education secretary betsy devos at bethune-cookman university in daytona beach, florida. c.e.o. and president of arrow jet rocket, arlene drake, at university of alabama in huntsville. executive chairman of starbucks, howard schultz, at arizona state university, tempe. senator elizabeth warren at university of massachusetts, amherst. and senator rob portman at ashland university in ohio. this saturday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and cspan.org. >> deputy attorney general rod rosenstein briefed house members today after having briefed the senate yesterday. "the washington post" reporting several members leaving the house briefing expressed frustration. with the lack of new information provided about president trump's decision to fire f.b.i. director james comey. some of the lawmakers spoke to reporters after the briefing. reporter: did you learn anything new in there? hows was the briefing? mr. issa: the special prosecutor will have the breadth of scope if necessary to follow any and all leads directly to the russian attempt to influence our election. that for me clearly

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cat calls while giving the commencement speech at historically black bethune-cookman university in daytona beach, florida. >> i am honored to become a wildcat. >> protesters outside stood for hours and were upset that devos called historically black colleges and universities great examples of school choice. protesters say those schools were created because there was no other choice. the disruption continued inside the auditorium. at one point the school's president warned graduates if their behavior continued this -- >> your degrees will be mailed to you. >> several people were escorted out of the auditorium by security. it did not appear any of the grad aegts were among them. >>> along the georgia-florida border a major wildfire that began almost a month ago continues to burn forcing an evacuation in charlton county, georgia. more than 144,000 acres have burned. it's only about 12% contained. let's check with nbc meteorologist bill karins. what a bumpy week this is leading into the weekend, too. >> i know. the big storm heading to the east coast for mother's day weekend. yesterday we were

. >> darrell: he is a former daytona 500 winner. 1990. >> mike: looks like his race may be over. kyle larson. teammates there for fifth place, jamie. >> jamie: i talked to jamie mcmurray earlier today. he was optimistic about tonight. first off, he really liked idea of four stage races. he likes to know when the cautions will fall and he doesn't want a long run. secondly, he likes the car that he ran at the all-star race so he thought it would play to their strengths and it has tonight. larson goes to the inside of his teammate, matt. >> matt: look at the 42 tonight, jamie, you haven't seen a lot him running the wall like he does in the past. running more to the middle and bottom. he is middle right now. the big issue so far, though, has been exits, especially on turn two, just way too tight. >> darrell: i don't believe the traction compound has done what we thought it would do to the upper groove. >> mike: not at night. not a lot of heat. no sun. no ambient temperature heat, just what the tires are putting into it. so we have had good side by side racing, but maybe not as much a

>> betsy devos spoke at the doom cookman university in daytona beach, florida. this is 25 minutes. ms. devos: dr. jackson, board of trustees. thank you so very, very much for this great honor and privilege. [crowd booing] i'm honored to become a wildcat. and it's a real honor and privilege to be with you as we celebrate the bethune-cookman university class of 2017. congratulations to all of you. in addition to the graduates, there are so many people deserving of special recognition today. parents, i'd like to ask all the moms who are here celebrating their graduates to stand right now and be recognized. moms, please stand up. and all the dads, please stand up. grandparents, family members, friends of graduates, thank you for your effort in getting them to this point. [crowd booing] first lady jackson, chairman, members of the board. and members of the administrative staff and faculty. and the entire bethune-cookman community. thank you for the important role you play in making today possible for all these students. mayor henry, thank you for those encouraging words. and you and sta

this was in daytona beach. you can see some people being escorted out by security. devos caused a backlash earlier this year after calling historically black colleges and universities, quote, pioneers of school choice. after harsh criticism she said they were borne out of segregation. >>> angry and frustrated students at the university of maryland demand that the school take action after a noose was found on campus. a large crowd marched from the student union down to the administration building yesterday. they wanted to hold a sit-in inside the office of the president. the president condemned the despicable. >>> we have an update about all of the online threats made against a high school in our area. a 16-year-old from sterling has been charged with the threats. we told you that weapons were found in the 16-year-old's home but they belonged to a relative. loudoun county sheriff's office says there was never a credible threat to the school. >>> we're learning new details in the inmate escape in howard county. some charges have been dropped against david watson. "bal

>> betsy devos spoke at the doom cookman university in daytona beach, florida. this is 25 minutes. ms. devos: dr. jackson, board of trustees. thank you so very, very much for this great honor and privilege. [crowd booing] i'm honored to become a wildcat. and it's a real honor and privilege to be with you as we celebrate the bethune-cookman

they are all members of the class of 2017 at daytona state college. parents erin and colleen duncan got their degrees in business administration and office management. >> yes, they got an f in that class if that's how they said. their daughters 21 kendra and 16 year old amy both independenter associates of arts degrees. they all walked across the stage to receive their diplomas. they even took a selfie. after seeing them in their success i decided i wanted to get into teaching at one point and wanted to complete a business and so i jumped in and then encouraged her. super special and it's a once in a lifetime thing. i'm going to remember it forever. >> that is great. >> the family doesn't plan on stopping any time soon. dad plans to go and get his ma and the daughter keb dangerous deliveries plans to get her nursing degree. >> thanks for joining us tonight at six. lots to talk about 5@6:30 is coming up right after the break. stay with us. today we're gonna be comparing the roll-formed steel bed to the aluminum bed of this competitor's truck. awesome.

a historically black college in daytona, florida. graduates booed during her speech. at one point the school's president threatened to mail the students their degrees. ms. devos: dr. jackson, board of trustees. thank you so very, very much for his great honor and privilege. [crowd booing] i'm honored to become a wildcat. and it's a real honor and privilege to be with you as we celebrate the bethune-cookman university class of 2017. congratulations to all of you. in addition to the graduates, there are so many people deserving of special recognition today. parents, i'd like to ask all the moms who are here celebrating their graduates to stand right now and be recognized. moms, please stand up. and all the dads, please stand up. grandparents, family members, friends of graduates, thank you for your effort in getting them to this point. [crowd booing] first lady jackson, chairman, members of the board. and members of the administrative staff and faculty. and the entire bethune-cookman community. thank you for the important role you play in making today possible for all t

a few hours earlier he won the pole for the daytona 500. >> after a wonderful day at the track getting a gun to your head buying a $50 meal. >> both drivers are now focusing on sunday's race. >>> firefighters in southern california have gained the upper hand on a fast moving brush fire. the blaze broke out near hummel on saturday, and forces hundreds of people to evacuate a campground and no injuries were reported many the cause is not determined but authorities launched a criminal investigation. >>> actor, roger moore, has died following a brief battle with cancer. he was the third actor to play james bond and played more roles than anyone else. and the long running british misttory series. the saint. and moore later said, i have been incredibly lucky. he was 89 years old. >>> coming up another check of your forecast, as we step live outside looking at penn's landing. david murphy has the update from accuweather when "action news" comes right back. ♪ ♪ at ikea, we believe that you should be able to afford your dream bedroom. that you can get it all for less. that you can find what you

character. 8:00 p.m., night at 2017 commencement speeches. , educationenators secretary betsy devos in daytonaeach, florida. draked president eileen at university of alabama in huntsville. the executive chairperson of the starbucks at arizona state. warren.h of war and -- this saturday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and www.c-span.org. afterwards, at on journalist examines campus sexual assault policies in his book. mr. taylor is interviewed by the editor in chief of the national law journal and legal times. viewers whatthe your general thesis is that we are looking at. what will we be reading about when we open the pages? hugee gist of it is that a mess has taken root, that there is an epidemic of campus rate, a that isof campus rape condoned by administrators, that it is increasing, and that it requires completely demolishing -- four -- and the this comes from extreme feminists. e-hating extreme feminists, in some cases. >> watch it on c-span2's book tv. police officers from around the country are in washington for a series of events called national police week. the heads of the police

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. >> students at bethune-cookman university in daytona booed as devos took the stage. the university president warned them he would put their diplomas in the mail if they did not quiet down. many graduates turned their back to devos during her speech . devos offended many african- americans this year when she called historically black colleges the "real pioneers of school choice. " those schools were only started because black students at the time were not allowed to attend the white schools. >>> oaklands redirects are cheering the new settlement in their long-running fight over wages. nearly 100 will split a $1.25 million payout. two rater cheerleaders filed a class- action lawsuit claiming the team failed to pay minimum wage and overtime. they also claimed the team did not reimburse them for thousands of dollars in expenses from 2010 2014. some of the women who dance or multiple seasons will receive more than $20,000 each. >>> a bay area in and out is closed indefinitely after several customers suddenly got sick. betty yu tells us the exact source of the illness is a

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in the daytona 500, they said no way you can run 54 laps. we ran 54 1/4 laps. >> jeff: how did you do it gas. we might have had a little bit more than everybody too. >> think about carl edwards a few years ago, the job his team did to get him to victory lane. rodney childers made a great call to get rudeman to victory lane. somebody always has something special to pull out at the end of these things. >> mike: martin truex jr. is running laps at 30.1. 30.2 seconds. there are quite a number of drivers on the lead lap who have backed off about half a second behind truex's pace. so i have to wonder, if you're half a second slower than the leader, is it saving you fuel? or are you just running as hard as you can? >> darrell: the gas pedal. if you have to down you're burning fuel. if you don't, you're not burning fuel. you turn the you can. >> jeff: to run half a second faster means your foot is to the floor longer than the others because you are getting back to the gas sooner, driving in deeper. car is handling a little bit better. you're definit

secretary devos is an daytona beach, florida, to deliver the commencement address at the university that is a great example of the top-notch education at hbcus's have continued to provide to their students. and i know the secretary is honored to be there today. another nugget of big news, as you guys may have been paying attention in regards to the termination of the former fbi director comey. the president over the last several months lost confidence in director comey. the doj lost confidence in director comey. bipartisan members of congress made it clear that they had lost confidence in director comey. most importantly, the rank and file of the fbi had lost confidence in their director. accordingly, the president accepted the recommendation of his deputy attorney general to remove james comey from his position. before the news broke the president spoke to several members of congress to inform them of his decision. those members were mitch mcconnell, paul ryan, chuck grassley, chuck schumer, senator feinstein, senator graham, kevin mccarthy, nancy pelosi, and bob goodlatte. later in the

a historically black college in daytona, florida. graduates booed during her speech. at one point the school's president threatened to mail the students their degrees. ms. devos: dr. jackson, board of trustees. thank you so very, very much for his great honor and privilege. [crowd booing] i'm honored to become a wildcat. and it's a real honor and privilege to be with you as we

[scattered boos] i am honored to become a >> pelley: in daytona beach, florida, graduating students booedtheir backs on education secretary betsy devos as she spoke today at bethune-cookman university. in february des have said such historically black schools were pioneers in school choice. she later acknowledged they were established because african americans were banned from many colleges. at one point the university president warned the crowd that if the booing continued their degrees would be mailed to them. it subsided after that. when we come back, with james comey gone, what's next for the f.b.i. and the russia investigation? so how old do you want to be when you retire? uhh, i was thinking around 70. alright, and before that? you mean after that? no, i'm talking before that. do you have things you want to do before you retire? oh yeah sure... ok, like what? but i thought we were supposed to be talking about investing for retirement? but there's no law you can't make the most of today. what do you want to do? i'd really like to run with the bulls. wow. yea. hope you're fast. i am.

education secretary betsy devos at bethune-cookman university in daytona beach, florida. president and ceo of arrow jet. executive chairman of starbucks, howard schultz, at arizona state university, tempe. senator elizabeth warren at university of massachusetts amherst. and senator rob portman at ashland university in ohio. this saturday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and c-span.org. >>> join us this weekend for our cities tour to trenton, new jersey, with the help of our comcast partners, book tv, and american history tv, feature the history and literary culture of new jersey's capital city. on saturday at 5:15 p.m. eastern on book tv. we visit the state library's rare book collection. >> in 1728, a temporary printing press was set up in burlington, new jersey, in order to print paper money for the colony. and the legislature wanted it close so that could see the printing of the money. and at the time they did that, they also did this book. so this is the first known printed book within new jersey. >> and a conversation with william kidder, author of "crossroads of

speakers include enator harris at howard university in washington, d.c., devos on secretary betsy in daytona beach, florida, aero . and president of jet, executive chairman of starbucks, howard schultz, university, elizabeth warren, and senator portman at ashlyn university in ohio. his saturday night 8 p.m. eastern on c-span and c-span.org. >> "washington journal" continues. host: if you want to give us thoughts on things you have eard today during open phones, 202-748-8000 for democrats. republicans, 202-748-8001. 202-748-8002.call nd also post on our twitter page at c-span wj, and facebook.com/c-span cht

. >> reporter: unveiled in miami in november, it was tearing up the track in daytona in january.d by a renowned artist is a high-performance racing machine. as the director of motor sports put it --? on the outside it's a piece of art. on the inside, it's a race car that wants to go out and battle and wants to win. >> reporter: it's the 19th in the bmw art car series. inaugurated in 1975, it was the idea of a racing enthusiast and art alexander calder to paint the german entry that year. then says bmw's thomas gerston, it just took off. >> it was supposed to be a one-off. but the moment the car hit the pit stop, kids were screaming. it became the immediate darling of the crowd that was watching. >> reporter: the next year, frank stella created his grass paper bmw. in 1977, roy lick ten stein's looked like a comic strip. and the ford car is the most famous, painted by andy warhol in 1979, it's now considered the most valuable car in bmw history. an african artist was the first woman to paint a bmw in 1991. a british artist dachshund on the back panel of his car because his own dog

and secretary devos is in daytona beach, florida, delivering then address at the university that's an example of top-notch education hbcu historically and continue to provide to their students and i know the secretary is honored to be there today. there's also another nugget of big news as you guys may have been paying attention in regard to the termination of the former fbi director comey. the president over the last several months lost confidence in director comey. the doj lost confidence in director comey. bipartisan members of congress made it clear that they had lost confidence in director comey. most importantly, the rank and file of the fbi had lost confidence in their director. accordingly, the president accepted the recommendation of his deputy attorney general to remove james comey from his position. before the news broke the president spoke to several members of congress to inform them of his decision. those members are senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, speaker of the house paul ryan, senator chuck grassley, senate minority leader chuck schumer, senator feinstein, sen

. >> in daytona beach, florida, many graduating students booed or turned their back on education secretary devos as she spoke today at beth you know university. she said such historically black schools were pioneers in school choice. she later acknowledged because african-americans were banned from many colleges. at one point, the university president warned the crowd that if the booing continued, their degrees would be mailed to them. it subsided after that. >>> when we come back, with james comey gone, what's next for the fbi and the russia investigation. >>> this portion is sponsored by td ameritrade. >>> one day after the president fired fbi director job. today, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell rejected calls for an independent counsel to investigate the russian ties. vladimir putin told our liz palmer, quote, we have nothing to do with it. >>> and that's the overnight news for this thursday. for some of you the news continues, for others, check back a little later for the morning news and cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm scott pelley. >>> this is

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turned their backs, drowned out much of her speech, booing at the historically black university in daytonah. devos caused a backlash after she called historically black colleges and universities, quote, pioneers of school choice. after harsh criticism she acknowledged that the abcus are born out of segregation when black students had no choice. they were barred from attending white institutions. also coming under fire for inviting her to speak today. >> for an artist getting your work into a museum can be the ultimate accomplishment. a group of artists from prince george's county has done just that and teenagers. their part of the club called culture keepers. >> reporter: stroke by stroke, using her brush to paint a story about people of color. >> i also wanted to make her angry because that's one of the biggest stereotypes of black women. we have a reason to be angry and i wanted to portray that. we're still angry and beautiful at the same time. >> reporter: her painting will be hanging at the prince george's county african-american museum. she and her fellow culture keepers meet each wee

. >> this happened at yesterday at daytona beach.ents not only booed but they turned their back on her as she gave her speech. students being escorted out. devos caused a backlash when she called these schools pioneers of school choice. she acknowledged that they were borne out of segregation. >>> good morning, i'm erika gonzalez at the live desk. eight people dead, another 11 injured after a 5.5 magnitude quake. after another two earthquakes just minutes after that. again, 8 people dead, another 11 injured and now there is a search and rescue effort underway for people in that region. a number of tremors reported after the fact. this is a 5.5 quake reported. >> erika, thank you. >>> new surveillance video showing a woman fairfax county police consider a person of interest in a small explosion at a falls church clinic that provides abortions. take a look. it happened on april 27th. the explosion was caused by someone setting off fireworks inside an elevator at that clinic on south washington street. the woman is also suspected in oth

inseparable as children growing up in tennessee and daytona beach, florida duane was the charismaticead guitarist of the original band formed in 1969. greg played keyboards and was the group's gravelly voiced soulful lead singer as he talked about in the documentary "southern rock." >> i started playing. man, it just knocked me out. and i just -- i did my best to sing it my best. >> reporter: the band would turn out hit after hit including "midnight rider." ♪ midnight rider >> reporter: after duane died in a motorcycle crash in 1971, gregg kept band together. they scored one of their biggest hits with "rambling man" in 1973. ♪ lord i was born a rambling man ♪ gregg allman married cher in june of 1975 and moved to hollywood. it was a turbulent union as greg descended into heavier and heavier drug and alcohol use. >> i went to 14 rehabs. >> 14 rehabs. >> but i didn't go to 15. >> reporter: they divorced in 1978, and he eventually kicked his drug habit. through ups and downs gregg allman kept going, performing and churning out solo and allman brothers albums. this past more he suddenly

lot of well known and not so well known people delivering commencement feun cook man university in daytonaed to speak at the historically black school. it's not sitting well with thousands of students who signed the petition to withdraw her name. she has a horrible record impacting blacks and minorities university president, though, is standing by the choice. i would like to reassure all of our sporters that we're looking to build a bridge for a mutually beneficial relationship with secretary devos. >> the graduation ceremony will take place on may 10. now to an exciting exhibit that is opening at the national museum of african-american history and cull your t. the exhibit foe tours dozens of photographs and port trait of well known african-american and photographs of events that chronical african-american history. >> photograp the eye, isn't it and it's about who is behind the camera. that empathy a photographer for the photography that's also knowns as the subject. for the subject, look at pictures of people of color by photographers of color. they're often different. there's a kind of s

inseparable as children growing up in tennessee and daytona beach, there fla, duane was the lead guitarist of the p band in 1969. gregg played keyboards and was the soulful lead singer as he talked about in the documentary southern rock. >> started playing and oh, man, it just knocked me oumt. i just matched some lyrics and i did my best to sing it my best. >> the band turned out hit after hit including midnight rider. ♪ >> after duane died in 1971 in a motorcycle crash. gregg kept the band together scoring a big hit with rambling man in 1973. ♪ >> gregg allman married cher in june of 71975 and moved to hollywood. it was a turbulent union as gregg descended into heavier and heavier alcohol and drug abuse. >> i went to 14 rehabs. but i didn't go to 15. >> they divorced in 1978. and he eventually kicked his drug habit. through ups and downs, gregg allman kept going, performing and churning out solo and allman brothers albums. he stopped touring because of health issues. ringo starr tweeted rest in peace, gregg all man. brad paisley, what a legacy gregg allman leaves behind. jam on in the gre

only driver ever to win the indy 500 and daytona 500 and formula one world championship.be more scared than i ever had been my entire life. hi no idea what i was in for! >> going to be a bad hair day so you have to put your helmet on and all that. yeah, you'll hear some g-forces in the corners and go pretty fast. from there on, just enjoy the ride and just smile. >> reporter: woo hoo! the forces are insane! i had to tell myself to stop screaming because i was getting light-headed. i needed breathe! my head hurt and i was nauseous. they do it 300 miles and no bathroom breaks and they can lose 4 to 7 pounds during the indy 500 race and intense competitors and highly skilled athletes to whom i cannot hold a candle! >> if i was a better driver, i'd do it just to lose weight! >> right! that would work, 7 pounds? >> coy, thank you so much. >> reporter: you're welcome. >>> we want to take a moment to look at the life and career of a titan in southern rock. gregg allman died at the age of 69 but wait until you hear what he was doing the night before. ♪ i got one more i guess i wa

she was giving the keynote address at the commencement at the historically black college in daytona beachity in florida. here's what happened. >> i am honored to become a wildcat. >> nbc's mariano ostensio was at the ceremony. that was quite the scene. you could hear the booing. what happened? >> reporter: so, peter, now behind me, you see families are heading home to celebrate, but before, inside the venue here at bethune-cookman university at the commencement ceremony, secretary of education betsy devos got on that stage and started to hear booing from the crowd. many in the student body also in the graduating class getting u and giving their back to betsy devos, they did not agree with her being named commencement speaker at a historically black college. you also had the president of the school pleading with the student body to stop the ruckus, to stop the booing and respect his inviteee, threatening students at some point to have to mail in their degrees if the booing continued. >> wow. >> reporter: this was several days in the making, peter, since betsy devos was announced as commenc

betsy devos got a cold welcome from students at the bethune-cookman university graduation ceremony in daytonach, florida. now graduates from this historically black university turned their backs on betsy devos, and mercilessly booed her during her 20-comment commencement speech. let's bring in brunell donald-kyei. missed you, brunell, god bless. >> you god bless you and god bless america. so good to be here, liz. the first thing i would say to my fellow american, betsy devos who stood up and continued through and soldiered through that disrespectful behavior that she endured. but what i would say also is, you know, we're americans first, and we have got to stop allowing these professors and universities and politicians to divvy us up based on race, to separate us and divide us based on race and start looking at each other and loving each other and expressing our political views whether we agree or disagree in a loving manner, in a manner that does not, you know, that's not derogatory towards someone who is our fellow american. at the end of the day, it doesn't matter what her skin color is. i

nick, tell me there in daytona beach, tell me how this happened, why this happened, and you actuallydity who was kicked out. >> i think they're angry about the process, who was selected and how she was selected. only announced about the commencement speaker about a week ago. and the student body had no say in this. and they feel deceived because of her comments in the past. we all know why they started because black people were not allowed to get into the other colleges who were not black. here it does not just seem be how it went about. one of those students upset was bobby luke. we spoke to him exclusively as he was being escorted out. >> i'm a student. i'm standing with my seniors, man. no one likes her, man, period at the end of the day. >> what causeed you to be kicked out? >> i don't know. >> as louds as it was in there, things got so rowdy that he threatened the graduates he would mail their diplomas to them and end the commencement ceremony. we did see a handful of protesters outside saying they weren't trying to silence her, they just didn't think it was the appropriate venu

. >> i am honored to become a wildcat. [ booing ] >> students at bassoon cook man university in daytonaeered betsy devos as she took the stage. the university president even threatened to kick them out and mail them their diplomas if they didn't show her respect. many graduates responded by turning their backs to her during her speech. one student was removed. devos offended some this year when she called black colleges the real pioneers of school choice. those schools were only created because black students weren't allowed to attend white schools. >>> after a national search the oakland school board picked a city native and long-time employee to serve as superintendent. tyler johnson tramel is now the district's interim deputy superintendent. she was selected from dozens of applicants and is the finalist. she will help steer the district through its budget crisis. >>> and ac transit will keep buses running to oakland hills schools. last night, board members voted to approve a funding extension for another year. the transit agency did not give specifics about the extension but says ous

. ♪ ♪ paul: betsy devos faced a hostile reception at bethune cookman university in daytona beach thisck university booed the education secretary, some even turned their backs as she delivered a 20-minute be commencement address there on wednesday. take a look. >> it's a real honor and privilege to be with you as we celebrate the bethune cookman university chat of 207. -- class of 2017. >> if this behavior continues, your degrees will be mailed to you. paul: jason, what's behind this hostility? she was invited, after all. >> i think you have a couple things going on. unone is what's going on on college campuses all over the country. you also have a long history of college graduates protesting speakers, turning their backs and so forth, and that's all been on steroids in this trump era. she was a stand-in for the trump administration, which is very unpopular on college campuses, and i think that's what we saw a reaction to. it's particularly unsettling in her case, however, because if there is one member of the administration who in a previous life had done a lot more black americans, p

education secretary betsy devos at the june cookman in daytona beach florida. ceo and president of aerojet rocket time eileen drake at university of alabama in huntsville. executive chairman of starbucks, howard schultz at arizona state university. senator elizabeth warren at university of massachusetts amherst. and senator rob portman at ashland university in ohio. this saturday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and c-span .org. >> yesterday the fcc voted to 212 party lines to start the process of repealing regulations on internet service providers known as net neutrality rules. the vote is the first step and review process that could end the classification of home and mobile internet service providers as common carriers. current rules mandate that all internet traffic must be treated equally and fairly and stop internet providers like verizon and comcast from blocking access

secretary betsy divorce is in daytona beach, florida, to deliver the commencement address at the within cookman university, a great example of the top-notch education hbcu far less have provided and continue to provide for their students ie secretary is honored to be there today. there is also another nugget of big news, as you guys may have been paying attention in regard to the termination of the former fbi director comey. the president over the last several months last confidence and director comey, the doj lost confidence in director comey, and bipartisan members of congress made it clear that they had lost confidence in director comey. most are portly, the rank and file of the fbi had lost confidence in their director. accordingly, the president accepted the recommendation of his deputy attorney general to remove james comey from his position appeared before the news broke, the president spoke to several members of congress to inform them of his decision. those members are senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, speaker of the house paul ryan, senate daily by senator chuck grassley

education secretary betsy devos at bethune-cookman university in daytona beach, florida. c.e.o. and president of arrow jet rocket, arlene drake, at university of alabama in huntsville. executive chairman of starbucks, howard schultz, at arizona state university, tempe. senator elizabeth warren at university of massachusetts, amherst. and senator rob portman at ashland university in ohio. this saturday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and cspan.org. >> deputy attorney general rod rosenstein briefed house members today after having briefed the senate yesterday. "the washington post" reporting several members leaving the house briefing expressed