Series of trials that have been taking place there. Im not going to trespass on the subject matter because jess is going to give us a good taste of what hes been writing about. But i did want to introduce jess, the person. Hes someone i got to know a few years ago when we were both traveling from washington, d. C. To to williamsburg, and the train, amtrak broke down, and we grabbed a car and rode down together and had just an extraordinarily enjoyable time because jess is, as i think most people know, one of the leading legal reporters in the United States. But what they may not know is his, you know, hes a person of extraordinary humor and wit. And so i want to expose a little bit of that to you right now because when he was in college at harvard, he was roommates with, what, peter say gal of, wait, wait, dont tell me. And they were both members of not they were not the harvard crimson crowd, they were the Harvard Lampoon along with the head of the lampoon at that time, conan obrien.
Control of the budget. City College Spokesperson says the school cannot afford to take on more loan autos San Francisco City Attorney herera is front and center in the potentially landmark case of samesex marriage rights. Herera arguing proposition 8 is unconstitution skbral should be overturned. The state ballot measure passed in 2008 banning marriage for samesex couples, advocates hope the case will pave the way for full equality across the country. The Supreme Court scheduled to heart case march 26th. Couples that are committed i think should have the same rights everyone has. She wants that clip removed from an ad by a gay marriage add vos voe cassy group. It features other prominent political figures making public comments. The group says it will remove the comments from the ad campaign. The same cold front that brought Stormy Weather to the bay area is making people miserable in the mid west. The governor of missouri hundreds of flights have been cancel add cross the mid west. Th
England, another one coming out west and cold snap down south. Ginger zee, our inhouse action figure covering it all. I would really like ab action figure doll. Can you find that . We want to start in detroit. On i75 all parts of southeast manager package were a mess. Lakeeffect and some enhanced snow from a little upper air disturbance the either way look what happened. This happened in tloed dough, parts of pennsylvania too so it was not just in michigan but disasterous for the roads, charlotte, north carolina, fasts right, charlotte had three inches of snow. So it was a mess on their roadways too. That is that low pressure system that has now tracked over the ocean and will clip boston and the cape. Its been more than two years by the way since charlotte had that type of accumulating snow. From montauk and providence, hyannis, 6 to 9 inch range. Boston, three to 6 inches a week after we had all the snow last weekend and if you dont have the snow you have the cold. It feels like 16 i
Administration announces the enhanced screening from five airports. They are jfk at newark, ohare in chicago, hartsfieldjackson in larpt. Casy stevens is here with the latest. Reporter brett, good evening to you, that new patient you spoke of is being monitored an tested as we speak. Ironically right here at Health Presbyterian hospital where Thomas Duncan died from the disease early this morning. According to medical providers at an urgent care facility in frisco, texas which is north of dallas, a patient came in there with symptoms and also checked yes to one of the screening questions on recent travel to north africa. So the patient was brought to north texas health hospital. The cdc chief says there are more questions than answers at this hour. This of course comes after Thomas Duncan, the Liberian National who brought ebola to the United States last month lost his battle with the ill js. Four members of his family here in north texas are not of course mourning, but also wondering
Actually said the head of their government today. The only two that didnt were russia and china. They sent their Foreign Ministers instead of their top political leader. Yes, that was meant to be catty and superior but only because International Diplomacy really is just Like High School and it always has been. But even with the chinese and russian mean girls flair for insult today, nobody there voted against this resolution from president obama. President obama personally made the ask for this thing and he got it. That success at the Security Council today followed president obamas other big moment this morning with his big speech on terrorism. A major address from president obama today in which we heard something new from him. He did talk about terrorism in some of the same ways that he has in the past, but he also went much further in terms of sounding very much like a president who is waging a war right now and not a war that he inherited by somebody else and hes winding down, but r