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senator john thune says he thinks the company has grown tired of the battle and wants to wait until a new president takes office. "i think at this point what they've concluded probably is we'll study this some more try to figure out this routing issue across nebraska and maybe by that time we w wl be into a new administrationonhat will look differently on this issue." senator thune says he's disappointed because he feels the pipeline wold be good for south dakota. he says it would generate tax revenue for many rural counties that could use the money. meanwhile, the obama administration says it is continuing a review of the proposed project. still to come on live at five.... giving one last treat. the story of a georgia state trooper who went to break sad news, went above and beyond. and.... do you have too much candy at home? how you can take those sweets and do something good. (shiela) a georgia state patrol trooper if you think we can grow our economy while ignoring climama change, think again. america's most innovative companies are already ving to clean energy using existing techn

leon: steve rudin is on the john thune, watching the rain in the forecast. and the lot of it, timing is not so great early tomorrow morning. have an earlier sunrise compared with just a week ago, but still, it will be rough. the temperature today, only made it to 53 degrees. hard to believe. remember friday, though 80 -- low 80? it is now 50 at reagan national, the rain is out there and will continue overnight. the temperatures really have not moved a whole lot come especially off to the west. through the afternoon into the evening, now the overnight, leesburg,rederick, manassas. closer to the bay, low 50's. the coolest of the year well to the north. it will stay to the north. however, warmer air will be coming. wednesday looks a lot brighter and a lot more comfortable outside. a lot of moisture right now, as we move through the overnight. all this moves to the north and east. closer, the district, the capital beltway, moderate rain the past couple hours, but the heavier rain moving towards baltimore, outside the district. that will continue the trend as we

senator john thune recently introduced legislation to ban consumer gag clauses nationwide and spoke today internet policy. >> what good is information if it's been sanitized to remove truthful criticism. simply put, imposing consumer gag clauses can result in unfair bullying. >> right now california is the only state in the country that bans gag sclauz clauses. in the newsroom, i'm erika gonzalez. >> thanks, erika. >>> she's been in office for 12 months and muriel bowser will take her first overseas trip as d.c.'s mayor. she leads a delegation to china. the mayor's delegation includes more than 30 private business leaders and city officials. bowser told nbc 4 today that the week-long trip will focus attracting more chinese tourism and investments in the city's booming real estate economy. the group will make stops in beijing and shanghai. >>> a few objects from the daytime drama "days of our lives" will now be a part of the smithsonian. they range everything from scripts to some original props and they'll be added to the entertainment collection. >> we are honored today to vet them into t

we have senator john thune of south dakota. great to talk to you.appened in paris, our battle against isis and ask how in the world we've gotten in this place we're at right now where so-called jv team is terrorizing western civilization in large parts of the middle east. >> first, i think how we got here is the president's, a lot of his decisions and obviously, the one critical decision to withdraw from iraq and decision not to enforce the red line in syria has not contributed to the chaos there, there are a lot of the decisions starting to compound. i think former president jimmy carter said it press when he said if you look around the world there isn't a single place where we're better off than where the president took office. we have a situation now we have to deal with. clearly, the best way to address the syrian refugee crisis is to defeat isis. until we do that, it's going to be difficult for the syrian refugees to be able to have a home in syria and that's something that we have to face head on. we're not going to beat these guys by detainin

. >> senator john thune led a hearing wednesday where one expert told the panel businesses would be more effective tackling negative feedback head on. >> if the company manager, whoever that might be, affirmatively responds to that review , and says we're sorry, or thanks for the review , we're going to try to fix that problem, it actually turns out that that gets them better result s with consumers. >> now senators are considering bipartisan legislation to make these clauses illegal. >> the average person is never going to understand what is being done to them. i think many of them would run in horror. >> for the palmers, what happened was a horror ststy. >> we were delayed on the car loan. >> they reported the fine as a debt, ruining the family's credit until 2014, when a judge ruled in palmer's favor, awarding a $300,000 settlement. >> i hope nobody ever has to go through that nightmare. nobody has to feel scared, humiliated, and bullied by a business. >> california is the only state that has its own law s prohibiting gag clauses but committees both here in the senate and the house ar

. >> reporter: senator john thune was at a hearing on wednesday when wrun expert told a panel businessesmatively responds to that review and say we are sorry and thanks for the review and we will try to fix that problem, it actually turns out that that gets them better results with consumers. >> reporter: now senators are considering bipartisan legislation to make these clauses illegal. >> the average person is never going to understand what is being done to them. i think many of them would run in horror. >> reporter: for the palmer's, what happened was a horror story. >> he got denied for a credit card and were late on a car loan. >> reporter: it ruined the family's credit until they were awarded a 300 dollar settlement. >> i hope nobody has to go through that scare and humiliated and bullied by a business. >> committees both here in the senate and the house are considering bills to ban them nationwide. and in the meantime, the ftc says it is monitoring cases prepared to step in to help consumers. >> thanks. i wasn't aware businesses did that. it's really outrageous and stunning. all ri

senate commerce committee chair john thune is sponsoring a bill that prohibits them and contracts between consumers and businesses. this is one hour and 45 minutes. little did you know that buried in the fine print was an anti-consumer cause for betting you from posting a negative review about the company, even if it is true. this scenario sounds far-fetched, but the sad reality is that it is happening every day across the country. so-called non-disparagement or to clauses are being forced intimidate consumers. they are egregious, and doing harm to our internet ecosystem. there is a significant amount of time focused on grading policies that unlock the true potential of the internet. contracth stifling terms undermine what we are trying to accomplish in internet policy. the internet as the ability to for the share information. what good is information if it has been sanitized to remove truthful criticism? simply put, imposing consumer clauses can result an unfair bullying. it is frequented by a larger entity. often, consumers do believe they have any power against companies that treat the

. >> reporter: senator john thune is the chairman of the commerce committee and has introduced legislation to ban customer gag clauses nationwide. >> this is really sort of online bullying, when you intimidate and create an atmosphere of fear that a consumer can't express their views about a product or service online. >> reporter: but right now the clauses are allowed in every state except california, so what should you do before you bash a company online? first, read the fine print. if the clause is in the contract, you may want to take your business elsewhere. second, don't make things up. there's a fine line between a bad review and defamation. and third, don't ignore it. if a company does fine you for a bad review and sends the bill to a collection agency it could years. that's what happened to jen palmer's husband, so kleargear and after years court battles a judge award them $307,000. the parent company did not immediately respond to comment and did not respond to the law sue. the website's current donor tells nbc news the brand will be dissolved later this month. don't provide bad s