As we begin this new legislative year, we can now look ahead from sandy, ahead from the national recession, to a brighter day for new jersey. The author bern williams once said, man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit. For all i have seen and experienced as your governor in this extraordinary year, one experience will be indelibly etched in my memory. Her name is ginjer. As i walked around the parking lot of the Fire Department in Port Monmouth in one of the days soon after sandy had laid waste to so much of our state, i saw so many of the scenes that i had come to expect in the aftermath of the storm neighbors helping neighbors, food being prepared for the hungry, First Responders helping the homeless. Then i met 9yearold ginjer. Having a 9yearold girl myself, her height and manner of speaking was immediately familiar and evocative. Having confronted so many crying adults at that point i felt ready to deal with anything. Then ginjer looked at me, began to cry and
Organization oh z work and why they are hoping the 113th will shift to the left. An upcoming budget battles between president obama and the 113th congress. After that, looking at the tenure of House Speaker john boehner and what his legacy will be. Plus your emails, phone calls, on cspan. [applause] Chris Christie delivered his state of address today and discussed Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts. The house is expected to vote on an additional 51 million in the package. This comes courtesy from the statehouse in trenton. This is 45 minutes. [applause] [applause] thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you all very much. Thank you. Thank you all very much. Lieutenant governor guadagno, madam speaker, mr. President , members of the legislature, fellow New Jerseyans, since George Washington delivered the first state of the union in new york on this day in 1790, it has been the tradition of executive leaders to report on the condition of the nation
Flu cases in maryland and virginia are widespread and in the District Of Columbia they are reporting three times the number of flu cases than they did last year. Reporting live in arlington, suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. Our Team Coverage of the flu outbreak continues. Well take a look at the cost of the flu for businesses. A standoff with police turned deadly in frederick overnight. Police were searching for a man who was believed to commit a burglary. The man appointmented a shotgun at the officers and brad bell as the latest. That young man, still a teenager, died as a result of gunshots fired by Sheriff Deputies. The sheriff said that the men had no choice. Family kid. They cant understand how he could have been shot and killed by a swat team in his own bedroom. Im going to make one statement, the Police Killed my grandson. He was a nice little kid. There was nothing wrong with him. The man said he was the urching. They spoke to us where vail lived with his mother. The sheriffs depu
Minority party. Which our base will be out voting. We think a big republican vote, a split democratic party, the perfect storm we need to win. And how much do independents make up in the county, and are they key to a victory . . Very important. They have a key. Theres about 125,000 registered republicans. Approximately 345,000 democrats, and maybe 160,000, 170,000 independents. They ary crucie yre crucial fo. You mentioned a contentious democratic ballot. I thought he would win, but whatever you have an incouple bn bent challenged by two challengers, they divide up the vote. But they got 6,000 or 7,000 more than leggett combined. So more people voted against ike leggett than for him in the primary. . We should mention for our viewers, he was the guest last week. Thank you for coming in. Weve got you back to back. Does it make it easier to run against an incumbent . Yes, because we can point to things that we think the public is against. We can point to his record, and we can say that f
[ no audio ] state and highway crews say it will be like this for several more hours as they try to clean up after a three vehicle crash involving a truck. Delia goncalves was on the scene since early this morning and she has the latest right now. Reporter firefighters at the West Lanham Hills fire station just getting word of the overnight crash that injured four of their fellow firefighters. Thankfully three have been released from the hospital, but one man is still in tough shape. In the darkness of the overnight hours, it was hard to see the wreckage behind the flashing lights but it was bad. Three vehicles, all overturned on the beltway by route 50. A fire engine on its side. Its unusual to have an accident of this severity where the fire truck is actually moving and struck by another vehicle. The county Police Accident Investigation Team has taken the lead. Were figuring out what happened. Reporter the chief says the fire engine was traveling on the inner loop of the beltway retu