i'm a real believer that west virginia needs to welcome all.y green and niche components to this admission initiative, but i want you to remember just one thing, and i know you will forevermore. our coal, oil and gas folks today are supplying to west virginia in this year or in years past, $891 million of severance income to this great state. people get up every day and get their dinner bucket and go. people are in 7,000 feet underground in 32 inches of coal and can't sit up all day long. and they do it for their families. and they do it for this nation. they do it for this great state and they do it for all of us. never, never will i, and never should you ever forget the great work that the coal miners have done, the great work the gas workers do, or the oil workers in this great state. never turn your back on the greatness of our natural resources. thank you so much. [applause] we will kind of keep moving here, okay? in regard to our budget, we again are going to have a budget presented by me that is relatively flat. you see, i don't believe

guys all over the place are saying come to west virginia. there's so much goodness going on in our parks and every where else, i could go on forever and ever again. you know, we spent $150 million and you can't get a place in our park because they're all sold. shows off. they make theut world see how gd we really are. we're back in the beginning and really, we know how good we are but the world didn't know and absolutely knows now. they're getting it. i want to talk just a second about roads. in 2022 we did 115,745 miles of work. think about that. think about it. in the last four years, we've done 364,000, 500 miles of work in west virginia and you can see what you want but not many years back. we can't even go to the convenient store because we tear to pieces the convenient store and today and nitro world war and memorial bridge is on it is way. veteran blue stone is on their way.ve all the wheeling bridges for purposes are done and the streets in wheeling are getting better and the co-field express way and absolute on the path to be done.

tonight distinguish west virginia. i don't know we have anything that is as honorable as they distinguish west virginia for our businesses. tonight i am creating the business nights what i want to do is let these folks when i read their names be the first inductees could operate to the of a couple more folks coming to west virginia. and then you know what i want to do? i want to go back and every single business in this state that contributes and helps in every way i want everyone to the business night at this stage. send them a certificate, they put it up on their wall and then i'm going to ask of them one thing. it's as simple as this. i'm going to ask them to help all of us. the absolute perpetuate the great, great message in west virginia. tonight our first inductees i'm going to go through firm berkshire hathaway, alicia knapp if she could stand and going to read through all of them and then will clap for all of you all. from precision cast part steve right morgan o'brien, form energy i'm in a mess this one up. [i

control our narrative, that control our story. ♪ >> anthony: it was always too easy to come gawk at west virginias of stereotypical west virginians. hillbillies and hicks, tucked into isolated hollers to be pitied or made objects of laughter and derision. >> elaine: if you google appalachia to this day, you're going to see dirty-faced kids, bare foot on a front porch, shaking lyndon b. johnson's hand. there's a lot more to appalachia than that. >> anthony: in 1964, lyndon johnson declared his war on poverty. a good thing, yes? but the accompanying press tour portraying the people here as an incapable and bewildered helpless mass, missed the basic essential character -- the pride and the self-reliant core of the people here. that damage is lasting. >> elaine: when you come in and keep telling us how poor, fat -- how all these things are -- i think we've all felt it at some point. shame. >> anthony: what should people know about this area that they don't know, that they're not getting? it's just how much that people in this area have been exploited. [ bells ringing ] [ machines whirring ] >> nick:

i am a retired coalminer and west virginia.tion to you we powered this nation through several wars if it had been especially west virginia colt would not have been able to make her ammunition, airplanes or whatever. at that time back in say world war ii the women men the factories and the women fought the wars and mind of the coal because we needed it. my problem is, we note coal is one of the dirtiest fossil fuels that there t is. and it is quite expensive everything hillary clinton when she was running almost $11 billion to be sent to these coal operators for the power plants. to upgrade them, put filters on them and clean them. we've got future generations and i don't think coal can be eliminated. that first package the biden administration pass when they first went in d there, had to do with the reconstruction of highways and bridges and everything. they haven't done it with any other source of energy yet because it has a higher btu and it makes steel. it is still necessary to have coal. but i don't hear the guys up there t

you know, they west virginia. and so he instead of sending to see whether it's true he marches to of his division robert rhodes's and john gordon's to martinsburg to find out whether the yankees are in martinsburg. well guess what not but and i love irony or whatever in the war are always in telegraph office and the intercepted they find out that grant had visited now this in september the 18th and sheridan making plans to move the next morning and what becomes the third battle winchester two so early hustles to war they don't make it gordon and rhodes don't make it and so by the morning of september 19th, earl these armies strung out and i'm going to riverside. that's not point. the point is, as they would say later shadow whirling through winchester he rallied to the. can you imagine though always thought you know you northern end it an inverted l and north of winchester on the pike you're confederate infantry with breckinridge and others and all of a sudden you see him in 10,000. you hear them because horsemen

npr reported on how republican governor jim justice in west virginia has declared war on west virginia public broadcasting, which is increasingly important as a news source in west virginia particularly as the news business has led to the collapse of local news gathering operations. but at west virginia public broadcasting jim justice has decided that's got to go, too, so he's gotten rid of the professional leadership, he installed his own communications director as thest new ceo and n they've started firing reporters who have reported on scandals and failures in government justice's information. i could describe that west virginia situation as a scandal. i think for most americans whose value the idea of a free and independent press it would be seen as ape scandal, but just watch at what jim justice is doing with the media in west virginia. if that i starts getting nation attention just watch, other republican governors will see what he's doing andov try to emulate it themselves because this is what's in style right now on the american far-right. it is a race to outdo each other with

at morgantown, west virginia, his alma mater.e course is named after him. another tech icon, brad smith moved back to his hometown in west virginia and became president of marshal university. so this whole idea of the champions giving back, it's part of the moving forward, as well. >> you mentioned the pandemic. there is this huge opportunity, if you are a state or county or a city, to look at what you're doing and say, there are a lot of people that want to move out of california, that want to move out of washington state, some of the traditional tech areas. what can we do to attract them. some are doing that. if you're a mayor doing this, what would be the number one things on the list? >> it's interesting that some of these cities are paying workers to relocate, and they have had success with it. tulsa has a remote working program, west virginia has a remote working program, and they're attracting a lot of millennial talents to come to these places and tay and do startups. that's having an impact, as well. >> you spent years c

and pr reporting on how republican governor jim justice in west virginia, has declared war on, west virginia public broadcasting. which is increasingly important as a new source of west virginia, increasingly as the news business has led to the collapse of lots of local news gathering operations. but a west virginia public broadcasting, jim justices decided adds to go to. so he's got rid of the professional leadership, he's installed his own communications director as a new ceo, and now they've started firing reporters, we have reported on scandals and failures in government justices administration. >> and i could describe that west virginia situation as a scandal, think for most americans who value the idea of a free and independent, press it would be seen as a scandal. but just watch. if what jim justice is doing with the media, in west virginia, that starts getting national tension, just watch, other republican governors will see what is, doing and try to emulate it themselves. because this is what's in style right now, on the american far-right. it is a race to outdo each other with the

npr reported how republican governor jim justice in west virginia has declared war on west virginia public broadcast. it is increasingly important in west virginia particularly as there has been a collapse of lots of local gathering news organizations. jim justice has decided that has to go too, so he have got rid of the professional leadership and installed his own communication director and now they have started to fire reporters who have reported on scandals and failures in his administration. i could describe that west virginia situation as a scandal. i think most americans to value the idea of a free and independent press would be seen as a scandal. if what jim justice is doing with the media in west virginia, if that starts getting national attention of the republican governors will see what he's doing and try to emulate it in cell. this is what that is in style on the american far right. it is a race to outdo each other. we know where it ends. we have seen this playbook and a lot of different places all around the world. in that spirit i think one more. to put on that map. it is her

west virginia senator joe manchin on what he's willing to support to unleash america's energy assets.s, the people of east palestine, ohio, are still reeling after pete buttigieg showed up three weeks after the train derailment. and then claimed to be on private time as president biden jetted off to ukraine and poland. >> are you going down will? >> what's that? >> are you going down there at all? >> yes, i am. >> when are you going? >> i'll share that when i'm ready. can i get a photo with you? maria: all of this as president trump headed to east palestine with water and supplies for the region. >> we have told you loud and clear you are not forgotten. you are not forgotten. we stand with you, we pray for you, and we'll stay with you in your night to help answer -- your fight to help answer and the accountability that you deserve. the community has shown the tough and resilient heart of america, and that's what it is. this is really america right here. we're standing in america. maria: all of this as the 2024 the presidential primary begins to expand this week. coming up, one of the

can you imagine being a coal miner in west virginia knowing this guy is the labor secretary. bill gates is he's not the problem when it comes to climate change. he got called out by a reporter for his use of a private charge. >> what do you say to those who call you a hypocrite. >> i'm comfortable with the idea that not only am i not part of the problem, but also through the billions that my energy group, that impart of the

we didn't know what was going on to a hotel in west virginia. yes. or west virginia. yesterday i had to go home to pick up prescriptions. tom, the creek by my house had a very, very strong chemical smell to it. i went in my house, it was worse. meanwhile, authorities burned to remaining chemicals to prevent a catastrophic blast. releasing more toxic fumes into the air. officials collected samples to gauge the extent of environmental damage. traces of chemicals found in the near by ohio river, thousands of dead fish found in the vicinity. these samples were analyzed overnight with the full support and backing of governor to wine. i am happy to announce that the evacuation order is now limited, but returning residents had their doubts. my son came out, he was like, oh my god, it's thanks mom it's. it's more like paint than her and i'm like, no, it doesn't. i got up at mountain and it smelled like really, really strong paint than her. and then his eyes turned like blood shot and he started coughing and i was like, ever leaving at the school gym. the local community is co

there was a situation in west virginia a colleague of mine had the bill bringing this before the committee now. he is no longer in congress but we are bringing this up today we had two cities in the town of west virginia with 3000 people that just delivered with prescriptions over 2 million of opioids and -- what our bill today does if you are a pharmaceutical distributor distributing that pharmacy has liability because what happened is that the pharmaceutical distributor said everybody is showing up with their prescription and the pharmacy has a prescription to bill. and it is up to the medical board for preventing these prescriptions from getting out. but we are fulfilling our orders and what we are saying is when you have these patterns that are obvious to anyone that you are supplying a bill -- a pill bill we will hold you accountable for that. and we will do this with fentanyl and also moving forward we will work bipartisan i talked with other members on the other side of the aisle. most of this is judiciary, but the energy that commerce has is enforcement. so scheduling into noel, ho

for the senate seat in west virginia. decides to run for re-election. are you bullish on the chances of taking back a west virginia senate seat for the republicans? >> there was a poll just in the last week that showed the governor of west virginia with a 10-point lead over the democratic incumbent joe manchin. that is good news for us. we're in the candidate recruitment period right now in other states that are extremely important if we will be able to flip the senate in 24. i would add montana, ohio and pennsylvania to the list of ones we're focusing on to try to get the very most electable candidate nominated, which gives you the best chance of winning in november. >> dana: senator mcconnell, have a safe trip overseas. appreciate your time. >> there are police everywhere here. why can't we get answers from them? >> bill: that was the scene late last night. those impacted by the ohio train derailment blasting the lack of answers at a town hall. we get reaction from environmental activist erin brokovich saying the epa is

host: that was joe in west virginia.m the pages of the washington post, this is the column on the economy. she is an editorial writer focused on the economy. this is how she says it: that was heather long and her column, it is almost too good to be true. if you want to read that in the washington post. sandra is in louisiana. i hear you are typing. go ahead. caller: hello there? host: one more try. go for it. caller: i am calling -- can you hear me? host: you've got to listen through your phone and turn down your television. try to do that when you call in. this is david in pennsylvania. good morning. caller: good morning. we hit the debt ceiling a couple of weeks ago. the republic hasn't failed. we are living within our means right now. they are not taking new charges on the credit card. as your previous caller said, we have to punish success. what did they think pays for these bills? how do think they have these restaurants and theaters and apartments? we gave people money to pay their rent. the medium sized apartment

efectivamente tormentas de hielo, en especial desde texas hasta west virginia. es que va haber hielo acumulado adicional de una, seis pulgadas en las prÓximas 36 horas. incluye arkansas, oeste de tennessee, centro oeste de texas. este aviso por tormenta de hielo. pero ademÁs tenemos aviso de tormenta invernalen una parte centronorte de texas, oklahoma, incluye advertencia de condiciones invernales en mississippi, tennessee, kentucky y west virginia. no tener chorro que tenemos de humedad en toda esa Área. en superficie se nota la divisiÓn de las temperaturas, 23 al norte, una masa muy frÍa. al sur una masa muy cÁlida de 74°. esa fueron las mÁximas. tal es la divisiÓn a la masa frÍa de la masa cÁlida hacia el sur. hacia el sur de esas temperaturaslluvia que puede acumularse en algunos sectores tres o cuatro pulgadas como promedio, una o dos pulgadas para toda esa zona. maÑana niebla densa en la interestatal 10, todo el sur, costas del golfo asÍ que el hielo se seguirÁ formando a lo largo de la madrugada. lo peor gran parte del dÍa de maÑana y luego se disipa el j

and that's a fact that it disproportionately impacts people in my state of west virginia. in the words of one west virginian who wrote into my office, quote, how are we supposed to keep our houses warm and food on the table. speaking of housing, it remains unfombl 6789 -- unaffordable. fixed mortgage rates rose from 3.4% in january of 2022 to over double, 7.12% in a matter of months. the national association of realtors housing affordability index dipped below 100, signifying that average american families do not have enough money to qualify for a mortgage on a median priced home. in other words, new families and hardworking individuals who made smart financial decisions with the hope of purchasing a home can no longer pursue that dream because it's out of reach. it's unaffordable. moving to energy, something that's absolutely essential in the proud history and tradition of our state, my state, despite the recent slowdown, despite the recent downturn in energy prices, it can't be forgotten that americans are still paying 30% more for energy. and at its peak in june of 2022,

it's host: that was patrick in maryland, this is in west virginia, our republican line.ing. thank you for taking my call. i am a 71-year-old disabled retiree, and because i'm single and after i do my social security formula to figure out how much to pay federal income tax on my social security, i ended up paying over $4000 on my social security benefits, federal tax. that ain't right. you should never be taxed on your social security in my opinion. but because of that, i worked hard all of my life, i've got good pensions, and just because i'm single, i still have to pay $4300 a year on my federal income tax. in my opinion, when you have worked all your life, your social security benefits should not be taxed. on top of that, in the state of west virginia, i still have to count for my adjusted income. it cost me more money like that. host: on the issue of social security, in about 45 minutes we will be talking a lot more about that with congressman john larson from connecticut. stick around for that and for all of our viewers, calling in for open forum, about 45 minutes le

we will head to west virginia. martinsburg, west virginia. this is erik on that line for those who make between $30,000 a year and $100,000 a year, good morning. >> good morning, thank you for c-span. love you guys. and yeah, so i make $40,000 a year. and i guess the thing that i think is getting lost in the conversation is the fact that the prices are going up, especially for food from what i can see. i think a lot of these places are just paying shareholders and boards, and i don't think they have to raise the prices. but for some reason, you know, they're just through the roof. i see it in my local grocery store and they go up, you know, they're going up all the time. so, i am managing okay on what i make. i just recently got a 50 cent an hour raise from my boss. >> what line of work are you in, eric? >> i guess you would consider it environmental. we clean commercial properties. we pick up trash, basically. >> and that raise that you got, have you gotten other raises during the pandemic? when's the last time you got a raise? >> i think th

west virginia is bringing this before the committee.a small town of west virginia meant over millions of opioids. so, what our bill today says are the pharmaceutical distributor disturbing to that you have liability for the pharmaceutical distributor said everybody showing up had a prescription. in the pharmacy had a prescription to fail. we are filling our orders that are clearly obvious to anyone you are supplying were going to hold you accountable for that those two bills will go before us today we are talk to the other side of the aisle. the average energy and commerce as is enforcement print scheduling fentanyl it's clear they're shipping excess drugs to certain community. a good thing we want to do is call the support active. we also to deal with this from a covering and helping people through discovery. five years was a monumental built us support the act. they really come into place. we are going to spend this year since that bill has passed, things that have been effective at many things not as effective as they should be and h

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the chat group, he'll be a leg, angela west virginia who is as conservative as you can get, west virginia legislator. >> miss sohn, great interject, i didn't realize the list was so long. we'll ask you to submit them in the record so we have them for the record as well. miss sohn, we've got over two years without a full commission at the fcc. the cost to the american public for this vacancy has been extreme. the fcc is charged with overseeing some of the most critical sectors of the american economy, media, communications. these are massive industries that are also on the verge of receiving a historic amount of public funding from the infrastructure investment and jobs act. the fcc is the lawful regulator and enforcement agency for the federal government's effort to fight against robocalls and ensure consumers have a voice on their side when they have an issue with the cable, satellite or broadband provider. every second we wait, to me, the worse it gets. can you please discuss the cost's long-term vacancy has had on american consumers? >> senator lujÁn, you actually mentioned some of the

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by some counts, iowa is the third state s a choice i don't count west virginia because i'm innot quite there. arizona was never -- >> we don't either just to make that clear. did you let arizona be if you to getting the universal school choice and much more interesting you've been working on it for a few years. what do you think put you over the top this year? >> i want to give a shout out to both arizona and west virginia to lead and take a stance and doug has been working on this for a long time so but again the governors are competitive. it took you eight years to get you where you're at and we are doing it in three. you're about to see this happen across the country so it's not just iowa that you will see additional governors. that upset at the bar and that is where we will be looking to go. covid was a pivotal point not onlyor for parents but for governors across the country. i see the data that we see demonstrates and it was the wrong thing to do to keep the k kids out of the classroom and the amount of loss is staggering and some of the kids will never get that back. we were one

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host: that is trevor in west virginia. in the washington post today, the fact checker has a column looking at various fact checks that he does and offering up various nokias for things that are not facts. -- various pinocchio's for things that are not facts. one has to do with medications. he said last year, let's cap the cost of insulin at $35 a month so everyone can afford it. he wrote, the inflation reduction act caps insulin at $35 but senate republicans used a parliamentary rule to strip that out of the bill. it provides a $35 monthly cap on insulin for those if the five and older who are on medicare. another aspect he took is extended the child tax credit which is what resident biden asked for so no one has to raise a family in poverty. congress failed to extend that provision and acted despite efforts to add it to the year and spending bill. various parts of last year speech you can look at whether it did or did not happen after president biden called for it. this is mike in billings, montana, independent. good morn

and west virginia is interesting to see if he runs for reelection or if humans as a democrat.ost: the difference of the 118. and the key vote that the majority leader has ana extra vote full senate and not just the spotlight. >> but as intended he comes back to become the joe mentioned the 118th congress. >> i am just wondering on all of these cases since 9/11 with these pfizer courts with that legality of the constitution and what about tony? he seems to be the most credible with with a high-level navy the same security clearance as tony. it is theea cream of the crop. top-notch guys and i was enamored and the best of the best and then willing to step forward. the fisa court is unconstitutional and specifically have you heard anything on tony? >> on theth fisa court. it isup it that she is jurisdictional judiciary. and to come up with the topic specifically of the new weaponization committee in the house. republicans are looking to investigate against americans citizens and obviously the fisa court has been a controversial topic. host: that weaponization committee had the fir

eduardo: tormentas de hielo, en especial desde texas hasta west virginia.ra hielo acumulado adicional. unas seis pulgadas en las prÓximas 36 horas. incluye arkansas, o este de tennessee, centro oeste de texas. esto es aviso por tormenta de hielo. tenemos aviso por tormenta invernal en texas, oklahoma. esto abarca las prÓximas horas. las capas altas de la atmÓsfera, noten el chorro de humedad dentro de esta Área. en superficie se nota la divisiÓn de las temperaturas. 23 al norte. una masa muy frÍa. al sur, una masa muy cÁlido de 64 grados. tal es la divisiÓn en cuanto a ambas masas. al sur de esas temperaturas, lluvia que puede acumularse en algunos sectores, 3 o 4 pulgadas en promedio. esta noche y amanecer de maÑana, niebla densa en el corredor de la interestatal 10 porto ——costa del sur, costa del golfo. lo peor es el horario de la madrugada de maÑana y se disipe el jueves con lluvia para el sureste. a la vez, el noreste con una ola frÍa que no se experimenta desde pensilvania hasta maine desde hace 7 aÑos. leÓn: dolor e indignaciÓn. asÍ estÁ esta familia

aviso de tormenta invernal y cobertura de hielo el día de mañana con 36 millones de personas, en west virginia tormenta invernal, la situación en texas, mayormente en calma, vemos como se deteriora hasta mañana en texas todo cubirto de lluvia enforma liquida que se conela, así estarán de 24 a 36 horas más por efectos de la tormenta invernal, interestatales más afectadas, en dallas texas, la interestatal 35 en austin y oklahoma zonas que deben ser evitadas no es el único problema, carreteras y aapgones en texas, media pulgada de hielo, representa 500 libras de peso, muchas de ellas se quebrarán, y el servicio eléctrico se perdera, muchas situaciones un día complicado para muchos sectores de texas, arkansas y tennessee . >> muchísimas gracias por el pronóstico, y así se preparan para despedir al joven (palabra en inglés) que murió por golpiza policial, 3 paramédicos están despedidos por esta situación, hay familiares de personas muertas por brutalidad policial . >> vamos al reportaje . >> justicia por (palabra en inglés), es lo que grito el padrastro de (palabra en inglés) la madre estuvo rodead

west virginia senator joe manchin is chair of the committee. he focused on the biden administrations energy policies throughout the hearing and announced he was introducing new legislation with senator ted cruz to ensure that gas stoves are not banned. this is an hour and 50 minutes. this combined with the energy security investments provided in the, through increased domestic production of energy leading the world in innovation and on ensuring -- and agree to 48 before reporting our portion. now it's a bipartisan infrastructure bill has been law for more than a year, we are here today to discuss how the department of energy is implementing the optimizations and $62 billion that we provided them over the next five years. this bill marked a transformational investment in our energy future and will allow americans to be more secure, and lead the way on energy information for many years to come. the benefits are already being felt across the country. in west virginia we have been happy to have new investments in recent months. it funds projects do

president trump won by 47 points in west virginia.hink that the writing is on the wall that jim justice would beat him, but i think that joe manchin is not making a decision to run for re-election to the senate. i think he's waiting to see about biden running for president, and he might try to give it a shot running as a third party. >> as an independent? >> uh-huh. >> i could see that. it's possible. >> i know. i'm just throwing stuff out there. >> are you still a democrat? i'm an american. >> i got it. >> hey, want you to get to the alex murdaugh murder trial, riff inveriveting the country, took e stand last week, denying killing his wife and son. the prosecution drilled him in a two-day cross-examination. >> it was the drug paranoia, the fact that the deputy took your gsr, that your law partners and greg alexander and the sheriff were telling you needed a lawyer before you talked to police, all those reasons that you just gave this injury about the most important part of your testimony was a lie too. isn't that true, mr. murdaugh?

>> i want to give a huge shout out to both arizona and west virginia. to lead and to take a stance, doug had been working on this for a long time. but as you will notice, the governors are competitive. i told doug, it took you eight years, we are doing it in three. but you are about to see this happen across the country. it's not just iowa. you are going to see additional governors, i think that will set the bar and they will be looking to see where to go to implement it as quickly as they can. covid was a real pivotal point , not only for parents, but for governors. the data we see that demonstrates that it was the wrong thing to do to keep the kids out of the classroom, the amount of loss is staggering. some of those kids will never get that back. we were one of the first states to get our kids back in the classroom. i am really proud of that. we did it safely and responsibly. we could see that is where they needed to be and how important it was. we have been able to minimize our earnings loss. to talk to parents and to students and to have schools ac

west virginia, montana, louisiana, indiana, and alabama. new mexico is a blue state.ates are the donor states. colorado, delaware, new jersey et cetera. why do they keep indulging in this. >> because they don't care about the economic implications of it. i think it is fundamental to what they are doing and what they have not done in washington. what they care about is the cultural implications of this. that is what they care about, because they have a singular culture that they want to establish. since they can't do it in the u.s. as a whole, they want to do it state-by-state. the other thing i found peculiar that she used this term divorce in this process and sometimes as we know, in a divorce, sometimes the person falls in love with somebody else or another individual and wants out . i think marjorie taylor greene has fallen in love with another country. that happens to be russia in the course of this. she likes is going on in russia far more than what she likes going on here. she likes britain's brand of leadership far more than she likes joe biden's brand of leade

west virginia senator joe manchin on what he is willing to support to unleash americans energy assetsus the people of east palestine, ohio after pete buttigieang showed up three weet after the traie n derailment.t and then claim to bebi on privae time as president bide tn jetted off to ukraine and poland. >> are you going down there? are you going down there at alln >> yes i am. >> when you going? >> i wilg?l share that when i am ready. >> thank you. [inaudible] maria: all this is president trumf idenp headed to east palee with water and supplies for the region.ot >> we have tolted you loud and clear you ar se not forgotten. you are not forgotten. we stand for you, we prayo stayr you we stay with you in your fight to get answers and accountability you deserve.a, the community a shinier tough a and resilient heart ofme americ. that is what it is but this is america right here. we are standing in america. >> all of this is a 2020 presidential primary begins to expand it. this week coming up one of thesd contenders foreign ambassador soutinh china governor ambassadr nikki haley on the ra