call them traumatic images we're talking about countless thousands marching towards our borders in kalamazoo. and the point is that back then those countless thousands of foreigners didn't stop at our borders. the right wing politician is coping with what he calls the nation's trauma by saying never again interior minister how about kicker has set up a border police units called puma and has also got the military involved there are helicopters in the air and riot control vehicles on the streets. little wonder then that the simulation was called pro borders. austria's right wing extremists have applauded the training exercise while the government in vienna makes no secret of the fact that it's against a europe without borders. it's also no surprise that the people who played the role of migrants in the simulation acted like hooligans at the soccer match. but three years ago the exhausted people who arrived at the austrian border had come hundreds of kilometers on foot through the balkans. you markand was one of them along with his pregnant wife and young son now he helps get a in her van yard

[laughter] i fly in this old prop plane and which is ar as g57 must as far from the curb as kalamazoo is to ann arbor. i got off -- those were the days when you could go to the gate. who is waiting for me but john dingell. i think he just had an operation and wasn't walking all that great but here we walked 57 gates to the end. i said, john, i was going to walk to the curb. he goes, fred, if i had come to your town, would you not have met me at the gate? i said, of course. i'm 50 years younger. [laughter] walkedat, the two of us and we had a delightful day at the university of michigan with a guy that made a difference for millions of people around the world. inis something we care about terms of the issues before us, as we deal with everything here. john, you have been a friend and mentor, a leader of this body for so many years. we are delighted to honor you as part of our legacy of the energy and commerce committee. god bless you forever. [applause] >> thank you, chairman upton. ton, as adingell and up token of our appreciation, we would like you to have a replica of the statue of

.>> just full disclosure, i am from kalamazoo. i've lived here for 20 years but kalamazoo is still home. we have set until we were blue in the face that the workforce at palisades as jeff just said, should be retained. have the institutional knowledge of that badly contaminated site. they have had tritium leaks in the site going back at least a decade. there is drinking water for the adjacent palisades park community that is implicated by the leaks into groundwater. and the leaks that going to the lake are then a hazard for the drinking water in southhaven. so institutional knowledge of the workers, they should be the ones in charge of the cleanup for years or even decades to come. and there's a lot to cleanup at that site. the other major issue at that site is safeguarding and securing the high-level radioactive waste. many hundreds of tons currently right on the lake shore. hundred 50 yards from the water. in violation of nrc earthquake safety regulations. that waste needs to be moved further inland to higher ground, out of any

. >> hello to my kids in kalamazoo, michigan! we appreciate this crowd. we appreciate you being with us on a thursday morning. it's a fun way to spend a summer morning. >> it is, and you're playing my song. i love it! >> anything to make you feel better. after the roger federer loss, we are thinking about. >>> president trump travel to great britain this morning. after a tense final meeting with nato allies in belgium. kristen welker joins us live from london. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. president trump held a surprise news conference after lash you out at nato allies, even according to administration and creating a dramatic backdrop to president trump's two-day visit to the uk and now under way, he touched down just moments ago. this morning, president trump claiming victory after clashing with allies at the nato summit. >> to see the level of spirit in that room is incredible. >> reporter: the president saying those allies have agreed to increase their spending on defense by $33 billion. >> yesterday, i let them kn

. >> full disclosure i'm from kalamazoo, michigan. i've lived here for 20 years, but kalamazoo is still home. we have said until we were blue in the face that the workforce at palisades is jeff just said should be retained. they have the institutional knowledge of the badly contaminated site. soil and groundwater at that site go back at least a decade. there's drinking water for the palisades park community implicated by lakes and groundwater in the legs that go into the lake are than a hazard for the drinking water in south haven. they should be the ones in charge of the cleanup for years or even decades to come and there is a lot to clean up at the site. the other major issue at that site is safeguarding in securing the waste many hundreds of tons that is currently right on the lake shore 150 yards from the water in violation of the safety regulations needs to be moved further inland to higher ground that if of any earthquake danger from any tsunami danger on the great lakes and the workforce that is there now could be in charge of