Expected to hit 20,000 by weeks end. Also coming up, Amy Coney Barrett is sworn in as a new justice on the u. S. Supreme court, a boost for this record for the Supreme Courts conservative majority. Im brent goff. To our viewers in pbs on pbs in the eight states and around the world, welcome. We begin tonight with the backlash around french president Emmanuel Macron. Anger in the muslim world is growing after controversial comments he made about islam following the brutal murder of a French School teacher. Since then, a number of french countries have criticized the president and joined a drive to boycott french goods. The target of their anger is clear. Here in pakistan, protesters in karachi and islamabad accuse the french president of attacking islam. The behavior of the french government is actually an insult to billions of muslims across the world. It is open terrorism and an attack against the muslim world. We should boycott french products. Muslims should boycott their petrol sta
Bader ginsburg who died friday night. She died on the eve of the jewish new year, the first jewish woman on the Supreme Court and a very interesting thing about individuals who die right before the new year. They say they suggest very righteous people die at the very end of the year because they were needed until the very end. Under jewish tradition those who die on the new year holiday, a title given to the righteous and saintly. Certainly Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg was entitled to this honor, being righteous and saintly. At her confirmation hearing she talked about her immigrant experience was her father was a jewish immigrant, her mother was a secondgeneration american, she talked about American Values and then she said what has happened over me could only happen in america and then she spent her entire career protecting those values that make america a great nation it is in the reason people come here in order to reach their full potential. It guided her well in her public service
This is an institution that rests on the trust and reverence of the American People. Losing that trust and reverence is dangerous is dangerous. Its dangerous for millions of people who will lose the Affordable Care act protections. Its dangerous for the women who could lose their right to choose and all of us who do not want to turn back a half a century of progress. Its dangerous for our economy at a time when American Workers and consumers find themselves at the mercy of corporations that have grown larger and more powerful than at any other time since the gilded age. Its dangerous for the future of our planet and safety of our climate, at a time when the west is burning, seas are rising, and the earth is warming faster than ever before. And, quite frankly, its dangerous for our democracy. We owe the American People a voice and a decision that will shape the course of history for generations. And we owe the memory of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her seat on the Supreme Court more than jus
This afternoon that there is enough energy to power. The state and that your conservation efforts helped. However pg any which supplies power to most of Northern California says that due to weather conditions. Safety power shutoff could happen for 2 bay area counties starting as soon as 09 00pm tonight, those 2 counties are napa and sonoma counties this interactive map on the pga any website shows the areas where customers could be affected. We should add that parts of lake county will also be affected in total more than 158,000 customers across 21 counties could be affected tonight. I want to bring in Lawrence Karnow water talk about this excessive heat warning. And the weather conditions that might prompt a shot off port yeah were going to see some very gusty winds developing overnight tonight. Its tomorrow week air of low pressure kind of dropping over the top of that ridge and moving to colorado eastward as that moves through of some of High Pressure building in behind it. We start
Subcommittee on oversight and investigations hearing will now come to order. Today the committee is holding a hearing entitled sounding the alarm, the Health Threats of ecigarette. The purpose oftodays hearing to examine the Public Health impact and regulatory authorities related to ecigarette manufacturing , sales and use. The chair recognizes herself for purposes of an opening statement. Our country is facing a serious public epidemic. One that is causing severe harm. This hearing will examine the cause of that epidemic, the uncontrolled and rising use of ecigarette and lifethreatening illnesses ripped the country and the use of ecigarette products young people sort, we must act to protect the American People from the myths and misunderstandings about these products. First, the data is now clear. Over the past several years seen an unacceptably high proportion of young people facing nicotine addiction. This year alone, more than 27 percent of High Schoolers report using ecigarette or