martin: i am optimistic as well and look forward how did see things progress in virginia and chattanooga. thank you for coming and doing this for us today. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] announcer: vice president joe biden filled in for the president on his weekly address to discuss the importance of higher education and the administration's plan to provide tuition free community college. vice president biden: i'm filling in for president obama who is traveling abroad. middle-class economics works. our economy has gone from crisis to recovery to resurgence. with the longest streak of consecutive job growth ever recorded in the history of this country, and more than other advanced countries combined. to make sure everybody is part of this, we need to build on what we know whiten's the past to the middle class. -- widens the path to the middle class. we were among the first nations in the world to provide 12 years of free educati

to john's right, we have mayor andy burke -- who joins us from chattanooga, tennessee. he secured a $2.2 million grant from the u.s. department of health and human services -- the largest expansion grant for early childhood to be expanded to chattanooga. allowing children to enroll in early head start and early programs for infants and toddlers. he previously served in the state senate of tennessee chairman of the democratic caucus. as a member of the education committee, he was a leader on first to the top -- four raised to the top funding. and a complete college tennessee that transformed the system of higher ed. last but not least, we have virginia's deborah deputy secretary on how to expand. jenny works at george washington university to promote its science and technology campus in ashburn, virginia. i wouldn't dive right in. i will start us off, with john -- if you could talk a little bit more we are lucky enough to have two recipients of the departments preschool development grants program funding. maybe you could give us, and we will talk to the other panelists a

county of san francisco. >> so you are saying you are not in support of a municipal sector like chattanooga and that it's not really the government's responsibility to provide free and affordable wireless internet access from a strategy seven or 8 years ago from a task force from our city, is that what you are saying? >> i think those two sections still have dean -- dynamics need to be flushed out. what i can tell you that it will likely be a hybrid. we have fiber backbone, we have conduit systems, we have a lot of assets that we can bring to bear but whether or not we are going to directlien -- invest in fiber to flush out to people's home goes far beyond what the city's cio oh pines. >> i appreciate the control that you have and i appreciate the planning. i still hope that we have a big vision. i think sf wifi is great, but i would hope that equity and social justice in bringing people up to the digital future especially those that don't have access now should be a key strategic goal for any technology for a plan and a city like ours and the failed earth link planning with the city and ev

chattanooga had a high-quality head start program. we also knew that we need to look at that and see whether it was of the highest quality we could provide. sometimes high-quality means not just instruction, but also that you obey regulations. like most things that come from federal government, there are a lot of regulations that come with headstart. we actually went over the head of -- the head went over to pay attention to what is going on in the headstart program. when what he found is unfortunately, because of being involved with young kids, these kids had to wash their hands all the time. you have to watch before you paint, after you paint, before you snack, after you snack. they were leaving the classrooms all the time -- teachers were with the kids. he came to me and said, for $80,000, we can blessing and every classroom and at probably about 1.5 hours of instruction time. you would not have done that from the evaluations. we do all the things that we have to do, but these commonsense ways of saying, how do we add instruction t

cities are now offering their own publicly- funded broadband services-- cities like chattanooga, tennessee, wilson, north carolina, bristol, virginia lafayette, louisiana, and cedar falls, iowa. the hope is that these services will attract new businesses and expand internet access to more people across the economic spectrum. but there are some who are critical of this new model. >> when governments go into business and compete with the private sector, it's just not their, it's just not their forte. >> sreenivasan: jeff eisenach is with the american enterprise institute and studies policies that affect the information technology sector. he says that, although the government can play a role in bringing internet access to poorer americans, public broadband services can't keep up with the innovation that the private broadband industry offers. >> the largest investors in the united states today, are america's broadband companies. they're at&t and verizon are always on the top, literally, the top of the list that the companies spending the most money. what you don't want is government coming in

anybody behind in the digital highway but also for the potential of a municipal fiber network like chattanooga, tennessee and 100 other jurisdictions around this country. i think the 5-year technology plan is really a good vision, but it's not adequately addressing digital inclusion -- and that we bridge the digital divide as strongly as we can and leave nobody behind. i look forward to working with mr. gamino and other stakeholders that ensures our digital divide and struggles for digital inclusion as strongly as we can. i think a divide that includes creative and strongest solutions should support digital inclusion in our city and action plan as well like we had in 2007 and few years ago. so i look forward to coordinating my efforts with supervisor mark far l who's* also been active in this looking at financing fur expanding our city's broadband network* and to facility these goals i directed the city attorney to form a digital inclusion task force so we can ensure senior organizations and low-income groups can have a say as our city develops information technology plan for the future. >> th

chattanooga had a high-quality head start program. we also knew that we need to look at that and see whether it was of the highest quality we could provide. sometimes high-quality means not just instruction, but also that you obey regulations. like most things that come from federal government, there are a lot of regulations that come with headstart. we actually went over the head of -- the head went over to pay attention to what is going on in the headstart program. when what he found is unfortunately, because of being involved with young kids these kids had to wash their hands all the time. you have to watch before you paint, after you paint, before you snack, after you snack. they were leaving the classrooms all the time -- teachers were with the kids. he came to me and said, for $80,000, we can blessing and every classroom and at probably about 1.5 hours of instruction time. you would not have done that from the evaluations. we do all the things that we have to do, but these commonsense ways of saying, how do we add instruction ti

. >> i had some wild might in chat noog garks, chattanooga i will tell you that.hat is it going to take for people to come around. do you think we need a gay president? >> so i hear ted cruz is running. >> no, no, no. >> he i mean ted cruz is the guy who is saying i am going to be -- >> larry: he will come out. >> exactly. and, you know, he is championing that group of americans who say we want someone to be on our side and to lead us and he and mike huckabee are raising their hands saying in 2016, you know, if somebody is going to take up the mantle and deciding to do it. >> larry: like the pizzeria, the people, you know, they were asked a hypothetical question and asked -- they got voted forgiving it 100. people didn't agree with their essay, but do you think that was kind of an over reaction? people like are threatening to burn the place down and do you think that is an over reaction or -- >> well, as an owner of a pizzeria, i would say that in any sense, in any time if you diminish the potential for people to come to your restaurant you have done yourself a di

he says, "the real story "is down in chattanooga, where the head of purchasing is paul fahey."here. and paul fahey had a stack of -- it was on ruled paper -- but he had case after case after case after case of identical bidding on contracts. now these are sealed bids, you understand. these are sealed bids, they come in a sealed envelope. but the biggest and the most interesting things were the electrical contracts from big firms like general electric, westinghouse allis-chalmers. i don't think anybody really knew what the hell we had. schoumacher: the tva wasn't usually front-page news, but tennessee happened to be the home state of senator estes kefauver. kefauver had made his name nationally with televised hearings investigating organized crime. adopting a coonskin cap as his trademark he had waged two popular but unsuccessful campaigns for president. then in 1959 kefauver took on a new crusade against a different kind of organized crime antitrust violators. kefauver announced that he was going to hold hearings in knoxville. uh, the word i heard was that the justice departmen

they were sealed inside the box and left outside a goodwill donation site in chattanooga.y were malnourished but the worker found them just in time. now they are being cared for by an animal center and will be put up for adoption once they are healthy. >> awesome. >> you put those in the window they are adopted in an hour. >> like that. >> less than that. >> absolutely. >>> in tonight's jobs report, jill schlesinger has tips for finding a successful career in sales. >>> reporter: sales is the second largest occupational group in the u.s. employing millions of people. while it can be a lucrative career, you have to be ready to assume the risk of variable income and the pressure to hit specific bottom line goals. successful salespeople love the idea of making a direct impact on the amount of money they can earn. they can increase compensation over a career. one of the highest paying subcategories in the industry is for sales representatives of wholesale manufacturing technical and scientific products. according to a 2014 report from harvard business school, these are among t

i am 8 miles from chattanooga. everything is chattanooga. i am a native of this area. i went to school at anderson university a christian college the first church of god. i follow my faith and church. host: alex in chattanooga tennessee, or northern georgia as he indicated. stewart is in florida. democrat. caller: how are you doing? i would like to say thank you to the gentleman from tennessee speaking about the republican party. i served less than 30 years in the military, i'm an entrepreneur doing very, very well. i don't get where people do not understand that you have to give back to those less fortunate. that is why i love president obama. i think you go down as a great man. with all of the -- that he gets today saying that he wasn't born in this country and the other gentleman saying that he is biracial. i drive an expensive vehicle and people think they can say racist things to me where i get my car maintenanced. i am appalled. i will listen it a lady from michigan who said let's take our country back. what do she mean? she never served a day in uniform with wou

this intersection in chattanooga under water today. let's get right to rob marscianomarciano. rob? >> reporter: the two systems moving very very slowly. check out the radar. those watch boxes are up. and especially just east of amarillo. a couple of krechls there could drop a couple more tornadoes. tomorrow threat going to be across texas, but it does expand off to the east. large hail and strong winds, again maybe a tornado. and as we looblg atk at the rainfall across the deep south, two to four inches from corpus christi to new orleans to mobile. more flooding as we go through the weekend and then the dry weather out west where the brush fires burn red flag warnings are posted. those are the winds and that tan and brown area that's where relative humidity is between 5% and 15%. >> all right, rob, thank you. >>> now, to an urgent warning tonight from the fbi on the hunt for a gang of bandits believed to be armed and dangerous, terrorizing families striking several banks now. tonight, the surveillance tape here. what authorities say is a significant clue in this image. abc's alex p

he attended the bride school in chattanooga. he attended the baylor school in chattanooga. dartmouth college and thethe wharton school at penn. he was a gifted man a very bright man. a great business man. but he was a giver. as i was thinking thiseek what i was going to say about scottie was what did scottie mean to me and what did scottie mean to our communitynd to our nation. scottie was something else. he'd walk into a om and he would smile. i think of scottie's smile. aaysn optimist. in our profession, sometimes you have good days and bad days. whenever i'd run into scottie he'd always smile and encourage me. but he didn't do that with me, he did that witeveryone. i proclaim chattanooga as the greatest mid sized citin america and sometimes i would y the world. it's because of people of scottie that we got there. scottie was truly outstanding. he gave and he gave and he gave. as a community leader, whether it was the united way or any other charity, he ws always there. as a man of christ, he was there for the first presbyterian church. is survived by his loving wife, bet

certainly in this area, san francisco -- the heart of silicon valley -- is lagging behind places like chattanooga nn where they have made investments that far outpace anything we're doing here. >> thank you supervisor campos. supervisor chris 10 zen. >> i just wanted to point out that if we said "yes" to google ten years ago, we wouldn't be having this discussion. >> thank you supervisor christensen. colleagues, can we take this item -- same house same call? without objection this resolution is adopted unanimously. mad l clerk, can you call the next item please. >> item 22 is a resolution to adopt the city's 10-year capitalization plan for fiscal years 2020-2025. >> campos -- i will be supporting this item, but i want to be very clear that -- and there's nothing in the document that's before us that actually addresses this issue. but i just don't want any ambiguity in the record. that i think that there's still many questions to be answered about one specific item within the capital plan. and that's whether or not to replace county jails 3 and 4 in the hall of justice. i think that there is stron

this intersection in chattanooga under water for drivers there today. let's get right to meteorologist rob marciano, on this again tonight. rob? >> reporter: david, again tonight, those two systems moving very very slowly. the one in the intermountain west bringing snow and wind, now triggers the severe storms in the plains. check out the radar. those watch boxes are up. and especially just east of amarillo. a couple of cells there could drop a couple more tornadoes. hopefully they won't hit anybody. tomorrow's threat is going to be across texas, but it does expand off to the east. large hail and strong winds, again maybe a tornado. and as we look at the rainfall across the deep south, another two to four inches from corpus christi to new orleans to mobile. more flooding potentially as we go through the weekend. and then the dry weather out west, where the brush fires burn, red flag warnings are posted. those are the winds and that tan and brown area, that's where relative humidity is between 5% and 15%. incredibly dry there. >> incredibly low. all righ

. >>> chattanooga coach and former bcu assistant coach could be named head basketball coach at bcu. they report the deal isn't final but could be finalized today. wade would replace smart who left the team to become head coach at university of texas austin. what do you know about him? >> he worked for smart. he was shack can's first big pick. you would imagine there's a similar style. he had a great run so far. >>> grab your wallet. if you live in loudoun you're want to take a close look at the money. >>> the warning about counterfeit money circulating through the area. >>> a cause they're so strongly against. they climbed up an oil rig in the arctic ocean! what these climbers were protesting. take a live look outside right now. it is 62 degrees. a mild start with rain throughout the region. tom will tell us whether your kids will need the umbrella. if you run over somebody it's usually because you were driving too fast or you didn't look before you turned or you didn't stop for someone in the crosswalk. always be alert. pedestrians don't come with airbags. >>> hundreds of vacevacue

chattanooga will be the first federally preserved battlefield, shiloh, gettysburg then vicksburg.hese sites are managed by the war department and funded by the federal government. so if you like going to civil war battlefields, the early preservation occurs as part of the fame of -- the theme of reconciliation. the monuments that go up, they part of the theme of reconciliation. congress is eager to find money to buy land for preservation activities, because who is in congress? veterans. they are eager to allocate this. the veterans preserve these battlefields as tangible physical landscapes to commemorate the men who fought and died there. they are living memorials. there is absolutely no intent to have conversations about why the war was fought on these battlefields. you want to talk about slavery it will not happen at the battlefield. they are disassociating it. battlefields are preserved to talk about heroism, valor, a story we can create and agree on. where all our brave. that is the consensus. >> they say these -- in these dedications, they will ignore it. jennifer murray: ye

ly graduate with honors from the university of tennessee chattanooga with a degree in criminal justiceopy of legends and lies rich way to go. tip of the day deception in the news, because the upcoming campaign is so important from time to time, going to tell you about news agencies that are not fair and honest. the yahoo news service used by millions, but what these people often do is take far left articles, post them without any vetting whatsoever go there check it out. let me know if you see any conservative media represented on yahoo, very rare. on the newspaper front, the usa today editorial page, grossly unfair, and anti-fox news to boot. same thing with the cleveland plain dealer. these editorial pages could not care less about the truth, they're in business to push a left wing ideology. you should know about that, factor tip of the day. that is it for us tonight. check out the fox news factor website which is different from billo'reilly.com. we'd like you to sput out. name a town, word of the day do not be a jackanapes. now teddy woods reminded me that i have not used jackanapes

i have also, you might even be more pleased to learn, a very direct contact with city you know, chattanooga, tennessee. and mr. mayor burke is going to be at a meeting i'm organizing in berlin in three weeks to talk about the tremendous success chattanooga has had in revitalizing the city and supporting entrepreneurship there. and i think you had a little bit to do that. i've heard that, anyway, from history. and so i'm very pleased to be here. both because of my ties to tennessee and also because these are issues i worked upon very -- a lot in the 1990s. i was the assistant secretary during this whole period of all these memorandum and agreements and everything and participated in negotiation of everything. not the budapest paper but most of the others. and so to you and also to ranking member menendez, i'm very pleased to be here. i have a very special point to make. you have heard in very extremely good detail, if not satisfying detail about how our government sees things, but i think there's one thing that we need to think about, which senator rubio in particular talked about, and that

forthcoming multi-volume history, but other theaters of the war, including his current home in chattanooga. will earned his m.a. in history at louisiana state university, where he was a student of a new up-and-coming professor named william cooper who will be speaking later today. so ladies and gentlemen, with no further ado, will greene. [ applause ] >> well, good morning everyone. thank you, wade for that kind introduction. wade told me the last two years sherman won last year, and grant won the year before. and he also mentioned the bad weather that's coming. this is rich mobbed virginia. the bad weather is coming. let's make it easy. i'm representing robert e. lee. and we can just vote now and all go home. [ laughter ] before the snow hits. it's not often that we venerate a loser. especially someone who lost a war. but robert e. lee stands out as an example of an american hero best known for presiding over the total and unequivocal defeat. although lee lost battles in each of the five years of the -- five calendar years of the civil war, there can be no doubt that his worst defeat the

wade has spent the last two years as head coach at tennessee, chattanooga.o that an assistant under smart at vcu for four years including the 2011 final four run. a press conference will be held tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. notice anything act him when you're watching him? >> he looks like one of the -- >> exactly. my producer and i were like we can't pick him out because he looks like -- >> how can you tell which is which? >> 32 but apparently as lyly has the experience and vcu thinks he's the guy. >> coach k is probably one of the best coaches ever at any level anywhere. he's a bad dude. [ upbeat music playing ] we all scream for ice cream flavored iced coffees from dunkin' donuts -- try the delicious new rocky road butter pecan and cookie dough flavors today! america runs on dunkin'. if you run over somebody it's usually because you were driving too fast or you didn't look before you turned or you didn't stop for someone in the crosswalk. always be alert. pedestrians don't come with airbags. >>> on this tuesday night, knocked out. a widespread power failure in

. >> ryan richard from chattanooga,y tennessee was among the first customers to make the purchase, butsaid he was disappointed with the inventory. >> they had no additional watches and the sport model, i think they only have three colors in it. >> the new tech gadget considered by many to be a fashion accessory isn't each being sold in apple stores yet and even customers who preordered online won't reserve theirs for weeks. >> late may. >> prices range from 350 to 17,000. this is the mid-range apple watch priced at $699. >> those at the back of the line just hope there's something left for everyone. >> is it worth it? do i need to have this? no. >> do i want it? yes. >> at least he's honest. that was marco robles reporting. >> spencer christian joins us. do you want to re-enact that shot or anything else? >> i was wondering who glued that ball to nike on. >> i believe shu made that in one shot. >> he has a super bowl ring you know? >> here's a look at live doppler 7 hd and it's mainly sunny, breezy and cool out here today and it will get cloudier and wetter. here's live doppler 7 hd an

introduced today as the new basketball coach at vcu, the 32-year-old was recently the head coach at chattanoogassistant at vcu from 2009-2013. the familiarity with the program is really a very big bonus for wade. >>> to augusta georgia, masters par 3 tournament great event for the golfers and their families. cuteness all around. tiger with his kids and girlfriend lindsay vonn. quite the show. there's also some pretty good golf. check this out. 75-year-old jack nicklaus on the fourth hole lands it in front of the flag, pulls the string and that one is going straight towards the cup. it's in. the golden bear still has it. hole in one. he's all smiles, gets a salute from the other golfers on the course as the gallery goes wild. that was one of four aces on the day in today's tournament. i'm sure you can hear right behind me they just played the national anthem. it looks like we're going to get going soon. right now there's still a delay. back to you. >> thanks, dianna. let's hope we get a win tonight. >>> that's our broadcast for now "nightly news" coming up next. >> hope to see you on news4 at 11

forthcoming multi-volume history, but other theaters of the war, including his current home in chattanooga. will earned his m.a. in history at louisiana state university, where he was a student of a new up-and-coming professor named william cooper who will be speaking later today. so ladies and gentlemen, with no further ado, will greene. [ applause ] >> well, good morning everyone. thank you, wade for that kind introduction. wade told me the last two years sherman won last year, and grant won the year before. and he also mentioned the bad weather that's coming. this is rich mobbed virginia. the bad weather is coming. let's make it easy. i'm representing robert e. lee. and we can just vote now and all go home. [ laughter ] before the snow hits. it's not often that we venerate a loser. especially someone who lost a war. but robert e. lee stands out as an example of an american hero best known for presiding over the total and unequivocal defeat. although lee lost battles in each of the five years of the -- five calendar years of the civil war, there can be no doubt that his worst defeat the

the 2-year-old pit bull mix is caught on camera chomping away on the bumper of a chattanooga, tennessee car. >> all right, fellows. this dog has almost got his whole bumper ripped off. >> on march 14th, 2010, the naughty winston unlocks the gate from his home and ends up here where he discovers a new doggie treat. [ bleep ] the police tried prying loose the 80-pound dog by moving the patrol car back and forth but winston just won't let go. >> do you want me to take action or just sit here and wait? >> hang on for a minute. have you got your video only everoloon? recording it? >> that's correct. >> so what is it about this bumper that winston so thoroughly enjoys? is it the smell, the taste? it's neither according to the dog whisperer cesar millan. >> if it was smelling like an animal he would be peeing on it or rubbing himself against it, not chewing. this is the smell of plastic that triggers fun to him. this dog was encouraged to bite plastic or a tire. they're not born wanting to bite a tire. they just get encouraged. the dog learned to release his frustration on that object. >> from

nashville, chattanooga, on into parts of arkansas. 47 million people at risk.sts of 70 miles per hour. tornadoes very likely tomorrow. so we are going to be watching this very very closely because we could be looking at a fairly big outbreak of tornadoes some time tomorrow afternoon. >> all right, al. thank you very much. >>> hillary clinton is facing some new scrutiny this morning over both her time as secretary of state and her family's foundation. how will that all impact her presidential campaign? nbc's andrea mitchell is in washington this morning. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. the clinton campaign is pushing back hard today against charges in the new book "clinton cash." that as secretary of state she did favors for her foundation. hillary clinton took center stage. >> you, too, can be a champion for change. it doesn't matter whether you're a student or an artist a journalist an ambassador maybe even a future president. >> reporter: but she is still trailed by a series of controversy starting with benghazi. republican wills have he

we have a large office complex in chattanooga tennessee, and in huntsville, nashville tennessee.e are spread out through a seven state region. >> the agency runs the largest -- fifth largest river system to reduce flood damage and protect water quality. >> millions of people enjoy recreational activities on lakes created by the tva. there are 80 public recreation areas throughout the tennessee valley. >> tva owns and operates, but it's really the people's property. the people of the tennessee valley and the united states have hundreds of thousands of acres that one can recreate. >> this is one of the 29 hydroelectric dams that produce electricity through the tennessee valley authority. >> hydroelectric power is generated using the force of falling water. water is held behind a dam. when electricity is needed, some of the water in the reservoir is released. gravity causes the water to fall through a pipe. the falling water spins a turbine attached to a waterwheel that turns energy into mechanical power, located at the end. what a turbine spins, it goes up to an electrical generato

greg is joining us from chattanooga, tennessee. democrat line. >> caller: how you all doing?>> good morning. >> caller: the imposition of will imposing your will that's the whole topic. if you go in and buy a cake that's already made from the deli or somewhere, there's no big deal about it. and nobody cares to serve anybody like that. they're not looking for trouble or nothing. but when you go in and try to force a bakery to get into the wedding and be part of it, that's imposition of will. that's the whole issue here. you think that could be the issue? >> yeah, i actually -- i don't think that's the issue. i think, you know what i thought was interesting was the response to the indiana law. one of the strongest responses came from the business community, of people who said like this is not how we're going to conduct business. there was a very strong response because i think people understood that it isn't the way businesses operate or want to operate. they don't say we're not going to serve you because you have a particular religious tradition or because you're of a particul

detroit and chattanooga offer financial assistance in exchange for residency. >> absolutely. i mean we know that student loan debt has become exorbitant. for young people that are fresh out of college that are working jobs where they're spending the vast majority of their income on housing and student loan debt it gets to become untenable after a while. trying to think of your quality of life and the idea of getting some reimbursement, having your student loans reimbursed will be attractive. >> interesting story and i'm sure a lot of people are paying a head's up attention to it. thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> coming up the new documentary that highlights just how much food is waste in this country. you're going to hear how the filmmakers went to extreme lengths to tell the story. ♪ ♪ you're only young once. unless you have a subaru. (announcer) the subaru xv crosstrek. symmetrical all-wheel drive plus 34 mpg. love. it's what makes a subaru a subaru. i'm brian vickers, nascar® driver. i'm kevin nealon comedian. and i'm arnold palm

host: james in chattanooga, tennessee. a democrat. caller: hi. i would just like to know from this fellow, ross, if he understands, you know, the cost to human lives when things go wrong like in massachusetts when they polluted the water and there was a huge lawsuit out there. and several of these companies slipped out of the lawsuit with minimal damage. does he understand when people get leukemia and things like that? because people dump stuff in a bad way? i am not saying i am an angel. i have had stuff all of the back of my truck and things like that, but i just want to know from ross if he is, you know, if he has learned anything from these lawsuit in massachusetts? caller: -- guest: thanks for the question. that is question. i am a father. i have two little kids. i care about their health and their future generations. at the end of the day, we are stewards of the environment. we do it because it is the right thing to do and come at the end of the day, it is a good business. a lot of the things we have seen over the years are not happening an

we will move on to chattanooga, tennessee. mitchell is on the line who supports the bill.aller: good morning. of course i support the bill. look at where we have been now trying to straighten our country in the middle east and korea. how is that working for us? not too good. let's open up countries that are friendly to us. let's do business with those places. those places will increase our wealth. walking around, talking about doing something about social security, listen, they took money from social security, we never got a cost of living raise. i'm 61, military veteran, i cut my pay to live. let's inc. about what we're doing here. let's not put more entities -- penalties on us where we have to retire at 69 or something and work until her fingers fall off. give us a break here. host: our topic this morning is your view of the fasttrack legislation. supporters, give us a call at (202) 748-8000. if you oppose the bill, (202) 748-8001. let's go now to more of your tweets. james tweets, free-trade agreements have permitted key many fracturing to move to foreign countries. we

host: alex, chattanooga tennessee. republican. hello. caller: hello and thank you for allowing me. called in on the republican line. i have to confess is -- it is getting more and more difficult to admit i actually am republican. when i first became active and worked for the indiana republican party as a college republican in 1986, republicans stood for limited government. they were responsive to the concepts of being truly conservatives as far as taxes. today, georgia has increased taxes. an absolute exorbitant amount. that is a republican governor legislature. they are doing it across the country, raising taxes. it is embarrassing the hypocrisy we see consistently in the republican party. i am disappointed and ashamed of my republican friends allowing this to continue. i wish we would step up. one of the problems -- one of your people pointed out 27% voted in the last election that gave republicans a seemingly served majority. that is a fallacy that will either operate as mr. whit ayres pointed out. host: who do you think you are leaning towards in 2016? caller: i do not vote on

tennessee -- one story we are very instead in following his concerns that a volkswagen plant in chattanoogahere they are trying to create something akin to a european-style work council, which involves a uaw, a group that is antiunion, a group of workers that are antiunion working together with management to try and collaborate. an interesting experiment. it might have serious implications for the future of labor and the workforce. host: denise from holden, maine on the republican line is our final caller today. denise, go ahead. caller: hi, my one question, and then a quick comment is, are the part-time jobs in the job report -- are they included as one or half of the job? guest: that is a good question. i am not sure how part-time jobs are tallied in the jobs creation number. i can say that a lingering problem has been that there are a number of people who are working part-time involuntarily and that number came down a bit at the end of last year, but, i think, has not moved in the first few months of 2015, and there is serious concern that just because you are working does not mean you h

tomorrow it moves to nashville, chattanooga, birmingham down to tuscaloosa.old air on this side, warm air on this side. and eventually the cold air does make its way into the northeast. i can't put that away and yes, that white is the "s" word we talked about yesterday. there is snow coming down and lackawanna ton wanda, all of my old towns around buffalo. i'm sorry, more snow is coming for the weekend. >> his whole demeanor has even changed. >> it's broken his spirit. this winter has broken chad's spirit. >> it's broken ours. >> chad thanks so much. >>> nuclear talks with iran are dragging on in switzerland. two deadlines are come and gone. still no deal. how much longer can the negotiations continue? [ laughing ] want to play hide and seek? yeah! 1... 2... 6... 10! [ female announcer ] piÑa colada yoplait. it is so good when you need a little escape. [ mom ] still counting. this is my body of proof. proof of less joint pain. and clearer skin. this is my body of proof that i can fight psoriatic arthritis from the inside out... with humira. humira works by ta

host: james in chattanooga, tennessee. a democrat. caller: hi.d just like to know from this fellow, ross, if he understands, you know, the cost to human lives when things go wrong like in massachusetts when they polluted the water and there was a huge lawsuit out there. and several of these companies slipped out of the lawsuit with minimal damage. does he understand when people get leukemia and things like that? because people dump stuff in a bad way? i am not saying i am an angel. i have had stuff all of the back of my truck and things like that, but i just want to know from ross if he is, you know, if he has learned anything from these lawsuit in massachusetts? caller: -- guest: thanks for the question. that is question. i am a father. i have two little kids. i care about their health and their future generations. at the end of the day, we are stewards of the environment. we do it because it is the right thing to do and come at the end of the day, it is a good business. a lot of the things we have seen over the years are not happening anymore.

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