Specifically blamed mcconnell for his push not being successful. The truth is if the majority leader hadnt opposed us we could have insisted that iran recognizes israels right to exist and released its hostages before any sanctions are lifted. He told reporters. More now on whats in store for the senate from a capitol hill reporter. Good morning to you. Good morning. Explain this criticism and where it came from . Has this been long simmering between senator ted cruz and the Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell . Yes, to answer you briefly. Cruz is running a campaign that is essentially running against republicans in washington and trying to showcase himself as the conservative leading the charge against what he considers the washington cartel. They have been fighting over strategy ranging over the budget conference in 2013. The Government Shutdown in 2014. There was a fight over immigration at the end of last year. We have numerous tactical battles. This is the latest example of that. They
Ninetys in dover. Due points are dropping. Dew point in the city down to 57, dew point in reading is 55. But off to the south, this area that we have circled that is where humidity is. Dew points in the 60s and 70s across south jersey and delaware and storms will fire up, that is where would it happen. The heres 8 00 p. M. With the scattered showers and thunderstorms down the shore and through delaware beaches. The at 1 00 a. M. Millville, down toward dover and shower and storms, off the coast and we will clear things out just in time for your wednesday, a beautiful cooler day then cloud creep in late thursday, and then that system could bring chance for some much needed rain to the area, ill have more on that and significant, cool down that occurs with that cloud cover and chance of rain by the even of the workweek, for now, back inside to you. See you shortly. Day three of the eagles Training Camp and today team moved practice over to lincoln financial field for the fans. Eagles nati
Storm. But we are just a few hours from the big time rains. Youre right. Giving you a live look at key west where the rain bands are already moving over florida and the winds are beginning to pick up. It is skirting right loopg the coast along the coast line of cuba. It has weakened a little bit with winds sustained at 130 miles an hour with a westerly movement at about 12 miles an hour. Over the next 24 hours as it gets back over the warm ocean water, it is expected to intensify once again. We are looking at a bunch of adviseries in place. Here is a look at the path. It shifted a little east and then is was right smack along the straight of the peninsula and now it is a little west. Now the models indicate it will be on the west edge of florida as it moves ashore. As far as the timing on this, hopefully it will not gain much strength but it is expected to come on shore as a category 4 as early at 2 tomorrow morning. It could be delaid by just a little bit and it will workets way up to
Comedians too politicals political . Republicans can call 2027488001. Democrats can call 2027488000. An independents, 2027488002. You can also reach us on social media on twitter cspanwj and on facebook. Com cspan. About how latenight comedians are taking on politics. Stephen colbert took on Steven Mnuchin and Rex Tillerson. The hill reports he opened his show saying he is concerned about secretary of state Rex Tillerson and goes on to say colbert poked fun at tillersons press conference where he denied he was considering leaving the white house, but declined to comment on allegations the president called him a mo ron. The comedian took jabs at the reported suicide pact tillerson has with defense secretary james mattis and treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin, with each party vowing to leave if one of them is ousted. Thats when you know things are going great at the workplace when people start forming suicide pacts, colbert said sarcastically. Theyve also agreed that if none of them are w
Medical professionals who treat addiction, lawmakers from hard hit areas, we want to in just a little bit. Well open our phone lines and you how the Opioid Epidemic is affecting you personally, first, part of our conversation from the author of he book dream land, the true tale of americas opiate epidemic. I want to ask you about something you wrote on your blog. Days g about heroin these is another way of writing about america. Who we are and what weve become. That. Ou explain sure. I began, it began to occur to me as i began to write. In the middle of this project, and i began to wonder this problem was affecting appalachian, but why it was affecting charlotte and salt lake and places that did very well in the last 20 to 30 years, not rustbelt areas at all. Common denominator . I began to understand that the denominator was our own isolation and that you were really writing about much bigger than simply Drug Trafficking. My background is as a crime thought i was writing a book about