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To post there. And send us a tweet, cspanwj. Also to keep our eye on other news this morning, including Hurricane Dorian and the latest on that. From the dallas morning news, their lead story obviously, at least five dead after more than 20 shot as gunmen targets random victims in the odessa. 20 were shot on saturday when a gunmen hijacked a postal truck and begin shooting randomly in the odessa. Odessa area of west texas. Three officers were among the shot, in stable condition according to the Texas Department of public safety. Michael gertie confirmed that authorities had fatally shot the gunmen whose name was not released. You can read more at dallas news. Com. From the local newspaper, their point of view, their editorial , to rally around the victims, we are all in shock at the senseless violence that touches our world each day and every day, german home on saturday as a gunmen shot five people to death and injured 21 in odessa. The why and the how is still not known, it will all
Territory was not used to launch these attacks the statement went on to say that iraq sort self as having a vital role in trying to diffuse this crisis its fair to say though that this tension has escalated in recent months between the u. S. And iran a lot of attention is being paid towards certain very powerful armed groups in this country that are backed by iran that support iran here the socalled Popular Mobilization forces that were set up in 2014 to fight i saw were integrated into the Iraqi Security forces in 2016 and theres been as i say a lot of questions as to how they would respond to any kind of potential military escalation by the u. S. Against iran or iranian interests now there has been no official statement by the Popular Mobilisation forces in relation to this Current Crisis the Iraqi Government is very keen to stress that iraq is very much doing all it can to diffuse this crisis but of course this major u. S. Ally iraq its biggest regional ally is iran iran has a huge
Plus. Im gonna hel it but then you will soar. Ready to sort . Kumasi the mashup you did not know you needed, what happened when steph curry took the stage with paramore at the chase center. Reggie i would not have predicted it. Jobina i know but id like see paramore. Drew through the weekend you will notice fog and spots and you will notice a big drop. A live look outside, the fog is patchy overhead right now but enough of an onshore flow that it will cool off the afternoon. We are 56 now tha yesterday. Mid50s, low 60s. Hour by hour, we are still seeing foggy conditions across the city, foggy along the coastline and its along the coast the entire day. We got a fair amount of sunshine but is not the case today along the ocean. Expect a big drop in our daytime highs compared to yesterday. 69 oakland, 64 the city, 84 concorde, 78 santa rosa. This cooling trend continues for the next few days. Jobina traffic is nice and light. We are beginning with the foggy start of the bridge but theres
Today on inside politics, in minutes, something we have never seen before. From any sitting u. S. President , joe biden stands shoulder to shoulder with picketers on The Front Line of a strike against detroits big three. His team hope ss to show a signf solidarity with unions and hopes it will pay dividends for workers and also for his own road map back to the white house. Plus the dam breaks. At least a dozen senators say bob menendez should quit, including his fellow senator from new jersey cory booker and lawmakers from swing states who face tough battles to keep their own jobs. And the line up is locked in. Tomorrow, seven republicans clash on a california debate stage. Im dana bash. Lets go head the behind the headlines and inside politics. Up first, history in detroit. This Hour Air Force one will land in michigan, where the president will head to the picketline. Auto workers are in the middle of a big fight over pay and whether they get a bigger piece of record corporate profits