mr. patrick. >> mr. patrick would like to comment on item 14, is that right? >> (inaudible). >> that's right, okay, go ahead, denise. >> okay, so we're talking today about the --. >> it will come back. >> about the security staffing plan. it obviously goes into your budget here. i'm talking about the benchmark, how you came up with it. the benchmarks we used were transit authorities throughout the united states, also included chicago in the mix. it is designed to provide safe, secure, clean environment, welcoming environment, for visitors for the commuters and retail. we came up with two staffing models. one is primarily heavy with sfpd, you can see this is the heavier model that we have. the second model we are recommending is primarily staffed with contract security guard services, 8 hour shifts, three shifts per day. the transit agency going to operate primarily 5 am to 1:00 am, some areas will property 24 hours a day, busses coming in. operating dawn to dusk however there will be extended hours for any events scheduled for the park and certainly the dining

mr. patrick. >> mr. patrick would like to comment on item 14, is that right? >> (inaudible). >> that's right, okay, go ahead, denise. >> okay, so we're talking today about the --. >> it will come back. >> about the security staffing plan. it obviously goes into your budget here. i'm talking about the benchmark, how you came up with it. the benchmarks we used were transit authorities throughout the united states, also included chicago in the mix. it is designed to provide safe, secure, clean environment, welcoming environment, for visitors for the commuters and retail. we came up with two staffing models. one is primarily heavy with sfpd, you can see this is the heavier model that we have. the second model we are recommending is primarily staffed with contract security guard services, 8 hour shifts, three shifts per day. the transit agency going to operate primarily 5 am to 1:00 am, some areas will property 24 hours a day, busses coming in. operating dawn to dusk however there will be extended hours for any events scheduled for the park and certainly the dining

mr. patrick >> tim padgett am personally concerned about the length of time of this rfp. it's going to take because if we want to cut the ribbon october or maybe december 2070, there isn't enough time for this retailers to get organized to select this guy. then they have to go and find their tenants. then they've got to get a building permit and build it up to the timeline i don't think it can work very well. you can have it transit center open with a lot of paper on the window. i think that would be a shame. it's also not clear how the naming rights that issue has disappeared off the radar held naming rights enter into this prospect only giving the named rights to this master lease? i'm not sure. i don't have any idea. if you're going to put this stuff all over these berries displays, it's not clear who's going to get it. who's going to be in charge. we got some organizational issues that are not clear. >> that includes members of the public want to address you on that i'm >> naming rights are not in here. >> the master lease has an option to bring to the board and entit

mrs. obama are celebrating st. patrick's day by bringing a chicago tradition to the white house. >> the white house turned its fountain green for today. the inspiration comes from chicago's green river. >> that's beautiful like some of the sunshine out there today. >> it was a good looking day. it is dry out there, john. >> yes. when relative humidities in the low 20s you know nothing in the way of wet weather will make it to the earth. blue skies and gorgeous. a frog in the throat, we will get beyond that. can you see what's moving east. this stuff is clearing out and not reaching the earth. it is part of the system to the north. nearest showers and storms across the gulf. will they affect us, no. >> it is what's north of us with chilly weather to keep an eye on. 52 making our way through the time we get to 5:00 and down to 40, mid-30s by the time we send the kids to the bus stop. here is the story on future view. skies clear out nicely throughout the course of the night and make our way to the midnight hour and all is quie

mr. flannigan, his special day, st. patrick's day. flan tban is irish, right? yes, it is. 55 medina, 55 ashland, 5 currently in the akron area, 50s everywhere you go. high today 57, 10 degrees above the average of 47. 43 the morning start. we're still stuck at 25 inches of snow. i'm not taking the snowfall total off the map yet. why? because winter may have a little last laugh at us here. here's the first front coming in tonight. may stir up an isolated snowflake tomorrow morning. then the second front comes through tomorrow night. that is going to usher in much colder air. spring begins. sunday morning. spring begins. springtime. 30s on the map. watch what happens for your first few hours of spring. you see that? our computers are printing out viewing area. out. there will at least be a few flakes flying on sunday. we'll keep an eye on things. but the first day of spring looks cold with some snow, then some rain mixing in during tab. so don't put away the coats yet. 37, an isolated rain shower before midnight. predawn, morning rush hour flake in one or two spo

patrick's day dress code. >> mr. speaker? >> wait, you're not wearing green. sorry, man. >> ryan did take his question, but he did make him wait. >>> finally italian born fabio known for his flowing blond hair and the inability not to believe it's not butter became a u.s. citizen yesterday and now he might consider a run for political office. he said i'm a people person, i love people. i would definitely go for the people. adding, you never know. fabio in 2020 i guess we'll see. >>> that does it for me and "way too early." coming up on "morning joe," the stop trump movement keeps on trucking. is it going nowhere fast? plus, lindsey graham holds his nose and goes back to work for ted cruz. "morning joe" is just moments away. constipated? trust number one doctor recommended dulcolax use dulcolax tablets for gentle overnight relief suppositories for relief in minutes and stool softeners for comfortable relief of hard stools. dulcolax, designed for dependable relief designed for dependable relief. i drive a golf ball. i drive to the hoop. i drive a racecar. i have

mr. kirk patrick's. the initial nomination was redakted. just yesterday, the park service finally utilized the name oak flat and published a new list g ing notice in the federal registry allowing five days for comments. does this sound like a transparent process to you? so five days of public comment for people around there is adequate statement. >> i'll have to look into it. i don't know the specifics. >> this gets old and old. i mean, the initiative is one of those applications. we're supposed to be thinning the forest so we don't have this horrib horribly nonscientifically problem of burns. we need to come to a common denominator here and start pushing common sense. >> mr. chair, thank you very much, mr. chairman. i want to actually follow up on a bill that i have with madam secretary, we know that renewable energy and land has great opportunity since 2009, over 50 large-scale renewable energy projects approved on lands. but the process around getting those projects going is frequently stands in the way. i recently heard from -- when we

mr. roker? >> it is st. patrick's day. let's look at forecasts for the st. patrick's day parades. boston one of the classics. and we will have nice weather for it. partly sunny. 57 degrees. new york city we're looking again oldest parade out there by 1:00, 62 degrees. let's head to savannah. a high of 82. isolated thunderstorms by the end of the parade. most of it will be spectacular. mobile, alabama looking pretty good. probably best chance of showers down here. 75 degrees by 1:00. dave: another sticky day, certainly warm as well. temperatures in the middle to upper 80' s out there. it feels like it' mix >>> and that's your latest weather. >>> next half hour we will talk about a little nor'easter. come on down there. >> what character was that? >> i don't know. >> al roker, ladies and gentlemen. natalie taking us behind the i'm going to share a photo of my eggo waffle when it pops up. that's so interesting honey because i'm going to share a photo of my eggo waffle when it pops up. l'eggo my eggo l'eggo my eggo (answering machine) hey! leave a message. hi, i know you're there, 'ca

mr. mccarthy: well, if the gentleman just wished me happy st. patrick's day -- mr. hoyer: i will wish you a happy st. patrick's day and i congratulate kelly on that beautiful green blouse she's wearing. mr. mccarthy: i thank the gentleman for his mood today. i do want to correct the record. and this is probably a good reason we are not bringing the budget to a shortened week next week because you have some misinformation. the budget that passed the floor -- passed the committee abided by the exact number the agreement was. i thought you would be supportive. secondly, one thing i would find, it is our full intention to do all the appropriation bills on the floor. we believe in regular order. i remember a time in here when i was in the minority that we didn't have any appropriation bills on the floor. i did not spend the time to get the old quotes about that because i think america wants us to move forward, but we want to give time for conversations on the budget. appropriations have been going through with their committee meetings, so we are on line of getting them do

mrs. vicki heyman. >> the honest -- the honorable patrick leahy, senator from vermont, and mrs.eahy. >> it's nice to see the friendly relations with canada. we live only about an hour's drive run the canadian border. >> i'm proud of my heritage. >> he's a breath of fresh air for kind -- for canada. i'm excited. >> penny sebring. ms. is beth shaw and mr. adam shaw. mr. david abney and ms. sherry abney. .he honorable amy klobuchar, >> i'm head of the american-canadian inter-parliamentarian group. this brings some much-needed glamour to the very important relationship between america and canada, one of our biggest trading partners, the only embassy i've ever seen that had rates on its wall. this will make america think about how important canada is to our global security and also to our economy. >> is there some hockey trash talking going on? >> canada has applied a lot of hockey players to minnesota. thank you very much. jacobson and mr.oberta jacobson. mr. lorne michaels and ms. alice michael. >> mr. john kaplan and ms. marcy glaeser. mr. grant hill and mrs. hill. >> the honorabl

. >> patrick stevens said. thank you, mr. speaker. props on the heart of many community. for the prime minister join me in welcoming the successive budget. join me for a two d. in the crown hotel before he can support this vital economy. >> i think my honorable friend for his kind invitation. we have seen budget after budget the government support in the pub industry is such an important part of our economy particularly rural communities. i can make one announced that which is subject to the usual conditions extending the 10th and 11th of june this year to mark the queen's 90th birth day. thank you, mr. speaker. if you compare my constituency to the can to truancy of the chair, more than double the disabled claim on the average weekly wage of 20% last rather reasons the prime minister and chancellor never understood and never had the concession to realize they were so obviously wrong when everybody else said. will he apologize to my constituents of the witnessed over the past week? >> obviously they remain challenges in his decision. the claimant count is done by 16 but e

mr. kendis 'o gibson. >> miss reenen mcninan. there's facts about st. patrick's day you might not know.'t born in ireland. >>> what. >> he was born in britain and kidnapped and sold into slavery. this is hard to believe. >> all of depressing story. >> i know. apparently he banned snakes from ireland and did you know the holiday was dry. he was a pligsry. it was a dry holiday. blue was the color most associated with lim. >> is that why we drink so much on the day. >> that was when the we americanized it. >> i bet you didn't know this about your hat. >> yeah. >> urns into a disco ball. >> oh. look at that. >> uh-huh. >> it just lights up. >> i like that. >> miss mcninan. >> it's very cool. >> all righty. since we're in the mood for st. paddy's story, this story has nothing do with that. we're talking about adam la roche flounced he's retiring from baseball. and yes. okay. so he had a bad season with the white sox. we faen final found out why he's retiring and walking away from $10 million. he tells this writer it's because his son has been banned from the white sox clubhouse. apparently t

. >> patrick stevens said. thank you, mr. speaker. props on the heart of many community. for the prime minister join me in welcoming the successive budget. join me for a two d. in the crown hotel before he can support this vital economy. >> i think my honorable friend for his kind invitation. we have seen budget after budget the government support in the pub industry is such an important part of our economy particularly rural communities. i can make one announced that which is subject to the usual conditions extending the 10th and 11th of june this year to mark the queen's 90th birth day. thank you, mr. speaker. if you compare my constituency to the can to truancy of the chair, more than double the disabled claim on the average weekly wage of 20% last rather reasons the prime minister and chancellor never understood and never had the concession to realize they were so obviously wrong when everybody else said. will he apologize to my constituents of the witnessed over the past week? >> obviously they remain challenges in his decision. the claimant count is done by 16 but e

patrick's day, showing up in a green suit. and burns mr.> i just think it means the energy here is with the coaches, it's been awesome. and you know, just been a fun group. >> the pet is going to look like a beer. jammed his shoulder and manager says he's concerned about that shoulder. he wou leave the game and clients calling 9-6. president obama loves college basketball. took kansas this year to cut down the nets. and upset in the cal hawaii game. >> first, very unique, your home state of the uranium enrichment. and so you did advance. >> there is a possible upset. >> and that is going to do it for this edition of abc7 news, thanks for joining us. i'm ama daetz. >> i'm larry beil. from all of us here, thanks for watching. and have a good night. >> we'll see you at 9:00 and 11:00. - whew! wow, it is raining cats and dogs out there. holy moley. - phyllis says the same 12 cliches every time it rains. so...i promised everyone that if she says them all by noon today, i will send out for hot chocolates. - so how's the drive in? - oh, nobody kno

patrick's day. >> same to you. >> mr. chairman, i'm going to defer to senator manchin because he has to leave so i will give my slot and if you will come back to me. after the next turn, i appreciate that. >> senator sheehan, thank you so much. thanks for being here. and let me just say either to secretary carter, general dunford or whatever, i'm concerned about the -- russia has recently announced withdrawal from the military forces from syria saying they fulfilled their mission. putin communicating with president obama on the russian military force withdrawal and the next steps required to fully implement a cease-fire with a goal of advancing political negotiations on a resolution of the conflict in syria. then i just have today -- i see where the syrian kurds plan to declare a federal region in northern syria territory. and i guess i would ask, do you anticipate a change in the u.s. military force role in syria? based on russia's military withdrawal? and also, is russia claiming success? and is their strength, their sw

patrick's day, showing up in a green suit. and burns mr. think it means energy here is with the coaches, it's been awesome. and you know, just been a fun group. >> the pet is going to look like a beer. jammed his shoulder and manager says he's concerned about that shoulder. he would leave the game and clients calling 9-6. president obama loves college basketball. took kansas this year to cut down the nets. and upset in the cal hawaii game. >> first, very unique, your home state of the uranium enrichment. and so >> there is a possible upset. >> and that is going to do it for this edition of abc7 news, thanks for joining us. i'm ama daetz. >> i'm larry beil. from all of us here, thanks for watching. and have a good night. >> we'll see you at 9:00 and 11:00. we need to be ready for my name's scott strenfel and r i'm a meteorologist at pg&e. we make sure that our crews as well as our customers are prepared to how weather may impact their energy. so every single day we're monitoring the weather, and when storm events arise our forecast get crews

mr. nuru. >> i am jim patrick with jim patrick and company. i agree substantially with waufs just said. these are expensive people, now we have two people running the show rather than one. as you know, i spoke against this by law when it was instituted, this very poes. i speak, i think you ought to take the thing and throw it away. it is of no value. now we're asked to have two people to run the show. we have an elevator and we have two operators. it's not going to work. or like the russian model you have a political officer and you have a chief officer. that model doesn't work. what in the world are you people thinking about doing something like this? this is a mistake, a basic organizational mistake. i think maria has done a great job, the board has supported her, i've watched this for a long period of time. we all take credit or non-credit for whatever reasons that happened to say, well, we're going to hire an expert so they solve the problem. that is nonsense. asthma reastated most of the construction is done. this is a mistake, i think it was done in a smoke-filled room in the back

patrick kennedy. if i were representing mrs. clinton and i think this may be part of her defense, she'll say the state department knew i had this set up all along. they didn't stop me or tell me not to do it. nobody came and seized the computer. there's no correspondence saying i shouldn't do this. unfortunately, that's not a defense. she's one of ten people in the united states government who has statutory authority to classify information. there's only ten people who can do it. she has the power to assist in the declassification of that. so her duties in terms of knowing things about classified information are much higher. so when patrick kennedy doesn't stop her from putting in an e-mail server in her home to conduct all government business, even though after a certain -- after january 2009, people may not have known right away that mrs. clinton didn't have a dot gov account, but within a couple of months, everybody knew. there were no dot gov e-mails from the secretary or her staff. at that point, it's irrelevant to the crim

patrick's day itself. from one irish to another mr. murphy, back over to you. >> mr. kelly, thank you, sir at 5:49. donald trump could soon find himself being in a high profile case. attorneys for u.s. army sergeant beau bergdahl sent a letter of request to trump's offices in new york. bergdahl's lawyers say trump a's comments about their client could make it difficult to have a fair trial. on the campaign trail trump has frequently called bergdahl a traitor. he is being charged with desertion and misbehavior after walking away from his have again stan post in 2009. he was captured by terrorist but released in 2014 after u.s. agreed to a prisoner swap. >>> positive health news for former president carter. he no loaning need treatment for his cancer. this is great news. carter shared the news at his church in georgia. carter revealed in august he had been diagnosed with melanoma that had spread to his brain. the former president was treated with a combination of the radiation and drugs. spokesperson for carter says doctors will continue to perform scans to ensure that the cancer cells have not yet r

mr. ryan: nobody should say such things in my opinion because to even hint at violence is unacceptable. >> wait, you're not wearing green. ude, sorry, man. it's st. patrick's tai, come on. >> if i told you i was a little bit irish, i'd be lying. >> if you think that one of the people running should be the one that would be considered for the republican nominee, do you think it's a bad idea for people in the never trump camp to try to organize something -- mr. ryan: i'm not going to get into that. o ahead. >> so over the course of the last couple of months you had denounced donald trump for xenophobea and islamaphobia, inciting violence and for saying things that could be interpreting -- interpreted as inciting violence. at what point do you dede nouns his candidacy? mr. ryan: i don't believe i'll have to do that. this is a democratic process. the republican primary voter is going to make this decision on who our nominee is going to be. if the person doesn't get a sufficient dell fwats, then it goes to the convention and the delegates make that decision. those delegates are elected in each of the caucuses, in each of the districts, every state has a differe

mr. roker? >> it is st. patrick's day. let's look at forecasts for the st. patrick's day parades. boston one of the classics. and we will have nice weather for it. partly sunny. 57 degrees. maybe showers by the end of the day. new york city we're looking again oldest parade out there by 1:00, 62 degrees. let's head to savannah. a high of 82. isolated thunderstorms by the most of it will be spectacular. mobile, alabama looking pretty good. probably best chance of showers down here. 75 degrees by 1:00. sunny. highs in the mid 70s. .friday...partly sunny. highs in the upper 60s to around 70. .saturday...mostl y cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain. highs in the upper 50s. .sunday...mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain. highs in the lower 50s. .monday...sunny. highs in the upper 50s. .tuesday...sunny. highs in the lower 60s. .wednesday...sun ny. highs around 70. >>> and that's your latest weather. >>> next half hour we will talk about a little nor'easter. come on down there. >> what character was that? >> i don't know. natalie taking us behind the i'm going to share a pho

patrick's day to you, mr. hemmer. ted cruz and hillary clinton. there are vulnerabilities for each of those candidates though as the race nears the final laps. we'll talk delegate math, possibility of a contested republican convention and various candidate strengths and weaknesses as we look ahead to next week's primaries and caucuses. chris wallace is here. we have fox team coverage ahead "happening now." top of the hour. bill: the world says good-bye to frank sinatra, jr., who followed in the footsteps of his famous father. you could argue he did it his way. ♪ bill: the son of frank sinatra has died at the age of 72. frank sinatra, jr., died suddenly yesterday while on tour in florida. julie banderas in hoboken, new jersey, at frank sinatra park where we remember him this morning. good morning. reporter: here at frank sinatra's park, this is memorial to old blue eyes. his son lies rest in peace with his father. his musical legacy he followed after his sudden death. he was in florida, daytona beach, florida. we have

mr. roker? >> it is st. patrick's day. let's look at forecasts for the st. patrick's day parades.for it. partly sunny. 57 degrees. maybe showers by the end of the day. new york city we're looking again oldest parade out there by 1:00, 62 degrees. let's head to savannah. a high of 82. isolated thunderstorms by the end of the parade. most of it will be spectacular. mobile, alabama looking pretty good. probably best chance of showers down here. 75 degrees by 1:00. >>> good morning. another round of dense fog this morning, but clearing later in the day. we'll be seeing windy conditions. otherwise partly cloudy skies. temperatures in the mid 60s. tomorrow, cooler, mid 50s. scattered afternoon showers. colder into the weekend. lows will be in the 30s, either at or below freezing. sunday we are tracking the potential for some accumulating snow. more details as we get closer. >>> and that's your latest weather. >>> next half hour we will talk about a little nor'easter. come on down there. >> what character was that? >> i don't know. >> al roker, ladies and gentlemen. gentlemen. natalie ta

mr. roker? >> it is st. patrick's day. let's look at forecasts for the st. patrick's day parades. boston one of the classics. and we will have nice weather@ for it. partly sunny. 57 degrees. maybe showers by the end of the day. new york city we're looking again oldest parade out there by 1:00, 62 degrees. let's head to savannah. a high of 82. isolated thunderstorms by the end of the parade. most of itt will be spectacular. mobile, alabama looking pretty good. probably best chance of showers 75 degrees by 1:00. >>> all right, south florida, moisture will continue to increase from the gulf of mexico in the 24 to 48 hours. you can see ahead of a system that will bring changes for upcoming weekend. for your thursday, first alert forecast calling for highs reaching into the lower 80s. a humid start to the day with are of fog leading to a warm and dry afternoon. if you have any outdoor plans for st. patrick's day, keep in mind it will be warm out there. >>> and t tt's your latest weather. >>> next half hour we will talk about a little nor'easter. come on down there. >> what character wa

mr. roker? >> it is st. patrick's day. let's look at forecasts for the st. patrick's day parades. boston one of the classics. and we will have nice weather for it. partly sunny. 57 degrees. maybe showers by the end of the new york city we're looking again oldest parade out there by 1:00, 62 degrees. let's head to savannah. a high of 82. isolated thunderstorms by the end of the parade. most of it will be spectacular. mobile, alabama looking pretty good. probably best chance of showers down here. 75 degrees by 1:00. >>> on this st. patrick's day, clouds this morning, should break up for sunshine at times, as well. 11:00 a.m., about 55 degrees, sun and clouds. breezy at 1:00, but 60. nice and mild this afternoon, high of 64 degrees. slight chance of a sprinkle here or there. better chance of showers towards the evening hours. low tonight, mid 50s. breezy tomorrow, colder over the weekend. dry saturday, could be some snow >>> and that's your latest weather. >>> next half hour we will talk about a little nor'easter. come on down there. >> what character was that? >> i don't know. >> al

mr. roker? >> it is st. patrick's day. let's look at forecasts for the st. patrick's day parades.r it. partly sunny. 57 degrees. maybe showers by the end of the day. new york city we're looking again oldest parade out there by 1:00, 62 degrees. let's head to savannah. a high of 82. isolated thunderstorms by the end of the parade. most of it will be spectacular. mobile, alabama looking pretty good. probably best chance of showers down here. 75 degrees by 1:00. >>> we have beautiful weather and sunshine today. here's a live look now at san jose where we continue to have those clear skies and slowly warming temperatures for to you. it's 55 degrees there, 57 in san carlos, oakland and san francisco. 49 degrees now in santa rosa, but it will be a very warm afternoon. up to 79 degrees in gilroy, palo alto, 76 degrees. the mission district, 71. 60s in a few spots but mostly 70s and even upper sentence in san rafael. >>> and that's your latest weather. >>> next half hour we will talk about a little nor'easter. come on down there. >> what character was that? >> i don't know. >> al roker, l

mr. wesley is an excellent job of driving the shirts out of the area's are growing can have a common the offensive and not totally wasted st. patrick's how are shamrocks ignorant? >> zero four leaf clover and you say happy st. patrick's day. it has nothing to do with saint patrick. he used the shamrocks, the three leaf clover. >> who cares? >> it was a little disappointed. this year he is giving a performance about the history of ireland which i guess i could use some brushing up on. >> it is not the shirts that create these problems. it is a bunch ofa bunch of non- irish people joining a bunch of irish people and getting totally wasted. >> happy st. patrick's day. bill: happy st. patrick's day. >> times square rush hour, six nypd cops on high alert patrolling the subways for any evidence of anyone up to no good. attacks have surged this year with razor blades and utility knives to disfigure people. i wanted to find out more. i met a retired nypd detective. >> it doesn't matter where. we have seen in brooklyn, manhattan, queens. it happens on the streets commend the subway. >> part of a citywide increasing crime on the subway system,

mr. rose! king and norah o'donnell. happy st. patrick's day. >>> president obama on wednesday named federal appeals chief judge merrick garland to replace the late justice antonin scalia. he is considered a moderate and consendus builder. garland explained his philosophy at the white house rose garden. >> fidelity to the constitution and the law has been the cornerstone of my professional life. and is the hallmark of the kind of judge i have tried to be for the past 18 years. if the senate sees fit to confirm me to the position for which i have been nominated today, i promise to continue on that course. >> republicans refuse to consider garland, despite bipartisan support during his 1997 confirmation. seven current republican senators voted for him at that time. own party's previous partisan partisanship saying, quote, republicans will point to democrats who have made it hard for republican presidents to get their nominees confirmed. he says a mistake for the gop to do that now. . senate majority leader mitchell mcconnell was unmoved and p

mr. trump has. tom grant, michigan, "o'reilly, appreciated your tip about not getting drunk on st. patrick's day.sy company that makes money driving drinking people home. but would like to see less of that. drinking really messes up lives." doug, baltimore, "just became a billo'reilly.com premium member. love it. i get the podcast, the no-spin news and chose the "killing reagan" audio as my gift." glad you're happy, doug. want all pms to be happy. welcome to the "factor" vanguard and a very happy birthday to helen modine living in tucson, arizona, 100 years old today. way to go, helen. finally tonight the "tafactor" p of the day. had a nice time in florida last week. as some of you know, i once taught high school in a tough section of miami called oppa locka. hasn't improved any. i've been visiting florida since my father put us on a greyhound bus. by the way, think long and hard before you bus it. long and hard. anyway, i've been all over florida, but never to delray beach where we were based last week. good town. small but has everything including very nice folks. the marriott on the ocean was

mr. trump, george. but the president gave very at the speaker's lunch for the st. patrick's day reception with the prime minister of island. the president ireland. he called on both sides to get back to the peaceful kind of robust debate that has marked this country and made the country the envy of the world. that's what we should be doing. i'm not seeing a lot of that from the other side at the moment. >> thank you for joining us. >> thanks, george. >> let's bring in the republican leader of the senate, mitch mcconnell. you heard denis mcdonough quoting you. any chance of a vote on judge garland this year? >> the senate has been very much at work in the last 15 months. staff knows we're very much at work. the way supreme court jus sis tices have been handled in presidential election years is clear. it's been 80 years since a vacancy in a presidential election year was filled. you have to go back to 1888. grover cleveland was this the white house the last time a vacancy created in a presidential year on the supreme court was confirmed bay senate controlled by the party diffe

patrick's day up in a big way. nbc 10's tim furlough. >> rain, shine, didn't care. >> reporter: the irish culture club doesn't let weather stop. mr.ancy pants has been there since the beginning. >> great day for family. slip a cocktail in there also. >> look at that. >> reporter: wilmington's mayor helped paint the lines green. this is a money maker for area businesses. >> a lot of beer. >> reporter: that's what mike is doing, working hard to make sure clients are stocked up for the weekend. decorations go up and in the kitchen 18 an irish pub, they are getting ready for a weekend that will be way busier than normal. >> we end up prepping today, the two days and the parade day, total of about 150 pounds worth of just beef. that doesn't include everything else that goes into the shepherd's pies. >> reporter: they have a refrigerated truck for the extra beverages, the shamrock shuttle is ready for its route around the city. it's going to get a little crazy but it's in good hopefully safe fun. >> wilmington's parade begins at noon saturday. they have a tent party where you buy a mug for 15 bucks and they keep refilling it. this is a

patrick's day. >> you want to go out to long island that's fine. you're invited. open invitation. >> and good friendship. this morning. >> sitting u.s. president has century. mr. obama hopes to forge a relationship with the communist country. raul castro seems to be lightening things up a bit. not everybody supports the visit. story. >> reporter: first family waking up in cuba, something that hasn't happened in 90 years. >> last lime a visiting president was battleship. took president calvin coolidge three days to arrive from washington. took president obama just three hours. >> this is historic visit. it is historic opportunity to engage directly with the cuban people to forge new agreements and commercial deals to form ties between our peoples for me to lay out a vision that is >> reporter: cheers could be heard over the rain as cubans tried to get a view of first family as they walked in cuba. the first official meeting between the two governments in over 50 years. this historic trip is intendedded to help normalize relations between the two countries but some like new jersey senator bob menendez, the son of cuban refugees is criticizing the president for v

mr. cannon is when the former mayor was walking into a federal prison 15 months ago. tomorrow, we are expecting to in fact on the 5th floor of the courthouse. the state indictment over patrick cannon is now over a year ago. but that charge and cannon himself will finally go before a judge. legal experts believe that much more than a scheduled arraignment will take place. pat cannon was appreciate from being sentenced to 44 month ms. federal prison after pleading guilty to taking bribes in offense when he admitted to voting in the 2014 election but as a convicted felon, he wasn't allowed. >> i was not quite frankly thinking about what i was doing. >> reporter: he went to report on a snowy day to prison as a mecklenburg grand jury indicted him. it's likely that there is already a deal. >> it's likely it was discussed before happened and there will be an arraignment and some type of plea. >> reporter: for cannon, already imprisoned, there is good reason to resolve the case. >> if there is probation t can begin to run now, if he doesn't take care of the case now, he will have to address this issue. >> reporter: a short time ago, i heard from cannon's attorney who expects that t

the key may patrick kennedy, the undersecretary for management. if i were representing mrs. clinton, she will say the state department knew i had this all along. they did not stop me. no one sees the computer. there is no correspondence saying i should not do this. unfortunately, that is not a defense. she is one of the 10 people in the u.s. government who has the generic statutory authority to classify information. there is only 10 people who can do it. she has the power to assist in d classification of that. her duty in terms of knowing things about classified information are higher. so when patrick kennedy does not stop her putting a private enough server in her home, even though after january 2009 that people may not have known that away mrs. clinton did not have a within aunt, but couple of months, everyone knew. .gov it funny there is no e-mails from her or her staff? that point, she is in line to be president of the united states as secretary of state. to conducther job foreign policy comes the duty to understand and know classified information. that is the envelope f

mr. earnest: thathes true -- that is true. the president also announced an endorsement of congressman patrick murphy in florida as well. reporter: if i'm not wrong, strickland voted against the bill that included the federal assault weapons ban. he said in 2004 he was against the assault weapons ban. he opposed the city of columbus' assault weapons ban. he was endorsed by the r.n.a. for re-election in 2010. did the president say he would not support candidates who do not support commonsense gun ontrol measures? is this the kind of record of candidates that the president will support going forward? mr. earnest: as we've discussed before, the -- what we're focused on are candidates who will support and will promise to support commonsense gun safety legislation. you have to talk to mr. strickland about the policies that he would support as a member of the united states senate. obviously an individual's ecord matters. but when it came to that particular promise, it related to or gave candidates the capacity to change their mind. after all, that's what we need to see. we need to see more people in the united states senate,