Welcome to our guests, senator jack reed, the senator from the great state of rhode island. Im the chief White House Correspondent for abc news. I will be presiding and asking questions for the first half hour, and then take some questions from all of you for the second half hour. This is an on the record meeting. In fact, i also want to welcome all the cfr Members Around the nation, maybe around the world who are participating in this meeting through the livestream. So thank you all for being here. Senator reid, so much to talk about with you. Right, withart perhaps the most pressing National Security issue in north korea. The bottom line question, as we heard fromwe have the president and his team about a military option is there realistically a military solution to the north korean crisis, short of an unthinkable war . If you talk to our military leaders, both secretary mattis and general dunford, they have a plan and have the capacity to do that, but they this isvery clear that a d
[indistinct conversation] announcer Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking member jack reed of rhode island discussed for policy on friday. He spoke with abc news chief washington correspondent at the council of foreign relations. This is an hour. I think it is ready to start. Thank you all for being here. Welcome to the council on foreign relations. A warm welcome to our senator jack reed, Ranking Member of the Armed Services committee. He is from the great state of rhode island. I will be presiding and asking which is the next this is an on half hour. The record meeting. In fact i also want to welcome , those cfr Members Around the nation, maybe around the world, participating in this meeting through the live stream. So thank you all for being here. Senator, reed, so much to talk about with you, but i want to start right with the perhaps the most pressing National Security issue, north korea. Just a bottom line question, as we hear, does the words we heard from the president and his
This weekend and beyond. Today m cloudy, falling temps high 4248 winds nw 1525tonight snow and wintry mix low 2127 winds ne 1525 cedar rapids says the citys had four big, all plow snow responses so far this winter. Thats fewer than the eight to 10 that the city usually sees. The city says an all plow snow response happen when it dispatches everyone available to tackle snow. The city says its also used tons of salt and three thousand tons of sand this winter. A cedar rapids man accused of trying to kill another person is awaiting extradition to iowa. Today, the us marshals arrested. 28yearold Cordarryl Smith in ottawa, illinois. Thats in northcentral illinois. Authorities took him into custody after they say he tried to get away from them after leaving a home in a nearby town. Police were searching for smith after they say he shot a 38 year old man twice back in september. It happened outside of the home at 1532 4th avenue southeast. The man survived his injuries. A waterloo man who was
For most of the day in many areas. Watch the area roads over the northern half of the area especially for slick conditions during the commute. Tonight, a combo of clear sky and light wind should allow for temperatures to drop into the upper teens to low 20s, depending on snow cover. Tomorrow, plan on clouds to increase again as another weak system comes across iowa for tomorrow night. Snow accumulation s, if any, appear to be very light once again. A warming trend is still out there for the weekend, and especially going into next week. Today chance of snow early high 2834 winds n 1020 alo 28 dbq 29 iow 33tonight clear and cool low 1723 winds nw 510 alo 15 dbq 18 iow 22tomorrow mostly cloudy high 3440 winds s 510 alo 35 dbq 32 iow 37tomorrow night chance of snow low 2632 winds se 515 alo 28 dbq 26 iow 30 thanks kaj. Now well get a check on our Road Conditions in our mobile gehrts is out there now. Justin, what do the roads look like now . Well, chris and nicole the roads right now are p
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