Police beat where i live. I need to know my neighbors better. They actually told us they want to get out and get to know each other. Were looking at increasing Community Resident engagement in our highcrime neighborhoods, activating neighborhood associations who have been latent for many years. We have free cleanup assistance Tree Planting beautification projects for up to 5,000 grants. Theres so many things our city is offered and what i have found in my presentations in those neighborhoods in long beach, those neighbors dont even know these programs exist. So our job as a city is to go door to door and activate those residents to come to the Association Meetings and to begin to reform their neighborhoods from the inside out. We all know that unemployment is an issue as well. We overlaid the map of unemployment rates with poverty. Those same census track high poverty, high levels of unemployment. How do we develop a strategy that we go door to door and ensure our unemployed residents
Your side. Kellye in aspen hill, a oneyear old girl was rushed to the hospital after falling out of a fourth floor window. She landed in the bushes below and was taken to the hospital with serious injuries a little after 8 00 on pear tree court. Loudoun county Police Arrested a volunteer paramedic for allegedly having inappropriate contact with an underaged girl. Timothy ward is a lieutenant and volunteer paramedic with the sterling rescue squad. The police are withholding details of the case to protect the victim. Ward is being held in jail without bond. In arlington, traffic is moving after three hours after a bus caught fire just past the pentagon. This video shows the bus on fire and thick black smoke. Nobody was injured but if for stadium tour and backed up traffic. And we are learning more about the tragic motorcycle accident that claimed a childs life. Roz plater is live in hyattsville right now by prince Georges Plaza with what witnesses are saying. Roz kellye, lots of unanswer
House to defund it, to derail it, in one way or another before they had a chance to do that some judge in texas ruled it unconstitutional and if its on hold until this appeal because the higher court and hopefully that will be overturned. Unfortunately, even if it is overturned, its only a temporary fix because it doesnt provide legalization or path to citizenship it just says for x. Amount of months you can get the work permit and drivers license and be in that country without legal status. Thats not a permanent solution but we support it and we think that the president did have the authority to do that and its a good temporary stopgap measure. But what we do need and we cant do it without congress, we do need a fix to a broken immigration system. The catholic bishops have the same for the past ten plus years that Immigration Reform should have three legs. One leg is the path to citizenship for the 11 million or so that are here in this country. These people are already part of our so
Hillary clinton is expected to announce her candidacy for the presidency on sunday. She will launch her campaign with a video message on social media. Next week she will head to iowa. On monday, marco rubio will be announcing his entry into the race for the white house from miami, become the very becoming the third republican. You have live coverage at 5 30 p. M. Of his announcement on cspan. This congressional recess cspan has been profiling new members of congress. Steve scully representative norma torres from californias 35th Congressional District. As a freshman member of congress, what is the difference serving here and your time in the state senate . Representative torres it is quiet a difference between the two chambers. I should say the three chambers. The biggest difference i think is our inability to work across the aisle. In california, we certainly did a better job with that. Mr. Scully how do you fix it . Representative torres i think members just have to commit to working
The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers room washington, d. C. April 13 2015. I hereby appoint the honorable luke messer to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Gracious god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. The work of the congress resumes after time spent by millions of americans celebrating High Holy Days and spring comes to our nations capital. It is the season of hope. In this chamber where the peoples house gathers we pause to offer you gratitude for the gift of this good land on which we live and for this great nation which you have inspired and in developing so many years. Continue to inspire the American People that through the difficulties of these days we might keep liberty and justice