i also wanted to ask you about the spokane va medical center. as you are very aware, the emergency room at the spokane medical center has dramatically cut back its operations because of staffing problems. the medical center has repeatedly pushed back the date to resume full-time operations and now i'm being told that isn't going to be until next fall. the spokane va has also recently asked for its surgical complexity rating to be downgraded. i'm really concerned about that request and the potential impact on the access to care for our veterans in that region. last year i asked secretary shinseki and the under secretary whether there were any plans to reduce programs and services at the spokane medical center and they assured me there were not. yet we now see this facility being downgraded. the medical center is not getting the job done, so i want to know what you're going to do to restore emergency services and surgical care for veterans that rely on the spokane va.>> so one of the big challenges that we've had, senator -- we've discussed this p

i also wanted to ask you about the spokane va medical center. as you are very aware the emergency room at the spokane medical center has dramatically cut back its operations because of staffing problems. the medical center has repeatedly pushed back the date to resume full-time operations, and now i'm being told that isn't going to be until next fall. the spokane va has also recently asked for its surgical complexity rating to be downgraded. i'm really concerned about that request and the potential impact on the access to care for our veterans in that region. last year i asked secretary shinseki and the under secretary whether there were any plans to reduce programs and services at the spokane medical center and they assured me there were not. yet we now see this facility being downgraded. the medical center is not getting the job done, so i want to know what you're going to do to restore emergency services and surgical care for veterans that rely on the spokane va. >> so one of the big challenges that we've had, senator -- we've discussed this

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in the spokane river.e river was drained, they found the gun that had been used in the killing 54 years later. so that was a great story. and i just found it kicking around doing my "new york times" thing and being fascinated by the sheriff, done. yes, congressman william? [laughter] congressman williams: i just wanted to wait until i felt almost everybody had asked you a question. but thank you. i'm wondering, tim, about your impression from particularly your last two books, "the worst hard times," and in your latest book about the fire. you've not only lived in but circulated around the midwest for that book, and your home up here in the northern rockies for your fire book. and you wrote wonderfully and extensively about the citizens in the states affected by the dust bowl, as well as the state or states affected by the big burn. after you've finished the books, and now consider them, what are your impressions of the differences, if any, between the resolve and competency of midwesterners in the midst of

players like shatoria walker- kimbrough getting her shots up at practice today, the spokane region mvpnna jones going to have a great game against the huskies. uconn 76-1 the last two years. how do you control that juggernaut, brenda frese? >> you got to be able to outscore them. they can score from all five positions. fortunately for us we have the ability to do the same and with our depth. so got to be able to keep up with the pace and be able to score the basketball. >> doesn't look good. >> 76-1? >> the one was like a double overtime game. >> but, you know, they're due to lose. look at it that way. >> brenda's team, maybe. ♪ deidre & the dark - classic girl plays in the background ♪ a great entrance never goes out of style. dresses start at $25. the eva mendes collection. exclusively at new york and company. >>> look what's up. if i don't hear a ding, i can't talk, but i'll try anyway, bright but brisk weekend. breezy and then some. >> that's our broadcast. everybody have a great holiday ( band playing "late show" theme ) >> from the world's largest original hangar, it's "the late

. >>> school officials in spokane are getting tough on vaccinations.150 students were removed from class when they couldn't prove they had the necessary shots. nour district four districts have reviewed their policies. >>> this guy will be fine. the car slides on the wet track. sending the guy flying. thank goodness he was wearing a helmet. incredibly todd phillips posted on facebook he was able to walk a away with just six stitches. >>> in the nba, just two nights left of games in the regular season. playoff implications abound. tonight and tomorrow night. then it's all over. >> there's still plenty to play for. here are our guys from espn. >>> good morning. he's neil everett. i'm stan verrett. first, klay thompson. >> memphis won't get the eighth spot. they had no answer for klay thompson who had -- 10 of 13 shooting in the second quarter. 26 points. remember he had 37 in the third quarter against the dmings thekings in the middle of january. the only ere person with a big quarter like that is old steph curry. he finished with 4. warriors won. score

. >>> school officials in spokane are getting tough on vaccinations.150 students were removed from class when they couldn't prove they had the necessary shots. that number could rise. four districts have reviewed their policies. >>> a frightening incident to show you. you should know, the guy involved is fine. the car slides on the wet track. sending the guy flying. thank goodness he was wearing a helmet. despite how bad it looks, incredibly, todd phillips posted on facebook that he was able to walk away with just six stitches. flipped over on his head. >> remarkable video. >>> in the nba, just two nights left of games in the regular season. playoff implications abound. tonight and tomorrow night. then it's all over. >> there's still plenty to play for. here are our guys from espn. >>> good morning. welcome to our "sportscenter" set here in los angeles. he's neil everett. i'm stan verrett. we'll get to the race for eighth. first, klay thompson. >> yeah, whoever gets that eighth spot has to try to guard klay thompson. memphis won't get the eighth spot.

i'm from the other washington, spokane. >> even though i'll be 34, this is my first time coming. so, i wanted to let them get the experience. >> this is amazing, definitely, one of my favorite cities that i have ever been to. we performed here many times. so nice to be here for the parade. >> for the second year in a row, the cherry blossoms are in peek bloom during the parade. and the weather is spectacular. you couldn't ask for anything better. clearly, they are excited, but why? >> because this is my first parade. this is my third parade. >> this is my first. >> this is my first parade. >> my second parade. >> how cool is it? >> really awesome. >> on the national mall, surae chinn, wusa9. >> seems like lots of fun. cherry blossom festival ends tomorrow. peek bloom is expected for a few more days. you know how excited people are. >> absolutely. >> what about the nats? we are excited about them, too, what's the problem? >> this will be their year. they need to get some hits, because they are not doing it. >> it's early. >> well, it is early. but at some point, we have to say it'

. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> spokane washington school district sent 150 students home because they didn't get theirstudents failed to provide documentation of vaccinations. the recent nationwide mice els measles outbreak prompted them to assist on documentation for every single child. >> the school district has taken i wouldn't say the initiative but more so that spf recognized there was a huge detriment to their students if there was a measles or pertussis outbreak. >> students forced to leave students to not return until their parents get the required vaccinations or sign waivers saying they oppose one or more of the shots. do you think schools are the right should it be left up to parents? send us an e-mail or tweet us at fox friends first. >>> a norovirus outbreak spreading through 200 students making people sick. >> it is being sanitized and scrubbed down after more than 110 of the 2,000 passengers on board came down with the virus. the other cruz ship is legends of the seas it is expected to arrive in san diego later today with 115 people sick on board. >>> one of the most common medicines ma

bob, spokane, washington. being a fan of jesse james i always thaugs of him as a good rascal.and lies trailer indicates otherwise. jesse james was a violent maniac, bob. wait until you see the real what "legends and lies" which ta bu ths coming sunday on the fox news channel 8:00 p.m. is all about. what these guys were really like. patrick murphy, tucson, arizona. bill, a costco store here has a huge and i mean huge display of the "legends and lies" book, they must like you. well, we sell tons of books, pat. we love costco. "legends and lies," the book is physically bigger than the usual book because it's packed with pictures and maps. if you guys like the old west, you're going to love the book. finally tonight, on a subject of books, "the factor" tip of the day, what happens after we die? atheists say nothing, we're vapor. religious people believe you'll either be rewarded or you will be condemned. now, one of the best novels i have ever read is "the exorcist." he also won an academy award for the movie in 1973, he wrote the screen play for that. film was excellent as well.

last year i asked the secretary an undersecretary of there were programs at the spokane and medical center and they assured me there were not. the medical center is not getting the job done what will you do to restore services? >> i have been hearing that tenures the american legion has some ideas how we could work with the hospital's with those salaries paid to people their air free could recruit top-notch talent we could have that facility in local hospitals with emergency care. >> this has been ongoing for ever i want to your talk with you again however we do it. >> i accept full responsibility i have been over a dozen medical schools to the osteopathic convention we are the canary in the coal mine we need more primary care doctors who live in rural areas and mental health professionals we're working extremely hard to do that to give say monetary incentive we will work very hard and tell the get that facility at. right now the veterans affairs committee of critically important it is to meet the needs of the growing population i was the list to work for their quality care act that can go

student without proof of immunization were pulled from class at rogers high school in spokane yesterday. student were then offered free vaccines at a school clinic. >> my parent got a phonecall to come pick up paperwork. so i d and today i came through and got the immunization finally. >> did they tell you you couldn't -- and you came and got the shot? >> yes. >> what did you think about that? >> i guess i have to go get my shots. >> holding vaccination clinics all week long in hopes of getting more student to up date with their immunization. >> a look at what's going on in our headlines. first developing story. police searching for two hit-and-run drivers, four year old boy hit and killed by black suv in southwest philadelphia. a mother and two year old son hit and injured in kensington. >> and one man in the hospital after he was shot early this morning, near 22nd and susquehanna in north philadelphia. so far police made no after he. >> colwyn borough council says they are cutting costs and eliminating the borough manager job. manager paula brown there says she's been fired for uncove

. >>> bob west lives in spokane, washington, with his wife and daughter. in 1996, he's caught on camera making a routine call one second -- >> completely blind-sided me. >> -- knocked unconscious the next. >> it was a wrestling match between colville high school and west valley high school. >> chad hilderbrant is on the left in maroon representing colville. his opponent on the right in black is west valley's josh kelp. >> the hype of the match was pretty extensive. this would determine who the league champion was going to be. i think that both teams were undefeated at that particular point. >> both students are seniors. both weigh 190 pounds. >> it started out very aggressive. some shoving and things that are not unusual for a wrestling match. but didn't raise to the level of penalizing, more of just a verbal warning to keep it clean type of thing. >> at one point, 17-year-old chad hilderbrant appears to gouge the eyes of his competitor. >> i didn't actually see it so i couldn't penalize for it. but after viewing the tape, it was pretty obvious. so it was

. >>> the daily news case there's a crackdown for students in spokane, washington who cannot prove theyelieved be to the first district in the state to take this action. more than 700 students lack complete vaccination. >>> "usa today" reports that smartphones could help detect some earthquakes. a new study shows that phones for serve as an early warning system. the devices could detect ground motion and give several seconds of warning. but the report says phones can only really detect bigger quakes of magnitude 7 or larger. >>> and the cincinnati inquirer reports that lauren hill was remembered as a fierce get competitor. the service was held in the very same arena where she scored her only points for the mount st. joseph's basketball team. >>> this morning, a 21-year-old golfer is on top of the sports world. jordan spieth won his first major championship on sunday at the masters. >> one of the epic performances in the annals of the sport. >> you had a putt? >> yeah. at the time, it was not really on my mind it was more enjoying that last hole knowing i had a couple putts to win and ma

and we have a yearly meeting, project northstar in spokane, in which we will sit down with our canadian colleagues, as well as our state and local officials and federal agencies, to strategize and if a mental strategies in the near future. sen. ernst: that's great. i appreciate the collaboration we have with our neighbors to the north. through this process, have you seen any joint initiatives where the canadians have actually pushed back or they don't wish to collaborate with u.s. authorities? are there any of those instances out there? anybody. >> i would not say that. the only reticence is sometimes ensuring of target information. they have certain privacy rules which they have to abide by, and so sometimes that can be a little bit difficult. i think we talked about one information format that is provided. i think those are overcome in the field with operational matters and between the different agencies. sen. ernst: ok. >> from a prosecutor's perspective, we have made great efforts and strides to bring our prosecution teams together to address some of the challenges that we face when

i hope you can come with me to spokane, washington. >> i didn't get an answer congressman.art. running for president would not be true to who i am. >> i think jose the real issue is that luis and everybody else has to make sure that whoever is running for president that this issue of immigration is not on the back burner, that's it's front and center that the presidential preference of the latino community has to be that person that responds affirmative affirmatively, directly and very supportive of the families we'll be dealing with on friday. >> congressman grijalva gutierrez, thank you so much. i know gutierrez is responding when he starts in spanish and has to turn it back to english. gentlemen, thank you. in the next hour we'll be on the ground in new orleans where we will hear from a family directly impacted by the president's immigration actions and by the judicial actions in opposition to them. >>> after a quick break, sharks. a weekend attack kills a 13-year-old champion surfer but these attacks could become more prevalent. i'll explain why, next. >>> first, we now

. >> host: kristin spokane. >> caller: hi, i am a big fan mr. isaacson.or taking my call. if the powers came to you and said here is the key and i open up all of it to you. who would you ask to talk to be the most influential person in the person at the very bottom of the list. >> host: chris, who would you talk to? who would be at the top of your list? >> caller: i like da vinci. at the bottom of the list i would like to talk to hitler. >> host: thank you man. >> guest: i would love to talk to leonardo da vinci about one thing that is still a mystery to me is that he was a total genius. there is so much that he didn't complete. at&t didn't complete, design for engineering that were never done. is it because he has a passion for perfection? is it because he didn't focus and try to do so much arisen because once he had broken the code on some team, he didn't deal he needed to put the finishing touches on a quiet that is what i am working on as i read his notebooks trying to get that question. likewise if i talk to louis armstrong, who would be okay i know

the best of the ibet programs and we have a yearly meeting coming up, called project north star in spokane in which we will again sit down with our canadian colleagues as well as our state and local officials and federal agencies again to strategize and implement those strategies in the near future. >> that's great. i appreciate the collaboration we have with our neighbors to the north. through this process have you seen any joint initiatives where the canadians have actually pushed back, or they don't wish to collaborate with u.s. authorities? are there any of those instances out there? anybody? none that you've experienced? >> no, i wouldn't say -- the only reticence sometimes is on sharing of targeting information. they have certain privacy rules which they have to abide by. and so, sometimes that can be a little bit difficult. i think we talked about the mlap and the information that is promaded -- provided via that type of format. so i think those are overcome in the field with operational matters and between the different agencies. >> okay. >> senator, from a prosecutor's perspective

host: we go next to wreck joining us from spokane washington, democrats line. are you with us? we will try one more time. rick: i am here. am i on the air? host: you sure are. rick: i am going to support hillary in the democratic primaries. we do not need a reactionary president. let's face it, the republicans only want to help the rich. they do not really need it. it started back in the reagan years. all of the deregulation and everything, he said, get the government off of the backs of the people. if you could read between the lines, what he really meant was get government off the backs of the companies. i do want the government to be the biggest kid on the block because at least we have some public control. host: from fort worth texas line for independence, edward. edward: i am disappointed in republicans because they are bending the constitution to their favor. people can say what they want about the clintons, but president clinton was the last president to balance the budget. i personally like the green party, because they don't want to borrow money to run the government.

the best and the ibet programs and we have a yearly meeting coming up called project north star in spokane, and in which we will again sit down with our canadian colleagues as well as our state and local officials and federal agencies, again to strategize and to implement those strategies in the near future. >> that's great. i appreciate the collaboration that we have with our neighbors to the north. through this process, have you seen any joint initiatives where the canadians have actually pushed back or they don't wish to collaborate with u.s. authorities? are there any of those instances out there? >> anybody? none that you've experienced? >> no i wouldn't say -- the only reticence sometimes is the sharing of targeting information. they have certain privacy rules which they have to abide by. and so sometimes that can be a little bit difficult. i think we talked about the mlats and the information that is provided via that type of format. so -- but i think those are overcome on the -- in the field with operational matters. and between the different agencies. >> okay. >> senator from a pr

host: sam from spokane, washington, is up next., you are a needle exchange program user o or past user. of. caller: i'd like to thank mr. raymond for his excellent work i feel a lot of the arguments are superfluous that are against it. we also have a lot line, it's a way of calling for help if an overdose does occur or one person isn't held responsible for helping another person. if you could transport that to the higher level thinking, you may be against needle exchange but would you be will to watch a person die and not call for help? you understand what i'm talking about, mr. -- i can't remember your name but you're a saint. guest: you're talking about the good samaritan law and part of a broader realignment we're seeing in a company with the reconsideration of needle exchange programs is how are we addressing the drug problems and is there new thinking we need. if we're seeing a lot of people overdose and if there's somebody on the scene afraid to call for help because they were concerned that the police would show up and arres

spokane 10 degrees below normal.l. love getting that san francisco shoutout. taking a live look at the city by the bay. clouds increasing. temperatures are going to be on the cool side for today. mid-60s for most of us. low 60s in the north bay. in san francisco, there's shower activity on the way and quite a bit of it. take a look. some of the models are projecting over an inch of rain as we head through tonight into tomorrow in san jose. up to an inch in santa rosa. same for half moon bay and san francisco. dry weather returns as we head throughout the rest of the week. >> it's too late to come down now, but it's an online lottery and 35,000 folks, tickets are given out online and they are free. it's a wonderful event to come down to. >> it looks so fun, al. >> thank you very much. we'll talk to you in a little while. meanwhile, a lot of people are yelling, love your shoes. they are just brown shoes. they must mean your shoes. >> they must mean your shoes. meanwhile, up next on "trending," al's shoes, too. take a l

spokane 10 degrees below normal.good morning i'm meteorologist bill henley. get your sunglasses ready, we're going to see a nice warmup. sunshine a few passing clouds and completely dry. 70s this afternoon. but the dry ends tomorrow. showers, possibly even a thunderstorm. on and off showers tuesday. still mild but with showers we'll see cooler temperatures wednesday and thursday. morning lows in the 30s, highs in the very low 50s. warmer friday, showers end saturday. have a great day. >> it's too late to come down now, but it's an online lottery and 35,000 folks, tickets are given out online and they are free. it's a wonderful event to come down to. >> it looks fun, al. >> thank you very much. we will talk to you in a little while. meanwhile, all these people yelling love your shoes. they are just brown shoes. they must mean your shoes. >> they mean your shoes. up next on trending al's shoes too. take a looka at this. do you have any idea who that is supposed to be? the statue that is causing a major uproar. >> the a

i also want to ask about the spokane the medical center. as you are very aware the emergency room at the spokane medical center has dramatically cut back its operations because of staffing problems. the medical center has repeatedly pushed back the date to resume full-time operations and now i've been told it isn't going to be until next fall. the slowpoke -- this book in va has also recently asked for a surgical complexity rating to be downgraded and i'm concerned about that request and the potential impact on access to care for our veterans in that region. last year i asked citations us the end the intersection whether the plans to reduce programs and services at the spokane medical center and they assured me they were not. yet we now see this assembly being downgraded. the medical center is not getting the job done so want to know what you're going to do to restore emergency services and physical care for the veterans everyone is spoke in va. >> one of the big challenges we've had and we discussed this previously is actually recruiting t