Human services. The Health Committee holds a courtesy hearing on the nomination of the secretary, the finance committee receives paperwork, it will vote on the nomination. Senator murray and i will have an Opening Statement and former secretary and former governor of utah Michael Leavitt who we welcome today, good to see you and have you back and senator young who is a member of this committee will introduce alex azar after his testimony then senators will each have five minutes of questions. We have a lot going on in the senate today but we have a good turnout so i anticipate a good, vigorous questioning period. Alex azar, if confirmed will be did the of health and Human Services, you will be running 1. 11 trillion organization, that almost equals the total of 12 Appropriations Bills Congress Passes each year to Fund Everything from National Parks to National Defense to national laboratories. You will be overseeing medicare and medicaid, the nations government run Insurance Programs f
Wouldnt rule out a rain or snow shower this evening during the evening commute as this front continues its final push through. Look how temperatures fall 39 by seven, were blow freezing by 11 p. M. Tonight. Overnight air temperatures fall into the teens and 20s. Ill have the latest for the wind chill readings for tomorrow. Were track breaking news out of Prince Georges County much police on the scene of a School Bus Crash on the beltway. Sky fox over the scene right now and this happened just good a half mile ago. It happened on the inner loop of the beltway near morningside. What youre looking at are live pictures on your screen. On the left sky fox and a Traffic Camera on your right. The bus was rearended by another vehicle. No one was hurt. There were some reports of some injuries, but of course this is a fluid situation and well continue to stay on top it of and bring you the latest information as we get it. Learning new details about a georges county Police Officers to the hovment
Plenty of spots on the sidewalks and roadways. Lets take it outside now and live norm west d. C. Be blad youre not walking throughout it looks likes it may be sl slick. I tell earlier tonight out there. I guarantee you is slick. Threats get a check of the forecast, hi, glen. We have a weekend warmup on the way im happy to say and sarah that things is dangerous and black ice were talking about as well. You just dont know its shiny out there and you cannot take a chance. Even its now headed off well northeast and behind it were actually going to get clearing skies with a little sunshine as we head into your weekend. The story now is of course, temperatures. Cold 26 right now in fashions capital and feeling like its 18, wind pushing in from the south, southwest and theyre light and continue toing light and peck the breezy side even well get a warm are day. Elsewhere in our neighborhood only 17 degrees at culpeper same at mannasas this hour. 21 fredericksburg and 3 win chester an dulles 23
Politics. You have this wonderful map that takes a look at europe and the be nd that continues to gained by the radical right. Weve really took an in depth trying to dissect the myth from reality about the trength of the far right in europe and across the democracies. Because there is a feeling that has gotten lost a little by in the u. S. Because the president and donald trump his agenda. There was a time when he beat the national frought and came to an election. Lso what we saw in the netherlands which also beat a challenge from a far right leader that weve seen really of the far right in europe. That has proven not to be the case. Desperate, i would very much stress desperate coalition genders across the parties they have stitched together broad support that is common in draws on that it immigration, law and order and need of sentiment. In how very different they operate in their respective parts of europe. We said,no mistake, as we found data that support for views is extreme right
In ad jigs general tidd talked about combating the Opioid Crisis and improving elicit drug interdiction. The Senate Armed Services committee hosted this four and 45minute event. We will call the meeting to order. Were going to receive testimony from two of my favorite people, general lori robinson. I have to say i taught her everything she knows when she was the Wing Commander at teeinger air force base in oklahoma. And from kurt tidd, the commander for the u. S. Southern command. There is a lot of overlap. We, all three of us talked about this between the north and the south command and i think that is one reason that senator mc cain would want to have these meetings together. The new National Defense strategy, nds, identifies protecting homeland, sustaining american advantages in the western hemisphere as key priorities even as the dod focuses on the rising challenge of great power competitors. As we have seen from increasing economic and military efforts by china and russia to gain