the music varies from african bands to old-time appalachian fiddlers, and everything in between. 1983december we started mountain stage regular broadcasting. it was once a month. by 1986 i think it was 26 shows later we were national. now we are on 240 station in america. from the beginning our idea was to show as many different styles of music as we could reasonably, and that's what we still do. ♪ >> there have been so many folks, many of them of course before anybody else ever heard of them, people like lyle lovett and mary carpenter way back in the early '80s, and alison krauss when she was 19. we had sheryl crow was on our 300th anniversary. nobody knew she was. and then there were people who are already very established when they were on the show, like bill monroe and ralph stanley and joan baez and judy collins and the band, in randy newman. >> going to finish this hour with a band from up in morgantown, west virginia. please welcome for the first time to the mountain stage, hello june. ♪ ♪ >> we've had probably between 250-300 different west virginian musicians have been featur

this reality is nothing new in the appalachian region. during his $964.00 election campaign lyndon b. johnson visited appalachian and was horrified by the poverty he saw after his reelection he launched the most a plan to put an end to poverty. here and now declared on them there is no war on poverty in america i one of his ideas was to create food stamps coupons given free of charge to the poor. to this day the government distributes these food stamps to 40000000 american people. in this mobile home park in the heart of appalachian the majority of families benefit from this food aid. with the american flag hanging from the front steps this is the mobile home of 58 year olds iranian collins a former marine ceremony a no longer works following a long term illness she receives a pension of 700 euros. she faces a daily struggle to get by and her financial difficulties have gotten worse since she took in her niece jennifer's an unemployed single mother who has 3 children to take care of leah lindsey and jayden fortunately jennifer receives fo

most notably, appalachian food is rooted in place.ou will see things like foraging for vegetables and you will see canning to preserve those vegetables through long, hard winters. we use our ingenuity to really live off the land in some way. i write a lot about how my grandmother really inspired a lot of my food habits. i remember foraging for morels when i was younger. she would batter them and fry them. i just thought it was neat we could go out behind her house and find something in the woods that we could eat. andink preservation resilience really plays a huge role in our food. appalachia is known for many different kinds of foods. we are known for our local meats, we are known for fruits like pop because, we are known for things. west virginia specifically is home to the pepperoni roll. is a smallni roll piece of that and val epps a spicy steak or slice of brownie. the pepperoni roll was inspired by the coal miners in the area. in north-central west virginia, we had a huge italian immigrant population. they -- there -- they were

appalachian food is very complex there is a lot of layers.huge region so there is a bunch of different components that make it what it is. with the irish cuisine there is really many layers. they are inspired from italy. but most notably it is really rooted in place. you will see things like through the long hard winters. we've used our ingenuity to live off the land in some way. i learned about how my grandmother inspired a lot of my food habits. she would batter them and fry them. i just thought it was so neat that we could go out behind her house and find something in the wood that we can eat. i think it really plays a huge role. appalachia is known for many different kinds of food. we are known for ramps. it is home to the pepperoni roll. it is a small piece of dough that involve it was inspired by the coal miners in the area so in north central. they are interested in some sort of meal they can take underground that was shelfstable delicious and easy and portable. somewhere along the lines between 1927 and 1938. we devised the pepperoni

appalachian food is very complex. there are a lot of layers. there are a bunch of different components that make it what it is.

we crossing the appalachians, crossing the ohio is the future. we are now surrounded by the spanish the french, the and the indians who despise us so his plan was simple -- we'll cross the mountains, negotiate indians, we'll recognize that they own the land notwe'll buy it from them, just once, but every year. they were call annuities. up trading posts. we'll trade and eventually we'll the unitedy people, states of america. and a chief by the name of little turtle rises up and says these treaties and he puts together this massive confederation of all the indians ohio and he tells washington's administration, you thatyour young men across river, it will run red with their blood. and little turtle is able to armies and george washington has to make a decision, do i try again or do i give up. he does not give up on his policy but he needs another army. to hold it in check. it has to be perfectly trained failed,he negotiations then that army has to move against the indians. washington, when he's trying to who am i going to pick, he has a list of the

in more appalachian areas -- in other words trump isn't catching windup the white angry appalachian butwave. what do you hear? >> i've been saying this for the longest time, there is still a body of voters out there that trump is able to tap into, and they cross the political spectrum. they're not necessarily these hard right conservatives. there are folks who like where the economy is right now. their personal well-being has been improved -- so he's making that work for them. >> i've got to go to the next thing. you're next, but you respond to this. anyway, governor matt bevin wasn't the only person president trump praised at the rally, one of them wanted to return the favor. here it goes. >> thank you to president trump who at his rally in kentucky he had about i think 40,000 folks tat that rally, said this to the assembled crowd. >> the great lou daubs, and he said when trump took over, president trump, he used to say trump is a great president, then he said trump is the greatest president since ronald reagan. >> and then i said he's the greatest president ever. and i meant every wor

can see these weather systems part of the way across the appalachians moving across the mid atlantic states as we go through the next 24 hours or so over towards the west you can see those tightly packed hour sébastien in place of the brisk winds staying there just around a good part of california getting up to 26 celsius in l.a. it stays dry no sign of any rain here what right we have across the other side of the country will move away as clearing away d.c. pushing further north as bright as guys come back in the sas day look at those temperatures rather disappointing just 12 or 13 for new york and for d.c. single figures for the central plains over towards the west where we still got the woman of weather there for a layer around 27 degrees a little bit of cloud day notice to northern parts of mexico southern parts of mexico as well as some wet weather here rolling across the yucatan peninsula much of central america seeing the tropical showers as per usual scattering of showers across the caribbean perhaps less so as we go on into sas day we'll see temperatures in kingston topping

as our colleagues on the committee know, access to healthcare know that the appalachian region is an important part of the development title. healthy communities are better able to attract investment and encourage job creation and support the farm economy. unfortunately, too many of my constituents suffer from health challenges which are compounded by severe physician shortage and all too frequently substance a bice. they will overcome the challenges by the programs in the eastern part of our state by delivering rather impressive result. there are only a couple of dummy employees. >> today we had nearly 300 personnel and seven clinic sites across six counties and bringing them previously into underserved areas. for example grace health offers 40 school employees. and they're opening new doors to treatment and long-term recovery and communities devastated by opioid and substance abuse. so today mike will shed light on grace health programs which represent a much-needed investment into eastern cone tucky and i kentucky with the programs like telemedicine grants and mike and his team ca

no access to health care in places like the appalachian region is an important part of the farm bill's rural development title. healthy communities are better able to attract investment, encourage job creation and support the farm economy. unfortunately, too many of my constituents from this beautiful region suffer from health challenges, which are compounded by severe physician shortage and all too frequently substance abuse. for more than three decades, mike has been working to help them overcome these challenges by leading and expanding health care programs in the eastern part of our state. he's improving access to services and delivering some rather impressive results. when mike joined grace health in 2012, there were only a couple of dozen employees and two clinics with a small service area. today they have nearly 300 personnel, seven clinic sites across six counties. mike and his team placed a strong emphasis on bringing medical professionals into previously underserved areas, for example grace health operates almost 40 school-based health clinics providing kentucky's next genera

still chilly across the appalachians and up and down the east coast. to see no sunshine tomorrow. it will rain up and down the east coast, especially from the mid-atlantic northward. early next week, tuesday in charleston, 64 degrees. that will feel nice. nashville, 62 on tuesday. charlotte, up to 64 on wednesday. even the east coast on wednesday, should get up to 62 in philadelphia. we have the next system that's going to start to cool things down later in the week and going into next weekend. we are looking for today, some of the heaviest rain across the southeast. and we're looking at a wintry mix, especially just to the south of chicago and across central indiana and parts of west central ohio. this will turn into the >>> another cold start, even a little frosty, up to the north bay. santa rosa, napa, at 37 degrees. loekd oakland, 45, as you head out the door, san jose, 44. san francisco, 48 degrees. we are expecting a clear afternoon, with a lot of sunshine, our temperatures will be in the mid to upper 60s, down through the south bay. and 71 degre

i can see these weather systems part of the way across the appalachians moving across the mid atlantic states is because through the next 24 hours or so i would say was the west you can see those tightly packed as the boston in place of the brisk winds staying there just around a good part of california getting up to 26 celsius in l.a. stays dry no sign of any rain here what right we have across the other side of the country will move away as clearing away they say pushing further north has brought the skies come back in the sas day look at those temperatures rather disappointing just 12 or 13 for new york and for day say single figures for the central plains over towards the west where we still got warm enough weather there for a light around $27.00 degrees a little bit of cloud day notice to northern parts of mexico southern parts of mexico as well some wet weather here eroding across the yucatan peninsula much of central america seeing the tropical showers as per usual scattering of showers across the caribbean perhaps less so as we go on into sas day we'll see temperatures in kings

weather is to make you can see this line of very heavy rain from texas oklahoma pushing up across the appalachian mountains snow in the more than flank of that as you push our way into that northeastern corner off kind of the old makes its way further race what's fresher weather colder weather coming in behind as an ice f a new york and for washington some really wet weather a least an seaboard full friday down into the panhandle across the deep south central areas generate dry cold enough temperatures struggling to get up to freezing there was the northern plains for the mountain states but hot when they're in l.a. notice those temperatures back up to around 30 degrees celsius not good news here lousy dry across a good postle the caribbean but the western parts of the region we have got some showers the usual showers arac ling in i think particular crossed nicaragua costa rica was kind of awesome heavy shasta much of the audience is 5 and dry pleasant 2 when things didn't jamaica. 30. j.-o. you were at the mercy of the state but in the land of the free shareholders have a stake it is this profit

so significant rain through eastern texas running a bit further north eventually reaching the appalachians not through d.c. it's cold behind but the sun is out it's not very warm ahead to be i was still 26 in miami that's not huge but i laid back up to 21 in the sunshine once for san francisco middle teens and i wouldn't see that big cold push in the immediate future but what is still there might bring snow through the southern lakes you see with that rain edging 1st eastwards into atlanta isn't northern florida and still sitting over d.c. temps behind slightly rising. that's what all the action is we've got a quad to spell ny over the caribbean very few showers likely of jamaica hispano you spend your life but the rain does concentrate further west still in nicaragua and some degree honduras. white supremacist violence is on the rise in america he was involved in this whole underground network 8 full time speaks to the victims of recent attacks when he shot me i turned around and he would kill my daughter and asks how an ideology of loathing has found its way into the mainstream can you t

weather is to make you can see this line of very heavy rain from texas oklahoma pushing up across the appalachian mountains snow in the more than flank of that as you push our way into that northeastern corner of canada old makes its way further race with fresher weather colder weather coming in behind recessions a nice f.-a new york and for washington some really wet weather along the eastern seaboard fall friday down into the panhandle across the deep south central areas generate dry cold enough temperatures struggling to get up to freezing there was the northern plains for the mountain states but a hot one there in l.a. nexus those temperatures back up to around 30 degrees celsius good news here lousy dry across a good possible the caribbean but the western parts of the region we have got some showers the usual showers arac ling in i think particular crossed nicaragua costa rica down tools panama some heavy showers and much of the audience is 5 and dry pleasant 2 when things didn't make. the 30 c. . russia has jeopardized the united states security interest we know what you are doing and you w

i also worked the summer of '67 upward bound, one of president johnson's war on in the programs appalachian area. he's right. west virginia was always a very democratic state. and the flipover did come in 2000. i remember it well because al wanted all gun owners to have these i.d. cards and the allocated a $25 million ad campaign, a lot of money in days, talking about al gore wants to take your guns away. flipped torginia become a republican state. remained so since. even the democrat, joe mansion, senators from west virginia, when he was campaigning, first thing he did, himad this commercial of firing his shotgun at what i think it was -- >> a general target? a proposal. one of the proposals of the democrats, he was firing his at it on the street. and it worked. it was effective. still one of the last remaining folks, democratic in a state that votes predominantly republican. in thisthe fence now whole debate about impeachment. point.ah, it's a good generationally, we are a more down -- polarized now politically. recall,- he won, as i five states plus arizona, home state. thought, of folks

you put it together with talking about single digit temperatures widespread in as far as the appalachianse southern tier of the u.s. higher elevations eight to ten inches possible. early shot of winter weather. monday referenced 1,000 flights across the u.s. cancelled. the vast majority of the flights krisz the u.s. and tchicago are. afternoon high that would be considered cold in february. a high of 19 degrees in store. and notice atlanta runs about 20 degrees below average with 46. notice the front where it is and isn't. charleston 74 degrees in advance of the cold air arriving. incredible set up. upwards of 350 record temperatures could be set with the early blast of winter. chicago expected to dip to just seven for the low on tuesday. and of course the teens expected in to the midwest. we have winter weather a advisories. cold air threat in place with freeze warnings. along the gulf coast. easily the coldest air of the season. we'll get multiple shots of it. another one sometime late this weekend. the trend for chicago looks as such. 19 degrees dropping to seven. notice a rapid climb.

turnout in the lexington and louisville areas, but it's also the suburbs and the cold country, the appalachian region. that's another area we'll be looking at in the days ahead. matt bevin still pulled out victories in some of those counties but the -- turn out the lights, the party's over." nbc -- back at the big board to break it all down and look behind the numbers, steve kornacki. >> interesting night to put it mildly here in kentucky. a 30-point win in this state for donald trump in 2016. how does the republican governor end up losing? losing very narrowly, 0.4%. there are three key things to tune in on in terms of why did ba sheer win? there's a monster performance and -- that was supposed to click open. jefferson county, biggest county in the state, home of the city of louisville. andy beshear won this county by nearly 100,000 votes in the last gubernatorial election, when so it went up from 30,000 to basically 100,000 tonight. this is home of lexington university. it was $10,000 for the democrat in the last gubernatorial. so really drove up big numbers in those areas around eastern ken

as part of the appalachian takedown, the law enforcement partners in us work with age ages offices for secretary of health and the center of disease control and prevention, and state public health agencies, to prove or state and federal level strategies and resources to provide assistance to patients. oig will continue to work hand in hand to help ensure access to treatment and continuity of care for patients impacted by our efforts. beyond our enforcement efforts we grow our roast best performance of work related to the crisis, ongoing work that identifies opportunity to strengthen the program integrity and protect on patients across the treatment i mention of this crisis, we have treatment related audience and evaluations underway, examining issues such as access to medications, and employment an oversight of state treatment grants, we look forward to sharing the results of this work with the committee when it is complete. >> oh i jeez reason did a brief shows significant declines and opioid prescribing, at the same time in show that the number of patients receiving medicare is incre

another cold air in place that produces, snowshowers across the appalachians. and in portions of interior new england. notice the major metro cities of the northeast. just a little too warm beyond anything in the forecast. across the midwest, thousands of flights disrupted because of the cold air already in place. afternoon highs in chicago, only up to 19 degrees. atlanta makes it up to the middle 40s by the afternoon hours. and notice where the front hasn't arrived, the 70s in the gulf coast. it's wednesday morning. temps down into the single digits from chicago into detroit. >> pedram, thank you for that. >>> breaking overnight, israel takes down a senior jihadi leader. cnn is live on the israel/gaza border. i didn't have to call 911.help. and i didn't have to come get you. because you didn't have another heart attack. not today. you took our conversation about your chronic coronary artery disease to heart. even with a stent procedure, your condition can get worse over time, and keep you at risk of blood clots. so you added xarelto®, to help keep you protecte

what he's done across this country, whether it be for the black americans or for the folks in the appalachianegion. we have a true partner that can get something done. if the city leaders will work -- >> this is the thing that everyone watching tonight has to understand. they don't want him to go in these cities. they know his message of peace and prosperity, that is connecting with people. they do not want even 5% shaved off of that african american vote that is why she has to demonize him as a racist. it's all part of their re-election strategy or i should say election strategy. this is -- gianno, before we let you go, we have to show our viewers some b roll of you as a young boy. there you are. some photos. you as a young boy in chicago. you look the same. what are those? goggles? >> things are different. i grew up on the south side, poor. mom addicted to crack cocaine. i learned after i got in politics at the age of 14 because i thought i was safing my money what the liberal politicians were doing. >> you lived it? >> i lived it. i lived in the projects. when i joined the life of conserva

we could see snow along the appalachians but not a huge deal.our highs today, 55 in new york. watch what happens, 34 tom he t. we'll be in the 20s overnight. it will drop significantly as we get in the afternoon hours. rob: maybe snow on the backside. >> maybe a little bit. it's really dry right now. you need moisture to get the snow flying. maybe not. but it will be cold, my friends. rob: we're ready. >> at some point you will see snow. let's not rush it. rob: thanks, janice. >> a new memo sheds light on house republicans' impeachment strategy. will the evidence they collected behind closed doors help make their case in the court of public opinion? our next guest says adam schiff is actually helping make their key point. >> what i want to do is honor my grandpa, who is no longer with us. he was in the korean war. i grew up hearing stories about pork chop hill and his time in korea. i wanted to honor him. rob: jj watt recognizing veterans nationwide, starting withwith his own family tree. stay tuned. ♪ . [ tires screech ] the big idaho potato tr

system is so significant rain east and texas running a bit further north eventually reaching the appalachiansnot through d.c. it's cold behind but the sun is out it's not very warm ahead still 26 in miami that's not huge but i laid back up to 21 in the sunshine once for san francisco middle teens and i wouldn't see that big push in the immediate future but what is still there might bring snow through the southern lakes as you say without rain edging eastwards into atlanta isn't noles in florida and still sitting over d.c. the temps behind slightly rising. that's what all the action is we've got a quad to spell over the caribbean very few shows like you have jamaica has been your area has been your life but the rain does concentrate further was still in nicaragua and some degree honduras. white supremacist violence is on the rise in america he was involved in this whole underground network 8 full time speaks to the victims of recent attacks when he shot me i turned around and he would kill my daughter and asks how an ideology of loathing has found its way into the mainstream can you trawled th

we have a wintery mix across the great lakes, even parts of the appalachians and the southeast we'lling storm system. mainly remain offshore but we could see some results especially along the coast of some flash flooding, certainly gusty winds, beach erosion, and then snow on the backside of this as we get into tomorrow morning as the storm lifts north and eastward and northern new england will get several inches of snow. not a huge blockbuster storm but something nyquil severe gives you powerful relief for your worst cold and flu symptoms, on sunday night and every night. nyquil severe. the nightime, sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, stuffy head, best sleep with a cold, medicine. . . . ♪ we switched to tide purclean, ♪ because it's made with plants.♪ ♪ we switched to tide purclean,♪ ♪ it gets stains out of his pants.♪ ♪ tide purclean, they don't put phosphates in. ♪ ♪ no dyes or chlorine ♪ it's gentle on my skin. ♪tide purclean, it has nothing to hide. ♪ ♪ it's made with plants and ♪ has the cleaning ♪ strength of tide. the first plant-based detergent with the cleaning power of

that is whether you be appalachian region or black person on south side of the chicago. >> you spokeo guys who have a rough recordlet put it that way. roll it. >> i want the 27 in 93 -- only thing only difference it is today is this right here. the world see testify day. chicago in the third world country. >> ask what you went to jail for? >> crack-cocaine -- robbery -- >> possession deliver riff patrol substance. >> mind telling us what you did? >> murder. >> to know -- wow. back out there.ac he's back out there and he's making a difference he got ex-con for community and social change he's going into the community where they have taken so much and they're building back up so that's really good. >> so you hear about this good will for barack obama, obviously, chicago is hometown. that's where he came out of. >> where he failed so how percent aiming wise how much do people feel like barack obama has let them down during the course of his administration? >> here's the thing i talk about taking for graduated internal conversation within black community about him not doing much at all f

and fog is expected to be pretty bad through the appalachian region.vening, this system is wrapping up but now we are starting to see big travel problems out to the west. so let's take a closer look at some of the travel problems into the west. cities like san francisco, l.a., this is where the big problems are going to. not only for airplane travel but anyone along the 5. on wednesday it's interstates 81, 85, 95, not to mention airports like new york, philadelphia, and washington, d.c. here is a look at the macy's thanksgiving day parade. the temperatures will be fine. it's the winds that are the concern. sustained winds 10:00 to noon could be 22 miles per hour and 23 miles per hour is the official point in which they will ground balloons like this. >> oh, no! >> i was going to say that would make for an entertaining parade. we are hearing from eddie gallagher this morning to review his status as a navy s.e.a.l. >> they could have taken my trident at any time and now trying to take it after what president said. >> that is gallagher from a a couple of

strong winds across part of the central appalachians.alloons at macy's pa rate. we'll probably be okay. it will be on the threshold. this is the one storm we're talking about, that is moving on overall. we'll not worry that much about that storm. we'll worry about what is happening across parts of the west. this is the future radar. one batch of rain into southern arizona. see what happens over time. heavy rain moving into the southern california, throughout southern arizona. heavy snow across higher elevations. because of that, you will have really rough conditions on the snow for roads, once you get above 3 to 4,000 feet. we'll watch threat for flooding also by the time we get towards into friday. part of the energy moves in towards the plains. this won't cause big travel delays. most of the troubles are out across parts of the west. if you're skiing, great news, you get a ton of snow across sierra in evidence -- nevadas today. six or seven feet of all. overall tonight not that bad. tomorrow not that bad. friday the wild card parts of

i'm playing my first stadium show at appalachian state university in boone, north carolina. [ applausehow? >> probably not from my time there just because i wasn't in class a lot. [ laughter ] but from my -- i'll invite my high school chorus teacher for sure. my high school chorus teacher and me are still very close. >> jimmy: got you. did you play like gigs in the local college area when you were there? >> i did. i played a lot of gigs. when i started, you know, i played anywhere that would let me play. it turned into my job pretty quickly. i was working two jobs and going to school. >> jimmy: what were you doing? >> i was a bouncer at a bar that i actually lived above the bar, upstairs. and then i was -- i folded shirts at an izod store. if you can imagine that. >> jimmy: really? >> yeah. >> jimmy: are you good at folding shirts still to this day? >> you know what? my fiance makes fun of me all the time but i still fold my shirts the same way i did in that store to this day. [ applause ] >> jimmy: i dot same thing. i worked at one of those. >> yeah. >> jimmy: i put them in a bag and

is so significant rain free eastern texas running a bit further north eventually reaching the appalachians not through d.c. it's cold behind but the sun is out it's not very warm ahead to be os still 26 in miami that's not huge but i laid back up to 21 in the sunshine once for san francisco middle teens and i wouldn't see that big push in the immediate future but what is still there might bring snow but for the southern lakes you see with that rain edging 1st eastwards into atlanta isn't northern florida and still sitting over d.c. temps behind slightly rising that's what all the action is we've got a quad to spell now over the caribbean very few showers likely of jamaica hispania his pen you live but the rain does concentrate further west still in nicaragua and some degree honduras. it. 50 years ago britain forcibly removed the inhabitants of this tropical haven and leased it to the u.s. military. for 5 decades geragos islanders have preserved their culture in exile and they're now escalating their struggle to return home. it was but their fate still lies in the hands of their colonisers.

northern kentucky and really that eastern part of kentucky, which is sort of the coal country, the appalachianegion. i think that's another area we'll be looking at in the days ahead. this is an area where matt bevin still pulled out victories in several of those coiunties. >> as don meredith used to sing, turn out the lights, the party's over. nbc news, we wanted to let you know, has also declared republican tate reeves, the winner of tonight's governor's race in mississippi over democrat jim hood. >>> back at the big board to break it all down and look behind the numbers, steve kornacki. >> hey, brian. interesting night to put it mildly here in kentucky. vaughn just said a 30-point win in this state for donald trump in 2016. how does the republican governor end up losing? you see losing very narrowly. basically there are three things to key in on here in terms of why did beshear win. number one was just monster turnout and monster performance in the democratic areas of kentucky. there aren't a lot of big democratic areas in kentucky but i'll give you one of them right here. that was supposed

this is the pinot gris 2012 vintage, north coast appalachian. >> okay, so this glass here?> 13 a bottle. >> what would we buy this similar wine for if we weren't going direct to the vineyard? >> the $16 range, so it's right there, it's right in the sweet spot. >> so there's some savings in going this direction? >> absolutely. >> and if you pick a portfolio of our wines, we can do better than that price. >> oh, no, we're gonna be in the nines. $9, $10. [laughter] >> by the time he's done. >> yeah. >> have you guys met marcus lemonis? [laughter] >> private label products like this will dramatically improve your margins, but in order to make room for these kind of products, we need to clear out the stuff that's been sitting there for years. so when we get back to the store, i'm gonna have dan lower the prices and liquidate some of the slow moving merchandise. thanks, guys, appreciate it. >> thanks again, marcus, appreciate it. >> thank you. >> thanks, marcus. >> thanks, guys. all right, let's head home. >> this end's coming all the way out, correct? we're gonna move this all t

those 2 make you can see this line of very heavy rain from texas oklahoma pushing up across the appalachian mountains snow in the northern flank of that as you push our way into that northeastern corner of kind of it all makes its way further race with fresher weather colder weather coming in behind the nights that if a new york and for washington some really wet weather along the eastern seaboard for friday down into the panhandle across the deep south central areas generate dry cold enough temperatures struggling to get up to freezing there was the northern plains for the mountain states but a hot one there in l.a. notice those temperatures back up to around 30 degrees celsius not good news here lousy dry across a good part of the caribbean but the western parts of the region we have got some showers the usual showers rattling in i think particular crossed nicaragua costa rica was kind of awesome heavy showers and much of the audience is 5 and dry pleasant 2 when things didn't jamaica damages here 30. from the london broadcast center to special guests and conversation they only want to pr

i think it's critical we have somebody that can win in between the appalachians and the rocky mountains. i think it's very important that we get somebody that has a very common sense approach of how we're going to move this country forward and reestablish this cry as t country as the greatest country in the world because we've lost that under this administration. if we don't get the right nominee, we don't win. >> is the right nominee in the field right now? >> absolutely. there's plenty of people in the field right now that can beat donald trump. there's multiple people that could beat him if he was the nominee. and i think that by the time this all gets sorted out, that's why democracies are so great, it's ugly and hurts and is horrible to watch but at the end you end up with the best person who will be able to beat donald trump come november of next year. >> jon tester, as always, a pleasure, sir, thanks for being with us. >> andrea, always a pleasure, thank you. >> you bet. >>> coming up, social spies. two former twitter employees charged with spying for saudi arabia. the details co

the one on the center is ash, that's made in appalachian ash from the appalachian forest, that's 1095t from the tariffs some of the components are not made here. >> some the components are imported. it's hard to find some of the components, the bearings and bolts aren't done in this country anymore, not the quantities we require. we import some stuff. that's been hit by tariffs. we haven't raised prices. it's part of the benefit of manufacturing here that we can absorb the prices here because we're adding a lot of value in u.s. dollars. maria: terrific. peter, congrats. >> thank you. maria: thanks for bringing it. in peter king, check it out. we'll take a break. when we come back, we're watching retail, kohl's and home depot under pressure on earnings. stocks are down, more on that when we come right back. stay with us. i've always loved seeing what's next. and 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 reduc

appalachians of native people from latin america populated the traditional american south and the rural areas of california, washington and across the country. areas of california, washington and across the country. they are reshaping the meaning of individuality, not only in consensus counts but also providing a more hemispheric notion of land and heritage to those of us that remain u.s. centric. finally, maybe more controversially, i think we need to think of a belt of white supremacy in this country. by localften shaped politics. i will give you my own to -- interpretation. moving west to east, we have to include parts of arizona and utah. we are including idaho and montana and even parts of oregon. this white supremacy both would make it's way east through parts of them out west -- the mountain west and texas in the south. the what to process can be found in every region of this country. it is important to understand where this movement has strength. clearly, both the west and the south as the only regions of meaning in u.s. history cannot be sustained. this house is to define diffe

go across the interior sections a lot of snow across northern new england and the southern appalachians and tennessee, kentucky, west virginia. the cold air will dive down a little bit, these impulses behind a couple fronts that will move through and by tuesday into wednesday the coldest temperatures across the east, monday night into tuesday across the northern plains, temperatures in the fixed digits over the overnight hours. it is good these temperatures are "happening now" in november. if it were here in january we would be talking about will be low, 20, 30 ° below 0. that is the one bit of bright news but it will feel very cold for this time of year. sunday we see cold air diving across the northern plains, monday across the southern plains, there is your tuesday high temperatures, getting to 23, the high in chicago wednesday barely above freezing in new york city. get ready, it is coming. neil: it is supposed to be a bad winter according to farmer's almanac. what is the deal with that? >> i put 0 stock in farmer's almanac. as far as the weather goes. some indications we could have

this year, the newly launched appalachian treatment prescription strike force, a joint initiative between doj and oig and dea and others took down 73 individuals. 64 of them medical professionals for the alleged participation in the illegal prescribing and distribution of the opioids and the health care related fraud schemes. the opioid fraud encompasses active they is encompassing addiction schemes and also treatment homes and ancillary services such as drug counseling and urine screenings. these homes operating across the nation with increased demand and the availability of federal funds to support the service, we have seen the commensurate increase of the schemes including fraudulent billing and diversion. at the enforcement and the oversight efforts to oversee the opioid crisis have expanded. we have come to understand the impact of our work on the patients that we serve. we recognize that when a clinic whose patients are prescribed treatment, the pay not made will be interrupted treatment. and it is vital they have the access to the pain management services with minimal disruption in

health community health center doing business as grace health has primary care clinics serving appalachian kentucky. the priority is to serve the most vulnerable populations including children, older adults, pregnant women, and people with low income. we accept medicaid, medicare, and private insurance, but also provide services on a sliding fee scale to those who are uninsured or underinsured. for grace health's project, the service area is located in senior kentucky and bordering tennessee in the south. all of our service area counties have been designated as part of the eastern kentucky promise zone designed to encourage economic and educational development in one of the nation's most impoverished areas. the counties are also tez nated as strike force zone. the service area is in the eastern coal fill region of the state and is comprised of soaring mountains and valleys. grace healths sees telemedicine as an opportunity to improve the work environment for our health care providers and thus assist in provider retention. innovative strategies such as telemedicine provide access to resourc

this happens in the appalachian reasons as well. white people have some same issues that we have.ticed then at this point, wow, these guys are really failing. how is that supposed to work? i had a conversation with a african-american gentleman one day on the corner. he challenged my views on the republican party because i pontificated on some of the same messaging that i have heard over the years from folks that lived in the community. republicans don't care about poor people. if you're a republican, no matter who you are, you're a racist. that is what we're taught growing up. it certainly wasn't true. he challenged my point of view. african-americans were mostly republicans growing up. i never heard that. i thought he was lying to me. i did research. i say difference between the democrats and republicans. republican party started in 1854. the ideology after conservative pro-christian faith, pro-religion, pro-freedom all the things that i valued. all the things that i valued. i said, wait a second, this is me. neil: but it didn't make you a hit at the party, even among your family

whether a white person in an appalachian region. liberals have taken us for granted. 100 percent.sident in office right now changing the dynamic on that. i talk about entrepreneurship in my book how i went to washington, d.c. work for a political campaign that ended up failing and i ended up having to sell my clothes and shoes in order to stay there because i refused to capitulate to any essence of failure. i started a business. and it changed my life. i'm so thankful for the opportunities that i have have been presented to me and by way of conservatism that i have made it here today. ainsley: gianno, how is your mom doing today? >> my mom has completely and totally recovered and i talk about that in my book "taken for granted." she tells me and this is something i found out recently her life changed where she really defeated addiction when she went to church with me. forest park illinois. she went and got baptized and rededicated herself to christ. when she went into the pool she got up and she saw angels. and that's when her life changed for the better. ainsley: i hate that you

we are seeing appalachian food all over the place. so you will see things like our salts at restaurants in large cities. you will see some of our local beef in various restaurants the one thing that make -- local beef and various restaurants. the one thing that makes it what it is is the root in place. they have these stories that you might not necessarily capture when they are extracted from the place. so while they are delicious and they can make meals even better, it is really important to know that farmer that grew them. for that roadside stand where you were able to pick them up. because it means something more. it is that small town farm income. it is how that person is putting their kids through school. it is so much more than just the flavor and the recipe. it is how have we survived from these ingredients and made them to makeour food culture them so popular. i think that conserving the history and heritage of appalachia, specifically appalachian food is so important to the people of this region, that it is important for us t

up next, folklorist emily hilliard discussed the ways the program is documenting appalachian heritage. ♪ emily: we have a lot of people across the state who may not identify as artists, but are extremely creative and important in their own way how they are preserving the traditions in their community from storytelling to fiddling and we really want to help these people do the work they are already doing and practice their artform. with the west virginia folklife present,we'd document, preserve, and support traditional artists, cultural communities across the state. i travel all across the state and do oral history and documentation of anjo players, fiddlers, sign ,akers, independent wrestlers ramadan fast breaking dinners, serbian chicken roasts, any kind cultural heritage or artform or some kind of practice of folklife in the states. -- in the state. there's so much to document, so many people to talk to. and sometimes, when i hear about a woman who is in her 90's, that will be a priority. someone who is very old and has a lot of stories to tell. that complicate narratives about west

when we lose -- when we use the term appalachian, we have to think about what that may be a codeword for and how we could shifted so it is an inclusive term that includes everyone who lives here and is engaged in the place. goal is not necessarily the world outside but for the communities themselves. i really want the community to say you got this right. not necessarily this romantic perception of the place, but that you got it right in all its complexity. was blind, but now i see. >> our cities tour staff recently traveled to charleston west virginia to learn about its rich history. to watch more video from charleston and other stops, visit c-span.org/cities tour. you are watching american weekend every weekend on c-span three. >> next, on american history tv, university of new hampshire professor delivers an address called making peace in britain, ireland and america, 1778 to 1783. he describes the efforts of several peace commissions to end the revolutionary war, and the events leading up to the 1783 treaty of paris. this keynote talk was part of a three-day conference cohosted by

the music varies from african appellation time and -- appalachian and everything in between. ♪ [cheers3, in december, we started mountain stage regular broadcasting. it was once a month. i think 26 shows later, we were national. from the beginning, our idea was to show as many different sound of music as we could, reasonably , and that is what we still do. ♪ there have been so many folks -- many of them, of course, before anybody else ever heard of them. way back in the early 1980's. was 19krauss, when she years old. sheryl crow when nobody knew who she was. then they were people who were already very established when they were on the show. like the old ralph stanley and joan baez and judy collins and the band and randy newman. >> we are going to finish this banditha -- with a from up in morgantown, west virginia. please welcome for the first time on the mountain stage hello june. ♪ larry: we have had, probably, between 250 and 300 different west virginia musicians that have been featured on this show. we do not just put them on because they're from west virginia, but when they reach a