the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from the district of columbia yields back. the gentlelady from hawaii. ms. hanabusa: i assume there are no more speakers. mr. speaker, i'm just closing by asking that our colleagues support this great bill. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from hawaii yields back, and the gentleman from montana. mr. gianforte: mr. speaker, i also urge adoption, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 2897. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until approximately 6:30 >> this weekend. c-span city's tour takes you to newport, rhode island. we'll explore newport's rich literary scene and sights. this weekend, beginning saturday at noon eastern on

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class is not funded on too quickly to address program risks this is more like with no the columbia class program will exceed the navy's one hundred twenty eight billion estimate of total acquisition cost. expensive and of big strategic importance ring a bell anyone columbia submarines are already being compared to the f. thirty five fighter jet the u.s. military's most costly and arguably most miss civitas project the f. thirty five assessment reports have pointed to at least two hundred seventy six deficiencies in combat performance marked as critical so correct from unacceptable flight performance when breaking the sound barrier to overheating problems and cyber security vulnerabilities hundreds of issues of all kinds. so why would the us pursue another ambitious project and insist it's flawless despite worrying assessments called front loading you make a lot of big promises up front that this wonderful new technology is going to work just perfectly and then you hook in congress to commit to funding something like this and as with the f. thirty five once things don't work as play and t

classes not from down to quickly to address program risks this is more likely than no the columbia class program will exceed the navy's one hundred twenty eight billion estimate of total acquisition cost as expensive and of big so teacher comportment ring a bell anyone columbia's submarines are already being compared to the f. thirty five fighter jet the u.s. military's most costly and arguably most miss civitas project the f. thirty five assessment reports have pointed to at least two hundred seventy six deficiencies in combat performance marked as critical to correct from unacceptable flight performance when breaking the sound barrier to overheating problems and cyber security vulnerabilities hundreds of issues of all kinds. so why would the us pursue another ambitious project and insist it's flawless despite worrying assessments called front loading you make a lot of big promises up front that this wonderful new technology is going to work just perfectly and then you hook in congress to commit to funding something like this and as with the f. thirty five once things don't work as play

class is not funded on too quickly to address program risks this is more like with no columbia class program will exceed the navy's one hundred twenty eight billion estimate of total acquisition cost as expensive and of big so teacher comportment ring a bell anyone columbia's submarines are already being compared to the f. thirty five fighter jet the u.s. military's most costly and arguably most miss civitas projects the f. thirty five assessment reports have pointed to at least two hundred seventy six deficiencies in combat performance marked as critical so correct from unacceptable flight performance when breaking the sound barrier to overheating problems and cyber security vulnerabilities hundreds of issues of all kinds. so why would the us pursue another ambitious project and insist it's flawless despite worrying assessments called front loading you make a lot of big promises up front that this wonderful new technology is going to work just perfectly and then you hook in congress to commit to funding something like this and as with the f. thirty five once things don't work as pla

class is not funded on too quickly to address program risks this is more likely than no columbia class program will exceed the navy's one hundred twenty eight billion estimate of total acquisition cost as expensive and of big strategic importance ring a bell anyone columbia's submarines are already being compared to the f. thirty five fighter jet the u.s. military's most costly and arguably most miss civitas project the f. thirty five assessment reports have pointed to at least two hundred seventy six deficiencies in combat performance marked as critical so correct from unacceptable flight performance when breaking the sound barrier to overheating problems and cybersecurity long inabilities hundreds of issues of all kinds. so why would the us pursue another ambitious project and insist it's flawless despite worrying assessments called front loading you make a lot of big promises up front that this wonderful new technology is going to work just perfectly and then you hook in congress to commit to funding something like this and as with the f. thirty five once things don't work as play a

class is not funded on too quickly to address program risks this is more likely than no the columbia class program will exceed the navy's one hundred twenty eight billion estimate of total acquisition cost. expensive and of big strategic importance ring a bell anyone columbia's submarines are already being compared to the f. thirty five fighter jet the u.s. military's most costly and arguably most miss civitas project the f. thirty five assessment reports have pointed to at least two hundred seventy six deficiencies in combat performance marked as critical to correct from unacceptable flight performance when breaking the sound barrier to overheating problems and cyber security vulnerabilities hundreds of issues of all kinds. so why would the us pursue another ambitious project and insist it's flawless despite worrying assessments called front loading you make a lot of big promises up front that this wonderful new technology is going to work just perfectly and then you hook in congress to commit to funding something like this and as with the f. thirty five once things don't work as pl

this was wayut tre but openly discussed in columbia. then i came back and i said,. [inaudible] i don't understand how our country is falling apart. are we taking all of the trash and then disrupting our own country. so the story started with that. then i started pulling the thread on the relationship with hezbollah. went to lebanon and i wanted to know what the relationship was between venezuelan hezbollah. i wanted to fly to beirut and ask them. that is what i did. that worked. if you don't mind i'm going to reach your little section from that. the reason i want to read from that is because it was in the news lately that a political revealed how the obama administration have this information they're getting from people about the venezuelan regime and givingoney t hezbollah. and that was a hot topic when i came back from lebanon. many people were working on it. then e-mails to not get returned because the administration policy was that they would make a deal with iran on the nuclear deal of those negotiating are also involved with drug trafficking. the problem is, t

class is not funded on too quickly to address program risks this is more like with no columbia class program will exceed the navy's one hundred twenty eight billion estimate of total acquisition cost. expensive and of big strategic importance ring a bell anyone columbia's submarines are already being compared to the f. thirty five fighter jet the u.s. military's most costly and arguably most miss civitas projects the f. thirty five assessment reports have pointed to at least two hundred seventy six deficiencies in combat performance marked as critical so correct from unacceptable flight performance when breaking the sound barrier to overheating problems and cyber security vulnerabilities hundreds of issues of all kinds. so why would the us pursue another ambitious project and insist it's flawless despite worrying assessments called front loading you make a lot of big promises up front that this wonderful new technology is going to work just perfectly and then you hook in congress to commit to funding something like this and as with the f. thirty five once things don't work as play an

so now they sing the songs how they smuggle cocaine into venezuela from columbia with the protection of chavez. but it was openly discussed. and i don't understand how our country is falling apart. and i really was that vulgar. so the story started with that and that relationship with hezbollah. and then meets them and that is what i did. and i will just read a section for that. and with the obama administration all this information from a number of people of the venezuelan regime drug trafficking and with the involvement of has below. and now suddenly e-mails. with administration policy to make a deal with iranian drug trafficking is something we want to bring up. but the problem is but now my compatriots are in prison by a regime that will not let them go. that is a long-term consequence. so then i decided i got the attention. with that credibility in that space. with those other issues like that. l and then to do asymmetric warfare. what is counterfeit funding in panama?t to say we don't speak spanish here we speak arabic. who are you? look at the time. i realized is two things. t

thirty five or the cole and columbia columbia submarine and in terms of these projects nothing much really has come out in terms of results would you make of those desponding decisions spending decisions the united states makes in this sense well again this comes back to the cold war i mean we look at the things that was always sort of who has a bigger say we even look at rockets like but now when the soviet union was able to launch a rocket for us that was who has more and better in the us is going back it's almost like backtracking to that mentality of do i have more weapons are my weapon new or or better than yours are they more technologically savvy and that just shows the rest of the world that what he's trying to prove here spending lots of money on things that aren't even threats gets to show that hey we have a bigger powerful military than you guys do because that's all it is are going to bigger than yours rather than actually focusing on some of the main thread throughout the world and some of our main policy objectives such as iran's proxy wars throughout the middle east and ever

this is an hour. >> if you are not a lawyer, which most of us are not, reading the columbia law review does not get you excited, with all due respects to the professors here. but earlier this year, columbia's law professor matthew waxman, the chair of the cyber security center and the program on national security and law road an article that is truly intriguing and you will all agree. it is worthy of serious discussion. it is called "the power to wage war successfully." it touched on many things that we are all interested in. first and foremost, it centered on a truly historic figure that few of us know much about anymore and has basically been lost to time. it is the extraordinary charles evans hughs. he had an extraordinary public service career. it was unparalleled by most measures. he served as the governor of new york state from 1907-1910 and was named to the supreme court by william howard taft. into that term, he took the nomination for president and narrowly lost the electoral college to wilson. it was 4000 votes in california. in 1921, warren harding named hughs the secretary

. >>, on the presidency, the lincoln group of the district of columbia with authors discussing various aspects of abraham lincoln's life and career. this is one hour and 15 minutes. >> welcome to the december meeting of the lincoln group of the district of columbia. the lincoln group was formed in the 1930's to honor the memory, legacy, principles of abraham lincoln, and for over 80 years, we have had programs like this with outside speakers, and our own members, and today, we are very pleased to have three of the members of the lincoln group of d.c. who have authored books related to the life and times of abraham lincoln. each of our speakers will talk for about 15 minutes, and then the three will g

is yet to be developed heavy deal laser expected and the costs could skyrocket columbia class is not from the learn to quickly to address program risks this is more likely than no the columbia class program will exceed the navy's one hundred twenty eight billion estimate of total acquisition cost. expensive and of big strategic importance ring a bell anyone columbia's submarines are already being compared to the f. thirty five fighter jet the u.s. military's most costly and arguably most mysterious project the f. thirty five assessment reports have pointed to at least two hundred seventy six deficiencies in combat performance marked as critical so correct from an acceptable flight performance when br. in the sound barrier to overheating problems and cyber security vulnerabilities hundreds of issues of all kinds. so why would the u.s. pursue another vicious project and insist it's flawless despite worrying assessments called front loading you make a lot of big promises up front that this wonderful new technology is going to work just perfectly and then you hook in congress to commit t

leesburg pike westbound between carlin springs road and columbia pike. water main break blocking one lane. watch for slick spots on those surrounding secondaries. any questions at erin fox5 d.c. on twitter. we'll get to those malfunctioning traffic lights in the district next. >> all right erin thank you. >>> coming up on fox5 news morning a lawsuit claims to know who is responsible for starting that thomas fire. >> jeopardy host alex trebek undergoes emergency brain surgery. >> heading to break right now, let's take a live look. this is -- are you looking into maryland, national harbor. everything just looks frozen out there. i don't even know how to describe it. the lights are pretty. silver lining. we'll try to find it today as we continue. 5:08 is your time right now. it is 14 degrees. back with more fox5 news morning after the break. >> ♪ >> ♪♪ >> ♪ >> all right, we're keeping you updated on this major water main break that's going to be causing some problems no doubt this morning with the commute. this is 27th street northwest near rock cre

. >>> next, the supreme court oral argument in the district of columbia. the case revolves around the fourth amendment and probable cause arrests. he was one of several people initially arrested after attending a party thrown by someone else in a vacant house in washington, d.c.. mr. wesby filed an unlawful arrest suit. this is just under an hour. we hear arguments this morning in case 15, 1485 district of columbia versus wesby. >> mr. chief justice may i please the court. a probable cause is a practical standard and not accounts for the practical limitations officers face when making arrests decisions including the inability to look directly into the minds of suspects offering innocent explanations for suspicious conduct, and so i don a case like this one, but it's established in circumstantial evidence of mens rea but a strong or at least fair arrest is reasonable and constitutional, and more clearly qualified immunity applies. let's turn to the totality of the circumstance from the perspective-- >> before you do that, given the other charges in the case

scofield learns of the flank and he takes off from columbia. hood's two corps that did the flank the night before get to the town of springhill, tennessee right before dark. he orders to frank cheetham to block the road. cheetham does not block the road. hood wakest morning, up and the entire army wakes up, and scofield is gone. scofield who had been trapped between the artillery and the other two corps had marched up the road, the columbia pike, and they literally mentioned -- the union soldiers set it looked like an ocean of campfires beside the road. and they marched by all night long and they were never stopped. the next morning, hood and the army wake up, schofield has escaped. they get on the road and they they get on the road and they start chasing scofield to try to catch him before he gets to nashville. schofield gets to franklin and all the bridges are washed out. he turns around and he digs in hood's army iss a couple hours behind him. that is why the battle of franklin happened. for those that do not know, there were more casualties

this is one hour. >> if you are not a lawyer, which most of us are not, reading the columbia law review does not get you excited, with due respects to the professors here. matthew waxman, the chair of the cyber security center and the program on national security and law road an article that is truly intriguing and you will all agree. it is worthy of serious discussion. it is called "the power to wage war successfully." it touched on many things that we are all interested in. first and foremost, it centered thattruly historic figure few of us know much about beenre and has basically lost to time. it is the extraordinary charles ughs. hj extraordinary public service career. it was unparalleled by most measures. he served as the governor of new from 1907-1910 and was named to the supreme court by william howard taft. the that term, he took nomination for president and narrowly lost the electoral wilson.to california.votes in 1921, warren harding named hu and ae secretary of state entered government service again justicehoice for chief of the supreme court. twice, the went and served the c

nine states and the district of columbia legalized pot. >>> first on cnn. an atf special agent suing the atf and justice department alleging they retaliated against her for exposing sexual harassment. agent lisa kincaid served the bure bureau for three decades. when she was tasked with investigating another female agent harassment claims against another, kincaid discovered allegations. >> other women said they were harassed and assaulted. when she pressed management to act, her career advancement blocked. she says she feels betrayed. >> i was naive to think the system would work and the system wasn't going to work. i want to know that -- i want to know that taking a stand wasn't for nothing. >> the atf would not comment on personnel matters, but says they take claims seriously. >>> disgraced former usa gymnastics dr. larry nassar is expected to hear his sentence today. he has pleaded guilty to assau t assaults and abusing girls under the guys of providing medical treatment. more impact statements are expected to be heard today. so far 133 have been read. >>

broadly speaking columbia books are global. we want our books to have a certain feel on the entirety of the list. they could be perfectly good project that simply don't fit that brand identity and might not be right for us. we get projects from agents on occasion. we go to the frankfurt book fair and that is an enormous yearly book fair in germany where every publisher in the world attends, there are 300,000 attendees at this year's, they open it to the public saturday and sunday and i had the good fortune of being in the train station is all the players were swarming into the train station as i was leaving, they were going to frankfurt and also commission project so by being in a field you often know the structural holds in a given field, there is a real need for an economics book on a certain aspect of climate change and wouldn't it be great if x person wrote that book and so you are writing to people that way, seeing somebody write an op-ed, writing to those authors saying wouldn't it be a great idea if you wrote this? a who

the 4900 block of columbia road. behind us, you can see the fire for the most part appears to be under control. still smoking from the back. who was inside that home, that fire report came in overnight with a possible entrapment. at this point, we don't know the condition of that person or where in the home they may have been found. at this point we're awaiting an update. again, the fire appearing to be under control at this time. but we'll bring you the latest when we get it. live from annandale, justin finch, back to you in the studio. >> justin x thank you. we have a few other fires we've been watching this morning. we'll have the latest on them just ahead at 6:45. >>> kim jong un says he's got a button-ois desk that if he pushes will launch a nuclear missile. >> that's pretty scary. he revealed this on state television during his new year's day address. he said his nuclear forces are not a threat but a reality. says his strike anywhere in the u.s. we're still awaiting reaction from the white house this morning. >

on the presidency, the lincoln group of the district of columbia hosts three authors who discussed various aspects of abraham lincoln's life and career. this is one hour, 15 minutes. >> welcome to the december meeting of the lincoln group of the district of columbia. group was formed in ,he 1930's to honor the memory legacy, principles of abraham lincoln, and for over 80 years, we have had programs like this with outside speakers, and our own members, and today, we are very pleased to have three of the members of the lincoln group of d.c. who have authored books related to the life and times of abraham lincoln. each of our speakers will talk for about 15 minutes, and then the three will gather here and have an opportunity to take your questions. , so keep your questions that you have in mind for the first and second speaker, or after the third speaker. briefly.troduce them all three of them. and then have an opportunity to say a few more words about each as they begin their talks. is a biography of lincoln, subtitled "the man who saved america." and it is for the general reader. show,thor,

scofield learns of the flank and he takes off from columbia. hood's two corps that did the flank the night before get to the town of springhill, tennessee right before dark. he orders to frank cheatham to block the road. and cheatham does not block the road. and the next morning, hood wakes up and the entire army wakes up, and scofield is gone. scofield, who had been trapped rps, all thes co artillery in the infantry, had marched up the road, the columbia pike, and they literally mentioned -- the union soldiers said it looked like an ocean of campfires beside the road. and they marched by all night long and they were never stopped. the next morning, hood and the army wake up, schofield has escaped. they get on the road and they start chasing scofield to try to catch him before he gets to nashville. schofield gets to franklin and all the bridges are washed out. and scofield turns around and he digs in because he knows hood's army is a couple hours behind him. and that is why the battle of franklin happened. for those that do not know, there were

we hear arguments this morning in case 15, 1485 district of columbia versus wesby. >> mr. chief justice may i please the court. a probable cause is a practical standard and not accounts for the practical limitations officers face when making arrests decisions including the inability to look directly into the minds of suspects offering innocent explanations for suspicious conduct, and so i don a case like this one, but it's established in circumstantial evidence of mens rea but a strong or at least fair arrest is reasonable and constitutional, and more clearly qualified immunity applies. let's turn to the totality of the circumstance from the perspective-- >> before you do that, given the other charges in the case relating to disorderly conduct and negligent supervision, where do they stand and are they in any way effective in the argument? >> we do not pursue an argument existed for disorderly conduct and supervision. that claim fails if there was neither probable cause were qualified immunity. that's where they stand, your honor. if i may turn back to the totality of circ

attendance and the records that show a different story. >> whene students grade six through 12, the columbia heights education campus or chec for short is the second largest in the school system and prides itself for having the largest number of the schools in the advanced placement classes. the item has thousands of places of the individual attendance and transcript records showing the students passing required courses despite 60 unexcused absences. >> if we are trying to cut corners and not do what we are supposed to do to prepare for adulthood we are letting them down. >> the i-team showed this to the education committee. >> i'm not surprised to hear it's a high school. >> ballou high school objected to being singled out for grade inflation. they have a point. the seuss' own investigation investigation is focusing almost exclusive to ballou high school. >> my reaction is i'm not surprised. i cannot for the life of me understand the reluctance to an independent investigation. >> the item is not revealing the name of the students on the record. >> the a's mean absence and the n mean no excu

up next on the presidency, columbia law professors sit down at the new york historical society to talk about presidential war powers and how they have evolved over time. this is one hour. >> if you are not a lawyer, which most of us are not, reading the columbia law review is unlikely to get you very excited, with all due respects the two great lawyers here. matthew waxman, the chair of the cyber security center and the cochair of the program on national security and law road -- wrote an article that is truly intriguing and you will all agree. it is worthy of serious discussion. it is called "the power to wage war successfully." it touched on many things that we at the society are interested in. first and foremost, it centered on a truly historic figure that sadly, few of us know much about anymore and has basically been lost to time. i don't like that phrase but it has been lost to time. it is the extraordinary charles evans hughs. mr. hughes had what anyone would say is an extraordinary public service career. it was unparalleled by most measures. he served as the governor of new york

columbia had a pacifist president. nevertheless in 1916, he passed out a memo to every member of facultymbia which explained the chief , system, he asked the columbia faculty to note on that chart where their services could serve the army in an event of a national crisis. every single member of the columbia faculty did so. for reasons i can discuss better in the question and answer, preparedness on the government side produced a few half measures. it produced a larger navy, the modern system which was designed to undercut the preparedness, and it produced a lot of parades. it produced the essential question. what should the american military look like? what ought it do? that question remains unresolved. it is part of the reason the united states is unprepared for war in 1917. economics are an enormous factor. the economy was in recession when the first world war broke out. the war immediately changed that. this is a cartoon from john mccutcheon, who won the first. prize for political cartooning. please note the date. a

we'll be in columbia, south carolina today. first, on sunday, tune into interview withan james inhof, on the armed held thatommittee, we interview yesterday, he talked with reporters with national last e strategy released week by the defense department, here is a bit of what he had to say. defense strategy says the united states greatest threat is from russia and china. seen the classified version of that report and what you think of the -- can't talk about it right now, but you're talking bout the two-three strategy, and i agree in terms of the greatest threat conventionally be russia or china, and china, i could say. important, ree are too, north korea, iran and isis. o that is the strategy he's putting down as a priority to get to it. have two different types of is, i ies, the one mentioned north korea. one, every person comes to our hearings, public, elevised hearings, they come up, talking military now, they the greatest threat we've ever faced because in the korea, kim jong-un is totally unpredictable and word, ways use t

when two more were arrested, marshall returned to columbia to help. when the trial was over and marshall, looby and weaver prepard to leave, some in town believed that justice had not yet been served. juan williams: and they're driving back to nashville because they can't even risk sleeping in columbia tennessee for fear that they will be killed. thurgood marshall: the mob followed me out across duck river and pulled us over - state troopers and city police. juan williams: and they particularly pick thurgood marshall out of the back seat where he was seated. thurgood marshall: and they put me in the police car and told looby to go on to nashville and don't follow them. juan williams: but the police car they notice, does not go back towards town, but instead takes a turn in to the woods going in the direction toward the river. marshall, sitting in the backseat, he doesn't know what's going on. and these guys have him handcuffed. and as he is approaching the river he sees that they've got a white mob, right down by the river. and they are all ginned up,

lincoln group of the district of columbia with authors discussing various aspects of abraham lincoln's life and career. this is one hour and 15 minutes. >> welcome to the december meeting of the lincoln group of the district of columbia. the lincoln group was formed in the 1930's to honor the memory, legacy, principles of abraham lincoln, and for over 80 years, we have had programs like this with outside speakers, and our own members, and today, we are very pleased to have three of the members of the lincoln group of d.c. who have authored books related to the life and times of abraham lincoln. each of our speakers will talk for about 15 minutes, and then the three will gather here and have an opportunity to take your questions. so keep your questions that you have in mind for the first and second speaker, or after the third speaker. i will introduce them briefly. all three of them. and then have an opportunity to say a few more words about each as they begin their talks. the first book is a biography of lincoln, subtitled "the man who saved america." say a few more words about each an

discuss what is on the way to work for her but he was under exclusive contract with columbia pictures still she managed to work out a deal with the studio john always designs were. legendary rita hayworth in the one nine hundred forty six film gilda. wore the gallon worn by marilyn monroe and in one nine hundred sixty two birthday celebration for president john f. kennedy. money that the cons melinda had very clear ideas and she knew that john we understood her it was pretty amazing as she wasn't easy to work with she knew exactly what she wanted her performance to look like that in school and that's because i would have liked to have met my lena but as an artist i think she made life exteriorly difficult for designers and others who worked with her design that it's a start. but john no we made each fish part of the creative process and together they designed costumes that made her an icon. to trash would provide the designer with some preliminary concepts like this one for a full length coat made of swan down. then detach proposed a project that was close to her heart a costume that

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i teach in columbia, south carolina. there is a major site where a number of these individuals came together in 1946. of 1946. 1800 students, black and white, met in the township auditorium. bob dylan had a recent concert october,there coming through to. begun byete the task our forefathers during the civil war and reconstruction period." their keynote speaker was w.e.b. dubois, a key architect of civil rights struggles in this country, and someone connected to friends across the world. he delivered a speech at benedict college. african-american colleges come up as so important in laying the foundation of being displaced where people can come together. he looked too young people in the region to expose the barbarities that prevailed. he urged them to lift the better of humanity and face each other as equal independent human beings, if it takes all of your lives, and the lives of your children's children. called the long haul. dubois noted that while democracy was a sham -- he talked about colonialism and world war ii --

this is an hour. >> if you are not a lawyer, which most of us are not, reading the columbia law review does not get you excited, with all due respects to the professors here.

a tsunami warning on effect for the coastal areas for alaska and british columbia. the magnitude is going to earthquake of kodiak alaska. warning for the national weather service says the cell phones read go to higher ground or move inland. the remainder of the u.s. coast is under saddam they watch, which is different than alert. police and kodiak, alaska issued this statement. expecting a tsunami at 1:45 a.m. local time. evacuate to higher ground. high school, middle-school elementary, all of these schools and schools are shut down as they tried to alert residents. we should say again that the middle of the night there. lauren: coming up, another warning for you. this from goldman sachs that has to do with the coin. we go to london for those details. lauren: goldman sachs that what the warning on bitcoin can increase has pushed it into bubble territory. rive gauche from "the wall street journal" joins us now. >> it is the latest series of warnings about this. i intend to go from a thousand dollars to $20,000 in under a year, you certainly raise some now browse, par

landing on six conned nents and popping of in columbia, nigeria, china and iraq. elaine. >> mireya villarreal, thank you. >>> the cbs "overnight news" will be right back. >>> missouri governor eric greitens kept a low profile since the cbs affiliate in st. louis report heed had an extramarital affair. greitens spoke to reporters this weekend. meg oliver has details. >> in his first interview since admitting to an extramarital affair, missouri governor, eric greitens, denied allegations of blackmail. >> there was no threat of blackmail. no threat of a photograph and blackmail. those things are false. >> greitens admits he had an affair with his hairdresser before he became governor in 2017. but he says it was consensual. >> there was no hush money there was no violence. >> news broke last week. audio recordings obtained by the cbs affiliate, which has not been independently verified by cbs news appear to show an unnamed woman the governor's alleged mistress admitting to the affair to her then husband. >> she went on to describe the alleged blackmail. he stepped bac

british columbia, our neighbor to the north is doing it and their economy is booming. to the south california is doing it and oregon is considering it. from quebec to japan, from europe to mexico, many states and nations have enacted a price on carbon, even china is getting on board having recently launched the largest carbon market on the planet. by passing a carbon tax, we would simply join our west coast neighbors and the rest of the world as the global economy moves away from fossil fuels and toward a decarbonized clean energy future. i believe that washington state is exactly the right state to lead in clean energy economy and to seize the jobs that china and other nations are clamoring for. this is fundamentally who we are in washington. we create, we invent, we build and the people of washington are ready to create an event and build the carbon-free future our children and grandchildren deserve. these clean energy jobs belong here, not just in china, not just in germany, not just in b.c., here. washington employees some of the most influential climate scientists

. >>> next, the supreme court oral argument in the district of columbia. the case revolves around the fourth amendment and probable cause arrests. he was one of several people initially arrested after attending a party thrown by someone else in a vacant house in washington, d.c.. mr. wesby filed an unlawful arrest suit. this is just under an hour. we hear arguments this morning in case 15, 1485 district of columbia versus wesby. >> mr. chief justice may i please the court. a probable cause is a practical standard and not accounts for the practical limitations officers face when

>>> tonight a mother and father in columbia, maryland feel helpless and upset. >> their son was shot in the back at a new year's eve party and now he's paralyzed. larry aaron iii plays college football at marshall university in west virginia. ken daly from our affiliate in baltimore spoke to his family. >> i'm so upset. i know you're not supposed to ask why, but my son had everything going for him. >> reporter: a football scholarship at marshall university in west virginia, good grades and a loving family. 19-year-old larry aaron was set to head back to college in columbia last week when he attended a new year's eve party in a house on severn that he and his friend saw advertised on social media. >> he was standing up against a wall in maryland and two guys got in an argument and they started shooting. my son stepped in front of his girlfriend to shield her, and one of the bullets got him. >> reporter: the bullet lodged in his spinal cord. doctors can't operate because it might do more damage, so they have to leave it there. aaron, a lifelong athlete, is paralyzed from the waist

more likely third move across the border to columbia. but some probably would take to see. and don't think it's a maritime problem but an enormous potential humanitarian crisis. already, within venezuela is becoming increasingly difficult to find the basic necessities of life. let us hope that maduro does the right thing which is not to create a new loan for parliament and jim a new constitution through. let us hope that he allows the current rule of law to follow. support the organization of states to put pressure on him to do the right thing. we should feel very positive resampled colombian brazil who are helping with that and putting immediate pressure on. in terms of impacts on the united states, not significant. not with hydrocarbons. it's much more humanitarian crisis. the united states should not take the frontline in this. because maduro could create a target. we need to use our allies and friends in the nation. let others take the lead. >> my questions about the north. in the changing patterns in the trade that could happen in the north of there is no longer polar

leesburg pike westbound between carlin springs road and columbia pike. water main break. i can tell you all metro rail lines are on time but we have northeast regional delays so check your schedule ahead of time. we have a crash that just cleared bw parkway southbound at 100. it's just blocking the shoulder now. all lanes opened. also keep in mind vre earlier issues, getting back to normal. in southern maryland there's a crash livingston road in fort washington at chalfont avenue. caution on those secondaries especially. they tend to be icy first. same story with bridges overpasses on and off-ramps and that is your traffic report. back to you. >> all new at 6 o'clock this morning, a treadmill allison for turtles. >> yes. >> my spirit animal. >> it sure is. >> go little turtle. >> little guy, though. researchers at florida atlantic university came up with it as they collected turtle hatch lings from the beaches put them on a treadmill to analyze their breathing. there's a scientific reason they're doing this. results will be used to better understand the stamina of sea tur

the president of columbia, juan manuel santos, has suspended peace talks with the national liberation army after the marxist rebels launched attacks on an evil guard -- naval guard post and threw off one of columbia's main oil pipelines. it came after bilateral cease-fire expired last night. president centers says he an army toe colombi respond forcefully for jewelry has been stolen from a hotel in paris. five men with hatchets smashed windows and the famous hotel before making off with their all. -- haul. three suspects have been detained but 2 more are on the run. in syria, at least 85 people have been killed in the past 10 days in a besieged suburb of damascus under rebel control. the united nations has construed -- condemned the upsurge in attacks, calling the situation a human catastrophe. the area has been under siege for more than 4.5 years, as lyse doucet reports. lyse: the bombs fall every day now in eastern ghouta. rescue teams rushing to bring survivors out. for children trapped inside, not knowing where -- fighting to strike and children trapped inside, not knowing where t

own laws existls in all 50 states, including the district of columbia. drugally, they enhance charges if you are caught with drugs near a school. they also include things like libraries, parks, rec centers. the size of them -- they have a fairly large size. in tennessee, the size around schools is 1000 feet, which is about three city blocks from any school property or library. the recent tennessee is looking at reforming this is because a lot of criminal justice advocates and community activists say these laws are over applied and is proportionally -- disproportionately impact minorities. myth in your title is "the of the playground pusher." is that really a myth? guest: the reason these school zone laws came about is, if you grew up in the 1980's or lived around that time, you have this image in your head -- you can also this. the image of a shifty guy in a trenchcoat handing a kid a bag of dope through a playground fence. that was the impetus of this law. the problem is that, as far as we can tell -- we asked several former and current prosecutors, and

landing on six conned nents and popping of in columbia, nigeria, china and iraq. elaine. >> mireya villarreal, thank you. >>> the cbs "overnight news" will be right back. even if no one in your home smokes, secondhand smoke can be closer than you think. secondhand smoke from a neighbor's apartment can enter your home through air vents, through light fixtures and even through cracks in the walls and the floors. secondhand smoke is toxic. especially to children. protect your family. visit tobaccofreeca.com. . >> announcer: this is the cbs "overnight news." >>> missouri governor eric greithens kept a low profile since the cbs affiliate in st. louis report heed had an extramarital affair. greitens spoke to reporters this weekend. meg oliver has details. >> in his first interview since admitting to an extramarital affair, missouri governor, eric greitens, denied allegations of blackmail. >> there was no threat of blackmail. no threat of a photograph and blackmail. those things are false. >> greitens admits he had an affair with his hairdresser before he became governor

that status illinois will vote for measures this spring may see a change and here in the district of columbia it is legal to have and use marijuana for recreational use most recently on january the first california became the latest state to legalize recreational marijuana but just a few days later the attorney general sessions announced a change in policy here with us today to discuss the issue we have a penny present of the minority cannabis a business association and founder of budding solutions dr carhart is chair the department of psychology at columbia university and author of high price dr kevin sabot is founder and president of smart approaches to my one a and ben court is author of weed and a consultant in the addiction treatment industry hello guess really good to see you this. not on twitter but imma try sas thank you tenny general jeff sessions for your courageous decision to seen the previous administration's guidance on enforcing federal maulana you know us so this is saying thank you come now you're saying what's. his boat i'm a dress who listens to her. and to what i think abo

of symptoms is the ideal time to take those medications. >> sreenivasan: all right, stephen ferrara, columbia university, thanks so much. >> thank you. >> sreenivasan: there is progress in the fight against the zika virus. the virus can cause brain damage in newborn babies, whose mothers are infected by a mosquito bite while pregnant. now researchers in scotland say they have discovered a way to make mosquitoes incapable of transmitting zika and other diseases to humans. itn's peter smith reports. >> reporter: this is wolbachia we"u," a bacteria that could put a stop to the zika virus. it is naturally found in fruit flies, but scientists at glasgow university made an unprecedented discovery when they tried putting it into a mosquito. >> there is variation in efficiency of transmission between the strains but we found one that is more efficient than any we have seen before. >> reporter: how efficient are we talking here? >> we're talk 100% block of the virus getting into the saliva. complete blockage, yes. >> reporter: this 100% success rate is a major step in a fight against the virus that at

all right out of the in chief of the columbia journalism review joining us tonight from new york thank you very much thanks for having me. turkey's incursion into northern syria is in danger of escalating that has rockets fired from within syria landed in turkey killing two people and wounding several others for he's president arawak has also vowed to expand his army's offensive eastwards where they risk approaching u.s. forces stationed in syria u.s. president donald trump warning turkey against that move as the fighting intensifies . the shattered turn of yielded evidence of the force that turkey has brought to be enough turkey's government is determined to press on with all of branch which to them has been a success so far. the operation will continue till the threat is removed. but the kurdish p.g. wants the world to know that they would surrender the enclave without a fait. we will resist and will not allow the enemy to invade our land to the last drop of blood we have we will never retreat from here. those appear to be no idle words missiles fired from y p.g. controlled territory

to rethink how we cover trump i'm joined tonight by from new york by pope the editor in chief of the columbia journalism review mr pope it's good to have you all the day i want to start if i may by getting your reaction to the pope comparing fake news to the serpent in the garden to be i assume that i'm here because i'm the only hope that you can get to come on the. i think it's well i think it's. sort of comical that the pope is weighing in on this you know he's right this stuff is insidious and interest and we've seen as of the last year there's no one comment on twitter and maybe should stay in his lane and let us have our when he. doesn't get in and say ok we're going to say i want to give you our other post tonight your say in your commentary this week you write that the media had the best intentions a year ago when trump took office but then well we dropped the ball i mean you're right we want to show our viewers just a section here of what you wrote you wrote the idea then was that it was time to take the story back to not let trump and his acolytes control the conversation we unfortun