working families in the commonwealth and around this country. he has been working diligently on the cares act that was recently passed. he is going to talk to us about that today. and we can t wait to hear about it. we re so thrilled also to have stephanie murray here with us today. readl open our inbox and stephanie on politico playbook first thing every morning. stephanie, thank you for being here. aboutd go on and on chairman neil and i m not going to because i want to kick it over now to hear from him and hear from stephanie and thank you all for joining us today via zoom. stephanie: good afternoon. thank you so much to the kennedy institute and for everyone who is joining us this afternoon. in q2 congressman neal for being so generous with your time. my name is stephanie murray. i m the author of the political massachusetts playbook. it is my pleasure to be here, especially to kick off this new version of the institute form as we get used to our live online. i m glad to
relief bill. he talks about it with stephanie murray. the edward kennedy institute for the united states senate posted this virtual event. our inso delighted for our girl getting to the point by zoom that we have an absolutely phenomenal first guest and it is chairman richard neal, chairman of the house ways and means committee. chairman neil is not only a great friend to this institute, he was a wonderful friend to senator kennedy, so we are thrilled to have him. he is not only involved in the covid response but through his house ways and means committee everything that touches an impact, families, and the compassionate response to the covid response, but to working families in the commonwealth and around this country. he has been working diligently on the cares act that was recently passed. aboutgoing to talk to us that today and we can t wait to hear about it. we are thrilled also to have stephanie murray here with us today. we all open our inbox and read lay book.of polit
peeks of sunshine but mostly cloudy. we re gearing up for all the clouds and rain headed our way later on tonight. we re looking at 53 degrees at 6:00 p.m. the temperatures will continue to fall as we gear up for the rain turning to snow. clouds will be here and you can see the rain off to the south. tomorrow we are looking at mostly rain for areas south. it s going to quickly turn to snow even before lunch time. then areas west of 95 along 81, that s where we re going to see mostly snow. that s with a winter storm watch is in place for tomorrow. we re going to get you more details of the timing of this with howard a little bit later but let s heed to timesaver traffic with beverly. so far so g. checking out the ride around town, if you are headed out around the capital beltway, only volume building for you on the outer loop of the beltway past colesville road. lanes open around to georgia avenue. lanes have been open headed for the wilson bridge in good shape. northeast wa
too. routes in maryland distraction, too. routes in maryland, you have normal delays. thank you, beverly. a grand jury decision to clear a new york city police officer in the death of an unarmed black man who died after being put in a chokehold is being met with strong reactions across the country. from new york city to baltimore, right here in washington, d.c., protesters took to the streets demanding justice. nikki burdine is live in the newsroom with more on the local protests. nikki? reporter: as you can imagine as the decision came down not to indict the police officer in new york city, especially just after the ferguson decision, protests erupted across the country. first let s take a look at new york city. demonstrations in new york, chicago, seattle, st. louis, and d.c. took place last night after a grand jury decided not to indict a new york city police officer. officer danielle pantaleo in the daniel pantaleo. the incident and the death were all caught o
backseat. luckily the child was not hurt. delia goncalves is live near the scene with more and what is the latest on the investigation this morning, delia? reporter: we can tell you police still on the scene at first constitution avenue and northeast. take a look behind me here. we are on the senate side of the capitol and police are still here and they have blocked off a portion of the road as they continue to investigate. we can tell you the child now in protective custody. police though still trying to figure out the who and why of yesterday s chase and crash. investigators last night searched the suspect s home in stamford, connecticut. police say 34-year-old miriam carey drove her car into police barricades outside the white house at 15th and e. street yesterday afternoon. police say she then sped down pennsylvania avenue 16 blocks and ended with a crash here at the senate hart office building. at the white house and at the capitol, the security perimeters worked.