Watching the weather is up and running more than 40,000 kilometers above the earth. Officials with the utility in southwestern japan are taking steps towards restarting a Nuclear Power plant. Workers have been loading fuel into one of the reactors. The plant will be the first to restart since the government announced new regulations after the 2011 fukushima disaster. Officials with kyushu power plant in sendai says workers are used cranes to transfer fuel into the reactor. It has been without fuel for two and a half years. The fuel rod units are being stored in a pool next to the building that houses the reactor. Workers will spend four days transferring them into the reactor one by one. The officials will rotate workers so the operation can continue around the clock. And the fuel is being kept underwater to contain the radiation. Translator the government plans to push forward with restarting Nuclear Plants that have satisfied the new guidelines in screening by the Nuclear Regulation
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Still that is extremely oppressive here for the bay area. Here is the thing thats bringing down the trees. We have sustained wibds that is steady force on the atmosphere of 15 to about 30 Miles Per Hour and right now were still seeing gusts of 35 in napa and 32 in san jose. Were tracking more of this wind and will let you when its moving out in 15 minutes. Jeff thanks very much. Well the larger it is the more problems its causing. Trees toppling over because of the wind. At about 3 00 p. M. This afternoon, this 300 footer crashed into power lines sparking a fire that then toppled on over on to i80. Three cars crashed into each other try to avoid the tree. Both sides of the freeway are shut down. Westbound lanes and one eastbound lane are back up. No word before all the lanes are back and running. And we have some new video just into our news room from north napa. A large redwood tree crashed into a house on vintage street this afternoon. Take a look what the tree did the house. Incredi
Will have that freeze watch in effect for your thursday morning with temperatures bottoming out new years eve. 25 degrees in the coldest locations, around 40, 45 degrees around the bay. So that is cold. Frank, what are you trying to show me there . Im downloading the app as we speak. I said do you have the app . I dont. But he will in a few seconds. Putting in a password now. Lets get to traffic. We started seeing slowing on the bay bridge. We are trying to figure out y i think they are clearing the overnight roadwork right now. There was some roadwork from Center Anchorage to about the harrison street offramp. They had various lanes blocked, three lanes blocked at one point. It was scheduled to wrap up at 5 00 so we are seeing slow traffic getting into San Francisco. They may be clearing roadwork. In the meantime, at the bay bridge toll plaza, all clear no delays there. Its not until you reach the tunnel we start to see brake lights and there is a high wind advisory still in effect th
Then a second train plows right into her. How she walked away. And good morning, america, on this columbus day. Boy, a scary start to columbus over at l. A. International airport. Turns some kind of Chemical Reaction with dry ice in a bathroom. Authorities calling it a prank and josh will have a lot more on that in a moment. A prank that nobody is laughing about. We begin with the clock ticking down now to midnight thursday, when the u. S. Faces the prospect of defaulting on its loans, a moment we have never seen before. Theres capitol hill. Well work to come up with a deal that wont start again until 2 00 today. After a weekend filled with anxiety and anger. See the protesters at the Lincoln Memorial. They walked right in anyway. Some states are acting on their own to open national parks. See the statue of liberty right there, it will be open sunday. Well have reports from washington and wall street. Jon karl starts us off from the white house right now. Good morning, jon. Reporter go