His troops of the truth, the House Speaker came up with this brilliant plan to hold off a Government Shutdown. How about a continuing resolution . Here is the thing about continuing resolution. They are the kardashians of congress. They are lazy, side and get more attention than they deserve. Ryan is hoping this onemonth can kick is enough to momentarily stave off embarrassment. Its not. Ryan should have his can kicked out of congress for his constant reliance on fictions thats portray shameful laziness at not being able to pass a decent spending bill. If there is a shutdown, its the party in power thats controls both chambers and the presidency. Their fault. Republicans have gotten so bad at messaging. Freedom caucus members are right to balance can at boy wonders lefthandedness. Just as they deserve more from an out of touch congress. Lets start the show. Im kennedy. The deadline for a deal is midnight sharp friday night. So will there be a Government Shutdown . And if so, who are th
His troops of the truth, the House Speaker came up with this brilliant plan to hold off a Government Shutdown. How about a continuing resolution . Here is the thing about continuing resolution. They are the kardashians of congress. They are lazy, side and get more attention than they deserve. Ryan is hoping this onemonth can kick is enough to momentarily stave off embarrassment. Its not. Ryan should have his can kicked out of congress for his constant reliance on fictions thats portray shameful laziness at not being able to pass a decent spending bill. If there is a shutdown, its the party in power thats controls both chambers and the presidency. Their fault. Republicans have gotten so bad at messaging. Freedom caucus members are right to balance can at boy wonders lefthandedness. Just as they deserve more from an out of touch congress. Lets start the show. Im kennedy. The deadline for a deal is midnight sharp friday night. So will there be a Government Shutdown . And if so, who are th
Francisco to sacramento, floodwaters and fierce winds have been knocking out power to thousands of people. Some people who lived in the areas for decades say they have never seen anything like this. Thing just went up fast. Weve had previously where its gotten up real high but hasnt gotten this bad. Do you live right here in the park . Right here. Right here . Yeah, right there. I got my mom out. I took her down to a friends house down the street because you never know if water like this what its going to do. People are evacuating out of the cars, and as you see, you cant get out. I had to march up the hill and walk down the side hill to get in here. So its really, really very bad. Rob marciano is tracking the storms from the cnn Weather Center in atlanta. How is it looking in the near future, rob . Well, a bit of a break today, soledad. More rain coming tomorrow. You saw the folks dealing with the rain about fall, cars driving through it. The rivers rushing. But we have infrastructure
Meltdown. Technically the nation went over the fiscal cliff when the new year began. But practically the senate pulled a parachute that should soften the fall. About 2 00 a. M. Eastern, senators passed a round of compromises with a vote of 898. I said should. This deal is far from done. Now it is up to the house to stop 600 billion of automatic tax hikes and spending cuts. At this hour, though, a vote is not scheduled. Multiple house members took to the floor today to say their vote will be no. The current agreement with the fiscal cliff was agreed to, were told, somewhere around 11 30 last night. The bill was voted on at 2 00 in the morning. Now, again this is new years eve. I dont know how many senators between midnight and 2 00 a. M. In the morning had a chance to thoroughly read this agreement that is 157 pages long. You see, this is not how we should run our government. This is drama. Unnecessary drama. So what did the senators pass . Well, it was very long bill, 157 pages. There
Obamacare ace fate is in the balance. The house of representatives with a key vote this morning to dismantle the Health Care Law but then what . We want to replace it with something better. How about something nice then . This emotional surprise from Vice President joe biden that people just cant get enough of. And this morning, a letter from the bush twins to the obama girls. Their advice for life after the white house. Enjoy college. As most of the world knows, we did. That is beautiful. Weve got to begin today with something less beautiful, the news that fbi director himself is under investigation. The justice departments Inspector General will look into whether he acted appropriately in his handling of Hillary Clintons emails, action sometimes democrats say cost Hillary Clinton the election. Guess what . Weve got the best team and the best panel to cover that and all of todays news. I want to start with Kristen Welker in d. C. Were already getting reaction from the president elect.