pallone: mr. chairman, i rise in opposition to h.r. 702, a poorly crafted bill that needlessly and recklessly sweeps away 40 years of critical energy protections for national security, our economy, consumers, and the environment. h.r. 702 is a blunt object that doesn't just undermine current protective authorities related to crude oil, it also prohibits any federal official from taking any action at any time if that action either restricts or enforces a restriction on the export of oil. the term restriction is undefined and potentially dangerous in scope. the bill will also override any other law that would impose any restriction by any federal official on exports. that means that the bill does nothing to preserve any environment or safety statutes or regulations an doesn't even preserve the defense production act, one of the most important tools any president has to ensure our national energy security in the face of a threat. let's be clear, mr. chairman, the president has stated he will veto thi

pallone: mr. chairman, i yield three minutes to the gentleman from texas, mr. green. the chair: the gentleman from texas is recognized for three minutes. mr. green: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in opposition to h.r. 702. in the past 10 years, the united states has undergone an energy revolution. it has far exceeded analysis and prediction. the success in this field has materialized in the jobs in our district in the houston district both in the chemical and refining industries. the price of oil dropped from $100 a barrel to $45 a barrel. gasoline prices have fallen from $4 per gallon to less than $2 in houston. i represented our refinery complexes for many years. all of this benefited our economy and the consumer. unfortunately, the success has brought hardship on the upstream producers. the energy sector, which led our country out of the recession, is now laid off -- has now laid off approximately 150,000 folks. bloomberg estimated 40% of these layoffs were in texas. i know the oil industry is

pallone: mr. chairman, i rise in opposition to h.r. 702, a poorly crafted bill that needlessly and recklessly sweeps away 40 years of critical energy protections for national security, our economy, consumers, and the environment. h.r. 702 is a blunt object that doesn't just undermine current protective authorities related to crude oil, it also prohibits any federal official from taking any action at any time if that action either restricts or enforces a restriction on the export of oil. the term restriction is undefined and potentially dangerous in scope. the bill will also override any other law that would impose any restriction by any federal official on exports. that means that the bill does nothing to preserve any environment or safety statutes or regulations an doesn't even preserve the defense production act, one of the most important tools any president has to ensure our national energy security in the face of a threat.threat. let's be clear, mr. chairman, the president has stated he will v

pallone: i appreciate. that i'm probably going to repeat what you just said just so we don't -- so people understand that in my district. i wanted to ask also about reporting incidents of elderly fraud. many consider financial exploitation to be a silent crime because victims are often too shamed or embarrassed to report what has happened. additionally, it can be challenging for many seniors to serve as a criminal witness and law enforcement officials regularly identify lack of reporting and the difficulty obtaining relevant data as challenges to both identity and to combat elder financial exploitation. so can you explain the role the consumer sentinel network about a d.a. at that base plays in combating -- data base plays in combating this challenge? and what steps need to be taken to increase both the use of the database and reporting of senior financial exploitation in general. mr. kaufman: it's an important tool for law enforcement agencies and we continue to develop it and improve it. we have some enha

pallone. >> thank you, mr. chairman. high-tech vehicle safety technologies are expected to save thousands of lives per year once they are in broad use. two types of v-to-v technology could prevent more than 3,000 crashes. title 5 of this bill is based on a false trade off, vehicle safety instead of environmental safety. sections 5.02 and 5.03 would exchange credits. particularly in light of the shocking emission fraud scandal surrounding volkswagen, i'm worried that automakers will comply with environmental regulations. >> yes. two things. one is secretary fox has asked us to accelerate anything that is a new life-saving technology. the new vehicle proposed rule will get out at the end of the year. yes, i think we need to acknowledge ten manufacturers came forward and made a commitment to make automatic emergency braking standard on all of their vehicles. >> the proposed rule you mentioned would require all manufacturers to make all their vehicles v-to-v enabled? >> correct. >> and that you said by the end of the year? >

chris pallone has the latest on those conditions. >> reporter: in san marcos, texas, floodwaters roseso quickly, it sounded the school with teachers and students still inside. police evacuated everyone to another drier school use an armored military vehicle. scenes like this playing out across texas, especially in the busy i-35 corridor between austin and san antonio. >> after last weekend's rain saturated the soil, it didn't take a lot to fire things up. that's what we saw this morning. >> reporter: part of austin saw 6 inches of rain in an hour. one neighborhood recorded more than 14 inches total, more rain than it got in the entire month of may. it caught many drivers off guard. a passer by helped this woman escape from danger. >> i quickly rolled down the window and pulled myself up. >> reporter: on the day before halloween, the flash floods sent pumpkins floating in the street. a suspected tornado dropped large trailer on a hotel roof and a lightning strike took out weather radar in brownsville. the town of wimberley hit hard by flooding in may, hit hard again. >> this is the sec

it's congressman frank pallone, democrat from new jersey.sent a letter to the house last month before this scandal broke, asking congress to look into this murky legal territory and congressman pallone joins me now. you're representing a state who has sued the federal government in the past over sports gaming. i'll get to that in a minute. but how soon do you think you'll be able to put together a congressional hearing investigating what needs to be done to regulate this new industry? >> well, we're hoping within the next month or so. maybe november or december. i spoke to the chairman of the energy and commerce committee. i'm the chief democrat on the committee and we're both hoping that we can have something, some kind of hearing in the next month or two. >> now, explain in some ways, how the federal government regulates gambling, regular gaming, casino gaming, and where this, you think, should fit in or shouldn't. >> well, of course the hypocrisy here is that the major leagues and the teams that are investing in these fantasy sports sites

whether hearings bill pallone, harry reid wanting to get involved.but you have all of these sports leagues involved in this, but you also have them turn around and say, hey, we don't want legalized gambling, because we think it could unfairly impact what goes on on the field, on the court, et cetera. the commissioner of the nba says, we need to look past that. other countries have legalized gambling, it's fine, it puts them out in the open, and we're to the going to pay bookibookie. >> thank you very much, luke russert and terence moore for breaking that down for us. we'll be following that as well in the coming days. >>> still to come, more on those deadly floods in the southeast. we'll give you the latest details on the areas that are still underwater. plus, in the world of politics, hillary clinton has found the star of her latest tv ad. you'll be surprised to see who it is. >> everyone thought hillary clinton was unbeatable, right? but we put together a benghazi special committee. what are her numbers today? >> how the republican who wants to be

chris pallone, nbc news. >>> two students badly burned during a high school chemistry class fire areir condition in the hospital this morning. three other students from woodson high school in fairfax county have been treated and released after the accident with a classroom experiment. the chemistry teacher was hurt doing a demonstration on the different colors of fire. that teacher was treated at the school. hundreds of students were safely evacuated from the building. but parents and students want to know how this could have been avoided. so we asked dr. david evans from the national teachers association if there are guidelines the teachers and schools should have been following. >> there are osha, epa, chemical safetyç guidelines. ultimately it's the responsibility of the school to decide what their procedures are going to be. >> the fire caused an estimated $7,500 in damages. fairfax county superintendent dr. karen garza says the district is providing support for students, staff and families as needed. >>> one neighborhood dealing with two homicides just miles apart. one happened

pallone wants a hearing to review daily fantasy gambling sites. nbc sports and comcast ventures are investors of fan duel. >>> lamar oden is said to be having a hard time dealing with his condition, his physical condition is improving but his mental state is fragile. doctors are keeping visitors away with the exception of odom's wife khloe kardashian. police believe odom overdosed on cocaine and other drugs. reports his kidneys are severely damaged. fans are tweeting offering to donate their kidney, others made the same offer but attached a hefty price tag. >>> parents who may want to check your child's toy box, build-a-bear is recalling more than 34,000 of the popular stuffed animals because of a choking hazard. the recall is for the starbrights dragon. the satin seams can open, allowing the stuffing material inside to be exposed and children could choke on it. no injuries have been reported. you can return the stuffed animal to the store and exchange it for another one. >>> well, if you ordered a significant amount of marijuana through the mail,

chairman, ranking member schakowsky, ranking member pallone. i appreciate the opportunity to testify on behalf of the alinin alliance of automobile manufacturers today. i know our time is limited and my complete statement is submitted for the record so i will limit my remarks here and try to focus on the big picture. you've asked me to testify about these two -- the discussion draft and a bill today. let's talk first about the improving recall tracking act. auto manufacturers are committed to keeping their products safe. and when a safety defect is identified, we want to undertake a recall and we want all of the recalled vehicles to be repaired. there are two challenges -- at least two challenges to completing repairs on recalled vehicles. one, of course, is consumer motivation, right? and in this country consumers make the choice whether or not to get their vehicles repaired. we want them all to get their vehicles repaired. we urge them to get their vehicles repaired. you all have done that from the dais over the course of the last couple of y

pallone for five minutes. >> thank you. one of the concerns that i raised with mr.orn earlier was this concern about whether we might find the defeat devices or similar problems with other cars. so i wanted to ask the question, do you have the tools and authority you need to ensure that there are no other cheaters out there? >> yes, we do. >> but i'm also concerned about and maybe this is for mr. brooks about the comments mr. ford made where he suggested that there were a couple of rogue engineers but suggested there was no corporate responsibility. who goes after the individuals, corporate or otherwise, that might be responsible for this or do you at some point envision even bringing charges, you know, like criminal charges against the corporation itself for this intentional deceit? >> thank you for the question. i can't speculate now as to exactly what course all the enforcement actions will take. i can tell you my office has taken the initial enforcement action and we're working with the department of justice. >> we keep talking about the fines because of what ha

chris pallone reports. >> it's a tradition that draws up to 80,000 people to oklahoma state university. the sea of orange homecoming parade, but this year's celebration turned deadly when a driver shot through a crowd of para parade goers. >> i've been here 29 years. i can't recall an ins like this. >> a a 25-year-old woman crashed through before crashing swoo sboo a group of spectators. another said people flew 30 feet into the air before a car came to a stop. >> the driver was arrested at this point for driving under the influence. her name is adacia avery chambers. a 25-year-old stillwater resident. >> university officials say they don't believe she is a student at oklahoma state. >> the families and these victims will never be able to understand this. nor will we. but the cowboy family pulls together. unfortunately, we've had to do this before and we're going to do it again. >> oklahoma governor mary fallon ordered flags to be flown half-staff. players and fans prayed for the victims before the game against kansas. >> heartbroken at this trkúrmf and our thoughts and prayers are wi

pallone for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. over five years ago we passed the affordable care act and fundamentally changed the health care system in this country. we expanded access to health care for millions of americans and ensured that no individual could be denied coverage for arbitrary or discriminatory reasons. we guaranteed that insurance companies were in the business of making our citizens healthier, not just making a profit. and we strengthened medicare and put the program on firm financial footing. today my republican colleagues will tell a different story. we'll hear a lot about technical glitches, inefficiency, broken i.t. systems. if we just listen to the republican side, we are led to believe we poured money down the drain and saw no benefit. the reforms to the affordable care act are a serious und undertaking. no doubt there are lessons to be learned from the implementation. we should learn those lessons and use them to improve going forward. but that doesn't mean we should lose sight of the bigger picture. ma

pallone: thank you, mr. speaker. i have the utmost respect for the chairman of our energy and commerce committee, but i have to respectfully disagree with almost everything he said. i am glad that he is admitting that basically what this reconciliation tries to do is repeal the affordable care act. there was some question, i guess, about that by my colleagues until now. but clearly they are admitting that that's what they are trying to do. of course they don't say anything about the positive impact of the affordable care act and how many more people have -- now have health insurance. how many people don't face discrimination. all the terrible things that existed before the affordable care act became law. what i do not appreciate, though, is my chairman saying how sweer gig trying to expand access to health care by providing more funds to community health centers. the fact of the matter is that the community health centers cannot make up for the work on women's health that planned parenthood centers take care of. and

senator bob menendez and congressman frank pallone want the federal trade commission to make sure there are safeguards for people who play these leagues. the two spoke this afternoon in east rutherford. they believe it's unfair for fantasy leagues to be legal while betting on sports game is illegal in new jersey. >>> tonight, the camden mayor is speaking out after her city missed out on a $30 million federal grant. we first told you about this yesterday. mayor redd told us it speaks volumes camden was a finalist and despite missing out, camden will carry on to improve the mount ephraim area. >>> next at 6:00, everything shuts down all at once. the philadelphia school superintendent says that's what could happen in the district if lawmakers don't pass a state budget and soon. >>> plus, forget a school bus, how about a lawn mower? details on one montgomery county's dad's fight to keep picking up his kid from school in this ride right here. sheena? >> a few showers popping up on radar all because of a cold front tomorrow, but an even bigger cool down going into your weekend. i'll show you

democratic senator bob menendez and democratic congressman frank pallone spoke yesterday outside metlifeum in east rutherford. controversy surrounded two big fantasy sites, fan dual and draft kings after a draft kings employee admitted to winning a huge prize from a rival site because he had inside information. the lawmakers say it is hypocritical to allow betting on fantasy sports leagues while wagering on individual games remains illegal. >> time now for that first look at business. temple university has renamed its medical school in honor of the late businessman and philanthropist lewis katz. katz died in a plane crash in 2014. prior to his death the philadelphia inquirer co-owner donated $25 million to temple. it is the single largest donation in temple's history. katz was a temple graduate and served on its board of trustees. >>> we're all online in this country but that's not the case across a lot of the world. a new report shows that 57 percent of the world's population doesn't get online. one of the biggest reasons why may be this. it turns out that only about 5 percent of the la

senator robert menendez and congressman frank pallone are calling for a hearings.hey want the federal trade commission to regulate what that evolved in the billion dollar on line industry, big pay outs for winning big. >> i don't think anyone anticipated the daily games, let alone for it to turn into a multi billion dollar industry, with prizes up to two million-dollar. >> the the calls follow word that employees of the two popular fantasy sites used inside information to win big. >>> well, the flyers will go for their second win in a row when they to on stanley cup champion black hawks tonight at the well. before tonight's game flyers will pay tribute to former defenseman kimmo timonen. he played for both flyers and black hawks among other teams in his 16 year nhl career. timonen retired after winning the stanley cup with the black hawks last spring. >>> the chicago cubs have made history they beat cardinals last night to win a post season series at wrigley field for the first time in their teams history. the cubs did it with power, they hit three home runs off ca

pallone, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. horn, your statements so far don't give me much confidence that we're ever going to see a fix for this vehicles that are impacted. you know, you say that they can't be fixed by a software-only solution, you don't have a nsse timetable as to -- necessary timetable as to when the fix is going to begin. have you been given enough information about how the defeat device affects the engine to actually make informed judgments on whether the fix will actually work? ..

pallone. five minutes for questions, please. >> thank you, mr. chairman. high-tech vehicle safety technologies are expected to save thousands of lives per year once they are in broad use. it's estimated that two types of v-to-v technology could prevent more than 3,000 crashes. i'm concerned, however, that in spite of the benefits of these technologies, title 5 of this bill is based on a false trade off, vehicle safety instead of environmental safety. sections 5.02 and 5.03 would exchange credits. for manufacturers installing advanced technology. particularly in light of the shocking emission fraud scandal surrounding volkswagen, i'm worried that automakers will comply with environmental regulations. let me start, dr. rosekind, i understand that nhtsa is already working with advanced technology in more vehicles, is that correct? >> yes. two things. one is secretary fox has asked us to accelerate anything that is a new life-saving technology. the new vehicle proposed rule will get out at the end of the year. yes, i think we need to acknowledge ten manufactur

democratic senator bob menendez and democratic congressman frank pallone spoke yesterday outside metlifen east rutherford. controversy has surrounded two big fantasy sites, fan dual and draft kings because a draft kings employee admitted to winning a huge prize from a rival site because he had inside information. lawmakers say it is hypocrite at a to allow betting on fantasy sports leagues while wage jerk on individual games remains illegal. >> and we are betting on a good commute so far this morning. >> okay. >> looking pretty good. let's show you what it looks like. all bets off later on in the morning but if you wake up early you're good to go. this is i-95 southbound traffic at girard and we can see traffic here moving nicely. it's an easy 14 minute ride southbound and northbound between the vine and woodhaven so no problems there. just a little bit of building volume. mass transit showing everything is on time. septa regional rails, patco, new jersey tran sit and dart not showing any issues just yet david. >> on the big board this morning, karen, cool temperatures in the northern an

new jersey congressman pallone joins me live now.he nfl players and staffers and refs are on the take? >> well, that's the issue. i mean, the whole issue really is the integrity of these fantasy sports sites. as you know, i've questioned whether they're even legal because they claim they're not gaming. yet they are gaming. that's clear. one of the reasons that the ncaa has distanced itself from these daily sites is because they say that, in fact, it is gaming. and they don't want their players involved. in other words, they've said that the college athletes cannot play on the games. they don't want advertising in their tournaments and so, you know, my question really is, to what extent do the sites cooperate or help prevent players, whether it's college or it's professional, from playing the games? as you know, the nfl doesn't even prohibit their players from playing. they say we understand there may be some sort of cap an the winnings but they're allowed to play. >> they can't win more than $250 i believe. kr effect? >> that's what

pallone asked. it sounded like you were saying the fix could manage fuel economy, engine rchl answperford emissions. that all of that could be fixed. if that's so, why didn't volkswagen do that initially? why wouldn't you make a car that would achieve those goals? >> i think it's a great question. >> i can only assume that maybe cheating was cheaper? >> to my understanding, what i've learned, some people have made the wrong decisions in order to get away with something which will have to be found out. >> let me ask you this this have you considered financial compensation, for example allowing customers to actually return the car for what they paid for it? >> this is one of the areas we're looking into now, yes. >> providing rebate for lost value of the car? >> sure. >> and what about right now, if i had one of those cars and i wanted a loner, would you compensate the dealer to loaner? >> we will have to discuss and consider this. right now i would say no honestly because the epa has said these cars

pallone for five minutes. >> thank you. mr. grundler, one of of the concerns that i raised with mr.horn earlier was this concern about whether we might find these defeat devices or similar problems with other cars. so i wanted to ask the question, do you have the tools and authority you need to insure there are no other cheaters out there? >> yes, we do. >> but i'm also concerned about, and maybe this is for mr. brooks, about the comments that mr. ford made -- mr. horn made where he suggests, you know, there were a couple of rogue engineers that may have done this, but suggested that there was no corporate responsibility. do you -- is it the epa or is it the ag, who goes after the, you know, the individuals corporate or otherwise that might be responsible for this, or do you at some point envision even bringing charges, you know, like criminal charges against the corporation itself for this intentional deceit? >> thank you for the question. i can't speculate now as to exactly what course all of the enforcement actions will take. i can tell you that my office has already taken the in

congressman frank pallone is next on what to expect. look at the u.s. equity futures, weaker today, dow down 60 points, s&p off by 6, and nasdaq down by 13. can it make a dentist appointment when my teeth are ready? ♪ can it tell the doctor how long you have to wear this thing? ♪ can it tell the flight attendant to please not wake me this time? ♪ the answer is yes, it can. so, the question your customers are really asking is, can your business deliver? >>> welcome back, first in business worldwide, among the stories at this hour, new numbers this hour shows hedge funds post the fourth straight month of declines since september, longest run of losses since the financial crisis, and s&p cutting ge outlook after unveiling a stake in the company, ratings firm putting ge's aa plus rating on watch for potential credit downgrade, and blackstone acquired shares, 10% above yesterday's close, and transaction valued at a total of $8 billion. >>> a new ad going viral, the commercial that features jennifer anniston as a pitch woman for emirate airli

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tomorrow senator robert menendez and frank pallone will hold a news conference to talk about efforts to make sure the games are fair. comcast, nbc 10's parent company, invested in fan duel. >>> the race for the next mayor of philadelphia takes center stage tonight. both candidates will reveal their plans for the city in a debate. jim kenney won the democratic primary, melissa murray-bailey, hosted by our partners, whyy. collection day is around the corner. the next mayor will be voted into office on november 3rd. >>> and there's another debate scheduled tomorrow, this one for the democrats running for president. they'll square off for the first time in las vegas. front-runner hillary clinton will be joined by candidate bernie sanders, martin o'malley, jim webb, and lincoln chafee. the big question remains, will vice president joe biden enter the race. the past weekend may have been a tipping point for decisions. delaware bureau reporter tim furlong reports. >> reporter: joe biden spent the weekend in delaware watching his grandkids' sporting events, outside his house, waiting to hear

the vehicle safety improvement act, the bill i introduced with ranking member pallone and five other members of the subcommittee in march. nhtsa needs to improve rear crashworthiness and every automaker as a executive responsible for certifying the accuracy and completeness relating to safety investigations. i'm glad those provisions were included, but it would have been much better and more useful for the majority to engage in a bipartisan discussion during this bill. had that dialogue taken place, many of the weaknesses in the bill could have been addressed prior to this hearing. it includes several provisions that would enhance safety and improve the efficacy of recalls, none of which are included in this draft legislation. the vsia would more than double nhtsa's funding for vehicle safety programs. this bill provides no explicit additional funding for the agency. the vsia would increase the quality of information shared. while there is a nod to those priorities in this draft legislation, there's little meaningful change from the status quo. the bill would require manufacturers to

pallone was asking you things about payment to damages and because of the issue that the air was dirtier and health and safety have been impacted. volkswagen of america is going to face some significant fines and penalties by the environmental protection agency. are they not >> i think that's very likely. >> have you heard that to the ceo of volkswagen, don't be dismissive. don't run from the fact that this has happened. i will a lot of people ask me that if a private company done that and turned the river yellow they will be held -- there will be fines and mitigation costs. does epa hold itself to the same standard to which it holds private corporations? if not why not >> ask you me to testify about the gold king mine situation? >> just in general. epa causes a problem, or should they be held to the same standard. i'm not asking you to testify. i think we should have a hearing on that as a separate issue. answer the question. should epa be held to the same standards to which you will hold a private corporation? >> all i can say i'm not familiar with the details, i have seen and read tha

pallone, for five minutes. >> i want to over five ago we passed the affordable care act and finally changed the health care system in this country. we expanded access to health care for millions of americans and ensure that no individual could be denied coverage for arbitrary or discriminatory reasons. we guaranteed insurance coverage when the business of making our citizens healthier, not just making a profit. we strengthen medicare put the program on sounder financial footing to preserve and protect it for generations of americans to come. today my republican colleagues will tell a different store to put a lot of technical glitches, inefficiency, rogue i.t. systems. of which is listen to republican side we are led to believe report money down the drain and casino benefit of the reforms of the affordable care act are a complex undertaking and about their lessons to learn from its importation and we should learn those lessons and use them to improve going forward. that doesn't mean we should lose sight of the bigger picture to make no mistake the affordable care act is working. we are seein

frank pallone has also asked lawmakers here to hold a hearing to examine the legal status of fantasyames, given that internet gambling is illegal in the u.s. >>> well, the eagles face a big test on monday night when they take on the division rivals new york giants. >> one of the eagles most high profile players is feeling the pressure. amy joins us from comcast sportsnet. demarco murray want add lot of touches in the last game and he got it. >> absolutely, says he looks to get into a rhythm and he was able to do that against the saints. when the eagles take the field monday night, do so trying to get to the top of the division, if you can believe it. a win over the giants would do just that. demarco murray coming off his best game as an eagle. he now faces quite the challenge against the giants defense, the second best in the league. murray says he's up for it. >> yeah, obviously, they are one of the top defenses against the run in the league, and i've been able to play against those guys the last four years, so it's always been a challenge. ayers and those guys are always playing pr

pallone five minutes for your questions. >> thank you, mr. chairman. in my questions are for mr.dotson. section 502 of the discussion that would amend the clean air act buy anything with a national program that bp and nhtsa developed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fuel economy for passenger cars and trucks. can you briefly explain this national program and what are its goals? >> the purpose of this program -- >> mic. >> can you hear me? the purpose of the program is essentially to control carbon pollution from light duty vehicles. the program is remarkable successful. it will essentially have the effect of doubling fuel economy or reducing emissions of cars and trucks by half. reducing emissions by half by 2025. >> so why is it so important to establish industry greenhouse gas emission for vehicles iowa changing these commonsense requirements impact our ability to avoid or prevent the worst impacts of climate change the? >> it's now i think a consensus among scientific community, business and even if they've committee that climate change is a serious threat the glass to t

pallone five minutes before your questions, please. >> thank you, mr. chairman.questions are to mr. dotson. section five of two of the discussion draft would amend the clean air act by anything with a national program that epa and nhtsa had adopted reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve fuel economy for passenger cars and trucks. can you explain this national program and what are its goals? >> certainly. the purpose of this program -- can you hear me speak was just. >> the purpose of the program is essential to control carbon pollution from light duty vehicles. the program is remarkable successful. it will have the effect of doubling fuel economy while reducing the emissions of cars and trucks by half, reducing emissions by half by 2025. >> so what is it so important to establish standards for greenhouse gas emissions in vehicles, and i will changing these commonsense require its impact are good to avoid or prevent the worst impacts of climate change? >> well, it's now i think a consensus among the scientific community, business and the faith committee that

this is not gambling but a game -- >> frank pallone in new jersey talked about.y are going to get involved. listen, this -- david: what politicians in new jersey will straighten it out, right? >> there is nothing to see in new jersey when it comes to corruption. it is easy. david: j.t., i get what you're saying. you want this industry. it is multibillion. we obviously have an interest in the industry. you want it to be up and up. jeez, get polish shuns involved you will have a mess, right? >> this is unlimited revenue stream for sports coming in down the road. i believe adults should be allowed to do whatever they want. bet on vegas, bet on football and fantasy football. the reason gentlemen, why this works because fans every day can start fresh. and decide if they want to win that money each day or take a pass. i will take three or four-days off and play next week. it is perfect but you have to make sure it is on the up and up. david: you do, but on other hand, got to tell you, fred and arthur, very quickly, something exciting about something like new. it is a l

senator robert menendez and congressman frank pallone are calling for congressional hearings.he federal trade commission to regulate what has evolved in a billion dollar on line industry big pay outs for winning bets. >> i don't think anyone anticipated these daily games, let alone for it to turn into a multi billion dollar industry with prizes, up to $2 million. >> the the calls follow word that employees of the two popular fantasy sites used inside information to win big. >>> the american league will decide their championship opponent tonight but this morning cubs fans, they are celebrating like crazy. last night cubs won a post season series at rigali field for the first time ever. cubs eliminated st. louis cardinals six-four with three cubs hitting home runs in the game. national league championship series starts saturday as cubs will play either mets or dodgers. i think so many fans across the country if your team is not in it you you are pulling for the cubs. >> one of our pro cuesers, jen connor, she must be loving this. she's from chicago. >>> one cubs fan is celebrati

pallone and i have introduced to vehicle safety improvement act, clint imminent hazard authority which gives the administration the ability to step in and issue a recall in cases where defects substantially increases the likelihood of serious injury or death. so how would this imminent hazard authority be helpful to nhtsa internet its mission to reduce death from injuries and economic loss resulting from motor vehicle crashes? >> thank you for identifying. we do want to go from withholding information. we think we need to be in the other direction which is what you highlighted. there's a gap. other safety regulars have the. emmett township would have allowed us to get the takata airbags off years before and that authority which others only have is not currently available to nhtsa. >> some of my colleagues have noted today traffic deaths rose by 14% in the first six months of 2015. injuries have risen by 30% since 2014. i'm concerned is a draft that would put more strain on nhtsa and is already overstretched resources without improving safety. according to one estimate the number of veh

new jersey congressman frank pallone has asked the federal trade commission to look into setting regulations for online gaming. >> because it does say in the carve out for fantasy sports, if you will, that the ftc would have jurisdiction and, of course, they can always -- they have sort of general statutes to say whether it's fraud or deceit that they can act, so that's one option. >> new jersey senator robert menendez has also asked the ftc to look into the website. meanwhile, several former customers have filed class action lawsuits against draft kings and fan duel. the suit explained both companies have been misleading, and we should mention that nbc sports ventures and comcast ventures have invested in fan duel. comcast is the parent company of nbc 10. >>> a new winner of the nobel peace prize was announced today. >> the nobel peace prize for 2015 is to be awarded to the tunisian national quartet. >> the quartet won for its contribution to building democracy after the jasmine revolution in 2011. it helped support tunisia when it was in danger of collapse. the group beat out some of the o

congressman frank pallone, a democrat representing a jersey shore district of mostly monmouth county. last time you were in the news was earlier this week, seems like a year ago, your request that sports betting sites like fan duel be looked into, perhaps referred to the ftc. well, here we are looking at a house of representatives without a clear front-runner for speaker of the house, controlled by the other party. what do you make of just what went down in the gop caucus today? >> it's good to see you, brian. i think it's just very unfortunate and indicative of the fact that with this chaos that the republican majority in the house just can't run the government. as chris said, we have very important business to do here, whether it's investing in the economy, in jobs and infrastructure and instead, we just, the republicans are embroiled in this race where we can't even seem to pick a leader. i would argue with you that because the right wing, the tea party element, whatever you want to call them, just keeps insisting that the new speaker vote their way and that means more government s

pallone, five minutes for you questions, please. >> thank you, mr. chairman. section -- my questions are of mr. dotson. section 502 interferes with national program that epa and nhtsa developed to reduce emissions. mr. dotson, can you briefly explain the national program and what are the goals? >> certainly. the purpose of the -- >> mike? >> can you hear me? >> yeah. >> the purpose of the program is essentially to -- the program is remarkably successful. it's -- it will essentially have the effect of doubling fuel economy or reducing emission of cars and trucks by half. emissions by half by 2025. >> all right. so why is it important to establish standards and how will changing the requirements affect the impact of the chi mat change? >> well, the -- it's now i think a consensus among scientific community and business and faith community it is a serious threat. last year, the panel said that they have high confidence that unmitigated warming leads to high to very high risk of severe widespread and irreversible impacts globally. food shortages. >> you don't have

chris pallone reports. >> reporter: it was supposed to be a festive, fun morning for thousands. the annual sea of orange homecoming parade. >> this is what you do on homecoming morning. you come to the homecoming parade. that's what all the families do. >> reporter: in a split second, the fun turned fatal. >> this car just went in through the crowd, just burst into the crowd. >> reporter: police say a car near the parade route smashed into a parked police motorcycle and shot forward into spectators. >> immediately we saw people going in there. >> reporter: people ran for safety, screaming. police and firefighters, many taking part in the parade, rushed to help dozens of victims. police arrested the driver. she's been charged with drunk driving. >> she's a 25-year-old stillwater resident. she is currently in jail here at the police department. >> reporter: police say it may be a few days before they can figure out exactly what caused the car to surge out of control. oklahoma governor mary fallon has ordered flags to be flown at half staff and praised the people who tried to help.

chris pallone, nbc news, new york. >>> and for more on the campaign trail, join chuck todd for "meet the press" this morning. you'll hear from republican presidential candidate ted cruz in an exclusive interview. and catch "meet the press" here on news 4 following our 10:00 a.m. newscast. >>> right now we want to get to a consumer alert. more cars being recalled because of the faulty air bags that in some cases have been deadly. in the u.s., the takata air bags prompted the recall of 19.2 million vehicles. now another 400 from 2015 are being recalled by general motors. gm says dealers are contacting owners to take care of the problems. the air bags can explode and fire shrapnel into drivers. they have been linked to eight deaths worldwide. >>> in hawaii, two men have been seriously injured in separate shark attacks, both of them on the island of oahu. authorities say a shark attacked a 44-year-old man. kayakers had to paddle out to bring him to safety. and a shark bit a 32-year-old man in his foot. >>> and right now, police in florida searching for a gunman who opened fire during zom

pallone saying the democrat staff on energy and commerce found there was nothing wrong here. mr. chaffetz spent five hours delving into what planned parenthood does or does not do and he said they have not broken any law. that's not good enough because everybody is doing so well here making political points and attacking a presidential candidate. that's not our job. in fact, i'm pretty sure that's against federal law for us to use public money for that action. we are going to do it twice and who knows how many more before the end of this year. it's a big disgrace is the misuse of tax money of the american people in a house and congress that has no budget, no highway bill, no way out and people who sit at home trying to figure out how they are going to educate their children, food on the table and drive on roads that are unfit to get to work, i would appreciate if we would stop this select committee and stop trying to take health care away from american citizens and get to work on their behalf. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new york yields back. th

pallone saying the democrat staff on energy and commerce found there was nothing wrong here. mr. chaffetz spent five hours delving into what planned parenthood does or does not do and he said they have not broken any law. that's not good enough because everybody is doing so well here making political points and attacking a presidential candidate. that's not our job. in fact, i'm pretty sure that's against federal law for us to use public money for that action. we are going to do it twice and who knows how many more before the end of this year. it's a big disgrace is the misuse of tax money of the american people in a house and congress that has no budget, no highway bill, no way out and people who sit at home trying to figure out how they are going to educate their children, food on the table and drive on roads that are unfit to get to work, i would appreciate if we would stop this select committee and stop trying to take health care away from american citizens and get to work on their behalf. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new york yields back. th