Cspans q and a. The house ways and means subcommittee has been examining limits but on the deductions of state and local taxes under the 2017 republican tax bill. Fromearlier today we show you the first part of this hearing while the senate is in recess. Farming communities, schools, First Responders and housing values. Before i begin my Opening Statement id like to yield to the chairman of the full ways and Means Committee for his opening remarks. Thank you chairman thompson and i want to acknowledge you and the other members of the subcommittee for indulging me with time to speak in this important hearing. The leadership of this committee and the working group is invaluable to congress. I want to take a couple minutes of time to express my appreciation to the witnesses who come to share their testimony today. Its a rare occasion that we can hear from hardworking folks make up our state and local governments. As former mayor of springfield until your firsthand of my experience as to h
Host good morning. Its wednesday, may 15. This is the National Police week, and there are several events happening in washington, d. C. , including a candlelight vigil at the national mall, speeches, and other ceremonies. This morning well get your views of police in your community. How much cooperation is there between your community and local Law Enforcement . How much do you trust your police . Our phone lines are regional. If youre in the eastern or central time zones, call us on 2027488000. If youre in mountain or pacific, its 2027488001. And we have a line set aside for those working in Law Enforcement. That number is 2027488002. You can also send us a text at 2027488003. And were on social media, facebook. Com cspan, and x, cspanwj. Welcome to washington journal. As i said, this is National Police week, and this is their website. Its policeweek. Org. It says National Police week offers honor, remembrance and peer support, while allowing Law Enforcement survivors and citizens to
Everything related to the School System canceled for today and Loudoun County schools are also closed. Weve got lots of delays and closings to tell you about. Well show you whats on the screen here now. Its scrolling on the bottom of your screen as well. Well start with other delays. D. C. Public schools open two hours late today. In virginia, warren, fauquier, page, culpepper, frederick and clark county schools opening two hours late. Alexandria and falls church, city schools are on a twohour delay as well today. In maryland, prince georges, calvert, charles, anne arundel and allegheny and Frederick County schools on a twohour delay. Now to the closures in spotsylvania, westmoreland, rappahannock and Stafford County schools all closed. Fairfax county changed to closed. All offices are closed in fairfax as well. St. Marys county schools in maryland are also closed today. Montgy county schools are now closed. The federal government is also on a twohour delay with the option for unschedu
Threatening imminent legal action against former chief strategist steve bannon. After bannon accuses donald trump jr. Of treason. Saying former aide has lost his mind. This morning, bannons surprising reaction. All that plus the fever grows. Another night of no lottery winners. Power ball and Mega Millions now reaches a billion dollars combined. The rush is already on to buy0mw tickets for the next drawings. Today, thursday, january 4, 2018. Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Thank you for joining us on a thursday morning. Look outside. Its snowing a little bit. It is happening in the northeast. We are very excited. Thela we are very excited. The plaza crowd is out there looking strong. Morning. Northeast is hungerikering down parts of the south are digging out from the heaviest snowfall there in decades. Team is spread out this morning. And you happen down the east coast. Bring you the very lay testing. Let us start w
Break is because there is so much water and ice now all over the road. Just a skating rink here now. D. C. Water says its an 8inch main and they did get the water turned off it appears. We dont know when theyre going to be able to come and start actually working to repair this main. They also say that there may be some customers in the area affected without water, too, so definitely causing a number of problems here. Not only for residents but also for commuters. And its its just the kind of thing that they know they have to deal with. They have wssc and d. C. Water have extra crews on hand. D. C. Water says theyve been dealing with some 200 water emergencies a day since this cold snap began and we know that theres going to be more of these to come. They really are just kind of bringing in those extra crews, having everyone else on standby and were going to be here this morning. Hopefully this is not the the beginning of many, many that were going to be covering today but to stay here