Growing epidemic made worse. These are the type of people who get caught up in subsidence in substance. You are minutes from going to the funeral home and you see these weeks later. Listed as suspected illness. Now confident latest chapter with the fencing removed and david clark had a special want is to enjoy the park in peace. They are watching you. For what . We are not doing anything other than barbecuing. Discussing this today and we hope this is it. Started after the shooting of smith and they closed the park. The fencing was taken down and, in a special session, and should possible. The family and friends he was killed after trying to help a friend who was involved in an argument last night. Two men are charged in connection with this death. According to the criminal complaint, he was beaten and stabbed six times. We are going to learn more about a plan to bolster the police force. The mayor said that the budget would be significantly larger and that they would have multiple cla
Anchor hermine is packing a punch. Beach closures and a Tropical Storm warning. Anchor there has been an impact on the jersey shore. Reporter wind from packing a punch. David bienick was in cape cod. There is a no swimming ban in effect. A surprising number of people are actually out here. Reporter royal caribbeans anthem of the seas got out of it safely. On the shore, dangerous surf. It can be deadly. The beach faster than i can run. Reporter all the businesses along the east coast are saying they lost millions. Look at these empty beach chairs on the jersey shore. The beach itself, even more barren. The gables hotel took a hit worth tens of thousands. The phones were ringing like crazy. There was a mass exodus. Reporter are, left with these open tables that would have otherwise been filled. I know. And people missed the holiday. Reporter in the next few days, expect rip currents and rough waves to tear down massive dunes. They will need repair before noreasters in the fall and winter
85 of the projected growth in spending over the next decade is driven by health care and retirement entitlements and interest on the debt. So thats where reforms need to target. To balance the budget before the end of the decade, we saw in the last house budget, it takes more than 5 trillion in cuts. That is assuming you start cutting right away. If you decide to cut in future years and not address spending next year, it takes bigger cuts to get to that ballpoint. So the sooner lawmakers can start cutting, the better. Where exactly should they start . Repealing obama care has to be their First Priority simply because 44 of the growth in sbiltsment spending is driven by the health care law. So if we are to rein in growing spending and debt obama care is where we need to start. This needs to be combined with reforms to Medicare Medicaid, and Social Security. During this process, lawmakers should be guided by focusing benefits on those individuals with the greatest need and delivering tho
Morning. As always, you can join in on the conversation. You can also join us on facebook or send us an email or send us a tweet. This is the headline this morning, front page of the wall street journal we want to focus on the larger issue of transportation infrastructure. Earlier this month the president traveling to the port orleans, saying it is time to spend more money. One in nine of our bridges is rated structurally deficient. More than 40 of the major highways are congested. So is our airspace. Who is sitting on a tarmac wondering right it is you are not taking off and getting aggravated when you buy someplace, heart of the reason is we have the antiquated air Traffic Control system. We need the next or duration air Traffic Control. It would reduce time travel, delays, fuel costs, pollution in the sky. We know how to do it, we just have not done it. That should not be a democratic or republican issue, that is just smart to go ahead and do it. President and his comments earlier t
All of the news of the day. I and introduce you to some of the important newsmakers of the day and most importantly, give you a chance to sound off and tell us what the issues mean to you by giving us a call at 86655press. Our interactive townhall here on current tv. I have to tell you, whether you are a union member or not, if you are a working class american, a middle class american, the republican war has declared war on you. It started in wisconsin. Is spread to ohio. It has hopped up to michigan they are out to destroy working families families, and we intend to fight back. We will get into that and you bet. A lot more. Lets get the latest. Current news update from Lisa Ferguson out in los angeles. Hi, lisa. Good morning to you. Hey, bill. Good morning to you. Good morning everyone. President obama is begin talking his fiscal cliff plans today. He will be on a Conference Call from the white house with a Bipartisan Group of mayors and Community Leaders. The group will focus on how