From hong kong to tokyo, frankfurt, and washington, our bloomberg voices are on the ground with todays top stories. We begin with the escalating tension in the middle east after the u. S. Killed errani and general soleimani killed iranian general soleimani. Irans president Hassan Rouhani warned of retaliation. They will see the consequent as of their mistake not only today, but in the years to come. Our for the latest, bloomberg correspondent joins us from doha. Telus the latest from iraq and iran. Reporter in iran today, it was an emotional scene, with the Ayatollah Khomeini openly weeping as there were speeches around the burial ceremony for qasem soleimani. He was also joined by palestinian leaders in giving those speeches. In addition to vowing revenge, irans Hassan Rouhani said the country would leave the remaining drags of the nuclear accord. Also, a new Interesting Development with his iraqi counterpart. Of thesehat the blood commanders, also referring to the leader that was tra
I know, shake your head. Im with you. Its going to be wintry on saturday, but weve been feeling chilly and wet for the past month or so. 39 in san leandro, 32 in berkeley. This is the coldest day for december. Starting out with the 30s in napa well see numbers just hovering around freezing b by 7 00. Well see a 2 degree drop in these temperatures. Its colder. 2 to 9 degrees colder around the bay. An amber alert has been activated for the safe return of a 2yearold girl, Bethanie Carraza has brown hair and brown eyes. She was taken by her father, 24yearold Victor Magana. Reports are hes armed and dangerous. Hes 54 he has brown eyes. Police believe the two are in his 2007 light green hyundai with california plates. Developing news in the impeachment showdown, senators are figuring out what the rules should be for an all but Certain Senate trial. Democrats pushing for witnesses to testify and the trial is dead on arrival. Heres ines de la cuetara. Reporter good morning, as the impeachment
Instead of people ice skating, ice slowly melting. The own ev says his ice rink was vandalized. Tracking showers, now were seeing two more storms on the horizon. Well show you when they arrive. Here is a picture of a young man who went to the very first Oakland Raiders game at the coliseum. Tomorrow hes hoping to go to the very last game as well. An east bay ice rink is melting after vandals tampered with the valves. But the community isnt letting them put a damper on christmas. Luz pena explains for the time being the ice rink is more like a lake. Reporter while the 37th annual brentwood holiday parade is in full swing, once it turned on second street, things turned from joyful to disappointed. Reporter 10 to 12 birthday parties were planned. At least 200 people were expected to skate. But instead, take a look, the ice rink is empty. We came in this morning. It was a lake instead of an east rink. Reporter once tom get to the back of the rink he found water running down his parking lot
Look at our next rain chance or chances coming up. Liz . Thank you. And we start with a developing news story. Pg e has until to use tuesday to amend its bankruptcy reorganization plan. An expert says it will be almost impossible to make enough changes to please Governor Newsom. He rejected the utilities plan and says it doesnt do enough to improve management or beef up Safety Improvement procedures under procedures enacted in july. A professor of Bankruptcy Law at uc hastings says the company is focused on survival. It is fair for Governor Newsom to criticize this company and fair for him i think to criticize this plan, but i think its somewhat unrealistic to expect the bankruptcy process to fix all the problems the company has. Pg es power lines have been implicated in several deadly fires and the bankruptcy plans relies on the company tapping into a state fund to pay more than 13 billion in claims. Newsom appears to wants the option of breaking up the utility if the bankruptcy plan
He has also been a passionate advocate for the rights of individuals with disabilities. Ada amendments act of 2008 which president george bush signed into law and strengthened americans with disabilities act. He has served this committee with distinction and will be sorely missed. I look forward to continuing to work with him over the next year and a half as he completes his service in congress. I would now recognize the Ranking Member for any comments he may have. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I appreciate you doing this. For all the accomplishments that you just stated on my side its not only accomplishments of someone i can look over to the left and see on the wall of this committee, for me to be able to sit next to Jim Sensenbrener is one of the highlights of my career, in serving with him. It is often said when you have people you look up to and theyve played an impact on republican side would not have the frankly, the standing that we have, from whaeps done and over time. And it is so