it is unclear how much say she will have versus pallone. at the end of the day, i think it is up to congressman upton and walden to decide these issues in the house. >> it could be really interesting to see how pallone is rights with the majority. with a shoe, you would have seen a lot of back-and-forth between republicans and democrats on tech issues that would have made for interesting fireworks. with pallone leaving things, you might see a little bit more consensus, a little bit more cooperation. we don't really know a whole about -- whole lot about pallone. some have said to me, new jersey is where at&t had a lot of its roots owing back to the 1940's and 1950's when it was a big monopoly. that is a direction he could go in. in general, we probably won't see the kinds of fireworks we might have seen with eschew at the top. >> what are other issues the fcc will be looking at? >> one thing the fcc will continue to look towards is spectrum and incentive options. the fcc is still working through a tremendously successful auction of governmen

pallone enter acts with the congress. you wouldn't see a lot of back and court between republicans and democrats on tech issues that would have made for interesting fireworks. here i think with pallone leading things you might see a little bit more consensusa little bit more cooperation again, we don't really know a whole lot about pallone but some people said to me, he is from new jersey, new jersey is where at&t has a lot of its roots going back to the '40s and 'other 5s when it was big monopoly. pallone might be more inclined to work with industry. that's a direction he could go in. bus in general we probably won't see the kinds of fireworks we might have seen with eschew as the top democrat. >> what's another issue the fcc will be looking at. >> one thing that the fcc will continue to work towards is spectrum and incentive auctions and the fcc is still working through a tremendously successful auction of government air waves right now and one big question is, does that set up telecom companies to spend more in an upco

pallone: mr. speaker, i yield now three minutes to the ranking member of the energy and power subcommittee, mr. rush. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois is recognized for three minutes. mr. rush: i want to thank the rsm. mr. speaker, i strongly oppose this bill and i strongly disagree with this abhorrent process that the majority side has undertaken in order to hastily bring h.r. 3 to the floor after only one hour of debate and denying the minority the ability to offer that one single solitary amendment. truth be told, mr. speaker it is unclear how this legislation will actually be a benefit to the american people. a 2014 report by the state department concluded that the keystone pipeline will create 35 permanent full-time domestic jobs. which is roughly the same amount of jobs that would be created by opening a new corner fast food burger joint, although with more risk to the american environment. and furthermore, mr. speaker this bill is unnecessary because there is already an

pallone: mr. speaker, i yield now three minutes to the ranking member of the energy and power subcommittee, mr. rush. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois is recognized for three minutes. mr. rush: i want to thank the rsm. mr. speaker, i strongly oppose this bill and i strongly disagree with this abhorrent process that the majority side has undertaken in order to hastily bring h.r. 3 to the floor after only one hour of debate and denying the minority the ability to offer that one single solitary amendment. truth be told, mr. speaker it is unclear how this legislation will actually be a benefit to the american people. a 2014 report by the state department concluded that the keystone pipeline will create 35 permanent full-time domestic jobs. which is roughly the same amount of jobs that would be created by opening a new corner fast food burger joint, although with more risk to the american environment. and furthermore, mr. speaker this bill is unnecessary because there is already an

pallone. mr. pallone: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in opposition to this bill, and i would yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for stihe may consume. mr. pallone: mr. speaker, i listen to my colleague, the chairman of the energy and commerce committee, where he said that the likelihood is that we are going to have more and more pipelines constructed, pipelines that have to go through the ferc process, and that is certainly true. but all the more reason why we shouldn't be voting or supporting this bill. i have to say, i am talking not just in general in the abstract, but from personal experience in my district a few years ago when i was a congressman in edson new jersey. we had a natural gas pipeline explosion, and fortunately no one was killed or seriously injured, but a whole apartment complex was wiped out not just one building but a series of them and it was a real danger of loss of life. it scares me, mr. speaker, in all honesty to think that we would want to change

pallone: mr. speaker, the keystone x.l. pipeline moves us in exactly the wrong direction, enabling the production of the dirtiest crude oil on the planet and increasing our carbon pollution for decades to come. and we need to avoid catastrophic climate change. the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere just hit 400 parts per million for the first time in human history. although this administration is making great progress, we're far from achieving our pollution reduction goals and the need to act is more urgent than ever. i would urge my colleagues to vote no. the president is going to veto this legislation. it's just a political exercise at this point, and, again, it bothers me that i hear so much from the other side about trying to help this canadian company. we should be concerned about the united states, and we should be concerned about the world and the environment that results from climate change and the continued production of greenhouse gases. my concern and the concern of the president is that this is si

pallone: mr. speaker, i rise in opposition to this legislation which is simply unnecessary. the department of energy currently conducts the public interest review of all applications to export liquefies natural gas to a country without a free trade agreement with the united states. to date d.o.e. has approved four such applications to export l.n.g. and has issued conditional approvals to four additional applications. d.o.e. has approved all applications that have completed their required nepa review. so there is no backlog or delay at the d.o.e. to speak of. with these permits alone we have the ability to become one of the largest exporters of natural gas in the world. so legislation to impose an arbitrary 30-day deadline on d.o.e. as suggested by the underlying bill is simply unnecessary. with regard to exporting natural gas, we should keep in mind that low domestic natural gas prices can provide an important competitive advantage to u.s. manufacturing. in simple economics tells us additional dem

pallone: mr. speaker, i yield now three minutes to the ranking member of the energy and power subcommittee, mr. rush. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois is recognized for three minutes. mr. rush: i want to thank the rsm. mr. speaker, i strongly oppose this bill and i strongly disagree with this abhorrent process that the majority side has undertaken in order to hastily bring h.r. 3 to the floor after only one hour of debate and denying the minority the ability to offer that one single solitary amendment. truth be told, mr. speaker it is unclear how this legislation will actually be a benefit to the american people. a 2014 report by the state department concluded that the keystone pipeline will create 35 permanent full-time domestic jobs. which is roughly the same amount of jobs that would be created by opening a new corner fast food burger joint, although with more risk to the american environment. and furthermore, mr. speaker this bill is unnecessary because there is already an

pallone and mr. shuster, two good friends of mine here in congress and i'm deeply appreciative of them all the time. i hopefully getting to know you bet iron this subject. i would echo the sentiments of my good friend, mr. cole. you certainly do know your subject and i, for one am appreciative of our members who make their presentations in a manner that is not abrasive, but makes it in a persuasive manner from the perspective that you hold. i also would like to borrow from my good friend from oklahoma mr. cole, a notion of something that i believe he and i would be able to work on right away. and i have done some initial work on it. understanding that the price of oil today -- and i'm not a petroleum expert or i don't have any stock. i used to tell people the only stock i had was in over the counter and that is groceries. i'm not in the market. and i don't understand truly the spot market and how oil is transmitted, but in a general way i do. but it would seem to me that while prices are low now, wha

pallone and mr. shuster, two good friends of mine here in congress and i'm deeply appreciative of them all the time. i hopefully getting to know you bet iron this subject. i would echo the sent mepts of my good friend, mr. cole. you certainly do know your subject and i, for one am appreciative of our members who make their presentations in a manner that is not abrace i have but makes it in a persuasive manner from the perspective that you hold. i also would like to borrow from my good friend from oklahoma, mr. cole, a notion of something that i believe he and i would be able to work on right away. and i have done some initial work on it. understanding that the price of oil today -- and i'm not a petroleum expert or i don't have any stock. i used to tell people the only stock i had was in over the counter and that is groceries. i'm not in the market. and i don't understand truly the spot market and how oil is transmitted, but in a general way i do. but it would seem to me that but it would seem to me

democrat frank pallone, jr. and republican frank lobiondo introduced bills taking two different approaches toward the same goal. pallone's would except new jersey from the federal ban on sports betting. the other bill would reopen a window for any state that wants to legalize sports betting within the next four years. since 2009 new jersey has been trying to offer sports betting but keeps getting shut down by the courts. >>> the first state aims to become the first to do something else. >> delaware is aiming to save you some trips to the dreaded dm dmv. handcuffs apparently not enough to stop pennsylvania woman. she actually was still able able to drive off in a cruiser at high speed. whole thing caught on tape. tom. >> lucy the physical lease confirm a fox 29 report they have a new president and david montgomery has a new role. insight from our h you know... there's a more enjoyable way to get your fiber. try phillips fiber good gummies. they're delicious... and an excellent source of fiber to help support regu

i think frank pallone's a toss-up. he hasn't been as involved in these issues as anna eshoo who he beat for the position for ranking member. anna eshoo will still be on the communicions subcommittee, so it's unclear how much say she'll have vers pallone, but again, they're going to be in the minority still, but at the end of the day it's still up to congressmen walden and upton to decide these issues in the house. >> guest: i think it could be interesting to see how pallone interacts with the majority on this. you know with eshoo as the ranking democrat, you would have seen a lot of back and forth between republicans and democrats on tech issues that would have made for some really interesting fireworks. here i think, with pallone leading things you might see a little bit more consensus, a little bit more cooperation. again, we don't really know a whole lot about pallone, but some people have said to me, you know, pa loan's from new jersey -- pallone's from new rsey, new jersey is where at&t had a lot of its roots goin

congressman pallone is joining me now. let me see if i understand this. you can't just get your hands on this data. it cannot be the case that the governor or the governor's appointee in the port authority can just reach into an ez pass system and say what has governor pallone been up to? >> not legally. they obtained this information illegally. how they obtained it? if they eternally obtained it? i don't know. it was illegally obtained and they use it to go after their political opponents or in the case of the senator, because he was raising the issue of the toll hikes, or another case last year, they cited my constituents, because once again, the governor's political appointee was trying to distract, if you will, from the scandal involved in bridge gate by pointing to ez pass being used by 46 people in new jersey. so weather it's a politician who is trying to make the case as to why the governor is not doing a good job, or other, just, you know regular citizens, how did they obtain this data. it's illegal for them to have it. someone got it illegally, a

chris pallone joins me with a new record. what is the old record and what is the new record. >> reporter: the old record was 33 inches and they smashed it 34.5 inches the largest snow on record here in the second largest city. things are not normal here today. take a look behind mef. you see that dunkin' donuts right there -- it is closed. you never see a closed dunkin donuts in massachusetts. that is representative of what is going on here in worcester. and people have been out today trying to get the city back open for business. school is closed today but some governmental offices did reopen today and businesses here along pleasant and main street some are open and some are closed. the ones that people had to get in and they had to shovel the sidewalks and others that couldn't get people in decided to take another day off and let the crews do their jobs off. worcester has five miles of roads and 16 miles of sidewalks so it is some time before it is entirely back to normal and the question is what do you do with the snowfall

joining me now is chris pallone. how is the foot traffic where you are?anybody still out on the streets? >> reporter: it is pretty light. i went for a walk around 3:00 this afternoon. that seemed to be a busier time. it seemed people. >> reporter: -- were trying to head to their cars to get home early. earlier this morning, the commute into boston was not a typical monday commute by any stretch of the imagination. traffic was very light, which just goes to show people here are paying attention to these warnings. the warnings have only had a couple of days to register with the public. people seem to be listening to the warnings. boston and massachusetts will have a travel ban that goes into effect at midnight tonight. only emergency and essential personal percent personnel will be allowed out on the roads tonight. this could be a record-setting snow. it's not so much the snow they're worried about. we're expecting 50 mile per hour winds here inland and then 70 mile per hour winds along the coast at cape cod and the islands. that could bring down trees. it

>> chris pallone, thank you so much. looks like a day for cross country skiing in boston. we'll check in on nantucket in a bit. logan airport technically open but that's only technically. thousands of travelers flights have been canceled today. when will the airport be fully operational? thomas glynn joins us by phone. thank you very much. what is the status of the air travel now out of logan and surrounding airports? >> thank you, no flights scheduled today at logan and we think tomorrow, wednesday, things will ramp up gradually, a few flights in the morning but start to pick up around noontime and some airlines won't get started until even a little bit later in the afternoon. it takes a while. it isn't just the runway that has to be plowed we have to get aircraft flown in from warmer climate and get crews in. it takes all three of those elements before we can get back in business. it will take a decent chunk of tomorrow. thursday will be the first day when things are back to normal. >> you've also got to get tsa employees in and all of the infrastructure of the airport r

in those places though throughout the northeast, massachusetts, let's start in boston with chris pallone who only slept maybe two or three hours last night. snow power outages, still happening there, are people venturing out or are they still hunkering down indoors chris? >> yeah craig, it's pretty funny. boston common where i'm standing right now has been a virtual ghost town as has the rest of boston. you have the one stragleer to decide to cross country ski to work or needed to walk the dog, but we really saw nobody for most of the morning today. in the last half our or so people have gone stir crazy. i want to show you some of the common behind me. look at what we've got. in my eyesight here i don't see too many people but there are a few dog walkers out there. just down a little bit further down beacon street i can see a bunch of kids playing on sleds. i've seen people with snowshoes and person with a snowboard a couple of minutes ago. they are starting to come out to boston common a little bit to get out of the house to use whatever they got for christmas maybe, but a few people on

. >> chris pallone joins me life. you heard from the teammates, denying knowledge of what may have happened but how is that denial playing league-wide? >> reporter: well it is a mixed bag, francis. you have former players appearing on various sports shows acting incredulous about all of this. the fact that brady, who handles the ball on just about every snap can't tell the difference between a couple of pounds per square inch in the football and then some experts coming out, guys like joe theismann and other quarterbacks saying that makes perfect sense to them. it is just a couple of pounds per square inch of air. they handle the ball very quickly and pass it so the fact that brady said he didn't notice any difference during the game doesn't surprise them at all. the senior bowl is going on down in mobile. that is a big scouting event for the nfl and people down there are reporting that a lot of gms and coaches are shrugging their shoulders about this. but you just alluded about the nfl statement that came out in the

we have team coverage beginning with chris pallone back in worcester. what can you tell us?reporter: it is a slow and steady amount of progress being made here in worcester, massachusetts. this is the second largest city but they the biggest snowstorm. as you mentioned, 34.5 inches of snow, the previous record was 33 inches. they have 500 miles of roads and 16 miles of sidewalks that have to be cleared. many streets have gotten at least one pass with a plow but they are not very passable so crews are going through and trying to clear up streets as best they k. there are 400 trucks out on the roads but that is not enough to do this in just a single day. so the school board here has already canceled school again for tomorrow. that will be the third straight day that school has been canceled here and then they will make a decision tomorrow about friday. but the big concern is safety of children driving safety for parents but when you look around and see the high snowdrifts pushed up by the plows and the wind here even if the sidewalk is shovelled, there might not be a path to g

. >> chris pallone shows us just how long the take in one ever the hardest hit areas. >> reporter: the blizzard of 2015 is officially one for the record books. >> this was the sixth biggest storm in the city of boston's history, and it was the largest storm on record in the city of boston in the many of january. >> reporter: from connecticut to maine heavy snow and high winds blasted the region, closing schools and businesses and shutting down roads, canceling thousands of flights. now the cleanup and catch-up is under way. here in new england's second largest city, worcester massachusetts, they're digging out from 34.5 inches of snow. it's their biggest snowfall ever. >> i'm on a mission. i want to get it done. >> reporter: like many new englanders he's racing to get things cleaned up before the next snow flies possibly later this week. the south shore of massachusetts and nantucket island took a beating from winds near hurricane speed and high waves which rocked the seaseawalls. state officials are assessing the damage. at the northeast major airport stranded air travelers are finall

chris pallone, nbc news, worcester massachusetts. >> they really got hammered. meanwhile, pretty minimal here and in new york, philadelphia. >> yeah. i tell you what philadelphia saw 1.2 inches of snow. >> less than us. >> much less than us. about half what we saw in our area. our location picking up anywhere between 1 and 3, some locations 4 inches yesterday. now we have a little tomorrow and maybe a little bit more on sunday. super bowl sunday, that's right a little storm moving in. high temperature today in the upper 30s, right now at 35 degrees. look at that windchill 26 right now, winds gusting between 20 and 25 miles per hour all day. already below the freezing mark in winchester around gauge urzburg and baltimore, down toward honeytown clurntly 32. it's going to be told tonight. once again we'll see the wind relax and when it does, we're not talking about cloud cover so no rain. those temperatures will fall fairly quickly. satellite and radar showing clear skies up and down i-95, richmond toward philadelphia. back towards the west you can see that storm s

nbc's chris pallone is in boston, where it looks like a ghost town. >> reporter: hearty new englanders were stopped in their tracks by this historic snowstorm. big bands of snow and whipping winds pummeled boston to rhode island dumping as much as 2 to 4 inches an hour at its peak. governors from five states declared the states of emergency on monday telling citizens to stay home and off the roads, and crews plowed streets and highways trying to stay ahead of the mounting snow. again, officials are warning people to take a snowday and stay off the streets. >> people should spend the morning cleaning up digging out, doing the sorts of -- sidewalks, fire hydrants. >> reporter: air travel in the northeast has crippled all three of new york's major airports were closed. airlines canceled more than 6,000 flights in the last 24 hours. the ripple effect will take days to recover from. new york city dodged a bullet when the storm went slightly off-course, leaving the city with about 8 inches in central park. other areas of new york were harder hit. long island received 16 inches, more in other

democratic congressman frank pallone jr. of new jersey sent a letter to u.s. attorney general eric holder. he wants the doj to determine if officials at the port authority improperly accessed drivers ez pass data for political purposes. the congressman says officials and governor have publicly referenced this information. we reached out to the governor's office for comment. we have not yet heard back. >>> turning now to decision 2015. philadelphia city council president daryll clark has announced he will not run for mayor. today he released a statement on his facebook page saying he wants to serve another term representing the fifth district on city council. the ads there's much more he wants to do in his current position. >>> at least six candidates are vying for the democratic mayoral nomination including former district attorney lynn abraham, former city solicitor and anthony harding williams and also to include doug oliver former judge diaz and former state legislator milton street. >>> he had success as a sportscaster but tonight don tollefson is struggli

chris pallone and a strategically placed pile of snow. appreciate it, chris. >>> and in tennessee, darker story, a jury convicted two former vanderbilt football players of raping a former student. both men mounted a defense blaming a college culture of binge drinking and sex. took the nashville injury three hours to convict those men. that's partly on the basis of a video taken by one of the players that helped decide the case. former football players scheduled to be sentenced on march 6th could face decades in prison. of course, that trial coming at a time of national debate about rape on u.s. college campuses. nashville, this week officials are meeting about how exactly to confront sex assault on campus. >>> and finally to the white house where there are new details emerging right now about that infamous drone crash on the white house lawn. the cause of the crash, well "new york times" sums it up this way. their headline today, drunken lark is how they characterize it. a man who turned himself in admitting he was drinking at a nearby ap

chris pallone is with me. it is snowing? >> it is cold 12 13 degrees now.es. there might be ocean effect snow that moves in before the storm hits about 7:00 or 8:00 tonight. but the travel problems are already starting to stack up even though we are seeing a little burst of sunlight now. logan airport announced in the last few minutes it is stopping all flights tonight at 7:30 so no more flights in and out of logan tonight sometime between 7:30, 8:00 tonight. they don't anticipate resuming flights until wednesday morning at the earliest. if you're looking to travel it is going to cause a domino effect across the east coast. other cities from philadelphia to maine. if you're trying to get somewhere in the country, that could be a problem. using words like historic, unprecedented for this storm. snow is one thing. predicting 20 to 30 inches in boston down into providence into down east maine. governor charlie baker says what could be a big problem is coastal flooding. there are many areas on the massachusetts coastline, up in plum island, down to the south sh

congressman frank pallone is saying -- host: charlie wrangle from new york -- how will you honor mlk and his legacy? suites this morning from several members of congress. you can check them out on c-span's twitter page. lacy clay. members arrived in ferguson to pledge their support. talking about the event they attended in ferguson. terry in arizona on the line for independents. good morning. caller: good morning. the letter that clip talking about obama's imperfections. he and others like him are part of the problem. there is nothing that obama can do. it doesn't matter. he could do the right or wrong thing. it doesn't matter. it is always wrong. all they do is criticize the pompous speeches they make. they ignore the fact that obama's is struggling with the problems and trying to solve them the best he can. pope francis is probably the closest living person to martin luther king. thank you. host: live images from the national mlk memorial. jeh johnson in the middle walking around the memorial. he is set to participate in a wreath-laying that we will show you. pontiac michigan, kenn

opportunities to work together and i look forward to working with chairman upton, ranking member pallone, and representative degette on this bipartisan effort. as we look to move forward, i have told members of congress from both parties that we agree with them on the need to improve innovation, collaboration, and data sharing among scientists, to respond to patients' needs and give them a meaningful voice in their own care, to bridge scientific gaps and bring products to market to attract the best experts, to accelerate cures to reduce the administrative burdens and duplications, and to do all this while maintaining and protecting the public's health safety. i want to give you an example of how by moving innovation forward we have the opportunity to deliver the sort of impact that can touch the lives of so many for the better, and that example is precision medicine. the science of harnessing our understanding of the human genome to customize our medical care to our own personal genetic makeup. for most of history, medical practitioners have been forced to make recommendations about prev

. >>> joining me now is chris pallone, what's the latest? >> all afternoon it was cloudy and a little bit of flurries falling, but about 7:00 tonight as was predicted this storm started to intensify here on boston common. now we're seeing very fine powdery snow. it has been falling for the past couple hours here. we're seeing powdery accumulation here. as this forecast says, this is not supposed to get really intense until after midnight and closer to the predawn hours. it could fall two or four inches per hour. it coincides here. and the cape and islands down in the south. it could pose real problems for people who live along the shoreline. we're also noticing in the last hour or two that the wind is really starting to pick up. some high gusts in the last couple of hours. overnight these gusts are supposed to turn into sustained winds. it is near hurricane force. the concern here of course is snow. if we get two or three feet of snow, that will be tough to dig out from.r hunkered down. they're expecting widespread power outages. as you migh

also watching for localized flooding on the coast. >> chris pallone, thank you so much. i want to show you these pictures from msnbc.com showing sog you rarely see, empty streets in new york city. that won't be the case today, now that the travel ban was lifted. jane timm joins us this morning. what is it look like? >> reporter: hey, we just saw plows take a nice big pass. we are on the west side of central park. and we are actually in a few minutes going to hop out right up here and show you a little bit of where we can go. the streets are really clear and i think a lot of people expected them not to be as clear as they are because it seemed like such a big blizzard. what i am hearing from my sources is that because there was a travel ban and people couldn't get out, that's why they're so clear. sanitation was able to keep moving and plowing all through the night leaving every street clear, so they're actually very movable now. so we are out here you can see huge snowbanks that are here. i am about 5'3" they're pretty tall. this is what they're pulling off the streets.

with me now, nbc's chris pallone in boston common where the streets are just about desolate. we see plenty of snow still coming down. bill karins saying framingham had 30 inches boston 18 inches so far. >> reporter: yeah, tamron just when i think it is starting to taper off, it starts to fire up again. that's consistent with what bill was saying in these bands of snow that are radiating out off the storm out over the ocean here. even though we see some of the snow slow down on boston common it does tend to intensify a bit. we're not out of the woods yet as snow continues to fall. the thing about it is the winds are so high here this morning that there's a lot of drifting. even though there may be a foot and a half of snow here in some places up to my thigh. let me show you the common and what's going on now. we have folks out and about, walking around today, but it is still pretty quiet out here on the common as most people are just kind of hunkering down at home taking the day off. of course mandatory travel ban keeps most people inside. but those who are curious and enjoy t

let's go to chris pallone in massachusetts with the latest.tell me how the dig out is going this morning. >> reporter: slow but steady jose. good morning. here in worcester it looks like a winter wonderland but it is a nightmare for people trying to get to work and trying to get to places of business, trying to get them open. school is out today for another day of cleanup. the city of worcester has about 400 pieces of snow removal equipment and they're going around the city. it is kind of like triage. first thing you try to do is get the streets clean, get sidewalks clean, then tidy up after that and make it nice. look what they're doing. as you can see here this is probably 10, 15 feet tall. this is a big snow pile. as they're clearing the snow off the sidewalks and off the streets here they're putting it wherever they can to get it out of the way, they'll come back the next few days start taking this down bringing it off site. look at downtown worcester. places are opening as soon as they can. some businesses are open some aren't. you see he

chris pallone is there. when you factor in temperatures whatever eventually falls to the ground will likely stay for longer than any of us would like. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, tamron. the snow pack here is going to last for awhile because these temperatures are not supposed to climb in the next several days they're predicting a light and fluffy snow which will be blowing around. that might mean huge snow drifts they're talking not just 20 to 30 inches of snow but really high winds, up to 60 70 miles per hour approaching hurricane force. the governor in massachusetts, charlie baker, has been urging residents to use today to prepare. the bulk of the storm will start to arrive around the evening commute, after the evening commute. he said that people should be using today to gas up cars and generators, go get extra food prepare for worst case scenario which might be having to stay home in the next several days and possibly without power. they're anticipating possible widespread power outages here becaus

. >> crit pallone, thank you for being with us. >>> and from the eagles former congressman, [ inaudibleo ben vollin. and ben, is there a chance we may never find out what happened here or who was responsible for this? >> i think it is very possible that this investigation doesn't end up with a concrete result. a lot of it will come down to he said-she said and is anyone willing to admit they let out air of the football. nothing has turned up yet. i'm skeptical they will have findings before the super bowl and this may take a while and we'll never know the full extent of what is going on here. >> and everyone who is investigating this is incentivized not to find anything wrong. and you were a player for the eagles who lost to the patriots in the 2012 super bowl. >> thanks for reminding him. >> well he got to the super bowl. i'm curious to hear what you say because this raises more questions than answers. surely some ball boy did not decide on his own to deflate the balls and they didn't get to the championship game and say let's deflate the super bowls, and they could have been doing thi

pallone of new jersey, two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlemafr n jsey rd r two minutes. mr. pallone: thank you madam speaker. today is a sad day for this institution. late last night when republicans failed to garner the votes for one extreme antiwoman bill, they pulled the switch and turned to another extreme antiwoman bill. in this attempt to restrict women's access to abortion care is an unprecedented radical assault on women's health care. tens of thousands of women and their families will be harmed by this policy. the bill's sponsors claim that this bill simply codifies the hyde amendment. and that is inaccurate. this bill takes unprecedented steps far beyond the hyde amendment. this bill places restrictions on how women with private insurance can spend private dollars in purchasing health insurance. but the bill doesn't stop there. it also prohibits washington, d.c., from using its own medicaid funds to make health care coverage decisions. and the goal behind this bill is to effectively get rid of all

>> thank you, congressman pallone. for the question. i think with what's on the table today there's serious threats. this undermines f.c.c. efforts to bridge the digital divide. particularly concerned with rural subsidies and efforts to reform the lifeline program which brings -- could have the potential to bring affordable broadband to the working poor. it undermines privacy, truth in billing, all kinds of consumer protections that we as americans have come to expect and rely on. and it calls into question the f.c.c.'s ability to continue protecting us in the -- on the communications platform of the 21st century. >> thank you. my republican colleagues characterize the draft bill as consistent with the f.c.c.'s 2010 net neutrality rules. do you agree the draft bill provides the same level of protection as the 2010 rules? >> i think it's true there are some rules that look like the 2010 rule. i think the -- there's a number of distinctions that i laid out in my testimony, but i think the critical distinction is that it strips the f.c.c.

pallone, you want to say something?>> i listened to the questions and comments that you posedz and responses by the republican colleagues. the point i'm making here, going back to the process again, you know, the president has basically said because of the state department's concerns, as well as the state of nebraska's concerns, that we should -- simply need more time to study this, the jury's out. after listening to the debate back and forth here today i'm more convinced than ever that that's the case. so the point i'm trying to make here again is that, you know, why are we deeming this approved? this is something that needs more -- more study. >> in court. exactly. so i think the very debate that you brought up here, ms. slaughter, is very -- supports the reason why we should be moving forward here. this is something that is not -- that the congress shouldn't be acting on without further hearings and new session, without, you know, the -- getting rid of the president's ability to say whether this is in the national in

nbc's chris pallone is in worcester, massachusetts, who got 34.5 inches of snow. biggest snowfall on record. we see it behind you. >> reporter: that's right, tamron this is the second largest city in all of new england and boy do they have their work cut out for them. getting rid of 34.5 inches of snow. schools and many businesses are closed today, it will facilitate cleanup. where do you put all of that snow? you put it here in giant piles. all they want to do at this point is to kind of triage all the snow. get it out of the street then get it out of the sidewalk they put it wherever they can, then come along later, start trucking it off site. we have good news in the past hour, though. as i drove into worcester a couple hours ago, all the streets in the city were snow covered, hit by the plow once or twice, but were still pretty slick, as the sun is starting to come out, even though it is below freezing with ice melter you can see the street was starting to see asphalt under the street. that will improve tracks as the day goes along. as the sun goes down later,

>> nbc's chris pallone is in the middle. boy, you guys did get ham earned. >> yeah raj and jessica, we sure did. let me put it into perspective for you. more than 30 hours after this blizzard started moving into boston, it's still lightly snowing out here. we expect it to go for another few hours before it finally tapers off. the storm is finally moving up into maine. i think it's safe to say that people here are really anxious to start the cleanup here. but the governor of massachusetts said today that all things considered he thinks things could have been a little bit worse when it came to damage. the blizzard of 2015 unleashed its wrath on massachusetts, rhode island new hampshire, and maine, dumping 30 inches of snow or more in some towns. >> the snow is up to about just below my chest line. it's pretty high. slow trudging. >> reporter: across boston desolate streets closed businesses. public transportation halted. a travel ban remains in effect, keeping mote drivers off the roads, except for plows which are struggling t

pallone of new jersey, two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlemafr n jsey rd r two minutes. mr. pallone: thank you madam speaker. today is a sad day for this institution. late last night when republicans failed to garner the votes for one extreme antiwoman bill, they pulled the switch and turned to another extreme antiwoman bill. in this attempt to restrict women's access to abortion care is an unprecedented radical assault on women's health care. tens of thousands of women and their families will be harmed by this policy. the bill's sponsors claim that this bill simply codifies the hyde amendment. and that is inaccurate. this bill takes unprecedented steps far beyond the hyde amendment. this bill places restrictions on how women with private insurance can spend private dollars in purchasing health insurance. but the bill doesn't stop there. it also prohibits washington, d.c., from using its own medicaid funds to make health care coverage decisions. and the goal behind this bill is to effectively get rid of all

pallone: mr. speaker, i think that we can all agree that human trafficking is an important problem that deserves congress' attention and that all of us support efforts to ensure that our health care workers are better prepared to identify and assist victims of human trafficking. . h.r. 398, the trafficking awareness training for health care act would set up a grant for the department of health and human services to create and address best practices for health care providers to use in the field. the program would test those practices in 10 pilot programs across the country. the goal of the legislation is laudable and will certainly take important steps to improve our ability to address the spread of human trafficing in our local communities. however, i cannot support the process that brought this bill to the floor. this legislation is not -- has not gone through a subcommittee or full committee markup in the energy and commerce committee, neither in the 114th congress or the previous session. going

pallone, each control 15 minutes. mr. shuster: thank you mr. speaker.elf such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. shuster: i rise today to support h.r. 3, the keystone x.l. pipeline act, and for those who have not heard, according to the administration, the final hurdle has been removed. and that is that the nebraska supreme court this morning has approved the pathway to -- for the pipeline, the routing of the pipeline, the keystone x.l. pipeline. again, the administration has said that was the major hurdle. it has fallen. so i hope the president is not going to establish another hurtle, that being himself -- hurdle that being himself. america is undergoing an energy renaissance and the prospect of securing north american energy independence is in sight. however, to achieve our goal of energy security we need to make sure we have the infrastructure in place to keep pace with the changing energy landscape. keystone will be a critical addition to the nation's pipeline network, increasing our s

opportunities to work together, and i look forward to working with chairman upton, ranking member pallone, and representative degette on this bipartisan effort. as we look to move forward, i have told members of congress from both parties that we agree with them on the need to improve innovation, collaboration, and data sharing among scientists, to respond to patients' needs and give them a meaningful voice in their own care, to bridge scientific gaps and bring products to market to attract the best experts, to accelerate cures to reduce the administrative burdens and duplications, and to do all this while maintaining and protecting the public's health safety. i want to give you an example of how by moving innovation forward we have the opportunity to deliver the sort of impact that can touch the lives of so many for the better, and that example is precision medicine. the science of harnessing our understanding of the human genome to customize our medical care to our own personal genetic makeup. for most of history, medical practitioners have been forced to make recommendations about prev

pallone for five minutes. >> thank you. there is no question that coal ash can pose serious risks were not disposed of properly. many people have spent years on this issue and i commend the epa for finalizing this rule. do you have the confidence this final rule is protective of the public health and environment and in your view are there gaps or protections under this rule that need to be filled by legislation? >> i believe the rule is protective risks that we have identified. >> any gaps that need to be filled by legislation? >> we believe all the risks and information we put in place all the rigorous standards will provide protection. >> what about beneficial reuse? will this rule restrict beneficial use to stigmitize coal ash? >> we don't believe it is. it is not subject to the rule. >> i expect we will hear from the second panel that legislation is needed under subtitle in the future. what factors might lead epa to regulate coal ash under subtitle c? >> to be clear we proposed an approach under dnc. we made a dissenter

pallone i believe this is your firsthearing, we welcome you for that.extra minute to your side of the aisle and i've been told too during the opening statements, the mikes on this side could hear it streaming on the internet apparently not on your side. i think we have that corrected now. it was an attempt to throttle mr. doyle. not supposed to catch anna along the way. but, anyway, i think we have that -- >> i think this has something to do with the deflated footballs. >> that ohio state that -- no, i'm not going there. painful enough. i appreciate the green room. with that we get serious again and i recognize the gentleman from new jersey for six minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. let me start by stressing the importance of network neutrality, it is the surprisingly simple concept that consumers should control, what they access when they go online. it represent the idea that small businesses should be able to compete on a level playing field. internet access has become a critical part of all our lives. it is how we apply for our job grow our business