my name is megan phelps-roper, and i grew up in a very tightknit family in topeka, kansas. i am the third of 11 children, three girls and eight boys, i would live on a street with dozens of relatives in surrounding houses. just across our backyard was a church we tended every sunday when my grandfather had been the only pastor since its inception in the the 1950s. my mom stamina was vocally talented and the hymns that rang out often gave me chills, or passionate praises to god for his mercy and grace echoing off of the low ceilings and into my welcoming ears. i grew up out of my family. my grandfather had been a well-known civil rights activist, a lawyer from the 1960s-1980s and it won awards from civil rights groups like the naacp in my family had suffered for that work not just the constant vandalism but the physical attacks on my grandfathers elementary school aged children but that never stopped him from the commitment to racial justice. when i was five a new era of my families legacy began and i will be job obit about that now. i didn't understand what was going on, no

and studio displayed the latest installation at an exhibition by you in topeka which strives to fulfillto modern day requirements a structure with water cools the air while the vertical garden helps tackle air pollution. or diminish kumar and his community the shift towards equal cooling has given them a fresh outlook they hope that the growing popularity of natural materials will boost their earnings and improve their prospects of carrying on the profession of their forefathers. and. i have been. and we're going to for the last few months the dean gives me a particular design and checks the quality of the finding. in the last 3 to 4 months i must have made about 101104 the architects. and. you know the chanst like this may not completely replace air conditioners but their potential to minimize heat and energy knows can go a no way to making cooling greener. now imagine you had a year as income to live on but instead of budgeting you spent it all in just 7 months and now you can only border wall money but at a wedding high cost that puts you on your family in danger that's what's happen

my name is megan phelps roper, and i grew up in a very tight-knit family in topeka, kansas. i am the third of 11 children, 3 girls and 8 boys, and we lived on a tree-lined street with dozens of other relatives. my grandfather had been the only pastor since the church's inception in the 1950s. my mom's family was vocally talented, and the hymns often gave me chills. their passionate praises to god for his mercy and grace into my welcoming ears. i grew up proud of my family. my grandfather had been a well known civil rights activist, a lawyer from the 19690s to the 1980s and had won awards from civil rights groups like the naacp. my family had suffered for that work. not just the constant vandalism, but the physical attacks on my grandfather's elementary school-aged children, but that never swayed them from the commitment to racial justice. when i was 5 years old, a new era of my family's legacy began, and i'll review a little bit about that now. i didn't understand what was going on, not at first. the signs simply appeared one day and never left like some undeniable force of

the board of education of topeka, kansas. the interesting thing about the ople of that community, that formed that movement, that spurred a national, and i dare say an international movement, was the simplicity of their lives, their aspirations. the brown case was not about integrating schools. it was about getting a school bus for their children. the people who came together .ere people of modest means mr. briggs, harry briggs, was an ordinary man working at a filling station making $23 a week. $18 a week making motel. ir lady in a that is the community that elijah cummings' family left. and he came back to that community often. and we would talk about it. the dreams and aspirations of his parents. and what they instilled in him. they were both evangelicals. of elijah took on the mantle an eadvantage list. -- evangelist. he didn't work to prepare people for the hereafter. he worked to prepare people for he here and now. i have been approached by the s media sources with question, what is the legacy of elijah cummings? it's a

the bank in london because it no longer matters whether we keep our money in a bank in london or in topekae is no tax activity when we bring the money back. in effect, all american corporate earnings overseas are american earnings, able to be invested in the united states at a moments notice, no tax barrier anymore. you are quite -- you are quite right, some of the slowdown is because we have a great deal of uncertainty on the dealings with china and europe on international trade. portfolio ofur americans for tax reform, are terrorists anything other than a tax? should we be reforming the tariff approach? grover: absolutely. tariffs are taxes. for most of american history the number one tax that people paid was the tariff. we had a war with europe about the tariff. called out the national guard in the 1830's because of the national tariff. it was a big part of the civil war. terrorists have long been a very powerful factor in american history and we need to bring them down. i understand the president's arguments about trying to get china to stop stealing our intellectual property but i not

how much influence did they have on local politics in wichita and how much control and influence in topeka because local politics and pretty familiar with how much influence to have in washington. i'm more curious local and a rear area, how much influence do they have locally. >> i did not report on wichita the city that much. i think their horizon is pretty big. in their huge corporate citizen in wichita and i have not looked at the politics. in kansas, and the effect has been enormous. there's a chapter in their in the book that looks when the wind power in kansas and how aggressive that is. there's a very conservative republican named tom buckley he retired and tells a story of how he came to support alternative energy sources and watch the lobbyist. and i remember to take apart the growing industry in kansas and of course the vision of the tax structure that koch was involved. >> we will go to you in the near after that i will political question,. >> you're at the right place. the feud between trump and koch do you think that will cause a schism or a civil war between the economic nati

how much control he use that word but influence do they have in topeka because were talking about local politics and am pretty familiar with how much influence they have in washington but i'm not and i'm more curious local, how much interest do they freely have. >> i'm not going to live, i did not report on wichita the city that much. it's pretty big. they are a huge corporate in wichita that i have a look to politics there. in kansas, the effect has been enormous. in mean there's a chapter in the book that looks at the window power sector. and how aggressively they fought against it. state senator named tom, he retired and tells the story of how he came to support alternative energy sources. i dismember and take apart the growing industry in kansas. and of course the brownbag and the sort of vision that the tax structure had. it was very involved in that and their influence on kansas politics is tremendous. it is huge. >> i've kind of a political question. the feud between trump and koch, do you feel like that will perhaps cause a schism or a civil war between say the economic national

. >> 75 million people across this country know it, whether you're in topeka, kansas, or wherever it be, every man and every woman has at least heard of nascar, and i want to bank on that. >> it doesn't matter. it doesn't do anything for me. >> we have a company here that does $1.6 million a year, and these guys think that they're too good for a company like nascar that's worth billions. i'm speechless. >> that's the person that goes to nascar, that drinks the beer, that does the nascar stuff. i mean-- >> i have this weird feeling that you have disdain for nascar and the people that go to the races. >> i could give a [bleep] about nascar, to tell you the truth. >> you absolutely embarrassed me. that will never happen again. >> i have this weird feeling that you have disdain for nascar and the people that go to the races. >> i could give a [bleep] about nascar, to tell you the truth. >> at the end of the day, whether it's nascar or the man on the [bleep] moon, what matters is, is that you don't have the money to be on tv, you don't have the money to do print ads, so what i have to do

could see winds also gusting as high as 40 to 50 miles per hour walt off wind gusts in the north bay, topeka0 miles per hour doesn't should be no surprise that fire weather watches and high wind watches will take effect tomorrow in similar areas as to where we've seen ilar to where they were yesterday upper 80's to low 90's. so another hot day in addition to poor air quality plan indoor activities today and take it easy tomorrow, not quite as hot sunday, a lot cooler which is good news. as that's the day so many of us will be without power all through the day. at least it won't be in the 90's when we lose power highs only peaking in the 70's. robin, thank you john. >>off to the golden gate, a beautiful shot here while one the drive into san francisco, not bad and all we never had any problems in the north bay are nothing too serious to really jam up traffic so 22 minutes nevado to the tolls even the bay bridge 80 west is looking good. this friday morning earlier we have some slow traffic out there its filled back to the bottom of the maze that's about it and never stretch through the maze so

all the activity that led to the original case that led to brown versus the board of education in topeka, kansas. elijah and i talked about that often. i would bring him back to south carolina to speak at various community groups and naacp banquets all over the state. he was just an incredible human being who himself lived the american dream. one of the things i like to talk about is elijah cummings, who graduated law school phi beta kappa. elijah was placed in special education in grade school until a teacher saw what was going on with him was inquisitiveness, not mischief. and took him out of special education and put him where he needed to be. that happens to too many children. elijah talked to me about that often and he worked hard to make sure that no child growing up on the streets of baltimore or growing up anywhere in this great country would be subject to that kind of dismissive behavior. and he worked hard to make sure that everybody got a chance in life. he was just a great human being. he was someone to model and to emulate. i talked with him at length just three weeks ago wh

. >> 75 million people across this country know it, whether you're in topeka, kansas, or wherever it every man and every woman has at least heard of nascar, and i want to bank on that. >> it doesn't matter. it doesn't do anything for me. >> we have a company here that does $1.6 million a year, and these guys think that they're too good for a company like nascar that's worth billions. i'm speechless. >> that's the person that goes to nascar, that drinks the beer, that does the nascar stuff. i mean-- >> i have this weird feeling that you have disdain for nascar and the people that go to the races. >> i could give a [bleep] about nascar, to tell you the truth. >> you absolutely embarrassed me. that will never happen again. (burke) at farmers insurance, we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. even a- (ernie) lost rubber duckie? (burke) you mean this one? (ernie) rubber duckie! (cookie) what about a broken cookie jar? (burke) again, cookie? (cookie) yeah. me bad. (grover) yoooooow! oh! what about monsters having accidents? i am okay by the way! (burke) depends. did you c

in topeka, kansas, sonya johnson says she went for her regular mammogram, then got a call. unusual in the images. >> i kind of panicked like, oh, my gosh. you saw what? >> reporter: johnson says she has a common condition -- dense breast tissue. the doctors did a followup test. ultrasounds on both breasts. the result -- nothing to worry about health-wise, but financially -- >> i got this huge bill. >> reporter: the bill said she owed $646 for those ultrasounds. >> i didn't even think that i was going to get charged because it's preventive. and you know, my first appointment didn't cost me anything. not even a co-payment. so i'm thinking, you know, they called me, and i wasn't expecting a bill at all. >> reporter: the affordable care act requires many insurance plans to cover mammograms as a preventive benefit every one to two years for women age 40 or older. but about 40% of those women have dense breasts and often need a secondary test their insurance won't pay for. >> i think it's hidden. and i think it needs to be more open and transparent that i need to know, you know,

the board of education of topeka, kansas. the interesting thing about the ople of that community, that formed that movement, that spurred a national, and i dare say an international movement, was the simplicity of their lives, their aspirations. the brown case was not about integrating schools. it was about getting a school bus for their children. the people who came together .ere people of modest means mr. briggs, harry briggs, was an ordinary man working at a filling station making $23 a week. $18 a week making motel. ir lady in a that is the community that elijah cummings' family left. and he came back to that community often. and we would talk about it. the dreams and aspirations of his parents. and what they instilled in him. they were both evangelicals. of elijah took on the mantle an eadvantage list. -- evangelist. he didn't work to prepare people for the hereafter. he worked to prepare people for he here and now. i have been approached by the s media sources with question, what is the legacy of elijah cummings? it's a

this from david -- ryan is joining us from topeka, kansas, democratic line, good morning.ood morning, everybody out there. you are not the enemy. these people are just wrong. when we withdrew from iraq, they wanted us out of there. they were killing our soldiers. it was a big mess from the beginning. this is totally different. plus, george bush put a date for a withdrawal on their. obama just stuck with the date. it's ridiculous. everyone wants to talk about joe biden and his son? let's talk about jared kushner and his $500 million loan that he got from the prince of saudi arabia. wantedder why everybody trump impeached from the beginning? he's a crook. he was a crook coming in. just think what would be going on right now if you would have released his taxes. we would not be talking about any of this going on. i think they ought to put a bill, a law. if you will not show your taxes, you are ineligible for the presidency of the united states. thank you, c-span. this headline from side of ," "testinggton post the military code of silence." audrey, good morning. caller: good

and finally, i would like to recognize that two weeks from now the city of topeka, kansas, the capital of kansas, is hosting the kansas opiate conference. the people who are truly on the frontlines of the opiate crisis in kansas will be in attendance to address these issues through all sorts of collaborative efforts at the state and the local level. they are the ones that will help us find the solutions that will help us real and lasting progress against this epidemic. thank you, mr. president. i yield back. and after taking careful note of the senate of the united states, i note there may be a need for -- let me stop at that point, mr. president. i have been handed an important message from a very important staff member. i ask unanimous consent that the senate now recess from 3:00 until 4:00 mammogram -- from 3:00 until 4:00 p.m. today for a briefing. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. merkley: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. merkley: mr. president, i ask that my intern, antonio bena, ania, be granted privileges of the floor for the balanc