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subcommittee examines how -- sheldon whitehouse shares the hearing which runs just under two hours. >> let us call this hearing to order. senator whitehouse: i am very grateful to my friend, senator kennedy of the louisiana for acting as ranking member on this committee. i look forward to lively proceedings in this committee during this congress. we have some terrific witnesses and i will introduce them briefly before we present our opening statements. we have the president of the ...

Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening and good luck to republican president ial contenders desperately trying to be heard above donald trump, who today again managed to provoke outrage and drive a lot of the discussion online by publicly revealing the personal phone number of opponent and senator Lindsey Graham. The stunt also managed to overshadow the entrance into the race today of Ohio Gove...

Awful. Heat, fire and floods from coasttocoast. In texas, torrential downpours. People had to be evacuated from this fast moving wildfire. You do think john mccain is a hero . I do. By the way, i said it. A new poll shows donald trumpga ining significantly. The dah moi register is calling for trump to drop out. He is becoming a jackass. They have released a jailhouse video from the night a young black woman was found hanged in her cell. The death of miss bland was not a criminal act. John kasich...

20 Million People are under heat advisories. Factor in the humidity and it felt like 111 in tallahassee florida, 102 in atlanta georgia, and 98 in the nations capital. In the west the punishing drought appears to be giving way to devastating rain. Ben tracy begins our coverage. Reporter today construction crews began fixing the highway bridge washed out by heavy weekend rains in california. Scientists say such rare summer storms are a preview of a potentially recordbreaking wet winter in the wes...

Calling trump, quote, very childish and impulsive. Thats after the president elect suggested he was reconsidering how america dealed with taiwan when speaking to fox news. I fully understand the one china policy, but i dont know why we have to be bound by one china policy unless we make a deal with china. Having to do with other things, including trade. I mean look, were hurt very badly by chiepa. China is now expressing, quote, serious concern after the comments with the global post saying chin...

Stance on iran missile launches, russia, ukraine, the north Korean Nuclear program, asking you about your confidence level and President Trump and his National Security team. 202 7488001 four republicans. 202 7488000, democrats. 202 7488002, independents. Send us a tweet and we welcome your posts on facebook. We will start with a story from the United Nations and the new ambassador to the United Nations, nikki haley. This is the new york post. Indemns russian aggression ukraine. The new u. S. Am...

Policies that fueled the riot in his city and republicans 202 7488001 and democrats call in on 202 on 8002 on [phone rings] lets begin with that piece written by the sheriff of milwaukee david clarke where he writes the failed progressive urban policy causes anger and resentment that simmers below the surface and the officerinvolved shooting was simply a catalyst that ignited he already vol tile mixture of inescapable poverty, failing k12 public schools, dysfunctional host that is what he wrote ...

Its thursday, august 25th. Heres what you need to know today. A live look at an evacuated rv park in clermont. The turkey river is expected to crest there in just a few hours. You live close to a river and thats the worst flooding theyve seen in years as they start to clean up today. Rescue crews in italy are digging through rubble hoping to find more survivors. At least 247 people have died from a 6point2 earthquake. Eight years after flooding. And planning, the Northwest Recreation Center in c...

So we still have concerns on the roadways because water continues to rise. Fayette county hasnt wednesday but their service is extending it until tomorrow at 11 30 as well. We do have concerns of flooding even though the rain has stopped because there has been a lot of rain that is fall and pick. A lot of these issues in pecora, these are some samples anywhere from two to eight inches of ball and here are some of the reports we have been watching. Major flooding in freeport and theyre continuing...

Also developing tonight parts of the cbs 2 news viewing area could see some heavy rain, rain,weather first chief meteorologist terry swails joins us right now with the the head hawk is sticking around for awhile. Awhile. Cbs 2 sports anchor zach hanley joins us with the details of Kirk Ferentzs new contract. Big day for kirk ferentz and even bigger for his wallet the head hawk signed a 6 Year Contract extention on his deal which will now go through 20 26 season, basically meaning hell be a hawke...