>> branch: absolutely. think you would have to be borderline insane to not have some kind of fear. all you can do at that point is return fire and hope the next one, you know, doesn't get you. >> whitaker: brandon branch was a skilled army combat paramedic attached to the green berets, who had dreamed since childhood of being a soldier. communications sergeant henry "hank" montalbano joined the green berets after graduating from williams college. and captain derrick anderson, the green beret team commander, could be a poster boy for the army. fluent in arabic, at 29 he was a bronze-star recipient in iraq and had led more than 80 combat patrols in afghanistan. this was supposed to be the team's final mission, after a six-month deployment that started in january of 2014. did you see much combat? >> montalbano: yes. it would be pretty typical during the course of an operation to take fire. >> anderson: we had had a long deployment. it was fairly kinetic. >> whitaker: a lot of action. >> anderson: yeah. everyon

library branch. and if you go up and look at the area around -- across from crocker-amazon, and up the hill, that whole area has nothing there, so i'm just curious, are there any discussion whether or not that's a possibility? i know that's not my district, but that's where my daughter lives. >> well, first of all, thank you for the questions, and thank you for your earlier support of the chinatown branch library. i'm very pleased to report that the public works department completed a feasibility study, and they presented that to the library commission on february 1st. one of the activities that was undertaken as part of that project was the chinatown branch, and they've conducted test fits. we recognize that roof town terrace of the chinatown branch offers some spectacular views and in planning that renovation, we want to active vate that space and make it available for seniors to have tai chi rooftops or have a garden experience for youth or class visits. so we're absolutely keeping that in our con

branches across england and wales.redundancy. rbs have said, "we are no longer launching williams & glyn as a challenger bank, and we now have two branch networks operating in close proximity to each other; natwest and royal bank of scotland, in england & wales. "as a result we have had to review our overall branch footprint and we've made the difficult decision to close a number of royal bank of scotland branches. " joining us now is peter hahn, professor of banking, the london institute of banking & finance. are you surprised by this announcement? not at all, the writing was on the wall when royal bank of scotland decided not to go ahead with williams and glyn, a number of those branches that word designated to be williams and glyn are easily within walking distance of natwest branches. —— williams & glyn. walking distance of natwest branches. -- williams & glyn. remind us, why did the planned to launch this challenger bank, williams & glyn, why did that not go ahead?l number of attempts to separate the information t

i would like to ask you something about the other branch of government. the congress. of the executive. i'd like to ask you something about the other branch of government, how do you go about balancing. how do d you go about balancing those twog things. >> funny you should ask thaten question. it's a really importantny issue. we in the department, in theri executive branch, we strongly support congressional oversight. that is very important.t. it's one of our obligations to comply to the extent we can. historical.as the proclamation mentions, there are three branches with three historical powers. developed over the years. there are conflicts between the executive and legislative branch oversight throughout history. i've been in the department forrs almost 30 years, going back hundreds off years these conflicts have arisen. what we've been told in the few instances where this has been indicated, the courts have said the branches have a responsibility to try to compromise and get along. there have been repeated articulations over the years t about what the principalgh re

it is not independent of the executive branch. the department has a responsibility to be in accord with the priorities of the administration. that is what elections are for. we have changes of priorities to change our emphasis. we change some of our policies. in the independent -- in the individual decisions we make about who to prosecute in particular, those decisions have to be made without regard to politics. we decide we are going to focus on violent crime, or public corruption, but then in making the decisions about which cases of people to prosecute, we need to apply neutral principles. but is what we mean about the independence of the justice department. ron: the department of justice, as he mentioned, part of the executive branch. it is also charged with an fortunate -- and forcing the rule of law. given how human nature works, there are certain to be conflict between the two. can you tell us how you go about managing those complex? -- those conflicts? gen. rosenstein: conflicts between which? ron: demand by the rule of la

threeou know, we have our different branches of government so we go to the judiciary branch for that.dress executive branch is stepping out of lines with regard to what their powers are. that's how we expect to get this resolved. host: sylvester in maryland. you're on with governor ricketts. caller: governor, good morning. guest: how are you doing today? caller: i'm doing fine. to you, sir, why are the past ointed in administration with your efforts ut you are so inclined to support this administration without question? host: what specific efforts did the governor supported the past administration on? to support ends not the immigration, the daca program. but now, he's advocating that daca program for this administration is a question that is not important. from what he's saying, you can see that. host: governor ricketts? guest: well, again, when we were talking about the daca program, we had problems with it in this administration and we had last ms within the administration and again, it gets back to that rule of law. that we have a way of doing this country and when the executive branch

a $200 billion olive branch. china offers to slash its massive trade gap with the us. the question is how. plus: happy couple, happy economy. from tourism to tea towels to trade, why the royal wedding could give a welcome boost to british business. and on the markets: the us ended lower on concerns over those trade talks. but asian shares are creeping up, as reports emerge of progress towards a deal. we start in washington, where president trump has been meeting with china's vice premier, liu he, to try and reboot what he sees as a hugely unfair trading relationship between the two sides. the white house has of course threatened punitive tariffs on chinese goods, with beijing promising to retaliate, raising fears of a destructive trade war between the world's two biggest economies. the big issue for the white house is the us trade deficit with china — the vast amount the us buys from china, compared to the other way around. that deficit was $375 billion last year. president trump wants it slashed by $200 billion within the next couple of years. according to reports, ch

it was a coordination within the executive branch. prof. collins: i want to turn to the attorneys manual in a moment. but before i do, i would like to read a statement made during your confirmation hearing for your current position. you said, you were saying this to the senate committee, "if you confirm my nomination, i will work to defend the integrity and independence of our justice department." can you elaborate on what you meant by saying, independence? in what sense is the justice department independent? gen. rosenstein: the justice department is independent of inappropriate political considerations. is important to recognize -- it is not independent of the executive branch. the department has a responsibility to be in accord with the priorities of the administration. that is what elections are for. we have changes in priorities. we change our emphasis. we change some of our policies. in the individual decisions we make for example about who to prosecute in particular, those decisions have to be made without regard to politics. we deci

branch challenge it? >> no. i don't believe that there is. >> could a sole member of congress do it? >> no, a sole member of congress -- >> would not have the standing to do that. >> absolutely not. >> so this is a loophole. >> i think there's an expectation that the legislature will take this seriously. if necessary, it will put pressure on the executive branch. and failing that, if it comes to it, it would begin to initiate an impeachment inquiry. that's the view. >> i understand that, but right now, you have a legislative branch that does not seem to be troubled by any of this, or at least, as an institution, there are individual members troubled, but as an institution, they're not expressing that view. >> no, because i think they believe their political fortunes are currently bound up with protecting the president and that's what makes a midterm election so terribly important. if they come out of that feeling strengthened, they're going to continue to support the president in this course of conduct. >

if confirmed by look forward to the opportunity to lead the plee executive branch in this vital mission. thank you much. >> your parents were not able to join but they are watching online and they have to be incredibly proud. this is yet another accomplishment in your life in service and i look forward to receiving your testimony and i'm sorry they couldn't be with us today. you are recognized. >> afternoon members of the committee, it is a great honor for me to be here today, and i thank you for considering my nomination to be a judge of the superior court of the district of columbia. i would like to thank the honorable eleanor holmes norton for introducing me today and the district of columbia nomination chaired by the honorable summit recommended me to the white house. i am grateful judge sullivan is here today and i think the president for nominating me to this position. i would also like to recognize and acknowledge the superior court moran who is president today for his leadership and encouragement. i am immeasurably grateful for the support and inspiration of my colleagues, famil

gore, congress is an independent branch of government, an independent branch. we have a job to do. we can conduct parallel investigation all the time. we're not asking about your litigation, we're not asking about motions attorneys might make or work product they are developing in those court cases. we are investigating the underlying fact. how and why did you in the political appointees at the justice department come to ask the census bureau to add a new citizen question to the census? that is our job under the constitution. that's why we want you here. your job is to answer our questions. so, let me ask you this: what was your specific role was in the entire process, how the decision was made in the department to send this letter with this specific request and tell us who else in the department of justice you communicated with throughout the process. >> congressman i appreciate your question and as i said before the department recognizes and acknowledges this committee's important oversight role. the department of justice is an independent branch of the government and we have a c

and if you think about congress in comparison to the executive branch, congress has branch offices inevery community basically in the country. it is set up and mirrored in a decentralized way like the internet is. and if you add in block chain and some other advances that are coming online, i'm bringing up block chain in a sense was i think -- because i think if congress skips a generation, we're in the moonshot, so i feel like i can say this. we can have direct relationships with our communities, and we could see in the next ten years and hopefully in our lifetimes congress acting as a thing that we actually all probably think it is when we're in social studies, but we're all represented by these people and by this body. it hasn't been this way during the era of broadcast media. if you look at the press conference, they were talking to us, and then we would write in through these broken things. we now have infrastructure that has never really been before possible in democracy to be able to have this communication happen. so i don't want to just push block chain as a possibility here,

, equal branch of government.it is. >> it's a quaint notion. >> but these lines get blurred when you see the executive branch with the optics and the executive branch coming to throw its weight around with an intelligence committee on the house side that is supposed to be having an independent investigation of these russia investigations. it ends up sort of blurring the lines. >> and that's a cry for help because allegedly constitutional conservatives are not caring at all about the constitution. separation of powers is not enough. >> it did force the complaining about it. it did force mitch mcconnell to make it a bipartisan meeting. he did that, but he won't call out the president's baseless claim that there was an informant embedded inside his campaign. will republicans call that out? >> in a way all the relevant people now democrats and republicans have seen that information. which by the way they have absolute right to be able to see it. it's classified, so we don't know a lot that's come out of it. but certai

and as china's vice premier comes to washington for further trade talks was greeted with an olive branch by donald trump who is offering to lift sanctions on a chinese electronics giant. this is your business live from. us european businesses are worried about getting punished by the u.s. for trading with iran for announcing his intentions it was drawn from the iran nuclear agreement u.s. president donald trump is not trying to pressure u.s. allies into following suit he's threatened to place sanctions on european companies that do business with iran and is already naming names has some gotten j.v. and checks the news several times a day dear amy an entrepreneur is currently in germany visiting his business partners. he sells medical technology and is also involved in the computer industry . donald trump's decision to withdraw from the iran nuclear deal comes up at every business meeting how will the e.u. react will there be new sanctions against iran. done shavian has made a lot of contacts through international trade fairs like this one in tehran last year and he has contracts with eur

we go to the judiciary branch to seek redress from that where the executive branch is stepping out of bounds to what their powers are. that's how we expect to get this esolved. host: sylvester in maryland, you're on with gnchor ricketts. caller: good morning. why do you not support that administration in their efforts, but you support this administration without any question mash -- marks. host: what do you wish he supported it in. clip den't -- he didn't support the daca program but now it's a moot question it's not important. host: governor ricketts? guest: when we were talking about the daca program we had problems with it in this administration, we had problems with it in this administration. it gets back to the rule of law that we have a way of doing things in this country and when the executive branch oversteps its powers, our responsibility as a state is to push back on that. the way we do that is through judiciary. that was consistent with, it was the last administration or this dministration. host: to geneva, nebraska. caller: i want to about ask about e-15 in the state of ne

the regulator and wants to move on the company's lawyer says meyer to quito was a rogue employee branch manager who says she was naive that she was a pawn in a much larger plan which she didn't clearly understand at the time i disagree with that she knows the banking system history of all the policies of the bank she knew about the cards she set it up she was obviously waiting for the funds to be credit and when it was credit that she acted with like. getting this accounts out of the beneficiary of the other accounts. the senate report documented the timing of the payments many were made within minutes of each other. lawyers say that when funds were received on february the fifth she confirmed the legitimacy of the remittances with our c.b.c. head office and received e-mails confirming they were from valid sources a legal team say she didn't have all thirty to unilaterally prevent transfers and their client was told there was no reason to hold the phones following an investigation by anti money laundering or forest the a m l c the philippine department of justice has recommended that my

not that the executive branch ever likes to have form policy dictated to a, we know that. you have underscored this because the legislative branch does not implement those sanctions. looking ahead, we had midterm elections, are there other tools that congress can use to help compel the executive branch to follow the law? >> the one part of the russian policy that i find identical between the obama administration and the trump administration, both trump and obama would prefer congress to stay out of things. there's a general view that foreign policy should be handled by the president and congress should not interfere. that has been universal thought by administration after administration. but we have an advantage, the separation of the branches of government and we need to use that. we do not have to have loyalty to our political leader, because we do have the independence of the legislative branch. even when you have the same party controlling we can act as an independent body and that can give us strength globally. we did the first in iran, where president obama did not w

we have a legislative branch that's not doing their job to oversee the executive branch. >> they don'to anything except what he tells them to do. >> it's all about checks and balances. nobody is the boss of all three branches. this is what's getting distorted here and this is something that trump is misleading the american public, not just the 30%. >> if he believes he's turned mueller into a skunk before the american people, like he's trying to do comey, turn them into skunks, into awful people that smell and are awful. we don't like these beings. if he keeps doing that, he may believe that he can get away with it. that's the key thing, if he believes. he can challenge the authority of the supreme court. >> he may believe it. that's why if it does get to the court, it is so important for the conservative justices to put their foot down. and it's at that point if you have -- >> you're being normative here. you're using the word "should" here. >> do i think they'll get some of those conservative justices? >> they'll get gorsuch. >> i think they'll even get alito. maybe not thomas, maybe

it's hard to make new ones and if you think about congress and the executive branch, congress has branch offices in every community in the country. it is set up and mirrored in a decentralized way. if you add in other advances only in bringing it up because i think congress skips a generation i feel like i can say this, we could have direct relationship between our constituencies using this infrastructure and we could see in the next ten years and hopefully in our lifetime, congress acting the way we all think it is in social studies class. we are represented by the people in the body. it hasn't been this way and the error broadcast media. they were talking to us and we would write in. we have infrastructure never really possible. i don't want it is just a possibility here but i think this body more than everything else is set up to realize the present and future. >> thank you for taking time out of your day to participate and hack upon. there's so much going on with social media or legislation assessable and have people track that in real time. how we can have data driver decision-makin

it's not three, a superior branch of government, there is a branch of government that has the weakest of the three to be the judicial branch of government. . . and we have a decision that came in in the first years of the 19th century, where the supreme court asserted that -- their authority to define the constitution and tell us all what it means. and we've acquiesced to that, decision after decision, for over 200 years. and how can it be that a supreme court of lifetime appointees, that conceivably could all be stacked under the terms of one president, and live for decades after that, and stay on the court after that, that could invoke all kinds of havoc on god-given liberties, and we would have no way to appeal a decision of the supreme court? we just have to accept those decisions as if they are the final authority, they're god to us? i say we respect them, i think we respect their jurisprudence. i think we carefully observe what they do. and i think that most of the decisions they make are soundly founded. but some of them are completely wrong. and they have reversed themselves i

not to mention additional confirmations of judges and members of the executive branch pending before us. >> a couple more quick things. one is the president and this administration not just from democrats, here is senator jeff flake in pointed language yesterday. >> your national leadership is well, not good. at all. our presidentcy has been debased by a figure who seemingly has a bottomless appetite for destruction and division, only a passing familiarity of how the constitution works. and the article one branch of government, the congress, that's me, is supline and the vandalism flowing from the white house daily. >> your reaction to, that senator. >> obviously i didn't agree with. that i wish jeff would run again and stay in congress and try to have a impact. he decided to leave, to retire. he can say what he will. i don't agree. i think this has been a period of extraordinary accomplishment by the president and congress. >> senator tomby pointed out: >> it seems a push back in the republicans ranks as well. >> i tend to agree with tomb eon that as well. i worry about retaliation

judicial branch. let the jump decide what -- let the judge decide what the congress gets and what the d.o.j. keeps. >> harris: how complicated is it that jeff sessions recused? if he is held in contempt is that a fireable situation? >> the president can fire cabinet member at any point. but it would be unfair to target jeff sessions because he recused himself. it would not be unfair to target rod rosenstein because with respect to this area he is effectively the attorney general. >> harris: wow! the house freedom caucus turned up the heat. talk about the trump tower meeting. donald trump jr. coming out saying hey, at least they see the question i was asked. what do you make of the transcripts? >> they are equivocal. i'm smiling because i read the democratic version of it. you would think it's two different transcripts but it is the same. the democrats, and you just played a clip of senator richard blumenthal -- >> harris: yeah, he called don jr. a liar. >> accused him of committing a felony. i don't b

so some of this is tension between the legislative branch, equal branch, and the executive branch. what i think you're saying is it makes it a little odd the fact that you have at 1600 pennsylvania avenue would like to see these documents come to light and that's what is adding to the mystery to this event. >> and now you've got two republican members of congress calling on the president to actively step in. our manu raju on the hill, just talked to representative peter king and mark meadows. here is what they said. >> certainly at this point if we don't get the documents, the doj, the attorney general or the deputy attorney general should be held in contempt of congress. >> justice department has to turn over the documents. >> if they don't, though, would you support a contempt resolution? >> we won't get there. the president can order him to do it. i'm counting on the president to do the right thing. >> counting on the president to do the right thing. how much weirder does that make it? >> it is all a little odd. here is the thing, they're fighting -- the white house is now kind

not that the executive branch ever likes to have its foreign policy dictated to it. you have underscored that there are limits because the legislative black -- branch does sanctions.te those we have midterm elections coming that canr other things compel the executive branch to follow the law? >> you are right about that. the one part of the russian find identical between the obama administration and the trump administration -- both trump and obama would defer to congress to stay out of things. there is a general view that foreign policy should be handled by the president and congress should not interfere with the president. that's been the universal administration after administration, democrat or republican. but we have an advantage in our democracy, the separation of the branches of government and we need to use that. we don't have to have loyalty to our political leader because we have the independence of the legislative branch. partyhen we have the same controlling the congress on the white house, there's still the independence and we can act as an independent bo

but we have an advantage in our democracy with separation of the branches of government. we need to use that. we don't have to have loyalty to our political leader because we do have the independence of the legislative branch. even when we have the same party controlling both the congress and the white house, there's still the independents. and we can act as an independent body and that can give us strength globally. and we did that. we did that first in iran, where president obama did not want additional sanctioned imposed and congress passed the bill unanimously even though the administration didn't want it, but the obama administration recognized that congress, the laws need to be carried out, secretary clinton did a great job in getting other countries to follow us and the sanctions did bring about the climate for negotiations in that country. the bill was passed last year did some pretty extreme things. the policy on government denight the fact that president may think otherwise, we are the congress. so we took away from the presidency a lot of the discretion in impo

the legislative branch. it has never been simultaneously criticized by the leader of the executive branch and by counselors including the legislative branch. just when the legislators is coming after the bureau you can expect the leadership chain up to the president of the united states to speak up and speak out about that institution. so i don't think we've ever faced a situation like this where the fire is coming from all sides. i don't think there is an easy answer. and i don't envy christopher wray and his challenge now. he's a person of integrity and principal. i can not understand that struggles he might be facing. it is a long way of saying i don't know, i know what i would like to see. i will act as the attorney general speak for the fbi. i like to see the director be free because he has the support of the attorney general and the president to speak for the fbi. but i can imagine it being very complicated right now for the director. >> it is complicated also for you, i assume, right? you are the form

of the executive branch. that's dangerous. if the new normal becomes like the director of the fbi have to support mean the matter what i do, we have to have loyalty from the fbi director and the attorney general, that creates a situation where both of these institutions will be empowered by the president to conduct politically motivated investigations and people of one or both parties. nothing that is never happened. we have a set of expectations about the behavior of these. a lot of that was about what happened 50s and 60s. and i think we've come a long way, to the point were somewhere like robert mueller other senior figures they had respect across the aisle. they were either appointed by one party or the other. i think the president is doing damage to the way we talk to each other. we have become numb to it because it happens every day. the president attacking a private citizen on twitter. the way he just pick somebody out of a crowd and say that person should be fired. this tv show has low ratings. it's l

the legislative branch. it's never been simultaneously criticized by the leader of the executive branch and by outsiders including the legislative branch. when just the legislature it coming after the bureau you can expect the leadership chain up to the president of the united states to speak out about that institution. so i don't think we've faced a situation like that where the fire is many coulding from all sides. so i don't think there is an easy answer. and i don't envy chris wray's challenge now. he's a person of integrity and principle, but i can't see from the outside the struggles he must be going through trying to figure out how to speak for the organization. so that's a long way of saying i don't know. i'd know what i'd like to see. i would like to see the attorney general speak for the fbi. and the support of the general attorney to speak for the fbi. but i could imagine that being very complicated right now for the director. >> so it's also complicated for you, i assume, right? you are the forme

that assisted by temple servants the prophet has burned laurel branches. now and nothing stood in the way of the god being consulted. descended the steps into the holiest of holies. the procession of those seeking advice united friend and fellow. spartans marched in harmony with athenians despite the bitter war that raged between them and then one hundred kilometers away with claiming fresh victims every day. was it the banal question of who would emerge victorious from the terrible conflict or was each side perhaps ready thinking ahead and taking the opportunity to discuss the situation with the enemy. reason and irrationality always lay closer together in delfi than anywhere else in the world. as it still does today the route taken for the procession began at the lowest point of the sacred precinct this is where the pilgrims set out with their laurel branches and the o.t. of offering you. see. on the right for more than a thousand years this route was paved with hopes of a positive answer from apollo on a high. on says to personal problems or political d

and not from the legislative branch. i've made it a part of my work and policy to engage with members of the board of supervisors on district related issues, on citywide related issues, and that input by the board as a whole have significantly changed projects, have changed policy. i would go so far as saying everything that the board of supervisors for the most part has asked us to do as a body, we have done, whether it was free muni or reduced tow fees. i don't believe i've brought a major projector recommended a mainly project to the sf mta board of directors over the objection of a district supervisor, so i totally get that you all are battered day-to-day by issues, as we are. i just would ask that we recognize that we, even before this latest round of charter amendments and legislation was voted, have always engaged in working with the board of supervisors. however -- >> supervisor tang: director reiskin, i'm sorry. supervisor peskin, real quick, did you have a question at this moment? >> supervisor peskin: no. i do

about transparency in the judicial branch it's strictly in the legislative branch but you're seeing all of these problems although i would say that it's worth an investigation into those other issues well the great point you bring up a great point and i think one of the things that's so important is that those are the politicians that you have the most control over as a voted for this and i feel. those are the ones that are controlling those big decisions in washington washington there are those conduits and they should be like someone should be looking at what they do and it shouldn't be up to these lobbyist to be deciding what's right for the american people which brings me to sort of corporate interests in the research and interviews you did what are some of the most glaring instances of corporate influence you've discovered that that our viewers should pay more attention to. so i'll give you a recent one in terms of the parkland shooting in florida they held a vote for the members of congress to come in and vote whether they wanted to ban a ar fifteen style rifles now when they

if you think about congress in comparison to the executive branch, congress has branch offices in every community basically in the country. a is set up and mirrors in decentralized way like the internet. if you add on blocking -- -- block chain. i think of congress skips a generation and we are in the moonshot, we could actually have direct relationships between our constituencies using all of this decentralized infrastructure. we can see in the next 10 years and hopefully in our lifetime, congress acting like a thing we actually all think it is when we were in social studies. we all represented by these people and by this body. it has not been this way during this era of broadcast media. if you look at the press conference, they were talking to us and we would write in through these broken things. we now have infrastructure that has never been possible in democracy to be able to have this communication happen. i don't want to just push block chain as a possibility, but the good news is i think this body more than anything else is set up to realize the present and the future. that is my