Issues before the meeting today and we would have gladly pulled this aside. It was not brought to the attention of the chairman. I know you want to Say Something commissioner. Commissioner narasaki i just want to note that the commissioners are all well aware of which state advisory and needs are open recruitment. My staff and i have gone out of our way to help as much as the staff to identify people. I have to say that not every commissioner is doing that, so one of the problems we have, as knows,ioner heriot well we have a large number of stated by three committees who are open and not feel and we need to get them done because as we just heard from the report today, they play a very important role. So staff is doing the best they can to try to get these slates up and running. Awould be happy to entertain waiver of our rules to go back and add some people, if there are some qualified people to some of these slates, but we need to start getting some of these slate done. As the chair ha
You can get the details from the report. It will highlight the key groups, and the top two groups oceans and tropical and subTropical Forests were more than half of the species of concern. If we look at the next ones, coast, arid lands, granted, not a lot of species are on the list, but some are showing some decline. To highlight what we have done in this report is not just where are the problems, but what are some of the Key Solutions we need to work on. Not all of these solutions are easy. If they were easy, we might have done them already. Section one, going on best things that are working that we can continue, and a section that challenges that is ok. For example, seabirds, these are birds that spend much of their life at sea, but nest on the water. Many of the seabirds nest on islands. One of the challenges on islands are invasive species. Somebody has introduced something to an island somewhere and make these seabirds vulnerable. In a number of areas where seabirds are nesting th
Let us pray. Dear chaplain conroy let us pray. Dear lord, we give you thanks for giving us another day. At the beginning of a new workweek, we use this moment to be reminded of your presence and to tap the resources needed by the members of this peoples house to do their work as well as it can be done. May they be led by your spirit in the decisions they make. May they possess your power as they steady themselves amid the pressures of persistent problems. May their faith in you deliver from them wear them down. All this week and through the week may they do their best to find solutions to pressing issues facing our nation. Please, hasten the day when justice and love shall dwell in the hearts of all peoples and rule the affairs of the nations of earth. May all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory. Amen. The speaker pro tempore the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rul
Live from the cbs bay area studios this is kpix5 news. Fire in the caldecott tunnel. Tonight new video from a firefighters helmet camera shows us exactly what they were up against as they raced to put out the flames. Weve seen this kind of caldecott nightmare before. It could have been a lot worse, but our mark kelly says this time the firefighters were ready. Reporter it looked straight out of one of dauntes nine circles of hell, busy morning commute and multiple vehicles collide inside the caldecott tunnel. One turns into a fireball. An explosion and i walked out. It was smoky in there. It was terrible. Reporter retired firefighter william tweety said this blaze is complicated. You dont know where the accident is inside the item. Youll have to approach it from both ends. Reporter but he said firefighters are trained more than ever to handle the pressure. In December Caltrans shut down one of the four bores to practice an emergency response. You can have it even to the point of someth
Live from the cbs bay area studios this is kpix5 news. Fire in the caldecott tunnel. Tonight new video from a firefighters helmet camera shows us exactly what they were up against as they raced to put out the flames. Weve seen this kind of caldecott nightmare before. It could have been a lot worse, but our mark kelly says this time the firefighters were ready. Reporter it looked straight out of one of dauntes nine circles of hell, busy morning commute and multiple vehicles collide inside the caldecott tunnel. One turns into a fireball. An explosion and i walked out. It was smoky in there. It was terrible. Reporter retired firefighter william tweety said this blaze is complicated. You dont know where the accident is inside the item. Youll have to approach it from both ends. Reporter but he said firefighters are trained more than ever to handle the pressure. In December Caltrans shut down one of the four bores to practice an emergency response. You can have it even to the point of someth