politicsnation. tonight s lead, a christmas blizzard. right now, americans are preparing to celebrate christmas in the midst of a blizzard of legal developments surrounding donald trump. in just the last five days, the supreme has blocked special counsel jack smith s request to expedite a ruling on whether trump has legal immunity over his january 6th conduct. earlier, new recordings published by the detroit news reportedly showed trump pressing republican electors in michigan not to certify joe biden s victory in the state. three years ago. the state supreme court justices in colorado have been reporting death threats all week since they ruled that trump could not run for office in the state. all that plus what to expect when the senate comes back to washington next month. in new york governor kathy hochul joins me shortly as the empire state officially takes up the question of reparations for its black residents. i had a firsthand view this week as head of the national acti
[no audio] Sonoma County has enlisted a team of law firms with expertise in wildfire litigation. To begin tracking legal suits against pg e. The county is also exploring its own lawsuit against the utility. For taxpayer damages from the fires. Funeral services were held today for a chp officer. Killed by a suspected drunk driver. On christmas eve. Fellow officers delivered emotional eulogies for andrew camilleri. Kpix fives da lin was at todays service in stockton. Pkg script we show snow and snow showers heading into the lower great lakes and off in the new england area. Out in full force this weekend. Making sure drivers are sober while celebrating the new year. Reporter sean bennett shows us what to expect. Cut this line out toward the top. Reporting there. Heres another option to get home you can call lyft or uber so you dont get caught drinking and driving. Its not worth it. Heres another option to get home safely on new years eve. Starting tomorrow night, muni transits and vta ar
This is the courtyard where maddi disappeared. There are Police Officers and volunteers handing out flyers. Police have begun the first full daylight search mobilizing sheriffs deputies, fbi, canines, boats, dozens of volunteers to find the girl. Surveillance captured the last images taken of madison showing her doing what she loved, riding her scooter at 5 00 p. M. Sunday afternoon. We are still early in our investigation. We are looking for a lost child. Maddi was playing with friends outside the apartment complex on river street when she vanished. Police say there have been no signs of foul play and do not think she ran away. Shes an eight year old girl. It would be ambitious for her to run away. Reporter search crews with tracking dogs are scouring the woods, an area known for homeless incampments. Maddis parents are not talking on camera but they are helping in the search. Dozens have gathered at the spot where she was last seen. We are all feeling a little helpless at this point.
Burning in the National Guard is stepping in. Good afternoon. One of the largest tires is burning in lake county right now. The rocky fire exploded in size and number 15,015,000 acres and destroyed several homes. As sean bennett reports rugged terrain and dry conditions are hindering the firefight. Fire crews from around the entire state of california. Like county fighting the rocky fire. Crews out here right now are just trying to get hoses out onto the hillside. These are the types of conditions are firefighters are seeing, theyre going into areas that are already burned and have reignited new areas around the valley that have scorched or are on fire now. At this point you can see the columns of smoke for miles. Dark plumes and wife plumes of smoke. Or than 600 firefighters from all over the state have been ferociously fighting the fire for several days now. Under the triple digit heat new flames ripped through hundreds of more acres. We talked with one evacuee today who was scared a
And cold conditions. Caltrans crews are getting ready for weekend visitors. We have Team Coverage on the changing weather. A look at the concerns overrunoff in the wine country wildfires zones but neda has the forecast. Im watching hidef doppler. And were seeing the green light up again. We had quite a few showers coming through this Early Morning hour so a lot of people woke up to wet roads and had to use the windshield wipers. Yes, it looks like its starting up again. You can see how its moving obviously off the ocean as it heads east and look at this, a little area of slush continuing there in the higher elevations. It snowed this morning there. Lets show you where we are seeing heavier rain. The north bay looks to be getting it the most right now, sebastopol with a strong cell coming through right now along the 12 here. Santa rosa saw a band on highway 1. Well see continued scattered showers throughout the day. Its only going to pick up more later on tonight. Look at this band that