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More. Peopleinterview the two who will be asking big questions. Stephen, youre up first. Stephen great to see you. Were interested about the deal that was struck in illinois. Chicago is home of your thirdlargest affiliate. For viewers, essentially the legislature agreed to put more but one of thes tradeoffs was to create a tax fellowship program. Also for viewers, this is a program in which corporations or where youdividuals can get tax dollars for stews to go to private schools. We wanted to ask you what do you think of this was it a deal worth making . Hour the democrats did not want to make this deal. They do not get an override of the governors veto. I think it is one of these things where the Chicago Public schools were in desperate need of the money that was sent to them from springfield. The deal that actually got crafted initially before the governors veto was a really good step because what illinois has done is that even though chicago taxpayers pay as much if not more because
Rates approaching an inch per hour but well zoom in little closer right now. You can see it is raining right now in media as well as wilmington, down to middletown, delaware, also, in sections of Gloucester County looking at some of that steady moderate rain coming down and look to the south. Most of this continues to lift to the north. It will eventually impact the entire area. So well continue to monitor the Flash Flood Watch through late tonight. You can see that includes the heart of our area. Watching out for ponding, heavy rainfall and that potential for some flash flooding. So for this evening, the Flash Flood Watch continues. Rain. It will be heavy at times. For tomorrow morning, fog. That will be the concern also scattered showers will continue into your friday keep that umbrella handy. What about the upcoming fathers day weekend . Will we finally dry out . New information on that forecast coming up. Thanks, scott. You can track the rain any interactive radar on our website ju
Gets more lifethreatening and expensive. A lot of good things are going to happen. We are the last industrialized nation in the world to have National Healthcare policy. What i have preferred a public option . Yes. But the system we have got is the best that we have ever devised. Started it iny massachusetts. It will help america, it and for many americans, we have got great health for people who can afford it. For or people, they do not have access to doctors living in the innercity. That needs to change. On twitter from jack who writes do you think the Founding Fathers back in 1776 envisioned a secret fisa as key to a thriving democracy . Dont know what they were thinking, and certainly they did not think about the fisa court. 1776really did not see in the first 10 amendments, the bill of rights did not come until later. The Founding Fathers were great. But they were not infallible. They were certainly wrong about women, who did not have the right to vote, and they were certainly wro
Tells us how music is helping rebuild nashville after those devastating tornadoes. I am Charles Payne in for neil cavuto. We begin in washington where pressure mounting as the virus is spreading. Give us the latest. Reporter mike pence meeting with cruise line executives, the white house considering discouraging americans from taking cruises to stop the spread of the virus. And and pleased to report. And because of the change donald trump implemented, state labs can conduct coronavirus tests themselves. They are languishing off the california coast. I dont need to have the numbers doubled because of one ship. It didnt fall to the mostly americans. I can live with it. I would rather have him stay on. Reporter in Washington Congress is considering a report from home as reported by chad program. The head of Infectious Diseases at walter reed says there is no need to panic. At the end of the status remains a low risk to servicemembers and the American Public. Reporter just this morning the