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feinstein told mcclatchy's d.c. bureauer position changed after having conversations with constituents, especially those with younger children who have benefited from medical marijuana. feinstein says she is open to considering federal protection for state legalized marijuana. feinstein's change in heart comes as she faces a primary challenge from state senator kevin deleon. a recent pole by the public policy institute of -- poll by the public policy institute of california shows feinstein in the lead by 26 points. >>> today the san francisco department of environment is officially launching a new campaign to make sure you know how o properly get rid of batteries. recycling companies say batteries that were not properly thrown out have started fires at their facilities. so what do you do with them? if you live in a single-family home in san francisco, put your batteries in a sealed, clear plastic bag, and place them on top of your black bin on collection day. if you live in an apartment building, look for an orange battery

. >> glor: ed o'keefe covering the big political news from our d.c. bureau. ed, thanks. searchers today found the body of a man swept away in the flash floods in maryland. eddison hermond was 39, an air force vet and a national guardsman. jeff pegues was there today as those who live and work in ellicott city got a first look at what's left of their homes and businesses. >> i can already see the floor starting to warp again. >> reporter: when the floodwaters came racing down main street, jason barnes' toy store didn't stand a chance. the water was up to the ceiling. >> yeah, and then, some it looks like. >> reporter: leaving a basement full of toys under water. where do you start the cleanup? >> i don't know. i don't know if anything in here will be salvageable. >> reporter: like many here, barnes has no flood insurance, and also like many others here, he spent much of his savings rebuilding after ellicott city flooded two years ago. they say this flood is worse. on sunday the water came rushing down main street, and as it progressed down the street it took the sidewalk

wataru sawamura who is washington, d.c. bureau chief at asahi shimbun who's going to talk a little bit about the japanese public sees the dimensions of so-called recent developments and doctor kongdan oh, katie, who senior asia specialist at the institute for defense analyses, who has lots of interesting things to say as well, particularly regarding the recent summit. i think we'll take each of you in order for a few minutes maybe to live how you see things and then i'll ask you a few questions, and finally we will throw it open to the floor at the end. please do catch my eye at any moment if you might have a question. doctor sue, perhaps we can start by asking you if this summit was president trump, is not going to happen and if so, what to expect from it? >> oh, my god. [laughing] okay, yes, it will happen because i think both president trump and king jump on what to make this happen. i think kim jong-un has shifted of this tactic and we'll see if this is true strategy or not the least tactically has now come he's on this path o

amy: ryan grim, thank you for being with us washington, d.c., , bureau chief for the intercept.will lead to his latest piece at democracynow.org "ahead of , vote on gina haspel, senate pulls access to damning classified memo." juan: we end today's show looking at a new plan by a network of right-wing think tanks to convince members of public sector unions to stop paying dues. internal documents obtained by the guardian show the state policy network has launched a campaign to "cause public-sector unions to experience 5% to 20% declines in membership, costing hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars in dues money." the documents note -- "this can affect the resources and attention available for union leaders to devote to political action campaigns." the effort is backed by $80 million in funding from billionaires like the koch brothers, who expect a favorable decision from the supreme court this month in a case that could let workers who benefit from union-negotiated contracts can avoid paying union dues if they opt not to join the union. amy: the campaign comes amid majo

some retaliation now let's bring in eamon javers in our washington, d.c. bureau. >> a busy day. >> yes, it has been busy the announcement came from secretary of commerce and secretary wilbur ross was on cnbc from paris this morning, when he talked about the damage to u.s. relationships with its allies around the world, including the eu, canada and mexico who are objecting to these new tariffs on steel and aluminum but he also talked about the damage to the stock market that could occur from this move at the time, stock market was down -- the dow was down about 170 at the time that wilbur ross was speaking on our air earlier this morning and wilbur ross sort of minimized the damage that he thinks will be resulting to the dow. here's what he said. >> we don't know what it's going down as a result of you mentioned the home sales were a little bit on the weak side. but 170 points is not very cataclysmic in any event naturally, if the market, to the degree it was surprised it will have to adjust to that but markets adjust to fact >> wilbur ross saying markets adjust t

public at blt steak, which is a restaurant that is situated right next to "the new york times" d.c. bureauing about what they're doing in the case and their strategy about it out loud at an outdoor table without noticing who was sitting next to them, let alone that it was a very famous political reporter for "new york times," which you might have expected if you planned to have lunch at a restaurant right next to "the new york times". oops. well, now as of today we know neither of those two trump lawyers will be there at the finish line. john dowd left in march. he resigned in march. today "the new york times" is first to report that ty cobb is also out the door. he will be replaced in the white house by emmet flood, who is a lawyer that among other things worked on the bill clinton impeachment case. in a statement, the white house said that mr. cobb's departure was planned, quote, for several weeks mr. cobb has been discussing his retirement. last week he let chief of staff john kelly know that he would retire at the end of this month. okay. if you say so. but just a couple of hours befor

liz: edward lawrence, thanks so much in the d.c. bureau.epublican texas congressman brian babin joins me now. is this just posturing with >> you know it's hard to say right now, liz great to be with you today, but you know, these are exercises that are annual, that have been scheduled for a while, and quite frankly, it's hard to read north korea. do i trust north korea? do i trust their leader, kim jong-un? no i really don't and i think if they're serious about denuclearization and some normalization of issues or warming up of issues let's put it that way with the united states and the west, i think that it's in their absolute best interest to back off on what they are doing now and proceed with these meetings that are planned because it will be not only in our best interest in the west and world peace but also absolutely for the north korean regime. liz: but to the 180 today about this that we're just hearing, sir, is this an indication of that instability inside north korea, north korean's leader does not want to go the way of libya's sad

we will check in with our d.c. bureau. is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ scarlet: it is time for the bloomberg business flash, a look at the biggest business stories in the news. cambridge analytic out whistleblower -- analytic a whistleblower is criticizing mark zuckerberg's testimony. he spoke at a conference in paris. >> this is a spectacle of nonanswers. facebook'srely strategy seems to go to testify whether it is at congress and the u.s. or whether it is in the european parliament. backhen saying, i will get to you. i will get back to you. i will get back to you. that's a good question. i will get back to you. scarlet: a shakeup inside wells fargo want unit. -- bond unit. they are bringing and colleagues from their alma mater. wells fargo looking to bolster its shrinking unity bond rate it has fallen to the eighth spot in the list of unity managers. kroger is getting deeper into the meal kit industry. the largest u.s. grocery train -- jane has agreed to buy another company in a deal. kroger could also pay 500 million more over five y

eamon javers is live at the white house in our d.c. bureau>> just down the road from the white house today. >> i know that's not the white house behind you. >> reporter: the big one with the dome is the capital building. >> got you. >> reporter: look, we're only at "power lunch" time in the day today and the president has talking to reporters three times. he's in a very chatty mood today. he talked about what he wanted people to be focusing on today and that's the jobs report and the economy. the jobs report is very good, he said, the big thing to him was cracking below 4% in terms of unemployment. he said that we are at full employment in this country and he's proud of that and the stock markets move under his leadership but the thing that's going to get everybody's attention today is what the president said about former new york city mayor rudy giuliani. you remember that giuliani is now the president's attorney, went on national tv earlier this week and in an interview in which he said that the president had, in fact, reimbursed his lawyer

and we have washington d.c. bureau chief, who is going to talk a little about how the japanese public sees the dimensions of so-called recent developments. and dr. the senior asia specialist for defense analysis who has lots of interesting things to say as well, particularly regarding the recent summit. i think we'll take each of you in order for a few minutes to layout how you see things and i'll have some questions and finally we'll throw it open it the floor at the end. please do catch my eye if you have a question. doctor. >> yes. >> perhaps we can start by asking you if this summit with president trump is really going to happen and if so, what do we expect from it? >> oh, my god. yes, it will happen because i think both president trump and kim jong-un want to make this happen and i think that kim jong-un has shifted his tactic and see if it's a true strategy or not at least tactically and he's meet with xi jinping and now, there are a lot of questions in terms of what's going to happen beyond the fact that they're

. -- our d.c. bureau. this is bloomberg. ♪ taylor: this is "bloomberg surveillance."iple its revenue in china by 2022. wantsain of coffee shop to open 600 locations a year in china. starbucks is relying on momentum there to offset underlying growth in the u.s. and underwear -- and elsewhere. the drugmaker says the general counsel will retire next month. inartis says the move came discussion of the company's contracts with michael cohen. international paper says it will not make a bid for the company unless it is recommended by the board. ip says there is a compelling rush for a combination. that is your bloomberg business flash. francine: let's get back to one of our top stories. we learned the deal between italy's leak at the five-star movement is 90% done according to a league official. on. is what i want to focus if you look at italian bonds, they slumped as the populist parties are struggling to form a government and they seem to be discussing a government debt write-off worth billions of euro . we heard from a leak lawmaker -- from a league lawmaker saying they w

i worked at a local paper who did not have a d.c. bureau for years, and now i am here.s that part of the issue, the fact that we have the increased focus on washington is harming these local papers? guest: well, it is not harming local papers as much as i feel that well, in the case of your interesting, if you create a bureau in washington that can diminishing the coverage, it is part of the general clustering going on, it is part because of trump, and the internet. journalism, you can find a swelling of bureaus, the "washington post," the "new york times," i think the "new york times" is up to 70 in their bureau. meanwhile, the "washington post" does not have any bureaus in the country. it has about a dozen and a half around the world, but not one in the midwest, the last time i checked. i feel that national news suffer for this. we just do not have the ear on the ground. host: you write about these organizations parachuting in perhaps before an election or something like that. how effective or ineffective do you see efforts from these national publications like the "w

the fbi, you got the new york part of the fbi that leaks certparts of the story and the d.c. bureau so same thing with the state department. for massive institutions like this, it happens because saints do not run those institutions. human beings do on. and they all have their own personal prejudices. >> yes, joe, that is absolutely true. and just would be poielcome bac the fbi and the "times" story, the idea that there are problems in the fbi is different than the idea that donald trump is attacking the fbi. donald trump is attacking the fbi for personal reasons. there have been problems with the fbi that we've seen going back as you say to 9/11. so i think they are in separate categories and people shouldn't ally them. but your point about the agencies, yes, human beings are there. and human beings are voters, they are citizens, they are predilections. but what donald trump didn't understand and people in the trump administration don't understand is that they are there to serve the political people in a sense to offer them choices. the fbi, the cia, go to the white house and say t

the associated press bureau here in d.c. mr. rosen, formally of this network.ord of the justice department and the fbi with respect to getting fisa warrants. they will say or do anything to get what they want. they abused the system than have been very few repercussions from it. there need to be an overhaul done, particularly the carter page thing where they phoneyed up reasons for surveillance of him. they knew there was subjecting standings material changes concerning mr. page. and it wasn't corrected. cheryl: thanks so much for coming on tonight. be sure to vote in tonight's poll. do you believe it's time for speaker paul ryan to step aside immediately in favor of a conservative who can lead republicans to victory in the mid terms. you can cast your vote @loudobbs. we have dr. sebastian gorka joining us next. cheryl: president trump nominating acting veterans affair secretary robert kil robt wilke to take over the department of veterans affairs. initial reaction to this news that we have new leadership at the va. do you think our veterans can get the service

in 2017, we had so many complaints that are mediation bureau without filing a lawsuit return $7 million into the purses and pockets of d.c. residents. you know well, companies react differently when there's attorney general on the other end of the line. residents complain more less causing us to the more talented people. we talk about the talent. used to be the office before rosen profile had good lawyers certain types of lawyers did not apply. looking at my colleague know who is an extremely talented lawyer. i was invited to lunch and we bonded over a turkey sandwich. next thing i know i'm recruiting him and thankfully he came over. we just posted a job for a deputy general position, five law clerks want the job but we can only hire two. the talent would be deployed in employed areas like privacy law to protect our residents. >> like all ages, you know it's important to have really smart people whose primary concern is public service. that's why you can attract such amazing people. >> i have to tell you, the opportunity to be on the cutting edge of extraordinarily important issues, take a look at facebook, consumers don

bureau. so i look forward to the d.c. circuit court swift ruling in the matter. but i will not stand idly by while president trump's omb director destroys the consumer bureau when harmed consumers need help. before i raise some particular questions with you, you have made quite -- maid it quite known this morning that you don't have to be here and that you don't have to answer questions. i don't know why you think that's so extraordinary. the previous director came here 63 times. and not only answered all of our questions but was badgered by the chairman. so we certainly expect you to be here and we certainly expect you to answer questions. mr. mulvaney given the president has wanted to do a big number of dodd-frank for his friends on wall street process seems clear that his goals are about trying to install at- what his goals are about trying to install you at the consumer bureau. now, do you support the mission of the consumer bureau? let's rf the railroaded? maybe you can answer by yes or no. and i'm remembering when you served on this committee and some of the

this preview features washington bureau miller, editing with the d.c.t deadli deadline. >> it's a big mess for us here. >> you know what, we could -- >> send that later. >> they can fire me, i don't care. somebody else can do this job. i'm not talking to them. i'm not talking to matt. you pick it up. pick it up. >> hello, it's mike here. i'm the secretary here. we're doing your lead. we're doing the lead, and we're smoothing it out. i'm -- do you want to talk to him. >> no. i'm busy. >> a call from new york with suggestions for washington. familiar to anybody? >> yeah. >> we your featured in "fourth estate" airing on show time, new york and washington, great tension at the heart of any journal enterprise. why did you let cameras into the "new york times"? >> i thought if people got a look inside a news room, a modern news room, they understand we're human beings, that we have a mission, that we make mistakes, but that we work extremely hard, that we're not bias. i just thought that the days when we would not allow people to see that process should be ov

d.c. region during fiscal year 2019 or any other bureau besides blm and have you done a cost analysis of the additional cost if so? that these moves would include including staff relocation cost as well as long-term travel and management? >> we have not made decisions we are evaluating the cost what it looks like and consequences and unintended consequences. the three areas we are looking at is blm, most of the western states have a high percentage of blm the bureau of reclamation which is all in the westside and a long shot possibility fish and wildlife issue but there are both coast that are significant. we are looking at what that would be anything from the management point of view when you have such states as nevada which is over 80% of nevada is blm and new mexico has an enormous holding it is best to put people closer to where the issues of the day are but we have not made a decision i cannot give you numbers because we are still looking at the consequences. when we do have the numbers that there is no doubt i will be talking to this body. >> mr. secretary i was very concerned about th

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significant portion of the headquarters staff out of the washington, d.c., region during the fiscal year 2019 or move any other bureau, besides blm? and if so, have you done a cost analysis of the additional costs that these moves would include, including staff relocation costs as well as long-term travel and management costs? >> we certainly have not made any decisions, and we're evaluating our costs, what it would look like, consequences, unintended consequences. the three areas we're looking at are blm. most of the western states have a high percentage of blm. bureau of reclamation, which is all on the west side. and a long-shot possibility, fish and wildlife. there's fish and wildlife issues on both coasts that are significant. we're looking at what that would be. i think from a management point of view, when you have such states as nevada, which is about over 80% of nevada is blm. certainly, new mexico has an enormous blm holding. it's best to put people closer to where the issues of the day are, but we have not made any decision, and i can't give you numbers because we're still looking at what the consequence w

bureau related to the dealer directed auto lending market. mr. speaker, only to a group of unaccountable pure contracts in washington, d.c. would it make stones raise the lots of -- the cost of lending for some of the most vulnerable consumers while at the same time claiming you were doing this edict to help them. mr. zeldin: this market, also known as dealer direct financing, are loaning offered to car buyers in dealersship where they're purchasing the vehicle as opposed to direct auto lending loan they get from boornings institutions. it's an important option for consumers and provides them and purr alership they're chatsing from with the ability to meet a consumer's needs based on their budget and credit score in 2013, in an attempt to shut down the market, the consumer financial protection bureau issued flawed guidance based on questionable disparate impact statistics. to justify this illegal and secretive edict, the cfpb falsely accused honest automobile dealerships and the financial institutions they work with of unpluvene violations of fair lending practices. the cfpb through its own admission noted a 20% error rat

in 2017 we have so many resident complaints that are mediation bureau, without filing a lawsuit, returned $7 million into the pockets of d.c. residence. well, committees react differently when there is an attorney general on the other end of the line. the residents of the district of columbia are starting to complain more and more. that's causing us to need more talented people. let me talk about the talent in the district of columbia. it used to be the case that the office kind of rosen profile and had good lawyers. certain types of lawyers didn't apply. one of my colleagues was a fifth-year associate. a turkey sandwich come i think it was. and next thing i know, i'm recruiting him. thankfully, he came over. talent from covington is coming over. we just posted a job for a solicitor general position and a deputy solicitor general position. five united states of cream court law clerk's applied to the job, we can only higher two. this is a great place for talent. and the talent is going to be deployed in areas like antitrust law, privacy law, to protect our residents. >> legault ag's -- like all -- public. important doing so