what the state of hawaii regarded as a legal document, but critics, birthers, if you will, said this was an an tated version, not an actual birth certificate, but a certificate of live birth. white house put that to rest, put out the long form. this is something the president requested, requesting a waiver from the state of hawaii. the white house making available a letter he wrote on april 22nd. his personal emissary outside council had flown to hawaii, gotten to the white house between 4:00 and 5:00 with the document in question and lo and behold reporters show up for an off camera gaggle with the press secretary and we are handed the documents, something of a surprise. about an hour later, the president shows up in the briefing room himself, says it is time to put aside the silliness. you saw him refer very obliquely but unmistakably to donald trump as a carnival barker at the time that trump was holding forth in new hampshire, the first primary presidential state and no o
themselves from the red river. the waters are near the highest levels ever recorded in history. the river appears to have crested. the only thing standing between many homes and a giant wall of water are piles of sandbags. janel klein is live in minnesota. if they didn t have the two and a half million sandbags they put together what sort of danger would they face? seems obvious, but it s an amazing number of bags. it is. it speaks to the hard work of the people here. and to their determination, but also to the experience they have had. this river has flooded in the past. it s notorious for causing damage. because this area is so flat and often gets a lot of snow that spring melt combined with flatter rain causes a lot of flooding. east grand forks flooded badly in 1997. fargo had several squares
order to battle this. but also now we are loobing at the economic looking at the economic impact of what a permanent protection system would cost. lawmakers don t want to do this every spring and it s not economical. so they are looking at something that would be permanent similar to what east grand forks has. they are hoping to get going on that soon. three years in a row dealing with spring flooding. i hope they get a reprieve there. appreciate it, janel klein. coming up, a video reminder of what to do if you suspect a gas leak in the home. two words get out. reporter: the tsa shows pup any love in a touching tribute. of retirement questions. no problem. td ameritrade has all kinds of answers. call us for quick help opening your new ira. or an in-depth talk with a retirement expert. like me. stop by my branch for a free retirement check-up. retirement hows and how-muches? whens. and what-ifs?
consequential battle over the baugt budget that begins this week. it gets confusing, even for me. i watch this stuff every day. the fight that was resolved late friday night was to cut spending for this year. the house and senate are expected to write it up in bill language, vote by wednesday and the president is expected to sign it. on the following day, on thursday, and on friday. the house of representatives will take up an enormous bill to seek to tackle the national debt and republicans have put forward a controversial plan to reduce this country s national debt from 14.2 trillion dollars, try to wrap your mind around that number, where it is now, by $6 trillion. it s controversial because it would restructure medicare and medicaid. it would lower taxes for the wealthy by simplifying the tax code. it would close loopholes, reduce the debt and the deficit over the course of ten years. paul ryan is the house republican, chairman of the budget committee. he was on meet the
course we will make adjustments or changes when called upon. mike taibbi joins us live from laguardia airport in new york city. mike, no changes as of yet, but what are you hearing from people at the airport today? well, what we re hearing here in new york is what people are hearing around the country, that travelers are frustrated with the idea that at the peak of the holiday travel season starting today that there may be additional delays because of these enhanced security measures. i talked to a lot of people who said they were frustrated by it, although they didn t object to the point they d refuse to do anything. one guy came from am pa yesterday and said he was secretaried out for the enhanced pat down and said it was a groping. it was humiliating, it was horrible. his word. now, he, too, understands that this is what the tsa had determined is necessary to make sure that flights are secure. he wouldn t join any protest. but there s a lot of talk these days about pro