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And i look forward to looking to working with senator cantwell. Our geographic neighbors so to speak with so much shared interests between the states of washington and alaska. We have a lot that we can be working on collaboratively. To i have a very strong collaborative relationship with my colleague from oregon senator wyden, from the committee. I think we set a good tone for this committee, in terms of how we build things and how we work to advance initiatives throughout the process. Having sa...

Households finance 100 of transfer payments to bottom 60 as well as almost 100 of tax revenue used to run entire federal post. What is going on here in your view . Well we hear all the time how the rich are not paying their fair share. So when i looked at this report which is released annually, this report is 2011 data, i dug into some of the details, what i was able to show that they break the households down by income equipment tiles. What i was able to show quintiles. Bottom 60 of the america...

A single that opened up on the George Washington parkway is getting bigger. It will take a while to be fixed. And spout run123 parkway, closed. Brianne carter has details on those repairs. Good afternoon to you. This is a piece of the rail we have been talking about. The problem you can see it behind me, this massive hole on the southbound lanes of gw parkway. They have extended the closure all the ways from the beltway to spout run. Work is getting ready to begin. A complicated commute for thou...

For a Westchester University student that has been missing for nearly a week. And a former nfl star fights for his right to return to the grid iron. But the big story is a drastic change in our weather, we dropped 20 degrees in just 24 hours. Old man winter decided to make a return to the delaware and Lehigh Valley. Sky 6 hd looking at Atlantic City where its been raining most of the day. But now lets look at the camden skyline, can you see penns landing in the foreground, its just as dreary her...

Programs aimed exactly as you are suggesting. Let me try to get some others in. Okay. Go ahead. A lot of other people want to say something. When i was i was growing up there were no outreach programs no outreach programs. Today every organization i belong to has an outreach program. I do think there is Civic Engagement. University the Aspen Institute the portrait gallery, everyone has an outreach program. Why do you say there is no Civic Engagement . Well, i dont want to be badmouthing outreach...

Issues of this past week. If you want to talk about any of those topics or have another on your mind, give us a call. Host you can also catch up with us on social media on twitter, facebook, or email us. Host a very good friday morning to you. The top issues of the week of become the top issues of friday morning papers. Here are a few of the headlines from the National Papers around the country. Here is front page of the Washington Times republican budget plans will be a tough sell even within t...

Hearing to people since january, its the trees. They are starting early and not letting go yet. Look for those to be high. You know the grass, weeds are ready to go. Everything is way ahead of schedule here. Very high levels. Few high clouds. That will be really about it. And there is a little bit of low cloud deck but really over all 40s and 50s on your temps. Even with the high clouds we are looking for 70s. Ha is really the only thing that may stop us from getting super warm if you will on sa...

Up the court and taking on the big kids. We begin tonight with the u. S. Military under fire. Several branches of the services hit by scandal. The army is taking heat for what a senator says is one of the worst scandals in history. National guard soldiers accused of scamming the program that paid them to enlist new soldiers, and the navy is investigating yet another cheating scandal involving soldiers training at a nuclear reactor. John is here at capitol hill. Reporter john, depressing is the s...

The more youre able to invest. The most certain thing you can have that it makes sense for you to invest in education and setting up a business is you know you are on your path to becoming a citizen of the country. If you work hard and play by the rules. So i cannot off the top of my head think of an economic study that has asked the difference between the two of these because its not like theres a lot of empirical variation. You want to take one country and a run at one way and another another ...

Individuals in some cases as they slept. Reporter lanier pointed out the beatings at times were vicious and didnt stop even when the victim was defenseless. As a group, they would attack and viciously beat their victims, oftentimes continuing to beat and kick unconscious victims after they were down. Reporter lanier told us that more gang members will be arrested as this Investigation Continues and the group could be linked to many other crimes. Not only here in d. C. , will, but across the area...