one of them, firefighter jim lee, repelled down the side on a 150 foot rope. and despite the rope starting to burn, grabbed the man, lowered him to the sidewalk. 15 seconds later the rope burned through and fell to the ground. it was a heroic night for the fdny, or as they call it, wednesday. tonight was another one, when the plane carrying mike pence came to a rest at the end of the runway. that's our broadcast. "hardball" begins right now. >>> something about women. let's play "hardball." >>> who would you rather have in your corner, michelle obama or newt gingrich? with the first lady, you have her inspiring young people to vote with. the former speaker, you have him bashing a tv news anchor. and today, michelle obama took the stage in north carolina. to campaign with hillary clinton, she praised hillary clinton and made a case for american greatness. >> she has more experience and exposure to the presidency than any candidate in our lifetime. yes, more than barack, more than bill. she is absolutely ready to be commander in chief on day one. and yes, she ha

through the work of civil servants, like jim lee, who drove us through his loc countryside in northumberlandalled slaley. >> we're the largest land manager in england. >> reporter: as head of woodland creation at forestry england, a government agency partially funded by taxpayers, he told us he wants to help rebuild hundreds of rural woodlands by planting 5,000 acres over the next five years. >> it's a relatively modest contribution from forestry england, but it lows us to start on that journey to be a serious force in woodland crtion in england. >> reporter: his group is just one of many here—- some public, some private—- working to expand carbon capture capacity by together planting an area the size of manhattan every ten weeks. big picture for people who don't know anything about the forestry industry in this country, how ambitious are these targets that have been set? >> hugely ambitious. you know, it's a 10 fold increase in woodland creation targets, really. and we've got a government which is foursquare behind that. >> reporter: is it achievable? >> it is. the offers that we have avail

. >> mark, i know jim lee dykes was not on their radar. you were talking about people involved in the investigation. what are they telling you tonight? >> well, they told us, these are investigators in the hood county -- the dale county sheriff's office, is that this man was quite well known to his neighbors for holding apparently quite strong anti-government views, whatever that may mean precisely. and also that he was known as a survivalist. the chief investigator described him as anti-america, this according to neighbors. he also talked about what a loner he was. he apparently virtually had no contact with people around him. and that's about what we heard. what we've not been able to do is connect this man to any group that we know of. >> george, what have you been hearing from neighbors, people in the area about this man's behavior? it seems like what mark is saying from what he's heard from investigators, this guy was very well known. >> reporter: anderson, we spoke to jimmy davis. he's a neighbor nearby. he described dykes as being p

have they been able to speak to him or only to jim lee dikes? >> they did get some information. they were able to give the boy crayons and crayon books. this is something that he requested. not sure how they were able to get it exactly into that bunker. that's pretty important. more importantly, they were able to get this young boy the medications that he needs. we spoke to state representative steve who has been in touch with his family and staying in close touch with him and says that the young boy suffers from asperger's syndrome. >> scared and terrified. thank you very much, george. >>> still to come, an emotional hearing in newtown, connecticut. the family and friends of the sandy hook shooting are speaking out. we're going to go there live. plus, the man who fooled manti te'o. hear his emotion of real romantic feelings for te'o. and later in the show, a sneak peak at this. oh, it worked. will it be enough to save the blackberry? i have the flu... i took theraflu, but i still have this cough. [ male announcer ] truth is theraflu doesn't treat your cough. what? [ male announ

within seconds, jim lee was being lowered down, scaling the burning building. >> go to your right, jimmy could with hear him yelling. i remember seeing him look up at me with that hood up and i said "let's go." >> reporter: with the hope holding them beginning to burn -- >> lower it down nice and easy, lower them down. >> reporter: the team of firefighters successfully lowered the two men to safety. >> this guy is burned. down, down. >> reporter: seconds before the rope snapped. >> looking back up and see the fire out the windows, the rope was on fire, the reality set in that, wow, we really just -- we saved a guy's life. legitima legitimately group of guys working together in seamless fashion and saved this guy's life. what a feeling. >> reporter: that feeling came again -- >> you look familiar! >> reporter: when the firefighters met the man they saved, jim duffy. >> i said thank god, it was a miracle. i called it a miracle on 93rd. >> a good catch phrase, i like it. >> i won't take it away from you. >> reporter: we deal with a lot of tragedy in this job and through the course of the ca

. >> rose: jim, who else-- who else should we be watching, jim? lee westwood?well, certainly lee westwood. he made a run at the green jacket last year. he's been so close in so many majors. i'd be watching him. ricky fowler will be here. i'll be excited-- ricky fowler needs to get the breakthrough victory. >> early days here. >> but-- >> a lot of guys are playing really well. hunter mayhem. he's great from 30 feet out. >> matt coucher. no one talks about him. he played with tyingener '98. >> he's coming in under the radar. he's not having all the press. you even have something like nick watney, played great, really solid under pressure those last few holes at doral. could be very important things like that. >> this is where the game is now charlie. this is after an incredible, indescribable run by tying they're lasted a good dozen years where you went into every one of these tournaments saying can anyone beat him this week? in the last year, the game has gone young and it's gone global and it has spread out so wide, that that's what also makes this tournament,

. >> jim foal lee being executed by that isis butcher, it's become a video wallpaper.e showing this brave guy, his life is about to end. i think to ease up on those images. send me a tweet at this hour, @howardkurtz. ahead, we'll unveil new footage from our focus groups and why people think reporting is mostly thin. but when we come back, reverend al and michael brown's funeral sharesyq the spotlight. he plays lots of highlights on his msnbc show. is this just getting out of control? >>> al sharpton has been deeply involved in the ferguson tragedy as an advocate for the michael brown family and covering this story on his msnbc program. this week, it was almost surreal. reverend al delivered the eulogy at michael brown's funeral and led you have his cable show featuring the host himself. >> you've got to deal with the streets in ferguson and st. louis. the brown family asked me to give the eulogy today and i explained how i first took a call from michael's grandfather. america, it's time to deal with policing. we are not the haters, we're the healers. we can't ignore t

where jim cramer and stephanie lee share their market insight. you can learn more at thestreet.com/npr. >>> two big moves by two of the world's most prominent central banks in europe and china triggered a stock market rally across the globe and sent investors looking for new places to put their money. >>> two big events are happening next week that could determine whether oil prices continue to slide. >>> and one big hearing where senators accuse the federal reserve bank of new york of being too cozy with the banks it regulates. all that and more tonight on "nightly business report" for friday, november 21s >>> good evening, everyone. and welcome. soucie has the night off. the major averages just wrapped up their fifth week in a row of gains and there were more record closing highs for the dow and the s&p 500 today thanks to major move the ls moves by two. the people's bank of china cut benchmark interest rates for the first time in two years looking to combat slowing economic growth. then european central bank president mario draghi promised to

. >> why did "the washington post" trashing nancy pelosi for doing basically what jim bakker and leeton said to do, engage the neighborhood over there in the middle east? >> jon: and how do they feel about the republican letter now? >> either these senators were trying to be helpful to the iranians or harmful to the commander-in-chief. >> democratic senator diane feinstein called it "a highly inappropriate and unprecedented incursion." >> jon:. is this where we stand in the country where the opposition will try anything to scuttle a noble president's effort to avoid a war? both look like the same people! (laughter) >> jon: now, of course, i can only assume conservatives feel the opposite in both instances. >> if the deal is that fragile, they don't have a deal. senators and members of the house opine on foreign policy all the time. >> it confuses people when they see one of the leaders of the houses attempt to conduct foreign policy. >> the leaders are looking for input because president obama cut them out of the process. >> it defies common sense and doesn't help the conversation. >

jim? >> m.j. lee, thank you. will ripley is in the ukrainian capital of kyiv. i wonder, as you speak to ukrainians as this news comes out, they're about to see their president standing on the floor of the u.s. congress. how important is this to the ukrainian people to see this moment? >> it's a very important moment at at crucial time. -zelenskyy was asking years ago for this, and the ukrainians think this one weapons system will solve the problem for them. obviously not. they're living with the reality on the ground that every day russian air strikes are pummeling the civilian infrastructure. after zelenskyy tweeted that he was on his way, it was just a few hours that a nationwide air warning was sent out. and people are counting on their president, president zelenskyy, to not only said the new u.s. aid, but to have conversations to convince lawmakers they need to support ukraine for the long haul. there might be some skepticism that even though this is billions are being pumped in here, the lines are essentially holding. ukraine is not gaining grounds, not lo

. >> jim foal lee being executed by that isis butcher, it's become a video wallpaper.e showing this brave guy, his life is about to end. i think to ease up on those images. send me a tweet at this hour, @howardkurtz. ahead, we'll unveil new footage from our focus groups and why people think reporting is mostly thin. but when we come back, reverend al and michael brown's funeral sharesyq the spotlight. he plays lots of highlights on his msnbc show. is this just getting out of control? she inspires you. no question about that. but your erectile dysfunction - that could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be ready. and the same cialis is the only daily ed tablet approved to treat ed and symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently or urgently. tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medicines, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain, as it may cause an unsafe drop in blood pres

both native philphiladelphians, i'm you referred to it as a hoagie and we should be going to jim's or lee's's which is ten years older, both of these companies, jersey mike's and subways, the original family owners, the guy in his 80s, believe it or not, the guy who created it, that company had controlled growth. subway grew, 40 times, 40 times, the size of jersey mike's. and it's the fastest growing chain of the last decade. it was uncontrolled growth. we've seen that happen in many other businesses before. they shouldn't have had this brawl in russia with ridiculous franchise agreements. at least they could stop the corporate support with all as they have done. yum brands, starbucks brought back the franchisees. they could do a lot more. >> subway, to be care to them, kathryn, put it on the screen -- quote, subway has no corporate operations in russia. there were approximately 450 restaurants in russia owned by independent franchisees. we don't directly control these independent franchisees and have limited insight into their day-to-day operations. i get your point, professor. i'm just wo

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those militants, other militants could try to go to egypt to help bolster their forces there, jim. >> ian lee, thanks very much. >>> in response to today's attack, president trump vowed to defeat islamic extremism militarily and said that the u.s. needs to get, quote, tougher and smarter, but as terror groups like isis and al qaeda lose ground on the battlefield, they are rebranding, morphing across the globe. let's get right to cnn's barbara starr at the pentagon. barbara, u.s. and counterterror officials are worried isis may try to conduct more external attacks, are they not, particularly after they lost their ground in iraq and syria, their headquarters on the ground there, their self-proclaimed caliphate? >> that's right, jim. we talked to u.s. and military intelligence officials and they are very worried that isis may be trying to get some sort of attack going this holiday season, even as the u.s. is trying to attack isis in dozens of locations. >> reporter: london went on high alert seconds after citizen reports of shots fired in one of the busiest shopping areas. it wasn't terrorism. n

lee. we have jim garlow, and we have father frank pallone. --pavone. someplace they're in the audience. i appreciate you. i appreciate you being here. and i have to say, though, the world is such a different place even from when i started. we started 12 months ago, and coming up i just see where in france they have a massive soccer tournament. something that's so important and so big and they're thinking about maybe postponing it or canceling it because of threats and all the problems going on with what's happening with terrorism. and it's a very, very sad thing and a very sad place. and who would have ever thought our world would be in a position like this where that would happen. and you see event after event, radical islamic terrorism is just, you know, taking over and we can't let that happen. we cannot let that happen. \[applause] donald trump: and if we're smart and if we're tough, we won't let it happen. just remember that. ok. it's an honor to speak here today and discuss our shared values. i'd like to thank all of the wonderful christian leaders and christian voters who have su

jim jordan and lee zeldenment cheney removed from her leadership post.ngresswoman says she is not going anywhere, and she is defending her vote. >> there is no option other than voting to impeach. it was something that i did with a heavy heart but i did with a real understanding of the seriousness and the gravity of the moment. >> joining us now to discuss, republican strategist alice stewart. alice, what should it be? republicans forgive and forget, or have another vote and liz cheney perhaps gets voted out of the leadership. >> i don't see that happening, john. i think she speaks on mbehalf o all republicans. we do all of this moving forward with a heavy heart. i happen to agree with her that there has been no bigger betrayal of the country than what the president did, spreading false information and inciting a insurrection at the state capitol. i commend liz cheney for taking the action that she did, in a sense giving cover or in some ways permission to the other nine members of the house to take this bold step to vote for impeachment. the question no

i'm back with congressman reid, lee, and jim mcdermott. joy, do you think there's any chance of any kind of regular order? the idea is the president said we've got to get out of this habit of governing for crisis. we had this report said that set the series of crises combined to cost us millions of jobs, hundreds of billions lost in economic activity. all we've done tonight is once again passed a temporary continuing resolution. >> right. i mean -- i guess i would answer the question by posing another. what has changed about the incentives to conservative republicans in the house? nothing. nothing has changed at all. they still have what they believe are their core principles that they feel, okay, we lost this fight. but only because we didn't fight hard enough. what they're hearing from the media elites on the far right is fight even harder. i don't see what's changed -- >> the "washington journal" said it's time to wrap this up. >> they don't read the papers. >> they do, though. how about this -- their donors read the paper, right? >> ri

among the speakers, senator ted cruz and mike lee, jim jordan, jeb hensarling. you can see this live. easternrun until 6:00 on c-span. the u.s. house will return for work at 2:00 this afternoon, it's just two bills on the calendar. funny, andrizes noaa another condemning violence in ukraine. we are expecting general speeches first and then a recess until 5:30. then we will see work on the debt ceiling. republican's are holding aim members-only meeting today. 5:30 thisg is set for evening. you can see that house when it returns today on c-span at 2:00 eastern. and look at the week ahead in congress with a reporter who joined us for "washington journal." continues. continues. host: welcome back. our guest is susan ferrechio. she's the chief congressional correspondent for "the washington examiner." thank you for being here. walk us through. what are the major story lines running on capitol hill this week? guest: everyone is going to be talking about the debt limit. the treasury secretary said he needs the debt limit to be raised by the end of february. otherwise h

. >> john: congressman jim jordan and lee zeldin talking about what they heard from kurt volker, theative, special envoy to the ukraine. we are back with our panel. a.b., you are saying that the president has put republicans in a difficult spot but there is two republicans coming out soon, what we are hearing from volker -- >> two republicans -- >> john: its blowing holes and that the democrats'. >> the reporting out of "the washington post" from the ongoing testimony is that he told rudy giuliani, do not trust your sources in ukraine and that he told president zelensky after his phone call with trump, do not get involved with u.s. politics. you are vulnerable, you need this aid, don't get into a situation where it looks like you are taking the side of one of the political parties. you need bipartisan support for an independent and strong ukraine. this is a bad means to your end. i don't know what the end result of this testimony is going to be. i think that the fact that the reporting out today shows that he told giuliani he intervened to stop what giuliani was doing -- >> john: he

lee. we have jim garlo and father frank pavone. some place they're in the audience. i appreciate you being here. and i have to say, the world is such a different place even from when i started with this. we started 12 months ago and coming up, i just see in france, they have a massive soccer tournament, something so important and so big, thinking about maybe postponing it or cancelling it because of threats and all the problems going on with what's happening with terrorism and it's a very, very sad thing and a sad place and who would have ever thought our world would be in a position like this where that would happen. but you just see event after event, radical islamic terrorism is just taking over. we can't let that happen. we cannot let that happen. [ applause ] and if we're smart, and if we're tough, we won't let it happen. just remember that. it's an honor to speak here and discuss our shared values. i'd like to thank all of the wonderful christian leaders and christian voters who have supported me. we've had tremendous support. here we are and here are the goals

been forceful but you also have a very strong argument from some of the tea party senators jim demint, mike lee and rand paul, saying there are some important rights that need to be looked at here and some changes need to be made to the patriot act. that's the outline of the fight. and it's been a good one here. >> kelly o'donnell on capitol hill, thank you. >>> now to the weather. the central u.s. may finally get a break from nearly a week of powerful tornados. the latest brought reports of more than 80 twisters across ten states. thankfully, no new fatalities to report today. the weather channel's jim cantor se live in poplar bluff, missouri. good morning. what's the latest there? >> good morning, savannah. for the first time this spring it's so nice. i have to be tell you to be standing without debris behind me here. without destroyed homes, destroyed cars and a city intact like here in poplar bluff. that is quite pleasant. let's take you back to yesterday. we were pretty close to some pretty big tornadoes. this is elsinor, 25 miles to my west-northwest. very rural town. large cone tornado h

ever since she was a little girl, mary roberts and her father jim would dance to this lee anne womacke you dance." ♪ i hope you dance >> reporter: their plan, to dance to it on her wedding day. they did not oaexpect jim woulde diagnosed with cancer. he was still determined to keep his promise. and just before new year's, he escorted his daughter down the aisle. point clear, alabama. and after the wedding, the dance. and the song they always listened to. ♪ i hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean ♪ >> reporter: jim in a wheelchair, it hardly mattered. father and daughter on the dance floor, just as they had always planned. mary bourne with a twist and a hug and a promise kept. and her father, singing the words. ♪ i hope you dance >> reporter: tonight, the video has been seen nearly a half million times. and mary bourne telling us she's thankf fuful more people are prg for dad because of it. so many prayers for her father and for the beautiful bride. thank you for watching here tonight. i'm david muir. i hope to see you right back here tomorrow. until then, good night

that has more to do with lee's remnants as jim just mentioned. these areas in green, even through southern new england, katia not expected to be a land falling system at the moment. we're talking a category 2 storm, 100-mile-an-hour winds moving northwest at about 12 miles per hour. there's a look at the current position. here's the track as we work our way through the middle of the week and thursday at 2:00 a.m., at that point you have a cat 3 pointing towards the outer banks of north carolina. today is actually the day that residents will be let in to hatteras island so some folks may be a little leery of this one considering the system at least comes close enough to the close line. that air track is for the center of the storm. if it hugged the west side, we could potentially be dealing with storm even in southern new england. >>> president obama will spend this labor day talking about the number one issue for millions of americans -- that is job growth. the president will travel to detroit on the heels of an august labor report that showed ze

republicans are saying this and they had said this long before he had concluded and here is jim jordan and lee zeldin. >> not one thing he said comports with the narrative. >> the administration is in an each stronger place as a product of ambassador volker coming to testify. >> did you hear anything -- did you hear what they heard? you guys were all in the same room. >>. >> i can only say the power of rationalization and the power of delusion to hold sway here in washington in certain quarters. i don't think any rational person listening to that testimony today could remotely come to the conclusion those two gentlemen came to. >> before we go, one last question, trump publicly asked the chinese president with whom he is engaged in a massive trade war to investigate joe biden today. we have now learned that in a phone call in june with president xi the president raised joe biden although we do not understand with a direction request for an investigation. that call was also housed on the same top secret server that the ukraine call was housed on. what do you make of that? >> i think this is fur

the members there, senator cory booker, raphael warnock, sheila jackson lee, jim clyburn are critical members to try to find a pathway to restart those kvr conversations but see what the president can do on his own. he's signed executive orders and gone further than others on that issue. i've been told that members have ideas that perhaps the president could pursue going forward. that will be something that comes up. obviously a critical meeting but no path forward on this meeting when it comes to congress. >> phil mattingly, thank you for that. >>> let's turn to democratic congress ann sheila jackson lee, a member of the congressional black caucus who will be at this meeting later today. congresswoman, good to have you today. you were in memphis at the funeral for tyre nichols which was as much of a call for action as it was a celebration of life. take us inside this meeting today. what will you be taking to the president? what's the strategy to get it passed? >> victor, the first thing i'd like to do having been at the funeral is again offer my deepest sympathy to the wells family,

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i think we have rigidly, jim -- richard lee and father frank pagone. i appreciate you being here.ave to say, the world is such a different place. we started 12 months ago and coming up, i see where in france they are having a massive soccer tournament. something so important and they. they are thinking about postponing it or canceling it because of threats and all the problems going on with what is happening with terrorism and it is a very sad thing and a sad place. who would have ever thought our world would be in a position like this where that would happen? you see event after event. radical islamic terrorism is taking over and we can't let that happen. we cannot let that happen. [applause] and if we are smart, if we are tough, we want let it happen. just remember that. ok. it is an honor to speaker today and to discuss our shared values. i would like to thank all of the wonderful christian leaders and christian voters who have supported me. we've had tremendous support. here we are if you're the goals. i thought i would put some of these together and i did it just the other ni

jim. >>> the tea party, take another step towards flexing its muscles on capitol hill. today, tea party senators formed the first ever tea party senate caucus, including senators mike lee, rand paul, and jim demint. >> we're not trying to form just another caucus to make a tea party like all the other caucuses here. because this is not about what we can get for ourselves or how much money we can take home to our states. this is literally about saving our country. >> kelly o'donnell is nbc news capitol hill correspondent. kelly, there's been sort of behind the scenes rivalry. we've seen jim demint, especially during the election cycle, and the more traditional republican leaders, of course, led by mitch mcconnell, this was an interesting comment today by freshman senator marco rubio, suggesting that the tea party may not be such a great idea. >> if all of a sudden being in the tea party is not something that's happening in main street, but rather something that's happening in washington, d.c., the tea party and the tea party all of a sudden becomes some sort of movement run by politicians. >> i'm not sure quite what he's saying there. is he saying that having it headquar

. >> pelley: lee cowan is in australia. more from jim axelrod, barry petersen and seth doane. more russian forces are li charlie d'agata street appropriating for an invasion. an american general faced 20 years for sexual misconduct. today he walked away with a reprimand. wyatt andrews reports. and he got to the tournament with a secret that might have ruined his career. manuel been orcas with isaiah austin. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: they are the biggest clues yet in the disappearance of light 370 by size and maybe much more. don two objects spotted in the southern indian ocean 1500 niles southwest of perth, australia. that is at the tail end of the route that investigators believe the plane may have taken after it veered off course on a flight from kuala lumpur to beijing 13 days ago. the objects were picked up by a satellite last sunday but it took time to analyze the pictures of what might be the wreckage of the boeing 777. today, australia had so much confident it found something important that the prime ministe

he will help people like me that want to introduce it like mike lee and jim demint, if he comes out andill do those things he this will be persuade today vote for them. >> sean: and you campaign in virginia for romney? >> we have offered to campaign for them. >> sean: government bullies, great book. time to check in with greta van susteren for coming up. >> greta: congressman d i.c.e. is here. -- darrell issa is here and lindsay graham is here furious at the president and we have our legal panel and much more, back to you. >> sean: coming up in 19 short minutes. we expose the truth about america's unemployment numbers, how bad is it? we'll look at the unemployment in this country. but first, when we come back he was in the room when osama bin laden was killed and now he is breaking his silence. we have highlights from the bombshell interview featuring a former member of navy seal team six. we'll check in with jose rodriguez, he was in the room when those enhanced interrogations took place that led to l us to bin laden. and president spiking the football, straight ahead. so anyway, i've

in pittsburgh, where she just spoke and security national correspondent, jim sciutto and mj lee.y, she didn't mince words going after donald trump. she really delivered a strong rebuke of him and making the case that he is not only unfit to be president of the united states, he is dangerous to u.s. national security. donald trump, by the way, just tweeted and i'll read it to you. he just tweeted, thank you to the lgbt community. i will fight for you while hillary brings in more people that will threaten your freedoms and beliefs. take us behind the scenes a little bit. what are you hearing from her campaign staff about her decision to go directly against donald trump today? he didn't mince words going after her yesterday. >> that's absolutely right. i think if you go back to that speech today from hillary clinton in this union hall in pittsburgh, this was about characterizing. it was about labeling. but i think most importantly, it was about defining. defining donald trump. he's so famous for the nicknames that he uses, but all the way back to the bill clinton administration, wha

jim. >> no question. m.j. lee at the white house, thank you. >>> today former president donald trump is stumping in iowa, the first of several stops ahead of next week's midterm. cnn's chief national affairs correspondent jeff zeleny is on the trail in sioux city, iowa. we expect to see trump with senator chuck grassley. it's a finite amount of time before election day next tuesday. why did trump decide to stop in iowa, and i wonder what you're hearing from voters there? >> reporter: iowa is hardly the hottest battleground of 2022. the former president will be here in sueioux city later toda trying to shore up the base for senator grassley who is running for his eighth term in the u.s. senate. he's having a closer-than-expected race. still this is a republican part of the state and largely viewed as a republican year. not much worry from republicans about senator grassley. a bigger reason that former president donald trump is coming here to kick off four rallies in five days going into the election. of course, it'

also with a number of politicians like senator tim kaine from virginia and representatives barbara lee and jim clyburn. bret? >> bret: rich, quickly, i see the background behind you, what have the crowds looked bike for mcauliffe around the state? >> it's been hit or miss. he was in charlottesville yesterday. the crowd had a few dozen people there a strong hold in the middle of the stated trying to get people out this room is largely filled a few hundred people there. as you get to the back it begins to empty out a little bit. it republicans have been talking at least among themselves what they perceive much smaller group of people showing up in the mcauliffe event. they feel like they have the mow then tum and excitement going their way. >> bret: we will see. at least that's what the polls show. rich edson on the trail. thanks. the superintendent of northern virginia school district is comparing parental protests at school board meetings to the capitol riot on january 6th. and his experience seeing people drinking at the beach. the comments by loudoun county school chief scott ziggler came as