Of the tech and telecom issues that will be discussed in washington this fall and joining us are three working reporters who cover the issues covering either the congress or other agencies. John is with political, lidia is with event driven Financial News outlet and Tara Jeffries is with bloomberg. Before we get into some of the issues i want to ask you an opening question, and see where we go with us. Lidia, what is the influence today of some of the Larger Tech Companies and here in washingtor outside . That is a great question. One of the things we are seeing right now is a permit from the Obama Administration and now from the Trump Administration away from such well recognized influenced by a lot of the Tech Companies like google and facebook toward a little bit more skepticism so their formal influence is definitely in a different light here. What do you think . Yeah, i would agree that the Trump Administration deftly hasnt shown focus on tech groups, Tech Companies at the Obama A
Ireland, we see gust of wind rose to 60 mph. The strongest wind slowly easing away, as this area of low pressure d rifts into easing away, as this area of low pressure drifts into scandinavia and we draw attention to some rain pushing into the south west a little later on. There has been some showers, chiefly to the north and the west but look to the east here, more shelterfrom the west but look to the east here, more shelter from the pennines, lovely spell of sunshine, in actual fa ct, lovely spell of sunshine, in actual fact, it has been a beautiful monday morning in sheffield. Lovely picture here. As we go through the afternoon, we keep the showers and the blustery wind, despite the dales easing, with the exception of the Northern Isles and final feast, but which i was around and the wind, it will feel pretty warm out there, 12 to 14 degrees, high similar story for northern ireland. Scattering of showers into north west england and north wales but in the further east, and shelter, w
That are on 24 7. The more people conserve and are energy efficient, the less likely that you will experience an outage. Reporter cal iso says 78 degrees for your air conditioners is the magic number, the flex alert, hope my photographer is okay, is 2 009 00 today and tomorrow. Maria medina, kpix 5. Two significant Power Outages to tell you about in the east bay earlier, walnut creek, downed tree limb knocked down power lines before 7 00, the result, traffic lights out, stores in the dark, signs alerting customers to no power. In fremont more than 5,000 customers lost power for a couple hours, p goshgs e blames pge blames an under ground switch. Kiet do continues our coverage from pleasanton. Hot demand today . Reporter the temperature has dipped down to 91 degrees in the shade according to siri, up to a hundred degrees here in ptown. Take it from somebody who neglected their ac unit for years, future repairs can get very expensive and so, here are some tips because if you take care of
These horses are sacred to us. We love our horses. But we love our land, too. Woodruff those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill our lead story tonight the end is finally in sight, in the political stalemate that closed part of the government and threatened national default. Senators crafted a compromise today, and House Republicans threw in the towel. Newshour Congressional Correspondent kwame holman begins our coverage. The majority leader. Ifill Senate Leaders took the floor at midday, deal in hand. The chambers top d
Thank you for joining us on this february. The top stories that we are following today. Police and South San Francisco are looking for a man who was often a woman there barts during the heart of the evening commute. We will have details coming up. It could be a huge move for a gay marriage in california. President obama is considering urging the Supreme Court to overturn we have picked up slowing for highway 4 back to highway 580. New this morning, police are looking for a man who was salted a 19 yearold while getting off of a bart train in South San Francisco. It happened yesterday evening just before 6 00 p. M. , the woman, a Japanese Exchange student, was on the centennial way trail when a man approached her and asked for her name. When she refused to talk to him, he grabbed her arm, she was able to break free and run away. The man started chasing after her until she passed a another pedestrian walking on the trail. The suspect is described as being hispanic or asian, or around 30 y