Rescued by police alone. More than a dozen rescued with a front loader tonight. The number of confirmed fatalities is still six. President trump is set to arrive tomorrow to tour the flood ravaged area. Tonight people are seeking refuge in shelters. Others being flown north to shelters in dallas on a military airplane. Lana zak is in houston with some of the evacuees. Reporter good evening. So much generosity here but the need is so great. Here in houston and elsewhere, officials and the red cross are calling for additional assistance. They ask for volunteers particularly anybody with medical training. Houstons george r. Brown Convention Center is beyond capacity. Originally planned to host 5,000 can haves that number was quickly exceeded but the red cross doesnt want to turn anyone away. This is what katrina was like. Reporter thousands arrived by bus load and dump truck. For many the only possessions the damp clothes on their bodies. Everything else is gone. Please proceed into the s
Plaster mining is still being conducted. Unfortunately unelected bureaucrats have targeted these small mom and pop, usually retired people, family miners from getting regulations. So, mr. Chairman, this is a sound piece of legislation which should be accepted by this committee and this body to make sure those people that would like to participate in mining on lands that are owed. The b. L. M. Has decided to take these little miners and put them out of business. Mr. Tcharme, i urge the passage of my amendment. It is very simple and protects the smaller people in america and let them wish what they want to do and have an activity after they retire. It is absolutely important. It was adopted before and i reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from minnesota seek recognition . Ms. Mccollum i rise in opposition to this amendment and i listened very carefully to what the gentleman from alaska had to say
Coordinated group prepared to use explosive shields, clubs, projectiles. What we have seen in berkeley in the events is the rise, the growth of extremist groups. Berkeleys mayor agrees. He says the proposed new rule would allow police to use pepper spray on violent people in a crowd but not for crowd control. This is only going to be used against a specific individual who is engaged in violence, to minimize violence. City of berkeley advocating for pepper survey. But many demonstrators see the move to allow police to use pepper spray as an intimidation tactic against protesters. Who speak out against the a shap err o visit is planned for thursday. Its shameful that theyre trying to intimidate and silence protesters from standing up against facism. Reporter again, the council made it clear that pepper pray is not to be used as a means of crowd control like we saw at uc davis in 2011, only on specific violent individuals in a crowd. But still when the unanimous decision was announced peo
Funding is so voters have accountability. They know exactly what the money that theyre going to be putting into this will be going to. Reporter another 400 million will be allocated for the bart extension to san jose. It will help pay for phase 2 of the project which will extend bart from here at the future berryessa station into downtown san jose, diridon station and ultimately to santa clara. Three more dollars . Thats really mean of the thats brutal reporter not everyone who pays bridge tolls is happy with the plan which residents of alameda, contra costa and solano counties paying nearly twothirds of all bridge tolls. 3 more . Oh, my god too much . Its too much reporter now, exactly how this bridge toll increase would be rolled out is still being worked out in sacramento. It could be a onetime increase, it could be something tied to inflation. They are working on those details. This plan would have to pass with a simple majority in all nine bay area counties. Back to you. Thank you
The investors are watching for signs of trump progress. And apple is up 24 in the first three months of the year. The best gain that stock has had in five years. And musk for the win. Tesla delivered a record 25,000 cars. Were others able to keep the pace . First up, despite the dow and s p snapping four month win streaks in march investors have reason to smile. Dow and s p each extending the quarterly winning streaks to six while the nasdaq outperforms both in q1 with a 9. 8 gain. April, jim, is seasonally strong. Havent had all three down since 05 in the month. Well get earnings. I think the industrials which have kind of plateaued, the banks, are going to be up first. For the most part if you get the dollar to stay weaker, you hear about International Orders i dont know if anyone saw that european pmi, but europe is strong. They could lead a lot of the industrials. Asia better. But i think that were going to start off coming in hot for earnings season. I think we a lot of companies