4 out of 5 administrative civil assets and forfeitures filed by the federal law enforcement agencies were never even challenged in court. they re not challenging them because it s usually drug money and they know it was drug money and they have no basis to the forfeitures. even so, going to take every precaution. and so, today, the department of justice is continuing issuing legal guides the board clarified doj policy on the adoption of city assets. it will return us to long-standing doj policy. that s all we re doing is returning to the policies that existed for over three decades that i used heather: as you expected, you heard jeff sessions making the official announcement right there, restoring asset seizures.
one loses a vehicle and certainly not driving into a flooded underpass, for example, and lose a life. because this is an event we could all see coming and we ve known that the potential impact, we have prepositioned city assets, we have barricades ready to go up at the intersections where traditionally we have problems. we also have fire assets prepositioned and we have, of course, all of our first responders on notice that they may have to deploy. like the county, we will we are we have already gone to an elevated level within the houston emergency center. we re going to ramp it up another notch at 5:00. we ll be on alert at the houston emergency center all evening to
manufacturing base. that, of course, is what detroit has been known for. manufacturing. something that we really don t take serious in america, it seems like. the tax base, what happened? it eroded. along. public services, and compromise safety. what did the people do? they left! it was the classic example of out migration because of lousy policies and lack of investment. so detroit looks like this because of republicans. now, you can say that the democrats had local control but wait a minute. the federal money never showed up. and also, the state money never showed up. and the tax breaks were just too sweet. i ve said this from the start. this bankruptcy is bad news. it circumvents democracy and takes away people s vooiss and city assets will now be sold off to v private buyers. public workers lose money on pensions. does this sound like america? and the elected officials of
hawaii this year alone. 13 in all and eight of them on mauy. a german tourist died in august after being bitten as well. there was a bear attack in florida to tell you about. the victim a woman walking her dog near her home in longwood, north of orlando last night. the woman was able to break free and run to a neighbor s house for help. she is hospitalized with serious facial injuries. the dog she was walking is not hurt. the wild live officers have not found the bear but it happened near a conservation area known for frequent bear sitings. a judge will rule today to allow the largest municipal bankruptcy filing in u.s. history. detroit faces 18 billion in debt and official say reducing that is the only way to fight years of blight and violent crime. the decision sets the stage for a battle over controversial cuts including pension reductions and the possibility of sales of city assets. so you think that helping
local media now reporting firefighters have that massive eight-alarm fire in boston under control. just look at this video. in a matter of minutes it engulfed a five-story brick building in south boston. windows on the first three floors were reportedly blown out. a local station reports fire crews were able to get the upper hand in about an hour. the building was under renovation and everyone, thankfully, inside escaped without injury. and can detroit proceed with its record bankruptcy? they face an estimated $18 billion in debt. officials say reducing that is the only way to fight years of blight and violent crime. there are controversial reductions, including pensions and the sale of city assets. this is the largest bankruptcy case in u.s. history. new this morning, a stunning number. 82. that s how fast the metro north train was going when it jumped