Hundreds of thousands of drivers and drop them from the app if theyre forced to treat them as employees. The judges ruling monday was a relief. Plyself and other drivers are celebrating today. Reporter uber and lyft were ruled to have violate ald California Law ab5 by continuing to contract their drivers as independent contractors instead of employees. Uber and lyft will have to cut their drivers or until the 9th circuit rules on a constitutionm challenge on ab5. Protection is like sick days like Health Insurance are kitical during these times. The judge dismissed claims by uber and lyft that they would be harmed financially. Pluny isnt a real harm. Reporter labor attorney david rosen feel says the judge clearly stated that he didnt feel the company had legal grounds to win an appeal. More than three thousand companies with a job should be elected for leader. Littleler also released a statement sail, quote recollect drives do not wants to be employmenties full stop. Well immediately re
President trump and the russia investigation. The commander in chief spending the weekend with eyes fixed on the russia probe after his former National Security advisor Michael Flynn pled guilty to lying to the fbi. Flynn is now cooperating with special counsel muellers investigation leading the president to seemingly rewrite the narrative of why flynn was fired in the first place. The president tweeted, i had to fire general flynn because he lied to the vicepresident and the fbi. He has pled guilty to those lies. Its a shame because his actions during the transition were lawful. There was nothing to hide. Well, that seems to suggest the president knew flynn lied to the fbi when he asked then fbi director james comey to drop the flynn investigation. For more we go to nbcs tracie potts in washington. Tracie, good morning. Reporter hi there, frances, good morning. The president s personal lawyer john dowd says he wrote that tweet but doesnt have an email or any evidence to prove it becau
The 7 00 hour. Once the fog eases out this morning, sunshine for the rest of the day. The temperatures will peak above normal. Middle 50s for new jersey, the suburbs, for philadelphia, and into the 50s also for the Lehigh Valley and delaware. Ill break it down and show when the temperatures warm up when im back in ten minutes. First Jessica Boyington watching first alert traffic. Thanks. Roosevelt boulevard, cameras at 9th street. Everything is moving nicely. No problems or delays. Mass transit seeing minor delays, about 12 minutes late on the thorndale train, 1502. The rest of mass transit is doing fine. Ill end here with the blue route. These drive times. Both directions are actually just on schedule right now. 15 minutes on that northbound side from 95 to the schuylkill. Speeds also into the 60s. Vai and tracy . 5 01. 33 degrees in philadelphia. The Winning Streak Ends in seattle. The nine games to be exact. The eagles lose their first game since september with the bright lights of
Of it is patchy, because you dont have the really Poor Visibility everywhere necessarily but yes now you can barely see anything in the shot. I show it to you for the reason that you cant see anything in the shot. If you watch us routinely outside Elementary School here in reading shall see not just the roadway but cars driving through it. You barely make out street lamp off in the distance there so the fog is thick here. This is potential for the type of visibility that youll find elsewhere as you travel this morning, so please be careful storm storm scan quiet. That the the other point if it looks like it could be damp on the roadway no rain in the forecast so actually black ice from the fog freezing on contact. Thirtysix is the current value at the airport. Chilly start to the morning. But with time, we will actually rebounds, mid 50s is the expectation, five solid degrees above average we take that with time the fog also thins out. But, do not get used to this, quote unquote mild a
Young gunning slipper carson wentz, shows you why the seahawks are almost never underdogs at home. Seattle was as much as sixpoint dog going into the game, russell win is son had none of that. 11yard touchdown, seattle up tennothing to end the first third quarter. Eagles looking to tie in a play that changed the direction of the game, winds fumbles, ball bounces out of the end zone and seattle takes over they would take full advantage as well, Russell Wilson putting his name in the mvp race, off 1 foot, he finds tyler locket for the 1 yard score, seahawks up 17three, eagles did fight back, wentz connects with nelson agholor. On 27yard strike, but next possession, seattle would put it out of reach. It is wilson once again, this guy just does it all with speed and arms. Thats jd, his third of the night. Eagles Winning Streak Ends at nine. Theyre now ten and two after the 24 to ten lost. All frustrate bad this one, but, yes not too worried. I think we will be just fine. Guys in the locker