join me in thanking these great job-creators in jacksonville.ou for sharing your candid feedback about what we can do to help you grow jobs right here in jacksonville. give them all a word of thanks. last but not least, i want to thank mack mcgee and the whole mac paper team for hosting us here today. and mac, your family now for three generations have been a pillar in the jacksonville community for over 50 years. and today you have over 600 employees spread across nine states. you only get that way when you're doing something right. and you're doing it for a long time. the president and i thank you for all that you do. and let's give the whole mac paper team a big round of applause for the great, great success in the job they have created here. and let me assure you, all the job-creators, people who work with businesses large and small. president trump, i can assure you, president trump is going to be the best friend american small business will ever have. you know, i grew up in a small business. a small business family, actually, in a small to

jacksonville, florida. we'll take those comments now live. >> hello, florida! i want to thank you, governor, for that kind introduction. he's been a friend for many years. and ladies and gentlemen, how about that governor, rick scott? florida is incredibly fortunate to have a leader like rick scott. since he took office he signed over 50 tax cuts, balanced the bemidji-walkeret year after year, and helped create more than 1.3 million jobs, one of the fastest growing state economies in america. the sun is definitely shining on the florida state with governor rick scott. give him another round of applause, would you please? governor, i have to tell you, president trump and i are proud. proud to partner with you, to make america great again. the same goes with the others re. mayor lengthy curry, thank you for joining us. and seema verma, such a privilege to have you here. i had the honor of swearing her in this past tuesday as the 15th administrator of america's center for medicaid and medicaid services. she happens to be a hoosier. and she's one of the leading hea

i'm president nathaniel of jacksonville, florida. i want you to know is my background is in law enforcement. i was a sheriff in jacksonville for 8 years and i've seen and heard everything. but this has to be one of the great moments in my life and career. in the oval office with the president of the united states, recognizing hbcus as one of the crown jewels in this country. certainly, that's a big deal. if i was talking in terms of baseball, i would say, this was a home run. this president took the time to have a presidents hbcus from around the country in his office and promised to make hbcus in this country a priority of the white house. hbcus have been a part of the department of education. this president recognizing the importance of hbcus is now reinstituting the notion that now it is the white house initiative on hbcus. >> yes, sir. >> hi, good afternoon. i'm leslie baas kerville. president and ceo of the national association for equal opportunity and higher education, nafeo, advocacy for the black colleges and universities an

you mentioned jacksonville. that's a big military community.here are a lot of people on military health care there. and very affordable, very good health care, paid for by the government. so it's a funny thing that you're hearing sort of this notion that government health care cannot possibly do what it needs to do for the american people when you have a lot -- a large population getting very good government-sponsored health care. >> so kevin, as you are relating just a second ago, the vice president as potentially the salesman in chief here, but is he not the right person that we need to hear more from, president trump, he's the one that can really move this past middle? >> well, i think that we're also going to have have to hear from, again, some of the senate leadership. i think beth makes a great point about the gubernatorial concerns across the country about how this plan specifically impacts medicaid and several prominent republican governors throughout the country have risen concerns about this, including in a white house meeting with pr

join me in thank these great job creators in jacksonville.ng your candid feedback about what we can do to help you grow jobs right here in jacksonville. give them all a word of thanks. [applause] last but not least, i want to thank, i want to thank mac mcgee and the whole mac paper team for hosting us today. mac, your family now for three generations has been a pillar in the jacksonville community for over 50 years, and today you have over 600 employees spread across nine states. you only get that way when you're doing something right, and you're doing it for a long time. the president and i thank you for all that you do, and and let's give, let's give the whole hack paper team a big round of applause for the great, great success and the jobs they've created here. [applause] thank you. and let me assure you, let me assure all the job creators, all the people that work for businesses large and small, president trump, i can assure you, president trump is going to be the best friend american small business will ever have. [cheers and applause] y

he spoke to business leaders in jacksonville, florida about the effort to repeal and replace obamacarekitchen hutchinson reports, the bill still has a long way to go in gaining support. >> owe bar a -- obamacare nightmare is about to end. >> this time, it is the sunshine state. session with local businesses in jacksonville, to discuss repealing and replacing obamacare. >> we will replace with real solutions based on freedom, personal responsibility, and flexibility and reform. that's what works. that's what president trump's plan for healthcare reform will do. >> will kill tax penalties and medicaid expansion, good fuse for some, but still faces uphill battle. since the introduction of the american healthcare act, bill has been criticized by both democratic and republican lawmakers for what it does and doesn't do. recent numbers released by the congressional budget offers were less than favorable. according to the report, 14 million more people would be uninsured next year, un the new plan, compared with the existing plan. and the staggering 24 million by 2026. the gop healthcare bill

. >> the standoff inside a jacksonville credit union happened months ago. we're now seeing surveillance video as the suspect takes 13 people hostage. here's abc's steve osunsami. >> reporter: the surveillance video of this hostage situation, released to us by florida prosecutors is the heart of their case against 24-year-old nicolas humphrey. >> this is going to be an active shooter inside the bank. >> reporter: more than a dozen cameras were rolling when police say he terrorized customers and bank tellers at this jacksonville credit union in december. it's not clear that he ever asked for money, but the accused gunman is seen as plain as day putting his pistol to the head bank employees to their knees, and pushing another to the front of the building. >> he threatened to kill hostages multiple times. >> reporter: this went on for nearly two hours until two people hiding in an office made a run for their lives. the distraction gave the s.w.a.t. team the break they needed to storm the credit union. humphrey's family says he has mental health issues. he is st

outside of jacksonville. offici >>> new this morning, firefighters are battling a fast-moving wildfire in florida. it's burning more than 400 acres outside of jacksonville. officials say several residents are evacuated. it's already burned more than a dozen homes and it's threatening even more. >> there's a lot of things that we're not going to be able to replace, pictures, furniture that was my grandmother's, and just -- [ crying ] >> -- different things. my grandchildren's pictures and things. just a lot of stuff. >> fire officials say it was caused by someone burning paperback books. at last check it was 50% contained. >>> a driver running his car straight into a bay area canal, then he runs away even though a woman was trapped inside. kpix 5's joe vazquez has the incredible video this morning. >> reporter: it was dark. 9:15 at night, police say the drive was speeding through the intersection at santa rosa avenue at colgan drive and then watch this! the surveillance video shows the mazda sedan diving strai

one in jacksonville will deal with business leaders. he'll have what this administration likes to call listening sessions, talking about health care and business concerns. later this evening the vice president will be here in palm beach to address the club for growth, sort of an anti-tax conservative organization, all ahead of all the concern in the house for republicans about their health care overhaul and what is the fate of that. now, at the same time as the president has that huge issue on his plate for domestic concerns, he's had one of the most prominent visits from a world leader. and many people say that the meeting with donald trump and angela merkel had mixed results. air force one back at palm beach airport. the fifth weekend spent here since president trump took office. joined by fir ly melania, herarents and baron trump, who turns 11 monday. a brief escape from a cold washington, where icy body language was evident friday, as the president met with german chancellor angela merkel. tension continued at a joint press conferen

joining me live from jacksonville and here on set with me is nbc's senior political editor beth. let's start with you, mariannma. sort of the reaction by the crowd, many of which were small business owners here to the messages that came from vice president pence. >> this crowd, first of all, was a select group of invitees. this crowd was cherry-picked, if you will. they were very enthusiastic about the vice president's message. not only on health care, but also when he hit those campaign themes. immigration, infrastructure, fighting terrorism. when he appealed to the small group of florida business owners, they really seemed to applaud it. again, the vice president putting all his weight behind this new gop health care bill, but also acknowledging to some resistance in congress. let's hear it. >> this is going to be a battle in washington d.c. all right? obama care's defenders are working hard. we have to work harder. we're counting on florida. we nee every republican in florida to support this bill and support the president's plan to repeal and replace obama care. and president

this hour, we expect to hear from vice president mike pence who is in jacksonville, florida, to pitch repeal and replace obamacare. we'll bring you those remarks, live, as they happen. >>> president trump is also in florida this weekend, at mass mara lago club in west palm beach. after hosting german chancellor angela merkel at the white house, the commander-in-chief is taking to twitter to demand germany pay more for the protecti

there he is getting ready to head over -- then afterwards he'll head over to jacksonville. what do we expect to hear from the vice president today? >> reporter: ayman, we're expecting the vice president here at 2:30 here in jacksonville after he meets with that group of local business owners behind closed doors. he'll address a small crowd at this paper supply companyehind me. this is invitation only. he'll be joined by gop governor rick scott. this comes after several republican members of congress have said they cannot support the bill in its current form. miami congresswoman ileana ros-lehtinen going as far as to say she'll be voting no. she even tweeted a couple of days ago, i want to read the tweet to you, ayman, "as the american health care act stands, it will cut much-needed help for south florida's poor and elderly populations. need a plan that will do more to protect them." her district has the highest number of obamacare enrollees in the entire country, we're talking almost a hundred thousand people in miami-dade county. as you know, the plan's rate increases will

president mike pence visiting jacksonville, florida, as the trump administration and house republicanders continue to push the gop health care bill ahead of a crucial vote. kelly: the justice department now asking a federal judge this hawaii to reconsider his ruling that blocks president trump's revised travel ban, setting up a fresh legal battle over the president's new executive order. laura: and paris on high alert after atacked a soldier and tried to steal her gun before he was shot and killed. now investigators are digging deep into his background. kelly: but we begin with this, a crucial vote in the house looming next week on the republican plan to replace obamacare. the gop leadership looking to bring it to the floor on thursday, this as vice president mike pence visits jacksonville, florida, pushing the gop bill, looking to win over any lawmakers who may still be sitting on the fence. kristin fisher 's live in palm beach, florida, where president trump is spending the weekend. kristin? >> reporter: that's right. and, you know, vice president mike pence is actually on his way h

the vice president will spend part of the day in jacksonville. he will be talking to business leaders working on the obamacare overhaul. and when we saw the international press conference, it shinled a light on this relationship. and it's there that the president stuck with his surveillance claims. as you know, they were first made on twitter a couple weeks ago and the president was asked by a german reporter if he ever regrets his tweets. the president said "very seldom." air force one back at palm beach airport. the fifth weekend spent here since president trump took office. joined by first lady melania, her parents and baron truron 2r w trump who turns 11 monday. icy body language was evident friday as the president met with angela merkel. tension continued at a joint press conference where merkel delivered a subtle dig. there are in the period leading up to this, it's much, much better to talk one another and not about one be another. >> reporter: questioned about the president's wiretapping allegations, his disputed claim that barack obama h

look at jacksonville, florida if you're flying down there for the weekend to golf, 29 degrees. today's high, 37 we're at least getting above the freezing mark. 8:00 a.m., 26. 10:00 a.m., 29. 32 degrees at lunchtime. 36 at 3:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m., it will be 37 degrees, brisk and cold today. in the lehigh valley you've struggling to get above freezing. you'll be at the freezing mark in the afternoon, allentown better than that in reading. 27 in philadelphia. 38 in atlantic city. with sunshine and march sun angle temperatures above freezing you'll get a little bit of melting, will you melt the hard snow and ice in i think it will be baby steps as matt said earlier. high pressure nudges tomorrow, 43 for the high. we have a chance of mixed precipitation when the warm front comes through, friday into saturday, showers in philadelphia, mixed precipitation north and west. i want to warn you about that, a lot of people go out friday night especially st. patty's day. pacific and cold, dry today. tomorrow we start out with sunshine and end with clouds and showers and mixed precipitation frid

then i did my bachelor's degree at jacksonville university in florida. >> this is a glass blower extraordinaire for like a little kid or a wedding? >> it is lots of fun. >> when i started chatting with him i asked him if he knew where glassblowing came from. >> it started back in ancient rome. those are the worst people to pick it up and it is your breath that controls what you do to make it bigger and dinner and that is basically how you make a hollow vessel to be able to hold it. >> i was like how do you milltown glass. >> the glasses melted. we get it through ice cubes and then i shall them in to the furnace and then by morning they are melted. >> of course, it is time for me to make something. i decided i would make a pint glass and i would choose my favorite color orange to show everyone. >> then i put some color in there to give it a swirl look. and now it is time for the blocking. >> we have a mold here. >> so nick is stepping in to fix my glass. >> come on, let's do that again. >> so it is time for me to take a breath. >> i am so happy that i picked that color. >> this was extremely har

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the base is in kings bay about 35 miles north of jacksonville, which is obviously in florida but on thergia border. you can see i mean. officials say they first spotted the ship off the coast of delaware last month and made its way to jacksonville. president trump not backing down from the new travel ban after two federal judges blocked it. he was said to be furious and fuming over that. but what are his options? that's next. weeds. nature's boomerang. at roundup®, we know they keep coming back. you never invited this stubborn little rascal to your patio. so, draw the line. one spray of roundup® max control 365 kills to the root and keeps weeds away for up to 12 months. because patios should be for cooking out and kicking back. roundup® max control 365. draw the line. prevent weeds from coming back for up to one year. >> seems somebody stole a laptop that belongs to the secret service. somebody is trying to get it back. according to an abc news report, the laptop has on it floor plans for trump tower, details on the criminal investigation into hillary clinton's private e-mail server and

vice president mike pence within jacksonville with small business owner. >> the obamacare nightmare is about two and. [applause] virtually every promise they made about obamacare has been broken. we all remember what they were. they told us the cost of health insurance would go down. not true. they told us if you like your doctors, you can keep them. not true. they told us if you like your health plan, you can keep it. not true. laura: deep divisions remain as republicans are fearful of the backlash from voters who could lose their health insurance. more than 20 million, according to the office of management and budget. lawmakers are hearing from their constituents at town hall meetings. a fox news poll shows voter opinions of obamacare rising over the past two years. right now, 50% are favorable to the law compared to 38% back in 2015. kristin is following this. what are they doing this weekend to get this bill through the house? reporter: right now the trump administration is in dealmaking mode. resident trump is the closer in chief as paul ryan alluded to yesterday. today, mike penc

host: that is david in jacksonville, florida.resident trump spending a beach at mar-a-lago in palm beach. one of the national security stories praising president trump reporting york times" on the front page this morning that trump inhibits a cyber war on north korea. three years ago, president obama ordered pentagon officials to step up their cyber and electronic stripes against north korea's missile program in hopes of sabotaging test launches in the opening seconds. michigan, good morning to barbara, independent line. caller: yes, good morning. thank you for taking my call. yes, i do believe that it is possible that president obama wiretapped president trump because we have seen that in the past. they have wiretapped angela merkel of germany. they wiretapped the french. they are interfering in every other country in the world thinking they are helping, but really, they are not helping anybody. look at what is happening here. we are supposed to have the best democracy. we voted for president trump on november 8. the democrats w

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eveny jacksonville, florida, 30 degrees, if you're going golfing for the weekend, giving yourself a break from the cold, it's 30 degrees in florida. look at what to expect today, high pressure will give us sunshine, today it will be sunnier than yesterday. brighter, 37 degrees for the high. a little bit better than yesterday's high. at least we're above freezing, we never made that point yesterday. even in the afternoon, windchills in the 20s, windy and cold, and temperatures barely above freezing. the area of high pressure nudges closer to to the coastline. saturday, we could have a wintry mix, it's not a big deal, i want to show you on future tracker 6. i'll advance this to 11:00 p.m. we'll a mix north and west, snow shower north and west. i want to warn you about that, because many of you might be going out to celebrate st. patrick's day, a shower and mix north and west. sunday, sun to clouds, nighttime mix 40 degrees for the high. saturday, cloudy, shower around 47. sunday, brisk and chilly, 46. monday, 46 degrees spring arrives. tuesday, near normal. the normal high would be 54. we'r

vice president pence focus his saturday, delivering a speech in jacksonville. >> the truth is, florida afford obamacare any more. >> florida has the most obamacare enroll east compared to any other state, almost 1.3 million new enroll east for 2017, the house of representatives is scheduled to vote on the new healthcare bill, this thursday. >>> president trump wants a husband of white house counselor, kellyanne conway, for a key job. the wall street journal reports george conway is the president's choice to head the civil division of the justice department. if confirmed, woe have responsibility for defending the administration's proposed travel ban, and defending lawsuits filed against the administration. >>> president trump may talk tough on china but his secretary of state, rex tillerson, is making nice during a visit to beijing. he met with chinese president. tillerson says the united states is looking forward to the first meeting between president trump and his chinese counterpart. the talks with chinese leaders have mostly centered on north korea nuclear and missile programs. >>>

live now to jacksonville, florida. vice president mike pence speaking, he and florida governor rick scott have been meeting with business leaders there discussing health care, just five days away now, the house vote on the gop plan and they're also discussing the president's economic agenda. we'll continue to monitor and bring you comments as they happen. >>> in the meantime, after-school programs are a lifeline for many working parents, but that lifeline could be in jeopardy. president trump's budget includes a proposal to eliminate $1.2 billion in grants for after-school and summer programs. the programs that the president wants to cut serves about 2 million children nationwide. gary tuchman visited one after-school program in georgia that could soon have to shut its doors. >> reporter: for the students at the sl louis elementary school, the school day is done. but the learning is not over. more than 130 of the students, most of them live in low-income households, part of an after school program called wings for kids

. >>> well, a wildfire in northeast florida near jacksonville destroyed as many as 15 homes. firefighters battled a fire overnight. it started yesterday when a person was burning books. firefighters ran from home to home ordering residents to evacuate as strong winds fanned the flames. >> we were told to evacuate. i don't think we have much choice. >> where are you going? >> i'm not sure. >> reporter: the fire has burned at least 400 acres. no serious injuries are reported though. >>> coming up on the "morning news," rising security costs. the secret service asks for extra money to protect the president. >>> and historic team usa captures the world baseball classic championship. this is the "cbs morning news." ews." wake up skin. a new kind of makeup is here. neutrogena® hydro boost hydrating tint. the first water gel foundation for a refreshed look like never before. with hyaluronic acid it plumps and quenches. delivers natural, flawless coverage that treats skin to 24 hours of hydration. this is what makeup's been missing. hydro boost hydrating tint. neutrogena® see what's

jacksonville, florida, 38 degrees. we'll have a high of 37. it's cold to start out, lots of sunshine, 8:00 a.m., 26. 10:00 a.m., 29. finally at the freezing mark. never made it yesterday, but sitting there at lunchtime, 32, sun and clouds. 3:00 p.m., 36. 6:00 p.m., 37 degrees, you will see a good amount of sunshine, it's bright and cold in the lehigh valley. we'll hover around the freezing mark. a lot of snow up to the north appear west. it will be hard to met with temperatures not dropping below freezing. 37 in philadelphia. 36 in trenton. 37 in millville. 39 for the high in cape may. high pressure nudges off the coast. we have a warm front that approaches on friday, during the day friday you're dry, 43 degrees, sunshine, followed by clouds, and the chance for a little mixed precipitation friday night, just a slight chance i want to warn you about that, a lot of people might be going out friday night, be careful on the roads. brisk and cold, 37 is the high. tomorrow, st. patrick's day, 4 degrees. friday night there maybe mixed precipitation u

chicago and 34 in philadelphia and 49 in jack onville but dipped to 129 degrees this morning in jacksonville. so they have freeze warnings posted. at 2:00 p.m. they are 36 degrees and 4:00, 37 that is your high today. a pretty day only a little bit of melting with the sunshine and 6:00, 37 degrees and 8:00, dipping back down to 33 and 10: degrees and gets cold once again in the overnight hours. 37 is the high in philadelphia tonight and barely above freezing 32, 33 degrees and 36 in trenton and 37 in millville and close to 40 in cape may with 39 degrees. and then tomorrow a high of 40 and high pressure that gave us the beautiful sunshine nunls off the coast and this warm front approaches and we see sunshine followed by clouds in the evening and then the chance for a wintry mix and then the best chance though is the overnight hours on friday and be care people may be out celebrating l want to watch the roads, future tracker 6 showing at 5:30 this morning and the model has it later and snow showers in the lehigh valley and a wintery mix. we watch that through the day on saturday, we'll see sho

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we did hit 29 degrees in jacksonville, florida. this is about as cold as it gets. it normally gets this cold two or three times all winter, let alone the middle of march. it's like a warm february where the southeast saw beautiful weather, flowers, pollen, everything was out early. now we're killing a lot of it unfortunately. let's get into today. the southeast, you're going to warm up with some sunshine. this is colder than it should be. 54 in birmingham, 56 in savannah. 35 in new york city. some of the roads will get a little bit better. this upcoming weekend does not look to be a big warmup. if anything, we're going to get more snow in some areas of the northeast. boston, 37, 37, 36. that's it. chicago recovers nicely by sunday. atlanta, you're going to be okay in the 60s. temperatures 10 to 20 degrees below average. here's the latest snowfall forecast. this is not what you want to see. this is through saturday. more snow in pennsylvania and it looks like areas possibly in northern new jersey that just picked up 30 inches of snow have a chance for another couple

"el faro" was 150 miles from jacksonville, headed south to puerto rico with a cargo ranging from frozenckens to cars. joaquin at the time was just a tropical storm, but captain davidson ordered a course change to keep his distance. on the voyage recorder, he's heard saying to the chief mate," this is why you watch the weather all the time." later, he predicted, "it should be fine." then, he corrected himself, "not 'should be,' we're going to be fine." >> young: what we have learned from the v.d.r. is that multiple weather reports were being sent to the ship. the watch officers on the bridge were receiving weather reports that were printed out in black and white, and mostly text. and then, the captain was receiving a graphically-depicted weather report in his office every six hours. >> pelley: which were more accurate? >> young: the ones on the bridge were more accurate, in terms of time, whereas the system that the captain received was six hours behind. >> pelley: the weather information the captain was receiving in his office, a deck below the bridge, was six hours old? >> young: corre

georgia calling from jacksonville, florida, on the republican line. morning, george. caller: good morning, thank you for being associated with network.a good called about polling and what the american people think with respect to what feels like the healthcare bill that was ran , just like failed the previous one democrats did. better way to do this. i four relatives who are elected the better way is talk to caucus behind closed doors, bring in the other party people you think would want to do it then you bring in people of the other party. you do proper polling and proper poll suggest not juso the community from calling people up with auto system and saying yes or no, i did some polling, what i ul polling and did door to door on healthcare issues, i of other said, here is what has been want, you hat do you want this or something different? on, i would ss went adjust the questions and i was asking about healthcare and oh, you're going for savings plans, tax free have a huge , i debt from school, will it cover that? will cover five different things, we have these thing

live pictures of where vice president mike pence will be in jacksonville today with florida governorl be speaking there next hour where he's meeting with business leaders to discuss health care, just five days ahead of the scheduled house vote and you'll also be talking about the president's economic agenda. the visit is a first to jacksonville for the vice president since he and donald trump won the election. >>> u.s. supreme court nominee neil gorsuch's confirmation hearing begins on monday. abortion is sure to be one hot topic but another issue that may come up, physician assisted suicide for terminally ill people which gorsuch adamantly opposes. >>> a person jumped over a barrier in front of the white house today. two law enforcement officials tell cnn the person never made it to the white house fence and was taken into custody for questioning. the live report from the newsroom which we'll continue right after this. america's beverage companies have come together to bring you more ways to help reduce calories from sugar. with more great tasting beverages with less sugar or no sug

jacksonville, florida, 30 degrees, at least we're not ray lone. 367 is the high. i doing warmer than yesterday. 10:00 a.m., 29. we'll be at the freezing mark by lunch time. 3:00 p.m., 36. 37 degrees at 6:00 p.m. as the sun is still out there. tomorrow that high pressure nudges a bit toward the east and this warm front approaches. we have sunshine that fades behind clouds, we'll be in the 40s. we'll have a chance of wintry mix friday into saturday. friday night is st. patrick's day, a lot of people might be out celebrating, be careful, the best chance of a wintry north and west of the city. today, brisk and cold dry, 37. tomorrow, sunshine fades behind clouds, the front lifters through late at night in the overnight hours. 40 is the high. saturday, cloudy skies, shower around, 47 degrees, sunday, partly sunny, 46. can't rule out a shower or wet snow shower in the poconos on sunday. monday a spring chill. spring arrives, but it will not feel springy, 46 degrees. it's not as cold we make it up to 50 after morning showers, 4 degrees below average. wednesday, sunny, ch

president pence is trying to shore up support today making the case to small business owners in jacksonville, florida. it is the second weekend in a row he has done that. pence had one message, obama care must go. >> florida can't afford obama care anymore. job creators in florida can't afford it either. i heard it. [ applause ] i heard it earlier today the small businesses represented here. they told me that obama care hits them with mandates, regulations, higher taxes, and high are costs. >> msnbc's marianna atencio is live in jacksonville covering pence's visit. how was his message received today? this audience was cherry picked, wasn't it? >> it was. he spoke before a select group of invitees. everybody in here was supportive president trump and supportive of the new health care bill. it was a relative small crowd, if you will, stephanie. they're just sort of picking up behind me, as you can see, in this paper supply company where the vice president spoke today. at the beginning of his speech he sort of touched on those same campaign themed that we heard during the general election -- im

standing was raised in the district court but decided another case that was very similar to the jacksonville contractor's decision the said with the government imposes a barrier and they have sufficient standing for equal protection i submit they erred in the standing analysis the state to not raise that issue again to the 11th circuit. >> so that is highly procedural. >> he was not under oath of believe the record will reflect the brief exchange with me bieber not alerted to the fact as an officer of the core and as a licensed attorney i did not raise any objections. a combination of argument and testimony. p.s. separate counsel for the first portion of the hearing. >> been he took over as counsel? spirit yes. >> key expressed the testimony that is a fair characterization. >> i think that decision to look at the issues we raised the issue when we filed that motion to dismiss so that we could be solved of matter on the pleadings through disputed facts or through the evidentiary hearing. >> this sounds like summary judgment. >> day cannot speak with the court had in mind of refiled a motion t

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visiting an envelope factory in jacksonville today, pence told a group of small business owners the republican plan to replace obamacare would deliver affordable, high quality care that is "accessible for every american." this week, however, the nonpartisan congressional budget office forecast the republican plan could result in 24 million americans losing their health insurance. pence goes onto fort lauderdale and palm beach, where the president is once again at his mar-a-lago club, with no public events scheduled. abortion rights advocates are applauding a federal court ruling that will keep mississippi's only abortion clinic open. yesterday's ruling permanently blocked a law that would have required all doctors working in the clinic to have admitting privileges at a local hospital. the supreme court ruled eight months ago that a similar law in texas was unconstitutional. the center for reproductive rights said: no comments from mississippi's governor, who signed the law in 2012, which never took effect. >> sreenivasan: homs, syria is where the uprising against president bashar al assad bega

he visited jacksonville, florida and a paper supply company there trying to drum up support for gop plan. when they vote thursday, they may not have the support to pass it. >> just yesterday president trump made it clear. he supports the bill 100% and we all do. every day more and more members of congress are getting on board. >> reporter: the take was very different in texas where long time conservative congressman pete sessions held a town hall meeting. the auditorium was packed and much of the reaction boiled over. >> we continue this no member of congress -- >> we must change course! vote it down! >> reporter: trying to ease some of those concerns, the congressman explained what's in the gop plan and said that many of the changes would be phased in over the next couple of years. jose. >> kelly, the president also tweeted this morning about meetings with german chancellor angela merkel. >> reporter: it seems he was trying to get the last word via twitter on that white house visit from the chancellor. he says it was a great meeting. in the same tweeted breath, he accused germany of owi

served in law enforcement 27 years and before social worker in my hometown in jacksonville working care children. i have been in public service pretty much all of my adult life. recruited to run for congress, took me a while to to run. decision it is all about serving people. e are going through a tough time in the nation and what a great time to be in congress out some ofelp work the challenges. ost: what do you there is the -- what do you think is the greatest challenge facing the community?ment guest: it is a job i did to out as a patrol officer riding on the streets of orlando, worked my way up ranks to be the chief of police. i have seen the effect of good effect of bad the government. i was appointed chief of police crime was at an all-time and i believe tough times givers the greatest greatest the opportunity to serve. violent crime rate 40%. safe k keeping our nation protecting shores and neighborhoods safety has to be the number one concern. regardless of where people live, the color of skin or how much money they have, they deserve to live in a safe and secure nation and commu

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jacksonville dipped to 29 and new record low. temperatures are in the 20s all through the southeast this morning. we're doing unfortunately those early plants that come out, buds, they're dying off, cherry blossoms also. 35 in york. we warm up a little in the southeast. you wait to warm up nft southeast. new england has more snow to talk >>> we will see sunshine. good morning, i'm meteorologist bill henley. skies are clear. there's still a breeze blowing and it's cold outside. the winds at 13 miles an hour, nowhere near yesterday. but just strong enough to make it feel like the teens in philadelphia. today, we'll get something we didn't have all day yesterday. neighborhood forecast is just ahead, vai and tracy. >> all right, bill, a bundle up today. here's what we're working on for "nbc 10 news today." >> yeah, we're staying on top of delays, power outages as the area recovers from the winter storm. >>> history on a hiring freeze. we'll tell you about several philadelphia sites closed because of a presidential order. >>> and the

now, the vice president made these remarks in jacksonville. he was touring a small business there and holding a listening session with a group of small business owners, and he then told them if they want to get rid of obamacare, they need to let their lawmakers in washington know that they support the republican alternative, the american health care act. >> be clear on this though, folk, this is going to be a battle in washington d.c., all right? obamacare's defenders are working hard. so we have to work harder. every republican in and replace obamacare. >> reporter: so a very strong push from vice president mike pence. perhaps some of the strongest remarks that we've heard from him trying to sell this bill and get it through the house. a vote likely expected as early and then, rick, tonight the vice president's coming right here to palm beach. he's going to be trying to sell it again, this time at the annual conference for the club for growth. rick? rick: kristin, we're going to have much more on this hour, next hour as well, but i understand

warnings and hard freeze watches are in place as far south as northern areas of florida, around jacksonville well. so if you have any plants that are starting to grow and sensitive to cold air, you do want to cover them up, try to save them from that frost out there. speaking of plants that are sensitive to the cold weather, how about the cherry blossoms in washington. yes, that is ice around them. they had an unusually warm february. i know it doesn't look like that in these photos. but up until this blizzard that just moved through, it was pretty warm. so the blossoms bloomed actually fairly early, and they moved up the festival to an earlier time for the rather famous festival in this area. unfortunately that cold air come in as well. the good news, it looks like most of the blossoms kind of survived this blast of winter weather and hopefully the cherry blossom festival of washington, d.c., goes ahead ad scheduled. let's take a look back toward the west. temperatures on the warm side. los angeles, high of 27. denver getting up to about 25 today. and across the western half of europe, pret

. >> reporter: vice president mike pence in jacksonville, florida, saturday making the case for repealinghe affordable care act, obamacare and replacing it with the republicans alternative. >> virtually every promise they made about obamacare when it was passed into law has been broken. >> reporter: the plan faces a battle with republicans in house. several already say they'll vote no with some complaining the plan be too similar to obamacare. >> yesterday, president trump made it clear, he supports the bill 100%. >> reporter: the president spent part of the day at his golf course near his resort. he insisted on t-shirt he had a great meeting friday with angela merkel despite obvious tension between the pair. . >> handshake? >> in his weekly address, he renewed his promise to bring jobs back to the u.s. and roll back regulations. >> let's buy american and hire american and create jobs in america. let's imagine new industry and lets build a beautiful future together. >> reporter: secretary of state rex tillerson wraps up a trip to asia sunday. in beijing, the chinese foreign minister urged