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.

west virginia knows this better than most. alone, obamacare premiums spiked by a stunning 32%. over 40% of the state does not have any choice of insurance provider on the exchange. west virginians and president trump know the truth about this failed law, that every day obamacare survives is another day that america suffers. that is why the president worked tirelessly over the past several weeks to get congress to repeal and replace obamacare. you saw his resolve to work with whoever he needed to work with to get our plan across the finish line on capitol hill. i was inspired by president andp's determination commitment to keep his promise to the american people. [applause] and the president andand the pre grateful for speaker paul ryan and all the house republicans who stood with us. single one of the house democrats and a handful of republicans actually standing in the way. we are back to the drawing board. actually said yesterday was a victory for the american people. for west virginia, they know better. yesterday was not a victory for the american people, it was a victory for

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, 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 ne. [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. we ar

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 under the obamacare exchange. west virginians and president trump knows the truth. every day that 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 the plan across the finish line this week on capitol hill. i got to tell you, i was inspired by president trump's determination and commitment to keep his promise to the american people. and the president and i are grateful for speaker paul ryan and 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. you saw it with 100% of house democrats, every single one and a handful of republicans actually standing in the way and we're back to the drawing

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

positionraged on your on letting the aca stay intact, not hy hav -- i have about the silent killer in west virginia, suicide and attempts on one's life. this affects your constituents, our neighbors, and poorest among us. mcdowell county has the highest the westuicide and virginia population has a 50% higher rate of suicide. poverty is a death sentence. on thursday,ay, your top donor is your daughter's pharmaceutical company, but you are not working in her favor. westdmitted that virginia's are dying from suicide and drug overdoses, but your daughter is in the drug industry. why are you pushing so many opiates bills? i heard you laugh off medical marijuana and you said that everybody wants to smoke marijuana for keys, love, or whatever. for those in pain, being denied a safe and natural alternative to the pharmaceuticals that have poison every inch of our state is not a laughing matr. repeal of theding affordable care act, thousands of virginians lacking access to , how do youerapies project the numbers changing for theirwho consider suicide only option and what have you done to educate yourself ab

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

and west virginia knows this better than most. it's haheartbreaking to say is , premiums spiked by 32%. over 40% ever the state doesn't have any chance ever the insurance prior on the exchange. west virginvirginians and presi know the truth.ever the insurance prior on the exchange. virginians and president trump know the truth. every day obamacare survives is another day america suffers. that's why the president worked tirelessly over the last several week tas to get congress to rea and replace obamacare. you saw his resolve to work with whoever he needed to work with to get our plan across the finish line. i was inspired by president trump's determination and commitment to keep his promise to the american people. 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. you saw it. with 100% of house democrats, every single one and a handful of republicans actually standing in

but as far as west virginia, that's what he promised us. 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 work and we're going to have health care, this and that. we need health care. everybody in this room needs free health care. >> when you think about him, he made those promises to you. you're looking for him to deliver on those promises on health care? >> absolutely. on health care. yes. definitely. i mean, some people are elderly. they have no way to work. they have no way -- if they can't work, like mr. evans said, they can't eat. they've got to buy some kind of pill that costs $300 a piece. like my mom. she had cancer. some of the pills she had to buy, thank god my dad was able to take care of her bills. some of those pills were $200, $300 apiece. who can afford that? nobody can. not in west virginia. >> you worked in the mines yourself, huh? >> yes. retired miner and i never dreamed that i'd get to thank y

but as far as west virginia, that's what he promised us. 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 needs free health care. >> when you think about him, he made those promises to you. you're looking for him to deliver on those promises on health care? >> absolutely. on health care. definitely. i mean, some people are elderly. they have no way to work. they have no way -- if they can't work, like mr. evans said, they can't eat. they've got to buy some kind of pill that costs $300 a piece. like my mom. she had cancer. some of the pills she had to buy, thank god by dad could take care of her bills but some of the pills were 2, $300 a piece. who can afford that? nobody can. >> you worked in the mines yourself, huh? >> yes. retired miner and i never dreamed that i'd get to thank you personally myself to -- for the bill that you have co-sponsored senate bill 175, the miners protection act. i'm o

but as far as west virginia, that's what he promised us. 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 needs free health care. >> when you think about him, he made those promises to you. you're looking for him to deliver on those promises on health care? >> absolutely. on health care. definitely. i mean, some people are elderly. they have no way to work. they have no way -- if they can't work, like mr. evans said, they can't eat. they've got to buy some kind of pill that costs $300 a piece. like my mom. she had cancer. some of the pills she had to buy, thank god by dad could take care of her bills but some of the pills were 2, $300 a piece. who can afford that? nobody can. >> you worked in the mines yourself, huh? >> yes. retired miner and i never dreamed that i'd get to thank you personally myself to -- for the bill that you have co-sponsored senate bill 175, the miners protection act. i'm one of

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

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

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

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

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

the affordable care act in west virginia, to lose that will devastate west virginia.e will have people making the decision whether or not they're going to eat or they're going to have health care. and we have doctors that know this. we have people that are influential enough to say out in public that we need to not do away with it the affordable care act, but we need to fix it. [ cheers and applause ] >> so let me ask you the same question. how much have you been paying attention to what's going on in washington, this president? how much do you feel encouraged by the direction things are going? >> i've paid quite a bit of attention to it. there's a lot of protesting like mr. evans said. i don't really know a lot about politics and i don't really -- i don't know what donald trump's going to do for the rest of the country, but as far as west virginia, that's what he promised us. that's what matters to me. because i'm a west virginian. i voted for him only solely because he said he was going to help us. he's going to put the coal miners back to work and we're going to ha

the chair recognizes the gentleman from west virginia, mr. jenkins. for five minutes. mr. jenkins: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, coal communities in my district and across america and across appalachia are struggling. the war on coal has disamated many small towns and left towns of hardworking coal miners without jobs. help is on the way. the reclaim act introduced by chairman congressman hal rogers and i am proud to be a sponsor with him. the reclaim act will send $1 billion in federal funds to appalachia to revitalize and diversify coal communities and o create new jobs. for west virginia, that means nearly $200 million over five years to invest in our coal fields. this money will allow us to lands p abandon mine and bring companies to west virginia and provide more jobs for our people. now, the reclaim act doesn't mean we're giving up on coal. far from it. coal is our heritage and must play an important part in our state's future. but while we are bringing back our coal jobs, we must also look at how we can redevelop these former mine sites. many of these sites a

appalachian region's of southwest virginia which border hotspot areas for opiate abuse 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

um, i had written down going back to some of the early unionism we saw in west virginia. if sincedering unionism in 1957 was becoming pretty prominent in chicago, this was a way of also suppressing the forming of unions in chicago as well by painting these west virginians are people from appalachia as , were industrialized trying to make a psychological move saying if you go to the union, you will be backwards as well. benjamin: interesting. .reat, all right thanks, guys. the mountaineers as one historian has observed would and "poorlbillies whites in the eyes of many as a result of tourism and local color literature. the mountaineers would subsequently become hillbillies and would be seen in this negative light, in other words and light of these phenomenon. people of the southern mountains were brought to the attention of missionaries who sought to integrate them into contemporary american life. later in the 20th century, hillbilly culture became a way of dismissing and rationalizing the poverty of the region. say that that is the root of this negative stereotype. again,

let me say this to you, west virginia.f we can get the help of senator joe, and with the help of senator shelley, judge neil gorsuch will soon become just as justice neil-- gorsuch i and america will be better for it. [applause] >> let it be clear that president trump and i am confident. the u.s. senate will confirm judge neil gorsuch one way or the other. [applause] host: the vice president yesterday in west virginia talking about health care and the nomination of judge gorsuch. the senate judiciary committee expected to take up the nomination to vote him out of committee. that will take place on monday, april 3. there is expectation that there could be a floor vote in the senate before the full recess over passover and easter if the schedule holds true. dianne from toledo, ohio, good morning. caller: morning. if i am not mistaken, the aca mandated the congresspeople enroll in the aca plan. i believe it was president obama who put in the executive order exempting congress from having to participate. thatat is still in pla

ayin into the big dan >> reporter: there's a lot of west virginia pride in downtown san jose. these guys will be among the thousands to pack s.a.p. center tomorrow for the sweet 16. it's hosting the west regionals. jeff lashown is a west virginia alum living in the bay area. >> i'm really excited to see how the basketball fans turn out and college basketball fans and really excited to see the atmosphere. >> reporter: today s.a.p. center opened the doors to fans to watch the first practice for free. four of the sweet 16 teams are in town including xavier and arizona. >> i've looked forward to this part of the year every year. the teams are playing for and getting into the big dance. >> reporter: the city is ready to welcome thousands from across the country. the marriott is decked out to host the gonzaga team. fans are taking part in free games for the whole family downtown and virginia arms teamed up with west virginia for a pep rally before tomorrow's game. >> it's going to be a battle tomorrow. west virginia is so tough and physical. it's going to be a fight. >> reporter: a t

. >> and they are on their way to spencer, west virginia. >> what classic piece of west virginia are they going for? >> it used to be nationwide. in fact, it was in canada, the united states and they even tried to bring it to the u.k. it was pizza. >> oh! >> the pizza you could only get at the golden arches. >> mcdonald's? >> i didn't know about it either. i forgot. but the guys over at completely irrelevant did not forget. it's been a dream of theirs to get it once again. like i said, there are only two locations in the entire country, in the entire world, that still serves this, one in west virginia, one in ohio. so these guys hopped in the car, grabbed their passports, crossed the border and started driving. >> the crossing of america for the most american thing from one of the most american franchises. >> the crowd erupts in cheers and excitement when they cross into west virginia as they know they are oh so close to the sweet, sweet pie. here they are, finally, at ground zero. >> all right. here it is. >> oh, my gosh, that's pizza! it's [ bleep ] pizza! >> this is really excitin

the shipments aimed to 433 pain pills for every man, woman and child in west virginia. this reporting strongly suggests that west virginia was receiving high quantities of oxycodone pills that would clearly be more than what would be medically necessary. mr. maloney are you familiar with west virginia was grossly oversupplied with dangerous prescription opioids? >> i am. >> this is really shocking. it would appear that addiction to pain pills can, according to all of the reporting and what you all have testified here today, that once you have oxy and hydrocodone that takes over someone's life that that will quickly lead to the user seeking more powerful -- powerful opiates such as heroin or counterfeit pills both of which may be adulterated with fentanyl. dr. harry, in your testimony, you say reversing the epidemic requires changing the way opioids are prescribed. is it reasonable to assume that addiction to pain medicines can be the fept nil problem and the larger opioid epidemic? >> yes. many of the people who have overdosed on fentanyl have had opioid prescription at

mariana is down in charleston, west virginia. what are they telling you? >> so, president trump signed this executive order rolling back key obama administration environmental protections, hoping that that will bring coal mining jobs back to west virginia. here in charleston we spoke to someone whose family has been in the coal mining business for generations, and this is what he told us. let's listen. do you think president trump can actually bring coal mining jobs back? >> i do. i definitely do think he can bring coal mining jobs back, just by lifting the regulations. there are a lot of hungry people out there. i watched it go from a boom town to ghost town just taking coal away, especially from the small towns. like i said, it brings money, businesses, jobs and i think trump is the man to bring back the coal industry in the state of west virginia. >> we've also been talking to other locals and they tell us they fear time is running out for west virginia. there's a sense of urgency here that this needs to be turned around quickly, and all eyes on preside

thank you, west virginia. god bless you. god bless the united states of america. >> vice president mike pence there in scott depot, west virginia, sounding very much like back on the campaign trail hearing very familiar refrains about digging coal, tax plan, repeal and replace obamacare and tor forgotten no more. you recall hearing a lot of that language on the campaign trail. this is coming the day after the devastating defeat for the gop health care plan with the president and house speaker paul ryan pulled before it was voted on, so let me bring back now my panelist, jane newton small and steve moore. all right, jay, to you first. we heard the vice president there again kind of reiterating some blame of the failed health care plan saying congress wasn't ready. all democrats and a handful of republicans were standing in the way, but again, kind of reiterating a promise that repealing and replacing is still on the agenda. >> that was striking and surprising to me since just yesterday, house speaker paul ryan basically said,

and gonzaga is up three and west virginia is within one, and west matthews, a cal transfer and a rared he's fouled but going at it now, they're deep into the second half and 52 all. the gonzaga is the number one seed and they have their hands full. >> and oregon against michigan, back in kansas, walton shows it and the ducks have a minute and 9 left. and dorsey with a nice move. they go up one and still, michigan has the chance, walton can't hit it and onto the elite eight for the ducks. another good one. we're getting close ones and near buzzer-beaters and the warriors have the opposite, they're running people off the floor again of late and in a five game win streak. it should continue at the oracle against the kings. it's a rematch for barnes who played with the kings against the warriors earlier this season but playing well in a warrior uniform and this is the thing i like, when you ask a guy how you're going do. just another game, look at him, when he talked about facing his ex-team. >> trying to kill them. plain and simple. beat them by 50. >> that's what i like, a candid interv

thunderstorm watch put into effect until 5:00 this afternoon, all of the area in pink covers east and west virginia 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

also in west virginia berkeley county schools are now closed. hampshire .morgan county schools are on a two-hour delay in merrell. washington county schools are on >>> let's get you up to speed on a look at your thursday forecast. >> this is down right cold. >> she called is something else earlier. we can't say it on tv. interest what was that, aaron. >> at least we aren't dealing with this all winter long. >> i would have been all right with that. maybe we will be milder now if we had been colder sooner. >> now here we are in march having to deal with it. we're stuck with it for the day. what to wear this morning, your heaviest coat, your warm hat. that you can do things outside today. trk ago chance for rain showers through the weekend. >>> those temperatures out there right now, a little on the chilly said. 27 degrees is the temperature merchandise the beltway. step outside the beltway, not much has changed. lower to mid 20s across the board. it will feel very cold, similar to yesterday. but we won't have the blustery winds like we did yester

she knows about the heartbreaking story in west virginia in the recent years. the state has lost more than a third of their good paying coal mining jobs in just the last few years. over 130 mines have been shut down since 2009. if today's actions demonstrate under president donald trump, those days are over because the war on coal was over. [applause] everyone here knows the truth that affordable, abundant and reliable energy powers the american economy and president trump is committed to and all of the above energy policy to provide the american people and businesses with the power they need to innovate and thrive. it is a fact lower energy costs mean more jobs, more growth and more opportunity for the country and today, with a stroke of his pen president trump will strike a powerful blow for consumers and businesses and for a brighter future for america. it's the greatest privilege in my life to serve as vice president to a man who gets up every single day to keep his promise to the american people to make america great again, and today is one more example, s

the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mr. manchin: first of all, i agree with my friend wholeheartedly. we're asking for a repair. it doesn't make sense to go down the path of repealing until we make an effort to make this better for the people that are depending on us. with that i would say let's see what happens but we're all willing to sit down and work on both sides to help improve it. i rise because of the opioid addiction, prescription drugs. my state, your wonderful state of alaska and every other state in the union, we have the highest overdose death rates in the nation due to prescription drug abuse. reported just in 2016, we report 818 overdose deaths, and that's four times the number that occurred in 2001. and a nearly 13% increase just from 2015 when it was about 607. we lost more than 700 west virginians dying from an opioid offender last year and 4,200 people in west virginia sought treatment for illegal drug use but failed to receive it. there was no place for them to go and you and i have spoken about this. an

that they signed for the coal not going to do nothing -- uh, it's going to rape the mountains of west virginia. they're going to strip the virginia. f west that's what this order is about. when yeah, and you know, you go down there, i talked to people in west virginia and there's an interesting way of looking at it. lot of people who are willing to take some level of environmental disturbance to more coal mining, because that's what they know and that's what pays the bills. in general, hat, that does create a lot of oncern amongst people who live in this surrounding area. there are people who are concerned about their water being affected and their waterways being affected, and there's also a lot of analysts who say that repealing these regulations, they aren't really going to bring the coal industry ack, especially in appalacia which, for decades, has declined including anization, coal from wyoming and that logical advancements allow them to scrub western coal. you're on with zack colman. things,yes, a couple of i'm out on the extremeness of going to non-regulations. regulations hese had stay

including the panhandle of west virginia, all of maryland and the metro area.virginia. looks like the 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. r

comments from the vice president, mike pence is in west virginia today at an event for small business owners. remarks, he mentioned neil gorsuch. ence: by nominating judge neil gorsuch, president trump has kept his word to nominate a justice to the spring court who will keep faith to the constitution and who will and hold -- uphold the god-given liberties that are enshrined there. [applause] week.ce: you saw it this my daughter was off work. she got to watch a lot of judge gorsuch's testimony before the senate. three days of powerful testimony before the senate. judge gorsuch made it clear why donald trump nominated him to the highest court in the land, then it he -- didn't he? is, america's all this week what president trump saw when he made that decision. judge neil gorsuch is one of the most respected, qualified, and mainstream nominees to the supreme court in american history. [applause] it is true. it is true. but remarkable, this week, senator chuck schumer and the in his party in the senate actually announced that the democrats plan to filibuster george gorsuch's -- a judge gor

west virginia reported 818 overdose drug deaths last year. four times the number that occur, four times the number that occurred in 2001 and a nearly 13% increase over 2015. we lost more than 700 west virginians dying from an opiate overdose last year. 42,000 people in west virginia, including 4,000 youths sought treatment for illegal drug use but failed to receive it because of a lack of treatment centers that we have been trying to correct. in west virginia, drug overdose deaths have soared by more than 700% since 1999. west virginia had the highest rate of prescription drug overdose deaths of any state last year, 31 per 100,000 people. and west virginia providers wrote 138, 138 million pain killer prescriptions for every 100 people. think about this, mr. president. the doctors are prescribeing, manufacturers are producing and they have written 138 pain killer prescriptions for every 100 people in my state. the highest rate in the country. and i'm hoping arkansas is not facing the same dilemma that we are. every day in our country, 91 americ

country, if i'm not mistaken, the poorest county in west virginia. it's also a place where folks have sort of weathered a lot of storms, a lot of transformations to the economy and it's a place you and i are going to be going to on -- the end of this week and it's also the kind of place where these issues are going to be at the forefront of everyday folks. what is the message of the democratic party to folks in mcdowell county, west virginia? >> well, let's be clear. while the republicans tell us that obamacare and the aca are not perfect, here's the truth, that in states like west virginia and in states like kentucky they have had a massive impact in lowering the rate of uninsured. i think in west virginia, if my memory is correct, it has gone from 17% uninsured down to 7%. that is pretty good. so i will -- this is an area, obviously, that has to be discussed and i look forward to discussing it on monday. >> that's what's so amazing and interesting about this fight, it's so concrete. it's one of the most concrete policy fights we've had in a long ti

why continue to prey upon these folks in west virginia? not just west virginia. we always talk about coal in west virginia. pennsylvania as well. >> it's low hanging political fruit. it appeals at the time that their names are on the ballot and so, of course, they're going to, you know, pledge to be supporters of coal. it does a disservice to constituents when politicians are that backwards thinking that they're still allowing that myth to preserve instead of looking forward into the future into what it actually is going to take for there to be a sustainable economy in these hard-hit areas. >> stick around. john, thank you, john nixon for us in d.c., a big thanks to you. and kristen welker always good to see you as well. thanks friend. >> up next, should he go. a key senator weighs in on the man leading the investigation into russian meddling. what he says needs to happen. there's senator right there. should the guest list at mar-a-lago be made public? the new push from democrats to do just that. can i get some help. he s head. ♪ i'm so happy. ♪ whatever they wen

the possession aero west virginia. they lead by six. winner gets notre dame. >> jim: sometimes the possession aero goes under luck too, verne. if you catch the ball in the corner, in trouble, you bury it and the ball is out of bounds again. >> verne: adrian. don't wait. >> jim: so carter 77% to the line. bucknell doing all they can to stop the clock. west virginia keeps hitting the free throws there is not a lot you can do. >> verne: carter for the game, two for four at the line. >> verne: they are clutch here in the final five minutes of the game. bruce moore takes a seat on the bench. foulland is back on the floor now, number 20. >> verne: foulland with the rebound. zach thomas. >> jim: oh, zach thomas thought he was hit when he went for the shot of 3. he may of gotten hit. >> verne: i think he did. ya. adrian. another foul. 10.7 to go. 23 points tonight, 5 of 7 from 3-point range. the sophomore from oakville, ontario. foulland playing much of the last few minutes with four fou fouls. >> verne: he's a junior, one more year left. >> ji

i actually in one case i went to a group of miners in west virginia. you remember, shelly, and i said, how about this. why don't we get together, we'll go to another place and you get another job. you won't mine anymore. do you like that idea? they said, no, we don't like that idea. we love to mine, that's what we want to do. i said if that's what you want to do, that's what you're going to do. and i was very impressed, they love the job. that's what their job is. i fully understand that. i grew up in a real estate family, and until this recent little excursion into the world of politics, i could never understand why anybody would not want to be in the world of real es date is. believe me, so i understand it and we're with you 100% and that's what you're going to do, okay. [ applause ] the miners told me about the attacks on their jobs and their livelihoods. they told me about the efforts to shut down their mines, their communities, and their very way of life. i made them this promise. we will put our miners back to work. [ applause ] >> we've already

you said it is hard to move to west virginia. well it is hard to move to san francisco or where you live in silicon valley. one thing we can do from a policy point of view, at the state and local level especially, is to enact changes that make housing more affordable. house thouston, you can move there because you can get an apartment for $600 and it is not horrible to move there. where as new york city. what do you have to have to get an apartment? $12,000 probably? a lot of people don't have that. there are a lot of people moving to silicon valley, not rich. 17 to a house and service sector. we could make it more comfortable for people to take the position if we give them a place to move to. we say yes, you can take the job, but we should also think about, where are they going to live? >> i think one of the most underappreciated drivers of mobility in the united states is the fact we have such terrible housing policy at the state and local level. especially in towns and cities where there's a ton of economic opportunity, right?