so if we are going to start talking about sanctuary cities, mind that youk would but to allege. let's talk about all of them, especially the people who are on the committee. talked aboutng we was the unfortunate death of a fire chief, a very respected and loved fire chief in st. john parish. that is what we should stop. the guy didn't live in new orleans, he was never arrested in new orleans, the company he worked for was not in new orleans. that has absolutely no connection to the city of new orleans. operated out of st. tammany parish with an elected official as a co-owner, andh i think is deplorable i think that we should be looking at prosecution for that. when did you initiate trying to make sure the city's policy was consistent with federal law. discussions in september. those have continued on the local and headquarters level and at no point did anyone ever say that this policy didn't comply with federal law. >> at what point is a your officers opinion that they did not comply with federal law? what's up at any time did they not comply? >> the justice department believes

ministers is that the arms block export to russia is in relation to dual-use goods which might be used in youk ukraine. >> no. >> in order a very specific geographical limitation applying to that policy. >> the ban -- the eu embargo is a ban on the export of dual-use goods for military end users and for military end use in russia. >> thank you. >> can i turn now to the issue of exports to ukraine? >> mm-hmm. >> you said in answer to mr. harvey's previous question that the government policy is to export only nonlethal equipment. that being the case, when the government gave export license approval in december last year, recently to the 75 saxon armored personnel carriers was not the government fully aware that they were going to be armed once they got to ukraine? >> no. we had no knowledge of the intention, which has been announced, but i understand not carried out, to fit light machine guns on these vehicles. but since we have become aware of that, we've reviewed the license in respect to these vehicles against the consolidated criteria and have concluded that there are no grounds to revoke th

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as i mentioned, i was a youk kid of 11 years old. so fortunate, we had a boy scout woman. heart mountain camp had the largest boy scout movement of all of the camps. we had seven troops, vary cub scout troop girl scout troop, brownies. we had thousands of kids in organized sports to keep us active in the camps. this drum happened to go into the camps during world war ii. and, initially, when it went into camp, it had an american flag and a japanese flag. but it wasn't popular to be japanese. so they changed the japanese flag to american flag there. oempb 17 or orlder had to fill out a loyalty questionnaire. where were you born, where were you educated. but the controversial question was question 2e7 and 28. basically, it says i will give up loyalty to the emperor of japan. people did not know how to answer that. 17 years old, probably never been to japan. but they didn't know how to answer that. how could they give up their loyalty to the emperor of ja opinion if they never had it. they could you describe only answer yes or no. and then the real other one is that are you w

would have been another we reachedill and and the sanctions bill passes and there was another we, youking its way and groupsent to the outside and the deal was good. will pass the sanctions with a trigger for after the time and they thought we would say yes. said, whatever you do, i will veto it. there was a week where this was -- more than a week. there was a time when no one knew what to do with that and we did not know how that would play. that was not politically popular on the hill and you had the prime minister dealing with this publicly and it was influential around washington and what was interesting was that it began with the argument in miniature that we had in a bigger way after. draws theresident line and says, i think this is right and i will use every less power to get this done and was how weuff that you would have to have a public argument about whether this is the right thing motivating toas and a little daunting. it does something that flies in the face of how things are done surface the underlying we always are in conflict with iran. confrontation and it was interesting

an, do youk mr. huffm allows theower plan epa to implement choices that are not the choices of state? >> thank you. biggestelieve epa's challenge in implementing the clean power plan is it had to go about it in a way that is unconventional. typically, epa will regulate pollutant at the end of the pipe. with the clean power plan, the only way to do that would be to put a regulatory limits on carbon dioxide. the only way to do that in a way that gave the effect we would want what essentially shut down all fossil fuel production in the country. the way they went about managing this minute detail of how clean power plan should be implemented, we think, ran in 11d ofct with section 1 the clean air act, which gives states the authorities to implement. the threshold. >> thank you. there is a little confusion, lack of clarity, following the supreme court's stay of the clean power plan. has your state continued to work on the rule? if the stay is ultimately lifted, do you expect compliance deadlines to be ext

that youke the fact expunge going after both parties.e a simple, maybe naive, way of attacking it. tax it. any contribution over $500 gets taxed. a progressive tax on all political contributions. .specially on the super pac a more aggressive, and i call some, tax on all money. taxes --m not a fan of on raising taxes that would impact, especially the .iddle-class and the poor you are not doing anything about self-funded candidates that can still be willing to pay those taxes on anything over $500. people can still flood the system with not just thousand dollars contributions, but million-dollar constitutions that no one knows where they are coming from. that issue solution one at a bipartisan group of republicans and democrats have come up with is a better way to do it and get out all the different ways that is coming in. overturning buckley versus vallejo, and citizens united. a disconnect between lobbyists giving my directly to legislators, and enforce them that gets in the flood of money from all different directions. i wish i had a si

things i have learned through my research and my interactions with areas people whorebest things for youk males. but black students in general. i also have to say that i was very inspired by the words of young people earlier today. get a chance to get here a few hours early and i'm happy i did. i'm a researcher that has dealt thousands ofof variables. looked at many different students represented within these large data sets. i also want to tell you that i represent someone other than just a researcher. i represent a child who in fourth grade a teacher identified as a slow learner and placed into a select class with a dumbed down textbook and a group of students she felt were not achieving at the standards of other students. year i was int the teachers class who thought i between fourtho and fifth grade i did not know what i was. i do not know if i was a slow learner or gifted. i made it both in spite of and because of a future. -- a teacher. [applause] i also grew up with many of the markers that i hear people use to identify students that they think need extra attention. most of the tim

nine, youk at rule can always get communications from the house or executive. --you look at rule committees can meet whether or not the chamber is in session. the business of the senate is ongoing. in the modern world it is different than hypothetically. anything that would turn it back to the practicalities. imagine -- i would have thought president theodore roosevelt acted unconstitutionally he tried to make all his appointments for dozens and dozens, during the the two second. -- and by converse reasoning, the congress would not have been able, in 1835, to prevent recess appointments. simply by having a nearby senator's show up for one second. >> this does raise the question to speak to the application that the solicitor general makes in his brief. the senate, as a body, doesn't have a view on whether it isn't -- it is in recess or session. the official records do show that they were in session. party controls the senate. they say it is not a debatable proposition. if a majority of the senate wants to recess even before the evolution of the fill better -- fi

when youk likewise explain and say we have the same interest in mind, to say this is pretty simple when you start peeling away the b.s. to me, that approach works a lot better in the long run than the approach of saying arguments of authority -- from authority, this is rigorous and empirical. explain to people why it is not that complicated and why you're making defensible assumptions, how that leads you to an answer that might surprise some. tyler: next question. >> frank mannheim school of policy. could you put numbers on the to elect presidents? for example, emotions, personal acquaintance, rational concepts, information, and so on. nate silver: the kind of classic political science answer is people are deeply concerned about the economy. 50% ornomy might make up so of what people vote about. there is room to dispute that. now, i that aside for don't know. iguess one of the reasons why was initially skeptical about trump is america has a history of not nominating candidates and electing candidates who are blatantly unfit for office. [laughter] i have a follow-up question to that. tyl

states, a greater percentage of those are owned by hispanics actually trade to exports.rica in case youk that is the could make. trying to help create government programs and working with private institutions are to promote exports. also, there are a lot of companies all over the region that are competing globally. bolsteris not just to security as much as these are smart, business decisions. ae region is now growing in way that it has not before. a very diverse region. you have issues such as where the business environment is not the best foreign investment. in other places come or brazil colombia, peru and mexico -- these countries have environments and regulatory frameworks that are much more attractive to businesses not just from the united states but all around the world. casenk it is unattractive to make that if we want to take off in the region, have better relationships, want to be able to hit the ground in a place return onill get investment, we have to be in these countries. not just an issue of bolstering security in latin america for instant. it is also putting latin america

it's a youk orgization. we're noticing advanced topics to be discussed. we will continue to affect the process. but i don't think the answer is to make it a completely open, public discussion or the inquiry itsz would be stymiied. >> i'd like to ask jowl to make sure that the staff of fsoc gets with the staff of this committee. i would hope that the chairman would agree so that you can walk through whatever changes you is is have made in order to have more transparency. we need to understand that and allow members of congress to attend. i think this is ridiculous and i want to get off of that. so if you would help us to understand more what you have dope, then hopefully, we can engage with you about what we think about what you've done and maybe have some suggestions for you. with that, do you have a moment to talk about what you've sdoen and taking a look at nonbank mortgage services. >> so the question of mortgage services 1 a very important one. as they moved out of banks into more independent wizes, the challenge is how to maintain consumer protects a

i wish youk could see the moral that has been lifted. a lot of people go in and gut them and leave nothing and just take the money out. but for sinclair broadcasting we are in the tv business. i am in this for the long term because south carolina is my home town. that is what attracted me to this business. when david smith said i think i have the key to get you in and he showed me the myrtle beach station. and i said i have to do it. >> host: 15% of the revenue goes to sinclair broadcasting. >> and 85% stays with us. >> host: do you consult with david smith? >> no, it is totally independent. if i want wisdom or advice with things i am doing, i will ask. but the good news is, and this is a blessing, it is my history/background, earlier on in my career i was the ceo of the renaissance network, and i was there for 3-4 years. i have been involved with sinclair broadcasting for programming. that is the outfit that airs my national television show that has been on the air for a long time. so i have been involved in programming and developing c

youk you for the work that do. certainly being a catholic nun encourages you to be proactive with the bowl in poverty. the challenges i have had over the year and continue to have is people in this business, we friends withome people against what we do. oftentimes we do not have the courage to tell them that what we think is the problem with the people we serve, we do not see anything. we kind of shut down. we may bring anchors to our to our board,rs but the bankers are the notorious people who will not let our clients cash checks. but they are our friends. >> yes. that is a key piece where you have got to help people see how the 100% are affected by this. aren't banking for low income folks, that promotes payday lending, pawn shops, a whole bunch of stuff -- which will upset the bankers because it will run down property values. if you run down property values, the loans they have given in insecure.will be always go to bankers with security. that is their job. but help them see the connection . if you don't do it,

than all of to youk for being here today and your testimony. the hearing is adjourned. >> i think what is so unusual, if i can be sappy for a second, to be able to have professional and personal partnership over more than 15 years is a really unusual thing. temperament and great vision in terms of editing is something i don't have and never really -- i have not spent any time on it. i stuck very closely to the grunt side of the equation. susanday night on "q&a," glasser and peter baker, who are married, join us to talk about their careers and their upcoming plans to move to israel. >> it will be a great adventure. susan and i were in moscow to gather for "the washington post." we have done the overseas thing before, but have never spent time in jerusalem. it is part of the world that has so much history to it. we spent a lot of time writing about it in washington, but we have never lived there. >> i will also basically be changing roles and continuing at ourtico, helping to meet editorial growth. we are continuing to expand in the united states

i also understand that right now if youk at my family and really want to make a change, don't hold your nose. don't hold your nose and vote. actually take a good look and vote for who you want to actually represent you. host: our final call will be from california on the independent line. aaron is calling from california. hi, thank you for taking my call. opinion -- i try to vote for the person. however. i think we spent too much time and energy worrying about the president,, even though he is head of the country, has no real power. we need some kind of way to put a term limit on our congressman. those are the guys who sit there and make the decisions. the president can go in there with good ideas but if you can't get congress to follow him, it doesn't do much good. i know right now, they have to be the one to do it. and we probably won't ever get that to happen. until they get that to happen, it will be the same thing because i think both parties tell us one thing on tv and they probably go out to dinner together. so until we can do something about our president, put those in their who

candidates youke have probably seen before, but these are unconventional times for our commonwealth. is what we are supposed to do if we want to see a change, and i think we can do a better job when it comes to education. i think we can do a better job -- as a business person and a member of the board, we can build a stronger economy in pennsylvania. we need a fresh start. i love the state and i think we can do better. thank you very much. [applause] i should point out, ladies and gentlemen, and feel free to talk to each other. i will feel free to change topics if we need to move it along or if we do not get an answer, i will try to get an answer out of view. the first topic goes to mr. wolf and it is education. one of the most important topics for pennsylvania. years, democrats, and for several months, you, you have criticized that governor corbett has slashed money from education. governor corbett responded saying that he has been more money on education than any governor in history. what is going on? >> my point is that we have actually seen real cutbacks in education. under this

before youke those today. we stab here because of those important people who invested in us and here we stand for investing ine of each and every chai. may god bless america's educators and gotta bless us all. thank you. [applause] [applause] >> 25th street itself is not that unusual. similar streets have popped up in other cities, whether beaumont, texas, hells half acre, larry her street in denver, but what makes ogden's ish street somewhat unique the fact that it arose in the middle of a mormon settlement. hand then the one mormon people's party, which was struggling to retain control of the city. and on the other hand you had the railroad which was the city,ic life blood of the which was bringing in nonmormons, which swelled the of the liberal party. and so the railroad, which was the economic life blood, was also leveling the playing field. so you had that irony. thei think in that context, guilty pleasures that were along 25th street were going to be a little bit more taboo than they might have been in o

youk you michelle and thank to president obama for hosting the african leaders summit here and thank you for inviting the bush institute to be a part of the whoosh ladies -- the first ladies initiative. and thanks to all the first ladies who have joined us. thank you for all the great work you are already doing in your countries, which we will hear about in a few minutes. thank you for all the good work you will do. [applause] >> well, thank you. back at you. absolutely. we are here today because of the example that was set in tanzania through the summit that he bush institute organized and my chief of staff stated that when we learn this was they organize we jumped at the chance to do something similar and continue the conversation and come together as first spouses and to continue to be inspired by each other. what i would say, just in tosing, is that we have fight for our girls. there should never be a girl in this world who has to fear getting educated. that should be something that is intolerable to all of us. girlsonly think of my own and i think we all have to see our daughter

when representative watson this, youk you about testified you had not been informed. i understand that. i'm not beating up on you. i promise you that. can you tell us, republicans are pouncing on this saying that the secretary live. anded. i want to make sure we are clear on this. can you tell me why you consulted with the state department about these three thanils, out of more 30,000, it is just not come up? what happened? director comey: i'm not remembering for sure, but i'm highly confident we consulted with them and got their view on it. i don't know about what happened view isy, maybe their changed and they found of things we do not know. but i'm highly confident we consulted with them about it. representative cummings: this is totally different than what we learned,, that these e-mails were not in fact classified that they should not have been included. the mission not have included a stray markings, and the fbi director believes it was reasonable for secretary clinton to assume these documents were not classified. you raise a question about whether the attorney

youk you, my dear friend, have served well, and i hope that you will rest well. may god bless him and god bless his family. i yield back. quite the gentleman from florida is recognized or >> i now yield one minute to the gentleman from arkansas, mr. womack. >> the gentleman from arkansas is recognized. >> the gentleman's time is expired. --thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to join the chorus of people remembering our friend and the chairman of the defense subcommittee of appropriations, bill young. chairman young come as you know, spend five decades of his life in this chamber fighting for a better america for both his constituents and our country. as the dean of the republican conference, he was a leader and a counsel to colleagues young or old, republican or democrat. mr. speaker, i am the newest member of the defense subcommittee of appropriations. i was fortunate to receive his mentor ship. i learned from his fearless, unparalleled support of our troops and our veterans, and i admired his outspoken and unwavering commitment to what was in their best intere

. $23,000, youking are not high in management typically. if your salary is even one dollar above the current rush holt, you may not be guaranteed overtime. , youe current threshold may not be guaranteed overtime. it doesn't matter if you're working 50 or 60 hours a week. your employer doesn't have to pay you a single extra dime, and i think that's wrong. it doesn't make sense in some cases this rule makes it possible for salaried workers to be paid less than the minimum wage. not right when business owners who treat their employees fairly can be undercut by competitors who aren't treating their employees right. if you are working hard, you are barely making ends meet, you overtime.paid working americans have struggled with stagnant wages for too long. everyday i get letters from folks who feel like they are treading water. are putting in hours and working harder and harder to get by, but it's always real tight. workers like the ones with me today want to work hard. they don't expect a free lunch. the fabulouslyct wealthy. they just want a c

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senate, youk to the said that there were no utheduling changes, thab there are already three leaders who have pulled out of the summit, so i was wondering is the white house anxious about the impact that this could have on the summit, and at what point does the president become concerned -- [indiscernible] >> we understand the decision made i these african decisions not to participate. items of -- they have pressing items of business to address in their countries. we would hope that they would attend an important conference to building the future of the relationship between the united states and the countries in africa. these nations are sending delegations to participate in the conference and will allow them to get the benefit of eating here and participating in this historic event. anticipate any scheduling changes will be required. if our assessment changes we will let you know. >> on the meeting of the foreign-policy and house members -- >> they were delayed because of vote on the floor. >> what was on the agenda? was there anything that came out of the president's message -- >>

do youk question -- what think about the impacts of this beyond fair housing? someone say that what's driving a lot of the money and civil rights community is what's going to happen in the financial industry. thinkere is a way -- i the financial institutions have an even stronger argument under their statute. i think they would be pleased with this decision, but they still have a very strong argument. this would be a nice, clean win for them. >> you look at every other does the statute allows for disparate impact or not? some of them may not. now.tle vii is settled for adverse effect, yes. there was aght that constitutional claim made in reaching those. >> why do we jump to another one of the new cases. there were some technical issues the arizona legislature involving independent commissions to redistricting. this is the arizona case, originating in a ballot initiative that was enacted in arizona. it is trying to take the politics out of redistricting. in the old days, before the referendum, the redistricting was done by the legislature, the default rule. newl

and we think that given what we have with the kuska qualm and the youk an, you saw the kuska quam riverwhen you were there, and it's frozen solid there. being able to harness our rivers as well as 13,000 miles of coastline is something we're very interested in. but am i incorrect somehow in my observation that the emphasis seems to be on wave power research? >> well, we do have programs across all of the hydrokinetic and wave power. i will look more closely at that in terms of the balance of tidal to be honest. >> look at the funding because that's what got our attention. >> but may i just add, the alaska project with the turbine and i will not attempt to pronounce the name of the village, but i think it's been a tremendous success. it was already pulled out and reoptimized which gave a tremendously better performance. in its second year it significantly cut diesel fuel use there and now with this new grant it will be taking advantage of that designing something which could be placed in a number of -- of course, a number of other locations as well. >> it is really exciting. thank you fo

[applause] back, youk around the see students in the front row the sides. -- and you've done a great job of making sure k-12 sticks in a profound way. 44% of the doubts of the future will be the middle skill jobs -- jobs of the future will be the middle skill jobs. what a have a conversation about how we make sure those skills are obtained by our kids. >> when i was in high school, they used to have locational education where you could learn how to become an electrician, a plumber, welding. i was recently speaking with a ceo of a big company and he says i cannot find any welders. i would gladly pay $80,000 a year. you won't get that coming out of college in many cases. we need to recognize there is a multitude of different talents and skills that are important to society work. you don't have to be in the house surgeon. some plumbing work done and the plumber gave him the bill and it was $2700 and the plumber said i didn't get that when i was a surgeon either. the point being there's a wide variety of different types of tolls that are necessary make a society like ours floors. we also

i will certainly look into what into what youk said. we have to be mindful when wasn'tcame in, it inclusive. interviews,the president obama and first lady michelle obama. here is a bit from that interview. [video clip] >> i think any time you are involved in an endeavor, it involves an overstressed. to be able to go back and have with someone you know who love you and has your back, that is priceless. ♪ >> just being able to find that solace and that piece to withstand all the negative energy. it is hard to do that alone. so, there is nothing more important than family and a real partnership. made him such a great man because he had the judgment to find a partner. that is a sign of his character that he chose a woman that was his equal. i don't think you would have jackie robinson without rachel. that moment in a documentary, a question from a file clerk on twitter. that jackie robinson would be happy with how president obama has handled race relations in this country? isst: i think the president frustrated by the fact he has not been a

that youk the problems see, the social problems you see, in these communities predates mass incarcerationif you are talking about mass incarceration of the black thely, the trend dates to background of the 1960's. mass incarceration dates to the 1980's and 1990's i don't see how that can be held responsible for a trend that predates it. aboutyou're talking sending someone to prison for 10 or 12 years for a relatively minor drug offense, how do you weigh the cost? >> that's the point. we continue to talk about prison. we know that nonviolent crime especially drug possession crimes, we started with nixon in the 70's and it ballooned through today. for whatw enforcement should be a medical issue. we use law enforcement to cure these ills. it just does not work. it has not worked all these decades. there may be a false dichotomy that we either have in cars three or crime. incarceration is the only tool to address the problems of crime. it's the most expensive solution available. it's expensive in terms of dollars and expensive in terms of human lives. and the well-being of communities. there