The speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 415. The nays are two. 2 3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the resolution is agreed to and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. The Unfinished Business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from louisiana, mr. Higgins, to suspend the rules and pass h. R. 4564 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk h. R. 4564, a bill to require a threat assessment on current foreign terrorist fighter activities, and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. Members will record their vote by electronic device. This is a fiveminute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes
Teenager away from the bus driver. Hes a sweet young man. No drugs, no alcohol, never been arrested. Never hit anyone before. But he has an illness and we have to work with that. Yeah. He on medication . Absolutely. Did he have his meds that day . Absolutely. Reporter all of this happening in Brooklyn Court today and we find out another city bus driver attacked. This time it happened last night in the bronx. This driver, 69 years old, a teenage suspect according to authorities got on the bus in southern boulevard in the bronx, attacked the driver. The driver suffered a swollen right cheek and a bloody eye. Mr. Clark returns to court on the 21st of april. But coming up at 5 30, were going to take a look at the to get services he desperately needs. Joe, thank you. Were going to turn to the controversial planned budget cuts that some say will leave new york city vulnerable to terrorists. Washingtons new plan would reduce antiterror funding from 180 million to 90 million. That drastic redu
That well have much more cast. For now, im live in newark. Aj ross. Channel seven Eyewitness News. Warm weather. Unseasonably warm weather, we will shatter the record high. The last record was 69 degrees in 2000. We may be hitting 77 degrees today. Meteorologist bill evans is outside the studios on the Upper West Side with a look at the accuweather forecast. We like 7s why not 77 degrees . Im doing weather here in the Upper West Side. I havent seen people this early in the season, were getting to the end of weather. Folks are wearing tshirts, shorts on the Upper West Side as well as around much of the area today. It looks really pretty. We have a hazy look to the sky, that is because of the warm temperatures and the cool water. The water temperature is 40. The temperature already 69 degrees and there will be a little battle this afternoon the wind hangs to the west, the city will see the temperature driving up. Notice the temperature in poughkeepsie inland, 77 already. 75 down the shor
Constitutional right to nominate a Supreme Court justice, and its the senates constitutional right to act as a check on a president , and withhold its consent. Merrick garland is best known for coordinating the response in the prosecution of Timothy Mcveigh in the Oklahoma City bombing. Its going to be interesting to see had you republicans respond to this choice. They are vowing to fight they will not even take up this nomination of garland, during this, an election year. Stay tuned. More breaking news. Sources are telling Eyewitness News that there have been indictments in a deadly limo crash last year on long island. The limo driver along with the alleged drunk driver who hit n. J. Burkett broke this story and reporter outside the Suffolk County d. A. s office. A News Conference is expected to begin at 12 45 this afternoon. But yes, the chauffeur in that horrific limo case has been indicted. The charges against both men could not immediately be confirmed, because the indictments hav
Traffic and weather on the 2s. High levels of lead discovered in the water. The taps now turned off as officials call for help from the state and federal government. Janelle burrell live in newark with more this morning. Reporter hi chris and mary, most of the samples were actually taken from water sources from sinks and polices where you would wash your hands these test results showed that some of the Drinking Water sources, some of the water fountains at this Charter School came back with lead levels ten times above the acceptable limits. The testing took 324 water samples, a sample from every single water source in all eight nontraditional facilities within the Newark Public School district for this phase of testing. A quarter of those samples came back with elevated levels of led. 16 of them were from Drinking Water sources, 10 of those Drinking Water sources were the newark legacy Charter School. The epas acceptable level of lead and water is 15 parts per billion and some of the s