Afternoon and that is how long we will deal with the swell at 9 to 12 with snakier sneaker waves. Cloudy at noon and 70 and same as the threat of wet weather tapering at 4 00. Our day planner inland neighborhoods is wet and 61. Clouds will break at noon and 9 and it will be cooler than yesterday at 73 at 4 00. Grab a coat in the evening. Drizzle hangs on longer through noon and it will be dry in the lowtomid 60s in the afternoon hours. Busy over the Altamont Pass bumpertobumper traffic taking an hour to head in the westbound direction from tracy. We have plenty of traffic on highway 4 and this early incident has cleared westbound 84 at the highrise we had a stalled vehicle blocking a couple of lanes and now it is moved out the way. Highway 4 antioch to concord is not five minutes but it is actually 30 minutes. 101 san rafael to San Francisco is under 20 minutes and outside we have a wet bay bridge toll plaza and the cashpaying lanes are oded up and the metering lights are not on yet bu
, the senate in the battle to avoid a government shout down. Senate democrats are expected to vote today to reject the latest house attempt to block obamacare. Reporter a partial shut down begins at midnight. The senate will likely vote down a house plan to fund the government because it calls for a one year delay of the president s healthcare law. In the final few hours, house leaders say they will try to weaken obamacare. A few other options for the senate to look at again. Gop members stood in front of the capitol criticizing democrats for not working. The senate needs to act. Why are they waiting . Why arent the doors open . Democrat says republicans have been stalling for weeks to force the president into a corner and bringing the debate down to the deadline is part of the plan. This was a calculated strategy to drive the country to the cliff and then say give us what we want in the Affordable Care act or were going to shut down the government. The president s healthcare law, neit
Winter storm warning continues until 10 00 a. M. Winter weather advisories until 7 00 p. M. Winter storm warnings until 4 00 in some areas. Temperatures are freezing the will drop to about 20 this afternoon. Wind chill in the teens and 20s but visibility is reduced as the snow is falling heavy south of the city. Snowfall coming down pretty good right now especially from the city to the south along 80 thats where we will see the have the bands setting up. We will soon in to enhance and you can see the darker shade of blue just south of city down. The Downers Grove area and then a band of heavy precipitation all the way to morris. This will continue through the next hour. Kicking off rapidly. But the snow is falling at one2 in. Per hour weve had reports of lightning and thunder with the snow. Its a big mess. How much damage will be today . Lets find out the traffic. We are seen drifting snow, very heavy snow and in many cases icy Road Conditions. Use caution this morning. Reports that he
Strips him of his powers. Good morning and welcome to al Jazeera America, im stephanie si, its one of the worst lateseason storms to hit americas heart land in decades spreading death and destruction across 12 states, in a few hours on sunday 75 tornados ripped through the midwest with winds approaching 200 miles per hour. Some of the hardest hit areas were in illinois where the governor declared a state of emergency in 7 counties monday. Emergency officials are still assessing the damage. They say its still not safe to go back into the most devastated areas. 8 people were killed, 6 in illinois and two in michigan. Thousands across the region are starting down the long road to recovery now and al jazeera and did has details. Reporter from the air the damage is easy to see, miles of flattened areas where homes once stood. On the ground a devastating sight for hundreds of residents standing in front of debris where they used to live. Its just hard to believe. Its almost like can i wake u
People die in flash floods. Plus new immanges of the gunman being hunted by hundreds of police after the shooting in paris on monday. Is the quest for green energy threatening wildlife 180 feet down . That story is coming your way from the bottom of the sailors sea. We begin our coverage in lebanon. At least 23 people have been killed after two suicide bombs exploded outside of the Iranian Embassy. A group linked to alqaeda says it carried out the attacks. Iran is a major supporter of the Syria Government as well as the armed Lebanese Group hezbollah, which had been fighting alongside government soldiers in syria. There has been conflicting reports about irans cultural attache. One suggesting he was killed and another suggesting he was seriously injured. Irans embassy is located in the southern part of the lebanese capitol. The area is known to be a hezbollah strong hold. In a moment well get the latest from tehran, but first straight to the report from the site of the explosions. We h