Justices of the supreme court, ladies and gentlemen of the virginia General Assembly, i do once again appreciate the opportunity to address you one final time. [applause] gov. Mcauliffe i would be careful. Last year, every republican i gave a shout out, they are not back this year in the chamber. [applause] [laughter] gov. Mcauliffe you guys have done just fine. Seriously, in would let the think speaker bill howell for his many years of service to this commonwealth and to tell him and his family that we are praying for his speedy recovery. [applause] gov. Mcauliffe i would also like to take this opportunity to congratulate you mr. Speaker for your election to this historic office. Congratulations. [applause] gov. Mcauliffe i am so proud to be joined this evening by so may people who have worked tirelessly to help this administration in this commonwealth succeed over the last four years. We have with us, my incredible wife and my better half, the first lady of the commonwealth of virgin
Schumer taking aim at the white house, slamming the president s proposal to cut funding for counterterrorism for new york and other cities, gutting the current 600 million budget. Its been slashed nearly in half to 330 330 million and this couldnt come at a worse time. As terror threats are increasing, as the danger from isis increases, as we hear about loan wolves from one end of the country to the other. Reporter schumer will be joined by the mayor and police and fire commissioners later this morning, calling on the white house to reconsider the proposal for 2017. They say the urban Area Initiative helps with training attacks for police and firefighters. It also helps fund extra patrols. They say the money is neithered to ensure the same needed to ensure the same level of security is maintained. The president in general and were here to tell the bher bureaucrats in washington this will not stand. Go back to the drawing board. Reporter the meeting with city leaders and senator schumer
Attackers, the only one that got away from this devastating attacks on november the 13th that claimed 130 lives. Later this afternoon an explosive belt without the detonator was found. It was discovered by a neighbor who looked inside a trashcan and found it. He called the local counsel and there you go. Authorities discovered it. Now theyre trying to see if theres any connection between that belt and the attacks of november the 13th. But interestingly, cell phone records show that the suspect was actually in the area of a montrouge on the night of the attacks. Theres a theory now that this particular suspect actually decided not to carry out an attack that he was supposed to. That he drove from the north of paris through the city center dumped his belt, and then called two friends from brussels who came and eventually picked him up. Frustratingly, though, he was stopped just short of the belgium border. Police failed to recognize him, and he got away. The theory goes that he may have
State. When we act others follow. Lets shape that action together and fashion a carbon plan suited to the genius and capabilities of our great state. [applause] we can do this. It has already been done successfully in many other places including ten american states and 35 countries. I cannot tell you today what our joint effort we will produce, but i can but i can say that after six years of no progress on this front washingtonians deserve access. And developing my budget i took the same approach of looking to tested solutions for revenue proposals. Has the nations most unfair tax system the nations most unfair tax system from our lowest paid pay nearly 17 percent of there income in taxes and that top 1 percent pay less than 3 percent. A new teacher page three times more in taxes as a percentage than our wealthiest citizens and we no their are many forces driving inequality but we can make policy choices that move us toward an economy that works for all washingtonians work toward a fai
Well, even santa claus is upset. Santa claus showed up on capitol hill wednesday, urging congress and the white house to strike a deal to avoid the looming fiscal cliff before christmas. Its discouraging that our elected leadership in congress cant come together to get the job done for the american people. Reporter both sides say its putting a damper on the holidays. I think its going to be extremely difficult to get it done before christmas. . In anticipation, there is no agreement. Congressional leaders told lawmakers not to make Holiday Travel plans. Were going to stay here right up until christmas eve, throughout the time and period before the new year because we want to make sure that we resolve this in an acceptable way for the american people. President obama and House Speaker john boehner continue to talk. But weve got serious differences. Those differences are already affecting americans. Fed chairman ben bernanke says just the threat of the fiscal cliff is dragging down the e