the gentleman from alaska. mr. young: i yield what time he may consume to the chairman of the full committee, mr. congaway. the chair: the gentleman from the great state of texas is recognized. mr. conaway: i support the gentleman's amendment. it's common sense. allows alaska taking a better job of taking care of alaska. i urge support of the amendment. mr. young: i thank the gentleman from the comments from the other side of the aisle talking about alaskans opposing this amendment. all due respect, i'm an elected representative. if they don't like what i do, they don't vote for me. i just believe in jobs. when i first got elected to this job when i first started this tongass battle, we had 15,000 jobs in alaska, the timber industry in the tongass. so the national land act itself, we were told no other jobs would be lost in the timber industry. and they slowly crept around and eliminated what remaining jobs occurred and the sad part about it, in my point of view, they've killed the timber industry. that was not the

one example is with the state of alaska and our alaska natives who are still waiting for the department to send billions of acres to their state hood. conveyances to those who have already waited far too long to receive title to their lands. alaska also has one-half of all federally recognized tribes. the bureau of indian affairs provides essential programs for the american indians. i'm concerned by many of the proposed reductions to the bia. some of the programs that i will note with concern are the proposal elimination of the tribal courts program and small and needy tribes program to provide critical resources to some of the poorest and most remote villages in alaska. we had an opportunity to have the president's nominee for assistant secretary to the bia taurus sweeney come before us. and it was made clear that we have high expectations for the -- for the assistant secretary and it is a difficult job but she need her department, her department needs to be resourced appropriately. this -- mr. secretary the budget request proposes to accomplish a new public lands infrastructure fund t

>> up in alaska they have a small kind of guarantee. and the story behind the alaska permanent fund dividend is in some ways an unexpected one. a republican governor back in the 70s when alaska was enjoying a huge amount of economic abundance, if you will, decided that he would place a small royalty on oil and gas companies and they would pay a few percentage points of their profits into a common fund every year, and that fund would distribute 2 and a half percent in dividend checks to every single alaskan. man, woman and child. the idea was put up for a referendum in alaska and passed overwhelmingly. "the past 30+ years, every alaskan, 700,000 americans , have benefited from a permanent fund dividend check . $1500 every year, comes out in october and if you're a family of four, you're getting a check for $6000 every fall , which is a meaningful amount of money. it's not so much money that people can hang out and put their feet and play video games or drop out of the workforce, but it is enough money to help people make ends meet just a

the gentleman from alaska. mr. young: i yield what time he may consume to the chairman of the full committee, mr. congaway. the chair: the gentleman from the great state of texas is recognized. mr. conaway: i support the gentleman's amendment. it's common sense. allows alaska taking a better job of taking care of alaska. i urge support of the amendment. mr. young: i thank the gentleman from the comments from the other side of the aisle talking about alaskans opposing this amendment. all due respect, i'm an elected representative. if they don't like what i do, they don't vote for me. i just believe in jobs. when i first got elected to this job when i first started this tongass battle, we had 15,000 jobs in alaska, the timber industry in the tongass. so the national land act itself, we were told no other jobs would be lost in the timber industry. and they slowly crept around and eliminated what remaining jobs occurred and the sad part about it, in my point of view, they've killed the timber industry. that was not the

the gentleman from alaska. mr. young: i'd like to at this time yield to the ranking member of the subcommittee -- of the committee on agriculture. the chair: how much time does the gentleman yield? how much time does the gentleman yield? mr. young: two minutes -- one minute -- 30 seconds -- no, one minute. the chair: the gentleman from minnesota is recognized. mr. peterson: you are taxing me here, mr. young. i thank the gentleman for yielding. i have been to alaska with mr. young a number of times and know the culture up there and what is going on. this is a good amendment. i think it makes a lot of sense for alaska, and i support it. i encourage my colleagues to support this amendment. mr. young: i thank the gentleman. the chair: the gentleman from alaska. mr. young: mr. chairman, i understand why the chairman is against this but we have no cases where there has been any food hazards, food abuses or anything like that. i have to describe one thing to my colleagues. i am 85 years old. i'm an alaska native. -- ve li

and i think it's great for how we could create a kind of alaska for america. she did not end up advancing it in the book she made the case that it is one of the small set of ideas she wished she had gotten more about because of the boldness and the power of it to combat poverty and provide mobility to the middle class. >> host: how do you argue that it's not a small idea that we struggle so much on capitol hill help to overcome income inequality. we realize now as you write about to takread aboutto take te inequality is the largest it's been since the market crashing 1821829 something very much in e wrong direction. your example shows that this guaranteed income may be the single biggest step we can take towards creating income inequality without the massive other changes in the structure. thanks for pointing that out. alaska is dead last with at first in terms of its income quality. >> guest: i think that's right and it's important to say that cash is not a silver bullet. i wouldn't want you or any of the viewers to think that i'm sitting here saying that's g

i along with the rest of the alaska delegation have made clear where those protections offshore alaska should continue. i'm also pleased with the budget's emphasis on our national's mineral security. an issue i've been working on many years, and i appreciate you and president trump recognizing the importance of reducing our nation's dependence on foreign sources for critical minerals that are essential to our economic security. there are some reductions in the budget i cannot support. one example is, with the state of alaska, and our alaska natives who are still waiting for the department to convey title to millions of acres of their lands, more than 50 years since statehood. it's hard for me to accept the 38% reduction in the department's program that issues conveyances to those who have already waited far too long to receive title to their lands. alaska has one half of all federally recognized tribes. the bureau of indian affairs provides essential programs for alaska natives and american indians that are fundamental to the federal government's legal obligations to our first people.

their plane refuelling in alaska before making its onward journey.atement, the three men thank their families and friends who'd prayed for their return. no doubt they'll also thank donald trump when he needs their plane in washington. securing the release of the americans had been held in north korea is a diplomatic victory for president trump. the men area victory for president trump. the men are a pastor detained in 2015 on spying charges, he was sentenced to ten yea rs spying charges, he was sentenced to ten years hard labour. a man known as tony kim worked at a university in pyongyang. he was detained in april 2017, also charged with espionage. and detained in may 2017, he was a christian missionary, accused of hostile acts. nobody thought this was going to appin. and if it did it would be years or decades, frankly —— happened. nobody thought this was going to happen. and i appreciate kimjong—un doing this and allowing them to go. the men were handed over to mike pompeo, the us secretary of state was in pyongyang on their surprises ahead of the u

my last question for you has nothing to do with alaska. it has to do with -- i had an opportunity to travel to the pacific islands a couple months ago, and as you know the energy committee has oversight of our territories here, and many of these pacific islands are some of the same issues that we face in alaska. i told them look, , i'm going to be monitoring many of your issues and helping to advocate where i can. i was able to visit with the president when i was there, and deliver the good news that after seven years the omnibus finally made good on our commitment to fund the compact. there's been, that went on unfortunately for two longs that we did not come that we did a move as quickly as i think we should have. that was noticed by our friends in the pacific. i certainly hope that the department making an effort to do right, an issue that was raised with me by the president was okay, you all said this is going to happen but when will we see the funding actually make it? so the question for you this afternoon is what is the current stat

they've landed in alaska and are later expected to leave from anchorage.ed to arrive in at andrews air force base, just outside washington. and the president has tweeted that he will be there to meet them. our correspondent, stephen mcdonell gave us this update from seoul. well, it seems like they are in quite good health, according to the reports from donald trump via his twitter account. on the way back the plane stopped injapan and doctors have examined the three detainees, if we call them, these korean americans being held in north korea. apparently they're 0k. it is a stark contrast to the case of otto warmbier, people remember the american student being held in north korea and who ended up dying on his return to the united states. when they get there, by my calculation in about eight hours, donald trump says he will be there to welcome the plane. it seems like, if his tweets are anything to go by, he is really going to try and make as much political milage out of this as possible. he will be there to greet the plane, to meet them, he has thanked his

. >>> the trump administration wants to loosen some hunting restrictions on federal land in alaska.many think the changes are not fair game. cnn's dan simon has the story. >> reporter: if you're a big game hunter there may be no better spot than alaska. bears, wolves, and caribou. three years ago the obama administration made it more difficult hunting them under federal land. but under president trump and his secretary ryan zincy, an avid hunter himself a striking reversal. the national park service issuing a notice it wants to roll back regulations for sport hunting in alaska's national preserves. trophy hunting could get a lot easier, and that has conservation groups outraged. >> trump has just been pushing time and time again to open up additional opportunities to kill big game like wolves, bears, here in the united states and abroad. >> reporter: among the changes, bait hunting would be okay again. foods like bacon and doughnuts previously outlawed would be fair game to lure and shoot brown bears. wolves and their pups could also be killed in their dens while motor boats could b

ice cream in alaska, yes. in p fact it is said that alaskans consume more ice cream per capita than any other state in the country. go figure on that one. but that doesn't surprise rich owens, our alaskan of the week who is the owner of the bustling tasty freeze on the corner of jewel lake and asbury road in anchorage. that tasse -- tasty freeze that opened at a -- opened in anchorage which relocated, it sells more ice cream than any other tasty freeze in america. that's remarkable. rich also claims the largest menu of any tasty freeze in the united states. mr. president, like so many great businesses, it is much more than just an ice cream store. for those who live in anchorage, and many who live across the state, rich's tasty freeze is an institution. it is -- he bought the business in 1994. he has made giving back to his community in so many different ways his top priority beyond running that great small business. now, rich was raised in a small town in montana. his father was a pharmacist and his parents o

on the satellite you can see cool air moving in from the gulf of alaska. it should make tomorrow the coolest day of the week. expect patchy drizzle tomorrow morning before becoming partly cloudy, cool and breezy in the afternoon. highs will only be in the 50s at the coast with mostly 60s inland. warmer weather will return starting friday with some highs in the 80s. much more sunshine and warmer weather is forecast for the weekend. cooler weather will return at the beginning of next week. (grant) new tonight at 5.. it is the break fire investigators have been hoping for. new video of a suspected arsonist who torched a major apartment construction site in concord.(vicki) kron4's haaziq madyun spoke to the owner of a business next to the site about this break in the case you are looking at surveillance video of a suspected arsonist responsible for the april 24th five story complex construction fire on concord blvd in concord. federal investigators with the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives have released this video as key piece of evidence th

i have never seen anything that isn't challenging or expensive in alaska. but it doesn't preclude eligibility of different programs on it but right now we're in the the critical maintenance mode to make sure it is passable. that is what we are currently engaged in and the longer-term effects i will look where that study is done to make sure we have in a timely we may have outside consultants because the geology is a little challenging. >> i know there is a lot of folks that are looking at it so just knowing it is on your radar is important. i mentioned the inclusion of the arctic with a five-year plan. and one item that i noted in your budget is to request additional funding with personal resources in the fy 19 proposal with the implementation of the program to require extensive outreach and with respect to the broader plan in consultation and coordination. but one of the things that i would ask that alaskans have shared is the desire for the department of course to focus on good science and consoled frequently to require a best practices in stipulation for

in kodiak it's operated by the alaska aerospace corporation. can you share with me how you view the potential of nonfederal space ports that can provide both the orbital and sub orbital launch capabilities that may fit into future nasa programs and operations? >> yes, senator. nasa is committed to getting more science and more data than we've ever been able to get before and were able to do that now because there are commercial partners providing data in low earth orbit and imagery as well as medication. all kinds of sensors are being launched commercially to provide all kinds of capabilities. what that means is we have the ability, as an agency, to purchase commercially access to space. to purchase data from other people who are accessing information from different regions. the miniaturization of electronics, the reusability of rockets, we will see unprecedented access to space in the coming years. a facility like kodiak is going to be a beneficiary of that capability. when we want to launch commercially a whole host of small satellites to do

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they don't necessarily need to be in alaska. we need their support that alaska is protected. alaska would never be protected without the people of new york city or many urban -- if it was left to just people who live in alaska we never would have gotten those parks created. i think we need to provide nature near home, that to me is the key. there needs to be a ladder of opportunity for individuals to experience nature. that is why we created the every kid in a park path targeting fourth-graders and that age. and our conservation cores focused on teenagers and use scores focused in the 20s. this is an opportunity to build the relationship, comfort and skill level to go into these places as well as overtime that can happen, built in advocacy. >> okay. i am getting signals we are desperately running out of time. i will move to the next question, the gentleman over there. >> graduate student of biology. my question is for prof. e.o. wilson. i am in full support of your plea for more taxonomy, i am wondering whether, given the potential for limited resources or manpower, whether t

alaska andthem from the u.s., going to make that happen.ings you cannot do by phone or letter. you have to sit across the table and make it happen. what he saw, we need to keep doing what we are doing. we are putting together this $43 billion transaction to bring $8 billion to $10 billion of lng over to china every year, and we believe it is a 100 year supply. talking almost $1 trillion of product on the u.s., from alaska to china. that is the kind of deal that will get us off this roller coaster of tariff challenges back and forth. tom: you have been talking to the commerce secretary wilbur ross as well. what have you been hearing from the commerce secretary, and how do you think his job will be when he is over here? talked we talked, and we last week, we talked about the lng project, he did not stop. he said what else can you do? i say seafood, talk about that, ining, i would throw my alaska a week ago. the goal for the mine, 100% of that goes to china. mine, 100% from the of that goes to china. areurces on the ground, we 7.5 hours by dir

people in alaska are moving on it right now. they are moving it along. last year we passed landmark legislation to give choice to our great veterans. it is going to be incredible.

obviously in rural alaska that is a big game changer. >> game changer. >> absolutely. it's a game changer from my old constituents in oklahoma for example. what senator van hollen was talking about robotic servicing that's where those satellites in lower earth orbit with a robust commercial and robotic servicing capability those satellites would generally come out of orbit in five or ten years because there are trace atmosphere in those lower earth orbits. with robotic servicing he can boost the satellite and even change the technology on the satellite to increase capacity to get more data than we've ever gone before and data rates are continuing to increase and it's all about getting more gigabits every second through input and there are a lot of opportunities and nasa wants to be a partner. that is why robotic servicing is so important we intend to do that. >> exciting. thank you, mr. chairman. >> administrator, we talked about a number of us have written about the topic of education. we take this to the university level and let me do that by talking a moment about t

new developments in drama that unfolded off alaska. u.s.ter jets scrambled to intercept russian bombers in international air space friday. the long range bombers flew into the air defense identification zone which extends about 200 miles off alaska's coast. cnn pentagon reporter ryan brown joins us with more on the developments. ryan, what more can you tell us? >> this instance of bombers flying off the oklahoma coast has been a long time since the russians have done this. they do this as part of training exercises. the u.s. monitors it closely. they monitored the bombers entering the zone and scrambled stealth jets to intercept. it was done in international air space and professionally. it's been some time since the russians have conducted one of these probing flights. it was may of last year, 2017, was the last time the russians didid that. in that instance similar bombers flew staying in international air space, and that was the fourth time in a period of about a month last year. so officials thought then it was sending a message to the

we completed a study in alaska -- well, actually, it was a broader study. a 2016 study from the national institute of justice. four of five alaska native and american indian women have experienced violence in their lifetime. more than half report sexual violence. and 40% violence in the past year. 14% have experienced sexual violence in the last year. our statistics when it comes to alaska native women and american indian women are horrible when it comes to domestic violence and sexual assault. and so i think that we're making a small step forward with this small set aside. and first time ever to see anything going towards those on tribal lands and in alaska where we have different issues in the sense of not having indian country but a recognition that we must address this. so 5% i would like to see this increased. i would hope that we'd be able to work with the department of justice to address this issue. we have nod made a difference in reducing these horrible statistics. >> senator -- thank you for raising that. i'm hearing -- i heard that before i was c

. >> reporter: landing in alaska before meeting with mike pompeo, president trump tweeting, i will behere to greet them. very exciting. >> and i appreciate kim jong-un doing this. >> reporter: status of the prisoners was considered an obstacle ahead of the upcoming summit. from t white house president said the location of the meeting is set, announced in three days. >> will it be the dmz? >> it will not. >> reporter: president cautiously optimistic about denuclearizing the korean penin la. >> lot can happen, good things and bad. >> reporter: saying would rather have successful mission than nobel prize. >> prooize i want is victory fo the world. >> president trump is expecting to leave the white house with the first lady any moment now. live ptures as well waiting for that moment here in washington. again the ex-prisoners released a statement through the state department thanking president, secretary pompeo and people of the united states for bringing them home. reporting live, abc7 news. >> thank you kenneth. another live look. vice president mike pence as kenneth just mentioned, part

on the satellite you can see cool air moving in from the gulf of alaska. it should make tomorrow the coolest day of the week. expect patchy drizzle tomorrow morning before becoming partly cloudy, cool and breezy in the afternoon. highs will only be in the 50s at the coast with mostly 60s inland. warmer weather will return starting friday with some highs in the 80s. much more sunshine and warmer weather is forecast for the weekend. cooler weather will return at the beginning of next week. (pam) make sure you download the kron4 mobile app... to stay on top of the weather forecast in your neighborhood.... we will also send you alerts to your phone... when there is breaking weather news and traffic hot spots. (ken) a tesla on autopilot mode crashed into a police car in laguna beach. this is video from the crash scene yesterday in orange county -- police say the 65-year-old man was behind the wheel of a tesla 2015 model-s when the car on autopilot veered off its path and was "too late to correct." the car collided with a parked police vehicle. there was no one

when alaska was reached, it yielded, california. now alaska. you may nominate, second, or pass.alter: the man sitting to the left of mayor daley is george dunn, the financial chairman of the cook county board of finance. >> alaska, having yielded -- walter: thought to be in line for the mayoral candidate some day. >> under the rule. chairman --n -- walter: the doorkeeper, known as "fishbait" miller. for the house of representatives, he's letting several men who look like security guards through to the rostrum. don't know what the meaning of that is. perhaps none at all. >> now arizona may nominate, second, or pass. >> mr. chairman, arizona passes. >> now having nominated, now kansas. walter: they got out of order there because earlier tonight, alaska had passed, or rather had yielded to california, then yielded to iowa, the nomination of senator mccarthy. it got out all out of order. ofit has been the intention the louisiana delegation a unanimous vote to nominate its favorites son. the governor. at the request of the governor, we will pass. walter: as you heard the report, ther

with respect to the mine situation in alaska. that was made based upon the data provided by citizens in your state. chloride the methylene decision, that was an obama declaration issued in january 2017. i recently met with individuals impacted by methylene chloride. we are making tough decisions with respect to environmental protection while at the same time restoring confidence and the american people that we can engage in regulation and not take winners and losers and not engage in coercion. . that has brought competition and criticism i understood that from the beginning. decisions, on those and i would not make the same decisions again. some of the areas of criticism are areas where processes at the agency or not properly instituted to prevent abuses from happening. one as an example is the decision with respect to the secure phone line. controlse not proper to ensure a legal review of the obligation of the agency to inform congress. i started a process shortly after that we exited those controls to ensure that does not happe

and contrarily, if an alaska seat, so-called, an alaska seat on the ninth circuit opened up, a future president could put a rhode islander into that seat. because the only mechanism preventing that from happening is the fact that we honor each other's blue slip. that is the only mechanism that protects this long tradition that the seats on the united states circuit courts of appeal are associated with particular home states. so in this mad rush to get circuit judges confirmed, a rush that has completely overwhelmed this body, that has just completely stampeded the tradition of the blue slip, one of the prices that we will pay is that there is no longer any mechanism to enforce that any seat on any circuit court of appeals in this country has any association with any state. i have been joined by my distinguished colleague from massachusetts on the floor. massachusetts is a bigger state than rhode island. massachusetts has several seats that the massachusetts delegation would claim as the massachusetts seats on the first circuit, if and when an opening should occur in those seats. but w

much cooler air will sweep in from the gulf of alaska and drop some temperatures more than 20 degrees compared to todays highs. so tomorrow we will see most highs in the 50s and 60s with a few low 70s well inland. it will also be windy at times making it feel even cooler. it will be even cooler on thursday with the warmest temperatures in the upper 60s. high pressure then begins to build in and temperatuers start to warm on friday. the weekend looks beautiful with highs warming above normal again. (vicki) violent crash in the south bay. and you won't believe who was behind the wheel. (grant) plus-- thousands of starbucks stores closed their doors to customers today-- as employees undergo racial bias training. hear from people who say they think it's a step in the right direction. (grant) tonight, starubucks has closed thousands of stores nationwide... for anti-bias training. this comes after the arrest of two black men at a philadelphia starbucks last month. kron 4's will tran reports. customers still flocked to starbucks in the morning but in the afternoonthe coffee gian shut its doo

some of the alaska specific concerns that i will share with you -- i see some on-the-ground examples, some very good things. some good programs that your budget is -- is proposing to substantially reduced or has proposed to eliminate. the community of fairbanks we've had an opportunity to talk about their air quality issues. fairbanks will have cleaner air because of the agency's use of targeted air share grants. we funded this at its highest level in fy-18. and you have proposed a reduction there. our villages will have cleaner water because of the alaska native villages program as well as a new program authorized in the wind act that we funded in the fy-18 omnibus that need basic water infrastructure and your proposal reduce that greatly. these are cuts that i can't support. so i want to in full disclosure highlight those. as i mentioned in last year's appropriations hearing and as played out in fy-18, the agency's final budget will not look a whole lot like this proposal. while the administration proposing a budget congress will use its pow wore the purse to reflect its spending pr

much cooler air will sweep in from the gulf of alaska and drop some temperatures more than 20 degrees compared to todays highs. so tomorrow we will see most highs in the 50s and 60s with a few low 70s well inland. it will also be windy at times making it feel even cooler. it will be even cooler on thursday with the warmest temperatures in the upper 60s. high pressure then begins to build in and temperatuers on friday. the weekend looks highs warming above normal again. (ken) tonight a trader joe's store manager in the east bay is recovering after a thief knocked him out during a robbery(ken)and the crook is still on the loose tonight... it happened at the trader joe's store on oakgrove road near treat boulevard in concord. tonight that's where we find kron 4's j.r. stone. j.r. you talked with the victim. how is he doing tonight? a lone security guard standing outside this concord trader joe's on tuesday...hours after a thief stole less than 20 dollars worth of goods then knocked out a manager who confronted him.sot it's getting worse and worse and worsethe manager tells kron 4 the thi

just recently we had some brave pilots flying over greenland and alaska. measuring the thickness of the ice. the capabilities coming from the are helping us understand how this chromosphere is changing. those missions are important. we have massive pilots taking great risk on themselves. on the restore l if i have time, like to address that if i have time. . . e to address that if it is okay, chairman. this is important. robotic servicing for our country is a critical capability that we need to have for a whole host of strategic reasons. very soon a number of commercial satellite operators will be launching into lower earth's orbit with thousands of satellites for medications. historically satellites, when they die, we either try to bring them out of orbit or supersede the meaning we put them into a deep orbit that gets out of the >> me try to bring them out that on top of all that we have reports that indicate that collision that created 5000 pieces that they continue to have every five or nine years. make sure we don't do that robotic servicing and we wa

on the satellite you can see an area of low pressure in the gulf of alaska.t's a weak system but it is going to dive toward the bay area over the next few days. there's a chance we could see some rain late thursday and into friday with a few isolated thunderstorms. highs tomorrow will be rather cool with 50s and fog at the coast, with sun and mild temperatures iniland in the 60s and low 70s. on thursday we will see increasing clouds leading to a chance of showers on thursday night. the best chance of rain will come on friday with a slight chance of thunderstorms too. warmer weather is expected for the holiday weekend with some highs on memorial day soaring into the upper 80s. (pam) the salesforce tower is officially lighting up the san francisco skyline tonight .... in a grand unveiling that may be affected by the fog ... kron 4's ella sogomonian is live in san francisco with some facts about the art installation at the top of the grand tower .. and what we will be able to see on a clear day ... ella? livethe salesforce tower is 61 stories high....but the fog

. >> reporter: landing in alaska before meeting with mike pompeo, president trump tweeting, i will be there to greet them. very exciting. >> and i appreciate kim jong-un doing this. >> reporter: status of the prisoners was considered an obstacle ahead of the upcoming summit. from the white house president said the location of the meeting is set, announced in three days. >> will it be the dmz? >> it will not. >> reporter: president cautiously optimistic about denuclearizing the korean penin la. >> lot can happen, good things and bad. >> reporter: saying would rather have successful mission than nobel prize. >> prooize i want is victory fo the world. >> president trump is expecting to leave the white house with the first lady any moment now. live pictures as well waiting for that moment here in washington. again the ex-prisoners released a statement through the state department thanking president, secretary pompeo and people of the united states for bringing them home. reporting live, abc7 news. >> thank you kenneth. another live look. vice president mike pence as kenneth just mentioned

my first issue that i would like to raise stems not from an alaska related concern, but we in alaska have connection and affinity for those who also are not part of the continental united states. i was recently out in the pacific. i was in guam in the northern marianas. as well as the marshal islands. and one of those concerns relating to veterans is their about to access health care in remote locations. not unlike alaska. guam has a va hospital. the rest of the islanders need to go to guam or hawaii. the senator is okay with that. but they've asked me to ask you what needs to be done to certify the local hospitals on those islands to provide care to our veterans so that they don't have to go to the expense of traveling such long distances. what other options might be out there? i also have a letter that i would like to submit to you all. and i'll do it through the record here. from the president of palao. who says that when the people from palao serve in the armed forces and they come back to palao after completion of service, they lose many benefits provided to them under the gi bi

on the satellite you can see an area of low pressure in the gulf of alaska.t's a weak system but it is going to dive toward the bay area over the next few days. there's a chance we could see some rain late thursday and into friday with a few isolated thunderstorms. highs tomorrow will be rather cool with 50s and fog at the coast, with sun and mild temperatures iniland in the 60s and low 70s. on thursday we will see increasing clouds leading to a chance of showers on thursday night. the best chance of rain will come on friday with a slight chance of thunderstorms too. warmer weather is expected for the holiday weekend with some highs on memorial day soaring into the upper 80s. (vicki)(vicki) still ahead-- president trump says the historic meeting between north korea and the u-s is in jeopardy. we'll explain why. (grant) and after the break-- the grand opening for the tallest building in san francisco was today. we'll take a behind the scenes look at the new salesforce tower. a smoking engine forced the evacuation of a plane at newark liberty international airp

my first issue that i would like to raise stems not from alaska related concern but we in alaska have connection affinity for those who also are not part of the continental united states. i was recently out in the pacific in wall in the northern marianas as well as in the lower and the marshall islands in one of those concerned that it relates to our veterans is their ability to access healthcare in these remote locations so it's not unlike what we face in alaska. the rest of the island need to go to guam or hawaii, senator shot is okay with that but they asked me to ask you what needs to be done to certify the local hospitals on those islands provide care to our veterans so that they don't have to go to the expense of traveling such long distances. what other options might be out there? i also have a letter i would like to submit to you all and i'll do it through the record here on the president of palau who says that when the people from palau serve in the armed forces, when they come back to palau, they leave many of the benefits that are provided to them under theg.i. bill , speci

can't you switch to alaska, europe people want to be on a cruise ship all over the world. >> we do theps are movable. they have rutters and propellors and we move them to wherever you can command the highest prices we sell to wherever we get the highest prices and we are now almost in summer it's early may you'll see a shift beginning to take place from the caribbean to alaska, to europe. half the profits of the industry are earned in the third quarter. >> right. >> why third quarter is all about alaska, europe, high price, high yielding destinations. >> frank, again, what intrigues me here is you've got -- you were kind enough to show me an exclusive area of the bliss that i've got to tell you you have to pry me away from it was so gorgeous you have sold out for at least the year. >> that's a great point, jim it's another data point that investors should take note of. the visibility that we have in this business is seven, eight months out >> and the hotels sell at 16, 17 times earnings you sell at 11 times. >> crazy the barriers to entry. anybody can buy a piece of land and build a ho

some of the alaska specific concerns that i will share with you, i see some on the ground kpa examples of very good things, some good programs that you're bucket is proposing to substantially reduce or has proposed to eliminate. our vil ajs will have cleaner water. it is what we fund today help communities that need basic water infrastructure. these are cuts that i can't support. so i want to in full disclosure highlight those. as i mentioned in last year appropriations hearing and as played out the azwren si's look a like this pro pass sal while there is a that we to closely nl every time to make sure we people's exhibit would make it difficult to carry out their work. i will focus my efforts on restoring proposed cuts to state grant programs and to programs like the alaska nate i have villages. all of which have a direct impact on ensuring human health. you to implement the budget that congress provides. we would anticipate you would do so again. as a close i again, want to thank you for the work that you have committed to us on some notably lower profile issues that only effect alas

from there they flew to anchorage, alaska, for a quick refuel. now they are scheduled to arrive in less than three hours at joint base andrews. the larger plane carrying the three prisoners, the other plane carrying the secretary of state mike pompeo. pompeo telling reporters on their way home, "i am thrilled that we have them back. i'm happy that actually president trump set the conditions for this to happen and i'm thrilled with that. there is still a lot of work to do to achieve our ultimate goals." here's what we know about the three freed americans. tony kim and kim hak song, both working at the pyongyang university of science and technology when they were arrested in the spring of 2017. kim dong chul, arrested in 2015, had been sentenced to ten years of hard labor. the state department to sing the americans appeared in good health, releasing the statement from the men reading, "we would like to express the deep appreciation to the united states government, president trump, secretary pompeo, and the people of the united states for bringing u

just landing after refueling in japan, alaska. on his second mission. mike pompeo will be emerging from that plane in a few moments. and then in about half an hour from now, we are going to witness stunning turn of events which is three americans who have been incarcerated in north korea, at least one of them since 2015, are free now and will step foot on american soil. you can't even begin to think what's going through their mind. >> it's historic. i can see two events that reminded us of events before, in 1991 when the soviet union collapsed. we knew that gorbachev was changing course. in this case we know there is something changing. we don't know. the regame is going to change their own course. this is not the north korea of five months ago shooting missiles. this is a different one. but it's not the gorbachev korea. >> because there was, again, we are throwing around the word historic, there was the historic summit between north korea and south korean. the symbolism was remarkable as it is tonight. walk us through what this really means to you toni

with respect to the double my situation in alaska, that was a very controversial decision made. we made a decision based upon the data, science and feedback provided by citizens in your state. and did what was right. thattly as i mentioned, was an obama-era regulation issued in january of 2017. i recently met with individuals -- are making the tough decisions with respect to environmental protection while at the same time restoring confidence in the american people that weakening gauge and regulations and not pick winners and losers and not engage in coercion with our actions. i think that has brought competition and criticism. i understood that from the beginning. there have been decisions over the last 16 or so months, i would not make the same decisions again. i'm sure we're going to talk about some of those. some of the areas of criticism are areas where process it -- processes at the agency were not able to prevent. them from happening. the decision with regard to the phone booth. there were not proper controls early to ensure a legal review of the obligation of the agency