i'm in topeka, kansas and memorial services will conclude in kansas.t's hard to overstate the love that the people of russell, kansas, have for their son bob dole. this is a town of about 4400 people at st. mary's queen of angels catholic church. not far from there is russell high school where the senator was a student, star athlete and voted best looking of his class. born in 1923, he grew up in the dust bowl and the depression. a time where the family moved into the basement of the home so as to rent out the upper portion. he went to university of kansas hoping to be a doctor. he left to serve in world war ii in 1943 and he sustained the life altering injuries that dashed the doctor as a career. the folks of russell collected money in a cigar box to help collect expenses something he never forgot. and when he announced he was running, i was born here, i left for a while, i was hurt and came back and i was helped and healed in this place by mytownmen-- my townsmen, and no failure has ever been so hurtful that this town could not ease the pain and no s

beside me is a photo of upset union workers i met in topeka, kansas. these are the people that keep our electricity on and our houses warm in the winter. these are hardworking americans who put their lives on the line throughout the pandemic, and tonight i'm their voice. i'm their voice, and i'm proud to be here to keep fighting for them, for their families and their right to earn a living in this greatest country in the world. tonight i ask my colleagues to join me in this fight and support our amendment and avoid an economic shutdown, avoid brownouts, further supply chain disruptions, labor shortages, higher inflation, and weakening our national security. thank you, mr. president. i yield back. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: mr. president, covid-19 has killed over 780,000 people in our country. this pandemic has a higher body count than any war we have ever fought in, and it's not over. we should be doing everything we can to stop this virus. we should be using every tool to keep america saf

beside me is a photo of upset union workers that i met in topeka kansas. these are the people that keep our electricity on in our house is warm in the winter. these are hard-working americans that put their lives one the lie throughout the pandemic. tonight i am the voice, i'm their voice and i'm proud to be here and i keep fighting for them, their families and their right to earn a living in the greatest country inol the world. tonight i asked my colleagues to join me in this fight and supporter amendment and avoid an economic shutdown, avoid brownout, for the supply chain disruption, labor shortages, higher inflation in weakening our national security. thank you, mr. president, i yield back. >> mr. president covid-19 has killed over 780,000 people in our country. h this pandemic has a higher body count than any war we have ever fought in and it's not over trade we should do everything that we can to stop the virus. we should be using every tool to keep americaam safe. we know the damage this virus could do to communities in academy pre-that's why the bid

after the war, he continued his education, attending law school in topeka. 18 years later, he was elected to the u.s. senate where he would emerge as a powerful national figure. americans got their first look at the ambitious lawmaker in 1976 when president gerald ford chose him as his vice presidential running mate. although the ticket was unsuccessful in the bid for the white house, he ran himself in 1985. he lost the nomination in 1982 ronald reagan. he misted a second time in 1988 but he finally won the top spot on the republican ticket in 1986. the senator once said he hoped he could be an inspiration. >> it is a message to all people with disabilities. if you just hang in there, you will be able to cope with it. >> karen travers, abc news, washington. >> people protested to support opposition uprising in iran. members gathered in union square to draw attention to the protest by farmers demanding water for their land. government forces used pelicans and tear gas against those farmers. many lost their sight as a result of the exchange. >> what the united states needs to do is basicall

. >> in topeka. >> if you read the stats on the number of wounded, it's pretty high in iraq and afghanistan because they're saving lives. i mean -- but i think you just have a normal conversation. you know, these young men and women, i spent an hour with major duckworth, wonderful young lady, 36 years of age. she's got one leg off right at the joint, the hip joint, and the other one off -- i think it's above the knee. and one arm kind of damaged. her spirits are high. her morale is high. she wants to go back and fly again in a helicopter. i mean -- and some are going back. you know, even with a disability. now, you can go back -- one we've all seen, the guy who lost his foot, back in iraq, doing what he wants to do. >> your publicist distributed a list of potential questions to ask you about the book. >> all right. >> one of them was particularly intriguing. what would you say -- this is to be asked of you -- to americans who find it difficult to see the honor in fighting a war they see as unjust? >> well, i think they're entitled to their view, obviously. we live in a free country, and the

he attend law school in topeka. 18 years later, he was elected in the u.s. senate. americans got their first look at that time ambitious law maker in 1976 when president gerald ford chose him as has vice presidential running mate. although, they were unsuccessful, the senator rose to be senator majority leader in 1985. his name became popular in the nomination. he miss it a second time in 1988. but he finally won the top spot in 1996. but running against an incumbent president bill clinton during a time of peace and prosperity turned time-out be an impossible obstacle. the senator once said he hoped he could be an inspiration. >> it's the message to all the people with disabilities. if you just hang in there, you're going to be able to cope with it. karen travis, abc 7 news washington. dion: the driver -- the family of a driver ask searching for answers. he was in the bay area for work. speaking through an enter presenter his wife says usufe was sitting in his car when someone walked up to him and tried to steal his wallet before they shot him. >> he was a caring ma

. ♪ host: headlines, with the topeka journal this morning, bob dole's rise to national prominence startedn small-town kansas. he died at 98. this is the front page of the washington times. lifetime of service, war survivor, and pointman for republicans, veterans causes. this is the front page of another paper, war hero became a fixture in washington. washington post front page, gop senator got the votes, party leader with a neck for compromise, won the 1996 presidential nomination. from the new york times, gracias and savvy, dole led in a bipartisan era. taking your phone calls on the life and legacy of bob dole. want to start with president biden's statements on the life and legacy of bob dole. this was said yesterday, bob was an american statesman like few in our history, a war hero among the greatest of the greatest generation. the president said to me that he was also a friend he could look to for trusted guidance or humorous line at this -- at just the right moment. i will miss my friend, the president said, and i'm grateful for the time we shared and for the friendship our families

she lives in topeka, kansas, so we've come here to speak to her.d to, like, you know, get on facebook. as an adult, danielle was told she had an older brother and sister that she'd never met. she managed to connect with her brother robert, but she never found her sister shawna. i made posters, printed flyers. i would go into little, tiny towns. people thought i was stalking them. so, where did you start putting these posters up? i tried putting them on the trees. it didn't work, so i put them on signs — stop signs, yield signs. i put them on car windows. i was going to keep looking. i did not care what it took, what i had to do. so, ijust — i didn't know if i was going to find who her or not, but i was going to keep looking. by building out a family tree, 0thram was able to work out that, in all likelihood, danielle was closely related to grace doe. danielle was then asked by police to give a dna sample. it was a match. the murder victim was her missing sister — a sister who she'd always hoped to meet one day. i didn't know if it was her or not, bu

topeka board of education on up through education, no child left behind, even the every student succeeds act. these things. but they are not having the outcome for black and brown students, if you will. right there in washington, d.c., our nation's capital 60% of high school african-americans graduate on time. and same for hispanics. same in las vegas, nevada, under 60% of the minority of group, if you will, graduating high school on time. and there's a big gap between the asian american community in washington, d.c., and the white community, and the brown and black community. we talk about 25% to 30% difference in graduating high school. we have these pockets across america where the education -- we have the school shooting, this is about 28, 29 school shootings so far this year in 2021. nothing mentioned the pandemic and all those things and mandates to fight the pandemic. all we -- are we going to hold up the mantra that the education is a gateway to opportunity. and we have to have all of our children having requirement of skills and knowledge to move it to 291st century. host: we'll

in kansas prisoners from the topeka correctional facility get paid $14.00 an hour to work on a russell stover. candy production line. that's almost twice the federal minimum wage. that $14.00, though does come with some licorice strings attached. the state of kansas also deduct 25 percent of prisoners pay for room and board, and another 5 percent goes toward the victims one. the prisoners also must pay for gas for the nearly 2 hour bus ride to and from the plant. in kansas is defense. they do have a lot of victims who have been impacted by a wide range of disasters, especially around small ville. elsewhere, states like texas in delaware are setting up work release programs with the restaurant industry that will train convicts when they're in prison, then hire them once they get out. it's a group on level deal for the restaurants anyway. usually, companies have to pay trainees, but not anymore. and i'm like, all those ungrateful coven quitters living off unemployment. ex. cons won't have any better options, so bosses can pay them next to nothing. it'll probably get awkward. shake shack

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whether we were in topeka, abilene, or dodge city, i saw bob dole connect with kansans always on a personala young staffer and later a member of the house of representatives, following in senator dole's footsteps, i certainly understood bob dole's influence and power. on a thursday, in 1983, he would be fighting to protect social security with president reagan, senator moynihan, others, in the white house. and then, on saturday, he would be listening to felons in kansas, telling him what social security meant to her pocketbook. when he returned to washington with that empathy of his, knowing kansas, and knowing velma, it enabled him to win the victories he did for the disabled, for veterans, for the hungry, or for any of the issues of the day that needed negotiation, steady compromise and the vision of america's promise. bob never lost his common sense and famous wit. it was embedded in his nature to deliver that punch line, deadpan, waiting for the light to come up, letting the air out of the partisan balloons. dole's manner and influence were so strong, that if i were for something, peopl

whether we were in topeka, aabilene, wichita, or dodge city i saw bob dole connect with kansans alwaysa personal level. he would share with them this vision, this promise and would he help them to achieve it. just like the folks in russell did in supporting him. now, as a young staffer and later a member of the house of representatives, following in senator dole's footsteps, i certainly understood bob dole's influential and power. on a thursday in 1983 he would be fighting to protect social security with president reagan, senator moynihan, others in the white house. then on saturday he would be listening to thelma in insurance springs, kansas, telling him social security meant to her daily life and pocketbook. when he returned to washington with that empathy of his and knowing kansas, and knowing thelma, it enabled him to win the victories that he did for the disabled, for veterans, for the hungry, or for any of the issues of the day that needed negotiatation. steady compromise, and the vision of america's promise. bob never lost his common sense and famous wit. it was embedded in his

. >> you have a very powerful account of coming home to topeka, the hospital there. you lost 70 pounds, you are pretty well beat up and your mom calls you for the first time. tell us about that. >> that was a very emotional, dramatic, anguishing moment for me and my mother. i was blubbering as much as she was. i had never seen my mother do that since or before. i have seen her shed some tears. the nurses tried to steel her and talk to her and say he's sick and in prevent shape, whatever but when she looked at -- walked in and to the glints of me and that cast -- so i was a string bean, pretty skinny, she could not take it. she just let go. and then she just walked away. almost like saying you have to get over this. it is like saying buck up here. she came back and she was smiling. i could tell she had been caught -- crying a lot. i think one of the first things we did was -- after we exchanged pleasantries, she said can you please hold the cigarette for me ? >> you picked up the habit? >> that was in the military. that was part of the rations. that was your dessert.

the california native moved from his home in san jose to topeka, kansas, in october of 2020 without knowingreporter: the high cost of housing in silicon valley was a wakeup call. >> there would be almost 20 people living in the same house where people were renting couches. for me, when i saw that, i was like, it's time to start investing in my own personal long-term existence. >> reporter: and then being awarded the $10,000 relocation incentive grant gave him the final shove to leave his tiny, rented apartment. >> why would someone give you $10,000 if they don't want you there, right? >> reporter: he bought a three-bedroom, two bath complete with stained glass windows for $47,000. >> the real part of the move that was so exciting to me was the idea of home ownership, a little bit of space. >> reporter: after living in the sunflower state for over a year, he's almost finished renovating his new home, while continuing to work remotely for his video game company.p>> you need to st minimum of a year in order to not have to give back your $10,000. but i'm not planning on flipping this house ever

. >> you have a very powerful account of coming home to topeka, the hospital there. you lost 70 pounds, you are pretty well beat up and your mom calls you for the first time. tell us about that. >> that was a very emotional, dramatic, anguishing moment for me and my mother. i was blubbering as much as she was. i had never seen my mother do that since or before. i have seen her shed some tears. the nurses tried to steel her and talk to her and say he's sick and in prevent shape, whatever but when she looked at -- walked in and to the glints of me and that cast -- so i was a string bean, pretty skinny, she could not take it. she just let go. and then she just walked away. almost like saying you have to get over this. it is like saying buck up here. she came back and she was smiling. i could tell she had been caught -- crying a lot. i think one of the first things we did was -- after we exchanged pleasantries, she said can you please hold the cigarette for me ? >> you picked up the habit? >> that was in the military. that was part of the rations. that was your dessert.

or topeka >> absolutely.ther cities, 12 other cities, as we mentioned. they have done it in chicago and found very similar findings, especially when you have these very dense urban neighborhoods areas like in chicago, atlanta, washington, d.c. absolutely, because it is very hot here. they are finding the exact same thing. >> how would real estate developers use this information? >> developers are always looking for that great new hip neighborhood cities can only do so much with this heat problem. when you have developers who want to turn a poorer neighborhood into a revitalized neighborhood they can take the heat data, the heat map asking say okay we are going to design it different location develop it differently, put more green spaces in, make the buildings wider apart and take that data and that information to the city, to the state, and perhaps get incentives to help with this problem. >> interesting story thank you very much. >> you also notice that when you go -- when you go to the suburbs from the city

he returned to college this time at washburn university in topeka. he later graduated with an undergraduate and law degree. senator dole married in 1948 a therapist at a veterans hospital in michigan named phyllis holden. they had a daughter named robin liss and senator dole divorced in 1970 to 3 years later, he married his second wife, elizabeth. >> he turned to politics in 1950 running for the kansas house of representatives. 2 years later, voters elected him to county attorney for russell county. >> in 1960 senator dole ran for congress and won. 8 years later he ran for the u.s. senate and one. he served in the upper chamber for 5 terms his national profile grew in 1971 as he became the chairman of the republican national committee. >> in 1976. he joined the republican ticket running with president gerald ford as his vp. that campaign highlighted republican national convention kemper arena in kansas city. >> the 4 dole ticket lost to jimmy carter. senator dole ran for president unsuccessfully in 1980 19 88 back in the senate. he served as the repu

it was against the board of education of topeka kansas, this was a northern segregation story and the fact is that courts exist to stand against majorities. and i'll give you my little central illinois, i'm from illinois. >> as a michigander, from the midwest. >> and champaign county courthouse, big stone square courthouse. according to lincoln, travelling within the champaign county courthouse when he learned that steven douglas, an illinois senator had succeeded in passing through the senate the kansas-nebraska act. the kansas-nebraska act we're going to solve a problem, a vexing question should slavery be extended into the territory. popular, vote it up, vote it down, moral indifference, whether it's voted up or down, the important thing is to vote because america is about majority rule. lincoln's ascent to greatness began with his recoil against that doctrine. no, american is not about that it's about liberty. courts come in, courts exist to say majority rule is all very well, majority rule should have a broad sweep, but not a limitless sweep and certain things we do not put to a

whether we were in topeka, aabilene, wichita, or dodge city i saw bob dole connect with kansans alwaysromise and would he help them to achieve it. just like the folks in russell did in supporting him. now, as a young staffer and later a member of the house of representatives, following in senator dole's footsteps, i certainly understood bob dole's influential and power. on a thursday in 1983 he would be fighting to protect social security with president reagan, senator moynihan, others in the white house. then on saturday he would be listening to thelma in insurance springs, kansas, telling him social security meant to her daily life and pocketbook. when he returned to washington with that empathy of his and knowing kansas, and knowing thelma, it enabled him to win the victories that he did for the disabled, for veterans, for the hungry, or for any of the issues of the day that needed negotiatation. steady compromise, and the vision of america's promise. bob never lost his common sense and famous wit. it was embedded in his nature to deliver that punch line, deadpan, knowing, waiting f

. >> whether we were in topeka, abilene, wichita, or dodge city, i saw bob dole connect with kansansl level. am: roberts, too, remembered dole's humor often used to break down political wills. >> it was embedded into his nature to deliver that punchline, deadpan, knowing, waiting for the room to light up, which it always did, for the barriers to come down, letting the air out of the partisan balloons. amna: former senate majority meet -- leader tom daschle, democrat, spoke of a bond born across party lines that only strengthen with time. >> i've always thought life has no blessing like that of a good friend. and to know bob was to know the truth of that statement. amna: the final tribute from dole's daughter, robin, who saw firsthand her father's lifetime of service. >> he set a personal goal to help at least one person every day of his life. then he said, i'm not sure i've been able to meet my goal. i said, dad, you've got to be kidding. some days, you help one person and other days, you help 40,000 people. i will miss him so much. i think i will still talk to him every ght. i love

the board of education was against the board of education of topeka, kansas? this was a northern segregation story. the fact is courts exist to stand against majorities. i give you my little central spiel from central illinois. >> host: as a michigander i'd like some who is also from around the midwest. >> guest: lincoln country. champaign county courthouse, typical midwestern, square big red sandstone codis. according to local lore link in a very prosperous traveling railroad lawyer was in the champaign county courthouse and he learned that stephen douglas the illinois senator had succeeded in passing through the senate they kansas-nebraska act. kansas-nebraska act, we are going to solve the problem, this vexing question of should slavery be extended into the territories? his answer was popular sovereignty vote up or down he said moral indifference whether it's vote up or voted down. important thing is to vote because america's about majority rule. lincoln's assent to greatness begin with this recall against that doctrine. he said no. american is not about a

after the war, he continued his education, attending law school at washburn university in topeka. 18ted to the u.s. senate where he would emerge as a powerful national figure. americans got their first look at the ambitious lawmaker in 1976, when president gerald ford chose him as his vice presidential running mate. although unsuccessful in his own bid for the white house, he eventually became senate majority leader in 1985. dole's name became standard in the running for the republican nomination. he lost to ronald reagan and missed again in the 19 -- in 1988. running against an incumbent president, bill clinton during a time of peace and prosperity turned out to be an impossible obstacle. reflecting on his own success in the injury that shaped his lifetime, the senator once said he hoped he could be an inspiration. >> it is a message to all people with disabilities, if you just hang in, you will be able to cope with it. liz: speaker pelosi has ordered the flags at the u.s. capitol to be at half-staff. what a legacy he leaves behind. lisa, let's get a check outside. lisa: certainly f

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. >> i'm from topeka kansas and i am a third-year graduate student in the department of philosophy. william asks, are you concerned that because of the increasing hostility in political debates, many qualified people will opt out of competing in the public will have to select from a lesser qualified slate of candidates? elizabeth: i certainly want to urge young people to consider public service and to come in and to make a difference. i think people are focused on what this has become in terms of the rancor. there is a determination to do something about it. i know friends of mine in the senate feel like this is it, we really have to have a better environment. it takes some of the joy from public service. it is highlighted and focused on. i can't tell you what a great gift it can be to feel that you are involved in something bigger than yourself, that you have found a sense of mission which inspires you. i think about jack kemp, he had such enthusiasm because he was devoted to what he was doing. when i'm on a campus i say find that which turns you on and gives you that sense of ashe

representing the brown marshall representing the brown by thurgood marshall represented brown family of topeka,6 kansas. just 56 years before brown v. board of education segregation was protected by the supreme court and plessy v. ferguson. they ruled separate but equal facilities were constitutional, thus intron in the national disgrace of segregation into america. an absolutely terrible decision by the supreme court that haunted our nation for decades. it took 56 years before the supreme court directed its wrong. wrong. for more than a century, the nation still celebrates the court that decided the brown v. board of education case as justices righted a great wrong against millions of people. there was a simple lesson in that decision. when the court made a mistake, it should fix its mistake. in an lesser-known case that affects just about every american now, , in o 2018 the supreme court overturn by fi for decision 51 years of precedent on the collection of taxes for businesses call the physical presence rule. many people now know it as the internet tax will be to change the way taxes were c

in the coffee shop, the campaign traul, the halls of congress, whether we were in topeka, abilene, wichitaes, following senator dole's footsteps, i certainly understood bob dole's influence and power. on a thursday in 1983, he would be fighting to protect social security with president reagan, senator moynihan, others in the white house and then on saturday he would be listening to film in kansas telling hum that social security meant to her daily life and pocketbook. and when he returned to washington with that empathy of his and knowing kansas and knowing thelma, it enabled hum to win the vukt ruz he did for the disabled, for veterans, for the hungry, or for any of the issues of the day that needed negotiation. steady compromise and the vision of america's promise. bob never lost his common sense famous wit. it was in his naught to deliver that punch line, waiting for the room to light up which it always did, for the barriers to come down, letting the air out of the partisan balloons. dole's manner and influence were so strong that if if i were for something, people thought bob was for s

makes its way across the country with wind gusts getting up to tropical force winds, from omaha, topeka, amarillo, st. louis, we're looking at very strong winds heavy rain, could be flooding down in southern california, 4 to 6 inches of rain possible and also expecting to see 1 to 3 feet of snow through parts of the sierra and cascades as this system makes its way to the east that storm system stays out there but makes it ways into the mid section of the country, but today december warmth. we're going to look at that in a bit. sunny and mild along the eastern seaboard. let's get to your local forecast in the next 30 seconds. >>> good tuesday morning. i am meteorologist, kari hall. we are starting to see the rain winding down for much of the bay area with the exception of san josÉ where we are seeing the rain linger. we will see this system moving off towards the south and east and still a chance of rain at any point today due to the cold and also unsettled nature of the atmosphere. we will see another chance of rain by tomorrow afternoon and it will be dry for the weekend. >> that's you

federal acts, you know, everything from the '65 education act to, i mean even back to brown versus topekaof education, all up through education, and no child left behind, and even the every student succeeds act, these things, but they're not having the outcome for black and brown students. right there in washington dc, our nation's capital, under 60% of high school african americans graduate on time and same for hispanics, las vegas nevada, under 60% of the minority group, if you will, are graduating high school on time and it's a big gap between the asian american community and the white community and the brown and black community, we talking 25 to 30% difference in graduating high school. and so we have these pockets across america where the education, we have these school shootings, i think they say this is about 28, 29 school shootings so far this year in 2021, not to mention the pandemic and all the things against mandates to fight the pandemic. are we going to hold up the mantra of that education is a gateway to opportunity? and we have to have all of our children having acquirement

this time at washburn university in topeka.terans hospital in michigan named phyllis holden. they had a daughter named robin liss and senator dole divorced in 1970 to 3 years later, he married his second wife, elizabeth. >> he turned to politics in 1950 running for the kansas house of representatives. 2 years later, voters elected him to county attorney for russell county. >> in 1960 senator dole ran for congress and won. 8 years later he ran for the u.s. senate and one. he served in the upper chamber for 5 terms his national profile grew in 1971 as he became the chairman of the republican national committee. >> in 1976. he joined the republican ticket running with president gerald ford as his vp. that campaign highlighted republican national convention kemper arena in kansas city. >> the 4 dole ticket lost to jimmy carter. senator dole ran for president unsuccessfully in 1980 19 88 back in the senate. he served as the republican leader from 1985 to 1996. >> he earned a reputation for being a consensus builder and bringing peop

looking back on the federal acts, everything from 65 education act to, even back to brown versus topekacation on up through education, no child left behind and even the every student act. these days. they are not having the outcome for black and brown students, if you would. right there in washington, d.c., the nation's capital. 60% of high school african-americans graduate on time and it's the same for hispanics. same in las vegas, nevada. 60% of the minority groups, if you will, are graduating high school on time and it's a big gap between the asian american communities and washington, d.c. and the white community and the brown and black communities. we are talking 25% to 35% difference in graduating high school. so, we have these pockets across america where the education, we have these school shootings, 28, 29 school shootings so far this year, 2000 21, not to mention pandemic and all those things against mandates to fight the pandemic. are we going to hold up the mantra that education is a gateway to opportunity? and that we have to have all our children apply their skills and know

beside me is a photo of upset union workers i met in topeka, kansas. these are the people that keep our electricity on and our houses warm in the winter. these are hardworking americans who put their lives on the line throughout the pandemic, and tonight i'm their voice. i'm their voice, and i'm proud to be here to keep fighting for them, for their families and their right to earn a living in this greatest country in the world. tonight i ask my colleagues to join me in this fight and support our amendment and avoid an economic shutdown, avoid brownouts, further supply chain disruptions, labor shortages, higher inflation, and weakening our national security. thank you, mr. president. i yield back. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: mr. president, covid-19 has killed over 780,000 people in our country. this pandemic has a higher body count than any war we have ever fought in, and it's not over. we should be doing everything we can to stop this virus. we should be using every tool to keep america saf