He is also a member of the ways and means committee. We appreciate your time. The house of representatives is just about to come in. We will take you to them now. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. October 30, 2019. I hereby appoint the honorable Henry Cuellar to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2019, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties. All time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. Each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. The chair recognizes th
President ial library, down in the stacks. We are in the most secure area in our facility. This is the vaults. More thanere we keep 1600 documents written by Abraham Lincoln as well as many of the pieces he owned, objects he owned that he and directed with during his lifetime. I want to show you some books that we have in our collection that were very special to Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln whenraham he was elected president in 1860, its not as if he was entirely unknown. He was a four term member of the legislature. He had served a term in congress. He was one of the most prominent politicians from the state of illinois. In large part, that popularity was due to his very successful debates against stephen a douglas, sitting senator on the democratic side in 1858. Abraham lincoln challenged him in illinois for that senate seat. They debated. Onee hourlong public debate several different occasions during that campaign season. Two years later, the same two individuals square off against each
Suicide. And the investor immortalizing The Big Short for predicting the Housing Bubble would burst is back at it again. Why hes betting 1. 6 billion that the stock market will crash. Our nbc News Reporters are following all of the latest developments. We begin in hawaii with the growing questions about the role downed power lines may have played in those deadly wildfires. Nbcs dana griffin is live from maui. Some hawaiian residents are suing the Utility Company as videos emerge of what happened to the power lines during the high winds. Dana, what can you tell us . Reporter well, chris, i can tell you, we have seen a lot of videos on social media, one in particular that purports to show downed power lines and smoke, and that could have been the reignition of that fire after it was contained. Nbc news has not independently verified those videos yet. Were hearing reports from several people including one guy who says that fire started behind his home, and now there are concerns that that
If anybody is still here, the fire is on front street and it is time to go. If anybody is still here, the fire is on front street. Carley you are watching fox and friends, im carley shimkus. Ashley im Ashley Strohmier in for todd piro. Military helicopters have been deploy to the state, 150 gallons of water dumped on maui county. Officials want President Biden to declare emergency. This is not a safe place to be in maui, we have shelters overrun and resources being taxed. We are doing whatever we can and the state is providing whatever support that we can to give support to both maui and to the big island. Carley Tulsi Gabbard is standing by with an update. We begin with max gordon on the ground in maui. Max, what are you seeing . This is a very active situation, as we were flying in a couple hours ago, you see the flames from the air and firefighters battles on the ground. Search and rescue still underway and there are fears the death toll could go up. Unfortunately, 36 people confirm
Describes it this way. This isnt just a fire that moved through. There are 200 foot tall fire cyclones. The firestorm that came through and burned the entire harbor down to the waterline. Were still working on the process of recovering our loved ones. They say 36 people have passed away. Everybody knows that number will be dramatically higher. Harris its affecting members of our own family at fox as well. First person i will share with you will cain will join us later this hour. His mom is in hawaii right now. Well have a crew as Well Reporting on the ground from maui and a report coming up in just a few minutes. Keep watching for that. First right now virginias Governor Glenn Youngkin is hosting an event to empower parents stressing their right to speak up about what and how their children are learning. Parents rights are a key issue in that state you know. It helped propel youngkin to the Governors Mansion and now after another altercation at a school Board Meeting, the Justice Depar