Theyre leaning toward the Health Care Deal right now. You know what that means, moderates on board, largely moderates, do you keep conservatives on board. Back and forth we have on that. Well explore that. Goes back to socalled issue of preexisting conditions, what is covered and how is it covered, both crucial, as blake burman can tell you he live from the white house. Hi, blake. Reporter two congressman now yeses as they said outside white house, fred upton, billy long, those two are driving this closer to a yes vote in the house. When i was speaking with white house officials earlier this morning. They were a handful of yes votes away. Subtract that by two. This centers around preexisting conditions and new upton amendment which were led to believe will be tacked on to the ahca. Deals with this, in states which governors decide to opt out of preexisting conditions being covered and community rating, in those states there is folks who might have a preexisting condition. If they have
Front runner if not the actual pick. Lets talk about the candidate donald trump, who promised to drain the swamp in washington. At this point, it seems like hes building a team filled with insight. If there was any question about president elect trumps determination to dismantle obama care, his answer is the appointment of congressman tom price as secretary of health and human a Third Generation doctor, price is an outspoken opponent of obamacare at the forefront of the repeal and replace movement. Hes also an advocate of privatizing medicare. Changes that could affect a third of the u. S. Population. Democrats are promising a fight. We say to our republicans who want to privatize medicare, go try it. Make our day. Reporter the president elect elaine chao as secretary. I will not be recusing myself. The president elect has touched off another twitter controversy declaring anyone who burns a flag should face consequences, perhaps loss of citizenship or a year in jail. Not all republican
Commodities will join us. He sees a 40 rally in natural gas. Thats not great if you heat your home with it. He also expects a rally in oil. The northeast is bracing for a massive storm, folk. Could Hurricane Joaquin be another Superstorm Sandy . We certainly hope not but we are tracking it all for you. We begin with investors and theyre beginning the new quarter in the red. The latest disappointing manufacturing data from the ism is adding to the weakness. We have the dow down by 164 points. The s p 500 is currently down by 14 points. And the nasdaq off by 45. Were also watching very closely, folks, over the course of the next few hours yields on the 10year note because were sitting at 2. 032 . So close to dipping back to the 2 even mark, maybe even below it after that is m number. Bob pisani joins us from the floor of the Stock Exchange. Hey there, bob. Well, it started okay, mandy. We kind of gapped up in germany and in the u. S. Lets take a look at the s p 500. But that faded very,
Solve the murder of a teenager. Police say someone shot Anthony Benson on Georgia Avenue friday night. Officers found him near the intersection of georgia and missouri avenues. Benson died. He was from oxen hill. He was 17 years old. 4 31 is our time right now and we are waking up to 64 warm degrees outside. Storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein will tell us about more on our warm weather. Gorgeous yesterday. More of the same today, tom . Yeah the pollen count really jumped. You probably felt it if you were out for a period of time. Were all clear this morning, dont have any rain anywhere in the vicinity. Temperatures are down into the 50s. Shenandoah valley, nearby suburbs. Near 50 in prince georges, fairfax county. A few spots have hit the 40s. Warrenton down to 45. And right around the bay, its generally in the 50s. Pax river at 60 degrees and Reagan National is around 60 as well. Theres the moon lit clear sky to our west. Live view from the tower camera, a cool morning and then an
To check this out, get some eyes on this to see how this progressing throughout the morning. Right now the traffic tracker is on 395. Headed down to 95 and virginia for us. 395 southbound after washington boulevard that crash we have been talking about for a little bit here, all lanes are now open. Nothing else to worry about in that area. Prince georges county into and out of town, no problems. Maryland 95 at 198 also rolling along quite nicely. 66 as youre headed in to town, out of town, we are nice and green. Remember to listen to our friends on wtop when you hop in your car for the latest on traffic. Guys . Thanks, melissa. Its 5 01. Out of wisconsin four people are dead of a shooting on the bridge in the eastern part of that state. Take a look at this new video in. One of the four People Killed is the gunman. One person is in Critical Condition. At this point police say the shooting appears to be a random act of violence. Police say they killed two men outside of a controversial a