adam dunn and wealth management president kimberly, and steve cortez and lori rothman. lori has reaction on the floor of the stock exchange which we gained 30 or so points. this is as people anticipated, there is a market that like to have some reassurance knowing they were right. >> you hit the nail on the head, the dow is up 75, it was up 35 points. the vicks has been down 5% today so market got exactly what it was expecting and more importantly the fed laying the groundwork for two more quarterdeck increases for the duration of 2017. there is the s&p 500 up 0.6%. a lot of buzz on the floor, trades being made, everyone dipping in. the question is janet yellen takes a press conference, asked about trump's tax-cut plan and for monetary policy. trish: we will keep checking in with you. do they need to do this? >> they need to do it, mission accomplished at the fed. lot of people working, full unemployment and they have price stability, we have both, time to get back to normal rates and they are doing that in a slow, deliberate, steady way. trish: i will go to steve to we

the boys have been identified as jaden cortez and carlos cortez. there was an amber alert issued but once again, the two boys were found safe. police say they have no information on the suspect who stole the car.>>> police are searching for suspects in a deadly shooting that happened about 930 last night outside the delta pine apartments. a 22-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene and the second shooting victim, 23-year-old -- a 22-year-old man was rushed to the hospital but is expected to survive. the the investigation continues.>>> san jose police want your help. a pedestrian was hit by cargo. the man was found in the street near north first. police say they did not see any cars in that area. they don't really know how he died.>> reporter: we don't know what happened to him. peers that he was hit by some sort of vehicle. we're trying to work backwards. we're doing a campus in looking at surveillance of videos to see if we can put the puzzle together.>> the car and he has not told us -- the coroner has not told us the man's name.>>> san jo

happened in cathedral cityjust before 7:00 tonight.the alert says the boys are 1-year-old jayden cortez and 2-year-old carlos cortez.the kids were in their baby sitters car when she stepped out and someone stole it.at this point -- there is no indication áwhereá the thief may be headed.the car is a white honda accord. license plate 7tjr654. we'll bring you any new developments as soon they become available. (pam) now to a story you'll only see here on kron4 news... the mother of the man accused of viciously attacking a woman on bart is apologizing tonight for her son's action... kron 4 first broke the story yesterday... now the suspect's mother says her son was off his medication at the time of the attack... she spoke exclusively with kron 4's lydia pantazes. (pkg)"it's really sad.... my heart is so broken, i'm so hurt."felicia cole says she's tried everything to help her son... 23-year old wilbert winchester.he is accused of attacking a 73-year old woman on a bart train wednesday morning.cole heard about the attack on the news... "i'm sorry, that's all i can say is that i'm sorry becau

two-year-old carlos cortez and one-year-old jayden cortez were in their carseats when the car they were in was stolen. the boys' baby sitter says she briefly stepped away from the car... when some one jumped in and took off. an amber alert was issued. this morning the two were found unharmed... and still in the car just miles away. no one has been arrested. no suspects have been identified. (grant) sacramento police have identified the quadruple-homicide suspect who was taken into custody yesterday in san francisco. 56-year-old salvador vasquez-oliva was arrested after four bodies were found in a home in sacramento. the victims were discovered after a family member in san francisco... called police in sacramento... asking for a welfare check on their family. police say the four victims include two children. neighbors say vasquez-oliva is the father and husband of those killed. people who live in the area say they did ánot hear any fighting or gunshots before the bodies were discovered. salvador vasquez-oliva has been booked into the sacramento county jail. (vicki) police have arrested a

with senator collins is still an option to repeal and replace obamacare and get 18 months and center cortez master of nevada to thank you to everyone who call their representatives and use their voices to say no to the house gop reckless bill. let's keep up the fight. all the floor debate today online, c-span.org and the house speaker's press conference underway on c-span. marketwatch reports treasury secretary steve nguyen may have violated federal ethics laws by permitting people to watch a movie he produced. secretary nguyen was asked about movies, given his background as a producer said now as treasury secretary is not allowed to promote anything he's involved in. toward the end of his response he added you should send all your kids to lego batman. a movie reduce produced. here's his conversation with mike allen.>>. >>. >> thank you so much for being here. >> we were saying you were born and raised in newark. >> now in my home country of los angeles, this is your first time as a full-time washington. >> thank you. >> what you like about bc. >> it's very livable city >> . >> that's what

the boys are 1-year-old jayden cortez and 2-year-old carlos cortez. police say they have no information on the suspect. the kids were in their baby sitters car when she stepped out and someone stole it. (james) coming up.. police have arrested the driver of the car who tried to plow several people in an east bay parking lot. what police say may have set the driver off. a live look at our kron 4 radar. plenty of rain coming in to the bay area this morning. and here's a ( james ) taking a live look at storm tracker 4 this morning... we have plenty of rain coming into the bay area this morning. (james) welcome back. checking in on your morning forecast. ..rain and wind will spread southward today across the forecast area as a cold front moves across the region. a break in the rain is expected saturday with showers anticipated to return sunday afternoon and night as a low pressure system moves through. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101. no problems in t

the boys are identified as 1- year-old jaden cortez and 2- year-old carlos cortez and amber alert was issued but the latest again, the two little boys were found safe. police say they have no information on the suspect who stole the car.>>> we are learning information about a quadruple homicide in sacramento. the suspect was arrested shortly after. amber lee spoke with a look -- with a woman who is related to the victims in the case. >> reporter: sources close to the investigation say the man arrested for the crime had been married to one victim and what the father of the two children. the relative i spoke with said he did not live with his wife but would be over there often for the sake of the children. sacramento police have not released the identity of the suspect. the investigation began one in -- when a concerned family member called police asking for a welfare check. saying there were suspicious circumstances. when officers arrived no one answered the door and police entered the home and discover the bodies.>> crime scene investigators are here and will take photographs, lifting

the little boys identified as jaden cortez and carlos cortez, an amber alert was issued in southern california but the update the two little boys were found safe. police say they do not have any information on the suspect to stole the car. >>> investigators in san jose searching for the cause of this fire at a mobile home park it was reported after 10 pm last night in monterey road in south san jose. the video from our news crew that was there on the scene shortly after it started. investigators say the flames caused major damage to two mobile homes. one person was treated for minor injuries.>>> in the london terror alert, nine people are currently in custody, one has been released on bail. the attacker drove his car into crowds of people on westminster bridge on wednesday. killing three and wounding 50 others. he was shot and killed by police. earlier this morning they offered information about the investigation and the evidence being reviewed. >> so far we have seen 2000 and 700 items, 20 -- 2700 items. we've had contact with about 3 1/2 thousand witnesses including 1000 people who witnessed

police say carlos cortez and 1-year-old jaden cortez are back with their family, thank goodness. the two brothers were found in desert hot springs in riverside county after an intense search. the two boys were in the back seat of the car when it got stolen in cathedral city. the bittabysitter stepped out f an errand, and the suspect stole the car. >>> on to developing news in london. metro police have made two more significant arrests in connection with wednesday's terror attack. officials say the arrests were made overnight in two areas north of london. nine people are now in custody with one person released on bail. scotland yard says the birth name of the attacker was adrian russell. yesterday he was identified as khalid massoud, a british national. he killinged three people on westminster bridge before stabbing a police officer to death the house of parliament. he was shot and killed by police. the metropolitan police federation is raising money to help the family of fallen officer keith palmer. so far the crowdfundsing site has -- crowdfunding site radicalization reached mor

car an amber alety has been issued for that white, 4-door 20-16 accord boys are jayden and carlos cortez no suspect info a prince george's county police officer is suspended with pay, after being arrested for alleged drunk driving. police say officer christopher brown clipped a tractor trailer on the beltway yesterday, then crashed his cruiser into a guardrail. he left, and was arrested after he returned. back in 2012, officer brown pleaded guilty to crashing a cruiser while drunk. he was disciplined but not fired. police chief hank stawinski says he finds the situation "gravely troubling." he says he'll take action when he has all the facts. happening today. imprisoned former-football coach jerry sansky is scheduled to be in court for an appeal hearin. a 30-60 year prison sentence for sexually assaulting children. the former penn state football coach's arrest- sparked a huge investigation, and lead to criminal charges against three university officials who allegedly turned a blind eye to the abuse for years. also happening today.. the man accused of firing shots inside a northwest d.c.

california are reunited with their family after they were both abducted. 2-year-old carlos and jayden cortez were in a vehicle when it was stolen thursday evening. the babysitter stepped outside and left the car running and then they found the vehicle 10 miles away still running and the boys were inside. >>> there is much more ahead on "action news" at 12:30, a firefighter give a dog cpr after saving it from a burning home and give its new life. >>> and alicia vitarelli will be here to take us inside of a members only social club. >>> the gop's plan to nix obama care is in for a showdown today. the president demanded a vote from the house of representatives and is being pushed by speaker, pauls from me and conservative republicans. >> reporter: for the second time it's down to the wire on capitol hill. as house republicans are suppose to vote on the gop's plan repea even though there is no guarantee it will pass. >> republicans offer today hr 1628 the american health care act of 2017 which will eliminate washington's one size fits all health care policy for the american people. >> some repub

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cortez did that, burned his boats, gave his people no decision, you have to make it where you live.e yourself ten days, if i don't do this, stop it. if i don't have "x" revenues six months from now, it ends. and stick with it, tell someone. have a tribe of people you can share stuff with and say hold me to the fire on this. >> i think having people to go to, and also to just be able to be honest with and say i am scared out of my mind right now, and lo and behold, they're going to come back and say i was there, too. >> it's also like going off the high dive. you're looking down and it's 6 feet off the water, looks like 30 feet, and you jump off. halfway down, you're going, i want to do this again. the fear only lasts a second or two. one, two, and it's over. >> ride the plane down. first time i skydived, he said if you don't do it, you have to ride the ride down. >> that was me bungee jumping. >> that's nuts. >> don't ride the plane down. >> thanks both of you. >>> this week's #yourbizselfie is from lee eckel who owns the triangle food tour company in raleigh-durham, north carolina.

. >> reporter: jonathan cortez and his father were on their way home and ran to help. his father, juan, said one of the victims from the plane crash had already been pulled from the home. >> i think she say my daughter, my daughter. that's only what i hear. >> reporter: he and others ran into the home but heavy smoke and flames pushed them out. as the plane went down, it clipped a chimney and smashed into dave swinford's home. >> i was sitting there and all of a sudden, boom. man, that's not right. the next thing flames were shooting out. >> reporter: the plane crashed directly into his next door neighbor's home. the family with three young children were not home at the time. he said he was lucky to escape with a minor burn to his arm. >> it would have been 15 feet over, it would have landed on me, you know, but it didn't. >> that was laticia juarez reporting. we'll continue to bring you updates on our abc 7 news app. download it for free and we'll send out push alerts as we get new information. >>> new details on a deadly southern california bus crash. today investiga

cheryl: carlos cortez and jane cortez in their babysitter's car when it was stolen, taken after the babysittero run an errand. the stolen car is described as a 2016 honda accord with tinted windows. police asking for any help in this case. the vote to leave the european union affecting british beer fans, the guardian reporting largest supermarket chain no longer carrying heineken because of price increases due to the referendum. this includes all their brand, newcastle and foster. the vote pushed up its cost. they are negotiating lower price on the beernd speculation, the news bob eiger is going to stay on in ceo in disney until july 2019. looking for a successor and the other story, star wars fans have plenty to celebrate, they will give you another 15 years of star wars movies, episode ix will hit theaters in may 2019 and carrie fisher will be in the next movie, none of her scenes will be changed or edited. back to you. maria: the clock is ticking for house republicans to repeal and replace obamacare. stay with us, back in a moment. no matter how the markets change... at t. rowe price... our

stuart: that's called leverage, steve cortez.the way when the president went into capitol hill reporters shouted questions at them. do you think you have the votes to pass the bill on thursday? the president replied, i think so. he's usually more emphatic. it's going to be wonderful and fantastic. he said, i think so. when asked do we have the votes. neil gorsuch taking his seat there. the questioning will begin. and by the way, again, from the markets now, the nasdaq has just hit another record all-time high. the price of apple stock has also hit another all-time high. facebook also hit another all-time high. it a-- the producer is telling me this in my ear, it's a broken record. amazon is at an all-time high. netflix is it at an all-time high, this market, especially the big name technology stock has gone up very nicely. 41 points higher for the dow industrials this tuesday morning as neil gorsuch prepares for a grilling in front of the senate judiciary committee. quick point here, google apologized for commercials that appeare

manuel cortez says main street will embrace them as well. >> there's a way that we can both be in existencenstead of thinking that the new businesses coming will take away from the existing businesses. >> the new main street area includes 7th street as well as part of pennsylvania avenue. on capitol hill, mark seagraves. >>> it's an art lovers meca, and now it turns out the torpedo factory, george mason university studied that center, and now he says it should be marketed to lure in more visitors. they recently took over the center and they're concerned about thousahow it will be run. >> i have been to many events the torpedo factory. of. >>> a few people will be selected to sing at this season's nats game. today's contestants snagged one of 50 audition spots. it's not open to the public, and just so you know, the first nats game is march 31st. >> i think you're -- >> i could not do that in front of a stadium full of people. that is nerve racking. >> i know. >> it would be honestly to mix the words, i know it's a big deal when that happens, but -- >> it is scary. it is like this weather thi

. >> reporter: jonathan cortez and his fathe were on their way home and stopped to help. one of the victims had already been pulled from the home. >> she said my daughter, my daughter is only what i hear. >> reporter: he and others ran into the home but heavy smoke and flames pushed them out. the plane clipped a chimney and smashed into dave's home. >> flames were shooting out. >> reporter: the plane crashed directly into his next door neighbor's home. the family with three young children were not home at the time. swinford said he was lucky to escape with just a burn on his arm. >> 15 feet closer it would have been right on me. >> two families from san jose were aboard that plane. their names have not been released. the families were returning from a cheerleading competition. the sister of one of the victims attends union middle school. they've been getting calls from parents who want more information, the district won't release names until they're made available. >> what can we do, and not knowing is frightening to people. >> and there were counselor at the school avail

and manuel cortez says main street will embrace them as well. >> there is a way that we can both be instence instead of thinking that the new businesses are coming and will take away from their existing business. >> it includes 7th street as well as pennsylvania avenue. on capitol hill, mark seagraves, news 4. >>> dozens of people spending time this morning belting out the national anthem, a cappella style, in front of judges. >> they were they were expected to wrap around 9:30. and the first game is friday, march 31st, it's already here, the end of the month. it takes oo lot of guts. >> so everybody is getting revved up for baseball season, but it is not feeling like baseball weather. >> yeah, normally at a baseball game, you're hot, but it feels like football weather this weekend. the rest of today, late tonight, wait until you see these temperatures dropping again overnight. we will be feeling like baseball weather when we start off the workweek. 34 degrees, the district feels like 26 when you look at that breeze coming in. at least looks sunny and dry. we're in the m t the feels li

let's ask the trump former campaign advisor, steve cortez. is this what economic nationalism looks like? >> i think it does. by the way, during the campaign we heard a lot of attacks about supposed white nationalism. and heard that afixed often to steve began noon. that's incredibly unfair. america is not a race it's an idea. it's economic nationalism. they are smart trade deals it's putting our money where it will most reward the american worker. when i look at this bujt proposal i see ban noon footprints in the best way. stop spending on global agendas. we'll spend on defense and release the regulatory burden on american up *s so they can be prosperous again. charles: i know you smoke to the spanish chamber of commerce. are they ready to warm up to donald trump? >> i don't know if they are able to be behind him politically. priens prebustles gave a presentation to the hispanic chamber of commerce. necessity realized as hispaniced, we are an incredit bli entrepreneurial community. what we need is growth. if president trump delivers growth, i

and we have steve cortez back with us as well. you're both the finance guy in the political guy.ou are an advisor to trump but your entire career has been in the financial sector. as you hear what they told our neil could view there in washington dc last night. what is it causing you to do as an investor. it causes me to say boom goes the dynamite. can we ask donald trump to please give the address every month. what is happening is the american economy i believe has been like a sprinter that's been forced to wear a weighted vest. trying to run with that. the vestas regulation and taxes. now that were removing that. it's gonna take off. it's a stock market's prediction. and people are putting real money on the line on the spot prospects of accelerated growth that lies ahead in a world of sensible regulation of lower and simpler taxation. in other words the train has left the station. the economy is off to some very good things. liz is joining us as well. it has to come through. now steve mnuchin is on record saying august everybody is super excited about that. what if it doesn't h

the boys are one year old jay den cortez and two year old carlos cortez. an amber alert was issued in southern california but the two boys were found safe this morning. police have no information yet centimeter suspect who stole the car. >>> this morning bart is celebrating the opening of the new fremont station. service at the new station doesn't start until tomorrow but this morning from 10:00 to noon bart is having three new train cars on display at the station. a new five-mile extension that takes bart riders further south. bart says some 6,000 people will use the new station on weekdays. later this morning, i hope you're with us when we talk to the mayor about the station's opening and what it means for the city. >>> on bart we are asking you to dream a little and the question of the day is this -- if you were given the choice, where would you want to be able to take bart. north to san rafael or across the peninsula to palo alto? vote on our twitter page. we would love to hear your comments on the ktvu facebook page. >>> good questions. amazon is brin

next up is senator cortez matso. >> it is a pleasure to meet all three of you. i look forward to working with you. chairman pai, congratulations on your renomination. i look forward to an opportunity to sitting down with you and talking a little bit more about the issues we're discussing today and some others as well. >> thank you, senator. >> let me start off, i'm really interested in a couple of things, rural broadband, we have many areas that rural. one thing that concerns me is the hiring freeze that the current administration instituted. from your perspective, chairman pai, what impacts have you seen or felt from the white house's hiring freeze to your agency? >> first, senator, to be honest, we have been so busy producing work product for the american people that i haven't had a chance to talk it our human resources and other administrative experts to figure out what we haven't been able to do. what i can say is we're making -- we're making progress on some of our core priorities using the terrific staff that we have got thus far. >> and how many years hav

exploring and surveying the fishing banks known to navigators to exist along the pacific coast, from the cortez banks to the bering straits, and as if duty bound, your memorialist will ever pray. i w -- i would be remiss if i didn't say this request reads as if it could have been committed to the budget committees by the current delegations from alaska and washington. as we prepare to celebrate the treaty of session tomorrow, it is important to remind ourselves just how little has changed in our understanding of alaska, understanding and where it is that we have come and how far we have yet to go when it comes to mapping and to charting. in 2015, a couple of years ago, i had the honor of attending a celebration back home. it was an event where we celebrated a landmark event that 57% of our land in the state had finally been mapped. that's how young a state alaska really is, recognizing that we just do not have accurate mapping in the state, but it kind of struck me. where else -- what else do we celebrate 50% of completion of anything? but for us, we were making some progress and it was worthy

i know right now we have senator cortez-masto here. we're grateful that she's with us. and of course, senator gillibrand who's been with the committee for a number of years. we're grateful for that help, especially on these critically important issues for our families. the aging committee has historically been a committee that fosters both collaboration and bipartisanship on issues facing older americans and that was, again, abundantly clear by the voice vote we held off of the senate floor two weeks ago to approve the committee budget and the committee rules. and i think i was late for that hearing but -- >> i wasn't going to mention that. >> -- somehow my voice got recorded but i want to thank the chairman for that. it's my sincere hope that that will continue and i'm sure that it will. the future of key programs for older americans like medicare, medicaid and others are also critically important to the agenda of this committee. we have a responsibility, i believe, to protect these vital programs for older americans. today, we have the opportunity to hear from experts

cortez stafford / public information officer, atlanta fire department: "you could almost tell what wasng to come down. i mean - two, three-hundred pound chunks of concrete starting to come down.">( rebecca ) no injuries have been reported. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. darya back to you. ( darya ) a watsonville family's cat that had been missing from home for four years was found last week in canada. boo boo went missing back in 20-13. now her owners have set up a go-fund-me page to get enough money to bring her home. the s-p-c-a says an annonymous person dropped her off and shortly after they called her rightful owners with the good news. they family hopes to have her home soon. ( mark ) now to bay area baseball.. the giants and the a's kick off the annual pre- season bay bridge series. and it was a close game until brandon crawford drives in a run in the 7th. san francisco wins 3 to nothing. game two is tonight at a-t- and-t park ( darya ) before heading across the bridge for last night's game, the a's had some business to take care of at the coliseum.( mark ) t

thank you very much. >> thank you very much senator cortez masto. and you know, i kind of felt like i would get a turn if we proceeded in this fashion. let me start with you, mr. heiner. what's the take away in terms of federal policy coming out of this committee with regard to the unlicensed spectrum? do we need to leave it like it is? what do we need to do? what decisions do we need to make from a legislative standpoint or from a standpoint of giving advice to our regulatory friends? >> well, a couple of points. i was mentioning a minute ago so i won't repeat it at length now, but we do need to encourage the fcc to enable unlicensed spectrum in the low bands, the mid bands and the high bands. there are a couple of fcc proceedings that are open and we look forward to their conclusion in the incentive auction, for instance, which was a success in that 70 megahertz was made available for licensed use and 14 megahertz for unlicensed use. we just need to finalize that and get the repacking of the broadcast stations done and try to do that in such a way

them, including congressman bobby rush and james clyburn and senators tammy baldwin and catherine cortezter with the president's speech on tuesday. -- nancy would call from russian president ,medyedev in his meeting with pelosi. quote, "i demand a second investigation of pelosi for her close ties to russia and lying about it." the president blames democrat for the russia flap, insisting "they are trying to save face after losing the election," calling the whole issue, "a total witch hunt." on that point, the president found support today from the russian foreign minister. >> [translated] this strongly resembles a witch hunt or the times of mccarthy's >> -- was also a frequent figure in the obama administration. the logs show he visited the white house a total of 22 times when barack obama was president, including four times last year alone. bret? >> bret: john, thank you. congress is not in session today, but there is plenty of speculation of what republicans are pending obamacare, repeal d replace. we will talk to speaker ryan in just a moment, but what is happening today and capitol hi

an off duty probation officer saw cortez on saturday at tera linda high school. they say he was watching children playing a flag football game. under the terms of his probation, he's required to stay 100 yards away from schools while minors are present. he's being held without bail. >>> police say a 36-year-old man killed his 8-year-old daughter and then himself in a mall parking lot. a woman called 911 to report her husband had been making threats. a short time later, police found the man and his daughter inside a car suffering from what appeared to be gunshot wounds. paramedics attempted life saving measures but were unsuccessful. >> tragic event certainly for the family and our entire community. so we offer our thoughts to the family. these are difficult investigations. >> the victims' names have not been released but investigators say they are from watsonville. >>> investigators are trying to determine the cause of a motorhome fire which left one man with severe burns. this happened on south buchanan circle. the man was seen running from the burning rv which

. >> eric: joining a stealth reaction, steve cortez, and from baltimore, keith haynes, a democratic memberse of democrats who cosponsored this sanctuary bill. just days after this atrocious, atrocious rape case, you voted to turn maryland into a sanctuary state? why? >> well, let me first of all say that the state of maryland has been progressive when it comes to issues of immigration in this area. and what we thought to do was to put forward this legislation called the trust act to basically restore community trust, trust between the community and law enforcement as we see things happening on the federal level. >> eric: but this case, this rape case, just days prior comes up, when you're debating whether or not this is a good idea? >> let me just emphasize that this was an issue that did come up. but when you look at the incident that happened in montgomery county, which is a horrific situation, by all means. we know that. but there really isn't an immigration component, when you look at the allegations that took place. >> eric: come on. sir, what demand is not an immigration component? t

. >> steve cortez. thought the negative publicly surrounding the cbo report on the ryan-obamacare plan, i would have thought it would take it down, but appears that the market is mostly shrugging it off. what say you? >> i think it is. i think you opened the show by showing the gallup poll and that those optimistic is. we see it in consumer confidence surveys. i think the optimism is palpable. you wouldn't know it if you only pay attention to the mainstream media and only read their headlines about the gnashing of teeth in washington d.c. we could get that legislation through and we could have a new era of growth and productivity in this country. >> i want to show you that small business indicator. it's the wells fargo gall lup index and in many years, small business has not been bullish in at least a decade. james, you've been on this story all along. >> and steve said, same thing we've seen in the nfib data. now the president has got to deliver because these stocks are not cheap. you look at their ear

to know that date we have 17 cosponsors, senator blumenthal is one, senator susan collins, senator cortez mas to, senator donnelley, senator ernst, senator franken, senator hirono, senator klobuchar, senator rubio, senator warren, and senator young. and we are delighted to have them aboard all as original cosponsors. and i want to thank you for working with me and for your help of your staff. everybody's been quite wonderful. i'd like to just recognize a few people who are here, and i'd like to recognize jeanette, a former gymnast from paradise, california, who was on the usa gymnastics national team in 1999 and who competed as a gymnast for ucla. would you stand? thank you so much for being here. we appreciate it. [ applause ] >> and matty larson, a usa national team gymnast who is currently studying at ucla, would you stand please? thank you very much. i met jeanette and matty along with two of our witnesses, jamie and jessica, who will speak in a minute, as well as several other athletes a few months ago in my office. i have never in 24 years had a meeting like that meeting, but the un

cortez masto: let me say as a graduate of gonzaga, we are going to the final four, and this time we are going to win. i am very excited and congratulations to the players, the coach and to everyone at the school. mr. president, i take the floor today to urge my colleagues across the aisle to stand up for their constituents and vote against the measure before the floor that will restrict access to safe, affordable basic health care to millions of americans across this country. this measure will allow states to discriminate against title 10 family planning clinics for no other reason than petty partisan politics that degrade women's access to health care and turn it into a republican talking point. these clinics provide essential family planning and health services to millions of american women, men and families, many of whom are poor and low-income and in rural areas. this measure will cause these families to suffer by limiting their access to health care. in my home state of nevada, there are 23 clinics that risk losing funds as a result of this measure. these clinics are in nevada's ma

senator cortez masto, senator donnelly, senator flake, senator harris, senator mccaskill. senator nelson, senator rubio. senat senator warren and senator young. we're delighted to have them aboard all as original co-sponsors. i want to thank you for working with me and for your help of your staff. everybody's been quite wonderful. i'd like to just recognize a few people who are here. and i'd like to recognize jeanette antolin a former gymnast from paradise, california who was on the usa olympics team in 1999 and competed as a gymnast for ucla. would you stand? thank you so much for being here. we appreciate it. and matty larsson usa team gymnast who is currently studying at ucla, would you stand, please? thank you very much. i met jeanette and matty along with two of our witnesses, jamie and jessica who will speak in a minute as well as several other athletes a few months ago in my office. i have never in 24 years had a meeting like that meeting. but the unity and strength these women have shown in pushing for greater accountability in olympic sports has made me just so pr

an amber ale 2-year-old carlos cortez and his 1-year-old brother after police say their baby-sitter leftm springs last night. now, police overnight found the car abandoned in a nearby town. those boys were safe. >>> a sky high rescue playing out near miami when a construction worker was left dangling 12 stories in the air after his scaffold folding collapsed. he was resting one foot on a window ledge when a rescuers finally got to him. and lowered him down the side of that building. >>> in new york city it's about to be thrown for a loop. literally plans are being drawn up for the world's first u-shaped skyscraper being called the big bend. designed to get around zoning rules on height it would be the world's longest building 3 1/2 times as long as the empire state building. i feel like i've seen something like that in st. louis similar to the arch but, hey, good for them. age finally, what would it take you to get you to put down your everybody. a restaurant in pennsylvania is offering a deal for people who want to enjoy a meal and each other unplugged, so what they're doing, they're se

cortez stafford / public information officer, atlanta fire department: "you could almost tell what was. there were large chunks of concrete starting to come down. i mean - two, three-hundred pound chunks of concrete starting to come down.">(mark) no injuries have been reported. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. (darya) this morning we are getting new information about the events that lead up to a deadly bus crash in texas that killed 13 people. it turns out that other drivers had called police to report an erratic pickup truck just minutes before that truck swerved into oncoming traffic and hit the bus. 13- church members and the driver were on their way home from a church retreat when the accident happened. the bus driver survived but is in critical condition. police are still trying to figure out why the truck was driving erratically. ( mark ) now to bay area basketball... for the 2nd time in 3 games, the warriors will be facing the rockets. this time they will be playing at oracle. the dubs have been on fire lately winning their last 9 games. the rockets have have

next up is senator cortez masquez. >> good morning/afternoon. it is a pleasure to meet all three of you and chairman pai, congratulations on your renomination and i look forward to sitting down and talking about the issues we are discussing today and other issues. >> thank you. >> we have many rural areas in nevada that is a concern but one of the concerns before that is the hiring freeze. what impact have you seen or felt from the white house's hiring freeze to your agency? >> to be honest, we have been so busy producing work product for the american people i have not had a chance to talk to our human resources and other administrative experpt do is figure out what we haven't been able to do. i can say we are making progress on some of the core priorities using the terrific staff we have thus far. >> and how many years have been been serving as commissioner? >> from 2012 to january of this year and a staffer for almost four years before that. >> can you assure me the merger reviews and legal challenges are not being impacted by the need to hire

senator cortez masto. >> thank you for the indulgence. mr. clayton, i know it's been a long morning. i appreciate you being here and the answers to your questions. have two quick ones for you. one has to do with the forced arbitration clauses. dodd-frank gave the ability to reign in forced arbitration clauses. the sec never studied the issue. if confirmed, will you commit to reigning in the use of forced arbitration clauses? >> i'm not going to pre-judge and committee to that issue. it's actually -- i will tell you it's an issue that i don't know a great deal about. i will say that i will commit to working with you and working with the staff to learn more about it. >> thank you. second question, number of my colleagues today have covered how your substantial recusals may impede the work of the sec. my specific interest is in transparency. i believe that government doesn't do enough of being transparent enough to the taxpayer to understand what is taking place. in commission hearings, in any type of process or procedure. while i certainly don'

senator cortez masto. >> thank you, mr. chair. mr. clayton, i know it's been a long morning so i appreciate you being here and the answers to your questions. have two quick ones for you. for the arbitration clauses. in particular dodd/frank gave the s.e.c. the authority to rein in the use of the arbitration clauses. unfortunately the s.e.c. never so much as studied the issue. so my question to you is if confirmed, will you commit to the reining in of the forced arbitration clauses? >> i'm not going to prejudge and commit to that issue. it's actually -- i will tell you it's an issue that i don't know a great deal about. but i will say that i'll commit to working with you and working with the staff to learn more about it. >> thank you. second question, number of my colleagues today covered how your substantial recusals may impede the work of the s.e.c. my specific interest, though, is in transparency. i believe that government doesn't do enough of being transparent enough to the taxpayer to understand what has taken place. in commission

senator cortez masto. >> thank you mr. chair and ranking member. mr. clayton good to see you again. let me say thank you so much for taking the time to visit with me and your candor in our conversation, i so appreciate it. it's wonderful to see your family here with you as well. during our conversation, if you recall, we talked about the fact that i'm from nevada and at the time of the foreclosure crisis was the attorney general and so took a number of entors meant actions to protect the homeowners in my state. you were very candid during that time and when we met we talked about this. and you specifically dismissed the effectiveness of enforcement actions against companies on the grounds that prosecutors unfairly take money from shareholders without holding individuals responsible. and i want to just follow up on those comments and have some questions as well. and in fact, in a speech yuft before he left the department of justice, attorney general holder described current law saying, quote, the buck still stops nowhere. responsibility remains so diffuse and top executives so insula

turning to talk about it, jake and mcdowell, senior strategist fox news contributor steve cortez and republican contributor mercedes schlock. good to see everybody. >> good morning. dagen: good morning. incredible feat. even some of the democrats liked it. maria: i don't know about that. they didn't stand up for anything. they didn't stand up f job creation. dagen: they were in sheer shock the president trump can appear so presidential, be so, next and attend to the other side of the aisle. >> what with all the weight you this? what was that all about? >> apparently for women's apparently for women's suffrage as that trump is anti-women's suffrage. here's what is not absurd and one of the reasons the markets are doing well this morning. the president trump did president trump did he show us he is presidential. it is amazing to me. sometimes we have to put it in context. let's go to ben was not even a politician. he walked in, on the run, gave his state of the union. i loved what he said when he does this so well when he speaks beyond the room. he wasn't speaking to the mainstream med