our new site at the heritage foundation, they lay this out with a letter from lamar smith.en cite hillary clinton, who was secretary of state, cited phony environment groups that were being funded by the russians. she described herself as an environmentalist and expressed frustrations that the russians were propping up these organizations to advance their own estrus. if the united states fracking revolution accelerates it puts russia back on their heels. >> tucker: their entire economy is built on it. at least the story has an explicable logical motive, the idea that trump got the support of putin because they're both fascists, if not a compelling motive. this is a clear motive that makes economic sense so it's easier to buy. is it legal? if this is true, that we learned that u.s. environmental groups took money for the russian government, is not against the law? >> that's why lamar smith and other congressmen are costing for an investigation to at least look at the financing. you're getting all these questions about how much influence they have on donald trump, it logicall

our new site at the heritage foundation, they lay this out with a letter from lamar smith.hillary clinton, who was secretary of state, cited phony environment groups that were being funded by the russians. she described herself as an environmentalist and expressed frustrations that the russians were propping up these organizations to advance their own interests. if the united states fracking revolution accelerates it puts russia back on their heels. >> tucker: their entire economy is built on it. at least the story has an explicable logical motive, the idea that trump got the support of putin because they're both fascists, if not a compelling tmotive. this is a clear motive that makes economic sense so it's easier to buy. is it legal? if this is true, that we learned that u.s. environmental groupsl? took money from the russian government, is that against the law? >> that's why lamar smith and other congressmen are costing for an investigation to at least look at the financing. you're getting all these questions about how much influencee they have on donald trump, it logical

watch her explain her situation to lamar smith's staffers. >> if i lose this insurance, i don't have. i will be pre-existing again. that's terrifying. one of my best friends two years ago, her life was prolonged because of the health care that was given to her from the affordable care act. she died a horrible death because that's what cancer does. i held her hand as she took her last breath in hospice. the hospice that was available to her because -- because of the insurance. she would not have died as peacefully as she did or had that extra time with her family and friends if it wasn't for that. >> that's what it's like in congressional offices around the country right now. republicans on the hill came out with their new and improved version of their obamacare repeal bill on yesterday. did make some miner tweaks but the bottom line is the same. it takes a blowtorch to medicaid. medicaid provides more people with health insurance than any other health insurance provider in this country. the republican bill is expected to cause millions of americans who currently have health insurance

watch her explain her situation to lamar smith's staffers. >> if i lose this insurance, i don't havee-existing again. that's terrifying. one of my best friends two years ago, her life was prolonged because of the health care that was given to her from the affordable care act. she died a horrible death because that's what cancer does. i held her hand as she took her last breath in hospice. the hospice that was available to her because -- because of the insurance. she would not have died as peacefully as she did or had that extra time with her family and friends if it wasn't for that. >> that's what it's like in congressional offices around the country right now. republicans on the hill came out with their new and improved version of their obamacare repeal bill on yesterday. did make some miner tweaks but the bottom line is the same. it takes a blowtorch to medicaid. medicaid provides more people with health insurance than any other health insurance provider in this country. the republican bill is expected to cause millions of americans who currently have health insurance to lose not j

watch her explain her situation to lamar smith's staffers. >> if i lose this insurance, i don't haveance. i will be pre-existing again. that's terrifying. one of my best friends two years ago, her life was prolonged because of the health care that was given to her from the affordable care act. she died a horrible death because that's what cancer does. i held her hand as she took her last breath in hospice. the hospice that was available to her because -- because of the insurance. she would not have died as peacefully as she did or had that extra time with her family and friends if it wasn't for that. >> that's what it's like in congressional offices around the country right now. republicans on the hill came out with their new and improved version of their obamacare repeal bill on yesterday. did make some miner tweaks but the bottom line is the same. it takes a blowtorch to medicaid. medicaid provides more people with health insurance than any other health insurance provider in this country. the republican bill is expected to cause millions of americans who currently have health insur

. >> reporter: chase lamar smith known as happy guy, a comedian an community activist.ecause he wants to improve communities but this past weekend, it got personal. >> he began asking for his mom. if i die, please tell my mom i love her. when he said that, i felt like he understood the severity. >> reporter: very little information about the shooting victim except that he did survive being shot multiple times. they have nobody in custody. but the impact on chase was significant, and his facebook video challenging society has gone viral. >> so much -- so much negativi negativity. so much violence. our kids aren't safe on the streets, man. it's like at what point do we take accountability for our environment report roar chase mentors young people and is raising funds for his no dreams deferred foundation. he knows that there are a lot of causes to violence in communities. but after having a teen nearly die in his arms, he's asking all of us take a look in the mirror. >> you can blame who is the mayor of the city or not. you can put the blame anywhere you want to. but unti

report roar chase lamar smith is known as happy guy, a comedian an community activist.ause he wants to improve communities but this past weekend it got personal. >> began asking for his mom. he's like if i die, please tell my mom i love her. when he said that, i felt like he understood the severity. >> reporter: very little information about the shooting victim except that he did survive being shot multiple times. they have nobody in custody. but the impact on chase was significant and his facebook video challenging society has gone viral. >> so much -- so much negativi negativity. so much violence. our kids aren't safe on the streets, man. it's like at what point do we take accountability for our environment report roar chase already mentors young people and is raising funds for his no dreams deferred foundation. he knows that there are a lot of causes to violence in communities. but after having a teen nearly die in his arms he's asking all of us, take a look in the mirror. >> you can blame who is the mayor of the city or not? you can put the blame anywhere you want t

and let me say we're listening to congressman lamar smith, for the record, very distinguished chairman. mr. smith: i thank the gentleman. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. smith: i thank the chairman for yielding me an additional minute. it begins design and construction for the research reactor authorized in h.r. 589, which will provide access to the fast neutrons necessary to enable the next generation of nuclear energy technology. as we shape the future of the department of energy, our priority must be basic and early stage research that only the federal government has the incentives and resources to support and pursue. this will empower private sector innovators to develop and demonstrate resulting new capabilities that will attract the capital investments needed to take energy technology to the marketplace, creating jobs and expanding our economy. mr. chairman, i strongly encourage my colleagues to support this pro-science bill, pro-energy appropriations bill and i'll yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman fr

and let me say we're listening to congressman lamar smith, for the record, very distinguished chairman. mr. smith: i thank the gentleman. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. smith: i thank the chairman for yielding me an additional minute. it begins design and construction for the research reactor authorized in h.r. 589, which will provide access to the fast neutrons necessary to enable the next generation of nuclear energy technology. as we shape the future of the department of energy, our priority must be basic and early stage research that only the federal government has the incentives and resources to support and pursue. this will empower private sector innovators to develop and demonstrate resulting new capabilities that will attract the capital investments needed to take energy technology to the marketplace, creating jobs and expanding our economy. mr. chairman, i strongly encourage my colleagues to support this pro-science bill, pro-energy appropriations bill and i'll yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman fr

i also thank science committee chairman, congressman lamar smith, for holding numerous hearings to fully examine the environmental protection agency's national ambient air quality standards. arizonans desperately need the reforms that representative olson has offered in this legislation. unfortunately, my constituents in the east valley of maricopa county understand all too well the consequences of onerous e.p.a. regulations. mr. bigs: -- mr. biggs: arizona has high levels of background ozone in the atmosphere. from the e.p.a.'s perspective we're regularly above the attainment level. but instead of trying to fully understand my state's intricate needs or engaging in efforts to work with state officials to develop achievable plans and pass forward, e.p.a. has doubled down time after time with new standards that are impossible to meet. . h.r. 06 will help states like mine create tissue create meaningful plans by giving us more time to work with stake holders. it will also give us more flexibility in how we meet new regulations. good, commonsense bills like this one are needed to be sure we

bill includes funding to -- willnd construct provide access -- >> we are listening to congressman lamar smith for the record. very distinguished. >> i think the chairman for giving -- for yielding me an additional minute. funding to begin design and construction for the research reactor are prized and hr 589, which will provide access to the vast neutrons necessary to enable the next generation of nuclear energy technology. our priority must be basic and early-stage research that only the federal government has incentives and resources to support and pursue. this will empower private sector innovators to demonstrate resulting new capabilities that will attract capital investments needed to take energy technology to the marketplace, printing jobs and expanding our economy. i am currently colleagues to support this process bill and i yield back the balance of my time. >> the gentleman from new jersey reserves. i'm pleased to, yield five minutes to the gentleman from texas. >> thank you to the ranking member for yielding. i'm want to thank the appropriation chair from new jersey and the staff, a

the footnote for the story of oj includes interviewed with j, ali, michael b jordan, kendrick, lamar, will smithy-z as zero's albumn. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> i'm in love with your body ♪ >> ♪ >> so, he may be in love with her body, but a lot of people not in love with ed sheeran, been really hard for him. he has 19.2 million twitter followers, but he decided that he's going to quit twitter because he can't take all of the people mean to him when they're trolling him. he said he will ' keep the account open but not going to, you know being be putting stuff out there. only do stuff that's an update from instagram. he's just stunned by how mean people can be on twitter. >> all right, so, stars just like us, welshing kind of not. so we celebrated by watching the fireworks, we'll show you how some of the stars celebrated, as well. how about curry posting this pick? can you imagine? amazing life they have. on yacht with beautiful water in the background. let's take a look at paris hilton, she looking good. partying for a purpose with festive flag for her instagram followers. love him. duane the rock johnson

. >> reporter: chase lamar smith is known as happy guy, a comedian and a community activist.to improve commis but this past weekend, it got personal. >> he began asking for his mom e her. and when he said that, i felt like he understood t vy little information about the shooting multiplecept that he did times. they have nobody in custody. but the impact on chase was fack video challenging society has gone viral.o much negativity. so much violence. our kids aren't safe on the streets, man. it's like, you do we take accountability for our environment? >> r peporeople and is raising funds for his no dreams deferred foundation he knows there are a lot of causes to violence in communities. but after having a teen nearly die in his arms he's asking all of us take a look in the mirror. >> you can blame who is the mayor of the city or not. you can put the blame anywhere you want to. but until you step out your front door and attempt to make a difference, then you can't blame anybody but yourself. >> came aroun the scene of the shooting chase shared he's been in touch with the mother

. >> like will smith and jazzy jeff, they were the ones protesting about that, yes, good point. >> okay. so did anybody go to kendrick lamar's store on walnut? oh, my god. there were thousands of people. >> they showed up. >> he did show up about 2:30, 3:00. that was fun. but then last night i performed to a packed house. >> i feel like everybody went but us. >> because of our time. >> got to sleep. >> got to get up early. so we have footage from last night's performance at the wells fargo center. here it is. >> be humble. >> sit down. >> yes. be hum job be humble. sit down. >> be humble, sit down. >> okay, that's actually someone you know from the show, his name is know, a he's the son of our producer tori. >> so cute. >> adorable. >> and he's learning early lesson in humility. look at that. he's a the next kendrick lamar, do you think? >> oh, easily. >> should have put him on stage with kendrick last night. well, probably past his bed time. >> i know you recognize him, the kid who through the fit out in front of the building trying to get into a carseat. i love that kid. all right, jen, another edition of you go there. >>