Flow on the San Francisco side through the Treasure Island tunnel and over here up the incline, the bay bridge toll plaza still has the backup, but they look like theyve sped up the metering lights as well because i can see the fast track lanes starting to visibly make progress as well. The map will slhow you a slow drive coming off the berkeley curve. Everywhere else in the bay area looks like a typical friday and perhaps even a little better. We are watching castro valley, looks like there may be a crash around eden canyon roads. For now we send it back to you for the top story. It is breaking news were covering this morning. The president just tweeting and signing a new Government Spending bill after a brief Government Shutdown overnight. Tweeting within the past 30 minutes or so, quote, just signed bill, our military will now be stronger than ever before. We love and need our military and gave them everything and more. First time this has happened in a long time. Also means jobs, j
Dark for 19 days about a massive sink hole, one large enough to swallow millions of gallons of radioactive water at a mosaic plant in mulberry. 8 on your side Steve Andrews tells us tonight that there is action on the ground to help ease the fears of neighbors. Reporter technician showed up at james maxwells house in lithia to take samples of water from his well. Im scared to death what it already has done to me and my neighbor reporter scared because he lives near their mosaic new wales plant in mulberry. A sinkhole sucked 215 million gallons of radioactive contaminated water into the aquifer, our source of drinking water. Im not saying that they dont do that lightly. Reporter no one informed the public until 8 on your side broke the news. James well is at least one of 40 mosaic plants to test for about a couple of things. First what might be upset headed towards their wells and second the government knew about it and didnt tell them. Mosaic hired ett a Tampa Company to take samples.
Of the walls. Now when we first discovered this on thursday, we saw only a round part of the hole. Now look the hole has elongated, it has widened. Is that from erosion from the contaminated water that is still flowing into this thing . Or is it getting bigger . According to mosaic, thats not the case. On the ground, mosaic is trying to delay fears. Reporter testing maxwells house today to take samples of water from his wells. Im scared to death what it has already done to me and to my neighbors out here. Reporter scared because he lives near the new wales fertilizer plant in mulberry. A sinkhole opened up under a gypsum sack and sucked 215 million gallons of radioactive contaminated water into the aquifer. Our source of drinking water. No one informed the public until 8 on your side broke the news. James is at least one of the 40 places to be tested for contamination. Mosaic hired att a Tampa Company to take samples. Gary hopes to test 30 wells on tuesday. Mosaic has instructed us to
The party turnout at the specific polls but absentee ballots requested for democratic ballots were nearly two to one over the republican ballots which isnt unusual. For the past three president ial primaries more people have cast democratic ballots than republican. Its early for turnout numbers. In 2012, about 27 of voters turned out. In 2008, about 41 . So far, everyone that we have spoken to today for this primary just says that they hope ohio makes a real difference in this president ial election. Hopefully we play a role. We will see. We need a good president and good judges and everything. We just need so much in cleveland. This is important. Its an important election. I vote every year. I figured it was definitely my duty to do so. Reporter so as you heard from them, a very important know. Governor kasich has said he will drop out of the race for the so we will be here all day. You will want to stay with cleveland 19 and cleveland19. Com all day for updates throughout the day on
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