Democrats and republicans are vying to replace him. Tv nine and the gazette, this is the iu second Congressional District debate, your voice, your vote. Welcome to the second congressional debate here in cedar rapids. This is the first of a twopart debate. We are also partnering with the gazette and quad city times. Is october 15. We will focus on different topics. We have plenty to work our way through the next hour. Lynch,ined by james longtime political reporter with the gazette. We are moderators tonight. Because of the pandemic, we are without an audience. We are trying to keep socially distance with the candidates. Now its time to meet our candidates. Rita hart is a former teacher and served as an iowa state senator for six years, covering clinton and scott counties. On the right, republican marion , current state senator. Thank you both for joining us tonight. We appreciate it. You get to lead us off. For 60 seconds, talk about why you are the best choice for this seat in congre
And longtime political reporter with the gazette in cedar rapids, serving as the moderator tonight. Because of the pennant, we are without an audience know it is time to meet our two candidates for the Second District of congress. Former teacher. Covering clinton and scott counties. Senator, thank you both for joining us tonight. We appreciate it. You get to lead us off. For 60 seconds, talk about why you are the best choice for this seat in congress. Thank you so much and it is a great pleasure to be here. Farmer,ormer teacher, a and a long life rhode island or. And also took that to the state senate, working on important issues like Economic Development. I know we are not going to agree on every issue tonight, but i want to go to washington to find common ground. We are facing some tough problems right now with the pandemic, the economy, with health care, and with education. Many more. I know that the way to get to the best solution is to do it together. You. Nator, 60 seconds or i w
Smoke so thick the sunlight could barely shine through. Across the bay area people woke up confused as they looked like night. Ktvu was flooded with photos from our viewers who pulled out the cameras to capture the eerie orange glow that lasted for much of the day. Ktvus Jana Katsuyama joins us with more on how it all unfolded. Reporter this really was a first for many people here. This darkness during the day and the orange glow, for many businesses this was yet another setback. Almost like a dream, the entire bay area woke up to this. It felt like we were living on mars. Weed couldnt figure out what time it was, even if the afternoon was so dark and orange and red. It was apocalyptic. By 10 00 it was darker than it was at 7 00 a. M. Reporter the darkness and orange tent stretched from the bank and east contra costa county, like a nuclear fallout. Ash flying from the sky covered cards and straits. In San Francisco my friend said she had a hose down her car twice before it got all off.
Did and it . You are right, did get hotter than the mid80s. That is a record for san francisco. San francisco, in the city, they just fell to 92 degrees. Thats why we have heat advisories and heat watches posted in northern california. They are posted right through wednesday. We have the extended heat waves in the bay area that are a rarity. We have one underway. In the warmest is today. The pressure is on and the temperatures will stay hot. We have records broken all over the place. San francisco hit 95 degrees. San jose was at 103. Santa rosa was at 105. The heat is here to stay. We have high fire danger and high heat warnings. The temperatures inland will stay at or near 100 degrees all the way through next week. You would think that would be everybody in the pool, but it is just the opposite. Thats right. You think, how about the neighborhood pool to cool off . You are looking at the antioch waterpark. There are a couple people there. Where you can see a bunch of people enjoying th
To report. The Weather Service is still compiling the information. I can tell you so far, San Francisco, oakland, san jose setting new records for today. But as we take a look at the maps, had to justin all of these numbers in, because were fitting in another number. Triple digits. Losses of these. 110 in fairfield. San jose, 103, oakland 100. Even San Francisco donnan the mid90s, and one site in pacifica close to the beach in the upper 80s. As you can see, this is kind of the dangerous heat we are worried about with temperatures note only around 100 degrees, but going way up above that point for places like napa, fairfield, and ant i dont care. 90 to 104 degrees, the excessive heat warning continues until 9 00 p. M. Wednesday for the inland areas, the santa clara area and the north bay mountains. The heat advisory is in place for 9 00 this evening for all of the areas in yellow. The north bay, by a shoreline, and the santa cruz mountains. We are expecting heating near the bay. Althoug