Seeing a few sprinkles light up the radar to the west and some mostly cloudy skies. Measurable rain however is pretty unlikely today. Landowners who oppose the keystone xl pipeline continued in oneill nebraska yesterday. Landowners in holt county are suing transcanada over a state law that granted the Keystone Xl Pipeline Company Eminent Domain for private gain they appeared in court for oral arguments in their case. No witnesses testified. All testimony had to be submitted in writing ahead of time. Back in 2013. Former governor Dave Heineman approved a nebraska route for the pipeline. But that decision is still being challenged. And if were right the statute was invalid then the governors proported approval was not an approval because he wasnt authorized to give it jessica rae the judge could make a ruling on the case as early as next month. Jessica rae a week long effort to keep kids away from drugs and alcohol got underway in sioux city. Red ribbon week kicked off last night at long
Government shutdowns over the debt ceiling. Obama said the bill invests in the economy and National Security calling it a great Bipartisan Legislation obama president obama what we now see is a budget that reflects our values, that grows our economy, creates jobs, keeps america safe its going to strengthen the middle class by investing in critical areas like education and job training, basic research. Jessica rae the National Debt limit until march 15th, 2017. Jessica rae the university of iowas new president has started his job on campus. And was met with protests. Protestors chanting jessica rae the iowa board of regents selected Bruce Harreld on september 3rd to replace sally mason. Harrelds background is in business, not in education administration. And thats led to scrutiny from faculty and gathered on the pentacrest to call for Bruce Harreld to resign. But harreld made it pretty clear thats not going to happen. Bruce harreld says, it comes with the territory, ive been part of the
This morning a near republican revolt over the next debate. Both donald trump and dr ben carson threatening not to show up if host cnbc tries to change the format the two leading gop candidates writing in a joint letter to cnbc they do not, and will not, agree to appear at a debate that is more than 120 minutes long including commercials brbrks. Also demanding the debate include opening and closing statements from all ththcandidates. Sottrump on fox i think i is unfair to the viewers because its too much, its too much to watch and they are doing it because they want to make more money. But this morning, trump tweeting, cnbc has just agreed the debate will be two hours. Earlier Carly Fiorina telling trump and carson to stop whining. Sotfiorina tonight our intv i think we need to spend as much time as possible answering the american peoples questions so im all for three hours. Imsorry that they apparently dont have the endurance in a statement to abc news cnbc saying we will certainly ta
Snow. Abcs rob marciano is in mexico, new york, and starts us off this morning. Good morning, rob. Reporter good morning, robin. And hello, winter. How about this . Its the middle of october. Yes, this is an area no stranger to snow. But this much coming this early, not too many people are happy about that. And this cold, bitter, arctic air mass extends across the entire eastern half of the u. S. Its too early for snow. Reporter this morning, the sentiment of millions. Early snowfall bringing treacherous, miserable driving conditions. In upstate new york, icy roads responsible for more than 50 wrecks. We thought maybe a couple of inches. It kept coming and coming. And kept coming. Reporter up to nine inches falling in some areas. Buffalo bills fans getting snowed on, too. Thought it was christmas. Reporter snowmen surfacing before halloween pumpkins. In the mountains of vermont, whiteout conditions. From ohio to northern michigan, more than half a foot of snow covering some parts. Mara
Investigations not about her. This investigation is about four people who were killed representing our country on foreign soil. It is about what happened before, during and after the attacks that killed them. Reporter but democrats had a different take. This abusive effort to derail secretary clintons president ial campaign. Reporter republicans released a never before seen eeil that clinton wrototthe night of the attack addressed to diane reynolds, the name she used for emails to her daughter chelsea. Two of our officers were killed in benghazi by an al qaedalike group, she wrote, but thats a different position than the one the Obama Administration took immediately after the attack saying it was a protest over an antiislamic video that grew viololt. Gop lawmakers also fococed on requests for increased security and the state department responds. You had two ambassadors that made several, several requests and heres basically what happened to their requests. They were torn up. Well, that