Unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the Supreme Court and Public Policy events in washington, d. C. And around the country. Cspan is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. The National Governors association holds its winter meeting this weekend in the nations capital, the governor will be talking about opioid, crisis and then coming sunday in governors association, discussions on education, care for veterans and Economic Development, that starts at 9 45 a. M. Eastern, also live on cspan. Up next here on cspan2, a conversation with black women journalists covering the Trump Administration. George Washington University journalism professor Cheryl Thompson hosted the discussion, its about two hours. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, im sorry we are a few minutes late but im delighted that we are about to start, i would like to welcome all of you to the school of media and Public Affairs at the university of washington. How many students in the room . Awesome.
New york is closed for business in the aftermath of super storm sandy, which left at least 30 people dead. Damages are likely to surpass those of last years hurricane irene. Sandy has move left much flooding in its wake, paralyzing new yorks Mass Transit System and leaving millions in the dark sandy has left much flooding in its wake. Here is more from americas most populous city. The storm has moved on, but the water remains. Many of the citys road and subway tunnels are still flooded. Public transport will be out of action for days to come. The effects of sandy can be seen on the streets residents are relieved that the worst is now behind them. Well, last night, we could look down this street here, and we saw the river coming toward us. It actually look like something out of a movie. It was unbelievable. Near central park, a crane dangles from a construction site over the street below. The storm caused it to partially collapsed. There are still strong winds, but nothing like those of
Morgan hill and some are around wood side are popping up. Thats heading to palo alto. Well get clearing in the afternoon. This has to rotate between now and noon and that will keep some thunderstorm activity cooler. 50 on the temps, but this will give occasional thunderstorms and the main was up in the valley. We had our fair share of active valley. 60s. Morning rain and thunder and afternoon clearing, but cooler today. Maybe the first half of the commute, yes, the second half may be better. Lets see if we can work it that way. Its raining hard. I was looking at my toll plaza camera and im thinking those are sheets of rain. Thank you, steve. Steve and i Work Together because when its raining hard, we tend to have more crashes. This is 580 westbound. It doesnt look too bad on the al theres a crash at broadway terrace where someone was still in the vehicle and at first it sounded serious, but now that person got out and they cancelled medics. Thats a good sign. No major injuries, but the
Has moved up. Our john lindsay reported an inch of rain. Well well know cuss on santa focus on santa cruz. Theres isolated areas. Theres some going through marine and sonoma county. And also out towards bay point and anti owe in antioch. The heavier cells wrap back up toward union city and san jose and Santa Clara Valley back over to sunnyvale and right back into the Santa Cruz Mountains and some of these could produce hail. Storm tracker is picking up a few. Theres surge coming from the west, southwest. Theres an area of low pressure as it inches closer and it will stabilize the atmosphere. If you dont have much now, youll again, possibility of thundershowers. Theres lightning streaks off the santa cruz coast. Another cell approaching around pacifica and maybe along highway 1. 60s on temps today. Midwest, rather sal, i know you have a lot to talk about. Steve, we do have quite a bit to get to. Were following that deadly crash on 580 westbound right near the broadway exit near 980 real
You were dreaming last night. I thought my roof was going to cave in. We both came in, pounding on the roof. Skyline. There you go. For some up north, youre like hey we havent had that much rain. You will get some later on. I think the thunderstorm activity will pop up more north. Santa cruz mountains, wet and cool. 46. Moderate to heavy rain overnight with an inch and two thirds. Some reports of two day totals over three. Watch how that stays lit up. Also theres very heavy rain coming in around saar towing a campbell and san jose. In the lexington hills, around willow glenn, evergreen and santa clara, that is some of the strongest cells right there. The key is the low is getting closer to us and enhancing the rainfall rates. A little isolated areas continue to move there. This is two forecasts. One south of San Francisco. The other to the north. Walnut creek getting good rain. That stretches back over to bay point, concord and also Pleasant Hill. Its been going, going, going in brentw