mr. jackson, mr. washington -- >> delivering this sermon. >> when you hear people say the men in black, they don't give a care, they don't have no love, i tell you yes, they do. understand, mr. bill, mr. jackson, mr. washington, this is your opportunity at this time to make a choice. >> it was almost like a warning, and theni was listening to him and it just got loud somewhere more impassioned as he went, i realized he was making sure that everybody, all of the inmates, knew what was going on, these three guys were getting a second chance. >> now, i want you to show them, i want you to show this department that you can stand and make a difference. i know you might say, big sam, i don't think he's talking to me right. i just want you to know, that's just the way it is. nothing personal. this is a jail. you got a life ahead of you. what you do with it is on you. >> at one point in the speech, big sam was warning these inmates that because they were being let out of the situation, they may be viewed as s

and he was dispatched and we also have to say you know for full disclosure the white house doctor mr jackson was actually appointed hired by obama right so he's not considered a a partisan remover or shaker no one really knows what he thinks and that's that's worrying to a lot of people the veterans affairs department for our international audience they may not know it's been a headache for democrats and republicans. it's a broken be a mouth of a department of when can we just talk about the size of the department of state there are twenty million veterans in the united states as large as the entire population of the netherlands the budget of the v.a. is over two hundred fifty billion. in dollars that's larger than the end you'll g.d.p. of greece so we're talking about somebody who's essential running a stock to medium sized country exactly and and these veterans are very reliant on the v.a. for services particularly health care particularly as they get older and are dealing with with with major difficulties so any hint of graft is picked up by just twenty million people very precisely in th

mr. jackson laying out, he must understand what politicians are elected to do.y are elected to represent the entities in which they embody. the president of the united states is supposed to support the constitution of the united states on one level or american empire on another. same thing with the state of georgia, same thing with city of atlanta. what we must do we must force -- we misgalvanize people and force politicians to work at the behest of the people. most recently, president carter made a statement about politics now moving to being a set of oligarchs that run things. we have it take this back. there's power in people. i hope i answered your question. [applause] >> okay, tonight we're going to drop the golden apple. the books are 25% off. head out and buy the book and get it signed. thank you so much for coming tonight. >> 1968 america in turmoil. starting next weekend, american history tv will air nine week series looking back 50 years. vietnam war, race relations women's rights, presidential election. sunday 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. eastern. we'll ta

mrs. jackson and her friend stopped in the store. >> it is craziness, and it is like nothing happened.lm. i think i would be a little nervous.>> reporter: the bras retail from $35-$65. the suspects are now facing charges of grand theft. >>> a severe storm is moving its way through the south. this is what it looks like this looked like early this morning and mississippi. the storm is expected to make its way up to the northeast and turn into a nor'easter. the boston area is expected to get 6 to 9 inches of snow. southern maine could see almost 18 inches by wednesday. this is the third major storm to hit that region and just two weeks. >> we could have an active weather pattern over the next few days. the storm track revisits the bay area. by tomorrow night, we have some action on the radar. we have increasing fog for tomorrow. the chance of a few showers primarily for the afternoon and evening hours. in the extended forecast, that is the developing headline. more rain. rain is making a big comeback. right now, we are setting the rainfall gauge at .00. you can see that into monday, tuesd

jackson lee: you're prepared to close? mr. issa: we are. ms. jackson lee: thank you. again, mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i might consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. jackson lee: h.r. 506 create nauseserks 1352, on chapter 63, title 18, to penalize fraudsters that knowingly execute or attempt to execute a scheme to defraud a veteran of his or her benefits. that is a dastardly act. or in connection with obtaining that veteran's benefits, by imposing a fine, imprisonment or up to five years or both. under current law, you can be an agent or attorney and meet certain standards, and you can help a veteran. but there are many who are not so licensed or they were not connected or had the approval of various states or local governments and they were fraudulently taking precious resources from our veterans. and there was no criminal or financial penalty for breaking the law. so 506 provides that penalty. because in recent years, financial predators across the country have targeted easy targets, those are veterans. and many as we said have been p

mr. jackson is laying out is that we must understand what politicians are elected to do.are elected to represent the entities in which they embody. the president of the united states is supposed to support the constitution of the united states. same thing with the state of georgia and the city of atlanta. people force, galvanized and force politicians to work at the behest of the people. most recently president carter made a statement about, politics now moving to being, a set of oligarchs, that run things. we have to take this back. there is power in people. i hope i answered your question. [applause] >> thank you so much. [applause] will drop tonight we the golden apple. books are 25% off. by the book and get it signed -- buy the book and get it signed. thank you so much for coming tonight. 1968, america on in turmoil, the presidential election again with eight presidential candidates. by the end, the sitting president vowed out, robert kennedy was assassinated, television coverage was dominated by violent clashes by protesters at the democratic convention and richard n

mr. jackson is laying out is that we must understand what politicians are elected to do.nt the entities in which they embody. the president of the united states is supposed to support the constitution of the united states on one level or the american empire on another. same thing with the state of georgia, same thing with the city of atlanta. so what we must do is we must force -- we must galvanize people and force politicians to work at the behest of the people. most recently, president carter made a statement about how politics is now moving to being a set of oligarchs that run things. we have to take this back. there is power in people. so i hope i answered your question. [ applause ] >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >> okay. so tonight we're going to drop the golden apple, and books are 25% off. so head out and buy the book. and get it signed. thank you so much for coming tonight. >>> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of

mr. president, can ronny jackson get confirmed? after weeks of twisting in the wind, veterans affairs secretary is the latest cabinet member to go. the president hopes to replace him with the own white house physician, dr. ronny jackson. unlike others fired in recent weeks like the secretary of state and national security adviser, dave's not going quietly. he was at odds with some over the privetization of the va engulfed in scan dal over using taxpayer dollars to a trip to europe with his wife. >> nothing improper about the trip. i think this was just really used in a political context to try to make sure that i wasn't as effective as a leader moving forward. >> reporter: writing an op-ed in the "new york times" today saying as i prepare to leave government, i'm struck by a thought. it should not be this hard to serve your country. trump, nominate the dr. jackson working as the top white house doctor in 2013 tapped by president obama, but jackson won mr. trump over saying the 71-year-old president was in, quote, excellent health.

mr. jackson is nominated to replace david shulkin is the new ba chief.iends" weekend cohost pete hegseth. shulkin out. i think is out because he didn't move fast enough on any privatization. >> private choice as opposed to privatization. critics will say the president wants to privatize the system. he simply wants to give it a choice to see a va doctor or see a private doctor if they deem the private doctor to be a better alternative. david shulkin is to defend america against drum. he became a secretary who was there to stop all of these political appointees and a president who wants to give real choice to veterans. he got in with the swamp, and with the unions and ultimately became hyper defensive end was doing a lot of doublespeak. you would tell him one thing. i'm going to advance and then you go to the next group and they don't worry about it. we will block the real reforms from happening. i think dr. ronnie jackson has a great opportunity to restore the healthy relationship, empower political employees and appointees who believe in the agenda and g

mr. jackson faces, if he is confirmed by the senate, the va runs 170 medical centers, 1061 outpatient centersserves 9 million veterans, and has been caught up in struggles about how privatized.ld be there is also controversy about the contracts for a new computerized health system. that is in "politico." we're getting your thoughts. we will get more of your thoughts coming up. "the new york times" front page, trump's lawyer roche the idea that trump is pardoning michael flynn and paul manafort with their lawyers last year. the discussions came as the federal council was building cases against both men and they raised questions if the lawyer who resigned last week was offering pardons to influence their decisions to plead guilty and cooperate in the investigation. lawyerssts that trump's were concerned about what they would reveal. mr. mueller's team could investigate if mr. dowd made inquiries. that is in "the new york times." the witness.," the lorraine motel and the legacy of martin luther king. and on a motel balcony america's greatest civil rights leader and most famous advocate of nonvio

mr. long, for your continued service and general jackson as well. mr. kelly, thank you for being here today. i represent south louisiana, gentlemen, and we are certainly well-experienced regarding hurricanes and natural disasters. and the recovery thereafter. the preparation prior. my state provided support to texas, prestaging a rescue operation, sheltering prior to harvey and in the wake of harvey. i personally went into texas immediately after harvey on the thursday morning and participated in rescue operations on the ground in texas. i'd like to talk about infrastructure challenges in the continental united states versus puerto rico, but regarding the process for reimbursement to the states for domestic response, mr. long, how do you -- what do you believe is an acceptable timeframe fro reimbursement and how can fema improve the process for reimbursement to states that at their own expense, sometimes tremendous expense, immediately participate in sheltering and rescue operations in the wake of a natural disaster? >> so we've started to look at and s

mr. ronnie jackson up to that task? that's a big task. >> dr.hulkin came in from the inside, an obama holdover versus someone coming in from the outside. i think that the va can only be cleaned up by somebody coming in from the outside. there's a classified layer at the top, a director layer of all the different programs within department of affairs that these are senior executive service employees that we gave the authority to the prior administration to remove expeditiously and they never took advantage of that. a new secretary needs to come in and look at the failures year after year after year that are documented by the office of inspector general for the va. by the governmental accountability office, the gao, where these same people have been left in charge of these failed programs that are not serving our nation's veterans. these people need to be removed. elizabeth: when we talk about the agency as whole, we're talking about 360,000 of folks in the agency and talking 186 billion annual budget. this is a huge task he has in front of him. s

mr. chairman. general jackson, i represent three coastal counties in northeast florida, nassau, dufault and st. john's, and my question is, is beach re-nourishment re-nourishment and standard construction treated generally been other medications unstrung? >> is not treated in a deadly. >> okay. because here's my question. i was glad to hear you say that we are looking for ways to speed the process up. colonel kirk has been great work with, him and his personnel, but what issues were looking at, i have homes, one home that is literally already fall in the ocean and many more in south pedro beach that a falling into the ocean, literally undermined. the florida department of the prime minister protection closely with us, but the 18 month study seems like a long time when your house is hanging on the edge. and so my question is, are there other ways that we can get funding to the state after they pick up the piece of it that is, they should, is the other ways that we get that funding to them more quickly so that we ca

mr. nadler: i yield an additional 30 seconds. ms. jackson lee: i thank the gentleman. we can begin with this infrastructure. we can begin with this question of school safety. and a tip line. evidence and best practices. we can begin with grants to ensure the safety of our schools. we can allow schools to make choices about what will make them evidence and more safe. at the same time we must safeguard our children and their rights and we must answer the cry of the children. and that is we will not finish our task until we have real gun safety legislation. enough is enough. it's time to act now. i need my republican brothers and sisters to work with me. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back her time. the gentleman from new york reserves. the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. goodlatte: mr. speaker, at this time it's my pleasure to yield two minutes to the mr. man from illinois, davis. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois is recognized for two minutes. mr. caves: -- mr. davis: thank you to my colleague, chairman goodlat

jackson lee: mr. speaker, i ask to revise my remarks, address the house. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. jackson lee: let me thank the gentlelady from new york. i can't thank her enough. as i watched her every day work without ending, thank you so very much. and to chairman frelinghuysen, let me thank you as well for your service. but i am very grateful to democrats who crafted the very funding structure that we're dealing with. and even though it was hidden with republicans, this gigantic box that is almost broken, i think it is important to note that a lot of good work has taken place. i want to just cite the good work. i am delighted that we are helping our veterans and democrats added an additional amount of money, some $2 billion to address the v.a. hospitals. democrats were concerned about student loans and the bill increases it by $350 million. child care has been increased. houston metro will be delighted with the new starts money that is in. and, yes, my mayor will be excited and other mayors about an accurate census count. for thos

mr. trump is invalid. nbc's hallie jackson has more. >> reporter: for stormy daniels in south carolina another meet and greet. but headlines aren't coming from this strip club. instead from court. with a new lawsuit centering on a mysterious $130,000 payment. daniels' lawyer says it's hush money to guarantee the adult film actress would never talk about what he describes as a sexual relationship with donald trump in 2006 and 2007. now daniels is arguing that non-disclosure agreement is not valid because it was never signed, she says, by president trump. the contract was signed on october 28th, 2016, just a week and a half before the election, with hillary clinton leading in the polls not long after that infamous "access hollywood" tape surfaced. the president's lawyer says he did facilitate that six-figure payout but hasn't said what it was for. and while michael cohen says neither the trump organization nor the trump campaign reimbursed him he has not said whether the president himself personally did. >> there's no question t

jackson lee: mr. speaker, i ask to revise my remarks, address the house. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. jackson lee: let me thank the gentlelady from new york. i can't thank her enough. as i watched her every day work without ending, thank you so very much. and to chairman frelinghuysen, let me thank you as well for your service. but i am very grateful to democrats who crafted the very funding structure that we're dealing with. and even though it was hidden with republicans, this gigantic box that is almost broken, i think it is important to note that a lot of good work has taken place. i want to just cite the good work. i am delighted that we are helping our veterans and democrats added an additional amount of money, some $2 billion to address the v.a. hospitals. democrats were concerned about student loans and the bill increases it by $350 million. child care has been increased. houston metro will be delighted with the new starts money that is in. and, yes, my mayor will be excited and other mayors about an accurate census count. for thos

jackson himself was taken aback by himself nomination and hesitated to take on such a big job. but the president continued to push for his selection. he said mr. trump has been pleased with jackson since he praised his health in january. >> i told him if he had a healthier diet the next 20 years he might live to be 200 years old. >> there were some political appointees within my administration that didn't see it that way and wanted us to take a much harder stance toward privatization. i wasn't going for that. >> we made a lot of progress with the veterans, but i want to get them choice. >> reporter: mr. trump defending his decision to oust shulkin. >> i made some changes because i wasn't happy with the speed with which our veterans were taken care of. i wasn't happy with it. >> reporter: after largely staying out of sight for days, president trump going off script at a rally meant to tout his infrastructure plan. threatening to up end his first major trade deal with south korea. >> i may hold it up until after a deal is made with north korea. >> reporter: and surprising the pentagon with this announcement about the u.s. presence in syria. >>

jackson, you may recall, gave mr.mp his first medical check-up as president and declared him to be in excellent health. shulkin is the 26th top administration official to leave, and jericka duncan at the white house has more on this. >> reporter: it was another firing via twitter. the president tweeted at 5:30 p.m. that he intends to nominate highly respected admiral ronny jackson as the new secretary of veterans affairs, ending weeks of speculation that dr. david shulkin was on his way out. shulkin was the sole obama cabinet holdover but had recently clashed with members of his own v.a. staff. just two days ago, shulkin had this to say when asked about his job. >> working-- working every day. >> reporter: shulkin came under fire after an inspector general pport in february found that he ered taxpayer money to purchase eps wife's plane ticket to atrope last summer and improperly accepted tickets to a wimbledon tennis match. dr. ronny jackson, the president's choice to replace shulkin, is the white house physician. >>

mr. trump has been floating jackson's name during recent conversations with advisers but wasn't taken seriously. this upheaval as the white house faces new questions about whether president trump offered to pardon two top advisers at the center of the russia probe in exchange for their silence. the "new york times" reports that the president's former lead lawyer john dowd discussed the idea of mr. trump pardoning fired national security adviser michael flynn and former campaign chairman paul manafort with their lawyers last year if they were to be criminally charged in the special counsel's investigation. the "washington post" reports that these conversations took place last summer before manafort was charged with financial crimes and before flynn cut a deal with mueller in exchange for pleading guilty for lying to the fbi. the white house dodging questions, reading a statement from the white house lawyer ty cobb. >> no pardons are under discussion or under consideration at the white house. >> reporter: dowd denies having any discussions related to pardons even after reports surfaced back in ju

mr. chairman, my time is expired. >> ms. jackson lee from texas. >> mr. chairman, thank you. and to the ranking member, thank you for this hearing. and thank you to dr. holtz-eakin and, of course, dr. rivlin for the presence here this morning. i frankly believe that the budget committee is one of the most important committees in the congress because it is the conductor if you will of the comings and goings of revenues and expenses. and what i hope would be an objective manner. and i really appreciate your honesty, dr. holtz-eakin, and i soon there will be the same for dr. rivlin, that a toxic political atmosphere is not productive for assessing the needs of the american people. let me proceed with questions, i think we talked about that kind of toxicity. i would want to pose a question, generally, of tax cuts and the question of revenue and the ability to pay for the government. the recent, forgive me for my description, tax scam, but the recent tax bill that was passed, so you will it as a tax bill, was supposed to work towards investment by corporate america. all the econom

we flew over from new zealand because i was shooting a film there at the time with peter jackson who is like mrver and all i remember from the night out of everything, out of the whole experience is me doing an interview and being in the foreground of this camera shot and oh, yeah, it's so great to be here. and my mom was in the background. and she had this dress that has a sort of like long train. and george clooney stood on the train. and he didn't realize. so my mom was like never been on the red carpet before. she's on the background well i'm going the oscars are great. yeah, excuse me. george. and she keeps tapping him on the shoulder. and won't like turn around. then gets more and more aggressive. so she's like, george, and he won't turn around. then eventually he just sort of walked away. and she came up to me after. you'll never believe what just happened to me. you'll never believe what george clooney just did to me. >> jimmy: was that her first time being trampled by the sexiest man alive? that was the first time you were at the oscar. was the second time more successful? >> i don't k

mr. long continuous service and den are jackson as well, mr. kelly, thanks for being here today. i represent south louisiana, certainly well hurricanes regarding and natural disasters and preparationreafter, prior, my state provided support to texas three stage and the sheltering,tion, four har vein the wake of harvey. i personally went into texas after har voin a thursday morning and participated in rescue operations on the ground in texas. aboutwould like to talk infrastructure challenges in the continental united states versus rico. regarding the process for forbursement to the states domestic response, mr. long, ho you -- what do you believe is acceptable timeframe for reimburse. processfema improve the for reim bur purposes at their timespense some tremendous peps immediately participate in sheltering and operations in the wake of a natural daweser. ando we started to look at, something we have implemented kind of after post katrina's expedited maybe public assistance payment and there is you issuesssues or to pay for the emergency services right off the bat which success. w

jackson coming back, playing mr. sarah paulson. >> jimmy: come on. >> anya taylor joy from the last one. so it's an incredible cast, and a really, as always happens with knight, it's just a really unexpected, and strange turn of events that you wouldn't expect. you might think you'll know what's going to go on because you've seen "unbreakable," you've seen "split," but again it surprises. >> jimmy: i want to talk about speaking of a big cast, the cast of "sherlock gnomes." my kids can't wait to see it, as well as me. we're talking to james mcavoy about his big movie. stick around. "sherlock gnomes" everybody. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] this is something that i'm really passionate about- i really want to help. i was on my way out of this life. there are patients out there that don't have a lot of time. finally, it was like the sun rose again and i was going to start fighting back now. when those patients come to me and say, "you saved my life...." my life was saved by a two week old targeted therapy drug. that's what r

rear admiral ronny jackson has served the last three presidents. he gave mr. trump a glowing assessment after a complete physical in january. >> david shulkin joins a growing list of more than two dozen officials to lead the trump administration. major garrett is at the white house with the latest cabinet shake-up. major, good morning. >> good morning. shulkin's ouster is not a surprise. we reported on this program nearly two weeks ago his job was in serious jeopardy. in february, the va's inspector general determined shulkin used tax dollars to pay for a lavish trip to europe for his wife. shulkin offered to repay the government but the revelion cost him the backing of this white house. in his defense, shulkin said he is now the victim of politically-based attacks from people who, quote, wanted me out of the way. >> working every day. >> reporter: that was the veterans affairs secretary david shulkin on monday. by last night, he had been fired. >> are you his favorite cabinet secretary? >> i wouldn't say that. >> reporter: on the campaign trail, mr. trump rep

jackson-lee: i think it is important to mr.uckerberg confronted the american people and spoke publicly last week to that arege his issues impacting the national security of the american people. ftc will investigate facebook on the grounds of the consent, and i asked mr. zuckerberg last week to appear before the house judiciary committee. we have a regulatory authority over the ftc, concerns and jurisdiction over the issues of , the issues of freedom of speech, and the issues of due process. users those impact without their knowledge. be factfinders, to write the right kind of regulations to ensure the business element of facebook continues. we have no desire to undermine the business element or the consumers, but we have a constitutional responsibility to protect the american people from invasion of privacy without their knowledge and compensation. we still have not heard from mr. zuckerberg on your invitation to appear in congress. do you think he should be subpoena if he refuses? if he have thee: knowledge we needed to hear,

mr. nadler: i yield an additional 30 seconds. ms. jackson lee: i thank the gentleman. we can begin with this infrastructure. we can begin with this question of school safety. and a tip line. evidence and best practices. we can begin with grants to ensure the safety of our schools. we can allow schools to make choices about what will make them evidence and more safe. at the same time we must safeguard our children and their rights and we must answer the cry of the children. and that is we will not finish our task until we have real gun safety legislation. enough is enough. it's time to act now. i need my republican brothers and sisters to work with me. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back her time. the gentleman from new york reserves. the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. goodlatte: mr. speaker, at this time it's my pleasure to yield two minutes to the mr. man from illinois, davis. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois is recognized for two minutes. mr. caves: -- mr. davis: thank you to my colleague, chairman goodlat

jackson's claims. >> ready for trial mr. cosby? [ laughter ] >> rulings on all three of these issues may determine whether cosby is still laughing when trial begins in april. this election of montgomery county based jury for this trial is set to begin here march29t march29th. comments from the bench on tuesday, judge steven o'neal made clear he's aware of the cultural shift the me too movement regarding sexual misconduct that swept over this country since the first cosby trial. how might it affect the second? that's anybody's guess. in norristown, i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >>> nightmare workers accused of giving toddlers gummy bears laced with a sleeping aid. to say parents are not happy well that's an understatement. ♪ ♪ we buy any car dot com ♪ ♪ we buy any car dot com ♪ ♪ we buy any car dot com ♪ ♪ any any any any ♪ did you know trading in your car at a dealer could cost you money? a recent study found consumers who trade in their car pay an average of $990 dollars more. so don't trade in... sell it.... to we buy any car. le

mr. president, i think you are wrong about this >> ronny jackson -- david, you heard gloria talk about a chief of staff list white house. can a white house in the modern age run without a chief of staff? >> no. it would be a serious mistake to go without a chief of staff. there was a time, time when democrats tep democrats tend not to have chief of staff. now, in four years going back to the reagan years, every president has had a strong chief of staff. the president cannot do it by himself and cannot have eight or nine people reporting to him. it becomes complicated. this talk of not going with a chief of staff is really misguided. and it is not good for them and much less for the country. >> gloria, thrown into this mix now, this smaller group of advisers, you now have john bolton, very strong personality as national security advisers, cnn that distribution struck me because that is not how i see many people see john bolton. >> he is an opinionater not an ago grenator. i think he understands probably intellectually that is what the job is. and even mcmaster who can can argue served as

jackson. kelly, not mr. john the chief of staff but the acting chief of the department of homeland security. the chair now recognizes administrator long for his opening statement. >> as they wish members of the committee, it is an honor to be here before you in the spirit of improvement. i'm here to talk about fema's herculean efforts to put forward in response to help millions of americans. room forlways improvement. i have the agency's worst critic by all means. i realize you have a long way to go. to do disaster response and recovery the proper way, it has to be federally funded and locally executed. slide ihat we have a would like to display if possible that i will break down in a minute. to put it into context by numbers is now the impossible. the numbers are huge. you look at just harvey, irma, maria, and the california wildfires, each one of these could have been catastrophic in their own right, much less happening in rapid succession. we estimate that roughly 47 million people were impacted by these events. forced to people were act. tois a tremendous effort help that amount of peopl

red tie, with his white house physician, rear admiral ronny jackson, the man best known for giving him an absolutely glowing health report. mricipated since news emerged of a taxpayer—funded trip with his wife in europe. the first funerals have been held in russia for some of the 64 people who lost their lives in a fire at a shopping centre on sunday. most of those who died in the city of kemerovo were children. relatives claim dozens of other people are still missing. a national day of mourning has been declared. 0ur correspondent sarah rainsford reports. they're desperate not to let go. a couple cling to the coffin of their 10—year—old daughter. masha's little brother and their grandma were also killed in the kemerovo fire, on a day out at the cinema. for those left behind, saying goodbye is too much to bear. wailing "save their souls, take them to paradise," natalia begs as her children are lowered into a shared grave. and then she cries out their names. they're three of the 64 who were trapped in a burning shopping centre, where no fire alarm went off and emergency doors were blocked. sergei wants to know why. translatio

red tie, with his white house physician, rear admiral ronny jackson, the man best known for giving him an absolutely glowing health report. mrnews emerged of a taxpayer—funded trip with his wife in europe. let's turn to our top business story now, because the uk's biggest and most bitterly fought hostile takeover battle for a decade will be decided in the next few hours. shareholders of engineering giant gkn have to decide whether to accept an $11 billion takeover by melrose industries — which specialises in restructuring struggling firms. gkn's story has attracted emotive coverage here because of its 250—year history and role in building the spitfire during world war 2 with me isjoseph sternberg, editorial page editor of the wall streetjournal. europe editor, is that right? yes. give us your take on this story, something rumbling on the days and weeks with even the business secretary grep rich clarke getting involved. if you separate the history of the company and emotional attachment, what you are looking at isa attachment, what you are looking at is a very healthy business story. a large company facing some doubts about i

mr. secretary, jonathan lemire. your successor dr. ronny jacksonouse physician, is someone well liked by people within this white house and the obama white house. most americans simply know him as the gentleman who stood at the podium and delivered the results of the president's physical a few months ago, including some results that raised some eyebrows. my question to you is, though he is well liked, he has no experience running any sort of large organization or bureaucracy. do you think he is qualified to do this job? >> well, i do agree with what you've said. i know dr. jackson personally, i have a great deal of respect for him. i think he has the right values and frankly being comfortable with the president and the president trusting a leader is essential in this administration. that chemistry is absolutely important. i don't think anybody's necessarily prepared for a job this big. i know how complex it is. i think dr. jackson is going to need a good team around him to help him be successful. i think that that's going to be the key in building

mrs. harris. >> yes, sir. >> miss harris, this officer jackson with the internal revenue service. >> uh-huh. >> i'm calming bat very important matter that needs your immediate attention. irs sees your severely overdue for paying your tacks from last year and because your late there are very serious penalties against you. the total amount due is $1,500. i must inform you that the you must pay testimony or we'll inform local law enforcement and you could be arrested and your property confiscated. >> i paid my taxes. know i did. >> hello? who is this. you're a friend of my grandson's? jason? he's in jail? in spain? and needs $2,500 for bail? oh. >> in saudi arabia? what happened? >> you know my granddaughter, air could, and she is in trouble again. [speaking spanish] >> is that you? >> where do i send the money? >> thank you very much for that very powerful testimony, and you certainly hit home the message with that video. thank you so much. >>> i'm going to start with mr. and mrs. shiman and my questions. and first i want to toll tell you that probably eight to ten years ago on a very busy day here at work, all

jackson in any way that he needs help, because it's very important that we succeed at this mission. >> bret: mr. secretary, thank you for your service. not an easy interview on this day. we appreciate your time. >> thank you, bret. >> bret: this is a fox news alert. the attorney general says there will be no second special counsel for now. jeff sessions is rejecting a republican request for a special prosecutor to look into alleged bias at the justice department and the f.b.i. but he is authorizing an investigation and leaving the door open for more possible action later. chief national correspondent ed henry is here with the breaking details. good evening. >> good evening, bret. this could be a big deal because what the attorney general is really saying is he may not need his second special counsel just yet to find out whether f.b.i. and justice department officials during the obama years broke laws when they engaged in abuse to spy on the trump campaign because he already has a criminal prosecutor all over it. sessions revealing for the first time he already has been quietly having u.s. attor

mr. bratt, you owe miss jackson lee a debt of gratitude for taking the rest of her lime, by the way. mr. lewis. minnesota. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you to the panel -- >> oh, i apologize. would the gentleman jeeld for a minute? >> yes. >> i forgot we have a newly arriving member of the other party that is here, mr. carver hall, i'm going to recognize you from california. sorry for the -- >> it's okay. thank you, mr. chair. thank you, ranging member yarmuth. i'm a new member to congress. this is my first term. so i'm going to call this for what it is. there's very few democrats up here. so let's just call this what it is. it's a partisan hearing to try to discredit the cbo because recent scores about the affordable care act did not yield the type of result that the majority party wanted. that's what this is. let's just call it what it is. certainly if it would have yielded a different outcome, you wouldn't be here today. so since you are here, i will ask you a few questions. but let's just call this what it is. what do you see as the biggest threats to the cbo's ability to

she even campaigned for scoop jackson and hubert humphrey. now, please, mr. chairman, don't hold that against her. >> that's not in this file. i didn't see that. >> she even campaigned for me, mr. chairman. please don't hold that against her. and she worked for the joint economic committee and the department of commerce. and she has always had that spirit of public service. and let me tell you what she did in the aftermath of puerto rico. in a bipartisan way, she put together the palm beach county cares organization, that within just a few weeks of the hurricane in puerto rico, they delivered over 100 tons of supplies. and they also helped to get clean water. and you know how desperate those folks are as they continue, many of them, still without electricity, this late in the day. and portable water. that spirit of service and that proven ability to work in a bipartisan manner is going to make her a great ambassador. and so i've already congratulated her on the nomination, and i would like to see her confirmation fly through the senate. thank you, mr. chairma

mr. defazio of oregon for today. ms. jackson lee of texas for today and tomorrow. ms. eddie bernice johnson of it'd texas for today and tomorrow. and mr. neal of massachusetts for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection the requests are granted. under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2017, the gentleman from illinois, mr. shimkus is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. shimkus: thank you, mr. speaker. i'd like to start by recognizing the chairman of the energy and commerce committee for as much ime as he may consume. >> mr. speaker, i want to thank the chairman of the environment subcommittee, my friend, mr. shimkus who has worked tirelessly not just this year, not just last year, but probably since the first year he came to congress to try and find a permanent solution to the waste storage of nuclear waste in america, and he has been a tireless worker in this endeavor a smart worker in this endeavor, and successful so far work for the this endeavor as this bill passed out of the committee, 49-4. i rise tonight to a