and mr alexander we'll just see if they have misread. the swedish team has become the gadget off for generations poland's for action on the environment good at turning back marches with school students in hamburg. i don't have a warm welcome to you i'm the chief baucus on his trade in indian pod it's captured when his plane was shot down over pakistan had been stabbed during an aerial mission these up. pictures of ring commander benumbed then who in the past hour walked across the volga atari border between the two countries in pakistan to a tardy in india his release came after hours of delay fueling speculation about his release the cause of the delay is not known back a son says the release of the pilot who was captured on tuesday is an effort to deescalate recent tensions between the two nuclear neighbors. that we have bring in correspondent michelle jess while in delhi the mission there must be huge relief in india that being commander i mean and then is back after an anxious wait of many odds is he getting a hero's welcome that. we

mr. chairman, chairman alexander are working in a bipartisan manner to address many of the issues that american families and communities want us to be working on them. for instance, we are in the process of negotiating a bipartisan, comprehensive reauthorization of the higher education act that will try and improve access of affordability and accountability and safety for families. we are doing that under regular order including reconciliation and targeting the savings that we may need to reach our bipartisan deal does not help with those negotiations. it hurts them, and if we want to take steps in this committee toic ma up the resentment and partisanship in this congress, reconciliation, so i urge my colleagues to support my amendment and strike this on this committee. >> others speaking in favor? seeing none i'll voice my opposition to this amendment. our country is on an unsustainable fiscal path fueled by spending. we need to have committees taking a look at not just ways we can give away more money, but ways that we can create efficiencies. this is simply a target for the committees. it's

calvin alexander ramsey award winning writer and playwright welcome to the show it's really great to have you with us today mr ramsey know you have been digging into the green book for a long time the travel guide for african-americans during the jim crow laws that help them avoid painful discriminations and segregated south jame crowd may be a saying of the past but for instance film director spike lee believes racism is ingrained in the day and day of the united states days think it will ever be overcome completely. well it's going to take a long time because you know with the development of the i guess the you know the country with the native americans and with the you know the the many many years of bondage by africans who were brought here you know and then you had the black codes after that and then you had. jim crow didn't you had reconstruction and so is you know it's a lie it's a lot you know and what i will say that is has gotten better during my lifetime. i've seen changes but they came about because people worked to bring those changes black people white people and people of the same mind so it wa

calvin alexander ramsey award winning writer and playwright welcome to the show it's really great to have you with us today mr ramsey know you have been digging into the green book for a long time the travel guide for african-americans during the jim crow laws that help them avoid painful discriminations and segregated south jame crowd may be a thing of the past but for instance film director spike lee believes racism is ingrained in the day and day of the united states days think it will ever be overcome completely. well it's going to take a long time because you know with the development of the i guess the you know the country with the native americans and with the you know the the many many years of bondage by africans who were brought here you know then you had the black codes after that and then you had. jim crow did you had reconstruction and so is you know it's a lie it's a lot you know and what i will say that is has gotten better during my lifetime. i've seen changes but they came about because people worked to bring those changes black people white people and people of the same mind so it wasn't eas

mr. chairman, senator alexander and i are working together in a bipartisan manner to address many of the major issues that american families and communities want us to be working on for instance, we are in the process of negotiating a bipartisan comprehensive reauthorization of the higher education act that will try to improve access, a portability, accountability and safety for the students and families. we are doing that under regular order including reconciliation and targeting the savings we may need it doesn't help in those negotiations, it hurts them and if we want to take steps in the committee to move beyond some of the recent band and partisanship from last congress, reconciliation is not the approach we should take. i urge my colleagues to strike the reconciliation instruction on the committee. >> others speaking in favor? seeing none, i will voice my position. our country is on an unsustainable fiscal path fueled by out-of-control spending. we need to have committees taking a look at not just ways to give away more money the ways we can create efficiencies it is thatis a targe

and we're back with calvin alexander ramsey award winning author and playwright who traveled across the united states collecting memories of jim crow a polk so mr m.g. i feel like this is something we have to bring up for fairness sake the case of. the black actor who staged a fake racial attack on him self and the police are saying that he may have a stage to attack to get more media attention to himself to further his career is this normal that someone expects to profit off of being a victim of a hate crime. well you know it has happened before. you know what has happened was. a war i'd say and there were attacked by blacks there was a famous case in south carolina where a woman killed her children and she drove it into a lake as she said you know a black man kidnapped her and made her do it and found out that that wasn't the case at all i think she's still serving time for that so so unfortunately that it happens. he was. never seen that show him prior but i send a very popular and people like it and they like his character if it's true that he stays is i think that was a. you know all you can say is he's young then you'll be can bounce back

mr. boyle, welcome. >> chairman alexander, ranking member murray and members of the committee thank you for inviting , me here to testify on the importance of herd community for vaccine preventable diseases. my name is john boyle and i'm the president and ceo of the immune deficiency foundation, a not-for-profit patient organization that represents people with primary immunodeficiency diseases. these diseases are a group of more than 350 rare and chronic disorders in which parts of the body's immune system are either missing or functioning improperly. there's an estimated 250,000 people diagnosed with pi in the u.s. alone, which is one in 1200 of your constituents. these assortments are caused by genetic defects and are not contagious. there is a variety between the different forms of pi, but one thing unites all or all of them, we are immunocompromised, it means we're vulnerable to common viruses and bacteria. i have a form of pi. i was diagnosed with it when i was six months old when a respiratory infection nearly killed me. in short, i don't produce antibodies but i'm able to be here wit

alexander acosta. [applause] >> good morning. thank you, mr. cox for the kind introduction. this is a great time to speak with all of you because our economy is booming. you all know the statistics, on a planet rate, job creation rate and i want to share a few different ones with you this morning and i recently learned about were particularly important. wages are increasing at the fastest rate we have seen for nearly one decade. here is the interesting part. wages for the bottom and lot increased 6.5% over the past year. that is really incredible. you've seen these new hires and that is great but 70% of all those new hires from outside the labor force, individuals that had not been working or looking for a job that look at the economy and decided we want to work in join the labor force. here is one other. the wages for individuals who make things, goods producing industries and those who make things and build things and construct things and those who manufacture things for non- supervisory goods produced employees increased more than $2500 last year. that makes a big differe

mr. readler signed was deeply controversial. our colleague, senator lamar alexander, republican, tennessee, called the argument that mr. readler made in his brief opposing obamacare, and i quote, as far-fetched as any i've ever heard, end of quote. thank you, lamar. two department of justice attorneys withdrew from the case when they were asked to sign the crazy arguments in this brief. and a senior department of justice litigator also resigned in protest for the bizarre arguments that mr. readler signed up for. however, almost immediately after mr. readler signed this crazy brief, he was nominated by the white house for a lifetime appointment to a federal judiciary. what message is the trump administration sending with this nomination? they're doubling down on their attack on coverage of people with preexisting conditions. they are putting in a lifetime appointment a circuit court judge who will be watching for virgin vindication. -- for vindication. they will be rewarding those who look for the preexisting coverage requirement. he has also defended the trump admini

alexander. >> thank you, mr. chair. mr. bernhardt, welcome. you seem to be surviving your confirmation hearing pretty well. i notice the question about even handed treatment and different forms of energy, i wondered, i notice the department fined the exxon corporation $7,000 a bird for migratory birds that were killed by exposure to hydrocarbons in the midwest. i wonder if you're fining wind developers $7,000 a bird for migratory birds killed by wind turbines which could be also described as cuisinarts in the sky? >> yeah. so we've -- >> are you applying equal treatment for wind, for bird killing by wind mills? >> they are certainly being applied equally today. >> let me ask you a few questions about continuity. secretary zinke was a great friend to the smoky national park which is your most visited park, up to 11 million visitors a year partly because of the opening of the new foothills parkway. three quick items that i don't have much discussion with you on and then i want to mention the restore our parks act. one is the foothills parkway wh

mr. trump faces major domestic controversies involving his former personal attorney and his n family. news 4's blayne alexander has our report. >> reporter: tonight, president trump home early and empty-handed. abruptly leaving his vietnam summit with north korea's kim jong-un. >> the wanted to denuke certain areas and i wanted evething. and the sanctions are there, and i didn't wanto give u the sanctions unless we had a real program. >> reporter: that decision to wa away drawing rare bipartisan praise for the president. >> it's good that the president did not give him anything. >> reporter: but he is also returning to plenty of criticism thanks to his former attorney and fixer michael cohen after a very public day of testimony yesterday. today, cohen speaking behind closed doors. >> wl be back on march ofth to finish up. there is more todi scuss. >> reporter: republicans slamming cohen's hearing aspo a tical ploy. the top democrat on the house intelligence committee signaling he will eegr into a scratched trump tower russia project calling felix sater to testify, a russian-born executive who worked for the tr

calvin alexander ramsey award winning writer and playwright welcome to the show it's really great to have you with us today mr ramsey know you have been digging into the green book for a long time the travel guide for african-americans during the jim crow laws that help them avoid painful discrimination and segregated south jame crown may be a saying of the past but for instance film director spike lee.

mr. chairman, as you are aware, senator alexander and i are in the process of negotiating a bipartisan comprehensive reauthorization of the higher education act that seeks to improve access, affordability, accountability and safety for students and families and we are doing it under regular order. including reconciliation and targeting savings. we may need to reach the bipartisan deal with it does not help us with those negotiations. and fact, it hurts them. i have also address other issues that are critically important to families and communities including providing affordable and high-quality childcare and early childhood learning allowing workers access to paid sick days, protecting and advancing women's health, addressing mental health issues including suicide prevention and the opioid crisis and preserving, protecting and strengthening healthcare for individuals and families, which is particularly important as this administration works to sabotage it. i will be offering them and i think taken together, they represent an approach that families and communities want us to take. not cutting hundred

calvin alexander ramsey award winning writer and playwright welcome to the show it's really great to have you with us today mr ramsey know you have been digging into the green book for a long time the travel guide for.

alexander acosta. [applaus [applause] >> good morning. well, thank you, mr. cox for the kind introduction. you know, this is a great time to speak with all of you because our economy is becoming. you all know the statistics, the unemployment rate, the job creation rate. i'm going to share a few different ones with you this morning that i thought that i recently thought were particularly important. wages are increasing at the fastest rate that we've seen for nearly a decade. but here is the really interesting part. wages for the bottom of individuals increased 6.5% over the past year. that's really incredible. and we've seen all of these new hires, and that's great. 70% of all of those new hires were from outside the labor force for individuals that hadn't been working for even looking for a job that looked at our economy and decided. we want to work and joined the labor force. and here is one other. the wages for individuals who make things, goods producing industries, those who make things, those who build things, those who construct things, those who manufacture things, for nonsupervisor

mr president just now israel is responding forcefully to this wanton aggression and we've got to team coverage on these a breaking developments from the mid is joining us from washington is our bureau chief there alexander von aman and interviews tanya kramer is in jerusalem for you good evening to you both tanya want to start with you in jerusalem we just heard prime minister benjamin netanyahu is speaking in washington d.c. confirming israel's retaliation is underway what more can you tell us. yes that's right there reported airstrikes all over gaza at the moment that's what has been expected all day after this rocket strike this morning on the center now residence is very residence south nearby the gaza strip have been advised to be close to soldiers in the south and also in the center of the country such as have been opened because now the question is how will gaza militant groups how will they react to the asked the command center that is a center that is representing all the militant groups has already threatened early this afternoon that they are going to retaliate. with begin to strike gaza of course in gaza residents are bracing for a very difficult night and no shelters for civilians in the ga

peter alexander is at the white house with mr on this story. peter, good morning. >> good morning to you. >> reporter: fresh off an embarrassing defeat i the senate with republicans delivering the key votes againse him, pre trump is poised to use his veto power as early as today. the president arguing the issue herede is b security, but for many republicans it's about pulling back the reins on his use of presidential powers. >> are there any senators wishing to change their vote? >> reporter: after republican rejection with 12 gop senators rebuking president trump over his national emergency declaration, the president is brushing off the thumbs down at the hands of his own party tweeting in all capng veto, addi thank all of the strong reports who voted to support border security and our desperately needed wall. >> the joint resolution is passed. >> reporter: the president hitting a wall in the senate. that stinging vot including a defiant dozen republicans joining democrats to block the president's go it alone strategy, specifically his effort

words of an influential german mp, alexander graf lambsdorff — he represents the free democrats — he said this this morning, in the wake of the latest round of chaos with mrsng the eu she wants a 3—month extension, he says, "if there is nothing in london but shaking heads, a screaming speaker of the house, chaos and domestic political misery, there cannot be a continuation because we would just be continuing this misery." do you feel pretty much the same way? the european council is going to discuss the request from prime minister may tomorrow in brussels. we are ready to consider the request. at the same time, we need to know more. we need to know — is there a solution? is there a possibility to have an agreement in westminster on the withdrawal agreement? well, she's written a letter, as i'm sure you know, a letter to the eu negotiators, and indeed, to the council, saying, " look, frankly we have not got a deal. i believe i can still get this deal through, but i need more time." she's not offering a new plan, she's simply saying, "i'm sticking with the old plan and, at some point, i believe i can get it through, but only if you give me more time." is tha

generation i should say mr but what i mean and the leaders in our generation failed the future yes i think we know since the eighty's or even earlier what is happening alexander for whom both want already in the eighteen ten's about human effect on the climate we know it for a long time but we failed to act and being reminded so powerfully is really much welcome was today's march a success. in terms of numbers yes we brought more students on the streets and ever before this was the largest ever the in climate strike let alone the largest cameron climate strike and i mean we were more than a million across the globe and tens of political action by obviously this doesn't really make a difference for the climate right to say we will see what we get out of that and we will see how the politicians how it is react to that to watch them closely you talk to leaders both of you have you been in washington you talk with the french president what do they tell you i mean first of all do you do you tell them do you accuse them of failing in their responsibility to protect the future yes every time i mean what do they say to i feel like a lot of the time that every they un

alexander is at the white house. peter, what are hearing from administration officials? how hard are they trying to get mr.'t the first time they've tried to get the president to move past something without effect here. we've heard from some aides saying it's not a good look. this has been expressed to the president, allies. and officials at the white house have insisted it would be better off if he would move on. but again, trump is trump, they say. he has done what he wants to do. the business that the white house wants to be focusing on first, his comments by john mccain overshadowing the visit by the brazilian president. and yesterday, at that plant what was expected to be, about jobs and the economy and his efforts to support the military. with a lot of veterans in the room. a lot of them kept their hands by their side during that five-minute rant by the president which i think was notable as well. as you know, this isn't the only feud that the president is engaged in right now. the other one that has escalated in the course of the last several days is the president's bitter back and forth with the hu

mr. conway a total loser. we'll have more on it and hear from george conway this morning on "today". t peter alexander at white house. thank you. see you in a few minutes. >>> new overnit, we have just learned that this chemical fire burning at a plant just outside houston is now extinguished. firefighters are still on the scene and will no doubt be there for some time. foam and i water being sprayed on hot spots. that fire started on sunday. the smokear drifted so that local meteorologists said it reached austin morthan three hours away. >>> developing in maryland this morning, studes in saint mary's county will remember a student who had a bright future. >> it's been one year since a deadly school shooting at great mills high school. news 4 drew wilder is at the school with more. drew, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, aaron and eun.no right great mills high school is working to debunk a new threa that made the rounds on social media this week. thesa m from police through families throughout saint mary's county is simple.t that thrs not credible and police have already tracked down its source

>> just ask mrs martha stewart, was put in prison for lying about something that if she told the truth about, it would not have been a crime. if i'm under investigation for killing alexander hamilton, i know i didn't kill alexander hamilton but during the investigation if i'm asked where were you when he was kid and i say i'm was a party at thomas jefferson's house, that is a crime, it's still obstruction. the other thing to understand is there's a tension between mueller's finding there was no collusion but there was evidence of obstruction which is why he cannot exonerate trump on that issue. so if the point of the obstruction would have been to impede the investigation about collusion. so trump is going around telling lies and intimidating witnesses, it may be that there's no evidence of collusion because he was a very good obstructer. >> there's also an underlying crime uncovered by robert mueller, ultimately sent off to the southern district of new york to prosecute, and that was the president's role as individual number one in an illegal hush money scam. this seems like a line that is easily taken apart by nonlawyers. >> yeah, i didn't understand that part of the le

mr. kellyanne conway for a job he wanted. now he hurts his wife because's jealous of her success. the president doesn't even know them. t>> peter alexander fromhe white house. peter, thank you. >>> in the meantime there's a range new twist tied to the murder of a norious mob boss. morgan radford is following this story. >> reputed crime boss was gunned down, a 24-year-old was arrested for theer mu law enforcement sources still haven't so sure the mafia had anything to do with it. 24-year-old anthony camel low who authorities say shot and killed al alleged new york mob underboss. smirking at times. scribbling on his left hand phrases like maga forever united we stand. >> is it true you're waiving your right toexpedition? >> yes, sir. >> camelo agreeing to be expedited to new york city where he'll face charges t the high profile slaying . >> while we believe we have the shooter in custody for this incident, the investigation is far, at thist, po from over. >> reporter: detectives believe camelo shot kelly ten times outside his home. securityge camera foo shows camelo pulling into cally's driveway on wednesday night and moments later openin

alexander at the white house for us this morning. thanks, peter. >> al is ekng c late winter snowstorm. it will smash records in the rockies and midwest we thin mr. roker. good morning. >> this thing is going to have effects coast to coast. looking first of all, high wind waings. some places will see tropical force winds. we have flood risks from the great lakes all the way into the plains. then weave got winter weathernd advisories blizzard warnings stretching from texas on up into partsf the plains and we've got severe weather to talk about as well. the risk of tornadoes, especially from northern louisiana all the way into westernestee, damaging winds, hail. this moves east on thursday from detroit all the way down almost to jackson. possible tornadoes in the ohio river valley. a vigorous storm bringing blizzard like conditions into the rockies, the plains ahead of it. flooding rain forhe midwest today. we move into tomorrow, snow in the upper midwest, rain in the great lakes. by friday it gets here into the east, starts to lose some of its um of. back behind it we've got very strong winds and a lot of cold ai the rainfall forecast through fri

mr. lindenberge currently a stun norwalk ohio and he's here to share his experience seeking information about vaccines and making decisions about whether or not to become vaccinated. doctor wiesman, let's begin with you. >> chat chairman alexander, ranking member murray and members of the committee thank you for the opportunity to discuss public health work at protecting people from vaccine preventable diseases. vaccines are safe, effective and the best protection we have against serious preventable diseases. vaccinating children in the united states could save millions of lives can increase expectancy and saved our society truly into dollars. washington secretary of health is to protect and promote the health of all its people and ensure the public policy is based on the best available science. i want to speak directly to the parents who have children with health issues and are attending the hearings in washington state and now watching this hearing today. i see your pain and desire for answers to your children's health issues. your mission to protect them from the health of your children is one we shared. while the science is clear of vaccines do not cause autism, we do need to better understand its causes. we need to develop

mr. alexander: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. alexander: madam president, on thursday, i suggested that president trump has sufficient congressional authority to spend $5.7 billion he asked for in his january 6 letter to the senate appropriations committee chairman to build the 234 miles of border wall without resorting to a dangerous national emergency precedent that could upset the constitutional separation of powers that goes to the heart of our freedom. i believe the president has clear authority to transfer up to $4 billion among accounts within the over $600 billion defense budget in order to counter drug activities and to block drug smuggling corridors across international borders. the president said on february 15 that he plans to use $2.5 billion of this same transfer authority to build a -- to build 234 miles of wall along the southern brrd that he cd -- border that he asked for in his january 6 letter. if he would increase t

mr. alexander: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i believe climate change is change.elieve that human emissions are a major cause of climate change, and i believe the dpement -- the democratic plan for climate change which the senator from texas spoke about, the green new deal, is so far out in left field that not many are going to take it seriously. so as one republican, i'm here today to propose this response to climate change. that is that the united states should launch a new manhattan project for clean energy, a five-year project with ten grand challenges that will use american research and technology to put our country and our world firmly on the path toward cleaner, cheaper energy. meeting these grand challenges would create breakthroughs in advanced nuclear reactors, natural gas, carbon and capture, better batteries, greener buildings, electric vehicles, cheaper solar power and fusion. to provide the tools to create these breakthroughs, the federal government should double its funding for energy research and keep the united states number one in advanced commut