literally, i was so -- >> how bad do you think the problem is in dayton?> sick. >> can i ask you a question. did you think your brother was using? >> when i first picked him up, no. >> not today? >> not today when i first picked him up. >> when was the last time you thought your brother was using? >> about six months ago he was supposed to be on the vivitrol shot. >> and it's supposed to last for a month, right? >> yeah. >> you walked in to cash a check. by the time you come back, your brother had gone, got in an accident and told the paramedic he was on fentanyl? >> yeah. >> what did he look like? >> his eyes are glossy. he can barely open them? >> what did he say to you? >> he loves me. >> he said, he loves you? what did you say to him? >> i love him, too. >> what's it like to go through this? >> hell. hell. every day it is hell. >> traditionally, opioids like heroin are made from opium popies but what's ravaging this community is made in a laboratory. over the past two years, fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that can be thousands of times stronger than hero

that's the size of dayton, ohio and glendale, california. >> i lost everything i own except a few trinkets while some people are trying to stay with what remains of their homes, thousands are lining up at emergency shelters. this is the only one in homestead, one of the hardest-hit areas. >> took 25 years to build, two and a half hours to destroy. >> five-month old baby. >> reporter: there's no way to tell how many of these homeless will find homes in the future and how many will require long-term quarcare. for now there are an abundance of shortages and a shortage of one thing -- homestead, florida. ♪ this is abc news "nightline." reporting from washington. ted koppel. >> hurricane andrew's impact sliced into more than concrete, wood and metal. the brunt of its force swept south florida and cruelly twisted innumerable lives. as linda pattillo found, there is a growing desperation. >> reporter: for decades, route one has been the main artery through south miami, a commercial route with everything from convenience stores to upscale malls. now there is little left. >> it's gone. we used to s

looks at that as as much a redistribution as it is an incentive for further increased investment in dayton we know that we could see the corporation tax potentially go from an average of around thirty five percent down to twenty percent potentially guaranteed food for the wealthy the middle class could also they be lifted through some of these tax proposals but my question is i'm wondering what about lower income people and families in america right now it looks like there's going to be essentially a sop a little bit could be coming out but when you hear a doubling of the standard deduction what is happening is a merger of what's called the personal exemption with the standard deduction so from the point of view of the small. poor family there might be a fifteen percent increase in this deduction which means a tax saving but it's it's peanuts compared to dropping for instance the personal tax rate for these so-called passthrough companies by the way the trump organization is a passthrough company and that would be an income tax rate of twenty five percent what are the chances that this ref

the syrian army managed to break the siege over the military airports here in dayton but let me fantasize something that civilians and syrians all over syria are so had be and they consider it as a moment of triumph on the way to defeat as a leader over this does this soil of the country if you are talking about the military operations state run media reported today that the military operations started by the forces into cemetery in the south was the do reason.

we grew up in dayton, ohio. my mother had 12 pregnanciepreg ten survived, nine boys and one girl. my mother died when i was young. i was almost 11. my dad had enough burdens to begin with with all of these children in a still foreign country and on a factory salary. so we all had to pitch in. we were caddies at a local golf club. i caddied there until i left home at the age of 18 from 9 to 18. people don't believe that i started in 1949. it was one of the longest jobs i ever had. so interesting thing about my dad is he never spoke in public. if he did it was always yes, ma'am or no, sir or hello or good bye. he rarely ever spoke more than that. we came to understand that it was because he was not comfortable with his accent. he spoke with the -- and i loved him saying our names. my name in particular. i loved it. we would jack him up just to get him to talk. i loved his accent. outside the home he would rarely speak. so when i went to new york i was going around at auditions and worked for the american express as stock boy for almost a year. i would go looking for acting jobs and

iton't think, what was hazard, kentucky or dayton, ohio where i was born, i don't think they are thinking about the foreign-policy of the united states, they are thinking are their kids going to have a better life for a worse one and what is happening to their jobs. it is a different issue. >> that was nice to bring us into the questions about who is the washington establishment and who is in the washington bubble. it glasser: let's say that since the full year election hacking of the election by the russians. our intelligence community does not think it was a lead. president trump repeated again hope, hehis is a repeated this yesterday. what do you believe the investigations hope are likely o you and how serious do believe these investigations are when it comes to potential jeopardy that president trump and others may see. where do you think the policy is today? russia mr. talbott: i just watched a about doping in sports. you may not think that has a lot to do with russia. issia today under putin weaponize and the 21st century in the digitalh world and in the biological weaken his advers

the syrian army managed to break the siege over the military airports here in dayton but let me fans say something the civilians and syrians all over syria are so had be and they consider it as a moment of triumph on the way to defeat as a leader over these there's this soil of the country. if you are talking about the military operations state run media reported today that the military operations started by the forces into cemetery in the south was the don't result link with forces holding the air bases of the airports. it's all to mention that this is of course the fairest meeting between these forces within nine months important issue mission i have to mention that this comes only a few days after russian backed forces managed to break the siege over the it was the initial areas here in the result. some analysts and observers believe that this is would be and maintaining points in the war against bolton's goal is to liberate all that is the initial areas that are just viewed as it is then szell areas and districts in the hands of extremists so his goal is to achieve is a ration an

but i don't think that -- what was it hazard, kentucky or , dayton, ohio where i was born, i don't think they are thinking very much in terms of the foreign-policy of the united states. they are thinking are their kids going to have a better life for -- or a worse one and what is happening to their jobs. globalization good for them? it is a different issue. >> we have six minutes left in one exterior to russia. susan: lets get to russia. that was very nice to bring us into questions about who is the washington establishment and who -- it is a good question. russia is also a good question. mr. talbott: let's have a good answer. susan: it is now almost a full year since the alleged hacking of the election by the russians. mr. talbott: alerted? -- alleges? susan: our intelligence community does not think it was a lead. president trump repeated again somehow this is a hoax, he repeated this yesterday. what do you believe the investigations of this are likely to find? how serious do you believe these investigations are when it comes to potential jeopardy that president trump and others may fa

this is jose, making a close pass to the outer banks during dayton monday.ntually will get pick up, and start to take on more of a traditional mid latitude storm characteristic as opposed to a tropical system before it moves along eastern seaboard passing off our coastline monday night into tuesday. as of right now track is a couple miles off the coast. coastal impacts will be most pronounced with this system. take a lot at wind field. as the storm starts to weaken a little bit wynfield will start to expand. we will see these wind over 30 g autopsy long the outer banks. this is sunday evening and that will continue to move up the coast. there will be a strong wind at the coast, even inland. it just depends on the track of jose. fit moves further to the west we could see more inland impact but furthere you will just get clipped on the coast. its current path does have threat for rough surf rip currents throughout weekend and next week. peeking on monday. rain, wind along the coast as well with possible tropical storm force gusts depending on the track. keep s

and that is bad news not only florid fromçó orlando into dayton beach.see how massive it contin to be in size hitting the turks and caicos eye lanldz now. we seen the wind decrease a little bit. curren at 155 miles per hour. storm n terms of florida, it is just south of miami saturd 8:00 p.m. with a miami. then it moves up through central florid winds of 115 miles per hour b sunday at 8:00 p.m. so in terms of south florida and what we know about what could happen again, a land fall someti early sunday ñrmorning. winds around 150 miles per hour. moves in from key west to miami as mngsed. storm surge of at least ten feet along the coast. rain 10 to 20 inches. the thing that mak storm so extremely dangerous is the hurric field stretches out some 75 miles from the center of the storm. so even if people aren't living right where it makes landçó fal a lot of florida is going to be impact this system on the >> yes, they're going to be feelin a lot of that wind. all right. thank you. our weather reporter just landed twitte way from the airpor to the hotel. her s

co-director jonathan dayton said that on "battle of the sexes," there was "a distinct effort to pay everyoneally." (darya) emma stone says she's been inspired by billie jean king to push for pay equality in hollywood. stone plays king in "battle of the sexes," the upcoming film about king's infamous 1973 showdown with bobby riggs. king helped launch the female-only virginia slims tennis circuit after objecting to the disparity between male and female prize money. in an interview, stone said in the movie industry "things need to be changed." actresses have consistently ranked behind their male counterparts in salaries. studies have found that in the most popular u.s. films, there are nearly two male speaking parts for every single female speaking part. co-director jonathan dayton said that on "battle of the sexes," there was "a distinct effort to pay everyone equally." ( darya ) for those of you striving to have the "dad bod", there's now a fanny pack that can help you solve this problem. this fanny pack features a pudgy, hairy belly. it was made by a london- based artist who says he always w

looks at that as as much a redistribution as it is an incentive for further increased investment in dayton where we know that we could see the corporation tax potentially go from an average of around thirty five percent down to twenty percent potentially guaranteed food for the wealthy the middle class could also they be lifted through some of these tax proposals but my question is i'm wondering what about lower income people and families in america right now it looks like there's going to be essentially a sop a little bit could be coming out but when you hear a doubling of the standard deduction what is happening is a merger of what's called the personal exemption with the standard deduction so from the point of view of the small. poor family there might be a fifteen percent increase in this deduction which means a tax saving but it's it's peanuts compared to dropping for instance the personal tax rate for these so-called passthrough companies by the way the trump organization is a passthrough company and that would be an income tax rate of twenty five percent what are the chances that th

in dayton ohio, where paul lawrence dunbar grew up, he graduated in 1890 from central high school's senior class. you notice in the doorway, there is a picture of orville wright, of orville and wilbur wright fame. they were classmates together. --relative, joseph bronson unson, what did he do after the war? there were no ties binding him so he applied for the veterans homestead act which allowed him to take 160 acres in kansas. he would venture out against -- out to kansas, farmed the 160 acres, and after five years he could claim it for himself. he sold the land and moved to abilene kansas. and there and there in abilene, he meets a lady named sarah rudd. cook rudd was from keio a small town in iowa. rudde not sure how sarah and joseph met, however she had a daughter from a previous union, lucy. this is lucy on the right. cerro would give lucy to her grandparents to be raised, and arah would go off to abilene to mary joseph -- to get married to joseph. would pass away, and then serra was living on her own outside ellsworth. in the 1940's, she came down grandmother,and my pictured here on

we have shelters in every county other than monroe and those have evacuated to miami dayton. again, if there's any reason you can get out, fuel, whatever it is, 1-800-342-3557. >> fuel. after the storm, we'll get as soon as we can get fuel trucks moving, we'll do it given. i waived florida's import tax for five days to help get fuel for recovery. we're going to take every effort to get fuel here. every single florida guardsman has already been deployed that we can deploy and they're prepared to respond to this storm. we have so many members of law enforcement and our guardsmen that are putting our lives at risk to help floridians get to a safe place. they will not stop until it's no longer safe for them. i can't thank them enough. utilities. our providers are actively prepositioning resources throughout the states and neighboring states. we know how important power is and we're going to be very aggressive in getting power back on. i want to be clear. we are and you a statement state of emergency. we need 1,000 volunteer nurses to help at our special need shelters. if you can

but deputy director mike dayton of the department of emergency management said the emergency operating center did open friday morning. >> operation staff was there. we had a duty officer there, the manager was on call. we were ready for a busy day at 7:00 a.m. >> reporter: the fire department did not provide a response to our request for an interview. >>> police searching a las vegas casino for a shooter and putting an innocent professional football player on the ground in handcuffs. why did that happen? he has an idea. one that could lead to a civil rights lawsuit. >>> it's really troubling. >> troubling is just one way to describe what happened to animals like these in a quiet north bay neighborhood. >>> the bay area nonprofit builds a farmer's market on wheels. but it sits idle in a parking lot, until 7 on your side gets involved. i'm michael finney. i'm michael finney. that story straight ahead. food. water. internet. we need it to live. but what we don't need are surprises, like extra monthly fees. i see you, fee, played by legendary actress anjelica huston. you got me, mark. inte

but deputy director mike dayton of the department of emergency management said the emergency operating center did open friday morning. >> operation staff was there. we had a duty officer there, the manager was on call. we were ready for a busy day at 7:00 a.m. >> reporter: the fire department did not provide a response to our request for an interview. >>> police searching a las vegas casino for a shooter and putting an innocent professional football player on the ground in handcuffs. why did that happen? he has an idea. one that could lead to a civil rights lawsuit. >>> it's really troubling. >> troubling is just one way to describe what happened to animals like these in a quiet north bay neighborhood. >>> the bay area nonprofit builds a farmer's market on wheels. but it sits idle in a parking lot, until 7 on your side gets involved. i'm michael finney. that story straight ahead. you're going to be hanging out in here. so if you need anything, text me. do you play? use the chase mobile app to send money in just a tap to friends at more banks than ever before. you got next? chase. make

much.you very host: beth, dayton, ohio, line democrats. go ahead. caller: a couple callers back, ou had a fellow who was complaining about health care sxoft how it would be better if market.t on the it's never come off the market, right ket is dirty pool now. most of the people who are it off oney are making the market. it is not a free market. arew people own it and they the ones that tell you who to buy it from and who you are not. free market for years. it needs to be cleaned up, along system.e banking that would help health care and andar as medicaid, medicare social security, it was paid an by people who work hourly wage job and paid into it. get they have managed to rid of most of them, most people are temporary or starting their that is why it is hurting for money, not the system itself. thank you. focus on one aspect of the health care market in this the "wall stat from street journal" today and their to pull of the decision the health care bill from a vote this week. million people get health a.c.a. e through the market place exchange, that

bill is a former marine and owner of a beef owe brady's franchise, just outside of dayton, ohio.to show nfl games until the disrespect for our flag and anthem ends. what has been the reaction? how will it affect his bottom line? he is on the phone with us to talk about it. bill, great to talk to you again. what was the final straw for you that made you do this? >> david, hello, yes. it has been about a week, the final straw was on sunday when we saw the widespread disrespect during the national anthem. david: did the president's words on friday where he singled out the nfl players, said, how he thought they should be treated by the owners, did that have any effect with you? or was it actually seeing that many players taking a knee on sunday? >> no. i think it started a while ago but it really was the effect of seeing what the players did. didn't have anything to do with the comments. you know, i have to tell you, as a veteran of the united states marine corps i served to defend our country's constitution and free speech. while i respect the right of every american to express thei

report from the academy of pediatric says it is important for student athletes to be up to dayton theirizations. i have an idea, any bacterial gel in the gym bag. >> yes. >> use lots of it. >> how hard is to it convince the kid to wash their jersey or uniform. >> yes, every where. >> thanks, stephanie. >>> kate's joining us now and still feeling like summer. >> it is fall but it is hot. >> you wouldn't know it by stepping outside. it is sweaty out there today. just gross. >> yes. >> we're ready to move on to some nice fall weather, crisp ness in the air. unfortunately it will take a while to get here. it is a transitional week but by week end you may love the forecast if you are looking for fall, cool air. lets start off with a look outside, in the city where we have got blue skies, just a few cloud, beautiful looking day, and not too bad in the shade and because of the sunsets a little bit earlier then it has been over the pennsylvania month or two, the temperature does start to drop a bit quicker in the evening. heading out to grab dinner in the city, it shouldn't be all that bad by s

diverse of california or los angeles and earlier we were talking about des moines and i was bored dayton ohio or in anchorage alaska. and i mention these places we have seen in this local trend while federal immigration reform is to find ways to better incorporate what local leaders are doing. to focus on education for english class is or engagement or citizenship? who do you know, who to call when the water is now working? everyone feels that they are contributing. and it is so critical to the mission of our organization that goes back to the ada to encourage every day people to welcome their neighbor. >> but we have community groups doing this as well. and then this is the sixth year we're doing this in charlotte with 324 unique post so despite the negative rhetoric that the local level there is a different story they want to celebrate the diverse in their community. >> so how do you go about that process and we talked about with her teen harvey how they were affected by the storm how do you approach that moment? period that is when technical assistance becomes so important with that o

host: tom in dayton, ohio, tom, morning. does it matter to you? caller: yes, it does. i look at price and stuff, but i try to get everything american i can. amen to the guy right there wrangler jeans. and levis in there with them. levis stayed in america. hershey and candy plants candy backsending us up here. we have oreo cookies made in sent up here. i hope we have good f.d.a. fentanyl is coming from there, i hope crazy peep frel not throwing fentanyl in our food. look at food, ou how much more are you willing to america made in product? host: lost tom. line for n texas, democrats. go ahead, karen. caller: hi. host: hi. caller: well, i own two ford vehicles, two of them. two ford vehicles. first time i ever bought made in america, always bought foreign cars and i love them. absolutely love the way they treat us when we bring them in. now, today, them in not labor day maybe, but good on the when i was out road on the highway, i got going too fast with a foreign sports me tell you, the policemen pulled him over, not me. it is because i'm made in america. host: side bene

the woman in white you see in this jail waiting room in dayton, ohio, asked the correction officer tohange her juice for some milk, that's when things really went haywire quickly. the officer grabbed her, took her down. she claims she suffered permanent and debilitating injuries. she refused medical attention, however. now this actually happened in 2015. the woman is just now filing a lawsuit for excessive force. there has been no comment from the corrections department so we don't really know why this escalated the way it did. >> it's 5:19. dumb criminals, right? this is not one of them. this guy is clever. you see the guy about to apply for a job nonchalantly in boston, massachusetts. the applicant had also been the suspect in this police pursuit that was taking place in a nearby neighborhood. thanks to observant witness who saw the suspect ditch his car, officers in the pursuit were able to track him inside of that store. >> he grabbed him and he starts to tussle with him and the other two come in guns in hand and they said to him, you didn't think that we weren't going to find you

as you can see the boardwalk here in dayton daytona is pretty and we had a few people looking aroundt it's completely deserted. you see the board on the front of the storefronts here and i want to show you the ocean which is turning really good and we just talked to a state trooper who was out here pulling two people but making them leave and they were out playing in the water under the spear and this is the joe's crab shack peer and it is closed and there is no reason to be out there. this water is not typically this high and it is near high tide but it doesn't usually come up this high according to locals. it's very, very choppy and dangerous out there. that's the one thing the police officers are hoping not to have to do is to go out and rescue people in the middle of the store. harris, there will be a curfew in effect here tomorrow night and they're closing the registrar afternoon as soon as the wind gets 39 miles an hour. harris: i have a list of those curfews and i see that that is posting in your direction. thank you for the update from daytona beach. coming up i'll talk to th

that this three star general which is wonderful news, you know, is medded -- will be in puerto rico dayton. and your question why did it take him eight days. >> that is the question we're hearing on the ground from our many colleagues in puerto rico, from lawmakers and others, why on the eighth day is the administration finally sending a three star general to puerto rico. so i did ask the president's homeland security adviser that and he said look, this three star general had been monitoring all this from san antonio. i had been keeping track of all this from there. but i tried to get him to ask wouldn't it have been easier to monitor it all this on the ground in puerto rico and tom bossert did not really answer that. he defended the administration's response. but i do think we now know that that he they are sending the general, he will be on the ground later today if not already, a sign that there is indeed a need for more coordination on the ground there. so right now the administration is quite defensive of their response, quite defensive talking bureaucratic language about what is goin

in many cities, their scattered around the state, in any given city in columbus or cincinnati or dayton or cleveland there's no one authorizer. so the charters are, it's messy and some of the kind of steering that you are recommending for the reinvented system is really hard to pull off in that -- perhaps impossible. >> guest: it's a big flaw. i may, those of us who believe in charge for a long time, there's been different schools of thought and there was a strong school of thought that multiple c's was better. we're trying to get away from monopolies can from digits having monopolies. we want lots of competition. let's have lots of authorizers. big mistake. because steering is so important. that our system like issues. transportation. do kids have equal access to all these schools? to their transportation or is it only the kids whose parents have enough money and time to try them with equal access? special ed, the kids with disabilities, to the equal access for some schools trying to prevent or get rid of them? you can go down the line, all of these issues, somebody's got to be up to s

the zip code you come from, whether it's appalachia, ohio, or inner city dayton, relies a whole lot. good nutrition leads to patients who can recover more quickly, patients that have access to food and better nutrition to avoid chronic health issues. as one executive said we can pay now or pay later. your research shows improvements in snap and improvements in health and education outcomes. are there improvement that we make specifically to snap that would accelerate these gains? >> in my opinion, the best improvements we make are two fold. one, i think the benefits right now are very meager. i think about $4.50 per person per day. i think the evidence suggests a slightly larger benefit would just improve the effectiveness of the program all the more, allow people to escape food insecurity, buy healthier foods and so on. the second would be really expanding those market based incentives to buy hlgtier foods. whether that's a double up food program or other programs like that. >> talk in more detail if the -- first of all, i think americans don't really know -- you know, we use the te

on august 1 -- in august i visited the oasis house in dayton, ohio. it is a wonderful place. they welcome up to 11 women at a time to live in a faith-based community that provides them incredible support, helps deal with the trauma we talked about earlier, helps them to be moving from that trauma to independence. they are getting recovery and support there and so many of these women have had a transformation. it is wonderful-to-see them -- it is wonderful to see them with their families or back at work. in speaking with these victims, it is heartbreaking to hear what they had to say. but mostly that they can't get justice. the website that facilitated these crimes against them is off-limits. that's why in july after an 18-month investigation into online trafficking, i introduced along with a number of my colleagues legislation called stop enabling sex traffickers act. currently we have 27 cosponsors here in the senate. we've only had this introduced while we've been in session for two weeks, because we introduced it just before the august recess. but senator riffed blumenthal

the zip code you come from, whether it's appalachia, ohio, or inner city dayton, relies a whole lot. good nutrition leads to patients who can recover more quickly, patients that have access to food and better nutrition to avoid chronic health issues. as one executive said we can pay now or pay later. your research shows improvements in snap and improvements in health and education outcomes. are there improvement that we make specifically to snap that would accelerate these gains? >> in my opinion, the best improvements we make are two fold. one, i think the benefits right now are very meager. i think about $4.50 per person per day. i think the evidence suggests a slightly larger benefit would just improve the effectiveness of the program all the more, allow people to escape food insecurity, buy healthier foods and so on. the second would be really expanding those market based incentives to buy hlgtier foods. whether that's a double up food program or other programs like that. >> talk in more detail if the -- first of all, i think americans don't really know -- you know, we use the te

republicans in legislature were the nes that spearheaded the plan that was later signed by governor mark dayton, but it was spearheaded by just been and it's put into place. t's just lowered premiums by 20%. works.now this why wouldn't we do it? alexander has raised a concern that it would be politically for him to add money to the bill he's working on. however, there's no reason why t needs to add money to the bill. it could easily be paid for. to lower e acts premiums and, there by, lower tax credits. paper billion program on would actually end up costing billion and i'm confident that we could come up pay for that.n to so there's no reason why -- [laughter] unfortunately, we're not congress. not there's no reason to put it in the bill. aside from cost-sharing reinsurance, if you want to go further, there is for an emergency policy for these people who virginia, randed in , it's been suggested, into the to buy federal health program. policy that of would work to fill immediate gaps until the other policies to improve e underlying market dynamics. in the bipartisan earings this week, the gover

jose california, l.a., places in iowa, you just mentioned des moines earlier, we were talking about dayton ohio which is our first welcoming, fargo north dakota, the reason i mention all these places is because what we have seen is this trend of local leaders, and will federal immigration reform is a federal issue, integration doesn't have to be. finding ways to better incorporate everyone in your community is something that local leaders can do and local leaders are doing. as liz was mentioning, they just open up an office. i think there's so much, you don't even know where to start. this is all part of making your community a place where everyone belongs. it should be so critical to the mission of our organization because it goes back to the idea of encouraging people to welcome their neighbors. soccer festivals have been really popular events, events and schools, a business corner event going on in charlotte and we are so excited because this is the six-year were doing your 730 events going on across campus. despite the negative rhetoric we are hearing at the national level, at the loca

you just mentioned des moines, to dayton ohio, which is our first welcoming certified city. and the reason i mention all these places is because what we've seen is a trend of local leaders wanted to step up and while federal immigration reform is a federal issue, integragds doesn't have to be. it's something local leaders can do and are doing. they just opened up an office and there's so much you don't know where to start sometimes because coo you focus on owork force or english classes? how do you get your immigrant and refugees to come to city hall to know who to call when their water isn't working. this is part of making your community a place everyone belongs and thrives and feels like they're contributing. welcoming week is so critical to the mission of our organization because it goes back the idea of encouraging every day people to put on events to welcome their neighbor. so a lot of our city governments are leading in the different events but we have community leaders doing it as well whether they're soccer festivals, which has been popular, events in school. there's

it was later signed by democratic governor mark dayton. it was spear headed by republicans and it's just been put into place. it has just lowered premiums by 20%. so we know this works. why wouldn't we do it? senator alexander has raised a concern that it would be difficult politically for him to add money to the bill that he is working on, however there is no reason why it needs to add money to the bill. it could easily be paid for, reinsurance acts to lower premiums and there by lower premium tax credits. so a so there's no reason not to put it in the bill. if you want to go further there is this need for an emergency policy for these people who might be stranded in virginia, people in bear counties. we have suggested the governors today in their plans suggested allowing people to buy into the federal employees health benefits program. that's a type of policy that would work to fill immediate gaps until the other policies have a chance to improve underlying market dynamics. as we have seen in the bipartisan hearings this week the governo

i also want to tell the story of another hero, one from my congressional district in dayton, ohio. april 5, 2016, dante cotton saw an overturned car that collided with a pole. the driver told him her child was inside the car. acting on immediate instinct , he crawled through broken glass to rescue the baby from the car. both the mother and child were taken to the hospital and treated for minor injuries. in august of last year, dante again found himself in the right place at the right time, again on his letter carrying route. on his normal mail delivery route, an elderly woman whose home had been invaded ran up to him needing help. he drove her to a police cruiser, ensuring her safety. his courage is being recognized by the national association of letter carriers, which has given him their 2017 hero award. i uld like to thank dana fo -- dante for his acts of true hoe rowism in our community and with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from haye seek recognition? -- from hawaii seek recognition? without objection, the gentlewoman is recog

. >> doug, all right, bring us up to dayton this. i mean who is to blame. >> reporter: right, is anyone to blame? the administration got high marks for responses to hurricane, harvey, and irma in texas and florida, respectively but maria has been a different matter. we are seeing criticism beginning to escalate now. the devastation, in puerto rico is difficult to comprehend, communities washed away, island in ruins, many residents struggling to survive. >> we don't have water, we don't have electricity, we need help. >> reporter: president trump regularly taking to twitter to update the response, puerto rico is devastated he writes, phone system, electric grid, many road gone. fema and first responders are amazing. governor said great job. the critics aren't so sure. >> federal response has been abdominal, have been criminal and has been cruel because we are not texas. we are not florida. we are an island. >> one of the big issues delivery bottlenecks, trucks and supplies waiting for drivers. white house home land security advisor to

legislator were the ones actually who spearheaded the plan with later sign by democratic governor mark dayton. it was really spearheaded by republicans and it's just been put into place. it has just floored premiums by 20%. so, we know this works and why wouldn't we do this. senator alexander has raised concern that it would be difficult politically for him to add money to the bill that he is working on. however, there is no reason why it needs to add money to the bill. it could easily be paid for. reinsurance asked to lower premiums and thereby lowering premium tax credits. actually, $15 billion program on paper would actually ends up costing probably only $4 billion and i am confident that joe and i come up with $4 billion to pay for that. there is no reason why -- [laughter] >> except that we are not in congress. >> there is no reason to not put it in the bill. aside from cautionary reductions in reinsurance if you want to go further there is a need for emergency policy for these people who might be stranded in virginia and people in their counties and their we have suggested the governors