Sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. Corporate funding is provided by mutual of america designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why we are your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, alison stewart. Stewart good evening, and thanks for joining us. A giant winter snow storm has been bearing down on the east coast all day. The blizzard, jonas, affects as many as 80 Million People in 15 states, from the southeast to new england, with some areas already seeing more than two feet of snow. The message from governors and big city mayors stay indoors and keep off the roads. The newshours Ivette Feliciano has more. Reporter the Nations Capital is one of the worst hit areas. More than 30 inches of snow has fallen in and around washington, d. C. The white house looked true t
Restaurant next to the Temple Baptist church where people have been coming to mourn. He says he s known the family for about 14 years. Sot jeff salami family friend 21 25 i was surprised i was stunned i don t know what to dop i didn t know what to say. Track people have been putting flowers at the home on wildwood road where landon s body was found and the one on George Washington highway where all the other bodies were discovered. Grief counselors have been available at Deep Creek High School where 17 year old brooke was a senior according to district leaders. Sot Taylor Scruggs family friend 55 40 losing someone in our class is really devastating. Track and the community has been devastated. The dooley family known to be leaders in the church and community taken suddenly in such a horrific way. Sot jeff salami family friend 23 44 everybody s feeling the pain k this church is where they ll be a candlelight vigil saturday at wepeople are welcome to come to. Funeral arrangements are bei
Bill in the senate today continues work on the Keystone Xl Oil pipeline appeared they will vote this evening starting at 5 30 p. M. Eastern on cspan2. It will affect oil drilling in blow to Alaska Oil Production is one of the headlines this morning. We want to get your reaction. If not by phone, you can contact us at twitter. You can post a comment facebook. You can send us an email. This is the front page of the newspaper of the alaskan newspaper. It would be the approval of congress. The president is proposing to designate the majority of the Arctic National wildlife rigid as a wilderness area. This drew an angry response from elected officials is yet as a land grab by the federal government. That is the front page. The announcement came yesterday through youtube and a video that the white house. It runs about a minute. Alaskas wildlife refuge is an incredible place. It is pristine and undisturbed. It supports caribou and caribou and polar bears. It is very fragile. I am proud that t
Afternoon. Even if it does cloud up temporarily you can still get a burn through the clouds when the sun angle is high. U. V. Index running high today. Prepare for that. 66 degrees in philadelphia currently, 65 in millville. Still just 60 in allentown. Very comfortable with winds definitely on the light side this morning. And as we roll through the day, it is going to get warm. By noon, 81. By 3 oclock 87. And a high today of 88 around 3 45 or 4 oclock before dipping back to 85 degrees by 6 oclock. You will feel the humidity go up slightly as we go through the afternoon. It will be a little stickier today than it was yesterday and your pollen count is in the medium high range the next several days i will point out that we have now added grasses to the mix of irritants and thats new and that might mean a few more of you who werent so bothered by the tree spores earlier are now going to start to get those itchy eyes. We have a chance of some strong or at least drenching thunderstorms tom
Im Carley Shimkus in for jillian mele. Todd im todd piro. A vote is expected today on the 900 billion Coronavirus Relief package. Carley well talk about christmas another time. Doug luzader is live in washington as lawmakers reach a bipartisan breakthrough. Good morning, doug. Reporter good morning. Were expecting congress to move pretty quickly on this today, Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell blamed democrats for the delay. When we get this done, congress will not deserve any special praise. Not with this relief having waited until late december and not with some of our democratic colleagues openly saying the reason they finally changed their tune is they finally got a president elect of their own party. Reporter this is what both sides agreed to. Its a big plan, 300 supplement for unemployment benefits, a 600 direct payments to most people depending on income, it expands the Paycheck Protection Program or extends it. It also includes housing assistance. Democrats did not get the