his mentor's name was tom carper. [applause] i also want to thank one of the most dedicated public servants in delaware's history. i want to thank him for his lifelong commitment to uplifting the people of our state, our country, and the world. i want to thank him for repeatedly coming to my high school as a senator and helping to plant the seeds of service that landed me here today. he has set a standard of service to which all of us should aspire. i'm speaking, of course, about president joe biden. [applause] with deep appreciation and a lower pride, we take up your call to put service above self. that goes for me and our new lieutenant governor. kyle, i cannot tell you how excited i am to have you as a partner. let me also take a moment to thank the heroes in my own life, my parents who moved our family to delaware when i was a kid and gave me the foundation of values i bring to my work and to my life. a shout out to my sister allie and jeremy, who tortured me along the way, and my sister-in-law becky as well. i wa

. >> ranking member carper budget committee. >> families lose and billionaires win. that is the heart and soul of the republican budget resolution. now, there is nothing beautiful about families losing and billionaires winning. there was nothing beautiful about programs that are designed to cut the programs families depend on to thrive and move into the middle class. there is nothing beautiful about giving weight the national treasury and funding additional tax cuts for the richest americans by cutting programs for families, but trump said again in his tweet again this morning it is a big, beautiful bill. we are here to say there is nothing beautiful about this bill. there was nothing beautiful about cutting medicaid for millions of american families struggling to be on their feet and have the health care that they need so that they can indeed get back into the middle class. there is nothing beautiful about cutting tax credits for middle-class families to buy health insurance on the exchange. health insurance should be a right, not a privilege of being rich. there is

standing by kron four's rob nesbitt in the south bay carper's lezla gooden. she's along the coast. there. and the dan kerman. he's up in the north bay. also here in the studio, kron 4 chief meteorologist lawrence karnow. lawrence, the storm is expected persist through tomorrow. yeah, it's going to keep going overnight tonight. we'll it becoming more scattered not to see those solid walls of rain coming on for hours at a time. but you will see. >> a lot of showers outside with the possibility some isolated thunderstorms. so still. >> real possibility. some heavy downpours looking out toward the golden gate bridge. boy, it has been one of the roughest days in recent memories driving around the bay area. just really tough out there. all the ponding out there on the roadways make an extremely dangerous and debris actually from some of the strong winds that have been blowing trees and branches out on the roads as well. and the numerous wrecks and spinouts on local roadways. flood watches still posted across the entire bay area until saturday evening. as we're expecting more of that rain

senator carper and i, we discovered social security would not share that information with any other department. we passed a bill we have to share it with treasury and other people who write checks so we stop paying dead people. we got push back on the bill. we had to agree to a trial period. the trial period ends in 2026. will you help us make the program permanent so we can stop paying dead people? >> yes, senator. >> you severed in washington for years. you are going to be called and challenging the status quo. you will be called crazy. many people also moleculed noah crazy, then the rain came. all of the fact checkers died. [ laughter ] >> you have to persevere. now i'm asking you, i'm not asking you to get ahead of president trump. if you were king for a day, tell me how you would save money in the federal budget without impacting the american people? >> thank you, senator. mr. vought: thank you. i think it is the strategy we had in the first term which is to go really and take a close look at the agencies that are spending and wasting money. i believe weaponized at times against the ameri