Congratulations. A huge honor for them. They have a lot of smart kids in this area. Tons. Thats a good thing. For sure. Stay with us. News 4 today continues at 5 00 a. M. News 4 today starts now. Brace yourself. Another day for the big coat, the hat the and the gloves. Of the temperatures drop as the deadly snowstorm makes its way across the country. The forecast you need to hear as youre making thanksgiving plans. Good morning, everybody. Im aaron gilchrist. And im eun yang. Welcome to to this monday, november 25, 2013. The cold blast heading our way is already blamed for 13 deaths in the southwest part of the country. Icing roads in new mexico led to a roll over crash that killed a 4yearold girl. A winery mix much of icy rain turned to snow covering nearly the entire state. There is so much snow state patrol closed roads just as millions of drivers are preparing to head out for thanksgiving. The same storm dumped 13 inches outside of oklahoma city. Road conditions are also treacherou
Rain. Temperatures mid and upper 30s. Could be quite chilly indeed. Northern frederick county, maryland, out towards frederick county, virginia. Winchester and front royal down through interstate 81. Temperatures above freezing. Cant rule out one or two frozen raindrops. Just be careful this morning. Well be above freezing by 9 00, 10 00 this morning, into the upper 40s and low 50s for a brief time. Nothing too bad to complain about. Upper 40s north and west to low and mid50s around town. Rainfall amounts will not really add up to too terribly much. That being said, lets see how its impacting your friday morning roads. Danella . So far, chuck, its friday. Tgif. You know what, nice and clear in our area. Traffic hasnt picked up too bad yet. If youre about to head out of the house. Heres a live look at landover road. Drivers getting by at posted speeds looping towards the beltway. This time in Montgomery County, a live look at connecticut avenue in both directions, no problems at all. In
Happen until the gop agrees on a tax hike. Senator dick durbin saying no deal on the debt without a tax hike of the wealthy. I cant tell you, i dont want to do it, the president doesnt want to do it, but we need to solve the problem been we cannot allow the reckless position to drive this economy into another recession. Some suggesting that it might be better to cave to the president now on taxes and keep up the fight on spending. If we were to pass, for instance, raising the top two rate and thats it, all of a sudden we do have the leverage of the debt ceiling and we havent given that up. Meantime, one influential voice says enough is enough. Thats like betting your country. Theres something terribly bizarre and juvenile about that is to think your party comes ahead of your country. I dont go for that at all. That, of course, was alan simpson, the other half of simpso simpsonbowles. Erskin bowles will join us this morning, as well. If you have the democrats quoting him, the republican
Years is finally found and fired. Senior Administration Official with incredible access and information is now off the job. He was revealed as the voice of a twitter account using a fake name. His name is jofi joseph. He was on the white house staff but he was also famous in d. C. Circles. The tweets began in 2007. He was said to have openly criticized administration policies. Joseph had worked at the state department and for senators bob casey and joe biden. So far the first time, we are hearing from the woman in charge of healthcare. Gov. Kathleen sebelius admits there were concerns about the launch. The president said he was angry about this. Did you know when he first knew there was a problem . Well, i think it became clear fairly early on, the first couple of days. Not before that, though . Not before october 1st . There was no concern at this point in the white house or hhs . I think we talked about having testing going forward. I think there certainly are some challenges. It cou
The white house was not aware of the websites problems until it was too late. Do you know when he first knew there was a problem . I think it became clear fairly early on, the first couple days. Not before that, not before october 1st, there was no concern at the white house or hhs . I think we talked about having testing Going Forward and if we had an ideal situation and could have built a product, you know, in a fiveyear period of time we would have taken five years, but we didnt have five years. Certainly americans who rely on Health Coverage didnt have five years for us to wait. Yesterday the white house announced former acting director of the office of management and budget will work with the administration to fix the troubled website. He has a history of being a good fixer. Ziens. Taxpayers could be on the hook for nearly 1 billion of defaulted loans. New details about the Nevada Middle School shooting that left two dead, including the shooter. He fired the shots outside of the s