Long we were in the 60s and now we just touched the 59degree mark at Tampa International. Look at the dew points in the mid 40s. Is it dry out there. 48 in crystal river. 52 in leesburg. A couple of lower 60s along the coast. Enjoy this beautiful, gorgeous, refreshing weather. Back up to 75, maybe 76 degrees for a high temp this afternoon. Vanessa . Vanessa were watching a new report of a hit and run crash separate incidents by f. H. P. Right now but we dont know if eventually well learn if these are maybe related or one incident. This is happening at southbound 75 and clark road. So far no lane blocks reported but it might be the possibility of a big scene. Please use some caution. Good news, not seeing any delays quite yet. Well watch this. In case you missed it, were watching minor lane blocks at this point due to police situation. Take special care in the eastbound direction. We have a single lane thats blocked. Russell thank you. Its 7. 02. Well start this hour with signs of progr
Terrorism actually presents . Another quick thing about what the book presents we have it for sale and is priced to sell here at the cato institute. 18 with a spine hardcover book. You are, quite certain you will not find it for lesson on top of that the office assured me they would be happy to sign it for you so those of you who are here with us today are very fortunate. Those of you who are watching on line at home ill bet you wish you were here but rest assured you will be able to find a book and other fine retail establishments on line etc. , etc. , etc. Let me welcome john and mark. Im going to deduce them in the order they will speak. John mueller is a Senior Research scientist and a member of the Political Science department at Ohio State University and is also my colleague and senior fellow at cato. He is the author of numerous books. I will mention only a few including overblown, atomic of session, war of ideas coming retreat from doomsday the obsolescence of war, war presiden
There are group van jones are involved with are somewhere else and then there in the middle is the constitution project which tries to bring these groups together and this panel today really represents a cross spectrum view of this problem and, i will introduce the Panel Members as we go on but i have to say from the beginning, our representative from koch, represents a group that has been in interested in criminal Justice Reform from the beginning, families against mandatory minimums was really started with the assistance and support of the Koch Foundation and we appreciate that. We appreciate all else that i have done. I can say the same if we had some of our very liberal benefactors here because this is something that has attracted support way different parts of the spectrum. Weve got a number about of folks dropping in. So well handle this sort of casually. And congressman danny davis is here. I would like him to say a couple word. Congressman davis is from illinois. He has served
Youre dealing with garvey bonds, governor bentley said to wall street weve got an ongoing Funding Source from the feds so i can turn to the folks of alabama and say with certainty were going to be all right. But we need it too because obviously we make similar decisions. I think all governors do. So the two versus the five actually drives the cost up . Not only is it a certainty issue. You got it. Its a challenge for the states. Driving up the cost of the Construction Projects also. Absolutely, senator. The second piece is in terms of the partnership. My experience has been that weve had to increase our state contribution just to keep up with our federal match. And what i mean by that is unfortunately the gas tax is a dwindling tax. Unso unfortunately. Its for good reasons. People are driving less miles and theyre driving more efficient vehicles. But we all know that in the long run were going to have to figure out another way to drive revenue both nationally and in the states. Were go
Screeria nigeria. The freight rail system and a look at federal initiatives at this years internet policy conference. A Bipartisan Group of congressmen, senators rob portman and al franken along with Jim Sensenbrenner took part in a panel about the criminal Justice System. We will hear from piper curman, author of orange is the new black about her experiences in a federal prison. This event was hosted by the constitution project in washington, d. C. Thank you. Its really a pleasure to be here with you for the constitution project to be sponsoring this program and to welcome so many of you this morning particularly those from house and senate staffs who will be engaged in many of these very same issues over the course of the next few months. It is interesting because this is a city in which the common wisdom is everybody fights with everybody all the time that democrats and republicans, conservatives and liberals cant get along, dont get along, dont want to get along and more interested