prisons he's unlikely to want to relinquish power just because of decisions made at these talks james bays outages era at the u.n. in geneva. chile has withdrawn as host of november's apec summit and the cup 25 climate summit in the summer after several weeks of violent unrest and mass protests the upcoming cup 25 talks were seen as vital in tackling the climate emergency as it was hoped that they would spur momentum on national emissions cuts the apic cancellation puts the signing of a preliminary trade accord between u.s. president donald trump and his chinese counterpart ping in doubt but chilean president sebastian pinera says restoring public order is his priority the process tsar estimated to have cost billions of dollars in damage to buildings and infrastructure including the closure of sri of santiago's 6 metro lines well the climate summit alone was expected to bring 30000 people to the city giving it a badly needed boost but now that revenue is lost mine were apollo joins us live now from santiago mineral of course has been following the developments in the country for a while no

here's our diplomatic editor james bays after days of discussion the u.n. security council's agreed to have a meeting on current developments in syria but there's very little chance of agreement on anything other than expressions of general concern what do you hope to achieve these discussions and babs' the conventions that. should just pieces that be a chance to solve issues since it's the european members of the council have been pushing for a meeting some of them have strongly condemned turkey but the u.n. secretary general antonio good terrorists issued a statement that stops well short of that civilians and civilian infrastructure should be protected in accordance with international law. the secretary general believes that there is no military solution to the syrian conflict the same language the un has been using throughout syria's bloody 8 and a half year long war there is nor military solution because there is no military solution as i have said repeatedly there is no military in solution to the seed and prizes so how does that apply to turkey's cur

now all right so it's an impossible to thank you for that update from istanbul but some bring in james bays he's our diplomatic editor joining us from the united nations so what international reaction has there been from diplomats there. the president of the security council currently for this month south africa has confirmed that they are trying to call a meeting on the situation meeting that's likely to take place on thursday morning new york time it's originally been requested by the e.u. members of the security council that's the u.k. france germany poland and belgium 2 of those countries france and germany have issued statements condemning what has happened with regard to the turkish military operation the un itself and the secretary general he has not used the word condemn this is what his spokesman had to say the secretary general is very concerned by the recent developments in northeast syria any military operation must fully respect the u.n. charter and international humanitarian law civilians and civilian infrastructure should be protected in accordance with international law the

prisons he's unlikely to want to relinquish power just because of decisions made at these talks james bays out zira at the u.n. in geneva. security forces in lebanon have far tear gas to disperse protesters in the northern town of up the ante government demonstrations continue across the country despite prime minister saad hariri raised resignation hariri quits on cheese day saying he'd come to a dead end in dealing with unprecedented protests that have paralyzed the country presidents michel aoun has asked her to stay on until a new government is formed say to her has more from beirut. the roads are now open so will schools universities and banks lebanon may no longer be paralyzed but the political crisis is far from over protesters who blocked roads across the country for almost 2 weeks toppled the coalition government prime minister saddle had resigned after failing to form a government free from the influence a political parties the president michel aoun has still to set a date to start consultations with members of parliament to agree on a new prime minister a post held by a son a mus

security council meeting on syria diplomatic editor james bay sat down with the u.k.'s ambassador to the u.n. to discuss the turkish military operation. we've made it very clear that we didn't support the turkish military incursion we don't support the operation and we want to see it ended the turks say that they are acting under the u.n. charter article $51.00 which says that you can act in self-defense you're an expert on these things do you believe this is self-defense or do you believe this is a breach of international law when i'm not a legal expert it is true that the right to self-defense is in evidence and it's also in shrine in article 51 of the charter as you say and the turks have written to the security council with that justification i think 2 things on that one is that whatever justification countries use it doesn't relieve them of the responsibility to follow international humanitarian law and the geneva conventions with any military operation and i think the 2nd point as was discussed by the security council today is that it won't the military operation

council is holding an emergency meeting in new york to discuss the crisis our diplomatic editor james bays is joining us from there and we do expect to hear from some of the ambassadors james don't we. we do we've already actually heard from the russian ambassador a short time ago very quick comments here saying of the from russia's point of view there needs to be dialogue at this stage and saying it was unlikely that the syrian security council was going to come up with a unified position because he said a unified statement or product as he called it from the security council needed to cover all aspects of the conflict in the syria and not just the most recent developments expect soon to hear also from the european union they are likely to come to this podium the french ambassador very shortly to speak to us we already have heard from some of the e.u. ambassadors this is what the deputy ambassador of germany told us earlier. germany had together with its e.o. partners has requested that the security council deal with the situation in syria today under any other business in close consultat

begin a meeting in new york to discuss the situation that's going to happen in the next few minutes james bay is joining us from there what should we be looking out for james. well as you say the security council going to be meeting soon in fact the security council is currently meeting discussing the situation in colombia that meeting is going on in the security council chamber which is just over this way behind me immediately after that meeting they'll be having a closed meeting on colombia and then moving on to the situation in syria the security council has been discussing among its members for some days whether to have a meeting on the situation they decided to do so after it was called for by the 5 e.u. members of the security council one of those is germany the deputy ambassador spoke to us earlier. germany together with the iau partners has requested that the security council deal with the situation in syria today under any other business and close consultations germany condemns the turkish unilateral military operation in northeastern syria in the strongest possible terms we fear tha

prisons he's unlikely to want to relinquish power just because of decisions made at these talks james bays out zerah at the u.n. in geneva. lebanon's prime minister has been asked to stay on as a temporary caretaker until a new government is formed but the move isn't stopping the protests these pictures of just come through to us there live in the city of tripoli the president michelle obama's request for the prime minister to stay on follows his resignation on tuesday his leaving ends the coalition government that had been struggling to contain nearly 2 weeks of protests in a hotter is in beirut. the roads are now open so will schools universities and banks lebanon may no longer be paralyzed but the political crisis is far from over protesters who blocked roads across the country for almost 2 weeks topple the coalition government prime minister saddle had resigned after failing to form a government free from the influence of political parties the president michel aoun has still to set a date to start consultations with members of parliament to agree on a new prime minister a post held by

a meeting in geneva but officials admit it's an enormously difficult job our diplomatic editor james bays has more from switzerland all in the same room 50 delegates from the government 50 from the opposition and 50 from civil society haggling over the names on the last list the reason it took the best part of 2 years to get this meeting underway the u.n. will oversee their work to come up with a new constitution for a post-war syria but it special envoy admits it's going to be a most difficult task i know we're going to do so not easy for all you to be here together in this room and i respect that. i know that there are deep feelings among you reflecting the the feelings among all syrians above the state of their beloved country after nearly 9 years of violent conflict the 2 co-chairs pledged to work together but the things they focused on in your addresses were no surprise because baris said the government will continue its fight against what it calls terrorist groups leave our fight against terrorism with an ongoing war that we started before our meeting we continue this fight join in

nations security council discuss the tech offensive as an emergency closed and diplomatic editor james bays has more on the u.n. security council ambassadors had been talking about colombia in open session and named by the council members to you for my quince notation but when they headed to the deliberations on syria they were held in the closed consultation room next to the chamber perhaps they didn't want yet more division on the latest phase of syria's long war to be seen in public behind closed doors they couldn't agree on words for a joint statement instead the u.s. ambassador trying to sum up her country's position after days of controversy and confusion in washington on whether president trump had given the green light to the turkish operation in we just finished our consultations on syria. and as the president has made abundantly clear the u.s. has not in any way endorsed the decision of the government of turkey to mount a military incursion into northeast syria. president trump has emphasized to the government of turkey that they bear 4 responsibility for protecting the kurdish po

overseeing a meeting in geneva but officials admit it's an enormously difficult job our diplomats get so james bays is in switzerland all in the same room 50 delegates from the government 50 from the opposition and 50 from civil society haggling over the names on the last list the reason it took the best part of 2 years to get this meeting underway the u.n. will oversee their work to come up with a new constitution for a post-war syria but it special envoy admits it's going to be a most difficult task i know that it is not easy for all you to be here together in this room and i respect that i know that there are deep feelings among you reflecting the d. feelings among all syrians above the state of their beloved country after nearly 9 years of violent conflict the 2 co-chairs pledged to work together but the things they focused on in your address is well no surprise armored cars baris said the government will continue its fight against what it calls terrorist groups. a law fight against terrorism was an ongoing war that we started before our meeting we continue this fight jordan our meeting and we

overseeing the process doesn't deny that it is an enormously difficult task on diplomatic it has to james bays reports now from geneva. the u.n. very keen that this is seen as a syrian led process although i can tell you many diplomats that i've spoken to back in new york western diplomats say that they are somewhat skeptical about this process and believe that over the last 2 years it's been a little bit of a diversion having said that the u.n. special envoy says that this is the best chance to come up with a new constitution and then a political solution for syria but he made it clear it will be very hard work. this is that his story. because for the 1st time you know many years. if you need your city the city to be if he's. also called you side by side through it as a community members believe he's wrong. and you. will see. the charm still something you see sitting either side of him were the 2 co-chairs one from the government side a syrian government m.p. armored cars body and on the other side the syrian opposition politician who's been involved in many of these talks how do you are they

that's the way it was called for by the european members of the council is that diplomatic editor james bays after days of discussion the un security council's agreed to have a meeting on current developments in syria but there's very little chance of agreement on anything other than expressions of general concern what do you hope to achieve these discussions and babs' the conventions that. should if peace is there be a chance to do so already issue since it's the european members of the council have been pushing for a meeting some of them have strongly condemned turkey but the u.n. secretary general antonio good terrorists issued a statement that stops well short of that civilians and civilian infrastructure should be protected in accordance with international law. the secretary general believes that there is no military solution to the syrian conflict the same language the un has been using throughout syria's bloody 8 and a half year long war there is nor military solution because there is no military solution as i have said repeatedly there is no military in solution to the student prizes

security council has discussed the turkish offensive on diplomatic james bays has more on what was said behind closed doors from u.n. headquarters in new york. the un security council ambassadors had been talking about colombia in open session and named by their cousin members to you for my quince itis in but when they headed to the deliberations on syria they were held in the closed consultation room next to the chamber perhaps they didn't want yet more division on the latest phase of syria's long war to be seen in public behind closed doors they couldn't agree on words for a joint statement instead the us ambassador tried to sum up her country's position after days of controversy and confusion in washington on whether president trump had given the green light to the turkish operation we just finished our consultations on syria and as the president has made abundantly clear the u.s. has not in any way indorse the decision at the government of turkey to mount a military incursion into northeast syria. president trump has emphasized to the government of turkey that they bear full respons

is overseeing the process does not deny that it is an enormously difficult task diplomatic it is james bays joins us live now from geneva james how can you go back to square one on this given what's going on in the ground right now in syria. well i think you're right peter yes you have diplomacy taking place here again in geneva and a chance for that the plough mysie but certainly the map of syria is being shaped by military action and most notably by 3 forces that's the russians the iranians and the turks and it's worth mentioning that they've been driving the politics as well and actually this constitutional committee that now for the 1st time met in geneva comes out of a meeting between those 3 nations back in january 28th such a where they came up with the idea of this committee has been a lot of wrangling about who should sit on it there are members of the government the opposition and civil society that are sitting around the table and it was that last 50 members of the civil society that they were haggling over the names for many months they agreed their names and finally they are si

no one i think has any doubt about the difficulty of the process ahead are diplomatic and it's a james bays reporting live there from geneva james many thanks. turkey's president . says the joint turkish and russian patrols in northern syria will begin shortly following the passing of a deadline for the withdrawal of all kurdish forces it paves the way for the turks to create a so-called safe zone running 30 kilometers into syrian territory president or one says the zone could still be expanded if attacks from y.p. g. forces continue russian defense officials say the kurdish withdrawal has been completed but turkish intelligence says that some fighters remain let's go live now to where the turkey syria border out of serious national data is in the sand any indication then how quickly those patrols those turkish joint turkish and russian patrols will begin. well most likely now are you having russian and turkish military officers on the ground assessing the situation ensuring that the withdrawal of the city of fighters has been completed before starting the joint patrols wish could be to day

payments and might not be able to cover staff salaries at the end of the month are diplomatic editor james bays reports. if the un hadn't already made severe cuts to its budget it wouldn't have had enough money to stage the high level week of the u.n. general assembly when world leaders visited new york last month secretary-general antonio good terrorists said the organization is confronting its worst financial situation in a decade the organization is facing a c.v. here financial crisis to be more specific as severe liquidity crisis the question is simple without cash the budget cannot be properly implemented our work and already forms are at risk. the secretary general was very clear about the dire problems the u.n. is facing but at no point did he list the countries that are causing it by not paying what they owe and surely you've got a big problem here and you need to name the people responsible for it there's 193 member states 129 have paid up in for the balance that's not of those who haven't paid the us which has the largest g.d.p. in the world owes by far the most. over $1000000000.00 a

uphold international law is vital in the its own the rights and would help the political process james bays has more from the united nations headquarters in new york. so a moment off some opportunity on syria but it is worth remembering what is going on in the north of syria province which is where many people have fled to as the syrian government and their russian allies have picked off the various what we call deescalation zones it live is the last one the population that swelled to over 3000000 people they now have nowhere to run to and they're being bombarded by the assad government and by their russian allies and so i think there is a fear that although there's all this talk about diplomacy the syrian government may still be banking on a military solution well the u.s. president donald trump has once again waded into the impeachment inquiry tweeting on monday the fake whistleblower complaint is not holding up it's mostly about the call to the ukrainian president which in the name of transparency immediately released to congress on the public he goes on to say the whistleblower knew alm

antonio terrorist says he went operations around the wilds could be compromised out of a magic as a james bays reports. if the un hadn't already made severe cuts to its budget it wouldn't have had enough money to stage the high level week of the u.n. general assembly when world leaders visited new york last month secretary-general antonio good terrorists said the organization is confronting its worst financial situation in a decade the organization is facing a c.v. here financial crisis to be more specific as severe liquidity crisis the equation is simple without cash the budget cannot be properly implemented our work and already forms are at risk. the secretary general was very clear about the dire problems the u.n. is facing but at the point that he lists the countries that are causing it by not paying what they owe surely you've got a big problem here in units named the people responsible for this 193 member states 129 have paid up for the balance that's not of those who haven't paid to us which has the largest g.d.p. in the world owes by far the most are some of over $1000000000.00 and $55

18 months of work by the un the syrian government and the main opposition bloc diplomatic editor james bays reports now from geneva. this is going to be an important development the opening of this constitutional committee but i think the un is well aware that this is a sensitive time as well we've been allowed to stand here to watch the delegations arrive here 24 hours ago when they came for meetings we weren't allowed to watch the arrival of the delegations the government delegation opposition delegation and civil society delegation were actually told we filmed them arriving then we would have our credentials revoked i think that shows that the u.n. very sensitive about what is going to happen in this process it comes out of a meeting in january 28th scene and it's taken all the time since to draw up these lists particularly the civil society lists the meeting originally that drew this up was a russian turkey iran meeting at such and those have been the driving countries behind this process the foreign ministers of those 3 countries were here in geneva but they're not coming to the openin

doesn't deny that it's an enormously difficult task let's go live now to geneva our diplomatic editor james bays is following these talks james so far we've had just the opening ceremony when does the serious talking begin. it all starts in the next 24 hours we will have these 3 parties joined here because you have the government the opposition and civil society you have them all meeting here in geneva to come up with a new constitution the idea of this committee has been in the works for nearly 2 years and came out of a meeting between russia iran and turkey the u.n. keen not to have those 3 countries seen as the only architects of this although the 3 foreign ministers were here they were not here for the opening event they were here late last night in geneva giving a news conference the u.n. very keen that this is seen as a syrian led process although i can tell you many diplomats that i've spoken to back in new york western diplomats say that they are somewhat skeptical about this process and believe that over the last 2 years it's been a little bit of a diversion having said that the u.n. sp

council discussed the tack offensive that an emergency closed on meeting and diplomatic editor james bayshas more on this now from u.n. headquarters in new york. the u.n. security council ambassadors had been talking about colombia in open session and then read that because their members to you for my quince notice in but when they headed to the deliberations on syria they were held in the closed consultation room next to the chamber perhaps they didn't want yet more division on the latest phase of syria's long war to be seen in public behind closed doors they couldn't agree on words for a joint statement instead the u.s. ambassador tried to sum up her country's position after days of controversy and confusion in washington on whether president trump had given the green light to the turkish operation and we just finished our consultations on syria.

brief joint statement bought stopped short of calling for an all out says file a diplomatic editor james bays reports from the u.n. headquarters in new york. for the 1st time since the turkish military operation started some unity at the security council the words that stopped short of condemnation were agreed for the president to read out so the concern expressed deep concern over there is sick of the disparity of terrorist from you and sunni the groups including eisen but exactly the same time the council to be meeting behind closed doors president trumpet been giving his latest rambling comments it's not clear if his own u.n. ambassador was aware he described the current situation as strategically brilliant the united states calls on turkey to halt its offensive and declare a cease fire immediately to this in and at the president's direction vice president pants is now leading a delegation including secretary of state mike pompei oh the president has described the situation as strategically brilliant is u.s. policy completely confused so once again u.s. policy that anchored by the vice pre

health care for the time being thank you for that updates let's bring in our diplomatic editor james bays joining us from the united nations and not the 1st time james that european members of the security council have requested a meeting on what's taking place in northeast syria what do we expect to happen. yes well we believe that meeting is about to get underway in the next few minutes in fact move just show you the picture over here that is actually the doorway into the security council where the closed meeting will be taking place what they've been doing is having a meeting about western sahara that meeting we understand has just come to an end or is about to come to an end and then they're moving on to the agenda right about syria and what's going on in north east syria and we've just seen the 2 u.n. briefers come in who will be briefing the security council in that closed meeting the head of humanitarian affairs mark khalid county who's the assistant secretary general for political affairs they will be briefing the security council on the current situation we've seen a few ambassad

rural warfare ok it said of course all this thank you for that update from istanbul let's bring in james bays he's our diplomatic editor joining us from the united nations so what's the word coming out of the u.n. diplomats there james well out of the security council a lot of discussion behind closed doors about what to do about the situation great concern but i think they know that there won't be any agreement on the way forward european nations on the security council the 5 nations from the e.u. the sit on the security council have called for a meeting south africa's the current president of the security council and south africa has said it's trying to arrange that meeting to take place on thursday that's the situation with regard to the security council was regard to the secretary general and the u.n. as a body we have this statement from the secretary general spokesman the secretary general is very concerned by the recent developments in northeast syria any military operation must fully respect the u.n. charter and international humanitarian law civilians and civilian infrastructure shou

street and the richmond sandra fell 5.80 west doing just fine 7 minutes to make it to the north bay james darya thanks a lot rob and so again. >>breaking news this morning pg need the outages today people living in the north bay right now waking up without power. >>across a good bit of that's going to kron 4 sarah stinson in sausalito where it is dark and as you said sarah, those intersections are very dangerous and kids are going to going to school today says something to think about. >>oh yeah, it's definitely something to keep in mind and that's why we're here live to show you before you head out the door. i know it's usually dark when i'm like until about 7, but this is really dark usually there is a few traffic lights behind me right now not so much not even street lights are up and running so it is very dark out here in kind of eerie at that. but let's take a look at this map i have updated numbers for you 2400 people or customers rather. now that pg e has turned it off at midnight and it's. i will say drove all the way through sausalito look up in the hills and it looks as though s

cinema kosovo clue giving us the update from istanbul thank you let's bring in our diplomatic editor james bays he's joining us from the united nations international reaction seems to be coming in now james and what we're hearing that the e.u. is asking for a security council meeting to morrow what more do you know. yet in the last few moments in fact the belgium ambassador to the u.n. belgium is currently one of the countries of the security council in fact the e.u. countries on the security council of france the u.k. germany belgium and poland has said that those e.u. members what they call the e.u. 5 will be requesting a security council meeting on the current situation in northern syria now from what i understand from other diplomats who have been in touch with by text and whatsapp no actual formal request has yet been made to the presidency of the security council that's currently held by south africa i believe that's because there are discussions going on among the e.u. members and possibly other security council members on what format this meeting should take and exactly when it will tak

on wednesday in geneva was finalized after almost 2 years of negotiations our diplomatic editor james bays joins us live from geneva so is anyone putting too much hope on this constitutional committee well i think people are watching this closely because they do believe some observers that we are now watching the endgame in syria and just the death of the isolated baghdadi could be part of that but you have to say this is being shaped not by diplomacy but by military action military action that's taken place over many years the russians the iranians the syrian regime more recently the turks have been shaping the situation on the ground and very much driving the politics as well this constitutional committee came out of a meeting in such it almost 2 years ago there was a meeting that was led by the russians the iranians and the turks and that is the process that now has finally come to geneva for an important meeting on wednesday certainly the u.n. are being upbeat about things. the 2 parties have agreed to or expeditiously and continue or severe. it's impossible to say how long it will tak

members are calling on turkey to see its military operation james bays let's bring here what do you make of their statement. well there was a fair bit of wrangling before they could come up with those words so i'm told behind the scenes the deputy german ambassador there reading it out germany and france certainly in the national positions have been using the strongest language with regard to this strongly condemning the turkish operation condemnation that word was not in that statement from the new but they have called for this operation to see and clearly they've also said what their position is with regard to this going forward if they're not happy with what happens to the kurdish population in syria because that adding i think to turkey and this is what they've said about the assad regime which is they're not going to support any stabilization in rebuilding efforts if the local populations wishes are respected so interesting statement there 'd from the european union 6 european union members only 5 currently sit on the security council but a number 6 is a stone. which will be coming

canadian tar sands stuff, but like talking more about the green in your neighbors about your and the james baycosystem has been lensed by hydro mega dams and how can we find a more sustainable way to offer them an olive branch so that the people that are working in those fossil fuels and all these other industries and hydro can find another way to find an income that would help them also help their people to be living sustainably. >> host: thank you, you a lot on the table and we will get a response. >> guest: there's a lot there. so the core principles of what climate justice would do is that the people who one, the people who got the worst deal under the current extractive fossil fuel based economy meeting the people who have the dirtiest industries in their backyards , who had the highest cancer rates, highest as the rates are bearing the burden of this economy, need to be first in line to benefit from the transformations including owning and controlling their own energy projects, getting the jobs as this color was alerting alluding to but also that no worker should be left behind in this t

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to the richmond sandra fell delay free looks great use it now 6 minutes to make it into the north bay james will. >>breaking news overnight out of the south bay. we have one man dead after a stabbing in san jose and the search is on right killer it happened on sunday night on the 1500 block of alum rock road near highway one oh one and here's a map see you know the location. several people were involved in a fight and one man was eventually stabbed first responders they rushed the scene they grabbed him they put him in the ambulance and try to rush into the hospital, but he died from his injuries. it's the 25th homicide in san jose so far this year. happening now we have fire crews now battling a large wildfire in napa county it's burned more than 500 acres and at this point is only 30% contained this morning. >>it broke out just east of american candid about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. it started off as a 30 acre a fire before then exploding to 526 acres. so far that fire has destroyed one outbuilding and has burned several wooden fences in a neighborhood. all evacuation advisories have

beautiful start to the morning nonetheless looking outside as you mentioned there from the north bay jameseautiful clear skies across the bay area this morning, san jose, more of the same right now with crystal clear conditions out there and as we work our way into the afternoon temperatures will be chilly for so long. let's get a look at our current temperatures yet again and what we're seeing are range of 40's and 30's with oakland and hayward each a 48 right now san francisco actually our warmest spot across the bay 52 degrees currently well fairfield saint helene a and santa rosa each in the upper 30's. now we are going to be looking at conditions later today. like i said on the warmer side. >>robin all right. thank you john now, let's check in on your commute we're looking at the richmond sandra fell bridge where the sun is really being downright you can hardly see the traffic that it's definitely stacked up here on west bound 5.80 officially at a crawl. you're back up it's going to feel just beyond words from parkway so 12 minutes to the north bay from oakland to san frano, th heavie

in gisborne port about an hour ago, it's spent most of the morning sailing around what james cook named polity bayhered around the bay to watch this spectacle. it was some sightseeing this boat glide into the harbour. this has been a day of commemoration, it also been a day of protest as well as the ship sailed into gisborne. there were very noisy protests by maori groups, they don't see today is a day of celebration, they see it as a day of mourning and they consider the arrival of captain cook 250 years ago as the start of a brutal colonisation. how are they protesting? just over the water to my left, rico, there were several hundred maori protesters. they say that before captain cook arrived here 250 years ago, the maori people were free, independent and self—governing. they were living in a thriving civilisation and they say they've had that taken away from them. they would say that colonisation is the theft of their land, though those messages they are trying to get across today. they also stressed there are lingering consequences of colonisation. maori people make up 15% of new zealand's pop

>>all right all right as you said james who are really focused on the north bay which is where we couldgo out kron four's will tran is live in sonoma county with more on that i will. >>it's the north bay area that took a beating in 2017 2018 were in downtown santa rosa and the lights are on the conditions are perfect this morning for walking around. but later on this afternoon, according to pg could be dangerous which is why they're going to monitor the situation. you can see the flag behind me it is not swaying back and forth at all. it's not windy. it is very mild but this afternoon that is the problem which is why we're going to show you this map is not just sonoma county but also lake county mendocino county. those 2 areas took a beating in 2017 2018. pg e says i like what we saw a couple of weeks ago they will try to be more pinpoint this time which is why. 3 weeks ago it was 700,000 people possibly i 700,000 people impacted by the rolling blackouts this time as much as 500,000 so a little bit smaller number but accorng to pg e seo he says that number could expand. >>i understand t

>>the lights may be to go out to thousands of people in the bay area, i'm darya folsom and i'm james . >>something we don't want to repeat, but it looks like that could very well be the case as we're looking at thousands of customers around the bay that could see their life shur shut off as early as this afternoon because of the increased fire danger and so that's why we have team coverage on the story. >>yeah we're fanned out in the areas that could see the lights go out starting at noon today right now we're standing by with will tran a sonoma county sarah stinson in napa county. ana san mateo county with pakistan trial first want to start with john travel in the weather center because this is all because it. >>it's john here today's the day the winds kick into gear and that's the difference between today and where we had been the past couple of days, we've obviously got used to the heat now the dry conditions. but you add in those winds today and that's why pg n is so concerned because these winds will be strong and also why we do have a fire weather warnings, red flag warnings tak