john mccain, on behalf of john mccain. what are we looking at? sen. mccain: i never understood that. in the middle 1970's when that was built. i'm not sure exactly why. course, there are a few mistakes. i was in the navy and they called me a major and i was a lieutenant commander. whathey erected it and significance it has to them i never really quite figured out. i complained a couple of times when i heard the grass was overgrown and there might have been some bird droppings around it. they thought i was serious. i don't complain anymore. lake. down right in that as he mentioned, the thermal power plant we were bombing and i was hit over the target. , i landedjecteejected right on that lake and that is why they put it up there. and theyly injured swam out and pulled me in. i can tell you the natives were less than friendly on my arrival, and understandingly so. we just finished bombing their city. i don't hold any grudges against them because of that. sometime in the 1970's, they built that particular the boreal memorial and- frankly i am glad they haven't. i went it. i went back on the 10th anniversary

been at least six apparent accidents involving the navy in 2017.that includes when the u-s-s john s. mccain u-s-s fitzgerald each collided with commercial ships.fleet commander joe aucoin awe-coin was among the eight senior leaders relieved of duty due to these incidents.but despite these issues, the pentagon says its resources in the region are ready for possible threat.especially from north korea.col. steve warren, ret./military analyst"any military force can always improve their readiness but let there be no mistake, the american navy is the most ready, the most capable, the most lethal navy on planet earth today."i'm john lorinc reporting. (will) the longest serving congressman from texas is apologizing after nude image of him surfaced online.. republican representative joe barton apologized for letting his constituents down and not using "better judgment." the photo was posted anonymously on twitter. in a public statement-- barton indicated the image stemmed from an extramarital affair before his divorce. ( will ) law enforcement in the bay area is warning people to be on guard for pac

in august ten sailors died when the destroyer "john s. mccain" collided. collisions were the result of crew and navigational errors. >>> "michigan live" says some of the teenagers who were charged with throwing a rock will seek competency hearings. five teenagers have been charged as adults with second-degree murder. >>> the ""hartford 18-year-old brianna breaux shoe posted an instagram that she tampered with her roommate's property. she admitted to licking her utensils and smeerg bodily fl d fluids on her backpack. >> police requested the charges of intimidation including bigotry or bias be added to the case. >>> still ahead, sunday shipping. the post office expands next day shipping for that holiday season. >> announcer: this portion of the "cbs morning news" by sea-bond. stronger hold all day. psoriatic arthritis tries to get in my way? ♪ watch me. ♪ i've tried lots of things for my joint pain. now? watch me. ♪ think i'd give up showing these guys how it's done? please. real people with active psoriatic arthritis are changing the way they fight it... th

report by the navy that both of the collisions were preventable. 17 sailors died on fitzgerald and john s. mccain. they blamed the fitzgerald on numerous failures by the crew and the mccain on complacency. new oversight command will have to s pacific fleet before a ship can leave port now. michelle: tonight hundreds of people are waiting for word on the fate of their memories. thieves broke in the public storage facility off i-270 in frederick, maryland, over the weekend. some 250 lockers were compromised. not all of the renters whose lockers were hit have been notified and interviewed yet. we spoke with some who are anxiously waiting for news. >> it's all i had left of my dad. you know, now i'm like really worried. there was a lot of stuff of value in there. upsets me. michelle: many renters haven't been allowed in the lockers to take inventory. they believe the thieves struck friday night or early saturday morning. jonathan: caught on video, a former elementary school principal and the town mayor catches a teenager he says breaking into his truck and he teaches them a lesson waiting for police.

in august ten sailors died when the destroyer "john s. mccain" collided. navy report says the collisions were the result of crew and navigational errors. >>> "michigan live" says some of the teenagers charged in the fatal rock-throwing incident will receive competency evaluations. a 32-year-old passenger was killed last month when a six-pound rock was thrown from an overpass crashing into the vehicle. five teenagers have been charged as adults with second-degree murder. >>> the "hartford courant," reports a former student is charged with a hate crime involving her roommate. 18-year-old brianna brochu posted an instagram that she tampered with her roommate's property. she admitted to licking her utensils and smearing bodily fluids on her backpack. she's been charged with criminal mischi mischief. the roommate says she did a lot more. >> she got me out of the room after spitting for a month in my coconut oil, putting my toothbrush in places where the sun doesn't shine, putting clam dip in my lotion. >> police requested the charges of intimidation including b

a total of 17 sailors were killed in the crashes involving the uss fitzgerald and the uss john s. mccain. the report blamed inadequate safety plans and a loss of situational awareness. you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonight's program, just 100 days to go before the start of the winter olympics in south korea, but could tensions with the north put a damper on the games? a russian political talk host has announced her intention to challenge vladimir putin for the presidency in a huge selection. she said she will give a voice to all of those who are tired of the current president's 18-year-old rule. reporter: she conquered the world of russian show business before even turning 30. the celebrity and political talkshow host is going after the highest job in the country. she went on youtube to say she would run for president in the elections next spring, not to win over she says, but to unite those who are tired of the vladimir putin's political system. >> i want to be this option to make people come to say you are not ruling the country, people don't want you to b

awareness and high traffic density, failure to follow the international rules of the road and for john s mccain, insufficient knowledge and proficiency of ships. system. we are a navy that learns from our mistakes. us fleet forces commander admiral phil davidson recently concluded a conference of review which was informed further by other mishaps going back ten years. conference of review team was made up of 34 personal backgrounds range from specialists in navigation to officers and millions with extensive experience and leadership underway operations from institutional training, equipment and systems research, development, acquisition. it also included million experts and military from other war communities and services. multiple members also had substantial experience in conducting investigations and audit several distinguished individuals, four-star retired general and flag officers from the army and marine corps, naval aviator and naval submariner as well as the president of the maryland harbor pilot association and an academic from mit were on the team to advise admiral davis. the confere

that includes the john s. mccain and the fitzgerald, the two involved in the collisions.he navy is sending another ship out. in the spring, they will send another one. we will be back up to the number we had before and that's a good thing. meanwhile, we have the five remaining bmd capable ships. we also have the thaad missile defense system. i am confident we can meet our obligations. i have testified before congress that i do not have the number i need. >> bret: you also testified to congress about the fact that the u.s. doesn't have the right kind of intermediate missiles and that's because of a treaty we have signed on with russia. no one else has signed on. can you briefly explain it and how it factors in? >> you are referring to the intermediate nuclear force treaty which was signed in 1988. the height of the cold war. i think anything that is 30 years old, including yours truly, or at least 30 years old, should be reassessed from time to time. i have advocated that we should look at the efficacy of the inf treaty. that said, as the army reported to congress just thi

the first uss fitzgerald and the second two months later when the uss john s. mccainil tanker and they found that watch teams failed to carry out basic safety procedures. >>> and back in our area a frightening scene along i-95 when the school bus went off the roadway and into the wood. it happened near route 420 and we don't know if students were on board at the time and investigators are at the scene trying to determine what happened. a man seen lurking outside of this home in wilmington, delaware is in police custody. larry kendall howell turned himself in after seeing himself on the video here on "action news." the woman was checking out her newly installed surveillance camera when she saw howell appearing into her window and he looked into her window last friday night too and then again on monday. she reported it all to police and gave us the video. police have charged howell with trespassing with intent to peep. >>> the state of new jersey announced strict new rules aimed at setting limits on a dangerous chemical found in drinking water. bob martin announced the

over the summer, to collisions involving destroyers uss fitzgerald and uss john s. mccain. the navy grounded its entire fleet of jets following a fox news report saying that pilots refused to fly, citing poison in the oxygen system. there was another mishap last weekend in japan when the u.s. destroyer bumped into a japanese tugboat after his lost propulsion causing damage. nobody was hurt. >> bret: lucas tomlinson at the pentagon. thank you. president trump is spending the holiday weekend at his florida resort. today's agenda included some golf and some pretty pointed commentary on twitter. including some sports commentary. correspondent phil keating is in west palm beach tonight. >> welcomed by supporters and holiday well-wishers last night, president trump and family arrived at west palm beach for the long thanksgiving weekend that the white house press office says will be more governing, less golfing. before sunrise, the president began tweeting from his mar-a-lago resort. i getting right back into his back and forth with the father of one of the three ucla basketball p

in june when the uss fitzgerald collided off the coast of japan in 10 sailors died in the uss john s. mccainn oil tanker collided off the coast of singapore. the two top officers were fired and led to the firing of fleet commander. eric: will keep them in our prayers. arthel: is the season of giving and already hearing stories of great generosity. why this man decided to donate $1 million to her veteran. -- our veterans. omach acid at t. ♪ tum -tum -tum -tum smoothies! only from tums looking for a hotel that fits... whoooo. ...your budget? tripadvisor now searches over... ...200 sites to find you the... ...hotel you want at the lowest price. grazi, gino! find a price that fits. tripadvisor. arthel: that does it for us. back at 4:00 p.m. eastern eric: is 06:00 p.m. eastern. >> democratic congressman john conyers is stepping down as ranking member of the house judiciary committee will congress investigate sexual-harassment claims against him. >> president trump calling on voters in alabama to vote against e. schumer pelosi puppet. is this endorsement and everything enough for the embattled wor

john s. mccain" and "u.s.s. fitzgerald" each colliding with commercial ships, a total of five ship accidents, the fleet commander relieved of duty, three of the crashes were deemed preventable, a result of widespread failures and mistakes. together incidents serious enough the chief of naval operations ordered a worldwide review of ships and staffing. but the pentagon insists its ships and aircraft in the region are ready to go in the face of an always dangerous north korean threat. >> the north koreans would be ill advised to try us immediately following some sort of incident like this. any military force can always improve their readiness, but let there be no mistake, the american navy is the most capable and lethal navy on planet earth. >> reporter: the pentagon insists the navy is ready to face any threats out there, but there is a lot of concern this is a force stretched thin. >> congressman, you're on the armed services committee, have you learned in the investigation so far, what's behind the series of de

john s mccain and u.s.s. fitzgerald each collided with commercial ships.leet commander joe ocoin was among eight senior leaders released due to these incidents but despite these issues the pentagon says its resources in the region are ready for a possible threat especially from north cover re >>> any military force can always em prove their read iness but let there be no mistake american navy is most ready, most capable, most lethal navy, on the planet earth today. >> john lawrence for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> remember the scene in oregon a few weeks ago eagle creek fire destroyed a community and people living there are feeling full spirit of the season. residents and business owners affected by wild fire have not been forgot then thanksgiving. local charity teamed up with volunteer pilots to fly, and including turkies an inside. the community there say they could not be more thankful. >> it warms your heart, the consideration, the love, the gifts. >> what started this whole thing, it is not trying to panic, it is time to come together. >> each box con

you look at the training that clearly came out and was in a shortfall with the collisions on john s. mccainnd the uss fitzgerald, 17 sailors died because the navy had not invested in training for literally years. and now with these aircraft, it's a twin engine turbo prop. this kind of aircraft should have had -- if there was an engine failure, the other engine should have been able to operate to get to the carrier to land safely. the fact that both engines quit could be indicative that there was a larger problem. i hope they can find the aircraft recovered so we can get to the root cause of why this airplane went down and the eight survivors are going to be critical in their interviews as the investigation moves forward. >> kirk, one of the reasons i was so anxious to get you on this morning is to deal with the pushback. the pushback is we are making a lot of the exception, not the rule. that eveni though this past yea has been an atypically accident-riddled year, overall flights like this one are routine and they go 90% of the time without any incident. the navy's record is stellar and we

beginning in june, there were two deadly collisions involving the destroyer uss fitzgerald and uss john s. mccain, killing 17 sailors in those two collisions, which the navy called preventible. over the weekend there was another mishap for the japan based fleet. a u.s. destroyer collided with a japanese tugboat after that tugboat lost propulsion. there was minor damage to both ships. >> dana: thank you, lucas. check in with you next week. roy moore's communications director has resigned according to a report in the washingtonian. this came a day after moore got a boost from president trump. moore insisting he did nothing wrong, as his campaign takes aim at two of his accusers. jonathan? >> reporter: hi, dana. fox news reached out to the moore campaign which has yet to confirm or deny this report in the washingtonian, the communications director john rogers has resigned from the moore campaign. meanwhile, the campaign said that it continues to gather witness testimony and other evidence debunking the claims of his accusers, including lee corfman who alleged moore inappropriately touched her when s

crash killed 17 sailors on board the uss fitzgerald and uss john s. mccain.another mishap in the 7th fleet near japan when a u.s. destroyer hate japanese tug boat causing minor damage to both vessels when that japanese tug lost power. thankfully, nobody was hurt. melissa? >> melissa: all right. thank you for that report. here now with more is lieutenant colonel tony share of the cia trained intel operative and senior fellow at the london center for policy research. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having movement. >> melissa: the notes in there and numbers are staggering, up 38%. you say those are no small matters. >> these are not small. we have to considerate fact there are two sprek tores at play here. first the vector of malaise. we have had systematic malaise over the past 8 years. the military has been at war and everything has not been replenished. i think some of this is just gear wearing out. this aircraft may have lost an engine. we don't know yet. the other thing is essential a neurosis that i would say is a lack of leadership. the navy did an

sailors killed in two collisions, the "uss john s. mccain" and "uss fitzgerald" colliding with commercial ships. a total of five ship accidents throughout the year. the fleet commander relieved of duty along with eight others. three of the crashes were deemed preventible by the navy, a result of widespread failures and mistakes. together, the incidents serious enough the chief of naval operations ordered a worldwide review of ships and staffing. but the pentagon insists its ships and aircraft in the region are ready to go in the face of an always dangerous north korean threat. >> the north koreans would be very ill advised to try us. immediately following some sort of an incident like this. any military force can always improve their readiness, but let there be no mistake, the american navy is the most ready, the most capable, the most lethal navy on the planet earth today. >> reporter: search and rescue operations are expected to continue into the thanksgiving holiday until they can find those who are missing. john? >> all right, barbara st

one involving the uss john fitzgerald and the other john s. mccaint of the investigation. we will see with this. meanwhile, three minutes after the top of the hour. steve: president trump is down in palm beach right now at the winter white house also known as mar-a-lago landing overnight at pbi before thanksgiving holiday. ainsley: before leaving the president breaking silence on roy moore sexual misconduct allegation. >> caught a lot of the people by surprise. griff jenkins is live from the nation's capital with details. hi, griff. >> hi, brian. the president heading to mar-a-lago brine which is salt bath for the bird. weighing in on the alabama senate race. and on roy moore, the candidate who has been accused of sexual misconduct with a minor nearly four decades ago. charge moore has repeatedly denied. >> well, he denies. i mean, roy moore denies it. and, by the way, he gives a total denial and i do have to say 40 years is a long time. he has run eight races and this has never come up. so 40 years is a long time. the women are trump voters. minneso

been at least six apparent accidents involving the navy in 2017.that includes when the u-s-s john s. mccainhe u-s-s fitzgerald each collided with commercial ships.fleet commander joe aucoin awe-coin was among the eight senior leaders relieved of duty due to these incidents.but despite these issues, the pentagon says its resources in the region are ready for possible threat.especially from north korea.col. steve warren, ret./military analyst"any military force can always improve their readiness but let there be no mistake, the american navy is the most ready, the most capable, the most lethal navy on planet earth today."i'm john lorinc reporting. ( will ) law enforcement in the bay area is warning people to be on guard for package thefts as we move into the holiday season.( anny ) kron 4's gabe slate spoke to police and has some ideas on how to avoid having your gifts stolen. it's a not a violent crime. but it's one of the most annoying things that can happen to you you're package makes to your porch or to your apartment lobby but before you get to it it's snatched sound bites - it's a commo

the most recent was in august when the u-s-s john mccain collided with an oil tanker near singapore.rs were killed . happening right now - the great thanksgiving getaway. millions hitting the roads and the skies this morning. on tuesday - mostly smooth sailing at the airports for holiday travelers.. ryan hughes is live at reagan - and ryan, is it good news again today? new developments in the case of the school student who claims a teacher forcibly removed her hijab.. the alleged incident happened at lake braddock high school. officials have placed the teacher on leave. they say the student is now being bullied on social media. the principal sent a letter to parents, asking them to tell their children to stop engaging in personal attacks. the council on american-islamic relations is coming to the girl's defense. most other students side with the teacher. they say the teacher jokingly removed a hood the girl was wearing, which is banned in class. and they say the hijab accidentally fell off, as well. those students staged a protest on friday. they're waging a social media campaign, sa

the "uss fitzgerald", the u s"u john mccain" colliding with commercial cargo shipping there. 17 sailors dead there. the latest one, a fifth on saturday. a tug boat drifted into yet another u.s. navy ship and caused damage there. we will have to see what happened in this latest aircraft accident. chris? >> please bring us updates as soon as you have them from the upon the gone. president trump is up early but he is not tweeting about the navy crash or the fate of the three missing americans. instead he is tweeting at 5:25 a.m. about the nfl and lavar ball. it began with this tweet. it says it wasn't the white house. it wasn't the state department. it wasn't father lavar's so-called people on the ground in china that got his son out of a long term prison sentence. incident was me. too bad. lavar is just a poor man's version of don king but without the hair. just think, lavar, you could have spent the next 5 to 10 years during thanksgiving with your son in china but no nba contract to support you. but remember, lavar, shop lifting is not a little thing. it's a really big deal, especially i

s. what mitch mcconnell or john mccain thinks we should do. is that the standard we should be using here? >> well, don, can i clarify. was that adam kinz inninger that spoke? i can't see the thing. >> yes, it was. >> you have a gathering of all the people who didn't want moore to be in the race and this is an old-fashioned -- in you've over ran a campaign, you've seen a lot. down the stretch this is an old-fashioned political hit. and it doesn't matter. all the people that are saying run for cover are people that don't believe that they want a conservative there. and kinz inninger, i'm going to do a rally in ten days. he won't run for re-election. that guy, he's not a real republican. he's ant a conservative. so the litany of people that are saying this, the republican party is not split. efb mcmullen left the republican party and the people that don't want to be on the side of moore and martin and trump are leaving the party. and that's fine, daus -- >> are you saying the same thing about the president? because remember the president didn't w

it up like this, that it is perfectly well stated that nobody in alabama gives a s and then the ish, and what john mccaintch mcconnell thinks that we should do. >> was that adam kinsinger who spoke? i could not see? >> yes. >> and so, this is an old fashioned and if you have ever ran a campaign and evan ran for president, and don, i don't know if you have erran, but you will see a lochlt and down the stretch, this is a old fashioned political hit, and all of the people who are saying to the run for cover are people who believe they don't want a conservative there. and kinsinger, in his district, and he won't run for re-election, because he is not a real republican or the conservative, and the republican party is not split. evan mcmullen left the republican party and the people who don't want to be on the side of moore and martin and trump are leaving the party, and that is fine. because we don't want them. >> and are you saying the same thing about the president, because the president did not want roy moore either? >> well, he came around to him, and that is fine, and you can have the disagreements in th

want to put up if we can the s&p on an intraday basis people who argue tax cuts don't really matter ought to look at the charts a little more carefully. at 10:55, john mccainnnouncing he was supporting the tax cut, the tax bill we saw the s&p move 15 points on that >> this is the russell i just want to make the point, it lagged forever and it's finally playing catchup. there's the s&p today. >> it was up moving sideways going into 10:50 we have a chart with a circle around it. it mattered. okay there is a premium in the market for tax cuts, the question is, how big is that premium, and is there any more of it left? that's part of the big debate. after that, do you sell on the news suppose you get the tax cuts through, do you sell on the news or not that's what people are debating. the bulls are saying, wait a minute, global economic expansion is really what matters, historic earnings are what matters that could continue. and the market may continue its rally. others are saying, forget it if we don't get big, big moves up economically, and we don't get a friendly fed, the market's going to be in trouble >> all right well, what do you know, a day like today,

john mccain. >>> good morning. senate armed service s committe meets to consider the nominations of mark t. esper for secretary of the army. personnel of red naez. joseph to be undersecretary of defense for intelligence. and guy v. roberts for nuclear, chemical and biological defense weapons. i would like to say that i've been pleased with the reaction of the secretary of defense. and the administration in being cooperative in responding to our questions and to our ability to carry out our responsibilities on the defense authorization bill. i think that most members were happy with the briefing that we received concerning the actions on the u.s.s. mccain and others. and so we're glad to begin this hearing. we thank all of you from joining us this morning. we welcome your family and friends here with us today. as is our tradition at the beginning of your testimony. we invite you to introduce those who are joining you. it's the standard for this committee to ask certain questions in order to exercise its legislative and oversight responsibilities. it's important that this committee and other

s not going to change either. >> joe biden not being the only person. john mccainto tom brokaw in an extraordinary interview. check it out online but let's play a little bit. >> if the president said, john what should i be doing i'm not doing right now, what would you say to him? >> stop tweeting. i think i'd say stop tweeting. >> that interview was done, ashley and jeremy, on the anniversary of john mccain's having been captured in hanoi. including current politics, past politics and the press. he says he hates the press but the press are important. >> for john mccain. he used to call us his favorite constituency. boy, if i had a nicokel for evey time an aide of trump's said boy, we wish he would stop tweeting. it's not going to happen. he sees this as a vital communications tool to reach his base and he's going to keep doing it for as long as he's president and probably after. >> ashley, as you're all covering all of this, the asian trip coming up, this is a real moment in the young presidency of donald trump. his first big trip to asia. >> that's absolutely righ

s. tax cut is a debate is underway in the senate on the package pushed heavily by president almost from. the republican majority there appearing likely to adopt a bill as senator john mccain. board sunday out though it does remain as to whether the fifty two republicans in the senate and stick together to pass the bill. many conservatives called by the estimated one point four trillion dollars that the package is expected at the u. s. now. that. republicans have insisted a corporate tax cuts in the bill would boost job creation and wages. despite several major companies exist on coca cola saying they're more likely to send any savings back to their shareholders before hiring or raising salaries. republican and democratic senators gave very different charities of the pill there's two of them. this is our water generation opportunity to take more money out of washington pocketbook more money in the pockets. of hard working families. votes for passage will be a vote my republican friends regret. at a time of the men's inequality. the republican tax bill makes life easier on the well off and eventually makes life more difficult on working americans. wall street fired up on ne

john mccain. but the navy needs ships like th . >> this is a warship, built with american workers. it really looks to bring vertical launching systems, take advantage of a lot of what we develop. >> reporter: s ships are being built at the shipyard which is owned by a lockheed partner. the companies say production is running full steam ahead, with construction down to three years from five. price various and ships are becoming more lethal thanks to new weapons like vertically launched mechanism lcs is still a fraction of the price of a destroyer or a cruiser. 29 ships have been purchased. lockheed has 14 and alabama has the rest. a new 2018 budget would add three more. it isn't just about building up the military. more orders ensure that 2,000 workers for this community of 20,000 people keep working. manufacturing jobs ie that helped president trump win last year's election. workers say there's not a part of the community that shipyard doesn't affe. >> it's a fact that shipbuilding saved the world, maybe twice, during world war ii. it's a privilege to be a part of the industry that does that. >> reporter: morgan brennan, wisconsin, for "nightly business repo> emerson electric makes a third b

s? >> because of the appeal of the mandate. >> she's more moderate i think ultimately, you assume to lose two and you bring ron johnson around and john mccaine right thing we got to slip in a quick break as we await the house respect leadership to make comments there. we'll take a quick break the s & p is higher than 1/10 of a percent, "power lunch" will be right back >>> back to capitol hill, kevin dray brai d brady is taking a victory lapse. think about what this means, families will save over $2,000 for small business law main street, they work their tails off, the entrepreneurs that's right ton cut on the cut of mery making it. i am going to welcome 74,000 new jobs that are headed our way because of tax reform. and also, it means hardworking americans everywhere are going to see more in their paychecks and they need it so badly. we all know this quote "we'll rogers the difference of taxes and death taxes every time congress meets." because with the tax code we have americans have seen get worse and worse and worse. they see it get more unfair and complex and more uncompetitive well, when congress met today, americans finally saw somethi

s sew sewen collins says she has concerns. usan collins says she concerns. they can only afford to lose two votes. swe haven't talked abo e e e ed john mccain and corker. they haven't said how they're going to vote on it. they're reviewing it, of course. it's a pretty gbig gamble given the makeup of the conference right now. keep in mind, one of the reasons it feels like senate republicans are moving their bill faster than normal is because we do have this special election coming up on december 12. talked to several republicans privately who said we got to make sure we pass this before we lose a member of the senate and possibly have a democratic from alabama come in and/or roy moore who will faces problems the moment he gets to the senate. >> you probably also say really quickly you probably wonder in president trump is wondering if he should have probably not trashed senator bob corker or flake or mccain. he needs the votes to get in. >> exactly. let's talk about roy moore. go to a strategy here being thrown around. i want to get you take on it. luther strange stepping down. what do you make of that? is it feasible? what's you take on it. >> it's pos

s&p 500 on track. joe: the question is what'd you miss? julie: there could be light at the end of the tax overhaul tunnel. john mccainays he will support the senate bill, putting republican lawmakers one step closer to a much needed. legislative win a meeting of the in an attempta, to regain control as u.s. shale dominates the global market. a roller coaster ride isn't the only thing bitcoin regulators could be looking to crack down on. how hismberg tells us company plans to stay on the right side of the law. ♪ let's get a check on were stocks are trading with abigail doolittle. abigail: we are certainly looking at a rally today for the major averages. they are all saw the be higher -- they are all saw the be higher. it is worth knowing that we are well-off at the highs. the dow had been up more than 1.6%, its best day at the time of the year. we are looking at the best day for the dow since september. for the s&p 500 and the nasdaq, the best day since tuesday. we have moderated gains, but since yesterday's session we saw a big tech selloff. also for the dow, we are looking at a gain of about 3% over the last five da

colonial era tribe s explains it this way, te name becomes a derogatory racial reference when it's used as an insult, the american indian names, are reduced to racial slurs. and john mccainis, our nation yos a debt of gratitude to the navajo code talkers who bravery, kill and tenacity helped secure or dec e decisive victory over communist in world war ii. here's sarah sanders talking about the. >> why is it appropriate for the president to use a racial slur in any context. >> i don't feel it is appropriate for him to make a racial slur. >> why is it appropriate for the president. >> i don't think it is, and i don't think that was the president's intent. i think the most -- >> i'm sorry? >> does he see political value in calling people out publicly? >> i think that senator warren was very offensive when she lied about something specifically to advance her career, i don't understand why no one's asking about that question and why that isn't constantly covered. >> welker's questions and sanders response made us wonder if the president's body of language that is racially divisive at best is worth a closer look today on the heels of another racial incident. >> when mexico sen

s. i want to salute congressman sam johnson of texas and senator john mccain of arizona. both of whom suffered injuries that you can even see now in the united states congress during their time as p.o.w. i honor them and i hold them in high esteem and to the families of those of the m.i.a.'s from all the wars, i want to say to them we continue to pray for your loved ones as a sponsor of eight pieces of legislation and 35 pieces of legislation that i co-sponsored to make life for veterans better, today i salute you and say happy veterans day. god bless all of you, god bless this free nation, the united states of america. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house the following personal requests. the clerk: leave of absence requested for ms. roybal-allard of california for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection the request is granted. under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2017 the gentleman from texas, mr. gohmert, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. gohmert: thank you, mr. speaker. and

s. i want to salute congressman sam johnson of texas and senator john mccain of arizona. both of whom suffered injuries that you can even see now in the united states congress during their time as p.o.w. i honor them and i hold them in high esteem and to the families of those of the m.i.a.'s from all the wars, i want to say to them we continue to pray for your loved ones as a sponsor of eight pieces of legislation and 35 pieces of legislation that i co-sponsored to make life for veterans better, today i salute you and say happy veterans day. god bless all of you, god bless without objection, the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. police plaskett: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent -- on behalf of my family and staff i want to salute and commemorate the veterans of u.s. virgin islands and throughout the united states on this veterans day. the virgin islands along with other territories send more men and women per capita to serve in the u.s. military than anywhere else in this nation. i would like to personally recognize task force alfonse on st. croy, an