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This afternoon. Probably not until 3 00 or 4 00, there could be a couple sprinkles at lunchtime or later this morning. The first part of the day is dry. Afternoon. Raindrops. Temperatures this afternoon near windy. Jadiann lets get over to rich kirkland. Rich it looks great. I want to show you, a video sampler of the highways. That happens to be route 1, that is nice all the way downtown. Not much happening at all. Very quiet. A live look at traffic on route 93. The expressway, not much, just the way we like it. Dry roadways, easy drive and the t says, hey, were okay. Rich kirkland, 7 news tod...

At this downpour coming in to wellesley. Just a couple of minutes of dry weather before this started to move in and out through framingham and natick to sherborn all the downpours for you headed eastbound. This should at least clip dorchester and all the which to dedham. As far as it getting downtown, i think well be on the northern most edge of it. Wet again, another round coming through. 68 in boston, heaviest again staying just to the south of the city. 63 right now in worcester. 63 in nashua and 64 in bedford. The wind ease up just to allow these downpours to push through and then they swi...

National debt. I believe your answer to that question was focused on the size of the debt in relationship to the economy. The gdp, which i understand. I understand the argument and i understand the analysis. Its something that we talked about a lot in budget circles over the last few years. The the question i have though is does that really justify a budget that continues to frankly borrow hundreds of billions of dollars every year . And to spend that money in an effort to as you indicated to stimulate the economy, invest in things that should help the taxpayers and the people of america, but ...

Do you do anything about that . Were very concerned as well. The most simple, direct step thats been taken many times before under both parties is a small reallocation of the payroll tax. And we ought to take that step and make sure that those who have earned these benefits get those benefits. Well lets and i dont mean to interrupt you because i dont have a lot of time. So, what youre doing is basically ignoring the fact that its exhausted and transferring the money. Lets be honest. When you say a small allocation, thats transferring the money, yet its a system thats going insolvent, so were t...

The president s executive actions that he took late last year would improve the prospects. What period of time . Over the over the life of the individual . Youre not counting the times that these individuals would be drawing their benefits, mr. Donovan. Youre counting a shortterm window in which they would pay in, creating a shortterm surplus of money or additional flow of money, but youre not counting when they draw out. Its going make the Social Security hold deeper. Its going make it harder for us to save Social Security and medicare and you know it. And youre suggesting to the American Peo...