Jesse gary. Reporter as firefighters worked to tap out a fire that is mostly contained. Word ever reinforcements are headed to the front lines. That is part of an effort to upgrade and improve the capacity to mitigate, prevent, and suppress wildfires. Reporter Governor Newsom announcing Additional Resources for cal fire seen at 285 million is being used to purchase upwards of 12 new blackhawk helicopters to aden suppression. He said that 172 fulltime firefighters are being work the they do direct Line Construction on the fire cutting vegetation down to the bare mineral soil. Including the control lines around the fires. Reporter there been over 41 hundred wildfires that exceed the average they believe the increase indicates drier and more dangerous fire season. Fuel moistures are lower than average. Epically what we associate with the drought. Reporter they said the university has hired five full time faculty members dedicated to research and prevention. His department is creating a fi
advisers and longtime loyalist is jumping ship to endorse ron desantis. and he will join me in just a moment to explain why. but first, the florida governor is making waves even before his expected to jump into the presidential race. desantis today signed a bill to de-fund diversity programs at florida colleges. their response to critical race theory being taught in classrooms. he is also changing florida law to allow himself to campaign while serving as governor, and to reduce transparency over his state spending and travel. desantis is also stepping in to ward off his turf, sending migrants to states run by democrats, and wading into a new york city case praising the marine veteran now charged in a subway chokehold death. he also barn stormed a trail of iowa this weekend, where the 45th president canceled a rally there over weather concerns. donald trump is taking notice, and taking aim at desantis. and desantis is indirectly firing back. we must reject the culture of los
Im Joyce Gallagher in los angeles with a fox news update on the war in israel. President biden hours away from touching down in israel. The primary goal of preventing this from becoming a regional battle. Already on very shaky ground. Jordan has now canceled the summit with biden and egyptian and palestinian leaders in jordan following the strike on a Gaza Hospital that hamas is saying killed about 500 people. Hamas and israel are blaming each other for the attack. There are reports of hundreds of protesters tonight carrying palestinian flags, gathering at the u. S. Embassy in beirut, lebanon. Meantime an iranian official told state tv that a war on multiple fronts is inevitable if israel continues strikes in gaza. The Senior Foreign Affairs correspondent is live at the israeli lebanon border with more. Greg . Reporter all eyes are on gaza after that horrendous blast at this packed hospital. Bodies from the destruction wrought Palestinian Health authority claimed as many as 500 could h
The wind pushing clouds through. Winds blowing through this afternoon, as well. In the suburbs, breaks in the clouds over king of prussia. 56 now. 61 at 8 00. 67 the high. Partly sunny skies. It will be breezy for philadelphia, the suburbs, and new jersey, up to 75. For delaware and the Lehigh Valley, showers will disappear. The clouds will take over. A nice warmup today. Not the last of the weekend showers, more on the way through the Holiday Weekend. Ill bring you a look at that in ten minutes. First to traffic on a friday morning. Francesca ruscio with an update. Thank you. So far no signs of a holiday rush. Were watching the center city traffic at the vine street expressway from 24th from the schedule, westbound from 95. Traffic is moving just fine with travel speeds in the 60s. No reported delays on the vine. Lets look at the schuylkill. We usually see delays. Pretty green right now eastbound from the blue route toward the vine. Its going to take you 12 minutes p. The opposite dir
In this winner take all state, your vote could have big implications on the race for president. We are following the candidates on the campaign trail tonight. Inlcuding Ohio Governor john kasich. Who will be watching results come in just outside of cleveland tonight. 9 on your sides Evan Millward is also there. Keeping you uptodate on whats expected to be a close race. Evan . This is the race to watch tonight. Not just for us in cincinnati or in ohio but around the world. I wanted to give you a sort of behind the scenes look right now at the number of tv satellite trucks parked outside this gym at Baldwin Wallace university. Inside were set up between Media Outlets from around the world. Why . This is considered a do or die moment for kasich. His campaign and the super pac spent weeks flooding the state with volunteers working get out the vote efforts. And kasichs running almost entirely on a change of tone. Even today as we caught him voting he refused to fuel the fire in a battle wit