mr. heller: one more question. one more question. thank you for being -- mr. shelby: we have to vote but let him ask the question. mr. heller: in a recent "wall street journal" survey, the odds of a recession in the next 12 months have climbed to 21%. and that's double what it was a year ago. what are your thoughts on that? ms. yellen: well, as i mentioned in my testimony and my answers this morning, we have seen global economic and financial developments that may ell affect the u.s. outlook. financial conditions have tightened and that can have consequences for the outlook. i think it's premature at this point to decide exactly what the consequences of those shocks will be. and it depends on, in part, on whether they -- whether they persist. and that's something we will be looking at closely going forward. we are looking at closely. mr. heller: thank you very much for being here and thank you for the time. is human is human thank you, mr. chairman -- mr. schumer: thank you, mr. chair. i'm glad we have another daughter of brooklyn doing well. i see that we hav

mr. heller and i a moment, please? grab a booth, honey. order a couple of the osso buco. i wish it were anyone but you, reagan. yeah, well... i think you have something i need. figured i might. hence making sure i got my picture taken. right. where are the gloves? my office, two blocks away. you check them out? nope. bagged them in plastic just as i found them, made the switch. no questions asked? only from myself to myself. and what did yourself think? wanted some insurance. oh, so you suspected something. then why not just bring the gloves in? because i'm a private eye now. my loyalties are to my clients, not the nypd. oh, right. but you did say that you made sure to get your picture taken just in case we wanted to look into something. i never said that. it'd be bad for business. right. dundee. two more cutty and water for the booth with the lady. those two are on me. hey. i'll get the gloves, be back in five. you know, there's... there's one thing that i don't get. what's that? what is in this for you? i get to sleep at night. oh. and that's all, huh? your conscience m

mr. heller: it took me a little bit longer than my wife. she was with marco from day one. marco knew that, as others can attest, and it took me a little bit longer, but this is marco-country we are in today. [applause] mr. heller: so, it is great to be here, great to have the senator here, and i want to remind you of something i said earlier and that is there is a reason why marco rubio gets the support of his colleagues back in washington dc. he is the real deal and that is what america needs. [applause] people try to say this is a three-man show. this is a two-man show. it is donald and marco rubio. that is the two choices. i guarantee you there is nobody that understands this country, understands the city, understand this state better that marco rubio. he will become the next president of the united states. so let's here, we practiced this earlier. let's get him up your. marco! marco! marco! [applause] [♪ ac/dc's "thunderstruck" ♪] mr. rubio: thank you, thank you, i appreciate it. thank you very much, thank you. thank you very much, i appreciate it. i didn't know you ar

mr. heller. hmm. one more strike, you go away for a long time. which is why you couldn't afford preswick calling the cops when he found out the truth, and so you shot him. and then when he went down, you shot fink as well. you think you're gonna pin this murder on me? (laughs) no way. you don't got jack. read carefully. you bribed the super... twice. and the second time was four hours after detectives ryan and esposito brought preswick to the gallery and you realized that he had lost his memory. you planted the gun. swing and a miss. strike three. you're out. (ryan) ah, it's a beaut. isn't it? i especially love the fingerprint. me, too. even if i can't remember, (whimpers and pants) hey, jer. ready to rock? thanks for coming. you remember lucy? no. she certainly remembers you. well, hey, thanks, guys. you made getting arrested for murder really not so bad. (laughs) thank you. mm-hmm. so are you two gonna... castle. it's okay. the answer is... who knows? i like him and he likes me. and right now, that's enough. well, see you. i guess if i ever los

mr. heller and i a moment, please? llin' grab a booth, honey. i wish it were anyone but you, reagan. yeah, well... i think you have something i need. figured i might. hence making sure i got my picture taken. right. where are the gloves? my office, two blocks away. you check them out? . bagged them in plastic just as i found them, made the switch. no questions asked? only from myself to myself. and what did yourself think? nope someone had heavy money on that fight, wanted some insurance. oh, so you suspected something. then why not just bring the gloves in? because i'm a private eye now. my loyalties are to my clients, not the nypd. oh, right. but you did say that you made sure to get your picture taken justse we wanted to look into something. i never said that. it'd be bad for business. right. dundee. two more cutty and water for the booth with the lady. in ca those two are on me. hey. you know, there's... there's one thing that i don't get. what's that? what ithis for you? i get to sleep at night. oh. and that's all, huh? s in jamie: it's a lot, your conscience means anything to y

joining me at the table or martha heller, rail and then the installation matters that the media bureau policy division. felicia will present the item. >> mr. chairman, commissioners, we're pleased to present this notice of inquiry that provides an opportunity for industry stakeholders, can numerous and others to voice concerns about the state of diversity, competition and innovation within the video programming marketplace. over the last quarter-century we've seen significant changes in the media landscape that is fundamentally altered the ways americans access and consume video programming. consumers today access video programming over multiple computing platforms and the dominance of cable operators and other incumbent distributors has eroded. however, incumbent operators retain a very important position in the video programming marketplace in obtaining care from traditional mvpds is so vital for the growth of many enriching programmers. through the notice of inquiry we invite comments generally on the state of independent programming marketplace and the challenges that new and emerging programmers face in attempting to launch her grow.

joining me at the table are marge the heller, brendan mary and lyle elder, and chief technologist, brendan will present the item. >> mr. chairman and commissioner, we are pleased to notice proposed rulemaking, to ensure the availability to consumers of competitive sources of equipment to access a tv programming as the commission is directed to buy 629 of the communications act. section 629 which just celebrated its 20th birth day along with other provisions of the telecommunications act directs the commission to adopt regulations to insure commercial market for devices and apps that can access video programming from sources other than subscribers pay-tv provider, cable and satellite provider. in short it directs the commission to untether consumers from the pay-tv providers. to achieve this directive, we have multi general programming distributors to offer three information flows using any published transparent format that conforms to specifications that have open standards. these information flows will allow manufacturers and other companies not affiliated to design and build competitive devices and applications to a

heller gets overturned. citizens united, first amendment. and most importantly, hobby lobby, which protects free exercise of the religious rights. it gets overturned if donna's friend, mrs. clinton, gets to make appointments to the court. >> there's an article of faith inside the party that marco rubio would be the toughest candidate for hillary clinton in a general election. you had a cover story in "the nation." saying, wait a second, donald trump could be tougher for the >> yeah, donald trump, you know, he's speaking to the pain. the economic pain in the country. i thinks he has the ability, with the politics of hate and division, to go into big states and speak to the economic pain. to have a bold response about jobs. about trade. about a different economic way. but not through the politics of division. but through inclusion. if i could say one thing. media mall -- malpractice. if trumpian authoritarianism wins -- >> trumpian authoritarianism? >> yes. jean le pen endorsed him the other day. i think the on scene obsession of cable pif tv primarily. the lust for cheap, high ratings has created a politics of spectacle that we're all seeing the outcome of. i think when

mr. chairman? >> thank you, senator, for your patience. >> i haven't planned to raise this senator heller has raisedthe issue of the cadillac tax. i remember five, six years ago when we were debating the affordable care act, the economists to your left and to your right from all across the spectrum and they said if you do nothing else on health care reform the one thing you need to do is to make sure at some point in time when the cost of health care coverage for a person, for a policy, which is a high level at some point in time it should not entirely be treated as a tax-free benefit. there has to be some -- and some consequence. and they all agreed on that. they all agreed on that. and we ended up with this, like, jury-rigged rube goldberg kind of approach the cadillac tax to try to scratch that itch. but i applaud your efforts to try to do something geographically in the president's budget. >> we have the support of those economists still. they all signed a letter. >> they sure have. they sure have. we got their names. i think it was mentioned the infrastructure and whether or not the repatriatio