i think it's incredibly important, but i don't think this helps his marsha, marsha, marsha cause. >>ot to take away the importance of the seriousness of this, but let's follow the bouncing ball. we have somebody arrested in canada, china detains canadians, and now this, that's supposedly been going on for 12 years. i do wonder about the timing. next question, what does china do next week in retaliation to this, and again, the ball keeps rolling. i don't think it helps trade in any way, shape or form and if you notice, nothing continues to get done on trade, and tariffs are really starting to hurt globally. lauren: now we have an alliance. we have other nations on our team here in calling out china for their wrongdoing. that could help us if we sort of isolate china in that way. don't you think, michael? >> look, we have seen even germany is going after china on things like this. it gets lost in the headlines, but that's happening out there. fact of the matter is what happened with the huawei cfo was a bit much. it was a bit of a show piece and china retaliated by detaining some canad

others with their structures still standing, like denice's neighbor, marsha.((marsha martin-paradise resident)) "i hope everyone is okay, that's all i wish for. i know what they're going through. i just can't grasp it)) neither neighbor knows for sure if they'll remain residents of paradise... they say seeing their homes gives them closure from the campfire. ((denice)) "now that i know it's gone, i can move on now. i have closure. it's going to be okay." ashley : residents in these areas have an 8pm curfew. when evacuation orders will be lifted for the rest of paradise is still tbd. ( robin )federal environmental officials are starting to clean up toxic waste after butte county's devastating camp fire. e-p-a crews are ankle deep in debris... shoveling through remains where a home once stood. phase one of the six month clean-up focuses on the removal of toxic waste. (

roger robinson and also marsha.h you both for being us >> thank you for having us. >>> and that will do it for us. find our coverage at kqed.org/newsroom. i'm thuy vu, thank you for joining us. ♪ ♪ ♪ robert: new clues in the mueller probe. is it winding down or up? i'm robert costa. welcome to "washington week >> he was my first choice since day one. respected by republicans. and respeed by democrats. robert: president trump nominates william barr, a former attorney general under the late presidbush for another stint at the department of justice. and as robert eller plows forward, the president steps up his attack on the special council setting the stage for political and legal. but what do new court documents reveal aboutformer trump associates? and what's the game plan for the president's counterreport? plus, staff turbulence shakes up the president's circle.

others with their structures still standing, like denice's neighbor, marsha.((marsha martin-paradise resident)) "i hope everyone is okay, that's all i wish for. i know what they're going through. i just can't grasp it)) neither neighbor knows for sure if they'll remain residents of paradise... they say seeing their homes gives them closure from the campfire. ((denice)) "now that i know it's gone, i can move on now. i have closure. it's going to be okay." ashley : residents in these areas have an 8pm curfew. when evacuation orders will be lifted for the rest of paradise is still tbd. (grant) 11 people are now missing from the camp fire. the butte county sheriff's office released a statement announcing the number of deaths following the camp fire has dropped by three, making the total 85. officials say the number decreased by 3 after d-n-a testing showed remains that had been separated belonged to a single person. (catherine) also tonight at 5:30... kron4 is always tracking local stories. here's a look at what's going on in your neighborhood right now. (grant) i

others with their structures still standing, like denice's neighbor, marsha.((marsha martin-paradise resident)) "i hope everyone is okay, that's all i wish for. i know what they're going through. i just can't grasp it)) neither neighbor knows for sure if they'll remain residents of paradise... they say seeing their homes gives them closure from the campfire. ((denice)) "now that i know it's gone, i can move on now. i have closure. it's going to be okay." ashley : residents in these areas have an 8pm curfew. when evacuation orrs

and marsha, you are 20 years old, a juniort cal and majoring in political science and prior doto this you have any experience working on political campaigns. >> i had experience here and ere. rhad the good fortune of working for senat -- and turned on campaigns here and there but this is the first time i sort of ran a campaign and had some real professional experience. so it was absolutely a learning curve. >> so going around during the campaign, what was the reaction you were getting from long-term residents, your new and fresh faces but you look very young. did youave a lot of skepticism. >> we get a fair deal of that but we would general find one knock on someone's door and get half of that first -- you're ouonly 22 and want to represent me. we could talk to our neighbors about the issues affecting our neighborhoods, they were deeply receptive. >> what were you tellingthem. what were the issues part of your platform. >> the defining issues of our time here in berkeley, especially our housingand homelessness. you could ask any candidate running for city council in any district and t

others with their structures still standing, like denice's neighbor, marsha.in-paradise resident)) "i hope everyone is okay, that's all i wish for. i know what they're going through. i just can't grasp it)) neither neighbor knows for sure if they'll remain residents of paradise... they say seeing their homes gives them closure from the campfire. ((denice)) "now that i know it's gone, i can move on now. i have closure. it's going to be okay." ashley : residents in these areas have an 8pm curfew. when evacuation orders will be lifted for the rest of paradise is still tbd. (ken) federal environmental officials are starting to clean up toxic waste after butte county's devastating camp fire. e-p-a crews are ankle deep in debris... shoveling through remains where a home once stood. phase one of the six month clean-up focuses on the removal of toxic waste. steve calanog:"every household has a wide variety of products that can present a threat to human health and the environment if released, and we need to collect them in advance of the next phase." (ken) phase two wi

but i am looking forward to working with marsha blackburn who is bob corker's successor. i have to admit i agree with peyton manning. bob corker has done everybody that helps he is got up early, determined bridge everything he assigned and anybodybo who has anything about the issue that he cares about to say exactly what he thought was the right thing to do or the country. and then to come out with a results but elizabeth and his wonderful family i look forward to watching the has to be one of the best upcoming shows in texas which will be whatever bob corker decides to do next. thank you and i yield the floor. . >> i ask for unanimous consent to speak. >> i am honored to have the opportunity to speak in tribute to my friend senator bob corker and in recognition of a remarkable service to our senate with engagement productivity and i will follow on the majority leader in the senior senator from tennessee. when i first came here as a freshman in 2010, i partnered with senator mansion who was elected at the first time was to go to give stan. having never been a senator befo

we go to van buren, arkansas and marsha on our republican line. caller: i'm 70 years old but i'm a tooth less old woman and tooth less old hill byy. i was raised in arkansas. my daddy was a democrat and worked on the railroad and he was a democrat. democrat was the working man's party. a congressman change daddy's mind and he told the congressman one time, you are a good democrat, you just don't know it. well, i voted democrat most of my life, but i was hooked in 2016 by the first question to donald trump in the first presidential debate. i thought, if he can stand up to a woman like that, that's what we need in office, not someone who is going to pussy foot around. and he has been exactly what he has said he would do. and like his visit to afghanistan and iraq, he did not telegraph his movements like other presidents have done. i love the fact that he is keeping it close to his chest. i'm a confirmed republican because of donald trump. host: thanks for calling in. we are less than 10 minutes away from the house and senate. here's our plan. we'll

. >> it was easy when marsha blackburn decided to run for senate. i thought i could make a difference in washington. i have had a love for our country since i took an oath to defend the country at west point. i want to make sure it continues for my children to be the great country it is. >> a west point reunion. >> yes. my 25th reunion at west point, the presenter was telling us about how west point had changed since we were cadets. he put a slide up of the mission of west point and said this has not changed. it is still to create leaders and serve the country. it was an arrow through a heart -- my heart. i told my governor i will do it. that was six or seven years ago. >> what we done before that? >> running a health care company and day health care foundation. we would contract and my foundation ran free health care clinics. and food shelters and tennessee. >> and you're a doctor? >> i am a physician by training. an er physician. my emergency -- my residency is an emergency medical. i spent two trips to iraq and to afghanistan. >> what was operati

to security question marsha nicely. i'm not has been achieved so much more needs to be john and i think people have to be accountable to shoot monkey missile mcclatchey and i walk into the jungle. alone welcomes a hero mark thanks for joining us for this seasonal special week today we focus entirely on winter food and drink so let's have a sneak peek at some of the stories coming up. i germans are jumping on the british t.v. tradition. of dipping in them warming up the insides with swiss cheese fondue. i'm just. enjoying a winter treat in the mountains of austria. when it's cold outside people tend to favor warm hearty dishes for their meals as opposed to light and fresh cuisine in the summer months a country like poland generally has cooler temperatures for the majority of the year so it's no surprise that most of the dishes a wholesome rich and warming a modern influence has called for top restaurants trip aylmore to the international market so in one of poland's new their cuisine establishment chef sylvester list sho

into the united states senate until he was 100 years old but i am looking forward to working with marsha blackburn who is corker's successor and i have todm admit with peyton manning. he has done is united states center whatever one - - senator whatever he tennessee in hopes a senator would do. he has gotten up early determined to find some way to make the country a little better. . . . . madam president, i'mto honored to have opportunity to join my colleagues and rising today to speak in tribute to my friend, senator bob corker and in recognition of his remarkable service to the nation here in the senate. senator corker and his staff have led to a legacy of tireless energy and engagement and productivity and i'm thrilled to have a few minutes to follow on the comments of the majority leader and senator from his home state of tennessee. when i first came here as a freshman in 2010, i partnered with senator joe manchin elected at the same time i was and we decided the first thing we had to do was go to afghanistan to see our troops in harms way. having never been a senator before i have n

who talks about advocating for a christian rights in the middle east. [ applause ] >> thank you, marsha. good evening, ladies and gentlemen. i welcome you all tonight on our fifth annual solidarity dinner. it's my pleasure to see so many supporters, champions and partners and chapter leaders. i would like to recognize his excellency archbishop cristophe pierre to the united states. his excellency bishop, his eminence archbishop siobhan, danielle young, director of the office -- of office of management and budget, mick mulvaney. [ applause ] >> member of lebanese parliament and our board member mamat frem. [ applause ] >> mr. silva handy, deputy speaker of the hungarian national assembly. [ applause ] >> his excellency the hungarian ambassador to the united states, laz low zabo. [ applause ] >> the lebanese ambassador to the united states, his excellency gabriela issa. [ applause ] >> congressman and mrs. randy weber from the state of texas, 14th district. [ applause ] >> congressman french hill from the state of arkansas, second district. [ applause ] >> congressman jeff for then berry

go next to van buren, arkansas, and say hello to marsha on our republican line. >> caller: good afternoon. i'm a toothless old woman so you can call me a toothless hill bill we. i was raced less front a mile. my daddy was democrat, a member of the union, -- because that was when the --s were the working man's party. congressman john paul hammer smidt changed his mind and he told congressman hammersmidt one time, you're a good democrat, you just don't know it. well, i voted democrat most of my life, but i was hooked in 2016 by the first question to donald trump in the first presidential debate. i thought, if he can stand up to a woman like that, that's what we need in office. not someone who is going to pusy few and mealy mouth around and he has done exactly what the said to do. and like this visit to afghanistan and iraq, he did not telegraph with movements like other presidents have done. i love the fact that he is keeping his playbook close to his chest. i am a con firmed web site now because of donald trump. >> host: thank you for calling in this afternoon. we're less that ten minutes

and while i am looking forward to working with marsha blackburn who is bob corker's successor, i have to admit that i agreed with peyton manning. bob corker has done as united states senator what every tennessean, every american should hope the united states senator would do. he has gotten up early determined to find a way to make the country a little better, read everything he could find, talked to everybody he could find on the telephone. anybody who thought he thought knew anything about the issues he cared about jumped into it with both feet, saying exactly what he thought was the right thing to do for the country and usually coming out with a result that did just that. it has been a privilege to serve with him and to know better elizabeth and their wonderful family. i look forward to watching what has to be one of the best upcoming shows in town which will be whatever bob corker decides to do next. thank you, i yield the floor. >> senator from delaware. >> i ask unanimous consent to speak in morning business. >> without objection. >> madam president, i'm honored to join my collea

marsha and wyoming, a democrat. caller: hi there. my favorite subject. morning. i am a second time caller, both on the same subject. son works in -- my gas and oil. aware oflely -- freely what the needs are out there. what i would like you to talk about, when you talk about facts pleasea, could someone start inspiring other people to of theto the problem death and dying of entire species of animals due to heat and drought? it is getting to be more difficult to relocate. they are running out of space. and it is too slow, dirty, lousy death, whether you die of thirst or hunger. there are millions of people out there who care about endangered species and other species. host: we will leave it there and get a response from that. guest: you are right. it is something we should be concerned about. you are a steward of the creation, why did you make it so corals% of the earth's may be gone by 2050? to richard's point about how he does not see the evidence, the reality is it is not like the coming of the ice age, which did eliminate a lot of species. this is happening ext

conservation voters has an annual scorecard on the climate policy and votes each member several of them marsha blackburn, fisher, have very low scores. does that trouble you at all? they have gotten contributions have the chamber of commerce? >> i haven't looked at their scoreboard. i don't know what they measure. in terms of the candidates that we support as a chamber, we look at a broad range of issues. we work on any given week our team at the at the chamber is working on 300 different issues. we care about a lot of different things and try to evaluate candidates and members' support across a wide range of issues. >> we can go back to trade for a minute. you mentioned that is one of the bigger concerns when you look to next year. obviously business, something we saw ramp up at the beginning of the year because of the tax cut and the chamber supported, broader tax changes. what do you think the trade disputes are weighing on that perhaps upsetting some of the boost we would have seen from the tax cuts? how do you evaluate that? what sort of impact is that having? >> no question that tariffs,

thank you marsha, for requesting that song.ash tag ktvu on twitter, facebook or instagram. >>> white house chief of staff john kelly is expected it resign. cnn is reporting the news from two sources. president trump is reportedly discussing a replacement plan. and one potential replacement is it nick air's. >>> happening today, president trump will announce the person that will suck see nikki haley as the united nations ambassador. they reportedly selected spokesman heather nauert. she has a former fox news anchor. her appointment follows nikki haley's resignation in october. >>> special counsel robert mueller is expected to file a sentencing motion about the cooperation of michael cohen, president trump's former attorney into the investigation of russian interference in the 2016 election. >>> 6:26. comedian kevin heart is stepping down as host of the oscars. the old tweets that prompted him to apologize and the response that has more than a million views on social media. >> reporter: at san jose state university where the stud

my name is hagar, as marsha noted. i'm from greenwich, connecticut. my parents are from lebanon. i actually started my career here in washington, d.c. working for congressman christian hayes from connecticut. from there i went to the treasury department working in finance and sanctions policy and i handled the middle east which really focused a lot on counter financing and counterterrorism. from there i went and had the privilege of working on syria-lebanon for the crisis, and from my personal background, which i'll give you a little glimpse into, i am a mutt of sorts, if you can call it that. my great-grandparents were both armenian, one of whom -- yes -- one of whom fled the massacre of debra keir in turkey. my mother is of jewish background. her family came from heifa, and i have maronite background as well. i am really all of them. my family members suffered their own kind of oppression and escape. as a result of that and my work experiences, i always felt strongly about protecting the weak, fighting for these communities that are on the brink of going extinct and certainly f

. >>> fans and friends are remembering actress and director penny marsha. known for her role as laverne in laverne and shirley. she directed in"big," "a league of theirown." >> wewi have a new er for nbc's "the voice." 16-year-old chevel shepherd on "the voice." they will be back in february. nbc 4. watch it on >>> there's your ten day forecast. sunny and dry today. rain and a lot of it today and tomorrow. mild on friday. drying outor theweekend. dry weather for christmas eve and christmas day. >>> i like that. santa needs to be able to see where he's going. telegraph rode near dunsmore near southdo vne street. ice on the road has it shut down. we have several other spots that are icy around town as well re's one of them. southbound gw parkway near win run bridge, icy conditions reported. crash is out of the way. please be careful. >>> melissa, thank you. that is the "news 4 today." we appreciate you waking up with us. >> "today" show is next. we'll see you in 25 minutes with news, weather and traffic. untilthen, enjoy your day. >> make it a great day, ever

. >> taylor, emily, marsha. >> i am taylor. i am a member of the sf bike coalition and latino club. i am in support of the bike lane to save lives, encourage more healthy active transportation and getting people out of private cars. after witnessing the last fatal bike crash three months ago i saw another crash between 14th and 15th at valencia where the proportioned project is happening. after helping the man recover from the shock, we grabbed a beer together. he wanted to be here together. he works as a maintenance worker. he is a 25-year-old latino raised in the mission. a few weeks before the crash he started bike to the tenderloin. he shared how the biking every day improved happiness and helped with depression symptoms. since the crash he stopped using his bike due to the injuries. the crash went unreported. there have been 278 reported crashes on valencia. there are thousands of others like the one that i witnessed and the one that he described a few minutes ago. if we add drawn out community process to every block, we will never achieve vision zero in san francisco. let's fi

shirley" cindy williams and penny marshall returned to tv in 2016 on the set of her brother garry marshawho died that same year, and i was actually there. and that's where cindy revealed to me secrets about their hit show. ♪ schlemiel, schlimazel, hotsenfefr incorporated ♪ >> that was an yfd garry. they shot it late at night at the studio where they film the show. >> they said penny, teach cindy the little dance you do on the way to school with your chums. she did once and i didn't get it. the up and down, schlemiel, schlimazel. the second take i got it. he said that's good, we're out of here. >> garry also created with the happy days." in fact, "laverne & shirley's" very first tv appearance was when they guest starred on the show as fonzie andrt >> so shirl, what do you think of this kid? you've been with worse. >> oh, he's night. >> their own series ran19 to 19. the two were roommates who worked in a milwaukee brewery. >> we were hard-working girls who tried to make the rent, tried to do everything just to survive sxip and i think there are people in america who could identify with tha

woman christine gnome is now going to become the first woman governor of south dakota, or you look at marshaburn, she now moved on to become the first woman republican senator out of tennessee. we have an amazing set of group of women. >> martha: do you think the republican party has a problem with women voters that you want to address. >> that's fair to say, this is a place we need drastic improvement. she was one of the youngest woman ever elected, one of the individuals i help from the beginning and we want to be able to spread that across the country recruiting more women. if we had more than 100 women last time, the biggest challenge for republican woman was not winning in the general election and winning in the primaries, that's a place are going to see an improvement going forward and that's one area i'm going to work my hardest at. >> martha: i want to ask about adam schiff, he was very concerned about the president's potential campaign finance violation which seems to be so far the only thing that has surfaced as a potential issue legally and we will see where else this whole thing

marsha fudge got destroyed by nancy pelosi when she talked about running against her.e are afraid of nancy pelosi. i get it. it doesn't make much sense.uc i spent two years comparing this guy to hitler.hi saying that he colluded with a foreign power, he's treasonous. many people have said that. if he's all thee things you've told us he is, why don't you have a moral obligation to impeach him this afternoon?ou i'm serious. >> well, look, like i said, unless there's something that both sides agree is criminal, ready for removal, i don't seere nancy pelosi allowing that to go forward in the house. we know what happened?-- >> tucker: why should rank and file?-- you're right. i get it. i agree with you as a political matter. you're absolutely right. pelosi is very smart politically and knows it will hurt democrats if she tries to impeach. i'm also serious about this. let's take your rhetoric seriously.t' how can you live in a country with the president who is like hitler who colludes with vladimir putin to destroy our democracy? >> here's myut answer. my answer to that is w

marsha and patsy mink of hawaii. this weekend on american history tv on cspan-3. that speaking at a conference sponsored by the american enterprise institute, talking about potential changes to the medicare payment system and some of the goals for the agency. this is about 40 minutes. >> i'm with the american enterprise institute, name is joe, and i'm here to welcome all of you here today for what i think will be a vigorous discussion of medicare physician payment. they recently released a final regulation that made a lot of changes but the key changes we will focus on most, have to do with the way that your doctor gets paid when you have a normal office visit. that is a big change and the fee program has been very slow moving about 30 years old now and about the same payment system it was 30 years ago with modifications. i think this recent regulation is one of the larger changes and is intended to reduce paperwork and improve the relationship between the physician and the patient. more time for the physician to the q in the eye and say how do you feel and what d

he will represent the tennessee .sseat vacated by incoming senator marsha blackburn. the nashville suburband the area around fort campbell army base. and, denver riggleman. he is an air force veter who now owns a craft distillery. he will represent central virginia in the 5th district, which includes the city ofe. charlottesvi and congratulations again to all of you, and welcome to the newshour.ha >> thanks fong us. >> woodruff: great to have you here. n three of you had never for public office before. so, while it's still fresh in rour minds, what is it that you're taking awaythis election, from this campaign, ythat is going to stay wi for a long time? elissa slotkin, what about you? first ti for you, first to run for office. >> i think fore, the number of people who were first-time volunteers, who had never done anything on a politimpaign in their lives, who were just feeling like they deserv better in washington and that the vitriol and the tone andng tenor cout of washington did not reflect how they wanted to live at home, how they wanted to get along with theiror

senator marsha blackburn.es the areaville suburbs and th around fort campbell army base. and, denver riggleman. he is an air force veteran who now owns a craft distillery.l he wpresent central virginia in the 5th district, which includes the city of charlottesville. and congratulations again to all of you, and welcome to the newshour. >> thanks for having us. >> woodruff: great to have you here. so three of you had never run for public office before. so, while it's still fn your minds, what is it that yore taking away from this election, from this campaign, that is ing to stay with you for a long time? elissa slotkin, what about you? first time for youfirst to run for office. >> i think for me, the n people who were first-time volunteers, who had never done anything on a political campaign their lives, who were just feeling like they deserved better in washington and that the vitriol and the tone and tenor coming out of washington did not reflect how they wanted to live at home, how they wanted to get along wi

. >> hi, marsha. >> hi. [laughter] i would like to ask you what are you reading now, exempt that you're probably not -- except that you're probably not reading now. [laughter] if you aren't reading now because you're so busy, what's the last book you've read? >> well, a two-part answer. the last book that i've read that i want to recommend to everyone is a book called these truths by jill lapore which is a history of the united states from the discovery of the north american continent up until two years ago that is remarkable in being 800 pages long but still very readable. but it reveals scenes that we are grappling with as a cup now that have been -- as a country now that have been present from 1776 and before. and so it's kind of instructive. so i recommend that to everyone. the book i'm reading now, actually, is by an author who is appearing at another strand the event tonight at the china institute called the three body problem, and i'm not quite sure how to pronounce his name. >> xijin liu. >> it was r

. >> and now the first reading from the president's granddaughter, marsha lloyd bush. >> a reading fromo wait for him, to the soul that seeks him. it is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the lord, for the lord will not cast off forever but though he cause grief, he will have compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love, for he does not willingly afflict or grieve the sons of men. the word of the lord. >> thanks be to god. >> today's appointed psalm is psalm 23. the lord is my shepherd. i shall not want. he maketh me to lie down in green pastures. he leadth me beside the still waters. he restoreth my soul. he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. yea, though i will walk through the valley of the shadow of death i will fear no evil for thou art with me. thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me. thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies. thou anointest my head with oil. my cup runneth over. surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and i will dwell in the house of the lord forever. >> t

know, thinking when the new senate comes in you're not going to have bob corker around, you'll have marshackburn. the republicans will be in the minority. the shifting of the window of moral acceptability has been extraordinary but in the last couple of days i think you are seeing people who are saying, you know, hey who knew? if only somebody had warned us that this guy was like this. you and i are guilty of premature anti-trumpism. this argument that brett hume is making all this criticism is exaggerated but who knew this guy is off the rails, the girls are down and maybe we ought to be worried now. >> apparently more and more are. susan page let's talk about the democrats and what happens next with democrats on january 3rd. nancy pelosi becomes speaker of the house. i found that democrats sort of taking the guidance, napoleon said when your enemy is destroying themselves don't interfere. >> they have been disciplined about doing that. we saw democrats being disciplined during the mid-term elections and focusing on health care and not taking the bait when president trump said provocative

. >> marsha and ashley, thank you so much for joining us this morning. let me begin with you.poke to secretary baker yesterday about your grandfather's final hours, and i know you were there as well. what can you share? >> oh, you know, it was just really peaceful. i was so happy that i could be there for him and with my family and our close family friends and just be able to make sure that he knew we were there, he knew we loved him, you know, just comfort him as much as we can and try and make the very last part of his life as comfortable and loving as he made ours. >> you know, he expressed so much of that love in his letters to so many people, including you, ashley. i know he wrote you a letter the day you were born. also, a little bit later in your life. i love this letter and i want to read a little bit for our audience. dear ashley, darn it. when your class is having that play on november 25th, your old grandfather is going to be in frankfurt, germany, but he said he loved watching you through his binoculars and he was so very, very proud of you. that must have been so

and while i was -- i am looking forward to working with marsha blackburn, who is bob corker's successor, i'll have to admit that i agree with peyton manning. bob corker has done as a united states senator what every tennesseean, every american should hope a united states senator would do. he's gotten up early, determined to find some way to make the country a little better, read everything he could find, talked to everybody he could find on the telephone. anybody who he thought knew anything about the issue he cared about, jumped into it with both feet, saying exactly what he thought was the right thing to do for the country. and usually coming out with a result that did just that. it's been a privilege to serve with him and to know better elizabeth and their wonderful family. i look forward to watching what has to be one of the best upcoming shows in town, which will be whatever bob corker decides to do next. thank you, madam president. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. mr. coons: madam president, i ask unanimous consent to speak as if in morning busi

look at marsha blackburn, she served in the house with me, she won a great victory in tennessee.more women moving into leadership in the united states senate. some of those losses have been women going to better and stronger positions. we have many women in the cabinet. i think what we need to do is stick with our strong republican agenda. we want a strong economy. we want to make sure that we fix health care in a way that all americans can benefit. yes, i think we need to continue to message to women and continue to make sure that women have an opportunity, whether it's creating a business, whether it's in the workplace, and let me give congress credit. in the house, we voted to make sure that no person, no man, no woman, will ever be subject to sexual harassment again. we're seeing progress but there's always progress to be made. maria: real quick on trade, congressman. do you see an end to any of this in the first quarter or in the new congress, the usmca is being debated, a lot of democrats say they won't sign it, won't vote for it, rather, as is. there could be changing comi

the 2018 election and now congressman and senator elect marsha blackburn will take that seat.he is a republican. also, plenty of news yesterday on the russia investigation front, including a number of reports released by the senate intelligence committee in the investigation of russian campaign interference during the 2016 election. russia engaged in an all-out social media campaign on donald trump's behalf and continue to support donald trump after he took office. that story noting -- one of the reports from a company called new knowledge, a cyber security company said the operation began in st. petersburg in 2013, more than 1000 people gained -- engaged in around-the-clock operations first targeting ukraine and well before the 2016 u.s. election, american citizens . the scale of the operation was unprecedented, reaching 126 million people on facebook and 20 million users on instagram. they uploaded over 1000 videos on youtube. the report says there was a clear bias toward trump in the operations and the agency posted no pro click and content on except forr facebook one post

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