senator john hoeven. thank you very much for being here. >> you bet. melissa: got to get this stuff done. david: absolutely. that is what a manager in business and leader in congress is supposed to do, get the job done. melissa: yeah. people at home just can't stand hearing about it any longer without seeing progress. >>> bribery and fraud at some of the nation's top college basketball programs. federal prosecutors announcing charges in number of schemes that included coaches, financial planners and an executive at adidas. david: this is heart-breaking. otto warmbier's parents speaking out for the first time detailing the brutal torture their son went through at a north korean prison. gordon chang said it was crucial to add north korea to the travel ban list. he will tell us why. melissa: the situation growing more dire in puerto rico. the president's making the island's roofry a top priority. fox news's geraldo rivera is on the ground in san juan. he will join us next. >> we right now have our top people from fema and they have been there. we are unlo

the buildings damaged or destroyed all the residents have been moved to the neighboring on and john hoeven reports from babita. roger has arrived back home the smooth caribbean island of devastated by hurricane needham a he's heading to his house to find out if it survived there's nothing. there's nothing you know that i know. god. is like. with a population of one thousand six hundred everyone seems to know each other here it makes the scars of destruction we see as we pass even more painful for roger you know it's kind of hard to see all this is my friends host so. i didn't really think about. this thing that make me feel like. holmes shit open like those houses inside the remnants of lives interrupted a stopped will to look watch clothes and toys tossed around dishes still waiting to be put away there's no knowing when those lies will be resumed everyone's been evacuated to nearby antigua until further notice there's worries about these eases from the stagnant flood water. roads is only allowed to visit at school because he works on the ferry between the two islands right now the only p

senator john hoeven tweeted this, by the way, the night that you won -- "congratulations to our formerern and miss america on being crowned miss america. you make north dakota proud!" you make america proud here, too, cara, but i want to read a couple more things. brown university is where you trained, then went to the radio city rockettes. you founded north dakota's make-a-wish fashion show at the age of 14. all these things go on and on and on. you want to run for governor? and why? >> yes. i think i just proved, you know, it doesn't matter how many people along the way tell you that you can't accomplish something. the only one who can really define your limitations is yourself, and i've already kind of broke these boundaries. i did become the first miss america from north dakota, so why can't i become the first female governor of the state as well? >> might you go into federal politics? one of the statistics that has been put up against your move into politics is that, for instance, congress has only 20% of women represented in that body. would you think of running for a national of

senator john hoeven of north dakota says his state is bringing sweet corn for hurricane harvey relief. the associated press reporting a senior administration official votes in thet next will likely happen week. at 3:00te will gavel in eastern. senators will continue a judicial nomination for the district of columbia. you can watch the senate live on c-span2. announcer: next, a conversation on brexit and the u.s.-u.k. relationship with david davis, british secretary of state for exiting the european union. this is a little less than an hour. >>

let's ask north dakota republican senator john hoeven. senator, very good to have you.have a crazy schedule today. what do you make of that? could you support a tax measure that wouldn't include the wealthy, in other words, wouldn't be across the board? >> neil, i think it would be focused on middle class and wage earners. the reality i think it will be across the board, we want to make it pro-growth. we want the economy to create more jobs, look at subs corps, small businesses in this country, we're talking about lowering rates to create more jobs an opportunity. that drivers wages up. that helps wage earner along with the tax cut we're trying to do. i think you will see it will be across the board. neil: you cited them, because they pay whatever the prevailing rates are, not the corporate rate, but a lot of small businesses s-corps and marginal rates. >> you have your c-corps, your s-corps you bring the business rates down, if you have a big disparity between that and top rate that creates a problem as far as difference between big business which are typically c-corps

provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable john hoeven , a senator from the state of north dakota, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: orrin g.hatch, president pro tempore. mr. mcconnell: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: today senators will keep working to pass the national defense authorization act, the legislation that authorizes the resources, capabilities, pay and benefits that our service members rely on to be successful. the operational missions and tasks ahead for our men and women in uniform are as profuse as they are challenging. that's why it's essential that we meet our commitment to them by providing the equipment and the training they need to accomplish their missions. we should always remember that we have an all-volunteer force and in turn we must support our warriors with the pay and benefits they and their families count on at home. this national defense authorization touches on every one of these issues. we've already made an initial down payment toward rebuilding the mili

we bring in senator john hoeven who traveled with the presidenten on his latest trip -- president onax cuts. senator, appreciate you being here. thank you. >> you bet, leland. leland: as you talked to the president, give us a sense of how committed he is to major tax reform versus simply getting something done as it relates to taxes because there is a big difference. >> well, for example, when i was visiting with him last week, we had a lot of time together, he talks about tax cuts. so he wants tax reform as well, but he really wants to simplify the tax code and make it pro-growth. leland: do you feel as though he has specifics yet, or are these general themes? because it would be hard to have anybody disagree with what you just said, tax reform and tax cuts, the devil's in the details. does he have specifics or these broad themes? >> he's really laid out principles, as you know. simplify the tax code, reduce the rates, make sure we bring back that foreign investment call repatriation. that's pro-growth, that's job-creating. eliminate the estate tax, focus on workers in the middle cl