might s ancient sequoias as wildfires close in. i m standing right in front of the grizzly giant and we ve got a sprinkler system set up in front of it. i m pamela brown in washington. you re live in the cnn newsroom. we want to take you right now to mariposa, california as evacuations are under way as fires threaten the ancient sequoias. our nick watt has just arrived on the scene. nick, how serious is the season there, and what are they doing to protect these incredibly special trees? reporter: well, we just have heard that the fight is going in the right direction, but it is still a huge fight. the flames are within a mile or two of mariposa grove which is home to about 500 of these giant, beautiful, ancient sequoia freeze, so the way that they are trying to contain the fireworks the way they are trying to keep those trees safe, they have 360 personnel on the ground, including hot shot cruise who are digging trenches around mariposa grove, a kind of break to try to
for sure by comments like that and anybody else s, they went from initially saying that this committee was nothing but a sideshow, something nobody was interested in, to all of a sudden, oh, yeah, i want to testify publicly in front of it. kinzinger also confirmed another major piece of the investigation saying that former white house counsel pat cipollone did not contradict testimony from former white house aide cassidy hutchinson who provided explosive details from the final days of the trump administration. the house investigation is not the only one zeroing in on trump and his inner circle. sarah murray has the latest. reporter: in battleground states across the country gop activists, republican party chairs and even a state senate president i am the senate president of arizona, and it is our job to make sure we have fair and accurate elections. reporter: are getting hit with subpoenas. as early as this week some republicans tied to the plan to put forward fake
night only on cnn. hello again, everyone. thank you for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. we re following major new developments in the capitol riot investigation. the panel just got key testimony from one of the most important witnesses yet, former white house council pat cipollone testified before the committee for more than seven hours on friday. and a source tells us that cipollone provided a great deal of new information. and we also are learning a chilling new detail of alleged plans by members of the oath keepers to prepare for violence in washington on january 6. a new justice department filing said at least one member of the far-right extremist group transported explosives to the d.c. area. and another member had a death list that includes the name of a georgia election official and their family member. for more on these stunning new allegations, let s bring in marshall cohen. what more are you learning about this filing which is just jaw-dropping. it is shock
Transcripts For CSPAN2 U 20151028 archive.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from archive.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
This is another case where youre a public figure and you let your messy private life combine together. Sunday night at 8 00 eastern and pacific on cspans q a. At a Senate Hearing for the active head of the federal Railroad Administration, members questioned the mom knee about implementation about positive train control. A safety implementation to preefrt derailments, twothirds of Rail Companies wouldnt be able to implement the system before a december 31st deadline. This hearing of the science and Transportation Committee is an hour and a half. Want to welcome our nominee here this morning. And get this confirmation hearing under way. Today were going to consider the nomination of sarah feinberg. The fris mission is to oversee the safe, reliable and efficient movement of people and goods throughout our nations rail network. That rail network is absolutely vital to the nations economy. So its important that those who oversee it have the requisite skills and experience. Serving s the act