Frances, the rain has picked up in the last 20 minutes or so were beginning to see that downpour begin and one os going to be the red river that you see behind me. In the past in 2015 this river actually flooded causing an interstate highway to shut down and also some flood damage to a number of homes and so as we wait for this storm to come in and this continued rain were going to be looking to see if that flooding becomes an issue and the other thing here is obviously the wind right now the wind is fairly calm even as the rain begins to come down. The fact it could pick up throughout the day in the next few hours. Forecasters are projecting up to 60 Miles Per Hour winds and that would be a major problem for power lines and the potential for downed power lines and for people to lose power, something that were already seeing in the southern part of the state as the hurricane moves through there. I will say that folks for the most part are taking those precautions. The casinos here alon
Your topo ask who is candidate and why our lines are open at for democrats 202 7488000, for republicans 202 7488001, for independents 202 7488002. And we have a line set aside for those in the Granite State at. 202 7488003 you can also tweet us. And we will begin with the headlines for the Washington Post. Those with pictures on the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian, at least 70,000 people are homeless in the grand bahama islands and applico abaco islands. Officials warned that the number of decibel go up as hundreds of residents remain missing. Though stories are on the front page of the post in the new york times. We have Union Leaders with this ally on what will happen day today. Its a longshot that any of the 19 president ial candidates theed to attend will make kind of impact that sets them apart in a lasting way. The headlines saying that hopefuls want to stand out at the state convention. But it has happened before, back in november 1991, tom harkin already had power in new careyire
Reelection, a looming battle over gun control, growing fears about domestic terrorism, and the like, the president , eager to avoid all of those topics today chose russia and chose today to signal new support for russia and Vladimir Putin. Trump renewed his call for russia to be welcomed back into what is known as g7 the leading nations due to meet this weekend in france. The United States, canada, united kingdom, france, italy, germany, and japan are all members. Russia was suspended from the group when it was known as g8 when they invaded the crimea portion of ukraine. Trump said it is time to let russia back in while taking a not so veiled swipe at his predecessor. Ive gone to numerous g7 meetings and i guess president obama because putin out smarted him thought it wasnt a good thing to have russia in so he wanted russia out. But i think its much more appropriate to have russia in. It should be the g8 because a lot of the things we talk about have to do with russia. So i could certa
Im alison kosik, its tuesday, august 20th, 5 00 a. M. In the east. President trump and his economic officials are doing everything they can to downplay any fears of a recession, including knocking down reports the administration is considering cutting payroll taxes as a way to juice the economy. For millions of working americans 6. 2 of their salary goes towards payroll taxes. Theyre usually used to finance programs like Social Security and medicare. A white house official said this, more tax cuts for the American People are certainly on the table, but cutting payroll taxes is not something under consideration at this time. However, trump has undercut his staffers before when theyve said he was not considering something. The president continued to attack the Federal Reserve saying the central bank should cut Interest Rates by at least 100 basis points to boost the economy. Basis points are a unit of measure for Interest Rates and cutting the rate as much as trump is suggesting, it amou
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