It is my great pleasure to introduce my partner in government, our great governor, ned lamont. [ applause ] mr. President , mr. Speaker, senator fazano, representative clarida or should i say claridas butler, not yet, this is one Public Private partnership we all strongly approve. [ applause ] my fellow state officials, members of the general assembly, judicial branch, Lieutenant Governor bisowitz, emily, annie, lindsey, honored guest, and the people of the great state of connecticut, thank you again for trusting me to this office, and inviting me back into the hall, the room where it happens, and thanks to our partnership, the state of our state is strong and its getting stronger. [ applause ] but were just Getting Started. We still have a long way to go. A year ago, i promised that we would Work Together to ensure the connecticuts future would no longer be defined by a fiscal crisis. We made a down payment on that promise by passing an ontime honestly balanced budget that showed we c
Solace in the class to convert to be a catholic. It is been organizing part of my architecture as a person and certainly as an elected official. Sometimes people are asked about this question about people that are aspiring for the public life or serving. They asked will you allow your decisions in government to be influenced by your faith . Whenever i hear this, i know typically the answer they want to hear is never i would never do that. Because in the game of political correctness, that is the answer that gives get you to the next level. The endpoint is a certain kind of politician we have heard before, the guys whose moral convictions are so private, so deeply personal that he refuses to impose them on himself. [laughter] fmr. Gov. Bush well, that is not me. How strange in our time today to hear that our faith and moral traditions spoke in some backwards or oppressive force. [applause] it is also been in many ways the greatest force for good in the world the greatest force that is e
Iowa unveiled new state flood maps today, eight flooding that hit cedar rapids and other parts of eastern iowa in 2008. Those floods devastated areas that people didnt people who experienced flooding then know if theyre still in the path of danger. The sixyear effort to create and update maps. Started in 2010. The Program Costs 15 Million Dollars. And the Us Department of housing and urban development funded most of it. Kcrg tv nines Dave Franzman joins us from along the cedar river in cedar rapids. Dave, just how extensive is the flood mapping that is finally wrapped up . Beth, the mapping doesnt just cover major the Iowa Flood Center studied every single stream that drains more than one square mile of territory and mapped out the flooding potential. The Iowa Flood Center may consider the mapping officially complete now. But the city of cedar rapids used the data this fall to fight off the second highest crest ever on the cedar rapids. The information compiled by the flood center pred
From the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. See the screen for your complete weather information. Here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team behind the cold front yesterday, today will be mild in comparison. Partly cloudy skies will continue through daytime hours. Highs today will be above average in the mid 40s to the north and low 50s to the south. Winds could be a little breezy at times but for the days from december and were talking about tornadoes. Severe weather rolled through eastern iowa yesterday. This video was sent to us from a viewer near parkersburg, with a funnel forming above butler county. Butler county Emergency Management says fortunately the county escaped with very little damage. Some roof damage, a small shed blown off its foundation and some tree limbs down. More video this out of grundy it shows a slim funnel cloud. There were at six reports of tornadoes yesterday in iowa. Its unusual for this time of year. But certainly has happ
Might have been still been cracked open. We were just out looking at hail, i mean, its the coolest thing ever, its hail. Its frozen water from the sky. Thankfully no reports of any injuries. Lets check on your weather now with storm track 7 meteorologist rachael peart. Good morning. Eileen on camera from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. See the screen for your complete weather information. Information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team behind the cold front yesterday, today will be mild in comparison. Partly cloudy skies will continue through daytime hours. Highs today will be above average in the mid 40s to the north and low 50s to the south. Winds could be a little breezy at times but for the most part wont be an issue. Tonight, additional clouds begin to track in ahead of a accumulation by sunrise on wednesday. Wednesday brings the potential for a light rain snow mix across eastern iowa. The best chance we dry out late week as High Pressure tracks in but sunshine were follow