was there any oversight by the department of treasury with respect to the use of of these funds? >> we haveonducted more than a hundred in person-- >> i'm sorry? >> treasury department has conducted more than a hundred in-person reviews with the states to review their administrator expenses and we work with them upfront t make sure there are standards followed, tha there are cost are v cle and weand complianc review those with them on the phone frequently if there's any-- >> well, let me ask it differently. i get all that, we'll stipulate that. the fact is that somebody spent money memberships. did that meet with your approvals, with your standards? >> there a a range of expenses that are eligible and ineligible under cost principles. >> is gym membership eligible or ineligible. >> sir, if you'd like to go through each line item i had a he be happy to meet with you and your staff? >> no, i have an f q the hearing, is a gym meership perm uroint view. >> sir, all i can tell you the federalos principles are followed and under certain circumstances-- >> for god's sake, miss romero, is

was there any oversight by the department of treasury with respect to the use of these funds? 10 in-person reviews and -- a >> i'm soy? >> treasury department has conducted more than 100 in-person reviews with the states to review their administrative expenses. we work with them up front to make sure that there are standards to follow, that their cost principles and compliance platforms are very clear, and we review those with them on the phone frequently, if there are any instances -- >> let me ask it differently. i me get all that. we'll stipulate all that. bu the ft is, somebody spent money on gym memberships. does that meet with your apoval? did that meet with your standards? >> there are a rge of expenses that are eligible and ineligible pl. r federal cost princi >> isbe ineligible or eligible? >> sir, if you'd like to go through each line item, i'd be happy to meet with you and your staff - >> no, sir, i have a simple question i a public hearing. is a gym membership payment a permissible use of these funds, from your point of view? >> well, sir, i can't -- all i can tell

institution that can be protected almost as an umbrella like homeland security capability, the department of treasury capabilities, then we will talk about dod capability. just your thoughts on how they connect with federal responsibilities. >>i think you are right, if you look at our level of digital independence and you think of the financial service industry, clearly cyber threats are a major problem that this industry is dealing with. i think when you look at the nature of the threat, anybody that tells you as several panel members said, i guarantee you will not have any cyber incidents at all, they are selling you fake oil. what you can do is manage the risk and drive the risk lower. that requires cooperation from both the government and the private sector, in ways that we are not used to in the physical world. i think it requires bringing all of the capabilities to bear from the private sector side and enabling good information sharing and collaboration on the private sector or side but also within the government as you mentioned the department of treasury homeland security, defense, state, jus

but certainly what we look at through the organizations we've set up and also in work with department of treasury, we're exactly looking for those system-wide risks that could affect everybody that maybe contrut by one or more elements of that. so we're definitely focused on systemic risk. >> i think this is probably outside this scope of the whole hearing, but to me, when we don't have a single data breach notification requirement, when we have an equifax making as gross an error as they did and no obligation to report or even when yahoo! has hundreds of millions outside financial system, but that's not even reportable on an s.e.c. filing. they don't think it was material enough. i don't see how these massive failures shouldn't fall into at least a level of a material disclosure in terms of s.e.c. filings. i think i'm down to 47 seconds. last question. maybe i'll leave it at that and come back to you individually. i would like to have gotten the more macro approach of how we're going to get at this. i just came from another intel brief, classified brief. this p isem going to only exponentially g

>> reporter: that is the bulletin coming from the department of treasury. it is an example of how these departments keep moving on their own track, even when the president is overseas. it is notable that this is coming at a time when russia is something we haven't really ut this trip. we've been talking a lot about other things. when the president was in canada at the g7, he was vocal there, saying he believes the group should be expanded as it once was to include russia. believing it would be better serving of the common issues if russia was involved. that's a separate matter. today, the department of treasury is enacting new sanctions against five russian firms and several businessmen. this goes toward the issue of working to try to break into u.s. computer systems. this is the kind of thing that, of course, got a lot of attention and is still part of our national dialogue when it comes to the election cycle. this goes been yond that to cyb hacking. it'll impose sanctions. really, penalties that'll cripple the companies from functioning, based on the new e

toas 21 years old and moved washington, d.c., there was a job opening at the department of treasury. i had to look up in a heavy library textbook what the treasury department did. textbook is sort of like wikipedia for the elderly. ands called in to interview i sat for a while in a small anteroom waiting period just me and the executive assistant, who i am sure had seen countless other nervous applicants like me in that chair. time with friendly chatter and asked her where she was from, how long she had worked there and whether she liked it. and ay, this door opened tall, imposing figure watch out. he escorted me into his office. annabellainterview, blocked me out, i think her, she wished me luck. guess what, i got the job. my first day, she walked up to me and said, i am glad you got the job. i told my boss i like you the best. struck that she had influenced his decision. maybe, just maybe, making a personal connection and treating her with respect could help me get the job. of people inenty washington for whom anybody but their bosses or peers were invisible. how many people like me

and also under the department of treasury leadership with various different initiatives through the sector coordinating council. we have also increased sector wide resilience, including formalized sector wide drills and exercises that have spaubd other initiatives like harbor and initiative to encourage and demand institutions maintain immutable data volts to resist cyber attack. turning our attention to regulations we benefit from a number of strong regulators across the financial sector that stipulate cyber security and other controls that reduce the risk of major incidence. this includes regular examinations and reviews. we continue to support the need for harmonization across regulation, domestically and globally and commend the efforts to date from the industry and regulators and government on the use of the missed cyber security framework. notwithstanding the strong relationship between the public and private sector, we propose that we continue to focus on improvements here, particularly around metrics to make sure we are able to quantify the value timeliness of the information flow

we are coming to you inside the historic cash room of the treasury department to commemorate the six tax cuts and jobs act. back with me, larry kudlow, and joining the conversation, treasury secretary steven mnuchin. it's good to see you. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. great to have you here at the treasury. maria: you've got to be feeling good six months later. you led this and now we're looking at an economy that people are actually talking about, close to 5% growth in the next quarter. how would you characterize the impact? >> well, maria, as we said all along, the president's economic agenda was focused on tax cuts, regulatory relief and trade and we're really seeing now the impacts of tax cuts and regulatory relief kick in. as you commented, we're expecting a very big quarter and let me give the disclaimer. i have no advanced notice as to what it is. the atlanta fed is projecting 4.7. whether we hit that or not, this is an enormous quarter and we're beginning to see the impact of the tax cuts on bigger growth, a healthy economy and hard working taxpayers getting money back.

counterterrorism illicit finance act he supported a draft version of the bill which proposed the department of treasury info on the actual owners of the shell companies creating a national network to crack down on corruption rather than relying on individual states that have been known to gloss over details on the real owners the way we blindly accept user agreements ok. ok ok ok i got it you got it but both was wrong to look to our federal government to lead the way in transparency because where the initial draft of the proposed counterterrorism analysts at finance act contains a lengthy details about collecting information about shell companies beneficial owners the current iteration contains almost no language on beneficial ownership what you get rid of the one thing that makes the bill good to see how that's working out for i am going to you know. i expect burgers that i hope the same way i expect gourmet food made after one am that doesn't have pubes in it. working class americans certainly aren't off the hook for paying taxes yet they work for major corporations or support politicians who shirk o

that trust is critical to all the irs does particularly as it works with the department of treasury to implement once in a generation tax reform last year the successful implementation of that landmark reform bill is among the highest priority and enclosing a wish to recognize the procedure at age 101 remains a legend in our field it is the duty of the service to carry out that policy to correctly apply laws enacted by congress to determine the reasonable meaning of code provisions and to enact them and to perform this work in a fair and impartial manner with the taxpayer point of view i am grateful for the opportunity to testify and i look forward to your questions. >> we are grateful you are willing to take on this assignment it is one with plenty of controversy i do have some obligatory questions i have to ask. first is there anything you are aware of in your background that could present a conflict of interest with the duties of what you have been nominated? >> no. >> any reason personal or otherwise that would prevent you from honorably discharging the responsibilities of the offi

has its digital property in san a department of treasury calls a currency the commodities and futures trading commission calls it a commodity and now the f.c.c. is likely calling it a security in and the honest answer is that it's a little bit of all because it's a technology that allows different applications and use cases and they all resemble different forms of financial instruments so from our perspective we look at coin bases mission is to help the currency enter this ecosystem we have to be the on ramp we have to work with kind of safe trusted counter parties like banks and regulatory agencies the lack of clarity and the kind of ad hoc approach not just in the u.s. but internationally look at europe look at asia look at parts of latin america makes it very difficult for businesses to succeed it's ultimately achievable it's just it's going to be a hard process months at a point right so rightfully said that they work with governments and they have a great solution and an on ramp there are industry players that have chosen not to work with governments. who have chosen to not inter

that trust is critical to all the irs does particularly as it works with the department of treasury to implement once in a generation tax reform last year the successful implementation of that landmark reform bill is among the highest priority and enclosing a wish to recognize the procedure at age 101 remains a legend in our field it is the duty of the service to carry out that policy to correctly apply laws enacted by congress to determine the reasonable meaning of code provisions and to enact them and to perform this work in a fair and impartial manner with the taxpayer point of view i am grateful for the opportunity to testify and i look forward to your questions. >> we are grateful you are willing to take on this assignment it is one with plenty of controversy i do have some obligatory questions i have to ask. first is there anything you are aware of in your background that could present a conflict of interest with the duties of what you have been nominated? >> no. >> any reason personal or otherwise that would prevent you from honorably discharging the responsibilities of the offi

says its digital property in san a department of treasury calls it a currency the commodities in futures trading commission calls it a commodity and now the f.c.c. is likely calling it a security in and the honest answer is that it's a little bit of all because it's a technology that allows different applications and use cases and they all resemble different forms of financial instruments so from our perspective we look at coin bases mission is to help currency enter this ecosystem we have to be the on ramp we have to work with kind of safe trusted counter parties like banks and regulatory agencies the lack of clarity and the kind of ad hoc approach not just in the u.s. but internationally look at europe look at asia look at parts of latin america makes it very difficult for businesses to succeed it's ultimately achievable it's just it's going to be a hard process months at a point right so rightfully has said that they work with governments and they have a great solution and an on ramp there are industry players that have chosen not to work with governments. who have chosen to not inter

that trust is critical to all of the irs does, particularly as a works with the department of treasury to intimate once in a generation taxi from legislation enacted by congress last year. the successful application of the landmark reform bill would be among the highest priorities. in closing we should knowledge i was in the procedure 1954-22 by mortimer kaplan who at age 101 remains a legend in our field. it is the duty of the service to carry out the policy by correctly applying the laws enacted by congress to determine the reasonable meaning of various code provisions in light of congressional purpose in enacting them and to perform this work in a fair and impartial manner, with neither a government nor a taxpayer point of view. i'm grateful for the opportunity to testify and look forward to your questions. >> they get so much. we we're grateful you're willino take on this assignment. it's not an easy one, and it's one that there's plenty of controversy. i do have some obligatory questions i'm going to have to ask. first, is anything that you are aware of any background that might p

make deposits and withdrawals of less than $10,000 to avoid the banks from notifying the department of treasurye family says there was no artful deception. the money was wrapped in paper, placed in his carry-on, and that any inconsistent statements were because of his poor english. kazazi is a retired police officer from albania. he and his family came to the u.s. in 2005 through the visa lottery program and became u.s. citizens in 2010. last fall, kazazi planned a trip back to his home country to visit family and potentially buy a vacation home. he claims he took the $58,000 in cash because he does not trust the albanian banking system. when he got to the airport in cleveland, kazazi says was not only was his money confiscated, he was subjected to a humiliating strip search, but under asset forfeiture laws it's incumbent on mr. kazazi to prove he's not up to something nefarious, which is why he's filed a lawsuit to get back his 58 grand. >> trace, thank you very much. joining us erroll kazazi. what was your dad doing with his entire lifesavings? >> he was planning on taking care of our former

and as bill describes, we have using the financial systemic analysis so-called and under department of treasury with vario vario various initiatives, and exercises that have spawned other itnitiatives to maintain immutable data to resist cyber attack. turning our attention to regulation, we benefit from long regulations across the sector, that reduce the risk of major incidence. this clusz regular examinations and reviews. we continue to support the need for harmonization across regulation, domestically harmon and globally and commend the efforts to date from government regulators. notwithstanding the strong relationship between the public and private sector, we propose that we continue to focus on improvements here, particularly around metrics to make sure that we're able to quantify the value timeliness of the information flow between the public and private sector. despite all this coordination and response to cyber security threats, risks still remain, and we need to continue to be vigilant to adjust the defenses of individual firms in the sector as a whole by making sure we adopt innovative

it was housed on the third floor of treasury, almost all of the staff were treasury department lawyers, and 35-year-old assistant secretary -- assistant to the secretary john paley served as the director. so for the first time in january 1944, the united states has an official policy about the holocaust. by the end of the war in europe 17 months later, they had saved tens of thousands of lives. rescue board is the first non-self-published book about the refugee board, who they were, what they did, how they did it. this seems really strange given the tens of thousands of books that are published about world war ii and the thousands of books about the holocaust published every year. and for the decade i was writing the book, i kept expecting someone to come behind me and get there first. the three self-published books have all come out in the last five year, and they're all kind of relying on similar older psychological hardship; why we watched the abandonment of the jews while six million of them died. many of them play this elaborate game of historian telephone where one person will ci

witnesses include a former director of the treasury department office of illicit finance. a representative with the cyber security firm called dark tower and the head of the center born politics. this is about one hour. >> the subcommittee will come to order. i appreciate senator

after implementation the agreement, bank muscot contacted the office of forei asset control, which is within the treasury department responsible for enforcing u.s. sanctions. they did this on behalf of the central bank of iran. this is the ohman bank contacting the u.s. treasury department saying we need your help. they were going to convert $ 5.7 billion into euros on behalf of iran because the real was paid to the u.s. dollar, the most efficient conversation was through ale u.s. bank -- through a u.s. bank using u.s. dollars. iran was adamant getting this done quickly. despite his public stance that it would not provide iran to u.s. financial systems and u.s. banks on february 24, 2016, ofac, this didn't ofasury agency, issued a specific license to bank moscat authorizing iranian assets worth approximately $5.7 to flow through the u.s. financial system. today i heard some say this specific license was just a narrow exemption, or just a minor fix. to that i directly -- direct you to an e-mail from a bank moscato official who said that the license was a gigantic breakthrough which has assured iran of almost fl glob

of last year to suggest that this sort of action could be taken and so these five companies and three individuals have no been sanctioned the u.s. treasury department says it's because of a number of cyber attacks and also the fact that the russians have been tracing under c. d. to keep treasury secretary steve mission says that they have shorn the are a clear threat to the united states safety and stability and therefore they had to take this action what does it mean well if you're on the sanctions list that means any acts assets you have in the united states are immediately frozen and it also means that norm erik ins can do any business so if you are planning travel or banking or any financial services in the united states that can no longer happen because you're under sanctions now it's not just the russians the treasury department of been trying to targeting in the last couple of hours also six libyans have also been named as the target of sanctions including one individual who is believed to have been behind the wooden boat that sank off lampedusa and twenty thirteen with the loss of three hundred sixty six lives and he's just one of six libya

department sees the coffers opening to a degree, others will think, what about me? i think that partly underlies the negotiations that have been going on between the treasury and the department ofthis. they are worried first because this. they are worried first because this in itself is a lot of money, when they have commitments to reduce borrowings and when they are very certain about where the economy is going to be. the treasury is worried about this but you are right, they are also worried because if health is going to get this kind of money 01’ is going to get this kind of money or education and the home office and everybody else is going to come asking, because they, the home 0ffice asking, because they, the home office and local government have had a much tougher time than the nhs over the last eight years and they will perfectly reasonably say, if the nhs gets this, what about us? does that signalled the end of austerity in your mind? well, if everything else... if they do get this kind of increase, then yes, actually. i haven't given that a nswer actually. i haven't given that answer the board had that kind of question because when we have had the sort of announcement

of the u.s. treasury department in washington. i have got a huge lineup. some of the country's top leaders on fiscal policy coming up. steven mnuchin will be here. and larry kudlow. along with the advisor and daughter to the president, ivanka trump is here. along with the office of management and budget director mick mulvaney. and we have an extended preview of my exclusive one-on-one interview with president trump. that interview airs sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on "sunday morning futures" and monday morning at 6:00 a.m. on fox business network on "mornings with maria." here are the big headlines this week. reporter: another rocky week for the markets. despite a late-week rally by nike, jp more dan and goldman sachs. the markets finishing in the red in part from trade concerns. despite a strong month, consumer stocks and real estate raising rates for the second time this year. trade concerns causing the mark totes finish mixed this week. oil prices hitting a 3 1/2 year high. president trump was in wisconsin this week to break ground on foxconn's facility

this friday, we are expecting the department of treasury and the united states 10 ounce a list of restrictions on chinese investments. these are likely to target made it coulds 2025 sectors get a little bit more tricky by this friday. this is in addition to the july 6th deadline of the first round of tariffs president trump has mentioned. there is another 60 day review on another $16 billion of chinese goods. on top of that, donald trump's administration has asked to identify another $200 billion worth of goods that could potentially get a 10% of tariffs slapped on them. we are getting into the really heated part of the realization of tariffs that have been threatened. china has vowed to take reciprocal steps. report from a south china morning post out of hong kong saying that regime will not necessarily target u.s. companies that are doing business in china. wouldinking there is that be counterproductive to china's efforts to get more international investment into the country. we also have that much anticipated triple archive from the pboc over the weekend. how much does this soften the blow

operation wire, wire which also included the department of homeland security, the department of the treasurypostal inspection service resulted in the seizure of nearly $2.4 million and the disruption and recovery of approximately 14 million in fraudulent wire transfers. now, the scammers often spend months studying businesses and their employees. they will tend to target people who transfer large amounts of money, transfer money frequently, or transfer sensitive business or personal records in the course of doing business. these scammers are equal opportunity hustlers, they target businesses of all sizes a impersonate everyone on the chart from ceos to the hr staff. as ridiculous as these schemes sometime sound dana, they are no laughing matter any longer. dana. >> dana: i love the operation name wire wire pretty clever. hand it t fbi on that one. all right, gillian, thank you. >> thanks, dana. >> dana: special counsel robert mueller warning russian intelligence agencies are trying to meddle in the upcoming midterm elections much as they did two years ago. mueller making the claims in a cour

witnesses include a former director of the treasury department office of illicit finance. a representative with the cyber security firm called dark tower and the head of the center born politics. this is about one hour. >> the subcommittee will come to order. i appreciate senator whitehouse being in attendance and coming up with an endless pool of good ideas. i learned a lot about crypto currency. let's see if i can put it into action for the purpose of this hearing today is to look at the problem the country faces in terms of how a shell corporation could be exploited by a foreign entity. how easy it would be to create a corporation in america and funnel foreign money through it to affect our democracy, and how these virtual currencies, big.in others, how they can be manipulated by foreign powers or other groups to influence our democracy. what i would like to do is introduce our panel and turn it over to senator whitehouse who will lay out the case better than i. that's why were doing it. i will say this, i got german grassley here and i appreciate his attendance. were n

it's understood that the deal is far from finalised, amid ongoing talks between the department of health and the treasuryea how significant this increase could be? well, jeremy hunt in an interview with the guardian newspaper has said he is making the case for significant increases in nhs funding. but it is not clear what that is. health think—tanks today said the nhs needed at least a% per year increases to cope with demographic pressures and i think mister hunt is sympathetic to that but the treasury is holding out the something nearer to 3% or even below that. i understand talks across whitehall are proving tense and difficult. package of measures was promised ahead of the 70th birthday of the nhs next month. there is a lot of work still to do. jeremy hunt has also conceded that there are problems in devising a workforce strategy for the future and he has conceded that a pledge to recruit and 5000 gps in england by 2020 is proving challenging. this week across bbc news we've been considering national identity within the uk — using exclusive research to look at questions of belonging, tradition and exp

offices at both the department of the treasury and department of defense. and as a law enforcement professional in the u.s. air force office of special investigations. in congress, he served as the minority staff director of the house permanent select committee on intelligence and as the chief investigator on the senate's permanent subcommittee on investigations or commonly known as psi. and i will say i was extremely lucky to have dave as a colleague both during my time at psi and during my time at the i.g. defense. and i can tell you that he is outstanding. we also have cathy boar. cathy has served as the i.g. of the peace corp. since 2008. prior to that, she served for 32 years within the i.g. community. at the usa i. d. i. g., she served as deputy legal counsel. she later served as the chief counsel to the i.g. to the social security administration prior to becoming the peace corp. i.g. she is the chair of the legislation committee and former cochair of the inspections and evaluation committee for counsel of i.g.'s for integrity and efficiency. elise ol

. >> from the department of the treasury. wonder if the panel could dress the pt and the pes, it's going -- looked like they give up quite a lot of -- more rain -- they gave up quite a lot of space for this coalition. what kind of policyies could they be working on for these groups. >> three very quick answers. >> is it's done deal? i think that the chances of lopez obrador lose the election is various. you have a forecast which considers a narrow of plus-minus 12 percentage points for the pole and gives 90 % chance for lopez obrador to win. and it's about 99%. so, it can happen, yes. it is likely, it is not likely that he will lose the election. >> thank you. joy. >> i'll take very quickly the policy options of the pt and the pes. the smaller parties are not known for their policy demands or their policy promises. these are not what you'd call ideologically active parties. what they tend to be, especially pt, they tend to be parties that are created by the resource incentives-the monetary incentives that they give to new par

of the u.s. treasury department in washington. i have got a huge lineup. ughter to the president, ivanka trump is here. along with the office of

of the u.s. treasury department in washington. i have got a huge lineup. me of the country's top leaders on fiscal policy coming up. steven mnuchin will be here. and larry kudlow. along with the advisor and daughter to the president, ivanka trump is here. along with the office of

department of treasury at the direction of the u.s. partment was granted a specific license that often the conversion of assets for billions of dollars using the financial system the report goes on to say. going to "the new york times" this morning, going to the associated press, it's as a judge that advice that could make a president answer things under oath next year in a former defamation suit. host: from clarence, and eagles fan and charlotte, and north carolina. -- charlotte, north carolina. caller: a couple of points. i'm a black man, and eagles fan, but i agree with what the president did because i think eagles, they was wrong the way they did it. say, i'mings i want to military and i work in the black community. they really want to do something in the black community, there is so much to be done. if they were to come into the black community like i do, helping the people that really need help? not to get on tv? i think a lot of these guys are just talking because i really, if you come to south central los angeles any large city

general at the central intelligence agency, and he also served in the ig offices at both the department of the treasury, and the department of defense. and, as a law enforcement professional in the u.s. air force office of special investigation. in congress, he served as the minority staff director of the house, permanent select committee on intelligence, and as the chief investigator on the senate's permanent subcommittee on investigations more commonly known as psi. and i will say, i was extremely lucky to have dave as a colleague both during my time at psi, and during my time as the ig of defense. i can tell you, he is outstanding. we also have kathy buller, she has served as the ig of the peace corps since 2008. prior to that, she has served for 32 years within the ig community. and the usa id ig, she served as a deputy legal counsel, and the assistant ig for resource management. she later served as the chief counsel to the ig for the discussion of security administration prior to becoming the peace corps ig. she is the chair of the legislation committee and former cochair of the inspections and ev

>> in next two weeks, the president has announced that the department of treasury will announce aboute limited in terms of national security this will be a broader dissatisfaction of national security but all the president efforts to try to protect our really to protect the future of our -- of our economy, technology really is america's biggest single advantage because of people we have education because of diversity we have it is -- a huge advantage for us. >> i totally understand i agree with you, i mean that really is the county jewel of this country. have they admitted robert that they do steal i.t. you can't even get missiadmission they wi not it in a candidly doesn't surprise me but it is clear we have a very everyone knows intuitively every businessman i talk to knows it but we have a very thorough study i common my studies ustr study excellent study. maria: it is let me ask you this i know china likes to take their companies public, how far are you willing to go? would you restrict chinese ipos on the new york stock exchange. >> i don't want to cross in a bridge right now i ha

the department of health and the treasuryuce borrowing and when they are very uncertain actually about where the economy is going to be. the treasury is worried about this but they are also worried because if they're going to get this kind of money or education of the home office and everybody else is going to, asking because they have had to bea to, asking because they have had to be a much tougher time than the nhs over the last eight years and they will perfectly reasonably say if the nhs gets this, what about us? does that signal the end of austerity in your mind? if everything else, if our government departments to get this kind of increase than yes actually. but not really given the a nswer actually. but not really given the answer before to that kind of question because never we had these sorts of announcements they really haven't signalled any end to austerity but if this were repeated across the rest of government than yes it would but my guess is it won't be fabricated across the rest of government. the chancellor i

whether there was political interference by senior officials of the treasury department with what the resolution -- there's a whole host of vincent foster. so we had a very full docket and i thought that we were coming to the end of the arkansas phase. not at the end but coming toward the end of the arkansas phase of the investigation. so i regret that there wasn't enough bob fisk ready sort of calling out the reserves that the attorney general could say, ok, special division you got five people who are ready to go so that we don't lose any time. so i wish it had been given, it being the lewinski phase of the investigation, to another independent counsel but it just wasn't practical. or at least i think that was the attorney general's assessment. host: john in tennessee. ller: i've got a couple of questions. the reason we voted for donald trump because we're tired of what sort of, like what's going on right now. do you think hillary broke the law? and the people -- and and i could see they're mad because they lost to trump but the people that's against him but everyone else like the o