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flake opened his speech saying he wished to speak that day on the state of disunion. websteresqst daniel ue at first. he said that democratic norms and ideals were undergoing a daily thundering. the healerne, lincoln, the lincoln who appealed to the better angels of our nature. that same lincoln had taken, at that time, a firm stance against slavery and was making plans against fort sumter. he was not compromising. we ve come here today and tomorrow to figure out compromises. or not. loyalty tohether state is more important to loyalty to country or not. reporters ny these last few months have been the gift that give that keeps on giving to historians whether we wanted it or not. asked, what would you say to general kelly if you talked to him? have you ever been to gettysburg, have you ever read the gettysburg address? just pointing that out. war, ande of the civil , there sr secession commentary ample from so many people. jefferson davis gave a speech in late apr ....
here. look for a wintry mix early this afternoon and then perhaps changing to rain but again the rain, the wintry mix everything will get a chance to stick on roads and sidewalks as ground temperatures right now are in the teens. we are under a winter weather advisory. i ll show you that coming up but again the timing on this i ll say between about 1:00 and 7, 8 o clock tonight look for a wintry mix across the area and icing will be an issue. guys i ll have more on this in a minute. back to you. tuck thanks. school closings and delays. a lot might come as a surprise as we thaw out from the weekend deep freeze. it s the threat of a wintry mix this afternoon that s leading many systems to close early. fairfax, loud couldn t loudon and what are haven t. fauquier king george page county schools. in virginia john adams elementary in alexandria is closed because there s no heat. all other alexandria city schools though will open on time. stafford county schools and ....
, the lincolnncoln who appealed to the better angels of our nature. , at same lincoln had taken that time, a firm stance against the expansion of slavery into the american west and was making plans against fort sumter. he was not compromising. we ve come here today and tomorrow to figure out compromise that could have saved the civil war from happening. or not. to decide whether loyalty to state is more important to loyalty to country or not. one of the many reporters a lot of us have been talking to last and these last few months have been the gift that keeps on giving to historians whether we wanted it or not. one asked me, what would you say to general kelly if you talked to him? what came out of me was have you ever been to gettysburg, have you ever been to that cemetery? comedy many of those guys died for their state? how many of those guys died for their state? have you ever read the gettysburg address? what did lincoln collect what did lincoln call it? a nati ....
support their work product. and of course as senator mcconnell, our majority leader likes to point out, there is one indispensable person when it comes to legislation, and that s the person who signs it. all of us write the legislation, but the president is the one who ultimately decides p whether it s going to become law. that s a serious problem in terms of their plan to move forward with the so-called graham-durbin proposal. and it was i guess last week i lose track of the days now where we met at the white house where majority leader mccarthy suggested that he and i as the majority whip in the senate, minority whip in the senate, senator durbin, for whom this has been a long, passionate cause, and also the minority leader in the house, mr. hoyer, get together and schedule a tkpwraoufpl meetings to try a group of meetings to try to work out our differences and build consensus because nothing happens unless consensus is achieved, as we all know. so actually i th ....
spending $7 trillion in the middle east, it is time to start investing in our country. however, a $1 trillion plus infrastructure plan doesn t exactly combat ballooning deficits. the president is right we must engage the private sector to get those costs down. but when government is involved, even when money is block granted to the states, it s never private enough. he says the permitting process will be shortened from 10 years to two or even one. but still, way too expensive. say it with me. the states and companies are forced to pony up for these big plans, the money will come from higher taxes which is a death sentence from states like california and new jersey. states like illinois with so much unfunded pension liability will collapse under the weight of the newly poured concrete if their spread-thin citizens are expected to foot the bill for more bad decisions. without meaningful cuts to entitlements and honest talk about military efficiency it s a certain disaster ....