With the Lyndon Johnson reign around here. Robert carroll has given us that support in great detail. And some look at l. B. J. s wellknown heavyhandedness as a kind of mastery. Thats the way some look at it. Personally, i have always believed the leader that replaced him was a better fit for this place, and evidently so did johnsons colleagues who elected mansfield upon johnsons departure with overwhelming enthusiasm. They had had it up to here with l. B. J. They were excited that he was gone. In fact, carroll reports that he tried to come to the first lunch after he became Vice President and was going to act as the sort of de facto majority leader even though he was now Vice President. That was, shall i say, unenthusiasticcally received. He was almost thrown out of the lunch, never to return. And mansfield was, as i said, enthusiastically closen to replace him. Now, the chronicles of l. B. J. s life and legacy usually leave out what i just told you, but by the time he left the senate,
Of it. Well get into the timing of all this as well as your sevenday forecast coming up. Chuck, thank you. Right now as you mentioned, we are watching those flakes and flurries in d. C. Maryland and virginia. It is a weather alert day with snow expected all around our area and news 4s derrick ward there in his hat is live in rockville to show us whats going on rig now. Hi derrick. Reporter well weve got snow flurries coming down. This can be the start of something slick. Its going to get worse later on. Take a look at the road. This is rockville pike. Obviously nothing to worry about at this point. Dont let that deceive you. As the temperature drops and more of this falls, it will get treacherous. Maryland is asking motorists to delay any travel. Weve been lucky to have snowfalls on the weekends where traffic is a lot lighter and allows crews to get out. Vdot has 1500 trucks on the road. D. C. Has gone into a full deployment starting at 6 00 a. M. We dont have numbers on how much maryl
The clerk the speakers room, washington, d. C. , october 2, 2013. I hereby appoint the honorable Glen Thompson to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, john the a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2013, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour ebate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip imited to five minutes each, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. Mcclintock, for five minutes. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Yesterday, the president charged that the Government Shutdown is the result of a, quote, ideological crusade to deny Affordable Health care for millions of americans. Id begged the president to read his cor
Down with entertainment legend rita moreno as she looks back at the challenge of her first days as a performer. I wore too much makeup, and i did all of that Conchita Lolita stuff. You know, i wore very tight dresses and then would be offended when. When men would make remarks about me. Woodruff those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years b. N. S. F. , the engine that connects us. The william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff our lead story tonight much of the federal government was dark after congress failed to agree on a stopgap funding bill. Republicans refused
The challenge of her first days as a performer. I wore too much makeup, and i did all of that Conchita Lolita stuff. You know, i wore very tight dresses and then would be offended when. When men would make remarks about me. Woodruff those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years b. N. S. F. , the engine that connects us. The william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff our lead story tonight much of the federal government was dark after congress failed to agree on a stopgap funding bill. Republicans refused to budge on their demands to delay parts of the president S Heal