Only tell us he was looking forward to the discussion. White house aides say they favor this bipartisan package because if they only do a shortterm continuing resolution, they have less leverage next year with more republicans on capitol hill. Some of the most vocal and biggest opponents are at this typically white house allies. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi who says she will vote no. Many democrats are upset about weakening dodd frank banking regulation as part of this deal. Maxine watts, the top democrat on House Financial Services says her message to fellow democrats is dont be intimidated by calls from the white house or others telling you to vote for this bill. House Speaker John Boehner noted earlier that this deal is bipartisan and bi cameral meaning democrats from the house and senate were also at the negotiating table. Republican leaders have been trying to convince some of their members to join in supporting the bill but recognize there would be some defections from co
Gusting winds. Your fox first alert forecast is just minutes away. First influence correspondent Claudia Cowan live in california. Claudia. Hi, greta. This pounding rain and near hurricaneforce winds just slammed into Northern California today and provided plenty of dramatic pictures. All day long we have been watching the high surf just slam into the pier here in pacifica. Some spots along the coast seeing waives as high as 27 feet. Some of the inland areas up in sonoma and napa getting 9inch of rain in this 24hour long deluge. So much rain falling all at once. It caused widespread problems across Northern California. Roads were flooded. Cars got stranded on freeways as some people make the best of things by getting around on a kayak. Now, the storm also uprooted trees. In fact, were told that a 12yearold boy suffered a fractured arm when an 80foot tree fell on him. That happened in santa cruz. Power was knocked out all over the bay area. At last report 117,000 customers were still wi
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