Obamacare and why some people hate it. What did you find . John dessner well, its really a story of two families. Because if youre fortunate enough to qualify for subsidies, you do get a lot of help. But if youre unfortunate enough to fall off of this what we call a subsidy cliff and literally that could mean earning an extra 200 per year, then you get no help. Sharyl and this week, we take a look at the annual capitol hill drama of the budget. Rep. Buck the reason they always have the omnibus bill right before christmas is they hold it over our heads and say, were gonna shut down government, this is gonna be terrible. Sharyl and we ask a few of you about handling the budget. Are you more of a spender or a saver do you think . Saver. Sharyl what do you think about the way the government is handling its finances . Its pretty incredible that they cant keep to a budget. I mean its absolutely asinine. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its
Of jerusalems story. 70 years ago, the state of israel was formed, but not accepted by all of its arab neighbors. In september of 2000, ariel sharon made a visit to the temple mount that inflamed the palestinians. It was called the second intifada. Now, some believe, President Trumps decision to move the u. S. Embassy to jerusalem might trigger the third. Is that the biggest fear . Tzipi livni there is no excuse for terror, there is no excuse for violence. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] sharyl welcome to full measure. Im sharyl attkisson. This week, democrats demanded President Trump be investigated for alleged sexual misconduct. Republicans demanded the special counsel on conflicts of interest. Meantime, new Sexual Harassment probes started up in congress in the past few weeks against congressmen Blake Farenthold and trent franks and senator al franken before he announced his res
Area. We feel it here at this stage. We are stuck in a deep freeze. Alison abc7s tom roussey joins us from siller is spring where crews are work Silver Spring where the crews are working on a water main break. This is just part of the problem out there today, right . Tom it is. There are a lot of affects from the cold. The water main break is one of the worst. This is on New Hampshire avenue. So as you can imagine its wreaking havoc on traffic. I just got an update. Good news. They have made progress. It wont last forever but it will last through the evening rush hour. Thanks to the water main break the traffic was bad even before rush hour started. Bad. Really bad. How bad was the traffic you were in . Bad. Back like 20 minutes. That is right. 20 minutes from the beltway, which you could see less than a quarter mile away. Everything had to merge to one lane. What i dont like about it is the left lane, they think they automatically can get in without any courtesy. New hampshire avenue
Parts of maryland and virginia are slammed by the snow. But some parts have as much as 14 inches of snow, the highest total in our area are a little more than two inches. The majority of the area saw less than an inch. Why were the schools closed today . Stephen tschida is live in northwest asking parents if they thought Closing School was a good idea. Stephen . Stephen strong reaction to the question. Seton Elementary School is closed up tighter than a drum like a lot of schools in the region. But check out what is on the ground. Its not knee deep. So that is why a lot of parents are not thrilled with the rationale to close schools. The weather outside isnt frightful. Still inside the Trampoline Park its unusually business for a thursday. Virginia now, this is we get an inch and they cancel school. The kids springing in action instead of studying. Some parents scrammable to find ways to occupy the children. Others took them along with them. Improvising on unexpected day off. A lot of
President trumps decision to recognize the contested city of jerusalem as the capital of israel. Now the president is threatening to cut off some u. S. Funding to the Palestinian Authority. Do you ever see yourself at a bargaining table with President Trump or his administration . But him together with 4, 5 other leaders. Why not. Californias 2017 wildfire season was the worst on record. Some thought 2016 was bad. And thats when we went to california to see what kind of support the state was getting to fight and prevent future wildfires. We need congress to act and we need them to act now. That was last year. This year more than double the acres burned, and double the dollars spent. You said youve seen bills in motion but has anything changed nc sharyl welcome to full measure. Im sharyl attkisson. One of President Trumps Top Priorities for 2018 is pushing to update to americas aging infrastructure. That means our system handling roads, bridges, dams, power and rail. We dont yet know ex