for abortions except in cases of rape, incest or if the life of the woman is in danger. language is fairly standard in these annual spending bills. the problem here is about precedent. democrats worry that includeing this language in a bill that does not have to be reauthorized each year could lead to more abortion restrictions in the future. so no compromise looks likely. mitch mcconnell is expected to turn to a dwaebt on the budget and then the senate goes on spring break. that means the vote could have to wait until mid-april. the whole thing has gotten so maddening that president obama weighed in on it on day 132. you don t hold attorney general nominees hostage for other issues. this is our top law enforcement office. nobody denies that she s well qualified. e we need to go ahead and get it done. joining me is the features
indeed have the ebola virus, are they going to be able to be treated with those experimental drugs? well it s possible although there was not quite there was not a very large supply of zmapp ready at the time. it took quite a bit to get those drugs up and running. so there s any of a variety of treatments they could receive includeing plasma from people who have survived ebola. the one thing we have learned from treating patients here in the united states is early aggressive therapy does improve survival and so i think that ll be the mainstay of therapy, but there s always options open for some of these experimental treatments including zmapp. you know, this brings us right back to what should be the focus, right, and that s west africa where they ve had thousands upon thousands of deaths from ebola. and experts have said look, if you do not contain this in west africa eventually it s going to come to the united states again. should this be a stark reminder
severe storms causing lots of headaches across the midwest. check out the size of these hailstones which fell last night near oklahoma city. look at those things. the storm caused major damage to roofs and power lines. police tell local affiliate the southern plains indian museum also sustained significant damage. some folks in texas are cleaning up from flash flooding. a strong storm roared through houston yesterday dumping as much as 8 inches of rain. fire crews had to rescue more than 150 drivers from high waters, and at the height of the storm, more than 120,000 people were left without power. several cities farther north still under the threat of major flooding. heavy rain and snow snow melt have pushed water over banks in some states includeing illinois missouri and north dakota. the greatest threat appears to
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