energy industry. his motorcade has just departed from the energy department and we'll bring you that live. let's get to it.

. >>> and now energy secretary rick perry on president trump's proposed 2018 budget for the energy department from the senate energy and natural resources committee. this is about an hour 40 minutes. >>> good morning everyone. the committee will come to order. i apologize for the delayed start, but hopefully we will have an opportunity to hear from the secretary and learn of the president's views for the department of energy. secretary perry, i want to welcome you to your first hearing following your bipartisan confirmation here in the senate. while it took us a little bit longer than we'd hoped to get you in this role, we're glad to have you at the helm. we look forward to helping you get a full compliment of folks there at the department as well. the budget request for the department of energy takes a different approach this year than we've seen in the recent past. the president has made a concerted effort to increase funding for the national nuclear security administration to focus on our nuclear weapons program. this is a portion of the department that falls outside the scope of our commi

perspective where i could stand up in front of 20-plus leaders from around the world, from energy departments, and ministries, and say america's not backing away from being a leader in clean energy we've led the world in the reduction in clean energy we've led the world in emissions. we just happen to think the paris accord was a bad deal for m america. donald trump said not good for america, we're not going there the more important message from my perspective, america is going to continue to lead in emission reduction and in clean energy innovation >> what about experts, particularly of lng. is that a big opportunity for the u.s. or is it more about self-sufficiency >> 12 years ago we were working hard for many port we had the first shipments going into the netherlands, just ten days ago while we were at the clean energy ministerial in china. so lng, great opportunity. i talked to the european energy minister just yesterday. they are very interested in lng. if you want to clean up the environment, you shift from older, inefficient plants to these natural gas burning plants it's what we did i

it's being called america's most toxic plays santa crumbling infrastructure a top energy department official is sounding the alarm at the hand for nuclear reservation and warns of future accidental leaks of immediate action is it taken now they hampered say consider the largest u.s. site of waste from nuclear weapons production is located in the state of washington not far from populated cities like seattle portland and spokane artie's alexy has been covering the story extensively and brings us the latest developments the hanford nuclear facility in washington state is often described as america's the most toxic place and now it's crumbling and more dangerous incidents are likely such as the dam in conclusion of a top energy department official working on the site speaking to associated press last week doug schultz said that the universe structure was not going to last long enough for the cleanup and talking about the deadline for the completion of two hundred sixty he said some facilities were not going to withstand that time he continued by saying we're sending people into environments no

the budget request for the department of energy takes a different approach. the president has made a concerted effort to increase funding for the national nuclear facility. this is a portion of the department that falls outside the scope of our committee here. the administration has requested robust funding for the cleanup of nuclear waste left behind by our country's cold war legacy. the budget request proposes deep cuts to research and development for energy and science. it proposes to phase out nnovative programs such as arpa-e that have had success. i'm concerned by certain parts. the united states is the world leader in science and energy. we like it that way and we want to keep it that way. at the core of that excellence is the work done at our national labs and universities by the men and women. members on both sides of this committee want to maintain and strengthen that leadership. we need to be careful we don't get in the way. but keeping that in mind, many of us have found good bipartisan opportunities where it makes sense to increase funding for r&d

it's being called america's most toxic place a top energy department official is sounding the alarm at the hand for a nuclear site and warns of future accidental leaks if immediate action isn't taken now by hanford site considered the largest u.s. nuclear weapons production of waste dump is located in washington state not far from populated cities like seattle portland and spokane alexy has the update on that. the hanford nuclear facility in washington state is often described as america's most toxic place and now it's crumbling and more dangerous incidents are likely such as the damaging conclusion of a top energy department official working on the site speaking to associated press last week said that the infrastructure was not going to last long enough for the cleanup and talking about the deadline for the completion of two thousand and sixty he said some facilities were not going to withstand that time he continued by saying we're sending people into environments no one was expected to go to is there a potential for more alarms absolutely and of quote now they had for nuclear side p

the energy department. bout 20 minutes, he's if we couldn't to give a speech on unleashing american energy, specifically he said he wants to not just be energy dependent, which president obama had promised, but to also show energy dominance here in america. what can we expect to hear? blake burman is standing by with what he thinks might be said and will he check all the boxes of energy or just promote oil gas? >> well, they've been talking about american dominance, liz. the full bucket or at least a lot of it here at the white house. this has been energy week what they've been trying to focus on here. today, it culminates with this speech at the department of energy that the president is set to give. he'll leave the white house any moment now, arrive over to the doe, and we anticipate to hear from him in about a half hour, 45 minutes or so just a speech. but this will be his vision as he sees american energy going forward, and this kind of dovetails, liz, into the g20 meetings next week over in europe that

energy resource. and i know you're very excited about that. second, the department of the treasury will address barriers, to the financing of highly efficient overseas coal energy plants. ukraine already tells us, they need millions and millions of metric tons right now. there are many other places that need it, too. and we want to sell it to them and everywhere else all over the globe who need it. my administration has just approved the construction of a new petroleum pipeline to mexico. which will further boost american energy exports. it will go under the wall. have -- right? [laughter] [applause] have to go down a little deeper, just like this. today, a major u.s. company, signed an agreement to begin negotiations for the sale of more american natural gas to south korea. and as you know, the leaderser -- the leaders of south korea are coming to the white house today. and we have a lot of discussion to do. we will also be talking about them buying energy from the united states of america. and i'm sure they'll like to do it. they need it. thank you. [applause] pre

he spoke at the energy department and was joined by vice president pence, energy secretary perry, interior secretary zinski and epa administrator pruitt. [applause] >> folks, thank you for being here. again, i've got a couple of colleagues that are going to come out on the stage with us. secretary of entire or ryan zinski and scott hood and we -- we all collectively would like to welcome you to this event today in particular to the department of energy. we'd also like to pass greetings on to the tens of thousands of d.o.e. employees that are watching this online and many of you know how honored i am to have been the -- there's my boys right there. [applause] president trump knew what he was doing when he picked us. [laughter] and i say that with a little bit of humility. these are two great partners. and they are two people that figuratively and literally are not afraid to take a hill. and i'm proud to be on their team. and as i am on president trump's team. but leading this -- leading this agency has been one of the great privileges and honors of my life. and as i said, you know, being th

so if the result is we want to department of energy to be really focused on pushing these new ideas out, getting them to commercialization, i am incredibly supportive of that -- >> do you think that's a role of the department? >> i do. i think there is a real role to play on getting basic research funded, gas funding, to that to ppoint where you can commercialize it. we're going to argue about, senator franken, whether it's this much or this much or what have you. but i don't think we're going to have an argument about -- if you look at my history, as the governor of texas we helped create technology funds in that state that commercialized technologies that would have died in that valley of death as you referred to if that had not been there. now, senator, we're going to have a discussion here and debate about what's the proper structure. is it in -- is it the arpa e structure? if that's what the congress decides, perry, this street chuckture we're going to have, you've got to make it work -- >> do you think it's not been structured in recent years? >> i think we've got to have an open

speaking now is energy secretary rick perry. >> administrator scott pruitt, and we all collectively would like to welcome you to this event today. and particularly to the department of energy. we would also like to pass greetings onto the tens of thousands of d.o.e. employees that are watching this. online. many of you know how honored i am to have been the, there's our boys right there. president trump knew what he was doing when he picked us. and then i say that with a little bit of humility. these are two great partners. and they are two people that figuratively and literally are not afraid to take a hill. and i'm proud to be on their team and as i am on president trump's team. leading this, leading this agency has been one of the great privileges and honors of my life. as i said, being the governor was the greatest job i ever had. being the governor of texas is an extraordinary and amazing job. but being the secretary of energy is officially the coolest job i've ever had. my short time here, i got to see firsthand, the great work of the men and women of this agency. here at home and abroad, we have an effect literally around the globe with the d.o.e. i travel

energy today. as you can see, the department of energy in washington.d the fake news and cnn as fake news. and said some things about energy. certainly did not reply to the overwhelming chorus of -- from people that believe that his tweets this morning were sexist, sort of sexist tweet storm that is beneath the dignity of the office of the presidency. we'll let you know if that changes. parts of the president's travel ban are set to go into effect hours from now, 8:00 p.m. eastern time. the supreme court ruled earlier this week the trump administration can block immigrants from these six predominantly muslim nations if they do not have a so-called bona fide relationship in the united states. what a bona fide relationship? it's not a grandparent. that's not bona fide. that we know. that i can tell you. the feds tell us that means permanent residents or green cold holders can enter the united states. so can people from those nations that have already been approved for either short term visas or refugee status. also allowed, students who have been accepted

the energy department says part of the challenge in managing the clean-up costs are the rules put ince after all the waste was created that now tie their hands on how to get rid of it. coming up on "full measure." the age of information. we talk with one expert about the downside of too much knowledge. >> today at 10:30 on "government matters," the sharyl: what we see, taste, measure, and touch -- ordinary matter -- comprises only 5% of the cosmos. the rest is dark matter and energy. you can believe that because i looked it up on the internet when i was pondering the darkness last night. with that google search, i joined in the world of genius. or so some seem to think. it's instant genius syndrome and that can be a problem. at least according to tom nichols, a professor of national security affairs at the u.s. he's written a book called "the death of expertise" what's your definition of expert and how does the public distinguish between the expert and somebody who's rolling himself out as one? -- holding himself out as one? prof. tom nichols: experts are the people who have more kno

energy. welcome to the from program. you were jane's boss at the department of energy.ear similar concerns from other scientists? >> i did. and just a quick clarification, i consider dr. zelikova much more a colleague han a subordinate. yes, lease a real scientific consensus around the need for action and part of the reason i went to the department of energy after retiring from duke energy as their chief technology officer was because of that passion and that commitment and that mission focus to try to accomplish something real. >> so today then, what's your reaction, david to today and the president leaving the paris climate agreement accord? >> well, it didn't come as i huge surprise. i must say i'm disappointed. but i think that the net outcome is more negative for the u.s. than for the rest of the world largely because i think that by stepping back away from the agreement, we will essentially stimulate other asian and european countries to fill the technology development void and to take a position where they can commercialize clean energy technologies in a way that

tracie potts joins us now with the latest what's on the agenda >> the president heads to the energy departmento do a speech today about that concept of energy dominance let's talk about what that means. there are two parts of it one we're familiar with and one that is new energy dominance, the united states relying on its own energy, oil, other forms of energy fossil fuels, something that's been a big change from this administration to the last but the idea of the united states not relying on the middle east for energy is very similar to what president obama called energy independence. the other side of this, the president wants to get into the game he actually wants to sell energy to other countries and that is something that we'll see, how is that going to play out do these compauntries want to be dominated? how does the united states come on the market with the big players like saudi arabia. he will unveil some of that today at the energy department the other thing is how will this play out with the president proposing cuts in the department of energy and pulling out of the paris agreement.

of energy, thank you so much, you were jane's boss at the department did you hear similar concerns from other scientists. >> i did. just a quick clarification, i consider doctor much more of a colleague than subordinate. didn't think of myself so much as her boss. but there's a real need around action and part of the reason i went to department of energy after retire from duke as chief technology officer was because of the passion and mission to focus and accomplish something real. >> so today what's your reaction to today add the president leaving the paris climate agreement accord. >> it didn't come as a huge surprise. i must say i'm disappointed. i think the net outcome is more negative for the u.s. than the rest of the world, largely because i think by stepping back away from the agreement we will ese eessentially allow other european countries to filet technology void and commercialize technologies that might be anetheical to the u.s. market. >> you're saying by pulling out of the accord it will cost jobs? >> that is what i'm saying, over the long

that's why i asked joe barton to work with secretary perry on a 21st century energy department. it was basically created in an era of scarcity. and we're not in that era anymore. i think it's our responsibility to look at the programs. i think you'll see a lot of them come out on a bipartisan basis. >> what are some of the ideas you take to the debate about how to refocus the energy department? >> i think we need to delve in and see what works and what doesn't. that's why joe is going to head it up in partnership with fred upton. you have two different sub committees with jurisdiction. we have the whole nuclear piece, the department of energy, and our jurisdiction there is fairly broad and deep. we don't have the codes of the missiles, but bewe do have a lo of the rest of it. i've done oversight work at some of the issues on the labs, security, a bunch of things. that will be part of it. and then what is its appropriate role. some of energy has bled off into epa where it belongs back in energy. we have both agencies. i think i'm right that epa was never actually constituted. it'

the department of energy is closing its office of international climate and technology. it's a small office staffed with only 11 peoplet. opened in 2010 to work with other countries on clean energy technology and reducing green house gases. closing that office is part of the energy department's restructuring under the secretary and president. it also follows president trump's announcement that he is pulling the united states out of the paris climate agreement. >>> powerful storms helped the historic drought but all of that rain hurt many beaches in northern california. the group heal the bay issued it's 27th beach report and said the record rain created billions of gallons of polluted runoff causing a spike in back tieral pollution. cal beach in santa cruz was rated the 3rd dirtiest beach in california. almost half of the 100 beaches earned grades of either a c all the way down to f. >>> it'll be real hot. steve has been saying even hogue be hot it's the last weekend of spring. there are plenty of summertime activities to keep you busy. we show you what's happening in ou

it would authorize funding for the defense department, military construction, and the energy department. >> c-span's "washington journal", live every day with new some policy issues that impact too. coming up on friday row calls and we are post review the leak in washington including the latest healthcare reform effort. usa today contributor alicia shepard discussed the rising tension between the media and the trump white house. watch c-span's "washington journal", live at seven eastern on friday morning. join the discussion. >> this weekend, c-span cities tour with the help of comcast partners takes book tv into american history tv to portland, oregon. we explore the rich history and literary culture. saturday at noon eastern a book to be will visit the city of books covering an entire city block will go inside to see the collections learn about the history of one of the largest independent bookstores. >> we first moved in we are 15000 square feet of books, now we are 75000 retail square feet of books. i think it's the reason why some others moved to portland. we had that quite often t

energy department during the george w. bush administration. it is nice to see you.arah ladislaw: thank you for having me. soledad: i mentioned that are hundreds of businesses, and also even people within president trump's own group, who are against what he has said often -- that he doesn't believe in climate change. he says versions of, "give me a break" about it or china iply. how unusual is that, these businesses are actually taking the lead in something of this magnitude on a global stage? sarah ladislaw: i think one of the things you find that is really interesting is now companies have said we think that the long-term trend in the global economy is toward lower carbon energ and we d't want to be confused about that. we want some clear signals so we can prepare for that future, and it is a part of their strategy. soledad: any withdrawal is really a 2019 withdrawal. sarah ladislaw: yeah, so i think that is an often missed point. i'm glad you brought it up, which is that the president can signal whatever they want right now, but the fact of the matter is in the ag

an announcement on that as you guys know, the president is getting ready to depart for the department of energy and we'll be speaking on that. >> no apology for the president, sarah? >>> as the press conference comes to a close, as you heard, president trump and vice president pence are heading over to the department of energy this afternoon when they are expected to talk about their energy agenda. we'll have it for you live at c-span 3, it starts at about 3:15 eastern. right now we'll show you a portion of the daily briefing with house minority leader, nancy pelosi. >> good afternoon, everyone. thank you for being here. i'm honored this morning or now afternoon to be joined by distinguished chairman, ranking member of the homeland security committee, congressman benny thompson of mississippi. congressman thompson has been a champion for protecting the homeland of our country. and really has been a persistent advocate, dissatisfied sometimes in what has happened. he'll talk about that. but as we go into the fourth of july weekend, we're here to talk about something, about our democracy. and wha

that office opened in 2010 and works with other countries in developing clean energy technology. the department of energy says it's consolidating duplicate programs. >>> california is showing no signs of slowing down when it comes to fighting climate change. state regulators adopted the strictest rules in the nation now requiring utilities to plug up leaks in natural gas lines. greenhouse gases are emitted from those leaks and the new rule looks to cut 40% of those gases released by 2030. this means pg&e and others have to patch some 10,000 leaks not considered a threat before. >>> kris, it turns out that plate tectonics might not be the only thing that triggers california's earthquakes. a new study by uc berkeley researchers suggest that snow and rain during the winter months could actually act at weight on california's mountains. then when the state dries out in the summer months, that could lead to the earth's crust rebounding, causing a seasonal uptick in those quakes. maybe there is some truth to the term earthquake weather after all. >>> let's head outside and take a peek. oracle arena st

we've got the nuclear piece to the department of energy. our jurisdiction is fairly broad and deep. we don't have the codes to the missiles but we do have a lot of the rest of it. that's important to look at. and the lab. i've done some oversight work years ago on some of the issues at the labs on security, on, you know, a bunch of things. is that will be -- so that will be part of it. and what is its appropriate role? some of energy has bled off into e.p.a. where it belongs back in energy. we have both agencies. i think i'm right in this, e.p.a. was never constituted it's just a collection of programs put under a, you know, under a name. the whole department itself hasn't been really reviewed. can't do it all at once. these are the debates we should have as the authorizing committees so appropriators aren't called upon to do both jobs. loren: when it comes to the e.p.a. the administration wanted a $2.6 billion cut using the annualized level which would be a significant reduction, similar reduction in the head count at the e.p.a. what visions did that take to the e.p.a., how comfort

. >>> the department of energy is closing its office of international climate and technology.all office with 11 people which opened in 2010 to work with other countries on clean energy technology. closing the office is part of the energy department's restructuring under secretary rick perry and president trump. following trump's announcement he is pulling us out of the paris climate accord. >>> a major milestone for san jose international airport. it served more than 1 million passengers last month. it was the first time in a decade it surpassed 1 million passengers in a month. the airport also saw 17% increase in the number of passengers making their way through the airport compared to may of last year. officials point to a number of new direct flights to cities around the country. and the addition of four international carriers in the past year. >>> a rare flower is driving people to golden gate park. people lined up at the conservatory of flowers last night to see, to smell the flower. norma's the corpse flower for the odor it gives off. it was donated three years ago by a

. >>> the department of energy closing its office of international climate and technology.a small office staffed with only 11 people. it opened in 2010 to work with other countries on clean energy technology and reducing green house. closing is part of the energy department's restructuring under the secretary rick perry and the president. this also follows the president's announcement that he is pulling the united states out of the paris climata agreement. >>> the storms helped the drought but all that rain is bad news for the beaches. the group heal the bay has issued its beach report card. it found the record rainfall created billions of gallons of polluted runoff causing a spike in pollution. cal >>> it'll feel like summer this last weekend of spring but there is still a lot of summertime activities here in the bay area. rosemary shows us what is happening in the weekend watch. >> reporter: welcome to father's day weekend. here is what's happening around the bay area. in its 63rd year the north beach festival will feature over 100 booths, live entertainment, italian stre

eastern and president trump and vice president pence will mark energy week with remarks at the department of energy starting at 3:15. on tuesday, rick perry talked about the administration's agenda for the department of energy at the white house press briefing. here's a look. >> thank you. and my privilege to be here today to share with you a little bit of the observation that i have relative to energy week. this week, the trump administration will bring together state, tribal, business, labor, all together one room. happily sitting down and discuss ing what the path forward is for u.s. energy dominance. and president trump wants america to achieve energy dominance by utilizing our abundant resources. for good. means self-reliant. means a secure nation. free from the geo political turmoil of other nations who seek to use energy as an economic weapon. aung energy dominant america will export to markets around the world. increasing our global leadership and our influence. we're ending the bureaucratic blockade that has hindered american energy creation. the united states has been a net ener

we will get an official read from the energy department later this morning >> let's look at markets insia specifically in china. the factory output growing 6.5% in may from a year earlier slightly better than expected retail sales topping forecasts at 10.7%, but fixed asset investment did come in lower than expectations. we saw a 0.7% decline in the shanghai news around anbang insurance we saw a lot of companies it was invested in move lower that is on news that a flshgsbaflshg anbang' chairman said he is unable to perform his duties, reportedly because he was detained. that has had a significant impact on companies doing business with anbang >> eurozone april industrial output up a half percent month over month in the last 15 minutes or so we had uk unemployment data, remains at a record low, 4.6%. the attention on the wage growth number at 2.1% it slowed and was below expectations following yesterday's cpi data, it represents a fall in wages of 0.4% that weaker pound taking an effect on workers wages in the uk either way, decent day in europe we're up about half of a percent or so ye

by the way, that was the obama's own energy department that said the subsidies in seoul or five to 10 times of what the oil and gas industry gets. >> let's talk about george w. bush's department of energy who said we have a saudi arabia wind energy in the plain states -- >> why do we need this climate deal? you keep saying this is this wonderful new technology that will take over. why do we need a deal to do it? >> because, as you have said, you have said, energy is special. you have to have rules for the road, you have to have clear market signals over a long period of time, otherwise you choke off all the capital. nobody will invest in a clean energy market when the rules are all over the place. we need a clear market signal your guy just pulled out and throw innovation under the bus. >> many key u.s. allies denouncing this decision and the french president saying make our planet great again. what does this mean from an international perspective? >> it means we've stepped away to global leadership, not only have we stepped away but gotten shoved off the stage by ourselves. >> and pr

president trump and vice president mike pence are heading to the department of energy this afternoon where they're expected to talk about the energy agenda. we'll have it for you at 3:15 eastern a couple of moments from now, live here on c-span. until then we will show you a portion of the weekly briefing today with house speaker paul ryan. >>>cy want to thank the leaders of our judiciary committee and i want to thank secretary kelly for being here with us today. this afternoon the house will take action on two initiatives to keep america safe. the first is case law this is named after kate steinly who was murdered two years ago in san francisco by an illegal immigrant who had been deported several times. he should not have been here, and she should not have died. so this initiative this initiative will toughen penalties for illegal immigrants who repeatedly re-enter the country. the second measure gives the government the authority to with hold grants from cities that fail to cooperate with federal law enforcement. by flagrantry disregarding the rule of law, sanctuary cities are put

bush's department of energy which said that we have a saudi arabia of wind energy in the plain states and if we tapped that we could be completely free of he. >> dan if you're right about that why do we need this climate deal you keep say this this is this is wonderful knew technology is taking oif. >> why don't voon us why do we need a climate deal to do it. >> because the u.s. said energy is special you have to have rules for the road clear market signals over a long period of time with otherwise you choke off all the capital. nobody is going to invest in a cleaner energy maximum when i the rules are all over the place we had hf to have a global agreement to shend a process mark market year your guyer to zblup many key allies did he announcesing the zipgs many we had the french president saying ma make our planet great again what does it mean internationally. >> it means we've stepped away from gloeshl leadership not only stepped away but gotten shoved off the stage by ourselves. >> isn't that the same as the kyoto protest tolless back in -- dsh it was abrogation of u.s. leadership

here at the department of energy. to secretary perry, to secretary ryan zinky to scott pruitt. to chairman lisa murkowsky, chairman lamar alexander, chairman mike simpson, all the distinguished members of congress and honored guests who are here. welcome to a new era of american energy. a new era in american energy dominance. and welcome to an era defined by the pro energy leadership of president donald trump. we're gathered here today as further evidence of president donald trump knows that affordable abundant and reliable energy is the foundation of american prosperity. in fact since today one of the administration president trump has taken decisive action to unleash the unlimited potential of america's energy resources and we're just getting started. in one of his first acts, president trump approved the keystone and dakota pipeline and the dakota pipeline is up and running and the keystone isn't far behind. under the leadership of this president, cole mines are actually reopening in america. cole miners are going back to work and the war on coal is over. president trump's b

mayor merrier bowser and the director of the department of energy, tommy wells. turning to the weather, a bit of a gloomy start to the week. not a lot of sun out there. we are expecting a few showers. chief meteorologist doug hill is here with a look at your forecast. good afternoon, doug. covereddar shows as with rain. light rain for the most part. only a few pockets, enough to keep your windshield wipers on for the moment. that could change throughout the day. orfact, for the next three four days, we could haveai leesburg, 75 in quantico. in annapolis, 68. 64 in the higher elevations. doppler radar, a lot of rain, but there are some breaks. when you look at this display, pay attention to yellow and red that correspond to heavier areas of rain. way pushes all the southwest across the mountains and part of the ohio valley. any heavy duty rain, heavy thunderstorms should stay south of the metro area. we are looking for the sunshine to break through it times. temperatures will probably remain in the upper 70's. there will be isolated showers and a few thunderstorms

he spoke at the energy department and was joined by vice president pence, energy secretary perry, interior secretary zinski and epa administrator pruitt. [applause] >> folks, thank you for being here. again, i've got a couple of colleagues that are going to come out on the stage with us. secretary of entire or ryan zinski and scott hood and we -- we all collectively would like to welcome you to this event today in particular to the department of energy. we'd also like to pass greetings on to the tens of thousands of d.o.e. employees that are watching this online and many of you know how honored i am to have been the -- there's my boys right there. [applause]

energy department will be releasing official inventory data later today. -- >> take a look at the currencies this morning. again, it was a little bit of a mixed season. the dollar remains on a defensive a little bit. you see the yen strengthening. it's actually not too far from its april, the strongest levels of april. so that definitely says a little bit of a risk going. >> that's the one tracking treasury yields lower? >> yes. that is that tandem trade right there. you see the pound before the elections is holding steady. take a look at gold. people say it's broken out of a bearish pattern just under 1300. i think the five week average of gold is right over $1300 an ounce. it's returned to some sort of equilibrium. >> still higher. 13% higher for the year. being held by the weaker dollar mounting geopolitical risk. >> wall street journal making note that all of these markets are up, gold, bitcoin, stocks. >> everything is rallying except for the dollar. >>> breaking news overnight. following this developing story for you. iranian state tv reporting sever

and then president trump and vice president mike pence will mark energy week by speaking at the department of energy, we'll be there live starting at

and then president trump and vice president mike pence will mark energy week by speaking at the department of energy, we'll be there live starting at 3:15 eastern. then we'll talk to sally yates who will discuss the russian interference in the 2016 election. sally yates was joined by a former acting solicitor for discussion on the rule of law. #. >> so before we begin the discussion, it's worth a word on the concept of the rule of law, the concept of rule of law goes back to the greeks and it's meaning has evolved over time. but eventually what it's come to mean is basically a fundamental way in which society prevents the situation in which there is an oligarchy or dictatorship. you have to understand that it has several requirements. both officials and their agents are accountable under the rule of law. second is that laws are protective of the fundamental right of citizens, including among others the rights to the freedom of speech and the freedom of press. a third is that laws are made in an open and public manner and that they are fair minded. and the fourth is that the enforcement of

an announcement on that as you guys know, the president is getting ready to depart for the department of energy and we'll be speaking on that. >> no apology for the president, sarah? >>> as the press conference comes to a close, as you heard, president trump and vice president pence are heading over to the department of energy this afternoon when they are expected to talk about their energy agenda. we'll have it for you live at c-span 3, it starts at about 3:15 eastern. right now we'll show you a portion of the daily briefing with house minority leader, nancy pelosi. >> good afternoon, everyone. thank you for being here. i'm honored this morning or

energy abundance. this bill h.r. 338 takes important steps in the right direction by requiring that the department of energy modernize and improve coordination among the numerous work force development programs and activities that span the department's programs, offices, labs, and technology centers. the bipartisan bill places an emphasis on maximizing the department's existing resources and increasing the diversity of our energy and manufacturing work force by increasing opportunities for women, minority, and veterans. it also promotes tuns for workers which would provide welcome relief to workers discouraged by sharp downturns in the coal industry. mr. speaker, this legislation before us today is a good government bill. it's going to increase benefits for american workers, i would encourage my colleagues to join me again in support and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time is reserved this egentlelady from colorado. ms. degette: i'm pleased we're considering this bill sponsored by my friend, colleague, and ranking mobe they have energy subcommittee of commrge and

and then president trump and vice president pence are marking energy week with remarks at the department of energy. we'll be there live at 3:15 eastern. >>> earlier this week, the state department released the 17th annual human trafficking report. secretary of state rex tillerson and first daughter and assistant to the president, ivanka, honored some advocates on tuesday. >> good morning. welcome to the department of state. we have quite the full room. my name is susan and i am the ambassador-at-large for the office to monitor trafficking of persons. thank you all for joining us today for the release of the 17th annual tracking in persons report. i was looking for a copy to hold up because i'm a prosecutor and i like my props, but a quick word about our program. first, or host, secretary of state tillerson will share keynote remarks with us following additional remarks by ivanka trump, we will honor our eight wonderful heroes and hear brief remarks from one of them. after the event concludes, i'll invite you to pick up your own copy of the report. it is an honor to be here this morning w

crude closing at 44.73 after inventory numbers from the department of energy so the department of energyorted a draw in crude oil of less than 2 million barrels. that was a smaller draw than expected then combine that with a more than 2 million barrel build in gasoline inventories and overall this was a bearish report. we saw imports were down, refiner runs were up and crude was used to make product but that the product has been difficult to move. why? gasoline demand has not been as strong as it normally is this time of year, some are blaming the weather and less driving for that trend the iea out with a report suggesting the supply glut would continue through 2017. most analysts on wall street modeled some sort of supply demand rebalance to stabilize prices, curb volatility, making it easier for companies to do business the question is where do we go from here. traders are saying 45 was breached yesterday 43.73 technical support there. 42 is not out of the question. i will say this. opec was pretty wise at the last meeting. they did that extension for another nine months, but they held

the schedule for today, the president make will speech on the importance of american energy dominance at the department of energy. the united states has been reliant on other countries for energy for decades. with new innovations and advances we have had the opportunity not only to become energy independent but to serve resources as an important tool in advancing global interests. i let the president get into details on how we do that later this afternoon. hopefully you will turn in. there's been a few questions asked that sean and i both said we would get back to him. all direct a couple of those now. they asked how we news the supreme court's ruling was 9 - 0 when the decision was announced. the decision was stated the lower court's injunction on the executive order for all effective individuals without a person or entity in the united states was unanimous on the point that it should grant at least to that extent. three justices would've gone further to say the injunction in in. no justice indicated that he or she did not participate in the decision. jennifer jacobs asked about the projection about u

energy resource. i know you are very excited about that. the department of treasury will address barriers for the financing of highly efficient overseas coal energy plants. ukraine already tells us they need millions and millions of metric tons right now. there are many other places that need it, and we want to sell it to them and to everyone else all over the clerk who need it. all over the globe who need it. the construction of the new trillium pipeline will further exportserican energy and that will go right under the wall, right? have it go down a little deeper in the one section. right under the law. fourth, just today, a major u.s. company signed an agreement to begin negotiations for the sale of more american natural gas to south korea and, as you know, the leaders of south korea are coming to the white house today. we have got a lot of discussion to do but we will also talk from them buying energy the united states of america. i'm sure they will like to do it. they need it. thank you. [applause] states department of energy is an avid today they wi