talking about the inner loop after connecticut avenue is one of them. chopper 4 a picture from above to aackknifed tractor-trailer and debris over the roadway. the backup is building quick because you can only get by on the left side of the road. he tin finch is there on ground. tell us what you're learning down there and what they think as far as when this might get ouayof the w >> reporter: to give you a sense of how big this is here on the grounow there are three t truck here now on the scene. behind that is the jackknifed tractor-trailer. want to get you a sense the traffic is mofng to the left o that. a single lane of traffic is moving along here quite slowly but, luily, it ismoving. three lane of traffic are blocked on the ground. let's give you a closer look at this crash. c you see this tractor-trareer he jackknifner loop of the beltway near exit 33, that is connecticut avenue. we are told what was on board of that trailer were a bunch. magazine and other parcels, particularly new ygaker nes pointed out by montgomery county fire and rescue. that

new crash outer loop at connecticut. travel times here. good morning, chuck. >>> good morning, melissa. storm team 4 keeping close eye on the skies because rain chances are increasing as we get into the morni commute around the d.c. metro area. not much rain here on our tower camera just yet. you can see from about charlottesville to lynchburg to roanoke toward christians burg and blacksburg moderate rain pointed for us. it will be a rather rainy tuesday morning. rain likely to continue well into the afternoon as well. loud and rain chances mean the heat wave is done. we are only in the upper0s to around 70 now and your planner for today with all of the clouds and the showers will stay in the low to mid-70s today. 80% chance for rain. more about the return of sunshine just ahead. >>> it doesn't matter where you were. nearly everyone in the region saw some sort of storm yesterday. the storm started in the afternoon and continued into the eveninpe a lot of le grabbing umbrellas for the heavy rain and even strong wind out there brought down t

the left lane only getting by after connecticut avenue. the tractor trail jackknifed so only get by to the left. debris all over the roadway and a live report is coming up. this is the other major problemb probly a bigger issue travel wise. outer loop shut down before new hampshire avenue. crash n.investigatio single vehicle with entrapment. they have shut everything done. the person was transported. after you get past the one in new hampshire a downed tree crowding right lne and causing delays there. 270 northbound before 109 ride blocked there. overturned tractor-trailer and fuel spill off to the right and not so worried because it's northbound but t southbound traffic will be impacted by this as folks look over at the response. it willake a while to get that out of theway as well. >>> good morning, chuck. >> fogood morning, melissa. lots of cloud outside. for better or worse, we have a high chance for rain during the morning commute today and this batch. rain across far southrg west viia is pointed in our direction. it's out ahd of this

the left lane only getting by after connecticut avenue. only get by to the left. debris all over the roadway and a live report is coming up. this is the other major problemb probly a bigger issue travel wise. outer loop shut down before

he was born in connecticut, new haven, connecticut, but he was in the navy, and had a heart conditionand went down to asheville in his early 20's for heart surgery. and had in his life in connecticut, this is one of those beautiful things that people's stories where the things he was afraid of from the media stereotypes about african-americans had been a part of physics. his expenses growing up in connecticut with gangs that have been a part of his experiences growing up in -- been a part of his experiences growing up in connecticut with gangs. he was an electrician, an operator, and i think he's mostly retired. >> has he been married? heather: no. >> so he has had no children? heather: no. havew often in your life you heard the kind of things he was staying about he is a white man thought about black people? mean, it is innumerable account. staying thatomeone to me personally, probably not so many times. started career, really out as an economic policy person, and would go across the country in my role at demos and other jobs, talking to groups of people about the economy. and often

connecticut actually ---- newhaven, connecticut.nd he -- but he was in the -- in the navy and had a heart condition and went down to ashville in his early 20s for a heart surgery at the va down there. and had in his life in connecticut -- this is one of those sort of beautiful things that happens in american people's stories ---- where really the same things that he was afraid of from the sort of media stereotypes about african-americans had been part of his experiences growing up in connecticut with gangs and drug addiction. and he -- when he got his heart surgery he stayed in ashville and kind of fell in love with it down there in the sort of slow pace of life and has been living there since then. he was an hvac electrician operator and now i think he's mostly retired. host: has he been married? heather: no. host: so he has no children. and how often in your life have you heard -- you can't quantify, but how often have you heard the kind of things that he was saying about what he as a white man thought about black people? heather:

news4 megan mcgrath is live along connecticut avenue now he near t beltway with what you need to know. good morning. a reporter: good morning. this will have big impact on people who use the beltway in montgomery county. the work means that lanes are be going to losed and, at times, there is going to be a complete shutdown on both sides of the beltway. it all gets under way sunday night. take a look at the map here. you can get an idea. the work is happening on the inner and outer loops of the beway between georgia avenue and connecticut avenue. crews are installing structural steel on the seminary road bridge overhe beltway. and here is how it works. :0tarting at 9 one lane will be closed. at 10:00, two lanes will be closed. at 11:00, theyhuwill s down three lanes. then total closures up up to 15 minute will start happening as a needed that will be between midnight and 4:00 a.m. for those total closures. the work is happening sundaysth ough thursdays, all of the lanes should reopen by 5:00 a.m. so in time for the morning rush hour. the work should be completely finished by mid august

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from connecticut yields back. the gentlewoman from washington reserves. the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. kelly: madam speaker, at this time i'd like to yield two minutes to the gentleman from california, mr. nunes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. nunes: thank you, madam speaker. and thank you to mr. kelly for giving me time to speak in support of h.r. 748, the middle class health benefits tax repeal act. this bill will make -- will provide much-needed relief from one of the most burdensome and blunt taxes in obamacare. by repealing this tax, we'll save employers from paying a 40% tax on high-cost employer-sponsored health care coverage. the bill will provide much-needed leaf not only for employers but for the employees, some of who are low-income earners with high-cost health benefits. who are forced to bear the repercussions of this tax. that said, i am disappointed that the majority chose not to repeal the medical device tax or the health insurance tax,

coming in at number 35 connecticut. 35, connecticut, the state with education finished toward the bottomng business trying to turn the state around. the governor joins us now. nice to see you. >> it is a turn around we are making progress. >> you know what on the economy, on doing business, how are you going to turn it around >> you are a tough grader. >> it wasn't me. >> went from 37 to 35. we are rising on up. here is what we had to do. we had to get an honestly balanced budget done on time without raising taxes. we did that. that hasn't happened in a long time in this state secondly, what we've got to do is we have to invest in infrastructure you told me we're not doing well on your ranking. that means really transportation, rail as well as the highways and bridges we're an old state, old infrastructure, and we have to make the investments and turn it around. >> is there any tax at all you would consider increasing if it funded a necessary infrastructure project >> i prefer an idea of electronic tolling we are the only state on the eastern seaboard that doesn't do electronic tolling 4

there is a possibility we will never know. >> plane traveled on the coast of connecticut.rted to descend before 9:30 is reached westerly rhode island, radar picked up 9: 40, plane descending 17 miles away from martha's vineyard. >> i listened to the voice tape at martha's vineyard airport, starting 9:00 until 10:00. there were no communications with the airplane. nor was any plane, that would express distress. >> how could it happen, climbing into the piper, william got a taste of what could go wrong when conditions are not right. >> i will tell you what i think we're doing. >> are we level now. >> yes. >> look. we're still -- >> technical term is space spatl disorientation. >> that is regularly near the top of the cause of this. and annual statistics of fatal aircraft. >> that is what got him in to trouble, you get out overlayly sound at night -- long island sound at night, it was a very humid night, fog and humidity in the air, once you get away promainland, you look down, you cannot see light eor distinguish any characteristics of the ground, it is ocean, it is black, a

connecticut and new york over their disallowing of the use of charitable deductions to offset the loss of the so-called state and local tax writeoff and local tax writeoff governor murphy, when we return. [ sniffing ] come on. this summer, add a new member to the family. hurry into the mercedes-benz summer event today for exceptional offers. lease the glc 300 suv for just $419 a month at the mercedes-benz summer event. going on now. prpharmacist recommendedne memory support brand. you can find it in the vitamin aisle in stores everywhere. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. >>> welcome back to "power lunch. many americans feeling the pain from caps on state and local tax deductions that were a part of that 2017 tax law. and today new jersey joins with new york and connecticut in filing a lawsuit, suing steven mnuchin and the irs to block state's attempts to get around the $10,000 so-called s.a.l.t. cap. new jersey governor phil murphy joins us in a first on cnbc interview. governor murphy, welcome good to see you. i'm a new jersey resident. i would like nothing more than to be able

heather: he was born in connecticut, new haven connecticut, but he was in the navy and had a heart conditionnd went to asheville. he went to the v.a. for surgery in his early 20's. he had in his life in connecticut, this is one of those beautiful things that happens in american peoples' stories, where the same things he was afraid of in terms of the media stereotypes of african-americans have been part of his experience in connecticut with gangs, drug addiction, and when he got his heart surgery, he stayed in asheville and fell in love with the down there and the slow pace of life. he has been living there since then. he has been a hvac electrician operator. now i think he's mostly retired. brian: is he married? heather: no. brian: no children. how often in your life have you heard -- you can't quantify -- how often have you heard the things he was saying about what he as a white man fought about -- thought about black people? heather: it is a pretty innumerable count. it feels like, in terms of someone saying that to me personally, probably not so many times. in my career, i started out as

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connecticut. this is the news live from berlin iran rejects calls to release a british oil tanker it's seized in the gulf tehran puts out dramatic footage of its revolutionary guards dropping from a helicopter to take control of the ball carrier staying in peril germany is calling the capture a dangerous escalation in the middle east. german chancellor and emasculate leads tributes to the conspirators tried to assassinate out all 50 and overthrow the nazi government 75 years ago today. it's exactly 50 years since man 1st walked on the moon but decades on millions actually believe the moon landings were faked. look at the conspiracy theories doing the rounds on social media. thanks for joining us iran is defying growing international pressure to release a british oil tanker it detained in the strait of hormuz the vital waterway carrying a 3rd of the world's seaborne oil supplies to iran says the vessel was seized after it collided with a fishing boat the british government has called it a dangerous

so joining me now the connecticut attorney general now william tong who investigating juul.ining us. this is an incredibly important topic. why do you doubt the claim that they're only marketing to adults and for quitting smoking? what do you think they're doing about marketing to teenagers? >> well, thanks for having me on, yasmin. i think we all know that what we've seen from juul and before them the major tobacco companies is that they market to kids, they use things like flavors now, you know, cotton candy, bubble gum. these are flavors that i don't think are for adults. they're targeting younger people and kids in their social media, web advertising, images that appeal to young people. and i think what we're seeing is influencers online and others and a marketplace that's dominated by messages for young people. it doesn't appear really that they're focused on smoking sensation. i know that's their claim. but they haven't been approved by the fda to offer themselves as a tool to quit smoking. and so i have very serious doubts and i'm skeptical about their marketing. we h

let's bring in a member of one of those committees, congressman jim himes from connecticut, a democrathouse intel committee. congressman, this is not about a score card. for the democratic party the goal is to get the president out of office. what is your game plan today? is it the 2020 election or is it impeachment? >> well, there certainly aren't indications speaker of the house nancy pelosi is moving forward with impeachment and i think she is as she always does keeping a very, very close eye on what is her touchstone public sentiment. i think -- i haven't talked to her about it but my sense is she doesn't feel public sentiment is at a place right now across the country which is different than southwestern connecticut which is where my duties are, i don't think she's there yet. you know, i don't need to tell you we're now going away for five or six weeks for the august vacation. we come back and time continues to pass. so look. at this point i don't think there is a lot to talk about with respect to impeachment. even if there is impeachment the senate will never convict. i see absol

tomorrow, kate, you are a reginald from connecticut. the ha rd est a reginald from connecticut.forget so forget brexit. who are you supporting? i didn't have to make a choice in the world cup because the us got kicked out so early i was completely backing england. irr born and raised in yank but britain gave me my love for football. so i in yank but britain gave me my love forfootball. so i am leaning towards the lionesses. i have to say. for me, part of being in this country for a decade now has actually been coming to love football. the bbc gave us some very helpful stats about the norway match which got england to its position tomorrow night. an average 6 million people tuning in. 7.6 million people at its peak and i think that is the highest viewing figures. will you be watching james? i have three daughters and it is the first time we will ever watch a football match together. normally they walk out the i’ooiti. together. normally they walk out the room. now you will be shouting again. this time they are so fired up again. this time they are so fired up by again. this time

without objection, the gentlewoman from connecticut is recognized for one minute. ms. delauro: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise to honor alissa nayer, the connecticut-born u.s. women's national soccer team goal keeper. the united states' team once again proved that they are the best in the world. and throughout the world cup, alissa, who grew up in stratford, connecticut in my district, and played -- connecticut, in my district, and played at christian heritage school in trummable, provided crucial play after crucial play. none was more important or heart-stopping than her save against england. by stopping a penalty kick with time winding down, she single-handedly saved the united states' championship hopes. and alissa is more than just a champion. she's a role model. the issue chanted for equal pay, for them and millions of families nationwood -- nationwide, clearly the time is now for the united states senate to pass h.r. 7, the paycheck fairness act, which has said men and women in the same job deserve the same pay. what better tribute, my friends, to the talent, to t

megan mcgrath is live along connecticut avenue and the beltway with what you need to know. >> reporter: this will cause problems for people who use t is stretch of beltway in montgomery county. the work means lane closures and at times a complete closure o thebeltway. and it's going to be happening starting on sunday. take a look at the map here. you can get an idea for the area that is affected. this is going to happen on both the inner and outer loops of the avenue between georgia avenue and connecticut avenue. crews are installing structural steel on the seminary bridge over the beltway. here is how it breaks down. at 9:00, one lane on the beltway will be closed. 10:00, two lan. 11:00, three lanes will close. then the total closures up to 15 minute at a time will happens needed. that will take place between midnight and 4:00 a.m. the work is happening sundays through thursdays, all lanes will reopen by 5:00 a.m. in time for the rush hour but p overnight hours, you can expect to see those closures and the lanes taken away. this is certainly going to impact a lot of people. the work s

that has cleared out of the way between connecticut and georgia. hyattsville southbound bw parkway the ramp to 450 still have that crsh hanging around this morning. the issue on boyds is a sinkholne that work ll laned blocked 117 at moore road. probably another 24 hours befor that ismpletely wrapped up. westbound 66 after 123 right lane blocked disabled vehicle. >> melissa, thank you. >>> 4:31. developing in the dismict this orning police are looking for the driver whod opene fire on another driver in broad ftylight. this was the math left behind on i-395. we're told an suv hit a honda. there was some sort of argument and the honda driver pulled a gun and shot the other driver. that vict is in critical condition. the road had to be shut down for hours while police were b investigating so far no arrests. >>> this morning a local lgbtq activist is speaking out after ransgender ries of women in the district. police believe each crime was committed by the same man. the suspect was captured in surveillance photos you see here. the first robbery happened

in connecticut, a lighting strike sending a large tree limb crashing onto a car. the driver rushed to the hospital. he did not survive. this as heat, humidity and stifling air smother much of the country. >> feels like 108. 109, this is serious. >> reporter: in wichita, it felt like 108 degrees wednesday, a bad day to be laying hot asphalt. >> when it gets hot out here like this, we take plenty of breaks. >> reporter: chicago roofer john weidel, facing long hours exposed to the sun. >> it can be a lot hotter up there with the sun beating down on us. >> reporter: the city's mayor warning residents. >> these are life-threatening temperatures and conditions and we all have to work together to remain safe. >> reporter: even commuter trains ordered to slow down, to ease stress on the hot tracks. new york city bracing for 100 degree temperatures this weekend. after last weekend's blackout, officials say the grid will hold up. >> we've got over 4,000 crew members on the ground ready to respond to outages as they occur. >> reporter: tomorrow, tomorrow is supposed to be th

. >> hartford, connecticut, or washington, d.c., places that have not seen 100 plus degrees in three years. philadelphia and new york, it's been seven years. i think all four plus dozens of others are going to see that century mark this weekend. >> reporter: organizers canceled this weekend's triathlon in new york city because of the heat and after last weekend's big blackout in the big apple, the power company is insisting the power grid will hold up. >> we've got over 4,000 crew members on the ground ready to respond to outages as they occur. >> reporter: in chicago a heat index of 116 degrees is possible. commuter trains are being ordered to slow down. >> the oppressive heat will even make it harder to get around. the metro trains moving along these lines will more slower these steel tracks expand creating problems. >> reporter: it comes as noaa releases new data showing last month was the warmest june on record for the planet and nine of the ten warmest junes on record have come since 2010. and in phoenix an air conditioner repairman has been found dead in the attic of a home. hi

a tractor trailer jackknifed on the inner loop after connecticut avenue. mail across the highway and shoulder. let's get to melissa mollet. she has more on the morning mess. >> it's still here. here are the backups because of the inner loop at connecticut avenue. you're slow for mile morning. outer lp approaching theame area also slow. rest of the beltway is looking okay. northbound 270 before 109, overturned tractor trailer and fuel spill. 85 near oland road, all lanes shut down there,nd adams town and connecticut avenue near nebraska, vehicle fire reported in d.c. >> thank you. a check of your forecast is co. did you know comcast business goes beyond fast wi th a gig-speed network. itmplete internet reliabily. advanced voice solutions. wifi to keep everyone connected. vio monitoring. that's huge. did you guys know we did all this stuff? no. i'm not even done yet. wow. business tv. s cloud apps andupport. comcast business has the solutions u need. get start with fas comcast business for just $39.95 the solutionreliaper month.et it's everything a small bus

as the woman from connecticut said, you can rise the margins by producing higher-quality products. you see more and more of that in agriculture and you will see the trend. 10 years ago, the fastest-growing sale john deere hat was small tractors for small stakeholder farmers but that is not true with increasing commodity prices and now higher commodity prices. agriculture will adjust for the market that is there. take the other part of the question. in my we have 39 counties district but to farm to table restaurants. it is an economic myth for our areas, especially rural areas. highway 20 east from where i live in sioux city, two of the next three towns have lost their grocery store in the last five years and we are the second-most i closer producing district in america -- agricultural district in america and you have to grow your own tomatoes or drive a half hour into sioux city to get one. we are missing out on localized markets. guest: about the macro versus the micro issue, he is correct that there are many issues that are addressed, we are talking about the fed rate, we have to

as the woman from connecticut said, you can rise the margins by producing higher-quality products. you see more and more of that in agriculture and you will see the trend. 10 years ago, the fastest-growing sale john deere hat was small tractors for small stakeholder farmers but that is not true with increasing commodity prices and now higher commodity prices. agriculture will adjust for the market that is there. take the other part of the question. in my we have 39 counties district but to farm to table restaurants. it is an economic myth for our areas, especially rural areas. highway 20 east from where i live in sioux city, two of the next three towns have lost their grocery store in the last five years and we are the second-most i closer producing district in america -- agricultural district in america and you have to grow your own tomatoes or drive a half hour into sioux city to get one. we are missing out on localized markets. guest: about the macro versus the micro issue, he is correct that there are many issues that are addressed, we are talking about the fed rate, we have to

to overcome foundries and to connecticut. it's time for. indeed everything is coming up ahead for minds. e.u. leaders have decided on the most important jobs in the european union german defense minister. is due to become the new president of the european commission and christine that god currently head of the i.m.f. will become the leader of the european central bank if the european parliament agrees to both candidates. china has condemned what it's calling gross interference by outside countries in hong kong's affairs following the storming of the hong kong parliament by pro-democracy protests as the.

so just, for example, i happen to be from connecticut. and 63% of households that are eligible for liheap do not receive it. and connecticut actually receives $78.7 million in 2017, but still couldn't service most people who needed it. of those people who received it, 69.4% were a vulnerable population. so 35% were over 60. 18% were under 6. 33% were disabled. these are the people who need the assistance the most. and so when we talk about liheap, as mark said, most of it is a block grant. and then there's also emergency funding. so for instance, if there's a really big storm in some part of the country, we really need to help out the people who have been hurt there. liheap can take care of that. 49% is for heating and 51% is split up between cooling weatherization which is improving the systems, and crisis assistance. the eligibility is for those that are 150% below the federal poverty rate. just the very, very, very low. when you think about the fact that in 2015 the federal reserve said that half of americans can't pay for a $400 emerg

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laura: illinois and connecticut are both lower rated states with challenges.fited from a revenue influx. some of the challenges we were expecting at the beginning of the year were made much easier by revenues. can those of those cases, can liability challenges, so fundamental challenges remain, but it made it easier. taylor: wonderful. thank you. that was laura porter, head of u.s. public finance at fitch rating. vonnie: taylor, thank you. that is taylor riggs with that muni moment. let's check u.s. markets now. the dow has turned negative, very fractionally. just a handful of stocks higher in the dow now. coca-cola is down more than 1%, as our verizon and microsoft. in the s&p 500, we are also seeing some fractional declines, although the likes of electronic arts are holding onto major gains, up 7.7%. good outlook there. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ guy: 30 minutes left in the european trading day. from london, i'm guy johnson. vonnie: from new york, i'm vonnie quinn. this is the european close on "bloomberg markets." guy: we are clearly waiting for the fed a littl

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chopper 4 on thecene on the inner loop just after connecticut avenue.e e there. you see a truck split open spilling bundles of magazines on to the road. the lays remain. no word yet on what caused this crash either. >>> that is how it sounded and looked yesterday, mt. airy was under a tornado warning. peoplh waking up wit a big mess to clean up. >> you cane see on of yesterday's storms blowing right across the district. >> severe weather being blamed for one deathn maryland. a tree fell on a home in carroll county, killing an 89-year-old man inside. there are tree branches down ale across t area. including right here in northwest washington. our cameras got a look there, firefighrs in tenleytown overnight. drivers all over the region had a tou time navigating the nasty rain. today should be the start of much better weather. >> who betr t ask about that weather than our very own lauren ricketts. >> the rain sticking around today, but the tem tours are going to drop. >> you can see our temperatures are in the 70s right now, we're going to see w this coolather out t

several cities across the country had fireworks including my own tiny town in connecticut. happy fourth of july. how disruptive one man's tweets can be when that man is the president of the united states. the justice department reversing course now looking at a citizenship question to the 2020 census despite a supreme court ruling blocking it. the about face coming just one day after the administration said it would drop the fight and print the form but then wednesday morning president trump shook up multiple government agencies tweeting he was absolutely moving forward with adding the question. he also called news reports about the census fake despite the announcement from two of his own departments that the question had been dropped. note that just a few weeks ago president trump said this -- >> well, i think that -- and i'm not overly involved in that. that's really a legal matter. >> somehow though the president decided to get involved. his tweet caught doj lawyers off guard. two federal judges demanded to know more. one government lawyer said simply i do not have a dee

. >>> back to the weather here turning deadly in connecticut. lightning from a vicious storm hits a tree. a branch falls and hits a car killing the driver. oppressive heat blanketing the country. in shawne, oklahoma, the road buckling in the heat 1678930 million people. there's some sort of heat advisory so, please, check on your elderly. we're here in the cnn weather center. >> good morning. the peak of the heat waive is not going to happen until saturday. the air temperature will continue above 90. it will feel like 105 to 115. we're talking most of our major cities. over 85% of the u.s. population here included including how many of us will be over 90. this is what it's going to feel like 1678907 in d.c. 1067 in toronto. that won't happen until early next week. look at the dropoff there. sunday will be the last day and we'll see temperatures cooling off by the early part of next week. >> ivan, thanks. >>> a criminal assault charge has been dropped. he was accused of groping an 18-year-old man at a bar in nantucket facing indecent assault and

tough to overcome boundaries and to connecticut. it's time for. a new debit is coming up ahead. minds. hello and welcome to our arts and culture news a new film from quentin tarantino is always an event once upon a time in hollywood his latest offering opens this thursday in the u.s. and also coming up. japanese swiss artist lake oh it came order has lived or worked in germany since the early 1980 s. she's currently the subject of a solo exhibition in bosnia and will be joining me in the studio. and in our series underground europe we're off to denmark to see a world war 2 bunker that's been brilliantly converted into a museum. quentin tarantino is back with once upon a time in hollywood which opens in u.s. cinemas this weekend and once again the maverick filmmaker who's best known for his penchant for over the top violence has teamed up with 2 of the industry's biggest stars les in order to caprio and brad pitt who are clearly having the time of their lives. their 9. point. 30 as a t.v. cowboy bright future his stunt man party official. who has been our characters are kind of 2

. >> i have unanimous consent request i know my colleagues in connecticut has one as well. indifference to the leader schedule i will speak for a few minutes on mine and then i will yield to senator so he will speak a few moments on his. then we will wait for the leader to come out to object. we will make the request after that. mr. president, yesterday everybody heard special counsel mueller. there was a lot of dispute about obstruction of justice and things like that. there was virtually no dispute about to fact that mueller said. one, the russians interfered in our elections in 2016 and two, they plan to do it in 2020. we rise to the floor because when russia or any foreign power seeks to interfere in our elections it eats at the well springs of our democracy. the founding fathers, the founding fathers in their wisdom said one of the greatest threats to our democracy was foreign interference. now we are faced with the specter of it and we are asking our republican colleagues to join with us in doing everything we can to stop it. this is serious stuff. mr. mueller said ye

laguardia, atlantic city, in and across bridgeport, connecticut. all of these setting or climbing records. it is the latter portion of july into early august where you see the hottest. that was saturday and sunday morning, low on sunday morning in boston, an incredible 83 degree afternoon. what if i tell you we don't make it there by this afternoon? highs only 81. of course you factor in the humidity yesterday, felt warmer than that. new york city's 100 gives way to that. throughout the next couple of days we will see the grate dual warming trend. >>> anything is bet jar. brexit and relations in the united kingdom. but perhaps this year, a more exhilarating endeavor awaits. defy the laws of human nature,at the summer of audi sales event. get exceptional offers now. sun care is self care. i used to not love wearing an spf just because i felt like it was so oily and greasy and that it was going to clog my pores. but what i love about olay regenerist whip with spf 25 is that it's lightweight, it's barely there. and then i can put makeup on over it if

this happen at the mcdonald's on connecticut avenueas in en hill. this cell phone video first came to light on twitter on wednesday andi it's calling the atte of the county executive here mark eldridge here and he is responding with this uoatement. q. montgomery county police looking into this video d to see if excessive force was used in this case. alsking for all witnesses who were there that day to come forward and share what they saw withtoheir investi we are live in montgomery county police headquarters, i'm justin finch, news4. back in to you. >> thank you. >>> update to a story we brought you as breaking news yesterday morning. a 2-year-old boy is back at home and safe this morning. virginia state police issued an amber alert for the toddler who they say was kidnapped before noon yesterday in warren county and someone returned him to his home unharmed. police are searching for jashar ashby who they believe kidnapped the toddler. >>> late wednesday night in the parking lot at the 512 gas station on garretsonville road. 20-year-old troy barnett

i'm originally from sandy hook, connecticut. then i lived in charleston, south carolina when that terrible shooting happened in the church. i went to the pastor's funeral. i had people in my building that went to that church. now we had one here in virginia beach. at least he is for gun control. look, half or more of these people that are out there don't have any chance of becoming the president anymore than i do. they have a right to be up there. they have the right to run for president, but a lot of them are taking away time from people that are serious contenders. host: brett cohen? what do you take from that? guest: i think young people are be 37% of the electorate in 2020. when you think about millennials and generation z, we have a wealth of candidates. werewas impressive was, we able to have two days of policy conversations without name-calling and telling lies, which is significant contrasting with the trump administration. whoever the democratic nominee is, whoever is running for president, it's important they are speak

connecticut avenue at randolph road crash in the middle of the intersection here in silver spring. seeing slowdowns the. just got this in. f white'serry shut down because of high water and impr debris. >>> pure panic and chaos as ugflash floods swept throthe d.c. area yesterday. >> this is video from potomac, madeland. outsi, folks are dealing with the aftermath of this. many cars were waterlogged and seems like a river took over their neighborhoods in some cases. molette green is ve on with more. >> reporter: some progress to show you as chopper 4 flies above my head here in this potomac community white rim terceom near patchinga to the road where that sinkhole opened up. i talked to the contractors this morning a few minutes ago and work is far from being done. let me show you really quickly. they have to do a whole lot of work. see that big pipe there? that is part of the problem. part of the major repairs that will have to happen over the next few days perhaps weeks. still not done withhis repair but residents are able to go back and forth on this stretch as they make their way

future weather is coming u >>> southbound connecticut avenue at veir is mill road has a tree blocking the way is out of the w. beltway, no major problemsnner loop and outer loop. do trees causing problems on line.runswick cancellations and delays on the has plagued e. d.c. for days w. and killed all over the district. >> that includes 11-year-old karon brown that you see here. hours fro now, d.c. mayor muriel bowschief peter newsome willer address th violence gng on. meagan tzgerald is live for us to tell us what to expect today. >> reporter: we are expecting to hear from d.c. police chief peter newsome and the mayor will how citizens can work with police to stop thele vioe. eight murders just last week. 93 this year the latest shootings happen last night and three people shot in northeast and they are expect to survive. we want to get to the picture you just showed of 11-year-old karon brown who is one of the s latest victim of gun violence. he was shot and killed just steps away from his elementary school on wednesday. bwn was inside a car at a gas station on naylor road and some so

a 19-year-old college freshman is running for connecticut state senate.y, very personal. listen. >> december 14th, 2012, a shooter entered my brother's classroom. he yelled for classmates to run while he stayed behind to defend his teacher. to honor jessie, i decided to run for senate in my home state of connecticut. heather: he will challenge the two-term state senator tony wong for the republican nomination and lewis joins us now live. thank you so much for joining us. >> thanks for having me. heather: your reason for running is because of your brother jessie, tell us more about that. >> on december 14th, the shooter entered his classroom and fired bullets. it's unclear if the gun jammed or ran out of bullets. he yelled for his classmates to run. nine of them did run. he stayed behind to defend his teacher. this is the story we learned from the fbi reports. he's credited with saving nine lives. heatherremark.heather: remarka. what made you want to take his memory and heroic actions and run for public office. >> seeing that kind of courage, it made me re

. >> torn's publicist says he passed away peacefully at his home in connecticut with his family by hiside. rip torn was 88. >>> in a matter of hours, there will be a ticker tape parade for the u.s. women's stocker team down new york's kenyan of heroes. it wrapped up a dominant few weeks with a win over the netherlands sunday. it's not clear whether the team will get an invite to the white house even though the president promised one win or lose. megan rapinoe has been an outspoken critic of the president. she had this message for him last night on "anderson cooper." >> i think that i would say that your message is excluding people. you're excluding me. you're excluding people that look like me. you're excluding people of color. you're excluding, you know, americans that maybe support you. i think that we need to have a reckoning with the message that you have and what you're saying about make america great again. i think that you're harkening back to an era that was not great for everyone. >> the ticker tape parade begins at 9:30 a.m. eastern time. i will be part of cnn's live coverage

joe lieberman, former senator from connecticut.up, authorities have called it one of the biggest cases of corporate collusion in history. if they are right, they don't seem to be making much progress in filing charges. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: this is "balance of power" on bloomberg television. i'm david westin. fbi agents staying in a high-profile raid on generic drug maker mylan as part of a major case pursuing alleged price-fixing. but three years later all they had to show for it are couple of guilty pleas having nothing to do with mylan at all. so what happened? riley griffin co-authored a piece on the bloomberg speaking to that situation. so what happened? >> mind you, this case launched five years ago today, half decade ago investigation. we have two sides of the story. first is the department of justice antitrust division. the other side is the state attorneys general. both have been following this alleged case of over collusion for years now, which has allegedly cost billions of dollars. we have seen numbers of generic

that is joe in connecticut. on our republican line. just to let you know that the briefing with house speaker nancy pelosi and the chairs of the two committees has now been pushed back to about 5:15 eastern. we're planning on bringing you live coverage. we'll continue to take your calls and comments. 202-748-8920 for democrats. 202-748-8921 for republicans. and all others, it's 202-748-8922. republicans, 202-748-8921. we'll re-air the two hearings in their entirety tonight on the c-span networks. let's go next to ft. pierce, florida, and on our others line, this is james. go ahead. >> caller: yeah, hey there, bill. i actually had three relevant questions that i really hope c-span can shed some light on about this. would a potential presidential candidate, not anyone in particular, just a potential one, be disqualified from running if charged with obstructions of justice? and then if re-elected, are the -- if trump's re-elected, are there circumstances that allow for suspensions on statute of limitations and does this not create the pos

host: calling from connecticut was patty. little bit more news out there -- conservatives are sweeping the power in greece. this is a washington times headline. they are talking about the prime minister conceding defeat sunday after a partial vote count showed greece's opposition conservative winning the first parliamentary election since the country emerged from its bailout. the prime minister's party -- 31.5%. the result was a stinging blow ipras, who insisted he could overturn opinion polls. his election four years ago was seen as a popular rejection of the austerity programs forced on athens by creditors and eu partners. the lead story in the washington post today says the fbi and i.c.e. tapping into license photos. customs enforcement has turned databasesers license into facial recognition gold mines, scanning through photos without knowledge or consent. this is according to documents recently released. thousands of internal emails over the past five years by george shall all researchers and provided to the post revealed

connecticut avenue at university boulevardhopper 4 over this. sounded like an unconscious person in a vehiclehere. they have rescue there on the scene so a ttle bit of a southbound delay on connecticut avenue there at university boulevard. inner loop express lanes add dd bk road have opened but ride of the roadway a slow down because of earlier crash reponse. outer loop at river looking okay but the left side a tiny slow down. earlier car fire that they said was a crash so now we have a little bit of a delay outer loop near river. rest of the beltway you can see where the trouble spots are. inner loop/outer loop nearbr ddock crash in the express lanes and road work that did not clear in time. >>> immigration raids are under way in the >>country. the planned sweeps started yesterday in at least ten major cities, including baltimore. news4 justin finch joins us live now near the ice headquarters in d.c. >> reporter: the raids began sunday but no much also is known beyond that. nbc news citing a trumpdm aistration source is reporting a handful of a