you know, a minute ago, he had a delivery from federal express. i guarantee that is the first federal express delivery on this block in seven months. what we have here is joy. it is in a sea of stark and really big different contrasts. for many folks who lived in santa roses coffee park the occasion of the first resident to rebuild and move in, is a sure sign of hope. for many others, confronted with not enough insurance, it festers a wound that is now been more than seven months in the making. it continues the uncertainty of ever moving back. for branford being the first brings up many emotions. >> i am humbled. i am honored. i'm excited. i am grateful, that i can move back into my house. back home. >> reporter: you can see many other rebuilds in various stages. still dominating the scene throughout coffee park, empty lots, many of which may never be occupied by the owners again. as of today, one home is now completed. 85 more homeowners now have permits. 103 more have permits pending. another 178 homes are under construction. that still leaves 2

that consensus krypto of at their new york city this week and we have followed some of that like federal express c.e.o. fred smith talking about block chain being used in the future of logistics and i know damn don tapscott was there we've had him on the program as you know but three you all go what have been the highlights this week. well first of all you know finally consensus invited me as a speaker just you know kind of prove that you really really made a know if they have they have a big point queen of switzerland exactly and apart from that you know i've been going there for the last three years and what threw me most is that you know this years there were like around nine thousand people which is like really really he started as a small inside the conference event rate and it exploded to such a size it's unbelievable rate and what it's also special you know that today in comparison to what it was like three years ago there were a lot of traditional companies so not crypt c.e.o. like square its c.e.o. and so on and so on and they are all speaking highly about it because when and blotching

of federal express has said that block change has been the potential to completely change everything jeffrey logistics like that x. and other transportation seem to be like the real natural place for block change to evolve is that what you're seeing and one of the other areas. well you know anything that requires documentation record keeping immutable records audit trails which is basically all human relationships can be blocked chained in fact we're all going to be blocked chained you know and ten years of this is what's happening token as they let the whole world be tokenized as far as five. that i love that we're finally getting some respect out there you know i've been around since two thousand and eleven two thousand and twelve and those are back in the days where you never mentioned the word blocked and nobody or you're talking about if you said the word because they thought you were promoting online drug sales so so this is a dramatic change this consensus gagan the arc you know we had a whole regular we had regulatory departments there and it looks like finally some things ca

we like the space and particularly interested in a stop like federal express that sold off on fears ofslowdown in growth, but well-positioned for a positive surprise walmart at these levels is interesting to me again, and so i think there's a lot of opportunity. >> okay. >> yeah. >> let's bring in mr. value, mr. smead. is the market moving from you? you can't be a value guy without sitting out broad rallies and market moves and comfortably in contrary names what do you like right now >> starting with the first topic, the international stuff is noise that is what it is, just noise people should not be making long term investment decisions because the noise cancels itself over time. operating as a stealth bear market under the surface, and it is under mining economic confidence, so people are afraid that we are not building the homes we should in the next five years and putting confidence in international cyclicals, and we have the most wonderful demographics in the world in the united states right now, so we want to make money in five to ten years in college educated women. that's where

during a hearing in the case today, a federal judge in virginia expressed skepticism whether special counsel mueller the authority to bring charges against manafort that were not directly related to collusion. of course, trump loved that the jung was tough on the prosecutors. but the judge did not issue his ruling today whether any of those charges will be dismissed. the question is, what does today's hearing mean for the mueller probe. to help us answer that question and more, i'm joined by legal analyst jill wine-banks, form area siftent watergate special prosecutor and harry sen dick in the criminal division for the southern district of new york. harry, i'm going to come to you first. tell me about this judge. >> judge ellis is a judge in the eastern district of virginia right outside washington, d.c. on the bench for about 30 years. appointed by president reagan in the 1980s. he had the johnny walker lindh case which an cleaned some notoriety in the years after. >> the american taliban case. >> exactly. the american taliban. he's had high profile cases. and when you are dealing w

like every other american, it's important federal employees have the right to express their viewpoints and petition government for a redress of grievances. i think are telling those rights to deny federal workers important privileges that are guaranteed by the u.s. constitution. thank you and i would be happy to answer any questions. thank you very much. >> just unanimous consent request i have for documents that i asked to enter into the record, statement of national treasury, employee union, statement of the international federation federated professional and technical engineers and a copy of an unfair labor charge out with the american federation of government employees. >> without objection. we will now recognize myself for five minutes and i think each witness for being her we have got-- is there a graph available? if not i will go over some of the basics of it. there has been an increase in official time since 2010 through 2016 of overt a 3.6 million hours were used on official time in 2016. mr. kovacs, mr. gilson, do though sound somewhat accurate to you from what you have track

money somebody close to him at a time when they had business before the federal government -- >> i haven't heard the president express about that. >> sara, do you believe michael cohen was any way qualified by insight into this administration. >> i'm not going to get into somebody else's qualifications. that is something that an independent company that hires an individual would have to make that determination. not me. >> and let me ask you this, because we know is that michael cohen received millions of dollars apparently peddling the insights that he said he could provide into this largest corporation and is the president embarrassed or ashamed of that because it seems to be the definition of swampy behavior. >> that is up to those individuals who make the decision to hire someone. just the same way that the companies that you work for make the decision to determine whether or not they think that you're qualified to serve in a

because they up i think that every responsible citizen should express their opinion that's my duty as a citizen of the russian federation's i love my country and i want something here to change yet stable i'm fighting for democracy because today's russia is an authoritarian monarchy with an element of totalitarianism and i think we need to fight against that in every possible way but let's assume that all women should so i want to defend my home country because it has been taken over by some social engine made monsters who are stealing our money and our freedom. was the god it was opposition leader alexei navalny who had called them onto the streets. we had been banned from standing for office in the recent presidential elections. the. kiosks the crowd exists the city that belongs to putin i know they respond. he had just begun his speech when he was grabbed by waiting police arrested for disobedience and organizing an unsanctioned rally. novelli was only one of many people arrested by police in a weekend of unrest that mas the start of putin's fourth term in office. but we spoke with our correspondent emily sure went in

north korea expresses surprise markets barely blink. the chairman of the federal stockholm. we will take that live for you. christine lagarde says turkey has really strong fundamentals. emerging markets are fighting to scare him. losses inairing turkey with action on the central bank. good morning and welcome. you are watching "bloomberg markets: european open." i am guy johnson in london. we are 30 minutes into the trading day. have .5% gain on the stoxx 600. sim court -- simcorp does really specific financial services i.t. and i think i am underselling it. i think it -- the market is trading it very well this morning. generally wellre bid out of the u.k.. bottom end of the market, let's take a look at what is happening. we have seen a little bit of selling and some of these key names we have been watching. closely move to the downside and say what is going on there. we have sentiment trading down 14.2%. the gold business trading a little softer this morning. sebastian: north korea has said it it was surprised by donald trump's decision to cancel the summit. once

federal contractor. i think overall, i'm just going to express my dismay and utter disgust at what is happening. i cannot believe that tetratech is getting any additional dollars from government or federal agencies. i'm speaking right now as a citizen and as an elected representative, but i strongly believe that any contract should be ended with tetratech. this is just not especially isabl isable -- acceptable. i think it would behoove us, on our own reputation, that we stop contracting with this agency. it makes us look bad, and i -- i'm -- i just have to say i'm utterly confused as to why that has not happened yet. i'm glad that all the agencies are working as quickly as possible. by the way, i've heard many good things about region nine of e.p.a., and i know that, you know, you continue to ensure that we do regress testing and work, but i think we have to go above and beyond our bureaucratic response and the scientific response and actually respond to the understandable concerns of our residents. (a), there is evidence of falsification of data that impacts the health and safety and well-being

the federal judge after hearing the oral arguments in this and expressed skepticism about the authority of robert mueller , came out today and denied the legal effort and saying that the trial can go along. it was a bit of a home run attempt and it just didn't work. laura: anthony zurcher, thank you so much for joinin facebook says that in the first three removed nearly 30 million posts containing violent images or hate speech. the company revealed this in a report today aer scandals over data privacy led to calls for greater openness. here's our media editor. reporter: perhaps no com been in the headlines this year as much as facebook. a privacy scandal prompted by the leak of millions of users' personal data has led to unprecedented scrutiny from lawmakers and regulators across the globe. facebook has long championed lienness, and today for the first time, it ped a report on how it enforces acceptable behavior on its platform. in the first quarter of this year, facebook removed or flagged 3.5 million instances of tholent content. is a 183% increase on the similar number of posts they

we've had judges and federal circuit court judges who expressed the same sentiment. that are a lot of crimes seem intuitively from a common sense perspective to meet definitions. there is a category for robbery, immigration nationality act. we are finding court decisions that robbery is not a robbery offense, for perjury is not a perjury offense. other crimes are not crimes of violence. it has caused confusion, castor nation and frustration. when you have that frustration, it leads to delays and inefficiencies. it is not maybe a measurable impact, but it's had some impact on the length of times the cases have been pending. mr. other: have you been an executive branch got? i know you're probably not going to answer this, they can you think of any fixes congress can make to make the process better? mchenry: we are happy or with congress in the office of legislative affairs. we're happy to take up any ideas or suggestions they may have. mr. arthur: good answer. what really be possible to work through the backlog of one million plus cases? that's anry: open-ended questio

the fed board members, judges, federal circuit court judges have expressed the same sentiment that there is a lot of crimes that seem intuitively or from a commonsense gave to me definitions. a category for robbery in immigration will find not a robbery offense. they are not crimes of violence. it has caused confusion, consternation and frustration. when you have that frustration with lead-in efficiency. in measurable impact certainly has some impact on the case is pending. >> having been an executive branch god, having been the legislative branch guy, i know you're probably not going to answer this, but can you think of any fixes congress can make that might make this a little bit better? >> when i testified a couple weeks ago i got a similar question. were happy and works with him very well. were happy to take up any ideas or suggestions we have. >> good answer. would it really be possible to work through the court backlog of 1 million plus cases? >> it's an open-ended question because you didn't give a timeframe. within a year? no. if we make the process improvements have talked about

federal government? -- i have ah further president express any concerns. amy: speaking to bloomberg news, trump's lawyer, former new york mayor rudy giuliani, said -- "the president was unaware of this. the president is not involved in any respect." in afghanistan's capital of kabul, isis and taliban fighters are claiming responsibility for a pair of suicide attacks wednesday that killed at least seven people and wounded 17 others. the near-simultaneous attacks appeared to target an afghan intelligence agency near an asian development bank office, as well as a police headquarters. meanwhile, in western afghanistan, taliban gunmen overran a police station wednesday, killing eight officers. that assau came as aearby airstrike killed six polic officers in an attack that local officials blamed on the u.s.-led coalition. in a statement, pentagon spokesperson queioned whether the dead were in fact police and promised an investigation. in nicaragua, tens of thousands of people marched through the streets of the capital managua wednesday, calling for president dan

several federal circuit court judges that have expressed the same sentiment. from a commont sense perspective to meet definitions. and weory for robbery find that court decisions, robbery is not a robbery offense. perjury is not a perjury offense. it has caused confusion, consternation, and frustration. and when you have that, frustration leads to delays, inefficiencies. it is not maybe a measurable impact but has impact on the length of time the cases have been pending. mr. arthur: i know you're probably not going to answer this, but can he think of any fixes that congress could make this process a little bit better? dir. mchenry: i don't know. i had a similar question and the response is, we're happy to work with congress and we have an office of legislative affairs .hat works with them we're happy to take up ideas or suggestions they may have. good answer. will it be possible to work through a backlog of over one million cases? dir. mchenry: it's an open-ended question. is it possible to do within one year? no. but with the process and improvements, getting

federal agents arrested the teenage son. the family surveillance camera recorded the raid. neighbors expressed shock to see law enforcement with with thats drawn. breaking down the door. the 16-year-old suspect is accused of changing the grades of more than a dozen fellow students in concord. his father agreed his son should be punished but wondered if possible federal charges toog far. >> he's a normal kid. not doing -- [ inaudible ]. >> doing all this type of commotion. >> police say the boy got access to the school computer when a teacher opened a phishing e-mail and got her password. he faces criminal charges. >>> another high school shooting, there one in palmdale, north of l.a. students were arriving in school when a 14-year-old boy wukd to campus is that shot another student in the arm. the shooter, the 14-year-old, initially got away but was caught soon after at a store about a mile from campus. the boy used to go to the school but left last month. the student who was shot will be okay. this is the 21st first school shooting of the year. >>> three words spoken behind closed doors are c

the owner of the jets says he will not discourage players from expressing themselves and will pay the fines if necessary. >>> a federal judge has ruled that president trump cannot block people from his twitter account just because they disagree with his political views. the judge says the president's twitter account is a public forum operated by the government which means viewpoint discrimination is not allowed. the justice department disagrees and is considering whether to should take further action. >>> some iphone users may be getting a $50 refund from apple. customers who had to replace batteries on iphone 6 models or later models out of warrant paid $79 apiece. now, those replacement batteries now cost just $29. apple is sending e-mails to those eligible for a refund. >>> those well-known cyberattacks and data breaches have not stopped americans from using overly simple passwords. okay, so topping the new list right now of the most common passwords, 12345678. at least we moved it on to the 8. that's followed by, of course, the password, iloveyou, football and princess. >> princess, they stole yours. didn't they?

federal government? >> i haven't heard the president express any specific concerns about that. >> sarah, do you believe that michael cohen was ever in any way qualified to buy insights into this administration? >> i'm not going to get into somebody else's qualifications. that's something an independent company that hires an individual would have to make that determination, not me. >> let me ask you this, because we know that michael cohen received millions of dollars apparently pedaling the insights he said he could provide into this administration, to america's largest corporations. is the president in any way embarrassed or ashamed of that? because it seems to be the definition of swampy behavior. >> i think that would be up to those individuals who make the decision to hire someone. just the same way that the companies that you work for make the decision to determine whether or not they think that you're qualified to serve in a position. that's the decision of an independent company and has nothing to do with the white house. margaret. >> thanks, sarah. i'm happy to take the answer from the private couns

federal government? >> i haven't heard the president express any specific concerns. >> certainly, victor vekselberg did notoligarchs that were sanctioned by the trump administration trump administration. shannon? >> shannon: trace gallagher in los angeles. thank you very much. time for the real news roundup. "the new york times" running a story questioning secretary of state mike pompeo's whereabouts during president trump's announcement yesterday that he's scrapping the iran nuclear deal. the headline, "at a key moment, trumps key diplomat is again thousands of miles away." they claim state employees were "speechless" when asked why he did not delay the dramatic mention by a day admitted at the dash as they put it, -- the meeting with kim jong un and securing the release of the hostages now on their way home. president trump tweeting late last night, or late tonight... that report coming in today's white house briefing, came up again where press secretary sarah sanders makes it up with reporters over a presidential tweet about media bias. "the fake news is working overtime. just reported that despite the

federal government? >> i haven't heard the president express any specific concerns about that. >> sarah, do you believe thathael cohen was ever in any way qualified to buy insights into this administration? >> i'm not going to get into somebody else's qualifications. that's something an independent company that hires an individual would have to make that determination, not me. >> let me ask you this, because we know that michael cohen received millions of dollars apparently pedaling the insights he said he could provide into this administration, to america's largest corporations. is the president in any way embarrassed or ashamed of that? because it seems to be the definition of swampy behavior. >> i think that would be up to those individuals who make the decision to hire someone. just the same way that the companies that you work for make the decision to determine whether or not they think that you're qualified to serve in a position. that's the decision of an independent company and has nothing to do with the white house.

federal contractor. i think overall, i'm just going to express my dismay and utter disgust at what is happening. i cannot believe that tra

money somebody close to him at a time when they had business before the federal government -- >> i haven't heard the president express any concerns about that. >> sara, do you believe michael cohen was any way qualified by insight into this administration. >> i'm not going to get into somebody else's qualifications. that is something that an independent company that hires an individual would have to make that determination. not me. >> and let me ask you this, because we know is that michael cohen received millions of dollars apparently peddling the insights that he said he could provide into this largest corporation and is the president embarrassed or ashamed of that because it seems to be the definition of swampy behavior. >> that is up to those individuals who make the decision to hire someone. just the same way that the companies that you work for make the decision to determine whether or not they think that you're qualified to serve in a position. that is the decision of an independent company and has nothing to do with the white house. margaret. >> i'm happy to take the answer from the private counsel but i made

unfortunately i have to begin by expressing sadness over the deadly shooting at santa fe high school in texas. we are closely monitoring the situation and federal authorities are coordinating with local officials. this has been going on too long in our country. too many years, too many decades now. we grieve for the terrible loss of life and said our support out to everyone affected by this toolutely horrific attack the students, families, teachers, and personnel at santa fe high school. we are with you in this tragic our, and he will be with you forever. my administration is determined to do everything in our power to protect our students, secure our schools, and to keep weapons out of the hands of those who pose a threat to themselves and to others. together att work every level of government to keep our children safe. injured, andd the they got comfortable did, and may god be with the victims and with the families. a very sad day. very, very said. on another note, a very positive i'm honored to be here today so many leaders from across the nation who are committed to the crucial issue of prison reform. joining us today are several members of

. >> we are the state's lead agency for overseeing this cleanup, and we can express what our opinion is, and both federal agencies need to consider that. >> supervisor fewer: so when the report comes out, then, you will also review the report. and will your organization, then, have recommendations if they are not in agreement with the findings? >> absolutely. our organization works very closely with california department of public health. they're our contractor, so to speak, and they will provide that expertise in the radiological aspect of it, which we will respond and comment to the federal agency. >> supervisor fewer: and then, will your recommendations be open to the public? >> absolutely. >> supervisor fewer: okay. thank you very much. >> supervisor cohen: supervisor kim, i don't know if you had any questions? >> supervisor kim: well, i just had one. does your agency contract with tetratech directly. >> to the best of my knowledge, we do not have any contracts with tetratech at this time. >> supervisor kim: thank you. >> supervisor cohen: good. thank you. thank you for your presentation; we have no

korea, as president trump continues to express doubts whether his meeting with kimjong un will take place. the new home secretary sajid javid has told the police federationficers ‘the tools, the powers and the back—up' to get thejob done. a warning that this report from our correspondent sarah campbell contains a racially—offensive term. a raid just after dawn this morning... by london's new violent crime task force. the capital has been reeling from a sharp upturn in murders, shootings and stabbings, as have other cities. against that backdrop and a severe threat from terrorism, the new home secretary came to birmingham knowing he needs police on his side. sajid javid's brother is a serving officer, something he reminded the conference of, recalling in his speech the extremely racially offensive language he witnessed when he joined his brother in a patrol car. teenagers, giving them the middle finger and swearing, and spitting. and, worst of all, at one point when his car approached the lights and slowed down, one teenager leaned over and yelled at my brother "you paki bastard!". he promised rank and file officers that he would prioritise funding. and t

express my strong opposition to the amendment. it is deeply unfair to the united states territories and original intent of the federal law in question, the animal welfare act amendment. under which states have always been defined to include origina of the the territories. first, the carkeization -- characterization of this amendment as closing the loophole and bringing the territories in with the states is misleading. the animal welfare act adequately addresses intrastate and foreign fowl for gaming urposes. the intent has always been to aid states and other local law enforcement in jurisdiction where game fowling events are illegal and to prohibit the transport of animals from areas where they are allowed. the reason that there is a the intent has ban in all 50 states is not because of federal law but because of states laws. banned them have in their states. so for the federal government to impose that on the territories at this time i believe is deeply unfair. this is a highly regulated, cultural and historic activity in the territories. not forget the real author of this bill is the humane society which, with the federal governme