Against turkey. Now to live coverage of the u. S. House here on cspan. The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our guest chaplain, rabbi evan hoffman, congress regation anshe sholom, new rochelle, new york. The chaplain o lord, grant them the wisdom to draft laws that best serve the interests of the American People. O lord, in a time of polarization an rank rouse dispute, we beseech thee to help our elected officials to maintain decorum, civility, commonality of purpose and a sense of shared american investment. Guide our representatives so that they might serve in the eyes of the citizenry as role models of reconciliation and cooperation. We pray that in a future time, the prophets words might be said in reference to this congress, restore your judges as in days of old, your counselors as at the beginning. Bless our nation with peace and prosperity, our citizens with health and happiness, and our National Institutions with strength and stability. May this
Devastating. Reporter firefighters face under tense flames this morning as the massive thomas fire reached Santa Barbara county. Crews attacked the blaze from the air and the ground but were unable to save every home. After a week on the lines firefighters are tiring. Talking to the firefighters that have been out here day one, they said this is one of the most trying and taxing fires they have been on. Reporter with the fire bearing down, firefighters ordered hundreds of more residents from their homes this morning, many not know figure their properties will be standing when they return. This road divides from mandatory to voluntary. Reporter they live outside the mandatory evacuation area. A big fire. It is scary. Reporter this fire crew kept a close eye. Across southern california, wind fueled wildfires devowered nearly 800 homes and structures. More than 200,000 people have been evacuated but many are hoping to return home soon as firefighters are beginning to get the upper hand on
How he was put into the position and he said i dont want to be the mayor and then remember his campaign. A swell up of support for the mayor to run for the highest office in San Francisco. Here the city turns out to mourn the loss of a leader who first came to the office in 2011 and left us suddenly in the Early Morning hours this past tuesday. I have to tell you, this is surreal to me to hear us talking about someone who we knew, ed lee and to say this is his casket being carried into city hall. It happened so suddenly but we are watching this live. His body will lie in state in the rotunda of San Francisco city hall. In the course of our work, we have had many opportunities to meet with the mayor to interview him and to say hello. I am astounded by how many people i have talked with over the past couple of days and i am in the east bay. They will say i have met the mayor when i was working here or we were doing this and we had a chance to meet him. The reach goes well beyond San Fran
In the teens. Two storm systems impact se wi this weekend the first bringing snow by afternoon evening saturday. The Second System will continue the snow throughout the day sunday and potentially into monday morning. 34 of snow is possible by sunday morning but storm totals will be higher by monday morning. Stay tuned. Today mix of clouds and sunshine. Chilly. High 24 wind nw 812 mph tonight partly cloudy. Low 12 wind w 510 driving advisory for the state of wisconsin. The Company Expects to help nearly 8 million drivers throughout the winter season in the us. Triple a. Saying some of those calls for help. Can be prevented if drivers run through the following checklist. Make sure your car has an emergency kit including a first aid kit. A phone and charger. Blankets. A flashlight and extra batteries. Check your antifreeze. And replace your windshield wipers and wahe tire pressure frequently. Make sure your battery is securely fit. And keep your gas tank at least half way full to avoid a
Effect tomorrow night and saturday. Now this will not become a winter storm warning. It will most likely become a Winter Weather advisory tomorrow night or possibly a premium rain advisory. Thats what were looking at in these areas. Snow and ice. Again, snow varying. And ice is the big factor. Slick roads before changing over to all rain. Not concerned about this in the d. C. Area and points to the south. Temperatures will rise quickly on your saturday. Were going to have much more on saturdays weather and the weekend. Sundays weather, interesting as well. For a completely different reason. Ill see you back here in about ten minutes. Thank you, doug. Our Team Coverage continues. Lets take a look outside. It is not just the cold, it is the wind having an impact on you guys across our region. That includes a woman in Northern Virginia who almost had a tree fall on top of her car. Chris gordon is outside the metro station. Chris . What i want to tell you is this is not a normal rush hour.