Arctic nation. I wont go through the list of what other nations have in terms of their assets, but lets suffice it to say that our neighbors to the east in russia have over 30 icebreakers. Our neighbors to the excuse me our neighbors to well, it depends which way youre going around the globe. But our canadian friends the icebreaker capacity that they have are six. But its not just the arctic nations that have arctic capacity through their icebreakers its nations like china. Mr. President , think how far away china is from the arctic. India is considering building an ice breaker. Think how far away they are. It begs the question, why as an arctic nation are we not stepping up . So i am a he challenging my so im challenging my colleagues, think broader. I invited all members of the United States senate to join the arctic caucus and understand what it means for you and your respective states, the benefits but also the obligations. So i look forward to the discussion on the issue of how we
It will continue to march over the bay area. All of us will have rain around 7 00. Not this morning, we have a chance of showers throughout the day. Temperatures in the mainly low to mid 50s. Have a lot of patience. Good morning. Pretty light right now. We will have a little bit of dampness coming across the golden gate bridge. Taking a look at the bay bridge. No moisture here and very light traffic at this hour heading into San Francisco. Road work in the westbound direction on the two right lanes will be picked up. Macarthur maze, no delays here. Eastbound 4 at leverage, freeway closed for half an hour. Westbound still a very nice drive. Kristen breaking news. Hostess the maker of twinkies saying it is closing plants nationwide in the middle of an employee strike. Katie marzullo is live in the newsroom. Hostess has a plant here in the bay area. Yes. In oakland, we know those workers have been on strike. We dont know what this could mean for the bakery but hostess is closing up shop.
Five men were Friday charged and remanded to prison for their involvement in a carjacking ring on the East Bank Demerara.They appeared at the Diamond/Grove Magistrate’s Court. Four of the men are from Kuru Kuru, Soesdyke/Linden Highway. They are: Jom