the without further ado please join us in welcoming commissioner chai feldblum to the podium. chai? [applause] >> thank you. >> chai will give her remarks and then we will have some questions and answers. there are two students in the class he will pass out wide cards do you come and anytime you have a question just write it down, and when she finishes or shortly before then it will come rent and collect it. would you raise your hand? there's one here in there's one in the rear. just pass your card to him or her to her and to present them to me. we will filter some of them and i will read your questions for the commissioner, wade or i could answer. please begin. >> think is a much. so as you heard -- and as you now heard from this microphone -- okay. and i gather that -- >> this is the live one. >> that's the c-span one. so you are fine with that one, correct? >> correct spin azure i'm going to talk about the decision that the supreme court handed down this past friday obergefell versus hodges. and as you heard in that case the court ruled that same-sex couples have the same fundame

chai is also a professor of law at the law center. at the law center she founded the federal administration and law clinic the national disability rights network and the lounge center for mental health law. she also founded and codirected -- workplace possibility. a place focused on finding common ground. as legislative council for the american civil liberties union from 1988-1991, chai played a leading role in the groundbreaking disabilities act of 1990 and i had an opportunity to work with chai in my role as the president of the leadership conference as we worked to get the americans with disability act amendments and 2008 which overturned supreme court decisions that had reduced protections for certain people with disabilities. those who were originally intended to be covered by the ada. in addition chai helped to draft the employment nondiscrimination act, i bill that would prohibit employment destroyed nation based on sexual orientation and gender identity. neither john nor i could think of a better person to be tonight's lecture

as legislative council for the american civil liberties union from 1998 -- 1988-1991,, chai played a leading role in the groundbreaking disabilities act of 1990 and i had an opportunity to work with chai in my role as the president of the leadership conference as we worked to get the americans with disability act amendments and 2008 which overturned supreme court decisions that had reduced protections for certain people with disabilities. those who were originally intended to be covered by the ada. in addition chai helped to draft the employment nondiscrimination act, i bill that would prohibit employment destroyed nation based on sexual orientation and gender identity. neither john nor i could think of a better person to be tonight's lecturer, so please join us in welcoming commissioner chai feldblum. [applause] ms. feldblum: -- >> she will give her remarks and then we will have questions and answers. anytime you have a question just write it down and when she finishes or shortly before they will come around and collect it to would you raise your hand? there is one here and one here

the chai shin came in at 48.2. well below estimates.rces the need for further policy reports. amazon.com was -- has overtaken walmart is the world's biggest retailer by market value. shares jumped by as much as 19% on the back of after-hours trade. and sales beat analyst estimates. revenues were helped by a fast-growing cloud computing business. ladbrokes has agreed to move with gamma coral -- gala coral. the online business will be called ladbroke's coral. let's bring jonathan bell back into the conversation. we have them teaming up. is this wave being spurred by optimism, greece out of the way or is it the fact that cash is cheap and people want to make savings? guest: we talked earlier about revenue growth being weakened. that is the aerial companies are finding difficult. if you cannot get revenue growth organically emanate is an obvious way to get -- m&a is an obvious way to get revenue up. it is an obvious place to say if we can get costs down we don't need organic revenue to grow that much to generate a good profit growth line. w

chai? [applause] >> commissioner feldman -- felt somewhat different and enough questions and answers. got to students in the class will pass out cards to do anything have a question just write it down and when she finishes or so before then they will come about and collect it. will you raised your hand? there's one hit and one in the rear. just as your card to import to her and to present them to me. we will focus some of them and i will read your question for the commissioner, wade or i do enter. please begin. >> thank you so much. so as you heard -- and nation heard from this microphone -- pardon me. okay. and i gather -- that's the c-span wanted to become your fine with me talking not writing to them, right? >> correct. >> so as you heard from, going to talk about the decision that the supreme court handed down this past friday obergefell versus hodges. and as you heard in that case the court ruled that same-sex couples have the same fundamental right to marry guaranteed by the federal c

chai complex is nephrotoxic. i think monsanto knew this fact, but intentionally hide the fact. >> al jazeera contacted monsanto recording the government's ban on the import of roundup. the company declined an on camera interview but released a statement saying we are extremely disappointed by this development and believe there is no scientific evidence to justify this decision. this move is arbitrary and will deny farmers a key tool to derive high yields other than their fields. people here just want to make sure the products they are using on their farms are safe. >> let's hear from catherine a toxicologist and lead author of the world health organization study that suggested that roundup could cause cancer. she joins us from france where the world health organization has its cancer research center. good to have you with us. your study concluded that roundup can cause cancer. how much exposure would be necessary for there to be a significant risk of cancer? >> >> our study is a report by the world health organiz

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once again pregnancy could be considered a preexisting condition.so chai i what i think is shows mr. president, is this debate is no longer about numbers on a page. bills we write lots of charts, lots of graphs, lots of small print. but this isn't an abstraction when you go back, as i've described, to the days when health care is for the healthy and the wealthy. more than 16 million americans have gained health insurance coverage by virtue of the affordable care act. their health is on the line every single time there is a vote to repeal that law. so those are the consequences, mr. president, and i'm going to wrap up, because i see my good friend from tennessee here, and my senator -- and my colleague from utah; because both of them have joined me repeatedly in trying to promote bipartisan approaches on health care policy. i don't take a back seat to anybody in this body on working on health care policy in a bipartisan fashion. there is nothing that i think would be more valuable than to have democrats and republicans come together, not to talk about repealing this law but to find wa

. >> rather than regular thai chai it's chair thai chi. >> reporter: it's a modified version of the chinesee using gentle flowing movement. >> it's become a popular program that we've integrated exercises in the afternoon because so many people want to participate. >> reporter: more than that, medical experts say the exercise can save lives. >> they can maintain their muscle strength and can stimulate. >> reporter: muscle strength is vital. according to the cdc 1 in 3 americans 65 and older fall each year. falls are the leading cause of injury related death in adults. >> we found that number 1 we have one of the lowest falls in the company. number 2 a lot of residents, they become so much better after moving in. >> doing these exercises will make them more flexible. >> reporter: emily says it's dramatically cut down on falls injuries and has greatly improved seniors' health. >> initially they might come in in a wheelchair. three months later they're using a walker. you see the improvement and it's a gradual improvement but it's something they do every day we see them get stronger and strong

chai the ben fweez committee to get about 5,000 pages of e-mails from clinton aides related to benghazi. friday the state department releasing the third of eight batches of clinton e-mails. then remember coming down the pike as well you have in october they are still working out the date. she's going to testify. now, are the e-mails around or were they deleted? experts say they are remnants of the deleted e-mails should exist. there is a precedent with the irs. there were backups. even though shay said there weren't, there were. we haven't seen the e-mails to your point about a server. there is a thumb drive in the hands of hillary clinton's personal attorney. >> could they subpoena that? >> they could. who would do it? congress would have to vote in the house. there would be a lot of back and forth. the justice at the present time is key here. these inspectors general last week said look there is classified information in her server. they have demanded a review. the new york times erred s

senator scott brown, scott, senator brown, 600 -- we knew these attacks were going on but you look at chaihart and pattern on that chart it is clear that the chinese has specific things that they're going for, they're going for silicon valley, washington, d.c. and other places that they can obtain information and this is more than just an economic situation. it make me feel very vulnerable to look at that map. >> well, certainly charles first of all thank you for having me on, and it is not -- no secret and secondly, that map is not secret anymore. [laughter] the fact that they have it that it is out is good for the public to understand what is going on so they can take precautions. i can say former senator i was aware of those attacks, i felt and still feel that cybersecurity is one of the -- new frontier where the next battles are going to be taking place, and if you look at that map, you're right silicon valley up in massachusetts, the boston year, high-tech biofarmers area and strategic areas in our country so i'm deeply concerned and it comes from lack of leadership at the top. the pr

below expectations that has significant repercussions for the global economy, because it means that chaiephanie: imports and probably exports less as well. >> thank you very much for joining us from london. >> thank you. . >> do stay with us we'll be live from athens and cash flow drys dries up. >>> also we report the rebel-held territory from south sudan where commanders blame government forces for starting the civil war. >>> i'll be finding out why people are turning their backs on amateur cricket in its traditional homeland. ♪ >>> so the clock is ticking for greece. it has until sunday to convince international lenders to give it more money and save its xhi from collapse. it looks like the prime minister is willing to compromise. he says he introduce tax and pension reforms. they could come into effect as early as next week. crossing over to john psaropoulos joining us from athens. is this a compromise john? is the prime minister putting anything new on the table here? >> reporter: well he's -- he himself has been very combative in the european parliament this morning, but his finance

they're going back to the fran chai zees. >> hotels are pulling away too. >> you bet. >> it sounds likell. >> they want to bridge it back inhouse. >> that creates more work for us. now i have to be on the computer for two hours. >> it's called back to the future. human being. it's okay. trust but verify. call the individual hotel because they may have inventory that's not on anyone's website. >> i was surprised only half goes online. >> isn't that amazing? what about the other 48ch? that's what they hold back. >> that's good. people would really have that. i'm a little flexible but what could you find me. >> it dupd hurt. >> from the halls of congress to come seriously? you're not at all concerned? about what now? oh, i don't know. the apocalypse? we're fine. i bundled renter's with my car insurance through progressive for just six bucks more a month. word. there's looters running wild out there. covered for theft. okay. that's a tidal wave of fire. covered for fire. what, what? all right. fine. i'm gonna get something to eat. the boy's kind of a drama queen. just wait. where's my burri

they're going back to the fran chai zees. >> hotels are pulling away too. >> you bet. >> it sounds likey hart ball. >> they want to bridge it back inhouse. >> that creates more work for us. now i have to be on the computer for two hours. >> it's called back to the future. human being. it's okay. trust but verify. call the individual hotel because they may have inventory that's not on anyone's website. >> i was surprised only half goes online. >> isn't that amazing? what about the other 48ch? that's what they hold back. >> that's good. people would really have that. i'm a little flexible but what could you find me. >> it dupd hurt. >> from the halls of congress to come inkrahn, >>> a civil rights legend known for his words is sharing his story through pictures. congressman john lewis is writing a series of comic books called march. they show historic moments in equal rights. jan crawford is on the national mall. jan, i just love this story. >> reporter: he's 75 years old but he was a young man when he got involved. he still believes that change can come about through paezful protest a th

. >> the leader of hezbollah and putin who are delighted you will want to look into this and see chaihey are happy. senator, thank you. >>> iran is still holding four american hostages. we are told john kerry raised it repeatedly at the negotiateing table but nothing happened. here is what he heard from israeli prime minister: >> israel is not bound by this deal with iran. because iran continues to seek your destruction. we will always fight. unbelievable! toenail fungus? seriously? smash it with jublia! jublia is a prescription medicine proven to treat toenail fungus. use jublia as instructed by your doctor. look at the footwork! most common side effects include ingrown toenail, application site redness, itching, swelling burning or stinging, blisters, and pain. smash it! make the call and ask your doctor if jublia is right for you. new larger size now available. when you travel, we help you make all kinds of connections. connections you almost miss. and ones you never thought you'd make. we help connect where you are. to places you never thought you'd go. this, is why we travel. and

during his decades of public service, governor chay fee and a commitment for doing right for middle class america. as the -- he was a leader in protecting our environment and promoting peace around the world. he made job creation and education his top priorities to ensure everyone had the opportunity to succeed. please join me in welcoming lincoln chafy. >> thank you dr. mcguire. congratulations to the inductees inductees. and thank you for inviting me to this exciting night in cedar rapids. tonight you'll hear from fife good candidates with passion and experiences. it's good to be in iowa. i'm a college wrestler and i have long admired the many hau hawkeye and cyclone candidates. throughout these experiences, i have tried to earn a reputation for courage and honesty. i also have shown strong convictions, sometimes under enormous political pressure and proud of my long support and beneficial social programs that help build the middle class. my long support for tax structure for the wealthy paying their a fair share. my support for raising the minimum wage, my long support for protecting t

they brought in so much of the chai chinese -- not so much. that is actually not correct. a lot of people, percentagewise in the chinese population. >> look the market is up from china. >> is this the way we are going to be? >> if this is the way we are going to be, i've got to tell you, get used to it. when it looks really horrible you are going to buy and then you have to trade out. you have to trade this market. >> understood. we knew it would be a big front page story, the nyse travails yesterday. the "usa today" has a bigger one, glitch nation. >> the important thing is that the nyse says they are expecting a smooth open. i have been speaking with the specialist. they all told me things are operating smoothly. all these people say, we are set to go. late last night, they issued a statement saying, the cause of the outage was a configuration issue. a server or a piece of hardware wasn't set up correctly. the likely cause was a routine software upgrade. they require changes of the software code and sometimes they create problems that go back and forth between the nyse a

. >> a very chai achiever -- high achiever. i've known him for a long time.ly are my friends. >> have you had any contact with the family? >> yes. >> how are they dealing with this? >> they are devastated. >> the family friend says he's heard that mueller might suffer from a mel illness but says he's never seen the symptoms first hand. the fbi announced it suspects mueller was involved in the abduction of denise huskins from her boyfriend's home in vallejo last march. >>> sam liccardo said there is a new agreement with police and fire departments over pensions. they haven't been able to agree after voters passed pension reform learnlation three years ago -- legislation three years ago. that led to a lot of police and firefighters to leave san jose and take jobs with cities with better benefits. the details of the new deal have not been released yet e the unions still have to vote on this agreement. >>> 15 san jose police officers will start testing body cameras on monday. three different kinds of cameras will be tested for the next 12 weeks. now, the officers

many lawmakers, including harry reid are blaming chai that. president obama--blaming china.bama has not placed blame but they are trying to finds out where the attack came from and to keep it from happening in the future as well. >> all right, pam, thank you. >> thank you. >>> time is now 8:41 a.m. uber filed court papers yesterday aimed at denying class action lawsuit. it is claiming that ride sharing drivers need to be treated as employees of uber, but uber says that the drivers like the independence and the majority of them do not want to be employees. if the case moves forward in the class action, it could cover more than 160,000 california drivers. >>> participants take a look at this, volvo has a new concept car that includes a built in baby seat. you can see a picture here, you see, it is a rear facing seat in the front seat of the car that would also include plenty of storage. it is said that the built in seat could improve safety since a lot of parents install their child's seethes incorrectly. the car is not actually in production just yet. many u.s. states forbid

ideas floated to stabilize the market turn off the ipo spigot and allow chai need pensions to investn equities make it more open to foreigners. cut interest rates more. the main thing the government twoonts wants to do is make sure there are not as much intraday swings in the market. >>> thank you very much. >>> i wanted to weigh in on the deals that are or are not happening in hmo land. we spoke about a deal involving centene and health net. i wanted to tell you that anthem and cigna, in on and off again talks. anthem making a bear hug for cigna. cigna rejecting that. much of this focusing on social issues and disagreements in terms of the leadership of the company. the companies are back in talks. that's not clear how much progress there is being made at this point in terms of the talks between the two companies. they have reengaged to a certain extent. as you might expect the focus of those talks is believed to be on the same social issues that doom their ability to reach a deal. economics was not the keep part of the differences between the two. as i said $184 a share from anthem

we've grown say are chay staffing by 12,000 since april last year, including a thousand physicians and 2,700 nurses. we activated 0880 new vha areas and 400,000 square feet in v.a.-owned properties. our relative value units, a standard measure of clinical output have increased 10% while our health care budget is up less than 33-%. and 1.5 million veterans have been authorized for care in the community. a 36% increase year over year. clearly we are improving access, providing more care to more veterans. what's the challenge? as we improve access even more veterans are coming to v.a. for their care. as a result, appointments pending over 30 days are now up 50% from where they were a year ago. consider phoenix. after adding 337 staff, completing 100,000 more appointments and a 91% increase in care in the community, wait times are actually up. why? in the same period of time, the number of veterans in phoenix receiving primary care is up 11%. specialty care up 17% and mental health care up 16%. we also saw it in las vegas where we opened a new facility two years ago. since then the number

i chai chair the board with the agencies that work overseas. i would say in our normal buildings we build around the world, we incorporate those standards in every building that obo builds meets those standards, we're in a situation that presents challenges even on top of the overseas policy board standards. these are some of the things that we've had to adjust to as the security situation has declined. >> i appreciate that and i know the gentleman's -- >> it's time -- >> if there's time later, i would like to follow up. >> i thank you. i recognize the gentle woman from new york. >> i just want to talk about the security concerns we have in high threat kabul. the embassy has consistently remained one of the most high threat environments for our overseas personnel. and in february in 2014 an explosive device killed two department of defense contractors. a suicide bomber targeted a nato convoy from 500 yards from the embassy. so i would just like to ask mr. aveno, your company is a prime security contractor and your employees are on the front lin

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once again pregnancy could be considered a preexisting condition.so chai i what i think is shows mr. president, is this debate is no longer about numbers on a page. bills we write lots of charts, lots of graphs, lots of small print. but this isn't an abstraction when you go back, as i've described, to the days when health care is for the healthy and the wealthy. more than 16 million americans have gained health insurance coverage by virtue of the affordable care act. their health is on the line every single time there is a vote to repeal that law. so those are the consequences, mr. president, and i'm going to wrap up, because i see my good friend from tennessee here, and my senator -- and my colleague from utah; because both of them have joined me repeatedly in trying to promote bipartisan approaches on health care policy. i don't take a back seat to anybody in this body on working on health care policy in a bipartisan fashion. there is nothing that i think would be more valuable than to have democrats and republicans come together, not to talk about repealing this law but to find wa

nga chai johnr hickenlooper held a news conference. they were joined by the west virginia governor. here is a look. governor hickenlooper: good morning, everyone, the first to officially welcome you to west virginia. we are honored to be this year's posts state for the meeting which has brought governors from all across the country. we will have the opportunity to sit down with one another and discussed a number of crucial policies on a wide range of issues important to all our states, and i am confident our meeting will open pathways for new ideas. while is a west virginia, i hope you experience all that is wild and wonderful about the mountains the. our team has worked hard to put together a number of exciting events all attendees to ensure, that not only showcase our history, but share true and authentic west virginia culture and hospitality. we hope you enjoy your stay here. welcome to west virginia. i look to another successful nga summer meeting. it is my pleasure it issues -- it is my pleasure to introduce governor john hickenlooper. governor? governor hickenlooper: thank you

the chai the gentleman reserves. any member seek time in opposition? the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. engel: i ge my colleagues to support this amendment. the chair: the question is on the amendment offed by the gentleman om new york. those in favoray aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. and the amendment is agreedo. for wh purpose does the gentleman from alabama seek recognion. >> i have an amendment at the desk. the clerk amendment offered by mr. byrne of alaba. section nonof the funds made available by this act to propose or death funds allocated of the gulf of mexico energy security act of twikes, 4 united states code 1331 thought. the chair: the gentleman from alabama and member opposed will each control five minutes. mr. byrne: my freight forward amendment would reallocate funds go mesa. was passed in 2006 and created an agreement between the federal government and four statesn the gulf of mexico, texas, louiana, mississippi and my home state of alabama. 37.5 of the receive news sected from oil and