Welcome. Maureen thank you, charlie. Charlie so this is the easiest way to make a buck i know. Put your columns together and there it is. Its not that easy, is it . Maureen some of them are my columns and new material, in a tom sawyer move, i forced my brothers and sisters to write original essays. But also, i have a really long essay on my 30 years with the bush fall and i have all of my letters from papi bush, not all of them, i used snippets of them and how he was able to maintain what he calls a love hate relationship all through the six or seven years i was writing critical columns about his son. Charlie what do you call it, love, hate, or Something Else . Maureen i never feel love or hate for politicians, i try and save those emotions for my exboyfriends or boyfriends. Charlie or future boyfriends for goodness sake. Maureen thats not how i think of politicians. You know, he represents the lost world of bipartisanship and civility charlie decency. Maureen the letters are really fu
The vulgar trump. They are getting another take for the mishigoss. Given democrats are worried. They do not want to go back to motel 1600 where donors are in the lincoln bedroom every night and on air force one. So his numbers are going up. He has no shadow. Charlie at the same time, as you know, there is the great contradiction that the numbers in terms of right direction, wrong direction for the country are way down. His numbers are up and people think youre going in the wrong direction. Maureen yeah. I think, i went to cuba with him and when you are with him just as a reporter, charlie, and when you are with him, he is so classy and his family is so incredible, and to me, inspirational the way they raised those girls. Charlie it is. Maureen and you are happy, but on the other hand, if you see in the book obviously i start out totally in praise of barack obama in 2008, but i think he wanted to be a transformational president and i think he was not because, as James Carville said, it
Act. Todd storm lake legislator gary worthan is sponsoring the bill. He says the dot tells him the the average speed on iowas interstates is 72. All the more reason to boost it to 75. If youre not going to in 470 to slow that traffic down, lets make it legal. Todd one driver we talked with lung interstate north of des moines agrees. Most of the people are going that speed anyway, so if someone is going 70 they are actually slowing the traffic down. Todd in fact, in a very unscientific test, we set our Cruise Control at 70 along i35 and traffic constantly passed us. But not everybody is convinced faster is better. The thing is, they go fast enough as it is. In the winter time, people need to slow down. You know, its a trade off. If you want to look at safety and thats all you want to look at, it should be 25 to 30 miles an hour. Is dead set against raising the speed limit. The next step for this bill is the full Transportation Committee and the iowa house. That could happen this week. S
Draft order to summarize the pro and cons discussed on each side over the last four days. They plan to use this in further talks because theres still a lot left to go over. The board focused on if the Dakota Access pipeline would promote public convenience and necessity. That meant looking at economic and environmental impacts. I agree they all have inherent risks, and i think when you look at what is planned for construction, those risks have been taken into account. Rose but throughout the 3hour meeting, Board Members showed they still have some questions left. Such as on certain issues like energy reliance. Those are the two views which comes first . Rose the pipeline would carry up to 570,000 barrels a day from the Bakken Oil Fields in north dakota to illinois. Members of iowa citizens for Community Improvement have protested the pipeline. They say theyre frustrated with the process. I think the past 4 days have indicated that this process is broken and isnt working for , iowans so
Eric also this morning taylor swift swipes back at the naysayers with her acceptance speech at last nights Grammy Awards. Who one, who lost and who outdid themselves with their performances ahead. Eric good morning everyone and welcome back. Its tuesday february 16. Im eric hanson. Elizabeth im elizabeth klinge. We want to get over to metinka. We have a wintry mix coming down. Metinka it looks like a whole rainbow out there. Superbright colors are snowflakes that are melting as a are falling. As they are falling. Watch for freezing rain to make said. That could two makes in. Temps have been key overnight here it 36 degrees right now here it up to the north in ames, it is only 32. We are expecting the rain to temps dont get a chance to warm up at all. Well have a blustery afternoon. We are looking forward to the warmer days in the forecast. Eric and you may notice some slick spots out there on your drive this morning Shaina Humphries is here. What are the latest conditions right now . S