Taken to hospital. Lightning strikes do happen here we do have a man who was struck in an oilfield near fresno. It does happen but very rare. Firefighters continue to battle a wildfire that has destroyed ten homes and forced hundreds of evacuations in the Sierra Nevada foothills. Officials say the sand fire has burned about 3,800 acres in amador and el dorado counties since friday. About 500 homes have been evacuated near plymouth in amador countys winegrowing region. A calfire Spokesman Says the fire could continue to grow this evening. As firefighters brace for high wind and triple digit heat. We have a quick round of heavy showers and thunderstorms making for the injuries and fatalities earlier. We even had a few showers here in the bay area earlier this morning. Around sunrise. Just a trace amounts of rain, meaning less than one onehundredth of an inch. Temperatures actually got pretty hot today if, especially in and. For 100 degrees in antioch. There will be a chance of showers la
Public cloudy. Right now its 62. A few fifties in the outlying areas. Its mainly clear this morning. A few scattered showers. We could see a few clouds popup with rain off to the east. We dont expect that until tomorrow afternoon. Low 70s today. It wont be an all day type of storm. Or were to be cool all week. So far looking good so more can the eisenhower the closely down. Its on the outbound side or they are doing some resurfacing work. It goes all the way to morgan. That will be a squeeze as the twolane reductions it will be in place through the 31st. Keep in mind, the Music Festival closures are in place until august 3rd that will impact jackson for that same stretch. Watch for that. Thats the latest from the trap friend. The u. N. Security council held a rare midnight meeting, to try to address the threeweek war in gaza, between israel, and hamas. But Andrew Spencer reports, all the Security Council could do, was appeal to the warring parties to stop. Even as hamas said an agreeme
Christine romans. Great to have you, alison. Its 5 a. M. Here in new york. 57 days until election day. We begin this morning with large labor day crowds popping up all over america despite all of the Health Warnings from health experts. With more than 6. 2 million americans infected so far, almost 189,000 people dead. Holiday festivities should look a lot different this year. Many chose otherwise gathering together in large groups from San Francisco to georgia, myrtle beach, south carolina, new jersey. It was that kind of behavior that triggered the huge spikes in coronavirus cases following memorial day and the fourth of july. We go into labor day with 40,000 new cases a day. Im worried that any new surges will be potentially quite catastrophic. Just a few days ago a widely new used model predicted 400,000 dead by the end of the year. More than double the current total. 3,000 deaths worst than in the peak in the spring. This has low balled estimates in the past. That wasnt enough to k
Friday morning. Im christine romans. And im laura jarrett. Friday, january 24th, 4 00 a. M. In new york. 10 days until the iowa caucuses. Today will be the final day of opening arguments of democrats. House managers on thursday made the case the president abused his power. Tla tried to convince skeptical and tired republican senators the trial needs more witnesses and documents. Republicans have said a lot of what theyre hearing is repetitive, but at least one admits some of this is fresh. Senator john kennedy of louisiana telling the new york times, quote, ive learned a lot, everybody has. Senators didnt know the case, they really didnt. We didnt stay glued to the television. We havent read the transcripts. Democrats not shying away from a topic. House managers have repeatedly mentioned Hunter Bidens position on the board at the heart of gop conspiracy theories. Democrats also displayed elaborate exhibits, judiciary chairman jerry nad ller using a 1999 clip of Lindsey Graham. At the t
Enter the no spin zone. The factor begins right now. Zn hi, im bill oreilly. Thanks for watching us tonight. Hillary clinton and your money. That is the subject of this evenings talking points memo. The stats are grim, that half of allamerican workers currently earning less than 30,000 a year. Median income in america peaked in 1999. 2015 Median Income more than 1,000 below the 19999 level. Incredible. In the seven years president obama has been in office, the Median Income has fallen. So obviously the American Economy is not good, no matter how the politicians try to spin it. Enter Hillary Clinton who defined herself politically in september then contradicted herself yesterday. You know, i get accused of being kind of moderate and center. I plead guilty. Whats the difference between a socialist and a democrat . I can i tell you what i am, i am a progressive democrat. Im a progressive democrat who likes to get things done and who believes that we are better off in this country when we