Getting out tonight. Sharon . We are hearing reports of wrong way traffic as people scramble to get out. Southbound is the only way out. People are tweeting highway 29 is at a standstill. No one can travel down highway 29. Everybody must be headed to clear lake on which ever road gets them there. And highway 29 is a mess. So many people have just seconds to evacuate. The valley fire burns out of control. A massive fall of flames consuming rough terrain that sent four firefighters to the hospital with Second Degree burns. Evacuations stretched along highway 29. Clear lake and calistoga. Fire crews told all 1800 people in the town of cobb to leave. Mandatory evacuations also issued for middle town and lake county shown here shrouded in heavy smoke. Neighbors are helping neighbors escape safely. Their barn burnt down. They are hoping to save their homes. I know a lot of people here have lost their homes. Reporter two shelters are open tonight. One at the kelseyville presbyterian church. T
Be able to pass that authorization to use military force as well. That is, after all, the appropriate role for congress to play in all of this. And it is not appropriate for congress, frankly, to try to sidestep the responsibilities that they have in this matter. And just to quickly follow up on yemen there are reports including from cnn that the hutis did not allow the marines to take their weapons with them when they were departh. There were cars and other assets of the Embassy Personnel that were seized inside the embassy that documents were destroyed and other items were destroyed inside the embassy. Is that your understanding of how things unfolded . It sounds like this was a close call. Jim, this sounds like a delicate situation. And we noted the administration was carefully monitoring the security situation on the ground in sanaa to ensure the safety and security of american personnel who were there. So obviously, the u. S. Government determined that the security situation in sa
June 19 of 2014 does nothing to save us from Global Warming. Thats a quote that i will use when it is my turn for questions so that people wont question the accuracy of that. No one should be surprised. We have been here before. Nasa dr. James hanson said the protocol will have little effect on temperatures in the 21st century and will take 30 to reduce warming. Even when secretary contradicted lisa jackson in july of 09 of course she was the chairman of the director of the epa at that time, she honestly testified that u. S. Action would not impact world co 2 levels. You dont have to go back to that time because that question i asked at one time sitting right here i said if we were to pass any of these bills at that time would this have the effect of reducing co 2 emissions world wide . She said no it would not. This is not where the problem is. The problem is china and india and so forth. We all know that. I am going to go through here to try to get these points across and then we wil
Screeria nigeria. Ckane. Senator james inhofe chairs this 2 1 2 hour hearing. Get the unpopular stuff out of the way first. Let me assure my friends on the democratic side that senator boxer did everything she could to change the minds of the majority on Opening Statements. It has been our feeling on Opening Statements that quite often and i can remember going as much as two hours on Opening Statements where witnesses came from far away are not the case with you but in many cases and have to sit and wait. So instead of that we are going to have longer times for questions so that individuals want to talk and combine that with Opening Statements they can do it. We are using the early bird rule. I will go ahead and start with Opening Statements. Acting administrator mckane we are happy to work with you. Three separate rules should be introduced before the house energy and power subcommittee on june 19 of 2014 does nothing to save us from Global Warming. Thats a quote that i will use when
Politico is reporting today that jeb bush has been preparing for a potential president ial run since leaving the Florida Governors Office eight years ago. Part of the strategy was to downplay the decision. Politeco says a sudden burst of fundraising now is part of that plan. In addition the former Florida Governor has head lined more than 50 events around the country and helped to raise an estimated 10 million for other republican and conservative causes. Today jeb bush will head to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and hell share his thoughts on the challenges and opportunities facing the nation both here and abroad. Cspan will have live coverage of that at 12 30 eastern. A couple of other live events today. Cspan will have coverage of president obama and Homeland Security second jeh johnson. Hell be speaking at a white house summit on combatting violent extremism. The threeday event is looking into radicalization and recruiting for isis and other such groups. And then at 3 00 eas