bill nelson came out of hiding. he went and held a press conference with chuck schumer where they had talking points that were written by p.r. professionals that don't hold any water and chuck schumer knows nothing about florida law because rick scott doesn't have control over the ballot counting process. there are 67 counties, each of those counties are in charge of the ballot counting process. there is nothing for rick scott to recuse himself from. it's just really a bizarre thing that happened. i wouldn't even call that a press conference. it was more like a situation with bill nelson making a weird statement and chuck schumer shuffling him off the stage. this is no longer about bill nelson but about chuck schumer and the democrats trying to change florida law so they have a better shot at winning florida in 2020. that's what this is. >> sandra: it's fascinating to watch this all play out. a few moments ago that photo opportunity with mitch mcconnell there on capitol hill where rick scott was standing. a reporter

. >> and bill gave a speech? >> yeah. this really was something about having good friends. >> just like a heres to good friends? >> yeah, just like that. >> wild bill was about an hour's boat ride from the main island. a big guy with a big personality. he was known for throwing parties at his place. and even in a place that is full of colorful characters, wild bill stood out. >> he was always the loudest voice in the room. he would text everybody and say, you know, your lord commands you to come to my party. >> your lord command you? >> yeah. he always talked to himself in the third party and a royal sense of some sort. you know, everyone took it as one of bill's quirks. >> another quirk? a pirate club bill created called the jolly roger social club. bill joked that only 90% of the members survive. >> welcome to the jolly club. 90% of our members survive. we hope very much that everybody is here and they live. but if they don't, well, then good riddance. >> by now, an uneasy feeling about wild bill was spreading

also want to send my other 295 other co-sponsors of the bill. i strongly urge passage of the bill. i yield back the balance of my time. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the the gentlelady yields back. -- the gentlelady yields back. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. barr: his story is uplifting and his actions are inspiring. this gold medal is an overduhon and is supported by -- overdue honor and is supported by over 295 members of the house. i urge its immediate passage and want to thank chairman hensarling, ranking member waters, representative velazquez and representative mast for their work on this important legislation. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 2740. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the speaker pro tempore: for wha

. >> over to bill and sandra. >> bill: thank you, guys, fox news alert all the rallies, campaigning, tv ads come down to this. polls are open. millions are voting at this hour right now as we say good morning. i'm bill hemmer. got a great three hours coming up. >> sandra: we're here. we made it. today is the day. i'm sandra smith. today voters decide whether republicans hold onto the house and senate or if democrats gain control. in the house dems need to flip 23 seats to win the majority. in the senate they need a net gain of two seats. president trump making his closing argument yesterday. >> president trump: in less than two years' time we have accomplished more than anyone could have ever imagined. we've got to stop crying chuck schumer and nancy pelosi. from erasing everything that we've gained. if you want more caravans, if you want more crime, vote democrat. if you want strong borders and safe communities, no drugs, no caravans, vote republican. [cheering and applause] we're putting america first. it's very simple. putting america first. [cheering and applause] america first.

bill. >> bill: thank you, john. john roberts on a friday. across to room to sandra. >> sandra: let's bring in chris wallace anchor of "fox news sunday". great to see you ahead of a busy few days, of course, for you and everybody here. first off, the last few days weeks leading up to this we've seen a big focus from the president and his administration on the caravan. sending troops to the border, consideration of ending birthright citizenship. this focus on immigration, is it working for the president and his party? >> we'll see. that's one of the great things about a mid-term election. we'll see in a few days whether it works or doesn't work. the thinking in the white house is that this -- nothing energizes, animates the trump base more than the hard line on immigration and perhaps some fear mongering going on there as part of that. i think it might work particularly in senate races especially senate races in those 10 states where democrats are defending seats. in states that trump carried in 2016. where it may not work as well is in a lot

it is a bipartisan bill. and this bill, again, is about ideals we all are aligned with: independence, integrity, and the ability of a special counsel and future special counsels to do their job effectively, without interference from a president. this is a proactive bill aimed at ensuring that now and in the future we have appropriate checks and balances in place to prevent a constitutional crisis. the bill is becoming more urgent. we know that there was an attack on our democracy. we know that there were and are foreign agents attempting, who attempted and are attempting to manipulate and undermine our democratic institutions. and we need to understand what happened and how to prevent it from happening again and to hold those people accountable for their actions. the preservation of the special counsel investigation is indeed a matter of national security. but we know that the special counsel is in danger. we know it's in danger even just yesterday with the president, who is again maligning and mischaracterri

we have produced more bills, we have had more bills passed on the floor, we have had more bills signed into law than any other committee. i'm especially proud of the work morewe have done to create pro-growth economic policy throughout banking and finance and the passage of s. 2155, the economic growth regulatory relief bill, has meant so much to helping create more capital, to help save our credit unions and community banks. and to really play a part in the unparalleled economic growth that we see in our nation today. i take great pride in that work on behalf of all our members. i also take pride on behalf of our members for a piece of legislation that mornedized the foreign investment in the u.s. the bill is technically known by its acronym frma, it modernizes a regime that had not been modernized in quite some time. mr. speaker so many of us know, we have challenges in america today with foreign interests that come in and essentially take our intellectual property, that take our technology, and regrettably, china is one of the prime perpetrators of this. i've had the occasion to go

bill was bill hall junior trucking. >> but for bill, it wasn't all work and no play. >> he was a dare devil. he loved racing in the later years he loved hunting. he was a man's man. >> and also a bit of a ladies man, according to bill's cousin hank. >> beautiful women, you work hard, play hard. you do things you're not supposed to do. he was a great man but he was not the perfect man. >> bill's imperfections became painfully chlor32 years into marriage when frances says he got a call from a mistious woman, september 13th, 2013, friday the 13th. >> she goes you don't know me but i'm vague an affair with your husband. i was no shock. >> heart broken furious frances says she confronted bill and asked, was it true? >> by that time he is crying and telling me that he is sorry, that it's true. i was devastated. >> this is three decades of marriage. >> and i finally asked him, how long has this been going on? he cried again, told me three years. >> i go this is not an affair this is a relationship. >> that word that bothers you. >> mistress, it sound like i don't want to say i was the side p

would end to finalize the farm bill. we need to reauthorize a number of other bills and despite the large number of nominations we've been able to get done before we recess, there's still a huge backlog of many executive branch nominations. for some reason, after the 2016 election, our democratic colleagues decided they were going to obstruct or delay as many trump nominations to executive agencies or on the bench as they could and, unfortunately, they've been too successful in doing so. but i'm confident that senate majority leader, senator mcconnell, will use the leverage of people wasping to get home at christmastime and thanksgiving to ensure that we get the maximum number of these noncontroversial nominees supported. these are people who will enjoy broad, bipartisan support if we can just get our democratic colleagues to quit the obstruction. mr. president, we just have a short time left to finish this congress strong, but the past two years have been an unmitigated success for the country. we've delivered on promis

that's what bill believes. that's what i believe. >> do you feel the deadline should be moved out -- >> every vote should be counted. those deadlines you have to remember were passed after the presidential election of 2000 because of the need to report to the electoral college. we in the senate don't have an electoral college. and every vote ought to count. it is unconstitutional to say every vote should count in rural counties because they can count quickly, but every vote shouldn't count in the more urban and populated counties because it takes them longer to count the vote. >> do you think we could see a partial government shutdown in december? and what might be the big hang ups during -- >> the republicans are in charge, and if the government shuts down, it is on their back. now, we want a couple of things. we want to make sure that the acting attorney general does not interfere with the mueller investigation, and we believe our republican colleagues will join us, you will see on the floor later today a bip

good morning, i am a bill hemmer inside of "america's newsroom." >> sandra: good morning, bill. i'm sandra smith. the president packing and some high-level meetings of the world awaits some big decisions from our commander in chief. meanwhile, lawmakers facing an intensifying border wall drama over the mueller investigation. >> bill: chris stirewalt has analysis on all of this, but first, kevin corke live in argentina where the president will arrive later today. kevin, let's start there with you. good morning. >> good morning, bill here now as you can imagine, there is a great deal of anticipation i had this important summit but maybe not for all the reasons that you might otherwise think. it is clear that there is a hope and an expectation that this will prove to be a much more collaborative meeting among the leaders and countries. especially compared to both the g7 and of the nato summit that we saw on both occasions the present improving both his political independence and his willingness to disrupt the status quo. now of note this particular time whether or not the plan with

i'm sandra smith. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. good morning. days after u.s. agents fired tear gas on some of the migrants who tried to enter the country illegally many feel less hopeful gaining asylum and looking at staying in mexico as we learn more about the makeup inside the caravan. department of homeland security saying it's mostly men with many not eligible for asylum. national border council president brandon judd joined us earlier today on that. >> they are thumbing their knows at the american public and government. they won't try to do it properly. if they were they would present themselves at port of entries, not rush the border. >> sandra: jeff paul is reporting live in tijuana. jeff. >> we're outside the main migrant shelter in tijuana. there is a lot of people living here. thousands living inside and the folks who weren't able to get inside are now living out on the streets here. this is the overflow crowd. a lot of men, women as we take a further walk here you can see there are even some children out here covered up in blankets sleeping on the g

i'm sandra smith. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. the u.s. border patrol using tear gas to turn back some of the migrants trying to reach the border. more than 5,000 central americans camping out in tijuana. the mayor of tijuana. i will not allow our relationship to be fractured by the bad behavior by the caravan. we're affected at the border crosses. many people from tijuana, they work, study and visit the united states in healthy peace. doug mcelway is live with more. good morning. >> this marks a real moment of truth for the trump administration which promised repeatedly during the campaign and the first two years of the administration to crack down hard on illegal immigration and appears to be do doing that as the first of the central american caravans is stalled at san ysidro. 50 migrants broke through the border and were apprehended. that following a tense day near tijuana as border patrol agents fired tear gas to crowds trying to cut through con sen tina wire. president trump said mexico should move the flag waving migrants to their co

it takes time, bill. what we'll see is the next two years we have plenty of time to see whether it works. if it doesn't we'll get shell acted. if it does we'll win a landslide in 2020. >> bill: you wonder if the economy is in shape without the tariff battle. i know what you are talking about gdp. some are wondering if the 4% or 3.5% is the occasional spike and the 2% is the norm established over the last 8 or 10 years. >> that's what they say. amazing how the spike comes after we pass the bill. we'll see whether it's just a passing fancy or whether it's real. i believe that the economy is set for enormous growth over the next two or three years and i think it will happen and if i'm wrong, i'm wrong. i've been wrong before and i'm much better at forecasting the past than the future but i'm very comfortable with the position president trump is it. >> bill: good to see you. >> have a great turkey day. >> bill: thank you, art, talk to you. >> sandra: 16 house democrats are vowing to vote against nancy pelosi

50 bills put inside. i have the responsibility on the floor, it didn't start in the senate, both of them started andhouse . and look at the other bills i've done, i've made sure generics come forward, pharma doesn't like that. it lowers the cost that it's able to go through and i made sure we had pricing when you went to your pharmacy to make sure the less pricing you're seeing when it comes to that, that's not something pharmaceuticaldoes. i'm not beholden to anybody but the 23rd congressional district ,that's the difference . >> miss mata, rebuttal. >> i agree he hasn't taken money from pharma. i don't know how that impacts his voting but i have to say that people wonder, the conversation that happened if we don't have town halls and people who come out andask those questions. ask me and i can't answer them . he needs to answer for himself and i'm grateful that today we have an opportunity we can answer that but people wonder is that something is affecting his voting. i can tell you i don't receive any

read the bill. in the bill, it specifically says nothing in this bill shall allow insurance companies to deny anyone coverage for pre-existing conditions. >> we know pre-existing conditions and health care is an important topic for many in this district. the next question is related. lenny wrote, in ads, each present yourself as protecting pre-existing coverage, yet you criticize the other on this issue. can each of you explain how you would protect the availability of affordable health insurance covering pre-existing conditions? ms. londrigan: i would like to correct the record the medicare for all plan i have not supported. i have supported a public option, which is entirely different. when we talk about pre-existing condition coverage, there are facts. to say that congressman davis has supported pre-existing conditions from being discriminated against is incorrect. he voted 11 times to repeal the aca with no replacement, which effectively eliminates protections for people with pre-existing condit

bill. the forever g.i. bill requires we develop new software which changes the way the monthly housing allowance is paid. the development and deployment of the software has not gone as planned. we did not meet the august 1 deadline and we are continuing to work on getting this right. let me explain this delay briefly. historically, we have used the schools facility code to identify the location. our software linked the student to the main campus, of the school and use the facility code, to identify the amount to be paid. the new legislation, recognizes that a student could earn multiple credits at different locations. in addition to locations such as branch campuses, this could include internships, externships, and practicums, none of which have facility codes. zip codes of all locations where students are earning credits were selected as the new way to identify these new locations. in addition, the possibility that students would be in multiple locations, required the location of where he

this is a good bill that makes sense, a bill that will work. we must continue to work on a bipartisan basis to enhance our fraud detection capabilities. i support this legislation and urge my colleagues to continue working together to find meaningful solutions to reduce costs by rooting out fraud, waste, and abuse in our health care system. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from illinois reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. burgess: mr. speaker, i have no further speakers. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from illinois. ms. kelly: i have no further speakers. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentlelady yield back the balance of her time? ms. kelly: yes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from illinois yields back. the gentleman from texas. mr. burgess: i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 6753, as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3

these are part of a budget bill. a budget bill with gimmicks from governor cuomo. he ran secret fundraisers, because god forbid he would come into this district and it does a $25,000 plate dinner here, like he has done in york city with governor cuomo. charles: we have to move on. we are try just they within the time limits. it really does help. you all watching and listening, this is the 22nd congressional district debate. i'm charles compton. if you have a question for these candidates, you can send it to us on our facebook page or tweet it at #ny22. i believe it is your turn. i kind of lost track. we are moving over to childcare right now. a good childcare facility is hard to find and very expensive. meanwhile, care providers are underpaid and their centers struggle to pay bills. what do you propose to fix this crisis? rep. tenney: this is an issue near and dear to my heart. i know what it is like to be a single mother. at the same time i was raising my son i was running a business, and i was also caring for my parents. my father was in a wheelchair and going bl

bill payment delays. under secretary for benefits paul lawrence and other officials testified before a house subcommittee. >> good afternoon, everyone. the subcommittee will come to order. i'm going to apologize in advance for the length of my remarks. but i think they're important. so let's begin. first, again, thanks for everybody being here and everybody participating in the hearing. the subcommittee on economic opportunity, where we'll continue the oversight, the implementation of the post-9/11 g.i. bill of 2017. and associated payment processing delays. as i said in the two previous hearings, this subcommittee has held on this topic, it's critical that we work to ensure this bill is implemented so veterans receive their due benefits they deserve in a timely and consistent manner. after all, if all we do is pass reform bills that are just kind of a m

the other is a farm bill. so we don't have a whole lot of time left, but the first step is to finalize what proponents are actually for. there have been a lot of different versions floating around and then we'll whip it, see where the vote count is and see how it stacks up against our other priorities going into the end of the session. reporter: \[inaudible] >> do you want an infrastructure bill next congress? senator mcconnell: i hope so. you know, one thing that almost everybody seems to be interested in, you know what the sticking point is, how do you pay for it? i think i can pretty safely say republicans are not interested in doing a $900 billion stimulus. which we did at the beginning of the obama era. in other words, went out and borrowed $900 billion. we're not interested in that. we're not interested in doing that. the question is, how do you pay for it? that becomes very challenging because there's no sort of easy way to pay for infrastructure without impacting an awful lot of americans. thanks a lot

i'm sandra smith. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. florida races for senator and governor too close to call. the margins are razor thin. our newsroom news feed today. >> florida is once again the center of an election storm. >> growing drama over the mid-terms. >> deja vu as a recount is underway. >> official announcement coming from the florida secretary of state. there will be a recount of the governor's race and also the senate race. >> republican candidate governor rick scott holds a razor thin lead over bill nelson. >> nelson is trying to commit fraud to try to win this election. that's all this is. >> rick scott is trying to stop all the votes from being counted and he is impeding the democratic process. >> tuesday night -- >> ron desantis lead shrunk to 33,000 votes. gillum conceded the race tuesday night but yesterday he took that concession back. >> i am replacing my words of concession. >> those results are clear an unambiguous just as they were on election night. >> the board of elections of broward county the epicenter of

we passed a tax bill, there have been other bills passed as chairman hensarling was talking about. but when it comes to bills that ve to do with whether or not this little experiment in self-government continues, we ought to be taking those up. and it's been interesting that many times since i have been that when some republicans and some democrats that were defeated in the november election, some of them just threw up their hand and said why should i come back. i have to have a new job come january. my family -- i have sacrificed being away from my family, what's the use of coming back in november and december. but i was greatly gratified at our conference yesterday to hear who are ome who have coming back, they were re-elected and some, surprisingly on past history, who have been defeated, who said, as dana rourk said, i will not be back in january, but, i would like to have christmas day with my family, but other than christmas day, i'm willing to come back every day if we can help protect our future. there are some very noble people re who understand the burden of congress, hou

so what we would like to see -- we're making good progress on the bills on the individual bills. we would not like to see a continuing resolution. we'd like to see the bills passed, have it done, move on to the -- to what's new in the new congress. congresswoman nita lowey our ranking member, soon to be chair of the appropriations committee, chairwoman lowey, music to my ears, she and the ranking members and soon to be chairs of the subcommittees on appropriations have done a remarkable job. they have beaten back over 150 poison pills this year alone and probably more to come that they have to -- hopefully not, but we have to be prepared for that. we don't know what they'll come up with, but so far we are on good track. reporter: is your ask it fund the bills through the rest of the fiscal year until next september? ms. pelosi: yes. reporter: and not give you something in february? representative pelosi: we just want to get it done. we can do it. it's possible to do it. how the president weighs in and the rest, we will see. yes, sir. reporter: what do you think of marcia fudge tr

bill. g.i. bill. the forever g.i. bill requires we develop new software which changes the way the monthly housing allowance is paid. the development and the deployment of the new software has not gone as planned. we did not meet the august 1 deadline and we are continuing to work on getting this right. but let me explain this delay briefly. historically we've used the school's facility code to identify the location. our software linked the student to the main campus of the school and used the facility code to identify the amount to be paid. the new legislation recognizes that a student could earn multiple credits at different locations. in addition to locations such as branch campuses, this could include internships, externships and practicums, none of which have facility codes. zip codes of all locations where students earn credits were selected as a new way to identify these new locations. in addition, the possibility that a student would be in plult approximately locations required the computation of where he or sh

bill. with delays for some veterans stretching over 60 days, some of these guys are going to have some real hardships. real hard, maybe even personal family crises as a result of this. i understand the systems are old and complex, it is well past the point where congress, taxpayers and, most importantly, our student veterans are going to accept the same tired excuses. congress consistently has provided the v.a. with record budgets. that's clear. the vague answers we've gotten, we've sent letters, had inquiries, had personal meetings. i think that the answers we're getting and the delays and the promises that we'll have it fixed, that end up not happening, are unacceptable. again, i think i can speak for the committee to say that. we're all concerned about our veterans. dr. lawrence and mr. james, i hope you can shed some light on what you and secretary wilkie are planning to do to address these problems. i hope you can tell us when the l.t.s. modifications will be ready. give student vetera

when he was the only member in congress of new jersey to vote yes on the tax bill. i have made different choices over my career. i chose to be a public servant, to work under both republican and democratic administrations, to volunteer to go to afghanistan and work in the situation room. i also made a choice last year when i was in the hospital waiting room with my wife and we're worried about the health of our baby to be, i made a choice to stand up to my opponent who took those actions, gutting preexisting protections in order to score a political victory. i will always stand with the people of new jersey, home district, the district that gave me everything. stand up and protect social security and medicare. stand up and protect our healthcare and lower prescription drug costs. that's why i'm asking for your vote on november 6th. >> mr. macarthur. >> david thank you for doing this. voters, thank you for watching tonight. there has never been a more important time to have people in washington willing to put aside partisanship, work together on real solutions and so

bill. someone else will figure out what is the future funding of transportation, but right now, this is the best way to go. >> just a quick follow-up>>. did senate republicans indicated anyway they would be supportive of the fact -- gas tax increase if it is paired with bonding expansion, for example, or anything that matter? it wasn't just the present -- president? rep. defazio: the senator said democrat -- they will just attack you. i said i will stand in front of them. he is not enthusiastic about it and i don't know about others but we have seen, if the president takes the lead and wants infrastructure investment, that we can get it done. if we put a good bill out of the it to thewe sell american people that this is going to improve their commute time, it is going to -- sell it to business and industry in terms of what it will mean in terms of time delivery and goods. the committee would be hard-pressed to say we are not going to do anything. >> you have mentioned you would like to see

this is a bipartisan bill that's been ready for floor action for months. we are confident it would get 60 votes if given a vote. it is a majority leader who controls the floor agenda an by compelling a unanimous consent request action today, senator flake has put us in a place where it's clear that there's an unwillingness to act. my hope is that we will in the days ahead, find additional colleagues who are willing to join with senator flake and me. this is a bill that continues to enjoy the support of its four initial co-sponsors, and i'm confident it would get 60 votes if brought to the floor. with that, i think it's time for us to move from speeches to action. i appreciate senator flake's action today and i'm hopeful we'll find other colleagues who will agree as they reflect on the very perilous situation that special counsel mueller's investigation is in today as a result of the president's actions of a week ago. >> mitch mcconnell said there's no need to do this. does he know something you don't? is that wishful thinking? where do you think that comfo

it is a bipartisan bill that has been ready for foreign action for months. we are confident it would get 60 votes if given a vote. it is the majority leader who controls the floor agenda and by compelling through a unanimous consent request action today, senator flake has put us in a place where it's clear that there's an unwillingness to add. my hope is that we will in the days ahead find additional colleagues who are willing to join up with senator flake and me, this is the bill that continues to enjoy the support of his four cosponsors, senator graham, senator booker and i'm confidence we'll get 60 votes across the r floor. so with that, i think it's time for us to move from speeches to action. i appreciate senator flake's action today and i'm hopeful we'll find other colleagues who agree as they reflect on the very perilous situation this special counsel's mueller investigation is under today as of if t's anchors a week ago. >> mr. mcconnell said there's no need to do that. does he know something you don't? is that wishful thinking? where do you think th

this is a bipartisan bill that's been ready for floor action for months. we are confident it would get 60 votes if given a vote. it is a majority leader who controls the floor agenda an by compeling a unanimous consent request action today, senator flake has put us in a place where it's clear that there's an unwillingness to act my hope is that we will in the tais ahead find additional colleagues who are willing to join with senator flake and me. this is a bill that continues to enjoy the support of its four initial co-sponsors, and i'm confident it would get 60 votes if brought to the floor. with that, i think it's time for us to move from speeches to action. i appreciate senator flake's action today and i'm hopeful we'll find other colleagues who will agree as they reflect on the very perilous situation that special counsel mueller's investigation is in today as a result of the president's actions of a week ago. >> mitch mcconnell said there's no need to do this. does he know something you don't? is that wishful thinking? where do you think that comfort

well go back to politicking an all star political panel joins me now bill richardson former u.s. ambassador to the united nations former democratic governor of new mexico also served as secretary of energy in the administration of bill clinton he's in boston and in washington offer involved livingston former republican member of congress from louisiana author of the book the windmills triumphs and less in american politics first an individual question for each of you bill is the north korean deal at an impasse it is that an impasse but i think we have to be patient i think the administration is right don't give in to the north koreans don't give them what summit until they take some serious steps to denuclearize which they haven't done so be patient keep the go sheeting be tough bob an individual question for you what do you make of jeff sessions retiring his attorney general. well i guess the last thing i can say is that it was unexpected it was it's been expected i think people have known it was coming i didn't know it was going to come as quickly as it did. but the attorney ge

during that time, senator bill nelson didn't call me once. rick scott growth constantly requesting dollars plus for florida. did a great job on hurricane. vote scott!" peter doocy's life in florida with more on this. peter? >> florida's governor wants to become florida senator, and rick scott challenged -- it is starting to zero in on his 18 year record in the senate. >> it you're trying to get a guy who doesn't want to work and just wants a job. he's going to raise your taxes. he has done it over 300 times. >> does anybody want taxes to go up? no. he doesn't show up to work. >> we went to an event hosted by bikers for trunk, where the coheadliner was andy pollock, fowler of parkland victim meadow pollock. progressive minded parkland students started with one of the biggest movements. they featured and then ted trump sentiment. but, the lead line at that event was that he had just talked to the president and people applauded. on the other side, nelson is doing his best to highlight his ties to former president obama. also, his newspaper endor

but i will say this about the bill. there were about 50 different bills we passed, 30 of them written by members of the task force that i chair, equal numbers of republicans and democrats, every single bill was bipartisan. that is our requirement. we funded nearly $7 billion, billion with a b, to help communities fight back. is that enough, it will never be until we stop losing people. but as -- but it is by far, the most but government has ever addressed a drug crisis with, and it's a good start and we're doing et together, without partisan rancor, focusing on what we can do together ap that's how this hozz to go if we're going to have any success with it. moderator: you talk about money. is the money enough? mr. macarthur: money is critical. have to get people into treatment and it takes time. sending somebody in for 28 days is not enough time. but we have other policy changes, like lifting the exclusion in medicaid that only allowed people to go to facilities with 16 beds or less, we changed that so they could go to

bill and i are good friends. we can disagree on things like privatizing air traffic control, then work on things that help move people and freight more efficiently. he has continued a tradition that i aspire to continue on that committee. >> i wanted to ask about drinking water, what do you think the transportation infrastructure committee role is in dealing with drinking water issues. people think about contamination in flint, as one place where the federal government could have stepped in and provided the funding that the small jurisdiction could not handle for making massive repairs to a contaminated system. i think about other contamination issues like chemicals, can you talk about stuff like that. can you talk about what tni's role is and what oversight you plan to do? >> we have jurisdiction over wastewater. the energy and commerce committee has jurisdiction over drinking water. frank and i have been talking about doing a joint bill because you cannot isolate those two things. one goes out in the wastewater

always good to be with you, bill. >> bill: we've got a lot to talk about. i will try to get in as many as i can. first up, the leadership, what is the best thing right now? >> welcome of the rnc doesn't get involved in the leadership race, but i can tell you i would be looking for a leader that is going to get involved in candidate recruitment early. is going to recognize that most of our candidates were outspent. many of them 2-1 and some of these key districts. they need to be able to fund raise and put a plan together on that so that we can take back the house in 2020. >> bill: we follow that to gather, okay. impressive finish in the senate. what do you think that the results will be? >> the difference was that donald trump. going to the states, i was with him in missouri. there was no way we are going to lose missouri. i saw the intensity, the energy. when you feel it on the ground, you see how the state is going. president trump was our best campaigner. he closed a lot of these tight races. probably helped ensure four seeds. >> bill: what are we not he

>> that's right, bill. there is a growing concern that the woolsey fire might not only get bigger but more out of control. they expect strong winds to make a return. 177 structures destroyed in this fire. many of which are homes like this. it looks like a bomb almost went off in here. you can only make out the chimney. everything else other than a few walls reduced to ash. firefighters are worried the strong gusts could once again kick up and carry embers over to more neighborhoods and start more fires. this fire has spread to more than 85,000 acres, the same size as atlanta. authorities are also investigating the debts of two people found in a badly burned vehicle. investigators say the driver might have become disoriented trying to escape the fire. they're urging people to evacuate and not return to their homes because they still do not have a grasp on this fire. >> mother nature is still working against us. we saw yesterday we had a lull in the weather. today the winds picked up. that's what we'll see ov

my opponent vetoed that bill and does not support that bill but we need to be able to move forward and do that. let me also say that we are just coming off a week of some terrible events having to do with gun violence, bigotry and hatred, as well. it was a few weeks ago and i want to say that guns have to be a part of a discussion in that discussion was not a part of the test worse but the same as the trump administration task force with betsy devos. they do not talk about guns as well. i'll think about a few days ago after the event that my opponent visited a manufacture of guns in a state and made an announcement that gun sales in this -- are booming here in new hampshire. >> time. governor, is your opponent but up the other does have a long tradition of local control so why not let towns or school districts decide if they want to have results? >> it's a matter of a constitution. we are one of the favorite states the country that comes to firearm safety and response ability of the month the state take seriously a wonderful tradition but we have moved forward in terms of leakage or we

>> reporter: hi, bill. it was a huge day for kyrsten sinema and she extended her lead in the all-important maricopa county and with more than 1.8 million votes cast, she now leads by 9,610 votes. that's about one half of one percent of the vote but look at the numbers in maricopa where two-thirds of the voters led. she led by 6,000 votes on election night and now up 27,000 votes that's about 2.5%. analysts say if that continues the democrats will take jeff blake's seat but martha mcsally is far from giving up. her campaign released a statement saying with 500,000 votes to be counts -- counted she'll be elected. and others say we're working diligently to ensure the count proceeds in a fair, transparent and timely manner voters can trust. the process is far from over. there's still around 490,000 votes to be count. we may not have a winner until next week and there's a lawsuit filed by the republican party on how the process of signatures not matching so a lot going on in arizona on the election but more vote

bill nelson is calling for a recount. >> the democrats hope there is some way that bill nelson could salvage this seat. this is a surprise for democrats going in. they knew this would be a close race in florida. him being on the side that appears to be losing this race a cause of concern as republicans padding the majority in the senate. if the recount changes anything that will be welcome news for democrats who are all about pushing for that going forward. it is all about the recount within certain margins. there is a lot of attention being paid on the hill from florida, montana, the democratic senator has not been called yet as well as the arizona senate race open seat between the republican candidate and the democrat. we'll see if the margin changes anymore after those final races are called. >> a few thousand votes, nothing like a few hundred votes in 2000. we have julie hurshfield. ryan, if you can begin with you, you covered washington for a long time, does anything get done in washington with this split? >> the split in congress, no. there is some potential for trump. it is no

for everything we did together. >> reporter: so what did eric know about bill and bill's relationship with nanette? the cops asked. >> i never met bill. >> you know who he is? >> i just knew of him. i knew of him and his, you know, partnership with nanette as far as business goes and stuff like that. >> reporter: eric told us nanette said she invented things, medical equipment, blood separators. sound familiar? and bill, she told eric, guided her through the process. >> that was her mentor. that was her business partner. and she could make her own schedule. she could work out all morning, grab lunch, do whatever she has to do, pick up the kids and take them to practice, be the team mom. >> reporter: pretty nice job. eric and nanette spent time at what she said was her house, right on the beach. what did you think? >> it was beautiful. beautiful house. right on the beach, right in newport. upstairs/downstairs, fully furnished. she had a picture of herself up in the upstairs bedroom, blown up. >> kind of a glamour shot. >> yeah. >> reporter: it never occurred to him, he said, that nanet

>> bill: indeed. from washington, how are you doing, allison? good morning. >> the president is on the road. he is heading to a number of states with competitive races, hoping to tip the scales in favor of republicans. the match favors democrats. favors the party not in the white house. according to the latest polling and five key battleground states, it's all the tough love, and they hold the lead in tennessee and north dakota. voter enthusiasm on the left coat of bridge the gap. martha mcsally tied among likely voters and october and september. had a slight lead in the poll. feeling good about that changing, but at the same time, our polling shows that sinema has a 2-1 advantage when it comes to comes to hispanic voters. could help push the race to the left. joe donnelly is ahead of his republican challenger by seven points. in tennessee, likely voters say that marsha blackburn will be over there challenger. in north dakota, the end, democrat, senator heidi heitkamp is trailing by nine points. 59-42

there are people who have paid their bills, their light bill, gas bill, water bill, phone bill, cable bill, but they don't have money in the bank. they don't believe in banking their money. they are probably like my mother. she saw the great depression. so rather than believe in first national, she believed in first mattress. [laughter] yeah. and i saw her make many deposits in first mattress as well as withdrawals. but the persons who pay all of their bills, who pay rent that would exceed a mortgage, i believe that your light bill, gas bill, water bill, phone bill, ought to be scored in an automatic system such that you will get credit for that, and that credit can go toward helping your credit score be enhanced so that you can own a home rather than pay rent. that's what i believe. and finally, i would just say this as something for us to do together in terms of demonstration. that was legislation. demonstration requires action. you are the action network. we have to do something about these right to work laws. these are laws that prohibit indirectly persons from forming labor union

welcome back to "america's newsroom." >> bill: good morning i'm bill hemmer. the president trump threats slash 14,000 jobs mostly in the u.s. national economic council director larry kudlow is now considering about that. >> there's great disappointment there. there's disappointment that if seems like gm would rather build its electric cars in china rather than in the united states. we are going to be looking at certain subsidies regarding electric cars and others. there's a lot of disappointment. i've heard it from mr. trudeau and president trump and democrats and republicans. >> sandra: kevin, thank you for coming on this morning. everybody is talking about this general motors. what this means for the american consumer. what this means for the american worker. explain it to us. >> reporter: i think this is the backdrop that's essential. we've got revised gdp today that was up 3.5%. gross domestic income was up 4% which is the fastest rate if four years. manufacturing jobs gone up 450,000 since president trump got started. there's a lot of positive momentum fo

we don't know yet. >> bill: how old are you? >> i'm 18. >> bill: wow. you have a lot of life ahead of you. my best to you and your family and all your friends there that you are going through a really tough period. but thank you for taking a few minutes with us. >> thank you. >> bill: talking about the grabbing the photos before you leave and getting -- father comes over at 8:32 in the morning. so many stories one after the other. we got this from a nurse at a hospital staying behind to evacuate patients as the camp fire closed in and was stuck in her car as she headed for safety. this is her story now. >> it was filling up with smoke. i didn't know what to do. i thought maybe nick would know. i called him and i just said i'm gonna die. this car is filling up with smoke and i think i'm on fire. i pulled down the fire blanket and i saw a dozer and a dozer came off to the side and started pushing the vehicles and pushing everybody out of the way that their cars were on fire and made a trail for us. we were able to turn around and get off the road and get

while go back to paula taking an all star political panel joins me now bill richardson former u.s. ambassador to the united nations former democratic governor of new mexico also served as secretary of energy in the administration of bill clinton he's in boston and in washington our friend bob livingston former republican now. imber of congress from louisiana author of the book the windmill season try arms unless an american politics first an individual question for each of you bill is the north korean deal at an impasse it is that an impasse but i think we have to be patient i think the administration. give in to the north koreans don't give them a summit until they take some serious steps to denuclearize which they haven't done so be patient keep the go sheeting be tough bob an individual question for you what do you make of jeff sessions were tiring his attorney general well i guess the last thing i can say is that it was unexpected it was it's been expected i think people have known it was coming i didn't know it was going to come as quickly as it did. but the attorney general w

bill in three decades. and now an excellent coast guard authorization, in addition to other products. i'd like to also thank my ranking member, soon, perhaps, depending on where he decides to go, chairman, of this subcommittee, for his contributions. and john, this is the third time john has worked with the republicans to deliver a good coast guard bill during his tenure. so all in all, this is a strangely productive day for the house of representatives. and i'm proud to be here. with that, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. shuster: thank you, mr. speaker. i now recognize for two minutes the chairman of the coast guard subcommittee, mr. massie. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida is recognized for two minutes. mr. mast: thank you for yielding me the time to speak in support of this bill named after -- this act named after our friend, frank lobiondo. but thank you

that's what bill believes. that's what i believe. reporter: do you believe the deadline should be moved out? senator schumer: every vote should be counted. those deadlines, if you remember, were passed after the presidential election of 2000 because of the need to report to the electoral college. we in the senate don't have an electoral college. and every vote ought to count. it is unconstitutional to say every vote should count in rural counties because they can count quickly but every vote shouldn't count in the more urban and populated counties because it takes them longer to count the vote. yes. reporter: do you think they could see a partial government shutdown in december? what might be the big hang-ups? senator schumer: the republicans are in charge. in the government shuts down it's on their back. now, we want a couple of things. we want to make sure that the acting attorney general does not interfere with the mueller investigation, and we believe our republican colleagues can -- will join us. you'll see on the floor later to