ms. kelly: thank you, mr. speaker. at this time i turn it over to my distinguished colleague from new jersey, congressmen donald payne -- congressman donald payne. mr. payne: mr. speaker, i rise this evening and i want to thank my co-anchor, robin kelly, congresswoman from illinois to be involved in this special order tonight. thanks also to the members of the congressional black caucus who are here tonight on such an important topic. i'd like to enter into the record a statement by the honorable eddie bernice johnson from texas. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's statement will be covered under general leave. mr. payne: thank you. mr. speaker i'd like to thank the people at home that are tuning in to watch this. it's truly an honor to speak to them directly in their homes and to fight on their behalf and advance our shared priorities. that's why we're here tonight and every monday night the house is in session. to address the diverse issues affecting african-american communities througho

involved in the lane closures, quote, anyone who things they're going to rewrite history and make ms. kellya scapegoat is mistaken. look for a campaign announcement this spring. >>> today on the democratic side there was a presidential campaign announcement from former rhode island center and governor lincoln chafee. he said he was forming an exploratory campaign money and hire staff. >> over the next weeks and months i look forward to sharing with you my thoughts about the future of our great chicago. >> his future in this race is bleak. they know he is a weak speaker not very engaging and has hardly any political organization. >> finally all politicians can appear to be boring and frustrating to children. in england this week british prime minister david cameron read to kids as part of a campaign photo opposite op, one girl showed her exasperation. she's not alone. a boy had the same reaction to prime minister tony abbott. you've been warned. >> remember the same thing with president obama back in 2012 with the olympic gymnast? michaela. she had that same look. she wasn't too impressed. d

ms. kelly: thank you. mr. speaker, it's been a year since 27 years were abducted from a secondary school in northern nigeria by militant islamic group boko haram. since then, we have heard numerous tar heels of unspeakable atrocities committed by the group. the continued abductions of school girls who have been trafficked and murdered. the sickening discovery of a mass grave with beheaded remains in a formerly boko haram held territory in northern nigeria. and just when we thought that boko haram had reached its evil peak, the group scarce an unholly alliance to isil. i'd like to commend my house colleagues for unanimously passing a resolution i introduced condemning boko haram. it sent a strong message to the world that america will never tolerate terrorism. and this congress will never abide terrorists. we must continue to stand together to fight boko haram's brutal victimization of innocent men women, and children, and defend the basic human reists school girls in nigeria and around the world to receive an

ms. megyn kelly you see her right after the factor.ine reported that the university of virginia a fraternity there there was a gang rape of a student. >> that's right. >> turned out to be totally bogus like the duke lacrosse situation. and nobody gets fired. nothing happens at rolling stone, right? >> noble. >> nobody? >> not even the reporter who wrote the story. >> right. >> the person who had primary responsibility for the story winding up in magazine nothing. she is still going to be with the magazine. not a single editor has been held accountable. they have come out and said basically we are sorry, we're taking down the article. we're going to take down the article. and they have turned it over to colombia journalism review so they could sort of, you know shine a light on their mistakes. that's only helpful if you then have some accountability for your mistakes. what's the light has been put on it. >> columbia journalism review basically said they did everything wrong. they didn't do anything. they didn't fact check, there was a b

kelly and ms. howe i've been told no decision to only repair the tunnel it is predicament but i think that is not clear in the materials you received today it was evidence by some of the comments and i think that that clarity should be high priority and understand that completely and where those decision points are and third the lack of progress on mountain tunnel 6 hostilities the mode to have a schedule and budget that was adapted by this commission such information would ordinarily be in the plan this is a successful step for this time after time we've had to adapt those plans and force this commission and the leadership of our organization to reaffirm your ability to meet the schedules and goals and track if i understand that such a schedule and goal to can be made i ask you have this for adoption in may so the customers including the 1 point plus million can be chauffeured this practicing progress can be measured thank you very much that concludes my comments. >> thank you our next speaker is

ms. lynch will become the first african-american woman to hold the post in the united states. 10 republicans joined with democrats today in voting for loretta lynch, joining with all democrats. kelly ayotte, thad cochran, susan collins, jeff flake lindsey graham. orrin hatch, ron johnson, mark kirk, mitch mcconnell and rob portman. just one senator did not vote -- ted cruz of texas. he was on the floor today in opposition to the nomination, but he did not take part in the confirmation vote. ashley parker of "the new york times" wrote "after railing against loretta lynch, ted cruz escapes confirmation vote." "where in the world was senator ted cruz? " he voted against a procedural motion to move ahead. mr. cruz missed her final vote on thursday afternoon. the reason? he had to catch a flight to texas for previous commitments in dallas. he was the only senator to fit the vote. his team on social media and e-mail quickly pushed back against the idea that the senator was shirking his congressional responsibility. he voted against cloture. that is from ashley parker in "the new york times." we will show you a number of highlights from the debate on the senate floor leading up to the co