From representatives tom price and Keith Ellison. Brown then, president obama sat down with mexicos president elect, enrique pena nieto, this afternoon. One topic for them and for us tonight the war on drugs, on both sides of the border. Suarez as lawmakers talk of reducing the countrys debt, paul solman offers a History Lesson on centuries of federal borrowing. The United States was going into default. We defaulted on many obligations to foreign creditors and to our own soldiers. Brown plus, every month, 1,000 Young Americans are infected with h. I. V. , and most of those with the disease dont even know they have it. Hari sreenivasan looks at a new report from the c. D. C. Thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And w
Middle of town floods at about 13 feet. Youre looking at video from 2005. When that happened, damaging hundreds of buildings and causing millions of dollars of damage. Now the level is about 2 feet but you can bet that people will be keeping a very close eye on those levels as the series of storms roll in. Lets head to cate caugiran with more storm coverage. Reporter Elissa Harrington, now the rain is actually showed up, seeing a little bit of let up for a little bit but the wind is definitely here for sure. Take a look at those trees and the flag. High strong winds are here at the Richmond San Rafael bridge. The National Weather service says wind will pick up to 45 to gust of 65 miles an hour. The combination of wind and rain is dangerous especially with the cars on the road and officers say its best to drive slowly like youre in fog and ice. Trucks and highprofile vehicles should be careful on the bridges. The roads change with these conditions. We are expecting a large amount of wat
Kansas. Wichita, 14 inches. Thats the most theyve seen in more than 50 years. Inches piling up in omaha and st. Louis. 1,000 plows are working in kansas alone, but its doing little to keep drivers from being stranded. Actually, you saw a plow itself getting toppled over. Even the plows are having trouble staying on top of things. Hundreds of flights have been scrubbed. Bill karins will have more for us a little later in weather. Right now, we want to turn to politics. Were now just one week from the automatic cuts that will slash 85 billion from government spending. The Congressional Budget Office estimates the sequester will cost 750,000 jobs and lower Economic Growth by 0. 6 . Dont forget we were negative in gdp in the last quarter. It could mean longer lines at the airport, less funding for teachers, and cuts at the pentagon that Officials Say could hurt national security. Still, the white house and republicans remained lock in a stalemate over how to deal with the sequester. Yester
We start tonight with the tea party and what it does to someone like john mccain. I told you it would come to this and now weve got the proof on camera. A party that spits at its leaders listens only to the loudest, angriest person in the back row. Boehner is nothing to this crowd. It never heard of kantor. Mitch mcconnell, a nobody. What matters to the republican far right are the few to dare to be even further right. Now the Huffington Post editorial director. The 2013 version of john mccain version took on his constituents who looked like a room full of right wing 2010 mccains with their antiimmigrant build a fence talk. Heres a bit of his exchange, if you want to call it that, with angry right wing tea partiers. Why didnt the army go down there and stop em . Because the only thing that stops em, im afraid to say, and its too damn bad, but is a gun. Thats all that will stop em. The border is 2,000 miles long, sir. I dont know how many troops and army people you think would have been
And now weve got the proof on camera. A party that spits at its leaders listens only to the loudest, angriest person in the back row. Boehner is nothing to this crowd. It never heard of kantor. Mitch mcconnell, a nobody. What matters to the republican far right are the few to dare to be even further right. Now the Huffington Post editorial director. The 2013 version of john mccain version took on his constituents who looked like a room full of right wing 2010 mccains with their antiimmigrant build a fence talk. Heres a bit of his exchange, if you want to call it that, with angry right wing tea partiers. Why didnt the army go down there and stop em . Because the only thing that stops em, im afraid to say, and its too damn bad, but is a gun. Thats all that will stop em. The border is 2,000 miles long, sir. I dont know how many troops and army people you think would have been required. I dont know how many you think would be required, but ill give you expert information that shows you tha