i yield back and i thank the gentleman from arkansas. thank you. >> i thank my colleague from missouri. mr. hill: i enjoy so much our service together on the financial services committee and i appreciate your leadership in tackling the puzzle of how to create a housing mission that helps people that need it the most. i'd now like to call on my friend who is a fellow member of the freshman class in this congress, my good friend from nevada, mr. hardy. mr. hardy: thank you. my friend thank from arkansas for coming and hosting this serious discussion on the serious issues in this country. according to the census bureau, 15% of the population is living below the poverty level. for states that were hit hardest in 2008, the economic turndown, like nevada, the recession is not just a memory for too many. it's still a reality. at the lowest point, nevada's unemployment rate was an astronomical 13.7%. and the poverty rate was at 16.2%. the only thing that is more stark than this number is the fact that despite the improvement of the national unem

but she was a rainmaker. >> in 1978, bill ran for governor of arkansas.ected to a two-year term. the couple moved to the governor's mansion. >> you know, you had posters on the wall. you had bricks holding up your bookcases. we moved our belongings in the back of a pickup truck. >> during the first year of bill's governorship, the couple bought into a real estate venture called the whitewater development corporation with arkansas friends. they didn't know at the time how significant this investment would become. on february 27, 1980, hillary rodham gave birth to their daughter. that november, he lost his re-election to the governorship. >> hillary and i have shed a few tears for our loss of last evening. but we accept the will of our people with humility. >> after his defeat, hillary stepped in and essentially took over his management of his political career. that was really the start of her involvement in politics. >> to focus on the campaign hillary took a leave from her law firm. she switched from thick lens glasses to contacts. began to use the name c

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an incredible water rescue caught on camera in arkansas. take a look as firefighters pulled three people to safety after their car became stuck in rising floodwaters. they clung on to the tree until help arrived and people run for cover in this area as ping-pong sized hail just crashes down outside a high school. this is in eastern arkansas. that same storm now moving to the east coast. with 34 million americans in its path. >>> and a big announcement expected from senator rand paul today. and he promises that it is going to be huge. yesterday, he tweeted i have a major endorsement announcement to make tomorrow. stay tuned and the announcement going to be huge. don't miss it. of course, that is implying that he's endorsing donald trump who has famously sparred with him at many of the debates. do you remember this? >> first of all, rand paul shouldn't even be on this stage. he's number 11. he's got 1% in the polls. how he got up here, that's far too many people up here. as far as temperament -- >> i never attacked on his looks and believe me

severe thunderstorm watches in effect, texas and oklahoma panhandle moving into arkansas and snow on system again for the central rockies, several severe thunderstorm warnings on the border of oklahoma and arkansas where we could again see large hail, damaging winds and isolated tornadoes. severe threat today once more for texas, oklahoma, arkansas and louisiana, you see the enhanced risk where mainly large hail and damaging winds, heavy downpours as well, could see an isolated tornado or two eastward across the mississippi river valley, this is the pattern we have seen all week long across this region. talking about the flooding, let's talk about the snow too, east of the denver area we could get 6 to 12 inches at higher elevations too and look at the rainfall north of houston, record-setting rainfall last week, more heavy rain on the forecast, six to eight inches crossing over to louisiana towards arkansas so this will be a big concern heading into the weekend. houston, we mentioned you, 16 inches of rainfall in and around the houston area last week and rain in the forecast for the

bill clinton has won five terms as arkansas governor. he is still relatively unknown outside his home state. with little political backing he flies to california to see his lawyer. >> we sat at the airport in santa monica for a long, long time, a couple of hours, and discussed it. he said wow, everybody's afraid of george bush. they don't want to run. he pretty much said i'm going to do this. he asked me would i be involved. i said of course, i'll do whatever you want. >> fresh from running a successful senatorial campaign in pennsylvania are top guns james carville and paul begala. >> there's a hotel two blocks from the capitol building and carville and i went in there and we sat there in the bar, drinking iced tea and talking. he said my daughter is going to come of age in the year 2000. and he talked about the kind of country he wanted to leave to her. >> however smart and ability to connect with people that you think bill clinton has, you have no idea. he's like so much better in person than you think he is. >> so often with these gu

in the state of arkansas. if you're into the outdoors you can float the buffalo river. the list goes on. each of the national parks and historic sites in arkansas and around the country has its own unique appeal and holds its own adventure. so happy national park week and happy 100th birthday to the national park service. i encourage everyone to take advantage of free admission to all national parks in arkansas and across the country through this sunday, april 24. have a little fun, learn a little bit about our great country, and show your support and thanks for the men and women who serve us in the national parks. i yield the floor. mr. president, i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from utah. a senator: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. hatch: i ask that i be permitted to complete this speech. the presiding offic

this here is the real story of harrison, arkansas.ighting back against the ignorance of racism. >> i didn't think it town would be embracing of the ignorance, but i didn't know there would be such a spirit against it. >> when you can see our hearts, that helps more than anything. >> yeah. > after all this i've learned that despite what we think, the klan is real. they're out there. they're not the same as they used to be anymore. they're not as strong as they used to be. the klan is at this point kind of like myspace. [ laughter ] like it's still out there. they're still recruiting. and they're always like we're going to be back to where they were. but they're not. they're not. [ laughter ] and i found out that the ku klux klan with all their talk of rebranding is still basically the same klan and they're still doing things that are scary. like sometimes they gather in the woods and burn a cross while a black guy watches. >> klansmen, surround the cross. >> klansmen, do you accept the light of jesus christ? >> i accept the light. >> k

in arkansas, they would drop from four to three insurers.

i'm here to meet with an arkansas leader of the ku klux klan.ow come this can't happen during the day again? all right. there's a car with the head lights on. if that's him, he'll blink his head lights. let's go. this guy said he was coming alone. why did i believe him? camera crew or not, this seems like a bad idea. >> imperial wizard of the international keystone knights of the ku klux klan. first of all, thanks for meeting with me. clan historically has been a group associated with violence. >> i'm not associated with violence. >> i know. i'm saying historically. don't you think that by wearing the same robes that it's difficult to separate those two separate klans . >> what means qualified? >> must be white and a christ n christian. jews will never be in the clan. their rar di they're a dirty race. you proud to be a black man is this. >> i am. >> you married to a black woman? is. >> i'm married to a white woman. there's murder and -- is interracial murder equal to that? >> it's above that because it's an abalmination. >> so, it's worse than

of the arkansas lottery. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is correct. could members take their conversations off the floor. >> he donated his professional papers to the university of arkansas. he will be greatly missed, his countless contributions and legacy will live on as public service. e yield back, madam chair. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? >> request permission to address the house for one minute andry advise and extend my remarks. s-lehtinen rabet i rise in bomgarance of the rabbi rden. he brought the jewish community together for over 60 years. a native of virginia. he served as a chaplain in world war ii and credited with his motivation to become a rabbi. the continuing friendship and alliance with the state of israel. the rabbi was committed to not only strengthening our ties with our great ally but to see the united states continues to support and defend the jewish state which is an idea i shared with him. i'm honored and privile

was it the senator from arkansas' right to do it? yes. but i would just say that my experience in appropriations is you would say to your colleague who had the right to offer an amendment, let me just say in advance, this is going to slow down, it may even stop this bill. after all the work we've put into it, please don't offer that amendment. and if you do, i will have to oppose it. that really is the basics for kind of going forward on a bipartisan basis to bring this bill to conclusion. we just had a procedural votes. a few republicans joined us, but the overwhelming majority of democrats said we can't move forward on the bill until we resolve this basic question. if senators will be allowed to offer amendments on the floor that are relevant to the bill and are controversial, we invite poison pills up to the very last moment when a bill can be considered. there has to be a better way. we've got to prove to america that we can get things done in their best interest, and it means that some senators cannot offer every amendment they'd lik

after leaving the navy, ray returned home to arkansas, earned a law degree from the university of arkansas and married betty joe. ray began a successful legal career before being elected attorney general in 1970. after one term ray was elected to the house of representatives from arkansas' fourth district. ray served with distinction including on the judiciary committee where he helped draft articles of impeachment against president nixon. in 1978, he narrowly lost an epic senate primary featuring him, fellow congressman and later governor jim guy tucker. he returned to the family business of education becoming the only man to serve as president of both arkansas state university and the university of arkansas. ray returned to politics in 1990 winning election to the house of representatives again, this time from arkansas' second district, serving another three terms. representing the little rock area, ray was president clinton's congressman that he voted against the president's signature budget in 1993. also around this time arkansans passed an amendment to our state constitution limiting

the focus mainly across the some storms moving into arkansas. the main threat looks to be heavy rain, damaging winds, and hail. a few tornadoes also possible. and it comes in a couple of ways. we have one area of storms ongoing from yesterday, rolling east through the morning hours, heading over into arkansas. locally heavy rainfall. then another round of storms develops as we head toward the afternoon and evening. starting to light up around the dallas area, heading over again into arkansas. we could see a few spots of flash flooding. that cluster moves eastward overnight. stay aware. coast to coast, warm in southeast. atlanta near 90. cool in the northeast. boston at 50. cold in the intermountain west. the denver area expect being a half foot of snow this friday. i'm meteorologist eric fisher for cbs news. have a great weekend. >>> vice president jonesboro is -- biden is calling for a cure project moonshot would work by partnering with researchers around the globe. his son died of cancer last year. the vice president also meets with pope franc

to a president and first lady, there was another lady making a name for herself in little rock, arkansas. >> her face was in the paper every week. >> she had a billboard on one of the busiest interstates, you know, with her face on it. >> reporter: as a top selling realtor, beverly carter had become somewhat of a local celebrity. with her infectious smile, she put house hunters at ease. trusted to find the perfect >> beverly was awesome at it. >> reporter: but there w a downside to her celebrity. >>r had a target on her back. >> she did. and she didn't know it. >> reporter: for beverly, being a realtor was more than just closing a deal. >> was she in the perfect job for her personality? >> yes. >> absolutely. >> yes. >> reporter: her sons, chad and carl jr., and carl jr's wife, kim were always amazed at how much their mom's clients loved her. >> well, one of her clients, she had gone to their wedding and then went to a baby shower. so she just sold them a house. it was a newer client. and i think that that speaks for itself. >> she had a nice smile. >> she had a beautiful smile. and, um,

hail in arkansas is mother the rain trapped drivers in what looked like raging rivers nearly rock.his is the moment when firefighters rescued three people holding on to a tree for dear life. a number of families north of tulsa are homeless. the weather service is now blaming at least two tornados in northeastern oklahoma that smashed homes and knocked down power poles. i hope people are taking cover. phillip mena is at a church where during the storm they were praying for salvation. >> well, it's amazing that the lord delivered us from this. >> reporter: passengers on an american airlines flight from dallas to memphis thought they were going to meet their maker when the plane ran into severe weather. >> we had to divert. >> reporter: a drink cart went flying and hurt two flight attendants. >> this guy behind me is saying are we going down, are we going down? and he goes, i got kids. i said sir, i said i promise and everything is fine. >> reporter: here's something else we're seeing. roads like this one that have been washed away. you could fit a truck in here. with more rain on the

downing me now, arkansas state senator bart hester who supported marco rubio. bart, nice to have you on. >> hey, thanks for having me, brooke. >> i'm just curious, first out of the gate, have you heard from anyone from the cruz campaign trying to woo you? >> well, you know, i'm friends with the cruz state chairman, state representative bob ballinger and he is certainly working hard for the cruz campaign and encouraged us to support cruz and the national delegation. >> so as perhaps you wou support cruz, i'm curious if you have received, as we've been hearing reports, any threats from trump supporters? >> oh, i think there's threats in everything we do in politics. but you know right now, i'd like to be very clear that i still have a marco rubio sign in my yard and i'm rubio to the end. should it get down to those two guys and i'm going to be -- should i be an elected delegate there at the national convention, between the two, trump and cruz, i would be changing my vote to cruz for

starting to light up around the dallas area, heading over again into arkansas. we could see a few spots of flash flooding. that cluster moves eastward overnight. stay aware. coast to coast, warm in southeast. atlanta near 90. cool in the northeast. boston at 50. cold in the intermountain west. the denver area expect being a half foot of snow this friday. i'm meteorologist eric fisher for cbs news. have a great weekend. >>> vice president jonesboro is -- biden is calling for a cure to cancer, describing how his project moonshot would work by partnering with researchers around the globe. his son died of cancer last year. the vice president also meets with pope francis. >>> before traveling to rome, biden made an unannounced visit to iraq. he spent it eight hours meeting with iraqi and kurdish leaders. biden said the u.s. and iraq are making "real progress" in the fight against isis, and reaffirmed america's commitment to defeat the terror group. >>> in california, three people with close family ties to the san bernardino attackers pleaded not guilty to conspiracy

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from arkansas is recognized for two minutes. mr. hill: thank you, mr. speaker. and i thank the gentleman from iowa and the distinguished delegate from the district of columbia. you know, a few weeks ago i had the pleasure of going to the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the vietnam war commemoration in little rock and to see all the hugs and emotion at that event. truly it was a tumultuous time in our world and it was so good to see the healing that those men and women experienced at that 50th anniversary and i looked at that table for the pow-mia set at that ceremony and, of course, i was thinking about sergeant harold george bennett from perryville, arkansas. sergeant bennett was born on october 16, 1940 in thornberg, arkansas, a very small town outside the beautiful wash at that national forest. a graduate of perryville high school, he enlisted in the united states army in 1957, served as an airborne infantry man with the 82nd and 101st airborne divisions, no finer units. he completed special forces training in 1963. from the

i'm in arkansas, and i do say listeninga few people to could even point where the state of arkansas iss a citizen's united group that was against one of our campaign -- campaigned against one of our supreme court justices. wantid the koch brothers to be secret about what they are doing? why are they involved in arkansas politics? number two, i have always voted republican and i believe in less government. then all of a sudden, there are people doing secret things. why the secret about it if you feel that strong about it? if you're going to campaign and give $500 million to get your agenda through, why would you not want someone to know what you are doing? i don't understand that, i don't understand why we allow that. is, on theing republican side, they are thatng about 1237 people are going to shape this election. you take $500 million and by 1237, they want me to believe that money is not going directly to somebody? how naÏve do they think we are on the steel? -- on this deal? i've always supported republicans, but the only person by hear talking about the things i want to hear is ber

those devices belong to two teenagers accused of killing a couple in conway, arkansas. this development comes two days after the fbi acknowledged publicly it had cracked the iphone of one -- used by one of the san bernardino terrorists, what we don't know is whether the fbi will try to get into the devices in arkansas the same way the device from san bernardino. either way, it's not good public relations for apple to have the federal government easily cracking their clients' iphones, while apple is begging the fbi to tell them how they did it. not a good day for tim cook and apple and their iphones, which seemingly, the whole world uses. >>> turning back to presidential politics, we've noticed a double standard when it comes to how senator ted cruz and donald trump are covered by the mainstream media. apparently it's okay for cruz to joke about violence against donald trump, listen to this cruz on jimmy kimmel last night. >> i dislike obama's policies more. >> i see. >> but donald is a unique individual. [laughter] >> will say i was watching the early part of the show,

it's interesting that it's in arkansas, in bentonville, arkansas, which to be honest i had not ever heard-- how many movie theaters do they have in bentonville? >> well, first of all, it's because i'm from there. i'm from -- >> jimmy: you're from -- -- >> actually, no. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: you're frn bentonville. >> we especially picked bentonville because it has no movie theaters, and we thought this is a perfect town to have a film festival in. [ laughter ] it's actually a little challenging. >> jimmy: it's a festival you don't have to bother going to see movies, which is actually the boring part of it. >> who wants to see movies anyway? actually our sponsor is walmart. and that's where walmart is. >> jimmy: oh. so they wanted you to come to them. >> but it's also -- mr. skeptical. [ laughter ] a lot of film festivals are in park city, utah, strange places. telluride. >> jimmy: right. >> so we wanted to be strange also. >> jimmy: you hit that one on the head. >> but also it's a really adorable like quintessential american town with a little square and all the stuff is going to take pl

we were taken to the swamps of arkansas, but the first winter it snowed. remember how magical that morning was, to wake up in the morning and see everything covered in white. we had snow fights with my father. then he showed us that a snowball could be rolled and made into great big snowballs, and we built a snow fort. those are the memories i cherish. i also have a memory of starting school. we began the school day, every morning, with the pledge of allegiance to the flag. i could see the barbed wire fence and the sentry tower right outside i schoolhouse window as i recited the words, "with liberty and justice for all." mr. roosevelt: that is very touching how the closeness of your family and that intimate circle could transform what was a terrible injustice into an experience which was actually pleasant, in some ways. and i suppose, of course, many of the children did not understand what was going on. but of course, your parents did. you know how that made them feel, about the country? because your mother was a birthright american citizen? mr. takei: yes

as you move me into arkansas for 20 years, should i develop a little bit of a drawl, and then you moveo the dc, i sound like i do today. >> i think black culture is more than the way you talk. it's the heartbeat of black families, it serv bedrock ever what we are the people that we are today. we have to be respectful of that, and that is where the differences comes in. i don't think any of us, the ms examine personally that we have given are offensive, i think that is where the line is drawn. once you become offensive and you start to not respect the culture, respect its original inns and why it is, the way it is, that is when it is, you are now appropriating the culture. and that is the difference. >> very well said. >> i see so many just children wanting to just be associated with black culture, and in a way that they dress, and the way that they speak, and it does bring in offensive tone, because they do not understand that they are being offensive. all they see is what they see on tv and they think that what they see on tv represents us as a whole and as a people. know -- >> it sho

the first lady of arkansas. and then, the first lady of the united states. ♪ don't stop, thinking about tomorrow ♪ >> reporter: after a tumultuous eight years in the white house, she would serve as senator from new york, the only first lady to ever hold the post. and then, in 2007, she became a candidate for president herself. she has worn many hats and famously many pantssuits. and she is judged for her clothes, her air, her marriage, her integrity. and somethinmuch more basic, her likability. >> you're likable enough, hillary. >> thank you. >> reporter: a cnn/"new york times" poll says that 52% of voters have an unfavorable view of her. donald trump, probably the most polarizing politician, is disliked by slightly more voters, 57%. there's been questions, scandals, investigations, about her land development deal about her days in arkansas, known as whitewater. about the attack in benghazi, libya, when she was secretary of state. about her decision to handle government communications on a private e-mail server.

parts of texas and arkansas cleaning up after a line of stormy weather dropped baseball and softball sized hail. don champion reports on the damage. >> reporter: the violent storms created devastating sites and north texas. in a matter of minutes, hail the size of baseballs and bigger broke countless windows and exposed homes and pierced a hole in tim burton's roof. >> it's incredible. i've never been through anything like this before. >> reporter: hailstones pummeled there's so much damage in a city outside of dallas that the school district canceled classes today. the severe weather it as a line of storms marched across the south. in arkansas powerful wind knocked trees onto homes and elsewhere in the state lightning sparked a fire that destroyed this church. the severe weather threat across the region is lower today. don champion cbs news. >> the damage from yesterday's storm will take a few days to sso use the wusa mobile app to find out the latest on this story and whether affecting your neighborhood. >>> better than the app to find out the whether affecting your neighborhood li

sean phelps in arkansas. andrew jackson hamilton in texas. most importantly, george shepley in louisiana. louisiana and new orleans is key for lincoln from the very start. there is going to be very little traction in texas. andrew jackson hamilton barely hangs out in texas and spends most of his time in new york and boston and washington. in tennessee, arkansas, and louisiana, lincoln hinges his hopes. he pinned his hopes that those states during the war can be restored. this is critical to understanding lincoln and the construction. -- reconstruction. for lincoln, reconstruction is both a means toward an end as well as an end in itself. the eventual hope is to win the war and reunify the nation. how are we going to do that? one of the way to do that was to pick off whatever confederate states we could and have them adopt new constitutions and readmit representatives to congress. you would be weakening the power of the confederacy and evidencing the war effort. along those lines, lincoln focuses. he focuses on having elections held in those s

you can see we had severe thunderstorm warnings in effect crossing over into arkansas.ay again for the usual suspects we have seen all week, texas, oklahoma in towards arkansas and louisiana. then tomorrow that moves across the mississippi river valley and ohio and tennessee river ravall. ongoing threat this weekend. we have been mentioning those threats for flooding once again today. for eastern texas, louisiana into arkansas, remember last week houston, texas had record setting rainfall. more rain is in the forecast. we will be watching it and keep you up to date. happy friday, ladies. the weekend is here. you made it. >> janice, you will help to keep our viewers safe out there. appreciate that. >>> it is no laughing matter. patty davis lashing out at news that will ferrell will play her father ronald reagan in a movie about his battle with alzheimer's. she writes this in an open letter. i watched the fear fade in my father's eyes i heard his voice tremble as he stood in the living room and said, i don't know where i am. davis went on to challenge farrell to go to a f

arkansas. and dewitt, -- i live in dewitt, arkansas. >> i go to reno high school.rian lamb: why are you such a left winger? >> i work for the hillary quentin campaign. nine months before the caucus in our home state of nevada and my parents are both public employees so i was raised to believe in the power of public spending and the power of taxation. brian lamb: when did you first get interested in politics? >> probably two or three years ago. i was not really interested, i was kind of selectively interested during presidential campaigns that i started getting into local politics and state politics and finally understood what my mom did for the government. she is an auditor so it took a while to understand what she did. the midterms and this presidential campaign have really been the first elections i have been involved in. brian lamb: anna, why are you a right-winger? >> basically, a lot of it has to do with my christian values, and also i have watched my parents struggle financially and start from the bottom and then work really, really hard to work their way up

dust storms triggered two multi-car crashes yesterday in northeast arkansas. zero visibility conditions led to one crash involving at least 12 cars. that's about 100 miles northeast of little rock. all the injuries were minor in that crash, but arkansas state police say someone died in another pileup involving at least five cars. >>> all right. all we've been seeing in the bay area for the last 48 hours it might feel like is rain. and rain and rain. >> and a lot of rain. i made sure to check this morning to make sure the sprinklers were off. didn't need them. we need a dry out now, kari. >> yes, we do. everyone, sprinklers off for the next couple of days. a lot of the showers moving through over the weekend and now that system has since moved on away from the bay area. looking at how much rain we had over the weekend. let's check out some of othose totals. in napa, over 0.5 of rain and san francisco about 0.6 and concord about 1.5. oakland over 0.75 and looking at some of the averages in spots like san jose. we were very close to getting the monthly average an

. >> reporter: and in arkansas, cars underwater at a local high school. more rain after flooding led to a daring water rescue last night, and a flight from dallas to memphis diverted due to turbulence. >> this guy behind me, he's saying, are we going down? >> reporter: now a widespread watch for more severe weather that could come with even greater consequences as night falls. here in mississippi, the wind is just starting to pick up, but this state along with tennessee and arkansas all with active tornado watches until late tonight. lester. >> all right, steve. another rough night ahead. >>> now to those bombshell secret tapes exposed and a growing scandal swirling around the governor of alabama. he's refusing to resign under threats of impeachment from fellow lawmakers as allegations of an affair with a top aide go public. nbc's kerry sanders has the tale of the tapes. >> reporter: with calls for his resignation today, embattled alabama governor robert bentley visited a state women's prison, saying he's not giving up. >> there is nothing illegal. there

the fbi is agreeing to help unlocking iphone and ipod connected to in arkansas murder case. and advisory sent out police department asked about the techniques used the fbi is pledging to consider a new tool that might be helpful for investigation. >>> google says it has taken down the taliban and spotted in the google place storm. it gave people the ability to keep up with the latest caliban news. a spokesperson says that the company does not discuss specific apps. the "-- question was removed when it violated the anti- terrorism policy. >>> it will become a lot more convenient for kofi -- dona and coffee lovers to get their fix. dunkin' donuts is opening 12 new locations in san francisco. it's part of a major franchise expansion throughout california. this of the stores will be open by next year. >>> we will be back after a quick break. >> stay with us. ,,,,,, (scal): good day, m'lady! i am sir-can-a-lot, here to save you from another breakfast bore. wake up those eggs with glorious spam! see what spam can! do... at spam.com advice you'll want to hear before you t >>> veron

governor clinton -- >> governor clinton promises the moon to america, while the sky is falling in on arkansas. >> the polls narrow. in little rock, carville creates a command center to hit back at the republicans. it's called the war room. >> they made sure that no attack wasn't answered within the immediate news cycle. >> and he wants to raise taxes by $150 billion just to start. >> when bush would say you raise taxes, clinton's answer was -- >> on agriculture, on taxes, on jobs, on defense, you name it, he just makes it up. >> bill clinton has promised to increase government spending $220 billion. >> you knew what the attacks were going to be on. you prepared for them. you were ready to go. >> bill clinton has accused george bush of lying about his record. >> we had trackers, we knew what bush was doing, where he was going to be. >> mr. bush is in tennessee once again. grossly misrepresenting my record and positions. >> carville has circled the wagons around his candidate. >> with a month to go, bush knows he has to knock clinton out in the upcoming presidential debates. >> president bush w

in tennessee, arkansas, and pins his, lincoln hopes. he pins his hopes that those states during the war can be restored. this is critical to understanding lincoln and the construction. for lincoln, reconstruction is both a means toward an end as well as an end in itself. the eventual hope is to win the war and reunify the nation. how are we going to do that? one of the way to do that was to pick off whatever confederate states we could and have them adopt new state constitutions and readmit representatives to congress. you would be weakening the power of the confederacy and advancing the war effort. it is along those lines, lincoln focuses. he focuses on having elections held in those states, particularly in louisiana tennessee, and arkansas. he writes at one point that an election would be worth more to us than a battle gained. more to us than a battle gained. he writes to andrew johnson and says get emancipation into your state constitution, and there is no such word as "fail" in your case. this becomes critical after january 1, 1863.

today will be no different across areas slightly to the east of oklahoma so across parts of arkansas, even across eastern parts of texas as we could be seeing another round of severe storms. overall, very busy picture across the nation this morning. we have rain stretching across parts of the northeast and temperatures cold enough that we're even seeing some winter weather across portions of new england and extending back into the plains. from western parts of arkansas, southeastern oklahoma and northeastern parts of texas you could be looking at additional severe weather. the main threat will include some large hail and also the threat for some isolated tornadoes. temperatures quite chilly especially in new england. 19 in caribou, maine. 45 in new york city. 40 across parts of the southeast. on the chilly side out there. as we head farther southwest, take a look at the temperatures across the southern plains. where we are anticipating warm temperatures. 70s in places like dallas and also in houston. >> thank you very much, maria. >>> talking about golf ball size hail, how about some

. >>> congressman from louisiana and arkansas head to cuba today.y say they are hoping for a return to the good old days, when most of cubas imports and exports passed through the thriving port of new orleans. cuba could make louisiana the global leader in the rice trade facilitated. jonathan martin reports. >> reporter: american businesses have been cut off from trade with cuba for more than half a century. many americans still see the castro regime as an enemy, but others are hoping to capitalize on a new market in a communist country. for this fourth generation louisiana farmer, it's promising. before the trade embargo, cuba was the largest importer of louisiana's rice. >> they import a lot of rice. it's almost the size of louisiana's whole crop, so as you could see, it would be significant if we could get back to what we were doing before or more. >> reporter: with louisiana's ports stand ling the mississippi river and just 700 miles from cuba, the agricultural commissioner says it is in a prime spot to trade with cuba. this week congressmen fro

o'connor was an arkansas state intermediate level judge. but ginsburg said she was glad to hear it. we know they met before 1983 because when o'connor got on the supreme court she inherited potter stewart's law clerk and that law clerk had clerked for ginsburg in the court below. so o'connor's first year on the supreme court she had a clerk who had been ginsburg's clerk. >> host: what about at the supreme court? what do you know about ruth bader ginsburg 's first days? >> guest: we heard earlier michele obama reached out to get data on being a good first lady. there is a lot of stuff that is oral tradition and you have to learn it from somebody and sandra day o'connor taught a lot of to ruth bader ginsburg. she went to her chambers and explained how to do the lighting so it would be a softer and more pleasant environment to work in. and the etiquette of arguments. there were many unspoken ways in which o'connor helped ginsburg to be a success because o'connor wanted ginsburg to be a success. >> guest: is ruth bader ginsburg going to miss her buddy? >> guest: she misses her so much.

so the senator from arkansas is within his rights id to do three or four differento have ways it to come up with one more reason and to help adopt the 18th man read. vote >> any senators in the i chamber wishing to vote or change their vote? aff >> 3/5 of the senators to the chosen not voting in the affirmative the motion does not agree to. >> apply to reconsider the vote. >> madam president. >> out of order in theay chamber.ri >> with the definition to prevent the passage of the y energy and water appropriations bill and so what is it not yet pending on the bill. but said new way to blow up the a purge patients process our democratic process of the majority no matter what the issue. with a creative way but i have heard over andover again with support of both sides of the oil -- of the aisle. >> the senator from arkansas. is extraordinarily risible offering them modify the amendment and some otherht context we have been working on this 24 hours it should not be this hard to pass an energy water appropriations bill who. i just move to reconsider by a vote and we need to consider to talk a

central high school, little rock, arkansas the arkansas the resistance to allowing integration is so great that president eisenhower and we can talk about that great case. >> let me take some calls. this is dennis and texas. you're on the air. i dennis. >> i just want to say that jeffrey rose is correct that the justice the fantastic work and was anything for me for the southern boy who had only heard one side of the arguments for most of my childhood and even into college. i wanted to ask about a law clerk or justice jackson by the name of william brenda quist who, at at his confirmation hearing in 1971 the issue came up that he had in fact written a dissent when it came before the warren court and he said in 71 that they were just covering and so to speak and he did not really feel that way. i just wondered if it either of you thought to see if that was true. >> you summarize it very well. it was an important controversy. the memo. the memo was quite dithered in which chief rehnquist said basically the fact is that southerners still like black people and they will never admit them,

on texas with the same system slamming parts of arkansas. this morning the south is bracing for more wild weather. >>> primary problems. new york heads to the polls one week from today, but not donald trump's own children. why eric and ivanka won't vote for dad next tuesday. >>> new zika fears. u.s. health officials say the virus is scarier than they thought and could cause premature birth and blindness in babies. >>> and calling all cuddlers. if you're looking for a little love and a friendly face, we've got the gig and the goats for you. >>> good morning from the studio 57 news room at cbs headquarters in new york. i'm meg oliver in for anne-marie green. it's another morning of potentially dangerous and destructive thunderstorms across parts of the south. after north texas got pounded by damaging hail. severe thunderstorm watches are posted in northeast texas and of large hail, damaging winds and tornadoes exists. baseball-size hail plastered north texas late yesterday. some pieces measured more than four inches across. the dallas suburb o

seems like we are having rubio team up with cruz in arkansas to try to stop trump.n you had john kasich helping out donald trump in the state of michigan. do you expect more and more of this since you a seasoned delegate? >> give the cruz campaign a lot of credit for the excellent job they are doing. i think you will see on a state by state basis you see various campaigns teaming up in order to maximize election of committee members to make sure that they have their voices heard on critical committees that will determine who wins the nomination in cleveland. >> i guess with rubio's delegates they have to remain bound to him. he has more than john kasich right now. both of them could become key makers of sorts. >> those delegates are very important. conventional wisdom, the rules aren't finalized but it will be analyzed on a case by case basis in terms of whether the delegates are bound or unbound. the candidates are going to be important almost as important as free agent delegates from free agent states and territories. >> we are trying to keep all of that state. we

. >>> arkansas also got hit with hail and strong thunderstorms that knocked out power to thousands of. and this may only be the beginning. the national weather service says these strong storms are typical in arkansas, texas, and oklahoma this time of year. >> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> 4:20 and it is time to grab your umbrella. we have rain that is going to be moving into the philadelphia area. it's already falling, areas north and west. look at the temperatures, 60 degrees with clouds. it never got chilly overnight. it's not going to see a big warmup during the day today. the temperatures will fluctuate only a couple degrees. a light breeze blowing this morning. stronger winds this afternoon. temperatures range from 59 and pottstown. 61 degrees in northeast philadelphia and wilmington. 50s right along the coastline. wallingford and swarthmore in the upper 50s.ç cooler for newtown square, 56 degrees. st. david's is 57. here's the rain, north and west that will sweep into the area. everyone will see the rain showers. so far, dry in philadelp