He had high dollar vehicles. He had four of them. He had built an addition on his house. And there was a photo of one of my agents driving one of these high dollar vehicles out of the driveway, and he said, eric see that picture . I said, yeah. Do you know what happened when i drove it down the street . I said, no. He said, the neighborhood came out on the street and they were clapping. This is a high volume drug dealer. Thats the kind of people we represent. Thats when the agent drove down the street . He took the corvette out of the driveway, and they were lined up clapping. We represent some of the most vulnerable people, the poor, the elderly, the young, the addicted, and they have no voice. They have no way to sell their home and move away when a drug dealer sets up shop in a neighborhood and the Property Values drop. So, quite frankly, i am personally offended when i hear charges of racism. The laws are race neutral. We go where the battle is hottest. We represent people who are
Democrats 202 5853880, republicans 202 5853881, and independents, all others, 202 5853882. Send us a tweet. Or you can post your comments on facebook. Com. Or you can email us. Well get to your thoughts in a minute. Joining us on the phone is elise viebeck, a Health Care Reporter with the hill newspaper. What is at the center of the dispute in both of these court cases . Guest the plaintiffs in this cases are arguing that subsidies for obamacare plan exchanges are illegal. The case theyre making is the actual statutory language of the Affordable Care act only allows exchanges that are run by states to issue these tax credits to make plans more affordable. Whats in jeopardy are subsidies for more than 5 Million People in 36 states where the federal government ran the exchange through house care. Gov. Its a very big case. Which courts ruled and how did they rule . The first ruling we got yesterday was a long waited ruling by the dc court of appeals. It was a three judge paneling l panel
Despite the loud bells, the warning signs to look both ways, and even more signs indicating that trains have no horn, a second person in six months has been killed by a vta light rail train. Both happened at the very same intersection of southwest expressway and stokes street near the bascom station. Theres always a warning sign. I dont know why, whats happening, whats going on, why people are getting killed at this location. Reporter investigators are puzzled, too. Theyre spending much of the day figuring out if there is anything more they can do. Police say the man killed sunday night may have been chasing after a dog. The victims friend says he was walking a neighbors pet and that perhaps a brain injure free a previous accident slowed his response time. His apartment is just a few yards from the train tracks. Were constantly taking stock of the entire system to make sure that its safe and make sure that if theres anything we can do to make it safer, well do that. A new memorial with
Pinpoint and check people worldwide. And not just a pest how this creepy crawley is helping to design the robots of tomorrow. Beginning the newshour. 20 are dead after an aattack in sanaa. Gunmen are believed to have infiltrated the building through the eastern wing. Building. The situation is now under control. There are reports of sporadic gunfire and explosions. We spoke to the editor in chief of the yemen post. It has not been safe in the capital. This was expected. The regime warned that they could escalate. What is behind the attack is unknown. I would not be surprised if al qaeda is not linked to the attack. Or that we dont see more of al qaedas links because it seems more unorganised than an organised attack. There are casualties between injured and killed. The government is downplaying the incident, saying that they have everything under control. But how is he on the ground. Its delicate and the government is as weak as it is to me. We feel that. The government now is being se
The start of spring just five weeks away, but Mother Nature remaining each and every one of us that this season is far from over. Nearly a foot of snow is on the ground in some places and it is still falling. The storm is coating roads across the deep south with ice. That storm also being claimed nationwide for 12 deaths. All government offices are closed. They are even taking a snow day at the white house. President obama had a number of events on his schedule, and all of those events have been canceled. Robert ray is in atlanta, georgia. Lisa stark is in the nations capitol. But we begin in pennsylvania, erika pitzi in downtown philadelphia, and tell us how bad it is where you are. At this point right now, dell there is a little bit of a low. We went from light and fluffy snow to heavy snow to freezing rain, and right now we have a little bit of wind and a little bit of rain right now. And this is going to help some of these street workers clear these roads. Were already hearing abou