Evening, everybody im pam moore and im Catherine Heenan in for ken wayne tonight, so lets get straight to it. Heres where power shutoffs stand right now this is a pg and e map for right now. And we have Team Coverage tonight we will begin with our Lawrence Karnow in the Weather Center with the latest on the wind event which is really the main concern when it comes to the fire danger tonight. Lawrence yeah, i certainly weve seen some tremendous winds. Well, the strongest wind events of the season so far in fact youre seeing latest image here weve got High Pressure out there in the pacific weve got a low pressure just to our east and really the difference between these 2 which is causing all the gusty winds not only here but around the state southern california. Theyve got the santa ana blowing too. Theyve got an active fire there causing some extremely dangerous conditions right now that ridge building in over the upset in northwest, great basin that low kick into these once these begin
This is three and a half hours. Good morning, the committee will come to order. And without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. With that, ill now recognize myself to give an opening statement. Two days ago, the entire world came together to Mark International holocaust Remembrance Day. In addition, 75 years ago this week, in january of 1945, the auschwitz berknau concentration camp was liberated from the nazis. It was one of the most infamous sites of the nazi genocide. More than a Million People were murdered there. The purpose of todays hearing is to commemorate these grave anniversaries to remember those we lost, and to honor those who are still with us. But it is not enough to simply recognize these dates. We must also contemplate what led to these atrocities. We must remember the holocaust in order to help combat bigotry, hate, and violence of all kinds today. I am so pleased to have our distinguished panel here today, i have asked
Good morning, the committee will come to order. And without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. With that ill now recognize myself to give an Opening Statement. Two days ago, the entire world came together to Mark International holocaust Remembrance Day. In addition, 75 years ago this week, in january 1945 , the auschwitz broken out concentration camp was liberated from the nazis. It was one of the most infamous sites of the nazi genocide. More than 1 Million People were murdered there. The purpose of todays hearing is to commemorate these brave anniversaries remember the nose we lost and to honor those who are still with us. But it is not enough to simply recognize these things, we must also contemplate what led to these atrocities. We must remember the lholocaust in order to help combat bigotry, hate and violence of all kinds today i am so pleased to have our distinguished panel here today. I have asked them to help us come together on
The among Community Airport in tehran. Again this comes after iran launched Ballistic Missiles said to us air bases. In iraq and following the attacks, the f a a band, us pilots and airlines from flying over a rocky, iranian and Persian Gulf Air space citing the heightened tensions in the region. That plane was headed to ukraine if we learn more about that part of the drama going on in iran tonight, we will certainly bring it to you throughout this broadcast. The other big story in iran and the big story all day before that plane went down. The missiles that iran fired at 2 air bases in iraq for us troops are stationed, this is the retaliation after the us took out the second most powerful man in iran. Last week iran launch more than a dozen missiles today at the al Assad Air Base and that american and Coalition Forces in the iraqi town of herbal this video according to iranian tv shows the al Assad Air Base getting hit. Again that base houses us troops other we havent confirmed dead i
Isis in iraq and syria. We have new video now that has been released by Iranian State tv it reportedly shows missiles hitting the al assad air base. This video has not been independently confirmed. Iranian state tv said tonight operations name was quote martyr soleimani that of course meant to avenge the surprise us attack last week that killed the iranian general in the second most powerful person in that country. Qassem soleimani and tonight local leaders are reacting to the strikes. Congresswoman barbara lee just put out a statement saying in part. This cycle of violence can quickly spiral out of control and escalate into trumps full blown war with iran make no mistake. Trump chose reckless military action over diplomacy. And this is the result all parties should immediately halt the violence and trump should work with our allies to find a path to de escalate and congressman Eric Swalwell from the east bay as well tweeted quote pray for americas troops and personnel serving in iraq,