Im frances rivera. Certainly a lot happening. Breaking overnight could a Government Shutdown have just been averted . Word from the white house this morning that the president amid swelling backlash from democrat has walked back his decision to have a budget standoff over funding for his proposed border wall deciding against a possible Government Shutdown. It is a stunning reversal on what was then candidate trumps Central Campaign promise. We will build a great wall along the southern border. And mexico will pay for the wall. Were going to build the wall. We have no choice. For more were joined by tracie potts. Whats the latest on this reversal and what led up to it . Reporter well, frances and yasmin, what led up to it the fact that democrats and some republicans on capitol hill did not want to deal with the funding for this wall this week while they were trying to prevent a Government Shutdown. As you said it was a Campaign Promise according to the Associated Press the president ful
Jersey and delaware for most of the morning and you see the Lehigh Valley and burkes county and this is also light rainfall and a heavy rainfall is staying to the south. This first line of showers moving through as expected and then a break. You might see a sprinkle or two for much of the day and later this afternoon as we head into the evening commute. All of this will be moving into our area and it will be a dreary day today with occasional rain. Rain showers, 53 degrees right now in philadelphia, and up to 54 in the suburbs and were waiting for rain in many of the neighborhoods and notice the clouds that have taken over in the Lehigh Valley as we see some sunshine to start with. Near 60 degrees at 5 00 this afternoon and showers eventually moving into the entire area. Mainly just light rainfall for today, theres a potential for heavier downpours with the system and its going to be around for days and a look at when you can expect those when i come back with the hour by hour forecast
You were an hour away. So any other time i would be just be, dialing a friend. But this time i could add time on my app, sue serio and it is like already you are good to go for another 90 minutes. In ticket. I was safe, no ticket. I take it all back. Hi, sue. In free parking. Well, that very special Holiday Shopping parking in the city, i dont know details but i think it is wednesday nights or something, i will look it up and i will get it to you but there is some kind of preHoliday Shopping parking thingy in the city but anyway it is nine out of ten coming up to day no rain at all. No frozen precipitation or anything. It is 45 degrees. Very decemberish out there. It is 41degree wind chill. 7 06 your sunrise time. Thirtysix mount pocono. Fortyfive in philadelphia, 36 Atlantic City and millville, 39 in dover. The these are chillier temperatures then yesterday especially here where it is 5 degrees chillier but moses specially southern delaware and new jersey, because it is 15, 16 degrees
Also on todays agenda, we have key Economic Data. Last months reports show price gains slowing in 14 of the 20 cities that were surveyed. Chrysler filing paperwork for an ipo up to 100 million. The ipo will be underwritten by jpmorg jpmorgan, coming more than four years from the automaker emerging under management. Bill fight going on between the unions there which led to this. Well talk about that. Also, the Justice Department now reportedly preparing to sue jpmorgan in the mortgage bond it sold in the run up to the financial crisis. We should note, as we should whenever we talk about some of the mortgage related sales precrisis, some of that came from bear stearns and from Washington Mutual when they acquired. Bank of murk now must pay more than 2. 2 million for 1100 black job applicants. The decision awards back pay and interest to former candidates for teller and entry Level Administration and clerical positions in the banks hometown of charlotte, north carolina. Joe, over to you.
My god, what an easy question. Of course were not going to solve it. The best we can do is try to minimize it and i think we are on the right track and we have a new homeless czar in pl dusty and i like the deal hes dealing with it and a way of dealing with chronic alcoholics and the protections that we have for Homeless People are to protect society and not from the Homeless People but to deal with that. Its 5150 and i am sure some people know what that is and the police has the power to hold someone who is a threat to themselves or someone else for 72 hours. We need to enact lauras law and mr. Dufty is working on that and finding housing for these individuals but not to keep going back to the economy but one solution is improve the economy so we can improve these peoples lives. Thank you. Thank you. L the homeless problem its very, very interesting because you know some cities dont i think one of the reasons we do have a problem is because of the wonderful social services that we hav