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[applause] the honorable roger wicker, united states senator, state of mississippi. [applause] the honorable james mattis, secretary of defense. [cheers and applause] the honorable terry mcauliffe, governor, commonwealth of virginia. ladies and gentlemen, our ship's sponsor, mrs. susan ford bales. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] -- she is escorted today by command master chief, united states navy, command master chief uss gerald r. ford. ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states, escorted today by captain richard mccormick, united states navy, perspective commanding officer uss gerald r. ford. [cheers and applause] ladies and gentlemen, honors to the president of the united states. platform and salute. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the national anthem will be performed by gerald r. ford's own chief petty officer. advance the colors. ♪ >> platform and salute. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> platform, ready, two. ladies and gentlemen, chaplain barstow will offer the invocation. >> please pray with me. we gather together here today as one body, though we come f

. >> woodruff: and senator roger wicker of mississippi was also at the white house today.egan by asking him if the president's engagement adds more pressure on republicans. >> well, i guess there is some pressure on some of the people who are sort of still doubtful about this. i don't feel the pressure because i have been a yes vote for quite some time, but let me tell you, there are two schools of thought on moving forward. the majority leader, senator mcconnell, would like to get to a vote on the motion to proceed and see where people are, and if we win, great, we proceed to the bill. if not, at least people have voted, and we know what the target is, if we lose by two or three votes. the president, on the other hand, really thinks that, over the next few days, we can get 50 votes to yes, and he was all about today getting into the details of what's keeping various members from being able to say 100% that they can support this legislation and deciding what levers to pull to get the bill to a place where 50 of us can say yes. >> the reason i'm asking about pressure is bec

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. >> republican senator roger wicker downplaying the significance. >> i just think that is pretty much of a great big nothing when it was some sort of collusion. >> republican senator susan collins said today the intelligence committee should interview don jr. as part of the probe to possible collusion between the trump campaign and russia. don jr. tweeting back he'd be happy to do so. in northwest, emily rowe, abc7 news. nancy: another trump making headlines. ivanka who held a prominent role in the g20 summit. for the president critics too much of a role when she sat in for her father in a meeting of leaders. the president left for a one-on-one talk away from the table and today the president took to twitter to defend her sitting in. he wrote -- if chelsea clinton was asked to hold the seat for her mother the fake news would say chelsea for president." he pointed out that angela merkel had no problem with the move. alison: joint base andrews helicopter forced to make an emergency landing park. the reason was a maintenance issue. no reports of any issues from this. skytrak7 caught a mi

the we're going to be exploring that with senator roger wicker, of course one of the key players not only on the health care front but getting tax cuts launched and done. that is looking shall we say dicey. blake burman at the white house with the latest. reporter: neil, keeping that in mind just yesterday at white house press briefing the white house put forward mark short, legislative affairs head at the white house, in part talking about health care, in part talking about tax reform. now fast forward 20 hours or so, email dump by donald trump, jr., himself, poeted to his very own twitter account. we've gone through the few emails that he posted. let me ticket through from the beginning. donald trump, jr., has an acquaintance he known by rob gold steen. in this email in the early parts of june 2016 goldstein emailed donald trump, jr., saying influential russians he had heard, top prosecutor had told these russians that had dirt potentially damaging on::and helpful to then candidate trump. so goldstein emails this to donald trump, jr. he then goes on to say, i quote, this is obvious

. >> senator markey, a democrat along with senator roger wicker, a republican have added an amendment to the bill requiring that the govenment set reasonable fees for checked baggage, itinerary changes and seat selection. >> the airlines contribute a lotta money, they got a lotta lobbyists and they've done a pretty good job of heading off anything legislatively. that would actually prescribe their behavior. >> the airline lobbyists have done a great job in ensuring that consumers have no protections. but we've reached a boiling point. and we're now about to engage in a mighty political battle. >> but until then, here's the story of air travel in 2017. >> money talks. all others fly coach. in the middle seat. in the air, the smell of frustration and cheap scotch. if you do feel squeezed by the system, don't take out your anger on another person. >> that's the spirit. >> the government is paying attention to some consumer complaints about the airlines. this week, the feds fined three carriers for violations including failing to help passengers with disabilities and failing to make timel

. >> woodruff: and tomorrow night, we get a republican perspective from senator roger wicker of mississippi. >> woodruff: it has been two years since the iran nuclear deal was struck-- a central, and controversial, part of the obama administration's legacy. but president trump has made no secret of his dislike for the agreement, and that is one part of heightened tensions with iran. william brangham has that. >> my number-one priority is to dismantle the disastrous deal with iran. >> brangham: on the campaign trail, candidate trump vowed to rip up the international community's agreement that curbed iran's nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief. but last night, president trump took the required step of certifying whether iran was in fact complying with its end of the deal. this was the second time the trump administration certified it was. state department spokeswoman heather nauert, while affirming iran's compliance, said they're not off the hook: >> there are still a lot of things iran is doing that are very troubling to this administration. and so we're going to try and push on

internet is chairey senator roger wicker. >> it is precisely 10:00 a.m.. good . >> precisely 10:00 a.m. good morning the subcommittee will come to order. the update on first net and this exciting effort to deploy the nationwide interoperable public safety broadband network. i'm glad to convene a hearing and an accord tuesday a attendants from a good friend ended 2012 bin that to lead the development of that public safety broadband network. with those communication failures in the other national emergencies including hurricane katrina it with those reliable communications network to support the essential work. so with those firstsp responders across multiple jurisdictions to provide life-saving emergency services. in to establish the broad base and network. and how it intended to meet the needs of each state of the regular access network. in with reliable coverage and into a number of murders of the subcommittee.subcommi so those with user fees would be affordably priced to first responders since the time much has happened to open the innovation and test la

senate commerce science and transportation subcommittee on the internet is chaired by senator roger wicker. >> it is precisely 10:00 a.m.. good morning and the subcommittee will come to order. today the subcommittee meets for an update on first net and this exciting effort to deploy the nationwide interoperable public safety broadband network. i'm glad to convene this hearing and i look forward to the attendance and a moment to from my different friend and ranking member mr. schatz. in 2012 congress created the first responder network authority to lead the development of a nationwide interoperable public safety broadband network in the united states. with the communications failures that plague recovery efforts during 9/11 and other national emergencies including hurricane katrina there was and still is a clear need for a reliable communications network to support the central work of our public safety officials such a network would improve coordination on first responders across multiple jurisdictions and enhance the ability of first responders to provide lifesaving emergency services quic

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senate commerce science and transportation subcommittee on the internet is chaired by senator roger wicker. >> it is precisely 10:00 a.m.. good morning and the subcommittee will come to order. today the subcommittee meets for an update on first net and this exciting effort to deploy the