recovery oint, with virginia west virginia, a six to nine month program. many believe this sort of treatment deserves much more funding than it currently has. >> we need funding for treatment. we need funding for people when they get out of treatment because a lot of them have been in trouble with the police and the law. >> this sort of treatment is normally completed in over five months, which can be a hit with all those in need help immediately. another way is to lock up many of those who take drugs. this in theory takes addicts off the streets. >> we know what to do with people that are addicted. live along in the criminal justice system. if we do not have a drug problem, they would be stealing rolexes or cars. >> it is a well-known fact the u.s. has the highest incarcerated population in the world. >> we don't want people to do this so we will have a really xtreme penalty if they get caught. what that penalty is if you boil it down to simple as terms, it is putting someone in cage. >> ideas on how to alleviate this are inflicted, but there is one thing

he spent about nine days in west virginia. he thought it was horrible and did not find what he was looking for. he spent most of the time in eastern tennessee and north carolina. there he finds an extraordinary repository of old ballads that he believed had been passed down from generation to generation and survived in the mountains in isolation. what i want to convey to you is that when he went to appalachia, he was searching for something. he was looking for england enshrined in amber. preserved. he was not necessarily curious about appalachian culture. he did not care about the culture of african-americans or italian-american immigrants. he was looking for english culture as it was preserved in the mountains. that is what he found. he was looking for very specific reasons. he was looking to take those ballads and reimport them to the mother country as a way of reforming the working classes. it is arguable, but some believe that he had even been hoping that such a move would cause a proletarian revolution. far-fetched but no

before of the example west virginia. that pharmacy may not necessarily see if people are getting mail order. >> absolutely. especially with more than one. it helps especially if we can do it over state lines. floridatly started, but is a state not doing it. that's a problem because it's a big problem down there. >> i recognize the vice chair for five minutes. >> i want to thank the witnesses for being here today. this is a very serious subject. i have to refute some things that i've heard today. i think we are comparing apples and oranges when we try to bring in fentanyl and open opiate abuse into the debate whether you want obamacare or the american healthcare act. what i've heard repeatedly is somehow the medicaid expansion has helped solve this problem , but the math map of data that doctor burgess put up, and i have a paper copy here, shows us that's not the case. i think it's apples and oranges. obamacare caused opioid abuse and i don't think it can solve it on its own. we are trying to find the answers today. i don

. ♪ west virginia, mountain mamaic take me home country road ♪ >> somebody is off rhythm. not going to say who it is. >> kendis. >> for millions of americans, country roads lead to coal country. >> with the coal industry, facing growing criticisms. many in coal country embracing the future of clean energy. our own mountain mama, maggie rulli joining us. >> did play the song on repeat when i entered west virginia. a rule you have to play it when you cross the border. coal has become such a polarized political issue look you mention, but there are people behind the issue. y went to west virginia to meet they're living in their reality and how they're planning for their future. instead of heading down into the earth for energy, some west virginians are now looking up. to the sun. >> the ee kconomien west virgin depended on coal mining jobs. with the solar industry, we're hoping that is something that can fill the void a bit. >> reporter: students are part of revitalized appalachia, coal field development core. tapping into the coal community work force, with a new job trainin

, been to west virginia. tell us more. >> that's right, we just got back from west virginia over the weekend and president trump, as you know, has campaigned on a promise to reverse the fortunes of coal country. that message especially res -- resonated west virginia where he swept every single county in last year's elections and now thousands of miners are in jeopardy of losing their healthcare if congress doesn't act. this and a series in the ongoing "chasing the dream." many stories about mining start here-- a coal yard in appalachia. but this story starts here. in a front yard. after 27 years underground, former miner damon tucker left with a list of health problems and frustrations. >> i told my wife, i said, i will flip hamburgers, i'll draw my pension and flip hamburgers if i have to. i'm not-- i'm coming out of the mines. >> desjardins: flipping hamburgers didn't happen, lawncare did. with his own one-man business near beckley, west virginia. but, tucker, who had open heart surgery just over a year ago

virginia which border hotspot areas for opiate abuse in kentucky and west virginia. >> i remember a meeting in virginia is a lovely town that can be a group to look at this issue several months ago. ur initiative is a grant program to look at demonstration to improve the public health morgan griffith infrastructure and determine how good a job that will do to address the crisis in rural parts of the country. the commission will be go find in this along with the cdc and others taking the lead on it. >> we appreciate it. it's a significant problem. one of the issues that we need to look at is whether or not the folks started off because of the higher a for disabilities as well people have done a lot of manual work nd they get a prescription and then they get hooked. doctor, you indicated in ohio that 62% of the people who died from heroin debra houry m.d. or fentanyl had come in the last seven years had a prescription drug for an piate. can you tell us more? >> we've seen this in many states, like in rhode island a third of the people who had overdosed on fentanyl had an opiate prescription w

heartbreaking tory in west virginia. that state has lost more than a third of their good hang coal mining job in just the last few years. over 130 mines have been shut down 2009. actions demonstrate, under president donald trump, those days are over because of the war on coal is over. [applause] everyone here knows that the truth that affordable, abundant and reliable energy powers of the american economy. president trump is committed to it all of the above energy policy to provide the american people and american business with the power they need to innovate and thrive. lower energy costs mean more jobs, more growth and more opportunity for our country and today with a stroke of his pen president trump will strike a powerful blow for low-cost energy, for consumers and businesses and for a brighter future for america area it is the greatest -- for america. it is the greatest privilege of my life to serve a president who gets up every day and the fills his promise to the american people to make america great again. it is

, west virginia. it would probably ruin ohio county, west virginia. i would live there and raise my kids there. >> tucker: you think it's tough now. thank you, chris, it's great to see you. >> great to be here. >> tucker: next book probes the rotting car consultation of hillary clinton for campaign u looking for a cause of death. we will tell you some the books most aloom nation experts and they do illuminate. stay tuned. ♪ if you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, isn't it time to let the real you shine through? introducing otezla, apremilast. otezla is not an injection or a cream. it's a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. some people who took otezla saw 75% clearer skin after 4 months. and otezla's prescribing information has no requirement for routine lab monitoring. don't take otezla if you are allergic to any of its ingredients. otezla may increase the risk of depression. tell your doctor if you have a history of depression or suicidal thoughts, or if these feelings develop.

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you said it is hard to move to west virginia. where it's really are to live in san francisco, right. or where you live in silicon valley. one thing we can do from a policy point of view, at the state and local level especially, is to enact changes that make housing more affordable. houston where i live, you don't there because you get an apartment for $600 a month and it is not horrible to move there. where as new york city. what do you have to have to get an apartment? $12,000 probably? a lot of people don't have that. there are a lot of people moving to silicon valley, not rich. they are living 17 to a small house and working in service sector jobs and things like that. we could do a lot more for people and make it more comfortable to take these positions if we give them a place to move to. we give them a place to move to. we say yes, you can take the job, but we should also think about, where are they going to live? >> i think one of the most underappreciated drivers of mobility in the united states is the fact we have such te

and i bring from west virginia a major thank-you for the work you've done for coal. president trump: great state. great people. really. we really opened it up. nobody thought it would happen that fast. they thought maybe at the end of the four-year term, maybe i'd sign it -- no. nobody thought we were going to go that fast. and the people appreciate it. julie. ms. copeland: good morning, mr. president. i am julie copeland. i am ceo and co-owner with my sister of arbill, a philadelphia-based company that protects people in the workplace. we partner with manufacturers to make sure that no one gets hurt. we have products and services and technologies. and it's a privilege to be here today. and we look forward to continuing -- president trump: have you met these two guys? [laughter] mr. wetherington: thank you, mr. president. chuck wetherington. i'm the president of bte technologies. we're based in baltimore, maryland, and denver, colorado. we're a manufacturer of high-tech medical devices used in physical therapy and industrial rehab, and we also have a professional ser

this is a west virginia would expect from a supreme court justice. of independence and respectha from the rule of law to have a strong legal credentials mak is the kind of panic in any presidential make because of the proven qualities u necessary a strong understanding and respectd for those documents of the u.s. constitution.e, during said during a hearing this last week precisely the type of judge not based on ideology but gorsuch seems to believe using plain language of the constitution prc regardless of his own preferences. someone who believes not the courts can change the constitution but what we need. the american people benefited from a transparent supreme court process but during the election both candidates for a transparenttrue for what they would appoint. and they fill that vacancy and to pay attention. the to say that selection of the supreme court justice was the most important factor w and 70% and president drawback did wisely. for he is a mainstream judge well qualified with united states supreme court and unfortunately the democratic

west virginia is where we are more likely to see showers and thunderstorms tomorrow. think will stay dry, starting cloudy or more sunshine later in the day. the same frontal boundary bringing thunderstorms right now in the midwest starts to push monday late iny the afternoon, especially monday evening. i think the real action will be after 6 p.m., first moving through west virginia, then closer to d.c. it's really monday evening when i think we you will need the umbrella. tomorrow morning lows, 70 d.c. 66 andrews and leesburg, a very comfortable morning. at the natsrees game and should stay dry. frederick.s, 78 south of fredericksburg, 90 again,, 89 culpeper. heading west, festival, a chance of spotty thunderstorms. in general, a nice day. off bynd, we are cooling the middle of the week, back into the 70's, below-average by thursday. kimberly: that will be nice. what does this loss mean for the capitals tonight? ofert: they have to win four their next five to advance. kimberly: ouch. robert: the wizards need another m.v.p.-like serious from john wall. and sports is ne

they have not been thinking about the consequent is for someone in west virginia. when you take a look at silicon valley, you hear constantly all the time about the wealth gap within silicon valley. you have people within the tech community sending their kids to private elite schools. then you have people taking care of their homes, and they are in these public schools that aren't using money -- are using money, and there is a significant gap. elites, notn to the only our elected officials in washington, but local leaders on the ground. this is not a discussion about domestic politics. we can get into a discussion about campaign finance reform and how much elections are dependent on that. blaming richsay people for wanting to be richer? >> i wish the elephant under my rug were growing a little bit faster. >> [laughter] >> there are winners from globalization that win over and over again. i revised in the late 1990's --t a course that i talked to hundreds of students could now be taught online. there are people that have gained extraordinarily. that versus those who

rain through parts of ohio, west virginia, if you thunderstorms. unfortunately, that gets stuck in lingers the first part of monday. right now, this is north of winchester, frederick county, virginia, and off towards frederick. light rain, nothing severe. as we zom outom out, futurecast through the overnight come a lot of this breaks down trying to move through. the parts that hold together come through early tomorrow morning, about 6 a.m. dealing with showers until about 10 a.m. about lunchtime is when we dry out. the temperatures feel really nice, mid-to-upper 60's through the morning. that is when we are dealing with spotty showers. lunchtime, the rain breaks down and more sunshine in the afternoon. about 74 degrees by 2:00. the temperatures are good but you will probably want to keep the rain gear handy. if your kids have school tomorrow, by the time they get home, tiptop shape. cooler weather in the week coming up. the ep qnan eye on weather by downloading the stormwatch 7 app. a day of solemn remembran and honoring 32 people killed at virgini

thanks, host: open phones, joe in west virginia, democrats line. thanks for holding on. go ahead. caller: yes, i just want to follow-up on the discussion parties on the environmental protection agency. southern west irginia and people wanto see what misery coal brings to a place, they should come here and look. women in the county in west virginia after they take all the out, live factors shorter lives than women in any other county in the united of america. the surrounding counties of west and -- i mean, virginia and kentucky also have expectancy rates for children. also, for women. down here as t been destroyed, we're in the of the retiredow oal miners losing their health and pension benefits they paid into because the coal companies bankruptcy, which is allowed under law, and it is leave approximately 25,000 coal miners and their dependents without medical care then environmental destruction, even though west irginia has some of the best laws that are written as far as environmental protection, none force.e are in host: okay, let's go next to line.aryland, republican caller: go

but showers are still back west in pittsburgh and down into west virginia. as we go through the evening, it's very mild. and then some of the showers start approaching. but they don't get in until way after midnight. and then the question is do they move out before the morning rush. we show ed you one model that hd the showers over the philadelphia area at 5:00 a.m. earlier. this one has it farther to the south and moving out more qui quickly. and we tend to believe this more likely. and that means we dry out pretty quickly tomorrow. the temperature goes up into the 80s again. lots of sunshine. perhaps a little bit lower humidity. then tomorrow night, things are nice and dry. look at that temperature going up. this computer model shows 90. that would be tying a record. but not exactly 90 at the shore. wind west. that means some soft the shore areas won't be. as cool as today. 81 in allen town. we could see that shower or thunderstorm and long porter. you can see the temperature going up. now the temperatures, the records for saturday, 90 in philadelphia. we'

portions of the maryland panhandle through west virginia. we'll see how well that holds together as it gets in our neck of the woods. 83 your daytime high here in washington, many headed to the upper 70's and low 80's this afternoon. that's a check of your forecast. over to erin como now for traffic. >> on-time traffic brought to you by toyota. visit buy a toyota.com for special offers. >> 5:07 right now. we're continuing to track a crash outside the top of the beltway. southbound 95 on the ramp to the icc so caution there. aside from that 29 and route one looking good. as you make your way out in maryland on the top of the beltway in college park we're at speed. just about a five minute commute from 95 to georgia avenue. 270 volume picking up but quiet on the spur. no issues in kensington. southbound 295, 50 to pennsylvania avenue wide opened o the 11th street bridge looking good. new york avenue is problem road and we're also seeing really nice conditions suitland parkway inbound to south capitol. southern maryland a quiet commute. no prob

ijoined my senator joe manchin, democrat of west virginia. senator, thanks so much for joining us. appreciate it. >> thanks for having me, jake. >> senator, bottom lines, as you know, when it comes to buy american provisions, american products and american employees tend to cost more than foreign products and foreign employees so while it's great for the manufacturers and employees, it might be worse for consumers and employers. at the end of the day, will a buy american provision, if it were broader than this executive order which is fairly narrow, would it help your constituents more or hurt your constituents more? >> well, i think any time we can create jocks in america it helps us all. west virginia has taken a tremendous hit, jake, on a lot of manufacturing jobs that left starting with nafta and on down the line, so anything that we can do to create more opportunities here. bottom line is the free enterprise system and capitalist society that we live in. people are going to migrate to the cheapest price, but i think america can compete. we have not put as much attention to man

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budget hits west virginia." right? and west virginia went for donald trump by 40 points or something like that. the fact of the matter is, west virginia depends on things like the appalachian regional council that's going to get cut. they depend on things like medicaid expansion. so ultimately, politics is about what happens in people's lives. and if you hammer people, they're not going to be happy. >> seth: especially when you promised answers and solutions without ever having laid out any of the details. >> that's exactly -- exactly right. or continuing to do the same. >> seth: yeah. >> i mean, there's this sort of three-prong strategy to everything is -- any policy question the president says, current policy is a disaster. we're going to change the policy. our policy's going to be great. >> seth: and you've interviewed and done a great job interviewing people who represent the trump administration and the republican party. and sometimes, particularly within the trump administration, they will just not give an

>> i am the other delegate from west virginia. i want to emphasize that this week has had so many important people that we have had the opportunity and honor to speak to. i want to emphasize that cory booker make such an impact on me with his motivated and encouraging speech on bipartisanship and being involved with the public in a way that is inclusive and accepting of ideas, even if we don't necessarily agree with them. it is so important to triangulate and come up with solutions as a group rather than as an individual. it is about the we, not us versus them. brian: why did you even want to come this week? >> my parents would have killed me if i didn't. being selected for this program was really an honor. i am from rural west virginia. i live in federal housing. i grew up on a farm. i never imagined i would be here. i came because i thought it would be important for me to immerse myself in the political environment that i so wish to be a part of. i'm going into service as a military officer after i graduate from west point start

there are showers in west virginia and southern ohio. looks like that will push into our neck of the woods later on tonight. there's the wide system. this will push showers tonight overnight thunderstorms and tomorrow a morning shower with another possible round of afternoon thunderstorms out of that. out to cincinnati we go there's a passing shower or thunderstorm in the forecast in cincinnati. the phillies have a few hours to go before the game starts after 4:00 p.m. looks like the bulk of the rain will miss cincinnati and might get clipped with a couple of hours, looks like they will get the game underway and completed. 6:00 p.m., there will be cloud cover around, later in the evening, say after 9:00 p.m., 10:00 p.m., we'll see showers build in. by 11:00 p.m., cesily tynan will have something to show you on storm tracker 6 live double scan. to the west, steadier rain beginning to move in. in the overnight hours, it starts to push past us. northern and eastern suburbs, including trenton and hunterdon county and points north and east ar

i am from a rural part of west virginia. i grew up on a farm. i remember cutting lumber with my mom. i never imagined i would be here. i came because i thought it would be important for me to immerse myself in the political environment that i so wish to be apart of. i'm going to serve as a military officer after i graduate from west point running this summer. like all of this experience has been really conclusive to my ideas that i will be joining the world of public service and serving a political office someday. >> back to this table in the back. please stand up and tell us who do you remember and where are you from? >> my name is hannah from brooklyn, new york. believe it or not, the person i'm going to remember is senator roger wicker. who i got to ask a question of on the first night. this is funny for me. i have come to this program. i am one of the few people here as an open socialist and senator vitter couldn't be more diametrically opposed. so on the first night, i asked him about his stance on climate change and he gave manager an answ

, and all the way from west virginia came out today to pitch in. they fanned out in the area and across the freeway and cleaned up litter that's been accumulating there for years. >> we've seen a lot things. we'll see tires and pieces of trash that people are throwing away for years. so we like to find things like that. we know that the more work we do, bert outcome that happens. >> lots of folks pitching in. there the church partnered with the d.c. department of energy and environment in cleanup effort to day. >> it was a warm day to be out there. so warm in fact not just today but yesterday as well. >> so far we're the warmest -- i should say officially now, the last day of april weeshgs the warmest april on record. capital climate does some amazing statistics. just coming out with that 88-degrees for a high today. yesterday, guys, first time we hit 90. i want to put this in perspective. we're late april. people are thinking is 90 normal? and it's not. may 17 sj typically the first time. >> it doesn't feel normal. >> yeah. exactly. >> 90 is norma

virginia. >> i couldn't agree more at a think we need to listen. i get i think trust is something that people develop. the average american, franklin roosevelt was not very much like by the average american beauty was about as privileged as it was possible to be, and he was a cripple, too, which he lied about. and yet people felt that he cared about them. even then he found it very difficult to nudge the country into world war ii, but he built up trust on things they understood and then they're willing to trust him on things that were a little new and more challenging. i think elites need to think about, there's a difference between being a member of an elite and being a leader. i don't think on our side of this we've done enough about that. >> i don't disagree with you, walter, but i think we're not thinking about yesterday is a perception about the voter and whether it's in pittsburgh or in west virginia and how they feel left behind. but at the same time they feel left behind because they se

right now showers in parts of fredrik county and back on into the panhandle of west virginia. here's the latest timing. i have update this had since "news4 at 6." showers north of the metro area around 7:00 a.m. 66 degrees that the point. around the midday hours, this is when showers are in arlington, alexandria, washington, fairfax, faulkner and anna run del counties. the sun breaks out and we'll warm up nicely. we're going from a cloudy kind of dreary questionable day to a beautiful day. tomorrow's one of those days you need the umbrella as well as the gun glasses. i posted that on facebook and twitter earlier. 7:00 p.m., it's gorgeous for everybody. 73 degrees that the point. the pollen report, so high that we actually got a rare official report on not only a weekend but a holiday, as well. so those showers would really help to bring some of the pollen out of the air. you kind of need that light rain smaller rain drops help bring the pollen out. thunderstorms don't always bring the pollen out of the air. here's how the weather is impacting monday. the commute mainly dry. ma

the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from west virginia, mr. jenkins, for five minutes. mr. speaker, time is running out to do right by our miners. their families and their widows. at the end of the month the benefits they worked their lives for will expire. for families across west virginia, that would be nothing short of devastating. , milies like theresa anderson her father, donald richardson, worked his whole life in the ines of west virginia. theresa shared with me what these benefits meant to her father, to her mother, mary. here's what she wrote. i remember from a young age listening to him tell me and my brothers stories about the mines and teaching us about his united mine workers benefits and to let no one take advantage of this most precious insurance that he fought and worked so hard for. he would say, when i'm gone, you need to still protect these benefits that we worked for. this is how your mother will make it when i'm no longer here to provide for her. mr. speaker, donald is no longer with us. he passed away back in 2012. now hi

the bulk of the rain is through west virginia, and that's going to move through the first half. leesburg and winchester, east of winchester a little bit of a heavier shower. this is underdoing it a little bit by 6:00. still a few showers out there, cloudy. watch what happens by 12:00. that's your lunch hour, a couple of showers. if you have plans to av office i would grab the umbrella. temperatures are going to be into the upper 70s. the second half of the day, still cloudy but we will see a little bit of clearing of the skies as with e head into your dinner hour. we'll get a closer look at what we'll see for the rest of the week. >> shoutout to ellen for making the best chocolate croissants ever. >> we did have an accident inner loop of the beltway by clara barton parkway. there are no residual delays. that's honestly the only accident we have at this point or had. there's no unusual construction either coming off this holiday weekend. you just have your typical shutdowns at like 123 this morning, beach drive, but nothing unusual. we do have safe track surge 14 work starting on

parts of west virginia by 8:00, 8:30. we may a windy warm easter sunday. i'll be back in a few minutes. we are have a cold front coming. i will let you know what that means. >>> another cherry blossom festival has come to an end but not before one more day of activities and festivities and fire works. our matt yurus was there maybe having a little too much fun. >> reporter: it has been a blast out here, we are talking food trucks, we are talking music and booze and more. but before we make your mouth water and body beat to the rhythm, we have to start with the festival's grand finale. the blasts went on for roughly 20 minutes. each system of fireworks illuminating a dark sky. thousands watched the show. >> what did you think of this? >> they were awesome. they were so beautiful. >> it was much longer than i thought. and, the sound from here was ju p day, local and rising musician kenny suede's voice captivated the crowd. >> magic, man. once you got that magic, you know, it is like i have control of the crowd. >> reporter: adjacent to the stage was a line o

. >> the economy in west virginia depended on coal mining jobs. with the solar industry, we're hoping that is something that can fill the void a bit. >> reporter: students are part of revitalized appalachia, coal field development core. tapping into the coal community work force, with a new job training program. so, training normally takes eight days to learn how to install the solar panels. then people in the community who never before have installed a solar panel start being part of this in demand work force. for james likins this opportunity is generation altering. >> both my parents were security guards. >> coal is in your blood? >> reporter: on the campaign trail, president trump pledged to bring coal jobs back to west virginia. >> trainees say the pay in coal is generally better in solar. but a steep decline in coal jobs has them searching for alternatives. >> this industry is being automated rapidly. near quadrupling of coal mined by one person. solar shouldn't be seen as the only solution. >> it is part of the broader solution, where, just

it was said that it is hard to move to west virginia. but it is really hard to move to silicon valley. is addng that we can do and make level, housing more affordable. usually, it's steven sotloff. you can move there and get an apartment and it isn't a horrible thing to have to move there. a lot of people don't have that. they're people moving to silicon valley and people who are not rich. they are living 17 to a small house and working a sector job. we could do a lot more for people if we got a place to move to. so we say yes, you have to move and take a job but we have to think about ok, where are they going to live? >> i agree totally with that. and one of the underappreciated drivers is the fact that we have such terrible housing policies at the state and local level, especially in towns and cities where there is a time of economic opportunity. it is weird to have lived in san francisco for a couple of years and to find that the democratic party is the rational party when it comes to the housing. there's always a war from the left wi

the rain chances with embedded thunderstorms near morgantown, west virginia, and far western virginia. that will be coming in towards hagerstown or fredericksburg. don't stray too far from that umbrella. no rain, too close to the capital beltway just yet. future weather brings the opportunity for showers to leesburg and frederick. rain chances coming into d.c. as we get into the middle and second part of the morning commute. just realize that you'll probably need the wipers between about 7:00 a dry for lunch and another chance of some bubbling up of thunderstorms coming in between 4:00 and 7:00. after that it turns into a nice day. outdoor planner, showers around this morning. chance for some thunderstorms around again tomorrow. saturday may start dry but it will probably end wet. sunday we could get an inch or more of rain. some places could get two inches or more of rain. at least a chance to need the umbrella each and every one of the next four days. dry and warm for the second half of next week. how is thursday morning's commute coming along? let's go to melissa mollet and find ou

president, and thank you, my friend from west virginia. now, mr. president, as each hour brings us closer to the cloture vote on the nomination of judge neil gorsuch to the supreme court and the potential rules change if that vote fails, i rise this afternoon to entreat my friend, the majority leader, to step back from the brink. as i and so many other of my colleagues have made clear, we democrats have principled reasons to vote against this nominee on tomorrow's cloture vote. first, he has instinctively favored corporate interests over average americans. second, he hasn't shown a scintilla of independence from president trump. and, third, judge gorsuch, based on his record and history, has a deeply held far-right special interest judicial philosophy that is far out of the mainstream. he was selected off a list developed by the very hard-right special interest heritage foundation and federalist society. "the washington post," after analyzing his decisions on the tenth circuit, concluded that judge gorsuch may be the most hard conservative justice