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welcome back. millions on the east coast are digging out of a late winter storm that swept up the i-95 corridor. storm watches and warnings are still in effect throughout upstate new york and new england after the storm brought hazardous conditions up the mid-atlantic coast. from virginia to maine, more than 156,000 are currently without power. blizzard warning was cancelled here in new york city, but the city did get about five inches of snow. jut state though, areas are seeing more than a foot of snow. the nation s capitol saw just over two inches of snow. not enough to sled down capitol hill which by the way was just recently legalized. but it was enough for the house to have a snow day. no day off for the senate side. and president trump did keep his scheduled meeting at the white house with saudi arabia s defense minister, but today s
illegal to sled down capitol hill? is that true or false? true. seriously, it s true. there s a reason for the confusion over this issue, because people have been sledding on capitol hill for as long as anybody can remember, but it is illegal. the sledding ban was put in place after september 11, there in the regulations of the architect of the capitol. that was apparently some sort of national imperative after 9/11, even though they don t always enforce it. but for whatever reason they are enforcing it right now in d.c. snow. and d.c. s delegate to congress is now trying to overturn what she calls this scrooge-like ban. when people have flouted the sledding on capitol hill ban, al qaeda has not been able to take advantage of that to harm us and our national security. so for the record, i m with
local families to head to capitol hill to do some sledding. but capitol police have been dropping the fun hammer telling kids sledding is not permitted anymore on capitol hill. those are very ba humbug reports. there has to be a kernel of truth. is it true or false that it s illegal to sled down capitol hill? is that true or false? true. seriously, it s true. there s a reason for the confusion over this issue, because people have been sledding on capitol hill for as long as anybody can remember but it is illegal. the sledding ban was put in place after september 11 there in the regulations of the architect of the capitol. that was apparently some sort of national imperative after 9/11 even though they don t always enforce it. but for whatever reason they are enforcing it right now in d.c. snow. and d.c. s delegate to congress