correspondent brie jackson has more on the proposed "ashanti alert act".bduction and murder of a 19 year old woman could lead to legislative changes. when ashanti billie vanished her parents say alerting the public was a complicated challenge.we didn't know what to do. first we were just trying to call people and put things on social media.ashanti was aducted in virginia and murderedpolice later discovered her body in north carolinaat the time the 19 year old was too old for an amber alert and too young for a silver alert. to close that gap in the system senator mark warner introduced the "ashanti alert act""it took this tragedy to realize we had a gaping hole in our system. we took care of children, we took care of seniors but for young adults or adults in general there was no alert system" ashanti billie's parents worked with members of congress to craft the legistlation.if passed, the ashanti alert would make sure police can notify the public quickly if people between ages 18 to 65 are in danger.while congress remains divided on other issues, warner bel

ashanti was foundde. she is from prince george's county. >> this afternoon a major step forward to protect missing people. tracee wilkins talkedo her parents today. >> reporter: now a bill isy quicaking its way through congress to change it. and it is named in honor of ashanti, the woman abducted and killed. she was abducted fromif a f base in hampton roads, virginia,

so members of congress hope the "ashanti alert act" will change that.it is named after 19 year old ashanti billie, who disappeared last year on her way to work and was later found murdered.. our washington d.c. correspondent brie jackson has details. when ashanti billie vanished her parents say alerting the public was a complicated challenge.we didn't know what to do. first we were just trying to call people and put things on social media.ashanti was aducted in virginia and murderedpolice later discovered her body in north carolinaat the time the 19 year old was too old for an amber alert and too young for a silver alert. to close that gap in the system senator mark warner introduced the "ashanti alert act""it took this tragedy to realize we had a gaping hole in our system. we took care of children, we took care of seniors but for young adults or adults in general there was no alert system" ashanti billie's parents worked with members of congress to craft the legistlation.if passed, the ashanti alert would make sure police can notify the public quickly

in some having this new system named after ashanti her memory will be preserved.legacy will live on and she'll continue to help hopefully bring them home under the ashanti act, an alert would be broadcast to radio, road signs and cellphones.from the d.c. bureau i'm brie jackson. ( james ) for your health... covered california has extended its deadline to sign up for health coverage through the affordable care act... people now have until decemeber 21st to enroll to get coverage starting on january first. and if you enroll before january 15th... your coverage will start on february 1st. so far 58- thousand poeple have signed up for healthcare through covered california. ( darya ) a partial government shutdown could happen this week if congress does not approve a spending bill. president donald trump wants five billion dollars to fund the border wall and just last week has said he would be proud to shutdown the government if he did not get the money. but the president is facing backlash from both democrats and republicans. without a resolution parts of the governmen

ashanti billing was abducted in virginia and found dead in north she is from prince george's county.> this afternoon a major step forward for aew law for the entire country to protect missing people like ashanti. our prince george's county bureau chief talked to achaneli's parents today. felle was 19 years old a through the cracks in our system. >> markarner is talking about all people whose ages between the amber and silver alert system. last night they passed a bill close the gap. >> out of this loss of ashanti, perhaps we couldhi do som to prevent it. >> billie was abducte from a naval base in december of 2017. her family who lived in prince george's county had to depend oh social media tp get the word out. >> their daughter is missing and they have to, on their own, post meages, walk neighborhood. >> her body went missing. a navy veteran was charged with the murder. this is to help adults between the ages of 19 and 65 who are taken against their will. today, her mom discussed the alert means for the memory of her daughter and other potential victims. >> every time we see an ashan

and ashanti billie's legacy will be honored by the ashanti billie act becoming the law of the land. with that, mr. president, i note the absence of a quorum and yield the floor. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. plucker -- ms. murkowski: mr. president, are we in a quorum call in. the presiding officer: we are. ms. murkowski: i request the proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. murkowski: senator sullivan and i just returned to washington after a almost surreal 24-hour period up in the state. we went up on sunday night, monday morning. we hadn't anticipated being up there but the state of alaska, more specifically south central alaska experienced a powerful earthquake on friday. it was a, an unsettling event certainly, a frightening event to many, and it caused significant damage in the most populated part of our state. so it was last friday morning at 8:29 in the morning when we had a magnitude 7.0 on the r

the ltion is named for ashanti billie.as 19 years old when she vanished from olno virginia, last year. she was too old for an amber alert, too young for a silver. after 11 days, her found in north carolina. >>> the search for a kidnapper is on tonight in the district after an armed abduction in d.c. police tell news 4 that around i 3:30 morning, a man armed with a knife broke into aome here on west virginia avenue in northeast. that the suspect then kidnapped the couple inside, t drove them an atm and forced them to take out money. if yecognize this man, police want to hear from you. >>> jurors in charlottesville will soon begin d fate of the young ohio man who drove his car into a group of counter demonstrators after last year's unite the rig rally. closing arguments wrapped up this evening. the key issue before this jury, did jamesields intend to do harm when he gunned his car right into the crowd? >> reporter: this is the photo that captures james fields during the unite the right lly. prosecutors say it shows a young m

ashanti was foundde. she is from prince george's county. >> this afternoon a major step forward to protect missing people. tracee wilkins talkedo her parents today. >> reporter: now a bill isy quicaking its way through congress to change it. and it is named in honor of ashanti, the woman abducted and killed. she was abducted fromif a f base in hampton roads, virginia, her body discovered weeks later behind a north carolina church. airing brown, a navy veteran was charged with her murder. the act is designed to help adults between ages of 19 and 65 who are taken against their will. it passed unanimously yesterday. her mother and father spoke about the legislation in a remote interview from the capitol. her mom discussed what the alert meant for her dau ater other potential victims. >> through this alert, this apps legislation, her legacy will live on. she will continue to help others. hopefully bring them hom safely. it's too late for our daughter. but she can help people from this point forwar it means a

the legislation is named for ashanti billing. she was 19 years old when she vanished last year. she was too old for an amber alert and too young for a silver alert. after 11 days, her body was found in north carolina. >> it's n 34. the arlington school board voted unanimously in f tor of superintendent school redistricting plan. some say it's necessary to address overcrowding. >> others say it will uproot students. chris lawrence with more on this ory. how do parents feel about this? >> they are heated. we have been covering this story for months. bottom line, hundreds of kids owill be moving a new school. arlington county is opening one new elementary school next year. the new plan changes the ighborhood boundary at 8 schools. it effects about 5 to 600 students. keep in mind there's roughly 27,000 students in arlington public schools. the district is growing by about 800 students a year. now the board says this plan creates more why se parents argue their community is being unfairly split up. >> he spent more than 40% of his life at patrick henry. now he'seing torn apart from a

ashanti was 19 years old, too old f an amber alert. if convicted, brown faces a nimum of life in prison. >>> more bad news for skins safe safety montae nicholson. the video shows him punching and kicking a man outside of bar earlier this week. he and two others were arrested and charged with assault and battery. ach jay gruden says he's aware of the video and will take a look at it. nicholson will not take the field with the team on saturday. our coverage begins at 3:00 p.m. with the skins pregpoe . >>> 4:48 now. you've heard of people stealing packages from homes. a maryland man mayave hit a new low, though. gary smith is accused of coercing his 5-year-old daughter into stealing aackage for him. now there is a warrant out for his arrest. police say thi surveillance video led them to smith and his daughter. you may rember we've shown you this video before. you can see a little girl loing back, apparently looking at someone who's instructing her, before running up to the porch and grabbing the package. then she ran away. police say they

ok thank you sean ashanti to be there for empowers. the passing of america's forty first president george herbert walker. bush is going to not poor in the fall in this respect being paid obama he's kind of looks at whether the assessment of his time in office might have been tempted to some won't by the current political climate. so the sun has set on george herbert walker bush the forty first president of the united states there has been understandably an outpouring of grief from his friends and family and many voices in the media pursued a life of extraordinary service to america such a man so thoroughly decent so moderate in his beliefs model of what a public servant should be however it seems that the media is glossing over certain aspects of bush's legacy it follows a pattern similar to the death of john mccain where the media keeps praise on to an individual and highlights one particular character quality above all else opposition to donald trump publicly contentious relationship between donald trump and george h.w. bush didn't v

the killing at least reports of a cia investigation show it found it in sound man probably ordered ashanti's murder mike hanna joins us live from capitol hill in washington d.c. mike how much detail do you think she'll give. well that's hard to ascertain oh she is giving a confidential briefing behind closed doors to a very small group of senators it's essentially the chairman and the ranking senator on each of the key national security committees a number of senators actually incensed at being excluded from the briefing them chris murphy who has tweeted angrily that the public has a right to know if there's any possibility that the crown prince of saudi arabia ordered the murder of jamal khashoggi but it is a small group whether or not they are going to speak after words that's something that we'll see the meeting is supposedly underway right at this moment she is likely to brief the senators on basically what the cia has just will be a similar briefing to what she gave to the secretary of defense that secretary of state and indeed president trump all of whom as you pointed out insists that

the senate voted for ashanti alertds. she was 19 years old and it's too old for an amber a alert too young for a silver alert. itould expand alerts across the country. >> there are concerns about a medical device used by doctors across the country. it is called the da vinci. it performed 700,000 surgeries last hear fromrt valves to hysterectomies. there are risks. more than 20,000 reports of adverse eventss such burns have been filed in the last ten years. the results of an nbc news investigation ahead onbc ghtly news with lester holt right after this newscast. >>> he wants to build a tunnel to take you from d.c. to new york. musk is showing off for a similar project in l.a. >>> president obama seading so holiday cheer. see where he brought some smiles today. >>> a tunnel woulds help with travel as we make our way through the next couple of days. we don have that. we have the highways. they will have rainfall. i'll break itown forou and show wow when it moves in and when it moves out and what to expect for christmas. i' t

speaker, i strongly urge my colleagues to ashanti r. 5075, the alert act. to provide a national communications network. to support the regional and local search efforts for missing adults. i want to thank congressman scott taylor for championing this bill. with that i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlelady from texas. ms. jackson lee: let me thank the gentleman. . is is h.r. 5 -- 5075 i rise to support the senate amendment to h.r. 5075, the ashanti alert act of 20818. it seeks to neash a national communications network by providing assistance to state, tribal, and local search efforts. this bill would initiate, facilitate, and promote plans in coordination with states, indians tribes, units of local government, law enforcement agencies, and other concerned entities with expertise. i was pleased when we passed this bill in september and i'm even more pleased with the senate amendments. i rise to support this legislation and indicate as of december 31, 2017, the national crime information septre databa

such as ashanti.kins has new reaction. >> she find ofl through the cracks in our system. >> today, virginia's u.s. senator mark warner explains that hanti fel between the amber and silver alert systems and off the grug. night the u.s. senate unanimously passed an alert system for victim a shan'ti. >> we could do something to prevent this. >> she was abducted from naval base in hampton roads, virginia, in 2017. her family who lived in prince george's county had to depend on social media to get the word out. >> their daughter is missing and they have to kd of on their own post messages, walk thehb nehood. >> her body was discovered weeks fter she went missing the t church. this act is designed to help adults between 19 and 55 a who taken against their will. her mom discusseshat it means. >> every time we see it, it will be like a hug coming fromo her us. it will be like hey, mom, dad, i'm okay. i'm still helping people likwh i was here. >> the ashantly ti act needs to back to the senate. >> it is alread

the ashanti art act creates a new federal system to share information about missing or endangered peopleen the ages of 18 and 64.ou it use tv and radio toadcasts to share critical information wit public. next the house takes up the bill. it's named for ashai billie. she was 19 years old when sheed vaniast year. she was too old for an amber alert and too young for a silver alert. after 11 days, her body was found in north calina. >> the arlington county schoola board the green light to the school redistricting plan. this changes the neighborhood boundaries at 8 elementary schools in the county. that willffect about 5 to 600 students. there's roughly 27,000 kids in e schoolistrict and it's growing by about 800 students a year. this plan creates mor room while some parents argue their communities are being unfairly split up. the new plan takes effect in september. >> the end to an emotional weekn pres george h.w. bush is now in his final resting place. one lt heart felt fare well to the former president. his family and friends gathered at the houston church where he worshipped more than hal

always won friends and will continue to do so as well and there's plenty of pictures this one is by ashanti as she encourages other users to use the hashtag say no so for a ban i'm proud to be a kashmiri sin gina is also someone who use the hashtag hands off my you can see that she's also posted a picture of her wearing one it's quite a decorative one and she said a time when choosing the most sensible piece of clothing to brave the cold became an act of protest but plenty of others as well many kashmiris are described the ban as a cultural onslaught by the indian government and this one you can see that's the text then again not the person that suites it a picture of themselves in the traditional clothes and feroz khan he added with a revoke from ban don't bend offer on and he's also in a very wintery kashmir wearing his traditional cloak then he's the head of the national sheehan's union facts of india. now many it's not the first time in fact for the indian government to come down on the run in twenty fourteen the army told journalists not to wear it during a visit to military headquarte

the clerk: h.r. 5075, an act to encourage, enhance and integrate ashanti alert plans throughout the united states and for other purposes. senate amendment. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and concur with the senate amendment. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 386, the nays are two. 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are agreed to, the senate amendment is agreed to. the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from georgia, mr. collins, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 709 3 on which the yeas and nays -- 309 -- 7093 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk: a bill to eliminate unused sections o

. >>> coming up on the third hour of "today," a special holiday performance from ashanti herself. >>> boston could see snow squalls later this afternoon. so, that would make it a white christmas eve at least. on christmas day itself, most of the fresh snow will be in the rockies, the higher elevations. we could end up with 20 inches of snow out west, with the storm system moving through. a little light rain and snow moves through the midwest and the great lakes area. in the northeast, it's sunny but chilly. temperatures in the 30s and 40s for your christmas. we will be seeing a few spotty showers on the gulf coast tomorrow on christmas day. and temperatures will warm up today in the midwest. tomorrow, we're back down to the 40s and 50s. across southern florida, we're looking at temperatures in the 70s. are you ready for christmas? >> absolutely. >> are you going to >>> good morning, i'm meteorologist kari hall. so far some light rain for the bay area as we track it on storm ranger. that's our mobile doppler radar. then as we go into the rest of the day we'll start to see a little bit

the clerk: h.r. 5075, an act to encourage, enhance, and integrate ashanti alert plans throughout the united states, and for other purposes. the presiding officer: without objection, the committee is discharged, and the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. cornyn: i further ask consent that the amendment at the desk be agreed to, that the bill as amended be considered read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. dorn: i now ask unanimous consent, mr. president, that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar 696, h.r. 315. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 696, h.r. 315, an act to amend the public health service act, and so forth. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. cornyn: i ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection