, and that wasn't what we found in the city of phoenix.tunately, violent crime was led by people who live here and who were born here. >> tucker: that's not the question. people who were there illegally more likely or less likely to commit serious crimes in in the city of phoenix? are you really saying they were less likely? i don't think that's what the numbers show. >> the 2017 numbers tell a very different story than the story that that researcher is telling you. >> tucker: are you saying, to clear, are you saying that you see numbers that in the city of phoenix, people here illegally were less likely to commit serious crimes then citizens? just want to get you on the record. >> we need comprehensive immigration reform. it is to one oh, oh, you are slipping out of the question.im i'm asking a very simple question and you're not giving me a real answer and i think that house the whole story.re thank you for joining us. i appreciate it. >> thanks for having replayed >> tucker: democrats realizeic that cutting off paychecks for military se

police in phoenix said today they've arrested a serial killer responsible for nine murders. the suspect is someone they've had in custody for a month. carter evans has more on this. >> reporter: cleophus cooksy's youtube page contained this ominous rap. >> reporter: in mid-december..., phoenix police arrested cooksey for allegedly murdering his mother and stepfather. while cooksey was in jail, detectives were still investigating seven other unsolved murders. all occurred between thanksgiving and christmas in the surrounding area. >> nine deaths, three weeks, nine people shot in our community. >> reporter: all died from gunshot wounds, and all, allegedly, traced back to cooksey, because of technology. >> it all kind of clicked together. it's like putting together a jigsaw puzzle. >> reporter: phoenix is one of five cities in a pilot program that lets police immediately share and process ballistics evidence from different crime scenes in hours instead of weeks. phoenix mayor greg stanton: >> it means police can make an arrest and stop the killer before he claims another life.

he had a lover in phoenix.. >> that's what my mother told me. >> that's what your mother told you. think about when you were 17 years old and what you woke up to one night. you pretty sure that's what your statement is going to be to the district attorney? you're not going to find his -- we're not going to find his body? >> i sure as hell hope not. >> it's time to come clean. >> i am. i'm not sure what you're talking about. as far as i'm concerned he left us. he did. he left my sister and i. do you know what it's like trying to raise her? i was 17. she had no father figure anymore. >> he said, well, as far as i know he ran off with a guy and left my mother and sister and i behind and denied that he knew anything. >> so he's still telling the story he's been telling for six, seven years. >> yes. >> we have information, all right? that you assisted your mom in burying your stepfather in this backyard. >> no. >> no? >> do you think we are here by chance? do you think we're making this up? >> i don't know where you

what are the veterans in phoenix telling you? >> yeah, when you talk to the veterans who use that facility in phoenix, some say there are major improvements. the choice act which was pushed by senator john mccain helped with that. others say there are lingering problems and they have a long way to go. the one out of five ranking, the facilities had that two years in a row, reflects the sentiments. >>> the white house about to roll out details of immigration plan, but sparking fierce criticism on left and the right can. lawmakers find common ground with another funding deadline right around the corner? >> the whole point is amnesty today, enforcement and illegal immigration form a distant tomorrow. tomorrow. that is not a g megan's a lawyer. when it comes to presenting evidence, nobody does it better. she's also this close to finding bigfoot. but when it comes to mortgages, she's less confident. fortunately for megan, there's rocket mortgage by quicken loans. it's simple, so she can understand the details and get approved in as fe

will carr has answers tonight from phoenix. >> four years after scandal rocked the v.a.nt trump continues to pledge that care will improve for veterans. >> president trump: we've already made tremendous strides in delivering for our veterans, including passage of long-awaited veterans accountability legislation. >> in fact the v.a. enter bureau ratings show significant gains for many hospitals. in phoenix considered ground zero in the 2014 scandal after dozens of veterans died while waiting for care, the facility once again ranked as one of the worst in the country in 2017. the report gave phoenix one out of five stars for the second year in a row. >> we are worlds away from where we were when 2014. i think it's, you know, the veterans were regaining their trust, even though it's one veteran at a time. >> the seventh director to run the phoenix v.a. since the scandal broke took over in october of 2016. >> one out of five the year before. so when you talk about trust, when you talk about the thoughts of the veterans here, in arizona, why are the improvements not happening

>> gha whitworth live in phoenix. thank you. >>> next tonight, that deadly winter storm from the south all the way up to the northeast. at least 15 lives lost from the snow and then the deep freeze that followed. the driving has been treacherous. here's abc's steve osunsami again tonight. >> reporter: here's how icy the roads are. as far south as tampa today, a highway worker is seen here slipping on the ice. the expressway had to be closed. michigan state police are warning drivers tonight to slow down with this alarming video. they were responding to a wreck on the ice when this happened. no one here was hurt, but already this week, 15 people have died on icy roads. most of them in the south, where there are fewer snowplows or salt trucks. this driver was lucky he walked away. >> when i hit the ice, i knew i was done. >> are you okay? >> oh, yeah, i'm fine. >> reporter: south of atlanta, a salt truck driver died today, hit by this freight train on his way back to the salt yard. in north carolina, they report more th

phoenix is coming back. >> many people watched phoenix rise from a little girl with a big dream. >> ie been playing piano and singing since i was 4 years old. she graduated from la salle university she went to new york and pounded the pavement and was cast in the role. >> want to make her real so people can feel like they connect with her. >> she is someone going through regular life things. >> 24 years old and her star clearly on the road phoenix has this advice. >> there is a lot of rejection and positivity in this business and you constantly have to be the one to say yes to yourself. no matter what, never stop being who you are. >> pretty wise girl and extremely talented. you can imagine phoenix is packing the house with friends and family and church group and high school and college. and les mis is at the academy of music until january 31st. her mother and sister are not in the home town crowd until sunday. they said please guys don't come opening night. >> the nerves. >> what a beautiful story and spirit she has. and beautiful that play, the music will be with you forever. >> pho

ok let's go back to phoenix i know you've got a lot to say go ahead. well look i think richard is the one that's actually in alice in wonderland because he's ignoring the facts that there are all these other conflicts of interest as well as all these other crimes that have taken place here and yet we're sitting here concentrating on something that's already been debunked and the fact that there was no russian collusion we now know that james comey is even admitted in testimony that the president united states was not under surveillance and he was under surveillance he was not under investigation and if i was the president united states i would do i would do basically one thing i would instruct my department of justice to immediately start five counter investigations i would look into robert mueller and his ties to raney and one and the russians i would look into james komi as leaking of information that he testified in the senate judiciary committee i would also open up an investigation into fusion g.p.s. i would also open up an investigation into tarm

. >> one of the stars playing the lead role, phoenix. on the stage in your hometown? >> amazing i remember the first time i saw t musical it was at that same theater so to be back, amazing. >> you got your show biz break at the kimmel center. what did you do there? >> i worked at ticket philadelphia which is their main ticketing office for the show so i sold tickets to less mis. >> see behind the scenes of center stage. >> so, phoenix what exactly seen it, if you somehow haven't heard of it tell us what it is about briefly and also what audience can expect from this show? >> well, it is cents a story that's stood the test of time. the story about redemption, and hope, and it follows the main characters, john bell john up against javare this police officer trying to get him for his crimes in the past and trying to overcome that sense of who he was and become this newman, and along the way there are some other charge that's come into play, like my charger. >> explain your character. who is she? >> yes, this young girl who is in love with t

phoenix without any rain. it's not rain we are depending on the snowfall and precipitation in the central highlands in the mountains that fill our reservoirs. but it's a very ability to influence to control because they want to make sure with certainty when it comes to water supply. the original settlers in the state controlled the variability or ships at the federal government come investments to build infrastructure and dams and canals and groundwater. here's our rest of our system. we have seven reservoirs within a 13,000 square mile watershed. three watershed salt river watershed in clear creek watershed. they were particularly concerned about when it comes to the threat of catastrophic wildfire and the entire watershed to the catastrophic fire and we have some of the issues colorado the springs reservoir and mitigation cleaning up the reservoir talking about infrastructure, what's very important in the desert environment is resiliency. in other words, a diverse set of portfolio water supplies to ensure we

of the phoenix, about transformation and the message that the theme of the phoenix provides, we alle the power to transform our world for the better. we have to provide teachers with curriculum online, our curriculum is in two different languages and whether it's lesson plans or student fact sheets, teachers can use them and we've had great feedback. we have helped public and private schools in san francisco increase their waste use and students are working hard to sort waste at the end of the lunch and understand the power of reusing, reducing, recycling and composting. >> great job. >> i've been with the department for 15 years and an environmental educator for more than 23 years and i'm grateful for the work that i get to do, especially on behalf of the city and county of san francisco. i try to use my voice as intentionally as possible to suppo support, i think of my grandmother who had a positive attitude and looked at things positively. try to do that as well in my work and with my words to be an uplifting force for myself and others. think of entering the job force as a treas

temperaturas mÍnimas de 12° en el Área de chicago. 73° en el Área de phoenix. york, 30°. 14° en el Área de chicago con posibilidad de algo de nieve. el cÁlido calor se continuará en la zona del oeste. en los lugares que han habido precipitaciones de aguanieve, en la zona de houston registraba esto en horas de la maÑana hacia el Área norte de los grandes lagos. tambiÉn algo de precipitaciÓn invernal. pero por el momento, muy tranquilo en esta zona. hemos visto el pasar de alguna que otra nube pero he no hemos tenido nada de precipitaciÓn. en los prÓximos dÍas pudiÉramos tener esa posibilidad en nuestra zona. para el miÉrcoles en horas de la tarde, se va viendo esta precipitaciÓn en zonas de la costa. la zona azul ees la zona donde pudiÉramos registrar esa posibilidad de nieve. la verde es agua lÍquida pero todo es por un sistema que pudiera estar entrando desde el atlÁntico aÑadiendo toda esa humedad hacia el Área de filadelfia asÍ que pudiÉramos ver la posibilidad dde precipitaciÓn y de nieve sobre nuestra zona. hay que estar bien pendientes a las condiciones d

potential pitfalls exists then for those two of them of that with maggie the chief economist of the phoenix group. is in new york again how's it going to play what do you expect through the president's visit doubles so i think the president goes there in part because he's probably long wanted to and this is a big opportunity also i think it's a muscle flex for him in many of his supporters the notion that a lot in the global elite who are kind of fetid infecting each other at davos had expected him to be. bit of more problematic for them than he turned out to be and he wants to celebrate what he sees as his successes which would otherwise be known to us in economics as the high points of the us macro economy and in fairness many of the basic metrics of the us macro economy are quite healthy now good stock market performance if not every day most days at a usually large number of days pretty good economic growth and some major perhaps overdue rationalization of some regulation along with a lot of controversy and i think he wants to kind of celebrate himself and try to get these people who we

carter evans is in phoenix with how technology helped solve the case. carter, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. cooksey spent 16 years in prison for manslaughter and armed robbery. and he'd only been free about 18 months when he was arrested again. this time, it was for the murder of his mother and stepfather. while he was in custody, police were able to link him to seven other killings. >> we can sleep a little better tonight knowing that this killer is caught. >> reporter: anthia wint says the first time she heard the name cleophus cooksey jr. was thursday morning when police told her he was responsible for her son's murder. he was shot twice on december 13th. chloe ridore is his younger sister. >> my brother was an innocent bystander and, you know, it's sad that it was him. >> reporter: cooksey seen in this youtube video rapping about murder is accused of killing seven men and two women in the phoenix area from november 27th to december 17th. all died from gunshot wounds. phoenix police credit advanced ballistic technology with helping link co

. -- if you're means in phoenix and you make the whicht to go from a to b is what you do with it over where we don't not improper or the may not be the right whether or there is a nice and on the boat or you may not have two or three ways of getting from a to b. or you may say that is not an autonomous use case. for 5% of cases, everything is going to fall into place and we will send an autonomous car, the user will be able to pick an autonomous car and we will be able to service that a four b. that's 5% will go to 10 and 15 computers and our -- our algorithms learn about what it takes to drive in a city in a real-life situation and that minute of every day driver, the computer is going to get better and no phoenix better and better and in five years, we will have the perfect driver in phoenix, we will have to retrain that driver in every single city, we will have to build out 3-d maps of the cities and it will take time but over a. of time, you essentially have a driver who becomes the perfect driver, it will take 10 or 15 years but that is the feathering in nine talking about. >> wi

has a grand heroic statue of a phoenix rising from the ashes. >> is a project that has inspired ideas from artists around the world who want to be involved. summit dealing with their own pain and loss. today, patty poletti wall still in pain, can sit in her garden and know that she also has purpose. >> the garden is something i started after robbie passed, there were three or four pots and i just kept planting. this is really given me a lot of peace and serenity. and i think robbie would love it.>> be the change and that is the mantra. every week when patty comes here, to be with her son and to honor his memory, she repeats the words the robbie himself once quoted to a friend. >> you will be freed from all things imprisoned you even fear because love conquers all. they really guided me and i chose to follow my heart and all my fears. like he had his friend to do and that is what the foundation is based off of. >>> stay with us. when we come back, to friends create a business about fun and using your imagination. >>> welcome back. the next story is about two longtime friends who are al

el disparo y la canasta --- phoenix no queria tirar la toalla "jakcon" adentro --- el resto fue paraa desde fuera del perimetro "dinero" en el banco ---los pacer sacaron todo su arsenal y se anotaron la victoria por marcador de 120- 97 --- felicidades al jugador cristian pulisic nombrado por periodistas deportivos del pais como jugador estadounidense del aÑo premio presentado por futbol de primera --- en nombre de todo un equipo de profesionales detras de --- en nombre de todo un equipo de profesionales detras de camaras gracias y buenas noches --- en nombre de todo un equipo de profesionales detras de camaras gracias y buenas noches ngo. (msica(. vikingos, y ganÓ nico castillo bueno ganaron los pumass y llega tilos coors light. >>> saludos cÓmo estÁn buenas noches.

and better, and in five years, we will have the perfect driver in phoenix.ll have to retrain that driver in every single city. we will have to build that 3-d map of the cities, and it will time, you but over essentially have a driver who becomes the perfect driver. it will take 10 to 15 years, but that is the feathering in. john: will a child born today ever need to learn to drive? dara: a child born today? no. ceoy: that was uber's speaking to bloomberg in davos. it is an all or nothing pay package for the founder of tesla. tesla has granted elon musk the largest of its kind to $.6 billion stock award. decade, vested over a stock 8 -- stock options could make him billions of dollars. he must agree not to get salary or bonus. up, amazon added again, further disrupting the brick-and-mortar industry by introducing cashierless convenience stores. we will take a closer look at the impact to the bottom line. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ emily: amazon announced a two dollars a month increase for prime monthly members. the spike in price will generate an extra $300 milli

i can personally attest that he worked miracles, large and small, every day in phoenix and arizona. he touched more lives than we will ever know. and though we are devastated by his loss, we know his legacy of service and love will live forever in our community and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from new york, mr. zeldin, for five minutes. mr. zeldin: thank you, mr. speaker. today i rise to pay tribute to two leaders. one from the first congressional district of new york from the fort fork. mr. speaker, i rise to pay tribute to lyle wells whose years farm is over 350 old. lyle was taken from our community too soon. he was a leader, a former president of the long island farm bureau and a one-time member of the rivertown planning board. he positively led and left a great impact and legacy on the next generation of farmers who really do need to be better cultivated, give that opportunity to be able to thrive. while on the farm bureau, administrator rob carpenter talking about wells' impact and relationship going back decades. said, quote, he w

years, we will have the perfect driver in phoenix. retrain that driver in every single city. we will have to build 3-d maps of the cities, and it will take , you but over time essentially have a driver who becomes the perfect driver. it will take 10, 15 years, but that is the feathering in i am talking about. ask a child born today, will they need to learn how to drive? >> a child born today? no. i don't think so. ceoy: that was the uber speaking in davos. we will have more coverage, along with tests from davos, this wednesday on bloomberg. for bloomberg technology. we are live streaming on twitter. check us out weekdays. that is all for now. this is bloomberg. ♪ retail. under pressure like never before. and its connected technology that's moving companies forward fast. e-commerce. real time inventory. virtual changing rooms. that's why retailers rely on comcast business to deliver consistent network speed across multiple locations. every corporate office, warehouse and store near or far covered. leaving every competitor, threat and c

as a member of the urban league and naacp in phoenix. talking about how he went down the columbia river and that also was dangerous during world war ii. i was two minutes into my presentation when all of a sudden this big hand comes out to say stop. if you try any of that madison avenue craft in my campaign i will throw you out of this office and out of the campaign. is that clear? he was a two star general and i was a corporal and i said yes sir. yes sir. he said this will be a campaign of principles. marvelous. but wrong. wrong. because if we were able to talk about the human side or the nonpolitical side it is possible people would have said he doesn't sound or look like a warmonger to destroy social security, but that is just how barry goldwater was. he would offer a conservative choice not a liberal echo in that campaign. another thing to talk about is what happened the last week. to a particular tv program called the time for choosing. a number of california republicans had decided to buy time on the tv network and to present a tim

ferguson> "it was not isolated to two hotels in phoenix."que ice, segn algunos abogados locales, arrestaran a 20 huspedes en dos diferentes ubicaciones de phoenix tras recibir informacin de los empleados. sot: se dice llamar luis/ vctima de arresto en motel 6 "quedas arrestado me dijeron." luis fue una de las vctimas en julio. l tuvo que permanecer encarcelado 33 das hasta pagar una fianza de 7 mil 500 dlares. luis> "se siente uno muy impotente al no poder hacer nada, de que tu familia este afuera y tu estar encerrado sin saber nada." pero la demanda que presento el procurador en seattle podra motivar al fiscal en arizona a unirse con los abogados privados en un esfuerzoimponer cargos mas serios. sot: emilia baÑuelos/ abogada de inmigracin "comenz en arizona y ahora en washington. otros estados van a investigar a ver si tambin sucedi en esos estados." en aquel entonces, ejecutivos de motel 6 en arizona dijeron desconocer esta prctica por parte de sus empleados, --cuidado con los amigos de lo ajeno... --autoridades buscan a varios sospechosos

. >>> in phoenix, police say that have arrested a serial killer. they linked clee oh fis cooksey jr. to nine murders. they're still working on a moti motive. danielle nottingham reports. >> reporter: investigators say cleophus went on a deadly shooting spreechlt it included 43-year-old maria he then killed his mother and stepfather the following day. >> cooksey had some blood on him and appeared to be concealing things. >> reporter: police say the 35-year-old is an ex-con victory, spending 16 years in prison for manslaughter and armed robbery. >> he has been out for 18 months and during that time he's been in and out of jail. >> reporter: police believe this is the expected killer. there was high-tech testing of shell casings that gives immediate results instead of several week. danielle nottingham, cbs news, san francisco. >>> the sentencing hearing for dr. larry nassar has been extended into next week because so many victims want to speak. more than 60 since tuesday. naz sar wrote a letter saying he wasn't healthy enough to listen to the victims.

it began on a freewa >>> crazy new video of a police chase that began in phoenix and ended in a head-on crash in tempe, arizona. it began on a freeway, then the driver got off at the red light. police rammed his jeep. but the suspect just kept going at a high spied before hitting another car head on and then flipped over a few times. it's unclear how severe the injuries are at this point. >>> today the fda will consider potentially safer alternatives to cigarettes. philip more, the maker of marlboro and other top brands, philip morris wants approval for its new tobacco device saying that it will reduce harm and risk of tobacco-related diseases but many doctors feel that this product would drive people back to cigarettes rather than away from them. >>> it's a trivia game that has your friends, family and coworkers all talking. hq trivia launched just five months ago and now a single game often attracts more than a million players. we go behind the scenes at the hq trivia in new york to meet the team behind the live mobile game. >> reporter: that's the countdown to hq trivia, heard every

it was just me versus the world. >> the director to be in phoenix tells me the biggest problem right is public perception as a result they are trying to do a better job letting the community know about the improvements they are making on the ground. leland: great reporting. great interview. will carr in los angeles and we will stay on the story. transfer the new documentary series scandalous, did you see it last week? the returns on the fox news channel for the seven part series examines controversies surrounding bill clinton and the events that led to his impeachment. >> lawyers for paula jones in the federal district court. >> was a mob scene the press to know about at the time. we walked past them and i had a stack of complaints with me. and i pass them along to the clerk. and all breaks loose. lea: will tune in tonight for a two-hour block a scandalous in the first episode of the series at 7:00 p.m. eastern five at 8:00 p.m. eastern by the premier of the part too called a woman named paula. leland: up next, a glamorous night for the grammys. the awards show as a change in locatio

. >>> in phoenix, police say that have arrested a serial killer. authorities used shell casings, dna, stolen jewelry, and a cell phone to link cleophus cooksey jr. to nine murders. police say he knew some of the victims, but are still working on a motive. danielle nottingham reports. >> reporter: investigators say cleophus went on a deadly three-week shooting spree between christmas and new year. it included 43-year-old maria villanueva. he then killed his mother and stepfather the following day. that's when a responding patrol officer confronted him. >> cooksey had some blood on him and appeared to be concealing things. >> reporter: police say the 35-year-old suspect is an ex-con victory, spending 16 years in prison for manslaughter and armed robbery 68. out for 18 months and during that time he's bee >> he has been out for 18 months and during that time he's been in and out of jail. >> reporter: police believe this is the expected killer. there was high-tech testing of shell casings that gives immediate results instead of several week. danielle n

after some scary moments, the flight from phoenix landed safely in dfw in dallas.airlines officials say the plane had to land because of a mechanical issue stemming from a broken fan. the passenger that recorded this video said he could smell smoke in the cabin but everybody remained calm and nobody got hurt. new video from down under shows a drone helping save swimmers. officials calling it the first rescue of its kind. nine news in australia reports two teenagers were body serving when they got caught in strong currents in ten foot waves. life guards were doing a drill with the drone nearby, so they sent it into action. i dropped an inflatable life pod into the water and recorded the whole thing. a rescue boat found them faster. in the end, nobody got hurt. we'll be back with a look at when the united states government forced people to cut carbs. not for weight loss. it happened on this day in history. ? does waiting around trying to protect your house from a lighting strike give me the same rush as being golfball-sized hail? of course not. but if you can stick t

embiid had 22-point as the sixers beat the phoenix suns 123-110. sixers say the san antonio spurs tomorrow night. >> well, new year, new prices. still ahead, some of the places and products where we could see cost increase this is year. plus this. >> the president returns to to washington wash today after closing out the year with a tweet storm. ahead of his annual new years party in marrero a lag owe, i'm diane king in new york, with the details. >> that's an end care they're dropping to countdown to the new year in end after list, show you other unique celebrations ringing in 2018. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> here is hoping. however you are starting your new year off, if you are just getting to bed, or maybe you're just waking up, we hope this year will be your best year yet. we appreciate you starting your new year off with us here at cbs-3. we will be right back. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ trusted battery for your do you need the most son's favorite toy? maybe not. maybe, you could trust he wouldn't le

no me fui y todos contentos" nos comunicamos con el servicio de inmigracion de phoenix para pedir unabre su caso, sin embargo nos contestaron que debido al cierre de gobierno por el momento no pueden dar ninguna informacion sobre el caso de ramos zuniga, quien cree saber que fue lo que lo ayudo. silder ramos zuÑiga evit deportacin "probablemente porque tengo un record limpio, nunca he tenido problemas con la justicia" lo que tambien lo ayudo, fue que su abogado pidio a inmigracion que reabrieran su caso de asilo politico ademas de pedir un alto a su deportacion. silder ramos zuÑiga evit deportacin "con esta aplicacin me has dado, hasta que la corte no decida, no vamos a proceder dijo" desde diciembre ramos es monitoteado a traves de un grillete en su tobillo, eso tambien pudiera cambiar. silder ramos zuÑiga evit deportacin "me dijo que me iban ayudar a ver como me quitaban el grillete" ramos quien huyera de su pais por la guerra en los ochentas, dice que no quiere regresar a el salvador ahora por el problema de violencia de pandillas. silder ramos zuÑiga evit deportacin "lo adopte com

i flew in phoenix two days ago. [applause] i flew a t-6, the new t-6 with 12 or 1400 era power trainer at laughlin air force base in december. and i'm going back to phoenix in january to get a ride in an f-16. [laughing] [applause] they have a very small club of pilots today, fighter pilots, called the 9g club. they have 9g in an f-16. i don't think i will make it to that. >> he not only flew the t-6 in texas can he actually landed it. [applause] >> i don't know how i got to be this age. i guess i have good genes, but i generally feel i'm in the prime of life right now, and to be here, to be with you, sir, and to be with the marine colonel and chaplin and the audience is one of the thrills and honors of my life. thank you very much. >> sir, thank you very much. [applause] captain yellin, thank you. we will conclude with a battle hymn of the republic. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the lord ♪ ♪ he is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored ♪ ♪ he hath loosed the

a lot of pictures right there out of phoenix. all this while the u.s. government is in day two of a shutdown and president donald trump is blaming the democrats. today he is hinting that it may be time for republicans to change the filibuster rule to end the stalemate. he hinted by way of tweet, it's good to see how hard republicans are fighting to our military and safety at the border. the democrats just named ill let me immigration -- even the white house voicemail where the public can call and leave a comment, their complaint line, it's been changed to point the finger at democrats for this political chaos. this government shutdown. >> thank you for calling the white house comment line. thank you for calling the white house. unfortunately, we cannot answer your call today because congressional democrats are holding government funding including funding for our troops and other national security priorities hostage to an unrelated immigration debate. due to this on strbstruction, t government is shutdown. >> this might be a first when you call in the wh

but in phoenix, consider ground zero in the 2014 scandal after dozens of veterans died while waitingr care, the facility once again ranked as one of the worst in the country in 2017. the report gave units 1/5 stars for the second year in a row. >> we are worlds away when we were in 2014 i think we are regaining their trust even though it is one veteran at a time. >> they say the sevent director since the scandal broke to glover and 2016. >> 1/5 before so we talk about trust, we talk about the veterans here in arizona, why are the improvements not happening faster? >> they need to happen, we all know that. we still have a lot of work to do. our work is incomplete. >> nelson tells a dramatic drop in patient work times, slashing the duration to get an appointment over the last year from an average of 30 days down to just 11 days. but in a statement arizona senator, jeff flake tells us he is truly disappointed in the continued poor performance at the phoenix va. wearily, greater oversight is necessary. >> and disappointed because we are not where we are. i mean we want to give ourselves

peddling operation into a leading department store in phoenix. goldwater was a college dropout. he did freshman year, and then that was it. what happened was his father died early, unexpectedly and he had to go back and help to run the business. although he was a college dropout, he wrote a little book called "the conscience of a conservative." 120 some pages. if you have not read it, i counsel you to do. so it sold 3.5 million copies. published in 1960. still worth a read. still holds up very, very well. 3.5 million copies. only something i had written. i'd even settle for 100,000. come on. got to promote this book. never smoked a cigarette because of his mother's injunction. never had a cup of coffee, but he did keep a bottle of old crow in his senate refrigerator for after 5:00 sipping, and he would bring over senators from the other aisle, democrats and republicans, would sit down over a little old crow, little bourbon and water, maybe not too much water, and talk over things, and begin to form relationships and friendships, and how i wish we