first guest of the morning, delicate stacey plaskett -- delegate stacey plaskett from the u.s. virgin islands. good morning. your thoughts on the shooting from yesterday. we have been through this before. what do you think the reaction from congress will be? will havehink members a moment of silence, they will say that this is a tragedy. unfortunately, i think that the majority will move on from there and we will talk about the things we have been talking about. this raises so many issues, not only about shooting, gun safety, and gun control, but about mental health, support systems in the school, all things that embers of congress should be having hearings, discussions, and bringing bills to the floor for regular order. host: by you think on those issues there cannot be a coming together? guest: we have seen so many of these tragedies occur, whether it be in schools, places abortion, nine clubs -- every venue we have had mass shootings places ofg -- worship, nightclubs, everything you've we have had mass shootings nothing has been done. this will hot them for the rest of their

first guest of the morning, delicate stacey plaskett -- delegate stacey plaskett from the u.s.irgin islands. good morning. your thoughts on the shooting from yesterday. we have been through this before. what do you think the reaction from congress will be? will havehink members a moment of silence, they will say that this is a tragedy. unfortunately, i think that the majority will move on from there and we will talk about the things we have been talking about. this raises so many issues, not only about shooting, gun safety, and gun control, but about mental health, support systems in the school, all things that embers of congress should be having hearings, discussions, and bringing bills to the floor for regular order. host: by you think on those issues there cannot be a coming together? guest: we have seen so many of these tragedies occur, whether it be in schools, places abortion, nine clubs -- every venue we have had mass shootings places ofg -- worship, nightclubs, everything you've we have had mass shootings nothing has been done. this will hot them for the rest of their l

democrats, like representative stacey plaskett, have criticized fema's decision. >> the other agencies go so far as not just to stop the contract but to issue a system-wide warning saying that this is not a company to do business with. then how could they have been prepared to do a $156 million contract with a one-person operation? >> my biggest mistake was not asking for more help. >> reporter: so, miss brown's been paid about $255,000. but she's appealing to fema for $70 million more. fema insists there was no disruption in the food distribution chain in puerto rico because of this debacle. and if you're wondering where the unused meals went? we found them in this storage lockener atlanta, 60,000 meals. and, jeff, this is what they look like. they've been sitting here since november. >> glor: wow. david begnaud, thank you very much. now to some other stories we're following in the evening newsfeed. driving was next to impossible today in sioux city, iowa. a fierce snowstorm is blowing through the upper midwest. chicago could get as much as 20 inches by saturday. schools in the city w

first guest of the morning, delicate stacey plaskett -- delegate stacey plaskett from the u.s. virgin islands. good morning. your thoughts on the shooting from yesterday. we have been through this before. what do you think the reaction from congress will be? will havehink members a moment of silence, they will say that this is a tragedy. unfortunately, i think that the majority will move on from there and we will talk about the things we have been talking about. this raises so many issues, not only about shooting, gun safety, and gun control, but about mental health, support systems in the school, all things that embers of congress should be having hearings, discussions, and bringing bills to the floor for regular order. host: by you think on those issues there cannot be a coming together? guest: we have seen so many of these tragedies occur, whether it be in schools, places abortion, nine clubs -- every venue we have had mass shootings places ofg -- worship, nightclubs, everything you've we have had mass shootings nothing has been done. this will hot them for the rest of their

democrats like representative stacey plaskett have criticized fema's decision. >> the other agencies go so far as not just to stop the contract but to issue a systemwide warning saying that this is not a company to do business with. then how could they have been prepared to do a $156 million contract with a one-person operation? >> my biggest mistake was not asking for more help. >> reporter: so miss brown's been paid about $255,000, but she's appealing to fema for $70 million more. now, fema insists there was no disruption in the food distribution chain in puerto rico because of this debacle. and if you're wondering where the unused meals went? we found them in this storage locker here in atlanta. 60,000 meals. and jeff, this is what they look like. they've been sitting here since november. >> wow. david begnaud, thank you very much. >>> now to some other stories we're following in the evening news feed. driving was next to impossible today in sioux city, iowa. a fierce snowstorm is blowing through the upper midwest. chicago could get as much as 20 inches by saturday. schools in the

coming up thursday morning, virgin islands democratic delegate stacey plaskett, a member of the oversight and government reform committee, discusses the committee's recent decision to investigate white house vetting systems and the -- in the aftermath of the rob porter story. and then pennsylvania republican congressman ryan costello talks about the future of health care and republican efforts to reform the affordable care act. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern thursday morning. join the discussion. >> this weekend, the c-span cities tour takes you to lynchburg, virginia. located along the james river, it's home to both liberty university and thomas jefferson's retreat. popular forest. with the help of our comcast cable partners, we'll explore lynchburg's rich literary life and history. on saturday at 5:00 p.m. eastern, on book tv, we'll visit the anne spencer thousand hear about how this poet brought the harlem renaissance to lynchburg. >> anne spencer was a poet, an american poet, mostly associated with the harlem enaissance period. it's how harlem come