We are told arriving crews found fire in the attic. That of course made it dangerous to put personnel inside. Although Alameda County fire started off with water in the interior. When the roof started to collapse they retreated and attacked the fire defensively from the outside. The challenge going into a furniture shop it is a very large building. It is complex in nature. In the building they had a lot of obstacles as they went into the building. There is a lot of combustibles. A heavy fire load. The fire rapidly expanded. They had to pull back. They are in a defensive mode. We are trying to extinguish the fire from the outside verses in the building. Reporter the good news there have been no injuriesfire. There are a few dozen residents in this downtown area. We are a halfmile from city hall. Sidelines tonight. Just watching and waiting until the fire subsides. Alcut to the area. That is a challenge. What you see right now are firefighters climbing to the roof of this business. A res
A number of businesses have been affected. We will have a live report coming up and there is a new area code coming to arts of western Alameda County and that means big changes for people with a 510 area code. Spoke to changes today and affects whether you can dial out and how you can do that. There are more changes coming. It will be a bit of getting used to. We will get to that in a moment. We want to talk about whether. It is cool outside right now. It will get kind of hot. Sorry. I love it, i do. I know you are not a big fan that it will be too bad right now. Golden gate bridge fog hanging a little bit. For the most part we will clear up pretty nicely today all across the region and we will see some warmer temperatures especially inland. It is summer officially as of yesterday and we will see those summerlike temperatures. Not as cloudy and foggy as it is over the Golden Gate Bridge. We can talk about some of the weather headlines and talk about how the day is shaping up and what w
Security center at the port of oakland. Were always on alert. Driving a truck is a tough job and we have to protect our loads and Pay Attention to. Do i always look out . Yes, i do. Do i put myself in the situation where my truck is left with the key in it and engine running, i dont think i do that. Reporter the report sites 17 ruck ramming attacks, the vast majority in europe, distinguished by their large size, weight and carrying capacity present an especially attractive mechanism for vehicle ramming attacks. Reporter a former sheriffs deputy, says hes already on high alerts and more concerned about robberies than terrorism. Has it ever occurred to you somebody might want to take your truck and use it as a weapon . No. Never thought of it. Try to take the load. As far as my truck, no. Good luck to them trying to get it. Reporter the tsa reports my jacking is one method a terrorist can use to get a truck, others include buying or renting. Cal train launched a new website today to help
The latest claimed the life of five people. A truck drove into a crowded shopping center. And at christmas in berlin, the truck drove through a crowded area day ands later he was killed in a shootout with police. The worst happened in france where they were celebrating bastille day and the truck driver was killed. Live from the port of oakland going out to all truckers nationwide. Reporter the tsa report calls this a vehicle ramming. It is unsophisticated and can cause a number of casualties. They said thanks to existing threats of robbery, theyre on alert everyday. Truck drivers could try to turn their rig into a weapon like they already have in europe. It puts us on alert, makes us well aware whats going on. Reporter runs a support center for truckers sits on a Security Center at the port of oakland. Were always on alert. Driving a truck is a tough job and we have to protect our loads and Pay Attention to. Do i always look out . Yes, i do. Do i put myself in the situation where my tr
Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Well, the white house is pressing the senate to move quickly on the Health Care Bill passed by the white house to replace obamacare but some republicans are voicing concern and today on capitol hill will be on russias interference in the u. S. Election and the testimony of former acting attorney general sally yates. Hena daniels is here. Good morning, hena. Good morning, annemarie. In the meantime the Trump Administration continues to defend its plan to overhaul obamacare, which faces significant changes in the senate. Former acting attorney general sally yates will speak publicly for the first time today. Detailing her january warning to the white house about Michael Flynns contact with russias ambassador to the u. S. Here as to who knew what when, what was done with this. Questions could also be raised about whether the Trump Campaign colluded with last years e