. >> commissioner driscoll. >> captain driscoll: i'm going to go to page 22 and page 23. you had a couple months of performance were added from what we saw two months ago, correct? because you can see the inform 4.2 for the four months that would show sort of an uptick in the chart on the right on page 23. the point, though, i want to focus on -- [inaudible] >> absolutely. >> captain driscoll: which maybe that's why you added it this way. we figured it out last time it's not as compelling as a case looking at their since inception numbers, particularly since it was with $200 million. if their goal is to have 47% ownership in a -- 4 to 7% ownership in a company with $200 million, they weren't going to get very far, but which is the better indicator of who they are? going back to 22, you've highlighted the three and five-year numbers. not a particularly compelling case. certain places in the footnotes indicate net numbers -- numbers, but i can't tell if they're net or gross numbers. >> they're net. >> captain driscoll: okay. we're going to pay over 1% plus a carry. to me, n

commissioner driscoll? >> i'll skip my questions, but on this monthly report, on your page 5, the sf sfers monthly net aet ises, some month -- assets, some months, we started putting the liability bar on there. i highly recommend we keep that there, but only looking at the assets and not looking on the right hand balance sheet, people are going to focus on that. it's much more useful information in terms of what we are trying to do here, so if you could put that back in here -- i see this one's been amended by staff. i would highly recommend, even if it's a once a year number, you can do that. >> happy to do that. i'm glad you mentioned that, commissioner. it is a highly relevant number. we are at june 30, and since that number's going to be hard coded in november , we can include it. >> yeah, and you can footnote it to say it's only measured once a year. >> okay. we'll move to public comment. any member of the public wish to address the commission? seeing none, we'll close public comment. thank you, mr. co

thank you, commissioner driscoll. why don't we move onto item number 8. >> clerk: item number 8, action item, recommendation to commit up to $300 million to cartica's emergency fund. >> great. thank you. cart and others have -- cart and others have provided the board with some additional data and analysises as well as other data. this strategy is also led and formed by two women, and they're recently joined by a third woman who's recently joined as their coc.i.o. so kurt, thank you very much for the additional material. >> you're welcome. you'll recall at the april 11th abort immediating. investment -- board meeting, investment recommended 300 million to the cartica investment tremendous gee. cartica was the result of an investment strategy that's announced about a year ago. however when we presented cartica to the board, the board expressed several concerns primarily based on their results -- historical results and some concern in growth and assets. in addition, they questioned the firm's relationship with calpers, a

juliette driscoll, for example. christopher talked about killing his parents? they eventually tell her, "if you don't tell us what we want to know, you're going to be arrested in this murder conspiracy." and what does she do? she tells them what they want to know. man: if you'll please have a seat over here-- keith morrison: in fact, the defense attorney got juliette to admit the state wouldn't even have had that if detectives hadn't intimidated and threatened her. they told me that if they didn't hear what they wanted to hear that they are going to arrest me instead. they threw my purse across the room. they slammed their hands on their desks. did they tell you it was going to be for first degree murder? they told me they were going to arrest me for murder. and you eventually told them what they wanted to hear? after 13 hours, yes. keith morrison: before christopher was arrested, the two planned to a wedding and honeymoon-- in samoa, of all places-- which begged the question. if he was going to take the lives of hi

driscoll just requested. our position is two-fold, we want to make sure the protective order is in place before giving over anything. second, we're concerned as to what use anything will be put. if the defense is seeking particular pieces of evidence to take them to the news media we don't want that violation of local rules. the judge. right. i think, mr. driscoll, you're certainly entitled to discovery and to know the basis of the charges against your client in accordance to the local rules but not sure you're entitled to certain pieces of evidence to rebut media reports. i'm sure it's not pleasant to read incorrect things about your client. no lawyer likes that. and my goal is to get this case resolved in an expeditious and fair manner. as to when you get that information you will get it as any other in this trial. no, i'm not helping you figure out why the golf said that thing about you and your client and trading sex for a job. the prosecution said part of butina ease operation in this country was she was

driscoll says good afternoon, your honor. i think for this proceeding she will be fine without an interpreter. she's done other testimonial under oath events in english. and successfully completed them. i there for there proceeding, that will be fine. then the judge says very well. now, the other testimonial under oath events that mariia butina has already done in english we would soon learn included congressional testimony that happened behind closed doors we didn't know about before all this was unsealed. so her lawyer then is saying here that are that previous experience of giving testimony under oath problems she understands and speaks enough english to get by without an interpreter in court. the judge responds by then going on at length advising mariia butina of her rights being assured she doesn't need a translator, the judge is okay, let's go ahead then. they request a detention on wednesday. he butina's defense lawyer complains to the judge at some length about the fact his client got arrested on sunday, she's being h

. >> reporter: pacificy driscoll and -- patty driscoll and a neighbor are the lucky ones, their homes survived. many of their neighbors weren't nearly as fortunate. the holiday fire was just too powerful. conditions were perfect for the firestorm. strong winds, extremely dry, and record-setting heat. in some cases, all firefighters could do was watch. >> it it was so hot, they couldn't walk on the street. they had to walk on the yards and the neighboring houses. >> reporter: most of the neighboring houses went up in flames, driving along what they call pine tree lane, we saw house after house destroyed. she said five families lost their homes on this street. >> i'm devastated for them. i'm feeling fortunate for myself. >> reporter: she and her husband built their dream home here 30 years ago. >> for 30 years, i thought it was gonna happen. >> reporter: many false alarms until last night. watching a movie downstairs, her husband smelled smoke. >> he gets up to the desk and looks out and goes oh, my god, it's the big one. pack up, we're going. >> reporter: the wind-driven fire move so q

an hour later binyam bell identity appeared for the first time in the official kit of the number driscoll training full of live focus and youthful. but. i was so tired at that moment so i decided to go home to my wife and my kids. but that was his take. not as a family man but as a cameraman because in a friendly match the next day he scored his first goal on german soil. training the scene. it's moot. i played one match with. team. we won them much and i meeting. it was nice. i was present at the next friendly match but other sports. no binyam on the pitch what happened. in the first march was itself i think pain. in the match. three days almost three days in the three three months only training my side drew me. today i was feeney did three three months i went into the doctor and say everything is. i will start to morrow always my team it raining. time for that is sightseeing injuries and of course binyam into historical churches . he seems impressed by the beauty of the city. it appears that he's already living the dream. of excellent food. service in the first class hotel. and the big

although evacuations have been ordered patty driscoll decided to stay behind with a garden hose in hand she kept the flames from reaching her home of 30 years. >> yeah, so i was just standing right here. as far as this hose would take me. and that was it. >> reporter: governor jerry brown has declared a state of emergency here at the holiday fire and also further south where the west fire's burning east of san diego in alpine california. you can see homes engulfed in flames and homeowners returned to this, ashes and charred ruined. >> they're devastated. there's nothing left in some homes. >> reporter: and an incredibly close call for these firefighters in alpine. they scrambled to get up the hill with the flames just feet from their backs. they all made it out okay. east of los angeles rain fell on the valley fire in the san bernardino mountains. but the storm brought along erratic winds with flames coming dangerously close to homes. >> the heat was so tremendous it was just like almost burning me up because we were right there on the side of the road. >> the valley fire has the lowest

we met patty driscoll and her daughter as they surveyed the neighborhood. >> they had a house, they had a backhouse that faced our lane. both of those houses went up if flames. >> reporter: her family's home was undamaged but they have no power or natural gas, and she's surrounded by neighbors' homes that are gone. >> it's the hand of god. it's your luck whether or not you're going to -- your house is going to be saved or not. it's the way the winds are blowing. >> reporter: this area remained evacuated because the power company is repairing transmission lines and fire crews are still patrolling the area looking for hotspots. this fire event may be mostly over but the fire season is not. it's just started. crews are spread out all across the state. >> we actually have some of our engines that are at the oregon border today battling that fire in northern california and they were also in the santa rosa area two weeks earlier. we have our crews up-round wildfires and they're asking residents to do the same. >> this is going to happen again, and it may not happen in your neighborhood, this

they will, joining me now for more on this is former deputy assistant attorney general bob driscoll. glad to have you here on this important topic this sunday morning. national security advisor john bolton says the indictment strengthens president trump's hand in this meeting with president putin. how should the president play that hand? >> i think it does to some extent. there is a limit to what we can do legally in the united states. no one expects the russians to be extradited. but the indictment dem scraits the u.s. justice system can track these hacking events and can track them so specifically that we were able to name 12 individual agents being involved in the hack of the dnc and the clinton campaign. that send a good warning for the next election, if you engage in these activities we'll be on to you and aware of what happens. arthel: some are saying it would be futile for the president to ask for the tradition of those 12 russian officials. so nothing happens to them. they have been shamed and called out and named. but they can go back into the fabric of russia and continue w

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let's bring in robert driscoll, a former justice department official, thank you so much for joining uso you make of this? is he able to just refuse, can he refuse? >> in the short term he can refuse, it's going to be up to the judiciary committee whether they want to vote to hold him in contempt and forced him to testify, either under threat of arrest or other compulsory means. it won't happen tomorrow or the next day, there is another step in the process that goes on on these kind of things when someone doesn't want to testify before a committee on the hill. >> melissa: is his lawyer right in saying these committees have become too politically minded? >> i don't know if his lawyer's right or not, i tend to think -- it's certainly not a legal basis, i would never had a client who testified on the hill if preening congressmen were reason to not testify. that's kind of the nature of the game when you take someone on the hill to testify. usually people have a more recent objection, i am going to plead the fifth, there is no jurisdiction in this committee, but to just stay they are going t

the read right now from former department of justice official, robert driscoll. this tell us now? no americans indicted in this roundup of these 12 individuals. assurances we're told from rod rosenstein that it didn't affect the election outcome. nothing new there. but it does show a craftiness and ability and an ease that the russians were able to do what they did and could still do even more. what do you make of it? >> this reminds me of this indictment in february that special counsel mueller had against other russian interests and individuals, this is a half foreign policy, half law in that the reality this is legally meaningless. the defendants are not coming back from russian. they're gru agents. it's a way of stating that we can name the 12 people involved and lay out exactly what happened. so if you're thinking about doing this again, a good chance we'll be on to you. so i think that message is sent regardless of the fact that there wouldn't be any actual prosecutions here coming out of the indictments. >> neil: wouldn't they come out saying whoopty do? n

. >> we met patty driscoll and her daughter as they surveyed the neighborhood. >> they had a house --her family's home was undamaged but they have no power or natural gas and she's surrounded by neighbors' homes that are gone. >> it's the hand of god. it's your luck whether or not your house is going to be saved or not. >> reporter: this area remained evacuated because the power company is still repairing transmission lines and fire crews are pal patrolling the area looking for hot spots. the fire season has just started. crews are spread out all across the state. >> we actually have some of our engines that are at the oregon border today battling that fire in northern california, and they were also in the santa rosa area two weeks earlier. so we have our crews up north. >> reporter: fire teams are now planning for year-round wildfires and they're asking residents to do the same. >> this is going to happen again, and it may not happen in your neighborhood this next fire, but the one after that will. it's sheer math and your number will come up at one point. >> reporter: sergio quintan

driscoll also said he believes when his client testified in front of the house intelligence committeeours that he thinks that could be exculpatory. he thinks the government's seen it. he is trying to get it from the senate intelligence committee. so far the government says they do not have a transcript of the testimony to turn over to him. it is going to be a pause for at least a little bit. both sides are not expected to be back in court until september. >> sara murray, thanks for that report. >>> coming up, the new comments from president trump that critics are comparing to a george orwell novel. that's next. friends, colleagues, gathered here are the world's finest insurance experts. rodney -- mastermind of discounts like safe driver, paperless. the list goes on. how about a discount for long lists? gold. mara, you save our customers hundreds for switching almost effortlessly. it's a gift. and jamie. -present. -together we are unstoppable. so, what are we gonna do? ♪ insurance. that's kind of what we do here. you shouldn't be rushed into booking a hotel. with expedia's add-on advan

we met patty driscoll and her daughter. >> they had a house that had a back house that faced our laneth of those houses went up in flames. >> reporter: her family's home was undamaged but they have no power or natural gas and she's surrounded by neighbors' homes that are gone. >> it's the hand of god. it's your luck whether you're going to -- your house is going to be saved or not. it's the way the winds are blowing. >> reporter: this area remaidened evacuated because the power company is repairing transmission lines and fire crews are patrolling the area looking for hot spots. this fire event may be mostly over, but the fire season is not. it's just started. crews are spread out all across the state. >> we actually have some of our engines that are at the oregon border today battling that fire in northern california, and they were also in the santa rosa area two weeks earlier. >> reporter: fire teams are now planning for year-round wildfires and they're asking residents to do the same. >> this is going to happen again, and it may not happen in your neighborhood this next fire, but th

robert driscoll joins us now to tell us what else the media may be missing here in the stor. i know that you met with your client today. how is she? >> she is in protective custody and a d.c. jail. overall, the baseline fact that she's in jail, she's doing pretty well. >> laura: how did she find you to represent her? >> i had a previous client through a friend of a friend recommended me when she got a letter from congress. >> laura: she told congress last year that she received some funding from a russian oligarch. >> she said that in april. >> laura: okay. why was he funding her? >> she found of a gun rights group in russia. she grew up in siberia. she founded a gun rights group. it's different in russia than it is here. you don't go with the fight they tear any with guns approach. it was more of a self-defense stance. she founded the group and found supporters and this guy was a big supporter. >> laura: to explain that, coming to the united states and working with the nra. i'm not a member of the nra but i support the nra on a lot of things. you go on twitter and you're lik

attorney's office, that part will be played also by me, and playing the part of robert driscoll, whonts accused russian secret agent maria butina, as her defense attorney, that part will also be played by me. i know that sounds cheap. it's a delicate balance here. what we're saving on the

butina's attorney robert driscoll flatly denies his client was a russian agent, because the charger isverblown and says the charging papers describe nothing more than a conspiracy to have dinner and shake hands with various americans at events open to the public. he says "as though it is somehow unlawful, unlawful for a foreign national student in the united states to develop a personal, professional or networking relationship with an american." martha, butina is currently being held in jail. she is due back in court for another hearing tomorrow. >> martha: very interesting. jonathan, thank you very much. here now with more, jack barsky. a former kgb spy and author of "deep undercover: my secret life and tangled allegiances as kgb spy in america." welcome back. good to have you back on the program two nights in a row. >> good to be back. >> martha: what you make of this? is she a spy, what we would call a spy? >> i would think so, i'll, albeit most likely an amateur, because i understand she communicated via twitter and emails. a trained operator wouldn't do that. but you ask an intere

. >> let me play you what bob driscoll, who is butina's lawyer, said about this over the weekend.n. >> sure. >> if you ask me if maria was from another country, would this be happening? i'd say, absolutely not. i think the russia overlay on this can't be ignored. she's a separate person from all the rest of this russia stuff. she, i firmly believe, is not guilty of what she's been charged with, and is simply a russian national who has been in the u.s. >> we know that this is separate from the special counsel investigation, but based on your reporting, how does that ring to you, the idea that she is a separate person from all the russia stuff? >> well, what experts who have looked at this indictment have said to us is, assuming that she is guilty of the allegations, and obviously her lawyer is denying them, that it is really a sign of the sort of breadth and sophistication and scope of the russian influence operation in the united states. you've got the hackers hacking democrats, but you also have the russians running agents up against important american political organizations as

joining me exclusively, maria but butina's lawyer, robert drisc driscoll.to read one between ther and the russian official she was communicating with immediately after donald trump won the election. she writes, "i'm going to sleep, it's 3:00 a.m. here. i'm ready for further orders." the rulgs russian official says "think about it. isis, understandably, what else we need to look at the american agenda." you say your client isn't a russian spy. why is she asking for further orders? >> i think that like most of the government's case is taken completely out of context. the twitter direct messages, by the way, most russian spies don't speak by twitter messages which are unencrypted. there are thousands of them between them. twitter direct message about picking up toothpaste in america, direct messages of pictures of kids and dogs and everything else. they both had an affinity for better american/russian relations. that tcertainly he wasn'wasn't purpose of the trip to the u.s. >> here's the other thing the government says they have, they flagged several direct me

"outfront" now, maria butina's attorney, bob driscoll. i appreciate your time. so many questions.. government says your client is a, quote, serious flight risk. government attorneys say her lease was up at the end of this month. her boxes were packed. they have proof, they say, she was planning to move money outside of the united states. are you saying all of that's false? >> yes. in large part, the government was well aware she was moving to south dakota with her boyfriend, because i informed the government of that at the end of june. and so there was no surprise on the government's part that she was packing her boxes. she did, in fact transfer money to russia to pay her credit card bill, which was with a russian bank. so she is not a flight risk in any way. in fact, she's been receiving media exposure for well over a year. all of these different connections people are bringing up now have been published online for a long time. and she has not fled. she testified before the senate intelligence committee rather than go back to russia. and she stuck around after her apartment was s

. >> joseph driscoll and business helping prospective adopters promote themselves they saw a need forer ad. >> trying to place ads throughout the country was really your only woption. f i have a follower on facebook or a follower on twitter or rainst they could be in michigan, they could be in tennessee. >> more than 30 states have laws that in some way regulate the use of advertising online in adoptive placemehls. while rougy 0% ham by private te agencies, pri adoptions have their pros and cons. the pros, direct contact with the prospective parents. the cons -- >> there's no requirement, no contract. there may behe risk of time and expense and emotion involved before t know whether or not they get to parent the baby. >> i didn't know what to do at that moment, whether to hug him or squeeze oim or runr to our birth mom and hug her for giving us, sorry, like one of the best presents ithe world. >> joseph remembering the momenh when and his husband gabe t witnessedhe birth of their son. the birth mother contacting the couple a seeing this viral video ♪his is crazy we'd love to call you

the elderly at ms driscoll. more than half of the deaths reported so far having people over 65.e top of japan and korea. for the last two weeks it has refused to budge. the bad news as it could be here for another two. people here are being warned to stay out of the midday sun — as many parts of the uk continue to swelter in heatwave conditions. a level three heat alert is still in place for much of east and south east england, which saw the hottest day of the year yesterday in suffolk, at 33—point—3 degrees celcius. the met office says the first half of this summer is the driest since 1961. to make sense of this extraordinary heatwave i spoke to our weather presenter matt taylor. i asked him if the heat was a factor in the greek wildfires (tx sot) i asked if the heat was a factor in those greek wildfires. actually, greece is one those greek wildfires. actually, greece is one area we those greek wildfires. actually, greece is one area we have not seen extremes greece is one area we have not seen extre m es of greece is one area we have not seen extremes of temperature so far thi