Representative mike johnson was elected about one hour ago. Johnson is from louisiana. He was endorsed by former President Trump and was one of the lawmakers who voted to overturn the 2020 election. He was elected to speaker more than three weeks after representative Kevin Mccarthy was ousted and after three other congressman failed to get enough votes to secure that seat. While the house was voting, President Biden was speaking about the ongoing war in israel. The president said israel has a right to respond to the attack on october 7. We will ensure israel has what it needs to defend itself against these terrorists. We also have to remember hamas does not represent i will say it again. Hamas does not represent the majority of the Palestinian People on the gaza strip or anywhere else. Israel needs to operate within the laws of war and protect innocent civilians. A live look at berkeley where students will be walking out of class in about one hour for a propalestinian water that will h
In zip ties and you know, the whole situation, the entire time, was very calm, he was cooperative. Jose martinez has been digging into the Surprising New development in this case. He joins us with those details. Rose . Me tell you something, according to a federal complaint against Joseph Emerson after being arrested, he told the officers that he became depressed six months ago and talked about the use of psychedelic mushrooms stating that this was the first time he took them. Reporter according to a federal criminal complaint, Joseph Emerson, the offduty Alaska Airlines pilot, tended to shut down the engines of a plane headed to San Francisco. The affidavit says emerson and the responding officer talked about the use of psychedelic mushrooms and he told the officer it was his first time taking them. We i cant imagine what he was possibly thinking because everyone knows mushrooms are hallucinogens and that is absolutely , absolutely by far no way are we supposed to, we cant even take c
Historic visit to the war zone. A new safety plan. Pg e presenting a new framework to present people from wildfires. The concerns overwhelming costs will be passed on to you, the rate payer. Plus, a dangerous combination, heat and high surf. Meteorologist kari hall is monitoring the advisory for much of the bay area and the warning you need to plan to beat the heat at bay area beaches. This is today in the bay. Good wednesday morning to you. Thank you so much for joining us. Im laura garcia. Im marcus washington. We want to get you started with a live look across the bay area, where were going to see a heat advisory starting later this morning. Meteorologist kari hall, of course, joining us now. Come on in here. Weve been talking about this heat. It is coming, and today isnt even going to be the hottest day. Tomorrow is the hottest day of the week, so were going to have a couple of really hot days coming in. As we take a live look outside in san jose, we are starting out with Cool Temp
No major hot spots. Bay no major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. robin our top story this morning. The girlfriend of the las vegas shooter says she was unaware of his plans to attack a Country Music concert. Even describing the mass killer Stephen Paddock as a kind, caring and quiet man. This comes as police say they are anota ruling out he had an accomplice. And now police say they have a new timeline of what happened. Las vegas police are now detailing just how much time passed between the first shots. And when swat members breached the killers Highrise Hotel room. We also have new information about the gunmans final stand as Police Closed in. All this as President Trump visited las vegas to pay his respects. He met with shooting survivors and first responders. The president calling the shooter sick and demented. Omar jimenez has the latest. New video from the Las Vegas Massacreshows confusion amo
dave general warming trend with dry weather through the end of the week. Dry offshore winds will impact some of the higher peaks and ridges off and on again late this week into early next week. mark our top story this morning. Investigators in nevada are working to piece together events that led to the deadly mass shooting in las vegas. Now police say the shooter may have had help. darya 58 people were killed in the shooting and overnight authorities lowered the number of injured to 489. 300 have been discharged from the hospital. Mark Las Vegas police found 50 pounds of explosives and 16hundred rounds of ammunition in the car that the shooter left at the mandalay bay. Authorities also say that Stephen Paddock planned to escape after the deadly attack, but instead left a note before killing himself he also may have had help in the attack. Police say paddocks girlfriend, marilou danley, is cooperating with authorities and has spoken to the fbi. The police have said she is not a suspect.