when we go to some of select gardens in wilmington, i. i'm very proud of the wilderness that i have embarked on for that day. cities were invented me. i am very happy about that fact. i am at home wherever there is a library. so there is my campus library is literally. this will show you? how obsessed with it 485 feet from my office. now you know i, go there practically every day, even. it's just for half an hour. and i will read therefore fun or i will eavesdrop or i will give myself little assignments that, find the fifth person wearing white shoes and come up with a back story of who their mom is. and that the break serves as like a creative little sort of, i don't know, like a jolt a boost. and it's a nice change from however you need glasses i have thought for the day our conferences office hours all of those things and so again when i go to the library of hours or any library for that matter, i again try to think of all the people whose work has brought me to this point in my life where i have luxury, even if it's half an hour, to j

protecting our coastal communities, to supporting the dover delaware -- dover air force base and port of wilmington. to bring in clean drinking water to communities. to fighting for small businesses hit hard by a pandemic and broken supply chains. i worked across the aisle, we passed bipartisan legislation to help support families, strengthen our communities, lower costs, and protect our national security. however, not every day in this room has been filled with progress. people almost always ask me, what was my worse day as a member of congress? indelibly etched in my mind is that spot in the gallery where i was trapped on january 6. a day when insurrectionists attacked this tell of -- temple of democracy and i prayed for love over hate and hope over fear. and as terrible as that day was, it was also one of my proudest moments because we came back into this chamber and we fulfilled our constitutional duty and carried out the will of the people. and at that moment i recommitted to this work to our democracy and a hope for a brighter future. but let me be clear, the race to liberty and justice is no

croix where he's heading back to wilmington to ring in the new year. that's not the only u.s.ight. lucas tomlinson in st. croix this morning, thank you very much for that. by the way, donald trump is asking the supreme court to delay the tiktok ban ahead of his administration. he wants to pursue a negotiated resolution which is a bit of a change of mind, i think. tech expert kara frederick joins us now and, kara, how do you think this whole thing's going play out? it's become quite fascinating. >> oh, yeah. ashley, what i will say is i do not envy the supreme court at this moment. and a little bit of humility and analysis at this point, we knew tiktok would appeal when the federal appeals courts upheld this divestiture law, but i did not believe that scotus would a take this up so readily. and that is because when they gave their unanimous 3-0 decision to uphold this tiktok law, the court said that this is lawful even when applying the most rigorous first amendment standard to the law are. so the supreme court is going to have a lot of -- they're going to just have a very, ver

[laughter] my wife and i live in wilmington, delaware, which is a 90-minute train ride. my guess is we will come back and visit from time to time and a chance to see my former colleagues and give them encouragement. i don't expect to miss the place. about the last 50 years of service in the navy and treasury, congress, governor, senate. it's not that i've had my fill, i've been blessed to have the opportunity to serve for this long and a lot of different roles, and i've helped a lot of other people, democrats and republicans and presidents to get stuff done, things i'm proud of. >> what will you not miss? sen. carper: you know, the acrimony and some of the people that don't appeal to our better angels, that appeal to our worse angels i won't miss that. >> what are you the most out of? sen. carper: maybe one of the things i'm really proud of is the idea of bipartisan solutions and lasting solutions and instill that -- people heard me say it many times and are sick of it, but i'm hopeful that people will come here and leave feeling my way -- senator moore capito of west vi

in wilmington.elect right now is taking advantage of a break. he's already been there. he knows that a press pool is going to be on him every day, 24/7, in january whether he likes -- howard: seems to be running the country. [laughter] >> well, there's that too. but he's able to run the country right now kind of on vacation. this is like a vacation until next month. and it seems like he's taking advantage. howard: president biden occasionally called on you and once apologized for insulting you. but in the last couple of years, it seemed like he didn't really call on many reporters at all, or you'd get a couple of quick comments by the helicopter. very different style, obviously, than the incoming president. >> it's been less and less and less. and my experience with president biden is that he really liked having a chance to defend his positions, and probably three three-quarters of the times with me it was to raise his voice and show he's still got it. there's just been fewer and fewer opportunities

the center for the history of business technology and society at the hagley museum and library in wilmington, delaware. now, as you know, during these history hangouts, we'd like to bring you some of the great work being done by folks who have used the historical collections held in the hagley library, especially scholars who have received support in the form of research, grants and fellowships of different kinds from the hagley center. one such scholar joins me today. madison kroll is a assistant professor of communication studies at seton hall university. madison, thank you for joining me today. dr. haris thank you so much for having me. i'm really excited to. talk about my visit to the hagley which occurred about 6 to 8 weeks ago. actually at this point, which is wild and some of the potential projects that i might be working on, based on the materials that i found while i was visiting, that's great. well, let's start by painting with broad strokes, so to speak. what was it that brought you to hagley? well, what a great question. so initially i'm actually not from the east coast, i come f

. >> greg is next in wilmington, connecticut. you are on with roger zakheim. greg, are you with us? >> good morning. hi, good morning. i don't see any defense spending. i see an offensive spending. starting with vietnam, going to afghanistan in the 80s, the late 80s, early 90s, and then to iraq, syria, afghanistan, and palestine, the slaughter has been nonstop, nonstop. i don't see any defense as slaughtering innocent palestinian children and women. that is not defensive spending. you know, my criticism is mostly of the mainstream media, because the american public is poorly informed about what its government does. most americans would not know that we are in syria right now, basically camping out, stealing oil from syria to give it to other countries. i mean, it is insane, what our military has been spending. and saying, who has all the aircraft carriers? we do. is not defensive, it is often said. and c-span have to do a better job, that's all i'm saying. thank you. >> greg in connecticut.

that will be problematic for some in a narrow zone from philadelphia down to near d.c, baltimore, wilmington razor thin layer of that freezing rain can be very problematic and very dangerous on the roads and the sidewalks. strong thunderstorms, possibly a few severe storms in southeast texas later on. we'll have rain and snow in the west. andrew. rhiannon, back to you. >> coming up, the new move from prosecutors in the case against alec baldwin after the fatal rust shooting. >> also ahead, the dramatic chase after an officer was killed in the line of duty at a north carolina grocery store. >> and a mysterious discovery in massachusetts. dozens of amazon packages abandoned in the wo >> thursday night at nine eight central on abc. >> we are back now with a cargo ship rolling onto its side while being loaded. dockworkers in istanbul running for their lives. ten others were rescued. five of them jumped into the water. only one suffered minor injuries. officials say the ship rolled because its cargo was unbalanced. >> new mexico prosecutors won't pursue an appeal of a court's decision to dismiss

we're already definitely passing one point face 5 degrees of wilmington. we're going to have to learn to work together as a terrifying book by i've tried to, i think his name is, it's cool with the great level of in which she traces about 5000 years of human history. and concludes that the only time anything ever really changes is when there's a catastrophe. anyway, let's end on a happier note at the there was a lazy the there. yeah. if you could wave a magic wand and all countries with a green one policy, which policy would that be? i will start with a very simple appropriate tax regime so that everybody everywhere pays the taxes is just a question of a little bit of policing and closing down these horrible b, b i came an island type territories which just suck money out of the system. so that, that would be my simple solution. pay your taxes. what if i can wave a magic one, tie one uh it to make every and realize that the real history of the world now is that there's so much miss about, you know, as britain being the inventor of free trade, you know, whe

greg is next in wilmington connecticut. you're on with roger. gregor you with us. >> good morning. good morning. i don't see a defense spending. i see an offensive spending. we have had so many conflicts, let's start with vietnam going to afghanistan in the 80's in the late 80's and early 90's and then to iraq and syria and afghanistan and palestine, the slaughter has been nonstop john. nonstop. i don't see any defense in slaughtering that's not offensive spending. you know it's mostly of c-span and of the mainstream media because the american public is horribly informed about what its government does. most wouldn't know we are in syria right now. basically camping out stealing oil from syria to give it to other countries. it is insane our military spending. in saying we spend more money than 10 nations that spend money on military. we do. so it's not defensive, it is offenses. and c-span has to do a better job that's all i'm saying, thank you. >> greg in connecticut, roger what do you think. guest: i respect lou disagree with the characterization. mention syria, bashar al-assad an

facility in for gas turbines in greenville, south carolina, investing in our nuclear facility in wilmingtonh carolina, and building the largest onshore wind turbine in upstate new york. throughout the u.s., we are building stronger local manufacturing to serve the growing market not just for you at just u.s. but as we make these innovative investments, we can export that technology for the world. both for economic development there but also for peace. caroline: big thoughts, scott strazik. >> thank you for having me. caroline: the chip the powers always latest smartphone is not so different from the one that set off bells in washington. the discovery suggests while weight is still about five is behind. a group has been fined $45 million for the nation's financial watchdog for failing to follow in time in -- anti-money laundering rules. this was routine review was not related to actual cases of money laundering. china's stock market watchdog, ordering the company to fix its refunds first policy. it allows customers to claim refunds without returning goods. the decision comes as a growing num

welcome back america, september 2022 when people were debating what took place in front of the wilmington were getting into the weeds and the particulars, i said that does not matter, joe biden will pardon his son and i said he will pardon his son to cover himself. i want to make something very, very clear. if joe biden begins to systemically use preemptive pardons for political purposes really having nothing to do with uniting the country or the benefit of the country but as joe biden does for himself and his party, he must be impeached. understand the difficulty of doing that and i understand he won't be convicted ultimately in the senate but we as a body politic cannot tolerate what is truly a mobster/dictator on the way out the door. he did enough damage to this country and enough damage to our constitution. enough is enough, that's the only tool the framers have provided us. i will see you next time on life rudy and the

president biden will be ushering in the new year in his home in wilmington. a lot about these reports that biden thinks he should have stayed in the presidential race and he would have won if he did. not everybody in the white house shares that view, according to "the wall street journal," which says that "the belief that biden could have won is not widely shared in the white house. the more common view is that the party would have suffered a larger electoral defeat and lost even more congressional seats had biden remained the nominee." ." biden departing st. croix after five days. waking up on the island, giving what many call that disastrous debate performance in june. some wonder how he could have stayed in the race. the debate had shades of gerald ford's debate blunder -- "no soviet domination in eastern europe." both of them dealt with hostage crisises of course, a reminder that americans are still being held captive in gaza today. recalling the days following his debate, biden said he was staying in the race. >> unless they came back and said there's no

i commute every day. 212 miles a day on amtrak from washington to my hometown in wilmington, delawarey, he really knows how to get a crowd going, doesn't he? [ laughter ] the train is out of steam. [ laughter ] meanwhile, biden's successor, our president-elect, made an important announcement today, and he is all business. >> my new trump fragrances are here. [ laughter ] they make a great christmas present. i've named them, fight, fight, fight, because they represent winning. we all have to be winning. we have to win as a nation. this fragrance is all about strength and success and confidence for men and for women. get yourself a bottle, and don't forget to grab one for your loved ones too. they'll thank you, and they'll even smell good. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: oh, you thought after he won the election that was going to stop? [ laughter ] he's selling fragrances like j. lo. [ laughter ] for anyone who is buying this crap he sells, just give the man your atm card and pin number and get it over with. [ laughter ] he's going to shoot these in the oval office, isn't he? and when trump is n

home in wilmington after spending five days here in st. croix.n another caribbean island, news that guantanamo bay. u.s. officials tell fox a military appeals court has ruled against biden's defense secretary lloyd austin who tried to scrap plea deals with can a leeted sheikh mohammed and two our terrorists. the decision means three men will proceed with guilty pleas sparing them death penalty. a hearing is scheduled at gitmo next week. now, today, u.s. forces resumed strikes against iran-backed houthis in yemen. f-18 super hornets launched from the flight deck of the uss harry s. truman. launched tomahawk cruise missiles. fired ballistic missiles at israel in recent days. the steady supply of missiles from iran, the terrorist group has disrupted 90% of global shipping in the red sea. forcing vessels to sail around after from their can a. adding days to the journey and doubling shipping costs problem turned over to the trump administration. >> is president biden committed to the destruction of the houthis in yemen before he leaves office? >> it's

conservatives wearing the "d" uniform or the "r" uniform, conservatism has justified violence, january 6th, wilmingtont. >> if the victim is somebody i don't like or someone they feel deserves it, then a lot of times people are willing to justify violence. it's an unfortunate thing and a very american thing. we worship vigilante violence. we worship action heroes, charles bronson, all these people who take it into their own hands. i think the sad part about this, frankly, is that i am not going to pretend that in a country that's been started and operated off violence, that violence doesn't sometimes solve things, but the man who was killed is a cog in a machine. it's not going to change anything about how health care operates in this country. you have killed a man, harmed his family, and the machine is going to keep going. it didn't really accomplish anything. >> the thing that is wild about it, luigi mangione, he's everywhere, people celebrating him, saying don't catch him, that sort of thing. he did have his arraignment today and he stood up and yelled something about this is unfair, it's not right

for more on the impact, let's bring in ellen hazen, the portfolio manager, and megan shoo at wilmington trust. you see her. she's a cnbc contributor for us. thank you very much for both being here. let's start with the wall of worry comment. it sounds like this is a scenario where the markets could be constructively higher. megan, given the fact there's uncertainty, but knowing that there's perhaps a pro-business friendly type environment coming in this next several months and years. >> yeah. i think the trick is, what is getting priced in today? what we have seen from a very strong market return calendar year to date as well as the post-election rally is that our sense is that the markets are focused on the business friendly, positive, upside risks. markets absolutely always have uncertainty, have a remarkable way of climbing wall of worry. there is more, i would say, asymmetric risk to the downside given what is edpriced and valuations and uncertainty. >> ellen, what's the biggest surprise or non-surprise for you as a portfolio manager, as an investment strategist, since the election

sentries, england were all out for 200 of ac using and that were a 2645 at the close of the 1st day in wilmington, england. the lead this here is one meal and one of the most devices that plays in tennis is set to make it his grandson with 10, nick areolas is on the official entering this, that for the australian open, where it starts next month. injuries means the form at wimbledon finalist hasn't featured at the major since the 2022 us open. the best way to go from behind you back to sammy. thank so much set up. now frances, no, to them. cathedral will officially reopen on site today. the try to golfing mazda piece went up in flames 5 years ago. thousands of off the sense have been working to restore the centuries old cathedral. since this is natasha boswell has the story from paris by painting, replicas of moss to pieces. felicia lumb, practising says, skill as an hour to restore it in her studio outside of paris. she works on a variety of projects spot for the past 5 years. she's being part of what she calls and experience of a lifetime recreating and reviving some of not for dom cathedrals m

he is a retired supervisory fbi special agent, director of the criminal justice institute of wilmington university. scott, thanks very much for being with us this morning. that hostile image where he was apparently asked to show them his smile. is that going to be the thing that ultimately undoes this case for him yeah. >> good morning casey, and thank you for having me on this morning. it's definitely a step closer so we've seen all these video footages that law enforcement has been getting and then releasing to the public with regards to a white male. a light skinned male. however, he's been described with the hoodie some sort of face mask that's covering the lower portion of his face, and then to have this photo that's just it's it's just a better part of evidence to lead to the identity of this individual. and you can see already what they're tracking, the fact of a greyhound bus where he stayed a few days before. the fact that he may have, um an electric bike as his escape, um, means of transportation, these are all just fantastic pieces scott, what is the impact of the the time th

he'll be spending new year's in wilmington, delaware, and then he will be doing much travel in the finaleks in office to try to cement his legacy and his policy achievements. he will also be taking one more international trip that was just announced. he will be traveling to rome for a second visit with pope francis. it's a consequential visit, considering the fact that biden's policy positions have often put him at odds with the church in 2021, ahead of a g20 meeting in rome, president biden met with the pope. back then and accepted communion from the pope, which was seen as a big deal because previously there had been questions about whether biden's position on abortion in particular would disqualify him. so there's going to be a lot of focus on that visit, which is seen as sort of a capstone for biden himself. and then when it comes to policy, there's a recognition here at the white house that anything they try to do on policy in these final days is likely to be overturned by the incoming administration, which is already crafting plans to do much of that. so on the policy front, we are

as a young newspaper editor, josephus daniels personally incited the racist pogrom that that in wilmington, north carolina that destroyed black political power. the state of north carolina killed maybe 60 people, may dozens homeless and he did it knowing the full malice of what he was doing. and he remained to his less forcefully in later years than at the beginning. a segregationist so how do you understand this? now, one way to understand it is he was partly good and partly bad, but if you want to understand it historically, he would say it was possible for these things to coexist in people. and one of the examples i give in the longer article, because today we say, okay, want to interpret people on on the matrix of where they stood on particular issues. many of the people who are the staunchest voices of equal rights black americans in the 1890s were bad in other ways, and i cite the example of henry cabot lodge who wrote the strongest black voting rights bill that was ever. that was advanced between reconstruction and the 1960s. the lodge, when he was a member of the house, the lodge b

wilmington wake up to 22 degrees this morning. now, we've got some changes on the way.t of a roller coaster ride temperatures over the next couple days. still this afternoon, we get warmer in some of those regions. 60s in tallahassee. 39 degrees in new york. these numbers are below normal for this time of year. but look back to the west. we have kansas city running 13 degrees above normal, into the mid 50s. even chicago warmer than they should be with the low 40s. that starts to spread east as we get into tomorrow. your sunday 46 degrees in detroit. we have 50s for indianapolis. huntington into the mid 50s as well. and temperatures across parts of the plains 60 degrees for lincoln. more than 20 degrees above where we should be for early december across this region. then that starts to work its way a little closer to the east coast. we've got tuesday looking into the low 50s in new york city. mid 50s by wednesday. we've got mid f 60s for richmond and raleigh. those temperatures spring like. that's made it to the weekend. we are bundling up as we start a cold one though.

. >> and wilmington, delaware. >> from parkersburg, houston. >> visiting new york city for 24 hours toe lighting away this morning. so many fun folks out on the plaza. >> wow. >> look at that. >> very cool. i know. we want it to go all the way. all right. good enough. coming up tomorrow, guys, the year that was. we're going to look back at all of the unforgettable moments we shared in 2024, the paris olympics, the stars in our studio, the macy's day parade, all the different things. you don't want to miss it. that will be tomorrow on "today". >> it is that time of year when i'm like, god, that happened this year? all that happened? >>> let's get to your news at 8:00. we will start with that breaking news out of hawaii, a plane crash there. two people killed. happened during a training flight when the plane slammed into a building near the airport. nbc's tom costello covers aviation for us and he's at newark airport with the very latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this was a cargo flight, a single-engine cessna 208 that had just taken off from the airport. quickly after ta

protecting our coastal communities, to supporting the dover delaware -- dover air force base and port of wilmington. to bring in clean drinking water to communities. to fighting for small businesses hit hard by a pandemic and broken supply chains. i worked across the aisle, we passed bipartisan legislation to help support families, strengthen our communities, lower costs, and protect our national security. however, not every day in this room has been filled with progress. people almost always ask me, what was my worse day as a member of congress? indelibly etched in my mind is that spot in the gallery where i was trapped on january 6. a day when insurrectionists attacked this tell of -- temple of democracy and i prayed for love over hate and hope over fear. and as terrible as that day was, it was also one of my proudest moments because we came back into this chamber and we fulfilled our constitutional duty and carried out the will of the people. and at that moment i recommitted to this work to our democracy and a hope for a brighter future. but let me be clear, the race to liberty and justice is no

wilmington gets up into the 60s and 70s.he weekend. now let's go into next week, when we start the new year. it actually looks like the southwest, most of the west coast and into the northeast, great lakes will see warmer than average temperatures, although it does come with a little bit of rain. we're going to see wetter than average conditions across the northwest, dry down south. we are looking for some cooler temperatures to take hold next week, down through florida in the southeast. make sure you keep the umbrella somewhere close by. we are going to see some spotty showers and more widespread rain later on this evening into early tomorrow. saturday looks like for the most part it's going to be a break from the rain, but a new storm system will be arriving late, bringing us more showers through sunday. monday as well as tuesday and wednesday will be dry, but we'll also be a little bit >>> that's your latest forecast. >> dylan, thank you. >>> coming up, from "wicked" to "moana 2," special sing-along versions are bringing

they have landed in philadelphia on the way home to wilmington from their holiday vacation in the virginwe do not expect the president to speak with reporters. we are just giving you a look at what is happening. as we keep looking at this, we want to continue the conversation relative to part of jimmy carter's during legacy including his position on civil rights. joining me now is martin luther king the third, the eldest son of dr. martin luther king jr. it is good to see you again, vicki for joining us. jimmy carter sadly never met your father but he maintained a strong relationship over the years with both your mother, grandfather starting prior to becoming president. talk about how the relationship came to be. >> i believe it actually came to be when he was in the state legislature. certainly, once he became governor of georgia there was an ongoing relationship. what we overall understood was present carter, they did not meet my father, he understood being in the south, and how important it was for civil rights to move forward. certainly advanced it in a very special way. when we thin

wilmington, 71 sunday, 70 monday and 69 on tuesday.istina, back to you. >> marissa parra, denise isaac, thank you for joining us. >>> we turn to that christmas day plane crash in kazakhstan that killed 38 people. this video captures the moment the flight burst into flames. officials say there were 67 people on board and 29 survivors. today an aviation security firm is blaming russia for the crash. the kremlin is pushing back, saying the investigation is under way and it would be incorrect to make any hypothesis. danielle joins us from london with the latest. where do things stand with the investigation and what happened? >> reporter: that aircraft that crashed in kazakhstan killing 38 people might have been caught in the moment that russia was launching its air defenses to shoot down a ukrainian drone that -- there was speculation it was circulating online for 24 hours. nbc news spoke to the chief intelligence officer of the aviation security firm which has a number of partnerships with airlines around the world, as well as governments

for gas that's in greenville, south carolina, nuclear is in wilmington, north carolina.ry is a benefit for us. >> you had 32 nuclear when you talk about offshore wind. >> nuclear is important. we have 65 plants in the u.s., 65 gigawatts running with our equipment today. we have real opportunities to upgrade those plants and create new nuclear in this decade. it will play an incredibly role in the next decade. >> 2032? >> 2032 in the u.s. is very practical. >> we have uranium pieces running all day long. i want people to calm down. did you get to read the article yesterday from google. >> i'm familiar but not the piece. >> why are they not calling you? they're doing this thing -- they have google, tpg rise climate partner and intersect power. where is -- go is gev? >> we're working with all of these companies, working with all of the hyper scalers right now, we work with tpg rise. there's going to be a lot of solutions, very much an all of the above technology solutions. we will do over half a billion dollars, the only company -- >> half a billion dollars in what, sorry?

record high possible in wilmington. it does not last very long.t wind chills down in the single digits. chicago not far behind in just the single digits above zero this time. moving toward christmas this also doesn't last. it is a roller coaster ride. we have a wreath on there to make it feel on the chillier side. record highs across the upper midwest. coming up your biggest holiday parenting questions. plus, it's bluey news. big and little fans -- i'm a big fan of that show. and lily-rose depp and nicholas hoult are here in times square. that's coming up in a couple of minutes. admit it, it's not easy parenting during the holidays. >> if only you know what would be great. a parenting playbook to help moms get through the holidays and actually have some fun. oh wait. that's exactly what we're doing on gma this week. >> it's mufasa week on gma with exclusive material from the movie and must see interviews with mufasa himself. aaron pierre, good morning america and of course here i come gma can you handle me live on good morning america december ten

suspect is former supervisory fbi special agent and director of the criminal justice institute of wilmingtonmorning. scott, thank you so much for joining us. >> yeah. good morning. thank you for having me on. >> so scott, what what is interesting here is the key to catching the suspect in this case, if police do have the right person, is the fact that this was not the use of some advanced technology here, but rather handing out the picture of the suspect across the media here, getting in front of lots of people's faces. and it was a citizen who noticed him and reported him to police, isn't it? >> yeah. fantastic news with regards to somebody was paying attention in a, in a in a town outside of pittsburgh. you're talking about a small city of altoona in the northwestern part of pennsylvania, minding their own business, doing whatever, but being aware of their surroundings. and that call on a hunch and what they believe to be the subject ended up being a good call. >> so while technology did not play a role specifically in capturing him, talking about facial recognition technology, being able

wilmington, north carolina, rosewood.other towns have been decimated by white people when black people thrive. if you do good you burnout if you don't do nothing you are called lazy. it made the black community kind of neurotic. should i succeed and be burnt out or should i do nothing. gentrification takes place all across the country. there have been some small cities, asheville north carolina, huntsville alabama, charlottesville. those are becoming gentrified. white low class or working class people they are being moved out just like black people in cities have been moved out. changes taking place and people don't know how to deal with change. immigrants coming here being injected into america's politics of doing cheap labor that raises the situation it does not lower it. host: democratic caller in washington dc. we are in open forums. any public policy or political issue on your mind this morning. earlier today we went into the c-span archives to show you 15 years ago today the senate passed their version of that so-ca

greg is next in wilmington connecticut. you're on with roger. gregor you with us. >> good morning.rning. i don't see a defense spending. i see an offensive spending. we have had so many conflicts, let's start with vietnam going to afghanistan in the 80's in the late 80's and early 90's and then to iraq and syria and afghanistan and palestine, the slaughter has been nonstop john. nonstop. i don't see any defense in slaughtering that's not offensive spending. you know it's mostly of c-span and of the mainstream media because the american public is horribly informed about what its government does. most wouldn't know we are in syria right now. basically camping out stealing oil from syria to give it to other countries. it is insane our military spending. in saying we spend more money than 10 nations that spend money on military. we do. so it's not defensive, it is offenses. and c-span has to do a better job that's all i'm saying, thank you. >> greg in connecticut, roger what do you think. guest: i respect lou disagree with the characterization. mention syria, bashar al-assad and wasn't

it impacted the port of wilmington as well as our community. we worked alongside the folks who have been engaged in that urgent recovery. why should the federal government pay some portion of the reconstruction of this bridge? there's at least one member of the senate who seems to press back on the idea of having the federal government cover the costs of reconstructing the key bridge. are there other examples of the federal government doing this, and is it critical to the timely and complete recovery of the infrastructure of the mid-atlantic? >> certainly we regard this as the sort of disaster that is why we have an emergency relief program. some of them are natural disasters. others are disasters like the destruction of the key bridge, something that is not of local or regional but national significance when you consider its impact on supply chains and, of course, this is something that happened through no fault of the communities that were directly impacted. inshould take the opportunity to clarify the numbers i stated earlier to vice chair c