the road out here in front of us is nebraska avenue here in northwest washington. it is a mile from the tv station as we start our morning out and about. we'll do increasing radii away from the district, but this is just off nebraska avenue. all of a sudden, everything is changing. this is one big sheet of ice out here in this neighborhood. we are on 38th street here off nebraska. there are ruts in the road where people have driven before, so it's a mixed blessing. it has packed the snow down to ice. this all started yesterday morning. if you feel like you are losing your traction, get over to the krup chi parts on the side, but you extra caution. i have a funny feeling that danella is going to be busy today. >>> i have the same feeling. like you saw in chuck's camera, it is hit or miss. the main roads are looking good. the side streets are tricky. start in northwest with an alert, d.c. police are tweeting out about manhole covers missing. also, florida is closed at connecticut avenue. again, that's because of missing manholes. now we'll head over to i-95 northbound

. >> this is not going to give us energy independence. this is all about exporting. >> go to nebraska ground. >> this is very personal for us. >> i was wrong. >> if i can change, everybody can change! >> i don't think america needs to take this risk. >> american families and american farmers will bear all the risk. >> it is literally in our backyard. >> oil companies will get all the reward. >> our customers continue to say they need this pipeline. >> if there's a crack, a leak, and it's going to be in that water. >> it will leak. >> it could be significant climate impact from the pipeline. >> people are coming around to the reality that this doesn't make a lot of sense. >> good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. well, i guess i'm america's new flip-flopper. here's how i viewed it. in case you haven't heard, i'm against the pipeline. well reasoned i believe and very profound. ask yourself the question, pick an issue that you,

used to say we know it is spring when the swallows return to capistrano. now you know it is spring when the cranes return to carney, harry smith, nbc news, carney, nebraska. >> and that is our broadcast for this thursday night, thank you for joining us, i'm brian williams, of course we hope to see you back here tomorrow evening. good night. >>> nbc bay area news begins with breaking news. >>> and that breaking news comes out of the east bay where firefighters are still try oing to get a handle on a brush fire. this is in pittsburg. right now you're looking at a live picture from our copter. >> the smoke can be seen for miles. it's burning extremely close to a power plant. now the spokesman tells us that while the plant is operational, it was not active when this fire began. the power lines which you can see perilously close to the flames, if those lines fall, it could cause additional fires. they are working to deenergize those power lines. but right now all pg&e customers still have their power on. this is near the willow pass road right off of highway 4. and drivers are being asked to avoid the area. with us on the phone is george langenbrunne lang. what

samantha is joining us live from lincoln, nebraska, with more on her story. much for joining us. i know it's a very difficult situation for you and your family, but i do appreciate you coming forward and sharing your story with us, because your story is indeed real. you and others around this country are having some real problems with obamacare. and you and your husband once had that private insurance, but when you had your own business, you turned to obamacare and that's when you found yourself in the bureaucratic maze. you had no idea that your kids apparently didn't qualify and had no idea that they were not covered by obamacare until your son injured himself? >> correct. >> so, what happened as a result of that? i mean, you had to automatically try and go back to the enrollment process, and you were told, though, that your kids were qualified to go on medicaid. but your family doesn't meet government assistance. so how did that work out? >> correct. well, it turns out that it was a glitch in the system. somehow that our children got thrown into medicaid,

is. >> reporter: i told the senate democrat from nebraska as well, dick durbin, the energy is massive today. tell us what your interpretation of this is. >> there's no question that natural gas has been the truck or play-by-play in recent history. he extorts from various countries, political favors and political decisions based on the price and availability of natural gas. we need to confront him once and for all as he tries to put pressure on the eu. secondly, we need to talk about the long-term energy survival of the european union and others that are nearby. there are ways and new approaches of energy. there's the possibility of liquefied natural gas which may come from the united states in some part and other parts of the world, but we'll welcome the story. vladimir due tin pushed you into this position. >> so no doubt the u.s. has invested more energy into europe. prop began da wars on both sides ofds the equation, but how do ukrainians believe you can put them away. in the next 20 minutes, we'll speak to the woman in the polls to. >>> why irish eyes may not be smiling on new york city's st. pa

is on the radar plus the clouds, right through nebraska, south dakota, and mp mn. a closer view shows this darker blue color indicating heavy bans of snow. in that is giving usut one inch an hour with that accumulation. cold air spill in place with record lows this morning across the northeast, philadelphia just barely above freezing. new york 34, albany 40, still that litter cold wind chill. the storm producing the snow is right over the midwest there and it will have the potential for severe weather, not where the snow is coming down, but where we're getting this warm air up from the south. so the timing of this will look like this afternoon and this evening, a line of severe weather could drop through kansas, missouri, and pushing through the midwest. this could be severe storms with hail throughout the afternoon and evening. there is that heavy snow area. snow and gusty wind with severe storms, we center of the storm is right over lake michigan. it will impact the east coast but not until tomorrow. look at the warm up coming up the coast. temperatures climbing into the is 50s close to 60. >> dave warren thank you very much. >>> there is one big problem i

the former senator from nebraska, bob kerrey is with us and ezekiel emanuel. tensions in europe. we will look at that through the morning on bloomberg television. adam has top headlines this morning. >> we will start in venezuela ande h a soldier civilian are killed in protests. the violence brings the death toll to 19 in just three weeks of protests in that country. turkey may banned facebook as well as youtube. the prime minister tries to stop damaging audio and video clips. he saidterview, the mov the move could come as early as march. here we go. johnny football makes a deal with nike. the former texas and am order quarterbacks and am signed a contract with the company. nike beats out adidas, under armour and new balance which made bids for his marketing rights. he's projected to be one of the topics in the nfl draft in may. those are your top headlines. we have a former senator and .overnor from nebraska what do you think? >> it exciting. -- it exciting. it's exciting. he is a real player. >> people worry that he is too small. i'm small, too. i hope he do

is that right for us to worry about contagion from the markets. >> real currency depreciation. if you have got a wonderful private business. you live in omaha, lincoln, nebraskaere is a some problem in the market. if you own -- 500 wonderful businesses pretty much, not all wonderful. most of them. own them through the s & p, why in the world should you behave differently. you shouldn't think about big or selling your stocks every day. it's a terrible thing to think about. >> more opportunities here in the united states or around the world now? >> mr. opportuniore opportunity united states. the mother load. we invested $11 billion in plant equipment. 90% in the united states. >> there have been almost two economies here in the united states, though, the wealthy have done very well. people at the bottle tom end of the scale -- bottom end of the scale not so well. the president brought up raising minimum wage to address inequality. >> i would prefer increasing, the earned income tax. that hits everybody. working in a significant way. improving their income. no question inequality has the widened out. now the rich and rich because the poor are poor. it doesn't wo

is all about exporting. >> go to nebraska and talk to the folks on the ground. >> this is very personal for us. >> i was wrong. >> if i can change, everybody can change! >> i don't think america needs to take this risk. >> american families and american farmers will bear all the risk. >> it is literally in our backyard. >> oil companies will get all the reward. >> our customers continue to say they need this pipeline. >> if there's a crack, a leak, and it's going to be in that water. >> it will leak. >> it could be significant climate impact from the pipeline. >> people are coming around to the reality that this doesn't make a lot of sense. >> good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. well, i guess i'm america's new flip-flopper. here's how i viewed it. in case you haven't heard, i'm against the pipeline. well reasoned i believe and very profound. ask yourself the question, pick an issue that you, i don't know, are affable about, kind of in favor of something. is there any information that could come to you that would make you change your mind on a subject that might be rather a hot topic?

is the man for the job and that he should do it. >> from the heartland in nebraska, a rancher from nebraska, ben gotschall with us tonight. . thank you forbe joining us. that is "the ed show." "politicsnation" with reverend al sharpton starts right now. good evening, ed. >>> good evening, ed. and thanks to you for tuning on. i'm live tonight from miami. tonight's lead, the gop's poor judgment. today congressman paul ryan unveiled an amaze anything report on poverty that reads like a battle plan for attacking the poor. surprise, surprise. he blames the safety net, accusing welfare and social programs for making poverty worse. the report goes after medicaid. quote, medicaid patients use the emergency room inappropriately. he goes after the food stamp program known as s.n.a.p. quote, s.n.a.p. discourages

is regarding adverse wage rates. this might be a little bit out of your purview, but in nebraska it is $13.41. i have two small farmers who came into my office trying to use h2a money doing this legally. they're being pushed out of the market. the wage rate is $12.22. $10.89. $11 in california. now the department of labor, you apparently shot this out to the department of labor, but we've got a peculiar grouping of states here that is driving up this wage rate and potentially, again, pushing small farmers who are trying to be entrepreneurial and using, again, diverse and traditional means of farming production that we're encouraging in the rest of the bill, this ear being pushed out of these marketplaces. the third issue is regarding the drought mitigation. very important to us in nebraska. with this being the year that we see through the office of the chief economist competitive federal funding for drought mitigation research. >> so, first of all, congressman, i made a mistake in responding to congressman bishop's question. i really should have had you respond to him about actively engaged. i mean, honestly, i think that is the nub. i think congress has

away from us. >> anyone who would convince the public they have a paper of truth is someone i will listen to. senator fisher? >> thank you all for being here today. when i listen to the nebraska department of roads, there is a lot of frustration at the limited federal dollars we have being used on requirements, on a lot of april work. they really do not affect the social or environmental or historical aspects of these projects. many of you have mentioned that. and your frustration with that as well. chairman willis, in your testimony, you say that counties will send environmental review forms to state agencies, lengthening the time it takes to receive approval. do you have any estimate on the costs that will add to projects in your county? cannot give you specifics, because it varies so much. i can give you paper examples. road in --oving a putting a culvert into a robe that -- road that has existed. the application was 82 pages, 960 squareto curb feet of dirt. it is a road that existed long before the regulations were created, but we are jumping through that hoop. only, toounty in my just add guard rails or to put center yellow line striping on the road, they had to submit p

nebraska avenue in the areas of wisconsin and massachusetts avenues in northwest dc. anyone in this area is strongly encouraged to boil water for drinking, cooking, the water you'll use to brush your teeth, make ice, formula for infants, water for your pets, you'll want to boil all of that water. obviously, you want to allow it to cool down and then use it. this all began this afternoon at the fort pumping station in dc. power went out, pumps went down. the loss of pressure from those pumps could have caused contamination in the water system according to dc water. right now, the water authority said there's no reason to believe any of the water was, in fact, contaminated, but they'd rather be safe until they know for sure. >> is there a time frame on how long to boil water? >> the time table is at least through tomorrow. even though the service is fully up and running and there's no more contamination possible now because the system is up and running as it should, shawe have to do water monitoring, and it takes 24 hours to get the monitoring back. >> crews with the water authority will be calling and actually going door to door cautioning and reminding customers to b

is not fda approved, you can't possibly use it for execution. >> booker says her boss ignored her directions around obtained it from a foreign producer. nebraska would not comment. >>> compoundincompounding pharm. nebraska refused to reveal exactly where they're getting their lethal dprupgz. >> idrugs. >> they say it's not important, move on. we're saying no, it's not that simple and that we need to see because we're killing somebody in the name of the state of louisiana. and all of the citizens. >> in january, louisiana prison officials revealed a new execution protocol after acknowledging they could not get pentobarbitol, the drug louisiana has used before. so they used the same drug that killed mcguire in ohio. with drugs never before tried for that purpose should be reason nf to prevent other executions like it, according to the lawsuit his family is bringing. >> that no other family went through what we had to do, that no other family in the united states had to deal with what we had to deal with, what we had to witness. >> the last minute stay of accusation, gives sepulveda's lawyers, the right to say this can be cruel and unusual punish

is not fda approved, you can't possibly use it for execution. >> booker says her boss ignored her objections and obtained the drug from a foreign broker. nebraska would not comment. >>> now, prisons are turning to compounding pharmacies. nebraska refused to reveal exactly where they're getting their lethal drugs. >> the secrecy allows them to -- it draws a curtain and says you don't need to look over here, it's not important, move open. we're saying it's not that simple, and we need to see, because we're killing somebody in the name of the state of louisiana. and all of the citizens. >> in january, louisiana prison officials revealed a new execution protocol after acknowledging they could not get pentobarbitol, the drug louisiana has used before. so they added the combination of medazilam and pentobarbitol. the same drug that killed mcguire in ohio. with drugs never before tried for that purpose should be reason to prevent other executions like it, according to the lawsuit his family is bringing. >> that no other family went through what we had to do, that no other family in the united states had to deal with what we had to deal with, what we h

host: congressman lee terry and that hearing is taking place next tuesday, republican from nebraska, thanks for being with usest: thank you. host: we will take a short rake when we come back, we'll get the perspective of congressman adam smith from washington and his views on the president's travels through europe and the latest in ukraine and russia. first, c-span radio with a look at some other news happening on this thursday morning. >> good morning. the lawyer hired by new jersey republican governor chris christie to review the george washington bridge traffic jam scandal has scheduled a news conference in trenton today to release his findings. ishe new york times" reporting the report clears governor christie of involvement in the scandal. apparently, it was intended to punish the mayor who did not endorse governor christie for reelection. investors today will be focused on the government's weekly jobless claims report that will be released later this morning. they will also get the revised fourth-quarter gross thomistic product estimate. -- gross domestic product estimate. association of realtors will

is senator mccaskill to the senator from nebraska. >> i am president? >> thank you, madam president. horizon full support of the proposal is before us today. we have his work with ones that have already been part of this to combat sexual assault in the military. i would like to express concern with the senator gillibrand proposal to remove this from this process. i believe that that is going to undermine credibility and accountability. i'm glad that we are having this debate on the war because every member of the senate agrees that this is a problem that makes sense. the armed services committee have focused on this issue and it cuts across ideology and across regions. it also cuts across party lines and i was happy to work across the aisle with senator shaheen improving the standards with sexual assault prevention. i am pleased to join with senator women thought to ensure that victims rights are protected under the uniform code. it shows congress at its best. so although we may disagree, we do share the same values. senator mccaskill and senator gillibrand have been a part of this when we held that landmark hearing to explore the problem

us all. congress cannot do business and -- unless republicans and democrats agree. people wonder is there common ground between you and, say, senator deb fisher from nebraska?you find common ground because you share certain points of view? >> i think deb and i will find something to work on. we care a lot about veterans and manufacturing and agricultural issues. i suspect we will find things to work on. kelly ayotte and i have found things on the national security agenda along with making sure that parents of autistic kids in the military get benefits they need. we found common ground. in the sexual assault bill, 17 out of 20 women wanted reform. i have great hope for all to sidelines. >> gisele ruiz started her career 20 years ago as a management trainee at walmart. her story is about opportunity. >> i learned about walmart while i was going to college at santa clara university. i learned about the story. what brought me to walmart was the company's values. why i have stayed with walmart over the years -- walmart has afforded me opportunities to do the things that i love. i do love retail in-store operations. it has afforded me opportunities to do things t

nebraska tomorrow. but there is more march madness tonight here on cbs right after this broadcast. that's the cbs evening news for tonight. for all of us by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org ,,,,,,,, >> few times you get in your life that you can be the best on that given day and the tournament makes everyone feel that way. >> you're one of the teams that gets to play for the national championship. >> it's special. >> everybody is playing le there's no tomorrow. >> you don't know who could win and who could lose. >> any game you could go home. >> just win your next game and you're one step closer. >> the more you win the gert be better it gets. >> every bern that plays basketball dreams of being on that stage. >> it's about teams laying it on the line. >> everybody lives for that. >> there's nothing like it. >> if you lose, it's over.

nebraska, ben gotschall with us tonight. appreciate your time. thank you forbe joining us. that is "the ed show." "politicsnation" with reverend al sharpton starts right now. good evening, ed. >>> good evening, ed. and thanks to you for tuning on. i'm live tonight from miami. tonight's lead, the gop's poor judgment. today congressman paul ryan unveiled an amaze anything report on poverty that reads like a battle plan for attacking the poor. surprise, surprise. he blames the safety net, accusing welfare and social programs for making poverty worse. the report goes after medicaid. quote, medicaid patients use the emergency room inappropriately. he goes after the food stamp program known as s.n.a.p. quote, s.n.a.p. discourages work among female-headed households. it goes after head start. quote, the head start program as a whole is failing to prepare children for school. so the big takeaway, let's help the poor by attacking programs that help the poor? the report also goes after poor families themselves. citing the breakdown of the family as the root factor. quote, perhaps the single most important

is totally outrageous. >> that was nebraska landowner randy thompson talking with ed schultz about the trans-canada corporation using it needs to build the keystone pipeline. by doing so, mr. thompson light his right to the land he actually owns. the battles over the pipeline have highlighted issues that affect all landowners across the country. believe it or not, it's legal to say a private company can come in and take your land and your home simply if it claims it's doing so for the public good. but to be clear, it's the company that makes the profit. just weeks ago, a district court judge ruled that the law the governor of nebraska relied on to take away mr. thompson's land was unconstitutional. but the fight is far from over. my next guest is a third-generation rancher who's currently fighting to keep her texas farmlands out of the hands of trans-canada. they've tried twice to buy her lands, first offering her just $7,000. after she refused to sell, trans-canada moved to have her property seized. joining me now is that transaction landowner, along with seton hall law professor paula. julia, i want to start with

nebraska without the children. can i assume that something is being worked out for them through the offices of the u.n. maybe the us embassy, talk to me about what is going on on their behalf righ right now. >> on their behalf we've been working with our partners here in the u.s. like we mentioned they're in a safe place, and our staff member member simon gotlos the hero. he made quite a journey to get the children in a safe location. they got a house. they've got beds. they've got food. we came back here to move forward and to raise up support and to raise up help, and to begin the mission glen our thanks to missionaries brad and kim campbell for that. >>> in afghanistan nine senior employees from the security company guarding the hotel are being detained for negligence. security cameras show gunmen smuggled weapons past security during last week's attack that killed nine people. pre-election violence has police on edge. the taliban suicide-bomber and two gunmen launched an attack on an election office in kabul. the taliban has vowed to disrupt national elections set for april 5th. in kuwait leaders are holding th

a bunch of new records in nebraska today. 40 degrees below normal, and this is low temperatures, hitting daily records as well. as we get into our tuesday morning, so many of uslong the east are going to have temperatures bottoming out, and we're going to be getting awfully close to record low temperatures for the month of march. >>> is one of the world's most gruelling sports represents. dozens of sled dogs running almost a thousand miles through the ice and snow of alaska. 69 teams from around the world competing in the annual race. 18 of last year's top 20 are back. the teams are now making their way through north america's highest mountains. >>> today is read across america day. it's a day to celebrate dr. seuss's birthday and to encourage students to enjoy a book. but there are about 32 million adults in this country who cannot read. >> reporter: every monday and friday, this man heads to the chicago cultural center for a date with the same woman. >> it had been two -- two -- >> reporter: in a quiet corner, the 71 year old reads a story he wrote. she has been his tutor for the past decade. barns grew up in poverty on a farm, never attending school, and n

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us here today. i would like to thank you for making the trips to washington, d.c. from lincoln, nebraska. and my time is over, so i will recognize the ranking member from illinois. >> thank you. this is a very important hearing on improving spore safety. i look forward to hearing from all of our witnesses on both panels about their experiences, proposals, about how to make spore safer for everyone from children to professional athletes. athletes are continually becoming bigger and faster and stronger. despite some efforts to make spore safer, much work remains. 300,000 sports related traumatic brain injuries occur annually in the united states. sports are the second leading cause of traumatic brain injury among people aged 15 to 24 years old, second only to motor vehicle accidents. this is a crisis and won the subcommittee should do everything in its power to address. we are going hear today from a high school senior who suffered a severe head injury during a lacrosse game in his sophomore year. despite his impressive recovery, that hit later identified as his third head injury, left him with a limited

nebraska. and what you want us to realize, we are not a caucus. we disagree on many things, but on child care, we are united that this bill is a good bill. it could be improved through the amendment process. we recognize it. so here we are as a force trying to change the tone, trying to change the tide, and really help america's children. senator fischer. mrs. fischer: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from nebraska. mrs. fischer: thank you, mr. president. i rise today to speak about the reauthorization of the child care and development block grant program, and i thank the senator from maryland for her courtesies. in addition, i would like to address an amendment that i proposed to the underlying bill. promoting policies that enable job creation is a basic duty of the people's government. this bill that we have on the floor before us now provides low-income, hardworking mothers and fathers with the opportunity to have quality child care while they earn a steady paycheck or if they go back to school. americans work hard. they work hard to provide for their families and to make a better life for their children. as mother an

nebraska will join us. we will talk to him about the job economy and the situation in ukraine. annual -- ezekiel emmanuelle will join us, one of the architects of the affordable care act -- that is. it will be a spirited combo. >> we are looking forward to the conversation. keene and "surveillance" is coming up in 20 minutes. >> let's talk about fashion. one of italy's most powerful fashion houses. his group owns diesel jeans. 's angus bennett caught up with him at his office. >> jet setter, designer, self-made man. billionrth more than $3 , has been called the genes genius -- jeans genius. now 58, he has built an empire. he still considers himself an outsider, but he is home. diesel's headquarters in northern italy. he launched diesel in 1978. the turning point came in the mid-1980's when he launched his signature stretched and him look. look.im it was a huge success. >> this is the day that i arrived. my first day sitting on the stage. likes no desire to become lvmh. he has always looked to bring in fresh, young talent. diesel's artistic director was lady gaga's former designer. he wants to keep diesel cool. he needs to allow young talent to come forward and step back. angus b

us here today. i would like to thank you for making the trips to washington, d.c. from lincoln, nebraska. and my time is over, so i will recognize the ranking member from illinois. >> thank you. this is a very important hearing on improving spore safety. i look forward to hearing from all of our witnesses on both panels about their experiences, proposals, about how to make spore safer for everyone from children to professional athletes. athletes are continually becoming bigger and faster and stronger. despite some efforts to make spore safer, much work remains. 300,000 sports related traumatic brain injuries occur annually in the united states. sports are the second leading cause of traumatic brain injury among people aged 15 to 24 years old, second only to motor vehicle accidents. this is a crisis and won the subcommittee should do everything in its power to address. we are going hear today from a high school senior who suffered a severe head injury during a lacrosse game in his sophomore year. despite his impressive recovery, that hit later identified as his third head injury, left him with a limited

the current is flowing >> i heard somebody say it's like finding a needle in a haystack and it's like finding a needle in nebraska and that is moving. do we have any hope? is this giving usproject i'm in the middle of working on is the discovery of a world war ii submarine i found 70 years after it sank. the families are just getting some kind of cathartic -- like the families in this catastrophe they didn't know for 70 years, and i've had 6-year-old, 7-year-old kids, 67 and 68 and a widow that is 96 that for the first time seeing where their parents are or husband is. >> it's a mystery to all of us. and for 239 people on board and all their families, thank you so much. >> you're welcome. >> should private companies be allowed to follow their religious belief as a major christian company goes head to head with the obama administration. >> and then new jersey governor chris christie never saw this question coming. >> how it's getting warm, i'd like to go to the new jersey beach. >> yeah. >> he gets upstaged by a 3-year-old. wisest kid? we need a new recipe. let us consult the scroll of infinite deliciousness. perfect. [ wisest kid ] campbell's has the recipes kids love. s

this is a special edition in omaha, nebraska with warren buffett who has been with us all morning longe continue to get questions coming in from viewers. jeff writes in, what's your opinion on so-called activist investors? do you really think they are acting in the best interest of their targeted companies and the shareholders or are they more just interested in making a quick profit for themselves? >> i think generally speaking they are interested in making a quick profit. there's no law against making quick profits. but our whole attitude in our own business and what we'd like to see with the businesses we own stock in, we want to run from the people we were going to stay in rather than the ones that will get out. at any given time you can make more money usually selling the company than running it. most stocks, most of the time, not all of the time, sell at a discount from what you could sell the company for that day. the activity might be sell the company. i think that would be a big, big mistake. i've seen cases where really good companies have sold a third or quarter what they we

nebraska, 12 years of a slave. we have a live guests with us kyle burt from cinequest. >> so, is there a theme to this festival. >> a new whirls, you may not have seen before. we have over 84 premiers. >> what is this one? this is actually a just some members coming and getting ready to watch the movies. it is not just movies, they have red carpet. they have everything that you could possibly think of. >> this really is a glamorous even. in this world wide. this is one of the great directors. there are so many others that come down. this year you were telling me that you have a lot of comedy. >> yes absolutely. if you want to laugh you should come down. if you like radar the things, we have it for you. >> i see that there is a technology and art, just a lot every day. >> they in silicon valley would have to connect. we want to embrace that. >> you just had a tribute to the man who invented the cell phone. >> yes, it was an inspirational piece that he talks about. it took him almost four years to make everyone believe that wanted a cell phone. >> that was great. >> anyway, let's see a little bit from one of the mov

nebraska. there are a whole bunch of other states out there. many of which are ahead of us. so what i'm looking at is all of these projects, there has been an estimate, probably a rough estimate, that 23 billion is necessary to address what's on he waiting list. and if omaha is that far down the list, i can only imagine the problems ahead of us. put a how we can best process in place to address what we're dealing with and what you're dealing with. it is a lot of money. it would be very hard to come up with. i don't think we want 20 some projects all going at once. that stretches everybody pretty thin. but how do we move these projects more and more aggressively? >> i would say, senator, we have done our best to prioritize these projects. so at the top are the safety issues we have to address for the safety of employees and veterans. when we do that, of course, you can see an increase. and secondly, the priority would be to ensure that what we have today is quept at a good standard. therefore, for minor construction -- not just major, but minor construction, non-recurring maintenance, those funds in a

is overly burdensome and it needs to be more flexible. we worked hard in nebraska to prioritize spending for our infrastructure needs. as we started to put this funding to use, we have further seen in need to provide our state and our local governments with much assistance -- with as much assistance and economy as possible. states will have a greater ability to experiment and address transportation problems with innovative solutions if they are allowed greater of thosewith the use federal dollars. transportation infrastructure is an expense adventure on its own without the federal government adding to the cost. if we cannot give our local and state governments an adequate level of funding, we should at the very least, get out of their way so that projects can get completed in an efficient and cost-effective manner. we need to work together to pursue a path forward that continues to ensure that federal dollars are devoted to tasks that truly add value to the projects and are not wasted on piling up paperwork. highway bill will include the needed policy reforms to streamline environmental process and accelerate project delivery. today's hearing is an importan

is the creator, nebraska senate candidate ben sass. good morning to you. >> good to be with you. >> i thought we had dick vitale on with us. >> for people yeah. >> you had 64. >> we have nebraskans want to talk about the constitution. they don't understand why our leaders aren't and some people in a town hall created the idea. let's compete them so we can help the american people recover the constitution. >> okay. so you started with 64. then over the weekend whittled it down to 32. now down to 16. let's go in some of the regions and talk about how you decided one over another. >> so our folks vote. so go to constitutionalmadness.com. we'll go from the sweet 16 to the final four. but the irs targeting of the tea party came in as the number one seed. right now the national labor relations board appointments, the president doing it when the senate still in session, that's really surging coming out of the north. >> because it was done in the recess, even though they weren't -- >> they weren't in recess. >> in the west? >> in the west, more of a labor tearian -- libertarian field coming out of the west. but cell phone spying is still the on

about constitutional madness, nebraska, senate candidate seth is asking americans a question -- which is president obama's worst constitutional violation? governor huckabee, help usll right. let's go north. >> irs -- >> at the bottom of the -- pink slip delays, as my first choice, because that's going to have a big impact on america. i'm going to also pick here, blocking world war ii memorial. an outrage against our veterans. >> yes, sir. >> this one, doma, because it's a clear violation where congress passed a law and they don't care. we go to the irs versus the tea party, because this is an outrage, when government agencies can use their unlimited power to beat up americans for their political views. >> the east. >> we'll start at the top. obamacare subsidies. this will be a huge problem, because states are going to be eating the cost, as will every taxpayer. everyone will pay for this. the individual mandate. this is where i'm going to put here. because this forces every american to buy a product they don't want at a price they can't afford for benefits they don't -- >> why is that more important than death panels in your mind? >> because death panels is an in

is taking it to the next level. with the new players nebraska releases aç presidential constitutional madness bracket. take a look at this. what winners would you pick? let usike the bracket. who is going to win here in terms of what the madness is with our constitutional right to obamacare subsidies versus funding abortion. he goes through many issues. the players are vast and talented. who did you pick? who do you think will go all the way? >> in the east region round one, allowing the congressional obamacare subsidies versus forcing taxpayers to fund abortions, there's one delay. also a delay in obamacareç individual mandate versus allowing panels to govern health care without congress. here's a third delay in a row, to make health plans obamacare-compliant versus another delay in obamacare's employer mandate. >> that is just the east bracket. you head to the west region and you take a look at this. you've got drilling ban versus the war in libya, the kill list versus the minimum-wage hike. cell phone spying and national security letters versus license plate tracking in round one for the west region. >> they have a problem with the way the president is

government is going to do this on the honor system where they're going to trust you, what else do you think that the federal government should trust us all on with the honor system? scott from nebraska honor system. hello? >> what about diane? >> she says how about the school system? the kids could just say they graduated. >> with honors. >> right. i didn't cheat on that test. my textbook was out before i got here. another said putin figured out that our foreign policy has been based on the honor system. that's what you think the honor system should do beyond obamacare. i think it's fascinating to think this is playing out. >> because now everybody who wants an extension just has to ask for it. what we don't know this morning, according to the "washington post," is the extension is how long? is it a week? is it a month? could it be a year? they haven't decided. >> all right. let's talk about strategies. so you're a democrat and you say, i'm up for election in 2014, in november. what do i do if obamacare is now out and loose and about us and falling apart at the seams and i voted for it? i have a great idea. according to a research partners poll, in this battle ground poll that was p

government is reluctant to investigate the shooting right let's talk more on that revelations and what they'll bring to the complex situation in ukraine with foreign policy expert in nebraska molly she joins us live now from washington d.c. it's good to have you with us here on our team to nasa you heard the league do you think that the western governments will go and support in ukraine the new leaders like they've done before with all of this coming out unfortunately unfortunately i think this is one of those end justifies the means and approaches in which it doesn't matter who murdered the protestors long as the blame can be pinned on president you know or even the russians i think what we're about to see within the next day or two is sort of a triple spin bit of propaganda conspiracy theorizing in which delete will be brought into doubt and they will be leading journalists mainstream newspaper saying all this was all some sort of change to be set up by the vicious t.g.v. thug put in because that's what they've been doing for months now a regular person whose attention span goes beyond fifteen minutes well actually remember that you know which is government has throughout this to spread te