had other ideas we have more now from our correspondents alexander fund. i found it quite interesting to see how the top the 2 top contenders were flexing their rhetorical muscles taking aim at each other at the beginning of the debate and then come along. the senator from california jumped in and she was so patient and she was so determined and she made clear that she came to put dissipate in this debate to win it and i've been to some of her events to her companion kickoff rally in oakland a few months ago so i was aware that she is a good performer but to many people i talked to at watch party we went to this night were very impressed by her by her personal story about growing up as a woman of color in the united states. the indian parliament is considering a law that will ban the practice a verbal divorce practiced by some indian muslims not the wall is being called the triple talaq bill is the word for divorce muslim in the past by just 3 times i've been able to divorce their wives the supreme court has banned this practice and now the government want

fund. he got emotional when he was gifted pnifer's jacket nbc's blayne alexander has more on the bill. >> reporter: one step closer >> the ayes have it and the bill is rohr reported favorably to the house. >> reporter: the bill that would extend funding to those suffering from 9/11 related illnesses is now on its way to the house floor for a full vote. >> more people are getting sick than was anticipated more cancers are coming out. the fund has run short >> reporter: for first responders, the move is long overdue. >> it's not just a new york issue. this is a national issue, and the first responders were there to defend democracy, freedom, and liberty. >> reporter: the vote comes after an emotional day of testimony. >> this hearing should be flipped. these men and women should be up on that stage and congress should be down here answering their questions. as to why this is so dam hard and takes so dam long. and why no matter what they get, something is always pulled back. >> reporter: if congress does not act, there will be no money for new claims after december of 2020 this bill would provide fun

clearly your holdings are your main funds, but you have been involved in europe for decades. alexanderstore for value investors at this moment. there are some very strong leading companies with high multiples, particularly luxury companies. there are comedies like g4s -- g4s.g4s -- companies like these represent extreme nearly good value. vonnie: you're one of the more successful hedge fund managers out there. construction much in that space, and not many managers around for multiple decades. you've managed it. probably say that value is next for you. alexander: i stick to what i know and stay with the universe we are comfortable with. value investing will never go out of style. to buy things low at good value makes sense through the decades and the centuries, even. we know there's different dynamics at hand. biotech, emerging markets, high market will be in favor. we are in a high-growth cycle with money flowing endlessly into etf's. one should be aware of what one is buying. don't buy momentum. don't buy very high multiple stocks unless you are willing to take the risk. vonnie: you s

. >> peter alexander has more on w this feud got started. joe buden made theemarks at a fund raiser who claim his willingness to work with adversaries is old-fashioned bru bringin bringing two segregationists calling african-americans inferior he said he never called me boy he always called me son. at least there wasivility. we didn't agree on much of can anything we got things done the backlash immediately >> to caudal the reputations of segregationist, who if they d their y, i wouldn't be standing here as the united states senate, it's informed and wrong. >> reporter: saying you don't joke about calling black men boys i have to tell vice president biden that he is wrong for using relationships. joe biden has strong support in the african-american community a tohouse democrat arguing biden didn't say anything more than what described my work wit strothurman and several others >> he certainly didn't endorse their puzugzs. the point of the story is you have to beble to work with people even if they hold positions repugnant to you >> reporter: biden made the comments despite hi

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fund of 9/11 alive. workers sicken from their ground zero exposures. standing with ctims today, comedian john stewart who te blasd congress. nbc's blayne alexander reports. >> reporter: family members and first responders and fighting alongside them, john stewart. >> they responded in five seconds. they did their jobs.e couragd grace and tenacity, humility. h ears later, do yours! >> reporter: the p extend the victims' compensation fund created to help those suffering from 9/11 related illnesses and their family. the fund is running out of mone$ paying out5 billion with 21,000 claims still outstanding. i was compensated but others are sick and dying from eir exposure will not be complicated. >> reporter: lewislvarez was there. his cancer has spread throughout his body. he's fighting for those still waiting for help. >> you made me come down here the day before my 69th round of chemo. i am going to make sure and i will never forget to take care of the 9/11 first responders. >> reporter: stewart pointing to dozens of empty chairs. accusing lawmakers ot making this a priority. >> your indifference caused these men and women their most valuable comm

it would fund payments until the year 2090 one other thing of all the empty chairs today, that room was set up for a full committee which is why there were so many empty seats. >> blayne alexander, welcome thank you. >>> tonight, late word about baseball david ortiz's condition, recovering after a second surgery in boston after that brazen attack in the dominican republic we also have learned about two more american deaths on the island, raising more questions about health and safety there. we are in the dominican republic, first to nbc's ron mott in boston >> reporter: david ortiz is back in his adopted hometown after being shot in the dominican republic the former red sox star recovering from a second surgery, even taking a few steps. his wife, tiffany, saying he is awake and resting comfortably, thanking everyone for the outpouring of support and love 14-year-old son deangelo is also rooting for his dad. tweeting i love you pops, endlessly. one person was take nooen custody at the scene, while authorities search for another, determined to find those responsible and put them at the mercy of justice >> our beloved big papi. >> reporter: questions of why abound big papi honored

alexander won't be deterred by the naysayers his company appears to be going strong it has 25000000 euros in funding from diamond the parent company of miss eighty's. and i don't like to stand still but to explore new realms that's what fascinates me. still there are limits. one thing that many people dream of that definitely won't be possible is. beam me up scotty it's great in movies but as long as the laws of physics hold we'll never be able to beam somebody up it would take too much energy here on earth . heading skyward in a flying taxi might be a pleasant if more modest alternative. aliens from outer space are a staple of the silver screen like intimidations 996 comedy so i thought film mas attacks. martians attack the earth but ultimately the clever earthlings prevailed. in all seriousness though could they be not the last. chapter cassius from pretoria wants to know more. could there be life on mars. when the astronomer giovani schiaparelli discovered grooves on a neighboring planet the idea of little men from mars became a fashion it was thought there could only be one explanation for the c

colombian border facing corruption allegations they're accused of stealing funds went to help military defectors living in colombia alexander m.p.s. reports of cooter in colombia near the venezuelan border. more than 1400 members of venezuela's armed forces have fled to colombia this year. heeding the call of opposition leader. to turn their backs on president nicolas maduro. at the time why dog praise their decision is now way those representatives are being accused of stealing funds intended to help them from crack as way they are called for an investigation. we will not allow any mismanagement to tarnish what has been if it have all been aswat little's that's why we immediately sent the information gathered by to columbia's attorney general's office to give a thorough explain nation to the country where those ambassador in colombia took their own promptly met with colombia's attorney general requesting a formal investigation. of him as well as government were quick to take advantage of the mishap accusing being behind the corruption scheme. so his representatives are materially responsible but why do is the mastermind of

unanimously today to replenish the 9/11 victims' fund a day after they were shamed j byn stewart and fiery testimony. we get more from nbc's blayne alexander. >> reporter: one step closer. >> you guys have it and the bill is ordered to the house. >> reporter: the bill g hat would extend fundinr those suffering from 9/11 related illnesses is on its way to the house floor for a full vote. >> more people are getting sick than anticipated. more cancers are coming out. the fund has run >> reporter: for first responders, the move is long overdue. >> it's not just a new york issue. this is a national issue, and the first responders were there to defend democracy, freedom berty. >> reporter: the vote comes after an emotional day of stimony. >> this hearing should be flipped. these men and women should be up on th stage and congress should be down here answering their questions as to why this is so damn hard and takes so damn long and why no matter what they get, something is always pulled back. >> reporter: if congress does not act,er thwill be no money for new claims after december of 2020. this bill would provide funding for an additional 70 yea

funding from energy development on federal lands to provide mandatory funding to cut the maintenance backlog in half? >> senator alexander, also no way in the world we could deal with those sorts of problems that you've just described, whether it's at great smoky or at parks like acadia or elsewhere around the country and we very definitely need the legislation that you referred to and are grateful for this committee's interest in the topic and hope you get to mark up soon. >> i hope so, too. we're talking about very basic things clear that the american people care about. the campground on the edge of the smokees is a very popular campground. now, the department is taking steps to reopen it, but it's been closed five years because -- because of leaky roofs, bathrooms don't work, unsanitary conditions and hundreds of -- hundreds of families are deprived of that. i want to -- we have 38 bipartisan co-sponsors of this legislation. that would suggest to me that there's no reason that it shouldn't pass the united states senate if we have a chance to mark it up and vote on it. it has the administration's strong support, accord

after leaving office became head of a $1 billion uk china fund raising money for the belt and wrote initiative. former number two, danny alexander is now vice president of the asian infrastructure investment bank, another vehicle for china's bid to topple america as the superpower. the british, french, german, the so-called allies of ours night think they are being clever by cobbling authoritarian regime for cash but they're not. they're idiots because in the end they will lose out. that's embarrassing. they might also think that undermining this administration's economic pressure on china, russia and iran is smart because it's anti- trump, well, they are wrong. it's not anti- trump, it's anti- american and after all this country has done for them, that is shameful. all right. tell me what you think at steve hilton next and nextrev fnc. what we think here. >> steve, that was a brilliant way to walk through. i'll just say president trump the reserves amazing applause for preventing and escalating conflict in iran. one would think, i would make the argument that iran almost wants us to engage in a conflict right now. right now, th

alexander garden in 1986. syria tends to recover from 8 years of brutal conflict it seems a new war is brewing over wheat a u.s. funded think tank claims the crop will prove a decisive weapon in the country it comes as farmers are currently battling ferocious fires engulfing vital wheat fields across the country's north east the. region is known as serious bread basket and this is store flea been a key source of corn for damascus but now this and 2 other provinces which in total account for nearly 70 percent of the country's entire week production mostly lie in the hands of the kurdish led opposition the us backed forces say they will ban wheat sales to damascus a claim it's just a strategic move for the region. it is not a political decision to impose a siege on damascus not at all it is a decision to keep the harvest of the region for local consumption. the kurds insist the fires were started this liberate leave but haven't pointed the finger of blame damascus though claims the kurdish side was responsible. from the damascus center for strategic studies believes the kurdish ban on wheat sales is an attempt to force

correspondent alexander lee loan tells us senators held a hearing in hopes of finding common ground. >>acting homeland security secretary says his agency desperately needs emergency fundingays, 60,000 children have entered into dhs custody kevin mcaleenan said last month 144,000 migrants crossed the border, setting a modern day record and most of that more families and children republicans like senator mike lee said asylum seekers have learned that the us rarely deportes enth tends t the more gration and more illegal smuggling of these miners and had to deal with the influx of families is creating a huge divide between democrats and republicans who are supporting competing bills, republican senator lindsey graham's bill would allow families to be held in government custody for up to 100 days and would force families and children to apply for asylum in their home countries senator richard durbin says there was until recently a program that allowed children to do just that. >>it was shut down by the trump administration. yes, yes, yes. >>on the democratic side senator dianne feinstein's bill would ensure children are held in safe conditions for as short a time as possible

funding to stop taking kids out of their mother's arms. that is, to me, ducking the issue and, frankly, trying to mislead the public. carrie and alexander, thank you. >>> coming up -- >> thanks, rev. >> -- joe bides son is the cande to beat heading into the first presidential debates. a recent statement about segregationists has him dogged of late. up next, we'll talk about that with one of his ardent supporters, congressman donald mckechen about biden's comments and strategy to take on the party's contenders onstage this week. s contenders onstage this week incomparable design makes it beautiful. state-of-the-art technology makes it brilliant. the visionary lexus nx. lease the 2019 nx 300 for $359/month for 36 months. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. ♪ applebee's new loaded chicken fajitas. now only $10.99. i've always been i'm still going for my best... even though i live with a higher risk of stroke due to afib not caused by a heart valve problem. so if there's a better treatment than warfarin, i'll go for that. eliquis. eliquis is proven to reduce stroke risk better than warfarin. plus has significantly less major bleeding t

alexander, thank you very much. >>> meanwhile, with the abortion battle raging across this country and facing a backlash from fellow democraticpr idential candidates, joe biden is now reversing course on his long standing opposition to public funding for abortions. nbc white house correspondent kristen welker joins us with that story. kristen, good morning. t reporter: good morning you. former vice president joe biden a devout catholic has long grappled with his views on abortion rights. now an outcry from democrats overnight flipping on a major federal amendment. it is the flash point in the fight for the white house. this morning facing his fmast r controversy as the democratic front runner, former vice president joe biden making an abrupt change on p aition on abortion he's held for decades. seeming to bow to pressure from fellow 2020 democratic candidates. >> but circumstancesave changed. >> reporter: bidenreversing his support of the controversial hyde amendment which bans using federal funds for abortion services except in cases of rape, incest, or when a mother's life is at risk. the provision prevents low income women from having access to safe abortions, democrats say. he now no longer supports it. >> i can't justify leav