from freezing and several of our roadways, major routes, as you mentioned, interstate 10, interstate 20, interstate 40 and other major roadways to try to keep them passable. but all that we do, of course, is then impacted by continuing precipitation. so, the main thing is we ll be out there patrolling, plowing snow and ice as we can, putting materials out to melt the ice that does form and trying to protect the traveling public. and, you know, these ice storms come and go. we know texas has had many of them in the past. where does this rank as far as severity do you fear? this particular storm has been ice so far, and it s not as bad as some we ve had in the past. but anytime we have ice on the roadway, it s a difficult thing. it s unlike snow and travelers seem to have more difficulty with them. we ve already seen several motor vehicle accidents across the state. so, depending on how bad this continues to be, it could get worse, but at this time it s what i would call a medium-siz
they pulled the popular jets from every airshow for every event rest of the year. that saves taxpayers, $20 million. but the blues have been featured at sea at tell s show for 40 years. they to the creative and dug into the general fund to pay for a replacement. a patriot jet team out of california. that cost $80,000. according to planners they re worth every penny. we had to look outside the box and find new ways we can fill the gaps where our government is not able to provide those services. reporter: they are planning to bring in a ship from the canadian navy to replace the u.s. warship that won t be coming this year. the park service decided to save money by plowing snow at yellowstone national park two weeks later than normal. that would delay clearing of four park gates well past the may 1st opening. total savings to taxpayers? $150,000. but would cost the communities of jackson hole and cody, wyoming, a lot more than that because they
the sport utility vehicle was traveling at a high speed when it hit guard rail, flipped over and landed in a pond. two of the eight people did survive and were treated at the hospital and released. it was the deadliest car accident in ohio in years. the vehicle was taken without permission. as the sequester budget cuts go into effect, we re learning more about what specific programs are feeling that pain. members of the military looking to earn a college degree are some of the cuts first casualties. tuition assistance for those in the army and the marines has already been suspended. military flight teams will most likely be no shows at air shows across the country this spring leaving dozens of host cities with smaller crowds and lost tourism dollars for local businesses. visitors to national parks will also soon encounter locked restrooms and fewer park rangers. they have already stopped plowing snow from some roads saving an estimated $30,000 a day. one thing that hasn t been scal
the new reality in the age of austerity and what could be america s first step toward becoming, i hate to say it might be lucky if this is where we end up, considering the policies? this country, like france. federal authorities now investigating whether new york s sanitation workers conspire forward slow down to crime the city s blizzard response. the alleged slow down and purely an allegation at this point, in protest of department cuts to trim some $20 million from the budget. sanitation workers accused of skipping streets, sleeping on the job, even hanging out at dunkin donuts instead of plowing snow. check out the youtube video. there are the city workers there s one right there. after a nice cup of joe. it is around midnight right now. i was here at 7:30 and these trucks were parked in the exact same position. and those sanitation workers in there were also parked in the same position. this just a natural byproduct of trying to save money by
these ballplayers for some reason come back from the united states with a bunch of money and a bunch of violent activity. yeah. and jorge, do we even know if he had some sort of beef with this guy? some of the witnesses who were interviewed say that there was a past history of argument and bad feeling between these people. of course this is normally small towns when you have competition for certain things, maybe even women, so this will be cleared up when he turns himself in. we ll follow the case. jorge pineda calling in. thanks so much. they were supposed to be out plowing snow, not on the way to getting plowed. new york is investigating a report that four sanitation supervisors were actually drinking beer in a sanitation department car monday night instead of cleaning up the snow. the allegation is the latest criticism of the city s handling