And well leave this washington journal segment to return to live coverage of the u. S. Senate. Quorum call quorum call quorum call the presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley i ask that the calling of the quorum be suspended. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Grassley mr. President , i want to make a few brief remarks regarding the introduction of the security enforcement and compassion united and Reform Efforts. And we have selected the acronym secure for this piece of legislation that were introducing today. This bill promotes and protects the interest of the American People in a lawful immigration system and provides a fair and equitable solution on deferred action for childhood arrivals. And everybody in the senate knows that by the acronym daca. Its the product of several months of hard work between this senator and senators cornyn, graham, tillis, lankford, perdue, and cotton. And i think before the days out and the senate closes down hiewl hear from youl
California. Those are the approximate i cantures on the right. And the north bay wildfire thats started in october. Those are on the left. Both started in the evening nighttime hours. It hampered the ability to make progress for several hours while the fire grew. It started amid dry, warm, windy conditions. In Ventura County, the fire grew about 10,000 acres. The fire in Ventura County is burning west towards the pacific ocean. Another similarity here, there are large cities in the path of its fire. Welcome to the 9. Mike has the day off. Alex is here. Sal castaneda. We talk about wildland fires. And there are large cities in the path of the flames. Right. That is the same situation that we had up in Sonoma County and santa rosa. When i heard about the way that the fire exploded overnight, it felt exactly the same as what we encountered up in the santa rosa area when we had the tubbs fire. It was not burning in a place where you would expect a wildfire to burn. Right. A lot of people u
Valleys. Daytime temperatures will gradually warm through the week into the weekend. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. Golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. robin landing our top story this morning. Strong winds and tinder dry conditions are fueling several raging wildfiring burning in Southern California this morning. Thousands of acres scorched, more than 180 structures destroyed, and thousands more in danger. Kristen holmes has the latest for us this morning. Tens of thousands of people in Southern California flee their homes and businesses as santa ana winds and dry conditions fuel massive wildfires in Southern California. Sotim not gonna wait around for somebody to have to come rescue me so im outta here. In los angeles about 150,000 people were affected by evacuation orders. The city of ventura has declared a curfew until its no longer necessary. As go
All time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. Each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. Thompson, for five minutes. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, yesterday the nation observed the National Miners day which was designated by congress to honor the contributions and sacrifices of miners both past and present. Mr. Speaker, im the proud grandson of a pennsylvania coal ner, and National Miners day does mark the anniversary of the worst mining accident in istory on december 6, 1907, in west virginia. The disaster resulted in the deaths of 362 miners. While technology in mining has continued to improve, mining remains difficult work. Every day our nations miners work so hardess can vating nerals hard escavatting minerals for manufacturing. Particularly my family heritage, i am proud of our penn
Berkeley was 55 yesterday at this time. They are 41. They are losing the easterly breeze. And oakland had a lot of 50s yesterday. Except for a few high clouds, thats about all well see on a mostly sunny and dry forecast and temperatures running above average. 5 01. And alex tells us things are still good . Or did something happen . We may have an issue on the peninsula. Lets check this out and see if its impacting the commute. Its just popped up on the screen. It appears this is an accident southbound 101 in redwood city. And this is just north of 92 so just north of 92 which takes you across the san mateo bridge obviously. And a couple of cars may be blocking some lanes after this crash. So probably an area you may want to kind of skirt around if you have the chance to. You want to maybe avoid that area. And now to highway 24 in the east bay. And well give you a live look. And there you go. Traffic is moving nicely headed westbound on 24 out of walnut creek. No issues getting over to