Evening, everybody im pam moore and im Catherine Heenan in for ken wayne tonight, so lets get straight to it. Heres where power shutoffs stand right now this is a pg and e map for right now. And we have Team Coverage tonight we will begin with our Lawrence Karnow in the Weather Center with the latest on the wind event which is really the main concern when it comes to the fire danger tonight. Lawrence yeah, i certainly weve seen some tremendous winds. Well, the strongest wind events of the season so far in fact youre seeing latest image here weve got High Pressure out there in the pacific weve got a low pressure just to our east and really the difference between these 2 which is causing all the gusty winds not only here but around the state southern california. Theyve got the santa ana blowing too. Theyve got an active fire there causing some extremely dangerous conditions right now that ridge building in over the upset in northwest, great basin that low kick into these once these begin
On this fall. The yeas are 52. The nays are 48. The nomination of Amy Coney Barrett of indiana to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States is confirmed. Just breaking the senate has voted to confirm judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. The vote was 52 to 48 our washington correspondent julie meyer or kelli meyer joins us now live with the latest. Kelly, i guess this was a bit of a foregone conclusion hot. Yeah grant vicki good evening. You know republicans knew they go going into this night they had the votes they needed to confirm. Judge Amy Coney Barrett to become the next justice on the Supreme Court. But they are celebrating tonight as they head to. The white house President Trump has just made it official that they will be doing is swearing in at the white house at 09 00pm eastern here so were preparing for that they just wrapped up counting the votes on capitol hill as you said 52 yes to 48 no. All democrats opposing this confirmation and one rep
Look at light rainfall force 10, looking at light rainfall now, heavier later. Showers in southern Chester County and New Castle County now. The Lehigh Valley getting some of the heavier showers. Now most of the storm is still to the west. Theres a lot more storm ahead. It wont be an allday rainfall. On and off rain. At times, some heavy downpours. No sign of cold air. These are the current temperatures. 60 in the Lehigh Valley. 61 in philadelphia. The rest of the area in the 50s. Weekend and wet. Grab the windy and wet. Grab the rain gear, but you wont need the heavy coat today. You will need it this weekend. Ill break down the forecast hour by historic in ten minutes, show when hour by hour in ten minutes, showing when to expect the heaviest rain. First to jessica boyington. Were moving the camera, but i wanted to get a second to show you route 70s westbound side. Theres a transformer fire up ahead. Now theyre reporting that all lanes are closed. It looks like theyre diverting traffi
Internet for one everyday simple price and no extra monthly fees. To. Announcer live where you live, this is abc 7 news. Developing now at 11 00, google fires the employee who penned a controversial antidiversity memo. Tonight that man is vowing to fight back. Good evening, thank you for joining us. Im ama daetz. Im dan ashley. That memo argued that women didnt have the biological makeup to succeed in silicon valley. Abc 7 News Reporter lilian kim is following the developing story. Reporter dan and ama, the fired employee identified as Software Engineer james damore told the New York Times he will likely take legal action against google. The company hasnt publicly commented on the firing, but the ceo told employees that he violated the code of conduct. In his tenpage manifesto he mentioned googles Ideological Echo Chamber where dissenters are shamed into silence. In his case it led to his firing. His memo questioned googles push for diversity, that the companys gender gap in technical
Echo chamber where dissenters are shamed into silence. In his case it led to his firing. His memo questioned googles push for diversity, that the companys gender gap in technical is due to biological issues. Women on average are more prone to anxiety he says and men have a higher drive for status. Many in the Tech Industry found the generalizations contrary. It goes contrary to what makes a society innovative. He doesnt seem very educated on diversity at tech companies. Googles ceo says he passed the line by advancing harmful gender stereotypes in the workplace. The firing has brought up another issue, freedom of expression. Conservative km conservative commentator said he fired him. It may end up hurting the company in the long run. If you dont change the way people believe, if you just threaten them, then it doesnt change things. Reporter send i cant remember pachai told employees he started his Family Vacation overseas but decided to return tomorrow. He said clearly theres a lot mor