shelby: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from alabama. mr. shelby: thank you, mr. president. this morning, i want to join my long-time colleague and friend, the senior senator from maryland, and chair of the senate appropriation committee. senator barbara mikulski in supporting the consideration of the three bills before us today. mr. president, all three bills received strong bipartisan support at the full committee on appropriation level, and i'm pleased that we have begun to re-establish regular order in the appropriation cross. we started that last year, and we need to continue this, and we are. after the uncertainty of sequestration and last year's disagreement over the budget control act caps, this past december's murray-ryan budget deal provided the clarity needed to move us towards a regular budget and a regular appropriation process. the murray-ryan deal, mr. president, which became the bipartisan budget act, provided a compromise solution that ended the congressional de

so it wasn't directly affected by the shelby county decision. rights advocates there, they very definitely felt that this affected them too. this created an atmosphere where voting restrictions were encouraged all across the country, wherever they were happening. so restoring the voting rights act to its original strength would boost voting rights around the country. >> i want to go to congresswoman fudge on this because you represent a district in ohio. as we all have now learned, cuyahoga county has become ground zero for the attempts to restrict the days people can restrict early voting, et cetera. do you think in a perverse way the supreme court blowing up the voting rights act will allow congress, if you are successful, to expand it to places like ohio that weren't covered by preclearance? >> absolutely no question about it. we are pleased at the fact that now ohio can be covered. prior to the court decision, we had real issues about making sure our people were going to be properly given the right to vote. let me just say this. justice robe

the shelby decision turned that around.right after the supreme court decision, the voter id amendment passed in 2011, now is not reality. we were able to stop this because it did discriminate against african american voters. last week in mississippi with voter id, our secretary of state comes out to talk about how they -- how big of a success it was. only 300 people were denied a vote. that tells you a lot. because of the close elections -- one vote can make a difference. as demographic shifts take place we had to be mindful that the small changes in voter suppression laws can have a devastating impact long-term. >> to put it in perspective, you talked about 17 black sheriffs in mississippi, that is a state that is 35% black. >> 38% african-american. 33% of the legislature is african-american. >> you have about 82 counties? >> yes, 82 counties, 17 african-american sheriffs. 15 now. two of them are no longer in office. >> that shows what a hard push it is. as a high water mark. >> you look at mayors, we were up to 81 mayors

shelby lin has those stories and more in today's hollywood minute. sandra bullock had a rude awakening sunday! according to the los angeles police department, an intruder broke into her home sunday morning. while she was there! police arrested the suspect. it's unclear whether the man was trying to burglarize the home or whether this is a stalking incident. and kanye west celebrated his birthday this weekend! the rapper turned 37 on sunday. wife kim kardashian instagrammed a photo of the couple, writing: "happy birthday to my husband and best friend in the entire world!. i love you so much!!!" the newlyweds celebrated with six birthday cakes. spelling "yeezus," the title of west's most recent album. there's no fault here! tear-jerker "the fault in our stars" owned the box office this weekend. making more than quadruple its budget. the teen cancer flick easily dominated disney's "maleficent," which came in at number two. and tom cruise's "edge of tomorrow" saw a lackluster opening weekend, rounding out the top three. for hollywood minute, i'm shelby l

recently, shelby v. holder gutted the voting rights act.not a surprise because shelby county is literally the fourth largest county of latino growth. by over 300% from the last census. what is happening, neighbors all of a sudden do not recognize him their neighborhood. the best thing to do is basically suppressed them. we need to build coalitions but we have to build coalitions with like-minded individuals. we need to make sure we are working with african-americans, latinos, and asians. there is an emerging single white woman feeling under attack, and their friends and family. in 2018, this majority emerging is going to be the largest part of eligible voters. their participation is close to 12% below the baby boomers. when we talk about how did we create this manifestation of our destiny in america, we have to enfranchise folks with a lot of education. what we find in the work that we do at voto latino, it is not about party, it is about issue. when you talk about the code of immigration, it becomes so personal and caustic, that is what is

the shelby decision turned that around.right after the supreme court decision, the voter id amendment passed in 2011, now is not reality. we were able to stop this because it did discriminate against african american voters. last week in mississippi with voter id, our secretary of state comes out to talk about how they give a success it was. only 300 people were denied a vote. that tells you a lot. because of the close election, 300 five. one vote can make a difference. as demographic shifts take place we had to be mindful that the small changes in voter suppression laws can have a devastating impact long-term. >> to put it in perspective, you talked about 17 black sheriffs in mississippi, that is a state that is 35% black. >> 38% african-american. 33% of the legislature is african-american. >> you have about 82 counties? >> yes, 82 counties, 17 african-american sheriffs. 15 now. >> that shows what a hard push it is. as a high water mark. >> you look at mayors, we were up to 81 mayors at one point. after the show the decisi

the owner of the shelby, they have not identified him, and they are not going to because they said the investigation concluded so the only one charged is the kid who taped the video. >> when will they learn, you post videos, cops are going to find them? >>> here's a video causing quite a stir online, incredibly viral, millions of views from mainly jump rock in the sidney harbor in australia. the video posted by teri. so when he jumps, we see cliff diving video, big whoop, that's not the buzz. check it out. he jumped, but as soon as he comes up, listen to what his friends say. >> shark! shark! >> where? >> behind you. >> hear that? shark, shark. >> oh! swimming towards it? what are you doing? >> swimming in the water, trying to swim, trying to get back to the shore, right? that splashing around, srks thk that's an animal. >> right. >> no way! are you kidding me? >> he's freaking out after this. >> like he should be. >> like i said, millions of views. i'm going to be on it. when i saw it, i thought, oh, something's up. it's fishy. i want you to see a different video, newport beach, austr

>> it is, and just wanted you to know that this is just in from shelby county, there's a flash floodency in memphis. they've already seen between four and six inches of rainfall, an additional couple of inches of rainfall. let's show you some live pictures coming out of a tower cam in the memphis area. there is a thunderstorm in memphis right now, but beyond that, we've already seen such heavy rainfall with additional couple of inches of rainfall, they are saying that this is a particularly dangerous situation. number of areas reported some flooding. we've had reports of parking lots, streets, apartment buildings, cars stranded. there is another line of storms due across the region over the coming hours and in the red shaded area, flash flood warnings but as i mentioned for shelby county there is a flash flooding emergency. strong line of storms along interstate 70 through kansas and nebraska. be on the watch for some hail, high winds and a potential for tornadoes going through the afternoon about 20 million people in this risk area, but there's a moderate risk today. in iowa, nebras

senator shelby and i are here. we're ready to receive them. we're ready to get ready to do them. we're ready to talk about them and set the stage for a debate on them. mr. president, i yield the floor and note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from texas is recognized. mr. cornyn: i would ask that the quorum call be rescinded. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cornyn: mr. president, with what's happening in iraq, what's happening with the claim of lost i.r.s. e-mails from lois lerner, what happened -- the developments in the benghazi investigation, what's happening in ukraine, what could happen in afghanistan, it's easy to overlook perhaps -- too easy to overlook perhaps a crisis occurring right here in america on our southern border. and that crisis is easily described as a wave of humanity coming across our southern border from central america and, tragically, tens of thousands of the people coming across our borders seeking refuge seeking e united states are chi

and then shelby from denver, shelby has a fan club here.we talked about the fact that on her job it has been a little more challenging. she is taking some classes with her children and their helping to explain master. on the other hand she has got an aging parent. when he had to go to the doctor they do not have a policy to -- of paid family leave. her dad had to get on a bus for eye surgery because she did not -- could not afford to take the time off. but what bound us all together was the recognition that work its us a sense of place and dignity as well as income and it is critically important. family is also the bedrock of our lives and we do not want a society in which folks are having to make a choice between those two things. there are better decisions we can make that are not so good as a society to support this balance between work and family. most of us, most of our days consist of work to my family, and not much else. those spheres are constantly interacting with each other. when we are with our family sometimes we're thinking abo

shelby. what is "the real world"? that's right.

and richard shelby working with her, they are quite the duo. and i have seen their work, because every single member cares about the work they do, and it's stellar. but i'm not going to sit here and see amendments come to the floor that would repeal clean air, clean water, safe drinking water, and just nod approval and say oh yeah, just take it away, no big deal, that's it. and that's why i feel the majority leader was right when he said let's move forward with a 60-vote threshold. that makes a lot of sense. i'm sorry that the republicans objected, and i yield the floor. mr. hatch: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. hatch: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that i be permitted to continue and finish my remarks. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. hatch: madam president, i've been really interested in this debate. let's just be honest about it. the senate is being run in a shoddy fashion. i don't care which side you're on. i've only been here 38 years, and i've never seen a bigger mess than we have

the shelby decision turned that completely around. right after the supreme court decision, voter i.d. amendment passed in 2011 now -- it's now reality. we was able to stop it because it did, in fact, discriminate against african-american voters. the first election last week, we had in mississippi with voter i.d., our secretary of state comes out afterwards, talks about the success that it was and only 300 people were denied a vote. but items you a lot, because in close elections, 300, five, one vote can make the difference. and as this demographic shifts takes place, we have to be ever mindful that the small changes in suppression laws can have a devastating impact long-term. >> just to put it in perspective, you talk about there being 17 black sheriffs in the state of mississippi that's a state that's 35%, 36% black -- >> 38% is african-american. that's a state -- >> you have about 82 counties -- >> that's right. 82 counties, 17 african-american sheriffs. it's 15 now, i think two are no longer in office. >> that shows us just what a

. >> cindy shelby from the friends of the alameda animal shelter.t let's talk about noodle. >> the last pet i brought, noodle, our pit got adopted. >> very nice. >> a wonderful home. we're having happy. go. so you have five rabbits now. >> we have five rabbits in the shelter at the moment. this is dolce, and dolce is a black new zealand rabbit. we think is he about 2 plus years old. very sweet. has been in a foster home, so has been around children and other adults, and is litter box trained. >> you can get the kids to clean the litter box. a whole other story. that's great. got five of them. >> uh-huh. >> and -- >> and we have kittens and puppies and dogs and cats all available for adoption. >> all right. give them a call. just like noodle, we'll see if we can find dolce a home. thanks for being here. >> have a great weekend. [dramatic music] ♪ >> hey! [cheers and applause] what's up, baby? what's up? hi, dog. how you doin'? what's up? what's up? what up, dog? what's up, man? what's up? ooh. >> yeah. >> what's up? [cheers and applause] yeah. hello,

i had heard of marcus shelby and had been in join his work but never had the opportunity to meet him.e were brought together by the equal justice society specifically for this project. we were charged with beginning work. marquez and i spent a lot of time addressing our own position on the death penalty, our experiences with people who had been incarcerated, family members, friends of friends. pulling our information. beyond that, we did our own research. to create a picture that resonated with humanity. it is the shape of a house. in this context, it is also small and acts like a cell. i thought that was an interesting play on how these people make these adjustments, half to create home. what is home for these people? the home is their cell. people talk a lot about noise -- very noisy in prisons. that is interesting to me. looking at the communication level, the rise of frustration of being caged, wondering, where does redemption fit into the equation here? [singing] i think both of us really believe the death penalty is wrong, and is flawed for many reasons. the list is as long as m

>> judge shelby found there was no animus if that is your question. our argument is, yes there is animus. because animus is -- >> that is a fact-dependent issue. >> no it is not, your honor. >> yes it is, because you cannot take this intact legislation one way or the other. we have never done that in the past. >> what you can do, your honor, is look at the text of the document and if you simply look at the text of amendment three, the intent to exclude same-sex couples and make them unequal is inherent on the face of the document -- >> well, it is. utah has taken the position that it is a violation of their public policy to permit same-gender marriage. they may be wrong, but does that express, from a legal standpoint, that they are being mean-spirited and bigoted? >> as we understand the term animus, it is a constitutional term that has nothing to do with good or bad your is a human -- >> sure does. if a legislative body does something deliberately to hurt somebody, that is one thing. if they do something that is for the good of a whole, in their opin

i think that is a mistake but when they decide a case like shelby county saying that there has been a lot of progress, we no longer need to have the preclearance procedures in the justice department, justice ginsburg said it best in her dissent which is it is like saying that we have stayed dry in a storm so we might as well give the umbrella away. it is not a very rational response. i do not think it helps to pile on. a lot of liberals look at a decision like shelby county and get a lot of joy out of castigating the court and saying it is blind. what good does that do? they have the votes but what we need to do is understand what is driving them. what are the possible levers and what are the motivations? sometimes the answer is there's nothing we can do short of an eventual change in judicial personnel and that will depend on a lot of things beyond theory. it will depend on who wins the next residential election and who controls the senate. when we have another opening on the supreme court. we might as well understand it realistically rather than self congratulatorily attack the cour

see the republicans taking senate and shelby becoming head of the banking committee. that will protect fannie and freddie. they will not dissolve it. those bills out there to dissolve fannie and freddie will go nowhere because shelby is against that. possibly that means equity in these things is pretty safe, right? melissa: it also means we'll have another housing bubble. that we're not -- >> 20 years from now. who cares. >> carl is 79. >> becomes more blurred lines, melissa. you have activist investors and government all coming together and fighting each other and not solving the problem for the housing market at all. melissa: jack? >> bill ackman argued these stocks could be worth 10 times their value eventually. the argument here that the government overstepped its bound in changing the deal with fannie and freddie. >> there is court case. is it a good bet? i think it is. >> a lot of smart money is going into it. >> would you go out and buy fannie and freddie stock right now? >> i don't tell people what to do, if uncle carl is in -- >> the more the guys sign on to

younger players flourish under those circumstances, like shelby miller, who is part of the never stopmproving profile. a complete game three-hit shutout today on the road against the mighty toronto blue jays. miller improves to 6-5. and, of course, with a lot of cardinal fans watching the royals, sharing the market and sharing that i-70 corridor, a big day for the red birds north of the border. here's omar infante now with one out and one on. certainly a welcome result for shelby miller, who had lost his three previous starts, allowing at least four runs in each of them. came up big earlier today at rogers center. 1-1 to infante. eric hosmer, who homered in his last try, waits on deck. into center field. and playable for ellsbury and out number two. >> eric: eric hosmer again, the big home run. the yankees coming into tonight have given up 67 home runs, which was the most in the american league. so something had to give. they were going to give up something. the royals, they don't hit any. they've got to run into one or two. >> matt: we were talking about how power is part of a major

after the shelby county decision in pasadena, texas, that city's voters adopted a plan to reduce thenumber of single member districts from eight to six, adding two at-large representatives, a change nearly certain to reduce latino representation on their city council. and just hours after the decision, the state of texas announced plans to implement its photo i.d. law that had long been blocked under section 5 of the voting rights act. again and again, mr. president, shortly following the shelby county decision, jurisdictions moved to implement discriminatory voting changes that had previously been blocked under section 5. something needs to be done. i would suggest to my colleagues if you don't like this proposal, please come forward with something you can support, with something that looks forward, not back, that has a formula that protects voting as the most sacred and foundational right of our republic and that allows us to come together. history will not look kindly on our inaction. mr. president, just two days ago, we honored the memory of dr. king and coretta scott king with t

onm convinced chris worked bipartisan things with dic k shelby. i believe the maximum you can do legally to make clear that if a large financial institution had debt that it cannot pay, it is out of business and no taxpayer money will be used. the most interesting critique i hear these days and tim geithner repeats it in his book which i saw an early copy of and others is is that we were too tough on the anti-bailout. we didn't leave the successors enough flexibility to bail out the system in general. what we have is a self fulfilling prophecy. we have people that argue that somehow our system for putting these banks out of business will not work. they then point to the fact that they still enjoy some people argue a kind of edge in financing but to the extent that they do it is because people denied that they are there. i look at the reasons why it won't work. one is one of the stupidest arguments i have heard. it is that if a large financial institution got into trouble, despite a law that in maine to will be felony for the secretary of the treas

like to thank the chair and ranking members of the appropriation committee, senators mikulski and shelby, for their leadership and their steadfast determination to work in a bipartisan manner and bring us back to regular order. we are considering today a collection or what is called here a mini bus instead of an omnibus of three appropriation bills -- agriculture, rural development and food and drug administration. commerce, justice and science, and transportation and housing and urban development, an unbelievable scope across these three appropriation bills that could in combination make a real and significant difference for our communities, our states and our country. this is an opportunity for this congress to carry out its duties to provide oversight and direction and to help all the different agencies i just named to move forward and address some of our most important priorities. as a member myself of the appropriation committee, i have advocated for some of what are our nation's top priorities embedded in these three important bills, so i'd like to speak for a few minutes about how

to the witnesses, my delay was provoked by the fact that this is a year anniversary of the shelby case, the united states case that, in my opinion, dismantled the voting rights in the united states. there is a hearing, and i would almost say that many of the --ist that you represent were affected by that. i apologize for my delay. that is one of the reasons that i dashed in here. i have made it clear -- i think we have an issue that should all, andinterest of the recognition of the talent of the artists, but also to understand -- i have tried to take some time to understand the theings of radio and expense they incur. so, i am prepared to be in this fight for the way forward. i will post my questions in that context. mr. warfield and the representative from pandora deal foundl, the xm in its construct the pay structure for the pre-1972 artists. i would just say listening to be radio before coming here, i heard diana ross. i think she has some music pre-1972. i was going to use it in one of the venues in this area. apparently they said something about national tour, and apparently they

she's shelby osborne. fall, she'll be college football's first-ever female defensive back. >> osborne has signed on to play for the team at campbellsville university, a small school in kentucky. she was offered her spot after introducing herself to the coach there. >> she's just 5'6" and 140 pounds. and her high school coach says that she's taken some shots but she always gets up. well, good luck to her. you go girl. >>> next, an embarrassing moment for a former member of the uconn women's basketball team. >> oh, both the men's and the women's teams visited the white house to celebrate their ncaa championships. the moment most people are talking about, though, is stephanie taking a tumble up the right there. >> not good. the president quickly came to her aid there. and they shared a big laugh together. the former huskie is now in the wnba with the washington mystics. it seems that she lost her footing in those heels. >> slightly embarrassing, but a funny moment. i love that. >> the president, oh my goodnes

i will say that i grew up in a community which was an outpost of camp shelby. i don't know if you are familiar with camp shelby, and hattiesburg had a dichotomy of being very religious town and also a very night life kind of place and palmers took on all of it, so most the people sold bootleg liquor, made their livelyhoods off of that. the work was very meenl for the most part if you were a not minister or zool -- school teacher. the sheriff would come up and down my street sticking his hand out. i grew up with an appreciation of the blues and the music and so forth and i also knew about the liquor being sold and i also knew about the church, and all those ingredients went into my being who i am with the foundation that my mother had given us. going on to the naacp, mr. clyde kanard, if you don't know him, kenaard. he attempted to enroll in the university of mississippi. he was sentenced to seven years in the pen tenary. another one of my mentors was killed years later fighting the ku klux klan when they threw a molotov cocktail at his house and he sustained mu

and then shelby from denver -- [applause] shelby has got a little fan club here.y talked about the fact that on her job it's been a little more challenging. her kids are older and she's going back to school. and it's wonderful that she is actually a taken some classes with her children and they are helping to math to for. [laughter] on the other hand, she's also got an aging parent. and when he had to go to the doctor, they don't have a policy of paid family leave. and since it's hard to make ends meet in the first place, her dad had end up getting on a bus for eye surgery and come back on his own, because she couldn't afford to take the time. each of these folks come from the different parts of the country. they have different occupations, different income levels. and yet what bound all of us together was a recognition that work gives us a sense of place and dignity, as well as income. and is critically important, but family is also the bedrock of our lives and we don't want a society in which folks are having to make a choice between those two things. and there

major league homer, solo shot to centerfield, all the cardinals would lead, play good defense behind shelbyo miller, cardinals win it the final five to nothing. >>> finals this weekend, to paris tomorrow, the men's final between mr. clay, raphael nadal and today the women's final in paris there is woman, fourth seeded simmone a from rumania. she will take on the seventh seed maria from rush a tan would go the full three sets, that's the first time in 13 years the women's finals gone the distance, in the far court, just too much, taught the position right, there then hits the winner. that match point, serving, the top court, the lop is going to go wide. see wins the women's final, the final six-four, six-seven, six-four, and her fifth grand-slam title. final preparations for game two of the stanley cup finals tonight in los angeles, win game one against the rangers, three to two in over time, goal, by former flyer justin williams. former flyer like mike richards have helped this team, but takes more than talent to play who can any june. >> to win the division it, didn't happen, but if your q

as well as the shelby case from last year. it does show whose side these interests are on.was not about pam harris. this is about trying to stop balancing power in the united states of america. when unions were strong we had a stronger middle class. our job is to ebb gauge our members and empower members to do the work they want to do which is create a better america. rising wages, more requirement security, better schools. so it does actually connect the dots and catalyze us to be there with community and our members to change america. >> what's next, joan, in this fight? >> i think some of the public sector unions are still reading through it and trying to figure out how many workers it will affect. randi said we were lucky that we dodged a bullet. they left the larger sectors untouched. justice elito didn't sound like he thought much of that. he koled it incongruous. everyone is worried this will continue. >> i am worried as one that knows what labor has done. i'm glad you said it was a silver lining. i thought it was lightning. thank you both for your time tonight. >> t

mother of two wendy cobb is on her way to work in shelby, north carolina. >> i was a couple hours late so traffic was lighter than usual. >> despite the light traffic, she is blocked by two trucks ahead of her playing a dangerous game. >> one would speed up and the other would slow down. they wouldn't let the other beside them. >> the one truck isn't letting the other truck over. cobb takes out her iphone and goes to record the logo of the truck on the right to report the dangerous behavior to the company. the other truck has no logo. cobb's own action taking out her phone and filming the scene isn't exactly safe either. but she feels confident she's in control. >> i had the camera here and aimed toward the truck in the lane. but i was still watching the road in front of me. all i intended to do was get the logo on the video. i got more than i bargained for. >> then cobb sees a two by four from the side of the road come at here. >> i saw him hit it and it was like slow motion. i thought it's not going to hit me. >> but in a split second it does. >> the impact was amazing. amazing. it s

shelby county, reports that some underpasses are flooded with water three feet high.hey've also been hit hard in minnesota, recently. that state has 35 counties already in a declared state of emergency. there, flash flooding creating widespread damage while water levels keep rising. pryor lake, people trying to protect homes and keep streets open, piling sandbags five feet high. waterville, minnesota, they've gone through 60,000 sandbags already. and it done stop there. in milwaukee, a 67-year-old man seriously hurt after a tree uprooted and fell on him while he was out for a jog. high winds toppled that tree. the man will recover, though. but a lot of serious weather we're looking at. >> very serious, indeed. thank you so much. alexandra field. >>> it isn't just the midwest getting hit. high temperatures expected elsewhere, plus tropical weather brewing off the southeast coast. karen maginnis has more on all of this. >> we've got just a soaking rain that just drenched portions of memphis, as you saw those pictures. early morning hours, big thunderstorms roared throug

some rescues have already happened and in shelby county, reports of some underpasses are flooded with water three feet high. doesn't stop there, fred. over in milwaukee, a 67-year-old man seriously hurt after a tree uprooted and fell on him while he was jogging and we're told that high winds are to blame. a number of problems right now across the country, fred. keeping an eye on all of them. >> thank you so much. bad, very bad situation. and apparently, more terrible stuff on the horizon. let's check in with karen mcguinness. what's the next area? >> that's the problem. we watched the storms just plow across memphis and then did not move very much and as a consequence, here's memphis. here's little rock. you can kind of see where the heaviest rainfall was in the pink and red shaded areas. five to ten inches of rain cafa and very quickly. the bulk of it in just a very few hours. and for the most part, they did see in memphis around five inches of rainfall in just about two hours time period. but not just there. across sections of arkansas, as well. look at this. in excess of ten inches

in fact, hours after shelby, texas announced its voter i.d. law would be implemented immediately. thank goodness the federal court blocked it. without these protections, minority communities would be disproportionately affected. the voting rights act ensured equal access to the ballot box and it protected voters like rose thompson. rose is 79 years old and voted all her life but this november she'll be likely to be turned away. she was born at home in jackson, mississippi, and never received a birth certificate. so she can't obtain a voter i.d. as her state requires. without an i.d., rose loses a fundamental right that was guaranteed to all americans. now is the time for action. i urge my colleagues to support the bipartisan voting rights amendment act and restore our ability to have a voice in this democracy. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas, mr. johnson, seek recognition? mr. johnson: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlema

from denver shelby has a fan club here. that talked about the fact on her job it has been a little more challenging. some classes with her children and their helping to explain master. on the other hand she has got an aging parent. when he had to go to the doctor they do not have a policy to -- of paid family leave. fordad had to get on a bus eye surgery because she did not -- could not afford to take the time off. but what bound us all together was the recognition that work its us a sense of place and dignity as well as income and it is critically important. family is also the bedrock of our lives and we do not want a society in which folks are having to make a choice between those two things. there are better decisions we can make that are not so good as a society to support this balance between work and family. most of us, most of our days consist of work to my family, and not much else. constantlyes are interacting with each other. when we are with our family sometimes we're thinking about work. -- at work work we're th

it is a matter of helping the citizens of shelby county and quite frankly the citizens of the entireorter: citizens like megan ebose. what would you say to women in other cities around the country who have gone through what you have gone through? >> i hope that you can see that if the system has harmed you, left you out in the cold, made you more vulnerable it is not because of anything you did but because the system is broken. >> thanks to our producer for his hard work on that story and to megan for sharing her story. you might be wondering how megan is doing. she is a recent law school graduate taking the bar in february. make sure you add your signature to our letter to make sure that that $41 million that just got approved stays in the 2015 appropriations bill to help clear the national back log of rape kits. that wraps things up for this edition of rf daily. "the reed report" is up next. sy happy and healthy. that's why i'm so excited about these new milk-bone brushing chews. whoa, i'm not the only one. it's a brilliant new way to take care of his teeth. clinically proven as ef