they don't call it mountaintop scooping. coal it is a practice where they kill the top of a mountain, kill all the trees, take all the dirt off of it, and then a packet with dynamite and they blow up the top of the mountain, two football fields deep into the mountain, and they take that rubble, put it into the valley, poison the rivers, and they poison and they cause birth defects. i have behind me to communities that are representative and affected. for second -- 15 for second could do have people standing in opposition to this? it is a unity of amendment, but i gather you want a few minutes to discuss it. let me make it one minute each. >> hello. my name is laura -- >> they have the right to do it. go right ahead. >> ok. my name is laura from the commonwealth of virginia. amendmentauthor of 53, which i withdrew so that i might join with my brother mark to support his amendment. me, one minute please. over in the corner, can we take it down a little bit? thank you. >> i wanted to add my comments to brother marks. mountainto

they don't call it mountaintop scooping. coal it is a practice where they kill the top of a mountain, kill all the trees, take all the dirt off of it, and then a packet with dynamite and they blow up the top of the mountain, two football fields deep into the mountain, and they take that rubble, put it into the valley, poison the rivers, and they poison and they cause birth defects. i have behind me to communities that are representative and affected. for second -- 15 for second could do have people standing in opposition to this? it is a unity of amendment, but i gather you want a few minutes to discuss it. let me make it one minute each. >> hello. my name is laura -- >> they have the right to do it. go right ahead. >> ok. my name is laura from the commonwealth of virginia. amendmentauthor of 53, which i withdrew so that i might join with my brother mark to support his amendment. me, one minute please. over in the corner, can we take it down a little bit? thank you. >> i wanted to add my comments to brother marks. mountainto

allowing mountaintop mining operations to continue dumping their waste into our nation's streams and rivers is both dangerous and irresponsible. i urge my colleagues to join me in putting an end to it. allow e.p.a. to do their work and protect the environment and the public's health. support this amendment. striking section 425. thank you, and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek reck mission? mr. calvert: i rise in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. calvert: the language in section 425 simply maintains the status quo regardsing the definition of fill material for purposes of the clean water act. the existing definition was put in place through a rulemaking initiated by the clinton administration and finalized by the bush administration. that rule harman itesed the definition on the books of the corps and e.p.a., so both agencies were working within the same definition. any attempts to redefine this important definition could significantly negatively i

an effort to stand on the mountaintop at some point in time you have to call on it. you can watch this and other programs on line.ization known speeone our guest today is nick. what is issue one. it is a new nonprofit organization bipartisan group focusing on reducing them influence of money over politics? >> how are you funded? >> foundations and individual donors you have a book that says this nation is on the take what are you try to say? >> what were trying to say is that the problem of money and politics has breezed crisist proportions in this country that is a stage iv cancer at this point. i think the public has always been generally aware of the fact that money is a role in politics but were making comment. created such a policy that were losing were losing our democracy.er speeone what are the examples of what you are talking about, the paralysis? >> if you look at almost every number associated with number and politics they've all grown.n., as so we've gone from 500 lobbyist 20 years ago in washington to 20,000 registered.s. we've seen a 5,000% increase in

i'm very familiar with mountaintop removal mining. when i was the lieutenant governor of virginia, it became the most prevalent coal mining technique in central appalachia. i made more than 100 trips to the coal fields and i know the impact it has had on the enretirement and the health of these communities. and if we know a reasonable way to mitigate the negative impacts we should do everything in our power to implement. the stream protection rule is so important. tense of thousands of cubic feet are blown off with explosives killing mountain valleys. these valley fields as they are called vary headwater streams. mountaintop removal mining has flattened 500,000 acres of forested land and buried 200,000 miles of streams destroying sources that feed our water. it has shown a decline in adversity and biomass. if the coal industry asked the government to clearly define the expectations for environmental protection and that's what this rule does. by introducing scientific methods and testing, the government provides regulatory certainty an

an effort to stand on the mountaintop at some point in time you have to call on it. you can watch this and other programs on line.ization known speeone our guest today is nick. what is issue one. it is a new nonprofit organization bipartisan group focusing on reducing them influence of money over politics? >> how are you funded? >> foundations and individual donors you have a book that says

king pointed to the mountaintop, kennedy pointed to the moon, from seneca falls, to those who stood at stonewall inn, giants before us, said in a chorus of conviction, america, we will rise. >> as the democratic convention got under way here in philadelphia, hillary clinton spent the day campaigning in this battleground state of north carolina. in charlotte, she spoke at the national veterans of foreign wars convention, and focused her remarks on veterans issues. contrasting herself with donald trump, without ever actually mentioning him by name. later in the day, she held an organizing event where she son trasted this week's democratic convention to last week's rnc. >> donald trump wants to take his dark, divisive, dangerous campaign to a new level. what we heard from donald trump after his litany of everything that he said is wrong with america, which personally i took offense at, i don't know how you run for president of the united states if you spend all your time trash talking about the united states. >> we want to go back to that deadly nightclub shooting in fort myers, florida,

. >> it takes a staggering amount of work to get these mountaintop lots ready for homes. >> you've gotater. you have electricity. you have gas. >> but the developer took the time to do it right, before listing them for sale. >> typically, what happens is the developer will do maybe a few lots or wait for reservations and, with those funds, create the next phase. in this situation, everything's done. the lots are graded. utilities are in. the developer's invested hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars of his own money. >> $250 million in development in all the groundwork, design, everything over a 5-year period. >> they say that ascaya is a greek word meaning "one who chisels boulders," and it is easy to see why. >> i've got approximately 32 miles of boulder walls in here. >> finally, all the boulders were in place, and the lots were ready. then the recession hit. >> that 5-year period ended right around 2008, and, obviously, at that time, it was not the right time to release a new community. so they made the decision to go ahead and pull the community off the market. >> he realiz

can i be when he who gave the last full measure of devotion, so that we, too, could rise to the mountaintop find the promised land -- how else can i be when his voice echoes in my ears and i stand where he stood 50 years ago today. it is 50 years. that is 600 months. that is 18,263 days. that is 438,000 hours. that is 26 million, two hundred 90 8000, 720 minutes -- 26,298,720 minutes. and as i think about it now, i believe dr. king would remind me -- he would remind all of us -- that viewed from the long line of history, that moment is only a breath away. he would remind me to remember his teacher, the late, great dr. n'djamena elijah mays. as he used to say, life is just a minute. only 60 minutes in it, forced upon you, you cannot refuse it. did not seek it. didn't choose. but it is up to you to use it. you will suffer if you lose it. give account if you abuse it. just a tiny little minute, but paternity -- but eternity is in it. dr. king would remind me that these two moments lie only a breath away. that he is with us here. and i'm humbled to be in his company. i am humble, but y'all, i a

you want to live in brazil and have to get to your home in a helicopter on a mountaintop? i don't think so. john: hong kong or australia. >> hong kong's welfare rates are higher than us. >> only 3% of the population is rn receiving government assistance in hong kong. john: at the clinton rally people said they like her because she is a woman. >> i think hillary would bring a lot of change for women. >> i would like to see a woman in office. >> it's time we had our chance. >> it's time we had a woman in the white house. >> it seems anti-feminist. shouldn't people vote for you because you are the best, not because of your gender. >> if we were talking about margaret thatcher i would be cheering. it's the policy the politician believes in should guide their votes. not whether they have a certain set of genitalia. >> the fact that this economically developed nation has never had a woman as a leader, germany at the moment, israel. >> why didn't your left-wing friends celebrate margaret thatcher. john: would you have celebrated sarah palin. hillary clinton for whatever you say h

. >> dennis todd watches from the mountaintop in disbelief. >> i was not ready for the mother load explosion when it came. it looked like nothing that i had ever seen before. >> the explosion kills two people, one whose body is never found. both are employees of pepcon who don't make it out in time. more than 350 people are injured. >> i remember one person describing it as, they were on a run, just a dead run away from the facility and as the shockwave of the blast, you know, hit them, they ended up basically opening their eyes and they were on the ground. >> the blast consumes most of the remaining chemicals and there are no more explosions. the natural gas line is shut off and the fire burns itself out by the next day. >> and nobody can believe it. i think there was a realization from the residents of henderson that they had a dangerous industry right in their backyard and nobody stopped to think about it before a disaster of that magnitude. >>> a marshmallow factory next door is leveled by the explosion. fortunately, all its employees evacuate beforehand. but it creates a sticky situatio

. >> the october moratorium made richard nixon go to the mountaintop literally.went to camp david for two weeks to write a speech to answer the anti-war movement. the elites had gotten on the anti-war bandwagon. the press, harvard, the universities, east coast establishment. by 1969, they were all anti-war. >> hell no, we won't go! >> and nixon wanted to rise up and show that there was another side, his side, the outsiders. the people who didn't go to harvard who revered the flag and supported our soldiers. and he wanted to rally them. >> to you, the great silent majority of my fellow americans, i ask for your support. north vietnam cannot defeat or humiliate the united states. only americans can do that. >> the term "silent majority" clicked with middle america because they were never represented on television, and they didn't feel they were represented in washington and didn't really have a voice. >> president nixon proudly displayed 52,000 telegrams from persons who supported him. >> it's time for the great silent majority just to stand up and be counted. >> a

else can i be when he who gave the last full measure of devotion so weak, too, could rise to the mountaintopnd find the promised land -- how else echoese when his voice in my years and i stand where he stood 50 years ago today. it is 50 years. that is 600 months. that is 18,263 days. that is 438,000 hours. 26 million to 98 rows and evan hundred 20 minutes. and as i think about it now, i believe dr. king would remind me -- he would remind all of us -- that viewed from the long line of history, that moment is only . breath away forced upon you, you cannot refuse it. you did not seek it. to use it. you you will suffer if you lose it. give account if you abuse it. just a tiny little minute, but paternity is in it. dr. king would remind me that these two moments lie only a breath away, and he is with us here and i'm humbled to be in his company. i am humble, but you all, i am hungry. i am hungry because we have come so far. we have not come far enough. to finish the job you started. i came across a photograph not too long ago -- dr. donaldson i see you out there -- of my father before the gentlem

brought us to the mountaintop, and although we are not there yet, we are still climbing, and with presidentght is a testament to the strength of our party, the goodness of our people, and the greatness of our nation. our nation is strong, but we can be stronger. , but we cane good be better. america is great, but it can be greater. my fellow democrats, america's brightest days are yet to come. we had

brought us to the mountaintop, and although we are not there yet, we are still climbing, and with president hillary clinton, america has arrived even further . my standing before you tonight is a testament to the strength of our party, the goodness of our people, and the greatness of our nation. our nation is strong, but we can be stronger. , but we cane good be better. america is great, but it can be greater. my fellow democrats, america's brightest days are yet to come. we had her and better things to achieve, but achieving eager and better things requires working .ogether and working harder from philadelphia together to make our nation better andmerica america greater by electing hillary clinton the next president of these united states. god bless each and every one of you and god bless these united states of america. thank you. [applause] >> our past may very -- a single, hard-working mom, an immigrant -- but our cause is the same, to make a difference. raising our voices so all our heard. >> waging the fights that need fighting. >> one by one, our numbers have grown. and we are here to

until the ocean covers every mounta mountaintop.. that these five men gave their lives for all of us. it is my honor to introduce to you the president of the united states of america, president barack obama. thank you. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you very much. to president and mrs. bush, my friend, the vice president, and dr. biden, mayor rawlings, chief spiller, clergy, members of congre congress, chief brown, i'm so glad i met michelle first, because she loves stevie wonder. [ laughter and applause ] but most of all, the families. and friends. and colleagues and fellow officers. scripture tells us that in our sufferings, there is glory. because we know that suffering produces perseverance. perseveran perseverance, character. and character, hope. sometimes the truths of these words are hard to see. right now those words test us. because the people of dallas, people across the country are suffering. we're here to hon no are the memory and mourn the loss of five fellow americans. to g

king pointed to mountaintop, kennedy pointed to the moon, from seneca falls, to those who stood at stonewall"america, we will rise." my fellow americans -- my fellow americans, we cannot fall into the complacency or indifference about this election because, still, the only thing necessary for even to be triumphant is for good people to do nothing. you know the saying. my fellow americans, we cannot be seduced by cynicism about our politics because cynicism is a refuge for cowards, and this nation is, and must always be, the home of the brave. we are the united states of america. we will not falter or fall. we will not retreat or surrender. our values, we will not surrender our ideas. we will not surrender the moral high ground. here in philadelphia, let us declare, again, that we will be a free people. free from fear and intimidation. let us declare, again, that we are a nation of interdependence and that in america, love always trumps hate. let us declare -- let us declare to the generations yet on board can hear us, we are the united states of america. our best days are ahead of us, and to