and that is truly a thrill because one of the things she talks about in her letters is the statehouse is right out her window, a block and a half awayf there i could see it. and there in lieu in the window in the sense that deemed her entire legacy being played out in the beautiful statehouse, so close but you cannot go down and she cannot touch it, she has to wait for messengers to run to the hotel and the statehouse but that was exciting and the hermitage is now unveiled and in the lobby that is dedicated to the suffrage story of what happened in the hotel. >> let's take some calls, die and in texas. diane you are on with author elaine weiss. >> about aho month ago on c-spa, i heard a theory i had never heard before that a lot of white men wanted their wives at the earlier negro men to vote? is that true? >> did you understand the question? a lot ofou white men wanted ther white wives to vote to counteract the black vote of black man. >> that is verye.e. true. there was a sense especially in the south and in other places to that there were more white women than black women who could

election is about taking the white house, but it is also about making sure you can take back your statehouse. [applause] i would be real skeptical if i were you, politicians making promises. here's one you can take to the bank. if i am the nominee, i am going to carry vermont, massachusetts, california, new york. let's make sure those senators from those states can take places like montana, new hampshire, michigan, wisconsin, and pennsylvania. i do believe that i'm the best candidate to actually carry our message to every part of the country. to cede the votes of rural americans, those who worked their way in, feed the to a newrever wedded york conman with orange hair and a gold toilet. [applause] prounion,-choice, populist democrat won three times in a red state by getting stuff done. [applause] and at the core, the word progressive is the word progress. i would take my record of making progress, my legislature spent 60% majority republican and we expanded mental health care and medicaid all across the state with controlled costs. we made record investments in public education and we kept i

that's because democrats in the statehouse said they were told there would be no votes that morning. with the democratic house leader insisting he was told as much by our colleagues across the aisle, as you can see from the video behind me, state democrats were furious about the power play. but the republican house speaker wasn't hearing that, contending that the budget was always on the calendar and that there was no promises made that a vote wouldn't happen. for governor cooper and democrats, it's the biggest shock thus far of an ongoing bucket battle. one fought largely over republicans' refusal to expand medicaid in a state ranking 10th in uninsured residents. but the ncop, your desperation is showing and it's from the bottom up. because while, yes, a republican did win in one of your special congressional elections this week, that candidate dan bishop scrapped by with a two-point victory in a state that president trump carried by 12 points just three years ago. and that's after the president personally lowered the state's iq by flying in for a pro-bishop rally and, of course, ta

nermeen: the statehouse is where he lives? >> yes come in the presidential palace.t is where the incident happened. the protocol girls did work there. one of them in particular was the one who kept in contact w wh me and invited me to the event and tried to get as close to me as she can. the rest of the other girls, i was not very well known to them or i did not know them because we did not interact a lot. some of the girls i have met, as you can see the report, two other women that accuse him that they've decided to remain anonymous. i have met one of them and i have met other women in private. again, within the culture we is not something you want to own publicly. amy: what gave you the courage to say your name? >> because it is my story. it is my truth and nobody can tell it better than i can. it is time for someone to own it. it is someone to start ash time for someone to start the conversation. i did not want to be part of the people who would protect my perpetrator who i believe has tended to so many other people. knowing the consequences of it, i wanted to sa

we had a big kick off at the statehouse and we have another big commemoration in november of this year, which march -- marks the 275th anniversary of her birth. we've been joining with other organizations to honor her legacy and celebrate her life and legacy. we have formed an organization, l.org and a number of us are

we are about to flip our state legislative chamber, our statehouse.e are nine seats shy of flipping the statehouse and we know we can carry those seats we carry those seats in 20 at the top of the ticket. there are lots of opportunities to win up and down the ballot regardless of what happens to the economy, regardless of what trump may try to terrorize, may try to scare the public with going forward. democrats are ready. david: appreciate it. cliff walker, texas democratic party deputy executive director. today marks the 18th anniversary of 9/11, when america was caught unawares and nearly 3000 people lost their lives. we welcome a lawmaker who shares responsibility for making sure that does not happen again, representative mike rogers of alabama, the ranking republican member of the house homeland security committee from capitol hill. let's talk about where we are today as opposed 18 years ago. what have we done, what we still need to do to protect the homeland? rep. rogers: we have made great slides -- great strides. the fact that we have not had a

[applause] [cheering] backkuster: and, we took the statehouse right here in new hampshire.. [applause] rep. kuster: and, i know that you are up to the challenge to win again in 2020. [cheering] [applause] i want tor: so, extend a warm granite state welcome to our many friends and colleagues competing in our first in the nation presidential primary. thank you for your energy, your advocacy, and for fighting to on america back on track november 3, 2020. [cheering] [applause] the truthr: because is, america is under siege. republicans in washington, from donald trump to mitch mcconnell to every single republican in congress who has let them hijack , are undermining our values as a nation. , equality, all fairness, decency, and above all , honesty. [cheering] [applause] rep. kuster: we are in this fight together, to send jeanne shaheen back to the united states senate. [cheering] rep. kuster: my terrific colleague, crip pappas and me, back to the house. me, back topas, and the white house. and above all, to send a white ho -- send a democrat to the white house again. [applause]

testifying in the statehouse, he explained what he meant. here, we stand equal before the law. but i stand before you today a victim of violated rights. he was unable to visit the south like other white citizens could. his argument was simple, the constitution guaranteed citizens of one state that they would be guaranteed privilege of citizenship. as a free african-american in the 1850's, that was not the case. relatives insit south carolina, he would be enslaved. slavers in south carolina reduced his ability to equal rights in massachusetts. slavery, framed northern culture and politics well into the 19th century. it is easy to assume there is a hard line separating the north and south. that massachusetts was a totally free state after the american revolution. ll's observation confounds that assumption. it's true that northern political culture ultimately developed in ways that were more committed to freedom than the south. to some degree, the fact they were willing to do that is because they were worried about the ways southern slavery will be interfering with their life. tha

penn valley park or on the statehouse long. -- statehouse lawn. instead they tended to appear in smaller towns or suburbs trying to make a name for themselves. for example, prairie village , a brand-newer postwar shopping center, right? this is where it is out in terms of civic life in the 1940's and 1950's and early 60's -- early 19 six d's. public life moved from the downtown city center, the civic center areas to suburban areas. new postwaruilding suburbs. they're getting in their car and driving to shopping centers, rather than being on foot in the city. so it made perfect sense to put a pioneer statue at the time it was placed at the entrance to the parking lot for the shopping center. a brand-new shopping center, but we are valuable with our local kansas roots, right? family we have a pioneer , mom, dad, and baby and a wagon wheel sitting at the entrance to our shopping center. it was much later when the shopping center changed hands and this piece would later move to this south end of the traffic circle that you see here. monuments in the p

we had dan bishop who has been representing the area and the statehouse, come from behind. not only did he win, he improved by more than 400%. the president made a considerable difference in his race coming in, when you watch the turnout, the movement in numbers, a week away to what they ended up on election day. you watched counties in which the democrat nominee last time actually carried but lost, this time. we improved by two percentage points. if you simply add two percentage points across, that is 13 more seats with only six more to go to win a majority. the difference between being in the minority and majority is roughly 116,000 votes overall. i think it is really foretelling of what's happening. let's look at what's happening inside congress itself. we have a speaker at a press conference today that refuses to answer questions of what's happening to her chairman and judicial committee because they don't know what's happening. seu have a majority leader who response ability it is to manage the committee, has a different definition of what is happening in the judiciary

house that is so close she cannot touch it and has to wait for the messengers to run between the statehouse and the hotel. but that was exciting the hermitage is now unveiled and now the lobby is dedicated to what happened in the hotel teeseventi now let's take calls. diane you are on with the author. >>caller: about a month ago on c-span i heard a theory i had never heard before that a lot of white men wanted their wives who wanted the black negro men to go is that true? that a lot of white men wanted theirhe white wives to vote to counteract the black vote. >> that is very true. there was a sense especially in the south there were more white women than black men to vote of those that would be of course it would be prevented by voting taxes and literacy requirements and we encounter that in my book with the congressman and the senators and the legislators and they do say to give my wife or the daughter the vote and more white people will be voting that is more racial uncomfortable aspects of the movement that we need to understand and to explain teeseven jim from california. >>caller: the

this election is about taking back the white house and making sure you get back your statehouse.making promises. here is one you can take to the bank. if i am the nominee, i am going to carry vermont, massachusetts, california, new york. let's make sure those senators can take new hampshire, michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania. i believe i am the best candidate to carry our message to every part of the country. i refuse to seed the votes of see that the votes of rural americans are forever going to be wedded to a new york man. i am a pro-choice, pro-union populace democrat that won three times in a red state not by compromising values but by getting stuff done. at the core of the word progressive is the word progress. ofould take my record progress against anyone's. my legislature is 60% republican, but we passed mental health, medicare and medicaid across the state with controlled costs. we made record investments in public education. we have frozen college tuition. dark money out of elections, although once never compromising a woman's right to make her own health care decisions.

we had dan bishop, who has been area in the the statehouse. come from behind. not only did he win, he improved by more than 400%. the president made a considerable difference in this in. coming when you watched the turnout and watched the movement in numbers, what they away to ended up at on election day. counties, the democrat nominee the last time ctually carried but lost this time. we improved by two percentage points. add two percentage points across that's 13 more seats with only six more to go majority. the difference between being in the majority is roughly 116,000 votes overall. so i think it's really foretelling of what's happening. let's look at what's happening inside congress itself. we've got a speaker who had a conference today that refuses to answer questions on what's happening to her chairman committee because they don't know exactly what's happening. you've got a majority leader term, whose ast responsibility is to manage the committee. undamentally has a different definition of what's happening in the judiciary committee than the chairman the

opposite direction looking to protect and expand access ever since democrats took control of the statehouse. in 2018 abortion providers say the law will make it easier for women who have to travel long distances to get the procedure from a doctor sometimes somebody can live fairly close to one of our clinics but there are so many obstacles and so many challenges for people things like childcare getting off work if they're in abusive relationship and maybe their partner doesn't not know about the abortion and that's not support of gathering the funds all of these things impact their ability to even make it to a clinic nearby. particularly in a state like maine with snowy winters and little public transportation were not all women have the means hollander did to get the medical care they desire kristen salumi al-jazeera auburn maine. argentina's senate has passed a food emergency plan to help people cope with the economic crisis small corporatists are helping lead the initiative playing a crucial role in the fight against poverty terry savory force on the capital. cleaning this parking greate

we had a big kick off at the statehouse and we have another big commemoration in november of this year, which marks the 275th anniversary of her birth. we've been joining with other organizations to honor her legacy and celebrate her life and legacy. so we have formed an organization, rememberabigail.org, and a number of us are offering programs and events, so check -- so i would encourage you to check out that website. our event tonight is absolutely the highlight of our commemorative year. we are really privileged to welcome edith to speak with us. she is a historian, an award-winning historian, a trailblazer in american women's history. and she is a foremost leading expert on abigail adams. she has written several biographies of abigail. most recently, she edited the library of america volume of abigail's letters. 100 letters were published for the first time. today, she is going to speak to us about the fascinating relationship of another remarkable revolutionary era woman, mercy otis warren, and the relationship she had with abigail adams. i know you are going to enjoy this. pleas

very troubling legacy of robert mugabe, but in terms of africa certainly the official record from statehouse and liberation movements across the continent is one of the glossing over that legacy or not even mentioning it and really rememberings m the man for what was which was a liberation icon in his early years. but despite the fact that the flags are at half-staff at police stations and public memorials showing the public mourning, there isn't any real sense of an outpouring of emotion for the man. very little indeed. though it has to be said even position members and activists i've spoken to have a complicated relationship with the legacy of robert mugabe. they even acknowledge the contribution he made to this country but point out the violence legacy and crackdowns and economic malaise that really captured this country because of his rule. >> david mckenzie following the story for us. thank you, we'll keep in touch. >>> we have new developments to tell you about on the iranian tanker that was seized by britain in july. it was thought to be carrying oil to syria in violation of sank sanc

you mentioned your frustration with obstructionists local government and in some cases even statehouses. what is your message to the people who live in those communities. not government officials and others who have a political agenda that might be of close to i.c.e. in particular. what is your message to the people who live in those places. about why it is important you all do what you do and the help that you need. >> my message to them would be they should be challenging those lawmakers and policymakers within those communities. as to why they were cooperating with us why are they choosing to put politics about public safety. why do they want these criminals and released back to the street as opposed to reading removed from the country if they ate with they have a removal order. it's kind of incredulous for me to think about these jurisdictions. one of the law enforcement agency to expend the resources to arrest these individuals for a criminal violation that they're sworn to uphold. but yet, it will prevent another law enforcement agency from exercising that same responsibility. it

they are setting the agenda in congress, in our statehouses, setting the agenda in our city councils, and on our school boards, as james put it before. it is really about our government spending too much on government employees, hiring too many, and paying them too much. this is how i got to the subject of government employees. i began by exploring how these government employee unions lobby government to increase spending on government employees, which, by the way, increases their dues income and gives them more money to spend on politics. it is this cycle, this corrupt cycle of political spending which benefits government employee unions far more than it even benefits the government employees, and it drives our nation into debt, and that is why i explored this topic. and that is how this book came about. coming here, coming into this room, somebody said, "what is a shadowboss?" i'm going to take about two minutes to try to explain that to you. "and what does a shadowboss had ve to do with government employee unions?" in our lives, shadowbosses are the people that we really work for,

right now we're not looking good -- leland: what about the statehouse?ah, 29 delegates. and, you know, when you're talking about that, we have to really worry about not only fundraising, but also again, going out to the con stitch weapons, making sure -- constituents, but also we just don't have enough people running so it's a real surprise that we just don't have enough people engaged -- leland: the republican party's really dying. >> it's not dying -- leland: on life support. >> that's why we started a pac to fund our candidates. we don't want virginia to become like our congress.ongressman, ad to see you. we appreciate it. thanks for making the drive up here before you guys get back to work. >> appreciate it, leland. thank you, buddy. gillian: last night 42 cats and dogs rescued from parts of south carolina affected by hurricane dorian and brought here to to d.c. meth propoll tan area -- metropolitan area by an amazing organization. volunteers traveled before dorian hit and rescued animals who were chained outside houses, left behind for dead. they'll

politico reporting some 95% of elected officials in new hampshire for members of the statehouse, down to town party chiefs have yet to pick a horse to hopefuls are waging a fierce battle to get off the sidelines. now to the road warriors in the field. ahead of joe biden's first stop of the day is mike melley. the campaign is feeling good about a couple oven tkorsmentes they picked up. >> yeah, absolutely, hallie. you talked about the spotlight on new hampshire. we were all living in iowa. of course we had the state fair, wing ding dinner. the first time a spotlight is shown on new hampshire, real opportunity for all the candidates to have a show of force to really show the ground games building the last few months and to try to win some of the key figures and endorsements. a lot about the enthusiasm gap for joe biden. the endorsement from the firefighters union really comes into play. the back page in the union leader today, put it up on full screen. this is the first time that the iaff, most powerful force in the democratic primary, is putting money behind their endorsement. they are

inside this remarkable scene at a time statehouse.democratic leadership, now some of her members are calling for not one but two impeachment inquiries. >>> joining me now, congress well katherine clark of massachusetts. she's vice chair of the house democratic caucus. congresswoman, thank you very much for joining thus evening. let me start with the topic of impeachment if i may. because there is some confusion about whether the house judiciary committee is actually carrying out an impeachment inquiry or an impeachment investigation. i'm curious to get your thoughts. which is it as far as you're concerned? >> it's good to be with you, and i think that chairman jerry nadler has been clear that we -- they are one and the same. and that the committee has voted to open an impeachment investigation, or inquiry if you want to call it that, which is the next step in formalizing the investigations that have been going on since the house took over the majority. >> in a new filing on friday, though, the justice department, congresswoman, argued

we had dan bishop who has been representing the area and the statehouse, come from behind. not only did he win, he improved by more than 400%. the president made a considerable difference in his race coming in, when you watch the turnout, the movement in numbers, a week away to what they ended up on election day. you watched counties in which the democrat nominee last time actually carried but lost, this time. we improved by two percentage points. if you simply add two percentage points across, that is 13 more seats with only six more to go to win a majority. the difference between being in the minority and majority is roughly 116,000 votes overall. i think it is really foretelling of what's happening. let's look at what's happening inside congress itself. we have a speaker at a press conference today that refuses to answer questions of what's happening to her chairman and judicial committee because they don't know what's happening. seu have a majority leader who response ability it is to manage the committee, has a different definition of what is happening in the judiciary

but we want people to be able to understand you can pick up two senate seats and we can flip the statehouseg another congressional seat. those are extraordinary opportunities. >> let's see the democratic ticket next year going into november is biden and abrams and that's the ticket going into georgia just as an example. you know what i'm doing here. >> i see it. >> i see what you're doing. how would you tell a voter who walks in a voting booth, they've been voting for years, in the same voting booth and they walk in and their name is not on the list and it's been purged because they had the same name as a felon. what do you tell that person to do at that moment? >> well, number one we want fair fight 2020.org so we can stop that from happening to begin with. we're working in 20 battleground states including georgia. they know what their rights are and that they know what the remedies are. technically, that person could file a provisional ballot but we want to make certain that before you even get to that step that you have all the information and all the support you need and we know that in

they were under the impression they didn't need to be there, so only 12 democrats were in the statehouse when it all went down. >> mr. speaker, you are making a mockery of this process. you are deceiving all of north carolina. your leadership is an embarrassment to the history of this great state. at this moment in time you are doing the unspeakable. is this the legacy you want? are you proud of this? are you proud of yourselves? look at you. there's no one here because we have been deceived. the trustworthiness is gone. we will not yield. >> all right, joining me now to talk about what exactly is going on in north carolina is the governor of the great state, democrat roy cooper. governor, i was just in your state last week as we were covering the hurricanes and i never cease to tell people what a beautiful state it is with great people and terrific food. what is going on with your politics? >> well, there's no question that north carolina is a great place to live and raise your family. but, ali, what we saw today was an assault on democracy by when republican leadership. i vetoed this b

this election is about not only the white house, it's about the statehouse. because the deep darksecret we never tell you , we come and we love you to death until february. and then we. and you're still stuck right now with a legislature, that privatize your medicaid systems and destroy it all, stripping away rights of teachers, of workers, of women. we need to make sure we have somebody at the top of the ticket that will help all throughout and i do believe on the best candidate to do that, to take our message to all parts of the country. i refuse to see basically the votes of rural americans as just people who wake up early, work the land, the world, passively on a sunday or forever somehow when two allying conmen from new york with a gold toilet. these voters don't come back to us.[applause] and i know we all can make big promises and you should be skeptical about that too but here's a promise i'll make . what's today to mark today is the 22nd. write this down. if i'm the nominee, i'm going to win california. massachusetts. vermont. all whole lot of those

when you look at the statehouse, the capital, the majority is democratic lawmakers. in order to get republican lawmakers, do you feel that there are some qualified republicans out there who are not running for office based on what you just told me? >> absolutely. but one back point is that the state legislature has a lower approval rating than president trump does. the state legislator is a super majority democrat. but yeah, we definitely have some a-list republicans in the state who don't want to run and lose districts and probably lose, and don't want to have that on the record. so, it is tough recruiting high- quality candidates and very hard seats. but we could do a better job is a party of doing that. >> is a division between elected republicans in office in california in the face of the party? >> that division always exists in one form or another. you have got plenty of electives who are supportive of trumps and are in line with the base. and you got others who are not. that i was happens. you see that with the democratic party as well. >> you say you are going

measures to do more and we should be focused on changing governorships in individual states and statehousesactually get more of this legislation moved. if we wait on mitch mcconnell or donald trump, it ain't gonna happen. >> nicolle? >> go ahead, karine. i just wanted say there's been some movement across the country. you have had about 20 states who have passed some sort of gun reform law. and nine of those states were signed by republican governors, which is a good step forward. and that's what we need to see. i think what we are seeing here is basically the same type of moment we've seen from other times, like the marriage equality movement. i think the country is going to move before congress does. and i think that is what's going to happen and whoever is in congress, if the country catches up with the state passing gun reform, a lot of these congressional members will be without a job. a lot of these centers will be without a job. and that's where we are with th this movement. the country is moving. >> nothing makes the president look smaller or weaker than being in the pocket of the n

was able to see what the republicans were doing what was called a theft of democracy in the sta statehouseterday on 9/11. john autry's video of his colleague deb butler calling out republicans' actions galvanized democrats to protest today. state representative john autry will be our next guest. managing lipids like very high triglycerides, can be tough. you diet. exercise. but if you're also taking fish oil supplements, you should know, they are not fda-approved, they may have saturated fat and may even raise bad cholesterol. to treat very high triglycerides, discover the science of prescription vascepa. proven in multiple clinical trials, vascepa, along with diet, is the only prescription epa treatment, approved by the fda to lower very high triglycerides by 33%, without raising bad cholesterol. look. it's clear. there's only one prescription epa vascepa. vascepa is not right for everyone. do not take vascepa if you are allergic to icosapent ethyl or any inactive ingredient in vascepa. tell your doctor if you are allergic to fish or shellfish, have liver problems or other medical conditi

i have been to the white house, i have been to the statehouse. i had briefed many mayors on this issue and often the response would not be i don't trust your evidence or we don't have the money, it would just be i don't know if i can sell this or this doesn't go down easy, i don't know who is going to get excited about this and so, the reason i wrote the book for a broader audience is because if a broader audience believed in these strategies they will demand it. and then you will make that advocacy easier. >> i'm looking at the time and i want to make sure that we have enough time for folks to ask questions i had a question around the issue of race and how it permeates i need to say something really quick about that. >> but i do want to note is that he makes a very strong argument about we address head on the issues of race. >> so, and actually i would love for you to follow up you have dealt with this exact same problem races everywhere in this work. it is why we got here. it is why we haven't made more progress. and yet, raise can be a huge yo

anti-immigrant movement that started in the 1890s and continued into the 1900s and started in different statehouses across the us a couple of bills to congress that didn't pass. then we had this forcing event which was world war i when people couldn't anymore. after that we have a radical, restrictive policy going to place. maybe it's the-- guy in the that would like to see a situation with winners and no losers but we may be closing our eyes if we think that there are no losers in the immigration system. you don't want to be a politician but we have to figure out a way for people living here already. i don't know what the totals are or what the flow is but i don't gets out of bounds for people who think their interests are being hurt to raise their hands and say we have a political process that is supposed to protect us as well. >> i'm skeptical about paul questions because at least according to trump 94% of republicans support him which makes me suspect that self identification as a republican is very tied up with support for trump so if that's true, then you've pulled members of an integration--

>> look, moms demand action volunteers have become a political powerhouse in statehouses across the countrytill some holdouts. there are still some lawmakers who are beholden to need to. >> let me get your final thoughts on thursday you got ten democrats all running for the top job in the country. they're going to be on the stage there in houston in texas speaking to many of those that have possibly been affected by gun violence, not just in texas but across the country. what do you want to hear from those democrats on thursday evening? >> well, this is the primary season, and this is when we talk about innovative, exciting ways to address this national crisis. you know, for too long this was the third rail of american politics. but now they're digging into the data. and they're coming up with innovative ways that we can address this crisis. and i'm thrilled to listen to all of them talk about how they will make this a priority in their policy platform. 100 americans are shot and killed in this country every day. it's not just the mass shootings and the school shootings. the it's the gun vi

anti-immigrant movement that started in the 1890s and continued in the 1900s and started in different statehouses all across the u.s., a couple of bills to congress that did not pass and then we have the forcing event and that was world war i when people cannot move anymore. after that, we had a really radical restrictive policy going to place and i kind of like the optimality guy in me that i would like to see, the situation with winners and losers, we may be closing our eyes if we think there is no losers in immigration situation. we have to think we don't want to be a politician but we have to figure out a way that works for people in human beings that there's nothing here already. i don't know what the totals are and what the flow is but i don't think it's out of balance for people who think that their interest are being heard to raise their hands and say we have a political process that is supposed to protect us too. >> your reaction? >> i just have something brief about that. it is interesting that extreme partisan and skeptical that the bipartisan divide because according to trump 94% supp

anti-immigrant movement that started in the 1890s and continued into 1900s and started in different statehouses all across the u.s., and got a couple of bills to congress that didn't pass. and then we had a forcing event and that is world war i when people couldn't move anymore, and after that, we had a really radical restrictive policy go into place. i would kind of like maybe a parado malibu guy that would like to see that there are no winners or losers, but maybe there are no losers in the immigration setting. you don't want to be a politician, but maybe it works already. and so i don't know what the totals are or what the flow is, but i don't think it is out of bounds for people who think that their interests are being heard to raise their hands and say that we have a political process that is supposed to protect us, too. >> and philip, your reaction? >> i had something brief about that. it is interesting that extreme part san split is that i am skeptical of polls that go by the part sandy vid now, because at least according to trump 94% of the republicans support him, which makes me think

so lawmakers in statehouses have learned how to work on this issue.will get more progress on state and local levels than in the senate? i think we lost alex an dwra. all right. that happens. we apologize. arthel: new revelations on the massive damage the u.s.-imposed sanctions are have on the iranian economy. documents show the effects the sanctions are having on iran. rich edson has the story. >> a relentless economic assault tearing through iran's economy. that's what top officials see as the result of american sanctions. according to internal documents obtained exclusively by fox news. >> we think the iranian government will shrink by 12 to 14%. the documents show 17 of iran's 18 retirement funds are in the red. insolvency would potentially hit 7 million iranians who are senior citizens. they say iran spends tens of millions of dollars a year subsidizing critical products like drugs and food. oil exports before u.s. sanctions were around 2.5 million barrels a day. now they are around 160,000 barrels. iran's oil minister says our situation is worse

we had a kick off at the statehouse, and we have another commemoration.have been joining with a number of other organizations to honor her legacy and celebrate her life and legacy.

winning a majority in the election and then winning more than half the state legislators, then the statehousehooses the winner regardless of who got the most votes, do i have that right? >> that is correct . >> 'sis being challenged in court right now. now, why would this constitutional requirement put into place in the first place? what is the historical origin? >> much of mississippi's electoral policy is derived out of the constitution of 1890. that constitution was after up here we call redemption when formal confederate soldiers and politicians took back control of government. as a result they put in place systems to subjugate the ability of african-americans to fully participate, not only the grandfather clauses and other literacy tests but additional barriers because i've been as it is now, mississippi had the highest percentage of african-americans and they wanted to keep in place -- >> how has the corresponding lack ofafrican-american representation statewide affected the social economic and political rights development of african-americans ? >> not only is mississippi the poorest st

been an idealist. 15 years ago he brought two pigs he called pork and barrel to the south carolina statehouse making a point further, announcing this morning he is running for president. the odds are long, partly because his home state and others have canceled primaries. here is what he said three weeks ago on "meet the press." >> if you're unsuccessful, do you want to support him for president? >> what do you make of his chances and that attitude going into the race? >> first of all if you are an anti-trump republican, it doesn't behoove you to have multiple challenges, whether it's bill weld, joe walsh or him. it will split that anti-trump vote. i will say this, though. he ran a special election in 2013 when i was at the nrcc. he was coming back from his scandal at the appalachian trail. we had cut him off and we weren't that sure about his chances. he is one of the most incredible retail politicians i have ever seen. he worked his way back into that race. he was against a very well-funded democrat. very different issue now, but he can be someone who can go to new hampshire and at least imp

this year alone, they have been numerous bills introduced in statehouses to introduce teaching of climatehange. on our parents line here in washington, d.c., good morning, ralph. caller: good morning. one thing i can tell, you are hearing several good facts. opinions from an uninformed person are useless. it is like going to a mechanic to ask about heart surgery, he is going to have an opinion, about what value is his opinion? there is not one nationally recognized or internationally recognized scientific organization in the entire world, we are talking about thousands, that deny global warming. not one. yet, there is funded science on the web that spews information and anecdotal evidence, stuff like that. the one caller who touched about critical thinking skills, i agree full heartedly. teachers should want the kids down the path, teach them what sites are legitimate and what sites are completely fake. for example, you go to a site and say, hey, this site doesn't have any references for who the scientific body is backing him, no references for who is giving them money, who is on their bo

over 200 20 5, 1902, black bostonians met the mayor in the statehouse in boston.

he served the people of georgia in the statehouse and the state senate and later in both houses of the u.s. congress. in fact, he's the only georgian to ever to have done that. no matter what role johnny has been in, he has always focused on helping others. his dedication to service is even more impressive because it has produced incredible results for our country. this town has a lot of activity but it's short on results. johnny knew the difference. for example, one of johnny's top priorities in congress has been to take care of our country's veterans. georgia is home to over 700,000 veterans today. as a veteran himself, johnny treats each one of them as his own sister or brother. when johnny saw the shameful conditions and mismanagement happening at the v.a., he immediately sprang into action. fixing the v.a. seemed impossible but no challenge was too large for johnny isakson. thanks to him, as chairman of the senate veterans administration committee, we made incredible progress on this and many other fronts relating to the v.a. his efforts such as the v.a. mission act have helped br