i visited bloomfield last year. and was impressed with their main street revitalization, a new hardware store and m3 fabrication manufacturing plant. and woodbine, iowa, is another example of a community that took its future into its own hands. the community showed how an integrative approach to community revitalization that focuses on historical preservation and community sustainability can redefine a struggling small rural community. woodbien also had a bank close in the 1980s but the community turned its challenge into future growth and diversification. lieutenant governor reynolds and i visited woodbine and were impressed with the success of their main street program. and waterloo, iowa, after experiencing economic challenges throughout the previous three decades embraced the challenge of reshaping its industrial heritage to succeed in modern times. ce cedar valley tech works has made waterloo a nationally recognized leader for manufacturing innovation. and john deere continues to be a leading manufacturer and i

chp is on scene and they are saying that backup is to bloomfield or beyond. take bloomfield exit, take frazer lake road to get back on 152 beyond the crash and get past that backup there. there is no estimated time of re-opening just yet because caltrans is still on the way to the scene to get it cleared out so if this is part of your morning commute give yourself extra time 152 to 101 in san jose. south bay traveling times no problems. to the altamont pass, different story at just 10 miles per hour along the way so pretty slow conditions there. give yourself extra time to get through that traffic and if you are traveling into downtown san francisco a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza where the metering lights are on and slowing you down. someone who doesn't slow down, roberta! i'll send it to you. >> all right, roqui. thank you. >>> we are under storm watch. that's why i fired up our live hi-def doppler. we are picking up the leading edge of rain showers just due west of san francisco. a lot of this is shearing apart falling apart before it pushes onsho

jordan is back at home with her family this bloomfield, new jersey.ncer, but she's not letting it get her down. >> drawing jordan as me as she celebrates her 9th birthday. >> she turned 9 last week, and for the second year in a row. >> jordan asked me for the kids who don't get to see or celebrate another birthday, so i told her the truth, i said, jordan, they pass away and go to heaven. >> i felt bad for them, and i wanted to start something, you know, to help them. when they're not here and stuff. so, and that's when my mom came up with something called the coin drive. >> last year the coin drive raised around $1500 by putting piggybanks in the class rooms at jordan's school in bloomfield. the funds went to children's cancer foundation, and this year they decided to make it even bigger. >> this year i went on a massive e-mail. i sent the superintendent, all the principals of bloomfield asking if they'd be willing to join in the coin drive this year. so far three other principals contacted me back. >> the fundraiser is being held in an interesting mo

through a persistent focus on diversification and a spirit to rebuild the community, bloomfield has new manufacturers that are growing alongside innovative startups and to continue their effort to stay on the cutting edge community leaders are instituting aggressive strategies to become iowa's first energy independent community by the year 2030. i visited bloomfield last year and was impressed with their main street revitalization and hardware store. woodbine, iowa is another community that took the future into its own hand. they showed how an approach to community sustainability can redefine a struggling small rural community. woodbine had a bank close in the 1980s, but the community turned to diversification. the lieutenant governor and i visited the community and were impress in hed with the main st program. in water loo, iowa embraced the challenge to succeed in modern time times. john deer continues to be a leading manufacturer and innova innovator. in the balcony today are leaders from these cities. please join me on congratulating them on their accomplishments and supporting thei

so chp still diverting traffic off at ferguson but we suggest you go ahead and get off at bloomfieldvenue, take frazer lake road to get back on 152 beyond the crash to avoid the mess. there is no estimated time of opening when caltrain will clear it. it's been out there since 3:44. moving to slower traffic along the altamont pass, you see a lot of red arrows. moving at 20 miles per hour, so give yourself extra time. i'll send it to you. >> all right, roqui. thank you. >>> president trump's supreme court nominee neil gorsuch is set to make the rounds on capitol hill today. he will press the flesh with lawmakers to secure his confirmation. some democrats were quick to announce they will oppose gorsuch saying he is not mainstream enough. >>> a bay area county says the president is violating the constitution so now they are suing him. kpix 5's maria medina reports. >> reporter: it was here last night in a closed-door session that the santa clara county board of supervisors decided to sue president donald trump. now, their goal, to block president trump's executive order to withhold feder

a bank in bloomfield closed in 1983, and it caused great loss for area families and businesses. farmers were straddled with debt given limited market opportunities for their crops. economic diversification and it onto the dual spirit -- entrepreneurial spirit gave new life to the community. the town now has new life with innovative startups. to continue on the cutting edge, community leaders are instituting effective strategies self-reliante most energy community. i was repressed -- impress with their -- i was impressed with their remodeling of main street and their use of existing architecture. another town took its future into its own hands. it focuses on historical preservation and community sustainability, and redefined a struggling, small, rural banknity who also had a 1980's. lieutenant governor reynolds and i visited this town, and we were onressed with their success the main street program. in waterloo, iowa, after experiencing economic challenges over the previous three decades, embraced their industrial heritage to succeed in modern times. made valley tech work has wat

cory: our bloomberg news reporter, doni bloomfield. waymo suing uber. dig into that story next. this is bloomberg. ♪ cory: breaking story. alphabet's self driving unit, waymo, and how it is suing uber. we have help right now. bloomberg news legal reporter joining us now as well as keith rabois from coastal ventures. tell me what this is about. you've got the suit. >> waymo claims that uber has taken their technology for self driving cars, and that's led to about half $1 billion in profits -- in revenue. they claim that a former executive from waymo stole about 14,000 confidential files from their server and took it over to uber, where they are building a similar program. cory: we've heard these stories before. i can't think of how many companies. that sounds like the fitbit jawbone lawsuit, where an employee moves over, fitbit claims, we didn't know they even had it. these suits can sometimes be really serious. >> these suits are different from patent infringement. there is an ethos against patent infringement in silicon valley. i would have been shocke

that meeting is the former assistant secretary of state for political affairs ambassador lincoln bloomfielde you back. >> thank you. >> arguing trudeau will bite his tongue on certain issues despite pressure from the left in his country, do you see it that way? >> i don't know whether prime minister trudeau will be playing to his home crowd. what i think he's going to do is what prime minister theresa may and shinzo abe of japan did is to come and get on a good working level with the president. that seems to be a very good way to solve problems, to address things at the highest level and not allow them to be caught up in all these sideshows of contentious issues. so there will be problems, but hopefully the two men will get on the same page and have a rapport which they can draw upon head of state to head of state. >> doesn't he have to bite his tongue, mr. ambassador? because millions of canadian jobs are at stake if he does oppose president trump on things like immigration. >> i would be surprised if prime minister trudeau came in and had a sort of contentious meeting with president trump

letter from a syrian refugee to the interfaith coalition sponsoring his family which settled in bloomfield, new jersey, last month. mr. payne: mohammed is a father of four. his family is one of the last arrived prior to the signing of the -- of president trump's ban. mohammed wrote, i feel ashamed when i repeat the word thank you. t is very few and very weak in front of your interests and your generosity. the first thing i want to learn in the english language is how i can thank you more and more. america is beautiful because you live in it. these are the kind of families the trump administration wants to turn away. they are -- they are the oppressed and the persecuted, the kind of people this country was founded for. understand the need to vet people coming to our country and it's the importance of protecting our nation's security, no one questions that at all. but we cannot close our country to refugees like mohammed and his family. we cannot sacrifice what it means to be american. mohammed is right. america is beautiful and we can keep it that way by remaining a beacon of freedom and ho