Thank you. [ applause ] secretary of state john kerry will chair a debate of the u. N. Security council on the situation in iraq this afternoon. Cspan will have life coverage from u. N. Headquarters. It begins this afternoon at 2 00 eastern. Four years ago, 114,000 iowans were out of work, unemployment was the highest under 25 years. Our states budget was 900 million in debt. Then Terry Branstad came back and so did iowa. Today we have a budget surplus, 140,000 new jobs, unemployment reduced nearly 30 . Governor branstad is just getting started. Terrys back. Iowas back. Terry branstad is building iowas future. He is honest, compassionate. He is a visionary. He is always looking forward, where we can go next to grow the economy. Were seeing that. The jobs are there. Our unemployment is low. Seventh lowest in the nation. We are seeing young people moving back. More iowans working today than any other time in our history. Im optimistic about the future. He has a passion for this state. It
Good afternoon. Im frank. Im juliette. We begin with developing news. First a live look at the traffic trying to head westbound over the bay bridge. The toll plaza packed with cars right now after a big rig fire at 1 00 err think morning. Traffic has been backed up for hours. Kpix 5 has the latest on what happened and when this mess will be cleared away. Reporter its still quite a mess as we speak. You can take a look at the back up that youre looking at right now. Chp says three lanes are still blocked here on westbound 80. And i want to show you this big rig right now. It stopped before the fifth street exit coming off the bay bridge. This was a fire that took minutes to spread but caused hours of back up. It was 5 45 this morning when truck driver was headed west off the bay bridge and something didnt feel right. I felt wabbling on the front tires. And then the passenger side front tire went out. Reporter he pulled over to check it out and saw fire coming out of the cabin. I saw fla
Im juliette goodrich. First, some breaking news. A fire actually on the bay bridge. With more on there, heres liza. Were getting information this big rig which caught fire is currently blocking the righthand lane. Well go to a map and ill show you where this is happening. Crews are just arriving on scene and chp issued a traffic alert. This big rig fire westbound 80 as you approach treasure island. We have crews on the way and hopefully live pictures. It had been backed up already. Perhaps a lot of folks anticipating that possible bart strike this morning decided to hop in the cars and make the commute. We are looking at back ups extending to the 880 over crossing. Bart is Offering Full Service and they are reporting no delays for the bart system. Ill be back in a few minutes with more traffic. Thanks so much. 6 01 now. Bart trains are running for now. Jerry brown stepping in to avert a strike. Late last night the governor issued an order for a 7 day inquiry. After that , the governor
Firefighters its only 2 contained. Big problem theyre having a hard time navigating this steep terrain it means air support will be the key to suping helping contain the fire this, is video from wednesday, they helped drop water using a black hawk helicopter. San ran is among the city being asked to help fight the fire. Firefighters geared up for the trip. Members are what we call volunteers each year they sign up to take training. They all have they have gear and go through training and these members are all within the city and county of San Francisco, City Fire Department have volunteered to go on the rigs to assist. Five rigs are heading to yosemite. 20 personnel will be deployed between five to 10 days. The fire caused problems from the hetch hetchy water supply system providing water for San Francisco. Cornell bernard is monitoring that part of the story and live from San Francisco. Cornell . That wildfire making officials nervous. Keeping an eye on it, its creeping closer towards
Our news room. The fire has grown to three times the size of the city of San Francisco and is now at more than 105,000 acres two homes destroyed along with 7 buildings, 4500 homes threatened and and the Forest Service puts the cost of fighting it at 5. 4 Million Dollars and climbing. Are you driving . I dont care. San Francisco Fire Department strike team headed out to the front lines this morning, 22 firefighters and five engines will join more than 2000 other firefighters working in steep terrain. Fire Officials Say they are concerned about the safety of the crews because the fire direction has been so unpredictable. Ktvus Claudine Wong tells us about the new Evacuations Ordered in the face of the growing fire. Lets give you a look at the fire area, to the west pine lake and there they are trying to save structures and homes. Here is highway 120 it makes its way through the fire zone, it is still shut down near groveland. On the east side Yosemite National park, the fire has made its