To upper 20s. And knock a good 10 degrees off the numbers for the windchills. Well look at the sevenday forecast coming up. Keep tabs on the plunging temperatures at 6abc. Com weather threw can find the hourly and sevenday forecast. To help you prepare for the brutal cold. Of course it may be cold but there is no snow than makes it an easy day to travel. The action cam at Philadelphia International airport things seem to be running smoothly but that is not the case everywhere at Boston Logan Airport a jetblue flight hit a patch of ice and slid off the runway and saw 300 delays and dozens of cancellations. And a lots of folks headed home by train. 30th street was busy about no delays there. Lets go to the traffic report. Its been plenty busy this day after Christmas Walter and monica, the south philadelphia roadw roadways are grinchy here on 295 southbound but the good news is the northbound side where the crash up ahead past 70 is cleared. Northbound 295 is looking better and you may w
The possible impact of creating private Health Care Systems. Good afternoon, everybody. This is a capitol Hill Briefing entitled the economics of Health Insurance reform. The repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care act has dominated discussions. As we speak, republican lawmakers are huddling in philadelphia to chart a course for repairing the damage done to Health Insurance markets in recent years. Despite the large array of replacement plans, when critics stated they dont have a plan, i suppose im being charitable. Democrats are saying they dont have a politically viable one. Some truth to that is any comprehensive replacement will require support from democrats. If the current, take no prisoners continues, they will add to that. The president has promised an outline of his own, further complicating the endeavor but one that might bind the existing offer. Time will tell. The pure libertarian p position requires no federal interference, prices are clear, innovation and quality is
Establish process. And was a plan to make enough to the be no loss of federal funds for north go on at this time in conjunction with the announcements from the department of education, justice for this guidance for transgender students . As alleged North Carolina inconsiderate page hb2, a policy decision that was made hb2, even as agency was considering whether or not the implantation of hb2 would put a range of federally funded programs at risk in the state of North Carolina. A decision that was made was to not withhold any funding until the enforcement action that was announced by the department of justice had made its way through the courts. So that was a very specific thing and that was a response to developments that occurred this week with regard to the situation in North Carolina. This guidance is guidance that has been in the works for years. And, but it is guidance that is broadly consistent with the kinds of principles that this president and this administration have long fou
Has made a number of public comments. We held a hearing, many members, republican and democrat, were present on the question of fragile states. He is, i think, appropriately highlighting that the cost of restabilizing countries like libya, syria, iraq and continuing to hold together countries like nigeria and pakistan is going to be substantial. And we need to engage in a bipartisan and thoughtful way in advancing why it is in americas interests to prevent the collapse of even more larger and potentially dangerous states. Im really grateful for your presence. Thank you. Senator cardin for a closing comment. Thank you. I want to thank both of our witnesses for being here. I certainly agree with both of your statements about the United States must reassure our gulf state partners and israel of our commitment to their security. I do just make the observation, we all talk about being strong in regards to iranian activities that are not directly related to the jcpoa, and i agree with that c
In 1989 to 80 during Hurricane Sandy in 2012. In recent years, significant disaster aid was provided outside the fema Disaster Assistance programs. These charts show how aid programs outside fema have grown. In fact, for Hurricane Sandy, there was less fema assistance from the department of housing and urban development or the department of transportation. We found these additional disaster aid programs dont have the same requirements and restrictions as the fema assistance. Fema assistance is tied to actual disaster damage and is for individuals, governmental entities or certain nonprofits performing governmentlike functions. Fema only spends money on eligible items for eligible applicants, no matter how much money fema receives. Fema mitigation funds must be used on cost and official projects to ensure the federal investment is a wise one. Fema makes every effort to get money in the hands of applicants as fast as possible to enable rapid recovery from disaster impacts. From the sandy