Coming up this morning, Theodore Johnson of the Brennan Center will join us to talk about the africanamerican vote in campaign 2020. Of the university of Virginia Center of politics will discuss the latest news in campaign 2020. Be sure to watch washington journal live at 7 00 eastern this morning. Join the discussion. Examinest, a hearing Congress Constitutional role as a coequal branch of government. We hear about the role of earmarks and transparency and how increased funding and staffing can lead to a more effective government. This is two hours, 15 minutes. The committee will come to order without objection. Articlering is titled one, capacity and equipping congress to better serve the american people. I now recognize myself for five minutes to give an opening statement. Im excited to be here today, gaveling in the first hearing of the new year. This committee has had a productive last year, passing 45 recommendations focus on making congress more effective and efficient so it can
Are looking at some of our heaviest of rainfall out there to pretty easy to see where this rain is that its just a line of showers stretching north to south across the bay. In this line of showers is just going to continue to sweep through throughout the morning by 10 00am those showers pushing further into the east bay further south on the peninsula and eventually into the south bay come 00 30am in the morning. Theres your snowfall in the mountains above san jose rainfall continues to push further and were still looking at moderate showers in arealike San Francisco and portions of the north bay an upsurge in rainfall into the just post nooime hour right there so after the lunch or like the to see a few more areas of heavy but brief showers but for weise finally see some sunshine reappearing in some clearing conditions later in the day dont put your umbrellas away just yet isolated showers will stick wi us through the day. Now when has been the other factor through the morning obviousl
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
India over the controversial citizenship law. Launching one of the most powerful rockets. Good to have your company. The United Nations is warning of devastating consequences for civilians in idlib, serious last rebel controlled province. Have fled,000 people the area after two weeks of heavy bombardment by russian and Syrian Government forces. Fuel shortages are stopping families from getting away. As syrian troops have been moving, the president has vowed to recapture look rebel held areas and intensified the military offensive despite a ceasefire in august. Idlib is home to 3 million syrians, many of whom are already internally displaced. Eight agencies have been forced to suspend operations in the area and there are few errors fears humanitarian supplies will stop entering the region unless the fighting ends. Today, the areas have become disaster areas. They should be dealt with accordingly. They should not exempt the International Community, regional countries, and the guarantor c
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