mr. alexander: mr. president, the next few minutes senator feinstein and i will submit for the senate's consideration the first appropriations bill of the year. this will be the energy and water appropriations bill. it will be the earliest that any appropriations bill has been submitted since the budget act was passed in 1974. this is a good sign for the united states senate. it means we're serious about our most basic constitutional responsibilities, when is the oversight of the spending of money, the setting of priorities and doing it in a way that allows every senator to participate. i'm privileged to be able to work with senator feinstein who is able to come to a result after we have examined and important piece of legislation. she has a background as a manager, as a mayor, as a chairman of important committees, and i'm very privileged to have the chance to work with her, whether we're in the majority or the minority. before i talk about the bill specifically, since this is the first bill, i'd like

mr. alexander: i agree with the senator from new york, madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from indiana. mr. coats: madam president, i will not weigh in on this issue. i might later. i'm here for a different purpose. i did serve previously in the senate several years ago. this is my second time back. my experience with the amendment process was a pleasant one then. any senator any time could offer an amendment to any bill, and it would be discussed and debated and voted on, and we accepted the fact that it was either a yea or a nay. it was part of a process that sometimes started here, sometimes started in the house, but it is a process that goes through many iterations. and so to determine something at one step in the process takes the bill down, ignores the fact that this will -- this bill will go over to the house of representatives, they will debate it, they will add things, sub stability things that then will go to a conference to resolve the ditcheses even before it gets to the president's desk. unfortunately, what has happened here i

mr. alexander: it granted include teachers and personnel, right? mr. king: the total impact of the state and local dollars. mr. alexander: did you realize that it the difference in 's amendment on comparability when he sought to amend section 11-20, which did not succeed the end which he knowledged this morning did not succeed? so the effect of your proposed rule is to change the comparability law which congress did not change? mr. king: we are not addressing comparability here. you were to have the same effect as you were to change the comparability law. that would depend on the circumstances in a given district, but the key in the district is that title i dollars will be generally supplemental and not used to back -- you're saying in order to do that you have have to the spending in the title i schools come including teacher salaries, has got to be not less than the average combined state and local expenditures in the schools. i that is comparability. that is what we did not change. no.king: the question is whether or not the total or state effort is

alexander alexander mr. president -- mr. alexander: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the senate vote on these amendments en bloc. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. alexander: i know of no further debate on these amendments. the presiding officer: is there further debate? if not, all those in favor say aye. all those opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the amendments are agreed to en bloc. mr. alexander: mr. president, i thank the majority leader, senator mcconnell; the democratic leader, senator reid, my colleague, senator feinstein. what we have done is just approve eight more amendments by senators by voice vote. we've already agreed to have three more votes at 11:00 tomorrow. we're making good progress, and we hope to continue to do that and wrap the bill up soon. mr. president, i have one unanimous consent request for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. it has the approval of the majority and minority leaders. i ask unanimous consent this request be

mr. alexander: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: i wonder while the assistant republican leader is on the floor, i might say a word about this chart that i mentioned earlier. he mentioned that this is the first bill that we're spending $1 trillion. many of us on both sides of the aisle -- i know especially on the roone side of the aisle -- republican side of the aisle -- are concerned about the federal debt, which is $19 trillion. and we make great speeches about it, about what to do about it. but as we begin to talk about the $1 trillion we're about to appropriate in 12 bills, i would like to invite my colleagues to look at that bottom line. that is the money we're talking about. this is the $1 trillion we're working on. it's been flat since 2008. it's going up at the rate of inflation or a little less. but, mr. president, that's a trillion dollars. we're spending $4 trillion this year. the other $3 trillion is not what we're working on in these 12 bills. the other $3 trillion is automatic mandatory spending and interest

mr. alexander: mr. president, may i lock in these votes and then senator -- the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: i ask consent following locking in the votes that she has an opportunity to vote and we move to the vote. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. alexander: mr. president, i ask consent that it be in order to call up the following amendments: franken 3833, coats 3841, murray 3813. further that following the disposition of the hoeven amendment 3811, the senate vote on the coats amendment number 3814 with a 60 affirmative vote threshold for adoption of the amendment and that at 1:45 the senate vote on the franken amendment 3833. following that on 5:30 p.m., the senate vote -- on the murray amendment and there be two minutes equally divided prior to each vote. mr. president, i should have said coats 3814. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. alexander: may i say before the senator from california speaks, i see the senators from mic

mr. alexander: mr. president, within a few minutes we'll be voting on whether to cut off debate on the energy and water appropriations bill. i hope my colleagues on both sides of the aisle will vote yes. this is a bill the senator from california and i have worked carefully with members on both sides of the aisle on. more than 80 senators have made contributions to the bill. we considered 18 amendments on the floor. this is a bill that's about half national defense and about half essential services. these include dredging harbors, building locks and dams. these include our 17 national laboratories, keeping us first in the world in supercomputing. it is within the budget control act and it is a part of the budget that is flat. in other words, it's the part of the budget that's reasonably under control, not the part that's not. it's also the first time since 2009 that this energy and water appropriations bill has had the opportunity to go across the floor in the regular order. it's the earliest appropriat

alexander alexander mr. president, i have one -- mr. alexander: mr. president, i have one unanimous consent request for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. it has the approval of the majority and minority leaders. i ask consent that this request be agreed to and be printed in the record. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. alexander: i yield the floor. the presiding officer: time is yielded back. under the previous order, the committee reported substitute is agreed to. the clerk will read the bill for the third time. the clerk: calendar number 355, s. 1890, a bill to amend chapter 90 united states code to provide federal jurisdiction for the theft of trade secrets and for other purposes. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be a sufficient second. the question is on passage of the bill as amended. the yeas and nays have been ordered. the clerk will now call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: any senator wish to change therapy vote in on this vote it's 87 yeas, zero n

mr. alexander post for the at large seat. >> is that okay. >> i. >> i wanted to follow the wishes of the district supervisor it was to keep the richmond seat open and appointing margie to the at large seat i realized she couldn't be here i'm not sure it is difficult to come here i don't know what they're doing during the day it is not necessary to or makes sense to use that as a rule you come to the meeting and have a shot to be on the committee she's been on the committee a lot of important experience that will continue the continuity of the work on the g r it that's where i'm at and i believe if we can have a roll call vote. >> i'm sorry double commissioner peskin so commissioner breed. >> i wanted to know i mean the at large seats and the district seats have equal say does that matter i want clarity on that. >> i see maria lombard coming up. >> one vote one seat. >> thank you. >> okay commissioner peskin thank you, madam chair colleagues ms. brown has appeared before this body when she was originally appoint the fact she's not here and seeking reappointment is kind of business as norm

mr. alexander post for the at large seat. >> is that okay. >> i. >> i wanted to follow the wishes of the district supervisor it was to keep the richmond seat open and appointing margie to the at large seat i realized she couldn't be here i'm not sure it is difficult to come here i don't know what they're doing during the day it is not necessary to or makes sense to use that as a rule you come to the meeting and have a shot to be on the committee she's been on the committee a lot of important experience that will continue the continuity of the work on the g r it that's where i'm at and i believe if we can have a roll call vote. >> i'm sorry double commissioner peskin so commissioner breed. >> i wanted to know i mean the at large seats and the district seats have equal say does that matter i want clarity on that. >> i see maria lombard coming up. >> one vote one seat. >> thank you. >> okay commissioner peskin thank you, madam chair colleagues ms. brown has appeared before this body when she was originally appoint the fact she's not here and seeking reappointment is kind of business as norm

mr. alexander post for the at large seat. >> is that okay. >> i. >> i wanted to follow the wishes of the district supervisor it was to keep the richmond seat open and appointing margie to the at large seat i realized she couldn't be here i'm not sure it is difficult to come here i don't know what they're doing during the day it is not necessary to or makes sense to use that as a rule you come to the meeting and have a shot to be on the committee she's been on the committee a lot of important experience that will continue the continuity of the work on the g r it that's where i'm at and i believe if we can have a roll call vote. >> i'm sorry double commissioner peskin so commissioner breed. >> i wanted to know i mean the at large seats and the district seats have equal say does that matter i want clarity on that. >> i see maria lombard coming up. >> one vote one seat. >> thank you. >> okay commissioner peskin thank you, madam chair colleagues ms. brown has appeared before this body when she was originally appoint the fact she's not here and seeking reappointment is kind of business as norm

mr. schneider. alexander ovechkin to marcus johansson over nicholas back strom. flyers force fed a goose egg 1-0 losing the series 4-no and there is a silver lining. >> the last two months of the year and i would have the points off and really start playing. playing the way we wanted to and it was a process. the last two months we gave it everything we had and it would be out here right now. >> magical run when you put it all together. we'll have much more reaction later in the show, but for now i'm danny pommels, com cart sportsnet. >> fans we spoke to are proud of the team's accomplishments this season. >> weir going to get better and we fought hard and played well. we're all happy here today for the most part. we'll be back. it's a tough game and it was fun to watch. >> washington advances to the second round to take on the pittsburgh penguins. >>> turning now to our weather and what a wonderful way to wrap up the weekend. we found these girls riding their matching bikes out in marconi park in south philadelphia. >> let's check the forecast where you live with

mr. chernow's biography of alexander hamilton. brian: ron chernow, when did alexander hamilton first get on your radar? ron: i started writing about it in 1998. it seems rather comical because the reason i chose to do

mr. alexander reported to me three or four days ago about the the status of energy bridge construction. circuits have been put into operation and third one must become operational today, that's over 300 mega watts and this i think within two weeks we'll be able to launk the fourth sir kit, another 200 mega watts and in general, that will be a total of 800 megawatts traveling between north caucuses and crimea and this will total ly provide for the demand and match the amounts you received from ukraine. in the past supply used to come from the north and places like that would be last to receive it. the power lines and network used to be low quality. and mr. november ak has reported that they deliberated on that and they are working on supplying additional infrastructure and in the year 2017, over 400 megawatts must be introduced by two more units to become operational in 2018. that's another 400 megawatts. that should ensure that crimea will be supplied with energy enough for it to develop its economy and its social sphere. >> translator: mr. president, we have an urgent message here. gov

mr. alexander post for the at large seat. >> is that okay. >> i. >> i wanted to follow the wishes of the district supervisor it was to keep the richmond seat open and appointing margie to the at large seat i realized she couldn't be here i'm not sure it is difficult to come here i don't know what they're doing during the day it is not necessary to or makes sense to use that as a rule you come to the meeting and have a shot to be on the committee she's been on the committee a lot of important experience that will continue the continuity of the work on the g r it that's where i'm at and i believe if we can have a roll call vote. >> i'm sorry double commissioner peskin so commissioner breed. >> i wanted to know i mean the at large seats and the district seats have equal say does that matter i want clarity on that. >> i see maria lombard coming up. >> one vote one seat. >> thank you. >> okay commissioner peskin thank you, madam chair colleagues ms. brown has appeared before this body when she was originally appoint the fact she's not here and seeking reappointment is kind of business as norm

mr. heyman: jamie alexander's show is very popular, called "blindspot." there is quite a lot of media down there. mr. heyman: for sure. and it goes back to the celebrity sort of traffic jam. commentator: the dinner began in 1914, all white and all mail. mr. heyman: -- all male. mr. heyman: some aspect of that has been maintained in terms of the loose attitudes about powerful people. and the main people have been pretty tolerant of that. famously, some not happy about the jokes made. here is helen mirren. commentator: and look at that prince tattoo. mr. heyman: it looks like the prince symbol. is a star who has only gotten bigger. commentator: and that is tammy who is with nbc for a long time. she hosts the breakfast that is held the morning of, so that was this morning. it brings in quite a few celebrities and charities, as well. -- heyman: taylor has berg taylor, the very famous director, the husband of helen mirren. commentator: is that kennedy from fox? mr. heyman: it does look like kennedy. yeah. it does. by the way, but tv interviewed -- book tv inter

mr. chernow's biography of alexander hamilton. brian: ron chernow, when did alexander hamilton first get on your radar? ron: i started writing about it in 1998. it seems rather comical because the reason i chose to do hamiltonnle aside from the fact he was the most extraordinary story among the founding fathers was that he seemed to be fading into obscurity. people were coming to regard him as a second-tier founding father. most americans know him from the $10 bill, but that was about it. it was comical, i felt as if i was lifting him out of the security. -- obscurity. now his name 0 -- is on the marquee of a broadway show. brian: what were you doing at the time? ron: i have finished writing my biography of john rockefeller. i had done a series of books about moguls in the gilded age. i found that when i would go out to give lectures, people would start shouting out, do vanderbilt, do carnegie. i felt like i was getting stereotyped as a biographer of gilded age tykeons and i decided i wanted to switch periods. alexander hamilton w

mr. alexander post for the at large seat. >> is that okay. >> i. >> i wanted to follow the wishes of the supervisor it was to keep the richmond seat open and appointing margie to the at large seat i realized she couldn't be here i'm not sure it is difficult to come here i don't know what they're doing during the day it is not necessary to or makes sense to use that as a rule you come to the meeting and have a shot to be on the committee she's been on the committee a lot of important experience that will continue the continuity of the work on the gr it that's where i'm at and i believe if we can have a roll call vote. >> i'm sorry double commissioner peskin so commissioner breed. >> i wanted to know i mean the at large seats and the district seats have equal say does that matter i want clarity on that. >> i see maria lombard coming up. >> one vote one seat. >> thank you. >> okay commissioner peskin thank you, madam chair colleagues ms. brown has appeared before this body when she was originally appoint the fact she's not here and seeking reappointment is kind of business as normal if some

mr. daniel, alexander daniel who is the son, what was the reaction of society when soouf yet troops invaded czechoslovakia and he answered "you cannot imagine." that period propaganda was more less than the russian propaganda. so i'm not a user of state channel. i don't want to answer which channel i watch now so nobody in my family watches modern russian tv. but you see a situation with internet is so that every interesting article, every interesting film, you can find on the internet and social nets or somewhere else. state channels often use some products from internet and so it's some kind of circle. by the way, the very big difference from the period of the soviet media is that every event is shown on the internet so you can understand everything as it goes. in street actions in russia, people look like this. they go and they make picture and everyone can understand everything what's going and so if we'll ask ourselves why are people -- why people don't take care of that -- of what is going in russia, they don't want to take care. and so media they are entertainment. media, sometimes t

mr. director with alexander real estate entities united states of america we've been working on mission bay for quite a few of the and those are the last two parcels that fills in the 26 through 28 lots that we started back in 2005 so it is very exciting to be here we we have a design it is exceptional and last week to ask you to hear our small presentation from shop architects we have omar with us >> good afternoon commissioners it's a pleasure to be here as we've been working with david and ocii staff had a great collaboration i'll start by showing you work from the shop thank you shop architect is a employer of 1 mrs. employees we are interested in technology and come together to enhance the buildings both aesthetically and - we're interested in the material uses of rich materials that bring detail and articulation to the building not just the slap on most active but with the performance of the envelope what you see on screen is 1 leveling west street street is super at all with broujs in the middle is the facade it is trying to replace the traditional technology with transparent films a

mr. director with alexander real estate entities united states of america we've been working on mission bay for quite a few of the and those are the last two parcels that fills in the 26 through 28 lots that we started back in 2005 so it is very exciting to be here we we have a design it is exceptional and last week to ask you to hear our small presentation from shop architects we have omar with us >> good afternoon commissioners it's a pleasure to be here as we've been working with david and ocii staff had a great collaboration i'll start by showing you work from the shop thank you shop architect is a employer of 1 mrs. employees we are interested in technology and come together to enhance the buildings both aesthetically and - we're interested in the material uses of rich materials that bring detail and articulation to the building not just the slap on most active but with the performance of the envelope what you see on screen is 1 leveling west street street is super at all with broujs in the middle is the facade it is trying to replace the traditional technology with transparent films a

mr. president. th i want to begin by thanking my friend and colleague senator alexander. we have served served together as chairman or ranking member of the subcommittee for the past five years. i know no one in this body who is more intelligent, or has a greater sense of fairness. i i just want you to know senator y alexander, what a great treat it has been to work with you for these five years. diffe i think we have a bill that will stand the test of time. if each each of us has had differentt views on different parts, but that is part of what makes this a great country. t i just want to say thank you for being who you are and thank you for being the kind of united states senator that you are. thank you very much. now if i may mr. chairman, as chairman mentioned, this bill has reach the floor floor for the first time since 2009. it is also being considered as an appropriation bill on the floor of the quickest time since the budgeting process began in 1974. i just want to say thank you to our leadership on both sides for the desire to get us back to regular order and par

mr. president, i've had call-waiting since the '80s. >> wow, get a load of alexander graham bell! ter ] well, how about this? my new phone also has a feature called star 69. [ laughter ] it lets me call back anyone who called me. it's space-aged. >> larry: mr. president, this outdated phone system is emblematic of what's wrong with washington. don't you think? listen, i actually need to get back to the show. but it was really nice talking to you. >> oh, okay. bye. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> larry: probably should have hung up. it was very nice of him. he's very excited about his phone so that's good. so have you people heard about this panama papers story? it's amazing. it's the biggest data leak in history. a number of foreign leaders had billions they took from their people, which they kept in offshore accounts -- [ phone rings ] hold on. hello? >> larry, it's president barack obama. [ laughter ] we spoke on the phone earlier. >> larry: yeah, yeah, yeah i know. >> i'm calling you from the truman balcony! >> larry: oh, great, great. no, you don't understand. this plac

mr. director with alexander real estate entities united states of america we've been working on mission bay for quite a few of the and those are the last two parcels that fills in the 26 through 28 lots that we started back in 2005 so it is very exciting to be here we we have a design it is exceptional and last week to ask you to hear our small presentation from shop architects we have omar with us >> good afternoon commissioners 's a pleasure to be here as we've been working with david and ocii staff had a great collaboration i'll start by showing you work from the shop thank you shop architect is a employer of 1 mrs. employees we are interested in technology and come together to enhance the buildings both aesthetically and - we're interested in the material uses of rich materials that bring detail and articulation to the building not just the slap on most active but with the performance of the envelope what you see on screen is 1 leveling west street street is super at all with broujs in the middle is the facade it is trying to replace the traditional technology with transparent films and

mr. president. >> with a lot of objections. >> thank you very much. i want to begin by thinking my friend said colleague senator alexander. we have served together ass chairman or ranking memberis of the subcommittee for the past five years.d i just want i know nobody in this body who was more intelligent work wh with the greater sense of fairness and i want you to know what a treat it has been to work with you we have the bill that will stand the test of time we each have different views of different parts thank you for being who you are as a chairman mentioned this bill has reached the floor for the first time since 2009. it is also considered as an appropriation bill on the floor i just want to say faq to our leadership of both sides to get back to regular order and i would like to thank all of mine colleagues to support this during the markup of the vote was 30 / nothing so thank you very much. worked a good bill that does create trade-offs obviously the chair is the chair but in the case and i am very grateful the allocation 350 million increase given the topline budget constraints it is a good allocation. a so to ta

mr. miranda? ron: lin was born in new york, the westside. brian: and alexander hamilton? ron: he was born in the caribbean. he spent his adolescence on one of the virgin islands. around the age of 17, a hurricane hit the island. a letter was published by him in the newspaper describing the storm in shakespearean terms. he was a legitimate orphan at that point. the local merchant suddenly recognized they had his young genius in his midst and they took up a collection to send him to the north american colonies to be educated. with a few letters of introduction but he did not know a soul. hamilton is not only the original immigrant, but a completely self-made, self-invented figure. all of the other founding fathers were born in the original 13 colonies. hamilton was the outsider. he started life with as many disadvantages as the others had advantages. secondsere's about 20 of the music. alive." is "stay it shows his relationship with general eisenhower at the time. ron: you are talking about washington? [laughter] brian: yes. i'm getting down the road. ron: hamilton is 22 wh

mr. mcconnell: send a cloture to the desk for the alexander substitute amendment number 3801. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: cloture motion, we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on senate amendment number 3801 to calendar number 96, h.r. 2028, an act making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2016, and for other purposes, signed by 17 senators -- mr. mcconnell: i ask that the reading of the names be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum call be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the presiding officer: the senatosenator from illinois. mr. durbin: i ask that the quorum call being suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: mr. president

party driving down a windy road, ellis crashed. 18-year-old alexander merck and calvin lee died in the wreckage. at the plea today, prosecutors said mr. ellis was driving the vehicle at a bare bones minimum of 65 that speed caused the car to dip in a culvert and go airborne for 110 feet. all the while ripped aid part by trees. that vehicle landed on the hood. and then slid across a residential driveway. >> this is a troubling and a difficult case all the way around. it's a tragedy. >> by pleading guilty ellis faces 20 years in prison. both parties acknowledge the teen's sentence will likely be between three months and eight years. today's plea deal barely lasted 15 minute. they will expose new information in samuel ellis' sentencing that is set for june 3. we are live in rockville. i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. kimberly: on the heels of massive inspections on metro, drivers for the district circulated buses are sounding an alarm of safety. sam ford is live on a circulator bus. we trust your bus is a safe one, sam. i hope so. we are at nailor road and good hope road in southeast washington. for sure it is a concern. the public and the d

the motion to invoke cloture on the alexander substitute amendment number 3801 upon reconsideration. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. rubio: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. rubio: madam president, two topics i want to talk about today, actually three. but i wanted to begin with the zika virus. a few weeks ago, i went back to florida on a friday and i sat down and met with officials from the department of health from florida. i met with leaders from puerto rico on the health sector. i met with doctors that live in miami-dade county and also officials of miami-dade county. they are freaked out about the zika thing. i don't know any other term to use. if they are freaked out, then i'm very concerned about it as well. and that's why i do support fully and immediately funding the situation, and i have asked our colleagues to do so as quickly as possible. i can only speak -- i want to speak briefly about the florida experience with this. and there is two things that are deeply concerning and then i will speak about some of the things we should be doing. first, the summer months are u

mr. trump. he retweeted an unflattering, offensive photo of ted cruz's wife. >> so actually, that -- that was an accident. >> and that was peter alexanderreporting. an update on decision 2016 here in washington. they could vote to allow bernie sanders onto the democratic primary ballot. you might recall they broke news on twitter last week that bernie sanders' name isn't on the paperwork filing deadline. >>> oh, say can you see it. oh, opening day for the orioles at camden yards today. they take on the twins. first pitch will be at 3:05. temperatures will be in the 60s. then it's going to be dropping back into the 60s. unfortunately there is a chance for a rain delay with occasional showers coming through. they'll probably get the game in but it will probably be delayed one or two times. after that cold air moves in. all these counties in purple including the district and arlington. montgomery counties and fairfax under a freeze warning. freeze watch for southern maryland as well, maybe freezing temperatures. bring the plants inside you might have put back out as it got mild here this morning. temperatures in much of the upper region, u

alexander spoke to reporters. >> after our witness testimony, several senators will have five minutes of questions. welcome, mr. secretary. thank you for being here. mr. secretary, as you know, i urged the president to appoint an education secretary because i thought it was important to have a confirmed secretary accountable to the united states senate when the department was implementing the new law fixing no child left behind. and you have sworn to discharge your duties faithfully. that's your oath of office. and you have said in hearings hear that you would abide by the letter of the law. so this hearing is about whether your employees are doing that or not doing that. i don't think i need to rehearse the fact that this bill passed by huge margin, 359 to 64 in the house, 85-12 in the senate. the president signed it, called it a christmas miracle. the reason we were able to achieve such unusual unanimity and consensus is to put it bluntly, is that local school boards, classroom teachers and states have gotten tired of the united states department of education telling them so much about what to do. and that w

alexander has those details. >> reporter: donald trump today holed up in his manhattan high-rise, facing fierce criticism, trump's campaign will announce new hires. >> we need more brains and we need more muscle. mr. trump is the force. >> reporter: after a weak showing in wisconsin, trump scrapping a planned california trip friday and skipping colorado to focus on fortifying his lead in his home state. >> it's great to be home. this is home. it's great to be home. >> reporter: why? trump now needs 59% of delegates to clinch the nomination. sweep new york, and that number drops to 53%. today touting the support of former new york city mayor rudy giuliani. and reaching voters in neighboring states, all with upcoming primaries. his challenger zeroing in on individual congressional districts, looking to peel away delegates. ted cruz with orthodox jews in brooklyn. john kasich getting a taste of an italian neighborhood in the bronx. >> we love new york values. it's a great place. >> reporter: about those values, trump again attacked cruz. >> when he started lecturing me on new york values, like we're no good. like we're no good. >> reporter: cruz casting trump like hillary clinton as a liberal. >> th

mr. hamilton. brian lamb: ron chernow, when did hamilton -- alexander hamilton first get on your radar screen? ron chernow: well, i started writing it back in 1998, brian. it seems rather comical because the reason that i chose to do alexander hamilton aside from the fact that it was the most extraordinary personal story among the founding fathers, was that he seemed to be fading into obscurity. people were coming to regard him as a sort of second tier founding father. most americans know he was on the $10 bill, maybe that he had died in a duel with aaron burr, but that was about it. it seems comical that i was -- i felt as if i was lifting him out of the security. -- of obscurity. now his name is on the marquee of a broadway show. brian lamb: where were you at the time? what were you doing? ron chernow: i just finished writing my biography of john d. rockefeller, titan and what happened, i had done a series of books about moguls of the gilded age and i found it when i would go out to give lectures, people in the audience would start shouting out, "do vanderbilt next. do carnegie next," and i

mr. trump? he retweeted a sexist, unflattering photo of ted cruz's wife. >> okay, so, no -- okay, so no -- so actually that was an accident. >> and that was peter alexander reporting. >>> from primary afterthought to political powerhouse, for the first time in years, california's primary is expected to play a critical role in selecting our nation's next president. billboards for senator bernie sanders are popping up in the bay area. california is a rich delegate state for candidates from both parties. sanders is hoping that a win here could pave the way to the democratic nomination. >> the longer this thing goes on, the larger california looms. as long as the sanders people believe that they have a mathematical path to victory, they're going to be putting more and more resources in this election because from their stand point it could be the tipping point. >> hillary clinton has been stopping by the by area as well. she spoke at stanford a couple of weeks ago. california holds its primary on june 7th. >>> former president bill clinton and his daughter, chelsea, were in the east bay this weekend. they took part in a day of action in oakland, home to five

liu is going to an founs that this guy, alexander hamilton is going to stay on the front of the $10, and the official announcement will come later, and in addition, mre is out. harriet tubman is going to replace andrew jackson on the front of the $20 and changes to the back of the $5 to depict civil rights era leaders. and meanwhile, overseas, the attack of the taliban in kabul rose sharply from 28 to 64. the at takers targeted a protection agency for high governmental officials. >>> and now, the state of emergency is planned through two months through july in france. the foreign minister says it is to ensure security at the euro 2016 soccer tournament starting if june. >> and u.s. and french officials are celebrating the sen tear ya of the lafayette escadrille who flew as am bbassadors in world r i, and thatle isibration took place just outside of paris, france. new friends. amazing is getting this close. real is an animal rescue. amazing is over twenty-seven thousand of them. there is only one place where real and amazing live. seaworld. real. amazing here at the td ameritrade they work all the time. sup jj, working hard? working 24/7 on mobile tr

mr. case had not considered. he scratched his head and stammered, well, it may come pretty hard on their snouts, but i don't think they will die. it was a harsh judgment. even alexander stevens later wrote that the tail was hard to replace. [laughter] it expresses something about the confusion. what can be done? what are the possibilities? well, as with everything lincoln, he evolved over time. he changed his mind. he considered, contemplated. in february of 1965, signing the act was one concrete, positive step toward doing something about the transition from slavery to freedom. providing for food, shelter, relocation. an important first step in a government that was not used to having a federal authority being responsible for helping. but he went further. he went further. in his last speech, toward the very end, he publicly endorses black suffrage. for those who served and the well-educated. people knew that privately he had been thinking about black suffrage. he had written a few letters in which she said "for your eyes only." at that time, it meant everyone whispered to everybody else. did you hear the president endorses black suffrage? now he publicly comes out a

mr. trump after that in a minute. let's begin with national correspondent peter alexander. peter, good morning. >> good morning, savannah. ted cruz the first to announce this early announcement is unusual, frankly a lot like this campaign. sources close to the campaign say the move was designed, at least in part, to change the conversation, to try to undercut trump's momentum and at least gain back the spotlight. with this arranged marriage hours old. >> a new relationship has started, cruz and carl y. what's he doing picking vice presidents? he can't win. he can't win. >> reporter: now speech. >> vice president of the united states, carly feorina. >> desperate attempt to resurrect his candidacy, bold move announced in indiana, in the hoosier state where fiorina could attract women and where the former packed ceo launched her career. after tough talk about cruz months ago. >> he says whatever he needs to say to get elected. >> reporter: on stage she serenaded his daughters. ♪ i know two girls i'm so happy i can see them more ♪ >> he does not represent me and he does not rep

mr. secretary. let me ask i can if i can about my understanding of this proposed requirement regarding supplement and supplant that senator alexander was discussing because i understand that when you think about the context of the new law being a an devolution of power back to the states and then you read language that points a school district or a state in a spec direction on methodology, those two can look inconsistent. let me tell you how i read them as inconsistent. this is a section that is talking about the way in which a school district will develop a methodology. but there's a difference between saying the methodology will be or the methodology must be versus what the language says which is the methodology must result in. and essentially, what it must result in is a re-articulation of the underlying goal of the statute which is that the federal dollars ultimately supplant, not supplement not supplant. so am i reading that right that sort of the key here is that the language doesn't say the methodology must it be x and y. it says the methodology must result in the essentially the goals of the underlying statute that we all w

mr. secretary. let me ask i can if i can about my understanding of this proposed requirement regarding supplement and supplant that senator alexander was discussing because i understand that when you think about the context of the new law being a an devolution of power back to the states and then you read language that points a school district or a state in a spec direction on methodology, those two can look inconsistent. let me tell you how i read them as inconsistent. this is a section that is talking about the way in which a school district will develop a methodology. but there's a difference between saying the methodology will be or the methodology must be versus what the language says which is the methodology must result in. and essentially, what it must result in is a rearticulation of the underlying goal of the statute which is that the federal dollars ultimately supplant, not supplement not supplant. so am i reading that right that sort of the key here is that the language doesn't say the methodology must it be x and y. it says the methodology must result in the essentially the goals of the underlying statute that we all wr

mr. president, i thank you for allowing me to give this statement today, for your patience, and i really want to thank chairman alexander and others who have worked with us on this so we can indeed be sure that we are cleaning up this site at piketon and second that we are able to get this dredge material coming out of the cuyahoga material onto a site on land to avoid the environmental damage that would otherwise occur. i yield back my time, mr. president. mr. schatz: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from hawaii. mr. schatz: thank you, mr. president. i ask unanimous consent to speak as though in morning business for up to 17 minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schatz: thank you, mr. president. i first want to talk about the zika public health emergency that is coming to the united states of america. we have to act now to fund the administration's request of $1.9 billion in supplemental funding. zika is a disease carried by the 80's egypti scoot, that has already caused a dengi fever in my state of hawaii. the mosquito is in more places than we previously thought throughout the united