Cigarettes sold in the city. The revenue would be cruised to plug the used to plug the School Budget deficit. The house will not return until september 15. The schools open september 8. Mayor nutter said its not going to happen, because the money wont be there to be fully staffed. Jeff, put yourself in the mindset of a legislator which is not from philadelphia, which most of them are not. Why would you leave without voting on a bill. Why would you not be in favor of a bill that would save philadelphia schools . Because it doesnt affect them. Their constituency doesnt know whats going on in the city of philadelphia or have a connection to why that cigarette tax even though its taxes citizens in the city of philadelphia, how that impacts them and then they say, im generalizing. They are republicans representatives and others who are very upset that the legislator tur is not coming back. They think our schools have problems, what are you going to do about them, many have problems but not
Well be live at the courthouse. Monkey in the middle. An unusual court 3w59 battle, who owns the rights to this photo. The man that puts man against beast. From 95 nbc news, this is matt lauer and samantha guthrie. Good morning, welcome to today on a thursday morning. Can we see that monkey picture one more time . I like a present with a package, a smile like that. Beyond a reasonable doubt of adorabl adorableness. Our top story is the weather, al, as you well know, those dual hurricanes barbieing down on hawaii. Only three have made landfall since 1950. Lets go to Jacob Rascone on hilo the big island, good morning. Reporter savannah, good morning, two hurricanes unprecedented backtoback. The outer edges of the first to hit only hours away. On the main island the most urgent storm prep. The hurricanes now only hours. There are long lines at cost co. Apparently theyve run out of water and toilet paper already. Shelves usually stocked with water now emthe i. Get the basic necessities, ca
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Line up were ready to take some questions. Hi, my name is sean, and im from the university of san diego. So speaking about incentives for Congress People to take the long view, take the hard vote, what do you think in your opinion is the best solution to incentivizing individual Congress People to take the long view . Well, first of all, nobodys going to do something that deliberately and intentionally causes their loss. That wou defy the laws of nature. So im from kansas so if i went up and i said wheat programs are bad for this country, im going to vote against them my constituents would think i was nuts. Okay. Because im sent there to represent their views, their perspectives on as much as i can. But im also sent up this to use my own up there to use my own judgment with as well. And, you know, my judgment is that philosophically these jobs were not meant to be permanent jobs. There was meant to be turnover. It doesnt mean i believe in term limits but it means that people have to ha
And here too i will refer to my fathers 1959 address. He worried then about californias dangerously overcrowded prisons. A he talked about identifying those prisoners who should never be released to prey again on an innocent public, but he also said, we should also determine whether some prisoners are now kept confined after punishment has served its purpose. We face these same questions today what purposes should punishment serve and for how long should a person be confined to jail or prison, for a few days a few years or for life . In response to a large increase in crimes beginning in the 1970s, the legislature and the people, through ballot initiatives, dramatically lengthened sentences and added a host of new crimes and penalty enhancements. Today, californias legal codes contain more than 5,000 separate criminal provisions and over 400 penalty enhancements, an arcane and complex mix that only the most exquisitely trained specialist can fathom. And funding has grown proportionatel