explanation. i m eric thomas. i m dion lim. new details about what happened here. live look at the bridge, traffic is moving, you re looking at the toll plaza, just a little bit backed up, but moving fine through the fast track. news reporter cornell barnard is live for us. this is not related to the two other cases of falling concrete. reporter: dion, that s right, caltrans says it wasn t concrete which upper deck. it was debris from a pothole which caused the damage. one north bay assemblyman says he doesn t care where it came from, it s time for a new bridge. check for any concrete debris on the freeway. the chp investigated another report of falling concrete. a woman driving eastbound on the lower deck told officers two baseball size chunks of concrete fell, chipping her windshield. advise the workers out there tonight of this possible concrete issue and have them reinspect anything. caltrans tells abc 7 news after an inspection there was no falling concre
and three american heroes all awarded the military s highest honor today. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening the country appears to be slipping into a covid vice tonight the aggressive delta variant squeezing us from one side. the more contagious omicron strain multiplying on the other. covid cases projected to steeply climb as we approach christmas, followed by a sharp rise in deaths tonight theater doors temporarily closed again on new york s broadway as a precaution some school kids back to learning at home. while the cdc advisory panel has stunned with its recommendation that the johnson & johnson vaccine should be our last choice for protection over concerns about potential blood clots. in a moment, dr. fauci s positive message on holiday gatherings my interview with him coming up. but first the latest from miguel almaguer. reporter: the new projections mean the current devastating surge may be just the beginning. already facing a crushing wa
de graaf to finally give birth. april the de graaf. welcome to the programme. 12 iraqi civilians have been injured in what appears to have been a chemical weapons attack in the city of mosul. two shells were fired into the government held east of the city from the islamic state controlled west, releasing a fouls then gas. iii year old boy suffered severe burns and blistering. the international committee of the red cross has condemned the apparent use of chemical weapons but it hasn t actually identified what type they were. this comes as thousands of civilians continue to escape the embattled city. in bbc interview, a senior ias commander recently ca ptu red senior ias commander recently captured by a it iraqi forces, has justified the practice of using so called human shields. next to the rubble of most will‘s bombed out university, a new campus has been built. a refugee camp on the 30,000 people. it was only opened 2000 two days ago, but aid agencies say it will be
to get out of the government any records government held as long as they were not damaging to national security or law enforcement. or personal privacy. reluctant because everyone has federal agencies thought this was a nightmare. people can rummage through the files. we can do that. moyer s help the newspaper editors to marshal their argument about how we are in favor of open government. one of the fascinating things we found was that bill moyer had written a nice statement for president on the johnson where this legislation springs from our most essential principles that democracy works best when the people know what the government is doing. they must have access to the policy rules. government officials should not have curtains of secrecy. we now know from lbj s own schedule that on the telephone, johnson called moyer and said cut that out. o xer have to has t through this declaration of freedom of information and then says this spring from one of our most essential pr
unseasonably warm temperatures for this time of october. he 80 s today. we will have a few more days of good weather. we hit 84 degrees at reagan national airport, tied the record for the state set back in 2001. for this date set back in 2001. it will be delightful through the evening hours. temperatures will turn cooler overnight as we pick off all pick up all went off the ocean. 81 in frederick. all eyes are to the south, this is the hurricane we have been talking about. hurricane sandy, it just passed over jamaica. it is heading to the north at a pretty good clip. the track takes it all along parallel to the east coast over the weekend. it will interact with a strong cold front. if it stays on that path, it will be wind and rainy along the coast. computer models are taking it towards the northeast coast of the u.s.. a lot to talk about. we are tracking hurricanes sandy as it makes its way up north. we will show you how local power companies are preparing in case s