jane wells has t ut story for tonight from anchorage, alaska. ♪ >> reporter: on anr: airstrip i anchorage- -- is o of the top flight schools in the country. owned and operated by a woman who started ao flight school after the one she was working at didn't like her style. iovated this building, and iand had people knocking on my door from >> ground 7734. >> reporter: jamie patterson sims of sky t alaska has been recognized as an faaold seal flight instructor, yet men in the cockpit remain an oldity. only 6% of the pilots at the toi three as are female. that surprises beverly bass, hired by american airlines in 1976 as its first female captain. talked abo>>w that all the time, and think for the most part women are just still not aware that that is job opportunity that is >> reporter: boein r estimates the global aviation industry will need 800,000 new pilots over the next 20 men. women like jesse and women like madiso both taking lessons in anchorage with aag femalest ctor. >> she doesn't let me get away with anything, which i appreciate. >>y mom owns auge native corporation up here so i'm

there is a short-term permit that allows anchorage up to 96 hours, or long-term for anchorage up to 10 days. the main differences between the two are the short-term permit can be applied for and passively granted through an online system or through a voice mail. the long-term permits require the vessel owner-operator to come into the office, fill out an application and receive hard copy permit for their time in clipper cove. since the program has been in place, the authority has issued upwards of 630 sherm and 160 long-term. we've had to remove six abandoned vessels in that town through the allowances in the rules and regulations. over the years, the rules and regulations have been an effective tool against irresponsible vessel operations in the cove. at this time, we have three revisions in front of the board. all are within section 3a of the document which lays out the standards and requirements for all vessels. all vessel owner operators are expected to adhere to the standards and requirements of section 3 to be considered in good standing under the requirements of their permit. the

this happened during competition over the weekend in anchorage.eree deemed the swim suit to revealing. but her swim coach says she was wearing a school-approved swim suit. >> the rest of her team was wearing the same uniform and she was the only one disqualified. it is my opinion she has been targeted and singled out. >> the anchorage school district is investigating. >>> the classic board game monopoly getting a make over. >> miss monopoly starts female players off with more money than men along with a bigger bonus for passing go. and instead of investing in real estate, players put their money into inventions by women. it's meant to start a conversation about the gender pay gap in the real world, but not everyone is on board with the new game. critics say it suggests women need help to get ahead. we're asking you today what you think. do we need a miss monopoly? >>> a radical change to how california schools deal with misbehaving students. >> we would rather have them learn from mistakes. >> no more suspensions. the new strategy focused on keepi

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relationships on september 1st 1903 korean airlines flight double 07 from new york to seoul via anchorage was shot down by a soviet interceptor aircraft over the territory of the u.s.s.r. in the sea of japan there was absolutely no justified. i don't legal or moral for what the soviets did the tragedy of the korean bowing was considered a perfect occasion to demonstrate the nato military power within dangerous proximity to the soviets on nov 2nd 1983 nato launched able archer attend a command post exercise simulating a conflict escalation culminating in a nuclear attack it was followed by placing pershing 2 nuclear missiles in europe. what reagan didn't take into consideration was the paranoid overreaction of the soviets. a recently declassified us intelligence report shows that for the 1st time since the cuban missile crisis the world was close to nuclear war. just like in 1903 the malaysian boeing crash was leveraged against the enemy. a new wave of sanctions hit russia mediately after the tragedy. the united states is imposing new sanctions and key sectors of the russian economy almost

anchorage hit 90 degrees for the first time. >> this is definitely a threat for the stability of the way that we live our lives right now. >> i lived in alaska for four years as a child my father was stationed here in the air force. i want to take you to a place we used to go as a family that i think illustrates the change we're talking about. my destination, portage lake last time i came here i think was 1970 this is a photo of my grandmother at the same spot. that's me playing in the background the lake back then was filled with ice chunks and just beyond was portage glacier, but no more portage glacier has receded more than three miles in the last century. you used to be able to see it standing where i am, but now the only way to view it is by boat. after a 15-minute sail, portage glaciers finally reveals itself what we're looking at now, at some point it retreats into the mountains. >> absolutely. as long as our winters keep getting warmer, it will keep moving back. >> reporter: these pictures show how much of portage has disappeared since 1914 melting glaciers contribute to risi

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. >> reporter: when anchorage is hotter than key west on the 4th of july? something much more dramatic. that was an event last month at the spencer glacier, just one of dozens of melting red flags. >> this whole lake was, there was no lake in the early 1950s. >> really. >> right. >> so the ice went all the way down to the end of the lake down there. >> right. >> reporter: a recent study finds that since the '60s melting alaskan glaciers have contributed more to sea level rise than greenland, antarctica, or any other part of the world. since every one of these molecules that goes into the ocean goes everywhere this is not just a changing alaskan landscape story. this is a miami story. this is a charleston and san francisco bay story. you know, once this water melts off, and goes into the ocean, as long as we have all this carbon monoxide in the atmosphere it's not coming back here. >> reporter: health scientists like michael hawn are equally worried about changes harder to see like new kinds of ticks bringing new kinds of disease north. when this doctor stud

josh daniels was here starting his new chapter, living in wasilla, about an hour outside of anchorage and step-father. keeping tabs on him from thousands of miles away were the zanesville police, and they were seeing some patterns. when he wasn't working a job in the north slope oil fields, he was partying, pumping iron, and chasing women. back in zanesville, meanwhile, the cops kept their pressure up on the person they did have in their zip code, sirius underwood. the detectives were all over his girlfriend wendy. >> every time that i had a little spat or whatever i was frustrated or disgusted with sirius, they would always show up, again, "just wondered if maybe you remembered something." >> reporter: trying to find you at a vulnerable moment -- >> yes, yes and -- like, "i've already told you every single thing, and it's never going to change. if you don't lie, you don't have to cover a lie." >> reporter: brandy's mother was losing faith in cops ever making an arrest in the case of her daughter's brutal murder. are they saying, "trust us"? >> yeah. every time we'd hear something, we

. >> reporter: when anchorage is hotter than key west on the 4th of july, it can turn the steady dripacier into something much more dramatic. that was an event last month at the spencer glacier, just one of dozens of melting red flags. >> this whole lake was -- there was no lake in the early 1950s. >> really? >> right. >> so the ice went all the way down -- >> to the end of the lake. >> to the end of the lake down there? >> right. >> reporter: a recent study finds that since the '60s melting alaskan glaciers have contributed more to sea level rise than greenland, antarctica or any other part of the world. since every one of these molecules goes into the ocean, goes everywhere, this is not just a changing alaskan landscape story, this is a miami story. is this a charleston and san francisco bay story. >> you know, once this water melts off and goes into the ocean, you know, as long as we have all this carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, it's not coming back here. >> reporter: health scientists like mica hahn are worried about changes harder to see, like new kinds of ticks bringing new ki

bill weir, cnn, anchorage. >> thanks to bill weir for that.and/or twitter, jake tapper. tweet the show at the lead. our coverage continues right now. >>> happening now, breaking news, i took my own advice. president trump says it was his own idea to cancel secret peace talks with the taliban at camp david against the backdrop of the 9/11 anniversary. now amid fierce backlash, he's declaring negotiations dead. >>> threatening weather. a new report says that top officials at the national oceanic and atmospheric administration were threatened with dismissal after weather officials in alabama contradicted president trump's incorrect claim that hurricane dorian was threatening the state. >>> 70,000 homeless as the plight of hurricane

grapes are looking pretty good flavors coming from the skins not not the juice so you that's why want anchorages because you get more skin and more. >>we're character out of out of the out of the grave into the wind. >>serena puts out her tasty goodies including homegrown all of oil all of this is found in their tasting room in downtown healdsburg way. the harvest were crushed as winemakers call it is the busiest time of year. >>we're starting to pick at 02:00am we're done with picked by 7 we're on the crash pad and then i have to be at that he by noon to get things open. >>our next stop is at one of the premier wineries in all of russian river gary farrell recently named one of the top 100 wineries by wine and spirits young interns from italy and australia are helping move the grapes from the bins to the press. >>it's a highly synchronized dance moving grades from bind a barrel within hours. >>my name is teresa heredia and the winemaker for gary for a winery. >>farrell and the russian river, especially known for peeing on the war. gary farrow grows its own grapes but also purchases some from o

grapes are looking pretty good flavors coming from the skins not not the juice so you that's why want anchoragetend to be teeny like this because you get more skin and more. >>we're character out of out of the out of the grave into the wind. >>serena puts out her tasty goodies including homegrown all of oil all of this is found in their tasting room in downtown healdsburg way. the harvest were crushed as winemakers call it is the busiest time of year. >>we're starting to pick at 02:00am we're done with picked by 7 we're on the crash pad and then i have to be at that he threw by noon to get things open. >>our next stop is at one of the premier wineries in all of russian river gary farrell recently named one of the top 100 wineries by wine and spirits young interns from italy and australia are helping move the grapes from the bins to the press. >>it's a highly synchronized dance moving grades from bind a barrel within hours. >>my name is teresa heredia and the winemaker for gary for a winery. >>farrell and the russian river, especially known for peeing on the war. gary farrow grows its own grapes

offered anchorage 6000000000 euros to stop the flow of migrants into europe in 2015 but added one says he's received barely half of the money europe says it's willing to have a discussion without $1.00 but greece which takes in most of the new arrivals says he must 1st change his tone. the migration issue is a european matter it is not a bilateral issue and mr edwin must understand that he cannot threaten greece and europe in an attempt to secure more resources to handle the refugee issue the lover could never open. that with more migrants reaching greek shows in august 2900 minutes any other time in the last 3 years athens also knows the dissolution needs to be found urgently. ok let's get the very latest on this now a dorian jones our correspondent in istanbul good morning dorian president area one wants to prevent a new wave of syrian migrants from entering turkey we saw he has a lot of reasons to do so in that report what does he need from the summit today to get that well i think he's looking for a sea sation of all airstrikes by the syrian regime forces particularly those targeti

offered anchorage 6000000000 euros to stop the flow of migrants into europe in 2015 but added one says he's received barely half of the money europe says it's willing to have a discussion without $1.00 but greece which takes in most of the new arrivals says he must 1st change his tone. the migration issue is a european matter it is not a bilateral issue and mr edwin must understand that he cannot threaten greece and europe in an attempt to secure more resources to handle the refugee issue your lover getting it will be. but with more migrants reaching greek sure in august 29th teen minutes any other time in the last 3 years athens also knows the dissolution needs to be found. let's bring in kirsten helberg now she is an author and a syria analyst she was a correspondent there for 7 years welcome to the program and thank you for joining us we have the syrian government forces really pushing hard in the lab we have with the backing of support from russia essentially how has that affected the situation at the turkish border well there are 500000 syrians being stranded at this border some o

. >>> controversy at a high school swim meet north of anchorage, alaska a 17-year-old female swimmerg big all because the referee said her bathing suit was too revealing after riding up too far. the district plans to appeal, saying the suit was approved and issued by the school and she had worn it at previous competitions with no issues the referee's call is under review after causing so much outrage in the community >>> a twitter spat over gun control turned into a face-to-face meeting between actress alyssa milano and republican senator ted cruz. >> i think you can be an instrumental part of this solution for this country. >> the two met on capitol hill along with ben jackson, co-founder of an anti-nra organization and fred guttenberg, whose daughter was killed in the parkland school shooting this meetup was live-streamed on facebook both milano and guttenberg pressed the texas senator to please do something. after the meeting milano tweeted in part, "he was gracious. i am unsure if it changes anything but appreciative for the opportunity. those are two people you would never see i

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to a you offered anchorage 6000000000 euros to stop the flow of migrants into europe in 2015 but add one says he's received barely half of the money europe says it's willing to have a discussion without one but greece which takes in most of the new arrivals says he must 1st change his tone. the migration issue is a european matter it is not a bilateral issue and mr erdogan must understand that he cannot threaten greece and europe in an attempt to secure more resources to handle the refugee issue you know love or getting a little bit. but with more migrants reaching greek shows in august 29th teen minutes any other time in the last 3 years athens also knows the dissolution needs to be found in italy. you're watching news still sick of the drought in parts of germany isn't just being felt by fondness it's also affecting wildlife we'll tell you which animals biologists are watching to gauge the severity of the choice. and it is to turkey now where this music video has caused quite a stir. the 15 minute track features no fewer than 20 round photos and it's titled systema turkish for icon

josh boswell, we appreciate your time and insight today, live for us in anchorage, alaska. you. >>> congressional democrats move forward with the investigation of the trump administration. but some of them refuse to call it an impeachment imquirery. we'll look at that as cnn continues. billions of mouths. billions of problems. sore gums? bleeding gums? painful flossing? there's a therabreath for you. therabreath healthy gums oral rinse fights gingivitis and plaque and prevents gum disease for 24 hours. so you can... breathe easy, there's therabreath at walmart. >>> welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. you are watching "cnn newsroom" live from atlanta. i'm george howell with the headlines we're following for you this hour. the bahamas recovering from hurricane dorian now, under a tropical storm warning. you see here on the map, the same system could hit the united states, as well. the national hurricane center has issued a tropical storm watch, for parts of east florida. here in the u.s., a parent has been issued for singer r. kelly. he

sue in anchorage ranks the reason the protesters are here because a few months ago a gang dressed in white shirts beat up protesters asked today how do you know that fear of that is something that's really been a rallying cry for the protesters here about why they're here tonight. the protesters are here because and are stationed along stacey was shot down by the police now they were supposed to be here are 7 pm they're a little bit delayed because they're holding another protest against the r.c.c. earlier that protesters actually by the government but they ran a little bit late past the 5 year mark and there's a bit of a confrontation between the police and the protesters with a little bit here to the mall. earlier in the day probating supporters carried out what they said was a cleanup and they went out to the lemon walls these are places that have been dubbed the socks because this is where protesters went out and put up anti-government anti kind of banners and notes on the wall the probate supporters went out to clean it up now protesters say that they're going to continue with t

according to the anchorage daily news. you spoke to sanford about why he's running.that. >> we are walking away toward a financial hurricane. the fed doesn't have room to lower the rate five points, and on the fiscal side we're running trillion-plus-dollar deficits going forward. i would argue it will be worse than what we saw in 2008. it could well be on the wlikes f the great depression. >> what are they doing? >> it's obviously a power play from the trump forces to try to keep out any competition, which i would argue really counterreflects weakness. the better play is go to the states where you're hurting more, but gutierrez would argue he is going on debt and free trade. i learned in a campaign there's only two ways to run, on a post or scared. it looks like they're running scared by trying to shut down these primaries is what's happening. >> yong, -- we're back with episodes on showtime, thank you very much. storm three people have died in what pittsburgh officers are calling an overdose situation. what we know about what's in common with these individuals, next

. >> and when anchorage is hotter than key west on the fourth of july, it can turn the steady drip ofo something much more dramatic. that was an event last month at the spencer glacier, just one of a dozens of melting red flags. >> this whole lake was -- there was no lake in the early 1950s. >> really. so the ice went all the way down -- >> to the end of the lake. >> -- to the end of the lake down there. >> right. >> a recent study found that since the 1960s, alaska has lost more sea life than greenland, iceland or any other part fortunate world. >> this is not just a changing alaska landscape story. this is a miami story. this is a charleston and san francisco bay story. >> once this water melts off and goes into the ocean, as long as we have all this carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, it's not coming back here. >> health scientists like michael hahn are equally worried about changes harder to see, like new kind of ticks bringing new kinds of disease north. and when dr. jermaine studied insect bite trend since the '90, he found that way up in the arctic circle, stings from yellow jack

grapes are looking pretty good flavors coming from the skins not not the juice so you that's why want anchoragebecause you get more skin and more. >>we're character out of out of the out of the grave into the wind. and if you come. >>serena puts out her tasty goodies including homegrown all of oil all of this is found in their tasting room in downtown healdsburg way. the harvest were crushed as winemakers call it is the busiest time of year. >>we're starting to pick at 02:00am we're done with picked by 7 we're on the crash pad and then i have to be at that he threw by noon to get things open. >>our next stop is at one of the premier wineries in all of russian river gary farrell recently named one of the top 100 wineries by wine and spirits young interns from italy and australia are helping move the grapes from the bins to the press. >>it's a highly synchronized dance moving grades from bind a barrel within hours. >>my name is teresa heredia and the winemaker for gary for a winery. >>farrell and the russian river are especially known for peeing on the war. gary farrow grows its own grapes but al

clearly, the flights, c-17 flights just as an example,ed for me, pardon me, as an example flying from anchoragethey would make their refueling stops at bases where we had a u.s. influence. for instance, in ramstein in germany and at the naval station in spain, rota. we did that because they provided security, better cost for services and fuel, and so you have to ask yourself why all of the sudden are we now going to do refueling at a commercial airport in scotland that doesn't provide many of the security enhancements that we normally are used to. >> gordon, here is what "the new york times" is reporting tonight on the deal that trump made back in 2014 to boost travel at the struggling prestwick airport. they write this. they say as part of the arrangement, the trump organization worked to get trump turnberry added to a list of hotel that the airport would routinely send air crews from, even though the airport is 20 miles from the airport, farther away from many other hotels and has higher advertised prices. is the big question here whether that arrangement trump made as a private individual ha

bill weir, cnn, anchorage. >> thanks to bill weir for that. you can follow me on facebook, instagram and/or twitter, jake tapper. tweet the show at the lead. our coverage continues right now. >>> happening now, breaking news, i took my own advice. president trump says it was his own idea to cancel secret peace talks with the taliban at camp david against the backdrop of the 9/11 anniversary. now amid fierce backlash, he's declaring negotiations dead. >>> threatening weather. a new report says that top officials at the national oceanic and atmospheric administration were threatened with dismissal after weather officials in alabama contradicted president trump's incorrect claim that hurricane dorian was threatening the state. >>> 70,000 homeless as the plight of hurricane victims becomes dangerous. some turned away. tonight, president trump is unleashing familiar anti-immigrant rhetoric, warning of gang members and drug dealers among the refugees. >>> and ready to talk, again. north korea makes a new overture to the trump administration with the

grapes are looking pretty good flavors coming from the skins not not the juice so you that's why want anchorage tend to be teeny like this because you get more skin and more. >>we're character out of out of the out of the grave into the wind. and if you come. >>serena puts out her tasty goodies including homegrown all of oil all of this is found in their tasting room in downtown healdsburg way. the harvest were crushed as winemakers call it is the busiest time of year. >>we're starting to pick at 02:00am we're done with picked by 7 we're on the crash pad and then i have to be at that he threw by noon to get things open. >>our next stop is at one of the premier wineries in all of russian river gary farrell recently named one of the top 100 wineries by wine and spirits >>young interns from italy and australia are helping move the grapes from the bins to the press. >>it's a highly synchronized dance moving grades from bind a barrel within hours. >>my name is teresa heredia and the winemaker for gary for a winery. >>farrell and the russian river are especially known for peeing on the war. gary farr

his airplane took off from anchorage and simply disappeared.ven as my mother expected my father to show up someday, the campaign to fill his seat began. the family knew who the candidate should be. >> great pleasure to be here with all of hale's friends. >> and she didn't hesitate. >> once the governor called the election, i suppose like an old warhorse i simply got into the battle. >> and won easily. >> i hope i'll be half as good a congresswoman as you expect me to be, thank you. >> she said she was carrying out my father's work, but my mother soon set off to improve the lives of all american women, through legislation like equal credit, and by example, by showing a woman could do it in a series of firsts. >> i suppose all women, but mostly southern women, do what they do when they have to do it. you just don't think about whether you should be doing it or not. if you're called upon to do something, you do it. >> it was margaret thatcher, the former british prime minister, who said it. in politics, if you want anything said, ask a man. if you

anchorage, alaska office. her practice covers a wide variety of federal indian law and election law issues including the v.r.a. she's been instrumental in establishing key voter protections in alaska through two significant cases and testified in congress in support of renewal of the v.r.a. in 2006. she's a magna couple laud graduate of harvard university. and received her law degree from harvard as well. member of the change saw nation. you are recognized for five minutes. police landreth: -- -- landreth: chairman cohen: miss perez, can you help her. ms. landreth: thank you very much. my name is natalie landreth, citizen of the chick saw nation. i'm here in my capacity as staff attorney. i have held my position since 2003 and worked on voting cases since 2006. i thank you for the invitation to speak here today. to speak on ongoing voter discrimination in indian country because there is a lot and it is egregious. there is a view that what are called first generation barriers direct impediments to polling place

based in anchorage alaska office. member of the litigation management many of the group. practices coverage of wide variety of law, constitutional protections, two significant cases in congress of the renewal of the vra in 2006. she graduate of harvard university and received a law degree from harvard as well. member the chickasaw nation. recognized for five minutes. >> thank you very much. my name is natalie landers. i'm ascended. staff attorney at native american live fund. otherwise nose does not. i held this position since 2003. i thank you for the invitation to speak here today. just begun on goading butter and discrimination on indian country. because there is a lot as that. there is a view direct impediments pulling places. it's a thing of the valve. that view is strong. first generation barriers are not gone and this month in support of this testimony, the native american rights while summoning a report on nine field hearings we conducted throughout indian country. they show the extent of these barriers. including testimony from voters who said they were forced to

richardson in anchorage. and he had permission from them to hunt on base.ne day somebody shot him. they called me and said they had his body. he had 17 .22 shells in his back. there was a lot of investigating. >> it was basically an unsolved murder. >> i still don't know who it was. >> she said, i thought i had lived through the worst thing that could happen when brent died. >> it's like molly said. this can't be happening to our this can't be happening to our family again. i think i said to her, something like, "oh, of course it can't happen. we're going to find her, and it'll be okay." even though i didn't really believe that. but i just wanted to give her hope. >> rick zender was mandy stavik's boyfriend. and as is typical in murder investigations, they wanted to question him. >> we dated for about three years. we've probably broken up two or three times. it's just one of those high school things. >> that point in the relationship it was on and off, on and off. but he had brought her home from college. >> they checked to see where her ex-boyfriend was. >

. >> senior staff attorney for the native american rights fund, based in our anchorage, alaska office. the practice covers a wide variety of federal indian law and election issues with constitutional protection. establishing keebler protection in alaska. with two significant cases and testified in congress with removal of the era in 2006. a magna [ null ] laude graduate of harvard and received her law degree from harvard as well. you are recognized for five minutes. >> can you help her miss perez? >> we have a faulty machine? >> thank you very much. my name is nathalie landers from the family here as a staff position since 2003 and worked on voting since 2006. i think you for the invitation to speak here today to speak ongoing voter discrimination in indian country because there is a lot. it is egregious. there is a view that what are called first-generation barriers, direct impediments to polling places and access to voting is a thing of the past. that he was wrong. first-generation barriers not gone. this month in support of this testimony, the native american rights will be submitt

natalie, senior staff attorney for rights fund based in anchorage, alaska office, number of litigationanagement committee, group for practice covers wide variety of federal indian law and election law issues including vra and protections, instrumental in establishing key voter protections in alaska, two significant cases and testified in congress in support of renewal of vra in 2006, magna cum laude graduate of harvard university and received a law degree from harvard as well, member of the chickasaw nation, you're recognized for 5 minutes. >> can you help her? >> faulty machine. >> thank you very much. my name is natalie, i'm a citizen of the chickasaw nation, i'm here today in my capacity as a staff attorney at native american fund, held this position since 2003 and worked on cases since 2006, i thank you for the invitation to speak here today, to speak on ongoing voter discrimination in indian country because there's a lot and it is e -- egregious. there's direct impediments to polling places and access to voting is a thing of the past and that view is wrong, first generation barrie

. >> what do you get when a renegade snowmobile from anchorage gets caught in new york city?ith a reality tv show of their own, inviting fans into their home. >> we both pitch in and do whatever needs to be done to raise this family and run a household. >> reporter: but their journey wasn't always easy in 2009, there were rumors of affairs and impending divorce. a rep for the former governor at the time calling them all lies and fabrications a snowmobile crash in 2016 left todd badly hurt, an accident sarah palin addressed while campaigning for then candidate donald trump >> my husband was out snow machining and thank you guys for your prayers for my husband who is recovering right now in icu after a little wreck on a snow machine, so thank you. big wreck. >> reporter: the apparent divorce revealing private struggles for a once public political couple and that divorce filing believed to be from todd palin. he seeks joint custody of the youngest of the family's children, as well as an equitable division of marital debts and assets >> peter, thank you. >>> still ahead, kim kard

aboutre going to bunk 1200 miles from anchorage, alaska and we seem to be oblivious to . -- to it.here are you hearing that from? news,: in the alaskan [indiscernible] alaskan news,to you will see it. that is one of the main points. we are so divided and looking the other way that this is at our door. also, i just want to remind people that the trump tax cuts expire 2025. new year's day. unless you are super rich. otherwise, it is temporary. host: let's go to brian in washington state, independent line. caller: good morning "washington journal." my top policy issues is the security of our nation including the cia, the fbi, nsa. all of our information top dogs in law enforcement in keeping a to thend i am listening news that we have extracted our ons by that has listened in we tookcircles, and that guy out of that circle in did not putat putin the works on him, and to now putin is celebrating that he has had a spy in his back pocket -- our thanks to trump's lack of confidence in trump not to turn in one of our spies into the kremlin circle. integrity and our our security people, cia

that's a beautiful community about 15 miles north of anchorage. elaina is a young woman with a big heart. she lives with her mother amy who owns her own real estate company and her father curtis, who is an alaska state trooper, someone i know well because he and i served together with the very outstanding marine corps reserve unit based in alaska, echo company fourth recon battalion. so trooper vick, semper fi, and to you and amy, great job on raising such an exceptional daughter. so why is she so exceptional? let's get into what elaina has done for us. let me first talk about what's going on in alaska. i always like to update in this speech what's happening. i was home for the whole month of august, actually almost five weeks and did a week of my own reserve, marine corps reserve duty. but it was great to be home. got to travel all over the state. when i mean travel all over, we're talking hundreds if not thousands of miles literally between communities. there was a lot going on. unfortunately as it happens in so many summers in alaska, fires wer

in high school in anchorage it he was an actor, loved the works of homer and shakespeare, a mountain biker, a skier, a pianist, a scuba diver, rock climber, a tennis player, a lighthearted mischievous young man and then he surprised family and friends when he joined the marines. while still in college because he wanted challenges and he knew he'd thrive in the marine corps, and he did thrive in the marine corps and he planned on coming back home to work as a paramedic with the anchorage fire department. on august 3, 2005 in anbar province, iraq, grant frasier was on a mission, operation quick strike to avenge the killing of his fellow marines when his vehicle was hit by a massive improvised explosive device. he was 22 years old when he made the ultimate sacrifice. now, i love our military but sometimes it can be bureaucratic and very bone headed. it took 11 long years and the tenacious, beautiful spifer rit of grant phrase -- spirit of grant frasier's mom, sharon, to get a proper burial at arlington cemetery. two days before the funeral in 2016, i was sitting next to general dunford

on july 4, the people of anchorage, alaska, experienced their first-ever 90-degree day. at one point in july, excessive heat warnings asked nearly 170 million americans to avoid the outdoors and take shelter in air conditioning where available. according to deek arndt, head of climate monitoring for noaa, these record highs are, and i quote him here, almost entirely due to climate change, end quote. jack williams, a professor with the center for climatic research at the university of wisconsin, told nbc news -- and i quote him here -- heat waves of today are going to be the normal events of tomorrow. and where there's heat, there is apt to be fire. in the united states, wildfires rage on a remarkable scale. according to a new report by the major data analytics company corelogic, over 8.7 million acres burned in the united states in 2018. that is about the land area of the 75 largest cities in the united states combined. this summer, the arctic experienced a record-setting wildfire season. places that have not traditionally burned in parts of northern canada, alaska, gree