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ByCharlesBabington The Associated Press WASHINGTON Led by union-backed Demo- crats, the House delivered a stinging blow to Presi- dent Barack Obama on Fri- day and left his ambitious global trade agenda in seri- ous doubt. Republican leaders, who generally support Obama's trade objectives, signaled they might try to revive the package as early as next week. But that could require the shifting of at least 90 votes within ei- ther or both parties, a heavy lift. Friday's setback was deep and personal for Obama, who made a surprise, last- minute trip to the Capitol to ask House Democrats to back him. Not only did they reject him by the dozens, they were led by party leader Nancy Pelosi of California, who has often expressed deep admiration for the president. She joined in a tactic that even some Dem- ocrats called devious and cynical: voting against a favorite job-retraining pro- gram in order to imperil the trade package's main component: "fast track" negotiating authority for Obama. Hours earlier, Obama had specifically asked Dem- ocrats not to do that. But in a crowded House chamber, Pelosi urged her colleagues to ignore him. "Slow down the fast track to get a better deal for the American people," she said, drawing praise from labor unions, liberals and others who say free-trade deals send U.S. jobs abroad. In a statement, Obama said the job retraining pro- gram "would give roughly 100,000 American work- ers access to vital support each year," and he urged the House to pass it as soon as possible and send the en- tire trade package for him to sign. Other presidents have had fast track authority, which lets them propose trade agreements that Con- gress can ratify or reject but not amend. The administra- tion currently is trying to conclude negotiations with 11 Pacific-rim countries in- cluding Japan and Canada. Other trade agreements could follow. One possible route for pro-trade forces in Con- gress is to send revised leg- islation back to the Senate. But senators approved the larger package only nar- rowly last month after in- tense battles, and the White House desperately wants to avoid giving opponents there another chance to strangle the legislation. White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Friday's vote showed congressional support for fast track, and "our work is not done yet." As for Democrats rejecting the retraining program, he said, the administration will contend "they have registered their objections to (fast track) and it didn't work." Earnest said the ad- ministration will urge Dem- ocrats to "support a policy that they have strongly sup- ported in the past." Friday's crucial vote came when 144 House Dem- ocrats joined 158 Repub- licans to reject extension of Trade Adjustment As- sistance, or TAA. The pro- gram, which helps workers who lose their jobs to in- ternational trade, has long been a priority for Demo- crats and unions. But the Senate had tied it to the broader fast track negotiating authority for the president, which House Democrats overwhelmingly oppose. Egged on by the AFL-CIO, Pelosi and others, the vast majority of House Democrats voted against the retraining program as a means to scuttle the en- tire package. Moments later, the House did vote, 219-211, to endorse the fast track portion of the package, but that could go nowhere without the first part. Only 28 Democrats joined 191 Republicans in voting for it. Voting no were 54 Republicans and 157 Democrats. Pro-trade forces now must either reverse the re- training program's fate or send a revised fast track bill back to the Senate, and hope for the best. GOP aides said more Republi- cans might possibly hold their noses and vote for the training in order to save fast track, a mirror-image of the Democrats' counter- intuitive strategy. House GOP leaders sug- gested it's up to Democrats to revive the trade package. "The president has some work yet to do with his party to complete this pro- cess," said Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., a leading author of the trade legislation. "This isn't over yet." WASHINGTON House rejects Obama's appeals, imperils trade bill Washington 91/75 New York 86/67 Miami 89/79 Atlanta 90/73 Detroit 74/65 Houston 84/75 Chicago 78/67 Minneapolis 72/62 Kansas City 78/67 El Paso 99/68 Denver 83/57 Billings 75/53 Los Angeles 77/63 San Francisco 73/54 Seattle 74/51 AIRQUALITYFORECAST Whatitmeans:0-50:Good; 51-100:Moderate; 101-150:Unhealthyforsensitivepeople; 151+:Unhealthyforall. Source: Airnow.gov City Today'sairquality City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W CALIFORNIA CITIES National and world forecast s-sunny,pc-partly cloudy,c-cloudy,sh-showers,t-thunderstorms,r-rain,sf-snow flurries,sn-snow,i-ice City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Summary National Extremes World Extremes North and South America Asia, Australia Africa CarsonCity Hawthorne Reno Herlong Lovelock Sacramento Yuba City Napa Ukiah Chico Corning Lakeview Alturas Susanville Redding Red Bluff Laytonville Fort Bragg Point Arena Eureka Redway Mount Shasta Yreka Crescent City Ashland Shown is today's weather. Temperatures are today's highs and tonight's lows. Shown are today's noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. ALMANAC Precipitation Temperatures ALLERGY REPORT Pollenlevels Source: National Allergy Bureau TODAY'S UV INDEX (The higher the number, the faster skin damage will occur.) Extreme Very high High Moderate Low SUN SETTINGS, MOON PHASES Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Hoursofsunlight River Levels SacramentoRiver Flood 7a.m. 24-hr Stage yest. chg. Lake Levels Elevation Yesterday Storage (acre-feet) Percent Capacity Q: A: SUNDAY 100° 65° MONDAY 98° 67° Mostly sunn y and ho t Scorching sunshine and hot TUESDAY 101° 69° Mostly sunn y and ho t WEDNESDAY 100° 67° Mostly sunn y and ho t TODAY 104° 69° Sunshine; the temperature near the record of 107. Clear tonight. High ..................................................................... 109° Low ........................................................................ 68° Normal high ......................................................... 89° Normal low ........................................................... 61° Record high ........................................... 109° in 1985 Record low .............................................. 42° in 1952 Humidity noon today ........................................ 19% 24 hours through 2 p.m. yesterday ................. 0.00" Month to date ................................................... 0.01" Normal month to date ..................................... 0.26" Season to date ................................................ 19.98" Normal season to date .................................. 24.30" Red Bluff through 2 p.m. yesterday Chico .......................................................... Moderate Napa ........................................................... Moderate Red Bluff .............................................. Not available Redding ............................................... Not available Yuba City ................................................... Moderate Allergy, dust and dander today: Beneficial Grass ............. Moderate Mold .........................Low Trees ............. Moderate Weeds ........... Moderate 8 Highest at 12 p.m. Today 5:39 a.m. 8:39 p.m. 3:42 a.m. 5:45 p.m. Sunday 5:39 a.m. 8:39 p.m. 4:25 a.m. 6:49 p.m. 15 hr., 00 min. Jun16 New Jun24 First Full Jul1 Last Jul8 aboveBendBridge......................27 ...........2.40 ....... -0.10 atHamiltonCity.........................148 ......128.90 ....... -0.02 atOrdFerry................................114 ........96.45 ....... -0.03 atRedBluffDiversionDam.......253 ......238.50 ....... -0.10 atTehamaBridge ......................213 ......201.20 .......none atVinaWoodsonBridge............183 ......167.04 ....... -0.02 BlackButte ....................455.71..............69,844 .....48.6% LakeOroville..................731.68.........1,512,688 .....40.5% LakeShasta ...................975.66.........2,332,271 .....51.2% LakeTrinity..................2254.38............993,411 .....37.5% Whiskeytown...............1208.74............237,069 .....98.3% Weather Trivia ™ Tomato plants do better when overnight lows stay above how many degrees? 55 degrees Fahrenheit. Today Sunday Anaheim 79/63/pc 81/62/pc Bakersfield 104/74/s 105/70/s Chula Vista 72/63/pc 73/62/pc Crescent City 61/48/s 60/49/s Death Valley 110/81/s 114/82/s Eureka 62/46/s 58/48/s Fremont 76/56/pc 73/56/s Fresno 105/69/s 103/66/s Glendale 80/64/pc 82/63/pc Huntington Beach 71/63/pc 71/61/pc Irvine 70/60/pc 72/62/pc Lake Tahoe 83/42/s 82/42/s Long Beach 75/64/pc 78/63/pc Los Angeles 77/63/pc 78/62/pc Mammoth Mountain 81/46/s 81/44/s Modesto 102/64/s 98/62/s Monterey 69/53/pc 66/53/pc Moreno Valley 86/61/pc 91/59/pc Napa 78/53/pc 76/52/pc Needles 107/84/s 109/85/s Oakland 72/55/pc 70/55/s Oxnard 71/61/pc 69/59/pc Redding 104/70/s 102/68/s Riverside 87/62/pc 92/61/pc Sacramento 95/58/s 91/57/s San Bernardino 88/59/pc 91/59/pc San Diego 71/65/pc 72/64/pc San Francisco 73/54/pc 70/54/pc San Jose 84/56/pc 80/55/s San Luis Obispo 76/54/pc 75/52/pc Santa Ana 74/64/pc 76/63/pc Santa Barbara 70/57/pc 69/56/pc Santa Clarita 84/64/pc 86/63/s Stockton 99/58/s 95/57/s Ventura 70/61/pc 67/60/pc Yosemite Valley 96/61/s 95/58/s Today Sunday Albuquerque 85/61/t 86/64/t Atlanta 90/73/pc 92/74/s Baltimore 87/71/t 87/70/pc Boston 77/61/t 74/58/pc Buffalo 77/64/pc 81/67/t Chicago 78/67/t 81/67/t Cincinnati 84/70/t 86/70/t Dallas 90/72/t 89/71/t Denver 83/57/t 81/54/t Detroit 74/65/pc 82/70/t El Paso 99/68/s 100/71/s Fargo 84/61/pc 75/55/pc Honolulu 86/73/pc 86/73/pc Houston 84/75/t 86/75/t Indianapolis 86/70/t 85/70/t Kansas City 78/67/t 80/68/t Las Vegas 102/80/pc 104/81/s Louisville 86/74/t 89/74/pc Miami 89/79/pc 89/78/t Minneapolis 72/62/pc 82/65/pc New Orleans 86/77/t 87/77/t New York City 86/67/t 82/66/pc Oklahoma City 82/70/t 84/69/t A break from the heat and humidity will be featured across the Northeast today as a front sags southward. While New England stays dry, showers and thunderstorms will still be around across parts of the mid-Atlantic. Sizzling heat will continue to focus on the Carolinas and farther into the Southeast where high temperatures are expected to rise into the mid-90s. Across the Plains, severe storms will erupt late in the day and will bring the threat for damaging winds, large hail and downpours. Sizzling heat will be found in the West. High ......................... 109° in Red Bluff, CA Low ............... 35° in Bodie State Park, CA High ........................ 115° in Omidieh, Iran Low ... -17° in Summit Station, Greenland Bogota 66/49/t 66/50/c Buenos Aires 60/45/pc 60/43/s Caracas 89/76/pc 89/77/t Ensenada 73/59/pc 76/60/pc Mexico City 78/57/t 74/59/t Montreal 79/55/pc 77/61/pc Rio de Janeiro 82/70/s 85/69/s Tijuana 73/63/pc 74/62/pc Toronto 74/59/pc 74/63/pc Vancouver 68/51/s 72/54/pc Orlando 94/73/t 94/73/t Philadelphia 90/70/t 85/69/pc Phoenix 104/81/s 106/82/s Pittsburgh 79/68/t 82/69/t Portland, ME 82/58/pc 76/53/s Portland, OR 76/51/s 84/56/s St. Louis 88/74/t 85/73/t Salt Lake City 87/62/s 88/64/s Seattle 74/51/s 79/54/pc Tucson 100/69/s 102/73/s Washington, DC 91/75/t 89/75/t Cairo 89/69/s 90/69/s Casablanca 71/55/pc 73/58/pc Johannesburg 64/40/s 67/40/s Kinshasa 88/69/s 88/69/pc Lagos 86/72/t 84/73/t Nairobi 75/58/pc 76/57/t Tripoli 110/83/pc 98/72/s Baghdad 106/79/s 109/79/s Beijing 82/64/pc 89/68/pc Hong Kong 90/82/c 91/82/r Jerusalem 83/57/s 84/58/s Kabul 92/54/s 89/55/t Manila 93/81/t 94/80/t Melbourne 60/45/pc 63/45/pc New Delhi 106/83/s 102/81/pc Seoul 83/65/t 78/64/t Singapore 86/78/t 87/79/t Sydney 66/50/pc 67/52/pc Tehran 98/73/s 96/77/s Tokyo 81/69/pc 75/69/sh Amsterdam 68/52/pc 67/50/c Athens 86/67/s 87/70/pc Belgrade 91/66/s 93/66/pc Berlin 87/58/t 74/51/pc Budapest 90/67/s 91/67/t Dublin 63/45/c 58/47/c London 69/55/pc 69/52/c Madrid 73/51/pc 71/52/pc Moscow 77/61/s 81/63/pc Paris 78/56/pc 77/58/pc Rome 86/68/pc 82/65/pc Stockholm 73/52/pc 64/45/c Vienna 89/67/c 88/66/t Zurich 77/58/t 75/59/t 90/52 93/58 94/58 92/57 93/55 95/58 100/62 78/53 100/58 100/67 101/69 82/45 86/45 90/54 104/70 104/69 100/60 70/53 75/53 62/46 88/52 87/49 88/47 61/48 83/47 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2015 235 So. 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