The Mississippi River. And prices spike. Its sweater weather at the north pole, 50 degrees above normal. Look at this, too, old navy withdraws the tshirts, artists objected to their profession being crossed out, theyre sensitive. Im not particularly sensitive. Varney company is about to begin. Thats b. B. King and his gang performing auld lang syne, not my favorite, but were running it. Times square, ive been there and it looks like a military zone. According to the police commissioner, its the most secure place on earth with 6,000 police officers. Now, a Million People are expected to pass through times square today. Once you are in, you will not get out. Bathroom breaks virtually impossible. A lot of those people wear Adult Diapers. Thats a true fact liz thats an interesting 9 00 in the morning story for you. [laughter] just a fact. Stuart what youre looking at is sydney, australia. Its already 2016 and they celebrated with a huge fireworks display right next to the sydney opera hous
When president bush instituted it and president obama continued it, they didnt have an open discussion about whether the country should have such a program. And actually that seems to run through a little bit of yesterdays opinion by judge lynch. Even dick cheney. This is something that i discovered in writing this book that nobody had ever seen before. When he wrote his dissent in the irancontra matter, he said if you have a hard Foreign Policy or National Security issue, a wise president first would not engage in excessive secrecy, and, second, a wise president would have a full and open democratic discussion in which he would attempt to persuade the public of the need for validity of a broad program. The concept delineating between the number of people affected or how targets are picked, versus the program itself, i think is valuable, and it gets to a question that i would like a from everybody on. There is a trust problem that now exists, for whatever series of reasons. An example
Public of the need for validity of a broad program. The concept delineating between the number of people affected or how targets are picked, versus the program itself, i think is valuable, and it gets to a question that i would like a from everybody on. There is a trust problem that now exists, for whatever series of reasons. An example of a concern that i at least have was revealed through a usa today piece that came out last month that revealed that the dea had been conducting a Metadata Collection Program ten years before 9 11. One of the concerns and maybe this is pessimism or paranoia depending on who you ask, is that stopping a program like the telephone Metadata Collection Program that is ongoing under authority, how do we know it does not show up under another 30 . It is a sincere question that premuch everybody, because theres no reason to hold the community to such a paranoid standard, but how do we get to that point . I think this question is a real challenge because of the
Now don scott, marty bass, and the latest breaking news from wjzs news team. Your first warning weather and wjz Traffic Control with Sharon Gibala. Its wjz, marylands news station. Good morning. It is 6 00 on this tuesday morning. Im jessica kartalija. A nice, crisp start to the morning, pack a light jacket. We have weather and traffic together. Sharon will get to you in just a second. If you have a seat warmer you can use it. Were 9 below our normal. Normal would be 54. Its in the mid40s right few. 46 degrees. And we have a fall like sky. Its a canadian air mass over us. The start field is magnificent. 6 degrees chillier than this time yesterday. I can see it milder. Jess take it away. I have those seat warmers on. Thanks. Now over to Sharon Gibala at Traffic Control. I did too. If you are headed out its a chilly one. Unfortunately its a little busier than usual. A very serious accident weve been followings, north and southbound york roadblocked at charles east lake or east belvidere
Fbi director mueller to lead the russian investigation. He held a similar feeting yesterda meeting yesterday. Lindsey graham said it appears the russia investigation has changed. The shock to the body is now considered a criminal investigation. Congresss ability to conduct investigations of all things russia has been severely limited. A special prosecutor is doing an investigation of criminal allegations that are extremely serious, including possible obstruction of justice. Senators also said rosenstein contradicted President Trumps timeline of events in the firing of james comey. That the president referred to begun just yesterday. I actually thought when i made that decision, and i also got a very, very strong recommendation, as you know, from the Deputy Attorney general, Rod Rosenstein. He did acknowledge that he learned comey would be removed prior to him writing his memo. New reporting by the Washington Post this morning that thenfbi director james comey actually prepared extensiv