their efforts have not only benefited union county but are a model for farmers throughout the commonwealth. on behalf of the 1st district of kentucky, i congratulate drew and liz white and wish them the best as they continue to grow their farming operation and their family. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> permission to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one inute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i rise to honor the life of connie mitchell, an activist and leader in the rochester community who passed away on december 14. she pursued equality and consumer justice and breaking down barriers was awe inspiring. she was the first african-american women winning a seat on the board of supervisors. she was a role model in the fight of equality whose contributions helped to open the door of opportunity for so many people in our community. i join all of rochester in mourning her passing and extend my deepest

from there she became the director of the union county recreation department, overseeing the hiring of employees, maintenance and programming. more importantly, she worked for the county council in maintaining effective budgets and funding for the recreational department. on top of her work within the local government, gail also served on the board of directors for the salvation army for over five years and sat on the union county fair board for 10 years. as an active member of the community and important leader in the union county high school athletic booster club for over 30 years, she made her community a better place for everyone. gail volunteered and gave most of her time and effort to support all of the athletic teams and cheerleaders within the union county athletic program. and she spent tireless hours distributing tickets and collecting money to ensure the program's success. recent playoff game between chester and union, she was recognized for her efforts. the game was dedicated on her behalf. in life she was a shining example of a tireless servant. she was a woman of faith an

. >> thank god for bladen and union counties. >> reporter: on election night, it seemed republican pastor mark harris had defeated democrat dan mccready. but now mccready, a marine corps veteran, is withdrawing his concession. >> i didn't serve overseas in the marine corps just to come home and watch politicians and career criminals attack our democracy. that's why today i withdraw my concession to mark harris. >> reporter: tonight, harris, who has been subpoenaed by investigators, is breaking his silence. >> although i was absolutely unaware of any wrongdoing, that will not prevent me from cooperating with this investigation. >> reporter: the republican says he would support a new election if the fraud is real enough to change the results. officials say they may need a new one. a former fbi agent is heading up the election. >> thank you. >>> and from hawaii, a ceremony to commemorate the pearl harbor attack. about 20 survivors of the attack were there. some of the heroes of the greatest generation. >>> there is still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this friday. the major recall i

going to new york to cobb then coming back from new york coming down route one coming through union county we had drugs in the car and we had a gun in the car. and i remember being stopped at a light and get now switching drivers i got round to the passenger side and she took the driver's seat and not knowing that it was a cop car right behind us so once again i didn't want to go to court i was going to try i told my laura that you know we just had to try to get all the charges pushed together give me one senses let me go do my time and hopefully straight up my life but i remember pacifically the judge sitting just telling me then element to tom loser. and he said tracy you who convicted in one thousand nine hundred begin again in one thousand nine hundred eighty he said come back before me for the third time in the third time is going to be a charge for you. i don't think the numbers mean something they matter to us is over one trillion dollars and. more than ten white collar crime ten. this. eighty five percent of global wealth you want to be ultra rich eight point six percent market saw

going to new york to cobb then coming back from new york coming down route one coming through union county we had drugs in the car and we had a gun in the car. and i remember being stopped at a light and get now switching drivers i got around to the passenger side and she took to the pharmacy and not knowing that it was a cop car right behind us so once again i didn't want to go to court i was going to try. i told my laura that you know we just had to try to get all the charges pushed together give me one senses let me go to my time and hopefully straight up my life i remember pacifically the judge sits in just telling me that now i'm a two time loser. and he said tracy hughes convicted in one thousand nine hundred you can begin again in one thousand nine hundred eighty he said come back before me for the third time in the third time is going to be a charm for you. i had a great education a good job and a family that loved me. i never had to worry about how i would eat somewhere i would sleep. i'm facing christmas alone out on the streets of london. well you know not to be a tough. the lor

remember going to new york on the cob coming back from new york coming down route one coming through union county we had drugs in the car and we had a gun in a car. and i remember being stopped at a light and get now switching drivers i got round to the passenger side and she took the pharmacy and not knowing that it was a cop car right behind us so once again i didn't want to go to court i was going to try i told my laura that you know we just have to try to get all the charges pushed together give me one senses let me go to my time and hopefully straight not my life but i remember pacifically the judge said this in joe's telling me. element to tom loser. and he said tracy you could bring to the one nine hundred eighty you know you can begin again in one thousand nine hundred eighty he said come back before me for the third time in a third time is going to be a chore for you. in a world of big partisan movies a lot for years and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the

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going to new york to cobb then coming back from new york coming down route one coming through union county we had drugs in the car and we had a gun in the car. and i remember being stopped at a light and get now switching drivers i got around to the passenger side and she took the driver's seat and not knowing that it was a cop car right behind us so once again i didn't want to go to court i was going to try. i told my laura that you know we just had to try to get all the charges pushed together get me one so does that because too much time and over the street not my life i remember pacifically the judge sits in just telling me that element to tom losing. and he said tracy hughes convicted in one thousand nine hundred you can begin again in one thousand nine hundred eighty he said come back before me for the third time in the third time is going to be a chore for you. well i think it certainly makes sense for for moscow to think. trump in its contacts with the united states just i. the fear that the dominant view in this city is that it is nearly impossible until the united states kind of

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remember going to new york on the cob coming back from new york coming down route one coming through union county we had drugs in the car and we had a gun in the core. and i remember being stopped at a light and get now the switching drivers i got around to the passenger side and she took the pharmacy and not knowing that it was a cop car right behind us so once again i didn't want to go to court i was going to trial i told my laura that you know we just have to try to get all charges pushed together give me one so does the big old too much time and hopefully street not my life but i remember pacifically the judge sits in joe's told me. no limit to tom losing. and he said tracy you could bring to the one nine hundred eighty you know you can begin again in one thousand nine hundred eighty he said come back before me for the third time in the third term is going to be a chore. for people feed the economy because they buy scratch tickets scratch off lottery tickets they live in the ghetto in new york you know the red apple grocery store uptown have the highest prices in town right and the liquor sto

and i have to say as i looked at that map tonight, thank god for bladen and union counties. >> blade know countn coe in mind. mark harris, republican, we had to clear it in here. winner and the race for the north carolina's congressional district, that would be a republican hold opinion democrats have been targeting to see but guess what, there was a major development in the ninth day of a start in new york play. >>> where is the noont district on my screen in bear with me, folks -- there it is. the ninth district of new york. this is humiliating. it's right there. what happened in the north dick you're trying to the state board of elections decided not to certify it today. instead they're going to have an evidentiary hearing sometimes in the next few weeks. the issue has to do with absentee in the roar well, guess what happens when you start to take a look at the break down of votes here. this is the overall total of each county in the district and look at the absent tees surer. you see something interesting, you don't see in any other common diet they will. >> everywhere else in th

if you look in the general election, even in union county, which harris won, mccready won the mail-in absentee ballots, the only county in the district in which harris won the mail-in absentee ballots was bladen county. >> where mccray dallas apparently was paying people $75 to $100 a week to go around and pick up those ballots. >>> here now wayne goodwin, the chairman of the democratic party. is it the democratic party's position there should be a new election in north carolina 9? >> yes, that is our position. we also wanting to ensure that there is no certification of this congressional race until after a full, thorough, public evidentiary hearing by the state board. >> republicans are complaining about two things. one, they're saying that the board of elections is operating secretly and the person in charge of that board is a democratic party, quote, hyperpartisan. what do you say to that? >> i'd say they're trying to change the narrative. it's quite interesting that for years now, particularly the last couple years, all they could talk about is voter fraud here or alleged voter fr

county. when tennessee voted to secede from the union in the civil war, the scott county court met and seceded from the state and declared itself as a free and independent state. when world war i rolled around the scott county court thought the united states was a little slow in declaring war, so they declared war on germany six weeks before the united states did. column about that in the late 70's and set as far as anybody knew, scott county never officially came back into the union or declared peace with germany. my dad got a letter from somebody over there and they if scott county qualified for any foreign aid. scott county was one of the 10 poorest counties in the u.s. when they started the war on poverty. appalachia when i was growing up. money,dparents had no they never had a car, never went on a vacation. butrandfather was a farmer he never missed a church on sunday after he came back from the spanish-american war. my grandparents were both staunch republicans. my mother came from iowa. she came from a staunchly republican family in iowa. i got it from both sides. steve: did your dad ta

. >>> new this morning a san bernardino county police union is calling on the california supreme courtthe retro active internal investigations. the new state law goes into effect on january 1st. it will give the public access to internal investigations of officer shootings, sexual assault and lying on duty. the union honors that requiring officers to release information prior to next year is a violation of members rights. >>> plans to build a water tank in marin county are moving forward this morning. an old water tank a few feet away from jesse collin young's property line. he claims it will block his sunset views but officials say that's the only spot where they can build the 25,000 gallon tank. the board supervisors voted to approve the tank and award $25,000 to obscure his vision of the tank. designed to meet county fire storage requirements. >> county fire stated goal is to be able to provide fire flows, equivalent to a thousand gallons per minute for a two hour duration. >>> the tank will also be built to blend in with the natural environment. >>> we've all been frustrated while

. >>> a santa clara county firefighters union group and rock bottom brewery are joining forces to help fire victims. this morning they'll work together to brew a batch of resilience bute county pride. 100% of proceeds will be donated to the camp fire relief fund. >>> san francisco airport leaders plan to get feedback on their plan to change rules critics say target taxi drivers. in october the commission approved a new free speech rule, in part it limits the area where taxi drivers can hand out leaflets and gather signatures from the rank and file. board members cited safety concerns in making the changes. taxi drivers are asking the commission to rescind the new rule and they're still considering legal action. >>> right now at 6:08 we're going to see some of the clouds rolling by as we start out this morning. here's a live look outside in san francisco. heading over to martinez, it's going to be cloudy throughout the morning. cool start with upper 40s throughout 9:00 and 10:00, is and then we'll see the rain developing into the afternoon. now we're keeping it dry as you get ready to h

the rest of the world by keeping its doors open in more recent years the county boards even deeper time with the european union through the euro tunnel trade and travel depends of course upon screen and emails reg said there were absolutely no guarantees that for about was could be on the horizon next new. ramsgate kent. frank prosecutors have named the man they suspect shot and killed at least two people at a christmas market in the french city of strasburg hundreds of police are searching for a twenty nine year old named sheck at it has a long history of crime he was injured while fleeing the scene on tuesday night that smith has a back. preparing for christmas and a heavily armed guard strasbourg on wednesday morning noticeably quieter as police continue to hunt a gunman who opened fire on police and shoppers the night before as victims lie on the street other sorts safety in narrow alleyways as the sound of gunfire echoed around the city center. first i heard several shots and i thought maybe it's firecrackers or they're attacking a store i saw a lot of people running scared crying kids and all and i was v

on the gas line broken water main which flooded the northbound lanes of union city boulevard near smith street. the alameda county water district worked into the evening to try end cap the break. officials with the water district said that some customers in the area may see some discoloration in their water but the water is safe to drink. >>> pg&e is asking state regulators to approve a new set of rate increases. the mercury news reports that the hike would amount to the average increase of $12.55 for pg&e customers on their monthly bill. pg&e told the public utilities commission that the increases have nothing to do with the potential liability from wildfires, including the massive camp fire in butte county. instead, pg&e said it would cover a variety of other items and expenses. pg&e customers could still be on the hook for further increases associated with the fires. the puc has to approve or reject them. >>> millions of people affected by the devastating campfire are not going away. this weekend, a bay area food bank is sending more than 25,000 pounds of food to the fire victims. rob roth shows us it takes a

the rest of the world by keeping its doors open in more recent years the county boards an even deeper time with the european union through the euro tunnel trade and travel depends of course upon stream eames regs that there are absolutely no guarantees of poor about what could be on the horizon next. al-jazeera ramsgate kent. the u.s. senate has defied president donald trump and voted to begin discussing a resolution to end u.s. military support for the saudi iraqi led coalition in yemen they could vote on the measure in the coming hours though they have until friday to do so plans for a similar vote was struck down in march after donald trump voiced strong support for the conflict the latest resolution appears to have more backing on capitol hill following the outcry over the matter of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi speaking to reporters about the resolution republican senator lindsey graham said the u.s. must take a tougher stance against saudi arabia in the wake of jamal khashoggi isn't that. to me it is a defining moment for us as a nation for the future of saudi arabia and for the middle east in general th

the rest of the world by keeping its doors open in more recent years the county boards an even deeper time with the european union through the euro tunnel trade and travel depends of course upon stream and e-mails regs that are absolutely no guarantees of poor about what could be on the horizon next need out as era ramsgate can ask us now to dominic a news in brussels sentiment if tourism a wins the vote on the e.u. are prepared to give her any of the assurances she needs to get her deal through parliament. well on the face of it lauren remember that the words of president the president of the european commission were pretty clear when he spoke to the members of the european parliament in strasbourg this week he said no room for renegotiation what so ever but he then added kaviak to that saying however with intelligent use of clarification and interpretation maybe we'll get somewhere down the line question is what might that entail what's codes of the european union leaders the presidents of the two institutions based in this city actually give to theresa may that might modify that might placate or over those peo

largest supporter of sheriff israel finally reached the same conclusion that this union and men and women of broward county's office is that he heeds to be removed from the broward sheriff's office immediately. >> lisa: what goes through your mind that peterson didn't go in, that they didn't go in and they hid? >>> well you feel disappointed that we didn't make the right decisions that day. outside of the law enforcement community you can understand the anger from the community. within our own department we understand why failures at this level took place this day. when you have a sheriff who on november 4th, 2013, intervened himself into our active shooter policy and took out the word will respond and replaced it himself with the word may respond, it causes a disconcern with the deputies responding to the scene of what action they should take. when he publicly announces we're no longer a law enforcement agency we're now a community based law enforcement agency and we're going to help out the community rather than to fight crime in broward county, we're taking the wrong approach. then when his further impl

nearby may see some discoloratioorn dint incontinue, but the alameda county water district says the water is safe. >>> and police in union city say even with the roads' parable reopening today, motorists should seek alternate routes. >>> a popular east coast burger joint made its bay area debut today, and plenty of people showed up bright and early to get a taste. we're talking about shake shack's first bay area restaurant. it's now open at the stanford shopping center in palo alto. they're giving the food a bay area twist. there is a golden state double burger, offering local beer and local ingredients, like buns, and a popular bakery in san francisco. >> it's always an honor and a privilege to us to come to a new community and bring our brand we're so passionate about from new york city. this was very unexpected here. i thought there would be a couple people outside. to see this line, we're very humbled and honored. >> we actually were smart. we did a mobile order. we just came in and skipped the whole line, and we got our burger. so the trick is to do mobile order. >> wonder if there's an app for that. shake shack now

the rest of the world by keeping its doors open in more recent years the county forged even deeper time with the european union through the euro tunnel trade and travel depends of course upon speed and ease but post brags that there are absolutely no guarantees at all about what could be on the horizon next. barkha al-jazeera ramsgate kent. u.s. senators asserts a vote on a new resolution to end american involvement in the. war in yemen a similar vote was struck down last march after donald trump voiced strong support during a visit by the saudi crown prince the latest resolution appears to have more backing on capitol hill after the outcry over the murder of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. with more now from washington. all eyes are on the u.s. senate as it prepares to vote on a measure the would be the first in a series of efforts to punish saudi arabia this latest effort to invoke the one nine hundred seventy three war powers act this would essentially force an end to u.s. support in terms of military support to the saudi led coalition in yemen this is certainly a conflict that has been concerning to

the rest of the world by keeping its doors open in more recent years the county forge an even deeper time with the european union through the euro tunnel trade and travel depends of course upon stream team. regs that are absolutely no guarantees that for about what could be on the horizon next new qualcomm out a zero ramsgate kent the u.s. senate has defied president donald trump and voted to begin discussing a resolution to end u.s. military support for the saudi am.

union and then some. >> look at california. california has 59 counties, and they have a couple hundred different sales tax rates, and there's -- you can't -- basically what you do is make it more and more difficult, and it's just the insanity of government. mark: we have conservatives celebrating that. now it's equal with retail shops. i'm thinking equal what? money flows like water. if people want to go over here with money, they're going to go over here with money. why is the government's business to make anything equal, whatever that means? >> yeah, it's the whole idea of -- well, it's the safe spacers, cry room people, everything's got to be fair. there is no definition of fair. when you get taxes like -- there's no way anybody can figure that out on their own. mark: you mean all these various taxes and jurisdictions and so forth? >> yeah, i really like trump. i think he's doing an amazing job. mark: you're a big fan of his. >> a big fan of his. i don't agree with everything he does. ed koch had a great line running for mayor in new york. believe in

union city, once we hit midnight. a wider view will show some wet weather moving into contra costa county.cord, 11:45, and vallejo, expecting some wet weather to retu ntmidnight. my hour by hour forecast keeps rain chances at 3:30 in the morning. that would continue into 8:00 in the morning. then as we head throughout the day, the storm system really tries to push off to the south. i think we'll hold on to some spotty showers by 5:00 p.m. tomorrow. if you've been outside, you know how cold it is. down to 42 in the tri-valley. you'll be dropping to 39 degrees. we have 56 in santa rosa, no big changes in temperatures. might have extended forecast has dry weather thursday, friday and saturday. we're confident on that. and then we hit sunday, it still looks really good from about 8:00 to :00 at night. we'll sigh dry weather hit next tuesday. saturday will be the nice day in the weekend. once we hit sunday night, rainfall likely to return and that would continue into monday's forecast as well. two to four inches expected right around 4,000 feet. and then four to eight inches of snow. i would li

according to a letter sent to the harrison county b-o-e by the american civil liberties union of westirginia:on november 27th, a transgender liberty high school student, who identifies as a male, entered the boys bathroom when he thought it was empty. after the student was in a stall, he was allegedly harassed and bullied by a faculty member. joseph cohen/aclu"he misgendered him, at one point challenged him to come out and use a urinal, essentially to prove that he was a boy. when he came out of the stall, the principal was standing in front of the exit, essentially blocking him in so he could not leave."the student is being represented by the aclu of west virginia in the hopes of fighting for better trans rights for students at his own school, and throughout the state. the letter also claims the student is intentionally mis-gendered at school, which can have a negative impact on trans teens.joseph cohen/aclu "more than 50 percent of transgender male trans teens attempt suicide. this really is a life or death issue. and it's time that west virginia schools take lgbtq issues seriously.

realise that while it has failed singularly to unite the six counties with the land by the power vested even because government by the european union he controls the fate of bricks and he controls the fate of the united kingdom . well i think i think you should have not had any failure i mean this is a collective responsibility and a responsibility of both governments and indeed of the british government in the first instance to afford the electorate in the north of ireland a referendum to indicate their preference as to whether to remain part of the so-called united kingdom or to be reunited with the rest of the island of ireland in a new republican scenario i think that that is a very worthy consideration and more appropriate maybe even now than at any point in time and one that leo varadkar caldwell will give some serious consideration to it's not her that is holding a situation to ransom in terms of the current chaos within the british political system it is the british politike. system itself that has steered a situation that you know not only a majority of the people in the north of ireland having voted to remain find themsel

year. 50s tomorrow for highs, san jose 58, union city 57, pacifica 57, sunshine san ramon, san rafael 58, san leandro 58, napa 58, sunshine in mendocino countyukiah 56. extended forecast, sunny and dry, all the way through next wednesday including new year's eve, new year's day, highs in the 50s near the water, 50s to low 60s. wake up tomorrow morning, mary lee and gianna franco, weather and traffic, the latest at 4:30 a.m., ending the year on the dry note. >> get our morning started. thank you. >>> how big a football fan are you? big enough to live on a billboard? coming up, the super fans doing just that. in the southbay. >>> also tonight's guests on "the late show with stephen colbert." > ns until new year's day but today organizers over there dismantling that little winter wonderland and people were not happy about that. >> you're kidding. oh, no, yeah, that, that's not taking care of the whole community. that's being a scrooge, i'm sorry. >> not something we wanted to do, you know? we were asked nicely to do it. >> when you are asked nicely. san jose hosting the college football championship playoffs during the first week of january, bu

year. 50s tomorrow for highs, san jose 58, union city 57, pacifica 57, sunshine san ramon, san rafael 58, san leandro 58, napa 58, sunshine in mendocino countyukiah 56. extended forecast, sunny and dry, all the way through next wednesday including new year's eve, new year's day, highs in the 50s near the water, 50s to low 60s. wake up tomorrow morning, mary lee and gianna franco, weather and traffic, the latest at 4:30 a.m., ending the year on the dry note. >> get our morning started. thank you. >>> how big a football fan are you? big enough to live on a billboard? coming up, the super fans doing just that. in the southbay. >>> also tonight's guests on "the late show with stephen colbert." this is not a bed. it's a revolution in sleep. the new sleep number 360 smart bed is on sale now during our lowest prices of the season. it senses your movement, and automatically adjusts to keep you both comfortable. it can even warm your feet to help you fall asleep faster. so you wake up ready to make your resolutions, reality. and now, the queen sleep number 360 c4 smart bed is only $1299. ranked #1 in customer satisfaction with mattresses by j.d. powe

among some people who voted to leave the european union in the twenty six thousand referendum over the chaos surrounding bracks it barker visited the county of kent at the closest part of the u.k. to mainland europe and a region that voted resoundingly to leave. it is a time of great up he will for britain the people of canton southeast england voted overwhelmingly to leave the e.u. many here hope brags it would be the dawn of a new era but they remain in limbo everyone's just disgusted with the government at the moment. that's. because there's not. a lot of hope a vote for. wouldn't if i knew it was going to break this fast it's turning into a bit of a circus for your message for the promise of. it you've had your time sadly behind the scenes the local council is preparing for the worst it's produced this document a contingency plan to avoid being potentially crippled by the effects of brecht's it in the event of a no deal there's likely to be major disruptions to border and customs arrangements causing huge disruptions across kent and beyond. eighty percent ninety percent of all the roll on roll off ferries and trains come out of kent s

the rest of the world by keeping its doors open in more recent years the county forged even deeper time with the european union through the euro tunnel trade and travel depends of course upon the. post brags that there are absolutely no guarantees at all about what could be on the horizon next. barca al-jazeera ramsgate kent. donald trump has reiterated his support to the crown prince and says mohammed bin some man is quote very strongly in power the cia director general has full is used to brief leaders of the house of representatives in a few hours time about the murder of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi u.s. senators are set to vote on a new resolution to end american involvement in the saudi and u.a.e. led war in yemen a similar vote was struck last march after donald trump for strong support during a visit by the saudi crown prince can really help that joins us live here on the news from washington kimberly what can we expect today. well we can expect that the senate will press forward after its own hearing last week with gina haskell where the senators came out very vocal and strong saying in fact t

the rest of the world by keeping its doors open in more recent years the county forged even deeper time with the european union through the euro tunnel trade and travel depends of course upon the. post there are absolutely no guarantees a thaw about what could be on the horizon next. barca al-jazeera ramsgate kent. all right he was with us now she's been monitoring the reaction online i'm sure there's been plenty of it a lot going on has a wealth resume and brags that the main trending topics on twitter with over five hundred thousand mentions and i was also talking about the people's vote and also the no confidence issue it's mainly being discussed in the u.k. arlin belgium and germany but also goes as far as canada and also australia and many also sharing their videos online listen. westminster has been sucked into there will be so close become this guy. do. you. see you i think short term it's not going to be good for the country but i think. and that's why the. and two years into this having the referendum we are the forward and we are again and out. of the government i'm here because i'm joining dozens of

calling on them to talk to their union leadership and urge them to bargain constructively and stop putting our patients in the middle of their contract demands." >>> a sonoma county man accused of running a student loan debt relief scam appeared in court. melanie woodrow is live in the newsroom with the latest. >> reporter: he will be on h is a misunderstanding, but government prosecutors say that his former employees implicated him. his twitter posts are filled about success and entrepreneurship. but the financial ceo was running a fraudulent student loan debt relief scheme from 2014 to 2018. they collected more than $28 million in fees from clients, in exchange for submitting documents to loan repayment plans. commission filed a civil complaint for falsely promising consumers those monthly payments would go towards paying off their student loans. this past wednesday, authorities arrested him on a wire fraud charge at sfo. as he boarded a flight to mexico. according to the criminal complaint, personal accounts, often before material developments in the civil it willizatiolitigation. >> there are a lot of issues in this case that are going to come out. >> reporte

20th century. 30 nations backed by a mandate including the soviet union and several arab nations that expunged him. >>> well, the butte countyriff's office says the number missing from the campfire has dropped to 25. the announcement was made at a meeting. representatives as well as the federal emergency management agency the were there to answer questions. they spoke mainly about disaster recovery and the help that is available to people who may have lost everything. >>> california's marathon is underway but just getting past the starting line is a victory for some of them including survivors of the campfire. >>> the 26 miles i will have nothing else to think about but myself just the fresh air and the runners high and zoning out. >> as kelsey and her sister both lost their homes in the family businesses and the fire that ravaged the town of paradise they had been training together. many people told them that it would be completely understandable if they decided not to run after all that they had been through. >> i thought was the opposite. like the fire literally took everything. it took our home, our business. it took eve

union square to help keep everyone safe. mannix. yes. we are increasing in commercial cooridor (catherine) federal officials are starting to clean up toxic waste after the devastating camp fire in butte county.. stephanie lin has the story... nat sound:e-p-a crews, ankle deep in debris...t sound: shovel through remains of a once proud home that stood right here. steve calanog:"we are here with one of the teams, beginning the assessment of a destroyed residential dwelling."the beginning of a six month clean-up, starting in the lower pentz neighborhood south of paradise.stephanie lin:"the epa expects to comb through hundreds of homes over the next few weeks, and clean hazardous materials from 15,000 homes by the time clean-up is over."steve calanog:"some of the workers are donning the white suits and the respiratory protection we call personal protective equipment. it's to mitigate and minimize repeated exposure to a wide variety of chemicals."phase one of the clean-up focuses on the removal of toxic waste.steve calanog:"every household has a wide variety of products that can present a threat to human health and the environment if released, and we need to collect them in advance of the next p

county. police believe we are in the fire. as all this was happening the government gave the european union's ambassador to congo forty eight hours to leave the country mainly because of sanctions the e.u. recently renewed on fourteen individuals including a man of the ruling party's presidential candidate and president joseph kabila choice for the top job of the interior minister between december twenty sixth in march twenty seventh and scores of people were killed mostly by security forces during street protests since. these sanctions violate international law undermine the fundamental rights of those concerned and have been condemned by regional authorities for the sake of our historical partnership i've pleaded with the e.u. to lift the sanctions at the very least suspend them until after the general election. some say the electoral commission and the government are working together to reach the election in favor. they say they will not accept an outcome where he's declared winner it's hard to tell if this call for a general strike will bring any change the country's main opposition leaders seem divided with some saying they

union called 911 and evacuated more than 100 employees. >> we received a call from an individual notifying us they had planted an explosive device. >> abc got the same e-mail. the sender demands bit county to guarantee everyone's safety. >> no suspicious devices have been found. >> you want that person arrested for making a terrorist threat. >> he says although the threats don't seem credible, they must be investigated. >> looks like an overreaction but it really isn't because what's law enforcement supposed to do but react and handle these things? >> the fbi says those responsible face federal felony charges and up to five years in prison if caught. >> cornell, thank you. we use the abc 7 news app to send out a push alert about the threat today. downthrowed app to learn about news as soon as it breaks. >> cracks were first discovered in september, forcing the transit center to be closed ever since. holes cut into the steel during fabrication may have led to the cracks which likely worsened once the beams were installed. they say the findings are preliminary. a final report is due next month. >> former first lady michelle obama will be making a stop in the south bay tomorrow night. she'

. >>> a normally busy city union street remains closed a day after a massive water main break. it happened at betancourt way. al mena county water district crews are still on scene. they're wanting to repair a very serious break to a pipe. the overlay shows the precise location. officials don't know how long this repair is going to take or exactly what caused it. a pg&e crew was working on it. a handful of residents remain without water. >>> in the south bay former first lady michelle obama is on a book tour in soan jose for he book "becoming." she met with a special group of community members. chris gwinguyen has the story. >> reporter: happening inside the building, an intimate conversation with the former first lady. >> there are so many people i wish could be here because michelle obama has been such a meaningful presence to all of us. >> reporter: as part of her visit to san jose to celebrate the publication of her memoir, michelle obama met with emergency leaders who are part of a group that's near and dear to her heart. >> if you're going to lead and if you're going to have any sign of success, you have to be prepar

union city 57, late day rain tomorrow. in the east bay chilly, san ramon 52, antioch 52, marin county 53 in mill valley, 53 petaluma, 49 inort, rain for you late morning, early afternoon. rain moves out thursday evening. that is your kpix5 forecast. >>> this afternoon uc berkeley students got some stress relief by interacting with a group of for four years at cal. it is timed at the end of each semester as final exams are approaching and stts use that break. today the university's memorial glade they got the chance to groom and feed those llamas and, of course, take selfies with them. a llama coordinator from the student government helps make it all happen. >> i think they're very calming. when you hug a llama, it instantly makes you feel better and helps you destress and i think that attitude really helps students take their finals. >> the animals come from llamas of circle home in sonora. >>> we are helping our neighbors in need around the holidays. >> kpix5's kenny choi is in san francisco with this year's food for bay area families drive. >> reporter: it is that time of year again, the holiday season, time to think ab