i yield back to the gentleman from georgia. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia reserves his time. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: let me put into the record the american cancer society. the american heart association, american lung association, cystic fibrosis foundation. jufe nigh diabetes foundation. march of dimes. national multiple sclerosis society, and the national coalition for women with heart disease among others. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. martin luther king govern:00-i will ask unanimous consent to insert in the record a statement from the american medical association in opposition to this bill. i asks unanimous consent to insert in the letter from the american academy of physicians in opposition to this bill and a letter from the aarp in opposition to this bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. mcgovern: if this bill was so great they would be supporting it, not opposing it and they are strongly opposing it. i yield one minute to the gentle

never had one from georgia. we had great communication with our other members but we are diligently searching for different people that will give us a diversification that looks like american agriculture. >> what should we expect for a time line? >> again, we have submitted some names to the white house. this is the president's appointment, as you may know. but we have asked them to look at some people and their time line is the white house's time line. and we don't get ahead of the boss on that. so i very much respect his appointing authority. and while we will be helpful in identifying people that we think will do a wonderful job there, this is the president's appointment. so you need to ask him. >> ron hayes? >> are just before you were confirmed, president trump had the opportunity to meet with the chinese president and there was a promise made by the chinese they were interested and willing to reopen their market to u.s. beef. still technical things to do to get that done. any game plan you have been talkin

. >>> a new politicsing ad about a congressional race in georgia features san francisco as a back drop. trying to tie a candidate there to liberal san francisco. why some santa fe that shows how much is at steak. >> meteorologist jenn rarp y-blue skies to east bay tracking the full weekend forecast i'll let you know how gusty winds get coming up in ten minutes. tonight -- after admitting he spent tens of thousands of lafayette. >>> the top cop in contra costa county is facing a firestorm tonight after admitting he spent tens of thousands of dollars in campaign funds for his personal use. an emergency meeting was held this morning to discuss the claims against district attorney mark pederson. nbc are bay area jodi hernandez is live with more. >> reporter: we've been talking about to a lot of people today. i'll tell you it all seems to be snowballing. tonight the district attorney here is keeping silent. as the criticism mounts. >> this situation is not acceptable. we do not agree with mr. pederson's actions. and they do not represent the values that we have as criminal prosecutors. >> p

of course, he grew up on a farm in georgia, bonnair, georgia and an agro businessman and has spent many years in public welcome welcome to the secretary of agriculture, sonny purdue. [ applause ] >> some of you got the dress code and if others want to take the coats off, feel free. there you go. thank you all for being here. i know this is a big week for you all as you gather here at washington, d.c., and i am honored that you come by here, by the agency, and it took me a little while to get here and nonetheless, we are delighted to be here and you all are an important part of our overall communication strategy in dealing with our main customers. that's the agriculturalist of the nation, and i want to thank you for what you do, i look forward to your questions and i want to give you a little briefing of what we're doing so far and how we view the you department. you may have heard me some of you were in kansas city and an opportunity to be in the oval office with the president and an opportunity to be at the farmer's roundtable with him as we talked about various issues with farmers fro

host: drew ferguson joins us now representing the third district of georgia. as congress is working to pass this $1.1 trillion budget deal this week, it will avoid the government shutdown. is it a good deal? guest: it is a deal. i wouldn't say it is a good deal but it is a deal. we are being asked to finish up a process that should've been completed last year. we have a new president and now we are trying to blend in older policy and older budget with a new direction and it is a complicated process. these omnibus bills, we all knew this was a possibility. nobody wants to shut down the federal government, but at the same time, i think it is a testament to the fact we have to get back to regular order and do our budgeting process better and our appropriations process better. republicans control the house, the senate, the white house. front page of the washington post, democrats claim when -- claim win on spending bill as gop blinks. funds forhings like wall on of the aixa: -- the mexico border not included? guest: i just got the bill on my desk yesterday. we are

. >> let me say this, we will take him at university of georgia, could get him at georgia tech, texas a&m would love him, north carolina or at least north carolina state. if the president is looking to give commencement speeches, we could line him up. >> i don't doubt it. >> i would doubt it. >> you would doubt it? >> i would. >> we will have a gentleman's bet. >> why isn't he there? where are the invites? people are scared to invite him. >> because there has been so much that happened this week, and you're right, we're talking about the commencements, but i want to talk about sean spicer here a little bit. jack, i want to ask you about communication between the president and his communication teams. we had spicer come out as well as huckabee, could give no indication of whether there are indeed taped conversations in the white house, no indication if there will continue to be news briefings. they didn't have a lot of information. if they did have information, it seems to contradict what the president said in his nbc interview. where is the disconnect? >> i'm not 100% certain. i will

we will not approve that in the state of georgia because it harms wildlife. and i don't understand why they didn't figure that out to start with. and so that's where, if you had that cooperation between the states, and the states have a seat at the table on a wide range of subject matter, and actually we believe this is really important at fda, the implementation of food safety modernization act, a wide range of other deals, where we're on the ground every day, and we would like for some folks, maybe a continued open invitation for washington to come to the ground where the work's being done. and i promise you, we'll be good hosts in georgia. >> can i ask ms. ruiz one quick question? thank you for your forbearance. ms. ruiz, the 18-year-old rule for application, and i understand the seriousness or the dangers around these products, i'm interested, was there a comment period, and what comments did you get from family farms about the 18-year -- i'm not debating, i'm not arguing against it, but as a person who did a lot of work on a farm below the age of 18, i'm

we will not approve that in the state of georgia because it harms wildlife. and i don't understand why they didn't figure that out to start with. if you had that cooperation between the states and the states have a seat at the table on a wide range of subject matter. and actually we believe this is really important at fda, the itch station of food safety modernization act and a wide range of other deals where we're on the ground every day. and we'd like for some folks maybe continue to open invitations for washington to come to the ground where the work's being done and i promise we'll be good hosts in georgia. >> can i ask one quick question? the 18-year-old rule for application and i understand the seriousness of the -- or the dangers around these products. i'm interested, was there a comment period and what comments did you get from family farms about the 18-year rule. as a person who did a lot of work on the farm below the age of 18 i'm curious what impact it had and what comments you got back from small family farms. >> for the worker protection standard

amy: from atlanta, georgia, this is democracy now! pres. trump: we have a failing health caree -- i shouldld not y this t to migrarate friend from australia because you have better health care than we do. amy: as republicans to the passage of the plan to repeal and replace the affordable care jeer.emocrats meanwhile, even as trump fails the republican victory, he touts universal health care in a meetining with the australian prime minister. the suffering still continues. now that i know it is not a civil matter anymore, it is a human matter. alton is no longer here, but his voice will still be heard through us. we love alton and we do not want this to end. remember his name. family ofis the alton sterling who was killed by police in 2016, calling for louisiana's state's attorney general to bring criminal killersagainst his after the trump justice department declined to bring federal charges against them. we will also go to france where voters head to the polls sunday to pick between former investment banker emmanuel macron and far-right pol

june 20, in south carolina and georgia.ces mick mulvany and the georgia contest is the one most people have been focused on, the race to replace tom price, the hhs secretary. on august 15, there will be primaries in alabama to finish out the material of jeff sessions. then november 7th is this year's election day. gubernatorial races in both new jersey and virginia. finally, december 12 will be the alabama special election, full run-off there. and that brings us to the 2018 mid terms. the two independents in maine and vermont who caucus with the democrats. that's why they're in light blue. so it is a long st for democrats to take senate majority. in the house, they would need to flip 24 seats. a tall order but something that can be pulled off in a relatively modest wave of election. joining me now, the senior editor of the cook political report. and nathan gonzalez is the editor and publisher of of insider elections. let me start with montana. basics. what did you take away from it? >> well, i think that you talked about th

. >> reporter: identity europa posters were found at georgia tech and three other universities in georgia. they plan to spend this summer gearing up for an even bigger push on college campuses in the fall semester. >>> coming up next, how could anyone survive this? ♪ ♪ five-second rule protection. new lysol kitchen pro eliminates 99.9% of bacteria without any harsh chemical residue. ♪ lysol. what it takes to protect. ito become dangerous.d for an everyday item new tide pods child guard pack. helps keep your laundry pacs safe and your child safer. align, press and unzip. the following ad for your viewing convenience. i finally switched to geico. oh yeah? ended up saving a ton of money on car insurance. i hear they have a really great mobile app. the interface is remarkably intuitive. that's so important. ♪ makewith instant moisture utes from k-y ultragel. >>> a small plane exploded yesterday on a busy road in washington state. you see the pictures, you won't believe how this ends. here's carter evans. >> reporter: the fiery crash was captured on dash cam video. you can see the plane flying

transportations other places have we don't have in georgia. they have light rail that is coming on in denver, other things that are happening that really untry aren't happening here. and i would love to see some of in georgia.ion i don't know how to get that georgia point of view, maybe you can help us with that. host: regina hopper. really good question. as with all politics, local, all transportation basically is local. one of the things we're having the ssions with administration, how do you make balance between how federal disbursed down to the states and how states have in using bility dollars to allow communities to determine for themselves how money should be spent. it is a big question, right? systems that state are interstate, we have to use federal dollars. go to the caller's question, public transit is a tough question. got to really look at budgets that are coming out, reductions inffer public transportation, i mean, in transport. a question of like i said, transportation is local. father was highway commissioner in the state of ar

>> georgia will be closer.ou, 52% of the voters in georgia cast a republican ballot. the question is are all those republicans going to unite behind karen handel and get out in june? or are some of them going to defect or go out on vacation? it's going to be a close race in georgia. democrats invested a lot in the can as race and they came up short. they are talking about having a chance with a goldman action banker to win a seat in south carolina. georgia they have a shot because it's a suburban district that didn't particularly pike donald trump. there are a lot of miles to be traveled by both of those candidates before we get to june 20. cheryl: i love talking to you about this. your knowledge is incredible. hope you have a great memorial day weekend. karl, thank you. that was great. get what's happening in new york. corporate sponsors are bailing on a new york city parade that's honoring a nationalist linked to terrorism. widow of american sniper chris kyle will talk to us about it in just a moment. that's

our example in georgia as congressman scott nows while our primary land grants, university of georgia as well as fort riley state, georgia tech engineer school does a lot of work with poultry processing and how to make that better. those are the things we want to look at to make sure we use the research dollars wisely, not just in a base production or applied production science but how to get that product in a safe pallet bl way to the consumer. >> thank i yield. >> thank you mr. chairman i'm so glad to see your the secretary and hearing your testimony is reassuring to me. i've always said i think it should be a may requisite the u.s. secretary should have a foreign background. i know you have a track record in farming and agricultural business and i'm looking forward to working with you. i represent 35 counties in kentucky, 35 rural counties and there's six congressional districts in kentucky. when you look at the sales of kentucky those sales come from the western district of poultry. we have poultry, wheat, corp and tobacco. tobacco is still an important crop in kentucky. my questi

why the city by the bay is being dragged into an attack ad for a political race in georgia. >>> and a warning from b.a.r.t. as it expands to the south bay. we have that next. golden gate bridge kir . >> welcome back. it's 7:10. a sunshiny saturday morning as we look at the golden gate bridge. 60s pretty much across the entire bay area today. winds are expected to pick up as we reach this evening. >>> san francisco just became a pawn in a hotly contested congressional race in georgia. our fine city is the subject of a new republican ad which plays up stereotypes in an effort to paint a georgia democrat as ultraliberal. today in the bay's christie smith explains. >> hey, georgia, san francisco just wanted to say thank you. >> reporter: the political commercial features what appears to be representations of hippies, hipsters and others in san francisco praising a democrat running for congress in georgia. it's meant to paint him as an ultraliberal out of touch with georgia voters. >> i have not seen it. >> reporter: san francisco mayor ed lee had this to say. >> i'm sure if it's his oppon

our example in georgia is that while our land grant -- primary land grant is the university of georgia as well as valley state, georgia tech engineering school does a lot of work with how to more efficient and better. so those are the type of things we look at to make sure that we use the research dollars wisely, not just maybe in the applied production science, but how we get that product in a safe palatable way to the consumer. >> thank you. >> mr. secretary, everything i've read about you is excellent and just hearing your testimony is reassuring to on me. i've always said i think it should be a prerequisite that u.s. secretary of agriculture should have a farming background. and you have an excellent track record and i'm looking forward to working with you. i represent 35 counties in kentucky. 35 rural counties. when you look at the total agriculture sales, overwhelming majority come from are tthe fir congressional district of kentucky. tobacco is still very important crop in kentucky. my question is, in many instances the previous administration promulgated regs that were unachiev

carter of georgia for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. carter: mr. speaker, i rise today to urge my colleagues to support the american health care act. for the last seven years i have watched obamacare crush the health care system that i worked in for more than 30 years. thanks to obamacare we have an insurance exchange that has withered to where a third of the counties in our country have only one insurer. at home in georgia, 96 counties have only one choice on the exchange. that's not a choice. obamacare has failed and the american health care act is critical to resuscitate our health care system and move it into a direction where patients, families, and doctors are making decisions. not the federal government and bureaucrats sitting behind a desk in washington. the american people need and deserve better. and that is why we must pass the american health care act. this legislation guts obamacare and rebuilds a system that would deliver the choice and control that p

a military couple who had moved to georgia in 2015. all this time he had been roaming the same few blocks. >> she was crying. i started crying. we were both just so happy. stories like this don't happen. >> reporter: but now both couples are coming up short on getting him back so she started a go fund me page to raise enough funds to pay for airfare. she says anything left over will go a local rescue and vet's office. betty yu, kpix 5. >>> engineers were in sacramento tonight talking about last winter's oroville dam crisis. both state and federal inspectors missed signs the dam's two spill ways could fail. the agency is now doing an audit on how inspections are done. and officials directed an appall edge to the 180,000 people who had to evacuate in february. >> for the stress and fear and -- and -- general mayhem that was introduced to their lives i would like to add that we owe them a severe -- a huge debt of gratitude for safely evacuating and patiently waiting to come back. >> the main spill way is shut down for the summer and there

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i live in georgia. if you can speak to the broad ban issues and any sassistance that you can provide. >> be happy to. first, let me talk about research. you are absolutely right. the reason our producer are so productive today in the 21st century because we are -- it is not something that can be cut-off and on and the delivery system of that basic and applied research to the field of the extension service sort of the wonder of the world and we see what differences it has made in our product tiivity and we conte to be as we feed 9 billion people by 2050. that's important. you made a great point. another thing that's just as important is technology because you know your producers in middle and south georgia are using technology for better usage and monitoring crop need for whatever adding. while the other thing sociologically in today's world of connectivity, if the water goes off, that's a disadvantage. if your lights go off or your heat goes off, you get a blanket. if your wi-fi goes off, that's a crisi

these drugs are so new that it was just last month that georgia officially outlawed them. states are still catching up. bud benefield, deputy chief, caroll county fire rescue: "it's becoming a nationwide epidemic."in the meantime, benefield's mission to expand the use of narcan is becoming more urgent. he says the opiod problem is only getting worse, not better. scott mclean, cnn, atlanta. (jrstone) a town in southeastern georgia has been ordered to evacuate because of a massive wildfire. saint george is located near the okefenokee (pron; o-key- fen-o-key) national wildlife refuge-- where the fire has been burning for a month. residents were told today that they have to leave their homes and take their pets and valuables with them. the fire has burned nearly 200-thousand acres so far. ash from the flames has been falling in both georgia and florida-- which is a problem for residents. (dave sova, resident): "it's really bad over there. just a little bit of time, i was there packing up all the cars, the air quality if really bad and especially with that big ash falling and e

amy: what has the situation been for georgia? georgia's governor nathan deal did not vote for medicaid expansion. >> no, he didn't. we saw this across the region. southern activist were fighting for all across the region, medicaid expansion. hundreds o of thousands of folks still fill in the gap, not being able to have access to the services that they need for themselves and their families. when we already were dealing with the large gaps, to now put this on top of that really continues to send the message that this admininistration does not care about the lives of the american peoeople. amy: monica simpson, i want to ask about something else that in washington.ay president trump signed an executive order to allow religious organinizations, whate described d as greater freedom n political speech. your thoughts about this measure and what it actually means? it does not mean it goes i into force.e. it would need congress to pass it. >> but this is also troubling. if we look at the narrative behind what this executive order means, h

james jackson of georgia, regarded as a cantankerous or the motion anded spoke for over one hour. attesting to the sanctity of property rights, jackson asked his colleagues at the rights of liberty are not adequate to the rights of person. of thethe meaning constitution was not to secure the citizens in position of one as well as the other. in other words, property rights were indistinguishable from natural rights. jackson was pushing back against the petitioner's emphasis on the natural rights of slaves to freedom. but in defending slavery, jackson went young underscoring the centrality of property rights to the founding of the new nation. to counter the petitioners order it of the equal humanity of slaves, jackson weight out his version of the nature of enslaved africans and african americans. the west african countries from which american slaves originated followed a despotic social model , in which a king had absolute ose in hisover th dominion, according to jackson. thus, africa's were habituated from their earliest experiences in what jackson considered barbaric africa month

our example in georgia as congressman scott know, our primary land grant is university of georgia, and valley state, georgia tech engineering school does a lot of work with poultryo processing to learn how to make that more efficient and better. those are the type of things we look at to make sure we use the research dollars wisely, not just basically basic production or applied production science, but how we get that product in a safe palatable way to the consumer. >> thank you. i yield back. >> gentleman's time expired. yo. mr. comber, five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman and mr. secretary, so glad to see you're agriculture secretary. everything i read about you is excellent and hearing your testimony is really reassuring to me. i always said think should beule prerequisite u.s. secretary of agriculture should have a farm background. you have a excellent track record in forming and agribusiness. i'm looking forward to working with you. i represent 35 counties in kentucky. there are six congressional districts in kentucky. if you look at total agricultural sales in ken it being, t

our example in georgia while i land-grant university of georg georgia, georgia tech engineering school does a lot of work with poultry processing and how to make it more efficient. those are the things we want to look at to make sure we use the research dollars wisely, not just in the basic production but how we get the product in a safe way to the consumer. >> thank you. thank you mr. chairman. i'm so glad to see your the culture secretary. hearing your testimony is reassuring to me. of i said it should be a prerequisite that u.s. secretary of agriculture should have a background. i'm looking very forward to working with you. i represent 35 counties in kentucky's. there six congressional districts. when you look at the agriculture sales the overwhelming majority of the sales come from the first congressional -- we have a lot of tobacco, tobacco is still a very important crop in kentucky. my question is, the previous administration had writes that ron achievable. for example the fbi push forward a proposed rule at the very last minute that would limit nitro or nicotine in smokeless tob

still backed up from university boulevard to georgia avenue.about a five to seven minute slow down. you can see traffic parked around the corner there. please give yourself extra time. a little bit of a rubberneck delay on the inner loop side. you can see right there that residual delay that's still lingering from 95 over to university boulevard you're in the clear and then that's when things start to slow down. aside from that macarthur boulevard in northwest closed for a water main break from yesterday. it's closed between foxhall road and reservoir road. use caution there and then as you make your way out 295 northbound construction at benning road. that is slowing things down from pennsylvania avenue all the way up to benning road so allow for some extra time. aside from that if you're skipping the roads and talking the rails no trains between new carrollton and stadium-armory. limited shuttle service available every 30 minutes on the orange line. minnesota avenue all those stations are closed so allow for extra time. take one of the expres

. >>> san francisco became a pawn in a hotly contested congressional race in georgia., san francisco is the subject of a new republican ad which plays up stereotypes of hopes in hoepts of portray ago georgian democrat at liberal. recidivist kr y smith joins from us the city this evening to explain the role in all this. kristi. >> well, raj the fight is happening in georgia's sixth congressional district and the commercial aims to tie the liberal can't with liberal san francisco. but many we showed it around her thought it missed the mark. >> georgia the political commercial features what appeared to be representations of hippies hipsterance others in san francisco praising jon ossoff a democrat running for congress in georgia. it's meant to paint him as ultraliberal out of touch with georgia vote zbleers i have not seen it. >> san francisco mayer ed lee had this to say. >> i'm sure if it's his opponents it will probably portray us in a negative light. but i say this. i think -- i think people of georgia and in particular this particular race they need to to register wh

everybody, we're just waiting for florida georgia line.. >>> good morning. i'm reggie aqui from abc7 mornings. 8:27. i'm looking at the bridge behind me. where is everyone? >> maybe packing the suitcases, ready for the long holiday weekend but really not many folks out there yet. we have had a few new issues pop up. not as quiet as early this morning but westbound 80, coming in from the richmond area, we did have a four-car crash and just pushed it off to the shoulder and that backup should start to improve but here's the sight i don't get to take. no metering lights this morning. reggie? >> if we have to go to work, at least it's smooth sailing. >>> hi there. temperatures in the 50s. mid to upper 50s right now and the hills chilly there. let's taublk about what to expe. not as breezy as it has been. on the roads, the drizzle chance is just about over. accuweather 7-day forecast, starts to feel like summer monday and tuesday. have a great weekend! here's reggie. >> don't mind that, mike. thank you. another update in about 30 minutes and al

politico is writing about a race in georgia. here's an excerpt. the special: -- election will be the most expensive house race in history. reserved tv ads. here are some the ads on the air in that race. >> i will work with anyone to do what is right for our country and georgia. we need to attract more high-tech and research jobs to the area. cutting wasteful spending is not up partisan issue. ground to fixmmon obamacare while keeping what works. when president trump acts recklessly, i will hold them accountable. that's why i approve this message. >> haven't we had enough of the politicians who never deliver? enough with the empty promises and gimmicks. i balanced the budget without raising taxes. tohought president obama implement photo id and one. in congress, i will fight for georgia families. i approve this message. i will deliver. host: that's a look at some the ads on the air in george's sixth congressional vista the race for atlanta's mayor is the front page story of the journal-constitution. first whitelect the mayor in 50 years? let's go t

. ,, >>> we end tonight in clarkston, georgia.of its residents are from the muslim-majority countries that would be impacted by president trump's proposed travel ban. here again, mark strassmann. >> we are a target. we didn't want to take that risk. it was a risk. >> reporter: for seven years, these brothers were threatened with death in iraq. militias targeted them for working with american companies. >> was coming to this country the difference between potentially life and death? >> it was a leave and death, yes. >> reporter: in 2011, they applied to the u.s. as refugees. after years of vetting by homeland security and the state department, in january, they emigrated here to clarkston, georgia, known as the ellis island of the south. >> this clarkston is a refugee welcoming place. everyone is here. from different countries >> 40 different nationalities. >> reporter: ted terry is clarkston's mayor, half its 8,000 residents are foreign-born. >> these people who have fled from those conflicts are the ones who are escaping terror, e

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opposite the petitioners, a congressman from the lower south, here, i'm referring to georgia and south carolina, these men answered the anti-slavery rhetoric of the petitioners by undermining the -- underlining the sanctity of property rights and depicting slaves as inferior to their white counterparts, unfit for the liberty the petitioners argued was a natural right of all. thus, congress' first debate over slavery exposed a wrist of slavery in a place of human bondage in the american nation. a rift over principles that would shape the contours of the nation's growing division regarding the peculiar institution for generations to come. after a hard-fought battle to ratify the constitution, the first federal congress convened in new york of april of 1779. if the constitution gave a blueprint for federal governance, the first congress was left to interpret it design and set precedents in national lawmaking. i have here an illustration of federal hall, where the first congress met during its first two sessions before moving in december to philadelphia where it would stay for a decade. th

this terrible -- lagrange, georgia. this terrible crime has been part of the town's history for a long time. recently, law enforcement officials have taken steps to begin the reconciliation process. they worked with naacp chapter draft at earnestward to letter of apology for failing to investigate the lynching nearly 77 years prior. i commend them for their actions to begin to heal this old wound. i am proud to represent this community who is engaged in the hard work of reconciliation. police officers do so much more than enforce the law. they work actively every single day to bring the communities they serve together. i'm so proud that there are such great examples of law enforcement in the third district of georgia. law enforcement officers do more than just keep us safe. they help our community, they show love and compassion, they bring us together, and we owe them a debt of gratitude. i'm proud they are such brave men and women, willing to serve in all our communities and hometowns. i want to extend my deep fwrattud

everybody, we're just waiting for florida georgia line.ll. >> good morning i'm taa edwards, 8:27 friday, may 26. let's head over to matt pellman. a lot of people packing up the cars trying to get out of town about now. >> reporter: on the way to cape may, almost that time, tam. if you're in the city heading to work, you have slowing on i-95. not as bad as normal, not cottman into girard, but heavy southbound from the betsy ross bridge into girard this morning. in lumberton watching a crash maple boulevard at pat's pizzeria. it's slow on the garden state parkway southbound crash between sea isle and avalon is blocking a lane. townsend inlet bridge is closed for the holiday weekend. 96th street bridge is open into stone harbor. and the lafayette bridge into cape may has wrapped there. don't forget about the ramp closures in new castle, 141 southbound to get on 295 northbound. >> thank you, matt. now, let's go outside to david murphy for the latest from accuweather. >> reporter: good morning, tam we have sun and clouds mix. 62 degrees, still

been there over 6 1/2 years, selected position in georgia. today i come to you, we have submitted some very detailed written testimony today, but when i have meetings with constituents, i like people to come visit with me. so, for my four minutes 20 seconds, mr. chairman, and the balance of this time i'd like to visit with you. >> well, please proceed with your visit. >> i'm today going representing our directors and secretaries and commissioners who are on the ground every day and we work together with farmers and we are the co-regulators with some of our federal agencies. certainly epa is one of those partners. we have some overarching things, mr. chairman. it's critical that for federal and state agencies to deliver a predictable and transparent and science-based regulatory framework to protect human health and the environment while allowing the agriculture community to produce their product. that is a tenet i think we can all agree with. state departments of agriculture, our regulatory partners with the epa. usda, fda, and many other fede

host: do you usually agree with joe in georgia?aller: yes, i usually do but this time he got a little carried away. this is going to affect millions .f people that need we have kids that need their education. this is donald trump's big thing, education is great. we are going to go into these communities and help their schools. cannot do that with this budget. people on social security disability, like this younger man said earlier, get the factories going and put people to work. i am 73 years old and long pass that, -- past that. i have one neighbor whose son --nt two two wars in vietnam tours in vietnam. he is 58 years old. how is he going to go out and work? the v.a. will not give him no money so he is on social security disability insurance. what is he going to do? are his children going to let him live with him in georgia? i do not think so. these are programs that do not need to be touched, and the republicans had better see that. ain't that far away. host: thank you for the call. released,budget is plenty of stories about a v

the gentleman from jea. -- georgia. mr. johnson: i would inquire as to whether there are any other speakers on this side. mr. barletta: we do not. mr. johnson: i yield the balance of my time. the gentleman yields. the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. barletta: i urge my colleagues to vote yes on h.r. 1679 and i yield back the balance of my time. the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. all time has expired. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 1679. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended. the bill is passed, and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. mr. barletta: i demand the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. punt to clause 8, rule 20, further proceedings on th

counties along the water and canned a few along the georgia-alabama border. very world. .- very rural host: what is your least favorite part of the new job? dunn: travel. just to drive into my district with do fly in to georgia or tampa. host: the hours? : i thought is a busy surgeon you could not be any busier than i was but i was wrong. my wife works harder than i worked as a surgeon. youe are more things that can do, at some point you have to say ok there are only 24 hours in a day, set aside six this week. n dunn, thanksma you very much fort talking with us. host: congressman the fazio, the top democrat on the transportation and infrastructure committee talks about the recent treatment of airline passengers on a overbooked flights, which was the subject of two congressional hearings this week. watch the interview today at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> he once called for the removal of pluto as a planet and today kneeled a grass tyson will be our guest on "indepth." washe moon, as small as it compared to the earth has five times the mass o

in jerry is a democrat georgia. caller: good morning. i just want to ask kristen if she is familiar with what happened in the ala s recently. and if trump wants to investigate something, he should investigate how a white legislature stood up and said the only way to get blacks and he used a subhuman remark. the only way to get blacks out of the legislature in alabama was they were trying to pass a gerrymandering bill. if trump wants to investigate, investigate that. i just want to get her response on that. host: sure. guest: so racial gerrymandering, partisan gerrymandering, there are real problems that we're wrestling with today. alabama, it's interesting that the caller references alabama. jeff sessions during his time as a prosecutor in the state of alabama undertook a vote fraud commission effort that looks a pence-kobach commission that we're seeing now. the impact of session is effort to look for vote fraud in alabama resulted in a prosecution of six civil rights workers including the marion three and these were african-american wh

these drugs are so new it was just last month that georgia officially outlieu lawed them.tes are catching up. investment the mission to expand the use of nor cannot is becoming urgent. the opioid problem is getting worse not better. >> the president is long to fight back against the opioid but that has to do with less funding. a leaked memo show the trump administration plan to cut 94% of the budge for white house to help fight drug trafficking. they're trying to do more with less. democrats call this a cruel betrayal of trump's campaign promise to help communities effected by the opioid epidemic. anna. >> scott mcclain thank you for that report. >>> straight head state show down. the house is set to oppose some -- stay with us. >>> but first he is just out of college, this week's cnn hero already making a difference in the lives of cam bode yan children. the problem lack of access for something most of us take for granted. a simple bar of soap. >> when children do not wash their hands they are vulnerable to illnesses which unfortunately can take their life. no child shoul

and the state of georgia. i would like to dwip the comments in the -- divide the comments in the record and pay tribute to one other georgian at the same time. the c.e.o. of the cobb county chamber of commerce. this is the kind of guy you appreciate. he worked for 40 years at the georgia power company. he had 12 different titles in 40 years. he was a great employee of that company, a great member of the community of cobb county and a great private citizen and a great personal friend of mine. after 40 years of working there and retiring, the county had a big problem. chamber of commerce had a scandal. they couldn't find a leader and was losing its effectiveness. david volunteered to go in as a board member and spent one year as a chamber leader, stayed there for 15 years leading the chamber to new heights unprecedented in our state and our county. a aaa bond rating for our county, new businesses coming in and relocating and even the now famous relocation of the atlanta braves from downtown atlanta to suburban c

more than 10,000 volunteers here in georgia. early voting, of course, opens today.e you won't mind me plugging the site. it's electjohn.com/vote. >> plug away. let me ask you. money matters, right? because there is a perception. i get that it's part of the process. but the process is what really bothers people, that it is all about money now. do you have any concerns that if you win this race there will be a cloud that, boy, politics is all about money these days. had to buy the race. >> well, there is too much money in politics these days. that's why i'm for campaign reform. the average contribution so my campaign is less than $50 in stark contrast to my opponent's campaign. >> but you are getting big money also, right? it is just about whether it is directed at campaign or used for the race, right? >> this is truly grass roots fund-raising. the average contributions is less than $50, and that kind of fund-raising gives candidates a independence. because on account of people who have the same concerns as ordinary folks around the country, rather than special intere

the chair recognizes the gentleman from georgia. mr. woodall: i advise my friend from massachusetts, i do not have remaining speeksers remaining and i'm prepared to close if he is. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, throughout this campaign -- throughout his campaign president trump made promises he would not cut medicare, medicaid or social security. now, we have come to find out that he has broken every one of those promises. the trump budget include the more than $800 billion in medicare -- medicaid cuts in the g.o.p. bill and adds additional cuts on top of that, with the total medicaid cuts of over $1 trillion over the next 10 years. furthermore, the trump budget guts social security disability insurance. which as of 2015 covered 10 million recipients. the trump budget also slashes funding for snap, our nation's first line of defense against hunger. by $193 billion. that's a 25% cut. snap is a program that provides people food. that's it. food. 42 million people in this country are food insecure. 42 million. we should all be ashamed of that

. >> today official will be in savannah, georgia, trying to confirm whether it was a tornado that left behind all this damage. more than a dozen buildings damaged in garden city. five injured in the storm. >> this amazing image right here from atlanta. do you see that, right there? in the distance. see a funnel cloud. this is over hartsfield jackson airport where minor damages were reported in the area. one passenger said his arrival flight pulled up because of strong turbulence. >> major rivers flow through the middle of country bursting their banks. some will see floodwaters crest over the weekend. >> other regions won't see the worst of the slow-moving flooding disaster for a long time to come. abc's alex perez in the flood zone. >> reporter: the arkansas national guard using blackhawk helicopters over randolph county to survey that devastating flooding. streaming live on face? book as another round of storms hit. >> the wind is so, so strong here, and it is raining, pouring down outside. >> here is what the black river looked like monday. here it is wednesday. just hours after a re