out, and things were predictable. and then there was another one. now it s this sort of ping pong in between these extremes, uh, and depending on where you are in one state, it can either be a record drought or record flood happening and how we manage water around that long term, i think is a new challenge for city planners for agricultural industry for all walks of life in various ways to think about these these these roller coaster rides that we seem to be on now. permanently yeah, we re on one. that s for sure. our bill weir. thanks so much great stuff. as always, we appreciate it. you bet. thanks, jim. thank you. a deal is apparently closed for the sale of the washington commanders football team team. if you listen closely, that s everybody celebrating here in washington. if it closes, it would set a new record and the controversial ownership by an embattled billionaire. you re live in this in the newsroom. wait you re a night manageger and mom and birthday cnaakonal university io
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in the sports lead, a damning report from house democrats on the oversight committee revealing a, quote, culture of fear in the front office of the washington commanders football team. the investigation found, quote, sexual harassment, bullying and other toxic culture pervaded that workplace. the report also alleges that the team owner, dan snyder, lied when he appeared before congress back in july. let s bring in cnn s tom foreman. what s also potentially disturbing is according to this report the nfl and the commanders franchise tried to cover up the misconduct for years. reporter: yeah. for 20 years if you believe this report, jake. look, it summed up in one early sentence where they say that mr. snyder endorsed a toxic culture at the commanders in which sexual misconduct, p exploitati of women, bullying of men and other inappropriate behavior was commonplace. what are they talking about? look further in the report where they talked about a time when they say he had the cheerleade
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toxic work culture inside the nfl. reports of a woman paid off to settle a sexual assault case against dan snyder, the owner of the washington commanders football team. what the league s commissioner roger goodell told congress today about the new allegations. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our money lead and president biden s latest attempt to tame the insanely high gas prices plaguing americans. the president this afternoon called on congress to temporarily suspend the federal gas tax, which is right now about 18 cents a gallon. a move president biden has resisted until today given that it is unlikely to pass congress. republicans widely oppose it, and even some leading democrats are skeptical that oil companies will actually pass that savings on to drivers. the proposed suspension is part of a larger plan introduced by president biden earlier today which the white house claims could save drivers up to $1 per gallon of gas.