. >> i think polk county is 175. >> polk county does e. the senate returning to close out legislative work for the year. you are watching live coverage on c-span2 schatz slats nominations en bloc, calendar number 400, 402, 403, 404, 414, that the senate vote on the nominations en bloc without intervening action or debate, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, that the president be immediately notified of the senate's action and the senate resume legislative session. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the question occurs on the nominations en bloc. all those in favor say aye. those opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the nominations are confirmed en bloc mr. schatz: madam president, i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to calendar number 316, tobin john bradley to be ambassador to the republic of guatemala, that the senate vote on the nomination without intervening action or debate, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, t

what is your crime rate like in polk county? at a 51-year low right now and over next three weeks, if we can keep it like it is now, we are 98 crimes less than last year at this time and january we predict we will be at a 52-year low, all about holding people accountable that commit crime. >> carley: holding people accountable, this guy, lucas, not a big fan of yours. he allegedly stole this car. this, your next answer could be psa for other criminals thinking about doing something in your county. 30 previous charges, 12 misdemeanors, 19 rearrests, if found guilty of stealing this are ca, what kind of time is he looking at? >> you have to look at his history and points? he's good for three to five years on just this car. pascal county is planning to draw up 30 more burglary charges on him and some burglaries, guns were stolen, he could end up with 10, 15 years or more. if you want to see tamari, he is in county jail lockup. he may be humming jingle bells, but he's not out walking the street today. >> carley: he was, considering

planter down in polk county, texas, which is northeast basically of houston. it is in the eastern part of texas. and he goes there in 1858 and he settles. the 1860 census, this is what it says about him, it says he is a planter in polk county, and he has a real estate value of $42,000. and he has a personal estate value of $28,460. today, that real estate value would be $1.5 million. his personal estate would be over $1 million. and in that personal estate are 43 enslaved people, so some of this total, we know where that actually comes from, but the real estate, he had a very nice amount of real estate and he had -- it looks like he had a pretty prosperous planter operation down it texas. now, he will join in march of 1863 and his brother, robert w huber, is the first lieutenant commanding company k of the fifth texas in the battle of gettysburg, and his brother is wounded, or i should say captured in the battle of gettysburg. he is wounded and captured in the battle of gettysburg. his nephew is in the company and later killed in the civil war. so, we know a l

polk county texas,hich is northeast basical of houston. it's in the eastern part of texas. e census says he is a planner in the county and he has a real estate value of $42,000 and he has a personal estate value of $28,460. today the value would be $1.5 million. the estate would be over a million. and in that personal estate are 43 enslaved people. so some of the total, we know where that actually comes from. but the real estate had a very nice amount of real states and he had a what looks like a pretty prosperous plantar operation down in texas. now he will join him in march of 1863 and his brother, robert w is the first lieutenant commander of the fifth texas battle and his brother's wounded or i should say captured in the battle. he is wounded and captured in the battle. his c nephew is in bad company d later killed in the civil war. so, we know a lot about him and he is wounded in 1864. what makes it fascinating he's the only confederate i know of thatat we have a detailed diaryf end of the copy of it is at the military institute and now the army heritage center. it cove

will go back home where he will die in 1907 as a prominent member of the immunity down there in polk county, texas. let me tell you a little bit. the dated march hubert got to baltimore, the 26th of july, this is what his head to his wife and once more committed to write you. i was wounded on the 2nd of this month near gettysburg. the ball entering my leg just above the knee on the inside and it came out at the hip joint on the out side, running below the bone along the full length of the five. it is now getting along finally. i can get out a little bit with crutches. he was wounded on 2nd in this is the 20's except that number. when he describes in the diary what this wound actually looks like, thank you. he describes what this looks like. says it's festering. his lucky he did not lose his leg. must not have had the bullet strike his bone or anything vital. he is then going to be sent, you know, like i said, back down to richmond where he will later be exchanged and what is interesting about this is we have a diary from him which we don't have any lot of cases. the only other one we have -

planter down to polk county, xas, which is northeast basically of houston. it's in theastern part of texas. and he goes here in 1858 and he saddles the 1860 census. is is what says about him, says he's a planter in county and that hhas a reaestate value. of $42,000 and he has a personal estate value of $28,460 today. that real estate value be $1.5 million. his personal state would be over $1,000,000. and in that personal estate are 33 enslaved people. so some of this we know where that actually comes from. but the real estate had a very nice of real estate and he had a pretty it looks like he had a pretty profit purpose planter operation down in texas now will join in march of 1863 and his robert hubert is the first lieutenant commanding company k of the fifth texas in the battle of gettysburg and his brother is wounded or i should say captured in the battle gettysburg. he is wounded and captured in the battle of gettysburg. his nephew is in that company, later killed in the civil war. so we know a lot about him and he's exchanged wounded again in 1864. what

they went, no, you are in polk county. play here. we interviewed him on the bottom line yesterday and sean's first question was why doesn't every criminal have that reaction when they are arrested? the 14-year-old had first been arrested at age 12 for theft with a weapon, and it is because left-wing democrat elected officials care more about coddling and protecting criminals and vial humans, who kill you for your used car than keeping honest law-abiding citizens safe. elect more grady's. they are still in jail and will be served turkey on christmas. >> emily: stay with us, more "outnumbered" next. it's easy as 1-2-3. one: call newday and apply. two: take out an average of $70,000. three: pay off your credit cards lactaid is 100% real milk, just without the lactose. delicious too. just ask my old friend, kevin. nothing like enjoying a cold one while watching the game. who's winning? we are, my friend. we are. my dry eye's made me a burning, stinging, 5-times-a-day,... ...makeup smearing drops user. i want another option tha

and of course in polk county we did a lot of things with the iowa state fair was a really big deal fory for our kids. so we covered a lot of ground. we had a lot of great experiences. but talking with folks, seeing firsthand what people are dealing with we get to see the resilience of farmers who have to deal with mother nature. an overbearing government we deal with what california is doing that can affect things that are going on. way to tulsa with california the other night we were able to talk with folks about the struggle that families are going through to be able to make ends meet to get ahead, to afford a home, car, groceries. the challenges that are being done with our school systems and the governor and the legislature have worked hard on that. we saw the day after day we were traveling. iran into an iowa family when we were at the state fair one of her children was a special olympian. i was going to be excluded from the special olympics which was hosted in florida couple of years ago because he did not take the mrna covid shocked. we do not cap discrimination in florida on th

but he didn't carry polk county, he didn't carry jasper and some of the big counties, the industrialrt. so trump is going to focus right now on making sure that he win the caucuses and he wins them decisively so he can go into new hampshire and end this primary battle so he can focus on his legal trouble. >> we just showed some numbers. trump is far away winning nationally, he's got that huge lead in iowa and new hampshire. not quite as big as the national lead. if he wins those two states, rick, what? >> it's probably game, set, match, and quickly. there's a very compelling case that the trump campaign will put forward now to say that he will be the de facto nominee by the middle of march, and on the current trajectory. >> or maybe by the end of january. >> january, if other candidates drop out. but even if they don't, even if these five candidates remain, there's still a very viable path for him to have it wrapped up shortly after super tuesday. and that's kind of the wild thing, we have these very long campaigns. this could end quickly if trump isn't stopped early, and the best ch

we're using chinese pies to train people how to do -- spies to train people how to do elections in polk county. so it's worrisome to figure out how you run an election in a way that the states have control, but they're also supported by the feds. >> so these hongstanding -- longstanding structural issues, i think, are quite concerning because we don't seem to be able to get a handle on just a couple things. president ford in interviews after -- well, it was when he was working on hava, he would say the two things that rip off the american voter are gerrymandering and money overwhelming congressional districts fromgr the outside whh is mccain feingold, right? that would be to account for the latter. >> yeah. >> but the former, the gerrymandering, think about it.i president ford liked to think of our country as having balanced populations in every congressional district so the voters would hear a full airing of the issues. the safe seats just keep growing and growing, which is what has happened in our democracy. then that means more and more americans have sorted themselves but likely, and they

now in the counties of green, g, story, marshall and polk county right at the hardware the i 35 meetsi 80, those are highways that cut across the united states. this problem is not unique to iowa. these cartels are active in many states across the country, so to director moran, what steps has homeland security investigations taken to combat cartels in the interior of our nation and what tools would be helpful in rooting them out? can you provide a detailed plan to congress by the end of the year to accomplish this? >> thank you for that question. as to the first part of that, each side it was a very robust strategy to disrupt and dismantle the transmission of criminal organizations. we also to use a force multiplier vetted units overseas to try to push the border out to be for these crimes enter the border, so we have a very, very active criminal strategy that deals with criminal activity not only within the united states but outside of the united states. >> can you provide your going to have a comprehensive plan by the end of november. also "the new york times" reported back in febru

county. >>> great news for your sweet tooth. san francisco's famous bob's doughnutis expanding. b's is currently a polk streotot and now set to add a new location also on polk street taking the place of another popular sweet shop. that's lotta's bakery which is closing. the staple is always attracting long lines late into the night and bob's owners say they'll start renovations at the new space soon. but they don't expect to move in until 2025. >> that's breakfast inspiration for you there. >>> a new attraction in new york city giving you the chance to recreate this iconic image. yeah. you probably have seen the black and white version of some construction workers enjoying lunch on a steel beam. some 800 feet above the ground. well, rockefeller center now giving people the chance to travel back in time and snap a picture in the same spot from 70 stories up. but i know, no gasping needed because you don't have to be as daring as the original crew. the photo-op is only 12 feet above the deck. so -- i mean, that's reasonable. and i would assume they have some safety measures there in place. >> you see som