Lord, were grateful that though wrong seems strong, you continue to rule. Fill our lawmakers with reverence and trust in your prevailing providence. May that reverential awe keep them on the path of courage, integrity, and wisdom. Lord, remind them that you have invited them to seek and discover your might. You declared in psalm 50 15 call me in the day of trouble, and i will deliver you. We praise your holy name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president. The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley one minute for morning business. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Grassley the house of representatives has passed a bill thats kind of like a onesizefitsall for elections. That everything ought to be run out o
G od morningd welcome to news 4 midday. We begin with our weather alert. Right now were under anxc eessive heat warning. In fact, 31 states are under some kind of heat alert. That means 150 Million People are impacted by this weather. And the feels like temperatures are going to t 100 degrees today. Yo think thats ba oh, baby just you wait until tomorrow. Lets get the stage set herem storm t4 meteorologist chuck now. Joins us breakdown what we can expect. Heat indexes running 105 to 110 degrees for three days in a row. , tomorrow and again on sunday. Hazy skies an code orange air quality. So folks that have respir ory or cardiac sensitivities, this is not the weather you want to be spending outside. Theres the excesse heat warning outside for all of the listening areanow. Heat index values over 110 degrees, onespecially saturday. Saturday i think will be the peak of the heat wave. Right now itslready 90 degrees with the heat index close to 100 degrees at 11 02 in the morning. Ur theres
Project manager for the rehabilitation of arlington house and worked at the battlefield, George Washington Memorial Parkway and he will be as you just heard the topic is unprecedented discovery of i am looking forward to sharing this unprecedented story with everyone here. I have the great privilege and humble village of be the superintendent of 5000 acres of some of the most hallowed ground. Field to give the obligatory 30 seconds of why it is an important place. We preserve the scenes of two significant civil war battles. The first largescale battle of the civil war in july 1861 followed by 13 months later the second battle of manassas which was much larger and between these two about 4000 men died and tens of thousands were wounded. Those are some powerful statistics. Today we will diving a little bit more beyond the statistics and look at what happened to some of these poor unfortunate soldiers who were killed or maimed as well as the stories of those who tried to save them. I come
Were watching snow to our north. Ill show you that in a second. But temperatures here are cold enough for your warm coat. Again, as you step outside, we have a lot of 30 az on the map. 39 right now in the district. 37 leesburg. 36 clinton. 29 manassas. As you wake up and walk outside, youll notice more clouds around. Temperatures near 40 degrees by 9 00 a. M. Not going to see the rain with the clouds until later tonight. Theres snow in new england if youre traveling up to new england. Were looking at some potential delays there. Maybe like boston, especially later this afternoon as the snow continues. But we are watching this rain around texas. Thats headed in our direction later tonight and for part of your weekend. Ill break down the timing of it and what you can expect. Christmas day is coming up. Let check the roads now with dave dildine. How is it looking, dave . Its not so bad. Actually on 95 its looking good for the get away. Closer to the district, its slow on d. C. 295 and inb
A child answered that door. He assaulted the child and then left that house in a stolen vehicle. He then crashed into a man nearby driving a pickup truck. He assaulted that man, carjacked his truck and then fled the scene. Officers responding to the child assault call spotted him on the road and after a short pursuit, the suspect crashed into a van carrying several people. Were told seven people near centreville road here. And officers finally arrested him at this intersection and that suspect is in the hospital this morning facing multiple charges. Police still have no information about the condition of the child and exactly why he assaulted him, why he went to this home and so the motive is still unclear at this point. Take a listen. This is a multifacted investigation. We have several scenes, crime scenes. The crash is quite a a bad crash and we have called out multiple resources. Our command bus is on scene. Things together and find out motive for the initial call, what led to this