meantime, it did approve a bill that will ban both individuals and firms not paying taxes from getting future government grants. gretchen: as promised, brian is now over at the sports area to tell us about sports. brian: as it relates to what happened in boston. the city of boston made it very clear that there was a cowardly attack and they will not change their traditions. despite the terrorist attack on monday, the 2014 boston marathon will go ahead as planned. they say the race is an integral part of the history of the city and committed to continuing the tradition. plan on a lot more security. 26 or 28 miles worth. the heavy hearts in the boston red sox took to the field against cleveland. against their long-time manager. they secured a win. a moment of silence was held before the game. and sweet caroline was played overt p.a. during warm-ups and
hour, the fate of new orleans can rest on the system of levees and flood gates designed to protect the city from the coastal waters in the mississippi river. since hurricane katrina hit 7 years ago, to the day, folks, we are only a couple of hours shy the system has been repaired, modernized at a cost of nearly $1 billion tax dollars. it is not sure at this time whether or not the upgraded 24 pump stations will be able to keep up with the heavy rainfall that isaac might drop. it s a slow-moving storm. right now the national hurricane center saying 7 miles per hour, moving north. big. 200 miles wide. joining me on the phone from new orleans, ken holder, very well known from the army corps of engineers. great to have you here. thank you so much. thanks for having us. i know, in the heat of battle, sometimes it s easy to lose focus. it s 14.6 billion overall for the system. that s yeah, 133 miles worth
grand total after 20 years, a whopping 4 million tabs. wow. daryl johnson arranged the tabs on a string that could stretch across 47 football fields almost four miles worth. that is amazing. johnson cashed in the 1800 pounds of tabs at a recycling plant. but he s not keeping a dime of it. he s donating all of it, all $1200 to the ronald mcdonald house. isn t that wonderful? clearly, he could haven t consumed that many drinks, sodas, over that period of time. he must have collected them from every person he knew. impressive. nice work. worked really hard. impressive. nice work, dude. we ll be right back with more world news now. i ll be there for you i ll be there for you like i ve been there before like i ve been there before impressive. nice work, dude. we ll be right back with more
decades long in the making. relentless hobby driven by a good cause. a north dakota man turned in his collection of soda can tabs, grand total after 20 years, a whopping 4 million tabs. wow. daryl johnson arranged the tabs on a string that could stretch across 47 football fields almost four miles worth. that is amazing. johnson cashed in the 1800 pounds of tabs at a recycling plant. but he s not keeping a dime of it. he s donating all of it, all $1200 to the ronald mcdonald house. i wonder if he could have consumed that many drinks. he must have collected them from every person he knew. impressive. nice work. worked really hard. impressive. nice work, dude. we ll be right back with more world news now. i ll be there for you i ll be there for you like i ve been there before impressive. nice work, dude. we ll be right back with more
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