Under a shelter in place. These are the areas under the order tonight. They include the chevron refinery, point richmond, north richmond, santa fe, and the iron triangle. Joe vasquez is there right now with the latest. Reporter the fire is still going strong here at this Metal Recycling facility. Right now its the air quality that is causing serious concerns because of the chemicals in the smoke. Late this evening a very unusual site not far from here the toll takers at the Richmond San Rafael bridge were ordered to abandon their post to seek shelter from the smoke. The bridge is still open to traffic but there will be no toll tickers until further notice. Meanwhile this fire fight continues five hours after it started. The 20foot high pile in the middle of the scrap Metal Recycling yard erupted into flames just after 5 00 this evening. Heavy smoke billowed out from the scrap yard. They describe some of the burning chemicals as toxic. Officials were especially concerned with high level
Several neighborhoods are still under a shelter in place. These are the areas under the order tonight. They include the chevron refinery, point richmond, north richmond, santa fe, and the iron triangle. Joe vasquez is there right now with the latest. Reporter the fire is still going strong here at this Metal Recycling facility. Right now its the air quality that is causing serious concerns because of the chemicals in the smoke. Late this evening a very unusual site not far from here the toll takers at the Richmond San Rafael bridge were ordered to abandon their post to seek shelter from the smoke. The bridge is still open to traffic but there will be no toll tickers until further notice. Meanwhile this fire fight continues five hours after it started. The 20foot high pile in the middle of the scrap Metal Recycling yard erupted into flames just after 5 00 this evening. Heavy smoke billowed out from the scrap yard. They describe some of the burning chemicals as toxic. Officials were espe
Allsenators briefing. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Daines mr. President , i left montana yesterday morning to come back here to washington, d. C. , to do the work of the American People. But, as always, my heart remains in big sky country. Thats especially true right now as fires burn across our state. In fact, just yesterday, of the top 30 wildfires in the nation, 28 of those 30 wildfires were in montana. Our crisis in montana isnt water, its not too much water. Its not hurricanes. Its fire. It is smoke filling the air and filling our lungs. Its communities being evacuat evacuated, montanans standing on the side of the road looking at the fires moving toward their homes. Weve seen the loss of homes and many structures, and theyre looking at the tons of fuel just lying on the forest floor waiting for a spark to ignite. In fact, in this year alone, over 1,600 fires have burned nearly one million acres in montana. Thats nearly the size of the entire state of delaware. At
The chair the yeas are 225, the nays are 192, the amendment is adopted. Amendment on 155 by the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. Murphy on which further proceedings were postponed. The clerk will redesignate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 155 offered by mr. Murphy of pennsylvania. The chair a recorded vote having been requested. A sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. Members, this is a twominute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the chair the yeas are 198 and the nays are 219. The Unfinished Business is request for a vote on amendment number 160 by the gentleman from new mexico, mr. Lieu han and the noes prevailed by voice vote. The clerk amendment number 160 printed in house report
Implications for ongoing trade talks. This portion featured a Panel Moderated by a former canadian ambassador to the u. S. With current and former government officials from mexico and canada. This is about an hour. Good morning. Good afternoon. Bon jour. Welcome. Over to you, joann. Okay. And my name is joann zimolzak. Were pleased to welcome you to the Washington Office for the nafta 2. 0 summit. Given our topic today and who we have here with us, it seems appropriate not only to say welcome, but beinvenidos. Were pleased to have you here and present this Great Program today. Which is streaming live, even as we speak, and will be available afterwards on the dentons website. Change can be unsettling, but it also presents a lot of opportunity, which im sure will be part of the discussions today. And theres so much interest thats already been generated about this program. We have over 100 people who are going to be here today with us in person and many more who are watching it over the w