commencement address to the class of virginia tech. she always prepared. she would go over her speech a dozen times before giving it. that is just going over the notes before giving the speech. >> how often worry with the first lady? -- were you with first lady? >> we had a system in our office. amanda was the first lady's photographer. pete liked us to rotate. every third week i would cover the first lady. this is one of her trips to london. her big initiative was always girls. she had just given a speech. she is known as the hugger in chief, so she hugs everybody. >> this is the transition meeting that happens after every

what arehey doingere with virginia tech and hra?, all the students here are getting a lot of hands-on experience handling animals and eing surgery and anesthesia with them andmining them, really just trying to g their hands in and doing this prior to graduation so they are more comfortable when they leave and beme a full-time veterinarian. >> you see them working backth e on this handsome guy and as we go through, you know, the year forward, what is this doing for the hue minrescue lines? >> well, through this program 're able to extend our surgical services to see more of our community's patients. we're able to do a couple more dogs a day and that really absolutely helps our community get more of their animals spayed and neutered. it's really rough to get into placed and get the animals sterilized and this is a real opportunity for our communities to have more options. >> that's awesome. you have more people working he here during t spaying and neutering. it's a vet clinic, and now we have moreneople coming i able to get appointmen

it's right near virginia tech.ki fans, if you went to virginia tech, you know what i'm lking about. no one got to work. >> i would never get to work, either. i'm not se about floating down the potomac. >> they have to cancel stretches of ara on, i'm just saying. >>> another 90-degree day yesterday. we're stacking them on quick. we've had seven90-degree days in the first 11 days of july. today, likely note to in the 90s. and tomorrow, will also stay below 90 degrees. however, comma, by the weekend, it will be hot and back in the 90s again. humidity levels, as you're ready to get outside the door this morning, you'll notice it's not all that bad. there's a break coming tomorrow, in additiono staying in the 80s for temperatures today and tomorrow, tomorrow, the dew points are back in the 5. the dew point is a measurer of theurtemper we get toward the weekend, our dew point will be back above 70 degrees. that's when you start to really feel it. outside, on a quiet thursday rning, quite the flare-up of thunderstorms, just down to our south across tide water and the outer banks of north c

virginia tech disinvited a conservative african-american speaker because he had written on race issues and they worried about protests. it might disrupt the event. this is not in the great tradition of america. these trends are very disturbing. far too many schools are complicit to prevent genuine debate and engagement with ideas. through things such as trigger warnings about micro-aggression. they have -- faith spaces, offshore exams, therapy goes, grade inflation. many schools are coddling on people and actively preventing them from scrutinizing the validity of their beliefs and the issues of the day. that is the exact opposite of what we expect of our universities and this country. after the 2016 elections, for example, they found a cry in at cornell -- i hope they had plenty of tissues for them. [ laughter ] they had therapy dogs at the university of kansas and play-doh and coloring books at the great university of michigan. for heaven sakes. i thought that was, give me a break. students at tufts were encouraged to draw out their feelings. i can tell this group isn't going to have

indeed, the crackdown on speech --mpted a group --iversity, virginia tech just invited a conservativefrican-american speaker because he had written on race issues and they were worried that protest might disrupt the event. greats not in the tradition of america. these trends are disturbing. far too many schools are complicit in the effort to prevent genuine debate and engagement through things such as trigger warnings about micro-aggressions. they have cry closets. save spaces. spaces. grade inflations. too many schools are coddling young people and preventing them from scrutinizing their beliefs and the issues of the day. opposite ofexact what we expect from our universities in this happening. after the 2016 election, they held a cry-an act cornell. bcry-in atd a cornell. i hope they had plenty of tissues. they had crayola's. they had coloring books. students were encouraged to draw out their feelings. i can tell this group is not going to have to have play-doh when you get attacked in college when you get involved in a debate. you were going to stand up and defend yourselves and the

l birth probably a stil and we have letters donated to read and pound others at virginia tech. >> yes. >> those were helpful. to his e are letters brother and other information er ofhere are a decent numb letters outside of the diary. 98% of what ti is the book is comprised of. >> yes. descendantsliving f the greshham family or slave families? >> the slave families i don't know. the dpreshham family, yes. facebook.ve a page on and we've become friends with a on there.them they're very interested in the book. ocial media connected some quickly. and there is a with them.ateral >> are what i have seen this is tensive but if you're familiar, how do you compare and contrast? a lot more detailed vote. are other women that they didn't have perspective he had. score. different on that illness on top of it. >> every day we talked about this. >> yes. read it and realize there is something else. it's medical. then, how he gives his mom life. and social history. he means x when he wrote y and z. and we explore that in the foot notes. it's a layered and deep journal by an educated young man. he on

senator john mccain photo shopped as the virginia tech shooter and for motoring an infamous video with nine eleven conspiracy theories saying that nine eleven was a hoax and when the past read has come under fire for her past homophobic posts she said that she was hacked but there was no evidence to prove it reads the lawyer even said that the f.b.i. investigation was underway m.s.n. b.c. or n.b.c. news have yet to comment on the latest post and some wonder if the lack of accountability is connected to the network's difficult past when it comes to women of color melissa harris perry was fired from m.s.n. b.c. in two thousand and sixteen after she claimed that there were racial motivations behind preemptions of her weekend program tamron hall was let go after n.b.c. hired former fox news anchor megan kelly which her show has bombed and that was a morning show that still exists and she gets paid what seventeen million a year and you may remember the emotional departure of the very successful and curry from the today show in two thousand and twelve for more we turn to legal media analyst

mark edwards from virginia tech, and the greatest health coalition, other pediatricians doctor reynolds. so many folks were part of the team. i used to think the pediatricians have a monopoly on taking care of children. we took an oath to protect children, and something that i learned from a story is people that look different venue and work in different professions also care about children. you have to find them and when you are together there is so much more that you can accomplish. >> guest: >> host: i think it's important to bring out the most recent but not just in cities like flint, but the nation's capital that had a crisis but also informed. it is unknown to anybody changing the disinfectant made the lot or more corrosive. mark edwards was a young scientist at the time it was brought in to be developed by there were so many copper pipes leaking so he tested the levels in the water in the dc plumbing but that was years after the crisis started and it went on for even longer so the crisis lasted longer and there was cover-up for lots of different agencies that we were able to do w

we found some others in virginia tech, i believe. those were extraordinarily helpful for what was going on on the plantation. the father would write some, thomas wrote some. there were a couple from leeward to his brother and some other information. there are a decent number of letters outside the diary, of the diary itself is 98% of what the book is comprised of. are there any living descendents of the family or any of the slave families? >> slave families, i do not know. the aggression family, yes. there are. and we hope to meet some of them later this week. >> they have a page on facebook and we have become friends with a couple of them on their and they are very interested in the book and social media connects everybody pretty quickly. eroy butescendents of l also some on thomas's side and minnie. >> first thing i thought of when i heard about this book was cherry berry in atlanta. kept a child who also diary and from what i have seen tonight, this is definitely more extensive but if you are familiar, how would you compare and co

the epa, mark edwards from virginia tech, the pastor, the activist and a greater flint coalition, other pediatricians, doctor reynolds, so many folks were part of this team. i think something that i learned is a you to think pediatricians had a monopoly on taking care of children. we literally took an oath to protect children. something that i learned from the story in this crisis is that people who look different thanu and vote different than you and work in different professions and you also care about children. and you just have to find it. they are there and get to find together and working together there so much more that you can accomplish. >> host: you mention mark edwards as one of the individuals who was involved with the d.c. crisis. it's important to bring out, flint is most recent but it's not just in cities like flint. it's a place like the nation's capital but also had an water crisis. also informed them you dealt with the flick crisis. how did that guide you? >> guest: absolute. in the early 2000s washington d.c. changed their treatment disinfectant in the water. they wen

upon graduation, she graduated from virginia tech university where she was a member. corps of cadets. regarded as an exceptional student athlete, member of our community, sarah's decision to serve our nation came as no surprise to those who knew her beth. her longtime friend, emily, had these amazing words about sarah in our local paper, the bucks county courier times. she was fearless in the pursuit of everything she wanted, never settling for anything less. sarah never left anyone behind. sarah's loyalty to her family, her fiance, her friends and her country was undeniable. she carried the burdens of others and helped every person she encountered who was in need. mr. speaker, may all of us use the legacy sarah left us as a guide to live in a way that exemplifies patriotism and courage and we send our deepest condoleness to sarah's fiance, dave collins, her parents, jack and betsy, siblings, kevin, christy, john, jillian. rise ur colleagues to for a moment of silence for an american hero. the speaker pro tempore: members will rise for a moment f silence. the chair wi

>> that was the first lady getting prepared for a commencement address to the class of virginia tech. she always prepared. she would go over her speech a dozen times before giving it. that is just going over the notes before giving the speech. we had a system in our office. was the first lady's photographer. pete liked us to rotate. every third week i would cover the first lady. trips tone of her london. her big initiative was always girls. the h -- she is in chief, sohugger she hugs everybody. is the transition meeting that happens after every election. president-elect obama meeting with president bush for the first time. this was right after the election in 2008. i had to make this picture with the remote camera mounted on the mantle of the fireplace. the iv creeping in. i was trying to hide the camera. i did it more as a backup. they only allowed me in the room. they really wanted to get down to business. they were looking at me like are you done yet? luckily, i had that camera as a backup. made twowalking out, i frames of them talking as the door closed. >> we are in the mansion i

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts virginia tech. mr. neal: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to compliment the previous speaker, my friend, mr. shimkus, on the notion of process. calling up the notion of process. so here we have had a debate where we have sparred for the better part of an hour and we're debating a topic on which there have been no hearings. let me guess, this is consistent with how the tax bill was done. incidentally, 51 days, without a hearing or without a witness. we're being asked to vote on something today, here, in which there's been no opportunity to place the magnifying glass of critical scrutiny on the proposal in front of us. the truth is what's in front of us is a question about the mood of congress. the mood of congress. i think all 435 of us could testify to what the mood of congress is right now. i tonight think that will be one of the more challenging events we would confront. the idea this is brought in front of the congress without any opportunity for anybody to exam the underlying legislation and the -- examine the underlying

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y" >>> i see the virginia tech alumni association out there.ke a celebrity, we have chloe grace more moretz. >> first on megyn kelly after your local news. this is my favorite. >> good for you. >> the one you don't like. >> enjoy. more for you then. i )m - -... breaking news: the bay area .. mourning the death of long time east bay >>> good morning. it's 8 :56. the bay area is mourning the death of longtime east bay congressman, later oakland mayor, ron dellums. serving an amazing 13 terms in the house of representatives from 1971 to 1998 representing oakland. after that, he worked for a time as a lobbyist. in 2007, was elected mayor of oakland where he served four years. in a statement, the current oakland congresswoman barbara lee called him a warrior and a statementsman. mayor libby shaf says the nation has lost a true american hero. ron dellums was 82 years old. we have a crew in oaklandreacti. you can learn more at nbcbayarea.com. firefighters updating the two major wildfires burning in northern california. you got the mendecino complex fi

>> that was the first lady getting prepared for a speech, commencement address to the class of virginia techyeah. so she was always prepared. she would go over a speech, you know, a dozen times before giving it and that's just going over the notes before giving the speech. >> how often were you with the first lady? >> so we had a system in our office, so pete was always with the president and amanda was the first lady's photographer, but pete liked us to rotate as well, so every third week i would cover the first lady. this is one of her trips to london and her big initiative was always girls, and she had just given a speech and she is known as the hugger in chief, so she hugs everybody. so this is the transition meeting which happens after every presidential election. the president elect, obama in this case, meeting with president bush for the first time. this is right after the election in november of 2008. and i had to actually -- i made this picture with a remote camera that i mounted on the mantle of the fireplace and you can see the ivy kind of creeping in, which i was trying to hide t

point of view to have tech jobs in west virginia and resented the fact that everybody is trying to move to silicon valley, and that's the representative in congress for silicon valley. so, winners here and losers nationally. we want to be the big winners, we attract the big demand. i think it's a supply and demand problem. you can put a call center work in west virginia and hope and opportunities, and maybe not behave the way they did in the last election, and problems, personal observation. i go back to where i come from in pennsylvania, and i hear the resentment and i hear all the time in west virginia, 30 miles away. a couple of the other issues, if we -- we are going to -- if we -- we have to figure out how to not have displacement, and i wish everybody could will their house to a non-profit and build affordable housing, it's going to take an awful lot of time. but, as i mentioned before, so many people in single-family homes are renters, not covered under rent control. there are portions of rent control that they are not covered under, but certainly not the price por

the speaker pro tempore: gentleman from massachusetts virginia tech. mr. mcgovern: i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. pursuant to clause 9 of rule 20, the chair will reduce to five minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on the question of adoption of the resolution. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 226. the nays are 183. the previous question is ordered. the question is on adoption of the resolution. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it

chad white is the owner of class tech cars in virginia. larryrry sent to its -- is testifying today on behalf of the national retail federation. is thetlett cleland chief strategy and innovation officer of the american legislative exchange council. the honorable kurt bramble is a member of the utah state senate and served as president of the national conference of state legislators. andrew moylan is a executive vice president of the national taxpayers union foundation. is a principal at multistate associates incorporated, and our final witness is andrew j pincus, a partner at mayor brown. urinary -- your written statements will be entered into the record. testimony be within five minutes. there is a timing light on your table. you have one minute when your light turns yellow. when the light turns red, time's up. we have eight of you on this hard, and we have worked to accommodate different viewpoints. we need you to help us with the enforcement of the rule. mr. norquist, you may begin. mr. norquist: thank you, mr. chairman, ranking member.

tech and innovation. when john f. kennedy went to west virginia, the famous picture of call miners championing medicine -- we went you to go to the moon, i believe technology will offer more choice in these places and in the best contrast to the pres. is a contrast of the past versus the future. >> thank you, representative. [applause] >> we close with closing remarks with congressman delaney, and paul weinstein, two minutes each just closing summary. one in charge and i say two, two minutes each and let's start with you, congressman. >> 70% of kids in the country live in a county where there is no upward economic mobility, jobs getting created hours than the jobs that used to exist. that is 70% of the kids yet last year 80% of inter-capital, the smart money went to 50 counties in this country, 1.6% of the counties. that in many ways is the root of the problem which is the world has changed, there has been enormous benefits for humankind and society in general but huge amounts of citizens whether they be in urban america or world america have been

tech and innovation. when john f. kennedy went to west virginia to coal miners, a famous picture of the coal miners chanting "mr. kennedy, we want you to go to the moon," i believe technology actually offered more choice, more opportunity in these places, and the best contrast to the president is a contrast of the past versus the future. we're going to bring the future to these communities to give them more choice so their kids are going to have more opportunity in the 21st century. thank you. >> thank you, representative. [ applause ] we're going to close our panel with closing remarks from congressman delaney and kim and paul, and paul weinstein. just two minutes each. just closing, kind of summary. will says one, but i am in charge, so i say two. two minutes each. and let's start with you, congressman. >> so 70% of the kids in this country live in a county where there's no evidence of any upward economic mobility. that means the jobs getting created are worse than the jobs that used to exist. that's 70% of the kids. yet last year, 80% of the pr

tech heavy. amazon all seeing declines today. >> medicare for all would require a significant tax increase. libertarian policy institute in virginia the latest plan by vermont senator bernie sanders. the group says it would raise government healthcare spending by $76 trillion. the study did find medicare for all would deliver significant saving on drug costs but increase demand for care. the building where fantasy studios is located has reportedly been sold. many bay area favorites have recorded at the studio cluing green day according to an email, the studio is going to be closing doors on september 15th. >>> still ahead, nearly a thousand structures destroyed and 5,000 still threatened a. the break, a live report from redding where firefighters are continuing to battle ther fire. >>> a triple shooting outside an applebee's restaurant. now a homicide investigation is underway. what a store cleeshg nesh had to say. my name is jamir dixon and i'm a locafor pg&e.rk fieldman most people in the community recognize the blue trucks as pg&e. my truck is something new... it's an 811 truck. when you call 811, i come out to your house and i

tech start-up or organization. please, make your way through nine days of fun events, again, throughout southwestern pennsylvania and west virginia. really showcasing the innovative teaching and learning happening in our region. so, again, thank you. pick up a brochure. study it, and we'll see all of you out and about may 17th-25th. so please join us for a little reception. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> booktv is on twitter or and facebook, and we want to hear from you. tweet us, twitter.com/booktv. or post a comment on our facebook page, facebook.com/booktv. >> the book is titled "first in line: prime ministers, vice presidents and the pursuit of power." the third book by kate p andersen brower. thank you very much for being with us. >> guest: thanks for having me. >> host: let me begin with some news from the book which is the selection of mike pence to be vice president. walk us new the process and who was involved. >> guest: well, for a while donald trump had michael flynn on his list of people that he wanted to consider. newt gingrich was a finalist. i interviewed a republican lawyer in town who did the vetting for

tech startup or organization. please make your way through nine days of fun events again throughout southwestern pennsylvania and west virginia really showcasing the innovative teaching and learning happening in our region. so again thank you. pick up a brochure, study it and we'll see all of you out and about may 17 through the 25th. so please join us -- [applause] >> i'm going to lead you down the way. [inaudible conversations] so the new book history of these united states comes out in september. she said to give us a preview of that book. a history of the estates in one volume? >> one volume. >> there was a day when the page gruver said, my editor kali subsided, great news. what is that? he says we are under 1000 pages. this is a substantial single volume figure used to be it was capstone of academic the storied career to write a sweeping synthetic account, charles beard or samuel morrison, like that was the thing you did at a point in your career. that stopped in the the 1960s n history explode and became much richer, involve many more stories that if the people who had concluded some other cats and people thought you co

my name is chad white, i am the owner of class tech cars, and -- an online small business specializing in reproductive automobile reports located in virginia. i want to thank the chairman and the committee for holding this critical hearing, to address the small business impacts of the supreme court's recent decision. over 30 years ago, i left a career in the hospitality industry to take a job in an automotive body shop and pursue my passion for classic cars. over the next 20 years, i helped to grow that business into a top 10 national vendor, for ford products. what i dreamed of is starting my own business, and making a mark. i began selling items online, out of my home, in 2001. over the last 17 years, i have been able to grow my business to 6500 active listed items, specializing in american-made muscle cars of the 60s and 70s. with the assistance of online platforms like ebay, class tech cars has been able to market and sell products across the country and throughout the world. the internet is a tremendous tool for small businesses, but make no mistake, starting and growing a small business remains a difficult path. every expenditure i m

tech jobs in other parts of the country. i went with tim ryan to ohio. i'm going to west virginiaand i think a vision of new jobs, economic growth in middle america is something that we can run on. now, i agree with your point that not every district is going to have the same philosophy and we're a big test. leland: there's certainly a lot of democrats that we hear that are pretty worried about, if the tent is big enough for both wings. but quickly on this issue, republicans are doubling down on tax cuts. i know you opposed the past tax cuts. we had a conversation about that that was fairly memorable. i'm guessing you're going to double down and oppose any additional tax cuts from the republicans? >> i will, but i came here with a constructive idea. if they want to make tax cuts permanent. here is what we can make permanent. why don't we make an expansion of the earned income tax credits and child care tax cuts, rubio supports, and that could be bipartisan and some republicans in the past have supported and child care taxes, even rubio supports-- >> i'm guess you wouldn't be willi

tech start-up or organization. please, make your way through nine days of fun events, again, throughout southwestern pennsylvania and west virginia. really showcasing the innovative teaching and learning happening in our region. so, again, thank you. pick up a brochure. study it, and we'll see all of you out and about may 17th-25th. so please join us for a little reception. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> booktv is on twitter or and fa

tech sector. >> we're just living in it. thank you so much. to mark crumpton. >> thank you. in out's andrea, virginian were seated in the trial of paul manafort. facing tax evasion and bank fraud charges. manafort is already in custody and could spend the rest of his life in prison if convicted. for specialial counsel robert mueller's investigation into potential ties between the trump presidential campaign and russia. prosecutors were not expected to address the question of paschi will collusion between mr. trump and russia. opening statements are expected this afternoon. top federal immigration officials went before congress today to defend their handling policy ofnt trump's separating migrant children from their families saying they keep records of children in their custody. the senate judiciary committee that we will not leave our humanity behind. but chuck grassley wants an -- held at of it agency facilities. a to be clear, this is not new issue. some abuse dates back to at least 2012. several of the most horrific incidents occurred in 2015 and 2016. don't say that to imply that this is all the