elaine? >> quijano: errol barnett, thank y in los angeles sunday the annual gay pride parade turned into a resist trump march. mireya villarreal was there. >> reporter: in the heart of hollywood thousands of protestors hit the streets to shine a light on what they believe is an attack on civil rights. >> while it's really important for us to stand up every year and celebrate us being gay, it's not about just us right now. there is a larger community of minorities that feel like they are under-- . >> she is here supporting her dpai son. >> i have been marching a lot against our current administration. because i think they threaten everything that i want for my family. >> reporter: that sentiments and other politically charged marchs around the country are what motivated protest organizer brian pendelton to push for a change this year. >> instead of parading, we should march for our human rights. >> for years this was los angeles pride parade filled with fun costumes and floats moving down the

senth elaine chao on your screen. -- that's secretary elaine chao on your screen. she'll introduce president trump for the infrastructure discussion this morning. secretary chao: thank you for being so patient. it's been an incredible day so far and it will be an incredible day when you see our special guest. i'm delighted to welcome all of you at the very special event at the department of transportation. as you can see we have a very special guest here today. the president of the united states, donald trump, and the secretary of the interior, ryan zinkey -- ryan zinke, and i'm so slighted to see so many members of congress here, a special, special thanks to chairman shuster and all the other distinguished members of congress for coming today. d let me give a shout out to director gary cohn and other senior advisors to the president who are joining us as well. it is an honor and delight for the department of transportation to host all of you. now both president trump and secretary zinc and i have just participated in a round table with state department of transpor

elaine and i love each of these special agents deeply. we love their families, too. and these photos, you can see one of the team leaders, jason, hard at work. jason hates this photo, which is why i blew it up for national tv. the other photo is of a trip i took to all five of utah's national parks last year. during this trip, my security detail was with me every step of the way. these men and women never leave my side, and today i wish to thank them with all my heart for their service and their sacrifice. these are really great people, and we've enjoyed being together -- at least i've enjoyed being with them, we'll put it that way. mr. president, as members of congress, we stand united in the aftermath of today's attack. and thanks to our brave capitol police officers, we also stand protected from those who would do us harm. because of them, we can confidently carry on the work of the american people. mr. president, these are really great human beings, men and women who literally sacrifice a lot to serve us and to back us up, to strengthen us, and to help us in time

i'm elaine quijano. the pentagon is investigating the apparent murders of three u.s. the afghan army says one of its troops turned his gun on the americans before he was shot dead. the taliban claims this was the gunman and that he was one of their own, an army infiltrator. the attack comes as america's longest war is at another crossroads. the pentagon wants to add thousands of troops to the 8,000-plus already in afghanistan. they're helping in the fight against the taliban, al qaeda and isis. but some in congress want to cut off funding for the 16-year war, saying the u.s. has sacrificed enough blood and treasure. here's tony dokoupil. >> reporter: when an afghan soldier opened fire saturday, killing three americans who were supposed to be his allies. vice president mike pence offered solace at a speech in milwaukee. >> suffice it to say, when heros fall, americans grieve. with the families of these american heroes. >> reporter: after nearly 16 years, more than 2200 casualties and an estimated cost topping $800 billion, the u.s. is deadlocked in its fight with the t

and secretary elaine chao will join us as well on the second hour.kelly. >> thank you, wibill. >>> after a record breaking week on wall street, today the dow dropping 20 points on the bell. we had slight declines throughout the day but they did intense by a little bit on the close for a drop of about a tenth of a percent. that's true for the s&p as well. as for the nasdaq, the drop a little more than that, 6295 and change and the small cap russells today at a close of 1396. the russell not to take out their prior record highs that were set this year. in the wake of the london bridge attack this weekend, facebook says it wants to be a hostile environment for terrorists. we'll talk about silicon valley's role in combatting terrorism with former chief technology officer of the united states, anearby chopra. we'll join us later this hour. joining us, michael, sarah and liz. there's a lot of factors you could point out. the term you've used about the irk aruss rally. how do you think? >> the resilience of the market as people perceive it to be basically i

i'm elaine reyes in washington, d.c., and this is "americas now." first up, they are garments that display the colors of guatemala and express the identity of its indigenous women. but will the fashion industry cause theheir symbolic meaning to be lost? we'll tell you about a copyright battle being waged by the weaversrs. then, most young people in cuba choosese city life o over a lifn the farm. now, there's's a progm that's increasing interest in agriculture and is showing kids that farming can be fufun.

papers with the most cloud in washington, as they do today and for the first self dives the tim, elaine played it straight in the "new york times." she reported what i was telling her what, the white house was telling her. a certain amount of false eye with lance. her reporting -- eye with lance. mid-we were her propertying shifted to benefiting bobgates and his confirmation, after the hearings were over, called elaine to have lunch, and i had an agenda, and halfway through the lunch i raised my agenda item which is why was so it obvious that halfway through the confirm make hearings you abandoned what was telling you which was pretty good inside information. she said i'll tell you, it was clear he was go to be confirmed and he would become the cia director and a very important source for me. you would go back to teaching the national war college and i'd probably never call you again. and i thought, this told me all i needed to know about what is wrong with the mainstream media. and when you think a whistleblowers -- i'll pick on the "washington post" since it's our hometown newspaperif

i married elaine, went back to work. then i had a heart attack and took three more years off. of my career, six years just went -- nobody can he stand six years. so that's why, when people sing these songs back to me, it is still a surprise. even though i didn't write songs for people to sing along with. the fact they do, you're right. it is uplifting. >> as many times as i've seen you, i felt something different the other night. maybe because i'll getting older. but it took me back to when i first met you as a student when i was there years ago. and just different restaurants here and there. here's john mellencamp. i had no idea i would have you on my show. i was experiencing gratitude for having known and you being in your circle. the part that really moved me was looking at how your career has grown over the years. and for the first time, it kind of hit me. you have a deep, deep catalogue. you have a serious corpus. >> i have a lot of really crappy songs to choose from. but there are a couple good songs in there. i got to write 50 not so good ones to get a good one. like cl

by transportation secretary elaine chao and house transportation committee chair bill shuster of pennsylvania. this is half an hour. >> ladies and gentlemen, former .ecretary of transportation [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the vice president of the united states accompanied by the secretary of transportation. [applause] leader, chairman, senator cruz, distinguished honoredof congress, guests, on behalf of the first family, welcome to the white house. [applause] and thanks to the leadership of donald trump, welcome erahe beginning of a new for american infrastructure. [applause] since the first day of this administration, president trump been working tirelessly to keep the promises that he made to the american people. our president's been putting jobs and this economy first, rolling back excessive regulations, unleashing american energy, ending unfair trade workings, and he's been with congress to repeal and re place obamacare. and thanks to president donald back. america is [applause] growing businesses are and investing in america again. more than 600,000 private sector created under t

i know you have been speaking to elaine chow, i wondered what she said on this. >> reporter: well, elained on what she said yesterday. and she repeated that he's new to the process, i don't have the exact quotes in front of me. but as joe was saying earlier on this program, elaine chow and others who have known him for years and know the president or in the cabinet, do need to speak out. we we heard from susan collins the victim, diane feinstein, we we heard from other senators republican as well as democratic women and men, the gender issue is really concerning and what nicole also said so people raebl on her programing yesterday -- memorably was she does not want her son to grow up with this as a role model. when you don't want the president of the united states as a role model for your son or children, you don't want men in this country to be behaving this way. >> market, no disrespect to elaine chow, that is just so lame to say he is new to the presidency. as i said, this is new to the presidency, it's the kind of person you are, the character. >> it's about humanity and, in fact, thi

visit ncicap.org] elaine reyes: indigenous weavers in guatemala.righting their designs prevent the commercialization of their culture? i'm elaine reyes in washington, d.c., and this is "americas now." first up, they are garments that display the colors of guatemala and express the identity of its indigenous women. but will the fashion industry cause their symbolic meaning to be lost? we'll tell you about a copyright battle being waged by the weavers. then, most young people in cuba choose city life over a life on the farm. now, there's a program that's increasing interest in agriculture and is showing kids that farming can be fun.

elaine tanaka, thank you so much. glad there's no damage. >> okay. thanks a lot. >> yeah.ye-bye. >> no problem. thank you so much. >>> and again, a 3.3 earthquake in the east bay. this is one mile southeast of el cerrito. >>> fbi officials say the man who shot at members of congress during a gop baseball practice last week acted alone. investigators shared their findings during a news conference this morning. they also say james hodgkinson who was killed in a shootout with police last wednesday had no links to terrorism. representative steve scalise of louisiana was critically wounded in the shooting at stadium park in virginia. today doctors upgraded his condition from serious to fair. >>> britain's prince philip is undergoing treatment at a london hospital today. the queen's husband was admitted for an infection. officials at buckingham palace say it's a precautionary measure. it caused him to miss the queen's speech this morning. he is in good spirits, reportedly >>> stl ahd, they were supposed to be learning the ways of the police force. but now 7 california cadets are

that mother is from my state of florida, elaine geller, and i want to show you her daughter. this is her daughter. this is meghan. she was working as a kindergarten teacher when she was diagnosed with leukemia back in 2013 at the age of 26. and at the time she was admitted to the hospital, meghan's blood count was 4. she had pneumonia and she had water on her heart. she ultimately checked in to one of the very good cancer centers down at the university of miami miami, and she stayed there for seven months. and so she went through the regiment of chemo. she spent months in the hospital receiving multiple rounds of chemo, biopsies, and various other treatments. and eventually meghan's doctor told her that she had to have a transplant, and that required $150,000 up front payment. i think you see where i'm going with this story. a payment, 150 grand, that very few families would be able to afford, especially a single mother. so i am hearing this story last week from meghan's mother, and she said thanks to the affordable care act, she didn't have to write a check for the transplan

elaine dunkley, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's sarah keith lucas.this picture taken by one of our weather watchers earlier in north wales. however there has been some sunshine out the too. this is deal in kent. some clear skies as we had through to this evening but there are some heavy showers around. this is the recent satellite and radar showing the heavy showers. more persistent rain across scotland and that will push its way northwards overnight so towards the north—west of scotland more persistent rain, whereas further south across the uk clearer spells and scattered showers, particularly across the west of england and wales too. during tomorrow i think we will have fewer outbreaks of rain compared to today. still some showers working from west to east during the day but equally good deal of sunshine, so the show was passing through fairly quickly on the breeze and temperatures touch warmer than today. heading through friday evening, overnight into saturday, initially drive but then the next area of frameworks in from the south—west. the wind i

elaine dunkley, bbc news. general elections are clearly a serious business.e is counted correctly — or at least that's the theory. joseph alan meale has duly been elected... that oscars moment. they read out the wrong result, but then again mansfield has always been labour, sir alan meale has been voted time and time again since 1987. not last night. mansfield's gone conservative! crikey! i'm a socialist at heart, it sticks in your craw to vote conservative. margaret, a retired nhs cleaner, hadn't voted tory before either. it's better the devil we know and we should give theresa may a chance, she hasn't had a chance yet. lifelong labour supporter and i can't believe that mansfield has gone to conservative after all these years. i can't believe it, i can't. it's a miners' town so i'm surprised. last night's winner, ben bradley, is 27 and thinks he'll be the second youngest mp in parliament. he believes brexit won it. mansfield is changing, demographics are changing and locally people have been crying out for a change. defeated for labour, sir alan meale predic

elaine dunkley, bbc news.respondent chris buckler is at stormont and our deputy political editorjon pienaar is in downing street. chris, the leader of the dup arlene foster, she is in london to meet the prime minister on tuesday. what does she want in return for her support? there has been a lot of talk on the dup's there has been a lot of talk on the dup‘s stance on gay marriage and abortion, but i have no down that the dup‘s priority is money not morality. northern ireland gets more per head in terms of public funding, but its economy and public services here need investment so we expect the dup to ask for cash. they will also want a say on brexit negotiations and strengthening the different parts of the uk to bring the union together. what is happening in westminster will have an impact instalment. when negotiations about power sharing are due to morrow, it will be difficult if the dup are propping up the conservatives, to see them as honest brokers for theresa may's government as facilitators and that is w

elaine chao on the future of the federal aviation administration and the control system. other topics in include airline customers and service, drone technology and the implementation of the faa's next generation air transportation system known as next gen. the senate commerce

elaine and i love each of the special agents deeply. we love their families, too. and these photos you can see one of the team lead aernz jasers a hard at work. jason hates this photo which is why i blew it up for national tv. the other photo sf a trip i took to all five of utah's national parks last year during this trip my security detail was with me every step of the way. these men and women never leave my side. and today i wish to thank them with all my heart for their service and their sacrifice. these are really great people. we enjoy being together. mr. president, members of congress, we stand united in the aftermath to have day's attack and thanks to our brave capitol police officers, we also stand protected from those who would do us harm. because of them, we can confidently carry on the work of the american people. mr. president, these are really great human beings, men and women, who literally sacrifice a lot to serve us and to back us up, to strengthen us and help us in times of need. they're people that i really, re

and he and secretary elaine chao and tomorrow, the tomorrow will have the roads and announcement after the infrastructure. people should tune into large head, because it affects every single person in this country as they try to move from point a to point b, and the more seamless place away. >> martha: before he let you go, the president said he was under siege. what is the total due at the white house in terms of how to deal with what is simply not going away anytime soon? >> we are dealing with the agenda. i am just one person there. i was in six different policy meetings today including a few with him. a few with the vice president. so we are plotting forward, and in addition, the other items are the budget, spending, and certainly tax reform. you have heard secretary, and today up at the principals out there, by law the senate has to score through the cbo, and its plan before you go forward with the health care plan before you go forward, tax plan, this calendar year, possibly after the august recess, i don't think the calendar is as important as the principles laid out. >> martha:

elaine dunkley, bbc news. —— galvanised. 0bviously general elections are a serious business, and a hugeted correctly. so when the results are declared surely nothing can go wrong... canit? 0ne constituency had its own 0scars moment last night after a slip of the tongue led to the wrong name being declared the winner. rob sissons reports. joseph alan neal has truly been elected... that oscars moment. they read out the wrong result, but then again mansfield has always been labour, so alan neill has been voted time and time again since 1987. not last night. i should have voted conservative! crikey! i'm a socialist at heart, it sticks in your claw to vote conservative. margaret, a retired nhs cleaner, hadn't voted tory before either. it's better the devil we know and we should give theresa may a chance, she hasn't had a chance yet. lifelong labour supporter and i can't believe that mansfield has gone to conservative after all these years. i can't believe it, i can't. it's a years. i can't believe it, i can't. it'sa miners years. i can't believe it, i can't. it's a miners town so i'm surpris

elaine dunkley, bbc news.ee general elections, britain has a hung parliament. theresa may will form a government with the help of the democratic unionist party. but the process of governing with such a slender majority will be no easy task. our home editor mark easton looks at the consequences of the hung parliament — and the road ahead. the dice were thrown, and the 2017 election game just got more complicated. without enough tory mps to outvote the rest of the commons, theresa may has decided to try to play on any way. this board games from an era when britain also saw party leaders trying to run the party leaders trying to run the party without a majority in the house of commons. then, as now, they faced a choice, a formal coalition with another party, or trying to muddle through vote by the in a minority government. there was a coalition, of course, in 2010, when david cameron negotiated a formal agreement with nick clegg of the liberal democrats. but theresa may's position is more likejohn major in the mi

i'm elaine reyes in washington, d.c., and this is "americas now." up, young migrants make a desperate joururney to the u.. to escape economic hardship, but many don't make it through mexico. we'll talk to some minors from guatemala who were sent back home. ththen, a doctor in florida dedicated to making medicacal breakthroughmamakes a profofessional breakthrorough or own.

i'm elaine reyes in washington, dc, and this is "americas now." up, hyperinflation is defined byby inflation t that surpasses a rate of 50% a month for more t than 30 days straigh. we'll look at how venezuzuela is coping wh nunumberthat a a evenorse.. then, spiaiards o emigigte to tin n america but never t gogo of a dyingngish--to be burd baback home.

elaine, thank you very much. amidst the devastation, stories of bravery are emerging. tried to help those who were trapped. and their work isn't over — they're now involved in the recovery operation. 0ur correspondent sarah campbell r515545 55 $55 fir5fi§h§§5r5fi 7” 7 "7 ”77" fire has had on them. hero! this guy, look at that, hero! it's impossible to imagine how anyone would willingly run into this but that's exactly what more than 200 firefighters did. the main thing with this building on the night was the speed the fire moved from the bottom to top and the thick black bettemtertep and—therrthickrblaeie that filled the air, filled smoke that filled the air, filled the building. there were real challenges for us. we have people quite rightly wanting to get out of the building. have you ever seen a fire like it? i have never seen a fire like it? i have never seen a fire of this scale in my whole career. i have fire of this scale in my whole career. i have seen fire of this scale in my whole career. i have seen lots of fires in the london fire brigade but nothing on this

elaine dunkley bgs bbc news.accompany the queen at the state opening of parliament. buckingham palace announced that after attending royal ascot yesterday, the duke was admitted to hospital to treat an infection. 0ur royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, is at the king edward vii hospital, in west london. nick, what is the latest bulletin there? huw, i don't think anyone think it is's a serious health incident iechl don't think anyone expects the duke to in hospitalfor a couple or a few nights. he was admitted last night, brought by road from windsor as a precautionary measure for the treatment of an infection which is linked to a preexisting condition. that's thought possibly to be a reference to 2012 when he was twice admitted to 2012 when he was twice admitted to hospitalfor to 2012 when he was twice admitted to hospital for the treatment of a bladder infection. that was successful. the following year he had adoomal surgery. he recovered after a couple of months. in recent times his health has been good. how

transportation secretary elaine chao talked about infrastructures for spending and the privatization of the air traffic control system. this committee meeting runs two hours.

i especially want to thank secretary elaine chow. leader kevin mccarthy chairman bill and all the members of congress who have many of them here today for joining us as we prepare to enter a great new era in american aviation. it's about time too. i can tell you. before discussing our plans to modernize air travel, i want to provide update on our efforts to fix and modernize vital services for our veterans. our great veterans. for decades the federal government has struggled to accomplish something that should be very simple. seemlessly transferring the veteran medical records from the defense department to the veterans groups and to the v.a. in recent years, it has taken not just days or weeks but many months for the records to follow the veteran. this has caused massive problems for our veterans. i'm very proud to say that we are finally taking steps to solve the situation once and for all. secretary announced that morning that the v.a. will modernize its medical records to use the same system as the department of defense. no more

. >> that is another seinfeld episode, jerry and elaine tried to do friend with benefit but she had aown apartment, and of course, two times in elaine says can't you stay and cuddle. >> that is the problem. >> they made movies about it. natalie portman it was really well done. and ashton kutcher. >> yes, which is so weird because this story is about ashton kutcher and mila and had move business friend with benefits but not together this worked on that 70's show. >> way back in the day. >> she was only like 14. >> was she really. >> no. >> she was like 14 and he was 19, so they were like best friend on the show. he treated her like his little sister. >> now she's his wife. >> but nothing happened then. >> okay. >> but years later they had a cast party, reunion party, they reconnect at party. >> you are a grown woman now. >> um-hmm. >> make you my wife. >> he had just gotten out of the relationship with demi. >> yes, demi moore. >> yes, he was married to her. >> my gosh. she was with mccauley caulkiny didn't know she was with him. >> i don't remember that either. >> the slap your face g

elaine dunkley has been to birmingham to find out — a city evenly split between remain and leave in lasteu referendum. birmingham was one of the most divided cities in the uk when it comes to brexit. but can people here agree on the best course of action for britain?” best course of action for britain?|j know best course of action for britain?” know what will happen with jobs. i want to know how much it will cost. i want to know what will happen with immigration and migration. this area had the highest number of leave voters in last year's eu referendum. what are the big issues for you? since brexit was introduced, our business has declined. since all the confusion, people are holding back money, and our main clients are not spending. imports and exports. unless we get the right deal. that is what theresa may has to fight for. i don't understand what brexit actually entails. i don't think many people understand what happens. the general election was meant to make the course for brexit clearer. with theresa may firstly having to make a deal with dup, who have ruled out a hard brexit, a de

what i want to know for you, elaine, you talked about renegotiation and there is no mechanism to renegotiate. what options to change the us climate posture with respect to international agreement are simply starting all over or starting a new agreement completely. basically the same thing, there is no renegotiation renegotiating the paris climate agreement. >> left listening to what the president said. he basically said right after he mentioned the us would leave and left listen to what he said a few moments ago. >> begin negotiations to reenter either the paris accord or the entirely new transaction on terms that are fair to the united states, its businesses, its workers, its people, its taxpayers. >> iris joins us live from berlin. ira we know that chains were in berlin meeting with the german chancellor. no doubt he will have some interesting reaction once this is all over but what did he have earlier? >> the chinese premier stressing again his commitment to honor china's commitment under the paris agreement and let's listen to what he had to say earlier here in berlin. so, basically this

elaine dunkley reports. they came to say farewell.me to seek refuge. he was a love and caring person always showing support and solidarity with his friends and family stuck back in syria. he never forgot his friends and family stuck back in syria. he neverforgot to his friends and family stuck back in syria. he never forgot to tell us how much he loved us. his very last words to us were how much he missed us. words to us were how much he missed us. muhamed lived on the 14th floor of g re nfell tower us. muhamed lived on the 14th floor of grenfell tower with his brother, omar. as fire crews tried to evacuate the building, they became separated. his brother spoke to us days after his death. separated. his brother spoke to us days after his deathlj separated. his brother spoke to us days after his death. i called him and said, where are you, and he said iam in and said, where are you, and he said i am in the flat. i said, why didn't you come outside, he said, no one broadening outside. he said, why did you leave me? muhamed ajar and broa

elaine dunkley forums with the latest on the tributes that are being left in the streets around thishis area over the past 48 hours. that's in a few minutes' time but now let's join clive for the rest of the day's news. well, the annual mansion house dinner in the city of london, which was due to take place this evening, has been cancelled as a result of the grenfell tower tragedy. the organisers made the decision shortly after the chancellor, philip hammond, withdrew from the event where he was expected to offer reassurances to businesses worried about the impact of brexit. the treasury says the chancellor will address those issues at what it called a suitable time in the near future. 0ur economics editor kamal ahmed is here and, kamal, we were expecting a significant intervention from the chancellor tonight on brexit? we were, but understandably the normal run of news events has been postponed, given the events of the last two days. but as you say the treasury say the speech will happen, when it's appropriate. and as you say as well, it was going to be a speech which may be reveale

and i have to say, before elaine got here, they spent close to $7 billion on the system. boom.but we're going to have a great system. great new system. a top of the line, the with best in the world. right now, we're at the lowest part of the pack. it will be the best in the world. for a lot less money than they've been wasting for years. for too long, america has poured trillions and trillions of dollars into rebuilding foreign countries while country, the country we love and its infrastructure, to fall into a state of total disrepair. we have structurally deficient bridges, clogged roads, crumbles dams and locks, our rivers are in trouble. our railways are ageing. and chronic traffic that slows commerce and deminish diminishe citizen's quality of life. other than that, we're doing very well. instead of rebuilding our country, washington has spent decades building a dense thicket of rules, regular lations and r tape. it took obl four years to wibui the goth golden b b gate bridge and five years to build the hoover dam. and less than one year to build the empire state building.

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but the a.c.a., according to elaine, has given them some comfort and peace of mind. and those of us who have pretty much had health insurance all our lives i don't think realize the importance of that peace of mind, of not being anxious about a health problem that could wipe you out, make you lose your house, an illness or an injury. elaine said we'll be okay. the deductibles are a problem. they're too high. i agree. that's what we ought to be working on, is how to get the deductibles down, how to work on the premiums, how to work on the cost of health care. because all this debate about the affordable care act and medicare and medicaid and public option and single payer, all of that is about who pays when a big part of the problem is how much we're all paying. we pay roughly twice as much per person for health care than anyone else in the industrialized world. and that's a real problem that we have to start debating, mr. president. we have to start talking about that because whoever pays, whatever the insurance plan is, if the underlying cost is something that peopl

senth elaine chao on your screen. -- that's secretary elaine chao on your screen. she'll introduce president trump for the infrastructure discussion this morning. secretary chao: thank you for being so patient. it's been an incredible day so far and it will be an incredible day when you see our special guest. i'm delighted to welcome all of you at the very special event at the department of an

coming up, for secretary of transportation elaine chao, the road from immigrant to a member of trump's twists and turns, but one constant, the man she calls her low-mantd nance hugs. >> i have to say this part. this is really important. you've got to leave this in. i kale him my low maintenance husband. he does his own laundry and he cooks. >> he does his own laundry? >> he does mine, too, sometimes. he's very good. he's very encouraging. >> does he cook? >> he's actually a very good cook. le. >> who knew? next. neat latest bad ass woman in washington. you're live in the cnn newsroom. remember our special night? abdominal pain... ...and diarrhea. but it's my anniversary. aw. sorry. we've got other plans. your recurring, unpredictable abdominal pain and diarrhea... ...may be irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea, or ibs-d. you've tried over-the-counter treatments and lifestyle changes, but ibs-d can be really frustrating. talk to your doctor about viberzi,... ...a different way to treat ibs-d. viberzi is a prescription medication you take every day that helps proactively manage... ...b

thank you, elaine.tly seeking people, in some cases entire families who are still unaccounted for. and they're using all means, especially social media, to try to raise awareness and make contact. gene kelly has been talking to some of them about those who are still missing. jessica urbano is 12. she was with her family on the 20th floor g re nfell tower but in the mayhem she became separated from them. on a borrowed phone she told her mum she was on the stairs with other people. herfamily have heard nothing since. her aunt has posted this picture on twitter with the appeal, "if you see jessie, please get in touch." tony disson, a retired lorry driver lived alone on the 22nd floor. at 3:30am he phoned one of his three sons and said he was being told to stay in his flat. on facebook, one of his boys pleaded... "if anyone has seen my dad, could they let us know?" 0ne family from the 17th floor has five missing. this lady here, with her grandmother and her grandfather. and with other family members. they w

that is vice president pence speaking of course with elaine chow. the transportation secretary there as well. as this usually goes, it will be b the vice president we would expect to introduce president trump. we expect to appear in the east room of the white house, sign a letter to congress about the privatization of air traffic control, then make some comments regarding that and probably more broadly, on his infrastructure plans, eamon is in the room i believe

i'm elaine quijano.he eyes of washington and the nation turn to capitol hill today for the most anticipated congressional testimony in years. fired fbi director james comey will go before the senate intelligence committee. he'll tell what he knows about president trump's effort to influence the investigation of then national security adviser michael flynn. the committee has already released comey's opening statement and it landed like a political bombshell. nancy cordes begins our coverage. >> reporter: comey's seven-page opening statement describes his conversations with the president in detail. seven days after the inauguration comey says, the president invited me to dinner. it turned out t of of us. instincts told me that the one on one setting meant that the dinner was at least in part an effort to have me ask for my job and create some sort of patronage relationship. sure enough, comey says, the president said, i need loyalty. i expect loyalty. i didn't move. speak or change my facial expression in