But the governor will be speaking for approximately 40 to 50 minutes. Oftentimes we get an advanced copy of the speech. We havent received that yet. He says hell be talking to the whole state. Often theyll be talking directly at lawmakers because theyre hoping especially during an Election Year theyll get along and make progress. But the governor says he really waats to speak to everyone in big job hes got, because he has to talk about not only the things he thinks went well in the last year, but also the things that we need. A lot of people think we need more money for roads, improve education, make college more affordable. Even the House Speaker says lawmakers need to fix tabor. Republicans have said all along dont tamper with the taxpayer bill of rights. Theyre going to come to loggerheads, head to head right out of the chute. The session f course goes 120 days. Its scheduled to adjourn may 11th. There are a lot of things on the table and opefully the governor can start making his c
The words from time to time the president of the United States should give a message to congress on the state of the union and recommendations of programs that he thinks should be followed. George washington began that practice of giving a state of the Union Message to congress when the First Congress met, but washington went in person to the congress, went to the Senate Chamber and delivered a speech that had a series of recommendations, relatively short speech, but in those days before there were Standing Committees of congress they actually used to cut the state of the Union Message up into paragraphs and created a who can committees to address each one of the issues that the president suggested. Washington and adams, john adams, his Vice President who became president , followed that practice and so they created this sort of idea that the time to time was an annual message. In fact, for years it was known as the annual message. It didnt become known as the state of the Union Messag
Governments are believed to be behind some of them. We go ipp depth in our indepth in our sunday segment the week ahead. Great to have you with us. Six detainees from Guantanamo Bay have been transferred, arriving in uruguay as refugees, after being held by the u. S. Government for 12 years without charge. They are the first guantanamo detainees to be transferred from cuba to south america. Among them four syrians, a tunisian and palestinian. They were held since 2002 and cleared for release since 2009. The u. S. Government could not find a country that would accept them as refugees. I spoke with daniel schweimler, who arrived in uruguays capital. Well, they arrived in the early hours of the morning in uruguay, five were tape to the Military Hospital in the capital. One of them in a weaker state after being on hunger strike. He was tape to a separate hospital. They are being monitored. Looked at before the authorities start to help them rebuild their lives, to further integrate them in
Flat line. Gold gave traders some excitment rising 20 and oil dropped 1. 92. Pfizer is among the stocks to watch today after losing a patent ruling for its number one selling arthritis drug celebrex. Gm is out with a recomendation that drivers use just one key and the fob to avoid an ignition switch issue. The ignition is under recall. Gm is offering free loaner cars. President is urging congers to pass an aid package for ukraine while warning russian president Vldamir Putin of the high cost of invading the nation. Todd horwitz of average joe options joins us on the show now. Good morning bub. Good morning angie. Are we in for a market meltdown or a Holding Pattern . Its a great question and i think the markets actually going to make an extremely large move here. I tend to think to the downside. As you know i like to be dr. Doom. But if it went to the upside it wouldnt be surprising. What were seeing here is real severe consolidation or congestion and the markets gonna break out pretty
Not so much for the round of rain showers and thunderstorms this morning b later on today what time were watching out for. Much later on, Late Afternoon into early evening there will be a substantial Severe Weather threat today. First round of rain not severe this morning but getting everything very, very wet for your Early Morning plans out to sunday morning service, heaviest of the rain along i95 down to the south of town. This is going right acro quantco and fredericksburg and into parts of Southern Maryland. The back end starting to move into the northern parts of the metro. Temperatures are rain cooled but in the low to mid 70s. Rain and thunder the next hour or so, rain ending between about 8 00 and 9 00, breaks of sunshine before lunch, and then things get very, very interesting by later on today. Severe Weather Threat is quite high. Well detail the timing and type coming up in a few minutes. Back to you. Thanks, chuck. Youll be on top of it all day. New this morning a federal j