these funds are being used to improve caspar as well as target interventions in counties like fayette and campbell, counties that have seen some of the highest rate of overdose deaths in the common well. the bill where considering places an emphasis on prescription drug monitoring programs and will strengthen efforts already in place. perhaps one of the most heartbreaking aspects of this epidemic is its effect on newborns. just last year i sponsored the protecting our infants act to address this specific issue and was proud to see it become law. i worked to protect these fragile lives -- our work to protect these fragile lives continues with the legislation we have before us today. cara would improve treatment for l pregnant and postpartum women by reauthorizing an existing grant program and enhance a l pilot program for treatment options for this population. cara can make positive strides in terms of keeping communities safe too. it would bolster the efforts of law enforcement through the authorization of grant programs for collaborative investigative units. what that means is kentuc

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the city of caspar is getting more snow showers this week. >> reporter: the friendly ghost would get lost in all that. [laughter] >> reporter: time for the bridge check here's the platt bridge sitting at the mid span early going looking good. but the bridge inspectors will be back out here later today at 9:00. stick with i-95 and the girard point bridge instead. burlington brings tall bridge -- burlington bristol bridge inspection has wrapped up. starting tomorrow night, the walnut lane bridge in fairmont park is closing for five months for construction that's going to be a mess in upper roxborough, schoolhouse lane lincoln drive will take the detouring traffic around that one. >> reporter: that will not be fun. on the big board we're having more fun weather wise. we're not dressing the kids in coats any longer. a light jacket and this afternoon it's shorts and ts. looks like clouds increase it will get windy and blustery with gusts up to 20 to 30 miles per hour. but we climb out of the 60s early this morning. 67 by noon, high of 74 degrees around 3:30 or 4:00 p.m. nice and mild, jus

. >> of course, she's hot and heavy again with caspar smart and we have the dish on other pop divas in love and is taylor swift ready to tie the knot with calvin harris? >> a new report taylor wa and engagement ring andds after only a year together. >> we know calvin has met her family and good friends. sources say they won't be walking down the aisle tomorrow. but a year is a pretty long time in celebrity world for dating. meanwhile is t bff selena hooking up with charlie puth? >> gomez just instagramed this video working on new music two months after collaborating with puth on this hit. >> now "us weekly" reports the pair is mixing business with pleas >> in january we put puth on the spot about his collaborators. >> obviously with meghan things got a little steamy. so what kind of route are we going to take with selena? >> i love what you're getting at. >> she's a really good person that i can turn to and ask for advice. i like her a lot. kicking off in may. >> now to katy perry's blooming romance. >> kabloom hit the happiest place on monday and while orlando wasn't on his phone, the

. >> reporter: their first summit over the objections of the powerful defense secretary caspar er. >> he knew he could do a deal with gorbachev. he just needed to be allowed to do it. and she ran that interference for him. >> reporter: another critical moment. reagan's comeback after the iran-contra scandal. >> different times in his presidency when he'd gone astray or edge of the cliff she pulled him back from the edge of the cliff. >> reporter: tributes today not only from the obamas but from form yes former presidents and first ladies. reagan's vice president george bush and barbara bush writing "nancy reagan was totally devoted to president reagan and we take comfort that they will be reunited once more." jimmy carter and rosalind, who lost the white house to ronald reagan, writing, "her advocacy for stem cell research raised public awareness and influenced decision makers about vital research for alzheimer's disease." at the time running counter to republican orthodoxy. but nancy reagan knew her own mind and her heart. and both her mind and her heart were devoted to her beloved r

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caspar can pick up a foot of snow. we'll watch beautiful weather up to minneapolis, st.ouis, we clear it out in new england. the afternoon looks okay. and then tomorrow this is when it gets active. the storm moves into the middle of the country. the thunderstorms will be widespread late in the day. potential of severe weather and tornadoes too. we have 29 million people at risk of severe storms. this is wednesday afternoon and evening. from iowa, all the the way down to texas, louisiana included, tomorrow is day of concern for the middle of the country. >> all right. bill, thank you very much. >>> now, we are still following that breaking news out of the middle east. where a plane headed to cairo from alexandria, egypt, was hijacked and landed in cyprus. authorities say it does not appear to be terrorism related. word is coming from an nbc source this may have been triggered by a domestic dispute. the latest next on "way too early." xerox predictive analytics help companies provide a better and faster customer experience. hello mr. kent. can i rebook your flight? i'm her

going after the environmental protection agency's cross-state air pollution rule which is called caspar, and going after the mercury and air toxic standard, which is called mats. specifically, this bill would change the requirements for -- ts that use coal ref use. ef it would provide sulfur emission allowances. so this bill is effectively a of the takeover regulatory structure. again, it's a particularly creative way to waste congress' time. it's ironic as the republicans often attack efforts to take away control from the states. they say how dare you democrats suggest anything can be done better at the national level, how dare you suggest that, how dare you suggest something that contraconvenients the 10th amendment. in this bill the republicans propose taking away state authority and a federal takeover. because currently states have control over the incentives and work with coal refuse plants. but this says the federal government should override that work. now, that seems hypocritical. it seems against the philosophy that many republicans have come here arguing and it leaves you to b