The district 17 congressional debate here in the wpix studio. We all know by now that it is one of the biggest races in the u. S. House this november and we are very excited to be with you tonight for the next 30 minutes. Lets get right to it and meet our candidates. In alphabetical order, the incumbent conor lamb, who has been in Congress Since 2018. And the challenger, republican sean parnell, a retired army ranger running for office for the first time. We posted the rules for the debate online and we flipped a coin in studio to determine who goes first for opening statements. Congressman lamb, you have two minutes. Rep. Lamb thank you and good evening. At townhall meetings and at your front doors, ive had a chance to ask you about what you would like to see in your representative. People are concerned about how divided we are. They are tired of the shutdowns, tired of feeling like nothing gets done. People want members of congress to stop attacking each other and start dealing with
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Skbl. Supervisor ronen could you describe again the decision like, where the two potholes were dug, why you chose those two . One was giving us the end of the street, the upper end of the street, and the other one was giving us kind of a low point on where the road was lumping up, so we figured that the pipeline is fairly straight, and that those two points face on what pg es instruction would give us, the pipeline. And the pipeline was surveyed by an additional surveyor, and a response was done. Supervisor ronen okay. Okay. And who prepared the initial response and evacuation plan . We worked with the Fire Department to prepare that. We tried many, many times to get in contact with the San Francisco department of emergency. I was sent hundreds of emails, i called and left messages. I went there personally many times, never got a call return. I would have liked to have gotten their input, but i wasnt able to. Pg e indicated they had a very robust evacuation plan thats being developed w
Heres what we can expect tonight in these covid times. For the first time ever, plexiglass will separate mike pence and Kamala Harris on stage. The candidates will be separated by a bit more than 12 feet apart. Tonights moderator, susan page of usa today, is not prerelease topics. The Debate Commission says there will be nine segments about 10 minutes each. Lets bring in tom bevan, president and cofounder of real clear politics. Tom, good evening and welcome back to our coverage. A little more than a week later. Lets start with the Vice President. What is mike pences challenge tonight . Hes got a tall order. I think mike pence is going to have to be very, very sharp. Hes got to present a robust defense of the Trump Administrations record. He has to present a forwardlooking vision as to what the Trump Administrations will do if they were given another four years. He has to press Kamala Harris on the questions that the campaign has not answered. Does she and joe biden support packing the
West wind at 11. Right now a very, very shallow and kind of foggy marine layer that is kind of really stuck at the coast and trying to push into the bay the next couple hours and quickly move back to the coast keeping you in the 60s and 70s and the rest of us in the 80s and 90s this afternoon. Reggie . Thank you. Today we expect to get an update from cal fire to talk about how widespread the glass fire got overnight. Jobina fortson at the live desk with details. Jobina . Reggie. Cal fire will give that update from the Sonoma County fairgrounds at 11 00. Ee wie will stream it on our ma. Yesterday governor gavin newsom declared a state of emergency in napa, sonoma and Shasta County for the explosive wildfires burning out of control. This will help direct more resources to the fire fight. Governor newsom said he also sent a letter to President Trump asking for fire assistance grants. Heres where the glass fire is burning right now in napa and sonoma counties. Its scorched more than 36,000