Their approval to become the white house budget director. Next, his appearance before the Senate Budget committee. It is about three hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good morning and welcome to everyone here. I will call this here in short order. We are here today to consider the nomination of representative Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina to be the next director of the office of management and budget. Im going to try to keep my opening remarks brief since we have a pair of senators before us for going to give some introductory remarks of their own concerning their nominee. President trump indicated his intent to nominate representative of any for this position a little over a month ago. I think we would like to see a confirmed director in place as soon as possible. So i am happy to note that the other Committee Jurisdiction over omb d awe need an omb director in place with so many c
Joining us here. There are reports that alphabet and other Tech Companies drafting a letter opposing the administrations temporary immigration ban, according to recode. An early draft we are a nation made stronger by immigrants. As entrepreneurs and business leaders, our ability to grow our companies and create jobs depends on the contributions of immigrants from all backgrounds. While security and vetting procedures can and should always be subject to continuous evaluation and improvement, a blanket suspension is not the right approach. As the president prepares to welcome key members of his strategic and policy forum to the white house tomorrow, henry, how important is it that these companies are getting together to write a letter, some argue, as strongly worded as this . I think together they do have a lot of weight. If it were just one, it would be much less so, but these are incredibly Important Companies to the economy. Theyre right in saying immigration has really strengthened t
That should be picking up soon. Were tracking conditions across the area. Well start with vianey. Were seeing the heaviest part of the storms in the north bay right now. The north bay hasnt really caught a break and it looks like theyre not expected to get a break the next several hours. Weve seen the storm rolling by. San francisco also near the Santa Cruz Mountains, heres a live look right now at the radar and its coming down pretty heavy. We focus in right now near the San Francisco area, also san ramon. Redwood city also getting moderate to heavy downpours. Finally, the rain expected to track into the san jose. Right now san jose is mainly seeing light drizzle. That could pickup in the next half hour or so. Santa rose a, gen guerneville seeing heavy downpours. You see the orange and yellow is where the heaviest is now. Oakland getting pretty heavy downpours. Right along san mateo, Half Moon Bay as well, and we will continue to monitor this over the next couple of hours. Were also g
More mudslides, flooding and power outages. We have crews covering many of the hot spots around town. Lets begin in studio with jeff ranieri. What are you expecting for the morning commute . We expect the worst of the weather to be across the north bay as we head through the 5 00 to 7 00 a. M. Time zone. The storm system offshore when the cold front gets here thats when things begin to pickup for us. Ahead of the storm system light to moderate rainfall along the northern coast line. But with that storm in sielgt, we now have a Flash Flood Watch issued until 8 00 a. M. On friday. This is where those creeks, rivers and streams will be rising fast. That goes for the north bay, coastal mountains, also for the Santa Cruz Mountains. Lets take you to an early look at the time line. 6 30 in the morning mainly near middletown, calistoga, point re as. At 9 00 in the morning San Francisco, parts of the peninsula and all of the north bay. We are tracking where the rivers will be rising the most. I
And well take you to the heavier rain. Down towards morgan hill and gilroy, heavier rain into 6 42 this evening. Another update at 6 10 and 6 19. We have the radar streaming on comcast channel 18 6 as well. Well a mound of mud in the east bay came crashing down on to this home in aren da as the homeowner was still inside. Hes fine but this is what he has to deal with now. Such a treacherous situation out there. Reporter you can still see the rain pouring down here tonight and thats raising concern that more mud could be sliding down the hillside here. Its crashed into this home which is now deemed unsafe. If you take a look over here, you can see all of the muddy water going downhill and now a second home has been yellow tagged. Standing inside of his now destroyed bathroom, paul heard it. Sounded like thunder. Reporter then he saw the mud and debris coming in his homes. He made it out alive but some of his most valuable possession did not. My wallet, my hard drive with all of the kids