german president frank held his first christmas greeting as president from his residence last bellevue he called on people to seize initiative in uncertain times. because in to him for help in this we're not going to help the situation so our future is not sitting stone we can overcome the sense of powerlessness and alienation on both a large and small scale if we take action as a community if we stop calling on others to be responsible and start to realize that responsibility begins with us can. steinmeyer also addressed the delay in forming a new german government now the longest in post-war history. not all things that are unexpected should inspire shia this also applies when the formation of a new government takes longer than foreseen. of the thought in the us but the german president gave his assurance that the country remained stable. in german soccer the bundesliga is enjoying a well earned winter break after one of the most compelling first halves of the season in years high profile sacking some spectacular goals and a huge controversy over the new video referee system means th

german president frank held his first christmas greeting as president from his residence last bellevue he called on people to seize initiative in uncertain times. because indian for help in this we're not going to help the situation so our future is not sitting story when we can overcome the sense of powerlessness and alienation on both a large and small scale if we take action as a community if we stop calling on others to be responsible and start to realize that responsibility begins with us. each time i also addressed the delay in forming a new german government now the longest in post-war history. not all things that are unexpected should inspire a shia this also applies when the formation of a new government takes longer than full scene. of the vote in the us but the german president gave his assurance that the country remained stable. now to some of the other stories making news around the world. at least six people have been killed in a suicide bombing in the afghan capital kabul the blast occurred near an office belonging to the country's national intelligence agency during the

. >>> at the brief encounter cafe in bellevue, washington, a brief encounter that meant a lot this week. after his usual breakfast, telling the staff when he was 7 his mom cooked at a diner just like it. >> then he signed a $3,000 tip for the staff and wished them all a better christmas. >> very excited and the boys back there like, n >> another secret santa at a walmart in melville, new jersey. someone paid off $49,000 in layaway items for strangers. kimberly green had put thing aside for her nine grandchildren. >> whoever it is, i'm grateful. like, they're blessed. they've blessed a lot of people. >> reporter: and a lot of people made one girl's wish come true in edinburgh, texas. a teacher posted a little girl's letter to santa asking for a ball, food and a blanket. the food now flooded with donations. giving, coming in all forms this holiday season, in shawnee, kansas, this police officer handing out cash instead of tickets. >> i would like to give you that. >> thank you. >> reporter: elementary students in boone, iowa, were busy creating paper hugs and an army national guard staff

. >> reporter: at the brief encounter cafe in bellevue washington, that meant a lot this week. after his usual breakfast a regular left behind a note telling the staff when he was 7 he washed dishes and his mom cooked at a diner just like it. >> good job there, sir deal. >> reporter: then he signed a $3,000 tip for the staff and wished them all a better christmas. >> very excited. the boys back there are like, no way, no way. >> reporter: another secret santa in mill wood, new jersey. someone paid off $49,000 in lay away items for strangers. kimberly green had put things aside for her nine grandchildren. >> whoever it is, i'm grateful. like they're blessed. they've blessed a lot of people. >> reporter: and a lot of people made one girl's wish come true in ed inberg texas. a teacher posted a little girl's letter to santa asking for a ball, food, and a blanket. the school now flooded with donations. giving coming in all forms this holiday season. in shawnee, kansas, this police officer handing out cash instead of tickets. >> i would like to give you that. >> thank you. >> reporte

. >> reporter: in bellevue washington, a brief encounter that meant a lot this week. a regular left behind a note telling the staff when he was seven he washed dishes and his mom cooked at a diner just like this one and then left a $3,000 tip. in new jersey someone paid off a lay away purchase. >> i am grateful. they blessed a lot of people. >> and a lot of people made one wish come true. a teacher posted a little girl's letter to santa asking for a ball, a blanket. in shawnee ckansas this police officer handing out cash instead of tickets. >> you want daddy to come home? >> reporter: this santa having a secret identity. >> i want daddy to come home. >> i want a dirt bike. >> hi, guys. >> reporter: just in time for christmas. >> so cute. that was kate snow reporting. did you go to the movies this weekend? >> no. but a lot of people did. it is the number one movie at the box office. the eighth "star wars" movie brought in 220 million to be exact. the animated movie ferdinand finished second. >> should we go to the midnight showing? >> that would be right now. >> hoping

formally presented with those five terrorism charges presented against him not in a courtroom but at bellevue hospital with the judge joining him in his guarded room via live video conference. ullah still hospitalized after the bomb fizzled didn't detonate as planned. he told authorities he wanted to blow as many up as possible punishing for isis overseas. he waived his miranda rights after arrest and told them he began watching isis videos three years ago 2014 three years after admitted into the u.s. thanks to family chain migration after his uncle won visa lottery and got his mother and siblings into the u.s. before turning 21. ullah told investigators he reserved online how to build a bomb and built it in brooklyn apartment two to three weeks ago. then he set it up in podesta passageway port authority busy monday morning to try to maximize casualties. the investigation isn't over. the focus is on who else may have helped and known or might be plotting to pick up where ullah left off. >> our investigation is ongoing. we do not stop because we have an individual who is charged. our initial a

we know that he's been hurt at bellevue. we don't know, for example, what may have motivated or inspired him, i believe. nor, for example, if he said something or what specifically he said before apparently setting off that bomb, pete. >> reporter: no, we don't know yet, but all that will come out in the coming hours. i wouldn't expect to know all that much detail so quickly on. it's been less than three hours since this happened. i think a couple things are notable here. first of all, hallie, the city is back to normal pretty much. the subway systems are running again, the transport system is running, so new york is really taking this in stride. the second thing is that it's obvious that the man who carried this out really didn't know what he was doing. and that is the fortunate thing. the pipe bomb that he apparently constructed was fortunately not -- he didn't do a lot of things that he could have done to make it more effective. and that is a good thing. he was burned on his hands and abdomen, they say. now, we heard conf

in passageway below ground, the uspect is 27 years old, reported to be badly injured, but alive at bellevue hospital. appeared to be wearing low-level explosive device and was to pped of his clothes remove it, according to investigators. this incident prompted responses via tweet from several members f congress, including minority leader of the senate, chuck schumer, thankful for quick first e of new york responder community and the bomb this at the port authority morning. we learn more about what is startling reminder of why see something, say something campaign is important. of new york, grateful or nypd for quickly apprehending the subject at port authority. ive federal resources to keep us safe. responses from karen maloney, monitoring the situation at port authority, grateful for first responders and their swift response n. open phones go to in washington state, republican line. caller: hi. host: hi. c-span, nice to talk to you. i'm wondering, i'd like to state that hillary clinton was investigated because there was probable cause, okay. never not found innocent , okay. people wanted t

number four is san francisco, redwood city, south city, number five seattle, bellevue, everett. >>> today at 9:00, we'll talk to the executive director of bay area women against rape about why some people are doubting sexual assault victims. >>> and the conductor for the san francisco symphony charges just ahead of some special holiday performances. >>> plus we will talk to the actor as the holiday classic of christmas story prepares to go live. ♪[ music ] >>> welcome to monday, what a glittery glorious day. not a drop of rain to be had, but there is a dilemma. it's centered on star wars. you recognize the music. it is this. we have two little boys. they are seven and a half and nine. they have not seen any of the star wars films. i know we have a different view in your house. >> yes, my children have seen every one of them. >> right. >> we're a little different. >> that's okay. >> you have to wait until you're 13 to see those films. i saw return of the jedi in the theater when i was 8 years old. my dad spent half of it covering my eyes because it was kind of too much for me at that ten

and he spent eight years in the bellevue police department before landing in douglas county in 1995. he was promoted to sergeant in 2000 and elected to his current position in 2006. additionally, he served in the reserve for 26 years where he was activated four times, including two tours in the middle east. for the last 22 years, he has been promoting reserve for safe relationships in central washington. i'm thankful for his leadership and compassion and i urge my colleagues to join me in congratulating him relationship in on a successful career. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman from california is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, today nine million children are at risk of losing their access to health care and millions of parents losing sleep. as funding for the children's health insurance program expires. community health senters across the country are at risk of steep cuts, forcing them to lay off medical professionals

impasse over forming a new government they met last night of the presidential palace here in berlin at bellevue with discussions lasting more than two hours council machall has been trying to put together a workable alliance since september selection the social democrat leader martin schultz had earlier ruled out forming another coalition with merkel's conservatives but pressure is building on phil's to reconsider that position. joining me now in the studio is our correspondent oliver salat joy following this story this morning martin shelton party leaders meeting this morning this is a key get together can we expect them to give the green light to exploratory talks this is what the whole country is waiting for right now will the s.p.d. agree on going into these exploratory talks with the christian democrats with angela merkel's party or will they not and it's quiet on his toric situation as well it's the first time that the german president had to step in in such a scale inviting all the party leaders there to his office is there. this is exactly what happened last night they are we have not h

the impasse over the formation of a new government for the country meeting at the presidential palace bellevue here in berlin lasted more than two hours afterwards the party leaders left without making any formal statements council on a macro has been trying to put together a workable alliance since september inconclusive elections the social democrat leader martin scholtz at first ruled out forming another coalition with michael's conservatives but the pressure is building on him to reconsider that position. so how things go last night joining me now to talk about that is our correspondent all over celica morning all over to you you know after the first meeting do we have a sketch now of what we can expect for these talks but we don't know for sure if there will be any other talks at this point though so rumors basically right now we are waiting for any official confirmation of that of course what we know is the talks lasted laying longer than expected and this was quite a historic situation really when the president called in all leaders of different german parties here in especially yesterd

defeatedellor and challenger martin schulz are due to meet today at bellevue palace with the president. ,egan greene, chief economist is with us. i wonder first what you expect out of these coalition talks, or how important is it that germany build a coalition, that angela majority towith the growth in the european economy? megan: i think if we saw a renewal of the grand coalition, we could expect policy to remain roughly the same as it has been in germany, both domestically and at the european level. that being said, if we had a minority government that couldted of that, we expect that policy continuity. from a european context in particular, i don't think germany's position would change a whole lot either way. it would be a bit easier for getel and her party to policies through, as they did have a coalition with the majority rather than having to create partnerships based on issues. it might just make policymaking a bit more efficient, but i do think the spd is sitting down gonking that maybe they will into another grand coalition are given that in the junior partner in a grand coali

daniel is in bellevue, florida. line for democrats. daniel, go ahead. caller: thank you. speak sure to be able to with mr. blechman. contemporaries,e i'm 71 years plus. anyway, i called regarding this atter before many years ago when you were all were talking about nuclear warfare and incidentally, i'm old enough to remember the execution of my mother and how wept and she did, she wept. i don't know what her connection the rosenburgs was, but she as so upset those two were executed for having shared secrets with the russians. now what about governor allowed the ho north koreans posse from north called, whatever it is not a posse, but, you know, a and loop the in hard drives at los alamos, and addition to that, they took housands of tons of nuclear ground from the trinity side. just never been a satisfactory to me about that. i tell you one thing, the sniffling about donald trump, he's got nuclear weapons. individual e first president that utilized nuclear weapon was? of as a democrat, by name harry s. truman and god bless wish to hell nd i president trump would nuke the o

the gun magen official publication of the second amendment foundation he joins me live via skype from bellevue near seattle what do you make of president trump's concentration on mental health fair i mean did say that other countries have mental health problems other countries don't have a scale of of killings by guns do they. well no but the i think that they have problems with the killings by other means you know the nice truck attacked which was terrorism. so we i think president trim maybe really on to something there we've got to take a look at what drives these people to do this sort of thing there are ninety to one hundred million law abiding gun owners in this country who did not harm anybody on sunday and i think that this may be a new step but we can take a look at some of these things. you know the texas attorney general's on television this morning on a couple of different networks suggesting that this really is an example of somebody who violated existing laws against murder and and made him and yet those laws didn't stop him either so on the issue of how he might have been able t

passed before, without hearing from darren, their son, they got in the car and drove 45 minutes to bellevue to see if maybe he was there. he was. >> just picture that face. he really looked -- he really looked like he was having a nice dream. >> reporter: darren drake was a graduate of rutgers university. he worked for moody's. he read all the time, went deer hunting and fish being with his dad and lived add home. he had his entire life ahead of him. to the other victims' families, his father has a message. >> your family did absolutely nothing wrong. they were where they were supposed to be in a marked, designated space. it's not like they were running across the street and get hit in traffic. the man is a psycho. >> reporter: darren drake's father, jimmy, tells me his mother, his wife, barb a ra, planning their son's funeral. it will be this saturday had in new milford. michelle charlesworth, channel 7, eyewitness news. >> michelle, chaung. hard to believe what that family and the seven others dealing with this tragedy are going through right now. >>> we're going to shift gears now. the u

we are live at bellevue hospital. back to you, shannon. >> shannon: we will have more of that conversation as to whether classifying him as an enemy combatant. eric shawn live in new york. thank you very much. new video showing nypd cops apprehending businessmen to terrorists, taken from high above in an apartment and by cell phone. it shows him running away and the cops closing in on him. if you hear the gunfire, it's chilling. also, saipov's public defender says it's important to let the judicial process play out. attorney david patton says, "hot mr. saipov will say more about us than we about him." not surprising you took no time at all for the new york tragedy to turn political. rhetoric from both parties and both ends of pennsylvania avenu pennsylvania avenue. chief national correspondent ed henry. >> republicans were all over hillary clinton for focusing on gun control after the las vegas massacre. now that she was on the other foot. democrats expressing outrage tonight that the president is pushing extreme vett

the fact that he's at bellevue hospital being treated with respect is a testament to this country. kennedy: what is law enforcement doing right? we talk so much about the failures of government and intelligence services when one of these guys is let go or engages in a deadly attack like this. but what are they doing right? >> it's important to underscore the fact that we can't regulate this. there is nothing that can stop someone from renting a truck and deciding to mow down people literally for 20 blocks. civic education is on a decline in the youth. a lot of people have forgotten who we are, what we stand for and what's important to us. and i think the only common values that are binding us together as we push out religion and pushed out caring for one another and being neighborly toward one another, the only ones holding us together are political correctness which is flimsy. there are people who are flailing. and they are look for a cause to fight for. we have seen a rash of young men who decided to pick up and fight for radical causes like isis. kennedy: there has to be somethi

they interviewed him at his hospital bed in bellevue. they're also going to be interviewing anyone else who may have known him, his wife, his family, his friends, associates, anyone who might have more information about how exactly he became radicalized. jake? >> all right, jason carroll in manhattan for us. thank you so much. >>> today, president trump attacked the process through which the u.s. prosecutes suspected terrorists. he called it a joke and he called it a laughing stock. additionally, he said he'd consider sending the new york terror suspect whom he called an animal to guantanamo bay, cuba, for his trial. that as he also called on congress to help get rid of the diversity immigration visa program that allowed the suspect to come from uzbekistan in 2010. >> we need strength, we need resolve. we have to stop it. so we're going to get rid of this lottery program as soon as possible. he came in through the diversity program, as you know, and we're going to stop that. >> president george h.w. bush signed that visa program as part

the suspect remains at bellevue hospital under heavy guard and has connection to people investigatored in the past but he was never the subject of any investigation. here live in new york city. dann cuellar, channel 6 "action news." back to you. >> thank you. >>> we are getting a first look at the hero police officer that stopped sayfullo saipov. and arrested him. that police officer ryan nash is the one that confronted the suspect and shot him in the stomach as he tried to get away. he is now out of surgery and reportedly commutecating with investigators. >>> president trump is calling for tougher immigration laws following the attack. on twitter claimed that the uzbekistan suspect came to the united states through visa lottery. it's unclear if that is true. and now fighting for immigration measures bases on merits. and now chuck schumer is fighting back saying he is cashing in on the tragedy. >> and you can learn more with the suspect, victims and nypd officer being hailed a hero on our website. >>> at sauder ton high school all students were sent home early after a threatening note

the suspect was transported to bellevue hospital. we are awaiting to hear an update on his condition today. obviously he is in custody and under arrest. based on the investigation overnight, it appears mr. saipov had been planning this for a number of weeks. he did this in the name of isis and along with the other items recovered at the scene was some notes that further indicate that. he appears to have followed almost exactly to a "t" the instruction that is isis has put out in its social media channels before with instructions to their followers on how to carry out such an attack. at this point we'll open it up for questions. >> commissioner? >> yes? [ inaudible ] >> the mayor talked about this yesterday, and it's a big city. i know the bike path very well. of course we're going to take a look at that now. i said yesterday we learned from every even, not just in this city but across the world. yes? >> have you had a chance to talk to the suspect and what did he say? >> bill or john? >> the suspect was interviewed at the hospital, a

a 14-year-old was transferred to bellevue. what's the update on that person? >> this 14-year-old was in the icu and has been transferred to another hospital. we don't have the updated status but what i heard is that this 14-year-old is expected to recover. >> sandra: there were children involved. the school bus that the suspect eventually rammed into, two adults and two children were injured and transferred to area hospitals. a woman with both legs amputated as well. >> bill: this is a terrible injury. probably going to be stable also. someone with a chest tube, a spleen. all expected to be stable. >> sandra: let's go to bill. >> bill: as the conditions change we'll bring that information. one hour from now meanwhile we'll be getting an update from new york city officials. the police department, fire department, mayor, possibly the governor jam-packed hour ahead on all that. house homeland security committee member new york congressman peter king is our guest. senator rand paul is here live as our coverage of the new york terror attacks continue at the top of

they are at bellevue hospital and new york presbyterian this morning and their injuries range from fair to critical. >> we know of the eight that were murdered. when i saw last night in the pictures, those bikes that so many rent, i thought immediately terrorists. we know that five of these argentine tourists were here to celebrate, jean, their 30-year high school reunion. >> reporter: that's exactly right. we are learning the identities very slowly of these victims, the ones that perished and the ones that did not make it, and five of them were argentinian citizens and they were here together celebrating their 30th high school reunion. we also know one of the victims was a belgian national. i think one of the most horrific things that we have learned, of the eight people that perished, six of them were killed on the spot as this man allegedly drove through that very popular bike path. >> thank you for the reporting. we will update you on the victims, those injured, and some in critical condition. let's go to shaw moan -- we are not naming this 29 national, because he's not one that sho

he's in bellevue hospital right now and to this point has refused to speak to investigators there. >>> police now saying they believe that the suspect acted alone. federal agents say at this point, and it's still very early in their investigation, but there is no connection between the suspect and any foreign terror organization. that's the latest from here in new york. now back to you, frances. >> jay, thank you. >> now let's turn to my colleague morgan radford who is outside here in new york this morning and, morgan, what is the latest on the suspected terrorist? >> hey there, philip. good morning. in fact, you know, the investigators have been here at the scene of the crime working around the clock. i want to show you just here over my shoulder. you can actually see where that car, the suspect used, is behind that yellow police tape. and again, detectives are here, police are here, and there's been a real increased security presence since yesterday's attack. now, remember the new york halloween parade did continue yesterday. again, police were on every corner. traffic was backed up

he was treated at bellevue for some ringing in his ears. five of the eight people who died in the attack were friends from argentina. they were here in new york celebrating a 30-year high school reunion. another victim was from belgium, but has not been identified. the 29-year-old suspect living for some time in tampa, florida, and also ohio. investigators believe he most recently lived in new saipov came from uzbekistan in 2010. he came in on the visa lottery program which the president says he wanted to end. this morning waking up to what has happened. but you see there's about three blocks in a one-block radius from where this all ended and i see students going back to school, this city trying to return to normal even though this block is completely blocked off by law enforcement as they continue their investigation. i'll send it back to you. >> norah, that is my neighborhood and i can vouch for the resilience. thank you. >>> this is the latest in the string of truck attacks around the world. they claim there have been reports 306,000 ve

he survived that shooting but in bellevue hospital this morning investigators have also learned that driver rented the home depot truck from a store in passaic, new jersey. the minivan of the attacker still there in the parking lot investigators scouring that for evidence we also know that investigators believe he was a lone actor. they're calling it a terror attack because he got out of the reasons and shouted, and inside the truck they found a note processing he was carrying out the attack on behalf of isis the picture you're seeing is of sayfullo saipov. he came here in 2010 from uzbekistan on a green card he's been to tampa, pennsylvania, new jersey he's been an uber driver in new jersey for the past six months, has a commercial driver's license as well. there were traffic citations against him in pennsylvania and missouri he was arrested because he failed to appear that's why there's a mugshot of him. investigators will dive into more, and any background has th that he has. he may have been on law enforcement radar but not identified at this point again, rioriginally from uzbeki

. >> he is there in bellevue hospital. >> thank you we are learning more about the eight people in this terrorist attack. six victims died at the scene, two more later. argentina's foreign affairs minster confirm five were in new york celebrating the high school graduation him meanwhile, belgium's foreign affairs ministry revealed one of the victims was a national of that country. officials have fought released information about the final two victims. new york city showed its resilience, refusing to cancel the annual halloween parade in the wake of the terrorist attacks, the city did add extra officers and sand trucks to serve as protected barriers. the organizer says it's important to understand what happened and we dance and continue this fro digs. last night was the 44th village parade. willie geist tweeted new york city carries on. our kids are trick or treating tonight under guard, the streets are packed, thank you, nypd an ad featuring a menacing pickup truck was pulled from the air. they said they had a spot created to appeal to latino voters, democrat ralph northam will have tro

right here to bellevue hospital with serious, but not life-threatening injuries. now, we also know that of the injured, some of those injuries, again, being treated at another local hospital. we can imagine what those injuries can be like with a truck moving at very high speeds. we know that the suspect hit a school bus, as we've been reporting. two adults, two children injured there. we also know of the eight plowed down and killed in this incident, two of them were pronounced dead here at the scene at bellevue hospital, and officials are saying there could be others who were injured that left on their own to seek medical treatment. david? >> adrienne, thank you. we know there were so many witnesses this afternoon, they were seen actually bending over the victims on that pathway, trying to help, trying to do what they could in ways that you would expect here in new york city and across this country to respond in moments like this. we do know that late today, president trump was briefed on this apparent attack of terror, right here in his hometown, new york city.

>> glor: michelle miller, thank you very much from bellevue. the president's first comment on the attack in his hometown came on twitter. major garrett is at the white house with more on this. major? >> reporter: jeff, the president was briefed by his chief of staff, retired marine general john kelly and later issued a statement that read in part, "my administration will provide its full support to the new york city police department, including through a joint investigation with the federal bureau of investigation. we offer our thanks to the first responders who stopped the suspect and rendered immediate aid to the victims of this cowardly attack." earlier the president was one of the first and most prom -- prominent federal officials to draw a link between this attack and isis, tweet, "we must not allow isis to return or enter our country after defeating them in the middle east and elsewhere." before that the president called the attacker a "very sick and deranged person," adding in all cap, "not in the u.s.a." the very first white house offic

as you can see, there is a police presence outside of bellevue hospital. we spoke to many of the people walking outside. they told us there was a heavier-than-normal police presence inside. they are checking i.d.toss make sure that people are who they are, where they're supposed to be. so the n.y.p.d. keeping a close watch here at bellevue. jeff. >> michelle miller, thank you very much. with an update on those who were hurt. major garrett has reaction from the white house tonight to what we saw here in manhattan this afternoon. major. >> reporter: jeff, president trump has been briefed on this terrorist attack and for the very first time through his twitter feed just moments ago gave it an inisis inspiration or at least indirect isis linkage, the president writing, "we must not athrough isis to return our country after defeating them." that is a tweet from the president just moments ago. earlier today, the president made his first comment about this episode in new york saying, this yief trump, saying, "heartbreaking news coming out of new york city. prayin

. >> i with the chicago council.ve thank you for your service bellevue's co-sponsor the border security act i know you use concept of situationaln awareness as well as combining the data base so what does that concept represent of the change threat?. >> t that is a good question. >> we will get a couple questions first. >> thanks for the intriguing panel. it used to be everyone saw this as good for consumers you consider that is a good deal but now you can see that difference disappearing. what is the cause ofse that?. >> we only have two more people. >> so that big implication is that the general of public opinion fairly significant from the executive will create it even more tension between congress and the executive?. >>. >> i am concerned of of methodology and it is clear the more more people i am wondering as part of your methodology as part of any opinion polls. >> in his uniform working on the southern border we have to address that fact now lookingif at the topography and the geography to come away with the conclusion it has to created leverage situational awareness. and for a m

. >> it is on fire home values are up 7% more than half of the country is over peak bellevue. more than half are worth more than at the end of the 2007 peak. and it seems like everybody has a personal story so through the downturn of builders are building and drop it two or 300,000. so when they started to build there is limited inventory. >> so what is the consensus to create that inventory?. >> the biggest governmental solution of the at environment and as day to do in d.c. but look around there are trees everywhere. but that is the way to alleviate the housing problem. >> read it is the availability and there is no question it is harder to get the mortgage however it is a return to that pre-bubbled normal. that you can basically get a mortgage at any income so overall so it is less. >> who is buying homes?. >> anybody that they can afford. there is that perception they rented music and tv shows the date of us doesn't support that. that is the biggest cohort in those millenials are in the market. >> and then they skip the starter home. they buy what would have said a second

finding a new normal where these incredible rainfall amounts -- i mean, about 42 inches i think in mont bellevue, close to crosby. these are just phenomenal rate of rainfall within short periods of time. so when people in industry consider risk management, i don't know that they are thinking about risk management in that kind of weight in terms of the amount of rainfall that they are experiencing. this is a whole new ballgame and people need to start thinking about things differently. amy: i want to go to arkema richard rennard, the president of the a arkema d division, speg on thursday.y. >> i don't know the composition of the smoke, but it is thoroughly noxious. >> [inaudible] are you saying it is non-toxic coming yes or n no? i think it is a pretty important -- >> the smoke is noxious. the toxicity is a relative thing. amy: "the toxicity is a relative thing." we are going to end with the on this point. this is after the explosions come after people arare evacuatd for a mile and half radius. can you respond to what he said? >> in some way, in a weird and then take way, he is -- and in that way

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thead a training and seattle area, bellevue, washington, a short time ago and before that, denver. i want to tell you a quick story. at the denver training, and 11-year-old girl showed up to be trained and i said to myself, now what is our policy? are we sure this girl is old enough to do this? it is sort of like someone running an amusement park with a bar, you have to be as tall as this bar before you go on the right. but i saw her over three days making notes. two weeks later, after the training was over i clicked on a video that was going viral on social media and here is the same 11-year-old girl who has gone to a town hall meeting of her republican congressman and republican -- in colorado springs and she has her ipad and microphone and she is just giving him hell on it. [cheers and applause] mr. gore: but i don't want to skip by the first part of your question because it is extremely important. we have to have more diversity in the climate organization. we have to reach out to all communities. i want to tell you about one of our board members who has made a tremendous differ

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the barn was located on the historic chateau bellevue property. firefighters say no one was injured. >>> now to our other top story right now. the suspect in a brutal 2013 double murder at a jewelry store is found guilty. >> kpix 5's veronica de la cruz with the verdict that came down just about an hour ago. >> reporter: that's right, allen and liz. a san francisco jury found an antioch man is guilty on all counts. 27-year-old barry white was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and 7 counts of attempted murder. the violence happened in july of 2013 inside the san francisco gift center and jewelrymart on brannon street south of market. it followed a dispute over a gold chain. white demanded a partial refund because of a discrepancy of how much it weighed and then he killed two female clerks and shot and wounded the store's owner. a short time ago the attorney who defended white says he is concerned about his client's mental health. >> this is a young man that was shot at the age of 19 with issues ever since then, and even before then. so

host: francis calling in from bellevue, washington, democratic line. do you trust the media? caller: i do, at least 40%. the news part i get the most from is what i see. i see some of the demonstrations. when you allow me to actually see what is going on, and i like that. i also like the editorials that i read. i could newspapers and lots of magazines -- i take newspapers and lots of magazines and i am an old woman, and i really read. i hear a lot of people -- i will not dwell on this, who are satisfied with the medical service they have. those are not the people calling in. the discontented people are calling in and i listen to what they say, that that is just fine. but i get my news from what our president tweets. he does a whole lot of tweaking -- tweeting. i guess that is fact. what i actually can see and certainly here analysis of it. i appreciate what the editors do. i appreciate the reporters. and i am 86 years old. i have some health issues. they are being addressed. i do have medicare. before i had medicare, i had insurance that i had to pay for. unlike so many peopl

and it was definitely megaseme hundreds of people showed up over the two-day event in wilmington's bellevue state park. brandywine was hoping for more than 800 adoptions. guess what? 1,134 formerly homeless kitties and pups now have homes. hoping their loving forever families. the pet company foundation helped make this weekend's event a mega event. congratulations to adam lamb and his entire staff. >>> deputies in florida are trying to solve mystery tonight after thieves stole a rare snake, guns and cash from a home in florida but it's the snake a 6-foot white lukis boa constrictor the owner is pleading for the thieves to please bring back. fox's josh cash show has the story. >> reporter: if snakes aren't your thing, then this room is your worst nightmare. >> daniel rigs bee has a lot of them. >> roughly about 600 plus in here. >> reporter: all kinds. >> banana. >> reporter: all colors. >> completely harmless. >> reporter: he breeds and sells them from this facility in riverview. this one a 6-foot boa as white as snow was his rare gem. >> it's all white, they're very rare. very expensive.