poppa may have, but god bless the child whose got his own. simple idea, but it is one that is missing in our children. they don't want to get their own. they want to have yours. and they want to have it now. my grandfather, a man who was a great man, but if he wrote his name on the back of this wall, he would not be able to read it. his father was a slave. my dad had a third grade education. here i am, two degrees, standing before people all across this country that i have never met, talking about the very same things that that man who could not read taught us. and that was by the sweat of your brow, the work of your hands and the determination that god gives you the strength to accomplish, i stand here before you as a free man in america. [ applause ] the american spirit is built on such stories, but if we allow socialist tendencies to invade, i don't know about you, but i stand here saying with every fiber of my being, i will refuse to surrender our country to socialism, and i will stand against it with every ounce of my being. i refuse to

a request before you today is for conditional use authorization for formula retail use for poppa john's pizza. there's been no expansion of the existing tenants space. -- if i could ask for just a moment, please >> sorry for the interruption. it will go ahead and continue. this is a request for a formula retail at 696 center street. the restaurant will offer pizza and other food primarily for delivery and carry out. there is no expansion of the tenet space with respect to the form -- the retail uses, we ask the planning commission considers several criteria including the existing concentration of formula retail usage in the area, the availability of other similar business types and a vacancy rates in that district. staff performed a survey within five blocks of the project site and found there are 15 existing an approved formula retail uses , 15 establishments that sell pizza, including two formula retail restaurants and 14 vacant storefronts. it should be noted within six blocks of the site, there are 25 pizza restaurants. this area is intensely developed and highly residential. theref

poppa may have, but god bless the child whose got his own. simple idea, but it is one that is missing in our children. they don't want to get their own. they want to have yours. and they want to have it now. my grandfather, a man who was a great man, but if he wrote his name on the back of this wall, he would not be able to read it.

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doppler radar right now, but you should grab the umbrella as you head out the door just in case you see poppa storms across the area. 88-93. i will probably increase this by couple degrees as we move through the afternoon. 70-78 overnight with showers and thunderstorms expected. tomorrow periods of heavy rain, highs in the mid '80s. >> yesterday's storms had residents saying here we go again. some d.c. residents are cleaning up flooded homes once again. >> and homeowners have to remove fallen trees and other areas. john gonzalez shows us the damage. >> no estimated time of one power will be back on on arcadia place. pepco will be here for another hour and then a tree cutting crew will come to clean up the mess. in an area notorious for flooding, residents are using pumps to get storm water and sewer water out of their basements. one tree fell on two homes and knocked out power to hundreds and intersections are blocked after tangled masses of power lines and tree branches came down again. john roll island avenue, more flooded basements. a second sewage backup in a week. and the second time in

john didn't build poppa john pizza.illed mcdonald's. that bill gates didn't build his company. to say something like this is not only foolish, it's insulting to every entrepreneur in america and it's wrong. megyn: chris stirewalt is your fox news digital

john didn't build poppa john pizza. that rey crock didn't billed mcdonald's. that bill gates didn't build his company. to say something like this is not only foolish, it's insulting to every entrepreneur in america and it's wrong. megyn: chris stirewalt is your fox news digital editor. you write that this may have been romney's best stump speech ever. on tuesday you write, seemed to have found his voice. what do you mean? >> well, the voice, there is a saying in golf, megyn, grip is and rip it. you get up to the ball, you decide you know what, i'm not going to try to shape this shot, i'm not going to try to make it delicate, i'm going to grab a hold of this thing and smack it as far as i can. and romney talking about business, having the president attacking him on romney's central resume point, which is his success and experience as a businessman, romney seemed to enjoy it. he seemed to be engaged in this. and ready to go after the president. it wasn't just that part that you showed there, but he went on on made a very