1 entire lane simply vanished. As bad as it looks from the surface, the remainder of the rode way remains in jeopardy. Some of the highlights from this mornings storm, powerful wind gusts and blowing wayne across west Lake Neighborhood this morning. A viewer sent us this video, wind gusts reached almost 50 miles an hour, higher up, wind gusts hit 80 miles an hour. Broken power poles and downed lines left more than 600,000 customers without electricity. This dangling pole left 8,500 people without power. It has been since repaired. Drivers in balnut creek, major walnut, major ponding on roads. Cars are splashing through deep puddles. There has also been on highway 280 and mrafsh marsh creek road. There is another worry for the coming days. Thats because the ground is now happy from all that water. So lets chick in check in now with chief meteorologist. Were looking right now at double digit rainfall in the north bay. We needed it, but look terrain fall totals. 10. 2 inches of rain all.
Some agencies that have included the agency and employees and that is why it is conducting the security review. Host you are talking just threats at this point, no specific attacks. Guest correct. Host the memo that sparked this conversation we are having this morning, here is part of what he wrote in recent days. An abundance of misinformation and social media posting, some threats directed at irs employees are aware of these concerning messages, and i want to assure you that your safety is and will continue to be our top irc. How many employees are there at the irs . How many facilities are we talking about for what seems like a very broad review . Guest several hundred, and they have between 70 and 85 employees. Host it would be the irs employees union for this review, even before this announcement, correct . Guest correct. The union conducts this type of review because some of the members are reporting that they are feeling unsafe. One of the things is for the irs to minimize, for
Great day to be in texas and today i have the honor and pleasure to be at the texas book festival serving as a moderator, and im pleased to be here with rachel l. Swams. I will tell you a few things about rachel because you came here to hear her and not me and our time is limited. She has worked for the New York Times since 1995. Reporting on domestic policy, national politics, immigration, the president ial campaign of 2004, and 2008, and first Lady Michele Obama and her role in the obama white house. I met rachel at an event this year where i bought a book, the book she wrote, american tapestry the story of the black, white, and multiracial ancestors of michelle obama. After hearing her talk, id bought six more copies. I bought them for all my family members and to give out as christmas gifts. Now after having read her book i can tell you it was a good investment. It helps me better understand my own family and many mysteries surrounding my own family. Rachel l. Swamss book is a comp
The military argued that simply by posting documents online, manning aided the u. S. Enemies, including alqaeda. A conviction could have carried a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. Manning has admitted to passing 700 ,000 secret government files to wiki leaks, the biggest leak of classified information in our history. He still faces a sentence of up to 136 years in prison. The sentencing phase starts tomorrow and may last for weeks. Joining us now from waste is hayes brown, the National Security reporter for thinkprogress. Org. Welcome inside the war room . Thanks for having me. Hayes, mannings lawyers seemed to feel he dodged a bullet. Was todays verdict a bit of surprised . It turned out to be the best we could have hoped for in this situation in that, like you said, the aiding and abetting charge, the most serious of the charges was dismissed while the others while, also, carrying a pretty heavy penalty dont carry the Death Penalty with them. So thats a d
Officially, eventually introduced indiana governor mike pence as his running mate. Good afternoon. Despite todays big announcement, trump and pence arent exactly spending much quality time together. Pence is en route to indiana without trump. Not before taping an interview on these golden thrones. We have a picture. Oh. So golden. Joining me now from zionsville, indiana kelly odonnell. The thrones are swanky. Did you see them up close. Do we see a buddy act forming between trump and pence . Reporter my impression is those chairs are in trumps new york apartment are in big interview on 60 minutes tomorrow. Im in a decidely much more middle american place. This is indianapolis outside zionsville is the town, as you mentioned it. Were at an airport where theres private plane traffic and the governors plane back to indiana is expected here in a couple of hours. Were beginning to see some of the local media and a few folks begin to arrive. Were on the outside because theres a security sweep