mr. alexander: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: mr. president the democratic leader expressed the hope that we could have a -- a path to the end on amendments, and i can assure him that senator murray and i agree with him wholeheartedly. we're working together to try to be able to do that. in the committee we adopted 29 amendments. most of those were democratic amendments. we have adopted 22 on the floor. a majority of those are democratic amendments. the democratic leader has been very helpful to allow us to come to the floor without delay and i can assure him and the majority leader that senator murray and i intend to try to resolve the couple of issues that we have right now and be able to recommend to -- to the leadership a path forward. it would be my hope that we don't even have to have a cloture vote, that we didn't have to have one to get on the floor and i hope we don't have to have one to get off the floor. i'm not prepared to say we can do that yet but we agree with him and will do our best to do that. mr. reid: mr. presiden

mr. alexander: mr.president? the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: i thank the senator from utah for his comments. we'll be voting on the senator's amendment this afternoon at 4:00 and i wanted to just make a couple of comments about it. i have a little different view of what his proposal is. he talks about our being opposed to washington's heavy-handed approach. the way i understand his proposal it's even more of a heavy-handed approach than the bill that we're voting on today and this is why. his proposal is that washington tell utah or oklahoma or tennessee or washington state what to do about whether parents may opt out of these federally required tests. they're not federally designed. utah has its test. tennessee has its test. they're designed by the states, and they are required. and there would since 2001, and this continues that, for example two tests for a third grader. the testimony would be that it might take two hours for each test so that would be two hours for a

mr. alexander: mr. president while the democratic leader is on the floor, if i could gain his attention just for a moment. before the democratic leader leaves the floor, i wanted to in a few moments the senator from washington and i will make our opening statement on our proposed committee legislation to fix no child left behind. but before i did that, i wanted to say to the majority leader first to express my appreciation for his putting it on the floor bringing it up, because i know the majority leader has a variety of other options, and he's giving us a chance to take our bill which which we'll be describing in a few minutes and putting it on the floor. but i also want to acknowledge and thank the democratic leader, because he has allowed the bill to come to the floor without delay so that we can move to the bill and allow senators to begin to vote on it. we hope to begin having those votes tomorrow morning. so we have a good example of cooperation here with the majority leader bringing the bill to t

mr. alexander: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: i want to acknowledge the senator from washington's comments. before she was here, i commented on her leadership and on how the democratic leader, as well as the republican leader, have created an environment in which we can succeed here. we govern a complex country like hours by consensus d. like ours by consensus and i think the way we're doing things is a pretty good example of how to do that. we have a process for this called a conference. we haven't been doing conferences much lately, but she and i both talked with chairman klein and representative scott. if we should succeed next week, as i believe we will, then we'll have a camps with the house of representatives -- a conference with the house of representatives and we'll develop a bill that the president we hope will be comfortable signing because we're not here just to make a speech; we would a result. as i said in the article i put in earlier, this

mr. alexander: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: as the democratic leader leaves, i with a tonight thank him again for hishis cooperation as well as that of senator murray. we've had dozens of senators who've come forward with amendments and dozens of amendments have been agreed to, and we -- senator murray and i will be recommending to the full senate that dopt those amendments -- adopt those amendments soon. i'd luke to take like to make a moment to re-fleblght on what we'rereflect on what we're doing in the senate today. we spend a lot of time here on defense issues. the senator from indiana is a member of our intelligence committee. and he hears a great deal about isis and about iran and the nuclear deal weigh might have and about -- deal we might have and about what's going on in syria. we wapts to be strong militarily so we can defend ourselves in the world. we also wapts to be strong at home. we want to make sure that we've a strong country. and almo

mr. alexander: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: mr. president will the chair please inform me when ten minutes have expired? the presiding officer: the chair will so notify. mr. alexander: thank you mr. president. mr. president, today there will be at least three votes. the first as we've heard is to end debate on senator mcconnell's amendment to repeal obamacare. the second will be to end debate on the export-import bank. and then there may be a third vote on an appeal by the senator from texas senator cruz, to overturn a ruling of the chair that an amendment of his is not in order. now, this is how that came about. on friday, senator cruz offered an amendment regarding iran. the chair ruled that the amendment was not in order because -- and this is what the chair said at the time -- "it is inconsistent with the are senate's precedence with respect to the offering of amendments." the senator from texas then appealed the ruling of the chair. his intention today will be to try to obtain a majority vote to overturn the chair's ruling. i

mr. alexander: mr. president i'm -- for senators' information, i'll be talking to senator murray in the next few minutes, and it is a good possibility that we'll have votes beginning about 3:00. i'll have more to report hopefully after the senator from vermont makes his remarks. thank you. the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. sanders: mr. president one of the amendments that will be offered is an amendment that i have introduced regarding a major crisis in this country that we just don't talk about enough and that is the frighteningly high rate of youth unemployment in america. mr. president, i am delighted that the elementary and secondary education act is on the floor for debate today and i want to thank senator alexander and senator murray for their hard and constructive work on this important legislation. ii can tell you that in my state of vermont we have held town meetings on the one hand no child left behind, -- and on no child left behind, and the people of vermont want to leave

mr. alexander: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: i ask consent for an extra minute, if i need it. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. alexander: mr. president senator murray suggested we work on this in a bipartisan way. i took her advice, it was good advice and this is the result. we have had 100 amendments in committee and on the floor. we have had excellent process. i thank the majority leader. i think tank senator reid, the democratic leader, for creating a environment in which we could do that. this is a law that everybody wants fixed. we have a consensus on that. we have a consensus on how to fix it. keep the important measurements of academic achievement and turn the rest of it over to the states the classroom teachers and others that are closest to the children. that's what the governors that's what the superintendents that's what the teachers' organizations have said to us. they want us to fix it, and they support the way we're proposing to fix it. now, in the last few years we've created in this country

mr. alexander: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: mr. president will the chair please inform me when ten minutes have expired? the presiding officer: the chair will so notify. mr. alexander: thank you mr. president. mr. president, today there will be at least three votes. the first as we've heard is to end debate on senator mcconnell's amendment to repeal obamacare. the second will be to end debate on the export-import bank. and then there may be a third vote on an appeal by the senator from texas senator cruz, to overturn a ruling of the chair that an amendment of his is not in order. now, this is how that came about. on friday, senator cruz offered an amendment regarding iran. the chair ruled that the amendment was not in order because -- and this is what the chair said at the time -- "it is inconsistent with the are senate's precedence with respect to the offering of amendments." the senator from texas then appealed the ruling of the chair. his intention today will be to try to obtain a majority vote to overturn the chair's ruling. i

mr. tsipras? alexander: it is not a case of being hard. it is based on institutions and laws. you have to stick to the rules that we decided upon. hans: the bridge financing we will have momentarily, will that need conditionality as well? alexander: we will have to see if there is a bridge. hans: so the bridge is still to be discussed? alexander: many states have a problem of this because we cannot give money without clear conditionality. hans: how much are we talking about for bridge financing? alexander: that has to be decided by the bridge institutions. hans: so north of 7 billion? alexander: i will not give quotes or a number on that because it has to be decided with the experts. i would like to stress that we

mr. alexander: mr. president? the presiding officer: i see that the majority leader has filed cloture on the bill, which i understand. we've had a chance to have a good discussion and a good debate. we're getting toward the end of the consideration of our bill to fix no child left behind. we've got a couple of issues that we need to resolve but there are only a couple. and for a bill this complicated that's pretty good. so it would be my hope that we could continue right on through the process and the majority leader might even get to the point later in the week where he'd be able to vitiate the cloture and we could finish without a cloture vote. so far so good. we considered 58 amendments in committee and adopted 29. we've considered 29 on the floor, adopted eight by roll call and 11 by voice and we have dozens more that have been -- that have been agreed to by senator murray and me and that we would recommend to the senate that we complete. so it's my hope that senators will allow us to have a consensus about th

mr. alexander, ayes. >> approving legislation to take down the legislation to take down the confederate flaghe upper chamber honoring a veteran member. today his wife was at the state house to thank his former colleagues. >> we will have kicked people in the teeth. >> the bill moves to the house where there are concerns it could be side tracks. >> we don't want to muck the process up. it simply does not have to be that way. >> i'm not here for hate. i don't hate no one. i'm here to show my history. >> i mean if you look at it it's been nothing but a symbol of racism and white supremacy. >> our outside the state house seems very simple right now. >>> more debate should start tomorrow and there could be a final vote as early as thursday. >> serious problems today for the pitchman for the subway sandwich company. he's at the center of a child porn investigation. we're working hours after fbi agents. >>> and commemorating the event. the battle flag was designed by williams miles in 1861. the idea grew out of confusion. the confederate and u.s. flag looked so similar that some troops had trouble

mr. alexander: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. exander: the democratic leader and the republican leader have both created an environment in which we can succeed on this bill. i'm grateful to them for that. i listened to their remarks this morning about some things that have gone on in the past in the senate. my late friend, alex haley the author of "roots" used to say find the good and praise it. what i'd like to do is thank the majority leader for putting the bill on the floor. only he can do that, give us a chance to debate it. thank the democratic leader for creating an environment in which we can have a large number of amendments and succeed. i thank the senator from washington patty murray, who suggested the way that we proceed today. we fell into some partisan differences in the last two congresses that kept, that made that impossible. and she has as much as anybody helped solve that problem. we're making good progress. we've adopted a number of amendments. we voted on some others. some passed, some have been defeated. but pe

mr. alexander nice though see you. >>> we are following latest on the movie theater shooting all morning long. the president has been briefed on the tragedy. new information next. when you have a migraine you'll reach for anything to make the pain go away. truth is, most pain relievers don't work like excedrin migraine. it relieves my pain starting in 30 minutes. that's fast! plus, sensitivity to light and sound. excedrin migraine. wow, that was fast. here's a little healthy advice. take care of what makes you, you. right down to your skin. aveeno® daily moisturizing lotion with 5 vital nutrients for healthier looking skin in just one day. aveeno®. naturally beautiful results® >>> we are following the breaking news this morning from lafayette, louisiana. three dead. including a gunman in a movie theater shooting thursday night. seven others wounded. the police say the shooter, 58-year-old white male opened fire in the crowded theater before turning the gun on himself. this happened during the screening of "trainwreck." >> you are beginning to hear stories of heroism. one of the teachers

mr. alexander: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: mr. president i thank senator corker for his eloquent and obviously heartfelt comments. he mentioned the word that we've heard the most often since last thursday. when he and i first got word of this tragedy and the word is heartbroken. heartbroken for the lives that were lost, heartbroken for the families who are remaining heartbroken for the community of chattanooga. senator corker, you can see the deep emotion that he has as a resident of chattanooga former mayor of chattanooga that's very special to that place and that community. on friday at 5:30 in the mount olivet baptist church there was a memorial service. nearly 1,000 people attended. senator corker spoke. our governor, our governor spoke. others spoke. the police chief. i know most people in the country know about what happened that day. most of them would have liked to have been there to do what you can do at a time like this. you never know quite what to say. sometimes all you can do is just is just be there. this is especial

mr. alexander? >> aye. mr. bright, no. mr. bryant, aye. mr. campbell. esther cromer. aye. mr. gregory has leave. mr. grounds. aye. mr. hembree. aye. esther jackson. aye. mr. leatherman. aye. mr. malloy. aye. mr. larry martin. aye. mr. shane martin. aye. esther matthews. aye. mr. nicholson. aye. mr. rankin? not voting. mr. reese. aye. mr. scott. aye. mrs. shealy. aye. mr. thurman. aye. mr. turner. aye. mr. williams. aye. mr. young. aye. >> have all of the senators voted? the polls are closed, will the clerk please tabulate? by vote of 36-3, senate bill 897 is given or -- is given third read. >> i would like to be heard. >> proceed. >> unanimous consent request for a leave from now until -- >> mr. bryant? >> i have shared this story with a few of you. a couple of years ago i was asked to speak at my church about the resurrection. we all appreciated senator p clement to pick me possible booming voice. it would be nice to have that booming voice as the angel and that saying. if you remember, part of that passage in the scripture, the angel asks why do you seek the living among the

alexander: we will have to see the passing of this bill basically in the greek parliament. hans: how hard did you make it for mrxander: it is not a case of being hard. it is based on institutions and laws. you have to stick to the rules that we decided upon. hans: the bridge financing we will have momentarily, will that need conditionality as well? alexander: we will have to see if there is a bridge. hans: so the bridge is still to be discussed? alexander: many states have a problem of this because we cannot give money without clear conditionality. hans: how much are we talking about for bridge financing? alexander: that has to be decided by the bridge institutions. hans: so north of 7 billion? alexander: i will not give quotes or a number on that because it has to be decided with the experts. i would like to stress that we have not decided on bridge financing yet. hans: it seems to me that cash -- that there is a catch problem with greece. there will be assets fast enough to prop up the banks. how do you probably banks in the interim? alexander: i think short-term survival will happen. we will find a way to he

mr. hamilton. i'm not alexander hamilton. >> jimmy: you're not?> no, i'm just some guy from the 1700s who hates women. >> jimmy: oh. >> never cared for them. >> jimmy: oh. >> i have always been into dudes. >> jimmy: oh, all right, well. then good day to you. it's very nice talking to you. >> it's the dollar bill, not the dollar jill. >> jimmy: okay. >> dollar bill not dollar jill! >> jimmy: all right, we get it. >> from 2016. >> jimmy: not alexander hamilton. we have to take a break. when we come back, children attack their fathers in the shower for our father's day youtube challenge. so stick around! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ if you can't stand the heat, get off the test track. get the mercedes-benz you've been burning for at the summer event, going on now at your authorized mercedes-benz dealer. hurry, before this opportunity cools off. share your summer moments in your mercedes-benz with us. sure, when pigs fly. ♪ take it. good boy! t-mobile now extends your coverage beyond the borders at no extra charge. get 4g lte data, unlimited calls and

mr. president, alexander hamilton said -- quote -- "the first duty of society is justice." if that was true -- and i certainly believe it is -- then the republican senate is failing miserably to fulfill its first duty. by neglecting to live up to their constitutional duty to provide advice and consent, it is clear that the republican leader and his party are denying justice for the american people. federal courts depend on us, the united states senate, to do its job so justice can be dispensed in courtrooms across the country. the republicans clearly have no interest in these courtrooms and judicial chambers staffed adequately. so far this congress, republicans have confirmed five judges. by the same point the last congress of george w. bush's presidency under my leadership the senate confirmed 25 judges. five to one seems unfair. and there are rerepercussions when republicans refuse to act. we didn't have judicial vacancies then. we did it because it was the right thing to do. if there aren't enough judges to hear the cases that are piling up a vacant judgeship is declared

i would like to thank ine and rebecca, alexander and tricia for their great work. mr. chairman this is a good bill and i enjoyed the bill over the last couple of days. and i thank you, mr. chairman. one thing i want to talk about under my five minutes the wild and hazardous fuel management program is that it was mentioned earlier in the debate we are attempting to work out an agreement with both sides that we can hopefully move mr. simpson's language forward and have a hazardous wildfire bill that h.r. 167, we are looking for co-sponsors of the bill and looking for more support of that bill as we move this process forward. we did fund the bill with the 10-year average. but this still isn't going to be sufficient if we have a significant wildfire year that we expect. catastrophic wildfire can literally burn through any amounts of money we have set aside and it causes disruptions within the department of interior and department of forestry as to how they manage those accounts which is not good management on our part. i hope we can move with mr. simpson's bill as quickly

in voting to report this bill, and i applaud the chairman senator alexander and the ranking member, senator murray for their leadership. mr. president, congressional action to remedy the serious problems with the law no child left behind while preserving its valuable parts is long overdue. nclb was a well-intentioned law and its focus on the education of every child greater transparency in school performance and more accountability for results were welcome reforms. but, mr. president some of its provisions were simply not achievable and thus, discouraging to teachers, to parents and students alike. the current system of unattainable standards and a patchwork of state waivers has led to confusion of federal requirements. high-stakes testing and unrealistic 100% proficiency goals do not raise aspirations. they instead disspirit those who are committed to a high-quality education for our students. responding to those concerns in 2004 along with then-senator olympia snowe i established the maine nclb task forts to examine the issues facing maine and to provide recommendations for changes in no child left behind. our task forc

mr. mcconnell: madam president? regular order. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the names. the clerk: mcconnell cornyn hatch barrasso, roberts, burr, tillis, vitter graham ayotte, alexander coats, hoeven, inhofe, wicker, collins, and thune. mr. mcconnell: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: madam president, the hard work to pass a bipartisan fiscally responsible multiyear highway bill that doesn't raise taxes or increase the deficit continues. it hasn't been easy. we always knew obstacles would lay ahead at every turn, and they sure have. but our country needs a multiyear highway bill, and we'll get there if we'll just continue to stick together. perhaps the most challenging issue now relates to amendments. supporters of the ex-im bank are demanding a vote to reauthorize it and they've made it clear they're ready to stop all other amendments if denied that opportunity. they have already proven they have the votes to back up the threat as well. this presents a challenge for the senate and to opponents of the ex-im bank, like myself, in particular. but i believe we can still move forward, and i believe the more equitable or balanced

alexander? >> thank you mr. speaker. i'm ashamed to think this summer many of us will swim in the sea where people have drowned because they're fleeing war, violence and poverty. is the reason why the uk is failing to take its fair share of refugees because this government finds human suffering easier to bear if it is just made someone else's problem. >> i don't agree with the honorable lady. britain is fulfilling its moral obligations by picking up those people, 4,000 people. question ear one of the only rich countries in the world that's kept its budget about the aid budget. but do i think that it is somehow the correct act to be part of a relocation scheme for people who already arrived in the eu, no i do not. because i believe it would add to the business models of the smugglers. so the idea that you can only have a moral upright position on this if you take part in a european scheme that i believe to be misguided i think is just wrong. >> richard dracks. >> thank you. i'm delighted to report that arnold, his girlfri

alexander hamilton. his face would remain on the $10 bill. >> so no change? mr.: no changes in policy i am aware of. >> golf partners. you mentioned this has been in the work for some time. why these three members in particular. mr. earnest: when you started to ask your question i thought you said golf partners notit's going to take me a minute here. >> its colorado. [laughter] mr. earnest: i wasn't aware that colorado was on the gulf. it is my understanding -- i don't know of the specific topic of conversation throughout the round of golf. i suspect most of it centered on the game of golf. this is a golf appointments that the president had been trying to schedule for a number of months. members of congress typically orange in washington dc over the weekend, so it required advance planning. the president enjoyed the round of golf, even if it was a little steamy. >> it would be unfair to say that iran did not come up. mr. earnest: correct. >> he asked about corrupt nigerian officials, is that something that they discuss in their meeting, and something the u.s. is

alexander kravitz. one question for mrs. margon. they talked about hundreds of displaced families returning. you spoke about thousands of homes being burned. what i would like to ask is do you have specific figures on the repopulation because i think that is a barometer for the success. and for mr. lang, they talked about the anarchy government. usually there is a search, it is a multidimensional effort, and you would think that we could go in with usid supporting the government. i think that has not really come up in discussion. >> thank you one more question down front here? >> thank you, i'm the deputy chief of information for cypress. first, is it possible with the stalemate, what role do you see of iran and russia making such an effort. and also a neighbor of cypress and in a situation, what do you see -- >> so on the numbers we don't have exact numbers of who has gone back. one of the things we watch very closely after the victory in te tikrit. many were not sure who the authorities were and what they would be going home to. w

mr. president i commend senators murray and alexander for their good work on this education bill, but i want the record to be spread with this. the bill is passing this congress because we've had a constructive minority during this congress. senator harkin, who is chair of that committee indicated -- and i've said this on the record last week -- that on two separate occasions they reported a bill out of the education committee but it was filibustered. he never got it to the floor. so it's, i understand why my friend the republican leader, is beating his chest about how great the senate works -- and it does work if you have a cooperative minority. and that's what we have done. we have worked very hard to try to get this done. and as a result of our work together we've been able to get it done. but please save everyone the lack of history that my friend keeps bringing up. boy, the senate's working so well. it was very cynical what my friends did in stopping everything the -- the last four years stopped everything. hundreds of times stopped bills from moving to the floor. so for my friend to co

mr. president, i would also ask unanimous consent to submit a support letter from over 100 other local state and national leaders including mayors from cities such as alexander virginia; cleveland ohio and la hunta, colorado. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: thank you mr. president. building on the work of the commerce committee the multiyear transportation bill also includes a bipartisan extension to the p.t.c. deadline. it is a case-by-case approach with enforceable milestones and metrics. the secretary of transportation aprofs or disa approves of a railroad's updated schedule including the hard-end date. under no circumstances could the secretary approve a date for full installation and activation that is later than 2018. the secretary also has the authority to identify and require changes to deficient schedules that do not show safe and successful implementation as soon as practicable. multiple government reports including from the government accountability department, have concluded that the vast majority of railroads will not meet the december 31, 2015, deadline for p.t.c. implementation. this extension will not delay safe and succe

mrs. garfield, her down in the kitchen preparing food for him. it was a little bit of hyperbole because it was a desperate situation. alexanderham bell offered to bring in a newfangled magnetic electromagnetic machine to find the bullet. >> he was trying to trace a metal bullet. in fact, the machine saw the bed srpings. is it true president garfield died not from the gunshot but from bacteria from dirty instruments used by the doctor? >> the bullet was dirty. he might have eventually died. it is a circumstantial situation. i will say he had one woman doctor. after the federal government paid the doctors, they paid the woman doctor half the amount and mrs. garfield wrote a letter and was outraged. the woman doctor received the same amount as the male doctors. >> thank you, c-span, for the program. during that timeframe, would they have known the rockefellers and the vanderbilts? >> chester arthur and his wife did. i would not doubt that she would've had contact with them. >> thank you. was there a big age difference between the president and mrs. garfield? >> i do not recall. i think it was five years or less. >> the president

mr. vice president alexander stevens said our new government is founded upon the exactly opposite of the american idea. its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man, that slavery subordination to the superior race is his natural and normal condition. that is what the vice president of the confederate states said under banners like this one as they were fighting and offering the lives of their own children to maintain slavery. this is what the flag represents. and i hereby yield the remainder of my time to mr. cicilline. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman venged. -- is recognized. mr. cicilline: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding. last night the south carolina house of representatives finally approved legislation to take down the symbol of hatred and bigotry in the darkest time in our nation's history. it's shameful that less than 24 hours after the state of south carolina took this important step for progress and equality, the united states house of representatives would consider an amendment

alexander is at the white house. we're getting news this morning on mr. trump's next campaign trip. >> reporter: jose confirmed by nbc news in the last few minutes, donald trump who has drawn fire for inflammatory comments about undocumented immigrants from mexico, will travel to the border later this week, nbc news confirming this within the last matter of moments here. and with trump stealing almost all of the oxygen this has become nearly impossible for any opponents to spark any momentum of their own. >> after seven years is that the advice that you then be quooej to future president trump? >> joking tuesday night. >> i'm sure the republicans are enjoying mr. trump's current dominance -- >> anything that makes them look less crazy. >> reporter: the republican front-runner releashed an unrepentant. >> i'm too strong. they don't lake it. >> reporter: donald trump's unorthodox campaign shaking up a race. it sounded like a roast of his republican rivals mocking rick perry's glasses. >> he put glasses on to people would think he's smart. it doesn't work. >

alexander graham bell comes and brings the telephone. they install telephones in the white house. mr. cullbertson: they had the first telephone in washington, d.c., but it only went to the treasury department building. she was so thrilled by it that she had a group of singers in and had them sing loudly into the phone, and one -- one base singer hit a particular note, he exploded a piece within the receiver of the phone. the other thing was, thomas edison also visited the white house. he arrived at 11 o'clock at night, because congress had kept him there too long demonstrating the machine. so rutherford was so impressed by it that he got the ladies up at midnight, took them an hour to get dressed again, and they stayed up until 3 o'clock in the morning playing with the new recording device. ms. swain: right now in washington, the washington monument is being reconstructed after the earthquake that we experienced here not so long ago, but roger horn reminds us that lucy hayes was responsible for overseeing the completion of the washington monument. can you tell us the story of that? m

alexander. this is abomrut ten minutes. today >> thank you, mr. president.with our senior senator to speak onur something very tragic that occurred in our state and in my hometown.o today i rise with our. american heroes. the five amhonoerican heroes we honor today with the lowering of flags ou at the us capitol, the committee is heartbroken.s our state is heartbrokenartbro and i believe our nation is heartbroken that these young outstanding young men died the way that they did but we honor their lives andos mourn the loss. we think of the greatness that they embodied. thomas sullivan david wyatt carson holmquist skip wells and randall smith. i think the nation has learned about these individuals here carrying out what many w would considerne to be mundane activities in support of our us military tnk those who protect us. i think as they have gotten to no these individuals they understand the greatness they symbolize. most of them having served in afghanistan and iraq and some of them younger beginning their careers, but careers, but all having based -- havi

alexander commemorating 25 years of progress on the inclusion of those with a challenge that others may not have in our society and all that our society offers and the opportunities that it offers. mr. speaker, i have shown on numerous occasions over this last week commemorating the a.d.a. and i mentioned the number of names and i would like to do it on the floor of this house because there were people that are absolutely critical. it is not a comprehensive list but a list of people with whom i worked very closely for well over a year on the passage of the a.d.a. first i would like to mention president george h.w. bush. this issue was not a partisan issue. president bush, a republican, i was a democrat and still am, and i worked with an extraordinary republican, member of the house, his name was steve bartlett from texas. he left the house and became mayor of dallas and still now in washington and working and we are partners, every time something happens with respect to the a.d.a., steve bartlett and i work together on it. dave and tony. tony a member of this body a person perceived with a disbuilt of ep leadership si but one of the most abled people that any of us know. tony was t

alexander, thank you. >> let's get a check of the weather from mr. roker. >> and look at what's going on in florida.scenes like these will be repeated again and again for the next five days. let's go to the maps. heavy showers and thunderstorms moving through ft. myers and orlando. we're going to be watching this as this station -- this front becomes stationary and goes across florida. heavy downpours. damaging winds and gusty conditions. hail as well. and look at this. we are talking rainfall amounts anywhere from three to five inches but some areas locally along the western coast of florida could see 8 inches of rain over the next five days. rest of the country plenty of sunshine here in the northeast. cooler conditions. lower humidity. look for risk of strong storms making their way through the upper mississippi river valley into the central plains. plenty of sunshine along the west coast. >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. in the upper 50s to lower 60s right now across the bay. the skies have cleared fairly quickly across most of the area. as we go into the afternoon expect a high of

mr. trump in a moment. first the latest on all of it. nbc national correspondent peter alexander is with us from washington. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. donald trump is not apologizing for comments about senator john mccain'ser war service. in fact he has a new op-ed today on issues saying mccain made america less safe. his comments freed up other republican rivals to let him have . facing a growing course of condemnation donald trump isn't backing down. in a usa today op-ed posted overnight trump a kuzs the media of distorting hi words after he said john mccain wasn't a war hero. this in iowa saturday trump said this about mccain who spent five years as a prisoner during the vietnamer war. >> he's not a war hero. >> he is. five and a half years -- >> he's aer war hero because he was captured. i like people who weren't capture capture. >> reporter: later adding. >> he's a war ro because he was captured. perhaps he is a war hero. >> reporter: he said mccain abandoned the veterans i will fight for them. the backlash from original comments was immediate. mccain's daught

mr. speaker. last week, thanks to the leadership of the senate health committee, chairman lamar alexander and ranking member patty murray the senate passed a bipartisan bill known as the every child achieves act that re-authorizes the elementary and secondary education act. this is the law where the federal government has with respect to kindergarten through 12th grade education. and i applaud my senate colleagues for reaching across the aisle and working collectively in good faith to expand access to early childhood education to improve programs for english language learners and ensure accountability in helping our neediest students. it is far from perfect but in 2002 the re-authorization of the same act known as no child left behind, was implemented and it gave this principle that we would look at the students who were falling through the cracks. it meant to serve our poor and minority students and students with disabilities and english learners. and after all let's not forget that the original esea, the original one in 1965 had an exact declaration of policy that said in recognition of the special

mr. trump's campaign. after saying he's worth $10 billion. we're getting a look inside his sources of income. peter alexander has more. good morning. >> good morning. heres it the man with 92 page financial disclosure form. the one thing is for sure trump is a rich man. by far the richest in the race. he holds executive positions or stakes in 515 business entities more than half of those are named after trump. his income last year alone about $362 million. ♪ ♪ his fame derived from his fortunate. only now is the world getting a detailed look how much donald trump is really worth. >> i don't need anybody's money. >> the answer more than $1.4 billion. trump posted he's worth $10 billion. >> donald trump's net worth is huge. we don't know how hugs it. the documents simply aren't built to calculate this kind of wealthy wealth. >> the financial disclosure form asks for broad ranges. nearly $2 billion for seven speeches like this one for samsung. >> samsung is an amazing company. >> close to $600,000 from the central park carr sell. he's making money off the art of the deal. and before nbc dropped trump after the controvers

mr. trump's campaign to his campaign cash, after saying he was worth $10 billion last week, we're getting an inside look at his income. peter alexander has more on that. >> good morning to you. here it is, the mammoth 92-page financial disclosure form. one thing for sure, trump is a rich man. by far the richest in the race. he holds executive positions or stakes in 515 business entities. more than half of those are named after trump. and his income last year alone, at least $362 million. his fame has been derived from his fortune. now for the first time, the world is getting a detailed look at just how much he's really worth. >> i don't need anybody's money. >> the answer, more than $1.4 billion. trump has boasted he's worth $10 billion. >> his net worth is huge. what we don't know is how huge it is because these documents simply aren't built to calculate this kind of wealth. >> because the financial disclosure form only asked for broad ranges. nearly $2 million for seven speeches like this one for samsung. >> samsung is an amazing company. >> close to $600,000 from the central park carousel. he's still making up to $50,000 off his 1

mr. alexander: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: mr. president i ask the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. alexander: and i ask consent the senator from tennessee, senator corker, and i be permitted to engage in a short colloquy. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. alexander: details are still coming in but earlier today between 11:00 and 1:00 there was a violent attack in chattanooga where senator corker was once mayor. right now federal state and local officials are responding in tennessee. i'm deeply disturbed by the reports. we understand a shooting took place at the naval reserve center in chattanooga and a police officer has been injured. we understand other individuals at the naval reserve center may have injured as well. many schools and local hospitals are locked down. i've been in touch with federal state and local officials and will continue to monitor the situation closely. my thoughts and prayers are with all those involved. mr. corker: i would like to join our senior senator i

mr. alexander: thank you madam president. now, i ask unanimous consent notwithstanding rule 22 on behalf of myself and senator murray if cloture is invoked on the alexander amendment number 289, the following amendments be made pending en bloc: coons 2243, cruz 2180, heitkamp 2171 hatch 2082, warren 2106, burr 2247, as modified with changes at the desk, murphy 2186 brown 2100, wicker 2144, markey 2176, murphy 2241, sanders 2177, casey 2242, schatz 2130 nelson 2215, as modified with changes at the desk, manchin 2222, bozeman 2231 is baldwin 2188, capito 2156, thune 2232 king 2256, schatz 2240, warren 2249, following that, at a time to be determined by the majority leader in consultation with the democratic leader, either today or tomorrow, the senate vote in relation to the following amendments: brown 2100 heitkamp 2171, 60-vote threshold, coons 2243, 60-vote threshold kirk 2161, burr 2247 as modified with the changes at the desk, hatch 2082, warren 2106 wicker 2144, 60-vote threshold, markey 2176, 60-vote threshold, murphy 224

alexander? >> thank you mr. speaker. i'm ashamed to think this summer many of us will swim in the sea where people have drowned because they're fleeing war, violence and poverty. is the reason why the uk is failing to take its fair share of refugees because this