Anchor Spencer Christian to find out how much longer these dangerous air conditions are going to last, spencer. Youre right, the conditions are dangerous. Let me give you a look at air quality a rnld the bay area. You can see these red dots indicating unhealthy air. A few yellows near the north coast there, to the central part of the bay area, San Francisco, free month, concord, livermore, san jose to the south bay all have poor air quality, including locations in the santa cruz mountains. Now, we have surface wind right now thats blowing on shore. That will slowly push some of the smoke and the pollutants eastward. Its not going to happen overnight. As we look at the smoke forecast, you can see over the next two days tomorrow and into wednesday, well see the reds and purples pushing to the east and some cleaner air coming in. There will be some improvement. The problem is, working offshore, theres another plume of smokefilled air coming our way. Two more xiconsecutive spare th air day
But it is shrinking. So fog will be limited over the next 24 hours. Day planner today, temperatures this afternoon, you can see that it is in the upper 70s around the bay shoreline. Warmest spots away from the coast will be in the low 90s and that is really where we should be this time of the year. Again, it is spare the air day. 18th consecutive one for moor air quality in spots. Tomorrow heat advisories around warnings kick in. And im tracking the 234rflx alert. S iaround warnings kick in. And im tracking the flex alert. S i cal iso says that they are not planning any blockouts, but they will wait and see. From 3 00 to 9 00, the flex alert goes through labor day on monday. Pg e is also putting all hands on dekd. Were stocking up on equipment, tran transformers and other things that could be impacted by the heat. Were stocking up. Governor newsom has signed an emergency proclamation to free up Additional Energy capacity that will allow power plants to forego some permanent requirement
That are coming to assist. Firefighters are working really hard, trying to stay hydrated, just trying to get this fire out. Were a little concerned about the road. We are trying to keep people safe. Reporter i know you guys have said there were ten fires that started overnight because of potential Lightning Strikes. How are you dealing with that in terms of staffing and in addition to all the fires we have going on right now . Lightning expected again tonight . Absolutely this morning i started at 5 00 a. M. With these fires here in the area. But we anticipated the red flag warning. And also the local governments, we did staff firefighters ahead of time. So we have some units that are ready to go and our resources got spread thin. We were in action quick. Any concerns about tonight if we will see more of these wildfires started by lightning . Absolutely. You know, the thunderstorms are unpredictable. We dont know unprecedented times with the weather. If you see some smoke or flames mak
This institute of the international affairs. Here the texas a m university. I would like to welcome our special event tonight with kim, she will speak in a recent book black waves. In the 40 year rivalry that and reveled cultural religion in the middle east. I actually spent the reading weekend reading. I could put down. If you have not read it, i am sure you will try to get the book if you have not already after this evening but i would urge you to read it printed it is absolutely fascinating. It is very well written print is a narrative flow to it is very troubling i have to say but thats part of the book i think. I would like to announce unfortunately that are event in todays with them best or dennis ross who is another expert in the middle east is unable to come to conversation had a family emergency. I was lecture wednesday evening will be postponed until later. Kim is an emmy awarding journalist and writer who comes from a middle east for bbc in the financial times. Reported from
Good morning. And i want to thank the witnesses for joining todays hearing on the implementation of the faa reauthorization act of 2018. One year ago, this committee wrote comprehensive Bipartisan Legislation to raise the bar on aviation safety, improve the flying experience for the traveling public, better prepare and diversify the aviation workforce and foster innovation in the u. S. Airspace. Todays hearing is a critical milestone in the subcommittees oversight work to ensure the timely implementation of the law in accordance with our intent and to address new challenges. Although the faa has made some progress on fulfilling the laws directives, ongoing implementation delays threaten the important work needed to advance u. S. Aviation and aerospace and maintain our global leadership. Our first panel of witnesses are dan ellwell, faas deputy administrator and joel savat. Mr. Elwell and zavt, i expect your testimony administrations efforts to swiftly implement last years law. I would