In alexandria. We just unanimously passed the majority leaders resolution. All of us are praying for the safe recovery of our friend and colleague, majority whip Steve Scalise, and others who were injured yesterday. Steve is the majority whip. Im the minority whip. We are therefore in some respects adversaries. But we are also friends. And i am keeping him, his wife, jennifer, and their children in my thoughts today. Mr. Speaker, as you probably know, steve loves baseball. Of us have seen the broad smile on his face as hes taken to the field as a pinchrunner in games past. Wearing his university of louisiana jersey and scoring runs for his republican team. Im saddened and i know all of us are that we wont be able to see him on the field today running, hitting, scoring. But, mr. Speaker, we know that steves a fighter. And im sure well be seeing him running the bases again at next years congressional baseball game. Mr. Speaker, tonight im going to wear a tshirt. On that tshirt it says, t
The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Almighty god, thank you for giving us another day. In your presence, dark nights of challenges are dispelled by the dawn of your love and you know our needs before we express them. Thank you for daily providing our lawmakers with guidance and strength. E pause to thank you for the courage and Sacrificial Service for our Capitol Police. Forgive us when we take their daily Courageous Service for granted. Forgive us, also, when we seem to forget that words matter and can become seeds that will bring a bitter harvest. Bring speedy healing to our brother Steve Scalise and all those injured in yesterdays shooting. Bring peace and solace to all those affected by yesterdays tragedy. Today, use the members of this peoples house as part of your peace, bringing unity from division, light from darkness, from m sadness and hope despair. Dear god, continue to bless america
Work and school could be tough. Up in the sierra, it will be a busy weekend with so many people heading to the resorts for the long weekend. Some schools have a ski week next week. Operators of the oroville dam says it should withstand the next round of storms. Highway 37, crews are building up a steel and concrete barrier to prevent flooding between 101 and atherton avenue in novato. It has been a week, gentlemen. It has been a week. It wont be over. Right. Come monday, after the weekend, right back to it. The way that steve is talking about the weather system. You mentioned novato and 37th. Right. Atherton has become highway 37. It is a nightmare. I know some people up there. It is like when is this going to end. Fix it. They want to elevate that little part of the roadway, mike and gasia, to make sure that just a few inches would be a big deal. They need money and dry weather to do that. Right. Okay. We will talk about that. Also 17 were keeping an eye on coming up from the south ba
Significant facial injuries and injuries to his arms and legs and his friends, well, theyre stunned. The familiar garage door that fronts east bristol street at neilson was closed on monday. Ominous sign something was very wrong. The man who works in that garage day and night lay in hospital bed his neighbors stunned. Thats crazy its too close to my house. I got kids here. Reporter somebody breaking in like that tying somebody up . Right. Thats crazy. Reporter 50yearold paul mayor was working in his garage repairing motors late friday with the door open. Two gunmen bound him with electrical tape. They took him to the second floor rear bedroom. They bludgeoned him, pistol whipping him. Reporter badly beaten victim remained bound and gagged his brother discovered him sunday afternoon more than 40 hours later and raced him to the hospital. Its not clear whether anything was stolen a bloody pellet gun was left behind at the scene. Does it appear to be some sort of planned attack. This crim
18 in saint davids. 21 in center city. 19 in glassboro. 21 in smyrna. 20 in vineland and 22 inwoodbine, 19 innton. High pressure control. The good news with an area of hi winter season it will feel better. Even though the temperatures are becau angle of the sunin the sky as opposed to january or and cold, 39 degrees is the forecasted the wind diminish this afternoon. Start tomorrow were in the 50s again. When i come back in just a few minutes well talk about the warmer temperatures in the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast. Thank you. Of course our overnight frigid temperatures are blamed for sending a woman to the hospital with hypothermia. That woman who is in her 50s was septa rushed to the a homeless what caused reporter out inr eighbors and freds time. Th first abbey sec we made a difference the good thing no of one philadelphia street this morning. The action cam was on the 1900 block of cambridge street in fairmont section of the city where the large heavy facing at the top