Choose their own work hours, telecommute or provide incentives for carpool . The alternatives are better than the alternative. We would be short staffed and it would be pure chaos here without those people. Reporter whether you count another strikes impact in loss productivity or the number of commuter headaches, these Business Leaders hope companies thinking ahead could ease any potential pain. Healthcare . Reporter theres a live look at Frank Ogawa Plaza from the air live video from chopper 5. The Bay Area Council says julys strike cost more than 200 million in lost productivity and a strike now that would cost millions more according to the Bay Area Council. Live in oakland, ryan takeo, kpix 5. Its getting down to the wire. We are only two days away from the end of the coolingoff period. Our own don knapp is following every step of the bart negotiations. Don, any hint as to what is happening inside that building tonight . Reporter well, there is some sense of it. Now, we were told t
Department of public works. You can see repairs are under way right now. Reporter and our complete coverage continues with sky eye chopper 13 and captain jeff long with more on the repairs. Jeff . Reporter work crews are on the scene. Theyve got the work load up. You can see next to that gentleman, the pipe. Thats the 24inch pipe that broke. And as i move around here a little bit, youre going to see the broken piece of the pipe laying down there in that hole. And its coming up in just a second. You can kind of see it there, coming into view. Now, the bricks are part of the manhole. And a lot of those were blown away. But you can see the gentleman is standing by with a manhole cover. That was blown off of its location, over those bricks by the force of that water. There was a lot of debris on the road. Cleanup is going to be extensive. So they can repair that pipe and get water back to this neighborhood. Reporting live, im captain jeff long. And of course well yep you updated on those r
Deadlock in dc. The eighth day of a shutdown and another important deadline is approaching. Arors any closer to a deal . Im jessica kartalija. Im don scott. As we enter the eighth day of the Government Shutdown congress is no closer to a solution. Fears over the looming debt ceiling are rising. Just moments ago president obama urged Speaker John Boehner to hold a vote on a Senate Democratic plan to raise the debt cap. Susan mcged innes has the latest from washington. Reporter House Republicans will meet behind closed doors this morning to strategize about how they will handle the Government Shutdown and the looming debt ceiling crisis. Over the last 10 days weve been through quite a bit. Reporter house Speaker John Boehner says the president has the power to end the stalemate. The president s refusal to negotiate is hurting our economy and putting our country at risk. Reporter but the president says only congress can approve funding bills. And is calling on boehner to allow a vote on a
Opponent. Now hes heading to rehab. I want it that way the billionaires who want it their way. Battling to buy the l. A. Clippers. Big names, from oprah, to Floyd Mayweather. And dont count out one of musics most famous. The bidding war that could be magic. And good morning, america. Robin, welcome back from the big tour. Oh, gosh. L. A. L. A. You were missed. You were missed. Tough weather right here. Theres no place like home. And it was tough getting home last night because were going to look at aerial pictures coming in from laurel, maryland, this morning. More than five inches of rain falling in the area, causing serious damage. And were also going to show you some people being pulled from the top of a city bus in philadelphia. They were stranded by the flooding. We have extreme Team Coverage of the massive flooding. Ginger in baltimore. But first, abcs gio benitez is outside the jail in pensacola, florida, where there was a deadly explosion overnight. Good morning, gio. Reporter
Thank you for being here at the 2022 texas book festival, live from austin, texas. My name is brian sweeney. Im the proud member of the Advisory Board at the texas book festival. And though i am biased, i firmly believe it is the best one in the country. So thank you for being here. We are absolutely delighted today to have two unbelievably talented authors on our panel talking about the environment both past and future. Im going to start at the end. Id like to welcome maya cave and ross and to austin and to the book festival. She is an author. Lawyer and activist. For 30 years, she has led the Delaware River Keeper Network, which is the area where she grew up and lives now with her family. And she is the founder of the green amendment for the generations, which is the subject of her book, which has been updated. It is called the green amendment the peoples fight for a clean, safe and healthy environment. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome maya, keith and rossum. And sitting to my ri