This is a special edition of the news with shepard smith. Hurricane delta makes landfall and good evening from cnbc the hurricane moments away from landfall right now and frankly, about to make history. Hurricane delta is closing in on the southwestern coast of louisiana as a very powerful category 2 storm delta is set to become the tenth named storm to strike the United States this year that has never happened in recorded history never have there been ten named storms i want to show you where we are right now. This is the radar. You can see part of the eye has already come ashore just south and east of lake charles, louisiana. The storm has been weakening throughout the afternoon it was 115 miles an hour four hours ago, maximum sustained winds now 100 miles an hour. The minimum pressure has risen that means the storm is getting weaker the higher the pressure, the weaker the storm, because its a low pressure center. Right now its moving toward land, and part of that eye is already over
The hearing will come back to order. Senator klobuchar. Klobuchar thank you very much, mr. Chairman. Hello, judge. I want to start out again by reminding our friends at home, people at home, that this isnt normal, we shouldnt be here right now. We are in the middle of a pandemic and people are sick. We are in the middle of an election and people are voting. And here we are, stuck in a nomination hearing. I know what my constituents care about, what they have been calling and writing me about. And that is they are afraid of losing their health care in the middle of the pandemic. Peoples lives depend on the Affordable Care act like steve, a senior from minnesota who has a heart condition and relies on his prescription medication. Emily from minneapolis, her mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. Janet from rochester whose brother has a mental illness. Or christie, a mom from bloomington whose daughter had a tumor. That is what is on the line. Health care is on the line and judge, that is
This is a special edition of the news with shepard smith. Hurricane delta makes landfall and good evening from cnbc the hurricane moments away from landfall right now and frankly, about to make history. Hurricane delta is closing in on the southwestern coast of louisiana as a very powerful category 2 storm delta is set to become the tenth named storm to strike the United States this year that has never happened in recorded history never have there been ten named storms i want to show you where we are right now. This is the radar. You can see part of the eye has already come ashore just south and east of lake charles, louisiana. The storm has been weakening throughout the afternoon it was 115 miles an hour four hours ago, maximum sustained winds now 100 miles an hour. The minimum pressure has risen that means the storm is getting weaker the higher the pressure, the weaker the storm, because its a low pressure center. Right now its moving toward land, and part of that eye is already over
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Still ahead robin. A pretty busy commute to San Francisco right now thanks to an early trouble spot. Of Treasure Island so lets go. Dont know whats wrong with the mikes all toss it back to you i will work on that thanks a lot robin. Meantime the big story that were following is possible Power Outages people are bracing for shut offs pg and e is releasing more information too about which areas could be impacted. Yeah weve got kron 4 Sarah Stinson standing by in Sonoma County with a look at what we can all expect sarah good morning. Other finally releasing you know which counties how many customers will be affected by this power shut off if it happens. Tomorrow afternoon and it could be as many as 22,000 customers take a look at your screen we rode out each county for you and spelled out just how many people would be affected you can see there on your screen it would be including alameda contra costa santa clara and san mateo counties and then as we slide over to the next one napa sonoma