[ banging gavel ] this hearing will come to order. Good morning. We are meeting today to consider the nomination of kirstjen m. Nielsen to be the next secretary of the United States in Homeland Security. I want to thank her, her family. Our senators making introductions later on. I certainly want to call out mrs. Karen kelly, general kellys wife. Shes here also. Showing her support for the nominee. And i know ms. Nielsen will introduce her family in her Opening Statement. Americas facing enormous challenges. Our National Debt exceeds 20 trillion and theres no serious effort being made by either party to significantly reduce the 30year projected deficits that are currently expected to exceed over 100 trillion. Our enemies are on the rise. Russia continues to destabilize its neighbors and is partnering with iran to increase both countries influence in the middle east. The Iranian Nuclear agreement did modify irans behavior. For the worse. North Korea Remains determined to develop the cap
Exofficer not guilty. New violence erupts over President Trumps jerusalem decision. Our Richard Engel is in the thick of it. And the new flu warning. How to protect your family. This is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening from ventura, california. There are by now hundreds of destroyed homes just like this as the footprint of this unusual december Fire Outbreak widens across Southern California tonight. Six large wildfires from north of los angeles all the way down the coast are burning, and on the move tonight, forcing more evacuations, sending people and, in some cases, animals fleeing to safety. And it is all about the weather. Unfavorable winds expected to continue potentially drawing this ugly battle with nature well through the weekend. Once again Miguel Almaguer leads our coverage from here in ventura. Reporter tonight this epic firefight spans 200 miles, from san diego to santa barbara. In ventura county, a staggering 400 structures destroyed. I had to stay for my f
Human rights. This is Aljazeera America. Good morning live from new york city im randall pinkston. We begin with breaking news this morning. A man opened fire inside a Movie Theater in louisiana killing two people. There is no word on a possible motive. Authorities say the shooter injured nine others before taking his own life. Some of the injuries are described at life threatening. Police are set to give an update in the next few minutes. Well bring that to you live. Jonathan martin is outside the theater in lafayette. Have authorities identified the shooter and what do we know about him . Good morning to you randall. Police do know who the shooter is, have not identified him by name. They say he is a 58yearold white man. There is no talk about a motive. Police have been outside the Movie Theater all night since the shooting happened. You can see officers here. They just finished a briefing with the louisiana governor bobby jindal. A lot to investigate. Theyve talked with witnesses. T
Welcome to bbc news. Thousands of people have had to be rescued in and around the us city of houston, as waters continue to rise in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. The areas expected to have received a years rainfall within a week. Helicopters have plucked victims from rooftops, as roads have been turned into rivers. And the flooding, already described as catastrophic in texas, is not only expected to get worse, its also expected to spread with concerns now for neighbouring louisiana. Lets crossed now to our correspondent, Laura Trevelyan, he was at the grange, in texas, in houston. Welcome to la grange. This isa houston. Welcome to la grange. This is a small tax on town of 500 people. Many homes have been evacuated. There is extensive, catastrophic, devastating flooding. The Colorado River, we can land, by the way, has broken its banks and is just about peaking at 55 feet. Normally the river level is about eight feet. Flooding level is 2a feet. More than double the normal flooding level
Out the flames. We are in napa valley at an evacuation center, and we are tracking the impact that smoke is having on the air quality. But first, katie is in santa rosa where a curfew is still in effect. Reporter we are actually here on white oak drive in the oakmont neighborhood where you can still see the fire burning behind me. This was the latest area order to evacuate. The evacuation orders coming around midnight. We want to show you the map so you can actually see which areas are under evacuation right now. The areas inside the red boxes are the areas that are currently under evacuation orders. Those are mandatory evacuations. There is a curfew in place for those areas until 7 15 am. The county of sonoma tweeted out, mandatory evacuation orders remain in effect. Do not return to evacuated areas until the all clear is posted from law enforcement. Now lets bring you uptodate on what is happening here. We are on white oak drive in the oakmont neighborhood. If you look behind me, you