On growing doubt in washington over the foundation for the fbi launching the trumprussian collusion probe as more documents are declassified. Senator Chuck Grassley declaring, quote, we could not find a single shred of evidence to support it. More on what critics now say are the fbis weak and feeble efforts to launch it. Plus, joe concha on [inaudible] controversy as the probes bear down on the Obama Administration abuses of power in the trumprussia probe and the flynn probe, Top Democrats either running away from questions about it or trying to revice and come up with new narratives that avoid their initial scorched earth attacks that trump a russian asset, and hes going to jail. And dr. Alveda king on seattles leadership in chaos. The mayor and the police chief now at odds. And the mayor downplaying protesters seizing six city blocks calling it, quote, just a block party, the summer of love as reports come in demonstrators threw rocks and improvised explosives at Police Officers, pla
With a exactly provoked this violent attack. Thats the latest. Im melissa colorado, nbc bay area news. Still active investigation. Thanks so much. He tried to steal a van from a nearby car dealership. A shirtless man ran up and tried to grab the keys from a salesman preparing for a test drive. The employee fought back, punching the suspect. He tells us he stopped the man from carjacking another driver. Obviously, if anyone tries to take anything from me, im going to defend myself. I didnt know him. Didnt care. My whole thing was i wanted my car. Fortunately, he wasnt seriously hurt. The suspect was arrested a block away just minutes later. We sent out an alert on our app. Its free to download on apple and android devices. Pg e promised it would do a better job in communicating power outages. A lot of people saying they dropped the ball again. They are getting mixed messages when and if their power will be cut. This is prompted by our high winds and dry weather. Eight of the nine bay co
It was a horrendous fire. Reporter leonard and his wife know all too well how quickly a fire can ignite. They lost their long time home two months ago in an electrical fire. We lost everything, everything, all our clothes, everything. The only thing we had was the clothes on our back. Were only one call away from a tragic event happening, so were on borrowed time. Reporter east Contra Costa County says theyre faced with so many fire emergencies they cant keep up. The Fire District covers 250 miles, more than 120,000 residents yet it has just three fire stations. Only nine firefighters are on duty at a time. At any given time when you call t 911 we have three resources working through a very dynamic system and they can be 10, 15, 20, to 25 minutes away. Reporter the Fire District is launching a Public Awareness campaign to let people know they need solutions. Residents will likely be asked to support a partial tax or assessment measure sometime next year. We are the poster child of an u
And the east bay as well. Red flag morning tomorrow morning and temperatures dropping today and ill talk about that coming up. Mike you have Early Morning fire ie north bay . The area we are concerned about any sparks or fires. Taken care of quickly but unfortunately as a result of a car fire a death. We do not know the r that car just the initial fire. Its on highway 29 so im imagining still Traffic Control in the area. There hasnt been an update from the chp the last few minutes. Associated with that on highway 29. Rest of the commute is in the green zone and that is great. A live look at capitol hill. First of three days of impeachment testimony begins a short time from now. Nine witnesses are expected to testify between today and thursday. Today Top State Department adviser is expected to answer questions from congress. Jennifer williams on the july phone call involving President Trump and ukraine president. O exper is als testify and they believe he will bolster that ukraine never
Holidays are certainly upon us. Oh, yeah. Ready for christmas . I am. Exactly 35 days until the holiday. The Tree Lighting ceremonies are starting up. A big one tonight at santana row. But thanksgiving first. One thing at a time. The weather more in a christmas mood . Feel more like the holidays today. Red flag warning and high fire danger for all of these areas shaded in red that includes our Higher Elevations above 1,000 feet. We will be tracking that as the winds pick up throughout the day. More on that in a few minutes. Mike, youre tracking a crash in oakland . Right. The one west 24 at telegraph. Its on the right side. This is westbound heading towards the bay bridge. No slowing shows up but a crash will have one lane blocked as crews arrive. Two people sadly death after this crash in napa county. Closed the highway in both directions. New video from the scene and happened a little after 2 00 a. M. Both victims were pronounced dead at the scene and no other injuries record. Highwa