Liz time to drain the swamp, congress got a wakeup call about that from president elect trump today, welcome to risk reward. It is day one of americas 115th congress, they were sworn in today. What is first thing that House Republicans do . They under cut president elect trumps vow to drain the swamp by gutting the Ethics Office panel. President elect saying, with all that congress has to work on, do they have to make the weakening of the independent ethic watch dog as unfair as it may be, their number one act and priority . Focus on tax reform, healthcare and so many other things of far greater importantance, drain the swamp. Marcia blackburn just came o the floor, she is joining me now by phone. Good to have you. Thank you. I have been on the floor and voting. Liz here is the thing with this first move to gut the ethics panel. It is taking off on twitter, now a joke that g. O. P. Is acting like it is my party, i will lie if i want to, is this a mistake to gut the ethics panel . Is th
Former governor bush. Yes. I cant think of any other. And marco rubio knows better. Senator rubio, other than schummer and gillibrand, they are the ones that represent more Puerto Ricans in what is called a battleground state. Do you think voters in that state and other battleground states will remember that issue when they go to the polls . Governor padilla let me tell you, if we have an issue, with puerto rican voters in the states, is they are attached to the island. They what they see on tv, puerto rico tv, what they see on the internet, the local newspapers, wapa, the local news, they are not into american politics. With inaction, congress is bringing Puerto Ricans to american politics because they know the crisis. They know the real thing. Of course, they will be an election day in the United States, they will not look to puerto rico in the 11 months. I will do my best for them to register, you bet. [laughter] ill do my best. Everything within my powers. Why has the government of
What do you feel about the Current Supreme Court . Julian bond they are awful. They are not all awful but the majority is awful. I cant quote this exactly so i hope youll understand. You read the decision in the almart case. Justice scalia writes that business is always hire the very best people. [laughter] there is no reason they would not hire the very best people. Therefore the argument the other people are making is nonsense. If you have that kind of reasoning, how can you expect anything but garbage to come out . And garbage came out of him this time and in other decisions they made. It is a bad court. Warren olney they are going to be there for a long time. Julian bond yes they are, they are, unless someone intervenes. [laughter] warren olney you are not talking about the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee . Julian bond no, we are gone. Warren olney what happened to the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee . It became a Different Organization after you found it and no
Im allison kropff. And im ian reitz. Right now, federal offices are closed in dc. And hundreds of flights across the country are still cancelled after the winter storm that pummeled the east coast. The big dig out could take days. But millions of americans will be going back to work today or trying to catch a flight in spite of the elements. 10News Reporter mark rivera is live at Tampa International airport. Hundreds of people stranded in tampa over the weekend are just looking for a new flight to get home. Many of the people i spoke to at t i a had just gotten back from a cruise to belize and mexico over the weekend with their flight to get home cancelled leaving them with no place to go here in tampa. Those folks are going to be out in full force today and take a look at the arrival departure board. Not too bad. Only a handful of flights the hundreds of folks turned away over the weekend be able to get a flight back home now. This is after the huge snow storm that ripped across the n
Morning to you. Welcome to 10 news this morning. Im allison kropff. Im ian reitz. This pig digout could take days. Millions of americans are going back to work today and trying to catch a flight in spite of all those elements. Hundreds of people stranded in tampa over the weekend. We are just trying to get a flight to get home. Reporter yeah, i spoke for a lot of people that actually just got off of a cruise to belize in mexico. Now, they are stuck in tampa, no flights, nowhere to go, no hotel room. Today, there are only a handful of canceled flights at Tampa International airport. Not looking too bad. Question is will the hundreds of thousands of folks turned away over the weekend be able this is after the huge snowstorm that ripped across the northeast. It was recordbreaking snowfall. Folks working that you are hard toast dig out this morning. At least 30 others died across the country because of the storm. D. C. Is at a stand still. Federal offices closed today and other travelers s