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This is al jazeera america. Live from new york city. Im tony harris, and we begin in washington the 114th congress is in session. And already in its first showdown with president obama lawmakers were sworn in on capitol hill for a new term. [ gavel ] senate will come to order. For the first time in eight years the republicans control the senate and the house. The first item, the keystone pipeline. The white house has come out swinging saying president obama will not sign it. Libby casey joins us live now from capitol hill, libby, the warning comes on what is usually a day of camaraderie and pageantry. And there was a lot of celebration today tony, as members of congress soaked in this experience, many of them surrounded by family members and some here for the first time. There was no delay though, in getting right into the thick of the fight and its a battle that highlights what well see happen over the next two years. Familiar faces but with new power. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcc
What happened is we rescued the School Systems. That is not an exaggeration. We did it. What ended up happening . Not totally because of that but now we have the highest Graduation Rate of over 80 for the First Time Ever and we have a dropout rate among blacks and hispanics that has dropped over 25 since you guys started running the show. Nobody knows that. It is like a tree falling in the forest. Anybody come up to you and say lately, thank you, you did a great job on the dropout rate . Thank you, you rescued my school . We upgraded our infrastructure. The largest public works project contained within a recovery act in history. Bigger than eisenhowers interstate highway program. 15,000 new projects, 42,000 miles of new roads, and 7700 bridges. 700 Drinking Water systems upgraded. I could go on and on. Providing broadband across america and in the process, we created hundreds of thousands of jobs just doing the project and it created a virtuous cycle. When youre building the bridge in
Abc7 news starts right now with live, breaking news. And that news is out of pacifica. The crews crews are rescuing someone at the bottom of a cliff. We go live with the latest on this. You can see the firefighters and the police just rigged a man up from the side of the cliff. They just completed this rescue. They are making sure he gets some medical attention because we are not sure how this person got down the edge of the cliff. I did speak to the woman who called 911. She told me around 9 00 tonight she was out on a walk. She heard a man scream help. She coobt see anything. She coobt see anything. Police and firefighters did arrive and they were able to locate the man on the side of the cliff. Again, we dont know how he got down there, but you can see they were able to rig him up. We are not sure what his condition is at this time. But that is what has happened here tonight. Reporting live in pacifica, abc7 news. Thank you for the breaking news. And now the search for a smooth crim
Know better sleep with sleep number. Abc7 news starts right now with live, breaking news. And that news is out of pacifica. The crews crews are rescuing someone at the bottom of a cliff. We go live with the latest on this. You can see the firefighters and the police just rigged a man up from the side of the cliff. They just completed this rescue. They are making sure he gets some medical attention because we are not sure how this person got down the edge of the cliff. I did speak to the woman who called 911. She told me around 9 00 tonight she was out on a walk. She heard a man scream help. She coobt see anything. She coobt see anything. Police and firefighters did arrive and they were able to locate the man on the side of the cliff. Again, we dont know how he got down there, but you can see they were able to rig him up. We are not sure what his condition is at this time. But that is what has happened here tonight. Reporting live in pacifica, abc7 news. Thank you for the breaking news.