of virginia. the records we have today are incomplete but we know in the course of 13 years of construction, there was a combination of free labor and slave labor involved in making the capital. skilled and unskilled workers. local artisans and traveling itinerant artisans. some of whom, after working on the virginia capital, went north to washington, d.c. and begin working on the subsequent united states capital. when you have a really good building that is accumulating important history and has important people and events associated with it, you do not give up on the building. for over 100 years, we use the capital as first built and it was a rectangular roman temple style building. 1904, we realized that the building was getting a little old in the two and needed renovation. -- folder need to and needed renovation and was too small. rather than give up on the building, we gave it a new roof, we gave it monumental front steps leading up to the south portico. we added two balancing classically st

the virginia state capital is a symbol of not only virginia, but of virginia people that served in public service and of virginia principles that have gone on to inform american principles of self-government. and you walk into this building every january and you feel the pulse with its newer legislative wings and brand new underground extension that welcomes visitors to the capital. the capital itself is on one level a pretty good fine arts museum with a sizeable collection of paintings and of consult -- consultp tur and a civic classroom. we get 118,000 visitors each year coming to see the capital building. they are coming to see it for all reasons. they want to see it for a historical and civics education and some of them are coming here to participate in self-government and all of them will gain a hope in appreciation or a time-tested workplace for enduring american principles and some of those he geared in the virginia going all the way back to to on jamestown. we have been exercising the rights and responsibilities. for nearly 400 years and that's something worth wooching. -- worth w

for west virginia, they know better. yesterday was not a victory for the american people, it was a victory for the status low in washington dc and a victory for the disaster of obamacare. i promise you that victory will not last very long. [applause] the american people want obamacare gone. the president said don't worry, you just tweeted that this morning. it will continue to explode edwin republicans and democrats finally decide to come together and repeal and replace obamacare , we will be ready to get the job done. [applause] as the president promised us this morning, we will all get together and piece together a great health care plan for the people. we will end the obamacare nightmare and give the american people the world-class health care that they deserve. [applause] until then, i can promise you president trump is never going to stop fighting to keep his promises to the american people, and we will make america great again. [applause] and we are moving forward. we are going to get back to the three-part agenda

for west virginia, they know better. yesterday was not a victory for the american people, it was a victory for the squaytuss quo in washington, d.c., and a victory for the disaster of obamacare. i promise you that victory will not last very long. [applause] vp pence: the american people want obamacare gone. the president said don't worry, he just tweeted this morning. obamacare will continue to explode and when republicans and democrats finally decide to come together and repeal and replace obamacare, we will be ready to get the job done. [applause] vp pence: as the president promised us this morning, we will all get together and piece together a great health care plan for the people. we will end the obamacare nightmare and give the american people the world-class health care that they deserve. [applause] vp pence: until then, i can promise you president trump is never going to stop fighting to keep his promises to the american people, and we will make america great again. [applause] vp pence: and we are moving forward.

let me say this to you, west virginia. if we can get the help of senator joe mansion and with the help of senator shirley capita, judge neil gorsuch will soon become justice neil gorsuch in america and the rule of law will be better for it. let me be clear. president trump and i are confident. the united states senate will confirm judge neil gorsuch one way or the other. it is great to be in west virginia. [ applause ] my friends, we've come to a pivotal moment in our nation's history. in this moment, i think we need every freedom loving america, all of you to speak out. take time as you've done today to come and be engaged and be involved. we need you to keep telling your neighbors here in west virginia, we can do better. that we're renewing and restoring this country. that we can put america back on a path to a brighter future. and this i know we will do. because i have faith. you know, over the mantle of our home since my first run for office back in the year 2000, there's been a framed copy of a verse from the good boo

hr 610 makes my heart hurt for our kids and west virginia. education is there hope for breaking the cycle of poverty. our kids will be unhealthy and uneducated. what will you do to fight for health care for our kids and the fight for public education? >> that is the crooks of everything. when betsy devos came in, she's a fine woman. betsy, education and west virginia is more than reading, writing and arithmetic. they getace where their health care. there is so much more to public education. she passed the three test. when it comes to turning down andpublic education system a person who has never been involved in that process or kids who have never been involved. that's all. and i told her it's not personal. i can tell you on that. a head start. money morning that more towards early childhood. we had energy express. i will share one quick story with you. i go to your schools, your kids schools, i was -- go to the cafeteria first. i was down in southern west virginia. the cook was crying. you crying yet she said these little kids are going to g

macau county, reports county has a history of rate of suicide in west virginia and west virginia's population has a 50% higher rate of suicide that could tear to her country's average. that is not a coincidence. poverty is a death sentence. what i heard you say on thursday's town hall in arston is even though your second top donor is your daughter's pharmaceutical company, we are to believe that you are not beholden to and do not work in her favor. you even admitted that while west virginians are dying daily from suicide and drug overdose, your daughter is one of those is grossly overpaid in the industry. if you truly don't work in the favor of your donors, why are you pushing so many opiate related bills. i urge you with medical marijuana in charleston say never wants to smoke marijuana for peace, love and whatever. for countless veterans, cancer patients and people living with chronic pain, being denied a safe, natural alternative to the pharmaceuticals that have poisoned every inch is not a laughing matter. with the impending repeal of the aca, thousands of west virginians losing access to

in virginia, most of the tobacco going over from virginia is sweet scented. great question. so what happens? one thing is that as the supplies of tobacco in england become more scarce, the price spread between the price given for tobacco in the chesapeake and the price given for tobacco in england grows ever larger. you see here how small it is in the 1660's, 1670's, but then we get to the war years and it starts to grow. so this is important. whoever gets their crop to market in wartime stands to make a killing. this is important. very crucially important for a number of reasons. a couple of things happen as a result of this. a notable consolidation and one, growth in the number of large firms importing tobacco in the chesapeake. you see here that they account for 65% of the imported total into london in 1686. this list has grown larger in 1697, but now they account for 77% of tobacco coming into england. even though this list has grown larger, most of that is coming from smaller importers being eliminated. it is being consolidated on the english end, which given what i sai

west virginia will have one in every community. the penny will roduce 1.5-two $.5 billion a year. -- $1.5-$2.5 billion. opioid addiction doesn't care. it is a silent killer because we do not say anything. what we re saying is that this would give us the money to fund it. or the first time, people with mental health disorders are getting help now. we're taking that away immediately. we are back to square one. i get a person with an addiction. i talk to people web been addicted and have had their lives ruined. they are thankful to be alive and say that they want to get cheered. there is a recovery house. they have an xcellent group of doctors in their town and community. they have a school treating from onception to birth and all the way through. we get them at the tail end, after they have been addicted. they go home to an addicted lifestyle and repeat. this is all inclusive. the other thing is that they will not stay in treatment because they cannot get rid of the conviction. they have the felony on their hands. we have a bill that

and west virginia knows this better than most. it's heartbreaking to say it last year alone obamacare premiums here in west virginia spiked by a stunning 32%. over 40% of the state doesn't have any choice of an insurance provider on the obamacare exchange. west virginians and president trump, we all know the truth about this failed law, that every day obamacare survives is another day that america suffers. that's why the president worked tirelessly over the last several weeks to get congress to repeal and replace obamacare. you saw his resolve to work with whoever he needed to work with, to call whoever he needed to call to get our plan across the finish line this week on capitol hill. i gotta tell you, i was inspired by president trump's determination and commitment to keep his promise to the american people. [applause] and the president and i are grateful for speaker paul ryan and all the house republicans who stood with us in this effort to begin the end of obamacare. but as we all learned yesterday, congress just wasn't ready.

didn't matter that i was a public school kid greg up in west virginia west virginia. my mother made darn certain that i, my brother and sister, would work our tails off in school. that enabled somebody who work as midnight manager and on a beer truck in college to have the drive and also the sense of certainty to have enough confidence to sort of go out there and become an entrepreneur which is michigan i -- which is something i did to get involved in politics and government, which is something that i did. so it started with her. the road after college started as an inner city school teacher, and then entrepreneurship and then got involved in politics working on president barack obama's first presidential campaign. >> host: what did you dethe state department. >> guest: i worked for hillary clinton as the -- the title was senior advise for innovation. focused the intersection of technology and foreign policy. i did not innovate her e-mail. that was somebody else. i was not like the i.t. guy. my focus was really on addressing really nasty foreign policy challenges, and

now c-span and book tv have attended the virginia festival of the book since its beginning covering panels on history, pub lib policy, publishing, economics and more throughout the years. you can watch all of those programs on our website at booktv.org. now, in about hon hour we will be back for more live coverage, that will be an author discussion on civil protest. [inaudible conversations] >> hold your hand on the family bible and repeat after me, i -- >> lawrence douglas. >> do solemnly swear that i will support the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the common wealth of virginia and that i will faithfully and impartially discharge all of the duties incumbent upon me as governor of virginia according to the best of my ability so help you you god. congratulations. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. >> great moment. >> how did you know you we wanted to get into politics. >> i didn't want to get into politics because i didn't wanting to around smiling and begging for votes and asking for money and i thought, politics is what i would call unrepresentative of people b

thank you west virginia. it is the greatest privilege of my life to be vice president to president donald trump. president trump is my friend. he loves his family, he loves this country with boundless energy. optimism. curbi courage and determination. and let's me be clear on one thing. president trump is going to be the best friend might be small business will ever have. that is why he picked linda mcmahon to lead the small business administration. isn't she amazing? she started at titan sports and they biuilt it into an international enterprise, the wwe. any fan in the house? i'm one. now she's bringing that great business experience to help small businesses across america grow and thrive. you know, linda, we're grateful for your leadership. but maybe we could have used a few of your wwe superstars on capitol hill yesterday. with linda at the sb we're listening listening to small business owners. like many with us today. would you join me in thanking all the great small business owners who are gathered here

he spent about nine days in west virginia. he thought it was horrible and did not find what he was looking for. he spent most of the time in eastern tennessee and north carolina. there he finds an extraordinary repository of old ballads that he believed had been passed down from generation to generation and survived in the mountains in isolation. what i want to convey to you is that when he went to appalachia, he was searching for something. he was looking for england enshrined in amber. preserved. he was not necessarily curious about appalachian culture. he did not care about the orture of african-americans italian-american immigrants. he was looking for english culture as it was preserved in the mountains. that is what he found. he was looking for very specific reasons. he was looking to take those ads and reimport them to the mother country as a way of reforming the working classes. it is arguable, but some believe that he had even been hoping that such a move would cause a proletarian revolution. but nonetheless that is wh

the affordable care act also in west virginia, to lose that would devastate west virginia.will have people making the decision whether or not they are going to eat or they're going to have health care and we have doctors that know this, people who are influential enough to say out in public that we need to not do away with the affordable care act but we need to fix it. >> so let me ask you the same question. you got your -- you're back in the mines so you're happy personally where things are headed. >> uh-huh. >> how much have you been paying attention to this president and how encouraged do you feel about the direction that things are going? >> i pay quite a bit of attention to it. there's a lot of protesting. i don't know a lot of about politics and i don't know what donald trump is going to do for the rest of the country. but as far as west virginia, that's what he promised us. you know, that's what matters to me because i'm a west virginian. only because what he said, he's going to help put coal miners back to work and health care, we need health care. everybody in this

the affordable care act also in west virginia, to lose that would devastate west virginia.ecision whether or not they are going to eat or they're going to have health care and we have doctors that know this, people who are influential enough to say out in public that we need to not do away with the affordable care act but we need to fix it. >> so let me ask you the same question. you got your -- you're back in the minus so you're probably feeling good about where things are headed. >> uh-huh. >> how much have you been paying attention to this president and how encouraged do you feel about the direction that things are going? >> i pay quite a bit of attention to it. there's a lot of protesting. i don't know a lot of about politics and i don't know what donald trump is going to do for the rest of the country. but as far as west virginia, that's what he promised us. you know, that's what matters to me because i'm a west virginian. i'm proud to be a west virginian. i voted for him only solely because he said he was going to help us. he's going to help put coal miners back to wo

the affordable care act also in west virginia, to lose that would devastate west virginia.ave people making the decision whether or not they are going to eat or they're going to have health care and we have doctors that know this, people who are influential enough to say out in public that we need to not do away with the affordable care act but we need to fix it. >> so let me ask you the same question. you got your back in t-- you're the mines so you're happy personally where things are headed. >> uh-huh. >> how much have you been paying attention to this president and how encouraged do you feel about the direction that things are going? >> i pay quite a bit of attention to it. there's a lot of protesting. i don't know a lot of about politics and i don't know what donald trump is going to do for the rest of the country. but as far as west virginia, that's what he promised us. you know, that's what matters to me because i'm a west virginian. only because what he said, he's going to help put coal miners back to work and health care, we need health care. everybody in this room

southwest virginia? but he did. it was an awakening experience, and it reinforced my belief that howdon't judge people by they walk or talk. i was raised to believe that we are the same people, we just need to see more of it. there are more things that connect us and unite us then divide us. we should understand that. >> where do think this disconnect comes from? >> there are so many places you could put it. there are many people who want government to be professional, politics to be professional. abraham lincoln, for the people, by the people. i think it comes from overvaluing the estimation of those who serve as pundits and how they totally missed this lacks election -- this last election, and still have not recovered from it. you just can't say, look, we did not get this right. what is it that you did not get right? anybody who takes a poll every day to find out what is going on , that's not the name of what america is. where we are today is a reset period. bernie sanders was sitting on the left, but

this was virginia. and there were the virginia gentleman. civility. you may think it and you may feel it but you dare not say it because it is uncivil. so it was not said. while, i got something like -- why did you come here? but for the most part -- and i remember, meanwhile, they didn't know if i bought into it. when martin luther king was assassinated, i was in law school. no one said a word. not a student. not a professor. no one. not one word. nothing. and at the end of the day i went to the other black person in class and i said, do they know? of course they knew. of course they knew. many of them are thinking -- he asked for it. they didn't say that but they were thinking it. you could feel it. i would say, i know where i am. that is an example. but, if i had to do it all over again, i would. -- i took ainia chance on virginia, by coming here. and they also took a chance on me. they didn't know me. i think being in the peace corps helped by coming to virginia because it made them think well, she has seen something of the world. of thed to break

all snow in west virginia. the combination starts to take place from gaithersburg south down into southern maryland. this is all rain now across calvert and st. mary's county but you can see the combination of rain, sleet and snow now across most of the capitol beltway. the red here is the combination of sleet all the blue here, that's all in the form of snow and it keeps that little sliver of a combination right on the i-95 corridor here during the morning hours as the storm pulls tafartr away it will drain more cold air in. so we should go back over to light snow and snow showers during the afternoon hours. not looking for a lot of accumulation. the real issue will be the refreeze tonight into tomorrow morning so expect more delays and closures for school districts on your wednesday morning as well. we stay awfully cold here for the remainder of the week moderating by friday and another chance for rain with 50s on saturday. we'll show you the storm team 4 radar again here in just a second. for now let's go to

he was the senator from virginia in 2007.at, elected he is a prolific author. one of his best known works is this look. it was a national bestseller. in northern island it gained a lot of currency and was popular there as well. in a nutshell, senator webb's and said the warrior ethic individualistic impulse of scots irish shaped working-class culture and military politics in america. they did find a sizable audience and insured that he secured the support of voters in the southern district of virginia in 2007. if you are asking yourself this all seems abstract and some are trying to claim the scots irish identity. thatnews article is proof senator webb was able to secure support in areas that had long ceased since best long since ceased to be democratic. he partly did so because his stump speech was littered with references to the scots irish. the term scots irish, though used periodically during the who century for those migrated in the thousands to appalachia achieved widespread usage in the united states only in the early decade of the 19th century. was a lo

maryland, virginia, virginia tech, bcu, west virginia and mt. st. mary's posts those teams have been putting up on social media. .relaxing to prepare, some putting in that extra work already. >> don't forget to fill in your brackets. some places will give you until noon today. the first game featuring one of those teams we listed, virginia playing at 12:40 this around. the terps play just before 7:00 tonight. when you're on the court, you have to not think. you've been playing basketball all your life. this is another game just like you're in third grade, just out there having fun. >> third grade. maryland and virginia are both playing in the first round. follow carol maloney. go terps, please don't break my heart in the first round. >> chuck, the weather. >> any chances for blooming at the basin probably being pretty badly hurt by the then the cold snap. we had the blooms come out early and then go away in 1990 before what turned into snow. four days, 80 or higher, march 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 of 1990. the earliest peak bloom on record, march 16th of t

>>> virginia s to get a firsthand look at the ongoing safe track repairs. concerned about proposed cuts in transportation funding if president trump's budget is approved. news4's mark segraves just spoke with senator kaine. he's live at the king street station in alexandria. >> reporter: as you said, he came here to look at safe track work. but the conversation was all about budget and president trump's proposal to cut 13% out of transportation funding. as you said, he wanted to come here to the king street station to get an up close look at that work that's been ongoing. virginia senator tim kaine showed up here today at the king street station and toured the platform with the general manager. he donned a hard hat and yellow vest so he could get up close and personal to the track workers who are still working here. both he and paul wiedefeld talked president trump's proposed budget cuts. also, whether or not congress will fulfill its commitment for $150 million a year to fund metro. we talked to senator kaine while he was riding the metro train today. we a

up to northern virginia. could be eight to 12, so i declared a state of emergency to begin to move the equipment around. we now have deployed about 7800 pieces of equipment. 8600 personnel. got news is we've pretreating begin sunday at noon, we had trucks on the state roa and we're ready to go. it's going to be a very heavy wet snow we're being told. which means power outages, the one thing i implore on everybody, please stay off the roads. we cannot move the equipment around with the heavy snow if cars are stuck in the road. it's going to be a lot of hard work and plowing. we have pretreated. ready to go. it's going to be a major storm. going to start at 10:00. they tell us be over by about 8:00 or 9:00 in the morning, we have a goal in virginia. every state road passable within 48 hours, that's what we strive to do. keep your cars off the road. we got the equipment the personnel. ready to go. >> i feel like we hear this from the governor every time we have a snow storm. it's common sense but you got to ment

electi we're in virginia. virgnia.de you decide you wantcit to run for the big office.ffice. >> i ran back in 07. 7. i've been in the senate for six years. i've a physician and was w frustrated with what we were wee dealing with with insurance insu companies they were dictatingeyi how we practictce medicine so ii said i can either sit on thet o sidelines or get in there andorg make a difference and i ranet in 07, ran again in 11 and ranra for lieutenant governor innant r 2013 and here we are.no and her. >> so you've been at this for >> yeah, about 10 years.bout 10r >> how has virginia politics -- has it evolved,eo stayed the same? what havee you seesan.me >> there have been a lot of challenges. if you talk to the averagege virginian they want job theyjb can support themselves and their family with.esthei they want accesr smi to affordae and quality healthcare.ealt they want to know theirnow children have access to a toa world class education systemste and they want to live in safe se communities. that's what we've foug

virginia the laws are so little i can give guns away. >> that the a police-recorded called of a suspect walker bragging about easily buying guns in virginia. >> this is laurie. >> this is horrifying to people but not surprising to me. >> her daughter emily was shot and survived the massacre at virginia tech in 2007. after hearing that this gun bust, the biggest in history rooted in virginia, she had one thought. >> the weak gun laws in virginia allow crime guns to be trafficked to other state. >> 22 people arrested. 22 from virginia. >> thatry accused of -- they are accused of trafficking 217 gun bought in the richmond and the hampton road area sold in brooklyn. >> mark herring says the case makes it clear, republican controlled legislature in richmond needs to pass stricter gun laws. >> this is the kind of the situation that legislators and motivate them and move them to take action. >> the more laws punish the law abiding gun owners. not criminals. >> if someone has criminal intent, they will buy the gun or get the gun whichever way they want to. dispose of it illegally. >> in mclean,

i had people in virginia was first state to have a legislative holiday for martin luther king. took me eight years to get it. i got it passed in the senate, the house would kill it. i would get it passed in the senate and the governor would veto it and it passed in the house and the senate and that process went on. see, when you are changing the constitution you have to wait until a brand-new election of the full body comes in. ththat's why it took eight year. many of the people who voted against the measure came to be patrons of the bill and helped me to get it passed and so it's that single experience showed me that as hard it is to understand virginia of all places being the first state to have a legislative holiday for martin luther king, if that can happen, all of the things could too. >> can we talk about when chuck came to you to try and rally the -- >> rob. >> rob, sorry. the minority vote. what was your reaction when he came to you asking that? >> well, i helped him to get to be elected lieutenant governor and that was done relative to showing that he could bring a cha

it seems to be feast or famine for some crops in northern virginia. last year was a banner year for strawberries after the spring rain. this weekend's cold that doug talked about could prove devastating. richard reeve is live with a tale of two crops, right, rich richard: it is. we are in leesburg. take a look at the vines. the 70-degree temperatures and some are trying to bud. we have a big cold snap coming for another crop, it will spell trouble. >> the farmers are fearful. we are eternal gamblers. richard: this means uncertainty at the farm field and the vineyards. >> worry for me as a farmer, the differential in the temperatures. richard: strawberry farmer tyler is scrambling to protect the 15 acres of plants using plastic to shelter them. nearby row covers, blankets, to cover up the plants giving an 8 to 10 degrees of protection. if it's low teens he can put ice over the plant to protect the berries it's a shock adjustment to them. they are actively growing, faster than normal because of the warm weather. tomorrow they will be in a world o hurt.

we went to west virginia to investigate. this is kermit, west virginia, population just under 400. and this was the save-rite pharmacy in kermit, where at least nine million opioid painkillers were shipped in just two years. nine million. that's the equivalent of over 22,000 pills for every person in town. people came from all over the region to get drugs in kermit. >> a lot of traffic from different states where people are getting and getting their prescription filled because they heard this was an easy place to get it fill sod this is where they came to. >> those drugs didn't come over the boarder from mexico. they were manufactured by american firms, prescribed by american doctors and sent to pharmacies by american drug wholesalers or distributors. some of the nation's biggest companies. >> you have those rogue doctors prescribing incredible numbers of opioids. you have the pharmacies dispensing large numbers of oxycontin and hydrocodone and then you have the drug wholesalers which are shipping from the manufacturers to the pharmacies. >> tommy priest has lived in kermit his who

here's the wind advisories surrounding the direct, all of maryland, much of northern virginia. windy and colder the today. you'll want the warm jacket as we head out. even warmer jacket as we go into tomorrow morning. but let's take a look at the bus stop forecast today. good morning, lauren. >> good morning, sheena. those kids are waiting at the bus stop, they might not want to wait out there too long for the first time in a while. we're talking about windchill webs yes. that temperature in the 40s right now, some areas in the 50s. but that wind is so strong, it makes it feel more like the 30s. so if those kids are out and about, as sheena said, a warm jacket. might want to go ahead and put a hat, maybe some gloves on. temperatures are going to warm up, but the wind is not going anywhere. we had showers pass through last night, but we are getting sunshine that will help waurms upit unfortunately those winds are here to stay. we're going to talk about snow showers. that could be on tap for tomorrow morning. so we'll talk about that in just a little bit. >>> you know everybody i

virginia is the largest state. it has 12 times the population of delaware. there are ten virginia representatives but in the electoral college, you add your senators to your house members which means there are 12 electors from virginia and three from delaware. that is a 4 - 1 advantage rather than a ten team at one advantage. the small states like that in the slaves states like that because their house numbers include the number of slaves for the three fifths rule and there's some other complications worked in there. the only way to defend it today, the electoral college, first of all the indirect election doesn't work that way. we now have up popular election to choose delegates, but in terms, basically what the electoral college does is give voters in wyoming four times the power of california. california has 55 electoral votes, wyoming has three. that's about an 18 - 1 disparity but california has 70 times the population of wyoming and unless you can have a good account for why wyoming voters are a discriminated minority that deserve enhanced power in the

northern virginia restaurant week starts today.ozens of restaurants in prince william, loudoun and arlington counties will be offering special three course menus. you can find a list of restaurants taking part over in the nbc washington app. >>> despite a set back last week because of the snow and ice, the cherry blossoms festival is off and running. a lot of folks turned out for the official kickoff over the weekend. they turned out despite the cold worries that the cherry blossoms were gone for good. search cherry blossoms specials in the nbc washington app. >> those poor blossoms probably didn't know what hit them. 70 one day and 20 the next. >> we've got a roller coaster coming in here over the next couple of days too. temperatures going down again. the good news is we're going to get below freezing but that 27 degree threshold, we're going to stay just above that, i'm hoping. right now i'm going for 28 on thursday morning. looks like this could be the last real cold shot. after that our pattern really does tend to shift to som

and most of virginia. metro area and much of maryland. this is in effect until 5:00 p.m. we could get up to 70-mile-per-hour wind gusts that would cause likely power outages scattered across the region this afternoon and those storms are going to continue to advance off to our region here from the west. live tower camera showing breaks in the cloud cover right now. storm team 4 radar showing this line. a lot of lightning with it as well coming across west virginia. the hour by hour timing, by 2:00 this afternoon, storms, frederick, northern montgomery and southern loudoun into falkier and prince william county. between 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. coming right into the metro area, northern and western suburbs along the 95 corridor from baltimore down into central virginia. then by 3:00 to 4:00 p.m., it advance east of the metro area, continues to track off to the south and east and will then start to break up and dissipate by later this afternoon. some of the computer models are showing it maybe a little slower and m

the gentleman from virginia. mr. scott: mr. speaker, i yield four minutes to the gentleman from new york, mr. espaillat. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman virginia tech. mr. espaillat: thank you, mr. speaker. ranking member mr. scott for yielding. i rise today in opposition to h.r. 1101, the small business fairness act. mr. chairman, the concept of association health plans hhps is nothing new. versions of this bill have been around for many years. they don't work. currently h.p.s. are regulated by the states. ensuring the ability to protect consumers. h.r. 1101, however, would yank association health plans from the realm of the state oversight by federally certifying them and holding them to few if any regulatory requirements. this would strip the states of the ability and fidelity to regulate beneficiary protections that exist to protect their citizens. federally certifying ahps will allow selective choice of which benefits are provided and which persons can enroll. this is a complete and total disservice to all individua

how about george mason university, the university of virginia, virginia tech? so we have some horsepower in this state that can tackle some of those problems. and by the way, i will bet that every single governor at this table has similar stories to tell. there are academic institutions, we should challenge them to work on that problem. now, if i'm going to speak in general terms about how to solve this problem, there is a generic formula for dealing with this kind of situation. first, nostrum. if you can find a technical solution that prevents the problem from happening, use it. the probably, of course, is that there are not always technical solutions to these problems. so what's the next thing you do? well, i'm going to call it post-hawk enforcement. it basically says, if we catch you doing this stuff, there will be consequences. we won't catch everybody, but at the very least we need law enforcement and the judicial system to say, if we capture you, there will be consequences. then there's the third mechanism. i'll call it moral persuasion. it's just wrong.

we went to west virginia to investigate. this is kermit, west virginia, population just under 400.ite pharmacy in kermit, where at least nine million opioid painkillers were shipped in just two years. nine million. that's the equivalent of over 22,000 pills for every person in town. people came from all over the region to get drugs in kermit. >> a lot of traffic from different states where people are getting and getting their prescription filled because they heard this was an easy place to get it fill sod this is where they came to. >> those drugs didn't come over the boarder from mexico. they were manufactured by american firms, prescribed by american doctors and sent to pharmacies by american drug wholesalers or distributors. some of the nation's biggest companies. >> you have those rogue doctors prescribing incredible numbers of opioids. you have the pharmacies dispensing large numbers of oxycontin and hydrocodone and then you have the drug wholesalers which are shipping from the manufacturers to the pharmacies. >> tommy priest has lived in kermit his whole life. he served on th

murphy: west virginia? dr. houry: i did a site visit myself in west virginia. we've been working with eight states to look at the prescription monitoring prrams. 18 states have adopted or implemented aspects of the guidelines to help with safer prescribing in their states. and we are starting to see significant improvements. you see things like kentucky through our c.d.c. funding. they have an alert for high morphine equivalent to make sure people are getting safer prescriptions. mr. murphy: thank you. mr. cassidy, you are recognized -- you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you. it's an important issue because it's an important fight for our communities. obviously the law enforcement piece and figuring out how we can stop the enter into our country of the components of fentanyl is very important. ms. schakowsky: i want to say, again, and it's been said many times before, this is also a very serious health issue. and to my republican colleagues, as we face this vote that's coming up on thursday, we have to recognize the importance of the medicaid program

and northern virginia.e bulk of the heavier snow, northern maryland and northeastern parts of maryland. 3, 4, 5 inches possible in the immediate metro area. some roads impassable before the plows get to them. we may get scattered power annuals, li tages. we'll get some strong gusty winds on tuesday afternoon after the snow ends that may cause some scattered power outages. all dry on storm team 4 radar. no snow anywhere in the vicinity. the storm itself is still way out in the upper plains and getting and starting to form itself along the atlantic seaboard late on monday. by 10:00, near the freezing mark. still windchills in the 20s with light breezes. light breezes through the afternoon with lots of sunshine, 2 to 6 p.m. bright moon this evening, by 10:00, back down to the upper 30s. hour by hour timing, 7:00 p.m. monday, the area in green may come in as some rain. just to our south, but then to cold air in place further north and changes over to snow by 8:00 to 9:00 p.m. on monday. really won't see a lot o

elected for the state of west virginia in 2012.s been one of the most active attorney generals in the country fighting federal overreach by filing lawsuits and submitting briefs before the u.s. supreme courts on a number of issues including protecting the second amendment and defending state jobs and our valuable energy resources. let's welcome attorney general morrissey. and last but not least, a fellow floridean, mary thomas. she was a 2016 republican conservative candidate who sought election to the u.s. house of representatives to represent the second congressional district of florida. and she is also a member of the nrcc's young guns program in 2016 and also a lawyer and we are so glad to have mary thomas with us today. so to start, i will ask each of you, what made you a conservative? we will start with you affie. >> sure. my parents are both navajo and they grew up on the reservation. they were at a boarding school in utah where they were taught trade skills and afterward my dad learned how to well and he got a job in jackso

the virginia kcavaliers are playing a five see the d in the region. and the terrapins are taking on xavier. we talked to the terps head coach. >> we are thrilled to be picked sixth. >> yet you put your hands to the face. >> i was getting ready to fall down. i jumped up. i'm getting hold. >> come on, coach. maryland plays xavier on thursday. he's being measured, because he w wants to save the excitement for the game. >> the maryland women also looking forward to the ncaa women's tournament. that bracket selection is tonight. the lady terps are one of the best teams in the country. >> they have momentum into. >>> 6:09, here's something else to celebrate. a d.c. celebrity ringing in a triple digit birthday. she'll have high-profile help. >>> and the snow is coming. >> y you have all day today to get done what you need to get done, whether that's going to the store, filling up the generator with gasoline. you have until after the sun goes down tonight to get it done. get it done today. rain, changing over to snow overnight tonight and early tomorrow. shou

in kentucky and west virginia. >> i remember a meeting in virginia is a lovely town that can be a group to look at this issue several months ago. our initiative is a grant program to look at demonstration to improve the public health infrastructure and determine how good a job that will do to address the crisis in rural parts of the country. the commission will be go find in this along with the cdc and others taking the lead on it. >> we appreciate it. it's a significant problem. one of the issues that we need to look at is whether or not the folks started off because of the higher a for disabilities as well people have done a lot of manual work and they get a prescription and then they get hooked. doctor, you indicated in ohio that 62% of the people who died from heroin or fentanyl had come in the last seven years had a prescription drug for an opiate. can you tell us more? >> we've seen this in many states, like in rhode island a third of the people who had overdosed on fentanyl had an opiate prescription within three months and a third of those had a high dose opiate prescription sur

there are already three similar centers in virginia. amazon hasn't announced when this new center will open. >>> it began as a break-in, police think, but spiralled into something more and much worse. a look at the damage inside a local family's home and why some say it should be investigated as a bias crime. >>> coming up on news4, new information, what the father new before he rea his d >>> not much of a chance to try out our umbrellas. >> no, a brief break if anything. >> i got a weather term for you. ready for this? >> yeah. >> tell all your friends -- chris, you just went, yeah. >> let me try to muster more enthusiasm. >> i knew you couldn't wait for this part of the show. i want to show you what's going on. we got the clouds, we also have kor puskular rays, raies from the sun. you can see them. that's my name! see right there. you got the rays coming th those are called kor puskular rays. >> krep uskular or corp uskular? >> krep uskular. it looks like a beam of light going all the way down. >> they're also in the blood stream. >>

mary. >> and prince george county and virginia loud con county and mannasas park city and orange count a and page countery prince william, happen ahan ak. stafford anwaren and winchester city school clothesed. >> west virginia brant county school on two hour delay and hardy and brkly and hampshire and jefferson and morgan county schools are closed. >> they're also on "fox5"news d.c.. we have heard from prince george county government opening 11 a.m. country government and prince george county opening 11 a.m. and montgomery country government is closed. >> michael thomas. what's >> i'm hearing prince george county county schools are closed in my ear and calvert county double check with me but two hour lay it for calvert county they're telling me. there with he go. prince george county county schools closed and 3 out in d.c. right now. it's looking looking winter wonder loond in the background more messy. we have sleet, snow mixing in here and there and winds gusting north 20 to 18 and here in washington temperatures matter often north and west gaithersburg 7 and frederick 8 and west min

we've had enough in virginia. we need answers to metro, we have to make sure the system is safe and reliable. and there's been too much conflict and information coming out. yesterday we decided that we were going to go out and ask for an independent review from someone -- a noninterested party outside. so i called secretary lahood who served four years as secretary of transportation and republican member from illinois and said i wanltd you to come in and i want management and look how we're spending our money and know our governance. pu community, independent review, not interested top to bottom review. we're losing our funding next year which is $150 million from the federal government. the feds are not interested in reauthorizing this money until they know what we're doing we need to do at the local level and reached out to mayor bouser and hogan. i've been able to speak to governor hogan, 100% in. if you want to help pay for it, great, we're going forward by the end of the year i want recommendations, we keep g

in virginia, fairfax county. prince william's county, loudoun county, manassas city and manassas park city public schools are all closed tomorrow. in maryland, montgomery county, anne arundel, howard county and frederick county public schools closed. georgetown university, george mason and the university of maryland at college park and baltimore county also closed. dc public schools say they will have a decision by 5:00 a.m. and the office of personnel management says it will make a decision whether or not the government will be open by 4:00 a.m. . >>> fox 5 has a team of reporters on snow patrol. le a live look at the latest track of the storm. >>> everything does seem to be on track. we expected to start seeing enough snow developing around 9:00 tonight. it might cover the grass in some areas and that's exactly what we're seeing. you're seeing snow here in the purple shade and the darker purple indicates a little bit of heavier snow. we got some of that coming through dc right now. you can see down 95 toward th

also in west virginia berkeley county schools are now closed.ampshire .morgan county schools are on a two-hour delay in merrell. washington county schools are on