another text message showed the business associate thanking williams, gushing about their friendship saying i care about you, and want you to be the next mayor, and next governor and maybe the next president. >>> well, mayor jim kenney released a statement and sum of his word he put it this way rather bluntly. quoting i don't see how he can do his job. i think he should resign. we should point out we have not heard back after placing numerous calls to seth williams, legal counsel, his office did release a statement earlier this afternoon saying that mr. williams was at home with his family and they were requesting privacy. as for federal prosecutors, and their take on the d.a.'s office they say that they still have full confidence, in the offices capability, to prosecute cases. for now that is very latest outside federal court i'm joe holden for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> joe, thank you. >>> several candidates running to be the next district attorney in philadelphia are also weighing in on the criminal charges against seth williams. eyewitness news reporter alexandria hoff joins wit

however, after reviewing the legislation we don't see how it is at the meeting, the northeast business association, we really don't see how it is going to hurt any pdr businesses and we are not sure we see how it is going to help any pdr businesses. so we are not asking for any amendment were asking anything, but we do want to be certain and that the planning department and the office of workforce and economic of element know that anything that has to do with business we would have businesses and our pdr districts we like and immediate heads-up. >> fair enough. thank you. any other members of the public like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioners, commissioner adams >> i do like this for the fact when you're changing the zoning going from the big-box stores to keep the pdr is because i do believe that some of the-i've heard this anecdotally-that there are some landlords were holding back long-term leases thinking they're building his can get torn down. they're going to build another best buy down there or something like that. this kind of keeps the character

court documents show he work to reduce a jail sentence at the request of a business associate. it's also claimed williams attempted to relax a layer of security at philadelphia international airport. the top prosecutor is also accused of defrauding a nursing home agents say williams pocked social security and pension payments from a relative. that money was intended for the unidentified person's care at a nursing home. mr. williams simply took money that did not belong to him. and then he lied about it. >> reporter: now williams attorney tells our sister station kyw news radio that they will vehemently fight these charges. they deny the allegations. we have crews fanned out around federal court this will be our first attempt or chance to get a comment from seth williams in person. reporting live outside federal court, joe holden cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> thank you joe "eyewitness news" will be there this afternoon for the arraignment of seth williams. we'll have all the developments for you on "eyewitness news" starting at five com you can get the latest any time on cbs fill.c

because, right now, we have a large number of people in the trump campaign, his business associates,dealing with the russians at the same time they're hacking and then releasing information. not only of trolls putting out misinformation. fake news. messing with google's algorithms so if you googled anything about russia you saw things from russia today and sputnik. this was an take on the united states. and the the question is, and it's beginning to look more and more like we -- we certainly have to investigate this. that the trump campaign was in league with them. and what the -- what do the russians have on donald trump? why won't he release his taxes? >> i want to just very quickly here. james clapper. the former director of national sbel against just said on "meet the press" there was not a wiretap of trump tower. and he would know that. just your reaction to that and having the president tweet the way he did. >> my reaction to that course there wasn't. the president asserting like, if your first interview. he said this was a fact. the -- anyone who knows. on the judiciary commit

england during the revolutionary war, he rented the house to one of his good friends wright, his business associate. he rented the house here during the revolution, and when he got part in after the war, he sold it to the wrights. they were here from 1799 until the 1870's, and this became the primary home. three generations lived here, the third sold it. in 1930, the last owner passed away. the house was being threaten with demolition. the years were not interested in the property. -- the heirs were not interested in the property. it was in a prominent location, and there was money to be made if you sold it. standard oil was starting to buy corners in downtown area for their gas stations. in 1930, when the last owner passed, the property transferred to the bank. the heirs wanted the bank to sell the property. standard oil wanted to buy this corner and demolish the house. it took eight years for the national society of colonial dames to campaign throughout wilmington to purchase this property instead of standard oil. it took eight years of campaigning and making counteroffers. finally they were able

small business association will offer low-cost loans to those affected by the san jose flood. residents up to $200,000 at 1.8%. people started lining up as soon as the office doors opened. >> the credit underwriting criteria is more lenient. turn around time is quick. we're out here to help the applicants get through the disaster recover arey period in any way we can. >> reporter: landlord jeff coal says he had been tapping into his savings. >> we're hemorrhaging money right now this. is an opportunity to at least bridge the gap. >> reporter: some residents say they're wary of borrowing money since they're living paycheck to paycheck now. >> they're taking what they can because they need it, but they know they can't pay it back. >> reporter: after a loan is approved, it takes about 10 days to get the money. julie sacks hopes it will speedup repairs at her 7 buildings. >> getting this loan is great. it's the first day i really had a good night's sleep. >> reporter: the deadline to apply for a loan is may 19th. the office at city hall will remain open until then. >>> and we're t

did,g out what i just there are these questions of business associations, these questions of quid proquo to change our policy toward ukraine , those are not election related per se unless they were quid pro quos in order to implement this ukraine policy. fromons has not recused that. frankly, those are were some of the biggest smoke is. ps not recused from that yet. he was asked twice during his confirmation process about ties to russia. the one he addressed yesterday was a question in the hearing from al franken about whether he , asas an election official, met with any russians. he pointed out he does. amy: that's go to that clip from the confirmation hearing in january when did senator jeff sessions was asked by minnesota senator al franken whether he knew of contacts betetween trump campaign officials and russia's government. >> if there is any evidence that anyone affiliated with the trump campaign communicated with the russian government in the course of this campaign, what will you do? >> senator franken, i am not aware of any of those activities. i have been called a surrogate

however, after reviewing the legislation we don't see how it is at the meeting, the northeast business association, we really don't see how it is going to hurt any pdr businesses and we are not sure we see how it is going to help any pdr businesses. so we are not asking for any amendment were asking anything, but we do want to be certain and that the planning department and the office of workforce and economic of element know that anything that has to do with business we would have businesses and our pdr districts we like and immediate heads-up. >> fair enough. thank you. any other members of the public like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioners, commissioner adams >> i do like this for the fact when you're changing the zoning going from the big-box stores to keep the pdr is because i do believe that some of the-i've heard this anecdotally-that there are some landlords were holding back long-term leases thinking they're building his can get torn down. they're going to build another best buy down there or something like that. this kind of keeps the character

his remarks were part of the national association for business economics conference. it is 50 minutes. slated for his work on consumption, poverty, and welfare. personally i had the pleasure of his work on consumers very when i was a grad student in 1980. he told us with work on price indices. welfare,e-long on well-being, and health have been major contributions to the thismic literature area decade, as the rest of us became attuned to any quality the world, these contributions has guided public policy descriptions and debates. rising morbidity and mortality in midlife alone white americans in the first century resonates strongly in the political environment. a warm greeting to sir angus deaton [applause] deaton: good afternoon. it's a real preserve to be here. for that wonderful introduction. i think of myself as someone who is gotten on with what i am working on. delighted that so many people are interested in this. i've been thinking about inequality since i was a graduate student in the 1960's. one of the things i appreciate about the current environment is hasex

the business association of west park side hosted this morning's candidates' forum. the primary election is may 16th. seth williams announced last month he wouldn't seek another term as da. the fbi is looking into $160,000 worth of gifts williams received and did not report. williams said the scrutiny on him has become a distraction. >>> if you've ever wanted to work at wawa, here's your chance. they are hiring 5,000 new employees this spring. some stores will hold open house events for people interested to learn what a job at wawa looks like. >>> the road to repeat for villanova starts in less than an hour from now. nova alum, keith jones in buffalo where all the action is happening. >> reporter: jim, i've got you're all access pass to take you behind the scenes to the villanova basketball team before their game tonight. in addition to what fans are doing, particularly whether they prefer a philly cheese steak or a buffalo wing. the big question coming up next. >>> keith is very smart to be reporting indoors in buffalo. plus, spring is just days away, i mean, winter

of asking my neighborhood association leaders and other merchant associations leaders and business association leaders if their, in fact, registered and not to share a secret the organization to which all merchant associations was not registered so there is to your point a little knowing amongst these organizations if they need to be formally registered this is obvious if you collect revenue you need to be albeit to get a pass on that or not to be determined by the city not by you and i wanted you all to come and start the conversation because i want it known to all the nonprofit merchant associations and neighborhood association and other nonprofits in the city you must register with the city not necessarily mean - you need to be registered and the way the city keeps track of the activities and quite frankly it is interesting for us to know how many merchant associations and neighborhood associations there are because those are very effective organizations for grassroots activity in the neighborhood and i that that is something that the city should celebrate and not kind of hidden away so no

this bill would empower small businesses to band together through association health plans, or a.h.c., to help lower costs for workers. this bill represents a first step toward a more competitive health insurance market that crosses state lines. under h.r. 1101, small businesses in different states could join together through a group health plan. these plans would have strong protections and solvency requirements to ensure workers can count on their health care coverage when they and their families need it. what does all this mean? more choices, more freedom and more affordable health care for working families and small business owners like scott bolenbacher. this is a better one -- this is a better way, one that stands in stark contrast to obamacare's failed approach. instead of more mandates, this bill empowers individuals to access the high-quality affordable health care plan that meets their needs. i want to thank my colleague, representative sam johnson, for championing for years the positive reforms in this bill. i urge members to vote yes on h.r. 1101 so we can level the playin

the developers behind this ,roject or business associates a former transportation minister in one of the country's most corrupt oligarchs. the foreign corrupt practices law for bids companies from participating in skiing reward in exchange for material benefit or preferential treatment. it a crime for an american company to unknowingly benefit from a partner's corruption if it could have discovered illicit activity but avoided undertaking that due diligence. the gentleman in question earned a salary of $12,000 a year and was a billionaire. while the trump organization claims they have followed the law, did they really not realize this guy had been accused of being corrupt? come on. maybe that is why they refused to release detail of the investigation or payments made to or by the trump organization. as an aside, i should mention this correct family is also accused of having ties related to iran. we don't know to what extent iranian companies were involved. don't the american citizens deserve to at least know that answer, especially since iranian entities have been involved in the kil

political appointees in the government might be urprised if they seek to hire friends or business associates to consider the best candidate general, rules about nepotism are unfamiliar from the private sector, where whoever you want. et's go to james, james is in tennessee. independent line. you?r: hi, how are good morning. foremost, o first and i'm very thankful and appreciative of representative north carolina and john garamendi of california working together. most democrats and republicans, myself, we have the -- actually and i am, these least guy necessary washington, d.c. are not working for us, but for business. and, you know, they need to work together, i feel, not hopeful it happen, though. host: is there a specific area you think they need to work together? caller: they need to work together on all issues. of know, i get so sick hearing democrat this and republican this. know, they are spending, the uy a couple calls before me said we have come to this place y chance, these guys are working together, they make it appear they are separate, but i think they are together. okay, to john

i was one of the business associates whilst i was in government to try and show them that i was for theter part of the country. it comes down to credibility, though. when you left, actually you were expelled from zanu pf and you set up your own party, which of course now has sort of collapsed and you've got another party. but when you first left you said this: together, you said, we can build zimbabwe into a modern democratic state with a vibrant economy where every citizen is responsible for peace, forfreedom, democracy and we can prosper. yes. let's look at the record. you were a minister during massacres. gukurahundi. yes, i was minister of women affairs. 20,000 matabele people killed. i was minister of women affairs. you knew it. you did not say a word against it. i did not say a word against it but those were executive orders that were used by the fifth brigade, and i'm sure with an executive person what else would you do? but, i'm sorry, how can you persuade the citizens that you believe in freedom, democracy, prosperity when your record is so appalling. you didn't walk away from

of asking my neighborhood association leaders and other merchant associations leaders and business association leaders if their, in fact, registered and not to share a secret the organization to which all merchant associations was not registered so there is to your point a little knowing amongst these organizations if they need to be formally registered this is obvious if you collect revenue you need to be albeit to get a pass on that or not to be determined by the city not by you and i wanted you all to come and start the conversation because i want it known to all the nonprofit merchant associations and neighborhood association and other nonprofits in the city you must register with the city not necessarily mean - you need to be registered and the way the city keeps track of the activities and quite frankly it is interesting for us to know how many merchant associations and neighborhood associations there are because those are very effective organizations for grassroots activity in the neighborhood and i that that is something that the city should celebrate and not kind of hidden away so no

across the country discuss the political and economic challenges that face growing businesses at the national association for business economics annual conference in d.c. that is live at 8:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2. later will be at the cato institute for new transportation and infrastructure under the trump administration. watch live at noon eastern on c-span and listen on c-span radio. over the next three hours will take a look at the highlights from the conservative political action conference. including 2016 presidential candidate, carly fiorina. david clark, and nigel. first up texas congressman and chair of the house ways and means committee, kevin brady. >> could after noon sees cpac, are you ready to chair this afternoon up. i'm chairman of the ways and means committee. it's an honor to be here. i here. i want to thank you for bringing this republican president, donald trump and a unified republican congress this year. as chairman of the ways and means committee we are all in with our new president on his top priorities, repealing obama care and fixing our broken tax code. [applause] we are movi

small business association will offer low-cost loans to those affected by the san jose flood. business owners can borrow up to $2 million. residents up to $200,000 at 1.8%. people started lining up as soon as the office doors opened. >> the credit lending criteria is more lenient. we're out here to help the applicants get through the disaster recovery period in any way we can. >> reporter: landlord jeff said he had been tapping into his savings. >> we're hemorrhaging money right now and this is a wonderful opportunity to at least bridge the gap. >> reporter: still some residents in the rock springs neighborhood say they're wary of borrowing money since they're living paycheck to paycheck now. >> they're take hag they can because they need it, but they know they can't pay it back. >> reporter: it takes about 10 days to get the money. landlord julie sacks hopes it will speedup repairs at her 7 buildings so she can get her tenants back home. >> it's the first day i've had a good night sleep. >> reporter: the office here at city hall will remain open until the 19th. in san jose, an

everything about what relationships have existed between donald trump, his family, his campaign, his business associatesh edrussn business interests. what is so impossible to understand if the trump white house is interested in anything like the truth, is why they won't open up on these questions. the american people deserve to know, particularly about the business interests. >> i want to thank everybody on the panel. a new twist in the $25 million trump university settlement and how one person's decision may sink the deal. anything meant to stand needs a stable foundation. a body without proper foot support can mean pain. the dr. scholl's kiosk maps your feet and recommends our custom fit orthotic to stabilize your foundation and relieve foot, knee or lower back pain from being on your feet. dr. scholl's. >>> trump university, which as you know wasn't really a university at all, is be a being in the spotlight. trump did something he vowed never to do. 'degr he agreed to a settlement. tomorrow the judge in the case, the one who candidate trump said could not be partial, will consider a motion that could

business person who is associated with the foreign adversary having tenants in their office building that do business with that foreign adversary, would that be a red flag that a counterintelligence agent would look at? >> i can't answer that. >> are you aware that in trump tower were two tenants who ran a high-stakes illegal gambling ring that was run out of trump tower? >> same answer. >> and are you aware that the prosecutor in that case was u.s. attorney preet bharara? >> same answer. >> are you aware, director, that that u.s. attorney was recently fired? >> yes. >> by the president of the united states? >> i know from press accounts that he was asked to leave. >> director, are you aware of felix sadr, a former soviet official and adviser to the trump organization? >> i'm not going to comment on that. >> director, outside of mr mr. sadr's relationship with the trump organization, are you aware the u.s. government knew of him because of a $40 million stock fraud case prosecuted bit u.s. government? >> same answer. >>. >> director, what a u.s. person having multiple trademarks in ad

one of the two largest shareholders of the bank is a close personal friend and business associate of russian president vladimir putin. one of the other major investors is the king of fertilizer. i know, some of my critics call me the queen of fertilizer, but they mean it differently. for americans who are trying to make sense of our new president and the government he's putting in plates and what explains their behavior when other political norms don't seem to, because the king of fertilizer is an amazing story. he's not the richest person in russia. that would probably be vladimir putin. but he does hold the title for what is believed to be the most expensive divorce in modern history. as part of his divorce proceedings, a swiss bank award his wife $4.5 billion as her divorce settlement. wow. and a couple's divorce wuld usually be a private matter, why do we care, the reason it turns out we have to care about it is because it's becoming part of what we need to understand about your current american presidency. the split up started in 2007, 2008. the divorce settlement in the end was

the business association of west parkside hosted the candidates for a forum. each talked about what they would do if elected and they answered questions from voters. >>> authorities in southern france say a student opened fire at his school. police say the student shot the high school's principal and two others. no word yet on a motive, but authorities believe there is no reason to suspect the attack is related to terror. in addition to the wounded, five others are being treated for shock. everyone is expected to survive. >>> elsewhere in france a letter bomb injured a person in paris. the device went off at the office offense t office's of the international monetary fund. no damage was reported. still not clear who sent the explosives. france remains in a state of emergency. >>> secretary of state rex tillerson is in japan as part of his tour of asia where anxiety is rising over north korea's nuclear and missile program. >> andrea mitchell is on the road following the secretary of state in tokyo. >> reporter: here in tokyo secretary of state rex till hern in

federal reserve bank of minneapolis and get a look at worker productivity and the national association from business -- for business economics annual conference. before that begins, a look at the president and their families -- and his family's travel expenses. this is from "washington and other matters and joins us cost and out the expense for security and travel for the first family and president trump. drew harwell, good morning. guest: good morning. host: the headline from the ecent story you wrote on this, when it comes to the trump family and lifestyle, it is nightmare at taxpayer expense. where does the logistical come from? guest: from incredible complexity with protecting the travels, when he protecting the president's family, the vice president's family. every president travels and goes on vacation, not to mention state department overseas, that sort of thing. but president trump has to the nextken that level. quite aveling to florida often. his children are traveling on not ess trips quite often, just across the country, but to united ike dubai, and .rab emieshgszr and melania trump and t

you've heard in the are director's report and then he attend a the c n a for the dog patch business associationo i will be at the next meeting and hear more about the legislation we heard about so that concluded my report. >> no one else. >> yep i'm on the cd m a council representing castro street merchants. >> commissioner dooley i'm continuing to attend mostly meeting with the mta representing neighborhood commercial that districts and i think we're it's really a positive situation i think that we're bringing up a lot of issues seems to be quite a bit of agreement on what issues we need to be honing in on and continue to meet monthly for at least another 6 months and then we'll push back to maybe every other month but i think that is a good forum for neighborhoods needs and comments. >> good anyone else do we have any members of the public that wanted to seeing none, public comment is closed. next item, please. >> item no. 7 new business allows the commissioners to introduce future considerations discussion item. >> commissioners any new items you'd like to prop. >> thank you for the director

the business association of west park side hosted this forum. the primary election is may 16th. >> this forum is really effective, i think. each of the candidates is specifically asking questions and it's great to have neighborhood people have a local business people sitting here, really holding them accountable for their answers. >> seth williams announced last month he would not seek another term as da. the fbi is looking into $160,000 worth of gifts williams received and did not report. he said the scrutiny has become too much attraction. >>> the atlantic city mayor is expect today formally announce his campaign for reelection within the hour. four candidates are challenging him so far. he became atlantic city's first republican mayor since 1990 when he took office. >>> lawmakers in new jersey are pushing back against governor christie's new gun regulation, the senate there voted to support a lawsuit which makes it easier to legally carry handguns there. >>> a lehigh county lawmakers is sponsoring a bill that would protect school bus drivers

he was an advisor to ukrainian oligarchs who got sweet business deals from putin's associates. he was also a business partner of russian oligarchs close to putin. he resigned in august of last year after reports surfaced that suggested that he had received $12.7 million from ukraine's pro-russia former president, victorian covish. he was on the payroll for $10 million, it has just come out, in order to promote the russian perspective and putin's propaganda in washington and throughout the united states. in order to change the course of u.s. politics. ok. now, i'm sorry to put these out there as a bunch of clues. i wish we had a coherent story to tell. we don't. because what we need is a comprehensive 9/11-style independent investigation to figure out what precisely happened. in america, you're presumed innocent until proven guilty. nobody's putting any of these people in jail. but it has come out, despite their best efforts in some cases, that they are up to their necks in the russian connection. what does that mean for american democracy? what we know is there was a massive ind

agents say he even had an official district attorney's office badge, provided to a business associate. all told, prosecutors say that the totality of the gifts, exceeded $100,000. williams could face dozens of years in jail, agents say if he is convicted. the irs says in the end, the charges were born out of following the money trail. >> williams has been charged with bribery, extortion, and honest service fraud, among other charges. >> reporter: now seth williams will have to appear here in federal court with his legal team, he will to have surrender and then he will be arraigned, before a federal magistrate. now you will recall he has been highly criticized over the last several months for, acknowledging, tens of thousands of dollars of gifts that he has received, as district attorney, and that he did not fill out financial paperwork, elaborating on those gifts. of course, there are many facets to this story, cbs-3's david spunt here to break down more including what has seth williams and representatives of mr. williams, set to this point. >> reporter: we reached out to seth william

business person who is associated with a foreign adversary having tenants in their office building that do business with that foreign adversary, would that be a red flag that a counterintelligence agent look at? director comey: i can't answer that. mr. swalwell: are you aware in trump tower where two tenantseses -- tenants who ran a high stakes illegal gambling ring that was run out of trump tower? director comey: same answer. mr. swalwell: are you aware of the prosecutor? director comey: same answer. mr. swalwell: are you aware that u.s. attorney was recently fired? director comey: yes. mr. swalwell: by the president of the united states? director comey: i don't know who fired him. i know from press accounts that he was asked to leave. >> we will leave this hearing now for live coverage of the house for legislative work. the hearing itself will continue live on c-span3 and online at c-span.org. the house coming in for the start of debate on a number of homeland security related measures. live coverage of the house. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning pe

compliance and works with restaurant association's civil rights division to encourage restaurants to comply with the a ga and the point we made to them, to make business sense. working with associations that have access to employers to encourage apprenticeship programs and job training programs, learn from them what needs to be done and what can be done, can't just the government. has to be partnership with employers. the part of labor, the department of education is such a key player in this and in all can door, funding is somewhat deeper than the department of labor's funding. it is important to breakdown the silos to not have this department doing this and that department doing that work together as one executive branch addressing this issue. >> mister chairman, my time is almost up. >> thank you, senator hatch. senator hassan here, mister acosta. i will just add support to the comments you heard from just about everybody on the committee about the importance of job training. it is critical to the state of new hampshire as is our job core center which is one of the newest if not the newest job core centers in the country and i had the opportunity t

the question of whether trump world, his campaign, his business associates had anything to do with it. >> reporter: the president did arrive back here at the white house last night after spending the weekend at his home in mar-a-lago. the president has a busy day ahead of meeting with cabinet members. chris, back to you. >> joe johns, thank you very much. the white house is also supposed to be bringing its controversial travel ban back any day now. moments ago president trump senior adviser kellyanne conway said a new executive order will be signed today. what's it going to look like? >> let's bring in cnn justice reporter laura jarrett live from washington. what have you got? >> pretty big changes in store for the president's new executive order. the most significant change is that legal permanent residents, green cardholders, so to speak, and current visa holders will be completely excluded from the order. so they will be able to travel as normal, just as it was before. but even with these changes, we are hearing from immigration lawyers that it's still safe to expect a flurry of ac

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definitely get that word out and invite the businesses that are interested in doing business with sfo the trade association and individual businesses you know from contracting construction consensus professional services we'll be covering all of that so we'll appreciative they're hosting that during small business week the next we're working with commissioner zouzounis on developing the abatement theme for cigarettes dealing with dpw and want to make sure we have the opportunity to provide - to draft a document to provide you some background for the presentation are made to you the next we'll work on the ground floor medical uses and scanners and vacancies. >> can i ask about the ground floor where are we on that i certainly see in any district for example, the medical use taking over a bank consuming an entire block on the ground floor with no retail and i think that we need to really taking a look at that in our mcds to you know see whether if maybe not so suitable so have so many you know retail medical facilities in our ncd. >> so we are working on there is a couple of things i think that are important

with agents of a foreign power, and so are doing things for someone he think is a friend or a business associate not realizing it's for that -- the foreign government. it can happen. it's actually quite a frequent technique. >> is it beyond that sometimes to include things where the actor doesn't necessarily know what they're doing is helping that other government? >> exactly. >> what are instances, just examples of what that might include in a generic sense in europe and -- >> oftentimes it's a researcher here in the united states may think they're dealing with a pier research er -- not knowing that that researcher is either knowingly or unwittingly passing information to a foreign adversary of the united states. >> can you explain and ewill be rate how this sort of problems with defining what collusion is, the differences that might be involved with explicit or implicit collusion? >> collusion is not a term -- a legal term of art. it's one i haven't used here today. we're investigating to see whether there was any coordination between people associated with the campaign. >> explicit or implici

this was part of the national business association's conference in washington. it is just under one hour. >> i am very pleased to introduce our panel. .n fiscal policy perspectives sometimes when you are a conference and panel, it is like bringing friends together, and this is one case like that. onhave real friends of nabe the dais today. pleased to have doug elmendorf with us, dean of the kennedy school, professor of public policy and as all of you the cbo.t director of he has been in front of us many times and we always find his views and positions extremely and lightning. it is wonderful to have doug with us. it is also good to have clint humbert with us, -- glenn of financeh us, dean and economics at columbia business school and the past chair of the cba under george w. bush. finally, our moderate -- moderator who is ceo and president of the peterson ambition. michael oversees stratus he -- strategy for the foundation and looking at the key fiscal policy challenges that we all face. michael and the foundation are longtime supporters and back -- backers and

across the country discuss the political and economic challenges that face growing businesses at the national association for business economics annual conference in d.c. that is live at 8:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2. later will be at the cato institute for new transportation and infrastructure under the trump administration. watch live at noon eastern on c-span and listen on c-span radio. over the next three hours will take a look at the highlights from the conservative political action conference. including 2016 presidential candidate, carly fiorina. david clark, and nigel. first up texas congressman and chof

protests erupted in january in response to president trump's first travel ban, the global business travelers association reported 185 million dollars in lost bookings to the u.s. emirates airlines said the pace of its bookings to the u.s. fell 35%, and new york city just lowered its 2017 travel forecast by 300,000 international visitors, the first drop since 2008's recession. >> we saw a really bill bigdip, and we've not fully recovered. >> reporter: patrick surry from the travel site hopper says airfare searches in the united states dropped since mr. trump's nawg praipgz china is off nearly 46%, saudi arabia down 35. ireland dropped 32, and mexico is down 23%. a notable exception-- travel searches from russia jumped 54%. is there a metric to how many of those turn into actual purchases? >> the search tends to be a leading indicator of booking because people are, you know, typically planning for several days or weeks before they actually purchase. >> reporter: u.s. airlines say they haven't taken a hit yet, but, scott, this talk of a trump slump comes as more international flights are being scheduled, m

and it discussion on worker productivity at the national association for business economics national conference. president trump signed an executive order that bars people from six muslim majority nations from entering the u.s. for 90 days. but exempts travelers holding valid visas. also the new order does not ban citizens of iraq. changes made to an original order in hopes of putting the measure on stronger legal and political -- secretary of state rex tillerson, attorney general jeff sessions and homeland security john kelly announced the changes . etc. with secretary of state. >> good morning. thank you for joining us. the executive order signed by the president today, protecting the nation from foreign terrorist entry in the united states, is a vital measure for strengthening our national security. president's solemn duty to protect the american people. and with this order president trump is exercising his rightful authority to keep our people safe. threats to our security continue to evolve and change, commonsense dictates we continually reevaluate and reassess the system we rel

this portion of the national association or business economics conference is 45 minutes. e is 45 minutes. >>> welcome to our general session for this afternoon. i'm the chief economist at ford and i'm very pleased to be here today to introduce and moderate a discussion with the president of the federal reserve bank of minneapolis. he took office as the president chief executive officer on of 2016.st he serves on the federal open the t economy bringing feds -- committee bringing -- in washington. however, i want to preface the noting that day by after he accepted our invitation o speak here today, the fed adjusted its blackout period ahead of its monetary policy in facts so that we are within the fed blackout period today. kind to keep his commitment to be with us here today. he will not be able to talk about the monetary policy aspect of his position at the fed. that said there's lots we can talk about and i know we'll have a good discussion on fail.pic of too big to but before that, background, while all hink that said bio's are interesting, his particularly eclectic. as