lansing: thank you, peter. >> what is current time? usen: it is a television program, and its uniqueness comes from that it is produced by two different entities, voice of america and radio free europe. voice of america is headquartered in washington, d.c., and radio free europe radio liberty is headquartered in proud, so it is a transatlantic show. both sides.ors on we have an anchor in washington and an anchor in prod, and they talk to each other. between two of them, they are trying to cover everything that interesting to the target audience, and the target audience is russian-speaking would like to think all around the world, but it is targeted to the neighboring countries, countries that are neighboring russia, former .oviet union areas now independent countries, for a long time, as you know, but still having a very sizable russian speaking population, who consume news, mostly delivered state-sponsored television programs. so the view of reality that they get is, let's say, a little skewed. ,o by targeting these people plus the sa

excuse me, reports to john lansing who reports to an independent board of directors. >> did you need congressional approval. >> i did not. >> it is white house position? does it end when the president's term ends? >> no, it doesn't. no. it, john reports to the board. so the board is a continueing entity. >> amanda bennett. the brand new director of voice of america. >> this is the voice of america -- >> hello, africa. >> joining us from africa. >> john lansing, what is the broadcasting board of governors? >> it's a board of governors appointed by the president confirmed by the senate who oversee the five international u.s. media entities known as voice of america where you are today, radio free asia, radio proeurope, raid profree liberty and office of cuba broadcasting. >> what is your job. >> i'm the ceo of all that. if that is even possible. that is what i do. >> what is the coordination with the different networks? >> the coordination hasn't ever been bert when i came in back in september we formed the first international coordinating committee which takes the presidents of all fi

. >> john lansing, what is the broadcasting board of governors? >> it is appointed by the president, confirmed by the senate who oversee five entities. voice of america, radio free asia, radio flee europe, liberty, middle east broadcasting service and the office of cuba broadcasting. >> host: and wauz your job? guestgust i am the ceo of all that. if that is possible. >> host: what is the coordination between the different networks? >> guest: it has never been better. when i came in in september we formed the international committee that takes the president of all five networks collectively and forms a group and they report directly to me. they coordinate on efficiency to operate more efficiently with federal tax dollars but also and perhaps more importantly operate strategically so we can have greater impact in parts of the world where free mess is limited or nan existence and we are the only presence and impact that could be felt from a free press. >> reporter: >> host: what are the hot somewhats you are focus on today? >> guest: russia, china an

. >> lansed. it is a poke. >> reporter: for what it's worth, this blood test put my cholesterol at 170. holmes wants to make this testing anywhere, anytime. she. there is no reason why these can't be distributed in very, very decentralized locations. >> your home? >> yeah. >> you think people's homes should have these? >> i think that's a very interesting space. >> but wherever the test occur, the results need to be precise and accurate and that's where the story of thernos starts to crumble. >> there were several labs that were not accurate. >> one study found the test from the retail testing sites in phoenix, arizona, to have significant discrepancies. but even more damaging, an assessment from the medicare and medicaid services of the newer california lab which question their ability to run a clinical

. >> lansed. it is a poke. >> reporter: for what it's worth, this blood test put my cholesterol at 170. holmes wants to make this testing anywhere, anytime. she. there is no reason why these can't be distributed in very, very decentralized locations. >> your home? >> yeah. >> you think people's homes should have these? >> i think that's a very interesting space. >> but wherever the test occur, the results need to be precise and accurate and that's where the story of thernos starts to

the lansing fire chief says well placed trees kept cabin all the way down stream. the cedar rapids salvation army has set up in spillville in winneshiek county to help flood victims. army staff are working from the parking lot of the citizens savings bank have been serving hot meals to people who are working to get back into their homes. major paul logan told us some people just want someone to listen to them during their tough time. "some just want to talk and just share what their experience is, and what they're going through. just to let them know that there's somebody else that cares about them."" the salvation army members will be in the parking lot of the bank in spillville through the weekend. today, governor branstad issued a disaster proclamation after flash flooding in five northeast iowa counties. they are allamakee, clayton, fayette, howard and winneshiek counties. these counties can now use state money to help with flooding response and recovery efforts. governor branstad and lieutenant governor kim reynolds will tour flood damage in winneshiek county

donald trump went to detroit and outside of lansing, the suburbs of lansing today and he talked as if there's not a republican governor of michigan. there is. i mean, he talks as if there's not a republican-controlled legislature in michigan. it is. so i understand that you want to lay the blame at the feet of whomever whether or not it's martin o'malley in baltimore or whomever the mayor may be of detroit and i know you want to lay the blame because it's an easy cop-out. >> democrats have had control of michigan. i am so glad you brought up schools bakari because your candidate doesn't support charter schools and donald trump is for school choice and that's where poverty starts. it starts in the schools. >> and let's talk about your candidate and you talk about the great years under the clinton administration. they incarcerated a lot of young african-americans and she called this group super predators. >> first of all, use the context of the sentence and not only that, but i criticized hillary clinton and will criticize her from this day forward about the usage of the term super fr p

i mean, he may be coming from lansing, just outside of lansing, which has a high black population as well. >> they weren't in the audience. >> there's 1,200 people in this town. go ahead. >> it struck me as trump's greatest hits. you know, he had obamacare, hit the wall, he hit hillary and jobs. it's like, if he's val hallen, he started with "running with the devil," went "talking about love" and then "you got me" and stayed away from "jump" or "gigolo" the soo stuff. he gave the people what they wanted. i heard it all before, but it seemed like it was more cohesive, and i guess more emotional? >> we couldn't tell if he was on prompter, by the way. >> no. that's a good thing! >> which he was, and -- >> if that's the test, he did well. >> right. well, that's what we were saying at the table and you asked, was he on prompter? he sounded very good, the delivery was excellent, he was hitting all the notes and seemed very confident and comfortable in his own skin. and like you said, he hit all the points that he needed to take. i personally liked the outreach to minorities, to the african

. >> center joe donnelly in the white in their, the fort wayne tin hats playing the lansing lug nuts in the a league and the tin hats had for three. one more thing going on this evening, a number of members tweeting about it. a national awareness on crime prevention. representative alone of new jersey tweeting thanks to first responders with -- house, thee singapore prime minister toasting at the white house. here is what that it looked like. seriouslyknow how people in singapore take their food. and singapore, even the street vendors earn michelin stars. which creates some pressure this evening. we have a lot to live up to. we were tempted to offer each of you a singapore sling or some chili crab. for those of you who know it's unmistakable scent, you understand why we are not serving the fruit in the white house. [laughter] we areis visit, celebrating 50 years of diplomatic relations between our nations. yet even as we mark this anniversary of our formal ties, we honor bonds that stretched back 180 years. the first american representative to singapore was a planter named joseph, wh

happened was as traffic started to grow, and there was the completion of i-59, the last section of lansing and port huron, once that was completed, that pretty much provided us a straight shot from east to the west. you know, a great commercial route for the trucking companies, because they could come across the structure, come from new york, going to canada, come to canada, then come right to the bluewater bridge and continue on out west, with very little interference with major cities and stuff. >> the need became obvious as they tracked all of the traffic that came across year. 47% of the traffic was passenger. but each year, we could see the increase in truck traffic. about every 10 years, the truck traffic doubled. they knew they had to do something. so, they started to do research on building a second span, but they wanted to have it look very similar. so, they actually presented different design plans, so it was still a beautiful bridge to look at. >> we started building a new bridge in 1997, and once we opened that, we closed the original. 1999, we had two structures. it made it a

newest he additions to the potter park do in lansing, michigan. it doesn't get any cuter than this, does it? >> awww. >> tey species. one a girl, one a boy born july 7. they haven't been named yet. they're getting wellness checks to make sure animals stay healthy. >> they look like raccoons slightly larger than what you might have here. they won't enter the public exhibit until late september or early october. adorable. >> no doubt about it. news 3 live. >>> outside earlier today it's >> a lot of people wondering what we can expect. should we have a wet weekend ahead of us? >> blubbingly we have the guy here with the answer. kevin is here. >> thank you so much. they cleared out by early afternoon:sun came out and the

(chief tony becker/ lansing fire dept.) "if those weren't there god knows where we'd be finding them this morning. so, fate or whatever, somebody's watching over them.""if it hadn't been for that hitting the tree, we could've been somewhere else." else."the owners of the campground offered the couple a mobile home since their cabin is basically destroyed. later this morning - governor of the flood damaged areas. areas.he issued a disaster declaration yesterday, opening up state funds to flood victims.the governor's order covers allamakee, clayton, fayette, howard and winneshiek . counties.the iowa individual assistance program provides grants of up to five-thousand dollars for many households. grants cover home or car repairs, replacement of clothing and food, and the cost of temporary housing. housing.if you need to apply for a disaster grant, you'll find a link on our website, some flood gauges across iowa have been shut down due to a budget shortfall.cbs 2 news first told you about the planned shutdown earlier this year.

here is our second group of semi-finalists -- a high-school special-education teacher from east lansing, michigan... a middle-school english teacher from des moines, iowa... and a 9th-grade math teacher from allentown, pennsylvania... and now, from dar constitution hall, here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! [ cheers and applause ] thanks, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen,

reba lansing, a significant part of peace and stability in asia. how do you envision this continuation proceeding in the next 50 years? and what role do you see singapore playing in this con next? what are some of the hot button issues that we're likely to face as the u.s. continues to reba lance? second question, you mentioned a strong bipartisan link that singapore has had with nine different u.s. presidents from both sides of the political divide, very strong record there. how would we address the u.s. leader, which is more empty globalization, for example, if you see that in november, poth bama, i have a question about the military collaboration which has been a corner stone of the relationship between singapore and the u.s. especially coming heels on the global threat of isis. the potential for military confrontation in the south china sea. how you do see singapore featuring in plans to address this going forward? last question, four more years is a phrase that we've been hearing a little bit in the past few weeks and months and while it's not

here is our second group of semi-finalists -- a high-school special-education teacher from east lansing, michigan...

two of them drawing a lot of attention in lansing michigan. the babies were born july 2nd. one male and one female. come on .those are cute. the staff is keeping a close eye on them to make sure they continue to be healthy. they won't be big enough to go on public display for six weeks or so. was in a the mom? it looks kind of >> they look like something you have to put a battery in to keep them going. they're that cute. >> that is definitely a little toy panda. >> it's always nice to end the week with a goat story but if you don't have a goat story, red panda, next best thing, people don't realize how much you love goat news. >> international goat news, kazakhstan, all the best goat news, comes from, you're right. in florida, it used to be that if a child, a senior or one of our four legged friends was trapped in a hot car you and i were not allowed to save them unless we were willing to be sued. has government lost its mind? can do. after all the love they give. dana young for the florida senate. >>> now, special coverage of the summer games at rio on news channel 8. this

here are today's contestants -- a high-school special-education teacher from east lansing, michigan... a high-school english teacher from mystic, connecticut... and an elementary bilingual teacher from joliet, illinois... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! [ applause ] alex: thank you, johnny. hi, folks. right now we have four winners of quarter-final matches waiting in the wings to make the trip to washington, d.c., to compete as semi-finalists next week. they will be joined by the winner of this game. so, bill, cory, and kaberi, good luck. here we go. categories for this first round today are... uh-oh!

here are today's contestants -- a high-school special-education teacher from east lansing, michigan... a high-school english teacher from mystic, connecticut... and an elementary bilingual teacher from joliet, illinois... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! [ applause ] alex: thank you, johnny. hi, folks. right now we have four winners of quarter-final matches waiting in the wings to make the trip to washington, d.c., to compete as semi-finalists next week. they will be joined by the winner of this game. so, bill, cory, and kaberi, good luck. categories for this first round today are... uh-oh! ...each correct response beginning with that letter of the alphabet. now, in tv eateries, you have to identify the television program for us. all right, kaberi, start. let's start with tv eateries for $200. cory. what is "seinfeld"? that's it. tv eateries for $400. [ beep ] that's "2 broke girls." cory? tv eateries for $600. cory. what is "beverly hills 90210"? yes. tv eateries for $800. kaberi.

humiliated" her daughter for wearing leggings angelica is here with a story that's of a controversy in lansing, kansas, after the student's mother posted on social media. 11-year-old bella wore a tunic top and leggings to school on wednesday. her mother says the sixth grader was sent to the office for a dress code violation because her top was too short in the front and back. the school dress code policy says if it's a "shirt" violation, a student will be given a t-shirt to wear. instead, the school made bella wear sweatpants, whicha "shorts or pants." but on wednesday the district had nothing online about leggings in its existing policy. kimberly jones says the school wouldn't allow her daughter to call home to get a new outfit --- so she sent a text instead. 8:30 if i could come up as a parent and bring her a change of clothes and the clothing was no longer an issue, why in the world would you want to humiliate her all day like that? 37:57 that's why we don't allow students to call home because sometimes we can have students sitting in the office for an hour waiting for come up with a change

here is our second group of semi-finalists -- a high-school special-education teacher from east lansing, michigan... a middle-school english teacher from des moines, iowa... and a 9th-grade math teacher from allentown, pennsylvania... and now, from dar constitution hall, here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! [ cheers and applause ] thanks, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the second of our semi-final games. kaberi chakrabarty was very, very good on yesterday's show, winning that game. and who of these three will get to join her as a finalist? will it be bill, jill, or chris? let's start finding out right now.

here is our second group of semi-finalists -- a high-school special-education teacher from east lansing, michigan... a middle-school english teacher from des moines, iowa... and a 9th-grade math teacher from allentown, pennsylvania... and now, from dar constitution hall, here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! [ cheers and applause ] thanks, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the second of our semi-final games. kaberi chakrabarty was very, very good on yesterday's show, winning that game. and who of these three will get to join her as a finalist? will it be bill, jill, or chris? let's start finding out right now. here comes the jeopardy! round for you. and here are the categories. first off... notice the quotation marks. the letters o-n will be exactly in the middle of each correct response. that's followed by... ...who are giants of technology, aren't they? alex: chris, start us off, please. i'll take new testament for $200, alex. chris. who is john? yes. new testament, $400, please. jill. who is peter? yes.

. >> and that's how the idea for the lansing west virginia based adventures on the gorge was born. paul approached all three company owners, everyone involved sensed that the deal wouldn't be a simple one. >> i did see some challenges because we were competitors, for sure. and you know, that relationship, we had to work on. >> soon enough, paul was able to convince them that the key to their collective survival was joining forces. >> there's a point in a family business where the family is necessary for its survival. there's a point in a business where the business outgrows the family. and the river men were at that point. >> they came to an agreement, got a team of investors and each founding owner maintained partial ownership in the new company. with paul serving as the ceo. while the founding companies all fall under the adventures on the gorge umbrella, the brands themselves live on independently. when i walk around this campus here, i still see logos for all three companies. why do that? it seems more expensive and confusing for your company. >> the loyalty is to the brand. in

. >> at a campaign rally near lansing, michigan, on friday, by voting for him. errol barnett is in washington with more on that. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. yes, it was supposed to be a day for a clean slate. but trump's latest attempted outreach to a larger voting block is already being called ignorant and heavy-handed by his critics. >> look how much african-american communities have suffered under democratic control. to those, i say the following -- sql >> reporter: speaking from a predominantly suburb in michigan, a recent pugh survey says hillary clinton is favored over african-americans. >> you are living in poverty and your schools are no good and you have no jobs. 58% of your youth is unemployed. lose? >> reporter: moments after the speech, hillary clinton responded with a tweet, quote, this is so ignorant, it's staggering. the pitch came on the same day as the resignation of trump's campaign chairman, paul manafort manafort is currently involved in a scandal involving possible illegal payments from a pro-russian political party in ukraine.

. >>> we are getting our 1st look at the newest addition at the zoo in lansing michigan. to panda cubs. they were born july 2. their birth is important because it is an endangered species. staff are conducting regular checkups to make sure in good health. they will not enter the public exhibit for at least one month. >> they are sweet. look at those cute faces. >> they are different than regular pandas. >> thank you for watching us. watch our morning news on wral starting at 4:30. my goal was to finally get in shape. not to be focusing on my moderate to severe chronic plaque psoriasis. so i made a decision to talk to my dermatologist about humira. humira works inside my body to target and help block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to my symptoms. in clinical trials, most adults taking humira were clear or almost clear, and many saw 75% and even 90% clearance in just 4 months. including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened; as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, serious allergic reac

here are today's contestants -- a high-school special-education teacher from east lansing, michigan... a high-school english teacher from mystic, connecticut... and an elementary bilingual teacher from joliet, illinois... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! [ applause ] alex: thank you, johnny. hi, folks. right now we have four winners of quarter-final matches waiting in the wings to make the trip to washington, d.c., to compete as semi-finalists next week. they will be joined by the winner of this game. so, bill, cory, and kaberi, good luck. here we go. categories for this first round today are... uh-oh! ...each correct response beginning with that letter of the alphabet. now, in tv eateries, you have to identify the television program for us. all right, kaberi, start. let's start with tv eateries for $200. cory. what is "seinfeld"? that's it. tv eateries for $400. [ beep ] that's "2 broke girls." cory? tv eateries for $600. cory. what is "beverly hills 90210"? yes. tv eateries for $800. kaberi. what is "alice"? yes.

trump made an outreach at an overwhelmingly white suburb near lansing, michigan yesterday. trump told black supporters while they historically support democrats, he feels they have suffered under democratic leadership. >> look how much african-american communities have suffered under democratic control. to those, i say the following -- what do you have to lose >> one poll shows african-americans favor hillary clinton over trump by an 83-point margin. minutes after the speech, clinton reacted with a tweet saying, quote, this is so ignorant, it's staggering. >>> trump's pitch to african-american voters came the same day his campaign chairman resigned. paul manafort stepped down yesterday in a scandal involving potentially illegal payments from a pro-moscow political party in ukraine. ukrainian authorities say they million secretly set aside for manafort while he worked for ukraine's government. >>> an order came following a long running public record lawsuit by judicial watch, the conservative legal advocacy group. judicial watch wanted to question clinton in person and under

feet mixed use residential building go with square feet the property development front harrison and lansing up to 10 hundred square feet and 90 salesforce totally 37 thousand additional square feet the basement level is assessed by a single driveway in addition one 20 bikes parking spaces and 20 class-action lawsuits a total of 13 thousand square feet of open space will be provided to residents through 43 private decks and several terraces on most floors of building under the provision for a downtown authorization it is seek a modification to the planning code requirement for dwelling unit endorse the site it in the rincon hill downtown residential district along the crest of rincon area to the north and west and south of the property including the recent completed 4 hundred feet tall gsa per high-rise adjacent to the west on lansing and the 4 hundred foot tall rincon hill twin towers to the southeast to the south a grammatical gallery and event place on harrison street and a night club on harrison street the property others harrison street needs a conditional use authorization for a 2 stor

a cedar rapids couple is lucky to be alive.they were camping near lansing in allamakee county when flash flooding nearly swept away their cabin. veronica and carl niekamp called for help - early wednesday morning - firefighters arrived at 2 a-m, but the current was morning. firefighters arrived at 2:00 a.m. but the current was so fast they able to physically reach them for three hours, if it wasn't for a well placed tree the cabin probably would have within swept away. >> if those weren't there, god knows where we would be finding them this morning. i mean, faith or whatever, you know, somebody is watching over them. >> hitting the tree we could have been somewhere else. offered the couple a mobile home since their cabin is basically destroy glad later this morning governor will tour some of the flood damaged areas, he issued a disaster declaration yesterday. the governor's orders covers grants cover home or car repairs, replacement of clothing and food, and the cost of temporary housing. housing.if you need to apply for a disaster grant, you'll find a link on our website, cbs 2 iowa dot

feet mixed use residential building go with square feet the property development front harrison and lansing up to 10 hundred square feet and 90 salesforce totally 37 thousand additional square feet the basement level is assessed by a single driveway in addition one 20 bikes parking spaces and 20 class-action lawsuits a total of 13 thousand square feet of open space will be provided to residents through 43 private decks and several terraces on most floors of building under the provision for a downtown authorization it is seek a modification to the planning code requirement for dwelling unit endorse the site it in the rincon hill downtown residential district along the crest of rincon area to the north and west and south of the property including the recent completed 4 hundred feet tall gsa per high-rise adjacent to the west on lansing and the 4 hundred foot tall rincon hill twin towers to the southeast to the south a grammatical gallery and event place on harrison street and a night club on harrison street the property others harrison street needs a conditional use authorization for a 2 stor

right now, some of the heavier activity is located at lansing in the northeastern corner of the state. a little -- developing around fort at kinson. these are capable of producing hour's time. flash flooding could become an issue in some parts of northeastern iowa, especially considering the fact that new storms are developing out here in southwestern iowa low level jet is starting to kick in. with this front draped in and around this area, thunderstorms will be very likely, tonight. i do think the front will sag further to the south later on. so about the northwestern half of our region has the best chance of seeing the storms. y east, there might not be any. i'm thinking it will be the focus across our northern and western counties. on our predictor here, you can see at 11:00. not doing a terrific job of showing thunderstorms in northeastern iowa, it does redevelop wean 1:00 and 3:00 in the morning. they are scattered across northeastern iowa and sinking into our southern counties. that's one of the model's interpretation of what is going to happen. we should get into a break, more

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he could have gone a few minutes down to lansing more diverse or more diverse gone to detroit. does it matter where he said this? his supporters said you all broadcast it, so it doesn't matter where he gave the speech. >> it does matter what backdrop you have, whether targeting african-american voters or anybody else. campaigns spend time who is in the backgrounds behind the candidate. that's why the recent appearances of the orlando attacker's father t. checkpoint campaign and a disgrace from a congressman in the trump campaign. these optics do matter because of what shows up in the backgrounds. in this case this trump rally wasn't different than most trump ramally, generally speaking, mostly a white audience behind him. >> brianna keeler was speaking and she asked her about this, why trump made the pitch to black voters in an all white commute. here's her response. >> i don't know how they are choosing the communitys that they go into or the facilities that i go into, it would be inappropriate for me to speak to that. because i'm not a part of that decision-making team. >> if

right now, though, the presidential candidate is holding a rally near lansing, michigan. he's expected to discuss national security. earlier today, though, trump was in louisiana to tour that state's devastating flood damage. trump's plane landed in baton rouge this morning. his running mate, mike pence, joined him for the tour. but his day started with the resignation. paul manafort announced he's stepping down as campaign chairman. manafort has come under fire in recent days for his previous work with pro-russian politicians in ukraine. >> also today, trump took his campaign to the airwaves. he released his first tv ad for the general election and voters right here in pennsylvania are one of his biggest target audiences. >> it's a reinforcing ad about immigration policy. >> donald trump's trump america is secure. terrorists and dangerous criminals kept out. >> reporter: in his first general election ad, donald trump takes aim at hillary clinton, but according to political science experts like dr. matthew kerble, trump does not confront the ads against him. >> those who

so the top five for cell phone service, they are going to be lansing, michigan, indianapolis, atlanta, milwaukee and chicago. >>> if you are still hitting the stores for back-to-school shopping, you are not alone. this is the second busiest time of the year for retailers trailing behind only the holidays. a survey from the national retail federation shows the average family with children from kindergarten through 12th grate is -- grade is spending an average of $673 on clothing, supplies. ain't that the truth? that is nearly 7% jump over last year. >>> maybe you're not going back to school but a lot of people are going back to work today and we are taking action to help you land your next job. of course we just talked to goodwill will ways to find that job. hundreds of jobs up for grabs at a phoenix job fair now through 2:00 this noon. a whole lot of companies are hiring on the spot. take in plenty of copies of the resumes, dress to impress. happening at the phoenix hilton airport at the address on your screen. >>> august is drowning prevention month and daisy mountain firefighters ar

it reports to john lansing who reports to an independent board of directors. >> did you need congressional approval? >> i did not - does it end when the president's term ends? >> no it doesn't. it reports to john and john reports to the board so the board is a continuing entity. >> amanda bennett is the brand-new director of the voice of america. >> good evening this is the voice of america in washington. >> hello africa. >> john lansing where does the broadcasting board of governors? >> it is a board of governors confirmed by the senate to oversee the five u.s. international media entities known as the voice of america where we are today, radio free free agent and radio free europe and radio free liberty and the office of cuban broadcasting. >> what is your job? >> i am the ceo of all that if that's even possible. >> what is the coordination between the different offices? >> the coordination has never been better. when i came in in september, we formed formed the first international coordinating committee which takes the president of all five networks collectively and forms a group and th

trump near lansing, michigan, friday talked about poverty being the result of democratic policies. hillary clinton's camp not happy about that remark. this is so ignorant, it's staggering. nbc's jacob rascon joins us. where trump will speak next hour. trump is holding a law enforcement round table as well. what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: right. so this is one of two events he's holding in virginia today. pushing his law and order thing. meeting with law enforcement officials and their families. earlier today, he held another round table, this one with hispanic leaders at trump tower where we're told by people in the room that he asked about ideas for what to do with the 11 million estimated undocumented immigrants in the united states. those who were in the room telling nbc news, that they've never heard trump listen the way that he is listening today. this is a different kind of trump that we're seeing this week. we do expect him to again, for the fifth time in a row, use prompters for his speech tonight. and as you mention, a he's slipping with white voters, he now

last week he spoke in lansing, michigan. about an hour away is detroit. you can talk about detroit all you want but if you are not going there and talking to the people of detroit about what you are going to do for them -- >> you are -- i know you are a progressive. i am in many ways myself. what would be a republican pitch, not a pretend to be democratic pitch but an actual conservative pitch to a black audience. what would be effective if you wanted to make one? >> here's the thing. he has the raw materials to make a good pitch to african-americans. detroit, flint, all these cities were impacted badly by nafta, they will be even worse impact ed by the tpp. he should talk about how he's going to bring jobs back to america. he would rather talk about law and order and calling their cities war zones. >> he talks about the economy all the time. >> is he going to go to black neighborhoods and talk about jobs? >> of course he will be talking about jobs. he's already been talking about jobs. >> in black neighborhoods. >> he has to go to black neighborhoods, fi

completion of interstate 69 between lansing and port huron. thatthat was completed, provided a straight shot from the east to the west, a great commercial route for the trucking companies because they could come across this structure, go into canada, come to canada and continue on out west with very little interference. asthe need became obvious they tracked all the traffic that came across each year. 47% of the traffic was passenger, but we could see the itrease and every year, doubled and they knew they had to do something, so they did research on building a second span, but they wanted to look similar survey presented different plans so that it was still a beautiful bridge to look at. in 1997.k we opened it we closed the original one down and rebuilt it. by having two structures, it made the flow greater for the commercial aspect. have three lanes of traffic each direction allowed us to separate the traffic and give us a much smoother flow. capacity thanane any other crossing in the united states, so we are able to move it more efficiently.

we have charles who is 29, alexander hamilton is 30, john lansing is 32 governor morris 35, james madison 46 and george mason is 62. >> and you're missing franklin who was in his early '80s. so madison, george mason who's on the screen but also benjamin franklin really had been the movers and shakers of the time of the revolution. george mason certainly was well known out of virginia for having drafted the virginia bill of rights and was very important. madison is okay with him. ben franklin at the convention drives him crazy. he is in his 80s and he thinks everything should still be like it was in the revolution. madisons competitors a little bit at the convention, the people he has captivated is that young younger group. charles pick me who was a little younger than him drove him crazy. as i read the notes there is a lot of competitor desire for credit and a little jealousy pinckney. after the convention pinckney writes a wonderful letter, not because it's wonderful of what it says but it really puts you back in that moment. he had this enormous handwriting and he writes madison crowing