we are fairly certain this was added at the behest of senator patty murray. even though names are no longer attached to the earmarks, which means there is no transparency, although in two cases we do because members admitted, but the pacific coastal salmon recovery has been around, and you wonder about atlantic salmon and other that may need assistance, but they go through the competitive process of funding. this is outside the regular process and the federal process at government agency. up thehen you bring pacific coast salmon recovery fund, what is the justification for that money, or is the money just there? guest: it is there because members of congress added it to the appropriations bill. they do not need to justify it the way they might in other circumstances. these are written into the bills , a very small group of members. when they have the names 2010,ed, between 2008 and there were 81 members of the house and senate appropriations got 51% of the number of earmarks and 61% of the money. a very small percentage, 15% of congress, 51 percent of the ear

what you're hearing from senator chuck schumer who essentially co-crafted this with patty murray, is in order to get to that point, if it's safe to do so this fall, then money would be necessary. so we're hearing here, erica, not only is the reopening of schools getting political, it can get quite expensive as well. >> polo sandoval with the latest for us. thank you. >>> i want to turn to our other breaking stories. firefighters on the scene of this explosion at a san diego naval ship yard. this is the "uss bonhomme richard." it suffered some sort of a blast a short time ago. we have been told several sailors were injured. joining me now, cnn military and diplomatic analyst john kirby. always good to speak with you. so when you look at these pictures, any idea in your mind what may have caused that explosion? >> short answer is no. it's hard to tell just from these very dramatic images. exactly what the cause of the fire is. it could -- obviously is a -- is a large, very big fire that takes up -- it looks like it's engulfing much of the ship, midship, right underneath where the islan

billions of federal dollars his team is making great progress but washington democratic senator patty murray worries drug companies might get greedy at the expense of the public i'm very sure. >>from a surgical companies not dictated the terms the goal is to ensure the vaccine access for all americans who the dc director doctor robert redfield says he's cautiously optimistic the vaccine will be ready by april of next year in washington raquel martin. >>and the city of san francisco is closing the parking lot ahead of this holiday weekend ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ the open road is open again. and wherever you're headed, choice hotels is there. book direct at choicehotels.com. ♪ >>welcome back everyone the time now is 6.30 good morning, i'm robin winston everybody on martin gonzalez we're going to check on but they've sparked find out more about the forecast what's holiday weekend. i did rd and robin good morning, good morning, everybody in fog we're dealing with this morning making it all the way into the delta looks like however that's going to clear up pretty quickly and really tonight, it's not going to rea

we are fairly certain this was added at the behest of senator patty murray.ven though names are no longer attached to the earmarks, which means there is no transparency, although in two cases we do because members admitted, but the pacific coastal salmon recovery has been around, and you wonder about atlantic salmon and other that may need assistance, but they go through the competitive process of funding. this is outside the regular process and the federal process at government agency. up thehen you bring pacific coast salmon recovery fund, what is the justification for that money, or is the money just there? guest: it is there because members of congress added it to the appropriations bill. they do not need to justify it the way they might in other circumstances. these are written into the bills , a very small group of members. when they have the names 2010,ed, between 2008 and there were 81 members of the house and senate appropriations got 51% of the number of earmarks and 61% of the money. a very small percentage, 15% of congress, 51 percent of the earma

families and children we do in this congress of i also thank chairman bobby scott and senator patty murray, ranking member of the senate health, education, and pensions committee for their leadership on these bills. thank you, mr. kot -- mr. scott, for every day reminding us and leading us on how we can help our children. i thank and recognize the outside organizers who have been relentlessly persistent and dissatisfied as they fight for our children and work force needs. when people ask what are the three most important issues facing congress, i always say the same thing and have for over 30 years. the three most important issues facing the congress are our children, our children, our children. their health, their education, the economic security of their families, a safe environment in which they can thrive, a world at peace in which they can reach their fulfillment. my motivations for even coming to congress is one in five children in america who live in poverty. but it isn't only families in poverty who are affected by this child care issue. it's our entire society, our entire economy.