Trust us. The puc seems to be fine with that approach. Local governments lean j have serious concerns. Mayor sam liccardo referring to the may 30 decision by the California Public Utilities Commission to give pg e full discretion over shutting down power for as long as seven days as a way to prevent wildfires. Liccardo says hes worried the Utility Company might choose to over correct with black outs after causing last years devastating camp fire. The question is ultimately are more people being put in peril because pg e will be protecting its shareholders. Reporter in 2003 the northeast black out that affected new york, philadelphia and ohio lasted two days for some areas, two weeks for others and cost billions of dollars and claimed 100 lives. At least if they gave us a good amount of notice so we can prepare ourselves for it, then i guess i would be okay. What we are worried about in san jose are the many safety risks that a large regional outage would, you know, cause. Reporter pg e
Now. Martha all right. Thanks. We have Breaking News right now just coming to us from the state department. U. S. Troops being told to be ready to deploy for further defense for israel if needed. Were working on how many troops have received this message. Theres some reporting from the Wall Street Journal that its in the neighborhood of 2,000 american troops told to be ready. Were going to dig into this for you this hour. Mike tobin is standing by. Rich edson will be available moments away. Well go back to john roberts who is reporting live from tel aviv this week for us. We will continue on top of these stories as we continue to get new information. Right now it is 10 00 p. M. In gaza. We are now ten days in to this war. There are 199 individuals who somewhere are being held at this moment in the hand of hamas. We know what they did to people in israel. We have seen the horrific videos over the weekend reportedly of some of the children that are being held by hamas right now amid a fr
Thats the story. Well see you tomorrow. They videoed it all. We have loads and loads of Body Cams Showing who they are. We know who they are. We know where theyre coming from and i would say were coming for them. When they do enter on the ground, the israelis will be immediately engaged by hamas and Islamic Jihad fighters in urban streettostreet battle. There will be roadside bombs, ieds and other obstacles for the israelis to overcome. Sandra that is foxs trey yingst reporting as israel prepares for a Ground Invasion in gaza. Were watching developments at this hour. Hezbollah fighters on the lebanese border claim they have targeted five israeli posts and destroyed surveillance capabilities. The israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu Warning Militants in the north, do not test us. Coming up, we will speak to former u. S. Centcom commander, frank mckenzie. Im sandra smith in for neil cavuto. This is your world. First to mike tobin on the ground in southern israel to kick things off
Host good morning. Thursday, october 12. Both on the house floor are expected soon though not scheduled. The delay in electing a speaker has hindered any passing. Secretary blinken arrived in the region. We are taking your calls on the topic. Republicans, 202 7488001. Democrats, 202 7488000. Democrats, 202 7488002. You can send us a text at 202 7488003. Be sure to include your first name and your state. Welcome to todays washington journal. We will start with the speaker vote. This is a rollcall with the headline, speaker vote uncertain as jordan backers hold out. At least 20 republicans can oppose on the floor, more than enough to seek sink the speaker bid. Steve scalise is bid is on shaky ground as a republicans went behind closed doors to figure out the next steps, even after selecting the nominee during a morning conference meeting. Several conservative said they will not support skellys on the floor, even as his top arrival for the job is supporting him and encouraging others to d
A second person , rebecca smith, also died. Preliminary investigation indicates their truck ran a red light before side swiping an suv. I saw two cars fighting for the same lane. The truck hopped the curb. Then through this guardrail before dropping 15 feet into the river. It happened before 7 00 saturday night. I was doing a lot of yelling, trying to direct people. Some confusion. The state trooper jumped into the water as did a passerby. Divers pulled them out through the window of a door. Dive teams did a preliminary search of the whole area. We are not aware of anyone else in the water. Washer cascaded from the pickup as it was lifted. Witnesses were left feeling troubled. You didn t know what to do. That was the difficult part about it. You see that area as a temporary replacement to the section of guardrail. State Police Continue to look into what happened here last night. Harvey to Boston Police officers treated for injuries to heather it happened when those officers attempted t