judge barrett s for right, out of the mainstream views the generations. her confirmation means the court will be firmly in conservative hands with a 6-3 majority, the vote could be crucial in deciding the fate of the affordable care act, which will go before the court a week after the election. any objective standard, judge barrett deserves to be confirmed to the supreme court. the american people agree in just a few minutes, she will be on the supreme court., president trump is set to host the swearing in at the white house tonight, with justice clarence thomas giving the first of the two odes, this is a live picture of the scene there on the south lawn, you can t tell, but there is a group gathering for the swearing in and we have seen, for the most part, most of them wearing masks, and the chairs on the lawn, it is hard to see because it is so dark, but the chairs on the lawn are spread farther apart than they were when barrett s nomination was first announced. lawma
purple creates where the power is shut off intentionally. pg&e expects to restore power in some areas by 10:00 p.m. 90,000 currently impacted by this power shut off. high wind over night and today will lots of damage. branchs came crashing down. winds threatening to spread small fires that started popping up across the bay area. one of the most recent fires sparked a few hours ago. off highway 12. we have team coverage tonight. we ll begin with tom in lafayette. about 17,000 customers have been without power since 8 last night. there were some fires but fortunately the winds were not as wickedly strong as some predicted. however pg&e just put out a notice to a lot of customers here in lafayette who have lost power, thousands of people. that their power will not be restored until tomorrow at least. because of high wind. they said they were not able to get helicopters in to fly equipment. to make sure there was no serious damage that could cause more fires. also because the
good morning. a lot of business owners say they know people are stressed out, anxious or emotional. they don t want that taken out on them. look behind me at some of the measures being taken. there are businesses boarded up in the financial district around san francisco. this is the 24-hour fitness and the fedex office at davis and sacramento. this is happening all over the country. this is in preparation for the election. the fbi in san francisco says they set up a command post so they can better work with local officials election night. the concern is that there will be violent protests from extremist groups. law enforcement officers around the bay area are on high alert. when we have protests, if they get large, there is always an element within that group that will try to do destruction or harm. we re worried about those extreme elements that want to do violence and harm people, especially law enforcement officers doing their job. officials say one of the biggest pr
the key is to attack fire relatively small. strike teams were also in place. the immediate response was helpful for early evacuations. we knew the vent was coming. abl a lot of notice. reporter: strike teams could be disbanded saturday but not likely with record winds expected to return sunday. hot, dry wind is probably the biggest problem with wildfires. clearly the temperatures have come down but the wind combined with the dry fuels that we still have could present a very big problem for us. reporter: the strike teams will have a lot of help from cal fire in covering all this territory. cal fire has already got extra staffing and equipment ready for this windy weekend. live in san jose, robert honda, nbc bay area news. thank you, robert. we re getting our first look at the east bay yous have them to help on the front lines. the chopper became fully certified to battle flames from the sky. it s already helped crews fight several fires over the past few weeks.
the evidence that they had was the word of a fraud. they said james daily had said, she wouldn t die, she wouldn t die, she wouldn t shut up. do we believe that? attorneys say he s on death row because of this man, an infamous jailhouse snitch who claimed james daily confessed to him. not only are they taking the word of a con man you re taking the word of a child molester and yet you put him on the stand. were you scared of him? very. i was terrified. hold on. let me put you on speaker. he says you re the reason he s on death row. he says the reason he s on death row is because you lied. i ve never been here because i m so scared of it. it was over here? this is where she went to heaven. and the reason i came down is because i feel like everybody s sitting in purgatory, waiting for this to get justice. i believe that. and that s why i brought holy water down to put in the water. are you guys going to be offended if i goat on my knees? not at all. okay, be