and yet "the economist" magazine last year ranked the european nations, the north american nation andwe came in 24th in early childhood education. we are not doing a good job on that level. what do we need to help children achieve and do well in school, be ready for school? we need smaller classes. [applause] >> the research is very clear that the special in the early grades and a special for children who are having learning problems, smaller classes allow them have more time with her teacher, and this is very important. what else do we need? we need in every school a full t enriched curriculum including arts and physical education, history and literature. [applause] science, mathematics, online which is. this is what we expect as a matter of course. i was in public schools in houston, texas. we had all those things and i wasn't in a private school. y. will be able to do it so we decades ago and we can't afford to do this anymore? i don't understand. is it because we're diverting all that money did testing corporations and to consultants? [applause] we have our priorities messed up. h

[applause] again the research on this is indisputable and get the economist magazine last year ranked the european nations and north american nations, became and 24th in the provision of high-quality early childhood education. we are not doing a good job on that one. we need to help children achieve and do well in school and be ready for school. we need smaller classes. [applause] the research is very clear that especially in the early grades and especially for children who are having learning problems smaller classes allow them to have more time with their teacher and this is very important. what else do we need? we need at every school a full and rich curriculum including arts and physical education, history and literature. [applause] science, mathematics, foreign languages. this is what we expect is a matter of course. i was in the public schools in houston texas. we had all of those things that i wasn't in a private school. it wasn't a well-funded school. why were we able to do it so many decades ago and we can afford to do anymore? is it because we are diverting all that money to testing testig consultants and corporat

the summer of 1925, segregation was spreading north as well, splitting america's cities along the color line, forcing african-americans into distinct neighborhoods, separate and unequal, creating the nation's racial ghetto. so much has happened in the intervening decades. the south system of apartheid has been toppled in what i think is the greatest accomplishment for american democracy in the 21st century. there were no longer separate drinking fountains, separate waiting rooms, rules about sitting in the back of the bus. but 80 years on, the system of segregation that they confronted is still largely in place not just in detroit, but in almost all of urban america and putting this extraordinary city that we are in at the moment. >>> now on book tv, iian berman predict the collapse of russia deutsch to the internal social democratic decline and external challenges from china. it's about one hour. thank you. i love that john is making his way off the stage so when you throw things at me there is an unimpeded gift. thank you as always for your interest and to the heritage foundation for hosting me. always nice to come out and talk about issues i work a lot on in the privacy of my office and

the east african-american nation. my migrant ships have landed on the island since the arab spring uprising in north africa and the middle east. more recently people fleeing the civil war in syria so arrived there. >>> a tropical storm in indochina has caused flooding that claimed more than 70 lives and damaged over 1 million homes. the rainy season in the southeast asian peninsula brought downpours since last month. they said flooding in the country's northeast and areas have killed 27 people and inundated around 140,000 homes. cambodia's officials say flooding occurred killing 39 people and damaging roughly 10,000 homes over the past two weeks. vietnam's media reports that the tropical storm made landfall this week, killing nine people, injuring 199 others and damaging about 220,000 homes main low in central vietnam. they are warning that rain could continue through mid-october. tokyo electric power company officials said they failed to investigate how much water a tank on a line of water can hold. >> we have to confess that another leak happened. we are very sorry for this. >> about 430 leaders of highly radioactive w

the states getting ready to reopen its national parks. >> and new this morning the mother of an american detained in north korea for nearly a year allowed to visit her ailing son. they say no good deed goes unpunished. and some days it seems true. but we keep on doing the things that matter& like buying new raspberry 5 hour energy. from now to the end of the year, a portion of each sale... benefits living beyond breast cancer, to empower women affected by breast cancer. new raspberry 5 hour energy. it's one good deed that will go just right. to thoseworried...ited... poked and prodded... taken risks... and lived in a state of "what if?"... welcome to a new state... of health. welcome to covered california. the place to find quality, affordable coverage. financial help for those in need. and nobody can be denied because of a pre-existing condition. enroll now at coveredca.com. >>> welcome back everyone. good friday morning to you. hearings continue on capitol hill today as we move closer to the debt ceiling. senate committee will hear testimony on the impact of the shutdown on economic security. among those expected to speak ntsb board c

north carolina's governor pat mccrory is honoring him. honoring him the same week the national republican party opened a new african-american outreach officen the state of north carolina. amazing. this shows the problem the gop has right now. then supports republican leaders who says this. >> the very first political contribution i ever made in my life was to jesse helms. when i was a kid, i sent $10 to jesse helms. the willingness to say all those crazy things is a rare, rare characteristic in this town. and you know what? it's every bit as true now as it was then, we need a hundred more like jesse helms in the u.s. senate. >> a hundred more like jesse helms. and the people pulling the strings behind the scenes, people like former senator jim demint now the head of the heritage foundation, say this. >> jesse helms was my kind of conservative. he was tough. wasn't afraid to say what he was thinking. >> jesse helms may have been his kind of conservative, but he isn't most americans' idea of progress. so you can't claim to be for outreach and support this vision for america. actions speak louder than words. joining me are ed rendell and mich

the north-east. shame on you! shame on you! shame on you! >> this year, striking restaurant workers brought their low wages to the nation's attention. but what many americans don't know is that low wage workers are often being cheated out of what little they do make. >> i said are you kidding me? i said you're telling me that these people allowed to treat people like this and you can't do anything? >> they accuse me. they accuse me, the federal government, that i stole one million dollars from these low-wage workers. >> they call it wage theft, and the restaurant industry is one of the worst offenders. every year, it amounts to billions of dollars taken from paychecks of the very lowest earners. >> i don't want anything extra. i'm willing to give more than enough. i'm willing to give a hundred and twenty five percent just to be able to get a level playing field. >> this week on fault lines, we look at what it means to have a job when getting paid what you're owed is not guaranteed. >> i mean, at what point does it stop? who's speaking for us? who's going to speak for us? >> the us is now a low-wage economy. tens of millions of people in america are current

the recording contract. >> he will perform twice this weekend in san francisco national shrine in north beach. >> that is so amazing. glad the kids got to see that. >>> listen to this. she's an american doll. >>> a group of artists proves you're never too old to lay with barbie. >> you've never seen her like this. the exhibition opened in san francisco, dozens transformed it into unique art. reflecting our society >> reyats to all cultures and economics she, it's fun to play with her. so basically, if playing with barbie and turning her into art. >> okay. well, the events continue through november 17thth. >> it's clever. >> so interesting. it's cute. i guess you're never too old. >> that is going to do it for us world news is coming up next. i'm cheryl jennings >> from all of us here, thanks for watching. we appreciate your time as always. look at that beautiful sunset. back at 6:00. >> you can connect with us 24-7 on abc7 news.com. >>> welcome to "world news." tonight, halloween storm. a monster barrelling across the nation, threatening wind, lightning, even tornados. towns forced to postpone trick or treating. >>> abc news exclusive. hundreds of sick workers tonight, benefits they

that moment the summer of 1925 segregation was spreading north as well as putting american cities along the color line keeping these neighborhoods separate but not equal creating the nation get no. so much has happened in the intervening decades. the system of apartheid has been toppled of the greatest accomplishment of democracy in the 20th century no longer separate drinking fountains your waiting rooms were sitting at the back of the bus but 80 years the system of segregation as confronted is still largely in place. not just in detroit but almost all of urban america and including this extraordinary city that we're in at the moment. >> i am here in chicago and married, in 1977 my bachelor's degree i.m. latino you think they're above the four young and bright and articulate people like me. no. one application after another so i thought i did this in college. i drove a cab but you work hard because you drive a cab i remember i went back to see my dad that christmas he said after all of the effort to for you to wind up doing exactly what i did i said it is the stage at the moment i have to have my self-respect and dignity. to pay the rent and gets the food. >> this is th

the latino. at the national level. i knew that if i was going to do that. now i'm elected. the north american free trade agreement. he's in charge of negotiating a? bill daly, the mayor's brother whose cochairman of my campaign. who wants me to vote for a? said they do so much. we are working together. i need you to vote. i thought it was the wrong thing to do. they say he was good to you and supported you. i believe what i believe is correct, especially major policy. >> host: in typical fashion he said have not here just to be part of the club. i'm here to make a difference. people were clamoring for congressional reform. they were pressing clinton at the time imposed pay freeze. they include members of congress. this is an issue of equity. so i'm going to introduce legislation to freeze the salaries of members of congress and the members of congress didn't like that. >> guest: one of them came the two men as a whichever stick your hand in my pocket again. remember, democrats run the majority. as a freshman member. but i just thought coming here's the scene. the president gives his first state of the union addres

ballots this seems an time to talk about slavery in the north and to point out that the american system of slavery penetrated every region of our nationn the first two years not just the south. my book about the history of sylvester manor in new york has taken three continents as john explained across for centuries and is taken me more than 10 years of research to write this forgotten story which is still in plain sight. as of landscape historian i found the sobering journey finally brought me back to the manor into its lance shaped very early on by many hands often those of africans and african-americans. surprise. the house is still the same color today as in 1885. behind the house -- i don't think i'm going to be able to do the pointer thing from here. can you all see the water behind the house? oh god. okay. this is the only place north of the mason-dixon line that still has its original water landing and still has 243 acres of land, still has the ancient house and it still has the papers which i found in the house in the secret cache that you will see pictures of in a minute. the guy who inherited it because it's owned by the sam

the affordable care. this is from a cherokee reservation in north carolina. >> a place where the rivers are clear and native american tourism is king. [♪ singing ] >> reporter: the eastern band of the cherokee nationrly 15,000 strong, a proud people but not without issues of poverty and health. like so many reservations across the country. >> what are the main health problems here on the reservation? >> well, diabetes is prevalent. >> and so is hypertension, an array of mental health conditions and addiction. >> my understanding is with obamacare some of the programs that we are getting in to the field of are going to be enhanced. mental healthcare, those things that substance abuse. >> reporter: but on the reservation finding anyone who has heard of obamacare is a challenge. >> have you ever heard of obamacare? >> no, i haven't. >> reporter: so no one ever told you about obamacare and the affordable healthcare act? >> uh-uh. >> reporter: tribal leaders are beginning the difficult challenge of informing and trying to convince their people that although they have free halt care under the indian services, signing up for obamacare as a supplement will help the reservation. >> there is a legacy of hor

d remember,er be national paper is the largest and most globally oriented north american paper companyuge amount of business in the faster growing emerging countries. they're number in corrugated packaging, number one in corrugated paper board, number one in distribution. no question international paper is the top dog. that's especially good. the company has taken out excess capacity left and right, given i.p. more control over pricing. two years ago, they took out a major competitor. now that deal is starting to pay off. international paper just reported an earnings beat, a 93-cent basis. what really catches my attention here is the pro-shareholder stuff the company doing. not only have they recently boosted dividend by 17%, get the yield back, though stock is up. board authorized $1.5 billion buyback over the next two, three years e waqual to 7.5%. i.p. is a total innovator, a paper technology company, a good one at that. last time we spoke with the ceo one year ago, stock giving an excellent 30% return since then. trading ten times earnings. it has much more to go. let's talk to joh

the congress. i will say anybody felt that eight -- >> i wanted to make a difference at the national level and i knew if i was going to do that if i'm elected my first challenges the north american free trade agreement. who wants me to go for it to a real-life father was the wrong thing to do. some people would say he was good to you. he supported you. i'm always going to be due what i believe is correct. i am here to make a difference and people were clamoring for the reform. >> the pay freeze that said that's unfair to treat to freeze the salaries of members of congress. >> one of them said a don't ever stick your hand in my pocket again. the democrats were in the majority and i was the first one. the president gives a state of the union address and the budget, time for austerity. all i did is trying to be prepared. there were signs that said reserved for members of congress. i thought that's no way to greet the american people. two years later democrats were thrown out and gingrich's revolution. you know many things they used against democrats were the same things i said were wrong. >> host: [inaudible] >> guest: then i would have but not today. >> your district starts becomi

american researchers suspect the north has also restarted an experimental nuclear reactor. >>> the prime minister of israel is urging the u.s. and other nations to keep up the pressure on iran. benjamin netanyahu says they shouldn't lift sanctions until iranian leaders completely abandon their nuclear development program. >> rowhani is a wolf in sheep's clothing. a wolf who thinks he can pull the wool over the eyes of the international community. >> netanyahu accused iranian president hassan rowhani of masterminding a strategy to advance the country's push to build a nuclear weapon. he said rowhani's goal is the same as his hardline predecessor mahmoud ahmadinejad. netanyahu argued the only way to peacefully deter iran is to combine tough sanctions with a credible military threat. he said israel is ready to stand alone on the issue. a representative for the iranian/u.n. delegation rejected netanyahu's accusations. he said that unlike israel, iran would not attack another nation. >> they are the greatest threat to the security of -- >> safi said israel should not even think about attacking iran. netanyahu has become even her to vocal on iran a

the federal government provides to native families as part of its trust, its contract, its obligation to native americans and native american nations. when i -- i recently had a discussion with tribal chairs all across north dakota, as i was hearing more and more of the kind of horror stories that you hear when all of a sudden weather is coming and food assistance is needed and fuel assistance is needed, and the stories that i heard i want to share with this body today, mr. president. they are telling stories about how foolish -- how foolish and how dangerous this government shutdown is to many, many very, very vulnerable families, particularly vulnerable native american families. and so, just by way of introduction, most of the five tribes in north dakota are direct-service tribes, which means b.i.a. itself performs critical functions to help the native american families. so b.i.a. is the place you go to get that snangs. with th -- to get that assistan. with the shutdown, there are little or no b.i.a. employees to carry out this very important work. that means the general assistance programs are no longer able to serve, for example, the 600 families on the turtle mountain reservation who would otherwise

different state almost every day and i've just been so impressed by the american people across this nation, red states, blue states, northeople are saying, you mean, somebody else thinks the way i do? i'm not weird? you know, because you know, that's the thing that a lot of the progressives try to do, they try to make everybody else feel like their thoughts are weird and that the progressive thoughts are the mainstream and i don't think they are the mainstream, but by getting the mainstream media behind you, you can make people believe that and they've been beaten into submission. i feel my role is to help wake people up and say, you know, you're not crazy, don't think it for one minute. by the same token, i do want people to exercise true tolerance, not like the progressives, anybody who disagrees with them, they throw stones and try to destroy them. i think it should be a free country where people can believe what they want and can behave the way they want and have a minimum amount of interference from the government. stuart: music to our ears. now, you're a retired neuro surgeon and we have to get your take on the oba

the perilous fight six weeks that saved the nation. steve, what was the war of 1812 about? >> guest: it was different things to different people would was fundamentally a war about the future of the north american continent. you had great britain which still controls the canadian colonies and this new american republic about had been established a generation earlier. fundamentally, the united states and great britain were fighting for control of the continent, who would be the power that would be allowed to expand into the western or the northern regions and there were issues that were raised that more or less fostered the war including maritime issues, great britain of course was in the midst of an enormous struggle with napoleon and they were stopping american ships at the sea because they needed to impress the sailors off of our ships in order to man from navy ships. you had a british restrictions on american trade with the u.s. and in america there was just the beginnings of a further look westward and maybe northward and those were some of the fundamental tensions behind the war of 1812. >> host: how did it get started? >> guest: we forget that the united states declared war mechem great b

if the army corps of engineers can't engage in the national ocean policy coordination and planning that's geared toward helping our industry, that's what septembers us up for failure. the north american submarine cable association is opposed to this amendment. they stated the first and foremost undersea cable operators engage in coastal marine spatial planning. did you know that undersea cable is not satellites, carry more than 95% of the international voice data in internet traffic in the united states? they are critical for national security and carry civilian and military and u.s. government traffic. the corps is working to improve coastal and seafloor maps and nautical charts which are critical for navigation. signing offshore energy and recreational fishing. even in his home state of texas, there are 170,000 people that are employed in ocean economy. his amendment would destroy their ability to have good planning. so i urge all my friends to oppose this amendment, which is owe polesed by the private sector, it's opposed by the public sector and the jft not smart thinking. i take now -- i'd like to yield -- i'll yield back. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from te

north carolina. >> nestled in a shrewded picture postcard valley of the smokey mountains. a place where rivers are clear and native american tourism is king. the cherokee nation, 15,000 strong, a proud people, but not without issues of poverty and health like so many reservations across the country. >> what are the main health problems here? >> diabetes. >> so is higher tension. they believe the affordable healthcare act could make it happen. >> my understanding with obamacare some of the programs that we're getting in the field of will be enhanced, mental healthcare, substance abuse. >> reporter: but on the reservation finding anyone who has heard of obamacare is a challenge. >> have you ever heard of obamacare? >> no, i haven't. >> reporter: so none has ever told you about boom care and the affordable healthcare act? >> mm-hmm. >> reporter: so tribal leaders are beginning the difficult challenge of informing and convince their people although they already have he free healthcare under the indian services, signing up for obamacare will strengthen the health and wealth of the reservation. >> there is so many examples of failed policy, there is a level of mist

americans. firefighters and other engineers are literally climbing 74 floors to get inside. >> federal offices will be closed again. the nations office closed again. the winds continue to come in from south north to north and pound the water out into the new york city area and we are seeing the storm surge levels continue to be unprecedented. neil: very few are working in lower manhattan today. 13-foot surges along the new jersey coast. along the area where people may not be returning to their homes. >> this is pacific avenue. neil: the new york stock exchange indicated tomorrow no more treating their as well. back to back and we have never seen something like this by mother nature and the better part of a century. in the year ago today. one of the most expensive storms to hit america ever has hit land and has hit us and we are still reverberating from it. $60 billion worth of federal aid and a little bit more than 5 billion of it has been spent. john, that is not a good batting ratios. >> when you're dealing with this amount of money, it is always be concerning and that being said, there's really no excuse for this out the door at brinkley where homeowners are looking to get money and to get

the center of who we are as a nation. transforming education and economically driven immigration system true to our heritage and energy policy they stunned north americanrican ingenuity, and committed family life will restore prosperity for many more americans than what we have today. there is another important part of this which is -- it economic freedom in all of its forms will sustain prosperity over the long haul. no one understood that better than jack kemp. he was the prime architect an advocate of policies driving american supply-side economics and tearing down the barriers into the capitalist system for those disaffected and for those left behind. those policies lead to exponential growth that we enjoyed in 1980s under the leadership of ronald reagan and many more people in a fitted from that growth -- benefited from that growth from and what we have today. we need to promote simple application of the tax code and lower tax rates. think of the lost productivity, the lost jobs, misallocated capital and the most convoluted tax code in the world. conservatives need to advance economic freedom through advocating a monetary policy that does not puni

generations after the civil war americans north and south lived almost entirely apart from one another. do we take that as a measure of solace that we've always been a warring nation? do you agree with that? >> we always had a couple of laughs in the white house about the number of times we turn on tv and say if the president would have just had that member of congress over for a drink, they would have voted for legislation. what the common thread throughout history, what's in the political self-interest of those members and the districts they represent. i don't think the tea party is likely to change at any time but the question is is speaker boehner emboldened after this battle. the tea party was allowed to run this play, where did it get them? republican party has the lowest approval rating in history. 14 districts that weren't competitive before the shutdown are now competitive. will he allow more votes that allow those what he called responsible democrats and republicans to team up together. more than 40 republicans have voted two out of three times for -- on republican leadership side when baper allowed votes in the past. that path is possible if the speaker

the state department whether it would revise its worldwide caution that urged american citizens in north africa can and the middle east to exercise caution. it reads in part, quote: >> r eporter: both the cia and the nationalerterrorism center, this is the nation's hub for threat analysis, they are aware of these threats on social media, but they declined to comment, and the state department has yet to respond, heather. heather: catherine herridge live for us, thank you. >> reporter: you're welcome. bill: charges could be filed today in that dry ice bombing case. los angeles international, lax, two dry ice bottle bombs exploded there sunday night, again on monday night, a third exploded after that. the suspect is dicarlo bennett currently being held on a million dollars' bail. investigators believe he set the bombs out of, quote, a desire to experience a device exploding. go figure. >>> back to that breaking news, fox news alert, redwood is city, california, a little bit past 7:00 in the morning. now the sun comes up, and we can get a better view now of this apartment complex in redwood city, california, 20 miles south of san francisco, and it appears to be -- well, that's a fire that just continues to rag

i think by 2020, we could follow a path of north american energy security where if we just harness the resources this nationtural gas, we can become a net energy exporter, change the whole equation from policy set on shortages to one set on abundance. and i think that energy security breeds national security breeds -- created by 2020, maybe by 2030, 2 million to 5 million jobs. >> yeah. >> it would give us a sustainable advantage to grow manufacturing, increase the number of jobs, personal income, make american lives better. it's something we all should do. >> that's number one. i look at the other two things you think would restore america's financial integrity. the balance sheet which we're on our way a little bit, if we could get through october, get a budget and get the debt ceiling raised. and then your third thing is tax policy. maybe if we could combine two and three and just get -- you know, just get the agreement to talk about tax policy as part of doing the budget and the debt ceiling increase. i don't know why that congress and the president can't at least talk about that. >> well, look, i think

national. go like a pro. >>> we're taking you around the world. to the korean peninsula. this is a report on an american being held prisoner in north korea.or what north korea called hostile acts and plotting to overthrow the government. to you for the first time, we hear from his mother in an exclusive interview about her recent visit to see her son. cnn's paula hancocks has the story from seoul. >> an embrace filled with emotion as a mother hugs the son she fears she could lose. kenneth bae has been held prisoner in north korea for 11 months. his mother speaks exclusively to cnn about her recent visit. >> my heart ache when i saw him with a hospital garment in a confined in a small space. >> she says his health has improved a little since this interview was filmed in august. bae was hospitalized suffering from a catalog of illnesses including diabetes, heart problems and back pain. >> i really cried a lot after i saw this picture. i really could not believe that prisoner is my son. >> bae, an american citizen, was arrested in november of last year. he was sentenced in may to 15 years hard labor for what north korea called hostile acts a

national. go like a pro. [ male announcer ] when we built the cadillac ats from the ground up to be the world's best sport sedan... ♪ ...people noticed. ♪ the cadillac ats -- 2013 north american of the year. lease this cadillac ats for around $299 per month with premium care maintenance included. from the classic lines to the elegant trim in each and every piece, kohler will make your reality a dream. >>> this has been a hard week for the kickoff of the republican party's outreach to african-americans in north carolina. republican party's presidential candidate may have won north carolina in 2012, but no thanks to the black vote. african-americans in north carolina voted 96% for president obama. that was up from the 95% of voters in the previous election. one in five residents of north carolina is african-american. they have not seen much to appeal to them from the republican party. this was a really unfornt week to pick for republicans to try to change black voters minds. this was the week the republican governor of the state went to court to defend the new law restricting vote iing rights ine state. has been called the worst voter sprepgs act in the country since the act in

national. go like a pro. [ male announcer ] when we built the cadillac ats from the ground up to be the world's best sport sedan... ♪ ...people noticed. ♪ the cadillac ats -- 2013 north americane this cadillac ats for around $299 per month with premium care maintenance included. became big business overnight? ♪ like, really big... then expanded? ♪ or their new product tanked? ♪ or not? what if they embrace new technology instead? ♪ imagine a company's future with the future of trading. company profile. a research tool on thinkorswim. from td ameritrade. >>> consumer reports is out with its auto reliability vare and it's not all good news for u.s. carmakers. phil lebeau run us through the big headlines here. >> the big headline is look at the bottom of the list, mandy. the 28 models ranked, look at the five least reliable. yes, the worst is mini accordin according to "consumer reports," then lincoln, ford, cadillac and dodge. if you're a fan of the big three, you don't like looking at this. consumer report says ford's ecoboost has problems. we're not just talking about not getting the mileage, we're talking about them not performing the way they said they would. they say ford

national. go like a pro. ♪ [ male announcer ] when we built the cadillac ats from the ground up to be the world's best sport sedan... ♪ ...people noticed. ♪ the cadillac ats -- 2013 north americanis cadillac ats for around $299 per month with premium care maintenance included. >> the dow finishing down 36 points. it was down about a percent and a half. but we're down 5% from the all time highs that were set august 18. a big down day. the first one we have had since the shut down here. >> while there are many people out there saying we are still near the all time highs, just as many are spooked about the fact that we closed below 15,000. >> and then we have the story that we will be continuing to we're still not sure. >> all attention will continue to be on washington for the time being. >> that does it for closing bell. thanks for joining us. >> fast money begins right now. >> live from the nasdaq market si site. >> we give you the top five items to watch. tesla is stalling out. first a downgrade and then a fire. driving the tesla coaster for a while. find out if he thinks the bull case is finally cracked. and mobile money. the payment trend early after a huge run. find out. ou

ballots this seems an time to talk about slavery in the north and to point out that the american system of slavery penetrated every region of our nationtwo years not just the south. my book about the history of sylvester manor in new york has taken three continents as john explained across for centuries and is taken me more than 10 years of research to write this forgotten story which is still in plain sight. as of landscape historian i found the sobering journey finally brought me back to the manor into its lance shaped very early on by many hands often those of africans and african-americans. surprise. the house is still the same color today as in 1885. behind the house -- i don't think i'm going to be able to do the pointer thing from here. can you all see the water behind the house? oh god. okay. this is the only place north of the mason-dixon line that still has its original water landing and still has 243 acres of land, still has the ancient house and it still has the papers which i found in the house in the secret cache that you will see pictures of in a minute. the guy who inherited it because it's owned by the same family tha

north carolinians for all americans. republicans and democrats in the house of representatives passed 15 separate measures to pay our military, restore the w.i.c. program, open nationalarks and end delays to veteran benefit applications, among other things. like my constituents, i think the gridlock in washington needs to stop. to have any hope of solving the challenges before us, be it this shutdown or a debt crisis, democrats can't simply refuse to negotiate. they have to be willing to work together. divided government demands bipartisan solutions. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i rise to ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> day number 12. mr. speaker, today is the 12th day of the government shutdown and one day closer to defaulting on our debt. mr. bera: mr. speaker, in the history of our great nation, we've never not paid our bills. we're americans. we always pay our bills. mr. speaker, enough with the gamesmanship, the finger-poin

north carolina is recognized for two minutes. speaker, the american people have had enough of this cynical attempt to shift blame tea party shut down. of course we want the american access to our nationalparks and i wish our epublican colleagues thought a little bit more about that world war ii memorial before doing what they did last night. want the d.c. to rnment to continue function. of course we want the veterans resume its on to operations for those who have orn this country's uniform although we do not like seeing -- to score used as political points. and what about the thousands of defense civilians who were told not come into work today including those in my district. what about those e.p. a. cientists in the research triangle who sent the day on a research project or the firefighters across the nation who depends on fema to keep their communities afe and what about the agricultural departments whose paychecks are running out or the unc or hers at duke and those desperately ill people who be cutout n. i.h. clinical trials. the american people deserve a government that works for everybody. senates pass a bill that would pass this house easily if would ublican leadership simply a

the senator from north dakota is recognized. ms. heitkamp: suicide is the second leading cause of death among native american young adults, ages 15-24. it is two and a half times the national average. and the despair my great friend from the state of alaska has just outlined for you seems that that's the only way out, that no one is looking, that they are invisible, that their problems are inconsequential and no one cares, and yes, i can thank my colleague from alaska for that wonderful example of this commission tells them they are not invisible to us, they are not invisible to the united states congress, they are not invisible to the administration, that people are there and they care. and maybe it offers that hope and maybe it offers that opportunity to tell more of these stories and to shine a greater light of awareness onto this problem. it is a national disgrace. and if we continue to do what we have always done in housing and in education and in health care and in public safety, if we continue to do what we have always done, we have lose yet another generation to despair. it is time for the united states congress to step up, honor their treaty obligations and recogn