batali a star in the kitchen now facing the heat of the courtroom. kristen dahlgren, nbc news >>> up next tonight, tips you may not have heard to save this holiday weekend. >>> now the price you pay. with millions ready to hit the road, gadi schwartz has simple ways to save this holiday weekend. >> reporter: on highways across the country a record-setting memorial day weekend expected aaa estimating 88% of us are driving to our destinations, with trains and plane tickets being traded in to get behind the wheel. as around 38 million climb into their cars, those gas prices are expected to climb, too. here are some simple ways to save experts say never top off the tank because a lot of the gas overflows. there's no benefit in filling up with premium unless your car actually calls for it keep your windows closed wind drag slows you down instead, use air conditioning it is more efficient another tip comes down to how slowly you accelerate if you pace yourself going 0 to 60 over 15 seconds, you could save as much as 30% of gascon s gas consumption. at grea

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>> david lee, any word from batali?ance today, batali said barely a word. he kept a very low profile or at least he tried to. the court entered a not guilty plea on his behalf. as he left, he ignored the questions that were shouted by reporters. as tern representing batali issued a statement saying -- >> at least four other women have accused batali of inappropriate sexual behavior. the resulting controversy is cost him his television show and his lucrative restaurant empire. the case in boston though, this is the first time that he has been criminally charged. trace? >> david lee miller live. thank you. the american civil liberties union and planned parenthood suing to block alabama's abortion law. the bill makes it a felony to perform an abortion. the only exception is if the woman's life is in danger, none for rape or insist. today's missouri's republican governor signed a bill that bans abortions after eight weeks of pregnancy. it includes exceptions for medical emergencies but not rape or insist. several other stat

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at the time, batali apologized and said he was taking full responsibility for his behavior.ollowing a "60 minutes" report, the nypd confirmed it was investigating allegations that batali drugged and sexually assaulted a woman. batali denied assaulting her and new york police closed their investigations in january without filing any charges. >>> the largest number of people ever is expected to hit the road for memorial day weekend. it is here. aaa estimates nearly 43 million americans will travel, 88% of them by car. "ctm" national correspondent teresa duncan is in jersey city, new jersey, and here is a question, what should drivers watch out for this holiday weekend? >> reporter: well, right now, i would say it would be the rain. and of course, that typical holiday weekend congestion is nothing new but the 37 million drivers that are expected to hit the road this weekend can see, an increase at the pump. on average, mation nationwide the gas prices have jumped nearly to $3 a gallon, prices across the country have increased by an average of 47 cents. in the last three months,

. >>> famed chef mario batali appears in a massachusetts court to face sexual misconduct charges. he's accused of many things. his accuser claims that batali enticed her to take a selfie with him and then groped her and pinched her woupt consent. according to a statement from the accuser's attorney at a hearing today, batali and his attorney were told they could not have any contact with the victim or witnesses. a plea of not guilty was entered on his behalf. batali owns several restaurants here in the bay area. >>> and we're just leaing about an arrest in a recent vandal attack that shook up people in the soupth bay. it happened on main 6th. that's when someone spray painted san josetion veteran memorial. . . . a 379-year-old. . suspect martin rue ipz. levanko. eepz facing fell anybody charges. >>>n't bopt'll rock festival is right now. the line-up includes santana, imagine dragons, mumford sxp. sons and nooem young. thoepz tickets are soemd oupt. >>> bart fares are going up. >>> and speaker pelosi takes on president trump. the war of words between the two getting heated as speci

. >>> celebrity chef mario batali is expected to be arraigned on an assault charge in boston.e's accused of groping and kissing a woman without her consent in 2017. the alleged incident happened in a boston restaurant after the woman tried taking a selfie with him. according te complaint, the woman told police that after taking a selfie with batali he grabbed and kissed her without her consent. batali denies the allegations. >>> wikileaks'foco-der julian assange is facing 17 new charges for violating theag espion act. the department of justice made the announcement yesterday. the doj accuses him of placing america at rick by publishing -- at risk by publishing classified documents. it could shed light on classi classified u.s. activities and include the names of onfidential u.s. sources.al >>> twith a surprises. a -- talk about a surpse. look who stopped by to visit with kids d.c. oh, my goodness. as you can see there, formerid prest obama tossed around the ball with the kids in the after-school program there. the students are celebrating their last week of the program. presid

. >>> mario batali is facing his first criminal charges. a woman says he forcibly kissed and groped her at a boston restaurant in 2017. a spokeswoman for the suffolk county district attorney's office says batali will be arraigned tomorrow for assault and battery. batali left his daytime series "the chew" in light of that. >>> u.s. warplanes have again intercepted russian bombers and fighter jets off the coast of alaska. they did not at any time cross into sovereign u.s. airspace. the incident was similar to an interception for russian aircraft on monday. >>> coming up on the "morning news," the results of a blackface investigation involving a virginia governor. >>> and caught on video, a boy's forceful arrest sparks outrage from his family. this is the "cbs morning news." my joints... they hurt. the pain and swelling. the tenderness. the psoriasis. i had to find something that worked on all of this. i found cosentyx. now, watch me. real people with active psoriatic arthritis are getting real relief with cosentyx. it's a different kind of ta

batali entered a not guilty plea this morning. was attentive and polite in court saying almost nothing. he has been released on his own recognizance this morning, craig, and has been cleared from attending the next hearing in this case which will happen on july 12th. batali vehemently denies through his attorney this is in any way true. he says it didn't happen and he says that both the criminal and the sichl case in this instant are without merit but he, as i said, it is a very serious case. woe have to register as a sex offender. >> anne thompson, anne, thank you. >>> new trends emerging in 2020. polls show who's slipping as senator elizabeth warren surges. steve kornacki up next at the big board. and criminal justice and policing are key issues in the 2020 campaign, we'll talk to a woman who has been directly affected by controversial police actions. eric garner's mother. eric garner's mother your brain changes as you get older. but prevagen helps your brain with an ingredient originally discovered... in jellyfish. in clinical

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now, batali denies the claims.efend himself. he also says equally without merit is a civil suit the woman filed against him. if batali is convicted he faces prison time and could be forced to register as a sex offender. savannah. >> anne thompson, thank you. >>> spacex says its overnight rocket launch was a major step towards faster global internet service. >> ignition. liftoff. >> the falcon 9 blasted off from cape canaveral with a payload of 60 small satellites. spacex's ceo elon musk hopes to put thousands of those satellites in orbit. he says the starlink web would be crucial for establishing a city on mars and a base on the moon. >>> back here "morning boost" time, right? a mom and dad in england wanted to do something special for their son who was having a tough time at school. when he came home one day they surprised him with a present to give his spirits a boost. >> a puppy? >> it's for you. >> a puppy! ooh! >> don't cry. >> okay. >> wow! >> oh, that little love. >> wow. >> wow. >> man. >> that takes your b

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made by a woman who says batali forcibly kissed and groped her in a restaurant two years ago.i denies the allegation. >>> james holzhauer is still the reigning champ on "jeopardy!" but he scored well below his average on yesterday's episode. jeopardy james only hit one of the daily doubles and answered correctly on final jeopardy. that put his winnings for the game at just over $52,000. his 26-game total is now nearly $2 million. >> $52,000, that's -- i mean, that's about $25,000 below his game average. >> yeah, exactly. he gets up there. >> yeah. >> he's only, for those counting, he's $8,865 away from that $2 million mark. so he will likely hit that tonight. >> pretty soon. >> which means we'll have a jeopardy james update on monday. >> we need to like make this a whole segment. ♪ here comes jeopardy james >> no, no, no, no, no. >> oh. oh. >> look at jack. >>> coming up in "the mix," the smallest mcdonald's in the world. >>> first, a private plane slams into a house that had a 1-year-old child inside. >>> later, the pearls of wisdom that are being dropped by superstar speaker

now, batali denies the claims.f. he also says equally without merit is a civil suit the woman file against him. if batali is convicted he faces prison time and could be forced to register as a sex offender. savannah. >> anne thompson, thank you. >>> spacex says its >> spacex say overnight rocket launch. >> ignition, lift off. >> the falcon 9 blasted off from cape kancanaveral. he says his communications would oso be crucial. and a basen the moon. >> we're back here. mom and dad in england wanted to do something special for their son having a tough a time school so when he came home one day they survived him with a present to give him spirit a boost. >> a puppy? it's a pup pi. >> oh. >> don't cry. >> okay. i can't. >> wow. >> that's written all or his fa . >> yeah. >> coming up, with so many iconic roles, which one is harrison fo 'sfavorite? what about his favorite line? we'll find out when the legend joins us. >> plus homecoming for fallen heros decades in the making. >> uncle fred is home and we're so glad to have

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. >>> celebrity chef mario batali entered a plea of not guilty in opboston courtroom.s accused of gring and kissing a woman without her consent in 2017 in a boston restaurant after the woman tried taking a selfieh wit him. batali's next court date is veheduled for july 12th but he does not not hao appear. >>> new this morning, health and human servicesdepartment has proposed rolling back sex discrimination protection. under an obama-era rule, a hospital could be required to perform sex transition procedures. lgbt groups say it could lead to the denial of medical care. the rule change facesnt a comme period, and court challenges are expected. >>> the verbal attacks between president trump and nancy pelosi get even more personal. it comes a day after the president refused to work with w democratsle they investigate him. meanwhile, there was a glimmer of bipartisanship in the senate. and we ha ws of possible testimony by the special counsel. news4's craig boswell breaks it all down for us. >> reporter: special counsel robert mueller wants to testify behind closed doors. >

batali now facing the heat of the courtroom. >>> to president trump who is raising his stakes with show down with democrats. green lightingne attory general barr's investigation into the mueller probe. they are going straight for the source speaking about getting robert mueller to testify >> i think i can say at this point that he wants to testify in private he doesn't want to participate in anything he might regard as a republican spectacle especially threpublicans asking about the beginning of this stuff. >> at the center of all of it,the very public feud betweee president and house speaker. >> goomod ing. a public feud and now very personal feud the president and house speaker trading jabs a day after a previously scheduled meeting ended in anger and drama after the president stormed out of the meeting vowing not to they call off the investigation. pelosi is saying the president is unfit to serve and need help >> crazy nancy i've been watching her i have been watching her for a long period of time. she's not the same person. >> i wish his family or administration or staff would have

mario batali is charged with indecent assault and battery.e was released and ordered to stay away from the woman. he stepped down from daily operations of his famous restaurants back in 2017 after four women accused him of inappropriate touching. >>> the city of emoryville is responding to the dublin city council's refusal to fly the pride flag at city hall. emoryville's city event will be on june 8. they will not only rise a pride flag at city hall like it does every year but it will display a second flag in solidarity with the dublin lgbtq community. on wednesday night the city rejected a motion to raise the flag for pride month saying the flag poles are reserved for federal, state and city flags only. >>> it is 6:39. this weekend marks the unofficial start of the summer season and it is really getting off to a fast start at one bay area airport. we have jesse gary at mineta san jose airport. it has been busy there all morning. what is it like out there now? >> reporter: good morning to you again, dave. we had the crush early on an hour ago

batali is accused of groping and kissing a woman without her consent in 2017. it happened in a boston restaurant after the woman tried taking a selfie with him. enbatali ds the allegations. >>> wikileaks' co-founders juan assange is facing 17 new charges for violating the espionage act the department of justice made the announcement yesterday. it accuses himacf png america at risk by publishing classified documents. a move that could poseha cenges to first amendment protection. 0 e material began to be published in 201and shed light on classified u.s. activities and included the names of confidential u.s. sources. >>> new this morning, a senate-received robo -- senate-approved robo call bill is on its way toward giving the communications department more authority to crack down on the calls. thll gives the scc more authority to slap fines on robo callers who knowingly break the fles. and thees are stiff, up to $10,000 per call. going back the years. >> think of the billions of phone calls that are made. that would be a lot of money. >> for sure. >> shut them dow

celebrity chef mario batali pleaded not guilty today celebrity chef mario batali pleaded not guilty todayindecent assault and battery. o she is accusforcibly kissing and groping a woman at a boston restaurant in 2017. it is the rst criminal charge against him after a series of sexual misconduct allegations. and, on wall street today, gains by financial companies helped the broader market.ow toones industrial average gained 95 points to close at 25,585. the nasdaq rose eight points, and the s&p 500 added three. still to come on the newshour: after three years without a brexit deal, prime minister theresa may steps down. protests and concern as some transgender americans a targeted in a series of ntllings. democratic presial candidate eric swalwell gives his pitch on why he wants to be president. and, much more. >> woodruff: with prme minister theresa may's fall from power, britain now faces a central question: who, if anyone, can lead the country out of its morassver quitting the european union? to search for an answer began this morning in london. the prime minister emerged from 10 downin

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woman's health is at serious risk >>> there are new developments in the assault case against mario batali, celebrity chef. he pleaded not guilty to allegations he forcibly kissed and groped a woman at a boston restaurant in 2016. he was released and ordered to stay away from the woman. he ceased operations at his restaurant after four women accused him of inappropriate touching. >>> we are hearing former movie mogul harvey weinstein has reached a tentative $24 million statement for lawsuits against him. a attorney said an economic agreement in principle has been reached and more than 16 civil suits have been filed against weinstein and his company. he still faces criminal charges of rape and other sex crimes in new york and is expected to go on trial in september. >>> well, a $19 billion disaster aid package blocked this morning. this would include wildfire victims in california. the disaster aid package has the support of president trump and has passed through the senate. yesterday democrats said the house will try again to pass the measure during a session some time next week. >>> misso

. >> julie: celebrity chef mario batali pleading not guilty to assault charge in a boston court room plaintiff says that he groped and forcibly kicked her out a restaurant in 2017. now, this marks the very first criminal charge against him since multiple women accused him of sexual harassment or assault around the same time. he is expected back in court in july. in the meantime, disgraced hollywood movie mall goal a multimillion dollar deal to settle more than a dozen lawsuits with women who accused him of sexual misconduct and assault and blamed his production company for concealing his behavior. bryan llenas in the newsroom with the latest on this case. be to harvey weinstein said in bankruptcy court they reached a tentative deal settled the bulks filed against the disgraced movie mongol. "the wall street journal" reports the deal is worth $44 million. if approved, $30 million of lump sum would go weinstein's alleged victims including former employees and the predators. the business with harvey weinstein company before it files bankruptcy. the other $14 million will go to pay the l

♪ >>> it is 6:15 and more trouble for celebrity chef mario batali, indecent assault and battery chargesd of groping a woman in a boston restaurant in march of 2017. he stepped away from his restaurant business in that same month after he was accused of touching other women inappropriately. >>> new at 6:00, a group of teachers dressed this sombreros and mustaches are now facing backla backlash. they involve teachers at a school in san diego county. students identified one wearing a beret as a french language teacher and the ones wearing sombreros taught spanish. they called them culturally insensitive and poor judgment. steps have been taken to make sure this doesn't happen again. abc 7 news is committed to building a better bay area by highlighting the issues. >> including gentrification and identity. a new film called "the last black man in san francisco" is tackling both of those topics head-on. last night director joe talbot and actor jimmie fails spent an evening in the city to host a workshop for aspiring filmmakers. the film digs into what we all see over san francisco, the gentri

you used to have a good job, you hang out a couple of nights with batali and the next thing you knowll: it's true. i discovered a whole world that the rest of the world didn't seem to know about. just a very compressed, intense lifelong learned expertise and knowledge of food. it's not the food network, and it's not glossy magazines, and it's not something you'd get from reading a recipe book. it's something you get by just going deep. i was afraid of france because i knew if i went, took on the subject of french food, i'd have to go really deep. so we went, and we thought we'd stay for six months. and we -- we stayed for five years. >> anthony: we meet at bouchon comptoir abel. a bouchon is a uniquely lyonnais institution. a casual laid-back kind of pub/bistro with a limited, usually old-school menu and always, always an unpretentious vibe. people come here to unwind, to relax, and to eat with abandon. so you say outright, recently, in one of your published works that lyon is better than paris. >> bill: lyon is a dark, tragic, beautiful, well-eating city. and everybody here knows th

. >>> and celebrity chef mario batali will be arraigned on in decent assault and battery charges. "the boston globe" looks at the incident in question, which his accuser said happened in a boston restaurant two years ago. 6:24 for you right now. and also following for you, we're learning more about a settlement harvey weinstein reached to resolve lawsuits from women who accused him of sexual misconduct, $44 million. >> yeah. $30 million is expected to go to victims. but there is no issue of wrongdoing. this only settles the civil lawsuit. weinstein is still facing criminal charges in new york for alleged sexual violence against two women. >>> the dawn of a new day for same-sex couples in taiwan. for the first time anywhere in asia, they have the right to marry. lawmakers approved marriage equality last week. it took effect today. and some 300 couples rushed to the register to be among the first to tie the knot. >>> today on "ellen", rapper snoop dogg stops by with a new cookbook. >> he loves music and pot. no secret there. so of course ellen had this question to ask. >> now, is th

. >>> celebrity chef mario batali is expected to be arraigned on an assault charge in boston tod. tali is accused of groping and kissing a woman without her consent in 2017. it allegedly lapped in a boston -- happened in a boston arrest. heenies the allegation. >>> the planned 4th of july extravaganza on thm national l is getting more support. interior secretary david bernhart defended the president's plans to amp it up. this after concerns were raised that the celebration could turn into political rally. the exact details still not clear. >>> coming up on 6:37. still ahead, we are tracking road conditions ahead of the memorial day weekend.er chopp giving us a live look at the bay bridge now. not too bad.mo on the best and worst times for traffic still ahead. >>> first, spacex sends another rocket into the sky. what the overnight launch has to do with getting you a faster internet connection. >>> hello there, i'mleon harris. you don't have to have a lot of time to truly make a difference, but you do need passion. dylan kurtz has a passion for helping other people that most 15-year

ali batali has been keeping a list for us.wster is in help derson -- henderson, nevada. we have had candidates jumping on the band wagon. tell us about it. >> we are at about ten contenters in the 2020 race who are now calling for impeachment proceedings to begin. clearly the number that you have on the screen is ratcheting up. i think there is two things that stand out to me in the way which the contepers are talking about it. first they have to make sure this doesn't become the central underopinioning of their campaigns. when elizabeth warren came out her aides were clear it was not going to be a central focus of her campaign. it was just going to be an addendum of the things she talked about on the campaign trail. democrats should keep that in mean and focus on the bread and putter issues that americans want to focus on. secondly, it is also interesting how they are talking about it, making it mostly an apolitical thing to look at impeachment in regards to what mueller has said. listen to how a few contenders talked about i

. >> celebrity chef mario batali pleaded not guilty in court to allegations he forcibly kissed and gropedtaurant in 2017 his lawyer says the charge is without merit, he was released and ordered to stay away from the woman. >>> some good news for motorists. according to gas buddy, the average price of regular unleaded gas has trickled down for a secondconsecutive week a refineries begin to boost production 38 states say gas prices decreased last week, which is good news because a record number of people are going to hit the road starting today. that's the news update this hour, guys, i'll send it back downtown to you. >> summer already getting started. thank you very much. >>> wanted to give you an update on boeing's grounded max fleet this morning a reuters report says could b be certified as soon as late june china was the first country to ground those planes as you may remember after the ethiopian air crash back in march. >>> time for etf spotlight, back to dom chu, looking at energy and the rebound in oil this morning after a rough week >> so, even oil prices are higher for both wti an