have an opinion about cutting entitlements to cut the deficit, the number is on your screen. if you re between the ages of 40 and 64, the number is 202-737- 0002. for those of you under 40, the number is at the very bottom of the screen. here is the washington post article. poll finds little backing for debt remedies. the article goes on to say that the president and congressional republicans have set out sharply differing blueprints to deal with the looming problem. obama has called for agreement now, here are some of the numbers when it comes to cutting some of the entitlements. first off, in order to reduce the national debt, would you support or oppose cutting spending on medicare? support 21%. opposed 70%, strongly opposed, 65%. cutting spending on medicaid 30% oppose that, total oppose, 69%, strongly opposed 52%. cutting military spending 42% support that while 56% oppose it. raising taxes on all by a small percentage and making small reductions to medicar
this early morning accident. police are there on the scene directing traffic around it. let s move it over to better news on route 32 which takes us to howard county. all lanes are back open at triadelphia road at burntwood. 270 headed south on 80. that delay still is holding steady. you re ok from germantown down to the split. on the outer loop, we have volume building from university over to georgia. virginia, 66 from 234 over to 28. that s where you re slow from the fairfax county parkway to the beltway, you re doing just fine. the inner loop is checking out. the toll road itself, no complaints approaching the toll plaza. still ahead, a look at the beltway in virginia, i ll have that at 6:12. andrea, back to you. let s get to some of the stories happening today. virginia congressman jim moran and gerald connelly will hold a meeting with people working and living along route one. they ll be affected by road improvements another fort belvoir. last week, the feds approved m
and the public is not the only ones trying to figure out what would happen. gerald connelly said that many members of congress are trying to get information themselves. and that is a combination of anxiety and they re not involved and they waiting with baited breath. and while 800,000 federal workers stand to lose their paychecks under a shutdown, there is that growing move to continue to pay the military. support is growing from both parties. and we owe it to them to make sure we stand up to our commitment to make sure we pay them and the government continues to operate to do that. reporter: either by, both democrats and republicans have until midnight on friday night to hammer out a deal and you re probably asking how did we get to this point? the federal government is operating on two-week spending plans. the latest spending plan called the continued resolution is to run out, brian, on midnight friday night. and what happens if they don t reach a deal? what i
warren county schools are on a two-hour delay. manassas park city is delayed two hours. in west virginia, mineral county schools are delayed to hours today. straight up 7:00. let s get the early word from tony perkins on the thursday weather. hello. hello, allison. welcome back. and bundle up. it s cold outside. i m telling you. it feels like it s in the teens because of the breeziness out there and our actual air temperatures are in the 20s. let s take a look at the satellite radar. had some snow overnight. the southern system skirted by our area. got about 20 or 30 actually got 40 miles closer than anticipated. just enough to bring a dusting to parts of the area and the snow down south as predicted. still some snowfall across southeastern virginia and some portions of southern maryland but it is pushing out as we speak. temperatures across the area, like i said, right now 27 degrees in washington. 26 in baltimore. dulles is at 25 degrees. frederick, maryland 21 degree
now. the senators fund raising operation has been dormant. his campaign website has not been regularly updated in months and the big question is what all of this means for democrats and republicans heading into virginia s u.s. senate race. elected in 2006, jim webb was a former reagan administration republican who switched parties and ran for the senate from virginia. recently as last week, the future plans were up in the air. and it s an 8-year decision, it s not a two-year decision and that is how we re approaching it. reporter: in a statement wednesday, the senator webb said, quote, after much thought and consideration, i have decided to return to the private sector where i have spent most of my professional life. i will not seek re-election in 2012. the news threw the u.s. senate race in virginia wide open. today, i m announcing my candidacy for the u.s. senate. reporter: former virginia governor and senator george allen lost his seat to webb in 2006 and has alrea