mr. franklin, let's finish up. >> lieutenant suarez will conduct hearings for both men starting with franklin was recently convicted of crimes including rape and sodomy in fairfax county and now faces rape charges in a neighboring county. he's brought two witnesses who will testify not only about the fight but about his character. >> all right, mr. franklin. you asked for these two as your witnesses for this hearing. is there anything you want to ask them? >> did you see him throw the first punch at me? >> elmore was saying something because he takes monopoly so serious every time. and he shoved franklin twice, then he threw a punch. >> all right. >> i would like to say that i'm particularly the one person that, you know, seems to motivate everybody on the block as far as, you know, reading the bible and doing everything that's right. >> yeah. i will say that he does lead a good example as far as trying to lead people toward the bible. and ever since i met him, he's been a good spoken person. you know, he doesn't curse, none of that stuff, so -- >> yeah. >> okay. thank you both. you can go ba

mr. franklin, what have you brought?" he said, a republic if you can keep it. that is what this is all about. while the constitution sets the course of our nation, it is without question that the chief justice of the supreme court must have his hand firmly on the pulse to keep our great ship of state on a course of consisten -- a course, consistent with the constitution. justice warner and breyer. confidenced by his and if confirmed, i will do everything i can to be worthy of the high tstee has placed in may. justice roberts: let me thk you mr. chairman and members of the committee for the many courtesies you have extended to me and my family over the past eight weeks. i'm grateful to all the members who have been so accommodating in meeting with me personally. i found those meetings very useful. as the committee undertakes its constitutional responsibility of advice and consent. i know that i would not be here today were it not for the -- overes and health the years of my family who you met earlier today. friends, mentors, teachers and colleagues, many of whom

mr. franklin, what have you wrought? and he said, a republic if you can keep it. and that is what this advice and consent process is all about. but the constitution says the course of our nation, it is without question that the chief justice of the supreme court who must have his hand firmly on the tiller to keep our great ship was paid on a course consistent with the constitution. let me begin by thanking senator lugar and warner and senator bayh for their warm and generous introduction and then let me reiterate my thanks to the president are nominating me. i am humbled by his confidence and if confirmed i will do everything i can to be worthy of the high trust is placed in me. let me also thank you, mr. chairman. the many courtesies have extended to me and my family over the past eight weeks. i'm particularly grateful that numbers have been so accommodating and meeting with me personally. i have found those meetings very useful in better understanding concerns of the committee as the committee undertakes its constitutional responsibility of advice and can then.

mr. smurlths honored to have he hear and from the united airlines melinda franklin okay. >> (clapping.) >> we would like to bring up to the podium the president and cfo for the warriors mr. rick wells mr. rick. >> (clapping.) >> thank you, thank you great day rick also nice to have you been part of this so we're here today to announce the rosemary i warriors will be making their third trip to china this october 2nd games between the minnesota tinder wolves in shanghai we'll be the nba team traveled to china more than any other tomato in the history. >> (clapping.) >> the first change to go there and hear amazing things our second trip to our sister city shanghai we'll get to visit the nba in hits desirability is such a global trend i've had a front row seat to watch that waterproofsables are years i was in charge of the international offices and had the thierl to be part of opening of our very first international one person office in melbourne as you traditional it is amazing to see the hundreds of employees and the offices all over the world to promote this support of basketball and the

good morning, ben, the ben franklin bridge looking good, dry and clear, mr. we have temperatures still in the -95 corridor. the winds are picking up. the numbers have been dropping over the lacst ouple hours. i can't stress enough the importance of giving the kids the winter gear even if you're still looking at 40's on your thermometer. by 7 o'clock chance for all the way down to 35 and looks like we struggle once we do hit that low to only get back to about 39 degrees for a high today. so, spend, the t 30's plus there's lustery wind and 20'schills will actually make pretty much all day long. so, definitely a day for winter gear. at the airport all green aircraft, no major delays. any sign of pennsylvania precip no. >> in health check the food and drug administration says several deaths from a rare form of cancer have be linked to breast implants. the implants associated with from lymphoma. since last month the agency has received more than 3 reports of the cancer associated with the implants. the fda says it is likely to occur with textured implants and whet

mr. trump, who does not read books, comma. that's not something you would have said about harry truman or franklin roosevelt or dwight eisenhower. if we saw a little bit of a pivot tonight in terms of the inauguration immigration, my guess is this would not last for a very long time, if i could vote for it, it would be nice to see a pivot in terms of him having a little more respect for history and maybe someone on his staff, who can tell him a little bit about things in history that have an echo of what he's trying to do. >> hi, michael, it's rachel. >> hi, rachel. >> the president announcing this -- something he's talked about, this office of immigrant crime. promoting the idea that immigrants are vicious, murdering, violent criminals. is there anything like that in american history? obviously people are making references and that's not pretty comparisons. have we done anything like this before? >> nothing that i can think of immediately. the other thing, rachel, is that he put some of the victims, people who were said to have suffered from these crimes in the visitors gallery and i was thinking how far we have come from afte

mr. smurlths honored to have he hear and from the united airlines melinda franklin okay. >> (clapping.) >> we would like to bring up to the podium the president and cfo for the warriors mr. rick wells mr. rick. >> (clapping.) >> thank you, thank you great day rick also nice to have you been part of this so we're here today to announce the rosemary i warriors will be making their third trip to china this october 2nd games between the minnesota tinder wolves in shanghai we'll be the nba team traveled to china more than any other tomato in the history. >> (clapping.) >> the first change to go there and hear amazing things our second trip to our sister city shanghai we'll get to visit the nba in hits desirability is such a global trend i've had a front row seat to watch that waterproofsables are years i was in charge of the international offices and had the thierl to be part of opening of our very first international one person office in melbourne as you traditional it is amazing to see the hundreds of employees and the offices all over the world to promote this support of basketball and the

mr. is inident that sent one person to the here in the parking lot of a it's unfair if outside a car or in the to find out more about that person's morning's love run inome franklin parkway where the race >> reporter: definitely cooler stery time. 90 minutes from now the runners will line up on the ben franklin parkway. 10,000 runners from around the country will be here. there are road closures to talk abou franklin pa will be he drive and finishing up at the art museum. it is a chilly morning, a little colder today. the temperature dropped overnight. so you might need those layers early on no matter what you're doing this morning. there are a few runs in our area today, not just happening. as we take a live look it's pretty empty at this point. a few of the workers here. expecting the runners shortly. again, this is starting at 7:30. so about 90 minutes from now the love run half marathon. for now, live in center city matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >>> in fairmount park this morning, more than 4,000 people will participate in the philadelphia area's largest colon cancer awareness event. get your rear in gear a four-mile run, two-mile walk and kid's fun run. it begi

mrs. lawrence: once called the voice of black america, ms. franklin has been a champion in the community for decades and at home in her hometown of detroit. with a hollywood start, 20 r and b, 18 grammies, a medal of freedom from president bush, she represents the best of detroit and our country. this month and every month, we must lift women up across this country, ensuring that our laws and policies empower and protect all women. i'm proud to call aretha franklin my friend and wish her a happy birthday, which was march 25 and stand along side this great champion for women every day. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from arkansas seek recognition? >> permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> i rise today to honor the ife of captain john joseph kearney who passed away on pearl harbor day at the age of 62. mr. hill: john received the presidential appointment to the united states naval academy. upon graduation and commission, he followed in his father's footst

mr. smurlths honored to have he hear and from the united airlines melinda franklin okay. >> (clapping.) >we would like to bring up to the podium the president and cfo for the warriors mr. rick wells mr. rick. >> (clapping.) >> thank you, thank you great day rick also nice to have you been part of this so we're here today to announce the rosemary i warriors will be making their third trip to china this october 2nd games between the minnesota tinder wolves in shanghai we'll be the nba team traveled to china more than any other tomato in the history. >> (clapping.) >> the first change to go there and hear amazing things our second trip to our sister city shanghai we'll get to visit the nba in hits desirability is such a global trend i've had a front row seat to watch that waterproofsables are years i was in charge of the international offices and had the thierl to be part of opening of our very first international one person office in melbourne as you traditional it is amazing to see the hundreds of employees and the offices all over the world to promote this support of basketball and the nb

to people, it remind me of a question that a lady asked benjamin franklin when he walked and f the constitutional said, what do we have, mr. franklinf we can keep it. part of being a democratic society, means we should have health care for society. part of what it means to have a civilized democracy and people can lift their voices up to have decent health care and we urge people to do that and this is the right time to do it. and i want to he yield back to my friend from maryland and i thank you for holding down this special order because the affordable care act has worked for us. as you said, mr. raskin, the affordable care act is not perfect. what piece of legislation everybody was. amended the 19 4 amended act. we amend laws all the time repeal and not come close to replacing, it is wrong. with that, i will yield back to ongressman raskin. mr. raskin: we salute you for the hard work. mr. speaker, how much time do i have left? i just want to tie up some loose ends here by exploring a few of the points that mr. ellison raced. one of the very messy features of this legislation that is barreling through congress is that t

medal of franklin hogan, a member of the company a, pennsylvania 45th infantry, and his citation was awarded october 1, 1864, for the capture of the battle flag of the six virginia infantry. mr. speaker, there are more medal of honor recipients from pennsylvania's fifth congressional district and throughout this proud nation. each one demonstrated personal bravery or self-sacrifice that warranted this merit. on behalf of a grateful nation, i salute all of our medal of honor recipients. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania yields back the balance of his time. the chair recognizes the gentleman from maryland, mr. hoyer, for five minutes. mr. hoyer: thank you, mr. speaker. last week was an historic week n many respects. my republican colleagues have indicated for six years they wanted to repeal the affordable care act. they introduced a bill which really did not accomplish that objective, but it did undermine very severely the protections and the opportunities that the affordable care act provided our citizens. that bill did not come to a vote. had it come to a vote, it would have lost very substan

mr. chairman, and a bite to star on your nominationsng but that is also during this hearing. but i will agreed that ascender franklin - - franken has clarified the answers under previous question for from pet. >> but to contact the department of justice or hire him to conduct an air route for putin. >> with the foreign affairs issues? >> no. a only the deputy shin be in position with each individual of case one that we talk about preserving the public but they already put in with the intelligence committee in fact they have troubling evidence of factual context and even possible collusion between the trump campaign in russia . when you agree with the assurance and confidence them law-enforcement is here. did anybody think airfare or free or thorough with politically independent? and as stated previously you would be willing to resign if he felt that was not the case. one of the things you would do even if inappropriately you felt you were pressured to shutdown and investigation that you would oppose that correct. >> and donald rice said that here. >> and the steps before resigning, what you commit he would share wit