Good evening, everybody thanks for being here tonight at 8 oclock im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis thanks for joining kron 4 news at 8 our top story tonight more than 167,000 customers have been left in the dark this evening. This result of the planned power shutoffs by pg and e because of wildfire concerns. The impact has been felt by more than 22,000 customers in sonoma and napa counties, 17,000 customers in sonoma county. 5,000 customers in napa this is the current interactive outage map shut offs here indicated by those pink triangles you see the area just west of lake hennessy there is inundated with shut offs. Power for some customers may not be restored until tomorrow night according to pg and e and while most of those customers have dealt with these power shutoffs before they are no less frustrated. Kron fours michelle kingston reports now from santa rosa. I mean were becoming experts and being flexible up here in santa rosa street lights are out atm is not working thousand
Mail, Committee Members asked witnesses about mr. Dejoys ownership of a company that contracted its services to the usps. The chair would ask without objection that ms. Debbie wassermanschultz i got it right here. Ms. Cooper and representative mary gay scanlon beor waived on the committee. Without objection, it is so ordered. I want to welcome everyone to s our hearings on recent developments regarding the Postal Service and i now recognize myself for an Opening Statement and i will recognize the Ranking Member for his Opening Statement. I have agreed is the chairwoman on . Does the chairwoman wish to have an Opening Statement . Ill recognize here with your permission after myself. O our colleague ms. Lawrence is going to issue have an Opening Statement. I will recognize if somebodyv on your side wants to have additional okay. That would be fine. The cr you justow let me know. Okay. Theit s Postal Service is the crowned jewel of our federal government. It emplo serves every household b
Vote to authorize chair ron johnson to issue subpoenas to approximately 40 individuals involved in the Russian Investigation for the ranking democrat senator gary peters, said the committee should be focused on the coronavirus pandemic, not partisan politics. Good morning. Pursuant to notice on september 9, 2020, the Committee Meets to consider a motion to authorize issue of certain subpoenas and note the presence of a quorum. We are here today for two reasons. First, to overcome a ridiculous assertion by the Ranking Member regarding subpoena rules and while were at it, but on subpoena authority for some and brzozowski Additional Information second void the nomination for the investment board. Regarding the Committee Subpoena rules, senator peters has raised procedural objection based on an absurd interpretation of Committee Rules pretty Cordis Center peters with the committee authorize depositions on june 4, that vote did not include the authority to actually schedule any depositions.
Rigorous outdoor workout were still very poor to pour across the bay area. We do have the return of a little narrow moderates lot up in a maroon county this morning though little signs of hope as we work our way through this forecast light winds across the bay this morning, nothing enough to be sweeping out the remaining haze across the bay just yet. But we are seeing improvements gradually in the days ahead of us 50s and 60s for current temperatures, a cool start to yet another hazy morning. Go ahead and step outside with a light jacket on hopefully for no more than just a few minutes as for temperatures later today, youll notice a little bit warmer and a little bit brighter than yesterday was with highs in the 70s and 80s for most of our beside and inland areas. Darya and james. Thanks a lot john lets get to our big story this morning more businesses are going to be allowed to reopen indoors. Sorry not indoors yet outdoors in Contra Costa County and this of course comes as the bay ar
All. Do you have apprehensions about mailin voting in particular i do. Plus worries over voter rights. When Voter Suppression happens, it happens foreign meddling. N minority the russians are not trying to interfere in the election of 2020, they are interfering. And a weakened Postal Service. The Postal Service is fully capable and committed to delivering the nations ballots securely and on time poll watchers, delayed results, and conspiracy theories this morning, how safe is your vote welcome to sunday and a special vote watch edition of meet the press. Announcer from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is a special edition of meet the press with chuck toddy mor happy Labor Day Weekend to everyone not only may this actually be the most important election in our lifetime it certainly will be the most unusual or unlike any election in our lifetime this year because of the covid19 pandemic for the first time a majority of americans say they plan t