Trying to elevate things to another level as we do every day on good day dc. Today its flat out freezing up there. Need to warm it up a level. And send blankets asap. Thursday december 28th, 2017. If you have any goals you set at the beginning of the year you best to get them done. Four days. Hurry up. Also ahead this morning the mad dash to pre pay next years property tax before those new tax laws kick in and as if its not already confusing enough, the irs may have just added some extra drama. Well tell you why coming up in a live report. Try to sort it all out. Very confusing. Good luck. It is confusing. I dont even really understand all the different rules. I dont think irss does either to be honest with you. First we got to talk about the weather were in store for the coldest december day. Really a decade when the ball drops in times square for details tuck, tell us to bundle up and stay in and watch the ball drop on tv this year. Distracted by the g. J giles band in my ear. Freeze
Quakes. Its not a matter of if, its when. Reporter some federal officials believe thats jumping the gun. This is my. 38 smith and w wesson. A fire like this so big and so hot, it seals the earth. Reporter fema spokesperson said the agency is consider concerned about tloflooding in n area and check your insurance policy immediately. It doesnt work that way. Reporter those policies take 30 days to kick in. On this day the assistance policy from the federal government taking center stage. Homeland security secretary rolling into town. It was very important for me to come out myself and see the damage and have the opportunity to learn from folks here what their needs are. Reporter she was asked if the Trump Administration has been an effective job of that. Her response at 6 00. The rain is a welcome sight. The forecast is gloomy in the sierra. Thats todays unofficial description of the snow pack. You can see why. Todays measurement in the usual spot, the snow was patchy instead of several
We will call this hearing to order. Welcome, everyone this hearing is entitled the first power system [inaudible] including the cyclone. I would like to start by calling on the Ranking Member to get her opening statement. Thank you, and good morning to everyone. Im sure senator murkowski will be here shortly. As some people may know, a 7. 2 magnitude earthquake off the coast of alaska impacting kodiak and parts of the Pacific Northwest with tsunami warnings were issued for activities that were expected and those warnings for tsunami waves have been recalled but no doubt, dealing with lots of things this morning related to that and other issues. So i want to thank the witnesses, chairman mcintyre and mr. Walker for being here and many of the staff people that are glad w you are back in operation. We look forward to hearing from all of the witnesses on the subject of the reliability of the grid and its performance. Last year the secretary and staff reviewed the likability in regards of t
Be here shortly. As some people may know, a 7. 2 magnitude earthquake off the coast of alaska impacting kodiak and parts of the Pacific Northwest with tsunami warnings were issued for activities that were expected and those warnings for tsunami waves have been recalled but no doubt, dealing with lots of things this morning related to that and other issues. So i want to thank the witnesses, chairman mcintyre and mr. Walker for being here and many of the staff people that are glad w you are back in operation. We look forward to hearing from all of the witnesses on the subject of the reliability of the grid and its performance. Last year the secretary and staff reviewed the likability in regards of the changing mix and i was relieved when i saw the report in august which i thought was balanced. It distinguished between the reliability and resilience and described the emerging techniques to integrate more Renewable Resources including synthetic and frequency response and also recommended t
Philadelphia tuesday to address the naacp convention. On thursday, he will be the first sitting president to visit a federal prison. Hell tour the el rino federal correctional facility outside of Oklahoma City and discuss changes. We want to begin with this wall street journal headline. New hud rules. The government can withhold moneys from communities that fail to address segregation issues. We want to get your calls as to whether or not you support or oppose this idea. For those who supported we want to begin with this sunday morning editorial from the New York Times. Here is what it says. Thene end of federally financed ghettos. The Supreme Court issued an important ruling what it reminded state and federal government that the fair housing law bars them from spending federal housing money in racial segregation host tell us what you think about these new housing rules put in place by hud. Laura kusisto is following this for the wall street journal. Thank you very much for being with