And hours long session on the critical measure that could pave the way for President Bidens 1. 9 trillion relief package. Jillian Griff Jenkins has a breakdown, you always win. Reporter more exciting than watching the super bowl you can watch your senate hard at work on votearama. Theyve been at this since 2 30 p. M. Yesterday. It is a timehonored tradition where the Minority Party forces the Majority Party to endure endless amendments putting senators on the record. Any senator can offer an amendment to the Budget Measure and so far 850 have been filed and as we have seen overnight more than 30 reached a roll call voice vote on the floor. Unclear when the ends. We are told maybe in an hour or so. We will keep you posted. Some amendments pass, others fail. When it did pass, senators todd young, proposal to block Illegal Immigrants from getting stimulus checks. It was adopted but 42 lawmakers voted against it and some of the issues which range from tax increases on Small Businesses to t
Pray or how do i understand and why are so many people leaving the church and dissatisfied with the faith . We have two priests of the archdiocese sit with us to share answers. In the will be a interesting discussion. After this brief break join me for ask a priest. Forse fo hello. Welcome to mosaic. My guests today are two priests of the archdiocese of San Francisco. Well talk about questions being submitted to the priests and see what the answers can be a. On my left is father kennedy. Thank you for being herent on his left is father Cameron Fowler. We have a young priest and a slightly older priest. Lets find out about their lively careers. I have been a priest for four years. Im entering my fifthier and im assigned as the vocation director of San Francisco as well as the priest secretary. Four years. You went to Saint Patricks seminary. I grew up in marin county in navado. Yes. Wonderful. Okay. Father kevin, you i know. I grew up in san mateo. Im a local product. Been a priest for
Evacuations here. At last check the fire is 50 contained. Evacuees are encouraged to meet at st. Monicas church on camino pablo. Is another gathering area at the safeway on moraga way and people are advised to take essential items. Lock your windows and doors when you leave as well. This fire comes as pg e shut off power earlier in the night but this time we cannot confirm how the fire started. The Emergency Management coordinator for the Fire District joins us on the phone. Good morning and thank you for joining us. Tell us what you can pick we understand its a burning away from st. Marys. The town as well at this point. Reporter good morning. The fire is not near st. Marys college. Its actually burning behind homes adjacent to sanders drive and merrill ct. We have 100 150 contains. Making good progress. We have a dozer on the scene. We have units from all around contra costa. And our partners some cal fire are here in force. We are making good progress. When the sun comes up containm
Were in the home. They cannot really see what they were doing. Other evacuees said they felt more prepared given all the talk with this power shut off in the past few days. They did to have the car out in the driver was stuck in the garage that would not open. Fortunate, the answer is that people are safely back in the house and can continue on with the rest of the day. The power is out. Phase 2 of the shutoffs. That also includes santa clara and santa cruz counties. The lights have been off for more than one day now. This get over to mary to talk about thwind gusts. This morning the strongest winds with this event is actually up in the hills. Of above 1000 feet. This particular gust of 77 Miles Per Hour right now. This talk about our headlines. Notes in the morning. They weaken th afternoon. Quieter and moderate weather. Friday to the weekend. Warmer than yesterday. Headed to in concord. 81 in san jose. 76 for san francisco. Future cast gust. We will see the strong winds as we head th
Its 70 contained. Before we show you the fire and give you the updates i want to point out that behind us is st. Monicas church. This is were some of the evacuees were told to go to get updates. A short time ago they got the word that half of the people who were told to evacuate ca w return home. We are seeing a little bit of traffic. People who just got the notice are leaving this Evacuation Center and heading up the hill. Up the hill from us in the distance you can see some of the fire trucks and vehicles on standby, watching this fire. Merrill fire broke out around 1 00 last night. It spread to 40 acres but is now 70 contained. At one point it was threatening 140 homes in the Sanders Ranch neighborhood, one mile south from st. Marys college. The university was not threatened. Firefighters say they have a good handle on the fire and will start to switch to mop up mode, and watching things. The spokesperson want to thank the residents were evacuating so quickly. When police came to th