Greater than anybody ever anticipated and im sure the democrats would like to blunt that by shutting down government if the country shuts down, which could very well be, the budget should be handled a lot differently than it has been handled over the last long period of time, many years. But if for any reason it shuts down, the worst thing is what happens to our military. Neil now the president will be off to pennsylvania today to tout that tax reform, to tout what is happening to the markets, to tout all the promises of bonuses and jobs from the likes of apple and some others. Fox businesss hillary vaughn, with the latest on all of the above. Hillary, what do you have . Reporter hey, neil. Well apple says they are going to bring home a big chunk of that 252 billion they have sitting overseas and they say it is all because of President Trumps tax law that lets them pay a onetime tax of 38 billion to bring it home. Making it one of the biggest payments of its kind to the u. S. Governmen
Funding. Was that your experience too and if so is that something thats on going or petered out by now . Senator shut off funding i dont know. I mean, hes a more prolific fundraiser than i am, so he may have felt more of a difference than i did. Youd have to ask him. Im not aware of any conspiracy to shut us out of anything and im not aware of any one person or one group of people who has the ability to do that. Senator paul has this legislation that lets states implement their own medical marijuana laws and make these states no longer breaking law. Is that something you support on the Judiciary Committee . What is your stance on that . Senator is this the one that hes running with senator and had a long conversation with senator the other day. As i recall it would move marijuana from a schedule one to a schedule two; is that right . Right. It has some medical benefit and allows states that legalize it to regulate it. Senator one of the reasons for doing that that senator told me about
Now a look at our friday commute. Heres danella. Do we have any problems yet . Good morning. Well, i have things clearin up. This is good news. If youre traveling in the district, i was tracking earlier fire activity. It was along lincoln road between r street and t street. It was set to clear at 7 00 a. M. , its clear now. Roads are open. Well head up now route 29. Making the commute this morning between columbia, maryland, heading all the way to silver spring. Travel lanes are open, im not seeing accidents or delays. And in fact, as far as volume, increasing just a bit for folks traveling i95. But no delays, not even minor. Southbound at 198, northbound, as well, clear. Also still keeping my eye on the rails, metro, marc, vre, no problems. Develop noug ing at 6 02, a manhunt for a killer who gunned down an alexandria music teacher on her door step. This is Ruthanne Lodato. Police are searching high and low for the man who knocked on her front door and shot her and another woman. Mega
Despite the chant this process was incomplete. The fbi report was supposed to help settle the storm. But you should have never believed that was going to be the outcome, instead it ignited mass protests around washington, we now wait to hear what four critical senators will decide. Will they hes these calls . And those from a former Supreme Court justice . Urging them to vote yay . Theyre going to vote yay or nay. Yes or no. John stevens, the former justice says, he would vote do not confirm. Why . Well tell you. Alyssa milano agrees, a leading voice for the me too movement, she was at the Kavanaugh Hearing last week, and is here with us tonight. What do you say, it matters tonight, so lets get after it. Republicans are calling the fbi investigation thorough. So they now have cover. Democrats call it a sham. For many, concerns about judge kavanaugh go beyond the allegations. His temperament is going to be a huge issue. His independence as opposed to being a political operative is going
Theyre going to proceed tomorrow morning to end the debate over the kavanaugh nomination. This process was incomplete. The fbi report was supposed to help settle the storm. But you should have never believed that was going to be the outcome, instead it ignited mass protests around washington, we now wait to hear what four critical senators will decide. Will they hes these calls . And those from a former Supreme Court justice . Urging them to vote yay . Theyre going to vote yay or nay. Yes or no. John stevens, the former justice says, he would vote do not confirm. Why . Well tell you. Alyssa milano agrees, a leading voice for the me too movement, she was at the Kavanaugh Hearing last week, and is here with us tonight. What do you say, it matters tonight, so lets get after it. Republicans are calling the fbi investigation thorough. So they now have cover. Democrats call it a sham. For many, concerns about judge kavanaugh go beyond the allegations. His temperament is going to be a huge is