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The skateboard from the back of his pickup as well and the pilot said no, cant take the skateboard. there is rainfall in parts of new york city right now. even a flood advisory for the city itself. we could see standing water, maybe up to about the curbs, but thats about it. the rest of the day day, storms through up state, there will be showers in california, new mexico and arizona. that flash flooding we sy see all the time in the summer. bigger weather over pittsburgh, buffalo and rochester. ...

Welcome back to our broadcast on a busy night in earlier this evening before we knew the recent news out of the white house. i spoke to one of the earliest supporters of this administration. up state new york republican chris collins, the first member of the house of representatives to back candidate donald trump for president. and we started our conversation by discussing his early endorsement. >> its amazing that was february 24th, like two lifetimes ago. >> now he is -- now he is the man. and...

Provides a bare bones insurance option. others are still holding out. susan collins, republican from maine, thats where rural hospitals they really rely on medicaid funding just to survive. she wrote this on twitter saying quote still deep cuts to medicaid in senate bill. will vote no on mpp. ready to work with g.o.p. and dem colleagues to fix flaws in aca. senator mccain also leading towards a bipartisan fix saying this, have no doubt congress must replace obama care, but if we are not able to ...

On early this next week is the report from the congressional budget office which will include how much the revised plan is expected to cost, how much is expected to save, and what its impact will be on insurance premiums that each of us pay every month. so thats something that senators could push them one way or the other. eric: we will see what those numbers are. they were 32 million. then 22 million. then 23 million. we will be asking john faso republican of up state new york who is an expert ...

Trying to get this done, i imagine. >> well, i would like to be in beautiful up state new york during this time of year, but duty calls. well go back to washington and try to get this done. and look, if republicans cant do it, weve got to work with the other side to try to get some improvements in the current system. eric: theres a potential opening that the democrats and the republicans could work something out. americans need it. were counting on you. john faso, republican of up state new york...

>> my license was taken away from me. so now i have to go through certificate of good conduct and a certificate of relief through new york state parole in order to get my license back to practice again. >> ive got you. >> announced, you know what i mean. >> believe me. its worse up state. those girls will fight you in the yard if you mess up their hair. >> she thought she would return to that up state prison for her latest parole violation, but her judge offered her a drug rehabilitation program...

District, if you have any sense local by what its going to mean for your congressman and your community. >> ive been really inspired by all the activism thats been happening over the last few months. i really believe this vote will have a terrible impact on congressman faso if he chooses to run again. >> andrea mitchell joining us from up state new york. thank you so much for talking us through this. i know you never intended to be a national activist on tv talking about this stuff. thank you fo...

It was shared on twitter by your local indy visible group in your district, thats how we found it. can i ask what you think is going to happen in terms of activism in terms of your home district, if you have any sense local by what its going to mean for your congressman and your community. >> ive been really inspired by all the activism thats been happening over the last few month months. i really believe this vote will have a terrible impact on congressman faso if he chooses to run again. >> an...

Pennsylvania, an american company that needs workers but had trouble filling the jobs because local residents are failing drug tests. >> i wouldnt say we probably had 20% every time we run a random test. 20% of the people are failing. >> thats pretty high. >> yeah, its pretty high w were seeing positive tests anywhere from marijuana to amphetamines through crystal meth and heroin. >> its not just here, the percent of employees in the u.s. testing positive for drugs has increased steadily over th...

Pennsylvania is an american company that needs workers, but has had trouble filling the jobs because american workers are failing drug tests. >> 20% of people are failing. >> thats pretty high. >> were seeing positive from marijuana and heroin. >> employees testing positive for drugs has increased steadily over the past few years, reaching the highest level in a decade. >> how many people here are refugees? >> almost everybody that youre seeing here. >> at sterling, refugees have become a hiring...