This rather. This is maryland 450 and annapolis road at church road closed down for the repair here. Mike andrea . Thank you tranice. Today d. C. Lawmakers will probably get an earful from members of the public Advocacy Group public citizens. Theyre calling on the d. C. Council to quote pull the plug on a exelon pepco merger. Todays hearing coming a day after the report from the ohio based think tank which says the merger would have a negative impact on the city and its residents. Reporter Delia Goncalves is live outside the buildson building the site of todays hearing. Good morning. Reporter good morning and that study is what they needed. Thats the fuel behind the argument that a lot of folks will make today at city council. They will talk to City Council Members and urge them to ditch this deal because it will be bad for the two million customers of pepco in this region. Because it all boils down to more money that you may have to pay for your energy. Thats what they are arguing. An
Am i exasperated . Absolutely i am exasperated because this is entirely unnecessary. This is a situation right now with john boehner the speaker of the house puts a bill to fund the government. That does not require us it would pass. We have asked to sit down and resolve differences and they will not negotiate. The house and Senate Democratic leaders left the white house claiming repubicans are trying to hold the president hostage over the Affordable Health care act. A group of illinois veterans, ready to do battle with the federal government. They flew out of chicago this morning, determined the Government Shutdown wouldnt keep them away from the national worldwartwo memorial honoring their service. Wgns Marcella Raymond is at Midway Airport where the vets plane is due to touch down soon. The 91 of veterans, thank. I will. Are you a veteran . This is my second year here. Are you home from this flight . I was there two years ago and i figure that anyone who is patriotic, and that is wh
The latest. And as Health Officials keep close watch on developments with the ebola alert, heres what we know so far about efforts to treat those who have been diagnosed with the disease and those who are being monitored for possible symptoms. In the d. C. Area, one of two eing monitored for ebola has now been diagnosed with malaria. Now, that other patient remains in the hospital with possible symptoms of the deadly virus. At the nebraska center, in omaha, a team is preparing for the arrival of the nbc freelance journalist who contracted the virus in liberia. And texas remains ground zero where the first person diagnosed with ebola in america remains in quarantine. Thomas eric duncan is receiving liberia. As the first confirmed case of e ola diagnosed in the u. S. , duncan remains in serious condition. Also at this time, 50 people in the dallas area who had some contact with duncan are being monitored for possible symptoms with ten of those now at higher risk of catching ebola. Duncan
Also in texas, Health Officials now say ten people who came in contact with mr. Duncan are at high risk for developing ebola. That is down from possibly 100. And the apartment where he stayed with his girlfriend has been decontaminated. She, her son and two nephews have been moved to a new home. A county judge who personally drove her and the family to their new place tried to reassure the public at a press conference last night. Im a married man with a little girl who will have her ninth birthday next week. Im wearing the same shirt i was when i was in the car with that family. If there are any risks, i would not expose myself or my family to that risk. But there is zero risk. These people are asymptomatic. Zero risk of that. Health officials from the federal government also say the National Response to ebola is under control. Nbcs mark potter is in dallas for us. Mark, with a good day to you, what do we expect to hear from this News Conference . Reporter well, were hopeful that we ca
This is not a democratic issue, a republican issue, this is an american issue. Good to have you with us tonight, folks, thanks for watching. If you asked one of your coworkers what does it take to get fired you would probably get a pretty good answer. Maybe strike up a lengthy conversation. You know the dos and donts in your workplace. You know what will get you fired and what will get your coworker fired. This is a firing situation as i see it. Now today, watching the hearing on the secret service and how incompetent they were in protecting the white house on september 19th, you could talk about a number of different instances. Lets just hone in on the most recent, september 19th. I heard a bunch of government talk today. I wanted to know if heads would roll. If there would be someone held accountable and if people would be reassigned because of this. Because of the seriousness of it. I didnt hear any of that. Thats why i think there really has to be chaa change at the he of the secre