our nation's veterans, providing $14 billion a year in voluntary, uncompensated care senator elizabeth dolewas admitted to walter reed in 2011 >> we got to know many of them very well, and they were scared. they were really worried what's going to happen when we leave the hospital >> she created the elizabeth dole foundation. >> our nation's leaders must stand with america's military care givers. >> determined to raise public awareness about the care giving crisis. >> i had been given a mission. you have seen it, go do something about it wake up, america. >> then in 2016, she launched the hidden heroes campaign to give military care givers a voice, and resources to help them adjust to their new normal. >> every care giving story begins with an individual who raises their hand to serve our country. sometimes in the course of carrying out that duty, they fall and when that happens, their care giver, often the love of their lives is the person there to lift them up off the ground >> and we are joined now by senator elizabeth dole who started this good work good morning, senator. >> wonderful t

and none of this is possible withou senator elizabeth dole. if you're home and caringso forone. you're loved and supported. we see you. third hour of "today" straight ahead. after your local news. >>> good morning. it's 8:56. let's start with a check of the roads with melissa mollet and your first 4 traffic. >> outbound looking good. inbound looking good. definitely going to change as the commute progresses and everyone starts hitting the rd to head out of town for memorial day weekend. ltway, no major complaints right now. clarksburg southbound at the weigh station there, disabled vehicle crowdinghe left side. >> all right. we've got some changes coming your way so we'll get a check of the forecast when we com >>> breezy and much warmer atday. temperes reach the mid to upper 8las. ter in the afternoon, likely to have a round of thunderstorms go through here between about 3:00 and 7:00 today. we'll keep you posted on our nbc washington app and also stick around here today. no chance for rain tomorrow or saturday though. >> all right. thank you

we're honored to welcome elizabeth dole. senator, thank you for this effort.sonal connection for you. tell us why you founded it. >> well, you know, my husband bob was hospitalized at walter reid national military medical college. this was about 2010. that particular medical center, i was there day after day visiting him for the 11 month that he was hospitalized. i got to know the young spouses, the mothers, the dads, the siblings who were caring for our wounded, ill and injured veterans. i saw what they were going through. their lives were turned upside down. they didn't know where to turn for help. no one was giving them a guidebook on what to do. and when they left the hospital, they had a new mandate which was to provide daily care. and many of them 24 hours a day. you can't see this and not want to do something to help them, to raise awareness and support for these hidden heroes. i just feel so fortunate and privileged to be working with tom hanks, savannah guthrie and nbc as we try to wake up america to the challenges that these caregivers have and the s

my name is elizabeth dole and i work at. this is deja news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes south africa's new cabinet has been sworn in and most of the faces will be familiar to south africans so mold noticeable is that there are more women but has president sort of also managed to rid the act of all corrupt elements. and the awkward made out of calm down we have a report of one does give me all how would survive the $9094.00 genocide and the women preserving its today. i'm christine wonderwall come to dave's every news africa i'm glad. we begin in south africa where presidents settled on the poll says a new cabinet has been sworn in stemming corruption and mismanagement that has cost the country hundreds of millions as a key tossed for this cabinet it's a major issue also facing the ruling a.n.c. whose election when this was the weakest in its 25 years in power. has this report now from the legislative capital. the cabinet announcement received mixed reactions here in south africa president was praised for the gende

and for their support of military families, would you join me in thanking senators bob dole and elizabeth doleions to the united states of america? [applause] vice president pence: our best and bravest fight for freedom. the military service stretches and the mists american history. from bunker hill to bellow it, from san juan hill -- from the coral see 2 -- hero could americans have answered their nations call to pay the ultimate price for our freedom. the duty was to serve. our duty is to remember. records that more than 40 million have served in the uniform of the united states and nearly one million americans have fallen in uniform since our nation's founding. americans of every race and creed have fought and died for our freedom but as i can tell from the faces of those gathered doe, you know the numbers not tell the story. they tell nothing of the lives of promise cut short, of dreams unfulfilled. families shattered. fail when euros fall. well on this day each just to tell their stories and let their words and deeds speak for them. david was born in louisiana and 1893. he was a student a

and for their support of military families, would you join me in thanking senators bob dole and elizabeth doleions to the united states of america? [applause] vice president pence: our best and bravest fight for freedom. the military service stretches and the mists american history. from bunker hill to bellow it, from san juan hill -- from the coral see 2 -- hero could americans have answered their nations call to pay the ultimate price for our freedom. the duty was to serve. our duty is to remember. records that more than 40 million have served in the uniform of the united states and nearly one million americans have fallen in uniform since our nation's founding. americans of every race and creed have fought and died for our freedom but as i can tell from the faces of those gathered doe, you know the numbers not tell the story. they tell nothing of the lives of promise cut short, of dreams unfulfilled. families shattered. fail when euros fall. well on this day each just to tell their stories and let their words and deeds speak for them. david was born in louisiana and 1893. he was a student a

former senator elizabeth dole. what an endeavor. if you want to learn more, visit today.com. today, right now, be neighborly. care about somebody. that wraps us up this hour. i'm sending you down to washington, d.c. where hallie jackson is standing by. hallie, i apologize to you. we had to give that some time. those are some incredible people. >> a worthy interview for sure, ms. ruhle. we'll see you back later this afternoon. i'm hallie jackson in washington. bridges are burned between the white house and democrats in congress with speaker nancy pelosi getting ready to talk live this hour. you want to talk roads in d.c., it's more like the road to nowhere with no lanes of communication open, no movement on issues that have to get hammered out and no regrets on the part of the president as he accuses the house speaker of lying about that throw-down in the west wing, all after his ultimat ultimatum, stop your investigations or else everything else stops, too. >> we believe that the president of the united states is engaged in a coverup. >> i don't do coverups. >> get these phon

even the white house special assistant elizabeth dole warned education department office of management and budget that pell grants especially were called primary vehicles of upward mobility, end quote, but the administration and others dismissed these concerns, making the political calculus that these recipients were not likely to vote for them anyway so why bother to support the program. under this new fiscal view of students as tax eaters, rather than future tax contributors, high education budgets were slashed by a quarter, while eligibility guidelines for pell grant student loans tightened farther in the 1980s. for nearly nine years running in the 1980s, the person in power upheld grant increases as costs grew, outpafg cing inflation. aid shifted from grants to loans. at the dawn of the 1980s, the president submitted the budget for the fiscal year with pell grants cut 26% of total federal dollars allocated for student aid. by the end of the decade, when the president submitted his budget, fiscal year budget for 1989, the numbers were almost reversed. the loans replacing grants as t

this is an organization founded by former senator elizabeth dole that gives voice and support to millionslies alongside hidden heroes and our campaign chair hollywood legend tom hanks helped us do that. so this year, guys, we're going even bigger. we're going to take this show on the road. tom is going to join me, tom hanks. thursday, may 23rd, my co-host for a special hour of "today" live from the iconic ipgs motor speedway. we're going to be surrounded by incredible veterans, their remarkable care givers and loved ones. we'll tell you their stories. al's coming with me. and get this, craig, we have an added treat. a live concert from grammy winner sheryl crow. >> wow. >> yep. it's going to be great. to find out how to attend and how you can support hidden heroes, go to today.com. it's going to be really great. >> not much tom hanks probably hasn't done yet. i would think this is probably one of the few things. >> what? co-host the "today" show? oh, yeah. i hope he's practicing, tom. >>> get to your news at 8:00. north korea, the country conducting another round of missile testing overni

their support of military families, would you join me and thanking the senators bob dole and elizabeth dolefrom the hour of our nation's birth, our best and bravest have stepped forward to defend freedom, the unbroken port of military service stretches into the midst of american history. from san juan hill to the coral sea. i broke americans have answered their nations call and paid the ultimate price for our freedom. their duty was to serve. our duty is to remember. history records that more than 40 million have served in the uniform and nearly 1 million americans have fallen in uniform since our nation's founding. americans of every race and creed have fought and died for our freedom but as i can tell from the faces of those gathered here, you know the numbers don't tell the story. they tell nothing of the lives of promise cut short, of dreams unfulfilled, of families shattered. words fail when heroes fall. so we do well on this day each year just to tell their stories and to let their words and deeds speak for them. david kerr was born in louisiana in 1893. if he was a student at columbi