nebraska history. your first legislative session provides an opportunity for decisive action that will shape our state in years to come. i am half way through my four year term as service as your governor. this morning i am going to highlight some of our accomplishments, discuss our efforts to grow nebraska. i will detail my plan. i will also share with you our plans to deliver much needed tax money to hard working families. by identifying our mission to create opportunity through more customer focus we have made progress towards a vision of drawing nebraska. we are making government work for the people. that thinking is contagious. the department of environmental quality has launched online applications for storm water permits that has reduced wait times. health and human services once under investigation is now establishing their mission of improving people's lives. access nebraska has improved staff afterly case processing and saved the state $17 million. there are more efficiencies we can bring tog

nebraska history. your first legislative session provides an opportunity for decisive action that will shape our state in years to come. i am halfway through my four-year term in service as your governor. this morning, i'm going to highlight some of our accomplishments, discuss our legislative efforts to grow nebraska, address the budget adjustments, and detail my plan for the biennial. i will also share with you our plans to deliver much-needed tax relief to hard working families. by identifying our mission to create opportunity through more effective, more efficient, and more customer focused government, we have made progress toward a vision of growing nebraska. we are making government work for the people. that think is contagious. the department of environmental quality has launched on line applications for storm water permits and new general air quality construction permits that reduced wait times. health and human services once under special investigation is now accomplishing their mission of imp

that's nebraska. remember, they were the one that had the hit list of coming attractions for nebraska from climate change. describe climate change as one of the grand challenges of the 21st century. that's kansas. call climate change the signature challenge of the 21st century. that's south dakota. predict aggravated and unpredictable risk from climate disruption. that's iowa. and prepare for fisheries risk that could shake the states' seafood industry from top to bottom. that's alaska. right down the row of republican senators who voted for this climate denying nominee, you have home state universities that say the opposite, that say that it's real, that it is beyond scientific debate at this point, that its effects are here, that its effects are worsening, and that it's going to shake industries like the fisheries industry from top to bottom and create significant risks and disturbances in agriculture. but not one of those senators stood up against a nominee who is the shameless tool of the industry

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the passage of the kansas-nebraska act on may 30, 1854, lincoln and his friends joined the battle. the lead editorial in the lincoln state journal in springfield, written possibly by herndon as always with lincoln's approval, express or tacit appeared under a mocking , headline. if there is the least evidence that the people of the free states are disposed to sit down quietly under the accumulated insult and wrongs sought to be inflicted on this slavery extension administration and its servile supporters, we do not see evidence of it. on the contrary, almost everywhere, we see a general uprising and condemnation by the people of the wanton, uncalled for, and grievous wrong, sought to be inflicted upon this country by pierce, douglas, and company. well, douglas' newspaper, the illinois state register, returned the fire, editorializing against the illinois state journal and lincoln and his friends. and i was somewhat hesitant about reading this, but i am going to quote it directly, because this is what lincoln had to contend with in his day. and this is what stephen a. douglas' newsp

from around the country, beginning with new york and new jersey, followed by nebraska and alaska. >>> now, new york governor andrew cuomo delivers his 2017 state of the state address at the world trade center in new york city. it was the first of six state of the state addresses he gave as part of a three-day speaking tour. this is about 45 minutes. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you very much. thank you. thank you. thank you very much. thank you very much. thank you. thank you.

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i live in nebraska.ave three little kids and i commute every week with which ever kid my wife is sick of they become my date for the week. they come with me monday to friday and i don't think washington is the center of the world and i don't think any healthy person should think capitol hill is the center of the world so this isn't a game to me. i'm worried about passing on an experiment in ordered liberty and self-governance to the next generation. i hear for a lot of people it's a game of there was this chess move in that year and now we know how to bloody up a pawn or bishop. i don't care about that. we have a crisis of public trust and we have three branches of government. we don't have one, four, or 73. we have a legislature, executive and judiciary and right now ye over year, presidential term over presidential term for 80 years maybe washington has seen a consolidation of power and policy making in the executive branch and we should see a recovery of legislative policy making because we're the peo

what works in nebraska might not work in new jersey. give the states that responsibility.lizabeth: are you excited to be here? >> yes, i'm excited about things in nebraska and talking about the overreach of the obama administration. elizabeth: it was interesting to speak with the governor and listening to the speech, it's putting the power back in the states and that's a number of the themes that we saw here at cpac, what we found compelling, all the speakers tackled a different issue. they brought in establishment g.o.p. they brought in libertarians, brought in conservatives. so it was a broad spectrum. it wasn't necessarily that you were going to hear the same issues addressed in speech after speech and that's what i found compelling about the week, leland. leland: and noted during your interview, liz, the past eight years, the cpac is not about opposing the obama administration and now the republicans are in charge. and donald trump when it comes to immigration, we've got the governor of texas outspoken on that issue, we have governor abbott speaking about immigration a

mitchell mired her husband, glenn mitchell, and moved to omaha, nebraska. in omaha she continued her work in public service teaching science and chemistry for 15 years at omaha burke high school and culminating as the supervisor of all-science education for the entire omaha public school system. in 1991, dr. mitchell took an instructor position at the university of nebraska-omaha, and for the next 22 years dr. mitchell educated future science teachers in the college of education. it was during this time that dr. mitchell earned her doctorial degree from the university of nebraska-lincoln. dr. mitchell's public service went far beyond just the overwhelm are a and midwestern region to include work and study abroad. among her many postdoctorial accomplishments, she twice had the honor of working at oxford -england and had summer classes in countries across southern africa. since 1991, she's received 21 awards, including the stem legacy award from the empowerment network earlier this year and the u.n.o. alumni excellence and teaching awards in 2009. dr. mitchel

sasse, will from nebraska, mr. sasse, will . >> this congress will be the busiest congress we have had in decades. [applause] a choice is to be made. i beg you, at the same time, to do me the justice to be assured that this resolution assured that this resolution . >> pursuant to be ordered 1901 as amended 2017 this senator from nebraska will now all read washington's farewell address. >> to the people of the united states friends and fellow citizens to administer the executive government of the united states and the time arrived to be employed to designate the person that appears to be proper to a more distinctn mr public voice for the resolution i have formed of the number of those of will mature races to be made.he to do the justice that this resolution has not been taken without strict regard to the considerations pertaining to the full citizen to his country andll that it would silence that it could imply by noted munition of zeal no deficiency for your past kindness by and supported by a full conviction and t

woor live in omaha, nebraska, with warren buffett.ending in questions and we want to run through a bunch of these as fast as we can. someone wrote in, gary gambino, t-26. self-driving car technology continues to advance rapidly. how do you see it affecting geico earnings? >> well, self-driving cars will be adopted if they are safer. if they are safer that brings down insurance costs and premiums significantly. if all the cars -- if a safe autonomous car had been developed, 260 million vehicles on the road, time to break in average years, if the day comes when a significant number of cars on the road are autonomous, it will hurt geico's business very significantly. >> it sounds like you potentially see this happening sooner than maybe you anticipate add few years ago. that's the case with me. >> it's the last 1%. it's going to happen one way or another. but who knows, you had the situation in st. louis years ago. if you were driving down the road and somebody took control of your car, only one or two experiences like that can slow it d

ofcks i served as governor nebraska from 1991-1999. governor ofed as nebraska from 1991-1999. that was enough for me so i started serving in the senate. i have seen the affordable care act up close and personal. i've also seen it with the needs for having coverage available for people across the country. sometimes as medicaid. sometimes as medicare. sometimes private care. five it pay. issue that has been around for a long time. an issue that bedevils people trying to exit. fix it.ng -- two so knowing i was coming here today, i went back and looked at all of my votes in 2009 and 2010 to refresh my memory on the various things we were dealing with. it probably will not surprise you that it sounds an awful lot today likened it back then. it is no longer apparently, according to my good friend john boehner, an easy decision to make about replacing. , or repealing. one of the things they governors i think have to pay attention to is the interest in block grants. that is an oxymoron, fully funded. i almost could say they will be. so the governors have to be quite careful that they

pursuant to the order of the senate of january 24, 1901, as amended by the order of februarr from nebraska, mr. sasse, will now read washington's farewell address. mr. sasse: to the people of the united states. friends and fellow citizens: the period for a new election of a citizen to administer the executive government of the united states being not far distant, and the time actually arrived when your thoughts must be employed in designating the person who is to be clothed with that important trust, it appears to me proper, especially as it may conduce to a more distinct expression of the public voice, that i should now apprise you of the resolution i have formed to decline being considered among the number of those out of whom a choice is to be made. i beg you, at the same time, to do me the justice to be do me the justice to be . >> the senate will come to order pursuant to as amended by february 1st comeuppance the senator fromm nebraska will now read washington's farewell address.on of ze >> to the people of the united states, france and fellow citizens to administer with the executiv

pursuant to the order of the senate of january 24, 1901, as amended by the order of februarr from nebraska,

. >> we are bracing for a blizzard in south dakota, iowa and nebraska. most of it will come tonight and tomorrow, especially southern minnesota. as the snow pushes to the east, we are going watch for the threat of severe weather with strong storms in des moines, iowa later tonight as well as evere weather in chicago. highs at 67 in palm springs. the storm system is likely to bring more rain and heavy downpours as it continues to push eastward. we are watching for the snow out west. >> thanks for the update. >>> the national zoo's beloved panda, baobao is back in china. it arrived in a panda themed fedex jet. bao bao will stay in quarantine for a month. something to uplift your morning. >>> just ahead, new charges for the head doctor of usa gymnastics and a stunning announcement from nasa about seven earth-like planets. this is fascinating. you are watching "early today." on your medicare part d prescriptions. at walgreens we make it easy for you to seize the day by helping you get more out of life and medicare part d. now with zero-dollar copays on selec

we have showed you that system starting to develop across nebraska, iowa that will be making its arrival here and intensifying coming our way. in the meantime i want to get you out the door on this hit. the police stick with us for much more on the storm for thomas we go through the rest of the broadcast here but for now clouds will begin to clearly very well detine back edge to the cloud cover. they will thin out with time here. let's talk about this storm system. that is moving out. the don't worry about that one say for lingering shower. look at intensification that takes lays out of this. we will just be in the the wheat spot to see heavy snow tall into tomorrow morning, starting as early assay hid night, that is when winter storm warning will take effect the there is significant accumulation expect out of this. stick with me for more on this throughout the rest of the broadcast but for now, total opposite, record time warmth, mid 60's, cool breeze out of the midwest but we will see a ton of people out doing kelly drive marathon when you get outside for first time when it the is supe

first a look at the situation in nebraska. and then it's wyoming's state of the state speech. and later wisconsin governor scott walker's address to his state's lawmakers. today the bipartisan hire win task force leads a discussion on opiod addiction. they will focus on the science and treatment issues behind synthetic opiods such as fentanyl. you can watch that live at 4:00 p.m. eastern here on cspan 3. the u.s. senate is back today for a week's worth of debate and votes on president trump's cabinet nominees. first up is education nominee betszy devos. lawmakers resumed debating her nomination today at noon eastern. a final confirmation vote is scheduled for tuesday. nominations on the agenda after that, jeff sessions for attorney general, tom pricis for hhs secretary. and steven mnuchin fortressry secretary. they will continue working on those throughout the week and you can watch those live on our companion network, cspan 2. >> in case you missed it. here are a few programs cspan viewers saw this week. secretary of state rex tillerson at the state department's welcome cerem

he is from columbus, nebraska. and the front of columbus, nebraska, a small agricultural town, 25,000 people, they built n extraordinary world war ii memorial, this beautiful bronze sculpture. when the former british military officer who does tours and commentary on the battle, he said, jeff, this belongs on utah beach because there is nothing lying that anymore. make a long story short. members of the community who worked on that project heard that and said we could build another one. i was trying to tap down expectations, but the day before the 71 sttr anniversary, that new world war ii memorial was put in the breach. general roosevelt led our troops through right in the breach, memorial constructed by the good people now sits as a permanent display, a replica right next to the world war ii museum right there on utah beach. he is popular. and what it must have been like to be in that moment. the french even moved one of their own moments. hey moved their ownmon youments. followed the pathway into germany. i apoll

the nebraska democracy was opponents of the nebraska kansas act that would allow popular sentiment to spread slavery if a majority of voters approved it. the antislavery movement needed all the supporters it could attract, even if it meant including know nothings. i fear an open push, he said, might prevent us ever getting them. lincoln did not want bigots excluded from the new party. i have no objection to fuse with anybody, he said, provided i can fuse on ground i think is right. even though he thought little better of the know nothings than of the slavery extensionists. you could make the argument that by this time maybe lincoln should have known better. in 1855, in a legislative contest, abraham lincoln had entered the ballot as the overwhelming favorite to gain a senate seat. he had it sewn up. but in ballot after ballot, he did not quite get the majority. the know nothing element abandoned him. and someone else was elected. that is what stimulated the long letter that is quoted so often. we don't have the return letter to lincoln. we can conjecture, did he say -- why in the worl

among them, richard blumenthal of connecticut and ben sass of nebraska. if confirmed, he will replace justice antonin scalia who died in february 2016.

the gentleman from nebraska is recognized. mr. smith: mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to mrs. walorski from the state of indiana. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. mrs. walorski: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. speaker, i rise today in strong support of house joint resolution 42. this resolution is the latest effort in the house to undo the wave of bureaucratic overreach from the obama administration. five years ago, congress passed a bipartisan law that included a commonsense provision, giving the states flexibility to drug test some applicants for unemployment insurance. instead of following the law, congress passed, and allowing, not requiring states to implement the policies right for their citizens, the obama administration decided to tie states' hands. . it issued a regulation that left no flexibility for states, the opposite of the bipartisan law congress passed. mr. speaker, it's frankly sad that we're even here today. this all could have been avoided if the obama administration had simply followed the congressiona

heat here in the east, but all snow in the backside, you can see it falling on the radar across nebraska and through denver. it will intensify overnight, and we expect 6 to 12 inches to nebraska all the way through northern michigan. a tough go there. let's time it out. in the morning at 6:00 a.m., chicago will be on the warm side of this, but blizzard conditions on the backside, and that record warmth continues and will help fuel the thunderstorms that could become severe, and we have an enhanced risk that includes indianapolis, columbus and detroit. so snow and severe storms with the same system tomorrow, david. >> careful driving for millions. rob, thank you. >>> there is much more ahead on "world news tonight" this thursday. the runway scare. the passenger plane coming in for a landing. take a look. the landing gear failing as the plane hits the runway. dramatic images coming in. >>> also the unsolved murder of a female jogger not far from her mother's home. tonight, there is a potential break in the case, and authorities asking for your help. >>> and our countdown to the oscar's ton

. >>> let's get now to senator ben sasse joining us from nebraska. you heard senator klobuchar talking about judge gorsuch. do you believe he's a mainstream candidate? >> he's a rock star. i applaud the president for this pick. he affirmed the three branches of government and wants to defend individual rights and uphold the constitution. everybody should celebrate him. >> is it going to come to the nuclear option? would you support changing the senate rules? >> i really think those conversations are premature. i don't know why people would be questioning gorsuch. if you start reading his opinions, as i have the last three weeks, he's the kind of guy who, i'm sure, late at night when he gets home from his chambers and takes off his rope, he probably has personal political views. reading his opinions, i can't figure out what they are. he knows what a judge's job is. he's not trying to be a superlegislator. i think it's premature to talk process fights when i think people across the political spectrum should be excited about this judge when they read hi

temperature in philadelphia, 44. 60 in omaha, nebraska. that warmer air has to make it all the way to the east coast and on through. again, wednesday afternoon back in the 60s and 70s by thursday around. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, today's high, 55 not balanced breezy and cooler than -- not bad, breezy and cooler. tomorrow, sun to clouds, are 51. clouds back to sun on wednesday, zooming up to 65 with the ridge building in. thursday we'll go for a high of 74 degrees which is around the record high for thursday's day day -- date, the record high is 75 in philadelphia that's goes back to the 1800s. wow. friday, still back and forth average, 63 degrees. shower or thunderstorm mixed in. saturday, rain possible and high of 62 degrees there. sunday, the sunshine roars back, but it's cooler with a high of 48 degrees, breezy and chillier on sunday as we get set for the oscars sunday night on 6abc. >> 6:39 a.m., speedway scare, three people watching a sprint car race are injured when the racer wrecks near the sand. >> bouncing back

host: a nebraska senator at one time.very person who has gone into war has struggled with the question did i do it right? i struggle with that question 1969tely since february when i lead u.s. navy seals on an operation under which we received fire, returned it, and then found only apparently innocent civilians had been killed. for more than three decades i have carried this deeply private memory with a sink -- a sense of anguish that words that, adequately convey. before you talk about his experience in vietnam, you tell a story in the book about the birds. barbara: yes. host: what's the story? for about a decade, my brother, sister and i owned a house, a small house out on the eastern shore. it is situated on a marsh. it was a place that i would go to to write or to just take friends there. book,ob was writing his the demands of the senate, it was very hard for him to get good writing time and focus, and for me to be able to work on the book with him. we decided to go out to this house on eastern shore for a weekend. no

i lived in -- in nebraska for three years. i saw a lot of these somalians. they don't integrate into our society very well. i remember hearing people talk about how the somalian lemons would take bottles into the bathrooms to wash themselves because they refused to wash put paper. they would leave these bottles all over, which is unsanitary. these people do not want to conform to our way of society. i don't believe we should be bringing them over here. host: mary in indiana. the traveled out, ban decision could come today from the ninth circuit court in california. a three-judge panel will hear arguments on the administration and those opposed to the ban. that is shortly afternoon today. than 120 tech companies including apple and facebook have filed a joint brief supporting the lawsuit that has resulted in the hold on the executive order on immigration. that story is in usa today as well. roseanne is in california. good morning. say the callerto from grand junction is spot on and i agree with everything she says. she took the thunder out of my statement. th

was a former mujaheddin he is back there as an afghan american and his family was safe in omaha, nebraska. i gave saudi my cell phone. i didn't want to have it. these guys will call you in the middle of the night, at 2:00 in the morning, and they were stopped it he green zone because they forgot their badge. one time he told the op center to say they needed an ac-130 and they did and rescued the special forces that had saudi's cell phone number when we visited that day. he radio had gone out. so again, these individuals take on extraordinary importance in the lives of those leaders who are trying to interface with a host nation, with its citizens and community eaders, religious leaders, tribal elders and all the rest of that and again they have an immense responsibility. not only do they have to translate it correctly and not skew it one way or another, they have to pull you aside and say that guy was lying to you or that was not in line with what we think is the real message of that particular segment of society. paul: not something an american fluent in arabic could provide?

this could become a blizzard up here toward parts of nebraska and iowa and the dakotas. will continue to bring very warm air our way. minneapolis at 33. mid atlantic. even philadelphia today came in in the 70s. 76 degrees is what i'm going for tomorrow. almost summer-like. that's the reason we're going to continue to see more of these trees blooming over the next couple of days. we need to see some rain to get the allergies out of here. great friday night if you're going to be out tomorrow night. check out saturday, more clouds early. still warm on saturday morning, but here comes a cold front. this will bring us a line of showers and thunderstorms. thunderstorms in february, that doesn't happen often either. these will move through between about 1 and 5:00 in the afternoon. heads up on saturday. in behind this it gets rather windy and cold. saturday night will be a cold night. if you're thinking about going out saturday, you're not going to be eating outdoors, that's for sure. but you could do it tonight and tomorrow night. 50 on sundays. most areas will see we do get b

the members of this committee represent new york city, and new port, rhode island, nebraska city, nebraska, and mississippi. wheatland, wyoming, and even the town of wyoming, delaware. the diversity of these cities and towns makes it clear that solutions to address and pay for fixing our nations crumbling roads, bridges and dams cannot be one size fits all. what works for baltimore, maryland, may not work for bags, wyoming. big ticket products or projects on the scale of the big dig in above the than cost billions of dollars or even projects that cost hundreds of millions of dollars are rare in rural and small states. funding solutions that involve public, private partnerships as had been discussed by administration officials may be innovative solutions for crum e crumbling inner cities but do not work for rural areas as today's testimony will show. as was stated in the written testimony, submitted today on behalf of wyoming, idaho, montana, north dakota and south dakota, quote, public private partnerships and other approaches to infrastructure development that depend on a positive revenue

nebraska's public power utilities are grappling with how they could ever comply with the epa's carbon emission reduction mandates. the city of omaha is struggling with the agency's expensive cso mandate and drinking water affordability. farmers are waiting on new crop technology products that are stuck in a broken regulatory process. our biofuel investors and producers are desperate for certainty under the rfs. home builders, transportation stake holders and local county officials are concerned about the jurisdictional expansion to control our state's water resources. communities and small business owners fear that the epa's ozone mandate will stunt potential economic development and growth in our state. as a result of the activist role the epa has played for the last eight years, families are concerned about the futures of their livelihood. we all want clean air and clean water. that is one point i know each and every person here agrees on. but with the epa's tremendous impact on americans' lives, each and every day, it is important that the agency be open, transparent and answerable

republican senator deb fisher of nebraska, do you run?> here she comes. >> deb, when are you going to hold a town hall? hey, deb, meet with us! hey, deb, meet with us! hey, deb, meet with us! hey, deb, meet with us! hey, deb, meet with us! hey, deb, meet with us! hey, deb, meet with us! >> senator deb fisher of nebraska doing her best to slip out of a closed door meeting that she held with a local business group in her district last night. i like how the security guard is no, not that car. this car over here, turn around. smile and wave. do not meet with your kintz, whatever you do. people have been trying every which way to track down their member of congress and their senators. this is like a lost puppy ad that ran today in the palm beach post newspaper. quote, lost, united states senator. he may respond to the title senator marco rubio, though his constituents have been unable to verify whether this is still the case as they have been unable to contact him in recent weeks. in huntington beach, california, republican congressman dana ro

senator joins us from nebraska, ben sasse. to have you. >> thanks, neil. >> neil: you have said the refugee order, the one that would suspend the refugee program for 120 days, that component is a little too broad. explain that. >> yeah, started the big picture. the goal that the president has to take borders more seriously and to make sure that we're doing vetting right, which hasn't been done the last few years, is exactly right with the goal. his term is "extreme vetting." we need to do more and better vetting. i agree on the goal. then we have to recognize that we have to do the implementation of these things right. this isn't something that will be solved in three weeks or three months or three years. we'll have a decades long batter against jihadists. there's a civil war in islam. we can go wrong the way the obama administration did, pretending that they have no connection to specific ideology or geographies. that's a mistake. the other way to go wrong, allowing terrorist intruders to say that america is at war with islam

at this early hour up close to 60 in omaha, nebraska that warm air has to work its way through, this looks like another above-average week. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, today's high, 5 degrees, breezy and bit cooler for president's day. sun and clouds on tuesday, 51 degrees, a chance of a spotty sprinkle or shower at night that could spill into the early hours of wednesday. it doesn't look like a whole lot of rain. in the afternoon on wednesday, the sun comes back and temperatures bounce back, 65. thursday, the ridge of high pressure is right over us, we get near-record warmth, high of 74. cloudy and damp on friday, showers. 62 on saturday, rain possible there, as well. the sun is back on sunday we're breezy and cooler for oscar night. remember when we're not on the air you can get the latest weather information by going to 6abc.com/weather. usually the oscars we're bundling up, it will be a little cooler on sunday. >> thanks, david. >>> new this morning, strong storms rolled through southern texas, heavy rain and hail brought down trees and power lines. there was a

in 2000 he today make an emergency landing in nebraska. of course, ford is better known for his role in movies. >> hmay day, may day. >> the actor is also a collector of vintage planes. he got his pilot's license in the mid '90s. >> each plane is different. >> for decades, harrison has talked to "e.t." about his love of flying. >> about the thrill of seeing the world in three dimension. >> people who don't fly often think of flying as a risk sport. it's not at all. >> hang on, we're going in. >> as indiana jones said once, when asked if he could fly, fly, yes, land, no. >> now i do want to point out that ford has been honored by the aviation industry for his humanitarian efforts but this really was a scary event. >> yes. mariah carey is performing on jimmy kimmel live. yes, live. her first live performance since her debacle on new year's eve. >> yeah, quite a way to ring in 2017. but tonight, mariah is going for flawless. here is what we learned. her new broke-up anthem, live with a band. a mimi source tells "e.t." mariah will have her col

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this is barbara from nebraska host: sorry. is that the wrong button? i think so. e're glad to hear from you, barbara. david from cleveland, please hang on. ahead. >> okay. yes. every president since reagan has actually had a ban for a short while, so i don't think that anything trump does is, you of the ordinary. thank you. else? anything thank you. let's hear from david now. david, thank you for waiti. you're on the air. paul, i dvr the show every see myself. i saw you the day after the rt incident happened. on the border question, three arizona, exas, california, they legalized marijuana. over.all go over the you me banned.s will there's a little town called boys town. that's mexico. i won't go into it. host: thank you. is calling now from illinois. >> hi. think that most of the people are missing this issue. as an american employer, we have because employers are hiring these illegal workers. this is greed. do actually has nothing to with a wall. it has nothing to do with preference. to do with the bottom line. there's nobody taking your jobs, people. jobs are b

.: mary is calling in from omaha, nebraska on our republican line. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. i tried to get in when mr. johnson was on because i wanted to remind him about your previous gentleman caller from connecticut that said he was syrian, and in syria they believe in sharia law. he says he submits to allah and thinks us westerners are ignorant and we should submit to allah. that is dangerous. when we let people come in from syria and those hotspots, we don't know what is in their heart. i have done a lot of reading and investigating, and a lot of them do want to come over and change our western world to sharia law. you cannot believe in sharia and the constitution at the same time. host: some other headlines today from politico. out -- has frozen rejected for critical security plans, effectively ending his tenure on the national security council and escalating tensions between flynn and the intelligence community. the move comes as a tense relationship between flynn and the trump administration and the intelligence community increased close

he becomes the chair of the party echoed what jane cleb, the chairman of the democratic party in nebraska said which is that there is a lot of bridge building that has to be done. and so, i'm not getting the sense that you think that that is going to be an easy jobb if the next chair of the party is tom perez. >> okay. sorry are, a little bit of the technical difficulty here, but it is not going to be easy for tom perez to win the people back? >> yes, obviously, given the experience in 2016, there is a lot of distrust of the people out there in the world, and sort of the internal, you know, dnc organization. it is going to be taking some time, and a real effort on his part, and this is not tokenism, and the democratic party has to open up the doors and get the millions of people who want fundamental change in the country. >> will we hear from bernie sanders? >> well, he is out in kansas to try to raise some money for the democratic parties in the red states, and he believes that should be a big focus. >> apologies for the technical theme, and where they have switched to paper balloting an

joining us from washington, senator sasse from nebraska.st of all, your reaction to your colleague, elizabeth warren, and what you try to do to jeff sessions. >> first of all, i heard your last segment. i think geraldo predicted we need to bring canes back on the floor of senate in the future. i heard references to grizzlies and knives. let's face it, the senate has fancied itself the greatest deliberative body in the world for 240 years. for quite a long time, it hasn't been that. that doesn't mean we should abandon that. we should go back to actually debating the biggest problems that face america. right now, the senate isn't a very serious place. it needs to be again. it is unfortunate when rules like that are violated. >> bill: do you think that senator warren should have been allowed to read mrs. king's letter?llce >> you know, i think that there's all sorts of really important history of the civil rights movement that we should be celebrating. but the rule, rule 19 -- nothing says primetime television like esoteric rules of the u.s. s

i want to respond to my friend, the senator from nebraska. i appreciate the independence the senator has shown in his ten year here in the senate. my hope would be that his comments there about civics, his comments about our three branches of government, i hope we will take that speech and actually send it down to 1600 pennsylvania avenue because i concur with him. mr. warner: i concur with him about the basic civics lessons he laid out. i concur with him about three equal branches of government and i concur with him about the fact that i look forward to hearing from judge gorsuch and having my chance to view it. but i would also think in any kind of objective analysis of what our country is going through right now, we have currently a president of the united states that i have real questions whether he has read that document of the constitution, whether he understands the basic tenets of three coequal branches. we saw his activities during a campaign where he called out a judge because of his ethnic heritage and somehow impugned that judge's

. >>> 20 years ago this was the dramatic scene of the snow covered nebraska street as police rushed to save two toddlers who ran away from home. two decades later they got the chance to meet the officers who saved them. we'll tell you what the girls had to say to the heros. don't forget you can take us with you on the go. you can watch the newscast streaming live on our smart phone and tablet. back to you the two of you. >> we'll check cheg when we come right back. >> david here with a check of the accuweather forecast. pretty nice out there right now, but we're watching for rain. >> reporter: rain coming in overnight and into parts of tomorrow. storm tracker 6 live double scan looking for the rain in the overnight hours, but we're not seeing right now. sky6 live hd the city is looking nice, with nothing but blue upstairs and lots of sunbathing all the buildings across the region. use a little sunscreen it's okay to use year round. temperatures 52 degrees, the winds will ease back a bit over the next several hours. if you're in the northern suburbs and allentown and reading, we're in t