Livermore 67 degrees this morning. Wednesday not too bad. 6mile an hour sustained wind speed. Fairfield 40 miles an hour. Fairfield 5 miles north. San jose 6 miles an hour and Half Moon Bay 5 miles an hour. We are still slightly above average for this time of year in santa rosa expected to get to 85 or 86 degrees is where we are expecting to land and normally 83. San francisco your high today is 68 degrees and oakland 73 is what we are expecting to hit and livermores warmer and san jose 85 degrees as your high today and slightly above average for this time of year and we will cool down significantly. All right. What is going on out on the road today. Right now we have a light nice looking commute. If you are at the bay bridge you can see traffic is backed up through the maze and as a typical day and we dont see the light traffic we might see later and the week as we get closer to the fourth of july holiday and this is a look at the commute on interstate 80 in san mateo bridge has been
Dangerously close. Get ready to pay up if you leave something in an uber. And dad dancing from jimmy fallon. Early today starts right now. Good wednesday morning, im frances rivera. Im phillip mena. The senate is embroiled in votes to scrap obamacare. A move that could have mass implications for millions across the country. President donald trump uses his bully pulpit to get republicans on board. Any senator who votes against repeal and replace is telling america that they are fine with the obamacare nightmare and i predict they will have a lot of problems. To say emotions are running high is an understatement as democrats took to capitol hill decry republican attempts to kill that bill while inside the Senate Chamber a tiebreaking vote from mic pence broke off debate. One of the gops proposals fell short of votes it needed to pass with a Bipartisan Group of senators opposing a plan crafted to appeal to both moderates and conservatives. And with that amendment going down republicans no
Congress got an sos today from the common cant of the coast guard. He said the guard is busier than ever, chasing drug runners but it cant do the job without more money. Carter evans now on whats at stake. Reporter this what 800 million worth of cocaine looks like. We were aboard the coast guard cutter back in 2015 after it seized tons of drugs from fast boats and make shift submarines. There was so much flow right now. But the drugs keep coming. And last year the coast guard couldnt even chase hundreds of shipments they knew about. How much is still getting through . There were over 500 events that, that literally alluded us. We knew they were out there. This came done to we didnt have enough planes, didnt have enough ships. Reporter he says much of his fleet is decades past retirement age. And the coast guard needs 1. 5 billion dollars just to catch up on maintenance. Copy. Thank you. Chief warrant officer, bill hansman is captain of the 55yearold sledge. This ship is 11 years older
Newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. More votes are expected in the senate today as republicans pursue their long held promise to repeal and replace the Affordable Care act. The vote aathon started yesterday when they barely managed to get through the debate. It squeaked through with the help of john mccain, who made dramatic return to the capitol after being diagnosed with brain cancer. Last night a wideranging plan to replace and repeal obamacare was voted down. Hena daniels is here in new york. Good morning, hena. Good morning, annemarie. It was a vote that could not have been any closer. Now there are already signs and republican efforts to get a new Health Care Plan passed will be far from easy. By a vote of 43 in favor, 57 against tuesday night, the first gop effort in the senate to repeal and replace obamacare has already failed. The vote on that bill took place just hours after they decided by the narrowest margin possible
And, feeding children after the school year how a food bank is helping fill in the gap during summer so kids dont go hungry. Theres always a phew when we get it out the door. And then we just hope that its getting to kids in need, and that theyre enjoying it, and we do it all again the next day. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. And individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the United States senate tonight has begun debating what to do about obamacare, after weeks of waiting. Republicans finally mustered the votes to proceed in a showdown today, with the aid of a cancer patient and a Vice President ial tiebreaker. Lisa desjardins begins our coverage. Reporter in the senate today, high stakes politics with