1800. Our guide as park ranger matthew. We are standing in the old house of representatives a building we Call Congress hall, although originally was billed as a county courthouse for philadelphia for most of its history, thats exactly what it was. But in the years that the city of washington d. C. Is being built, philadelphia serves as our temporary u. S. Capital. This room serves for the house of representatives, the second floor of the building we will see in a moment was United States senate, the house of representatives each representative at that point in our history represented 30,000 people. We had a population in our first census of about three and three quarters of 1 million. We had 106 members of the house, that would sit in this room. And eventually from 16 states, and the story of philadelphia as the u. S. Capital is a story that were taking a new constitution and actually operating it, doing things like adding new states to the original 13. Also, the bill of rights would
And like all of that travel. [inaudible] [inaudible conversations] and did not think this to be so full. Okay, good afternoon everybody. Well, as suspected the republicans approve this afternoon this whole impeachment wasnt nothing more than a political show. The problem was they were not prepared. We had offered to have an open and public debate and votes on multiple resolutions by republicans. Rather than taking that time to hold the debate republicans is imperative they denied their fair and reasonable offer did not seem to know what to do. Since day one how frivolous we felt very strongly we had to set a precedent and impeachment should never be used to settle policy disagreements. I felt that very strongly. You will recall. There policy disagreements. In disastrous precedents to congress. To throw our systems and balance and shoot cycles of chaos. Any time the house would want to shut the senate down they can send over another impeachment resolution. And could create frivolous imp
And check traffic. Remember, games start today for the ncaa tournament. March madness kicking off in raleigh. Pnc arena, first game starts 12 40 this afternoon. Parking lots open two anda half hours before each game. Cars and vans, it will cost 20 to park. Im expecting a lot of congestion around pnc arena so if you dont have to be in that area i would avoid it at all costs. Lets look outside, this is i 440 and looks like sunnybrook road, more cars coming out if youre getting ready to head out, no accidents on the major thoroughfares. Another update on traffic and weather in 10 minutes. Right now were tracking new developments in the arrest of a protester at a recent donald trump rally. You will remember the incident that happened last week in fayetteville after this video you see here made national headlines. The Cumberland County sheriff even considered charging donald trump for the violence. His own deputies are in trouble for the arrest. Cbs North Carolinas emma wright is in studio
Association manufacturers association. Remember the ipad wasnt invented when adsb cannot. There some type of lower cost of ice that could be like our cell phone. General scovel, the faa seems to be behind on issuing rulings on drones and integrating uas, uab, whatever want to call them, integrating them into the airspace. How far behind on the no . Are behind. They are behind the mandate established by congress in the last reauthorization from 2012. We should say we really mean it this time. Well, yes absolutely. And it would certainly help everybody if the agency listened. Faa was slow in designating its sites, six of them. They were finally designated, again for switzer congressional authorization or mandate, but we have found that the agencys plans to develop data and to learn from the results that accrue from operations at these test sites have not been prepared to the agency satisfaction. And certainly not to the needs of the burgeoning industry. When it comes as well to gathering
We are now going to go to wolf blitzer who has got the very latest and all of the updates on the fiscal cliff. Wolf . Deb, thanks very much. Happening now, a fiscal cliff hanger. The Senate Bipartisan bill faces a very uncertain future in the republicanled house. Our speaker has said, when senate acts, we will have a vote in the house. That is what he said. That is what we he can be pekt. That is what the American People deserve. But is a sudden rift in the Republican Leadership putting it all in jeopardy . Also, were breaking down the deal on the table right now. Were going to show you how it impacts view your bottom line. And what about the secretary of state . Her dangerous blood clot. What could that mean for Hillary Clinton and her political future . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Right now were following breaking news. All eyes are in the house of representatives where lawmakers are weighing the future of a bill thats now effectively a fiscal cliff fix. No vote has