Im concerned about all alqaeda. They are dedicated to killing innocent men, women and children. So you would never characterize a member of alqaeda as somehow being Junior Varsity . I characterize them as a murderous organization. Thank you. Director comey. When you capture them in benghazi, will you consider taking them to Guantanamo Bay . Thats not a judgment for the fbi to make. The last time we brought a bad guy, a 20year Senior Leader out of libya who had lots of information about terrorists all around the world, in a matter of days he was returned to the United States and had a set of lawyers, and i am confident was read his miranda rights. Do you think we lost the opportunity to gain intelligence that we could have had we handled this enemy combatant in a different way . Because his case is pending, hes now being tried in the Southern District of new york, i dont want to talk about his case in particular, but more time is always better than less. Do you think having, i want to b
H. D. While i still have a smile on my face. Light to moderate rain falling across virtually all the bay area now. Steadiest rainfall at the moment is up in the north bay. The pocket of light to moderate rain is beginning to push onshore now. This is the movement of the system, and you see the back edge . It looks like its about to taper off in the north bay once the current wave pushes through. Well have rain, at least light rain, overnight into the Early Morning commute. 24hour rainfall totals looking impressive. In the north bay,. 75 at mt. St. Helena. Ill give you a look later at how much we can expect out of the system and what the morning commute will look look. Smiling and forecasting the rain. Nice. Thank you very much. Multitasking. Spencer mentioned tonights storm is not looking like a big rainmaker. The last two that came in were stronger and wetter. How much did our weekend weather help with the drought situation in california . Abc 7 News Reporter Wayne Freedman has a look
Its frightening. Its very dry. Weve been in a drought for years so our fuels are very, very dry. Thats playing a huge role in helping this fire grow quickly and burn very hot and burn and spread fast. Reporter only 5 contained, as i mentioned, and fire crews say the priority is the safety of the people and the fire crews and that the homes is what theyre really working on. Theyve been setting up a perimeter trying to stop the flames from coming close to these structures. They say the weather is another factor, as they mentioned, the humidity. And theyre hoping for change. There is the possibility that some rain could be coming in tonight into tomorrow, about a 50 50 chance. The rain could help them knock this down. But if it comes with strong winds that could be extremely dangerous and could jump the fire. As we mentioned, highway 50 was closed earlier but is reopened. They were worried it would spread. Theyre keeping an eye on this and doing everything they possibly can to keep everyb
Goods, etcetera. Reporter johnson predicts retail sales overall will rise 2. 9 this year. Thats less optimistic than the National Retail federations 3. 4 forecast. Income growth is still very sluggish. And of course we have the uncertainty from the sequester and all the washington nonsense occurring. So we think we would do very well to get near to a 3 annual growth rate. Reporter going forward, it will be harder to identify retail sales trends monthto month. Four major chain stores; target, macys, kohls, and nordstrom, will no longer provide monthly samestore sales figures. They join others like walmart and sears that only report sales quarterly. In some ways it makes it easier because we dont have to explain anomalies that change month to month, and the effects of sandy, or the effects of the 53rd week. Reporter but he wont be completely off the hook. At least 16 chains will still report monthly numbers. Erika miller, n. B. R. , new york. Susie even though those retail numbers are a
Goods, etcetera. Reporter johnson predicts retail sales overall will rise 2. 9 this year. Thats less optimistic than the National Retail federations 3. 4 forecast. Income growth is still very sluggish. And of course we have the uncertainty from the sequester and all the washington nonsense occurring. So we think we would do very well to get near to a 3 annual growth rate. Reporter going forward, it will be harder to identify retail sales trends monthto month. Four major chain stores; target, macys, kohls, and nordstrom, will no longer provide monthly samestore sales figures. They join others like walmart and sears that only report sales quarterly. In some ways it makes it easier because we dont have to explain anomalies that change month to month, and the effects of sandy, or the effects of the 53rd week. Reporter but he wont be completely off the hook. At least 16 chains will still report monthly numbers. Erika miller, n. B. R. , new york. Susie even though those retail numbers are a