sec. sanders: good afternoon. many by now have heard that i was asked to leave a restaurant this weekend where i attempted to have dinner with my family. my husband and i politely left and went home. i was asked to leave because i work for president trump. we are allowed to disagree, but we should be able to do so freely and without fear of harm. and this goes for all people regardless of politics. some have chosen to push hate and vandalism against the restaurant that i was asked to leave from. a hollywood actor publicly encouraged people to kidnap my children. and this weekend, a member of congress called for people to push back and make clear to those serving their country in this administration that they are not welcome anywhere, anytime, for anything. healthy debate on ideas and political philosophy is important, but the calls for harassment and push for any trump supporter to avoid the public is unacceptable. america is a great country, and our ability to find solutions despite those

we have many good teams at the sec. my written testimony outlines many of our accomplishments over the past year, particularly as they relate to the long-term interests of our main street investors. including a pretty our standards of conduct for investment professionals, the integrity of our markets, and overall investor protection. additionally i am pleased that the commission will meet next thursday to adopt final amendments to the smaller reporting company definitions which will expand the number of public issuers eligible to provide scale scaled disclosur. i also want to bring to your attention the discussion of cybersecurity in my written testimony, including discussion of our 2016 intrusion. the testament discusses the ongoing interview of this matter as being conduct by office of general counsel, including the remedial steps we're we are ta. finally i want to leave you with this. the women and men of the sec are working hard each and every day motivated by the fact that tends of millions of americans are investe

we have many good teams at the sec. my written testimony outlines many of our accomplishments over the past year, particularly as they relate to the long term interests of our main street investors, including improving standards of conduct, the integrity of our markets and overall investor protection. i am pleased that the commission will meet next thursday to adopt final amendments to the smaller reporting company definition, which will expand the number of public issuers eligibility to provide scaled disclosure. i also want to bring to your attention the discussion of cyber security in my written testimony, including a discussion of our 2016 edgar intrusion. the testimony discuss it is ongoing internal review of this matter being conducted by our office of general counsel, including the remedial steps we are taking. the women and men of the sec are working hard every day, motivated by the fact that tens of millions of americans are invested in our securities markets for the long term. the accomplishments detailed in m

the sec proposal does not do that. i am going to urge the chairman to ensure the sec final rule protect investors from unscrupulous actors. it has been reported you have a plan, you and i talked about this, based on some of the bills i remain concerned this package may contain bills that could weaken investor protection, given any legislation to make the job of the secretary that much harder. i am looking forward to chairman clayton and his ability to express his concern. i look forward to hearing from him throughout this process. i think you and give back the balance of my time. >> the chairman will recognize the gentleman in michigan. finally our economy is starting to fire on all cylinders. i had the opportunity to meet with a number of members from michigan yesterday and they echoed that sentiment. moving forward it is my goal to continue to promote policies that strengthen our economy and provides more opportunities for americans to succeed. we can all acknowledge the united states has the most liquid market in th

sec. pompeo: yes, i'm going to take a couple questions. good afternoon. it's great to be joining you all here today. early in this presidency president trump made a commitment to address the threat of north korea, which has been a threat to our nation for far too long. president trump has been and continues to be committed to ridding the united states and the world of threats posed by north korea's weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs. these programs threaten our homeland, our allies and partners, and the broader non-proliferation regime. north korea's past activities also make clear that it is a proliferation to other actors that creates a risk in addition to the primary risks. it has supporting infrastructure that is also of concern. in early 2017, the trump administration decided on a policy we have referred to as the maximum pressure campaign. the campaign enacted the strongest economic and diplomatic sanctions against north korea in history. the goal was to set t

the sec's recently participated in the release of a voelker 2.0. a lot of us up here found is very complex. i'm not sure you made a big improvement. not you personally but the collective agencies did. are you going to be very diligent at looking at the comments for the voelker rule reproposal? >> certainly around the commentary. i think this is an area, like -- where the comments are going to be illuminating. >> the chairman's time is more than expired. now recognize the gentleman from west virginia for five minutes, mr. mooney. >> thank you, mr. chairman. first, secretary powell, thank you for coming here and taking these questions and the good work you're doing. this want to make a comment and then a question. i want to add my appreciation for your leadership in proposing an expansive loan rule aperture as private equities' role as expanded and the technology has changed business models, the opportunities to update regulations to reflect the change is long overdue. current regulatory impediments limit competition and decrease efficiency so thank

sec. albright: well, first of all, i'm delighted to be here, and with you, david, because, i love reading your columns and your books, and being friends. and so, thank you very much and thank you all for coming. i do think that it is a very difficult and peculiar regime to deal with. in the case of what happened during the the clinton administration, we had, in fact, been dealing with north korea from the beginning of the administration because they had threatened to pull out of the nonproliferation treaty and there were a number of aspects that we were trying to deal with. i won't go through the story, but we were very involved trying to figure out how to deal with north korea. and quite similarly to what's happening now. the president of south korea was somebody who wanted to have a relationship with north korea, the sunshine policy. when i watch what president moon is doing right now, and the same approach, we are one people and why can we not in some way work together. what had happene

sec. albright: thank you. thank you. david: it's a pleasure, i want to say such a pleasure to be here with secretary albright. as you know, she served as our secretary of state from 1997 to 2001. before that she was our u.n. ambassador. foreign relations committee, she's teaching and running her own company and she's published a new book that we're going to talk about in some detail called "fascism, a warning" and some might say the title is alarmist. and she says good. [applause] david: before turning to the subject matter of your book, madam secretary, i want to talk about what's very much in the news on online, a subject that you are uniquely qualified to talk about and that's north korea. the audience will remember that secretary albright went to pyong yang in october, 2000 and met there with a then leader of north korea, kim jong-il, the father of kim jong-un, and had a round of discussions with him about a deal that's very much like the kind of deal that is being discussed as preside

i will be closely following this as the sec and lament the role. thank you for listening to my concerns. you folks are the primary regulators for non-bank financial institutions like pension advisors. i worry a lot about our small savers. and, investors in the state of maine. you are one of 10 votes and you are the individual at the regulator that has the most influence i would believe on this because your space is the asset manager space when it comes to this. what i am concerned about is that when a non-bank financial institution like a pension advisor or a mutual fund company is designated or if it would be designated -- cost will go up and rate of return will go down. something like a 20% reduction overtime is a result of this. what drives me crazy about this is that if you are in the asset management community, the assets you are running are on your balance sheet. you are an agent for the customer. there is no systemic risk to the economy if something goes wrong because it means that if my performance is better than yours, your clients will go

the sec has recently participated in the release of a volcker 2.0. a lot of us found it very complex. diligentoing to be around looking at the comments or the re-proposal? >> certainly around the commentary. i think this is an area where the comments are going to be eliminated. >> thank you, i appreciate that. the chairman's time is more than expired. now recognizing the gentleman from west virginia. >> first of all, thank you for coming here is taking these questions on the good work you're doing there, i wanted to make a comment on the question. i want to add my appreciation for your leadership, and for proposing an expensive loan rule aperture, as private equities role in the capital markets has expanded, technology has changed business models, the opportunity to update regulations, to reflect these changes is long overdue. current regulatory impediments deter capital formation, and limit competition, and decrease efficiency. thank you for addressing this. that's very important. i am from a rural area in west virginia, there is a misconception tha

i'm a recovering researcher before he was appointed to the sec. i was a law professor who spent most of my time thinking about how we give corporate management incentives to great sustainable long-term value. i would often asked by student of indication or executive pay gives managers reason to invest in long-term development of the workforce and their communities, or are we paying to pursue short-term stock price increases th than long-term growth? i didn't know that so soon into my tenure of it have a sobering case that it would put those questions to the test. that's because the trump tax bill promising to bring oversee corporate cash on became long last december. we all know what happened the last time a republican-controlled government push to a corporate tax holiday. that was back in 2004. that bill sponsors hope american companies repatriated billions of dollars overseas cash but they didn'tnvest most of that money in innovation or in returning their workforces or raising wages. instead executives largely use the influx of fresh cash or mas

sec. pompeo: good afternoon. i want to get an update advance of president trump summit with chairman kim jong un. as the president said on saturday, this is truly a mission of peace. this afternoon the president called prime minister abe of japan and president moon of south korea. earlier today our ambassadors on kim met to meet with north korean delegation. the talks continue this afternoon, even as we sit here now. they are in fact moving quite rapidly and we anticipate they will come to their logical conclusion even more quickly thane had anticipated. before discussing the summit time i want to address a report in "the new york times" that suggested the u.s. team lacks the expertise on the north korean weapons programs as part of this talk. i want to address that report directly. over three months an interagency working group with over 100 experts across the government has met multiple times per week to address technical and logistical issues associated with dismantling north korea's programs. that includes ex

the sec didn't do a very credible job in the run-up to the great recession. it was supposed to protect us, it into that job. why should we have any trust in it now, especially under this administration? what gives us any vision into seeing why things should be changing there? >> what is the alternative? >> here's my answer to your question, yes, that's right so the answe the question he's asked is really important. given what happened in the history of this agency, why should we feel comfortable, why should we be there for investors next time? one week and asked that question is asked why i took the job because sir, i had the same expense you did, i have the same feeling you did and i watched the market confidence that is at the center of the american economy and has been for generation, disappear into thousand seven and 2008. my sense is that we all have an obligation to rebuild that confidence. do i agree with everything this demonstration is doing in that respect? i do not, but i think it's incumbent upon me and everyone else to push forth another positive

sec. pompeo: i do know general miller. sen. graham: i asked him what would happen if we withdrew in afghanistan, he thought it would lead to disorder and chaos. do you think it would be any different than iraq when we left too soon? view, i for my point of would be concerned about isis and al qaeda's support and ability to merge because another want to and they are consistently looking for that opportunity. do you believe that assessment of afghanistan? sec. pompeo: i do. sen. graham: if you -- to you believe that you cannot do much without security in terms of the state department if we backed out and your people would be sitting ducks? sec. pompeo: i do. sen. graham: we will keep the aid coming to afghanistan and i don't think how the state department can operate if the security department does not exist read if we withdraw too soon, that will fall apart. that is just the way it is. if we achieve an agreement with north korea, would it be wise to send it to the congress? sec. pompeo: it

sec. pompeo: i do. sen. graham: i asked him what would happen if we withdrew in the next six months in afghanistan. he said he thinks it would lead to a lot of disorder. i asked, would it be different than iraq when we left to soon? he said it would be similar. what are the concerns? i would be concerned about isis and al qaeda's ability to emerge . they want to and are looking for that opportunity. do you agree with that assessment? sec. pompeo: i do. sen. graham: do agree with me that if we left without conditions of withdrawal come you cannot do much without security in terms of the state department, your people would be sitting ducks? sec. pompeo: i do. sen. graham: i want you to convey to the president that we will keep the aid coming to afghanistan, it is metrics-based, make sure we don't waste our money, but i don't see how the state department can operate if the security environment doesn't exist. if we withdraw too soon, it will fall apart. in terms of north korea, if we are able

sec. devos: thank you for that question. i know the needs of rural communities are very unique and they differ from community to community. we very much support the flexibility for rural communities to address their issues and their needs specifically. when we think about opportunities and making sure that students have a broad range of opportunities. one of the most important things is that the schools and the communities have access to broadband in a very robust way. i know that that is continuing to improve. that is not part of the department of education purview. we certainly advocate for the widespread adoption of the availability of broadband. that is one tool that communities can use to ensure that students have -- are introduced to a broader subject range through courses they may not be able to provide at their school. we again acknowledge that every -- rurall comm community is different as well. we support the community. they are on trying to do so in a way that recognizes the var

sec. ross: i would like to welcome secretary ross in particular. >> i want to thank you mr. secretary for joining us. i intend to august this morning on three investigations self initiated by the congress. it should come as no price that many of us on the committee have concerns about the process, effects, and strategy behind these investigations and resulting actions. that includes the series problems that senator white and i raised about the product six thaton process, a process still needs significant improvement. in february, the department of commerce completed two of its section 232 investigations. one on imports of steel and the other on illumina products. as a result on -- as a result of those, the united states is currently imposing tariffs and assessing tariffs 10% on aluminum products. they make -- in southwest utah. they sell to customers around the globe. they have been in business since 1945. because of the section 232 tariffs, they are worried about their future. still price

sec. ross: chairman hatch, ranking member wyden, and members of the committee. thank you for inviting me here today to discuss actions we have taken to assure the continued viability of our important steel and aluminum industries. the reports i submitted to the president this past january pursuant to section 232 of the trade expansion act of 1962 found that steel and aluminum imports threatened to impair our national security. the president determined the tariffs are the necessary means to address these threats. as a result, the president signed proclamations on march 8, imposing a 25% tariff on steel imports and 810% error on aluminum imports. 10% tariff on aluminum imports. america's essential steel and aluminum industries. they have been harmed by imports to the point that allowing imports to continue unchecked threatens to impair our national security. the tariffs on steel and aluminum are anticipated to reduce imports to levels needed. for these industries to achieve long-term viabili

which reflects in part [indiscernible] sec. pompeo: that is the case we are prepared to make security insurances, and we are prepared to take action that will provide them sufficient certainty that they will become tubal that denuclearization is not something that ends badly for them but the opposite in that it leads to a brighter and better future for the north korean people. following on that point, under the umbrella of security assurances, would that include removing u.s. forces in south korea? mpeo: i will not get into the details of the discussions we have had to date. take whatpared to will be security assurances that are different, unique then have -- then america has been willing to provide previously. we think it is necessary and appropriate. >> would it be erroneous -- pompeo: you should not assume that any question has any merit. if you hypothesize something and i refuse to tell you what is in it, you should assume i am simply refusing to tell you what is in it and do not draw negative conclusions. there is going to

are crypto commodities and securities and how will the sec regulate icos. we'll get answers and head over to new york city and bob pisani is there and he'll sit down with redfearn take it away, b. >> thanks much fred, we've gene each other many years and this is our first dict andarketing of the sec. let's pick up on the bitcoin issue. he made it very clear that he was supportive of the concept of the block chai not going to change the security to suit anybody's interest and when can we expect clarification on interests, for example, are ico securities and alt currencies and alt coins like ripple and ether securities, as well. give us some idea of when we might be able to get clarification. >> one thing i've realized when looking at these issues is that it's not as obvious as you would think, right we've had a number of different products that we've looked at and we created this test where people look at the different characterio determine it's a security and qufrany, want all of them are obvious on its face exactly where it is. i think that there will be m

sec. pompeo: will all are in the book i will orders with you to describe the a wall path forward as we see it. you refer to the 12 structural andyou refer to the 12 structural changes we helped the iranian leadership hope to undertake. the think anything we asked belgium and others. you are belgium and others. sen. leahy: i don't dispute that mr. secretary. but they have rejected them. what do we do? sec. pompeo: we put pressure on them in the same way that other countries prevent -- present rex -- risks. we have allies across the gulf states. you are with allies in other parts of the world. or we will be meeting at the political minister level a week from today. i will be meeting with my board member counterparts to develop a is a government held member counterparts to develop a path 112 one hundred and forward. forward. sen. leahy: was mr. netanyahu 12 right that they were only bristow group gold resource pursuant to work on right that they were only health alert. report and have in cuba

we've had the head of the sec on the head of training and now the chief policymaker on bit coin the secrly moving to clarify exactly what their positions are. >> a lot has happened in just the past couple of weeks bob, thank you >>> going back to -- i don't know where you want to start because there's so many things that are very important about what the sec said today that clears the way for, let's say, ether, right, to have futures. >> so that's where we, you know, the issue at the conference was clearing one of the issues they had on the issues. if you're an investment director at a pension fund or endowment, over last year you thought about allocating to the space and the first thing you say is what if this thing is really an unregistered security? well, i better not invest in it. this is really big news. it's a green light for crypto currency it's a green light for crypto assets as an asset class how many times have i stood up at the smart board this year and said what's hurting bit coin, what's hurt ether, regulatory and clarity. we have clarity now. it's very clear when they're s

there is a lot going on at the sec. there is a human capital disclosure campaign, a idea to boost workforce disclosure to align the long-term interest investors. there are other exciting ideas about workers and employee ownership. of course the sec covers a wide range of policy issues from accounting standards happening in the uk, all the way over to financial stability. we recently took a vote. can you spend a minute or two setting out your vision for the broader agenda? if you could say a few words about what you think of the priorities and the potential concerns that you are coming into this job bringing? >> i will say two things: the first is the sec over the last few years have been sort of captured. and i do not mean that in the standard industry fence, that all that stands between us and better markets if cutting red tape. that is the answer to the problem with ipos, with market structure, that is the answer to all that plagues us in corporate america. i understand why that is a powerful political method, but i a

[applause] sec. thank you. thank you, ralph. we want to thank you for your leadership over the years for faith and freedom. let's give ralph a tremendous round of applause. [applause] it is a great pleasure to be here today. with friends who share a vision for our country that protects and promotes safe, freedom, family, and opportunity. stonesave been the touch of my life and my career. these are the values that motivated my parents to move america whento ralph mentioned, i was eight years old. opportunityom, and are not abstract concepts for those whhave experienced life without them. family to facey the challenges of being in a new land, learning a new language and a new culture with optimism, hope, and confidence. when we arrived in america, we did not know anybody. it was our local church that comfort and gave us advice on how to maneuver through everyday life. really simple things such as where to go to find a grocery store. where to go to find a basic necessity of life. fellow church members a

sec. sanders: the president did take a number of questions as i'm sure you're are all aware on friday in which what he actually very closely mirrored what the first lady said. he said he hates seeing this and called on congress, democrats in congress to work with him and fix the problem. the president is in trying to kick the can down the road, he's trying to get real solutions and fix the problem. i will take your question. >> why did you decide to have secretary nielsen answer questions instead of you? >> i thought it was important for the secretary, one of the primary experts on the process, too, here and have a chance to speak to you. for you to be able to ask questions directly of for and the leaders in this administration. but i am standing here in front of you. >> will the president signed a bill that does not include border funding if it did include closing the loophole secretary nielsen talked about? does he require an entire bill with the $25 billion? we have laid out what we wou

sec teed up a number of current -- different bands consideration. put as to make sure we much spectrum out there for every wireless entrepreneur to be able to use. in addition to the high-end spectrum we are looking at mid-band and low band spectrum. this would enable the next generation of entrepreneurs to experiment, what is the next great unlicensed technology like wi-fi? we're confident people will be able to figure it out if we set the table for it. kim hart: how do you balance the need to make sure that we are, that the u.s. is staying had in -- staying ahead in terms of 5g development and pulling out of -- rolling out of the next generation networks, along with other huge priority which is closing the digital divide, considering a huge swath of the country barely has 2g and 3g. how do you balance where the resources go between the future of the internet and making sure that we are keeping up with china and south korea versus the ones who are still trying to get the things we take for granted everyday? ajit pai: is a great question. it is part

sec. grassley: mr. masterson, in march congress approved millions to safeguard american voting systems. her is a patient offered by the department to states is voluntary. it depends entirely on cooperation of state and local governments. two parts to this question. collaborative effort and cooperation are you receiving from individual secretaries of state? maybe, let me add the second does it compare to cooperation received in previous elections? mr. masterson: thank you, mr. chairman. andlevel of collaboration cooperation is fantastic. it is at a high level. we are engaged with the most every state in some way.we share information with all 50 states , should we need to, with points of contact available. secretaries are appropriately skeptical of federal roles in the space, so it is incumbent to engage so they see the value of services and information we are providing and respect for our role in the process. sec. grassley: i do not think you touched on the comparison with previous -- maybe

sec.is clearly within their power to make the laws and change the laws. they should do so. yes. >> have you seen the photos of children in cages? at a heard clips of these children wailing? i have not seen anything that came out today, but i have been to detention centers, and i direct you to the standards, the care provided not just by the department of homeland security but by the health and human services when i get to dhhs. >> is that the image you want out -- sec. nielsen: the image is one of this country is an image that's appears our borders and upholds our ideals. congress needs to fix it. >> i want to give you a chance to respond to laura bush's pop that. -- op-ed. the current first lady, melania trump, has says "we should be a nation of laws, but we should do so with heart." do you have anything you want to tell them? is there a misunderstanding, or do you believe any component of this problem, you are using in a way that is more intense and creates the separation? wouldielsen: m

it isn't just the denials by sarah sanders and sec low.even in the admission they say it is a short but accurate statement which is itself a fundamental falsehood. they can't help themselves with this stuff. >> it's a lie. his lawyer lied repeatedly to the american people. unless the president flat-out lied to him, which is possible someone is lying there. i said forget for a moment it is about this meeting. this is dishonesty about something that is crucial to the entire investigation. the trump tower meeting where they were promised dirt on hillary clinton. they are telling lies about that crucial meeting. >> right. if you're a special prosecutor looking into this, you would like to question the president about the the circumstances of the meeting, what he knew, what he didn't know. given the lies surrounding it, it becomes something that you grow even more suspicious about. and we don't know, as you say, there's hope hicks. there's lots of other people that worked in the white house who could shed light on what the president knew, what

sec. we want it to be fairer and more reciprocal. reciprocity is an important key note to our trade policy. the question is, how do you get there? the only way we are going to get foreign countries to lower their inordinate barriers is by making it more painful for them to continue those practices then continue them. game thatout an end really is free, fair, and reciprocal trade. it is not about trying to make money out of tariffs, that is not really the end game here at all. we need something to induce changes in their behavior and it is already happening. in steel and aluminum, once we put our tariffs on, suddenly europe is taking safeguard measures all over the place to protect their border. they were not doing that before on.ut the tariffs japan had never had a trade enforcement group in their government agency. now they have a 20-person trade enforcement group. we are going to fix the problem of protectionism around the world and we are going to fix it by making it more painful for th

homeland security sec or tear kirsten nielsen forced out of a restaurant as well, and a mob gathered at her private home. trump adviser steven miller at a restaurant, his meal interrupted by shouts of fascist. and then there's maxine waters putting the icing on the leftist cake. trump's people, she told msnbc, they're not going to be able to go to a restaurant, they're not going to be able to stop at a gas station, they're not going to be able to shop at a department store. the people are going to turn on them. this is a new level of harassment. it is hatred raining down on conservatives when they appear in public. to say it's gone too far is a wild understatement. it shouldn't be happening at all. democracies settle political disputes with debate and votes. the angry confrontation of public officials brings us very close to civil strife. that's not good. it's the left that's doing this. petulantve hillary's loss, they've launched a hunt -- a hate trump campaign.

did stop and not responsive think about the difference between the company. >> immaculate about the sec as a group or how does this group with this unified code what others recommendation? you make if you're asking me that it would be no different than what we now have four other ads that are political than what we now have four other ads that are political the fec but i do have concerns not even if the sec were completely functional but it would be difficult to be organized with those newsgroup and others to determine what is actually behind the campaign and those that are placing things on the internet improperly and i have suggested in the past group working with the sec that is part of the treasury transactions to see who is behind that. >> a of these measures are reactionary from the past and those to be more proactive? make there is a whole suite of things i recommend that we do. and it goes well beyond the financing a and some of that is stepping up our own messaging with the affirmative content so that russian tactics filling the void to ensure the united states has a clear perm

they don't plan on blocking or throttling or creating fast lanes with the sec transparency rules. they do enter some sort of business arrangement or offer a new bundle or service that changes the way consumers get content or bundle come how to see the data with pay for it would have to disclose that. ajit pai: absolutely. if you don't do that it is a violation pic in addition if it's an ethic of infringement the ftc has brought authority on an fair and deceptive trade practice authority or unfair authority. the new chairman of the ftc has did before congress inhering in which i testified as well that he is willing to determine to do just that. kim hart: do you intend, do you think the sec and ftc will work closely together to try to figure out if the company is transparent with you guys and therefore compliant with the fcc but the ftc may have considered what that means for consumers and competition landscape come you guys work together on. ajit pai: not only will we, but we are. we have a memorandum of understanding with sign that i spoken to chairman simons about the need to sha

i am all for older women talking about their sex lives and having sec, that is fine, but here, itjusttheir sex lives and having sec, that is fine, but here, it just felt that none of these people were real at all, or got themselves into real situations, that might be construed at comic. and it is a waste of talent which is a shame. shame. i would like your mum to review the film. take us through something you enjoyed more. yes this is a sexy french thriller which is how i like them. it is called l'amant double. we are au fait with these we don't need to translate them. it is about a young woman called chloe who works in an art gallery who goes to see an psychiatrist who get rid of an existential pain she has, her psychiatrist falls in love with her so psychiatrist falls in love with her so he can't treat her, so he sends her to another one who looks a bit like him, could it be his evil twin brother? does he give out a different treatment to chloe. i hope people are keeping up. it not easy to keep up, you think what has just happened. some of it is saucy, i take... ilike happened. some

sec. nuland: thank you, chairman burr, vice chairman warner, members of the committee. opportunity toe appear before you today to tocuss the policy responses russian malign influence in u.s. politics. a citizen and veteran of the diplomatic service and regular action, i wantan you for your pursuing 2018nvolve ment in the elections. when i testify before you in session last summer, i put forward a number of recommendations regarding how government could organize itself and work with the private sector to expose, defeat this threat to our national security and democracy. rather than going backwards into history, i'm going to focus my remarks on what we can do. the ideas, many of that i put forward a year ago, publicly byvocated others, including the atlanta council, alliance for securing democracy, german marshall fund, cter, at harvard and theminority report at sete relations committee. effortsas not stopped to spread false narratives. there's every reason to believe the kremlin will again

sec. azar: we take the obligation of taking care of children very seriously. these the outplacement of minor children we receive that are separated only because their parents have separated -- cross the border illegally. any parent to gets arrested, your child is taken away. we do keep in touch with the parents. that they are released from detention, 50% of the children end up with them. >> i am asking you because the shelter beds are nearing capacity. there is nowhere to put them. what is the plan? i don't have time for you to answer that. let me focus on prescription drug prices. since the inception of medicare part d, democrats and some republicans have supported using government buying power to support lowering drug prices for seniors. a majority of people in the country support that along with experts. many of my colleagues on the other side and drug companies do not. i was surprised that psident trump campaigned on allowing negotiations. a ways blueprint included to negotiate prices?

department of homeland security sec.neilsen told reporters the bush and obama administrations separated families as well but at a lower rate leading to backlash online. hattie on twitter says what else is new? we had enough of obama and doing his mess, his hard work. obama had eight years to fix the immigration problem and only made it worse, had to turn away illegals you invited. no news on how they separate families, jay johnson served as homeland security sec. for obama, would not separate children from their parents. there is a discrepancy there. shannon: there have been reports and documentation, and into the country in a different area, and deported. a very emotional issue. the man who created database, personal information on ice agents. >> a dangerous situation, a web developer who claims to be an adjunct nyu professor created a database of the names of 1500 ice agents, took to twitter saying this, i scraped linkedin for people who work with ice. where he posted that information, later took it down. fox news reac

my goal going for is the light touch approach of the sec once but much more infrastructure investment, to get more people on the right side of the digital divide. there's many millions of americans who don't have access at all or have insufficient competition. we want to change that to make sure every american has digital opportunity. we also want consumers to be protected both through a transparency rule that requires every internet service provider big or small to disclose its business practices and with aggressive federal trade commission enforcement that will target any actor that is behaving in an anti-competitively. that approach served us well for about 20 years. we are confident the internet will be better than ever. kim hart: a lot of, pretty much the major internet providers have said they also believe in net utrali. they don't plan on blocking or throttling or creating fast lanes. if they do offer a new bundle or service that changes the way consumers get content or how they receive data, they would have to disclose that. ajit pai: absolutely. if they do not do that, it is

sec says the second-most valuable cryptocurrency is not a security. research for crypto research. how do youus peter, determine whether or not this is a security and why is this important for investors? peter: thanks for having me. you determine if it is for security and buy it, we are talking about any kind of open block token i am presuming, there is a flexible court determined standard called the howie test. .et the meet the four prompots it is reliance on the efforts of a third party promoter. you look at all of these things out and crypto land whether it is bitcoin or whatever and you see and you ask, was there a ommon enterprise, etc. that may be unsatisfying to some of your viewers and lawyers because that is a flexible standard. you do not get a clear answer. it is a court applied standard. the news today which came from -- the head of the division of corporate finance which sets policy here -- was really key. it gave us insight into how they view that test. sec has previously signaled that it did not consider bitcoin a security either. that i

s on to activists ambushing the homeland security sec.. welcome to fox news at night. donald trump seemingly reversing course by signing an executive order aimed at keeping illegal going again families together but he said the move must be matched by congressional actions. we are looking to answer key questions, is this a truly compassionate act? did the administration fail to predict the negative optics of 0-tolerance? of the policy do what he wants to do? stay tough on illegal immigration? we have team coverage tonight. mike tobin is where thousands were cheering, kristin fisher with the latest on the connection of the author of the trump dossier and obama state department and we begin with it henry on the family separation debate. >> donald trump back in campaign mode at the big rally in minnesota talking about cracking down on illegal immigration, a big plus for republicans in the midterms, stephen miller indicated he wanted to roll out tough border security measures to rally their base. on the other side senate democratic leader chuck schumer says he wants to help

round of golf, that's probably just a good old golf membership >> you and jay clayton, head of the sec that you are not going to change the definition of securities laws to fit this new technology. win of the points you made in the speech was the concern about the fraud that was out there in this space are you seeing significant fraud? >> we do see cases where people are trying to repackage an investment opportunity as a coin or a token in saying that somehow because it's labeled that way, it's not an investment security, and in many cases, we have seen people doing that, where the underlying enterprise is not a solid investment opportunity. it's been misrepresented soaged up this way. on the other hand, there's promise in the ledger technology and block chain technology, and we meet frequently within the parties here trying to do something innovative, trying to help them navigate this. >> could be -- glad the sec is not coming for my book club at this point >> it might in the future, though >> don't joke, bob thank you very much. ether up 9%. >> this mystery mover raised fees, the sto

sec. pompeo: our two countries face of pivotal moment in our relationship in which it could be nothing short of tragic to let the opportunity go to waste. jane: the russian reporter who faked his own death tells the bbc why he felt there was no other choice. and unexpected terrain on pluto. how the dwarf planet shares features similar to those here on earth. jane: welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. for the past two days, the u.s. secretary of state has been huddled with one of president kim jong-un's closest aides in new york, trying to hammer out an understanding ahead of a proposed summit next month. mike pompeo says real progress has been made and it would be a tragedy if the opportunity went to waste. but he still won't commit to a date. from new york, the bbc's nick bryant has been following all of the developments. nick: the kim summit dominated new york tabloids this morning, although this one involved a kardashian rather than a korean. star

sec.ot get into any of the details. i can only say this. we are prepared to take what will be security assurances that will be unique from what america has been willing to provide previously. we think this is necessary and appropriate. >> wouldn't be erroneous to assume that is not in the table? sec. pompeo: you should not assume that because of the details i give that any question has merit. isi refuse to tell you what in it, you should refuse i am simply refusing to tell you what is in it and not draw any conclusions. there is going to be a lot of work left to do. there is a lot of detail to be provided. we will not conduct these negotiations in the open with the media. we will conduct them between the two parties so we have an opportunity for real success. >> we hear what the u.s. expects from the north. [indiscernible] sec. pompeo: i think the first part of your question is the same question major garrett asked. what one side or the other may be prepared to do. i'm not going to speak t