Could look out the window and see the overturned truck. It was a mess. They were hit pretty severely. Reporter paul ryan was one of the passengers. He was not hurt and updated the president on the accident. Most of those injured suffered head and neck injuries. About a halfdozen people were taken to area hospitals including jason lewis who is undergoing standard concussion protocol. The train returned to charlottesville and lawmakers are being taken to the retreat on buses. We have heard from jason lewiss press people that he is okay, he did suffer a concussion but he went on to the retreat. The retreat is carrying on as usual. The Vice President is speaking tonight and the president will be speaking tomorrow. Leaders are holding a moment of prayer for the victims. Didnt some of the lawmakers have to act as First Responders to help the injured . Reporter they did, there were a number of lawmakers who were also doctors, one lawmaker who used the shirt on his back as a tourniquet. There
Leandro, hayward, union city and fremont. It has been pretty good at the peninsula as the bands are rotating. 40s and 50s and we are getting a rather robust southerly breeze and when the front passes the wind turns northwest and cold air is moving in. There will be a stronger system coming thursday and the rain continues friday even saturday as the pulse rotates, that would be thursday with the best system. Today up to one inch of rain but look at thursday and friday, up to three inches and if that happens in sacramento you know what that will do for the mountains. We have 50s for your temperatures, what are you seeing on the roads . Highway 24 is not doing well. We had a crash at central lafayette. Kevin who operates the camera is looking for the crash but we cant find it. Look at the slow traffic though, 24 is slow from the walnut creek interchange and it will be slow until the tunnel. We had a crash in this area that has not affected traffic too much. We have a lot of fender bender
Floor. Mr. President , on an entirely different matter the ongoing revelation revelations about planned parenthood are more than just disturbing. They literally shock the conscious. A democratic colleague called them quote very troubling end quote. Extremly troubling and highly troubling. Next week every member of this party will have a chance to join us in reaffirming the commitment to compassion and Womens Health. We made legislation making sure Womens Health tax dollars are spent on Womens Health. Not a scandal plagued lobbying giant. It is the simple choice. Senators can vote to protect Womens Health or vote to protect subsidies for a Political Group mired in scandal. I know planned parenthoods entrenched lobbyist have been allies of democrats but this moment is calling for senators to rise higher and think bigger. Lets not filibuster Womens Health in order to protect special subsidies for one scandal plagued organization. Why dont we join together to bring something positive for t
Now, mr. President on an entirely different matter, the ongoing revelations about planned parenthood are more than just disturbing. They literally shock the conscience. A democratic colleague called them quote very troubling. End quote. Extremely troubling and highly troubling. Next week every member of this party will have a chance to join us in reaffirming the senates commitment to genuine compassion and to Womens Health. We introduced legislation last night that would ensure taxpayer dollars for Womens Health are spent on Womens Health. Not a scandalplagued political lobbying giant. Its a simple choice. Senators can either vote to protect Womens Health or they can vote to protect subsidies for a Political Group mired in scandal. I know planned parenthoods entrenched lobbyists have been close allies of democrats in recent years but this moment calls for senators to rise higher and to think bigger. Lets not filibuster Womens Health in order to protect special subsidies for one scandal
Th this is abc7 news. There is so much energy and heat in the main body of the fire. The rocky fire is burning hot and intense tonight forcing more evacuations. Good evening, everyone. The rocky fire in lake county continues to grow. It has burned nearly 85 square miles and has become the largest fire ever in lake county. And it has spread to yolo and coluuso counties. 3,000 firefighters are battling the fire and it is only 5 contained. Sergio is live with the latest. Sergio . Katie, tonight we found a hill so we could watch the fire line in the distance. It is something we notice a lot of the residents near clear lake doing. A lot of people are evacuated and they say they have things packed just in case they have to leave. At sunset crews started backfires to cut a fire line along this ridge which is only a couple miles away from the town of clear lake. We are afraid it will jump that ridge and come down. It is really close. It is and out back it is nothing but grass. Gail and lots of