Streaming on cbsn bay area, we are looking live out at the city of san jose. Good morning everyone, it is wednesday, august 26th. Im michelle griego. And im len kiese. Good morning. First up on this wednesday morning, a check of our forecast. Mary lee standing by with that. Mary, good morning. Good morning to you len and michelle. And we are looking at unfortunately, another day of hazy and smoky skies. Now this morning, its not quite as bad as what we have seen even yesterday morning in comparison here. So those green and orange colors, yellow colors at least indicating that good to moderate air quality. But if you can see still some dots of red and purple and that indicates unhealthy air quality in spots for the north bay and portions of the south bay. And east bay. So because of the unhealthy air, the smoky and hazy skies, we have a spare the air alert in effect once again for today. And it has actually been extended through friday. So we are still looking at that smoke through the
congress. merrick garland answered questions about everything from gun violence to tech giants to child labor and much more. he gave an early sign that he would not go into detail about some of the justice department s most politically fraught investigations. that includes the classified dork found at the home of current and former president it requires as much as possible we speak to our work and our filings in court so we do not jeopardize the viability of our investigations and the civil liberties of our citizens. as expected, the attorney general received his toughest questions from republicans. texas senator ted cruz slammed garland for failing to arrest any protester opposed to the overturning of roe v. wade who demonstrated outside the homes of some supreme court justices. in my judgment, the department of justice has been politicized to the greatest extent i ve ever seen. i vigorously disagree. i believe the men and women of the department pursue their wor
Now. Martha all right. Thanks. We have Breaking News right now just coming to us from the state department. U. S. Troops being told to be ready to deploy for further defense for israel if needed. Were working on how many troops have received this message. Theres some reporting from the Wall Street Journal that its in the neighborhood of 2,000 american troops told to be ready. Were going to dig into this for you this hour. Mike tobin is standing by. Rich edson will be available moments away. Well go back to john roberts who is reporting live from tel aviv this week for us. We will continue on top of these stories as we continue to get new information. Right now it is 10 00 p. M. In gaza. We are now ten days in to this war. There are 199 individuals who somewhere are being held at this moment in the hand of hamas. We know what they did to people in israel. We have seen the horrific videos over the weekend reportedly of some of the children that are being held by hamas right now amid a fr
Are going straightle straight to that developing news. The fire is burning east of livermore. Some structures have been lost but there is no word on what exactly burned and how many. The fire is burning grass lands and scrub observings. Cal fires says, right now, the fire is only 5 contained. About of dark, air tankers were used to help fight this blaze while other firefighters are fighting from the ground. Ktvus Jana Katsuyama is live. Reporter we are as castleville road andgreenville road. There are road blocks there. They are allowing resident through but everybody he is, they are trying to keep out so that cal fire and other fire crews can use those roads. Its treacherous, lots of hair pin turns and fires burning. One of the big challenges today was the wind. You can feel it back there the wind blowing in smoke, ashes into your face and the big problems were embers because this is so dry from four years of drought. This was a fire that grew from the grass. Just took off, reporter o
Nearby building just prior to the attack. It is scary for everybody else who lives in this area. Surveillance video shows the suspect enter the building on claredon boulevard when an occupant opens the door. But the consee arge tells him to stop. Its good that he didnt recognize the person. He did get into the building a short while later while they say he posed as a Maintenance Worker and knocked on doors. The female opened the door and he allegedly assaulted her. It struck fear into this area pulsing with young people. One emailed a warning. Some are hoping this new video leads to break in the case. Hopefully theyll arrest him, yeah. Stephen police say the suspect was last seen heading in this direction just a couple of blocks from the condo building where the woman was assaulted. Reporting live, stephen tschida, abc 7 news. Alison much. Now this a drunk driver who caused a crash that killed five people was a noshow for his sentencing today. Just in the last two hours, a judge issued