President appointed this judge, timothy kelly, a short time ago, a very young guy but exactly what we expected. If you think this is the end of it, think again, because this will probably be appealed. Thats what were expecting right now, but this has been highly controversial because as you know Richard Cordray who ran the cfpb before this, he resigned, he supported the person he wanted to follow on his heels, they say in fact doddfrank allows this to happen. The president says no, no, no, there is a vacancies reform act which allows us to make this appointment. And in fact, the administration, through the Justice Department has maintained that it is the president s prerogative to report ahead of the cfpb. This is a very unusual agency for the federal government. They have a dedicated amount of money, revenue stream coming from the Federal Reserve that not be questioned. They have an incredible amount of power and independence and to be frank here, this Consumer Watchdog Agency for eve
Spots as that temperature starts to drop. Thats our main story tonight it is temperatures. In the meantime, though, the good news is we dont have to worry about this snow anymore. Its out of the picture. But once again it left behind icy spots. Lets take a look at where we are right now in terms of temperature in the nations capitol. Kaeld 27 degrees feels only 0 and winds are light and we dont sa significant wind chills. Elsewhere, 32 winchester and 19 culpeper and only 17 mannasas this hour. 28 quantico and 20 in baltimore and 23 at frederick. So your overnight lows into the 20s everywhere as i said winds light not much of a wind chill to be concerned with and definitely something to make a difference on the roads that were not treated sidewalks and bridge and overpasses. Do keep that in mind and head out we have a milder weekend for tomorrow. Ill have the details later, ck be careful. Go to fox5dc. Com and well keep you posted with the latest breaking weather alerts own fox5 mobile
But the dow is still on pace for its longest monthly winning streak in 59 years. What is driving it . We are here with allstar panel. Well look ahead into 2018 and your money. The president flatting fbi director an did i mccabe oaf ties to Hillary Clinton. Could this be the reason for his early retirement . Blake burman is at the white house live with more. Break, what will you start with . Trish, the white house, the president , making it clear the first item legislatively when it comes to 2018 is a big infrastructure package. Here at the white house, director of legislative affairs, mark short, come january the president will have a meeting at camp david with the top two republicans and there they hope to nail down some of the details. I think you will see the r c president roll out a infrastructure plan in january. The president already invited leader mcconnell and speaker ryan to camp david first weekend in january to make sure were all on the same page for the priorities of 2018.
Heres a look at the Golden Gate Bridge. Manufacturing well also. Katie jones us with more. Mostly good news to report. You can see the work actually happening on doyle drive right below us here. Crews work around the clock for the sfain hour closure to make sure the road does reopen by scheduled time of 5 00 a. M. On monday. I talked to the project spokeswoman tonight. She tells me almost everything completely on schedule. Last nature rain delayed striping on the bridge but the work since completed. Traffic wise we just drove from here if San Francisco to sausalito and back between the hours of like 6 and 7. Northbound was wide open at those hours we were actually only person on the approach at one point. South bound very slow. People stayed off the road we did find a few drivers who hit the road block in the may rip a district tonight. We are here wanting to go back home l app we have been diverted so god only knows how we get back to our home. As far as alternate transportation. The
The chair the gentleman will suspend. Pursuant to House Resolution 504, the gentleman from new york, the gentleman from new york, mr. Serrano, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. Mr. Serrano sorry for interrupting you, mr. Chairman. My amendment is very straightforward and prohibit funds allocated in the bill being used for the construction and operation of private forprofit prisons. The use of private the use of private prisons in our country is in a crises. People are being locked up in a facility that doesnt respect basic human rights. One in four people behind bars worldwide is in a United States jail. Thats right. The country with less than 5 of the worlds population accounts for a quarter of all the worlds prisoners. In fact, our prison population has continued to increase over the past few decades even as statistics have shown a decrease in crime. According to the f. B. I. , violent and Major Property crimes are at a historic low. Nevertheless, more and more ame