Hail. There was a good burst around 8 50. And roadway flooding being reported on highway 18. And now were watching that next bout of rain pushing in. You notice in the past six hours it has been very active. Lots of storms, small scale storms, moving in. One more intense band moving in right now. This is santa cruz in the next five to ten minutes. Small hail has been being produced. This one is getting its act together here and moving into the half moon bay. And it will affect San Francisco. That where we see dark storm clouds right now. So do take it easy if you have to be out there and remember, if you see hail or hear thunder, go inside, thats the best place to be. Well have more in a few minutes. A Lightning Strike in berkeley blew up an 80 foot redwood street scattering wood debris all over the neighborhood. It was next to a home when it was struck yesterday afternoon. Parts of the falling tree crushed a mindy van. Windows were blown out. The home is now deemed unsafe to enter. Th
Mindful of opportunities to help, to share, to protect, to welcome and to proclaim what is just and what is good. We ask your blessing on this house, this government, and all those who serve the common good. By your holy spirit, grant that they might have the courage to do just that. And may all that we do or say give honor and glory to you, almighty father, now and forever, amen. The speaker the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. The pledge of allegiance today will be led by the gentleman from texas, mr. Johnson. Mr. Johnson please join me. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The speaker without objection, the gentleman from michigan, mr. Kildee, is recognized for one minute. Mr. Kildee thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise toda
And this is obviously life. And doha also coming up the warring factions in yemen, extended truth just hours before it was due to expire. The un welcomes the move, but agency see the death toll continues to rise. The 1st ship carrying grain from ukraine since war began with russia arrives off, is stumble. There are hopes the you and broker deal will ease a global food supply crisis. Ah, the speaker, the u. S. House of representatives. Nancy pelosi is meeting the president of taiwan despite warnings of severe consequences from china. Pelosi is the most senior u. S. Official to visit the self governing island in 25 years. China, which considers tie one part of its territory, says it will launch what he calls. Targeted military actions around the island by ones defense ministries accused chinese drills of violating its territorial space. Pelosi earlier spoke with the Deputy Speaker of parliament. I am called for increased cooperation between washington anti pe. We come in friendship to ta
He talked about sequestration and the impossibility to bring a transportation bill that scarcely has enough money to maintain what roads we have. And it imploded on the floor imploded on the floor when nobody would vote for it. While we are on recess please think about this. Think about what sequestration is doing in the United States. I hope you read former senator dorgans article in the New York Times talking about the devastation on the indian reservations because the money we owe them by treaty which would be lost to sequestration. The people who are doing Health Research at the National Institutes of health where they tell me in the human genome project they are very close to finding a cure for cancer, but now they have to stop it. I can promise you you do not turn research off and on like a faucet. Think of the people who cant get their treatment because of sequestration. Think of all the people who live in this area and work for this government and keep this government working,
Luckily in this hour with his interpretation, because who cares what i think when you can hear neal . Exactly. I cant let you think, lawrence. I want to hear you talk to neal about it. Thank you, rachel. Thanks, lawrence. As we said, Donald Trumps tax returns had their big day in the United States Supreme Court today. Two different cases. The first case that the court listened to, heard the arguments on was the battle over this, a subpoena issued by the house of representatives to the Accounting Firm that has possession of Donald Trumps tax records and the second was a legal battle over a criminal subpoena issued by the Manhattan District Attorney in a criminal investigation that seeks Donald Trumps personal and business tax returns. As i listened to those arguments today, it sounded to me like at least one of those cases is going to be successful in obtaining the trump tax returns. But as i said, you know, why listen to me about it when you can listen to neal katyal, who has argued ma