Mitch mcconnell, set a deadline today hoping to have a final version to send to the edge of office so when they return from the july 1 recess, they will have that her idea of the changes that they will making and what they will have on the Health Care Bill. It does not look like they have reached that deadline. It seems like they might be ascending some components for scoring, but they are still working on negotiating this. There has been a lot of discord and a lot of different senators who want Different Things in this bill who arent happy with the direction that negotiations are waiting towe see what happens. I think the white house is a little disappointed as the couldnt reach the deadline today and they are still in the process of speaking with the senators and working to some kind of consensus of legislation. Lesniewski what is the senate line for changes and who with a satisfied . The most recent batch of potential changes that we have heard about largely pertain to onp being an
I am pleased to see so many faces. Some fairly young faces. I am particularly pleased knowing the students today do not necessarily cherish things that happened 30 years ago. Jon bon jovi or George Michael or dirty dancing, there have in cooler times in history than the 80s. That is what my children keep reminding me. This is, however, different. With president reagans speech. From president kennedys visit, it might he better known in germany and the u. S. Foreign policy nerds know that there is nothing like resident reagans secretarygeneral gorbachev and his call to tear down this wall. Interestingly, the speech received very little coverage at the time. However, the chancellor immediately realized the impact. President reagan was a stroke of luck for the world. He would say after the speech. And the rather hysterical reaction, german leadership also gives us an indication of the strength of the speech. I myself refresh memories a couple of days ago. I was in new york at the time in 1
Book that is titled,s, does gender matter. Im happy to be here to talk about the book. I was inspired to write this book by a very strange policy that we have in the city of philadelphia which was our transportation authority. Used to require that everybody who bought a monthly pass had a gender marker either and for taylor asked for female. Its what i call sex identity discrimination within the city and in particular one transgender wome woman was a frd of mine an activist for trans right people in philadelphia brought a lawsuit because when she offered her. They said you cant use this because youre not a woman, not a real woman. So she brought back a pass with it am sticker on it and the same thing happen. In that case its pretty clear that there is no legitimate reason to have our sex identity marked on a pass to get on a bus. In the city of philadelphia this sparked a lot of grassroots activism and to get the sex stickers removed to get rid of them but it never admitted that it had
Been buried alive with the dirt. Were you sleeping at the time it came in . I was sleeping. Reporter these people are going through a lot. Some of them are staying at overnight shelters but those are at local high schools and with school back in session monday they will have to pack up their belongings and move. City leaders are looking for a new place for them tuesday. There are also working on trying to find an estimate of the damage here caused by the flood, and once they get the estimate they will get state and federal dollars to help the victims, because they say that they are going to help them get back on their feet. Live in san jose, maria medina, kpix 5. A major route leading to the Golden Gate Bridge will be off limits for a few more weeks. A mudslide shut down alexander avenue this week. Officials say the road will remain closed through march 4. 6 01. Lets see if weve got friday like traffic or the normal bay area traffic. Thank you. So much for our quiet morning. I told you
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