we have got big numbers of cases, what is a department for work and pensions itself saying?rk and pensions itself saying? it is held it's hands up. we asked for a ministerial interview, they said no but they give us a statement. we understand the impact they're waiting for investigation can have on people on their families. waiting for investigation can have on people on theirfamilies. we waiting for investigation can have on people on their families. we are hiring and training new staff as quickly as we can and it does say, we cleared more complex last year than the year before, adding the vast majority of complainants are satisfied with the service they have received. what time are you on? 12 o'clock, radio four. you can get it on the bbc sounds. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's jane. it is the opening weekend of rugby is six nations, four of the sides have new coaches. so it's a new year, a fresh start, new faces at the helm, but all that's gone before won't be forgotten — the same old rivalries, the same prize on offer. a chance for those

the bbc finds that more than 1,000 people with the most serious complaints about the department for worknd pensions face a delay of 18 months before their cases are even investigated the acquittal of president trump becomes all but certain, as senators vote against calling fresh witnesses at his impeachment trial. and coming up, carrie gracie and her guests will ponder the uk's post—brexit future — that's in dateline london at 11:30am. the uk is out of the european union after 47 years of membership. the historic moment at 11 o'clock last night was marked by celebrations and some commiserations across the country. thousands of brexit supporters gathered in parliament square where speakers, including nigel farage, addressed the crowds. there will now be a transition period until the end of the year, during which the government will try to forge a new relationship with the eu. john maguire reports. they had come to parliament square from far and wide, from the north... from teesside. ..and from the south... i've come from brighton. ..to witness what the rally‘s star attraction called the g

the bbc finds that more than a thousand people with the most serious complaints about the department for workensions face a delay of 18 months before their cases are even investigated. the acquittal of president trump becomes all but certain, as senators vote against calling witnesses at his impeachment trial. and coming up in half an hour here on bbc news, click is in bangladesh, to see how global advances in automation technology could impact the lives of millions of garment factory workers. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. some breaking news. one of the two individuals who has tested positive for coronavirus in the uk is a student at the university of york. two chinese nationals — who are related — were taken ill while staying at a hotel in york. a spokesman for the university of york says they have been advised that the risk of infection being passed on campus is "low". and public health england says it is making good progress in tracing people who have come into close contact with the two people. this all comes as 83 british people, who were evacuated from the centre of the virus

the bbc finds that more than a thousand people with the most serious complaints about the department for workensions face a delay of 18 months before their cases are even investigated. the acquittal of president trump becomes all but certain — as senators vote against calling witnesses at his impeachment trial. and in half an hour, bbc wales investigates one of the biggest scandals to plague the welsh nhs. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. nhs officials are trying to trace people who had close contact with 2 chinese nationals diagnosed with the coronavirus. the two are being treated at a specialist unit in newcastle. one is a student at york university. elsewhere, 83 british people and 27 others, evacuated from the chinese city of wuhan yesterday, are spending two weeks in quarantine at a hospital on the wirral. dan johnson reports. to the absolute, you know, maximum that anyone could possibly expect... meet matt, one of the 83 people spending the next fortnight here in quarantine. the windows, i think we can...? yes, we can actually open the windows and get some fresh air. usually home

and the public about the availability of gvros and i know that our police department will work on that and, again, i thank them for our willingness and everything they've been doing since we've. working together. wee must educate hospitals, our community benefit organizations and our departments in the city about the new policy. i look forward to passing this at the full board as soon as possible and i want to thank deputy chief lazarre and the sanfrancisco police department who helped draft this, that will be used, actually to implement this ordinance. more importantly, i want to thank chief lazarre for enthusiasm for this program and everyone for championing it within sfpd. i believe we have officer raj viswani and then i'll wait and say a few things. thank you. >> with me is lieutenant lou, in charge of our cjic, they do illegal firearms, working with federal and state government and they also are responsible for gun violence restraining order and they're a lee yeah amazo lie officers, and the federal government on that. for gun violence restraining order, we put out a department bulletin just recently in decem

for performative outrage rather than executive acting through it. what exactly is he doing when he tweets displeasure of the department of justice, for example, the department of justice works for him f he had a sense, he would direct executive branch rather than complain about it. a president normally would, sense of his extraordinary is yet another stage for the reality television show that his life has been for so long. any question at the same time that many members of congress of both parties now run for office less to be involved in legislative work and more to have a prom prominent platform and become more visible to talk radio, use their elected office mostly as platform to complain about the very institution that they work so hard to enter. they sigh that as what their voters want. they are always performing to core partisan audience. two major political parties really anything other than two platforms for performance. do have a platform other than displays narsism. think of professional journalism , insistence on inform ative integrity, helps us on the sure that what it provides is reliable. , today journalists step outside and address public directly on social me

apparently other people have said, spoken not favourably about her behaviour when she was at the department for worknumber ten was told about this in 2017 so obviously for priti patel, this is awkward, to put it mildly. the home office is always a poisoned chalice and theresa may was one of the longest serving people in charge of the home office but it sounds like priti patel has some difficulties. there are two views. when i heard expressed today, talking to people close to the home office, was that she is a demanding minister but she is not a bully, she makes a thoughts plane but she certainly had an argument with her permanent secretary and that is described as a basic fundamental disagreement. some reports saying he isa disagreement. some reports saying he is a stickler for the law, she takes a more relaxed view, according to these reports, and more relaxed view over what is permissible over some of these disagreements but it doesn't read well for the home secretary. we need to point out the home office has said there has not been a formal complaint. but you do have to wonder, if there is this s

the department for work and pensions says it's "working urgently" to make improvements after a report the number of suicides linked to problems with benefit claims. the national audit office says 69 cases have been investigated in the past six years, but warns that the true number is likely to be much higher. our correspondent helena wilkinson gave us this update earlier. we can now reveal that the government looked at 69 cases over the past six years, but i think crucially what this report also warns is that the number of cases where claimants have taken their own lives may be much higher. it's criticised the department for their way it investigates benefit—related deaths. it says that there are unclear structures within the department, so staff don't know when to investigate, and that may in turn have stopped other deaths were being reported. it also says until recently it's failed to actively seek information from coroners and families. well, we had a statement from a government spokesperson saying the department was urgently working to drive forward improvements, and learn the les

for doing this. out of curiosity, why are you supporting biden? i was working in the state department. i think after figure skating, it is one of those things where athletes are like, what i my going to do for the rest of my life? polly site is my major. -- political science was my major. i ended up working in the state department. i worked for john kerry. and then the obama administration. , such goodthand leadership. i.e. theeadership, times we are dealing with now, it is like who among the candidates -- there are 11 candidates. out as the ones that has foreign experience he foreign- foreign-policy experience and works across party lines. [indiscernible] [laughter] >> make to meet you. >> i'm in the deciding period right now. plus you are voting monday -- >> you are voting monday. figured out.chec >> we might have some events with the vp in town. just go online and look at the events. you can actually meet the guy in person. that is the best way to do it. thank you. [indiscernible] [indiscernible] [applause] [indiscernible] michelle: i am michelle. to meet you. i assume you are noting

more than a thousand people with the most serious complaints about the department for work and pensionso a's, money box programme, has found the independent case examiner is also regularly missing targets on how long investigations should take, once a case has been opened. 0ur correspondent, dan whitworth, spoke to shaun ley, about the impact the delays are having. ultimately, you can talk about as many figures or numbers as you want, at least part of the story is people. i want to give you one example. a gentleman we are speaking to who we are calling allen, he has a dispute with the child maintenance service, who, of course, comes under the auspices of the dwp, and regardless of the rights or wrongs of his individual case, some numbers for you here now. he initially complained to the child maintenance service in november 2017. it took a year and a half to exhaust their complaints process, that brings us to summer 2019. he was then allowed to apply to the independent case examiner. it is a little bit like the ombudsman for the dwp. they said yes, we will investigate your case, but... t

for doing this. >> out of curiosity, why are you supporting biden? >> i worked for the state departmentand i think after figure skating it was one of the things we were asked like what will i do for the rest of my life so i went back to school and [inaudible] was my major which was very fitting so i worked for john kerry and the obama administration so i seen firsthand the difference between good leadership and bad leadership, i.e., what we are dealing with now and it's like who among the candidates, there are 11 candidates that are -- there are many of them but to me he stands out as the one -- [inaudible]. jumping on a campaign wasn't an option. [inaudible conversations] >> you are voting monday. >> we might have events coming up with the vp in town. go online and you might be able to meet the guy in person. [inaudible conversations] >> thank you. nice to meet you. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [background noises] [background noises] [inaudible conversations] >> i'm michelle. >> i'm mike. it's a pleasure. >> i a

but we can't speak for the working conditions and the mental health of other people. >> so my heart goes out to the people of the department of justice. there are so many career people. i worked in the department for 21 years. it is heartbreaking to people in the department of justice and in the government generally to see what's going on. you saw some of this just in the impeachment hearing with people in the state department talking about what they were seeing and you're seeing it now in the department of justice. i think there's no way to criticize people who decide, you know, it's better for me to be here because if everybody left who was -- who thought they were going to be apolitical and do the right thing the department would be devoid of those people. i mean, you really don't want that in terms of what's in the public interest. i think it took an incredible amount of gumption and grit and backbone for the four prosecutors -- admittedly, i know three of them very well and they're incredible people, and i think they didn't ask tore put in this position. and the facts and circumstances found them. and i think they ros

so i'm grateful and to the men and women of the department for everything that they have done to get us to this point. i know that working together we will be able to improve upon these numbers for next year and with that i'd like to take this opportunity to ask the chief to come back to the podium and to talk more in detail about where we are with our statistics here in san francisco as it relates to violence and property crime. thank you. >> mayor, thank you. okay, again, i want to emphasize the mayor's leadership and how important it is to have a city leader that really takes a stand on public safety that she does. so thank you again, mayor, for your leadership and for your support. as i said we're pleased with the way that our statistics trended in 2019, particularly with violent crime. the mayor mentioned our homicide rate being the lowest since 1961. but as most of you probably know, there's a monthly report that provides a snapshot of where we are at any point in time, month-to-month. and you can see on the poster board that we have to my right, your left, highlights from our year end 2019 report. and what it will

to read you a statement that is fairly long from the department for work and pensions.sign of universal credit will stop people coming to the job centre often do so at a difficult time in their life and there is a range of support available for people with mental health conditions. we know the vast majority of people on universal credit are satisfied with their experience. this report might show people in an area of universal credit are showing higher levels of distress but it does not prove this is causally due to universal credit. it is likely they are experiencing distress because of external factors such as a loss ofjob, relationship breakdown or changes in the labour market in their area. how do you respond to that statement? professor barr? we have heard some really harrowing stories of how universal credit and other parts of the benefit system are negatively affecting peoples mental health. we looked at how the standard roll—out of universal credit across the country, and used it to look at whether the introduction of universal credit in an area led to an increas

the department for work and pensions is ina department for work and pensions is in a strange positionnt to appeal to but the prime minister said it is an injustice. the department for work and pensions wanting to appeal a decision that would allow unmarried people to receive this payment. i don't understand it. it would give more money to thousands of children, as you said, every year. there is about 2000 unmarried couples find themselves in a position where one of them dies. i spoke to a father yesterday and he said it was a terribly difficult time and had to stop work and couldn't feed his children properly, he worried he couldn't keep the lights on. this payment which would have been for him fringe and £55 a month would have been immensely helpful. if this -- it is have been immensely helpful. if this —— it is discriminatory against these children. you might say the pa rents these children. you might say the parents didn't get married and that was a choice, but the children didn't make the choice and they are getting less money for that support because of this cremation against unm

for a restaurant lease. works in 2011ted head of public the department's annual budget funds dozens of city services includingkeeping keeping the streets clean and cleaning the streets. welcome . >> thank you for having as . >> joe thank you for coming. he was the guy at the center of all this. >> his twittehandle is . clean. his job is cleaning the streets. i do not think that was meant to be a woplay on s. he has been in the department of public works for 20 years. he was appointed in 2011. get along history of ethical lapses before that. as i have writn before i do not think this has kept him in the job. i thinkhe was given the job . >> that was weinteresting. yon't court on tuesday. it was the arraignment. what was that like? we >> they brought in one at a time. he was arrested for the time. he allegedly blabbed about the existence of the investigation. they were both in court. both are frlongtime nds. they talked about they were good friends. >> is a local hero. th had interactions the city in real estate issues. can you tell us about his background? >> he would have people at his business for toy drives

public works department, specifically their street tree maintenance bureau and the community benefit districts to address this. they walked us through what the baseline level of tree maintenance is for the public works department. what c.b.d.s do, if they do have green or landscaping services in their plans, it's on top of what they do. they do not have to address that. >> commissioner zouzounis: okay. so public works code 174, i know that's a hot button issue that most people don't even realize is the case, so is it safe to say that when we see power hoses on sidewalks, that those are all belonging to c.b.d.s, that the city is only cleaning the streets? >> that's an incorrect statement, and here's why. there's two different types of service as has been explained to me and articulated via public works. there's baseline city services and supplemental city services. baseline, as it's been explained to me, is something you can get in any neighborhood in san francisco. for example, the street cleaning trucks, that's one of them. recology going around to pick up trash from the public trash bins, that's another one, and street trees. that's another baseline city measure. public works does

and the public about the availability of gvros and i know that our police department will work on that and, again, i thank them for our willingness and everything they've been doing since we've. working together. wee must educate hospitals, our community benefit organizations and our departments in the city about the new policy. i look forward to passing this at the full board as soon as possible and i want to thank deputy chief lazarre and the sanfrancisco police department who helped draft this, that will be used, actually to implement this ordinance. more importantly, i want to thank chief lazarre for enthusiasm for this program and everyone for championing it within sfpd. i believe we have officer raj viswani and then i'll wait and say a few things. thank you. >> with me is lieutenant lou, in charge of our cjic, they do illegal firearms, working with federal and state government and they also are responsible for gun violence restraining order and they're a lee yeah amazo lie officers, and the federal government on that. for gun violence restraining order, we put out a department bulletin just recently in decem

i think it is essential that we hold other departments accountable for the work going on in the city. it is absolutely essential. i was outspoken for it. i will continue to be the department of health and other departments that affect our ability to do our job in san francisco that increase our loads that increase the stress, decreased the morale. these are departments that we have to hold accountable with our data and with our advocacy. that is also in the private sector. the staffing at hospitals is something we have to pay great attention to. we started tracking with data how much time ambulances are sitting at the hospital. it's something that we need to be tracking as well. station 49 is the -- you're telling me to keep it -- he's going to let you know, i'm almost done here -- station 49 is the workhorse by the numbers of this department. the moral is low there. they are the hardest working people. they are hard working people in this department. we need to pay special attention to those people. then, finally, post-traumatic stress. i constanted a foundatio -- i sa foundation ove

the department of justice works for him, if he had a sense of his job shaped by institutional contours, he would direct the executive branch rather than complain about it. it's a good thing he doesn't know he can do that but he could. the president normally would, the sense of his job is yet another stage for the reality television show that his life has been for so long. is any question at the same time that many members of congress in both parties now run for office last to be involved in legislative work and want to have a prominent platform in the cultural wars, to become more visible and talk radio to build a bigger social media following, to use their elected office mostly as a platform to complain about the various institutions they worked so hard to enter. they see that as what their voters want for their always performing for the core part of the audience. our two major political parties now, really anything other than to platforms for performance, they have a function other than displaying and elevating narcissist. to even remember what the role of the political party is supp

to make some remarks around novel coronavirus and i just want to assure everybody the department is working 24/7 for preparedness with preparedness activities, working both within the department and our community partners and with other city agencies to ensure is that we are as prepared as possible in this potentially rapidly changing situation. i want to emphasis that right now, in the united states, there are a total of 12 reported novel coronaviruses, six in california, a total of four reported in the bay area. at this time, there's no you knewly diagnosed novel coronavirus in san francisco. in the event that there would be a case newly discovered in san francisco, you would hear it from the health department first. there were two patients from a neighboring county that were transferred for medical care to ucsf hospital. they are receiving state of the art medical care and represent no threat to the general public. it is flu season. and as the president yee said, there are -- the risk for the flu is also high at this time. so we are recommending, as we do every year, standard public-health, good

for the late mayor. more recently i worked in the coming occasions department for the san francisco public utilities commissionnd served as the lead communication and special projects for congressman -- congresswoman waters in d.c. and l.a. where we worked on racial equity issues, which is timely, financial services regulation, gang mediation, you name it and a lot of other complex issues. i am a u.c. berkeley and georgetown alone. i am excited to serve the department as we reinforce san francisco's leadership as a global environmental leader and helping push the envelope as what it means to be a city that is sustainable and healthy for everybody who lives here. i'm happy to answer any questions. thank you all for your time. >> welcome. >> thank you so much. >> any questions? any public comment? we have much to look forward to in 2020. thank you. >> next item. >> next item is item number 12. the nomination and election of commission on the environment president and vice president. this item is for discussion and action. >> i was looking at this item and thinking of who would be best to lead our commission into

works for 12 years. i would say that most of the work that public works do from the engineering side, they work for a department that has a commission. and they're performing work at the direction of departments, like the fire department when they do fire stations, police stations. they do work for us. so for them to have a commission, deciding what -- the priority that they're working on that all these other commissions are giving could be problematic. the other thing is having the commission to decide what communities get what resources and you have to wait until a commission meeting to decide that is very challenging. when we had the 1989 earthquake, i remember the director of public works, he was in charge of the whole effort at the marina. so there is an operation component where it's just -- i think it's difficult to have a commission over when you're head of operations for the city. that's my opinion. >> i think it makes sense since a lot of the work is done through city agencies that have commissions. so there is oversight there. >> yeah. >> thank you. >> president caen: good point. yes. >> thank you fo

i worked in the department of justice for a long time and among other things in terms of aiming technicalbsurdities -- expertise, i built a lot of relationships including one with , jim comey. we worked together at doj and then in the public sector. when he became director, he asked me to take on that job. >> how long were you in that position? >> four years. >> what did the technical part of that job entail? >> multiple things. the general counsel. a lawyer's job. you have to be a lawyer. theing enough about important areas of the law that the fbi deals with in order to be able to spot issues, figure how to is help you need, answer questions from senior executives, how to bring in the right people. my goal was to not just give the best answer that i had but to make sure that the bureau got the best answer that there was. that sometimes might mean me giving that answer but often it usually involves bringing in other experts from inside the bureau, the department of justice, or some other government agency. >> in your fbi career, did you find year after year, an increase in technical or te

for a better job opportunities closer to home. the good news is that according to our department of work so for services, we are on track to exceed our goal of creating 25,000 new jobs in rural utah by the end of this year. (applause). >> for example, it is finding new ways to turn coal into carbon fiber. utah overall online initiative is empowering residents with nuclear options. our successful efforts to develop broadband throughout the state and setting the foundation -- is setting the foundation for opportunities we can yet even imagine. thanks to technology and our tell-all community initiatives, we have moved many state jobs to communities off the front. from providence, from rich field to richmond, we are making significant progress in this area for rural utah. we all agree that we will not rest until all 249 cities and towns, and all of our 29 counties are thriving economically. (applause). ensuring a high quality of life is not just about the jobs, it is about the environment we live in. i am pleased to know that in the plastic, eight air pollution in our state has decreased by over 30%. we have also worked very hard to

pending in the department, and judges before whom we have cases make it impossible for me to do my job and to assure the courts and the prosecutors in the department that we are doing our workith integrity. lou: it's bad must justice department has become the place where truth has gone to die in recent years, just last night the president's former chief of staff praising the efforts of the deep state to undermine the president he was supposed to be serving. john kelly said alexander vindman was doing what he was taught to do in the military. to follow an illegal order. kelly is wrong. no one ordered vindman to do anything wrong. despite the president's acquittal, the dimms continue to croak and crow about the possibility of another impeachment farce. eric yo swalwell. >> we are not going to take our options off the table. we don't wake up in the morning wanting to impeach him. but we are not going to let him torch this democracy and we are not going to do something about it. lou: new reports indicate the fbi and the justic justice depat worked together to trick the trump campaign. according they worked with james comey to have former white house counsel mcbe began draft a l

at usaid alone, our department improved working conditions for more than 13 5 million working women -- than 1.5 million working women. but the numbers don't begin to tell the story of wgdp's emerging impact. numbers cannot convey the story of women coffee farmers in ethiopia that now have access to credit so they can expand their coteesses, or women in d'ivoire, or strawberry farmers who improved their quality to the point where they are supplying strawberries to major regional restaurant chains. numbers don't begin to capture the joy i heard in these women as they proudly told advisor trump that because of wgdp, they are now able to chase their dreams, or the pride ivanka must have felt as wgdp's architect, to realize all that hard work and time spent in capitol hill has made a difference in very practical ways in the lives of people a long way from the beltway. it is important to note wgdp's outcomes are not usaid's, not by a long shot. wgdp works hard to tap into existing local networks. it has also forged partnerships with successful american companies that recognized their busine

process, the piece of it, the work that your state department did to get americans out of wuhan, not only our diplomates and people that work for the united states government, but civilians who work there as well is in the finest tradition of the diplomatic corps, it was done with excellence and vigor and brought americans home safely. i'm incredibly proud of the work that my team did that there. we have diplomates in china today and we're working to keep them safe, but keep them in place so we can continue to perform all the missions we need to help china deal with this virus where it began. >> okay, i appreciate that, but how do you reconcile what you just said with the budget you just submitted to us which cut state department funding for who by more than 50% and cuts the dcd's global health security budget by more than 40%. how can you reconcile that budget request with your said investment-- >> we'll have plenty of money. >> we'll have plenty of money. >> we'll have plenty. >> i'm confident. >> and 40% reductions in the budget is enough to address the

when we work through the department of justice, when we've designated an organization, we worked for the department of justice, when elements and i will particularly talk about the hakani network which was in eastern -- the fed real measured tribal areas, you remember what the hakanis did coming out of the highland, fto designations for us gave us the capacity to limit their capacity to travel, it froze their resources and it also gave us the ability to sanction those who provided material support to them. that's a very valuable asset. and just being on the list of being -- on an american list maintained through the state department of being a foreign terrorist organization creates for us connectivity with our allies that is very valuable to us as well in dealing with this at a global level. >> something that i urge you to consider in future reports is that over 17,000, nearly 20,000 foreign fighters have gone to fight with the azab battalion from 50 different countries. that is more than the number of foreign fighters that went to go fight with the ma gentleman hue dean at the height

for a special mission. mr saakashvili received a u.s. state department scholarship and he worked for a new york law firm which represented the organization come on or a group that appeared earlier when we learned about the color revolutions we're dealing with a democratic bloodless revolution this is the revolution of roses and this is me kyle saakashvili with camara busy overthrowing the legitimately elected president eduard shevardnadze a. man was feeling. soon after the rose revolution blossomed foley georgia announced its intentions to join nato and plant fresh nato military bases in the fertile soil right on russia's border never ever with freedom and independence never never will give any piece of our territory saakashvili is mission was accomplished at least with his friends and nato the georgian populace wasn't quite as happy though in 2007 they took to the streets to voice discontent and mr saakashvili responded with force. the people's discontent. saakashvili party lost parliamentary elections and the opposition took control this means that the parliamentary majority. t

work with you on that. mr. kildee: will i note this is important. this is the most important priority for me in terms of the work of your department at this moment. i want to make sure that we continue to do this work. i am concerned that in an era where it appears that there is a desire on the part of the administration to reduce expenditures in medicaid, that these very important programs will be difficult to continue. i just hope that we can reconcile those two. chair neal: let me recognize the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. boyle, to inquire. mr. boyle: first i'd like to highlight serious concerns about a recently proposed change to medicaid. in your medicaid fiscal accountability rule. i'm leading a bipartisan letter with my ways and means colleague from the other side of the dais, representative kelly, that dives into the impact this proposed rule would have on health care for. so most vulnerable pennsylvanians. mostly children, seniors, and low-income individuals. seeing the administration admitted to not knowing what the impact of this rule will be, we are asking, again, on a bipartisan basis, to work with -- we are asking for you and t

and the prosecutors in the department of justice for their great work in this matter. want to emphasize the valuable ooperation that he cequifax has provided. they are the one that provided the intrusion to law enforcement. they have taken -- we've taken it from there. happy to take any have.ons you may reporter: [inaudible] china? to is this the largest theft d.o.j. is alleging that chinese military hackers committed? i'll back to the attorney general's statement, it's the largest in terms of the information. i'll -- >> i can answer that if you want. >> sure. how you s it depends count but in terms of the number of people's information who was stolen, it may very well be the biggest that west. it is one of the biggest. a lot of there are ifferent ways to count that data. questions after this. yeah. indiscernible] >> all right, no problem. >> thank you. >> thank you. been saying., we've for years that china will do anything it can to replace the as the world's leading superpower. targeting our technology and our trade secrets and has een for some time, we know that. bu

for him. it seems he may be hoping to get his message out to rank and file of thejustice department so that folks who work the president and the department ofjustice. barr says he will not be bullied, he will not be influenced by anybody including the president or local party the macro orany president or local party the macro or any newspaper and he told abc he never spoke to the white house and he made the decision before president trump's tweet. or the local party or any newspaper. the president's tweets made it look like there might be coordination between there might be coordination between the white house and the department ofjustice. the question is whether or not he meant to do this in a way that was so public. you can bet every moment was planning to the teeth. —— planned to the tee. every moment was planning to the teeth. -- planned to the tee. thank you, naomi ruchin. the scottish conservatives have a new leader. jackson carlaw, who has been interim leader since the resignation of ruth davidson in august, received more than three times the votes of the only other candidate, michelle ballantyne.

for commissioner covington who is now my president. having worked with her for a little over six years since i was appointed. her thoroughness and knowledge about the department, her heart is always in everything she speaks and so it will be a pleasure to work with her as her president because i know when she is involved with an issue, it really does come from her heart. congratulations. >> thank you very much. >> thank you very much. i will ask for public comment on this item. seeing none, public comment is closed. madam secretary, would you like to narrate the b. section? >> nomination and election of commission vice president. >> at this particular point, i am recognizing him. >> it is my pleasure and honor to nominate catherine feinstein to be the commission vice president this year. i have known her for a number of years and have respected and watched her career over the years. she is a judge, so she brings a lot of good level temperament to the position. it will be a pleasure to work with her. i would like to nominate her to serve as the commission vice president. >> thank you very much. is there a second? >> second. >> thank you very much. thank you fo

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we will deliver results for the naerican people. : she also criticized the state department's working enviroent. is there retribution for anyone perceived as being disloyal to the president? brian: dcussedolicy, i don't discuss people. i'm happy to talk about amica's foreign policy and the results we have delivered for the american people, making it safer, deepening our alliances, deepening the security partnerships around the world. we are very pleased with our record and we ll continue to focus on a strong foreign policy. nada: amidst all of this, it can be easy to forget that the president is also in the middle of a reelection campaign. it is an uphill battle for the tdemocrats who are hopirun against him, not least because no sitting president hasel lost tion since 1992. the bbc's lyse doucet spoke to former u.s. secretary of state john kerry. he himself was the democratic nominee for president in 2004. she asked about his party'aks chanceofg back the white house in november. lyse: democrats may not be able to defeat president come so we will have another term in office -- is that