We did a bad job of acknowledging that. And i think many economists said, well, were creating a million and a half jobs a year, so if some jobs get lost by trade, even if its 20 or 25,000, thats nothing well, it is nothing unless youre one of those 25,000 people. And a lot of that was concentrated in places like ohio, wisconsin, michigan, pennsylvania. Those are a very smart group. What do those states have in common every four years . Every four years they have something in common, and i think thats probably what kept nafta and trade very much in our american psyche for such a long time. And here we are in miami beach. It is not a surprise that a lot of the cuban population is in miami and in florida. Floridas been a battleground state, and our cuba policy a lot of it has to do with the geography of where i cubans live in this country. So geography has a lot to do with the trade issue and a lot of our politics. Many people on both coasts have enjoyed all the benefits of trade. We have
Mud flooded her backyard. So, this there used to be a fence right here. Thats my neighbors house. Devastated. Last month, wildfires swept through the same area. As you know, this means there is really nothing to hold back the rainsoaked hillsides. Right now, mud flow is blocking highway 101 along the coast. Nbc bay areas Anousha Rasta just arrived there in montecito. Anousha, what have you been able to see with your own eyes of this damage . Reporter a lot of devastation. Marcus and laura, if you are unfamiliar with this area. Montecito is actually an unincorporated area of Santa Barbara county. Multimillion dollar homes. Today unrecognizable after rivers of mud plowed through air yeah here. We are near an area called glenn oak. You can see a lot of problems out here. A big mess for folks to clean up. On the drive over, weve seen downed trees, down power lines, homes smashed, cars submerged in mud. The destruction is just overwhelming. Now the streets are still covered in mud. Many of
Hottest night of the year. Pepco confirmed pour outages and the heat and humidity could be factors. Our Garrett Haake has been on the story all evening talked with affected residents and businesses. Hes live in northeast. Garrett . Reporter debra, thankfully the power is finally back on here in northeast for all but a few dozen people who might still be without it. For a while tonight, though, there were more than 4,000 people across the district without electricity. Pepco says the first outage tonight in northwest was not caused by the heat, but regardless of what caused it all these people had to deal with the high temperatures. At andre jones home in upper northwest the power went off just like that. The next thing we know, bam. You know, so i ran downstairs. I thought maybe it was a breaker. Reporter jones was one of more than 2,000 pepco customers in northwest to lose power around 7 p. M. He and his kids couldnt stay indoors after that. Very, very, very hot, extremely hot. Reporte
Outside with larry miller who has your morning commute covered. Allyson rae tracking temps well into the 90s and potentially feeling like were in the hundreds. Absolutely. Thats why we have the yellow alert in place. Dangerous heat once again. We do have a heat advisory in place as well. Take a look how were starting off. Hazy out thrcht the air quality is out there. The air quality is unhealthy for sensitive groups. I just treated more information on that. It is going to be a hot one today, dangerously hot for day number two. It might not be as hot as far as the actual temperature but its going to feel just as warm, at least 105 so dangerous eat again. 83 heat again. 83 degrees. Its very warm. Feels about 91 in the district. Feels into the 80s else w. Were headed into the 90s. Here is the heat advisory, much of dmv. We could see a couple of storms. Some could be on the stronger side. Ill track them for you when i return. Heres larry. Thank you. Your time right now 6 02. Good monday mo
Provide cooling but keeping that smoke in place. All the fires are across Northern California and that is smoke coming our way from all these fires and that is what we have been dealing with for several days now, burning in oregon as well. The way the wind direction is, its into the region so unhealthy conditions for the east by a, santa clara county, and they have been doing that a lot lately. The air quality in effect today. Humidity still dry north of us. Michelle . Neda, because you said the hot weather triggered the spare the air day, the fifth in a row, Jessica Flores is live with tips and warnings. Jessica . Reporter hey, good morning, michelle. Its the sixth consecutive spare the air alert today and what is triggering that, the heat wave we have seen for the last several days, causing dangerously smoggy conditions. You have probably seen the hazy skies if you have been out at all. The hot air, combined with smoke from nearby wildfires in oregon and california, causes the proble