A massive storm system rolls across the middle of the country bringing strong winds, rain, hail and even some tornados in the south. Homes damaged, debris in its wake and dangerous conditions on the road. With nearly 50 Million People at risk today, what you need to know. All that plus scare in the sky. Unruly passenger in the back. A passenger tries to rush the cockpit on a flight bound for Newark Airport. Royal drama. President trump and Oprah Winfrey now weighing in on that bombshell announcement from prince harry and Meghan Markell this week, that they are quitting as senior royals. And welcome kristen. My white house colleague Kristen Welker officially joins my weekend family as coanchor this morning. Well take a look how she got here, some fun and some surprises too. Today saturday january 11th, 2020. Announcer from nbc news this is today with Peter Alexander, Kristen Welker and dylan drier live from studio 1a. We thank you for joining us this saturday morning. I could not be mor
We begin with a stunning admission. Human error, thats the word tonight from iran about that ukrainian passenger plane that was shot down earlier this week. An iranian internal investigation says their military had been on high alert following the u. S. Missile strikes. The 737 passenger plane was mistaken for a hostile target after it had turned toward a sensitive military center of the revolutionary guard. Now, irans admission comes after iranian officials vehemently denied claims that they mistakenly shot down that jet, and they accused the United States of spreading lies. Irans president , hassan rouhani, offered hisew hours ago on twitter. In that plane crash, nearly 180 people died. Here at home tonight, a major shakeup in the San Franciscos district attorneys office. After only two days on the job, daboudin fired seven of his prosecutors, many of them seasoned attorneys but now theyre out. Cheryl hurd joins us from Treasure Island with the details of this political power play. C
Just the brightness of the camera. The camera was a little bright but we have a mix of sun and clouds going through. Thats because we had an overnight system which is why we have our very own storm ranger. There it is sitting on san bruno mountain, getting ready for the next couple of storms. I want to show you a quick scan of that. As you can see for the most part, things have diminished significantly when it comes to the rain. Current temperatures in san jose, 46 degrees. 48 in oakland. 44 in santa rosa, and overall, we are expecting to see a lovely afternoon. Were going to get a period where it sort of dries out, and then we get a good mix of sun and clouds this evening. 56 degrees in san jose. If youre headed to the 9ers game, you dont have to worry about the rain. Thats always good news. I will be breaking down your 9ers day forecast coming up in a little bit to really give you an idea of what you can expect during the halftime show and all the good stuff, and talking about the ki
And limiting that it is helpful to ask the question what is innexus we create and talk about restriction of the contributions. It is a conscious point to put that here and should have spelt it out in more detail but it was a conscious choice. The expenditure lobbyist may be a corporation that has to register as expenditure lobbyist and why should they not have to be under the same restrictions as a contact lobbyist . If i can chime in. As i mentioned, we have a obligation to gep legislative record that justifies these restrictions and given there are no expenditure lobbyist it is difficult to develop a regard. How do we demonstrate having a undo influence through contributions on city officials . It is a impossible thing to prove from a evdincherary. We read about the corporations that pay for trips the Public Officials go arounds viz tding sister cities. The fact they are not registered as a expenditure lobbyist right now im notthe fact they dont exist doesnt mean if there isnt a need
Im bob [inaudible] im leer as a member and also Spokes Person for the Informal Association known as friends of ethics. Last week a public polling of california completed a polling about Ethics Commission and potential ethics matters happening in the city. I want to give you brief summary of some the results. It was a simple bakers dozen of question squz people can say yes, punch 1, 2, no, 3, i dont know or 4, i dont care. The one i want to mention that i think stands out is there is a ballot measure drafted that will ban lobbyist from contributing to officials which you support or oppose. Out of 521 people, 60 percent said yes they support. Only 14 percent said no. I want you to understand you seem to be on the right track with the public at large. There are other questions if a ethics measure would put on the ballot who would you have most confidence in based on the agency putting it on, ethics, a petition drive or officials that can put it on the ballot. It was that rank choice order