Across eastern iowa. Blowing will be slick so use caution and thursday as we end the year on a the coldest day with highs in the mid teens and morning lows theyve been working around the clock even bringing out extra plow trucks. The men and women on the team are working 12 hour shifts around the clock. During my ridea long. We went through downtown dubuque today theyre widening the streets. So its easier to drive. By now main street have been plowed also residential. Still, the crew is using a lot of resources to get the job pounds of salt. I think last night i went through 27thousand pounds. They also brought out extra plow trucks typically they use 15. For this storm they increased to 21. In linn county. You can see side of the road and in ditches after sliding off the road during yesterdays storm. Some programs in the area like horizon meals on wheels had to cancel its elivery services for the day. So volunteers could avoid the same fate. A lot of our volunteers are super willing t
This is real money. You are the most important part of the show. Tweet me or hit me up at facebook drought come. The fall out for burger king to tie out tim hortons is brewing into a Public Relations nightmare. Dick durbin blasted the 11. 4 billion deal. He said today how disappointed he is in, quote, burger kings decision to renounce its american citizenship. Billionaire investor warren buffet whose company is financing part of the deal is now in damage control over the tax breaks that burger king will get by becoming a canadian company. Buffet, as you recall, is famous for calling on americas wealthy to pay their fair share to your honor sam. His participation in this deal puts him in a wal awkward position. Burger king is the latest of a company who purchases a foreign firm and then moves into its headquarters. They continue to operate in america but by doing so they take advantage of lower tax rates outside of the United States. Burger king denies that this deal is about denying un
Development you cannot get beyond a certain point. Talk about entitlements you cannot have that discussion too long before you say what about health care . You cannot talk about the u. S. Budget and the trajectory of spending. You cannot recognize to have three or four diseases to drive spending with diabetes her cardiovascular on the health care side. So i get to hang out with some smart guys with Health Care Reform and whether the things that really need to get done to reform the system . Over the next year we will talk more specifically about the policies that we have but i have to say the number one issue, aside from coverage is you have to have more affordable, portable, access ible Health Care Insurance policies. That is a huge problem so few have pharmaceutical costs and insurance costs costs, you have some things that have to be addressed. The biggest challenge of all in health care is the escalating cost. It is unsustainable. What is the biggest expenditure with the department
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As you all noticed, when you ask questions about negative ads congressman cotton talks about obama. Ask a question about the cotton bill . He talks about obama. You see a pattern . Clearly he is running against one man but i am running for 3 million arkansans. That is what this race is all about and the difference in this race. Im on your side. When i looked at you and i come home and travel the state and hear what is on your mind, thats when i go to work. Congressman cotton loves to throw out these phony stirks about how much i have agreed with president obama. You all know me. You know i dont agree with president obama on a whole variety of things. Just take the Keystone Pipeline. Take the dpa regs on carbon. Take the cuts to Social Security. I disagreed with him last year on gun control, so much so that when i voted no on his legislation, mayor bloomberg of new york city ran ads in arkansas criticize major league for standing up for your second mendment rights. I disagree with obama