Along the embarcadero at washington street. Another con vested area. Hi. Reporter hi, this has been backed up like this here, the southbound lanes for the embarcadero for the entire day and as you mentioned this is the reason why. Check that out over there. Washington street, all the lanes are blocked off southbound. That means all those cars are having to turn into the financial district. Its going to be like this for the next two weeks. In case anyone doesnt know by now, construction of super bowl city along the embarcadero is in full swing. Traffic is shut down on Market Street until main on the embarcadero. Nearby streets have been clogged most of the day. How long have you been in this . 45 minutes. Reporter hes on battery street just trying to get south of market. He left an hour and a half early to make sure he could drive less than a mile for a work assignment. Justin jennings is here from oakland. He traveled three blocks in about a half an hour. We heard about the backup. The
Role. Thank you so much. I want to ask about this remarkable moment in the hallways. President biden told her he thinks the president needs the impeachment trial of the former president to happen but he does not think there are the votes to convict. Can you explain then what america gets out of it . Look, i think that President Biden and his administration has been very, very clear about this when it comes to now the senate trial is that senators, they have to be able to do their constitutional duty, uphold the constitution, but also be able to do the american the job for the American People and give them that relief. And so here is the thing, john, there is a precedent for this, right . We saw this happen about a year ago where there was Senate Hearings and they were able to do the senate trial at the same time. And here is the thing, a year ago, now a year later, and now the economic crisis and also covid19 is much more worse than it was before. So, we have to move forward and make s
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Ceiling. I think we have an obligation to pay our obligations. Have you requested from the office of Legal Counsel of the department of justice, an answer to this question . Congressman, on the question of responsiveness to oversight i very much except i just asked for you to respond in writing to that. Have you asked or your department asked whether or not you can prioritize debt . The question of prioritization is fundamentally a policy question. As your comments reflected, i do not believe nor does any president nor treasury secretary let me ask you to answer my question. I have one minute 54 seconds left. Have you asked the department of justices office of Legal Counsel whether or not you have the authority in the event of not raising the debt ceiling to prioritize debt payments . The issue of whether or not that decision is made is fundamentally a president ial decision. Have you as treasury secretary, your department, requested from the office of Legal Counsel . It would fundamen
After he allegedly threatened officers in the same precinct where officers wenjian liu and rafael ramos were stationed. All of this happening as friends and family prepare to say goodbye to ramos at a public wake. Lets bring in cnns Miguel Marquez in new york outside the church where loved ones and police from around the country are expected to gather later today. Good morning, miguel. Good morning, randi, regardless of how much antipolice sentiment there may be out there at the moment, i think we are going to see an overwhelm i overwhelming amount of support for police in the next couple days here. The funeral for officer ramos alone, nypd preparing for 25,000 police to show up here as nypd is on alert for new threats. Nypd in mourning and on heightened alert. Any statement suggesting violence towards the police need to be reported to the police so we can stop future tragedies. Reporter seven people arrested in connection with making threats against nypd. Three arrested for posting th