mr. alexander and the corps. mr. alexander, who's in charge of the effort to restore power in puerto rico and the virgin islands? is it the army corps? or another agency? >> sir, again, our mission assignment from condition in coordination, collaboration, with prepa. >> that's fine. i just wanted to get -- you know, you answered my question. is there a strategic plan for these federal restoration efforts? >> sir, the -- if you look at strategic beyond the prestorm restoration that's being looked at by energy and other departments in the inner agency. >> so the d.o.e. is more responsible for a long-term plan, is that what you are saying? >> for full grid, yes, sir. >> and you're more involved in trying to get things up and going. >> we are involved in trying to restore the grid in different sectors as expeditiously as possible. concentration initially on san juan and then out to seven larger units on the island. and then finally preparing and transitioning to prepa for permanent service. >> how many companies -- i unde

mr. alexander and the core. mr. alexander, who is in charge of the effort to restore power in puerto rico and the virgin islands? is at the army corps or another agency? >> sir, again, our mission assignment from the fema is to restore the grid to pre-storm condition in coordination with prepa. >> i just wanted to-- you know, you answered my question. is there a strategic plan for federal restoration efforts? >> sir, strategic beyond the pre-storm restoration it's being looked at by energy and other departments in the interagency. >> doe is more responsible for a long-term plan, is that which you are or for fall grid restoration and you are more involved in getting things up and going? >> we are involved in restoring the grid in different sectors as expeditiously as possible concentrating on san juan and then out to other disabilities on the island in preparing and transitioning to prepa for permanent service. >> how many companies-- i understand the core has several contracts with private companies , a companies has

mr. alexander. >> mr. sanders you are out of time. we have one more and we have votes coming up at noon. >> let him finish. >> we went three minutes over on two colleagues over here. >> quick question. >> to summarize briefly the impact that this drilling will have on his peoples' way of life. >> senator sanders, we believe that drilling in gwichyaa zhee gwich-in will devastate us as a people. it will absolutely devastate us as a people. you are talking about 80% of the diet of gwich-in people being the porcupine caribou herd. our connection to that is so strong that you are talking about just an absolute change in the way we live as people, and, you know, what about next generation. will they ever even have the opportunity to learn how to hunt caribou and to respect it? i don't know. i am hoping that you here today will protect that. >> thank you very much. >> thank you, senator sanders. senator manchin. >> i want to thank you all of you for being here. and you can see this is quite a divisive, if you will. the bottom line is we live

mr. alexander. mr. rex ford, welcome to the committee. >> chairman murkowski, and ranking member cantwell, members of the committee, thank you for the invitation to speak to you today. my name is matthew rexford and i serve as a tribal administrator for the native village of [ inaudible ]. i'm also the president of the corporation. we serve as members of the voice of the arctic. along with 18 other north slope communities and entities. i was raised and live in alaska located inside the 1002 area of anwar. and all of the previous organizations i mentioned, nck, kic and voice support oil and gas development there. approximately 92,000 acres of surface lands in and around the community are owned by the corporation. our village corporation. these lands are within and are then surrounded by anwr. we are an island in the middle of the largest wildlife refuge in america. much of that land is also the ancestral home of the people that are indigenous inhabitants of the region and used the resources they've bless

mr. alexander. >> no. >> mr. cassidy. >> no. >> mr. portman. >> no. >> mr. strange. >> no. >> miss cantwell. >> aye. >> mr. wyden. >> aye by proxy. >> mr. sanders. >> aye. >> miss stabenow. >> aye. >> mr. franken. >> aye by proxy. >> mr. manchin. >> aye by proxy. >> mr. heinrich. >> aye. >> miss hirono. >> aye by proxy. >> mr. king. >> aye. >> miss duckworth. >> aye by proxy. >> miss cortez-mastow. >> by this vote, the nays are 12, the yays are 11. the amendment is not agreed to. >> i would like to call up stabenow number 45. >> the clerk will -- the clerk will call up seven of 45. i mentioned this is not jurisdictional, so i am going to move to table the stabenow amendment. so the motion -- the vote before us is a motion to table. >> on the motion to table. miss murkowski. >> yes. >> mr. veraso. >> aye. >> mr. risch. >> aye. >> mr. lee. >> aye. >> mr. flake. >> aye. >> mr. danes. >> aye. >> mr. gardner. >> aye. >> mr. alexander. >> aye. >> mr. hoeven. >> aye. >> mr. cassidy. >> aye. >> mr. portman. >> aye. >> mr. strange. >> aye. >> miss cantwell. >> no. >>

mr. alexander it would impact their way of life. and by the way mr. alexander i'm glad you came to testify because i believe as native peoples you share certain common perspectives as a native hawaiis do and that is a spiritual connection to the land. and i think it is really important that the wynn chen tribe which covers a large part of the area we are talking about as well as inc canada, i'm grateful for your testimony. that is why the debate has continued. there has been a huge discussion as to how minimal would the impact be and those that believe it will not indeed be minimal. thank you madam chairle. >> thank you. >> senator sanders. >> thank you very much, madam chair. my guess is historians in years to come will look back at hearings like this and they will ask what were they thinking about? what world were they living in? didn't they see what was going on all around them? all over this planet today we are seeing nations, including our own, ravaged by the impact of climate change. and meanwhile, while climate change is doing horrendous damage

mr. alexander, that it would impact their way of life. mr. alexander, i am glad you testified because you share artain common perspectives as native, and that is a strong , connectionconomic to the land, and i think it is really important that the gwich'in tribe, which covers a very large part of the area we are talking about as well as in canada, i am grateful for your testimony, so that is why the debate is continuing, because there has been a huge discussion as to how minimal would the impact of drilling be, and there are those who believe it would not indeed be minimal. thank you, madam chair. >> sen. sanders: >> thank senator sanders. >> historians in years to come will look back at hearings like this and ask for what were they thinking about -- what world were they living in? didn't they see what was going on around them? all over this planet today, we are seeing nations, including our own, ravaged by climate change. while climate change is doing horrendous damage to people all over the world, we have hearings like this that talk about m

mr. alexander: no new federal dollars, 15% by the states. so the reason republicans like the alexander-murray bill, the reason we have 12 of us on this side of the aisle cosponsoring it along with 12 democrats is lower premiums, less tax dollars for obamacare subsidies, less federal debt, more flexibility for states, a new so-called catastrophic insurance policy so that you can buy a policy with a lower premium and a higher deductible, so that a financial -- a medical catastrophe doesn't turn into a financial catastrophe. all of those are reasons to support it. so, mr. president, here is the long and short of it. the america have health care on their minds. certainly true in tennessee where the rates are up 58%. certainly true in virginia yesterday, certainly true in maine. i see the senator from maine who is here who has been an important part of the discussion. the people of america say, well, why doesn't the president and the congress, the republicans and the democrats in both bodies get together and do something about it? well, i'm happy

mr. alexander. excuse me. >> is it true the national science foundation facility radio telescope infrastructure survived well enough to serve as the fema operations under? >> i'm not aware of that. >> okay i was going to ask what differentiated the facility from those that did not survive. does anyone have a clue to that question? >> i do not. ms. walker, you highlighted inconsistencies in tracking outages in the system. whawhether they're tracking outs be beneficial or how would it be beneficial? >> it helps us determine where to deploy services such as we call them pot but water, food, whether or not outages can be restored quicker and we know how many in the area have outages. we are able to then deploy the need for that community better with that knowledge and also working with the corps of engineers on deploying temporary generators. it just helps us to understand where to deploy the best needs. >> do you have the authority to require the use of these outages? >> yes, we do. >> is a it a state

mr. alexander was part of the first panel. he is not with us. perhaps you can ask that question of him after the hearing, but i apologize for that. >> no worries. thank you. with that, i yelled back. thank you. >> senator cantwell. okay. >> senator franken. >> thank you to the ranking member on the chair. doctor cronin, in your research, looking at caribou populations, you found they were not significantly impacted by the presence of an oil filled road. is that correct? >> yes. >> thank you. for this research, did you ever receive any funding from oil companies? >> yes. >> do you think receiving funding from oil companies could bias the outcome of your research. >> nasser. >> did you ever consider that the same oil companies that funded your research would use your work as justification for drilling and that might have been a motivation of theirs? >> first of all, the data we used probably in the paper that you're talking about is a 2004 paper with noel as the senior officer. we used game data in addition to the data collected by our group. the

mrs. alexander, is your community alone in concerns or are your fears shared by other tribes. can you remind us what the stakes are if your people can't depend on caribou hunting. >> senator, mr. alexander was part of the first panel. >> sorry. >> he's not with us. >> perhaps you can us that question of him after the hearing. i apologize for that. >> no worries. with that i yield back. i have 16 seconds anyway. thank you. >> let's go to senator can't we -- cantwell. >> senator franken. >> thank you. ranking member and chair. doctor, in your research looking at caribou populations, you found they were not significantly impacted by the presence of appear oilfield r d road. is that correct? >> yes. >> thank you. for this research, did you ever receive any funding from oil companies? >> yes. >> do you think receiving funding from oil companies could bias the outcomes of your research? >> no, sir. >> did you ever consider that the same oil companies that funded your research would use your work as justification for drilling and that might have been a motivation of theirs? >> well,

mr. alexander was part of the first panel. >> no worries. thank you i'll you back. >> thank you. doctor cronin, in your research, the connectable populations, you found they are not significantly impacted by the presence of an oil field road, is that correct? >> yes. >> thank you. for this research did you receive funding from oil companies? >> yes. >> do you think receiving funding from oil companies could bias the outcomes of your research? >> no, sir. >> did you ever consider the same oil companies have funded your research which you use your work for justification of drilling and that may have been a motivation of theirs? >> first of all, the data we used talking about is the 2004 paper. we use the alaska state department of she gave data to the data collected by our group. the oil industry funded studies sometimes is a requirement for permits or stipulations for operating after permits were granted. they weather proposed development data or just posted element to look at the distribution of caribou. whether it was used to justify future drilling it was done and all the refer

mr. alexander was part of the first panel. >> with that, i yield back. >> senator franken. >> thank you to the ranking member and the chair. dr. cronin, in your research looking at caribou populations, you found that they were not significantly impacted by the presence an oil field road, is that correct? >> yes. >> thank you. for this research, did you ever receive any funding from oil companies? >> yes. >> okay. do you think receiving funding from oil companies could buy us the outcomes of your research? >> no, sir. >> mm-hm. did you ever consider that the same oil companies that funded your research would use your work as justification for drill ing and that might have been a motivation of theirs? >> well, first of all, the data we used in probably the paper you're talking about is a 2004 paper. we used the alaska state department of fish and game data in addition to the data collected by our group. the oil industry funded studies sometimes as a requirement for permits or for stipulations for operating after the permits were granted. they wanted to get pre and post development data in so

mr. gowdy: thank you, dr. alexander. the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. cummings: thank you very much, mr. chairman. dr. wen, on june 18, 2017, the baltimore sun published an article on naloxone entitled "baltimore city running low on opioid overdose remedy." the article stated that, quote, the city has about 4,000 doses left to last until next may. end of quote. you were quoted in that same article as stating, and i quote, we are rationing, we are deciding who is the highest risk and giving it to them. how many doses of naloxone does the city have left now, and is that number adequate to meet the city's needs? dr. wen: thank you, congressman. we -- mr. cummings: and who are the highest priority people? dr. wen: highest priority individuals that we allocate this lifesaving medication to are the individuals who are clients of our needle exchange. these are members who are actively using drugs. now, i will say we do not in any way condone drug use but we do believe in saving someone's life. if it's preventing the spread of hepatitis and h.i.v., we need to d

mr. alexander: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, the senate has just invoked cloture on the nomination of david zatezalo of west virginia to be the assistant secretar secretary ofr mine safety and health. he knows the industry inside and out. he spent his career in mining, starting as a miner, as a member of a union, worked his way up to general superintendent at southern ohio coal and was a general manager at a.e.p. the health, education, and labor pensions committee approved his nomination and i'm glad the senate will have the opportunity to vote on his confirmation. mr. president, if i may for a few minutes turn to another subject, congress has turned its attention to tax reform and our principal challenge is to find tax breaks and loopholes to lower rates for taxpayers. at the top of the list should be ending the wind production tax credit. congress has already recognized the need to end the wind production tax credit by passing legislation to phase out the credit by 2020. and t

mr. alexander in preparing the grid of puerto rico, were you surprised to learn he hasn't been able to have a conversation with prepa? >> sadly, i'm not surprised. >> so how do we justify taxpayer dollars now going to repair a grid in puerto rico, trying to work with prepa after they refused to work with the committee, they're not working with the army core of engineers. they're wasting taxpayer money through the white fish contract that has outraged so many people and yet the immediate is so great on the island? how do you recommend we move forward? we are going to have to address the prepa situation in law as soon as possible i would assume. >> first of all, we have to really understand that at the end of the day, even prepa, we need to think that people are dying. our economy is dying. so how do we work around that? around prepa's lack of governance and transparency? my suggestion that i did in my testimony is that since congress already passed the promise act and the oversight board named the coordinator that has been appointed to take over prepa that congress finds a way, a specific ma

mr. alexander who is before us who clearly isn't supportive of opening up an alarm if we had testimony before this committee who happens to live within the area and happens to be in alaska native and it is important that we listen to our native people, but i do think that it is important that we recognize that when we are talking about subsistence and the opportunity for the food source, the people that live in this area that have homes in schools and airstrips, these people need to be heard and their issues need to be addressed as well. >> just looking at this amendment, if the concern is the service of the area, i would assume forcing every acre to be developed would create a significantly more level of pipeline then what is considered under the legislation. is that your interpretation of the amendment as well? i hurt my colleague's question about how would they lease if they are not producing. i can explain that as far as economics whether it is oil, coal, natural gas. they get contracts and it might be for ten years then we get a long-term contract so you do deplete what you have you have

mr. alexander who is the lead for the u.s. army corps of engineers in repairing the grid in puerto rico, were you surprised to learn that he hasn't even been able to have a conversation with prepa? >> sadly, i'm not surprised. >> so how do we justify taxpayer dollars now going to repair a grid in puerto rico, trying to work with prepa after they refused to interact with the committee, they're not working with the army corps of engineers. they are wasting taxpayer money through this whitefish contract that has outraged so many people. and yet the need is so great on the island. how do you recommend that we move forward? we're going to have to address the prepa situation in law as soon as possible i would assume. >> yes. first of all, we have to really understand and consider at the end of the day, given prepa's governance problems, we need to think that people are dying. our economy is dying. so how do we work around that? or prepa's lack of cooperation and transparency, my suggestion that i did in my testimony is that since co

mr. alexander who was before us who clearly is not supportive of opening anwr. but we also had testimony from mr. rexford, who happens to live within the 1002 area and happens to be an alaskan native. it is important that we listen to our native peoples. but i do think it is important that we recognize that when we're talking about subsistence and the opportunity for a food source there, the people who live in the 1002 area, who have homes and schools and airstrips, these people too need to be heard. and their issues need to be addressed, as well. senator gardner. senator gardner: thank you, madame chair. if the concern is disturbance of the area, i would assume that forcing every acre to be developed would create a significant -- significantly more level of pipelines and disturbance than what is considered under this legislation. is that your interpretation of this amendment, as well? >> that would be my interpretation. >> so this requires far nor significant infrastructure -- i think that's correct. sen. franken: i would love to respond to that, but go ahead. >

mr. alexander before s. who clearly is not supportive of opening an wire. we also had testimony before this committee or mr. mackey record of having to live in the 10 of two area and happens to be in alaska natives and it is important that we listen to our native peoples, whether they be in a chant or ap act and it is important that we recognize that when we are talking about subsistence and the opportunity for a food source they are, and the people who live in the 1002 area, who have homes and schools and airstrip, these people, to need to be heard and their issues need to be addressed as well. >> thank you, madam chair. if the concern is disturbing that area, i would assume that forcing every acre to be developed would create a significant -- significantly more level of pipelines than what is considered under this legislation. is that your interpretation of the amendment as y well? >> significant more infrastructure that the mission under. is that correct? >> thank you, madam chair. >> i'd love to respond to that, go ahead. >> i heard my colleagues questio

mr. trump. nbc blaine alexander joins in washington, d.c. with the very latest drama. blaine. >> reporter: well, raj, good evening. two major things happening at the same time on capitol hill today. one, republicans of course pushing that tax reform plan but two, the need to pass a budget. here is the major difference between the two. tax reform is at the top of republican's wish list while the budget is something that must happen. that is mandatory. and now that that bipartisan meeting did not happen today that means there is no agreement on the budget and now we are one-closer to a government shutdown. president trump's focus today congress. courting republicans and further alienating democrats. >> mr. president tough the votes on tax reform. >> the president meeting with senate republicans ahead of the tax reform vote, hoping to sway six gop members who haven't yet committed. >> thirpg of sitting there with a rubiks cube trying to get to 50 and we do have a few members with concerns we are trying to address address them. >> making the gop sell harder the nonpartisan

mr. samuel alexander has joined us and we welcome him as a tribal member from the gwich'in government and thank you for traveling such a long distance and mr. matthew rex ford, the tribal administrator at in the native village of catovic, the one community, the one village within the 1002 area. it is good to have you here. so lieutenant governor if you would like to lead off this morning. we've asked you to try to limit your comments to about five minutes. your full statement will be inkrorpti in -- incorporated as part of the record and at the conclusion of your testimony we'll have the opportunity to ask questions of each of you. so governor thank you for traveling and being before the committee. welcome. >> thank you, madam chairman and ranking member cantwell and members of the committee, the statement of governor walker in the record details the reasons clearly that alaska -- the state of alaska supports the issue before the committee. that the need for development is clear. that the need for the revenue is clear. that the availability of revenue should develop and take place, will b

mr. president, our bill, the lamar alexander-patty murray bill would do a lot of good right now. if we take up our legislation now and passes it, families would see rebates this year and lower health care costs next year because our bill is designed that the greater benefit is passed on to patients and taxpayers, not horded by insurance companies. our deal would also invest in open enrollment and it would allow more states the flexibility to innovate as the affordable care act was always intended and it would mark a critical step away from this harmful partisanship on health care and towards working, under regular order, on solutions that make health care work better for the people we serve. finally, mr. president, this legislation would send a critical message to patients and families that when congress sets aside partisan difference and focuses on what is best for our country, we can deliver a result as chairman alexander often says. more than 200 groups representing doctors, hospitals, state officials, governors, and patients have endorsed our bill. the nonpartisan congression

mr. president, the legislation that chairman alexander and i have proposed with 12 democratic cosponsors and 12 republican cosponsors would do a lot to help us get things back on track. it would tie president trump's hands on sabotage, and it would send a very powerful message that elected officials in congress can work together to get things done when we focus on common ground rather than scoring political points. so i would once again urge the majority leader, allow our legislation to get a vote. it has the support of 60-plus senators, and it is growing. the nonpartisan congressional budget office has said it provides billions in savings and would stabilize the markets this year and lower premiums in 2019. and the president told chairman alexander he supports this process moving forward. there is no reason to wait. there's absolutely no excuse for inaction. and i'm going to continue doing everything i can to make clear until republican leaders finally listen to the patients and families they serve and we move this legislation. now, mr. president, while i'm here today, i also want to sp

mr. chernow: uh-oh. host: no. here is her answer to working with you. >> do you expect abroad may -- expect a broadway musical to be made of this like alexander hamilton? >> [laughter] i think you would have to ask mr. chernow, but i think it would make sure he was in perpetuity on the $50 bill, for one thing. mr. chernow: i don't think grant is going to end up as a musical. he does not move to hip-hop beats. i think would be a very good subject for a feature film. i think with hamilton, aside from lin-manuel miranda's genius, hamilton was young and dashing and handsome and romantic. he was a perfect leading man for a musical. grant's life moves to a very different kind of beat. he was plain and laconic, and the charisma of ulysses s. grant was that he had no charisma. the drama is that he was not dramatic. he is no less fascinating, that he is a much more, no lefty than hamilton, but kind of very -- he reminded me more of george washington, george washington -- a similar reserve reserved, enigmatic quality to grant. host: you've been involved with alexander hamilton musical. i don't know if you are willing to tell us, how many books of have been sold

nbc's peter alexander reports da nam where mr. trump is expected to hold a formal meeting with russian president vladimir putin on the sidelines of that summit. >> reporter: president trump at dinner this evening. the first time the that president trump and vladimir putin will be in the same place at the same time in four months. their last meeting taking place in germany. on his way over to asia, just a matter of days ago aboard air force one, president trump hinted at the idea that the two leaders would meet, but today sarah huckabee sanders, his press secretary, says there is no formal meeting on the books. she basically blamed a scheduling conflict. she said that it is still likely that the two men would cross paths. secretary of state rex tillerson just yesterday told us that unless there was anything substantive for the two men to talk about there would be no reason for a formal meeting. still unresolved right now, a series of issues. first of all, north korea, with president trump wanting to pressure vladimir putin to help

mr. draeger, say welcome. >> thank you. in 2014 send alexander you came and spoke to several thousand financial aid administrators in national and proposed a two question fafsa, and that's my friends in tennessee have told me that created quite a dustup amongst our membership. not because they don't want to make the application simpler but when you look at the amount of grant aid delivered every year in this country, $40 billion of that comes from the federal government which is not an insignificant amount of money. did if the 8 billion i become se institutions and another 25 billion come some state and outside scholarship providers. the context i want to paint is there are other entities that are awarding significant amount of grant aid that have interest in making sure we're doing two things when we have students complete the fafsa. one, which i think we are pretty much all an alignment on is making it as easy as possible. and that includes making the verification process as easy as possible. the second piece is making sure that we have accurat

mr. draeger, welcome. >> thank you. in 2014 senator alexander, you came and spoke to several thousand administrators and proposed a two-question fafsa. and that created quite a dust up amongst our membership. not because they don't wants to make the application simpler but when you look at the amount of grant aid delivered every year in this country, 40 billion whiches from the federal government. 58 billion of it comes from institutions. and another 25 billion come from state and outside scholarship providers. the context i want to paint is there are other entities awarding significant amount of grant aid that have a interest in doing two things. one, which i think we're pretty much all in alinement on is making it as easy as possible and that includes making the verification process as easy as possible. but the second piece is making sure we have accurate data to effect the financial strength of every family. at its core need-based grants come down to a few basic principals. the first is this. the primary responsibility to pay for college is t

mr. president, will you support the bill by senator alexander to try to address in a stopgap way the problemsith the affordable care act? and i heard him say yes. now, he didn't use the word yes. he gave a little bit longer explanation, but i took yes away. >> so you think -- now, sequencing of it, does that mean -- and i know -- look, you guys trying to get to 50 is no easy task as senator mcconnell laid out there earlier. >> right. >> but does alexander murray have to pass first before you can get for instance senator murkowski's vote on the tax bill? >> we didn't talk about that. susan, senator collins, followed up, and i think the president -- i think he's agreed to do that. frankly, the -- let me give you context, chuck. what's going on is everybody is trying to make the bill better. people aren't looking for a reason to vote no. they are trying to make the bill better. now the only suggestion i have heard that gives me heart burn, there are some folks who are concerned about the deficit. so am i, by the way. but they want to talk about automatic tax increases in the event that this bill

mr. paul. unleashed the historian in me. the founder of american manufacturing was alexander been newsworthy for a lot of other reasons over the last couple years. wrote the first policy in 1791, part tofs look at the economy we wanted, rather than we had, egrerian, lantation slave-based, not manufacturing, and hamilton and washington were like, we need to going toitive if we're be a growing nation, we need manufacturing. government policy, tariffs at the time, internal mprovement, infrastructure, attracting people to manufacturing cities. patterson, new jersey was the 1790s and in today we've lost sight of that, right, we've had a manufacturing strategy up to and through world war ii. didn't have a lot of competition in the '50s and '60s, we have a lot of our policy hasn't adapted to that. it doesn't mean government manufacturing, it means and shing the beauty ingenutishgs y of workers, we investment, we need education and training policy, a better trade policy. we need to buy american and we good tax system. we can be competitive on the global stage, you are right manufacturing strategy some aybe a bad word for folks but it

alexander's choice to appear on r.t. have appeared british newspaper the time is for instance didn't hold back. mr salmon service for the propaganda outlets of a hostile foreign autocracy does indeed evinced a lack of judgment self-respect and shame ouch even the current leader the scottish national party some one's own party expressed her doubt. had i been asked which i was in i would've advised them to seek another channel to hear the sure and of course alex is not currently an elected politician and he's free to meet care whatever decisions he wishes to me well i found that slightly odd actually because normally the scottish national party the party that both members of is normally pretty cohesive well i think it's very all the situation that we seem to be increasingly in where people want to know platform various individuals in various stations you see all the time news article saying isn't it disgraceful that x. politicians share the platform with somebody or isn't it terrible that why politician turned up on various stages in various countries i believe in a plurality i believe actually that

alexander hamilton's wife, eliza. both items are part of a new exhibit that pays tribute to the unique relationship between philanthropy and the arts. mrshamilton raised money to open a children's orphanage 200 years ago that is still in operation today. cast members of the musical are among its biggest supporters. >> so we raise money every spring and fall and ask audience members to donate. this goes back to grand wyndham, the orphanage. >> pretty cool. the exhibit opens march 22nd. "hamilton" the musical opens at the kennedy center in june. and eliza will look nothing like that eliza in an oil painting. i promise you. >> i was just thinking that same thing. whatre history and the art together with raising money for a really good cause. >>> so election day in virginia tomorrow. how's the weather going to affect that? >> i would vote early. get out there early. because the rest of the day does not look good. as a matter of fact, i'm not calling tomorrow weather alert day because it's going to be a day that really affects you weatherwise because of the fact we've got this rain that's going to be making their way in here. yes, our tuesda

mr. trump made his position clear. nbc national correspondent peter alexander has more.g. >> reporter: hey, good morning to you. president trump here on vacation. but take nothing break from twitter up and at it early this morning before 5:30 a.m., tweeting not about the u.s. navy plane that crashed in the philippines. but instead about the nfl and lavar ball. lashing out at the father of one of the ucla basketball players just released from china, describing ball as a poor man's version of don king. an ungrateful fool, the president writes. saying in all caps, it was me who helped get your son released. all of this as the president is defending roy moore and casting doubt on moore's accuser. president trump breaking his silence on moore, dismissing allegations of sexual assault against him. >> roy moore denies it. that's all i can say. he denies it. by the way, he totally denies it. you know, you have to listen to him also. u' years ago this did not happen. >> reporter: days after the white house appeared to distance itself from moore saying they'd leave the choice to a