it s thursday, november 14th, 2019. here s today s eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. there just wasn t any surprises. there wasn t any bombshells. made a compelling and clear case. this was damning. both sides claim victory after the first day of public testimony. you talking about the witch-hunt? is that what you re talking about? i hear it s a joke. i haven t watched. i haven t watched for one minute. reporter: a legal said e setback for the president. the federal court ruled that congress can seek eight years of the president s tax returns. hi, had everyone rning fo president. the massachusetts firefighter is dead. he was killed fighting a house fire. lieutenant menard heroically and selflessly saved his crew. reporter: the mayor of venice, italy, says the worst s venin its ees. than 50 years at least two people have dead. reporter: deadly winter storms shattering cold temperature records. from the great lakes to the northeast, it s cold.
two-car crash on the upper deck of the bay bridge. this will make for a messy commute for anyone coming from the east bay into san francisco. you can see the flashing lights there. the backup is extending into the tunnel here. if you take out the map here. you can see where this is. and also where that backup is. look at that. the crash is after treasure island. that backup is extending further and further towards the toll plaza. here are the speeds for everyone. 11 and 21 miles per hour. so slow ride for you this morning. be careful out there. thanks. at abc7 news we re focused on ways to building a better bay area. one issue we all face is making city streets safe. welcome to life in the slow lane. a group in san francisco is pushing the city to lower all speed limits to 20 miles per hour. they say this is an effort to save lives. lauren martinez has the details on this. lauren? the resolution does not mean that speed limits will be immediately changing in san franc
has some explaining to do. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is early start. i m christine romans. i m dave briggs. we begin in the nation s capital, where we will for weeks and months. president trump s phone call with the leader of ukraine, under the microscope. it may be a different call the next day, may be the most proof the president pushed his rivals. bill taylor first learned about this other call last week. in the presence of my staff, in a restaurant, sondland called and told him of his meetings. my staff could hear president trump hear asking about the investigations. the ambassador cold president trump they were ready to move forward. someone asked what president trump thought about ukraine. he said, he cared more about the investigations of biden, which giuliani was pushing for. that s more evident that the president himself was behind the pressure campaign. taylor s revelation undermines that he hardly knows ambassado
New Zealand may be small but, with enough nous, you can easily get off the well-beaten track on your next campervanning trip, writes Sarah Bennett. Since I.