that includes employees of the national weather service. o provides crucial data for science and meteorologists. to understand the potential impact, we are joined by science correspondent miles o'brien. the national weather service is one of those things we almost take for granted and there are other ones out there. why is this one so important? >> it is easy for -- to take for granted, almost invisible, but it is truly the backbone of all weather forecasting in this country. it is freely available to all. airlines, first responders, farmers, fishermen all depend on these forecasts. they also issue crucial warnings for hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and tsunamis. there are many services out there that add dells and whistles to this raw data but they would be lost without the national weather service. a senior meteorologist for one of those private services, my radar. >> any time your phone buzzes with a warning, that comes from the national weather service. people watching the radar nonstop and producing forecasts. it's estimated that the wea

a w secure the local emergency broadcast station national weather service says it has sat a tornado near the greater cincinnati airport. here is the national weather service. the latest report, it is a funnel cloud and it looks to be about 200 feet off. no, no. it is touching the ground. what is it doing now? heading toward how quickly the emergency operating is manned by civil defense and members of the hamilton county disaster council. it was emergency c. go ahead. the tornado tornado bring down. it's really been a huge. funnel rips across the ohio river passes just west of cincinnati, roars on through hamilton county. so. about 808 five feet increase. a reported 463 can play hail is a shambles. nine six to go ahead this morning. this road has been wiped. how low was all the solid. i know when you get over everything we got 1962 now one point after after area of they they also have the same problem. we're trying to see what we can for several defense, civil defense, the city of elmwood is requesting all possible assistance that can be rendered. they have advised that their city is now

hundreds of employees of the national oceanic and atmospheric administration or noaa and the national weather service kron. 4 has learned at least 2 people, a meteorologist and administrative support assistant at the national weather service is bay area office have been let go. we're told the 2 employees were relatively new to their jobs and received e-mails, notifying them of their termination before their supervisors were where the weather service provide so much value to the american people. craig clements is a meteorology professor who runs a wildfire interdisciplinary research center at san jose state university. >> national weather service provides instant meteorologist who the largest wildfires in the western u.s. and without these forecasters available. >> for these incidents, it'll make conditions for firefighters were dangerous. thousands of probationary employees across the government have already been fired. >> the firings come amid efforts by billionaire elon musk and his department of government efficiency. >> to shrink a federal work force that president donald trump has called bloated

. >>> the trump administration's federal firings have now hit the national weather service. kqed reports at least two people at the national weather service bay area office were laid off, including a meteorologist. it's part of larger cuts to its parent agency, the national oceanic and atmospheric administration. in all, about 800 workers there were fired with more layoffs possible. we want to bring in paul heggen for more context on what the national weather service does and what the consequences could be. it is my view this is something we all rely on but maybe don't understand. >> you rely on it without realizing that you rely on it. we talk all the time about these advisories or warnings. those are issued by the national weather service. there are a number of those in effect across the country now. i'm going to trigger on every advisory and watch and warning in effect across the united states at the moment. these range from inconvenient weather to potentially damaging or life-threatening weather from dense fog advisories to red flag warnings to wind advisories and in the

that came from the national weather service. >> exactly. so we still have national weather service.but the fact that they are reducing the number of things that they can do now, things called radiosongs when they lift up the weather balloons in the air. that's how we get all of our information. the less amount of those that we have, the less amount of weather balloons, the less information that we have about the atmosphere and less accurate our forecasts are going to be because as well as i can forecast myself, the national weather service helps us out so, so much. and we really need them. but what i'll tell you this afternoon is we really need some rain and a little bit is on the way. temperatures because of that incoming system will be a bit cooler today. than what we felt yesterday. so i hope you can all get out and enjoy some beautiful weather and hopefully enjoy it even despite my rant at the beginning of this. 60s into the inland areas and the coastal communities and they'll be seeing temperatures in the upper 50s. but definitely cooler than yesterday. and our inland areas act

national weather service meteorologist providing critical data to help crews battle the inferno., in an effort to reduce government spending, white house officials say more than 600 employees with the national oceanic and atmospheric administration, or noaa and national weather service have been laid off. many scientists say the move could put our safety at risk. we need to know, you know, when the rain is coming, how strong the winds are. those are like critical pieces of information so that emergency responders have good data so they can they can work and help save lives. northern california congressman jared huffman, a member of the u.s. natural resources committee, issued a statement saying people nationwide depend on noaa for free, accurate forecasts, severe information. adding the cuts will quote cost lives. others are concerned some national weather service offices, staffed 24/7, may be forced to close. it is very conceivable that there will be not be enough forecasters to keep these offices continually running 24/7, and what will happen to the forecast and warnings is of

those specifically come from national weather service employees and the national hurricane center. e have a lot of national weather service offices. there's more than 120 of them across the entire country. now, one thing to note with the recent layoffs is that there's roughly a dozen managers of roughly 40 weather service offices that took the buyouts. the other concerning thing is many of them came from what we refer to as the central region. here's the concern. we are now headed into peak severe weather season. and most of that severe weather happens in the central region. another concerning thing is looking at advancements in technology behind me. this is the original forecast track of hurricane katrina back in 2005. if we were able to add in some of the advancements that research has been able to help with, this is what the current track would have looked like. you can see how it shrunk down in size, which have made it much more accurate for folks back then to know where the storm was going to go. a more recent comparable event would have been milton from last year. the black li

those specifically come from national weather service employees and the national hurricane center. and we have a lot of national weather service offices. there's more than 120 of them across the entire country. now, one thing to note with the recent layoffs is that there's roughly a dozen managers of roughly 40 weather service offices that took the buyouts. the other concerning thing is many of them came from what we refer to as the central region. here's the concern. we are now headed into peak severe weather season. and most of that severe weather happens in the central region. another concerning thing is looking at advancements in technology behind me. this is the original forecast track of hurricane katrina back in 2005. if we were able to add in some of the advancements that research has been able to help with, this is what the current track would have looked like. you can see how it shrunk down in size, which have made it much more accurate for folks back then to know where the storm was going to go. a more recent comparable event would have been milton from last year. the bla

hundreds of employees of the national oceanic and atmospheric administration or noaa and the national weather service learned at least 2 people, a meteorologist and administrative support assistant at the national weather service is bay area office have been let go. we're told the 2 employees were relatively new to their jobs and received e-mails, notifying them of their termination before their supervisors were where the weather service provide so much value to the an

it was extended by the national weather service up to 14in of snow in the highest elevations. and that is acceptable. right. okay, here's our futurecast. and you can see that we will turn partly cloudy during the day tomorrow. mostly cloudy by monday night and then spotty hit and miss scattered showers through your tuesday, but the accumulation will be very minimal. we're talking about maybe a 10th of an inch or less throughout the bay area. okay. and then that will continue to churn up that surf. we're talking waves not as high as today. we did have some of those waves up to 18ft in comparison up to about 12ft in central ocean beach, as well as rockaway beach and pacifica. tonight, overnight, with the clearing of the skies 30s and 40s across the board, cool spot will be santa rosa at 38 tri-valley in the upper 30s. meanwhile, there's your highs, very similar to today below average. we will have full sunshine again, but not until friday, so make it a great monday, mike. >> all right. sounds good. thank you roberta. dozens of protesters gathered near the san francisco ferry bui

hundreds of employees of the national oceanic and atmospheric administration or noaa and the national weather service kron. 4 has learned at least 2 people, a meteorologist and administrative support assistant at the national weather service is bay area office have been let go. we're told the 2 employees were relatively new to their jobs and received e-mails, notifying them of their termination before their supervisors were where the weather service provide so much value to the american people. craig clements is a meteorology professor who runs a wildfire interdisciplinary research center at san jose state university. national weather service provides instant meteorologist who the largest wildfires in the western u.s. and without these forecasters available. >> for these incidents, it'll make conditions for firefighters, more dangerous. thousands of probationary employees across the government have already been fired. >> the firings come amid efforts by billionaire elon musk and his department of government efficiency to shrink a federal work force that president donald trump has called bloated and s

those specifically come from national weather service employees and the national hurricane center. and we have a lot of national weather service offices. there's more than 120 of them across the entire country. now, one thing to note, with the recent layoffs is that there's roughly a dozen managers of roughly 40 weather service offices that took the buyouts. the other concerning thing is many of them came from what we refer to as the central region. here's the concern. we are now headed into peak severe weather season. and most of that severe weather happens in the central region. another concerning thing is looking at advancements in technology behind me. this is the original forecast track of hurricane katrina back in 2005. if we were able to add in some of the advancements that research has been able to help with, this is what the current track would have looked like. you can see how it shrunk down in size, which have made it much more accurate for folks back then to know where the storm was going to go. a more recent comparable event would have been milton from last year. the bl

national weather service meteorologist provided critical data to help crews battle the inferno. but now, in an effort to reduce government spending, white house officials say more than 600 employees with the national oceanic and atmospheric administration, or noaa and national weather service he been laid off. many scientists say the move could put our safety at risk. we need to know, you know, when the rain is coming, how strong the winds are. those are like critical pieces of information so that emergency responders have good data so they can they can work and help save lives. northern california congressman jared huffman, a member of the u.s. natural resources committee, issued a statement saying people nationwide depend on noaa for free, accurate forecasts, severe weather alerts, and emergency information. adding the cuts will quote cost lives. others are concerned some national weather service offices, staffed 24/7, may be forced to close. it is very conceivable that there will be not be enough forecasters to keep these offices continually running. 24 seven. and what will ha

hundreds of employees of the national oceanic and atmospheric administration or noaa and the national weather servicet 2 people, a meteorologist and administrative support assistant at the national weather service is bay area office have been let go. we're told the 2 employees were relatively new to their jobs and received e-mails, notifying them of their termination before their supervisors were where the weather service provide so much value to the american people. craig clements is a meteorology professor who runs a wildfire interdisciplinary research center at san jose state university. national weather service provides instant meteorologist to the largest wildfires in the western u.s. and without these forecasters available. >> for these incidents, it'll make conditions for firefighters were dangerous. thousands of probationary employees across the government have already been fired. >> the firings come amid efforts by billionaire elon musk and his department of government efficiency to shrink a federal work force that president donald trump has called bloated and sloppy never have. i seen. >> b

um, we're also looking at, just in general, more stress on the national weather service. who are the folks who make these forecasts? and we know there are firings across weather forecast offices across the united states, across the gulf of mexico as well. so basically, you're taking a situation that's already fraught. hurricane season that's so important. we always see the impacts of this every single year. and now you're saying, oh, let's tinker with this. that's a horrible idea. in no world does that make anybody safer. >> uh, tom diloreto, we appreciate you being with us. sorry to hear about your job. i hope the future is bright for you. all right. where americans stand on the russia ukraine war this morning as the ukrainian leader, vladimir zelenskyy tries to hold on to u.s. financial support. and melania trump set to launch a new effort. in her first remarks as first lady. how she plans to take on. deepfake porn. >> have i got news for you is back. let's think of some new games to play. what do you got? >> yes, something. >> like. >> uh oh. >> what? >> uh, keep playin

of the national weather service is to protect. >> life and property, and. >> we are in the. >> middleeing $1. >> billion disaster. >> a disaster costing $1 billion. >> or more. >> every two and a half. >> weeks in. >> this country. and essentially. >> this administration. >> which refuses. >> to. >> acknowledge climate change, has essentially gutted. >> our primary. >> line of defense. and they've. >> really started. >> to take. apart fema, the one responding. >> agency. >> especially when states become overwhelmed, which we. >> saw to be the case. >> time after. >> time during the 2024 hurricane season. michael. >> you know, it's very disturbing when you consider that just last night, overnight, we learned hundreds of noaa staffers were laid off, including weather forecasters and meteorologists who provide critical local information to local communities who are trying to figure out where is the storm. and at the same time, you have the new york times reporting the senior leaders at fema are leaving what is already a depleted disaster agency. more than a dozen of the senior leaders at

what does the national weather service actually do? >> right.ponsible for issuing forecasts and also for issuing a lot of the advisories and warnings. i'm turning on all the warnings in effect or advisories on the floor map across the entire country. at the moment the worst thing we have now are some winter storm warnings , red flag warnings, but these would become actually life-threatening red flag warnings, things like that. they're responsible for running and maintaining and improving the forecast models that help us predict what's going to happen and prepare for some of the worst case scenarios and they're responsible for observation of the weather that happens across the country, whether it's from the ground base sensors, weather balloons, or satellite data that we rely on to see the storms coming from across the pacific. >> the forecasts you craft are based largely on data from these agencies. >> cannot happen without them. >> doge, the department of government efficiency, does that make sense to you? >> no. how much was returned to the ta

. >> the advisory stretches up and down the coast with the national weather service warning of waves up to 20 feet. darren will explain all of the colors on the map in just a minute. sneaker waves are always a threat. amanda hari has more. >> reporter: strong winds and powerful waves drew most people to ocean beach just to look. no surfers were on the water, but there was one kitesurfer. >> i've been waiting for a long time for a good windy day. >> reporter: peter sh hidel has been kitesurfing for 17 years. >> i had my 5, my 7 today and used my 9. >> reporter: but he says it's imperative people take calculated risks and always respect the waves. >> you have to. even people who respect the waves don't survive sometimes. so there's definitely been accidents that happen and, yeah, it's all about respect. >> reporter: up in sonoma county, the waves did take a life at gerstle cove. the sonoma county sheriff's office says a man who was standing on the rocks at the coast was swept out into sea. he was located in the water and flown to land. emergency personnel performed cpr, but he died. th

what does the national weather service actually do? >> right. so they're responsible for issuing forecasts and also for issuing a lot of the advisories and warnings. i'm turning on all the warnings in effect or advisories on the floor map across the entire country. at the moment the worst thing we have now are some winter storm warnings , red flag warnings, but these would become actually life-threatening red flag warnings, things like that. they're responsible for running and maintaining and improving the forecast models that help us predict what's going to happen and prepare for some of the worst case scenarios and they're responsible for observation of the weather that happens across the country, whether it's from the ground base sensors, weather balloons, or satellite data that we rely on to see the storms coming from across the pacific. >> the forecasts you craft are based largely on data from these agencies. >> cannot happen without them. >> doge, the department of government efficiency, does that make sense to you? >> no. how much was ret

well, the national weather service says some of these waves can break as high as about 20ft. saw examples of just how dangerous the ocean and the water can be from over the weekend. we know that a man died on the sonoma coast while fishing at crystal cove. emergency crews there saying that he was standing on rocks and waves swept him to sea. they rescued him and tried to perform cpr, but crews pronounced him dead shortly thereafter. in the east bay, two men needed rescuing after their boat capsized. this happened near point hercules. the men there, a father and son, survived by hanging on to pylons before crews came and pulled them to shore and then down in capitola. police say they went on multiple rescues. nothing too serious, but it was enough to prompt them to shut down the capitola beach and the wharf because surf conditions were just too rough and it's going to stay that way today, according to the national weather service. they say avoid the coast if you can. those high surf advisory will stay on until about 9:00 tonight. we're live this morning in sausalito. i'm james

the national weather service had been warning about, with waves as high as 20ft expected. a high surf advisory. hazardous beach condition warning and small craft advisory all in place. for saturday. cell phone video capturing a crew aboard a contra costa sheriff's chopper performing a dangerous rescue off point hercules. >> they were like, hovering over the water and you can see like a tether, you know, kind of floating from the bottom. and then i seen them kind of have a man at the end of it. >> part of a pair believed to be an elderly father and his son, who rodeo hercules fire says were out on a small boat in the afternoon when it capsized around 100ft off the shore in the rough seas. >> it's the first thing that came to mind. why are you out in the water? >> the two men initially found hanging onto pylons before being plucked from the water. once on land, one of the men was given cpr. both were then rushed to the hospital. eric and his friend danny still processing what they saw. >> it's easy to drown, honestly. like it looks really rough and there's a bunch of waves a

the national weather service says a winter weather advisory will go into effect for the greater lakecounty areas from ten tomorrow night until four monday afternoon. okay, we are just a few hours from the weekend, so let's get an update on our forecast here in the bay area with mark and no snow, but maybe some rain. >> yeah, it looks like some rain, maybe some thunderstorms as well. heather. so yeah, it's hard to believe after this kind of warm weather stretch. we have record heat today and then eventually we're talking about some cool rain back in our forecast. take a look at some of the highs from today. some records to report for all these areas, from santa rosa to concord to san jose, oakland airport and in napa. so another warm day. the coastal spots cooled off a bit compared to yesterday. the inland spots actually warmed up a bit compared to yesterday. so it wasn't a general trend with temperatures warmer or cooler across the entire bay area. some areas cooled off, other areas warmed up. we have lots of fog tomorrow morning and then partly cloudy skies into the afternoon hours

so we'll have to see if the national weather service, what they register the afternoon for the airport there in san jose in the north bay. 79, in novato, a beautiful 71 in san francisco. let's go to the north bay. take a look at a few more numbers here, where we have upper 70s in sonoma at this time. for the inner east bay, we have upper 70s in lafayette, as well as orinda and 80 degrees reported in castro valley, with light winds overhead. even calm in san jose. a beautiful one out there this afternoon. we do have an advisory begins tonight for a coastal statement and then turns into a high surf advisory by tomorrow morning and will go until monday for large breaking waves. so if you plan on spending any time along the coastline, something to be aware of, it will be dangerous out there, not only in the water but close to the shore. meanwhile, a chance for rain arrives tomorrow with a better chance on sunday. snow in the sierra a better look at what we can expect for the weekend coming up. >> all right. thank you. well, it took two. >> long years to repair, but the historic trocadero c

national oceanic and atmospheric administration. the more than 600 fired include weather analysts and climate scientists at the national weather servicealth officials in texas say the measles outbreak is now up to 146 confirmed cases. the outbreak there has resulted in the first measles death in nearly a decade. nationwide, the cdc says 95% of total cases are in unvaccinated patients. the infamous former mexican drug cartel leader rafael caro quintero was arraigned in a federal courtroom in brooklyn, new york, today. quintero, once on the fbi ten most wanted list, pleaded not guilty to multiple felonies including drug trafficking, murder, and money laundering. as leader of the guadalajara cartel in the '80s, u.s. officials believe he was behind the killing of dea agent kiki camarena in 1985. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ trump administration officials are blaming ukrainian president zelenskyy for possibly imperiling a peace deal with russia that president trump was trying to broker. that may be in doubt after the public oval office dispute between trump and zelenskyy over whether putin could be trusted. cbs's erica brown is at the white house with the late

on friday the national weather service issued a fire watch that includes atlanta. >> that was cbs' davekoff reporting. >>> today there's an extreme risk of wildfires potentially breaking out and spreading in parts of new mexico and west texas where winds could gust up to 60 miles an hour this afternoon, and the air becoming bone dry with relative humidity values dropping to around 5%. more than 50 million people are under a threat of severe weather beginning late tonight. a powerful storm will move into the southern plains, bringing a risk of tornadoes in oklahoma and north texas before sunrise tueday. during the rest of tomorrow the severe storm threat will stretch from arkansas to the gulf coast. the biggest threat of damaging winds and tornadoes will be in arkansas, louisiana, and mississippi. on wednesday the severe storm risk will reach the east coast. >>> israel is stopping all humanitarian aid into gaza, warning hamas of additional consequences if the cease-fire is not extended. israel says it accepts a new u.s. proposal that would extend the first phase through ramadan and the j

. >> reporter: the national weather service issuing multiple dust storm warnings, posting a significant plume of dust is seen on satellite and is crossing i-10. investigators now examining conditions as a potential cause. months ago, weather also blamed for this 50-car collision outside new orleans, where an incredibly dense super fog led to a nearly mile-long pileup, injuring 33 people. with two survivors in critical condition and others recovering, investigators poring over charred remnants trying to piece together the tragic scene. morgan chesky, nbc news. >>> now to a state of emergency in south carolina as officials race to get a handle on wildfires that have burned thousands of acres and forced people out of their homes. it's north of myrtle beach, and the fire has burned 1600 acres and is 30% contained. the fires fueled by dry conditions and strong winds. no injuries have been reported, and no structures have been destroyed. further north, smoke filled the sky in north carolina. now let's get to michelle grossman who is tracking a severe weather threat for parts of of the souther

on friday, the national weather service issued a fire watch that includes atlanta. >> cbs' dave malkoffing from cbs news finds most americans support ukraine in its war with russia at 52%. 4% say they support neither country. on sunday president zelenskyy flew to london where 19 leaders from europe and canada met to discuss further defense of ukraine against russia. it is a rally of support coming on the heels of friday's oval office shouting match that shocked the world. cristian benavides is in west palm beach with new details on where the trump administration stands. >> reporter: with warm embraces and handshake, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy's reception at a european summit in london was a world apart from his meeting friday in the oval office. british prime minister keir starmer pledged about $2 billion to supply 5,000 air defense missiles for kyiv, now in the fourth year of its war with russia. >> the uk is prepared to back this with boots on the ground and planes in the air, together with others, europe must do the heavy lifting. >> reporter: starmer said he, along with

national weather service says there will be 20-foot breaker this is weekend. and as we take a live look around the bay this afternoon, we're going to send it over to meteorologist darren peck who's saying why are you talking about high surf advisory, that's my job. >> you covered that aspect of it, i'm going to talk about the rain here. you see all the clouds out there? how everything really started to go grayer over the last four hours or so. if we put the last hour of radar on the virtual map, look what's building out here off the coast. now there's not a lot to that, but the radar is actually able to read a fairly well organized line of rain. if you look at the direction, it's marching our way. put it into the futurecast and play it forward. from now until 6:30, we're going to let that play forward in the futurecast from where it is now to get it onshore and watch that line of rain come right overhead in, like, the 6:30/7:00 timeframe. this is how the radar is going to read it. i don't think we're going to get much rain out of this, though. it's too dry at

on friday the national weather service issued a fire watch that includes atlanta. jericka?ve mel cough, thank you so much. the fire threat is expected to expand later this week. let's check in with cbs news meteorologist grant gilmore. grant, good evening. >> good evening, jericka. look, after another dry and breezy day across the carolinas, the good news is the wind gusts will die down. but that dry air will remain in place. and with those low-relative humidities, we'll see another day of elevated fire danger tomorrow. but those winds will shift on shore as we go into tuesday. that will bring in more moisture and hopefully decrease that fire threat as we go into the middle of the week. in the meantime, we have a powerful storm system already moving through the pacific northwest. that system moves east and really strengthens east of the rockies. that will produce a substantial threat for severe weather across the mid and southern mississippi valley as we make our way into tuesday and wednesday. we have an enhanced threat for severe weather across louisiana and mississippi.

. >> reporter: the national weather service issuing multiple dust storm warnings, posting a significantlume of dust is seen on satellite and is crossing i-10. investigators now examining conditions as a potential cause. just months ago weather also blamed for this 50-car collision outside of new orleans where an incredibly dense super fog led to a nearly mile-long pileup, injuring 33 people. with two survivors in critical condition and others recovering, investigators are pouring over charred remnants trying to piece together the tragic scene. morgan chesky, nbc news. >>> still ahead for us tonight, how new orans is ramping up mardi gras security to historic levels after that new year's day terror attack. >>> and the rough ride for this cruise ship when it tilted out at sea. ride for this cruise ship when it tilted out at sea. ipta, it was hard keeping plans. and look at me now! you'll never truly, forget migraine, but qulipta reduces attacks, making more zero-migraine days possible. don't take if allergic to qulipta. get help right away for serious face, lip, or tongue swelling, itchin

cut involve meteorologists and scientists at noaa, the federal agency that includes the national weather service. hundreds of workers already laid off. they're bracing for more. at least 10% of the workforce expected to be cut. now, noaa monitors and forecasts routine and extreme weather nationwide, of course tracking hurricanes, tornados, and other potentially life-threatening events in our country. >>> when we come back tonight, the measles now being reported in at least nine states, texas to new mexico, new jersey. what we've learned tonight. >>> also, amid these soaring egg prices across the u.s., what mcdonald's is doing this weekend. the $1 price tag. >>> and tonight, the countdown to the oscars here on abc. robin roberts standing by with cynthia erivo, demi moore, and timothee chalamet all right here tonight. “talk” by selena gomez and benny blanco ♪ ♪ i need your arms around me, ♪ ♪ i need to feel your touch ♪ ♪ hey! ♪ ♪ baby, i'm tired of waiting ♪ ♪ go re-charge your batteries, ♪ ♪ come back to me and make your mama proud ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ i need your arms around me, ♪ ♪ i need to feel your touc

the national weather service warning of increased danger in the region due to dry conditions and lowclear what caused the fires to erupt. the 88-year-old didn't need any medical ventilation today and sign he's overcoming possible complications from a respiratory crisis he suffered friday. doctors ryan higgins watching him closely. back to sunday night in america. trey: the house passed 117-215 and last minute for president trump skin creasing funding for the border and national defense in tax cuts and aiming to cut $2 trillion in spending and it's a big win for speaker mike johnson and gop conference and they've navigated a narrow majority and different opinions and now the house and senate will work out their differences and and two bills versus one and how will they reconcile so they can proceed with reconciliation. let's find out? . nicole malliotakis joining us now. congresswoman, first, how did you get this done and margin is so thin and the conference is not a monolith and how did you pull it off? >> well, hats off to speaker johnson and the leadership team as well as chairman

and pretty dark, one of those days where you don't want to get too close to the water, the national weather serviceof 20 feet with sneaker waves always a threat. >> the advisory as we have a tragedy, a man died swept out to sea in sonoma county, 30 miles northeast of bodega bay, waves knocked the victim off the rocks where he stood. a second person swept away but rescue crews were able to grab that person. be safe everybody, thank you for tuning in on a monday. >> let's get right to jessica and talk about the sport -- advisory. >> lasting until 9:00 tonight. you can see to the side of me the highlighted purple color stretching all the way down to san francisco, ocean beach to pacifica ranging throughout coastal communities so be careful. you heard the past weekend, the devastation that come from getting out and operating near the dangerous waters. waves of 15 or 20 feet high today. today is not the day to go to the beach. also all the pink around me throughout the bay and around the coast with a small craft advisory just as long so anyone who plans to take the boat today is the day to not do that.

but the national weather service did advise. you could have 25 to 30 miles an hour wind gusts out there today. these are the top gusts just from the morning into the afternoon today. good thing about this, we've reached the peak. this is the strongest the winds are going to have been. now they're going to start weakening. if you take a look at what happens over the course of the next day, 12 to 18 hours, the winds are not going to turn off completely, but they will come down 10 to 15 miles an hour, more noticeable breeze. thursday, they might pick up again. on thursday, we've got another weather maker coming back our way. and that one is going to deliver the possibility. it's one of two that will deliver the possibility for more rain. if we just look at the next few hours, how is the forecast shaping up in terms of the possibility for isolated showers for the rest of tonight? kind of like this. most of this will be a miss. we can't take the chance out of the rain completely. but for now going into 5:00 a.m., there is a chance th

national weather service says waves could break up to about 20 feet. >> now to a live look outside, dark clouds are over parts of the bay area. and we could see some rain soon. let's bring in meteorologist darren peck, darren? >> we can actually see it right now on the virtual set, andrea, here's the fist wave of light rain that's just slowly trying to march its way onshore and fall apart as it does so. radar's able to read this initial line of rain from this next weak little weather system, but most of this is evaporating before it hits the ground. and i don't anticipate we're going to get much, if anything, out of that. so let's play that forward. we'll take this initial line. you see how this comes overhead over the next few hours, and it'll park itself kind of right over the heart of the bay between now and, like, say 7:00 tonight or so. see how the futurecast depicts this in a more impressive way. that's what we were just watching on the radar. this is forecast imagery, a little overdone. but it does have a better beat on how this will play out for tomorrow morning. and that's reall

. >> and the national weather service, the trump administration has begun laying off probationary employees at the world's premiere climate centers. about 800 people are expected to lose their jobs, including out of around 13,000 staff members. democrats have denounced the firing saying that they plan to fight in court. our chris gayle ong is following this story for. she's going to have much more coming up on kron. 4 news at 5. >> employees with the social security administration are preparing for major cuts to the workforce. plans are in place to lay off at least 7,000 people in that agencies. workers receive notice asking them to prepare for the job. reassignments and training for new workloads. democratic lawmakers warned that layoffs could impact millions of beneficiaries by causing delays and service. right now, the workforce is about 60,000 people. >> now to a developing story we're following for you. president donald trump ordered ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky out of white house after a shouting match in the oval office. >> that's right. washington correspondent basil john

today, the national weather service says high risk areas are located in and around cities including wilmington, north carolina, and charleston and columbia, south carolina. two wildfires were confirmed in buncombe county, north carolina, on saturday. a local resident told cnn affiliate. she rushed to help a friend evacuate her mother. >> i mean. >> it's bad enough. >> from. >> helene. >> but now we've. got this. >> and i mean the forest. >> it's just it's going to. >> be really bad. >> it made. >> the sky such an odd color. >> i was going for a walk, and it turned this. odd yellow color yellow and red. in the woods where i was walking. >> and to answer your question, fred, several factors are combining to increase the danger of wildfires in both carolinas. there's dry vegetation due to lack of recent rainfall. there's also dry air being added to the mix. and if you combine these two factors with strong winds, you create the perfect conditions for wildfire to occur. the good news is that winds in the region are expected to significantly weaken overnight, and the temperatures will plummet to the

the fire threat has continued for the entire region, the national weather service says high risk areascated in and around cities including wilmington, north carolina, and charleston and columbia, south carolina. two wildfires were confirmed in buncombe county, north carolina, on saturday. a local resident told cnn affiliate wlos she rushed to help a friend evacuate her mother. >> i mean, it's bad enough from helene, but now we've got this. and i mean the forest. it's just it's going to be really bad. it made the sky such an odd color. i was going for a walk, and it turned this odd yellow color. yellow and red in the woods where i was walking. >> several factors are combining to increase the danger of wildfire in both carolinas. there's dry vegetation due to lack of recent rainfall. there's also dry air being added to the mix. and if you combine these two factors with strong winds, you create the perfect conditions for wildfire to occur. the good news is that winds in the region are expected to significantly weaken, and the temperatures will plummet to freezing point in the next several

at least 100 of the laid off employees worked for the national weather service, and some worked in theane research division, which focuses on improving forecast data and accuracy. well, now concerns are being raised about the already understaffed agency's capabilities as extreme weather season approaches here in the u.s. on friday, democratic senator chris van hollen said, quote, without the warnings of severe weather events, people will die and others will suffer greatly, including huge property loss. all right. for more on this, i want to go to juan de loreto in washington, dc. he's a senior social scientist for climate vulnerability with the union of concerned scientists. climate and energy program. good to have you with us. we seem to have lost him. hope. okay. we do have him. okay. well, i'll start here then, i guess. uh, hurricanes and extreme weather are generally becoming more frequent and more destructive with, uh, with climate change. so cutting noaa in terms of its weather forecasting. what effect could this have? >> yeah. >> um, thank you for having me. i mean, these fires

their jobs, many of whom did crucial work in forecasting storms and climate events for the national weather serviceut on leave or fired in recent days were given just 15 minutes to collect their belongings from their desks inside the headquarters in washington, dc, escorted by security guards. outside supporters held signs, applauded and shouted encouragement. joining me now, alison lachow. she has a phd in nutrition and epidemiology and was fired as a social science policy analyst with the us department of agriculture. doctor lachow, thank you very much for coming to the saturday show. >> and thank. >> you, jonathan. for having me here. >> so as i mentioned, you were fired. how did you find out you were fired? >> i received an email at 9. >> p.m. on a thursday. that thursday had. been my. >> last day. >> with an attachment that. >> said. >> as a probationary. >> employee. >> i had not justified the continuation of. >> my position. >> and you were a probationary employee because you'd only been in the position ten months, right? >> right. so being a probationary employee doesn't just mean that you'

. >> then you have hundreds of employees at noaa and the national weather service who were fired thiseek in the trump administration claims none of those roles were considered critical. but as a member of the committee on science, space and technology, what do you see as the impacts on these and other cuts to scientific efforts and research? >> yeah, one of the maybe underreported aspects of this whole program is the war on science and technology. i mean, you've got cuts at nih, nsf, people being fired across the board there, and now you've got this, you know, noaa, you know, make sure that, you know, our weather is accurate and you know, this this is information that farmers and fishermen and airlines rely on. and even, you know, warning people about tornadoes and hurricanes. we need really good, accurate data. and noah provides it. and, you know, i think what they want to do is privatize weather information. so, you know, talk about, you know, this is supposed to lower costs. think about having to pay for weather information moving forward. i mean, i think that's going to raise cost

the other cuts that are happening across the landscape, you think about the cuts at the national weather service. there's a potential severe weather outbreak in a few days. noaa's data feeds the apps on our phone, the weather information that tells us there's a tornado coming or there are things we have to prepare for. there are questions around that, but you can go down the list, whether it's with social security, whether it's with the weather, whether it's with the cdc. the list is long, and i think we're in this place where the change is happening. but the impact that people will feel, we're still a bit we're ways from seeing the actual impacts. i think for for many people. >> we have to remember that more than 80% of federal workers work outside of washington. they work here in the country. they're not overseas. they're here in the country. but outside of the district. alex sands, thanks so much for being with. >> good seeing you. >> all right. likewise. now, during this upheaval in the sweeping changes, president trump heads to capitol hill, as we said, to share what's next. follow cnn for

the national weather service says high risk areas are located in and around cities including wilmington, north carolina, and charleston and columbia, south carolina. two wildfires were confirmed in buncombe county, north carolina, on saturday. a local resident told cnn affiliate she rushed to help a friend evacuate her mother. >> i mean, it's bad enough from helene, but now we've got this and that. i mean, the forest. it's just it's going to be really bad. >> it made the sky such an odd color. i was going for a walk, and it turned this odd yellow color yellow and red. in the woods where i was walking. >> and, jessica, several factors are combining to increase the danger of wildfires in both carolinas. there's dry vegetation due to lack of recent rainfall. there's also dry air being added to the mix. and if you combine these two factors with strong winds, you create the perfect conditions for a wildfire to occur. the good news is we were talking about at the beginning is that winds in the region are expected to significantly weaken overnight, and the temperatures will plummet to the free

national oceanic and atmospheric administration, or noaa. among those fired are weather forecasters at the national weather service, which sends alerts for storms disasters. one policy analyst at noaa told the new york times, quote, the loss of talent at noaa is going to set the agency back years and compromise the integrity of missions that directly support human health and safety, economic prosperity and national security. this is not a move toward efficiency. it's a move toward putting americans in danger every day. end quote. indeed, it's hard to see how doj's moves do anything to make the government more efficient and even less to save it money. according to analysis by the associated press, 40% of the canceled government contracts touted by musk are not expected to save the government any money. elon musk's sledgehammer approach to government has proceeded has precedent in silicon valley. mark zuckerberg's internal motto at facebook for several years was to quote, move fast and break things. but musk is now arguing that there is precedent in politics as well. president bill clinton's reinventing government initiative. last week, musk post

. >> in bay area news, the national weather service has issued a warning about waves across bay area beaches. breaking waves could be as high as 20 feet, which can create hazardous conditions for beachgoers. and in a tweet, the nws advise you should follow all safety advice from local officials and to never turn your back to the ocean. of course, what we're looking at here, not the ocean, but the clouds, gorgeous view of the clouds there. kathy, they do look like waves. this is a beautiful sight is not. we're looking from above the clouds looking down. but you know what? the beach hazard statement is in effect. it's the high serve advisory that goes into effect tonight at 9 o'clock through tomorrow night. and that again is for those 20 foot breakers that are possible, especially on the west facing beaches, current conditions. well, it's pretty much cloudy. most places across the bay area. 52 degrees. now it even in san jose. they've got the clouds. so we are in for a big change compared to last week, the last week of february, it was warm, beautiful above normal conditions, even reco

but the national weather service radar atop mount a minimum is down.e got some radars to work with, but this is not showing the entire picture what he's showing signs of radar is actually some very cold air is kind of suspect lee clouds behind this area of low pressure indicates cold and it is cold outside. no doubt about that. temperatures right now are just rising a little bit toward 50. so we've got 50's 40's for the temperatures at this hour and the warm up a little bit more. forecast model is showing waves of rain across our area except and a little bit of clearing on monday. some sunshine on monday. that is your dry day. again, a chance of rain pretty much every day throughout the week, except for monday. may be monday night get the clouds. but you'll see here is your tuesday. some snow in the sierra to catch that. also, here's your wednesday. and then takes more of a southerly trajectory. so we'll see a little bit more rain towards southern california. rain in the bay area. really not very impressive at all. some areas, not even a few hundredths