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support for that mosque planned near ground zero. mr. obama says the issue is religious freedom but a lot of americans see it differently. tara mergener has more from washington. good morning, tara. >> reporter: good morning, emily. what started as a local issue is now a national and a political one with the president at the heart of the debate. republicans say they have new ammunition against democrats in november's midterm elections. >> the white house, the administration, the president himself seems to be disconnected from the mainstream of america. >> reporter: the gop slammed pr...

court upholds a judge's ruling that tossed out the governor's plan for those furlough fridays. let's go to elizabeth now. it is friday the 13th for any commuter on 580 in livermore. what a mess. >> there are people just stuck in a parking lot of traffic right now on westbound 580. it was involving an overturned big rig around 4:30 this morning near airway boulevard. that truck was an 18-wheeler. so obviously that's going to take a long time to upright. chp in fact just letting us know that 8:45, another three hours from now, that's when they are hoping to get those two left lanes r...

posted thousands of secret field reports on the war. tara mergener is in washington with more on this. good morning, tara. >> reporter: good morning, betty. officials say documents contain some very sensitive information. information the taliban and al qaeda are anxious to get their hands on. wikileaks is about to do it again. >> we have a duty to all the people who can benefit from the release of that information. we are talking about information that derives from the war. >> reporter: the website's founder julian assange says his organization will soon release thousands more secret...

fertilizer bags. a lot of those bags are scattered all over the roadway two left lanes are blocked but they are going to need sweeper crews and shovels. it takes a while to upright a big rig. in the meantime use ace. you can see the delays approaching first street aren't bad. most the slowdowns approaching the accident scene but already we are seeing up to or close to 10-minute delays for your westbound 580 ride if you are coming out of tracy. watch out for that. big problems for the morning commute. that is your traffic. for your forecast, here's tracy. >> hey, thanks, elizabeth. di...

continues over his proposition 8 decision. santa clara city planners will allow a minaret to be built on a mosque. the reaction to that decision. and a national honor for san jose. isn't this beautiful? the city's rose garden has been named the best rose garden in the country. >> love that smell. >> imagine how nice that would be to just go and be surrounded by roses? >> head down to san jose. >> okay. well, let's find out what the commute holds. >> there is actually a problem northbound 101 approaching oakland road. fire crews are now blocking the right lane of traffic so it is ...