Is doing is a smash and grab on our democracy in order to force through a no deal exit. Meanwhile Ruth Davidson leader of the scottish conservatives says shes on the verge of quitting. Its a blow to the Prime Minister. And, in the wake of all of this, the Financial Markets have their say the pound falls nearly 1 against the dollar and euro. Hello and welcome. Im katty kay in washington and david eades is in london. The queen has approved the Prime Ministers decision to suspend the British Parliament just days after it returns from recess next week. The move significantly limits the parliamentary time mps now have to pass laws stopping a no deal brexit on the 31st october, as just yesterday opposition leaders had said was their plan. Critics of the government are calling it a constitutional outrage, but ministers maintain the suspension is normal practice ahead of a queens speech. The Prime Minister has denied that the move was intended to force through a no deal, insisting instead that
Quorum call a senator mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from arkansas. Mr. Boozman thank you, mr. President. I rise today to recognize. The presiding officer were in a quorum call. Mr. Boozman i ask that it is dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Boozman thank you, mr. President. Mr. President , i rise today to recognize a remarkable arkansan at the end of a 38year army career. Lieutenant general andrei pigey who will retire in september is the deputy chief of staff for army logistics. His nearly fourdecade career has taken him literally all over the world but his roots are and always have been in arkansas. The general was born in stamps, arkansas, a small town in Lafayette County with less than 3,000 people. The son of a World War Ii Army veteran, the general didnt have his sights set on a career of military service from a young age. After he graduated from high school, he chose to go to the university of arkansas pine bluff, about two and a half
Of sierra snowfall expected to come as a trough works in. Heres a great view this morning of Golden Gate Bridge. And yes, temperatures in San Francisco 47. Have not reached that 50degree mark which we have been experiencing the past few mornings. Santa rosa 34. So almost near freezing. Some north bay cities are at freezing. Well have more coming up. A Vallejo Police officer shot and killed a suspect during what Officials Say was a violent struggle. Jessica flores has more. Reporter michelle, anne, thats right. Police are investigating exactly what happened. We do know that there was some type of pursuit before the officer shot and killed the man. Officers say it was self defense. The family disputes that. They are demanding answers. It happened last night 7 40 p. M. At marin and florida street. Police havent said what the initial call was. According to police the suspect ran off and when the officer caught up with the suspect there was a violent struggle and thats when the officer fire
Throughout the morning there. The wind blows. You can see those embers as they move in the wind. That is causing a lot of that fire to spread in many areas. Homes, businesses, a lot of things destroyed. Anything in the path of that. We have been on air since 4 00 this morning. The fire broke out about 10 00 last night. Live on the air on today in the bay we showed you the Mobile Home Park right kind Kaiser Hospital there. Own our Damian Trujillo is there to show us. Is there anything left behind, damian . Well, laura, you know what, this is right out of a movie set. Look at this behind me. Just a bunch of charred metal. The flames you see are the open gas lines that are just ongoing. I mean, crews really dont have time to come out here and they shut off these lines or do anything else because theyre busy fighting this fire in other parts of the area. If you go to the other side of the street here, what were looking at is a commercial building that is destroyed. Still on fire. Then you
Has burned 20,000 acres one of the larger fires burning right now in the north bay. Just to the south there is a fire burning near sears point in napa county crews are battling the atlas fire and the Silverado Country Club has been evacuated. These are live pictures from santa rosa. One resident described the experience as a firestorm. He said his neighborhood was gone. Skyfox shows that homes are burning right now over this neighborhood. You can see what appears to be destruction down below in this particular part of santa rosa. Alex savidge has been reporting for us and a number people have said they left with nothing but the clothing on their back. Reporter yes and people are still evacuating or preparing to evacuate. This fire is sweeping across the city. We are now on freedom lane right off of san miguel avenue. This is the scene behind us on the lefthand side you can see several homes from here to the end of the block destroyed by the fire. As we swing around to the other directi