discussed. reporter: according to the post, the classified information about an isis plot in sierra was give on the the u.s. by a partner and is so sensitive not even other allies have access to it. that oval office meeting was already under scrutiny, it came just a day after the president suddenly fired fbi director james comey and less than a month after trump described u.s./russia relations at an all time low. secretary of state rex tillerson, who was also in the room, saying they did not discuss sources, methods or military operations. but to one at the white house specifically addressing the main allegation in the story, that president trump revealed classified information and, in doing so, may have jeopardized critical intelligence sharing operations. that s really shocking. the suggestion that he might have shared highly classified information inappropriately with the russian foreign minister is deeply troubling. reporter: the story sounding alarms for lawmaker
through 4:00 torch morning so we should be okay once we get through the evening commute. the crash i just told you about in san francisco cleared in the last couple moments so we re back to a quiet start. no significant issues, walnut creek, southbound 680, still wide open. the central valley, this is our only spot for slowdowns this early. 22 miles an hour, 16 miles an hour on 205 to 580. nothing unusual there. just typical delays. we have one new minor issue in the napa area. we ll check on that next. alexis, thank you. press briefing at the white house after reports president trump shares classified information with russia. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are calling on the president to explain himself. the white house insists he did nothing wrong and this morning the president is explaining himself a little. the president taking to twitter to defend his conversation with russia s foreign minister and also dorp. he tweeted a short time ago as president i want
we started quiet and ended up with a ton of crashes hopefully that doesn t happen again today but light volumes southbound 101 across golden gate into san francisco, no issues there, that s wide open. drive times looking great you re still in the green. 21 minutes, bay bridge barely in the yellow at 12 and southbound 101 is san francisco to sfo looking good at nine minutes. we ll look at altamont pass next. now to our big story, the fallout from president trump s oval office meeting with top russian leaders. the president tweeting he wanting to share information with russia and had an absolute right to do so. he said he discussed terrorism and airline flight safety and that he wants russia to step up their fight against isis. he did not specify whether the information was classified or not. this follows a washington post report that mr. trump shared highly classified information from a u.s. ally with the russian minister and ambassador last week, abc news legal expert d