Philadelphia southward, areas that have not had a freeze yet is getting their first one. The actual air temperatures have gone down during the day. Down to 32 degrees right now in allentown. You can see the temperatures in philadelphia by 7 00 a. M. Down to 25 and other places going pretty close to the teens and near record levels. Tell you more about what places are most likely to set the records and when were going to warm up, coming up in a few minutes. A cold blue alert goes into effect in philadelphia at 7 00 tonight. That means outreach teams will patrol the streets, encouraging the homeless to come indoors. Extra shelter beds will also be in place. That code blue alert runs through 7 00 a. M. Sunday. Plan ahead for the cold weekend with weather on the nbc 10 app. Get the hour by hour forecast for your neighborhood right on your smartphone. 20 minutes of nonstop news continues with one of the most popular comedians in the country admitting to allegations of Sexual Misconduct agai
This hearing will come to order. Good afternoon. I welcome all of you veterans, caregivers and advocates, especially my former colleague , senator Elizabeth Dole who has been an extranet advocate for military caregivers. Our military families, heroes in plain clothing are serving in americas cities and communities every single day. The effects of military service do not end with a tour of duty. For many veterans and their family, the journey sometimes extends for a lifetime. For some with both visible and invisible scars, the transition home is not easy. Recovery to can take decades. Along the way, mothers, fathers, wives, and other family members and friends step in to serve. Today we will focus on those who care for americans veterans. In the United States there are 5. 5 million military caregivers. These family members and loved ones provide care on a constant and routine basis to our veterans. They are often vital in assisting veterans to make the transition all the way home. Milit
[inaudible conversations] this hearing will come to order. Good afternoon. I welcome all of you veterans, caregivers and advocates, especially my former colleague , senator Elizabeth Dole who has been an extranet advocate for military caregivers. Our military families, heroes in plain clothing are serving in americas cities and communities every single day. The effects of military service do not end with a tour of duty. For many veterans and their family, the journey sometimes extends for a lifetime. For some with both visible and invisible scars, the transition home is not easy. Recovery to can take decades. Along the way, mothers, fathers, wives, and other family members and friends step in to serve. Today we will focus on those who care for americans veterans. In the United States there are 5. 5 million military caregivers. These family members and loved ones provide care on a constant and routine basis to our veterans. They are often vital in assisting veterans to make the transiti
Dollar flat, tenyear 224 and moderate action in crude. Budget priorities the white house out with its 2018 budget plan today which targets big cuts to medicaid, food stamps and disability. Plus u. S. Markets are shrugging off global terror concerns. Futures are aiming for a fourth consecutive day of gains. Isis claiming responsibility for the deadly concert bombing in manchester, uk. The worst terror attack in the uk since the london bombing in 2005. The white house set to unveil the president s budget for 2018 which aims to eliminate the deficit in ten years, the budget includes 3. 6 trillion in spending cuts over a decade, including medicaid, food stamps, welfare, Student Loans and disability benefits. The plan does call for an increase in military spending, most notably, jim, calls for 3 real gdp from 2021 all the way through 2027. Yes, i dont know what to say. You read the new york times, notice i didnt call it the f l failifai failing new york times. This is ridiculous. In a news
In congress, some states are looking to expand medicaid, some additional states, many are talking to cms about what might be possible in the way of theyre talking about waivers, what can be done. And so to today were going to k about, our goal for this panel is to both talk about where we are going into this next year, so writer we are, what the aca did, where we are with medicaid, whats under discussion, and were going to talk about the considerations and possible implications moving forward. So we are lucky to have with us today three exceptional panelists. Youll notice there is one empty seat, and that belongs to trish riley. Unfortunately, because of the crazywet we had in d. C weather we had in d. C. , trish is not going to be able to get boo town, so she will not be with us. But fear not, our three other panelists watch whats happening in the states very closely and will be able to give us a full picture of whats happening. First to my left we have diane rowland, executive Vice P