District will brave the snow to cast their vote in todays special primary to replace him. If the Senate Finance Committee Approves jack lew as the treasury secretary today a full senate vote could come as early as tomorrow. On top of all that, could lawmakers prevent the sequesters 75 billion automatic spending cuts . Nbcs tracie potts is live in washington. Good morning to you. Who feels those cuts first if Congress Fails to act, a lot of people are asking . Reporter a lot of people could. Were talking about heating assistance, food for new mothers being scaled back, fewer dollars for school construction, unemployment checks for longterm Unemployed People could be cut back 10 . With all of that going on in washington, president obama is headed out of washington, headed south to newport news, virginia, where hell speak at the business of a shipbuilder that has ties to jobs all over the country, using this autos a back drop to make his point to the American People that the impact of the
Good morning. Im mara schiavocampo. Spring may be less than four weeks away, but right now a huge swath of the country has taken a onetwo punch from old man winter with whiteout conditions making travel impossible in some areas, Kansas Governor Sam Brownback is warning weary residents not to underestimate this storm. This one has the potential in the number areas of our state to be much more severe than even the last one. And we dont have the margins we had last time. The ditches are full of snow so you cant throw it off as quick or as easy. So this one could be much more treacherous to travel in. Nbcs jay gray has the latest now from wichita, kansas. Reporter the wintry attack on the midwest was at times relentless. Some folks have 10, 12, 13 inches of snow, lots of 8, 9, sixfoot drifts out in the texas panhandle. Reporter so deerngs the National Guard was called in to help reach dozens of stranded tourists. Hurricanes force winds. Well step outside and let you see what its like so fa
Spring may be less than four weeks away, but right now a huge swath of the country has taken a onetwo punch from old man winter with whiteout conditions making travel impossible in some areas, Kansas Governor Sam Brownback is warning weary residents not to underestimate this storm. This one has the potential in the number areas of our state to be much more severe than even the last one. And we dont have the margins we had last time. The ditches are full of snow so you cant throw it off as quick or as easy. So this one could be much more treacherous to travel in. Nbcs jay gray has the latest now from wichita, kansas. Reporter the wintry attack on the midwest was at times relentless. Some folks have 10, 12, 13 inches of snow, lots of 8, 9, sixfoot drifts out in the texas panhandle. Reporter so deerngs the National Guard was called in to help reach dozens of stranded tourists. Hurricanes force winds. Well step outside and let you see what its like so far. Reporter whiteout conditions the
Northeast and another storm is sending temperatures plummeting and vehicles skidding across the ice. We have two reports and a forecast. First adriana diaz in texas. Adriana . B reporter scott, this is one of dallas busiest highwayumpe intersections. Normally this would be bumper tobumper traffic, but this on andoff sleet storm has brought roadways to a crawl. So far theres been one traffic related death and 300 accidents. It looked like a monster truck derby on interstate 40 justid outside amarillo. 25 vehicles, mostly semis,br banged up and broken after sliding on icy roadways. Outside dallas, drivers had to reverse off an icy highway ramp, and one driver tried to push another up a slippery incline. Tony hartzel is from the Texas Department of transportation. Sleet is a little more challenging because people think that its a little like snow but its a lot slicker. It can look passable, but underneath can be black ice. Reporter at the dallas airport, more than 1,000 flights were cance
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