then i will talk. >> my understanding is that the discussions are still going on. >> the discussions? the discussions going on as we speak with jeff flake and the republican who again said he would vote yes and got up after chris coops, a democrat spoke, and they haven't come out since. the discussions between the two of them and perhaps more. and going to the negotiators are ongoing and active. that's what i'm told and i don't know anything more than that. the fact that there are active discussions going on and it's literally 30 seconds until the time that this vote is supposed to take place is obviously -- it tells you how much drama there is no. unclear if they get to whatever point these discussions are heading. will they get to a delay in the vote. will they get to more dramatic when jeff flake said how he would vote. it is literally happening behind the scenes. >> i think delay would be the most like lly way they could pu pressure on flake. delay is to put pressure on flake, but to ask him to change his vote would be unlikely, but there will be support from senator collins who s

to discuss our bilateral relations tomorrow morning i'll be meeting with her again and i'll be discussing various matters in a comprehensive manner political military trade related and other matters shall be discussed by us at that meeting in the meantime as you know a few weeks ago. we had the chance to host the esteemed foreign minister in our country and following that the treasury economy and trade ministers visited our country as you know with the support of our people we overcame a coup attempts in our country the coup plotters failed to. create an impact on the turkish state this could terms was carried out by a terrorist organization which ended up with the martyrdom of two hundred fifty one people and many were injured in the aftermath of the coup attempt we. created a constitutional arrangements and imposed an emergency state of affairs to fight against the terrorist organization and we entered into a period of intensive efforts for a period of two years and we achieved a lot of success with the presidential system our country has entered a new path of reform and advancement. re

foreign minister laff ruffin pompeo had multiple discussions and i've had discussions as well. arms control remains in dialogue. >> is the russian ambassador said verbal agreements, did they get entered into and if so what are they? >> are not aware of any agreements. >> so what was discussed in the notice by virtue of what? >> it was discussed bake on based on feedback and the state department. >> senior representatives, can you define that for me? >> discussions of those in attendance with ambassador huntsman. >> let me ask is there anything different? >> no, senator. i'm unaware of any agreements reached. >> to put congress as a director that links our modernization program of maintaining the arms-control process? >> i agree both are indeed important. >> do you believe congress has basically been set forth? tonight i agree that was part of the discussion in the ratification debate over the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty. >> the limitations on russian forces, what would be the implications for u.s. national security and that of our allies? >> i'm sorry, senator. >> if new s.t.a.r.t. d

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commissioners, further discussion? there is no further discussion, there is a motion before us. there is the ability to to call for a deferral to a time certain, but that would require a motion at this point and vote on the part of the commission. if there is no such motion and second, then we will proceed to a vote on the resolution. commissioner sanchez? >> i was going to see if our colleague has made that a motion? >> no, i didn't hear a motion. >> >> okay. >> would that be -- >> okay. a motion is in order to make a time certain and to defer to a time certain, and then, we can discuss that. >> would -- four months? >> it's up to you. you're making the motion. >> then i would say given that the transfer occurred this month, that you've got maybe three to four months of data that we should look at before making a determination, so i would put the outside, then, at four months. >> okay. so your motion is to defer this to a time certain four months. and is there a second to that? >> second. >> there's a second to that. okay. so the discussion is on the motion for a deferral to a

pe meet today to discuss a single item. pursuant to notice for purposes of markup i call up house resolution 1017 requesting the president and secretary of state to transmit to the house copies of all documents in their possession relating to communications between president trump and russian president putin and move to report it adversely to the house. without objection, the resolution is considered read and open for amendment at any point and committee members may have five calendar days to submit statements for the record. because we're dealing with floor votes, activities of other committees, and hurricane-related uncertainty this afternoon, i'm going to use my vote postponement authority under committee rules to ensure that all members have given fair notice to participate in any recorded vote we may have. i now recognize myself for opening remarks. mr. royce: this afternoon we meet to consider house resolution 1017. as members know we typically want to see extensive bipartisan consultation and at least 25 co-sponsors

moreover we discussed the implementation of the e.u. turkey agreement we stand by the commitments we had in two and one hundred to make sure also in the future that funds provided by the european union for refugee projects is made available without bureaucratic obstacles or. cooperation regarding the committing of terrorism is also to. intensify as we have a lot of contacts that will be reactivated after ministerial level we also see an intensive dialogue of foreign affairs ministers not just concerning matters of foreign policy but also instances regarding german schools in turkey all questions important to turkish citizens living and we would like to live their cultural life here so on the one hand we do have a chance to teach again tristin enjoying good relations. and germany also has an interest in developing this relationship but on the other. particularly in all these questions. a democratic free society what that should look like there are some very profound i said misunderstandings but i meant to say differences of opinion and s

discussion item. >> item 2, discussion item. general public comment within the board's jurisdiction, not appearing on today's agenda. please come forward. >> my name is mike delane. i want to start by saying thank you for all you do. i received a letter from kaiser hospital telling me my wife had been taken off my health care. i'm kind of like, what's going on? i got a letter dated the 28th of july telling me to call this number. i called the number. they tell me they are doing an audit. i said fantastic, we need audits. they said you haven't contacted us with the last two letters we sent to you, so we are taking your wife off your health care. i said if you haven't contacted me, why would you do that? they said, well i'm sorry, this is what you are going to have to do. they told me all the steps to do a tap dance to get her back on my health care, which i find outrageous. let me just read you this. terry lynch delane, ph.d., has been executive director of life learning academy since the inception of 1998 as principle and execut

should be discussed between north korea and the us. south and north korea discussed. only a certain level of that topic and do we discussed a lot about how much we should include in the joint declaration but actually the agreement itself was not hard to reach. we did not include all the topics that we discussed into the declaration. but when i. have a summit meeting with president trump i am going to. provide more information on those points to present trump card as if you already know what the u.s. sometimes wants to have their messages delivered through south korea. on the contrary north korea sometimes wants us to serve as. a carrier of their message so i am going to play an important role of facilitator. second question please. some day leave from j.t. b.c. . if you don't you know somebody from jay to. do much again congratulations on your successful visit to pyongyang for the past two nights and three days i'd like to ask a question about joint declaration. the focus is all about denuclearization of the korean peninsula if the u.s. takes corresponding measures ba

members told german media which details were discussed. us and we had both with mr marson both the report although it was in the vailable in printed form yet we talked about various figures of interest such as right wing extremism left wing extremism and islamist threats to the field of. germany's opposition parties are outraged by such a dissemination of internal data weeks before the release because it's such a warning to the law the federal minister of the interior publicly announces the report from yet came i know no other example of this information being released to a political party before the official publication of the report. according to germany's domestic intelligence service the secret meetings came at quote the explicit request of the federal ministry of the interior. if this is indeed the case then the minister has given a civil servant the license for political action which should not have been given the politicians are supposed to drive the nation's policies not ministry officials . again germany's top domestic spy stands

most likely being discussed as we speak here in tech or on at that trilateral summit zain thanks very much thanks let's go to stephanie stephanie's in re hunley on the turkey syria border ok steph the borders are officially closed but can the authorities there looking after the humanitarian aspects of this if it goes the way it might go sustain what they're doing that already. well everyone we've been speaking to say that things are still very unpredictable and the head of the turkish red crescent actually said to us you know we are alone yes there is some help from other aid organizations in the united nations but really is turkey bearing the brunt because it is so close to the conflict i mean as close you can see behind me that's where you see that camp that's the biggest camp in italy province that's just a tiny snapshot of it peter there's eight hundred thousand people that live like that along turkey's border and then not to talk about the civilians and people who live inside the cities those armed groups and there are many of them are also in those cities so this is one of the c

we can also engage in these discussions.biggest concerns that came out of research quite recently was you know i thought going into 2020 review conference i thought at least you could get all states' parties to reaffirm their commitment to the ntp. i don't think you can get that. what a lot of members are going to say we don't want to just reaffirm commitment to the ntp, we want it to include all subsequent agreements. the 2013 action steps and the 2010 action plan. that is a deep concern i have about the credibility of the ntp it is when you can't get all parties to sign on board. in answer to the question can there be nuclear word trust. yes. we aren't living in nuclear anarchy. there hasn't been the extensive proliferation that was feared by president kennedy. we still have forums for dialogue and estill have institutions that can promote transparency and predictability. these are increasingly fragile and i would encourage the u.s. to engage more but i don't know to be too alarmist. i promise this is my final point. i foc

those discussions are ongoing. the time of: at this statement, north korea was unwilling to reach the language we wanted? sec. thompson: they have committed to denuclearize the peninsula. sne. merkley: i'm just reading from a document. they have committed to work toward. that is quite different. language wheref the large nuclear capable, or nuclear states pledge to, and they use very similar language, undertake to pursue negotiations on complete disarmament. in other words, it is those inserted words that say we don't really have a commitment yet. north korea is just saying it will work toward that effort. i stress this because quite a bit of time has passed. legon't even have the first of the journey. is getting to a complete inventory of their program. north korea hasn't even agreed to that. there wasn't actually any language in this one page document that committed them to it. it is a real concern. the other thing is that one thing we set in this document, which was a little unusual, is we specifically called ou

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. >> there is a discussion that also, and indian minds, and that is in russia. administration is struggling to come to terms with the whole problem of russian interference in u.s. -- while they have at the same time made various overturns. specific concern to india at the moment is -- russian indian defense trade. i imagine this is one of those issues that will also have to be discussed at some point. how does one work with india? to achieve a common goal, just to strengthen indians -- india's capacity without letting relations with russia become a problem? >> is a complex issue so let me just say a few things. we understand the historic nature of that relationship and the legacy of that relationship as it applies to the defense ministry and the military, so a lot of legacy platforms and the need to support those. i think what we want to do is have a conversation with india that is not about the past, and their legacy, but about the future and look at the nature of this regime. like a mia, ukraine, i called the laundry list now is in manila, the chemical attack

we have had extensive discussions with their representatives. and it must got this past week and i've no doubt about that whatever you may think and they're very keen to take this process forward and so is the international community who are who are remarkably united so with that i could take some questions i was under thank you very much mr griffin so ok let's start i would tend to think people have not spoken last time. yes let's say without money. yes peace yeah right. because choice but. to be to be going slowly because you have to transcend government. just if it's not it's good at but. if you put up with c.b.d. to do when you're one of will be. when it does if you still exclusive it. by music on this you know the phillies like you did lucy. the notion of an aussie. that's a surprising question i wasn't. i wasn't expecting i wasn't expecting that. which i could be better prepared no look. as i said i'm not surprised the question but as i said in my remarks i'm not going to get into the details of what did and didn't happen what i will say a

by constitutional design, we are not in the room for such discussions. we didn't demand transcripts of every conversation president obama had with the russians. even after an open microphone caught him asking president medvedev for some space on missile defense issues, explaining that we would, quote, have more flex ability after his 2012 reelection. this resolution before us today has implications far beyond our current president, or our last president. it is about the ability of all presidents, to engage with foreign leaders. and, sadly, this resolution goes against the grain of this committees important bipartisan work, to confront russia's dangerous acts. as my colleagues know, this includes powerful sanctions, which we authored on russian hackers and intelligence agencies, passed as part of countering america's adversaries through sanctions act, which the ministration needs to better utilize. it includes additional sanctions to punish russia for propping up the murderous asad regime in syria, which the senate needs to pass on to the presidents desk

circuit. >> i have had no inappropriate discussions with anyone. >> have you had any discussions withanyone? appropriate or inappropriate? have you ever talked about the special counsel investigation with anyone outside the -- >> if you are walking around in america, it is coming up, senator. so people discuss it, but in terms of -- let me just finish my thought. i've never suggested anything about my views about anything, commitments, foreshadowing, no inappropriate discussions. of course, first of all, let me tell you a few contexts. our courthouse has a lot of activity going on in it. there were a lot of people ther there. those are discussions that will >> let me be more specific so that we can sort of hone in on what my concern is. have you ever talk to anybody in the white house about the special investigation? >> i have had no in conversations with anyone in the white house. i guess i just want to make sure that i'm understanding what your question is going for. i have at no issues where i have had discussed my forecasts -- >> but have you ever talked about the special counsel

that you discussed oral sex between men and women. that you discussed viewing films of people having sex with each other and with animals. that you told her that she's films, and that you would like to discuss specific sex acts and the frequency of sex. what about that? senator, i would , except being required to hear, to dignify those allegations with a response. as i have said before, i categorically deny them. been pilloried with scurrilous allegations of this nature. i have denied them earlier and i deny them tonight. senator hatch: judge thomas, today in a new statement, in addition to what she had told the fbi, which i have to agree , sheyou is quite a bit made a number of other allegations and what i would like to do is -- some of the most specific word for the first time today in addition to these which i think almost anybody would say are terrible. and i would like to give you an opportunity, because this is your chance to address her testimony. at any time did you say to that she could ruin your career if she talked about se

these discussions are continuing. we fully recognize the importance of expanding market access into japan. we're determined to put our producers on a level playing field with other countries such as australia and the european union. trump andresident president uecker launched an initiative to promote more free, fair, and reciprocal trade. we understand that there are many sensitivities surrounding agricultural trade, including agriculture is a priority for the administration. we have a trade deficit of over $15 billion with the eu. that is indicative of the scope of market access issues and nontariff barriers for u.s. agriculture. tomay i traveled to geneva deliver the first-ever counter notification to the wto's committee concerning india's market prices for rice and wheat. every wise and rate -- wheat producing country in the world should be worried about these effects. we are pushing forward the largest agricultural disputes and history against china. for its market price support policies. we estimate that china ha

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i am going to introduce the panelists for our discussion and we're going to take our discussion in two parts. we have the luxury of a 90-minute timeframe to do our panel discussion. we're going to divvy it up to two main sections. the first focused primarily on the policy changes that are underway and how they are going to be implemented from their impacts. the second then maybe broadening out and looking at the strategic context for the policy changes and how it's going to play in that context. so let me begin by introducing the panel. to my left is the deputy director in the office of regional security in arms transfers and the bureau of political and military affairs. she's responsible for overet seeing worldwide foreign military sales, transfers of access articles, and third party transfers. she's had a distinguished career in the state department and a career in private sector. so she's one of those wonderful people who brought private sector experience and government. experience together. to her left is alex gray, who is special assistant to the president for the defense industri

syria so it was not a private meeting it was a private meeting with discussions about syria we also had a very profound counter yes why didn't you invite miracle. in why the cherami hand had no time you were dancing and hugging this tapout putting and while you did that you knew that he is a partner of syrian dictator. both have blood on their hands you didn't have a guilty conscience no i dance with such a man who is also suppressing his own population is but excuse me. then in that case shall we shake hands with the chinese government shall we shake hands with a number of elements you see don't you think there is a difference between shaking hands and dancing there are going on why most important price tag a single. having i understand in a different way than you might understand it i didn't how can we dance the s. and i have danced with several men in the lottery last symbol i mean it is your wedding what you have the symbol for example for people who are suppressed and rush you it was a private even the yes there is a live image and that's why i understand you have to dialogue g

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it is something we will discuss. if they're willing to do that it is something we will talk about. -- >> i know poland likes the idea very much, it is something we are considering. [indiscernible] >> [indiscernible] china,emendous impact on as you know, we are doing a very good job with china, china has been taking advantage of the united states for a long time. that is not happening anymore. we can't let that happen. i have a great relationship with he's a friend of mine. we may make a deal, but right now we posed -- imposed $200 billion of tariffs, it kicks in on january 1, and the 25% will start as 10% but will shortly go to 25. if there's a retaliation against our farmers and industrial workers, our ranchers, if that goes on we will kick in another in the lossdollars of the 25%. which we don't want to do but will probably have no choice. we will see what happens. we are making a lot of headway with china, china wants to talk. we are always open to talking. but we have to do something, we have a trade imbalance wi

when we discussed this with president cohen, we discussed this. if we are continuing the 96-a environment and the 953, we are taking officers and creating two different data sets which take an officer off the street and they're answering the same stuff with two different sets of questions, and it just doesn't work. it's conflicting data. so the questions that the state developed, it's someplace to start. it's not just a san francisco lens, which is a concern here, but it's the ability to compare san francisco to los angeles to san diego to c.h.p. and see the stops, if there's commonalities. >> commissioner mazzucco: we want to see if this police commission and the public knows what's happening on a quarterly basis. we don't want to wait until may 2019. we want to see each quarter so in case issues start to emerge, we can be on top of it. >> commissioner dejesus: eight months is a long time. >> we agree it's a long time. the state is giving us back data for our first two months, the first two months that we've collected data. however there are a nu

reporter, colby will discuss the u.s. senate's bipartisan opioid legislation. watch chops' washington journal live at 7:00 eastern on saturday morning. and bob woodward is joining us on monday at 7:00 a.m. eastern. we'll talk about miss new book: "fear, trump the white house" and also ken starr will be with us on tuesday to discuss hi book "contempt. a memoir of the clinton investigation." >> agriculture department officials were asked about u.s. trade policy, and the impact that tariffs are having on growingal exports. senators on the agricultural committee asked but escalating trade tensions, price stability and access to foreign markets. senator pat roberts chair this committee. conversation conversation [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> good morning i call this meeting of the senate committee on agriculture, nutrition and forestry to order. the last couple of years have been very busy for members of the senate ag committee as we work hard to produce the 2018 farm bill that will provide certainty and predictabilities nor u.s. farmers ran

that you discussed oral sex between men and women. that you discussed viewing films of people having sex with each other and with animals. that you told her that she's films, and that you would like to discuss specific sex acts and the frequency of sex. what about that? senator, i would , except being required to hear, to dignify those allegations with a response. as i have said before, i categorically deny them. been pilloried with scurrilous allegations of this nature. i have denied them earlier and i deny them tonight. senator hatch: judge thomas, today in a new statement, in addition to what she had told the fbi, which i have to agree , sheyou is quite a bit made a number of other allegations and what i would like to do is -- some of the most specific word for the first time today in addition to these which i think almost anybody would say are terrible. and i would like to give you an opportunity, because this is your chance to address her testimony. at any time did you say to that she could ruin your career if she talked about se

back to the discussions about the rates. i think it makes sense. if someone is going to be coming from the east bay, they have already paid the toll. and so coming to treasure island and then they have that reduced rate that they are having. i am looking at some of the compositions here. some of the rates. i propose that you sort of lower the rate. you mentioned about supplementary funding. can you elaborate on that? because transportation, at some point we see subsidies. i know we are getting some subsidies from ticd, but the city and county of san francisco and all the transit agencies, in some way, they are all subsidized. public transportation. and so doing the onset, we may not be able to capitalize on all the funding. why don't you tell us here what you have in mind when you mentioned about supplemental funding? you only alluded to it but i want to take you on at this moment to explain where are the sources and the options. >> yes. they are ideas at this point. so there are two types of funding. capital and ongoing operations. it is a lot eas

leaders of iran russia and turkey will be discussing the future of syria when they meet in tehran in the coming few hours syrian government forces are widely expected to launch an offensive against rebel held it live province from tehran is saying bus robbery. the world is not doing enough to help people displaced by war that was the message during a visit by the un high commissioner for refugees legal ground he was into ran to meet with foreign minister zarif and other senior leaders his trip just days before the presidents of iran russia and turkey hold three party talks into her on i have just been to syria so i reported back to. the government of the about my observations. first and foremost especially in my meeting with minister saadi we spoke about our concerns about it lip. it is clear that the risks of a military confrontation causing massive loss of life. this is is is very high and i told ministers that he thought that my appeal just like the u.n. secretary general and others is let's minimize let's. get these good apparently but then to minimize the loss of life granny sai

the president has not told the american people what he discussed, nor has any administration official come before the committee and an open or even a closed setting to brief us on the important foreign policy matters that were addressed. what we do know is what donald trump announced directly following the unprecedented and puzzling one on one sit down.he sowed seeds of doubt guarding the unwavering conclusion of our intelligence committee or community that russia interfered in our election to the benefit of mister trump and that putin used the meeting as a propaganda to boost his stature as acheck on american leadership . and we know what else russia has been up two cents. our national security agencies have confirmed that russia is still working to attack the upcoming 2018 election. russia continues to prop up the murderous assad regime and occupyeastern ukraine. all of this context fuels questions regarding the secrecy of this meeting and begs for transparency and congressional oversight . i introduced this resolution in july following the president damaging and bizarre remarks at

prosecuted what have you been discussing about this particular organization in turkey and what about the extradition of individuals you've demanded as far as i'm concerned i can say that the p.k. k. is a bad organization in germany accordingly all p.k. activity is a band as well we have discussed that in detail this time about to do so in previous conversations and i think we see our roads are also enforced by the police if there are demonstrations as far as they fit it haven't been as asia is concerned we take turkish. points of view very seriously but we do need more material what we have is insufficient to give them a state is comparable to the p.k. k. and we will continue to talk about this issue on as far as concrete requests for extradition is concerned the relevant authorities will process such requests there are some cases where. warrants aft been issued in germany there are also some cases where these were not successful also there are individuals we don't know for certain are in germany. as the chancellor has sent. we did have. a conversation in the past where names were me

in yemen have stalled because the rebels say the been prevented from traveling to geneva for the discussions. a frontrunner in brazil's presidential election is staff at a campaign rally. and will meet palestinian children in the occupied west bank the school will soon be demolished by the israeli authorities. presidents of iran russia and turkey are due to meet in the coming few hours in tehran for what could be a decisive summit in syria's seven year war they're there to discuss the last remaining rebel held province russia iran and syria have threatened an all out assault against armed groups based there despite fears of a humanitarian disaster however they say they are open to surrender deals from so-called moderate groups turkey which borders back some of the opposition fighters wants to have a military action is fearful of an influx of refugees from the northwestern syrian province the u.n. envoy says panic is spreading among the three million people who live there many fled to it live from other areas of fighting during the war the u.n. . envoy to syria stephan de mistura says all eff

then discuss a few emerging issues we are grappling with, and finally discuss what we as an intelligence community must do for the future. my hope is this will help guide your discussions at this summit as we look at our ever-changing world. threats,art with cyber which continues to be one of my greatest concerns and a top priority for the i.c. as i have publicly stated, i remain deeply concerned about threats from several countries to upcoming u.s. elections. year, thems this presidential elections in 2020 and beyond. threatto note the cyber to the u.s. is not limited to u.s. elections, a point often missed in the crush of our 24 hour news cycle. online influence efforts are increasingly being used around the globe. not just for elections. demonstrates the interconnectedness of our world being connected is not a bad thing. it draws us closer and provides opportunities that we never could have imagined. interconnectedness has a downside. cyber-toolsation of and the relative lack of guardrails in the cyber domain significantly increases the risk that a discrete act will have enormous stra

says that it could become a bloodbath the united nations security council has been meeting to discuss the issue meanwhile in geneva the u.n. special envoy to syria staffan de mistura has been holding talks with representatives from turkey russia and iran our diplomatic editor james bays reports from the u.n. headquarters in new york these were the strongest comments yet by the secretary general on the situation in he warned that if there was an all out assault it would be the worst thing to happen in the syrian war which is already lost more than seventy. is the last so-called the escalation. it must not be transformed. to a bloodbath. would an all out offensive on it live a place which has such a large civilian population in your view amount to a war crime and i think what is important at the present moment is not to classify what was not yet kept and is to make sure that it doesn't happen which means it is important that those specially the city get into the us then the process find a way in which it is possible to isolate terrorist groups and it is possible to create a situation in

we can also engage in these discussions. but one of my biggest concerns that came out of research quite recently was, you know, i thought going into 2020 review conference, i thought that at least you could get all states parties to reaffirm their commitment to the npt. i don't think you can get that. because what a lot of members are going to want is they're going to say, we don't just want to reaffirm commitment to the npt. we want it to be the npt plus all subsequent agreements, so it would have to also include the 2013 steps and the 2010 action plan. that is a deep concern that i have about the credibility of the npt itself when you can't get all states parties to sign on board. so, to answer the question of this panel, can there be order without trust? yeah. i think it's much too soon to predict a collapse of the global nuclear order. we aren't living in nuclear anarchy. there hasn't been the extensive proliferation that was feared by president kennedy. we still have forums for dialogue and we have institutions that can

not bilateral the trade discussions. we are very interested in africa and obviously down the road next year laws with the u.k. and braxton and what i appreciate is my boss was in europe this week and he said the first c thing agriculture has to be a part of any trade discussion. that's he is an incredibly important thing as we all know here dealing with europeans and agriculture has been a difficult issue for all the time we can remember. i cannot tell you how gratifying it is for the representative to say that the first thing in these discussions. >> i think i can speak for the committee we will help you in any way we can in that regard. very quickly the iraqi issue regarding rice there wase a situation in the past with the disregard we had been that were actually lower the iraqis went with other countries for some reason we which one -- reached a little bit of an agreement and this is just a yes or no but will you help us hold their feet to the fire to make sure we have a fair situation in that regard not only with ric

>> i've had no inappropriate discussions with anyone. >> have you had any discussions with anyone? appropriate or inappropriate? have you ever thought about the special counsel investigation with anyone outside? >> if you're walking around in america, it's coming up so people discuss it but i've never made any -- let me finish if i could. i've never suggested anything about my views about anything , commitments, foreshadowing. i've had no inappropriate discussions. let me tell you a few contexts which could come up. our courthouse has a lot of el activity going on because of that . those are discussions that will, >> let me be more specific so that we own in on what my concern is. have you ever talked to anybody in the white house about the special counsel investigation ? >> i've had no discussions with people in the white house. >> no one. >> i guess i want to make sure that i'm understanding what your question is going for. i have had no issues where i've discussed my views on any matters, issues, cases. no hints, previews, forecasts . >> but have you ever thought about the speci

we will be discussing even in the future, today and forever. it is interesting that the city of san francisco, remember has always been a port city. meaning people from all over the world, and whatever time they came, in the 18 nineties, 1910, people came as they did or they can't before then. going back to -- i don't want to go back before 1850, but they have -- we have always been a port city but we are also seeing history repeat itself in a sense the flu epidemic which we went through recently. take a look at 1917 and 1918. how many san franciscans died of the flu epidemic? san francisco general was infested with rats. the all wooden bungalows were burnt down and we have syrup door survived and we have continued on. guess what our concern is now? flu epidemics. all the viruses that have been going on unchecked. there are also raids in the city we see san francisco taking down statues that reflect the tragedies and historical racism that was always part of the city , historically. i mean, that is on the page. that is what we are about as a ci