the gentleman from west virginia. mr. rahall: mr. chairman, i am a he very proud and happy to yield two minutes to our superb, super superb ranking member, mr. bishop of new york. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. bishop: i thank the gentleman for yielding. thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in support of the water resources reform and development act of 2013. this critical bipartisan legislation allows congress to renew its commitment to our nation's water infrastructure for the first time since 2007. i'd like to take this opportunity to thank chairman shuster and chairman gibbs for the open and inclusive process with which the committee drafted wrda. i would like to express my gratitude to the chairman and ranking member rahall for their leadership in returning the transportation and infrastructure committee to its long-standing traditions of bipartisanship and collaboration. h.r. 3080 is not a perfect bill. it's not the bill either side of the aisle would have drafted on its own, however it repres

the chair: the gentleman from west virginia. mr. rahall: i yield one minute to the gentlelady from texas, ms. sheila jackson lee. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. jackson lee: let me thank the chairman and ranking member for including the jackson lee amendment in the en bloc amendments and indicate this is a bill long overdue. 209,000 jobs, 970 jobs in texas, $16.7 billion in direct business, $14.1 billion in personal income. my amendment adds to this legislation by providing for the army corps of engineers under section 118 to consult with key stake holders including state, county and city governments where applicable. state and local water districts and in the case of recommendations concerning projects that substantially reflect underrepresented community the secretary shall consult with historically black colleges and universities and other minority serving institutions. mr. speaker, we all are reminded of the tragedy of hurricane sandy thombing tragedy of storm alison, hurricane rita, hurricane ike a

west virginia will do just perfectly fine. the people my state are going to do well. i am here with that purpose of how i can serve retail government. how do i serve my customers and that is my constituents. >> what is next for you? >> getting the finances in order. my grandfather, one time i will never forget. i came home and i said what i thought of charlie, what a beautiful person charlie is. i said he is the nicest person you ever met. he said he would give the shirt off your back. i said he would. he said he does not have a shirt to give you because he did not work hard enough. 10-year-old, 11-year-old kid. talk about busting your bubble. keep yourself strong. not just physically and mentally but financially. he said talk is cheap.

this is a half hour. >>> democrat of west virginia. you are a true west virginia native. >> guest: absolutely. through and through. >> farming ton is where i really was raised and grew up. spent all of my childhood until i went to college. >> host: brothers and sisters? >> i have two brothers and two sister. there's five of us. in my family there's 20 of us raised really close together. very short distant and my grandparents were mom ma k and. a pa. it was a may berry. >> what your parents like? did you talk politics grow up. >> politics was a big part of our life. it was not something i desired to be. i enjoyed being tarpd. i think in '47 or '48. he was elected. he was at least 20 years old. he had to be 21 to serve. he turned 21 so he would be legal to serve. he was one of the famous civil rights bake before. and he was defeated on that issue. he didn't think there should be two sets of books. one for black and one for white. they defeated him on that. back in 1950. i had served with robert byrd. family was always very much involved.

areas of yellow and orange coming up hard north of roanoke and that stretches up into eastern west virginia and around a bay over to st. michaels they're getting a few sprinkles there. and further to the north and west of us there are some showers about to come into western maryland perhaps over the next hour or so and some of those showers southern shenandoah valley may make their way into front royal, up to winchester, by around 8:00, 9:00 this morning. right now we're in the muggy low to mid-70s throughout most of the region including our nearby neighborhoods and right in washington. we'll stay in the 70s with a lot of clouds through the morning hours. our warmest temperatures may be around noontime. by then we could have showers commencing. a look at the threat of severe weather and the timing on your afternoon coming in about ten minutes. >>> we are now in day seven of the government shutdown but some of you are heading back to work this morning. nearly half of the workers furloughed, 350,000 will be returning to the office. this weekend defense secretary chuck hagel classified those w

education in west virginia. is there most of the time. she gets up a week a month. i try to go back home on weekends. we have a little place in tucker county. we'll meet there or i have will go to charleston or fairmont where our home is and my son's there. i grew up. i have two daughters up in pennsylvania. so about an hour 1/2. so we try as a family to get together as much as possible. but it's difficult. i'm, i never thought i would be this home sick. >> let me ask about your kids, what do they think about your dad's profession? >> we have a lot of conversations. my kids are very independent and into it and we enjoy it and have good conversations. >> do you debate a lot? >> we talk a lot, okay? of course the girls, the girls in my family are very strong. very opinionated if you will and very strong-willed. all successful in their own rights, as mothers, as business career, people they have all done well. my son too. so, we have some good conversation. on social issues, on fiscal issues. and it's, it is quite

we have rain over toward the virginia, west virginia border. critical time in the metro, a little bit earlier out west. highs in the upper 70s, but back into the 60s. full 7-day forecast coming up in just a few minutes. >>> we had some good news momentarily on the inner loop of the beltway where the scene of the crash has the beltway closed. a short incident there closing off the lanes once again. they just reopened them. a bit confusing but in the meantime you have a mile back- up toward the interchange in college park. the good news is all lanes are now open. >>> back to you guys. >>> in the news right now, more than 50 people were killed during clashes between egyptian security forces and protesters loyal to ousted president mohammed morsi. the brotherhood close the day to pro test. the egyptian military had warned it would not tolerate protesters on that day. >>> the supreme court's new term begins today. the traditional red mass the sunday before the term turned into branches of government. the majority of the court, including chief justic

this is a half-hour. >> senator joe manchin them accredit west virginia you are a true west virginia native. >> absolutely through and through. >> were you born? >> i was born in fairmont close to my home of farmington where i grew up and spent my childhood up until i went to college. >> how many brothers and sisters? >> there are five of us but in our family my cousins there about 20 of us. we were raise really close together a short distance and my grandparents were mama and papa papa -- it was a mayberry. >> what were your parents like and did you talk politics? >> politics was a big part of our lives but not something i desired to be in. i enjoyed being around it. they flamboyant and colorful politician the youngest how so delegate member back in 1948 i think -- 47 or 48. he was elected when he was 20 years old and had to be 21 to serve so he turned 21 so he was legal to serve. he was one of the famous civil rights way back before it was thought about. he was defeated on that issue. he didn't think there should be two sets of books one for black children and one for white childre

your wife is here in west virginia. >> my wife is now president of the state board of education in west virginia. she is back home and i try to go back home on weekends. have a beautiful place in tucker valley and we will meet there or i will go to charleston or fairmont where our home is in my son is there and i have two daughters in pennsylvania. we try as a family to get together as much as possible, that it's difficult. i would be this old to be this homesick. >> what your kids think about their debts profession? >> we have a lot of conversations. we have some good conversations. >> do you debate a lot? >> we talk a lot, ok? the girls in my family are very strong, opinionated, if you will, and strong-willed. in theiro successful own right. they have done well, and my son, too. we have some good conversations on social issues, fiscal issues, and it is quite a dinner party. >> is there another office you would like to hold? >> i haven't really thought of that. i really don't. i keep thinking, i've got so much work here to figure this one out. i felt good and very comfortable as being

a company doctor. >> reporter: we sent the ex-rays of to jack parker at west virginia university.lung. >> this is a classic case of black lung. >> any doubt in your mind? >> no doubt whatsoever. this represents advanced black lung disease. dr. wheeler found the x rays were tb or a fungal infection. >> so unlikely. the chance of other diseases is 0. >> reporter: 0 chance. >> 0 chance. >> reporter: for some body to make that diagnosis does that surprise you? >> it does surprise me. more, it disappoints me. >> reporter: would you say that diagnosis other than black lung was intellectually dishonest? >> yes. >> reporter: intellectually dishonest? >> yes, sir. dr. wheeler says he is protecting the system from keeping miners from collecting black lung benefits from a disease they did not or do not have. >> that would seem to be inappropriate to me. >> they're getting paid for something they dent deserve. >> that they don't have. >> reporter: for miner steve day, he worries he will be out of breath before he can prove his case. and the suggestion that he and his family are somehow trying

west virginia, what are you saying to your constituents there, the people of west virginia, many of whom must be completely exasperated with what is happening in washington. how do you explain it? kind of pledges can you give going forward? >> first of all, they tell me how bad things look and what they have been seeing and they all know me and i know them and i said if you think it's ugly from where you're setting, you ought to be sitting in my set and watching it happen. we're not used to this. in west virginia we don't do business this way. we try to identify our problem, bring people together, put our state ahead of our politics and work through it. that's what we always did when i was governor and we did it when i've been in legislature. it's always been about my state is first. this is about our country. why they are playing such high stakes poker, piers, is beyond me. this is self-inflicted by dysfunctional congress that's not putting this country or the people they represent. they believe in what they believe in. this isn't the place for it but the finances of our country. h

in huntington, west virginia, office. several doctors took advantage and exploited the program for their own personal benefit and together they had disability rules based on manufactured evidence and borderline decisions. as a result, billions of dollars had bad behavior ignored. the alj at the center of this mass was david doherty. over the course of his tenure come he became the most prolific alj's for the agency. during 2010 he decided cases and he was the third highest producing of more than 1500 alj's. during that year alone he decided 1375 cases awarded benefits in 1371. with an approval rating and he denied only four cases. he was out on only by frederick mcgrath, and charles bridges of harrisburg, pennsylvania, and how it was possible to decide that so many cases most struggled for a third of it. when asked how they were deciding such a high volume of cases, he said that you are just were just going to have to learn what corners to cut. to cut those corners, investigation found that he focused on cases from one in

west virginia, what are you saying to your constituents there, the people of west virginia, many of whom must be completely exasperated with what is happening in washington. how do you explain it? kind of pledges can you give going forward? >> first of all, they tell me how bad things look and what they have been seeing and they all know me and i know them and i said if you think it's ugly from where you're setting, you ought to be sitting in my set and watching it happen. we're not used to this. in west virginia we don't do business this way. we try to identify our problem, bring people together, put our state ahead of our politics and work through it. that's what we always did when i was governor and we did it when i've been in legislature. it's always been about my state is first. this is about our country. why they are playing such high stakes poker, piers, is beyond me. this is self-inflicted by dysfunctional congress that's not putting this country or the people they represent. they believe in what they believe in. this isn't the place for it but the finances of our country. h

living in the greatest country on earth and being a member of a great family and a great state of west virginia but i'm an american, i'm a west virginian, and then i'm a democrat from west virginia. and i have dear, dear friends who are republicans from west virginia and from all over opportunity. -- all over the country. so when i look at the cause of this problem we have right now, it's about finances, strictly about finances. can we continue to pay. i looked at also the way i thought the democrats truly looked at this and they said nine, we'll agree to the 986 number, $986 billion. that was the republicans' request to keep the spending level. the democrats would have loved to have the one trillion 58 he is they reduced it $90 billion. to me that was a good compromise. we can live with 9 $6 billion, have to tighten our belts a little bit but we're good at that in west virginia and we did it. then all of a sudden the affordable care act or the obamacare as people have referred to it becomes the issue. there's a lot of things in that piece of legislation that i don't agree with. i don't know ho

the better half of the rain is moving out of ohio, into west virginia, ahead of a cold front that will make its way into the region tonight. 72 at the airport area highs will be -- airport. 74.s will be around a cold front will come through tonight. it is not the only cold front coming through. >> thank you. baltimore city police confirmed the suspect involved in the wednesday night police-involved shooting has died. deantives pulled over sean near shannon drive and mannasota avenue and at some point they say he took off, dragging a responding officer more than two blocks. he was able to fire his service weapon and is now requiring -- recovering at home. the police will hold a press conference and we will bring that to you tonight. city police are investigating another homicide along reisterstown road, responding to the 5500 block around 12:45 this morning where they found frank harper shot in the stomach. police are currently interviewing a person of interest. we are monitoring the trial of city police officer william kern , who broke into tears on the stand. he expressed concerns abo

mainly toward kentucky and west virginia. looks like trying to sneak in here into northern west virginia, trying to sneak maybe into the shenandoah valley. it's south of town we're watching moderate showers in the lady smith area, even south of fredricksburg tracking toward the northern neck passing between colonial beach and newland but looks like it will head toward leonard town in central and southern st. mary's and calvert. all of this is moving toward port royal, maybe up 301, might clip southern charles in another hour, 90 minutes or so. other than that, fairly quiet this morning and mild. temperatures in the 50s and 60s. but just want to point out these temps back in columbus and cleveland in the 40s. there's a cold front that comes through tonight. we're going to get into some cooler air after today where we're going to be close to 75 this afternoon. right now it's 59 in leesburg and manassas. it's 60 in rockville. 59 for bowie. joint base andrews 61. you see these clouds over town now. mostly cloudy morning. 64 degre

what did you find out in west virginia and kentucky?burn: significant fraud. >> kroft: does the name eric conn ring a bell? >> coburn: mm-hmm. i would tell you, i wouldn't want him for a brother-in-law. and he's got a lot of money, and the american taxpayer paid him that money. >> kroft: is he breaking the law? >> coburn: that's probably going to be determined by the department of justice. >> kroft: coburn says the report, to be released tomorrow, will show that conn collected more than $13 million in legal fees from the federal government over the past six years, and that he paid five doctors roughly $2 million to sign off on bogus medical forms that had been manufactured and filled out ahead of time by conn's staff. you think what you found there is just an isolated case? >> coburn: no. i mean, it's... it may be one of the worst cases. it just shows you how broken it is. you take a good concept that's well meaning, and then you don't manage it, you don't monitor it, you don't over... congress doesn't oversight it. and pretty soon, you

a spectacle that drew some 80,000 onlookers to the new river gorge this week in west virginia. bridge day, the largest extreme sports event of its kind. >> amazing. >> reporter: why in the world would somebody do this? >> we only live once. enjoy it. >> reporter: b.a.s.e. jumping has been taking off since the '70s. one study pegged it five times more ricky than sky diving. the more the altitude, the more can go wrong. >> your feet are shaking, your hands are shaking. there is a tangible adrenaline rush. >> reporter: b.a.s.e. is an acronym for the wild thing people jump from. buildings, antennas, spans or bridges, and earth. cat thannan from arizona just finish her 193nd drop. >> reporter: how did you get into this. >> i always wanted to jump off thing since i was a kid. >> reporter: he's been b.a.s.e. jumping for 19 years but even more remarkable, as he paraplegic after his parachute didn't open. >> that was the first question from my doctor, how long do you think it will be before i can jump again. and she said lonnie, i'm sorry to tell you but you suffered a spinal cord injur

we'll see clouds especially in southern virginia over toward areas in southern west virginia here by lunch time. then as we go through the afternoon again partly to mostly sunny here, pretty nice. that weak front comes through. tomorrow morning all is quiet again. i think a good deal of sunshine on tuesday. more of a northeasterly wind tomorrow so we may pick up a couple of clouds, low level ones in the afternoon but by tuesday night and wednesday, notice how the clouds start to move in. there's the rain out west but i think it's going to have a tough time getting here and any real way until friday. still isolated showers wednesday and thursday. today 65 degrees. i'm calling it a pleasant afternoon after the chilly start. mid-40s tonight in town with 30s in the suburbs. tomorrow just a hair cooler, 63. it will be another nice day but cool. mild on wednesday, isolated showers. we shoot toward the upper 60s. thursday and friday on the warm side. isolated shower on halloween, 72. by friday showers and storms possible, 70. back in the 50s by sunday when the redskins hopefully will be vic

marshals and west virginia state police reporting shots fired at a federal building in wheeling, westrginia, and that the alleged shooter is now debt. we'll work on other aspects of the story and bring you complete update. when we get that information. we're back in a moment with your national forecast. >> meteorologist: welcome back. meteorologist dave warren. winds gusting at 40 mph from virginia to philadelphia and it will be increasing in new york. that will cause tidal flooding. the water cannot come out of the back base and the coastal areas so we see tides getting higher and higher. some of the rain is heavy, and that will spread north over the next 24 hours. all of these are coastal flood advisories from minor to moderate tidal flood. ing. >>> heavy rains across washington, d.c. overnight tonight. and the forecast calling for the rain to come down. look at the forecast in boston, rain stays south. temperatures will be in the mid 60s. headlines are coming up. >> hello everyone, this is al jazeera america live from new york city. this is a look at the day's top stories. we're go

when you were governor of west virginia and i was governor of my state, the tradition of delaware is the governor nominated, under the cabinet secretaries. the tradition is the legislature, the senate to which the nominees were sent would hold hearings and vote up or down without delay on those nominations. and i think in the eight years i was privileged to serve as governor of my state every one was confirmed, i don't think we ever lost a nomination battle for a cabinet secretary or division director. and that's the way we do business in delaware. that's the way we ought to do business here. if you got a nominee who is qualified, who has good integrity, works harped, surrounds themselves with good people and a track record he or she can be proud of that nominee deserves a vote. let's give this nominee a vote and let's give her a chance to go to work. with that i say thank you very much and i yield the floor. to the gentlelady from new york state, testimony pier state. the presiding officer: the senator from new york. ms. gillibrand: mr. president, today is exactly one year since sup

very light activity coming out of west virginia now. of straussburg south of cross junction sneaking into fred ring county here. winchester, you -- frederick county here. winchester, you may get a drop or two. coming out of lady smith, crossing over toward colonial beach now, east and south of 301 in dal again. colonial beach, this is even moving away fru. newland a couple of showers still to your west but here we are in leonard town down, you'll see those showers. eventually they'll be crossing into the lower eastern shore. that's the immediate threat with rain and it's not that widespread. the thing we're watching is a cold front coming. you can clearly see it in the temperatures. head back into ohio and northwest pennsylvania, 40s this morning. that cooler air will be arriving in spots by tomorrow morning. right now, though, you won't need a jacket to keep you warm. maybe a little rain gear later with temperatures down to 57 in lovettsville. 61 for leesburg. waldorf is 62. fairfax 59. college park an even comfortable 60 degrees. outs

mid-20s in davis, west virginia.snowing in the high country about 3,000 feet from snow shoe toward wisp and even pennsylvania had some snow. 37 in fredricksburg right now and easton is a balmy -- relative balmy 46. outside on our weather camera as we scoonl the skies from -- we scan the skies from south to north, good visibility. you see the city lights nicely. 44 degrees. with calm winds at reagan national, we have the windchill the same, 44. dew point 31. so the air is drying out but humidity still at 66%. a lot of cold across the country. see temperatures in the 30s now even parts of north georgia, northern alabama have dipped into the upper 30s. got the coldest stuff in the northern plains in the north dakotas, eastern montana. but locally you just saw the 30s and 40s. yesterday we had a couple of showers. not even a tenth of an ink of rain here. -- an inch of rain here. this flow lifts and that's why we're getting the rain and the snow showers. a pretty good band here just northeast of cleveland this morning. we

i just got back from a trip to west virginia and the app was fairly accurate. it contains an updated map of peak color. you can review it by regions on the state's weather channess. check online or cause the hotline before youd had out leaf peeping. that just sounds dirty. remember, you can search twitter. put in key words and find out if people in your neck of the woods are finding something cool in the woods. send your fall foliage reports. >> for more stories like this, watch "the list" followed by let's ask america. >>> free shipping on many purchases is one of the best parts about shopping on amazon.com. now you will have to spend more to get the savings. the retailer raised the minimum to $35. it had been $25. >>> coming up all new tonight at 6:00 we have a convicted sex offender. how police found arthur spicer, jr. wasn't home. >> and it's a day shores look forward to, think black friday. those stories and more coming up at 6. here's a preview of what's ahead. >> we've found families like yours thousands and we mean thousands. get ready for the biggest s

yesterday we had the first snow of the season out in the mountains of western maryland and west virginia. that was a little exciting. let's show you what's happening this morning on the day planner. great visibility on our michael & son weather camera. sunny today. 51. we'll have a north, north west wind at 16, gusting 20 or so- so it's definitely goito be a chilly day. if the kids want to go to school in shorts, clearly say no. my son would go. some snow showers still going on in cleveland, part of northwest pa and rain at the lower elevations. here skies are generally clear. a chilly start. 44 at reagan national. cumberland, pittsburgh, 37 degrees with 38 in atlantic city and 48 norfolk. locally a few spots in the 30s now like germantown and leesburg. ashburn 38 along with centreville. off to the east low 40s are doing it for the most part in prince george's county from baden 41, upper marlboro 42 and bowie at 40 degrees with white oak at 39. and 41 in alexandria. it is going to be sunny and cool for this time of year. we should be in the mid-60s. we'll be lucky to make the mid- 50s. l

in the huntington west virginia office. describes how one lawyer, several judges, and others exploited the program for their own personal benefit. together, they moved hundreds of claimants onto the disability rolls based on manufacture evidence and boilerplate decisions. as a result, they some millions of dollars flow, and they had bad behavior ignored. at the center of this miss, there was a judge. 2010, the last full year he decided cases, he was the third highest producing out of more than 1600. he decided 1375 cases and awarded benefits and 1371. 99.7%.oval rate of he denied only four cases. he was outgunned only by one in georgia who decided 3200 caret -- cases, and one in harrisburg, pennsylvania, and many questioned how this is possible and when i asked how he was deciding such a high volume of cases, he said, you are just going to have to learn which corners to cut. judge was found that the got his cases from one area. a self-described multimillionaire. his practice focused solely on those seeking social security d

the war on coal heard west virginia. -- kurt west virginia -- hurt west virginia. my opponent said when he was running last time that he never wanted another coal plant in west virginia. i have fought that kind of onslaught from washington that kills jobs and kills opportunity in the parts of opportunity we need it the most. you look over in southside virginia where an enormous torsion of electricity is from coal-fired electricity generation. it is critically related to job creation for manufacturing, which we would like to see coming back to that part of virginia. it will not happen if we do not have reliable low-cost electricity, and i have been fighting for. >> thank you. mr. mcauliffe, 90 seconds. >> we have to focus on these communities and open these communities up to new business opportunities. the medicaid expansion would help tremendously. millions of dollars would be invested with quality, life- saving care. a lot of people get forced into poverty by their health care costs. i supported the governor's transportation plan. my governor sided with the tea pa

if you look at live super doppler, you can see a couple of sprinkles over there in west virginia. the rain line is still well off to our west. and then the majority of the morning will be quiet as temperatures are uniform, low to mid-70s. the storm prediction center is under the slight risk category for getting some severe thunderstorms. the primary threat damaging winds. although we couldn't rule out an isolated spinner or tornado. and the best opportunity for that i think will be into parts of maryland and towards the peninsula. we could see heavy downpours everywhere else along with gusty winds with those storms. 70° at 9:00. by noon, showers and thunderstorms in the rest of the metro. and 76°. showers and thunderstorms pretty widespread, especially east at 5:00. our high temperature today about 78°. what happens once we get to the storms today? a big cooldown. we'll have details and tell you just how cool coming up in the seven-day. right now, let's check on the latest with that traffic and some closures. what's going on? >> we have a major closure working this morning. the in

, according to the marshals service, fired 15 to 20 shots at a federal courthouse in wheeling, west virginia. here's the location right over here. this is pittsburgh, pennsylvania. and just down i-70, south and west of the city is wheeling, west virginia. here's the location. right in the heart of downtown. and here it is. this is the federal courthouse with a bank right across the street. and as i've been able to understand it, a witness says that this only described as a white male standing by a silver car began firing off shots at the federal courthouse. sara over here has pictures of this courthouse that have come into us from google earth, right? >> that's correct. they're just coming in fromming goole earth. here's the street view. like you said, there was that bank across the street right there. >> so it's our understanding that this man is standing in this parking lot right here. and begins firing across the street. i know you've talked to some police there. >> that's correct. i talked to the police department. and what they said is that they're holding a news conference at 5:15 to t

it includes the panhandle of west virginia and just now exiting virginia is a strong line of storms.urg. does look like it will be staying north of loudon county, but this may move into washington county as well. again, this is a severe thunderstorm and tornado warning. the orange box is a severe thunderstorm warning. the red box is a tornado warning. it is in effect for the panhandle of west virginia. it's in effect until 9:15 this morning. there could be some damaging winds along with very heavy downpours associated with this. we'll have frequent updates following this storm as it does move on through. again, tornadople are going to it. some people are going to be offended by it but people will be talking about it the next morning, was it your plan? >> i don't ever really plan to offend people but sometimes that just happens because i think people, they're not open to what they don't understand but that's why what i'm doing is for my fans because they're all really young so they understand what i'm doing. >> did it go exactly as you planned? >> it went exactly as planned. it's a mo

in west virginia, our government is working against us. i think they are, too. i am trying to get every door open that i can work with. i'm not going to sit back and not to let them know what we do and how hard we do and how much energy we provide for this country. and some the best coal in the world comes from west virginia. we do not mind heavy lifting. we will do the heavy lifting. would like for somebody to recognize and appreciate. >> based on all of that, you're been washington for a couple of years. if the senate what you expected? >> no, absolutely not. i guess i live that through the byrd and hist reference for this institution. for thisnce institution. i thought it was always country first estate second. it is not what i see. i see 100 good people. i really do. i do not have anybody i do not like. i like everybody. i try to get along with everybody. i would question some motives and reasons and the purpose of your service. i go back to john kennedy. i keep thinking. i watched the speech on television stop ask not what your country can do for you but wh

i became governor of the great state of west virginia 2004.ious governor was working through a transition putting a whole new computer system in to run medicaid claims it had been a debacle. people weren't getting pand. providers weren't getting paid it was awful. they wanted to sue everybody. i came in and set everybody down and said we have got to work through this and fix this thing. we got it up and not only running it it's become a model. it took us a while why didn't the putt putt you in charge of this instead of sebelius who doesn't know what she is doing. she doesn't know what she is doing, senator. he has no clue. she should be out. >> she was successful insurance commissioner in kansas. successful governor. >> i was a successful baseball player that doesn't mean can i get web sites up and running. she had her chance. she blew it that's it. get you in there. if you can fix it, fix it. >> it's not basically it's getting people together who want to fix things not want to tear things down and break things all the time. >> you think she d

sun rise not until 7:10 and we do have rain now in the shenandoah valley and west virginia.rm team 4 radar showing it's advancing off to the north and east, will be near front royal in about a half hour or so, an hour and as well as near winchester, maybe around 8:00 this morning. then into the metro area i think by around noontime we'll probably have our first rain drops arriving in our western is he suburbs and by then we should be in the upper 70s. right now we're in the low to mid-70s with a lot of humidity in the air and then likely some downpours, thunder and lightning, a slight risk of damaging winds and perhaps enough heavy rain that may cause flooding mid to late afternoon. look at the timing on that and the severe risk zone, the seven is-day outlook in ten minutes. danella, how is traffic? >>> good news in dumb fis. traveling this time route 1 jefferson davis highway at wayside drive. a vehicle was blocking your right lane. it's clear. we'll shoot over to i-66. more good news. minor delays as you travel eastbound passing into centreville. a live look from chopper 4

she works at the huntington, west virginia office. your review. she is here before the committee describe disclosures about the operations in the huntington office. miss carver appears in personal capacity. not representing the views of the social security administration. miss carver, welcome. thank you for joining us. our next witness is jennifer l. griffith. former master docket clerk of the u.s. social security administration where she worked at the huntington, west virginia office. she is also here before our committee to describe her experiences in disclosures about the operations of that office. miss griffith appears today in a personal capacity and is not representing the views of the social security administration. miss griffin, welcome, thank you for joining us. next is jamie slone. miss slone is a resident of pikeville, kentucky. she appears today to share her observations and experiences as an employee of the eric c. conn law firm from 2006 to i believe 2012. and we want to thank you you for again appearing before our panel today. thank

that is what drives me. >> host: your wife is here in west virginia. what is your schedule? >> guest: she is president of the state board of education. she is their most of the time, gets up a week or month but she is back home and i try to go home on weekends. we will meet there and go back to charleston where our home is, my son is there and i have two daughters in pennsylvania and hour-and-a-half so we try as the family to get together but it is difficult. i never thought i would be this home sick. >> host: would your kids think of your dad's provision? >> guest: we have a lot of conversations, they enjoy it. >> host: debate a lot? >> guest: we talk a lot. the girls are very strong, very opinionated. and all successful -- as business, career people, they do well and my son too. we have good conversations on social issues and it is quite a dinner party. >> host: is there another office you would like to hold? >> guest: i haven't thought of that. i keep thinking i have so much work to do to figured this out. i felt good and very comfortable being governor. i was ready and p

nobody is stopping baylor and especially not west virginia on this night. bryce petty and the bears can fill it up. how about seastrunk taking the handoff. around the right side, points at his receiver, get that block and i'm gone. didn't even need it. 80 yards for the score put baylor up and scored 56 in the first half and they roll west virginia right now it is 73-42 and they still aren't done scoring. they have about three minutes left in that game. oklahoma outlasts tcu, 20-17. they're unbeaten 5-0. don't forget next week red river rivalry noon. that will wrap it up in "the ford postgame wrap-up". you will see next saturday. 's... you ain't gettin' anything done without it. torque is power. it pulls trailers. hauls dirt. drags boulders. torque is what gets the cap off your beer. and only the ford f-150 with ecoboost has the best combination of torque and fuel economy. think about that. this is the 2013 ford f-150. spark unlimited business ecking from capital one bank. my stress has vanished. my old business checking account really pushed my buttons. tra

then we watch showers back in areas of western west virginia. just want to take you south. couple of sprinkles here and there, even west of fredricksburg. we're watching this stuff in st. mary's county. it seems to have the biggest bite at the moment and that's not even a big bite there. newland a couple of sprinkles just off to our west moving toward the east, northeast. we watched this heavier shower leave leonardtown moving toward calvert county north of solomons and crossing the bay with light showers generally south of cambridge there. our temperatures 50s and 60s by us. but look at the 40s now in cleveland and columbus. some cooler air behind a cold front. that stuff is getting to start to filter in overnight tonight. tomorrow drier and a little bit cooler. it's humid this morning. we've got mostly cloudy skies. in the 50s and low 60s with 59 for haymarket and leesburg and 59 also in laurel but 61 wall door -- waldorf. it's 62 in kroftton. one more look outside on our mike equal & son weather camera. that's what i'm talking about with the pretty colors and mostly cloud

. >>> we are following breaking news out of west virginia tonight where a man opened fire on the federal courthouse in wheeling. the u.s. marshal service says that man fired 15 shots, maybe 20 with an assault-type rifle from a parking lot across the street. security officers fired back and killed him. one person was hurt by the shattered glass, nobody else injured. authorities are still trying to figure out why he'd do such a thing. >>> abortion rights advocates won a small first step victory in their fight against virginia's new strict abortion clinic regulations. before today's hearing they held a rally at the arlington courthouse protesting those regulations which require abortion providers to meet hospital facility standards. providers say those measures are onerous and too costly. attorneys for the falls church health clinic which brought the lawsuit say the attorney general intimidated the board of health into not grandfathering those existing clinics. >> we obviously felt they overstepped their bounds in pushing the board to adopt a regulation the board was not inclined to adopt.

an inch of snow near west virginia, deep creek. it's crazy to believe this, alreadying the first taste of snow. normally this time of the year this should be 6345 with an overnight low of 43. the next several days will be running between 10 and 20 degrees colder than where we have been or should be. the last 24 hours we're dipping between 9 to 15 degrees colder. look at the cold air that's pouring down the lakes. 20s in church hill. that cold air is pushing in our direction. take a look at the forecast numbers. this is the next several nights. close to the airport. we're talking 3345, 33 degrees and colder in the northwestern suburbs. we'll talk more about that forecast and when we may see milder temperatures. that's all coming up in a little bit. >> thanks, mike. look at this. deep creek lake. we're dealing with it. they're dealing with the cold and a dusting of snow. deep creek park has been tweeting out pictures all day. they also put up a snow hang gel that was made. they're excited about that. >>> move over or get pulled over.

you see the aerial shot live from wheeling, west virginia. this is the block where that activity took place. and again there are a number of different reports saying that at the very least the shooter is down and critically injured. more news on al jazeera. >> it is a hobby, something that i wanted to do part time. that's partly why i enjoy it so much. >> shawn mccutcheon's part time hockey is changing the rules o rules. that's tonight on inside story. >> hello, the supreme court is back in session this week, and the first case it heard involved cash and campaigns. shawn mccutcheons was to contribute more money to candidates. three years ago the supreme court opened the floodgates for corporate and union money to super pacs, but current law sets the amount that any individual american can give. mccutcheon sued. >> this is a very important first amendment free speech to limit how much money you want to spend o on any campaign you wan. >> reporter: this case is seen as a sequel to the citizens united ruling three years ago. in that case the cou

west of d.c. much of northern virginia, west virginia, and southern p.a. as well.and during the day tomorrow, it will be more like november feel to the air than october, with temperatures still running about 10 degrees cooler than average. vic? >> okay, bob. thank you. let's check on the roads now with kristy breslin at wjz traffic control. >>> hi, vic. hi, everyone. well, the delays on the beltway remain steady. traveling on the top side inner loop, very steady, from jones falls expressway to harford road. average speed at this point, about 33 miles per hour. on the west side inner loop, watch for brake lights there, from baltimore national pike, past liberty road. northbound 95, delays continuing from 32 to 895. then traffic does ease up after that point. as far as accidents go, in dundalk, north point boulevard, at east baltimore street. route 32, at telegraph road, in anne arundel county. and back to baltimore city, three accidents to report. north elmont at cres mond. and pompous street at boston street. let's now take a live look, as you can see, still plenty

stray showers from western new york to west virginia. >> boston, 74. atlanta, 84. miami, 88. omaha, 80. dallas, 91. albuquerque, 79. boise, 59. portland, 63. 72 in los angeles. >>> a new opportunity for scammers. authorities say con artists are using obama care enrollment to trick people. and we'll show you what to look out for. >>> new this morning, mysterious fire. new questions about the so-called safest car after a video went viral. >>> plus, shot through the heart. a man survives a serious nail gun accident. he's explaining how this happened. ♪ when you recognize something isn't right, make the call to the veterans crisis line at 1-800-273-8255 and press 1. you know, from a young age. i definitely want to major in political science. become the mayor or something. make the situation better for other people. my name is justin, and i am your dividend. >>> welcome back. president obama has heard a loud, clear message from the heads of the top financial institutions. the leaders of goldman sachs, wells fargo and other megabanks expressed concern about the shutdown. but they t

a former police officer is dead after opening fire at a federal courthouse in west virginia. say the retired officer shot up to 25 rounds on wednesday at the wheeling federal building. the gunman was shot by police and later died. one person was hurt in the incident. the gunman's identity is yet to be released but the police chief has confirmed that he retired from the wheeling police deem in 2000. >>> california is under federal orders to cut its overcrowded prisons. right now they are about 130,000 inmates in state prisons. the state spends about $60,000 per inmate per year. compare that to the $8,500 spent on each student in public schools. two out of three people released from state prison return within three years. to try to change that, california is weighing a new program that helps convicted of nonviolent crimes get out of prison and stay out. melissa chan has more from san francisco. >> reporter: pablo was released from prison this past february. for the past decade, he has bounced in and out of the system. to break free of that cycle, he knows he must find a job. bu

there was a shooting today at the federal courthouse in wheeling, west virginia.a gunman, armed with a semiautomatic rifle, fired as many as two dozen rounds. one person inside the building suffered minor injuries. west virginia state police shot and killed the gunman. he's not been identified. we have no word on a motive. congress is taking action after our report on veterans overdosing on drugs prescribed by v.a. doctors. that story is next. ,,,, >> pelley: we've received a lot of response to our report last month that showed many returning war veterans are receiving lethal amounts of pain medication from v.a. hospitals. tomorrow a house subcommittee will hold a hearing on this. jim axelrod broke the story on this broadcast and since then he has learned of case after case of veterans who have died following doctors orders. >> reporter: in the weeks after our investigation aired we received photos like this one, the daily dosage of pain pills prescribed to a 30-year-old v.a. patient in texas. and this one from a 54-year-old v.a. patient in oklahoma. these were th