Watch booktv this weekend on cspan2. Senate debate on Amy Coney Barretts nomination begins at noon eastern. Republicans on the Senate Judiciary committee voted yesterday to move the nomination from the committee to the floor for consideration. Democrats boycotted the vote. The committee voted to authorize subpoenas for the heads of tech and social media companies. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good morning. I appreciate all of my colleagues being here properly. As you know, our democratic colleagues informed the Committee Last night they will not participate in the hearing. That was their choice. It will be my choice to vote the nominee out of committee. Were not going to allow them to take over the committee. They made a choice not to participate after allowing judge barrett four days, two days to the question. I thought she did an exceptionally good job of handling the questions asked. I thought she was aggressively challenged but not inappropriately. What to co
Is no existence, a marine layer anywhere across the bay, it is Crystal Clear as offshore winds begin to kick up pushing any chance of fog are moist air. Well offshore red flag warnings as i mentioned are already in effect for upper elevations of the Santa Cruz Mountains all of the inland east bay and almost all of the north bay until you had a right to the immediate coastline. Now these will be in effect from friday this or wednesday this morning through friday morning at 11 00am winds gusting as high as 45 Miles Per Hour which is the additional factor here on top of the already dry and warm weather weve seen this week that is sparking up this potential of a fastspreading wildfire. Now winds are already breezy this morning but by no means at our wind is just yet. Winds about 10 Miles Per Hour for much of the north bay at this point well continue to pick up into the afternoon by 03 30pm Vacaville Atlas peak looking at winds gusting from 20 to 30 Miles Per Hour peak, wind gusts and early
Creek fire. That did not look like that yesterday. That fire has already taken off, thankfully right now the wind blowing the other way, so that smoke is not come in our direction but when we get into that fire weather situation, the wind will be blowing toward us, and it is not just the smoke. Of course it is new fire starts that need to be concerned about and on top of that a major warm up coming. We will talk about all of that and the complete forecast in a few minutes. Fire evacuees are returning home in wine country. They are now facing the next challenge, that is cleaning up. John ramose, has their long journey ahead. Been at the classifier in napa county is almost fully contained. But for those left in its wake, it is far from over. This whole length, with the living room. Reporter she looks at the remains of her home in the rural Deer Park Community above st. Helena. Unreal. I mean, its like all of our, what we work for all of our life. You know, everything, its gone. Reporter
Counted. Fire danger ramping up tonight, new information just in from pg e. What you should expect with power outages. Ranch during a blowout, who is going to lead the 49er offense after an embarrassing breaking news in san rafael, less than 90 minutes ago protesters toppled the statute after first page get red. Things escalated quickly. This protest was part of Indigenous People stay. Also right now, on the news at seven, streaming on cbsn bay area, is the California Republican Party Breaking election laws . Tonight, my using unofficial ballot box drops. Good evening. The state gop says the boxes are perfectly legal, but they drew this response from the governor who called to move by republican dishonest, desperate, and a threat to our democracy. The reports were here in our disturbing. It is a legal, more than just legal, it is irresponsible, to tamper with a citizens vote. The state atty. Gen. And the secretary of state that this afternoon in no uncertain terms, the unofficial ballo
Following the break, day one of the confirmation hearings of Amy Coney Barrett continued. Sworn and and delivered her statement outlining her judicial philosophy and thought writing opinions and dissents. The remaining senators, including Vice President money also delivered remarks. This is just under two hours. Vice president ial candidate Kamala Harris also issued remarks. These are not normal times. 215,000 people and counting have died of this disease. Many businesses have closed their doors forever, shattering dreams and livelihoods. The white house has become a covid19 hotspot, driven by the president s ongoing denial of how serious this pandemic is. In even contracting the virus and being hospitalized seems to have shaken him back to reality. In normal times, the senate would be focusing on passing legislation to help the millions of americans suffering during this pandemic, but these are not normal times. Senate republicans are rushing to put a nominee onto the decidingourt to