Of interviews with important players in the immigration issue whether at congress or the administration and this mornings guest is senator cotton, the junior senator from arkansas and senator cotton served as an Army Infantry officer in iraq and afghanistan. Hes on several committees, banking intelligence Armed Services and obviously, well talk about today is immigration. Hes been a leader in the immigration issue even before the president raised its profile and i appreciate, senator, youre coming in and giving us some time and hell have to bolt for a meeting on the hill. So well cut this off at 8 time 15. My first question is. Youre, as i understand, a sixth generation arkansan. Its attracting more than it used to, but its clearly not an immigration state. What is it that attracted you to get involved in this issue and become really something of a thought leader and a debate leader . Mark, first off, thanks for having me this morning and thanks to the center for Immigration Studies an
Everyones information there will not be endorsements from the panelists today one important thing i want to clear up because i think it is important for context of this discussion is that the impression you have in organizations in working on this because in washington d. C. People say on the 6 00 news on the sunday talk shows where is the compromise . Where are the people in the middle that can split the baby and come up with legislation . I think that youre going to hear loud and clear from us but is this about compromise or is this about working towards shared values of principled people on both the left and the rig right . All the reasonable people thought this was the way to respond to everything. Left right coalitions and criminal Justice Reform have been successful. Work because curved led so if they led the same fight it wouldnt work. Im not sure i trust everybody but on a right Left Coalition there is no compromise on principles. We are working to do the same thing perhaps for
Some of those coolest spots this morning are the spots dawning that fog. So looking okay over the cape and islands. Looking okay. And fog in taunton. Dense fog in norwood and more fog in keene, New Hampshire. Not the extent of the fog we had yesterday and still a little bit out there. 7 a. M. , 73 degrees. I will keep things nice and bright in metro west in the greater post area. 11 a. M. , 83. We are headed into the middle 80s cities and our range of high goes anywhere from the lower 80s at the coastline to upper 80s inland. A few foggy spots will last through 8 a. M. And then sunny, comfy and warm. Julie grauert is up with live drive time traffic. Good morning. Julie shiri, good morning. Love to report on these conditions nice and light. 93 south fine. South of the pike expressway moving at a speed limit. Live drive times. Nine minutes from the braintree split to the exit to the pike. 23 minutes on 93 south. 10 minutes on 128 northbound from University Avenue in westwood to the westo
Not as expensive as yesterday but will last in those few pots until 7 or 8 00 this morning. Those are also my chilly spots. Norwood at 52. Keene, New Hampshire at 54. Look at all these 60s in between. Worcester at 62 degrees. Boston at 65. Lawrence at 63. We have mid60s mid50s in plymouth and hyannis where it is feeling a little cool. 7 a. M. Temperatures will h to, rer around 60 degrees. A little patchy fog sunshine. 84 at 3 p. M. And 78 by 7 00 this evening. I will take you to out to that beach forecast coming up. Julie, back to you with live drive time traffic. Julie shiri, the icons on the map are overnight con trunks that will wrap up by 5 a. M. Route 1, 93 south clear. Pike open from 128. And then over to the altonbrighton tolls. 13 minutes from 128 to the tobin. 23 minutes on 93 south. 24 minutes on the pike avenue. Coming up on 4 32 this morning. A local woman blacked out behind the wheel of her suv and crash into an utility pole and chainlink fence. Part of that fence smashed
Shows me fog is lowly starting to affect visibility. And check out 8 a. M. , we zip up to 77 degrees. By 10 a. M. , 82. Mid80s for many inland towns and cities, but range will be anywhere from 82 to 88 degrees. A few foggy spots. And sunny, comfy and warm today. We check julie with slowdowns. A slower than i would like to see at 6 a. M. In the last 30 seconddegree seconds you, i have seen the volume increase and a stall in the tunnel and slower earlier than usual traffic moving along fine. South of the pike the expressway where volume is building. Live drive times. 25 minutes eastbound from 495 23 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector. Back to you. Well, happening this morning, animal workers are going back to a house with a very big cat problem. Several have already been removed and crews are expecting to be there for several more days clearing out the animals. Fox25s Jessica Reyes is live in upton this morning and, jess, crews are so concerned with the conditions ins