Say that certainty is needed by states to repair the nations infrastructure. We want to return to you turn to all of you and say what are your infrastructure needs. If you live in the Eastern Central part of the country dial in 202 7488000. Mountain specific dial 202 7488001. If you want to join the conversation on twitter or go to facebook. Com. You can also send an email. The phone lines are open and we will begin with the Washington Times. The highway funding bill stuck in limbo as the august recess quickly approaches. Kevin mccarthy shut the bill to a sixmonth bill. Saying even if the other changer gets it done chamber gets it done this week it would be impossible for history is to study a thousand page deal before the house leaves thursday night. The majority leader announced that his side are a past a fivemonth road bill and last night they introduced a threemonth extension. Senate negotiators barreled forward anyway saying that congresss reliance on shortterm patches has passed
You by the folks back home want to know why what is the problem with the ftc that brought the last east that forced this change and then to respond to the questions as you know the ftc act atlarge says that it doesnt have jurisdiction over the telecommunication carriers. They say we are telecommunications and that triggered that. What constituents should come as we work closely with the ftc. The jurisdiction as far as its providers and what we do which will be forthcoming in the next few months on our privacy proposals, we will do our best so that there is a common set of concepts that govern privacy. Your response . To have the classification it is deprived of jurisdiction as the chair man pointed out because of the carrier extension and jurisdiction has explicitly been given authorization for things. Second because the fcc irrigated that issue for itself unfortunately the authority under the statute is circumscribed as pointed out section 222 is narrow arcane piece of the puzzle if y
User benefits, if taxes become less of a proxy, transportation consumption due to more efficient cars and energy prices, then prioritize highway money for the most urgent needs and give more power to the states and cities which can use told them that fuel level use. Guest given the fact that there has not been much happening here in washington, a lot of states, 14 states in the last four years race on gas taxes. Almost all of those work and trolled by republicans. Utah raised 5 cents cents a gallon so they could fix up their roads, in the absence of any kind of major transportation bill, wyoming raise their own gas tax, all republican state. Is it easy . Of course not. Of course not. Its hard for politicians to raise the tax. The one think they know is that when they do that, the constituents they represent realize that potholes are going to be filled, roads are going to be fixed, bridges are going to be fixed, and people see their friends and neighbor doing the work. The money does no
Morning, who won . One Winning Mega Millions ticket sold right here in san jose. We have team coverage. Chase kane outside lottery headquarters in South San Francisco where the big winner could turn up today to claim that prize. We start now with Christie Smith outside the store where that multimilliondollar ticket was purchased. Good morning. Reporter good morning to you. Theres so much excitement out here this morning. Its like a rock star is in town. Folks lining up at the store seeing if perhaps this lottery luck will rub off on them. The store owner became a millionaire overnight by selling one of the Winning Tickets from a store he just bought about four months ago. He says his wifeby hugged him night. This man cant believe his luck. Very good kay dave. Im excited. He has an awesome laugh and a lot to smile about this morning. 324 million each. This is jenny from the thrift shop. What will he do with his money . He isnt quite sure. He says he will keep working because he is too
Was sold at jenny gift on actualy road. California lottery Officials Say tickets with 5 numbers sold in san diego and chula vista. It is not clear yet if they had all 6 wing numbers. Or if there are any other big winners nationwide. Here are the numbers reed them and we hope. Those lucky numbers 8. 14. 17. 20. 39. And the mega number is 7. Now on the phone with us rus lopez with the California Lottery. Ruz are you there. I am can i just say finally . At this time is pretty exciting although we kind of secretly like to see it rollover and have the first billion Dollar Lottery of all time. It would have tan 2 more rollover to reach the figure. It would have taken maybe one more rollover actually but we were looking forward to that as well but you know what when somebody wins this big you can only be happy for them. Only wish them the best and we are ecstatic at the cavalry lottery. I have to tell you that. This is obviously great for the person who won and i would imagine all of this pub