supporter sees golden times ahead for alaska. president has kept his promises to alaska to reverse obama's policy on energy to push exports to push infrastructure to push national security to reduce regulation we're seeing all those things happen. his hope is for oil and gas to bring jobs and prosperity. the political debate about climate change is a nuisance for most people here. they prefer taxpayers' money to be invested in expanding the harbor not into climate protection projects. i'm not us. i just i believe that there are some human impacts on the climate but at the same time you know if you think by raising your taxes you're going to change the weather i will sell you a bridge. tried well once to convince us of the advantages of climate change and invites us to his home he wants to show us why the ice melting in the arctic ocean is a good thing for shipping now. the major advantage is that the arctic ocean is suddenly accessible for a big tourist ships were to see the crystal serenity come around through the northwest pass

it was hours until we got to great falls and the men took them to alaska. >> alaska was considered anbase. women were not allowed to fly overseas. >> pilot steve alison flew the leg north of montana. nearly 2,000 miles over some of the most rugged, desolate terrain in north america. >> weather was the biggest adversa adversary. if you go down in the winter, your life span is very short. >> ladd field in fairbanks, alaska, temperatures reach 40 degrees below 0, built in 1939 to test cold weather equipment. >> it had hangars, big airstrip, of course. we turn the aircraft over and sign them off to the russians. >> from here, the russian pie lots would fly the 2,500 miles to siberia. while hitler wrecked havoc across the soviet union, this back door route to the russian front became a critical link in wartime aid to the soviets. >> never in my wildest dreams did i ever think of flying fighter aircraft to russians. >> the germans stranglehold on russia continues and hitler decides to starve one city and raise another from the face of the earth. ok, so, what would you bring to my company? w

and of course in alaska, there is hockey. hockey. we love hockey. now, we all know it's a tough and competitive sport, but it certainly fits right into the ethos of my state. all across the state, kids, adults play hockey. boys, girls, men, women, indoor, outdoor rinks, ponds, lakes, skate up, take to the ice. now, however, as many parents know, who are involved in hockey, gear can be very expensive. actually, hockey can be very expensive. many kids and adults can miss out on this great, great sport, a great sport in my state because of the cost. so, mr. president, i'd like to introduce you to anchorage resident carlos gomez, who is our alaskan of the week, who has dedicated an extraordinary amount of his time and his life to try to make sure that all kids in my state, boys and girls, from all walks of life get to play hockey, like so many else do in alaska, no matter if they can afford it or not. so let me tell you a little about mr. gomez, carlos, because he's not one to brag about himself. like most alaskans of the week, unsung hero, doing so muc

ful you're from alaska -- if you're from alaska and you've ever had any dealings with the alaska delegation, you have -- you have met or dealt with chuck. he is held in great respect in our state as a result of the work that he did for so many people back home. and it's really an understatement to say we miss him already. he's not been -- a little bit of his biography. for those of who are not fortunate to know and work with hurricanes let me share w he is an alaskan not by birth but by choice. he moved from ohio to alaska in 1976 to work as a reporter at the juneau empire in our capital. a few years ago later he became press secretary for then-governor jay hammond. he to do followed that with a stint at the department of environmental conservation and then he returned to reporting for a few more years. chuck first came to the senate in 1991. he was convinced by my father, frank murkowski, who was senator at the time, to move to washington, d.c., to be his press secretary. and so he did. he made the move. now 27 years later chuck is still part of the family here. he has served as my father'

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i am going to keep my questions this morning relatively parochial to alaska. i know there will be questions about the backlog and reorganization and i will go in the second round, but let me first began, mr. secretary, with the eastern interior resource management plan. as you know, this came down in the last few days of the obama administration, and one of those plans in particular -- this is the 40-mile district -- turned a management regime that had worked for decades to literally turn it on its head. in addition, we have our gold miners in the 40-mile district that had some real trouble working out standards for revegetation. and this has been really quite problematic. so the question for you this morning is whether or not we have any administrative -- excuse me -- administrative options to address some of the very valid concerns that exist with regard to this 40-mile plan, if you're willing to work with us to help restore balance to that plan and specific to the revegetation standards, if we can find a solution to help our miners out in that area? secreta

you feel that this administration is focused more attention on alaska. we have received a lot of attention in previous administrations. most of the attention has been on how we can basically locked up more of alaska rather than to work, to not only access our resources, what to do so in a balanced way. we have a special environment, special opportunities. we appreciate you working with us to allow us to achieve that level of independence that any state would want. independence to provide for your people and take care of your land. your focus onr the opportunities we have their, and in particular recognizing the great benefit, the great value our indigenous peoples can provide, whether it is in operation of -- comanagement or consultation. we have not had much discussion here in this committee about your role within interior. with regard to the various agencies that have oversight, whether it is through bia, particularly through bia. we need to get that position filled. seeinglooking forward to that assistant secretary advance quickly. you have a big job

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the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. mr.sullivan: are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are not. mr.sullivan: mr. president, i would like to join the bipartisan group of colleagues who have been coming down to the floor to talk about the very important bill we have been debating and will be voting on in about an hour, and that is to help protect our children all across this country from the horrible scourge of human trafficking, sex trafficking. it is the stop enabling sex traffickers act and it is important for the whole country and important for my state of alaska. we have a big problem in alaska with the challenges of domestic violence, sexual assault, some of the highest rates in the country. we also have a big problem with the challenges of human trafficking, sex trafficking. a lot of people think, that doesn't happen in america. it happens in america. horrible -- it's a horrible issue to talk about, but it happens in our country. as a matter of fact, there was a study last year on young men and women in alaska receiving services from a hom

so you have blue cross blue shield of alaska saying because of the tax cuts and jobs act we're putting $50 million back into our state for health insurance. there's more good tax reform news every single day. yesterday the national federation of independent businesses released result fathers a new survey found for the first time since 2006 taxes received the fewest votes as the number one problem for small businesses. let me repeat that our tax system is now helping, not hurting, small businesses. so we are really seeing, as kevin mentioned, labor force participation. we're getting people who were not working, not looking for work, now on the sidelines now getting up and going in the jobs market. we see people getting on the ladder of life because of the higher wages, because of the new jobs being offered. so we're seeing phenomenal results from the tax cuts and jobs act. and it's just really a stark difference to me that not a single democrat voted for this and now they're saying they want to raise taxes and they want to void all of this great progress we have made in our economy. i a

i didn't really hear about it until in sixty nine i went on to work on the trance alaska pipeline and it was a year or two after that that we started putting a provision in there for an increase in soil temperatures due to global warming really you know that's amazing you know what two or three years after that that that's that's that's really that's really that's really incredible to hear. back in sixty nine there were proponents and doubters that it really is. this student in the scientific community was was divided on that subject. that they knew you took into account the risk in and started planning for. well even though yes we did. so edwin clark and ice researcher in the pay of exxon mobil already knew forty seven years ago that the climate was changing he and other scientists were already using the knowledge of global warming back in one nine hundred seventy four the planning and construction of the trans alaska pipeline the melting permafrost made it easier to drive these piles into the ground. and when clark's colleagues at exxon mobil were also building the oil rigs in the a

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we have bombing up the porcupine river towards alaska at fifty sixty kilometers per hour during the summer months boat it's not the only transport option there are no roads here the next chance for a big shop is dawson city almost one thousand four hundred kilometers away one way to. the left old crow a settlement a hundred and thirty kilometers north of the arctic circle in yukon province canada's wild west early in the morning we're traveling with harold frost and his family then members that the wooden to the chin first nation who've lived in this region of northern canada and alaska for more than ten thousand years they still do what they've done since time immemorial that hunters and trappers our julie everything all animals they got babies. so they stay when they are. only come out at night when everything is earth open even your roots on the side of that. are sort of the bank so good chance that that's a very grizzly bear workfare. but today words. seems to have got out that heralds in the area the any animal we see during our time on the porcupine river is an eagle. much has change

alaska airlines is merging with virgin america and alaska spokeswoman tells usa today the airline is keeping 30 new routes to california since december of 2016. >>> the newest player in the electric car business is showing off its vision for the future in santa clara. sf motors unveiled the two concept vehicles yesterday. the automaker is touting them as tesla killers. the sf 5 will go from zero to 60 in tlehree seconds and 300 mile per charge. sf motors plans to take pre-orders this year and deliver next year. the sticker price could be below $50,000. >>> what a mess. this is not the kind of carpool you want to be a part of. a woman in florida forgot to put her car in park when she ran inside to get money in her apartment. the car rolled into the swimming pool. her husband and daughter were in the car still. they're fine. deputies got them out safely. the woman suffered a severe case of embarrassment. >>> governor brown has a new dog. meet kelly. she's a bored-doodle. she's now the deputy first dog and joins the first dog. callie was picked from among a litter of 13. >>> let's talk

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alaska airlines. that's how we fly. step up to alaska premium class, with upgrades starting at just $15. >>> it's official. gavin newsom is running for governor of california. ktvu was there when the lieutenant governor went to the department of elections at san francisco's city hall to file paperwork. he announced his intention to run 3 years ago in february 2015. >> in california, we've got an important decision to make in june. the ballots will drop in may. a little over 60 days, quite literally. a little over 60 days. the ballots will appear in mailboxes and people will make a profoundly important decision. >> he will be running against at least eight other candidates including state treasurer john chung, former l.a. mayor, the former state school chief, and businessman john cox. >>> the san francisco arts commission voted to remove a statue that many consider demeaning to native americans. the statue entitled early days is located in the civic center area near city hall. it depicts a native american man at the feet

alaska announced that it would meet its paris agreement goals. what's more, california and washington state have combined with canada, chile, colombia, costa rica, and mexico in a plan to put a price on carbon that would reach up and down virtually the entire pacific coast of the americas, from canada all the way down through chile. one problem for the fossil fuel folks' political influence, which is so deadly effective here in congress, is that it doesn't do so well in government agencies where the rule of law, not politics, prevails. so the federal energy regulatory commission, a federal administrative agency bound by rule of law, more or less blew off a preposterous proposal by fossil fuel flunkies at the department of energy to subsidize coal even more. instead, ferc recently finalized a rule for energy storage in america's electric grids. this will not only expand energy storage, it will also accelerate renewables like wind and solar. a recent study predicted that the rule could spur -- hold on -- 50,000 megawatts. 50,000 megawatts of additi

. >> he goes to alaska and hawaii, doesn't work. they head back to north carolina. >> if this doesn't work i'm giving up on wearing shoes. wow it's still tied. >> 200 hours all the flights and driving there was no point. >> you don't say. >> apparently north carolina works. >>> this is the daytona 200. you begin to realize that they don't have roll bars and that's a dangerous thing. >> ooh! wow. >>> plus -- >> the toughest day in any marriage is when you find out that your wife has an std. >> uhm -- >> but it's not the kind of std you may be thinking about. >> oh, single ladies have that, too. it's not just the wives. -whoa, he looks -- -he looks exactly like me. -no. -separated at birth much? we should switch name tags, and no one would know who was who. jamie, you seriously think you look like him?

the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. ms. murkowski: thank you, mr. president. i want to thank my colleague, and i want to congratulate him and i want to recognize and congratulate senator crapo as well for his efforts. as we look to the energy solutions that can take our country and our planet to a place that is better, that demonstrates truly greater environmental stewardship through uses of clean energy. one should almost immediately look to the benefits that nuclear is able to provide for us. coming from a fossil-producing state like alaska, people often ask if it's not someone in congress, i would be a supporter of nuclear, but i truly believe that when it comes to our energy portfolio and those that will allow us to have a balanced approach to our energy and our energy solutions, when we're talking about the afford ability, the accessibility and the security of supply, we must include and emphasize the clean energy supply and what the senator from rhode island continues to repeat is worth repeating, and so focusing o how we move ourselves to a cleaner ener

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alaska airlines. that's how we fly.ep up to alaska premium class, with upgrades starting at just $15. sheriff )s deputies say a >>> new at 11:00, nabbed in napa. this is the ar-15 style trifle sheriff's deputies say a wanted man threw out of his car window today during a brief chase. the suspect stopped the car on highway 29 and ran off. they caught up with 33-year-old howard edge jer, a bulletproof mask and ski mask also found in the car. >> the topic of teachers has been a fiery topic tonight. one student is recovering after a teacher fired a gun in seaside. the teacher serves as a police officer and teaching a class about gun safety. he was pointing the gun at the ceiling when it went off. >> my friend said oh is, you got shot. i was just laughing because i didn't feel anything because it happened so fast. then i looked at my shirt like that, and there's like blood on my shirt. then i like wiped my neck kind of and a bullet fragment comes off my neck. >> luckily the teen is expected to be okay. this is the teacher wh

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the second one onjuly ability to reach alaska. the second one on july 28 ability to reach alaska. and the last one or the way to miami. essentially, the totality of the united states. those are the facts and so to have the type of dialogue where you are addressing this threat, that is still very much in the background, so to have this kind of historic meeting, that is not negate those events from last year. what i think is behind this move from north korea? do you think that the sanctions really are biting there or is this about trying to separate south korea from its key ally, america? so there is that strategic aspect. there are two dominant theories outplacement, one is that sanctions are starting to hurt and we are seeing the result, as this theory goes, with kim jong—un coming to these talks. a second theory is that kim jong—un is essentially in the phase of the most technical phase of this project, which necessitates testing things very meticulously, so why not sell that as freeze and benefit from doing that. doctorjohn park, thank you very much for your analysis. thank you.

the official reason given for the voyage was to look for a shipping passage to access reserves in alaska but carol moffat believes that exxon mobil wanted to find out when pack ice might start melting clearing the way for shipping. the voyage itself was really remarkable they brought the ship for retrofitting here kids chester pennsylvania just two years old cross the bridge and i'm going to put it two times because first they cut the ship into four pieces and senate to the senate to shipyards across the country so they could rebuild it and retrofit it and they brought it back to the sun and the sun shipyards and put it back together and then sailed it out under this bridge. did exxon mobil executives already known back then that the pack ice was likely to start melting in the near future one of the scientists aboard the s.s. manhattan was a kind when clark. or is it perhaps his job to find out if and when that might happen. we tracked down edwin clarke and he agreed to talk for the first time about his work for exxon mobil and the company's motives. hello gentlemen i said clerk it's nic

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and alaska. at the beginning of this conference, i introduced an act whose sole purpose was to relocate the agencies. irony the number of field personnel out in the states where the two and 45 million anchors -- acres -- 245 million acres reside. i believe that better decisions are made. theainly pleased to see interior's plan for monetization and i think it should be plugging them in the next 10 years in the west. i want a brief update on the agencies reorganization, relocation process. thank you, and you'll be happy to know that and they'll point which is then link wishing for decade ---- and anville point -- >> that is a big deal. madeere was commitments that money was in the accounts but never distributed. you had anville point. the money was being held and never released for some issue. we have looked at it, we resolve it, my understanding has been made -- and the government check is in the mail. >> this is something that has been a broken record. scott tipton, myself and others have been ta

alaska has unique challenges. generally speaking with respect to rural challenges we believe in an infrastructure package could contain two or three key elements. first, funding. second permitting, third tax incentives. different tools in the tool kit depending on what the particular challenge faced. i suggest with respect to alaska in particular funding is a big issue. there's no way around it. the fact is these remote villages will be tough to connect and build in your build season is short. supplies are costly. all of those things drive higher costs in alaska for sure. never mind distance and density alone. infrastructure funding and looking, leverages initiatives is critical. those places in alaska with success, sufficient universal funding for the carriers that can invest. villages left behind in many respects those areas where universal service hasn't worked as well, although the fcc has tried to recalibrate to do so. one last piece. middle mile. a challenge often overlooked in universal service context beca

alaska airlines. that's how we fly., step up to alaska premium class, with upgrades starting at just $15. >>> a teacher from monterey county accidentally firing a gun inside his classroom has publicly apologized. dennis alexander is a canceled member -- councilmember in seaside. at last night's council meeting he did not offer an explanation. he expressed regret. he was about to demonstrate gun safety in his class at seaside high. the bullet hit the ceiling and three students were injured by falling debris and fragments. >> i want to apologize from the bottom of my heart. i am so sorry for this incident. appreciate all those that showed support. it helps me a lot and gets me through the day. >> dozens of students attended the meeting and sport -- in support of their teacher. he was not authorized to have a gun at school. >> they will determine if charges will be filed.>>> doors were closed today and us -- and a school had an early dismissal due to gun threats. lifer is tonight at a school in burlingame. >> reporter: the

we're paying for alaska's schools or texas's roads. i do not remember getting a thank you note either of the taxpayers in texas or alaska. pennsylvania is blowing both of these states out of the water when it comes to production but bypassing a severance tax, we can bring billions into our own coffers. ask all companies to pay their fair share for extracting pennsylvania's viable resources and we can build a brighter resources andble we can build a brighter future. [applause] this is only hard if we choose to make it hard. this as rich as our not done? done? is this not political courage is in short suppy. the oil and gas industry is strong. --political courage is in short supply. today i am challenging you to do the right thing and pass a severance tax this year so we can keep making investments they grow our economy and make progress on the issues pennsylvanians care about. after all, the pennsylvania we are also proud of, the placer we can work hard and earn a good living and watch your kids find opportunity of their own --that was

you'll meet him next. >>> by 1944, the alaska siberia route was in full swing. betty and steve alison were among the hundreds of pilots delivering thousands of air cobras to the russians. betty almost paid the ultimate price. in a p-39 over montana. >> i was about 20 minutes from great falls and it could going. i was trying to get it started. and it just wouldn't do it. weren't you afraid someone said. the answer to that is, no. and i actually waited a little too long to get out of the airplane. i bailed out to count to three and pull your rip cord. and so i swung once and came down outside of hobson, montana. i got out pretty late but safely. >> betty showed "war stories" what was left of her p-39. >> this is part of my airplane. it usually has montana dirt around it. i saved some of the dirt. >> to this day, betty believes there was a reason her plane's enjoy failed. >> i think it was sabotaged. and the sign of safety said that it had impurities in the gasoline from niagara falls. >> meanwhile, steve alison was still flying dozens of p-39s to america's last fr

alaska airlines. that's how we fly.alaska premium class, with upgrades starting at just $15. >>> a former insider is talking for the first time about the big data grab and elections. >> he describes to abc news the tactics used to collect personal iformation on facebook and use it to influence voters. james longman has the interview. >> reporter: tonight a data kmaen tied to president trump's 2016 campaign is under investigation by facebook, accused by the internet giant of mishandling more than 50 million american's personal information. >> if you are looking at trying to create information weapons, the battle space that you operate in is criminal. >> in 2014 when just 24 years old, politics geek chris wily worked for that company, cambridge analytic. the organization helps political candidates better target voters on line. speaking for the first time on american television since blowing the whistle he claims cambridge analytic, using a third party, took data from the facebook accounts of up to 50 million americans. >>

despite the low wages overall no new hampshire maryland and connecticut bottom out the list with alaska for lowest percentage of women in poverty then it's back to the south again for those higher poverty rates that you don't want arkansas kentucky louisiana new mexico and mississippi have the highest poverty rates for women in the entire country mississippi is the worst touting a paid gap in the state that gives women just seventy five cents per one dollar made by men being uninsured in the united states could also be a death sentence pacifically for women. those states with the lowest rates of uninsured women were massachusetts at the top washington d.c. coming in second with for montana why in minnesota as states that have the lowest rates of uninsured women kind of explained some of the strangeness in the numbers but in states like georgia oklahoma florida nevada alaska and then deming to texas if you're a woman you have a higher chance of being uninsured this leads to debt poverty lack of medical care or avoidance of care due to cost that we have life expectancy the world wide life

alaska airlines. that's how we fly.p to alaska premium class, with upgrades starting at just $15. >>> one thousand students will pick up a free prom dress today thanks to generosity of the member of golden state warriors family. it was organized by leslie west. along with oakland public education fund. they will be distributed to preregister to high school juniors and seniors each 2k3wir8 will also get cover girl cosmetics donated by wife. we love that. great job. >> very sweet. >> today we'll see a little bitovbit of sun but also clouds. so milder than yesterday. the mildest day will be tomorrow and then spring arrives with light rain. tuesday a scale, the here i havest -- heaviest rain and more showers into next weekend. so a clean up and enjoy the weather the next few days. >> yeah. get ready. >> thank you for joining us. the news continues now online on twitter, facebook and instagram. abc 7 news continues at 5:00 tonight. have a great sunday everyone and have a great week ahead. be sure to check out the accuweather

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my name is carrie goertz, i'm the director of animal health here at the alaska sealife center.primarily care for seals and rs as well as walrus, so it's very unusual for us thave a beluga here. and there have only been a few beluga calves in north america th have come in for rehabilitation. initially, just like wy sick person, he was rather punky and didn't have a wht of energy. he obviously did damage to some of his muscles, just bruising and what-not from laying on a beach instead of floating in the watea.and he did have pneumoni fortunately for this calf, we felt he had been with mom for a little while so got that initial burst of antibodies and good stuff from mom. he also had learned so behaviors. he knew how to suckle and heve quickly learned how to suckle from a bottle so that helped him out in particular. the aquaria in the lower 48, have been extremely generous. sending staff and helping in numerous ways. >> yes, made it all the way over. we had to check him out! my name is jessie. i'm from mystic aquarium in cstic connecticut. i'm a trainer aceans and pinnipeds there.

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alaska took the very sickest people in alaska and put them in one pool and called that the reinsurance pool and paid for their health insurance. and when they did that, it so reduced the cost for everybody else that it lowered the rates for everybody else by 20%. what we're talking about is lowering the rates for everybody else by 40% if states take full advantage of what we're proposing next week. so reinsurance is the first thing. three years of reinsurance at $10 billion a year. the second thing is three years of cost-sharing subsidies. now, you have to stop and think about it a minute, but the cost-sharing subsidies pay for the reinsurance because cost-sharing subsidies are payments that are made to insurance companies to pay for the copais and the -- copays and deductibles for low-income people. that allows the companies to reduce the premiums. when you reduce the premiums, you reduce the obamacare subsidies. according to conversations we've had with the congressional budget office, if we do three years of cost-sharing subsidies and three years of reinsurance at $10 billion, the c

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alaska airlines. that's how we fly.nd now, step up to alaska premium class, with upgrades starting at just $15. >>> breaking news that we have been following a napa county. it has been eight hours since three people were taken hostage at the veterans home of california yountville. responding law-enforcement exchange gunfire with the suspect. the negotiators have not been able to make contact with the gunmen since the situation began at 10:30 am this morning. authorities do not know the condition of the hostages. we are told they are employees of the halfway home which is a privately run program on the grounds of the veterans home. >> you are watching ktvu , fox 2 news at 6:30 pm. they have resources on the scene. >> it could be a long night ahead as they try to make contact with the gunmen. more on this breaking news. we're live at the scene now with limited information.>> reporter: it was limited information. the news briefing had been pushed back from 5 pm. there was a lot of anticipation that new details would be for