The senate is still on break. Libby casey joins us now from capitol hill with more. Good afternoon, liby 2347 thats right, congress has a lot on its plate including the farm bill. If they dont get a farm bill passed it could cause a for the Food Stamp Program and it could cause a problem for milk. The Defense Authorization act has to get passed, and Unemployment Benefits. Long term Unemployment Benefits expired and they need to be renewed. President obama weighed in on that one. By the way, christmastime is not the time for congress to tell 1 million that they no lo longer have employment benefits. The senate comes in next week so there is still time to negotiate these bigticket items but there is still the little stuff. And it really runs the gamut. One of the big things is the budget. The last Time Congress had a fight over the budget this past october the Government Shutdown for 16 days. What are we facing this time . Reporter thats right. They made up a budget committee. The power
The faaamazon store to is posted developer rules by 2015 on use of drones and commercial airspace. We want to get your thoughts on whether or not you would support or oppose drone use. Here is how you can call in the a we that you choose the line the best record since you. If you want to weigh in on social media, three ways you can do so, you can send us a tweet. You can send something to our. Acebook page and you can always send this e mail send us email, journal cspan. Org. The faa is already in the process of developing regulations on how drones would be used. They are supposed to be set by 2015. Maybe you have seen the video from the cbs piece that ran. About five pounds would be delivered to your doorway within 30 minutes, according to a claim from the founder of amazon. Otherl read some reactions, especially on the privacy front. We want to ask your thoughts on the commercial use of drones and whether you would support or oppose it. If you support it, give us a call at you can po
Tomorrow night its the north bay. North of vallejo, freezing temperatures likely tonight and then its all of the bay area minus the city of San Francisco tomorrow. Not many exceptions to that rule. The rule will be sub freezing temperatures. These are your lows for tonight. Santa rosa, down to 28. Calstoga, 29. And sunny vail down to 35 degrees. This is just the beginning. The cold front just arrived. This will last a while. Well talk about how long the cold air will stick around and how low the snow level is going to go. Some spots may see some snow coming up. Well talk about where and when coming up. Thank you, paul. A bit of a scare tonight for a fremont family. They were at home when some live wires came down outside nearly setting their house on fire. It happened a little after 7 00 on lauren drive. The homeowner told us she never called 911 until tonight. We have vines on the side of our fence. It caught on fire. We were just inside and the lights went out and then we started sme
Front door. With a drone. But on this cyber monday morning, the big savings start right here with our biggest deals steals ever on gma. We do say good morning, america. We hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday Weekend. And your eyes were not deceiving you. Thats right. Amazon saying they are looking at drones to deliver our packages. The future is now. Yes. Made me think of the jetsons. It does, it does. We cant offer a drone today. But we can offer tory johnsons huge deals steals event. Shell be here all morning long. We have the biggest bargains ever for your holiday gift list. You have to order right away. Well have that a little bit later. Were going to start with our top story this morning. The latest on the massive trail derailment in new york. This is a live scene at the disaster scene outside the bronx. Cranes have begun to lift the cars back onto the tracks. Gio benitez is on the scene. Good morning, gio. Reporter good morning to you, robin. There you see it, cranes are hard a
Chance to save them if you hose the frost off early in the morning before it burns the plants. Get the ice off your plants as quickly as possible if you didnt get a chance to go out and cover them. Its not the best method, but its a backup plan. Reporter while the cold weather has gardeners scrambling, it also put people in the holiday spirit. Business reporter now, i also talked with the owner of the arden lane nursery in livermore. She says she fights the frost with a little holiday cheer. She throws on oldfashioned c77 lights on to her favorite plants because that raises the temperatures a few degrees to save them from the frost. By the way, we called the local Hardware Store to know whether or not you should be worried about your pipes. You dont need to worry about exposed pipes until it gets to about 20 degrees then when that happens well surely be crying to jeff ranieri about that. We have more tips on nbcbayarea. Com about the gardening as well as the shelters that are now open