That 8 30, Francis Rooney discusses the agreement between israel, the United Arab Emirates and bahrain, and other news of the day. Host good morning. It is wednesday, september 16, 2020. The house meets at 9 00 a. M. We will begin focused on congress and the members voters will get a chance to decide whether to rehire on election day. We want to know if you plan to reelect your house or senate member. If you do, give us a call at 202 7488000 and let us know who your member is and why. If you dont plan to vote to reelect your member of congress, we want to know who and why. That number is 202 7488001. If you are unsure, the land to call is 202 7488002. Textan also send us a 202 7488003 202 7488003 at a text that 202 7488003. Include your name and where you are from. Catch up with us on social media on twitter, facebook. A very good wednesday morning. You can start calling a note to retake the senate. Democrats would need to net four seats on november 3, or three and the presidency to re
[inaudible conversations] this hearing of the subcommittee on conservation and forestry titled the 2020 wildfires here, response and Recovery Efforts will come to order. F welcome and thank you for joining todays hearing with mr. John phipps, deputy chief for state and private forest that just yet. After brief opening remarks the hearing will open to questions. Members will be recognized in order of seniority alternating between majorityminority members. When you are recognized you will be asked to unmute your microphone and you have five minutes to ask a question or make a comet. In order to get as many questions as possible, the tir will stay consistently visible on your screen. Thank you for joining us here in washington and online today for this critical hearing on the wildfires ravaging the western United States. Weve all seen the footage from california, oregon and washington. It is surreal, and it is terrifying. I want to talk today about whati we can do to meet the needs andt f
Neighborhood, is it orange and smoky . Send us your photos. Because of the high fire danger pg e has shut off power to thousands of customers in napa and sonoma counties. Wilson walker is live in calistoga for us right now. Reporter anyone who lives anywhere between calistoga and santa rosa has been through these power shutoffs. Half dozen times, maybe more. So the same communities keep getting wrapped up in this. So power goes out today, although people like it or not, they know the drill. Hanging in there, it could be worse, we could be evacuated. At least we still have a house and our health. When the lights went out at about 3 00 this morning yvette and her family were ready. Weve been doing this since 2017, we are getting pretty good at it. Im ready this year. The easternmost neighborhoods of santa rosa have been through this so many times now that the city has a routine for major intersections and residents have a routine for keeping their refrigerators cold. My son and i bought
California democratic congressman. His second Congressional District spans from the Golden Gate Bridge all the way up to the oregon border. First came to give a sense of the impact of the wildfires in the district and how your constituents are doing . Thanks for having me and asking. This is a tough summer for the folks in the Second District and all over california and much of the west. We have had the worst wildfires certainly buy a bridge that the state has ever seen. My district has borne a lot of thought and as we begin to get containment on some of the biggest fires, we are still not out of the woods. We have several more weeks of fire season ahead of us and the intensity of t the smoke has ben so great and has been held in place for so long that they are quality in almost every part of california is very unhealthy and so we are struggling and people are feeling the health effects. Many of them have been evacuated and have lost homes. Un host compared to 2018 which is known as th
In california. Good evening everyone, im frank somerville. Im julie haener. For some, it is a second night in the dark as pg e tries to avoid setting any catastrophic fires from its equipment. We have the timetable to get the lights back on. Remake the utility is sticking to its forecast. Winds die by tomorrow morning, then day long inspections and repairs. And if no surprises, powerback sometime tomorrow evening. This is what we are going to be dealing with for the next over 24 hours. Reporter santa rosas Oakmont Retirement Community is in the heart of the power ou smiling while plopping. Figuri this Fire Prevention blackout wont be the last. We are supposed to have these 50 to 60 mile an hour winds this morning, they havent developed as of now. Reporter pg e says the wind did materialize at higher elevations. A 66 mileperhour gust recorded on mount st. Helena. What the heck is pg e doing . What have they done to help with the situation . Reporter the owner of oakmonts market sold 300