on his actions, i felt he was under the same impression, that the line was dee energized. >> hem houser immediately checked on the lineman. he said he was okay and did not want medical treatment. >> he was definitely startled. just like myself, kind of in shock as to what happteed. >> reporr: the power line came down during a severe storm hem houser and another officer had themselves n for it during an earlier explosion in the same spot. >> all right. ted greenberg reporting for us. thank you. >> let's check in now with nbc meteorologist janessa webb to see what is in store for us. who is quiet and not weather wise. good morning. >> it's been a rough three to four days here with severat wer making its way across the south, into the northeast yesterday. very blustery conditions here. now, weo have a small area of the northeast until 8:00 a.m. with gusts to 40 to 50 miles per hour, but that's going to die wn throughout the day. this is our next storm system and, man, it's going to cause severe weather across the plains to the south, starting tomorrow afternoon. 29 million at risk. that's

houser view of the world. where i come from but the goal is that to get to cisco just like this chinese food doesn't matter where i am always reminds me of home after decades of living in germany chinese food is one of the things i miss the most but that taking a step back i see something new to a difference to knowledge plenty of fluids first as i recall nations that exist to other parts of the world haven't been implemented in china patsey you cannot have chinese people wondering if they're going to say it but if people have the right to learn all that is this is their job a job that of them how i see it the deficit why i love my job because i tried to do it except it is an hour a day by day with the uninsured and i work at did that view. this is a news line from finding a way forward britain's parliament get ready for another vote on alternatives to the government's divorce deal with the european union just eleven days before bukhari to shed tools to leave the e.u. and p.c. no closer to agreement also on th

group of advocates coming together to support this bill from environmental to labor to non-profit housers to senior advocates all saying yes to more housing in california and yes to s.b.50 and i don't think that advocacy is going to stop just because the highest rent city in the state passes this resolution saying i think it's building enough which is quite silly. i do want to ask you to drop this resolution and the reason for that is as a person from san francisco people are watching and there's a ban to inclusive cities and i don't want us dragged and kicking and screaming to do the more thing. don't oppose more homes, support more homes. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> i live in district 10 in silver terrace. i'd like to urge you to support s.b.50 to withdraw the resolution. i'd like to be able to stay in the city and work in public service. the only way that's going to happen is if more homes are produced beyond what's currently being produced in san francisco and statewide. san francisco should do its part to do more homes and state action is needed. different report have foun

bob light houser has addressed the democrat conference, which is very -- you know, very positive things, and i think she is looking at it. ms. pelosi has many trade deals down through the years, so i'm not going to prejudge that. by the way, i haven't seen her in a bit since i took office, but she was a guest on the -- report down through the years. so i believe -- and i'm not a political expert -- she will determine the vote. i think we will get a vote on usmca. >> this year even? >> i believe we will. this is just my view. and i think if we get a vote, we have an excellent chance of passing that vote. i want to put a plug in for usmca. we talked about china. usmca is a very good trade deal. here you have not only i think a better distribution with respect to domestic content of manufacturing, particularly automobiles, and some wage adjustments, very important, and some farming adjustments. we had some good breakthroughs on the dairy farm with our neighbors to the north. but also the new economy, which has gotten short shrift. this is so vital to entrepreneur ship, so vital, expansion

. >> you could see this, and the white houser: couldn't. >> tucker: he would have been there, sippingcco. so we talked about this, but it had your name all over it. the president vowed to wage waro on canada if they didn't stop dumping garbage into the philippines. we explained last night, if it is war, the philippines has our full support. >> i am shocked that he would send his garbage to the philippines. a struggling third world country needs more garbage? it seems so insensitive. i don't know. it seems like a form of s colonialism. garbage colonialism. >> i don't think it's a question of insensitivity. you know, tucker, our prime minister is very, very sensitive. >> tucker: then why is he sending those bottles to manila? it just seems likee white privilege to me. i'm just throwing that out there. >> tucker: so it looks like they have said their country is scrambling to bring that back. >> yeah.uc >> we have already indicated that we will take it back. this is an issue that both governments have to work on.at that's all i'm going to say at this point. we are working as quickly as we

and scott mull houser is a former deputy chief of staff to joe biden in the 2012 campaign. great to have you guys here. let us begin with my two pages. van, as i said to jeff, first word out of biden's mouth in the video is charlottesville. a singular focus, really, that comes out in this reintroduction video. you happy to see that? what do you make of it in. >> help is on the way. help is on the way. joe biden, we need him. the soul of the country is hurt. everywhere i go, people on both sides, i work with democrats and republicans. people are sick of the toxicity, the fatigue, a distrust. you know, you hit play on your phone or whatever, and there's uncle joe, grandpa joe biden talking in a way that i think americans want to hear. somebody has got to not just call out trump but call us up. he's not just calling out trump. he's calling us up. help is on the way. i'm on the left wing of our party, proud of it. he has a more moderate track record. we can get into the policy later. the person, the person in joe biden is a welcome entry into this race. >> it's interesting, ale

houser judiciary committee chairman jerry nadler appearing on "meet the press" yesterday. >> we may gete of this would be impeachable, yes. obstruction of justice, if proven, would be impeachable. >> president trump blasted the report on twitter sunday calling it a, quote, total hit job. meanwhile, the crowded democratic field running for president in 2020 getting bigger this morning. u.s. representative seth moulton from massachusetts launched his campaign this morning. >>> the trump administration is clamping down on buyers of iranian oil this morning. the u.s. is poised to tell five nations, including key american allies, they will no longer be exempt from u.s. sanctions if they continue to import oil from iran. those sanction waivers are not going to be renewed when they expire on may 2nd. the countries are japan, south korea, turkey, china and india. this morning's news triggered a 3% jump in crude oil prices. >>> more fallout over racism allegations against late singer kate smith. sunday the philadelphia flyers removed a statue of smith that sits outside the wells fargo center. th

new hampshire political reporter paul stein houser on this, the bus, mr. butti dea g, or mr.n the ground. maybe it has to be in iowa before you get to new hampshire if you're pete buttieg, he has been getting positive press. he raised a decent amount of money, what are you seeing on the ground? >> the latest proof there is something behind all of that media buzz we've been seeing from mayor pete. seen a couple articles on fox news from mayor pete. $7 million since january 23rd. first candidate, potential candidate to put out his numbers. you do that when you like what you have. obviously the campaign likes what they have, so they wanted to show the numbers immediately. 7 million will help mayor pete, connell. it will help him with campaign staff, making this campaign a little larger. he had about 20 staffers. they're in the process of doubling that. they moved into a new campaign headquarters in south bend, indiana. >> right. >> it will help with the idea who is mayor pete. up until a few weeks ago people would say who? connell: trying to figure out how to pronounce his name.

the housere goes to floor, it goes to the house rules committee. what will lead to aquatic leadership due to appease some of the members, those who -- what will democratic leadership due to a piece some of the members, those who voted against it? guest: there is the talk of allowing them to offer amendments, allowing progresses amendments, saying that this spending should be boosted and i understand from the progressive caucus that their cochair is working on some sort of amendment to offer. that might just also be a way to allow them to save face, to say, we tried we could not get it done. but the budget committee chairman says he is not wedded to the numbers in the deal. if they find a way to adjust them a little that will bring everyone in the democratic caucus on board, he's open to that. lis is the budget reporter for "the hill." is.o he is on twitter @nivell thank you for the preview. >> thank you for having me. from supremerks court justice clarence thomas at the pepperdine dinner. he discusses his future on the judiciary, and the selection