as rod blum does. >> we shouldn't have to rig the system in our favor, or the democrats shouldn't havethe system in their favor. >> reporter: a tea party republican who represents iowa's first. a democratic leaning district. blum says he can't afford to ignore any constituents. >> with gerrymandering, the politician knows that they can be extreme right or extreme left and get re-elected. if the district was like mine, split evenly you are looking at every bill. what does a republican think of this. democrat thing of this. in penned enlt think of it. rancheros his is not a typical district. nationwide, gerrymandering is one reason that the number of competitive congressional seats, those where both parties have a good shot at winning, has plunged over the past 20 years, from 164 to just 72. now keep an eye on pennsylvania seventh. those district lines we hatch been talking about are redrawn every ten years right after the census. usually by the state legislature. in a process, redistricting. get a load of how the 7th changed over the years. few know this process better than kim brace. f

steve blum/ resident "it's like a war zone." twist, he happens to be a landslide attorney and said the county should have seen this coming.steve blum/ resident"they didn't give any warnings to people, which is a mistake, because they were not thinking, they weren't talking to a hydrologist or a geohydraulics, if they had, they would've known where the water was going to go."was going to go."where the water was going to go." (grant) that was jasmine viel reporting... now to the north bay...where wildfires destroyed over 46- hundred homes in october.three months after the devastation, there is a sign of hope for the future of santa rosa.. (pam) one home is rising from the ashes, one nail and wood beam at a time. kron 4's justine waldman has this story ... natsthe clang of construction thuds loudly in one corner of coffey park.this is 1613 kerry lane.a phoenix rising from the ashes of the tubbs firesot driving out i knew it was bad with the propane tanks exploding coming back that monday it was just devastation dan bradford escaped

jonathan blum went to a local ski shop where they're working over-the-to get ready for powder days. >> it's nice to see the wet falling again. >> the rain in marine means snow in the sierra. and that means a flurry of customers to ski shops. >> brand-new board. >> what while some suffered on the slushy slopes others practiced patience. >> it's coming down so thank good. >> you've been waiting. i have a season pass. let's use it tp. >> reporter: here asset demo sport it's all hands on deck. tuning and waxing in time for the weekend. >> we'll stay late and do anything we have to do to make sure we can get their equipment and ready try to get them on the slopes. it's a limited window. you want to get up when the snow is soft and the powder good. >> after a dry start it's a chance to sell the hot new accessories. >> use mag nets. that's all it takes to change the lens. >> and we mean hot. >> heated socks. >> folks in marin planning trips. >> we're going to kirkland. >> going to north star bright and early tomorrow morning. >> before you get on the mountain you have to get to the mountain.

it's stuck whereas a teacher you know and can actually answer that now speaking about professor blum the product i feel collaboration with here was capture and recapture applications which you sold to google a few years ago and to ricky like myself like very very simple neat ideas that one has to wonder why did it take so long to develop them a why they cost google so much money what was the hardest thing to figure out about that yeah so the capture of if you haven't seen this is this distorted characters that you have to type whenever you're trying to get out an e-mail account or something in retrospect that seems like no no brainer yeah like a no brainer and the idea by the way the reason that's there is to make sure that a computer is not get. in the account that it's a human that is actually getting that and not on a computer it seems like a no brainer but you know nobody had thought of it and it took us months to think things over it and a lot of times some of the best ideas seemed like a no brainer i don't know what the hardest the hardest part was really coming up with with a

. >> among them jason blum. >> 99 ways it could have gone wrong, happy jordan peele got it right.id it don't know if it would work. the timing of joke. timing of a scare. where you put it. the rhythm. it's harder than one would think. >> why horror? >> for me it's about conquering my own fear. facing my own fear. the reason anybody watches horror movies is just that. question get to look our deepest fears straight down the barrel. laugh at them and walk away having dealt with that. >> so is it true? is it better? >> wow. >> wow. >> is your beepest fear the axe murderer or the casual rapist. >> it's a little of both. >> you ever play golf. >> two years ago. i wasn't very good. >> i do know tiger. >> that's great. >> i know tiger woods. >> does that stuff happen to you? >> oh, yeah, that's every day being black in this country. i think they are trying to say something good but inherent in that is a disregard for the humanity of the person, you automatically see color first. it doesn't enrage me but what it represents does. >> i did think have i ever done anything like that tiger woo

it's stuck where as a teacher you know and can actually answer that now speaking about professor blum the product i feel collaboration with here was capture and recapture application to make you whole to google a few years ago to a rookie like myself like very very think will need ideas that one has to wonder why did it take so long to develop them a why they cost google so much money what was the hardest thing to figure out about that yeah so the capture of if you haven't seen this is the story of characters that you have to type whenever you're trying to get out an e-mail account or something in retrospect that seems like oh no brainer yeah like a no brainer and the idea by the way the reason that's there is to make sure that a computer is not getting the account that it's a human that is actually getting that and not on a computer it seems like a no brainer but it you know nobody has thought of it and it took us months to think things over it and a lot of times some of the best ideas seem like a no brainer i don't know what the hardest the hardest part was really coming up with wit

people watching saying, i'm in tough economic straits, i do know need someone to came here and do the blumming that i am trying to charge dollars 20 an hour for. >> we need to look at, i agree up in seattle, a large community of vietnamese boat people who came over here with nothing. and now they are great entrepreneurs. charles: we should have open border? >> not saying that. charles: where do we draw the line? >> i am saying we need it look at our needs, not suggesting open borders, want to talk in an honest way snoor yo. you sure, if people talk honest way but down use the right words it gets turned' side down on its head. >> i am addressing the president's question, why do wement peopl want people from these places. i am for a rational, logical immigration system. >> okay. >> it comes down to the process, people who come here theor right way, people have come in line, paid for legal fees, and whoever in a did it the right way, you have some who are coming here the wrong way, that needs to end. charles: thank you very much, i am breaking down important things about the market. everyone is t

it's stuck where as a teacher you know and can actually answer that now speaking about professor blum the product of your collaboration with here was capture and recapture application to reach you sold to google a few years ago and to a rookie like myself like very very think will need ideas that one has to wonder why did it take so long to develop them a why they cost google so much money what was the hardest thing to figure out about that yes so the captures of if you haven't seen this is this distorted characters that you have to type whenever you're trying to get out an e-mail account or something in retrospect that seems like a no brainer yeah like a no brainer and the idea by the way the reason that's there is to make sure that a computer is not getting the account that it's a human that is actually getting that and not and on a computer it seems like a no brainer but it you know nobody has thought of it and it took us months to think things over it and a lot of times some of the best ideas seemed like a no brainer i don't know what the hardest the hardest part was really coming

a total lunar eclipse, blum to as superman. but it's called a super blue blood moon. is what you see right now. at some point we expected to turn red. if you're on the east coast where we are right now is beginning right now. they will be calling completely on the east coast at 6:48 a.m. eastern time. the central time zone will be in totality at 6:15 p.m. your time. not in time zones 629 euros time and the best of the biggest at 4:51. that goes until 6:55 pacific time. you might get their red blood moon which would be really cool. tranter at attention because this is once-in-a-lifetime trip once in 150 years and it's happening right now. when you're done watching as superman, watch superbowl commercials. some have been laid. let's take a look. >> i like. >> revenue spokesman. employee of the month. competition. ♪ >> i've had three people try to eat me today. anyway, sometimes i wish i were human. >> look at me, humane. do you want to eat me? no. >> you want to eat me? >> no thanks. lauren: not only the most talked about, but the most expensive. $5 million for 30 secon

shawn mckit rick, jason blum, edward hamm and jordan peele producers. >> best picture, best screen directord really unexpected for daniel

congressman rod blum, offering ideas, ban on first class flights and luxury car leases paid for by taxpayersobbying ban and pay cut for congress if they don't balance the budget. congressman, thank for coming in. have you heard from the president on any of these issues? >> i haven't heard from the president on any of these issues but shortly after he was elected i was with the president-elect at the time. president-elect trump, i was into drain the swamp before you were. you had a good chuckle at that. i would love to work with you to get that done. when can we do it? he said let's hold off for a while but it will be on the agenda. that is why i'm hopeful. david: if you get him announcing these things publicly and pushing for them at press conference and the like, much more likely to get something done, right? >> exactly. i am asked all the time how do we make this happen? you have to be honest here, this is kind of like asking turkeys to vote for thanksgiving. the way we get this done we need to mobilize the grassroots. we need to mobilize the army of citizens out there, because these are w

i went with the podcasters, my kids love 'em. [ laughter ] >> i'm darren blum. >> and i'm dana blue.plause ] >> jimmy: carrie brownstein, everybody. the final season of "portlandia" premieres this thursday at 10:00 p.m. on ifc. we'll be right back with a a performance from caitlyn smith. stick around, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ what are you waiting for mrs. grey? that's me. mr. grey said to take you straight home. mr. grey is not here. you insist on defying me mrs. grey. what should i do about that? learn to live with it. why is there a gun in your desk? i swore i'd keep you safe, and i will. it seems you're pregnant mrs. grey. ♪ what are you waiting for rated r. [music: "imagi-nation" by andrew simple] (whistle) woo! [sfx: zip] ♪ with imagination, yeah yeah yeah ♪ ♪ with imagination sc johnson a little to the left. 1, 2, 3, push! easy! easy! easy! (horn honking) alright! alright! we've all got places to go! we've all got places to go! washington crossing the delaware turnpike? surprising. what's not surprising? how much money sean saved by switching to geico. big man wit

. >> miss blum? >> i will focus vash, and there was a senate bill introduced senate 1333 that would permanently authorize the primal vash program that would help communities be able to project base those vouchers and again, produce stable housing for veterans long term in indian country. >> thank you, miss blum, mr. miller, final word. >> mr. chairman, as stated in the 2016 annual report to congress, one of the things that we would like to work with you on is the technical amendment to the term homeless veteran to include recently housed. we estimate if that were changed we would be able to serve 10,000 more veterans. homeless veterans. >> okay. well, god bless you guys and thanks for coming and there are no further questions and the panel is now e kxcused and they revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material and without object, so ordered. this hearing is now adjourned. >>> tonight, president trump will give his first state of the union address to a joint session of congress. c-sp

arlene blum is a researchers at the university of california berkeley. >> our chemical regulation system makes us all guinea pig because they're assumed safe until proven guilty and we go out in the world and information. >> reporter: mark correll. is it possible you've replaced this with something that could still have a long-term problem down the road? >> i've got to rely on the epa and environmental health agencies to tell us whether that's going to be a problem in the future. >> but for now -- >> -- we're going to treat it as like any other hazardous material by cleaning it up immediately. >> why would you do that if it's deemed to be safe? >> what we're saying is they're still chemicals that have potentially toxic side effects. >> reporter: dan cruz worries more illnesses may lie ahead because of something as ordinary as a drink of water. if someone had told you this 25 years ago and you had never had any of this water, do you think it would be healthy now in not goin >> i think i would have been perfectly healthy. i don't think i would have gotten any of the cancers at all. >> repo

barraza had the backing of bay area jewish groups that came out to support she and her family.ashiar blumt imagine, my dad is so important to our family, he is the most important member in my life, financially, i can't imagine. those at the rally also spoke up about the recent reports of ice raids scheduled to sweep through sanctuary cities like san francisco. shlonie aleichen. it is tragic the policies that we are seeing by the activities in this country now so similar to what was active in the anti-immigrant. lourdes who is a legal citizen of the us says she has retained an attorney and has put up a bond for fernando's release to go through the proper legal channels to push back on deportation, however, his bond was denied by an official. lourdes says she doesn't understand.lourdes. you are breaking up a family, why are you doing this to this country, we are suffering. kron four news reached out to ice officials - and an ice spokesperson told kron four news fernando had been removed three times to mexico three times, that he has a criminal record including fradulent id and a driving und

let me take the liberty if i can of asking gretchen blum to stand up behind me. gretchen has been with the committee since i came to the committee as chairman. she is going to greener pastures in oregon, a beautiful coastline. lots of veterans and lots of people. she's been a tremendous help to veterans and this committee. thank you for your service. >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. appreciate it. thank you for being here. i need to bring something of a local interest to your attention. high risk contacted my office after bypass surgery was canceled. johnson clarksburg veteran, great hospital. the reason being that the spots were found on the tools processed. let me tell you the time elapsed. we've been told that they've estimated it's been ten weeks since a temporary -- just before a temporary sterilization unit will be operational. it will also take a whopping 16 to 18 months to replace the one that's deficient. it's been reported up to five level. that's your region. i don't know if it's ever gotten to you all. there's got to be something, doctor, whe

. >> "get out," shawn mckittrick, jason blum, edward h. hamm jr.i bush and evelyn o'neill, producers. >>> "phantom thread," joanne sellar, megan ellison and daniel lupi, producers. >>> "the post," amy pascal, steven spielberg and kristie macosko krieger, producers. >>> "the shape of water," guillermo del toro and j. miles dale, producers. >>> and "three billboards outside ebbing, missouri," graham broadbent, peter czernin and martin mcdonagh, producers. [ applause ] >> thank you very much, everyone, for watching this morning and congratulations to all the nominees. >> and make sure you watch as we celebrate the 90th oscars, sunday night, march 4th on abc. [ applause ] >> first of all, congratulations to all the nominees. >> absolutely. >> that was the most entertaining i think we've ever seen. >> i hope she does it every year. [ applause ] >> that was worth it. >> so good for the show. >> so what jumped out right away to you? what's the one thing that jumped out to you? >> i was a little surprised that "i, tonya" did not get a best picture nominati

shawn mckittrick, jason blum and jordan peele, producers. >> "lady bird," scott ridden, eli bush andnd daniel lupi. >> "the post," amy pascal, steven spielberg and kristie macosko krieger. >> "the shape of water," guillermo del toro and j. miles dale, producers. >> and "three bilboards outside ebbing, missouri," graham broadbend, peter czernin and martin mcdonagh, producers. >> there we have it. those are the oscar nominations. what do you think? >> "phantom thread," daniel day-lewis' final movie, got a lot of nominations. best picture, best director and a surprise nomination for lesley manville. "the post" didn't do as well as i thought it would do. tom hanks was not nominated. denzel washington was. >> i was surprised "i, tonya" was not nominated. >> it was on the bubble. but margot robbie did get nominated and allison janney. it did okay. but it would have been nice to see it for best picture. >> dave, thank you for all that. >> we couldn't do it without you. the oscars are sunday, march 4th. we'll be right back. this is "today" on nbc. >>> we're back. the big surprise. jenna's "t

before i go to senator manchin, let me just take the liberty, if i can't, to ask gretchen blum stand up behind me. gretchen? gretchen has been with the committee since i came to the committee three years ago. she is going to greener pastures in oregon. she has been a tremendous help to our veterans and this committee. we want to acknowledge and thank you for your service. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> senator manchin? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate it. thank you, dr. shulkin, for being here. i need to bring something of local interest to your attention. on december 20th, a high-risk veteran contacted my office after his bypass surgery was cancelled while he was laying on the operating table in the clarksburg, v.a. it's a great hospital. but the reason being that the spots were found on the tools processed by the autoclave. that's the reason. now let me tell you the time lapse. we've been told they've estimated at least ten weeks just before a temporary sterilization unit will be operational, but it will also take a whopping 16 to 18 months to replace the one that is deficie

now it's based on the memoir by molly blum and follows the 26-year-old author as she becomes the targetire for hollywood celebrities. athletes, business tycoons and the russian mob. oscar nominee jessica chastain stars as molly alongside id diss elba and kevin costner if the cas wasn't enough to convince you to go see it it's writ tepp by oscar winner and west wing úcreator aaron sorkin. it also marks his directorial debut. and to sweet den ten the deal both stars were also just nominated for golden globes. now you probably recall that mrt too long ago. we were happy to spend some time with him. but this morning we get to spend time with him and jessica this morning. good morning to both of you. mr. sorkin great to see you again, and jessica, it's wonderful to have you with us today. >> thank you so much. >> good to see you. >> congratulations on the golden globe dom nations. that's pretty awesome. my first question if you had to be honest box office success or critical a claim and awards? >> box office -- well here's the thing. i prefer option c which means people see the movie. [ laug

stuart: joining us now, congressman rod blum, republican from iowa, clearly a farm state.t's president trump doing -- we just heard from the president, all right, tax cuts the ability to write off all investments immediately. what else is the president doing that farmers really like? >> good morning, stuart. grad to be on your show again today. president trump has been tremendous for the farm economy. not only by reducing taxes because sometimes we forget farmers are small businesses, stuart. but also he doubled this new tax bill, the doubled amount you can exempt on the death tax, up to $22 million. iowa farmland is selling for $7,000 an acre. 3,000-acre farm, you're at $21 million. he will be very good on trade, negotiating with mexico and canada. he reduce the regulations like waters of the u.s. act which was so generous to iowa farmers. done many great things to renewables. epa wanted to reduce the rfs standards. the president stepped in and overruled director pruitt, that we will keep the standards where they are at. one year, stuart into the administration has been v