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in the 90s for the next several days. let s get it started with the heat alert. this is heat advisory in effect for the entire metro area. it goes into effect at 1:00. the heat index will be right around 105 for many of us. and actually in the immediate beltway region we could see heat index values above 105 as we head into the afternoon. here is a look at that day planner. already 87 degrees at 10:00. that s before you factor in the humidity. 93 at 1:00. 94 degrees at 4. 88 even at 10:00. right now it is 75 in leesburg and hagerstown. 73 gaithersburg. it s still 79 in downtown washington. we actually have a heat index value in d.c. right now of 84 when you factor in the dewpoint of 74 degrees. we are going to keep it mostly dry as well. we don t have any rain in the forecast. maybe a stray isolated storm from this weak disturbance that s trying to pass through. a cold front will arrive on tuesday. we will track that for you coming up with 9 futurecast and the first ale ....
2015. on our three-hour program this morning, we ll be talking about police reform, u.s. national security challenges in the middle east, and the state of the u.s. auto industry. but we begin this morning with the renewed debate in the country over the 14th amendment and birthright citizenship. with republican presidential candidate donald trump and several of his fellow gop contenders now calling for an end to the practice of granting automatic citizenship to anyone born on u.s. soil, we re asking our viewers to weigh in on this latest debate over immigration policy. should the u.s. end birthright citizenship? if you think yes, the number for you is 202-748-8000. if you say no to ending birthright citizenship, the number is 202-748-8001. we also have a special line this morning for americans whose parents were foreign born, those first-generation americans can call in at 202-748-8002. a very good thursday morning to you on the washington journal. we begin this mornin ....
the myth these packets called zombie, scooby-doo, it s not fun stuff. you are putting your life at risk. the lives of others at risk and there will be serious consequences for selling and using. ted, los angeles. good morning. caller: good morning. listen. i have a couple of comments. and the one is that in regarding the synthetic drugs, it seems they always have names that cater to young people or children, and there already was laws regarding advertising to children from cereal companies and everyone that they seem to get away with this by advertising these products at candy type of products and things like that or incense or whatever. it seems like that law, that should have been taken care of a long time ago. the question to mr. racine is, in hollywood, here, they have these places called hookah parlors where people smoke these large hookah pipes. and is that synthetic marijuana that they are smoking and calling it hookah or what? it seems to be a legal thing th ....
good morning. welcome to the heritage foundation and r lewis lehrman auditorium. of course what those are joining us on our heritage.org website on all of these occasions. for those in-house we ask the courtesy to check our various mobile devices have been silenced or turned off as we prepare to begin and, of course, for those watching online you are welcome to send questions or comments at any time simply e-mailing [email protected]. leading our discussion this morning is david muhlhausen. dr. muhlhausen is research fellow in empirical policy analysis at heritage center for data analysis. he testifies frequently before congress on the efficiency and effectiveness of federal programs. his commentary and analyses have also been featured in numerous major publications and he frequently appears on national television as well. his book review scientifically rigorous national studies that almost unanimously fine that federal programs fai failed to e the social problems ....
that we don t you know, we expect it, but i m not ready. we re not ready for that and freezing rain and all that other mess, tom kierein. we do have it cold enough for snow, we re down into the 20s. storm team 4 radar showing a little bit of very light snow and some flurries north of the metro area. that s moving off all to the north and east this morning. so very early here predawn on this sunday we are seeing some of that moving on through coming in from the north and west and up into western pennsylvania and into ohio as well. closer up this area in the gray zone showing light snow, howard, northern montgomery, frederick, panhandle of west virginia all of this tracking off to the north and east pulling away. it is a cold morning, our temperatures are down in the 20s. reagan national now at 31. our look at our next chance for some snow coming up in a few minutes. dozens of people in fairfax go back to this morning after this fire tore through their apartment b ....