i'm on the panel association. and we would like to express our interest in having the panhandle included in the next round. we were told that we were on the long list for the pilot but we didn't make it in the end. we are here for many decades as well from neighbors about the concern and public safety and health. what we witness around the panhandle tends to be younger adults who seem, and we don't see these people over again. it's not that they intend to stay, but they are more passing through. as a result there is a little bit of a less respect for the city and it's inhabit -- inhabitants in the neighborhood and there is more defecating and from their pets. this area should be considered in the next round. >> thank you, next speaker, please. >> hi. john decastro from portrero boosters again. one item i wanted to put up on the screen is just a picture of carolina street. you will note three of the four vehicles in this picture are commercial vehicles. that is a common problem in portrero hill. these two shuttle a

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let me introduce the panel, der a dwight is with the association, she owns carson bail bonds and in the industry for 4 decades and former mistake mayor of carson california and helen for the juvenile and criminal justice system and currently on the and ralph on the commission of san francisco and works closely with the sheriff's department which now leads the program for violent offenders. >> san francisco, he has over 3 decades of experience in law enforcement including his former role as chief of police in san francisco. he's been a critic of current models in the criminal justice system that rely too heavily on incarceration. will looeng is the c e eo of diversion project from ranging from final alternatives to rehabilitative programs to more comprehensive case management and finally jonathan simon is adrian craig in professor of law, teaches courses on criminal laws, criminal justice, law and consulted culture and law risk and studies. his book includes parole and the social control of the under class 1890-1990 how the war on crime transformed american democracy and created fear. we

continue to pay for all of the inpatient and outpatient services to there's not a financial panel he associated but also provide them with improved guidance so that way when they have a patient who's in the hospital who needs two midnights of hospital care they can safely admit that patient and have to worry about a future denial. >> one of our questioners noted that he was dealing mostly with medicaid and not medicare. this questioner wants to know what other programs do with this bundle of issues was the observation status treated under medicaid and private plans? and i might add under medicare advantage plans where the payment is fixed in advance. anybody? this question frequently comes up to me. and i have expertise on medicare and respond by saying the rules that we are developing a fly to medicare only, medicaid and private insurers are free to develop their own policies on these kinds of issues. medicare advantage is a little different, and i don't want to get into medicare advantage responsibilities are. but they are medicare plans. so, policies that apply to medicare a apply to them. i

let's bring in our panel about these shifts. senior analysts, associateditor of the hill, indicated columnist and charles krauthammer. what about the polls? they're very telling. our guest will be here in the morning -- excuse me a few minutes. a part of group of democrats openly and no torously separating themselves from the president. that's happening all over the country. the poll you showed is a spectacular number that our greatest threat is not war or debt but the government. the president says demom ra say is a sham. those that believe the big government is a danger believe that. guess what, when 12 judges in secret and 12 members of congress in secret can decide the fourth amendment doesn't mean anything and the government can dispatch spies to listen to every single one of the 380 million cell phones in the united states of america, then the experiment of self-government has become a sham. >> do you think this is more nsa than obamacare? >> no, it has to do with all of it. in iran we're going to talk about soon. the obamacare roll out was a disast

panel. a.b. stoddard, associate editor, columnist for "the hill." stephen hayes, senior writer to "the weekly standard" and fox news contributor. how do they find a way to get around what obamacare is supposed to say about this? >> well, the problem is, that even though the insurance companies were made to take now the sick and the risky doesn't mean they're not supposed to stop balancing risks. so as they give somebody over here a free preventative screening and somebody over there new access to health care, there is the sick person somewhere who needs very expensive medication that is will find that that medication is not either in the network of medications covered or if it is, they're paying much more of it out of their pocket and doesn't count toward the deductible. this is alarming surprise for people who are dependent upon very specific critical medications. if they end up, obviously having to pay them out-of-pocket, in some cases they are up to thousands of dollars a month for rheumatoid arthritis, as you mentioned hiv, multiple sclerosis. t

panel. good to see both of you. the associated press went to court to get them.om of information calls 911 calls are public information. you don't need a reason to ask for them. you get them. the fact that they had to go to court was an extra step. >> so the state attorney had tried to block them for the families. was that the right move? >> it depends on who you ask. it is a no brainer. i wear two hats. i'm in the criminal justice system and i'm in the media. we use our good judgement to decide. gentleman especially in this day and age and the feeling that we need to know so much more. though said they wanted to know whether or not the police had responded in and adequate manner. once it was challenged they had to come up with a legitimate reason for the release. you can't exceptions swallowing the rules. you release them all the time or else we won't be able to use them. >> if we hear a lot of cries for help and anguish and lull bullef we just hear that, then what is the point? >> we are going to look at the timelines. all 911 calls are timed. and then what are

association involved. we put together a really great training. we have a panel available to you. it is only going to cost you $35 for a 30-minute conversation, and that might be the best $35 you have already spent to avoid something that will be happening in the future. that is just part of the collaborative process with supervisor chu's office, and i am very grateful to her. there is a panel of lawyers that have all attended training and know-how to represent businesses and give you some expert advice. >> when we were first looking at the issue and working with different systems, we realize that there was an issue with how you get loans to be able to make those improvements, how you get expertise to help walk you through what you're supposed to respond to. one of the components we saw that was missing was that legal component. how do we find lawyers -- where can i find quick information -- it is not very typical that someone already automatically knows a lawyer who can help them, so they might not know who to reach out to. they really put together a huge effort to train their la

panel will meet tuesday and wednesday in. there will be testimony and other associations. they will be looking at safety. awareness and training. look out for a hunter green ford with registration. and the man is accused of abducting a 14 year old in washington state. they could be passing through the area on his way to mexico. >>> a college is coming under fire for claims it failed to report sexual assaults. it reviewed two complaints showing that it did not disclose 27 assaults. and it had not reported in 2010. and it could be a violation of law. it is it is the federal anti- discrimination law. >>> the department of agriculture is recalling proscutto and it has contamination that can be fatal. it is recalling the whole ham shipped out. it is from ontario, canada. there have been no reports of illnesses. they are labeled x 4 gold and dated november 14th and 15th. the symptoms are fever, muscle aches headaches and convulsions. >>> an effort to crowd fund a buy back is less than halfway towards the goal. they're running out of days. they have three days to make that goal. the gun buy back would be decemb

panel. hillary rosen, cnn political commentator. a.b. stoddard, associate the hill and ramesh, senior editor of the national review. want to start actually with some news about obamacare. some big numbers that we got yesterday and today. two million site visits. the call center has received more than 250,000 calls. 129,000 provided their e-mail addresses. now, this probably isn't that much but considering how far down they were before, it's progress. what do you think? do you think if this continues to get better with regard to the website, that it's going to be a much better political issue for democrats, or is it much deeper than the website? >> well, i think the website is not the only problem with obamacare right now. there are other challenges the program faces. if this ends up being a success, it will be the legacy of this property, it will exonerate democrats as well as president obama. the problem is that just because you become an enrollee doesn't mean that you are an insured person. >> right. you have to pay -- >> that is a real problem. no one's

associate with and inspire. thank you all so much for taking part in our live panel discussion about media sound surveillance and other leaks julian assange live from london your highness falls through on live from new york and. live from kabul thank you so much for being with us and now. week our viewers have a chance to actually watch the movie wiki leaks founder doesn't approve of media stand up next revealing what it takes to reveal leaks to the public. although i have gone duck hunting a few times i've never seen the duck dynasty t.v. show but gosh if i heard about the scandal involving one of the stars of the show phil robertson who got suspended for making what many consider anti-homosexual comments in an interview this celebrity scandal is creating a lot of arguments about freedom of speech on social networks many people who believe that robertson deserved to be booted from the show for what he said argue that freedom of speech means that robertson can't be arrested by the government for what he said but the eighty t.v. channel has the right to fire whom they like the thing is that if this situation were

panel will speak with more detail on that. >> let me ask miss dewint that you are obviously part of the bail association and the president of the organization, you have decades of experience. critics have argued that your association and other associations like it use their influence by way of lobbying to protect the groups financial interest. i'm wondering if you can respond to that and perhaps give us an idea what kind of lobbying your organization does? >> thank you. first of all let me thank jeff and the san francisco public defenders office for this 10th year of the justice submit summit. thank you and i don't have a prepared speech. i do want to address some of these misconceptions. there is a bail reform and we are part of the reform. we are proud to say that we are part of our regulatory agency with the department of insurance to reestablish the industry. but alongside of that we are not a one size fits all industry. there is a place for the criminal justice system as well as the criminal bail industry. now we have testified along with catherine, our lobbying effort are basically this is what we look like. this is t

after the conclusion of panel one we will hear from the associate director for the benefits for the veterans of america. the monkey we will hear from tom murphy and -- then we will hear from tom murphy and edna macdonald. and sondra mccauley. mr. bll be accompanied by arronte, director of san diego benefits inspections division. it will include written statements from the disabled american veterans, tragedy assistance program for survivors and sulin schafer. i thank you all for being here today. i now yield to the ranking member for her opening statement. thank you, mr. chairman, for holding a hearing on this very important topic. i also want to thank the witnesses for their attendance this morning. first, i would like to applaud the va for reducing the benefits backlog by 34 percent since march 2013. we hope that the va can maintain their momentum and end the decades old backlog. our numbers show that you are on pace to indeed reach the secretary's goal by 2015. i ask you to relay this message keep up the good work. as vba continues to work through its transformation, it is important that w

it is my pleasure to introduce the distinguished panel of witnesses serves as the president and chief executive officer of the national association of student financial aid administrators. but robinson is the director of outreach at about john w. center for higher education policies, a nonprofit institute dedicated to improving higher education in north carolina and in the nation. mr. michael serves as the director of higher education and education finance policies at the education trust. mr. richard is currently the financial aid director at the community college public two-year institution located in maryland. before i recognized you to provide your testimony, let me briefly explain the system. you will have five minutes to present your testimony. when you begin, the light in front of you will turn green. when one minute has left the light will turn yellow in wintertime is expired, the light will turn red. at that point i would ask that you would wrap up your remarks as best as you are able in after you've testified, members will each have five minutes to ask questions of the panel. i now recognize mr. justin draeger for five m

associated with that is great. >> other responses from the panel? >> sure. it consumes a phenomenal amount of energy that's not used on something else constructive. fortunately for the restaurant side of our business, we're looking at it saying, this just isn't sustainable with our current business model. so something's got to be done before this gets rolled out so we can feel some level of comfort that something will happen. hopefully that's not a pipe dream. >> well, and i have yet to see anything from the white house that they want to make any changes legislatively to this act. i mean, there have been many suggestions of things we could fix. we've heard them here, heard them multiple times on this committee. and no interest in changing one letter of the law unless it's by executive action. and that is certainly unacceptable to me. one thing i'd like to ask ms. walker on another issue as far as the trend of basically a part-time economy. the new hires, according to the department of labor. i didn't know they were that bad. in this economy, four out of five

let's bring in our panel of experts to discuss that issue. rick nelson is senior associate at the center for strategic and international studies. is here, andin fred burton is vice president of intelligence at stratford. he helped arrest a man behind the trade center bombing back in 1993. thank you all for joining us. let's turn to you, fred. look at this situation, there has been a lot of talk about security, not just at the games but elsewhere in russia, surrounding the games. someone who has had experience securing an olympic games, what do you think russia can do our needs to do in this situation? >> it's going to be extraordinarily difficult to secure the transportation hub leading in and out of the olympic venue. having protected olympic athletes at these kinds of events before, the focus will gear down toward the olympic village to make sure that the athletes are safe. it really is a daunting challenge to try to just secure the perimeter and the infrastructure leading to and from sochi. >> let me bring in kimberly. russians, as opposed to what we have to deal with in

. >> at this time, i welcome panel two, which includes mr. sherman gillums come associatedirector for veterans benefits, paralyzed veterans of america, mr. ronald abrams, executive director of the national veterans legal service program and mr. zach hearn commit director for claims of the american legion. we appreciate your attendance today. a complete and written sando be entered into the hearing record. you are not recognized for five minutes for your testimony. >> thank you, mr. chairman. chairman runyan, members of the sub committee on behalf of paralyzed veterans of america come out to thank you for the opportunity to discuss complex claims, a topic that is near and dear to veterans like me and those who represent tba. complex claims in both cases they require the most experienced minds to properly adjudicate. this video is claimed for mandatory but small school issues with the most complicated circumstances to unravel such as military trauma, pts and catastrophic disability. since the membership is predicated on disability, that would be my focus. they have expertise

after the conclusion of panel 1 we will hear from mr. sherman gillums the associate director for paralyzed veterans of america. mr. ronald abrams exacts ejector for the national veterans legal service program and mr. zach turned deputy director for claims with the american legion and the third panel we will hear from mr. tom murphy director of compensation service with the veterans benefits administration accompanied i miss edna macdonald director of the regional office and the third panel will host ms. sandra mccauley deputy assistant inspector general for audits and evaluations with office of the inspector general u.s. department of veterans affairs who will be accompanied by mr. mr. brett bronze director of san diego benefits inspections division. additionally the hearing record will include written statements from disabled american veterans, the tragedy assistance program for survivors and the wife of an air force veteran derek shafer with those instructions complete i thank you for being here and i yield to the ranking member for her opening statement. >> thank

panel. cnn political contributor and republican strategist, kevin madd madden. co-host of cnn's "crossfire" van jones and associatetor for "the hill," a.b. stoddard. van, i want to start with you here. if hillary runs, how many times can we start a sentence with those words, if hillary runs, how complicated is her relationship with the president? does she need to run with him in the primary but against him in a general election? >> well, basically, you got to look at her as a very strange woman. she has two husbands. one's name is bill, the other's name is barack. she can't divorce either one of them. she's going to have to hug them, warts and all, and run with them. if she turns against this president at any point before she has this thing wrapped up, the base is not going to have it. this president has come back from the dead 57 times. he will be back. but she cannot get away from him any more than she can from bill clinton. >> complicated. a.b., i'm not going to follow up on the two husband metaphor. that was van jones, cnn, ladies and gentlemen. that's all his. but a.b., there's a provocative piece in politico

representatives of the indian casinos and indian gaming associations in the room and they were invited to present testimony and be a part of the panel. it was a voluntary basis so they were invited and they chose not to. but obviously indian gaming is a huge part of this issue since almost as much and perhaps more people play in indian casinos than non-indian casinos. mr. freeman, in your testimony you gave a list of things that you said federal legislation should include or accomplish. in listening to you, i believe that my bill, h.r. 2666 hit all those points. do you agree with that? >> mr. barton, your bill certainly hits those points and others. there are points we'd certainly like to see added to that and happy to discuss those with you. >> ok. and mr. abboud, i'm glad that you're here and you represent the sands corporation. the first hotel casino that i stayed in as a young man when i went to las vegas for the first time was the old sands. and just last year, i held a political fundraising event at the venetian, which i believe is a property of this current sands corporation. and so i have great respect for the company that y

panel of witnesses. mr. justin serves as president and chief executive officer of the national association of student financial aid administrators. you'll have five minutes to present your testimony. when you begin the light in front of you will turn agree. when one minute is left, the light will turn yellow. when your time is expired the light will turn red. that the point, i ask that you wrap up your remarks as best as you are able, after you have testified members will each have five minutes to ask questions of the panel. i now recognize mr. justin for five minutes. thank you. i'm grateful to be able to talk to you about the pell grant program pointed out serving nine million students annually over the history has benefited over 60 million students. the program well targeted in 85% of the i are accept yents have family incomes of less than $40,000. 50% of those receiving pell grants have family income of less than $20,000. and weighted toward those with the least resources 70% of pell resilient are receiving the maximum award for the enrollment status. the program, of course, evolve out the basic educationa

panel joining me now live is investigative journalist band director of new yorkers against gun violence leah gun barrett for more and are a lobbyist and president of the independent firearms association richard feldman and former presidential candidate for the green party joel stein thank you all so much for joining me tonight before i begin i want to explain what we're trying to achieve here guns are not a black and white issue and we're not trying to emulate the corporate media coverage of the topic this is going to be a rational fact based debate an attempt to help bridge the divide between the many differing viewpoints there on guns although to start off with one minute to answer the first question followed by another minute to follow up and then i'm going to open it up to a totally free form discussion where any of you are able to jump in at any point without further ado let's take a look at some statistics from last year america's unique eighty nine guns for every one hundred people place in the u.s. at a solid number one in the world and guns per capita for perspective two country is yemen about fifty five guns per one hundred people now take a look at just the developed world

and impressive panel of journalists that are collected in and some small parts in of this book please give a warm welcome of the to the photographers of the associated press. [applause] >> we will run through some pictures that we will open it up [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [applause] one -- clearly an extraordinary selection of images from the focus of the war of the knowledge we are gathered to talk about this evening. it would be good to put this into context with the ap history. if not associated with the associated processing -- and so should press founded 8046 a cooperative of news organizations through the mexican or to share the cost and logistics of coverage of the conflict. the ap since 1846 as cover just about every conflict known to man so we have a very intimate and longstanding relationship to warfare into armies and conflict around the world. the cooperative is owned by 1500 u.s. newspapers they pooled resources together through the fees they pay us for access to the content and sharing of their content to provide a news agency that is unparalleled of coble reached of just about ever

three panels in all are scheduled for this afternoon. some news of the associated press writes that the family of a florida woman killed during the shooting at the washington navy yard is the first to file lawsuit against the federal government and contractors. claiming they ignored red flags about the killers'. and a suit named the navy the department of veteran affair, and two deafen contractors as the defendant. and is seeking at least $37.7 million. until the committee return we'll hear about the relationship between president obama's cabinet and his closest ally. the cover story in the new "politico" magazine. susan is the editor and editor in chief john harris are with us today to talk about it. let me begin with you. why did you decide to launch a magazine? >> "politico" -- first i thank you. i'm happy to be here to talk about the project. everyone is very excited about the content and we're excited about susan the distinguished career as washington editor. we're excited to have her on the team. the reason we launched the mag diseent consistent with the larg

panel of witnesses. the president and chief executive officer of the national association for the feet -- for the a nonprofit institute dedicated to improving higher education in north carolina and in the nation. michael serves as the director of higher education and finance policy at the education trust. is the director at anne arundel community college college in maryland. let me briefly explain our lighting system. if you will have five minutes to present your testimony. when you begin, the light in front of you will turn green. when one minute is left, the light will turn yellow. when you're time is expired, the light will turn red. i asked that you wrap up your remarks as best as you are able after you have testified each will have five minutes to ask questions of the panel. i now recognize mr. justice and draeger. acrossepresent colleges the country. i'm grateful to be able to talk to you about the pell grant program which serves 9 million students annually. it has benefited over 60 million students. of recipients have family incomes of less than $40,000. incomes of less than $20,000. 70% of recipients

associated with that is great. >> of the responses from the panel? >> sure. it consumes a phenomenal amount of energy. if not used on something else constructive. fortunate for the restaurant side of our business we are looking at it saying this just isn't sustainable what our current business model. cell phones -- something is got to be done before the scheduled a so we can have some level of comfort that something will happen. hopefully that's not a pipe dream. >> well, and i have yet to see anything from the windows it would make any changes to legislatively to this act. there have been suggestions, things we could fix. we've heard them multiple times in this committee. we mentioned the sba. no interest in changing one letter of the law unless it's by executive action. that is certainly an unacceptable thing to me. one thing i would ask ms. walker on, as far as the trend of basically a part-time economy, that the new hires according to the department of labor. i did note they were that bad. in this economy four out of five new jobs. was that the figurehead are created are part-time? >> for everyone

association. went out. talked to a couple of panels. had dinner there. i was stunned.were all talking solutions. i'm sure democratic governors are doing the same thing. haley said we can't afford to shut down the government. i was blown away by how positive and forward thinking they were. how they worked with democrats because they had to work with democrats. man, talk about being a governor and then being a senator and is it getting any better? >> well, it's hard to compare any job to governor. that's one of the better jobs in the country. jon and i became very close friends working through the national governor's association. it wasn't a republican or democrat problem. we found somebody that had a fix whether it's education, highways, helping the elderly or veterans. we would call each other and said how did do you that. he would say try this. we're missing that. it's difficult. it's so highly charged from the standpoint of, there's so much money coming at it. you get rewarded for bad behavior. >> so, i commend eric cantor for his nice comments over the weekend sayin

impressive panel of journalists whose experiences total decades and are collected in some small part in this wonderful book. please tell me to give a warm welcome to the photographers of the associated press. [applause] >> okay, we are going to run through some pictures here and have a little conversation appear as well so everyone can see. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [pictures being shown] >> you cannot see the dates there. [inaudible conversations] [pictures being shown] [pictures being shown] [pictures being shown] [inaudible conversations] [pictures being shown] [pictures being shown] [pictures being shown] [pictures being shown] [pictures being shown] [pictures being shown] [pictures being shown] [pictures being shown] [pictures being shown] [pictures being shown] [pictures being shown] to look to wound. [laughter] wound. [laughter] up with with with with with to wound. [laughter] up up up up up up up up up up up up up up and he as you can tell, this is what we are gathered here to talk about this evening, i thought it might be useful to put this work into a little bit of context those that say it is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1846 as a way for newspapers

panel recommendations mean for the relationship between government, tech and your security? i spoke with a c.e.o. and former n.s.a. cybercenter employee, bob stazio and daniel o'connor at the computer and communications industry association. i began by asking bob about the risks of cushing surveillance practices. >> i believe really what it does s slows down the process >> hijackers were communicating with i believe elements in yemen. following that, we were not able to collect that intelligence and nalyze it. analyze because it was emanating from within the united states. after that, the 9/11 report, a recommendation was made to change some of our collection ability in order to catch intelligence items of that value. if we swing the pendulum the other way too much into the privacy realm, i think it might slow down our ability to find things like that. >> so you think if these recommendations are implemented as is, that they would be dangerous? >> not all of them would necessarily be dangerous. as i was saying with my pendulum analogy, following 9/11, we swung the pendulum from privacy to security. there is always that balance between privacy and security and we are trying in this recommendation to point to the needle to

association said that it should be treated as a public health issue. joining us now is dr. cornell professor at the university of virginia, and he led the panel that compiled the report. good to talk to you. you know the question that is often asked in the aftermath of events like sandy hook, why couldn't we pro addict that that person was going to do that. is that possible? precise prediction of who is going to carry out a shooting is not possible. but it does not mean that we can't prevent violence. people assume we can't predict it so we can't prevent it. but we prevent a lot of serious problems that we can't predict. we can't predict who is going to have a heart attack but we know risk factors and we know how to reduce the over all rate of heart attacks. we need a similar public health approach. >> preventing gun violence? it's possible? how do you think-- >> absolutely. >> how is that done? >> well, we talk about primary prevention and secondary prevention. primary prevention focuses on the general population raising healthier children who are better able to resolve conflicts, tolerate differences and seek non-violent alternatives to pro

panel. craig said kenneth lee visited joseph butchart, mostly antitrafficking path offered to get the boca around designated as a foreign terrorist association. while we were there, we did visit with ngos, including a bishop named shows who have lost 10 aid for aids orphans. it raises a serious question that i've been asking for 30 years. more than 30 years. that is the robust inclusion of faith-based organizations, which i believe, whether we are combating being sick hiv/aids, the program mayor or malaria, tuberculosis are doing relief operations in a tie for another natural disaster. the efficacy of the operation is enhanced with faith based operations are robustly concluded. the multiplier effect is incalculable and i've seen it over and over again. what i found in nigeria was only 9% -- there is 90% not, particularly when the health care grid is primarily faith-based, we are getting induced not disconcerting to me. kept in the services getting support. we salima to the transfer creation church, a matter fact come a week before that i understand cardinal mccarrick had celebrated mass there and we received communion while we were there. it

not just 1%, a survey from associated press reports 1 in 5 americans can expect to be rich at one point in their lives, but for how long. that is today's money talker. our panels ready to go. i feel like i know these people, who at some point in their life, earned more than $250 thousand for a year, they may have dipped slightly below that, they have worked themselves to this position they send their kids to private schools, they have nice cars, they live in a gated community, they really want to hold on to this life style they are barely doing it. >> the thing i find, you say you feel like you know them, so do i, i spend time in the green home here, i have met so many successful people, almost every one self-made. getting there is one thing, staying there is another. not like okay i'm rich today, game over. maintaining it to our point is tough. you are in that sweet spot. have you a little bit of cash but not as much as some other people you have been meeting on the way up, they are buying things you still can't have, no body wants to hear you complain, but if you feel i am being demonized for doing what i'm supposed to do climb the ladder of success. >> we

panel. i want to thank you, brian and elliott. thank you hudson institute. thank you for coming. happy holidays. >> the associated press has a story about reports of sexual assault in the military. more than 5000 reports of sexual a full work wild during the fiscal year that ended september 30. that compares with 2012. that is from the associated press. signed anobama authorization bill that addresses some of those problems under the new law. they will no longer be able to overturn convictions for sexual assault. he has also ordered the military to conduct a year-long review of their efforts. tomorrow, we will discuss the military and potential conflict hotspots next year. this includes afghanistan, syria, and iran. our guest is a defense reporter. that is a look at the second term and where obama stands now. george mason by university presidential historian richard norton smith. washington journal will be live every morning at 7:00 eastern here on c-span. i do not have anything confirmed that i can tell you. >> i think you have to be political. you have to be honest and you have to say things. but still, you hav

associate in new york. she clerked for a judge. she graduated magna cum will data from princeton and nyu she has a citizenship at the law school. she's been a lecturer. many expert panelsfocused on issues such as pharmaceutical, data security breach. i'm grateful to her for is that she's looking at the cutting-edge issues. shows figuring out what the right policies are that balance all the equity and pining away to speak about in a they satisfies the academic, the advocates, and arch consumers. i have to believe it comes from the fact she doesn't spend her time in washington. she's getting out around the country and world. i think it gives her a fabulous perspective. we're lucky to have her at the commission. >> thank you, karen! i'm pleased to be here! i wish i had your rÉsume to read, because yours is pretty impressive too! and almost as long! if not longer! even though we are both really young! the way we're going run this i am going to ask her a few questions and then we're going open it up! you are all experts! we don't think of you as an audience. you returned from ten days in europe. you were speaking mostly about privacy issues. we're able to comment on this wh

from the associated press in recent days and human rights watchers swrl have noted there are issues with the press in russia. >> stay with us if you will. i want to get some thoughts from the panelt. look i think the reason the khodorkovsky story is so important for the u.s. is we have so much money coming from the wealthy in china and russia. the rich in china and russia are afraid what happened to him could happen to them at any minute. chinese and russian officials could take their money and their stuff at any moment. that is why the russians and cli niece are buying apartments in new york islands across the world. >> diamonds by the way. >> diamonds, swiss bank accounts. i think khodorkovsky is exhibit a why wealthy overseas are stashing their money so they have something. >> or in left. >> mary? >> or in bitcoin. >> you can understand to some extent why china is more aggressive on something like a bitcoin than the u.s., which is taking a friendly open minded approach. they have real concerns about capital controls, in that country. >> yes. obviously, they do. i have arguments against bitcoin that can go on forever. but i think that clearly this incident circumstance is noth

representatives of the indian casinos and indian gaming associations in the room and they were invited to present testimony and be a part of the panel a voluntary basis so they were invited and they chose not to. but obviously indian gaming is a huge part of this issue since almost as much and perhaps more people play in indian casinos than non-indian casinos. mr. freeman, in your testimony you gave a list of things that you said federal legislation should include or accomplish. in listening to you, i believe hit all ill, h.r. 2666 those points. do you agree with that? >> mr. barton, your bill certainly hits those points and others. there are points we'd certainly like to see added to that and happy to discuss those with you. >> ok. and mr. abboud, i'm glad that you're here and you represent the sands corporation. the first hotel casino that i stayed in as a young man when i went to las vegas for the first time was the old sands. and just last year, i held a political fundraising event at the venetian, which i believe is a property of this current sands corporation. and so i have great respect for the company that you represent. ms.

associated with healthcare.gov are simply too great. mr. speaker, the obamacare website, healthcare.gov, is the mother lode for identity theft, internet fraud, and other criminal activity. for emphasis, mr. speaker, a bipartisan panel of cybersecurity experts publicly warns that the healthcare.gov cybersecurity threat is so great that no one should use it. based on their expert advice, i concur and encourage all americans to avoid healthcare.gov, the obamacare website, in any way, shape, or form until its cybersecurity risks are fixed. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee, for five minutes. ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, with a lot of enthusiasm i rise to recognize and to acknowledge a renaissance man, a man with a sense of humor, along with his wife, yvette, determined to help to make the lives of children around the world much better. yes, he had a sense of humor and he was also a musician, and he visualized a day without hunger, hoping for it to be december 31, 2013. yank berry has many sides to him, but enthusiastically he takes each challenge, some that he's overcome in life, and put on the boxing gloves and simply won. i'm excited

panel on climate change concluded that the evidence that the earth is warming is unequivocal. this is the same level of confidence that scientists have that smoking causes cancer. last month, the world meterological association reported that levels of heat trapping gases in the atmosphere set new records, reaching concentrations higher than any in the last 800,000 years. yet, this house ignores it all. we challenge the republicans on the energy and commerce committee to come to the floor and debate us, defend their record of inaction. they never showed up. the committee won't even hold a hearing to listen to the scientists. democrats are in the minority so we can't call hearings, but we won't be muzzled. since february, the members of the safe climate caucus reported on the alarms that the scientists are sounding. in fact, today marks the 100th legislative day that members from the safe climate caucus have spoken out. except during the republican shutdown of the government, our members have come to the floor every day we have been in session. it has not always been easy to keep this streak of speeches alive, but we have come because of the commitment of our 31 members to take action before it is too late. we

and impressive panel of journalists that are collected in and some small parts in of this book please give a warm welcome of the to the photographers of the associated press. [applause] >> we will run through some pictures that we will open it up [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [applause] clearly a at extraordinary selection on the of war in end vietnam which is why we are gathered here this evening. is eric thought it be be useful to put this work into context with the history of the associated press not-for-profit cooperative news organization and did 1846 during the mexican-american war as a way for newspapers to share the cost and logistics of coverage of the conflict has cover just about every conflict known to man and so we have longstanding relationship to the conflict around the world. the mood by 1500 u.s. newspaper ampules resources together for access to the content to provide a news agency that is of paralleled of school full reach of just about every country you could name with a never ending stream of photographs at taxpayer of video and audio so in the institution of