even the best plan doesn't take full advantage of the law's built-in flexibility. in launching a pr push doesn't change that. that misses the point. because our children deserve better than the 19th century assembly line approach for the nclb approach or they are ccc approach of the washington knows best approach. don't you think it's time to try something different, to try something new that enhances student achievement? it doesn't stand in your way are their department won't stand in your way either. states are better equipped to find answers to their unique questions than washington is that states should always look or waste a pastor and flexibility and empower teachers and parents. those closest to the students. even though i have not yet had the opportunity to approve california's plan its governor was spot on when he said this is not going to be solved in sacramento. kids learn at home and in the classroom. the people who really want to help a school that is not performing should go to the principal and find out what they need. local empowerment. that's what

to date, only two states, new mexico and louisiana, have sought that flexibility. louisiana will use its 3%, nearly $9 million, to expand its course choice program, offering new options to students. i'm encouraged that louisiana is doing something, but essa encourages all states to use title i funds creatively because too many students today are told no. a student is bored in math class and would be more challenged in an ap course? sorry. we don't have ap here, the system says. a student wants to learn welling because she wants to work in the advanced manufacturer in town. nope, the system tells the student, we don't have that available either. i'm not comfortable with settling for those answers. i hope you are not either. course choice is but one way states embrace the law's flexibility in the interest of students. states could use 3% to incentivize enrollment in schools of choice. essa enables you to take an additional 7% of funds and use to empower local educators and districts to explore new approaches and experiment with new approaches. for example, in nevada,

course choices but one way of embracing flexibility. states could also use a 3% to incentivize and roam in a public school choice. it also enables you to take an additional 7% of title i funds and use them to empower local educators and districts to explore new functions and experiment with new approaches. for example in nevada 30 schools work together and with the stakeholder partnership network. the network teamed with local leaders who had fresh this great nevada boasts this is not a set and it and forget approach. instead they are constantly evaluating to ensure that funds are spent of the most productive way possible. responsible use of taxpayer funds is important. that's why the law requires the public disclosure of how the resources flow down to the school level. states like georgia rhode island and colorado have already been doing so for years and i applaud them for that. next year i'll states will need to show hard-working families how their money is being spent. i would encourage you to go even further. why not show how much m

i'll talk later about some of the policies that may need to be adjusted to allow that flexiblity. because really what's fundamental because people are shopping at a store not so much to buy something but for the experience of being in that store. number three, we need to start looking at a district level and thinking about, do we need more flexiblity in terms of the uses that go in at the ground floor? there are a lot of different factors that make a successful commercial district, but businesses and institutions support each other, so the retailers that are there are reliant on foot traffic, and we already know that, you know, if there's a hospital nearby or some other large employer, you know, or offices, that those, you know, generate foot traffic to support retail, but generally, we've said we want to keep, you know, the nonretail uses out of the ground floor. well, you know, we'll talk a little bit about that more later, but there are some uses that we might want to start thinking flexibly especially when we start thinking about vacancies. so there are three areas that we thi

yes, and also more flexibility. it so if you can invest in technologies and part of that is just intelligence, knowing what is going on and being able to respond quickly, energy flexibility is a big pa rt quickly, energy flexibility is a big part of the solution here. otherwise you will have to build your way out of the problem because you can think your way out of the problem. thank you. let's talk about the advertising business now — because the world's biggest ad firm, wpp, has just reported its results for 2017. it has seen a fall in the amount it bills clients. but it denies, as some have suggested, that this is a sign of a broader decline in the industry as the likes of google and facebook take an ever bigger share of global advertising spending. very patchy and as i said, and you said, nota very patchy and as i said, and you said, not a very pretty year. we have a couple of things going on. from a long—term point of view, technological disruption, whether it be in production, in media or in distribution with

they do have a lot of flexibility.as: i think when you look at the average credit quality of the investment-grade market today, it is pretty low. i am with bob, you want to click -- clip your coupon as long as you can, but also with kathy that it is hard to figure out when to worry about clipping the coupon. when the time comes, i think the amount of ig issuance that falls, the fallen angels so to speak, he will dwarf anything we have seen. jonathan: we can look at the leverage of investment grade, it , in the dataing up and numbers. nevermind the sentiment. kathy: that is one of the biggest concerns. you have had a huge increase in leverage on corporate balance sheets. when the moment comes, the inflection point, when it is harder to service that debt or you know are got it paid a lot to take the risk. jonathan: the leverage is picking up? douglas: i would argue companies did the right thing when they built up that leverage. they had ultra, generational funding and return that the shareholders. this is a new year, ear

they have a lot of flexibility. doug: when you look at it today, it is low. with bob that you want to go as long as you can. but i'm also with kathy. when the time comes, the amount of oig issuance that falls -- of ig issuance falls and it will dwarf anything we have seen. jonathan: the leverage of investment grade has been picking up. that is one of the biggest concerns. you have had a huge increase of leverage on corporate balance sheets. when the moment comes when it is harder to service the debt or you're not getting paid a lot to take the risk. jonathan: are fundamentals that good? bob: the leverage is picking up. i would argue that companies did the right thing last year when they built up the leverage and accessed ultralow generational funding and returned some to shareholders. this is a new year. earnings estimates are going up. they have tax reform windfall. they will generate earnings to cover the leverage. jonathan: in terms of the story this week, and investors can be terrible at timing. toys "r" us. say that yousy to can pick your point and look

plus the flexibility we are seeing to some degree.not seeing flexibility, some of these steel stocks. on the news it seems investors are in fact selling these names, we are seeing interesting strength related to this -- the industrial names have been down for several days in a row. they are trading higher along with monster beverage. we are seeing a little bit of a rally.intuitive those industrial names are two that would be hit the most. let's take a look at a ten-day intraday chart. move, not suggesting it is a risk off environment considering we have stocks higher into the big trade, .ariff signing >> exemptions flying. mark: as we have been mentioning president trump is expected to sign the section 232 proclamations which would officially impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. the president defended the move saying it is far from unprecedented. >> from lincoln to mckinley and others, they protected our country from outside influence. stealing our jobs, stealing our companies, we are going to be very fair and flexible. but w

so the good news is that infrastructure creates much greater flexibility for us to add flexibility to the scheduled service or unknown problems. the cautionary note is once the hard infrastructure is in, then there's work to add the software into the train control system so the train control system recognizes that crossover is there, and we can use the train control system to route trains that way. that is a project that we've started, but the implementation of the software can't really start until the physical crossover is in. and then that will take some time to prove out and test. so once that infrastructure is in, we'll be able to, on a manual basis, move trains from one side to the other, which is much slower and more labor intensive than the ultimate arrangement where we'll be able to use the train control system to do so. it will provide great operational flexibility that may enter into scheduled service but will certainly help with unscheduled problems. >> thank you. that's very helpful. directors, any questions or comments for mr. reiskin? >> yes, director ramos. >> yes. part

year, lgbt writes, you answered saying states should be flexible. i don't think being flexible on whether someone has rights or not matters. it should be, you have rights and that's it. period. this year your department said it would not take action on any complaints filed by transgender students who are banned from the restrooms that match their gender identities. how does the department intend byit -- act upon claims transgender students in the sixth and seventh court circuits? sec. devos: we have continued to protect the right of students as defined under title ix and have continued to do so and to consider all of those matters brought to the office for civil rights. we will continue to do so until the supreme court were congress clarifies the law with regard to transgender access to bathrooms, athletics, locker rooms and , that is not an area where law has been clarified. this department is not going to make law. we are going to continue to enforce laws we are given. rep. pocan: thank you. rep. cole: the gentlelady from massachusetts. >> thank y

thanks for the flexibility in your visit time last week with me. i have to tell you, you have your work cut out for you because federal intrusion into education hasn't worked. you know what the piza scores are. it is pathetic. i am tired of going to other countries and having them brag about having better scores than the united states. and you know the list. in math, we are under the slow republic, lower than hungary, lower than latvia. the federal intrusion to education hasn't worked. it is time to drain the education swamp. that's the fact. and you know, i'm not surprised, you are questioned here today about doing more with less. i thought that's the way america kind of worked, that you got rewarded if you increased efficiency, with a $21 trillion deficit that we can do more with less, and i'm not shocked that that's possible, that we have an efficiency problem in the federal government and i applaud you. if the ocr can do more with less money, have at it. great idea. bucking education establishment is not easy. you know what it is about. the edu

clark's question saying that state's should be flexible on it. i don't think being flexible on whether or not someone has rights or not matters. it should be -- you have rights and that's it, period. in february of this year your department said it wouldn't investigate or take action, any complaints filed by transgender students who are banned from rest rooms that match their gender identity. the question being how does the department intend to activate claims denied access to rest rooms corresponding with their gender identities. i have seconds so i'll stop there. >> we have continued to protect the rights of students as defined until title nine and have continued to do so and have considered all of those matters brought to civil rights. we will continue to do so until either the supreme court or congress clarifies the law with regard to transgender access to bathrooms, athletic locker rooms and athletic teams. that is not an area where law has been clarified. this department is not going to hak law, we are going to continue to enforce laws that

david: todd the word that the markets react to is flexibility. there seems a lot of flexibility. as heather was saying mexico and canada immediately exempt. you have the other provision. we can put up the full screen here. there is broader provision in the orders which allows any country with a security relationship to discuss with the u.s. and the president alternative ways to address the threatened impairment of the national security caused by imports from that country. that is a pretty broad opening for people to avoid the tariffs. >> hi, david. yeah, i mean, look, it is about time somebody took charge and took the strong arm, this is what we're going to do. he walked back on many of his deals. that is great. he is on top of it and he is taking charge. we're no longer being patsies for everybody else. we're now taking leadership. that is very important. i think that is what the market can he reacted to he working with but taking leadership back so we're not doling out to everybody and taking the short end of the stick on our side. that is a great event for us. david: heather,

and that is happening with that flexibility. then to play the role. then to address again somebody goes to washington d.c. to buy heroin if they cross the border into virginia. >> do we need federal? i don't know why it would not work if there were standards from the federal level. they cannot control one's happening across the internet. >> limiting of the doses in massachusetts we have a three day limit. we pushed for the seven day limit i think that is important. but many states are already taking those actions. >> i dunno if i disagree that anything governor hogan has sai said. but there are two areas but we are doing some cooling around drug costs to the extent that the federal government can assist us to make sure we have generic overdose drugs available and affordable that is key. the other area where they can assist is a more comprehensive approach to pain management. from my perspective the opioid crisis results in the challenge of defective pain management with situations -- institutions but to see across the country is key. i recently appoin

we'll be very flexible. at same time we have some friend and some enemies where we have been tremendously taken advantage of over the years. on trade. and on military. if being you look at nato, where germany pays 1% and we're paying 4.2% of a much bigger gdp. not fair. so we have a lot of, a lot of things going on with general with nato because of my involvement. we have taken in $33 billion more within the next, year-and-a-half, they expect to have taken in $33 billion more and, mr. stoltenberg, who is running things is very thankful. he said it is incredible what's happened since we became involved. and i became involved by complaining because it was not fair. we were spending 85% of the money and frankly, food for everybody, but helps them a lot more than us. helps europe a lot more than us. we look at the military equation too. general mattis, it is very important for him and me to maintain the great relationships. at the same time we both want fairness and we view the trade and the military and to a ce

we are going to be very flexible. at the same time we have some friends and some enemies, where we have been tremendously been taken advantage of on trade and military. if you look on nato where germany pays 1% and we are paying 4.2% of a much bigger g.d.p. not fair. we have a lot of things. because of my involvement, we have taken in $33 billion more within the next i guess next ear and a half and $33 billion more. stal ten berg is very grateful. we were spending 85% of the money and frankly good for everybody, but it helps them a lot more than it helps us. we look at the military equation. general mattis, very important for him and to me to maintain those great relationships, but at the same time we both want fairness. we view the trade and we view the military and to a certain extent they go hand in hand and a lot of progress has been made. and i'm very proud of nato because nato, when you see the kind of money that is pouring in which wasn't going to come in because countries were delinquent. not all of them are p

a recent poll by research firm clutch say flexible hours top the work list. >> having independence or control over your job. >> if you have kids i can see that being a big deal. >> according to research it was especially true for women. >> that's because we have children and want to take okay them. >> second in line was professional development. >> it's a way for employer to give back to you. whether you like where you're at or not where you're going may be more important. >> health and fitness benefits are were as important as free food. >> you need the snacks and need to work it off, too. >> free food you cannot pete that. >> yeah, no matter what profession. >> at the end ever the workday if about employees feel like people. >> you spend more time doing your sglob it's value and more than just lane or and hours. >> coorporations cannot suck profit up they need to address needs of employees too. >> workers who set their own hours were happier at work and less likely to burn out and less likely to experience stress. >> that makes sense. >> you called it with flexible hours. >> ghooing

a recent poll by research firm clutch say flexible hours top the work list. >> having independence or control over your job. >> if you have kids i can see that being a big deal. >> according to research it was especially true for women. >> that's because we have children and want to take okay them. >> second in line was professional development. >> it's a way for employer to give back to you. whether you like where you're at or not where you're going may be more important. >> health and fitness benefits are were as important as free food. >> you need the snacks and need to work it off, too. >> free food you cannot pete that. >> yeah, no matter what profession. >> at the end ever the workday if about employees feel like people. >> you spend more time doing your sglob it's value and more than just lane or and hours. >> coorporations cannot suck profit up they need to address needs of employees too. >> workers who set their own hours were happier at work and less likely to burn out and less likely to experience stress. >> that makes sense. >> you called it with flexible hours. >> ghooing

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we're going to be very flexible. at the same time we have some friends and some enemies where we have been tremendously taken advantage of over the years on trade. and on military. if you look at nato, where germany pays 1% and we're paying 4.2% of a much bigger gdp, not fair. so we have a lot of things going on. i think generally with nato because of my involvement we've taken in $33 billion more. within the next year and a half, they expect we will have taken in $33 billion more. and mr. staltenburg, who is running things, is very thankful. he said it's incredible what's happened since we became involved. i became involved by complaining, because it was not fair. we were spending 80% of the money. good for them but it helps them a lot more than it helps us. we look at the military equation, too. general mattis, it's very important to him and to me to maintain those great relationships. at the same time we both want fairness. so we view the trade and we view the military, and to a certain extent, they go hand in han

having said that, this flexibility will allow our medical centers to make good decisions about what's best for veterans. whether they can use this money to better support programs in the v.a. or whether it's a better decision to continue to buy care out in the community. and that's what you want an accountable management team to do. focus on their customers and in this case veterans and figure out in their market how do you best supply those services. >> you do. 49% hen you have difference in increase in growth you're clearly favoring their ability -- ms. wasserman schultz: which side of the ledger is their ability to make that choice. so the more and more resources that go into private community care and the less of an increase that we're focused on

we're going to show great flexibility. and, again, many of the countries that treat us the worst on trade and on military are our allies, as they like to call them. so, we just want fairness. we just want fairness. we want everything to be reciprocal. and i think in the end, we're going to have a lot of great jobs. we're going to have a lot of great companies all coming back into our country. you see it the other day, chrysler announced they're leaving mexico, they're coming back into michigan with a big plant. you haven't seen that in a long time, folks. you haven't seen that in a long time. so, because i sort of grew up with this group of people, i know a lot about the steel industry and i know a lot about the aluminum industry. we're going to bring them back. i thought maybe a few of you might like to say a couple of words, and there's only about 25 million people watching so don't worry about it. do you want to say something? come on up. how are you? please. >> my name is dusty stevens. i work at hallsville, kentucky.

we cannot control local property taxes but we used infrastructure grants to get more financial flexibility. every town from pittsburgh to portland we see the check for critical infrastructure improvement and it's something we can all be proud of. [applause] as a parent of three young children given yesterday's senseless tragedy that we witnessed in florida, i know and believe that if we cannot put our kids on the school bus and believe they're going to be safe, the nothing else matters. i advocated for a new public school infrastructure found investing $20 million in state funds to communities and making long-overdue upgrades. for example, we provided funding checklist to the public schools to secure another middle school will have door card readers installed in a new system will allow the main office to monitor all points of entry. in the end, close to 300 schools across the state will receive security from those grants. the goal is simple, sometimes we complicate things but we want to make our schools the safest in the nation. our commitment to ensuring the well-being of new hampshire ch

they are changing the style of attack each time so these plans have to be as flexible as possible because the threat changes. it is difficult, in the midst of the confusion we are told there are fire crews who wanted told there are fire crews who wanted to go in and were being told to go somewhere else. the interviews with the people who were inside, who will be enforced to help, to actually deliver emergency help and had no training whatsoever, just wondering where the fire service was. i think this is a great example, unbelievably swift, but it is a local review which has come out with advice for national behaviour. given how many terrorist attacks we have had the last few years, this is only to be welcomed. there is probably lessons across the country to be learned. the inflexibility must then ensure, andi learned. the inflexibility must then ensure, and i think after the westminster attacks there was talk of the airambulance westminster attacks there was talk of the air ambulance crew and what they have learned since and how they travel with a bigger crew and what they do. they learne

that help students though title ii way or another $.3 million at the title for which is a large and flexible funding stream for a variety of purpose putting those that are relevant especially given school safety and counselors and climate well-rounded education services funded under title for the administration has proposed to eliminate that. part b the 20 century funding stream that funds afterschool and summer program and extended learning would also be the buildout only in fy 19 only in the most recent budget beginning october 1 administration will zero out the program the statewide longitudinal system program that is a de facto and their seat program we have seen these proposed with funding for school choice increasing the funding available for some existing programs and a couple of new ones that are not currently authorized. and then a little higher after that. that is how the administration has begun so how has congress actually acted? this is in terms of the budgetary process so what congress is supposed to do with a bipartisan basis before september 1 with a year-long funding bill so

on page 21 to 22 there is a provision on new flexibility for the targeted flexibility pertaining to the kitchen knife federal requirements is that they are in both title 23 and 49. is it your position that you are not advocating flexibility with regards to by america? the blueprint on infrastructure. >> you were referring to something, but i couldn't see. it would never be to give the states additional -- >> much less so than any other previous administrations. this could contemplate the by america provisions flexibility. they are given on a case-by-case basis and i know from experien experience. it's the guy in america provisions. i'm asking whether he would disregard given the language on page 21 and 22 and refer you to the water infrastructure on page 27. there are senators to call the department asking for waivers because of certain circumstances and the productive capacity. i think that you misunderstand it allows waivers. i am asking when you use the language in this blueprint amending the law to provide targeted flexibility to the states pertaining to the application of t the fed

doing something with them we'll be doing something with some other countries we're going to be very flexible. at the same time, we have some friends and some enemies where we have been tremendously taken advantage of over the years on trade and on military. if you look at nato, where germany pays 1% and we're paying 4.2% of a much bigger gdp, not fair so we have a lot of things going on i think, general, with nato, because of my involvement, we've taken in $33 billion more within the next i guess year and a half, they expect to have taken in $33 billion more. and mr. staltenberg who is running things is very thankful. he said it's incredible what's happened since we became involved i became involved by complaining because it was not fair. we were spending 85% of the money and frankly good for everybody, but it helps them a lot more than it helps us. it helps europe a lot more than it helps us. so we look at the military equation too general mattis, it's very important to him and to me to maintain those great relationships. at the same time, we both want fairness so we view the trade and we v

yesterday the word was flexibility. that flexibility included quite a number of exceptions, right? >> it did. one of the things president trump is really good at. he wrote "art of the deal." that is one of the things we had been debating and i think the market was debating whether he was going to come down hard or whether he was going to use this as a point of leverage. obviously a great opportunity for mexico and canada to try to renegotiate nafta. now we're hearing maybe south korea might get some flexibility. my guess he is going back to some of our other big trading partners like japan and brazil, perhaps use that as leverage as well. that has been a big boon for the market. david: jack, one of the key elements that the administration used to support the idea of tariffs was jobs. it is kind of hard to support the idea of tariffs when the job market is just going through the roof. you can't find enough qualified workers for positions these days. >> yeah. in the primary metals industry we employ hundreds of thousands. in the manufacturing sector uses those metals it's millions. i

our priority again is public health and flexibility is key. we want to maintain the basic nature and nutritional integrity of products while allowing industry flexibility for innovation. and protection against economic fraud is still a critical touchstone for us. we also need, we see a need for flexibility and standards to allow that a public health outcomes by encouraging manufacturers to reduce more healthful foods that are still affordable. in addition to status of identity, these are rules for naming and describing certain products excellent as the syndication a request for information to help guide us as we develop new approaches in these areas. finally, i can't discuss and meaningful nutrition initiative without exploring what we can do to encourage the reduction in sodium and foods. there remains no single more effective public health action related to nutrition than the reduction of sodium in diet. i -- a a result in hypertension which increases the risk of strokes and heart attacks. researchers have estimated reducing sodium intake by

i think countries will be happy when we show great flexibility. many of the countries that treat us the worst on trade and military are our allies, as we like to call them. we just want fairness. we just want fairness. we want everything to be reciprocal, and i think in the end we will have a lot of great jobs, great companies all coming back into our country. chrysler announced they are leaving mexico and are coming back into michigan with a big plant. we have not seen that in a long time. because i sort of grew up with this group of people, i know a lot about the steel industry, about the industry for olympian. i thought maybe a few of you might want to say a couple of words. only 25 million people watching. don't worry about it. come on up. stevens ands dusty i work in kentucky. running on 40%e capacity. two years ago, we shut down 60% of capacity when we had a downturn in the market. my father worked at those plants for 40 years so this is home. these tariffs going into place, this gives us the ability to come back to 100% capacity and investi

says it will be fair and flexible but will protect the american worker.dlines about gun control. he says they're almost finished with legal papers on bump stocks congratulates florida on the recently passed gun legislation. says measures are working along well on the u.s. congress. the headline here is that we should find out one way or another what the decision is at 3:30 >> fair and flexible that's, to me, especially that flexible word is the twoun key in on when you look at the headlines. >> also in the eye of the beholder, flexible for whom and fair in whose eyes i imagine the eu, canada might have a different take on that than perhaps the oval office will. >> we'll have to wait and see at 3:30 p.m. eastern. >> in the meantime, markets in a tight range. doms. is watching. >> european stocks are on track for a fourth straight day of gains. the euro is falling in reaction to comments from the european central bank that central bank standing pat on interest rates and lifting the full year growth forecast for the euro-zone while dropping its long standing

be veryoing to flexible.ime, we have friends and enemies, where we had been tremendously taken advantage of over the years. on trade. and on military. if you look at nato, where germany pays 1% and we are paying 4.2% of a much bigger gdp, not fair, so we have a lot of things going on. i think because of my involvement with nato, we have taken and $33 billion more years thannext 1.5 they expected. .e have taken and $33 billion incredible who has happened -- what has happened since we became involved and i became involved because it wasn't fair. and frankly, it was good for everybody but it helps them a lot more than it helps us. we look at the military equation, too, and general mattis, it is important to him and me to maintain great relationships. at the same time, we want fairness. reviewed the trade and military and to a certain extent, they go hand-in-hand. a lot of progress has been made and we are proud of nato because with nato, when you see the money pouring in that was never going to come in because p