as late as yesterday or the day before, we had reached agreement on a witness list. inside we were doing pretty well. very clearly, chairman nunes ability to lead this in a way that would be perceived as impartial was badly damaged by the whole white house ex sca paid. i do think mike conway assuming

we are back to where we were as late as 2000 and the best test of that would've been the clarence thomas nomination in 1991. nobody would be a argue that was the most controversial supreme court nomination ever. you all know all it takes to get 60 votes in the senate is one senator out of a hundred to say i want to get 60 votes. nobody did. that's a pretty strongly held custom. that is the way the senate operated until 2000. this notion that this somehow bleeds over into the legislative filibuster is untrue. i'm opposed to it, senator collins, as you know is circulating a letter to senator schumer and myself of members who support the legislative filibuster. i would be the beneficiary, and my party would be the beneficiary of changing that. i am opposed to changing that. i think that is what fundamentally changes the senate. republicans have always felt that way. i'll give you an example from ancient history. 1994, big republican sweep, took the house for the first time in 40 years and got the senate back. tom harkin, who used to be here, was always in favor of turning the senate into th

you can see military versions of that, even as late as last year. chelsea want to thank medlock, history instructor at oklahoma state university. we have been talking about the issue of the use of animals in wartime since 1900. thanks for being here with us on "american history tv." chelsea: thanks so much for having me. announcer: visit our website, c-span.org/history. schedule,ew our preview upcoming programs, and what college lectures, museum tours, archival films, and more. "american history tv" at c-span.org/history. announcer: sunday night on "afterwards," congressman ken buck of colorado, also a member of the freedom caucus, discusses his book "drain the swamp, how washington corruption is worse than you think." andhen you arrive in d.c. have the surroundings i described earlier, you get very comfortable in that situation. you don't want to give up those comforts. the way to continue to earn those comforts is to spend more money and grow government and not solve problems, but to create programs and take credit for those programs, whether they

secretariat that we should see a plan in the next few months, maybe as late as the end of the summer. point is the choice program and changing elibility rules. for example, veterans now are eligible for this program if they face significant wait times for care at v.a. facilities or live at least 40 minutes -- miles away from a v.a. facility. the secretary said he wants to get rid of those rules and make it easier in general for people to see a private doctor, if it is more convenient for them and better for their schedule. if it fits their care. that is a pretty substantial expansion, in terms of cost. that will be the real fight for lawmakers. how do you pay for all of this? everybody likes making it easier for veterans to find care and access their doctor, but the question is -- how do you pay for it and how much will it cost if you make it very easy? >> how much our veterans groups lobbying for these changes and what do they think about the announcement made yesterday? >> they are excited that congress could get this done this quickly and the president could sign it. the short term

you can see military versions of that, even as late as last year. bill: we want to thank chelsea medlock, history instructor at oklahoma state university. we have been talking about the issue of the use of animals in wartime since 1900. thanks for being here with us on "american history tv." chelsea: thanks so much for having me. you are watching american history tv, 48 hours of american history every weekend on c-span. follow us on twitter. chairman i think i proposed changing the internet regulations under the obama initiation. >> i propose switching to the light touch regulations that served as well under clinton, bush, and the first six years of obama. director of the center of internet and communications policy at the american enterprise institute and chris lewis their thoughts on the impact of the proposal. >> we think the rules we got in 2015, net neutrality is working. they are wildly popular. the overwhelming majority of americans want clear rules of the road to protect the internet. we are concerned he is going down the path to review and

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and he's been shooting at police as late as 4:00 a.m. this morning. now, terrified neighbors wait as explosions rock the night. suspected cop killer is barricaded inside a home in middletown, delaware this morning. we will take you back live to the scene. >> and we have another big story. the draft, it is here, 200,000 people flock to see the future stars of the nfl. live this morning with mike analling. >> like the united states the draft started right here in our city. we will look back at their shared history. >> good day, also take your kids to work day, a lot of people are excited about that, getting them dressed around want to get in a good mood. >> see one popping up here and there, you know why. let's go taught mike anal text kicks things off for the big nfl draft day. hey, guys? >> that explains so much. i was wondering why there were kids in the news room at like 4:00 in the morning, now i get. >> i thought they were taking our jobs. >> not as bad as espn now for sure. >> you keep making the espn jokes. >> i feel bad tore them. a lot of them

this model run has lingering sprinkles and showers and decent one as late as 3:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m. this afternoon, mainly south of philadelphia. it's possible this stuff dries up before you're seeing it on the models. that's something to keep in mind as we go into the afternoon hours. 10:00 a.m., 66. couple of showers as you just saw. 69 at noon. 73 in the afternoon, 74 at 4:00 p.m. high temperatures across the region, well, 73 in allentown. 72 in trenton. reading, 74. a lot of mid 70s up and down the i-95 corridor. down the shore, upper 60s, low 70s not too bad, again the spotty shower chance exists. tomorrow, we'll be cooler, clearing skies, by 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. despite the fact we have a decent amount of sunshine, it will be cooler with highs in the mid 60s tomorrow. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, today's high, 74 it's going to be pleasant out there, not as warm as yesterday, but pretty nice, again, showers mainly in the morning, maybe lingering in the afternoon. tuesday, 65 not bad. wednesday, late-day shower 62 degrees. thursday, warmer, thundershower,

as late as the late the u.s. 1930's, state department was -- can't actually say supporting hitler, , saying we ought to tolerate hitler, because he's a moderate standing between the extremes of right and left. we have heard that before. he is destroying the labor movement, which is a good thing. getting rid of the communists, the socialists, fine. there is right-wing elements, ultranationalist elements at the other extreme. he is kind of controlling them. so we should have a kind of a tolerant attitude toward him. actually, the most interesting case is george kennan, great, revered diplomat. he was the american coconsul in berlrlin. and as late as 1941, he was still writing pretty favorable comments about hitler, saying you shouldn't be too severe there are some good things , there. we associate fascism now with the real horror stories of the holocaust and so on. but that is not the way fascscim was regarded. it was even more strongly supporteted by the british business community. they could do business withh them. there was a -- largely business-run regimes, which were -- there was

procedural change that was seen as a late procedural change that was seen as an as a late proceduralstruction and unlawful as well. so these are damning verdicts coming from international observers, which fall in line with what the opposition have been saying. they were saying that the no campaign wasn't treated as freely and fairly in the campaign going towards the referendum, and they weren't given enough voice on the airways. —— airwaves. they now want the annulment of the referendum. the deputy leader of the main opposition party wa nted deputy leader of the main opposition party wanted annulment, but the government says, let's move on. thank you very much. five people have been killed after a light aircraft crashed in portugal, according to local reports. eyewitnesses say the plane crashed into a supermarket warehouse in a residential area on the outskirts of the capital, lisbon. it's thought the swiss—registered plane came down shortly after taking off. the pilot and three passengers are all believed to have died. the headlines on bbc news: us vice president mike pence has warn

by 8:00, 77, still comfortable as late as 10:00 with a temperature of 71 degrees. overnight tonight notice i'm starting with future tracker at midnight. there is a chance after midnight, after all the activities are done of an overnight shower and maybe even a rumble of thunder popping through. it does look like anything we see gets out of here in time for tomorrow and tomorrow ahead of another front. 87, really warm perhaps a little bit more humid and because of that front's proximity we could wind up with an isolated shower or thunderstorm. in all likelihood olding off until saturday night. 83 degrees today, partly to mostly sunny, warm, pretty nice out there as long as you're prepared with the cool drinks. very warm and perhaps more humid on saturday with a high of 87 degrees and again a late day or evening shower or thunder shower can't be ruled out on saturday. then comes the big change. a frontal boundary sags to our south. look for mainly cloudy skies on sunday, a high of 68 and there could be a spotty shower around. by no means is it a washout it's just not

i think the strongest storms between about 12:00 and 2:00, maybe as late as 4:00 come through the philly area. that's when we have to be aware of damaging winds and heavy rain. things look like they're improving. they will turn westerly on friday. but look at the cold air and a rain/snow mix toward harrisburg and sprinkles for the phillies home opener. it will be a chilly, blustery day. 40s is all we can muster and winds out of the west 15 to 20 miles an hour and the potential for maybe drizzle or a light shower. i'll have the ten-day at the end of the newscast. >>> also tonight from trump to rock 'n roll. the taj mahal casino getting a makeover and we're getting a first glimpse. ♪ ♪ award winning interface. award winning design. award winning engine. the volvo xc90. the most awarded luxury suv of the century. >>> what's old is about to be new again. we are looking at atlantic city's newest casino. the new hard rock hotel and casino. hard rock international bought the property last month and plans to invest 375 milli$375 m renovate it. >>> a local jewish congregation is fighting hate wit

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and we'll be here as late as we need to be to bring you the story. live in sacramento, melissa caen, kpix 5. >>> on to storm watch. rain and wind ramping up around the bay area. cloudy skies all day and scattered showers and a hint of what's to come. san francisco has had on-and- off showers and visitors still went to pier 39. we have team coverage on the storm. brian hackney is covering it from the weather center. >> we have heard this song before. and it will be playing the same old tune tonight. as we're about to get smacked by a fairly good dose of strong winds and heavy rain right now lurking just offshore from the bay area. you can see some of those showers now up in the north bay around santa rosa, mostly light. other parts of the bay area not seeing much at all including the south bay where yet a drop has yet to be recorded down at the airport in san jose. but nevertheless, as time goes on tonight winds will be up to 60 miles an hour at some of the higher elevations. and we are going to be looking for the rain really to begin and that rain tu

if we hit that it will tie the record for this date and the even as late as 7 o'clock we're looking at8 degrees so very warm as we head into the evening. pollen forecast got to start hitting you with this. looks like it is going to be very high today and tomorrow and relatively high on thursday and friday. it's tree pollen still at this time of year but they're starting to cut the grass and well you know what that means so allergy medications definitely kicking in this week. karen rogers, we're cooling down a little bit tomorrow but overall pretty nice numbers coming up in the seven day. i'll have more on that coming up. >> i am buying what you're selling, dave murphy. not the case here. we've got problems with construction going on in bensalem bucks county and you can see the crews up here. this is route one northbound at oxford valley road. we and continue to have that overnight construction. you can see penndot with the arrow board. they've been blocking the lanes right now. you can get off and then reenter or stick to i-95 as purchase alternate right now. watching the crews there o

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it thought people there will begin to be moved as late as saturday.siege for more than two years but many people didn't want to leave their homes. translation: they call us migrants from our land. we don't know what to say at this time. you feel like you're leaving your land, we are leaving our lives, our hopes, ourfuture, our memory, our past. un has described the humanitarian situation as catastrophic in these places. activists shared footage last year that appeared to show people eating grass and leaves from trees to survive. people from the government towns were taken to this opposition held area near aleppo ahead of their onward journey. critics say starvation is being used as a tactic to force deals like this and redraw the sectarian map of syria in the government's favour. president al—assad insists he sees the movement as temporary. it's expected 30,000 people will be moved in this latest deal, the largest of its kind so far. labour has accused the government of "rewarding failure" — in response to new figures which suggest the government will

quickly becoming one of my current favorite, as women, because it has been so beautiful out here as of late. a lot of people, lining the boardwalk, lining the beaches as well. you have handful of folks down the way here, beautiful afternoon to hit the shore point as well. but with every great spring day tends to come some problems in the form of pollen specially as of late, uv index also at moderate level. it is april. you may get deceived by that sunshine, even though it is not really warm necessarily. that sun angle will easily burn you. be ready for it, heat index, you need to hit about 08 degrees or so, higher humidity, storm scan quiet as can be. virtually no cloud cover out there. see few patchy ones at work, nice wide zoom. just shows us a lot more active to track. moving across minnisota heavy thunderstorms for the most part over the open water in the gulf. but we do have system that eventually heads our way, for the tail end of the week. so nod no worries for rain, tomorrow the chances ever so slightly up. spotty shower, nothing more. thursday increases, friday even more so, not ta

of the fog returns along the coast, and overnight tonight, those showers ea thunderstorm as early as late tonight. and then check this out. this is your morning commute. yes, not pockets of heavy rainfall, embedded thunderstorms as we head into the lunch hour still dealing with areas of rainfall, that potential for thunderstorm activity, and then head into the afternoon watch the skies, for storms rolling through, the potential for heavy rainfall, gusty winds, befor into late tomorrow evening. but, we will clear all of the storm activity out for,ome openy versus the nationals, high at 52 degrees, so probably need the jacket if you're headed out to the bank, stray s bad. light in intensity if we do see any shower activity, but intensity so be surel not b to keep aware of the changing weather situation throughout the day tomorrow. and then, as we head into the upcoming weekend, beautiful conditions taking over.hilly specially saturday morning, with bit of breeze, and 39 degrees. but by sunday, beautiful sunshine, 65 degrees. and then up into the middle 70's, rahel, by next tuesday. >>> spri

this year or as late as next year. the stock market has rallied materially on tax reform and we are going to slip and a slight until we see something that it brings clarity around what businesses and individuals are going to be living with overtime. thatt and mike are people have real-world experience working with real companies on the retail side and also multinationals and domestic market companies. they can both speak to the issue of what we can happen -- what we can expect it we get nothing. >> i think travesty. i want to know what would happen , with the markets tank and what is the leak amount we should do by december? >> thank you. to have opportunity a couple of times to work through restructuring driven by tax motivators situations and companies that i was with, it has the ultimate benefit derived and anticipated, which was to reduce the tax burden of the companies that i was a part of. ultimatelyate, driving cash offshore two. a lot of the things we are seeing, and the global marketplace with the cash that is

again, some sun coming back but by 3 o'clock all the way up to 75 degrees for a high and as late as 7lock we'll still be holding onto the low 70's. again a spotty shower or pop-up thunderstorm is possible but not raining all the time and karen best news of all, we are going to get some sun mixed with those mild temperatures. a beauty tomorrow, more rain thursday, details coming up. what have you got there my friend. >> well, might be nice later but right now we have the roads that are wet and already an accident involving a jackknifed tractor-trailer. it's involving another tractor-trailer as well. police are on the scene. this is all creating a problem right in a busy area, i-95 southbound approaching cottman. now the two left lanes blocked. as i step aside you get a sense of how jammed traffic is right now even at this early hour. at this be point i-95 southbound approaching cottman a jackknifed tractor-trailer, another tractor-trailer involved and police on the scene that's slowing you down. over all on the big picture you can see that's the only issue here. blue route, schuylkill

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as late as 186le 8, even after congress had enfranchised black men in the south. on eight northern state also allowed black men to vote. in march, the american antislavery society disbanded, its work they thought, now complete. reconstruction policy was now essentially complete. hen henceforth, the focus of reconstruction remained in the south. the act of 1867 which brought black sufficient rrage to the s brought political organization. determined to exercise their new rights as citizens, thousands joined the union league, closely linked to the republican party. and the vast majority of african-americans registered to vote. in 1870, all the former confederate states met the conditions of congress and had been readmitted to the union and nearly all were under the control of the republican party. the new constitutions drafted in 1868 and 1869 by the first public bodies in american history with substantial black representation of about 1,000 delegates throughout the south over one quarter were black. they made the structure of southern government more democratic, mod

as late as last night and again this morning some of those undecided members of congress primarily on the republican side are so close to yes that i'm very optimistic whether the vote is tomorrow or saturday or next week the votes will be there to actually pass this and make sure -- it is not necessarily a more conservative bill. it is a bill that lowers premiums to the american people and allows us hopefully to get on to tax reform in a very quick fashion in the coming days. >> i want to be clear. the votes are there from the house freedom caucus as well as the republicans in the house of representatives. >> i'm not the web for the entire gop conference. whip for the entire gop conference. a little bit more than 80% are on board. hiped on a previous wit count i think we will be there. the jury is out. we are very cautious to not set an unrealistic expectation. i wanted to vote last month. we just need to make sure we got it right for the american people. stay here and vote on saturday on behalf of the american people we are committed to do that. >> you have been in constant communica

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this year as late as february of next year. the stock market has rallied materially on the expectation of tax reform. and we are going to slip and slide until we actually see something that creates clarity around what kind of businesses and individuals are going to be living with. >> what we have are people with real-world experience working with low companies on the retail side and also multinational and domestic middle-market companies. they can. >> guest: the issue of what happens if we get nothing. i think -- i want to know what would happen, with the markets tank, what would happen and what is the least amount congress should do?by december? >> thank you. it has the opportunity a couple of times to work through some pretty significant restructuring. driven by tax motivated situations and a couple of companies i was with. they have the ultimate benefit derived and it was to reduce the tax burden of the companies all legitimate. ultimately it ultimately drove a lot of casual sure two. so a lot of the things that we are seein

we know he was still firing shots as late as 4:00 this morning. his name has not been released so far. i want to give you a live look at the scene. several law enforcement vehicles in the area right now. you can see things are beginning to return to normal as people try to figure out what that is from this point. a lot of people are beginning to return home at this point. they are walking around and trying to get adjusted to what's going on here right now. we will have much more for you later on throughout the day. >> all right. thank you. you can count on the latest developments on the air and on the nbc 10 app. we give you a live look there in the very back. teams will start making their pick shortly after 8:00 p.m. tonight on the steps. let's take you down to ground level. we'll look at how fans are getting ready to take part in the process. hey. >> reporter: yeah. you talk about fans. they certainly do have their own ideas. you'll have to watch tonight at 4:00 to see a nine-year-old fan and who he says the eagles should pick. quite a different

but reno came on as a late substitute for billy jones lead. on as a late substitute for billyjones and got an injury time goalfor sunderland to make it 2—2. it leaves sunderland nine points from safety. we'll hear from slaven bilic in a moment, let's hear from sunderland manager from slaven bilic in a moment, let's hearfrom sunderland manager david moyes, still not giving up. we need to win the games and today, we had a couple of games at home recently, today we needed to try to take three points, it hasn't been for the want of trying, i thought we had a great chance, at 2—1, but when we got back to 2—2, we did everything we could to see if we could get a winner but it wasn't to be. the players have done well today. disappointed. we conceded a late goal, especially the way it happened. the way we conceded both of them but i have to say it was a fair result. it is a point, we wanted three of them, we were close to getting three of them but it is disappointing. and it's good. who will go down with sunderland? swa nsea swansea lost today. we thoug

this tactic of vehicles as weapons is something we have seen too often as late in the attacks in nicerlin, and in stockholm, sweden, . good to see you tonight. >> thank you for having me. >> martha: we woke up this morning, or mid morning it was, to this incredible scene. we watch this plow through all of these people. what's going on here? >> look. it was was a tried-and-true me, they found. look, martha. i saw the victors of the aftermath which you are not showing her this was as bad as a bomb. we are talking about real carnage. i have seen president trump get some criticism for, you know, okay, we want to stop the bombing but we aren't willing to receive the refugees. it's not that simple. i think there are some things that we should do to actually create safe havens for the purposes of humanitarian issues. but we do know, martha, that isis has said and they are executing this mission in europe where they are using immigration, migration is a form of organized technology. people are westernized and you can get a truck, you can get a knife, and you are yourself a weapon. this is whe

and even as late as 5:30, we might be able to get a decent sunset around here. sun doesn't go down until 7:47. so you might get a peek of sunlight at the tail end of the day. temperature wise, 60s where the rain is. 70s whe the rain. have the umbrella ready to go. short sleeves. the allergy count has been in the high range for the last couple days. it's expected to stay through wednesday. we'll start talking temperatures and rain chances further into the week. >> he's the most decorated olympian of all time. >> he's inspired an entire competition. hear the emotional connection between michael phelps and another accomplished athlete. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. maybe that's why we've been ranked highest in customer satisfaction by jd power 4 years in a row. and now you can love fios too. get 150 meg internet, tv and phone. all for $79.99 per month, for the first year with a two-year agreement. it's the only internet with equal upload and download s