he called for a meeting with interior secretary ryan zinke, and zinke walked out of that meeting, taking different stance. florida was, in his words, now off the table for any new drilling. and now the trump administration is being accused of playing politics with this drilling decision. now, there is -- it's no secret that trump and his senior aides inside the white house, both publicly and privately, they've urged governor scott to run for senate, hoping that the republican governor would challenge the florida democrat, bill nelson. of course, that would change the balance of power, swomewhat, an make things more favorable for the president in congress. even after the hurricanes or during the hurricanes, when the president visited, he said that he hopes that governor scott runs for senate. this was during the hurricane damage just last year. now, even if you look at ryan zinke's statement, it dif gives of the credit for his decision to rick scott. we have part of that statement where he says, i support the governor's position that florida is unique and its coasts are heavily reliant on

waters to offshore drilling. >> governor rick scott asked to meet with the interior secretary ryan zinke. >> and the result was quick. >> florida is obviously unique. for floridians we are not drilling off the coast of florida. >> trevor: wow. no drilling in florida because florida is unique? i mean there's a lot of reasons florida is unique, yeah. their state flower is met. their gators have guns. and it's the only state where you can see micky mouse, a stripper and your grandparents in the same day. (laughter) so yeah, they are unique. they are unique. but having beaches is not what makes florida unique. so if you are one of the other coastal states you have every right to be pissed off about florida getting special treatment. especially when you find out the real reason florida got this exemption is because there is a senate election there in the fall. governor rick scott, a republican, is probably going to run for the seat and coastal drilling is wildly unpopular there. yeah. so him getting florida off the drilling list is something he can use to help his popularity which he needs be

appointed and was set to serve through 2021. >> it's not like she's an obama holdover, she's a ryan zinke person. and the rest of the board has already disbanded. and if this is a group that he had such bad blood with, why didn't he step down last year? >> i think it might have been in the final weeks of the obama administration, either way, it's significant, because she kind of had the most to lose in terms of stepping down. and in terms of your question, there are a number of things, you point to some key policies where traditionally this key advisory board would have weighed in on these policy issues, they have a slew of commissions, whether it's on science or education and national landmarks, is that they usually would have been consulted by any old meeting. the interior secretary can only designate a historical or national landmark, by getting it first approved by this board. so there haven't been the last ones were done in the final days of the obama administration on january 11th in 2016, secretary jewel, the secretary at the time approved 24 landmarks and we haven't had, to the be

republican governor rick scott protested with the white house, met with the interior secretary ryan zinkeere taken off the list. joining from washington is the governor of washington state. thanks so much for joining us. >> you bet. good morning. >> why do you think florida was taken off the list? >> well, look, there has been a bipartisan revulsion against what happened here. because both democrat and republican governors, 15 have objected to this, 6 republicans. and the reason is that we believe america deserves a president who will protect our beaches from sea to shining sea. not just those that have a political pal who is in trouble in a senate race in florida which is the case with frankly nonstellar environmental record that's trying to look good. and not just protect places where you happen to have a golf course with a beach around it. this president deserves and has an obligation to protect all of our beaches. and the story throughout the country, both in republican and democrat states right now, is that we all have the same thing i have in washington, a $400 million recreation in

call now. >>> frustration with interior secretary ryan zinke has sparked a mass resignation, nine of the 12 board members stepping down this week after they say secretary zinke refused to meet with them or hold a single meeting in all of 2017. gretchen long resigned after serving more than a decade on the national parks committee. tell me the importance of this board and your frustration at being rebuffed by the secretary of the interior. >> good morning, andrea, it is a pleasure to be with you, and i am in one of the country's beautiful places, jackson hole, wyomi wyoming. we tried very much, we tried and failed to get the secretary's attention. chairman nulls of the advisory board and i both tried to reach the national parks service as well as the secretary's office over the last year to draw out of their attention that we exist and we have been doing very important work and we would very much like to meet with the secretary. we have received no reply, no answer. over the year, we're supposed to have two meetings, which we are supposed to have in the last seven i have served. no com

took office and noticed some early roll backs implemented by the new secretary of the interior, ryan zinke>> secretary zinke even cancelled a health study that was taking place at the national academy of sciences that was affecting the mountain top coal removal in appalachian. >> mountain top removal lops the peaks off to get to the coal inside. researchers say the practice contaminated ground waters with toxic minerals resulting in higher lung cancer rates and other illnesses. in august, the interior said that the decision was part of an agency wide budget review, environmentalists have expressed alarm at several recent changes and regulatory roll backs that they say will jeopardize clean air and clean water. >> there are people out there in the environmental community and also the president's critics who are suspicious. they think that every time a regulation is rolled back, that is air quality or water quality made less safe, as opposed to an onerous regulation that will help create jobs. >> as you said, it's tomato, tomato, somebody looks at a role as being a burden, and somebody looks

this comes after ryan zinke announced new drilling plans for coastal regions where drilling has beenanned for decades. this happened last week, the allowing of the drilling and it was overshadowed by other news, and now florida says we don't want it so they don't have to do it? >> that's right. that's the case right now, and off the top of last week ryan zinke proposed rolling back a ban of offshore drilling on the coast of florida and california. you are looking at a map there of all the areas that would be impacted. they are also considering allowing leasing on more than 40 sites for natural gas and oil production. again, you are looking at the map there. zinke had not finished making his announcement when the florida governor asked for a meeting to discuss concerns about the plan. fast-forward to last night and we now have reporting that zinke now says that he will remove florida from that list of coastal areas where they would have this drilling, that will no longer be the case. he said i support the governor's position that florida is unique and its coast are heavily reliant on

to show that national parks remain open, interior secretary ryan zinke visit itted the national mall.gon turned tv and radiobroadcasts back on at military bases after declaring them essential activities. the troops will be able to watch sunday football. awe off but a political resolution remains out of reach. legislative affairs director mark short. >> let's find a daily to make sure again, our troops and our border patrol agents are not denied payment. but that, the democrats seem unwilling to accept that offer. >> reporter: a white house spokesperson said president trump spent a good part of the day on the phone. spoke with republican leader in the house as well as senate majority whip. while the president has the yet to address the nation, he did record a statement, that was shown to guests at a gala held last night at his mar a lago resort to celebrate his first year in office. elaine. >> margaret brennan, thank you. >>> the national women's march held its main event today in las vegas with the goal of getting women to march off to the polls in november's midterm elections. in a c

even if the federal government runs out of money and shuts down this weekend, interior secretary ryan zinke is working to keep the gates to some national parks open. they would not have any rangers or any other staff on site. matt keller, abc 7 news. >>> matt, thank you. >>> this morning, more fallout from revelations of sexual misconduct. seven managers and chefs of an oakland restaurant owned by chef charlie hallowwell are threatening to resign unless he divests himself from the business. he has not denied the allegations by 17 female employees. according to the chronicle, he has removed himself from the day-to-day operations of the company. employees of the pizzeria, boot and shoe service, want him to divest completely. >>> san leandro city manager is facing allegations of sexual misconduct. rose padilla johnson of the davis street family resource center claims she was pressured to have a sexual relationship with him in exchange for public funding. johnson claims the abuse began in 2012. zapata has not responded to the allegations. >>> millions of women expected to take to the streets ac

was a very explicit signal that they wanted me to quit. >> the president's interior secretary, ryan zinke, wants to cut roughly 4,000 jobs from his department. in june he told lawmakers one way he planned to do it was through reassignments. >> reassignments don't trim the workforce, right? only if you get them to quit does it trim the workforce. >> you can't be moving talent around, the senior executive office around, in order to get rid of them. that would not be permit. >> by october clement did what he said the administration wants him to do, he quit. the interior department is investigating but calls the allegations baseless. similar stories are coming from the state department where secretary of state rex tillerson has been working on plans to cut his budget by 30%. >> my redesign for the state department i think is the most important thing i can do for the state department. how do we become more effective, more capable, more nimble, to use the intellectual capacity of the people in this department. today that human talent carries a lot of bags and weight around with it that gets in

ryan zinke/u.s. department of the interior secretary: "a shutdown affects great people that work hard."including nearly 85 percent of nasa employees -- more than half of the irs -- a week before the agency accepts tax returnsand about 60 percent of the staff at the c-d-c -- as the agency works to fight a deadly nationwide flu outbreak.sen. mitch mcconnell / -r- kentucky: "let's step back from the brink. let's stop victimizing the american people and get back to work on their behalf." ( robin ) ( robin ) as a result of the shutdown... places like muir woods and stinson beach are closed. leaving plenty of tourists disappointed and park employees without a paycheck. kron 4's camila bernal was at muir woods and spoke to people who decided to go anyway. when you travel all the way from michigan you don't let the government shutdown stop you from enjoying the beauty of muir woods4:34:03 two years ago we started planning and two days ago the government couldn't come to a conclusion of what their job is all

ryan zinke says they were removed because they rely heavily on tourism. but california says if that's the case theirs should be lifted too. >>> spacex has insisted it did not lose a classified satellite that vanished after liftoff. we want to know where is it then? an official confirmed that a satellite called zuma fell into the ocean. however, they say the rockets worked properly. the contractor built the satellite at a reported cost of more than $1 billion. it isn't commenting because the mission is classified. so they can keep it a secret, we didn't lose a satellite. because. >> because it's a secret. >> because the satellite did not exist in the first place. >>> from space to a texas walmart, because it was there that unexpected visitors caused a big flap. >> yes, one man thought they were birds. then they were surrounded by about 20 of them. >> 20 bats, like a horror movie! other customers said the bats were hanging around the cooler areas like the meat and cold cut department. >> makes sense. >> they just want a snack. they were apparently living in

interior secretary ryan zinke said the country is embarking on a new path for energy dominance in america. >>> a seismic shift could be coming to the relatively new legal marijuana industry. attorney gener jeff sessions today reversed a number of obama era guidelines that discouraged the federal government from interfering with state legalized marijuana. and it comes just days after weed went legal in california. aditi roy is i >> reporter: days after cannabis companies ushered in the legalization of recreational marijuana in california with fanfare, a blow from the federal government. attorney gener jeff sessions gave u.s. attorneys the green light to aggressively enforce federal laws against marijuana, even in states where it is legal. reaction was swift. democratic leader nancy pelosi saying the decision, quote, bulldozes over the will of the american people and insults the democratic process under which majorities of voters in california and in states across the nation supported decriminalizn at th ballot box. cannabis entrepreneurs are also weighing in, one telling me it could be dev

analysts say it's an attempt to reduce the number of >> ryan zinke order the the department to undergo reorganization in its 168 year history. it calls for the shift of tens of thousands of workers to new locations. it will also change the way the federal government manages more than 500 million acres of land and water across the country. >>> british singer seal has openly slammed oprah in the wake of her celebrating golden globes speech. in an instagram post the singer accused oprah of knowing about the rumors against harvey weinstein and ignoring them. the meme reads, when you have been part of the problem for decades but suddenly they all think you are the solution. but before dropping the mic he ended his caption with the #sanctimonious hollywood. >> kevin durant has become the second youngest player in nba history to reach 20,000 career points. lebron james michael jordan and kobe bryant are the only many points before the age of 30. >>> critics choice will be announced tonight. more than 350 television raid i didn't and online critics vote for the best in film and the tv and our

include pacific coastal zones or activities been off limits for almost fifty years interior secretary ryan zinke believes the move could cost the country's revenue fifty billion dollars but the project spot waves of criticism. it's not consistent with our vibrant tourism fishing and recreation their concern is their livelihood to the local economies we all saw what happened to the gulf coast with the deepwater horizon trance trying to turn our oceans into oil fields and this plan opens the floodgates to dirty and dangerous offshore drilling threatening coastal economies that rely on clean and healthy oceans offshore drilling represents a critical threat to our coastal economy international economist mom to sell it may believe it is not certainly investment going to pay off though. the u.s. plane to explore in offshore america is not unique after all many other countries are doing the same but it is the magnitude of the plan of shore exploration in the united states that is unique of course it will have a lot of enviroment arrests there is also another upside to it is that we don't know where the

eerier ryan zinke he who seems to be doing more of the same explained that with regard to drilling and safety tyson yes so just a nother big bombshell from the trumpet ministration they announce the largest expansion proposal of offshore oil and gas drilling for the entire pacific coast of the united states the entire atlantic coast all of the coast surrounding alaska and the eastern gulf of mexico which borders on florida this is unprecedented and it's already seeing a lot of pushback even from some republicans that represent some of the coastal districts that will be affected so you can be sure that over the next several years this is going to be a huge fight between some of the oil and gas interests that are pushing the trump administration and some of the more moderate republicans in these coastal so i'm concerned i know that people have concerns about drilling but at least there are those safety precautions that we put in place after the b.p. spill right well unfortunately those are also going to be on the cutting room floor because at the same time that they're talking about this

to show that national parks remain open, interior secretary ryan zinke visited the national mall. and the pentagon turned tv and radio broadcasts back on at military bases after declaring them essential activities. the troops will now be able to watch sunday football. but a political resolution remains out of reach. legislative affairs director marc short. >> let's find a deal to make sure that again our troops and border patrol agents are not denied payments, democrats are unwilling to accept that offer. >> reporter: the white house press secretary released a statement accusing minority leader chuck schumer of having a hazy memory of his meeting on friday with the president. schumer claimed that the two men had reached a deal to fund the military and fulfill mr. trump's border security request, but said that the president walked away just hours before the shutdown. elaine? >> quijano: margaret brennan, thank you. the national women's march held its main event today in las vegas with the goal of getting women to march to the polls in november's mid-term elections. in a cbs news po

eerier ryan zinke he who seems to be doing more of the same explained that with regard to drilling and safety tyson yes so just a nother big bombshell from the trumpet ministration they announce the largest expansion proposal of offshore oil and gas drilling for the entire pacific coast of the united states the entire atlantic coast all of the coast surrounding alaska and the eastern gulf of mexico which borders on florida this is unprecedented and it's already seeing a lot of pushback even from some republicans that represent some of the coastal districts that will be affected so you can be sure that over the next several years this is going to be a huge fight between some of the oil and gas interests that are pushing the trumpet ministration and some of the more moderate republicans in these coastal so i'm concerned i know that people have concerns about drilling but at least there are those safety precautions that we put in place after the b.p. spill right well unfortunately those are also going to be on the cutting room floor because at the same time that they're talking about this

emma: ryan zinke may have given ammunition to opponents of offshore oil drilling.than a week after unveiling drilling in coastal waters, he said that florida would be exempt. that appears to circumvent the process laid out by federal law. florida's governor opposed drilling plans. he is expected to run for the senate this year. european union's foreign minister says an agreement curbing iran's nuclear deals continued. -- the deal is working and the eu remains committed to making sure it is a limited. they spoke after talks in brussels between ministers -- ministers from the u.k. and equivalents. in paris, armed robbers made off with millions of dollars in jewels. three suspects have been arrested but to others got away. french media estimates the stolen merchandise could be worth as much as $5.4 million. nothing has been recovered so far. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by over 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. this is bloomberg. vonnie: coming up, jumping ship. we speak with the ceo of norwegian cruise lines as the company leads the nasdaq.

he got the meeting with rye sin sin and what -- ryan zinke and he got what he wanted. >> wanted. >> reporter: president donald trump is urging florida governor rick scott to run against florida democratic senator bill nelson. >> he said this is a political stunt orchestrated by rick scott. we should not play politics request the future of florida. >> reporter: almost as soon as florida won their plea, ear governors weighed in with the new york governor asking, where can we sign up for a waiver and the governor of oregon saying, how about the same for oregon. >>> a few hours ago diane feinstein tweeted, blocking the trump plan to expand offshore drilling is a priority of mine, we do not want to be a mistake away from environmental catastrophe. >>> we have more rain in store, mark is up next to tell us how long the break is going to last >> we have more coming up on ktvu news right after the break sfx: tinny headphone music sfx: feet shuffling life can change in an instant. be covered when it does... ...with a health plan through covered california. we offer free expert help choosing the best

reporter: ryan zinke sweeted we fully expect government to continue operations, in the, vent of a shut down, public lands will be as accessible as safely possible under the law. reporter: republicans saying that democrats would side with 800,000 so-called dreamers over the health insurance of 9 million american children. lou. lou: thank you. we'll be watching if that are vote. and whether or not the republican party can deliver first, in house, then senate in support of the continuing resolution. first guest, says that democrats are playing games on daca and the spending bill with the lives of our military hanging in the balance, joining us tonight, republican a congresswoman marta mcsally. great to have you with us. let's start with the developments that mike just reported, freedom ca caucus movg into line to support continues resolution tonight. perhaps within the hour, vote. >> the votes were just called, we'll be heading in soon. i have been in the military for 26 years, it is infuriating that the democrats are playing politics with our group, they create a fake deadline for someth

decided not to allow oil drilling off the coast of florida after an appeal from works copies made, ryan zinke he said in a statement, i support the governor's decision to forward is unique in its coast are heavily reliant on tourism as an academic driver. governor scott pomona several republicans who oppose the plan the plan to expand -- or drilling around the united states is expected, by the way, to run for senate. lauren: steve bennett stepping down as deputy chairman of prey partners sealing his fate with the controversial michael wolff book "fire and fury." he caught a campaign meeting with russians at trump tower treasonous and unpatriotic. they cost into the support of bob mercer who is a major part art investor. cheryl: apple facing new questions about its battery slowdown question here and abroad. republican senator john thune wrote a letter to tim cook asking him if he is considering giving customers rebates and the consumer protection agency said it's open for potential deception. apple has acknowledged the software performance and iphone since batteries age to prevent those device

five year plan announced by ryan zinke opens up oil and exploration from federal waters in california billions of acres in the arctic and along the eastern sea board. lifting of the drilling put in place by barack obama deal as serious blow to president's environmental legacy. in announcement argued the decision will boost jobs and provide billions of dollars of funding for conservation efforts along u.s. coastlines. the move is welcomed by energy companies, it faces sharp criticism from a number of republican governors of coastal states, particularly florida's rick scott who vowed to protect state's coast from drilling and already asked to meet with secretary szinke to discuss removing florida from consideration. before the stock market continues to roll on with the dow average crossing the 25,000 mark yesterday. this is just a month after it crossed 24,000. cnbc joins us live from london. vil ville. >> a lot of cynics saying they're overvalued. stocks are a bit too frothy. after that high close for the s&p. dow jones and nasdaq yesterday. seen stock markets around the world follow s

in this letter, outlined unsuccessful attempts to meet with ryan zinke citing they don't see them as reads, quoting them now from all events of the past year, i have a profound concern that the mission of stewardship, protection, and advancement of our national parks has been set aside. also the former democratic of alaska and what he said about the decision to leave. >> it was a difficult decision because we knew in a transition period that there needed to be time to get things together, but we were told we were suspended from any activity and they didn't know for how long. it's been almost a year. no meetings with the board. we tried to contact the secretary to get a meeting to discuss what the board did and what the momentum we had accomplished with the national parks, yet we were ignored and it was apparent there was no interest with the department, with what we had done and if i could name a couple of the areas we were focused on the science of the national parks and extremely important subject in regarding climate change which is something all of our national parks, education,

interior ryan zinke, florida became exempt because of massive florida tourism. that had more of an out cry. governor of louisiana possibly asking for his own exemption. but the trump administration is denying any kind of politics at play. so with me now, south carolina congressman mark sanford whose district rests right there along that beautiful carolina atlantic coastline. congressman, a pleasure to have you on. welcome. >> my pleasure. >> let's get do this. you are opposed to this. your spoerks women says south carolina has requested a meeting with the department sent. what do you want to have come out of this? >> well, what's good for the goose is good for the gander. and if we are going to exempt florida based on the secretary of zinke put it unusually high degree of tourism reliance, well then the same certainly ought to exist for south carolina. if you look at the multi billion dollar industry that exists along the coast of south carolina, whether hilton head or charlton or myrtle beach, tremendous tourism that ultimately drives our economy. if you use it

sonocco and energy transfer partners and interior secretary ryan zinke fresh from the board of oil pipelineompany key west energy. why don't they just be open about it and move the federal government to houston? that would make life easier for byron brown. who is that? i will tell you. he was senior council to the senate committee on environment and public works, and then last year appointed to a team at the environmental protection agency reviewing regulations affecting oil and gas companies. helpfully, his wife is a senior lobbyist for a major oil and gas company, hess corporation. how perfectly swampy. speaking of that senate committee, environment and public works senator john barrasso became its chairman last year. in the 2016 election cycle before barrasso became chairman, he wasn't in the top 20 of senators who received contributions from oil and gas. but since he's become chairman with significant power over the industry, surprise, surprise! he's jumped to the top of the list, receiving more donations from oil and gas than any other senator. nearly a quarter of a million dollars jus

that according to a letter to interior secretary ryan zinke obtained by cnn. most of the members resigning had terms expiring in may. their letter says they've not been able to meet with zinke and the interior department during his first year on the job, saying their requests to engage have been ignored. former alaska governor tony knowles said former administrations met with the board immediately. the interior department has yet to comment. >>> a clean bill of health with president trump with room for improvement. the doctor also weighing in on his cognitive health more than a week after the president calls him a very stable genius. >>> the patient is 6'3", 239 pounds, blood pressure, 122 over 74. the patient, of course, is donald trump. while dr. ronny johnson pronounced him in excellent health, he did say there were a few issues to address. they discussed diet and exercise during the president's physical and set a goal for the president to lose 10 to 15 pounds. >> the president also asked for a cognitive test, pushing back against questions about his mental

secretary of the interior, ryan zinke and christopher wray were there.housands walked in the streets in one of the largest marches in the country. the theme was equity, love, diversity, unity and social just tis. in downtown memphis, another march happened where a gunman shot and killed dr. martin luther king jr. when he was 39 years old. this april marks 50 years since his assassination. well, the minnesota vikings are one win away from becoming the first team to ever play a home game in the super bowl. that's after a ridiculous finish last night. did you see that? case keenum connecting with stefan diggs for the game-winning touchdown. 61 yards. how do you not make that tackle? the winner will take on either jacksonville or new england in minneapolis for super bowl 52. no team has ever had the chance to win it all in front of the home crowd. and a bit of breaking news to end the show. a live look at air force one. president trump about to leave west palm beach, mar-a-largo. the president will head to joint base andrews and then he will go back to the w

. >> meeting with ryan zinke at the tallahassee airport. >> for floridians, we are not drilling off the coast of florida. >> since president trump's urging governor scott to run against florida's democratic senator bill nelson in november, nelson and others see all interior motives. 12 years ago, nelson helped craft the current eastern gulf of mexico moratorium that bans rigs within 125 miles of the florida coast. "this is a political stunt orchestrated by the trump administration to help rick scott who has wanted to drill off florida's coast his entire career. we shouldn't be playing politics with the future of florida." either way, you won't be seeing any rigs off florida anytime soon. and no surprise, other governors quickly weighed in. new york's governor cuomo asking where do we sign up for a waiver. new jersey's governor christie also asking for the same exemption florida got. >> bret: phil keating in miami. thanks. at least 15 people have died in 24 are missing in massive mudslides in southern california. the area, as we told you, was ravaged by recent wildfires and that's making

interior secretary ryan zinke unveiled the proposal last week, rolling back offshore drilling restrictionsbut then republican governor rick scott objected, saying florida's coasts are heavily reliant on tourism. as a result, zinke changed his decision for florida but not other coastal states with the same complaint. florida's democratic senator bill nelson called it political posturing, saying it is meant to help scott, who is expected to challenge nelson for his senate seat this week. >>> federal judges ordering the state of north carolina to redraw its 13th congressional districts, ruling the current map is unconstitutionally partisan, rejecting the republican-controlled general assembly map saying it violates equal protection clause, the first amendment and article one of the constitution. the state now has three weeks to file a new redistricting plan for the 2018 midterms. >>> a kansas state lawmaker is stepping down from two leadership posts after remarks suggesting that blacks had a general is etic predisposition for abusing drugs. he made the comments last weekend, arguing against l

the governor's office said that he spoke to interior secretary ryan zinke for about 20 minutes on the. the governor explained that opening up the west coast to offshore drilling is something opposed by democrats and republicans here in california. he said it also goes against the state's environmental goals. last week, the white house announced a plan to sell offshore drilling licenses in waters that were protected under the obama administration. florida was exempted from the expansion and governor brown says he wants the same exemption for california. >>> the chp is investigating a deadly collision between a pedestrian and a berkeley city vehicle today. it happened about 1:00 this afternoon in the area of channing way and fulton streets. because the crash involved a city vehicle, the chp is handling the investigation. skyfox was over the scene this afternoon. you can see the chp officers there working on the investigation. the victim was a 70-year-old woman. the driver of the vehicle is cooperating. neither drugs nor alcohol played a road. two roads are closed because of the crash. w

you are asking for a meeting with interior secretary ryan zinke. has he agreed? >> not yet. as soon as i heard about the florida decision, i asked for a meeting, or at least a telephone call, with secretary zinke. i've talked with him about other issues before. and i had read his statement regarding florida. they announced this plan that they are going to start offshore drilling off the united states coast. and then just a few days later, without public comment, without any regulatory or scientific investigation, they exempt florida because of coastal tourism and the economy and they want to listen to local voices? here's north carolina. we're raising our hand. this is critical for us. our state juts out into the atlantic ocean. there is no 100% safe method to do that. when you look at the deregulatory emphasis of this administration, boy, i don't trust them to put the safeguards in place that offshore drilling would need. the bp disaster in the gulf coast cost $60 billion. now, that's over twice north carolina's annual state budget. >> yeah. >> this is an economic issue. i'm

national park system advisory board have resigned in protest of the fact that interior secretary ryan zinke has not met wiwith them en once since trump took office one year ago. the board's chairman, tony knowles, a former governor of alaska, said -- "the department showed no interest in learning about or continuing to use the forward-thinking agenda of science when it comes to the effect of climate change, protection of the ecosystems, education." he was one of nine members of the 12-person panel who quit on monday. in california, a a los angeles county sheriff's deputy has been arrested by fbi agents and charged with running a drug trafficking scheme, which included allegedly hiring other police officers to provide physical security for drug dealers. deputy kenneth collins and three other men wewere arrested in the tuesday morning sting. in wisconsin, democrats have won a major victory in the state senate race, flipping a rural district that has been controlled by republicans for almost 20 years. democrat patty shatner defeated -- schachtner defeated state representative adam jarchow in a

at this memorial, ryan zinke, christopher ray, and dr. king's son honor the civil rights hero.ave the day off today. but the king center is asking those folks to make it a day on instead. picking up trash, grab the paper for your neighbor, anything than benefits somebody other than yourself. as for donald trump today, the president is at his private golf course with no public events on his schedule. the photographer here, jay scott, for the ap. love to hear your thoughts as always on facebook, twitter, snapchat and instagram. new pics up. thank you for watching this hour. i'm headed over to the white house where the president will be arriving later tonight. we will be there to yell questions at him as he gets off marine 1. >> he sometimes likes to talk in those moments. thank you. good morning, everyone. stephanie is off today. monday, january 15. let's get started. >> i'm not a racist. i am the least racist person you have ever met. >> a stunning national conversation on the martin luther king, jr. holiday. >> are you saying the president did not used the word that's been so w

. >> interior secretary ryan zinke tweeted "we fully expect the government to continue operations. in the event of a shutdown, public lands will be as successful accessible as safely possible under the law." democrats are saying they have the votes to block the bill and already republicans are saying democrats would these siding with 800,000 dreamers over the health insurance of 9 million children. the first test is the house tonight. >> bret: the freedom caucus just met with this theater and leadership and we are getting from aides that leadership agreed to hold a separate vote to help bolster military readin. the freedom caucus leaders are taking back to their caucus to see if they can support it. >> ongoing negotiations. there've been a lot of meetings trying to see if they can get the final votes. pressure is designed to produce a result. >> bret: that's in the house, let alone as you said the senate. mike emanuel on the hill. president trump is supporting the cr plan but many in his party remain unsure exactly what he really wants. chief white house correspondent john roberts

the reversal came after the interior secretary ryan zinke met with governor scott in florida. in louisiana, a middle school english teacher named deyshia hargrave was arrested in a now viral video after she stood up at a school board meeting and questioned why the superintendent was getting a raise when the teachers hadn't gotten a raise in years. h how are you going to take a raise? when i first started 21ching ela, there were like kids in the class and now there are 29 kids in the class that we are now having, and we have not gotten raises. how are you going to take that money that is basically taking moneney out of our pockets, teachers -- >> s stop. that is not your name. >> come on, how are you -- >> what is on the agenda is the superintendent's contract. >> a raise. >> is an against policy -- the after her questioning, teacher voluntarily left the room and was then forcibly arrested in the hallway by a marshal. since monday, the video has been seen by more than 1.5 million people. actor james franco has been accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women online, includin

director signed a $300 million contract with a tiny montana company linked to interior secretary ryan zinke. many activists have feared -- warned politicians would use hurricane maria as an excuse to privatize the power authority, which is the largest public power utility in the united states. evacuation sirens blared in kodiak, alaska, early this morning after a 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck about 175 coast,ck off alaska's promptining a tsunami warning.g. ththe nationonal weather servi's tsunami warning center advised that widespread hazardous tsunami waves are possible. and legendary south african jazz musician hugh masekela has died at the age of 78. masekela was also an anti-apartheid activist whose widely popular song, "bring him back home," demanding freedom for nelson mandela, became the anthem of the anti-apartheid movement. he died in johannesburg after a long battle with prostate cancer. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we are broadcasting from the sundance film festival in park city, utah.

ryan zinke says any plans for the eastern gulf of mexico and the atlantic ocean off of florida are, quote, off the table. >>> a new effort to break the cycle of poverty for young people. it is called hayward promise neighborhood. it let's kids stay in school and go to college or find a different path. it includes the hayward unified school district. one student said that tutoring in the program helped him dramatically improve his grades. >> i wasn't that confident. i never raised my hand in class or anything, i never asked for help. >> and now. >> i'm asking for help for anything that i don't understand. >> the importance of school is lost. a lot of times they don't need training to be reality tv stars or rappers or those things that they have an affinity for now. we need to remind them and have them fall in love with school again. >> they have seen an increase in graduation since the program started. the money to support it comes from the federal government. >>> some people in redwood city have banded together to fight a proposed rent increase. >> the rent is too high. >> here is the dem

tim: ryan zinke he. it is happening all over his administration. is meant here is what in these negotiations, both republicans and democrats don't believe they can take him at his word. chuck it is like negotiating with jell-o and that is not what a good deal maker does. vonnie: let's talk about the gop for a second. is there any kind of immigration strategy coming from the gop? tim: lindsey graham believes the gop has to find a constructive solution. he is not in lockstep. vonnie: the minority leader chuck schumer is taking the podium in the senate floor. >> today we enter the third day of the trump shut down. the first ever real shut down to controlsn one party the entire legislative process. the republican party controls the house, the senate, the presidency, and yet they were unable to keep the government open for the american people. leader mcconnell knows it takes 60 votes to win passage of a spending bill, yet he moved forward with a last-minute extension that he knew lack the votes. both democrats and republicans voted against the bill. the