The Emotional Message from one man taken hostage by hamas. Robbed on route. The frightening moment, and a reward being offered to catch the suspect. Returning to court. A few of the protesters that shutdown the bay bridge last november are facing a judge today. A live report on now they are asking the judge to dismiss all charges. This is today in the bay. Good thursday morning to you. Thank you for starting your morning with us. I am marcus washington. I am laura garcia. We will get a look at the forecast in a moment, but mike is following breaking news for us. Minutes ago, we learned this has gone from bad to worst. Lets look at the maps. As we move down out of daly city and heading towards San Francisco we have the split, 280 at highway 1, and we got word of a crash that may have involved a pedestrian on the roadway, and continuing up we have three lanes blocked for northbound 280. Thats currently the situation. The coroner has been called to the scene. Once that happens it takes ty
To catch you up on what is happening down at the tidal basic. Fox5s Alexandra Limon has more on the Cherry Blossoms. Wearing wedding gowns, can i mows and 50 shades of pink, to is and locals alike travel to the tidal basin. I come down here every year. Its about a threehour drive and ill take photos and walk around. Some got early to beat the crowds. Some did it for a different reason. We want to get some really good sunrise shots with our camera here. At sunrise they had the perfect cherry colored sky to match the weekends theme. While it is peak bloom weekend these arent the fullest cherry blues am weve ever seen because of the rocky weather we had this month you can see many of the Cherry Blossoms died. I think because of the weather, the changes in the weather. But its still beautiful. Getting downtown a breeze. Metro eased on weekend track work to accommodate all the visitors and will continue to provide full service on most lines for several weekends so everyone can enjoy one of
As the votes continued to come in john kasich was projected to take second place. While ted cruz, marco rubio, and jeb bush were locked in a fight for third place. House democrats in washington wednesday on the ongoing water crisis in flint. Separately, michigans governor will ask the state for nearly 200Million Dollars to help solve flints water crisis. But hes not ready to commit to replacement of all the pipes unlike mayor karen weaver. Meanwhile, there could be criminal charges coming. Kim hutcherson reports replace flints residential lead pipes as quickly as possible on wednesday, Governor Rick Snyder will ask legislators for an additional 195 mllion dollars to deal with the problem but he hasnt thrown his support behind pipe replacement yet. Hell only commit to reviewing the proposal, according to a spokesman, who said experts recommended that pipes be coated with a chemical to prevent corrosion before determining which lines should be replaced. Snyder said he isnt necessarily op
Handed over the cash. The women were arrested a few days later and admitted to staging the robbery. Ktivs tiffany lane is covering todays sentencings and will have the details tonight on news four. South dakotas Death Penalty would be repealed under a measure thats being considered today by the Senate State Affairs committee. The bills main sponsor is republican senator arthur rusch of vermillion. Hes a former judge who has prosecuted a Death Penalty case. Rusch told the committee this morning hes seen firsthand how costly and hard and court personnel. He says Death Penalty cases are unfairly taxing on county governments and he doesnt believe the punishment is an effective crime deterrent. Last year, the same two measures to repeal or limit the Death Penalty. A pair of bills in the Iowa Legislature that would increase the speed limit on rural twolane roads are raising concerns among some authorities. A subcommittee has approved measures that would increase the hour. Safety at the iowa
Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. We just gave away our lead guest. Right there, donald trump, live in our studio. A man of his word. Yesterday, he said, if i win, ill join you in your studio. Guess what . Here he is. The big winner, wasnt even close on the republican side or democratic side. Huge shifts on the left and the right. Lets get to where thing stand this morning. Fueled by recordsetting voting turnout, Bernie Sanders won over Hillary Clinton more than 20 points. Hillary clinton conceded moments after the poll closed. Things arenen closer on the repupuican side, at least at the top. Closest competitor, the surprise of the night, john kasich. Cruz finished third after a win in iowa. Followed closely be jeb bush and marco rubio with Chris Christie in a disappointing sixth. Well talk to trump and kasich in a moment. Firsrs lets start with e