Advocates and educators testifying on childcare access and affordability in the u. S. Before the Senate Health education labor and pensions committee. They discuss expanding childcare access and the impact of available childcare on the economy and training and education requirements for caregivers and educators. This is about two hours. Lets get the show in the. Road Senate Committee on House Institution and labor coming to order. And let me begin by thanking all of our panelists for being here for what will be i think a very important discussion of what tens of millions of families in this country. As the nation, we often talk about family values and how much we love our children. But unfortunately we have a funny way of showing that love. In America Today, we have the highest rates of childhood poverty of almost any major country on earth. And we have if we will be discussing today, a broken its dysfunctional childcare system. It is no great secret thats the psychologists tell us tha
Ice. And flooding. I had to walk through some water. Because halfway up to my knee earlier. As temperatures drop a new threat. When will things start returning to normal . Live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 10 00. One cold night for the thousands still without power and one treacherous drive as a wet turns to ice. The noreaster now pounding new england but its aftermath lives on here. Good evening, im lucy noland. And im iain page. Everyone got a little something, snow, sleet or both. But some got hit worse than others. Heres where we are right now. Philadelphia Public Schools plan to open on time tomorrow. Arch diocesan schools will be open two hour delay. Thousands are without power in new jersey and pennsylvania have lifted their states of emergen emergency. The Weather Authority has been busy now the concern is a possible refreeze. Kathy. Umhmm. Temperatures are falling fast iain. As our storm moves off the coast of new england, we are seeing these whippin
Like its 11. That sustained wind out of the west northwest at 18 miles an hour. Skies are clearing but those whipping winds will continue tonight and even during the day tomorrow. Take look at these impressive storm totals. Poconos pick up the most snow as expected 2 feet and bethlehem over 13inches. Philadelphia at the airport six. Mt. Holly five and hoe kess zen delaware over 4inches of snow. Right now mainly in the 20s right now the poconos at 12. But when you add that wind, it feels like its nine below in the poconos. Seven in pottstown. 14 in millville. It feels like it is only 10 degrees above zero in trenton and its going stay that cold overnight. We have a huge trough that is built in the east and the cold goes all the way down to the deep South Atlanta 34. 32 in raleigh. So its going take a long time to push all this back north as we go hour by hour, we have a partly cloudy sky overnight. Strong northwesterly winds tomorrow gusting to 35 even 40 miles an hour. Creating some sn
Like its 11. That sustained wind out of the west northwest at 18 miles an hour. Skies are clearing but those whipping winds will continue tonight and even during the day tomorrow. Take look at these impressive storm totals. Poconos pick up the most snow as expected 2 feet and bethlehem over 13inches. Philadelphia at the airport six. Mt. Holly five and hoe kess zen delaware over 4inches of snow. Right now mainly in the 20s right now the poconos at 12. But when you add that wind, it feels like its nine below in the poconos. Seven in pottstown. 14 in millville. It feels like it is only 10 degrees above zero in trenton and its going stay that cold overnight. We have a huge trough that is built in the east and the cold goes all the way down to the deep South Atlanta 34. 32 in raleigh. So its going take a long time to push all this back north as we go hour by hour, we have a partly cloudy sky overnight. Strong northwesterly winds tomorrow gusting to 35 even 40 miles an hour. Creating some sn
Daddy will be in the operation. Do not come in. Instant cue. That video was so funny, though, right . Philadelphia schools open this morning but there are some delays . A lot every delays, a lot of late openings. And i think we were talking you will be surprised when you step out. It is not going to be easy today. It will be a rough one. Nasty out there. Yes, i mean talking winds, also talking feelslike temperatures in the Single Digits and teens, so weather by the numbers on a scale of one to ten, today we give it a four. So dealing with the left over snow and ice from yesterday. It is kind of crusted over. But as we look at ultimate doppler, most of the area, we dry and quiet. Do have some patchy flurries out there, also once again, we have the bitter cold air and definitely that snow pack of ice across the area. It is dry. It is quiet right now in old city. Not a lot of folks out and about early at this 4 00 hour. Look at the temperatures, 23 degrees, winds out of the west northwest