virginia and worked as a janitor. >> host: you write that people in west virginia were doing their best to imagine a slow descents. >> guest: how old am? i i'm 45. just turned 45. and the first 220 years of my life were spent -- 20 years of my life were spent in west virginia and i thought it was normal to just try to manage descent. economics, money, inherently difficult situation and it wasn't really until i left west virginia that i came to understand that wasn't how it was all over the world. and a lot of what we have seen is that has continued. that feeling of economic helplessness has continued apace in the 25 years since i left. >> host: when people say to you, i want to create my own silicon valley, can they? >> guest: no. silicon valley is a very special 30-mile long 15-mile wide area that is a product of 50, 60 years worth of investment, trillions of dollars in. multiple world class universities. to try to say, we can create our own silicon valley is naive. i think really naive. it's something very specific. do think, though, that places all around the world, though, can be ce

west virginia, mr. mcnolte, former congressman from new york state with whom i served, actually it's another michael mcnolte but we're glad you're here. abe lincoln used to say the role of the government is do for people what they cannot do for themselves. what's the role of the federal government? >> to your recollection senator. the federal government's i see it as the obligation to ensure that the funds are available for any mandate that comes down the pipeline, for additional testing and water quality standards. i believe it's certainly the federal government's obligation to make sure that communities receive the funds in order to comply and no unfunded mandates. >> good. i'm going to ask you to answer for the record, not here because i don't have enough time, but the question i'm going to answer for the record, better results for less money, what are some things that we need to do? i think we tried to do that in the fast act. what are some other things we can do/should do between now and 2020 to en

the state of west virginia is a heavy lifting state. we mine the cold that makes the steel that built the guns and factories that defended us and gave us the great country we have. we have done everything and no one in west virginia wants dirty air, no one in oklahoma or any extraction state. the way this comes down to is strict strictly. please contact work the with local authorities, the states that are involved, they did nothing. they would not reach out to us whatsoever. this was one of many president obama's administration regulations that crippled families and businesses with no plan to replace or create new jobs or help these communities. the rulemaking was executed in a very flawed way. rules by the department of interior and office of surface mining must be based on comprehensive data that is available to stakeholders particularly when the rules work to eliminate the jobs. all we ask is come talk to the department of environmental protection in west virginia and tell us what is not working and what you want us to do different.

we didn't forget west virginia. i want to ensure that the voice of these states is not lost in the overall discussion of how to fix our nation's infrastructure. i want to work with my colleagues to address issues important to our states while also not ignoring the legitimate needs of large metropolitan areas as well. stated in the written testimony submitted by the five western states that i referenced earlier, federal highways in our rural states enable, quote, agriculture, energy and natural resource products which largely originate in rural areas to move to national and world markets. this is true. it makes no sense that to simply fix the roads and ports in our urban areas while ignoring the roads in inland ports in our rural areas that allow from products to get to the world markets. as testimony today will demonstrate, rural water systems also have unique challenges. they've been inundated by regulations from the epa which harms their ability. rural water systems are challenged by the same regulations that big

the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mr. manchin: mr. president, i rise also to speak about the stream buffer rule. i want everyone to know the state of west virginia has been a heavy-lifting state, we have been an extraction state. we do the mining. we mine the coal that built the steel that built the guns and defended us and gave us basically the great country we have. we have done everything. there is no one in west virginia that wants dirty water or dirty air, no one in oklahoma, no one in any extraction state. pitting people against each other is just wrong. the way this comes down is just strictly, it's strictly a duplicative rule. the stream buffer rule that was put in place. my colleagues know last year the department of interior office, surface mining reclamation and enforcement basically decided to send its final stream protection rule to the white house without fulfilling obligations and even a request by myself to please contact, work with the local authorities, work with the states that are involved. they did nothing. they w

in west virginia, we started something really powerful. i was the only republican in west virginia state government or the first couple of years in my term of office. if you start to build, and you stick to your principles, you work hard, you build a team. there is no telling how much you can accomplish. west virginia slaughtered president obama's clean power plant with the help of 27 states, and hundred 50 groups, democrats, republicans, conservative labor unions, we did that because we saw an idea and we saw it through. mercedes schlapp: mary. mary thomas: as attorney general morrissey said, we need to stick to conservative ideals, but we have to be active. every single person makes a difference. on election night, when we are watching, feverishly watching for the results to come in, we saw that president trump was tied with hillary in florida until the panhandle came in, until the last second. we had volunteers making phone calls, knocking doors, and every little bit made a difference. our volunteers made a big difference in electing pr

michelle fleury, bbc news, west virginia. laura: katty kay and christian fraser spoke with mohamed el-erian, the chief economic asking about is donald trump could bring back wealth to coal areas in west virginia. there isn't much he can do about the decline in demand, or the competition the coal sector is getting from natural gas and renewables. then he make a difference? yes, but it will not be transformational. katty: to think he will make a difference and other manufacturing industries as well? mr. el-erian: look at the coal industry. it employs 65,000 people. add transportation, power plants, maybe 150,000. every month this economy creates and destroys in the 5 billion job range. this is marginal, not leverage of all. -- not leverageable. it gives a signal. that is what he is looking for, a signal. he has made a lot of comments about jobs in heavy industries. will he be able to do that when the dollar is so strong? mr. el-erian: no. he will have to deal with the enabling environment. can't go industry by industry, it does

didn't forget west virginia. i want to ensure that the voice of these states is not lost in the overall discussion of how to fix our nation's infrastructure. when i work with my colleagues to address issues important to our states, while also not ignoring the legitimate needs of large metropolitan areas as well. stated in the written testimony, submitted by the five western states that i referenced earlier, federal highways in our rural states enable, quote, agriculture, energy, and natural resource products which largely originate in rural areas to move to national and world markets. this is true. it makes no sense but to simply fix the roads and ports in our urban areas while ignoring the roads and inland ports in our rural areas that allow for products from wyoming, nebraska, or iowa to get to the world markets. as testimony today will demonstrate, rural water systems also have unique challenges. they have been inundated by regulations from the epa, which harms their ability to modernize and to function. rural

what is west virginia going to become? a nuclear waste site? is it going to become the place where our nation sends all of its prisoners all the time? are we not better than that? now let me give you just this scenario. here is an analogy. you've got a factory. we're the factory. you've got a factory. the factory's got $100 million in the bank. the factory is $200 million upside down. think about it. how are we going to fix it? here is what we can do, take 100 million away from the factory, just like that. we got $100 million upside down. then i'll tell you what let's do next, cut 25% of the people off. then i'll tell you what else to do, let's cut the wages of everybody else there by 20% and you're still not there. so i'll tell you what let's do let's sell 75% of the equipment out of the factory. and then we in here will go home and say, we did it. we balanced a budget. and you know what will happen, the sun will come up tomorrow and we'll say, holy horse what ever. the factory is dead. the factory is gone. so that's where you are. i'm a busin

and that was that you are west virginians. and i'm a west virginia. and i just want goodness for our state. i've said it over and over and over. now, there will be somebody that will be on some witch hunt to try to beat on me about something. but i want again to announce to the world in every way, i, nor my family, want anything from this other than goodness for you and our state. now, let me tell you. you've trusted me with your vote. i absolutely need you now to trust me with your voice. now, you don't see any teleprompters here. you know, a lot of news media said, you know, he's folksy. i didn't know that i knew how to spell that. but there are sure no teleprompters. but you see, my definition of that would be plain talk. and that's what i think west virginians want to hear. now, the truth is, it's time for gigantic decisions. the past four years, no matter how hard we've tried, we've lived off rainy day. and we've lived off the low-hanging fruit that we could cut away. we have. we've cut probably $600 million of waste. and we've cut the rainy day

what is west virginia going to become? a nuclear waste site? is it going to become the place where our nation sends all of its prisoners all of the time. are we not better than that? now, let me give you just this scenario. here's an analogy. you got a factory. we're the factory. you've got a factory. the factory has got a $100 million in the bank. the factory is $200 million upsidedown. think about it. how we going to fix it? here is what we can do. take the hundred million away from the factory just like that. we got a hundred million dollars upside-down. then i tell you what's let's do next. let's cut 25% of the people off. and then i tell you what else let's do. let's cut the wages of everybody else there by 20%. and you're still not there. so i tell you what let's do, let's sell 75% of the equipment out of the factory. and then, we in here will go home and say, "we did it. we balanced the budget." and you know what will happen? the sun will come up tomorrow, and we'll say holy horse, whatever, the factory is dead. the factory is gone. so,

what is west virginia going to become? a nuclear waste site? is it going to become the place where our nation sends all of its prisoners all of the time. are we not better than that? now, let me give you just this scenario. here's an analogy. you got a factory. we're the factory. you've got a factory. the factory has got a $100 million in the bank. the factory is $200 million upside down. think about it. how we going to fix it? here is what we can do. take the hundred million away from the factory just like that. we got a hundred million dollars upside-down. then i tell you what's let's do next. let's cut 25% of the people off. and then i tell you what else let's do. let's cut the wages of everybody else there by 20%. and you're still not there. so i tell you what let's do, let's sell 75% of the equipment out of the factory. and then, we in here will go home and say, "we did it. we balanced the budget." and you know what will happen? the sun will come up tomorrow, and we'll say holy horse whatever, the factory is dead. the factory is gone. so,

the majority of kids in west virginia won't have options. you better make sure that that system you have in that rural setting is giving that child every opportunity that he and she can excel. and who knows, maybe one day they'll be sitting in my seat or your seat. i hope so. with that, i'd say that i must oppose they -- oppose her secrey position that she has been achieving that president trump put her forward to, with all due respect. and i think i've stated my reasons for that. but i would hope that people understand that our rural public schools truly need a champion. we need that champion to really step forward and lift us all up. and with that, i would yield the floor, mr. president. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from massachusetts. mr. markey: thank you, mr. president, very much. i am here this afternoon to stand up to one of the most dangerous nominees in president trump's cabinet of big oil and big banks and big billionaires who are going to be populating the cabinet of the united states. the secretary

from west virginia 25 times to talk to lawmakers and regulators. he was a regular citizen, he saw a problem impacting his wife, and he wanted us to work to fix it and finally succeeded with when the stream protection rule was finalized in december. it just amounts to this: the way that one conducts the mountain top coal mining has a huge impact, just as it does with other industries, having basic rules about how that work is done ensures sustainability of the nearby streams. this was done with a tremendous amount of involvement with stakeholders, tremendous number of meetings, six years of coordination, trying to find a way that it doesn't paralyze the coal mining, but does protect the streams. that was the balance that was searched for, discovered, and implemented with this rule and we should leave it in place. we shouldn't really destroy these years of work to protect our beautiful streams with just a few hours of debate with no public notice or awareness of what is going on. we want to review this thoughtfully and seriously, let's have it done i

virginia may west have different stands on different issues, but our job is to elect democrats. what we have in common, whether you are in west virginia or massachusetts or kansas, is a commitment to economic opportunity. i think we are focused on that message of jobs, good jobs, and help for the middle class, retirement security. that is the message left to the democrats in missouri, west virginia, minnesota, and across the country. that is what we will make sure we are doing. >> redoing some sort of project over the next few months or weeks that is a more from the one in 2016? congressman, do you anticipate getting involved with that building out some project that looks at internally what would wrong during the primary process? tom perez: absolutely. keith ellison: let me tell you, we will have to look at what went wrong, across the numbers and get sister civics -- the civics, because we have an idea what we want to ask others about it. the real thing is we have to win. people are expecting us to win. we have to be geared toward timeng elections in this to come. , we are 2017-

the democratic party in massachusetts is different from the one in west virginia. a democrat in west virginia may have different stands on different issues, but our job is to elect democrats. what we have in common, whether you are in west virginia or massachusetts or kansas, is a commitment to economic opportunity. i think we are focused on that message of jobs, good jobs, and help for the middle class, retirement security. that is the message that has elected democrats in missouri, west virginia, minnesota, and across the country. that is what we will make sure we are doing. >> are you doing some sort of project over the next few months or weeks that is a more forward-looking from the one in 2016? congressman, do you anticipate getting involved with that building out some project that looks at internally what would wrong during the primary process? tom perez: absolutely. keith ellison: let me tell you, we will have to look at what went wrong, across the numbers and get specific, because we have an idea what we want to ask others about it. the real thing is we hav

but in west virginia, we're a rural state. we depend on our public education very much and the support and how it works, i don't think she has the experience in the public arena and support of public education, we don't have the resources to take care of public education the way we need to, the way we are today. if you divide that money up, whether it be charters or vouchers, you're taking money away from a very rural state, such as west virginia. i was very concerned for those reasons and that's why i would not be able to support a vote for her. >> getting back to the supreme court, what do you know about judge gorsuch and where do you stand? we heard from the president today that he is going to urge mitch mcconnell to invoke the nuclear option if there's a filibuster. >> well, first, let me say about the nuclear option, i was totally opposed to harry reid pulling the nuclear option when he did. i think it is wrong. we got to where we got because of what harry did and his inappropriate stance on doing this. he did not do the

we'll talk with west virginia senator joe manchin about that next. plus he may say things that a lot of people find disgusting, outrage, even hateful. does that mean it's okay to use violence to keep milo away? don't just eat. ♪ mangia! bertolli. so we know how to cover almost alanything.ything, even a "truck-cicle." [second man] how you doing? [ice cracking] [second man] ah,ah, ah. oh no! [first man] saves us some drilling. [burke] and we covered it, february fourteenth, twenty-fifteen. talk to farmers. we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ treas >>> welcome back to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. returning now to our buried lead, that's what we call stories that we think aren't getting enough attention. we're bringing an update on a shocking story we reported last month. a population of 400-ish is suing some of the nation's largest pharmaceutical companies for highly addictive sometimes lethal prescription painkillers. they poured nearly 9 million hydro co-doen pills that have b

this one i bought from one family about an ancestor of bears who was a dentist in west virginia but he trained for his dental education and maryland baltimore and it's all for digital stuff. it's manuscript, diaries, the continentacontinental guard rivr excursion in etd before -- 1884. it visiting cards and advertising cards and most importantly, journal entries that tell us about what this man was doing in his daily life in the 1870s in baltimore and then later on in west virginia. so if he so why go to catalog things because you've got to sit down and read it. look at the title page to this commonplace book that he had. they wrote all kinds of items. there's an envelope with a picture of george washington printed on it that says beware of traders. here's an envelope that was painted during the civil war just stuck in this commonplace book. people come to the store all the time and sa say do you appraise books and what they mean is do i buy books often. what they want is to sell books. the internet has created everyone is an expert but they are not. i have one guy bless his heart, he

well, lamont west would help west virginia pull away. he threw that down one more time. west, 6 of 8 on three-pointers in this game. wound up with 20 in the first and finished with 23, a career high and west virginia wins, 77-62. >>> panthers/blues, jagr has great hair. shattenkirk misplays it. that ends up in a goal with the panthers up 1-0 trying to go 5-0 on a road trip for the first time. kyle brodziak shoots and rebods trocheck, five seconds left before they were going to o.t., killed the buzz in st. louis. panthers. 2-1. got to go. >>> also, women's college basketball, wait, before we go, ohio state with a win over number two maryland s we have a tie on top of the big ten. >> got to go. >> back to you. >> you got to go, you got to go. >> got to go. >>> up next in "the pulse," creepy, crawley cuisine. wait till you hear what angelina jolie and her kids are cooking up. >> no, oh, my goodness this video and just like "star wars," the world's first hover bike takes flight. date with your eye doctor. your eyes will love you for it. show your eyes