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is up. we see contrast from before and after pictures. for example, fort myers, where the hurricane first hit last. 2.5 million people are without power. >> i can tell you specifically for florida power and light, we have just over 1.1 million customers across the state at the moment, that said, weve been out and about throughout the storm, its been safe to do so restoring power to our customers and weve already restored power to 500,000 customers, but majority of lines are still above...

It is nice to be back in washington. [laughter] albion, briefly. Albiet, briefly. I want to think the chamber for opening up this beautiful building and for their concerns about our veterans. I want to thank David Shulkin for being here. He is the secretary of Veterans Affairs. Couple hours, he will be across the street in the white house for a bill signing passed by both republicans and. Emocrats President Trump will find the bill, which will give you some. Ools to reform the v. A. If anybody c...

It is nice to be back in washington. [laughter] albion, briefly. Albiet, briefly. I want to think the chamber for opening up this beautiful building and for their concerns about our veterans. I want to thank David Shulkin for being here. He is the secretary of Veterans Affairs. Couple hours, he will be across the street in the white house for a bill signing passed by both republicans and. Emocrats President Trump will find the bill, which will give you some. Ools to reform the v. A. If anybody c...

It is nice to be back in washington. [laughter] albion, briefly. Albiet, briefly. I want to think the chamber for opening up this beautiful building and for their concerns about our veterans. I want to thank David Shulkin for being here. He is the secretary of Veterans Affairs. Couple hours, he will be across the street in the white house for a bill signing passed by both republicans and. Emocrats President Trump will find the bill, which will give you some. Ools to reform the v. A. If anybody c...

Bush institute. This is an hour. [applause] mr. Bush thank you, all. Thank you. It is nice to be back in washington. [laughter] its nice to be back in washington. Albeit briefly. Laura and i are honored you all came. I want to thank the chamber for opening up this beautiful building and for their concerns about our vets. I want to thank David Shulkin for being here. Hes the secretary of Veterans Affairs. Its really good you are here, mr. Secretary. Especially since in a couple hours, you will be...

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Meant to this state. You know what she did for her constituents. And i am in awe of her courage and her commitment to continue to serve people by standing up and speaking out against the gun lobby in favor of common sense gun safety measures. And by her side, a man who has served our country with such distinction, and i am pleased to call him a friend, not only because of that service he has gibb but because of what hes continuing to do by gabbys side, speaking out, over and over again. And as t...

Chief White House Correspondent and editor. Good morning. Thank you for recovering from your same patrick festivities to make it out here for an early breakfast. We appreciate it. Welcome to all of you in live stream land. Where always grateful to you for tuning in. I am joined by bryan bender. A bunch of you know him. He came to politico from the boston globe. He has known secretary carter going back to the 1990s. How did that work out . Brian i wish it was a more peacekeeping operation. We are...

Party, in addition to young people and minorities. The problem for the democrats is they tend not to turn out to vote in midterms. They do better in a president ial year, but that is the big question. Will single women, as well as young people and minorities, turn out to vote for someone who is not barack obama . Hillary clinton is appealing directly to women. I have not been able to find any data recently, but my sense in light is that for women 50 year old and older, married or single, the app...

Its very early. They are trying to gather information. I spoke to one witness on scene, and she said everything happened at the metro stop a few blocks away. The stadium armory is not far from here. She said she saw a bunch of teens, 30 or 40 hanging out, kind of over near the subway, and thee heard yelling and then heard even or eight shots, back toback rapid fire, and she saw all the teens run back in this direction, and she wasnt exactly sure where the shooting occurred, but she didnt believe...