Thought that august 11th was april 1st because his announcement that he appointed a Special Counselee to investigate hunter biden was like a really bad practical joke here today to announce the appointment of David Weissea as a Special Counsel consistent with the Department Of Justice Regulationrts Governing such matters. In keeping with those ofgulations, i have today notified the designated members of each House Of Congreshouss of the appointment. Yes, thats the same david weiss who tried to give eethearthunter that Sweetheart Y Deal before a smart judge stepped in to say noott so fast. Now, beyond that, weiss isnt even eligibls isnt e to be nam Special Counsel under the relevant Regulation Governinunseg his appointment. First, according to section 600. 3, he has to have a reputation for integrity and impartial Decision Making. Now, thats obviously in questioin n is the impartial Decision Making part after how he handled the initial phasesl of this investigation. N and the Special Co
Monday. If youre on your way from the east bay towards orinda in that caldecott tunnel, lets take you over the peninsula. And spits pretty much the same the, as welluas san mateo from haywao foster city and vice happy monday to you. It ist moving along, though, and we did have an incident on the golden gate bridge. You can see somec flashing lights out there. We had them there minutes ago, but they had a big piece of metal debris. It was lane of the golden gate bridge, about center span. And they were trying to get that out of theren so the marine commuters couldc get in. Looks like that is pretty well clear. Although you can still see some lights out there. So if youre coming in from marin, it might take you a little extra time to get past that. Butuonce youre in, you are in. That is a look time now. Well send it back to you. Thank you. Frank well update breaking news now in San Francisco as the chp is asking for the publics help as it investigates a deadly hit and run on westbound 80
Southern ukraine following the collapse of the dam yesterday. Ukraine and russia are accusing each other of being responsible for blowing it up in an act of wartime sabotage. A romanian wartime sabotage. A romanian people trafficker has been jailed for his part in an operation to smuggle dozens of afghan nationals into the uk. Inside a coffin sized wooden boxes, Adrian Constantin was extradited back to the uk to stand trial after fleeing the country. He was sentenced to country. He was sentenced to three years and two months in prison at Birmingham Crown court today, after pleading guilty to conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration , 35 afghans, immigration, 35 afghans, including children as young as two and a person with physical disabilities , were screwed into disabilities, were screwed into purple built hides and smuggled into the uk in the back of vans. And lastly, pope francis is recovering from a three hour long operation on an abdominal hernia. The vatican said there hernia. T
This fall in Maryland Democratic primary is may 14 and a reminder all congressional news was csp now free mobile video app and watch house and senat floor debates, speeches hearings is born cspan now, wherever you get to ramp. The assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division houston park testifies now before us judiciary subcommittee and talks about the in hate crimes the u. S. Rejects claims of political bias in her department [background sounds]. The subcommittee will come to order and the chairs authorized to declare recess anytime and we welcome everyone todays hearing of the department of justice Civil Rights Division and with that we will have the pledge of allegiance with the gentleman from arizona leading is in the pledge of allegiance. Pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, to the republic for which it stands one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Without objection are calling from arizona will be able to proce
Receiving is now reaching excuse me, a growing audience from ktvu. Fox two news. This is the for a request to Governor Newsom to dispatch chp officers to antioch to help address an officer shortageg,;q in that city. As Te Department faces an ongoing corruption scandal. Welcome, everyone to the for this afternoon. Im alex savage. And im heather holmes. That request to the governor coming from state senator steve glazer. Our brooks jarocz is following the effort to assist the City Police Department and joins us now live from antioch with more. Brooks well, the city of antioch is struggling primarily with street crime as well as criminal investigations is in fact, right now, there are very few officers on the streets. The city of antioch has a total of 115 officer position, but only 87 officers are on the payroll. And of that, only half are able to be working and patrolling the streets. The others are under suspension or not working because theyre under investigation by the fbi. Thats mos