You need to know before you head out the door. Plus, up in the air. Oakland is the topic of a planned vote, involving the controversial name change. New backlash and the looming legal battle. This is today in the day. Good morning on this thursday. Im marcus washington. Im laura garcia. We begin with breaking news. The overturned big rig in san le andro is blocking the road for commuters. Reporter this can be a major headache for people trying to get from Castro Valley to the south bay. Were at northbound 238, which is shut down. You can see behind me. Thats the connector to southbound 880. Because of an overturned big rig. I just spoke with the chp sergeant who tells us, its going to be several hours. Were talking about late morning, before this is reopened because that big rig is overturned. The rig was overloaded with goods from a chinese food distributor. The trailer is too damaged or too heavy to be uprighted. Theyre waiting for another trailer to arrive for the items to be offloa
Republicans hold control of the chamber. Live now to the senate here on cspan2. The senate will come to order. The chaplain will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Everlasting god, our light and our salvation, you are our strength and shield of our nation and world. Lord, as we receive the gift of this new year, we thank you for fresh starts and new mercies. May our lawmakers seize the seeds of opportunity that reside in the soil of their tomorrows, laboring diligently to assure an abundant harvest. Teach them to number their days, as they remember that they pass this way but once. Lord, remind them that your hand is on the helm of Human Affairs and that you still guide your world. Give our legislators the integrity to strive to do all the good they can for as many as they can, for as long as they can. Bless our senators who are leaving and those who are coming. We pray in your sovereign name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegi
The s p up by 3 and nasdaq up by 15 this comes after all the markets looks looked very strong yesterday. The dow was up by 260 points s p was up by 26 it was a record close for the s p 500 and thats its first since august 7th the dow closed at a onemonth high take a look at whats been happening in europe this morning. The gains we saw yesterday as concerns about irma faded a bit and, again, some concerns about north korea not quite as potent as they had been as we headed into the weekend this morning, it looks like a bit of a mixed picture in europe most of the major bourses are higher with the dax up by. 5 and a similar gain in france the ftse is down by about. 2 . Lets flip the charts and see what happens overnight in asia youll see when it comes to asia, there were some closes actually, lets go excavate to the currency check it looks like the dollar is down a little bit against the euro today. Below 120 for the first time if in several days. 1. 196. Dollar is up against the yen, 109
Connected to Hillary Clintons private server. As a result then fbi director james comey announced he was going to reopen that investigation. Many people argue that announcement heavily impacted the president ial race. Now as a result of wieners plea deal, the former congressman could face ten years in prison and also have to register as a sex offender. When this sexting scandal became public wiener served in new yorks ninth congressional district. From 1999 to 2011. Thats when he signed from congress. Before coming to the capitol hill he was a member of the new York City Council in 1992 to 1998. He got his start in politics working for Chuck Schumer in 1985. Now wusa9s first alert weather rated d. C. s most accurate forecast. Weve been hovering around the 90degree mark for the last two or three days or so. Boy, were getting ready to take a nose dive arent we . Were not coming back to the 90s anytime soon. Youll like the forecast for the weekend. For those who do enjoy the 90s weve got
Ago. We have seen his routine he does throughout warm ups. All of the cameras and eyes on him. I was surprised to see as big a warrior contingent around the warrior tunnel as the warriors were coming out. Trayvine green many consider to be the heart and soul of the team, he was out warming up. No Kevin Durrant siding yet. Is very tough to close out a team in a fourth game. Is just part of it. Were used to it. The last few years you get used to the speculation, chatter, whatever. Were just trying to beat the cavs. They are a great team and we know that. We know what they are capable of. Were playing tonight and nothing else matters. Reporter we found a couple of guys we need to chat with quickly. Its obvious who this man is pulling for. Tell us what you think the cavs can survive in win tonight quick the cavs are a much better team. Just like the warriors are. Is not going to happen. This guy is local. How does this happen . Ive always been a big fan of the game. Which is the game in ge