legislature in omaha nebraska so there is good to have you on the day we just heard what u.s. president trump said today about climate change and chasing windmills today you tweeted something about climate change i want to show our viewers you tweeted it's important to listen to different ideas and belief systems with one the exception climate change deniers don't deserve a seat at the table their doubt is insincere unscientific and often funded by industries intentionally trying to deceive. you are a republican just like when he was president do you know what his intention was when he skipped the climate change talks i mean what signal is he sending to the people where you are in the heartland of america. well he has making a grave mistake the farmers of nebraska have suffered grievously with some of the

what can we grow in nebraska.hat will it mean for fish and wildlife. >> that is a long phone call, isn't it, when you get a question like that? >> it is not a simple answer. climate impacts are intricate. there are lots of connections. you have to get to know the concerns, what are those interconnections, how does climate look for a particular area, and it is not an easy answer and it takes time building a relationship, and kind of working with somebody hand in hand. >> is it hard to take a global problem, the ultimate macro problem, and make it micro-that can fit for one guy in one county in nebraska? >> when it comes to people , andg about climate change you don't show them on the polar bear on the ice flow if they live in spring valley, nebraska, so you talk about crops, changes in precipitation, and things that are local. it is here. it is affecting all of us. the sooner we act with the less risky. to the extent that people are affected now, you know, you have their attention. the concern is, ok, now it is get

in nebraska, i see that changing. i get a lot of -- media is one of the top three groups we engage with, agricultural and education are the other, but i see that is not a huge issue in nebraska, but it would be good if we could get more stories out there about climate change. the local tv person is kind of the trusted source, and a lot of people tune in just for the weather, so it would be great if added onto that were little climate pieces. >> i think for most people do contact with anybody might be considered a scientist would be there local weather person. -- their local weather person. for years they have this opportunity to make those connections and did not. there is a long story related to the weather channel that i can go on and on about, but when you get your meteorological degree, they did not teach climate simultaneously, so there was a fundamental misunderstanding, .hey were applying i think that is changing. penn state is teaching climate along with meteorology, and i think also going back to that generat

. >> republican state senator john mccollister of nebraska joins us now. i guess you have been kicked out of the party or where do you stand. >> they can't kick me out of the party. that's something only i can do. i won't be leaving. in point of fact, donald trump has hi jacked the republican party in nebraska as well as the country, and we have lost the traditional values that republicans have had, free trade, legal immigration, and of course fiscal sanity. and i'm afraid we have left our morings and we need to come back to what the republican party was in the past. >> so senator, what's it like for you, i ask this question as a former republican and a guy that fought for balanced budgets while donald trump was writing checks to nancy pelosi, and chuck schumer and throwing fundraisers for chuck schumer at mar-a-lago and giving hundreds

well he has making a grave mistake the farmers of nebraska have suffered grievously with some of the trade policies he's had and not only that climate change is real and i think it's time the president recognized that. he's he's. not serving his office well and i'm afraid that he made a terrible mistake by checking out of that meeting you are a wife long republican your father i think he was a republican member of the u.s. congress this is in your d.n.a. to be a republican and earlier this month you took to twitter to criticize your party the g.o.p. and that is actually what got our attention initially i want to show our viewers these 2 tweets that you sent out earlier this month you tweeted we have a republican president who continually stops raises fears in his base he calls certain countries s. rules tells women of color to go back to where they came from and lies more than he tells the truth what i am saying though is that the republican party is complicit to obvious racist and immoral activity inside our party it's that strong words is quite an indictment the response that you g

up next, a 10 minute performance by three middle school students from nebraska . >> this is triumph and tragedy. my name is making and i am the lord alaskan girl, i'm here to tell you the story about my coworkers, some of my roses friend passed away. in 1913 -- is produced in america for the first time and a year later the corporation was grounded in orange new jersey. they began producing paints and parts for business, shampoo, facial cosmetics, clothes, watches and it's even being added to water. the popularity began all over america experimented with the physiological effects and are still working with musicians to develop new uses for this element. from 1922 to 1923 the united states is prominent in the world market seeing 80% of the world's radium. companies began all stover americus and now we will talk about today the corporation i mentioned earlier after world war i, they saw workers do more so they began to hire young women this is where our story begins, in the early 1920s my coworkers the moment we started working we were asked to make the finest possible -- use in various in

. >> up next, a 10 minute performance by three middle school students from ralston nebraska . >> this is triumph and tragedy of the women . >> . >> my name is -- and i was a -- girl and i'm here to tell the story of how my coworkers and some of my closest friends passed away. in 1913 commercially produced in america for the first time and a year later, the u.s. corporation was founded by two doctors. they began producing radium parts for businesses. during world war i, 95% of radium was used for military purposes but a small amount made from products such as shampoo, facial cosmetics, clothes, watches and it was even being added to water radiant spread all over america. there was experimentation going on, and physicians use this new element. 1922 to 1923, the united states was prominent in the world trading market, and 80% of the worlds radion. what i will talk about today is the u.s. women's corporation i mentioned earlier. after over one, factory workers, had began to hire young women. this is where our story begins. with my coworkers, and when we started to work at the u.s. corpora

and nebraska state senator john mccollister joins me now. powerfully and pow poet poetica put. you're republican and from a red state. your father was a republican member of congress but you felt now is the time to speak. why? >> it is time now. it's been far too late, actually. we've seen the republican party leave its moorings. the republican party today is hardly anything like i knew when i was growing up. it's changed substantially and time to reestablish our basis and become the party that we should be. >> why do you think other republican haves been so hesitant to speak out? frankly, squacared. i understand some people may think what you're saying, may think it but not doing what you're doing and speaking about it. >> well, poll lit tiitical spee

up next, a 10 minute performance by three middle school students from ralston, nebraska. girls: is "glowing triumph and tragedy of the adium women." >> my name is making, and i was a radium girl. i'm here to tell you the story of how my coworkers, some of my closest friends passed away from radium poisoning. in 1913, radium ain't was commercially produced in america for the first time. a year later, u.s. radium corporation was founded in orange, new jersey. they began producing radium paints and radium parts for american businesses. during world war i, 95% of radio was being used for military purposes, but a small amount was being made into fashionable products such as shampoo, facial cosmetics, clothes, watches. it was even being added to water. the popularity of radium began to spread all over america because of a scientist named to reach your he who discovered radium onto summer 21st, 1889, while working with radioactive elements in pursuit of a doctorate degree. husbande and her experimented with radiological toects, they experimented discover new uses for the element

the attorney general for the state of nebraska, mr. doug therson, followed by representative from the u.s. telecom broadband association, and mrs. margot saunders of washington, d.c. counsel for the national consumer law center. and look forward to hearing from you and asking some questions. we will start from the right and proceed, and if you could confirm your remarks to about five minutes, that would give us optimum time to ask questions. please proceed. >> good morning chairman, and esteemed members of the subcommittee, i am from nebraska, and am here to provide a state attorney general's perspective of protecting consumers from phone scammers. thank you for the opportunity to testify. the state attorney generals are on the front line of helping consumers who are harassed by unwanted calls. robocalls and telemarketing calls are the number one .onsumer complaint in response, attorney general spring enforcement actions against telemarketers and verbal robocalleder state -- rs. in 2015, 10 attorney general's -- attorneys general partn

>> we are from ralston, nebraska. i'm an eighth grader going into my freshman year. they are seventh grader's going into their eighth grade year. i was the first performer and ralston's -- in ralston to ever happen and i advanced to state. and they joined this year. >> she said she was doing a performance, and i thought that was super cool. we have both done some sort of theater. so has bethany. we all worked together, and i think it helped balance out. >> finally, why do you think it is important for people your age to know about the radium girls? >> i personally think it is important because when you think about it, these women did not really have much of a say, but as you go about learning them, you realize everybody has a voice. everybody has a right to say what they want to say and nobody should be defiled down to someone they are not. >> i'm going to add onto that. it also shows that, like, little people can do big things. a lot of people might say i'm just 14 and cannot do anything about it, but these women were very young. they were in their early 20's and th

up next, a ten-minute performance by three middle school students from ralston, nebraska. >> this is "glowing girls triumph and tragedy of the radium women." >> i'm olivia van lancker. >> i'm carol van lancker. i'll be playing catherine shu. my name is may keen. i was the last radium girl. my co-workers, closest friends, passed away from radium poisoning. radium paint was commercially produced in america for the first time. a year later the u.s. ram corporation was founded in orange, new jersey. they began producing radium paints and radium products for their businesses. during world war i, 95% of radium was used for military purposes but a small amount was being made into fashionable products such as shampoo, facial cosmetics, quloclothes, watches was even being added to water. it began to spread all over america because of a polish scientist who discovered radium while working with radioactive elements in pursuit of her doctorate degree. both experimented with the physiological effects and were soon working as physicians to develop new miedical uses for this new development. the u.

in the meantime a second water main erupted on fresno street near nebraska.c works says water has been shut off for customers in that area. no word of how long it will take to fix the second break. >>> transit agencies are replacing almost a mile of track near the lafayette station. the only way to do that is to set up a 265 ton crane on highway 24. and doing that backed up traffic for almost 3 miles today.>> if you're going an extra 45 minutes unlike what are they talking about?>> bart is transporting writers on bus with all lanes on highway 24. they will reopen for the monday commute. >> a live look at the bridge which is getting and $85 million makeover next year, the project got a funding boost this week to the tune of $20 million. where did the money come from? state gas tax dollars. caltrans plans to repaint the lower deck and tower. funds will cover the $65 million. >>> major repairs in the upper deck of the bridge wrapped up this week's six months after it began crumbling. they will repair on the self trust which will mean lane code closures in both d

in response, the nebraska state republican party issued a statement telling mccollister to leave themilton said mccollister's latest false statement should come as no surprise to anyone who is paying attention and we're happy has shut all pretense of being a conservative. >> this is what is so offensive. seriously. >> he's kicking him out of the party. interesting. >> i mean, conservative, again, we're talking about the republican operative who supports republican president who is a protectionist, who pumps out massive socialist farm bills, proposes $16 billion farm bill, has tariff taxes, i mean, largest national debt ever, massive trillion dollars deficit. highest deficit in the history of the united states in good economic times. i mean, you can go on and on. i mean, bashes nato, goes after the very alliances that actually helped us beat nazi germany, and soviet russia. please, i mean, that guy, whoever wrote that, that woman, whoever wrote that, they are not conservatives, and they shouldn't throw the word around. let's bring in -- >> go ahead. >> republican state senator john mc

ifts surprised how many ended up into the great planes region, nebraska, iowa, whatnot.did seem look they went much further during this time period than what we would have normally thought. still going to be concentrated into the farming regions. >> did your research take you to any type of correlation between the mid-30s with adjustment act and trying to diminish production to sustain prices to -- we hit ourselves in the foot there with that ax. >> i came across a little bit of that. they talked about it would impact farming amounts but i don't remember any of the specifics. i'm sorry. >> this is kind of a more random question but anything that you come across about the making of alcohol. i know they would use a lot of those products in other things but it probably was a necessity. >> it was never on any of the official rationing lists. i'm sure it's like i tell my students, alcohol is a relatively inelastic commodity. i can confirm it was not rationed. >> did the rationing during the great depression have any impact of the rationing on world war ii since they were clos

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 was your older brother. >> yeah. >> what did he say had happened? >> just somebody killed tom, and i need to go find my dad, talk to my dad, get to omaha. >> 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 hap

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minute performance by three middle school students from ralston, nebraska. .> this is going girls >> i am olivia. i will be plainly see. >> i will be playing grace breyer. >> i'm carroll and i will be playing tractor and -- playing catherine. girl.as the last living i am telling the story of how some of my coworkers passed away from rayon poisoning. paint was introduced for the first time. the u.s. rand corporation was founded by dr. georges willis. they began using rayon paint for businesses. 95% of radium was being used for military purposes. but a small amount was being made into fashionable products such a shampoo, cosmetics, clothing, watches, and was even being added to water. it began to spread across of america because of a scientist that discovered radium on december 21, 1889 while working with radioactive elements. from 1922 to 1923, the u.s. was prominent. it began to spread all over america. the one i'm going to talk about today is the u.s. rand corporation i mentioned earlier. they began to hire young women. 1920's with my .oworkers aswe started you -- working a u.s. rad

in the newspaper article, the governor of nebraska went as far as to advocate for a truncated school year for high school boys, to allow them to leave early and work on farms. arguing it was both good for boys and farms. in addition to producing more, americans were also asked to deal with less. sugar was the first to be rationed, starting in the spring of 1942, due to the inability of us to have a lot of trade from our trading partners where we got the majority of our sugar. process food, meat and dairy products were added to the list of items. the government developed a program to help guide americans to make sure they ate a well- balanced diet, despite rationing. >> rationing was instituted and overseen by the office of -- information or opa. families were issued books of stamps for rationed items. there was a system of red and blue points. read were for me, fish and dairy products and blue for canned foods and bottled. the point system was deemed the best way to restrict purchases while allowing for some consumer flexibility. if you had 10 left, you may choose a can of vegetables

well, it happened to a family in nebraska -- no, it wasn't nebraska it was in florida.e on. a small gator. >> now that would be a story. >> a small gator lounging out in their pool the kids wanted to keep it as a pet. >> i would too. >> they were pretty bummed out because the dad called authorities to get it out of there. they did get to pet the alligator once its mouth was taped shut. >> meanwhile, the alligator got gypped it's a pool. i'm an alligator what's the problem i was ready for a picnic and everything >> and went so wrong so quickly for the alligator. >> small gators. >> a small gator >> a dangerous gator >> dangerous did you see the kids they just wanted to play with it it is not the time run quickly away from that let's take a look at your weather forecast upper midwest, we're going to continue to watch a few storms flowing through. should it be nice and hot and steamy for the pacific northwest, for northern california going to be some scattered storms throughout the start of your weekend if you have to choose a day for your weekend for the northeast to the

and the guy in nebraska saying that the division has hurt the country.y want to throw him out. maybe he ought to run for chair. >> this is the quote. the republican party is enabling white supremacy. what do you think of that? >> i don't know if i go that far. what i would say is that the rhetoric out of the president just like with joe biden. contributes to things that are very bad. that's what i felt all along. i get to frustrated. >> hold on. let's slow down. if the republican party continues to allow this president to use the rhetoric he's using, if they continue to allow the president to say that white supremacy and nationalism, terrorism is not a threat. even when the facts bare that out. and do nothing about it. how is that not the republican party enabling white supremacy? how is it not? >> i'm a republican. mike turner is republican. there are a lot of republicans. mitt romney spoke out. >> and the rest? >> there's others that are just looking the other way thinking they can get through this. >> that's my point. isn't that enabling? if the major

how many ended up in the great plains reason, nebraska, iowa and whatnot.ed they went much further during this time. then we would have thought. still very concentrated in the farming regions. >> did the research take you to any type of correlation between mid-1930s and agricultural act , trying to diminish production to sustain prices, to the need for rationing. do we hit ourselves in the foot? with that agricultural production act? ms. cabana: i came across a little bit of that. it was not my focus so much. i did come across a little where they talked about that the aaa where it would impact farming amounts. off the top of my head, i don't remember any specifics. >> this is a more random question. anything regarding the rationing about the making of alcohol. they would use those products and other things. they still produced it but probably was not a necessity. ms. cabana: it was never on any of the official rationing lists. its like i tell my students, alcohol is a relatively elastic commodity. good when times are good and when times are bad. i did not e

in a newspaper article, the governor of nebraska went as far as to advocate for a trunkated school year for high school boys to allow them to leave early and work on farms. arguing it was good for the boys and the farms. in addition to producing more, americans were also asked to deal with less. rationing began. sunshining was the first thing to be rationed, starting in the spring of 1942. due to the inability of us to have a lot of trade from our pacific trading partners when we got the majority of our sugar. >> as the war drew on, the military rationed other food stuffs such as coffee, processed food, meat and dairy products. the government developed a wartime nutrition program to help guide americans to make sure they ate a well-balanced program. they were displayed in posters, newspapers, and wartime editions of cookbooks such as the one here. rationing was instituted and overseen by the office of price information or opa. families were issued ration books of stamps to obtain ration items. for food, there was a system of red points and blue points. red points were for meat, fish, an

. >> we're from ralston, nebraska. i'm an 8th grader going into my freshman year. they are 7th graders going to their 8th grade. i advanced onto state my first year. >> we came and joined her there year when she said i'm doing a performance. we thought that was super cool. both of us have done some sort of theater. kind of all worked together and i think it kind of help ambulanbalance under the circumstances out there year to get us here. >> why do you think it's important for people your age know about the radium girls? >> i think it's important because when you think about it, these women were small spect of world history. they didn't really have much of say. as you go throughout learning, you realize everybody has a voice. everybody has a right to say what they want and nobody should be defiled down to something they're not. >> i'm going to add onto that. it shows like little people can do big things. i know a lot people say i'm just 14, i can't do anything about it. these women were very young. they were in their early 20s. they fought against a whole corporati

attorney general william barr and then we've even heard from republican senators like ben sasse of nebraska he wrote a letter to the attorney general saying that they knew that epstein was a suicide risk and he said that his dark secrets couldn't be allowed to die with him he said the justice department failed and epstein's coconspirator conspirators think they might have gotten one last sweet deal now it continued because also we heard from bill de blasio of course the new york mayor and also one of the candidates for president he's a democrat he said some of the wealthiest people in the world committed a horrible crime he said if they think for a 2nd that they got away with it because jeffrey epstein is dead they're dead wrong is what he said very strong words and of course we're monitoring what else is being said there in response to the death of jeffrey epstein and of course a lot of people are asking how is somebody who was found in their cell just over 2 weeks ago who had attempted suicide apparently. apparently committed suicide just over 2 weeks later so many questions left unanswer

we have a severe thunderstorm watch in effect in nebraska, storms firing up across the ohio valley intoid-atlantic and northeast today, philly, new york city, hartford, boston, we will see the potential for strong to severe storms. we don't see a big tornado threat but certainly strong winds and hail and a lot of heavy rain in a short time. heat advisories in philadelphia towards the central us and southern planes and parts of the southwest. summer hanging on in some of these areas where it will feel well over 100 °. there is your forecast, 93 in atlanta, 88 in new york, pop up showers and thunderstorms, some of them reach severe limits and look what happened overnight. this is tropical storm chantel, moving away from land but nothing going on, just like that it pops up. even though it is relatively quiet things like stand tall can happen and we need to be prepared. but the good news is it is a fish storm. >> the white house announcing sweeping new immigration rules that would hold migrants during court proceedings. what does that mean for the catch and release loophole. the president o

in nebraska there have been few options. sharch -- the number of obamacare customers is shrinking overall, likely because the penalty for not having coverage was eliminated. >>> is bernie sanders looking to appease organized labor with a change to his medicare for all plan? according to the "washington post," companies with union-negotiated coverage would have to renegotiate contracts and use the money they save to give union members other benefits. that would effectively give unions more negotiating power than other consumers. analysis from politico says sanders' proposal does not change the legislation but does add requirements for a transition period to a single payer system. >> the question arises is if under medicare for all an employer saves money, as many employers will, what we want to see is the workers themselves get the benefit of those savings, not just the employer. >> the communications director for rival candidate kamala harris who has struggled to articulate her own health care plan pounced on the change, twe

buchanan to the united kingdom to put an end to his career but in fact, pierce will sign the kansas nebraska act on doing the missouri compromise leading to violence and election fraud in kansas and so the only democrat with the hope of winning the presidency in 1856 is someone who's untainted in any way by the kansas nebraska act. the very act meant to pave the canons career ends up being the thing that ensures he will be the next president of the united states and sickles comes back ahead of him to lay the groundwork and people regulate what he be in line for something big in the beginning and menstruation. sickles is not interested and this is a recurring theme .-dot his life and career and daniel sickles is his own man. let me read something to you which i think is illustrative of his general life philosophy. he writes as a congressman, think about sickles at gettysburg and every other aspect of his life and see if this does not fit. i cannot play courtier to the multitude much less to the individuals and i know all the consequences and have many a long year since resolved to enjoy it ev

i have been very concerned about drug impaired driving and what we are seeing, nebraska state patrol has arrested 100 drunk drivers. can you elaborate on what nhtsa's work is on drug impaired driving? how can we, for example, look at addressing limitations in the understanding of drug-related a tally data that is out there? >> thank you for asking. it is quickly important because we are seeing such a growth in use not only in opioids and marijuana but pharmaceuticals. what we are finding is we need to address 5 myths that it is safe to drive went into the use of a substance, that they are not going to get stopped, not going to be arrested, not prosecuted, not convicted. we are supporting through grant funds and providing education materials and fostering dialogue among stakeholders who can influence this to address each of those five links in the chain. we find public awareness is a critical part of that. we have been pushing hard on public education campaign. most users of marijuana participated in market research we have developed are saying they believe they drive safer when they

the sentence will be served in nebraska. he had previously pled guilty to four counts of sexual activity with a confined, consenting adult. >>> today in san jose, protesters plan to boycott a business where a mural was painted over. it was painted 30 years ago on a building that's now a payless show store. the art work shows prominent history but was defaced this year. the dental surgery center owns the building and decided to cover it up. the artist filed a lawsuit against the owners. >>> and the san jose school district is defending its decision to paint over a recently completed mural that honors cesar chavez. a vandal defaced it with graffiti. school administrators say the art work just could not be saved. >> reporter: it was meant as a welcome back gift for lowell elementary school in san jose. a mural of cesar chavez. >> it was a wonderful mural, a gift to the students, the staff, and the community. >> reporter: in june, a local artist painted it adds parts of a neighborhood improvement project. all was well until mond

buchanan to united kingdom to put an end to his career but, in fact, pierce will sign the kansas-nebraska act, undoing the missouri compromise leading to violence and election fraud in kansas. the only democrat with the hope of winning the presidency in 185687 who is an hated by the kansas-nebraska act. the very act that meant to and begins career ended up making sure he become the next president sickles comes back to lay the ground can people speculated he would be in life or something bigger in the buchanan administration. sickles is not interested. this is a recurring theme. daniel sickles is his own man. in fact, let me read something to you which i think is illustrative of his general life philosophy. he writes this as a congressman, but think about him it, think t sickles at gettysburg, in every aspect of his life and see if this doesn't fit. i cannot play courtier to the multitude much less individuals. i know all the consequences and that many a long years since to enjoy it, even at the price which must inevitably be paid. i do not deem it a wise course, nor approve it, nor recomm

to stay in the party and use the platform that i've recently acquired to talk about politics in nebraskahe country. i think what's happened environmentally -- we had that occur today with the president's announcement -- is despicable. we need to sign back up for the paris accord, environmental accord and move back into that in that area. because the environment needs our attention. >> there was also endangered species, all of that as you point out today. scaramucci said one other thing that i want to make sure our viewers here -- and it reflects what the senator just said. >> if he continues like this over the next three or four beaks, it is a responsibility of people in the republican party to say you know, we may need to put a relief pitcher in here. i'm a loyal republican. and i tried to be loyal to him. let's face it, i mean, he's gone off the rails. we just have to call it for what it is. >> congressman, you have been speaking out and calling it like it is. do you think that -- do you have any reason to believe -- the two of you are sitting here tonight. anyone else in the republica

i'm sure that name rings a bell area you would have john creighton from nebraska. john e live from northern colorado, and all of those people were very good. they started the most part and gold-mining. after making some headway in gold-mining, investments in railroads, mercantilism, et cetera, cattle ranches, so their wealth and their prominent and their respective areas just catapulted. it is the same thing with nelson story. you could maim just about any industry that wasn't -- you could name just about any industry that was important in the american west, ranching, cattle, real estate my flour milling, banking, and he had a hand in it. he was one of those who came to this territory and made a good chunk of money, roughly $30,000 in gold. it was typical. a lot of the people who had no success in callow when you, -- success in california, they branched out through the rock to try their luck. that is kind of what happened, gold was found. later, to the southeast and the golds, where virginia city is, more gold was found. that was one of more predominant gold strike

from university of nebraska and his phd from the university of pittsburgh . over the last four decades, doctor folsom has taught at murray state university, northwood university, hillsdale college and an apostate university. he was a child professor of history at coaldale college from 2003 to 2017. he was recently appointed a distinguished fellow at hillsdale college as well. two favorite courses to teach were history of the american presidency and history of the american economy. he's also a regular speaker and friend of young america's foundation, especially our center for entrepreneurship and free enterprise. join me in giving a warm welcome to doctor burt folsom. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you. and i have aquestion for you . [applause] are you glad to be here? i am delighted to be here. i am delighted to be here and since i have this one talk here remaining, i wanted to give you some of the best wisdom that i have for dealing with the historical record and the myths that you will encounter on your college campuses. onesthat i encountered wh

it happened in january on nebraska street in vallejo. melanie woodrow is in the newsroom with more for us this afternoon. >> reporter: police responding to a call for a man trespassing on church property. as you're about to see, 49-year-old edward gonzales was armed with a knife. it begins with a call to 911. >> yeah, 14 nebraska street, there's someone who broke not back of the shed. >> reporter: when police officers hollis and hendriks arrian on scene, they spot him behind the building. >> show me your hands. officers continue to track gonzales. he ignores their commands. >> drop it right now. >> reporter: gonzales hops a fence as one officer attempts to tase him. police say the taser malfunctioned and was ineffective. >> hey, hey. i'm going to drive around. hey, don't go the hands out yet. >> reporter: the video switches to officer hendriks's body worn camera. gonzales continues running with the knife. >> drop it right now. drop it right now. >> reporter: moore ignored commands. >> you're about to get shot, dude. >> reporter: as he tu

. >> yeah, there was i think a state senator from oklahoma or nebraska -- >> nebraska, um-hmm. >> whostory books will judge people on what they do here. i understand these are politicians, so they're making a political calculus, but i really would like all republicans to take a step back and think about how they will be judged by their silence during this moment in history books. >> there is a lot of moral tension. i mean, there are senators, republican senators like ben sass or marco rubio who used to be very critical of president trump. then they saw what happened to other people in the party that were critical of donald trump. they retired, got washed out of office, 4r069 their primaries. people like them have gone quiet about it. big picture wise, 2020 election, we're going to see the stark est contrast, sharp est contrast between republicans and democrats on the issue of gun control where both parties want to run on this. republicans pro second amendment. >> we had that contrast in 2016. i'd say the contrast helped president trump. i remember in the debate when president trump --

but here is senator mcallister from nebraska. john mcallister. senator from nebraska here is what he said, paul. >> the republican party of today is hardly anything like i knew when i was growing up. it's unconscionable they don't become more involved in some of the republican activities. and call out president trump when he makes so many hateful comments. >> does that gain steam here, paul or is what we see with corey proof that no blind loyalty to the president matters, and the president is putting him on air force one and going to back him and they're seeing that as the modland? >> well it certainly works that blind loyalty to mr. trump which is a one-way street blind loyalty to a guy who fired you is a high bar. but process works with this base. but the problem is the primary as mr. burns knows well is on september 8th. less than 60 day was 58 days before the eek. if corey wins he might well win the primary he'll have to reunite the party. the judd greg character he is tramping used to be the governor, senator. a lot of republicans like judd

host: but here from robert a nebraska, republican mine. thank you, c-span. my question is around the ,argest part of the budget being entitlements. what is your organization doing to reduce those entitlements? guest: our organization in terms of entitlements -- we work in improper payments. , healthare and medicaid and human services admits $85 billion last year was improperly paid on medicare and medicaid payments. 65 billion of that was overpaid. on improper payments across the 20 largest federal agencies, since 2004 mother has been a stunning $1.2 trillion of improper quicks here is willing from cincinnati ohio. caller: thanks for having me on. i want to ask you about the money that was spent for the fourth of july extravaganza the president put on it. i would like to ask you another thing since you are able to inquire salaries of certain individuals, can you check on the president's income and where he spends his money for going to these venues where his business in florida. he does business up here in new york. spendingmoney is he with his family? we ar