Cspan. Next Senate Energy hearing on impact of wildfires on the electric grid. Lawmakers are looking at wildfire mitigation technology. Power management and system reliability. Were here to discuss wildfire and grids. In recent years, devastating and related electricity blackouts in california have drawn national maintaining grid resiliency in the face of stream conditions. Tragically we remember last years camp fire. Deadliest and destructive fire in california history which killed 85 people. The fire was caused about power linesyearold during so called fire weather. Winds, lowstrong humidity and heat. The camp fire was a sobering call on the risk of maintaining thousands of miles linesve ground power across fire prone landscapes. Regulatorscalifornia reekier to increase use of Public Safety or power shut off as a precaution to get possible wildfire ignition during high winds. Intended as a measure of last plans called for utilities to deenergize power lines in extreme weather conditi
Yesterday. Today, temperatures are expected to climb a few degrees about that pick giving you a view at a mostly clear sky over sfo. San francisco in the low 60s right now. One of the areas trailing behind this morning, santa rosa at 55. Oakland, livermore and central is a san jose, 50s to 60s. Some of the east bay locations already in the mid 60s. Fairfield up by a few degrees to my Mountain View up by a few degrees as well. In the afternoon, partly cloudy at the coast, mostly clear elsewhere. You can see the fog along the coast at this time. Visibility is good across the entire bay area. On highway one, it is not too thick. A little bit of fog you can pick up inside the bay and along the east bayshore and thats about it. Air quality is good to moderate. The onshore breeze scaling back, a gentle breeze reported over areas over fairfield. Everyone else is calm at the moment. North bay, centrally and into the south bay. Heres a comparison, oakland, 82 sunday, today, 84. Livermore, 93. S
Gone along way. Unfortunately the russian government, vladimir coo and are not famed for this kind of sensitivity towards ethnic minorities. Sergei reminds us in 2010 they went to the vancouver olympics, sending out the wrong signal given that the cossacks associated with the destruction of the native peoples. I dont anticipate, wouldnt anticipate any kind of effort by sarkhasian to disrupt the games. If there is these are islamists, not sarkhasian nationalists. We have seen islamists targeting people with a National Agenda in places like bulgaria in the north caucusus, we have seen a few fascinations of academics who have been trying to portray non islamist identity for the sarkhasians. Just to finally a few extra words about the north caucusus. I should also mention another reason abkhazia is problematic which no one has mentioned so i should mention september 9th the russian vice consul in abkhazia was assassinated, the main suspect is a chechen who was wounded in georgia. That is a
That your name is honored. Point out to them the road they should follow, as you give them the wisdom and courage to do their duty. Help them not to be dominated by what they have been rather than by what they could become. May they never forget their accountability to you as servants and stewards of your purposes. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Reid mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Reid i move to proceed to calendar number 211, the debt limit legislation. The presiding officer the clerk will report. The clerk motion to proceed to consideration of calendar number 211, a bill to ensure the complete and timely payment of the obligations of the United States government until december 31, 201
Temporary relief right now. Both parties are expected back here at the negotiating table in oakland at 10 00. But the unions did issue a 72 hour notice of a possible strike coming as soon as monday mornings commute. Now, the parties emerged from this building after talking until almost midnight last night. They did announce no deal at that point but no strike yet. Barts chief negotiator said they have a new proposal ready to go but that the unions asked them to hold off until today. The unions said they were told local politicians and barts general manager would be joining the parties at the table today. Theres things that have happened that have changed. Were hopeful it will lead to an agreement. That being said, the public can expect that if everything falls apart, that then sunday would be the deadline. Reporter so hundreds of house of riders begin the countdown again hundreds of thousands of riders begin the countdown again. In july, the strike caused jammed bridges and hours of wa