that they have been doing in albuquerque, new mexico, for an annual balloon festival. eone view of that new bridge. maybe someone has done that already. but this is quite a skyline shot. much of it takes place over the desert in new mexico so you get that kind of stark contrast between these creative, imaginative designs and the landscape below. and lots of these are sponsored by commercial companies who will be desperately hoping that there is end up on the front of the local papers. and you also get lots of cartoon characters. anyone here who goes to the international balloon fiesta in the still will note all about these spectacular sights. —— in bristol. so, there we are. one of those cartoon characters i was topping about. he albuquerque, new mexico, balloon fiesta. and that's more celebrations from the ground earlier today, before the mass of sensitive place. that looks to me like maybe can't duck tour, something to stop —— contract till. but now, if only had a blimp i could flood across the newsroom! we do that but we can simulate the effect as we head up towards

cross over to doug bandow a senior fellow with the cattle institute joins me now live from albuquerque new mexico in the us good to have you with a song on the program so it's still very unclear who is or is not bound so when it is revealed come we expect more court proceedings. going to middle eastern countries where there is at least some argument. or internal dissension but we don't know what that list is going to be and until we do know it's arguable you would oppose the vetting procedure pouty comes with its own critics with more information required to be submitted for the oath or a tease from those applying for asylum is this sort of a legal way for the u.s. to maintain a ban on refugees or circumvent the thoughts of what the white house actually want at the moment although you know the president was very critical of you know muslim immigration and i think they have looked at europe and the at least receipt the potential threat of terror. they haven't seen that in the past but the way they're writing this it looks to me like they're trying to make. they've lost their battles on their earli

gadi schwartz, nbc news, albuquerque, new mexico. >> starting our weekend with a lift. ate you spending part of your evening with us. that's "nightly news" for this friday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good nightt now: >>> emergency is not over. and we continue to work at it but we are seeing some great progress. we are still at it full tilt and will get ahead of the flames. >>> it's just so unfortunate. >>> we understand that lives have been change forever. we're going to get through this, however. >>> the news at 6:00 starts right now. good evening everyone and thanks for joining us on this friday. janelle wang sitting in for jessica aguirre. >> raj mathai. within the past hour a red flag warning has been issued. even more danger in the multiple fire zones. we are also standing by, about to hear from the sheriff of sonoma county with key updates. let's start with the latest. the death toll has risen to 35. more than half of victims are sonoma county. now the most recent evacuation order was issued late today near healdsbu

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. >> guest: i went to high school in albuquerque new mexico and my folks still live there so i have a great fondness for new mexico. i want to note again, this caller,th what we are talking about here is not the posting or any of the interaction on facebook or any of the intelligence levels of the american people. what we are talking about is saying we have online paid political advertising. hohow do you use the appropriate standards so that the paid political advertising is treated in a very similar way to play paid political advertising is treated on television and radio and some degree of their public media? that is a fairly narrow question, and i would also say some of the a opposite of what you're saying. we are actually saying if you haveve disclosure and have the information as an american, we are smart enough to make up our own minde when we have the information, so this is a tool to provide that information and to ensure fo foreign entities ae not paying for the ad. there is a report, i heard several people now talk about this on the hill, the $100,000 that was spent that sho

. >> meredith mcgee hee is talkin about this effort, debbie in albuquerque, new mexico, hi there. >>. >> caller: i haven't called in in a long time but the idea was everybody stood back and make z zukerburg, now you come along and say, well, anybody can post on it. anything they want, and you're mad because uneducated people believe this. so you're going to regulate facebook because people aren't educated enough to say, gee, maybe this isn't true? that's your logic behind this instead of bolstering education so people look at other sources, i'm on facebook. the idea that i would get my news on facebook, i find hysterical. i see people post all sorts of stuff and i get a kick out of it. but the idea that you're upset because america isn't smart enough to figure out maybe this isn't real so you're going to regulate a public slam book called facebook because you don't like the way things turned out because basically as a country we're not that smart anymore. >> got you, debbie. we'll let our guest respond. >> first of all, i want to say hello because i went to high school in albuquerque.

gadi schwartz, nbc news, albuquerque, new mexico. >> starting our weekend with a lift. reciate you spending part of your evening with us. that's "nightly news" for this friday night. i'm lester holt. uor all of ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> arguably the world's most influential woman, oprah's words for weinstein, and his horrific abuse of power. >>> one of the first to call him out now rose mcgowan claims weinstein raped her. could he end up in prison? >> no statue of limitation for the crime of rape in

tight lipped at this point but we do know this is in connection to the west mesa murders in albuquerque, new mexico the target of the search warrant was a local photographer who had been in albuquerque during the 2004 balloon fiesta. but police think it wasn't just the balloons he was photographing. 2004 is when almost all of the women found on the west mesa disappeared. >> he's a photographer so he's going to have close contact with these people. whatever else draws that connection to him. >> it was intended to be a low key search of the man's home and offices. but it didn't turn out that way. >> it gathered a lot of attention because we had to utalize the fbi. we had to utilize the police department and one of the locations that was searched was right next door to the newspaper. if that same individual was in albuquerque, the media wouldn't have known about it. >> they searched this home. >> is he a suspect? >> no. i wouldn't say he's a suspect. just an individual that came to our attention that we had to follow through. >> so this guy takes photographs of the part of town that you're sort of loo

new fighter jets at kirtland air force base in albuquerque, establishing the petro cliff national monument, forming the hispanic cultural center and museum in albuquerque, pete domenici identified new mexico's needs and came up with solutions. he and nancy had a special passion for people who lived with -- live with mental illness. born from his own family's experience, this was something that he and i talked a lot about and that our two families shared. he worked across the aisle for many years to achieve pair di and -- parity it mental health care and medical services. any family who experiences serious mental illness understands the two should be treated the same and that adequate mental health care is absolutely necessary. in 2008 congress passed the paul wellstone and pete domenici mental health parity and addiction equity act. that federal law means that millions of persons with mental illness and substance abuse disorders have better access to the care they really need. senator domenici spoke passionately and personally about mental health. he also did so on immigration. his mother originally immigrated to the united states illegally. during world war ii she was taken in a raid aimed

we're from albuquerque, new mexico. we are actually headed back home right now. >> we are so glad you're fine. your daughter is fine. you're heading home now. i know you ran out with her. you were yelling at anyone in a car and truck to help us get out of here. what can you say about what it was like as a mother with your teenage daughter and then this? >> it was horrific. you don't know what you're going to do in a situation until you're put in it. i really just try to. keep as calm as i can to get us out of there safely. when we did reach the parking lot finally, i saw these two women. i said, please, please, can you help us? can you get us out of here. thank god they were nice. they were so wonderful. they were our god send. they saved us tonight. >> so many stories of people stepping up. i'm sure that your daughter and you both took care of each other in this. how did you try to keep things calm and get to safety quickly? >> at first, we heard the first shots go off. everybody around us even thought they were firewo

four years since he had left his family, including his young daughter to his hometown of albuquerque, new mexicoin 2006 the albuquerque journal wrote an article on the missing mechanic and father. the cold case which had been virtually dead for years was suddenly picking up steam. reporter jeff procter. >> it triggered some tips to the police department, and it got people, you know, talking about this as something other than a husband who had walked off on his family. >> for the first time albuquerque police were publicly calling the case a homicide investigation. that caught the attention of a man named frank. >> he said i'm the one that led -- if you think she's a suspect in this, i don't want my family in danger, so i want to turn the gun over to you. >> frank was retired military. a straight by the book guy who had befriended ellen snyder when they worked together in 2001. >> she was telling people that he yells at her all the time. >> it was christmas 2001. ellen says the daily fighting in the snyder home had escalated. mike's multiple sclerosis had grown progressively worse, and with it so

guest: first of all, i want to say hello, i went to high school albuquerque, new mexico, my folks arere. i have great fondness for the of new mexico, land of enchantment. caller, o note for this that what we're talking about here is not the posting or any facebook teractions on or any intelligence level of the american people. paid political advertise suggest toated in a very similar way the way paid political advertising is treated on to someon and radio and degree other public media that narrow question and it is actually to the caller, somewhat the opposite of what you are saying. we're actually saying if you have disclosure and you have the the mation as an american, american public, smart enough to make up their own minds when information. this is a tool to provide that information, a tool to ensure entities are not paying for ads. report, i've s a heard several people now talk the up on the hill, the $100,000 spent on ads on was rubles, that should be a tell-tale sign of the ads. caller, i'm agreeing with you in that, give the american people he information, make sure it's accur

they're doing it at the actual house in albuquerque, new mexico. the homeowners had enough.ing cheese pizzas on to their roof. >> they should stand on the roof and catch them. dinner served. >> seemed like a good idea when they gave permission to film there. maybe they weren't living there at the time. >> daily click. in case sky adventurous enough, this group added flare. they covered their suits in l.e.d. lights and jumped out of a plane at night. they joined hands, lighting up the sky, making for an incredible sight. after descending together, they broke apart and each made their way to a safe landing below. >> looks like "tron." >> can you imagine what people on the ground thought? >> oh, i know. war of the worlds. >> yeah. >> wow. >> that's cool. >> that was an old movie, "war of the world." before billie joel the entertainer. >> tell us about the olden times. >> well, it was actually all radio. you sat there, people looked at it, nothing really happened. you heard the thing coming out of the box. it was unbelievable. >>> now we have pictures to show you. let's talk abo

and when albuquerque, new mexico implemented a similar law, shelter adoptions rose by 23%, and fell by it is a great law. california is setting the standard and elevating the status of pets in society by targeting puppy mills. >> reporter: the aspca says 1.5 million animals were put to sleep in shelters across the country last year and in california alone the cost of shelters and euthanization tops $250 million. so while i will remain neutral on the topic as a seasoned journalist, my shelter dog nicky says she thinks this is pretty good legislation. >> i wish i had lucas here as well. >> the picture they put up looks like our cooper. >> adorable. thank you, becky. thank you. >>> let's go to ginger now. she's -- well, we can't tell you where exactly she is. ginger. >> yeah, robin, a location, a secret for now, but what i can tell you is we're tracking that storm that we were tracking in ireland. gusts 119 miles per hour on the coast of ireland. get to see some of the images and the crashing waves there. if that verifies, it will be the strongest wind gusts they have ever seen in that na

and when albuquerque, new mexico, implemented a similar law, shelter adoptions rose by 23% and youthenizationts fell by 35%. >> it is a great law. california is setting the standard and elevating the status of pets in society by targeting puppy mills. >> reporter: the aspca says 1.5 million animals were put to sleep in shelters across the country and in california alone the cost of them tops $250 million. so while i will remain neutral on the topic as a seasoned journalist, my shelter dog nicky says she thinks this is pretty good legislation. >> i wish i had lucas here as well. >> the picture they put up looks like our cooper. >> adorable. thank you, becky. thank you. >>> let's go to ginger now. she's -- well, we can't tell you where exactly she is. ginger. >> gusts up to 119 miles an hour. if that verifies it would have been one of the strongest ireland has 17 recorded history. let's get to tuesday trivia brought to you by carmax. >> okay, storm tracker6 live double scan right now shows us that we are bone dry and as we take a look outside, lots of sunshine across the region. real good looki

john is in albuquerque, new mexico.elieve that nancy pelosi has and will continue to be a fine leader. i support her 100%. i think linda sanchez is also a tomidable -- she is entitled say that, but we need unity in the democratic party. one would not have wanted to oust 10 kennedy or tip o'neill because they have been there for a long time. i think republicans are unified for the most part behind trump for now. we will see how long that lasts. fine and icy is would hate to see barbara boxer leave, she was the under -- the was the other wonderful later -- the other wonderful lady. talking aboutbe republicans to just republicans in a few minutes about the state of their party and what their partner represents, so that will be a republicans only session in about 15 minutes. the next 15 minutes, just talking to democrats. this morning the monthly jobs report for september was released, the labor department with its hiring and unemployment lostes showing the economy 33,000 jobs, the first monthly decline in seven years, wall

albuquerque, new mexico, republican line. hello.: host: you're on, go ahead. caller: yes.dent trump need to come out problem hat is the around the country and the world. my children go beyond the normal s humans and start acting as heir own -- god as far as abortions and all these homosexual things, that is what happening, that is what is going on. it is not about gun control. let's hear from malcomin las vegas, nevada. malcom, go ahead. morning.ood i would just like to say, you know, i'm sitting here watching. 40 years old, i'm not too political, political -- signal has been lost from las vegas. looking at the security detail devos, education secretary, the cost therein, 6.5 million over the next year, according to officials told on monday saying projected cost for security is watermark the agency doesn't expect to succeed. protective detail provided around the clock by u.s. marshall service renewed 2018, which began saturday. education department paid million for 28 protective detail from september of this year, less than projected because both gencies were able to find

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balloons come in all shapes and sizes and these here were populating the skies the new mexico on saturday as the albuquerque international balloon fiesta got underway some of the balloons on show were anything but traditional they included a baby in a carriage of buckingham palace guard and a motorbike racer nearly a million balloon enthusiasm are expected to attend the week long event in albuquerque. that looks like a great way to start the day and just a reminder of the top stories we're following for you spanish premier mariano behove warns that his government is ready to suspend catalonia autonomy to stop the region from declaring independence meanwhile more protests are being held in barcelona following saturday's white demo in support of unity. russian police have arrested more than two hundred opposition activists after day of widespread protest thousands of people to find a ban on public gatherings to show their support for jailed opposition leader alexina vonnie they want authorities to allow him to run and next year's presidential election. more from us at the top of the hour you're watching the n

one of the vessels of the air these hot air balloons were popular in the skies of new mexico on saturday as the albuquerque international balloon fiesta got underway some of the balloons on show were anything but traditional they included a baby in a carriage a buckingham palace guard and a motorbike racer nearly a million balloon enthusiastic are expected to attend the week long event in albuquerque. and just a reminder of the top story we're following for you spanish premier mariano rajoy warrants that his government is ready to suspend catalan is autonomy to stop the region from declaring independence meanwhile more protests are being held in barcelona following saturday's white demo in support of unity. that's your news wrap join us again at top of the hour when my colleague hala humphrey will take over in the meantime you can check our web site for follow us on twitter thanks for watching w. news. what does a football loving country to which it's going yes. we'll tell you how german soccer made it back to the town. you know with special w dot com.

balloons come in all shapes and sizes these ones here were populating the skies of new mexico on saturday as the albuquerque international balloon fiesta got underway some of the balloons on show anything but traditional they included a baby in a carriage we should see it in just a second. a buckingham palace guard and a motor there's the baby in. that is the buckingham palace guard there was also a motorbike racer by the way nearly a million balloon enthusiasts expected to attend the week long event in albuquerque . more from us at the top of the hour you're watching get over the news in berlin up next to the only business with a review of all the latest financial news for you. what does a football loving country need to reach its goals. we'll tell you how to german soccer made it back to the top. in our web special on dot com.

balloons come in all shapes and sizes and these here were populating the skies of new mexico on saturday as the albuquerque international balloon fiesta got underway some of the balloons on show were anything but traditional they included a baby in a carriage a buckingham palace guard and a motorbike racer nearly a million balloon enthusiasm are expected to attend the week long event in albuquerque. and just a reminder of the top story we're following for you spanish premier marianna roy warns his government is ready to suspend catalonia autonomy to stop the region from declaring independence meanwhile more protests are being held in barcelona following saturday's white demo and support of unity. that's your news wrap join us again at the top of the hour or you can check out our website or follow us on twitter thanks for watching d w news. reached out to the stadium was sold out it was a really special event don't remember all my life everybody have a dream. and you don't need to sell your dreams when you see to it you will notice things are going well.

evidence come in all shapes and sizes and these ones will gracing the skies of new mexico on a saturday as the albuquerque international balloon fest got underway well some of the balloons on show were anything but traditional they included a baby in a carriage a buckingham palace guard and a motorbike racer and a million balloon enthusiastic are expected to attend the week long event in albuquerque. you're watching news live from well coming up at the top of the hour so please do join me then if you can.

the albuquerque international balloon fiesta has opened in the u.s. state of new mexico loons of all shapes lined up in the skies above new mexico's capital nearly a million hot air balloon enthusiasts are expected to attend the week long event. following the controversial referendum protestors on the streets apostle want to see councillor mia become independent as soon as possible. the vast majority of voters opted to breakaway from spain but in the past week the political situation has been desperate. separation could have tire consequences for the spanish economy without catalonia spain would lose around a fifth of its economic power the car manufacturers say outproduce is in catalonia and the region also has a strong chemical and pharmaceutical industry. invest as a rattles. on the matrix stock exchange prices continue to slide more than three hundred points of shed over the past week. just over a hundred year and my sense is that this independence attend isn't getting the most . often media but one ends clarity but in the ninety's a sense and happy nation was how sh

shapes and sizes the ones you're seeing there are populating the skies above new mexico at the moment that says the albuquerque international balloon fiesta gets under way there were traditionally shaped balloons but also a collection of wear the shapes including a baby in a carriage a buckingham palace guard and a motor bike race nearly a million of these hot air balloon enthusiastic by the way expected to attend the week long event in albuquerque those are definitely very spectacular balloons you are watching d.w. news in berlin coming up next we have killed a cinema magazine including a review of the or rather a preview of the sequel to the side of high class a playground i do stay with us for that. my first vice was a sewing machine. where i come from women are bound by this notion to. something as simple as learning how to write a bicycle isn't. since i was an little guy and i wanted to.

the albuquerque international balloon fiesta has opened in the u.s. state of new mexico loons of all shapes lined up in the skies above new mexico's capital of nearly a million hot air balloon enthusiasts are expected to attend the week long event. shift living in the digital age. coming up videos to make your skin tangle visual illusions on instagram and a bird's eye view of the clouds but first vehicles of the future will likely be driverless but they won't go into volume production for a while city traffic remains a challenge for developers and not everyone is keen to give up control of the wheel . the future of autumn ability seems dreamy driverless cars that take people from a to b. while they work will sleep at is frankfurt international made to show auto manufacturers showcased concept cars with self driving capabilities but some risks remain techno. we are capable to do it but we haven't fixed the part of the day we don't have safety. in the connection between so many participants in that traffic that it's in principle the vague you have autonomous driving an. au

the albuquerque international balloon fiesta has opened in the u.s. state of new mexico loons of all shapes lined up in the skies above new mexico's capitol nearly a million hot air balloon enthusiasts are expected to attend the week long event. walk today i'm speaking with the social democrat and form a buddhist talk president. thank you very much for agreeing to this d.w. interview of course and that's if you're going to warm welcome to our viewers my name is thomas spawn mr t. as in the election to germany's parliament the bundestag the right wing populist the won more votes from eastern germany than any other party how does that make you feel as an eastern german who has fought against a right wing extremism for years explain what can. be and it's an appalling result that makes me very sad. but we shouldn't speak only of the eastern germans. the difference between east and west to the f.t. is relative to. the f.t. has also grown very strong and very and but nothing about twelve percent of man even more in eastern germany like everywhere in eastern germany that's righ

hot evidence come in all shapes and sizes and these ones are gracing the skies of new mexico on saturday as the albuquerque international balloon fiesta got underway now some of the buildings on shy were anything but traditional thank you to a baby in a carriage a buckingham palace guard and a motorbike racer there are many nearly a million at the noon infuse yes are expected to attend the week long event in albuquerque. and just remind all of the top story we're following for you involves a lone organizes of a pro unity rally say nearly a million people have turned out to protest catalonia his push towards independence from spain the council and leader could declare an autonomous status by choose day despite madrid's warnings it won't allow the region to become a breakaway republic. you're watching news from ballet more coming up at the top of the hour you can always get the latest on our website that if they w dot com i have a home free in a violent thanks for watching and see you again soon. on freedom and hope. where i come from the region is rich in history style and talent but so poor in education op

the albuquerque international balloon fiesta has opened in the u.s. state of new mexico loons of all shapes lined up in the skies above new mexico's capitol nearly a million hot air balloon enthusiasts are expected to attend the week long event. the. the. basinger's call themselves brothers of peace they perform in the lutheran church of catarrh tura a suburb of the name libyan capital of india. the parish was founded by german missionaries in the nineteenth century. later in the apartheid era cata tourer would become notorious as the dumping ground of forced removals to make way for white suburbs. that was under the load. and. that context of. a heavy load for a missionary anywhere. and they have been trying to critique the critic and death especially in the media of the gents they have tried to critique and come up with their own understanding of who god is their own understanding of. grace in their own context even salvation in their own cause. the theological college where professor under my way teaches was also founded by german missionaries palin as it's called pre

state of new mexico as a forty six albuquerque international balloon fiesta reaches its climax huge crowds have gathered at fiesta park to enjoy a ride on the giant inflatables which come in many shapes and sizes with this year's theme inflate your imagination a nine day event the biggest of its type in the world is featured balloons from more than fifty countries nearly a million people are expected to turn out before the event and. it's bring you a quick recap of the top stories now within the next few hours i sill is expected to lose its last tiny four hold in the city of raka its one time self declared capital syrian forces backed by the u.s. on their final advance through the streets tribal leaders have been brokering a deal to allow local eisel fighters to leave foreign fighters are not included in this evacuation the u.s. led coalition says it's not involved in the negotiations but believes it will save lives as normal. we're getting different reports from division within those members of the isis something it's time to leave and others saying no and they want to continue the white

you can get all this news information relic talk on our website that's it d w dot com don't leave you now with the images from the albuquerque international balloon fiesta in new mexico enjoy. some. sun. being interested in everything and wanting to improve things. having countless ideas and writing them down. being good for. a polymath breaking contributions to mathematics philosophy jurisprudence. explore his rooms over. thirty minutes on d w. because that where they start to divide the country i do it's deal where they start to divide the language your blood will flow for close. to. the soviet union is pretty hard. to. the members of the russian federation would have to find their own lay politically and economically. some of it was an incredibly difficult task not most of. this democracy was a lie but if the elections were a fraud because privatisation was robbery it just took us instead of cultivating its culture its words and language and brought forth a repulsive nationalism. the soviet union's heritage where does russia stand today and moscow's empire our series starting november fifth to double. this is d.w. news coming to you live from berlin austria shifts

two national highways cross new mexico: i-40 east to west; i-25 north to south. they meet in albuquerque we're jumping on here onto i- 40 westbound. this road is literally the pipeline of america. keeps drutionz from mexico pulsing through the state says the undersheriff. he says he's been involved in close to a though large scale drug seizures in the course of his career. hidden cargo including heroin, meth, pills, marijuana, frequently travel on from albuquerque in compartments in tractor trailers, discovered during routine stops and planned raids along this highway. illegal activity and busts are frequent here because new mexico serves as a wal-mart style distribution center in the interpretational drug trade, he says. >> once they can get the drugs across the international border, then they can start breaking the dougs dr apart and distributing them from there. >> they're looking to see if there's dope hidden -- you know, stuck in there and covered up by the food. he's going to be digging through the food. >> >> sreenivasan: mike gallagher, an investigative reporter for "the albuquer

take you to america, albuquerque, were thousands of people have gathered to watch a mass ascension of hot air balloons on the last weekend of the international balloon fiesta in new mexicoal — which is held in against the backdrop of the region's desert landscape — includes inflatable characters hovering over the city, as well as hundreds of the traditional hot air balloons. is it hot air ballooning whether? let's speak to matt taylor. hello there, lukwesa. it is 18 degrees at the moment in london, sheffield and hull, and the wind generally coming from a sunny direction. outbreaks of rain, wind touching gale force later on. elsewhere temperatures stay in the teens as we start sunday morning. a fair bit of cloud around, particularly in the north and the west. wet and windy across parts of northern ireland and scotland. much of england and wales will be dry, but if you see breaks in the clouds, could see 23 or even 2a across some parts. it is the republic of ireland who will bear the worst of this storm as it hits the south west on monday morning. but even for us, we could see winds gusting up to 80 mph for those around the irish sea. details just before eight. hello. thi

take you to america, albuquerque, were thousands of people have gathered to watch a mass ascension of hot air balloons on the last weekend of the international balloon fiesta in new mexicoracters hovering over the city, as well as hundreds of the traditional hot air balloons.

new mexico, chairman of our terrorism and illicit finance subcommittee. >> appreciate your being here. appreciate the work you are doing. recently, the new mexico delegation sent a letter on the vacancy only albuquerque hud office. are you making progress on finding someone to -- sec. carson: yes, we are making progress. representative pierce: native americans are sometimes located in some of the deepest poverty areas in the country. i watched my family, maybe not the same circumstances as yours, work our way out of poverty the -- one small house at a time. just this last week, i visited two really good examples of what tribes can do to provide housing. i have invited you in the past. i would like to extend that is toin to have you come visit see what tribes are doing to build housing for their own citizens and extending their mortgage rules to wear banks, in where banks, in some cases, are financing housing on indian reservations, which has not happened much in the past. it is very innovative. when you talk in the broader case about your forward initiatives and the restore, these are things i can identify as having worked in our life. i hear stories of how they have worked in your life. i appreciate

recently the new mexico delegat delegation central letter about the vacancy in that albuquerque had office. are you making progress on finding someone to take that position. >> yes we are making progress. you should hear something soon. >> i visited with you before about american housing, negative americans are sometimes located in some the deepest poverty areas in the country. i watched my family, maybe not the same circumstance as yours work our way up through poverty one small house at a time. i'm pretty passionate about the negative american housing, but just this last week have visited two of the really good examples of what tribes can do to provide housing and i've invited in the past and i would like to come visit to see what tribes are doing to build houses for their own citizens, and extending the mortgage rules to wear banks, in some cases, are financing the houses on indian reservations which has not happened much in the past so i think it's very innovative. when you talk been in the broader case about your forward initiatives, these are things that i can identify as having work

. >> recently the new mexico delegation sent you a letter about the vacancy in the albuquerque hud office. are you making any progress on finding someone to fill that position? >> yes. we are making good progress on that. you should be hearing something soon. >> i appreciate that. i visited with you before about native american housing. it's -- native americans are sometimes located in some of the deepest poverty areas in the country. i watched five families, maybe not the same circumstances of yours, work our way up through out of poverty one small house at a time. so i am pretty passionate about the native american housing. just this last week i visited two of the, i guess, really good examples of what tribes can do to provide housing. i have invited you in the past. i would like to reextend that invitation to come visit to see what tribes are doing to build houses for their own citizens and extending their mortgage rules to where banks in some cases are financing the houses on indian reservation, which has not happened much in the past. i think it's very innovative. when you talk, then