The country. A disaster proclamation in iowa after several twisters touched down, destroying an entire town, killing multiple people. And the threat is not over yet. Angie lassman is tracking it all for us this morning. The defense resting its case in the donald trump hush money trial, with the former president never taking the stand. What their key witness told the jury on the final day of testimony. Funeral events for irans late president are under way this morning. Thousands of mourners lining the streets of tehran, as we learn more about the Helicopter Crash that killed president raisi. Target is taking aim at inflation. The deals youll be able to score on thousands of items at the big box store. And the battle for graceland. How elvis granddaughter is fighting to save the kings iconic home. Early today starts right now. Good wednesday morning to you. Im jessica layton. We begin this morning with breaking news. A slough of severe storms once again slamming the midwest, with at leas
Per hour gusts in cupertino. The strong winds and dry conditions also have a fire crews on alert. Jackie ward is in brooklyn where they are dealing with downed trees. Jackie . That is for sure. We started here worked our way down to antioch and then traveled west. Where this tree fell on a car, crash through a window and really the whole east bay was windswept today. Here we are just over a week until Christmas Day and we are still in fire season. Cal fire chief says that the season is unprecedented. All of our fire stations are open and staffed. Something you never see in the beer bay area. Ive never seen a december like this before. The normally staff 15 trucks during its peak season. And only for during winter. But now they are back up to 15 units. At one. 11 of them were in Southern California battling the thomas fire there. Our forces are getting tired. With that is our job. It started for us in march, and nine months later we are still going strong. The wind was so powerful here
Of others. Weve been able to raise tens of thousands of dollars worth of gift cards, to get to far victims. The fire survivors celebrate business together, in coffey park. The 10 00 news on ktvu fox 2 starts now. Good evening everyone i am alyana gomez. A north Bay Community showing what it really means to get in the holiday spirit. Hundreds of residents who lost their homes at coffey park and santa rosa when the devastating fires broke out in october may have gained something more valuable tonight. A true sense of community. We are live in santa rosa with what some people call the miracle at a coffee part. Reporter ali on a good evening to you and in the 1940s classic miracle on 34th street a little girls wish for a house on christmas comes true with santa claus leaving his cane in the corner as proof of christmas magic. In this real life version of the houses are all gone but the lights behind you celebrate signify the joy of the season and made this neighborhood live again. And sant
15 million followers, many of them children. Tonight the backlash. Californias new gold rush, inside the Worlds Largest market for legal recreational pot. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening and happy new year. Great to be back with you. Millions of americans made the post holiday track back to work and schools today in the teeth of an arctic blast that has left at least 15 people dead. Triggered wind chill and deep freeze warnings from the deep south, state of emergency in georgia, to new england. Perilous travel, left firefighters battling fire and ice, turned Niagara Falls into a chilling still life. For some, the worst is still to come. Blake mccoy with the latest. Oh, my god. Someone just ran off the road. Reporter tonight 19 degre a massive pileup is snarling interstate 90, a foreboding look at whats to come with a major snowstorm set to move up the east coast. Wow. Look at that truck. Reporter much of the country already sits under a brutal deep fre
We will not be blackmailed because republicans are unwilling to compromise. Reporter later in the afternoon, a white house official warned of the National Security implications if no budget is reached. Reporter Dianne Feinstein said she wont support a budget without a deal for daca. At the same time, senator Kamala Harris tweeted that she believed a deal could be reached and blamed republicans for holding up the process. Later in the day, at the white house, Mick Mulvaney director of the office of management and budget opened a briefing by heaping blame of a possible shutdown on senate democrats. Omb is preparing for the schumer shutdown. Reporter he said that democrats support most of whats in the current bill and that senator schumer is trying to force the issue of daca on the American People. Theres no daca bill to vote on. And theres no emergency in terms of the timing on daca daca does not expire until march 5th. Reporter so again we are less than an hour away from the senate vote