i live in arra alaska. my wife is from alaska. i take this issue very seriously. as a governor you make this a priority not just in statement but through your administration. you make sure we have folks in place that are experts in this area. we can develop loss approaches to make sure all individuals, women and men, aarp protected and we make sexual assault the number one issue. we will make sure that the rate back kids and which have a backlog are processed quickly. we'll make sure we have the requisite number of troopers all over the state of alaska. making sure that we have the policing that we need and also making sure we have prosecuting attorneys to prosecute these cases is critical to making sure the sexual assault is eliminated in the state of alaska. >> one piece of this puzzle is substance abuse. we need to make sure would your thing we can't change that dialogue when we deal with substance abuse along with that every group i've met with brings up the issue of suicide. making sure we have counselors to help young people. i believe i have seen young peer

you have a question -- who will take alaska and where will that person take alaska? will the pfd be fully funded? -- incident rules being dead last in the country, can we move up in the wrecks of education? we can put our resources to work to produce jobs, revenue, and wealth for alaskans. these are the choices you will be looking out in the next several days before the election. i hope to be your governor. i want to work hard to win your trust. trust has been an issue in this campaign. for the past several years, we have had to look at what politicians say as opposed to what they do. my name is mike dunlevy, i'm running for governor, and i hope for your support. >> the first question tonight is about transparency in government. last year, byron a lot resigned after making what was described as inappropriate comments. whenhe took off in its -- he took office, bill walker pledged transparency, but has refused to disclose specifics of what was said or the circumstances of the incident. since the conduct of a statewide elected official was involved, does the public have

i live in rural alaska. my wife is from alaska. i take this issue very seriously. i think as a governor, once again, you make this a priority, not just in statement, but all the way through your administration, you make sure that we have folks in place that are experts in this area, that we can develop the laws and approaches to make sure that all individuals, women and men, are protected, and that we make sexual assault the number one issue. we'll make sure that our rape kits, which we have a back log of rape kits, for example, are processed quickly. we'll make sure that we have the requisite number of troopers all over the state of alaska. making sure that we have the policing that we need and also making sure that we have the prosecuting attorneys to prosecute these cases is critical to making sure that sexual assault is eliminated in the state of alaska. >> all right, thank you. mr. begich? mr. begich: i think there's several things you can do in regards to sexual assault, suicide and many issues you brought up. one piece of this puzzle is substance abuse and m

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alaska is an amazing state. i come down to the floor all the time to talk about its majesty and beauty and wonderful people, and i believe that in my soul. but one area where we are not so great or wonderful or majestic is this. my state has the highest rates of sexual assault and domestic violence by far. it is a horrible, horrible thing and it impacts so many families in the last frontier horribly. throughout my public career in alaska, i've worked to combat sexual assault and domestic violence by putting more offenders in jail, bringing more resources to survivors, including much-needed legal services, and raising awareness of this heinous problem by working to change the culture of violence those too pervasive in my state. we have a lot more work to do on this issue in alaska and across america, including on our college campuses, and i applaud senator gillibrand for her leadership in this area and many other senators as well. the allegations by dr. ford have been difficult and wrenching here in the senate to

and i also do not think that he will be a threat to alaska natives. there was an issue that certainly had been raised. but i had extended conversation with the judge on just these issues, and i believe that he recognizes, as he told me, that alaska natives are not in that identical place as native hawaiians. alaskan tribes are included on the list of federally recognized tribes, and the fact remains that native hawaiians are not. this is a distinction, this is a difference. i am one who, in this body, i have said, i would like to see native hawaiians there. i worked with my friend senator akaka to help advance that. i've supported those. but the fact remains that the constitutional status of alaska natives and the indian commerce clause are simply not at play with this nomination. i don't believe that. so the question fairly asked, say that you think he's going to be there on issues that matter to alaskans, that you have taken strong positions on. the reason i could not support judge kavanaugh in this cloture motion this afternoon is that my role, my

of exploration of the arctic seas of alaska started in the 1970's. there have been two kind of waves. it went until the early 1990's when no major discovery was made, so president george h.w. bush canceled the entire exploration program for the arctic seas of alaska. it was revived. ever since then, so anything that is taking place in arctic seas of alaska, we should look at not just what president trump is doing, but as a continuation from bush to obama to trump. president obabama supported offshore drilling for basically most of his presidency, except to the last part of his administration. so what does this mean as it moves forward? it is not a technically full offshore floating platform, but an island they will build and then there's a pipeline that will connect the mainland to this island. it would be like 60 to 70 miles offshore. which is a whole different thing. but all of this threatens the indigenous food security, the incredible diversity that you spoke of of the marine life and those arctic seas, and is very close to the arctic wildlife re

alaska lisa murkowski said she decided how to vote on her way to the senate chamber to cast her vote. now, senator murkowski had women fly down from alaska to try to influence her vote and it seems as though they've succeeded. we will be talking to two of those women later in this hour. senate rules allow the video camera shots of individual senators only when those senators are on their feet speaking. and so there is no video of

if you live in alaska, it is a lot harder. alaska is further from washington than paris did. that did not stop women from being heard by lisa murkowski. two of those women are joining us right now. tell me when you decided to go to washington and how long did you plan to be there. this was the kind of trip where you are not sure how long you will be needed there. >> hi, lawyrence, thank you for having me. i decided on tuesday night when i heard there were over a hundred women coming to d.c. and i jumped on the opportunity to talk to senator murkowski. what is it like for you in the senate, is this your first time visiting the united states senate a senate? >> thank you so much lawrence for inviting us first. this is my first time in the senate and trying to go through this procedure. it has been very, very uplifting and also it has been very, very hard to see what is happening in our judicial system. >> kerri, what did you tell senator murkowski when you had your chance? >> i told senatoooor murkowski i watched brett kavanaugh does not have the temperament to serve the justic

if you live in alaska, it is a lot harder. alaska is further from washington than paris did. that did not stop women from being heard by lisa murkowski. two of those women are joining us right now. tell me when you decided to go to washington and how long did you plan to be there. this was the kind of trip where you are not sure how long you will be needed there. >> hi, lawrence, thank you for having me. i decided on tuesday night when i heard there were over a hundred women coming to d.c. and i jumped on the opportunity to talk to senator murkowski. what is it like for you in the senate, is this your first time visiting the united states senate? >> thank you so much lawrence for inviting us first. this is my first time in the senate and trying to go through this procedure. it has been very, very uplifting and also it has been very, very hard to see what is happening in our judicial system. >> kerri, what did you tell senator murkowski when you had your chance? >> i told sor murkowski and i watched brett kavanaugh does not have the temperament to serve the justice supreme cou

i believe that she was actually looking at the statistics that the people of alaska, alaska, the women of alaska have been up against. >> and voting for her state and for herself and her constituencies. this brings the question of divisiveness. are we going to see the left and right go back and forth at each other, that's been the criticism throughout this entire process of the confirmation of brett kavanaugh. i want to go to this one poll from pew research that says when we look at america divided, 20% agree during this poll that americans agree on facts, disagree on policy. 78% of the folks that answered this poll said americans disagree over facts and policy. so if you look at that number, you got to say, my gosh, this is really a tough time. what's going to get us around it? >> i don't know. i think our media environment contributes to that. but i would imagine that probably contributes to that finding. i also am skeptical as to how much it will matter. we've always been divided and had fractious politics. >> 8 out of 10 disagree over facts and policy. so there's nothing -- we're t

the alaska dental society which was the american dental association, said absolutely not. this is practicing dentistry without a license. we will sue you. they said,, no. on tribal sovereignty we will do it anyway. the alaska experiment was so successful that -- the juvenile carries went from the highest in the world to entire generations of kids that are cafferty freight. that happened in one generation -- entire generation of kids free.re cavavity we're going to solve it our own way. >> let me borrow the question that my colleague asked in the previous round. can we talk about places wherw w real successes and real problems either with the federal government or with tribal governments in terms of addressing some of the key issues in indian country? let's have som e quick answers. >> i love the success stories mark just told. my favorite success story is the timber management on the flathead reservation in montana. confederated tribes. we did a study that compared the management of tribal force with nearby national forests. tribeslook at how the managed the forests on the

office of alaska's eother u.s. senator, dn sullivan. nobody expects sullivan to vote against kavanaugh, but the message for alaska's other senator is loud and clear. >> so if lisa murkowski votes ultimately to confirm kavanaugh to the supreme court, what will your thoughts be about lisa murkowski? >> she won't have my support in the future. >> reporter: how do you feel about that? >> she won't have my full support, either. >> what about you? >> i wouldn't -- i would not write her name or put a check marc by her name. >> reporter: would any of you still vote for lisa murkowski? >> no. >> no. >> reporter: no. so you're counting on her to vote "no." >> yes. >> reporter: on kavanaugh. >> yes. >> reporter: and would you be surprised if she did vote "yes"? >> very. >> and gary joins me now. is there a steense if murkowski has given her constituents to any indication of how she might vote? >> reporter: the people we talked to in that village have faith that she will vote their way, but certainly don't know for sure. today on capitol hill, the

they said, we are going to do this in alaska. the alaska dental society which is the american dental association said, absolutely not. this is practicing dentistry without a license. we will sue you if you do it. is a no, this is tribal sovereignty. we are going to do it, anyway. the alaska experiment was so successful, that the juvenile rate went from the highest in the world to a generation of kids entirely cavity free. that is how tribal sovereignty is taking a complex problem and saying, we are going to solve it our own way. >> let me borrow the question that might colleague asked in the previous round and say, can we talk about places where we can see real successes or real problems either with the federal government or with tribal governments in terms of addressing key issues in indian country? >> i love the success stories mark just told. my favorite is the timber management on the flathead reservation in montana. we did a study that compared the management of tribal force with -- tribal forests with nearby national forest

the alaska dental society, which was the american dental association, said absolutely not. this is practicing dentistry without a license. we will sue you. they said, no. we are basing this on tribal sovereignty and we will do it anyway. the alaska experiment was so successful that juvenile carries rate went from the highest in the world to entire generations of kids that are cavity free. that happened in one generation. that is a really practical example of how tribal sovereignty is taking a complex problem and saying we're going to solve it our own way. >> let me borrow the question that my colleague asked in the previous round. can we talk about places where we can see real successes and real problems either with the federal government or with tribal governments in terms of addressing some of the key issues in indian country? let's have some quick answers. >> i love the success stories mark just told. my favorite success story is the timber management on the flathead reservation in montana. that is by confederated tribes. we did a study that compared the management of tr

two women from alaska who traveled all the way from washington to be heard will joins. clarence >>> here's more than of what senator lisa murkowski said tonight why she is opposed to senator brett kavanaugh's nomination. >> there is an emotion that really has been unleashed in these recent weeks and these are discussions that we need to have as a country. we need to have these as a country. we need to bring survivors to a place where they feel that they can heal, but until you come out of the shadow and know and do so without shame, it's pretty hard to heal. >> senator murkowski's office was flooded with women trying to talk to her, at least people that traveled from alaska in the hope of being heard by their senator. here is something that lisa murkowski heard from them. >> i have met with so many survivors. and i know that every single one of us has. we've heard those voices. we've heard those voices and i hope that we have all learned something, that we owe it to the victims of sexual assault to do more and to do better and to do it now with them. >> two women who tr

alaska was democratic. hawaii was republican. the debate in congress at the time was the balance of power. they could not admit one without admitting the other because two republican senators and two democratic senators would keep the same balance of power. for they did not expect was alaska to turn republican and why to turn democratic. that is what happened. just before statehood, party politics switched in hawaii with democratic and alaska went republican. they did not change the balance of power on the national level so both states were admitted. as we talked about earlier from the palace coming over to hear, the senate evolved from the house of nobles in the kingdom of hawaii. after the american takeover, the throne room became the senate changers the less chambers. monarchyed from the into the modern republic and part of the united states. hassenate in hawaii still the notion of the house of nobles. the house of representatives came from the house of commons. interesting fact for hawaii. our british common law -- our common

also in the capital today, over 100 women from alaska who flew in, i repeat, from alaska to plead with their senator republican lisa murkowski, to plead with her to vote no on brett kavanaugh. senator murkowski also remains undecided in terms of her volt. a key constituency for her alaska natives, they adamantly opposed to kavanaugh and have been pressing her very hard to vote no. but then murkowski spent this afternoon herself meeting with these alaskan women who had flown in to see her. heidi heitkamp from north dakota said she will be a no vote on kavanaugh. some north dakotans came to her office to thank her. she wasn't there, so they thanked her staff instead. outside the capital building, they chanted, who's courts? our courts. tons of people sat in the tundra, filling the floor of the office building, unfurling a banner. do we have any that of footage from inside the senate office building? you can get a sense of how big these protesters were today. as people refused to leave, the capital police did make arrests today. the capital police say over 300 people were arrested in an a

office of alaska's other u.s. senator, dan sullivan. nobody expects sullivan to vote against kavanaugh, but the message for alaska's other senator is loud and clear. >> so if lisa murkowski votes ultimately to confirm kavanaugh to the supreme court, what will your thoughts be about lisa murkowski? >> she won't have my support in the future. >> reporter: how do you feel about that? >> she won't have my full support, either. >> what about you? >> i wouldn't -- i would not write her name or put a check marc by her name. >> reporter: would any of you still vote for lisa murkowski? >> no. >> no. >> reporter: no. so you're counting on her to vote "no." >> yes. >> reporter: on kavanaugh. >> yes. >> reporter: and would you be surprised if she did vote "yes"? >> very. >> and gary joins me now. is there a sense if murkowski has given her constituents to any indication of how she might vote? >> reporter: the people we talked to in that village have faith that she will vote their way, but certainly don't know for sure. today on capitol hill, the se

also in the capital today, over 100 women from alaska who flew in, i repeat, from alaska to plead with their senator, republican lisa murkowski, to plead with her to vote know on brett kavanaugh. senator murkowski also apparently remains undecided in terms of her vote. a key consistency for her, alaska natives, they are adamantly opposed to kavanaugh and have been pressing her very hard to vote no. but then murkowski spent this afternoon herself meeting with these alaskan women who had flown in to see her. heidi heitkamp said she would be a no vote, some north dakotans came to her office to thank her for that vote. she was not there so they thanked her staff instead. outside the capitol building, hundreds of people chants "whose courts? our courts." hundreds more people gathered in the office for a sit-in. tons more people filling the balcony, every floor of the senate office building, unfurling a banner, reading "we believe survivors." do we have any of the footage from inside the senate office building? you get a sense of how big these protesters were today as people refused to leave

that does not come up in a lot of places, but in alaska, it matters. it matters so much in herwn history, because her write-in election save, one of the greatestac. she'd been beaten by a tea party conservative. many of the alaskan indigenous people were among her most strong supporters. so this was predictable. she talked about belie a good man but not the right man in this moment for the court. >> what about the red state democrats? you thinkat about s camp of north dakota. one of herng sib said she had to vote no, because she needed to be able to look in the when she brushes her teeth. >> from the republican side and white house side,er they practically lethal about the way this was playing out, because they recognized it was going to put a lot of these red state democrats in an incredibly difficult situation. but i think the way she voted, and the sort of moral dilemma she seemed to face, gets at a lot of these issues. it wasn't just abo a nominee to the supreme court. what you had wassss of, you know, he said/she said andt temperamnd alcohol abuse

that does not come up in a lot of places, but in alaska, it matters. it matters so much in her own story, because her write-in election save, one of the .reatest comebac she'd been beaten by a tea party conservative. many of the alaskan indigenous people were among her most strong supporters. so this was predictable. she talked about believing he's a good manut not the right man in this moment for the court. >> what about the red statede crats? you think about senator camp of north dakota. one of her sibling said she had to vote no, because she needed to be able to look in the mirror when she brushes her teeth. >> from the republican side and white house side, they wer practically lethal about the way this was playing out, because they recognized it was going to put a lot of these red state democrats in aren ibly difficult situation. but i think the way she voted, and the sort of moral dilemma she seemed to face, gets at a lot of these issues. it wasn't just about a nominee to the supreme court. what you had was isss of, you know, he said/she said and

crew in alaska airlines history. [applause] captain wright visited our schools and emphasized the importance of s.t.e.m. education. we were thrilled and honored to host her and have her visit our schools. that ends my report for tonight. >> president mendoza-mcdonnell: thank you, superintendent. item 3, student delegates' report. >> good evening, everyone. on the topic of meatless monday, it was presented as a continuation. the goal is to reduce carbon footprints and get a source of protein and saving money for the district. we plan to support this by first student representatives participating in a campaign with meatless monday. a survey will be developed and passed out to schools to find out potential pilot schools that demonstrate interest in meatless monday. [applause] >> on the topic of engaging student voice and the relocation of the campus to the mosaic, we plan to integrate arts curriculum with student voice. thank you to mr. don harris for taking the time. we look forward to more engagement. [applause] >> on

mark, let's go to you and alaska. given writing a lot about this in indian country today, about the record number of native women who are running for office in the united states. week, historyis was made when valerie davidson became a tenant governor of alaska, the first native american woman to hold that office in any state inin the country. nativeone of four other women running for lieutenant governor across the country. in fact, a minnesota, no matter what happens, it will be ojibwe woman who'll be the next lieutenant governor. this idea this year is everything is lit up. candidates decided this was the time to run. jeff holland is a great example. even though she said in her announcement because of standing rock and because of donald trump, there is also this long archive she is been working at this for 20 years. she is built a resume ready for this job. in the part of the case story. if you look around the country, so many women are prepared and this is the moment they chose to run. nermeen: could you talk about

alaska and hawaii. alaska was democratic, hawaii was republican, so the debate in congress at the time was the balance of power. they couldn't admit one without admitting the other, because to public and senators, two democratic senators would keep the same balance of power. what they didn't expect was for alaska to turn republican and hawaii to turn democratic. that is what happened. just before statehood, the party politics switched. hawaii went democratic, alaska went republican, but again it did not change the balance of power on a national level, so but states were admitted. as we talked about earlier, from ,he palace coming over to hear the senate evolved from the house of nobles in the kingdom of hawaii. after the american takeover, the current room became the senate chambers and so, we have sort of followed from their from the republicinto a modern and into part of the united states. hawaii still has the notion of the house of nobles. the house of representatives came from the house of commons.

mark, let's go to you and alaska. given writing a lot about this in indian country today, about the record number of native women who are running for office in the united states. week, historyis was made when valerie davidson became a tenant governor of alaska, the first native american woman to hold that office in any state in the country. nativeone of four other women running for lieutenant governor across the country. in fact, a minnesota, no matter what happens, it will be ojibwe woman who'll be the next lieutenant governor. this idea this year is everything is lit up. candidates decided this was the time to run. jeff holland is a great example. even though she said in her announcement because of standing rock and because of donald trump, there is also this long archive she is been working at this for 20 years. she is built a resume ready for this job. in the part of the case story. if you look around the country, so many women are prepared and this is the moment they chose to run. nermeen: could you talk about th

another storm in the gulf of alaska will brush the bay area on friday night and into saturday morning. after that high pressure builds in and it will be windy especially over the north bay mountains on sunday. highs tomorrow will be a little warm with mostly sunny skies. it wil be in the mid to upper 70s inland with 60s at the coast. it will be even warmer this weekend but windy at times. a cooling trend will begin next week. (vicki) (vicki) coming up... a major health alert tonight. the beef and eggs in your fridge could make you severely sick. we have the details you need to know. (grant) plus... a warning in the bay area after a man was seen peeping into someone's home. where it happened and who police are looking for. (grant) lessons learned from the 19-94 northridge earthquake are causing engineers to recommend dozens of tall building in san francisco be inspected for damage that may have been caused during the 1989 loma prieta quake. kron 4's dan kerman is live in downtown san francisco with more. san francisco has no shortage of tall buildings... in fact a recent study found 15

she has a very unique political coalition in alaska. she doesn't need the party leadership to succeed. >> it's our job to talk about political strategies an dissect them but we can't lose fact that mathematics is decisive in these things and there's no way with a margin that narrow somebody like mish mcconnell well want to push people out of the party. mathematics is what matters and will carry the day. >> she and susan collins have different political calculations. you often see them voting together but in this case you had alaska leaders coming out kansas kavanaugh and native american groups influential in alaska coming out and may not have been worried about the political price she'd pay where susan collins knew it would be different in maine. >> speaking of political calculations, john, you talked about this, who's side are you on? senator john corner -- cornin said it was a sympathetic reading of dr. ford and then president trump basically making fun of the fact she couldn't remember certain thing. did that moment play some role in

back to the situation that we face in alaska. as i mentioned, we are highest cost in terms of cost of care, highest in terms of cost of coverage, and we are still one of those states that has but one insurer on the exchange in alaska. so our options are really pretty limited, and so as i am speaking to individuals about what they are hoping for when it comes to coverage, they're looking for additional options, but they're looking for affordable options as well. and it is true, it is absolutely true that these short-term plans do not offer as much or certainly may not offer as much in the way of coverage as those plans that are offered on the individual exchanges. i understand that, but i have had to come down on this issue on the side of more choice for consumers, more options being a good thing for consumers. in alaska, our population, as you know, is relatively small. we're about 720,000 people in the whole state. but we're talking about 18,000 give or take people that are enrolled on the individual exchange each year. 18,000 p

we're watching the republican senator lisa murkowski of alaska. she voted against advancing kavanaugh's nomination. normally if you go against your own party in the motion to proceed, you'll stay the course and do it again in the motion to confirm. she also said today kavanaugh is in her view maybe not the right man for the court at this time. the truth is, the republicans don't really need her. if susan collins votes yes, that is likely the whole ball game. down this home stretch, top senators are making a final push on the senate floor. >> what left wing groups and their democratic allies have done to judge kavanaugh so nothing short of monstrous. >> judges are expected to be

lisa murkowski from alaska, speaking out on the senate floor. we want to dip in real quick. >> been damaged, damaged terribly. and as both of these individuals, dr. ford and judge kavanaugh have been harmed, their families have, too. we need to, we must do better by them. we must do better as a legislative branch. we have an obligation, a moral obligation to do better than this. i spent more time evaluating and considering the nomination of judge kavanaugh than i have with any of the previous nominations to the united states supreme court that i've had the privilege to review. i've had the opportunity to vote on five justices prior to this. and i took my time. i was deliberate. i was thoughtful. some accused me of being too deliberate, too thoughtful. this is important to me. should be important to all of us. i know that it is important to all of us. and so i studied the record. i sat with judge kavanaugh for a lengthy period of time. about 1 1/2 hours. asked the questions that i had and did more due diligence. reviewed the cases. and did my hom

rob: let's take a look at the poll here, alaska governor race, you can see the republican if we pull that up at 48%, so it's pretty tight, let's broaden this out. not a lot of chances for the republicans to win many governors' races in the country in midterm with a republican president, tell us why that's a tough fight, we are watching one, the most popular the florida with desantis and he doesn't have -- he's about 4 or 5% behind at this point. >> i think the most interesting thing is that you have two republican governors in deepest blue states, larry hogan in maryland and charlie baker in massachusetts, they are just coasting the victory and you had a democrat-leaning incumbent in alaska who had to step out of the race because he's doing poorly, governing styles do matter, when republicans actually turn things around and make things thrive in blue states they win reelection and so i think it shows basically how republicans can win the future if desantis took hogin and baker model it wouldn't be close race but desantis has to finish strong here, it's going to be close, come down to

you have murkowski in alaska. the president saying alaskans will never forgive murkowski and sarah palin saying she might challenge her. that's all because she voted against cavanaugh. then you have collins who voted with him and democrats are pulling their money together and looking for the best candidate and they're going after collins. >> and those outside groups, the mean people alliances, on friday night their server crashed because they were getting so many donations for an unknown candidate in 2020. yesterday they pushed the button and collected the donations. what they do with the money, it will be interesting to see who controls that. people may not forget this moment. liberals may not forget this moment. the point about women running is that, that energy as you said is on the democratic side. there are some women in the middle and the way consultants are approaching those women, the women in the middle, who went for trump, there is an argument to be made because of this moment we're currently in. >> you

that is 50% in alaska, very important voting bloc and they do not like some of the decisions that brett kavanaugh has made. >> i do believe she if she supports him, she's going to be in trouble. not just because of the sexual assault allegations, but because the native indigenous alaskan people believe he is not going to treat them fairly. and so she's already going into it with that and then i think separately, i think lisa murkowski is a person of integrity and i think she's somebody who is bothered by this. i'm hoping she's going to vote based on her conscious. being pro-choice in alaska is not necessarily a winning issue. >> they can't feel good about this process. they can't feel good about the railroad nature of how this investigation has gone. >> this is not a railroad nature. >> let's be honest. >> everyone has given the opportunity to be heard. >> no, they weren't. >> and the fact that the accusation was brought in at the last second -- >> brett kavanaugh could have offered a polygraph test. he could have offered himself up to the fbi. >> we'll take a quick break and come back

alaska has early childhood and i recently met a retired teacher from alaska who said it was the best investment they ever made it improves reading outcomes and the need to do intervention. >> i support the program but i also think it's an opportunity for parents it's important that we set everything right going into school the more they like school the more they want to go on to further education but in either event with that and 51 - - environment with parental involvement is critical. >> president trump took office but has not rebounded anywhere close to those levels what is the future in laramie crack. >> i'm worried. i think mark and his friends did a tremendous amount of damage and a whole host of other groups you cannot tell me they didn't have an impact on the coal industry. that is why we are struggling back to my solution we have to fight these guys to antonio to the bitter and. so that the coal miners can rebound. we have to protect them all. i cannot believe we have a potential governor sitting here that is opposed to fossil fuels he will say that he's not but they say tha

you have alaska and hawaii that have their own grids. these are essentially island did from a nationwide standpoint, it would be difficult to do. you would have concerted physical attacks at multiple locations rout the u.s. and cyber attacks at the same time. otherwise you could at least contain the interconnection, eastern, western or texas. >> i am delighted to hear that. i appreciate it. >> geographic distance providing you with installation. often times we feel very vulnerable and on our own with no neighbors to rely on. when you do have a threat that could cross multiple systems it is something where you say, okay, the attributes that whether it is micro grid like the senator was talking about or these very small grids that we would have more independent words and alaska where you have a much greater resiliency because of how you were situated i want to speak just a little bit. senator reach, do you want to hop in here? i am sorry, sir. we had a fabulous discussion here this morning. the whole issue of no regrets. and a policy, no r

if you look at what alaska did, alaska was able to reduce their health insurance costs by thinking out of the box. if we continue to follow what the model is, we continue to have the challenges. i have offered several of those. thank you. moderator: the next question. from craig blumenshine. craig: the revenue committee chairman made the following statement. how has that worked for wyoming so far? how have we not had a corporate or personal income tax? why haven't businesses flocked to low-tax wyoming? your thoughts? mr. rammell: it is a natural resource state. it's not set up for major companies. that is a good tourism industry. i think if we just stay with what we have -- i'm not opposed to trying to diversify the economy. but to try to make wyoming into something that it is not think it is not a think is unrealistic, and i think that is maybe we failed in the past. they are throwing money out there trying to generate business in this area and that area. fite it really does not wyoming. i think we stay strong on our legacy industries. i believe we can be successful. a follow-up, mr.

mark likes to talk about alaska. alaska has early childhood and i recently met a retired teacher from alaska who said it was the best investment they ever made. it improves reading outcomes and prevents the need to do interventions later. gordon: i support the program but i also think this is an opportunity for parents. it is important we set everything right forget going into school because the more they like school the more they are willing to stay, the more they want to go on to further education whether it be cte or advanced education. in any event setting that right environment to start with and having parental involvement is critical. >> donald trump took office promising to save the coal industry but despite a friendly administration call hasn't rebounded anywhere close, given the market realities what is call's future in wyoming? rammell: i'm worried about it. i think mark and his friends did a tremendous amount of damage. mark -- locking out the two and friends of earth and a host of other anti-fossil fuel g

>> reporter: and for alaska senator lisa murkowski the lone republican to vote against ending debate. >> the motion is agreed to. >> reporter: with cloture invoked, a full senate vote is now expected tomorrow afternoon. >> however vote today was important not only because it will allow us to move forward and conclusion this confirmation process, but it was important because it showed that the united states senate will not be intimidated. >> it's hard to imagine how a nominee who has displayed such raw partisanship could then be neutral on the supreme court. >> reporter: the senate needs to wait 30 hours after this morning's procedural vote to vote for confirmation. that means they can have it at 4:57 on saturday. as of right now there are 51 senators who will vote for judge kavanaugh and 49 who won't. however that doesn't necessarily mean the vote will be 51-49. it could be 50-49 as senator steve daines says he won't be there because he will be walking his daughter down the aisle. back to you. >> but as of now, all but a done deal. ray bogan, thank you. >>> we are joined by political

it is our way of life. >> alaska natives consider themselves a modest people. but many of them are not particularly modest about the political influence they believe they hold, which they think senator lisa murkowski needs to keep in mind. just last week, alaskans were arrested while protesting. nobody expects sullivan to vote against brett kavanaugh. >> so if lisa murkowski votes ultimately to confirm brett kavanaugh to the supreme court, what will your thoughts be about lisa murkowski. >> she won't have my support in the future. >> how do you feel about that? >> she won't have my full support either. >> i would not write her name. >> would any of you still vote for lisa murkowski? >> no. >> no. so you are counting on her to vote no. >> yes. >> on brett kavanaugh? >> yes. >> would you be surprised if she did vote yes? >> very. >> so here in alaska and the other 49 states, people are trying to read the tea leaves about lisa murkowski, how does she feel? what will she be doing when it comes to voting on brett kavanaugh? yesterday she talked to reporters and had

alaska female lawyers met with her yesterday. when they came out of the mealing, omea meeting, one of them told me she was firmly convinced senator murkowski would vote no. moth another said when she went in, she thought it would be a yes vote but when she left said it would be a no vote. it turns out that they're absolutely right. this hour as we speak, flowers are coming from all over the country being delivered to her office from people who did not want judge kavanaugh to be a supreme court justice. >> and yet she still has an "r" by her name. she's still a conservative herself. she still represents a lot of conservatives in alaska. do you get a sense that this could have been a good political move for her or could this threaten her reelection in a few years when she's up for reelection? >> reporter: this senator is one of the few u.s. senators who enjoys broad bipartisan support. conservative republicans, trump republicans like her. but also liberals, democrats, independents, they like her, too. these women i'm talking about,

you have alaska and hawaii that have their own grids. these are essentially island did from a nationwide standpoint, it would be difficult to do. you would have concerted physical attacks at multiple locations rout the u.s. and cyber attacks at the same time. otherwise you could at least contain the interconnection, eastern, western or texas. >> i am delighted to hear that. i appreciate it. >> geographic distance providing you with installation. often times we feel very vulnerable and on our own with no neighbors to rely on. when you do have a threat that could cross multiple systems it is something where you say, okay, the attributes that whether it is micro grid like the senator was talking about or these very small grids that we

we are talking about jeff flake of arizona and lisa murkowski of alaska. all republicans said they wanted to see the fbi report before making up their minds. senator flake said there was no additional corroborating investigation. senator collins said the investigation appears have been thorough. senator murkowski said she is still reviewing the report. in senator murkowski's state of alaska and collins's home state of main, what kind of pressure has lisa murkowski been getting from constituents? >> the pressure is intense. how will she vote? figuring out the answer is a popular partic popular. >> parlor game here in alaska. if anyone knows the answer, they are lying. she is very popular because she has bipartisan support. she had her own me too moment. more than 100 women from alaska are in washington, d.c. going to capitol hill. they have a scheduled meeting and have been invited to meet with her about an hour from now and it will be a significant meeting because senator murkowski is reviewing the fbi report. these women are mostly democrats and independe

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alaska,es to talk about alaska has early childhood and recently i met a retired teacher from alaska who said that it was the best investment ever made. it improves reading outcomes, and prevents the need to do interventions later. said, i support the program, but i think this is an opportunity for parents. it is important that we set everything right for a kid going into school because the more they like school, the more they are willing to stay there, the more they want to go on to further education whether it be cte or advanced education. setting that right environment to start with and having parental involvement is absolutely critical. read to your kids. president donald trump took office promising to save the coal industry but cole has not rebounded anywhere near close to previous levels. what is cole's in wyoming? >> i think i am more it about it. -- worried about it. mark and his friend did a tremendous amount of damage. -- friends ofrted anti-fossilhost of fuel groups and you cannot tell me they did not have a impact on the coal industry. that is why we are struggling. we have t

i'm from anchorage, alaska. and i just want to know, senator murkowski, do you believe and think that survivors matter? believe me. believe us. believe survivors. >> okay. we got a few more. >> my name is faith crist. i am from eagle river, alaska. i am a mother of two. senator murkowski, do you believe us? you better. you better believe us. you better believe the survivors. >> my name is joel dolphin. i'm a father, a husband, an army veteran, a police officer, and i'm an independent, and i am a rape survivor. i am from alaska. senator murkowski, do you believe survivors matter? believe me. believe survivors. >> my name is theresa, and i'm a proud mom, and i'm a sexual assault survivor. i'm from arizona. senator flake, do you believe that survivors matter? believe me. and believe us. >> my name is taneal. i'm a dog mom, an aunt, a sister and a friend, and i am a recent sexual assault survivor, and i am also from arizona. senator flake, do you believe us? do you believe survivors? believe survivors. >> we have go

if you look at what alaska did, alaska was able to reduce their health insurance costs by 20% by thinking out of the box. if we continue to follow whatever the model is that the federal government gives us, we'll continue to have the challenges that are brought with that. i think wyoming deserve and wyoming citizens deserve a wyoming based solution and i've offered several of those, thank you. >> all right, now the next question from craig blumenschein. >> around senate chairman peterson made the following statement recently, my question back to the public is how has that worked for wyoming so far? how long have we not had a corporate or personal income tax and where is the boom? where is all of these businesses coming to wyoming? in order why haven't businesses already flocked to low tax wyoming? your thoughts? >> i think there's multiple issues. number one, it's a natural resource state. most of the economy is based on that industry. and so, it's not set up for major companies to come in here. we've got to live with what god gave us and that is a robust fuel industry at times. that's a

alaska senator lisa murkowski present. montana senator steve daines did not vote. he was attending his daughter's wedding. here is the senate vote. this is about 20 minutes. galleries, expressions of approval or disapproval are not permitted in the senate galleries. under the previous question, all postcloture time has expired. the question is on the nomination. is there a sufficient second? the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. the vice president: is there a sufficient second? there is a sufficient second. the clerk will call the roll. the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. vote: the vice president: the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. the vice president: the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. the vice president: the sergeant at arms has restored order in the gallery. the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. the clerk may continue. vote: the vice president: the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. the clerk may continue. vote: the vice president: the senator will s

lisa murkowski of alaska. joe manchin of west virginia and heidi heitkamp of north dakota. among those five, the top three the most important ones, they've been getting calls from the white house and other republicans encouraging them to vote on cavanagh when it comes to the senate floor. the white house, chuck grassley, senator flake saying there is no information in the fbi report to corroborate the charges, we know the fbi reached out to ten people conducting comprehensive interviews with nine and obtained a sworn statement from the tenth person. among those interviewed, mark judge, who was a good friend of judge kavanaugh. leland kaiser, deborah ramirez, who leveled the other charges. still, despite all those interviews democrats complaining long and loud that this fbi investigation was not comprehensive enough. on the white house driveway this morning, sarah sanders said that's ridiculous, listen here. >> we allowed the fbi to do exactly what they do best. we have not micromanaged of this process, we accommodated all the requests, the president was very clear about tha