What must be done. Cutting spending alone, i. E. Sequestration, is not the solution. Raising taxes is not the solution. It will take a combination of spending reduction, entitlement reform, and tax reform to stimulate more revenue. Hard and tough votes will have to be taken, but that is why we get elected to the United States senate. The world is waiting for america to lead on this issue. If we do, the u. S. Economy will respond in a very robust way. The gang of six laid the foundation for this problem to be solved and it is my hope that we do not leave the solution to the next generation. With what i have enjoyed most about congress and that is the opportunity i have had to spend with the men and women in uniform and those in the intelligence world, all of whom are willing to put their life in harms way for the sake of our freedom. Whether it was Robins Air Force , or dubail, jalalabad , i always get emotional telling the men and women how proud i am of them and how blessed we are to
Serve us correctly we should have heavy rainfall through the afternoon and evening commute winds 10 to 20 Miles Per Hour from the southeast. Isolated thunderstorms. Chances in the 50s and 60s. So this system is going to produce up to 2 of rain in the wettest locations. Showers wednesday. The only dry day this workweek will be thursday with storm 3 friday. Elizabeth has been busy. Its all because of highway 17 a traffic hot spot this morning. If you havent heard both directions are shut down in the Santa Cruz Mountains near glenwood. So your best bet for getting around this highway 9, 152 to 101 or you can use the cal san jose road to summit road. Well get a live report in kiet do in a minute or two. Heres a live look out the door right now at the bay bridge toll plaza. You can see the metering lights have been on for 20 minutes, stacked up through the maze. No wind advisories, no weather related advisories in any of our bridges. But the roads are still slick and so we are watching out
About we have. The airport still reporting delays of nearly two hours. The visibility has improved so much that that number should go down pretty significantly in the next few hours. Hardly anything left on the radar, at least for a while but this area is headed our way. And that is coming later on this evening. Reading, their visibility is down to a half mile. Theres still fog in parts of the area but from philadelphia southward, things have really improved. Well talk more about when the changes are coming, big changes in the next 24 hours with the sevenday in just a few minutes. See you then. This weather continues to impact air travel across our area. Nefertiti jaquez live at Philadelphia International airport. How are travelers faring this evening . ⌞cn q e are frustrated travelers. Thats because airport officials are now saying theyre experiencing delays up to an hour and 50 minutes. That, again, is because of low clouds. Its the second day of cancellations and delays due to thi
Secretary chuck hagle. The Obama Administration is promising to name a replacement quickly as hagle will remain at the pentagon until his successor is named. Craig boswell with more from the white house. Reporter president obama and defense secretary chuck hagle stood together at the white house to announce hagle is stepping down. Its been the greatest privilege of my life, the greatest privilege of my life to lead and most important to serve. Hagle has been the head man at the pentagon for nearly two years and was brought into see the drawdown of u. S. Fors in afghanistan and help fight for the budget during tight fiscal times. Chuck hagle has been no ordinary secretary of defense. The first enlisted combat veteran to serve in that position. He understands our men and women like few others. But now with the war against isis at the forefront the white house is looking for someone to lead the armed forces through that fight. Both sides insist this was a mutual decision and secretary hag
Monday. Right now its putting up a strong smell, that sheen is. And it goes without saying that the Environmental Impact will be significant, although at this point we dont know exactly how major that will be. Now, the last Major Oil Spill in Santa Barbara happened back in january of 1969. That happened in the Santa Barbara channel. At the time it was the Largest Oil Spill in u. S. State waters. An estimated 80 to 100,000 barrels of crude oil spilled into the ganl so thats a lot more than were seeing today. Public outrage over the death of wildlife presented a number of environmental laws over the next several years. Well continue to monitor the story and keep you updated on whats happening in Santa Barbara. You can also track it on nbc bay area our app on facebook or twitter. Sex, drugs and now jail. A highend call girl based in the Silicon Valley pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter. Its a case thats revealed a scandalous side of the tech world after a google executive was foun