the senate and the great state of tennessee will miss your service. we simply can't wait to see what you build next. >> mister president, i ask consent to speak in morning business. >> without objection. >> let me begin where the majority leader stopped. it is a true story about the tunnels. senator corker was curious about smuggling supplies from egypt to gaza. others of us might have asked somebody about that. not bob corker. he hailed a jeep, wrote to the border, inspected the tunnels, took photographs, and as the majority leader said, when he met with benjamin netanyahu that afternoon, showed him the photographs. benjamin netanyahu was startled. the prime minister of israel might have been surprised by bob corker's conduct, but none of us who knew bob corker were surprised. as senator mcconnell said, bob corker is always a man on a mission with little regard for the obstacles in the way. in 1978, age 25, he saved $6000 and started a construction company. a friend of mine in my hometown worked for him as he built a shopping center. my friend said i

i was in east tennessee these last few weeks. we like the fact that you could see the great smoky mountains, and they are not the great smoggy mountains anymore. and the reason that's true is because of the clean air act, more than anything else, which is required coal plants when they operate to put, to put pollution control equipment on them. they can still operate. there's nothing to keep a coal plant from operating in this country as long as you put pollution control equipment for mercury, nitrogen and sulfur on it, and then they can be perfectly clean. that doesn't include carbon. but carbon you can't see it. we like to see, like we like to see the mountains. and decisions that were made that had to do with exhaust from trucks and cars. so america is healthier, cleaner, and we can attract businesses to our state now that we're, now that our air is clean, because before that, that was a problem. and the americans for disabilities act, that was a difficult law to pass and a difficult law for many parts of our country to accept

scott county, tennessee. a very republican county. in fact, when tennessee voted to secede from the union in the civil war, the scott county court met and seceded from the state and declared itself as a free and independent state. when world war i rolled around , the scott county court thought the united states was a little slow in declaring war, so they declared war on germany six weeks before the united states did. they wrote a column about that in the late 1970's, and said, as far as anybody knew, scott county never officially came back into the union or declared peace with germany. my dad got a letter from somebody over there and they wondered if scott county qualified for any foreign aid. scott county was one of the 10 poorest counties in the u.s. when they started the war on poverty. it was pure appalachia when i was growing up. my grandparents had no money, they never had a car, never went on a vacation. my grandfather was a farmer but he never missed a church on sunday after he came back from the spanish-american war. my grand

should i run for governor ofof tennessee? he ran for the united states senate in 1984 which would have been a very good year with one exception he had a primary he had never before been involved in politics some people said for these two rookies but he just spent more of his money and then to serve as majority leader of the united states senate. the new governor of tennessee with that chief operating officer. and then with those first indications of diplomacy to work around the world that they had just defeated in the governor'sht race international and tennessee. that there is so much respect from that democratic legislation they try to persuade him to run for governor as a democrat. he said no and returned to usompandchattanooga. he became involved in real estate companies that was the mayor of chattanooga. he would be the first to tell w you chattanooga was already on a roll. a lot of people had to do with chattanooga success. everybody else will tell you that he was the best and fastest runner to have on the last leg of t

governor of tennessee which might be better suited to somebody with his executive background. he ran for the senate in 1994 which would be a good year with the republican to do that but he was defeated by bill frist the doctor never before involved inn politics so who are these two rookies running against each other in aki primary he spent more of his money to beat him and then to serve as majority leader of the united stateser senate but that did not slow bob down but ten minutes. so then the governor advised him to become the ceo of the state here we saw the first indications of diplomacy that we now see today in his work around the world he began to work with the democratic mayors of nashville that was just defeated in the g governor's race and then they brought the titans to nashville in tennessee which by the way play the jaguars tonight. [laughter] bob earned so much respect from the democratic legislature they tried to persuade him to run for governor as a democrat. he said no and return to chattanooga jumping back into business then he became involved and then became t

i led a fight in tennessee to evaluate tennessee teachers. the hardest thing i was ever involved in. great big fight with the education association. but we did it. and 10,000 teachers went up the career ladder. bought into it. when you order it from washington, they don't buy into it. understoodnt bush that. so with his national education goals, his volunteer national voluntary his national tests, they were all voluntary. imposed from washington, d.c. he created an environment where states and cities and adopt them.could and they were lasting. of the steps, including my state of tennessee, have taken to make schools better in the last 30 years were either or encouraged by thege h.w. bush since national governors summit in 1989. that includes charter schools. '92, president bush encouraged every community to create start-from-scratch he called them. and many did. schoolsed new american development corporation with the help of deputy education secretary david kearns. $70 million and gave grants to that. my last act as education wasetary for pre

that i want our kids to be raised in tennessee. i have always considered knoxville and east tennessee to be home. steve: over the years based on your records you had a lot of pressure within your own party, not always voting the way your party wanted you to vote. how would you describe your politics, ideology, and how do you respond when you get pressure from lincoln leadership to vote one way and you vote the other? rep. duncan: the biggest thing was they found out that i was leaning against the war in iraq. they called me to the white house and the in a secure room with condoleezza rice and the head of the cia. asked the president economics adviser, a harvard professor, he said a day or two before that a war would cost us $200 billion or more. i asked about that and condoleezza rice said if anything it would be $50 billion or $60 billion and we would get some of that back. that had to be the worst estimate in the history of the world. i told them if you get past the traditional conservative positions against foreign aid and we ar

that i want our kids to be raised in tennessee. i have always considered knoxville and east tennessee to be home. steve: over the years based on your records you had a lot of pressure within your own party, not always voting the way your party wanted you to vote. how would you describe your politics, ideology, and how do you respond when you get pressure from republican leadership to vote one way and you vote the other? rep. duncan: the biggest thing was they found out that i was leaning against the war in iraq. they called me to the white house and the in a secure room with condoleezza rice and the head of the cia. the president 's economics adviser, a harvard professor, he said a day or two before that a war would cost us $200 billion or more. i asked about that and condoleezza rice said if anything it would be $50 billion or $60 billion and we would get some of that back. that had to be the worst estimate in the history of the world. i told them if you get past the traditional conservative positions against foreign aid and defic

but he was a man that was from rural tennessee, grew up in the mountains, had the equivalent of a third grade education and ended up having a couple life-changing experiences and ended up getting drafted with over 4 million other men for world war i and ended up with a company g, the 328 infantry of the 82nd all-american division, shipped to france, and in the argonne forest, is where the action, where he's best known for, and that's where he killed around 25 germans and captured 132. >> we will take a look at highlights from the film and learn about him. what are your best memories of your grandfather? you were 17 when he passed away. >> i was. some of the best memories, one of the best is i got in trouble with my father one time and he wouldn't let my father spank me. i got behind my grandfather and he told him, he's a good boy. it's okay. but i guess the legacy that he left me of doing for others, he was extremely patriotic, probably the reason i went in the military and stayed for 31 years, but he was an all-around fantastic individual, who was very caring, very loving and jovial. >

gentleman from tennessee is recognized. mr. roe: mr. speaker, i have no further mr. speakerers at this time. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has the only time. the gentleman is recognized. mr. roe: once again i encourage all members to support this 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 h.r. 6418, as amended. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the -- the gentleman from kentucky. r. roe: i -- mr. massie: qui the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking the vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20 , further proceedings on this uestion are postponed. for what p

a film called sergeant york about a man from tennessee, his life in wartime actions. ♪ >> i'm not going to war, war is killing in the books against killing >> wonder the poor and to caesar the things which are caesar's and unto god the things that are god's. >> keep undercover. >> a trailer from the 1941 film, sergeant york starring gary cooper, joining us from new york is jim mulholland and retired colonel gerald york, who was your grandfather and what we need to know about him? >> he was a fantastic grandfather. but, he was a man from rural tennessee, grew up in the mountains, had the equivalent of a third grade education but ended up having a couple of life-changing experiences and ended up getting drafted along with 4 million other men at world war i. he ended up with the company in the 3/28 infantry in the 82nd all- american division. a trip to france and in the argonne forest is where the action where he's best known for , where he killed around 25 germans and he and his men captured 132 . >> we will take a look at the highlights of the film and learn more about him but what are y

we are so grateful for the balance of measured leadership of the senator from tennessee. he reminds us the best of our history for what it is the senate stood for and the role that we play. i will briefly thank him for his remarks and think the presiding officer for her hard work to make sure this letter was presented to the leaders of both caucuses with 61 signatures. we could have gotten more but in the work of that day we thought it important to get on the record and signature individual senator same we are committed to not change the rules on the senate filibuster rules regarding legislation. i'm committed to never voting to change the filibuster. i conclude by saying i think there is important work for us to do. to strengthen our wall. a number of the retiring members gave for speeches where they talked about the ways in which this body we do not listen enough we do not debate enough and if we are to play the role for which the founders intended we must do more, not less. the agreement just reached that will allow us to negotiate in good faith towards a resolution of

the scopes trial took place in dayton tennessee, a small town, still pretty hard to reach in tennessee, for what dayton had that a lot of schools didn't have at this time and a lot of other towns didn't have at this time, was a small group of boosters who thought once the state legislature had passed the butler law, which is debate over provisions that basically it was illegal for any teacher in the public schools, public funded schools in tennessee, to teach any theory that man is descended from animals and that contradicts the divine story of creation as noted in the bible. once legislature passed the butler law and the governor signed it, with expressing that nobody would be a fool enough to enforce a law like this. his intent was to prove that the legislature believed in the bible. the national civil liberties union at the time thought that the butler law was a terrible loss. it conflicted with freedom of speech in the first amendment and also conflicted with the rights of teachers and that was one of the reasons why the civil liberties union had been created to defend the rights o

the scopes trial took place in dayton tennessee a small town, still pretty hard to reach in tennessee. what dayton had a lot of other schools didn't have at this time are a lot of other attempted never this time, was a small group of boosters who thought once the state legislature passed the butler law, which is debated information but basically it was illegal for any teacher in public schools, publicly funded schools in tennessee, to teach any theory that man is descended from animals and that contradicts the divine story of creation as noted in the bible. once legislature passed the butler law and the governor signed it, with expressing understanding that nobody would be for for the to actually enfa lien -- a lot like this can his intent was to prove the legislature believe in the bible. the national civil liberties union at the time thought that the butler law was a terrible law. it conflicted with freedom of speech in the first amendment and also conflicted with the rights of teachers. that was one of the reasons why the civil liberties union had been created, , to defend the righ

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the gentleman from tennessee. mr. roe: reserve. and i have no further speakers and am prepared to close, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from tennessee is prepared to close. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. takano: mr. speaker, i have no further speakers. i want to urge all my colleagues to join me in passing this important legislation, s. 2248. i want to announce my intention dr. roe, my colleague from tennessee, in the next congress, that we will preserve the sacred space that we have here, the sacred bipartisan space that we have for america's veterans in the veterans' affairs committee. and we have so much more to do and i hope it lays the groundwork for this congress to continue to heal and reach out to each other and serve america, as well as our veterans. so i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from tennessee is recognized for the remainder of his time. mr. roe: thank you mr. speaker,. i too want to e

our first speaker is a seventh generation tennessee and who has been governor of tennessee twice. he has been president of the university of tennessee. he has been the secretary of education under president george h.w. bush. now he is the chairman of the senate health committee. welcome to axios. [applause] >> good to see you. we spent a nice stretch of time remembering a great man, george h.w. bush. what it -- was his greatest contribution to health care? >> i worked with him on education. his biggest contribution in health care was the americans with disabilities act. that helped millions of americans. >> yesterday, you gave a floor speech where you said up to half of health care spending is unnecessary. that's a bold step. you defend that? >> we've had five hearings on reducing health care costs. a member of the american academy of medicine said that. 50% of what we spend on health care is unnecessary. i was so startled by that. asked the other witnesses and they agreed with him. i asked the nest -- next panel, they agreed with him, too. that means that we waste and , unnecessa

we are grateful for the balance and leadership of the tennessee. he reminds us of the history of what it is that this senate has stood for. i will simply thank him for his remarks and think the presiding officer for her hard work to make sure this letter was presented to the leaders of both caucuses with 61 signatures. we could have gotten more. in the press of the work of that day of april seven, 2017, we thought it important to get on the record and signature individual senator saint we are committed to not change the bules of thee ot senate on the senate filibuster wools regarding legislation. i'm committed to never phoning, to change the legislative'l filibuster and i'll simply conclude by saying, to my frie friend, my colleague from tennessee. i think there is important work for us to do here. strengthen our role, a number of retiring members gave speeches which this body we do not listen to each other enough. we do not debate a to enough. we do not work across the aisle enough. if we are to play the role in which founders intended us, must do

. >> the senator from tennessee and alabama and others who have worked to ensure that the next vote that we have in this chamber is on the agreement not a test vote or cloture votes but what i wanted to do is to demonstrate not all republicans are for the house bill either. there is no path forward for the house bill. the only path forward is to a bill that has an agreement between thehe president and both houses of congress and the next time we vote is the agreement not another test vote so with that i yield back. >> the senator for delaware and senator coons be recognized? >> is their objection? >> thank you to the leaders for their discussions and the vice president with his presence here today it should not be part of negotiations as a shutdown as nuclear should be part of thee warfare but to make it run for taxpayers not to shut it down some i hope is this puts us on t a path to recognize the presidents desire and then we can if finish the appropriationsw process but now what was described in a very famous movie that jimmy stewart played mister smith goes to washington democracies m

with that, tennessee. a senator: thank you, mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: i'm delighted to

republican from tennessee. >> i would like to suggest they change the law is of holding up the pay for the working people have the politicians cut their salaries and hold them until they start doing their job. >> thank you for the call from mike emanuel to say there was word from steve scalise on the fiscal year 2019 appropriations we encourage all members to remain on call prepared to vote on the house for the house is expected tomorrow at noon kentucky you are on the line. go ahead. >>caller: i would like to go back if i could to senator graham last night. stating that it could be delayed 26 years in the marine corps understanding where that expression comes from because we have a commander in chief that was never in uniform so we are hesitant but he expressed himself very eloquently with those situations he is pretty close but them for him to leave in such a dignified manner i just think this shutdown should have been avoided there were choices for both parties to work together. >> moving to rosedale new york the democratic line welcome to the conversation. >> i think the government

additional snowfall in mountains of eastern tennessee and western north carolina, we're looking at one to three inches i would say on average. for additiona rainfall, only about a quarter of an inch to half an inch a then this whole thing will pull away. temperatures don't get too cold o the back side of this storm, so that should help with some melting of all of that snow as well. kate in. >> dylan, thanks. another help wanted sign out at the whiteus the president searching for a replace.for his outgoing chief of f and needing congress to approve his picks for attorney adeneral and u.n. amba. our white house correspondent kelly do o'ell has more. >> reporter: a year-end challenge for president trump. his vacancy rate. >> people leave. people leave. >> the hurdle ahead, senate confirmation for two high-profile picks. >> he deserves overwhelming bipartisan support. she's been a supporter for a long time and she's really excellent. >> reporter: today the path for heather nauert, state department folks person and fox news alum hit a snag from senator marco rubio could not say she isqu ifi

tennessee is really proud of you. thank you, mr. speaker, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from georgia, mr. carter, for five minutes. mr. carter: mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize lieutenant john white on his service to both our nation and to the city of savannah. lieutenant white served as united states marine in the pacific theater during world war ii. there he became part of the 51st defense battalion, the first african-american combat unit. when he returned from war, he was recruited by chief roger -- james roger to join the savannah police department. on may 3, 1947, lieutenant white became the first african-american officer in the state of georgia where he continued to serve for 38 years. he is now the last surviving member of the original nine black police officers who joined the savannah police department. i want to thank lieutenant john white for his monumental service which paved the way for other african-americans to go to work each day and serve their communities in the

twice president of the university of tennessee and mister secretary of education under president george h.w. bush senator mister chairman senate health of the health committee from our alexander welcome to ask io' io's, asks - - axios. remembering george h.w. bush what was his biggest contribution quick. >> i worked with him on education but that helped millions of american families. >> you said up to half of healthcare spending is unnecessary. >> i defend that because we have had five hearings on reducing healthcare cost and we were told that and the other witnesses agreed and then the next panel so that means of the huge amount that we spend on healthcare that we waste the unnecessarily spend an amount of money that is more than a gdp of every world but nine so my goal over the next two years as chairman of the health committee is to see if we can do one or two big things to reduce healthcare cost and maybe ten or 12 little things to move the debate from insurance where we had been stuck eight years arguing about 6 percent of the market to the health care cost you will never get lower

the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: i ask consent to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. alexander: mr. president, let me begin where the majority leader stopped. it's a true story about the tunnels. senator corker was curious about smuggling supplies from egypt to gaza. others of us might have asked somebody about that. not bob corker. he hailed a jeep, rode to the border, inspected the tunnels, took photographs, and as the majority leader said, when he met with benjamin netanyahu that afternoon, showed him the photographs. netanyahu was startled. the prime minister of israel might have been surprised by bob corker's conduct, but none of us who knew bob corker were surprised. as senator mcconnell said, bob corker is always a man on a mission. with little regard for the obstacles in the way. in 1978, age 25, he had saved about $6,000, and he started a construction company. a friend of mine in maryville, my hometown, worked for him, as he built a shopping center in bl

anything about tennessee football, bright orange is the color for the tennessee vols. >> but brooke's body has been discovered 40 miles from the football stadium and investigators were still sigh stymied as to how she ended up there. >> did it lead up to maybe she was dumped here or do you think she was actually shot here? >> based off of everything that was here at the scene, it appeared she was shot here. >> the crime scene itself yielded little physical evidence. no fingerprints, tire marks and no murder weapon. only some brass as they call it. >> they found spent ammo. they found live ammunition. >> three shell casings as well as some unfired bullets all from a .32-caliber gun. that brass was sent to be tested in the lab while investigator turned their attention to one item at the crime scene that could possibly provide some quick leads. brooke's cell phone it was right there unlocked and in her purse. >> you can find a lot out about a person within seconds of going over the person's cell phone, so it was very helpful to us. >> in fact, brooke's phone provided investigators with a

additional snowfall in the mountains of eastern tennessee and western north carolina, we're looking at one to three inches i would say on average. or for additional rainfall, only about a quarter of an inch to half an inch and then this whole thing will pull away. temperatures don't get too cold on the back side of this storm, so that should help with some melting of all of that snow as well. kate in. >> dylan, thanks. another help wanted sign out at the white house. the president searching for a replace.for his outgoing chief of staff and needing congress to approve his picks for attorney general and u.n. ambassador. our white house correspondent kelly o'donnell has more. >> reporter: a year-end challenge for president trump. his vacancy rate. >> people leave. people leave. >> the hurdle ahead, senate confirmation for two high-profile picks. >> he deserves overwhelming bipartisan support. she's been a supporter for a long time and she's really excellent. >> reporter: today the path for heather nauert, state department folks person and fox news alum hit a snag from senator marco rubio

even though he is not here at the moment i salute my friend from tennessee. i look forward to seeing him in the gym tomorrow morning where i can convey the sentiments personally. i yield the floor. >> toow

. >> there's president carter and senator corker of tennessee.

it's all down to tennessee, it's august 1920. it's august in tennessee. everyone shows up in nashville, everyone, they all stay at the same hotel. they are all at the hermitage hotel, the pro-suffrage forces, the anti-suffrage forces, the liquor lobby, anybody who employs child labor is terrified of women voters. they are trotting out 400-year- old civil war veterans to say i didn't fight for this country to have girls boat. there is a suite called the jack daniels suite where the liquors lobbyists are getting everyone loaded all day long. and the entire national press corps is there in august in nashville. they are all in each other's faces, the pro-suffrage people wear roses in their lapels, somewhere yellow, somewhere both just to confuse you. there is really dirty campaigning where an anti- suffrage group will call a pro- suffrage member of the assembly and say your son is sick at your home district you need to rush home. so they would miss the boat, the pro-suffrage people are taking senators out to dinner and charming them and sending their pretties

i worked for him twice and a giant in tennessee politics. the only tennesseean ever been elected senator and a big deal in tennessee politics. he used to say what they said where he grew up, my daddy fought with the union and i vote the way i shot. republican. so that is a tradition. as you say, going back to baker, that is no longer driving a majority of the republican party particularly in the sun belt. i know lamar is a very thoughtful legislature and works quietly behind the scenes in a bipartisan way and still got two years left to raise hell without a potential primary general election. so his tennessee day is not over and a positive impact going forward. interested in a conservative base but realistic solution to fix the aca. >> we should point out. also a former education secretary. a cabinet member in the bush administration. >> and presidential candidate. >> a great pianist. he can sit there at the piano and play anything. well, to be continued. we hope we can talk to him right here. heidi and mike murphy. thank you to both of you.

my grandfather was a judge in tennessee. he used to have coffee with all the local political guys every morning downtown, and so i would go down there very young age, which may explain why i'm as strange as i am and the district attorney would be, the senators would come by. the courthouse group in shat nothing -- chattanooga and politicians were always real people and when i went into journalism, which my graft pointed out i went to print journalism which is like being the last rat to board a singing ship which i thought was unkind but accurate ultimately. what i always wanted to do was write about these great events but they were great eventes that were shaped by people, and what impresses me most about politicians and one of my many character flaws is i like politicians -- is that we all know that the folks in your line of worker fallible you make mistakes but you do great things and you bend history. and what i always try to find when i write a book about someone is what is that moment of transcendence, when all the huma

martin luther king has been shot to death in memphis, tennessee. all points bull ten placed for a young white man seen running from the scene. dr. king was standing on the balcony of a second floor hotel room when a shot was fired from across the street. in the friend's words, the bullet exploded in his face. >> on april, 1968, dr. king was assassinated. the national civil rights museum, we visit about dr. king's final days and what brought him to memphis. >> when we study the history of memphis, tennessee. there is pre-april 4, 1968 and post april 4, 1968. dr. king still had his nonviolence group following but after, you have the formation of groups such as the plan panther party and car michael calling out for black power. there is a split of which ideology and philosophy was the most effective way to combat civil rights. martin luther king became overshadowed by the young black militants. at the time, he was not receiving a high credibility in the black community. this was only supposed to be a detour to come to memphis. he had planned to come h

. >> representative elect mark green, the seventh district of tennessee, republican. how has your experience impacted you and what lessons we you bring from your experience at the state level? >> some of the things i learned in nashville was how to reach across the aisle, to build a consensus for peace of legislature or policy. particularly a bill that took me four years that ended tax on income. we had democrats supporting the bill. those lessons i will bring to washington and do those things. >> how long did you serve? >> six years as state senator. >> when and how did you decide to seek a u.s. house seat. >> it was easy when marsha blackburn decided to run for senate. i thought i could make a difference in washington. i have had a love for our country since i took an oath to defend the country at west point. i want to make sure it continues for my children to be the great country it is. >> a west point reunion. >> yes. my 25th reunion at west point, the presenter was telling us about how west point had changed since we were cadets. he put a slide up of the mission

so he goes back to tennessee and begins to plot his vindication. he runs for office. he's unsuccessful at first, but he then is returned to the senate. and he sees this as the vindication that he was right all along. he goes back up into a body that had tried to kick him out, and he's there only for a few months, and he dies in 1875 of a stroke on a trip back to tennessee. so it is a -- it's an amazing story of a person who is, as i said, enigmatic and probably will be forever closed to us in some really, really significant ways just because he didn't write. he didn't -- we don't have his voice very much. there's some question about his formal papers, how many of those things were probably prepared by other people. but we certainly don't have the kind of day-to-day, you know, statements about his -- statements from him. a few anecdotes from family about him. the andrew johnson homestead has a website that has information about him as a slave holder. but not, again, not huge reams of material about this person whom i think as i said was one of the most -- had one of th

. >> representative elect mark green, the seventh district of tennessee, republican. has your experience impacted you and what lessons we you bring from your experience at the state level? >> some of the things i learned in nashville was how to reach across the aisle, to build a consensus for peace of legislature or policy. particularly a bill that took me four years that ended tax on income. we had democrats supporting the bill. those lessons i will bring to washington and do those things. >> how long did you serve? >> six years as state senator. >> when and how did you decide to seek a u.s. house seat. marshaas easy when blackburn decided to run for senate. i thought i could make a difference in washington. i have had a love for our country since i took an oath to defend the country at west point. continuesmake sure it for my children to be the great country it is. >> a west point reunion. >> yes. my 25th reunion at west point, the presenter was telling us about how west point had changed since we were cadets. he put a slide up of the mission of west point and said

i was in east tennessee these last few weeks. we like the fact that you could see the great smoky mountains, and they are not the great smoggy mountains anymore. and the reason that's true is because of the clean air act, more than anything else, which is required coal plants when they operate to put, to put pollution control equipment on them. they can still operate. there's nothing to keep a coal plant from operating in this country as long as you put pollution control equipment for mercury, nitrogen and sulfur on it, and then they can be perfectly clean. that doesn't include carbon. but carbon you can't see it. we like to see, like we like to see the mountains. and decisions that were made that had to do with exhaust from trucks and cars. so america is healthier, cleaner, and we can attract businesses to our state now that we're, now that our air is clean, because before that, that was a problem. and the americans for disabilities act, that was a difficult law to pass and a difficult law for many parts of our country to accept

they advanced obamacare in tennessee, but you can fight back. vote to replace the tennessee supreme court. find the liberals on your ballot. connie replace judge clark. make your stand. ms. bannon: with that -- [laughter] quite a transition. we have one of the subjects of these very nasty attack ads, justice robin hudson, with us. love for you to tell us a little about this experience of being attacked, and reflect the appropriate and inappropriate ways to talk about judicial issues in the course of justice hudson: i'm still sitting on the supreme court of north carolina. it is our duties to speak out and educate the public and encourage respect for those institutions. i am happy tot a, give background about this experience. i was elected to the supreme court of north carolina in 2006. weike these federal judges, have to stand for reelection. i was up for reelection in 2014. inally the biggest challenge a nonpartisan statewide election is to get anybody to pay attention, so that's what i was doing. february is the filing, the filing period, seem

president, president of the university of tennessee, he's been mr. secretary, secretary of education under president george h.w. bush and now senator and mr. chairman, chairman of the senate health, education, labor and pension committee and the health committee, chairman marl alexander, welcome to axios. >> thank you. >> you just spent a nice stretch of the nation's time remembering a great man, president george h. westchest w. bush. what was his biggest contribution to health care? >> i worked with him on education. the biggest contribution to health care was the american for disabilities act. that -- that helped millions of americans and american families. >> senator alexander, yesterday you gave a floor speech where you said up to half of health care spending is unnecessary, that is a bold stat. how do you defend that? >> well i defend it because we've had five hearings on reducing health care costs and dr. brett james, who is a member of the american academy of medicine said that. he said 30% to 50% of what we spend on health care is unnecessary

>> no. >> ed told police he was at home, far away in eastern tennessee. and revealed that despite those steamy spect e texts, he and heather hadn't actually seen each other in person if years. >> we had discussed seeing each other. i guess it would have been well about another month. >> ed insisted to police he had into idea where heather was, but he did give them a big clue. he told investigators, in fact, he spoke to heather on the phone the very night she disappeared. he we heard something on that call alarming then. even more alarming now. >> i called her, she answered. and immediately i could hear kind of arguing. >> ed said he we heard a man's voice in the background during that call. but who's voice was it? he's been acting more and more like his dad. come on, guys! jump in! the water's fine! tom pritchard. how we doin'? hi, there. tom pritchard. can we get a round of jalapeño poppers for me and the boys, please? i've been saving a lot of money with progressive lately, so... progressive can't protect you from becoming your parents. but we can prot

that was the first loss for tennessee. >> here are the pro bowl selections. the raiders have three wins and 11 losses, not a lot of guys on the pro bowl but they did have some alternates. the tight end, rodney hudson the center and the offense of lineman. that means if someone bows out they will play. >> in look at he has caught kutztown -- touchdown passes in three consecutive games. >> he doesn't get in the end zone a lot but lately, he has been doing good and derek carr is going to him. he himself is getting a kick out of this. >> i have been part of teams in the past where you don't see the goal line for five weeks. so when teams let me do this, i can get lost. someone told me it was 34 games since i scored. >> as for the 49ers, they did have two members make it to the pro bowl and that would be the fullback and he is going for the third consecutive year, and a backup, it is george kittle who has come into his own. he is the first 49er tight end to go over 1000 yards in a seonate warriors have the night off. they won their game against the grizzlies last

nicholas has been waiting in nashville, tennessee, on the line or 29 and under. caller: good morning. i am glad to come across this conversation today. i want to ask about the speakers thoughts on the leadership organization and structure of today in the black revolution because often times, they talk about the focal points that it was the heart and soul of those movements, and every action, but the reality is they were not. i am curious on what you think about how the revolution looks today and the organized structure and is there anything you want to highlight from your experiences from your life for people who are under 29 and for that next generation, what would you like us to learn or pay more attention to? host: kathleen cleaver, i will let you start. guest: what is important to understand is they were mass organizations of people in the united states triggered in large part by the dislocations of the war in vietnam but the sense of hope, also, that it would change and that king and people like him or articulating a different vision for america and they wer

visit ncicap.org] announcer 1: our visit to memphis tennessee -- memphis, tennessee was c-span's cities tour. we have traveled to u.s. cities and you can watch more of our visits on c-span.org. up, a conference examining verbal attacks against the media and courts. jamesike pompeo and mattis on meeting with their canadian counterparts. after that, newsmakers with brock long starting at 10 clock p.m. and the communicators with ajit pai. next, part of a conference on verbal attacks on the judiciary and the media. judges outlined their concerns with the president's criticism of the judicial ranch and his questioning of their rulings. [applause] >> thank you for that introduction. by settinge to begin the stage for today's discussion. we are here to speak about attacks on judicial independence and what that means for the courts and american democracy. there's going to be a lot to say. many of the judges have personal experiences to draw from on this issue. some of the most high profile attacks have come from the president. remember when donald trump issued the first travel band executive or

>> the senator from tennessee. >> mr. president, the senator from delaware, senator be recognized. >> is there an objection? >> i want to thank senator corker, senator flake, senator mcconnell and schumer for their discussions. the vice president, i thank him for his presence here today. in my own view, govern and shut downs are be a part of budget negotiations anymore than chemical weapons should be a part of warfare. we were elected to make the government run for taxpayers, not to shut it down. my hope is this will put us toward a path for a result and recognize the president's desire for increased border security, which we support. which many democrats support as well. >> get out of it. >> that senator allison or lamar of tennessee and they have a deal where they say they are going to only negotiate to a final agreement. not a bunch of back and forth. they just want to make a deal. some progress made, although no certainty that they can avoid and shut down midnight tonight. >> you know what that makes me want to talk a

in tennessee and later in texas by insisting on manhood. his independence, honor, and ability to protect and romance whatever woman he chose. based on that vision, he claimed equal citizenship. this had nearly gotten him killed by white men in texas, too big for his britches, and when he left to join the army he did so to prove himself what he called a man to the flag, to gain international recognition and in part just to get out of town. he was somehow separated from his group and i think it is a red cross worker and it offered him cigarettes or hot chocolate. he wrote in his recollections i decided today was the day a negro would get some hot chocolate . toiling on the decks allowed his notions of manhood to refract to a jim crowe army. and allowed him to refine those missions through limited interactions with white europeans and foreign people of color. unloading a ship and green struck up a conversation with the ship's captain. they always wanted to meet the people who came on the boat because any person who went from country to country

the state of tennessee passed a law forbidding the teaching of the theory of evolution in tennessee public high schools. the aclu, the american civil liberties union, wanted to challenge the constitutionality of this law. so they put together and financed a case. recruited a tennessee high school teacher, a substitute science teacher, a young guy named john scopes who agreed to purposely incriminate himself by making a point of teaching the chapter from their textbook on the theory of evolution and then urging his own students to testify against him to them out and get him in trouble so that he would be charged with this crime and it would go to trial. that is exactly what happened. this turned out to be an amazing publicity opportunity for the little town of dayton, tennessee. 200 reporters descended on the town in july 1925. a few thousand spectators from various parts of the south and further afield. if you had walked down the street of dayton in july you would have seen trained chimpanzees playing on the courthouse lawn, billboards featuring a picture of a champ drinking the local vari