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Police believe this was simply a tragic accident, but they are still investigating. Neighbors tell us, they barely heard anything until police arrived. Now, back out here live on the scene, we are waiting for police to give us an update. We have learned there is a lot more that they have learned here on the scene while investigating. They are expected to release a press release, some time later this afternoon, so we are awaiting those details and as soon as we learn them, well be sure to bring t...

The speaker pro tempore on this vote, the yeas are 395, the nays are 3. 2 3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. For what purpose does the gentleman from alabama seek recognition . I present a privileged report for printing under the rule. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title. The clerk report to accompany h. R. 5054, a bill making appropriations for agriculture, rural develop...

Weather. We were there. It will be closed for 29 hours as metro crews inspect. Power cables after a fire earlier this week. Our crews are spread out around the town tracking the impact the closure has had on your commute. We begin with Melissa Mollet with the problems on the roads. Melissa, good morning. Right now, we have a couple of additions on the roadways. We want to start with chopper 4 over metro station showing us whats going on. Grosvenor and rock. And the few extra buses on the roads t...

Federal prison serving mandatory minimum sentences for a drug crime, 55,000. Thats more than 50 of all federal drug offenders and more than one quarter of all federal prisoners. Many of those serving are lowlevel offenders and its true that some lowlevel offenders like couriers dont receive mandatory minimum but others are frequently sentenced to so what is your response to the claim that this is much ado about something to that were not going address or potentially address a large sector of the...

Reporter the hanover seventh and eighth Grade Football Team in action. The season almost didnt happen. League Officials Say it was because of this man, one of the coaches. Last year, Officials Say a youth Football Game had to be stopped when he nearly got into a fight with another coach. Both men were suspended. People in this quiet town thought that was the end of it until this past september when the night before the all important season weigh in for all of the teams, someone deleted every nam...

Out of school yesterday. Which is not bad. A snow day, yes. Glad youre joining us. Icey and chilly this morning. Yes. The temperatures are shockingly colder compared to the last few days and winter is upon us. We had the clear sky and fresh snowpack. The temperatures are warming colder than they should be. The wbz weather watchers reporting that they have 9 inches of snow, and at the airport, 6. 8 inches of snow accumulated. Temperatures in the 20s and teens and in most locations, 7 degrees in n...

Anywhere from six to nine inches of snow, at least on particular on this map. Wbz weather watchers reporting nine inches of snow in sutton, boston rounding out 6. 8 inches of snow, and no additional snow for this weekend. However, i am tracking winter storm monday, maybe tuesday in to wednesday. More about that in just a couple minutes, current temps running in the 20s or teens, seven in nashua, 25 in boston. Way colder compared to this time yesterday. 20 degrees colder in boston, we have the fr...

The presiding officer are there any senators wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote . If not, the ayes are 53, the nays are 45. The motion is agreed to. The clerk will report the nomination. The clerk nomination, the judiciary, randolph d. Moss of maryland to be United States district judge for the district of columbia. The presiding officer under the previous order, there will be two minutes of debate equally divided prior to the vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the may nominati...

And whether you are black or white, if you get arrested and charged with a felony crime for doing some things that the last three president s of the United States admitted to doing, if you are arrested for that, tried and convicted and i say tried because with hesitancy because the majority of them are plea bargains as the president knows, if you get convicted of that felony offense for that nonviolent drug offense, the collateral consequences to your life are horrendous. We now live in a nation...

Efforts to prevent climate change. At a Senate Hearing loog into Sexual Assaults on College Campuses, Committee Members heard from officials in charge of on Campus Security and advocates for Sexual Assault victims. The hearing will please come to order, let me welcome senator schumer and senator grassley and senator mccaskell. We will be joininged shortly by senator jill brand as well to make some brief remarks and senator graham is expected to join us, hes the Ranking Member on this committee. ...