run in the poll in november this year there is a record number of female contenders did it is clear richardson caught up with one that howland who is also a native american. she's a single mother who once lived off food stamps now dead holland looks set to go from the banks of the rio grande day in new mexico to the halls of the house of representatives hollande is on course to become the first native american woman to serve in the u.s. congress after this year's elections and she wants to help others like her do the same as far as i'm concerned if i want native women or women of color to run to be willing to help them get out there a record number of both women and native americans are running for office across the country holland supporters want her to fight against the long history of persecution of american indians and the racism they still face today so it's a real thing it's not just a made up story it's happening all over our country as a member of the laguna pueblo tribe hollande hopes to set an example for future generations and to fight for more representation in u.s. politics when i

the clerk: the judiciary julius ness richardson of north carolina to be united states circuit judge for the fourth circuit. mr. mcconnell: i send a cloture petition motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: cloture motion: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of julius ness richardson of south carolina to be united states circuit judge for the fourth circuit signed by 17 senatorsals follow -- mr. mcconnell: i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent the mandatory quorum calls for the cloture motions be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session and be in aered pooh of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed t

he would pull an elliot richardson and resign before that. >> as kaylin said, it's odd. either he doesn't know the process or knows the process and this is a political step. ultimately, he has the power to do it. look, their talking point continues to be for months to month, it should end. there is no evidence. any legal expert will tell you because it ended doesn't mean they have anything. this will play out. it's unlikely, it seems that mueller will come out and conclude right near the election. we are getting close. can you guess that might be into next 84. so it doesn't seem like it will end any time soon. >> i think it's important when you say there is something there or not. i think mueller, with respect to the president or the president's son are looking at perhaps ob suction or some tuned of a perjury type thing in the fbi. they're certainly not looking at conclusion. with the manafort trial you have one guy with all the wes e connections. look at all the charges. >> you don't have any idea what they're looking at or don't. >> i know he's on trial. >> we know the

. >> reporter: the redskins todayers taking a beati at camp, first it was wide receiver paul richardson hop got looked at by trainers but returned to practice. fellow wideout josh doctson left early with a shoulder injury after trying to catch aaiass agnst josh norman. guy.hat's a tough all of us when we havein challe plays where we go down or get tired or winded or something bothers us, it's how we respond. it's camp. in't out here trying to break each other's but we want to compete at a high level. doctso responded well. we all respond well when we go down. >> these men -- doing everything they're supposed to do. sucks a playiking that sat him down. i'm goingo check on him and see. but yeah, tt hurt me, too. >> we are expecting to learn doctson's ls about injury thursday before practice. but just hours after it ppened, he tweeted, #i'm good. from richmond sherree burruss, news4 sports. >> severe paper cut but i'm playing through. deangelo hall officiallyt announcing has been reported for the last few. months he's retiring. 14 nfl seasons, ten with the burgun and gold. former val tech

a fellowve wide rec paul richardson, he's in his first season with the washington redskins coming over from the seattle seahawks. he told me his combination of size standing at 6 foot and 170 pounds, his speed and his good hands is going to be an asset th is redskins offense. >> i've never felt undersized besides when i walked past trent or moses, but, you know, i -- i play big. i play with a lot of heart and lot of confidence. i'm hard to be denied, and i really pride myself on that. >> we saw that one-handed grab wi seattle. that was pretty incredible. that's a big talk for you and that's what we can expect, those kind of good-hand grabs. >> those are the situations where, you know, i was a put in position to mak a freak play. i reached for it, that's not anything i do. i don't ever reach for the ball one hand and i don't f goor one-hand catches, butf i'm tied up i try to make a play however ican. >> i need you to explain this. you put ketchup on youtacos. >> yeah, ever since i was a kid i would always ask myo mom put my cheese on first and put the meat over it and the cheese would m

uarterback alex smith and wide receiver paul richardson have been connected since he both arrived in washington. they were introduced on the same day. and from the moment they arrived to four months later on field, the two arelready in sync. >> we've been doing together. we connect on a lot of deep balls this past week. fa like to see that. we've been having a ball. he made it a point of familye'is and been executing. > we both came in this offseason, went through and t talk the film guys. they were like alex was just here. you guys ar both coming in and are on thepaame ge. since we got here, wad h the same mind-set come in, get acclimated and attack the playbook. >> here we go. >> it's a girl. eric and sarah phelps f nd out their third child will be g airl thanks to long snapper nk sundberg. the couple arein lifelong redsk fans. the family reached out on helped to sundberg and to makehis gender reveal the start to an exciting time for their family. >>'m happy we're getting a baby girl that's going to fill our house. i'm playing with house money, i'm winning into baby girl is due dec

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correspondent richardson has the latest tonight from the state department. good evening. >> good evening, bret. secretary stayed mike pompeo pressed the turkish government in person today, meeting with tn minister earlier today. for nearly two years, turkey has detained american pastor andrew bronson. speaking to reporters after his meeting with other foreign minister, the guitar he pompeo said, "it's pretty straightforward. they have been holding these folks very long time. these are innocent people. pastor branson is an innocent pastor and they need to let him return to the united states and they need to let our locally employed folks, everyone needs to be let out." the state department official says turkey has detained or deported dozens of americans, mostly u.s.-turkish dual citizens since the july 2016 coup attempt and turkey is still holding what the official describes as a small number of americans. the u.s. has pressed for pastor brunson's release and is losing patience. president trump has been tweeting about the case and this week, the treasury dep

is it okay if they go, miss richardson? >> sure. we'll go right after. >> okay. >> good afternoon, commissioners. linda richardson, former san francisco planning commissioner, long time bayview-hunters point. you all need to know that this particular site was where the city and the state several decades ago were trying to build a power plant. yes, the vocal minority -- no, really, the entire community came out and the entire san francisco. after we defeated that with the board of supervisors and just about everybody in san francisco, you all asked us, planning commission, to go back and plan 18.5 years, 18.5 years has now boiled down to your resolution. we came to india basin. you know what, this here, lots of housing. we are the only one building housing. when you see me hear, i am instrumental in building thousands and thousands of houses in my city. when building came to bayview, call me and the rest of my neighbors, i encouraged him, called the a.p.r. we work with them. but what you're about to do then, that zoning of that area

richardson. can you come up a second? i was really trying to understand the history and what you were trying to say in the three minutes. can you expand on what you said. >> yes please. i appreciate your time. when the site -- when a.e.s. was going to build the power plant. we've been very prodevelopment. we went to port of san francisco to the planning commission. we ask them. this neighborhood is a mixed use. we welcome houses. we put together the bayview master plan which you have in your 100-year anniversary. no neighborhood in san francisco. you have residents, youth, seniors and workers trying to create this vision. you have that plan. we created the india basin neighborhood plan. i wish everybody here can look at that. we have housing in there. we have all the mixed use element. that is not the case. >> commissioner richards: what's the difference between what was in front of us today? >> that zoning, we have shown -- [indiscernible] i wish you can go. how many the commissioners have chance to be there. you all nee

. >> joining me now, bill richardson, former ambassador to the u.n. he's negotiated with north korea since the early 1990s. bill, welcome to you. the president has held summits with both of the leaders of russia and north korea. does that put him in position to make demands of russia on related issues? >> well, yes. i mean, he gave an incredible forum to putin. the meeting was a disaster, i think, for the united states. but i think secretary pompeo who has done a good job of negotiating with the north koreans is now finding out that russia is not our friend here. russia is allowing 700 licenses of north korean workers, clear violation of sanctions, and that has been our main weapon against the north koreans. sanctions by china and russia and other countries. so, i think he's finding out that putin meddles in our elections in the united states, blatantly, still doing it. is now violating north korea sanctions. one of the centerpieces of the president's foreign policy. so, you know, pompeo is trying to defend that, i think effectively out there. but it'

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also turned up to defend their right to carry such weapons claire richardson reports from fairfax virginia. in a polarized national debate a rare display of the two sides talking to each other but both are holding their ground. property over life which is a crime no it's not a do you know news i'm sure i can thank you for everybody forces necessary to owning a razor for my home as we don't it's a heated discussion as protesters and counter protesters clashed over the role of guns in the united states this is a stop on the margin of our lives national road trip that's been aimed at raising awareness about gun violence and registering people to vote as you can see it's a smaller protest than some of the ones we've seen earlier this year but the location is important we're here right in front of the national rifle association which they blame for buying off politicians. across a police barricade and are a supporters they it's people not guns that are the problem they don't want any restrictions on their ability to carry such weapons and someone who doesn't hold the law because we don't follow

. >> prosecutors kristen richardson and carla carlstrom, promised the jury pieces of a puzzle. pieces they hoped would ultimately reveal a resentful, hateful husband, whose frustrations had boiled over. >> i think it was actually, i think the phrase it truly was a crime of passion. >> at the core of the prosecutors' case, david was a sexist philanderer who viewed his goody-two-shoes wife as a weight around his neck. so he put his hands around hers after an argument to free himself of the burden. david they said then turned to nici's problem with pills as his cover-up. >> why kill her? >> it wasn't a plan to murder. if it was something he planned to do, sure, he could divorce her. this was not a plan. this was something that erupted one night in a fit of rage. >> because they thought there was no premeditation, david pietz was charged with second, not first, degree murder. but proving he snapped and strangled nici in their condo wouldn't be easy. this was a highly circumstantial case with little direct evidence pointing david's way. >> in terms of the bedroom or the house, there

richardson has refused and he's been fired. next up? bill ruckelshaus. he was the deputy attorney general. he refused. he was fired. this went on through the night. and the bulletins were coming in. it was banana republic time or downtown santiago. it was very disturbing. we didn't know where we were. the f.b.i. surrounded the headquarters of the independent counsel's office. this kind of stuff. and so you just never knew what was coming next. i did a reflection on this later about, what kind of people were these? and how did this happen? and we didn't have time to even think about that then. i tried to. and i have various reflections through the book about, what are we to draw from this and what kind of country is this? how could this be? and i said there's too much going on, to think these things through. we're absorbing one after another, events that outrun our imaginations, and trying to prepare ourselves for months of bitter struggle to come. the administration has said to me that the story of the nixon administration is one of people who were in ov

richardson has more. >> reporter: in an hour the trump administration is exiting the iran nuclear deal. that is when the united states restores sanctions against iran that it lifted under the obama administration as part of the nuclear agreement. officials say the sanctions are designed to constrict the revenue iran uses to fund, quote, terrorists, dictators and militias around the region, the national security adviser denies the trump administration's goal is the collapse of the iranian government. >> our policy is not regime change but we want to put unprecedented pressure on the government of iran to change its behavior and they have shown no indication they are prepared to do that. the president made it clear that he views the iran nuclear deal is one of the worst in american diplomatic history. >> even as the us and sanctions against iran donald trump says he would meet with iran's president. president rouhani rejected that saying the sanctions rendered donald trump's offer meaningless. >> translator: we are ready for talks to see how they will compensate and pay us back. america

here is that. >> i am david richardson. there is one word of official washington doesn't want you to hear. impeachment. i am the only candidate in this race who offers an impeachment bill for the legislature. raising health care costs, siding with vladimir putin and the constant lying, if this is not enough to impeach donald trump -- what is? host: florida primaries coming up later this month. not one of the four states holding primaries today. democrats not the only one focusing on the message of president trump and focusing advertising on president trump.

here is that. >> i am david richardson. there is one word of official washington doesn't want you to hear. impeachment. i am the only candidate in this race who offers an impeachment bill for the legislature. raising health care costs, siding with vladimir putin and the constant lying, if this is not enough to impeach donald trump -- what is? host: florida primaries coming up later this month. not one of the four states holding primaries today. democrats not the only one focusing on the message of president trump and focusing advertising on president trump. another candidate for governor in florida focused on president trump. husband is knows my endorsed by president trump. is also an amazing dad. he loves playing with the kids. he read stories. >> then mr. trump said, you're fired. i love that part. >> he is teaching madison to talk. >> make america great again. >> he is so much more. >> big-league, so good. >> i just thought you should know. host: we will be playing you some more candidate congressional and gubernatorial

richardson. >> director richardson: the timing for the presentation, i can tell you, i've been going around town. the san francisco board of directors promoting housing. i made it clear to them that i would appreciate they could be helping with funding. that's the bottom line. i have a series questions with regards to the construction cost. this is stunning. i'm looking at your contribution. even the average is 627k. that is astronomical. help me out here in the projects that are ready for production now, construction you listed the project one, two and three. what are the differentiation. the average project for three is almost a million dollars per unit. what kind of housing is this? can you give me profile why all the abbreviations. >> sure. we hope that project will be outlier. i'm concerned it may not be as costs continue to increase. we're seeing 5% to 10% escalation per year. part of that higher cost is a matter of time. time has passed, cost increased. that particular project, it was a very high land value. it was a project. there was political pressure to buy a particular pa

richardson. >> supervisor richardson: thank you so much. we need to remind everyone, and even before i remind anyone, i want -- mr. wallace your patience, you started in 1999 and you sta stayed true through all the situations and community engagement going back and forth and back and forth. this commission it should be noted for more than 18 months we sent the sailing center and mr. wallace to go back. we care about what we do here, our responsibility is to uphold public/private partnerships. treasure island has to be developed. sometimes th all of us have to come to the middle to make things work. in fact, almost about nine months ago the village center agree with the negotiation and they came back here and said we can liver with it live with it and it was appeared by the sierra club. at some point pau all of us will have to get together wit in the interest of the city. we have heard from the other stakeholders that are looking at this marina from people with big boats and people who wul subsidies this and small boat owners. i am comfortab

i'm thinking of gloria richardson and ella baker, but the willingness of the media and also the willingness of the black community to enhance the role of men was very important. so women weren't seeking recognition as much as participation and their participation was fundamental and absolutely essential. >> what was the role of communication secretary? how did you get that job? >> i came to the black panther party from an organization called snic and came in at a moment of crisis. we were planning a demonstration at the alameda county courthouse when hughie newton, arrested, shot by policemen and charged with attempted murder and murder was coming to court. we were going to have a demonstration. my first thing to do was write a press release and announce this demonstration, and i had just come in to the black panther party, fairly recently. so the press release had to go out and i had to identify who sent it. so i said, well, communications said kathleen neil. communications secretary, black panther party. that's how that came about. >> you gave yourself the title? >> yes. julian bond was t

not the only faces will see tomorrow, signing paul richardson jr. along with rookie running back darius geist who plays the video games. it's going to be special. >> i kind of feel like a rookie all over again. you know, when i -- my rooki year, i couldn't wait for the first preseason game. i didn't know that -- i wasli ke, these guys play in their real unirms in the preseason? it's kind of like that moment again. forward to it >> it wasn't my first time. i already put on one. at the nfl rookie premier. but, you know, getting ready to strap it up and get out there for the t firste. i'm excited, man. one through 10, i'm like a 12 right now. it's almost here, man. ricky. >> can't stop smiling. >> he's smiling. with myuy doug paying for the wings, nbc 4 is your home for the redskins preseason opener. patriots, 7:30. the game reacon, and breakdown on the redskins postgame report followed by news at 11:00. >>> as the nationals try to finish strong, they're having a trouble keeping a closer. now on the disabled list with a right rotator cuff impingement.

there is no question the civil rights movement was women led and woman directed, i'm thinking of gloria richardson and ella baker. the willingness of the media and the black community to enhance the role of men was very important. women were not seeking recognition as much as participation and their participation was on the mental and essential. >> what was the role of communication secretary, how did you get that job? >> i came to the black panther party from an organization called sncc at a moment of crisis, we were planning a demonstration at the alameda county courthouse. they were shot and arrested by policeman, charged with attempted murder, it was coming to court. we were going to have a demonstration. they announced a demonstration. i had come into the black panther party fairly recently, the press release had to go out and i had to identify who sent it to i said communication secretary of the black panther party, that's how that came about the >> you gave yourself title. >> yes. the director of sncc did press releases. i modeled myself on julian but called myself secretary because there i

richardson is live traveling with ambassador haley. good evening, richard. >> the un ambassador is here in bogota leaving the us delegation for the inauguration of the new colombian president and counter narcotic efforts in the countryside and going to the border with venezuela for that humanitarian crisis. we were the only tv crew to accompany her throughout the day, spoke to her multiple times on issues facing colombia, venezuela and us foreign policy challenges thousands of miles away. united nations ambassador nikki haley staged a short walk from the venezuelan border declaring it was time for the venezuelan president to go. focusing on humanitarian crisis in venezuela flooding into colombia, she addressed foreign policy challenges across the world with questions how long the us would wait for north korea to surrender its nuclear weapons. >> if they want to wait but we are not willing to wait too long, we are willing to be patient but they have to understand the end result is the same. that will never change and we won't we can tha

and wide receiver paul richardson jr. along with running back derrius guice will be putting on the redskins jersey for the first timeeynd thre excited. >> it isn't my first time, i already put on one, it's nfl routine from here. getting ready, i'm cited. oneo ten, i'm at tiltight now. >> love it. love of the enthusiasm. a great smile. c4 is the place for all of the skins actions tonight. at gam starts at 7:30. afterwards, we' break down the game on news4 at 11. we're talking football, aaron? >> it's me, halloween, new year's -- >> no, stop. >>> a manni r from police probably thought the chase was over when he drove into a river. but he's officers were not about to let him go.ow se they surround their suspect. >>> plus, fans always want to leave a baseball game with a souvenir. one kid in the stands caught something very surprising in the stands after a manager's tirade. find out onnews4 today." >>> and if you're stepping outside, it's dry and muggy out there. but you may notice later on today humidity may not feel as bad.

rob: richardson spoke with the ambassador while she was visiting colombia, the pressure she is putting on. >> the united nations ambassador nikki haley staged a short walk from the venezuelan border declaring it is time for the venezuelan president to go while focusing on the humanitarian crisis in venezuela, flooding into colombia only a few feet away she addressed foreign-policy challenges across the world and questioned how long the us will wait for north korea to surrender its nuclear weapons. >> we are willing to wait if they are willing to wait but we are not willing to wait long. >> reporter: mike pompeo accused him of using sanctions against north korea. state department official for the us is sanctioning russia again for the poisoning of the former british spiders are in england. haley warns of more potential penalties. >> lots of options we could do this past week so those things will continue to happen until we can cleanup the behavior. >> reporter: the us began restoring sanctions against iran it lifted as part of the iran nuclear deal in european firms continue conducting

new wide over paul richardson jr. along with rookie derrius guice will be putting on a 'skins jersey for the first time. >> it wasn't my first time. i always put one on at the until envelope rookie premier, but ready to get out there and step it up. i'm excited now, 1 t 10, i'm like a 12 right now. >> love it. that enthusiasm is infectious. great smile. great attitude. 'skins fans a ready, too. nbc4 is the place for all of the action. after, we'll break down the game in the postgame report befor news4 at 11:00. >> see if they can get infected with winning this year. > a man running from police probably thought the chase was over when herove into a river. but these officers wer't about to let him go. see how they corralled their suspect. >>> plus, fans always want to leave a baseball game with a souvenir. but one kid in the crowd caught something pretty surprising in the stands after a manager's tirade. find out more. your time is6:11. >>> good morning, temperatures pretty mild out there. we're ins the 70 for most of t

only new face that fans will see rocking thaty burgand and gold against the new wide receiver paul richardson jr. along with rookie running back derrius gu ice wilg be putn the jersey for the first time and they are excited. >> i already put on red at the nfl rookie premiere but getting y to get out there for the first time i'm excited, man. 101 through , i'm like a 12 right now. it's almost here, man! rookies! >> nbc4 ishe place for all of the redskins action tonight. the game starts at 7: and afterwards we'll break down the game in the postgame rfoort news4 at 11:00. >>> well, the vice president is talking about something called space force. at this hour it could be a new branch of the military. why some are questioning this plan. >>> and we have new information about a compound where 11 starving couldren werend in new mexie . the children has given police some very disturbing details about what adults were teaching them.in >>> chi new details about the families living inside a compoundpoin n mo rdey mitgars elieve th smalall children found there we being trained to carry out school shootin

new addition wide receiver paul richardson, he said it's kind o like feeling like a rookie again and coming out here with a new team and put on a redskins jersey for the first time so ev certainlyone is excited to be back here. guys, back for you. >> we're pump. >> watch the redskins preseasonr openeght here on nbc 4. after the came, sherree will have live reaction from the stadium on the redskins post-game report followed by the news at 11:00. >>> 16 members of this canadian junior hockey team did not survive this crash back in april. a devastating collision on their team bus also robbing the survivors of teir dreams and potential, but one teenager is getting back on the ice and not giving up onis dreams. janet dirks h his inspiring st ry. >> reporter: ryan lights up on the ice and 19-year-old was practicing sledge hockey today. >> just to be on the ice, all m thories i have. it's pretty exciting. i mean, you're learning a new way to play the game and i'm joig it. reporter: this is just the third time he has been at rinks e the humbolt broncos crashed in april when the team bus coll

richardson is traveling exclusively. the ambassador joins us live from colombia. >> reporter: tens of thousands of venezuelans crossing to colombia every day looking for food and medicine, trying to escape an oppressive government next door. we spent much of the afternoon in bogota, a city across the bridge from venezuela. the government says most of the crossings happened there every day and many have a hot meal and go back to venezuela. one woman says she has chosen living on the streets and colombia over returning to her home country. >> reporter: >> translator: every day this shortage gets bigger. something couldn't contain the shortage of food, the shortage of medicine and every day the mortality rate increases due to the shortage of everything. my son, the youngest of my children is still there. i have been here three months. like i stated earlier i am now working. i'm hearing colombia recycling garbage but you can't raise a family with that. i can't send money to my country to feed my son. >> reporter: they just w

bill richardson former governor of new mexico joins me now. thank you for talking to us. north korea is saying in a statement that the u.s. is clinging to a, quote, outdated acting script by basically imposing these sanctions before it denuclearizes. what is your take? >> traditional north korea negotiating strategy. they know negotiations will continue. the north koreans want their own position known. they want sanctions before any denuclearization steps take place. they want their position heard. they're positionings themselves for negotiations that are happening. this morning for instance i just talked to a group of coalition of families on the remains of our soldiers from north korea. you know, the north koreans said they would give us 200 remains. they gave us 55. they drag things out. they use bluster. the good thing, julie, about what i noticed in the statement is they kind of went after the secretary of state, high officials are not helping with their negotiating strategy. but they said something nice about president trump. not in the spirit of president trump. so

this is where the alaska highway finally joins the alter richardson highway which leads from the coast to fairbanks. delta junction is considered the official end of the twenty four hundred kilometer long highway. the last mile stone is a popular photo opportunity for the international tourists. the ultimate destination of the highway was and still is fair banks the largest city in the interior of alaska. downtown second avenue with its pubs small shops and rugged charm still looks a bit like it did when there were thousands of soldiers stationed in the city. during the second world war fair banks was the hub for american aid to the russians here russian pilots took over thousands of fighters and fighter bombers from their american counterparts and flew them on to siberia in all weathers and in all seasons. the pilots of that time would certainly feel comfortable in the bars affair bags today. the nightlife of the city is still wild and ruckus perfectly in tune with alaska's roughneck image. the pioneering spirit lives on in pubs like the howling dog saloon where many of today's patron