Government open or should i say to reopen the government. The White House Position remains the same we will not negotiate the status of 690,000 unlawful immigrants while hundreds of millions of taxpaying americans, including hundreds of thousands of our troops in uniform and Border Agents protecting our country are held hostage by Senate Democrats. We continue to remain anxious to reach a deal on daca, and we look forward to resuming those negotiations as soon as the Senate Democrats rio open the thernment reopen government. The reality that is difficult for Many Americans to understand is if you put forward a bill that continues funding the government, reauthorizes Health Insurance for 9 million children, provides a relief of , democrats and republicans were on a bipartisan basis. The rationale for shutting down the government on a bill that democrats and republicans agree with, on the basis of saying that we will not negotiate, we will not reach a resolution to open the government un
Protect National Parks and were nongovernmental, Nonprofit Organization and weve been at it for almost 100 years now. Host one thing the association when topics of shutdown come in, what was it like this time around for National Parks, compared to the last shutdown in 2013 . Guest it was difficult, the last shutdown lasted a couple weeks and everything was shut down. This shutdown was difficult, it wasnt quite clear what was going to happen and of course it was a shorter time period, we still had about a third of National Park units shut down. You also have reports of graffiti and looting in the parks and just in two days, saw trash building up and many things happening inside parks. With a third of the parks closed, a lot of visitors were shut out. Host when a shutdown happens, no staff on National Parks to help with guides or safety or things like that . What is the scope . Guest typically, the guides are not essential, they dont consider them essential, visitor centers, bathrooms ar
Texas today. While in dallas, hell get a hurricane update. The president cant escape the civil war of words between him and members of his own party. Reporter arizona senator jeff flake says his decision to retire from congress has freed him to speak out against President Trump. The longer we go, the more his behavior is normalized and that is a problem. Reporter flake published an oped in the Washington Post this morning, saying republicans can no longer remain silent, waiting for someone else to do something. Bob corker also says he debases the country. Flake told cbs this morning, he believes others will join them. I think that we have a responsibility as elected officials to speak out when theres behavior that is just beyond the pail, and some of what weve seen i think fits in that reporter the white house is dismissing flake and corker and points to tuesdays lunch with gop senators. President trump hit back. Saying the reason flake and corker dropped out is simple. They had zero c
I live up the street. Scary. Beyond scary. We come every day with my nephew. The body was actually found not in the lake itself but back here in the woods thats around the lake. Actually, a neighbor out here discovered the body last night, call the police, and when they arrived, they found that the man had suffered trauma to his upper body. They have yet to notify next of kin, and they are offering us very few details beyond that. The one thing that has neighbors really talking here is the fact that this is the second time that they have found a body around here. Just over a month ago, another man was found dead in the woods, but it turns out neighbors say that that death was from natural causes. University of maryland. In Prince Georges County, wusa 9. Police could clearly use your help solving this murder. Give them a call in Prince Georges County or call crimestoppers for an up to 25,000 reward. A big win for republicans today who are one step closer to repealing and replacing obama
Day and were going to see the humidity back in. Its a little humid. And we have dense fog also. But we are going to be looking at a little bit more sunshine later on today. But thats going to set the stage for showers and storms. Here we go. Still a layer of clouds out there. And well see the sun, especially in the metro spots. Its off to the west where the dense fog advisory is in place until 9 00 so another two hours or so. Were starting to see sun within the beltway. 67degrees. And therell be storms later on today. Take a look at the visibility. So its pretty dense. Visibility is low through the Shenandoah Valley. And thats where the dense fog advisory is in place until 9 00. Were already past where we have been the past couple of days. Take a quick look at future cast. When you head out to the nats game, well be running the risk of a chance of a thunderstorm. A lot of the showers will be well off to the east. So expect a nice comfortable day near 80 degrees. We are following breaki