Today brought most of the bay area cloudy, rainy, windy weather, but a change of what weve seen recently. Abc7 news was in martinez today where people had their umbrellas up at lunchtime. Spencer christian is here with whats ahead in the forecast. People have sung songs about spring showers and theres going to be a lot of sing thing week. Heres live doppler 7. You can see weve got showers scattered across much of the bay area and some pockets of heavy downpours in the east bay, moving from berkeley eastward, at around walnut creek, danville getting little downpours, further east near bay point and brentwood. Heavy downpours in that area. Heres look at our storm impact scale. Tonights storm rates one, windy conditions along the coast. For the evening rush, exercise caution, because these scattered showers will produce slick roadways, especially as it gets dark. Forecast animation starting at 7 00. Well continue to see areas of showers and the areas of rainfall will become more expansive
Point i cant tell which it is. Representative adam schiff, thank you so much for your time. Thanks, scott. Today, 13 months and one president ial election after the death of Supreme Court justice antonin scalia, the senate opened confirmtion hearings for his successor. Jan crawford is following that. We sometimes hear judges cynically described as politicians in robes, seeking to enforce their own politics rather than striving to apply the law impartially. If i thought that were true, i would hang up the robe. Reporter pledging to respect the rule of law, judge neil gorsuch told the senators judges must remain above politics. I dont think thats what life in the law is about. Reporter in a deeply personal statement, the colorado native talked about his western roots and family and thanked his wife louise. I love you so much. Reporter but throughout the first day, another respective federal Appeals Court judge also was in focus. Chief judge merrick garland. Judge garland. Chief judge mer
Denied trying to return batteries at a walmart. Kron 4s Ella Sogomonian joins us from there live. Ella whats the latest . Union city police are still looking for that woman tonight who was seen in the video driving into a little kid and a family in this parking lot. Take a look at her picture Union City Police say this woman seen walking into walmart came in to return batteries. When she was denied they say she left agitated. Afterward surveillence footage shows a silver honda accord backing up right into a five people just inches away from the car. Fortunately the shopping cart acted as a barrier and got the brunt of that hit. They are all now considered victims by police. She stops then keeps going pretty fast narrowly missing a mom and her 3 year old who ran off. People out here didnt need to see the dramatic video to be stunned by the news. Ews. Leonardo, shocked shopperwhy would you back up into Somebody Just because they wouldnt take a return policy . Sgt. Steve mendez, Union Cit
With what ive seen and the way id describe it is there is circumstantial evidence certainly of collusion or coordination. There has been direct evidence of deception, and i think people i hope got the sense today during this long hearing about just why its so important that both congress and the fbi do a thorough investigation. But to be crystal clear, this evening, as we speak, there is no hard evidence of collusion between the Trump Campaign and the russians . You said there is circumstantial evidence . You know, i would not say i would not phrase it the way you did. Circumstantial evidence can be very powerful and it is hard evidence. You can certainly prove many cases on the basis of circumstantial evidence, so people shouldnt underestimate the power of that. During your committee hearing, someone using President Trumps official twitter handle took issue with what was being said by the fbi director, and the director was asked, and he rebutted that. That was pretty unusual, in fact
Well, the Intelligence Committee chairman devin nunes declined an invitation to speak with us tonight, but we did talk to the ranking democrat on the committee, adam schiff. Congressman schiff, as we speak this evening, is there any evidence of collusion between the Trump Campaign and russia . Well, i think what we saw in the hearing today was director comey acknowledged that there was sufficient evidence and credible information that warranted his opening up a counterintelligence investigation, that is, is there coordination with a foreign power, has someone become an agent of a foreign power . There was sufficient evidence certainly for the irector to open that investigation. Thats certainly consistent also with what ive seen and the way id describe it is there is circumstantial evidence certainly of collusion or coordination. There has been direct evidence of deception, and i think people i hope got the sense today during this long hearing about just why its so important that both c