Please come to order. We have a vote at 11 45 but that should leave us an opportunity to hear from our witnesses and have good time for questions. I told our witnesses that i was delighted to be talking about something other than the individual Health Insurance market. And im really quite serious about that because we know that the larger issues in health care are much more than the 6 of the people, every one of whom is important, who have to buy their Health Insurance in the individual Health Insurance market. So were glad to have this discussion and a subject on which both republicans and democrats have a lot of interest and we look forward to your advice. Today were holding a hearing to look at what can be done to encourage people to make healthier lifestyle choices to help prevent serious illnesses and reduce Health Care Costs. Senator murray and i will each have an Opening Statement and then well introduce the witnesses. After the witness testimony, senators will each have five mi
Nicely, storm scan showing quiet weather. This is the theme all day long , quiet weather generally speaking, do have a disturbance off to the north and west, very far removed from us, but it will help keep the winds little bit stronger throughout the midday as we mention, currently though it is still light. Current temperatures, chilly. Wildwood, Holding Tight to 50 degrees, for the last hour and a half or so. But now, that sums that up. It will certainly cool off at least another degree before the sun does rise, in the 30s even out in the mountains, chilly. Now i cant get away without showing our little happy festive mommy graphic one more day. Happy halloween to you. Is this not distracting or what . By the time we hit the evening temperatures mid to low 50s, but the temperatures do quickly drop off. It will get pretty chilly as the evening progresses, so just make sure you have the extra layer. Can you pull that off . laughing . I cant figure if i love it which way am i going . Good
Long sleeves. Satelliteradar showing there is cloud cover along the coast but its expected to burn off later on today. And we should see mostly sunny conditions. So your halloween forecast along the coast upper 50s for the highs today and along the bay, chilly breezy low 60s inland areas upper 60s and mostly clear skies. So thats what you can expect for those trick or treaters if you are going before the sun sets. For those trick or treaters, keep in mind you want to see and be seen so get that reflective tape or some bright costumes. You definitely want to be sure that drivers can see you on the streets so you have a safe and happy halloween. Right now, we are tracking the usual slowdowns westbound 580 as you are making your way from 205 towards 680. 30 minutes. But we are tracking a couple of problems. We have an accident at the tracy triangle westbound at south christman road with both lanes blocked. Speeds below 10 miles per hour. Both lanes blocked westbound. And along 680, this c
Courtney, good morning. Southerland springs is hurt ing this morning, as we learn more about the suspect, and the parishioners killed in the attack. The local sheriff says it is likely that no one inside that church behind me, could have survived the attack, once the shooting started. A day after the worse mass shooting in Texas History investigators are still trying to determine a motive. More than two dozen people including several children were shot and killed, during Sundays Services at the First Baptist church of southerland springs. We all are in here know what happened today. It is something we all say does not happen in small communities. But we found out today it does the victims ages ranged from five to 72 years old. It was bad. I mean, i tried to tried to help as many people as i could , you know, and just you cant explain it, your mind doesnt want to grasp it, you know, the shock of it. The suspect has been identified as devin kelley, 26 year Old Air Force veteran, who was
Of our tower where you can see it is a cloudy start to the morning. Our current temperatures right now in San Francisco 53 degrees. Cool inthe south bay, 51 in san jose, coolest santa rosa 43 degrees. Headlines for today mostly cloudy, a few sprinkles, cool afternoon with a mix of sun and clouds. Rain will return soon though about midweek. Our high temperaturestoday in the mid60s to low 60s, cooler along the coast, 63 in santa rosa. Developing this morning in texas investigators are still trying to figure out what caused a man to open fire inside a Church Killing at least 26 people. Authorities say thatthe lone gunman entered the church about 35 miles east of san antonio and starting shooting then fled the scene. In addition to those killed about 2dozen others were wounded. Police pursued this man, devin kelly. He waseventually killed. The 26yearold air force veteran was discharged for bad conduct 3 years ago. We dont know if it was a selfinflicted gunshot wound or shot by our local re