Next, a look at the Global Energy outlook with fatih birol. He testified before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee about issues including u. S. Oil and Gas Production. This runs an hour and 45 minutes. Good morning, efveryone. The committee will come to order. Id like to provide specific welcome this morning to our new member, senator smith. It is good to have you as part of the committee. I think you will find that this is a committee that does good work. We like to focus on policy and we like to do things in a bipartisan way every now and again. Looking forward to starting the new year off with that good foot. We dont have senator capito with us this morning but she is also returning to our committee and i look forward to welcoming her in her ongoing contributions. We do have a lot on the agenda today. Our broad bipartisan Energy Natural resources bill where again were looking forward to continuing that as the year progresses. Our efforts to increase our nations minera
Good morning, efveryone. The committee will come to order. Id like to provide specific welcome this morning to our new member, senator smith. It is good to have you as part of the committee. I think you will find that this is a committee that does good work. We like to focus on policy and we like to do things in a bipartisan way every now and again. Looking forward to starting the new year off with that good foot. We dont have senator capito with us this morning but she is also returning to our committee and i look forward to welcoming her in her ongoing contributions. We do have a lot on the agenda today. Our broad Bipartisan Energy Natural Resources bill where again were looking forward to continuing that as the year progresses. Our efforts to increase our nations mineral security, our need for wildfire funding fix paired with for estry management reforms, Park Maintenance backlog, islands and territories. Weve got a wide range of public lands. Those are a few of the things that we h
Second bart tube across the bay. That would be nice but probably expensive. We will look at how much these other projects could cost. Plus prostitution as a constitutional right. That sounds kind of crazy, doesnt it . There is a Court Hearing to discuss that. We will look at the case and basically the theory that morality is not a good enough reason to ban paying for sex. Bicyclists are questioning what rules of the road should apply to them. We will have protests and traffic tie ups expected as a local group tries to make a point. Our political insiders will weigh in on the strength of the bike lobby. There is lots coming up. Lets take a quick check of your weather forecast. We are starting with cloudy skies in San Francisco, a live look at the trans america tower. Temperatures are pretty warm with 64 almost everywhere, a couple 62s in the city and in santa rosa. Your headlines for today, cloudy start, patchy fog and sunshine for most. Its going to be similar to the weather we saw yes
68 to 86 degrees. Full forecast coming up in a matter of minutes but lets say good morning to liza. Good morning everyone. The Police Action in the oakland area with some streets shut down around the 3800 block of Martin Luther king jr. In oakland. Now this is about a block away from the mcarthur back and forth station. The back and forth station. The b. A. R. T. Station is open, all trains are on schedule and they reopened also the transbay tube. No delays for the trains there. Guys . A suspect is dead and an officer is expected to recover after an exchange of gunfire on Martin Luther king jr. Way. It happened an hour ago. Kpix 5s lisa chan is at the scene. Where right now theres a Large Police Presence across several blocks and where officers have recovered a rifle. Good morning lisa. Reporter well mlk as liza said is blocked off right now from 40th to west macarthur and investigators are here trying to figure out exactly what happened. What we do know is early this morning, at 1 32,
Flight 370. The Prime Minister of malaysia says crews found the plane and other debris on a French Island in the indian ocean after a wing was found. Plane disappeared back in march of 2014. So far french investigators have not yet confirmed the debris is linked to that mh370. An alleged serial arsonist is in jail suspected of starting more than 30 brush fires in the east bay. The string of fires started in april and continued into the summer sometimes getting close to homes. They have been in at least 8 cities. The hot spots were highway 4, 24 and marsh creek road. Anne makovec is in lafayette with more on why investigators believe all the fires are set by the same man. Anne. Reporter a lot of these fires set in the east and north bays. Most of them between the hours of midnight and 5 a. M. Which of course made them more challenging for firefighters to fight. So the suspect identified as 29 yearold james wilson, he was arrested at his home in bay point yesterday. Some of the fires he