Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. We are going to begin with new pushback from joe biden against President Trumps refusal to accept the results of the election. For the first time president elect biden addressed mr. Trumps unwillingness to concede, calling it an embarrassment. The Trump Administration is blocking the transition process, but mr. Biden is moving forward with his plans for the white house. Debra alfarone is in washington. Debra, how is president elect biden preparing to take office . Reporter hes appointed his Coronavirus Task force, hes spoken to world leaders, now without that formal transition, though, the state department isnt involved in the calls with world leaders, they would normally be, and the biden team, they could take legal action but so far, theyre not moving in that direction. President elect joe biden is preparing to take Office Despite President Trumps refusal to concede. I just think its an embarrassment. I think it will not help the president s l
You on futurecast coming up. But heres a live look with our Treasure Island camera and right now 37 in santa rosa 40inivermore and mid 40s concord and san jose and upper 40s for oakland as well as for San Francisco. Taking you through the day, partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies. Daytime highs in the mid to upper 50s. But ill let you know and time out for you when well see those scattered showers later today coming up. Gianna . All right thanks mary. To the roadways right now we saw minor delays along the eastshore freeway. We had reports of broken down vehicle possibly some debris in the roadway. Its eastbound 80 so its no really inthe commute rection. So not really slowing you down westbound but eastbound we are seeing some stop and go conditions because of this. Right around cutting boulevard. That number two lane blocked because of this stall. And debris in the roadway. So just a headsup if you plan on taking 80 through there. Other trouble spots northbound 101 at university avenu
Issues with plastic straws. He is a member of oceana. And it also included testimony from other environmental advocates and plastics industry representative representative. The subcommittee on oceans and wildlife will come to order. I may look like congressman huffman, but i am not. It is a shock. Congressman huffman is back in sonoma and able to deal with the wildfires and he was not able to get back here in washington, and so we are all hoping that, you know, that the fires subside and that, you know, many people are safe and that mr. Huffman returns soon. So with that, the subcommittee on water, oceans and wildlife will come to order. The subcommittee is meeting today to meet on the testimony of a sea of problems, the impact of plastics on ocean, water and wildlife. Any oral Opening Statements at the hearings are limited to the chairman, the ranking minority member, the vice chair and the vice Ranking Member. This is going to allow us to hear from our witnesses sooner and help keep,
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Take it a capitol hill for the interior secretary will be testifying before the Natural Resources committee. You are watching live coverage on cspan 3. The committee will come to order. This morning the committee will discuss the president s proposed fiscal year 2025 budget for the department of interior. I would like to welcome secretary holland haaland and Denise Flanagan back to the committee. I want to thank you all three for joining us today. To set the scene the administration is requesting a 2 million for 2025. That is a 5 increase over fiscal year 2024. I think it is important to note for contexts that congress has also provided the Department Almost 50 billion in appropriations over the last three years to the bipartisan infrastructure law an Inflation Reduction Act. I look forward to discussing how the department is implementing those laws using the historic funding and justifications for the increase. It has been a year to the day since you were last before the committee for