starting to move again. Well look at the maps. The yield is there was a crash in the same area where theres a construction crew. We are already down to one lane, just the right lane that a deadly crash happened about 1 00 in the morning. Sounds like almost all that crash activity is over and is out of lanes. Theres a little distraction for more flashing lights and then that Construction Zone and we hear about a late pickup for north 880. West 580 is a great alternate. If you stick it out, allow yourself another ten minutes. Back to you. Good to know. Thank you, mike. Showdown on the future of the Supreme Court this morning begins on capitol hill. The New York Times calls nominee Amy Coney Barrett a member of conservatisms new guard. A live look this morning at the capitol where a short time from now she plans to deliver her Opening Statement to the Senate Judiciary committee. Today in the bays tracie potts joins us live in washington, d. C. , to break down what to expect as this pr
Visibility holding up well across the bay, no worries there as youre heading into work. As far as air quality goes also something thats a positive to kick off this new day were going to be seeing good conditions throughout the course of your wednesday that sea breeze its been steady the past few days really helping to keep the air swept out and those problem spots over into the Sierra Nevada or theyre actually also seeing some improvements these past couple of days. 50s and 60s for your current temperatures with berkeley at 57 right now oakland at 59. While alameda hayward and fairfield each in person though 60s north bay temperatures are some of our coolest in the low 50s as for later on today do expect daytime highs to be very similar to yesterday upper 80s inland with bayside areas in the 70s and some 60s hanging on near the coast, im talking changes come this weekend in your forecast ahead robin all right, thank you john lets check in on the traffic. Were taking a peek at your Earl
Hour but ill give you the good news first and that is our bridges look really good so heading into San Francisco this morning, no delays for you at the bay bridge toll plaza it is picking up more folks are rolling in, but no big problems so were still at an easy 7 minutes off to the fremont street exit were off to 92 and its much busier and our busiest bridge right now we have a crowd, lets itself on the flat section but that is the norm, so youre averaging a very quick 12 minutes to the peninsula. Heres the trouble spot left over from the 4 oclock hour injury crash 80 north at to kowtow so coming out of fremont into union city weve gone from having all lanes blocked to just the right lane. It was a multi vehicle accident and car fire. The right lane is still closed your backup tore thornton but thats really not too bad as i zoom out you can see that as soon as you pass the crash the rest of the trip continuing north will be fine on through union city and hayward well check out some mo