Be done without any precedent in the time at least ive been on this committee which is about 25 years. And its being done i guess to show power and push someone through really abrogate the value of hearings that this committee should treasure and respect so i very much hope this does not happen if theres no need for and is going to create a lot of bad will the doesnt need to be created. Today was the final day of confirmation hearings for judge Amy Coney Barrett judge barrett was not involved in todays hearings but it was still heated at times yes our washington correspondent Alexandra Limon joins us now live with details alexandra. And vicki good evening. And despite the opposition that we heard from Democratic Senators like senator feinstein there, the interactions between those senators and judge barrett were still pretty amicable all week long but today lawmakers did lose their patients with each other. Points. In the final day of hearings Democratic Senators continued to push agai
Live from dc with all the details. Hi alexandra. Hey vicky good evening throughout the week we saw the interactions between senators and judge barrett remain quite cordial. But today we did see lawmakers lose their patience with each other. Points. In the final day of hearings Democratic Senators continued to push against the nomination of judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court this is as sham democrats say republicans previously vowed not to move forward with filling Supreme Court seats in an Election Year louisiana senator john kennedy says he made no such promise you just accused me breaking my word i can. Name some names the record will confirm that the chairman. In fact made that. Commitment democrats pointed to statements made by senator Lindsey Graham and Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell when republicans blocked the nomination of Merrick Garland in 2016, he said the American People should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court justice Republican Ut
For some today and as we mentioned the number of customers without power in Northern California. Is about 30,000 around the bay area. Alameda napa sam, a tail Santa Clara Santa Cruz and sonoma counties all have more than a 1000 customers who are in the dark. Although people in some sections have been given the allclear and that means their power could be restored soon so lets get the very latest now from kron fours Justine Waltman shes in our newsroom just a well pamela allclear signal has been issued for portions of Monterey Santa Cruz and santa clara counties, which means. That pg e crews can now begin patrolling all these d energize lines whether thats by helicopter or by foot or by car. And once theyve confirmed that the lines have not suffered any when driven damaged and that hazards like trees are removed customers spent can have the power restored sort still a ways off but theyve been given the all clear so lets take a look at where the power is out right now thats the purple tr
In the bay area are in the dark this afternoon pg and e has turned off the power to prevent wildfires during this critical fire weather. Thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 im Justine Waldman 24 counties in the state are affected including several counties here in the bay area. So lets take a look out pg es outage map this is the latest information all the purple triangles are the affected areas. Thats where the power is currently out. Here in the bay area customers in alameda contra costa napa san Mateo Santa Clara santa cruz solano and sonoma counties are without power right now we can see that from the map. Pg says some customers may not see the power back on until 10 oclock tomorrow night. So we want to check now on just how hot and windy it is outside kron fours meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez is here now shes tracking the latest temperatures for us good afternoon, the breeze its hot out there mixed really hard especially along the coast and the east bay shor
On the New York Times faces a backlash for publishing excerpts from a forthcoming book about the alleged Sexual Misconduct of u. S. Supreme court judge Brett Kavanaugh all important details. 247 news live from moscow this is our International Thanks for taking the time to chuen in my names oneill our top story with more than 90 percent of the vote counted the fates of israels Prime Minister hangs in the balance this. Binyamin netanyahu his party currently trails at benny gantz faction by one seat in the 2nd parliamentary election of the year in any case neither men have enough allies to form a government which means yet more protracted Coalition Talks lie ahead earlier kevin owen got some background from. This vote was largely viewed not as a general election but as a vote of confidence for netanyahu and mind that not for his party but for him personally and that is important because the whole reason why these elections happened is because netanyahu couldnt form a government after the