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Earlier today, it looked like the two parties were close to an agreement. Senators took a proposal. Minority leader Chuck Schumer followed a 90 minute meeting this afternoon. This resolution would fund the government through february 8. Schumer and mcconnell met for have an hour to discuss emile a deal. Immigration on the daca debate still seem to be at the center of the impasse. The deep divisions between the parties mean hundreds of thousands of federal employees will be furloughed again tomorrow. Senate leaders Mitch Mcconnell and senator schumer Chuck Schumer worked to strike a deal and and the Government Shutdown down. Shutdown. Lets get back to work. Reporter South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham saying if they dont figure it out tonight, it will be a lot harder tomorrow. To my democratic friends, dont overplay my hand. The Government Shutdown is not a good way to get an outcome legislatively. Reporter grandma is among the republicans who voted with republicans against the govern
Alamere beach, we are picking up some shower activity. It looks like we have some shower activity but nothing major. The south bay neighborhood still has some scattered showers. Once again, here is the camera. You can see maybe a few more showers working their way into the area. Tomorrow morning, here is the coverage. This is early tomorrow morning. Here is monday morning commute. The main focus will be in the central portion of the bay. Things will be changing by the afternoon hours. We will talk more about that coming up. Now to the latest from washington, d. C. It was a day of negotiations on capitol hill. Day two of the shutdown ended with another standoff. Earlier today, it looked like the two parties were close to an agreement. Senators took a proposal and minority leader Chuck Schumer followed a 90 minute meeting this afternoon. This resolution would fund the government through february 8. Schumer and mcconnell met for half an hour to discuss a deal but no compromise was announc
With no dvds and no ipads or radio. It was straight up togetherness in the car. Actual talking. I know you are nervous about that road trip but now you are excited. Could the kids put in their earphones . No this was a straight up look at this. It was the best. Did you guys ever do that road trip like we did . This was before the seatbelt laws did you ever do that . No. So i would stretch out and lay down in the back. Well, we left the bay area went to los angeles and san diego including arizona. Nobody was there from when i was there. It was 20 years later but i am glad we went up to joshua tree which is gorgeous but now parts are inaccessible to visitors because of the Government Shutdown. Later on we will talk about the Government Shutdown and how it might affect you. We will also talk about the weather. We were in the pool or the hot tub every day. That is not the case here. When we got in to work this morning it was raining pretty hard. Yes it was and there were some good totals c
Some thunderstorm activity. It is marginal but ill mention it. Flurries have started up in reno thanks to our observer gary there. He says it looks very ominous and the snow is picking up up in the mountains. It goes until 10 00 tonight. It looks like snow in hamilton. A brand went through earlier band went through earlier. 30s and 40s on the temps. Sfo has gusts to 33. 30 in Half Moon Bay. West at hayward, west at oakland, west at san carlos. It will be a blustery cool day with some widely scattered rain. Temperatures low to mid50s for everyone else. 40s up north. 7 01. Here is sal. The traffic is okay on the san mateo bridge. Steve and i were talking about this. If you have time to look at your tv screen here, look at water. The water is being moved by the wind, i guess. And it is going to be okay driving. Just be careful as you drive the bridge. Here is a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. That is backed up all the way to the maze. Meter lighting are okay. If youre driving from 80 f