How prop 25 good overhaul californias mail system. Good evening. First our top story, devin fehely with the argument for and against prop 25. And the Current System of to be barcus to be exact same crime, and one can afford bail in the other cant, the person who can afford bail will languish in jail for weeks and possibly for months. Intellect people that just does not sound or feel fair. But opponents of prop 25 say we could replace that system with something that is even worse and far less there. Prop 25 would completely eliminate californias bail industry. No longer with someone accused of a crime have to pay money to get out of jail while they await trial. And opponents say it is a change that is long overdue. How are they going to find five, 10, 15,000 to bail someone out . That is part of the problem. Right now people are sitting in county jail because they cannot bail out. Reporter the passes of the county would have to create a Pretrial Services division. The job would be to as
Welcome to the Virginia Senate debate between democratic senator mark warner and republican candidate, daniel, made possible by the chamber of commerce. Policy and government at georgeo Mason University and 44. Streaming on nbc washington. Com, you will notice a few things different in this debate because of the pandemic candidates, panelist and myself are in separate locations, as you can see here. No live audience, instead, they are joining us virtually yet doom thanks to the Northern Virginia chamber of commerce. What hasnt changed, this will have an opportunity to find out where the candidates stand on issues important to virginia voters. Lets begin by quickly covering the rules for todays event. The debate will last one hour and begin with one and a half minute Opening Statements from each candidate. Our panel is and i will post questions directly to the candidates. These questions have been determined by nbc news and the panelists and not reviewed by the candidates or any debate
Good evening i am heather holmes. And i am frank somerville. Thousands of people are under orders to evacuate. Wildfires are raging up and down the bay area. Racing through dry forest. Dozens of fires is sparked by lightning are merging. Cruiser trying to stop the flames from the three major fire complexes that are burning think were all well aware in the north bay, south bay, of the fact that there are a lot more important things going and san mateo and santa cruz on in the world right now than sports, but we do what we can to bring just a little counties. Hundred 44,000 acres have burned so far. And thousands of people are distraction. A lot of people talking about under Evacuation Orders. 49ers football right now, as they are in training camp. Cal fire says that 50 homes i think plenty of folks and have been destroyed and 50 more fans in particular, of the have been damaged. One of the fires that is niners, quick to criticize caused the most distraction is Jimmy Garoppolo, but you h
Me and joe, together. What an awesome responsibility. What an awesome privilege. Night three of the Democratic National convention in the spotlight was on california senator Kamala Harris. The democrats brought in some of their heavy hitters tonight, including nancy pelosi, Hillary Clinton, senator Elizabeth Moran and former president barack obama. But make no mistake, this night was all about Kamala Harris. Our political reporter craig lee now, what is your thoughts on Kamala Harris and did she deliver . Reporter in a word, yes. She told personal stories, she introduced herself as the democratic vp nominee, but most significantly the daughter of immigrants who grew up in the bay area made history tonight. I accept your nomination for Vice President of the United States of america. Reporter california senator Kamala Harris submitting her place in history, accepting the democratic partys Vice President ial nomination. She is the first black woman and for south Asian American to appear o
That is a 2. 9 increase from yesterday. Gov. Gavin newsom announced a partnership with the governors of oregon and washington 10. They are agreeing to Work Together in a plan to slowly reopen their state. Cristina rendon own is live with more on that announcement. Reporter there are no specific timelines given but gov. Newsom says the west coast issued stayathome orders early and now these three states are working together to slowly lift restrictions. I want to acknowledge and thank the governors of washington, the governors of oregon. Reporter he introduces a west coast packed, an agreement between california, oregon and washington, in a move to reopen the economies together. The shared vision and talks to us early last week. We begin a process of establishing more formally what it would look like and how we could begin the process of the kind of incremental release of the stayathome orders. Reporter no specific details were outlined but there was not a plan to reopen. The governors a