One was hurt. Squaw valley firefighters say snow from this latest storm has created a very high to extreme level of avalanche risk in avalancheprone areas. Fire crews say a snowslide happened near the intersection of deer park road just before 7 15 a. M. On thursday. Crews say the slide hit an firefighters and Alpine Meadows cleared until noon, less than many of the main roads are now clear, but snow is melting in some parts of the valley and the mountains, causing a slick drive Amanda Ketchledge is live along robb drive with a look at conditions for drivers. Amanda, how it is out there . Kristen its very windy and cold. As the snow melts on the roads, temperatures are going to drop and ice will be forming. But take a look at this video that we shot earlier in the day. You can see how heavy the snow came down in some parts of the valley. Some drivers were taking it very slow on the roads, however nevada Highway Patrol says they were handling up to 20 accidents at a time this morning. T
Ive always favored closing guantanamo for a variety of reasons. Yet we still havent got a plan from you. Not only not a plan, until i asked you about it specifically, there was no communication. After coming to my office and saying you are going to give me that plan, and i said we needed it, we got nothing. Not an update, not a briefing on what was going on. So we put in language in president , and the voices his strong objection to guantanamo. Finally, this issue of whether we are protecting those people who we are asking to fight isis,t bashar assad and isnt it true that weve dropped munitions, general dunford, to a group of people who we are supporting in syria . General dunford it is true, senator. Theme we going to protect from russian air attack . General dunford senator, we have the authority. We have the capability and we have options. Is it true that the russians are already attacking them . The ones we dropped munitions to. General dunford the russians have not attacked the o
Ms. Pelosi i think elections are always about the future. So whatever it is that somebody might be unhappy about, they want to see what is there is absolutely no question that as we look to the future we have to see a path to take this to ending a lot of the inequality in our system. Mr. Sesno is that what this is about . Anger over inequality . Ms. Pelosi i think its anger over the fact that paychecks have not increased for decades. The purchasing power of middle class paychecks has not increased. The aspirations, hopes people have for their children, their education, their families, the Pension Security of parents so they are freer to invest in their children, the security of Retirement Security of seniors so that parents can look to their kids rather than having to take care all connected. Let me just say this. In 2008 americas middle class was deeply scarred by what happened then. What happened because of the greed dont paint all on wall street with this brush, but what happened th
Distinction. For 24 years, you have honored and respected this institution. You have worked arduously to get things done. As speaker, you have been a leader willing to listen to all sides and address the complex issues of our time. We applaud your commitment and dedication to the house and well be forever grateful for your statesmanship and courtesy. While we may not have always agreed, your door was always open. I could always come to you and discuss problems and issues. I respect your opinion and consider you a friend. I speak for everyone when i say you will be missed in this house. You are a gentleman and a scholar scholar and it has been a pleasure and a privilege to have served with you. I wish you well in your retirement. Thank you. I thank the gentlelady for her kind words. Reclaiming my time, i mentioned before in my Opening Statement that there are a number of rival g. C. L. , Greater Cincinnati league, high schools. There are rivals in all sports and academics and everything
[captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] next, education secretary arne duncan on the results of a study on standardized testing. Then, house numbers paying tribute to outgoing speaker, john boehner. After that, nancy pelosi on problems in congress, and the importance of women in politics. On monday, education secretary arne duncan participated in a pound discussion on improving the effectiveness of standardized testing. Panelists analyzed data from a new report. This is just over one hour. Hour. I am the executive director and i want to thank you very much for being here this monday morning. We are going to go ahead and get started because i am sorry to say i can say that we will begin wrapping up this conference at about 10 30 p. M. We have been asked to meet with the president on this report at 11 00 oclock. So we will have to end