senator tom carper is the ranking member of the public works committee. a former five-term congressman from delaware. before joining the senate in 2001 he was elected delaware's 78th governor. senator, thank you so much for joining us today. [ applause ] >> do we have any veterans here? if you're a veteran stand up and receive our applause, please. veterans on your feet. [ applause ] . . >> i'm a retired navy captain, midshipman from ohio state. spent 23 years in southeast asia. as a p-3 commander up to the end of world war ii. in different parts of the president's speech i appreciated. in delaware we have dover. where is the secretary? would you stand up and take a bow? we love our secretary of transportation. nice to see you again. thank you. i don't know if shalin is here? okay. i think he had his parole hearing this morning. [ laughter ] . if you see him give him my love. but one of the things he reminded us last night is the sacrifice of our servicemen and women. the remains of the fallen heroes come through dover air force base and we treat them and

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senator tom carper is the ranking member of the public works committee, for to take a former congressman from delaware. he was elected the 78th governor. thank you for joining us today. [applause] do we have any veterans here? stand up and received applause. [applause] spend 23 years in southeast asia "-begin-double-quote you and different parts of the speech i enjoyed but delete the -- we love the secretary of education. [applause] [inaudible] one of the things he reminded us of the remains of the fallen heroes come through dover air force base and we treat them and their families with great dignity. remember the chance to remain enabled seals -- navy seals. one of my favorite things about the senate is the state of the union and it'union and it's note the speeches. whoever wrote one for the president last night didn't write on the one from the inauguration. [laughter] people have different expectations. before we gathered together for dinner, the senators do and we have several rooms into tables and invite special guests. i invited a woman who was a cancer survivor saved by the afforda

senator tom carper also spoke at today's event. carper, a democrat, says obamacare can be improved but did not want it repealed. our coverage of this healthcare shakeup continues on nbc nightly news with lester holt. look ahead to what happens next, that's coming up at 6:30 right after this newscast. >>> right now to our other headlines, a woman who kid napped a baby from the king of prussia mall is waiting too sentenced after being found guilty. prosecutors say sheria moore trolled the mall looking for a new born to steal. deanna durante reports she faked a pregnancy and needed a baby to continue her lie. >> reporter: she stays silent after her kwindsconviction, prosecutors are shedding light on why she went to the king of prussia mall and stole a baby. prosecutors say she continued with her fake pregnancy story. after she ran from the mall with the baby prosecutors say she took him home to our boyfriend. where she passed off the little boy as their baby. >> she want today change the child's clothes because she didn't like the clo

. >> senator tom carper is the top democrat on the environmental and puck works community and joined the chair of the house transportation and infrastructure committee to talk about u.s. infrastructure. they discussed funding challenges during this event by the association of american highway and transportation officials in washington, dc. this is half an hour. >> senator, thank you for joining us today. [applause] >> you have the veterans here? if you're a veteran, stand up and safe our applause. please. [applause] >> i'm a retired navy captain. spent 23 years in the war in southeast asia,. and i -- different parts of the president's speech lanight i appreciated. in dover -- where is secretary cohen? we of our secretary of transportation. >> i don't know -- is shane here from colorado? okay. he has his parole hearing this morning. [laughter] >> give him our love. but one of the things reminded us last night is the sacrifice of our service men and women. the remains of our fallen heroes come through dover air force base and we treat the families with great dignity and one of the favo

tom carper, who is the ranking member of the senate environment and public works committee. senator carper is a former five-term congressman from delaware. before joining the senate in 2001, senator carper was elected to delaware's 78th governor. thank you so much for joining us today. [applause] >> do we have any veterans here? if you are a veteran, stand up and receive our applause. i am a retired navy captain from ohio state. spent 23 years in southeast asia, 18 as a conformation commander until the end of world war ii. there were different parts of the president's speech i appreciated. where is secretary coleman? would you stand up and take a bow. we have the secretary of transportation here. [applause] >> one of the things was the sacrifice of the service men and women the remains of fallen heroes come through the air force base and we treat them and the families who receive the remains with great dignity. that was one of my favorite parts of the remasrk. he had been to delaware for the transfer of the navy seal chief petty officer and it was stuck in his mind. i want to

today senator tom carper and the mayor were on hand to celebrate his career. >>> some local volunteerire fighters hosted a break it's for the community they serve. eggs, sausage, french toast and coffee on the menu. people from all walks of life and all across the community showed up. >>> a brand new interactive exhibit called this is hunger opened today. it's the first of its kind free exhibit that is here in philadelphia as part of a 10 month national tour giving people an interactive look at the realities of hunger in the u.s. this exhibit is set up at the israel synagogue will it will remain until march 9th. >>> with from season around the corner, a whole lot of teenage girls on the hunt for the perfect dress at the right price. previously known as the fairy god mother's of delaware, the prince women's prom gown and accessories organizations hosted the seventh annual prom fair. dresses as low as $5 and low cost accessories will make prom a night to remember. >>> he has lived his young life seeing shades of black and white. now this youngster is seeing things in color for the first

senator tom carper who was one of today's speakers, lead the green in reciting the preample of the constitution. >>> members of the muslim and jewish communities in south jersey joined together for a dialogue today at a manual in mount laurel. it was designed to find common ground and develop an environment of acceptance, and empathy. >>> moving on to the accu weather forecast w spring, officially beginning tomorrow, we enjoyed a little prelewd today. meteorologist melissa magee joins with us our first check of the accu weather forecast, melissa. >> today was better then it was yesterday across the delaware and lehigh valley. we had more in the way of the sunshine today then we did just to start out our weekend. high today in philadelphia to see that we are currently sitting. forty-six in allentown. thirty-nine in the poconos. forty-two in cape may. forty-four out to the west in lancaster. if we didn't have wind it would be a good day for march, sustain wind across the region 8 miles an hour in trenton, 13 in philadelphia, 16 in the poconos and 14 miles an hour, there in dover. so as we go thro

and jeff and sheldon and tom carper and ben cardin and i, we stand here not as five people who are fighting the trump executive order, we're standing, really, with the vast majority of the american people who accept the science of climate change, who accept the need to move to a clean energy agenda. is is an issue which has overwhelming public support, and so what sheldon is talking about, what jeff is talking about are issues that are now agreed upon by the vast majority of the american people. president trump didn't issue an executive order. he issued a declaration of war on americans' climate leadership and our clean energy future. this executive order isn't about energy security. it is about climate denial. it is the wholesale dismantling of every policy and rule that president obama put on the books to cut carbon pollution and address climate change. this executive order is one massive giveaway to big oil and coal cooperations at the expense of decades of progress on climate change, clean energy and public health protections. president trump last week released a budget that ends federa

. >>> senator tom carper, the ranking member of the environment and public works committee and representative bill shuster, chair of the house transportation and infrastructure committee talked about the challenges facing the u.s. infrastructure system at the association of american highway and transportation. from washington d.c. this is about 30 minutes. >>> all right. because of precious time and a

there are a couple other targets of opportunity in pennsylvania with tom carper of delaware voted fore bush's nominees. they both said no. the list of democrats is dwindling quickly .>> is this all based on politics and the partisan divide? what thanks to the democrats have to award the judge who they supported back in the day. before he wasnominated to the supreme court . >> i would say the angst is not towards the judge as it is towards the process. it is undeniable that the senate did something it had never done before which was to leave supreme court seats vacant for more than a year. president obama was just starting the eighth year in office when antonin scalia died. of course, president obama obama nominated and they decided to not take action which was unprecedented. i think there are plenty of democrats who are very mad about that. a lot of this anger is still left over from last year. the liberal base tells them don't let go. you were talking about the old ones that seem to run so deep. who would've thought that democrats would be willing to filibuster the nomination of the

congressman, or senator tom carper described it as the country getting darker and dirtier. >> to be, that executive order abandons the progress we've made addressing the threat of climate change, protecting americans health from dangerous pollutants and safe guarding our environment for future generations. reporter: getting back to the white house, david, line from white house press secretary sean spicer was this they say look, you can try to protect the environment, try to protect lands all across the country but also try to promote economic growth. spicer saying those two are not mutually exclusive. david: that's right. they go together. that is blake burman, the star of sean spicer's show ever day in the white house. this guy can't avoid you. reporter: we put hands up asks questions. david: he picks the right people when he picks you. thank you very much. >>> ford continuing to stay on the president's good side, announcing a fresh round of investments in its michigan plants and getting praise from the commander-in-chief who tweeted, big announcement by ford today. major investment

let's look at what senator tom carper, a ranking member of the environment and public works committeeaid about the importance of building public-private partnerships in infrastructure. >> we have a lot of companies in this country, this is from the obama administration, last few years said the multinational of money receive tons and not bringing it back because they do not want to pay taxes. president obama proposed repatriation deal, bring the money back at a lower rate, 15% or so. he has money as a one-time. it is not like the base were utility industry, coal, nuclear, natural gas for providing electricity and utilities. we need it for funding transportation. the de-repatriation which we like -- the problem, not baseload. it is one time. i can think of projects we could help fund or help use the money to leverage other money from state and locals and maybe the private sector which would be a good thing. host: mark calling from philadelphia. what is most important to you when it comes to the nation's infrastructure? caller: i guess it would be fixing some of these roads around philad

tom carper introduce aid similar bill in the senate. d.c. leaders say they're hopeful and. >> i'm not saying the only thing we'd be satisfied with is statehood but nothing but statehood gives us full rights. if we were given budgets autonomy tomorrow that would be a great victory. >> this is a cher aid, sham, like groundhog day. every year there's a press conference and every year nothing happens. >> now, most republicans approve statehood and intend to intervene locally in affairs and mostly democratic district of columbia. >> and state of emergency in response to the state's heroin crisis today. and governor announced 5 million in new funding over five years to address the caused to report the state prevention, recovery and the heroin problem is increasing at such alarming rate. such alarming rate the state must be allowed for rapid coordination with state and local emergency management teams. >>> arkansas is now latest state to consider raising the legal age to use or buy tobacco to 21. the bill was introduced yesterday. it would prohibit

. >> in a letter this week to government's ethic office senators elizabeth warren and tom carper protesteda's expanding role says it must comply and whether her compliance will be monitor and enforced. ivanka receives a security clearance and secure communications devices much like her 36-year-old husband jared kushner who serves as a senior adviser. >> they have, you know, exceedingly great amount of influence in white house. >> anina mcbride said assisting the government will be key to the work. >> the lines are certainly blurred, there's no question about it. >> another question is whether her personal interest will influence her father's politics and prevent him from carrying out a nearly 30% funding cut to the state department which runs programs of interest to her like gender equality and women's rights. >> we must continue to fight injustice in all its forums. very fefrt lady melania trump visited that department on wednesday, something the president has not done. one of the activists honored by mrs. trump yesterday was from syria and another from yemen. norah, neither would likely

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we will hear from delaware senator tom carper who is the ranking member of the senate public works committee and house transportation committee chairman bill schuster. later remarks from senator barash so who shares the environment and public works committee. watch live coverage of the american association of state highway and transportation officials starting at 8:40 a.m. eastern. later in the morning we take you to the senate environment and public works committee for hearing on state blood control infrastructure needs. that is live at 10:30 eastern on c-span3. retired elliptic swimmer michael phelps testified before a congressional hearing on improving international anti-doping measures, part of a panel which took questions from members of the house oversight and investigations subcommittee. he was joined by adam nelson who was awarded an olympic gold medal in 2013