House. While the nomination of solicitor general and after wednesday the senate will take a break for the rest of the week on the state work. Live coverage of the u. S. Senate on cspan2 the presiding officer the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, the chaplain, dr. Barry black, the chaplain let us pray. Holy and gracious god, let your light shine out of darkness into our hearts. Today, fill our lawmakers with a knowledge of your purposes, providing them with the insights to accomplish your will. Inspire them to humble themselves under your mighty hand, so that you may exalt them in due time. Lord, keep them mindful of the great responsibility you have placed upon them, and may they trust your power to do through them more than they can ask or imagine. Watch over and guard them and their loved ones in their going out and coming in. Lord, thank you for your loving care and tender mercies that you provide us each day. We pray in your loving name. Amen. The presiding
Wildfires ripping through california. And smashing pumpkin. No not the band, this is vandalism and people in one town arent happy. Now fox 29 news at 10 00. Schools is out for kids in one local town of the problem is mold. A very Serious Health concern for students and their teachers. Thank you for joining us at 10 00i lucy noland. Im iain page. Ton night parents have had it and they unloaded on School Officials in Monroe Township. Fox 29s dave kinchen live in williamstown tonight. Dave, the gloves are really off tonight for parents. They went off. Reporter yeah, they did. I can tell you the parents actually cheered a group of parents and other school members, teachers that got together to investigate this issue themselves. But when it came to the school board itself, well, it wasnt too kind. We dont have a damn bit of information that these kids are safe. Reporter parents calling out Monroe Township School Board Members in an emergency meeting at the Williamstown High School theater o
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P. M. Eastern. I want to get everyone caught up on the other top stories we are following. Came up short. Everyone has an excuse, right . It is called the weather. Bad weather affected operating revenue. Warren buffett found a way to keep his Company Taxes taxes low. To stockhe plan shares . Another twist in the search for that missing plane. Filesia said that some were missing from a Flight Simulator found in the pilots home. Major changes in the Federal Reserve today. Their first meeting in eight years without ben bernanke at the helm. Michael mckee is here with me at the beginning of this janet yellen era. This threshold of 6. 5 has been such a key metric tom a but that may change . It may be the first thing she brings to it. This is not her first rodeo. She has been on the fed since 1990 four. This is actually not the first fed meeting she has chaired. February 20 there was an open meeting on dodd frank. The first topic of business is what do you do about the socalled evans rule .
Ukraine is preparing for its first president ial election since the protest that toppled former president victory yanukovych. Russia president Vladimir Putin said russia will respect the out come of the election. As the vote nears violence is growing in eastern ukraine. Al jazeera has more from doneskt. This under lies an exclusive situation in eastern ukraine. Militia on militia, violence socalled antiterrorist. The defense unit stands for an united ukraine, but like the pro separatists they cover their faces, wear uniforms, and carry weapons. Now people here are extremely worried about that. They say that whoever stands for what its just another set of people with weapons on the streets. So far most of the fighting seems to happen outside of the towns and the big cities mainly at check points. But there is a real anxiety that that fighting could eventually inch closer to the city centers. People are also worried that in the next 48 hours there could be a further up tick in violence a