heavy rain across louisiana and mississippi. it is going to expand and go north and east. as we head into tomorrow all along the east coast. maine all of the way down to florida you will see another round of rain thaw and storms along this frontal boundary. something we will keep an eye on. more rain expected through main and parts of florida. temperatures are so mild we are not anticipating much in terms of snowfall across the northeast from this batch of moisture. another area of low pressure will be a quick moving clipper system. 16 miles an hour out here. we have high wind warnings in te effect through maine and wyoming along with portions of the northern plains. there is snow expected with this system but not a lot of moisture. we don t really expect significant snowfall accumulation into north central into the portions of the mid committees by tomorrow.
one state decided to keep their governor. the voters of the country s biggest city decided after two decades they d like a democrat as mayor. but when it comes to election enthusiasm, it s all about even numbered years and all anyone wanted to know about the 2013 elections is what they situationaled for those of 2014. the biggest news of 2013, the broadest implication for future election, wasn t how people voted but the assault on their ability to vote. this was the year that the supreme court undid nearly 50 years of historic civil rights legislation by striking out a key provision of the 1965 voting rights act. in june the court removed the requirement for federal approval to change voting laws in nine states and parts of others with a history of discrimination. those states waste nod time putting restrictive voting laws into e effect. just hours after the decision, texas announced it would begin
lig people making their whole lives on minimum wage. the majority of adults, people earning the minimum wage is over 20 years old. economic research in the last 20 years show minimum wage increases have no discernible e effect on job loss. the thing is you have to consider, too, that there are efficiency costs to consider. i mean, while, you know, there are costs related to obviously paying workers wages that they, in fact, deserve and could live off of, you know, paying workers more decreases turnover, for example. and workers are going to increase their productivity because, you know, if you re getting paid more, you re frankly just more willing you know, you have the incentive to do your job let me ask about something that always surprises me that it s not sort of bipartisan and id ideologic ideological, about infrastructure. listen to the president in my hometown, in new orleans, in a place where infrastructure is a big deal and talking about infrastructure yesterday.
raise this question in the absence of any evidence is what he was referring to. and i think that, you know, politics being what it is, it will probably continue. but we have to distinguish reality from the part that is phony. there was a real problem. the problem was bad judgment that was, you know, career officials trying to operate their programs more efficiently using bad judgment to do to it. but the political piece, that s a stretch. there s no evidence. mr. secretary, i ll leave it there. thank you as always. pleasure to be with you, david. from the economy to national security debates this week, particularly over the government s surveillance programs that were put into e effect in 9/11. an important house vote that almost scrapped those programs. joining me now, the chairman of the house intelligence committee, republican congressman from michigan mike rogers. chairman, always good to have you back. david, thanks for having me. before we talk about the nsa programs, l
no evidence of any political involvement in the decisions leading up to that situation. so the attempts to continue to raise this question in the absence of any evidence is what he was referring to. and i think that, you know, politics being what it is, it will probably continue. but we have to distinguish reality from the part that is phony. there was a real problem. the problem was bad judgment that was, you know, career officials trying to operate their programs more efficiently using bad judgment to do to it. but the political piece, that s a stretch. there s no evidence. mr. secretary, i ll leave it there. thank you as always. pleasure to be with you, david. from the economy to national security debates this week, particularly over the government s surveillance programs that were put into e effect in 9/11. an important house vote that almost scrapped those programs. joining me now, the chairman of the house intelligence committee, republican congressman from michigan mike ro