from the american university and the coeditor of the american gridlock joining us from summer town tennessee on the line for democrats. good morning. >> guest: there is no mention of c-span or the corporate media for the pledge. i think that includes the delegates misleading to have a vote has gone and clinton mentioned the stupid delegates and i would like to know how he's doing and the actual vote and do you have those numbers? >> guest: >> host: we do. we are including the superdelegates and here's why. we are getting the numbers from the associated press on primary and caucus night. the primary and caucus night. the numbers are from the ap and on the website as well and those pledged delegates are elected officials and the dnc officials who will vote and if they change our numbers will change as well and you will also see the delegates for senator sanders and they also include his pledge to the superdelegates which are fewer than hillary clinton. what about backpacks >> guest: they are part of the rules of the democratic party. they've been there for a while. there is a balance. they are

that's what bob corker is certainly hearing in his town hall meetings in tennessee. >> i think the speech yesterday from trump was a microcosm of his campaign. a great slogan about american strength. there weren't particulars but people who love and support him weren't looking for particulars. they want to be reminded he would put america first. if you're in the middle and don't like him, it was ridiculous. >> just like if you did not like ronald reagan in 1980 and you believed ronald reagan would start world war iii, which a lot believed, yes. >> i'm curious, not just frustration that barack obama has not sounded tough enough. oddly when you say this is a rejection of obama policies, obama has also been a president who has pulled america back from foreign engagement. this is quantifiably different from george bush. over the last eight years we've seen america -- he's stepped up again a little bit in iraq and syria. it would be interesting to see what donald trump would advocate. >> he already said let's let the russians take care of syria. that's pulling back in a disturbing way. >> beat

town. i grew up in jackson, tennessee. you get the heck out of there as soon as can you. not prince.e facility. i do hope that paisley park becomes like a graceland, like we have in memphis for elvis presley. if you have ever been in, there it changes your life. you should have a passport. you are leaving america. you're leaving known space and time when you go in there. and you can see why this place created so much music. why people loved to go there and record and produce. it's just -- it has a magic to it. and he built it right outside of minneapolis. he didn't go to hollywood or new york. and so i'm -- there's a special relationship that little town has with him. he they see him as a neighbor. he can go to the store. he can ride his bike, do whatever he wants to do. people understand this just our neighbor. this is our friend. the church is literally right across the street from paisley park. so it's -- this is a one syllable name that is good on seven continents. that's how big he is, yet he lives in some little small town. >> it is very good, van. as in van jones. thank you. i

town. i grew up in jackson, tennessee. you get the heck out of there as soon as you can. not prince.built that incredible facility, and i do hope that paisley park becomes like a graceland like we have in memphis for elvis presley where people can go and see. if you've ever been in there, it changes your life, don. you should have a passport. you are leaving america. you are leaving known space and time when you go in there, and you can see why this place created so much music. why people loved to go there and record and produce. it's got a magic to it. and, you know, he built it right outside of minneapolis. he didn't go to hollywood. he didn't go to new york. so there's a special relationship that little town has. they see him as a neighbor. he can go to the store. he can go to the walgreens. he can ride his bicycle, whatever he wants to do because people understand this is just our neighbor. this is our friend. and his church is literally right across the street from paisley park. so it's -- he has a one syllable name that's going on seven couldn't nenlts and yet he lives in this

this floor, when i was told about the shootings at two military installations in chattanooga, tennessee. the town in which i live and proudly represent. as many of you may remember, four marines and one sailor were killed in the attacks. several others were wounded. just this past december, following the f.b.i. investigation, director james comey concluded that the shootings, and i quote, were motivated by foreign terrorist organization propaganda. given the recent attacks in chattanooga and san bernardino as well as in paris and brussels, we need to use every tool in the toolbox to combat this new brand of extremism. this bill implements one of the key recommendations made by the homeland securities committee bipartisan task force specifically designed to counter terrorist and foreign fighter travel this bill does not forbid d.h.s. from counterering all forms of extremism but it does provide examples of how d.h.s. can fulfill their requirement such as countermessaging foreign terrorist organizations actively recruiting in our country at an alarming rate. this bipartisan legislation requires the

he was gunned down at the lorraine motel in memphis tennessee on this day back in 1968. the civil rights icon was in townsupport a strike by sanitation workers. king was shot in the neck while he was standing on the and a balcony. he was 39 years old. riots erupted in more than a hundred cities across the u.s. in the days following his assassination. >> from our delaware news room a dover high school employee and wrestling coach charged with stealing school funds allegedly. 46-year-old brian ogman was arrested after an investigation into missing funds from the high school's wrestling blaster account. he's accused of using a debit card attached to that account at dover downs casino and at a wawa convenience store. he's also charged with taking the profits made by a wrestling fundraiser. altogether he's accused of taking about $1,500. ogbin is out on. >> more than 600 artifacts from the s.s. united states are being donated to a conservancy. the u.s.s. united states has sat idle on the delaware river in south philadelphia since 1996. the conservancy has agreed to restore the hope to a luxury liner. the mari

town hall meeting ahead of the state's primary. i want to mention the breaking news. a tourist helicopter has crashed in tennessee. there are multiple fatalities reported. an emergency official says five are dead. it happened in east tennessee. the group was on a sightseeing ride as part of a popular activity 200 miles east of nashville. emergency responders are on the scene. donald trump predicted a massive recession. and he intends to eliminate the national death debt. here is what he said to gretta by the last night. >> the very rich will end up probably pay paying more but there is an incentive for them to invest in the country. when you think about success, what does it look like? is it becoming a better professor by being a more adventurous student? is it one day giving your daughter the opportunity she deserves? is it finally witnessing all the artistic wonders wor? whatever your definition of success is, helping you pursue it, is ours. t-i-a-a. >> we are losing our money and we have been for years. we have had bubbles and when they burst it's not a good thing. we are going to go into a massive recession. b

tennessee. i'm joined by jeremy ivey on bass, luke schneider on pedal steel, dillon napier on the drums, and jamie davis on lead guitar. i was born and raised in a very humble townlinois. but i've been in nashville 12 - 13 years now. and so, i call that home.

tennessee and i have to say there are two people i have to mention. my role model has been my mother, and middle school principal on the low side of town -- low income sidef town. she said making a difference in the students lives are more important than working her way up her career. i would also have to mention might speech and debate coach because she showed me, even though we disagree, the two of us come as we are working to debates we can be respectful and she also got me interested in broadcast journalism through her video classes. brian lamb: what do you disagree with her on? liberal and i more conservative, but we found ways to be respectful and backing our opinions up with evidence. brian lamb: let's go over to this table, this gentleman right here. what is your name? people who embody the american dream for me are my parents. they came to the united states, fleeing from a civil war, so they are both refugees, and they both started off with practically nothing and they moved into a low income city and they worked their way up and now we live moderately comfortable. just their ambition and their drive has really inspired me. their passion for ame

place in my hometown of south pittsburgh,town tfpblet this yearly event brings thousands of folks from around the country to experience the culture of southeast tennessee. south pittsburgh is also the home of the iconic american company, lodge manufacturing, a major sponsor of the cornbread festival. mr. desjarlais: growing up almost all of us can remember a large cass iron skilllet playing a prom net role in making feels and the family times of our loved ones are some of the most cherish. they truly embody the spirit of american manufacturing and ingenuity. while the transfer is for most companies to sell to large companies and move overseas, lodge has continued to operate in tennessee since 1896. many of my constituents have worked at lodge manufacturing for their entire lives just like their parents and grandparents. i appreciate lodge manufacturing for working to keep those american dreams alive and thank all those who play a role in hosting the national cornbread festival. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from organizeon seek recognition? >> address the house for one minut

town or which child would be the crippler's next victim. fear pervaded the country. in 1954 my home up to of kingsport, tennessee was selected as one of the sites for the trial of the polio vaccine, which had been made by jonas salk and was being tested -- the national foundation for infan tile paralysis through the march of dimes so i was an original polio pioneer. when a year later it was announced his vaccine had been a success, that polio could be prevent, jonas salk became one of the greatest heros of my generation. over the years i often wondered, what happened to jonas salk, having reached a claim at age 40, what did he do for an encore? i also wondered why did his life seem strewn with controversy. seemed like such a nice man. so i could find no biography to enlighten me, so i set out to write one myself. >> thank you. the john wilkes both book, i'm always liked stories about unusual people. true stories, particularly when they get in a jam and then you get to see when the pressure is put on, what is inside. the first book i wrote was title prince among slaves. a true story of a west african prince who w

nashville, tennessee i know lotl about hot chicken.cken >> we're talking about -- that'' we're talking about food.. >> i'm at trummers on main and we have austin and daniel.aniel daniel you're in towne. >> yes, ma'am.>> yma'am. >> tell me how you decided to hc open up this pop up jail bird br here at trummers on main what mi was behind the concept.. >> austin called me and asked a him if i wanted to help him outm with this pop up hot chicken. austin came down went did allll the hot chicken in nashville wel were in a lot of pain f day.y. so he's like you're going tooino come and we'll do this dinner. we'll do our different on it an make it differenitt.di i'm here to help him with that.a it will be great.ill be gre >> reporter: d.c. has a half aa smoke. philadelphia has cheesesteak.. folks out there are not familiaf with hot chicken, explain what exactly is this delicious spicyi dish.sh >> hot chicken is the worstor thing in the best thing about at nashville at the same time. tim um, nashville is hot chickenhi fried chicken usually tossed ine a hot chilly oil right out ofhto the friar so it perm me yates me all those cracks and nooks and n then depending where you're at t boltons or

towns. they set out on a journey toax more the world and to -- to explore the world and broaden their horizons. they moved to brussels in 2014. justin worked for a franklin, tennessee manufacturing company and stephanie works for mars. they had a bright future ahead of them, a future that was stolen by terror. to their family members and to all who love them, we offer our prayers and deepest sympathies as we mourn their passing. we also extend condolences to all of the families who lost loved ones and to the people of belgium. i also want to thank the many individuals and organizations that were intra plnl in help -- instrumental in helping justin and stephanie's families in the aftermath of the attack. the state department, the f.b.i., the consulate in brussels, delta airlines, justin and stephanie's companies clair corp. and mars. from shat knew ga to paris, san bernardino, brussels and beyond, we have seen unimaginable events unfold before our eyes. it is clear that the fight against evil will be a long-term struggle to protect our citizens we must deepen our partnership with europe and other allies to defeat isis and other terror groups so that no more families