thank him and the vice president, and all the members of the administration who have joined us in west virginia. i especially want to thank senator mcconnell, we are excited about making more progress for the american people in 2018. sen. mcconnell: thank you for inviting us to join your retreat. i think the speaker is doing excellent job of outlining all the good things that are coming about as a result of the comprehensive tax reform bill we passed in december. i met been here a while, a good position to compare 2017 with other years. of centerfer a right america, as virtually every republican does, there was never a better year than 2017 in the time i have been here, which would cover three decades, starting with the supreme court. the13 circuit judges, but 12 we did last year were the most in the first year of any administration since the circuit 1891. were established in we used the congressional review act 15 times to try to deal with the regulatory rampage that occurred during the obama years, it had only been used once in history. finally, as the speaker outlined, the incredible success

msnbc's garrett haake joins us in west virginia from the gop retreat with the latest. there you are at the greenbriar, a beautiful west virginia resort. it wasn't a beautiful scene yesterday in charlottesville. that's where everyone has come from. now, they're focused on business. president trump and his memo. >> reporter: yeah. well, stephanie, you hit the highlights here. we know the president has reviewed this memo. white house reporters are saying that they have heard that from several sources, that he has taken a look at it as delivered to the white house. there is that open question, whether the memo he read is, in some way, substantively different or the same as the one cleared out of the house intelligence committee a few days ago. now, it'll be up to the president to decide if and when he wants to give the go ahead for the memo to be released. as we've been reporting for the last several days, he has said openly and through his surrogates that this is something that he does want to see get out into the public. it seems more likely to be a question of when. the

(pam) an alarming statistic about opioid use in west virginia ...ion pills, hydrocodone and oxycodone, sent to a tiny town with only a few thousand residents. (steve) it happened over a ten year period when west virginia recorded more overdose deaths than any other state. nathalf the 20=million pills ended up at the tug valley pharmacy ... the rest at hurley drug company a few blocks away block away. hurley's owner says the two outlets serve a large surrounding area, adding that every prescription was filled legally.a house committee investigating the opioid crisis found most of the pain pills came from two distributors.among other things, it is demanding to know why illinois-based h=d smith supplied the pharmacies with 39=thousand hydrocodone pills in a two=day period.the company told the washington post that it, quote, "operates with stringent protection of our nation's healthcare supply chain."this week attorney general jeff sessions announced a nationwide crackdown on pharmacies and prescribers that are oversupplying opioids.but he said immigran

into the eastern parts of canada as well but elsewhere it's a lot more mild and for some of us in west virginia that mild weather is giving us a problem with some flooding and that's partly due to the snow melting and partly due to the amount of rain that we're seeing and down in the southeast ahead of that wet weather is very very mild you can see the winds here all feeding up from the gulf of mexico and that's why things are quite so mild here but it's cold air that is digging down from canada here's a denver as a maximum on monday two degrees is a bit different from the twenty degrees and sunshine that we were seeing before so there's that what weather then gradually edging its way eastwards but it's not really moving anywhere in a great hurry so still more or less day where it is really as we head through choose day because the front is staying where it is all the warm air continues to be pulled up ahead of it so the temperatures here will continue to rise as we head through the next few days atlanta twenty three there on choose day for washington d.c. we're looking at twenty four new york

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thank him, the vice president and all the members of their administration, who have joined us here in west virginiatalk about this agenda. i especially want to thank senator mcconnell and our senate colleagues as well for joining us here. we're very excited for making more progress for the american people in 2018. >> well, mr. speaker, thanks for inviting us to join your retreat. i think speaker's done an excellent job of outlining all the good things that are coming about as a result of the comprehensive tax reform bill that we passed in december. having been here awhile, i'm in a good position to compare 2017 with other years. and if you prefer a right of center america, as virtually every republican does, it was never a better year than 2017 in the time i have been here, which would cover three decades. starting with the supreme court, now 13 circuit judges, but the 12 we did last year were the most in the first year of any administration since the circuit courts were established in 1891. we used the congressional review act 15 times to try to deal with the regulatory rampage that occurred durin

. >> i used to live in west virginia and i can attest to that but i don't know. >> there are in singles here. >> everybody gets married very young in west virginia. >> that is what i figured. >> yeah. >> interesting though. >> i will let my girlfriendes know pennsylvania is not a bad place to meet someone. >> look at this. >> at all of these options. >> i'm not commenting, that is rare. thanks, dianne. i'll check with you tomorrow. >> thank you. >>> changes are coming to the mandalay bay hotel in las vegas. you may recall where a gunman fired out of the window murdering 58 people at an outdoor concert. mgm resorts is now telling thaws floors 31 through 34 will be changed to 56 through 59, stephen paddock opened fire from the 32nd floor of that building. >>> one for history books space x lawnes world's mess powerful rock net to space. >> five, four, three, two, one ... >>> the falcon heavy blasts off from florida yesterday, its most powerful rock net use with 27 engines and a remarkable feat, two of the three came back to cape canaveral, simultaneously side by side, third booster that wa

thank him, the vice president and all the members of the administration who have joined us here in west virginia about this agenda. i want to thank mitch mcconnell for joining us here. we're very excited about making more progress for the american people in 2018. >> mr. speaker, thanks for inviting us to join your retreat. i think the speaker's done an excellent job of outlining all the good things that are coming about as a result of the comprehensive tax reform bill that we passed in december. having been here a while, i'm in a good position to compare 2017 with other years and if you prefer a right of center america as virtually every republican does, there was never a better year than 2017 in the time i've been here which would cover three decades. starting with the supreme court, now 13 circuit judges but the 12 we did last year were the most in the first year of any administration since the sir cut court's were established in 1891. we used the congressional review act 15 times to try to deal with the regulatory rampage that occurred during the obama years. it had only been used once in his

phil mattingly for us in white sulfur springs, west virginia. >>> i want to bring in steve corpses dicott boldon, chair of the national bar association pac. so, steve, what did you think about the president's tweet this morning that you saw, he criticized what he said top leadership and investigators of the fbi and the justice department for politicizing the investigation. i wonder what you think and if this might be a counterpunch because he's facing very similar criticism himself with releasing this memo. >> you know, i don't think he is. i'm glad he praised the rank and file of the fbi. i think fbi agents are overwhelmingly incredibly hard working patriots who do dangerous work. they have been betrayed by very corrupt and conflicted leadership, particularly comey, people like mccabe, over at the department of justice, bruce orr -- >> in fairness, how do you separate their work from the leadership here if you talk to anyone who knows how the process goes, rank and file is very much involved in this thing that president trump is criticizing. you really cannot separate the rank and fi

the good lord has been so kind to us than what you see in the mountains of west virginia. it is who we are. we all have the same pride whether indiana or south dakota we have a pride of our stay in the people in our state and they deserve better than what we are giving them right now. s i don't see anybody in public service with their name on the ballot that is my t enemy. i am your comrade and i will work with you. so to take the heat that comes with these jobs. these jobs should produce results that america is the right place. they could involve the problems we all have. so with that, to the people of west virginia and the american people i will not campaign against the southern call the where fund raise against them or put any direct mail against them or will not appear or door city advertisements directed at them and i will not use social media campaigns to attack them. washington will be just some -- dysfunctional until we make a truce that we are here for the same reason in the same constitution on the same bible that is what we are here to do. since that civility ha

we have bought coal from west virginia and other places and it's the finest colt we've ever used. west virginia is doing great. you look it was happening int virginia. you look it was happening in pennsylvania. you look it was happening in ohio. you look at once happening in wyoming. you look it was happening all over, it's like a different world. as soon as i got into office, we approved the keystone xl pipeline and the dakota access pipeline, which would never have been approved. we announced our withdrawal from killingstrous job wealth knocking out -- it theyed out our wealth, wanted to take our wealth away. they did not want us to use our wealth hour. the paris climate accord would have been a disaster. basically, it said we have a lot of oil and gas that we found. technology has been amazing. energy reserves. we have coal, we have so much. what it does, it makes us uncompetitive with those countries. it's not going to happen. china, their agreement didn't begin until 2030. our agreement takes in immediately. you're allowed to go back into the 1990's, which was not and it clean environmental time. others, we had to pay because they co

us from the g.o.p. retreat in west virginia.f course in the background is that awful accident which caused the fatality yesterday. kevin, i know it made it a difficult start, but how are the strategy sessions coming along? are you hearing anything yet? kevin: well, the main dominant talk of conversation is will he or won't he? that of course being president trump with regards to the release of this nunes memo. that's dominated the talks from lawmakers in the background -- whoops. it's dominated the talk of the conversations here in white sulphur springs. i want to bring up a quote from adam schiff. vonnie: kevin, i think that was the memo coming your way. you lost out on an exclusive. kevin: i know. the representative adam schiff saying, if the majority remains intent on releasing its documents to the public despite repeated warnings from the d.o.j. and f.b.i., it must hold a new vote to release to the public its modification of the document. now republicans are pushing back on that. take a listen to what representative mark mea

one thing he said, he used to teach in west virginia, he said in his 28 years in schools, he had neverool that was as well prepared, that had done as many drills for active shooters, for fire drills, for anything, and even the fire drill they had in the morning, the teachers were on point, everybody was in line. >> we -- one thing we did as the city is we made sure through the school board that this school has an armed police officer, every school in parkland has a school resource deputy that is -- >> and a single point of entry as well. >> yeah. now, can a kid get in another way? they try. these kids, it is a big school. but the goal is, single point of entry, we have a school resource deputy and we try to make this school as safe as possible. and we're going to look at what happened and we're going to see if there is ways to improve, where there is ways to improve and how to make things better. >> how does a community bounce back from something like this? >> i think if you saw last night at the vigil we had, almost 15,000 strong, our community -- if there is any community that can co

used. fox 11 in west virginia. a teacher's strike keeps public schools closed for thursday. the state department of education website shows all school districts closed. teacher's press for pay raises. west virginia, the teacher pay ranks 40th in the nation. fox 16 in little rock. images of damage from two tornadoes that hit northeast arkansas over the weekend. one man was killed when his trailer home was blown into a pond. the tornadoes were packing winds of 115 miles an hour. live look at new york. sunset new york from fox 5. commemoration of the 20 20 half anniversary of the bombing of the world trade center. six people were killed, including a pregnant woman, in a blast and injured more than 1,000 and forced tens of thousands to flee the buildings. it happened eight years before the twin towers came down during the 9/11 attacks. that's tonight's live look outside the beltway from "special report." we'll be right back. to help me make smart choices? well, with your finances that is. we had nothing to do with that tie. voya. helping you to and through retirement. no, please

west virginia and it is the finest coal we have used. west virginia is doing great, and you look at what is happening in pennsylvania, ohio. [applause] at what is: look happening in wyoming, all over, it is like a different world. remember this. as soon as i got into office we approved the keystone xl pipeline and the the quota dakotapipeline, -- the access pipeline. we have withdrawn from the totally disastrous and job -- they basically wanted to take our wealth away. they didn't want us to use our wealth power. we knocked out the paris climate accord. [applause] pres. trump: it would have been a disaster for our country. [applause] pres. trump: basically at said you have a lot of oil and gas we found, and technology has been amazing. we found things we never knew, but we have massive -- the top in the world -- massive energy reserves. we have so much, and basically, you can't use it. so what it does is it makes us uncompetitive with other countries. it is not going to happen, i told them. china, their agreement didn't kick in until 2030. our agreement to its and immediately. go back toallowed to the 1990's, which was not

kevin cirilli is in west virginia at the republican congressional retreat. give usense of how hot this issue is in washington. kevin: scathing. the bottom line is that yesterday, several republicans telling us at the retreat in west virginia that they are all in, in terms of getting this memo released. today, president trump bolstering their claims and saying he supports the release of that. democrats are saying that the nunez memo is something that was edited. mark meadows said those were little more than grammatical edits, and paul ryan telling us yesterday they needed to be edited as a matter of national security. either way, the senate minority leader is calling on paul ryan to remove devin nunes from his chairmanship of the intelligence committee. that likely will not happen, but the memo could be released as early as today. comey has tweeted as well. "all should appreciate the fbi speaking up, but take heart. american history shows in the long run, weasels and liars never hold the field as long as good people stand up. not a lot of schools or streets named for

west virginia's governor about the opioid crisis. jim justice saying if we don't stop the epidemic, it will cannibalize us. rick levinthal is intington west virginia. the national guard is stepping in. is this unprecedented? >> reporter: the national guard has worked with local police as part of a federally funded program for 20 years but this may be the first time state funds were used to deploy the guard to tackle the current opioid crisis. much of it is behind the scenes. you might see a national guard helicopter flying over the city of huntington, but you won't see soldiers on the streets or humvees. aside from ricon work in the sky, the guard is providing technical support, manning drug hot lines, working on computers in an office tracking dealers and networks to give the cops more time on the streets. >> we're helping that law enforcement agency with less people seeing broader view of their community and be able to report that back down when they see something that needs to be addressed. >> reporter: of course, the guard is known for helping out locals in times of disaster. they say this opioid crisis, sandra, is in fact

joining us from the republican retreat in west virginia, congressman mark meadows, a member of a number of key committees. and he's chairman of the house freedom caucus. these latest developments here, this is getting uglier by the moment when we thought we were on the way to transparency, the release of the memorandum straightforwardly. >> well, it is getting you lire. but the other part -- it is getting uglier. i have been calling on it along with a number of my colleagues. jim gordon has an obligation to inform congress when there has been fisa abuses. he is following his constitutional duty to advise us of that. the fbi had to come under subpoena and threat of contempt to produce the document. now all of a sudden they are saying they are concerned about omissions? let's put all the documents out there. if they are concerned about this four-page memo which truly is revealing and the american people should be concerned about, let them judge for themselves. let's put all documents out there. i don't think they want that either. when we are talking about this tonight, they have grave co

used to play for the bird and here's what he said about the experience. >> a little bit, bigger game more nervous you get work this guy he has been in a lot of big game in west virginiah mountaineer, and three fiesta bowls. he is used to the spotlight. he always plays big in big games and we expect nothing less come this sun sunday. >> ukee and nicole i can't imagine what it must feel like right now to be parent of one of these players, as they go through this spectacular moment for really the world watching their every move i cannot begin to imagine. >> major butterflies. >> the nerves 100 percent, don , thank you. >>> we're in the done from minnesota. >> no we are not we are check ing with jessica dean from minneapolis when we return, stay with i'm trying to manage my a1c, and then i learn type 2 diabetes puts me at greater risk for heart attack or stroke. can one medicine help treat both blood sugar and cardiovascular risk? i asked my doctor. he told me about non-insulin victoza®. victoza® is not only proven to lower a1c and blood sugar, but for people with type 2 diabetes treating their cardiovascular disease, victoza® is also approved to lower the risk of major

in total, 36 house republicans are leaving after this term. joining us now, republican congressman james comber, he is joining us from the republican retreat in west virginiaade it there safely, first of all, let's establish that. 36 of your colleagues including nine committee chair running for the hills. you know what's wrong? does it smell bad or something in the house? why is everyone leaving? this can't be a good sign. >> well, i think that republicans for the most part believe in term limits. a lot of these chairman have been here a long time and think it is time to move on. they have given their time and public service and they're ready to move on. i'm certainly going to miss chairman gowdy, he's chairman of my oversight committee, he's probably one of the more popular members of congress. but i certainly understand his decision to move on. >> well, hope you're not calling trey gowdy an old man. he's not an old guy. i hear you, i hear your answer, we want to get you on a few other things, sir. the intelligence community ahead of the fbi handpicked by this president now at complete odds with this president on whether to release devin nunes' memo, very

we want to get to lee who is joining us from the republican retreat in white sulphur springs, west virginia. congressman, thank you for joining us. i know you'll be going into a meeting, or an event with mitch mcconnell and paul ryan in just a moment. but i want to get your thoughts on this memo. you said you support it. the fbi says it has grave concerns and they use that, "grave concerns" about its release. even with redactions fbi says it's not okay with the release. are you concerned republicans could be jeopardizing national security? >> no it will show fisa abuse. that's what's going to reveal. that's probably the main reason why some people would very much not want to see it get released is because it's definitely going be showing fisa abuse and misconduct. >> have you read it, congressman? >> yes, i have. >> you have. so you're positive you're not going to be jeopardizing national security in anyway? >> absolutely. not only are you not revealing any good sources and methods, you're showing a reliance on some bad sources and methods. >> that's not what the fbi is saying, though. the

know we have bought coal from west virginia and other places and it's the finest coal we have ever used. and west virginia now doing great. you look at what's happening in west virginia, you look at what's happening in pennsylvania. you look at what's happening in ohio. you look at what's happening in wyoming. you look at what's happening all over. it's like a different world. and remember this, virtually, as soon as i got into office, we approved the keystone xl pipeline and the dakota access pipeline which would have never been approved. and we announced our withdrawal from the totally disastrous job killing, wealth knocking out, you know it knocked out our wealth or would have. they basically wanted to take our wealth away. they didn't want us to use our wealth power. we knocked out the polish's climate accord. would have been a disaster. would have been a disaster for our country. you know basically it said, you have a lot of oil and gas that we've found, you know technology has been amazing and we found things we never knew. we have massive, just about the top in the world, we have massive energy reserve, we have coal, we have so much. and basicall

pelley has new video with the awful proof that siferria's government used chemical weapons against civilians. public schools in west virginia are closed indefinitely. about 280,000 kids had a second day off today as nearly 20,000 teachers continued a walkout. their pay in west virginia averaged about $45,000 a year. that's roughly $13,000 below the national average. this week, they were given a 2% raise for next year, and 1% raises for the following two years. the teachers say that is not enough, and the strike will continue on monday. we have much more ahead here. anna werner has the results of her investigation. anna. >> reporter: former employees, jeff, of the country's largest beauty chain allege used products were returned, cleaned up, and put back out for sale. we'll have that and the company's response next. but mania, such as unusualrder can changes in your mood,able. activity or energy levels, can leave you on shaky ground. help take control by asking about your treatment options. vraylar is approved for the acute treatment of manic or mixed episodes of bipolar i disorder in adults. clinical studies showed that vra

in west virginia, completely underwater. rob marciano is tracking the whole thing for us. ob. >> the ohio river in mason, west virginia. downtown flooded. pomeroy, ohio, the highest river level since 2004. rapid city, back through cheyenne, winter storm watches. the warm side of this. will be a lot of rain coming your way in chicago, detroit, cincinnati, as well. two waves coming through. late wednesday, we get clear skies. rain, three to five inches. enough to flood all the way back down through dallas. ahead of this, very warm for the east. near record-breaking temperatures. michael? >> thank you, rob. >>> we're going shift gears to the olympic winter gaems. team usa hoping to grab more medals tonight. three ice skating pairs are in striking distance. the women's hockey team won overnight. 5-0. the semifinal match. they're going for the gold in the next match. amy is in south korea with all the action. good morning, amy. >> that's right. mm-hmm is right. the u.s. women's hockey team, yes, now looking to win their second gold medal after shutting out finland in the semifin

[applause] >> laura: let's bring in republican polster public opinion guru frank luntz. he joins us from west virginiawords. i'm sorry, i was screaming laughing when things like in god we trust and then they pan the crowd at the state of the union, the democrats are all sitting on their hands. what triggered them the most and what drove them right over the edge? >> >> well, they didn't want to hear any success. any time donald trump pointed to a specific statistic a fact about things had changed the last 12 months you saw no reaction from the democrats. second, any time he suggested that he was going to reach across the aisle and find some sort of bipartisan, they wanted no part of it. third it goes back to the promises he made and the fact that he is attempting to keep them and i think it's a tragedy, quite frankly, that the democrats don't realize that with donald trump's success, america succeeds. laura, a lot of people criticized the republicans under the obama administration that they wanted him to fail and, yet, now, it looks like and i think this is a tragedy for the country, that too many cong

that's what i was running into in west virginia. >> or use that as an excuse not to sign t he was not proactive in getting a bill signed, in all fairness. >> in all fairness, this is a bill that basically, with your support, it would pass. it would pass. and we think basically it takes commercial sales. >> and maybe to that bill if we use that as a base, you could add some of the things that are going to be said in the room or you may not want to. but there are going to be things that are going to be said today that i think will be in addition to yours, joe, which you could add almost anything. you know what that involves. i think it would be a positive thing in terms of background checks. >> i will say this, mr. president. on this piece of legislation here, without background checks, on commercial transactions -- if a person basically -- when the terrorists basically say, hey, go down to the local gun show and get whatever you want. because you could be in a gun show. two-thirds of the gun show has federal license dealers that had to have background checks if you buy it from them. go

that is what i was running into in west virginia. >> or use that as an excuse not to sign it. because he was not proactive in getting a bill signed. >> in all fairness, this is a bill with your support it would pass. and we think -- it takes commercial sales. >> and maybe to that bill -- if we use that as a base, you could add some of the things said in the room or you may not want to. but you're going to be things that are said today that i think will be in addition to yours, which you could add almost everything. because you know what that involves. i think it is a very positive thing. in terms of background chekss. >> on this piece of legislation, without background checks on commercial transactions so if a person basically -- when the terrorists say, hey, go down to the local gun show and get whatever you want. because you can be in a gun show, two-thirds of the gun show could ha could have -- licensed dealers withba background checks and th next table doesn't have one. that is interpol. if you are selling outside of the state you have to have aback. if you sellin state, i

in the release of this memo. i want to bring up quickly what republican from oklahoma senator james langford said to us reporters at the republican retreat just the other day in west virginia, where i was covering that. and he said a member of the intelligence committee, senator langford, he said, look, russia is just around the corner from 2018 midterm elections. we, at some point in our country, have to talk about how to better protect ourselves and our businesses, david, from midterm elections as well as the looming 2020 cycle. >> let me have you introduce us to devin nunes, telling bret baier he didn't have to do this, he gets tired of having to play whack-a-mole. for the record he said he was going to recuse himself from matters involving russia. here we are, squarely in those matters now. >> a dairy guy from california, wound up becoming a prolific fund-raiser for the republican party, endeared him to john boehner, who gave him the chairmanship of the house intelligence committee. along the way, he became very close to trump, fairly early in the trump campaign. nu nech nunes offered to give all the candidates foreign policy advice and trump took him up on it. i think

in used to treat the virus. gabe is in charleston, west virginia, with more on this. >> the cdc and drug manufacturers say there is enough supply of tamiflu overall, but around the country, some spot shortages are being reported. here in west virginia, there are a few boxes of the anti-viral drug left, but it's been difficult to reorder because of a surge in demand. this morning, the heartbreak is not letting up. >> we lost a good firefighter. >> a solemn funeral in north carolina for 43-year-old don harrison, a volunteer firefighter and mother who died from flu complications. age, no barrier to this deadly bug. 9-month-old isaac lehman, last week a happy baby, now in a coma. >> this vicious vire russ leaves many people unsure what to do. researchers say this year's flu shot may be only 30% effective, but it's still worth getting. >> the shot is not perfect, but it is our best defense. >> and for people who get sick, doctors often prescribe timiflu. but in rare cases, apparent side effects have been reported. >> researching where children had been delusional having, you know, hallucinations, they weren't in the

use a lot of cold. coalid, we have bought from west virginia and other places and it is the finest coal we've ever used. west virginia is doing great, and you look at what is happening innsylvania, ohio. [applause] pres. trump: look at what is happening in wyoming, all over, it is like a different world. and, remember this, as soon as i got into office, we approved keystone xl pipeline and the the dakota access pipeline. they would never have been approved. [applause] fromnounced our withdrawal the totally disastrous, knockingng, wealth -out -- they wanted to take our wealth away. they did not want us to use our wealth power. we knocked out the paris climate accord. it would have been a disaster. [applause] pres. trump: it would have been a disaster for our country. [applause] [cheers and applause] [crowd chanting usa] president trump: basically it said, you have a lot of oil and gas. we have a massive, just about the top in the world, we have massive energy reserves, coal, so much. essentially, they were saying, don't use it, you cannot use it. uswhat that does, it makes competitive with other countries. and you know china, there agreement did not kick in until 2030.

in west virginia. >> we want to say thank you for allowing us the privilege to be able to serve. pray that you would pour onto us what you spoke to jeremiah. you said that you would be my spokesman. pray that you would give us were the words to be able to speak to the nation that needs encouragement right now. pray for our president, the vice president, and their teams. pray that you give them insight that can only come from you, direct their hearts and minds, their teams to be able to function in unity for the sake of the nation that desperately needs it. pray that you would continue to guard them. we do not know what tomorrow holds. , thee grateful to know you one who owns tomorrow. so guide us in that moment. thanks again for this time we get to be together. in your name i pray. amen. leadership,me your majority whip steve scalise. majority leader kevin mccarthy. republican congress chairwoman cathy mcmorris rodgers. senator john cornyn. and senator john thune. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and the speaker of the hous

west virginia. mr. manchin: mr. president, i rise today to discuss something extremely important to each one of us in this wonderful body which is called civility and trust. civility and trust. and i rise to discuss them because they have been lost in washington. and i look around and we're all friends, but for some reason we lost the trust of each other, and we don't seem to spend enough time with each other. i can remember senator robert c. byrd, the longest serving senator, i think, in the history of the united states senate. and he always told me what a place this was. he said the senate is something special. he even wrote a book about it, about how the senate is to operate, the founding fathers, what the intent was for the bipartisan, bicameral body that george washington explained so eloquently, and what our role was as the most deliberative body in the world and the whole world kind of depends on us cooling things off and making things work. but as we've seen, it hasn't done what it's supposed to do, and it's not the blame of one person or the other or one party or the other. i guess we can all say it's all

us hope. it gave me hope. and that hope was particularly strong in rural states like west virginia. that finally we might see real resources, where it really counts, in rural communities. but unfortunately many of the worst-hit states like mine ended up receiving only minimal amounts of funding. let me give you an example. a more populous state received five times more funding than my state, but my state's overdose rate was five times higher than the more populous state. this bill, like every bill, has parts i like and parts i don't like. one of the issues i fought for, aking sure that now $6 billion we are putting toward fighting the opioid crisis, will actually get to the places where it matters most. we must use a formula based on per capita statistics to ensure funds go to the hardest hit states and smaller states where the crisis and the need is the greatest. as a member of the appropriations committee, and having a direct hand on how the $6 billion will be targeted, i've been reassured that rural states like mine will not be short changed and whether he work to make sure the l

have bought call from west virginia and other places, and it is the finest coal we have ever used, it is interesting. and west virginia is doing great. you look at what is happening int virginia. you look at what's happening in pennsylvania. you look at what's happening in ohio. and you look at what's happening in wyoming. you look at what's happening all over. it is like a different world. and, remember this, virtually as soon as i got into office, we approved the keystone xl pipeline and the dakota access pipelines which never would have been approved. and we announced our withdrawal from the totally disastrous job-killing, wealth-knocking out, you know, it knocked out our wealth, or it would have, they basically wanted to take our wealth away. they didn't want us to use our wealth power. we knocked out the paris climate accord. would have been a disaster. would have been a disaster for our country. [ crowd chanting ] >> you know, basically it said you have a lot of oil and gas that we found, you know, technology has been amazing. and we found things that we never knew. but we have massive, just about the top in the world, we have massive energy reserves, we have

in the level of violence. >> thank you. first let me tell you of the people of west virginia thank you for keeping us safe. the professional list many and we have the utmost confidence in what you're doing and support even further. people appreciate and we appreciate the service you are giving. director coats, i think you and i both were in the senate at the same time when mike mullin said the greatest threat we face trying to find out what the greatest threat the united states faces. i was thinking of another country whether it be russia, china, whatever. he didn't hesitate when he said the threat of our nation, the greatest threat is the debt of our nation. i think you just reiterated that in your opening remarks. i was a little bit amiss about the report the worldwide threat assessment. you didn't mention the debt in here. it wasn't in the report as a threat to the nation. i didn't know if there was a thought process behind that because you made a tremendous effort to put that in your opening statement. i appreciate that. tell me what your thought process here was. >> my thought process was i'm getting a

us? sphof steve i think not. six more weeks of winter. something goes haywire with the audio. ainsley: next time live shot inside. brian: it looks colder in west virginia than minnesota. but minnesota is 10 below. west virginia probably 30 or 40 degrees. kellyanne is all weather spokesperson deputy assistant to the president. ainsley: trying to fix her microphone right now. steve: you asked her whether or not the president was concerned with chris wray the fbi director resigning. i just gout a text from somebody i know down in washington. a highly connected person said the white house not nervous about it. that he would resign. it would be a celebration because they feel he is not up to the job. ainsley: really? she said the president -- that's not even been a concern of his u at least he hasn't expressed it to her. brian: let's rebuild what happened. remember, the memo comes out. it gets brought to the white house. and they want to take a look at it at the time chris wray looks at it and fires andy mccabe the next day. people assume this has got to be related. steve: but it's not. there were stories that came out andy mccabe was removed from his job d

congressional republicans are on retreat in west virginia ylan mui joins us from there good morning >od morning. lawmakers say they still have a job to do, that's why they're pushing forward with their retreat out here in west virginia even after yesterday's deadly train crash some members of congress are also doctors, they were liter literally the first ones to respond to this accident they said there was a loud bang-on the train, a slam. the lights went out, then when they went outside they saw some of the wreckage that had occurred ohio representative brad winstrop was one of the people to first reach the injured >> when you think about what could have happened that makes it tougher yeah, we had a fatality. that's bad enough. but when i think about the fact that this train did not derail, and that everyone really on board was good, that gives me great solace >> representative jason lewis of minnesota has been released from the hospital after suffering a concussion he did make his way here to west virginia to continue to participate in this retreat. gop lawmakers had a packed agenda

in the strike. cnn's polo sandoval joining us from charleston, west virginia.a massive statewide strike. bring us up to speed on it. >> reporter: fred, this has been mounting pressure that teachers have been trying to put on state legislators and governor jim justice as well. so far the main argument here is that the state's teachers want better pay, they want better benefits and also they've been protesting against what they believe is harmful legislation here. so far the governor has responded, recognizing in a statement that, yes, teachers are underpaid, particularly here in west virginia that ranks 48 out of 50 when it comes to the salary of teachers. and so far his response has been a pay increase that he signed last wednesday, which was about 4% over the next three years. but you hear from the the teachers in their united call, and they say that is simply just not enough. some teachers we've heard from have had to take up a second job just to try to make ends meet here. that is simply a concern here. they've been out of class already for the last two scho

in west virginia. president trump: or use that as it was qs -- sen. manchin: or use that as an excuse not to sign -- he was not proactive in getting a bill signed, in all fairness. sen. toomey: in all fairness, this is a bill that basically, with your support, it would pass. it would pass. and we think basically it takes commercial sales. president trump: and maybe to that bill if we use that as a base, you could add some of the things that are going to be said in the room or you may not want to. but there are going to be things that are going to be said today that i think will be in addition to yours, joe, which you could add almost anything. you know what that involves. i think it would be a positive thing in terms of background checks. sen. manchin: i will say this, mr. president. on this piece of legislation here, without background checks, on commercial transactions - if a person basically - when the terrorists basically say, hey, go down to the local gun show and get whatever you want. because you could be in a gun show. two-thirds of the gun sh

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in west virginia. >> good afternoon, everybody. how are you doing? first, i want to express that our hearts and prayers are with the victims of yesterday's tragic accident. for those of usho were there, we were just very grateful for the first responders. especially our doctors. our doctor caucus and husband and wivesour doctor caucus and d and wives that came out to take care of the injured. people drop with they were doing to attend to those in need. to attend to those in need. over the last 24 hours, we've had some very productive discussions. and on everything from national security. we are strong with tax reform and in weeks, it has become a great success across the country. ups just announced a big investment in our economy. lowe's announced bonuses for its employees. to date, more than 4.1 million workers have received bonuses totaling more than $2.5 billion. today being the first day of february, workers will see more money in their paychecks based on these new withholding tables. take-home pay is going up. wages are going up. take-home pay is going up. wages are going up. businesses are expanding. consumer confidence is at a 17 year high. unemployment is at a 1

just give us a sense of what you hope comes out of this meeting in west virginia. >> well, i think first of all we've got to look at what we did do. that is change the face of the economic forecasting and the economic -- our standing globally in terms of the tax reform bill. so we are going to talk about that. what are the next steps? we'll look at bipartisan issues such as infrastructure and trying to combat this opioid addiction that is cascading across the country here in west virginia, very devastating. these are areas where we can work across the aisle. we just heard from secretary mattis and secretary tillerson about the need for strong military and stop the continuing resolution way of funding the government. we have a lot of work ahead of us. but we have a good story to tell. >> bill: what is that story in one line? can you give it to us? >> sure. let's keep the momentum going of making america stronger, better and working for everybody, not just certain segments of the population. >> bill: we'll see the president with you in about three hours. thank you for your time at the gree