alabama's automotive sector employs some 50,000 people and motor vehicle exports from alabama reached $11 billion in 2017. simply put, alabama is a trade state, an exporting state. it's not just cars either. we export about $170 million annually in soybeans to china, and that industry contributes about 11,000 jobs to our state. the day that china released its list of u.s. goods that could be tariffed, soybean prices fell 40 cents that morning. stan uceri, the president of the alabama soybean and corn association and soybean farmer said, quote, if you weighed that out in dollar figures, it was in the billions what the value of the u.s. soybean crop lost in just that one day, just based on the fear of an imposed tariff. end quote. i've heard from other farmers, too. peanut contract prices have fallen flat. pork prices have fallen $18 a head since march. cotton prices dropped 10 cents in the wake of the initial round of tariffs. our cattle farmers share these concerns and are participating potential production cost increases as a result of more expensive fuel and grain. and just yesterda

well, in alabama, the alabama state board of education had a provision that declared as follows. just as a student may choose to withdraw from a particular college at any time for any personally determined reason, the college may also at any time decline to continue to accept responsibility for the supervision and service to any student with whom the relationship becomes unpleasant and difficult. judge johnson saw these terms as having the effect of reserving to the college the right to dismiss students at any time for any reason without divulging its reason other than it being for the general benefit of the institution. holding in favor of the college. well, the students' lawyers didn't stop there, they appealed the case to the fifth circuit court of appeals and there the students were lucky again because the students got a panel that consisted of judge john minor wisdom, another hero of the second reconstruction. he was probably the most liberal judge on the fifth circuit. the fifth circuit was a court of appeals that really supervised the federal judiciary in the deep south du

there in alabama. she definitely said, i have to speak on this. i heard her give some comments before toen this and she has some real thoughts about what's taking place on the court. congresswoman terry sewell from the seventh -- terri sewell from the seventh district of alabama. i yield to her to comment. ms. sewell: mr. speaker, i want to first commend the gentleman from pennsylvania for his leadership on tonight's topic. i also want to associate myself with his comments, as well as the comments of delegate eleanor holmes norton. congresswoman norton has been a steward on the issue of traditional appointments in the united states congress for many decaded and it's -- decades and it's an honor to follow her tonight in her leadership against the trump administration attempt to stack the courts with extreme right-wing political allies. just as president trump has attacked our nation's free press, just as he has attacked our intelligence agency, this president is now targeting our nation's third branch o

the bridge was very much a modern marvel for this part of alabama. he replaced an older when structure and in its stead came this magical piece of steel. mid-20toped a type of h century engineering. it is simply a series of steady beams but it very much connoted a sense of modernity for people coming across the bridge to montgomery or to selma. the bridge was named for edmund pettus almost immediately and there was little surprise about that. inhad been a major figure political history up until his death. alabama, he was born to a rural cotton family in a county up north. he went to a small college in tennessee and return very quickly to study law and became a successful lawyer and judge. , -- whenecame a lawyer he moved to sell my in the early 1800s, he became a lawyer here and any lawyer who was successful worked with or defended white planters. ranwho owned slaves and we vast tracts of lands they grew cotton. his real success started in the civil war. he joined up and rose through the ranks to become a regular general. by the end of the work, he w

they will be in alabama. it is inspiring to me to see so many of you here, so many young people are committed to battling for the future of the republic that we hold dear. [ cheering ] i was about to -- when i got involved in politics, i don't really know how, nobody in my family was particularly involved. i had a couple of high school teachers, one taught government and her brother taught english. mr. dickey. one of the most formative people in my life. he was a brilliant man. i grew up on a farm, fought in world war ii, was a fabulous student of literature and he had conservative values. he said to me one day, sessions, you are a good young guy, you've got a future ahead of you. you need to be armed before you get to college. they will lead you astray if you don't watch it. you need to be prepared. so he encouraged me to read the conservative national review. so every two weeks, i would wake up -- break up my $9 and started reading it with my dictionary. william buckley was such a brilliant commentator and

republicans in the south and alabama.n 1987, 113 years later, the governor was always a democrat. both senators were democrats. in 1994, i became the first republican since reconstruction to be elected attorney general of alabama. [cheers and applause. mr. sessions: i'm telling you this, we should think about it. you get the picture. we were outnumbered. the odds were stacked against us. but we worked hard. we campaign. i remember campaigning for the governor, afor candidate for governor, my wife and a group of us went to the state fair to pass out bumper stickers. we were supporting a very articulate, dynamic republican candidate against george wallace and his wife, the segregationist. we were excited about it. we thought things might happen but the wallace machine crushed the republican party in that election and continued to do so for a number of years. but we did not . we try to stand firm. , allboth senators apparatus, all nine members independently elected to the supreme court, is the republican and conservative. [a

than one in every four alabama jobs is tied to trade. one of the key reasons why alabama has such a robust trade posture is because of our automotive manufacturing industry. i'm old enough to remember what it was like before auto companies came into alabama in the 1990's, starting with mercedes. at that time, mercedes came, many of alabama's manufacturing facilities were closing down, moving to other countries, but one by one, from mercedes to honda to hyundai and now toyota and mazda who are breaking ground on a new plant very soon, these automakers came to alabama and breathed new life into our state economy. today they support some 50,000 -- 57,000 alabama jobs and our auto exports topped $11 billion in 2017. that doesn't even include the new toyota mazda plant in huntsville, which is going to add another 4,000 jobs and $1.6 billion in economic development. from having no automobile industry 30 years ago, alabama has become the third largest exporter of automobiles in this country, and in just the past 15 months, every major automobil

alabama was one of them. they passed it in 2011, they held onto it and time 2013 in that shelby decisions was decided, they implemented it. 2013 was the first time in alabama you had to have a voter i.d. to go and vote. if you didn't have a driver's license, then you had to get a special photo i.d. my father, obviously highly motivated to vote for his daughter in the 2014 election, went and got it. i think about howa arduous it ws for my parents, my mom, small town, little selma, but a very famous town, that courthouse had been grandfathered in the ada laws. it no longer had to have a ramp. let me repeat this. it was grandfathered in. it was an old courthouse, been around for a long time, didn't have a ramp to get up there. and so here's my mom and dad. dad good up early. thank god we have home help. we saved up money to have one of those vans that kneels down to transport easy. but a lot of folks don't have those same kind of amenities. and those are the folks who are being left behind. they are the voices n

i represent alabama southern district which includes my hometown of selma, alabama. you can't grow up in my district did not understand the power of the vote. more importantly, sacrifices that were made for the right to vote. i can't understand how just 11 years ago we reauthorize that the voting rights act of 1965, for 25 years, that was in 2006. so 12 years ago. overwhelmingly passed both houses of congress. voting rights should be nonpartisan. we shouldn't be in elective office in suppressing peoples right to vote. as elected officials, we should make it easier to vote, not harder to vote. the rock bed, the cornerstone of our democracy is the right to vote. all of us know that the shelby versus holder decision i think in some ways is befitting that selma, alabama gave us the voting rights act of 1965 in shelby county, alabama gave us the decision that the enforceability away. it is important to note that the voting rights act is still constitutional. with the members said is that congress must come up with a modern-day formula so we will actually discriminate acro

alabama we have the primary runoff tomorrow. 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and god forbid we would awake at 7 a.m.. it happens. what defined you find is the voting rights act is effective as ginsberg likes to say in her dissent in the shelby decision, but the reality is that since the decision decision we have seen long lines in places like maricopa county arizona. why was that? prior to the voting rights act being stripped of the invitations had to be cleared. you couldn't do this without giving notice or approval. there were 800 polling stations in 2012 now you are down to something like 70. people don't know where to vote. when that happens, if any one person is denied the opportunity to vote that had the right, it affects the integrity of the system and we should be outraged by that. young folks should understand the power of the vote is how you affect public policy. and i know that they know that because we see activism on the grassroots level that we have never seen before which goes back to what the reader was saying. my optimism is the same that a yo

>> good evening i am with alabama books and on behalf of my entire staff here at the historic federal reserve building and our book with st. martin's press it is our pleasure to welcome you to this historic event this is the launch of t17. if we were to raise the shades behind us you would see the black courthouse that tee2 was sentenced to die. this powerful book chronicles how an innocent man for that outstanding athlete and all-around good guy found himself in such an unthinkable position joining him on stage is founder and ceo equal justice commission from montgomery alabama he represented mr. hinton as the supreme court of the united states and his successful appeal is the reason he is in this building and not that one. or the five x seven kg spent the last 30 years. but before we meet these two alabama heroes we have a short five minute video to give you an idea about you are to see and hear however before the video every book that inside after this presentation is over we will have the signed first editions of both and now start the video. >> for 30 years anthony ray hinton was

speaker, i was born and raised in coastal alabama. so i have spent my entire life experiencing the long-held tradition of fishing off the gulf coast. some of my best memories growing up were fishing with my family. and i've carried on that same tradition with my children. i look forward to fishing with my grandchildren once they get a little older. this isn't a tradition unique to the gulf coast. all along alabama's -- america's shores, countless families and friends have made so many memories while fishing. no one wants to be beater steward of our nation's fisheries than those of us who actually enjoy fishing. no one wants a healthier fish stock than those of us who have spent our lives on the water. that's where h.r. 200 comes in. this bill includes commonsense reforms to ensure that our nation's fisheries remain strong while also being accessible to fishermen from every walk of life. now, i know this bill is about much more than just those of us who like to fish recreationally. commercial fishing is a major economic engine in many

different part of alabama. which was literally just a farm crossroads. it wasn't even a stop light. five points in alabama. and so the local doctor thought i had the flu. and when the flu went away, they noticed a paralysis in my left leg. the quadricep. the muscle between the knee and the thigh. and he suspected that it was polio. and didn't know what to do about it. but fortunately, we were 60 miles from warm springs, georgia. about an hour's drive. and he recommended we go over there. and we did. and at that particular point, remember this is ten years before the vaccine. at that particular point whatever experts there were on whatever rehabilitation you could achieve were at warm springs, georgia, so i was really lucky to be that close by. they took a look at me and they talked to my mother, a physical therapy regimen. and they said we need you to do this four times a day. the women in the room who have had children or even if you haven't, remember i'm two years old. we don't want him to try to walk. we thi

alabama. you can't grow up in my district not understand the power of the vote. nd more importantly, the sacrifices that were made for to vote. 11 n't understand how just the ago, we reauthorized oting act act for 25 years in 2006. 12 years ago and overwhelmingly it passed both houses of congress. should be ts nonpartisan. we shouldn't be in an elected office. think it's befitting that selma gave us, selma, alabama, gave us the voting rights act of 1965 and shelby county, alabama, gave us a court decision that enforce abilities away. but it's important to note that it's still constitutional. supreme members of the court said is that congress must come up with a modern day actually at we were discriminating against states like alabama for what they did s, k in the 1950s and 1960 urely things have changed, and so with the voting rights, it's of the voter empowerment arm, and what it does, is it the teeth back into section modern ing a formula, a day formula. we're not going to look at what happe

. >>> extreme barbie jeep racing in bremen, alabama.an race, too. >> yes, this can be difficult. it can be rugged. it can be tough. that's why you see many of the guys wearing helmet, pads, gear. >> are these modified, or are they like they come out of the box? >> run what you want, girl, these are stock. in this case you have the go cart style against the quad. the bigger quad. who's going to come out on top. the other guy barely keeping it below the finish line. >> elimination after elimination round, keeps going down. losers -- hard, heavy crashes. >> ouch. >> all right. the final round. got wifive wide. the guy in the green gets off to a slow start but then pulls head. neck and neck. elbow to elbow. racing all the way down the hill. that is your winner, this year's extreme barbie jeep racing. of course, there's a purse that goes along with the racing. it's 200 bucks, a trophy and bragging rights. ♪ >>> a guy cuts into his groom's cake to discover a sneaky prank. >> yes. >> now, the newlyweds give us an extra taste of the rivalry hea

"over brothers in 1954 and it was happening in alabama too. adding in georgia, happening across the pizza so that's what i'm talking about. >> to select portfolio, this has been a lot of fun. [applause] >> here's a look at some of the current best-selling nonfiction books according to amazon. topping the list is jordan peterson's self-help book 12 rules for life, black kitchen confidential by the late elaboration anthony boarding. after that? does advice leading a happier life and a self-help called event planner and is no rr is look at human history. sapiens. our look at the best-selling books according to amazon continues with the seven habits of highly effective people by stephen kobe and then it's a cell, a collection of essays. followed by daily shows trevor was memoir growing up in apartheid era south africa. next is educated, several leftovers memoir of her childhood in the mountains and her introduction to formal education at the age of 17 and wrapping up our look at amazon's nonfiction bestseller list is how to change your mind, micha

i am pleased to see my home state of alabama is well represented today. want to give a warm welcome to michael byers, buckhorn, i visited buckhorn high school outside of huntsville, alabama, it's a great high school with the most innovative policies. james clements high school, providence christian high school and the other end of the state. it is inspiring for me to see so many of you here, so many young people committed to battling for the future of the republic that we hold dear. [applause] i was about your age when i got involved in politics. i don't know how caught no one in my family was particularly involved. i had a couple of high school teachers, one pot government and her brother taught english. -- one taught government and her brother taught english. one of the most formative people in my life. a brilliant man. grew up on a farm, fought in world war ii, a fabulous student of literature and he had conservative values. he said to me one day, and i will sit here, sessions, you are a good young guy, you have a future ahead of you, you need to be ar

here from prattville alabama. >> republican voters in alabama's conservative second congressional districtchoice to make. elect bobby bright, their former democratic congressman now running as a trump supporting republican. >> it's time now for us, for everybody to show up and vote. >> or reelect for term incumbent congresswoman martha who has been tying for a point to national leaders of his old party. >> very clearly the people of alabama's congressional district have rejected the obama-pelosi agenda and we feel confident that they will this time. >> as he cast his ballot, he appeared optimistic of reclaiming the house he lost back in 2010. >> sending some of these incumbents home and sending a strong message that if you don't represent the people, they have a day and that day is election day. >> and a solid republican district she has spent the last two years having to defend her position speaking out against then candidate president trump. since then, she has been a loyal supporter of president trump, who returned the favor with his endorsement. as the incumbent, she has enjoyed heavy

i grew up in the small town like macon alabama. and then i come back to this looking graduate school. with works of political history with the 30s or 80s and then where the south goes from the segregated. and that is the politics in the history of that. that said my brother who was two years older than me, he passed away but he was a fascinating character with all these quirky interests. with benson and hedges menthol cigarettes. and never missed an episode of days of our lives in a year straight. [laughter] he love belinda carlisle from the go-go's. and he loved to kill a mockingbird. he would say you have to read that again it was such a great book and i would say but to kill a mockingbird is a child book but finally i watched the movie and it is destiny -- fascinating with this cultural phenomenon published in 1960 made to a movie 1962. gregory peck wins the oscar 1963 and then it just stayed on the reading list my daughter in eighth grade read that this year around the world kids are assigned "to kill a mockingbird". why? alway

regulations were passed by the epa in 2015, they mandated that utilities like this alabama powerplanth sites for contamination. that is because it contains dangerous carcinogens like arsenic, mercury and lead, which can leach into the surrounding groundwater. in march, that data was released for the first time. here in wilsonville, it wasn't pretty. what did that data reveal to you? it came out hot, it came out dirty. we have contaminated groundwater. scott pruitt, the epa administrator, said that the agency would be revising those landmark regulations. and that has worried people like former epa chief christin todd whitman. we have seen these coal ashes breached. we have seen them get into the water tables. what they are not doing is putting people who live there, they are putting their lives in danger because they will get polluted water, that is why the regulations were put in place in the first place. and without those regulations, the people of wilsonville don't feel safe. they are notjust going to poison us now, they will poison our grandchildren and the offspring of everybody‘s

nick bryant, bbc news, alabama. jane: the bbc's business correspondent kim gittleson has been on a farm in minnesota which produces soybeans. i spoke to her a short time ago. w badly are these farmers being affected? kim: just to give you a sense of how important the chinese market to the u.s. soybean industry, if you look at the farm behind me, one out of every three roads .ere is sent abroad to china -- one out of every rose here is sent abroad to china. especially troubling for the stock rket. jane: how are they reacting' greg: m sorry? jane: how are the stock markets reacting? greg: when news comes out and it ut trade, they go down, negative after a few days it goes up, reflecting the strength jane: what is the exit ramp here? greg: that is the biggest question. even those who agree that the trump administration has tlegitimate complaints ab china in clear what they want or how china delivers. do they say, hey, chin stop stealing our technology? china responds we are not stealing your technology. this is one ofu

in the case of miller versus alabama the u.s. supreme court banned mandatory life without parole sentences for juveniles but the court did not specify whether the new law should be applied retroactively that question was left to the states. michigan now finds itself in a heated political battle over what to do with the three hundred sixty three juveniles already serving mandatory life sentences in its prisons. i believe the supreme court made the right decision recognizing that you should have a blanket policy cross the board when you're talking about juveniles if it was cruel and unusual to have a blanket policy a juvenile life sentence it's why doesn't that pertain to everyone who was sentenced prior to heller versus alabama. republican representative joe heydemann has sponsored a set of bills that would mandate new hearings for all juveniles who receive mandatory life sentences prior to the supreme court's miller ruling. retroactivity was important to me not freedom not a community sentence not anything that would say that the

palmer of alabama. he doesn't live and is not responsibler to people of the district of columbia -- responsible to the people of the district of columbia. but answers to another district. i doubt that representative palmer's constituents want him taking time from their business to meddle in the business of another member's district. this amendment would prohibit the district from spending its own local funds, consisting solely of local taxes and fees, to carry out a local d.c. bill that requires individuals to maintain health coverage, or a penalty -- or pay a penalty for failure to do so. i remind the house that three states have adopted this same approach. in response to republican , forts to sabotage the a.c.a. d.c. -- -- d.c., like states across the country, decided to do what they could, and in our case convened a working group that consisted of businesses, providers, consumers and insurance -- insurers, on how to preserve quality, affordable coverage locally. in february, the working group unanimo

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i love alabama, it's special. very much.i said if lost i'm going to move to alabama or some place in the south. >> i doubt that. perhaps mar-a-lago is where heu were stay south in general has more fast foods compared to the east and westcoast, the least is vermont, between thatn and bersanders vermont might be the president's least >>> in a lot of cities you can live it up on six figures in san francisco it's considered low income. it's because allowing costs in the bay area are out of control. according to a new report. a four person household that makes 117,000 a year qualifies for all lowom inc housing. that's unreal. byn comparison i new york city, 83,000 is theth reshold. >> canada, russia is not happy about it.ld youn't think russia would care if canadians smoke pot. they probably be a l more relaxed about this if they had legal weed themselves but russia come out strony against the s international legal breach ot obligation. the russian foreign minisy said a number of internationals conventionhat canada sig

in two thousand and twelve in the case of miller versus alabama the court said that mandatory life without parole sentences for children is simply wrong and they said it would be the rare child. that would ever be sentenced to life without parole because we can't predict at the front ten that a child can't be redeemed just weeks after the supreme court's decision in miller michigan had its first chance to interpret the new law and that's our second story the case revolves around where it was only sixteen when he. shot to death a pizza delivery man in flint. the city which consistently ranks as one of the most dangerous in the country. david is the district attorney who prosecuted john with where i first got elected i never anticipated that i would have perhaps the most difficult district attorney job in america we've had record homicide rates and per capita. annually in the top three of the most violent cities in america. this was one of the most heinous cases. total. killing. david quinn was the prosecutor on call the night that the pizza delivery man michael nettles was murdered he prose

vice president, alabama senate candidate roy moore is here. >> great!end him in. >> how you doin', mike? >> roy. i don't have to tell you that the senate hangs in the balance. form plan this year to bring mr. trump's list of big legislive accomplishments to one. we can't lose your seat this december. >> yes, sir. >> now, i know you're bannon's guy, but this latest news about you is concerning. voters in alabama will never elect someone who's had relations with a minor. >> you sure about that? >> no. alabama is quite a place. but we can't take chances. >> i mean, mike, look, it's all lies. i'm not that guy. >> perhaps, roy. perhaps. but it's hard to connce people that you're not into young girls when you dress like woody from "toy story." >> i mean, come on. the le-wing media loves to repeat the sexual harassment stories. there's a new one every day, mike >> i know. even i heard about louis c.k.,an i'm not allowed to watch tv. i'm only allowed to listen to it. but this gl who has accused you was 14 years old, roy. you got to do the right thing here. >> a

speaking of cesspools, my report draws attention to those i witnessed in alabama. >> reporter: as rtrt of his potour, alston visited lowndes county, where the halcombes live just yards away from their town's wastewater lagoon. the irony is, their entire african-american neighborhood isn't connected to the sewer system the lagoon serves, and they rely on their own faulty septic tank. >>here are no white people here in this part all the way back to 21. it's all black. >> ( bleep ) it looked worse than that yesterday. >> reporter: when it rains, the f the town's waste backs up into the halcombes' yard. >> they need to get that sewage out the lawn here. it shouldn't be in this neighb. >> repter: i hear that. >> this is sewage, okay. agat must be where it's seeping through this shere. >> reporter: so, if you're trying to figure out why the united nations felt hey had to send somebody down to sabama, this is the reaso openage bubbling up from the ground fm a pipe and just coming and flooding into people's yards. the authorities in alabama brought sewage systems to affluent, primarily ite nei

the twister in alabama. a bride and groom running for cover. the lightning strike sending one person to the hospital. this, as deadly rip currents and flooding strike the east, with dangerous heat in the west. >>> panic at trader joe's. dozens held hostage. shoppers running for their lives. the questions tonight about how the store manager was killed. >>> also, federal investigators zeroing in on the captain of that doomed tour boat. what he allegedly told passengers about the life vests. plus, the haunting souvenir photo shot just before this family boarded that boat. >>> spy games. russia now demanding the release of maria butina, the young woman accused of being an agent of the kremlin. >>> and, backseat betrayal. the uber driver live streaming his riders without their consent. the company calling it troubling. tonight, did he break the law? >>> and good evening. thanks for joining us on this sunday. i'm tom llamas. and we begin with the severe weather from coast to coast. the tornado outbreak moving out of the midwest and into the south. th

sewell of alabama. the chair: the gentlewoman from alabama is recognized for one minute. ms. sewell: thank you, assistant leader clyburn. i rise today in a supporter and co-sponsor of this amendment which would add $2 million for the historic preservation fund grants for historically black colleges and universities. hbcu's have always been a hub for bright young african-americans, come together and to promote both individual development and community development. these institutions are national treasures and their legacy and history deserves to be protected for the benefit of future generations. the historic preservation fund grants for hbcu's are a perfect tool to help these institutions protect their historic civil rights sites and buildings and i look forward to continuing to work with 14 hbcu's in my home state of alabama to seek these funds. i want to again thank assistant leader clyburn for his leadership on this matter over the years. i want to thank him for the opportunity to speak on this amendment. i also want to thank the chairman and the ranking member and i yield

president kennedy federalize the alabama national guard. one of the deputy attorney general's went down there in person, i think was cats and back, to insist and governor wallace stands in the schoolhouse door. then just to get one example, when we have the march from selma to montgomery, in alabama in 1965, at the end of the day, what lyndon johnson did was to say since alabama cannot afford to pay to guarantee the safety of the marchers, the federal government will take up the cost. that march did occur successfully and peacefully. there are moments when the federal government can become like an ally and we do have a civil rights act and we do get a voter act and fair housing act. there are those legislative accomplishments. you have to push so hard to get your ally to take action. >> once again, in west germany, very similarly to this question, you know, it depends on what level and the frenemy issue. at the federal level in west germany, beginning in the 1960s, there is a program of political education which among other spaces, allows f

[laughter] >> you were just out in alabama, or know another of our guests was held in alabama, but you have just been out traveling the northwest. as you were out there what did you hear about tax reform? let's talk about the effect on small farms and mega- farms. >> doethose i think are benefitg anyone who pays taxes and farmers as i said or businesses that pay taxes that sustainability is profitability and any time the other thing they really like obviously is the expenditure and appreciation they can write off this equipment. the fixed cost has grown astronomically over the last many years and it's a good habit to be able to depreciate that. the other thing obviously is the changes in the state rules. most love to think about the transgenerational having children and grandchildren take over the farm and the rules help them with that. >> were there other things that they were afraid would hurt them that you had to talk about or -- >> on a small sum press comments about that but i've not found anything in the tax bill that these small-business owners, farmers and ranchers don't feel l

joining me now is democratic senator, doug jones, of alabama.much for coming on, senator. let's start with the president's impending announcement to replace anthony kennedy on the supreme court. the president said he has narrowed the field down to four. and will announce tomorrow night. now, the question for you, sir, is as you represent an incredibly red state, donald trump won 62% of the vote in alabama. do you feel a responsibility to give your constituents what they voted for? >> well, i feel a responsibility to my constituents, but i also feel a responsibility to the constitution. you know, the constitution gives the senate a shared responsibility with the president to confirm nominees. and our founders, you know, put that in there for a reason. because judges have life tenure, and so that shared responsibility is important. and i take that very seriously. so we're going to give whoever the nominee is going to be, we're going to give them a very, very good, hard and fair look to determine what i believe to be the best interest of my constit

. ♪ [sweet home alabama] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsibleor its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] sunday night on q&a, constitutional lawyer david stewart on his book "in peach: the trial of president andrew johnson in the fight for lincoln's legacy." is a scandal. the chapter on johnson i will not speak beyond that. it should be expunged them every library in the country. theas credited with casting single vote that save johnson's tail.

ratified two days before that when alabama lawmakers acted. george allen on the floor back in 1992. [video clip] ofi have the privilege representing mr. madison's district in virginia. virginia 200 one years ago ratified this amendment to the constitution. we have a lot of concern of what is going on in congress. the people want accountability. what important to remember james madison wrote in 1789 and i will paraphrase it. there is seeming impropriety in leaving any set of men and women these days in control without any sort of control to put their hands into the public coffers to take money out to put into their own coffers. celebrated atu all when this all came about? gregory: to an extent.

she was from alabama? marillyn: she was from alabama. but she taught us the value of a dollar. we had to learn how to economize at a very young age. she would send us in to pay the power bill, the electric bill. she got her kids out and said you have to learn how to do these things because -- it taught me to be very self-reliant, i would say. david: i was told she used to say to you, go to the grocery store. here's five dollars and bring back seven dollars worth of groceries. [laughter] marillyn: yes. that is true. that is very true. learn early how to economize. so i learned early how to economize, yes. david: so you went to the university of alabama. did you get a scholarship? two didn't -- you didn't have to work? marillyn: oh no, i didn't have a scholarship. i worked nights. i worked on what was called the graveyard shift from 11:00 at night to 7:00 in the morning, then i went to class from 8:00 to 1:00 or 2:00, then i would sleep, unless i had a date, then i would go back to work without sleeping, because you can do that when you are 18 years old or 19 years old. i worked

studenn alabama. what are you majoring in?ob is to be a fizz therapist. 00 th so i'm graduating from december with a associate's degree in sciences. >> and this is a story that we don't get to report on enough. but in all seriousness, you can tell me what you felt personally when you got the call that your employee on his first day on the job -- i mean, walter is not making a million bucks a year. he is doing this to help pay his rint a rent and he was willing to walk 20 miles overnight in the dark to get there. what did it mean to you personally? >> i mean, speechless. blown away. just shocked and awe are the words that come to mind. we have built a culture about creating a company in a space that usually lets people down. and to create a company with heart and with grit. and i just didn't think that someone could take it that far. and it really raised the bar for me and it raised the bar for our company. and we are nothing but grateful and inspired. >> i think it teaches us all when we want to complain about work, think agai

in the early 1950's in birmingham, alabama, there were not many republicans. the way that it happened is my father and mother before they were married went down to register to vote and the poll tester looked at my father, big, tall man, football player, and said, so how many beans are in this jar? my father could not answer the question. he said, you don't pass the test. my father went back to his church and told the story to the man who was one of his elders, and he said, reverend, don't worry about it. i will tell you how to get registered. you go down there and there is a clerk who is a republican. he said she is trying to build a republican party. if you say you are a republican, she will register you. my father went down and got registered. he never forgot it. he remained a republican the rest of his life. david: you took up piano when you were 15? condoleezza: when i was three. david: three. condoleezza: the great advantage to learning to play that early is that i could read music before i could read. it was like a native language. i have always been a g

in her bid for a fifth term in congress, alabama republican martha roby fashions a tough battle within her party. a gop primary runoff against bobby bright the former democratic representative she defeated in 2010 now running as a republican. >> our people want a change and they want it now. her supporters are soft, they feel like she's been compromised. >> i would love to have your vote. >> roby's troubles stem from her decision to withdraw support from donald trump during the 2016 campaign after he was heard talking about groping women in an old access hollywood tape. >> would i like for you to step aside mr. trump. >> she told donald trump to step aside and refused to vote for him for president. >> the campaign is over. we have been gomping. president donald trump is just that, he's president of the united states. of course i want him to be successful. >> president trump has endorsed the incumbent describing her as

. >>> you were just in alabama. i'm sorry not alabama. but you have just been traveling much of the northwest. what do you hear about tax reform ? let's talk about the effect on small farms and mega farms. >>> both are benefiting. anyone whose pays -- who pays taxes they benefit any time this profitability is responsibility, anytime this profitability, it's obviously the expenditure and the appreciation they can write off on equipment and the fixed cost of farming has grown economically in the last years and it's a good habit to be able to depreciate that. the other thing is there are changes in the state rules. most farmers as i said love to think about the transgenerational of having children and grandchildren take over that farm. in the state rules help them with that. >>> is there anything in the tax bill that they were afraid would hurt them that they had the talk about ? >>> i saw some comments about that, but i have not found anything in the tax bill that the small business owners owners and ranchers do not feel is beneficial. they

. >> you were just out in alabama, right? or, no, another upper caste we just had out in alabama but you have been traveling we mentioned the northwest, as you out there what you about tax reform? let's talk about the effect on small farms and on mega- farms. >> well again, i think are benefiting. anyone who pays taxes, and farmers as a center businesses that pay taxes pick the best sustainability program is profitability and in time that profitability. the other thing they really like is obviously the expenditure and appreciation that they can write off this equipment. farm equipment and six costa farm has grown astronomically over the last many years, and it's a good habit to be able to depreciate that. the other thing obviously is the changes in the state rules. most farmers as i said that to think about the transgenerational of having children and grandchildren take over that farm, and the estate rules help them with that. >> whether any things and the tax bill they were afraid with kirsten that you had to talk to them ab

heather: live in alabama, thank you. time for a western roundup. portland, oregon has become a cesspool, that -- not our description from the portland police union president responding to democratic mayor ted wheeler claiming homeless people should have fewer interactions with police and more with social service workers. responding in a newsletter about the many issues the city is facing from aggressive panhandlers and garbage filled rvs blocking business doorways. >> i have been a police officer for 27 years. the city has become a cesspool. they are blaming other people for his failures. >> reporter: houston, texas police say they have arrested a suspected serial killer, josÉ rodriguez taken into custody wanted in connection with three killing since friday. he cut off his ankle monitor before going on the alleged border spree. in las vegas, corporate owners of the mandalay bay casino filed suit against the victims in last year's shooting at a concert. doing about 1000 victims. the elders say they have no liability for the massacre. a lawyer repres

regulations were passed by the epa in 2015, they mandated that utilities like this alabama powerplantion. that is because it contains dangerous carcinogens like arsenic, mercury and that led, which can leach into the surrounding groundwater. in march, that data was released for the first time. here in the wilson fuel, it wasn't pretty. what did that reveal to you? it came out hot, it came out dirty. we have contaminated groundwater. at further testing is in jeopardy, contaminated groundwater. at further testing is injeopardy, that is because the epa admin said that the agency would be revising those landmark regulations. and that has worried people like former epa chief christina type whitman. we have seen these breach. we have seen them get into the water tables. what they are not doing is putting people who live there, they are putting their lives in danger because they will get polluted water, that is why the regulations were put in place in the first place. and without those regulations, the people of wilson fuel don't feel safe. they are not good to poison us now, they will and o

alabama senator richard shelby was among them. he join us to explain. melissa: capitol hill no-show. lease a page known for anti-trump texts with peter strzok. lawmakers looking to hold her in contempt. we'll hear from james comer from the house oversight committee. david: slamming europe for making a sweetheart gas deal with russia, relying on husband to keep europe save from russia. the very latest from brussels coming up. >> i think it is very unfair to our country, very unfair to our taxpayers. i think these countries have to step it up, not over 10-year period, have to step it up immediately. mbc doesn't take a day off, and neither will i. and i treat my mbc with new everyday verzenio- the only one of its kind that can be taken every day. in fact, verzenio is a cdk4 & 6 inhibitor for postmenopausal women with hr+, her2- mbc, approved, with hormonal therapy, as an everyday treatment for a relentless disease. verzenio + an ai is proven to help women have significantly more time without disease progression, and more than half of women saw their tumors

alabama is an exporting state.d the automobile tariffs alone, which is really where i've been the most vocal for autos and our farmers, automobiles, we -- export $11 billion worth of automobiles. we're the third largest in the state. and those auto tariffs are going to hurt. interesting thing about i think the announcement, i think it's a step that could have been taken several months ago. you didn't have to beat your chest and threaten people in order to talk to our friends. the eu is our friends. at least as far as the european union. >> you talked about auto tariffs. you've actually cosponsored a bill that would in part delay any from going into place. this was not part of something that was part of the agreement yesterday but do you think right now, is the threat of auto tariffs over? or do you believe that's still a concern? >> it's still very real. again, the eu is only a part of the auto tariff problem. in alabama and in tennessee, where senator lamar alexander and i cosponsored this legislation. asia is our