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A Republican lawmaker on the Legislature's powerful budget-writing committee says the state would stay in compliance with federal guidelines, so as not to miss out on $1.5 billion in federal matching funds for education.
Get me, i would shoot him in self-defense." so representative nevarez, did you threaten him? >> i asked him to leave the floor. >> there's a difference between asking and threatening. which was it? >> well, the thing is this. representative rodriguez hit this on the head. that kind of stuff is not acceptable on the house floor and i have to own that. but we were provoked. i was provoked. the point in getting him off the floor, we can't be doing that kind of stuff on the floor. the further you get away from stuff like that, and i'm talking physically, walking to the side of the rail, walking to...
We need to look at those things and prevent that kind of violence from happening. >> we'll see how this plays out. but as state senator wentworth said, looks like the votes are there to pass this. representative rodriguez, senator wentworth, we appreciate it. >> thank you. well, next on this "american morning," it was a shocking suicide. of a former nfl player. but now his death is giving doctors a gift that could save lives. the story ahead with our sanjay gupta. also the mid-atlantic waking up through icy and snowy conditions this morning. our rob marciano will join us in a few minutes, ...