citizens right now, and it s time to go if you re there, and administration is urging us citizens to leave russia after reporter for the wall street journal is detained accused of espionage case stands and what this says about the current state of us russia relations. details about the cdc team that got sick while investigating the cause of the train derailment in east palestine, ohio that was carrying hazardous. chemicals. we begin with people in the southeast, waking up to the threat of severe and dangerous weather, tornado watches and warnings are in effect right now for parts of mississippi all the way to georgia. it comes as we re getting a better look at the destruction left behind after those massive storms or through seven states over 50 tornado sightings have been reported. at least five are now dead. the powerful storms blew through when arkansas, killing at least two people and trapping dozens inside their home, leading town officials to send out a call for neighbo
in an explosion. dozens more injured. what investigators in saint pierre zberg think happened and huge tornado outbreak across the south and midwest over the weekend. the devastation and the death toll rising. we re live on the ground in arkansas. good morning, everyone. i m omar jimenez. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. we ve got a lot to get to this morning. so let s dive right in just hours from now. donald trump boards a plane to new york, the first step of what many americans are hoping will be a journey to accountability. you re looking at live pictures right now and according to trumps, truth, social posts he ll leave mar-a-lago at noon and make his way to trump tower . his appearance in a manhattan courtroom tomorrow will be the first time in american history of former president is arraigned on criminal charges trump, his lawyers and many supporters claim the district attorney is pursuing a nakedly political prosecution. begin the batt
There youre going outside. Its wonderful. You want to be outdoors. Yes, i came out of the studio to get a feel. We were out yesterday at the same time app i think its a little more chilly tonight. But it has been a gorgeous weekend and gwen is here with me and gwen come on n we want to talk about. Did shes her sweater. And sunshinewise. We are doing the lemonade thing right. And didnt do too badly. You know what people have been enjoying it and having a great time today. For february. Absolutely. Shopping and walking their dogs and. A guy wearing short, there you go look at that. All right. We also have seen bike riders also out here. So, yeah, so you know temperaturewise were not were going to get a little schooler trend once we get to the next 2 hours. Right now heres a look at the highs today. 71 reagan ipt nag am and 69 degrees at dulles. So, not bad overall. And as we take a look at our Area Temperatures right now also in our neighborhood and what do we have here. 69 in fredericks
Introduce new business, supervisor avalos. Thank you madam clerk. A couple of items for introduction today. One is a request for the City Attorney to draft legislation that would set us in motion to create a Municipal Development corporation. As you all know i have been working for a number of years on the creation of a public bank, a Municipal Bank for the city and county of San Francisco. The public bank could eventually take over the citys banking functions that are currently performed by bank of america and wells fargo and issue forms of debt and refinance the citys general obligation bonds. The goal of the bank is maximize the citys Financial Resources and minimize the amount the city pays out in interest and fees to wall street firms. It is clear that we have a huge unfunded needs in a number of areas such as Affordable Housing, transportation infrastructure, and Renewable Power to name a few. Its my hope that a public bank will help fill the funding gaps. While the City Attorney
Three days and i want to acknowledge mr. Mcknight for the service to the community, his humanitarian spirit and the Rapid Response in the face of a challenging situation. Hes one of the dedicated staff that came together to make sure that the residents were warm, safe and secure during the night. He is a graduate of si here in San Francisco. Supervisor farrell nods in with support as well as uc berkeley and serves in the navy. He worked in the biotech industry before moving to San Francisco to do something more meaningful. Well, he certainly has. Mr. Mcknight since youre we want you say a couple of words to this board. I know ben aames i believe yes ben is also here as well, our Disaster Response manager, who also wanted to be here to support your work so ben if you would like to come up as well please do but i want to thank you for your services. Its not often many employees approach our office to commend someone for their work and its clear that your colleagues appreciate your dedica