that's the promise of north carolina. ry north carolinians should have a fair shot at prosperity to start a business or get a job everywhere in our state including small town north carolina. we must create good paying jobs, cut taxes for working people, strengthen our workforce and invest in broadband, roads, railroads, ports, airports to keep north carolina moving. north carolina strong means opening the doors of opportunity to every child. there is no better investment in our future than providing excellent pre-k so every child starts kindergarten healthy and ready to learn. we have to be smart about how we teach reading and how to utilize our most effective educators. as long as north carolina ranks 48th in the country in people per investment, our public school students will be d enied the education our state constitution guarantees them. to recruit and retain the best we must provide teachers and staff real pay raises. [applause] our community colleges and universities are among the best in the nation. we must keep th

what you see in front of you is this great seal of north carolina.n case you have any questions about it, that is not the seal we use on a daily basis. [laughter] it would be near about impossible and everyone would be muscular in state government if we use this wonderful historical object. so i am here today in the presence of the incoming and outgoing governor, a witness representing the legislature, and from the judiciary, a justice. all three branches of government coordinating together, operating somewhat independently with checks and balances. this is all a part of the function of the transfer of state. the use of the seal is to validate documents, affidavits, etc., to show the highest authority of the state of north carolina. the seal is used frequently by the secretary of state's office. i am pleased here today to proceed with the ceremony. >> thank you, madam secretary of state. with this great seal of the state of north carolina, i here by transfer to you the powers and duties of the chief executive officer of this great state, and may god

i love north carolina. it's home. it's where my parents raised my brother, sister and me and we built what our kids and grandkids and your kids and grandkids also call him. confident we will because we are north carolina strong. i stand here grateful for this opportunity and ready to get to work for you of the people of north carolina. thank you and make god bless you state of north carolina. [applause] [laughter]

i love north carolina. it's home.s where my parents raised my brother, sister and me and we built what our kids and grandkids and your kids and grandkids also call him. confident we will because we are north carolina strong. i stand here grateful for this opportunity and ready to get to work for you of the people of north carolina. thank you and make god bless you state of north carolina. [applause] [laughter] >> mccarter, 39 the president of the united states and the nation's last month passed away at the age of 100. ♪♪ history continues to washington d.c. where he will lie and stay at the u.s. capitol rotunda the public will have a chance again to honor him wednesday as his body remains in the u.s. capitol. thursday the national funeral service will take place at washington national cathedral the carter family home georgia. carla expand network for online at c-span.org. ♪♪ >> democracy is just an idea, is a process by leaders. it's where debates unfold, decisions are made. democracy in real-time this is a scam democ

we are north carolina strong.oday i stand before you humbled by this responsibility be grateful for this opportunity and get ready to work for you, the people of north carolina. thank you may god bless you and the state of north carolina. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] ♪ c-span's "washington journal" life form involving you to discuss the latest issues and government, politics and public policy from washington d.c. to across the country. coming up tuesday morning christopher director of the canada institute at the wilson center x subs canadian prime ministers justin judo's resignation the future of u.s./canada relations as present president election prepares to take office. christina at mcdaniel president biden's decision to block the 14 billion-dollar acquisition of u.s. steel by japan who wrote a biography of jimmy carter talking about the former president's life and influence in american politics. see spans "washington journal" per join the conversation live at 7:00 a.m. eastern tuesday morning on

[applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, people to serve north carolina secretary of state. frequently done in a smaller venue than this but i'm pleased this administration transfer of power is getting old public disclosure and people are understanding. what you see here in north carolina in case you have any questions is not used daily basis. i'm here today in the legislature and judiciary. three branches of government coordinating together somewhat independently, the checks and balances at the top of the function of the transfer. i him pleased today to the ceremony. >> i hereby transfer to you the powers and duties of chief executive officer of this great state and may god bless you in the years and months ahead as you serve as north carolina's governor and the leader of her people. >> i accept this great deal and the powers and duties it represents. i promise to fulfill the duties of governor of north carolina to fairly and justly these powers to enable the people of california to be the very best they can be. you, gentlemen. together. >> thank both of you. [laughter] >>

[applause] north carolina strong means economic opportunity for everyone because for you from never limithow far you can go. that is the promise of carolina. they have a fair, prosperity to start a small business get a good paying job everywhere in our state including small-town north carolina.ro will. strengthen our course and invest in broadband, roads and railroads, ports and airports and moving. means opening the doors of opportunity and no better investment in ourte future and providing excellent the case of every child starting to healthy and ready to learn, we have to be smart about how we teach reading and utilized our most effective educators. in the country and investment will students will be denied education state constitution guarantees them we must provide public school teachers and staff real pay rate. [applause] mindy colleges and universities are among the best in the nation and we must keep them that way and it is a rapidly changing world we also must recognize colleges right for many people, it's not right for every person you have to go to college for his or her family

thank you and may god bless you and the state of north carolina. [applause] >> again, a live picture from the roosevelt room of the white house this evening, where we are awaiting remarks from president biden on today's jobs report and the state of the u.s. economy. this is his last jobs report while serving as president. the unemployment rate ticked down from 4.2% to 4.1% last month. live coverage of the president when he starts here on c-span. waiting for remarks from president biden on the latest jobs report. while we wait we will show you a recent discussion on washington journal. welcome to the program. in talking about this attack in new orleans, the fbi had said the attacker is 100% inspired by ices. tell us how they reached that conclusion. >> the most obvious piece of evidence we have is he put an sis -- an isis flag on the back of his truck that he drove into bourbon street, killing 14 people. beyond that we know that over the course of the last year he posted a number of things on social media indicating his allegiance to isis, iicating

the north carolina board of elections moved the case to u.s. district court because of its implications for federal voting laws. now griffin is trying to move it back to the state's highest court saying it would better understand the specifics of his case. >> i wonder why he wanted it in the state supreme court? because they have a republican majority they may want to expand? a trump-appointed federal judge did that, kicking the case back to the republican-controlled north carolina supreme court. the very court that griffin ran to join and lost. the republican majority in the court blocked the certification of his loss, opening the door to them just flat out stealing an election the democrats won narrowly but fair and square. do not be fooled for one second. and think republicans attack on democracy over because democrats certified the presidential results. it remains the case that republicans often or too often only accept election results when they win. bob morris a justice in the north carolina supreme court from 1995 until 2004 and left the

north carolina republicans had a bad election night statewide.ate mark robinson, who lost by 15 points. they probably could've done better. they lost that state supreme court race. my sense, and i read local politics there very well, there is not a ton of handwringing about what did we do wrong. there is just this well we are just going to move some authority out of the offices to republicans and we are just going to keep fighting. >> the strategy was in place and i really think this litigation strategy was there in case trump lost north carolina by an incredibly close margin. and so, while, like i said, any legitimate challenge to an election goes through a court process. that's the way the system is supposed to work. but you know, what's troubling to me, two things -- one is the attacks on the election workers and state board of elections and their staff, who i think have done an incredible job in north carolina, in a nonpartisan way. and so it's fundamentally wrong, i think, to be attacking them as somehow cooking the books on this. and the ot

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. davis: mr. speaker, i rise to honor and celebrate the remarkable life of dr. suzanne evans shepherd. an exceptional -- exceptional member of our community who touched many lives. she was a devoted mother, educator, and wife. an inspiring figure who cherished her church, victor and dough mineon world outreach center. to serve as a reminder of her tremendous contributions, her church has renamed its family life center in her honor. on her birthday, family and community members gathered to celebrate. we released balloons into the sky and pastor dr. shepherd, her beloved husband, made the heartfelt announcement. the new name is fitting reflect being the center's role in serving the community to which she dedicated so much of her life. i'm truly grateful for d dr. suzanne shepherd and the new n

i'm joined now by north carolina governor josh stein. governor, thank you so much for being with us, and congratulations on your new job. >> thank you. >> you've got a lot on your plate right now. what sort of weather impacts are you expecting in your state? what are you bracing for? what kind of help are you anticipating? you're going to have to dole out? >> yeah, we're worried about freezing rain and ice accumulation, particularly in the mountains. >> the northern part of the mountains, especially. we are braced for whatever comes our way. and our emergency management team is ready to provide whatever help is necessary. but the consequences of this storm really underscore the urgency for us to respond to hurricane helene, which was just a massive, devastating storm of immense consequence. more than 100 lives lost, $60 billion in damages. it's just an insane amount of money. thousands, tens of thousands of homes damaged or destroyed, private roads and bridges, some 8000 small businesses lost out on billions of dollars of revenue. vital

i got 160 acres of land, that may be a lot of land in north carolina. in north dakota you needed 1,000 acres to farm. now you might need 5,000. there is a little patch of farm ground, and i mortgaged it. i literally bet the farm to start a software company, and we had 10 kids and started when we were young in this start-up. no one had ever heard of software. it was in the 1980's. they said you can't do it. i've had people tell me my whole life what you can't do. we started with young folks and a dream. 18 years later, we were an overnight success story. in between all that, we had some near death business experiences and we also had a lot of hard work, but i learned a lot of lessons. we started with those 10. we built a company of 2,000 people. we had 1,200 in fargo, 400 rest of world, 400 in north america. i was still at that time single. we had 140,000 customers in over 120 countries around the world. making software in fargo, north dakota. we had people working for us and partners and customers. they didn't have the right to free speech in some of the

in a new op-ed, wiley nickel writing this that north carolina is a true purple state with a nearly 50olinians expect fairness with how their voices are represented in congestion, but the latest gerrymandered election maps reshaped the balance of power in washington, d.c., costing democrats control of the u.s. house of representatives, and now with adam gray's victory in the 13th district giving the fair three- see majority, it's clear the gerrymandering in north carolina tipped the scales in their favor and cost democrat the control of the u.s. house of representatives. congressman nickel did not run for reelection citing his district as one of three in north carolina that were vastly reshaped by republican gerrymandering. congressman nickel is joining us now. >> congressman, a week ago it was a rigged map, not his words, but the rigged map in north carolina was the difference between democrats controlling the house of representatives for the next two years and republicans. of course you can go back to 2022, and it was the democratic snafus in redistricting in new york state that put

i got 160 acres, a dry land farm ground that maybe a lot of ground in north carolina, north dakota.h dakota, you need a thousand acres in those days to farm. now, you might need 5000, but i there's a little patch of farm ground and i literally i mortgaged it. i literally bet the farm to start a software company. and we had ten kids and that started when we were young. and this little start up, everyone thought we were crazy, you know, no one had ever heard of software. and it was in 1980s, like, what is that? and if you in they knew what it was then they said you can't do it here. i've had people tell me my whole life what you can't do and you can't do it here. but we started with young folks and we started with a dream. and then 18 years later we were an overnight success story. but and in between all that, we had some near-death business experiences and we also had a lot of hard work. but i learned a lot of lessons and we started with those ten. we built a company of 2000 people. we had 1200 in fargo, 400 rest of north america, and 400 rest of world. so as a young, i was young and

centers for, sorry, department of health and human services of north carolina. dr. cohen will make some remarks to kick served with great distinction and public acclaim as the health secretary of the north carolina centers for, sorry, department of health and human services of north carolina. dr. cohen will make some remarks to kick us off, then we will have a chat, then we will turn matters over to the audience. dr. cohen with respect to the topics that may be raised, i remind you, this session is on the record. dr. cohen: good evening, everyone. thank you for hosting us. i wanted to acknowledge in the audience, my deputy of the cdc makes things work. and my 12-year-old daughter has been with me today. [applause] dr. cohen: she has seen a long day of talking that i do as cdc director. she has been amazing so thank you for coming to new york with me today. it is great to be here. i want to start with some framing remarks as to where cdc is. it is an important moment when we are having this conversation because i think folks have an image of what cdc is and does,

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and you have been in one of those positions in north carolina. and i think it would be useful for them to hear why this makes your job at cdc complicated, maybe it makes it more interesting, but tell the group a little bit about how the cdc operates on the ground. dr. cohen: sure. i think we have all learned lessons about how decentralized our public health infrastructure is. and sometimes that is great and sometimes that is challenging. as dr. varmus was referring to. but what i would say is that 80% of the dollars that come to cdc end up going out to states and localities, whether it is to improve their data systems, or to work on something like overdose prevention. so there are many ways in which, when you hear about cdc budget and what does that mean, yes, it could have impacts for the agency but 80% of those dollars are domestic dollars going to our states and localities. so when you hear a cut to cdc, which is on paper, the house budget, again, which is currently sitting there, we are on a continuing resolution, the house budget has a 22% c

okay, outrage in north carolina.y could be kicked out of temporary housing and into a snowstorm. if fema was set to end temporary assistance on friday, but amid pressure from lawmakers, moved the deadline again to tuesday. it's also closed all the disaster recovery centers until tomorrow due to winter weather while lines for to pain extend for miles -- propane. matt and erin are residents of weatherville, north carolina, helping victims of hurricane helene since september. they join us now. first of all, i want to just say thank you so much to both of you for volunteering your time and your resources to help people many such need. erin, i have to ask you and, obviously, this is such an important thing to remember, you know, obviously it's easy to sort of focus on what's occurring in california right now, but there are still thousands of people many western north carolina who are still trying to rebuild right now. >> yeah. i mean, and, you know, we totally feel for everyone in california. it is so, it's like a mirror

have any of you heard of the north carolina weather authority? it's a facebook page?ah. >> yeah. >> reporter: all of you? how many of you love it? [ cheering ] [ applause ] >> thank you. >> here's the deal. this is a room of some of your biggest fans. everybody in here. >> wow, okay. awesome. >> reporter: everybody in here. >> that's awesome. >> i am so proud of the work that you've done, and just, you know, the lives that you've affected. >> the attention ewe always played to the really, really local deals is why i think it all came together for helene. >> people live in these counties and they're all talking about it. so i don't want them. >> i think that's why everybody feels like you're their weather guy. you're not the charlotte or raleigh. you're their weather guy because you reported on all the places. >> have i seat. >> can i? >> yes! >> i'm emily brewer. i grew up in asheville, and no one associates that with destruction. and somehow you with your clear communication and your level headedness, you communicated that in a way that i feel so fortunate i saw and

in the dead center of fort bragg, north carolina, is a nondescript, red brick building. himself a prime suspect in the murder of air force captain marty theer. melissa stoddard diaz: military justice is much swifter than civilian justice. so he goes to the article 32 hearing, which is like the grand jury. they immediately find cause, and they charge him. keith morrison: and nine months after the murder, in a small fort bragg courtroom, diamond went on trial before a military jury. melissa stoddard diaz: diamond was very, very cocky at the beginning. he would laugh and joke with reporters in there. he was just so sure that he was going to be acquitted. keith morrison: but john diamond wasn't the star of his own trial. michelle was. she was free as a bird then, though still under investigation by fayetteville civilian homicide cops. and here she was, called to testify at her former lover's military trial. melissa stoddard diaz: and she shows up. her hair is now, like, a red color that she's colored it. she's lost a bunch of weight, and she's got a gaggle of media following

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adams of north carolina. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on agreeing to the motion to recommit. members will record their votes by electronic device. five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 208. the nays are 218. the motion is not adopted. the question is on passage of the bill. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the noes have it. the bill is not passed. without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. >> mr. speaker -- mr. walberg: mr. speaker, i ask for the yeas and nays and final passage. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are ordered. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays are ordered

jeff was a marine at camp lejeune, north carolina.drake, lived with him, casandra offered jeff a warning. she could be going and trying to kidnap the son because she doesn't have custody. and then they could disappear off the face of this earth. keith morrison (voiceover): meanwhile, word was spreading around pensacola. brian muhlbach: i actually saw a facebook post by her girlfriend, casandra, saying that she hadn't heard from her in a while. and, well, i knew that was strange and tried to call taylor myself, and she didn't answer, which i knew, at that point, something was wrong. and i got on my business facebook page, and i posted that one of our investigators, taylor wright, was missing. and within a couple days, calls were flooding in. but most of it was just theories. keith morrison (voiceover): theories like maybe some target of one of her investigations harbored a grudge and took revenge. if there was somebody potentially mad at her because of private investigations issues, but we found nothing in there that would lead us that

at this time i would yield five minutes to the gentleman from north carolina, the bill's sponsor, mr. rouzer. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. rouser: i thank my friend. i rise in support of this bill, the amtrak executive bonus disclosure act. mr. rouzer: it requires public disclosure of taxpayer funded bonuses given to its top executive. amtrak was created 55 years ago by congress as a for-profit entity to relieve our nation's vital freight railroads of their obligation under law to provide what had proved to be an unprofitable intercity passenger rail service. since then, amtrak has done no better. they have failed to ever make a profit and struggle to provide adequate service. even with the post-pandemic improvements in ridership, staggering financial losses remain. in 2023, amtrak lost more than $1.7 billion despite collecting $11 billion in taxpayer subsidies and almost $22 billion in advanced funding from the infrastructure investment and jobs act. amtrak's delays and customer service failures were front and center the day after christm

president, we saw that in south carolina, north carolina, georgia, and florida with hurricanes. this is also the nature of, to your point, this changing climate, these extreme weather conditions, not only are they volatile and devastating, but there is no method necessarily to the impact in terms of the predictability of where it might land if we're talking about a hurricane or a wildfire. it's a resilience and meditation -- -- adaptation -- pres. biden: in these other areas like the hurricanes from north carolina to florida where you saw entire highways devastated, coming off the side of the mountains, dropping into -- well, you've got to build back the highway in a different way, so make it stronger. so we're going to have to deal with this and we can make it -- i know anybody, any of your constituents who are listening say, my god, don't tell me about better, just tell me about getting back. but you know, we can not only build it back, we can build it back better, god willing. gov. newsom: 100%. no, it is remarkable and it's to your point, particularly as the smoke is clearin

thing, people writing don't forget about north carolina, just because california is burning and theyed in way they have never been slammed before. >> rachel: freezing temperatures, kicking people out of temporary housing and it is snowing and freezing. hope we are on the virge of change in our government, where citizens are prioritized. >> brian: don't forget your other show. >> rachel: notofox noticias. we have breaking news, we have maria on today and former ambassador of colombia talking about what changes will be experienced. >> brian: they are doing three executive orders. thank you, appreciate it. good luck to sean urg did his testimony. >> rachel: appreciate that. >> brian: one california family of 20 relatives once lived within walking distance of each other. how the fire burned across generations. let's get started. bill, where's your mask? i really tried sleeping with it, everybody. but i'm done struggling. now i sleep with inspire. inspire? inspire is a sleep apnea treatment that works inside my body with just the click of this button. a button? no mask? no hose? just slee

upper east tennessee, north carolina, georgia, there's no water, there's no electricity.a'am, there are people still living there in tents, and you have these arrogant federal bureaucrats saying we'll get you $700, but they don't have any even identification or a computer to get it, and it looks like they're going to roll out the red carpet hollywood elites. ma'am, that is another reason why donald j. trump is in the white house. they are tone deaf. they're getting their political advice from "the view," and that currently is why they're turning on each other, because they're seeing that their policies are failed, and america is on to their garbage. elizabeth: you know, it's just, it's beyond a tragedy. the words can't even capture, congressman, what is happening. we're talking tens of thousands of people becoming homeless in the span of three days. and we're talking about beachfronts now, like malibu, now just totally torched and wiped out when they knew they needed to keep those reservoirs full. the fire department chief is now turning on the mayor, karen because, sayin

host: that was ed in north carolina. this is virginia in houston, texas. caller: ahead.aller: i was just calling to answer the question. someone had called earlier and said what is happening to this country. what is happening to this country is we have people coming over here expecting us to change our america to their needs to what they want. america has the rule of law, and that is under god we trust. when people are staying out of their churches and not bringing their children up to know the way they should live, then we are always going to have trouble . we have to get back to the american way. if people that want to do that go back where you come from. this is america. in god we trust. host: virginia in texas. our last color in today's washington journal. will be back tomorrow morning, a five hour program tomorrow ahead of the start of 119th congress. join us then. in the meantime, have a great thursday. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2025] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content an

it's true for the north carolina we have to do a better job we need competent good governance but thatoesn't mean you cannot criticize the governor of california for so i think some very bad decisions over very long period of time. some of these reservoirs have been dry for 15, 20 years. the fire hydrants are being reported as going dry while the fires are trained to put out these fires. there is a serious lack of competent governance in california. it's part of the reason why the fires got so bad that we to better job at the federal level. shannon: are skeptics that worry about the menstruation will do it comes to handing out eight in california they're setting back to something president-elect said in september when he said we won't give him money to put out of all his fires but if we do not give him the money to put out his fire she's got problems but is there any consideration of withholding aid to california? works president trump cares about all americans he is the president for all americans. i think he intends to have fema and other federal response is much much better and much

and it is the same story repeated across of north carolina.ir house was destroyed by a flood and they didn't have flood insurance even though they lived up in the mountains, why would you expect a flood when you are in the mountains? they weren't covered by insurance. how many people in florida have been dropped by their insurance company because of hurricane coverage? there are so many people across the country you are in the same boat as the folks in the pacific palisades. we have been talking about all the homes that were lost in los angeles. what about the homes that were lost because of hurricane helene in north carolina in the southern part of virginia? there were a lot of people who are still hurting. when you take a look at parts of north carolina, it is like eileen came through yesterday. the bridges are still out there the homes are destroyed. the businesses are destroyed. there is no rebuilding going on. how long will it take for california to come back? >> sandra: we have been waiting to watch live for this speech, the president's

some voters in north carolina registered with forms that predated the passage of that act.e has been brought up before and has been dismissed by a federal district court judge in the lead up to the most recent election. the state board of election also reviewed allegations that people were improperly registered and therefore ineligible to vote, and they dismiss that claim. when they looked into it, all these cases, voters who cast ballots in the most recent elections had to provide either photo i.d. or fill out exception forms. all of those ballots had to be reviewed by local board of elections. anyone who cast a ballot, those ballots for review, and their eligibility was confirmed. stephanie: why is mr. griffin so confident that worthy's 60,000 ballots to be thrown out, it would help him or change the outcome of the election? does he know the party, for example, of who these voters are? rusty: the pool of voters swept up in the ballot protests filed by judge griffin includes voters of all registrations, republicans, democrats, unaffiliated. it also happens to include the p

we just gave a hundred billion dollars in emergency funding for north carolina all of that was borrowedhen i say take it from somebody else. i came up with a trillion dollars of savings through my annual festiva's waste report will give you one quick one, the nih the national institute spent $759 billion on diversity equity and inclusion i thought they were doing science but based on racial bs and there's a lot of money throughout government let's cut those and move it over to disaster those don't add on to the debt. most democrats and many republicans will say you how to pay for disaster aid that's one thing we never paid for. it was a month ago we borrowed $100 billion for north carolina and now for them to say immediately were going to do it again let's look at the money we get to california and re-channel some of that into protecting the people to broader force management. maria: i understand all of that, you and the other gop senators met with president trump this week as well as key congressmen at mar-a-lago this weekend if you hammer out a strategy for tackling the upcoming prior

host: this is linda, an independent at north carolina. caller: one thing nobody has mentioned when everybody's try to figure who to blame for january 6 and whatever you want to call it that happened, they say they tried everything, they called the police and the national guard. and the one thing they do not try was when president trump finally washed down and said ok, go home. everybody laughed. is that a clue to who is responsible for this thing? host: about five minutes left in open forum. we are showing you pictures around the united states capital today. security is high today and will be through the inauguration. yesterday, amy klobuchar spoke about security on capitol hill, comparing it to four years ago. >> what we found out last january 6, and this could have been any event but this one is etched in our mind forever with the police officer dying and so many people hurt, we had cops that cannot get at their riot gear. it was locked in a bus. a four hour delay to call in the national guard because of some rule that created a phone t

we're looking to hire new risk assessors, recent college graduates in our north carolina facility. so if you're from, recent college student, you're from north carolina were looking to hire the risk assessors to a post relocate in research triangle park. the same time we're training across the country people to go into the water management systems jobs. this is where public waterworks, the public waterworks workers today, 40-50% are eligible to retire. we're going to have a shortage so try to get out there and you don't do so have to have a college education to work for water supply company. there's jobs across the whole spectrum. but 40-50% are eligible to retire today's web to make sure we have people trained to what i water systems. our public water drinking water, sewer water systems, going into the future. >> administrator, you are the epa administrator and what is your message to conservatives? i'm a conservative but i believe that god entrusted us to be good stewards of the earth. >> absolutely. >> what is your message to the conservatives after in the state of foreign priva

denver, north carolina, line for democrats. -- deborah, north carolina, line for democrats. caller: good morning. i'm hopeful that we do increase the minimum wage. i'm hopeful that social security is not destroyed. i hope that we can work together and not spend useless time arguing over passing something that makes sense for the american people. it is find that johnson is the speaker, but i like representative jefferson. we have to consider the middle class. not the first thing came out of donald trump's mouth is that they going to lower taxes or destroy taxes on the billionaires. it seems like the billionaires are more favorable in this country, although they make up just a handful of people, and donald trump has an unelected representative, elon musk, telling him what to do that would benefit him. of all of the money that elon musk gave donald trump for reelection, why didn't he give money to pay back what he owes for his space program? i am a democrat and i feel we care more about the country. a lot of democrats did get brainwashed thinking donald trump lied, but the firs

when my wife got a job offer in north carolina. >> you're in north carolina.at i feel like is i don't want anyone to get the wrong idea that that that there's any judgment here or guilt that, like, you shouldn't sometimes be like, oh, you shouldn't be living in the gulf. you know, naturally, there's hurricanes there. you shouldn't live in these parts because there's x natural phenomenon. you know, we saw with asheville, north carolina, a place that i think literally had been marketed as a climate haven, getting absolutely knocked out that, that, that this is an unpredictable system we're in now. >> i agree, i don't think trying to find a safe haven is the right strategy here. i think what we need to do is collectively organize and realize that these are not natural disasters. these are disasters that have been perpetrated by one industry and then the supporting industries to like the banking industry that is still financing new fossil fuel projects, which obviously, like when we're in the hole, the first thing we should do is stop digging, right? so the scienc

host: that was lower in north carolina.his is the op-ed pages of the washington times, writing similar things that the caller speaks about, saying the truth is that we have known about the seasonal santa ana winds and wildfires they cause for millennium. anyone reading will find that the fires predate the industrial revolution and modern limit change policy. historical recurrence from government indicate large wildfires have been a natural part of california'ecosystem fors hundreds of years in the frequency have remained consistent no one should be surprised by the past weeks winds in flames, but the devastation was caused not by cars we drove in our neighborhoods or by cows but by people we elected. everything that just happened in los angeles could have been prevented. politics caused this crisis, not science. that from today's washington times. more for members of congress on the sunday shows and throughout the weekend. it was actually friday that congressman davidson of ohio called for some federal disaster relief to be