>> yang:or 17 years, nature guide garl harrold has been urmaking a living leading through everglades national park. >> it's dropping three inches a day, if you look on the trees you can actually see the watermark. >> yang: ...taking people from around the world, like this couplerom germany, slogging through cypress swamps for up- close encounters with alligators, snakes, and an array of other wildlife. >> we got red shouldered hawks up here, there's actually a nest around the corner. >> yang: but the government shutdown is king a big bite out of his business. >> it's slowing down. it's really slowing down. >> yang: how slow? >> pre i mean our numbers are down and we're getting cancellations. especially in europe and abroad because they don't want to come here. >> yang: while the gates are open, there's no one to collect entry fees, d some apparently believe the park is closed. as a result, business is drying up for harrold and other guides. ncw squeezed are you right now filly? >> pretty tight. very tight. actually, i've gone through most a my savings to just make my mortga the car p

for the pbs newshour, i'm john yang in everglades national park. >> woodruff: idaho republican jamesrisch is the new chair of the senate foreign relations smmittee. niifrin sat down with him today to discuss how he views >> schifrin: mr. chairman, it's a pleasure. thank you very much. let me start with the news. the president felt compelled yesterday to come hot of the white and say, "i am not a russian agent." the president's rhetoric is often defensive of president vl president of the united states often reflects russian priorities. rhetorically. do you believe the president of the united states acts in ways that helps russia? >> you know, i really don't. he has a list of things that he's done, as far as russia is concerned. these are not good peoe that we're dealing with, and we know we're dealing with, and we know en. the presknows it. we put sanctions on them. we're going to continue to do that. is as far as russia is concerned thero feeling in this town by anybody that i know of that we're dealing with human beings that can be trusted or that we should be embracing. >> schifri

our phil keenan is at everglades national park. the operations seem normal? >> reporter: they do.ofit association and the volunteer who are currently paying for all the bills and putting all the time while the park rangers are furloughed not getting paid and not on hand. the number of invitetors -- visitors is up over this time last year perhaps because, parks you don't have to pay to get in across the country now. gates are open, no staff home. the big draw is the alligators as well as the birds. many of the visitors come from europe and asia or up north. everyone in a blue shirt workses for the nonprofit florida national parks association or a volunteer who loves the everglades and doesn't want the government shutdown shutting the park experience down. they are the ones answering all the questions from visitors, cleaning out the bathrooms and taking away the trash so that the park experience remain enjoyable. this cannot last forever >> more so concerned, concerned for businesses like myself and local businesses who are experiencing reduction in business. >> reporter: other nati

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and discharges from lake okeechobee and red tide and the fisherman and beaches and to restore the everglades and we will never ever quit and not let anyone stand in our way. [applause] we resolve to leave florida better than we found it. we also resolved to support education to played a greater emphasis on vocational and technical training is there is honor in jobs that require vocational skills of those who work hard make great contributions to society and should have our admiration. skills -based education could include computer science and technology in these skills will continue to see demand for the future our education system needs to empower parents to choose the best possible schools for their children. [applause] one size does not fit all. no family should be denied the opportunity for their child to succeed due to insufficient income or living in the wrong zip code. and this opportunity must extend to every floridian regardless of race, color, or creed. [applause] we need to rediscover the value of education to enable the liberty and the preservation have laid down there lives in b

we will fight for our fishermen, we will fight for our beaches, we will fight to restore our everglades, and we will never, ever quit, we won't be cowed, and we won't let the foot draggers stand in our way. we resolved to leave florida to god better than we found it. we also resolve to support education, florida should place a greater emphasis on vocational and technical training. as there is honor in jobs that require vocational's ills, and those who work hard and make great company contributions to our society and should have our admiration. skills-based education should include training in computer science and technology, as these skills will continue to be demands for the foreseeable future. in a large and diverse state, our education system needs to empower parents to choose the best possible school for their children. one size does not fit all. no family should be denied the opportunity for their child to succeed, due to insufficient income, or to living in the wrong zip code. and this opportunity must extend to every floridian, regardless of race, color, or creed. we need to redi

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provide vital funding for water infrastructure, state drinking water systems, national parks, and everglades restoration projects. tweef been locket in a nonsensical shut down bus president trump continues to insist on his ineffective border wall scheme. while the president throws a tantrum people are suffering and our environment is suffering. many of us have seen the pictures of the piles of garbage and our environment cannot withstand this onslaught. they are overflowing in many of our national parks. our national parks are the crown jewels of our nation's natural heritage. in 2017 the national park service had 330 million visits, including more than 10 million in my home state of florida. these visits are not just from americans but people around the world who came to see the natural wonders america has to offer. in 2017, national parks contributed $35.8 billion to the nation's economy and $613 million to florida's economy. and they supported 306,000 jobs nationwide. today many are closed or short staffed and diminished law enforcement presence puts the well-being of visitors and wildlif

if you go up the coast there, canaveral is third and port everglades the third, and a couple hundred mile stretch of florida, the three largest cruise ship ports in the world and millions of passengers go through it. when you think of it is an adversary and terrorist standpoint and talk about impact can the psyche or economic well-being of a nation, those are attractive targets. we have sufficient presence on an unpredictable basis using different algorithms to make sure we deter things there. if we look at the container port. port of los angeles long beach. the collective port. 40% of what we buy at macy's, walmart, comes through that one port alone. and we have a physical presence there. we have a presence working with the port interest on the cyber part. and when we talk about cyber, there is our own cyber residing on the department of defense system and then the regulatory cyber piece that helps with good behavior. when you think about private interests in a port, if you have vulnerability in the cyber systems, you don't want to talk about that, that could be seen as an economic

so you don't know what to do, but maybe this, you know, you want to help save the everglades, you know? and there's an organization that can help you to that, and they already have protest plan, and they have a letter-writing drive or whatever it is that they're doing. i think sometimes it's just connecting with other people who share your same passion and connecting with an organization and group. and that can be a great way to start in an issue. and then maybe, you know, if you want to do more, then starting a club in your school to bring more students in to connect with that same, you know, group or whatever. and i think that helps it be a little less overwhelming. i care about this, but how do i start my own organization? there's so many organizations out there that are already established that you can connect with and be a part of and get started. >> i love starting with pop culture and media, so thinking about where our young people -- where are young people at. i feel like any political issue people want to get involved in, there is some music video, podcast, newscast that's rel

the ship was on its way back to port everglades.oast guard crew members, reminder, are not being paid for their work during the government shutdown. >>> allow far would you go to help a sick child? an indiana school superintendent may have gone too far. casey smither did t eesmitherma pretending a sick student was her own son so he could get medical treatment. she took him to urgent care facility after he missed school and showed symptoms of strep throat. she was denied service, so she took him another clinic where she checked him in under her son's name and insurance. the teen's actual guardian reported the incident to police and smitherman turned herself in. the school board says she did the right thing the wrong way and saying she made an unfortunate mistake out of concern for the child's welfare. >>> in toledo, police officers fall through ice during a frantic recent could you, they rush ru -- rescue. a teen was trapped in a frozen pond. officers walk close enough to throw a flotation device. you see the teen in the background.

my fellow floridian and everglades caucus chair. mr. diaz, you also have an amendment and if you are prepared to go forward with that we would appreciate it. >> mr. chairman, i appreciate the opportunity to be in front of you today. last time i was in front of this committee i took the opportunity -- toak mr. hastings speak about mr. hastings. little did i know, a person who has been fighting all his life was in for another huge fight. mr. hastings, chairman hastings and i have become close friends. he has helped me immensely to become a better legislator. mr.mr. chairman, you have not oy been an effective fighter but you have been fighting all your life. you've always done it with dignity asace, and you are now in this fight. i want you to know it is a privilege to be in front of you and this committee but also to serve with you in this house. >> thank you so much. >> if i may, transportation housing and urban development portion of this bill reflects a negotiated agreement. i'm proud to have worked with chairman price. i think chairma

fellow floridians and everglades caucus. and mister diaz, i'd like to encourage you, you also have an amendment and if you are prepared to go forward we would appreciate. >>. >> mister chairman, ranking member cole, i appreciate the opportunity to be in front of all of you today. before i begin, last time i was in front of this committee i took the opportunity to as a point of personal privilege to speak about mister hastings. and little did i know then that of a person who has been fighting all his life was in for a mother huge fight and so mister hastings, chairman hastings and i have become close friends. he has helped me immensely, to become a better legislator. and mister chairman, you again have not only effective but you've been fighting all your life. you dealt with diversity, you've always been with courage, with grace, and with dignity. as you are now in this fight. and i want you to know that it is a privilege served. to be in front of you in this committee to also serve with you . >> thank you so much. >> let me

if you cook the coast, canaveral is a second largest port, everglades at the third. so when a couple hundred mile stretch of florida from canaveral so you got the three largest tree ship port in the world. you think about from an adversary, a terrorist standpoint, you talk about wanting to impact the psyche or the economic well-being of a ofe nation, those are attractive target. we have sufficient present on an unpredictable basis using some different algorithms to help us think about how you take a finite amount of capacity and cover down on those threat to make sure we deter thinks there. if you look at the container port, port of los angeles and long beach, the collective port. 40% 40% of all things would like macy's, walmart, thompson that one port alone. we have a physical presence there. we have a presence working with the port interest on the cyber part. when i talked about cyber there's her own cyber residing on the dot mil, department of defense system. there's a regulatory cyber piece that helps have good behavior. when you think about private interest in a

our recovery efforts with our national priority areas of the chesapeake bay, the great lakes, the everglades, the gulf coast. all of those recovery efforts will continue in this does not impact any of those. >> i appreciate that. i will share with you i was in weston oklahoma, in the panhandle and their concern was if we had not done this, we would be considered a wetland. i do not have to tell you the position that -- my position on rss but in light of rumors about the possible actions the administration is considering, i would like to take a moment to remind everyone that corn is not only be stakeholder in this program. you have the real world costs borne by not just refiners by -- but by consumers, operators, lawn equipment, the use of gas blended with ethanol. there are growing -- is growing concern the administration is listening to one side of the argument and those arguments are not based on actual conditions. making beeset rule based on market realities, including the increased demand that the market is seeing today? >> thank you, senator. we will take of those issues and to consider

there is absolutely no reason why the everglades and biscayne national park, our national treasures around the country, must continue to rely on the kindness of devoted volunteers to keep them from deteriorating. mr. speaker, i've been through a shutdown before. i oversaw 125,000 employees at h.h.s. -- the speaker pro tempore: the time of the gentlelady has expired. ms. shalala: during the longest shutdown. no one wins in a shutdown. it was painful. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from mississippi seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman from mississippi is recognized for one minute. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, today i will introduce h.r. 556 -- 356. the home is located in jackson, mississippi. the evers family home, which was designated a national historic landmark in 2017, is hallowed ground for those of us who lived through the struggle for racial equality and desegregation. that single story ranch-style home was witness to one of the most consequential monuments in the civil rights era. the assassination of met ger wily ever

it doesn't impact the recovery efforts with our national priority areas in the great lakes, the everglades, the gulf coast all of those will continue and this doesn't impact any of those. their concern was if we had to do this we would be considered a wetland now. i don't have to tell you the position but in light of the rumors about impossible action the administration is considering i would like to take a moment to remind everyone cornice and the only stakeholder in this program. you have the real world costs borne by not just refiners but also consumers and the use of gas blended with ethanol there's growing concern that they are only listening to one side of the argument and that those arguments are not based on actual real-world conditions. with any reset rule based on the realities including the increased demand for what the market is seeing today. >> we will take those into consideration this into consideration and we intend to move forward the president is committed and for the last two years we've got the levels for the renewable fuels for the next year both of those out on time t

recovery efforts with our national priority areas such as the chesapeake bay , the great lakes, the everglades the gulf coast, puget sound. all of those recovery efforts will continue and this does not impact any of those. >> i appreciate that. i will share with you, the other day i was in western oklahoma, our panhandle, a very arid area their concern was if we had not done this we would probably be considered a wetland now. that i believe that. i don't have to tell you the position, my position on rfl. >> in light of rumors about the possible actions the administration is considering i would like to take a moment to remind everyone that corn is not the only stakeholder in this program. you have the real world costs borne by not just refiners but also by consumers, motorcyclists, boat operators, lawn equipment and the use of gas blended with ethanol, there is growing concern the administration is only listening to one side of the argument, and that those arguments are not based on actual, real world conditions. will in a recent rule making be based on market realities, including the increased

provide vital funding for water infrastructure, state drinking water systems, national parks, and everglades restoration projects. tweef been locket in a nonsensical shut down bus president trump continues to insist on his ineffective border wall scheme. while the president throws a tantrum people are suffering and our environment is suffering. many of us have seen the pictures of the piles of garbage and our environment cannot withstand this onslaught. they are overflowing in many of our national parks. our national parks are the crown jewels of our nation's natural heritage. in 2017 the national park service had 330 million visits, including more than 10 million in my home state of florida. these visits are not just from americans but people around the world who came to see the natural wonders america has to offer. in 2017, national parks contributed $35.8 billion to the nation's economy and $613 million to florida's economy. and they supported 306,000 jobs nationwide. today many are closed or short staffed and diminished law enforcement presence puts the well-being of visitors and wildlif