from oregon and all over this country have been putting themselves in harm's way to help oregon ballot these infernos. from the columbia river george on the washington border to oregon's southwest corner hundreds of miles away on the california border, i felt it was an enormous honor just to be able to say thank you to the thousands of hard-working men and women who are battling these life threatening blazes. i met with emergency service responders on the eagle creek fire in the gorge. the checkco bar fire. that stretch across jackson and josephine county. the fire in lane county and miller complex fire in jackson county. in each of these settings i met men and women who exemplify what i call the oregon way. the oregon way isn't written down anywhere, it isn't a law or a rule, it's an ethic, an ethic where oregonians step up and make sure that friends and neighbors aren't in jeopardy and it's all about oregonians staying on the job until it's finished. i was moved by the presence of those from all over the country who came to our state, sometimes from thousands, thousands of meals away

his remarks were about 10 minutes. >> senator from oregon? senator what -- senator senator -- senator wyden: i'm going to listen to oregonians who have been clobbered by several mega-fires unlike anything we have seen in my home state of oregon. addition toat, in mega-fires, there are numerous other fires just up the road from my hometown of portland, the eagle creek fire has merged with the indian creek fire and spread over an area of more than 31,000 acres. , again just seen staggering and its implications, and fire jumps the columbia river into washington state. it is a ravaging our iconic columbia river gorge. this is a treasure, beloved by the millions of people who visit it every year. it is burning in the columbia river gorge now four days. days. although it appeared the first sparks at eagle creek fire were ignited by a young man. it is clear that the inferno was accelerated by the unusual heat in early september. now the lives and homes of gorge residents are under threat and a world renowned treasure in my home state has been devast

earlier in the day i had been to le pine in central oregon. right on the top of their agenda is trying to find ways to expand opportunities for better communications in rural areas, for more opportunities for broadband. and so in the august recess when communities like oak ridge and le pine want more opportunities in rural communities, we had the chairman of the federal communications commission trying to sneak through a proposal that would lower the acceptable standard speed of internet access in rural america. hurt rural america. make no mistake about it, that would hurt rural america, the oak ridges and the le pines. it's just wrong. congress mandated the f.c.c. expand access to high-speed internet to every american, and mr. pai basically says, no, slower internet speeds is good enough. and as i indicated, just this last weekend on saturday night, really good crowd -- there probably aren't that many town hall meetings, mr. president, on saturday night in small towns. we had one in oregon, and i'm telling you those small communities are tell

the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. merkley: mr. president, i want you to imagine for a moment that you're an 11-year-old child. your mother tells you to pack some things because you're going on a trip. so you pick out four or five of your favorite toys and you put them into a backpack, and you put in a bottle of water and some rosary beads as well. and you walk out through the door of your home into the night with your mom. you don't know what's going on. you're just doing what you were told. you hold your mother's hand, and you walk in silence. and soon you are walking with 20 others through the mexican desert. you're tired and hungry and carrying everything that matters to you on your back. the sweat is pouring off. the prickly bushes scrape your body. you are overcome by dehydration and you faint. someone comes to your aid and gives you some water from their canteen. you come to, and you keep going. and eventually on this journey, you make it into the united states of america, into arizona. then out of the blue the years pass an

in oregon, there are record fires. local lawmakers are renewing calls r longerm solutis and funding. ae two senators have led 2013 for apush since and two legislative fire borrowing. this directs money away from restoration and maintenance to fight fires. talk about fire borrowing and what you would like to see happen with that policy? guest: what we have seen in recent years is that wildfires are more intense and the season is lasting longer. the way congress is budgeted for wildfire fighting is they take part from past years. the dollars are always lagging. you see that again this year. secretary perdue, sent congress a note in august, i will have to fire borrow $300 million. some of that is stuff is things that would make more resilience for future fires. you see those impacts. there is one other impact. this is something the forest service really worries about. they want to reduce fires in the west. but they go in they say to their supervisors, i want you to begin to plan this fiscal year on how we will reduce fire

the gentleman from oregon. mr. walden: thank you, mr. speaker. and i had you a now like to yield three minutes to the author of this very important legislation, important member of our committee, the gentleman from new york, mr. collins. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. collins: i want to thank the chairman. mr. speaker, i come before you in support of my bill h.r. 931, the firefighter cancer registry act. 16 years ago yesterday on september 11, 2001, we witnessed a horrible tragedy that will leave an impression on generations of americans forever. through this tragedy we witnessed the heroic actions of america's brave first responders working and volunteering in the days and weeks that followed. we lost many first responders during those attacks of 9/11, and we continue to lose more every year from ongoing health effects. all firefighters across our nation sacrifice their health every day to face the dangers of smoke inhalation and toxic chemicals. these dangers cannot be entirely avoided,

oregon. i guess i have arizona on my mind. from oregon for his remarks. mr. president, i have three topics this morning. briefly, health care, then puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands and finally taxes. on health care, there's a bit of good news. i just spoke with senator murray this morning. i saw senator alexander in the gym, as i do just about every morning. both are two of about the best negotiators we have in this body. both have come to agreements across the aisle on many other occasions. and they both inform me that they're on the verge of an agement, a bipartisan health care agreement totabilize markets and lower premiums. now we've had some bipartisan sprouts on health care recently. it's time for those sprouts to flower, and i'm hopeful they will. i told patty murray she has my faith and confidence. she has freedom to cut the best deal she can. and i hope the leadership on the other side will tell the same to senator alexander. it was widely reported before the graham-cassidy bill was withdrawn that there was pressure on mr. alexander -- senator

in rural oregon and nevada they have the same opportunity. we want to make sure that everybody has a chance to get ahead. n he said he is for the real net neutrality and we tried to pin him down on a whole host of approaches that really get him to commit to the essence of itay but he mostly says that the big cable companies say and they say we like net neutrality we are not going to block anything we are for the consumer, for the little guy. we just don't want a whole lot of government. they say would lik that if it'ss the voluntary and that neutrality.y. they see things like let's have less government and sort of have voluntary net neutrality. mr. president and colleague let me tell you something.ig cable there is about as much likelihood that the big cable companies will voluntarily subscribe to net neutrality as there is the prospect that cable companies will subscribe to net neutrality as there is that william peter white and come age nine will voluntarily limit himself to one. it just isn't going to happen. he's on the side of the big ca

the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. wyden: mr. president, in a few minutes i'm going to start sprinting to the airport to get home to listen to oregonians who have been clobbered by several mega fires unlike anything we have seen in my home state of oregon. on top of that, in addition to the mega fires, there are numerous other fires. just up the road from my hometown of portland, eagle creek fire has merged with the indian creek fire and has spread over an area of 31,000 acres. and what we have seen again just staggering in its implications, the fire jumped the columbia river into washington state. it's ravaging our iconic columbia river george. is this -- gorge. this is a treasure and beloved by people who visit it every year and people in my home state. next to me is a shot of the fire that has been burning in the columbia river gorge now for days. although it appears the first sparks of the eagle creek fire were ignited by a young man, it is clear that the inferno was accelerated by the unusual heat in early september. now the

oregon is facing its own massive fire.(pam) the so- called eagle rock fire has burned 10- thousand acres in northern oregon. it is also threatening hundreds of homes.(pam) cole miller joins us live from in troutdale oregon ... cole, today we learned who police suspect of setting off this huge fire... authorities say a 15-year-old boy is the suspect in a large blaze burning east of portland, oregon, that was likely caused by fireworks.the oregon state police said in a statement tuesday that the teen from vancouver, washington, and others may have been using fireworks on a popular trail in the columbia river gorge area.the blaze that has closed an interstate highway and forced hundreds to flee began saturday. authorities say the boy was interviewed in the parking lot of the trailhead.state police say the investigation is continuing. no arrests or formal charges have been made. (steve) thank you cole. back in california --- firefighters are gaining the upper hand on a pair of destructive fires. first to butte county. where th

kal bears in oregon face the ducks come up.ou won't believe what jim harbaugh does during the buy week eric. >> thank you very much. the trump administration is dealing with growing travel scandal ledding to resignation of tom price and other cabinet members are under scrutiny the story is ahead. and yosemite sees two large rock slides in two days. what geoologists are says about the danger. >> a kay on the situation on camera the new video releaseds >>> welcome back. there is no word yet from the white house on who will become the next health and human services secretary after tom price resigned his post yesterday. the resignation comes after a travel expenses controversy with a handful of officials under review. abc news reporter has the latest. >> there is no seat available now in the trump adminisration for health and human services secretary tom price. >> i'm disappointed but he is a good man but i'm disappointed. >> price topped headlines for pricey private travel on chartered jets and military aircraft during his time he

oregon is well known for its rain. people are thinking, "you want more rain?" bring it on, lord. thank you. >> reporter: the red cross is currently sheltering about 200 people who have nowhere else to go, according to monique dugaw, an organization spokesperson. >> our resources are all over the state. we've had a shelter open for almost four weeks at the chetcobar wildfire in southern oregon. we have two shelters open for this gorge fire. we have another one in the eugene area. our folks have been going literally nonstop from one wildfire response to the next. we are preparing for this to be the norm. >> reporter: an investigation into the fire's cause is ongoing, but authorities believe a teenager tossed fireworks into the woods. the eagle creek fire is just one in a handful of blazes currently burning across oregon. altogether, the state's wildfires have scorched more than 1,000 square miles. that's about one third of all the land burning across the united states. the blazes throughout the west have drawn 26,000 firefighters, backed by upwards of 200 helicop

things are little more difficult in oregon. have collabive project that is under litigation by a former member of a collaborative, and a group that has participate in those processes, and so i think that's a frustrating expense for folks when they go in the process and they are still in litigation. >> i'm at a time. can he answer though? >> i will be brief, syndicate. the collaborative and fiber can we do have collaborative processes beginning in wyoming. we are a little behind oregon on some of those efforts. i would submit to you involving the people locally on the ground who live and work in these committees is of utmost importance. however i would also caution and what we hear often from our constituents is we need immediate action. they want to be involved in the process but the want the process to lead to action on the ground. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> senator boozman. >> thank you, mr. chairman, ranking member. i apologize for being late. i was at a veterans hearing talk about veterans suicide which is so so very im

the hot air, combined with smoke from nearby wildfires in oregon and california, causes the problem. residents are asked to avoid driving and use public transit and there is no wood-burning ban in place. this is coming on labor day, and the air management district is asking people to cut out activities that may add to the bad air. >> put off unnecessary car trips, barbecues, lawn mowing, things that add to the pollution already in the air. >> reporter: those officials also say that smog can cause health problem like triggering asthma and ask folks to avoid outdoor actives during the hottest part of the day. if you want to stay inside and don't want to yank up your own a/c, this is a good option. the concord police department is opening up their community center to act as a cooling center today. libraries are closed today, but this is a good option if you want the cool down for free. i'm jessica flores, kpix 5. >> that's a good tip. thank you so much. >>> let's go to jaclyn with a look at traffic. it's holiday light out right now. >> yeah. you would hope so, but we have seen a little

that was a real serious concern in oregon. in my remaining few seconds -- there won't be enough time follow-up on what are the lead theories about why the corona is so hotter than the surface and what are we hoping to learn and how will the experiments in 2017, how will they advance the heating of the coronal area? >> yes. >> the heating issue is being addressed by several of my colleagues and we hope to get a handle on that. accelerating winds is another problem and should address that. >> as i yield back, chairwoman, in february, 1979, at the time of the eclipse then, "abc news" report at that time said about the world on august 21st, 2017, may the shadow of the moon fall on the world at peace made in we say that about 2024. i yield back. thank you, madam chair woman. >> thank you. i recognize mr. beyer. >> thank you. we called this the great american eclipse. what will we call the next one? >> that's a good question. do you have a suggestion? >> you have to be careful like saying this is my favorite child. >> i know. i worr

arkansas, oregon, pennsylvania. it is a good question as to whether they will see what losses will look like over the weekend and decide if it is a strategy for them. another company was ibm, for example. they might say, they are uncorrelated risks over the long-term, but we need returns now. we need to not have this. once ine black swans, 100 year offense that hurt these cat bonds. epic,t: we have had two back-to-back storms. thank you both. coming up, we are nearing the one-year anniversary of when india declared most of the country's cash invalid. how has this demonetization played out? we explore with it former chief

as wildfires ravage california...and a major fire burns in oregon. smoke is filling the skies.from the ponderosa fire in butte county.. to the pleasant fire in nevada county... smoke is drifting down to the bay area.(steve) and it could be seen and smelled by people in the north bay, east bay, and san francisco.kron 4's gabe slate is live on treasure island. gabe it sounds people were pretty surprised out there today that the fire haze was this far south? ( pam)(steve) ((pam ))smoke filled the skies all over the bay area today but there was no big fire in or near the bay area.the smoky sky is due to drift the fires in oregon and northern california in butte county, fire. (( steve ))kron 4's gabe slate is live on treasure island.gabe it sounds people were pretty surprised out there today that the fire haze was this far south? ((gabe on camera - lead)) at first the haze drifted into the far east bay this morning but then it worked it's way all the way to oaklandinto the north bay and even san francisco i went to several high altitude look out points around the bay and it was quit

and in oregon, more than 100 hikers trapped by wildfires on both sides. >>> plus, the gas price surge. as millions of americans hit the roads this holiday weekend, why prices will continue to climb. >>> and good evening. thanks for joining us on this sunday. i'm tom llamas. and we begin with breaking news. the most powerful military act by kim jong-un ever. the president calling it a major nuclear test. president trump and t president trump asked if he will attack north korea, saying we'll see. the test involving what they say is a hydrogen bomb. the blast cheered in the streets of north korea. but met with swift global condemnation. and one after saying north korea will be set with fire and fury, now questions about how the white house will respond. here's david kerley. >> reporter: just hours after showing off what was said to be a hydrogen bomb, seismographs start dancing from this remote site, an underground north korean nuclear test shaking the earth. the north claimed the test was a perfect success. but this was its first, much more powerful, hydrogen bomb test. kim jong-un's pr

where they need it through oregon and montana where the fires are so large it's going to >>> gray skies and a little bit of mist around san francisco right now. 63 and overcast around san jose.

inhofe: i say to my friend from oregon that help is on the way. we don't know how long this will take. when you think of a land in the tropics and doesn't have electricity, it is hard for the imagines to get -- immigration to -- ima girch nation to get your arms around what happened. when you look at the news, the news would have the public believe there is a lot of dysfunction in the administration and nothing is getting done. i would like to share some examples of a government working to get america back to business. in my former life, i was participating for some 20 years or longer in the free enterprise business. i was making money, i was losing money, i was hiring people, doing what i thought americans were supposed to be doing. in all that time the major problem i had was the obstruction of the federal government. that's one of the reason i actually ran in the first place to -- to try to save the free enterprise system. i never dreamed we would end up with an administration -- and as well meaning as the obama administration was -- that would

finding its way here to the bay area all the way from oregon and elsewhere in northern california. sure it makes for some dramatic sunsets... but not good for people with asthma or other respiratory issues. health officials also warning to guard against heat exhaustion.. and be sure to stay hydrated right on through the holiday weekend. pam? (pam) due to the extreme heat in the bay area... bart is slowing down all trains on the tracks for safety reasons. bart officials say, the reduction of speed on the trains will be between noon and 8 p-m. they say, extreme temperatures can cause rail movement on the tracks. slowing down the trains allows operators time to react, in case of any abnormal rail movement. bart riders should expect some delays... as much as ten minutes. bart says, it expects to slow down trains across the system until sunday. (pam) and at s-f-o.. airport officials shut down the air train for part of the day today because of excessive heat. travelers were forced to wait in long lines for shuttle buses ... to take them between terminals. the air train has since reopened

a massive wildfire in oregon - forcing hundreds of evacuations..road and school closures.ight the fire grew to about 48-hundred acres. and the flames are being pushed out west by powerful winds. right now there are also warnings about air quality. oregon state police believe this fire is man-made..possibly caused by the misuse of fireworks. so far no injuries have been reported. an urgent manhunt is underway after a deadly shooting in charles county, maryland. police say 35-year-old brian pierce shot two people yesterday at his home, after an argument broke out. one of the victims died.. the other was seriously wounded. deputies found pierce's car on friendship landing road.. which dead ends into nanjemoy creek. authorities say he's armed and dangerous. pierce is described as six feet tall, and weighing 200 pounds. as six feet tall, and weighing 200 pounds. the shootings triggered an all-out search, even involving boats in the area. a familiar story for many -- swarms of a-t-v riders - weaving through traffic and putting drivers on edge. now: police have a new crime fighti

the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. wyden: mr. president, before he leaves the floor, i just want to draw attention to the central point that the senator from illinois has been making tonight. he has been focused on what the duties of the american people are all about, which is to make their lives better, and particularly to improve the quality of their health care, which is a lifeline for millions of families. now, instead of looking at bipartisan approach to make the lives of our people better. chairman hatch and i introduced the children's health bill today. nine million youngsters of that program get better help instead of focusing on that that my colleague from illinois has said we are going to be looking at a bill that will hurt our people. we'll give them worse health care. we'll go backward with respect to the march in our country to make sure that we recognize that all our people, all our people deserve quality and affordable health care, and i particularly appreciate my colleague pointing out the contrast between where w

we have issues on sierra, and oregon. it's impacting our air quality. the red flag warning is men do see know county, dry, windy conditions and another spare the air alert day. it's something everyone should keep in mind on this labor day. jessica flores is live in concord this morning and another hazy hot one. people can cool off at the police station, right, jessica? >> reporter: yep. good morning to you, neda. good morning to you, everyone at home. the concord police department is opening their community room as a cooling center. this is a good place where you can beat the heat and no smoggy conditions. if you don't want to crank up your a/c or don't have a/c, this is a good place to be because it will still be warm inland. the bay area quality management district issued a spare the air alert today and the heat wave in oregon and california are causing the air problems and there is no wood-burning allowed. folks are asked to allow outdoor activities during the hottest part of the day. it will be cooler and hope by tuesday this will blow out with good

the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. merkley: mr. president, i ask that the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. merkley: thank you, mr. >> mister president.ou, mr. >> senator from oregon. >> i asked the form call be lifted. >> with jackson. >> yogi berra once said like dÉjÀ vu all over again, here we are hearing the echoes of the recent debates over healthcare, republican plan to dismantle healthcare, peace of mind of millions of americans coming to the floor. we have seen the previous plans, the house bill that will wipe out healthcare for 24 million people, we saw the bill that came over from the senate in june to wipe out healthcare for 22 million people, then we saw the republicans improved version wiping out healthcare for 32 million people. now, july of this year, another plan, 22 million, millions of american people losing their health care and now we have one more last-ditch effort to destroy healthcare for ordinary americans, rural americans, working americans, it is just wrong and i will exp

i remember the commissioner from the state of south carolina told us, the senator from oregon, ranking democrat, said i am going to announce a 30% increase in health insurance premiums. if i knew these cost-sharing reduction subsidies were coming it would be 10%. i could eliminate 20% of the anticipated increase in premium costs if these subsidies came through. it is pretty clear to me this is sound policy on a bipartisan basis, it would have a dramatic impact reducing the cost of premiums to many individuals. that came through loud and clear in every meeting we had by senator murray and senator alexander. they talk about state reinsurance. i don't understand that as well as some but where the state picks up a share of health insurance between certain dollar amounts so the private insurance companies don't pick up that burden. because of this they keep premium costs down. the third thing is provide states with more flexibility without undermining fundamental issues like preexisting condition protection. i let those meetings feeling encouraged. after seven months of bitter political rhe

anybody who came to the oregon territory before 1849 got out right 640 acres of land. after 1850, they cut that in half to 320 acres but the that amount of land, half of it was in the woman's name. 320 acres were given to a couple. if you were a single man, you got half of that, if you were a single woman you got half of that it half of that acreage was always in the woman's name. so right away, women have land claim ownership. that was an important part of the oregon trail europe. 1850 three, washington becomes a separate territory from oregon and in the first territorial legislative meeting which was in olympia which becomes our capital city eventually, the delegatesies, early wanted to pass women's suffrage in washington, that was part of the platform for the first legislative session in that territorial congress for washington and it got voted down. it was brought up right away and they were very early men in the legislature who advocated for women's suffrage. fast-forward to the 1880's and washington is working very hard at the effort to become a state which is ac

that's why we have the high fire danger from tahoe all the way to the oregon border. that goes from 8:00 in tahoe to 11:00 up north. all right, here's a look at what's going to happen. you can see the cloud cover out there this morning. a few blips of green. notice how it increases in the morning commute as the area of low pressure rotates close to us. 9:00, some scattered showers. by noon, still some scatters showers. it becomes very isolated by 4:00. and then we'll see a few breaks in the cloud cover right as the sun sets, so look for a little bit of sunshine as you head home from work or head out this evening. let's take a look at my accuweather seven-day forecast. we know it's going to get warmer the next couple days. but look at the heat sunday and monday. we'll flirt with the upper 90s inland. mid 80s around the bay. low 70s at the coast. so head to the coast, get some warm sunshine, but not blistering hot sunshine like it was last week. so how about that? a chance of showers this morning. you run into anything? >> no, i didn't use my wipers once. >> i used them

but oregon state police are investigating. >> reporter: tom, the heat and wind are still a threat. but firefighters believe they're getting a handle on the blaze. too late for homeowners like the one here. tom? >> we see the destruction right behind you. all right, jim, thank you. >>> and an update after the u.s. seized three russian diplomatic posts on american soil. russian officials calling the move outrageous, and releasing videos of what they describe as illegal actions by u.s. officials at those buildings. on friday, smoke and fire spotted in san francisco and washington, d.c. the move, a direct response to vladimir putin's order to reduce american staff in russia by more than 750 employees. >>> there is still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this sunday. we have an update on the missing college student. the tragic development and what police say surveillance video shows. >>> plus, the soaring prices at the pump. follow ing it's not over yet. hurricane harvey. why the prices will continue to rise. >>> and the suv, apparently out of control. what happened to the pedestr

modot and siskiyou counties near the oregon border. we are now getting back in the blues and purple which is the cool. fog around half moon bay south. might be a few patches on the mendocino coast. cooler in the city. 56, 56, 57, 56. northwest breeze holding that temp up. look at oakland, 53. observations, 54, 54, 54. 49 at woodside. 40s in the santa cruz mountains. gilroy dipped to 49. if you think it's cooler, it is cooler. stronger breeze on the coast, maybe around the bay, not as much inland. 59 month ray. 44 cooler degrees in ukiah. you can see the airflow coming out of the northwest. still a little bit of fog that will cool off the ocean temps. that's the cooler air driving out. 60s, 70s, coast and day. overall, temperatures blow average. not too far coast and bay. temperatures which cooled off yesterday are starting off very cool today. so it will be a nice friday. lots of sunshine except for a few patches of fog. we are all set for temperatures that are quite comfortable, i would say and the weekend looks pretty good. >> i was

oregon has had more success than any stage with stewardship projects. that effort came from, we have a war going on in the forest industry manages to get them to the old growth state to be fire resistive and don't mess with mother nature everybody says the solution is to clear cut. that war was unproductive ending in a court battle so out keenness to reject efforts. we have hundreds of thousands that are good for so there was a potential to win so that is what collaborations' are all about in bay are far too close together but moving from the soil level to the canopy and then that carries over to private land. i was involved in a couple of pilot but have been in the woods to discuss how do we push this forward? is there a space that. >> hq. and reduce use the tube walls and has the potential to improve on a habitat and have positive and plaques on the tree growth that hopes to forest health also a decrease of insect and disease. sorry do believe thinning is a useful tool but. >> of iowa was said that process and the litigation has become a roadblock as

over areas of washington, oregon down to northern california.eport from clear lake they are receiving a little bit of light rain and drizzle. this will remain to the north. we are seeing our own drizzle for today. for the most part we have dry conditions. here is a look at the futurecast model. we get through monday, tuesday very similar. almost a near repeat. as we get into wednesday, another system that is going to bring that rain line a little bit farther down by wednesday morning. areas over lake county all the way down to the north edge of sonoma county. we could see sprinkles all the way down to the south bay. that comes on wednesday. between now and then, we will call for a cooler weather pattern with breezy conditions at time. temperatures low 60s around the coast. upper 70s inland. temperatures 61 in san francisco. 64 in oakland, our south bay location 63. upper 60s for the city of san francisco. low 70s for oakland, hay ward. areas like -- you are expected to go to 77. here is a look at your extended forecast. temperatures remain statu

now what has been proposed in oregon is to look at alternatives. i'm not going to prejudge what it is, but i would notice that there is a year-long process that is under way, including people on the other side of the river, because we've always worked with clark county and previously with the legislators in the state of washington and congresspeople, to try to figure out how we work together because we are one region. there are, what, 60,000 people who work in oregon every day who have to negotiate a really troublesome area. now, the federal government is 2017 rying to pay for infrastructure with 1993 dollars. we haven't raised the gas tax since 1993. when states around the country have been stepping up, including in washington and puget sound, oters are expressing their own frustration and taxing themselves to solve these problems. the federal government has been missing in action. in fact, many of my friends on the republican side of the aisle are looking at creative programs for public-private partnerships. they're looking at in some cases there

and it went to the oregon border and the coast and inland.orner of the state is experiencing the suffering. >> would you rather be a supervisor or doing your job now? >> i loved both. i love being at the local level in san francisco. it's been an honor to represent son fran tackling these issues. we're in a historic crisis. we need to reform how we do things. >> appreciate your time. >> thank you. >>> coming up next, the 49ers, the rams kicking off in eight hours. looks like many fans with actually try to go sell the tickets they have. >> oh, no. [ laughter ] . i was wondering if an electric toothbrush really cleans... ...better than a manual, and my hygienist says it does. but... ...they're not all the same. turns out, they're really... ...different. who knew? i had no idea. so, she said look for... ...one that's shaped like a dental tool with a round... ...brush head. go pro with oral-b. oral-b's rounded brush head surrounds each tooth to... ...gently remove more plaque and... ...oral-b crossaction is clinically proven to... ...remove more

the coast guard closed 20 miles of the columbia river east of portland, oregon. no boats of any kinds are allowed in that area. that's also -- this sound like florida keys. there is a little road going in and out of that area along gorge there. >> and the a ash in the air was incredible. >>> 6:09. president trump ends a controversial immigration program. coming up in minutes, how congress could save daca, or the so-called dreamers and how the bay area is responding to that de. >>> it's and clearing the red tape for the raiders las vegas stadium. we'll tell you what's happening today and when the team could break ground. well well well, what have we here? a whole new place that's lookin' to get scared! (laughter) now halloween time is in dineyland and disney california adventure parks! >>> welcome back to mornings on 2. president trump's repeal of the taka program means that young immigrants could start being deported within six months unless congress takes action. >> the president said that daca was unconstitutional and president obama overstepped his executive a

decimate parts of montana's glacier national park officials say the blaze was entirely preventable oregon state police say a fifteen year old boy from vancouver washington is suspected of igniting the fire they released a statement saying that the teenager along with several other unnamed individuals quote may have been using fireworks which started the forest fire along the eagle creek trail however no arrests or formal charges have been filed so far for the blaze which began late saturday afternoon on oregon's columbia river gorge by thursday authorities say the wildfires raging across nine western states were only five percent contained with more than seventy six massive fires identified including twenty one in montana and eighteen in oregon. yesterday president trump met with the emir of kuwait shake subha. trump told the emir that the u.s. was quote has very little to do with syria but added we would be extremely upset if assad used chemical weapons and quote his comment comes in the wake of a new u.n. human rights council report accusing the syrian government of using chemical weapo

you know, i was up in oregon a few weeks ago before the solstice -- for the equinox and it was smoky.it had been smoky for weeks before and it's been smoky almost the entire summer. almost like those days we had around here. montana has been smoky. there's been more smoke than i can remember in -- in -- in california in the west in the skies causing our quality issues than i can flare long time so it's a tribute to how many wildfires are over a does in the state of california, many in oregon and washington, as well. so just a sidebar of what's going on with the hurricanes and what have you. air quality, you get that smoke like that picture we just showed in oregon, you can see how bad the air was. when you can see air, now you got bad air quality. our smoke is cleared out of here. it's been brought to us by this system here which is kind of rotating clockwise you see down in here might bring us a few showers, light sprinkles, which would be nice to see the area here -- that triggered a thunderstorm right there. maybe a sprinkle tonight. it's taken smoke out of the area and also pullin

it's coming from the fires in oregon and northern california.kron 4's gabe slate spoke with locals and the confused tourists about this strange site and smell. this morning the haze drifted into the far east bay but then it worked it's way down to oaklandinto the north bay the south bay and even san francisco in the foreground here is the foot of the bay bridge as you enter oakland heading east behind it is oakland . which you can almost not see because a blanket of brown haze covered the sky.here's the view from the other angle. i went up to hills east of oakland looking back toward the westfrom this lookout off grizly peak you normally see a clear view of downtown oakland and san francisco some parts of the bay area today looked more like los angelos like smog.. sound from bay area residents about fire haze the smoke is from fires north of here in oregon and in northerna california the closest one being the butte county fire. it's over 150 miles away but the giant plumes of smoke it's creating have found their way all the way to the bay area..

the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. merkley: mr. president, i ask that the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. merkley: thank you, mr. president. yogi berra once said it's like deja vu all over again. here we are feeling the echoes of the recent debates over health care, yet another republican plan to dismantle health care, the peace of mind of millions of americans coming to the floor. what we've seen in the previous plans, we've seen the house bill that was going to wipe out health care for 24 million people. we saw the bill that the -- that came over from the senate in june, wipe out health care for 22 million people. then we saw the republicans improved version for that wiping out health care for 32 million people. now july of this year yet another plan, back to 22 million. millions and millions of people losing their health care. and now we have one more last-ditch effort to destroy health care for ordinary americans, for rural americans, for working americans. it's just wrong, and i'm going to

the fire was so big yesterday, it managed to jump the columbia river from oregon into washington. people in oregon and washington are reporting ash fall from the forest fires on a scale colorable to what happened when mount saint helens erupted. last week the largest wildfire in los angeles history, which really isn't a big surprise because it is been the hottest year in california history. amy: bill, we're going to go to break and come back to this discussion, bill mckibben, founder of 350.org, speaking to us from vermont as we talk about extreme weather events from south asia were more than 1200 people have died to the fires of the northwest to the hurricanes and harvey, jose is not far behind. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: we will later be talking about whether a genocide is being committed against the rohingya by the burmese military. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. we continue our conversation with 350.org cofounder bill mckibben. let's turn back to president trump speaking in north dakota on wednes

democratic senator jeff merkley of oregon. welcome back to the show, sir. >> thank you so much, chuck. gb good to be with you. >> start with this question -- the times of this announcement. you have a republican party stilling w looking to repeal obamacare. the possibility that they do that is still there for the next couple of weeks. why muddy up this issue? why spend so much time working on a new health care plan, when the democratic party took so many bullets for fighting for obamacare and you still have been fighting for it, and it's still the law of the land? >> well, in the course of arguing over trump care, trump wealthcare, i might add, we talked to citizens across the country. i had 36 town halls in oregon mostly republican counties, two-thirds of them. what the citizens in republican counties came out and said is, our health care system is just too complicated, too inefficient and too stressful, and there was real desire, and i'm talking republican counties, for a simple, sacless health care that just by virtue of be

importantla portland, oregon is a beautiful city. anybody here from oregon? i ran those streets in portland, oregon when i was coherent. portland, oregon changes after about 10 p.m. it's a different city. it's a different city that most people don't see. all of the things that are going on, there's a lot. and i saw a little bit when we had our world convention there. you know, going down the beautiful parks and things. well if you look in the corners, if you look in the shadows, it's there, you know, and it comes out after 10 p.m., you know. it's a whole different world. so it's always been there. and i guess there's a famous saying when the teacher -- or when the student is ready the teacher will appear. there's also good recovery in portland, oregon. we've all been in the shadows and things like that. it's always been there. the opioid crisis. up was a product of the op joid cris opioid crisis. alcohol may intensify this effect. i pruz a product of that the entire '80s. many jails and institutions. i was and probably quite a few of my family here mhas been

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take a look at the wildfires in oregon and also along the northern california coast. the north, northeasterly wind is driving the smoke down. as you take a look, the smoke is vizsible on our satellite picture. air quality is suffering from our east bay hills cameras. air quality unhealthy. spare the air alert for your friday. both are red. from the air district says the last time we had this was june 28th, 2009. it's rarity here. we do have heat advisories for the valleys through tonight and excessive heat warnings for the hill tops. take it easy in this hot weather. excessive heat warning for most of the bay area friday through monday. 105 to 115 degrees. the coastline if san francisco will go under a heat advisory. 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on saturday. your holiday forecast coming up. >> you can track the conditions where you live with the abc 7 news basaccuweather app. download it instantly to be notified. >>> the government is ordering the russian consulate in san francisco to close its doors in two days. we have what this means for people here. >> reporter: people

. >> jonathan hunt has a look at the worst fires, including up in oregon.ound 80 large fires burning on 2200 square miles across nine western states. one of the words in oregon's columbia river gorge, residents of some 700 homes evacuated from the path of raging flames, zero containment, smoke and ash darkening the skies. >> i would say the past 24 hours, it's gotten significantly worse. the ash is starting to fall last night, probably around 6:00 and starting to get more and more trunky. now, you can't stay outside without getting rained on. >> reporter: oregon state police say that a 15-year-old boy is believed to be responsible for starting the blaze after setting off fireworks the results, thousands of acres burned, several homes lost and dangerous air quality as far away as portland. >> the visibility is affected. the breathing is affected. now, the fire has come down to the edge the road. if it jumps and burns on both sides, you would be driving through a wall of flames so that's just not safe. >> reporter: in month tanya alone, dozens of wildfires de