Im annemarie green. We begin with extraordinary testimony in the impeachment inquiry. The first public hearings detail President Trumps alleged effort to pressure ukraine to investigate joe biden. Yesterday two career diplomats, bill taylor and george kent, testified on capitol hill. Taylor said a member of his staff overheard a july phone call between President Trump and u. S. Ambassador to the eu, gordon sondland. After the call sondland told the staffer the president cared more about the investigations of the bidens than ukraine. President trump denies any knowledge of the call and said the impeachment hearings were a sham. Natalie brand is on capitol hill. Natalie, what else did we learn from yesterdays hearing . Reporter good morning. House democrats say that new revelation adds to the evidence that instructions were coming from the top, and weve also learned that staffer taylor mentioned yesterday is expected to testify behind closed doors on friday. The top u. S. Diplomat in ukr
Yesterday at his home in plains, georgia. Hes taken to a nearby hospital for observation, said to be in pretty good spirits and looking forward to recovering at home. The former president is 95 years old. This is the second such fall that hes had in recent weeks. Well update you as soon as we get any updates. Gas prices aretarting to ease somewhat around much of the nation, but as you might expect, bay area prices are still among the highest anywhere. Governor gavin newsom is asking his attorney general to investigate why. Today in the bays kris sanchez joining us live in san jose with those details. Kris . Reporter good morning. We know that we pay more in taxes for our gas than almost anybody in the nation but what governor gavin newsom wants to know is if folks are paying even more than that because the industry is overcharging, and fixing prices. In a letter to attorney general becerra, there is no identifiable evidence to justify these premium prices. If Oil Companies are engaging
Ill have more on that in a few minutes. Mike, youre looking at improvements for two spots. We dont hope for that oft oftentimes after 6 00 in the morning, were starting to build in hayward southbound 880 commute but here eastbound 580 where things are jammed up, should be clearing those lanes for the overnight crews around high street, that will be possibly traffic breaks over the next few ending in improvement over the next half hour and westbound 80 across that bay bridge things are improving as they removed the disabled vehicle. The metering lights were turned on early because of traffic and the two incidents on the span both cleared and the were watching a lot of things. Back to you. Thanks, mike. Former president jimmy carter is recovering this morning after a fall yesterday at his home in plains, georgia. Hes taken to a nearby hospital for observation, said to be in pretty good spirits and looking forward to recovering at home. The former president is 95 years old. This is the se
Hope you had a grand weekend. Im bill hemmer live in new york. Hello to you. Dana good morning to you. We want to hear more about your weekend and americas best kept secret. I didnt give it away. I gave it a tease. Im dana perino. This is americas newsroom. The u. S. Navy was forced to react in what is being called as a blatant act of aggression. Military activists say the combined flotilla is, perhaps, the largest to approach u. S. Soil. They point out the maneuver was no mistake with moscow and beijing taking advantage of the Biden Administrations setbacks overseas. This is a very dangerous situation, and ive said since the beginning of the war in Eastern Europe between ukraine and russia the real danger of what the Biden Administration is blundering us towards is a closer union between the two great powers of the Urasian Land Mass which are russia and china. Its really the one thing that we cant allow to happen in terms of larger geopolitics. Bill sets us up live in the northwest bu
Greg hi, im greg gutfeld with judge jeanine pirro, harold ford jr. , Jesse Watters, and sandra smith, the five. He went On Libra Late Night to prove his brain works right. Joe biden leaving his cpap machine on Air Force One with an Afternoon Taping of late night with seth meyers, trying to show america how hippie can be without breaking one. As an astounding number of americans say hes blown a short circuit, his latest poll has 64 of registered voters saying they dont think biden is mentally fit for another term. And boy, did he reassure them. Hes about as old as i am but he cant remember his wifes name. Its about how old your ideas are. This is a guy who wants to take us back. Everything weve gotten done, he wants to do away with if he gets elected. And i really think his views on where to take america are older than anyway. Greg he ran out. Well, it was a race to see who fell asleep faster, the president or seths dwindling audience. Even obamas old crew aint optimistic about fixing u