Woman in congress could be sitting in this very room. Im really excited to bring up our next speaker. She has more than 30 three yeaf experience in National Security and defense, both in the federal government and the private sector. Shes an expert in the fence, government services, and has extensive leadership experience. She was the 23rd secretary of the air force. [cheers and applause] one of two women to hold the position. And i know she will probably talk but her new book. We have available in the bookstore here on the Convention Floor and i just got a cup and i look forward to reading it. Id like now to bring up ms. Deborah james and moderator colonel carol. [applause] good morning, everybody. Good morning. All right. Well, good morning and im honored to be able to moderate you this morning. So as she just mentioned were going to be talking about secretary james new book. I read it. Listen to. It is absolutely amazing i will say to you today thats what were going to talk about. S
Biggest defeat since winning the election after the Republican Health care bill was pulled minutes before and after vote that was going to fail. Replace ask repealing obamacare was one ofis campaign promises. But the selfproclaimed closer couldnt close the deal. They didnt have enough votes to pass. Stephanie ra months has more. They lost a huge battle friday. Im disappointed because we could have had. It we came really close today, but we came up short. Obamacare is the law of the land. Its going to remain the law of the land until its replaced. The speaker and the president admitting they didnt have enough votes to repeal and replace the Affordable Care act. The president even agreed to some of those demands that Insurance Companies would no longer be required to cover basic Health Services like maternity care, drug and Mental Health treatment, and even emergency room visits. Moderate republicans didnt like the cuts. And democrats rallied against what they called trump care. Health c
Later on this afternoon, temperatures up near 60 degrees. Nothing too wrong with that. Now, lets check on traffic on 270 heres Melissa Mollet. 65 Miles Per Hour 270 southbound, people are actually going a little faster than they should, just because they can. Its nice and clear, zropt any road work to worry about. Beltway, innerloop and outer loop moving along nicely. Fairfax to the beltway, your time 9 minutes. Also a 65mileperhour speed there on 66 inbound and outbound, clear in both directions. Prince georges county,overall, looking good. And 50 into and out of town, rolling along just fine. Ill see you back here at 5 11 with a live look at 95. Im angie goff here at the li live desk. We want to take you to the scene of a fatal fire, this is in woodland hills. This is chopper 4. This is a new development. Basement of one of the townhomes in the 1800 block of windjammer way. You can see from these pictures, extensive damage done. We know that many families were displaced. News4 is on
MOUNT OLIVE TWP. - It s not unusual for someone on the Township Council dais to have a resolution pulled from the "consent" pile - resolutions that can be approved all