Months. Reporter the battle over student Loan Interest rates pits House Speaker john boehner against Senate Majority leader harry reid. The house has done its job. Reporter House Republicans passed a bill that ties the student loan rate to the u. S. Treasury borrowing costs includes 2. 5 . As rates rise, so does the cost of education, up to a max of 8. 5 . What theyve done over there is worse for students than doing nothing at all. Reporter democratic senator joe manchin working with republicans has proposed a similar plan with one key difference. It wont use the savings to pay down the nations debt. In this bipartisan group, we all agree profits should not be made on the backs of students trying to go to school. Thats a difference from what came from the house. Reporter but majority reid says lenot introduce any bill that ties student loan rates to the market. Tara mergener for cbs news, washington. 4 32 now. Federal investigators say the pilots of Asiana Airlines flight 214 noticed t
Other conditions reporter we are talking season. At 4 temperatures expected later on reporter with that said pleasanton hitting 82 in oakland looking for 74. Will see how clouds associated with this system. We will continue with that sense as we head into early thursday. As we have a wet early commute. With that said were looking at a warming trend as we head into early next week. Were not blunter in the hot spots. Reporter the median lights are off right now. The san mateo bridge is looking good in both directions. The Golden Gate Bridge is looking redbook but with lots of space in between cars. It doesnt matter if youre using fast track or a cash paying customer. James the top story we are following closed and evacuations remain in place. As crews continue to fight the raging wildfire in el dorado county. James the king fire as its called has burned nearly 13 thousand acres. And is still only 5percent contained. James right now highway 50 is closed in both directions from sly park to
Have to wait in line like a saw forming before the doors opened. The first lady of voted already. The schedule shows you the casting his ballot. He is doing sell among old neighbors. The president would have campaigned today. Mr. Romney spent yesterday traveling to colorado. Governor romney will be an ohio both today and tomorrow. Both are looking for the undecided. The president needs to rally. His enthusiasm is nowhere near that of four years ago. I hope everyone else is ready to fly the him. This is too important. The momentum is high. The momentum is up. Im excited. The president will travel to a Campaign Even this evening in cleveland before returning very late tonight to the white house. Mitt romney campaigns in cincinnatti, ohio today. This crucial battleground state. Offering 18 electoral votes. Romney addressed a crowd at a business that supplies armor parts, and assemblies for military platforms. A Time Magazine poll shows the race is very close in the state. It shows preside
Kate middleton before returning to the white house. John kerry also here in washington. The New York Times reporting on friday theres a meeting planned with russian officials to discuss whether the president will have a oneonone meeting with president putin in moscow early next month. The Associated Press reporting on the first criminal charges filed in last years benghazi attack, naming olivia militia head and others in the september 11 Embassy Attack that killed four americans. Terrorism, one of the topics last night when the president sat down with jay leno on the tonight show. It marked his sixth appearance as either president ial candidate or president. We will get your reaction to the president using the tonight show as a forum to discuss serious issues. Join us on facebook or send us a tweet, http twitter. Com cspanwj and. Span hasbbc reporting yemen foiled an al qaeda plot to blow up Oil Pipelines and sees some of the countrys main ports. The story was released a short while ag
Happy easter to those of you celebrating. We have a lot of politics to get to. But first, the growing tension between the United States and north korea. North korea last night launched a Ballistic Missile from the Submarine Base in sinpo, but the missile exploded minutes after launch. This happened as mike pence landed in south korea for talks on how to counter the growing Nuclear Ambitions and he spoke to american troops at a breakfast there this morning. Im joined by Senior National security analyst juan duarte, the failure, the New York Times this morning leans hard into the idea that the failure wasnt necessarily a north korean failure, but maybe sabotage and possibly sabotage from the United States. What can you say . This is a Missile Program thats been replete with failures. And the challenge is we dont know yet. It could be sabotage. It could be poor engineering or bad luck. Its the nature of the Missile Programs but its clear that
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