thejust saw pictures of vice chairman of the central committee of north korea kim yong chol arrivingt the white house to meet with president trump. he is expected to deliver a letter written by kim jong-un with no significant concessions or threats. they met withknow secretary of state mike pompeo in new york. breaking news on north korea. we will get you those latest development as we get them. for now, back to real yield. the centralr not bank can or will support a particular market. the difference between fair value within intervention and without intervention is a really big number. inathan: getting involved the price action on tuesday were resolve the market gap the two groovy lower in italy? >> definitely opportunities. unstable as the situation in italy has been, europe is very strong wooden. to 2012, 2013, 2011, they have taken on the steps to strengthen their system. a lot of those countries are reaping the benefits. growth is strong, the ecb is in a good place if they needed to support them. but the italians have to be in line, stay with the program. that was definitely in

of the communist party will be local officials that are in charge and with the central committee that kind of determines what goes on there and they're going to do everything they can to make that city into kind of kind of a blueprint for what they think other cities should be like it'll be kind of putting into practice their vision of you know they just added to the constitution president she's out of thoughts for a moderately prosperous socialist society socialism for china. these characteristics in the new era and they're going to be in acting the policies that they think up in their think tanks in their leadership institutions they're going to and acting them in this new area and kind of putting them into practice one thing that i think is very interesting is in addition to all this advanced technology they're actually going to have some archaeological sites and some ancient ruins on display and this is the chinese communist party basically making the point that even though they are modern even though they're funding artificial intelligence research and all kinds of r. and d. look

intelligence chief and currently he is serving as a vice chairman of north korea's workers parties a central committee and in this position he's stealing with inter korean a first he's someone who has been deeply involved in. recent. to the us and to south korea who has accompanied him to difference meetings with south korean officials of course with the chinese president but he is also a very controversial figure because he was had of this intelligence agency accused of being behind two attacks one cyber attack on sony and one attack against south korean naval vessel that killed almost fifty south koreans and that's why he is actually under u.s. sanctions. or the corresponding always under phenomena at the white house force. thank you. well the european union has seen a day of changes and some would say challenges with a euro skeptic government taking charge in italy and political instability in spain the president of italy has sworn in prime minister big kong today and his cabinet it follows a turbulent week of political drama and financial turmoil sparked by fears that the populous coalition wants

also from the democratic central committee and a member of the board of supervisor bevin duffy is here. we have former supervisor -- i'm sorry, don avalos who is one of the authors of the amended sanctuary ordnance. then before i turn it over to our supervisors i also want to acknowledge that our delegation in sacramento is proud to be here as well. i know that assembly member phil tang couldn't be here but someone from senator scott weiner's office as well. i'll turn it over to jeff. >> thank you for allowing many me to read this today. we need to promote policies that protect people living in our city. when we had donald trump and jeff sessions to mas deport people installing fear and terror in our communities we theed to need -- need to stick up for our immigrant communities. the last thing we need is an attack on our immigrants coming from within our own city. san francisco has a lot of real issues that need to be addressing but demonizing immigrants will not help us solve our problems. it will help us instill more fear in people trying to live their lives and take care of their fa

the vice chair of the central committee kim yong chol met with mike pompeo. it's the highest ranking meeting with the nort north koreaians io decades. >> make no mistake about it. president trump, this administration understands how hard this problem is. there is a long history where north korea viewed its nuclear program as providing the security it needs for the regime. the problem is to come to an undergo to convince the north koreans of what president trump has said. i believe there is a path for them to come to a point where they have not come before. kennedy: he's suggesting the june 12 summit could be the first in a series of meetings. president trump hopefully we'll have a meeting on the 12th. maybe it won't all get done in one meeting. maybe there will and second or third. or maybe we'll have none. but it unless good hands. that we can fell you. kennedy: we want to trust the president and we want it to work out. but what is the hold-up. the president said point way there will be lasting peace is if kim jong-un gives up is a fluke jar weapons. does th

meet with .orth korea's kim yong chol he is a former north korean spy, vice chairman of the central committeeeen in new york speaking to mike pompeo. we heard from the state department on that meeting went well, there was some progress. we are expecting kim yong chol to hand a letter from north korean leader kim jong-il into president trump today. he will arrive anytime. the letter, according to the wall street journal, does not contain any big concessions or threats. we will bring you the latest on that when we get it. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> from new york city, i am jonathan ferro. 30 minutes dedicated to fixed income. this is "bloomberg real yield." coming up, a jobs report leaving the federal reserve on track to deliver more hikes this year. political risk in italy. what is needed most. and a tough week for a former bond king. us why his firm had the biggest order drop in a year. we begin with the jobs report. >> the numbers are strong. >> it is a good, soli

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anyone familiar with the confucius institutes, which has been identified by a member of the central committee of the communist party of china as a very important propaganda arm. is anybody familiar with what's being done to try to identify these institutes as to their motives? mr. schinella: speaking to your original and second question generally. i agree with my colleagues this is predominantly a state actor problem. or that is certainly the largest, most looming problem within that china is the most pressing threat. with the additional amplification that in the case of a country like china, you asked about multinational corporations. when you have state-owned enterprises, our framework doesn't necessarily capture that blurred line between the multinational corporation and the state actor itself. we're familiar with the confucius institutes as one more visible representation of china's global presence, including in the united states. consistent with my earlier remarks i just note that is one of many, many footprints that beijing has in, near, and on our campuses and research institutes that

breaking tonight, there's a brand-new letter from our central committee chair devin nunes and several other republican members, to deputy attorney general rod rosenstein demanding that the fbi and justice department give them full access to documents they "lawfully subpoenaed" to sing anything short of providing the records is obstruction. the letter comes as a number of fbi and justice department officials are facing a day of reckoning tomorrow. a report by the doj inspector general into how the hillary clinton email investigation was handled finally going to go public. it could be a bombshell. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is here tonight with a preview as we wait. >> shannon, the investigation that began nearly 18 months ago began with allegations of mionduct by fbi and justice department officials into the handling of the clinton email case. based on fox's reporting, there will be a series of closed-door briefings tomorrow to include president trump as well as congressional committees of direct oversight of the justice depa and fbi. cobob goodlatte is the rep

he was described today in all the press as the vice chair of the north korean central committee. oh, that sounds nice. he's on a committee. actually, he's the top-ranked spy in the north korean government and has been for a very long time. he headed military intelligence for the past seven years and he built the world's most elite hacking and cyberespionage service from scratch in a country where no one even has the internet. oh, and on top of that there's all the killing. so when you let that guy into the oval office for a couple of hours today in what was apparently an impromptu meeting for which there was no preparation -- we found out like an hour in advance that he might pop by. he did pop by, stayed for a couple hours. did he bring anyone with him? did president trump give up any code word protected super top secret intelligence like he gave to the russians when he surprise hosted them in the oval office? did kim yong chol have any equipment with him when he was brought into the oval office? even like in his pocket? did he leave you a thumb drive? tell you it was a really f

can't even get the endorsement of the democratic party and its state central committee operation. we are kind of a confused operation because we are so heavily democratic or so heavily independent. the republicans are an endangered species. that won't change because the quality in the bench just isn't there. so don't draw any conclusions about what may happen in california, except in the challenged seated for congress. if, in fact, the five and six seats we are trying to turn from republican to democrat takes place, nancy pelosi will be the new speaker. >> but it is an extraordinary position that the gop finds itself in. that poll that said they're behind independents in terms of registration with voters. when you think about the state of california and the gop, they gave us ronald reagan. they gave us richard nixon. how far that state gop party has collapsed. >> and they gave us earl warren, who literally changed the whole nature of how people of african descent who are now in america could exist. believe me, at one time republican party really had a high morality flavor as it re

is a former military intelligence chief as a vice chairman of the north korean ruling party's central committee and he is someone who has been involved in killing. all reach outreach to the cells to south korea and to the yes earlier this year he has accompanied the north korean dictator to his summits with south korea and with the chinese and he's also someone who is a very controversial figure because he is accused to have been behind a number of attacks a deadly attack that killed fifty south koreans and a cyber attack against a sony pictures so he's a senior figure within the regime what is likely to be discussed. well he came here to the white house to deliver a letter from king john to you as president but of course we live in the twenty first century and you can imagine that there are different ways of delivering such a letter so the fact that he is here meeting with white house officials and with the president shows that it was the president u.s. president who wanted this meeting maybe as a gesture of goodwill but of course it's at the first play place a huge p.r. win for the north kore

but it also means consumers and businesses will pay more to borrow money the european central bank's policy committee is also meeting today and analysts are not expecting the e.c.b. to take a cue from the fed and also raise rates we'll have more on that in later shows. folks are now has agreed to pay a one billion euro fine as a direct consequence of the diesel gate's the comic or accepted an order by german prosecutors which saves the company a battle in the courts the emissions trading scandal has already caused v.w. a total of more than twenty five billion euros many in fines to u.s. authorities. v.w. is reeling after being slapped with another billion euros in penalties on top of that the company must pay in the u.s. as a result of the emissions cheating scandal around eleven million vehicles worldwide were involved. it would not appeal today's decision saying in a statement. by doing so admits its responsibility for the diesel crisis and considers this further may just step towards the latter being overcome. lower saxony state attorney says the fine must be paid within six weeks the decision doe

the central committee for con objectors is where you want to go. those people can help you. there were a lot of antiwar a lot of hippie types living in west philly making fun of the establishment too., i don't know if any of you were around there, but from what i in the pictures, it looked like a great time. thisy fun, and the war was catalyst for that activism and exactly as you're saying. government at the top was saying it was too expensive. the average person was saying it expensive, but then nixon -- they have other critiques, too, but then nixon elected for things continued for a lot longer than they would have probably otherwise. interesting point that you bring up that speaks from this morning in terms of continuum out the between counterculture and activism and the ways in which hard and fast line between those different aspects of society. ick, did you want to say something? >> sure. e also have to realize the way this war is probably being ramed by the people of philadelphia, which is a very diverse place now. bviously, there was the anti-war activism but it's a -

also means consumers and businesses will pay more to borrow money over time the european central bank's policy committee is meeting today and analysts are not expecting the e.c.b. to take a cue from the fed and also raise rates. has agreed to pay a one billion euro fine as a direct consequence of diesel gate the car maker accepted an order by german prosecutors which saves the company a battle in the courts the emissions cheating scandal has already cost v w a total of more than twenty five billion euros mainly in fines to u.s. authorities three v.w. is reeling after being slapped with another billion euros in penalties on top of those that the company must pay in the u.s. as a result of the emissions cheating scandal around eleven million vehicles worldwide were involved said it would not appeal today's decision saying in a statement. by doing so admits its responsibility for the diesel crisis and considers this as a further may just step towards the latter being overcome. lower saxony state attorney says the fine must be paid within six weeks the decision doesn't affect the civil suits against the car

kim is a vice chairman of the central committee. this would be the highest level north korean official visit to the u.s. in almost 20 years. for more details, let's go to washington where our head of national security reporting is following the story. bill, we know that mr. kim is coming with a letter. do we know what the letter contains? anye really don't have specific details about what might be in the letter. we believe it's a response to the very public letter that donald trump sent to kim jong-un heittle over a week ago when initially canceled plans for the june 12 summit in singapore. since then, of course, both sides have been working to resurrect those plans. that is one of the things we are hoping to get more information on when this meeting in the oval office and. is there going to be a june 12 summit in singapore between donald trump and kim jong-un. if so, that would be the first time the leaders of those countries have ever met. shery: what hans could we get from the meeting with secretary of state on pao in new york? b

internet joseph stalin and general secretary of the soviet communist was asked about a vote in the central committee of his party. he was unconcerned about the vote after hall he explained that who voted was completely unimportant. what was extraordinarily important he said was who would count the votes. now 95 years later, those words echo in this room. we realize that this country or they would say not the people but the leader of the country vladimir putin was once again trying to influence who counts the votes and how they are counted by attempting to hack into our system. we cannot have that happen. i don't care who you are for, this is really about the integrity of our democracy. thank you. >> thank you. i want to thank the witnesses for joining us today. unfortunately a flight cancellation made it impossible for secretary lawsons attendance today but we are glad that she tried to come and we are glad you are here. let's turn to our panel. we have your comments for the record so you can use as much or as little of that is you want to and we will have it for the record no matter what. secretary

joseph stalin, then general secretary of the soviet communist, was asked about a vote in the central committee of his party. stalin was unconcerned about the vote. after all, he explained that who voted was completely unimportant. what was extraordinarily important, he said, was who would count the votes. now 95 years later those words echo in this room as we realize that this country, the leader of this country, but american was once again trying to influence who counts about how the votes counted by having to hack into our systems. we cannot have that happen and i don't care for democrat, republican, i don't care who you are for in the presidential race or who you are for in the senate races but this is about the integrity of our democracy. thank you, senator blunt. >> thank you, senator klobuchar. i want to thank the witnesses again for joining us to gate. unfortunately, the weather and airplane delays made it impossible for some to join us. we have your comments for the records so you can use as much or as little as that is you want to and we will have it for the record, no matter what. se

also means consumers and businesses will face higher loan rates over time the european central bank's policy committee is meeting today as well and is not expected to take a cue from the fate. i'm not joined by five yelena from the macro economic policy institute at the hands of berkeley on this very unwelcome to the studio dr was european politics emerging market turmoil is on shaky ground right now is it the right time for the fed to raise rates i think it is i mean the fed is really all about the american economy that has to take its use from the american economy inflation is quite high at the moment and two point seven percent unemployment is quite low at three point eight percent so this is the time to increase interest rates and everybody expected also the fed to increase interest rates is the fed's mandate of course to look at the american economy but is the fate influenced maybe by the fact that the current administration is looking increasingly and only at that domestic situation no not at all i think every fed and every fed chairman arafat committee also on the possible have done exactly the

joseph stalin, then general secretary of the soviet communists was asked about a vote in the central committee of his party. stalin was unconcerned about the vote. after all, he explained, that who voted was completely unimportant. what was extraordinarily important, he said, was who would count the votes. so now 95 years later, those words echo in this room, as we realize that this country, or they would say not the people, but the leader of this country, vladimir putin, was once again really trying to influence who counts the votes and how the votes are counted, by attempting to hack into our systems. we cannot have that happen. i don't care if we're democrat, republican, i don't care who you're for in the presidential race or who you're for in the senate races, this is really about the integrity of our democracy. thank you, senator blunt. >> thank you, senator klobuchar. again, i want to thank the witnesses for joining us today. unfortunately, weather and a flight cancellation made it impossible for secretary lawson's attendance today, but we are glad that she tried to come, and we're glad

of the communist party will be local officials that are in charge and with the central committee that kind of determines what goes on there and they're going to do everything they can to make that city into kind of kind of a blueprint for what they think other cities should be like it'll be kind of putting into practice their vision of you know they just added to the constitution president she's out of thoughts for a moderately prosperous socialist society socialism for chinese. earth touristic in the new era and they're going to be in acting the policies that they think up in their think tanks in their leadership institutions they're going to and acting them in this new area and kind of putting them into practice one thing that i think is very interesting is in addition to all this advanced technology they're actually going to have some archaeological sites and some ancient ruins on display and this is the chinese communist party basically making the point that even though they are modern even though they're funding artificial intelligence research and all kinds of r. and d. looking

he will air with the central part of the committee in terms of powell and the vice chair.-4 rate hikes total. another two or three next year. i don't think he is going to rock the boat. the interesting thing will be when we get to a turning point. does his neutral rate framework conflict with jay powell might want to do? we might be a year or two away from that. investors watching the fed do for anything in particular we can pinpoint or are they just focused on the ump administration, the trade war, china and other factors? >> the fed is important. it is important for the u.s. and the rest of the world. the dollar is the reserve currency. if you look at the flow of funds data,, $4 trillion worth of dollar-denominated debt. the fact the fed is putting rates up, what are we seeing? rate rise.s anyone out there, a non-us government or company last taken on dollar debt has to face the int that they owed money dollars which is appreciating. you have seen the crocs that have appeared in turn key, and indonesia. india, the central bank governor complained. it is the classic pheno

with the treaty bodies i welcome the submission of longstanding reports to the committees by bangladesh couple verdant central african republic guinea mali mauritania. tonga and zambia. also to applaud the targets accession to the covenants and afghanistan's accession to the optional protocol to the convention against torture and other cruel inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment my office stands ready to support them in efforts to implement these commitments to ensure respect for their people's rights and i urge other countries which have not ratified these and other human rights treaties to do so. mr president in a number of areas i am heartened by significant progress regarding access. during my second mission to. in april i was impressed and encouraged by the prime minister's commitment to undertake reforms that could well advance the rule of law and respect for fundamental human rights and principles including a broad space for expression peaceful assembly and a civil society participation following a long period of reluctance to engage with international human rights bodies the recent conclusion

this morning i am pleased to welcome alice wells secretary of state for south and central asia affairs to the committee. ambassador alice wells has been serving as the assistant secretary of state for south and central asian affairs since june of 2017. she is a foreign service officer and has previously served as the united states ambassado ambassae kingdom of jordan. she's held numerous positions in the department of state and has extensive experience in south and central asia and we very much appreciate her being with us today. without objection, the witnesses .-full-stop the statement is going to be made a part of the record and members will have five calendar days to submit any statements or questions or extraneous material for the record. i would ask ambassador wilson should summarize her remarks and afterwards we will go to questions. thank you. >> chairman and ranking member thank you for inviting me to appear to discuss the administrations strategy in afghanistan. this is a timely hearing just last week the first in 17 years brought peace to afghanistan during the period and like many americans

centralize power around here. i'm happiest when the members, not thewhenhe members are making policy decisions, going through the committee process. i'm happy that we have had this process on display this morning in our conference. so this is a conversation that will continue and hopefully we can find a path ahead that's consistent with the four pillars that the president laid out and avoids a pointless discharge petition. one of the things i do like about this job is getting big things doneor the american people. our economy is on a roll. workers are getting ahead. unemployment is at its lowest level in half a century. wages are up. nfen one million jobs have been created since the passage of tax reform. here are three vital pieces of legislation that either have become lawr about to become law. cancer bill inficant pediatric make it easier to find cures and treatments for these brave patients. a sweeping measure to improve the care of our veterans with more bold reforms to fix problems at the v.a. anitical resources to help local law enforcementa violent gangse ms-13. next week, the house is going to taken on actio more

central subway project. i feel it's our responsibility as budget committee members to ensure there's transparency, accountability, as well as fiscal responsibility in all of our financial undertakings. that's why it's prudent for us to openly thfinancial undertakings of this particular proposed program. there's a few things i want to layout before we get into the presentation to help frame the conversation. first, what is the current plan for fiber? who are the actors? and who will be in charge moving forward? for what reason was this particular technology chosen? of course, how much is it going to cost the city. i'm also curious to know what the cost to the rate payers will be and most importantly, overall, the build out. what is that cost going to be. so today we have got a really great lineup presenting. we will hear from the department of technology, budget legislative analyst. sf city and d.p.w. i'm not sure if sf city is still here. if be could call the representative, she has a plane to catch. let's start there. and don't worry, don't go too far, linda, i definitely want to hear from you. please come on u

relevant as other things but over time, actually became the central driving factor in issues like civil liberties and civil rights. the committee on public information not only funded the four-minute men but also produces these volumes of how the war came to america. how the war came to america is the most popular of the tests they printed. million.ted about 6 it comes in a variety of languages that demonstrates the diversity, ethnic diversity of the america public at this time. that is why they put these not only in english, the four-minute men will actually give short summaries of these in their talks but also to the talents, polish -- italians, polish, portuguese. again, the array of languages that were here. it is worth noting that in this. period, there is this idea of americanization. there is this idea of softer americanization. americanization promoted by teddy roosevelt, says, one, you forget yourct -- languages and cultures and embrace the new world. the military will initially adopt this but then realize that it is not that easy when it --y0 immigrants. 100,000 to not speak english. even within the native born, the l

i brought bill gates before the senate judiciary committee, a decision that i have to say, needlessly to say, i'll say ruffled some feathers. my central concern was that microsoft was engaging in anticompetitive business practices by bundling its browser, internet explorer, with its operating system, microsoft windows. in time, my hearing precipitated the department of justice's decision to sue microsoft for anticompetitive business practices, initiating an historic court battle that would last for three years. the result of this court decision would set a legal precedent to discourage anticompetitive practices from taking place in the future, fostering the competitive environment that has helped silicon valley succeed to this day. as we continue to confront challenging antitrust issues, we can little afford to ignore the past. the microsoft case is an important part of that story. it is fitting that we have gathered here today to discuss it, but i should make one thing very clear, and right from the start. while the microsoft antitrust controversy in retrospect offers several important lessons, it was no panacea. on the one hand, we

central valley. money raised today will benefit "protect the house", a committee started by mccarthy and mike pence to maintain the republican majority in congress. >>> what's in the water killing the sharks? another great white h mysteriously washed up on a nearby beach dead. marianne favro joins us, looking into the second death of this type in just over a year. >> reporter: marine biologists say the shark was found here in this beach in apptoss. all 500 pounds of him. from apar, justin ziegler thought it was a see lion but was stunned when he found himself looking in the open mouth of a great white shark. >> immediately, i was concerned it was still alive. >> reporter: the shark was dead but still intimidating. >> it was twice the size of me in le in the length. >> reporter: a marine biologist inspected the shark after it washed up not far from seascape resort. >> it was about five years old, eight feet, nine inches long and weighs probably between 450 and 500 pounds. >> reporter: he says the shark had a few straccratches on it a still had sea lion fur in its mouth. they loaded it and took it to a

at the central intelligence agency, the law really guides howrelationship to congress -- while i found that frustration for many other committees, some members, but a lot of staff, and huge frustration for the fourth estate, the media, thing that frustrated the most, we had all that wereolks extraordinarily interested in c.i.a. operations and what was c.i.a.n inside the we had folks in both houses who securityed with clearances. they just weren't cleared by the central intelligence agency so even if they had a security we really only could answer questions to the hill for house and senate intelligence committees and occasionally the defense theopriators because funding comes through the defense appropriations act so principally our relationship was committees. we constantly got letters of information from other committees, other members, phone calls from members directly to the inspector general seeking information or fortunately or unfortunately, we referred all parties on theal hill over to either the house or senate intelligence committee and they were the broker for that relationship. we didn't go -- whether it was defense,

regulatory officer is responsible for managing relationships with key regu thatas 20 central banks look over the committeee volcker rule then was three pages long. then it became a lot longer. what is the rule? banksis the rule that should not be speculating with depositor money. depositor money should not be used to speculate on proprietary positions or invested in hedge funds or private equity or other kind of risky investments. he pushed that for years, he was to theful selling it president in the obama administration and became of. frank. --was and lamented implemented by the regulators but is very complicated. there is a lot of gray areas and fine lines and it's proved to be more complicated than the simple idea i asked rest. what's happening now is regulators are finding way to ease the rules in parts to make implementation easier. banks will have a little more flexibility. the banksdoes it mean in the u.s. will be over or under regulated? the banks always think they are overregulated, no matter where you are in the cycle. easedlcker rule will be into certain ways. it should make it easier for the b

the chairman of the committee made the point because strozk was a central figure he h the sort of pivotalion-making role in the clinton e-mail and the russia investigation, where he was according to goodlatte forward leaning. >> he leaned over backwards to give her special treatment. that no other criminal suspect would receiver. in the trump case they leaned forward to launch an investigation. the roots of which we need to learn more about. >> catherine: the chairman told fox news earlier today he anticipates a public hearing that the president supports with the agent strozk in the near future. >> you know what is interesting? we talk about this and sometimes today being a big day for republicans but even the democrats seem to be shifting in what they are saying. now they are saying that, in fact, there was a political bias. but that it didn't actually taint the outcome of the hillary clinton or donald trump investigation. so there was bias, against the president of the united states. >> catherine: well, i think it's maybe more subtle than that. they are saying that strozk behind closed

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hearing will drill down on that very central ques here and earli this evening i spoke with lindsey graham of south carolina, a member of the senate judiciary committeeartha: so let's take a ok -- you are announcing tonight a letter that you wrote to rod rosenstein who is very central to all of this and in it we are going to put up on the screen the two questions that you would like him to answer. number one, did strzok and paige have any role in retaining or supervising the informant or directing the decision to use the informant? did strzok or page of any such role to any informant use to investigate the trump campaign or associates and number two did strzok or page have any role in reviewing, approving or supplying information for the fisa warrant obtained two surveilled carter page. he put those two things together, your letter and that real clear investigations piece, everybody is probing at how this whole thing got started and whether or not it was some form of entrapment. >> what we know now is the person in charge of the clinton email investigation, mr. strzok and ms. or in the tank for clinton and hated trump. did those two people start an i

i believe either to this committee ordered to the american people. >> senator, one of the central takeaways from the inspector general's report that is at issue today is the importance of following long-established norms in the department which includes commenting on pending matters in front of congress or otherwise publicly. i don't believe it would be appropriate for me, no matter how tempted i might be to answer your question, to deviate from those norms and one of my first acts as director. >> director wray, let me understand which pending matter you are referring to. the clinton email matter is closed. is that correct? >> yes. >> there is no allegation that this is under the scope of the special counsel. this has nothing to do with russia collusion or anything else. this is a question of, did their director of the fbi perjuring himself to this committee. that is not within special counsel mueller's jurisdiction, is it? >> whether the director of the fbi. i don't know fully what is in the scope -- >> you are declining to answer and asked a question because you say there is not an ongoin

a central theme of this congress and the trump administration. last week, the oversight committee held a hearing to discuss the recently issued president management agenda. and the president's plan to take $143 billion from middle- class federal workers in rage -- wage and retirement cuts and use their money to offset the cost -- the cost. federal employees have had -- we might even add censorship scientist send through their work. whether it is through congressional oversight or union representatives, we should be giving federal employees the tools they need to sound the alarm against the activities that make it harder for the federal government to work for the american people. if our committee wants to quibble over the 42nd spent on official time, it should also look into how the trump administration political appointees spend their time. according to numerous press reports, the director of scheduling in advance for the epa administrator scott pruett spearheaded a search for new housing after he moved out of a condo he rented for $50 a night from the wife of a lobbyist. part of

a spokesperson says they are confident they have enough committee votes for this bill to advance. >>> now to developing news from centraln explosion at a hospital injured several. video posted op by a witness shows the smoke pouring out of the hospital in gainesville qb, southwest of dallas. one person we have learned has been killed. 12 otherseninged. all the victims were construction workers no patients hurt. part of the hospital has collapsed. emergency respond frers all over central texas have been dispatched to the scene. >>> well, now to the simmering trade war. it's causing whiplash on the stock market as you may have noticed. and new tension between president trump and harley davidson, the motorcycle company. abc news reporter maggie reule has more. >> the brewing trade war over tare i haves is roaring stateside. and american icon harleyly dachds is saying they plan to move informing manufacturing overseas citing the trump administration tare on aluminum and steel is a direct reason for the move four days ago. europe retaliated against the taur i was by slapping a 31 processors tariff on motorcycles. driving up

take a lot of focus and effort but i look forward to working with this committee to increase the western and u.s. presence in central and eastern europe. >> you have encouraged me and i have made a couple of trips to serbia and kosovo. whether we can get the eu to integrate them anytime soon is a whole new question. paying attention and trying to engage, we also talked a little bit about hungary and poland. both leaders have come under criticism here but you have a positive engagement if that is defined right. >> i think we have to engage, senator. we have lost ground in part because our rivals are showing alacrity with the russians but on part because of unforced error on our part. i think i would start with zero and say to your point, we did d prioritize central and eastern europe as a strategic theater. i think we did that starting after 2011 for some very good reasons. from 2009 onward we had a reset and a pivot to asia. we were deemphasizing militarily and diplomatically. the russians and chinese were not. in many countries in this region, i think you see that the russians and chinese have gained clinical yarda

central city s.r.o. collaborative -- [inaudible] >> -- both inside and outside. s.r.o.'s. our land use committee is compromised of s.r.o. tenants and community members who have been intimately involved in this process as we've been meeting with the developers as they are the ones that best understand the neighborhood, the conditions of s.r.o.s, and will directly feel the consequences, good and bad, of new development. so i want to explain a little bit. we've been meeting with the developers for several months. they have come to both the wynton and the pierre to express this is plans for the project and listen to the feedback as well as many meetings with our specific land use committee. they have listened attentively to the concerns that our members have brought up and offered a number of ways to help mitigate those concerns. a number of capital improvements to both the pierre and the wynton as well as ways to improve the neighborhood as a whole. funds to renovate the nearby space. allows tenants who are currently living in supportive housing but have achieved self-sufficiency to move into marke

committees says it plans to raise rates to more times this year. the bbc‘s kim gittleson has more from washington. this is what counts as hydraulic in the world of central. the federal reserve policy makers surprised analysts after a meeting saying the majority favoured accelerating interest rate raises this year, that's suggests the us central bank things the biggest risks to the economy is inflation. prizes are rising as a result of a booming us economy. interestingly this means the fed isn't concerned about the possible economic implications of a trade war the us is fighting with many of its closest allies. in fact, is fighting with many of its closest allies. infact, here's is fighting with many of its closest allies. in fact, here's what the chair of the federal reserve, dave powell, said at a press conference following the release of that statement —— rampal. concerns about changes in trade policy are rising, i think it's fair to say —— girona powell. i think you're hearing reports of companies holding off on making investments and hiring people. right now we don't see that in the numbers at all, the economy is strong, the labour market is strong,

committee consid the ordinance introduced by commissioner peskin. commissionerrers youea this item specifying the $2 increase within the central soma plan and $5 increase elsewhere. during deliberations they said they were comfortable with the increase in the tsf the planning code requires a periodic update. during public comment some members expressed the need to consider all central soma area plan fees together, other comments supported the fee out right. at the full board this week seconsupervisor peskin's -- tohe district was amended to grant applications already entitled and the amended resolution was adopted by the board. supervisor rowen -- put affordable projects at the front of the line and i believe this is something we already do as policy but this ordinance would make it a requirement and that conclusion myrt. ro >> seeing no questions we can move on to public comment. with respect to agenda items your opportunity to address the commission will be afforded when the item is reached in member of the public my address the commission for up to three minutes, i have no speaker cards. >> any general public comment? >> good afternoon. i came inreq