tim murphy to help families in crisis, and treat mental illnesses rather than incarceration. this is without a doubt the most important and impactful bill that we'll enact in this congress. patients around interested in debating the time -- aren't interested in debating the timeline, the failure rates and size and cost of conducting clinical trials are at an all-time high. they just know that despite the promise of scientific breakthroughs, they can't get the therapy that might save their life. that's why we need this bill. i want to give a special thanks for my many partners, including, especially, diana degette, not to mention joe pitts, frank pallone, tim murphy, lamar alexander, leadership on both sides of the aisle, both chambers, truly brilliant committee and personal staff led by gary and joan, health counsel paul, and of course my wife, amy. we are on the cusp of something special. a once in a generation we rtunity to transform how treat disease. with this vote we are taking a giant leap on the path to cures, working together we will deliver a cures now -- deliver cur

. >> congressman tim murphy revealing a severe shortage of psychiatric beds for children in a mental health crisis a problem forcing families to languish in emergency rooms across the country delaying for days hours and weeks. >> we stay there for eight days. we waited at least 35 times. >> we waited three days, five days and then the ultimate was 21 days. >> in washington congressman murphy sponsoring a bill to mental illness. the bill aims to reverse the steady decline of psychiatric beds nationwide by rewriting current medicaid rules that cause some hospitals to close encouraging medical students to enter the field by offering loan forgiveness programs. in an effort to close a shortfall of 20,000 psychiatrist nationwide. >> both parties agree on almost nothing but there has been overwhelming support for the bill passing almost unanimously in the house. a senate version is stuck with members now returning to work after the recent elections not because of a lack of support, but because of a lack of time.>> we have only got a few weeks left. >> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell'

. >> reporter: lieutenant tim murphy, a coach for marlboro, had an idea to honor his colleague. >> i would like to have all my braves and the state police know this is what we do, and we will do it and take care of our own. >> touchdown, marlboro! >> reporter: a tribute that means a lot more than the action on the field. >> high school sport, we try and tell them, is about >> reporter: here on the hudson sideline, the players literally wearing the memory on their helmets, and on the other side, also because he was a veteran. >> he calmed people down with his professionalism and wit. >> reporter: the loss is still tough to accept. >> it's still a loss. it's still something i'm struggling with. >> reporter: that trooper clardy took off from work every year to be with his family, and the communities tried to help fill the enormous void around the thanksgiving dabble. >> - - t a ble. >> it means a lot to have the support from the community and have my kids see that 7 still thinking of us after this time and honoring my husband in a special way. >> reporter: in marlboro, ryan field destro

. >> pennsylvania congressman tim murphy is trying to help those families. he's sponsored a bill to overhaul how the federal government treats mental illness, which could mean shorter wait times for families. that bill has bipartisan support but it may its session next month. >>> one couple is new york is thankful for 9-1-1 dispatchers, that's after their little one couldn't wait until they made it to the hospital to make her entrance into the world. tarish thomas and her husband were rushing down an interstate. they were halfway to the hospital when she started yelling at him to pull over. the dad to be called 9-1-1 and they walked him through the the baby's going to be slippery. you've got to catch it. don't let it fall. >> all went well and taris gave birth to a healthy baby girl named talia. firefighters arrived quickly and checked baby and mom before taking them to the hospital. they are doing just fine this morning. >>> a local law firm is getting a huge shipment of christmas trees for the sixth year in be donating 600 trees to families that otherwise

degette, my good friend tim murphy from pennsylvania. who worked so hard on the mental health reforms. chairman -- the health subcommittee chairman. there has been a great deal of effort put into this great piece of legislation which basically has a goal of bringing our health care, innovation infrastructure into the 21st century cures so that real hope for patients and loved ones can be achieved. from removing barriers in the mental health system to ensuring collaboration, to modernizing the clinical trial pathways, 21st century cures act is a win for everyone. it will accelerate the discovery and development and deliver -- delivery of lifesaving therapies in a safe and effective way. it will also empower families to support their loved ones. if closing, cures will change lives. and i personally as a nurse would like to say that this is one of the most important pieces of legislation we will pass here in the house. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from michiga

you do have mike burgess and tim murphy and other house and senate that lay forward whole chunks of what it would look like or what small segments would look like and believe me i'm a lobby yis. i get paid to do this. the insurance company said they lobby for changes since it got started. it's not like that repeal bill is going to be like i can do this. and mature thoughts out there. it isn't going to shock the stake holders. it may shock the american people but it's not going to shock washington d.c. >> the point being that there's two steps to this. you can repeal using reconciliation but there has to be something that steps in because you're going to have the political problem of potentially taking away coverage for millions of people and or you have huge sums to stabilize the market. it's something that plays out in two actsor what do you think? >> well, yeah. it's the same one. so we came up with this idea of one step close. it's not working. it's clearly not working. most insurance companies saying we're out of here. even before the election we're out here. i think what brian was t

you do have mike burgess and tim murphy and other house and senate that lay forward whole chunks of what it would look like or what small segments would look like and believe me i'm a lobby yis. i get paid to do this. the insurance company said they lobby for changes since it got started. it's not like that repeal bill is going to be like i can do this. and mature thoughts out there. it isn't going to shock the stake holders. it may shock the american people but it's not going to shock washington d.c. >> the point being that there's two steps to this. you can repeal using reconciliation but there has to be something that steps in because you're going to have the political problem of potentially taking away coverage for millions of people and or you have huge sums to stabilize the market. it's something that plays out in two actsor what do you think? >> well, yeah. it's the same one. so we came up with this idea of one step close. it's not working. it's clearly not working. most insurance companies saying we're out of here. even before the election we're out here. i think what brian was t

. >> reporter: congressman tim murphy is reacting to a scripts news investigation revealing a severe shortage of ps health crisis, a systemic problem that has forced families to languish in emergency rooms across the country. >> we stayed there for eight days. we went to the er and waited at least 25 times. we've waited three days, five days, and then the ultimate wag 21 days. >> reporter: in washington, congressman murphy is sponsoring a bill that aims to overhaul how the federal government treats mental the bill aims to divert the wait time by rewriting rules that led some hospitals to close and encourages more medical students to enter the field of child and adolescent psychiatry. an effort to close a shortfall of more than 20,000 child and add to lessent psychiatrists nationwide. >> treatment delayed is treatment denied. >> reporter: at a time when both parties agree on almost nothing, there overwhelming support for murphy's bill. it passed almost unanimously in the house but a senate version is stuck. and with members just now returning to work after the recent elections, it cou

you do have michael burgess and tim murphy, and others in the house and senate who have laid forward either whole chunks of what replace would look like, or what small segments would look like. believe me, i'm a lobbyist. i get paid to do this. the insurance companies have been lobbying for changes since it got started. it's not like the repeal will be god, they are going to do this. it is a mature debate. there are mature debate of their.this will not shock any of the stakeholders. it may shock any of the american people, but not question can -- washington dc. >> the point being there are two steps. the political problem of potentially taking away coverage for millions of people, and or you have to spend huge sums to stabilize markets. this is something that plays out in two acts? what do you think? barry: yes. we came up with this idea of one step closer, single pair and what they see it. it's not working. it is clearly not working. that is why you have most major insurance companies paying -- saying, we are out of here. even before the election. the notion that there is this snap

. >> congressman tim murphy is reacting to a scripps news evaluation revealing the for beds in a children's mental hospital. delaying treatment for hours, days, or even weeks. >> we stayed there for eight days. went to the er and waited i would say at least 25 times. >> we've waited, three days, five days and the ultimate was 21 days. >> congressman murphy is signing a bill that could by families. the bill looks to reduce the need for beds. and offering loan forgiveness programs. an effort to close a shortfall of more than 24,000 child and adolescent psychologists nationwide. >> treatment delayed is treatment denied. >> reporter: overwhelming support for murphy's bill. it passed almost unanimously over the summer. and with lawmakers returning to work, it could die by year's end. not because of a lack of support murphy says but because of a lack of time. >> we've only got a few weeks left and i'm afraid the clock will return out. >> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has not given a come. if lawmakers don't sign the bill, the bill will die and the governor will have to start all over aga

. >> pennsylvania congressman tim murphy is trying to help those families. he sponsored a bill to overhaul how the federal government treats mental illness, which could mean shorter wait times for families. that bill has bipartisan support but it may not get provided before congress ends its current session next month. pete. chill sisal -- wholanded his air bus in the hudson river. the story of the miracle on the hudson was told in sully starring tom hanks. he's going to speak and answer questions on january 15th. tickets for the event go on sale next wednesday. >>> a local law firm is getting a huge shipment of christmas trees. lorenzo and lorenzo who otherwise wouldn't have one this christmas. the 7-foot tall fraser firs will arrive this morning and be handed out tomorrow afternoon, at 2:00 at the firm's office. >>> one of the bay area's most famous christmas light displays will be lit up tonight. >> you can see video of the massive spectacle behind us here. it's the oakdale christmas house in st. pete. the attraction has been magazine. the house will be l

you do have michael burgess and tim murphy, and others in the house and senate who have laid forward either whole chunks of what replace would look like, or what small segments would look like. believe me, i'm a lobbyist. i get paid to do this. the insurance companies have been lobbying for changes since it got started. it's not like the repeal will be god, they are going to do this. it is a mature debate. there are mature debate of their.this will not shock any of the stakeholders. it may shock any of the american people, but not question can -- washington dc. >> the point being there are two steps. the political problem of potentially taking away coverage for millions of people, and or you have to spend huge sums to stabilize markets. this is something that plays out in two acts? what do you think? barry: yes. we came up with this idea of one step closer, single pair and what they see it. it's not working. it is clearly not working. that is why you have most major insurance companies paying -- saying, we are out of here. even before the election. the notion that there is this snap

best pressthe conference we did, he and tim murphy, a republican, were hosting a press conference in the invited hillary and i. the press came to see hillary and i for the spectacle. it was a great event. we were working on those things. since he was in congress, he has taken a national leadership role in organizingce an annual conference and he invited me to speak. i have been looking at brain science. the natural pattern. and i gote time,van to know each other at cnn. we found that we had a mutual passion about criminal justice reform, something i worked on here at aei. .e were coming down the road criminal justice reform in many ways overlaps with mental health and addiction. with the collapse of the mental hospitals and state hospitals, we often have may have 40% of the inmates more appropriately dealt with as mental health problems and, in almost every case, you have a substantial number of inmates with the addiction challenge. if you are ever getting them back into society, you have to have a strategy to deal with the addiction, otherwise you're putting somebody back on the str

i remember the best single press conference we did, he and tim murphy, who is a republican who you know were hosting a press , conference and invited hillary to come. the amount of press who came to see hillary and me made just for the spectacle. it was a great event. we were working on those things. since he was in congress, he's really taken a national leadership role in brain science and in organizing an annual conference, and and invited me to speak. and so, there's a natural pattern there. van and ime time, were doing crossfire. we were really coming down the road. criminal justice reform in many ways overlaps with mental health and with addiction, because with the collapse of the mental hospital, the state hospital systems, etc., we often have jails in particular we may have , 40% of the inmates were really appropriately dealt with as mental health problems rather than as criminal problem. in most any case, you have a substantial number of inmates who have an addiction challenge. if you're going to get them back out into society, you have to have a strategy that deals with their a

i remember the best single press conference we did, he and tim murphy who is a republican were hosting a press conference and they invited hillary and me to come. then they came to see hillary and me just for the spectacle which was really a great event. we were working on those things and then since he was in congress, he has really taken a national leadership role in brain science and organizing an annual conference and he invited me to come speak because of the background i've had. so the natural pattern there. at the same time, van and i got to know each other in the crossfire. we really found we had a mutual passion about criminal justice reform which is something i worked on a aei back in the '90s. we were really coming down the road. criminal justice reform in many ways overlaps with mental health and with addiction, because with the collapse of the mental hospital, the state hospital systems, et cetera, we often have jails where we may have 40% of the inmates really dealing with mental health problems rather than criminal problems. in almost every case, you have a substantial n

i know congressman tim murphy has worked on this long and hard in the house. there's a lot of other people who've worked on this mental health reform here in this chamber. senator bill cassidy has been a champion. chris murphy, among others. but really the person that's gotten us this far, i think, along -- well, there's two of them. senator alexander and senator murray, the chairman and ranking member of the help committee. but it's taken a bipartisan, bicameral effort to try to get us to this point, and i'm glad that we'll be voting on this next week after the house passes it today. so with that, mr. president, i would yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. wyden: mr. president, absent senate action, at midnight tonight this senate will make one of the biggest mistakes in surveillance policy in years and years. without a single congressional hearing, without a shred of meaningful public input, without any opportunity for senators to ask their questions in a public forum, one judge with one warrant would

we introduced our own version of tim murphy's bill, the mental health reform act. today about 16 months after introduction, the house is going to pass this bill as a major component of the cures package, as senator alexander said. my hope is that we're going to have a big bipartisan vote here sometimes very soon. senator cassidy and i will be the first to admit it doesn't come close to solving all of the problems that people with mental illness confront. most importantly, it doesn't include new medicaid or medicare money to address some of these huge shortages that patients and families face. but it does require insurance companies to stop discriminating against people with mental illness by rejecting claims for mental health at a rate that is much higher than they do for physical health. this strengthening of our nation's mental health parity law is probably the bill's most important provision in my mind. i'm convinced it is going to result in hundreds of millions of dollars of new care for people with mental illness. it was at times controversial. the bill elevat

tim russert would say. president obama will be out for hillary clinton where there's a high profile senate race happening in the sunshine state. rubio taking on murphy. with me now is chris jansing. in a windy, sort of very rainy situation there. we can see, you have patrick murphy there with you. >> reporter: yes. he has his own umbrella. welcome to florida, right? >> exactly. >> reporter: you have been crisscrossing the state, closing hours as my umbrella blows away. what's your sense of things on the ground? >> it's raining and people are out here despite the rain, despite the elements. they are so excited about this election. excited to have the president, the vice-president, kaine was here, secretary clinton was here yesterday, so many great crowds. you are seeing record numbers. >> reporter: good thing about the record number for hillary clinton is that the democrats and -- and for you, the democrats are trending in the lead. the bad news is, still behind where obama was in 2008 and 2012. can democrats win here if you don't make up that different? >> absolutely. the big difference is, last time in 2012, there was one sunday, one souls to the p

murphy and i approve this message because i'll never stop working for you. why are out-of-state billionaires attacking amendment 1? with amendment 1, you don't pay >>> columbus. makes his way walker. tim howard to the rescue. >> that is goalkeeper tim headquartered making a save last weekend in major league soccer's conference playoffs. howard joined the rapids this year and he spent more than a decade playing in england's elite premier league and his team will play for a spot in the national final. he looked back at his long career for our ongoing series "note to self." ? >> reporter: dear tim, what have you gone and gotten yourself into now? you're 24 years old and you've just made a massive decision your hometown team that you dreamed of playing for, to the world's richest club, manchester united. oh, boy, good luck with that one, kid. i guess you're going to have to grow up fast, lean on the words you've heard your mother say a thousand times -- to whom much is given, much is required. ? >> deep down in your heart you know this will be a learning process and take years for you to grow into the world class goalkeeper you hope to become. fantasy, really, to even think i'd play here.

tim scott has been reelected in south carolina. democrats a are attempting to pk up four seats to reclaim the u.s. senate. >> in florida, the senate race between marco rubio and his challenger, democrat patrick murphy too close to call. voters across the country are deciding more than 160 ballot initiatives. marijuana legalization is on the ballot in nine states. there have been a hand full of lawsuits to extend voting hours, including in north carolina open eight precinct remain until 8:00 p.m. after computer glitchches. -- ralphined now by nader is with us in washington, d.c.. four-time presidential candidate. columbia professor rashid khalidi is with us. and joining us this hour is eddie glunt. he is chair of the -- author of democracy in black. we will be bringing you updates throughout these hours. there was a shooting at a polling place, one person is dead. from onean e-mail person who said ththat the polls when of the open until 8:30 p.m. in durham county and not a clock. -- and 9:00. hundreds of people went homeme because ofof the glilitch. i got a e-mail that says 8:30 or 9:00. >> let's continue in north carolina, julia noble -- malvaeux. can you talk about what is happening there, both in