Submerged. They say the water is up to 20 centimeters deep and drivers have had to abandon their cars. At least 50 homes across japan have been destroyed or damaged and more than 200 others have been flooded. Local authorities issued evacuation orders or advisories to more than 600,000 people. Airline operators cancelled nearly 80 flights on tuesday. They say theyll stop operating more flights depending on the path of the typhoon. Were joined now from our weather desk. Can you tell us more about this storm . Well, vongfong was the most powerful system for this year so far and its now pulling away from japan and into the pacific but its clear and very apparent. More than 500 millimeters of rainfall in western locations of japan and 143 kilometer per hour guests when it made land falls. It made three landfalls. Its now pulling away as i mentioned but it still has potential of gusts up to 145 Kilometers Per Hour and its still a large system. S also going to be providing 120 millimeters of
For the second time in as many weeks a grand jury has found the evidence is just not there to charge a white Police Officer in connection with the death of a black civilian. This time its in the biggest city in the nation packed with tourists for the Holiday Season. These cases are wildly different and half a nation apart. This one involves the video seen around the world by now showing a man named eric garner being taken down by mostly plain clothed Police Officers while being placed under arrest. One of the officers employed a chokehold. Moments later while on the ground after complaining he couldnt breathe he was dead. While tonight while so far peaceful there are protesters in the streets of new york city. Some of them you see within about a block of Rockefeller Christmas tree which gets lit up a short time from now. Again, the streets already packed with visitors. Our coverage begins where this story started, nbcs Stephanie Gosk in new yorks Staten Island. Reporter good evening, b
Lawmakers have two days before they are slated to recess for the memorial weekend, and the legislative docket is full trade, renewing the patriot act and the highway bill as well. Look for coverage of those debates on cspan2. We will begin with 2016 and Hillary Clinton in iowa yesterday. She held an impromptu News Conference after not fielding questions from the press for nearly a month. Republicans and journalists are criticizing the campaigns strategy. Should Hillary Clinton answer more questions from the media . Host you can also send us a tweet or go to facebook. Com cs pan, an email us as well, journal cspan. Org. We will begin with nprs website. Until tuesday, it had been almost a month since hillary answered questions from the press. After taking questions from iowans in cedar rapids where she spoke about Small Business the former secretary of state answered six questions from reporters and took an awkwardly timed one about whether she will answer questions from the media in the
The todo list, running zipper trucks over the segmented to mick sure that the positioning and tension is right. 15 minutes ago we saw one of the trucks move the new bareie into formation. Crews will also restripe lanes and fill holes for thoseole pylons placed by hand that are no longer needed. Eye live look at the bridge from the toll plaza, looking north towards the marin county side. Can you see the bareie there running right down the middle of the road. Closure obviously affects people commuting from the city and marin county. With enough warning and planning people have moved to a different type of transportation, ktvus katie utehs is live with more on how people are getting around during the unprecedented bridge closure. Reporter it appears that people are heeded the warnings about the closure. I poke with a chp officer who tells us me that in marin county they have only tuned a few folks away and the tourists today got to the bridge whoever they could, walking, biking or bus and
Their sides while igniting the truck into flames. You can see that truck is completely demolished. Reporter firefighters and First Responders pulled the injured from the train in all 28 injuries, four of them critical. Sort of flipping on the pole like a flag. Everybody in shock a lot of shock. Reporter the driver of the truck fled the scene on foot. We dont know why but he was found a little while later. One of our patrol officers saw what he believed to be a disoriented male walking approximately one to two miles south. This individual was a produce truck driver. Reporter the conductor according to metrolink, was able to see the truck on the tracks slowing down before impact possibly avoiding a more worse outcome. They are sending a team to lead the accident investigation. The biggest question, why did that truck end up on the tracks . Several tragedies involving passenger trains have happened recently in the bay area. The latest one today in palo alto. Vic lee is live where official