>> john lane screams to her to let go of the boat.ey need her to go downstream if there's going to be any chance of saving her. finally naomi lets go of the boat. then she disappears into the white froth. >> and i just wait and i watched. and nothing came up. and then about 40 feet past me, all of a sudden she pops back up in the water. and at that point she's moving so fast, she's gone so far past me that i can't even throw my rope. >> naomi surfaces far beyond the last person standing on the river banks with throw rope. and everyone knows they have to act now. only 50 yards downstream is another set of dangerous rapids and a huge drop. naomi, who has taken a beating in the cold water, has little left in her. >> she's not swimming like any of the other people who came out. they swam like hell. so she has no energy left. she just rolled like a rag doll. it was really frightening to watch because that's a person who's really almost unable to save themselves now. >> it's going to take an incredible throw to save her. >> the chances of t

all lanes are blocked southbound 280 approaching john daly boulevard. northbound because of this pedestrian that was hit and killed in the roadway. a lot of confusion out there, as well. they are allowing some drivers to turn around on southbound 280 get off at mission exit. so drivers are going the wrong way on the freeway. avoid 280 right now. use 101. bart is also on time. bay bridge looks good though, still no metering lights. they remain off and traffic is moving fine all across the span ought off the east bay into san francisco. that's your latest "kcbs traffic." here's lawrence. >> elizabeth, we had a few clouds overnight but looking fairly clear there out over the bay bridge. and it looks like we're in for a very nice day ahead. we'll see some passing clouds and sunshine today. but these temperatures probably near records. we had one record set down in mountain view yesterday. we'll probably get close again today. 68 degrees in oakland today. 67 in redwood city, 67 santa rosa are 66 san jose. the weekend looking good. these temperatures going to

avoid 280 with a sig-alert in effect and southbound 280 where the fatal accident has all lanes shut down near john tell boulevard with a sig-alert in effect, 101, the alternate and bart to get around the expire seen. >> what a mess. the time is 6:09. >>> a most popular breakfast cereal is losing some ingredient . >> the fight over a brain dead oakland girl is back in court today. >> what is union is to those who've encountered welcome to covered california. new, affordable health plans so you can be ready for whatever comes your way. enroll today at coveredca.com. >>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >>> welcome back to the traffic center. this is a shot of sky seven, 280 and the daly city san francisco border where we have a fatal accident in the southbound direction of 280. it is shut down completely. northbound, two lanes are shut down. there was an accident and a pedestrian was struck in the southbound lane. southbound 280 all lanes are shut down in dallas -- daly city area. highway 101 is the best alternate. kristen and matt? >> we will continue to check in with you fo

heading for route 50, the john hanson highway. all lanes are shut down. let's lock at it live and explain what happened. it happened on the ramp from the inner loop to eastbound route 50. the person involved in the accident, tried flee from the scene and got -- tried to flee from the scene and got hit by another vehicle. it is a confirmed fatality. the investigation is going to take some time. luckily the weather has not come in yet. let's take a live look on the other side of town. i just spoke to charlie gibson at maryland state highway. on the numbered streets, that's the one they take care of, the interstates and numbered streets have been pretreated. they have 480 trucks on standby, ready for when it comes. back to you guys. >> thanks a lot monica. 4:52. a man kicked out of a manasses bar early sunday morning is charged with shooting and wounding four people. jeremiah pullham got kicked out of the bar. he drove by the entrance and shot two men and women who were standing there. all four are recovering and pullen is being held without bond. >>> anothe

route 50, john hanson highway. all lanes are blocked. you'll be forced to exit onto eastbound route 50. take that to route 704 southbound and back to the beltway. more on what's going on with the snow coming up. back to you guys. >>> 4:50 and it sure is early. we're glad you're with us. it's time for the first your money segment. >> and jessica doyle is here with the headlines. how did wall street do yesterday. >> we were closed yesterday because we had the mlk day. the dow managed this last week to postits first weekly gain of the year, and -- post its first weekly gain of the year. and we're going to get quarterly profits from johnson and johnson, verizon, delta, and nexflix. the dow stands this morning at 16458 after jumping 41 points in trade. the s&p 500 was down about 7 points on friday, and the nasdaq was down about 21 points. >>> in the meantime, have you ever wondered why you were denied a line of credit. well, you are not alone. even though lenders are requiring you to send a letter detailing why you were denied, many people ca

john daly. the right lane has reopened at the scene to let some of those trapped cars get through.ent was initially reported around 5:30 this morning. it happened on the northbound side of the freeway. one person went over the center median got into the southbound lanes and was hit and killed by another vehicle. so southbound for a while since 5:30 all lanes had been shut down at the scene. you can see that they are letting some cars through. northbound two lanes are still blocked. so obviously use alternates, avoid 280 in the meantime. good sized delays in both directions, 101 is flowing freely and bart is on time with more than 50 trains. we'll get another "kcbs traffic" update in a half hour from now. in the meantime after this break, a check of your forecast. ,,,, female announcer: female announcer: it's time to make room for the new mattress models during sleep train's huge year end clearance sale. get beautyrest, posturepedic, even tempur-pedic mattress sets, at low clearance prices. save even more on floor samples, demonstrators and closeout inventory. plus, free same-day de

sky 7 hd shows the slow lane on southbound 280 is open now, but all other lanes southbound closed from johnrd into san francisco. sue hall has the latest. >> it was a busy morning on 280. we do still have that almost closure, like you said, the southbound lane one lane, slow lane, getting by. all northbound lanes have just been reopened. and chp is hoping to have the other southbound lanes open before 11:00. they are continuing their investigation. still, i would suggest 101 is your best alternate or b.a.r.t. if you are heading toward sfo certainly. mike with your forecast. >>> all right, sue. thank you very much. good morning everybody. record high temperatures, mostly sunny. but unfortunately it is a spare the air day. let's take a look at tonight's temperatures. a little cooler, low 30s to mid-40s. accuweather seven-day forecast finally cooler, cleaner air next week. and a slight chance of rain. kristen. >>> mike, thanks a lot. the news continues now with the news continues now with "goojennie-o w where every thua where every thursday people ride 10 miles for tacos. we thought wsurprise

now, the chp says that the man was driving a gmc suv in the northbound lanes of 280 just past the john daly exit in daly city when it appears that he lost control and collided with another car. the female driver of that car was in pain and she stayed in her car but witnesses say the man got out of his car and ran april cross the right shoulder of the -- across the right shoulder of the freeway and turned around and and ran across the lanes. jumped the center median and ran across the southbound lanes when he was hit and killed by a vehicle. investigators learned that seconds before he was hit, he got physical with a witness. >> people who stopped to assist the parties in the crash tried to keep him at the scene and -- there was an altercation between him, the driver and the people who stopped to help. he did try to assault one of the parties who helped and then fled in the southbound direction where he -- where he was struck and killed. >> reporter: officers determined the suv the man was driving was an unreported stolen car out of millbrae. they are looking into the possibility that i

lanes of 280 this this morning. the crash happened on interstate 280 near the john daly boulevard exit. the traffic is just now recovering, katie? >> just now. we are looking on the southbound lane of 280 and it was in the last 10 or 15 minutes we saw c.h.p. and the crews coming through, pick up the cones from the left hand lane, finally opening all lanes of the freeway and this is the first time since 5:30 this morning the cars have been moving freely in the lanes. a man was hit and killed at 5:30 and we don't know why he ran into the lanes but he may have left a clue in the s.u.v. >> we slowed down for a mile and we stopped here. we had no idea what was going on. >> or how long they would be stuck. the motorcyclists and drivers waiting on southbound 280, engines off. it starred with a zarqawi crash on northbound 280, a tangled s.u.v. and monday did disabled at 5:30 this morning. the driver of the s.u.v. did not wait away. >> he ran across northbound lane first and saw there was no shoulder and he turned around and ran back and was not struck but jumped the divide and ran into the south

lanes right now. again, this is approaching john daly boulevard.but we are calling chp now to get the latest information. mass transit everything is on time. bart systemwide no delay. in fact, 41 trains all on schedule. ferries, caltrain, ace is back to a regular schedule. there is a power outage in san francisco. we just talked to pg&e. now 800 customers impacted down from the earlier 1400 customers. they are working to get power restored happening around 6 and folsom. some traffic lights are out. they hope to get powerfully restored by 6:45 this morning. that is your "kcbs traffic." back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> an emotional memorial service held for a 13-year-old boy oakland's first murder victim of the new year. dozens of people gathered at 104th avenue and walnut street where lee weathersbuy iii was shot new year's eve. the boy's mother had this message for whoever killed her son who died new year's morning. >> they shot my baby like a dog. you know? he was the goodest kid you would ever know. and to the people that did this, i hope you

lane. i'm outlining all of the slow traffic heading south. if you should get on the freeway after johnevard. you will -- you will be in much better shape, this year, this yellow, some people are using el camino real which is not a bad idea but i think the best idea is to use 101 down the peninsula. you can rejoin -- you can rejoin the peninsula traffic at 380, 101 to 380. it looks good heading south. i would do that instead and then avoid the whole area completely. let's take a look at other things. i want to show you that traffic on 880 does look good in both directions. haven't had much of a backup on this freeway or at the bay bridge toll plaza. as a matter of fact, we've had a nice commute coming up to the pay gates at the toll plaza all day long. there have no been problems on the bridge. i think on this friday, it might be the last day we have traffic. i think a lot of people are back to work on moond. it's 8 -- on monday. it's 8:32. back to the desk. >>> there are two separate court hearings this morning about the fate of 13-year-old jahi mcmath of oakland. one of those hearings

lane closure. >> assemblyman john wisniewski, thanks very much for joining us.emblyman is the deputy speaker of the new jersey state assembly. thanks very much. go inside, it's getting cold and snowy in new jersey right now. >> it is. >>> the gala tonight, celebrating chris christie's inauguration, as a result, has been cancelled because of this winter storm that's brewing in new jersey and the northeast. symbolic, perhaps, as governor christie tries to weather the political storms he's now facing. our chief political analyst, gloria borger, is here to talk about this. what does he need to do right now, starting his second term, coming off a landslide re-election, to get his -- >> do his job. he's got to do his job. he's got to prove to the people of new jersey that he can be a bipartisan governor. i mean, you heard his speech, wolf. it was all about the coalition that brought him in to office. which was very broad. and also he's got to prove that he can get -- that he can get his work done while these investigations are going on, on a separate track. he talked

all lanes of interstate 280 here are shutdown north of the john daly off ramp. john daly boulevard is actually right over here and this is as you can see and the curve of the southbound direction were the tunnels are there. what you are going to do is use san jose off ramp the mission street off ramp from southbound interstate 280, you can use that to get all the way over to 19th avenue and you can rejoin interstate 280 in the southbound direction. the biggest back up is on the northbound side because that's where most of the traffic is this morning and there are two lanes blocked in the northbound direction in order to accommodate the incident there. the eye and is that we may have some live video from the scene here's what switch that can. this is courtesy of our helicopter partnership with abc seven news. in looks as though we are looking on the right side of your screen at the northbound lanes where you can see the two left lanes of the roadway that are blocked. traffic is being funneled off on the right. on the left side of your screen is the southbound bro

lanes. you know, assemblyman john wisniewski expressed his own doubt that the governor didn't know what wasng. watch this, governor. >> these people travel with him. these people discuss things with him every single day. he knew there was an investigation. he knew people were looking at it. and his senior staff was involved. and yet he expects us to believe that he knew nothing. i just find that implausible. >> he says what you're saying, it's just implausible. >> and especially because we're finding out that so many different people knew. and at different points way before governor christie says he was blindsided and he learned about it just a couple of days ago. well, that simply defies credibility. it defies credibility. with that many people. and again, governor christie is a tough guy. and i mean that in a good way. he gets thing done. he moves people around. he takes care of problems in his state. there is no way that he would have let this problem in his state fester for four or five days if someone told him it was a traffic study, he says without any question, come to trenton and ex

john daley boulevard. now, right now only one lane is getting through in the uz northbound side. try day friday with more of "today" and helping me out is my good friend carson daly. >> holea, amamigos, and if you packed on the pounds at the holiday party, forget the diet for a couple days and dress down the pounds. >> that's right, whether you're a guy or a girl, there are tricked to the trade that make you look trimmer and slimmer. here is rebecca george. hi. >> happy new year. >> happy new year to you. >> these segments are the best because you don't have to do anything. you just find a betting outfit. >> like a work out in your wardrobe. >> we're going to start off with a photo of chiara. let's look and you tell us what she's doing wrong. >> she's wearing prints, but on the bottom. you're putting attention on the bottom, an area you want to draw the eyes away from, and there's no statement drawing you up to her face. you don't have to avoid prints entirely. >> what have you done? >> nice. >> nice before, by the way. >> prints, you don't want to avoid them entirely, you want t

on wednesday, new jersey , aembly men john wisniewski democrat who has led the hearings on the lane closures, responded to governor christie said niall that he was aware of the plan. mailsve not seen any e- that have the governor's name on it but clearly there is an e- mail that has the governor's deputy chief of staff on it. this is an administration that keeps very tight control over what happens and what comes out of the front office. we would like to get explanations as to who else the governor's office knew about this and what their role is. hearings holding a today. he has subpoenaed waldstein to wildstein has sued to try to prevent his appearance today. this is quite a scandal that is brewing, all starting with a traffic jam on the george washington bridge. >> i think it is going to continue for quite some time because, honestly, there are more hearings coming. i think the governor has announced he will have a press conference today. the reality is, christie is in a position where on the one hand owne did not know that his top staff were involved in this, that is a problem. and if he

john daly boulevard. the crash left the vehicle partially blocking the fast lane. the honda civic slammed into the rear. the civic driver received minor injuries. and the suv driver was well enough to get out and walk away. it's what happened after the accident that left the suv driver dead. he ran across the northbound lanes of the shoulder on the right side of the road carrying a duffel bag he had taken from the suv, the man decided to run back across the northbound lanes jumped the center divide and attempted to cross the southbound lanes. he was struck and killed by one or more vehicles. >> people who stopped to help the vehicles were trying to get him to stay at the scene. he did assault one of those people and then flee over the center divide and then running into the southbound lanes. >> reporter: why would he run through traffic? the chp learned he was driving a stolen car. >> coming from the standpoint that he was driving a stolen vehicle, it makes more sense. there could be more crimes in that as well and we are looking into those, for instance, the stolen property, the possibly stolen propert

believe him, 58% don't believe him when he says he didn't know about those lane closures at the george washington bridge. johnhe governor and his allies right now are probably looking for some kind of silver lining from all this. is there any out there? >> yeah, in this poll, there sure, is and we've seen it elsewhere as well. that is that republicans are sticking with him. look at this. republicans' opinions of chris christie a year ago, 49%. has it changed? not at all. and we talked yesterday about chris christie's trip this past weekend to florida to do fund-raising as chairman of the republican governors association and also with some top donors, and we were told he got a very warm reception. so, right now republicans are sticking with him. john, with all poll numbers, we always say about this, people change their opinions, there could be new controversies, new developments here. his approval ratings and unfavorable ratings could go up or down. this is far from over, john. >> paul steinhauser in washington, thanks so much. >>> it appears the u.s. military will be at the ready to evacuate americans, if nee

john daly boulevard will be closed. there is a sigalert. we have a crew on the way. it was a hit and run and now all of the lanes are going to be closed so this is a typical route you use at 280 and john daly boulevard, you want to hop over to 101 or just hop over to some alternate routes. use some of the streets but 101 is your best bet. other than that, we have a crew on the way. we'll have more information as the morning continues. we have another stall as i mentioned on the lower deck of the bay bring but not causing too much slowing. let's show you what it looks like from the westbound direction. still fairly light. if you have to head into the city you're good to go. >> that problem maybe to backups on 101. right now 5:57. still ahead a critical day in the courtroom for one family desperate to keep their young teenage girl on a ventilator. we'll explain. >> plus, propane tanks explode sending flames into the night sky in the north bay. the search to make sure nobody was killed in this fire. >>> right now at 6:00, propane tanks explode next to a bay area shopping center. we are live as rescue crews search f

lane closures. joining me now, new jersey democratic assemblyman john wisniewski, who is the leading investigation chair in the assembly into this bridge scandal, and msnbc contributor e.j. dionne. thank you both for being here. >> good to be here, reverend. >> let me go to you first. i want to go right to the chase. the documents show many people were involved. we were told yesterday by the governor it was only a few, but there is all kinds of names and documents now. it shows a lot of people. >> there are a lot of people involved. and one of the things we hoped to get yesterday from david wildstein was an explanation about that august 5th communication about a meeting between the governor and david sampson. we wanted to know about the involvement of michael drewniak and other people in the governor's office. obviously you saw we were denied that opportunity because mr. wildstein pleaded the fifth amendment, because he is afraid of criminal prosecution in this event. but what that really shows is a very serious breech of trust here, and that can't be forgiven. >> now the meeting that you're referring t

john wisniewski believes that laws were broken when christie's aides ordered those lane closures at thee washington bridge. also state senator barbara buono. she ran against christie for governor. let me start with you, barbara. what do you think here is chris christie personal culpability based on all the evidence we now know? >> well, you know, this is a pattern this governor has demonstrated since the beginning of his term. and that is that he puts his own political ambitions ahead of doing what's right for new jersey. there are a lot of questions that need to be answered, as you know. we certainly, assemblyman wisniewski has done a great job of gathering as much information as he can, but so many of those e-mails are incomplete, they're redacted. there's a lot of information we don't know. but one thing is for sure. i know chris christie, i know his administration, i've dealt with him for four years. he runs a very tight ship. it's almost a paramilitary organization and to suggest that this governor had no knowledge that the head, the new york appointee of the point authority wrote

lane closures of the bridge scandal that started last fall. john will lead a committee forming today to utilize the special council to investigate christie's staffers and the committee himself. that committee plans to call on bridget anne kelly and bill stepien christie's long time trusted advisors. >> a couple of polls came out yesterday that may shed light on how the perception of him has changed or not changed since the controversies began. the first is a research poll that shows 60% of american voters say their perception of him has been unchanged since the controversies began. there's also a university poll that shows his approval rating within the state has dropped about 6% in the last few weeks. the last time it went under 60% since he started talking about sandy recovery really. in other words, carol, we have to see how this will shake out over the next several months. new developments keep coming out and attacks keep coming. >> doesn't seem to be hurting him at all. thanks so much erin. >>> the search this morning for madeleine mccann, inv

the lane closures to the george washington bridge last fall. >> john will lead a new committee formingal council to investigate christie's key staffers and the governor himself. that committee will have subpoena power and intends to call on fire deputy chief of staff bridget kelly and stepien, his long time political advisor. >> there are two polls out from yesterday we want to tell you about. a research poll says 60% of american voters say their opinion of him is unchanged since the scandal. a university poll says the approval rating has dropped 6% this the last few weeks. the on sight of democratic attacks is just beginning. >> thank you. >>> obamacare is back in the news. for the first time we're getting the break down of enrollment. 2.2 million sign ups. now let's break it down a little bit. 24% are young adults. 2.2 million is good. young adults not so good. the target rate was young adults. young adults are healthy and cheaper to insure. this brings down the cost for the rest of us, old people like me. are they on pace? is this okay? will the deadline affect what happens? do we k

john daly boulevard. the crash left the vehicle partially blocking the fast lane. the honda civic slammed into the rear.ic driver received minor injuries. and the suv driver was well enough to get out and walk away. it's what happened after the accident that left the suv driver dead. he ran across the northbound lanes of the shoulder on the right side of the road carrying a duffel bag he had taken from the suv, the man decided to run back across the northbound lanes jumped the center divide and attempted to cross the southbound lanes. he was struck and killed by one or more vehicles. >> people who stopped to help the vehicles were trying to get him to stay at the scene. he did assault one of those people and then flee over the center divide and then running into the southbound lanes. >> reporter: why would he run through traffic? the chp learned he was driving a stolen car. >> coming from the standpoint that he was driving a stolen vehicle, it makes more sense. there could be more crimes in that as well and we are looking into those, for instance, the stolen property, the possibly stolen property we're

lane closuresthat were to get back at a mayor who refused to endorse him. as we mentioned, johnmbers and the so-called internet of things could be a $19 trillion opportunity. one company that could benefit from this is arm holdings. i want to get back to jon erlichman who is at ces in las vegas. what more can you tell us? >> the chip industry is well represented here. arm intel to qualcomm, to holdings. with me is the ceo of that company. talk to us about where you will find arm technology on the floor. pretty much everywhere. >> that is right. cannot tell with these devices that there is a microprocessor inside. that is because there is a chip in their built by one of our licensees, a powerful microprocessor that enables what these gadget do. wheren you think about your business is going, apple has been an important business partner. apple does not come to ces. .ooking for clues on innovation does that matter that they are not here? >> there are so many companies here showing off innovations, be it big screens, handheld , newes, tablets, phones internet of things are emerging d

lane closures. kind of missed the worst of the storm. new england getting pounded her for more on the travel impacts, we are joined by john dibella's from reagan national. >> it is hard to talk sometimes when it is is cold. i to get cold as easily. and remember the last time i was is cold. your live at reagan national third and last check 22 degrees. that is not counting the wind that is picked up. it is snowing again this morning. take a look at the tarmac. crews are busy at work. i counted at least a dozen salt trucks, fire trucks that are out there trying to clear the tarmac and of course the deicing process very critical on a morning like this. as for the flights themselves, there are a lot of cancellations and delays among the three local airports. 54 flights have been canceled. 22 of them at reagan, 78 local arrival flights have been grounded and again the majority here at reagan national airport, 35 at last check. dozens and dozens of delayed flights. many folks are arriving early. tofolks are trying to get boston from chicago. if not all the flights until at least noon. reporting live at reagan, john gonzalez, abc seven news. au

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lane closures themselves is now throwing governor christie under the bus. but i caution you we have to wait and see what the evidence is. >> all right, john, appreciate it. thank you. >>> president obama launched a new effort to help those who have been unemployed the longest get back to work. >> it is a cruel catch-22. the longer you are unemployed the more unemployable you may seem. now, this is an illusion, put it's one that unfortunately we know statistically is happening out there. >> well the president says dozens of companies have agreed to change their hiring practices and stop discriminating against people who have been out of work for a long time that's a tough word, discriminating. he also announced the 150 million grant to help nonprofit groups working to connect companies with the long term unemployed. mike viqueira joins us now and has the latest on this from the white house. good to see you. >> hi tony. it continues to be the black cloud with a silver lining. the brightening economic picture, despite the government shut down, housing improve, manufacturing, all across the board. but the unemployment situation still very bad. yes, it is dow

john f. kennedy airport to reopen in the new york area. a lot lanes are taught that it stuck there.ching our forecast. this is quite a storm here. for the whole eastern half of the nation. >>erica: that's right mark. in fact it's impacting 24 states right now. no. are boston we see about 22 in. of snowfall and about 80 in. in upstate new york. the brunt of the system is impacting parts of vermont. or we are seeing frigid like conditions. the storm is moving its way through the mid atlantic. the big concern will be the flight cancellations throughout the country. that is something we will continue to monitor the conference jackies of so. a year and the bay area we are waking up to high cost of ferry, conditions. a chilly start to rob the north bay where we have temperatures rider around freezing. low for this out the door in half moon bay. i later on today expect plaza weather with partly cloudy conditions. i think with a little bit of breeze the spare the air of a large is still in effect. 62 degrees year high and the lee city. upper 60s in livermore and napa today with a high of 66

. >>> on the peninsula, all lanes of southbound 280 in daly city are open after a deadly crush shut it for hours. a man was killed on the freeway just north of john daly boulevard this morning. police say the man go out of his car after a crashed, ran across the freeway and was hit by several cars. kiet do reports. >> reporter: michelle, of all the cars that hit this man, only one of them has come forward calling 911 only after they got home and that inspected the car and saw the damage to the car. as for 280, looking much better now. it was a rough tragic morning. it was a gruesome commute as hazmat crews used trash bags and buckets to pick up what was left of the 53-year-old man. it all began at 5:30 this morning when the driver of a new black gmc arcadia lost control and struck the center divide. a black honda then rear-ended the gmc. >> the driver of the gmc got out of his vehicle for we are not sure why, he crossed the northbound lanes to the right shoulder. at that point he crossed back over the freeway. >> reporter: at this point, they do not know why, but the man jumped the median and then walked another 100 yards down the southbound lane

lanes wide open. the nights haven't been turned on. you want to avoid 28 southbound, johnd because of that hit and run. we'll have more on that. a few seconds with our reporter. back to you. >>yes. more detail this morning. on 280. christie smith was on the way and we have her on the phone. chp on the lookout for this hit and run driver, allegedly struck and killed this pedestrian. what more do you know? >> we know they did issue a be on the lookout for a car with front end damage. i can tell you, you know, we were talking about this, we are on southbound 280 maybe a half mile from the accident scene. we have been stuck in traffic about 30 minutes. i mean an absolute standstill. that was until maybe the last two minutes or so. the chp was able to clear the sould shoulder and did that so two tow trucks and a medical examiner's van could get through. we're trying to follow them and get closer to the scene. but cars are not moving. some have their engines off. some opening the doors to get some air. it was mentioned before but what we're hearing is what happened is there were

new jersey state as assembly minority leader john bramnick, state senator linda greenstein, a democrat and member of the committee to investigate the bridge laned a metro politics editor with "the new york times." and, senator, i'll start with y you. we've been talking so much about governor christie and ft. lee and the lane closures. yesterday the mayor of hoboken added this new wrinkle. i wonder what you make of it and where you think -- is there a role here for your committee in this at all? >> i think there is a role for our committee. and, of course, it will ultimately be up to our chairman -- senator loretta weinberger. we are meeting for the firts time and will be discussing that. >> assemblyman, from chris christie's party listening to what the mayor of hoboken had to say, what's your take on it? >> well, with respect to those allegations, the governor responded through mike trewniak. weigh voted for that investigation. we thought the e-mails and text messages were horrific. and then the committee started and what became unsettling it was no longer bipartisan. it became four members. we can live with that. then the chairman which is is

john muller. also an update on the latest amanda knox murder trial but we begin with the big developing story, the scandal involving new jersey governor chris christie and the lane closures at the world's busiest bridge just got a lot more serious overnight. >>> one death happened during the day's long traffic mess near the george washington bridge when paramedics were delayed. the traffic backups appear to have been orchestrated by a top aide to christie. abc's mary bruce is live in washington with the story. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, well, this scandal over an epic traffic yam is becoming a main political liability for the rising republican star, governor chris christie. what happens when you combine political power, retribution and road rage? a political scandal. jersey style. new jersey governor chris christie a rumored 2016 presidential candidate is in a political jam over a traffic scandal. in september, gridlock turned the town of ft. lee, new jersey, into a parking lot when lanes onto the george washington bridge, a major link to new york city, mysteriously closed. >> i think it's outrageous. >> reporter: e-mails obtained by abc news

john vanbiesbrouck. >> reporter: we are kicking off this morning's commute with this accident coming in, in lafayette westbound 24 approaching pleasant hill road involving a car and big rig blocking two lanes of traffic. this is in the commute direction but it's early so not delaying the commute too much p this is in lafayette. meanwhile, over at the bay bridge toll plaza toll plaza, everything is looking okay with no big delays leaving oakland heading into the city and bart is on time. that's your "kcbs traffic." now to frank. >>> if you like to shop at the outlet stores, watch out! kpix 5's christin ayers says you could be the victim of a big bait-and-switch. >> reporter: art knew exactly what he was getting when he found these nikes on sale at san leandro's nike outlet. >> these are 30 bucks and 30% off for that i got these out the door for $22. >> reporter: a $22 sale that comes with a catch. but you're not going to expect those to last like a normal nike? >> not at all. >> reporter: he knows what some other shoppers told me they don't. that the stuff you find in and out let store often isn't sold in the main store and the quality of the merchandise doesn't stack up either. bay area re

lane at that location. for 30 years it's been done that way. why not continue it? >> as you're talking, john, we're actually looking at pictures from the time back in september where you can see the traffic cones and everything else. what is significant it seems to me there's no warning given to officials or the police or anybody. this just happened first thing in the morning. that would suggest this was a deliberate attempt to do what we now believe was a form of corruption, really. >> yeah yeah. it sure looks that way. >> and in fact, under oath when the manager of the bridge testified before the assembly transportation committee, he said he got a very clear direction. you are not to tell anybody in fort lee. that was a clear communication. so they can't claim any miscommunications here. the governor heard that testimony. >> i'm going to have to leave it there from both of you. thank you very much for joining me. chris christie's bridge scandal is turning into a headache for those who may be the republican candidate for president. with me is my panel. political commentators, and amy holmes

john hicks phoning months of uncertainty is syria's main opposition billion amazon has finally decided to meet face to face with the of gotham into wednesday's geneva to conference. this is the fast lane signs that will mean the same weren't trying to strike at will and mindful peace. some key groups and members of the sea were a national coalition have previously rejected told sent right to impose preconditions for the guilt because they tend to be seen cleaning the entire noticed a range of aussie wine before the decision the country's foreign minister offered a prison small with a red bows on teasing lopez can offer full time on due date is from seer is to come on to crime stern warning or before the start of the new issue conference on serie a was a busy week for global diplomacy. it's our hope that the in the face to face meeting of the regime and the opposition will be the beginning. the beginning of the end to this unspeakable conflict. never before never worked anywhere it's been so united over syria according to a mosque and the rebels for responsible for atrocities standing together for a political solution and going further still. the gang to taunt to send the signals old a

senator john rockefeller submitted a list of questions he wanted answers to by today. among those questions, prior to the closure of those lanes, who at the port authority knew about the decision. what concerns were raises. the deadline for david samson to submit his question was today. we talked to senator rockefeller's committee today, they could not tell us if they had heard from the port authority, but the star leather is reporting the port authority has transmitted its responses to the senate committee electronically by 6:00 p.m. this evening, still no word on whether they will be releasing those responses to the public and no word on why date samson was so upset about that 2011 backup and not a peep about the one that happened in september on the orders of governor christie's deputy chief of staff. joining us now is the reporter covering the new jersey port authority for the star leather. thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> you are more informed on these matters. you've been covering the port authority for a long time. having covered that backup when it happened, did i screw anything up there? >> you got b

>> really john when you think about it, we are already in many ways driving self-driving cars if i can put it that way. everything from laneg technology, to self-parking technology. these are the things that make cars safe today. so it really is the case that this study from ihs automotive is the first time anyone has tried to put a real set of dates and prices and numbers on the future of what could really be a fullyself-driving car. >> why if i like driving, why pay thousands of dollars to give up that freedom? >> i can certainly understand that position. but when you look at it the experience of life is going to be vastly improved when human beings don't have to drive themselves. it's going to allow us to do all the silly stuff, sleep, text, hang out in our cars. it is going to be like experts i've talked about, be the end of traffic. there's no such thing as traffic when cars are networked together properly. a car driven better will use less fuel. there is a who study that cites 90% of accidents involve human error. it really has a tremendous number of advantages. >> we all know that cars sometimes break down. so what

lanes of traffic. the bizarre threat situation all started around 5:30 a.m. on a northbound 280 near the john daly boulevard exit. police say man and a gmc lost control of his vehicle, and hit the center divide. zero men driving on the civic when hit his gmc the gmc driver got out there then ran off but was stopped by good samaritan who pulled over to urge him to get off the freeway apparently, the gmc driver didn't want to hear it they got into an argument the gmc driver tried to run across the southbound lanes and it was hit. c. tram. friend of ours? that is the name of the man who came forward thursday to claim half of last month's huge mega millions jackpot. con 4 brought flayed boat tried to track down at the lucky guy who bought the winning ticket in san jose. the other winner of december 17th drawing was a woman who was lives in georgia. you see here 56 year old i read currey she took the $173 million lump sum paid out. brown called million for winning the selling ticket--hundreds of people are lining up to buy lottery tickets the other winner of the san stormie snowy weather sledding

lane closures to the george washington bridge last fall. >> i do think laws have been broken. >> reporter: new jersey assemblyman, john wisniewski, will lead a brand-new special committee forming today that will utilize a special council to investigate christie's key staffers, and the governor himself. that committee will have subpoena power, and intends to call on fired deputy chief of staff, bridget ann kelly and steppian, his trusted political adviser. >> we bring inner rain here. let's talk about this. we have not seen the governor since his news conference on thursday. is this part of a larger strategy in terms of controlling the message at this point going forward? >> reporter: well, suzanne, certainty the christie staff wanted that big apology press conference last week to stand on its own. i would point out to you that chris christie is very active on twitter, but he hasn't said anything on twitter since wednesday when he started tweeting some of the clips of that apology press conference. now on top of that, suzanne, he had to get ready for this big state of the state address today. he's unveiling a couple of proposals, both on ed

lane and was hit and struck by another car and again, c.h.p. confirmed this is a fatality. sig-alert in effect southbound 280 before johnast, you will want to take highway 101 to get through that and to the coat at 92 or take bart to get around the situation. it is fluid and happening right now and we will be back to you in a bit with more details. the san mateo bridge traffic is flowing nicely from foster city to hayward. mike? >> on light are side, we will look at how freezing cold it will be live up to the frozen tundra minus two, that is the temperature starting 8 below. on monday, you will have a tell of 21 degrees for a low and a high of 13 degrees below zero. the high if atlanta on monday is 29, but, 50 in boston, and in the mid-in portland and seattle. now, low-to-mid 70's san diego and los angeles with high clouds and sun and upper 60's to 70 throughout the central valley and seven-day forecast shows lake tahoe, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, snow showers, not heavy snow but some snow will fall those three days. >> thank you, mike. expect to see more driverless cars in the coming year, close to 54 million vehicl

john kerry's strong words to both sides. >> plus, helping the homeless. a physician who goes block to block to make them healthier. >> a new development involving chris christie. the question is who ordered several lanes closed on george washington bridge in september. the order was political payback aimed at a small-town mayor who refused to endorse chris christie's re-election bid. >> target security breach seems to be part of a broader and highly sophisticated scan. according to a report from a firm, the malware affected numerous retailers. a breach at the store come promised information for tens of millions of customers. i talked to science and technology consumer jake ward about it. what new information have we learnt about the target breach? >> it's clear that there was probably an inside person on this. various analysts who look at this noticed a number of things about the point of sales software that was used to scrape credit card information. and one of the most interesting things is a big chunk of this stuff, a lot of code seems to have been written in russian. >> russia has a long history of cyber crime. >> in the last few years a number of cases originated in russia. the justice department

john seigenthaler in new york. here are the top stories. new jersey's governor chris christie said he did not know that his aide was involved in a traffic lane change that clogged a bridge into the city. it was said that the office was retaliating against a mayor that did not support him. >> the white house came out in support of the vice president after what was written in gate's book. biden is a key advisor to barack obama. >> 50 years after the beginning of the war on poverty, too many americans are being born into the lives of hardship. tomorrow he will announce the creation of promise zones focussing on job creation and education in five of the poorest parts of the country. >> dennis rodman makes a trip to north korea, stirring up controversy and curiosity. he belted out a birthday tune to kim jong un. the seran aid was followed by a friendly baveningt ball game. he described basketball as diplomacy. and members of congress and human rights groups called it ill-advised. fukushima nuclear plant t continues to raise fears in the united states. occasional reports of oddities and a lingering question: does the ongoing disaster pose any seri

john seigenthaler in new york. here are the top stories. new jersey's governor chris christie said he did not know that his aide was involved in a traffic lanehange that clogged a bridge into the city. it was said that the office was retaliating against a mayor that did not support him. >> the white house came out in support of the vice president after what was written in gate's book. biden is a key advisor to barack obama. >> 50 years after the beginning of the war on poverty,oo