yesterday, the senate passed the budget bill. ryan is not detailing, yet, what the next steps will be. he also didn )t say if lawmakers would still try to vote on the president )s 5 billion dollar border wall request. that would be ahead of tomorrow night )s deadline for congress to fund the government and avoid a shutdown. we )re keeping an eye on the developments and will bring them to you this hour. also right now at 11 searching for justice. the man accused of stabbing and killing nia wilson at an oakland bart station faces a judge. good morning, and thanks for joining us for our midday newscast. i )m kris sanchez in for laura. and i )m marcus washington. there )s a new development in te trial as the victim )s family says justice is taking too long. nbc bay area )s bob redell is live in oakland. bob you were in court this morning what happened? today.. john lee cowell was supposed the suspect was supposed to enter a plea here in court, and instead his attorney a
2 5.2%. exed t two days away. the fate of hundreds of today, thursday, december 20th. thousands of workers depends on the deal. there s a deal that would have erin is headed to alberta and bought time, but president trump isn t having it. says it was a no brainer to fly reporter: late last night, out today instead of friday or saturday. the senate approved legislation why today? it was way cheaper. to temporarily fund the federal and hopefully, less busy. we ll see. government and avert a shutdown. but the measure passed fingers crossed. including no additional money . for a wall along the u.s. and reporter: for mary, flying on a thursday and getting a jump on the holiday means less mexico border. time alone. president trump vowed to shut all the family starts coming down the government if he didn t get the money to pay for in tomorrow night and we want to go and spind as much time it. with our clan as possible. leaders objected to spending exfra money money on the
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the committee will please come to order. we turn our attention to the opiate crisis. the nation s number one public health challenge. our witnesses sam, the author dream and, true to of america s opiate epidemic. senator moran i will have an opening statement. though will hear from our witness. i ve suggested if he wants to take more than five minutes to say what he has to say we would welcome that. there s plenty of conversation back and forth it is unusual to have a single witness utter hearing. this is an unusual topic. one you quote gary franken is the worst madman epidemic in history. the challenge it presents has captured the attention of every member. this is what we call the bipartisan hearing. most wars are. democrats and republicans have agreed on the topic, on its importance in the witness. it s my hope that will restrain from lecturing one another and health insurance and focus on the topic. this kills more americans every day than car accidents. in each state w
the good samaritans tommy one of the victims was lying on the sidewalk. the other victim actually lent help at their house. they tell me that they heard the came at the door and one of the victims knocked on the door and shot. she said she called 911 and the her that yet also been shot. thomas as she walked to the sidewalk and stay with both of the victims until police came. investigators say that another young person has now been charged with two counts of felony assault and tampering with evidence. detectives say that they recovered a weapon. i was just glad to be held to the young man. it was my child, i would want somebody to help my child, whether they are criminal or not , these children need to be the two victims were taken to using medical center and we are told that they are expected to be ok. live in r. kelly chill, courtis: we turn to weather. another mile day. a great weekend we had. news 5 meteorologist has the most accurate forecast. this was a bonus for