Was killed in south america or africa. We were working with that were going to leave this keep our commitment toe live gavel to gavel coverage of congress. Today the house will work on several Small Business related measures and a bill to revital r. F. K. Stadium football site. Off the floor, members are continuing work on government funding with the first of two shutdown deadlines coming friday. And later today, the house will swear in representativeelect tom souzzi of new york, who recently won a special election to replace george santos. Youre watching live coverage here on cspan. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. February 28, 2024. I hereby appoint the honorable Mariannette Millermeeks to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, mike johnson, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of j
Prosecutors are now asking for and what it means for the case. We begin the 6 00 hour with an update to that breaking news. Weve been following for you. All lanes on the bay bridge back open after being closed so crews could battle this at fire on yerba buena island. This all started about about three hours ago, and crews put out the flames from land and water to this video showing two fire boats right there spraying the grass. No word on what sparked that fire . No, but it is impacting traffic on the bay bridge. We can say that with certainty. Video from one of our nbc sports bay area colleagues showing a fire truck trying to get through all that. Ooh, thats tough. At one point, the eastbound lanes were closed, causing some traffic to stop and go. This is video taken about two hours ago heading into the city. And as we mentioned though, all lanes are back open, as you can see on our traffic map. Still, a lot of backup, but getting much better. Our team has been following this story al
Alert to talk about, as well. Michelle . Smoke blowing in from wildfires to our north is exaspirating increasing pollution concerns. The extreme heat is creating danger for students. Schools in the Novato School district will let kids out early again today. Schools in orinda will do the same. And the san ramon unified School District and some bay area high schools have canceled all Outdoor Activities today. Our record shattering temperatures will strain the California Power grid. Kpix 5s Jessica Flores is live in fremont with more. Reporter i know, michelle, its pretty warm. I was just saying i need to take off my jacket. But ill do that for the next hit. Right now, were at the fremont Distribution Center where they are all hands on deck ready to go. Take a look behind me here. You can see these transformers are basically stocked up and going to areas they think will be hit hard by the record demand or the power grid today. The last heat wave the bay area saw in june caused massive out
We begin live from santa rosa. A new Evacuation Order in effect there now. Reporter it was 24 hours ago on this very air that the Sonoma County sheriff warned people around here this fire remains unpredictable and dangerous. The evidence of that you can see behind us. This is the battle to save this winery. It has been going on all day as an offshoot of the fire has been creeping down this hillside. Another flash point in an ever changing disaster. After a week of watching their city burn around them, the folks who live along this stretch of highway 12 had to have in the back of their minds an idea that their turn might be around the corner or once the weather changed over that hill. I cant say i was surprised. Reporter still, when the loud speaker calling for evacuation is outside your house. Its unnerving. Reporter for kevin lester he lost his home in coffee park. You now must stress about his girlfriends place in the new evacuation zone. I figured things would be safe here the way t
Suppliers and manufacturers have recognized the challenge we face for this century, literally this weapons platform will be critical to our national defense. We we can look back and draw lessons and we should from the challenges that cause that improvement to take place. Maybe even the overall conceptual framework as you suggested should there have been more individualization of the platform for different services. But i can well recall that the conventional wisdom not so long ago was the services should get together and collaborate and the by a single fighter and that was the wisdom does your of contracting in its day. Now maybe lessons point in different directions. I hope we will learn lessons from this experience but there has to be a recognition that this weapon platform will do things that no fighter engine or platform has done in the past, would you agree doctor fillmore . The investment ranking is large and the need that we have is large to deal with the threats that currently