a time of crisis because they re given an opportunity to really do what the people . need them to do because no one else can do it so i mean it s a long story larry but i say that the trump administration was d a bit slow at the outskirt but it wasn t all their fault because honestly they were not left with a lot in place for the preceding ministrations i can tell you by coincidence d in 2014 tom ridge the former secretary of homeland security and i were arrested co-chair a commission a bipartisan commission on bio of the fence and a big focus of it was are we ready for an infectious disease pandemic we put out a report yeah 2015 and we said the country is not prepare made a series of recommendations a number of them are actually put in the statute by congress and the president trunk not all rob but trump got around to doing one of the things we asked the president to do which was to adopt a national strategy of what we would do in the case of a and then fictious disease pa
democrats 202-748-8000. republicans 202-748-8001. independent 202-748-8002. join the conversation on facebook or twitter. we will get to your phone calls in a minute after this news update from washington. politico, party of two. politico magazine, how the two came together for this election cycle, he writes that one of the most important it hidden storylines of 2016 has been the obama effort to shape a race he is not running in an antiestablishment environment he can no longer control. for the past two years he has worked quietly on clinton s behalf, never mind the not so convincing line that he was waiting for the democratic electorate to work its will, offering his former rival strategic advice, share his top dispatched his, top political adviser to calm the clinton s during that not so infrequent freak outs over the performance of their staff. the one thing he would not do is endorse her before she cleared the field. were darkest after her devastating defeat to senator
a nice start to the day with some of those outdoor cirrus clouds. 48 kingston and poughkeepsie. a nice fall-feel. above i-84 in the upper 40s to mid-50s around 287, down into central jersey. 54 white plains and 60 around the five boroughs. a lot of sunshine mixed with clouds. it will be at 73 which is normal for this time of the year. it will be breezy. it will feel like summer to start fall on wednesday. we re going to talk about that next in your accuweather seven- day forecast. weather then heather every 7 minutes. at 6:00 this is when it usually starts up. let s go to our maps and a few disabled vehicles as well. staten island expressway eastbound near clove road we have an accident, two lanes are closed. the delay begins near 440, takes you all the way in to clove road. then we have a problem over here as you travel on the westbound side of the l.i.e. that s a disabled tractor- trailer. check out that delay before you get into the van wyck expressway making your way in