We are on the scene with a live report at 11 00. The other breaking news is in oakland. Two people have been hit by an amtrak train. Right near Jack London Square where it happened, one of the victims has critical injuries. Amtrak says they were trespassing on the tracks. We have a crew on the way and will have instant updates on both of the breaking stories on our app. Be sure to enable push alerts. Good evening and thank you for joining us. A federal agency has declared the drought has ended in more than a third of california. According to a map released today by the u. S. Drought monitor, the entire bay area is out of the drought. But much of central and Southern California are in a moderate to severe drought. Can we start to relax our water usage . Reporter this is what many california reservoirs looked like at the height of the drought in the spring of 2015. Half empty. This is what many look like today. More than 100 full. So full the spillway at the San Pablo Reservoir is wide o
Military plane and rolled out the back door. This bombing comes less than a week after an American Special forces soldier was killed during operations against the Islamic State in afghanistan. The United States took all precautions necessary to prevent civilian casualties and Collateral Damage as a result of the operation. This was another very, very successful mission. Reporter and the pentagon says that strike was designed to minimize the risks afghan and u. S. Forces doing operations in the area and also, alma, to maximize destruction to isis fighters and facilities. Janay, i understand this action originated with the previous administration. Reporter yeah, weve learned some senior d. O. D. Officials actually learned of the plans to use that bomb during the obama administration. They say that the bomb was purely tactical to target isis fighters with one senior official saying the bomb had the desired effect. As you heard there, President Trump calling that mission successful. All ri
Hospital. As you can see in this picture, many the ac transit buses will take pnging to the 19th street bart station. The rafael bridge. A tanker truck is empty, but there are major delays. This is a live picture from the toll plaza. Backup not an issue. They are recommending drivers use highway 37 as a detour. Good evening and thank you for joining us. Now to the Republican National convention. Please, dont stay home in november. Thats as close to ted cruz came to endorsing donald trump tonight in what some are calling a body slam to the Republican National convention. And theres mr. Trump standing just off stage as the crowd erupted in booing cruz. Donald trump joined his Vice President ial pick on the main stage at the end of the third day of the convention. Marcy gonzalez is in cleveland. Reporter the man the gop hopes will help unify the party behind donald trump taking stage, mike pence accepting the Vice President ial nomination. I accept your nomination to run and serve as Vice
Crash. Presidenscratch. President obama says no to the keystone xl pipeline from canned. Two men and an historic handshake with weve just seen live when chinas president xi jinping greets taiwans ma lin jo. They call each other mr. Because china does not recognize taiwans independence. Whatever side you sit on, sahil ramaan speaks to us from singapore. Reporter you touched on some important points, jane. 12 months after both sides said they wouldnt see each other on the sidelines of a reefnlg regil conference in beijing. China has become more assertive in the last months. Taiwan itself, the dispute of the South China Sea has been really the top story here in the region for quite some time and therefore the dialogue that taiwan needs with beijing is very important. And when you have the chinese president inviting you for talks youre not exactly going to say no if you are the incumbent president of taiwan. What also is significant is the location here in singapore. The scheduled meeting
States and all around the world. Im errol barnett. Im rosemary church. Thank you for joining us. This is cnn newsroom. We begin this hour with troubling new details in the lead contaminated water crisis in flint michigan. The governor released emails about the situation. They include comments from one staffer who says activity it was the citys problem, not the state governments. Another says come in flint are taking the sensitive issue of childrens exposure to lead and trying to turn it into a political football claiming the departments are underestimating the impacts on the populations and particularly trying to shift responsibility to the state. Meanwhile, michigan lawmakers have approved 29 million in emergency funding to deal with the crisis. The mayor says fixing the damage could cost as much as 1. 5 billion. The white house sent an enjoy to flint to help coordinate federal efforts. Barack obama addressed the issue during a visit to detroit wednesday. You cant shortchange basic se