Century. When what happened at the other end of pennsylvania avenue on capitol hill metal mattered much more than the executive is doing. And the powers werent associated with the culture personality. Now we live in a media culture. Theres something manageable about the singularly of the presidency and Congress Seems willing to go along with this they have moved everything to the other end of pennsylvania. Before we get started here we were talking about the gettysburg address. What were you saying. In the age of media even with wonderful glorious cspan whether we know how important it was. It would be very clear that only you would cover it and chances are that the main networks in the cable might say that there was a dedication of a cemetery but i can imagine the cynicism of somebody standing up in front insane while he was talking they try to distract attention from the disastrous military campaign out west. We would never hear it. But then with the tsunami of all of the information
Of those hit or miss deals. I put showers in here for the day game but i dont think that will happen. I think this will be more inland. Some clouds and breezy to windy. Breezes are picking up. Our system has a ways to go but it will get here eventually. It is producing good rain on the north coast. 40s and 50s on the temps. A decent westerly trees for some. Some snow showers possible in the sierra. Anytime it is to the north, until it is to the south or east you have to keep in the mix. Showers or thunderstorms possible this afternoon. 60s on temps. A good start to the morning. Lets start at the toll plaza. You will see that traffic is moving along lightly. It is moving along well coming into San Francisco. Lets look at highway 101 in San Francisco. We are off to a good start. No problems on the peninsula. If you are driving to the south bay were off to a good start. Lets go back to the desk. The front runners are firmly in control this morning in the race for the white house. Both don
We did. I saw mike and your boy at the game. And you were pretty liberal with the hot dogs and ice cream, sir. Yeah, the ice cream. The hot dogs were great. I put down two myself, a cold one. Look at you. I feel fresh. A matinee today. I have to tell about a traffic mess we have been covering for you through mornings on 2. It is still developing. Its happening in dublin near the dublin grade. This is westbound 580. Sal, a major crash there . Yeah, and this has been blocking three lanes for the past three hours. It happened before 6 a. M. And you see this video of what was left over from this sixcar pileup or sixvehicle pileup, i should say. At one point several cars were on fire. And chp officers tell ktvu that this started when a big rig rearended one car and that car caused a Chain Reaction crash. Pretty soon all the cars were on fire. Unfortunately, one person was not able to get out alive. This is video from one of our fresco users. A different angle of the crash here. And again yo
Officials, at least two other people who were with the boys managed to get to shore. Those victims were taken to the hospital. We dont have any word at this hour on their conditions. Now, the National Weather service had issued a beach hazard statement. It was in effect wednesday and thursday. The statement affected and referred to riptides but that beach hazard statement expired last night. That doesnt necessarily mean riptide has expired, as well. We have a crew at ocean beach gathering new details. Again, conditions out there have been fairly hazardous all week. As we go back to the beach, they have police tape people keeping back from the scene. Were once again, four people were swept out to the ocean apparently. Two were rescued. Two have not been seen since. There are rescue crews right there right now trying to find the two other boys who were swept out to sea. Well bring you updates as soon as we get them. All right. Turning to other news now, we are following some breaking new
Was pretty intense, more than anything we felt in the bay area. Alice grandleman and bill freedman was vacationing in san clemente, a town 20 miles from the quakes epicenter and shared these photos with us. The couple could have trouble making it home since the airport closest to them is in pretty bad shape. Meanwhile here in california relief efforts are underway to help the people of ecuador, like many who came from the country, jose granda is closely monitoring the damage to his native land. People are reporting to us specific needs and thats how the association met last night and they are already coming up with a plan on how to get relief to the country. And heres a live look at San Francisco, where a ceremony is making 110 years marking 110 years since the devastating 1906 earthquake. The event at lotis fountain leads up to 5 20 a. M. The minute the quake hit on april 18th that year. The quake caused heavy damage from san jose to santa rosa and set off a massive fire that destroye