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and later this evening, he will take you live to des moines, iowa, for the democratic hardee's jeffers -- democratic parties jefferson jackson dinner. c-span, created by america's cable companies, 35 years ago, and brought you as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. we are pleased to have join us this week on the communicators, the vice-chairman of the energy and commerce committee, representative marsha blackburn, a republican from tennessee. congressman blackburn, with everything going on in the house right now, if we could just start on the big picture here, what are the chances that there will be any telecom or tech-related or cyber-related legislation passing in the house this year? rep. blackburn: when you look at the big picture, i think that overall you will see the house settle down. we will choose a speaker, the problem that we have right now is that it is a growing pains problem. we are a big party with a big tent. you have moderate republicans, you have very conservative republicans. and having everyone agree on a leader and agreed to come to the tabl

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. >>> this just in to our newsroom, two schools in hardee county closed due to a water main break.ield high and elementary are closed due to a water main break. >>> the coast guard has suspended the search for a cargo ship that went missing during hurricane joaquin. >> the el faro went down. the ship lost propulsion while attempting to outrun joaquin. right now the ntsb is focused finding the data recorder. >> it will provide them the last 12 hours with information before that ship sank. >>> maryland governor larry hogan heads back to the hospital this week for his final round of chemotherapy. he's scheduled to go to the homtd on friday. it will be his fifth page. he thanks people for their well wishes. he also asks them to pray for oth others battling cancers much more difficult than my own. >>> an update to a story you first saw here. a virginia woman caught on camera practicing yoga on some train tracks on the metro system. she's now scheduled to appear in fairfax county court. metro police say they arrested this woman for trespassing, a misdemeanor charge. "news4's" i-team obta

but this is not a capital offense in america and there was no need to execute cute zachary in the hardee's that night. there were drugs found in his pocket, we're told. there is a federal investigation into the possibility of violation of civil rights. and we're expecting to learn more from this family's attorney as they are planning a news conference for tomorrow, carol. >> all right. victor blackwell reporting live for us, thank you. >>> still to come in the "newsroom," is your credit card interest rate about to head higher? the answer might be coming soon as the fed wraps up its latest meeting. quiet! mom has a headache! had a headache! but now, i...don't excedrin® is fast. in fact for some, relief starts in just 15 minutes. excedrin®. now available in geltabs. ♪ it's the final countdown! ♪ ♪ the final countdown! if you're the band europe, you love a final countdown. it's what you do. if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. when i was sidelined with blood clots in my lung,h. it was serious. fortunately, my doctor had a game pl

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oining us on the phone is kathy you are playing for four tex mex bacon thickburgers at hardee's. nasa released these pictures of saturn's icy moon enceladus from the spacecraft cassini, which flew 1,142 miles the images of f e northern extremes of the ocean- bearing enceladus show thnorth polar region to be heavily cratered >>> it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, giving the gift of pink popor. >> jususike the last stop. >> this is it. >> lasd stop in a long journey. >> yeah. >> our friend joan lunden brings us the story of a man changing s. one tattoo at a time. >> tears of joy. >>> plpl, amy schumer gets candid. following her controversial hosting gig on "snl." the hottest comedian opens up about self-esteem, body image and life in the hollywood spotlight. >> people write about me like, she is the most disgusting creature i've sese. others will say she's super hot. they are both right. you're not going to be what everybody loves but you have to love yourself. >>> family outing. exclusive first look inside the life of brad pid, angelina jolie and their kids courtesy of vogog 16, 201