knows his way around the senate halls, but she has also been a relentless advocate through the elizabeth doleoundation of all of our nations veterans. bob and elizabeth all -- elizabeth dole continue to serve our nation and speak up on behalf of the needs of veterans and caregivers at i am glad that our committee will be hearing from them today and learning important lessons about what is working and where we still need to improve. i thank you senator dole for the grace and steadfast attention you bring to any issue you tackle. i know your senate family as well as our military caregiving community will be well served by hearing your voice today. i now turn to my friend and colleague, senator tillis. you tillis: i appreciate and this advocacy for hidden heroes at and i have had many discussions. i enjoyed the kickoff. i look forward to continuing to provide support. chairman collins ahead the distinct village to introduce to other constituents, mary and tom ward could i'm at the month a few different occasions and i even get to pet the dog. they would let me do it today. here and iraveled have

chief and chief and threeofficers former transportation secretar burnley, elizabeth dole, and mary pierce stand with us today. thank you. [applause] incredible coalition for change all over the room. for change.tion

the elizabeth dole foun digs's mission is to create an america where military caregivers are empowered, appreciated and recognized for their service to our nation. through their hidden heros care giving community, caregivers around the country can access a digital forum where they can find emotional support for themselves and their families and where they can learn from other caregivers and where they can discover resources in programs that are available in their own communities. the elizabeth dole foundation is a terrific example of a support group directed at improving the well-being of those who help our service members and the bush institute applauds their work. veterans and caregivers all want their children to be properly educated, but the average military family will move six to nine times during their child's school career, an average of three times more frequently than nonmilitary families. states and local school districts need to make sure that military children have equal opportunities for academic success, this means having teachers and school administrators who understand

ryan is an ambassador for hidden heroes an initiative of the elizabeth dole foundation. e pushing the passage of the phil military caregivers services improvement act and the raise family caregivers act. >> happening today it is the grand opening of a new grocery chain right here in the us. it's the german store lead dell it will open its first stores state side 20 stores are opening in virginia, north carolina and south carolina. several grand opening activities like product sampling, games, prices are all going to take place. discount super market chain plans to open another 80 u.s. stores win just a year. >>> here's a good reason to go to dunkin' donuts today. they're hosting an iced coffee day fundraiser to benefit children's national health system. one dollar from all large iced coffee sales will be donated to children's national. the fundraiser starts today and once through tomorrow. >> strap on those knee pads. get ready to play bill dodge ball. ben stiller in the cast of the movie dodge ball the true underdog story are holding a game all in the name of charity. be

thank you. >> as the president signs his order surrounded by elizabeth dole and other former transportation secretaries he is proposing something that does have some bipartisan support which is privatizing the faa and air traffic control. this the launch of infrastructure week which is notably coinciding with what many people are calling comey week. nbc national correspondent peter alexander at the white house. peter, the president missteps which we can discuss on london, on his tweets, going off message, defying what white house officials said he was going to do, this was carefully scripted in the east room and something that would appeal to a lot of consumer who have been, of course, at the beginning of the summer travel season concerned about delays and air traffic problems around the country. >> yeah, andrea, i think you're exactly right. this is the way that the white house wanted this week, this infrastructure week to go. he's going to be making a speech on wednesday. it's going to be the focus over the course of the next several days. the president sticking to the teleprompter script

chief and chief and threeofficers former transportation secretar burnley, elizabeth dole, and mary pierce stand with us today. thank you. [applause] incredible coalition for change all over the room. for change.tion the leaders of the industry. core our new plan will dramatically improve america's traffic control system by turn ing it over to a self- financing, nonprofit organization. not needentity will taxpayer money. which is very shocking when people hear that. that too often. under this new plan the federal aviation administration will focus firmly on what it does best, safety, a separate nonprofit entity would be charg ed with ensuring route timely service, and a long-awaited reduction in .elays our plan will also maintain support for rural communities airports, including airfields used by our air units, greatd people. and very importantly, air traffic controllers will highly -- and this will be high ly valued. highly valued people. these are amazing people that know this system so well. under our plan they will have more financial security, professional opportunity, and far superio

faa chief and chief operating officers and three former transportation secretary, jim brenly, elizabeth dole, and mary peters, stand with us today. thank you. [applause] pres. trump: this is an incredible coalition for change all over the room, all over the room, a coalition for change, leaders of the industry. at its core, our plan was radically improves america's air traffic control system by turning it over to a self financing, nonprofit organization. this new entity will not need taxpayer money, which is very shocking when people hear that. ofteno not hear that too it under this new plan, the federal aviation administration will focus firmly on what it does best -- safety. a separate, nonprofit entity would be charged with ensuring route efficiency, timely surv -- timely service, and a long-awaited production in delays. our plan will maintain support for the root communities and small airports, including rurallds -- for communities and small airports, including airfields. and these are highly valued people, these are amazing people that know their system so well, and under our plan, they

chief and chief operating officers and three former transportation secretaries, jim burnley, elizabeth dole and mary peters, stand with us today. thank you. [ applause ] >> this is an incredible coalition for change all over the room. it's a coalition for change. the leaders of the industry. and it's clear a new plan will improve america's air traffic control system by turning it over to a self-financing nonprofit organization. this new entity will not need taxpayer money. which is very shocking when people hear that. they don't hear that too often. under this new plan, the federal aviation administration will focus firmly on what it does best. safety. a separate nonprofit entity would be charged with ensuring route efficiency, timely service, and a long awaited reduction in delays. our plan will also maintain support for rural communities and small airports, including airfields used by our air national guard units. great people. and very importantly, air traffic controllers will highly, and this will be highly valued, these are highly valued people. these are amazing people that know the s

chief and chief operating officers and three former transportation secretaries, jim burnley, elizabeth dole and mary peters stand with us today. thank you. this is an incredeible coalitio for change all over the room. the leaders of the industry. at its core, a new plan will dramatically improve america's air traffic control system by turning it over to a self-financing, non-profit organization. this new entity will not need taxpayer money. which is shocking when people hear that. they don't hear that too often. thurnd new plan, the federal aviation administration will focus firmly on what it does best, safety. a separate non-profit entity would be charged with ensuring route efficiency, timely service and a long awaited reduction in delays. our plan will also maintain support for rural communities and small airports, including airfields used by our air national guard units. great people. and very importantly, air traffic controllers will highly and this will be highly valued, these are highly valued people, these are amazing people that know the system so well. and under our plan, they wil

this is elizabeth dole who is coming to the podium now. let's listen in. she's going up there.mmediately. she's going to be there while the president speaks. >> it's interesting, i can hear in the background sort of a piano playing. remember last week in the rose garden when they made the announcement on the paris agreement, there was a jazz trio there. but the tone it seems like it's a lot broader base in the room today. jared and ivanka were not there last week. they were observing a jewish holiday. as you mentioned we saw ted cruz is in the room. things feel at least a bit calmer than they did last thursday given all the tension around the paris decision and there's mike pence who just walked in the room. he has the transportation secretary with him. >> he's getting ready to introduce the president. let's lisn to t vice president of the united states. >> secrery chao, leader mccarthy, chairman schuster, distinguished members of congress, honored guests, on behalf of the first family, welcome to the white house. and thanks to the leadership of president donald trump, welcome

faa chief and chief operating officers and three former transportation secretaries, jim burnly, elizabeth dole and mary pierce stand with us today, thank you. [applause] this is an incredible coalition for change all over the room. it's a coalition for change. leaders of the industry, and at its core our new plan will dramatically improve america's air traffic control system, by turning it over a self-financing non-profit organization. this new entity will not need new taxpayer money which is very shocking when people hear that. they don't hear that too often. under this new plan the federal aviation administration will focus firmly on what it does best, safety. a separate non-profit entity would be charged with ensuring route efficiency, timely service, and a long-awaited reduction in delays. our plan will also maintain support for rural communities and airports and airfields used by our air national guard units, great people. and very importantly air traffic controllers will highly and this will be highly valued, these are highly-valued people. these are amazing people that know the system s

yesterday testifying on capitol hill with senator elizabeth dole and they were testifying about the importancehe his testifying by and alexandria police and others for assist members of the congress. obviously yesterday's shooting in alexandria but his particular history with military is that he grew up in a military family, his dad was in the navy during vietnam, and he considers and i agree with him these amazing military caregivers as hidden heroes people who are helping our soldiers as their coming home, family members and the testifying was for more resources and support for these incredible military caregivers much that's why he was here in d.c. on capitol hill yesterday. cool that he gives back i know it's very important to him and just, you know from the interview itself i thought he was a really cool guy. first time i ever met him before. >> kevin, the movie the premise of the movie reminds i can't think of the name movie another movie where if you're life was -- >> final destination. >> someone else had to die. >> yeah. final destination was similar to that. right. final destination

elizabeth dole, ronal reagan secretary of transportation. you want the cash, accept the strings.this if the states -- if the municipalities sue over this law? >> yes, that case has been upheld and used by congress or at least kept in mind by congress when it imposes the strings. >> just a quick question, the house is voting, does this then need to go to the senate and get 60 votes? >> yes to both questions. >> would it get 60 votes? >> i don't know. i will use jim comey phrase, whether he wants to really go out, all out against this, the base of the democratic party which you understand as well as anybody would be fiercely against this and schumer must receiver the base by opposing it. >> the feeling is most democratic mayors may want to keep the sanctuary city. maria: like rahm emmanuel and bill de blasio. >> i don't believe -- i was reading a statement from denny, stane, number two democratic in the house. they are not going to oppose vigorously which may mean they will leave the heavy-lift to go chuck schumer. maria: what about the travel ban, portions are expected to take eff

. ♪ >> former senator, elizabeth dole was on capitol hill this past week to talk about the importancelitary caregivers and the work of her foundation. she was joined by ryan philippi who is an ambassador for the foundations hit it -- hidden heroes foundation. testimonies.so this runs over two hours.