national guard itself is demilitarized institution. its hybrid. the head is, there was a lot of debate about this new national guard and human rights groups were really concerned. so when the constitutional amendment was passed, they did rather than have the ministry of defense in charge of, a civilian is in charge. it's the secretary of secured and civilian protection. however, if you look at the makeup of the national guard,, most top commanders are indeed members of the military. and also it's something to note about the national guard. it was created to address the public security crisis, but president trump place a lot of pressure on the mexican government, on amlo, to address the migration crisis from the northern triangle, and he threatened to place significant tariffs on mexican goods. and it is exchange amlo, and exchange, in order to not place the tariffs on the mexican goods, amlo promised to send 6000 national guard members to patrol mexico's southern border, the border with guatemala to stop central american migrants. so a

guard we continue to observe heightened risks for national guard members as part of the asr the department published suicide data for military members for the first time suicide rates for spouses and dependents and calendar year 2017 were comparable to or lower than the us population rate after accounting for age and sex based on those findings the department targeted areas of greatest concern the young and enlisted members as well as continuing supporting her family's suicide is a complex interaction we must address those many aspects we are committed to addressing suicide comprehensively to the common health approach guided by the defense strategy the dod has ongoing efforts underway they support seven key strategies which include identifying and supporting people at risk to have delivery of suicide care teaching coping and problem solving skills with a protective environment to strengthen economic support and to prevent future risk. take for example identifying and supporting people at risk teaching young servicemembers how to respond to red flags on social media to help those with resp

i think the absence of a national guard is more of a short-term fix. basically meant that the crisis has just continually worsened over the past is months. a few points i wanted to make. again, i appreciate sort of being able to build off of what rebecca put on the table is that -- seeing this from the perspective of drug trafficking organizations and organized criminal networks throughout mexico, i think the situation on october 17th was very revealing to all of them because basically, this was the day, in a city of a million people, capital city of the state of sinoloa. this is a place where the national guard should have been present and weren't necessarily there in the numbers they ought to have for what was semessentiy the capturing of two, at least one, of el chapo's sons, on the books as being part of the membership or leadership of the s sinoloa cartel. as many folks in the audience, i'm sure you know, they did capture the youngest of the sons and then within hours you had 375 armored vehicles just descend from the mountains, and just a firefig

national guard, itself, is a militarized institution. it's comprised of members of sevena. there are members of the federal police but both sedena and semar, the mexican army and mexican navy are part of this institution so it's hybrid. there was a lot of debate about this new national guard, human rights groups were really concerned. so when the constitutional amendment was passed, they did rather than have the ministry of defense in charge of it, the actual a civilian is in charge. it's the secretary of security and civilian protection. however, if you look at the makeup of the national guard, most top commanders are, indeed, members of the military. and also, something to note about the national guard, i mean, it was created to address the public security crisis, but president trump placed a lot of pressure on the mexican government government, on amlo, to address the migration crisis from the northern triangle and he threatened to place significant tariffs on mexican goods and in exchange, amlo in exchange, in order to not place the

population rates after accounting for age and sex differences with the exception to the national guard, we continue to observe heightened risks for our youngest service members, as part of the azar the department published suicide data for military members for the first time, suicide rates for military spouses and dependents in calendar year 2017 or comparable to or lower two than the u.s. population rates after accounting for age and sex, based on the findings the department must and will do more to target areas of greatest concerns our young enlisted members and national guard members as well as continue to support our families. >> we know suicide is a complex interaction of many factors and our efforts must address the many factors that impact suicide. we are committed to addressing suicide comprehensively through a public health approach, guided by the defense strategy for suicide prevention the d.o.t. has many ongoing and future efforts on the way. they su these efforts support n key strategies which include, identifying and supporting people at risk, strengthening access and deli

a national guard blackhawk helicopter went down, killing all three people on board. what investigators are just revealing about the flight. >>> also developing this morning, the deadly shoot-out after a massive police pursuit. the 20-mile-long pursuit ending in an exchange of gunfire between police and the two suspects. the dramatic end to it all caught on camera. >>> new this half hour, the christmas controversy swirling around the man who's now been dubbed the peloton husband. >> the social media outrage building over the actor in the stationary bike commercial depicted as being an overbearing husband. now he's speaking out. >>> the adorable adoption that will touch your heart. a little boy inviting his entire kindergarten class to his adoption hearing. you cannot start your weekend without seeing this on this friday, december 6th. >>> heartwarming. >> we need heartwarming, we need children to light up our lives. and that little boy's story, i mean -- >> got me. >> i dare you to keep a dry eye after we show you that video coming up. >>> we do need that on this frid

army national guard black hawk going down in st. cloud, minnesota, sending out a mayday just minutes after takeoff, disappearing from radar. the black hawk, like this one here, with three crew onboard. a search revealing the wreckage a short time ago burned against the snow there. abc's david kerley covers aviation, with what we know so far. >> reporter: tonight, as darkness was falling, the search for a missing army black hawk helicopter ended with a grim discovery. >> it's a catastrophic crash. there's dark marks all along in the tree line. >> reporter: the burned wreckage discovered just inside a tree line after an intense search. >> helicopter in mayday. they're not seeing it on the radar at all. >> reporter: the minnesota national guard black hawk, with three onboard, took off from its base at the st. cloud airport mid-afternoon. about nine minutes later, according to emergency radio calls, the mayday was called in with the helicopter 10 to 15 miles southwest of its base. >> can we get some other transportation out here, in cas

guard for his distinguished career and public service. as a man of wisdom, kindness, and selfishness, representative rogers has made a positive impact on our state that will last generations. i am grateful for the example representative rogers has set for those serving in elected office and i wish him many years of happiness in his much deserved retirement. thank you. i yield back.

army nation guard black hawk gng dnow sding out a mayday just mesutin disap radar. is the black hawk, like this one here, with three crew onboard. the search inalve timge ago, burned against the snow there. abc's david kerley covers aviation, with what we know so far. >> reporter: tonight, as darkness was falling, the search for a missing army black hawk helicopter ended with a grim discovery. >> it's a cataschiop marks alln the tree line. ediagckscovered just inside a t day.thll national guard black hawk, with three onboard, took off from its itn a with the helicopter 10 to 15 miles southwest of its base. >> can we get some other transportation out here, in case we have to go out into the wilderness? >> any snowmobiles that maybe we should get pointed in that direction? >> reporter: even before the discovery of the wreckage, the minnesota national guard tweeted, "our thoughts are with our soldiers and their families at this time." the black hawk is the army's workhorse helicopter. in september, one crashed at ft. polk, louisiana, killing one of the four soldiers on

flags were lowered to half-staff across minnesota today in honor of three army national guard soldiers killed yesterday in a helicopter crash. dean reynolds is in st. cloud, where the black hawk crew was based. >> reporter: eyewitnesses said the doomed black hawk helicopter hit the ground hard, crashing near a stand of trees in the little town of marty, minnesota. it took off from the st. cloud airport at 1:55 p.m. yesterday, and was in the air only nine minutes or so, when authorities heard a distress call. >> reporter: the crew from the minnesota national guard was said to be on a routine maintenance flight. it took two hours to find the wreckage. there were three guardsmen, and they all perished, less than three weeks from christmas. they are the latest military fatalities due to noncombat- related accidents, which in recent years have far outnumbered those lost in combat. minnesota governor tim walz served in the guard for 24 years. >> my heart breaks for the families, the friends, and the fellow soldiers. the coming days will be dark and difficult. >> reporter: the farm where the

to increase national guard's members accessibility o to. >> withee expect to federal budget interak tir if to help with every day life stressors f we're developing a communications campaign to promote safe storage for firearms and medication tone sure family's safety. we provide additional current efforts, floonk and i'm happy to explain of to better measure effectiveness of our suicide efforts. partnership is integral in reaching our goals. we work closely with federal, state local and other government lawmakers to continue to ensure our tool kit and improve our resources for service members and their families. i thank you for your unwavering dedication for the support of our men, women and families who support our great nation. i welcome your insights, your input and your partnership. i fully recognize that we have more to do and i take this -- >>> chairman tillis, ranking member gillibrand, thank you for having us here. i'm honored to be here. every life lost is a tragedy. as a physician and former line officer, i've been shaken by sue suedes, so let me discuss what i've seen. our mi

guard have contributed to our national defense in these past 18 years. some of us may recall the role of the guard and reserve during the vietnam war era where that was often a refuge for service members who were not expecting to be called into active duty, or called into service. but gone are those days. the national guard and reserve are called up frequently and often on multiple deployments and they have served our country tremendous with patriotism. so i have to say that i'm very pleased that we're moving forward with a study. i think it is a travesty if our reservists and guard cannot document their service-connected injuries and not be able to collect the benefits that they deserve down the road. with that, i urge all my colleagues to join me in passing h.r. 4183 as amended. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 4183 as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative

we also have a very excellent national guard. both army and navy guard and they do work all around the globe. as every member here can attest to the power of the national guards. their systems over and fargo flying the uavs, is just remarkable what they do. it's remarkable what they contribute to the national defense in our air guard and fargo, the happy hooligans. the bases similar in its founding as a minus, is now a global hot base where they do important isr work. and again, the future of war fighting, the importance of good intelligence is so critical. and the airmen in grand forks are second to none in carrying out those initiatives. so the strategic pic of my assignments, again designed to complement senator hoven and serve the good people of north dakota. let's just spend a little time talking about my service in the house of representatives. because it is the people's house. i love the people's house. senator kuhn served in that house of representatives from south dakota and he knows what it's like to be the only member

. >>> also breaking this evening, the crash of an army national guard black hawk has late details. what do we know about this >> lester, unfortunately, this looks like a tragic end to a search that has been going on all afternoon. you can see the wreckage in the snow three minnesota national guard troop -- soldiers were on that flight they were conducting a maintenance test flight that lifted off from the st. cloud airport and lost communication shortly after 2:00 making a mayday call nine minutes into the flight radio transmissions indicate rescuers zeroed in by tracking cell phone pings by occupants on the helicopter there is no official word tonight on the condition or identities of those aboard, lester >> ron mott, thanks foe >>> to hawaii in the deadly shooting at pearl harbor where a gunman opened fire killing two and injuring a third victim tonight we're learning more about the gunman miguel almaguer is there with late details. >> reporter: gunfire panic and terror at pearl harbor police and medical teams rushing just after 2:00 p.m. on wednesday the u.s. military base locke

you said 40 years or so in uniform with the pennsylvania national guard. as a member of the military, dated you see this insider mentality -- did you see this insider mentality? in terms of areas of military affairs and foreign affairs, do you see that deep state in the military thwarting of some of what president trump wants to do? guest: i am concerned about it ever since i was a private and moving through the ranks, you had differences with your command, your leadership and your duty was to state your differences and make the case. as soon the command says you have made your case, this is what you are doing, your job is to salute and move out and do the best of your ability to complete the mission the commander has given you whether you agree or not and if you are so vehement in your [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national able satellite corp. 2019] >> hello. so i am the co-chair of the democratic party and we are the volunteers

he spent six years in the georgia air national guard as a young man. he spent half a century since then as one of his fellow veterans best friends at any level of government. under johnny's chairmanship the veteran affairs committee test scores of the bills, more accountability at the va, mora education benefits e, better community care programs, better procedures for when veterans appeal a determination, and updated g.i. bill with no more expiration date. of course, johnny's landmark built the v8 mission act is now law provided many of the most insignificant reforms in the history of the va. taking power away from bureaucrats and giving it back and yet somehow, in the midst of compiling this singular record for our nation's veterans, johnny racked up legislative successes that impact literally every american. from securing root protections to ensuring education policy, to combating the hunger worldwide. one look at thes list of the las and you'd be forgiven for thinking he never had a problem he cannot solve. alas, every senator sometimes encounters r

the new york national guard now on standby. a plane skidding off a taxiway in buffalo, its wheels stuck. the system claiming 11 lives. including two children in a vehicle washed away on a flooded arizona road. a third child is still missing. a new storm is slamming the coast in the west. abc's alex perez starts us off from chicago. >> reporter: tonight, a major storm marching towards the northeast turning deadly, slamming tens of millions of people, forcing delays on what's expected to be the busiest air travel day ever in the u.s. in buffalo, this jet sliding off an icy taxiway. the roof of this car nearly sheared off after crashing into a truck in icy conditions in niagara falls. albany is in the bullseye of the storm, expecting more than a foot of snow. abc's stephanie ramos is there. >> reporter: millions of people are expected to hit the roads today here in albany, new york. conditions continue to worse as the roads ice over. governor cuomo placing the national guard on standby as the storm moves through the northeast. >>

guard now government officials say they plan to double the number of national guards troops by the year 2021. catalan suppresses protesters have disrupted one of the world's most watched football matches by throwing inflatable balls onto the pitch there was a heavy police presence around the game between bus alona and real madrid known as 0 class ago as protesters used the global t.v. audience to broadcast their calls for independence to has more from boss alona and i know now that clashes between the police and demonstrators came even before the match started and the violence and anger grew as the evening progressed the protest was coordinated by an organization calling itself democratic tsunami demanding independence but catalonia. they estimated 25000 demonstrators answered their call on social media to stage a rally at the el classico match the original game was cancelled in october following violent clashes on the jailing of catalan leaders. barricades have now been set alight around the stadium as the match and its final few minutes at least been trying to avoid confrontations but

. >>> also breaking this evening, the crash of an army national guard black hawk helicopter in minnesota. ron mott has late details. what do we know about this >> lester, unfortunately, this looks like a tragic end to a ended 30 miles later search that has been going on all afternoon. you can see the wreckage in the snow three minnesota national guard troop -- soldiers were on that flight they were conducting a maintenance test flight that lifted off from the st. cloud airport and lost communication shortly after 2:00 making a mayday call nine minutes into the flight radio transmissions indicate rescuers zeroed in by tracking cell phone pings by occupants on the helicopter there is no official word tonight on the identities of those aboard, lester >> ron mott, thanks for the update. >>> to hawaii in the deadly gunman opened fire killing two and injuring a third victim tonight we're learning more about the gunman miguel almaguer is there with late details. >> reporter: gunfire triggering panic and terror at pearl harboration shortly after 2:00 making a police and medical teams rushing jus

to tackling organized crime in fact is that way to to increase in violence so the national guard that locals article creates. with his new presidency is in fact the me and that may be cloaked in in a so-called civilian disguise but in fact remains the same for the same. training and in the navy in mexico has been certainly the court that this is related to the war like. problem and so it seems that that will lead to an increase in the by that so if you're saying that excessive force is the reason why there are so many homeless sights on mexico streets and this is why the because 100 and over 120 people killed in one day seems astonishing and it's time to see the current policy of the mexican government. well we census 2007 that a.p.s. violence has increased in mexico so where into the 2nd decade of a war on drugs and still thirty's in mexico generally have a policy of take no prisoners and in that sense normal rule of law institutions using the justice system to ensure that crimes properly investigated there is a principle approach to counter these mechanisms are not being relied on s

now on the scene you can see there's a lot of police that russia's national guard are also on the scene rushes in. comedian have a look have launched a criminal investigation and they have qualified this as its terrorist act you can still hear sirens on the street more law enforcement officers are coming there is there are there are ambulances here as well and i don't know if you showed the footage off how when the shooting happened initially and there were people. wounded on the street and you could see that people were helping to take care of people on to the ambulance and delivered them to the ambulance tents and they were that delivered them to the hospital probably it was one of those 2 federal security offices who the medics are working on at the moment and now once again rush is that all secure service have just confirmed that there was indeed just now want to see ellen said but and he never made it inside the federal security service building and he was pushed away by the federal security officers and later liquidated now once again this is a developing story can see there's sti

he spent six years in the georgia air national guard as a young man. and he spent the half century since then as one of his fellow veterans best friends at any level of government. under johnny's chairmanship, passed literally scores of bills. more accountability at the va. more education benefits. better community care programs, better procedures for when veterans appeal a determination, an updated g.i. bill with no more expiration date. and of course, johnny's landmark bill, the va mission act. it's now law providing many of the most significant reforms in the history of the va. taking power away from bureaucrats and giving it back to veterans, and their doctors. yet somehow in the midst of compiling this singular record for our nation's veterans, johnny wracked up countless more legislative successes that impacted every american, from securing pension protection to reforming education policy, from regional infrastructure projects hike the savannah harbor expansion, to combatting hunger worldwide. one look at the list of laws bearing johnny's fingerp

. >>> also this morning, new details on the national guard helicopter crashing into the snow covered woods. three crew members killed. what they were doing at the time of the crash. >>> don't mess with me. house speaker nancy pelosi fires back at a reporter asking if she hates president trump. what she said overnight about the next step in the impeachment process. plus, former vice president joe biden's fiery exchange with a voter face-to-face about his son's business dealings in ukraine. >>> vanna white one-on-one, the "wheel of fortune" star reveals her experience hosting the show alone without pat. was she nervous? >>> the heartwarming video of a boy who invited his entire kindergarten class to his adoption hearing. what he's saying this morning. >>> and the appealing work of art that just sold for big money. the price tag driving some people bananas. >>> good friday morning, everyone. i'm marci gonzalez. >> and i'm kenneth moton. janai is off. >>> we begin with a wild police chase and a shootout that left four people dead in south florida. the highway looked like a war zone as po

flags were lowered to half-staff across minnesota today in honor of three army national guard soldiers killed yesterday in a helicopter crash. dean reynolds is in st. cloud, where the black hawk crew was based. >> reporter: eyewitnesses said the doomed black hawk helicopter hit the ground hard, crashing near a stand of trees in the little town of marty, minnesota. it took off from the st. cloud airport at 1:55 p.m. yesterday, and was in the air only nine minutes or so, when authorities heard a distress call. >> reporter: the crew from the minnesota national guard was said to be on a routine maintenance flight. it took two hours to find the wreckage. there were three guardsmen, and they all perished, less than three weeks from christmas. they are the latest military fatalities due to noncombat- related accidents, which in recent years have farbered thosn combat. umoutn minnesota governor tim walz served in the guard for 24 years. >> my heart breaks for the families, the friends, and the fellow soldiers. the coming days will be dark and difficult. >> reporter: the farm where the black ha

we also happen to have a very excellent national guard. both army and air force national guard that does important work, not just locally -- and they do great work locally, but around the globe, as i think every member here can attest to the power of their national guard. their i.s.r. systems over in fargo, flying the u.a.v.'s, it's just remarkable what they do. it's remarkable what they contribute to the national defense in our air guard in fargo, the 119th, the happy hooligans. the grand forecasts air force base, as i said a base that was similar in its founding as minot is now a u.a.v. base, a global base where they do important i.s.r. work. again, the future of war fighting, the importance of good intelligence is so critical. and the airmen in grand forks are second to none in carrying out that mission. so the strategic pick of my assignments, again, designed to complement senator hoeven and serve the good people of north dakota. i will spend a little time talking about my service in the house of representatives because it is the peopl

guard buds are right now. you can see that said there is a there are fewer police cars fewer law enforcements and the situation has normalized to just a few words about so where we all are this is the heart of the russian capital of the famous. street which was made to a pulp literature of the people world cup in the summer of 2018 is just a few meters away from one of our russia's. oldest and biggest to choice stores is also right across the street here russian the kremlin is about 500 meters away and so is the russian parliament russian presidential administration building is also right here so this is just a paint a picture for you and for you where we are this place is full of the restaurants of boutiques and office building sand when the incident occurred at just after 6 pm people are just about says leave they're all workplaces and go shopping once again there's a huge toy store here and had their sale and being more well flacco better word successful there would have been a lot more casualties right now

retired from pennsylvania national guard, combat missions in iraq in 2009, 2010. let me ask you about a story yesterday about troops in the middle east. "the wall street journal" reported that the administration is considering 14,000 troops for the middle east, this after the president withdrawing many of our troops from syria. the president said that's wrong. he tweeted this yesterday. do not believe any article or story you read that uses anonymous sources having to do with trade or any other subject. only accept information that has actual living name on it. the fake news media makes up many sources/stories. what's your sense of this ask, which may come from the administration? >> well, i heard up to 14,000. that hasn't been verified by the pentagon. at the same time, while as americans we want to have this information, especially when it involves our members in uniform that may be put in harm's way, there's also a tactical advantage to making sure we don't telegraph and we don't report the exact numbers, where they're going to be and so on and so forth. iran i

he spent six years in the georgia air national guard as a young man. and he spent the half century since then as one of fellow veterans' best friends at any level of government. under johnny's chairmanship, the veterans' affairs committee has passed literally scores of bills. more accountability at the v.a. more education benefits. better community care programs. better procedures for when veterans appeal a determination. an updated g.i. bill with no more expiration date. and of course johnny's landmark bill, the v.a. mission act. it's now law, providing many of the most significant reforms in the history of the v.a. taking power away from bureaucrats and giving it back to veterans and their doctors. yet somehow, in the midst of compiling this singular record for our nation's veterans, johnny racked up countless more legislative successes that impact literally every american. from securing pension protections to reforming education policy. from regional infrastructure projects like the savannah harbor expansion to combating hunger worldwide. one look a

we will not speculate about possible use of the virginia national guard. a man on death row was supposed to be the first executed by the federal government in more than a decade but his punishment is on hold tonight. matt finn explains why. >> reporter: inside the death chamber at this federal prison the first federal inmate in 16 years was scheduled to be executed this week but 72 hours before the supreme court blocked the trump administration's plan to execute the inmate by a pulled the lower court's day. the prisoner is one of 5 different inmates william barr announced are set to be to put to death under the administration's return to capital punishment. >> the issue is how the execution will take place, the three drugs versus one drug. that is operative here. >> reporter: at the heart of the legal battle is lethal injection substance. william barr has approved a new single lethal injection replacing the previous combination of three chemicals that caused botched executions, sparked outrage among death penalty opponents. >> every time the government com

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you national guard gasoline. and so they resort to using their batons to dig through other people's waste be genuine but tell me what you got an actual. we did. one of us and. the money is. 0 to us here. at h. the model moon has already spent 2 years rifling through waste in search of plastic that's more than enough to know that there is only one moved to the recycling business here i'll need the strongest to make it. all go where it resides. the next joke i'm buying no more no over. more than just about the door and out. it's time to clean the windscreen and head elsewhere. we go to meet the people who dictate the neuron the new market for recycled plastic . we find them in the suburbs of dar es salaam. these are the companies who buy plastic bottles this one is the largest in the country. before coming here we never would have been match and filming anything quite like this. a mountain of empty plastic bottles that you have to climb with 70 kilo grams on your head. that 1st will. almost fascinated by this blue

the fuel storage outfit that is so important to the fighter wing of the air national guard. language for our direct hiring authority. we expand that to make sure civilians that are being hired in places like mcaliceter and tinker continue to be able to serve there. and those civilian service folks are so incredibly important to our national security. that was just in the ndaa that passed this week. there are 12 proposals bills that we have been working on for months. i'm glad the house has finally come to a decision to be able to work through this impeachment process, we can actually get on to the 12 appropriation bills because they affect a lot of things for oklahoma. appropriation bills that are moving through tomorrow will have things like $50 million for medical student education that is really important to us for the university of oklahoma and oklahoma state university in the awards that they have received from medical education. we have been through our share of disasters this year and flooding in oklahoma. the funding to be able to continue those grants and that proce

you have 108 national guard roops. these men -- listen to this, the soldiers that fight at fort stevens are college tudents. peed this up a little bit. we will talk about the battle now. you will see it will be coming from frederick maryland. we will get to rockville, maryland right here. his infantry shifts to the east and down towards dc. his calvary will head down to eorgetown. he will run right below that, with georgetown. coming out of the rockville pike, you can see the ship coming down, we call it georgia avenue today. this was originally called for pennsylvania, there was a tower here, they could not see for miles away because of the ust. what happened on the morning of july 11? he would make his advanced directly toward the capital. this is where the battle really begins at. he said he will run into resistance from the veteran reserve elements, the ohio national guard, and other s1 roops protecting the city. so, let me read to you an account real quick. what does he see when he arrives in washington? this is w

the minnesota national guard said it lost contact with a helicopter shortly after takeoff from st. cloud. it was on a maintenance test flight. governor tim walz who served in the national guard for 24 years is heading to the crash site right now. now back to tucker carlson tonight. >> tucker: now that his vanity presidential campaign is over, new york mayor bill de blasio is back at work. according to analysis, he works just two hours and 20 minutes a day during his campaign. he has returned to his city full-time, what is he doing with the extra hours? one man who knows does joe piscopo, great to see you tonight. what is the mayor doing out these back? >> he goes to the gym every morning, we track it. my producer who's a big fan, hee said tell tucker high i don't like to say anything bad about anybody, he goes to the gym and brookland, he takes off and is on a leisurely -- i want this objob. >> tucker: he's smoking a ton of weed too, i'm dead serious, it's obvious. >> i don't want to make that accusation here on the show. you hear things, i heard things. >> tucker: i heard that too

andrew cuomo placed the national guard on stand-by. >> 800 flights were delayed. a plane slid off a runway in buffalo, new york. blizzard-like conditions creating havoc in the great lakes area. a strong storm system bringing feet of snow to the mountains. wind gusts of 45 to 60 miles per hour, could lead to down eed trs and power lines. let's bring in pedram javaheri live for us in the cnn weatherer in. hi, there. >> christine, a pretty healthy storm system. it will stick with us for 24 or so hours. it lingers off of the eastern seaboard. the system itself, across the eastern great lakes right now. the disruptions is widespread to its east. several flights are impacted. the temperatures across the major metro cities, too warm to support significant snow in accumulations. 50 million people have been impacted as far as winter weather alerts are in place. and parts of 20 states impacted by this, as well. it is a wide-reaching storm system. in boston, 2.8 inches of snow has come down. that led to upwards of 500 flights s being disrupted. it speaks to how busy a travel

outyork state has called 300 members of the national guard to help with snow removal. almost 800 flights were canceled yesterday and more than 5600 were delayed. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on quick take by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. david: fighting a trade war on multiple fronts. how president trump has managed to win where it matters most and that is the home front on capitol hill. we talked to lanhee chen next. power" onalance of bloomberg television and radio. ♪ david: this is "balance of power" on bloomberg television and radio. u.s. stocks are slumping with all major indices off 1% or more as president trump continues to expand his trade war, going after france, argentina, brazil, and saying he is in no big rush for a deal with china. we welcome lanhee chen, former policy director of mitt romney's 2012 campaign. start here. you've advised republicans, particularly now senator romney. what happened to free trade and the republicans? i do not see any republ

established a new national guard. strengthened their southern border. apprehensions have doubled last year. they strengthened the u.s.-mexico border and their in may we were experiencing 40 or 50 large groups of individuals of 100 or more. last month i think we had two. they're stepping up. it's a huge difference. so it really is all of that. with respect to the illegal migration crisis. on the drug crisis, we still have a ways to go. 800,000. plus that's just what we seized. we know that volumes, greater than we can probably even fathom are still getting through that border and making its way to every town, city, and state in this country. jessica: obviously barriers help in stopping people. how much wall has been built? mark: so far, 93 miles. and i think this is important. a couple of -- address a couple of false narratives out there this is something that the experts have asked for. this is something that the border patrol agents and the leadership have asked for. this isn't something that the president asked for. this president asked the expert wha

a soldier in the idaho army national guard. deployed twice to iraq. how did you learn you were adopted? >> my 11th birthday, my dad told me. >> how did it hit you? >> i didn't believe him at first. then i was devastated. they brought the newspaper clippings. i was spinning. like, this is all a joke, right? this was the biggest question in my life. who am i, where am i from? i would look up at the stars and wonder if my mom, dad, brothers, sister, or grandparents were looking at the stars that night. >> ben is on the biggest and most personal mission to date. trying to solve the mystery of his birth. like andrea, he's put his faith in one woman, c.c. moore. a world-renowned dna detective, whose work recently grabbed nationwide attention. leading to arrests in a number of cold cases. >> the same technique authorities used to arrest the suspected golden state killer. >> i've worked with dozens, maybe hundreds of foundlings by now. and so i know this is a really intense process for them. >> still ahead, andrea is about to find out some secrets get buried

minnesota national guard says it lost contact with the helicopter shortly after takeoff from st. cloud. was on a maintenance test flight. governor tim walz who served with a national guard for 24 years is now heading to the crash site. we will bring you updates on that story as it comes in. when news breaks out, we will break it. i am trace gallagher in new york. now back to "tucker carlson tonight" ." >> tucker: now that his vanity presidential campaign is over, new york mayor bill de blasio is back at work. he worked two hours and 20 minutes a day during his campaign. and he's returned to his city full time and what is he doing with the extra hours? one man who knows is host of the morning show and one of our favorite guests, great to see you. so what is the mayor doing now that he is back? >> he goes to the gym every morning. i always track it. he said tell tucker hi. i don't like to say anything bad about anybody but he goes to the gym and he has kind of a leisurely -- i want this job. >> tucker: he is smoking a ton of weed. i don't want to make that accusation here on your s

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new york governor, andrew cuomo, placed the national guard on stand-by to deal with problems. >> 800 flights were delayed. a plane slid off a runway in buffalo, new york. in the west, a strong storm system bringing several feet of snow to the mountains. wind gusts of 40 to 60 miles per hour, could lead to downed trees and power lines. let's bring in pedram javaheri live for us in the cnn weather center. hi, there. >> good morning, christine. this storm system has been such a slow-moving system. the impacts widespread into the northeast. the center of circulation is east of the great lakes. of course, it will gradually begin to shift all over portions of the northeast. we expect the snowshowers to begin in the next couple of hours across new york city. a wintry mix across the region. and gradually through the afternoon hours, a slushy accumulation. upwards of 50 million people and parts of 20 states dealing with the wintry weather pattern in place. the snowfall amounts ranging from 2 inches to a foot. 3 inches across boston logan, in the past 36 hours. that's enough to disrupt some 50

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