Work on a measure that was approved by the house yesterday providing 8. 3 billion in emergency funds to combat the coronavirus. Senate lawmakers are expect today vote on that measure later this afternoon and work on a bill to reset u. S. Energy and environmental policy. And now to live coverage. U. S. Senate here on cspan 2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. God of us all, thank you for this moment that unites us in the fellowship of prayer. Make us conscious of your presence and unite us in our efforts to do your will on earth. Inspire the hearts and minds of our lawmakers to strengthen the bonds between us, as they seek to live lives of integrity. May no partisanship mar the unity of spirit they must have to make america stronger, wiser, and better. Deliver them from every unworthy motive, as they labor to honor you. Lift their burdens, lessen their fears, and give them you
In here or outside . Outside and in here. We have 30s, under mostly clear skies. Most of it is disappearing. Well get a break but we are running noticeably cooler. 8 to 15 degrees cooler than 24 hours ago. Remember yesterday we had clouds and light rain under clear skies so its much, much cooler. 53 to 55, a little bit below average for this time of the year. Santa rosa to san jose, quarter mile by stockton. Livermore has had about 3 miles visibility, but after that it seems to be okay. Slowly increasing clouds in the afternoon, and the system will be here for some light rain tonight. 50s for highs. This rain system will be very weak and gone early saturday morning. 7 01, here he is, and so far, so good, or something new . It has been good so far and were looking at the east shore freeway. I want to show you a time of 21 minutes from the carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze. I kind of like what i see of this mornings commute. We havent had very many slowdowns. 21 minutes is about hal
Neighborhood council hosted a safety forum to discuss ways to prevent crimes in that area of oakland kron fours gayle ong was at a Community Safety meeting that was called because of all this she joins us live from montclair gayle. Grant in cannes is safety indeed was a topic in tonights meeting it was held at the Montclair Presbyterian Church and the Church Member tells me it was one of the biggest turnouts shes ever seen. The meeting began by asking for a show of hands for those learning more about safety. Feeling concerned anger frustration and outrage or was concerned over this fellows you know i thought that. You know. I certainly that and to hear whats going on. The meeting comes a week after the deadly laptop theft at the montclair starbucks. It was the morning of new years eve, a 34 yearold Software Engineer died after chasing the thieves who stole his laptop. Oakland Police Arrested 2 men one charged with murder the other Manslaughter Police are still looking for a 3rd suspect
Alleged victims, according to the Sheriffs Department were 16 17 at the time students at aacc alone a space schools. One of those students came forward just last year and that is what launched the investigation. Miramonte High School Physical Education teacher, kyle wood was arrested at her Pleasant Hill home wednesday and charged with 2 counts of molesting a female student when she was teaching an aka la nease high school. Back in 19 97 in 1998 we take student safety is our greatest greatest priority and we hear news like this. It really hits its the core and as their greatest concern so we are working very closely with the Contra Costa Sheriffs Office a moving forward on this issue. What has now been placed on administrative leave in parents of all High School Students in the district. The notified by email in case there are additional victims us. We dont have reason to believe that there is that uh we are calling for people with Additional Information to come forward. The Sheriffs O
At the world darts championship. We have had more rain on already saturated ground. Plenty of Flood Warning and plenty of mist and fog. Essentially, a day of sunshine and showers. More detail on that in the next half hour. Its sunday the 22nd of december. Our top story the authorities in australia are warning people its still not safe to return to areas devastated by wild fires, even where the flames appear to have been extinguished. The countrys Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, who was criticised for going on holiday during the crisis, has now conceded that Climate Change could be have contributed to the fires. Our sydney correspondent, Shaimaa Khaliljoins us now from balmoral in New South Wales. Good morning. We can see behind you, these fires still have a hold on the countryside . Good morning. Balmoral has been one of the worst hit villages from saturdays fires and many people have been told it is still extremely dangerous for them to come back and you can see why. Just behind me, l