there we go, thank you. >> thanks so much, representative ami bera, thanks for inviting me. thanks for inviting us to testify on u.s. policy toward the democratic people's republic of korea known as north korea. the north korean regime is a global power riot, works against the interests of its own people, its neighbors and the world. >> would you pull the mic closer to make sure everyone can hear? >> is that better? it violates its obligations by pursuing nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles pose in a growing threat to the united states, our friends and allies and the global non-proliferation regime. it devotes an enormous amount of scarce resources to a massive standing, all nine of ten north koreans suffer. we have no illusions about the nature of the regime. we refused its provocations with concessions and have instead in sanctions and told the d b r k that neither occasional offenses towards more frequent aggressive behavior will lead us to accept the nuclear arms korea. and to engage when possible will apply pressure as needed. despite backtracking we are committed to

bera. >> thank you, chairman. ambassador davies, in your opening testimony i think you laid a framework that said any movement forward really starts with the framework that was laid out in the 2005 six-party talks. that is a starting point for us to move forward. also, ambassador king and ambassador davies, in describing north korea, you describe them as global pariah. we described them -- the crimes against humanity, the human rights violations. and it is -- from this vantage point, when you look at the kim regime, it is a regime that is less focused on its people and more focused on itself and creating its place. so i empathize with the difficulty of these negotiations. we can continue to further isolate north korea, but we've also seen when we do that isolation how the kim regime responds if provocative manners. i think you accurately lay out that this is not a u.s.-north korea negotiation. this is a u.s.-japan-korea-china-russia negotiation in the framework of regional stability. and of those countries, we all

site washington accused antigovernment forces in eastern ukraine of shooting down the plane the un bera fired claims were summed up in a post on the website of the us embassy in moscow and russia has been accused of supplying heavy weapons to eastern ukraine allegations moscow strongly denies and has demanded proof of the u.s. claims it detected a missile launched from opposition held territory shortly before the plane went down but the ukrainian military was also within striking distance washington cites communications allegedly intercepted between the ukrainian opposition but there's no independent confirmation that they are authentic. in one recording of the ukrainian opposition allegedly confessed to shooting down the plane the tape has been examined by a leading company which helps moscow police decide how authentic recordings are is what one of the experts had to say. and if it's being presented as one on it it said recorded in reality the sort of file was compiled out of several fragments in the time inconsistent part where it's being said the plane was downed by cossacks these m

bera: thank you. rise today to speak to this body about the outrageous supreme court decision, the hobby lobby case. i look at this not as a member of congress but as a doctor. now, in my training we took an oath. that oath was to put our patients first, to do good. my core job as a doctor is to sit with my patients, answer her questions, talk about the risks and benefits and the various options that are available but then to empower my patients to make the decisions that best fit their lives. to women, there's no greater decision than when to start a family, when to become a mother. that's why protecting those reproductive rights and reproductive options are so important. that's core to our oath as physicians, and that's why the supreme court's decision on hobby lobby was so outrageous. we've got to fight against this encroachment of the government or the justices in the supreme court coming into my exam room and getting in between me and my patients. that's outrageous. it's an affront to individual

site washington accused antigovernment forces in eastern ukraine of shooting down the plane of the un bera five claims or summed up in a post on the website of the us embassy in moscow and russia has been accused of supplying heavy weapons to eastern ukraine an allegation moscow strongly denies and is demanding proof of the u.s. claims it detected a missile launched from opposition held territory shortly before the plane went down but the ukrainian military was also in that area within striking distance or shinton sites communications allegedly intercepted between the ukrainian opposition again no independent confirmation they're authentic and let's have you be the judge have a listen to the recording right here which the opposition allegedly admitted to bringing down the alley. maybe somewhere you a little boy i mean you are where you like you well. now you are. actually working . chipchura if you. wreck it so much and we can have. so in this recording one ukrainian opposition member allegedly confessed to shooting down the plane and the tape is being examined by a leading company which h

bera's jobt hugo will be -- to see if the xiaomi brand can translate globally, and i wonder if they can it is an interesting model that no one else is doing -- selling high-end phones at a really low cost. they sell it directly to their website in most cases or cut special deals, as they have done in india with one of the big e-commerce companies there, to not pay the retailer a huge fee, to take in all of the money directly, and then they also plan to make up some of the cost in the services they sell on their phone. they have their own app store. the clip money through that, and they also sell software. to a company that uses silicon valley innovation and chinese manufacturing innovation and taking it all over the world. it is the same model opening up now for this cheat their premium phone. wille of the things xiaomi have to figure out is they are still a relatively young company, four years old, and they will have to figure out how to scale up their manufacturing because right now they are trying to get into tablets, routers, and all of this other stuff, but they cannot build enough

. >> you forget there was a time when everybody got drafted, whether you were yogi bera or elvis presleyry pass that he got, issued in 1958. >> yes. this is it right here. he was drafted, went to the army. he was there in september and this is october pass, leave of absence for 24 hours because his father and grandmother were coming over to stay with him for the rest of the duration of his stay. >> the most requested image from the national archives is of elvis presley with richard nixon. in that picture, elvis is wearing this pendant. >> that's exactly right. this is 18 carat gold, gem stones and diamonds. custom made for elvis. he wore it during the meeting with nixon. he wore it for the jc's award. he wore this a lot. >> does it make you get really emotional or sad to see something, particularly as beautiful and memorable as a piece of jewelry? >> absolutely. the thing is that these are other collectors and hopefully we will be there -- we will be there because we wore all this stuff too. >> if people want more information about the auction. >> a web site? >> it's august 14 is the auc

ami bera. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. bera: i thank congressman rahall for yielding and for your leadership on this issue to make sure that our veterans get the health care that they deserve. i rise today to speak in support of the rahall motion to instruct our conferees. i look at this issue, not as a member of congress, but as a doctor who's worked in the v.a. system. now, these are men and women who stepped up to answer the call to duty to protect our freedoms, american freedoms and we need to give them that same duty when they return. that's why we need to have enough doctors, nurses and health care professionals in the v.a. system. it's been reported many of these men and women needing necessary care often have to wait 30 days, 60 days. that's unconscionable. this is not a democratic or republican issue. this is an issue of getting our men and women, our veterans the necessary health care that they need. and as a doctor, you have to have a work force. you have to have necessary health care professionals that can addr