For the contract or were they the only one . They were the only one. A they have pretty much an unequalled record when it comes to dealing with veterans, so it doesnt surprise me that they were the only ones to submit a request for proposal. How many years have they been working with veterans, do you know . Over 40. They are a really well established organization. They do fantastic work. That is absolutely accurate. They began as veterans from the vietnam war were coming back into society and having a great deal of difficulty readjusting. And that is what started them, and they have continued now through, sadly, too many wars. Commissioner, i have the highest regard for swords to plowshares, and my organization actually worked very closely with them to do some outreach in the Faith Community on how to welcome returning vets from iraq and afghanistan and their families administering to them. I am just wondering, would it be possible and if appropriate, if any commissioner wanted to make
Temperatures middle 40s but winds gusting over 30 is going to help it feel like the 30s all day. Hey erin. Plenty of green on the road. Metro is on time. Well get you around the red line problems. If youre just getting up with us now, well start with breaking news. Its from rockville. A pedestrian was struck overnight near the intersection of 355 and east middle lane. Rockville pike was closed for several hours but it has since reopened. Fox5 is still waiting to hear from First Responders on the victims condition and also what may have led to that accident. And were also following a developing story from annapolis. Around 11 50 last night fire crews responded to a 911 call to find this, a driver who had plowed their pickup truck into the side of a building. Happened on eagle wood drive. Two people were taken to the hospital with lifethreatening injuries. No word though on how they were injured. One victim was that found outside the building, a second had to be removed from the damaged
It is 8 00 a. M. Across the emirates. Is just goneng, it midday. Welcome to Bloomberg Markets middle east. Sinceg the highest levels july 2015. In rising, japanese markets gaining on the back of what happened in the u. S. Overnight. That is what is right. The big news yesterday is that a 121yearold index with questionable ratings made it over round number. Do we care . Take a look at discharge. I prepared for you. It shows the Dow Jones Industrial in white versus the market cap waiting in blue. Weighted00 index is according to caps. The dow jones is a bit different. On a market cap waiting basis, we are not close to 20,000. How much should investors be reading into this . It is psychologically important perhaps, but does it mean anything for the market . Despite 20,000 record in the dow, we are seeing the dollar continuing to fall for a second session, despite the fact that treasury yields continue to rise. Right now they breached the 2. 5 level. Take a look at the chart. We are seeing
This saturday february the t fourth how cold does thisow cols feel. My gosh, it was i know, it its been cold but today wasay w definitely a shock to thethe system when i stepped outteppe because were now like in the 20s. We are. That makes a difference. Iffec it has not been this cold l in awhile. We havent had many freezingreeg cold days this winter and that t bright blue sky you see behindbd the capitol dome is deceiving. E. A sunny but brisk saturdayisk sy morning. Look at these temperatures. Mpera most of us in our northern andna western suburbs are startings ag off in the teens. T this is a reminder that it ist s still february and it is stillss cold out there. Cold out t 25 in and washington, 18 in gaithersburg, 27 in annapolis. Pi and 26 in quantico. Ua good morning manassas,as 15 degrees where you are. Ou are yikes. Wind speeds are fairly lightli out of the north at about fivebe to close to 10 miles an hourn hr up in stevensville but thoseuthe light winds are enough to push h t
Snow tomorrow morning. Ill have the details on the forecast stay tuned. We have snow for tomorrow mornings commute. Erin. Well start you with good news. Metro on time across all rail lines not the case on road. Beping road northeast outer loop college park coming up next. Erin, thanks very muchp if you get up this morning lets get caught up on big stories happening now at 7. Sell ago roup the clock senator Jeff Sessions nomination for attorney general. Second straight all night debate after dramatic review of one senators. Melanie alnwick live on capitol hill this morning. Making good on promise to continue marathon debates and even after democrats are making good on promise to continue to drag out debates and use every minute of time to try to delay President Trump cabinet knowledge he needs. On monday night during the debate over betsy devos democrats were allowed to continue uninterrupted and that ended though lost night. When republicans really did not like what senator elizabeth w