Busy day here dc. The report is that the white house is now looking into how soon it can release the whistleblower complaint, but they say it will be done as soon as legally possible. No exact date on that. For what happened today, House Speaker nancy pelosi has been slow rolling the impeachment efforts for years, but today she threw her weight behind her fellow democrats, who are in favor of the impeachment efforts, as more and more members of the caucus joined those efforts. The president must be held accountable, no one is above the law. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announcing a formal impeachment inquiry after meeting with fellow democrats this afternoon. To make the actions taken to date by thpresident have seriously violated the constitution, especially when the president says article 2 says i can do whatever i want. Calls for impeachment have been growing in recent days. Following a government whistleblower complaint detailing a questionable phone call between President Trump and
Greg lee with the story. The president must be held accountable, no one is above the law. Reporter facing mounting pressure, nancy pelosi announced a formal impeachment inquiry of President Trump. The action comes into response to allegations that during a phone call, President Trump pushed the ukrainian president into an investigation by the biden. There was no official wrong doing by the bidens. The actions of the Trump Presidency reveals dishonorable fact of the president s betrayal of his oath of office. Betrayal of our National Security and betrayal of our integrity of our elections. Reporter today President Trump doubled down into the need to look into the bidens. He has tweeted he has authorizeed the release of the entire transcript of the call. Former vp biden respond first degree the president refeudss to come if the president refuses to comply, impeachment will be the only resort. The president believes he is above the law. Pursuing the leader of another nation to investigate
Saturday night, while trying to land at the truckee tahoe airport. Person in texas has tested positive for the Avian Influenza otherwise known as bird flu. Texas Health Officials say the person had direct exposure to dairy cattle, presumed to be infected. The patients who experienced i information as your only symptom was tested for flu late last week. That person is now being treated with an antiviral medication. The risk for the general public remains low. The cdc says this is the second human case of bird flu in the u. S. And the first linked to exposure to cattle the cattle infections do not present a concern for the commercial milk supply. State lawmakers introduced a package of bills today that they say will help prevent discrimination. And harassment at california universities among the proposals. Its a bill calling on each university to set up a campus title 9 office to investigate harassment allegations. Another bill would require the state auditor to review University Discrim
The south bay is 1. 8 million. A 20 jump in when youre. In San Francisco the median price is 1. 6 million. The high demand is there, which drives prices up. Four a redhot market is pushing seller hesitation aside. It is still a sellers market with high demand and multiple offers on properties. Reporter those high prices make it almost twice as expensive per month as renting here. About 95. 5 more per month to purchase a home rather than to rent. In san jose it is about 86. 7 more to purchase a home. That is a difference of about 2700 a month. The majority of buyers are looking to pay for down payments using stock options. The rising tech stockss booth is boosting the housing market. Home prices are skyrocketing across much of the country. A sixfigure salary is needed to get a home in nearly half of the u. S. Home buyers have to earn nearly 111,000 per year to 40 median priced home. Home buyers need a higher salary in california, hawaii, washington, d. C. , massachusetts, and washington
Saturdays hamas offensive. Abc News Reporter alison kosik has the latest on the situation and the pentagons response. The violence began early saturday, a massive barrage of hamas rockets fired into israel. The highly coordinated attack catching israel off guard. This Music Festival turning to panic. Jennifer dempseys 22 year old daughter, kim was at that festival. She is now missing. Kim didnt realize that there was like 7 or 8 toyota vans full of terrorists, and they just shot everywhere. They just shot them, slaughtered them like ducks. The Israeli Rescue service says more than 260 bodies were recovered at the scene. Videos show palestine minion militants taking israeli hostages near the border with gaza, including Young Children and the elderly. The government says as many as 100 people have been kidnaped. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu declaring we are embarking on a long and difficult war that was forced upon us. Abcs ian pannell is in israel. You just heard that. Thats the so