mckinney and williams were actually businessman and they were cotton traders. they really wanted to establish themselves as the primary route for cotton growers in texas to transport their cotton out of the republic of texas. they pretty much wanted to have be the primary transporters of that. so, they are businessman merchants, primarily. the next letter we are going to look at is a letter written from andrew jackson to sam houston. andrew jackson at this point is in retirement at the hermitage in tennessee. and sam houston is president of texas. it's written in january 1844. sam houston knew andrew jackson from his time back east. he had served under andrew jackson in the military. he was involved in politics in tennessee. and so, he and andrew jackson's knew each other from before houston' time in texas. circumstances pushed houston to texas. he became involved in the effor ts here to gain independence and the push for annexation and joining the united states. that issue had gone back and forth between prior president of texas and u.s. presidents. both sides

mckinney and williams were actually businessman, and they were cotton traders. and they really wanted to establish themselves as the primary route for cotton growers in texas to transport their cotton out of the republic of texas. they pretty much wanted to have, be the primary transporters of that. so, they are businessman merchants, primarily. the next letter we are going to look at is a letter written from andrew jackson to sam houston. andrew jackson at this point is in retirement at the hermitage in tennessee. and sam houston is president of texas. it's written in january 1844. sam houston knew andrew jackson from his time back east. he had served under andrew jackson in the military. he was involved in politics in tennessee. and so, he and andrew jackson's knew each other from before houston's time in texas. circumstances pushed houston to texas. he became involved in the efforts here to gain independence, and the push for annexation and joining the united states. that issue had gone back and forth between prior president of texas and u.s. presidents. both

you can see mckinney and williams, who actually were in partnership together.inney and williams were actually businessmen and they were cotton traders. and they were really the ones who establish themselves as the primary routes or cotton growers in texas to transport their cotton out of the republic of texas. they pretty much wanted to have be the primary transporters of that. so they are businessmen, merchants. the next letter we're going to look at is a letter written from andrew jackson to sam houston. andrew jackson at this point is in retirement at the hermitage in tennessee and sam jack's -- sam houston is the president of texas. sam houston new andrew jackson -- knew andrew jackson from his time in tennessee. he served under andrew jackson in the military. they knew each other from before you central time in texas. circumstances pushed houston to texas. he became involved in the effort here to gain independence, the push for annexation and joining the united states. that issue had gone back and forth between prior presidents of texas and both sides at o

mckinney and williams were actually businessmen and they were cotton traders. they really wanted to establish themselves as the primary route for cotton growers in texas to transport their cotton out of the republic of texas. they pretty much wanted to have -- be the primary transporters of that. they are businessmen, merchants primarily. the next letter we are going to look at is a letter written from andrew jackson to sam houston. andrew jackson at this point is in retirement at the hermitage in tennessee and sam houston is president of texas. it is written in january of 1844. sam houston new andrew jackson from his time back east. he had served under andrew jackson in the military. he was involved in politics in tennessee. he and andrew jackson knew each other from before houston's time in texas. circumstances pushed houston to texas. he became involved in the effort here to gain independence and the push for annexation and joining the united states. that issue had gone back and forth between prior presidents of texas and u.s. presidents both sides at one po

as for mckinney she spoke earlier today on "good morning america." >> to be honest i just really thoughtit was uncalled for. especially the week before, i really had been using it as a platform for social media bullying and really to -- to talk about negativity and being positive. it just came out of nowhere. >> tonight-year-old apparently mouthed "i'm sorry -- tonioli apparently mouthed "i'm sorry." but he's being bashed for being insensitive. some demandation public apology. "dancing with the stars" continues next monday at 8:00 here on abc 7. >>> tonight the warriors are back in action against the division rival l.a. clippers at the staples center. a potential second round playoff freeze. >> seth curry named the western conference player of the week averaging eight assists and point as they went 4-0 last week. the warriors have won nine straight and are an nba best 60-13 with just nine games left before the playoffs. the clippers, they're also on a roll winning seven straight since blake griffin returned from elbow surgery. tip-off at 7:30. first round of the playoffs begins april 18t

>> reporter: the amateurs include the under-breaking football star michael sam and charlotte mckinneye buxom blond bombshell known for this year's hottest super bowl ad. >> introducing the all-natural burger. >> reporter: who did the jive tonight. we went behind the signs with rumer willis as she and partner val shmirkovsky rehearsed. >> i feel really yateful i have a family that's supportive of the crazy and wacky things i decide to do. >> reporter: willis' family tight, a bond that stood the test of time. >> your parents' divorce was so high profile, i think a lot of people of your age watched that because your parents were parenting as divorced people. >> yeah. i think that they really set a trend of people who had split up being able to really still have a family dynamic. i have so much gratitude that that's the way that i was raised so i didn't have to split holidays and birthdays, that they made an effort to keep a family unit. >> what, if anything, scares outpost about this? >> her parents. you know, all jokes aside, every season is -- i don't know, why but for me the family of

. >> on "dancing with the stars," ten celebrities remain the show said good-bye to charlotte mckinney, reicher lynch tied with nastia liukin and michael sam and patti labelle was in the bottom. expect an emotional night next monday when they dance to songs from their most memorable years. >>> time for the last look at accuweather. >> lets look at where we are going, showers in the northern and western suburbs, cloudy skies and spots up north are in the 40s, unable to break into the 50s and the i-95 corridor it's more mid-50s and 54 in glassboro and as we look down the shore the same story mid-50s and cooler up north and not as bad down south here is one more look at the wide view on stormtracker 6 live double scan everybody up north now and coming down over the next couple of hours. >> now a look at stories we are working on for you on "action news" at 4:00, if you are looking for motivation to get moving we have the answer in health check why an app could help you get in gear just in time for spring. >> and the seniors taking the internet by storm the fight for the right to party. i

model charlotte mckinney is the second celebrity to go and does her best and enjoyed the experience. she was all smiles until "dancing with the stars" judge bruno gave his two cents. >> darling you are never going to win the nobel prize for quantum physics but are easy on the eyes. >> social media lit up with reaction as you might imagine saying the judge went too far last night and she say the commend was "uncalled for," but handled it well on "good morning america" this morning. >> the warriors are playing the clippers in a potential second round playoff preview. >> year, steph curry was named "player of the week," after 30 points and eight assists a game and now the warriors have only nine games best playoffs. the clippers have won seven straight since graven returned from surgery. the first round of the playoffs is april 18. >> and we are your home for the nba finals with coverage june 4 on abc7. >> children are not the only ones who can be accompanied by a lullaby ♪ ♪ ♪ many people clean their dentures with toothpaste or plain water. and even though their dentures look clean, in

hotspots in northern and western sierra leone, stretching from the capital freetown all the way to mckinneylast week, all 33 ebola cases came from the sirius. -- came from these areas. >> we hope this will provide a boost in vigilance and co mbat complacency, and that is acceptable for people, for the families and households that will be participating. reporter: the governments of the worst affected countries from all three want to see no new cases of ebola by the middle of next month. they hope that this weekend's exercise in sierra leone will help achieve that, but it's a very ambitious goal. ♪ anchor: and we have breaking news now. the highest court has in all the conviction of amanda knox and her italian next boyfriend the murder of a british student meredith kircher eight years ago. if the arctic -- if the verdict had been upheld, she would have served a 25 year prison sentence. knox was allowed to return to the united states. our correspondences outside of the court in rome. gavin, what can you tell us about what italy's court said in overturning the verdict? reporter: there have been

mckinney and williams were businessmen. they were cotton traders.y wanted to establish themselves as the primary route for cotton growers in texas to transport cotton out of the public of texas. they wanted to have the blessed be the primary transporters of that -- they wanted to be the primary transporters of that. they are businessmen. the next letter is from andrew jackson to sam houston. andrew jackson at this point is in retirement at the hermitage in tennessee and sam houston is president of texas. it is written in january of 1844. sam houston new andrew jackson from his time back east. he served under andrew jackson in the military. he was involved in politics in tennessee, so he and andrew jackson knew each other from before houston's time in texas. circumstances pushed houston to texas. he became involved in the efforts here to gain independence the push for annexation, and joining the united states. that issue had gone back and forth tween prior presidents of texas and u.s. presidents. both sides at one point or another refusing. there wer

. >> reporter: tied for last with 22 model charlotte mckinney and singer redfoo. >> i can smile and,he technique is what i got to get. that's what the judges were saying to me loud and clear. >> that was kasbestos's george pennacchio reporting there. that's what's making news in america this morning. >> stay with us for "good morning america." everyone have a great tuesday, happy st. paddy's day. >> ♪♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist dave murphy. >> ♪♪ >> it is tuesday march 17th, saint patrick's day. working on several stories you didn't see last night. >> and that includes this. police are looking for the two suspects who gunned down a teenager in west philadelphia. >> we have new details on the two temple football players who surrendered to police overnight to face an assault charge. >> and developing right now. polls are open in israel for what's being seen as crucial election. the country could soon have a new government. >> hey, everyone, it is 4:30. wish you a happy saint patrick's da

. >> reporter: 11th place finisher charlotte mckinney will be back at it too along with bachelor chris cups return next monday night for latin week. in los angeles, george pennacchio abc news. >> suzanne somers is 68? whoa. >> who knew? >> not me. >> patti labelle i got to tell you, i thought she was amazing last night. >> she had everybody moving. >> look at you. >> they might recruit you for next season. >> i don't know. we'll try. >>> that's what's making news in america this morning. >> have a great tuesday, everyone. >> ♪♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪♪ >> good morning. we're working on several breaking stories here on this tuesday march 24th. >> angelina jolie is talking about yet another step she has taken to reduce her risks of getting cancer. >> an attack underground has police looking for the young people involved. hear what police say started all of this. >> now that one hat has been thrown into the ring for the white house we hear from new jersey governor chri

last night they said goodbye to charlotte mckinney. tied for first place with nastia liukin. >>> in the to the bottom spots michael sam and patti labelle. >>> the entertainment world is buzzing about the comic trevor noah. little known comedian is about to fill some pretty big shoes. noah who is from south africa has been tapped to take over the daily show when jon stewart steps down. noah appeared on the show three times last year as an on air contributor. producers say noah was picked for his unique world view and insightful comedy. i posted clips if his routine on my facebook page. take a look see what you think stewart has not said when his last show will be. >> a lot of pressure nor guy. 5:53. up next details on a a big car insurance fraud case out of delaware county. >> we continue to follow breaking news. an active shooter situation unfolding right now at a virginia hospital. erin o'hearn will have a full report just ahead at 6:00 a.m. >> ♪♪ people of the coffee drinking world, dunkin' has a dark roast coffee that's deliciously

. >> reporter: charlotte mckinney is this season's second celebrity to go.n a great launching to see my character that a lot of people haven't seen and i enjoyed this experience. >> reporter: with 34 out of 40 riker lynch and his partner allison holker tied for first place with nastia liukin and her partner, riker's cousin. >> it makes me feel great because he's king of "dancing with the stars." >> i saw him today. i was like you're getting too good. >> reporter: rumer willis and val chmerkovskiy had 33 points. >> we just had fun much that's what tonight was about for both of us. >> reporter: 14-year-old willow shields and mark ballas. they trained hard. >> drenched in sweat in the rehearsals. we don't have phones in there. i keep my phone on airplane. >> reporter: in fifth place scoring 30 for their argentine tango, know what galloway and his partner sharna burgess. >> i feel anything is possible. >> pushing me creatively in a different direction because of him, you know in every sense of the word he's my muse. >> reporter: in sixth place. "shark" robert he

drive to left, under the glove of billy mckinney. two run score on his hit. giants comes 8-6.e a flash back seen. back to the future with barry zito on the mound. all gold and green. two games, gave up two hits, two runs and struck out a couple. newcomer at third. nice play. and as you said a couple of strike outs for zito. one here from castro. the game ends 2-2 a little tie there. and the college hoops. you know it's about ready to take the floor in a big way here in march. cal shows why they will be on the outside looking in and stanford tried to avoid that same fate. sports part ii next. >>> sorry but for cal, it had to feel like getting into one of those pick up games with a bunch of guys you don't really know. quickly you realize we don't belong in the same court with these guys. you can see it all over cal players faces. olson proudly watching the program he helped to start. nobody stopped that. he had 21. game over really in the first half. ronday, jefferson, great foot work. 99-60 arizona. completely dominating. >>> asu as asu curtain of distraction comes through. sha

. >> charlotte mccondition mckinney did her best and was all smiles until the judge gave his two centsysics but you are easy on eye and you produce --. >> boo! >> smooth, huh? >> sole media said the judge who often said wild and funny things went too far and she said the comment was uncalled for. here is what el the 23-year-old has to say on "good morning america" at 7:00 which and in eight minutes. >> is he embracing the thought there is no such thing as bad publicity? >> okay. back with seven things to know before you go. >> we will keep weather and traffic during the entire commercial wreck so you can see things like this, the big backup at the bay bridge toll plaza >>> here are seven things to know before you go: residents in the east bay complain of bad tasting water. there have been hundreds of complaints the water is pungent. they say it is because of a temporary change made to conserve the cold water for salmon in the fall. water has moral -- more of the algae than expected. >> funeral procession route of officer michael johnson killed in the line of duty has been finalized sta

>> reporter: but some couples not able to handle the heat and after just three weeks, charlotte mckinneye easy on the eye. >> oh. >> and you produce some wonderful -- >> i am extremely grateful. this has been such a challenge and i feel like the better person from this. i've learned so much. ♪ dance the night away ♪ >> and here they are now joining us live, charlotte mckinney and keo motsepe. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> hey, guys, welcome. >> thank you for having us. >> you guys are full of energy this morning. >> you are. >> we are. right? >> charlotte, i have to ask when you saw bruno get a lot of hate online after that comment to you, you were very graceful on the show. what did you think of what he was saying? >> to be honest, i just really thought it was uncalled for, especially the week before, i've really been trying to use it as a platform for social media bullying and really, you know, to stop with any negativity and really talk about being positive and it just came out of nowhere, you know. >> you really handled it very well. as you said coming off what you went through the we

i've learned so much. ♪ dance the night away ♪ >> here they are now joining us live charlotte mckinney>> thank you for having us. >> you guys are full of energy this morning. >> you are. >> we are. right? >> charlotte, i have to ask when you saw brooup get a lot of hate online after that comment to you. you were very graceful on the show. what did you think of what he was saying? >> to be honest i just really thought it was uncalled for. especially the week before i've really been trying to use it as a platform for social media bullying and to stop with any negativity and really talk about being positive and it just came out of nowhere. you know. >> you really handled it very well. as you said coming off what you went through the week before it was surprising and disappointing. >> it was silly but, you know sometimes on live tv you just forget. >> it still stings. >> i've heard it all so at the end of the day it -- >> shake it off. >> shake it off. ♪ shake it off ♪ >> you had to shake it off. you have this man right here next to you to help you with that. what was it like? this is your

the ball gets past the outfielder mckinney. two runners score. giants take the lead.hey win a costly one, 8-6. the a's facing a cubs split squad. joe madden first game as the chicago manager barry zito making his return to the a's. ending the inning. retiring five straight and he hits a batter and then blastses a two-run shot to left center. 2-0 cubs. this game would end in a 2-2 tie. well the happiest 49er today might be colin kaepernick. he will not be running from darnell dockett next season. dockett agreed to a two-year, $7.5 million deal with the red and gold. he is going to be a 49er. he sat out last season with a torn acl. all right. leaving the game after nine seasons, oakland native maurice jones-drew. announce ed announced his retirement from the nfl today via twitter. he finishes with 1,847 carries for 8,167 yards and 68 rushing touchdowns with jacksonville and had his final one with the raiders. continuing coverage now on the proposed raiders and chargers stadium in carson, california. organizers reportedly filed paperwork yesterday that would allow the pl

. >> 11th place finisher charlotte mckinney will be back to it as well, as long with bachelor chris souleshe 11 remaining couples return next monday night for latin week. snooze as george mentioned the fun continues with "dancing with the stars" next monday night at 8:00 right here on abc7. >>> as we continue on abc7 news at 4:00, birds versus the board. almeida county supervisors picking up a controversial wind mill proposal some say will harm wildlife. >> when you look at the video the officers were in absolutely no danger. >> but first police protesters give an earful to san francisco police chief greg sir. how the city's police chief responded to the crowd. >>> new details this afternoon on an east the volkswagen jetta is really fun-to-drive. go for it. okay. wow... woohoo! i'm dreaming... pinch me. no, not while you're driving. and, right now, you can get a one-thousand-dollar volkswagen credit bonus on jetta models. seriously, pinch me. it's not a dream. ow! it's the volkswagen stop dreaming, start driving event. stop dreaming, and test-drive one today. hurry in and you can get 0% ap

this steamy ad featured charlotte mckinney who jokes, she'll using dancing as a way to burn off the hamburgers during the shoot. one says he's finally on his late mother's favorite program. reporter: sergeant noah gall way who lost his left leg and left arm in fighting in iraqi freedom 2005 said for him, this is as challenges as anything he's ever done. >> i like challenges. try not only dancing but dancing in front of millions of people. reporter: noah's partner is quick to point out she thinks he'll be an inspiration. live streams from the ballroom and rehearsals. leon: a crime of passion sparked by a love triangle. a college student on trial for stabbing his best friend learns his fate. we're at the courthouse for the verdict. evidence neglected. a massive backlog of untested rape kits gets the attention of top leaders. where the numbers are highest in our area and pedestrians and cyclists at high risk. >> it's the most treacherous to a pedestrian. leon: what's being done to fix some of the area's most dangerous intersections. >> now, abc 7 news at 5:00 on your side. leon: right now, an inv

anxiety and -- >> tied for last place with 22 points, model charlotte mckinney and singer. >> it looks much fun. that was george pennacchio performing. it's next monday night at 8:00 on abc 7. >>> as we continue on abc 7 news at 4:00. sfo tracking drivers. who the airport is looking at. the big bucks that are at stake. >> first a naked -- a man standing in the nude for everybody to see. why police say there is nothing they can do. >> friends and family say goodbye to the oakland teenager >>> out of headlines, where you live at 4:30 and the wild crash. traffic still snarled after that spectacular crash during a high-speed chase all across the bay area this afternoon. sky 7 hd captured it all. the driver not seriously injured after crashing on northbound highway 280 in los altos hills. that pursuit started near vacville. no word on why the driver was trying to evade police. >>> there's growing fallout over racist and homophobic texts sent by san francisco police officers. the city's public defender weighed in for the first time asking for reforms within the department and coming up only

." ♪ at the copacabana ♪ >> also charlotte mckinney performed a rumba with her partner, seeing her here a lot of posing. ♪ >> yeah. in the end maybe she should have rumbaed more. this cost her. charlotte was voted off the dance floor last night. charlotte of course was the pick. she was the one from the super bowl ad with karl's jr. and there was a burger in there somewhere in that ad. you know what we are talking about. >>> a huge promotion on the "daily show." >> in december, 31-year-old trevor noah, a biracial comedian from south africa made his debut as an on-air contributor to "the daily show" with jon stewart. after three appearances he has been named as stewart's successor, as host of the show after stewart steps down later this year. >> stewart was quick to tweet out congratulations. the young man, if you don't know him, get familiar with his comedy. he is brilliant, smart comedian from south africa. >> look forward to seeing what he does with the show. >>> a record-breaking end to a record-breaking season for "the walking dead." >> some surprises on sunday's 90-minute season fi

let's bring in burns mckinney, portfolio manager at -- andrew maury, he is portfolio manager of the morning star five star rated aston lmcg small cap growth. good to see you. really feels like the market is having a bit of a tantrum here wrush know the jobs resetting the fed clock, and the market is saying hang on. we weren't ready for this. this is earlier than we were thinking. is this justified, do you think? >> i think it partially is. the jobs report certainly came in a lot stronger than it was expected. you know with 295,000 jobs created last month despite the fact that you had a lot of really shaky winter weather. unemployment coming down to 5.5%. that's pretty much in line with what the fed considers to be full employment, which a lot of that really pushed back expectations such that the fed probably can be expected to raise rates at the very, very least by september of this year if not sometime sooner. whereas, i think that the equity markets have been acting in recent months as though we're ready for the fed to start raising rates. it's sort of like, you know when you climb the st

my coach, bones mckinney a southerner, came up to my room and said he wanted to eat with me.got mean other players downstairs. you've got to take care of your team. the important thing is i know how you feel. i told bones how much i appreciated the gesture. earl lloyd said quote throughout my career i never experienced one covert racist incident with a team or opponent perhaps because the basketball players were college educated, and so many had played with blacks before. but earl lloyd heard racial epithets many "times" from theand ignored them. he said my philosophy was, if they weren't calling you names you weren't doing nothing. if they're calling you names, you are hurting them. on friday i got an e-mail from bill russell's daughter karen russell, telling me that earl lloyd, the first black player in the nba had just died. her note said that when her father joined the nba in 1956 with the boston celtics, earl lloyd warned him about where he wouldn't be able to get served when he was on the road. the last line of karen russell's e hail-mail to me, >>> tonight on "all in."

a geography -- geographer at ucla has spent a lot of time with the tribes of new guinea and the mckinney and tribes are thought to be some of the best preserved pre-scientific human societies. he discovered that post-battle travel warriors often have nightmares and the nightmare something you can find in the furthest reaches of human history. >> host: very common in current ptsd. >> guest: a write-down some people consider to be the signature symptom of seat -- ptsd the nightmare. there are parts of it that are theoretically immortal universal and central to her current symptoms but there other aspects that have evolved and that's one of the arguments i make in the book. coulter is more important in biology in ptsd. >> host: how people experience it. >> guest: yeah how we are trained to experience the manifest symptoms and the flashback is considered to be one of the cardinal symptoms of ptsd but in the early 2000 a group of researchers from king's college went back and examine the memoirs and accounts of soldiers who had served before and discovered that the flashback was really not the

. >> shore lat mckinney. >> it's been a challenge jumping with larger chest so we have been having toeverybody is going to look like that. ♪ >> how do your mom and dad feel about you? >> they're really excited. >> rumer's parents will be in the audience while step mom instagramed she'll be there, too. olympic jim mist is hoping derek hough makes his flight from new york to l.a. this morning. nastia rehearsing with stand-in. >> i take a deep breath and hope flights are on time. if not i'm dancing with henry tonight. >> noah revealed that his prosthetic can be tightened or loosened. >> the computer tells it how many resistance there is and swing. >> at 14 years old willow shields is the youngest contestant >> i'm home schiavocampo-school. >> i am openly gay and i'm still a professional athlete and trying to be in the nfl. >> and now a dancer. >> now a dancer. >> packed with different talents but focusing on the same goal bringing home that gold-plated mirror ball trophy. for "gma," abc news los angeles. >> you can watch the big season premier of "dancing with the stars" tonight at 8:00

. >> reporter: charlotte mckinney famous for her hamburger commercial is worried about the jive. >> it's this is gorgeous. >> reporter: i like the understated wardrobe. >> wait until you see monday night, everybody is going to look like that. ♪ >> reporter: how do your mom and dad feel about you doing "dancing with the stars"? >> they're really excited. >> reporter: rumer's parents bruce willis and demi moore will be in the audience while stepmom emma instagramed she'll be there, too. olympic gymnast luikin is hoping derek hough makes his flight from new york to l.a. this morning. nastia liukin rehearsing with her stand-in. >> i take a deep breath and hope flights are on time. if not i'm dancing with henry tonight. >> reporter: iraqi war veteran noah galloway revealed his high-tech prosthetic can be tightened or loosened. >> the computer tells it how much resistance there is and how much swing there is. >> reporter: at just 14 years old, willow shields is the youngest contestant ever. >> i'm home-schooled, so i have to do school as well as training. zbrr meanwhile, michael sam is trainin

clams as has the deal footage of the speeding not arrested of the pay him 300 and $800 in mckinney'sers never make phone calls regarding my hands like this >> mark: year-old boy it recovering after a thought to a cement floor of and about all the trees will. his plan with all to the roof and how thin metal parts. yesterday morning he into hamilton of elementary school. apparel was close by when the shells fell blood and other troubles on the river the school. and officials have to release any information yet on mixed on the boy's injuries. >> mark: video capture this more and medical emergency the u.s. coastguard evacuating 560 man from a carnival cruise ship yesterday. video out requested help after the man had a heart attack their listing in from the ship took him to an ambulance waiting on land. >> >> darya: 10 behind bars after body found stuffed inside a barrel outside sonoma city hall. friday night discovery led detectives to a mobile home. they believe the 64 year-old ronald several wall was killed. served search warrant later arrested christopher met at. authorities say the w

mckinney. >> thank you for appearing before usch and let me start with a question, perhaps. the epa -- has the epa ever made a mistake? >> i'm quite sure. >> do you think any of those mistakes have led to a job loss? >> i can't answer that question. we certainly do our best not to make mistakes in the first place and in the day that we see -- shows that job loss is not a consequence of environmental rules. >> i want to make sure that you understand and the public understands. i don't think there -- i don't think there is a will in congress to do away with the epa. >> that is good. >> you hear that a lot. >> thank you. >> i don't think there is the will to do that. i think that many of us here recognize that the epa has helped lead the way for filter and clean water. but there is reaching a point someplace in this balance that we just want them -- we want the epa to be more responsible and be more receptive to the impact your decisions are having on families. and i just don't -- i think you are missing the point. and just two examples with that is that i could is the timing o

the other one is debbie mckinney huff from a town kildcalled highland.s went up astronomically last year. this year they've gone up with a $10,000 deductible. she can't afford it. for all the happy dancers there are challenges out there that we don't do our constituents service if we don't understand that there's problems that have to be resolved. there's some budget requests that i want to talk about so i move forward. i'm a big supporter of medicare advantage. i was here when we passed it. seniors didn't have any prescription drug coverage. been very successful, been very popular. the budget request makes the reduction again in that where the enrollment is going up. favorables are high. and 670,000 people weren't able to access medicaid advantage. if you're from rural parts of this country, that option is very limited. if not or it doesn't exist. so i would ask that we relook at that so that seniors who want to have the option can choose that. and our concern is your budget hurts the ability for that to happen. >> with regard to the first issue in term

the other one is debbie mckinney have from a town called highland. she's a democrat. are premiums went up astronomically. this should have gone up another $2000 a $10,000 deductible. she can't afford it. so for all the happy dances that are challenges out there that we don't to our constituents service if we don't understand that there's problems that have to be resolved. there's some budget requests that are want to talk about so i will move forward, but i just put that in the record. i'm a big supporter of medicare advantage. i was here when we passed it. seniors didn't have any prescription drug coverage been very successful, it's very popular. the budget request makes a reduction again in that where the enrollment is going up, favorables are high. 6-under 70,000 people were not able to access medicaid advantage. and if you're from rural parts of this country, that option is very limited. or it doesn't exist. so i would ask that we look at that so that seniors want to have this option can choose that and our concern is your budget hurts the ability want that to hap