The streets of San Francisco could look like this at midday of a workweek and its had a profound effect on caltrain. Its been super empty and even sometimes when im commuting during rush hour before it was hard to get a seat. Now almost got a whole full car to myself. Reporter caltrain was one of the most efficient Transit Systems in the bay area with 70 of its expense paid for by riders fares, but that means its hurt even more when there are fewer riders. In good times were really happy not to need extra support through a sales tax, but caltrain is never unlike every other Transit System has never had a dedicated source of revenue. Reporter so measure rr would create an eighth of a cent sales tax on each dollar spent specifically to fund caltrain. Transit officials hope one day the money can be used to increase the reach and frequency of the service, but right now it will be a lifeline. In the next few years without this caltrain will have to shut down and that is animminent and real
Good morning and good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Were going to start things off this morning with the republicans push to confirm Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. The Senate Judiciary Committee Reconvenes this morning to hear from outside witnesses. Two days of intense questioning wrapped up yesterday. Barrett managed to sidestep key questions about obamacare and abortion rights. S. Laura podesta is in washington. Laura, whats next in this confirmation process now . Reporter good morning, annemarie. For democrats on the committee its delay, delay, delay. They want to push the Committee Vote to next week or as close to the general election as possible. I cant give a yes or a no. Reporter Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett sidestepped some questions from democrats for the second day in a row on wednesday. You think its wrong to separate children from their parents to deter immigrants from coming to the United States . A matter of hot political debate in which i cant
Highlighted in red until 11 00 friday for north bay and east bay mountains, inland valleys, santa cruz mountains. I have been watching gusts 50 to 60 Miles Per Hour in the Higher Elevations, a bigger concern for us today into tomorrow with low relative humidity values. Wind advisory until 11 00 a. M. Due to gusty winds, possible downed trees and power lines. A heat advisory for the entire bay area due to possible record breaking highs, daytime highs about 20 degrees above average for this time of year. I will let you know what you can expect and how hot it will get where you live. I will also show you futurecast coming up in just a few minutes. Lets check with gianna. It is windy through the altamont. It is. Chp has issued wind advisory for the Altamont Pass about 3 30 this morning. If you are traveling towards 580, headed in the direction of the Altamont Pass, you will deal with gusty conditions. Be extra careful especially if in a high profile vehicle. We are seeing brake lights out
Honored to bring you to our virtual programs that weve been able to shift to and looking forward to having you join us more in the coming weeks. Before we get to the subject of tonights program i just want to share a little bit about some things we have coming up, things to look forward to. More virtual programs you may be interested in joining us. Well be hosting next week a separate teach outcome anticorruption expert and former neck state attorney general candidate will be sharing her new book, break them up in a conversation. Hell be exploring the connection between bigmoney and its impact on democracy. That will be on august 11 the following week we will be hosting in a conversation with Jeffrey Toobin discussing rick felsons new book dragon which continues an exploration weve been doing of recent history of the Republican Party in that is on august 19. We are also proud to partner with the foundation on an upcoming series living kicking off on the 18th and moderator kel willis to
81971. A white house out more, a revolt in the streets and the untold history. That event is this thursday the 24th. You can find information about it and all of our happenings and events at twitter, facebook an instagram as well as powells. Co powells. Com. Tonight we are very excited to welcome hes an attorney political activist and antitrust and collections expert. A rising star on the left, her campaign for the near attorney general in 2018 was endorsed by bernie sanders, the New York Times and others. She was part of the team of lawyers that sued donald trump for allegedly violated the clause of the constitution. She sits on the board of the directors of the open markets institute and teaches law. In her new book, break them up recovering freedom from big gag, big tech and big money, she offers a call for liberals looking to find a common cause. She makes a compelling case that monopolies of the root cause of many of the issues that todays progressives care about. They derive econ