Without freedom or liberty. May they be instruments of justice for all americans. May your spirit live with them and with each of us and may your grace around us and those we love that in all things we may be the people you would have us be in service to this great nation. May all that is done within the peoples house this day be for your greater honor and glory. Amen. P senator santorum the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from california mr. Mcnerney. Mr. Mcnerney i ask everyone to join me in pledging allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Senator santorum the chair will entertain requests for oneminute speeches. For what purpose does the g
Breaks news out of lake county where the last hour the governor has declared a state of emergency because of a Massive Wildfire thats burning out of control. Entire communities, including this one, middle town, have been devastated by this inferno. Good morning, everyone. Im Carolyn Tyler. Thanks for joining us on this sunday, september 13th. Heres the latest on whats being called the valley fire. The fastmoving fire quickly exploded in size to over 60,000 acres after breaking out yesterday afternoon. Several structures have gone up in flames. Hundreds more are threatened. Hundreds, if not thousands, of residents have been forced to evacuate. Many running as the fire came down the hill towards their homes. In the last hour the governor has declared a state of emergency for lake and napa counties. Take a look at this map of where the fire is burning near cobb, a community of 1700 residents. Its burning so fast its challenging firefighters ability to warn residents of the danger. A photo
Homes. Heres a map now of where the fire is burning in the community of cobb. Its burning so fast its challenging firefighters ability to warn residents of the danger. We have some extraordinary video to share with you some morning from the community of middletown. An abc7 news photographer was allowed to stay there after the mandatory evacuations took place. House upon house is burning. Theres no sound. You just hear the crackling there of the flames. You will also notice there are no firefighters. Peoples possessions, their memories gone in an instant. With he wont know the extent of the damage in middletown until later today. But it is definitely substantial. We received word the fire destroyed a school. A school that serves kindergarten through high school. A small private school. We have this report. Katie is going to join us live now. Good morning, katie. Good morning. We are live at the Napa County Fair Grounds in calistoga where the red cross shelter is in place for the thousan
Residents have been forced to evacuate, many running as the fair came down the hill towards their homes. Heres a map of where the fire is burning in the community of cobb. Its burning so fast its challenging firefighters ability to warn residents of the danger. We have video to share with you. An abc news cameraman was allowed to stay there after the mandatory evacuations took place. House upon house burning, no sound except for the crackling for the flames. You will also notice there are no firefighters. People with possessions and memories gone in an instant. We wont know the extent of the damage in middletown until later today, but it will definitely substantial. And we received word the flame has destroyed at least one school, thats Middletown Christian school, a small private school that serves children from kindergarten through high school. We have this report from lake county. People frantically pled south on highway 29 at the valley fire stormed across lake county. It looked li
We learned the valley fire is 40,000 acres, still burning out of control. Containment zero percent. Four firefighters have been hurt, homes destroyed and thousands of people forced to evacuate. We have been in contact with emergency crews throughout the night. They say the valley fire is running wild. The official size has grown, Officials Say a low estimate is 40,000 acres. Again to containment at this time. Parts of middletown, its now in flames. No specific word on the numbers of homes and businesses destroyed. You can see flames engulfing dozens of homes, at least thats with a weve heard through the night. We talked to evacuees a little while ago. The barn unfortunately burnt down, it was built in our family in the 1800s. They locked their shop. They are hoping to save their home. Several communities have evacuation orders now including cobb counties, Hidden Valley lakes and middletown as well as People Living along highway 29. All the way to the outskirts of calistoga in napa coun