i hail from the commonwealth of kentucky, where we moved away from for-profit prisons. there were so many terrible stories of awful things that happened in those prisons. rapes of incarcerated individuals that were covered up. inmates that were hungry and which ultimately, according to many reports, lead to riots. the for-profit interests are disturbing. what is frustrating -- and i do not call them private. as a conservative, we like privatization. and it is interesting -- an individual very close to me, i was trying to reconcile why we as conservatives really like privatization, privatization of government services, but why "private prisons" do not work. he said that you only privatize things you want more of. we do not privatize things that we want less of. quite frankly, if you are working in the best interest of public safety, you want less crime. that means you want less people in jails and prisons. the for-profit prisons are paid per diem. they have investors and are politically active. it is a real struggle when those facilities open up, because it is almost imp

in frankfurt, kentucky. the association provided over 500 new pairs of shoes to schools. the shoes were delivered to my school, and my former hofrp kinsville -- elementary.le their actions make me proud to epresent one of its six congressional districts. i want to particularly thank kmcs, members of the rom the monroe county fiscal court. jamie, ricky, ricky graves, mark, in addition to county mitchell paige. i also want to thank my good friend, j.c. young, executive of the kentucky magistrate's and commissioner's ssociation for spear heading the effort. no child should worry they might leave the house without adequate ootwear and because of the actions of the kentucky magistrate's and commissioner's ssociation, monroe county's most vulnerable are better off only a an they were short few weeks ago. once again, i want to thank the choosing monroe county they have. sacrifice re applauded.a i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from indiana, mr. pence,

i'm in a very good position to look out for middle america and kentucky. i think that's a pretty strong argument. griff: you're in a good position senator also to pass along a little bit of knowledge you put down in the long game, quickly, as people consider going out and buying that paperback for christmas what's the biggest lesson you bring to the american people in that book? >> look, politics and governing is hard and you're going to have setbacks and if you want to succeed, focus on the things that are important, and move the ball forward as rapidly as you can and the most important thing president trump and i felt that we could do that would last a long time with these lifetime judicial appointments of men and women who are very sharp and who believe the job of the judge is to follow the law. >> you also point out he had great parents and polio at a young age that shaped who you are and how much of a fighter you remain. senator thanks so much for sharing your story and getting up on a day which you could easily have taken off. we appreciate it. >> me

it's great to be back in kentucky. you know, politicians always talk about being back and this is true. i was stationed down at fort knox not once, but twice, i know every bar in elizabethtown. it's been a couple of decades, but i'll bet i could still find them. i do want to thank, too, the mcconnell center and the university of louisville for having me here. it's difficult to come on campus. the last time i came on the campus of louisville you were beating wichita, i am not every it and if i struggle today you now know why. it's great to be here. as a former soldier i want to thank you for your army leadership development program here and commend your emphasis on civic education, i see all of these great leaders in uniform. it reminds me the campaign commercial, the person putting it together. hey, mike, why don't you put on your uniform? and my wife said, he might be able to put on his boots. go look to up, boots, a great campaign. senator mcconnell says you're missing class today. you're welcome. [laughter] >> i'm g

here in kentucky there's been an uproar around former bevin's pardons.s uniquely unpopular here. he lost a state where donald trump won by 30 points, where the president rallied for him. there was a lot of questions about how governor bevin came to these decisions around some of the more controversial pardons. he had given about 650, more than 650 pardons, mostly to low-level drug offenders most didn't have a problem with with, but some of the more high-profile cases, convicted of murder or raping minors, there was a number of questions about how the governor came to this decision in the final weeks when he didn't really consult with his top staff or anyone else. >> bevin has has been talking about this and sharing his take on these things and there's a moment from a radio interview that is getting a lot of reaction here. i want you to take a listen. >> you're the father of nine. >> i am. >> this one crime, i'm going to stay on this, because there's 420 pardons and we're not going to be able to talk about all of them -- >> name which one are you talking

it's great to be here but beautiful weather down here in kentucky. senator mcconnell, thank you for that gracious introduction. it's been a great partner of mine at the state department for the central intelligence agency in his role as the leader of the united states senate. it's great to be back in kentucky. politicians always talk about being back but this is true. i was stationed down and fort knox not once but twice and i know every bar in elizabethtown. [laughter] spent a couple of decades but i bet i could still find them. i want to thank the university of louisville and the mcconnell center for having the year. it's difficult to come on campus. the last time anna reacted with university of louisville you are beating mike wichita [inaudible] if i struggle today you now know why. it is great to be here as a former soldier i want to thank you for your army leadership develop and program here and i especially commend your emphasis on civic education and i see these great leaders in uniform and reminds me of the first campaign commercial that said

i'm on a recruiting mission here in kentucky as well. back in may i spoke at a place called the claremont institute in california. i use those remarks to talk about president trump's vision for american foreign policy, and i told that group that president trump is within the american tradition but is staring at this from the perspective of how the founders thought about american foreign policy. there were three central ideas if you go back and read. first was the idea of realism. you have to stare at the problems as it is, not as you wish it were to be. the second idea is restraint, understanding that we live in this unbelievably exceptional nation. we have an enormous privilege as american citizens and we have a special role to play in that world. but our powers limit and sometimes we have to make difficult choices, and i'll talk about that a little bit more this morning. and the third idea is respect, respect for our american principles and how other nations choose to run their affairs inside of their own countries. and i want to talk

but in kentucky it seems like the pardon power is pretty unconstrained. so what i think the fbi would be looking into is whether there was any corrupt purpose for any of these pardons. you mention patrick baker who was pardoned when you look at the facts of the case where defendant baker apparently pretended to be a police officer, broke into somebody's home and then shot a husband in front of his wife. he was sentenced to 23 years, and a pardon was granted. now, when you look at who baker was he happened to have family members who either directly contributed to bevans' re-election campaign to the tune of $4,000 or were involved in fund-raising activity for the bevins re-election campaign to the tune of 21,000 plus dollars. so if the fbi is looking into it, i think they will have to see whether these pardons, any of them were actually issued for corrupt purposes. >> and quickly just given what you described, does that mean to prove corrupt purposes, how direct does the evidence have to be given how strong the pardon power is? >> it would have to be pretty

convicted killers, criminals, even a child rapist, all let out of jail days before kentucky's governort office. the outrage tonight over hundreds of controversial pardons and commutations. >> michael corleone says hello! >> o'donnell: from "the godfather" to playing cher's fiancÉ, remembering the actor danny aiello, plus the famous role he didn't want to take. and "on the road" steve hartman meets the music man and woman. you send it, they'll fix it, right up to 76 trombones. >> this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening. this is our western edition. it is a day for the history books. two articles of impeachment against president trump are heading for a vote in the full house of representatives. by this time next week, donald trump is likely to be only the third president in american history to be impeached by the house. the judiciary committee cleared the way with a vote today, and it comes after a marathon debate marked by angry exchanges and personal attacks, and in the end, the final tally broke along straight

i don't want to quote any one kentucky statute because it could fit a number of different kentucky statutes a number of different federal statutes, but the calls for these investigations are coming from both sides of the aisle. there are a lot of people that just don't think this is right, doesn't look right, doesn't smell right. and certainly nobody believes that the people that matt bevin set free, the ones being talked about right now at least are worty of pardons. these are the kinds of people we build prisons to hold. they should be in prison as long as possible and serve their entire sentence and not be let out a day early. >> so much of this investigation is going to rely on the new state attorney general coming in. do you think he's up to the task? will he pursue these? >> i think there's no doubt daniel cameron is up for the task. now, there is an issue with the fact that daniel cameron has hired some people from the bevin administration so there might be a conflict of interest. he might have to look for a special prosecutor. he might defer to the federal prosecutors. or he could l

of course that proposal would have to be approved by kentucky voters. jon. >> maryann thank you. kentucky if new democratic governor has issued an executive order restoring voting rights to more than 140,000 former felony. the move applies to those who have serve sentences for nonviolent crime. the sheer campaign on the issue and call it is a moral responsibility florida restore voting rights for more than a million former felons last year but that was done through a ballot initiative. >> this supreme court blocking the trump administration from going forward with the first federal execution in nearly two decades meatedfin has details. inside the death chamber at this federal prison in indiana first federal inmate in 16 year was scheduled to be executed this week. but 2 hours he blocked plan to execute the the inmate by upholding lower court stay. the prisoner is one of five death row inmates attorney general bill barr announced are set to be put to death under administration return to capital punishment. decision solely at this point how execution will take place in other words

the governor of kentucky. and so the thing we look for is not whether somebody acted, you know, rashly or recklessly or foolishly or prudently but whether they acted corruptly. if the pardon was corrupt, the pardon still stands but there could be repercussions for the governor. >> how is something like that proven, again, given how broad and clear this power is. how would corrupt intent be provable from a criminal standpoint? >> sure. intent is always the hardest thing to prove. you have to get into someone's brain to figure out what it was they were planning to do or intending to do, trying to do. but investigators do this all the time. i mean, the fbi is very, very good at public corruption cases. and they built it through documents and through cooperating witnesses and circumstances. and so if there is an investigation, i can assure you that investigators are looking at the records of the people who were pardoned and whether they or their families have any financial connections to the governor, whether mone

they moved from kentucky where they had just lost another farm because they could not get clear land titles and were looking for new opportunities. the father was a carpenter who was moving into the community as the main person who could build furniture, cabins, buildings. he brought with him his wife and his son and daughter. that's on, abraham lincoln, would become president of the united states. we are going to look at a cabin very much like the one the lincolns built when they came to indiana. we have pieces in the cabin that belonged to the lincolns or relate directly to them. i would like to show you those. lincoln's mother, nancy hanks lincoln died when he was quite young. when he moved back to kentucky and brought back his stepmother, sarah, she insisted on a few improvements. that is what you see in this cabin. wooden floor. cup windows. whitewash the inside. make it more livable. pioneersle thought brought only the absolute necessities. they wanted a better life. they often brought treasured possessions. in the homes there would have been furniture made by thomas lincoln, a

off-year election was somebody who said to kentucky voters what you get for electing me is me.nd i have the power over you for me. but what you don't get is health care. what you don't get are schools that are decent. you don't deserve any of that. what you get is me, which is what donald trump has to the country. what you don't get is mercy. and the voters of kentucky have said what we want is health care. what we want are decent schools. what we want is mercy for people who have paid their debt to society. so you're seeing in states people can make a vote and a choice. they said no, you can't take our governor just because you want to replace him with another donald trump. people do choose for what's right for themselves. in the case of donald trump, what he is saying is what you get is me. and you get me no matter what i have to do. i'm keeping this power. i don't care what you need. i'm going to give my rich friends whatever tax cuts they want. this power is mine. and when he goes to another country and says you helped me get back in office and let me keep this power, what

how a small kentucky city became a haven for refugees, and why the president's policies now threaten that balance. >> we really need more refugees and more immigrants coming to bowling green. and for our economy to grow, we need to have people moving here to fill those jobs. >> woodruff: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshr. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> you can do the things you like to do with a wireless plan designed for you. with talk, text and data. consumer cellular. learn more at consumercellular.tv >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thanyou. >> woodruff: it is the eve of impeachment. the united states house of representatives convenes tomorrow to consider the case against president trump. but first, lawmakers spent long hours working out the rules for those proceedings. once again, congressional correspondent lisa desjardins begins our coverage. >> desjardins: in a small room on

to your point about having all of these celebrities -- look, i am from kentucky.e do not really have a deep appreciation for celebrities, other than basketball players. so i get it. i get your point. we really do need long was meant at the table leading the charge. that is why i am grateful -- the fraternal order of police actually endorsed the first step act, which was really wonderful. commonwealth of kentucky, rob sanders, the toughest of the top on crime prosecutors, really had an innovative program with a rehabilitation facility called the life learning center, where he was diverting a lot of individuals who otherwise would have been convicted of felonies to this rehabilitation facility that has had enormous success. wereor forever, rob and i at odds with each other. finally, when we met in the middle, literally and figuratively, in kentucky to talk about our goals, we had a lot in common. and it was on me and it was on the reform community for not of hisg that rob and all colleagues in law enforcement were not at the table and really leading the charge. ,o i

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vow -- it will not only benefit kentucky. m honored to recognize judge john phelps whose record and private sector accomplishments in the real estate business will serve him well in this new role. with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. costa for five minutes. >> i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. mr. costa: i rise today to support the farm worker modernization act. let me thank chairperson lofgren and ranking member for forming this bipartisan compromise. farmworkers are the hardest working individuals you will meet. as a farmer's son, i have done that work. it is hard but it is skilled work. and it is simply one that they are subject to living and working in the shadow of uncertainty and fear of deportation. just last month in the city of madera i met with the united farm workers organization to tell them of the promise of this bill. i spoke to women and young children who worked to put food on am

kentucky's only four-year high school designed for international and refugee students. finds himself trying to counter the president's rhetoric. >> our children have come to me before and have asked me, you know, ¡why is our president saying this? he doesn't know what it's like in my country.'re as teachers, whe ones that are sometimes the best examples that they have of what americans are. and that putsia lot of resplity on us as educators to try to show them that, yoknow, just because politicians say one thing doesn't me that we're all like that. >> yang: ndayiragije isack ownsl an internatirocery store in bowling green. he came to the unitestates 10 years ago from a rugee camp in tanzania, where he remembers seeing bags of flour donated by , ericans. >> so we'd be l¡these people are nice. i ey are giving this. when i get thereed to give back.' >> yang: so seven years ago, isack joined the army national guard. he says his dream is to serve overseas. >> when i'm hearing this comment that we are a drain, what can wo etter? my question would be. what can we do better for

. >> a lot going in kentucky.fter 400 people including rapists and murderers, during his final days in office. several lawmakers are calling for investigation but the governor news more controversial artist. such as one convicted child rapist. and him and his family's to raise her name for the 11th 2015 campaign. rhapsody has a lot more on this controversy. >> hi eric. as you mentioned some 400 parties by kentucky matt on his way out of his office. one was a grisly murder oh man killing his former lover and putting her dismembered body and a 55 downtime. in the garden order and setting quote inability or unwillingness of the state to use the dna evidence to either affirm or disprove this condition. he also pardoned oh man convicted of murder and other crimes during a home break-in that back in 2014, the family of convicted murderer patrick bryant baker raised uber $21000 in a personal donation/or to governor campaign at a political fundraiser. the pardons are not sitting well with prosecutors in this case is. or t

but senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, campaigning back home in kentucky, called bevin's pardons completely inappropriate. >> i expect he had the power to do it, but looking at the examples of people who were incarcerated as a result of heinous crimes, no, i don't approve of it.

nbc's pete williams has that story >> reporter: matt bevin, kentucky's former republican governor isbut now the fbi is starting to ask questions about his last-minute pardons and sentence reductions for more than 600 people, including convicted murderers and a man accused of raping a child. chris harris, a democrat in the state legislature who called for an inquiry says he has now been contacted by an investigator the fbi isn't commenting, but federal officials say there is little choice but to take an initial look with all the public calls for some scrutiny among the most controversial actions, the pardon of patrick baker, convicted of murder in a home invasion his relatives hosted a political fundraiser for governor bevin last year, but baker says he didn't kill anyone >> i am innocent i want to thank mr. bevin for his courageous actions and allowing me to come home to my family. >> reporter: also raising questions, the pardon of a man convicted of raping a 9-year-old girl. the prosecutor says the governor never talked to those involved with the case >> he didn't review the police

i got texts from folks in my hometown of kentucky, who were applauding what i was saying.d by this. i think kentuckyians take it seriously. and my hope is that this op-ed will encourage mitch mcconnell to be the impartial judge and juror he is required to be in the constitution. >> will it come down to kentuckyians picking up the phone and saying to mitch mcconnell, hey, we need you to be fair or is there legal recourse that can ensure impartiality? >> some thought that the chief justice may weigh in on this. the chief justice is required in the constitution to preside over impeachment of the president. i don't think that will happen. i think the remedies are political and senator mcconnell is up for re-election. if he violates his oath of office and, in fact, two oaths of office, the primary remedy is the voters of kentucky to voting you out. >> when you look at somebody like senator lisa murkowski, does that put pressure on mitch mcconnell to come forward or is he buoyed by the fact it's one out of 50 republicans? >> who knows? the procedures of the senate during the imp

, he was never someone friendly with the press or had an open door with the kentucky media. we began to see in the secretary state's office these parties coming through, and looking through them and, you know, beginning to cross reference them, a pattern began to develop and governor bevan would often explain in his pardon letters these persons changed, turned their life around, really derive the whole criminal justice process saying it was a shoddy investigation. so when we looked further in the documentation there was no real evidence of that. it was just sort of the governor's discretion, and that's what it is in the constitution, chris. the governor has god-like powers to pardon whoever he wants. the baker case was obviously one that's drawn attention because of the fund-raising connection. and another one where the comments would be outside the realm of anatomy and science and other ones that has drawn our attention as well even amongst the offenders some people agree with and looked at those number wheres we found 95% of those pardoned were white. even within the conte

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forve lived in kentucky eight years, so i know what the wages are in kentucky.ame back to new york. i am a registered nurse. in 1990, and came back to new york. i made $30,000 as an rn in kentucky. the day i took one step into new york and got a job, i made 60,000. obviously, the rate of income in new -- in newin york is not the rate of income in kentucky. the biggest problem we have with passing these bills is that we do not pass a bill. we milk a bill. one side or the other in order to get it in, we get this credit . we do not go on and do the bill. we have to do a rate of income situation because i know my nephew is going for a job. he is going to make $20 an hour. and pet vet. if you pass a $15 an hour wage, then he is not making good money. $20 becomes nothing. rutha who isalk to calling from bedford, texas. caller: good morning. i'm calling about the minimum-wage. ok. 19 50, 19 60, 1970, the price of working hard -- you could go to the store with a dollar and get i don't know how much baloney. everything is so expensive now. i do not understand why people

and he spent much of his term making sworn enemies out of kentucky's teachers when they went on strikemand better pay and resources, bevan accused them of being responsible for children being sexually assaulted and shot. that will get them back to the negotiating table. so when matt bevan lost his re-election bid last month, a lot of kentuckians breathed a sigh of relief. but it turns out he wasn't quite finished. the day after he left office a reporter at the "louisville courier journal" were first to report that bevan had issued hundreds of pardons on his way out of the door including several that appear highly questionable to put it mildly. "the courier journal" noted that one pardon went to a man who had served two years of a 19-year sentence for reckless homicide and other charges in a home invasion. and that convict's family had raised tens of thousands of dollars for matt bevan's campaign. two other men convicted in that home invasion didn't get pardons and they're still in prison. the heinous nature of some of the crimes themselves sparked national outrage over several of the p

a bipartisan group of kentucky lawmakers are now calling for an investigation.n county prosecutor rob sanders, who oversaw the schoettle case and once supported bevin is outra the former governor's actions. >> it's offensive.ged by it's mind-boggling how any governor could be this spresponsible. it's an abomination to the criminal justice system. >> reporter: it is not just this case that has caused outrage. ouvin's pardons of some convicted murderers have also enraged family members of those victims. some have even calls bevin's actions, norah, a betrayal. ,> o'donnell: all right, jericka, thank you. e ti sisll m boeing, we have a problem. why today's failure could be a whg setback for america's space program. we have your guide to super saturday, the biggest shopping day of the year. and later, "on the road," neighbors sharing something rrecious with a little girl. ith a little girl. if you don't love bounce wrinkle guard, we'll give you your money back. but since they bought their new house... which menu am i looking at here? start with "ta-paz." -oh, it's ta

. >>> it's been less than three weeks since the state of kentucky inaugurated its new governor.epublican governor has not gone quietly. former governor matt bevan never did anything quietly. he brought his unique combination of policies and offputting behavior and just plain weirdness to the office. the first thing he did upon taking office he did upon taking office was to shutdown kentucky's well functioning popular obamacare health insurance marketplace, then he set about trying to kick thousands of kentuckians off medicaid, going so far as to sue individual medicaid recipients by name. he accused his local paper of being part of an america hating global conspiracy. he opposed mandatory vaccines saying he had taken his kids to a chickenpox party to expose them to the virus instead. and he spent much of his term making sworn enemies out of kentucky's teachers when they went on strike to demand better pay and resources, bevan accused them of being responsible for children being sexually assaulted and shot. that will get them back to the negotiating table. so when matt bevan lost

central kentucky role in high-tech agricultural research. kentucky has a hugh stage in our nation's battle against opioid and substance abuse. i am eproud these bills fund treatment programs established by my career act and help those in long-term recovery reenter the workforce. speaking of addiction, i'm especially proud that this legislation includes my t-21 legislation to raise the nationwide age for purchasing tobacco and vaping products to 21 years old and help roll back the explosion in tobacco and nicotine use of our nation's youth. i'm proud to work with senator kaine and others on both sides to ensure that legislation was drafted and became law this year. senator todd young of indiana was also deeply involved in this as well. and i'm proud that these bills include direct bipartisan action that i urged to shore up the looming pension and health care crisis faced by coal communities in kentucky and across the nation. these are some examples from kentucky -- this legislation touches in fact all 50 states. this is why full-year funding

joining me congressman john y yarmouth, democrat of kentucky. are quote second chances. among those pardons is patrick baker, a convicted killer. "louisville corier journal" reports that baker's family raced more than $21,000 for bevin last year. with this correlation, do you buy his argument? >> well, no, i don't. and actually members of his own party don't. mitch mcconnell actually was very critical of some of these pardons. the republican president of the senate called for an investigation by the u.s. attorney. and others have called for an investigation of the pardons as well. this one case is particularly suspicious because the man who was, whose brother threw the fundraiser for him, he was one of three men convicted of this crime where they killed man in front of his family. the other two are still in jail and the man who, mr. baker who was pardoned the other day, was the one who actually pulled the trigger, the other two are still in jail, that's particularly suspicious, and the attorney for one of the other two said there was compelling

the clerk: the senator from kentucky mr. mcconnell moves to concur on the house amendment to the senate amendment. mr. mcconnell: i send a cloture motion to the desk on the motion to concur. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the cloture motion. the clerk: cloture motion, we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the motion to concur in the house amendment to the senate amendment to h.r. 1865, an act to require the secretary of the treasury to mint a coin and so forth and for other purposes signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i move to concur on the house amendment to the senate amendment to h.r. 1865 with a further amendment. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from kentucky mr. mcconnell moves to condition occur on the house amendment to the senate amen

oh i think it's quite possible today in kentucky a democratic governor is being sworn in he says that within 24 hours he will sign an executive order restoring the vote to convict and felons in kentucky 27 percent of all african-american men in kentucky cannot vote because it disqualified as convicted felons is going to be a huge swarm of new voters next year who are going to be inclined to vote against mitch mcconnell and that's going to worry him the fact that a democrat won for governor in a state that trump won by 30 points 3 years ago indicates that the sands are shifting away from mitch mcconnell and he may feel that it's going to come down to trump war him if he doesn't get rid of trump then he's going to have trouble getting reelected and if mitch mcconnell turns against trump's lucky to get 20 votes in the senate it's going to be something like 80 to 20 against him that's that's going to be real telling to see if the republicans will actually have the you know the guts to stand up to one of their own president sitting up there this could be very interesting to see as things m

. >>> outrage in kentucky. former governor matt bevan facing serious backlash after he pardoned more than 400 people right before leaving office. among those criminals set free, convicted killers and a child rapist. >> i'm not going to lie about it. it's very upsetting. >> this morning, what the former governor is saying in his defense. >>> all that, plus, movie controversy. >> i didn't do this. >> the new clint eastwood film, "richard jewel," under fire, is a movie about the security guard who was unjustly accused, doing the same thing, smearing a newspaper reporter at the center of it all. >>> in her majesty's service. queen elizabeth, no joke, looking for a social media director. this morning, how you can apply for the royal post. >>> and don't delay. with 11 days until christmas, the clock is ticking to get the holiday packages out in time. the critical shipping deadlines you need to know that start today, saturday december 14th, 2019. >> from nbc news, this is "today," with sheinelle jones, peter alexander

that proposal would have to be approved though by kentucky voters. molly?thank you. quite a list there, appreciate it. leland: follow that. the supreme court has agreed to look at three cases about whether president trump can keep his financial records from congress and also from the new york city prosecutor. the manhattan district attorney's office along with three house committees have subpoenaed records from both the trump organization and the president himself for investigations they are working on, namely his tax returns. the supreme court says they will hear arguments on these cases in march which means a decision will come during the 2020 campaign. stay tuned. molly: four 2020 candidates coming -- . [inaudible] as boris johnson scores big with british working class voters, that's coming up. plus, remembering our fallen heroes during the holiday season -- [inaudible] ♪ ♪ i'm a verizon engineer, and i'm part of the team building the most powerful 5g experience for america. it's 5g ultra wideband-- --for massive capacity-- --and ultra-fast speeds. almos

even if he did, the right to pardon, kentucky falls under th kentucky state constitution not the federaln part there's almost no limitation of a governor to do it is doing. >> there's no way that could found to be some kind of an abuse of power? i can't imagine. it seems like if they could prove if it was paid to play there, that would be some kind of abuse of power. >> not against the governor. the state constitution allows prosecution for bribery. if they did get their son or family member released, they could be prosecuted, the, but the governor is well within his authority to pardon. >> here is a statement from mat bevan himself the former governor of kentucky. the statements and suggestions that the financial or political considerations played a part in the decision-making process are both highly offensive and entirely faults to repeat such uncorroborated rumors and lies is reprehensible. tell me, sir, why launch an investigation if you say there' no way to really find anything against matt bevan, why are the looking at it? >> politics are so motivated by investigations. i don't wan

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky yields back his time. the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. mrs. lowey: madam speaker, i'm pleased to yield three minutes to the gentleman from north carolina, the chairman of the transportation, housing, and urban development subcommittee, mr. price. the speaker pro tempore: for? the gentleman from north carolina is recognized for three minutes. mr. price: thank you, mr. speaker. i'm pleased to rise in strong support of h.r. 1865. i want to first thank our chairwoman, nita lowey, also ranking member granger for their leadership and cooperation. and i want to thank my good friend, mario diaz-balart of florida for his collaborative approach. i couldn't ask for a better ranking member for our subcommittee work. the t h.u.d. section of this bill as we call it invests in america's transportation and housing infrastructure with the particular stress on safety, on addressing the needs of the most vulnerable, and on mitigating the impacts of climate change. it includes $74.3 billion in discretionary fundin

as if the cities are not apart of kentucky. that's kentucky. louisville is apart of kentucky. and not just harvesting votes. harvesting votes is getting votes from the human being to pass that. there is a person on the other side of that vote. but, when you say harvesting votes and cities, you are getting away how you think about those people. and so you do it that way, you can come to see cheating righteous. cheating is in furtherance of making sure of the right set of americans to keep their hold on power. that's what hangs in the ballot with this vote. our first guest voted to advance those articles on the floor of the house. please welcome our congressman dav david. [ applause ] >> what was that vote? >> was it about the election? >> absolutely. >> it was about our democracy, preserving our rights of this great country to decide our own future and decide who'll represent us in the white house and who'll control our democracy. one of the most extraordinary things about this country is a democracy of an example of the world. if we let the president in the united states cheat