the presiding officer: the senator for west virginia. mr. manchin: mr. president, i rise today to discuss something extremely important to each one of us in this wonderful body which is called civility and trust. civility and trust. and i rise to discuss them because they have been lost in washington. and i look around and we're all friends, but for some reason we lost the trust of each other, and we don't seem to spend enough time with each other. i can remember senator robert c. byrd, the longest serving senator, i think, in the history of the united states senate. and he always told me what a place this was. he said the senate is something special. he even wrote a book about it, about how the senate is to operate, the founding fathers, what the intent was for the bipartisan, bicameral body that george washington explained so eloquently, and what our role was as the most deliberative body in the world and the whole world kind of depends on us cooling things off and making things work. but as we've seen, it hasn't done what it's supposed to do, and it's

in west virginia sooner or later we talk. we talk and get this disagreement worked out in that was the way would be settled. maybe that's the way it should be settled's here too. i don't know. i don't think so. met too many wonderful people that i've been serving with for the last seven years that are bright, that are extremely capable and intelligent with a wealth of experience and i would put them up against any people anywhere in any occupation in the country. for some reason we are not accusing eachg other and not working and conspiring against each other and not getting to the point that is so visceral that someone might be talking with me one day but then that weekend they might be campaigning against me and then we come back on monday and tuesday and we are supposed to sit down and work through our oufferences for the benefit of our country. i think human nature doesn't let that happen and it won't. i have always look forward to working with everybody. i'm probably one of the most censor us as being on more pieces of l

here is the deal with west virginia. teachers and west virginia are paid 48th out of 50 in the nation. in the surrounding counties and states are all paid a lot more. in fact, there are 1.1 million people that live in west virginia. surrounding states pay their teachers between $5,000 and $30,000 more. the straw that broke the camel's back was that not only have teachers in west virginia not gotten raises in the last few years, as more and more republican-controlled states has to businesses, which has not actually increased economic development, teachers have not gotten raises tax cuts , have gone to businesses, schools have gotten cut, and that the same time, the premiums for health care have been shifted to teachers. 2017,s year, november teachers -- because of a huge premium hike -- are seeing a decrease in their salaries, so that their salaries are lower than they were in 2012. and that -- in january, the republican legislature and the governor decided it was important to give correctional officers a raise, which it

since you are out in west virginia. we should ask you a little bit about the republicans' winter retreat out there at the greenbrier. the president got a hero's welcome yesterday from a lot of republicans who about a year or two years ago were not squarely in his camp. >> he did, indeed. i came here with the president and i overnight the because i will address them at breakfast today. i can confirm for you that the members and their families here are very excited to have the president come and address them. the vice president the night before that and why? because he is coming here with a message of progress and of solutions and a vision for this year. obviously the vice president addressed the mid terms. i will leave that to other people. this president is taking about accomplishments that he has been able to have on behalf of the american people with the republican house and senate. most specifically, the tax cut and jobs act. and as the president is said stood on that stage yesterday, we got to basically the 300th co

but, west virginia's economy is going to change. some coal may come back, but coal is not going to be the dominant industry there. you need to have a good public education system as a bridge to that. that is what the teachers are saying that the legislature refuses to listen. caitlin: if federal funding did come from the government, how do you think it should be used? if it were to come for school safety? >> i believe erika, that there are three facets we need to focus on when it comes to school safety. unfortunately, this comes from -- my knowledge on this is from the theories of terrible incidents that happen in and around tools. even from handgun usage in schools when i was a president of the uft in new york city years ago. remember jefferson high school? or was a handgun there. so, there is a lot of work that has been done on this. i really want to lift up like abby clemens in sandy hook elementary school, people like her. like the teachers in marjorie douglas right now, who, like the kids at stoneman douglas, like the sandy hoo

west virginia wants daca reform, wants tax reform, he's choosing the liberal base over west virginia and -- >> i want to move -- >> west virginia democrats. >> i want to talk from moving about senator manchin. yesterday, it was surprising the president didn't go out, he didn't sell his state of the union, so many times i've covered presidents who have and they go out, it is a great experience for them, a rally, it is just -- i'm surprised he didn't do it. but you have seen pence out doing it. does that even matter though if the president isn't? >> i like mike pence, actually. he's a good man. he doesn't have donald trump's political skills, very few people do, but what they need to be doing, seriously, free advice having done this for a living, they need to roll out their policies. should have done it before the speech. they cannot do it after. the people who elected donald trump, for example, overwhelmingly in rural america. where is his ag policy, his farm policy? rural america is hurting. they turn to donald trump for help. they're not getting it from donald trump. they're getting

republican senator shelley capito is in west virginia. i have an interesting exchange from the vice president yesterday with your colleague, the democrat joe manchin sent out this tweet. he said i looked him in the eye and i told him joe, meaning manchin, that people of the mountain state are counting on you. let's get this tax cut done together but joe voted no with a #there, all right? joe manchin responds in a rather direct response last night. the vice president's comments are exactly why washington sucks. what do you think of that? >> well, i think -- the vice president was disappointed. we were sitting in expanding businesses, giving bonuses to west virginia workers and i think that senator manchin may have intimated to the vice president that he was on board with tax cuts and i think the vice president was disappointed with that. you could see that in his speech. at the same time, i reject the premise that washington sucks. we volunteer to come here, we ask people to send us to washington and we're serving in the greatest deliberat

the difference is that he is well loved here in west virginia. his political skill, quite frank ly, have kept him as one of the very last democrats standing in the state that went more overwhelmingly for president trump than any other in 2016. i want to show you what mike pence had to say about him last night and then give you a taste of how joe manchin responded. take a look at what the vice president had to say. >> people in the mountain state you deserve to know when it came to cutting your taxes, joe voted no. joe voted no to give working families more of your hard-earned money. joe voted no on tax cuts for job creator creators. >> reporter: joe manchin argues that he doesn't think any of those votes he took would have supported -- he doesn't think any of those votesy bad for the people of west virginia. he framed it instead as a potentially voting to take way health care for hundreds of thousands of people in west virginia. but he also had this memorable line. the vice president's comments are exactly why washington sucks. i'm disappointed i

crowded there in west virginia. awaiting the president, paul ryan expecting to introduce the president, and we will return back to the couch for discussion because immigration is not expected to be a big discussion here. >> buck: if the democrats want to, they can lose another shutdown because they lost the last one. if they tried to shut it down over the daca program because they are unwilling to even do any negotiation with the president on the as issue, the people will see it for what it is, and a truck shimmer will come back and say okay, maybe we were wrong. so if there is going to be a shutdown, i think that they will lose at five. >> harris: excuse me, once i can. we the speaker change their firm mitch mcconnell to paul ryan. we do know that he is introducing the present, so without knowing what his remarks are, we want to stay at the ready position now to be able to go straight to the president. so forgive me for cutting and, but this is the white sulfur springs resort. we do know that republicans are saying

the republicans wrap up here in west virginia, one thing is clear. they will not go back to washington, d.c. with any type of resolution. both intraparty or partisan. trying to figure out some way to solve the problem of 690,000 individuals who would be subject to deportation. depending on the court order based on the actions of president trump. putting an end to executive order to allow individuals to stay in the country and work perm permitti permitting. the big question now is what is the pathway forward if there is is one? the president says he is not sure the democrats want one. he put a path to citizenship on the table which they rejected. >> i gave a number which i thought was a generous number because i wanted to see if they were interested in approving that. if they don't approve something within that sphere that means simply they are not looking to approve it at all. >> reporter: talks are ongoing. given the reception to the president's proposal and the rejection from democrats to what they have seen from republicans up to this point, it is

there's not a person in west virginia who believes you're not going to defend their second amendment rights, not a person. with you taking a lead on something like this, it gives them the comfort that something reasonable - and this bill has been vetted for over five years and over 70%, 80% of gun owners say we like your bill, joe. we're just afraid president obama would take it further, take more rights away. that's what i was running into in west virginia. president trump: or use that as it was qs -- sen. manchin: or

donald trump won west virginia by 42 points.easy manchin has had it in the past, this is going to be tough. he is the kind of west virginia guy who thinks personal relations and sort of cousinly behavior is going to save him. >> if he wins, will that be the answer? >> that type of politics, i wish it were still possible in america, things are so partisan and it ideological, . >> i thought it was interesting that his initial response was i'm so surprised that mike pence is going after me. why would you ever be surprised in this is going to be one of the biggest referendums, donald trump is on the ballot in west virginia. it's funny to see him on twitter start to get a little bit more feistier, because that's what he thinks he has to do to meet donald trump and mike pence where they are. >> there's one that democrat that's facing him that's in jail right now, a former coal miner. >> what donald trump said in the state of the union and i love beautiful, clean coal. that's not music to joe manchin's ears. >> right. look in the senat

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. >> dana: president trump heading back to the white house from west virginia as we wait for the expected release of that controversial fisa memo. i'm dana perrino and this is "the daily briefing." sourcing tell fobbing news the president will not object to releasing the memo. the leading democrat addressing strongly, calling it deeply misleading and governor warner, a democrat also, says it is a distortion of facts. john roberts is live at the white house. john? >> reporter: dana, good afternoon to you. here's our understanding as the president gets his way back from the white house from west virginia. that is that the president has decided that he is going to declassify this memo. he has seen it. the white house has been reviewing it. and it's quite likely that the president will transmit the letter back to the house chairman select committee and its chairman either late today or tomorrow morning. i'm hearing tomorrow morning is probably the most likely scenario. then it's up to the intelligence committee what they want to do with it. the white house is under taking a rigorous review. t

the president is on the move just now ready to take off for west virginia. he will speak to the congressional republicans at their annual retreat at the greenbriar hotel there. good morning to you on this thursday. i'm jon scott. >> melissa: i'm melissa francis. the president is set to speak at the greenbriar resort less than an hour and a half from now amid new drama over that house committee's classified memo on the russia investigation. as the f.b.i. says it has grave concerns about its accuracy. >> jon: john roberts is live with more on this ever-changing story. john. >> good morning. the headline for the white house today is what you see in the left-hand side of the screen there. president trump headed to the greenbriar to the gop retreat for a speech that we will see live beginning at about 12:35. the president talking about his themes, state of the union and agenda for 2018. of course what is the forecast for the november elections. the mid-terms will also be a big topic there as well. what remains to be seen throughout the rest of today is what the p

build in west virginia to on the success into 2018. we want to make sure secretary mattis has the resources he needs to rebuild our military. we need to close the skills gap in this country and make sure people can move from welfare to work. there is more to do. that is why we are excited about having the president here to work on this shared agenda. all of thehank members of the administration who have joined us to talk about this agenda. i want to thank senator mitch mcconnell for joining us here. we are excited to make more progress for americans in 2018. mcconnell: i think speaker ryan did a good job of outlining all of the things coming about as a result of the conference of tax reform bill we passed in december. i am in a good position to compare 2017 with other years. -- there was never than 2017 in the time i have been here, which has covered three decades, starting with the supreme court, now 13 circuit judges. did last year were the most in the first year of any did last year were the most in the first year of any administrat

or retreat in west virginia, sr. whereas officials that they will tell congress probably friday that the president is okay with it and which actions are unlikely. speaker of the house defended the process and chairman of thousand halogens committee and staff authored the memo. >> i think they would love nothing more than to play politics and change the subject. devin and has helped shepherd through a reauthorization of 702 which is a foreign terrorist, foreign surveillance law. focusing on keeping the country safe, focus on national security. i think that what they are trying to do is sidetrack us. >> democrats drafted their own version and came out swinging. >> the ultimate decision is made by the president. when he reads the memo from the democrats and shows the book and memo is flat-out false my guess is he doesn't authorize its release. >> house minority leader nancy pelosi went further, calling for the chairman's removal. senate minority leader chuck schumer said the california congresswoman -- house committees

we will take you live to the site of the republican treat -- republican retreat in west virginia to hear from mitch mcconnell and paul ryan. ryan: i want to express that our hearts and prayers are with the victims of yesterday's tragic accident. who were there, we were grateful for the first responders, especially our doctors and the husband and wives of those who ran out and took care of the injured. it was impressive to see how people to -- how people dropped what they were doing to take care of those in need. over the last 24 hours, we have had very productive discussions of our agenda. we finish the year strong with tax reform and in just weeks it has become a great success across the country. ups just announced a big investment in our economy. just announced bonuses for its employees. more than four point one million workers have received bonuses totaling more than $2.5 billion. today is the first day of february when folks will start to see more money in their paychecks based on these withholding tables. ,ages are going up gone up benefits are going up, consumer confidence is at a

so struggling communities in west virginia welcome this. cities will see greater economic growth and all because of the tax reform bill and it's presented to us as that. many of the companies making announcements are not making these announcements in a vacuum. they are saying very explicitly that because of the tax reform bill that congress passed and the president signed, we are able to do these things we wanted to do for our employees, give them a bonus, put more money in their pension, provide more long-term certainty. have no doubt we will continue to add to the list of accomplishments and i will probably be on the senate floor talking about them. with that, mr. president, i would yield the floor and i see my colleague from indiana here to talk about tax reform -- tax reform. thank you. mr. young: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from indiana. mr. young: mr. president, i rise today to speak in support of and show an example of the positive results that the state of indiana is already experiencing as a result of tax refo

house and senate republicans held their annual retreat last week in west virginia. speaker paul ryan and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell spoke to reporters about the party's agenda. speaker ryan discussed the house intelligence memo prior to its release on friday. this is about 15 minutes. rep. paul ryan: good afternoon, everybody. first i would like to express that our hearts and prayers are with the victims of yesterday's tragic accident. for those of us who were there, we are very grateful to the first responders, especially our doctors, and the husbands and wives who took care of the injured. it was very impressive to see how people dropped with they were doing to attend to those in need. over the last 24 hours in west virginia, we've had very productive discussions of our agenda in 2018. on everything from infrastructure to national security. we finished the year strong with tax reform. in just weeks it has become a great success across the country. ups just announced a big investment in our economy. lowe's just announced bonuses for its employees. to da

you realize west virginia has way more teach, than coal miners.ext time, maybe the teachers should just hold classes underground. it's almost impossible to cheat on a test d or breathe, but no cheating. today this happened. >> trevor: today jared kushner has had his security clearance significantly downgraded, sources tell cnn. the downgrade will prevent kushner from viewing the nation's most sensitive secrets, coming after new rules were implemented by chief of staff john kelly. >> trevor: that sucks. now kushner will have to wait for trump to tweet the secrets out. oh, man, it has to be so humiliating for kushner. top-level clearance for a year and then you lies it. that never happens. it would be like if your girlfriend made you start using condoms in the middle of your relationship. not a good sign. what's happening? don't worry, just do it. ( laughter ) how is this going to work? he's still going to be at the white house, but he's not allowed to hear certain information. general kelly, in meetings, will be what do we do about the n-u-k-e-s? j

i'm from the state of west virginia.sabled veteran, just called in on the democrat that i agree with 100% of what president trump people.ld the american [cheers and applause] >> it was a speech that really did connect. it connected with people all and all is country across the political spectrum. because i really believe the out a vision for the future. and i just wanted to come here today, i know the president will to thank night just all of you. to thank you all, the members of that c, for everything you've done to bring us this far. to bring us the kind of from ship that we have, the house to congress to statehouses across this country. that ron has already headed out to the congressional retreat in west virginia but in to thanking her i want staff and e great team at the republican national co-chairman our a -- it's a great -- team, winning team. i also want to thank each an very one of you who give so generously of your time and talent to build this party. you're patriots. ole e committed to grand party, and i know

and that hope was particularly strong in rural states like west virginia. that finally we might see real resources, where it really counts, in rural communities. but unfortunately many of the worst-hit states like mine ended up receiving only minimal amounts of funding. let me give you an example. a more populous state received five times more funding than my state, but my state's overdose rate was five times higher than the more populous state. this bill, like every bill, has parts i like and parts i don't like. one of the issues i fought for, aking sure that now $6 billion we are putting toward fighting the opioid crisis, will actually get to the places where it matters most. we must use a formula based on per capita statistics to ensure funds go to the hardest hit states and smaller states where the crisis and the need is the greatest. as a member of the appropriations committee, and having a direct hand on how the $6 billion will be targeted, i've been reassured that rural states like mine will not be short changed and whether he work to make sure the l

he's about to take the stage in west virginia.i gladly stand up ♪ next to you and defend her still today ♪ cuz there ain't no doubt i love this land ♪ god bless the usa >> thank you, paul and mitch, for the introduction and for your tremendous leadership. you folks have done well. i just looked at some numbers. you've even done better than you thought, i think, based on what we just saw about 10 minutes ago. i want to thank you to the governor of this incredible state, my very good friend jim justice and his wonderful wife kathy, who are with us. and jim is now a proud member of the republican party. he was a democrat. he switched over, right? you don't see that too often. maybe you'll see it more and more, but thank you, jim, and the hotel is beautiful and everything is beautiful. we appreciate it. it's great to be among so many friends for the second time this week. tuesday was an incredible evening as we were all inspired, and i really mean that. we were inspired by america's heroes and uplifted by everyone who has sacrificed i

president arriving in west virginia. he is expected to maybe mention this fbi memo hopes to declassify or in hopes of sport of releasing. it is either no big deal or beginning of a constitutional crisis. the best i can do, folks, gauge how wall street reacting to this. collectively doesn't seem to care. president is in west virginia. he picked up his biggest victory, 42 points. they don't get a more secure base than these, than these folks. i want to listen in. you never know what is coming -- >> did you know that. number 2, gdp percentage. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> i appreciate it. thank you. >> god bless you. [inaudible] whoa, i like this guy. neil: you never know. sometimes these things, sometimes you break news here. i always think when you get off, when the president is leaving well of the house the other night state of the union address, wouldn't you know just on his way out, making response about releasing of memo, caused all the dust-up. you would have missed that if you watch standard coverage. we'll watch

you are in west virginia where we have just heard from house speaker paul ryan. what have we heard about this? >> reporter: the speaker tried to down play and collar -- clayfy the contents. he said this would be about potential abuse of civil liberties and said that it is a piece of committee product that is designed as part of a natural appropriate oversight of the fbi. he went out of his way to say that the product of this memo is not designed to impugn either special counsel robert mueller's work or the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein who oversees bob mueller. he was pressed on this point because it comes in direct contrast to what a number of republican house members have been saying for days about what a bombshell report this memo can and will be when it comes out. here was katie hunt pressing him on the point at the end of the news conference. >> do you really believe that this memo has nothing at all to do and no impact on the special counsel investigation? >> i'm trying to say people should not draw lines. people should not implicate. >> people are

a man on the other end said, i'm from west virginia. i already told shelley this story. said, i'm from west virginia. i'm a lifelong democrat. he said, i'm a disabled veteran. i called on the democrat line to say i agree with 100% of what president trump just said in that speech. [applause] v.p. pence: men and women, the president laid out a blueprint for american success. it is how we need to tell our story this year. it is about the progress we need to continue to make, not for our party, but for the american people to deliver for this country. i encourage you to do it. elections are about choices. i was in the congress the last time the other side was in control. i remember how they tried to pass cap and trade. they gave us dodd frank and the disastrous policies of obamacare. i remember their decision to hollow out our military, and their belief that we could borrow and spend our way to a growing economy. remember all that? and higher taxes along the way. you have worked every day with this administration to undo the damage they did the meantime -- they did in the tim

when we empowered west virginia to defund planned parenthood, joe voted no. and when it comes to that wall that we're going to build on the southern border, joe said, "well, i'm not voting for the wall either." >> reporter: taking a page from president trump, the vice president also tweeted against manchin. take a look at manchin's response. he tweeted back, "the vice president's comments are exactly why washington sucks." that from manchin. now, today as you mentioned, they will hear from president trump to set the agenda, to talk about what's important to them to try to get done. of course the midterm elections are a big part of that. the upcoming budget deadline to try to get that in place by the 8th. and of course the ym grace issue that has yet to be settled. philip. >> we know you'll be covering it all for us, tracie, thank you. >>> disgraced former usa gymnastics doctor larry nassar is back in court for a third and final sentencing hearing in another case of sexual abuse. while this case involved three victims, once again, many more are coming forward

six others injured when an amtrak train carrying republican members of congress to a retreat in west virginia collided with a garbage truck. nbc's tom costello is in virginia. do we have any details about how this happened? >> well, we just know that it appears that the crossing arms, the gates, were working, according to witnesses, and the lights, the warning lights, were working. you can see the debris from this trash truck is absolutely scattered across this entire field. the ntsb is on the scene. federal rail investigators. they've been using a drone to overfly the scene. they've been using digital mapping technology. this all happened at about 11:20 yesterday morning as this amtrak train carrying members of congress to a retreat in west virginia came right head on into a trash truck that was, for some reason, on the tracks. it should not have been on the tracks. we now know the person who was killed was one of those trash truck crew members, 28-year-old christopher foley. immediately after the crash, members of congress jumped out to try to help the people on the truck, including medical

retreat in west virginia.eantime, democrats are now charging the house republicans secretly altered materially a memo concerning how the f.b.i. investigated russian meddling in the presidential election. joining us now is kevin, bloomberg's chief washington correspondent. he's coming to us from the g.o.p. retreat in west virginia. of course in the background is that awful accident which caused the fatality yesterday. kevin, i know it made it a difficult start, but how are the strategy sessions coming along? are you hearing anything yet? kevin: well, the main dominant talk of conversation is will he or won't he? that of course being president trump with regards to the release of this nunes memo. that's dominated the talks from lawmakers in the background -- whoops. it's dominated the talk of the conversations here in white sulphur springs. i want to bring up a quote from adam schiff. vonnie: kevin, i think that was the memo coming your way. you lost out on an exclusive. kevin: i know. the representative adam sc

bo to adam shapiro, he is in west virginia there where a short time ago the president delivered what i would call a powerful america first speech. hi, adam. reporter: he is always america first, trish and this was no different. he spoke to the republicans gathered here in west virginia, talking about tax reform, talking about immigration reform, talking about infrastructure. specifically his message to democrats saying that the administration and republicans will continue to attempt to pass bipartisan legislation but they have to be met in the middle and it doesn't appear according to the president that democrats want to do that he cited the fact he offered a path to citizenship for 1.8 million people who have come tonights illegally. he says the democrats he did this to see if the democrats were serious using immigration to solve the problem or using immigration as political point. here is what he specifically said about it. >> they talk a good came with daca but they don't produce. either they come on board, or we'll have to really work and get more people so we can get the kind of

in a series of tweets, pence wrote, quote, i was in west virginia a few months ago.e manchin was there and i looked him in the eye and i told him, joe, the people of the mountain state are counting on you, so let's get this tax cut done together. but joe voted no. the tweet concluded with when it came time to vote with sweeping tax cuts that help west virginians keep more of their money and made it possible for worldwide equipment to invest more in their workers, joe voted month. senator manchin responded last week i worked in a bipartisan way with senator collins to end the shutdown and last night president trump called for unity and bypart is anship. the vice president's comments are exactly why washington sucks. i'm disappointed in his comments, but will continue to work to make washington work so west virginia and our country work. >>> hillary clinton, in a lengthy facebook post, clinton wrote in part, the most important work of my life has been to support and empower women so i very much understand the question i am being asked as to why i let an employee on my

.-- my we're about call from west virginia and it is the finest coal we have used. west virginia is doing great, and you look at what is happening in pennsylvania, ohio. [applause] at what is: look happening in wyoming, all over, it is like a different world. remember this. as soon as i got into office we approved the keystone xl pipeline and the the quota dakotapipeline, -- the access pipeline. we have withdrawn from the totally disastrous and job -- they basically wanted to take our wealth away. they didn't want us to use our wealth power. we knocked out the paris climate accord. [applause] pres. trump: it would have been a disaster for our country. [applause] pres. trump: basically at said you have a lot of oil and gas we found, and technology has been amazing. we found things we never knew, but we have massive -- the top in the world -- massive energy reserves. we have so much, and basically, you can't use it. so what it does is it makes us uncompetitive with other countries. it is not going to happen, i told them. china, their agreement didn't kick in until 203

the presiding officer: the senator for west virginia. mr. manchin: mr. president, i rise today to discuss something extremely important to each one of us in this wonderful body which is called civility and trust. civility and trust. and i rise to discuss them because they have been lost in washington. and i look around and we're all friends, but for some reason we lost the trust of each other, and we don't seem to spend enough time with each other. i can remember senator robert c. byrd, the longest serving senator, i think, in the history of the united states senate. and he always told me what a place this was. he said the senate is something special. he even wrote a book about it, about how the senate is to operate, the founding fathers, what the intent was for the bipartisan, bicameral body that george washington explained so eloquently, and what our role was as the most deliberative body in the world and the whole world kind of depends on us cooling things off and making things work. but as we've seen, it hasn't done what it's supposed to do, and it's

president trump has a west virginia this morning.dress key issues on the agenda this year is the midterm election is learning. -- looming. >> nancy pelosi predicted economic armageddon, remember that one should mark it is just amazing to me that after the tax cut passes through millions of americans get another thousand dollars in their pockets in many cases and she described as crumbs. people say a thousand dollars is crumbs, you live in a different world i live in. >> earnings in focus and a big way. the single busiest day of the fourth quarter season they reported earlier this hour they beat expectations there. the stock is under pressure as the company expects to spend up to $7 billion on new technology. expenses going up. we are watching for earnings this morning futures pointing to a mixed open dow industrials is worsened. we are expecting a decline at the opening of trading. down 30 points on the down dow and seven points on the nasdaq. this after the markets finished the month of january. they all posted gains. they did and o

senate majority leader mitch mcconnell's eking during a news conference at the gop retreat in west virginia>> good afternoon, everybody. how are you doing? first, i want to express that our hearts and prayers are with the victims of yesterday's tragic accident. for those of us who were there, we were just very grateful for the first responders. especially our doctors. our doctor caucus and husband and wivesour doctor caucus and d and wives that came out to take care of the injured. people drop with they were doing to attend to those in need. to attend to those in need. over the last 24 hours, we've had some very productive discussions. and on everything from national security. we are strong with tax reform and in weeks, it has become a great success across the country. ups just announced a big investment in our economy. lowe's announced bonuses for its employees. to date, more than 4.1 million workers have received bonuses totaling more than $2.5 billion. today being the first day of february, workers will see more money in their paychecks based on these new withholding tables. take-home pa

>>> there is no budging on either side in west virginia's teacher strike.will be closed tomorrow for a fourth day. don dahler is there. >> reporter: 55 strong they chanted. reference to all 55 school district on strike. for the third school day, thousand of teachers have come together on the steps of the capitol building to speak with one voice. that low wages, and rising health care costs, are making their lives unbearable. jake told us he might have to declare bankrupt secy because h teacher's income will not cover insurance. >> full time employed teacher you qualify for food stamps. >> working two jobs. >> west virginia teachers earn $45,000, below the national average of $58 t stri$58,000. offered 2% increase this year. and 1% increase over two years. >> we are being pulled into the gutter. and our lives are about pulling people out of the gutter. >> listen, listen, please. >> governor jim justice was jeered when he said the state can't afford anything more. >> i can't help you. >> lindsay dolan mother of two is concerned that low pay means the best tea

. >>> there's late word of an agreement to stop the massive teacher strike in west virginia that's kept all public schools closed and hundreds of thousands of students out of the classroom for days now. the dispute igniting a national debate over education. nbc's gabe gutierrez is there with the latest. >> reporter: tonight a dramatic finish. >> teachers will go back to work on thursday. we'll use tomorrow as like a cooling-off day. >> reporter: for four days across west virginia's 55 counties, more than 30,000 school employees went on strike. third grade teacher tamatha richardson was fighting for better pay to take care of her son with special needs. >> we're just fighting for our rights. if that's illegal, here we r. >> reporter: their teacher pay ranks 48th in the country. an average salary of $45,000, compared to $58,000 nationwide. >> what's at stake here is public education and the future of west virginia. >> reporter: last week the governor signed off on a 4% pay raise over three years, but these teachers say that's not enough and won't keep up with rising health insurance costs

he will take off to west virginia.ort, wonderful place, where the gop is holding a large-scale meeting to decide on their strategy for the forthcoming year. the president will address that meeting this afternoon. he had just gotten on board of air force one. >>> back to amazon, i'm going to call this amazon day. it is looking for a new home for its second headquarters. 20 major cities, all candidates for that amazon second home. however, our next guest says, states should not want amazon in their city. richard florida is with us, city lab cofounder and editor-at-large. make your case. i mean, look if i'm the mayor of a a big city i would offer heaven and earth to get amazon to come to my city. there is lots of jobs and lots of money. what is wrong that? >> i think amazon is great to pick the city it wants. i think amazon could be great for a city, i have said that what 100 economy experts and libertarians to free-marketeers to people on the left, it is mistake for cities to put together these multibillion-dollar packag

what nancy pelosi called crumbs. >> harris: that was president trump in west virginia. which live out the top of the hour. he talked about the effect of his tax reform a bill. meanwhile, americans across the nation are starting to see increases in their paychecks. they are coming. and reportedly, this may be helping republicans ahead of the midterm election. at least one poll is backing that claim up appeared a new university study shows that when americans were asked who they would vote for if it was held today, nearly half would go for democrats. at nearly half would go for republicans. that is a big difference from december. where 51% so that they would vote for democrats, and only 36 for republicans. here now we have tim scott. great to see you. i know that this is one of your favorite topics. task outs and job creation, which you and the president call it that. the president talking today. tell me what you heard and where we are going with about. >> really excited with where we are in this country, especially starting in this month. happy february to the 90% of the

heading to beautiful west virginia and it is beautiful to be with the great members of the republican party. we'll be planning infrastructure and discussing immigration and daca. not easy when we have no support from the democrats. he adds in bold, not one dem voted for our tax cut bill.

west virginia is doing great. you look it was happening in west virginia. look it was happening in pennsylvania. you look it was happening in ohio. you look at once happening in wyoming. you look it was happening all over, it's like a different world. as soon as i got into office, we approved the keystone xl pipeline and the dakota access pipeline, which would never have been approved. we announced our withdrawal from killingstrous job wealth knocking out -- it theyed out our wealth, wanted to take our wealth away. they did not want us to use our wealth hour. the paris climate accord would have been a disaster. basically, it said we have a lot of oil and gas that we found. technology has been amazing. energy reserves. we have coal, we have so much. what it does, it makes us uncompetitive with those countries. it's not going to happen. china, their agreement didn't begin until 2030. our agreement takes in immediately. you're allowed to go back into the 1990's, which was not and it clean environmental time. others, we had to pay because they considered them a

the dig focus on the president here in west virginia was immigration. knows he's going to need some democratic votes to make anything happen. he even suggested that he's willing to give a little bit to get them. >> they talk a good game with daca but they don't produce. so either they come on board or we're going to have to work to get more people to get the kind of numbers that we need to pass in an easier fashion legislation. to get it done, we'll all have to make some compromises along the way to get it done. >> in any daca deal, the president needs a wall and an end to chain migration. john thune said may be a leaner deal. mitch mcconnell didn't favor one plan or the other. >> provided the government is still open on february 8, to go to the subject and to treat it in a fair way, not try to tilt the playing field in anybody's direction and we'll see who can get to 60 votes. >> there's no guarantee that a str stripped down daca deal would get anywhere in the house. >> shepard: peter, what are the democrats saying on immigration? >> one moderate democ

how readily available are these pills in this part of west virginia? >> they're everywhere. >> reporter: this woman is now in recovery after years of agony. >> it was awful. because you want your pills. you don't want your marriage. you don't want your kids. you want your pills. >> reporter: the house energy and commerce committee has just sent letters to two regional drug distributors asking why they oversupplied this town and others. >> they're making a fortune off of our downfall. >> reporter: one of those distributors, h.d. smith, tells nbc news it operates with stringent protection of our nation's healthcare supply chain. the other, miami luken, says we are working very closely with the committee to address their questions. mark troy is an attorney who has several pending lawsuits against drug distributors. who is to blame here, the drug manufacturers, the pharmacies and the doctors? >> yes, yes, and yes. it's a gigantic problem. >> reporter: we went to the two williamson pharmacies mentioned in a congressional report just two blocks apart. hi the