Relief measures congressre has passed there was 150 billion sent to the state and local governments, much of which have yet to be spent and frankly we dont know what the actual need is until we have a better sense of what the revenue loss is to the state and local governments. They are sounding the alarm and justifiably worried about what happens if the downturn in the economy continues and what that dght mean for their revenues. So, they are looking to washington, d. C. For assistance, and i think that as i said earlier, there was 150 billion that went out to state and local governments and thereve been concerns about how they could be used. They were stipulated that they had to be used for these expenses and many state and local leaders were concerned that that didnt give them the flexibility thatee they needed o meet other types of needs. The Treasury Department has come out with an interpretation that would t allow the 150 billion already appropriated to be used to pay firefighters
This is Aljazeera America live from new york city. Im erica pitzi. Police in ferguson, missouri will be out on the streets early this morning, trying to maintain calm after a second tense night there. Officers arrested nearly two dozen people during protests marking one year since the death of Michael Brown. At least one officer was seen using pepper spray on the crowd. Earlier monday, protestors shut down interstate 70 during the afternoon rush hour. St. Louis county is now under a state of emergency. Andy is live on the ground there in ferguson. Good morning to you, andy. We know police made dozens of arrests overnight. What can you tell us . Calm now, erika, but it did get hot last night. Much as it did the night before, but not quite as bad as the nice before. It started with these protests, we had a line of police and riot gear on one side of a majoring street and protestors on the other side yelling back at them. At one point, police moved in around midnight to clear protestors a
Wednesday until 1 pm thursday. Additional snow totals of 48 are possible around the lake, with road controls. Expect Winter Driving and travel delays. After a brief break, another storm will push through the area on wednesday. This system will drop south quickly, limiting overall snowfall potential, although slightly colder temperatures will allow more of the snow that falls to stick. Intermittent snow in the sierra will continue, and road controls should be anticipated through thursday morning. The weather will start to clear on thursday, with a quieter weather pattern setting up for the weekend and early next week. Aside frm a slight chance of saturday snow showers, dry weather can be expected through monday. Jeff wednesday a 30 percent chance of snow showers after 10 am. Cloudy, with a high near 35. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. Chance of snow showers. Cloudy, with a low around 26. South wind around 5 mph. New snow accumulation
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Sponsors. Second to our incredible speakers and moderators. Third the entire team especially rachel hof and Ryan Richardson our external affairs team. Incredible work they did to make today as seamless and credible experience as it has been. I thank you all for coming and appreciate you. Have a good evening. The house and senate are in session today. The Senate Working on several judicial and executive nominations. The house debating and set to vote on a couple of tax related measures today. Earlier today on the house floor, texas democratal green responded to media comments by morning joe host questioning this weeks Congressional Black Caucus speeches on the ferguson grand jury decision where members held up their hands while on the house floor. Here is congressman greens remarks from earlier. I rise today to say thank you to the many persons who serve in Law Enforcement. They have difficult jobs and they do their jobs well. I salute them. I also salute those who have been engaged in