Good wednesday morning, everyone. Im john muller. And im Marci Gonzalez in for diana perez. A police chief raised the death toll again overnight in the washington mudslide. Rescuers say 24 people are likely dead, and hopes of finding any more survivors are fading. More than 170 people are missing and no one in the mudslides path has been found alive since saturday. Abcs Tahman Bradley has the latest on the search. Reporter along the disaster zone, the rescuers are battling mud and debris and the weather. A Flood Warning is in effect, and there are fears of another landslide. We had a very challenging day today with the rain, and that just further complicated things. Reporter the National Guard and even dogs have joined the search, but the mud is so dense, its acting like quicksand. Theyre literally getting stuck, sometimes all the way up to their waist, which means then they need help getting out of that area. Reporter experts say the slide was like a mud tsunami traveling as much as 3
Reporter here at the house, no activity today, but plenty of activity in sacramento, as you said the vote just came down, they voted to suspend yee 281. It was a resolution proposed by bob huff calling for his suspension in the wake of his arrest and the charges he is facing. The suspension is a first for the senate. Although senators have come close to the same scenario in the past, but it has also with the resigning of the senator. And he has been called to resign, but it was said a that if yee does not resign, he is in favor of a expulsion over suspension, because under the suspension scenario, they still get paid. I dont believe that giving him paid suspension and paid holidays punishes them in any form. It sends the wrong signals to taxpayers. I believe we are saying senators are above the law and that is just plain wrong. Reporter and again senator anderson referring to yee and two other senators involved in similar legal scandals. The fbi just now turning its focus from terroris
63 to 70 around the bay and 63 to 71 inland and the spread long the coast is 68 to sprung and warmer thanks to a Southern Breeze but mainly dry. Now we have traffic from leyla gulen. 37 birth tea Party Running on time and ace train, a minute early. A lot of green out here so you are move along at top speeds so that is for news. We do have a couple of citizens. One is cleared in san jose. That is cleared. The roads are open. In walnut creek we have an accident northbound 80 headed up from stone valley. We have two lanes blocked out there and i will let you know when it clears. 580, tracy to dublin is 25 minutes. The richmondsan rafael toll plaza shows clear conditions, and when you cross the bridge it takes 13 minutes and this is what you will find, 101 southbound, the drive as you continue to San Francisco, wide open. Developing news, the political future for state senator leland yee could be out of his hands. His colleagues could take action. We go outside his San Francisco home with
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Some form of corruption. One senator does not think this went far enough. Exactly. Just to give you some perspective here, the senate has never before suspended one member, much less three, on the same day. The last expulsion in 1905. Still as historic and some say it just doesnt go far enough. I know of no ethics class that teaches about danger of gun running. With strong words, the senate voted to suspend three Democratic Senators facing criminal allegations. Satisfying thing would be to expell them immediately. But i reluctantly conclude that what would be satisfying and popular would run afoul of the mostbasic american principles of new process. When you think in terms of asking members to resign, you propose to give them a roman holiday. The suspension with pay doesnt go far enough, he says. I dont believe giving paid vacations, paid holidays punishes him in any way, shape, or form. The Senate President pro tem told reporters with the stunning arrest of San Francisco senator lelan