Another team hit by this growing scandal. Breaking overnight, a Top Executive in the Music Industry is placed on leave. The allegation of misconduct against her. Seeing into the future. The contact lenses of the future are here, but are they too futuristic . And this morning, the great bal debate. One big city mayor in hot water prompting us to ask whats the proper way to eat a bagel . Good friday morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us. We begin with the historic impeachment trial of President Trump. It is now officially underway in the senate. Just hours after Supreme Court chief Justice John Roberts swore in the senators who will decide President Trumps fate, a battle is being waged over whether any witnesses will be called. Meanwhile, a nonpartisan watch dog has come forward to say the Trump Administration broke the law by withholding military aid to ukraine. The issue at the center of the impeachment debate. Abcs Karina Mitchell is here with what happens next. Karina, good mor
Night, overnight hours, the wind will remain relatively light, below 10 Miles Per Hour. But occasional gusts could occur that are stronger. At the moment weather conditions dont appear to be a major factor in fighting or containing the fire, except for those occasional gusts. But ill keep monitoring this and if conditions change, i will let you know. Dan and ama . Spencer, thank you. To wrap up whats happening in lake county, again, the fire has burned at least 15 acres near kelseyville. So far there are no reports flames have burned any homes or other buildings. We also havent heard of anyone being hurt. Lets move on. Well keep tabs on that. In the wake of three Mass Shootings in america, gilroy, el paso, dayton, communities in the bay area are not only continuing to mourn, but are taking action, too. Today a funeral was held in new york for one of the gilroy victims. 25yearold trevor irby. In total the three shootings left 34 innocent people dead. Today in san rafael, the mayor has t
Cornell bernard is live in lake county. Reporter its a really nervous time for everyone, and the fire has moved north. You can see the smoke behind me. New evacuation orders have been issued for the golden eagle housing development. And all areas east of the cash creek recreationaway along highway 20. Thats several miles from where we are now where the fire has scorched everything in sight. Just keeping a eye and see when we can get back in there and give is the okay. He is waiting to go home his family has been living in this rv in the parking lot of davids feed store. Hay bales are covered, protected from falling emberes. Self dogs and eight, and a miniature horse are here, too. Firefighters told the family to leave their home as the rocky fire grew more intense. Luckily his house survived. Been a scary time for you guys. Absolutely. Just dont know how the winds change. Reporter more than 1500 firefighters from across the west are battling the fire across unforgiving, steep, rugged h
Were doing everything we can to move as many people as we can and were still encouraging people to use alternate means of transportation if they have them. Reporter in this video provided by bart you can see crews have been hard at work replacing a series of aging transfer rails floor the west oakland bart station that leaded to to transbay tube. That is why Train Service under the bay had to at the stopped this weekend. According to bart the crews are making pretty Good Progress and bus bridges will continue through regular service tomorrow and then monday morning trains will continue their regular service through the transbay tube. Theyll be doing this again labor day weekend. Reporting live in San Francisco. Abc7 news. Thank you. San Francisco Bay ferry ridership is higher than usual this weekend because of the transbay tube closure. The alameda, oakland, San Francisco ferry, experience ted jump in ridership this morning from its usual 2,000 passengers to nearly 2500. The vallejo Sa
Transbay terminal with more on how things are going. Reporter so far those passenger whose have taken the bus bridge tell us not much of a problem. Theyre getting plenty of directions on the ground by a small army of street guides guides and the buses of the bay bridge have their own dedicated lanes. A lot of the street guides have been here since early this morning to help passengers to connect bart trains to the embarcadero and then walk to the transbay terminal to continue to trains to downtown oakland. Passengers from oakland told us the bus rise was not crowded. 25 to 30 minutes across the bridge. Bart says typical ridership is down 50 and they have a fleet of buses to provide shuttle service. We have a total of 94 buses leaving every 45 seconds so were doing everything we can to move as many people as we can and were still encouraging people to use alternate means of transportation if they have them. Reporter in this video provided by bart you can see crews have been hard at work