. >> i am very sorry from fayetteville and i am not a paid protester. before we kept anything in this country, we need to make sure that our president is no at puppet of vladimir putin. >> picture of the deepening divide. lets go to cpac and kasie hunt is standing by. >> thank you with that interview of spencer, it was kind of a creepy comedy, he's not hiding from it. >> reporter: he clearly is not hiding from his views. it is a little difficult to ask those kinds of questions and to be honest with you, chris, it is clear that organizers wanted him out. they wanted to make sure of the headlines about this of him being thrown out and he showed up and stood in the hallway and held an impromptu conference and of the comments he made, he was not an invited speaker until he made those comments about under age sex that prompted the organizers to say it is not acceptable. >> and i think really under scores the divide that was going on here at this conference between establishment conservatives and how uncomfortable they are with some of the elements that some

. >>> i'm mary story from fayetteville, and i am not a paid protester. >> i don't really care if anybody here is paid or not, y'all are kansasans and i want to hear from you. >> you want to stand there and expect us to be calm, cool, and collective. what kind of insurance do you have? >> okay. it was another night of empassioned town hall meetings for lawmakers across the country. while some are facing the rowdy crowds, others are ducking constituents. >>> plus, despite a deadline to clear out, dozens of dakota access pipeline protestors are defying orders and setting fires. >>> and the trump administration is rolling back transgender bathroom protections. now gay and transgender rights advocates are accusing the president of violating past promises. . >>> good morning, everyone. it's sthurs, february 23. i'm alex witt. this time far from the shadow of washington, d.c. last night senator tom cotton of arkansas drew more than 2,000 people with long lines waiting to get into his springdale event. what began as a cordial and filled with applause with people who filled from hours away meetin

. >> i am very sorry from fayetteville and i am not a paid protester. >> i am here for aca, before we get healthcare or anything in this country, we need to make sure that our president is a puppet of vladimir putin. >> the only thing worse than showing up in a town meeting is some of these incumbents not showing up. we see one member on congress displayed in milk carton. and and some are planning candlelight vigils. ron remains with us this second segment, when the tea party was born journalists missed the start of the movement. this time not so much. what you see this time are people in our line of work expressing amazement that people gets up and mentioned dodd frank. if you want to hear smart people who are up on the issue, take in one of these town hall meetings on cspan, listen to the question and the specificity and listen to what we are saying here >> i will say it, the downside is both 2010 and now are a sign of what political scientists calling a hero of negative partisan ship. we are activated out of hate. the folks here tonight, they are not rallying on behalf of the repub

. >> what do they say w >>> i'm mary from fayetteville, i'm not a paid protester. >> lawmakers are on congressional break, they are not getting a break, as they hold town halls with their constituents. lawmakers are getting grilled about the president and his policy goals. an audience heckled tom cotton on subjects such as the affordable care act and building a border wall. >>> it was a much calmer scene tonight in alameda county. a capacity crowd came out to ask the democratic representative questions. he will stand up for immigrant rights, saying it's morally and economically the right thing to do. >> it doesn't make any economic sense. we have people from around the world, not just for those who don't have -- >> he cheers of support every time he criticized trump. >> an astounding discovery by astronomers. they have found a star system relatively close by with planets that appear very similar to earth. wayne freedman talked with bay area experts tonight who are now scanning the 7 new planets. >> it's a single spaced document filled with the kinds of grass and tables that only a sci

the statue that visitors see today is the most accurate depiction of george washington in fayetteville. inside that room where you see george washington are marble busts of the other virginia -- we have a total of eight. we have a surprise guest. there is a statue of the marquis dendy at -- the marquis de lafayette, was a french general fighting on our side. we have a pediment within a line roof. once you are inside and you look up, you suddenly discover a dome, which is what we expected all along. there is a skylight. and above it is an additional skylight on the outside roof. we are now outside the old hall of the house of delegates, usually referred to as the old house chamber. this room is filled with memories. it is also filled with statuary that honor americans and virginians who were prominent legislators, executive leaders, military or naval commanders, scientists, inventors, and so on. in this room, this is where the public holds of the capitol first came to life in 1788 when the house of delegates convened here. for about 116 years, this was an historic setting for great deba

and the fastest internet. [ girl screaming ] [ laughter ] >>> i'm mary from fayetteville, i'm not a paidster. >> lawmakers are on congressional break, they are not getting a break, as they hold town halls with their constituents. lawmakers are getting grilled about the president and his policy goals. an audience heckled tom cotton on subjects such as the affordable care act and building a border wall. >>> it was a much calmer scene tonight in alameda county. a capacity crowd came out to ask the democratic representative questions. he will stand up for immigrant rights, saying it's morally and economically the right thing to do. >> it doesn't make any economic sense. we have people from around the world, not just for those who don't have -- >> he cheers of support every time he criticized trump. >> an astounding discovery by astronomers. they have found a star system relatively close by with planets that appear very similar to earth. wayne freedman talked with bay area experts tonight who are now scanning the 7 new planets. >> it's a single spaced document filled with the kinds of grass a

austin, texas takes the top spot, bumping off denver, san hoe saw, washington, d.c., and fayetteville, arkansas round out the top five. san francisco is 15th. the list ranks the top 100 metro areas based on affordability, job prospects, and quality of life. sam and laura, back over to you. >> not bad. a couple in california made the list. >> we didn't given the affordability. we could have been number one. thank you very much, landon. a bold and historic move. we talk about affordability. this week free college for residents. that is crafted to help low income workers and to reinvigorate one of the community colleges. it would become the first of its kind in the nation to offer that kind of service. the city wants to commit $5 million in fund to go start. at the same time, the school is hoping to lure back students who drifted away during a long fight over the school's accreditation. >>> all right. i love this. we talked about best places to live. the best bay area cities. which tops the list for celebrating valentine's. >> perfect. it is right around the corner. wallethub released it

i work in a residential facility in fayetteville and i work with special needs kids.ork three jobs, actually. and the reason i have to work two more jobs is because my health insurance at my first place of employment doubled in the last three years. i'd like to say that there are other stories and there are a lot of people in arkansas that do support senator cotton. and there are many people like myself, a single mom, okay, single mom, who pays taxes. my family came here many, many years ago from italy. legally. okay? a and, thank you. my question is this. my son -- i have four children, three that went to the university of arkansas. my son is graduating. and he will be commissioned in the u.s. air force in may. my son has written a letter and given it to your staff over here because his detachment is requesting that senator cotton come and speak and be a distinguished guest at the commissioning ceremony. my question, number one, i'd like to thank you for your service to this country. and i would like to tell you there are many people, the majority of people in arkans

. >> i'm mary story from fayetteville, and i am not a paid protester. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: and tonight, in arizona, fewer than 50 miles from the border -- so it's about an hour and a half before this town hall is set so start. there are at least a couple of the line snaking around the church here. all waiting to see, and perhaps grill congresswoman martha mcsally. >> we want to have a conversation with her. >> reporter: do you feel like you're being heard by your representative? >> no. >> reporter: do you feel like you're being heard? no. >> matt, you spoke to people lining up to get in right will the. it's not just immigration. what else are they telling you? >> reporter: david, it's also about health care and about women's rights. but what you may be able to hear are the chants of dozens of people who aren't able to get inside, and the questions here, almost exclusively have focused on donald trump, david. >> matt gutman leading us off in arizona. thank you. >>> it wasn't just what the president said about the immigration crackdown, calling it a military operation. there

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. >> i have been -- >> i'm mary from fayetteville and i'm not a paid protester. >> before we get anything in this country we need to make sure that our president is not a puppet of vladimir putin. >> a picture of the deepening divide from america. let's go to cpac where kasie hunt is standing by. it was a creepy comment about white supremacy all of that. he is not hiding from that. >> he is not hiding from it. it's difficult to ask those questions to be honest. it's clear that the organizers wanted him out. they wanted to make sure it was about him being thrown out. he held inprompt comment -- about underage sex this is absolutely untenable, but richard spencer creating controversy today. it underscores the divide going on here at the conferences between establishment conservatives and how uncomfortable they are with some of the elements the people around donald trump critics would say they are encouraging them and they are people praising donald trump and our they held conferences -- hail trump in washington, after he was elected and can punched in the face twice. i think you saw it on s

carolina, talladega alabama, saint augustine in return line of, alabama state university in alabama, fayetteville state university in north carolina, and morehouse college in georgia. in 1867, these nine historically black colleges and universities formed the largest concentration of any historically black college and university established in any single year. 1965, the higher education act 105965 formally recognize historically black colleges and universities, and so these 105 hbcu's are an important legacy to the education of african-americans in this country. morgan's founding and morgan's journey began with the right reverend samuel green, who was born in dorchester county as a slave and purchased his freedom along with that of his wife by 1840. he also assisted his son, samuel green junior, in a seat -- escaping the underground railroad. he was assisted by harriet tubman. reverend green was a conductor on the underground railroad and also assisted many others to freedom and was caught with a pamphlet of the uncle tom's cabin. when he was arrested and sent to prison here in the city of baltim

now this happened in fayetteville, arkansas, and mayfield claimed he was trying to break up a fight butay and the officer chased him down and tackled him, and according to the police report, mayfield had trouble walking and was intoxicated, and oklahoma university said they are aware of the matter and have no other information at this time. and then a chance to win $500 towards his tuition, and you have to top it off with the half-court shot. look at him go. 3 for 3. he gets to half-court, and he doesn't just shoot it, he goes granny style, guys. >> come on. >> look at this. >> nothing but net! >> love it! >> how many times has he had perform everywhere, and then goes granny style. >> why is that called granny style? a lot of grannies out there going, what does that mean? >> it worked for him. >> that's impressive. >> thanks, andy scholes. >>> president trump's favorite food, meat loaf, and he just has proven it once again. here is cnn's jeanne moos. >> no matter how you mash it or shape it, it seems president trump has yet to meet a meat loaf he doesn't love, and -- >> his favorite dis

augustine in north carolina, alabama state university in alabama, fayet fayetteville state university in north carolina and moore house college in georgia. in 1867, these nine historically black colleges and universities formed the largest concentration of any historically black colleges and universities established in any single year. in 1965, the higher education act of 1965 formally recognized 105 historically black colleges and universities, and so these 105hbcus are an important legacy to the education of african-americans in this country. morgan's founding and morgan's journey with a wright samuel green who was freed as a slave and purchased his wife in 1840. he was escaping the underground railroad and also assisted by harriet tugman. he was a conductor on the underground railroad and insi insisted others to freedom and caught with a pamphlet of the uncle tom's cabin. when he was arrested and sentenced to prison in the city of baltimore for 10 years before being pardoned by the governor of the state of maryland on the condition he would leave the state where he went to visit hi

and fayetteville, arkansas. >>> back here at home, the bart board of directors will consider whethernew parking garage at the dublin bart station. it would be six floors and have 655 parking spaces, 540 more spaces than the current garage there. bart says the existing parking stations at the station usually fill up by 7:30 in the morning. there are more than 3100 people on a waiting list to get a reserved spot. a new garage would cost $37 million. bart expects it to be paid for by the metropolitan transportation commission and the alameda county transportation commission. >>> well, the great michael jordan says he was not impressed by the warriors record breaks season last year. the lakers owner told the game that last december during a dinner michael jordan said that 75 wins -- 73 wins did not matter because the warriors did not win the championship. he responded michael you're right and the warriors need to get better. but he said it did sting. >>> warriors fans look at this. there's no feud. here is draymond green and kevin durant on this video. a heated exchange on the bench last

. >> i'm mary storey from fayetteville, and i am not a paid protester. >> reporter: we're literally standing on main street. it's interesting seeing politics going right to the top. at this point people are getting what they want, a chance to get their voices heard. >> the lifeblood of democracy. ryan young, thank you. >>> meantime the white house reversing the obama administration's federal guidelines on transgender bathroom rights. >> save our students, protect trans youth. >> those guidelines let transgender students use whichever one they wanted, whichever correlated with their gender identity. not anymore, the president saying state and local officials and parents should be making that decision, not the federal government. this is a case headed to the supreme court. let's go to the white house where we find our joe johns. what's interesting about this, other than the fact that we've had a reversal here from the obama administration is the divide within the oval office and the president's cabinet. you had education secretary betsy devos opposed to the administration doing this. attorney

. >>> i'm mary story from fayetteville, and i am not a paid protester. >> i don't really care if anybodyere is paid or not, y'all are kansasans and i want to hear from you. >> you want to stand there and expect us to be calm, cool, and collective. what kind of insurance do you have? >> okay. it was another night of empassioned town hall meetings for lawmakers across the country. while some are facing the rowdy crowds, others are ducking constituents. >>> plus, despite a deadline to clear out, dozens ofak

north carolina has the next convention in fayetteville. this time the tables have turned, the government is going along, and now here is that bill of rights they asked for. being people of their word, they ratify the constitution with the bill of rights at the same time. isn't little jimmy so handsome? he is so handsome beard he is the shortest president we ever had. the first one to get graduate degree from princeton. again, because madison is credited, he is credited as the father of the constitution -- he was an architect for sure. the bill of rights, he was the one who got it started. here is his argument -- go on, why did he change his mind? today, he would be regarded as a flip flopper. i just think he was very practical and sensitive to the middle. so when there is no national government to pay the soldiers, when there is state persecution going on for religious minorities, he cares. sometimes i think, we can imagine that being 5'4", a big, tall virginia man was not an easy row to hoe. when he gave his reason for why he changed his

fayetteville, north carolina. good morning. caller: longtime listener and first-time caller. love your moderation and c-span. as a teacher and educator i find it very sad to think that we trump asve donald president a chance to implement policies. i am an independent. i will remain an independent because i believe educators of all people should be independent. rhetoric that takes place on both sides of the continuum, i'm concerned about policy implementation. yes, there may have been hurtful things a said. i've never seen a campaign held in this country in my lifetime having lived over 50 years where there was not rhetoric that was hurtful and some that i wish he had not said and some i wish others had been said. i'm more concerned about policy and the mentation -- implementation. that will make the difference in the racial divide. the ability of people in this country, students are used to teach be able to say that they can get jobs and they can start businesses and my own children know they have a chance. i could care less about the rhetoric. even though the rhetoric hurts

austin, texas takes the top spot, bumping off denver, san hoe saw, washington, d.c., and fayetteville, arkansas round out the top five. san francisco is 15th. the list ranks the top 100 metro areas based on affordability, job prospects, and quality of life. we are doing well in the second and third. clearly not affordability. >> reporter: once again, all eyes will be here in san francisco as the ninth circuit court of appeals decides the future of president trump's tramp ban. >> it is clear the tech companies push back came from the employees themselves. very grassroots action. many are greenholders, visa holders themselves. they are worried about future actions which may in validate their right to work here. remember, the executive order kept legitimate residents out. people who lived in america for years and were returning from vacation or from work conferences. though some workers i talked to take a bit of issue with the filings language. tech companies complain they will be unable to attract great talent. to which american workers said, what am i, chopped liver. there are two figh

want to say i'm a teacher first of all, okay [ applause ] >> i work in a residential facility in fayettevillei work with special needs kids. plaus. >> i want to say this. i work three jobs, actually. and the reason i have to work two more jobs is because my health insurance at my first place of employment doubled in the last three years. i'd like to say that there are other stories and there are a lot of people in arkansas that do support senator cotton [ cheers and applause ] >> and there are many people like myself, a single mom, okay, single mom who pays taxes. my family came here many, many years ago from italy legally, okay and -- thank you. my question is this. my son, i have four children, three that went to the university of arkansas, my son is graduating and he will be commissioned in the u.s. air force in may. my son has written a letter and given it to your staff over here because his detachment is requesting that senator cotton come and speak and be a distinguished guest at the commissioni commissioning ceremony. my question, number one, i'd like to thank you for your service to t

and fayetteville, arkansas. austin and denver are number one and two. >>> vizio taking data about what they watched, when they watched it and using the internet ip address to match the television to computers in the home where they can find age, marital status, race, and sending it off to advertisers. they said we're not talking about summary information, about national viewing trends. according to the complaint, vizio got very personal. >>> wall street will try to claw back modest losses. futures are higher this morning. a drop in oil prices dragged on the energy sector. look today for the trade deficit and consumer credit. parents are worried about kids getting too much screen time, not playing traditional games. that's not true. not when it comes to hasbro. they announced profits to investors and said sales are going gang busters. pie face which is that one classic. did you ever get that for the triplets? i love pie face. it is the funniest ever. >> it sold well. people are dropping their iphones and playing

washington dc and fayetteville arkansas. >>> avatar and star wars fans may want to start planning.ney will open pandora at disney's animal kingdom in florida during this coming memorial day weekend. the 12-acre land will have a river trip with a rain forest and avatar flight. star wars land though still far, faraway. the star wars themed land in anaheim and florida won't open until 2019. it's probably not a coincidence that episode nine also opens that year. >>> beyonce preparing to preform sunday at the grammies. reportedly her pregnancy have slowed her down a bit. tmz said she is changing the way she dances, her performance will will not be locked in until saturday night. there is also a special digital screen on stage to spread up the mood or cover the slower pace of her performance. >>> metallica will also preform joined by lady gaga. their hit song hard wire is nominated for best rock song. the group said that it promised something unique for the grammies and that band members happy to be is sharing the stage with lady gaga. >> of course. >>> sierra lamar's mother testifying i

. >> but you know, these are the people that live and work in fayetteville or wherever. >> you can seejust watching the footage there that nobody's being paid. they are there because they love this country, and they are coming out and you know what? you're just seeing really the first week of these town halls. >> that's what's crazy to me. we were going back and looking at footage, talking about this today, the big town hall thing was august in 2009. that was the august recess and when the town halls happened, people getting yelled at and a bill that was about to be passed. this is only a month in. >> right. >> this is way -- >> no, no, this makes the tea party look like preschool seriously and when you get on congressman sanford from south carolina, last night -- it. >> two nights ago. >> two nights ago. he had to listen to are that for three hours. you satisfied what do you think? he said well, i'm paraphrasing, the obamacare people have sort of won. they're going to get their main, everything's going to be, and i was sitting here watching your show going whoa, he just admitted. >> i

. >> rounding out the top fayetteville, arkansas i've not been there.fford ability, job prospects and quality ofpec life as well as schools and and hospitals in the area.s in the a among the worst unfortunatelyna producer chris cover your ears, philadelphia baltimore, new yory city. city new york city at least becauseyu of the high cost of living. >> complete completely see allea of those places on that list. >> great things and bad thingshg about every city.city >> yeah, hmm. >> new york is so congested. >> um-hmm.>> u >> you can't have -- you can'te- have a car.ve aar. >> listen --iste >> you can't drive in new york.d >> if you've got the means to go live well in new york... who hao e means.s. >> a lot of people.>> a lot of e >> everybody else is justve living.rybo >> if you had the means new yorkew yor is fantastic. so i've heard. heard >> clearly not. because 's that list. l. >> great place to visit.it >> meanwhile we need to book boo vacations to fayetteville,ll arkansas apparently isn't we'ren missing out on something. no doubt about it. >> what t

. >> julia, you've lived in fayetteville for a couple of decades now, 20 years.ere you surprised by the level of frustration you heard in that room or did you see it building over the last six months or so? >> i think both, the answer to both questions is yes. i was quite surprised by the intensity of emotion, of my friends and neighbors. i saw dozens and dozens of people that i knew there and i was surprised about how fervent they were about their desires and about their issues and i had been to the steve womack meeting, who is our congressional representative two days before and there was quite a bit of fervor there, too. so it seems to be building and it seems to be that it will be sustained long term. >> one of the questions i think from folks here in washington has been sort of what action might come out of these town halls, when republicans like tom cotton get back to d.c. mary, you wanted this bipartisan commission to investigate russian interference in the -- election. julia, you wanted to see his tax returns. do you think your appearance and presence at

that tunnel these little companies like walmart, tyson chicken, the university of arkansas in fayettevillewhich i'll give a plug to, would really have not developed in the way they developed had it not been for the infrastructure needs of that tunnel. epg up the northwest corner of arkansas to the rest of the world. we know infrastructure investment is important. every state has done a lot. colorado, governor hickenlooper had talked about the things he had done. you can switch to the next one. governor ducey has done some interesting things in his state. and all of you i know have. but we want to work with each and every one of you to move the deployment and development of these systems forward. and i stand ready to make any questions. thank you. >> great. thank you, regina. jamie. >> yeah. so regina, thank you so much. govern governor, thank you. governor ducey. thank you for inviting lockheed martin to be here today. this is a very important component of what we do and where we're headed in the lockheed martin strategic investment is where we're going. thank you all for having us here. i

. >>> i'm mary story from fayetteville, and i am not a paid protester. >> that is the crowd eruptingnto applause after that comment at a town hall with arkansas senator tom cotton last night. an audience in little rock grilled the republican for two hours on the affordable care act, immigration, and his support of president trump. >>> a much calmer scene in alameda county where congressman hosted a town hall. abc7 news was in fremont last night as the capacity crowd came out to ask the democratic representative some questions. he told the crowd he is going to stand up for immigrant rights. he says it's morally and economically the right thing to do. >> it doesn't make any economic sense. our comparative advantage in the world is that we've got people from around the world. >> lawmakers nationwide holding town halls during this first congressional recess of the year. >>> happening today, secretary of state rex tillerson is set to meet with mexican president enrique pena nieto in mexico city. mexico's foreign minister says he has country will vigorously fight deportations of mexican im

. >> i'm mary story from fayetteville, and i am not a paid protester. >> reporter: you ladd one woman grab the mike to say she had never cared about politics ever this much in her life. a lot of people looking forward to hearing their voices heard. >> it sure sounds like it. we are hearing them loudly and clearly, ryan. thank you very much. let's bring in now republican congressman scott taylor of virginia. he is a former navy s.e.a.l. and a veteran of the iraq war. he, himself, has had some rowdy town halls this week. good morning, congressman. >> good morning. how are you doing? >> doing well. i understand you had a rowdy town hall on monday night and tuesday night this week. so let's play for the viewers a little clip from some of those. >> our current president questions objective reality. >> you want me to finish or not. >> please allow the congressman to answer the question. >> i'll come see you guys at your breakfast. no problem. >> do you believe the president should release his tax returns -- [ cheers and applause ] -- and separate himself from his business dealings that are

>> i'm mary story from fayetteville. and i am not a paid protester. >> some people are clearly upset. but there is a bit of professional protester manufactured base in there. >> i don't really care if anybody here is paid or not, you are all from kansas and i'm glad to hear from you. >> when you look at some of these districts and some of these things, it is not a representation of a members district. >> you want to stand there with him and expect us to be calm, cool, and collected? wow. what kind of insurance do you have? >> it's just, i think that's -- that necessarily -- just because

for that tunnel, these little companies like walmart, tyson's chicken, university of arkansas in fayetteville, would not have developed in the way they developed had it not been for the infrastructure needs of that tunnel and opening of the northwest corner of arkansas to the rest of the world. so, we know that infrastructure >> every state here has done a lot, and i will stop here. colorado, governor hickenlooper talked about the things he had done. the governor has done some interesting things in his state. all of you, i know, have. we want to work with each and every one of you to move the deployment and development of these systems forward. i stand ready to take any questions. >> thank you, regina. jamie? jamie: regina, thank you so much. governor, thank you. thank you for inviting lockheed martin to be here today. a very important component of what we do and where we are headed in the lockheed martin strategic investment as where we are going. so thank you all for having us , here. i'm not going to go a lot into the details of the charts we have here because i know we are limited on time

>> i'm mary story from fayetteville. and i am not a paid protester. >> some people are clearly upset. but there is a bit of professional protester manufactured base in there. >> i don't really care if anybody here is paid or not, you are all from kansas and i'm glad to hear from you. >> when you look at some of these districts and some of these things, it is not a representation of a members district. >> you want to stand there with him and expect us to be calm, cool, and collected? wow. what kind of insurance do you have? >> it's just, i think that's -- that necessarily -- just because they are loud doesn't mean that there are many. ning a lot of cases that's what you are seeing. >> the new order, team trump takes over the annual conservative conference, c pack, a year ago trump skipped it while being slammed by his party rivals. >> how do you believe president trump has impacted the conservative movement? >> i think by tomorrow this will be t pac when he's here. no doubt. >> and reversal, the trump administration rolls

. >>> i'm mary story from fayetteville and i am not a paid protester. >> that is the crowd erupting intolause after that comment at a town hall with arkansas senator tom cotton last night. an audience grilled the republican for two hours on the affordable care act, immigration and his support of president trump. >>> a much calmer scene in alameda county. abc7 news was in fremont last nights as a capacity crowd came out to ask the democratic representative questions. he told the crowd he will stand up for immigrant rights. he says it's morally and economically the right thing to do. >> doesn't make any economic sense. our comparative advantage in the world is that we've got people from around the world. >> and the reason you are seeing so many of these town halls is because lawmakers across the country are holding them during this first congressional recess of the year. >>> i think we can pretty much all agree on one thing, that crime is bad, but there are some crimes that are just downright cartless. case in point, a high speed pursuit in marin county yesterday. not only did a suspect pu