it was all hands on deck thing, and here was walter jones making noise. it made them look bad, splintered. and the committee gavel thing was really the show of force from the republican leadership at the time. guest: absolutely. i can remember the annual pentagon policy bill and what happened then is a member then on thateven more dug in position, he is frustrated with leadership, and a guy like walter jones does not really hold back. if you propose amendments in these committee markups for these policy bills, would usually then aligned with the far left. in national security, at least on the surface, it appears to be an odd coalition of people on the right and left, the libertarians and the really liberal wing of the democrats. he would join with them on amendments, and boy the republican leadership on the committees would make sure those went down and went down hard. guest: you just mentioned the house this week will vote on a bill similar to what walter jones may have written. it is to get u.s. forces out of yemen. the saudi war on yemen. a lot of civi

our colleague and our friend, walter jones was kind. he quoted, washington, d.c., is the spirit of arrogance and christ is the spirit of ue humility. walter had the spirit of christ. didn't matter if you were a waiter at his table or intern, he extended the same respect to everyone and in his heart he never pleeved he was any better. his chief josh who has been with im for 16 years remind me that people in washington, d.c., kiss up and punch down. he did the opposite, he would punch down and kiss up. he was a true southern gentleman who followed his heart. and whether you goode with him or not, walter displayed the type of courage we could all hope to possess. he was willing to admit when he was wrong like the time he voted for jimmy carter. he would admit it in front of god, in front of his colleagues and to 750,000 constituents. that's true courage. walter's conscience guided his every vote and action in the six years that i knew him. 11,266, that's the final number of letters that walter jones personally note offering his apologies a

host: one guy who always worried about the debt and deficits is walter jones. died yesterday. the congressman from north carolina, a 24 a veteran of capitol hill. what will your member about walter jones? guest: he was fascinating. he was really his own person. toryone up here one -- wants think they think on their own and will just represent their constituents, but walter jones truly was that guy. he was the guy, to the pain and frustration and detriment of his own leadership, he would go to the courthouse and call for the removal of troops from iraq, no explicite was congressional authorization for that at a time when it was really making george w. bush bad. walter jones, a libertarian leaning republican, would join up with some very libertarian leaning democrats, sort of in the bernie sanders mold you see nowadays. he was a thorn in the side of his own leadership. they hated it at the time. of course now, everybody is praising that as a very singular minded -- host: you covered him? guest: i cover defense and national security issues on the hill for years. congressman jones

our colleague and our friend, walter jones was kind. he quoted, washington, d.c., is the spirit of arrogance and christ is the spirit of ue humility. walter had the spirit of christ. didn't matter if you were a waiter at his table or intern, he extended the same respect to everyone and in his heart he never pleeved he was any better. his chief josh who has been with im for 16 years remind me that people in washington, d.c., kiss up and punch down. he did the opposite, he would punch down and kiss up. he was a true southern gentleman who followed his heart. and whether you goode with him or not, walter displayed the type of courage we could all hope to possess. he was willing to admit when he was wrong like the time he voted for jimmy carter. he would admit it in front of god, in front of his colleagues and to 750,000 constituents. that's true courage. walter's conscience guided his every vote and action in the six years that i knew him. 11,266, that's the final number of letters that walter jones personally note offering his apologies a

. -- health had declined walter jones. go to c-span.org. fellow republican michael was as says my friend faithful public servant. his wife reflected his deep commitment to helping fellow north carolinians and fellow people. i express my sympathy to his wife joe anne. nancy pelosi tweeted that it was with great sadness that i learned of the passing of walter jones. he treated people with compassion. so many grief with and pray for them at this time. died on his 76es birthday. >> c-span's coverage of political events continues tonight as president trump travels to el paso, texas for a make america great again rally. ara live coverage is on c-span2 at 9:00 eastern. ♪ >> the c-span bus recently traveled to louisiana, asking folks what is it need to be american? >> to be an american means you are part of a community. you are able to come -- you're able to overcome obstacles that are diverse in many ways. >> to be an american is a mindset that you can do anything you put your mind to, no matter what background you come from. w

. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> news reports say that congressman walter b junes -- walter b jones has died. he has served since 1995 and was a member of the armed services committee. his father, walter b jones, senior, also served in the house as a democrat who represented north carolina's first district. in january, his staff released a statement saying the congressman was in declining health and was in hospice care. wife andvived by his daughter. congressman walter b jones was 76 years old. >> c-span coverage of political events continues monday night, as president trump travels to el paso, texas, 48 rally. our live coverage is on c-span2 at 9:00 p.m. eastern. >> on thursday, senator edward markey of massachusetts and representative alexandria ocasio-cortez of new york unveiled a green new deal proposal that calls for energy and environmental measures to address climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. this runs 35 minutes.

first you're right, there's a funeral for congressman walter jones today. many members are attending and told they should be back at 6:30 for votes. it also takes time for them to take the pages of this bill and process them appropriately and literally walk them down the hallway from the senate to the house. so we need time for that. last time we were going through this process, there was a hiccup or snag that delayed the process for an hour or two but usually is not a big issue, it simply keeps everybody here at the capitol a little longer. so -- >> kasie -- >> we were anticipating a 9:00 p.m. votish. >> something is developing now. let's go to garrett. have we concluded this vote in the senate? >> looks like wrapping it up, ali. last count i'm getting, it's just been called. the last count i have is not fully up to date but they got at least 84 yes votes here. as i was saying, still an overwhelming passing vote here despite the folks that voted against this both on the left, mainly the presidential candidates, folks we know about and on the right folks i

. >>> republican congressman walter jones of north carolina has died. confirming his death yesterday saying after faithfully representing the people of east carolina and congress in the state legislator for over 34 years, jones passed way. his office says he was placed in hospice when his health declined after breaking his hip last month. jones died on his 76th birthday according to "the washington post." >>> dozens of schoolteachers are set to walk off the job today. negotiators in for teachers in denver schools for six hours on saturday, after which union leaders announced they would go through with the strike as planned. the two sides have been negotiating for 14 months how to improve the pay scale for teachers which the union says is tie today the teacher's turn over rate. >>> seattle is still digging out after one of the heaviest snowstorms to hit the city in decades. now there is more snow on the way. the national weather service says seattle could get another 6 to 8 inches by tuesday. it is already the snowiest february on record in seattle with

and certainly walter jones and ohn dingell. today is also a day of sadness because it marks the one-year anniversary of the parkland tragedy. of gun violence. one year ago, america's heart was broken by the horrific act of violence in parkland, florida. today we remember the 17 lives that were stolen from us then. i'm very pleased that last night, the house judiciary committee under the leadership of jerry nadler, and with the full participation of our members, took a strong step to end the epidemic of gun violence and they advanced h.r. 8, the bipartisan, commonsense background check legislation. our committees are hard at work, i'm very proud of our freshman. i've said to you before that in this freshman class we have 18 chairs of subcommittees, to contrast that to the -- another historic freshman class, the water gate babies when they came in with all of the size and enthusiasm that they did. they didn't have one subcommittee chair in the first year that they took office. so we're very proud of that 18 of them have gaveled.

and the same goes for one of our north carolina delegation members, walter jones. his family, jo ann and ashley, who served faithfully for north carolinians for a quarter of a century. certainly we will remember those as we have already tonight, in our prayer caucus in praying for both families. i don't really have any speeches written out tonight but to want to talk about a couple of areas that i believe are continuing to impact our country. maybe two of the foremost areas. border security and then we'll talk a little bit about where our country stands in the pro-life movement. let me start with border security. this seems to be happening in realtime. in fact, just last night, mr. speaker, i received a phone call from a local sheriff who is part of the 3,000 sheriffs representative in the national sheriffs association. you see, they are becoming more and more concerned as we get less and less as a body concerned about border security. they reached out to me last night and said, we would like to deliver, 50 of us would like to deliver a letter to the capitol, to me

i too miss my friend, walter jones. just greatly treasure the hour , it week we spent together was a fitting tribute today at his funeral. i do want to address this bill we just passed. i'd hoped to vote for it, after i was hearing, well, it's not much money, it's less than $2 billion. but the trouble is, there's provisions in here that are going to make it difficult to remove anybody that's here, if they got a child in there and, yes, i know there's language that says if it's based on information shared by h.h.s. -- so that means they're going to be covered up with discovery requests, four-year requests. probably people will find obama judges that let people out. this was not a good bill in the end. that's why i had to vote no. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. jackson lee: madam speaker, h

and certainly walter jones and john dingell. today is also a day of sadness because it marks the one-year anniversary of the parkland tragedy. of gun violence. one year ago, america's heart was broken by the horrific act of violence in parkland, florida. today we remember the 17 lives that were stolen from us then. i'm very pleased that last night, the house judiciary committee under the leadership of jerry nadler, and with the full participation of our members, took a strong step to end the epidemic of gun violence and they advanced h.r. 8, the bipartisan, commonsense background check legislation. our committees are hard at work on very -- work, i'm very proud of our freshman. i've said to you before that in this freshman class we have 18 chairs of subcommittees, to contrast that to the -- another historic freshman class, the water gate babies when they came in with all of the size and enthusiasm that they did. they didn't have one subcommittee chair in the first year that they took office. so we're very proud of that 18 of the

certainly walter jones and john dingell. today is a day of sadness, because it marks one year anniversary of the parkland tragedy of gun violence. one year ago, america's heart was broken by the horrific act of violence in parkland, florida. today, we remember the 17 lives that were stolen. i am pleased that last night, house judiciary committee with the full participation of our members took a strong step to condemn the academic of gun violence and advanced a bipartisan common sense background check legislation. our committees are hard at work. i am proud of our freshman. i have said to you that in our first christian class, we had 18 chairs of subcommittees. with another historic freshman class, when they came in with all of the enthusiasm that they did, they did not have one subcommittee .hair we are very glad that 18 of them had dribbles and become enthusiastic and well prepared. all of the members, but especially, of course, our subcommittee chairs. so we're very hard at work on our for the people agenda. while we're wa

both of the jones, walter jones and john dingell. today is a day of sadness. it marks the year anniversary of the parkland tragedy of gun violence. one year ago, america's heart was broken by the horrific act of violence in parkland, florida. today we remember the 17 lives that were stolen from us then. i'm very pleased that last night house judiciary committee and the leadership of jerry nadler with the full participation of our members took a strong step to end the epidemic of gun violence. they advanced hr-8, the bipartisan common sense background legislation. our committees are hard at work. very proud of our freshmen. i've said to you before, in this freshmen class, we have 18 chairs of subcommittees. to contrast that to the over -- another historic freshmen class, watergate babies when they came in with the sighs and enthusiasm that they did, they didn't have one subcommittee chair in the first year that they took office. we're proud that 18 of them have gavels. by all accounts, they come enthusiastic, well-prepared. all of the members, especially our su

congressman walter b. jones jr. was 76 years old. >>> a work week begins and so does the countdown to another government shutdown. >> lawmakers and president trump ave until friday to strike a compromise or face the possibility of putting hundreds of thousands of government workers out of work again. news 4's tracie potts joins us live. what are the chances that a deal is made in a short time? >> 50cc0,ding to one lawmaker who is familiar with these negotiations. right now, talks have broken down over the weekend.la akers don't have a plan for when they're going t regroup and try to come up with some sort of border security deal to keep the government from shutting down again on friday. the issue they're hung up over is how d tol with immigrants already in this country. scaling back raids on those who ve not committed crimes and how much prison space will be set f aside those who have. until that is worked out, democrats not really woling t give up a number on any barrier. ile white house says the president wasng to

and certainly walter jones and john dingell.

certainly walter jones, god bless him now. we would all be in north here.na were we not [applause] and john. i never met john. as big john,john as the chairman, my predecessor said to me. call everybody by their first name. titles.al in because you're not playing the politics here. ministering to john. who is ministering to nancy, ministering to patrick, ministering to -- you're andstering to brothers sisters in christ. and so i came to know john. and john over the years was to see me, as it was mentioned. perch on his little there, in the second row on the democratic side, along with kildee. they looked like the two old muppets, you know, that -- [laughter] >> that sat there and commented on everything. and argh argh argh, you know. [applause] when he retired, went detroit. and those times that he'd come back to the hill, god bless john. me up and want to see me. john.f course, and so i would come over to would sitffice and we down. and the first question was, so important thing i need to know, father, is are you doing well.

. >>> north carolina is mourning the loss of 13-term congressman walter jones. the republican lawmaker died yesterday on his 76th birthday after suffering complications from a broken hip. known for his reversal on the iraq war, jones wrote more than 11,000 letters to dead service members' families apologizing for his vote. north carolina congressman mark walker says jones served with conviction and humility. house speaker nancy pelosi called jones a gentleman who treated colleagues on both sides of the aisle with kindness. >>> we turn to that winter wallop in northern california. hundreds of drivers stranded for hours on an interstate after a heavy storm forced it to shutdown. according to officials the snow brought unsafe travel conditions across a 95-mile stretch of interstate 80. whiteouts and spinouts expedited the road closures. some people remained stuck on the shutdown interstate for at least 18 hours and they were forced to sleep in their cars. the roads have since been cleared and reopened. it's beautiful with those trees but certainly -- that's pretty.

and right now many of our colleagues are in north carolina to get celebrate the life of walter jones, our colleague from north carolina. a beautiful, lovely man. i've served with him skpervand with his father, who different parties. his father, a democrat, walter, a republican. but both of them southern gentlemen, patriotic americans, both of the joneses, and certainly walter jones and john dingell. today is also a day of sadness, because it marks the one-year anniversary of the parkland tragedy of gun violence. one year ago, america's heart was broken by the horrific act of violence in parkland, florida. today, we remember the 17 lives that were stolen from us then. i'm very pleased that last night, the house judiciary committee and the leadership of jerry nadler with the full participation of our members took a strong step to end the epidemic of gun violence and they advanced hr-8, the bipartisan common sense background legislation. our committees are hard at work, i'm very proud of our freshman. i think i've said to you before that in this freshman class, we had 18 chairs of subcom

jones passed away so the governor's going to have to call a special election there too so north carolina is going to be in the national and world spotlight for two congressional elections one has been because it's a purple state and the kind of back and forth between the blue and the red is right here in north carolina so it looks like that tension or that drama will continue oh yes i want to go to the national level so bernie sanders as enter the race going back to our previous interviews from a couple years ago we've talked about these burning extent of what are your thoughts now bernie has entered the race now the front runner i believe in new hampshire i think the race is different now than it was in two thousand and sixteen where we had a pewter front runner you know secretary hillary clinton and bernie came in there is a challenger now bernie has had four years to be building his message our revolution getting out who he stands for what he is and and we have a whole lot of challengers in the race but bernie is the one who's. who's stood up before and said here's what he wants here'

jones passed away so the governor's going to have to call a special election there too so north carolina is going to be in the national and world spotlight for two congressional elections what has name because it's a purple state and the kind of back and forth between the blue and the red is right here in north carolina so it looks like that tension or that drama will continue oh yes i want to go to the national level so bernie sanders as answer the race going back to our previous interviews from a couple years ago we've talked about these burning extent of what are your thoughts now bernie has entered the race now the front runner i believe in new hampshire i think the race is different now than it was in two thousand and sixteen where we had a pewter front runner you know secretary hillary clinton and bernie came in there is a challenger now bernie has had four years to be building his message our revolution getting out who he stands for what he is and and we have a whole lot of challengers in the race but bernie is the one who's. who's stood up before and said here's what he wants her

of course we have the funeral services for john dingell in the morning and for walter jones, who has passed, the distinguished gentleman from north carolina, in the afternoon. with that, let me yield to our vice chair, kath lynn clark. ms. clark: thank you, mr. chairman -- katherine clark. ms. clark: thank you, mr. chairman. and good morning to all of you. while the president may be content holding the government hostage, democrats are moving forward. and focusing on the challenges that are on the top of the mind of american families. democrats are focused and hard at work on our for the people agenda. just last week transportation and infrastructure committee held a comprehensive hearing on investing in roads, bridges, mass transit, ports, airports, schools, water systems and energy grids. just yesterday my colleague, rosa delaura, introduced the family act, which would -- delauro, introduced the family act, which would provide 12 weeks for family leave, protection for workers who take leave. and the natural resources committee has had three climate change hearings just this week. o

of course, we have the funeral services for john dingell in the morning and for walter jones, who has passed, the distinguished gentleman from north carolina, in the afternoon. with that, let me yield to our vice chair, katherine clark. ms. clark: thank you, mr. chairman. and good morning to all of you. while the president may be content holding the government hostage, democrats are moving forward. and focusing on the challenges that are on the top of the mind of american families. democrats are focused and hard our "for the people" agenda. just last week transportation and infrastructure committee held a comprehensive hearing on investing in roads, bridges, mass transit, ports, airports, schools, water systems and energy grids. just yesterday my colleague, rosa delauro, introduced the family act, which would provide 12 weeks for family leave, protection for workers who take leave. and the natural resources committee has had three climate change hearings just this week. one happening right now is the impact of climate on tribal communities. for the first time, deb holland, a congressw

jones passed away so the governor's going to have to call a special election there too so north carolina is going to be in the national and world spotlight for two congressional elections one has name because it's a purple state and the kind of back and forth between the blue and the red is right here in north carolina so it looks like that tension or that drama will continue oh yes i want to go to the national level so bernie sanders as enter the race going back to our previous interviews from a couple years ago we've talked about these burning extent of what are your thoughts now bernie has entered the race now the front runner i believe in new hampshire i think the race is different now than it was in two thousand and sixteen where we had a pewter front runner you know secretary hillary clinton and bernie came in there is a challenger now bernie has had four years to be building his message our revolution getting out who he stands for what he is and and we have a whole lot of challengers in the race but bernie is the one who's. who's stood up before and said here's what he wants here'

wasressman walter b jones 76 years old. monday night on the communicators from the state of the net conference in washington, d.c. we will discuss internet regulations and monitoring with rebecca's letter and -- rebecca slaughter. they can say to industry, here are the rules of the road. here is how you have to treat traffic and privacy. and we do not have the ability to do that across the board when it comes to consumer protection issues. we have much more limited role making authority and we have sector specific laws that protects some data some of the time. but data is not housed in sector specific silos anymore. >> people mean so many different things when they talk about privacy that it is hard to see how congress does anything specific. people have not yet agreed on what the problem is. i think there are a lot of areas where people could agree that these are the types of injuries we are trying to stop customers from suffering. and i think we could get there but for now the conversation is very vague and talks about pr

congressman walter jones has died. he was known for his voice and voting record within the gop. he was the only republican to vote against the tax overhaul. he said it would inflate the deficit. he also called his early support of the iraq war a mistake. jones had been absent since he september. entered hospice care last month. he was 76. theresa may trying to buy herself more time to renegotiate the brexit deal. she sent a letter to jeremy corbyn offering more talks after you proposed a february 26 deadline for her to win support for her deal. she is prompting parliament to have a say over what happens next issue cannot set and accord by late march. global news 24 hours a day, online and at tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm kailey leinz. this is bloomberg. vonnie: thank you. we speak with the ceo of spirit airlines, ted christie. is he concerned about the prospect of another shutdown? this is bloomberg. ♪ guy: live from london, i'm guy johnson. vonnie: live from new york, i'm vonnie quinn. -- abigailttle doolittle

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certainly walter jones, god bless him now. we would all be in north carolina were we not here. [applause] and john. i never met john, i never knew john as big john as the chairman, my predecessor said to me, just call everybody by their first name. don't deal in titles. don't deal -- because you're not playing the politics here. you're -- you are ministering to john. you are ministering to nancy. you are ministering to patrick. you are ministering to ben. you're ministering to brothers and sisters in christ. so i came to know john. and john over the years was always happy to sit -- see me as was mentioned, he sat in his little perch there in the second row on the democratic side, along with dale kildee. walter -- ooked like the two old muppets. sat there and commented on everything. yeah, yeah, yeah. [applause] and then when he retired, went back to detroit, and those times when he would come back to the hill, god bless john, he would call me up and want to see me. of course, john. and so i would come over to debbie's office and we would sit down. his first question was, so, th

and north carolina congressman walter jones has died. he was known for his independent voice and voting record within the gop. he was the only republican to vote against the tax of all. he also called his earlier support of the iraq war a mistake. he has been absent from congress since september. he was 76 years old. and ever in having its first teacher strike in a quarter century. it's unclear how many of the educators in the city are taking part in a walkout over salary. denver schools remaining open on the first day of the strike, with the substitutes filling in. the governor says it will cost about $400,000 a day to keep the schools running during the strike. global news 24 hours a day, on air and at "tictoc" on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm courtney donohoe. this is bloomberg. guy? guy: thank you. we are through the auction process, this is how the stock index has a settled in europe. up, but not a great deal. and volume not exactly confirming a big upswing either. in ter

. >>> we want to take a moment to remember republican congressman walter jones of the state of north carolina. he died yesterday. he was a 13-term congressman. he'd been in hospice the last month after he fell and broke his hip. his health declining shortly after that. >> he was a conservative known for his independent streak. but he wasn't always a republican. he switched parties in 1994. he was very well known for publicly regretting his vote to authorize the iraq war. in 2007, he had a pointed message on the state of politics in this country. listen to this. >> i am seeing a great nation in the last few days of being a graduate nation. and it's because we have those in washington, d.c., who are not doing their job to protect the constitutional rights of the american people. >> regretting that iraq war vote, he spent a lot of his time in his final days writing a letter to the family of every fallen soldier in iraq. he felt that was his obligation having authorized this war. the congressman planned to retire before the end of his term. there will be a special election to fill his co

and a passing to note: north carolina republican congressman walter jones died sunday on his 76th birthday, aer suffering complications from a fall. jones served in congress since 1995, and gained a reputation for being a political maverial. he was ini a passionate supporter the 2003 invasion in iraq, but later became an outspoken critic.wr jonee letters to over 11,000 families of fallen soldiers as a form of penance. still to come on the newshour: new reporting details decades of sexual abuse committed by southern baptist church leaders. almost a year after a chemical weapons attack, the british city of salisbury struggles to regain its footing, and much more. >> woodruff: 20 years and 700 victims. that's just part of the shocki revelations contained in a joint investigation by the "houston chronicle" and the "san antonio express news" into sexual abuse, assault and cover-up within the southern baptist church, the largest protesnt denomination in america. the report is called "abuse of faith." william brangham has more on the findings. >> brangham: this series makes for very difficult rea

we learned earlier republican congressman walter jones of north carolina died today on his 76th birthday. jones was first elected to the house in 1994 and would go on to serve 12 terms. he gained fame trying to achieve what he called penance for his vote on the iraq war, reportedly signing 11,000 letters to dead service members since 2003. and this week we also said did bye to the former dean of the house, democratic congressman from michigan, john dingell. a world war ii veteran, dingell was the longest-serving congressman in american history. he a 59-year run which he served under every president from eisenhower to obama. he was a champion to the auto industry, exposed government corruption and helped write most of our nation's environmental and energy laws. he was instrumental in passing medicare legislation and when it came time for president obama to sign the affordable care act into law, dingell was by his side. he was also known for his incredible wit and pretty incredible twitter game. some of our favorites, quote, 99% of you don't even deserve 140 characters. thanks. quote, staf

jones. my prayers. to your question, it is alarming what andrew mccabe is saying. but i'm not all that spruzed. they're looking at what we're all looking at, a president acting strange towards russia. it's not as if it's not something a lot of people were talking about and it's behashta for a long time. >> we got a president that mouth be working for moscow and he fires the fbi director investigating h investigating him on that issue and they go is this president out of control? and getting a majority of cabinet members to yank him as uncopable of service as president. >> it's interesting, complicated and my experience with mccabe, he was a very smart, dedicated, meticulous fbi agent and so i think his version needs to be taken sooriously. but as the story goes this was a conversation that took aplace across the street. and it involved, as mccabe is tell it, senior doj officials, none whom seem to be corroborating his version of events. it's going to take further explaining by mr. mccabe to

jones' before he passed away. >> final question, mccray dallas, has he faced criminal charges as of yet? >> no, he has not and we actually checked in with the district attorney today who is overseeing the criminal investigation of this manner. it's a separate parallel investigation. she has been monitoring this hearing all week. she's expecting the state board to send over their filings to their office and one thing she stressed no one got any immunity for the testimony that they provided. >> yeah, that's another shoe that seems like it will surely drop soon. joe, thanks for your great reporting on this. >>> republicans have been fear mongering about fictional voter fraud by democratic constituents for years. the president even set seth up panel to investigate millions of claims, millions of fraudulent votes in 2016. naturally, the panel found nothing because there was nothing to find. in texas the republican secretary of state had to apologize for a false claim about supposed thousands of illegal votes, one of course the president tweeted about. the grand irony of course is that th

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congressman walter b. jones jr. was 76 years old.n >>> update in the legal saga between amon founder jeff bezos and the owner of the national enquirer. an attorney for the tabloid is coming to its defense. bezos is accusing the tabloid of extortion over selfies. last month, the paper printebe text messageeen him and his alleged mistress. he says e company that threatened to own the magazine threatened to publish pictures of bezos unless he stopped the investigation. the attorney the ceo denied that it's extortion and called journalistic negotiatio >> absolutely is not extortion and not blackmail. i think bezos and amhave interests in resolving their differences. >> the owner of "the national enquirer" and president trump, are reportedly very good friends. bezos believes his owning of "the washington post" led the president to attack hi >>> tonight, president trump and beto o'rourke will host competing rallies in el paso. the president is expected to draw a large crowd and make his argument for building a wall. o'rou

. >>> this just in republican republican north carolina congressman walter jones has died. he entered hospice care in greenville for a prior hip injury. jones was perhaps best known for being a staunch supporter of the iraq war going so far to spearhead a campaign banning the word french from house cafeteria items in response to france's open opposition to the war. remember freedom fries? congressman jones later had a change of heart becoming one of the war's most prominent republican critics. jones leaves behind his wife as well as a daughter. >>> as the president gets ready for his rally in el paso and congressional negotiators try to hammer out a deal on funding a border wall, preparations are already underway to put one up in a texas town, part of a prior budget and some neighbors are not too happy about it. madelyn rivera explains. >> very relaxing to sit out here. >> there's no telling what you will see at rio grande valley state park. >> a lot of birding centers, a lot of places to stop and relax. >> within days visitors might see something else. heavy machinery has

and several members are going to north carolina to the funeral walter jones. i talked to steny hoyer. he is the house majority leader. he said they're 99% there. they have most of the bill in form. most people should know what is going to be there. but there are always those details and people i want to see them. i talked to tom graves, he is a republican congressman from north carolina. he is one of conferees he is undecided. there was this idea floating around capitol hill, even before the idea of cr, continuing resolution before i need to read the text. we need time to digest it. not a bad time to hit the pause button. the hitting pause button, what old saying on capitol hill what starts to stink after three days, house guests and fish and legislation. even though a lot of members might not like what is this in, that would be an evident to kill the bill, put it out over the weekend, in week or maybe towards the end of the month, that's a problem. the other key is they have to get the vote matrix right in the house of relationships. i'm told most house democ

meanwhile, t funeral for congressman walter jones was held this afternoon in greenville, north carolina. the long-time republican lawmaker was first elected in95 he died sunday on his 76th birthday, after suffering complications from a fall. the denver teachers strike has ended after three days. they went back to work today after negotiators reached a tentative deal overnight. it raises pay by up to 11%, witt built-in in f-living adjustments. the deal still must be ratified by the teacher union'sand file. a federal watchdog is reporting extensive problems with how student loan accounts are handled. the education department's inspector general says companies and groups that service the loans are not giving borrowersed the help they it also says the offenders mostly get off with hely a slap onrist. student loan debt in the u.s.5 totals $illion. on wall after news that retail sales riipped in december. the dow jones indu average lost nearly 104 points to close at 25,439. the nasdaq rose six points, butl the s&p 500 fe seven. still to come on the newshour: the implications of form c trump c

meanwhile, the funeral for congressman walter jones was held this afternoon greenville, north carolina. the long-time republican lawmaker was first elected in 1995. he died sunday on his 76th birthday, after suffering complications from a fall. the denver teachers strike has ended after three days. they went back to work today ter negotiators reached a tentative deal overnight. it raises pay by up to 11%, with built-in in cost-of-living adjustments. the deal still must be ratified by the teacher union's rank and file.wa a federahdog is reporting extensive problems with how student loan accounts are handled.pa the education ment's inspector general says companies angroups that service the loans are not giving borrowers the help they need. also says the offenders mostly get off with only a slap on the wrist. studenloan debt in the u.s. totals $1.5 trillion. on wall street, stocks struggled after news that retail sales slipped in december. the dow jones industrial average lost nearly 104 points tclose at 25,439. the nasdaq rose six points, but, the s&p 500 fell seven.to stilome on the new

jones. so we might be waiting for one more person to vote. this will pass in the senate in the next five or ten minutes with an overwhelming vote hand should give the house of representatives enough air cover to pass this later tonight. >> if you can, stay there for us. the white house in the meantime says they're very prepared for legal challenges. what could the fallout be from this? with me, robert wray. everybody is guessing but the overarching theme is there could be legal challenges and drag it out for a long time what are the specific challenges? >> depends who brings them, whether they have standing to challenge the legislation. i guess it's a good thing that we now have a new attorney general. because the justice department obviously will be principally responsible for defending the administration's actions in this regard. at least some progress has been made. looks like we'll have legislation and pass both houses. the president is committed to signing it. he's indicated he will dec

jones of north carolina who began serving in 1995. died yesterday at age 76. the chamber will gavel in at noon eastern. the senate is back at 3:00 p.m. we begin following the release of the green newl

jones's before he passed away. >> final question. mccrae dowless, has he faced criminal charges as of yet? >> no, he has not. and we actually checked in with the wick county district attorney today who is overseeing the criminal investigation of this matter. it's a separate parallel investigation. she has been monitoring this hearing all week. she's expecting the state board to send over their findings to their office. and one thing she stressed, no one got any immunity for the testimony they provided. >> that's another shoe that seems like it will surely drop soon. joe bruno, thanks again for all your great reporting on this. >>> republicans have been fear-mongering about fictional voter fraud by democratic constituencies for years. the president even set up a panel to investigate what he claimed were millions, a preposterous claim, millions of fraudulent votes in 2016. naturally the panel found nothing because there was nothing to find. in texas the republican secretary of state even had to apologize for a false claim about suppose

jones in north carolina. many members are flying to that funeral. they will go to that funeral and return to washington and only then can the votes begin ton this package. now, as to what's in theag pa what have we learned today? a couple of new things. we know this deal cludes a 1.9 pay increase for federal workers, also $1 billion for the census. that's something they have been asking for and even more. judy, very specific about the border barrier money we have been talking about, it saysil 55, 45 miles for land fencing and 10 miles for levies. one other hing, there are still negotiations going on tonight between leadership sources over two things, one, whether contractors should get back pay as part of this deal. the other thing, should the violence against womenbe extended as it is, which republicans want, or shoulde theremore restrictions on, sarks weapon ownership by potential abusers, tt's what democrats want. >> woodruff: fascinating how the otr issues arise in a situation like. this yamiche, the big

jones in north carolina. many members are flying to that funeral. they will go to that funeral and return to washington ay then can the votes begin ton this package. now, as to what's in the package, what have we learned today? a couple of new things. we know this deal cludes a 1.9 pay increase for federal workers, also $1 billion for the census. that's something they have been asking for and even more. judy, very specific about the border barrier money we have been talking about, it says 55 miles, 45 miles for land fencing and 10 miles for levies. one other thing, there are still negotiations going on tonightrs between leap sources over two things, one, whether contractors should get back y part of this deal. the other thing, should the violence against women ae extended as it is, which republicans want, or should there bmore restrictions on, sarks weapon ownership by potential abusers, that's what democrats want.as >> woodruff:nating how the other issues arise in aio situlike. this yamiche, the big question

. >>> republican congressman walter jones of north carolina has died. jones spent 34 years in the state legislature and congress. he's probably best known for his about-face on the 2003 invasion of iraq. he initially supported it and then became a fierce critic of an unnecessary war. the congressman's office says he was placed in hospice when his health declined after breaking his hip last month. he died on his 76th birthday. >>> all of my friends in seattle are enduring their snowiest february in history. and more snow is on the way. the city could see another six inches of snow through tuesday. there's been flight delays and cancellations. obviously, slick roads as you're seeing on your screen. it may make driving hazardous. this is an unusual series of snowstorms peltsing the pacific northwest. it even brought snowfall to las vegas. >> i have friends in seattle. >> name them. >> i also have falls in niagara falls. >>> the biggest names in music coming together for the 61st annual grammy awards. diversity was front and center throughout the night. wom

jones, who was an original co-sponsor. i miss him tremendously. and i know he would be down here speaking on behalf of this resolution. since 2015, the united states has participated in the saudi-led military campaign in yemen without authorization from congress. and we have helped create and worsen the world's largest humanitarian crisis. 22.2 yemenis, 75% of the population need humanitarian assistance. at least 85,000 children under the age of 5 have died from war-related hunger and disease. our involvement in this war, quite frankly, it is shameful. that's why this bipartisan measure to end the united states' unconstitutional role in this war is so important. i've long pushed efforts to repeal the overly broad 2001 authorization for the use of military force. i urge my colleagues to vote yes on h.j.res. 73 and to support this bipartisan bill to end the united states' role in the war on yemen. the chair: the gentleman from new york reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. mccaul: mr. chairman, i reserve. the