Its really not, because it closer to that. And its a little bit of a spot. The referee said its touching that pole, but its really not. You tell em. Love her. Thank you, everyone, for joining us. Im fresh out of time, but stay tuned for Newsroom International with suzanne malveaux. Welcome to cnn newsroom. Heres whats going on right now. History is made on the floor of the u. S. House and senate. The 113th congress is convening for the first time. The gavels came down moments ago, all reelected and newly elected officers take the oath of office. There were 97 freshman, 84 in the house, 13 in the senate. While republicans still control the house, democrats gained seats in both chambered, two more in the senate, eight more in the house. A bit of added drama as well on the house side. Speaker john boehner hoping to hold john to his leadership position. He has lost some support from some republicans that were outraged he delayed a vote on Hurricane Sandy relief. Boehner and nancy pelosi ar
Allegheny avenues. Eyewitness News Reporter Elizabeth Hur is live with more on what drivers can expect. Liz . Reporter chris, what drivers can expect is basically what you see behind me here. Overnight lane closures with cones up and then crews off to the side busy at work. Now, we are told Officials Say these crews will be at work during the week from 10 00 a. M. To 5 00 a. M. A familiar sight for commuters construction work along i95 will be extended starting wednesday night. Now to include the stretch between the girard avenue and allegheny interchanges. This Officials Say is part four of sick phases. The ultimate goal here to reconstruct and improve 3 miles of i95 and in the end the corridor will be widened to four travel lanes in both directions. So for now the changes you will notice immediately Officials Say will be the repainting the lanes and shifting of the traffic pattern. The work will be done overnight but for some commuters, they believe the added confusion will only mean
House majority leader eric cantor announced an hour and a half ago that hes stepping down from his majority post. A stunning defeat at the hands of a tea party backed economic professor. Thethe republicans will choose his successor next week. I said it three or four times now, an unprecedented loss. We heard from cantor about 90 minutes or so ago. What did he have to say . Reporter first of all he thanked his constituents for their support for his term of service for the past 13 and a half years. He was elected in 2001. He refused to speculate as to the reasons of his defeat. He said he would leave that up to the analysis. He would resign his post effective july 31st. None of the analysts saw this coming. It was a shock. Here is a seventerm congressman with a wellfunded war chest, 5 million. He goes down in defeat to an unknown College Professor who spent 120,000 to win the primary election. The first time in history that sit a sitting majority leader of any party has gone down in defe
Liz . Reporter chris, what drivers can expect is basically what you see behind me here. Overnight lane closures with cones up and then crews off to the side busy at work. Now, we are told Officials Say these crews will be at work during the week from 10 00 a. M. To 5 00 a. M. A familiar sight for commuters construction work along i95 will be extended starting wednesday night. Now to include the stretch between the girard avenue and allegheny interchanges. This Officials Say is part four of sick phases. The ultimate goal here to reconstruct and improve 3 miles of i95 and in the end the corridor will be widened to four travel lanes in both directions. So for now the changes you will notice immediately Officials Say will be the repainting the lanes and shifting of the traffic pattern. The work will be done overnight but for some commuters, they believe the added confusion will only mean more congestion. Were local. So, um, cant imagine this being good for quick trips to and from the city.
Welcome to all. Begin with nbcs ali vitali in ra hoRehoboth Beach. Reporter alex, a blustering day here on Rehoboth Beach, here because joe biden is taking the next few days down. No public events. We saw him go for a bike ride with his wife jill biden. Makes sense. Its a Beautiful Day here. Speaks to the fact the transition is doing a lot of its work behind the scenes trying to figure on the staffing front what announcement they might make next. We dont think well hear about cabinet picks until after thanksgiving, later into november and december even, but on a staffing front, there are conversations happening about filling out what the west wing and the other key role theres might look like. We know that last week biden announced ron klain chief of staff. Its a choice that makes sense. Someone whos been around the former vice president. Now president elect, for many years. Also got experience in dealing with pandemics and Public Health crises. He was the ebola czar under the obama ad