crockett martinez, fire chief dean colombo says the crews contained the fire within three minutes. he credits eric and mathias for saving the driver's life. they had not acted and immediately and without regard for their own safety, i truly believe that he would not have survived. now, again, eric is a fleet mechanic for the city of richmond who just happened to be up in crockett on friday in richmond. mayor eduardo martinez told us in a statement that he was, quote, filled with pride and amazement by eric's actions, saying it was nothing short of heroic. indeed. well crystal, do officials know what caused that crash in the first place? well, chp is still investigating the incident. they say it was not caused by a collision. only one car was involved. okay. i echo that the mayor sentiments, they're acts of heroism by both of those gentlemen. crystal, thank you. absolutely. well, new at 730 tonight, an independent auditor's report says that using tear gas against inmates at santa clara county's two jails did not work more than half the time. the report by the ire group found that de

"today in the bay"'s bob redell is live there in crockett for us. i also want to ask you how you got there, bob. what's the latest on the timeline for reopening? >> reporter: well, fortunately i came up from the tri-valley, up 680, and then took highway 4 and a portion of eastbound 80 to get to where i'm at here in crockett, where you can see the westbound 80 section is the area we're talking about, which is still shut down. you can't get onto the carquinez bridge because law enforcement is there, who just flashed their light at us. but caltrans says this section of westbound 80, kira, will be open by tomorrow morning at 5:00 a.m., in time for the back-to-work commute after this long holiday weekend. on thursday night, caltrans shut down westbound 80 from 780 in vallejo across the carquinez to crockett, where i'm at, and into hercules. this is so workers can tear up the asphalt and repave the road in what amounts to a complete facelift of this section of westbound 80. caltrans says they are compressing more than 100 nights of work by doing this over

"today in the bay"'s bob redell joins us live from crockett. bob, will that freeway be reopened in time for tomorrow's post labor day commute when everyone else joins us back at work? >> reporter: yeah, those fortunate people who are asleep right now. good morning to you, kira. according to cal tran, the answer is yes. as you can see behind me, chp or law enforcement, they have westbound 80 shut down here at the carquinez bridge in crockett. this is just one of the entrances that's shut down along this stretch of westbound 80. caltrans says this stretch of 80 will reopen by 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning as people start to drive back into work after the long holiday weekend. on thursday night caltrans shut down westbound 80 across the carquinez and into hercules. it amounts to a complete facelift of this section of westbound 80. caltrans say they are compressing more than 100 nights of work by doing this over the long holiday weekend. the general manager of the dead fish restaurant in crockett to my right, which overlooks the carquinez bridge, they

. >> thank you, representative crockett for those remarks. i want to thank my colleague representative bush for her great leadership on this. i want to thank her in st. louis for her leadership on this. i want to thank her for sending mesh bush to speak. she is what we need in congress. not just the legislator, but in organizer. she is also, a nurse, by the way at her recent touch with lymphoma. she is here with anything i would need. that meant so much to me. thank you for that, cory. it has been more than a year now that our supreme court, the most corrupt supreme court we have had in america and more than a century toppled more than a half-century of precedent. in that time, it has become clear that the right wing right abortion is a war on healthcare itself. you can see that in a couple of different ways. you can see it by who these bands are accepting around the country. you can also see it by virtue of the fact that colleagues used to be so divisive for us in announcing abortion have now fallen strangely silent and the cat has taught th

congress member bullish, crockett, and raskin. i am pleased that you have called us here today and provided an opportunity for these amazing people to get their perspective on what is a critical issue. the one thing i want to start out by saying is, this is not just a woman's issue. this is an american issue. and i will tell you as a man who has five children. four girls. i care incredibly about the future of our children. boys and girls. watched five pregnancies and five deliveries. this is not isolated to women's rights. this is individual rights. individual freedoms and i am very proud to be here and stand with all of you as we continue this fight. i want to highlight, because the lawyer in me gets a little amped up about medication abortion and a lot of the case law cases going around the country and the regulatory scheme, congresswoman to and i wrote a letter to the five largest retail pharmacies to ask them why they have not begun the process of getting certified to distribute mifepristone pursuant to the fda regulations tha

the democratic representative, jasmine crockett, of texas. she knows what she speaks. to an end and the fun is over and the next two weeks are going to put kevin mccarthy's leadership to the test as he struggles to unite the house republicans and we are going to get into the threats, the closed-door meetings, and the f bombs. another hour of velshi begins right now. good morning. it is sunday, september the 17th. i'm ali velshi. we begin this morning with the crisis of le

crockett martinez, fire chief dean colombo says the crews contain the fire within three minutes. he credits eric and mathias for saving the driver's life. they had not acted and immediately and without regard for their own safety. i truly believe that he would not have survived if we would have probably not like even 10s longer. i mean, he would have been completely done. now again, eric is a fleet mechanic for the city of richmond who just happened to be up in crockett on friday. richmond mayor eduardo martinez told us in a statement that he was, quote, filled with pride and amazement by eric's actions, saying it was nothing short of heroic. and chp is still investigating the accident, but they said it was not caused by a crash and only one car was involved. i mean, no hesitation, although they did hesitate a little bit because they're concerned for their own, you know, well-being. but they went right in there and got him. they sure did. they sure did. all right, crystal, thank you. thanks crystal. still ahead tonight, a man was killed in castro valley and the prime suspect in h

i will talk with congresswoman jasmine crockett about that. fellow democrat to look into jared kushner's billion dollar deal with saudi arabia. it's all ahead. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters in new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. developing this hour -- a major week ahead in the georgia election case. former president donald trump and his 18 codefendants are due to be arraigned. trump and 11 codefendants have waived the need to appear in person, but we'll be watching for the six others who have yet to do so, including mark meadows, since they could be televised life. we could also see the release of the fulton county special grand jury report by the end of this week which has been at the center of d.a. fani willis'investigation. now, despite legal troubles, trump is dominating the gop primary, leading in a new poll by 46 points. earlier today, republican governor chris sununu said the former presidents rivals need to hit him harder. >> i think they have to be a little tougher on trump. chris c

. >> reporter: the owner of the dead fish restaurant not far from where i'm standing in crockett, is not happy about the closure of westbound 80. labor day weekend is his third or fourth busiest weekend of the year. he says it will be his worst since customers from the east canceled or didn't show up for their reservations. caltrans says businesses that do lose money directly from this work can apply for relief from the state, which is what the gm of dead fish says he'll most likely do. now, during the shutdown, caltrans says they also used this as an opportunity to fix the lights on the suspension bridge behind me since that was part of the shutdown. and they also did some repaving and vegetation work further north along 80 in vallejo. live in crockett, bob redell, nbc bay area news. >> good they were able to keep their promise and open on time. thanks, bob. >>> new this midday, tens of thousands of people at the burning manifest value are being asked to stay put in the muddy desert just a little bit longer. nbc bay area's ginger conejero saab joins us now. ginger, some people stim

crocketts was two months behind on his bank card.encies are up 3.8%. that is the highest more in a decade. auto loans surging as well. guess what, there is a spike in credit card rejections. in february it was 17%. now almost 22%. that's june. probably a lot higher. no doubt the u.s. consumer and economy will not go gently in that good night. 1979 went all the way down to massive negative growth in 1991. it is imperfect comparison, i think a mid 1980s vibe decline is out there. kind of reflects at least the nation's mood if not the numbers. want to bring inning macro policy perspectives founder and president, julia coronado. you're far too young to remember "miami vice? >> no i'm not, charles but i'm glad you think so [laughter] >> i want to ask you about the cpi report. came in slightly above consensus in couple areas but overall feels like we're on borrowed time. feels like the clock is not only ticking but ticking faster. i know you were pet sanguining pretty sanguine about things last time we spoke. are you still that way? >> i t

. >> that was congresswoman jasmine crockett, and she joins me live on her viral rebuke.rrest over the murder of tupac shakur nearly three decades after his killing. >>> okay. this really may be a first. the word "shitter" has now been entered into the congressional record. >> when we start talking about things that look like evidence. they want to act like they're blind. they don't know what this is. these are our national secrets, looks like in the shitter to me. >> that was democratic congresswoman jasmine crockett putting her republican colleagues on blast during an impeachment hearing against president biden, accusing them of willfully ignoring donald trump's mishandling of classified documents. and that congresswoman is here with us now. that was quite a moment. i don't know if that went exactly as you planned. but why did you go there? >> okay. so let me break this down. to be clear, nancy mace continued to cuss in this hearing. and my attitude is i will match your energy or exceed it. and i felt like i was going to use a better, you know, way of using the word whe

congresswoman jasmine crockett is here. she's gonna discuss today's 11th hour scramble to avoid the shutdown. and speaker mccarthy surprise move, something he said he would not do. it's not over though, because keeping the government open is now in the hands of the united states senate. they've got eight hours. we are monitoring these developments. we will bring them to you as they are happening. i'm symone sanders-townsend, i have something to say. a lot, actually. ♪ ♪ ♪ crisis averted. we will see. it's been a whirlwind day on capitol hill. because just hours to spare before a devastating government shutdown, the house overwhelmingly passed a short term funding resolution to keep the government afloat. >> without objection, the re-motion to reconsider is laid on the table. >> the vote was rendered 35 to 91. now, it is up to the senate to pass the house bill before it can go to president biden to sign. this resolution will keep the government funded, at current levels for the next 45, days. it will reauthorize the federal

joining me now is the democratic congresswoman, jasmine crockett from texas.nce, we northerners don't think texas is all one big thing. it is a size of the moon. you're from the dallas area, not the houston area. but you know of this topic very well. you are a texas state legislature litter. this is a big deal in texas. houston is a little different from some of the other parts of texas. it's a majority minority place. a lot of black and brown students. the houston independent school district does have some issues with its test scores and it's reading comprehension there's not a lot of people who don't think that it needed some sort of improvement in reform. this is close to home on the show. the reassigning of librarians in the using of a library as a discipline center. >> yeah, so, it's great to see you. i remember, when i saw a video of lauren, the parent that was featured in their, she went viral. i think everyone felt her when she talks. i remember sharing that, i would say, probably around abound right as we left on our recess. i went to houston. i was i

joining us, congresswoman crockett of texas.use health director for the obama administration. and mary is here, law professor from the university of davis and the author of roe, the history of a national obsession. congresswoman crockett, i start with you. i don't always know where to start with you. why is jonathan mitchell so obsessed? >> why arefully of these crazy people who decide to initiate this in the first place, why are any of them obsessed? the majority of these pushing extreme policies, the majority don't even have uteruses. >> there's that. >> so, you know, what i do know is that the party that is always talking about freedom, the party that is always talking about law and order, is anything but. to say that someone will be restricted of their freedom to move about, to seek any medical attention which literally, there is no way for to you ever enforce this. there is no way to ever do this. how do you know someone is pregnant? how do you know they're leaving the state for this? are you going to stop all pregnant wome

the chair recognizes miss crockett for five minutes. >> thank you so much. the problem with going this late in the game is there so much but out there and you are all of the place so rock with me a little bit. first of all, i went to get the elephant out of the room. to be clear, both of you provided deposition testimony and in your depositions neither one of you ever stated that president joe biden interfered with your investigations, correct? >> the transcript does not include that. no. >> the transcript is not include that. >> north of the city include that merrick garland interfere with your investigations, correct? >> the transcript does not say that. >> thank you. the reason i say that is because it's the insinuation that this committee is trying to make or one side of this committee is trying to make is that for some reason there was interference. my colleagues continue to make sure they outline the fact that this investigation actually started under the trump administration. that is the reason about who appointed who comes up. but at the end of the d

basically i have to go to martinez and then come back to crockett. >> reporter: it is a closure thev

we had jasmine crockett, congressman crockett, we had congresswoman aoc obviously, we had maxwell frostre every single one of them was so impressive, and they really ate the republicans lunch. >> next gen superstars, john. >> indeed, i agree. it was lovely to see. >> and yours? >> mine is not next-gen. >> not next-gen, but a superstar nonetheless. >> bob dylan from the stage said quite coherently, why do we do something like this or the farmers. farm aid have been bob dylan performer talented petty in the hybrid just as backup manned. now bob has been on tour in europe in, japan and form eight was the other night to young only today for some, said no wonder why it was so, briefed on the light came up. onstage was 82-year-old bob dylan with no announcements, with members of tom petty's heartbreakers playing behind him. he did three songs, he hasn't played live in over ten years. bob hasn't played guitar in concert mostly for the last 20 years. he's playing guitar, playing league, never spoke to the, audience they never announced to it was, onstage they played the three songs with the --

. >> reporter: at the restaurant in crockett, people with reservations about taking a long detour to get here, started making reservations to eat here as the word spread. >> reservations popped up 20 or 30 more than 4:30 and we're getting a lot of walk-ins now. >> reporter: but the business itself was dead on what could have been a big weekend. >> labor weekend was fourth best weekend of the year last year, and now the worst. >> you understand the closure was a delay for some. but it's a short-term pain for long-term good. >> reporter: the lights of the carquinez bridge. they had time and four days to themselves to get up and fix lights. some had burned out in a fire a few years back. they did other maintenance they hadn't been able to do for 20 years on the bridge. it's about as good as it gets out here. live here at carquinez bridge, terry mcsweeney, nbc bay area news. >>> vandalism atop mission peak in fremont. the sawed off portion of the beloved missioner peaker pole has been recovered. leaving hikers disappointed and angry, the pole was created in 1990 by artist and park ranger

the carquinez bridge on the westbound side headed from vallejo through crockett into hercules. that is going to be closed for the entire weekend. caltrans working on some repaving out there. the eastbound lanes. and we had this question earlier, the eastbound lanes are open. they already worked on that weeks ago. and that repaving is done. this is part of a whole big project that caltrans has been doing for months now. and after this weekend, tuesday morning at the very latest, this will be be completely open for everybody, 7 to 21. let's talk to mr. steve paulson. steve, i did that one just for you, james torres, did i hear you say non sequitur? i did use the. that's impressive. you get a gold star. very well done. very well done. yes. thank you. we have our upper low that has dropped in and i mean, it's september. it's september 1st. right, ali? it's september 1st. right. okay usually i don't talk about an upper low dropping in on september 1st. meteorological fall has begun. i mean, whoa, man, i'll be doing cartwheels down the pavement on the way out of here. but this system

but the restaurant that overlooks the bridge in crockett, it's supposed to be a big weekend. >> normally fourth best of the year, now will be the worst. >> reporter: the customers from the east are cancelling or not showing up and avoiding the 2 1/2 detour around the project. since thursday, business is down 75% and he's expected big losses over the weekend. >> at least 100,000 over the weekend, yeah, maybe more so. >> reporter: caltrans says businesses that lose money directly from the work can apply for relief from the state. >> that's within their right to do, file a claim. they would have to open their books. once they open them to the state auditor they would go through the claim and assess it. >> reporter: the gm says the restaurant will likely apply for relief after assessing the final losses. the project is on schedule to be completed at 5:00 a.m. tuesday morning. in vallejo, thom jensen, nbc bay area news. >>> we'll be here for you, the pledge made by speaker of the house kevin mccarthy, the latest high profile politician to visit the disaster zone in lahaina. he was given an ae

now from 38 to 26 crockett towards the maze. are you back to you? time winners and losers with our financial expert rob black morning, rob. >> can i can hear you? all right. here, joe. well, what some of the headlines following the gas prices at the market for one second. oil is higher. it's almost at $90 a barrel which means higher gasoline, higher jet fuel means inflation means we have less money in our pocket for the economy. that's bad news. and then interest rates are higher, get higher. 4.0, 2, 6, i know that kind want me bait that number where i'm going to save money in a bank more so than put money into a stock market that highly valued after a great run. so things are working out well in september. so far. and that's okay because the feds probably done raising interest rates, sideways. things are level out. deflation should still continue to creep lower over time. but the oil is temporary. it typically goes or goes down. but that's problematic on the market right now. we have high valuations and we have some consumer discretionary spending

also, congresswoman jasmine crockett. i would like to thank you because today's panel is a brainchild of us an chief of staff. thank you for making this happen. congresswoman sidney kim leverett and then we have summer lee, who in addition to being a congresswoman and howard alum is representative of the -- district of pennsylvania. don't get me in trouble. i might be a little bit biased because she is my congresswoman, gender -- jennifer mcclellan, the first black woman to represent in congress on behalf of the commonwealth of virginia. she represents the fourth district and is also a member of delta sigma theta. [applause] now, the floor is yours ms. abrams. >> help me thank dr. moon for her leadership. [applause] dr. vinson, ms. walters, thank you all so much. i am going to start with a couple of round robin questions. and then go to each of you with specific questions. ok? i was joking. [laughter] so, i'm going to start with you. what was your very first job in politics? was it compensated, uncompensated? what was the

basically i have to go to martinez and then come back to crockett. >> reporter: it is a closure that several businesses say is hurting their pocket on one of the busiest weekends of the year. the manager of this gas station said it will mean an estimated 80% loss in business. >> being on the freeway in the long weekend, especially this weekend, it is the busiest. it is empty. >> reporter: this is a 24 hour operation. crews are working 12 hour shifts to get this done. they are literally digging up the lanes to repave them. repairs are necessary to fix the failing roadways. it helps to get that job done faster. there is a low traffic count through the region. we decided let's use labor day to compress over 106 closures. it is just four days of work. >> improvements that witnesses hope will draw customers backend. >> we have to take a hit. >> reporter: live along the 780, traffic may be busy over the weekend. a lot of people deciding to get away by air. it is predicted that 14 million people will be flying this long weekend. that is up from last year. there counting passenger starting t

between panola street and crockett and will avenue in hercules. so you can see on your screen there now. overnight, lane closures are going to impact the too far left lanes on westbound 80. the closures are going to allow crews to safely complete concrete slab installation work. happening today, former president donald trump will be in california to speak to thousands of people. this all happening at the republican convention in orange county. former president will speak to a roomful republicans help kick off this weekend's california gop convention. in addition to trump, florida governor ron desantis, entrepreneur of of that. rahm grandma swami and south carolina senator tim scott. they're going to also speak at that event. it all comes after new poll from the public policy institute. california shows trump way ahead among republican likely voters in california survey find in yes support for merely one out of every 2 california gop likely voters. trump's remarks are expected to start around noon and the other candidates are looks set to speak lat

we spoke earlier to house oversight committee member jazmine crockett who was in the chamber for theng. congresswoman, good to have you on bbc news today. what did you think of what you saw presented today? >> i am not really sure what was presented. there were no fact witnesses brought forward. and i would anticipate in an impeachment inquiry where they are lacking evidence that they would try to bring witnesses that could bring evidence. there witnesses admitted they had no evidence to bring. and in fact, there witnesses admitted that at this point and time there was nothing they had seemed that would lead them to believe there was enough to move forward with anything on the president. unfortunately i felt like this was yet another hearing and oversight in which the taxpayer dollars were wasted. anchor: the man leading this committee, james comer, has said they are using this opportunity to look into more evidence. they also said they have released a timeline ahead of today's hearing that showed influence peddling in the biden family and the biden family and its associates have rec

joining me now, jasmine crockett of the house oversight committee. thank you, as always, for coming to the saturday show. in an op ed yesterday, congressman ken buck, a freedom caucus member who's in the judiciary committee criticized the impeachment efforts saying what's missing despite years of investigation is the smoking gun that connects joe biden to his narrative well sons corruption. congresswoman, you know this, i know this, surely mccarthy knows this. so, why did he call for biden's impeachment despite it? >> he has no spine. oh, my goodness. i am here for it. mccarthy has no spine and no control. we saw this on day one. he could not actually become the speaker. in historic fashion, it took 15 votes. listen, we also know that mccarthy knows that he doesn't have the votes. he doesn't have the votes to do anything in this government. he decided specifically not to take this matter of an impeachment inquiry to the floor. he knew he couldn't get it passed. he knew people such as can buck would not vote for it. a former prosecutor who was being h

. ♪ skyway and crockett on friday when they saw a white suv in flames behind a fence. texas immediately made a u-turn and he jumped the fence to help. another driver did the same thing. as i approached the vehicle, i heard a guy yelling for help and so i just acted quick. the door was jammed up, so i tried prying it and then here, here comes matthis. i don't even think i was thinking at all. i just took the door and i just yanked on it. both men got the driver out of the car and says he was not coherent. they call 911 and by the time fire crews arrived, the suv was engulfed in flames. you see right here, the crockett carquinas fire chief commended the men for putting themselves at risk to save the life of a stranger. they had not acted immediately at and without regard for their own safety. i truly believe that he would not have survived at this point. all we know is that emergency workers say the driver's injuries were significant. chp investigating what happened here . happening today, the santa clara county board of supervisors set to vote on whether to allow the sh

crockett down towards the maze. darya. james, back to you. washing up on bay area beaches over the past few weeks. area experts say it's not totally out of the ordinary, though. kron four's theresa planes. >> and this disease leptospirosis is spread through your and contact with this sea lion carcass was about a half mile from the main entrance of dorne beach ranger station in sonoma county. >> it is one of nearly a dozen that have washed ashore in the last few so. >> it's not unusual for us to see some sort of uptick in sea lion strandings live and dead this time of year. >> and some years we see a intense pulse like we are right now. >> sue pemberton is with the california academy of sciences. she helps coordinate response teams perform necropsies on dead sea life including see lines, although they have not been out to door in beach, they have responded to other similar cases in san mateo county with love. >> people to contact us when they see dead marine mammals because we come out and examine them by animals die. so they're they're going

well, the east bay, 30 minute ride along 80 crockett down towards the maze. if you are taking that and the east bay's just as busy as the peninsula. 45 minutes, salient downhill pitas 80 in 5.80, through open. you're also seeing a little red orange. so you might want to take international. all right. james, back to you. thanks. a lot, fox 4 is your local election headquarters. >> governor gavin newsom says he doesn't want to pick a replacement for senator dianne feinstein, but if forced to he would not pick someone who's currently running. >> the governor made the statement sunday on nbc's meet the press. he says that any replacement would be an interim replace governor's concern is if you were to appoint someone currently running, that would unfairly tip the scales and they're just months to go now before the primary election senate candidate. and he's been a congressman barr, billy takes issue with that. the governor has repeatedly said in the past appoint a black woman to the sea. and the congresswoman says an interim appointment as a slap in the face to b

. >> here along 80 this morning, crockett down towards the maze about 18 minutes. no need to take san pablo avenue just yet, though. 12 minute ride once you fall, hit the may's to that free much. exit heading into the city this morning under 14 80 to 101 b, the san mateo bridge, south bay, still a lot of greens are at the limit there. 20 minutes. 85 up to menlo park up to 80 02:37am. not seen major issues and over in the east bay, long, 8.80, stanley intial downhill peas are seeing traffic building through a were. once you get fremont pretty smooth sailing at 23 minutes starry. james, back to you. thanks. la reyna 6.18, and a pedestrian was struck and killed in the north bay yesterday afternoon. this happened on sebastopol road in santa rosa. the pedestrian was walking outside of the crosswalk when he was struck. the driver stayed at the scene and is cooperating with the investigation. this is the first deadly >> crash of the year on santa rosa city streets in the east bay. police in piedmont are looking for 2 people wanted for an armed robbery. >> take a look at t

those still really good alternate crockett down towards the maze.busy from richmond all the way down. oakland. 31 minute ride. tory days. back to you. thanks. a lot of rain is 7.50, and u.s. postal service is rolling out a new set of stamps. >> and they are a symbol of hispanics celebration. they feature colorful pinatas designed by a seattle based latino artists and they're celebrating hispanic heritage month with these starting september 15th. you'll see them for sale. previous stamp collections highlighting hispanic culture were dedicated to mariachi music and the day of the dead. and so these are really cool. pena ones that you can get just couple days. 2 massive lottery jackpots happen, including one winner in california. i just i won in california that still james, you haven't won one. >> point. 0, 8 billion dollars. that's the winning pop top powerball ticket was sold in last meet us at a mini market la in july. the winter still as income for and that so that makes you think july. maybe somebody like just chucked and then no hope well, the ru

highway 4.20, minutes to make it from any act to to 42 in concord and along 80 over the east bay crockettn towards the maze. now what it richmond, that's when you start to slow down a 19 minute, right? daria is back to you. all right. thanks. a lot of in traffic. you you might call an uber will soon. you might be able to call over for something else. and i'm not talking food. >> apparently the san francisco based company is thinking on a new service. they're developing this for adding an option for doing chores housework, whatever you need an around the house. according to bloomberg, uber engineers would call this uber chore at this point and it would allow you through the app to have overcome and do various jobs around the house. guess they're not specifying at this point what the task would be, but you would have to write so you have the app. you say what you want done, how long you think it take to accomplish that? and when you would like them to show up and then the app would calculate a fee for the job before you would look at with somebody and they would come and do that. clear exac

but they want this problem addressed there in crockett 10, 10 is the time. and still ahead on the kron morning news. >> a san francisco city worker is stabbed on the job in their office. we'll tell you what happened, why they think the city needs to do more to protect them. and today we honor prisoners of war and service members missing in action. we're going to have more on how the hard work being done to try to find and identify all. and if you are heading out this weekend, maybe getting up to the sierra. enjoy today's clear sunny skies. >> tomorrow night we'll start to see a chance of thunderstorms that increases into sunday and monday. so do keep your eye out. and that especially later this weekend up in the mountains, >> 10 13 right now. and today is national p o w m i a recognition day recognition day. it's a day every year when americans honor and remember prisoners of war and those are still missing in action and their families currently about 82,000 members are unaccounted for. news nation. dray clark has the story. >> service in the armed forces ca

basically i have to go to martinez and come back to crockett. >> reporter: the closure is one of several businesses is hurting their pocket on one of the busiest weekends of the year. the manager of this sinclair said it will mean an estimated 80% loss in business. >> we are on the freeway for the long weekend, especially this weekend. it is the busiest for travel. lucknow. it is empty. >> no food on the table. >> failure prepared for necessary to fix that failing roadway explaining the closer actually gets the job done faster. >> we have a low traffic count to the region. we decided let's use labor day to pretty much compress over 106 closures in just four days of work. >> improvements they hope will draw customers backend. >> whatever they are doing, they are doing for future. we have to take a hit. >>> let's take a look at the live map. here is a look at the d tour around that closure. the red is closed. basically you will have to loop around. from vallejo, drivers are being directed onto eastbound 780. the route then goes past on the southbound 680 toward concord and then westbound 4

but crockett wasn't so sure. he thought the chickens had come home to roost. and then i get to turn to the cartoon in that i introduced the session with andt's block and it's the north facade because he's allenging the corruption in the presidency and the power of the predency during the nin administration, when he drew this cartoon. and it's t about the person reality of the president, he had already done that in the days after the watergate break in, during the reagan administration, cartoonists, when they dealt with the white house tended to depicted callous and cold. and here is alice gary trudeau's charactefrom doonesbury falling asleep in the snow north facade. clinton during his first admistration he hasn't even moved in ye it's inauguration day and other occupants of ady and willing to greet him a whole host of ises we get to his second inauguration and this is all it.. the cat socks was a recurring character for many years during clinton administration and he was fairly in his comment and the line is e is obliged to spend the next four years fooling a

also joined by con jasmine crockett, 30th district of texas. [applause] she is also a member of delta sorority incorporated and i like to think her because today's panel is really a brainchild so thank you for trusting our office to make this happen. [applause] we have congresswoman kamlager-dove who is a proud member of -- represents the service of this actss of california. [applause] andve we have summer lee who in addition to being the congresswoman and howard university alum is represented of the district of pennsylvania. [applause] also a delta member. don't get me in trouble. and last but not least i might be a little biased because she is my congresswoman, jennifer mcclellan who's a first black woman to serve to represent in congress on behalf of the commonwealth of virginia picture represents the fourth district and she is also a member of delta sigma theta. [applause]es >> so now the floor is yours, ms. abrams. thank you so much. >> please help me thank dr. moon for her leadership on this project. [applause] and doctor vincent, ms. wal

but i can try me on something by, by what crockett thats, i've already got on the my top floor come come, you're coming, but i mean, i'm tomorrow come to tell you for a clunky honestly start the interval. luis mendoza along at the top from the top of my ink. i'm 45 and then i can install you and i'm on long learning hard. he says that he complained to management which was fired. he suspects that, not all the monkeys upgrade inside the from spends her time, nobody returned. i've called me to the us authorities accused by any, by or conspiring with corrupt cambodian government officials to acquire wise mac jacks for export falsely labeling them as captive bred. i mean, to see the very 1st 2 people indicted to be in the director general and deputy director positions of a foreign governments agencies responsible for protecting their wild life. it's not often that the us fish and wildlife service agents actually obtain enough evidence to file charges against government officials in a foreign nation. the new comma says, why thought monkeys could have ended up anywhere in the us the ultimate pu

college has now been charged with connection with human trafficking. 39 year old kyle lee whitmore of crockett was arrested last thursday. he is a tenured communications instructor and a track coach. the contra costa district attorney's office says that he is accused of making two women commit acts of prostitution in including a student. whitmore is being held without bail. the district says it is devastated by these charges. new at 730 tonight, a rally was held tonight to reject a proposed ban on the pride flag by the sunol glen school board. castro valley pride has called on the community and allies to reject the resolution motion that the school board is considering tonight at its meeting. the proposal would allow only the american and california flags on school campuses. opponents say the proposal is targeting the lgbtq community by not allowing the pride flag. we have a crew at that school board meeting and we'll be sure to bring you any update tonight on the 10:00 news. now to some troubling new data on poverty here in america. it increased sharply last year with children being hit parti

it's power's going to go >> frustration is growing as you can hear in crockett tonight over ongoing power outages, residents and business owners have been losing power on and off since saturday. some businesses closed today because of another outage. the owner of a pet supply store says today's outage started at noon lasted about 3 hours. she kept their business open, but that to turn away lots of customers because she couldn't take credit cards, snow power. she says the ongoing outage is creating a sense of panic within the community. >> businesses were trying to keep our doors open. but if you can't have your power on, if i can process credit cards. >> i know. but it's coming down. plus, everybody's worried about their house is worried about the food. they haven't houses. i know people who, you know, one of my friends, her is it's a ventilator. you know, she panicked. she was in, you know, she was out of town when she got the alert. the power's out. she had to rush last night. there were people in the senior citizen home stuck in the elevator. so they had to be rescued. >> quite a mess

air quality now making its way in the parts of the north bay, the brand area, also the berkeley in crockett almost into san francisco and in the south bay, too. so a lot of that haze kind of settling in here for the night tonight. you can see on our smoke forecasting model. you see some of that smoke working this way all the way from those fires back down into the bay area. and you can see as we head toward tomorrow, we've got a lot out there right now. but i think here's the good news by tomorrow afternoon. we're going to see more of a westerly wind and all of a sudden we're going start to see more of that fresh air come off the ocean. we should see improving quality for air condition as we head toward tomorrow and the weekend. grant back to you. good news there. thank you, lawrence. well, there is the new gathering place for people who live and work in san francisco. mayor london breed joined other city leaders today. >> for the opening of the landing at like store this is at the intersection of commercial and like best or streets in the heart of downtown, the space was created as a way t

the democratic representative, jasmine crockett, of texas. she knows what she speaks. she's a member of congress, she was a member state house in texas. still to come on velshi. from a recess has come to an end and the fun is over and the next two weeks are going to put kevin mccarthy's leadership to the test as he struggles to unite the house republicans and we are going to get into the threats, the closed-door meetings, and the f bombs. another hour of velshi begins right now. good morning. it is sunday, september the 17th. i'm ali velshi. we begin this morning with the crisis of leadership inside the republican party that is poised to unleash painful consequences about the whole country. some recess. over the first to back for the house of representatives was in fact chaos. house speaker kevin mccarthy has been unable to move forward with crucial appropriations bills or government spending bills, and it's not because democrats and republicans are fighting with one another. the fighting is happening among republicans. there have been ultimatums,, insults thrown betwe