Heres our Congressional Correspondent nancy cordes. Save our schools, no to devos. Reporter the debate over betsy devos followed senators home this weekend, as protests popped up outside the state offices of several republicans. Here in washington, the pressure is even more intense. Good afternoon, senator Susan Collins office. Reporter the Senate Switchboard swamped by hundreds of thousands of calls. So he is not supportive of this nominee . Reporter some Democratic Senators took their own turns at the phones. So shes really way outside of the mainstream. Reporter and even turned to schoolkids to help make their case. We must oppose betsy devos as secretary of education. The future depends on it. Reporter President Trump chose the 59yearold billionaire because of her long time support for school vouchers, a cause many republicans support. South carolina senator tim scott. The real debate is generations of kids that are stuck in underperforming schools. Betsy devos has got to go. Repor
Ago, but midflight visas were canceled when President Trump signed the executive order. After landing in philadelphia, the six syrian immigrants were forced to return home. Inhuman what happened to us. Reporter 17yearold matthew asaili had to wait even longer before joining his relatives. We did everything by the rules, everything what we done was right. We did not do anything illegal. Reporter why did your family leave . Over there, its like a war zone. Its not safe. Reporter in 2015, their immigration petition finally moved to the active processing stage, which involved multiple background checks and several interviews. Welcome to america. Reporter local congressman republican charlie dent says the asailis are not refugees and spent years going through the proper channels. Its clear to me this proposal was not properly vetted. It was not processed. It was rushed, and it wasnt given the kind of consideration it should have been. Reporter this afternoon allentowns newest residents cele
President trump tweeted yesterday that the suspension of his ban is now allowing people to pour into the u. S. We dont have a complete picture, but we can tell you that the number of refugees over the last three days is 27 families. Who have gone through a vetting process that can take years. Jericka duncan was at new yorks jfk airport today when a family from syria arrived. Hi. Reporter this is the moment dr. Ghassan asaili and wife sarmad dreamed about for more than 13 years. Im happy. Im happy like i won the super bowl like yesterday. Im very happy. Reporter the reunion with asailis two brothers wa canceled when President Trump signed the executive order. After landing in philadelphia, the six syrian immigrants were forced to return home. Inhuman what happened to us. Reporter 17yearold matthew asaili had to wait even longer before joining his relatives. We did everything by the rules, everything what we done was right. We did not do anything illegal. Reporter why did your family lea
Estimation item 112011. 0671x at 1395 11 uped street and pennsylvania avenue, a local project authorization for continuance to november 12, 2015 and item 2 for case no. 20 11006712pca requirement for cu requirement for residential mergers. Proposed for continuace to december 10th, 2015. Any Public Comment on the items proposed for continuance . Not seeing any Public Comment is closed. And commissioner antonini. I think my mic is off. I could talk loudly. Thank you. There we go. Good. I make a motion to continue items 1 and 2 to the dates specified. Second. Very good, commissioners. Thank you on that motion to continue items as proposed. Commission antonini. Aye. Commissioner johnson . Aye. Commissioner richards . Aye. Commission wu . Aye. And Commission President fong. Aye. So moved commissions, that motion passes unanimously 50 and places you under your consent calendar, all matters listed constitute a consent calendar. Are considered to be routine by the Planning Commission and may b
11006712pca requirement for cu requirement for residential mergers. Proposed for continuace to december 10th, 2015. Any Public Comment on the items proposed for continuance . Not seeing any Public Comment is closed. And commissioner antonini. I think my mic is off. I could talk loudly. Thank you. There we go. Good. I make a motion to continue items 1 and 2 to the dates specified. Second. Very good, commissioners. Thank you on that motion to continue items as proposed. Commission antonini. Aye. Commissioner johnson . Aye. Commissioner richards . Aye. Commission wu . Aye. And Commission President fong. Aye. So moved commissions, that motion passes unanimously 50 and places you under your consent calendar, all matters listed constitute a consent calendar. Are considered to be routine by the Planning Commission and may be acted upon by a single roll call vote of the commission. There will be no separate discussion of this item unless a member of commission, public or staff so requests in w