ranking member custer and members of the sub committee. thank you for the opportunity to discuss oversight of controlled substances in drug free workplace program at v.a. facilities. i will address inspections to minimize diversion, drug testing for selected and employees and our commitment to accountability for employees who do not live up to our core values. i'm accompanied today as you mentioned by mike value tee know. report recently report prompted a swift response. we concurred with g.a.o. six recommendations and expect them to be fully implemented by october of this year. we conducted a conference call last week with over 450 field base staff to launch the action plans and to provide tools that support that effort, followed by distribution of written instructions. additional dissemination efforts are planned over the next two weeks. although gao and v.a. inspector general selected instances with these robust controlled, i believe the system is working as designed to make it difficult for v.a. staff to divert drugs and most important

. >> i will do all my powers permit to be a faithful servant of the custer show loss of the country. >> here three-putted to be a stronger ritualist, which would make him similar to justice scalia in his philosophy. tim: despite that, this professor says that judge ridech may have a bumpy trying to snag the seat, which democrats feel was being held hostage. >> i think they will feel political pressure to fight ba there is a real constitutional justification. never had a situation where the popularly elected president nominated someone and that person did not even get a hearing for 10 months. it's never happened before. minutes, the last 50 president trump tweeted "hope that you like my nomination." all, but not by some of the democrats on capitol hill, who are pledging to fight the nominee. live from the supreme court, tim barber, abc 7 news. alison: just a short time ago, outside of the steps of the supreme court, a group of protesters holding signs against the nominee, saying protect the supreme court. it is important to note this nomination is not a done deal. it moves to the sena

(rock drumming) - [eric] it's home to cowboy ghost towns, custer's last stand, seven indian reservations, the world's shortest river, and largest migrating elk herd. the state animal is the grizzly bear. (bear growls) and its sweeping vistas earned it the nickname, big sky country. we're talking montana, partner. - montana is from the spanish word for mountains or mountainous. admitted to the union in 1889, its flag honors both the land and its people. - [randy] so you see the tools of a miner, pickaxe, a shovel. you also see farming tools for the settlers who came and settled the land, and in the back you see the river, the waterfall, and the rocky mountains, in reference to the great nature they have in montana. - montana's rich in precious minerals. the banner across the bottom boasts "oro y plata", which means gold and silver. montana is also rich in wildlife. it has more species of mammals than any other state. our 41st state has some pretty strange laws. for example, it's illegal for unmarried women to go fishing by themselves on sundays. i guess in montana, there's better ways to

. -- ew custer has in demonstrations, employees claimed for treatment, claiming harassment in the workplace. he also admitted to employing an undocumented household made for years. democrats see his withdrawal as a victory. >> i want to thank all the workers who bravely shared their stories in the last few months. it is clear today that your words are powerful. the latest blow for the trump administration can two days after the resignation of general michael flynn. have cabinet nominees fierce opposition, including the mulvaney for budget director, and scott pruitt for the environmental protection agency. genie: donald trump seems to have reversed over two decades of u.s. policy on israel. speaking after his first face-to-face meeting with benjamin netanyahu, trump did not give clear support for an adependent palestine via two-state solution in the middle east. instead, he said he would be ok with a one-state solution as long as it brings peace. ellen kingsford explains. trump has set a two-state solution may not be a solution to the arab-israeli conflict. at tworump: i am looking state and

it is led by co-chair annie custer, a democrat from new hampshire and new jersey republican tom mcarthur and focus on the treatments behind the opioids such as fentanyl. you can watch that here on c-span3. and we will be back with a series of votes and first up is the nominee betsy devos as lawmakers are going to continue to debate her nomination at noon eastern and final vote is scheduled tuesday. nominations is jeff sessions for attorney general, and tom price for hhs secretary, and steven a mnuchin for treasury secretary, and they will continue to work on those throughout the week, and you can see them live on our companion network c-span 2. tonight on the communicators, consumer technology association president gary shapiro talks about the major technology issues facing congress and the administration. he also talks about the latest innovative products at the consumer show held in las vegas. he is interviewed by michaela ross of bloomberg. >> and the exhibitors there, everything is connect and the internet you could say is the overlay, but it is the benefit of being connect and the b

what are the conversations that you should have with the custers. and train, train, train. . most people miss out. they'll show people technology. they'll show them how to use lead management system, but they won't train them on on how to sell or what made you successful. we put everything on paper and train off that and keep everyone within those bounds. it worked really well. if it worked for me, it worked for the others. hire the right people and train, train, train. >> over the years we reported on the increasing number of women owning businesses in traditionally male dominated industries. in suburban philadelphia the owner of girls auto repair center running an all-female job all while wearing red healing. has her story. >> they call themselves she cannics. >> we're here at girls auto cannic repair center. armed with drills and bright red heels. started an all female garage designed for women. >> i always feared i was being taken advantage of and not making the right choice with my car. why don't we create something for women. we don't need the guys. >> that's why she qu

ray custer iv. he lost control of his sedan near the oakland airport. went into the water near the martin luther king regional shoreline. >> heavy metal band didn't perform tonight over concerns from the police that the group would draw violent protesters. marduk was supposed to play tonight. criticized for glorifying nazi imagery and anti-semitism. opera staff disagreed but complied to the police suggestions. based on the riot that happened at berkeley with yiannopoulos, it's reasonable to believe would be a threat to public safety if groups showed up to protest marduk. >>> more news, campaigner in chief. president showing it's never too early to start asking for votes. and top democrat taking the fight to save the affordable care act right here in the bay area. >>> klay thompson came to new orleans confident to defend his title in the three point shootout. did not turn out that way. coming up. >>> and dancing through the night at stanfo anything with a screen is a tv. stream 130 live channels, plus 40,000 on demand tv shows and movies, all on the go.

cke restaurants ceo andrew custer is out for labor secretary.the tweet, he said, i am withdrawing my nomination for secretary of labor. i am honored to be considered. why could he not get confirmed? .> republicans republicans support was deteriorating and the upper chamber. yesterday, i spoke with tim scott of south carolina, and he was still having reservations about his nomination for the department of labor. press cohesively rallied against puz -- democrats cohesively rallied against puzder's nomination. despite having the support of the ceo's of mcdonald's and other fast food chains, they were not able to get this over the finish line, at devastating blow for the trump administration. >> the highest level of face-to-face contact between the u.s. and russia since president .rump took office rex tillerson met with his russian counterpart today in germany. >> people have been very keen to see whether he speaks for trump and what the space of the u.s. administration would look like. awkward,little bit because it is customary when you do a joint

roundtable taske bipartisan heroin force for the 115th congress. , want to thank my cochair annie custer. we are proud of the work that we have done. i think we are proud this is the most rigorously bipartisan group in the u.s. house of representatives and we are looking forward to a year of joined a make more progress on an issue that is of great concern to all of us. just a recap of last year briefly. year, the comprehensive addiction and recovery act was passed by the house and the senate and passed into law. and it provided stakeholders resources to combat the heroine epidemic. we passed an act at the end of 100 14th congress that added an additional $100 billion of to combat this epidemic. in both of these were college in no small measure because of the bipartisan work done by this task force. out in theolled 18 bills thatweek really became the foundation and much of the detail of what was ultimately passed into law. there is still a lot of work to be done. americans over 52,000 died of a drug overdue's. 33,000 of them were opioid related deaths. that's hundreds of people on any giv

thursday, the confirmation hearing for andy custer, trump's labor secretary nominee. the hearing begins at 10:00 a.m. eastern. we will have live coverage on c-span3. you can also listen live on the free c-span radio app. c-span -- announcer: c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was brought to you by public television companies, and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. the democratic national committee will elect a new chair later this month. the candidates met this weekend in baltimore to discuss outreach efforts for the organization. by white was moderated house correspondent april ryan, and included an introduction from dnc interim chair donna brazile. ready?candidates are as i said earlier today, i want to thank the maryland democratic

on wednesday, andrew custer abruptly withdrew as mr. trump's nominee for labor secretary.this comes one day before his schedule confirmation hearing. it democrats and even some republicans had raised concerns about his failures to pay taxes for five years on a former housekeeper who was not authorized to work in the u.s. the white house has yet to comment on a possible replacement nominee. meanwhile, lawmakers from connecticut are expressing concern over that russian spy ship that has been sailing your u.s. label naval base in recent days. representatives are condemning russia's increasing aggression. they've been operating an international water. it was later spotted about 30 miles from a submarine base in connecticut. i am jackie ibanez. if now, back to "hannity." >> michael flynn, general flynn as a wonderful man. he's been treated very, very unfairly by the media. the fake media in many cases. i think it is really a sad thing that he was treated so badly. in addition to that, from intelligence papers are being leaked, things are being leaked. it's criminal action, and

you had the only known flag that survived custer's last stand at little bighorn, and then you had the>> talk about competition. the flag from little bighorn sells for $2.2 million. the emancipation proclamation beats that easily -- $3.7 million. >> you could feel the tension building throughout the other two sales. >> the comes harlem globetrotter curly neal to introduce the basketball rules. the bidding races to $3 million. it's a jump ball between david booth and one other phone bidder. >> did you know who it was? >> i didn't at the time, but it turns out it's a good friend of mine -- david rubenstein. >> rubenstein, also a billionaire, once purchased a 13th century copy of the actual magna carta for more than $20 million. >> about $3.2 million, you could feel mr. rubenstein starting to slow down. he had to think about each bid more carefully. >> and then, the final bid. >> on my left, $3,800,000. >> sold to david booth! >> you paid more than the emancipation proclamation. >> yeah, well, that's because there's only one original rules, and the emancipation proclamation, i think, had

raising horses here at medicine tail coulee, which happens to be the exact spot where general george custer. kennard raises horses for rodeo, for riding, and for this; indian relay racing. >> kennard: the athletic ability on them kids are just amazing. the competition is intense. >> anthony: they travel all over to compete at this collarbone smashing, skull cracking, bone-snappingly dangerous sport. former allies and former blood enemies alike. >> kennard: it requires a lot of courage. >> anthony: i'll bet. >> kennard: and a high threshold for pain. it's representative of warrior mentality. >> anthony: one rider, three horses. >> annuncer: and they're all in line. >> kennard: and they're lined up. gun goes off. it's like a spontaneous combustion. [ gunshot ] [ cheers and applause ] >> announcer: they're off. [ indistinct ] >> announcer: on the inside. >> anthony: top speed is around 40 miles an hour. and after each lap the rider dismounts at full freakin' gallop and leaps hopefully onto the next horse. yes, it's as dangerous and difficult as it looks. the prizes at big events run into the t

i'm also asking you to approve the potential sale of the star academy property, outside of custer. which closed last march. there are too few juveniles in the corrections systems to justify this large camp, and even if an increase in juveniles in corrections, even a future increase of juveniles in corrections will not justify reopening star academy. we would use smaller, more efficient facilities closer to population centers. my hope is that the star academy property, which is at a scenic black hills location, can be sold and developed to create jobs and economic activity in the area. the construction of the new state veterans home in hot springs has also led us to evaluate the adjoining lands and buildings, and i'll be asking you to approve legislation that allows us to explore repurposing portions of that campus. likewise, a building formerly used by western dakota tech in rapid city will be reverting to state ownership, and the state has no use for this building. i'll be asking you to authorize its sale as well. and i also hope to continue to discuss with the board of reej nlts

ofcan you describe the role custer's seventh cavalry in suppressing the klan and the deep south? second quick question, you mentioned the seal islands. towards the end of the civil war established their own country with their own constitution. can you tell us something about that? doug, do you want to start with the seventh cavalry? lake area when group -- the gary owen group. mr. egerton: i wanted to get sealthe klan and these islands. the klan is writing around with their robes in hoods. act passes. klan that's the good is. andy centralizes the klan and drives them underground. a lot of vigilantes understand cousinn you just get a are a guy who is your sergeant during the war and you wait outside the home of a local black activists and you shoot him in the morning and ride away. that because very hard to combat. in some cases there is not even a death. i have a story in my book. there is no modern ballots. they had tickets. about six guys ride to his house. they say give us the tickets only will shoot you and kill your wife. the guy hands them over. the next day there are no ba

a shift to the household of the irritable and volcanic eliza custer law would likely doom her to a life of poor treatment and uncertainty and she could not let that happen. i will read another passage from the book to give you an idea of what that moment was like for her. judge knew what the future held should she not take the advice of her free black associates. she suppose if she went back to virginia she would never have the chance to escape. once she learned that upon the dice of her master and mistress she would become the property of their granddaughter by the name of custis she knew she had to flee. she imagined her freedom began immediately not after the death of her owners. in her interview at the end of her life she said quote she was determined never to be her slave. her decision was made. she would risk everything to avoid the clutches of the new ms. law. judge was well informed and knew her decision to flee was far more than risky but she was willing to face dogs hissing kidnappers and bounty trappers her whole life. judge could no longer stomach her enslavement and it was

outside of custer, which closed last march there are too few juvenile thursday correction systems to justify this large campus and even if a future increase of juveniles in corrections -- even a future increase of juveniles in corrections would not justify re-opening star academy. we would use smaller, more efficient facilities. my hopes that the star academy property at a black hills locationening be sold and to create jobs. the construction of a new state veterans home has led to us evaluate the adjoining lands and buildings and i'll be asking you to approve legislation that allows to us explore repurposing portions of that campus. likewise, building formerly used by western dakota tech in rapid city will be reverting to state ownership and i hope to continue to discuss with the board of regions the former school for the deaf buildings and property on east tenth street in sioux falls. we owe it to the taxpayers to keep the state's footprint to a minimum to avoid spending tax dollars on maintenance of unneeded facilities and return the properties to the tax roles -- tax rolls when p

it's especially so when it's a custer that's doing such good and important work for the environment.her, we're building a better california. gus is a handful. we don't know what this thing is, but someday, gus will because this is the thing that gus will build that will change the world. and this is the thing that could change gus' world. gus doesn't know what this thing is, but we know what this thing is. this is the thing we'll help gus get rid of. and without this thing, gus can grow up to build this thing, whatever that thing is, because that's what we do. we do health things, and we do those things for northern california, birthplace of pioneers. >>> he's asking for broad unchecked power. these are the defendants. they're three judges from the 9th circuit court who heard the case for trump's travel ban. >> last night saturday night live saw huge ratings. that was baldwin hosting and impersonating president trump as he's been very busy doing in recent months. this was baldwin's 17th timing snl. more than 7 million people watched the show. the highest number of viewers in six year

i'm also asking you to approve the potential sale of the star academy property outside of custer, which closed last march . there are too few juvenile thursday correction systems to justify this large campus. and even if a future increase of juveniles in corrections -- even a future increase of juveniles in corrections would not justify re-opening star academy. we would use smaller, more efficient facilities. my hopes that the star academy property at a black hills locationening be sold and to create jobs. the construction of a new state veterans home has led to us evaluate the adjoining lands and buildings and i'll be asking you to approve legislation that allows to us explore repurposing portions of that campus. likewise, building formerly used by western dakota tech in rapid city will be reverting to state ownership and i hope to continue to discuss with the board of regions the former school for the deaf buildings and property on east tenth street in sioux falls. we owe it to the taxpayers to keep the state's footprint to a minimum to avoid spending tax dollars on maintenance of unn

. >> can you describe the role of custer's seventh cavalry in suppressing the klan and the deep south? second quick question, you mentioned the seal islands. -- the sea islands. the blacks towards the end of the civil war established their own country with their own constitution. can you tell us something about that? mr. williams: doug, do you want to start with the seventh cavalry? the gary owen group. mr. egerton: i wanted to get with the klan and the seal -- and the sea islands. the klan is writing around with their robes in hoods. and then the klan act passes. and then the klan act passes. grant does declare martial law and crushes the klan. and it decentralized this the klan and drives them underground. yet to get 25 guys in white robes and burn crosses. you just get your cousin or a guy that was your sergeant during the war and you wait outside the home of the local black activists and you shoot him in the morning and ride away. that because very hard to combat. in some cases there is not even a death. i have a story in my book. there is no modern ballots in the 19th century. th

representative custer will chair that hearing and we will hear from families that have been affected by the crisis and that will be difficult but we'll be able to explore with them just how that progressed in their lives. so i thank you. this hearing or this round table is at anne end. we appreciate you being here. we're adjourned. giving her 40 address. she calls her more invest ment and education and transportation

and as representative custer point pointed out new hampshire is number one of fentanyl abuse and an increase of almost 1600% in fentanyl related deaths in the last five years. this particular study was conducted under the drug warning system initiative. it was designed to evaluate factors that's giving rise to this crisis that we see in the state of new hampshire. and our research group at dartmouth has networks and partnerships all over the state of new hampshire through our clinical trials network which provided the infrastructure for us to do this study very quickly. we did this in a period of three months. we started this project with meetings with about 45 different stakeholders in the state including prevention and treatment experts and the state opioid authority, the medical examiner's office and health experts across the state and in the past three months we did intensive interviews with 75 active fentanyl users and 36 emergency medical personnel in fire, police, emergency, first responders and physicians and other providers in emergency departments and we just completed data collect

thursday, the confirmation hearing for andy custer, trump's labor secretary nominee. the hearing begins at 10:00 a.m. eastern. we will have live coverage on c-span3. you can also listen live on the free c-span radio app. c-span -- announcer: c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was brought to you by public television companies, and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. the democratic national committee will elect a new chair later this month. the candidates met this weekend in baltimore to discuss outreach efforts for the organization. by white was moderated house correspondent april ryan, and included an introduction from dnc interim chair donna brazile. ready?candidates are as i said earlier today, i want to thank the maryland democratic party, the eastern caucus of the dnc for hosting us, the honorable catherine pugh, the mayor of baltimore, for hospitality. and i want to thank all my colleagues on the dnc and my special guests in the audience. be ablein, dnc members to talk to the candidates, have a dialogue. for those of you

hearing on the science and treatment issues behind synthetic opioids, chaired by representative annie custer, democrat from new hampshire and tom mcarthur, republican. meanwhile, the u.s. senate is back for a week's worth of debate and votes on president trump's cabinet nominees. first up is education secretary nominee betsy devos and lawmakers resume debating her nomination at noon today with the final confirmation vote scheduled for tuesday. nominations on the agenda after that, jeff sessions for attorney general, tom price for health and human services and steve mnuchin for secretary. follow the debate ongoing now over on cs the pan2, live coverage. >>> tonight on the communicators, consumer technology association president gary schapiro talks about the major technology issues facing congress and the administration. mr. schapiro talks about the latest administrative offices he found at the consumers products show. he is interviewed by kayla ross. >> things kind of defined almost every exhibiter there because everything is really connected. it's the benefit of being connected. it's the ben

that hearing head by an audio custer of new hampshire and tom macarthur will focus on the science and treatment issues behind synthetic olympic yoids such as fentanyl. you can see that live at 4:00 p.m. eastern here on cspan 3. >>> the u.s. senate returns today for a week's worth of debates and votes on president trump's cabinet nominees. first up is education secretary betsy devos. lawmakers resume didn'ting her nomination today at noon. a final confirmation vote is scheduled for tuesday. nominations on the agenda after that, jeff sessions for attorney general, tom price for hhs, and steven mnuchin fortressry secretary. they will continue working on those throughout the week. and you can watch those sessions live on our companion network, cspan 2. >>> tonight on the communicators, consumer technology association president gary shapiro talks about the technology issues facing congress and the administration. he also talks about the latest innovative products he found at the consumer electronics show held in las vegas last month. he is interviewed by mckay la ross bloomberg technology

so again, a piece of legislation is the custer moony bill we're bringing back to make that change so physicians are not pressured or feel pressured into increasing the medication for post-surgery pain medication and in fact, another bill that was included, we did partial pill because many are fine. i didn't know about the cdc three days, but five bipills or six through the weekend. use ice and by monday, you'll feel much more comfortable rather than sending every patient home with 30 pills. so. >> yes? >> i just wanted to add in response to your question about federal levers, i want to add two more to this discussion. one is related to research and the second is related to scaling up the application of science to service delivery models. the first one with regard to research, i think we've discussed here today that there are a number of effective prevention interventions and tackling opioid abuse disorders but there's a tremendous opportunity to scale up their utilization in real world assistance of care. so understanding how do we create subpoenystems that promo m maximally impactfu