Devastating for the region, making it the second costliest hurricane in the nations history. But what was worse than the actual devastation caused by sandy was the fallout that had nothing to do with the storm and everything to do with politics. If you think the recent 16day shutdown is the first sign that republicans are willing to break all the political rules in order to destroy government, not even close. Because the willingness by members of congress to choose not to vote for sandy relief was unprecedented. Remember, Superstorm Sandy made landfall in the u. S. Just before the president ial election between president barack obama and former massachusetts governor, mitt romney. But the election did not stop president obama from responding. He put Campaign Battleground travel on hold to tour the stormbattered coast of new jersey on october 31st. And his Immediate Reaction was to address the needs of the hurricane victims most in need. And it earned him the admiration of the republica
And any step towards positive government in this country. Dont think people havent noticed. We start by looking at the damage to the Republican Party, most importantly to the reputation of its character. The poopers have left behind the body blows just keep on coming. We have four major polls showing the Republican Party in dismal condition. A favorable 30 . And an unfavorable rating of 64 . That is an all time high dating back to 1992. Then theres the image problem. In a New York Times opinion piece, five generations of stalled republicans including a president. He writes, there is more than a passing similarity being Joseph Mccarthy and ted cruz between mccarthyism and the Tea Party Movement and a key indication of which party has more enthusiastic donors, new numbers show mock the Campaign Committees out there, democrats are outraising republicans now. And among the super pints in 2012 shoveled heaps of money. The democrat super pacs are outraising republican super pacs by two to on
Water more than 30 years ago. The town is poplar, montana, june 15th, 1979, summer was here. School was out. Kim nees, 17, school valedictorian, National Honor society graduate, was finally about to escape this town for college. Around about midnight kim left her house to join the end of school party. It was the next morning when police found the family pickup at a wellknown party spot just half a mile outside town. They followed a trail of blood from the truck down a rotted dirt track, 250 feet or so, to the poplar river and there they found the battered body of kim nees. The term i used is dean was an undersheriff and later the county sheriff in charge of the murder investigation. There were 20 or 21 blows received to kims skull which any of them could have caused her death. There was rage involved. There was a high level of rage. Someone was very angry. At the crime scene there was no shortage of evidence. Blood everywhere, inside the cab of the pickup. Fingerprints, more than two d
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These are reallife troops, people. This was a video shot on a real air base in south korea and posted on the official air force youtube channel, a korean officer says they produced the video to lift the spirits of the men stationed at air force bases. You may find this interesting, they shot the whole thing in three days. Im Brianna Keilar at the cnn World Headquarters in atlanta. Hope you have a great night and a great week. Path of destruction. A powerful tornado strikes mississippi. They are still assessing the damage right now. Bracing for more, people still digging out from the northeast blizzard. Now they face another potential Weather Threat today. Stranded at sea. Thousands of Cruise Ship Passengers right now waiting for help after a fire leaves them adrift in the gulf of mexico. Were arguing whether thats a good thing or a bad thing. Nothing but fun. The band grabs two trophies including song of the year at the grammys. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im Zoraida Sambolin