mr. sullivan: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. mr. sullivan: thank you, mr. president. i just want to commend my colleague, senator murkowski, who occupies certainly one of the most important positions in the country with regard to energy as the chairman of the energy and natural resources committee for her leadership on this bill and so many other bills. i'm proud to be a cosponsor with a number of other senators on the american energy and conservation act, which will be taken up here in a few minutes. and i just want to echo what senator murkowski said about this bill. it's really a commonsense bill. we already have revenue sharing for onshore oil and gas production, so it only makes sense, really, it's only fair, as she noted very articulately that the states closest to the impacts of o.c.s. drilling also receive their fair share of revenues from resource

mr. sullivan: this thing about diversity. mr. lu: president obama said early on he wanted an administration that reflected america. there is no specific quota, no saying, we needed this and this and this. xxxxxxx we needed this or this or that, it was just we should look for diversity of people and as clay says, every study that has been done on this in the context of organizational dynamics says the more diverse set of views around the table, the better the decision-making. >> diverse could be age. >> i don't think that democrat versus republican, it is about a well-managed organization. >> i agree. >> when you do the policy panels going agencies, do you see that as a concern? or it just another policy expertise? do you sit down and say, look at this group. they're going to the labor department and they are all this one kind of person. they all have a strong union background, for example. >> these agencies are huge. the agency review teams are relatively small. the expertise is that the that you focus on the most because you wan

mr. sullivan. usual, your ulcer's flared up again. you should know any additional stress would severely compromise your health. i suggest you take a deep breath and button it. otherwise mommy will wash out my mouth with soap? i understand you're not feeling well, but don't treat our staff members with disrespect. now, just lie back and relax. what? how dare you presume i needed your help? your arrogance completely undermined my credibility with that patient. from now on, i expect you to treat me as you would any other employee in this hospital. you got that? got it. hey, i told you i needed that vomit tray! hey, mom! i will leave you to your patient... ms. o'brien. so? who's the tootsie with the big babaloos? i don't know. i don't care. aren't you supposed to be sick? not chinese food again! what is this, china? hello, vin. want some kung pao? this used to be pot roast night with those tiny little potatoes your mom roasted golden brown, basting them over and over-- please. i'm trying to locate some flavor. your mom was the best stay-a

mr. sullivan: and not really 77 days, that is president-elect. he did not start thinking about the transition on election day, right, chris? started months ahead of time. every one of those days, it is growing opportunity to be prepared. mr. lu: we started planning in may of 2008, maybe actually april, before candidate obama had even grabs the democratic nomination. we understood the importance of planning in a very positive way. planning a transition is one of these really unique experiences where you cannot ask for an extension of time. on the noon of january 20, you have to be ready. that time goes very fast. many decisions you make during transition ultimately affect the success of your presidency. the key to all of this is understanding that the matter how great the planning is, you have to be prepared for the unexpected. in the beginning of 2008, the spring of 2008 we started

sullivan show. miss, i'll pick them up for you. -mr. benny, the doctor will see you now. -i'm dr. whitney, won't you sit over here, sir? -yes, yes. thank you. -now then mr. benny, what seems to be your trouble? -well, i've had a sort of an irritation here on my arms. in matter of fact, in both arms here. and it's been bothering me for weeks. -well, let's have a look at it, shall we? -okay. most annoying, this thing here. i'll show you in just a second. -yes, yes. that does look a little nasty. there's an obvious subcutaneous (jargon). -i thought it was just a rash. -it is. -but for heaven's sakes why didn't you say so? this thing has really been annoying me. i'd like to find out the cause of it. -well, is there any other area that used to be bothering you? -no, just the arm. -mmhmm. have you ever had hives? -ask me that again, will you doc? -i said, have you ever had hives? -yes, i got rid of them when the price of honey went down. -no. whenever a comedian comes in, i always ask that first to get that nonsense out of the way. -oh. -and incidentally, bob hope's answer -now then, a

mr. trump was promising to cure than they cared about whatever personal traits we were writing about in our coverage. >> sreenivasan: margaret sullivant about the potential of almost an observe b effect having jim's paper the "new york times" or "the washington post" having these predictions on a daily basis seeing hillary clinton is going to bin which 92% probability or 85, does that end up having a confirmation effect over time saying, well, maybe i don't need to go out and vote or this is really the narrative anyway, am i countering that? am i challenging that narrative with a different type of story? >> i think when you walk into the voting booth, it's a very emotional issue and i believe that, for many people, the idea of the clintons back in the white house was something when they actually walked into the voting booth they just didn't want to countenance and that you can talk about experience or inexperience or incendiary comments or stronger together, make america great again, but a lot of times it's a purely emotional issue, and it speems to how you feel -- it speaks to how you feel about your life and the direction of the co

mr. ginsberg. my name is d sullivan. i want to speak about the metrics on maintenance as they exist right now. in my opinion leaders should really be about money spent per capita . that is the most direct and meaningful measures one of the most. why isn't it in here? the two metrics that are in your which are the park scores for maintenance and repair requests logged into the internal tma system as completed our indirect and much less reliable metrics. rpd says this project is not proposed because they don't know how much they spend for maintenance in any given part. can they actually be serious about this that they don't know how many gardeners, janitors and managers are allocated to each part? their tma system does not track time in the joe's associated with the job even if they don't have this information they need to figure it out now. how can they do a good job of managing our parks without it? i would suggest we use an area of maintenance were meaningful equity metrics such as janitorial hours per month for bathrooms and clubhouses per capita local population. trashcan capacity per capit

mr. trump laws,to seek to change the he would have to get the supreme court to overrule the rule sullivanmes versus and subsequent cases built on it and chip away at definition of "actual malice or characterization of public barron fromid sandra yale law school information society project. the supreme court could overturn ruling, but would not be easy, for one thing liable and protection of free speech, not nature liberal versus conservative issue, even if mr. appointed judge or two, modify principles, these justices would not necessarily in the majority. rom massachusetts, robert, on our line for independents. caller: good morning. how are you? because fellow just said couple minutes ago racial unrest. the racial unrest i've seen is guy in chicago getting beaten by a bunch of stolen ys and something out of his car. ferguson, you of see -- it seems to be the blacks against society. the problem is i think the americans, african ave another 150 years of training before they become part of the society we live in. too bad. virginia, dford, republican line. caller: yes, good morning. on.: you'