Net worth for a member of the house, is that number plus 1 million. Almost exactly. Those are the numbers if you round to the nearest thousand, these are the act numbers. And the bottom number there, thats from the center for responsive politics, thats the median net worth for this freshman slash of members of congress. Its weird, right . Its almost uncanny, theres almost exactly a 1 million increment in net worth between the wealth of americans and the wealth of american representatives in congress. Congress is really rich compared to the rest of the country. It has been that way for a long time. And the disparity has been getting worse for a long time. Between 1984 and 2009, the wealth of an average American Family actually declined slightly. But the median net worth of a member of congress, more than doubled over that time. And congress not only keeps getting richer over time, theyre now getting richer faster. The median net worth of incoming members of congress, that net worth is e
Closer and closer to a Government Shutdown. Some fear mongers are saying the shutdown will be the end of the world as we get it. We even have a countdown clock. The odds of a severe long lasting shutdown are less than the odds of ari not saying something awkward in the next hour. Awkward. What will happen well played. What will happen if the government shuts down and how close are we to that really happening . Lets start with nbcs own luke russert. What do you think . Reporter well, toure, john boehner is in an extremely difficult position. Hes been boxed in by the more conservative element of the house gop conference. They say they will not fund the government unless the president S Health Care law is completely defunded. The government passed a clean bill now in the hands of the house. Were unclear as to what path hell take. He can attach a conservative amendment to make it more friendly for conservatives or pass the clean one or one week to two week delay. But no one necessarily kno
Down by police in missouri. Hundreds of residents take to the streets. A typhoon strikes japan, a million scrom ble to evacuate. Good morning and welcome to al jazeera, live from new york city. The u. S. Says its in for the long haul in a battle for iraq. More air strikes on saturday. Jet fighters took out vehicles filled with weapons used. Kurdish forces helped thousands of the Yazidi Community flee. This after being trapped on a Desert Mountain top. All this is happening while president obama refused to set a timetable for the u. S. s involvement. As tom ackerman reports, beating back the rebels will not be easy. President obamas top Foreign Policy policemen was to keep the u. S. Forces pledge was to keep the u. S. Forces out of iraqment now hes the fourth to order rehabilitation. This time, he says, to save the yazidi, and protect u. S. Personal from the is group. Asked whether hed understatement the Islamic State fighters he said. Theres no doubt that there movement has been more r
For the white house. All agree that people should not be using marijuana and driving. Reporter a new roll for police in colorado trying to spot motorists driving under the influence of pot. Good morning and welcome to Al Jazeera America, im stephanie sy. Ukraine is in the middle of a tug of war between russia and western allies but a symbolic vote is threatening to redale a diplomatic resolution and in crimea they voted to reunite with russia. Next week voters there will decide whether to do so in a referendum and russia says it will support the peoples decision. The sus slapped a visa ban on officials and president obama followed with an order laying ground work for sanctions and eu suspended visa talks with moscow and threatened to impose travel bands and freeze assets and cancel a summit with russia. For the second time in a week president obama and putin spoken the phone and mr. Obama urging there putin to hold direct talks with ukraine and we have coverage on the situation in ukra
Dramatic video into our newsroom at had hour as firefighters respond to an intense house fire that left one person dead overnight. Tonight i propose working with states to make high quality preschool available to every single child in america. Laying out his plan to reignite the middle class. President obamas vision for america with the state of the union. Good morning everyone. Im aaron gilchrist. Im eun yang. Welcome to news4 today for this wednesday, february 13th, 2013. Were watching the weather again at this hour as another winter system heads towards the region and it could be bringing snow. Storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is here with what you can expect. Tom, good morning. Good morning. Right now, we have clouds on the increase. Theyve been rolling in here in the last hour or so. Its still mostly clear, western, northern suburbs. All cloudy south and west of us. Thats ahead of the precipitation thats not going to move in until this afternoon. No travel problems weatherwi