Lansing. She addressed the covid19 pandemic and her goals for getting residents of her state vaccinated. This runs 30 minutes. I am honored to welcome all of you for my hometown of detroit. Last year was tough. Theres no doubt about it. But when our backs were up against wall, we saw some truly remarkable things and michigander stepped up in incredible ways to help each other. When we do things together, we are unbreakable. Thanks for the to the conviction and work ethic that fuels the soul of every person in our state. Now it is time for us to look Forward Together to write our next chapter. As president of the 101st legislature, i officially called the 2020 one state of the state address to order. Please an out of me to introduce my partner, the 49 governor of the great state of michigan, governor gretchen whitmer. Whitmer is addressing her state of the state address. This is different because it has to be. Tonight, it is tonight is just me and a few speed a few people in my capital
Were looking at nice weather to start the day. 47 degrees your 6 00 touchdown. 38 around brookhaven. West hampton at 30, always a chilly spot with a cool sky with sandy soil there and a calm wind. 47 around newark, well have sunshine today for the most part. Most of the day will be sunny. 60 by noon time. Parade weather starts off very comfortably. We get to 61 to 63 this afternoon with possibly a late day shower. Maybe a rumble of thunder. Heather orourke, it is your day. All my day. All mine. Everybody is irish on Saint Patricks day. Thats right. Lets talk about mass transit. New jersey buses, extra service. Same situation Long Island Railroad and metro north. New Jersey Transit trains are on or close to schedule. Path trains on a regular schedule, on or closeded. Mta buses, expect diversions because of the parade. Route three east. Bloomfield avenue. You have an accident there. Subway Services Running on or close to schedule today. Here is a look at the fdr drive that is traffic mov
Thank you. As do you. Youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. Meteorologist bill oevans in the weather center. We will probably drop to 45 through the morning but the numbers are warmer than normal. It should be 25 around new burn but it is 45 there. Poughkeepsie. The same. Monticello 37. 43 around wrightstown. Well be looking at a nice, mild day. Normal High Temperature this time of the year is 50. Well get to 61 this afternoon and much of the parade will be dry and breezy and the wind will be at your back. If youre on 5th avenue, the winds are at your southwest. Look at that and the sun will shine warmly upon your face. Here is the fdr drive. We have construction setup there so we do have sml sm really heavy delays on the fdr drive. Lets go over to our maps and explain where it is. It is southbound to the 90s and 70s into the 60s. Northbound 60s up into the 70s. Three trains suspend services, use the trains instead. Extra service on new Jersey Transit buses
The mayor and take it only on thirteen years now. He had the bizarre encounter that have the sheriff chasing after the mayor in a slow pursuit through downtown at one point police were even called in for backup. I asked the mayor if he felt this was all a setup because the sheriff insists it wasnt plain petty politics was this all political. Do you think though that chasing after him was been digging was in heaven know he has no respect for Law Enforcement all the while some repairs call was their response to gov o theres a god in heaven they just take a bath and we can decide for yourself after watching the tape and listening to the interviews there whether or not this was a setup now of course we had been trying to reach the mayor we message him last night called again today you saw that he didnt want to speak with us as he left the magistrates office. I did notice that some people on his Facebook Page are leaving is due in Court Next Week reporting live in portsmouth there came thir
State. When we act others follow. Lets shape that action together and fashion a carbon plan suited to the genius and capabilities of our great state. [applause] we can do this. It has already been done successfully in many other places including ten american states and 35 countries. I cannot tell you today what our joint effort we will produce, but i can but i can say that after six years of no progress on this front washingtonians deserve access. And developing my budget i took the same approach of looking to tested solutions for revenue proposals. Has the nations most unfair tax system the nations most unfair tax system from our lowest paid pay nearly 17 percent of there income in taxes and that top 1 percent pay less than 3 percent. A new teacher page three times more in taxes as a percentage than our wealthiest citizens and we no their are many forces driving inequality but we can make policy choices that move us toward an economy that works for all washingtonians work toward a fai