May have caused the fire. And me . Reporter the good news is firefighters seem to be getting the upper hand on the fire. It is holding at about 58 acres. The Forward Movement has been stopped but you will never take , assume anything for granted because of the heat and the wind in oakley. The fire broke out on sellers avenue ins oakley at around noon time. Scott sky fox was overhead. Residents along the delta road, sellers and criswell were evacuated by Oakley Police and contra costa sheriffs deputies as the chp blocked roads. Firefighters from cal fire and area fired from his battle the flames. Some residents others tried to get animals out of the way. The cops are going to arrest me. They wouldnt give us 10 minutes to get our goats and stuff and get out of your. We are not leaving. They are going to arrest me if i dont. Thats what they told me. Whatever. I have a dog here and my cat and clothing and water and blankets and pillows and things. And a litter box. My horses are right here
Federal investigation. The doj is pointing a special council. Republicans say this is not aimed at seeking justice. The Senior National correspondent kevin corke is live in d. C. With the breaking details on this. Good evening, david weiss is the man. The very same same david weiss who says Congressional Republicans attempted to paint a Sweetheart Deal for hunter biden, despite possible or some would say obvious violations. That david weiss is leading an escalation into hunter biden. His title became special council today. His powers were the same yesterday. Whats different . It does not make any difference to us given what we understood to be the case. Critics argued weiss should not have been named Special Counsel citing this as section 6. 3 in the doj regulations. A Special Counsel shall be selected from outside the United States government. This is a political decision, not a legal decision. Theyre trying to put out a fire, and they just poured gasoline on it. Nobody in their right
Is the public on board with rishi sunak s tough migrant policy . And vegan products have been filling the Supermarket Shelves in recent years but new data shows The Cost Of Living crisis is turning people back to more affordable meat products. Welcome to the programme. We start with the crucial summit on the security of the amazon rainforest. The leaders of eight South American countries that share the amazon, are gathering the first time in m years theres been a meeting like this. Scientists are concerned that, deforestation in the amazon may be approaching an irreversible tipping point. Brazils president Lula Da Silva is hoping for a co ordinated regional approach, to tackle illegal mining and logging as well as other environmental crimes. Scientists say the amazon rainforest is a crucial buffer against Climate Change and 60 of it is located in brazil. It acts as a major carbon sink absorbing Carbon Dioxide emissions. President lula has already promised to end deforestation by 2030.
Americas late news, fox news at night. Pushback underway, republicans crying foul to many claims president made in his state of the Union Address which sounded like a Campaign Speech remreet with promises and a few swipes at his opponent. President biden hoped to put aside concern about his age. Many saying he sounded angry and difficult to understand. We have Live Team Coverage tonight, response from katie britt youngest republican female ever elected to the senate. Kevin corke has more. Kevin tonights state of the Union Address was like showing your opponent your playbook before an upcoming game. If you are the gop, you have to look at this speech as the crib notes for november. Keep that in mind. For President Biden, tonights address was about more than just a speech, it was emphatic declaration to say im here, im the man for the job and our countrys future is bright. President biden because of you, tonight we can proudly say the state of our union is strong and getting stronger. Ke
Higher savings for some. In the last half an hour, weve had this reaction to the rate rise from the chancellor, jeremy hunt. Well, of course any rise in Interest Rates is a worry for families with mortgages, for businesses with loans. But underneath that decision is a forecast that says that this time next year, inflation will be 2. 8 and we will have avoided recession. What the Bank Of England governor is saying is that we have a plan that is bringing down Inflation Lay solidly, robustly and consistently. So the plan is working but what we have to do as a government is make sure we stick to that plan and dont veer around like a shopping trolley. We stick to that plan so that families and businesses can start to feel the benefits of that plan actually working. So, jeremy hunt says the government is sticking to its plan. But this was the reaction from labours shadow chancellor, rachel reeves. The government need to take responsibility for the fact that inflation in the uk is much higher