Dry conditions and red flag warnings could make for a dangerous combination. This is a live picture toward mt. Diablo where you can see just how dry the grass is out there. Ktvus alex savidge will join us in a moment with what fire officials are saying about the potential fire danger. We begin our Team Coverage with rosemary. What areas are impacted by todays red flag warning . The hills. It wont be just today. This will last until thursday morning for very dry gusty conditions. Take a look at the map here. The areas shaded in orange, the north bay, east hills as well as the mountains into the east bay hills all the way down through the diablo range. Gusts are expected to continue for today. Its just interesting to note that many of us not feeling the wind. It was breezy around the bay area yesterday. Today, not so much but the gusts are still blowing even though we do not feel them, the wind gusts to 32 miles an hour in the Oakland Hills at this hour. Ten Miles Per Hour, fairfield, 20
That is what President Trump is actually demanding. Will House Republicans go along with it . That remains to be seen. Even if the house does approve the measure, it likely wont have enough support to pass in the republican controlled senate. And with this congressional term winding down, heres a look at what is at stake and what is on the line for millions of americans if nothing gets done. In a moment ill talk with one member of Congress Facing these challenges but lets kick things off with garrett. He is with the president this hour. Thats where we find Josh Letterman and with me, sam stein, editor at the daily beast and an msnbc news contributor. Great to have you all with us for this hour. Garrett, let me begin with you and talk about the republicans. You know them on capitol hill. Do republicans have any clue about what the president is thinking right now . No. Theyve been trying to avoid a situation like this since early in the president s term when House Republicans backed a He
The numbers are going to get bigger by the hour. I dont think we should be counting by the hour frankly because the numbers are only going to go one way and you should mark them at significant intervals as weve seen in china and other large scale populations who have to deal with this. President trump is going to meet with top banking wall street executives later today. He wants to discuss how the virus is hurting the economy as the New York Times is reporting his administration missed key chances to slow the spread of the virus months ago. How so . Lets get perspective. Cnns nick watt takes a closer look at the scramble to contain the virus inside our country. Reporter a hot spot exploding in new york. New rochell at this point is probably the largest cluster in the United States. Reporter theres now a containment zone, schools, facilities closed inside that ring, the National Guard to help deliver food and clean. This is literally a matter of life and death. Reporter in new jersey, f
They passed that only did Small Business help, and everybody supported Small Business help, should have included state and local. Now, when you say state and local, there is no personality to state and local. I get that. Dont say state and local. Say what the state and local governments fund, police, fire, teachers, hospital workers. Funds more business, but also fund police, fire, School Teachers and hospital workers. How can you exclude them when you are talking about priorities . Yes, Small Business is a priority. So are police, fire, School Teachers, and hospital workers. I dont know why they passed the bill without including that at the time. And i said that. I said it to my congressional delegation. Everybody said, oh, dont worry, dont worry, that will be in the next bill. But, yeah, that was the third time they said that would be in the next bill. And pardon me for being suspicious about washington politicians, but dont worry, dont worry, when i hear them say dont worry, i worry
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