Im betty nguyen. All eyes on congress as they return to a hard sell of military intervention. President obama is gearing up for the sixth Network Interviews that he is going to be taping this afternoon. Very busy man all part of his fullcourt press strategy and ahead of the nationwide address tomorrow night. A new moveon. Org commercial is urging congress to reject the proposal and its apparently how congress is leaning right now as it returns today from a fiveweek recess. In the house, 227 are against military action or leaning towards a no vote. 25 are for military action. 181 still undecided. Now, in the senate 27 are against it or leaning no. 23 are in favor, with 50 undecided. We have Team Coverage with nbcs tracie potts in washington and nbcs jim maceda in turkey. We begin with tracie. Lawmakers facing a momentous vote there in washington. What do you know about that. Reporter that process starts this afternoon, betty, good morning, everyone. Thats why the obama administrations m
With. I think its very difficult for us to know exactly what is happening in tehran. But what we do know is to communicate with them, we have to be very clear, very forthright. This is an opportunity to be both with the iranians to make sure that they understand that they do not have greater freedom of action. They do not have greater operating space to pursue a Nuclear Weapon which would destabilize that entire region, threaten our friends and allies and ultimately threaten us. Is this more about iran than it is syria . This is about a series of very important things. In the first instance, almost 100 years old now, a prohibition against the use of chemical weapons. Why does that matter . Well, it matters for the reason that you started the show with, but it also matters for another reason. Our troops have not been subjected to chemical weapon as tacks since world war i. Imagine, it was the weapon of the day in world war i, but because of our work and the work of our partners, it has
Tonight pg e offers a new public apology for the trsgression. Good evening im dan ashley. Pg e is facing more possible fines and penalties for yet another errorn its records and for the wayt let the state Public Utilities commission know about that mistake. This comes just days before the threeyear anniversary of the deadly sanruno explosion. Abc 7 news is live in san bruno with the story. Heather . Carolyn, one of the lawyer today told the commission, urged the commission to take strong action against pg e, saying that as things are now, the you tilt sees commission as a sand box and problem isnt as much ethics as arrogance. Lead counsel testified this is ch ado about nothing and he was ut of the country, didnt realize its july 4th and was a unique kind of situation. Septemr 9th High Pressure pipeli exploded into flames, eight people we killed and homes destroyed in this glenn view neighborhood. After that, p good e reduced pressure on the gas sysm when asking for permission to bring
Here and only get hotter. Experience is here with what we can expect. Seek and you shall find sunshine tomorrow for sure. Live doppler 7 hd. We have just little patches of a little coastal fog well off the coast. Clear sky across the bay area right nouvlt mild after what was a hot day. It gets even hotter over the weekend. The official High Pressure got up to 96 degrees at clover dale. 94 santa rosa. 92 to 93 east bay location and 94 down at gilroy. 91 the hyatt redwood city. 91 in San Francisco and 77 at half man bay and going to be even warmer over the weekend but with the rise in temperatures we give you live view from sutro tower out over San Francisco we have a decline in air quality tomorrow. Spare the air day ground level ozone producing poor air quality in the Santa Clara Valley and moderate air quality at best over remain dear of the bay area but big news additional big news is how High Temperature will climb over the weekend. Closeup look for you a little bit later. Thanks in
Just before a long Holiday Weekend through a process normally used for less serious corrections. City manager says shes not sure a fine will change pg e but might have other benefits. Certainty a penalty ach years to be appropriate. The faulty record issued today showed a pipe in san carlos was seamless but pg e discovered in october that it had a seam weld whit went in, to fix a leak. It didnt try to submit it until july, which lawyers believe it was time to go unnoticed. Pg e lead attorney testified today that there is no safety issue and there never was, and that we filed as quickly as we could without thought this was the day before july 4th. 16 of the 38 destroyed homes are rebuilt. Five more are under construction but threeyear anniversary weighs on residents. Made difficult by real saigs safety deficiencies continue to exist. As you can tell, summer returned to the bay area today wasnt expected to be a september heat wave. Abc 7 news is here with what to expect this weekend. Its