nebraska renewed america's identity. as a state, nebraska had not only hard but also humble beginnings. they called it the great american desert. in the early 12800s, the -- 18 ol0s, -- 1800s a pioneer shrugged us off saying not a stick of timber, a few year later, edward long gave us this review, the land was uninhabitable by a people dependent on agriculture. today we can see the oregon trail where settlers passed through. they were looking for greener pastures. last year nebraska ranked number one in the nation in beef exports. the state ranks number one in both the number of mother cows and cattle on feed. we are the beef state. we are cornhuskers. with both corn and cattle we produce high-quality protein products that are sought by consumers all around this globe. we are number one in the nation in great northern bean production, and crop production. nebraska's agriculture is diverse and expansive. we also have more miles of river than any other state. as we sit over the great, high plains in the aquifer, water flow

one in four nebraska jobs is tied to agriculture. the hard work and innovative practice it is of our producers have made our state a leader in feeding the world. mr. smith: for too long the heavy hand of the federal government has threatened agriculture's future. thankfully we have seen important victories under the trump administration including the beginning of the end for the e.p.a.'s dangerous watts of the u.s. role or wotu. nebraska's farmers and ranchers are committed stewards of our natural resources and take many steps to keep our water resources clean. president trump ordered a reset on wotus, agreeing farmers and ranchers deserve better than having washington bureaucratting controlling water puddles and irrigation ditches on their land. as founder and co-chairman of

i'm proud of our state's reputation as nebraska ask and ask my colleagues to nebraska's many visitors any chance i get. from husker football to world-class research facility, to the homestead national monument, there is an endless list of unique reasons for nebraskaans to be proud. i'm honored to represent the some 65,000 square miles of the cornhusker state in congress and i will continue to work every day to uphold our legacy of opportunity. in celebration of nebraska's 150th birthday, it is only fitting to close in true nebraska fashion, go big red. thank you. yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from california, ms. speier, for five minutes. ms. speier: thank you, mr. speaker. this morning, the president is being laweded for a speech that -- lauded for a speech that state on message. those accolades would be deserved if his actions bore any resemblance to his words. but instead, we are subjected to a barrage of third grade sound bites, falsehoods and half truths. just like always. the president condemned the vandalism at the jewish cemeteries.

jackie di angeles reports from steel city, nebraska. >> 100 miles south of omaha, nebraska, is steel city. locals say the number is closer to 54 now for the population. the city has become the keystone to the next and final phase of the keystone pipeline. patrons of the local and only bar in town the salty dog saloon have split views on how the project will impact the town. >> well, you know, it's funny to sit in the bar and the bartender here is everything. one side of the bar is cheering for the pipeline coming through, you know, get some income to town, and the other side's more worried about the environment. >> just a mile away from the bar surrounded by farmland and dirt roads is where the long contested keystone xl will connect to the existing lower leg, bringing roughly 800 million barrels to refiners on the gulf coast. despite opec's efforts to stabilize the market, the concern is that more oil will flood an already unbalanced market. >> this additional oil from canada is significant, and it will help to depress prices even further and force opec's hand to cut even more barre

we found out there is no place like nebraska and we are mape to call nebraska home. nebraska truly is ea good life and we are happy to call it home. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from kansas seek recognition? without objection the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> madam chairman i rise today to support our president's plan to replace the affordable care act but i want to stop and salute my colleague , my neighbor to the north, general don bacon and the great state of nebraska. as i tell people, i have never met a bad person from nebraska yet. and i continue -- general bacon continues to represent his state in a great manner and appreciate his friendship. madam chairman, i rise to support the president's plan to replace the a.c.a. exchange and medicaid expansion. mr. marshall: this is in a death spiral right now. it's not working in kansas, it's not working in the country. we cannot afford to go in that direction. i am committed to helping those with long-term health issues as well as those who get insurance outsid

deputies say person is a repeat offender, with multiple cases in nebraska, south dakota, and iowa, they say he's awaiting sentencing in similar attacks on female joggers, students, and gas station employees. those attacks happened between 2007 and this year. patdown at airports across the nation are about to become more rigorous. combating potential t-s-a security failures at airports nationwide. until now, t-s-a officers made risk-based assessments for each passenger.. choosing one of five patdown methods. now a single standardized method will beused universally. patdowns will be more thorough, and may involve an officer making more intimate contact than before. the new policy comes two years after a damaging report that found major security lapses across the country. weapons and other hazardous materials made it past screening in 95-percent of tests conducted. well, if you were looking for a reason to cheat on your diet, and chow down on some oreo cookies today-- wait no more. today is actually "national oreo cook day". so let that be your escuse to indulge in one or two of those icon

liz: governor pete ricketts of nebraska. you see, air force one, president trump arrived in west palm beach from orlando. and he is going to spend the weekend there. he has been very clear that he does not, you know, lie by the seashore. it is a working, working weekend for him. and as we continue to watch, i would like to tell you that we're going to have much more on the fight over obama at the top of the hour. you saw senator rand paul banging on that door, saying let us in. if something is being developed, senators should be able to comment on it instead of being handed the finished product. after the bell he is with david and melissa. please don't miss that. >>> from the fight over obamacare to the battle over oil pipelines, revival of two major projections one of the very first things president obama did to start his presidency. the executive order include ad demand that the pipelines use american steel in all the pipeline projections. president trump is not the first to use american steel. back in 2015 democrats pushe

smith of nebraska? >> aye. >> miss jenkins? mr. paul seson? >> aye. >> mr. marchant? >> aye. >> miss black? >> aye. >> mr. reed? >> aye. >> mr. kelly? >> aye. >> mr. renacci? >> aye. >> mr. meehan? >> aye. >> miz noem? >> aye. >> mr. holding? >> aye. >> mr. smith of missouri? >> aye. >> mr. rice? >> aye. >> mr. schweikert? >> aye. >> miss wolorski? >> aye. >> mr. carbelo? >> aye. >> will bishop? >> aye. >> mr. neal? >> no. >> mr. levin? >> no. >> mr. lewis? >> no. >> mr. doggett? >> no. >> mr. thompson? >> no. >> mr. larson? >> no. >> mr. blumenauer? >> no. >> mr. kind? >> no. >> mr. pascrell? >> no. >> mr. crowley? mr. davis? >>

. >> next call from georgia in scotts bluff, nebraska. good afternoon, georgia. >> caller: good afternoon. i wanted to ask dr. mcneill about guillain-barre. my husband is unable to use his legs. it's his upper body. he's pretty much made a full recovery. he has had ivig, plasma exchange, physical therapy. so i would -- my question is, what are, in your opinion, his chances of fully recovering or even recovering enough to help him to the bathroom, stand beside a sink, just maybe transfer from one -- from the wheelchair to the bed or the toilet or whatever. >> guest: mam, the first of all, i'm not a doctor. i'm a reporter. so i would not venture an opinion. even if i were a doctor, responsible doctor would not give an opinion about your husband without having examined him. everybody's recovery from -- it's an autoimmune reaction. in some supreme it's mild. i had a colleague at work who god over it, recovered completely. some people do not recover. i can't say anything about your husband's case. i'm sorry. >> host: how does one catch or get

host: that was passed in juanita, nebraska. >> that is on the western side of nebraska. it is a wonderful little town. host: thanks so much. eddie in military, massachusetts. a republican. host: >> good morning. what hasn't been discussed is tax reform, like a bill of rights for doctors and nurses and hospitals. my wife just came out of a hysterectomy operation and the doctor charged 12,000, the anesthetist 8000. but do you know what a sterile operating room costs? $35,000. that is astounding. now, i have had previous experiences with the surgery and when they took the stitches out and took this apparatus, they through the instrument away. that was why the sterile operating room cost so much. they throw everything away. get reform if we don't have a bill of rights for doctors, nurses, hospitals. the costs just go through the roof. i would even suggest once they get through reform, they could start off health care by giving every citizen a couple hundred dollars. you can go to your local pharmacy to get a flu shot. -- regina.is i would like to basically address the social

the presiding officer: the senator from nebraska. mr. sasse: are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: the senate is in a quorum call. mr. sasse: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. sasse: i ask unanimous consent that at 2:30 p.m. today all remaining time on h.j. res. 58 be yielded back. the presiding officer: whitehous e -- is there objection -- without -- is there objection? without objection. mr. sasse: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from nebraska. mr. sasse: i rise to restate my support for h.j. res. 58, a triewtion to overturn the -- resolution to overturn the obama administration's regulation rule regarding teacher preparation programs from washington, d.c. it actually assumes that washington bureaucrats are competent to micromanage teacher training programs across america. there are 27,000 such programs, by the way, and this micromanagement is absurd. we all agree that education matters, that teachers matter, that teacher training programs matter and that kids are the fu

jeff, a student at the university of nebraska in lincoln at the time lived closest. he says it was about 8:00 that night when he happened to check his phone. >> i had all these missed calls from friends, family. so obviously i knew something was up, and i couldn't get a hold of my dad, couldn't get a hold of my mom. one of my friends called me, and he told me to call my brother. >> it yo >> yeah. >> wdi killed tom, and i need to go find my dad, talk . >> how long a drive is that? >> it's, like, 45 minutes. >> reporter: those miles between lincoln and omaha seemed longer than usual that night. it's hard for jeff to remember exactly what happened when he got home, who told him what or when. >> that whole thing is a blur. i didn't sleep at all that night. next thing you know, you're constantly trying to figure out what's going on. >> you lived in that same house in which this all happened, right? >> yes, whole life. >> reporter: now jeff's mind was filled with thoughts of what had happened there and of his brother, tom, who was eight years younger. >> he was kind of a s

you've got states like nebraska that did not.o be penalized, because we've been good stuaewards of t taxpayer dollar and spent those dollars frugally. we shouldn't be penalized when other states, not so much. how do you find that compromise where everybody's willing to go along? it is going to be a challenge, because this system is costing the federal government a ton of money. it's not affordable. we'll have to look for solutions. i think the process we've got right now is much more transparent. i think we've got a step in the right direction. you know, part of it is, we've got to see what the scoring on this is. we've got to know how much what this bill is going to cost, because i think while everybody might like a fancy new race car, if you told them the price, they would say, i can't afford that. so we have to figure out what it's going to cost. the key thing here is you've got governors involved where we weren't before. and you also have a much more transparent process. and what's important about those things is, with the go

. >> we're working to get the permits in nebraska. >> do believe we will get through the process so reaching out to those to have those necessary permits . so thank you very much. we appreciate it. >> thank you. thank you. . >> fortunately i never felt i had to avoid different views so with all of my years across applicable spectrum one eyed was the under graduate of harvard i could tell you even then tender stood there were reasons they have different views just a question so the nude ministrations the utmost degree said the administrations have had in that we will not know for a lot more time. >> used to think the hardest ever had to do was look in the eyes of a child to listen to her story about being abused. i was wrong. then just to watch their abuse still photos are video or with sound impossible to forget this in informers are struggling many times even of best even with the best production capabilities. >> that truth arrives soon the frontpage that is what contains the politician to be overreaching of power to take seriously in but matters this hour, hour, week, time in our lives. >>

. >>> a chilling attack at a nebraska hotel how the clerk scared off the masked man who attacked in the dead of night. >>> a dream come true for a boy battling cancer. we'll tell you what was waiting for this basketball fan when he finally got to go home. >>> meteorologist, david murphy is back with another look at the warming accuweather forecast, that and much more when "action news" continues in a moment. >> we have an update on our top story at the top of the hour, fire at a popular health club in northeast philadelphia. chopper 6 hd over the scene of the aquatic fitness center, 3600 block of grant avenue. you can see firefighters on the scene, the billowing smoke pouring from the roof of the health club there. we do know that the fire has been escalated to four-alarm blaze now, and one person has been injured and has been rushed to nearby torresdale hospital. we're not sure if it was a firefighter or health chub member. the fire -- health club member. the fire is not under control. we'll continue to follow the fire in northeast philadelphia. >> european has condemned north korea fo

the company still does not have deals with all the landowners in nebraska.-- british police made two more arrests overnight in their investigation into the london terror attack. nine people remain in custody. the attacker was once investigated over concerns he was turning to extremism. he had a history of minor convictions but had never been convicted of terrorism. a fourth victim died yesterday. the deal for brexit will be cheap. that won't be cheap. they will have the basics to $2 billion when they leave the eu that -- the deal for brexit won't be cheap. pay $6.2will have to billion when they leave the eu. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm emma chandra. this is bloomberg. mark: it has been another rough week for oil. opec prepares to meet this weekend in kuwait. this is bloomberg. ♪ mark: this is "bloomberg markets ." oil headed for a weekly loss. opec preparing to meet for a review of their production cuts. joining us from the cme, chief market strategist at ira trader. thank you for joining us again. is

. >>> a terrifying int at a hotel in nebraska that was caught on camera. a worker fearlessly fought off a masked attacker. lindsey davis reports that reaction helped police catch the crook. >> reporter: scary moments caught on tape as the masked man creeps around the lobby of a hotel walking the halls and peering around corners. after 3:00 a.m. a female employee gets up from the back office. the assailant springs into action. he tries to force her into a nearby, she pulls the mask off his face. the man flees, he comes back to get the mask. when he entered the lobby without his mask they got a flips of his face, he is 29-year-old zachary lee person, investigators are accrediting the bairve hotel worker -- brave hotel worker because she was able to rip off the mask. we asked a self-defense expert expert -- expert what someone should do in a similar isn't. >> aim for soft vulnerable areas on their body. >> reporter: sheriff said person is a repeat offender. >> he has been sentenced for similar attacks on female joggers in nebraska between 2007 and 2017. linds

i want to show you a headline from nebraska. live well, nebraska. the question is whether or not this is an invasion of privacy. the concern that people have expressed, that this is an invasion of privacy in what this bill would do is really enable employers to force workers to turn over health information, genetic information that is not related to their ability to do the job, that they do not want to turn over. but if imposed, it would allow company ofion of the many thousands of dollars for exercising a choice to keep that information private. that information, once it is turned over to a wellness program, may sometimes be used and maybehere trericy protections in some questions. in certain cases to well miss programs, you can be asked to rights -- hip up pa rights. out there in the world. one of the civil rights laws were passed, congress was concerned enough about employers having access to the workers medical information and potentially discriminating based on that. the congress said, if there is no legitimate employer purpose in having this i

montana, nebraska and south dakota. fight over what it will look like in nebraska. there is no route approved in nebraska. public service commission is just starting the process of vetting that. a process that will take six months or longer. opponents in the state, landowners in environmentalists, have said they planned to challenge any attempts by transcanada to use eminent domain to seize land for the construction of the project. today trump indicated he would talk to folks in nebraska. there is a question of how much power and pull he really has. this is a process designed not to be political in the state. there is not much intervention or role for the governor. pimm: i want to let people listen and see president trump's speaking earlier today about the keystone xl pipeline. trump: it will be an incredible pipeline. the greatest technology known to man, or woman. and frankly we are proud of it. the: jennifer, whatever technology, the price of oil seems to be as important a factor. when this was originally put togethe

>> we've got some work to do and nebraska permits to get. >> nebraska. i'll call nebraska. governor. they have a great governor. >> we've been working there for some time, and i do believe we'll get through that process, but obviously have to engage with local land owners throughout the communities. so, we'll be reaching out to those over the coming months to get the other necessary permits that we need, and then we look forward to starting construction. >> okay. i'm sure nebraska will be good. a fantastic governor who's done a great job. i'll call him today. thank you all very much. appreciate it. thank you. >> what will you do if the health care bill fails? mr. president, what will you do if the health care bill fails? >> thank you! thank you. >> we'll have to see. >> all right, so, that's going to take us to the piece of the tape that we were watching a few moments ago. that was russ girling of transcanada, 23-year veteran of that company, ceo since 2010. eamon javers, a lot of emphasis on keystone today. does that signal any emphasis or lack of emphasis on health care a

>> got to work to do in nebraska to put it there. >> nebraska? i will call nebraska.ernor, they have a great governor. >> we've been working there for some time. i do believe we've get through that process. obviously have to engage with local landowners, tribal communities. we're reaching out to those over the coming months to get or the necessary permits that we need. we look forward to start construction. >> i'm sure nebraska will be good. pete is a fantastic governor. done a great job. i will call him today. thank you all very much. appreciate it. [shouting questions] reporter: mr. president what will you do with the health care bill? mr. president what will you do if your health care bill fails? >> we'll have to see. reporter: you think it will pass? >> we'll see what happens. >> thank you, thank you. >> we'll see what happens. >> thank you. thank you. reporter: should paul ryan stay speaker? >> thank you, thank you. >> yes. stuart: okay, just gesturing, come on, get on with it. that was the president. he has got the permit to start building or finishing the keyst

look at omaha, nebraska. there's no town hall in omaha, nebraska, but instead, look at this. one of the busiest intersections in town. this is nebraska. people organized in part by their local indivisible group. people showing up, getting in the way. honestly, it is almost bizarre that the trump agenda, the trump supreme court nominee are being considered right now, steaming towards votes while the president's campaign is the subject of a counterintelligence investigation to see if it kol colluded in an attack against the united states last year. americans are speaking up about it and trying to effect the course of events. house republicans plan to hold their vote on repealing obamacare on thursday of this week. there is going to be a whip count on that vote. so far, they are confirming 17 house republicans will vote no on the obamacare repeal. that 17 number is important. if they get to 22 "no" votes, it's dead. even just in the house. it already appears to be dead once it tries to get to the senate but they could kill it in the house, too. this is a volatile time. this is g

. >> i'm leslie anderson and i'm with a bank in nebraska. >> suburb of pennsylvania.m new mexico. [indiscernible] >> thank you. from first national bank in texas. >> thank you very much. vonnie: there you have it. president trump holding a meeting with community bank ceos talking about how committed bottleave been playing a -- vital role in the economy. he said, you will be able to loan and be safe and provide those jobs. again, 11 or so members of committee banks including banks from cape cod and nebraska to and some more committee -- we willcontinue watch any headlines that come out of the meeting. in on the first word news. >> chinese government has promised to make its skies blue by -- researchers say it may take longer than a decade to lift the country's small. -- smog. thes seven times above level recommended by the world health organization. mitch mcconnell said there is no evidence present obama wiretapped the trumpa. mr. trump tweeted that the former president has tapped his phones during the election but offer no evidence. the former president and 90. americ

here to talk about it and the process ahead is nebraska senator ben sasse. we were there today questioning begins tomorrow. for a lot of people, just hearing him talk was interesting because we haven't been exposed to him much. here is one of the pieces of his opening statement. >> in the west, we listen to one another respectfully. we tolerate, cherish different points of view. and we seek consensus whenever we can. my law clerks tell me 97% of those 2,700 cases i've decided word decided unanimously. and then i have been in the majority 99% of the time. that is my record, and that's how we do things in the west. >> bret: in the majority 99% of the time, those stats, might be tough for democrats to say he's out of the mainstream. >> i think so. you listen to today and you heard attempts at hyperventilating. i don't know what they had. the guys a judge. he knows what a judge is that he's agreeable and pleasant and people, regardless whether they were appointed by democrats or republicans, they think he's a good judge. >> bret: a lot of the democrats opening s

. >>> joining me on set, former democratic senator from nebraska, bob carey, former governor of nebraska. in washington, d.c., host of the hugh hewitt show, one and only hugh hewitt. thanks to both of you for joining us. senator/governor kerry, let we start with you. we know the fbi is looking into this issue of russia, interference, if there's connections to the trump campaign. the house intelligence committee has its probes. all sorts of controversy over that right now. now you have the senate stepping in it today, stepping into this today. when you look at the announcement from the senate, do you think this is the one that's sort of official washington is going to get behind? >> no, this is is not what they should be doing. we got to worry about north korea, got to worry about isis, worry about international terrorism. they have to authorize close to $l 0 billi $80 billion of public money. >> you're saying too much russia? >> we need an indpechependent commission. congress should not be doing this. these guys need to be spending their time worrying about real threats to the united sta

and that is in 1854 in the kansas nebraska act, and his opposition to kansas nebraska is all bound up with the question of, shall slavery be allowed admission to the western territories? so lincoln never works with the assumption that his election is about dealing with slavery in the southern states. but he does insist that it has a great deal to do with whether slavery is going to be allowed to expand into the west. that is the point he says is the nub of the debate. that is the point at which point comes to shove, where the tug has to take place and there can be no concession. so in a way, both professor croft and i are speaking to two halves of the same coin. it is true, the issue was not -- how shall we burn down slavery in the slave states? because there was no point in having that kind of conversation constitutionally, it could not happen. nor were white people in the north particular leaguer to burn down slavery in the south, because the next question that gets asked is, once we do that, what do you do with the freed slaves? and the answer that northern white people tended to p

bacon, or general bacon -- nebraska, i'm sorry. from nebraska. will now give some remarks. i yield such time as the gentleman from nebraska needs. mr. bacon: mr. speaker, i rise in support of the american health care act. obamacare has failed and we need to replace it. it has made health care inaccessible. our premiums have skyrocketed. all businesgrowth is stunted. employees are seeing their hours cut. individuals are forced to purchase health care coverage they do not want. over the past two years, i've met with many nebraskans in my district and i keep hearing about the proken bromses -- -- broken promises of obamacare and the tight strangle hold this has created for the american people. i heard are a young mother who had to pay for the whole bill of the delivery of her child. the plan she was on had a $12,000 deductible and that plan didn't help her one cent. another citizen from omaha was happy with her health care insurance for decades. five years ago she was paying $323 a month. and was satisfied with the coverage that she had. four years ago she was told by her insu

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his wife, my grandmother, grew up on a nebraska farm. with seven children she never stopped moving and she never stopped loving. my dad's mother made his way through college working on denver's trolley cars and practiced law during the great depression. his life came from a family of pioneers. he loved to fish. he is the one who taught me how to tie a fly. i want to thank my friends. so many of whom are here. liberals and conservatives and independents from every kind of background and belief. many hundreds have written this committee on my behalf and i am truly touched by their support. they have been there for me always. not least when we lost uncle jack, a hero of mine. and a life long priest. he gave the benediction when i became a judge 11 years ago. as it is, i know he is smiling. i want to thank my fellow judges across the country judging is sometimes a lonely and hard job. i have seen how these men and women work. they make the laws real for all of us. byron white, my mentor, a product of the west who modeled judicial courage and

i've seen the promise of standalone service for myself in places like diller, nebraska. i very much appreciate it. also it feeds into the affordability question we were just talking about a little bit earlier. this is precisely the reason why two years ago i put on the table a very simple public one-page plan to allow rural carriers to offer standalone broadband service. and my concern with the rate of return reform last year is that for carriers to be able to calculate how much support they would get for standalone service, they have to jump through 11 different hoops. they're quite technical and complicated. at the end of the day, they don't necessarily yield enough funding to make standalone broadband service either a viable proposition for them to offer or for consumers to acc t accept. my commitment to you, working with you and others who are interested in this topic to make sure that we make this regulatory system more streamline, more efficient to allow consumers to offer standalone service. >> thank you. commissioner o'reilly? >> i'm a little defensive because i

in the southeast portion of midwest where most amazing applications were developed by team since nebraskahere are thousands of developers so your truck rolls on time and gets there when this says it does. with the customer record in the information. >> so we don't necessarily look at what where the president lacked in the jobs are created and how many people are part of this ecosystem. >> are they prepared educationally quite. >> thanks for that softball question because the answer is unequivocably no. we have to hundred 50,000 open jobs right now with the average salary of $92,000. more than 500,000 figure include project managers managers, graphic designers, user interface so what we see right now it is the cry for jobs throughout america but on our side we have a cry for talent. there is a great article saying is toting a blue-collar job? absolutely many higher half of the staff to not have a college degree. and right now what we find unfortunately it is easier to take latin in high-school in this defined a computer science class. this is depressing when it comes to women. i have two d

his wife, my grandmother, grew on a nebraska farm where an icebox wasn't something you plugged into the wall but something you lowered into the ground. it was 7 children, never stopped moving and never stopped loving. my dad's father made his way through college working on denver's trolley cars. he practiced law through the great depression and he taught me that lawyers exist to help people with their problems, not the other way around. his wife came from family of pioneers. she loved to fish and she's the one who taught me how to tie a fly. i want to thank my friends, so many of whom are here, liberals and conservatives and independents from every kind of background and belief. many hundreds have written this committee on my behalf and i'm truly touched by their support. they have been there for me always. not least when we recently lost my uncle jack, a hero of mine. and a lifelong episcopal priest. he gave the benediction when i took oath as a judge. i confess, i was hoping he might offer a single prayer. but as i know, he's smiling. i want to thank my fellow judges across the countr

i mean, we've got some of the cleanest air in nebraska.griculture. so we want to take care of the environment. we're not going to do anything to endanger that. what we think is best is to give the states the opportunity to really manage it, for example, nebraska's applied for an assignment to get more flexibility from the federal government on regulatory issues and environmental issues. we're passing some legislation to be able to do that right now. frankly, we know what's going to work best in our states. that's where we'd like to have that flexibility from the federal government. so we think that's a good thing. and where we would like to see it is just more help from the federal government on transportation. it is something that will help us grow our economy if we have that proper infrastructure. and i'm sure you've probably talked about a lot of the different things when it comes to the assessment of how much money we need to invest in our infrastructure nationwide. >> well what type of help are you talking about? you just need additio

kansas and nebraska, almost 2 million people at risk. you can get the baseball-size hail. we may see pictures of that later today, hopefully not doing too much damage. as the storm moves across the country, it brings the gulf moisture into the picture. a huge area here, about 17 million people at risk. this is friday. dallas, little rock, lake charles and late in the day near houston and also heading into mississippi. there could be a few tornadoes with that, too. by the time we get to saturday, we kick all the severe weather into mississippi and alabama. the worst of the severe weather will be friday and that's when we could have the mode tornadoes, too. it's that time of year, that means warmer, too, for the east, but it comes as a cost for some. >> let's hope it doesn't happen with overnight storms. those are the most frightening. >>> team usa shuts out puerto rico the world baseball title. it's coming up next in sports. hey, need fast heartburn relief? try cool mint zantac. it releases a cooling sensation in your mouth and throat. zantac works in as little as 30 minute

pipeline willial carry oil from canada to nebraska.helle: a 7 on your side health alert about birth control and good news about the pill. take the pill reduced their risk of colon, and to meet real -- indoor meet real cancer, and blood cancer. horace: we are hearing what harrison ford said after a close call involving his airplane. problem,perienced a landing on a taxiway instead of a runway last month in anifornia, flying right over american airlines flight that was waiting to take off moments later. he said he was distracted. >> i landed on the taxiway. horace: there were less than 100 feet between ford and the passengers on the other flight. michelle: a florida vacation did not end the way that an elderly couple had planned. them tickets at the airport and brought them to fort lauderdale to board a flight to grand rapids, when onto a flight at the neighboring gate. they landed in new york, hundreds of miles from their home. allegiant airlines had to fly them back to fort lauderdale and finally home to grand rapids. >> imagine them g

was inpresident obama nebraska this morning. cameras captured a brief glimpse of him after three-hour lunch with warren buffett. he reportedly stopped in omaha on his way to california. a scenep, it looks like from the movie "frozen," but as winter settles in at this late hour, this is becoming a reality. i'm going to have fun and do my best. kimberly: an exciting sendoff for talented athletes. we will introduce you to one athlete representing d.c. at the world games. kimberly: more than 100 athletes will represent the u.s. at the special olympics world games. excitement was high as they were getting ready to head off. cheryl conner introduces us to some of the competitors, including one representing d.c. big andthe cheers are so was the experience. 17-year-old cornell gray is the only athlete from d.c. to represent team usa in the special olympics world games. >> really going to have fun and do my best. cheryl: bags are packed in they leave for austria monday. they are paired with those with intellectual disabilities and their

trump signed off on the plan that will carry crude oil from canada to nebraska. from there the oil is s refineries that the gulf coast. they did have one win today in federal courtroom in alexandria. a judge denied a request to block the president's travel ban. michelle: now to the war on terror in london. today police are combing through data and talking to witnesses to find out why the london attacker went on the deadly rampage. khalid masood described as having unusually friendly manner as he checked out the hotel and went to carry out the deadly plan. new tonight, six of the ten people arrested this week held in connection with the attack are now released without charges. they think masood acted alone but are looking if others had a hand to prepare the attack this is just in. they released person of interest in death of artist from north carolina. the man you see here often spends time around laurel and beltsville. they wanted to question him about the death of 34-year-old corrina mehiel who was found tied to a chair and stabbed to death tuesday morning. if y

los estados mÁs afectados, si entra en vigencia la reforma de salud republicana, alaska, arizona nebraskaorte seÑala que los jÓvenes estadounidense con ingresos altos que viven en Áreas urbanas y votaron por hillary clinton, serÍan los que se beneficiarÍan. de nuevo plan de salud. >> gracias por esta informaciÓn. alerta de tormenta, para el Área de nueva inglaterra. afectarÁn los cinco condados de nueva york, ciudades de nueva jersey impactando la vida de millones de personas al noreste del paÍs. en la tormenta llega a sÓlo ocho dÍas del comienzo de la primavera. >> una masiva tormenta de nieve se desplaza hacia el noreste del paÍs, el servicio nacional de meteorologÍa emitiÓ una alerta desde la ciudad de nueva york hasta boston. se espera mÁs de 12 pulgadas de nieve y viento. a partir de maÑana en la noche. >> lo creÍa porque es marzo, se supone que fuera mÁs caliente. >> afuera terrible, lo mejor es estar en casa. >> representantes de departamentos de obras pÚblicas dicen estar preparado para usar todos sus recursos. >> hay 400 t de sal, dependiendo de la cantidad que va a caer se usa l

how was nebraska? well, better than north dakota.

in nebraska police have arrested a man caught on camera attacking a hotel clerk. the masked man was spotted entering a hotel in the middle of the night. he made his way to towards the front desk..and followed the clerk down a hallway. moments later he attacked..throwing her on a table. pull off his mask before he fled. but he wasn't done, the attacker returned..but left once another struggle ensued. he was later arrested on charges of sex assault. the suspect was a registered sex offender--wanted in three different states. happening tonight the caps look to extend their franchise-record home winning streak to 16! this weekends overtime win against the flyers stretched their streak to 15. the caps have not lost a game at the phone booth since december 29th--and that went to a shootout. their last lost in regulation at home--december 17th! during the streak the caps have outscored their opponents 67 to 21. they go for 16 in a row tonight against dallas. time now for weather - cold morning - mildethe next few days (50s today, 60s tue & wed) - sh weekend - dst begins

nebraska, as in republican. charles, go ahead.aller: i would like to see somebody go to jail for releasing those tax returns. it is a felony. or half aeast one dozen people should go to jail for doing it. the other thing is, trump did not sell 20% of the united states uranium to russia. i think we ought to stop worrying about trump and russia and start worrying about ill clinton and hillary and russia. she signed off on the sale of uranium to them. that is worse than anything he has ever done. host: charles in nebraska with his thoughts. more news. the front page of the washington times this morning -- president trump revised travel ban is set to go into effect at 12:01 a.m. on her stay. -- thursday. must provide answer to a slate of legal questions likely to come on wednesday. to similarorder is washe original order which stopped by a federal judge due to issues of constitutionality. coupledow were scope layoutovisions that waiver programs for anyone who might be affected addresses those concerns. two hearings are scheduled on we

before traveling to san jose, president obama spent the day with billionaire warren buffet in omaha, nebraska. they had lunch and a quick meeting sunday. we will be here this morning to see where he's going next. we're live in downtown san jose. lonnie rivera, abc 7 news. >> thank you. >>> an estimate of how much president trump's new health care plan could cost is likely going to come out later today. outside analysts who reviewed the republican plan estimate 6 million to 15 million people may lose their health coverage. the bill drops the obama mandate requiring americans to buy insurance or pay a penalty. instead, it offers tax credits and other incentives designed to give consumers more choice. >> obamacare is collapsing. if we just did nothing, washed our hands of the situation, we would see a further collapse of the health insurance markets. we feel an only dpabligation toe this law with one that works, has more freedom. >> the non-partisan congressional budget office is expected to give its score of the bill this week. >>> the confirmation hearing for alexander acosta, president trump'

>> i think it will, but the way is not completely clear yet because the state of nebraska still has ae commission that has to approve the path of the pipeline through the state of nebraska -- paul: but in terms of the federal barriers, those are now gone. >> they're gone and, in fact, another bit of good news is that the president has said that they do not have to buy american steel for this. they've already bought a lot of the pipe, and they're sitting there -- paul: waiting to be laid. >> yeah, exactly. so he said, okay, they can go ahead with those too. paul: all right. what are we talking in magnitude jobs? what about jobs? i assume these are pretty good union jobs. >> yeah, they are good union jobs, there are thousands of them depending on who you talk to and, of course, there are direct jobs and indirect jobs. the indirect jobs can go up to 100,000. but, you know, critics of the pipeline will say those jobs are only temporary, they're not -- well, for heaven sakes, all construction jobs are temporary -- [laughter] unless you work for the federal government making a highway, then

. >> and california was not obama's first stop and reportedly in nebraska yesterday where he met with billionaire warren buffet in san jose. ann rubin. fox 2 news. >>> we did get a couple records. san francisco airport set a record at 77 degrees and monterey set a record. otherwise 83 in fairfield and that's hot. hot for this time of year. 81 in santa rosa. beautiful day. change is coming with the system offshore. you can see certainly the clouds that are working their way towards us and what else you will see is the coastal fog and i will pick it up. i see it right there. that fog -- with the wind shift and seeing it right now. the winds shifting more westerly and coming offshore and now they are starting to push this way and back to the coast and this will precede and cooling down places along the beaches. pacifica upper 60s and low 70s today. tomorrow, coastal areas will be back down into the low 60s. 77 in concord right now and 76 in walnut creek and you can see the wind directions here. let's see what we got. you still have an offshore wind here and you see it is starting to shif

. >> we will miss corin nebraska and h ne and her crazy shenanigans. she add sehad a self reserving n the limo. >> i'm done, done trying to show my man how much i worship him and love him. i feel like us women put our men so high on a pedistal and we forget how worthy we are to be put on a pedistal. it is my turn. >> yes, thank you corinne. >> come on. i'm the most emotional intelligence. >> at the end of the day, why did you send corinne home. >> si had stronger relations to the other women. >> we are pretty sure corinne will be taking a nap. you gave us these memorable moments. did you come up with the whip cream idea or where did that come from? >> that was a spur of the moment oh, this is funny. it did look more promiscuous than i thought it would be. i'm sorry, i don't know. >> do you feel you were shamed by the other women? >> maybe. but if there is no sexual attraction then just don't even bother. >> corinne said she has no regrets on her ttme on the show and she is still single but not sure if she will did bachelor in paradise. >> having a real