i think wyoming deserve and wyoming citizens deserve a wyoming based solution and i've offered several of those, thank you. >> all right, now the next question from craig blumenschein. >> around senate chairman peterson made the following statement recently, my question back to the public is how has that worked for wyoming so far? how long have we not had a corporate or personal income tax and where is the boom? where is all of these businesses coming to wyoming? in order why haven't businesses already flocked to low tax wyoming? your thoughts? >> i think there's multiple issues. number one, it's a natural resource state. most of the economy is based on that industry. and so, it's not set up for major companies to come in here. we've got to live with what god gave us and that is a robust fuel industry at times. that's a good tourism industry and agricultural and wildlife. i think that we stay with what we have. i'm not opposed to trying to diversify the economy, but to try to make wyoming into something that's not not, i think is unrealistic and i think maybe that's where we've failed

they are part of wyoming, citizens of wyoming. they are also a sovereign nation. they generate revenue for the state of wyoming and they need economic development support like every other community in wyoming, but on their terms. moderator: dallas? >> mr. gordon. mr. gordon: wyoming already has a little bit of a role to play in tribal health services. i will make sure those are protected. beyond that, i have also been to the reservations numerous times, have committed to meet with both the eastern shoshone and northern arapahoe tribes on a regular basis, to make sure we have direct face-to-face connections as governor to sovereign nations, and work to find the best solutions we can to benefit us all. >> now with all due respect to , the tribes, i believe this is socialism at its best. i believe this is what happens when the government tries to redistribute the wealth and hands people money. it creates problems. not just on the indian reservation. it's happening in wyoming. some of the comments you are hearing tonight, it is socialism, it doesn't work. people have

the wyoming u.s.enate debate of 2018. provided by the wyoming public television endowment and viewers like you. >> good evening and welcome to the wyoming 2018 u.s. senate debate, live from the beautiful whitney center for the performing arts here at sheridan college. our viewers tonight who are watching live on wyoming pbs, watching our live streams on social media, and to those of you watching on c-span, welcome also. press from the sheridan the read we are pleased to cohost this debate on a beautiful sheridan college campus. two of the candidates are here this evening. we will hear from republican democraticso and candidate gary trauner. waslibertarian candidate invited but could not attend. lee's join me in welcoming the two candidates for tonight's debate. barrasso and challenger gary trauner. [applause] both candidates, and light of national events have agreed to refrain from inflammatory personal attacks and focus on the issues. to both candidates, thank you for your willingness to do that. to

that's for wyoming has had and that's what wyoming needs in the future. have experience in all the three sectors that have really helped wyoming move forward, energy, agriculture, tourism. i've brought ideas to each of those. in my time as treasurer i have grown funds by over $5 billion and we set them up to help those find a way to sustainable fiscal future by this year alone earning over $900 million saving every citizen wyoming $1500. it is important to push back against the federal government and i am the only candidate in this race who has worked with our delegation to do that. but i'm also the only candidate that assayed taxpayers money. i'm the only candidate who has worked with wyoming this is to grow business and would also work to try to diversify the economy. i stood up for your constitution. .. >> i would ask you to join me in the bright future for wyoming and humbly ask for your vote on november 6th. >> you are last but not least spears >> thank you very much. i appreciate the debate. can you imagine having a governor that has supported every

while wyoming fails?t makes no sense. instead of banking them, why don't we bank our own people? give them business loans. let them go for it. let the economy grow. you're not willing to raise taxes. i don't believe that. but you won't admit to what you will cut in spending. you really don't have any good ideas on how to get the economy going. >> all right. mark, as we said, the state is relying on rainy day funds and investment income to make ends meet. is the state's budget too fat, and would you make substantial cuts in your first budget if you're governor? >> well, thank you, bob. and i think the most important thing here is to see if there are ways that we can cut first our construction budget. there are things that we could put off. people know that i took aim at the capital construction project because it grew. it grew from 90 million to over 300 million dollars, and it's a great project, but we could have staged it. i think those are the kinds of choices that we should make. i think there are oppo

that's what wyoming has had, and that's what wyoming needs in the future. have experience in all the three sectors that have really helped wyoming move forward, energy, agriculture and tourism, and i've brought ideas to each of those. in my time as treasurer, i have grown funds by over $5 billion, and we've set them up to help us find a way to a sustainable fiscal future by this year alone earning over $900 million, saving every citizen in wyoming $1,a 90 -- $1,500. it is important to push back against the federal government, and i am the only candidate in this race who has worked with our delegation to do that. but i'm also the only candidate that's saved taxpayers money. i'm the only candidate who has worked with wyoming business to grow business. and we have also worked to try to diversify the economy. i stood up for your constitution. and as your governor, i want to make sure that our local governments have all the resources that they need. we need to make sure that wyoming is the most efficient, friendly and easy place to do business so that we can gro

senator barrasso, why are you most qualified to serve wyoming. -- wyoming? sen. barrasso: let me thank the sheridan press, wyoming public television, and everyone here this evening. my qualifications deal with my background as a physician, a senator for the state and u.s. senator, and as a volunteer for the state. someone who acts in the best interests of the people of wyoming. following the code of the west, taking pride in your work, doing what needs to be done. what needed to be done was focus on jobs and the economy and paychecks on prosperity by focusing on taxes, by getting rid of regulations, and promoting american energy. i passed a law that allowed wyoming to get back hundreds of millions of dollars taken from us by washington. i'm proud of my record fighting for the people of wyoming, and i stand by it. mr. trauner: thanks for having me. it's a pleasure to be here. who am i? i'm a family man who has leadership experience in education. i have leadership experience and infrastructure. i have leadership experience and health care, i was the coo for regiona

i grew up in wyoming and graduated high school in wyoming. my two have all attended public school and we need to protect the education and protect the schools. i did research and i believe any good manager or leader needs to work with accurate research data. so we went to the administration and found out it was one of the lowest property taxes in the nation at .16% while the neighbors like sout like south s 1.32% and nebraska 1.83%. if we simply increase the property tax from plate 61% to 1% statewide flat that would take care of the revenue gap. mr. gordon, 60 seconds it could extend coverage to nearly 20,000 uninsured adults in as governor, would you support the medicaid expansion, why or why not? >> this is a question that has come up quite a bit. wyoming has some really good opportunities to try to be able to resolve this problem. they can take cues from alaska and some of our neighboring states and with the republican reform, the affordable care act iit now gives opportunity to associate the plan with other things. i talked to some of th

wyoming can earn it. why are we this way, energy resources as state. i was in state senate at the time, 4 of us got together, 2 democrats came with the hatway scholarship, first time we tried it it actually failed because it only focused on the university of wyoming. the second time community colleges and it passed. university of wyoming has been named number 3 in the country in terms of value for the buck, the quality of education, the kind of jobs people get. we are besessed in wyoming like in other. >> i appreciate what john did, half are skate-level scholarships, at federal level we need to pass laws so we don't have corporations and make sure you finance loan when rates go down and we need to make sure that we don't dharnlg incredibly interest rate in an environment where it's not required. >> senator barrasso, what's your current view of main streets in wyoming, can you say healthy or what would you do to change that? >> well w i think there's -- since the election of president trump, since the cut

this man is an enemy to wyoming. this would destroy wyoming if he had his way and bank of the west just two months ago he says they are not going to get any funding under my watch. >> mister gordon. i give you another shot. >> thank you. the same old song you hear from rex but thank you for your support of me. you know wyoming's future is based on and all fronts energy portfolio. you know i worked hard to make sure the coal industry has ports available and you know i supported the uranium industry so 51/2 years of track record you can look at on the state site, you can look at anything you want to and i'm happy to discuss it, thanks. >> next question continues in the same vein. >> i would change policy, important to wyoming policy. how do you educate yourself about climate change? there has been a landmark report we heard a week ago from the united nations scientific panel on climate change is released, what do you take from it? >> very important we listen to the scientists and researchers whatever the subject is. we

the next wyoming debate. this is about one hour. . >> good evening at the gubernatorial debate i am the moderator taking part in tonight's debate republican mark gordon and mary throne and constitution party rex rammell. each get two minutes for opening remarks and closing statements. they will have one minute to answer a question and any candidate that attacks another candidate then the candidate on the receiving end will have 30 seconds to respond. we do straws to see who goes first and rex rammell has opening remarks teen i thank you very much it is a pleasure to be with you cheyenne and pbs for hosting the debate. and down at the air force base and it is an honor to speak to you tonight. my name is rex rammell i'm a veterinarian a grip by yellowstone. every morning i watch the sun come over the tetons it is the basis of my personality and my belief system. it was settled in the late 18 hundreds by my family and i'm proud to reside there there was a mountain in wyoming named after my family. i appreciate t

and wyoming issues. we need to represent wyoming's voices and not the voices of out-of-state donors and lobbyists. i look forward to it honest and open discussion this evening. thank you, first of all, for your openness in having all third-party too, manys onstage states don't allow that, so the wyoming people are very lucky to have open debates. bigof the big rings ic -- things i see is to reduce a lot of regulations on our industries, i feel that an economic collapse due to the --t that our energy regulation texas have run us into the ground and will not bring solutions and only more problems. so i do agree with inducing the regulations on energy. i done a lot of research, wyoming could -- could be a leader in the future of biofuels, which i strongly support. other than that, reducing government and letting free enterprise take its course is the best route. i also am from a minor party and appreciate the opportunity to be here for the constitution party. we represent smaller government, not just a slow

people love wyoming's close-knit communities and the wide open spaces, but wyoming has also faced some of the highest health care costs in the country, in part due to the challenges that come with delivering care in a cost-effective manner when our low population is spread across those 97,000 square miles. it struck me that as we explore the health care costs in more depth, we need to also take a serious look at health care in rural america to understand the unique challenges that rural providers face. to learn more about how our current policies might be improved. this first roundtable is to gather information. i appreciate the witnesses being willing to testify. this works a little different than a regular hearing. after the opening statements and your statements, we'll ask some questions, but at any point, rather than it just being directed to one person, anybody that wants to comment on that, just stand your name tag up on end and we'll know you want to speak on it. because we need as many ideas as we can possibly get. a lot of people have told me that their insurance premiums are

we thought, he's born here in wyoming, the middle of the united states, he's an american citizen, he has all the rights, responsibilities, duties and privileges of every other american citizen. >> reporter: especially in wyoming in the land of live and let live, the shepards soon discovered that beneath the idyllic surface, intolerance was festering. on that cold day in 1998, a cyclist rode past fencing on the outskirts of laramie and came upon what he thought was a scare crow. instead, a more heinous discovery, matthew clinging to life. >> he was all bandaged, face was swollen, stitches everywhere, comatose position already, fingers curled, toes curled, one eye was a little bit open. he wasn't -- i couldn't even have sworn that it was matt until we got really closer and i could see the tubes in his mouth, i could see his braces and of course that was matt. of course it was. >> reporter: sheriff dave o'malley was assigned to the case. >> the things that i was initially able to determine was that the traumatic injuries to his face and his skull were likened to high speed impact crashe

. >> host: wyoming is next. >> i love wyoming. i love wyoming. . >> i am a first time caller i wouldn't call is not for you being on. but what i want to mention i am so disappointed there is no conversation about environmental issues with women seeing it is our children and grandchildren will be jeff and endangered species will start falling down dead and then our kids and grandkids will never get to experience this planet why are we not discussing this further? even though i called about environmental issues, we cannot stop talking about the kids that are separated from theirki s parents. it is a big deal we have to talk about it. >> i can understand being from wyoming how important the environment is it's also important to the coastline and agriculture and to our health. the air we breathe and the water we drink i don't understand why we downplay the importance of the environment there is something happening and we should be leaders i am so disappointed the president withdrew from the paris climate accord including the great sta

can buy or sell a piece of land in wyoming, or wherever. they've never seen it, they don't know what's on it. they don't know if it's on the side of the cliff, or it has water on it. somebody will buy it and go out and try to occupy it. no wonder the homesteaders failed. the ordinance of 1787 is also interesting. this is the ordinance that decreed that in the northwest territories, which is not oregon or washington, that type of northwest, but with -- wisconsin and indiana part of the united states, that slavery would not be legal. you already have a contradiction in the constitution that involves the west. the constitution itself, recognizes the existence of enslavement and legitimizes it. these ordinance prohibiting in the territory. there will be a struggle from that time onward about how does the federal government recognize the presence of slavery. we're talking that this this morning. we're talking about the expansion of slavery in the infinite bounded area that the united states might occupy. >> it is interesting to invoke this. one

the line of the temperatures change because on this side you see snow is up on high ground in utah wyoming idaho that sort of area but that snow itself shows much colder air which may well come

years after an openly gay student was killed in wyoming, matthew shepard's legacy lives on.: welcome to our viewers on public television in america and arnd the globe. 56-year-old cesar sayoc has been arrested in florida and charged with sending more than a dozen explosive devices to critics of president trump. police say dna evidence was used to find him and issued a warning to those who might use violence to advance political caus. the bbc's north america correspondent nick bryant has : e latest. niis has been a nationwide manhunt, but it appeared to end today amidst the palm trees of florida. federal authorities arrested a suspect in connection with parcel bombs just north of miami. law enforcement officers surrounded this wte van trumpzoned with pro- stickers, featuring the esident and vice preside mike pence, and more threateningly, crosshairs over the faces of hillary clinton and barack obama, two democrats targeted with crude bombs. the suspect is 56-year-old cesar sayoc, a registered republican who is evidely a devoted supporter of donald trump. on social media, the

years since matthew shepard -- a gay college student -- was brutally murdered by two men in laramie, wyoming. he was killed because he was gay. today... shepards's family donated some of their son's belongings to the smithsonian's american history museum. our washington d.c. correspondent brie jackson tells us how shepard's life and legacy is now being honored. matthew shepard was always different... says his mom judy. matt's favorite custome for 3 years in a row, from ages 8,9 and 10 was probably dolly parton.those differences defined matthew's life...and his death.when he was a 21 year old college student...two men viciously murdered shepard...because he was gay. shepard's death drew national attention and marked an important moment in the history of gay rights in america.<>twenty years later his parents donated his preschool diploma, superman cape and other belongings to the smithsonian's national museum of american history.they say it's another way to keep their son's memory alive.in 2009 congress passed the matthew shepard and james byrd jr. hate crimes prevention act. the le

[applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, united states senator from wyoming, the honorable michael enzi.rothers and friends, i have been a master mason for over 50 years. [applause] be one of my biggest historical memories. the 225th anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone. i was mayor of gillette, wyoming when we got to build a new city hall and i ask the masons to come and dedicate that building. masons only dedicate public buildings and masonic temples. is a very interesting ceremony, a very moving ceremony. later on this month, i am going to get to attend the 150th numbersary of cheyenne one, which is the first lodge in wyoming. i am interested that the first masonic document in england was in 1340. the first organized minutes of masonry did not start until 1733 . in boston, it started in 1733, we were only 16 years behind the brits when we were about to leave the brits. in that short span of time, 13 signers of the constitution were masons. now, 14 u.s. presidents have been masons. why -- there would be more masons if masons tried to recruit masons. that is not what the organiz

for example, wyoming does not have an individual or corporate income tax. florida, people know there is no personal income tax. have allindiana, they the major taxes can but they withthem on broad basis low tax rates overall. example, generally thought of as a high tax state, they go without sales tax. think that improves their competitiveness dramatically. they come in seventh in the country. host: what are the 10 bottom states on your list? guest: usual suspects, lowest new jersey, california, new york, connecticut, arkansas, iowa, louisiana, minnesota, ohio, in vermont. in new jersey and california, if you live there, you know the tax system is marked by a pretty narrow tax base and quite high tax rates. my whole family is from new jersey. when this comes out every year, i get a couple of phone calls reminding me it is probably a pretty good metric because from their understanding of the is not so great. you also get a state like louisiana, which is a low tax collection state, very complex tax system. the sales tax is unparalleled in louisiana compared t

i remember in one particular instance i am reading a novel that was set on the green river in wyoming and we are driving alongside the green river and i guess that experience at a critical time in my life, i was probably 12 or 13, it really is the reason why i am writing about this now. my interest to the writer is to write the novels that i haven't found on the library shelf. stories about the pacific northwest which is a different west from the great plains. particularly the eastern oregon landscape which is very much like the great plains actually. and writing about the stories of women in particular because they are so nonexistent in most of the cowboy novels i grew up reading. the other focus i have in my writing is to try to de- mythologized the cowboy hero. shane is maybe our quintessential cowboy hero isn't he? he comes into the valley from who knows what his history is, does not even have a last name. he sacrifices himself to loneliness as he leaves the valley again. his job is to use the weapons and commits the violence that will save us from the bad guys. we don't have big

. >> ladies and gentlemen, the united states senator from wyoming, the honorable michael b ensley. >>rothers, friends, i have been a master mason for over 50 years. thank you. this will be one of my biggest historical memories at 225th anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone, i was mayor of gillette, wyoming when we built a new city hall and i asked the masons to come and dedicate the building, the masons only dedicate public buildings and masonic temples. it is an interesting ceremony, moving ceremony. later on this month i will get to attend into the hundred and 50th anniversary of shyam lodge number 1, the first in wyoming. i was interested that the first masonic document in england was in 1340 but the first organized minutes of masonry didn't start until 1733, 1717 but in boston it started in 1733, 16 years behind the brits when we were about to leave the brits. is also interesting that even in that short span of time that 13 signers of the constitution were masons and now 14 u.s. presidents have been masons. there would be more masons if masons tried to recruit masons. that

. >> senator from wyoming. >> i rise to speak about the nomination of judge brett kavanaugh to serve on the united states supreme court. he was nominated july 9, '86 days ago today. even before he was nominated a number of members of this body stood and said they would oppose the nomination not even knowing who she or he might have been, they would oppose the nomination to the supreme court. after the name came out that evening other members of the senate said i would oppose that, chuck schumer, the democrat minority leader said he would oppose the nomination, he said, with everything that he had. it used to be we could just disregard language like this as empty rhetoric. not anymore. now we know exactly what democrats had in mind from the very start. we have seen the kind of a smear campaign they have been planning from the very beginning. i heard from people at home in wyoming, they didn't think things could get any lower in washington dc until they saw this. democrats have done everything under the sun, to delay brett kavanaugh's nomination and to tarnish his reputation. he began

. >>> the casper wyoming star tribune says matthew shepherd's washington catholic cathedral.beaten, tied to a wooden fence and left to die in wyoming when he was a 21-year-old college student. his death became a symbol for the gay rights movement. today marks the 20th anniversary of his death. a public thanksgiving and remembrance service will be held at the cathedral on october 26th before the private internment. >>> and the shredding painting girl with balloon will be on display in london 'this weekend. moments after it was sold it self-destructed through a hidden shredder placed in the frame by banksy. they renamed the painting love is in the bin. the winner bidder, an unidentified female collector is going ahead with the purchase paying $1.4 million. she says it's a piece of art for home buytd,isin mortgage rates hit a high and how that's hurting some home how that's hurting some home sales. pi that helped keep people alive and out of the hospital. u. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor orsk or if you've had angioedema with an ace or arb. the most serious side effec

host: wyoming is next. this is marcia. caller: i love wyoming -- guest: i love wyoming. have beautiful mountains. caller: i am a first time caller. what i want to mention is i am disappointed that there is not enough conversations about environmental issues, especially from women. our children and grandchildren are going to get gypped. the fact that endangered species are going to start falling down dead, i mean our kids. our grandkids are not going to get to experience the thrill of this planet. why are we not discussing this further? i want to stick this in even though i called about environmental issues. we cannot stop talking about the kids separated from their parents. this is a big deal. guest: thank you so much. i understand being from wyoming how important the environment is. as a native of louisiana, their -- the coastline is important to our agriculture. the air we breathe and of course the water we drink, i do not understand why we have downplayed the importance of climate change. there is something happening to our planet and we should be leaders. i am disapp

hannah: jacksonville, wyoming. -- jackson hole wyoming. , jason: what was it like driving it in those hannah: it is a little counterintuitive at first because you think, rolls-royce, very urban, very cultured or cosmopolitan, then you have it in this outdoor setting. but then when you remember, harrison ford has a place out there, sandra bullock, kanye west, all of these world leaders, the head of the world bank has a place out there. there is a lot of money out there. rolls-royce was very canny when they realized, we will put our off-road vehicle where people who can afford it will want to drive it. carol: that is where they have offices or a show room? hannah: they have a show room, but they did their launch there. they have a very small footprint, but the launch was there. jason: give us the numbers. the cost, the power. all the bells and whistles. hannah: this is a v-12 suv. the price starts at $325,000. it's 563 horsepower, so it's very powerful. i think back to the price, most will cost closer to a half million dollars with options and customization. carol: wait a minute. tell u

your campaign pair total of $30,000 to two wyoming companies. one is done by your campaign manager whose the california attorney or the other company was registered anonymously with the wyoming precarious state and has the same address as the federal super pac that you and your federal campaign manager python. why did you pay $20,000 for someone who's campaigning on transparency in the wiser campaign associated with the shadowy out-of-state companies? first of all, thank you cynthia for the great question. i really walk my talk. i was one who firmly supported we have more transparent the two financial interest in the money we take in, which is why every single question you asked me i've given you the information including my own income taxes. i fully believe in transparency and that's why i have asked my treasurer to represent this campaign because he's the godfather of the sunshine law. your question is actually great. i will reply honestly everything we have, all of their report, the contracts, and it's already been filed. everyone is allowed

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believe that puerto rico has a unique opportunity to be a leader they were kind of waiting for the wyoming build to be passed. and i'm still a proponent that they need to kind of copy and paste wyoming is done cable along who started that will also be a keynote speaker and that's where the states say we have the rights and i think it's even more to fight in the territory to be a basically say we want this here now you are big in the i.c.l. space the initial point offer you mentioned tokens get tokens here and that certainly had a small choice year the past year where we went the i.c.l. business so right now. america has been very i would say unfriendly but they've been unkind they they are not letting you know what the regulations are basically the f.c.c. is kind of going in you know making individual statements i'm putting out statements saying this only speaking for me and not for the other members of the s.s.e. so if you look at s.c.c. dot gov there are no rules they're simply interpretations of lawyers and most of them particularly in the bay area in the york are very conservative so t

. >> next, the only scheduled debate in wyoming's u.s. senate race, where john barrasso faces gary traylor. >> good evening, and welcome to the wyoming 2018 u.s. senate debate, live from the beautiful whitney center for the performing arts here at sheridan college. i am craig. we welcome our viewers tonight who are watching live on wyoming pbs, watching our live streams on social media, and to those of you watching on c-span, welcome also. >> i'm from the sheridan press and we are pleased to cohost

. >> now a debate in the wyoming governor's race. the candidates include republican mark gordon. democrat mary throne. libertari libertarian lawrence struempf and rex rammell. incumbent governor matt mead is term limited. this is 90 minutes. >> good evening, my name is mike golden. i'm retired from the wyoming supreme court in 2012 after serving 24 years as a justice on that court. two of those years as chief justice. tonight i will serve as moderator of this 2018 general election gubernatorial debate featuring all the candidates seeking to be wyoming's next

what i was impressed with is when you went to see the mines, was the care that the wyoming state put into restoring the land afterwards. the point of actually going out and finding the natural grasses, putting them in and daring us to say which lands were never touched and which ones were restored. so i do think that we have made some mistakes not just in the environment but a lot of different areas, pushing a consensus on the country before we have actually done things and before we had a natural consensus. i just don't think that a very large society like ours can afford to do that. i think we have to make things work through the more local and regional level and obviously that can't be for everything. there are fundamental rights we can't do that with but with policy we have to be careful not to rush and put it through the court system or through another system but really try to work on the collaboration that you were talking about and develop the stories you were talking about which then like in science and many cases in science, you start out with a test case or start with a sma

the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming. mr. barrasso: i ask unanimous consent to complete my brief remarks before the roll call vote. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. barrasso: thank you. first i want to thank my colleague and friend from delaware, senator carper, for his friendship, leadership and his advocacy on this important piece of legislation. we worked closely together and i rise today in support of cloture on s. 2031 america's water infrastructure act of 2018. every day americans depend on our nation's water infrastructure systems. clean water, flood control structures, working irrigation systems, they're all necessary for health, for safety and for prosperity for our communities. this legislation is going to authorize important water projects. it will maintain the navigability of inland waterways and coast ports, increase water storage and it will fix aging irrigation systems across the country. it will create jobs. it will spur economic growth and give local leaders an increased say in which projects and

this is a ver somber day for matthew's family, he lived in wyoming,ro maine and they waited and waitedil they ce and theyight p found that here at the national cathral. >> t cathedral doors opened and people began to make their way inside for a ceremony o thanksgiving for the life of matthew shepard. >> i was 10 when it happened. it's weird to think it's been a generation. >> then 20-year-old matthew shepard was brutally beaten, tied for a fence and left for dead on aold october night in wyoming. less than a week later, he died. two men were convicted of his murder. matthew's case gripped eaadlines ands around the world. a high-profile example of an anti-gay hate crime and flash point in the lgbq movement. >> i think the progress and the visibility that came after is huge, and i think that's part of why it's important to gather today is to emphasize that visibility. >> reporter: at dupont circleur ay, a candlelight vigils waeld in matthew's memory. today the reverend expects to of faces from all walks life. he said it's an honor to take part in the serce not only as a gay man but becau

we are seeing improvements, the wyoming guard unit has the ability to get better efficiency which is something that warrants -- >> thank you, we will go to ranking member courtney. >> one quick question, you described the replacement program and just for the benefit of people who may be watching who don't know some of the acronyms and again the prop planes that deliver people and cargo to aircraft carriers and land with the tail hook, they will be replaced which will land vertically. is that correct? >> yes, it is. >> the clan -- the plan you described clearly, the navy is trying to accelerate the process. these are extremely old planes, the c2's, what i heard from your description is still a five-year window for total replacement by 2024? >> that is correct. >> do you still feel that is the right plan given the age of those and obviously you can't spin straw into gold but this is your opportunity given that should be something we should be looking at in terms of trying to accelerate it further. >> first of all, the c2 is a cargo aircraft with gear that catapults and arrests the land

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he was beaten and left tied to a fence in laramie wyoming. he was active in the church and the family are reassured he will lay to rest in a public spot. . >>> it was unexpected but the best marketing campaign a realtor could ask for. the alameda home where tom hanks used to live. >>> up next, bart is a million fine for an accident that killed two troubling workers. >> the 27s -- temperatures. (music throughout) . >>> bart was fined for an accident that killed two workers in 2013. sheperd and daniels were inspecting tracks when they were hit and killed by i train. the state public utilities found that bart violated several safety rules. if bart complies with safety rules the fine may be cut in half. >>> work is set to begin on monday improving pedestrian safety. the vision zero safety improvement plan for local bart -- lombard more bus boarding areas and visible crosswalks and the street will be repaved and sewer mains and water mains replaced. this will create traffic issues for the next two years for people heading to the golden gate bridge

they kept his ashes in wyoming where the college student was killed. they feared his resting place one hay he was a gay man and blooeed to have been killed because of his sexual orientation. the catholic church cancelled the group's concert in 1981 because the bishop did not approve o. homo sexuality. they will perform tonight apt 8:00. >>> it is not close to midnight but something evil will be lurking in the dark. not too late to sign up for this halloween weekend. >>> and we'll take a look at what's going to happen sunday. let me give you a sneak peek. our warmest two days with ahead of us. this low will bring us a chance of >>> quite a bit of a different start this morning. check out here. temperatures are on the rise rather rapidly. already some areas 11 degrees warmer than yesterday. fairfield 71. most of us in the mid-to upper 60s. taking it closer to san mateo. here is a look at some of the haze hanging around and high clouds coming in. today and tomorrow are our warmest days coming in. sunday will bring sprinkles to the north bay and cool us do

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