Legislative work on a number of noncontroversial bills. Votes are expected at about 3 00 p. M. Eastern. And now to live coverage of the u. S. House. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our guest chaplain, rabbi mark getman, Temple Emanuel of canarsie, brooklyn, new york. The chaplain let us pray. Hetchly one, our protector and redeemer, guardian of life and liberty, we ask for your continued blessings as we open this session of the house of representatives. May our nation and its leaders be blessed with your protection as they continue their work for the constituents across these United States. God, continue to send your light to all elected officials across this land, guiding them with your good Council Counsel and providing them with wisdom and forebearance. Now our nation and its citizens always work toward world peace and harmony as part and party representing this great nation. God of peace and prosperity, bless this house of represent
Your winter jacket, yes, maybe you can get yourself a new nice pair of mittens, if youre headed out this morning , because you need them it is a cool, cool start to the day. The good news for us, while it was cold yesterday afternoon, it is not going to be like that this afternoon. So, if you are maybe someone that wants to sleep in little bit. You dont want to get up and deal with the cold, and the crowds here early, early on, on black friday, it is going to be a little bit nicer this afternoon. Youll still need the jacket later in the day, but see temperatures today, in afternoon hours, definately warmer than what we had yesterday. Storm scan3, a very quiet scene on this black friday morning, you see few high clouds up through part of the lehigh valley, then into the poconos, then far northeastern pennsylvania, but in general, it is going to be a very clear morning, and a very sunfilled afternoon. Right now, here in fill, we sit at 31 degrees, down at the shore, maybe you had thanksg
Bitter blasts, and it looks like the frigid temperatures are here to stay for awhile. Today is tuesday, december 26th. Good morning, im joe holden. Jim is off today. Im rahel solomon. Katie and pat keeping an eye on things this morning, whats so funny, katie . laughing . Oh, great. Sometimes youre reading a prompter that says Something Else . It happens. Thank you. Laughing hysterically. Im sorry. You know bethlehem. All right, pretty big all the sudden Glenn Christmas star at the top of the mountain. Oh, boy. Funny, the camera the other way. And pats here with traffic. Roadways, obviously not a lot of people on the roads, but well update you on couple of things. And give yourselves time to warm up the car this morning, especially if your car is not sitting in a garage, it is really chilly out on the roads this morning, but quiet in the weather department. That will said there is cold will last us a while. But you dont have any precipitation to go along with it. At least not for the ne
Wind flow, not as hash be shall, so it feels more like the teens, in short, across most of the region right now. That tends to be the code he is spot obviously for obvious reasons, now, off to the northwest, here is the dose every reality. Actually below zero in chicago, al mean, a minneapolis, not even counting for the windchill that those folks are facing, really brutal air in place. Across good portion of the. S. But, there are folks that certainly had the worse than us, storm scan, quiet, we do have few clouds granted but dont worry about those, see sun throughout the day but the chill is here, it is here to stay foray quite a while, today actually the warm test will be of the next seven days , even still just barely breaking out of the freezing levels here, at least well have some sunshine to work with throughout the day. But along with the cold air comes the opportunity, for us to see some snow. Weve got couple of chances cents for that. In the days ahead, so little later in the
So were always willing to lend a hand in other states. Its smoky. You have to be careful for bears, black bears, grizzly bears and mountain lions. Reporter meantime, these trucks from new jersey are currently with nine other crew members in washington. The same state where three firefighters from the u. S. Forest service were killed wednesday after their vehicle crashed and was overtaken by flames. Yesterday morning we all had a moment of silence for them. Very tough. Its hard to lose, you know, another brother firefighter. If we know them or not, theyre all you brothbrothers out here. Reporter an additional 20 firefighters still here in new jersey have been put on standby that they too may be needed out west in the coming days. This is number one priority out here for the conditions that were working in. Reporter they are also sleeping outside and havent showered but these firefighters say thats part of the job which required them to cut short the time they had to speak with us. They