and from our veterans in central arkansas. dedication and service their needs has earned her a great deal of appreciation, recognition, and respect over the years. she's also a member of the soldiers angels, a texas-based nonprofit that provides aid and comfort to the men and women of the u.s. armed services, their families, and an expanding veteran their needs has earned her a great deal of appreciation, recognition, and respect over population. she volunteered more than 570 hours and help distribute more than $720,000 in donations in the past year brought in by soldiers angels. there is no one more deserving of this award and i'm proud to have such a dedicated member of my district volunteering and helping our veterans. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize the lifelong service of two constituents of mine, esther crawford and emma wilbert, both recently induct food the north little arkansas senior citizens hall of fame. esther serves as a board member for the north little rock education foundation and layman public library.

and in arkansas, as i mentioned, we have a state lawsuit. we also have a lawsuit led by almost all 75 of arkansas's counties as well as some of our municipalities. we're hopeful that both of those lawsuits will be successful. it's very likely thatme the counties and cities will unfortunately be pulled into a federal jurisdiction into multidistrict litigation. however, a number of these cities and counties felt compelled to hire counsel, to work collectively together, and we have had many conversations with them and working collaboratively with them. however, from the state's standpoint, we have to keep our lawsuit separate, number one, to keep it in state court, but there's only certain claims that as the attorney general i can make on behalf of arkansans with the deceptive trade practices act, how these manufacturers did not fully disclose the addictive nature of these drugs. but also under our medicaid false claims act, that the attorney general must bring those claims and they must be brought in certain jurisdictions in the state, one bei

for the 20th judicial district of arkansas. currently it serves faulkner, conway, and van buren counties in my district. earlier this mon local law enforcement and other first responders came out to support the annual hero for hope race. in its seventh year, the race incorporates a central theme of being a superhero for each child in need. every child needs a hero, but the abused child needs a superhero. this year 160 participants ran in support of the race. thank you to all the dedicated workers at the children's advocacy alliance and dedicated law enforcement this year 160 participants peop being those superheroes for kids in need. thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize the university of arkansas at little rock's new men's basketball coach, darell walker. a former razorback, mr. walker was drafted by the new york nics in 1983 and played -- new york knicks in 1983 and played professional basketball for 10 years before assuming an assistant coaching role for toronto raptors. over the past two decades he'

so now arkansas can start enforcing this ban. it's effectively a ban, it doesn't really -- the words of the statute don't ban medication abortions, but what planned parenthood says is they contacted all sorts of doctors in arkansas, none of them were willing to provide this contract service so that would effectively block medication abortions. so it's not completely over. it goes back to the trial judge. but for now, arkansas can start enforcing this ban. >> pete williams there at the supreme court. pete, thank you very much for that. i know we'll be seeing you much more this month as we wait for more decisions from the court. >>> this morning, you have the president accusing the special counsel of twork interfere with the midterms. the president is write, the 13 angry democrats plus people who worked eight years for obama working on the rigged russia witch hunt will be meddling, he says, with the midterm elections especially now that republicans, parenthesis, stay tough explanation medication paint are take the lead in polls. th

speaker, i rise today on thiser a legend in arkansas high school basketball -- to honor a legend in arkansas high school basketball. charles barry, one of the state's most successful coaches, is retiring this year after 57 years on the court. he's an arkansas native, grew up in huntsville, served in the united states air force and returned home to begin a remarkable career as a teacher and coach. the last 50 years at his alma mater, huntsville high school, in the gymnasium that now bears his name. the numbers speak for themselves. 1,367 career wins. 14 conference championships. six regional championships. two state titles. two times as a runner-up. he's a six-time arkansas all-star coach and in 2007 was named the national coach of the year in girls basketball. his 2016 induction into the arkansas high school coaches association hall of fame was automatic. his legacy as a coach is understood. but he's more than a coach. charlie is a respected and dedicated mentor, educator and person. he's simply one of the best. thank you, charlie, for your many years of service to your community. and happy

now arkansas can begin to enforce the law. as i say, planned parenthood says this is the first time that medication abortion has ever been blocked in any state, stephanie. >> walk me through it. how come arkansas can move forward with this if the supreme court is declining to do anything? >> planned parenthood sued. it went to the court of appeals, which ruled against planned parenthood, but agreed to stay enforcement, to block enforcement of the law, until the supreme court acted on whether to take the appeal. now the supreme court has said no, we're not going to hear it. that lifts the stay. that means that arkansas can now begin to enforce the law, even though it goes back to the trial judge to figure out what kind of effect it would have. so the legal battle isn't completely over, but it's a big setback for planned parenthood because it allows arkansas to begin enforcing this law. >> that's something we need to focus on. we've got more breaking news. i want to take you to the white house. because the white house just annou

westerman of arkansas. the chair: the gentleman from arkansas, mr. westerman, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. mr. westerman: i yield myself such time as i may consume. my amendment is simple, it calls for u.s. forest service and bureau of land management to report back on the progress they are making to address the problem of catastrophic wildfire, the prosh that has continued to get worse. our current forest management process took decades of mismanagement, inaction to create. we have slowly loved our trees to death on much of our federal lands. it will take decades to reverse the effects this mismanagement has had on our forests during which time we will see more devastating wildfires. this amendment requires our federal agencies addressing this issue to report back on how they are doing not only so congress can provide oversight on their progress but so the american people can know how their federal government is doing so we can measure, monitor and demand accountability. mr. speaker, i think i speak for this entire chamber wh

this in the federal court's hands in arkansas. however, if nothing is done at that lower level, this law could go into effect in arkansas within 45 days, looking at about july. so the supreme court here saying we're not going to act on this. we're going to leave this in the district court's hands in arkansas. and, again, this all pertains to an abortion law. we have seen laws like this in the past where states restrict certain aspects of abortion. in this case, the anti-abortion drug must be prescribed through a physician that is contracted with another physician that is admitting privileges at another hospital. so planned parenthood here says this makes it too difficult for women. this is all an on going, legal battle, but for now, the supreme court will not be hearing arguments on this. back to you. >> so is the expectation here, jessica, that ultimately this is a -- this is going to be a victory for anti-abortion activists, once we see what happens at the lower court and certainly not for planned parenthood? >> it could be. tha

time let's bring up donald trump's tweet about the arkansas governor race, the great governor of arkansas is in the primary tomorrow, has done an internal job focusing on lower taxes and goes on talking about military veterans. >> nothing better in the republican primary than getting a tweet from donald trump before it happens. you have seen in general elections in the general election survey, it is up by 40 points over his democratic opponent so that is one where hutchinson has done a great job tying to the president it has a good record as governor, he will be successful. >> donald trump won by 60%. moving to kentucky were donald trump won by 62%. >> a lot of people watching in kentucky, central kentucky and you have that race, if you look at andy barr, she should be good in the general election the democrats are excited about their two candidates, jim gray, mayor of lexington and amy mcgrath, they have been getting negative after each other over the last week. >> republicans don't want to lose control of the house or the senate. we will have you back. the time now is 20 minutes after t

arkansas was delighted to support. our national guard, your efforts, we will continue to support you. >> thank you very much. how about rick perry, you know a lot about borders, governor of texas for a long time and what do you think? >> i think you've got a good group of people sitting around the table right here. nobody can do it by themselves. federal government can't do it by themselves and the states can do it by themselves. in finding those places and actually we talked a number of times about sometimes we are in conflict, one agency of government against another agency of government in trying to find the places that we can streamline those regulations. you gave me some pretty good instructions about getting rid of regulations that cost more than they benefit, so this is one of those that we can work together and find some places, whether it's flying the drones into certain areas for some of the other things that we can do together. but i think it's important for the american people. we talked about this during t

two planned parenthood clinics basically say they won't be able to perform abortions in arkansas. i know you headed up the house select panel that was looking into allegations against planned parenthood. what do you make of their allegation that women are going to be left with basically almost no option there in arkansas based on what happened at the supreme court? >> i feel like part of what you were hearing from planned parenthood is a little bit of a reach. what arkansas has done and what the court has agreed with is that there should be additional protections for women and for unborn children and this is something that arkansas decided they wanted to put in place in their state laws and it will go into effect. >> shannon: this is what planned parenthood tweeted today. the fight is far from over. this law cannot and must not stand. we will not stop fighting for every person's right to have access to safe and legal abortions. it's clear they plan to continue the legal fight. a number of similar laws around the country are being challenge challenged. there are split decisions wit

oklahoma state attorney general mike hunter and arkansas state attorney general leslie rutledge. >> good morning. smarter with carter. words that resonated throughout one of the bluest cities in the country during the 2016 election. washington, d.c. the woman behind the slogan was ashley carter. currently the highest elected republican in washington, d.c., who not with standing a sea of blue voters, residing in the nation's capital, was elected to the board of education. ashley won her seat with tireless campaigning in every ward and community in the city including those regularly overlooked by city leaders. her massage of closing the achievement gap, giving parents and children options and her

you can. >> brown: for its part, the arkansas regional innovation hub has a new tool: a mobile "maker- space" to reach students in schools too far from little rock for an easy field trip. it's called the "steam-roller," using the acronym for science, technology, engineering, art and math. we followed its maiden voyage, a trip to pine bluff and watson chappel junior high, which happens to be the school chris jones attended. >> i really wanted to go off to see all the exciting things that were happening in the world. and always wanted to come back home. >> brown: the steam roller brought laptops, a screen printer, and a tool for 3-d printing and laser cutting. the plan now is to take it all around the state. you said to them, "i sat right there." what do you see when you're looking at them? >> i see me. you know. i see me, i see the folks who were my classmates, a lot of which went on to do really cool things, some of whom were much brighter and smarter than i am, who didn't because they weren't as exposed. you know, i see future problem solvers, i see innovators and what i love about b

alex, a razorback fan from little rock, arkansas, for getting us started. forks to alexis and josh your comments and introduction. thanks to all of the family and friends here today for allowing me to share this happy occasion. to everyoneernoon joining us by a from around campus. , congratulations to the class of 2018. , am thrilled for all of you even the three of you who live in michigan and did not request or absentee ballots in time. [applause] but before i go any further, i want to be sure, did the students from the new colleges make it here? [cheering] i worried that your flights -- bebe delayed party delayed. invited me to be your speaker. i see looking out at you that you are following the tradition of over the top hats. so i brought a hat, too. [applause] a russian hat. [applause] if you can't beat them, join them. here with you brings back a flood of memories. i remember the first time i arrived on campus as an incoming law student in the fall of 1969. drivingmy bellbottoms, a beat up old car with a mattress tied to the roof, i had no idea what t

and she said that is bill clinton from arkansas and that is all he ever talks about. and as if on cue, i hear him saying, and not only that, we grow the biggest watermelons in the world. [laughter] and i was like, who is this person? but he kept looking at me and i kept looking back and we were in the law library one night, i was studying. [laughter] but i could not help but see, occasionally as i lifted my head up, he was again looking on a. -- at me. i thought, this is ridiculous so i went over to him and said, if you are going to look at me and i keep looking back, we should be introduced. i am hillary rodham, who are you? and that started a conversation that continues to this day. it was here at yale that i saw a flyer in the law school on a bulletin board that changed my life. some of your parents or grandparents may remember flyers and bulletin boards. for the rest of you, suffice it to say, that was how we got information. it was like facebook but the bulletin board did not steal your personal information. [applause] so, one day i saw a note about a woman, a ya

hhs is said to be visiting one base near little rock and the governor of arkansas joins us tonight fresh from dinner at the white house. the south korean president set to visit president trump tomorrow to talk singapore summit and hello and welcome to "fox news @ night." i'm mike emanuel in for shannon bream. both deputy attorney general rod rosenstein and fbi director christopher wray heading to the white house to speak with the president a day after the president demanded via twitter that the justice department investigate whether the fbi or doj infiltrated or surveilled the trump campaign. chief national correspondent ed henry has the latest for us tonight. >> great to see you. breaking tonight, we just learned that house republicans are about to turn up the heat even more tomorrow. mark meadows, lisa ling, jim jordan and other prominent lawmakers were introduced a house resolution out 12 pages of what they call massive misconduct at the highest levels of both the fbi and the justice department during the end of the obama administration. a resolution does not have the power of law, bu

georgia, kentucky, texas, and arkansas, all having elections this evening. president trump tweeted his support for the incumbent republican arkansas governor asa hutchinson, up against jan morgan. will history be made potentially in georgia this evening, where democrat stacy abrams could become the first black female governor in the united states of america. a crucial moment for the highly anticipated north korea summit. president trump today welcoming the south korean president to the white house. uncertainty hangs over this previously announced june 12 singapore summit. the president today offered assurances, and also made it clear that he's okay with putting this off if that's what has to happen. >> i will guarantee his safety, yes. we will guarantee his safety. we will see what happens. there are certain conditions that we want. i think we'll get them. if we don't, we won't have the meeting. in the end, it will work out. can't tell you exactly how or why, but it always does. it's going to work out. >> chief national correspondent ed henry joins me from t

what do you think of the allegation women are left with no option in arkansas based on what happened at the supreme court? >> part of what you are hearing from planned parenthood is an overreach, what arkansas has done and the court has agreed with, there should be additional protections for women and unborn children. they wanted to put in place in their state law, it will go into effect. heather: the fight is far from over, this law cannot and must not stand, we will not stop fighting for every person's right to access safe, legal abortion, it is clear they plan to continue the legal fight playing out in lower court. a number of similar laws are being challenged and there are split decisions was where do you think this is going? >> it is the right way to look at it. what we hear is if these groups are for safe, legal, rare, they should want some protection and restrictions, to help educate women, to protect women and to make certain they are going to be safe and that there is a relationship with a physician, healthcare provider. that makes sense that you would want that. a sensible

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in many of arkansas's small rural communities, in fact, much of arkansas, it accounts for like 90% of the -- of what's going on in the area. i've heard from many of my constituents that simply the uncertainty that we're going on through right now is causing significant problems as far as their plans and costing them market share. for arkansas's largest grow crop, soybeans, every third row is exported to china. however just last week it was reported that almost one million tons of soybean exports have been canceled. with 95% of the world's consumers living outside of the united states, our farmers need markets to sell their products. there are other countries who are chomping at the bit to take our market share. the university of arkansas produced a report that noted if 25% retaliatory tariffs are in place on rice, corn, soybeans and sorghum, arkansas will see job losses of over 4,400 and our state's value added economy would be reduced by $383 million. i know that you know all these things, you've been very good about visiting with congress in small groups, big groups, you've been ver

he was connecting to farmers the same way he would in arkansas. a lot of people can -- not a lot of people, but some politicians are great with the working man, and some are great is schmoozing with the 1%, and bill clinton could so seamlessly go from the six-star hotel with the rich donors to, like, the little village. it was really, it was really amazing, really remarkable. >> yeah. just an after thought, julius is vocal opposition individual in south africa, and he stands up in parliament, he starts fights in parliament. finish he does, you know, in some ways he's an alter ego of our friend who's the president of this country now. >> interesting. >> a real wild man actually. >> interesting. >> so -- [inaudible] thank you. >> thank you. that's a good question. [inaudible conversations] >> apologies. i arrived late, so you may have addressed in this before e got here: i'm very curious why hillary didn't take donald trump on on the daily talk shows. i got almost nauseated at times watching, well, the show that i watched the most was morning joe. n

young illegals on military bases, hhs is to be visiting a base near little rock and the governor of arkansas joins us fresh from dinner at the white house, south korean resident visiting donald trump tomorrow for the singapore summit. welcome to fox news at night. deputy attorney general rod rosenstein and christopher ray heading to the white house to speak with the president after he demanded via twitter the justice department investigate whether the fbi or doj infiltrated or surveilled the trump campaign. and henry has the latest tonight. >> we just learned house republicans are about to turn up the heat more. mark meadows, jim jordan and other prominent lawmakers, house resolutions spelling out 12 pages of what they call massive misconduct at the fbi and justice department at the end of the obama administration, a resolution does not have the power of law but they hope to use it to build new momentum for a second special counsel to the name to investigate how the russia collusion probe started. the pres. had the meeting at the white house, sally yates claims the president is waging an all

the presiding officer: the senator from arkansas. mr. cotton: the director of the central intelligence agency is not as old an office as others in the cabinet. the director's job is to provide the critical information on which the president's national security decisions are based. for this reason, presidents of both parties have chosen seasoned statesmen to serve in this post. men like alan dulles, george h.w. bush, and mike pompeo. often they've kept in office directors that werate pointed by their predecessors. that's because partisanship has no place at the c.i.a. and national interests must be uppermost in our minds. which is requests i will be voting to confirm -- which is why i will be voting to confirm gina haspel. secretary pompeo left the agency in good shape. few people have contributed to the c.i.a.'s most recent successes as ms. haspel. she has 33 years of experience working for the agency, serving first on the front lines of the cold war and later on the front lines of the war on terror. if confirmed, she would also be the f

polls are open in georgia, kentucky, arkansas, and texas. one of the most closely watched races is georgia's democratic primary for governor where the winner will undoubtedly be named stacey. the question is which one. both lawyers and former state reps with similar platforms. one mobilizing the base. the other courting moderates. the outcome could serve as a guide post for democratic strategists across the country in arkansas president trump threw his weight behind republican governor asa hutchinson fighting off a challenger from his own party. our own steve kornacki at the big board. walk us through what we need to know. >> you mentioned georgia and arkansas. let's look at texas. this is a state democrats talking about can they get the net gain of 23 to win back the house. they have a couple of targets they're eyeing in texas. there's one to focus on. houston, the 7th district. there's a democratic run off today. here's the backdrop. the winner of this democratic run off today is going to face a republican in exactly the kind of district n

voters also cast their ballots in arkansas, georgia, and kentucky. history has already been made in one of these tonight, our national political correspondent steve kornacki working late along with us back at the big board tonight. hey, steve. >> hey, brian. let's get you right to texas. a couple of contests have gone final. this is going to set up here a number of contests in the fall that could go a long way to determining who controls the house. there are a lot of pickup opportunities on the board in texas. in the 7th district, you're talking about houston, a district that's traditionally republican, that flipped to hillary clinton in 2016, still represented bycullberson. and lizzie fletcher defeats laura moser. this was the runoff tonight. in the preliminary, national democrats were worried about laura moser. she says this is the national party trying to meddle. national democrats said maybe we're better backing off. they backed off and the candidate they would have referred did win tonight, lizzie fletcher. along the southern border, this is wil

the attorney general of texas is leading the charge and has the support of alabama, arkansas, louisiana, nebraska, south carolina and west virginia. this lawsuit could add even more confusion to the already complicated case for the justice department. it would potentially conflict with rulings made in three separate rulings across the country that have blocked the end of daca. texas attorney general ken paxton says the way the law stands now sets a dangerous precedent for the future. >> it invites future presidents to ignore the law, ignore the will of the people, and set their own policies on the second amendment, privacy rights, drug laws or any other important issues debated in congress. >> reporter: just last week, a federal judge overruled the white house's efforts to dump daca. it was a ruling that got delayed for 90 days in order to allow the trump administration to better explain its case to end the program. the daca program protects about 700,000 immigrants brought to the country illegally as children from being deported. now there's a chance this case may go to the supreme cou

in many of arkansas's small rural communities, in fact, much of arkansas, it accounts for like 90% of the -- of what's going on in the area. regarding the economy. i've heard from many of my constituents that simply the uncertainty that we're going on through right now is causing significant problems as far as their plans and costing them market share. for arkansas's largest grow crop, soybeans, every third row is exported to china. however just last week it was reported that almost one million tons of soybean exports have been canceled. with 95% of the world's consumers living outside of the united states, our farmers need markets to sell their products. there are other countries who are chomping at the bit to take our market share. the university of arkansas produced a report that noted if 25% retaliatory tariffs are in place on rice, corn, soybeans and sorghum, arkansas will see job losses of over 4,400 and our state's value added economy would be reduced by $383 million. i know that you know all these things, you've been very good about visiting with congress in small groups, big

in many of arkansas' small rural communities, much of arkansas, it is more like 90% of what is going on in the area regarding the economy. i've heard from many of my constituents who simply the uncertainty that we're going on through right now is causing significant problems as far as their plans and costing them market share. for arkansas' largest grow crop soybean, every third row is exported to china. it was reported almost 1 million tons of soybean exports have been canceled. with 95% of the world's consumers living outside of the united states, our farmers need markets to sell their products or other countries are chomping at the bit to take our market share. university of arkansas produced a report that noted 25% retaliatory tariffs are in place on rice, corn, soybeans and sorghum, arkansas would see job losses of over 4400. the economy would be reduced by $383 million. i know that you know all these things. you've been very good about visiting with congress in small groups, big groups, you've been very, very available. can you talk a little bit, i know you're hearing this over

former arkansas governor mike huckabee what needs to happen right now. a tough new strategy against iran. secretary of state mike pompeo delivering his first major address since taking office as secretary of state, unveiling a new plan that he warns could involve the strongest sanctions in history. melissa: back to the markets. the dow soaring today, nearly erasing all of its losses since president trump's tariff announcement on march 1st. nicole petallides is on the floor of the new york stock exchange. nicole, is that what it was all about today? >> without a doubt. first of all secretary steve enough enough -- steve mnuchin, had traders putting back the 25,000-dollar hat. we're, we had been up 371. held on to solid gains, despite late-day selling on general electric. the optimism is here. they bought just about everything. leaders, boeing, united technologies, caterpillar, industrials helping to lead the way. boeing and caterpillar accounted for more than 100 dow points. then a selloff on our own charlie gasparino reporting there may be a dividend cut

my mother was born in rural arkansas in the place that's so small you cannot even find it on the map. it was 100 miles away from little rock, arkansas, she could not go to high school because school for black children ended at eighth grade and the nearest high school was 100 miles away in little rock, her two oldest sisters were able to go to high school so my mother never had formal education but she was self-educated and i always say, she's the smartest person i ever knew. one of the things that she did in civil rights movement was she bought me a car to do voter registration in the south, a car that was everything she had owned. now, this was a major sacrifice because my mother worked as maid in hotels and motels in erie, pennsylvania wh i was born, where she met my father, my father was born in rural georgia. she was born outside of griffin, georgia and i said, some people sort of kind of heard, griffin, no, he was outside of griffin, georgia in 1898 and he was taken at a school as all the black children were for agriculture needs cotton picking and what have you. my father techni

voters also cast their ballots in arkansas, georgia, and kentucky. history has already been made in one of these tonight, our national political correspondent steve kornacki working late along with us back at the big board tonight. hey, steve. >> hey, brian. let's get you right to texas. a couple of contests have gone final. this is going to set up here a number of contests in the fall that could go a long way to determining who controls the house. there are a lot of pickup opportunities on the board in texas. in the 7th district, you're talking about houston, a district that's traditionally republican, that flipped to hillary clinton in 2016, still represented by a republican, john cullberson. and lizzie fletcher defeats laura moser. this was the runoff tonight. in the preliminary, national democrats were worried about laura moser. she says this is the national party trying to meddle. national democrats said maybe we're better backing off. they backed off and the candidate they would have referred did win tonight, lizzie fletcher. along the southern

and i was living in arkansas. and the work she did was just like a thunderclap. it,le felt it, believed in were in awe of it. i thought that took so much grit and gut. we all know about her work on behalf of breast cancer. because it wasn't just her openness about it. and it was very personal to me because my mother's best friend, a woman who lived across the street from us back in the 1960's, pre-betty, came down with breast cancer and no one talked about it. and the children -- i was friends with her children, and my mother was over there every afternoon just about, we had no idea what was wrong with her. because you just didn't talk about breast cancer then. and she died. and it was only after she died that i learned what she had been going through. so when betty ford came along, and that great picture of her in the hospital room with her husband and bob hope and that big smile, and that perfect hairdo -- [laughter] mrs. clinton: you know, it was a -- it was so reassuring and invigorating to have an important person, let alone our first lady, who was so open a

voters are going to the polls in texas, arkansas, kentucky, georgia. corresponded jonathan serrie's in gainesville, georgia, right now with an intense battle among republicans buying for spot on the gubernatorial ticket there. good evening, jonathan. >> good evening, bret. i am at the casey cagle watch party. lieutenant governor enjoys statewide name recognition but he's 1 of 5 g.o.p. candidates in the primary. a july runoff appears increasingly likely in this race. the other statewide office holder in the republican race for governor, georgia secretary of state brian kemp. he gained national attention with some provocative ads to show his support for the second amendment. former navy seal clay tippin's and former army ranger hunter hill have been touting their military expense and state senator michael williams earned praise and protest when he branded his campaign bus as a deportation bus. he says he did that to raise the issue of illegal immigration. for republicans in this primary, the strategy has been energizing the populist conservative base. in

because arkansas. >> wow. >> the driver on the road in camden, arkansas shows a pickup truck with the two cars. just saying on the footage here, i've never seen anything like this. you see two cars half -- >> looks perfectly safe to me. >> imagine what they look like when they're moving. >>> and finally, a little lesson on partnership from duncan the labrador and kirby. they try to get their mouth on some treats. check them out. there's a fluffy white dog who stands next to them like i'm not getting involved in this. you two knock yourselves out. >> more cookies? >> i wonder if duncan's going to get any treats out of this? hey, duncan, you want a cookie? while i was on a combat patrol my c in baqubah, iraq,nned out. a rocket-propelled grenade took my arm off at the shoulder. when i came home, i felt alone. my family was around me, but i couldn't talk to them about what i'd seen and what i'd done. i remember just thinking, man, the way i am right now, i don't want to live. i was discharged from the army, and i've been working with the wounded warrior project since 2007. warriors don't

voters also cast their ballots in arkansas, georgia, and kentucky. history has already been made in one of these tonight, our national political correspondent steve kornacki working late along with us back at the big board tonight. hey, steve. >> hey, brian. let's get you right to texas. a couple of contests have gone final. this is going to set up here a number of contests in the fall that could go a long way to determining who controls the house. there are a lot of pickup opportunities on the board in texas. in the 7th district, you're talking about houston, a district that's traditionally republican, that flipped to hillary clinton in 2016, still represented bykcullberson. and lizzie fletcher defeats laura moser. this was the runoff tonight. in the preliminary, national democrats were worried about laura moser. she says this is the national party trying to meddle. national democrats said maybe we're better backing off. they backed off and the candidate they would have referred did win tonight, lizzie fletcher. along the southern border, this is wi

she did over $12 million, which, in central arkansas, is very well. >> what made her so good at closing the deal? >> i mean, she just had that magic about her. >> she had such a bubbly personality that it made you fall in love with the house. >> reporter: the women worked together in the same office, although they say it often felt more like play than work. >> we would laugh at anything. you know how it is when you -- with your girlfriends. you know, you talk about things that are personal or things that you find funny. we would tell stories. um, and she had this huge goofy laugh that you could hear all the way down the hall. >> reporter: and as realtors, they looked out for each other. their office even came up with a secret code, a text that signaled there was trouble. >> so "red folder" was the code? >> you would say, "do you have the red folder on 123 main street?" >> reporter: a code they hoped they'd never have to use. >> super runners coming down the home stretch. >> reporter: as her 50th birthday approached, beverly was determined to get in shape. she started running, working he

attorney for the eastern district of arkansas and partner at avenue strategies good to see you bud. >> good morning. trish: what do you think really happened here? >> well they're playing word games and it's intended to be a distraction and i think if you look at the overall landscape, there's a lot of concern among the democrats and the left about the political implications of these latest revelations. they don't want to concede that a spy was put in the campaign. okay what about a confidential human resource paid to approach members of the campaign to try and illicit damming information, you can call it whatever you want, but they, during the course of an ongoing presidential campaign, the fbi targeted people in the campaign and went on a fishing expedition trish: okay so what's the difference between a spy and an informant? >> you got me. what's the difference between a murdering ms-13 gang member and an animal. what's the difference between they eavesdropped on my campaign whatever the president said. they eavesdropped on me in trump tower. well they put taps on members of his tea

and arkansas incumbent governor asa hutchinson facing a challenge from jan morgan. donald trump tweeting his support for the governor ahead of tonight's race, primaries being held in georgia, arkansas and kentucky with runoff elections tonight in texas. rob: prince harry and meghan markle will make an appearance to honor prince charles at buckingham palace. jillian: the first look at the official wedding photo showing the new duke and duchess of sussex smiling on the steps of windsor castle, the couple posing with the bridal party, and bridesmaids. the queen all smiles in a new portrait with megan's mother by her side. flowers from the wedding were donated to a hospital. it is 10 minutes after the hour. shocking video showing the moment the man opened fire at a trump resort. the body camera footage as bullets fly from the florida golf club. jillian: pompeo putting iran unnoticed as the european union assures iran of its commitment to the nuclear deal. >> they may decide to try to keep the old nuclear deal with tehran. that is their decision to make. they know where

i was living in arkansas, and the work she did was just like a funder clap -- funder clap. people felted, believed it, were in all of it -- in awe of it. i thought that took so much great. we all know about her work on behalf of breast cancer. it was not just her openness about it. it was very personal to me because my mother's best friend, a woman who lived across the street from us back in the 1960's, pre-betty, came down with breast cancer and no one talked about it. the children -- i was friends with her children, and my mother was over there every afternoon just about, we had no idea what was wrong with her. because you just didn't talk about breast cancer then. and she died. and it was only after she died that i learned what she had been going through. when betty ford came along, and that great picture of her in the hospital room with her husband and bob hope and that big smile, and that perfect hairdo -- [laughter] mrs. clinton: you know, it was a reassuring and invigorating to have an important person, let alone our first lady, who was so open and honest and persona

like he was connecting the same way that he would farmers in arkansas. some are great with working man and the 1%. bill clinton could seamlessly go from a six star hotel with the donors in the village. it was amazing and remarkable. >> just an afterthought in the local acquisition they stand up in parliament and starts fights in parliament and in some ways the alter ego of the country now you may have addressed this before i got here. i am curious why hillary didn't take donald trump on the daily talk shows. i got almost nauseated at times watching the show i watched the most was morning joe. during the campaign, they were literally playing footsie. you were telling him what they were going to ask and stuff like that, sitting around the table. and if he wasn't there alive, he would call in and hillary was never on the show. >> they said no to the 42nd interview requests. i think she was ahead if she didn't need to go toe to go but she was complaining because so much table time but they did say no to a lot of the interviews. a lot of my thinking goes back

arkansas's prison system had to yield. adversaries reject all of this. isis and al qaeda denied the and dignity of an individual. here is how osama bin laden once put it. open vote we love death, the americans -- "we love death, the americans love life." -- responsible for the death of iraqis, syrians, afghans, and on 9/11, close to 3000 innocent people from countries around the world. it's followers have enslaved women and girls, beheaded some on television, burned people alive, to run them from buildings and drowned them. .ur enemies are not shy they reject religious liberty and all liberty as they seek to .ule by constant bloodshed they reject equality and seek to empower themselves at the expense of those they regard as their inferiors, and they reject liberalism because they regard any other religion or tradition within islam itself a crime that carries a death sentence. terrorists onront the battlefield, in courts of law, and in other theaters, we must confront their twisted -- they refute the violence, to premises him, and intolerance of our enemi

i mentioned the arkansas supreme court earlier. that's one case where tradition crisis network has spent a ton of money in the last few years, 1.5 million so far on an election that's happening there tomorrow. i think in the last three cycles they have spent close to that much. but not quite that much. and what you've seen in arkansas is the state supreme court that used to be -- if not progressive at least a little moderate, you know, they struck down a state ban on adoption by lgbt couples several years ago. they struck down a state voter id law several years ago. but since then, in the last few election cycles we have seen all this money come in and seen right wing judges winning the elections there. and they just recently upheld the state's new voter id law which pretty much the same as the old voter id law. and as we know, they have had several antilgbt opinions in the last few years. one of which was overturned by scotus last year because it was clear they were violating the principles that the court laid down in an opinion i

the school created -- [inaudible] so then we help the biggest event arkansas had ever seen to pay for those two events. we were ready to respond. we were bad. then, less than two weeks before my graduation day, i got a call in a bomb drops that there's some discrepancy with my transfer credits and i wouldn't be able to walk. i was devastated. but also convinced this is some form of retaltion from radical activism on campus. it w then. it was my own oversight. in my haste to be done with school and get into the real world, i have become disillusioned with classes that year. as a political science major because it was the closest i could get to my real goal of changing the world. i knew through most of college that i would finish and go work for a nonprofit social justice organization. i felt propelled by all the wonderful college work that i was ready for the world. the truth is i am 22 years removed from a senior year of college and although i've had an amazing career as an activist, advocate a nonprofit professional, i am woefully aware of these maggots that i wish i had as i was ent

look of arkansas look at an effort feel i let them pay whatever they have. because they all want to pay with cards. because i don't have the technology for that so i let them pay me in cash with whatever they are carrying. according to some experts the two main causes of inflation are a waste of oil profits and corruption at all levels of government. a communist economy expropriated and didn't make an effort to keep the companies running led to a brutal decline in oil revenues. that has been creating shortages and pushing up inflation. so what's the figure ten thousand fifteen thousand twenty thousand percent. we don't know. we do know the prices are doubling every month. you know how many polls show that most venezuelans are eating just one meal a day and to buy basic food items they have to stand in line for hours on average venezuelans lost eleven kilos last year due to food shortages and hyper inflation is so bad that you can barely buy one apple with the monthly wage. but many venezuelans don't blame the government they say the real cause is an economic

the arkansas v.a. medical centers are leaders in telehealth, which holds great promise, especially for largely rural states like arkansas. it's important that the v.a. continues to encourage its growth without unnecessary bureaucratic red tape. this bill is a great example of what we can accomplish through bipartisan, bicameral compromise. working together for our veterans. i want to thank the majority leader for swiftly bringing this bill up for consideration after the house overwhelmingly passed it. i commend the hard work and leadership of chairman isakson. appreciate the great job that he has done. and ranking member tester who took the advice of all v.a. committee members into consideration while working on this major piece of legislation. i look forward to supporting the v.a. mission act on the senate floor so our veterans have access to the quality care that they deserve. and with that, i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. lankford: m