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Seriously injured but his injuries were told are not lifethreatening. Hes now recovering in the hospital. He was talking here on the scene. The three suspects as i said were taken in to custody. The original shooting a few blocks away from here, police say they were shooting at someone they knew who was not hit by gunfire. The investigation in to that shooting is continuing at this hour. Were live in the bronx, josh einiger, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you. Were going to turn now to cc sabathia. The yankees say the star will not be pitching in the postseason. In a most personal statement this afternoon, this lifetime athlete explaining his life is more important than his baseball life. Quoting now, it hurts me deeply to do this now, he said, but i owe it to myself and my family to get myself right. We have two reports tonight. Eyewitness news report er jim dolan has reaction from yankees fans but well begin our coverage with rob powers and the announcement from the yankees. Its no
Start on an issue that all of us i think are coming together on, no matter what party were in, and thats whats been happening to our military families. On sunday, as noted by the senator from kansas a few moments ago, Sergeant Patrick hawkins from carlisle, pennsylvania, was killed in action in afghanistan when his unit was attacked with an i. E. D. He was moving to the aid of a wounded range whefers killed. Due to the shutdown, Sergeant Hawkins family cannot receive the death benefit freu providedo soldiers to cover the funeral and burial expenses. Today im joining theest of a number of im joining the effort after number of senators in a letter to senator hagel to provide the death benefit to the family of Sergeant Hawkins and other families. I no he that the president is working on this issue, is working with the office of mangtsd and budget in the Defense Department on a solution to this problem. Mr. President , ill move to the question of where we are now. This is a shutdown brough
Oklahoma. The chaplain lets pray. Father, i thank you for the heroic leadership that this house of representatives has exemplified in the past week during this present crisis. I thank you for the late nights, i thank you for their heroic efforts to seek compromise. But i thank you for the Creative Solutions theyve proposed. Lord, at present there is no solution. And so today, father, we confess our desperate need for you. We joyfully conquer that you are the source concur that you are the source of wisdom and all strength resides with you. You are the author of unity, even when parties are in conflict. We ask you that you would grant supernatural breakthrough. Where there is no way forward, we pray that you would forge a way. When negotiations break down, please grant fresh ideas for debate. We ask this, lord, for your glory and for the good of the American People. We pray this in jesus name, men. The speaker the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces
Speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2013, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour ebate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip each, to five minutes but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. Thompson, for five minutes. Mr. Thompson thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, try and leave this world a little better than you found it, those were the words of robert powell, founder of the world scouting movement. This was a message to all scouts that was found among his papers after his passing in 1941. Im a scouter, mr. Speaker. Its part of who i am both as an american and an elected official proudly representing pennsylvanias fifth distri