, washington. suicide is preventable. veterans who are thinking about suicide are not alone. if you have veterans in your district who are thinking about suicide call the veterans crisis -277 and text 74741. mr. speaker, let me repeat. the veterans crisis line is 1-800, 273-8255 and veterans asked to press one. veterans can also text 741741. finally, mr. speaker, i would like to thank mr. brindisi a member of our economic subcommittee for bringing this bill to the floor and i reserve. . . the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from tennessee is recognized. mr. roe: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. roe: i rise in support of h.r. 4285, the department of veterans affairs expiring thoshts act of 2019. this represents a bipartisan, bicameral agreement that would extend authorities to help veterans and swift passage of this legislation will ensure these programs continue. the bill would extend through september 30, 2020, v.a.'s authority

we'll go to spokane, washington, a republican. caller: we're on tv? host: yeah. caller: good morning to you and good morning to the americans as well. i have a question ever since i saw the opening questioning of the selection committee for the supreme court position which kavanaugh is running for. i happened to catch all of kamla harris' questioning of justice kavanaugh, this was a week before the ford letter was released to the pun. -- to the public. kamla harris kept drilling him, do you know or do you have a association with such and such a person at such and such a law office and kavanaugh replied, i don't know. i don't know. that's a very open question. you think about it, that's an open question. do you have an association with anybody at any business, vaguely thrown out in the wind. this is very curious. hen a week later, ford's privileged letter that was supposedly tightly held in nancy pelosi's office was released to the 34riss and then had a big explosion and there should have been an investigation to it at the right time. kamla harris, what did you kn

demand action chapters in spokane and across the state who are leading the way and staying determined. the second common thread is senate republicans. every time we push for lifesaving reforms, it always ends in the same place with the same thing standing in the way of change, and the most us from trading part of this is that there are steps we could take right now today that will save lives. the house has passed the universal background checks legislation, which are 8, with bipartisan support, but it's now languishing here in the senate despite our calls for a vote, all because the majority leader just won't bring it up. and president trump, who is so willing to use his bully pulpit for far less worthy causes, hasn't used it to take action in ways that could save lives right now. in other words, the president and senate republicans continue to make clear they are more interested in protecting the n.r.a. than the families in my home state and across the country, and that is simply unacceptable, and democrats are not going to stop calling for action. leader mcconnell should break thisy

demand action chapters in spokane and across the state who are leading the way and staying determined. the second common thread is senate republicans. every time we push for lifesaving reforms, it always ends in the same place with the same thing standing in the way of change, and the most us from trading part of this is that there are steps we could take right now today that will save lives. the house has passed the universal background checks legislation, which are 8, with bipartisan support, but it's now languishing here in the senate despite our calls for a vote, all because the majority leader just won't bring it up. and president trump, who is so willing to use his bully pulpit for far less worthy causes, hasn't used it to take action in ways that could save lives right now. in other words, the president and senate republicans continue to make clear they are more interested in protecting the n.r.a. than the families in my home state and across the country, and that is simply unacceptable, and democrats are not going to stop calling for action. leader mcconnell should break this

this car slipped and flipped further west, storms in spokane, washington not as much snow, but a dangerous deep freeze warning is in effect. 6 the dangerous weather system rattled the great plains of this weekend too. in eastern kansas, powerful rain, wind and hail pounded this region and in california -- >> that's bad news. >> a tornado touch down their sacramento saturday. the twisters spinning up debris as it crossed over a dead field. summer's heat held on another week in some places, especially in the south breaking records in north carolina raleigh, 93 degrees. wilmington 94 and charlotte 95. >> scorching that was nbc's kendis gibson reporting. >>> firefighters in surf city are on the scene of an enormous blaze that officials say has spread to at least seven buildings. three houses were on fire when crews arrived. multiple agencies were called in to control the blaze a huge plume of black smoke was visible for miles. no word on what caused the fire. >>> nbc meteorologist. freezing cold on one side. >> you industrial that package from kendis. just a ton going on. and the winter weathe

further west, storms in spokane, washington. a dangerous deep freeze warning is in effect overnight. the dangerous weather system rattled the great plains this weekend, too. in eastern kansas, powerful rain, wind and hail battered this region. in northern california, a tornado touched down in sacramento saturday. the twister spinning up debris as it passed over this field. summer heat held on another week in some places. especially in the south. raleigh, 93 degrees today. wilmington, 94. charlotte, 95. >>> family and friends gather to remember a victim of the gilroy garlic festival shootings. trevor was one of three killed. today's memorial service was held at a college where he graduated from in 2017. cameras were not allow inside. the college created a scholarship in his honor. >>> firefighters from santa clara followed in the foot steps of a fallen hero in new york. thousands of people including santa clara firefighters ran from brooklyn to ground zero for the 18th annual tunnel to tower run. it honors firefighter steven sill

>> reporter: a former navy corpsman from spokane, washington. >> you may fix your tie a little bit. >> reporter: in "downton abbey," preparing for a banquet is a fine art. but things have changed for butlers. now, they use lasers. once female staff remained downstairs. >> i can't have maids in the dining room. >> reporter: half of the students in this class are women. >> my name is shelly. >> reporter: and you're from? >> from minneapolis, minnesota. >> reporter: technology has simplified household management. but the spirit of service remains the same. >> we place the tea -- >> reporter: gordon monroe has trained some 600 butlers. >> you must be able to see the wishes of somebody else and put your own needs, actually, in the background. >> reporter: demand for highly-trained butlers is growing. a quarter of graduates find jobs in noble households, including the royal family of jordan. others work for embassies, luxury hotels and companies like rolls-royce. hard work, but rewarding. butlers these days can earn up to $150,000 a year. a thoroughly modern salary, for a life of old-fashio

. >> reporter: the snowstorm also hit parts of idaho, and in spokane, washington, this is the first time they've recorded on this date since they started keeping records back in 1881. forecasters expect the winter weather to continue through the night. >> hunker down. stay warm. and try to avoid traveling. >> reporter: the storm is expected to move out of the area by tomorrow morning though some schools will remain closed on monday. but all of this snow is expected to melt by the end of the week, so everyone here can get back to fall. elaine? >> carter evans, thank you. >>> we're seeing wild weather tonight from snow in the pacific northwest to record heat in the eastern u.s. to a major hurricane in the atlantic ocean. meteorologist jeff bur deli is tracking it all. jeff? >> and even for meteorologists, this is an extreme weather pattern, and we have a lot to talk about. that's for sure. so this epic snowfall in the pacific northwest, the highest mountain so far, some places over 40 inches. we're going to see over four feet before it's all said and done. as you're going to see, we're goi

. >> the snow storm also hit parts of idaho and in spokane, washington, this is the first time they recorded snow on this date since they started keeping records back in 1881. forecasters expect the winter weather to continue through the night. >> hunker down, stay warm, and try to avoid traveling. >> the storm is expected to move out of the area by tomorrow morning. though some schools will remain closed on monday. but all of this snow is expected to melt by the end of the week so everyone here can get back to fall. elaine? >> carter evans, thank you. we're seeing wild weather tonight from snow in the pacific northwest to record heat in the eastern u.s. to a major hurricane in the atlantic ocean. meteorologist jeff berardelli is tracking it all. >> an even for a meteorologist this is an extreme weather pattern. we have a lot to talk about for sure. this epic snow fall in the pacific northwest, the highest mown taint, some places over 40 inches, we will see over four feet before it is said and done. as you see we will probably see snow not tapering down for another 24 hours in spots. that me

the september storm reached as far as idaho and spokane, washington, nearly two inches of snow fell there saturday. that is the first measurable snowfall on that day since they started keeping records back in 1981. now temperatures are expected to drop into the teens and 20s, so all of this is going to freeze pretty hard. school is closed in browning where they got 40 inches of snow. gayle? >> all right. i'm not ready. but thank you. thank you so much. >>> we have breaking news out of north carolina overnight where lawmakers captured three out of four escaped inmates from ohio. the men were taken into custody in the raleigh area. they escaped from the galia county jail in the southern part of ohio early yesterday morning. one inmate is at large this hour. tom hanson is in galipolis where they were held. how did they get away? >> reporter: the inmates escaped behind me here in ohio around 12:00 a.m. sunday using a shank to overpower two female corrections officers. according to authorities, the men took down a secured door to the outside and stole a corrections vehicle to make the getaway.

i was in spokane, washington, not a huge city with almost 1,000 kids who were just really vocal and appropriately boisterous with a moral message. i was with 600 young people yesterday. and you can't be inspired no matter what your age to see young people who will bring this moral message. they speak from the high ground. when a 12-year-old girl looks at a 60-year-old and says, hey, bub, don't destroy my future. there is only one answer which is, yes, sir, i'm going to wake up and smell the roses and deal with climate change. it is unassailable. it is moving the dialogue. when i'm in new york with the u.s. climate alliance, we have 25 states that are moving the needle, are committed to dealing with climate change. and the rest of the world is happy to hear that message. >> the u.n. moving ahead without the united states. when you look at what will happen tomorrow, president trump not participate anything that summit, what does that say to you? have you written it off? >> well, it would be helpful. we do have leadership from the states. so we have this group that jerry brown and andrew cuomo and i