House floor opening, with now a fourth republican nominee for speaker. This time it is congressman mike johnson of louisiana. And he says he has the votes to win. Overseas, were following breaking developments out of israel. The u. N. Warning it may be forced to stop operating in gaza today as fuel runs out. Some World Leaders intensifying their calls for a ceasefire. Plus, forecasters warn of a, quote, Nightmare Scenario after a cat 5 Hurricane Slams into mexicos southern Pacific Coast overnight, near the popular resort city of acapulco. It went from a Tropical Storm to a cat 5 in just 12 hours. We begin this hour on capitol hill, where next hour lawmakers are expected to vote once again for a speaker of the house. Louisiana congressman mike johnson is now the fourth gop pick in three weeks. The second in just one day. After tom emmer dropped out yesterday when it became clear he could not secure enough votes. A visual reminder of how Congress Found themselves in leadership crisis. 22
Was opened in Tehran Museum of contemporary arts. This the exhibition is a review of 10 years of khoshnous developments in iran from the qajar period to the beginning of the 15th century. They came to see the history of the line at the museum of contemporary art. From qajar until now, there are signs here that talk about the antiquity of calligraphy. The khate khat golden exhibition is actually a tribute and a tribute to the great masters in the past and still alive who were the founders of the current calligraphers association. Private and personal donors received a show of the creations of artists who remember the legacy of the past given to this generation this calligraphy has some corners from the late qajar era, but the original works belong to the contemporary era, great works from imad alkitab to muamri masters whom we serve, such as amirkhani, kabuli, akhvin , khorush, they say that calligraphy has found its way from the past until now. Has done. Historically. As iranians, we a
Theres no rain in sight for anybody for a while. We do have a few high clouds and a little bit of smoke has drifted up this way. Parts of the peninsula. So thats filtered in as well. 30s and 40s. Not as warm as yesterday. The easterly breeze has tapered off. 48 for some. And 30s for others. Yesterday, el sobrante and berkeley in the 50s and 40s. And the easterly breeze has lightened up a little bit. Watch the cloud cover. 60s on our temps here today. 6 01. And all of a sudden it got busy. Real business unfortunately. And for folks on interstate 80 coming out of richmond or driving in from vallejo. Youll encounter unusually slow traffic. Theres heavy traffic getting into richmond on westbound 80 and thats because of a crash that the chp is trying to clear out of the way. And this is at central avenue. A crash that apparently involves some injuries and its causing slow traffic to the san pablo area. And looks as though they had to close the lanes in the westbound direction for a time. An
To save a wild jack rabbit. Yeah. It is heart breaking and interesting to watch. This is the scene along a highway in Ventura County. He sees a wild rabbit dart into the flames. You see the panic in his body language. He is able to coax the rabbit out and tuck its into his hoodie and i assume brings it to safety. This is a small act of compassion caught on camera by a news photographer. It has gone viral because in situations where there is travesty and devastation, people hold on any small kind act. It is gripping when you watch it. Right. I found myself watching it three, four, five times. It is amazing how much he wanted to save that animal. When he jumps up and puts his hands in his hair. He is at a loss of what to do. Then he stays and takes the little guy to safety. It reminded me of one small act of kindness that happened during the north bay wildfires. One of our reporters did a story on a family that had lost their home. The mom said i just need a play pen for my little boy. I
Broadcast. Madam clerk, do we have any announcements today . Yes. Please silence all cell phones. Items will appear on the january 9th, 2018, agenda unless errwise stated. Thank you. Were Getting Started late today. Well try to make up the time as we go. I want to thank you for your patience. Madam clerk, can you call item one. Regarding sorro commons. This is item one. Mayor lee is a sponsor of this particular legislation. Weve got amy chan from the department of housing to represent the housing and community development. As a refresher, supervisor tang, they need more time to resolve the outstanding issues with the lender, and they request that we postpone this. I would like to give ms. Tang an opportunity to expand on this a little bit more. Good morning. Thats correct. Were asking for the call of the chair. Were hoping to resolve the issues be the lend ever before todays meeting, but we have not come to an agreement. Well work diligently and well be coming back in the early next ye