Democratic politics took stage tonight. President obama headlining night three, but he wasnt alone. Democrats strike back at donald trump tonight after the republican nominee sparked a fire symptom of controversy earlier in the day. Karen travers is in philadelphia. Reporter he walked out to the theme in rocky, got in some sharp jabs against donald trump. How can there be pleasure in saying youre fired . Hes trying to tell us he cares about the middle class . Give me a break. Thats a bunch of malarkey. Reporter and tim kaine in the biggest speech of his career introducing himself to america. Hello, philadelphia. Reporter showing he can be an attack dog too. Our nation, it is just too great to put it in the hands of a slick talking, empty promising, selfpromoting oneman wrecking crew. Reporter president obama, his last big moment on the national stage, reflecting on his eight years in the white house. Our country is stronger and more prosperous than it was when we started. Reporter and
Good morning to you. K this healthcare has issued a Traffic Alert this morning chp has issued a Traffic Alert this morning because of a big rig fire, 880 northbound through oakland where that davis street offramp is. You can see what we have going on there. [ music ] smoldering conditions. Maps showing things slowing down, about 14 Miles Per Hour. They are currently working to clear that scene but also of course they are investigating. So this could take at least another halfhour or so to fully be cleared so we are going to keep you updated on that throughout the morning. Another crash northbound 87 near i280, one lane is blocked there. This is in san jose. However, we are not seeing any delays because of this crash. So good news there. Michelle . Thank you. More toll express lanes planned for bay area freeways. A public hearing will be set on how the tolls and fines should be collected. Maria medina is live in san ramon with more on what needs to be decided. Good morning reporter good
Leandro toward oakland, the problem that we have is the big rig fire you see a live look right there of the crash that they are working. Its a big rig fire that happened near the davis street offramp. So that ramp is still closed while they are working to clear that scene. But theres also one lane of 880 northbound closed, as well. They have been bringing in sand because they said that big rig was containing some sort of either mineral oil or baby oil so they are trying to soak up as much of that as possible while they work to clear the scene and also investigate exactly what happened. But how does this impact your drive . Lets take a look at our maps right now. You can see things are backed up quite a bit. Its slowandgo conditions. Down to 13 Miles Per Hour right now as they scoot along there. But three lanes on 880 northbound are still open this morning. All right. Another crash we are talking about northbound 101 at old oakland road. This is in san jose. One lane is blocked. We are
On our streets. Reporter its become a very visible problem for city hall. We get complaints almost on a daily basis. You just see all the homeless folks who are living in encampments, taking all their garbage and throwing all out on the sidewalk. You know how many people you have in the city assigned to trying to deal with this . To be honest with you, no. We preach these encampments with care and compassion. We do have mobile outreach units that come out to offer services and try and get people into transitional housing. Seeing people being pushed around from different areas for sometimes two weeks to a month in encampments. People are homeless all over oakland and the numbers are up over the last year and we are overwhelmed in the ability to deal with it. Were going to pilot tiny homes as well as explore sanctioned encampments. Reporter like so many of oaklands new residents, many homeless are coming because they are being pushed out of San Francisco. Theres spillover from San Franci
Lets get to philadelphia for day three of the Democratic National convention. Jamie yuccas reports from there live. What can we expect today, jamie . Reporter michelle, if the rehearsals are any indication, theres going to be a lot of music happening tonight. Right now the house band is rehearsing with special singers and earlier, we had a sneak peek of lenny kravitz. Well have speakers on gun control, gun violence and also veterans affairs. But really tonight is about president barack obama laying out his legacy. Then he will talk to the American Public about how he thinks hillary is the only one to continue his proposals. Reporter emotions spilled over as senator Bernie Sanders moved to seal the nomination. I above that Hillary Clinton be second as the nominee of the democratic party. Reporter with that, clinton smashed through the gender barrier as the first woman to lead a major party in the race for the white house. Bill clinton turned on the charm with a deeply personal testimoni