sixth generation farm kid from iowa here. this is a deficit 15 years in the making. this committee had already passed on a bipartisan basis on last year's farm safety net been implemented for a crop this year, any indication as whether it would have been better or worse as we head into the next year? >> so at least the data i've seen would have been slightly better for illinois corn farmers and soybean farmers. not to the magnitude that i think is needed. i really applaud the committee's efforts and members and what they did in the ad hoc program. that was probably twice the impact of what we would have seen. mr. weinzierl: because it was tied to planted acres, it really directly affected the cost that we're seeing in the high prices and addressing that issue. mr. nunn: could not agree with you more. while it would have been a step in the right direction, i applaud the members from both sides of the aisle on this committee, there's a lot of work that needs to be done for the future. thank you again for your service on this. your family's legacy directly impacted by o

>> reporter: lana zak, iowa city, iowa. >> john: it took a jury less than 90 minutes to find an illinoisilty of murder and hate crimes for a brutal 2023 stabbing attack on % palestinian american family that killed a 6-year-old boy. authorities say 73-year-old joseph czuba targeted the family because of their islamic faith and as a response to the war between israel and hamas. czuba faces life in prison. the gold medal for messing up medals goes to the french mint, which says more than 200 defective paris olympic medals will be replaced. athletes complained their medals became tarnished or chipped, sometimes within weeks of the games ending last summer. the replacement medals will be identical to the originals, but a protective varnish will be added for durability. and today microsoft announced it is shutting down skype, the online voice and video call pioneer that the tech titan acquired in 2011. skype has struggled in recent years to compete against new rivals like zoom and microsoft's own teams. founded in 2003, skype revolutionized internet communication by offering free voice calls b

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in iowa city. his talk there was at noontime, the des moines register reports that thousands of people turned up in iowa city. they started lining up at 7:30 a.m. for an event that wouldn't start until noon. the des moines register reports that lines to get in stretched multiple city blocks, and they had to set up a whole separate overflow event in iowa in february to go to a noontime meeting with bernie sanders. and this is not just a bernie sanders phenomenon. this, for example, was the no special occasion regular organizing meeting last night for the indivisible chapter in collingswood, new jersey. they again had guessed that there might be an unusually large amount of interest, given everything that's going on. so they booked a hall that could hold a huge number of people for just a regular organizing meeting. on a wednesday night, they booked a hall that could hold 450 people, but they filled that 450 seat room, and then another 200 people showed up and could not get in, and they decided they

. >> harris: protests in iowa after governor kim made iowa -- excuse me, governor kim reynolds made iowa the first state to declare sex, male or female from birth. the governor says it is a big step in protecting women. plus the president's big speech tomorrow night. last go around looked like this from democrats. >> i remember going through this in his first term. the insanity. they dressed in white. they wouldn't stand up for anything. >> nancy pelosi ripped up his state of the union speech behind him. >> harris: democrats are miles apart how to respond this time and add it to the laundry list of problems for the democrats. ari fleischer in "focus" next. ari fleischer in "focus" next. payment? at newday we're five times more likely to give those veteran families the cash they need. because you're more than just a credit score... you're an honored veteran. no one approves veterans like newday usa. call now: 1-844-980-2903. >> i am elmer heinrich. our company sells an incredible nutritional supplement called immuno 150. now it contains 70 minerals and 80 additional nutrients. i suggest y

el gobernador de iowa elimina una ley todas las protecciones relativas a la identidad de gÉnero.s de reclutamiento. veamos lo que hacen las autoridades para aliviar esta situaciÓn. reportera: mÁs reclutas como estos esta buscando la policÍa de nueva york tras un Éxodo de agentes. hay una crisis de contrataciÓn. reducirÁn el nÚmero de crÉditos universitarios para entrar al departamento de 60 a 24. >> en el 2023 perdÍ bohm a de 2000 solicitantes por no tener los crÉditos. reportera: la policÍa de nueva york es la mÁs grande. culpan en parte el movimiento anti policÍa. >> cuando yo me salÍ el apoyo a los policÍas estaba en decadencia. reportera: segÚn sus cifras, han bajado sus delitos. >> los policÍas ellos estÁn quemados de trabajar tantas horas. ellos estÁn combatiendo los crÍmenes. reportera: este departamento dice ser el Único en el paÍs que exigen estos crÉditos universitarios. >> mientra mÁs educado sea, tendrÁ un departamento mÁs educacional. reportera: estas personas deberÁn cumplir con los requisitos del trabajo. fÉlix: el exgobernador en andrew cuomo aparece para poderse

but iowa is not alone.wmakers in at least nine states have instructed measures, or rather, introduced measures instructing the government to chip away at some of the rights of same sex couples right to marry. more than half of them, including the one in michigan, urge the supreme court to overturn the obergefell v hodges decision, the one passed in 201, that granted same sex couples nationwide the right to marry. the michigan resolution was introduced by state representative josh schreiber. it argues that the obergefell ruling is, quote, at odds with the sanctity of marriage. the michigan constitution and principles upon which this country was established. similar measures have now been introduced in montana, idaho, and the dakotas. the ones in idaho and north dakota already passed state houses that are dominated by republicans. and of course, this is not at all surprising. justice clarence thomas argued in 2022, after all, that the court should reconsider the same sex marriage ruling. and with that foundat

chair gimenez: i recognize the gentleman from iowa, mr. nunn. mr. nunn: i wanted to thank you, chairman. by starting off on such an important topic today and allowing me to join your subcommittee. as we know the c.c.p.'s global ambitions are not limited by hemispheric geopolitical boundaries, they are masters of anti-access area denial across all the mains, including that in space. and is have served being a threat across not just the pacific but around the world. i was a 20-year intelligence officer including on airborne operations. i flew on reconnaissance missions and i witnessed firsthand how beijing operates. the p.r.c.'s investments are more than just about economics. they are tools for power projection, influence the strategic positioning. right now in argentina the chinese are developing a deep space station. the c.o.s. deep water port in peru, and increased arms and weapons sales across china and south and central america. these are only a handful of the projects they have undertaken that's been highlighted today. latin america specifically

levine: it was right before the iowa caucuses. he was running right with obama and hillary clinton.wow, if this story is true, the rug would really be pulled out from under him. in march 2007, a few months after barry started looking into the affair rumors, the edwardses received devastating news. elizabeth's breast cancer, which had been in remission since 2004, was back, and this time, the doctor said it was not curable. the candidate says he'll be there for his wife anytime, anyplace despite the presidential campaign. yet, john edwards says that campaign will continue. ♪ elizabeth was sick, and elizabeth had found out about me at the same time. you know, she called the-- the--the cellphone that we had together. there was only one number on the cellphone, and it was mine, and she called it, and i answered the phone, and she hung up. he ended up confessing to her that he had had an affair with her, but it was over, and he was never gonna do it again, so and she believed-- she actually believed that. at this point, editors and executive producers in the mainstream press seemed to ha

. >>> iowa governor kim reynolds signed a bill into law that removes transtrender next -- transgenderom the state's civil rights code. this comes one day after a big protest broke out inside of iowa's capitol over the legislation. >> >> i'm signing into law a bill that safeguards the rights of women and girls. it's common sense to acknowledge the obvious biological differences between men and women. in fact, it's necessary to secure genuine, equal protection for women and girls. rachel: hard to believe we need a law for that, but this law goes into effect on july 1st and, guys, those are your headlines. charlie: so biology is real. rachel: it's real. yes. it's immutable, you can't change it, you can't opt in, you can't wish for it to be someone else that you're not -- charlie: we can't all be madonna. [laughter] rachel: you can try. [laughter] a lot of people are trying. charlie: all right. let's check in with adam klotz live at daytona international speedway for the start of the 84th annual daytona bike week. adam. adam: hey, good morning, guys. yeah, the 84thth annual daytona bike w

wallace was a brilliant farmer, scientist and journalist, iowa. he was a leading proponent of allotment. the plan for propping up prices that was adopted during the hundred days and the agricultural adjustment act. major, major law was his doing. number four, harry hopkins. sorry. number five. harry hopkins was the last to join the administration. he started actually on day 79 of 100 days. another iowan had moved from iowa to new york's lower east side after college to work with immigrant immigrant poor. he was one of the nation's most prominent social workers. and after perkins got, fdr, to adopt a relief program which, hopkins had largely designed, roosevelt appointed hopkins to run it. hopkins the money flowing right away. in his first 2 hours, he said $5 million to eight states that were on the brink of shutting down their own relief programs. and hopkins responded to critics of his program forcefully when a said glibly that there was no need to. spend a lot of money to spend a lot of relief because things would work out for the unemployed the

and where with this university of iowa, iowa city. and she said, we're to do this because when a woman has been raped, they examined at the police station by the and that was of horrified me but years later i am a nurse and i've been the other side of the coin and i i understand the box but the procedure was collecting blood, collecting samples, fingernails all sorts of stuff. it took a good 2 to 3 hours and then the other nurses had to pick up nurses, patients. and it it was difficult. so they developed a forensic nurse that would be on call, could come in, do the whole procedure. we collected blood for the hospital she took tubes of blood for the whatever. but the kit was in the hospital and it was a chain of custody issue. it had to be labeled locked in a refrigerator. the police are called. they come and it up. they have to sign. we have to sign. and then where it goes, i. i never knew. and then i heard it was stuck in warehouses what the hell. i missed out on that. so when that's fascinating. did you what era were you actually do

wallace was a brilliant farmer, scientist and journalist, iowa. he was a leading proponent of allotment. the plan for propping up prices that was adopted during the hundred days and the agricultural adjustment act. major, major law was his doing. number four, harry hopkins. sorry. number five. harry hopkins was the last to join the administration. he started actually on day 79 of 100 days. another iowan had moved from iowa to new york's lower east side after college to work with immigrant immigrant poor. he was one of the nation's most prominent social workers. and after perkins got, fdr, to adopt a relief program which, hopkins had largely designed, roosevelt appointed hopkins to run it. hopkins the money flowing right away. in his first 2 hours, he said $5 million to eight states that were on the brink of shutting down their own relief programs. and hopkins responded to critics of his program forcefully when a said glibly that there was no need to. spend a lot of money to spend a lot of relief because things would work out for the unemployed the

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standard, for the rest of the country not just for school choice where statements like arizona and iowaut now also taking aim at lifting up the quality of curriculum and excellence in our public schools, get the cell phones out of the classroom, so much more we're going to be able to do. i'm excited, maria. maria: vivek, you also a started doge with elon musk. what is your reaction to all of this criticism from the democrats who are attacking elon as well as the doge idea in general? >> look, the criticism is unsurprising and is, it is also unfounded. the reality of the matter is the people we elect to run the government should make the laws, not the unelected bureaucrats who have been wielding far too much power in our bureaucracy. president trump is now actually the first president in a very long time who is running the executive branch of government with a mandate that the people of this country gave him. maria: yeah. >> i want to be clear about this, maria a, the mandate the people gave president trump wasn't for incremental change, it was for foundational change to revive the ameri

zawadi iowa serves as a reminder and metaphor of the rich tapestry and diverse marine ecosystem within mission creek in the larger san francisco bay. the imagery highlights a selection of current marine life symbolizing the interdependence of animals and plants which adapt and embrace biodiversity as an essential component for a stronger, more resilient life. so here is the current proposed final design seeking approval today the closer look at that the design was refined based on commissioner panel client and community feedback. the colors in this final version for example have softer softened to better sit with the surrounding architectural material palette which is somewhat earthy with soft yellows, reds and the sage like green metal panel which you can see surrounding the artwork immediately following the the approval of her proposal the artist reconnected with community members and discussed at length the mission creek ecosystem which helped to inform revisions to the plant and animals represented. the final characters include the california halibut, the brown pelican, great blue

we have to go the full distance of arizona and iowa. private schools and charter schools are a viable option and even homeschooling is a viable option for every parent who desires that for their kid. so no kid is trapped in the zip code where they are born so there parent can send them to the best possible school they can. we will accomplish that. that's a conservative solution that many red state governors agree with across the country. what i want to talk about tonight is leading our state to also fix our public schools so they are able to compete with the best of the alternatives. this isn't just about throwing more money at the problem. it's about delivering actual solutions. we have to make sure our kids are safe in the schools they attend. that's why is your next governor, i will ensure that our dedicated base of police officers is used such that one of them is in at least every one of our schools in the state with the proper training needed to do their jobs well while they are there. we have to make sure that our kids show up to

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told me he laid off 21 people and four or five of them were working in the ames laboratory in ames iowa a on avian flu. they're the ones doing all the assessments and looking at the different strains . that is real time had some potential to be a real pandemic. something we f stopped all our work on it. that stuff is frustrating at every level is critical things like avian flu, safety when we laid off those people in charge of our program, that's a problem. >> when you look at the way shifting over more to the hill activity now, the republicans are engaged in their budget priorities now and they will be moving on to reconciliation. we will see what the day brings. this is a real landmark achievement for democrats. the inflation reduction act and elements of the bipartisan infrastructure bill. what can democrats do to influence or to hold back on republican efforts to undermine that? >> i think to a certain extent as we get more transparency and make people across the country understanding what gnthose mean to them it is a little-known fact or it's known but it's not widely recognized th

this rule, it applied in d.c., it applied to some states in the midwest, ohio, iowa, minnesota. but in the vast majority of the country, this wasn't the rule. this isn't the rule in california. this isn't the rule in georgia. this isn't the rule in most of america. um, and so moving forward, it probably won't make that big of a difference. >> professor smith, thanks for coming in. >> absolutely. >> thank you. all right. president trump may be adding another name to his long list of pardons. coming up, why trump says he's pushing to get the late pete rose into the hall of fame, despite rose being banned from baseball for gambling. also, a few americans say they feel a connection to organized religion. what a new survey says about faith and its role in american life. >> tell us. >> about accepting bribes. the stuff he did that was completely legal destroys democracy. i'm still not sure that you're repentant. >> i have nothing. >> to hide. >> if he. >> hadn't been such a, he would have gotten away with it. >> they would abuse. >> her on television. >> it was this. >> unholy combina

zelensky abruptly left the white house without signing the anticipated rare earth minerals deal in iowao remove civil rights protections for gender identity. the law exposes trans and non-binary people to being discriminated against by employers. businesses or landlords. it would also define gender as based on a person's anatomy upon birth. for person's anatomy upon birth. for now, back to dateline. thank you so much for standing by me. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): after more than a year in jail, katie phipps was suddenly back in the arms of family and friends. she was free, no longer accused of murdering robin spielbauer. not everyone in amarillo was sharing in the love, including robin's parents, jackie and steve bledsoe. when we got the call, it was like, what? you're releasing her why? what was your reaction? disbelief at first. and anger? quite a bit. i mean, you understand that it fits intellectually, but there's a father in there who's watching the woman accused of killing his daughter being led out of the lockup. she was angry. i'm guessing you were pretty angry. i wasn't happy

and the second piece of information is that both him and r-iowa tested negative for carbon monoxide poisoning. one of the concerns that authorities were looking for. this is also on top of that. they had they told us yesterday neither of them had signs of external trauma to their bodies, and that this point, fred, foul play is not suspected. but the sheriff did say that they're not ruling it out completely. we did have access to a search warrant yesterday with lots of information, including some theories that the deputies that responded to the call had as they made their way through their house, they found both gene hackman and his wife in separate rooms of the house of. one of the theories is that they could have fallen at different times in these different rooms. they also collected different kinds of medication from the house, according to the warrant. that's two different kinds of prescriptions. one of them for high blood pressure, one of them for heart condition as well as tylenol. one of the things that the deputies are saying here, fred, is that usually you construct the scene from the

. >> iowa is now the first state to remove gender identity protections from its civil rights code. the governor signed the law yesterday, defining male and female based on birth, anatomy and rejecting gender transition. supporters say it protects single sex spaces. but critics warn it could lead to discrimination. the law becomes effective july 1st. today, interstate 40 between tennessee and north carolina will reopen five months after hurricane helene shut it down. for now, it will be one lane traffic with both ways. speed limit 35mph. permanent repairs are expected to be completed in 2 to 3 years. microsoft is pulling the plug on skype. the former giant of internet calls and video chats, the company says that users can switch to microsoft teams for free on any supported device using their skype login. microsoft bought skype for $8.5 billion that was in 2011, but has struggled to keep up with competitors like zoom and facetime and whatsapp. the platform will go offline may 5th. we're learning more about the deaths of oscar winning actor gene hackman and his wife. now, police have

host: tony in iowa.ooking at the polling again of trust in local news, it is showing that a share of americans prefer to get their local news online as opposed to those getting it from tv or print. newspapers are no longer primarily consumed as a print product. the majority of readers of local daily newspapers now access them digitally. a share of u.s. adults say they are paying close attention to local news having drops in their last major survey. that is mirroring a decline and attention to national news. let's hear from alan in minnesota, line for democrats. caller: good morning. just a couple points. a lot of the experience porters are retired, and right now we have an experienced journalist reporting news. but the big problem that i see is social media because they can say what they want, conspiracy theories, disinformation. you had callers today that if you don't play what they want to hear, they get mad at you, and i feel bad for most people. that's all it got to say. host: and our last call is ca

host: tony in iowa.king at the polling again of trust in local news, it is showing that a share of americans prefer to get their local news online as opposed to those getting it from tv or print. newspapers are no longer primarily consumed as a print product. the majority of readers of local daily newspapers now access them digitally. a share of u.s. adults say they are paying close attention to local news having drops in their last major survey. that is mirroring a decline and attention to national news. let's hear from alan in minnesota, line for democrats. caller: good morning. just a couple points. a lot of the experience porters are retired, and right now we have an experienced journalist reporting news. but the big problem that i see is social media because they can say what they want, conspiracy theories, disinformation. you had callers today that if you don't play what they want to hear, they get mad at you, and i feel bad for most people. that's all it got to say. host: and our last call is cal

the spartans will play iowa this thursday before wrapping up the regular season and a potential conference sunday. and time now for the weather. for that, we go to meteorologist michelle grossman with the forecast. michelle. happy monday. what do you got for us? >> happy monday. hi there ali. >> great to see you. well we are looking really busy this week weather wise. we're looking at a large. storm in the west. >> it's going to advance. >> to the east over the next several days, bringing all sorts. >> of impacts. >> heavy rain, severe weather, blizzard like. conditions in. >> some spots. >> so snow. >> falling today in the. >> rockies and northern plains. we could see 5 to 10in of. snow locally. >> even 18in. >> of snow. >> we'll see some. >> storms developing. >> in the southern plains. >> they could be strong. >> at. >> times tonight into. >> the overnight hours. winds gusting up to. >> 65mph could see a few tornadoes. >> as well. >> winds really gusting in the southwest to the south central states. that's going to increase the fire risk. >> because we're going. >> to see winds gusting.

you can hear all these big spenders squealing all the way from iowa, and every taxpayer should have the ability to look and find the same waste doge is exposing, there are nearly 50 federal agencies right now that are not reporting their spending on usa spending. goes, accounting for more than $5 billion each year. so congress bishop, every american can be one of our doge deputies out across the united states, but they actually need omb's help to do that. will you require all agencies provide timely, accurate and complete reporting of their spending? mr. bishop: i can tell you with the scope of usa spending any items that are not on there, it is something that i learned a great deal about. it is a very significant issue to me. i will be paying very close attention to it, should any confirmed. sen. ernst: my time is expired but i think he got a lot of issues here and i look forward to working with both of you on this issue. thank you. >> senator slotkin. senator slotkin: thanks for being here. we were neighbors for a short time in longworth when we were both numbers of congress. separate

bargain something that donald trump said in 2016 at taught universe city, an evangelical college in iowa is. christianity will have power. if i'm you're going to have plenty of power. you don't need anybody else. remember that? he says that again. and he says it in 2024. if i get in, you're going to be using that power at a level that you have never used before. now there is nothing new about christian is engaging in politics and being interested in power. that's a very old thing. but this is a next level phenomenon of an alignment with a particular political party and an onboarding of politics to an extent that we had not seen before. you go back to that. so this has some notable effects on the way christians see the world. before we get to this little bit of tape, i just want to remind you something. i know there's at least pastor in the room, so you'll be ahead of on this in the gospel well, as some of you recall, after he's baptized before he begins his ministry, jesus goes into the wilderness for 40 days and there he encounters satan who takes him to the highest and shows him all of

before that i ran the iowa caucuses for the president and got everyone through there and before then, do these background checks and kind of, you know, we fill out everything and anything. when i cut my nails the last time and turned out, 16 places in the last 10 years. and so, we've been everywhere. so i'm from st. louis originally. [cheers] >> there's our missouri folks. and so i went to ole miss and kind of cut my teeth, campaigns across the country and so, that's a little bit, you know, not the political side of things, but the campaign way of life is how we're bringing here at iga office, so, 95% of our office is campaign structure because we come in and we get the job done. we work, we come in early and we don't leave until everything is done and because we really, we have four years to make sure that we get everything done and obviously, help make sure that everyone here in this room gets all-- any issue that you have, anything we can do from the federal or from the white house side of things, making sure we'll get things done. >> absolutely, thank you. and on that, on what iga

hospitals in central pennsylvania, hospitals in alabama, universities in alabama, universities in iowa i just wonder how willing they are to gut hospitals from upstate new york to nevada. >> right? and look, everywhere i go, i actually hear, i. >> think in. >> our bubble, we all feel a lot of sense of. >> frustration and rage at musk. >> i'm not sure people feel that way so much across the country yet. i hear a lot of folks say, you know, look, he's i don't like his methods, but at. least he's finding corruption in ways like they've been. >> very effective at. >> trying to. persuade people that they're actually doing a good service. but i agree with you that most americans have felt so disconnected from government. this thing that elon musk is doing far away doesn't touch their lives. but as soon as it starts to get personal and starts to be in their backyard, i do think that starts to change things. and you're seeing that, you know, with folks, you know, who've lost their state government jobs or who aren't getting access to services. so in a sense. >> you know. >> congress, congress

the artwork in the museum, the 20th century, those are artists donating it that are that museum in iowaas, probably the greatest collection of art. it's it's you know, you think why there of any place potentially in the world on its own but really digging into the history that and that if their forms of collaboration and we want haitian artwork be out there in the world like french artwork can be found in the new york public library but we need to make sure is it ethical we need to ask the questions about provenance that i think you're really getting at which is how they got there, because that's an important question to determine whether or not if there ever is a project. the project of repatriation would be one way to move forward. you mentioned religious and when it came to greece, often anglicanism. what i was wondering what how strong like the role that religion played not only in that instance but also like the civil war and the differences between like pentagon and christoph and like did religion influence the war in that way but then also like to sort of, you know, all these dif

congressman fenstra's iowa district has the 3rd most farmers, but what is being done to protect farmers? are we not concerned about the massive retaliation against our farmers that a trade war brings? it always impacts agriculture. are my colleagues, my republican colleagues in particular, are going to allow president trump to raise taxes on the american people without a say? that should be the job of this committee. the constitution is very clear about this. congress, not the president, has the power to impose taxes and tariffs and to regulate foreign commerce. that is one of the basic functions of the ways and means committee. and my republican colleagues used to agree with this back when there was a democrat in the white house in 2023, chairman jason smith said that president biden's trade initiatives sidestepped congress and that the biden administration, quote, unfortunately has refused to recognize that the constitution requires congress be at the center of us trade policy, end quote. he further stated. in order to succeed, the administration must recognize that congress is in the