Burgdorf. We begin in washington, d. C. Where lawmakers are one step closer to avoiding a second Government Shutdown with under 48 hours to go until that deadline. The house approved a continuing resolution to fund the government yesterday and a 245182 vote. The bill keeps the lights on until march 23 and fully funds the department of defense for the remainder of the fiscal year. It also includes two years of funding for Community Health centers and extends several expiring health care programs. The measure now heads to the senate where leaders are expected to rewrite the bill to not only avoid the shutdown, but also get a longer term budget deal in place. Leaders are working to finalize the plan. That is expected to include a defense spending boost demanded by President Trump as well as an increase in domestic programs sought by the democrats. But Mitch Mcconnell and Chuck Schumer both gave optimistic outlooks about reaching a final deal. Watch this. Senator schumer and i had a good m
And south korea are talking and missile tests have stopped is encouraging. I think it will be good. Why did it take 11 years to get to this historic moment . Were not going to be played. Well hopefully make a deal. If we dont, thats fine. Good morning to you. So we have merkel and macron, a dictator to a doctor, a rapper to a russian lawyer, and a lot of people saying its been a heck of a week for President Trump. And maybe thats just the opening act. Look at you with the il iteration. That was nice. Nice. The president returns to one of his favorite settings, the campaign trail, today. He has a reelection rally and is previewing a speech on twitter. Its got the attacks on russia, the investigation at least. Robert mueller and democrats. Cnns abby phillip is live in washington. Well start there. We know how much the president really loves these rallies. But there are some minimum wage par developments in the russia some major developments in the russia investigation hell have to addres
LOWELL Kate Keefe, a community school manager at Lowell High School, spoke during the public budget hearing of the School Committee on Saturday to make a direct appeal to the body: Please don’t cut my job.