tonight, crimes against humanity in burma.uman rights abuses against the muslim minority. definite crimes against humanity. committed by the burmese army against the rohingya? yes, by the military, ordered by the police or security forces. its nobel—winning leader has questions to answer. the united nations has accused this country of committing crimes against humanity. you have any response to that? pope francis says he is open to married men joining the catholic priesthood, but are these radical proposals now preventing mutiny from deep within? and — when she was 16 years old, this woman was raped by her then boyfriend. this is the man who raped her. we'll discuss their unique and painfuljourney from violence and betrayal to forgiveness. good evening. tonight we begin with extraordinary revelations about human rights abuse in burma. last year, after decades spent under house arrest, the nobel peace prize winner, aung san suu kyi, won an historic election victory to international acclaim. she still shares power with the burme

you believe burma is on the path to democracy now?ehe path to and democracy. in the 60's, this would've had every african-american -- >> jesus, martin luther king, and john f. kennedy. >> they release them with a $20 gift card. theare trying to betray state of louisiana as sometime of monster. i got him out of jail as quickly as i could. that was what the obligation of the state is. >> and that is the end of the state obligation? >> as far as i'm concerned. >> what about compassion? do you have no compassion for what mr. ford has been through? >> you don't know me at all, do you? you have no role asking that question. >> i am asking because i am seeking an answer. at a lithium battery that powers it and a secret button he installed. >> you believe that hidden motors have been used by professional cyclists since as far back as 1998? >> i think yes. >> there are many americans who do not trust governments to fix the roads or run the schools. how can you convince them that this process is going to keep them safe? undergo so many steps of

. >> there is a timeless quality to burma. it is a place almost untouched by the outside world.f century, the military kept burma locked away, impoverished, as if in a wretched time capsule. do you believe burma is on the path to democracy now? >> it is not firmly on the path to democracy. we are on the path to disciplined democracy. >> in the 19 cities, this was in every african-american -- >> of course jesus, martin , luther king, and john f. kennedy. [laughter] >> 20 years on death row -- 30 years on death row and they release him with a $20 gift card. >> you are trying to portray the state of louisiana as sometime of monster. i got him out of jail as quickly as i could. that was what the obligation of the state is. >> and that is the end of the state's obligation? >> as far as i'm concerned. >> what about compassion? have you no compassion for what mr. ford has been through? >> you don't know me at all, do you? you have no problem asking that question. >> i am asking because i am seeking an answer. the frame is fitted with a small motor he designed. add to it a lithium batte

as they conquered burma and the dutch east indies, the bulk of new guinea and the philippines, and manyf the british island colonies in the south pacific, there was one incident in which after taking a city japanese soldiers ran around for days murdering and raping civilians and civilians and soldiers in hospitals by the thousands. this was in singapore in february of 1942. there were incidents elsewhere, but nothing similar happened and any other city that came under japanese control as they advanced. from late 1943 on, as the japanese were forced to retreat and in the process were pushed out of cities they had occupied for years, there was one more such incident. that was in manila in march of 1945. nothing like it happened in any other city. please note the two incidents are three years and a month apart and separated geographically by thousands of miles. there is no evidence that any of the japanese units involved in the horrors and singapore were involved in the horrors in manila. the two incidents, one unique in the period of japanese advance and one unique in the period of japane

by the women healthcare panel hosted by cms administrator burma for a series of meetings with members of congress tomorrow, the president will meet with members to discuss american healthcare act and in the afternoon will meet with congressional members of the congressional black caucus. on thursday the president will have lunch with steve mnuchin before hosting a meeting with truckers and representatives from trucking companies on healthcare we discussed yesterday in many states throughout the country, trekking happens to be one of the largest employers to understand the impact of healthcare legislation on this important industry. updates on the weekend schedule hopefully tomorrow and yesterday pursuant to the president's executive order on forstmann's signs january 25th us immigration and customs enforcement, ice released its first weekly list of detainer requests which local law enforcement agencies failed to comply with. these examples were criminal illegals arrested or convicted in many cases of serious and violent crime threatening public safety, law enforcement is refusing to c

. >> i was playing with the kids from burma and it was fun that way. >> it would imply a strong security presence. >> i remember a long time ago saying, oh, yeah, there's embassy police everywhere, we're safe. my mom telling me, no, you're not. you could be being mugged across the street and their job is to stay on the person they're on. >> the presence friday night was out of the ordinary. around 10:30 p.m., they responded to this block on california street. a woman encountered an intruder. assaulted. >> i figure there's so much coverage of the neighborhood, maybe that attracted something. >> police were back, patrolling, canvassing, knocking on doors >> we're glad they're on it. >> most residents are not oblivious to the realities of living just about anywhere in an urban environment. >> we know we live in the city. we're city people. we try to be very careful. >> lis are seeking the public's help. not much of a suspect description, ohm a man. residents are trying to strike a balance between normalcy and the fact that a neighbor has had a terrifying ordeal and the suspect is still at l

for the buddhists they thailand and burma it has to do with the new moon and the coming of the rainy season. they have a lent when the monks have to stay inside of the monastery. at the end of the rainy season, they get to come out and they're presented with new robes. many of the religious faiths are cycled on the new moon. we're just being a part of that. the big controversy here in the west came when julius caesar started a new calendar in 40bc. this went great until 1500 when people noticed the seasons were beginning to get a little bit out of sync. and so the good pope gregory convened a group of people and they deliberated and looked at the sky and discovered there was an 11 day gap. >> what happened? >> caesar added 11 minutes to the 365 days and if you multiply 11 minutes by 1500 years, you come up some days short. so they skipped 10 days in the middle of the 1500s, which -- there's good german lutherans agreed to this about 60 or 70 years later and the japanese not until the 1700s and parts of slovenia are still arguing about it. the orthodox and the catholic have different

sighted is something of a controversy so people argue about that, and for the buddhists, in thailand and burma, it has to do with the new moon and coming of the rainy season. they have a lent when the monks have to stay inside of the monastery. and then at the end of the rainy season and the lunar cycle they get to come out and get presented with new robes. so many of the religious faiths cycles on a new moon. >> yes. >> and so we're just being a part of that. of course, the big controversy here in the west came with julius caesar started a new calendar in 40 bce. this was great until 1500 when people noticed the seasons were beginning to get a little bit out of sync and so the good pope gregory convened a group of people and they deliberated and they looked at the skies and they said they discovered that there was an 11-day gap. >> oh-oh. so what happened. >> caesar had added 11 minutes to the 365 days, and if you multiply 1 minutes1 minutes by 1500 yards, they come up short. and there's good german lutherans agreed to this 60 or 70 years later and the japanese not until the 1700s, and parts

they shouldn't be here, they should be in burma. they are an invasive species. people in south florida love reptiles. carl is one of them. it is like starbucks down there was a snake at 3:00 in the morning in the area. people get these things and have them in their condominiums and at some point run out of crack. we are living with a carnivorous reptile. and they let them go and they are out of the everglades and they reproduce like crazy and with no natural enemies there are thousands and thousands of them. the state of florida decides to get rid of them and comes up with the python challenge. .. i the big thing with how you kill the python and you would think -- i would have thought the way to do it is to hack the python's head off but, no, they're very strict. that's not how to you kill them. if you cut the snake's head off the snake keeps thinking. the brain keeps thinking. they don't say what it's thinking. holy sh. >> you have to destroy the brain and the python. the first year -- keep the numbers in mind. the estimates range in the tens of thousands, some

look one of refugees they have is from ukraine, and one from burma, and china.is clearly, a dynamic you look at politics in the target is donald trump. they have not taken them, they have not intention of taking them. i don't know if they actually expect this to survive. the fact of matter is they have even been held as to having standing in this regard, the hawaiians, a great tourist destination, a huge homeless problem there. they have been discussing put their own homeless on a separate highland to get them away -- separate island to get them away from everyone element this is a different state. liz: this pattern took hold a long time ago, starting about 5 years ago, hawaii, the numbers, they took in two refugees in 2014, and 6 in 142013, officials say that hawaii has high cost of living, refugees won't make it there but you know so does new york state, they take this thousands, why the disconnect? >> well, i think that disconnect is just, hypocrisy. this is fascinating, also interesting, so many people that are saying that, obama was there a few days before?

america, the america that stood with solidarity in poland with nelson mandela in south africa and burma is still here too. millions of americans, democrats and republicans, old and young, still stand with those who seek freedom and will never let this president abandon our ideals. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. r. schiff: i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from nebraska, mr. smith, for five minutes. mr. smith: thank you, mr. speaker. i lies today to congratulate my home state -- i rise today to congratulate my home state of nebraska on its 150 years of statehood. on march 1, 1867, nebraska became the 37th state admitted to the union. today as we celebrate this milestone 150 years later, we honor the legacies of the pioneers who took great risks and overcame countless obstacles in pursuit of opportunity. our state's pioneer heritage has always inspired me. i'm proud to be a fifth generation resident of scottsbluff county, nebraska. my family was part of the homestead movement, settling in nebraska and working as sugarbeet

cms administrator burma hosted a panel on women and health care. ivan an ca held a roundtable with women business owners with linda mcmahon as well as others with latina business owners. the first lady joined the undersecretary for political affairs tom shannonton present the secretary of state's international women of courage award at the state department. the president believes as the first lady said this morning "wherever women are diminished, the entire world is diminished with them. however, wherever women are empowered, towns, villages, schools and economies are empowers and together we're all made stronger." the trump administration will continue to work to ensure that the american economy is a place where women can work and thrive. later this evening, the vice president will participate in the swearing in of david friedman as the next ambassador to israel. president is glad that ambassador friedman will be officially on board as we strive for a lasting peace in the middle east. mr. friedman's strong relationships in israel will be a tremend

administrator burma, secretary betsy devos, of course my good friend from south carolina, who is a very tough competitor, i want to tell you, nikki haley, ambassador. she is doing fantastically well. we're joined of course by florida attorney general, highly respected, pam bondi. i want to thank you, pam. [applause] elaine chao, our secretary of transportation, who is a real expert. you know she was secretary of labor but she said i really wanted to be secretary of transportation. that's a real expertise. she is doing incredibly. she would have been here but she is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the department of transportation right now as we speak, and we're going to work on infrastructure and we're going to put up one of the big and great infrastructure bills of all time. [applause] we're going to get our infrastructure fixed in our country. and we're going to rebuild our country. that's what we need. lots of jobs also. i want to thank ford. you saw their big announcement yesterday and some others are announcing tremendous numbers of jobs. [applause] they're not leaving our coun

today in burma we can see interest rates revert there is a need to increase the premium you can get fromarket and be more diverse. there is a need to get out of this sample allocation bond and equity. new ways of generating returns. >> let's get a view on where we are in the market. with regard to political risk. we have seen the dutch elections this week. think some of the urgency has been removed because of the dutch election outcome? market, a trend in the the has been in the market for the last two years. there is a rise of antiestablishment candidates around the world. the market now, lots of people in the middle class which is not been satisfied, and less in europe because growth hasn't been as strong as in the u.s.. the monetary policy has been more to save the bank than to kill people in the middle class. the netherland election is a good news because it shows is some rationality and the candidates have been the right candidates elected. although he has shifted his course of discussion in regards to immigration. there is a feeling this has to be dealt with. scarlet: all right. th

. >> i'm from burma, 2007. and the government is not good.>> they didn't want to leave their home country. they leave because they did not have any choice. that common experience transcends language. these women are able to support each other sometimes in ways that even i can't. >> we're going to look at the front page. >> i think a misconception is that most refugees were uneducated and impoverished. many refugees have strong education, strong skill sets and so much to offer us in the united states. we think of them as uneducated just because they don't know english. really it's our loss. my belly pain and constipation? i could build a small city with all the over-the-counter products i've used. enough! i've tried enough laxatives to cover the eastern seaboard. i've climbed a mount everest of fiber. probiotics? enough! (avo) if you've had enough, tell your doctor what you've tried and how long you've been at it. linzess works differently from laxatives. linzess treats adults with ibs with constipation or chronic constipation. it can help rel

apollo is a firm born almost 12 five years ago, more than five years ago, out of the ashes of drexel burmahese messy deals where you can go in and fix the balance sheet or fix the company. intoey wde into -- wade places where nobody else does. they play the balance sheet in lots of different ways. so there's not just. so there's not just purely equity investors. they feel like, ok, these guys know how to make money, whether it is an up market, a down market. they like the messy stuff. they will get in there and get their hands dirty and that is how they return -- bring the return so far. if this exceeds $22 billion, which is blackstone's biggest gathering 2007, i want to talk about the size. any idea where that will be going? they want to have a wider swap of companies. they see the environment be more conducive to this. jason: ultimately, if you have that much money, you have to do some big game hunting. one of the things we haven't seen come back since 2007 are really big deals. to 2007, youback had $30 billion deals that were run-of-the-mill. summer of 2007. jason: that's all we were se

there is one for young leaders in burma and south sudan and the middle east. there is mine, the economic growth initiative. which began life as a series of conferences in 2011, 2012, which led to a book that was published in 2012 by the institute called the 4% solution, which splord the -- the policy agenda that would be required to return the united states to a sustained path of 4% annual growth. if you read that book, it is very large agenda, which includes all kinds of domestic initiatives, tax levels, regulatory issues, labor market policies, small business policies, a whole gamut of things, including global engagement, openness international trade and investment and immigration. and so based on that, we thought we would focus our efforts in the first instance on the global engagement piece. and in -- this all began about two years ago. when i came about a year-and-a-half ago, we were thinking about how to start, and where to find a space that other think tanks and other organizations were not already focused on. and it occurred to us that north america an

cms administrator burma hosted a panel on women and health care. ivan an ca held a roundtable with women business owners with linda mcmahon as well as others with latina business owners. the first lady joined the undersecretary for political affairs tom shannonton present the secretary of state's international women of courage award at the state department. the president believes as the first lady said this morning "wherever women are diminished, the entire world is diminished with them. however, wherever women are empowered, towns, villages, schools and economies are empowers and together we're all made stronger." the trump administration will continue to work to ensure that the american economy is a place where women can work and thrive. later this evening, the vice president will participate in the swearing in of david friedman as the next ambassador to israel. president is glad that ambassador friedman will be officially on board as we strive for a lasting peace in the middle east. mr. friedman's strong relationships in israel will be a tremend

cms administrator burma hosted a panel on women and healthcare. his daughter ivanka held a round table with women business owners with sba administrator mcmahon as well as other round table with latina business owners. just earlier today the first lady joined the under secretary of state for political affairs tom shannon to present the 2017 secretary of state's international women of courage award at the state department. the president believes as the first lady said this morning, quote: wherever women are diminished the entire world is diminished with them. however, whenever, women are empowered, towns, villages, schools and economies are empowered and together we're all made stronger. the trump administration will continue to work to ensure that the american economy is a place where women can work and thrive. later this evening the vice president will participate in the swearing in of david freidman the next ambassador to israel. the president is glad that ambassador freidman will be officially on board as we strive for lasting peace in the midd

see my burma nominated to be administered at the centers for medicare and medicaid services, which oversees the children's health insurance program and the health care law marketplaces. right now to the floor of the senate. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order.

died when his plane crashed in what was then burma in 1941. hammer was part of the flying tigers. a group of volunteer pilots who helped the british and chinese defend against imperial japan. mr. bost: his remains burned to carbondale, illinois this vehicle, via dignified transport from hawaii where he had been buried for 67 years in grave marked unknown. max, it's been a long time. with heavy heart we welcome you home to southern illinois. we thank you for your service. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from new york seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlelady from new york is recognized for one minute. ms. velazquez: mr. speaker, today house republicans are preparing to vote to rip away health care from 24 million americans. 2.7 million of them in new york. in my district, 122,000 people will lose coverage, including 12,700 children. those who do retain coverage will pay more for less. with deductibl

see my burma nominated to be administered at the centers for medicare and medicaid services, which oversees the children's health insurance program and the health care law marketplaces. right now to the floor of the senate. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. o lord, in whose hand is the life of every living thing, we depend upon your strength and might. manifest yourself to our senators, directing their steps, and bringing them to your chosen destination. without your leading, they will be like ships without rudders but with you directing they cannot fail to fulfill your purposes. take them down the roads that will enable them to positively affect the lives of the heavy laden, the sorrowful, and the suffering. fill their hearts with the deep compassion needed to enable your kingdom to come and your will to be done on earth as it is in heaven. use them to hasten the coming of your kingdom of justice and truth. we pray in your sacred name. amen. the presiding officer: please join me in

was in the obama administration, many of you guys came to us and whether it was russia or ukraine or burmar china or any number of places to take a tougher stand and you were right to do so. >> behind the democrats when we had the bush administration i didn't much like the bush administration but i absolutely believe that president bush thought the united states should be a force for good in the world. and i was routinely at the state department and national security council urging those folks including paula who is still in the room to take a stand on this or the other. >> i don't feel that way about the current document of the white house. >> i think that we have to be open about this and think about what it means. >> there were a number of people this week who criticized president trump for not calling for the release and condemning these protests. i found myself not sharing that criticism. >> i don't want them to be calling for the release of anticorruption protesters. >> it would be hypocritical to do so. from my standpoint, the thing, he in many ways represents some of these young pe

cms administrator burma hosted a panel on women in health care. his daughter ivanka held a roundtable with women business owners with sba administrator ackman and other latina business owners. first lady joined undersecretary of state of political affairs tom shannon, 2017 international women's courage award at the state department. the president believes as the first lady said this morning, quote, wherever women are diminished the entire world is diminish with them. however, wherever women are empowered towns, villages schools and economies are empowered together and we're made stronger. trump administration will continue to insure the american economy is a place wn thrive. vice president will participate in swearing in of david friedman. next ambassador to israel. neil: we're still focusing on this. we're getting tape from the white house right now. the president is meeting with this opioid session here that includes governor chris christie, attorney general jeff sessions, betsy devos, education secretary, many others. let's listen in. >> down 6

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senate lawmakers are continuing work on the nomination of seema burma to be the next administerer of the medicaid and medicare services. a vote on her nomination is scheduled for 5:30 eastern today. see it live on c-span2. judge neill gorsuch's confirmation hearing is coming up, scheduled to last at least two days beginning on march 20th. we'll have it live for you on c-span networks. check c-span.org for coverage plans. >>> tonight, on "the communicators," michael powell, president and ceo of ncta, the internet and television association, talks about major issues facing the industry and what we might see from the new fcc chair. mr. powell is interviewed by lydia, tech and telecom reporter for bloomberg. >> can you speak more specifically about the opportunities and what this change in leadership from democrat to republican, from tom wheeler to pei as chairman, what does it mean for you? >> i think he's very focused on the concept we've heard for many years about light touch. the understanding that this market moves at break-neck speed. there's a huge amount of futility in some of th

they are supposed to be in burma but what happened is people get them as pets.why you would want a animal like this as a pet i don't know but they get them as smaller tests and then they run out of crack and think zero my god we are living with us an this and let o andd they thrive down here in te everglades and the estimates were there were tens of thousands possibly hundreds of thousands. they don't have any enemies out there and they reproduce like crazy so the state of florida this is one of the great things they did, they came up with this idea to get rid of the python challenge. the only state in the union and it goes on every year the wildlife conservation commission brings people in, invites people to come from anywhere they want to kill our pythons. there are rules and you have to take a short online course and pay a 25-dollar fee so it's not just letting anybody do it. if you ask how to handle dangerous wildlife and online courses the way to go. [laughter] i actually looked into they have rules about how to kill the python like i thought the best way w

there's one for young leaders in eye merging democracies like burma and south sudan, and one directed at encouraging women's leadership in north africa and the middle east. there's the economic growth initiative which began life as a series of conferences in 2011, 2012, which led to a book that was published by the inning sst. if you read that book it is a very large agenda that includs s labor market policies. a whole gamut of things, including global engagement, international trade and investment and immigration. so based on that, we thought we would focus our efforts on the global engagement piece, and this all began about 2 years ago, when i came a year and a half ago, we were thinking about where to start and how to find a space that other think tanks were not focused on. nafta is the cornerstone with how the united states engages with the global economy. it's the dna that underlies u.s. trade agreements. president bush felt strongly that already two years ago, when he started to think about these things, nafta was misunderstood and the dynamic and the benefits of it for the unit