families invorite this regard, in terms of storytelling, are the breckenridge is of kentucky --breckenridge's of kentucky. they were passionate in the civil war, absolutely down the middle, half with the south, half with the north. therewere fears battles-- battlesrcierce within the family. john c breckenridge was vice president of the united states and resigned to fight with the confederacy. of the war, hes became a confederate secretary of war. read a little, if i happened to of what john breckenridge. remember, the war is over, the confederate cabinet is fleeing. the members are in flight from richmond, for the secretary of the war, the beginning of the two-month adventure that reads like viking romance. "by taking the southern underground, the party successfully eluded federal troops in virginia and the carolinas. in charleston, news reached them of the assassination of lincoln. they saw this as a difficulty for the south. president davis was taken. cliftons below macon, was also captured. president davis dismissed his 45 man guard. leave one of these young men to encounter one hazard mor

a preview from breckenridge, colorado. but first a quick check on last night's college football conference championship games, and we start with undoubtedly the game of the night. a riveting contest for the big 10 title between fourth-ranked iowa, a

coming up in just a moment, live coverage of the dew tour in breckenridge, colorado.golden state warriors, in pursuit of the longest win streak in nba history after a win in boston on friday.

and really run the g from editing books on civil war photography to books on jefferson davis, breckenridge, and his latest which is a "crucible of command." wit, as those of us who have seen him with gives ascmurray, who the as he gets and beneath surface is a mutual affection that is fairly well hidden. [laughter] he is loyal, a loyal member of our lincoln forum and we are glad to have him. i am reminded of the dispute over the use of the confederate battle flag that still simmers, wrote rages, and to jack a lengthy but telling essay for the july 11, wall street journal where he discussed controversy over the use of the confederate battle flag as a symbol which must not be misunderstood or whitewashed. while it is a good thing that the confederacy failed, davis believes americans cannot afford to forget the confederacy as it teaches lessons about americans themselves, about how they reacted in crisis, about matters beyond just lavery and sacrifice sacrifice, that constitute the bedrock of our national being. whether you buy into this or not , i do and i think most of you do, the important

listen to what this mom from breckenridge county said. my family is being pushed out. how can we pay almost 1,200 a month on health insurance? thrifn to -- listens to what this father from owns borrow said. before obamacare we paid less. it seems these days there's know incentive to work. we're punished for working hard and trying to provide for our children while others are encouraged to not further themselves because if they do, it would be -- they would be in our particular situation. what happened, he wondered, to being rewarded for working hard in america? what happened to the american dream, he said. this kentucky dad isn't the only one wondering this. americans across the country continue to demand a better way forward. americans made that clear last november. kentuckians made that doubly clear again last month. this, mr. president, is simply the reality. democrats can't deny it. they can try to deny it. the democrats again dismiss america's real-life experience as lies. democrats can continue to lecture americans about their supposedly inability to understand j

breckenridge, colorado, had a foot of snow overnight. skiing, you are in good shape. if you're flying anywhere today, it's going to be slow because the airports are about an hour behind. a lot of flights are stuck because of the cloud cover. but if you're getting out of the northeast because of the clouds or the wind or the warmth, if you're going to the west, the skiing couldn't be better. going to the south, the weather couldn't be warmer. in fact, tampa, miami, ft. lauderdale will be well above 80 degrees for the next ten days in a row. every dot you see here on the map will be a record high broken today. they're all in the east. there's nothing in the west. the west is cold. snowy and rainy. and they like it out there because if you don't have the snowy, wet and cold and rainy, you're not going to break that drought in california, and they are trying, carol. above normal right now for the date in california's sierra snow pack. we haven't said that in four years. >> wow! that's amazing. i don't know what's happening, but it's kind of

collins, loveland, frisco, breakenridge, none of these tourism communities can survive not making -- breckenridge, none of these tourism communities can survive not making this re-authorization. our future depends upon our states and municipalities' ability to rely on what level of federal support they can expect to receive and what their federal partnerships will look like year in and year out. providing consistency and funding levels and a several-year commitment to critical infrastructure projects, as we do today in this conference report, we open up a future for major highway improvements like those needed in highway 25 and 70 in my district and highways and roads across the entire nation. while i've outlined the issues and misgivings i have about this bill, and certainly agree with mr. ribble about the lack of curgescurge this congress has to actually pay for a bill and instead devise clever gimmicks that only partially pay for the bill, including assuming that we're going to get twice the money per barrel for oil that the federal government owns than the actual market price would bear. i th