Im suzanne clark, senior evp here at the u. S. Chamber and i am delighted to welcome you here today. Now, when you have my job, you get to be in this room and say that sentence a lot. But i actually mean it today or mean it more than usual. Not just because youre a charming audience, but because i started my career at the American Trucking association and you know you dont really ever get it out of your blood i dont think. So its an important topic at the right time, so thank you so much for being here. Thank you to our partners, thank you to our sponsors. Thank you to ed mort aher and his very talented team for putting this together. Ed leads our transportation efforts. Were lucky to have him. This is a founding sponsor of iweek. Does anybody besides us say iweek . Its a thing, all right. Were a founding sponsor of iweek. And were really proud to be a part of the bipartisan Steering Committee and we have been proud to see how this annual meeting as an event has grown in reach and in s
Im suzanne clark, senior evp here at the u. S. Chamber and i am delighted to welcome you here today. Now, when you have my job, you get to be in this room and say that sentence a lot. But i actually mean it today or mean it more than usual. Not just because youre a charming audience, but because i started my career at the American Trucking association and you know you dont really ever get it out of your blood i dont think. So its an important topic at the right time, so thank you so much for being here. Thank you to our partners, thank you to our sponsors. Thank you to ed mort aher and his very talented team for putting this together. Ed leads our transportation efforts. Were lucky to have him. This is a founding sponsor of iweek. Does anybody besides us say iweek . Its a thing, all right. Were a founding sponsor of iweek. And were really proud to be a part of the bipartisan Steering Committee and we have been proud to see how this annual meeting as an event has grown in reach and in s
And let me tell you. This deal is catastrophic. For america, for israel, and for the whole of the middle east. Lou trump also meeting with Senior Republicans less than 24 hours before the next primaries and caucuses. 98 delegates at stake in tomorrows elections. The theme of todays meeting, party unity. In the closed door meeting, congressman will be here shortly. Also Republican Leaders fiercely oppose to donal Donald Trumps candidacy preparing 100 day campaign they say to try to rip their president ial nomination from him. And the talk of a Third Party Candidate grows in washington. If hes the nominee, there will be no conservative running in the race. And the vichy republicans who are coming to terms with thees e takeover of their party have to understand that. Lou wow. Well, eric will join us tonight to tell us whats going on with that third party talk. Also, president obama declaring a new day in americas relations with cuba and for the first time in almost a century, a cuban pres
And let me tell you. This deal is catastrophic. For america, for israel, and for the whole of the middle east. Lou trump also meeting with Senior Republicans less than 24 hours before the next primaries and caucuses. 98 delegates at stake in tomorrows elections. The theme of todays meeting, party unity. In the closed door meeting, congressman will be here shortly. Also Republican Leaders fiercely oppose to donal Donald Trumps candidacy preparing 100 day campaign they say to try to rip their president ial nomination from him. And the talk of a Third Party Candidate grows in washington. If hes the nominee, there will be no conservative running in the race. And the vichy republicans who are coming to terms with the collaborates o of the takeover of their party have to understand that. Lou wow. Well, eric will join us tonight to tell us whats going on with that third party talk. Also, president obama declaring a new day in americas relations with cuba and for the first time in almost a cen
Troopers say it happened about 1 30 this morning. We are working to get more information on what happened. Aly turning to the weather. Across the midwest and south, people are cleaning up from Severe Weather that continues today. Hundreds of homes are underwater in missouri. The Mississippi River is expected to rise to close to 15 feet above flood stage. On the video on the right, you are showing you are seeing what last nights rain left behind. Some showers in our area right now. Dale will tell us much more. Dale more scattered showers and thunderstorms today, perhaps, rit will not take as much because the ground is wet and saturated. Any heavy downpours could lead to localized flooding. That will be the story through early tomorrow and tonight cooler and drier weather starts to be felt come saturday, sunday, and monday and tuesday. So any days are coming. Cold or days, too. Did 60s it today for the upstate and the mountains and not quite as warm as yesterday where he tied a record ge