he introduced himself as congressman jim abner. and he sort of follow my sports career, and i started to get interested in his political career, but that was my first exposure really to a political figure. and so that sparked my interest at least initially. i have never contemplated doing this as a career path until later in life. and that also was related to then senator abner. but growing up it was not something that was really part of our daily conversation and certainly anything that i aspired to do at the time. >> where is murder no south dakota? ofit is at the intersection interstate 90 and highway 83. we always thought it was the center of the universe growing up, but 500 people. when i was growing up, it was about 800 people. great place to grow up, but when i was growing up, my life began and ended at the city limits. nowadays kids have access to so many different things. travel is easier. and with the internet, you can have the whole world at your fingertips, at your disposal. but i would not trade it for anything. like y

he introduced himself as congressman jim abner. and he sort of followed my sports career, and i started to get interested in his political career, but that was my first exposure really to a political figure. and so that sparked my interest at least initially. i have never contemplated doing this as a career path until later in life. and that also was related to then senator abner. but growing up it was not something that was really part of our daily conversation and certainly anything that i aspired to do at the time. >> where is murdough, south dakota? >> it is at the intersection of interstate 90 and highway 83. we always thought it was the center of the universe growing up, but 500 people. when i was growing up, it was about 800 people. great place to grow up, but when i was growing up, my life began and ended at the city limits. nowadays kids have access to so many different things. travel is easier. and with the internet, you can have the whole world at your fingertips, at your disposal. but i would not trade it for anything.

he introduced himself as congressman jim abner. and he sort of follow my sports career, and i started to get interested in his political career, but that was my first exposure really to a political figure. and so that sparked my interest at least initially. i have never contemplated doing this as a career path until later in life. and that also was related to then senator abner. but growing up it was not something that was really part of our daily conversation and certainly anything that i aspired to do at the time. >> where is murdo, south dakota? >> it is at the intersection of interstate 90 and highway 83. we always thought it was the center of the universe growing up, but 500 people. when i was growing up, it was about 800 people. great place to grow up, but when i was growing up, my life began and ended at the city limits. nowadays kids have access to so many different things. travel is easier. and with the internet, you can have the whole world at your fingertips, at your disposal. but i would not trade it for anything. like

was a staffer here, i did budget and -- well, tax, small business, those types of issues for senator abner. i've always had an interest in economic and fiscal issues. i would like to be part of solutions to get our country become on track fiscally, i'm concerned about the enormous amount of debt we're piling up and handing on to our chern and grandchildren, about getting the economy back to a place where we're growing at a faster rate, creating more jobs, increasing take-home pay for people across this country and creating a better standard of living a better quality of life. that's what my grandfather who came here did for my dad an his generation and my dad and his generation sacrificed so we could have a better quality of life and i really fear that we may be the first generation of americans for whom that's not true, the next generation may actually have, you know, a lower quality of life than what we've had. and i just think that, you know, we're -- we've got some big challenges, it's going to require courage, it's going to require a willingness, i think, for people to come together a

li'l abner. with 153, thee, ringers. point --rs by one >> it feels very nice. we were in second place most of the game. >> we got out run by the winners -- by the ringers. >> thanks for that. runsrdy's 80's week through this weekend you can watch it at 7:30 each night on -- right here on abc seven. abc news at 6:00 starts right now with breaking news. abc broadcasthe center, this is abc seven breaking news. >> our breaking news comes from alexandria where one woman is dead and another is injured after police say a man knocked on their door and opened fire. >> the shooting ignited a manhunt in the neighborhood around ridge road. let's go live now for the latest out there. >> police are expressing condolences and they are stunned that this happened. just to give a sense -- this is radical road behind me. the shooting took place at ridge road drive. police have a lot of locked off and they are still searching for the suspect. we just do not have a motive at this time. >> police say this began around 11:30 this morning. the suspect knocked on the door and window wa

abner vengosh of duke university published multiple studies on coal ash skills and contamination. told about the comments, the scientist tells wral, there's no published study that casts any doubt on whether moving coal ash out of leaky landfills is the best move for the environment. the exact quote from the scientist is this. "what are they talking about? of course not. can there's evidence of groundwater contamination and surface water contamination at the coal ash pond, then leaving it as is obviously isn't an option if the environment is something you care about. you don't need to be joe chemist to figure that out." but what if you're jerome corsi trying to figure that out? or governor pat mccrory who apparently believes the same anti-science denialist nonsense about this disaster he's supposed to be dealing with in his state right now? >> the best-case scenario is to move the ash ponds, but i also have to understand that in some cases that option may not be environmental sound or may cause a worsening of the situation. >> nope. nope. that's made up. not true. you've got these

abner womack, professor emeritus at the university of missouri for receiving the distinguished service award. this is the highest honor awarded by the american farm bureau. mrs. hartzler: he has used his expertise to build an internationally he renowned food and agriculture policy research inns tute that provides high quality analysis for congress and the usda. this system of statistical models allows congressional members and their staffs to analyze the effects and tradeoffs of competing policies. dr. womack's academic integrity is evidence of a nonpartisan reputation. however, his reach far exceeds that of capitol hill. i want to commend him for her.his tireless effort to reach out to farmers around the worrell. his fashion for agriculture and vast knowledge of statistical models paired with his ability to effectively communicate complex ideas in a commonsense manner have made him a priceless asset to all he encounters. again, i want to thank dr. womack for his lifelong efforts and recognize him for this achievement. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from g