To defeat hamas s remaining fighters. But there has been Widespread International concern over the fate of the more than i million palestinians sheltering there. Our Security Correspondent Frank Gardner is Monitoring Events for us from jerusalem. Everyone s waiting for the hamas team to give its first formal response after they arrive in cairo. The cia director William Burns is reportedly in cairo and thats very important because us support for this deal has been crucial. Now, the Sticking Point in all of this is that hamas wants a commitment by israel that the fighting stops. Israel wont give that commitment, partly for political reasons and partly for political military reasons. It believes the remaining four Group Battalions of hamas are hiding out in buffer, probably below ground entitles and yahya sinwar, the leader of us, the military leader and the architect the october seven massacre, is amongst them. Hiding out there, possibly even surrounded by hostages. So the Israeli Milita
Just a moment. First, taking a live look at embarcadero in San Francisco, this storm is going to move in soon. Meteorologist Neda Iranpour is tracking the rain. Its arrived just in time for the lunch hour across the north bay. So yes, they are getting wet across places just north of santa rosa. So let me zoom in and show you where. Strong cells in the area at a quarter inch per hour. So dillon beach you just saw a cell come through and move to tomales, bodega bay over you for the past 30 minutes. Light rain right now in santa rosa, rohnert park and oakmont. So the north bay just as expected getting rain at this hour and then heres whats to come. As we set this in motion, by 2 p. M. San francisco will see more, redwood city will see more. 4 00, widespread showers. That afternoon commute will be wet. And its coming down pretty heavily. We have been seeing it hanging over Northern California pretty much all morning before it reached the north bay. Be it has been a slow system which means
Weaving through rittenhouse park. The man was yelling a cab pulled up and he went up to the door opened the door, dragged a woman out by the hair. Reporter alyssa wolfing ton saw the moment the suspect stole the car. He ripped off all his clothing. The cab driver had gotten out of the car so this man jumped in through the passenger door and then stole the cab and drove away. Reporter residents and passersby quickly pulled out their phones to film the driver who had crashed in front of the barnes and noble. It was crazy. I mean thank god it wasnt 5 30 and people werent picking up their kids from school and walking through the square coming home from work. Somebody would have been killed. It was insane and scary and just awful. Reporter and yes, back out here live this could have been so much worse especially since it started at the beginning of evening rush but fortunately there are no injuries. Reporting live in rittenhouse Christie Ileto channel6 action news. Jim. Christie thank you.
There is pollution in the air and the water. And it does open your eyes when it happens in your state. And it was scary. Food and water and donated to people in the southern part of the state because we understand that that is how we respond to things. Said just ar guest few minutes ago and i rewound to listen to it again said, well, if this had happened in northern virginia. West virginia is a state. West virginia faced great state. And we have a great place here. And i know people are scared. But when it comes right down to it, we are a great place. Accidents happen everywhere. Friends init for our charleston. I have been there many times. My eyes dont learn from the chemicals. It is a wonderful and lovely place to be. And i think when it comes right down to it, we have to realize it is not a West Virginia issue, it is a national issue. Tank you for taking my call. Host all right, tracy. Heres a tweet from one of the viewers. Who will pay for the cleanup and will the water be poison
Shinki in today. Im literally convinced of that. I will have spent 16 years in congress and i continue to be disappointed every day at the lack of foresight, the lack of judgment, the lack of longterm thinking and the lack of critical decisionmaking that occurs. Senior officials from comcast and Time Warner Cable were asked about the effect their proposed merger could have on cable and broadband consumers. The proposed 45 billiondollar deal needs to be approved by the federal Communications Commission and the Justice Departments antitrust division. Senator Patrick Leahy chairs the Senate Judiciary committee. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible] [inaudible] all took the oath. And i welcome everybody here. Im going to be the chair and Ranking Member of the committee with jurisdiction was senator klobuchar in senator lee taking over the hearing at some point during the morning and i appreciate the work both of them have done in getting us here. The original business that cable industry d