who had not finished high school to omar bradley of missouri and dwight eisenhower of kansas. three of those individuals are with us tonight to share and reflect on their experiences in this terrible yet galvanizing war that ended 70 years ago this year during the presidency of harry s truman. these men need no introduction to a kansas city audience. as you're welcome indicated. but they are so humble, i do want to talk a little bit about each of the menu will hear from. henry bloch was a student at the university of michigan when the u.s. entered the war. having learned in school the horrors of trench warfare in what was known as the great war, world war i, he resolved to do his service above ground and enlisted in the army air corps. , trained as a navigator, he was assigned to the 95th bomb group. as it turned out, he had chosen the most perilous service of world war ii. the rough equivalent of serving as an infantryman in a world war i trench. the eminent historian of world war ii, rick atkinson has written of the very period henry was flying. the losses were dreadful. onl

rick santorum: we are still here. >> winning the trifecta, and colorado, missouri, and minnesota. and then margin states like louisiana and alabama, prolonging the nomination fight, embarrassing mitt romney and occasionally himself. he even campaigned in puerto rico, capturing some rays. and stumbling into the language debate. rick santorum: it takes a lot. >> in april, he suspended his campaign, seconds and the delegate count but forever first in fashion. >> amazing thing, that sweater vest. john: there he is, in that sweater vest. josh, i want to know in 2012 how many times were you inspired to put on a sweater vest yourself? josh: not once. john: that may be one of the reasons why you were not in the hunt for the republican nomination. josh: true. i will not be this time either. john: you in a sweater vest will be something to see. josh: you are not going to see that. john: we are not done with rick santorum. we're coming to an end of "with all due respect," and we will have more of the rick santorum speech and more importantly, post game analysis with josh on bloomberg.com. an

louis who ran the foster care system with the bureau of vital at theistics, and the state of missouri who later become the power that operated the system in the state of missouri and without those coordinated efforts and also legal undertakings in courts. either you have got lawyers who were unscrupulous which to some in the public that might not be difficult to believe, but also you have issues with judges who had to scrutinize these files before granting adoptions. >> he says he is also getting calls from people who grew up in adopted families and suspect they may have been stolen as newborns. >>> telecom giant verizon is buying aol for around $4.4 billion. aol owns a number of websites including the "huffington post" and "tech crunch." verizon says the partnership will help it concentrate on some issues. >>> coming up greece makes a big payment on its bailout plan but could it leave the country even more broke. ♪ >>> a crucial vote is expected in the senate today on legislation that would grant president obama the authority to fast track trade deals through congress. patricia sab

with the bureau of vital statistic which is ran the birth certificates with the state of missouri who later became those -- the power that operated the foster care system in the state of missouri and without those and also legal undertakings in court either you have lawyer whose are unscrupulous, which to some in the public that may not be difficult to believe, but also you have issues with judges that had to jute nice these files. >> watkins says in addition to dozens of calls from mothers he is also goating calls from people that grew up in adoptive families and suspect they may have been stolen as newborns. in the penalty face of the boston bombing trial. then it is up to the jury whether he gets the death penalty or life in prison. both the defense team and the prosecution rested their cases yesterday. the last witness was a nun that said that tsarnaev is sorry for what he did. well, cheating allegations catching one the super bowl. coming up next, the punishment for tom brady don't go anywhere. you are watching al jazeera america. right now we are monitoring the news conference i

louis, missouri, where you lived for a long time. when you see people taking to the streets to denounce police brutality against young african american men. do you think the system really is for these people. >> well, the system was never for them. >> so what made you say this? >> because when i said that i was talking about the environment and where they live, and the rites that they have, and the blessing that they do, you know, have actual access to them. in africa, the way i grew up, let's just take a project in new york, for instance. that's a 5-star hotel compared to the environment i came up in. like, if they see how they live, they get money from the government. they actual - there actually are programs that help the impoverished and the poor, and you get food stamps. i mean, they have it good compared to africa. do you follow. there's a huge difference in how the government allocate funds to the poor, and funds to the poor in africa. the environmentals are not left to right. if the games are taken from the environment they a

westbound . 13th and missouri avenue northwest, westbound lane closed because of a crash there. wide look at the beltway, no major problems as you are taking a big look at the beltway. dale city is going to be your slowest spot. a little bit of sheen on the roadway still. things drying. >> it is 5:54 police in prince george's county have a better description of a man they believe sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl. this happened wednesday morning. the mother of the girl knocked him down after spotting him on friday afternoon. the girl's mother says he was african-american with several tattoos, including one on his neck that said blessed and a star on both shoulders. if you know who he is police want to hear from you. >>> a d.c. council member is working to make the city quieter at night. at large member vincent orange proposed a bill to punish bars if they caused too much noise after 9:00 p.m. bars would have to measure how loud it is outside and send those numbers to a city agency. if they are too loud the bars could face a suspended liquor license or as much as $1,000 fine.

the woman who had escaped were shot and killed in clinton, missouri. now james horn is dead as well. >> still around here i want to thank all the law enforcement for all the efforts they put into it. i thank them to the bottom of my heart. i'm glad it's over with. >> now, officials say horn was armed at the time of the encounter, but no officers were injured. horn had a long criminal history of violence which included kidnapping and sexual battery. >>> and we've got a warning for pet owners this morning. as you can see on the video, we're talking about cats. and a danger as the weather gets warmer. it's a problem you may not have heard of. a veterinarian joins us this morning to talk about high rise syndrome. good morning to you. we want to start with a tweet, who asks do we really need to call falling from a high height high-rice syndrome. >> this is a thing now. >> so there are studies that actually document the number of animal that's fall from high-rises, whether it be two stories and above, the kitten we had fell from 12 stories. i walked in and s

truman, president of the united states, distinguished senator from the state of missouri for ten year and vice president since the last national election he brings to the high office an understanding of the great american war effort, second to that the president roosevelt. climbing senate leadership chief of the famous truman committee on war production, his work was a vital factor in the war effort. at last summer's democratic national convention truman was chosen as candidate for vice president with president roosevelt roosevelt. his brilliant record hailed at the convention included leadership and legislation for the selective service act or lend lease and the repeal of the neutrality act. in 19 35 he voted for the world court. he had consistly given support to the progressive social program of the roosevelt administration. returning to washington with mr. roosevelt, harry truman was the vice president elect and after the first speech, vice president truman said in this shrinking world, no nation can live safely alone. peace loving nations must band together for the

outside kansas city, missouri, residents were evacuated when this river flooded leaving homes under water. the severe weather there postponed a major league soccer game. in eastern kansas, authorities said strong winds derailed this. in oklahoma where twisters are an annual rite of spring, residents are cleaning up. >>> that was nbc's john yang reporting. >>> and bill karins sheer with more. >> >> flash flooding a possibility. those are scary storms. yesterday we made it through without the tornados after 34 were reported. we can though the catch a break. it's been so wet in the area in this part of the country, it's one batch after another. if you're not dealing with tornados, it's flash flooding. some say more than four inches of rain in some of the counties here. we have one in the mississippi area too. this goes to 9:00 sentcentral time so the city is under that flash flood warning. one to three inches of rain is wide spread through the area. the heaviest toelts are through central louisiana. the worst highway to be driving on is from jackson, mississippi to sheave port. just outside

the road to recovery in baltimore may not be the same as in missouri. >>> an american college student from south korea and two others now under arrest in north korea, and cnn travels to north korea to learn what is happening to them. 8:01. i am christi paul. hi, victor blackwell. >> hello, christi paul. i am live in baltimore, and we say today thousands of expected to fill the streets here, and maryland governor, larry hogan, is calling on the community for a day of prayer and peace. overnight a small group of protesters that clashed with police after violating curfews, and they are upset the curfews has not been lifted, and you can see a man being arrested last night and he was taken to a hospital for medical attention. there might be a curfews tonight, and there will be a news conference to see if the curfews will continue or be lifted, and in just a few hours the governor and archbishop will attend a church service asking for the statewide day of prayer and peace, and a state-wide rally is planned today at noon at city hall. tell us more about what we are expecting today and how th

flooding in this missouri neighborhood forced about 200 people to evacuate. the flood warning for the area continues through monday night. henna daniels for cbs3 "eyewitness news". >>> president obama is comeing to camden tomorrow on his itinerary is a visit to the newly established police depth. he'll be highlighting community policeing efforts and is expected to meet with young people in the area. camden was recently designated a promise zone meaning it gets federal funding to improve the city. stay with "eyewitness news" for complete coverage of the president's visit tomorrow. >>> ♪ and we are just two days away now from the primary election for the past month "eyewitness news" has profiled every candidate for philadelphia mayor. last night we brought you three profiles and tonight we'll bring you three more. first a familiar face, jim kenny kenny. he serve as member of city council since 1992. jessica dean sat down with him to talk about his vision for the city of physical. >> reporter: why do you want to run for mayor now? why is the time specifically

lane, and he pursued and fought confederate forces led by general sterling price in jackson county, missouri, near the big blue river on october 22, 1864. reader had enlisted in the second regiment kansas coalition of when the war began, and he was involved in this conflict. the confederates routed the force is anybody left behind who wants a job was taken prisoner. so reader was taken prisoner. he surrendered peacefully, and he recounts in the diary as will his time as a prisoner. they were marching the soldiers out pashtun south the prisoner south, apparently to texas and reader was able to get away and escape by pretending to be a confederate soldier. on friday october 21 before the day of the battle he writes, we went to the big blue in camp one half mile west of the string and a group of blackjack saplings covered with dead leaves. angels went with the train and nearly got or stole a turkey, he said. we had nice fire and supper. we heard cannon shots from the northeast. tom laughed and said he would rather hear a baby cry. burton says he wants to see a battle. well, i don't care. i'm no

that headline says in rural missouri but reading the article it's clear that the main rural, it's a missouri story but it may mean rural settings anywhere. hewitt close to cms in bolivar the hospital in occiio closed. they want to talk about what you did, what your system did there to try to alleviate some of that loss of service because thank you, senator. the hospital in occiio of about 35 miles north of bolivar close november 1 and of course, that represented a loss to the kennedy. noble inpatient bed no more emergency room and lost quite a few health care jobs. we did step forward. we taken over the operation of the invalid service. way to go the operation of the rural health clinic. we've converted that clinic into a walk in clinic that is open seven days a week 12 hours a day. so they can provide access to patients in that area. we taken over the operation of retail pharmacy that they had the only pharmacy in town and we've added rehabilitation service of physical and occupational and speech therapy services. we've tried to provide outpatient care and provide the ambulance care to tran

flooding in this missouri neighborhood forced about 200 people to evacuate. the flood warning for the area continues through monday night. cbs news. >> and more severe storms could develop tonight in minnesota, wisconsin, and illinois. in new york city today, first responders and family members took part in an historic climb. 1,000 people participated in today's tunnel to tower climb at the one world trade center. they made the trek up 1,970 stairs to the building's 90th floor. the event raised a half million dollars to build tech-smart homes for disabled military family members. >>> at least nine people are dead tonight after a shoot-out at the twin peaks restaurant in waco, texas. police say rival motorcycle gangs gathered to fight, and that escalated to gunfire. >> reporter: the entire area was surrounded by police tape with several rival biker gangs being held inside. police say the bikers met around lunchtime to discuss differences when a fight broke out. >> it progressed very rapidly from hands and feet as weapons, to chains and knives were involved. >>

missouri -- matthew scott chisholm. eddie j. johnson sr. montana -- joseph j. dunne i. nebraska -- amanda baker. mark a. hekert. nevada -- alan r. beck. igor soldo. new hampshire higher -- -- stephen joseph arkel. new jersey -- were not sorenaldo arocha, jr. christopher m. goodel. stephen j. petrozello. melvin vincent santiago. new mexico -- anthony p. haas. new york -- frank g. bordenero. thomas k. choy. dennis e. guerera. wyn jyn lu. douglas h. mayvell. darrell r. pearson. rafael l. ramos. christopher g. skinner. david w. smith jr. michael c. williams. north carolina -- jeffrey w. green. stanley l. klingenschmidt. alexander e. thalman. ohio -- michael a. paris sr. justin r. weinbrenner. oklahoma -- bryan d. beck. kelly a. chase. terry b. fischer. mitchell d. weeks. kristen d. willheit. pennsylvania -- richard a. champion. brian k. dixon ii. david kedra. cheryl a. pierce. south carolina -- joseph j. madaskovic. holmes n. smith jr. tennessee -- david c. johnson. darryl j. perrett. michael a. petrina. texas -- paul a. buckles. charles d. dinwiddy. lee dixon. jessica l. h

aaron: actually, i'm not sure how the missouri law firm felt about that. emily: hopefully you won't get sued over it. aaron: they didn't sue us, so. they probably shouldn't. i'm sure we sent them some traffic for new customers. [laughter] emily: but tweeting as much as you do, why do you do it? aaron: well, maybe one myth that i actually can dispel is that i generally tweet only once or twice a day. emily: so you are way behind mark andreessen. you are not at 100 tweets a day. aaron: i am sort of between peter thiel and mark andreessen in my tweet volume. no, it's my one outlet that a pr team does not control for me to be able to just share my thoughts on the technology industry. emily: i guess i wonder, like, why aren't you more scared? aaron: that might be partly generational. i mean, i grew up on chat rooms. i'm sure i will say something stupid someday that i wake up to in the morning and pull a donald trump or something, and then regret tweeting for the rest of my life. emily: how much of it is strategy? aaron: it is probably less, actually, strategic

we have seen this work in missouri. i would like to see this so others can benefit. senator collins: thank you for your testimony. mr. strickler. mr. strickler: thank you. on behalf of caregivers, thank you for the opportunities to testify. my wife and i have -- it has been a challenge to stay in tune with their state of mind and respecting their spirit of independency and privacy. my mother is independent. she is active in her community and continues to enjoy gardening. she can remain independent. she can someone for help at the touch of a button. it works wherever she goes. she is diligent about wearing her pendant. my mother-in-law aging experience is one such case. we needed to have her closer to us. we modified a cottage next to our home by incorporating a walk-in tub. she moved in september 2012. we tried several different products. it would not respond to the voice in the box. the products are ineffective. we worked to find a company to install sensors. incorporated with the existing door and motion sensors it enabled her to have independence and privacy and g

marjorie, the director of the center at my university, the university of missouri. the center has created a living environment that utilizes a number of advanced technologies in senior apartments. the doctor and her team have found a way to use radar and 3-d sensors to monitor seniors' risk level for fall. i look forward to learning more about this. i know there are some concerns about preserving the privacy of seniors, and that using webcams and video monitoring my present some challenges. we also want to make sure we are looking out for their safety. i know the university has used privacy techniques, such as using only silhouettes on video monitors that could help ease privacy concerns of older adults. the challenge for those who develop these technologies is to find ways to maximize safety with minimal invasion of privacy. thank you to chairman collins and for our witnesses for taking the time to be here today and i look forward to listening and learning from your testimony. chair collins: thank you very much for that excellent the meant. i want to note we have b

two months ago, he stood in a federal court in missouri expecting to receive probation because what he was accused of the wing has not been a crime now for nine years. yet he was sentenced to three in federal prison, which he began serving two weeks ago at fort leavenworth. i was able to speak to his son and son-in-law on the devastation this has wreaked on dr. moody also his family. he has several college-age students. has another son who is 16 years old and is a junior in high school, and his brother told me about the way in which this has affected his brother at a very vulnerable time, six years old, to have his father disappear. 60-year-old man, highly educated, now consigned to a cage for the next three years for literally having done nothing other than try to save his family from starvation, starvation that occurred because of the same government that just prosecuted him for doing that. this is the kind of story that if you go into muslim communities in the united states you will hear over and again. it's the sort of thing you can become angry about if you think about it or read

confrontations between anti-slavery and proslavery groups along the border of the kansas territory and missouri. the influx of proslavery and free state settlers during this time helped establish topeka as a major political and commercial force in the area. together with our kk shift cable partners c-span's city -- learn more about this all weekend on american history tv. ♪ >> we are entering the kindergarten room of the munro elementary school at the national historic site in topeka, kansas. this is one of the four african-american elementary schools in 1951 when the brown versus board of education happened. it was a small peas of a larger piece that started back in the late 1920's and early 1930's, which is part of the national association for the advancement of colored people's or the ncaa's chess -- naacp's struggle to over term -- overturn segregation. that would lead to overturning a case, a supreme court decision that allowed the state of louisiana to segregate railcars by race. once the supreme court made the decision that was constitutional you saw an explosion of laws in the south e

this 80 by 60-foot sinkhole opening up on a missouri golf course. recent heavy rain a possible factor. officials in one texas county alone identifying 4000 areas vulnerable to flooding. and cecilia, with the wichita river here rising as fast as it is officials are telling us they could order thousands more to evacuate. cecilia. >> yeah. a rough weekend for so many. thank you. rob marciano is here. you were telling me there's a potential for a double threat. tornadoes and flooding. how unusual is that? >> it's happening again. that is unusual. the past two weeks we had this pattern alternating in the same spots. low over the mountains will spend more in the way of energy and moisture. we have tornado watches in ealorado and high plains. and that threat will push off to the east the more popular i-35 corridor. dallas. and flash flood watches all of texas, all of oklahoma, in through missouri. three, four, maybe five, six inches of rainfall atop of what they have. more flooding on the way, cecilia. >> they keep getting slammed. what about the holiday w

eastern texas, oklahoma, arkansas, missouri. here's how it times out. and the next few hours will be dry in texas and oklahoma, but more rain coming tomorrow afternoon and evening. two to three inches additionally of what they've already had. and more showers and storms across the great lakes. and the east and west coast looks to be dry. but oklahoma, that weather service has issued 70 flash flood warnings this year, more than the past four years combined and they'll probably issue more tomorrow. >> hopefully they'll get a break midweek. rob, thank you. >>> let's turn to cleveland, and the streets are calm after clashes that followed a controversial verdict involving a police shooting. many in the city are still angry about the decision the cleared an officer that stood on the hood of a car, firing 15 times at the suspects inside. they later died. the officer saying he was afraid for his life. alex perez in cleveland with more. >> reporter: tension in cleveland overnight. >> hands up, don't shoot! >> reporter: police making 71 arrests, mostly for violen

louis missouri. , you are up next. you are on the air. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call.

look at this town in missouri evacuated tonight. rob marciano with the late-breaking details. >> reporter: a night of violent storms bringing torrential rain and rescues. >> what you're watching live right now is this man and this woman are in this home surrounded by water. >> reporter: including this one in johnson county, texas unfolding, on live tv. first responders using a drone to send a rescue line to a stranded couple. then paddling toward them in a rescue raft. homeowner bill kastel, that's him you see standing right there, talking to dallas station wfaa. >> trying to figure out how to get the boat over here. >> reporter: the sound of rushing water and debris waking them up. >> my wife got out of bed, looked out the window, said, "oh my god. the water's under our house!" >> reporter: that current, too swift. a national guard helicopter called in lifting them to safety. flooding causing problems all the way to missouri. residents urged to evacuate outside of kansas city. this after a tornado outbreak overnight. 30 reported fr

. >> parts of mossby missouri are underwater today. heavy downpours have left the town nearly engulfed by floodwaters. more than 100 people have been asked to leave under a voluntary evacuation and officials say they are going to use boats to help anyone who may have been left behind. first responders in rain-soaked texas also had to battle rising waters. 32 miles southwest of dallas some residents near the town of venus had to be airlifted from their homes after torrential downpours left them trapped. in webster texas a houston suburb dozens of families had to ef loo the first floor of this apartment complex after floodwaters damaged the building. >> as far as this car this car is totalled. the bed, to the sleeping on that any more. >> the violent storm system that tore through the plains this weekend spawned seven confirmed tornadoes. the dangerous weather was centered in southwestern oklahoma. in the town of elmer homes and farms were damaged when a tornado touched down. in other parts of the state large hail shattered car windshiel

missouri, as well. nothing begin on right now but keg egg the future cast we see some clouds around this afternoon. i think that's why ill change the high from 90 to maybe 88 for today. and then, it is later on toward evening, i think you see around 3:00, some strong rain and thunderstorms kind of popping up there out in harrisburg, and then you see it moving through the metro area about 6:00, 7:00 tonight. we could get some pop up thunderstorms pretty strong this evening as this system moves through and then it is out of here by about 11:00 12:00, that would be late day thunderstorms. we start off pretty muggy 71 degrees in the city, and in lancaster, 72 in reading, 66 in wildwood, at and lack at this time city. little cooler along the coastline. 71 degrees in wilmington. very muggy morning with breeze at 8 miles an hour, and of course we're grateful for every breeze when it is a little stuffy as it is. so yesterday, well, as predicted, we almost made it to 90. 89 degrees, 77 is the average high, and o

all of that rainfall that has been impacting texas as well as sections of oklahoma and missouri a part of that is headed in our direction. get this. more rainfall is going to hit the lone star state tomorrow. they don't need any more rainfall. they've seen the most rain for the month of may ever in parts of the lone star state. it's partly cloudy it will be a nice friday evening out if you're stepping outdoors it should stay dry and comfortable. moving ahead to your saturday, it's warm, high temperatures top out in the mid to upper 80s. then scattered showers and some thunderstorms by your sunday across the area. 86 degrees right now. comfortable humidity at 44%. winds out of the south at about 6 miles per hour. look at the temperatures area wide. low to mid 70s. so cooler right now down the shore. winds coming in off of the ocean ocean. but head further inland 86 degrees right now in trenton. even warmer 87 right now in allentown. mid 80s in pottstown. as well as lancaster so you can see we're dry and quiet right now across our area. some showers and storms around the pittsburgh area.

to you are area of concern really from southern texas to northern missouri. i think the severe weather with the exception of some isolated flooding the tornado threats from louisiana toward missouri. more on that in a minute. just the last 24 hours niece numbers alone are enough to cause massive flash flooding and evacuations. look at all the reports of flood problems that we had yesterday east of oklahoma city elk city 48, high water rescues yesterday. unfortunately also in oklahoma and rommers county the life was lost of a first responder as he was performing a high-water rescue. you are going to see warnings pop up, but in red, tornado watches, parishes of louisiana just to the west of st. louis, up toward the north, kurtzville, missouri watching this area as well. so flooding severe weather, you name it we've got it i think we will have a few isolated tornadoes within this box. our concern again, san marcos and if we come over a little bit into houston, had problems, too north of houston, a levee that engineers are afraid could fail. so if you get in clos

lastto give an example, week i spoke to the university of missouri law school, in columbia, missouri, a pretty small typical american college town. unbeknownst to me prior to my arrival, that happens to be the moody lives.r. i was able to meet his son and son-in-law and hear about his truly amazing and genuinely disturbing experience. was a student who decided to come to the united states to pursue a phd in nuclear engineering. he arrived at the university of missouri to study and obtained his phd and decided along with his wife he wanted to stay in the united states and work in the united states rather than returning to iraq. work as aand got research professor at the university of missouri, became an integral part of the columbia community. he and his wife ultimately had five children, all of them american-born u.s. citizens. the problem is beginning of the early 1990's, for the next decade, he had numerous family member still in iraq, including 11 siblings, along with his elderly mother who was blind. millions ofs and iraqis, his family members were not just suffering great depriva

five tornadoes swept through missouri over the weekend. the storm destroyed houses and cars and uprooted trees. there were no reports of injuries. the images, these are from a town that had still been recovering from a devastating tornado that tore through there exactly one year ago. >> in the west, the issue continues to be drought and scientists predict the worst is yet to come partly due to global warming. >> normally these peaks in washington are covered in snow, but this year are barely dusted with white only 16% of normal. streams flowing from the mountains are low. that's bad news for farmers and produce vendors at this fruit and vegetable market, where mike sells his wares. >> the washington governor declared a state of emergency. >> we're seeing things happen at this time of year that we just have never seen before. >> the drought is expected to cost washington farmers a billion dollars in cross loss this is year. the state is offering incentives to farmers willing to sacrifice crops to save water. >> the drought is into its fourt

those are behaviors like in the instance of mike brown in ferguson, missouri. some different choices by the individual could have helped the situation. in other words he was told to get out of the street. >> sir, my time has expired. but for you to come here and testify essentially that eric turner is responsible for his own death when he was targeted by police officers for allegedly selling loose cigarette was an administrative situation for which he got the death penalty is outrageous. for us to come to a conversation, we have to at least agree on reasonable fact that all americans interpret particularly in this instance because they caught the whole thing on tape. i yield back. >> the gentleman from texas. >> thank you mr. chairman. i think all the witnesses for being here. obviously you have spent a lot of time on these issues, rather than just the time here today. it is a difficult issue. i saw a report this morning from the task force. it quotes the task force as saying, the u.s. department of homeland security should terminate the use of the state and lo

i oversee government reimbursement programs in bolivar, missouri and osage beach missouri. 50 rural hospitals have closed since january 2010. rural hospital closure means more than just the loss of access to health care for a community. as a rural hospital is frequently the largest employer in town, its closure represents an economic blow as well. my written testimony provides several examples of what is working in rural hospitals, including quality health care at a reasonable price to the medicare program, and programs like the medical home program which improves the health in our communities. i want to focus my oral comments, though, on four specific challenges rural hospitals face. first, patient volumes are lower at rural hospitals, and also fluctuate significantly on a day-to-day basis, making it difficult to manage staffing levels. my written testimony has a graph on page three that shows the daily census at lake regional for the month of january showing significant daily fluctuations, including a high census of 103 patients on january 15th and a low of 66 patients on january 25th. a si

since the t events that led to riots in ferguson, missouri police use of force has become scrutinized nationally. police use of force should be scrutinized locally that is. it should be examined in terms of factual data and circumstances that led to the police action and not from the emotional foundation of false narratives or catchy slogans like "hands up don't shoot," "no justice no peace" or "black lives matter." let's leave that conduct for the public tone gauge in not the mainstream media or those elected officials who can't resist the opportunity to exploit the emotions of an uninformed or misinformed public simply for political gain. we will no doubt hear a lost statistics thrown about today, some distorted to achieve a predetermined agenda. others are legitimate. in 2013 the united states department of justice under attorney general eric holder did a study in conjunction with the national institute of justice on traffic stop data. they found that when you use control factors that statistics and research require for legitimate findings any racial disparities are attributed to d

louis, missouri. the other was the interim government from missouri. the other was a u.s. senator from washington, d.c.. he died there and came back to st. louis, missouri. then, abraham lincoln, and it was retired after that. that hearse, back then, i will leave it up to your imagination, it reportedly cost $6,000 to be built in the hundreds. if i could say it is priceless that is about as close as i can get because it is still being unfolded as we are here tonight. the team is still at work. my phone is probably ringing off the hook, but i have it on silent so it doesn't bother anyone. we have more questions here. can everyone hear me ok? no one is falling asleep? do you have the time and place the arrival of the hearse in springfield, will there be an arrival ceremony? the time and place will be april 29 at a private dedication unveiling at the lrs hanker at 6:00 p.m. now, jessica is not here correct? ok. jessica is one of our girls. i think it would be appropriate that we invite everyone here today to that dedication. we would love to have you. you have set here and li

ferguson, missouri we were told that case was something very different from what it turned out to be. what exactly is she talking about and shouldn't someone who is running for president be a little bit more careful? >> well but if you say that you're concerned about the relationship if you say that you are concerned that the trust is missing and that is something the president retreats into very often, he makes a lot of insinuations and former secretary clinton makes a lot of insinuations or made as she was flipping her views on the subject, she made a lot of insinuations about what's going on. but what they retreat to is trust. >> everybody wants trust. the question is how do you get it? if you follow up with that question the answer is the cops stink and they need to do better. it's -- there's no looking at what is the community doing? oh wait they're shooting at the cops. that doesn't engender trust either. >> this is an interesting moment for the democratic party and for their presumptive nominee. think about it this way, back in the old days when she used to tout how tough on cr

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