Keating, marcy kaptur, sandy levin and representative gerlbling, for their bipartisan help in crafting this legislation and i thank my friend from new jersey, mr. Smith, for his remarks and agree with everything he said. The United States has been a staunch supporter of the democratic, prosperous and sovereign ukraine. At this moment, we must stand with the people of ukraine more than ever before. As the world has watched over the past several months, hundreds of thousands of ordinary ukrainian citizens have turned out to exercise their democratic rights and express their views. The initial impetus for the demonstration was the unexpect red jackson of an offer from the European Union for closer political and economic ties. This rejection represented a reversal of government policy and in the view of a great many ukrainians, a lost opportunity for ukraine to strengthen Democratic Institutions and values and increase economic opportunities. In addition, the demonstrators that turned out
Crews used alternative tactics to slow an out of control wildfire that is causing massive destruction near yosemite. Good evening and at the for joining us. Im ama states. The fire has burned 130,000 acres and it is just 7 contained. More than 5500 homes are threat threat threatened and 11 destroyed. The number could rise. John alston is live tonight with the latest on the fire. John . Ama, one of the larger fires is on a hilltop behind me. This is south of highway 120 and exactly where authorities do not want this to go. The cost of the firefighting effort so far is in the 8 million range. One weapon against the fire has been a pistol that shoots an insydney year device to burn the ground cover before the main fire can. Today firefighters were able to get water on flames burning within yosemite. The park remains open, but highway 120 is still closed. Along that road small fires flared into larger ones inan instant. For the first time in a week residents were allowed to see their prope
Effort so far is in the 8 million range. One weapon against the fire has been a pistol that shoots an insydney year device to burn the ground cover before the main fire can. Today firefighters were able to get water on flames burning within yosemite. The park remains open, but highway 120 is still closed. Along that road small fires flared into larger ones inan instant. For the first time in a week residents were allowed toh. See their property. Korean gnaw and her brother originally from the bay area lost two homes with their family for years. The main house survived. So we feel super lucky to have this guy Still Standing which was my family home in high school. So, super close call for this house. They were all custom houses and they were all cute tois plae this place look extra nice for guests. Darma who lives on the property says firefighters did an admirable job. They were out here until the last second possible. We are thankful for those guys. They work hard and risk their lives
Sunshine. Keeping the numbers cool, though. We are talk about a modern warmup in the days ahead. We continue to follow the wildfire burning near yosemite. The fire has burned nearly 130,000 acres. Its just 7 contained. More than 5500 homes are threatened. 11 were destroyed. Officials worry the number could rise. John alston has the latest on the fire from tuolumne county. One weapon against the fire is a business central that shoots an in the beginning area before the fire can. Large fires flared into largers ones in an instant. Winds shifted every few seconds. I have lived here near eighth grade. Some residents were allowed to key their properties for the first time in weeks. This couple, both originally from the bay area, lost two homes that had been in their family for years. The main house survived. We feel lucky to have this guy still standing, which was my family home in high school. Yeah, super close call for this house. There are custom houses that are cute to make this place l
This is abc7 news. Good morning, everyone. Thanks for joining us on this sunday, august 25th. Im Carolyn Tyler. Lets start with a quick first look at the weather with our meteorologist lisa argen. Good morning to you, carolyn. An interesting shot from the east bay hills camera. Normally we would see mt. Diablo in the distance, but with less of the low clouds ehave operating and we are looking at mild temperatures this morning. 67 in concord, livermore and napa. You have started out warmer due to the blanket of low and midlevel clouds. Now we are looking to burnoff and mostly sunny skies for just about everyone today except right along the coast and in the north bay you will see the partly cloudy skies. 80s, yeah, there will be a few of them in our inland east bay. But whether or not the 90s march closer to us in the final days of august, ill let you know about that in a few minutes. Carolyn. Thank you, lisa. We continue to follow the wildfire burning near yosemite. The fire has burned