Quorum call a senator mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from arkansas. Mr. Boozman thank you, mr. President. I rise today to recognize. The presiding officer were in a quorum call. Mr. Boozman i ask that it is dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Boozman thank you, mr. President. Mr. President , i rise today to recognize a remarkable arkansan at the end of a 38year army career. Lieutenant general andrei pigey who will retire in september is the deputy chief of staff for army logistics. His nearly fourdecade career has taken him literally all over the world but his roots are and always have been in arkansas. The general was born in stamps, arkansas, a small town in Lafayette County with less than 3,000 people. The son of a World War Ii Army veteran, the general didnt have his sights set on a career of military service from a young age. After he graduated from high school, he chose to go to the university of arkansas pine bluff, about two and a half
Lydia is live tonight in san ramon. Lydia. Reporter well, its still clear right now but the temperatures are starting to dip. We talked to some people trying to pick their pumpkins before the next rain hits. Dozens of families trying to pick the perfect pumpkin before the next wave of rain hits. The ground here at the moore Pumpkin Patch still muddy from the last storm. I wasnt sure we would have nice weather today but turned out to be a gorgeous day today. Reporter employees here say today is especially busy because of the resent rain and wet weather were expecting sunday. Abraham said the expected rain will make it a busy weekend for Law Enforcement due to the expected increase of Car Accidents and people celebrating. Halloween on monday tends to be more active on the weekend and people tend to have parties the weekend before. Reporter he said drivers need to slow down and make sure they use their wipers and headlights when it rains. When your wipers are being use inside a countous m
Heres a nice look at alcatraz island. We have some variable skies working our magic. Kind of a subtropical jet here. The rain temperatures didnt do a whole lot. When this front moves through, it will be a snow producer a little bit later on in its life monday and tuesday. Not a whole lot of action for the bay area. Farther up to the north. Its going to continue the scattered showers through the night. Ill start with the winds here. Thats another feature to get the spooky feel. About the time the heavy rain starts to hit. The rain is pretty much gone by this point. Were stuck with wind in the double digits as you can see. As far as the precipitation beyond that. Mild, a few showers north. Then tomorrow, the rain scattered about. This week is what were talking about, a couple of more rain rounds. Then next week, the latter portion will start to dry out too. Want to give you a look at whats going to go down the next several hours. Well revisit those winds and whats going on in the mountai
Innate courtesy, the awe shucks attitude. Reporter the list of guests was a whos who of yankee greats past and presence. The wife of Jackie Robinson was in attendance. Former yankee manager joe terry paid his respects saying he was one of the greatest yankees ever. He was such a hero to all of us, aside from being, you know, a purple heart winner, he just thing he did. Outside many stood on the sidewalk in front of the church of the immaculate conception. They are here because they loved yogi berra on and off the field and wanted to wish a fond farewell. But yogi did a lot for this community. Everybody loves yogi and Everybody Knows yogi and carmen and what they have done for the community. Of course today was a private service. There will be a public memorial taking place sunday at the Yogi Berra Museum located on the campus of Montclair State University over in little falls, new jersey. That is the latest live from montclair, anthony johnson, channel 7 eyewitness news. A touching con
And too squared to return home we report from kenyas coast where thousands are seeking refuge in a prison. And ill have the latest sport including a manhunt for the official accused of involvement in a 100 million world cup ticket scam. The number of palestinian dead is continuing to rise on the fourth day of israels offensive on gaza. At least 100 have been killed and 670 injured. At least 5 people died in rafa early on friday. And israeli air strike hit as rescuers were trying to free others trapped in a building and has been targeted in an earlier strike. Witnesses say a sevenyearold girl is among the victims. Israel says it hit more than 1100 targets in gaza in the past four days and tanks and troops on the border and ten rockets were fired from gaza on friday. One of them landed at a petrol station injuring at least eight people. Oil tankers and cars were also destroyed in the explosion. We have several correspondents monitoring events in hot spots across the region. Lets start wi