I wanted to ask him about language department. Think the following dr. On your program can answer it. What is host what is your concern about it . Why does it interest you . Caller you can hear i have an accent. I was 27 when i came here from the soviet union. I got accepted to ucla and i was having a terrible time with the language. Ive been here many years now, but i wanted to ask him what the brain does or does not do to acquire the language faster. That was my question. I was kind of looking forward to getting his answer. Host hunh. And the fact that you were in ucla a year after leaving the soviet union, do you think it helped . Caller i remember nightmares. Like, 72 hours a day. It was a very difficult time. No social life, no nothing. It was extremely hard. That is maria in l. A. And this is jerry in cottontail, alabama. Good morning, jerry. Caller good morning. I was wanting to talk to dr. Guttmacher, too. Host he is gone, but what was your question going to be . Caller i was g
Their budget. 31,000 employees. In the meantime, we want to go through the newspapers and look at some of the news stories, including ukraine and the violence of there. The president budget is being previewed and the gop tax plan is being unveiled next week. Have a Public Policy discussion item that you would like to add to the table, we are going to put the numbers up on the screen. You can dial in. Republicans, 202 5853881. Democrats, 202 5853880. Independents, 202 5853882. Go to social media. cspanwj is our twitter handle. In our participate conversation on the nih on facebook. Facebook. Com cspan. Here are some headlines on the ukraine. Ukraines bloodiest day. This picture is taking a most of the front page. Bodies of some of the protesters that were killed. Here is the front page of the pittsburgh postgazette. Their headline is ukraines president open to early elections. M politico, John Mccain White house on ukraine stunning. Sanctions on the ukraine and slammed the administratio
This morning on the kron 4 morning news. Sierra lamar remembered in a special way fat one bay area high school. Two years after she disappeared without a trace. And the investigation into the missing Malaysia Flight continues after Surprising New evidence reveals communications were purposely disabled. And did you feel the chill in the air this morning. Were coming off a beautiful, warm weekend. With a breezy start to the week. The kron 4 morning news starts right now. Good morning. It is monday. March 17th happy Saint Patricks day everyone. Im James Fletcher. A somber but hopeful day for the family of missing morgan hill teen sierra lamar. Sunday marked the two Year Anniversary of lamars disappearance. Dozens gathered to unveil a Memorial Bench dedicated in her honor at washington high in fremont. Sierra attended the school yet their daughters disappearance. 22 year old Antolin Garcia torres is charged with kidnapping and murder in the he pleaded not guilty last his month. And will fa
What can we expect . A good question very sometimes Mother Nature throws a curve ball and it is hard to pinpoint who will get what. A mix of rain and snow across the area. We have seen heavy accumulations Harford County, northern baltimore, carol and even frederick. A some places can seat up to four in a suit inches of snow. The transition to rain will stop the snow from falling. But until that, watch out for ice. Across the metro, the white shading represents snow and pink is ice and yellow and orange are heavier rain. It is a hard line to draw who is getting rain and snow but over all you can see the transition from the south. Temperatures close to the freezing mark at bwi marshall, it has warmed by one degree, good news. Temperatures mid 30s 4 baltimore this afternoon which could change to rain. But north and west of the city i would be careful. If you are a north and west of the city, if you do not have to be on the roads, i would say stay home. The other big story. Police and Anne
And the hot spot state of texas is in the range of passing new york landings most total cases in the country. As the nation trying to control the spread, the cdc director acknowledges more could have been done by the Trump Administration sooner. The introduction from europe happened before we realized what was happening, and by the time we realized, europe, threatened, shut down travel to europe already two or three weeks of 60,000 people coming back every day from europe and thats where the large seeding came in the United States. But we begin with breaking news. Republican congressman Louie Gohmert, who frequently refeesed to wear a mask on capitol hill subjecting others to his germs has now tested positive for coronavirus. Here he is just 24 hours ago during a Committee Hearing with the attorney general women barr wearing a bandanna around his neck. And frequently not at all. This picture earlier that day at another committee meeting. Again, no mask. In may gohmert and other House R