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[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] this full Committee Nomination hearing will come to order. This morning the committee will consider four nominations the key transportation positions within our jurisdiction. Nominees before us today are eric soskin, the nominee to be Inspector General for the department of transportation. Robert primus who is been nominated to be a member of the Surface Transportation Board. Sarah feinberg, nominated to be director of the amtrak board of direc...

This year, it really is. The past few months have tested us all. We have lost more than 170,000 family members and friends to covid. This tragedy is compounded by the loss of jobs and income. But it is not just the past few months. The past four years have left us, as a nation, diminished and divided. And yet in the middle of the fear and sorrow and the uncertainty, people have come together. Because they know we are better than this. America is better than this. And so we choose to act, inspire...

[gavel sounds] sen. Wicker this full Committee Nomination will come to order. Order. This morning the committee will consider four nominations to key transportation positions. The nominees before us today are eric soskin, nominee for Inspector General for dp of transportation. Robert pmbing rimus, nominated to be a member of the Surface Transportation Board. Sara feinberg, nominated to be a director of the amtrak board of directors. And chris coose, nominated to be a director on the amtrak board...

Skeet to hit nearly the same time. Moon while a white house shakeup Kellyanne Conway giving up post starting next month her husband george step wage from antitrump organization as they both put the focus back on their family. They say. Markets this morning are rallying take a look at futuring with a triple digit move the fda announce emergency for plasma to treat covid19 and dow is up 370 points and s p 500 up 25. Markets finish in the green on friday, certainly the s p 500 seeing its longst win...

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Areas surrounding us. This red flag warning is going to happen on efforts of any of these incidents. The red flag warning goes into Effect Tomorrow morning due to possibility of thunderstorms and lightning. Good evening. Im cristina rendon. Theres a major disaster declaration from President Trump freeing up federal resources for firefighters. It comes as firefighters are battling three of the complexes. The fire fight is particularly focused in Sonoma County as fires get closer to the dry creek ...

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Be a chance they could be in the restaurants. Dark. Final call comes from cal iso, invited lawmakers and media to see demonstration of safe practices. I hope we get regrouped, that the agency that watches the governor or Health Officials can see we can do this safely, that power grid. Threat of lightning continues. Many people were woken up by the we are equipped with the guidelines they gave us to do extremely rare conditions. This safely. And open our salons, stimulate this Lightning Strike in...

Rob is tracking all the conditions for us tonight. Rob . Yeah. It was a really amazing sight to see this this morning. Perhaps you woke up like many of us. We began to see these lines of very intense thunderstorms. Severe thunderstorm warnings in literally more than 2,000 lightening strikes around the bay area. We have seen a few showers here offshore. The connection is still there offshore. Just offshore to the south. This location will move to the north as we head into the overnight hours. As ...

Rob . Yeah. It was a really amazing sight to now wind is picking up autoof the southwest. More thunderstorms could be on see this this morning. The way. I know the radar looks perhaps you woke up like many of relatively quiet. Us. We began to see these lines of but like we saw late last night, very intense thunderstorms. The moisture does have a history severe thunderstorm warnings in of producing some lightening. Literally more than 2,000 we are seeing signs of this out here. This is tropical m...