As president electdonald trump continues to work on his adminstrations transition into the white house hell receive his first tase of foreign diplomacy today. Today. Japans prime our future commanderinchief where he will likely look for reassurances that the us will remain committed to being strong allies with japan. He might also try to sway trump on the Transpacific Partnership which is a trade agreement trump opposes. President elect trump is still weighing his options on several cabinent members for his administration. And while hes denying alleged turmoil inside his transtion team he isnt behind schedule for making these appointments. President obama hadnt made appointments until three weeks after the election. President george w. Bush waited until middecember to make his picks. And bill clinton waited seven weeks before announcing cabinent nominees. Trumps former opponent Hillary Clinton made her first public remarks last night since her concession speech a day after the election
Variation or shadow of turning. Help us to remember that the function of prayer is not to influence you, almighty god, but to change us. We, therefore, do not pray for an easy life but for the strength to endure a difficult one. Give our senators the wisdom to trust you in the small things, realizing that faithfulness with the least prepares them for fidelity with the much. May they trust you to do what is best for america in good times and in bad. May we place our hope in you and never forget how you have sustained us in the past. We pray in your sacred name. Amen. The president pro tempore pleae join me in reciting the pledge f allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell senators have been continuing their work across the aisle senators have been
The body of one of the two fishermen who went missing in pyramid lake has been recovered. Authorities say it was found just off of Warrior Point in water about 130 feet deep. Today, searchers were expected to continue their search for the second man. Both were visiting from the bay area. They disappeared during a fishing trip on january first. Washoe countys Second Judicial District Court is warning you about a phone scam targeting Washoe County residents. Scammers claim that the potential victim failed to appear for jury duty on a specific date and that a fine of up to two thousand five hundred dollars must be paid to avoid arrest. The scammer will sometimes say multiple letters were already sent and Law Enforcement will be coming to potential victims home. If the fine is not paid. The Second Judicial District Court does not Issue Citations for missing jury duty and they never accept a similar scam is happening with scammers using the names of Washoe County Sheriffs Office staff. If y
Pressure and strong positive height anomalies centered over oregon nrn nevada on monday, gradually shifting east and weakening slightly tuewed. An east to southeast gradient will persist through tonight with gusty ridge winds along the sierra crest. These winds will weaken and turn more south to southwest tuewed on back side of ridge. Winds for lower a california Highway Patrol Spokesman Says a car trying to Outrun Police crashed into a taxi. The chase started after an officer tried to pull over a driver who was seen doing doughnuts in the middle of a neighborhood street. The car sped off, and the officer followed, but stopped the pursuit when the white chevy sedan started racing through red lights. Moments later. The car crashed in to the cab burst into flames and killing three three people. Its unclear if the driver of the chevy the taxi driver had minor injuries. A woman is in the hospital after a rollover accident this afternoon. It happened shortly after three on northbound i580 n
It is fat tuesday. This is the day that you are supposed to indulge. Get it all out. Yes. Indulge before lent starts tomorrow, so a big party down south in louisiana and new orleans and up here as well. Weve got some events going on, all for a good cause. Kind of coinciding with that tuesday. We will check in with alex with more on that. First though, lets talk about the having. Is the perfect way to say it. Temperatures on the way keeping in mind that it renosparks average high this time going for the low to mid 60s over the next several days. Record highs to show you just close we are. The first couple days today and tomorrow are not all that close to record highs, but still very warm nonetheless. Thursday only 3 degrees away from that record, and friday 1 degrees away. 66 is the forecast high for friday. The record of all time on fridays date stands at 67 degrees. Only 1 degree away. We could be threatening that record area 61 in town for the high later today. 50s in carson city, an