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and he recalls his own political career and the historic moments in which he participated. we are in the united states capitol in the senate wing and about to be given a tour by the majority leader himself. thank you, senator mcconnell for opening up the suite to us. where are we in the capitol right now? senator mcconnell: we are not in the senate wing, which is further down. we are in the main happen toll. the main government came down from the philadelphia in the summer of 1800, and the capitol looked quite different at that point. the two wings were added right before the civil war during the 1850s. but this particular space, like every space in the capital has , its own history. we do know that during that general period they began to , develop what subsequently came known as the library of congress in this particular space. it s been the office of the republican leader of the senate, whoever that is whether we are , in the majority or minority, since probably ....
calcification galore and the enormity of the situation needs to be perhaps graphically shared. under the city of albany, the capital of new york, which is part of the 20th congressional district i represent, happens to lie 317 miles of pipe. drinking water infrastructure. you know, you could travel from albany, new york, to baltimore, maryland, that s the sort of linear responsibility associated with that system. should we anticipate rightfully, that there may be some bumps along the road of that 317 mile stretch in any given year? absolutely. let s think of it in those sorts of terms, so that we can have a better understanding and awareness of an aged infrastructure, which by the way is also accompanied by a discontinued inventory in many cases. valves that are required are no longer manufactured. and so we have to come up with some innovative response when there is a break. and while we ve talked a lot about capital improvements, capital infrastructure, physical infra ....
lives. to change america. to re-china america. to restore the spirit of america and leave no one behind. am i right? [applause] ]> [chanting kashich, kasich,ch, kasich. had tens ofwe have millions of dollars spent against us. sell themre goods to to spend our time being critical of somebody else. applause] mr. kasich: and maybe, maybe just maybe, at a time when clearly change is in the air, maybe just maybe we are turning the page on a dark part of american politics. because tonight the like overcame the darkness of negative speech. and you made it happen! you made it happen! you made it happen! [chanting] kasich,case kasich, kasich, kasich. andkasich: where americans we like to think of government as a last resort. family is only strong when the foundation is strong and that is why we will wake up every single day to make sure every american has a job in the united states of america to help their families and their neighbors. [applause] mr. kasich: and, when i am pr ....
major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: bnsf railway. and with the ongoing support of these institutions: this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. woodruff: they re still counting the actual votes in new hampshire, but the races have been called. on the democratic side, the associated press projects vermont senator bernie sanders easily defeated hillary clinton in this first primary of 2016. she had won by a whisker in iowa. among the republicans: donald trump scored big, with john kasich a surprising second. jeb bush, ted cruz the g.o.p. winner in iowa, and marco rubio are fighting for third place. political director lisa desjardins is in new hampshire, where she watched the candidates and voters today. reporter: the campaign buses rolled across the granite state one last time, and candidates made one last push to sway possible supp ....
the deck. first this afternoon, new military action in iraq. it s possible, if not probable. a humanitarian crisis happening in northern iraq, and humanitarian catastrophe is upon us according to the white house. so president obama is considering ing air strikes, according to the reporting of the new york times and the wall street journal and others, but the white house would not confirmed it to. the target here islamic state fighters who are terrorizing christians and other minorities. this group is called isis, establishing a caliphate. now they have taken american-made humvees and weapons that iraqi troops abandoned and marching through towns and villages in the kurdish region, demanding residents convert to islam or be killed. hundreds of men have been slaughtered. women and children sold as slaves or into the sex trade. tend of thousands of people could be dead in days unless someone steps in to save them there are two areas of immediate concern. first, the uni ....