Reporter i dont think anybody is happy about the Price Tag, particularly given theres going to be another gubernatorial election just a year from now. People will be voting on whether or not Gavin Newsom should be the governor again in 2022. If you would have asked me about the surprise a month ago, the answer potentially would have been yes. But the fact that Gavin Newsom is going back to work in the building behind me this morning after the last couple of weeks that weve had here in california, i dont think its a surprise. Certainly not to his campaign. They felt very confident about how this was going to play out, especially with the late campaign turn, Larry Elders, and he wasnt going to accept the results of the election. And the reality is people support Gavin Newsoms policies, they support him on covid Vaccine Mandates and mask mandates, support his effort to help the unhoused population, to close the Inequality Gap and fight the wildfires fueled by climate change. This was a va
Wildfire preparedness, resilience and response. Forest management to restore millions of acres and to protect homes and public watersources. Yeah, this is a pivotal month for his agenda. Top democrats have set deadlines to pass that infrastructure and social structure. Heres alice barr. Reporter President Biden making his first official West Coast Swing with the focus on the devastating wildfires there. Hes sitting down with state and federal fire officials in idaho before surveying damage in california. Hes blaming climate change. Its changed, and its not going back. Reporter hes pushing his top legislative priority, a 3. 5 trillion infrastructure bill, claiming it will strengthen the Nations Resilience to extreme weather. Lawmakers are beginning to return from august recess, the democrats selfimposed deadline to pass infrastructure and social priorities if they can unite the party. It challenges me very, very much. Inflation and debt. Reporter increasing republican resistance continu
Jeff bezos is about to Lift Off to the edge of space and back. The flight comes on the anniversary of another historic mission. Its One Small Step for man. One giant leap for mankind. More than five decades after Neil Armstrong mesmerized man with his step into space, Space Tourism and beyond that, the privatization of space. This is a project 20 years in the making for bezos. The founder of blue Origin And Amazon will be the second billionaire to blast off from earth in his own spacecraft. Richard branson and his Virgin Galactic soared to the skies from New Mexico earlier this month. The youngest and oldest humans will be on the blue Shepherd Rocket along with Jeff Bezos and his Brother Mark. Wally funk was trained to be an astronaut in the 1960s. Part of the group known as of the mercury 13. They never made it to space because only men were sent at the time. Women proved they could pass the rigorous physical requirements that nasa had set up. Also aboard today, an 18yearold, recent h
International Space Station. The latest Joint Venture between nasa and spacex. Our rachel crane is there. Cabrerab we know the mission was delayed for a day because of the weather. Conditions look good today. Tell us what you are seeing and what the mood is there. Reporter thats right, christine. All systems are a go, it has been a smooth countdown and we are track noog issues for the scheduled launch today at 5 49 even time this morning. Let me tell you about where we are in the countdown of todays launch. The astronauts are currently suited up, strapped into their seats, the hatch of endeavor is closed. There has been a series of systems checks, coms checks, leak checks that have been conducted. The next major milestone is 45 minutes before launch, so were just minutes away from that, when spacex Launch Director will do the go for propellant call. 35 minutes before countdown is when they will start loading up over a Million Pounds of propellant, Liquid Oxygen which they called locks
Local familyowned manufacturer of candles. But, boris, as youre saying, were still waiting to hear. Now, we are seeing daylight out. We know that rescue teams are on the ground right now. Theyre not only assessing the damage, but theyre trying to see if theres anyone inside who may need help. And right now, amara, we want to get to someone on the scene. Michael gordon, he is a storm chaser who is in mayfield right now. Hes at that Candle Factory where Search And Rescue operations are under way. And as we look behind you, michael, it looks like an enormous debris field that is several feet high and maybe a couple hundred yards wide. What are you seeing there right now. Yeah, i believe i think theres upwards of 12 probably 12 feast debris, and, yes, it spans the full length of that factory, which i dont know exactly how long it is, but, yeah, its just a pile of rubble. Everything i mean, every corner of the yard even, surrounding this factory, has debris. Its pretty much covered with deb