adler: yes.ded one day, i suggested that -- it was terrible, they have electric wire fences, we had decided to go in touch it. just so we can die. somebody had done that before us. i saw the guy who done it before. they came in to kick the guy and see if he was dead. i told his other fellow, it's stupid here. they beat you even after you are dead. maybe we ought to try, maybe we will make it. that's what we decided not to commit suicide. to stick it out. we did, and it seemed to be, i remember seeing people going to work and very seldom was i picked for one of these labor details. the way it finally came about after several weeks that i was there. i was in one place, it was a workgroup that turned out was over 1000 people. they were carrying rocks. after several hours of work, they counted off a group of people for some reason, and they picked out -- first before they started to count they picked out some people and put them aside. i was one of the ones they picked out. they counted off, which i

adler: a few months. i must have been there at least two months because they took us on trucks to czechoslovakia, to prague. i had to go out steps and i had trouble walking the steps. my legs hurt. it was very difficult. i had gained back some strength by that time already. you spend a few days there. we used to ride the trains because we did not bother with tickets. it was a free for all. trains were moving or they did not move. they would stop for two days sometimes rate of -- sometimes. i used to look up and go back to my hometown. the best way to travel was to hook up with a russian military train going in the vicinity. it's a a a long time to get home -- it took me a long time to get home. i was trying to go back to my own town. guys were more able physically -- rumor mills, and you can go here, did you see so-and-so what did you know? we were going back. after several weeks -- it was a very tedious and long trip. you are moving. the train could stop for no reason and stay there. the next train could

adler points out that in his words, function and environment determine form. what he means by environment is not climate, he meets environment in terms of the kind of context in which holdings happen. -- buildings happen. in particular, adler thinks about the available materials and techniques that one has to build with. so a skyscraper in roman times a five-story apartment house is going to be determined in large part by the dialogue between the function of piling floors on top of one another and the available material, relatively simple brick. a skyscraper built in the late 19th century, when there is iron when there is glass, when there are elevators in particular, will look very , very different. in chicago in particular, we see a robust example of this negotiation between a function and this palliative material that adler is talking about. the skyscraper is pretty much an american phenomenon. there are precedents, of course. there are tall commercial buildings in britain, we will look at mill construction. in particular. it is the real estate speculation

i think also there is a sense that we can look at adler, to close out with him. he wrote that being an architect in chicago at this time, the architect is not only an artist or engineer, but a man of science and affairs. these buildings are all embedded in the economics, the industry the labor, politics, in the technology, etc. of the day. they respond quickly to technological change. they respond quickly to political change. two industrial change. all of these talk about buildings, but buildings in a larger sense as being directly connected to all of these influences. as a result, when we look at the history of these buildings in chicago, or the point of the course, looking at any large building at any moment, what we see is a snapshot of all of these influences around and rather than read future generations in these buildings, we can also read that time, that moment, and find out about what the city was like and the country was like in and around it. what the economy was like, the politics, laborer at -- labor relations, etc.. buildings are more than style, the

i'd like to thank chairman kai and adler and buerkle for their statements today. the rov in-depth examination act and open rov rule making that has garnished substantial bipartisan for both sides of the capital. difficult budget decisions are being made across the government and it's critical that agencies are held accountable. particular concern about the role of sound, scientific principles at the commission, the interaction between the commission and regulated industries, the rule-making agenda and the execution of congressional mandates for third-party burden reduction and the continued request for new authority to impose user fees. there is a fundamental constitutional issue with moving the power of the purse from congress to a regulatory agency with no experience in dispersing fees. a wide range of open agenda items at the commission require significant scientific evaluation and testing to nano technology to window curves to recreational off-road vehicles. the commission has a capacity to base its decision on supportable scientific findings and for an agency

adler and sullivan designed the stock exchange, first to be permitted under the new code. they tried to play the game of the bay windows. bringing in a borrowed light from the street. but they are forced to space them so widely apart that they have to come up with another way to bring light into the building in between. here you see some early examples of what would become to known as the chicago window. a piece of glass and iron ore framing that expands as far as possible to fill the void of the column bay. it has a fixed, six foot by six foot panel that is fixed glass then a double hung windows on either side for ventilation. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015]

commissioner robert adler, and we welcome you to the subcommittee. commission and maria buerkle thank you, it's good to see it again, give me confidence there's an afterlife, and commission joseph mohorovic thank you so much for your attendance today. we are honored to all of you today. chairman kaye, we will begin you will begin angel recognized for five minutes. >> good morning chairman and dr. burgess ranking member schakowsky out and members of the subcommittee. thank you for the invitation to come speak about the work of the united states consumer product safety commission and our proposed budget for fiscal year 2016. i am pleased to be joined by my friends and colleagues from the commission, commissioner adler, commissioner buerkle and commissioner mohorovic. our vital health and safety mission touches us all in some way every day. from the parents of the baby a gently moves his or her child throughout the day from crib to baby bouncer to stroller and back again to the crib or the self-employed millennial who want a warm spring day relies on. r

commissioner robert adler and we welcome you, sir, to the subcommittee.commissioner ann marie buerkle. good to see you again. you give me confidence there's an afterlife. commissioner joseph p. thank you for being here today. chairman kaye, you'll begin the first panel. you're recognized for five minutes for purposes of an opening statement, please. >> good morning, chairman burgess and schakowsky and members of the subcommittee. thank you for the invitation to come speak about the work of the united states consumer product safety commission and our proposed budget for fiscal year 2016. i am pleased to be joined by my friends and colleagues from the commission. commissioners adler, buerkle and moharovik. i bring regrets for commissioner robinson. the vital health and safety commission touches us all in some way every day. from the parents of the baby who gently moves his or her from crib to baby bouncer to stroller and back to the crib where the self-employed millennial who on a warm spring day relies on a room fan to stay cool and extension cord to power

i want to look down the table to trip adler. i imagine this is music to your ears. i think you also see that there may be weakness to amazon and i would love to hear your thoughts on that and bring us back a little bit as part of the day at that amazon has that is so enormous that it is sharing with no one and how that plays into amazon's future. >> definitely agree with some of the things that were said about amazon in that the whole idea that this one big store that appeals to every single vehicle of commerce make the little thin and there are opportunities for retailers who are attacking certain niches of the market in more specific ways to be able to compete with amazon. .. and around working in with the book with this description model but can offer a subscription service different from an amazon has been able to with kindle unlimited. amazon has a lot of data on books. we also generate a lot of data on books and use that to deliver unique personalized reading force depends. we take all the data used to read and authorize a personal experience with the more you

former belgian premier, guy vahofstad around the head of the swedish taxing authority, eva lipscomb adler. >> that one is transparent and above all it gratifies is reason why certain names are on the list. >> reporter: the russian foreign ministry has confirmed the travel ban was imposed in response to eu sanctions and similar to those imposed by russians. since then at least 6200 people have died in eastern ukraine. caroline malone, al jazeera. >> the united nations special.envoy for syria has strongly condemned the death from barrel bombs dropped in aleppo. >>> while in iraq, fighters from islamic state of iraq and the levant have lost a string of attacks, eight suicide car bombs, and killing at least 20 soldiers happening east of fallujah. >>> in yemen more feaf fighting fighting in ta'izz, and along the border with saudi arabia, a saudi rebel guard killed and seven others wounded by houthi shelling. >>> in other developments houthi rebels are taking part in talks in oman. ha hashem ahelbarra is here with us. hashem. >> to negotiate a political settlement the u.n. was of the view that

there is also the former guy bostad and swedish tax authority minister eva lindstrom adler. >> what we understand is it's some kind of response to the eu's list. it gives the reason why certain names are on the list. >> reporter: it's believed the list was drawn up introduced after russia took control of crimea last march. since then, 6200 people have died in eastern ukraine. caroline malone, al jazeera. >> still ahead the need for life's most are precious resoces plus. >> behind me is a person carrying on a transition of mississippi blues music where does this music go from here? here? . >> did welcome back. let's recap our headlines here on al jazeera now . schools have reopened in nepal a month after the devastating earthquake killed more than 8,000 people. most children will now be taught outdoors. the european union has confirmed that the travel ban for 89 minister are arbitrary and unjustified. one of the officials is nick klegg. monsoon rains are on the way but parts of india are still sweltering. liddy dutt is reporting from the section where 125 people have died. >> reporter:

peter adler. peter, miss katherine glendenning. am the patron of a foundling home, miss glendenning. moray is hoping we will be able to find room for his unexpected guest. the ladies' wear department, in which miss audrey is queen. he is florence nightingale in pantaloons. the man is a genius. i think i could do anything i set my mind to. really? anything? what is there to stop me? audrey: denise, denise, denise. your niece and her ideas will be the death of me in the end. but the end has not yet come. captioning sponsored by viewers like you

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congressman jerry adler coauthored the u.s. freedom act. and i asked him what led to the standoff. >> we have this unacceptable mess with surveillance, and we want to stop it. the house after two years passed a very good bill. one of the authors of it. and it basically was the u.s. freedom act. many things that i don't agree with but we have a very good bill. senator leahy introduced the same bill in the senate. and senator mcconnell -- they want to renew it for five years, and of course the section that was misinterpreted to authors most of the surveillancix spires may 30th 30th. may 31st. 10 the senator called a filibuster in an attempt to extend it. and the house is not going to vote to extend it by a day or an hour. >> 10 no extensions. not a day or a week. >> 24th -- they are going to come in on sunday either to adopt the u.s. freedom act or let it expire >> so we're talking about three provisions that would expire that are key here. >> one 1 key and two of them aren't. but the section 215, it was misinterpreted the courts were misinte

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my colleague commissioner adler, this is his project. i don't mean to pass about because this is not a priority of mine nor do i think it should be a priority agency. the pakistan concerns i have tremendous concerns. it's not a project quite frankly there should be a priority of the agency right now. >> you recently stated for mr. mr. pompeo the fall basis for cap recommendation to the bad of the most widely used chemicals was a cumulative risk offense meant which bound the majority citizens recommendation and associated with the chemicals was from another chemical deh v. can you explain concerns for using such regulatory determination. >> thank you. the whole proposed rule is that the great concern to me. it has been a concern since the chap issued its report because i believe the report should have been subject to public peer review at that point. from that point on the system and the whole process had been flawed. the cumulative risk assessment you are talking about is one of my concerns in that the process he used that is not well ac

quite frankly and quite honestly, my colleague, commissioner adler, this is his pet project. and i don't mean to pass the buck because this is not a priority of mine nor do i think it should be a priority of the agency. but to your point about the patents and the concerns about that, i have tremendous concerns about that. but it's not a project, quite frankly, that i think should be a priority of the agency right now. >> i have one more question. you recently stated that the sole basis for chap's recommendation to the ban of most widely used chemicals was a cumulative risk assessment which found that the majority i guess of citizens advisory panel recommendation which found that the majority of the risk associated with these chemicals was from another chemical, dehp. can you explain concerns for using cumulative risk assessment as a basis for such regulatory determination? >> thank you. the chap of course is the proposed rule is of great concern to me. it has been of concern to me since the chap issued its report because i believe the chap report should have been a public --

quite frankly, quite honestly, my colleague commissioner adler, this is his pet project and i don't mean to pass the buck because this is not a priority of mine nor do i think it should be a priority of the agency, to your point about patents and concerns about that i have tremendous concerns about that. but it is not a project quite frankly that i think should be a priority of the agency now. >> i have one more question. you recently stated that the sole basis for recommendation to the ban of most widely used chemicals was cumulative risk assessment which found the majority of citizens advisory panel recommendation which found the majority of risk associated with chemicals was from another chemical, dehp. can you explain concerns for using cumulative risk assessment as a basis for such regulatory determination? >> thank you. the chap and the proposed rule is of great concern to me has been of concern to me since the chap issued its report because i believe the chap report should have been a public -- should have been subject to public peer review at that point. from that point onto me t

well, the deal is less than what activist engine capital and head fudge red adler suggested ann was wortht is still a $21% premium to friday's closing price. there had been some spec thags a the largest shareholder, which owns 9.5% would take the retailer private. of course that didn't happen. both boards approved 9 deal expected to close in the second half of the deal as ascena's $1r50 within three years, as well as quote, significant accretion to earnings and in excess of 20% thereafter. and ascena retail group may not be a household natures, but the brands likely are s ascena has 3900 stores currently. the acquisition is nearly as large as ascena's current mark cap and brings annual sales to 7.3 billion from 4.8 billion. ann has struggled recently as lower-priced fashion retailers have taken market share. it's had to promote heavily to compete. ann taylor and loft will be the highest price points in ascena's portfolio. jeffrey's analyst points to this deal saying this illustrates an ongoing potential for m & a activity in the aparity space. he specifically calls out chico's, guess and

i wouldn't name a company, i can't name a company at this point, but commissioner adler last week during public meeting we had when this topic came up had a phenomenal suggestion, asked staff to spend a few months collecting this data and reporting back to the commission to see whether or not this is a real issue and to commissioner buerkle's point, we are data driven that will be a useful exercise. we will all be curious to see it. >> if you're going to throw out the entire system it is data driven. with that, thank you all for being here. i yield back. >> the chair recognizes the gentleman from oklahoma mr. mullen, five minutes for questions. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you to the commissioners for taking time to be here. i know you guys have a very busy schedule too, any time you have to come to the hill you have to be thrilled about that, right? but we are all held accountable for statements that are made and sometimes when you're sitting in a position chairman, that you sit in your agency carries a pretty big stick and statements can be devastating to people that are producing