on the debt ceiling. this is all about the amount of money the us government is allowed to borrow which has a self imposed limit, a ceiling. without a raise, this would leave the us unable to pay its bills. on tuesday, president biden met with top lawmakers in washington, who are currently blocking raising that ceiling but they came away without a breakthrough. nomia iqbal was there. both sides came out of the meeting which lasted more than an hour, announcing there was no deal. both showing they are entrenched in their positions. the republican speaker of the house, kevin mccarthy, attacked president biden for not negotiating. his opponents came out a short while either later saying republicans refused to take default off that table and mrjeffries called the publicly party as a party of magyar extremists. they have two weeks otherwise the us will default to not pay their bills and it would lead to economic ruin, leading to stock markets plummeting and millions ofjobs are p
What will our leaders do about this . Already the lines are being drawn. The president , president obama, Hillary Clinton and bernie sanders, to them it is a Law Enforcement issue. Within hours they were calling for gun control. Much was made of the type of weapon the terrorist used and the fact that he had bought it legally days before the attack. Gun violence, they said, and hate. Donald trump had a very different response. He had already called for a temporary ban on foreign muslims coming to america and quickly linked the outrage to islamic terror. He sharply criticized the president and Hillary Clinton for refusing to do the same. To him, it is terror, take action, forceful action. Both europe and america are forced to confront the same problem. The presence of a large immigrant population, some of whom hold values directly opposed to western society and theyre killing us in our own country. On this monday, june 13th we surely want the president and cabinet to recognize the threat
That alert went out at a business in the 2300 block of Church Street and the 4700 block of pennypack street. We broke this story about 90 minutes ago. Andrea clinethomas joins us outside from one of the businesses targeted. Reporter some of these propane tanks that were stolen were not light, not easy to carry. Take a look. Some are the fork lifestyle propane tanks that could weigh as much as 100 pounds which heightens concern for Law Enforcement. An alert went out to Law Enforcement agencies a i cross the area after 43 propane tanks were stolen. Praxair in the 2300 block of Church Street is one of the businesses targeted. The other is James Morrissey incorporated in the 4700 block of pennypack street. Both businesses were hit in the overnight hours of december 17. Surveillance video captured a man loading the propane tanks into a dark minivan. Heres a breakdown of the banks stolen between the two businesses 24. Were described as forklift sized tanks. Nine were one hundred pounds. Four
Wilmington. Expect company if youre headed out there, aaa figures 47 million americans will travel 50 miles or or between today and sunday. That is the highest total in eight years. Heavy traffic on the garden state highways. This is how things looked along route 38 near the cherry hill mall. Low gas prices a reason for uptick in travel. Just about 2 a gallon. George spencer talking to travelers. Live along interstate 76 with more on how people are getting around the rainy rush. Reporter suffice it to say, it has not been an idea travel day as we checked out roads, rails and airport today. 76 here through center city and the vine street expressway one example. Lots of people trying to get out but the weather is not cooperating. The roads were slick and headlights were on as turnpike lit up with Holiday Travelers this afternoon. Many pushed through todays springlike conditions, as they drove, Travis Goforth and his wife heading from South Carolina to south jersey. Thats one of the reaso
Warren whos been busy tracking this storm. Latest information coming we watched this all night and mainly to the north. That is where the main issues are as far as the sleet and ice go. It will be warmer by the morning rush, so it could be sleet overnight but wake up to rain and wet roads. Ice will be in the poconos there. Thats where the temperature could be below freezing. Were looking at heavy rain throughout the morning but it ends by noon. Heres the latest radar this was 8 00 oclock latest shows that area of sleet moving in but again its north. Pretty much 78 to the north is where were seeing that mix here on ultimate doppler. Temperatures are still into the 30s just wet roadways but it could coming down as sleet. Little close up view across allentown that area of sleet just north of allentown mixing to the rain and to the south. Rain will be the big story pretty much everywhere south of 78 tomorrow morning. Right now just light rain in philadelphia and light rain in upper montgom