governor bentley: thank you, governor mcauliffe. to be a part of this program because i truly believe that early childhood education is the most important part of education. governors from both sides of the aisle leg knowledge they critical importance of this bipartisan issue to our children's future and the vibrancy of our states economies. the are champions initiatives to improve the quality of and expand access to early learning programs in their states. and recognizing the significance of this ongoing work in states, later this afternoon, we will vote to adopt and jay's first ever policy position on early nga'sood education -- on first ever policy position on early childhood education to ensure that all children receive a strong start on their education. last year, more than 14,500year-olds -- four-year-olds in alabama were enrolled in our pre-k program. that is 25% of all of our four-year-olds. that is a wonderful start. but we recognize there is still more work to do. i am encouraged by this new policy and i'm excited to see e

and it's caused much of the state to reel with concern. >> that's because last year governor bentleyan affair with a political staffer, but the governor denies the affair and any illegal activity. >> i have never had a physical affair with mrs. mason. >> bentley was facing possible impeachment until strange halted the process launching a criminal investigation instead. >> the person here appointed was the attorney general. now the governor gets a two-for-one, he gets to appoint his own attorney general. >> critics question whether the governor appointed strange in an effort to stop the criminal investigation and take impeachment off the table. >> he probably has that much power, but i think that would be a poor play for luther strange in that if he were to do that, if he were to stop the proceedings, then he enters into a 2018 election cycle where he essentially has stopped the impeachment. >> state respective ed henry says most voters do not want impeachment proceedings canceled. the state auditor agrees but has his own fear. >> now governor bentley gets his own attorney general. so

or close to bentley.really thought that they will, you know, could go as far as to disband the corruption unit and as soon as that happens we're in a whole other world. >> john, what's the opinion about this? what's public opinion like on this subject in alabama? obviously, the partisan contours of alabama, a red state. i know that the republicans have a lock on state government. but how do people feel about this? >> they are aghast. i think most of them that i have talked to certainly find it unbelievable and they really do believe if luther strange wanted to be senator for life he would have had the nerve to say, no, to this appointment and to not seek it. obviously it is difficult to root out a sitting senator. but i think it will haunt him. i think it will haunt both of them. >> john archibald columnist in alabama, thank you for helping us understand. i appreciate it. stay with us. ♪ ♪ jon batiste has mastered new ways to play old classics. with chase atms, he can master new ways to deposit checks too

. >> she took up briefly with a dashing investor who drove a white bentley. and then in july, 2007, nailah attended an art gallery opening, and he came. this lawyer from milwaukee, andre wright. >> she had big beautiful smile. she was a very pretty woman. very warm personality, and we just kind of walked around the space looking at different pieces, talking about my interests. what i was looking for in a piece of art. obviously, i tried to engage her. >> suddenly this is a different search than it was before. >> i mean, the artwork became of little interest to me at that point. >> just like that, it was all over. for both of them. >> you know, i don't want to go all hallmark card on you or anything like that. >> that's okay. >> but i mean, this was clearly kind of a transcendental moment or something. >> yeah, absolutely, definitely. >> nailah's family loved andre. what family wouldn't? >> she brought him to my child's first birthday party. he brought my baby a gift. i was like who does that? because he's a nice, quality person. >> they liked you. >> i think

that's robert bentley's last day as governor of alabama. god. >> early friday evening, governor bentley announced ed te appointment of steven marshall as the next attorney general for alabama. cnn reached out to the govern governor's office for comment on the appointment, but has not heard back. >> all right, victor blackwell, thank you so much. >>> still ahead, town halls across the country with people speaking out. >> there is a provision in there, that anyone over the age of 74 -- >> then, while president trump meets with japan's prime minister abe, trump's immigration ban remains in limbo, plus, the fear in america's refugee communities. we'll talk to a family unsure of what is ahead. >> we don't know what will happen in the future. after we arrive, we had hopes that we will establish a new life. now, we are frightened we'll be stopped at this stage and cannot carry on further. >> we're back after a quick break. ere i came from. i did my ancestrydna and i couldn't wait to get my pie chart. the most shocking result was that i'm 26% nativ

fox 6 in birmingham with the resumption of the impeachment process against robert bentley. a new impeachment resolution is being passed around the state house. friday lawmakers called for the investigation to be renewed after bentley appointed luther strange to fill the senate seat of attorney general jeff sessions. strange had been delaying the probe into whether bentley used state or campaign money to cover up with the governor calls an inappropriate relationship with a political aide. >> fox 32 in chicago. the governor of illinois proposes 200 state troopers to combat gun violence in the chicago area. it's unclear how the state would pay for the move given its current budget crisis. this is a live look at sacramento, california, from fox 40. the big story there, the lifting of an evacuation order for nearly 200,000 people who live below the lake oroville dam in northern california pray they left their homes over fears a crushing wall of water was being released because of a damaged spillway. one sheriff says residents need to be prepared for the prospect of another evacu

governor bentley, great to be with you again.the country over the last nine years and i met governor bentley about six years ago when the great state of alabama and the work that you have done expanding save the children's work across your great state in green and clark and washington counties, pulling together the chamber of commerce and other entities across alabama is greatly admired and greatly pressured a appreciated and is a role model for the country. governor inslee, we met you before you declared running for governor. we were in washington state and doing save the children's work. your work is greatly appreciated. thank you. we want to thank you, governor bentley, from that great announcement that will happen in a couple hours, putting the issue of early -- high quality early childhood education at the forefront of the national governors association. it is so exciting. so thank you very much. many of you know of save the children as an international non-governmental organization that does work in education and in health,

should present to the body and letter that he needs to go to this body also, but it is to governor bentley of alabama in which state needs were. i hereby give notice that i will retire from the office of the united states senator for the state of alabama. therefore, i tender my resignation at 11:55 p.m. eastern standard time on february 8, 2017. thank you all. [applause] [applause] to be secretary of health and human services. the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black , will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. give ear to our words, o lord. listen to the sounds of our intercession. we look to you with the vibrant expectation thou

should present to the body -- it's a letter that needs to go to this body also, but it's to governor bentley of alabama in which i state these words: i hereby give notice that i will retire from the office of the united states senator for the state of alabama, therefore i tender my resignation at # 1:55 -- 11:55 p.m. on november 28, standard eastern time. thank you all. i'm honored to be with you. >> jeff sessions was approved to be attorney general by a mostlyo partyline vote. this morning, he will be sworn in in the oval office. we will have live coverage here on c-span. in the afternoon, look at the conflict between russia and ukraine and russia's relationship with the u.s.. we will hear from richard armitage and chris murphy. live coverage from the carnegie endowment for international peace begins at 3:00 eastern on c-span. >> sunday night, melissa fleming for the high commsion f refugees tks about a young syrian wom'trip to eupe. e ntvied bth pridt rugs teatna evop wreng eyelth ndetoea? t ab ri ihaeng l ou tm. sia aesn lingnd aopesve remebuth he mean liliodanhetharan th a gngo ho. th fi

i guess i should present to the that needsa letter to go to this body also, but governor bentley of alabama, in .hich i state these words give notice that i will retire from the office of the united states senate for the state of alabama. therefore, i tender my resignation at 11:55 p.m. eastern standard time on february 8, 2017." thank you all. honor to be with you. [applause] >> senator sessions, now u.s. attorney general sessions, from earlier today. here he is arriving at the justice department, greeting and please just to let you know, we may cut this short for the white house briefing. >> afternoon, everyone. appreciate that. as you just saw, the president was honored to host the swearing-in of attorney general sessions in the oval office just

next to amy bentley, a professor in the department of nutrition and food studies and public health that new york university. a historian with interest in social, historical, and social context of food. she is the author of "inventing baby food." published by the university of california present .14 which was a finalist for an award. she is also a winner of the ss best award. eating for victory, food rationing and politics of domesticity among other publications. theis cofounder of experimental coup seen collective which is an interdisciplinary group of scientists, food studies scholars, and chefs who studied the intersection of science and food. she is the cofounder of the nyu urban farm lab and holds other distinguished positions. finally, at the end of the table is paul friedman, who is the trippr d. professor at harvard university. he has written about the middle ages and also has asked.'s writing about the medieval foods. he received his phd from berkeley in 1978 and taught at vanderbilt before he moved to yale. he is the author of a number of --,s, including the diocese a 1983 book

i'm amy bentley from the , nutrition and food studies department at nyu. we used to have we used a public -- we used to have public health, now it is at a different school but it is definitely a food-centric department. we have lots of students. for 20 years i have been teaching a food history class in addition to other classes. i am also a charter member of the rachel laudan club. -- fan club. this book is really terrific. i started using it a couple years ago in my food history graduate class. i have read it several times in depth and i have had a chance to talk to students about it and gone through their writings about it. it is a brilliant, amazing piece of the. i think it is amazing because it synthesizes a lot of food history that has already been produced. but yet, she puts her own spin on it as rachel and knowledge. -- acknowledged. this idea of a cuisine history. not about agriculture. not about commodities. the idea of cooking and cuisine through time and its relation to world history. so it kind of follows this similar world history narrative an

we will explain next up in >>> brand new bentley on the driveway but could not drive it because of bad suspension. it takes time to fix. now you know how it feels like to be sixers and joel embiid. today they announced joe joeys now out indefinitely. he has been 13 straight games with the bone bruce and torn tendon, after work out his knee has been swelling out and feeling sore. embiid was scheduled to have an mri this afternoon. his teammates, have no other choice but to move on as they get set to toe on golden state warriors. >> i can sit here and complain that he is not playing and people need to step up. i think, jahlil has done that, you know, even in some more other guys have stepped up too so, you know, we have to keep doing that for however long i is out. >> from joe joe to ben, top draft choice ben simmons had a procedure today. he had bone marrow injected in the fractured area of his foot to promote healing. simmons broke it on the final day of training camp and should be resuming training by the end of the week. >>> flyers have had night off they host colorado avalanche tomo

it might be a hoopty but beyonce's on it so it's a bentley. >> just keep breaking the internet, beyonce why do parents do this? >> for me it wasn't like i was trying to break the internet although i'm sure i would have. i just took it to preserve the moment. you know? i wanted to be able to say my husband and i took some shots. this never before seen pictures, people. >> this is an excluesive. this is an abc news ex-cluesive, but yes. we have never posted them or anything like that. >> how far along were you here? how far? i was about like eight months i guess. it was maybe a month before i was due. >> all right. cool. and your kid is truly -- >> i thought this was kind of a funny, this is my baby with beyonce, but this was, he actually -- she asked to hold him and he said no. he turned her down. it was his 2-year-old birthday on that day. the terrific twos began that way. he was like beyonce, no, sorry. >> that's news. >> beyonce wants to hold your kid. >> and he turned her down. lots of fun. something we'll be able to show him years from now. you know, you had your chance. that -- bey

. >> reporter: professor bentley has built a wind tunnel for birds. it turns out birds are really good at handling turbulence. small drones, not so much. if i step in there and disturb the air flow, what do you think? >> it's not going to go too well. a drone can't adjust its wings like a bird can. so it's going to fail. >> reporter: to see what i a bird's wings are -- what a bird's wings are doing in flight, they created a system that projects a bird's wing onto a screen. what used to be done manually and took hours or even days now takes seconds. >> we can actually measure how birds change their wind shape and that is really a window towards new opportunities because if we can understand how birds respond, we can use that principle to make even simple quadcopters better. >> reporter: in less than a decade the army's $68 million program has produced some promising designs like this one from university of delaware called what else, spider, that lowers itself using a spool of string, then crawls around or how about these two robots working together, on

they start on the 25 run, the big story, ryan bentley scores a career high, 22, penn 82-63, they have in a row for the first time in the new year >>> shore bad news for st. joes today, they have now lost their top two scorers le mack kimball is now out foresees on after breaking his left foot. it is same fracture as ben simmons this comes a month after losing newkirk, the hawks have lost eight of their last 10 games. >>> finally hey be giving up is not such a bad thing at least in this case. north dakota state basketball game, one of their layers, tried to save the ball, but, watch this. oops. >> my goodness. >> yeah. >> ty, ended up somehow, some way in the other teams basket. three pointer. >> you got to be kidding. >> it did not cost north day coat state the game. >> what a bummer. >> carson wentz, his school by the way, so i'm sure he is thankful his basketball team did not the lose that game. >> thanks, jeff. >>> up next on "action news" we have windy weather heading our way. meteorologist melissa magee has exclusive accu weather seven day forecast when "action news" comes right

new bentley?d the door, very pleasant said detective i haves and went to get james. >> how did james greet you? did he tell you a story? did he sit you down for a cup of tea, what? >> he leaned out the door and slapped me on the shoulder and said too bad you drove all that way. my attorney told me not to talk to you. >> and you got nothing. >> nothing. sglm rude reception tell you anything. >> he was a big man, bragged he was benching 500 pounds and looked like it. where wolf fangs when he reached out to belittle me. >> nothing to do but suck it up and drive 00 miles home again empty handhood. along the way the detective got a blood clot, nearly killed him. a month after the murder they have suspects, oh, yes. but nothing was coming together. >> coming up, timely a clue and it's a big one. >> the top of the paper is the word "glove." and she will get away on google earth. and who does it point to? >> jackpot. >> jackpot. >>> reporter: back from north dakota, suspicious but with automatic bursts of

. >>: your having a party this sunday please invite me it would be fun to hang with you and your bentley: what about the wife and kids carry it >> gary: we will be right back. tonight at 10 you didn't know they were underneath of no, i did but they don't have no, they don't have no tag on them see because it's expired sometimes, when you try to hide something it brings more attention to it i'll explain in the next edition of people behaving baldy american ninja warrior is next...then we are back at 10:00 ... with all the day's big stories, plus gary's sports and your four zone weather forecast.kron 4 news at ten... right here on the bay area's news station. last weather and goodbye male announcer: six weeks ago, in dallas qualifying... [crowd groans] the course showed no mercy. - it was bigger than i expected, and i was not mentally prepared for that. - oh! - ah! - i really don't feel that people get how hard this course is. [crowd groans] - oh, my god! oh, god! announcer: the biggest... - he's 6'8" tall. announcer: the strongest... - he is the tower of power. announcer: all struggled to

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the first "iron man," the original, did so well that marvel comics afterwards bought you a bentley, true yeah. >> jimmy: they surprised you with it? >> yeah. what did i get tonight? harry winston gave me this lovely watch, or to you, six months' salary. [ laughter ] [ audience moaning ] >> jimmy: wow. who's harry winston, your boyfriend? [ laughter ] >> you always got to say something kind of mean, don't you? >> jimmy: i'm sorry. >> jimmy: you got that? >> harry winston is a premier jeweler. >> jimmy: so i've heard on television. right up there with -- >> i used to walk by when i was stealing sweaters at lord & taylor. >> jimmy: that right? [ laughter ] >> and look at me now! >> jimmy: it's really all worked out for you. [ cheers and applause ] mickey rourke played your nemesis whiplash in -- well not yours, but iron man's. >> iron man's nemesis. it's all right to call me iron man. >> jimmy: you actually offered him the role in the film, true? is that true? >> well, actually jon favreau, our illustrious director, was talking to mickey and then we were doing something, some roundtable thi

ryan bentley the freshman, lovely alley hoop, penn beat cornell, final, with 82-63. >>> temple takingmemphis in memphis. owls lead was cut from 19 to three. but in the quarter, obe with the three right there. fran dunphy's owls hang on and they win 74-62. >>> some golf on sunday, final round of the pebble beach pro am and thinks jordan spieth, started take with the six stroke lead and he laid par golf, first of the day but right here on 17, gets birdie put, jordan spieth wins by four strokes. coming up tonight sixers in charlotte the to take on the hornets and villanova takes on depaul out in chicago. that is sports in a minute. i'm tom sredenschek. sure, you could buy this. but why miss out on this? it's baking season. warm up with pillsbury. protein. protein proteiny protein. proteiny protein? protein proteiny protein. at least 14 grams of protein. 100 calories. new greek 100 protein. from yoplait. >>> look at what the video, look at this truck landing on the police cruiser there. this is in wyoming interstate 80. it was a high wind that were the cause. luckily, no one was inside of

alabama governor robert bentley will formally announce the nomination this morning and they will travel to washington for strange's swearing in as a senator." that expected to happen this morning. other news from capitol hill, this is a headline. the president's nominee for supreme court, neil gorsuch, has rebuked the president and calls his attacks on judges demoralizing in a private conversation with senator richard blumenthal, democrat of connecticut. associates with the judge's office say they confirmed he did say that in a private conversation with the democratic senator from connecticut. that on many of the front pages this morning. back to our conversation about this epidemic. want to show you more what governors across the country had to say in their state of the state addresses. let's go to virginia, terry mcauliffe, and his state of the state. we arer mcauliffe: confronting the issue of heroin and prescription drugs. in 2015, we saw more than 800 of our fellow virginians of all ages, of all walks of life, die due to opioid addiction and over -- overdose. when the final data is

how about penn and cornell playing a rare sunday afternoon game at the palestra and this is ryan bentleyff the steel. quakers beat columbia on friday, cornell will on sunday final 82-63. >>> golf final round of the pebble beach beach pro am entered the take with the six stroke lead, gets birdie here on 17, and then jordan spieth is your winner at public he will beach pro am by four strokes. coming you the tonight sixers in charlotte to take on the who are threats. number two villanova will be at depaul to play blue demons. that is sports in a minute. i'm tom sredenschek, sixers headed to charlotte. sixers now saying joel embiid has a turn meniscus a slight tear in his left knee, menisc caused him to miss nine straight games because of a bruce. >> innings isers confirmed the tear on the same day that someone criticizing joel embiid for dancing on the stage at meek mill concert in philadelphia on try night. >> okay. >> so, derek was first to report on the tear and the team says that the tear is just a small one and not injury that is keeping him out of the line up. there is still no timeta

>> how about penn and cornell playing rare sunday afternoon game at the palestra and this is ryan bentleyff the steel, quakers beat the columbia on friday, cornell on sunday. eighty-two-63. >>> golf final round of the pebble beach pro am and thinks jordan spieth who had a six stroke lead gets birdie here on 17, and then jordan spieth is your winner at pebble beach pro am by four strokes. coming up tonight 76ers down in charlotte to take on hornets, number two villanova will be at depaul to play blue demons, that is sports in a minute, i'm tom sredenschek. >> thanks, shredder. >>> good news, verizon making a big announcement this weekend. >> we will see what the wireless company that is offering you that hasn't happened in years. >> ♪ >> ruling the night, adele, winning big at last night's grammys and creating a moment that has everyone talking today. >>> these are word, of hate, a racist message that has people on edge right the now in new jersey, the flyers that some people say are promoting hate. >>> probably heard it last night the wind is there an advisory for our area, gusts up to 60

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also in alabama, the governor there, robert bentley, said he is going to with hold money from the countyome to birmingham, alabama, which also hassan chew wear policies. the state of idaho all considering legislation that would strip state funding from cities that have sanctuary policies. all comes after president trump's executive order attempting to bar federal funds from these communities. it turns out though, according to a report from standard and poor's that the president may have less authority than he thinks there. the report from standard and poor's points out that the executive branch really has little authority to stop funds to communities that have already been appropriated. also, the report points out, and i quote from s&p now, that courts have ruled that the threat of with holding funding may not be used to coerce states. so the federal government may have a problem in holding money back, but it now appears that state governments might get involved in on the act and that could have the same impact of stripping these communities from definitely need to operate. >> sandra: i

robert bentley making the pick ensuring the republicans won't majority in the chamber. donald trump says he is standing up for his daughter ivanka after nordstrom announced they will drop her line from the store. brad bell has the battle. brad: the discourse veered from immigration and security to women's clothing and sportswear. from executive orders to failing orders. for ivanka trump fashion line. >> this is a direct attack on his policies and her name. >> it all started when nordstrom announced because of suddenly weak sales they would no longer stock ivanka branded merchandise. the president fired off this tweet in response saying ivanka has been treated so unfairly by nordstrom. outside the nordstrom rack in chevy chase this trump supporter agrees. she says the president has a right to tweet as he pleases. >> the press is roy yolic -- vitriolic toward him. tweeting is the only way he can get to the public. i don't mind that. brad: in annapolis nordstrom we find a different point of view. >> it's unrofessional, especially for the position he holds. as president you

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you have to leave him right here until we get through the votes because they didn't know how fast bentley> i believe he's abstained from the others so far but he needs it. the math needs him. >> right. >> manu raju is on capitol hill watching this play out. join the conversation. we were talking about other things as we went through this vote keeping it on the screen. what did we miss? >> reporter: well, right now it's 50-50. so at any moment, we expect mike pence to come in and cast that divisive vote. even though it's very, very close -- >> there is he. mike pence -- excuse me for interrupting, but mike pence for the first time taking this seat in the senate to cast a big vote. let's listen in. >> on this vote, the yeas are 50, the nays are 50. the vice president votes in the affirmative and the nomination is confirmed. ma jord majority leader? >> i'd move to reconsider. a table to reconsider. >> question is on the motion to table. all in favor say aye. >> all opposed? the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it and the notion is agreed to. >> roll call be waived? >> without objecti

next is amy bentley, professor of food studies and public health at new york university. historian with interests in the social and historical context of food. was a finalist for the james beard award. she is also winter of a best book award. she has a number of publications. cofounder of the experimental cuisine collective. she is cofounder of the nyu urban pharma and holds other distinguished positions. tabley, at the end of the is paul friedman, who is the chester d trip professor of history at yale university. medieval europe. he has written on the history of spain and the middle ages. he also has an interest in the history of food and cuisine. he received his phd from atkeley in 1978 and taught vanderbilt before he moved to ale. .e is author of numerous books books include, "out in 2008.st," published restaurants "10 that changed america" in the fall of 2016. not only interesting which panel, but a panel with a wide sange of interest expertise. i will now turn it over to rachel. i cannot say how much it means to be here. a panel on one's work is something that histor

doing the same thing, people are buying it and he has a bentley now.him. >> according to the great "washington post," in president trump's first 34 days, he has said 133 false or misleading statements. >> well, i love the jacket. >> thank you. >> explain. >> it's brunello cuccinelli, it's a nice puffy coat cut in the form of a blazer. >> i'm just teasing. >> you asked because i told. >> you have the clothes. >>> thank you, jonathan, katy and montel williams. when we return, we'll finish with trump watch. you're watching "hardball." liberty mutual stood with me when i was too busy with the kids to get a repair estimate. i just snapped a photo and got an estimate in 24 hours. my insurance company definitely doesn't have that... you can leave worry behind when liberty stands with you™ liberty mutual insurance that has everything to do with the people in here. their training is developed by the same company who designed, engineered, and built the cars. they've got the parts, tools, and know-how to help keep your ford running strong. 35,000 specialists all

should present to the body -- it's a letter that needs to go to this body also, but it's to governor bentleyof alabama in which i state these words: i hereby give notice that i will retire from the office of the united states senator for the state of alabama, therefore i tender my resignation at # 1:55 -- 11:55 p.m. on november 28, standard eastern time. thank you all. i'm honored to be with you. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the nominee. the clerk: nomination of department of health and human services, thomas price of georgia to be secretary. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. corn corn mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the -- mr. cornyn: i ask unanimous consent that the senate be in a period of morning business with senators per phoeutd to speak for -- permitted to speak at 10 minutes peach. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cornyn: i ask that the senate lay before the -- the presiding officer: without objection.. corn: i ask unanims consent that when the senate completes its business it adjourn until thursday, februarf proceedings be approv

male vocalist of the year nominees are jason alldean, dirks bentley, thomas rhett, who's also going to chris stapleton, and keith urban. >> that's an all-star cast. up next, number two, female vocalist of the year. charles? >> i'm an expert in this. first off, kelsey ballerini, she's going on tour with us this year. yeah. going on tour with us in may. miranda lambert. >> yay. >> marin morris. casey musgraves. and of course carrie underwood. >> that's a tough crowd. >> congratulations. the third category is entertainer of the year. >> this is the big one. jason aldean. luke bryan. good buddy from georgia. florida georgia line. carrie underwood. and keith urban. >> wow. >> wow. >> fourth category, vocal duo of the year, sorry you're not eligible because there are three of you. hillary, who are the nominees? >> they are big and rich, brothers osborne, dan and shay, florida georgia line, and matty and tae. >> has anything stood out to you you go i know x is going to win? they're all so good. and you're probably friend with them too. >> yeah. really proud of -- brothers osborne has had a br