rosemary: we're back with dan pearson. dan is the executive producer of "i married a mobster" on the discovery channel. he's also the coauthor of the new book "last don standing," which is about the life of ralph natale. tell us what started the project. dan: it was the peeling back of the onion of american history and the mafia, and how intertwined they were. it really grabbed me. atlantic city, jimmy hoffa, tip o'neill, ed hanley, the unions. it was--it never stopped. so, i'm a history buff, and that's what really intrigued me. rosemary: you also grew up around this lifestyle. dan: yeah, it's kind of funny. i was an abused child, in the streets as a child, and i helped this young man, another kid who was getting his sneakers stolen from him, a tiny kid. and i helped him, we became friends after that, and i wound up living in his house. and his father was a very well-known gentlemen. and i do call him a gentlemen because he was a gentlemen to me. but whatever he did outside, he did outside. through the kindness of his hea

we asked the pearsons how many they expect to refuse? >> none, absolutely none. >> reporter: they say the real fear season a public health crisis. it is a personal financial loss. oral surgeons who do the frurs and general anesthesia get paid for both jobs. >> they would have to share the fee. >> reporter: the oral surgeon's association doesn't dispute that but insists using two dentists to give kids anesthesia is overkill. >> our anesthesia system is safe. >> reporter: pearson says teamwork is the safest way for dentists to give kids general anesthesia and state law should demand it. >> i'm not convinced it just needs to be for children. i believe that's the safest way for all patients. >> reporter: caleb's law will be heard and voted none a senate committee hearing next tuesday. fit passes it's another step forward. but supporters aren't on theist innic because the opposition is so politically influential. we'll let you know what happens. if you have a consumer tip for us, please call, 888-996-tips. or nbcbayarea.com/responds. >> chris

pearson: thank you for the question. the answer i think is partially .nknown and complicated but you are referring to the big increase in gross of democratic women in both the house and the senate and the same dynamic is true in state legislatures across the country, compared to the smaller numbers of republican women. this dynamic is repeated in terms of women's candidacies, not just to get elected. starting at the level of primaries for the u.s. progress. back research that goes several decades and shows that with a few exceptions, in most election cycles, women and men will -- when their congressional primaries as well. increasingly in recent years, democratic women stand a slightly better chance, but a significant chance of winning their primaries compared democratic men. republican women and men about the same. a republican woman running in all districts, i suspect these results would be different because experimental research has suggested that women -- public and women face because ofchallenges stereotypes that wo

. >> what about rumors pro sharna burgess is dating pearson photoa, sharna proved she's good at sideballroom, too. >> that just means i'm the topic of the conversation. >> i'll punch you. >> i'd love to. >> old dorthy wants you to find your wizard. >> b don't play with me. don't play with me. i grew up on a narm. i know a cowboy. i have horses. don't play with me. >> don't worry. come on. >> ahh! >> nancy o'dell, my southern sister. you know there ain't nothing wrong with a good looking cowboy. >> that is what i'm saying. let me know. >> don't play with me. >> holler. >> just yesterday lady gaga gave the world a glimpse of her remake of "a star is born." she's sharing the stage with bradley cooper. tonight we have the new steamy images from behind the scenes. ♪ check them out shooting a passion ait scene on location yesterday at a gas station. a roughed up gaga and bradley get into a handsy hug, then go hog wild making out on his motor siegle. the pair actually began filming this weekend as gaga did double duty. ♪ ♪ she performed at the coachella music effectively in california and f

it's an unsettling development for william pearson who travels two to three times a week. >> as much as i travel. i don't like that. >> officials conducted their own tests and sent teams to airports to see if the bombs could be struggled. the threat was perceived to be real. officials have not issued a similar directive in the u.s. expressing more confidence in the layered security approach in north america and europe. despite that, some passengers still feel uneasy. >> technology can be used to help detectives. >> of the foreign airlines affected by the laptop, one travels to philadelphia, cutter airways. that's expected to land in philadelphia international 8:30 tomorrow morning. jeff chirico, channel6, "action news." >> the senate intelligence committee investigating russian meddling in the election over flynn has been no. >> adam schiff went to the white house today to see the controversial evidence revealed to devin nunes last week. there are media reports that three white house staffers shared the information with nunes. they were caught up in surveillance. this was meant to bo

. >> coyote pearson and roman atwood. a couple of kayaks.in one, they start paddling around the woods area. coyote is very familiar with this ecosystem. he's been there before, captured turtles before. specifically they are looking for a nice big snapping turtle. >> okay. >> look at his face. >> they continue to paddle around. coyote spots another. >> he's going for a turtle. is that a turtle? >> yeah, i see him. >> all right. >> coyote knows this turtle. >> right over here. >> you know this turtle. >> this is hubert. how are you doing, hubert? >> great to collab with you again. >> i was a little skeptical to jump in the car and find a giant turtle. you just made that look -- definitely don't try that. let him do it. >> today nobody is going to get bit be by the turtle. >> you don't want to get your camera up too much closer than that. >> but the turtle does get its revenge. >> right in. >> oh, man. >> pretty fun to see these two work together. coyote did put that snapping turtle back into its home territory. >> here, buddy. >> a basket of c

johnny pearson gets the rebound, shoots and scores the game-winner. terps fall in overtime 11-10.omen's soccer, the washington spirit on the road, facing orlando. kick,inute, the corner looping header finds the back of the net. her first career goal. however, this game would end in a 1-1 tie. d.c. united also back in action tonight, visiting new england. united has played seven games this season with only two wins so far. hopefully they win tonight up north. for years, fios has been promising fast internet to small businesses. but for many businesses, it's out of reach. why promise something you can't deliver? comcast business is different. ♪ ♪ we deliver super-fast internet with speeds of 250 megabits per second across our entire network, to more companies, in more locations, than fios. we do business where you do business. ♪ ♪ nancy: oh, man, today a bit of a washout. sunday will be cloudy, not a beautiful spring day, but not raining. about 9howers until p.m. tonight, and then the dryer turned. tomorrow the rain comes in after dinnertime. monday and tuesday will be pretty much w

liz: joining me now is former spokesperson and america first policies spokesperson katrina pearson. katrina, good to see you. >> hi, liz. liz: what does it mean to republicans that president trump spoke to the nra today? >> i think that this event that took place today was very important for a number of reasons. you had already mentioned that the last eight years of an assault on the second amendment were particularly in a day and age where terrorism faces everyone at any given moment across the globe, and it's very important, particularly for those americans who have the right to protect themselves with a firearm and the fact that the nra came out and supported president trump early on was very important to him personally to have that support because they are a very powerful force in this country and did help with the election of a donald trump candidate versus a hillary clinton who wanted to destroy the second amendment. liz: the media is already reacting negatively to this. what is your thought? >> well, i don't think i would expect the media to cover president trump positively,

and scott pearson is the executive director of d.c. public school board. one of the city's school authorizer and before the associate assistant secretary in the office of innovation and improvement at the department of education and, again, was a charter school founder of leadership public schools in the bay area. so thank you all for being here. i'm going to give you each about four or five minutes just to give some remarks on andy's paper. john, i'll start with you. >> great. thanks. thanks for the opportunity to join you all and thanks, andy, for your continued contribution to the discourse around how best to organize state and district activities. a new thoughts. one is it's exciting to see lessons being drawn from the successful work of charters. there are many charters around the country getting great outcomes for high needs kids and i think all of us see a tremendous opportunity for the country to learn from that success. two, it's exciting to see the focus on the good work of strong charter authorizers and we know that charter authorizers have been

. >> jack pearson has three kid. that's a lot to manage, but jackson fisher, he's really got a heavy burden on his soul. >> speaking of kids, the unmarried milo may have them -- someday. >> i think it would be great to have a family. i think it would be great to be a father and all that. but at the same time, you know, i'm in no hurry for it. when the moment strike, it strikes. >> as for his television wife, mandy moore, she and her co-stars were all just honored in "people" magazine's most beautiful issue. >> listen, i get the front-row seat to how beautiful those women are, you know, as human beings, so it's nice that i think fans and audiences see a little more of that. >> but will milo start his own campaign for sexiest man alive with co-star sterling k. brown? >> i'll tell you what, he's sexy. he is sexy, dictionary like classic -- sexy. but then there's justin harl lee, so i don't know. >> just a reminder, sterling k. brown is sexy. >> they all are. >>> still ahead, kelly osbourne's shocking confession. >> i wa

we also have scott pearson to discuss this from the dc public charter school board. and he too has previously founded leadership public schools, a network of charter schools in the bay area. and finally, we have christie wolfe is our panelist who will come and discuss andy's work later. she's a senior policy adviser for the national alliance for charter schools and has also served in the department of education and formerly in the house ed workforce committee. we have a great group of folks to discuss this paper. and we're going to let andy speak for about 20 minutes. and then we'll bring up the panel to discuss his remarks and open up q&a. andy? >> good morning, everyone. so thank you for coming, it's a real pleasure to get the chance to share these ideas with all of you, and a total honor to have such an esteemed group of respondents be willing to participate in thisde indebted really appreciate your time. part of reason i wrote this paper was i was trying to bring to bear on the broader system of public education one of the key innovations of charter schooling, na

the pearson reports, march may have been a month of pull backs. >> in march, it was a strong sell-off, blanketing much of the northeast and the mid-west that slowed the face of hiring. the investors employers added 175,000 workers to payroll last month. the unemployment rate holding steady. that's below the 237,000 above average the first two months of the year. >> we do see forward job gains in the spring, such as construction, because projection that wouldn't have been started in january/february under normal circumstances may have been started that way in 2017. >> reporter: however, for the second straight month, there was bullish private sector job growth. but closely watched adp survey says the client added 263,000 workers and jobless claims fell by 25,000 last week. they haven't dropped in two years. but there are signs oevery a slowdown in hiring, as businesses wait for a better read on the process president trump proposed tax cuts and infrastructure spending. >> it's certainly possible we see a little of a slowdown on those fronts. i think at the beginning of the year, we woul

we also have scott pearson to discuss this from the d.c. public charter school board, and he too has previously founded leadership public schools, a network of charter schools in the bay area. and finally, we have christy wolfe as our panelist who will come and discuss andy's work later. she's a senior policy adviser for the national alliance for charter schools and has also served in the department of education and formerly in the house ed work force committee. so we have a great group of folks to discuss this paper, and we're going to let andy speak for about 20 minutes, and then we'll bring up the panel to discuss his remarks and open up q&a. andy? >> morning, everyone. so thank you for coming. it's a real pleasure to get the chance to share these ideas with all of you, and i'm so honored to have such an esteemed group of respondents who are willing to participate in this event. i really appreciate your time. so part of the reason why i wrote this paper was i was trying to bring to bear on the broader system of public education one of th

miner anglo american is currently the biggest gainer while pearson, so the blue chip ftse100 currentlyple are being celebrated at the rotary young citizen awards in manchester. there are seven winners from across great britain and the republic of ireland, one of whom is harry mccann from county kildare. you could call harry a real whizz kid. he founded his first business at the age of 15 — called kid tech. over the space of sixteen months, he taught over 800 children to computer code. this is his story. what generally happens here on tuesday evening, the kids learn how to code. we introduce kids to coding as young as seven and get them involved, in technology and creating it. my name is harry mccann, i‘m 18 yea rs it. my name is harry mccann, i‘m 18 years old, i‘m a student from county kildare and i‘m the founding director and kildare and i‘m the founding directorand an kildare and i‘m the founding director and an entrepreneur. i have a passion and i‘m sharing it with the kids. it‘s a great opportunity to be able to show them they cannot just use technology but also learn how to build

that's when they found pearson on the ground with at least one gunshot wound. he was taken to the hospital and underwent surgery. he died though a short time later. police are still investigating the shooting and have not yet released a suspect discription. (jrs) happening tomorrow... the man accused of drugging and sexually assualting a 13- year-old girl is set to make his first court appearance. 50-year-old timothy marble is facing nearly a dozen felony charges. it started over the weekend when deputies responded to a call in bodega bay. that's where they say marble told them his passenger had jumped out of his car while it was moving. they discovered the girl in the bushes, who claimed marble had raped her. the girl told deputies she had run away from home on thursday, and was picked up by marble at a gas station in the middle of the night. an arrest report says marble tied the girl to a tree in the country and sexually assaulted her. detectives say marble carved his own name into the girls skin with a knife. deputies also say marble convinced the girl to ta

shay murray has pearson's syndrome, a condition shared by only 100 youngsters in the world.t home rather than hospital. i would like it a lot because it would help me and so would not have to keep going up and down, up and down, all day long. his energy, his eyesight, his hearing, everything is slowly deteriorating. let's have a look at the travel situation now. and there's no 0verground between camden road and willesden junction. track—side equipment‘s been damaged, apparently. the rest of the tube lines seem to be running well. let's take a look at the roads now. and this is eltham in south—east london where its slow on the a2 westbound from falconwood to kidbrooke. in tolworth, there's heavy traffic on the a3 kingston bypass northbound due to roadworks. in gants hill, it's also slow on the a12 eastbound at the gants hill roundabout. and in east sheen, there's a lane closed on the a205 south circular eastbound at roehampton lane. let's have a check on the weather now. good morning. another reasonably chilly start for some of us this morning with temperatures in single figu

anglo—american, that is the top rider —— arise on the board, and the top loser is pearson education, in touch with me on twitter. thank you, alice. just to let you know we will be talking a little later about the case of the father who lost his legal challenge against a fine for taking his daughter on an order for the rot against a fine for taking his daughter on an orderfor the rot —— on an unauthorised term time holiday. before that, let's get the weather with thomas. the weather is looking very promising over the next few days. high pressure over as meaning settled weather, some sunshine. quite nippy in the morning but we have had some beautiful sunrise pictures coming in today. here is the satellite image, and you can see the satellite image, and you can see the sunshine across central and eastern areas, the south as well. there is a bit of clouds stuck in the area of high pressure being streamed in the direction of northwest britain and cloud is something that is hard to forecast in areas of high pressure. some of the cloud breaks up and some of it doesn't and one thing we are s

>> i will track this question to director pearson.i was going to speak to some of the changes in the parties, are they shifting how they recruit candidates? is that part of why we are seeing diversity in the parties are what are some of the other things that are taking place? >> thank you for that question. the answer i think is partially unknown and complicated, but you are referring to the big increasing growth of democratic women in both the house and senate and actually the same dynamic is true in state legislatures compared to the smaller numbers of republican women. this dynamic is repeated in terms of women's candidacies, not just to get selected. starting at the level of primaries for the u.s. congress and i did some research with jennifer lawless that goes back several decades and shows that with a few exceptions in most election cycles, women and men win their congressional primaries at the same rate as well. it's not just that they win general elections at the same rate but increasingly, democratic women actually stand a sl

he has now been identified as 23-year-old david pearson. about seven hours earlier man was shot at cruiser saloon. that person did survive. >>> a birthday party quickly turning violent. police say the five people injured when someone opened up fire. and this happened just before midnight on saturday at a home on mad line street. police say a group of men trying to get into the party but were asked to leave and one of them opened up fire. five people are expected to be okay. officers arrested a gunman at the scene. we have news to tell you from the south. the search is on for a whale in trouble in southern california. take a look at this photo. a gray whale last spotted off of orange county. appearing to have a metal frame stuck around its head. apparently this sort of thing is happening more and more often. in 2016 there are 71 separate cases of whales reporting off the coast of washington, oregon and california. >>> sticking with the pacific coast right now, and a sneaker wave warning for bay area beaches. stronger than normal rip current

first here's hampton pearson. >> goldman sachs under performed ending a string of gapes for u.s.e dow fell. the s&p off by and the nasdaq back by seven. iphone will release three new iphone this year. camera engineers have been working on an augmented reality feature as well. the world economy is gaping moment um. the monetary funds today is upping the forecast to 3.5%, but also warning against relaxing banking rules. that's from cnbc first in business worldwide. . >>> welcome back to "mtp daily" today is officially tax day. americans wonder where does all this money go? american decided to find out. the owner of the l.a. clippers set out to find the answer. it's a data stream potentially. it wants to be the online database that compiles all government data, state, local, and federal to tell you where u.s. revenue is going and what it is being spent on. it's not only about the money. it wants to be able to answer questions like how many people work in the swamp that president trump wants to drain and what percentage of americans talk to their neighbors a few times a week. the per

. >> dana: joining us now from dallas, katrina pearson and from washington -- the first hundred 1 days feel like have gone by very fast. politico had a report card for the president. republicans generally give him high marks in the democrats don't. the top subjects for him, fighting terrorism, jobs and the economy, the worst subjects, healthcare, climate change and draining the swamp. >> there's going to be criticism really no matter who you ask depending on what the top priorities are. this president made promises to the american people. he is keeping them. whether you want toeo talk to ce miner or keystone pipeline. he's inde process of defunding sanctuary cities and blocking environmentall factors that have been hurting small businesses. this is a win for president trump. ly say what i have said all along the campaign trail. people are going to have to be comfortable beingng uncomfortab. this president is unpredictable. he has a goal. >> i remember, earlier on, we have to embrace the chaos. >> one of the things that i think is hard to show as an accomplishment when you're a republic

first here's hampton pearson. >> the nasdaq hits a major milestone.g higher thanks to strong earnings. the dow rising by 232 points breaking above 21,000. the s&p ended up and the nasdaq sore above 6,000 for the first time ever. shares of caterpillar reported stronger revenue and profits for the first quarter. new items on the menu at mcdonald's help drive sales. the chain gaining 5.6%, surprising investors with better than expected results. that is it from cnbc first in business worldwide. what's the best way to get two servings of veggies? v8 or a fancy juice store? ready, go! hi, juice universe? one large rutabaga, with eggplant... done! that's not fair. glad i had a v8. the original way to fuel your day. >> welcome back to white house who hosts the briefing on the north korean nuclear threat. white house press secretary sean spicer said it is being run by the white house and just hosting, prompting some to point out there are secure facilities in the capital that would better fit a group of that size. but that briefing comes the day after north ko

now hampton pearson's cnbc market wrap. >> we had he the dow closing lower. the s&p off by 4.o proceed with an oil venture. the "wall street journal" reporting that exxon wants a waiver on sanctions blocking projects worth $500 billion. u.s. soda sales are down for the 12th consecutive year. according to an industry report, soda makers still turned a profit by pushing smaller packs at higher prices. this is the new new york. we are building new airports all across the state. new roads and bridges. new mass transit. new business friendly environment. new lower taxes. and new university partnerships to grow the businesses of tomorrow today. learn more at esd.ny.gov (de♪p breath) (phone ringing) they'll call back. no one knows your ford better than ford and ford service. right now, during the big tire event, get a $140 rebate by mail, on four select tires. ♪ >>> welcome back. most you already know this news. fox news announced today that bill o'reilly will not return to the network. they release ad statement saying they've reached an agreement after a review of a gagss against o'

i can't first, hampton pearson with the cnbc market wrap. >> the dow up by 14 points.ning 4. amazon continued to hire. the company plans to add 30,000 part-time jobs in the u.s. over the next year. most of those will be warehouse jobs of lyft has raised $500 million in funding, as uber continues to face scrutiny. uber is still worth about nine times more than lyft, however. that's it from cnbc. first in business worldwide. oscar mayer deli fresh ham has no added nitrates, nitrites or artificial preservatives. now it's good for us all. like those who like. sweet those who prefer heat. sfx - a breath of air and those who just love meat. oscar mayer deli fresh. sweet! are made with smarttrack®igners material to precisely move your teeth to your best smile. see how invisalign® treatment can shape your smile up to 50% faster today at invisalign.com >>> i think what assad did is terrible. i think what happened in syria is a truly egregious crime and it shouldn't have happened. and it shouldn't be allowed to happen. >> i think what happened in syria is a disgrace to humanity.

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. >> dana: joining us now from dallas to analyze, former trump campaign spokesperson catrina pearson,rom washington, the national spokesman for the 2004 bush-cheney reelection campaign. the first 100 days have gone by very fast. i don't know if anyone feels that way. >> they sure have. >> dana: let's have a report card for the report card. republicans give him high marks, democrats don't. but the top subjects for him, fighting terrorism, jobs and the economy, the worst of subjects, health care, climate change, and draining the swamp. katrina, i'll give you the first shot of describing this first 100 days. >> i think there will be criticism no matter who you ask, depending on what your top priority is. this president made promises to the american people and he is talking to them, whether you want to talk to coal miners are folks who will be building the keystone pipeline. the president has pulled out of tpp, he is blocking those regulatory environmentally factors that have been hurting small businesses. this is definitely a won for president trump. i will tell you, dana, almost say wha

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here in london, the ftse100 has continued to flounder with embattled publisher pearson continuing itsate afternoon trade, and budget airline easyjet tracking up some 4%. it has also been a big day for central banks with the ecb meeting with so—called central bank watchers. comment out of that meeting suggest it is not planning to change its policy message this month, despite mounting calls from germany for it to wind down its stimulus. also on that theme, theresa may and eu president donald tusk have held their first face—to—face talks since she triggered article 50. the us federal reserve has indicated chases to its bond investigation policy as it aims to trim its balance sheets. joining me to talk through all that is christian shorts, director of the european economic ‘s at citigroup. let's get started at the federal reserve. trying to trim its balance sheet, openly beginning to discuss unwinding its crisis in measures. yes, what a shift. we are discussing the juicing that amelia ‘s yes, what a shift. we are discussing thejuicing that amelia ‘s —— enormous pile of nearly 4 trillion

budget airline easyjet has overtaken miner anlgo american as the biggest gainer while pearson, the educationaleet. the arrival at number ten of the european council president donald tusk. a statement from downing street saying following last weeks article 50 notification, the pm reiterates the places i've have a deep relationship with the eu after the exit and noted it constructive guidelines published last week. she said the uk looks forward to formally beginning negotiations once on the 27 states have agreed guidelines and the two leaders agreed apparently that the tone of the discussions had been positive on both sides. i think we will hear more from our political correspondence is following that meeting at westminster. was talk about gibraltar. the prime minister said the uk's position has not changed. the uk would seek the best dealfor changed. the uk would seek the best deal for gibraltar as changed. the uk would seek the best dealfor gibraltar as the changed. the uk would seek the best deal for gibraltar as the uk exits the eu. fairly cordial talks, they look like. we will hear more of

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we have scott pearson to discuss this from the pc public school charter board. he do previously found leadership of charter school in the bay area. we have christie wolf as our panelists who'll come and discuss these work later and she's a senior policy adviser for the national alliance for charter schools and served in the department of education and formally in the house committee. we have a great group of folks to discuss this paper and we are going to let andy speak for about 20 minutes and then we'll bring up the panel to discuss this remarks and open up q&a. andy? >> morning everyone, thank you for coming. st it is a total honor to have people participating in this event. part of the reason why i wrote this paper, one of the tee innovations of charter schools namely performance based contract accountability. how you can bring school choice into the public school ps world. it seems to me that we did way too little over 25 years figuring out what charter accountability could mean for the rest of the public schools were. this is important. chartering had an e

to talk about the crisis in venezuela is james pearson. what is your take on was taking place.mic crisis like this it leads to humanitarian crisis. we have a country that has a 1600% inflation rate and negative growth rate. you of starvation violence oppression reportedly people are eating pets and birds because of food is so scarce this is the fruit this is the outcome of full-blown socialist policies. the same principles that progresses in the far left support. and that's why as you mentioned in your lead up to have a great deal to think about because they had lavish praise and support he is now the dictator who is perpetuated these policies that has taken a country that was the wealthiest country in south america thriving democracy and push it over the abyss were now it's a country that is in chaos that seems capable of falling into anarchy or civil war. >> one of the things that just doesn't make sense i get the left support but what's going on in venezuela is just other -- utter chaos. why would people that have a brand like a celebrity why would they want to associate the

i wrote some books with pearson and i always find them to be -- when i go to school events, a wonderful group, my favorite -- my favorite piece of fan mail from a reader was from 2 -- i think there were 2 fifth graders who had a book club and they read a book called science fair and they wrote us a letter which i have saved at home that says, we think your book is one of the most awesome subpoena ss books out there, just so you know two of the authors have died, we hope that the curse skips you. [laughter] >> anyway, that doesn't really help the kids in that situation. >> what's a typical writing day for you? >> it's so boring. [laughter] >> i get up, i, you know, read my e-mail, look at some websites usually and then i call up onto the screen whatever i was last working on that i gave up on despair and resume despairing and the myth about writing is that, you know, it relies on inspiration and that, you know, ideas just come to you and out they come out of your fingers and that may come to people but sometimes those people are all crazy and are writing gibberish. if you're crying coher

speaker, a friend of mine, his name was jay pearson, he served in this institution for over four decades. his job was not to be particularly partisan one way or the otherful his job was to make sure this place functioned. i wonder what goes on over the 40 years of changes in the way that we treat each other on the house floor, the way we work with each other on the house floor. my friends have a perfectly legitimate concern. in fact they brought it up under -- as a privileged resolution already this year. it's been tabled. i recognize that my friends and i have disagreements, vast disagreements in numerous areas of public policy. but today we have a chance to talk about one of the agreements that we have. and i wonder, mr. speaker, what folks back home watching think. do they think just like the media loves to report that, those guys can't even agree on what time ostart in the morning. for pete's sake we worked the bill through the process. just like we learned about in civics class. don't make me sing "i'm just a bill sitting here on capitol hill" mr. speaker because that's the process

pearson, indiana. >> i love that. >> what a nice break from the grumpy old new that all day. >> that'ses per hour wind gusts watching this push through the east as the day wears on. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning. there's a check on the radar. very cloudy skies over washington. areas of light rain. prince william county, fauquier county into parts of central virginia. not expecting heavy rain today. our future weather model brings the few showers through now and lunch. should be mainly dry. staying cloudy during the afternoon hours yesterday. only up into the low 60s for today. back into the 80s for thursday and friday, and heavy rain possible on sunday. >> coming up next, we have a chocolate lover's dream dessert. mr. jay is coming up. he's going to show us how to make it when we come back. hen w. >> looks delightful. >> this portion of "today" is brought to you by does your makeup remover every kiss-proof,ff? cry-proof, stay-proof look? neutrogena® makeup remover does. it erases 99% of your most stubborn m

pearson, indiana. that's nice. >> what a nice break from the grumpy news.s and iowa. and in fact, we have an enhanced risk for our friends much of iowa under this. 11 million people at risk for golf ball-sized hail, tornadoes, and 60-mile-per-hour wind gusts, watching this push through the east as the da >>> we start out with some sunshine around the bay area, but we'll slowly start to see the cloud cover increasing, speeshl form especially for the north bay. there will be a storm system approaching, bringing us scattered showers tonight with the heaviest rain around santa rosa and over toward napa as well. then it becomes spotty as it moves to the south bay for tomorrow morning. then some clearing for the day and slightly warmer temperatures for the weekend. we'll be warming up and more dry weather in the forecast with highs today reaching into the low 60s. a chocolate lover's dream dessert. one of sheryl's favorites with a twist. mr. jay is coming up. he's going to show us how to make it when we come back. >> looks delightful. >> this portion of "today" i

pearson, indiana. that's nice. >> what a nice break from the grumpy news.nois and iowa. and in fact, we have an enhanced risk for our friends much of iowa under this. 11 million people at risk for golf ball-sized hail, tornadoes, and 60-mile-per-hour wind gusts, watching this push through the east as the day wears on. >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist bill henley. a chilly and cloudier start this morning. but we will warm into the 60s this afternoon. just the low 60s for the suburbs. some limited sunshine, mostly cloudy for the suburbs and philadelphia. the lehigh valley, 62 degrees. there's a chance of a sprinkle late this afternoon, but most areas, i think, will stay dry. and delaware up to 62. in new jersey, you'll feel the sea breeze and see the clouds. and at the shore, that sea breeze keeps temperatures in the 50s all day long. have a great day. >> and that is your latest late weather. >>> coming up next, we've got a chocolate lover's dream dessert. one of sheryl's favorites with a twist. mr. jay is coming up. he's going to show us how to make it wh

here to debate it national spokesperson katrina pearson and jamu green.why has the former president has been so quiet if he has nothing to hide? >> look, i can't speak for president obama but the easiest way for us to deal with it as a nation is to just have an independent investigation into all of this and if that's the opportunity for president obama to speak out on some of these issues, then that would be great. i just don't get why anyone regardless of what party, what side of the aisle you're on does not think that it's necessary for an independent information like two-thirds of americans do. abby: katrina you said this is the time that we should have heard from former president obama. >> we should for a number of reasons. it's no secret that the obama administration had utilized agencies to go up against political opponent. you have to go no further than the irs scandal to see that. secondly, the left would love anything to use to hang on this president to take him down. so this fake narrative that somehow russia and the campaign colluded is absolut

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hampton pearson, i sometimes worry about him. it's a lot of pressure.he may already know the numbers. but you can't tell from his expression. what are they, hampton? >> 98,000. march nonfarm payrolls increased by just 98,000 jobs. the unemployment rate dipped to 4.5%. average hourly earnings up, way below the consensus forecast for 175,000 new jobs and 4.7% unemployment rate. we also had significant downward revisions for january and february. basically lower by 38,000 for the two months than what had previously been reported. private sector new hires in march, 89,000 new jobs. that 4% $4.5% unemployment rate, we got there from the household survey by a decline. 326,000, and the number of unemployed, 472,000 new hires. job sector growth, business professional services, plus 56,000. mining up 11,000. health care up 14,000. job losses, a big head line here, the retail sector, lose pg 30,000 jobs in the month of march. the so-called real unemployment rate, down to 8.9%. down 0.3 from the previous month. now, with those revisions, and the very low head line

this article by arn pearson appeared in the huffington post was titled gorsuch would move the supreme court in the wrong direction on money and politics. and the article starts out, who the senate confirms to fill the current vacancy at the u.s. supreme court will determine the nature of our elections for decades to come. the court is closely divided on the issue of whether to further open the floodgates for unlimited and undisclosed political spending or allow limits designed to prevent corruption and keep powerful special interests from drowning out the voices of voters. the next justice will tip the scales one way or the other. while the court may be split on what to do about the influence of big money in politics, the american people are not. nine out of ten voters, 93%, want a supreme court justice who is open to limiting the influence of big money in politics, according to recent polling. that includes 91% of trump supporters, most of whom apparently believed his populist rhetoric decrying the influence of big donors. unfortunately, that's not neil gorsuch. gorsuch hasn't handle