Those new members, richie torres, in a few minutes. This is democracy as its supposed to work. Those, who the people elected, replacing those who were voted out n three days well see an exercise in how democracy is not supposed to work. A group of 12 republican senators will join 100 of their house colleagues to object to duly certified electors in several states that donald trump lost, losses that cost him the election. Those Republican Voters of congress will sign on to the president s false claims of Election Fraud in a move that is once again shattering norms in this country. I think we, in congress, have an obligation to do something about that. We have an obligation to protect the integrity of the democratic system. What youre seeing is a bunch of senators vying to see who is going to be the biggest suckup to the trump voters. This was started when the Mainstream Media stopped, dropped any pretense of being unbiased and chose sides during this election. This fight was started whe
Speaker is ancient history. Its a day old. Ancient history, that he is not mad at the speaker. Hes pleased with the outcome. There will be a vote friday on the 9 billion for the Flood Insurance program and on january 15th on the 51 billion. But lets get to the larger question. Is there some sort of split in the republican party, something weve sort of seen signs of over this entire fiscal cliff debate . Well, i think it would be too simplistic to say there is a split. There are definitely those that are more pragmatic than others, as there is in the Democratic Party as well, but when youre the party that controls the white house, you have to fall in line. The republicans are a little out in the wilderness. They only control 1 3 of the three parts of government and they feel like theyre being ganged up on, so to speak, the fiscal cliff and then you have some pork stuff you just mentioned in your leadin they want to tracy and then youve got this debt extension coming up in february which
More done. Danielle nottingham reports from capitol hill. Reporter the 113th congress opened today with dozens of new members. Former congressmen jim nustle says the first order of business is basic. Where is my new committee, the office, the bathroom. Reporter the new congress is one of the most diverse ive recollected including a diverse ive recollected including elected including women. The challenges are enormous. What just happened with the debt and deficit and taxes, that doesnt go away. Reporter the 113th Congress Begins work after one of the least productive terms in history. The last group passed just 151 bills, the fewest in 65 years. That Left Congress with an Approval Rating of 10 last year, lower than past Approval Ratings for the i. R. S. , lawyers, and even paris hillton. Just lake is starting his first day in the jus lake is starting his first day in the senate. He believes the fiscal cliff fight was a preview of the things to come. This will not be the last high wire a
Quick look at temperatures this morning. Down to 32 in frederick and culpeper. La plata is 33. Were at 39 in d. C. Monika samtani, tgif. Oh absolutely. Everybody and actually the roads are a good reflection of what it looks like early on a friday morning. Im happy to say. Things look good if youre planning to head around the beltway south side of town through oxon hill route 4, route 5, route 301. Everything is running smoothly no issues to report from Upper Marlboro as well. A live look at the beltway at pennsylvania avenue. And if youre heading southbound here or northbound through Prince Georges County, this is what you have to deal with. Not much at all. Well go back to the maps this time to the other side of town, no problems to report as you come in on the beltway. Outer loop side and a live look one more time outside and were going to take a look at the American Legion bridge. West seed of the town here across the side of town here across the river. Back with more traffic at 5 0
Bit and talk about another yellow alert for tomorrow. And topper, we want to take a look outside. Those pictures out of leesburg look rough. Take a look at our own weather terrace. Its raining. Not so rough. We can hear it outside. We can certainly feel and sounds like quite a storm. But there it goes. All right, a man being investigated for a possible link to three shocking murders in our neighborhood was indicted on gun charges today. His name is charles severance. You know this face. He is linked to the deaths of three prominent local Community Members in alexandria. Ruth anne legado, and nancy dunning, the wife of then, alexandria sheriff, jeff dunning. There were some dramatic reactions announced stowed in announced ctoday along a notorious dangerous section of route 1 in college park. All were pedestrians run down by drivers late at night. Scott broom is there to report on major safety announcements that are going in before the university of maryland goes back into session. In sh