taliban continues to crack down on the rights of female journalists. and we do begin in japan this hour where u.s. president joe biden is pivoting to economic alliances as he tackles is second leg of a high stakes diplomatic nour asia. earlier he called on the japanese emperor at the japanese palace. he later arooied for talks where mr. biden reaffirmed america s support for japan. u.s./japanese alliance has long been the corner stone of peace and prosperity in the indo-pacific, and the united states remains fully committed to japan s defense, and we will face the challenges today and the future together. now, while much of the focus? south korea was on the threats from north korea, in japan, all eyes are on the footprint. mr. biden is set to reveal his administration s new framework for the region. the goal to boost ties between the indo-pacific and native allies. he will bring a similar message to the meaning of the so-called quad alliance where he ll speak with leade
Campuses, terrible violence breaking out, buildings being taken over, police clashing with demonstrators. For two weeks ive been asking, where is President Biden . Why isnt he addressing this Huge National crisis on television . I cannot fathom why he is not speaking out. When the white house says, oh, hes denounced all this, not. These are statements coming from a deputy press secretary. The next moshing under pressure from the media morning in an unscheduled event and at the last minute, the president finally found the words. Destroying property is not a peaceful protest. Its against the law. Vandalism, trespassing, breaking windows, shutting down campuses, forcing the cancellation of classes and graduations, there should be no place on any campus, no place in america for antisemitism or threats of violence against jewish students. Howard that took place after donald trump addressed the protests in a fox interview after a full day in court and at a weve rally. To every College Presid
military promotions. the senator describes as a draw with his contentious fault with the pentagon. we are describing it that way, let s go to cnn live on capitol hill. what are you hearing? there s a lot of relief, it s a bipartisan opposition. he has very little support from the senate republican congress for trying to block all military promotions. something that has never been done before, nothing that any senator can do under the rules for the senate. what he has done is hold up every military promotion until the pentagon grants him a policy requiring reimbursement for military personnel to travel out of state for abortions, the pentagon said it would not do that, after some time, an increasing number of republicans is tommy turberville needs to back down, they said that he would in fact back down. they decided instead of holding up and all nominees. he would release them, about 450, that would allow all of them, they are four star ranked generals and those are people
On a larger scale, there is measured concern about the snowpack in the sierra which provides about 35 of the states need. 13. 6 inches was the depth recorded. Thats 14 of the historic average. We have half a winter to go. So theres still time to see one or two atmospheric rivers. We do have some storms coming in a couple weeks. They might be warmer storms, subtropical storms. The storm levels may be high, we may not see much improvement with those storms. The water Valley District does have reserves. And imported water stored in southern california. The uncertainty of rain and snow has consumers mindful that another drought can never be ruled out. I think its just going to be an ongoing problem. Were definitely going to have to keep the conservation up no matter what, even if we do have a great winter. In san jose, david louie. In just the last hour, Homeland Security rated 77 Northern California businesses this week, searching for illegal workers. Department officials confirmed inspec
Thanks for joining us, im kristin zee in for ama daetz. Im dan ashley. For the first time in months, three california counties fall into the severe drought category, shown on this map in orange. And todays snow survey found the Sierra Snowpack at 14 of average while statewide its 27 of average. David louie is live with a look at the big picture and a glimpse of what we can expect this year. Theres no question people have been enjoying a string of warm and sunny days, heading out to trails and parks like this one. But there is concern that ha significant dry spell could imperil our water supply. However, the Water District says its a bit early to use word drought. The reservoirs owned and operated bit valley Water District. Theyre primed to capture runoff. But stretchesf sun and warm temperatures have some people wondering about another drought. A trodrought means theres a wa supply shortage. We dont have a water shortage because of the good work our communitys done to conserve water. O