mr. jeffrey feldman. mr. president, members of the security council. in a statement by the official news agency on three december -- the democratic people republic of korea announced it had successfully conducted a sixth nuclear explosive test. characterize the event ." "perfect test they further said it also "marked a very significant occasion in attaining the final goals of completing the state nuclear force." the executive secretary -- secretary of the preparatory commission indiana said in a -- vienna said it -- its data indicated the event measured approximately 6.0 magnitude. measured al sources yield is high 6.3. in any case, there is evidence, the yield of the device was 'srger than any of the dprk previous nuclear tests. experts estimate between 50 and 100 kilotons or on average more than five times more powerful than the weapon detonated over here a shema. -- over her oshima. .- over hiroshima a smaller event was registered after the event. they have not yet completed the analysis of the second event. experts speculate it could have been caus

mr. jeffrey feldman. mr. president, members of the security council.n a statement by the official news agency on three december -- the democratic people republic of korea announced it had successfully conducted a sixth nuclear explosive test. characterize the event ." "perfect test they further said it also "marked a very significant occasion in attaining the final goals of completing the state nuclear force." the executive secretary -- secretary of the preparatory commission indiana said in a -- vienna said it -- its data indicated the event measured approximately 6.0 magnitude. measured al sources yield is high 6.3. in any case, there is evidence, the yield of the device was 'srger than any of the dprk previous nuclear tests. experts estimate between 50 and 100 kilotons or on average more than five times more powerful than the weapon detonated over here a shema. -- over her oshima. .- over hiroshima a smaller event was registered after the event. they have not yet completed the analysis of the second event. experts speculate it could have been caused

mr. jeffrey and secretary general for political affairs to participate in this meeting. -- this isy council an new agenda. floor to this gentleman. >> mr. president, members of the security council, in a statement by the official news agency on december 2017, the democratic people's public of korea announced that it had successfully conducted a successful nuclear explosion test. hasharacterized the event perfect success in the test of a hydrogen bomb entering the cap -- intercontinental ballistic missile. the dprk further says that it also marked a very significant occasion in obtaining the final goal of completing the state nuclear force,". this is said that the monitoring stations have picked up an unusual seismic event in the area for the previous nuclear test. eventta indicated the measured by 6.0 magnitude. governmental sources measured a yield as high as 6.3. case, it is evident that the yield of the device was larger than any previous nuclear test. the estimated a young 2050 and 100 kilotons or on average, or than five times more powerful than the 11 detonated over hiroshima and at t

mr. jeffrey greco, president and ceo of the african-american chamber of commee. i'm going to begin asking two questions about the past. and so, one of the main issues is, what is different in afghanistan since septembe11? the second question, i am an economist, i like data. the second question would be, so what are some key achievements, some key data points that you could talk about since seember 11? that have been a success and th we can ow progress in afghanistan. those are two questis about the past. then i will ask two questions about the ture strategy and about the future of afghanisn. >> thank you. i think as a former assistant administration of usaid i think the investments de early on from 2002 onward were focused on buildg the social infrastructure of afghanistan which was completely decimated. we focused on building schools, getting curriculum design, getting girls in school, building clinics, local community-based clinics, establishing midwife systems and alof that early infrastructure investment that afghanistan, maternal death rates went from 189/21

mr. jeffrey greeko, president and ceo of the afghan american chamber of commerce. so i'm going to begin asking two questions about the past and so one of the main issues is what's different in afghanistan since september 11th? the second question -- i'm an economist, i like data so the second question to the panelists would be what are some key achievements, some key data points that you could talk about since, you know, september 11th that have been a success and that we can show progress in afghanistan? so those are two questions about the past and then i'll ask two questions about the future strategy and about the future of afghanistan. >> okay. thank you. i think as a former assistant administrator, i think the investments we made from 2002 onward were building the social structure of afghanistan. so we focused on building schools, getting curriculum design, getting girls in school, building clinics, local community based clinics, establishing mid-wife systems and all of that early infrastructure investment totook afghanistan took maternal death rates up to 110

mr. jeffrey. >> thank you for yielding the chairman's time. i appreciate it. want to thank you for holding this important hearing today. this important bill would enable greater innovation and foster efficiency within the approval process over-the-counter drugs, something that has not been done since the 1970s. i want to specifically thank for their leadership on this issue. i'm proud to be a cosponsor with several of my colleagues which industry, fda has worked so hard to move forward. i strongly believe this would help every american as these products are first-line in defense against ailments. i thank you for being here today. if there's no one else wanting the time, i yield back. >> the chair recognizes the gentleman from new jersey for five minutes for an opening statement. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank you also for holding today's hearing on the over-the-counter drug reform and the establishment of over-the-counter user fee program. i also want to commend ranking member green, guthrie and the chairman of the committee for your work in craft

mr. jeffrey reese -- mr. jeffries: i reserve. mr. issa: we reserve. mr. jeffries: thank you. i have one more speaker. i yield to the gentleman from new york, mr. nadler. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. nadler: i rise in support of this bill which would extend an important tool in protecting to -- protecting federal judges and their families. each year, federal judges are required to file financial disclosure reports which are made available to the public. these show any potential conflicts of interest but they also disclose sensitive personal information, like a home address or family member's place of business. in the hands of a disgruntled member of the public seeking retribution or otherwise disturbed information this information could put judges and their families at great risk. under current law, the judicial conference may redact information from a financial disclosure form if publishing such information could endanger the safety of the file ore a member of the filer's family. unless congress acts, this redax authority will expire on december 3

discuss political transition was in the council chamber syrian ambassador bashar al jeffrey is his country's chief negotiator mr de mistura put pressure on him but his toughest words were reserved for the opposition no one is asking the opposition to thunderous dubbing the. but we are urging their belligerent to realize that it is most credible. in effect the when is down to good and ensure radian is to negotiate which read give and take the high negotiations committee position is that they are the only legitimate representative of the opposition and it's definitely true that some of the other groups that call themselves opposition have in the past had close contacts with the assad regime in a famous quotation winston churchill once said history is written by the victors and it may just be that's what's now happening in syria the russian military help the syrian regime turn things around militarily and it seems there are some who now want to give them the are perhaps in the diplomacy to end the war james pays out his era of the united nations a senior russian commander killed in syria has been given full milita

mr. levine is interviewed by dr. jeffrey lieberman, director of the new york state psychiatric institute, and author of "franks: the untold story of psychiatry." --mental health care is per supposedly, even more people need to receive more treatment, regardless of the quality. unfortunately, the fierce political debate over repealing obamacare as of scared but higher truth that the health insurance system is in such a fiasco that even having insurance does not assure care. when you are saying is that it good quality care, which most of it now is not. >> you as well as anyone would know there have been discussions various decades in panels and organizations, how do we have meaningful quality outcome measurements, and they keep offering new -- it's not really implemented. there is no culture of enforcement. whats why i've argued that we are facing in this country is what amounts to an epidemic of behavior health malpractice, even if it is not acknowledged as such within the legal system, in part because the reality of malpract

mr. levine is interviewed by dr. jeffreyrman, director of the new york state psychiatric institute, and author. currentlyhealth is offered and continues to be portrayed as an alloy good, and more people need to receive more treatment regardless of the quality. the furious debate over obama care has speared the truth, that even having insurance is not a good, safe tear. what he is saying is that funding needs to be sufficient to provide services to people, but it has to be good quality care, which most of it is not. you as well as anyone would know there have been discussions --r the decades in various and they keep offering new message to mather. there is no culture of enforcement, and that is why i have argued that what we are facing in this country is what amounts to an epidemic of behavioral health malpractice, even if it is not acknowledged as such within the legal system. is because the reality of malpractice attorneys as they do not take the case unless someone has died. afterwords on c-span's book tv. education secret

mr. kobach propose to prosecute him? i don't know. host: the story focusing on jeffrey gerrish, the pic to be deputy of the united states trade you -- trade representative. here is the headline from "the new york times." republicans in texas, go ahead. caller: thank you for taking my call. for full disclosure, you attacked kris kobach as being a partisan republican. you are a democrat. you are registered as a democrat. your wife is president obama's communications director. you have been the president's personal attorney and yet you stand here and say you are the bipartisan view. that does not go over well. does the public know your background ? number one and the number two, attacking mr. kobach as being partisan is silly. you should be there standing talking about how we need to get more data just like the democrats want to get more data on the russian connection. more data. more data. you should be getting more data on voting. it is critical to the american that we getocracy that data and it not just be produced by harvard university or barack obama's committees. it

discuss political transition was in the council chamber syrian ambassador basher jeffrey is his country's chief negotiator mr de mistura put pressure on him but his toughest words were reserved for the opposition no one is asking the opposition to thunderous dubbing the people but we are urging their belligerent to realize that it dave. most credible and effective when he stands together and show the radium is to negotiate which read and take the high negotiations committee position is that they are the only legitimate representative of the opposition and it's definitely true that some of the other groups that call themselves opposition have in the past had close contacts with the assad regime in a famous quotation winston churchill once said history is written by the victors and it may just be that's what's now happening in syria the russian military help the syrian regime turn things around militarily and it seems there are some who now want to give them the are planned in the diplomacy to end the war james. the united nations tens of thousands of people in south africa have held street protests against pr

mr. manafort they planned to indict him. >> what's significant about here, as jeffrey pointed out earlier this morning, you don't see search warrants being executed in these kinds of cases t shows a level of aggressiveness on the part of the fbi prior to the special prosecutor and now with the special prosecutor. it also makes clear that the original act here, the interference in the election, that's primary ily what they're after here. we've seen several layers of this. those close to now the president and trump enterprise and russia going back some time and the investigation into actual context and the idea of some kind of obstruction of justice by the president, that the president's own counsel has been concerned about. it shows you the aggressiveness of the investigation and the fact that we know some facts about all of this. as a candidate, president trump was talking about and inviting russia to hack into the dnc e-mails, to get the e-mails, inviting a crime, interference in the election. he has been less than truthful about contacts he has had with russians. that's just in the public sphere we are reporting on. we d

mr. trump has spent 25 days since taking office. the justice department maintains the president's schedule is exempt from the freedom of information act. jeffrey sandusky, a son of penn state football assistant coach jerry sandusky, who was convicted of sexually abusing underage boys, is heading to prison for his own sex crimes. the 41-year-old is expected to serve six to eight years in state prison following yesterday's guilty plea for soliciting nude photos from a 16-year-old girl and asking a 15-year-old girl for oral sex. jeffrey sandusky, a former state prison guard, is one of jerry sandusky's six adopted children. he had been set to go to trial next week. the elder sandusky was convicted in a 2012 trial of molesting ten boys. veteran hollywood character actor harry dean stanton, who appeared in more than 200 movies and tv shows, died yesterday of natural causes. >> an ordinary person spends his life avoiding toans situations. repo man spends his life getting into tense situations. >> sreenivasan: the kentucky- born stanton created memorable supporting roles in such films as "repo man" and "alien," and had a rare star turn in "paris, texa

mr. levine is interviewed by dr. jeffrey lieberman, director of the new york state psychiatric institute, and author of "shrinks: the untold story of psychiatric." >> mental health care as currently offered by both providers and clinicians is an ahighwayed good and more people need to receive more treatment, regardless of the actual quality. unfortunately, the political debate over appealing obamacare has obscured the truth as such a fiasco that even having insurance doesn't ensure good, safe care. and what you're saying, basically, is that funding needs to be sufficient to provide services to people, but it has to be good, quality care, which most of it now is not. >> right. there's been -- this is -- you, as well as anyone, would know there have been discussions over the decades and various panels and organizations, how do we have meaningful, quality outcome measurements. and they keep offering new methods to measure. but it's not really implemented. and there's no culture of enforcement. and that's why i have argued that

mr. earl gast. the former mission director of afghanistan for usaid. formerdor richard olson, u.s. ambassador to pakistan and special representative for afghanistan and pakistan. grieco,jeffrey president and ceo of the afghan-american chamber of commerce. asking twoo begin questions about the past. and so, one of the main issues is what is different in afghanistan since september 11? the second question -- i am an economist, i like data so the second question for the panel would be what are some key achievements, some key data points that you could talk about september 11 that have been a success and we can show progress in afghanistan? those are two questions about the past and then i will ask you questions about the future strategy and the future of afghanistan. jeffrey: thank you. september 11 that have been ai think as a former assist administrator at usaid, think the investments we made early on from 2002 on were focused on building the social infrastructure of afghanistan which was completely decimated. we focused on building schools, curriculum design, girls in school, building clinics, community-based clinics, establishing midwife systems and all of that early infras

this panel here, particularly, jeffrey fogle, a civil rights attorney working in charlottesville, virginia who will be monitoring this panel. with that i'll hand it over to mr. fogle. >> charlottesville is a bucolic college town. if you believe the university of virginia and the leadership of the community, but it like much of the south has a terrible history of race relations, and i'm not just talking about slavery or even jim crowe. we're talking about the destruction of a whole community in the period of urban renewal, and we're looking at a professional class that now runs the city, none of whom are from the city, but who talk a good game but produce very little. so we have an african-american population that is really second class citizens in charlottesville. in a way it's sort of strange that the nazis would come to charlottesville in order to protest the removal of the robert e. lee statue. i'm sure you've all seen video of what transpired that day. the town fathers and mothers profess to be liberals and in fact, ultimately voted to take that statue down. what they haven't voted to do, however, is provide adequate housing a housing, do something abou

here >> jeffrey, what's the board's role now and what are your expectations in terms of shareholder's view of that board of directors and their responsibility beyond, of course, the tenure of mrd, you know, and there's some nice people on it that i know, i feel bad about this, but they've been negligent. it's not criminal negligence but there is a failure of management oversight. we had a survey on our cnbc sponsored caucus astoundingly 95% of the ceos said that the worst is yet to come and 91% of them said that rich smith should be fired 95% of them thought we need more government regulation on data security, which is that the privacy experts are even shocked in the room. that's what the board needed to find out, how did this thing fail and what's being done to correct it here we are in march and i spoke to a number of professionals got the same request in march and the vendors made the patches right away in their vendor systems. people are shocked that this board was so distant from knowing what's being done that they had a third party vendor, which was the mistake in the office of personnel management breech, third party vendor that had vast reach into everything that open

mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that jeffrey bock be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the year. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cruz: mr. president, i have eight requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. mr. cruz: i ask unanimous consent that the senate stand in recess until 2:15 p.m. the presiding officer: without objection. to attend party caucus meetings have been working on the 2018 defense program and policy bill. they will turn to an executive nomination when they return at 2:15 p.m. eastern. kevin has to nominate to be the next chair of the council of economic advisers. a vote on the schedule for 2:35 p.m. eastern. more like senate coverage when the gala comes down at 2:15 p.m. by john c-span2. >> during thursday's "washington journal" we are launching our 50 capital tours for the c-span bus. join us at 7 a.m. eastern to learn more about our plan to visit every year state capital. the 50 capitals tour somebody 25 years of the