Evacuations and it has been set up at the Crosswalk Community church in napa, a command center for fire crews has been set up at the napa county fairgrounds. The fire broke out about five this morning along the north folk Crystal Springs road and Crystal Springs road. Near the community of england, just north of and helena. It escorts about 1500 acres and the broke out early this morning, burning in the hills just east of calistoga. Thousands of people have been ordered now to evacuate, the latest on the firefight. Reporter you can see helicopter getting ready to get into an irrigation pond here at the spaniard. Five Pettis County it is very helpful because theyre able to use those irrigation to help fight the fire. Now right behind the helicopter you can see a mountain, some flames kick up, the fire continues to grow in firefighters trying to contain it. Californias famous wine country on fire, again. The glass incident burning in napa county broke out at 3 50 am, it started in the ar
Has had with lawmakers this week. This is what he said in the last hour. We cant do too much here. We can do too little. We can do too little and sputter. The end result is, its not just a Macro Economic impact on the economy and our ability to compete internationally. Its peoples lives. Real live people are hurting. We can fix it. We got the first jobs report out under President Biden. Its a better report than december. Overall though, we have a long way to go. 49,000 jobs were added last month. The Unemployment Rate fell to 6. 3 in january. We will take a closer look in moments. I want to start with the action in the capitol. We have monica alba at white house, jo ling kent with the jobs report and leigh ann caldwell. President biden will deliver economic information later this hour. What can you tell us about the president s economic focus today . Its the first event, the fact that the white house is having these coronavirus briefings now three times a week from Health Experts and o
Week in revenue. Well be leaving this Washington Journal Program to go live now to a hearing on Election Security. You can watch the remanldinder this program on cspan. Org. This hearing comes after we laid to rest a giant in Voting Rights. You must use it because it is not guaranteed. You can lose it. We must vigorously defend our right to vote, our access to the ballot box and the integrity of our election. In less than 90 days americans across the country will participate in an election unlike any other in our history. The covid19 pandemic is forcing state and local Election Officials to rapidly expand vote by mail, early voting and other crowd reducing election policies so no voter has to choose between their democratic rights and their health. As states scramble to administer safe primary elections seemingly administrative decisions related to the number and location of polling sites had substantive impacts on peoples right to vote. Long lines in predominantly black and brown neig
Security measures leading up to the 2020 election. The hearing focuses on the spread of disinformation, the role of the u. S. Postal service and options for modernizing the voting process with sameday Voter Registration and expanded polling locations. This hearing will come to order. This hearing comes a week after we laid to rest a giant. Before he died, congressman lewis reminding us that the vote is the most powerful nonviolent change agent you have in a democratic society. You must use it because it is not guaranteed. You can lose it. We must vigorously defend our right to vote. Our access to the ballot box and integrity of our election. In less than 90 days, americans across the country will participate in an election unlike any other in our history. The covid19 pandemic is forcing state and local Election Officials to rapidly expand vote by mail, early voting and other crowd reducing election policies so no voter has to choose between their democratic rights and their health. As
Release the weekly address from President Trump this week. And Appropriations Committee share gave the democrats a draft discussing the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic. We owe a debt of gratitude for those in essential Service Industry jobs for also risking exposure to ensure american have food and other essential items during this time of crises. While i comply with guidance to remain home, im still working tirelessly with my colleagues in congress to protect people from the vicious pandemic and to mitigate the impact on americans financial security. A chairwoman house Appropriations Committee i helped shepard three Coronavirus Response bills through congress. First bill provided a vital infusion of funding to secure protective equipment for healthcare workers and boasted the Public Health system. It jump started the development of vaccines that will one day stop this surge. Just days later the familys first Coronavirus Response act, made coronavirus testing free. Expande