engel: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in opposition to h.con.res 55, and i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. engel: let me first say that i believe congress needs to do its job and pass an aumf, which is the authorization for the use of military force. we should have acted on this months ago, so this is the right message but with only the highest respect to my colleague from massachusetts, i believe that withdrawal by a date certain at this time is the wrong policy. this measure would direct the president to remove all u.s. armed forces deployed to iraq or syria since august 7 2014, except those needed to protect american diplomatic facilities and personnel. that's no way to defeat isis or to help the people of iraq and syria. i cannot vote for a policy i do not support. however i share the frustration voiced by mr. mcgovern, ms. lee and many others. i've said time and time again that congress should pass a new aumf. we owe it to the american

engel: thank you, madam speaker. i rise in strong support of my legislation, h.r. 1493 as amended, and yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. engel: madam speaker, we worked very, very hard on this bill. this is a very, very important bill. let me first thank chairman ed royce for his efforts to move this bill forward. he's a good partner on the committee and we couldn't have gone this far without him. i also want to thank our other lead co-sponsors, representative chris smith, representative bill keating who have been champions on this issue i want to thank mr. chabot for his support and his eloquence in speaking for the bill. one of the things we do on the foreign affairs committee wherever possible is we work in a bipartisan fashion and this is a perfect example of working together in a bipartisan fashion for something that's really just so important. madam speaker, by now, we've all seen fooltage of isis extremists taking sledge hammers as chabot mention

eliot engel for his opening statement. mr. engel: thank you mr.hairman for holding this hearing and ambassador power welcome. thank you for your testimony today. more importantly, for your distinguished service. as far as i am concerned, you are the right person at the right time to be our you and ambassador and we are lucky to have you. across seven decades, the united nations has done a great deal of good. million saved from starvation, diseased by smallpox, peacekeeping missions that have brought stability to war-torn regions. at the same time, we must technology at the u.n. is far from perfect. we need to improve the organization's management. enhancing transparency and strengthen internal oversight. we must continue to speak out forcefully when member states in you is the u.n. is a platform to an -- to unfairly single out israel. in my mind, the best way to address these problems is to maintain our engagement with the organization. u.s. leadership at the u.n. has headed off deeply biased and one-sided resolutions targeting israel. we cast the

engel: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in opposition to h.con.res 55, and i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. engel: let me first say that i believe congress needs to do its job and pass an aumf, which is the authorization for the use of military force. we should have acted on this months ago, so this is the right message but with only the highest respect to my colleague from massachusetts, i believe that withdrawal by a date certain at this time is the wrong policy. this measure would direct the president to remove all u.s. armed forces deployed to iraq or syria since august 7 2014, except those needed to protect american diplomatic facilities and personnel. that's no way to defeat isis or to help the people of iraq and syria. i cannot vote for a policy i do not support. however i share the frustration voiced by mr. mcgovern, ms. lee and many others. i've said time and time again that congress should pass a new aumf. we owe it to the american

richard engel reports. >>> the officer's side of the story. what we're learning tonight about what happened before all that chaos at the pool caught on camera. >>> and going to extremes. our journey deep underground as a major water source for millions rapidly disappears. wait till you see what they're doing to keep the water flowing. "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news." reporting tonight, lester holt. >>> good evening. day 5 and a lot has happened in the hunt for those two killers who escaped from a new york state prison. police are reaching out to family and those close to the prisoners. the search itself is literally changing direction. some of the focus now turning to vermont. and interest continues to ramp up in a female prison employee. sources telling nbc news that she is still answering questions from investigators. nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer leads our coverage again tonight. miguel what's the latest? >> reporter: lester good evening. to

engel: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in opposition to h.con.res 55, and i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. engel: let me first say that i believe congress needs to do its job and pass an aumf, which is the authorization for the use of military force. we should have acted on this months ago, so this is the right message but with only the highest respect to my colleague from massachusetts, i believe that withdrawal by a date certain at this time is the wrong policy. this measure would direct the president to remove all u.s. armed forces deployed to iraq or syria since august 7 2014, except those needed to protect american diplomatic facilities and personnel. that's no way to defeat isis or to help the people of iraq and syria. i cannot vote for a policy i do not support. however i share the frustration voiced by mr. mcgovern, ms. lee and many others. i've said time and time again that congress should pass a new aumf. we owe it to the american

filming incoming is much more difficult. >> before too long, engel and his crew find themselves in anuation. the soldiers from restrepo design to mount an operation designed to draw out the taliban. >> the troops broke up into two units. one unit from restrepo climbed down in the middle of the night through the hills and took up a post in a safehouse in the middle of this village. the other unit openly, overtly walked, drove and moved in to the village on the other side and set up position in a farmhouse. >> it's a trap to catch the taliban. and things are going just as planned. until a tragic mistake changes everything. >> so i was filming and suddenly there's this very loud explosion. >> a u.s.-fired mortar lands directly on the safehouse where part of the unit waits in ambush. >> it was a really, really awful moment because what it meant was that the operation that we had thought we were going to do, suddenly turned into this very dire situation. >> i remember as soon as we heard that bang, we knew something was wrong. then we heard the most disturbing thing. we could hear the sold

richard engel, nbc news, nepal. >> you can catch much more of richard's reporting on a special edition of "dateline" coming up next. that's "nbc nightly news" for this sunday. here tomorrow. i'm carl quintanilla reporting. for all of us here, good night. a grisley discovery this morning in an east bay park... >>> nbc bay area news starts now. >>> a grisly discovery this morning in an east bay park. the body of a man, investigators do not think his death was natural or an accident. >>> good evening, i'm terry mcsweeney. >> i'm peggy bunker. that body was discovered had in coyote hills regional park 6:30 in the morning. it borders the bay and free mon north of highway 84. that's where we join nbc bay area's mary an fafr row with the latest on this investigation which i have to imagine is ongoing. >> reporter: yes, it is ongoing. the body was found just 40 yards from the entrance kiosk you can see behind me. a man who was herding some

our chief foreign correspondent richard engel, who spent over five years in iraq, has our report. >> reporter: the isis advance hasn't been slowed by the u.s.-led war against it. isis captured mosul in iraq one year ago today. and released pictures they say shows a gay man being thrown off a building in the city. so much for progress. isis still has a firm grip on vast areas of iraq and syria. last month they captured ramadi just 60 miles from baghdad, prompting the obama administration to reveal plans to send in more american troops. an extra 450 will soon head to iraq as trainers raising the total to 3500. the new forces will go right into eastern anbar province between ramadi and fallujah, both in isis hands. not to engage in direct combat administration, official tell us, but to support and equip local forces. in particular, sunni tribes who want to stand up and fight isis. will it work? >> probably not. i think it's a largely irrelevant gesture to indicate that we're doing something about the deterioration of the situation. >> reporter: a current senior u.s. military official te

richard engel, nbc news nepal. >> you can catch much more of his reporting on a special edition of dtne" coming up next. lester holt will be here tomorrow. for all of us here, good night. >>> i see something that shouldn't exist here. i see this monster wall of ice and i see it coming at us. i just yelled down! it was the most terrifying moment of my life. >> it was supposed to be the adventure of a lifetime. >> the ultimate mountaineer's challenge. >> a team conquering mount everest, the highest summit on earth. >> have a safe trek. >> you're at 20,000 feet. you're trying to breathe. they were prepared for towering dangers of everest. >> but no one that day was prepared for this. >> all of a sudden, the ground starts to shake. it's a whiteout. i thought, "this is it. i'm done." >> w

engel, five minutes for questions. mr. engel: thank you, mr. chairman. none of us who represent the new york, new jersey and surrounding area that wasn't deeply affected. there are 1851 people in my district who are program beneficiaries of all you do, dr. howard. we're very appreciative of it. you've answered some of my questions but i want to try to bring out certain other things. many of us in the aftermath, mr. lance just mentioned the friday after the tuesday of the attacks, many of us in the delegation went to the site of the attacks. it was surreal. you just scratched your head and you couldn't believe you were really, it's like a nightmare you couldn't believe you were living it and then you realized every few seconds, this is real. and so we walked around, other people walked around, we really weren't wearing a mask. they did give us masks but didn't really make it seem as if it was that important. i've heard a lot more people got exposure, i went back several times, i don't have any ill effects, thank god, but people who are now starting to get

the people who switched sides or some of the people who took off their uniforms and ran. >> richard engel, good to see you. thank you. >>> now to the new fallout over the video that has provoked so much outrage. a mckinney, texas police officer has already resigned after the nation saw him on tape forcibly breaking up a pool party that some said got out of control. now we're hearing his side of the story. nbc's janet shamlian has that for us. >> reporter: for these actions caught on camera and now viewed more than 10 million times online. >> i told you to stay! >> reporter: former mckinney police officer eric casebolt apologized today through his attorney. >> with all that had happened that day he allowed his emotions to get the better of him. >> reporter: casebolt had responded to two separate suicide calls before he made the pool party call and it was taking a toll. >> he was not targeting minorities. >> reporter: the police union says the officer is getting death threats. casebolt resigned last night. mckinney's police chief saying the officer was wrong. >> actions of casebolt as seen

engel of new york. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 287 the gentleman from new york and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new york. mr. engel: on may 24, 2011, president obama issued a memorandum on federal fleet performance that required light-duty vehicles to be alternative fuel vehicles such as hybrid, electric or natural gas by december 31, 2015. my amendment echoes the president's memorandum by prohibiting funds to lease or purchase new light-duty vehicles unless that purchase is made in accord with the president's memorandum. i submitted identical amendments in 17 different appropriations bills over the past few years and every time they have been accepted by the minority and majority. i hope my amendment will receive similar support. we no longer pay $147 per barrel. the global price of oil is still largely determined biopeck. and -- by o pmp e crmp. we can change the technologies. federal government operates the largest fleet of light

engel: mr.yield two minutes to a gentleman who has allegation been fighting for his constituent -- who has also been fighting for his constituent, who has brought this issue up with us so many times, has been unyielding in trying to get the freedom for all the hostages, the gentleman from california, mr. huffman, for two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. huffman: thank you, mr. speaker. and i do want to start by thanking chairman royce and ranking member engel for moving this bill forward and a huge thanks to my great colleague from michigan, representative kildee. he's been described as tireless and courageous and relentless. he's all of that and more in working to highlight the injustice that these american detainees are facing in iran. one of these detainees, jason rezaian, has been mentioned as having grown in california. he actually grew up in my district. i have gotten to know his family and in some way i feel like i've gotten to know jason at least a littl

olivia: david engels reporting from hong kong. still ahead, yet another m&a monday..ise buying eac -- eagle. details, next. ♪ olivia: welcome back. here are some top stories crossing the bloomberg terminal. more finger-pointing in the grease talks -- in the greek talks. article in the french newspaper le monde, alexis tsipras says the problem is not his government's fault. under him an official said it is not their fault either an recently do -- a german officials as it is not their fault either. this month, greece has to pay the imf a total of $1.8 billion. the country is rapidly running out of cash. a solar plane trying to fly the uelld without a drop of f is making an unplanned stop due to bad weather. the pilots left china for what was to be the longest leg of the journey, a five day, 5000 mile flight to hawaii. the flight began in march and is the seventh of 12 scheduled flights. microsoft will come out next month with the latest version of the windows operating system. windows 10 will be released in time for the back-to-school personal computer season. it will

engel. i apologize. but i yield to him. mr. engel: thank you. i thank the gentleman for yielding and let me agree with everything you said. in the aftermath of september 11, it's estimated that up to 400,000 americans were exposed to copeous amounts of smoke and toxic substances. as a result many of our heroes now suffer from these debilitating conditions. acute respiratory disorders, cancer depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, it goes on and on. it's heartbreaking that the 9/11 survivors and first responders who have already given so much must now carry the burdens of these long ailments. i was proud to be an original co-sponsor of the 9/11 health and compensation act and i'm proud to be an original co-sponsor of the re-authorization we're discussing today. a failure on conditioning's part to pass this -- congress' part to pass this legislation would be an egregious affront to americans. i specifically say americans because the population of those who will benefit from this re-authorization spans the entire united states. it's 429 of the

engel: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, on may 24, 2011, president obama issued a memorandum on federal fleet performance that required to be alternative fuel vehicles such as hybrid electric or biofuel by december 31, 2015. my amendment echoes this by prohibiting funds in this act to purchase new light-duty vehicles unless that purchase is made in accord with the president's memorandum. i have submitted the memorandum over the past few years and they have been accepted by the majority and minority. i hope my amendment will receive similar support. we no longer $147 per barrel but despite increased production, the price is determined biopeck. and the primary reason is our cars and trucks run only on petroleum. we can change that with alternative technologies that exist today. the if i had government operates the largest fleet in america. over 633,000 vehicles. nearly 50,000 of these vehicles are within the jurisdiction of this bill used by the department of commerce and department of justice. when i was in brazil

what is your answer to richard engel's question? >> well, i think the main answer andrea is first of all, i would suggest that the insurgency was very dug in during years of the iraq war. but part of the challenge that we've seen in the last several months is the need for there to be buy-in from all of iraq's different communities to push out isil and anbar province is going to depend upon the sunni tribes rising up and pushing isil out of their lens. that's what made a difference back in 2008 and improving the security situation. what this new deployment will allow us to do is to have more capability to advise and assist the sunni tribes in eastern anbar province so they can go on the offensive against isil. >> this reporting from "the new york times" based on general dempsey's briefing on the plane to reporters is that now we are considering lily pads lily pods smaller bases along the line in anbar with more deployments than even the 450, is that what we're looking at here? >> well, we've already done that andrea in the sense that

and engel wood single center. open house. which is located at the lgbt community center.s. senior connections. 30th and downtown senior center. and western additions. we listed the organizations or sites. per se. what can they do for the community? pretty much. information specialists. like vilma. provide information referral. what would that look like? let's say a community member needed assistance. filling out an energy for the home assistance program. that is vilma or any number of the staff can go ahead and do. or let's say someone needed direction in managing um, or locating affordable housing. that information to the sites can provide to the monthly housing. let's say through meeting with staff. it's identified that a specialist cannot meet the needs. or the level of support someone might need. they can make a referral to case management. vilma has been successful with that service. so it's really a one time need to fill the gaps. before receiving case management. or lessen the impact. case management can have. other than working with the community members the adrc

engel: thank you. i want to thank representatives chabot and mccollum for introducing the house companion to this bill. around the world over 1/3 of children under the age of 5 have no registration of their birth. most of these children are girls. i remember my grandmother, my mother's mother, who came to this country before world war i from eastern europe. didn't have a certificate, didn't really know for sure what year she was born or what time she was born. she knew it was december, she thought it was december, but didn't have it. i remember here we are now, many, many years later, and we have the same problem in many areas around the world. not existing on pape consider shatter a person's life -- paper can shatter a person's life. with official documentation comes certain protections and without those protections, a person becomes an easy target for child labor human trafficking and child marriage. down the line many of these children will be unable to inherit land or money, start a business or eve

fans came out to watch the controlled take down in engel wood california leveling the grandstand makes way for proposed billion dollar professional stadium for football. >> lethal come owed owe dragon bit a zoo worker in nebraska. she was giving the animal a routine check when the lizard bit her on the happened. a bite from komodo dragon can cause deadly infections. >> 18-year-old evan young has a 4.5 gpa and scholar sthop rutgers university. he figured coming out to everyone at graduation would go along with theme of his speech which was respect and tolerance. his parents say the school's principal called him about the speech and in doing so the principal outed their son to him even though that's not how the son wanted presidential interaction. school barred released a statement saying the valedictorian failed to follow guidelines and included personal matters of a sexual nature. >> breaking this morning crews battling a multi-alarm fire in city of chester. it's pretty much out and spread to at least three homes. >> accuweather is tracking showers and thunderstorms they could bring dr

following up on the excellent remarks made by ranking member engel as when a president obama issued a not so veiled threat to israel that the u.s. may not be able to support a veto of the french resolution at the u.n. security council and palestinian statehood. use of the word opposed. we will oppose but will the united states, yes or no veto any resolution of the human the forces imposes the two-state solution on israel? what will our position be? will we veto you say we oppose, but will we veto? that will send a strong message. >> again given that we worked last summer on u.n. security council resolution with israel and we're potentially prepared to support, we weren't able to get everybody on the council to rally around. i think it's perilous to make a blanket statement but i want to underscore we are consistently opposed, we will oppose anything that is by skim anything that would undermine israel's security. i think our track record is very solid. >> thank you. i think that's a track record that worries israel's, i applaud you for saying that you going to root out the anti-israel

engel. i apologize. but i yield to him. mr. engel: thank you. i thank the gentleman for yielding and let me agree with everything you said. in the aftermath of september 11, it's estimated that up to 400,000 americans were exposed to copeous amounts of smoke and toxic substances. as a result many of our heroes now suffer from these debilitating conditions. acute respiratory disorders, cancer, depression posttraumatic stress disorder, it goes on and on. it's heartbreaking that the 9/11 survivors and first responders who have already given so much must now carry the burdens of these long ailments. i was proud to be an original co-sponsor of the 9/11 health and compensation act and i'm proud to be an original co-sponsor of the re-authorization we're discussing today. a failure on conditioning's part to pass this -- congress' part to pass this legislation would be an egregious affront to americans. i specifically say americans because the population of those who will benefit from this re-authorization spans the entire united states. it's 429 of the

nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel is here with his latest reporting.ter than before you know what he can do? let's see if he's ready. he can swim with the sharks! book your next stay at lq.com! you are looking at two airplane fuel gauges. can you spot the difference? no? you can't see that? alright, let's take a look. the one on the right just used 1% less fuel than the one on the left. now, to an airline a 1% difference could save enough fuel to power hundreds of flights around the world. hey, look at that. pyramids. so you see, two things that are exactly the same have never been more different. ge software. get connected. get insights. get optimized. buying a used car can be a scary proposition. you walk onto that lot and immediately you are surrounded like a guppy in a shark tank. it just feels like car salesmen want to sell whatever car is best for them, not best for me. there's gotta be a better way. ♪ ♪ as long as people drive cars carmax will be the best way to buy them. making a fist something we do to show resolve. to defend ourselves. to dec

the human rights council is horrible to the flaw that you and councilman engel has made clear their views on. it is again a country that does not have a good human rights record. that is true. it is also a body that the united states has used to create issues of inquiry for syria. it has moved the ball very substantially on lgbt writes. it creates a commission for north korea that documented the system -- systematic horror that are being inflicted on the people of north korea every day. we have a special repertoire for iran that would not exist if not for the human rights council. like a lot that exists for the u.n., it is not us. sires: would we expect that this would happen in cuba? power: over time, my prediction would be that people will be focusing less on the embargo and on u.s. policy -- which has been a diversion on the human rights situation inside cuba -- and we will have a better chance at drawing attention to the human rights issue inside cuba. sires: thank you very much. >> now we turn over to the councilmember. >> thank you madam chair member and madame lassiter. thank you f

my thanks to david engel, joining us there from hong kong.op stories across in the bloomberg terminal -- in golf, he's halfway to grand slam. toadded the u.s. open title his masters championship. he won the tournament outside another competitor missed two putts. he's 21 years old and the youngest open champ since 1923. the next pretournament is the british open in about three weeks. tonight at 8:00 eastern, the u.s. women's team will face colombia in round 16 of the fee for world cup. -- fifa world cup. all 31 knockout matches on sunday, the host country beat switzerland 10. next up for the canadians is a meeting with either norway or england on saturday in vancouver. moviegoers had to blockbusters to choose from. ," took in 102d million dollars, only the second time a movie has boasted more than $100 million in the second weekend. inside out,"nd it, " which smashed citations by taking in $190 million. those of the top stories at this hour. for the first time, adults are taking more adhd record medication than children. of the adhd medication

engel. i apologize but i yield to him. >> well, thank you. thank the gentleman for yielding, and let me agree with everything he said. in the aftermath of september 11th it's estimated up to 400,000 americans were exposed to copious amounts of smoke and toxic substances and as a result, many of our heroes now suffer from these debilitating conditions. cancer depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and it goes on and on and it's heartbreaking that the 9/11 survivors and first responders who have already given so much must now carry the burdens of these lung ailments. the very least we can do is to help them. so i was proud to be an original cosponsor of the james zadroga 9/11 health and compensation act, and i'm proud to be an original cosponsor of the legislation we're discussing today. a failure to pass this would institute an egregious affront to the americans who gave so much on 9/11 in service to their country, and i specifically say americans because the population of those who will benefit spans the entire united states. it's 429 of

richard engel reports. >>> the officer's side of the story. what we're learning tonight about what happened before all that chaos at the pool caught on camera. >>> and going to extremes. our journey deep underground as a major water source for millions rapidly disappears. wait till you see what they're doing to keep the water flowing. "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news w

richard engel will speak with us and nick burns. plus steve ratner puts on his bookie hat for the latest set of charts. he'll show us which candidate betters are putting real money down to win the gop nomination. >> don't bet on this if forecast. >> don't do that. >> here is bill karins. what does the forecast look like? >> hot and steamy. i have to show you this picture of this hailstone that fell in illinois yesterday. you think kansas or oklahoma you get that big huge hail. but this was in central illinois. this is 4 1/2 inches of hail. that's a softball falling from the sky and probably at 100 miles an hour from that thunderstorm. thankfully no one was hurt or injured about it huge hailstones yesterday. where does that take us this morning? more severe weather today. a few tornadoes and we have the heat in the middle of the country spreading to the i-95 corridor from new york to d.c. a lot of heavy rain this morning. be prepared for. that eventually it will sweep into kansas city. des moines is locked in a heavy, steady rain tha

richard engel happened to be in the area at the time and caught up with the climbers for their story.an see the top of ever everest here. ultimate mountaineer challenge, you know so it's pretty cool. >> this april haylee who runs beauty salons in arizona and her father randall, a farmer from utah joined an everest kpe addition. the climbers worked hard and spent tens of thousands of dollars to get this far. the mount everest base camp. the next step was a difficult attempt at the summit itself. they were willing to put their lives in their hands of their guide. >> then you have -- >> madison a seattle-based guide lead the team up the mountain. >> i felt everybody was competent and ready to go. >> i was behind garrett and with some other of the guy climbers. >> but her 59-year-old father randall, was already falling behind when a few minutes before noon on april 25th. >> we just hear the most awful noise any of us have heard. >> the earthquake struck. >> all of a sudden the ground started to shake. like the glacier is literally going to crack. >> then an avalanche came crashing down. >

you had eliot engel, congressman from new york, saying it's infuriating, in his words.e went on to say iran is spitting in our face during these negotiations to not talk about these american held there. strong feelings expressed this morning. i met with families for months now. they're running out of patience and want to see change. particularly if there's agreement. they want their relatives freed. >> you can understand it. you can understand it. >> absolutely. >> jim sciutto thank you very much for speaking with them and with us. thank you. >> reporter: thank you. >>> even with a broken leg and being hours away from surgery, that did not stop u.s. secretary of state john kerry from being part of a world meeting today on the fight against isis. this morning he called in to the meeting in paris where 24 countries met to discuss the way forward. they vowed to stay united in the fight. but the fact remain, isis continues to make gains. as you knowings they took over recently the city of ramadi. what should the u.s. plan be moving forward? wolf blitzer is exploring that a

. >> we'll listen in here and see what we can hear the conversation with eliot engel, the congressman from new york. >> i want to see all americans have affordable health care. and that's what we believe this bill does. is it a perfect bill? no it is not. it needs to be tweaked and changed and continue with -- yes. >> outside the supreme court that's eliot engel. a pretty loud scene outside. inside the court has wrapped up its decision making. we look at the supreme court art artist and a look at the dissenting opinion being read by justice antonin scalia. part of what he had to say, scalia summarized from the bench his dissent to the supreme court. the supreme court ruling to uphold the nationwide tax subsidies. "we should start calling this law scotus care." they use the acronym for supreme court. his colleagues have twice stepped in to save the law from what scalia called worthy challenges. back to your comments and reaction. to rodney in hammond. >> caller: as of today, i did not have insurance for 18 months on the sad fact the indiana initiative is a complete fraud. it stems from

engel but i apologize and i yield to him. >> thank you for yielding and let me agree with everything you said. in the aftermath of september 11th, it is estimated that americans were exposed to copious amounts of smoke and asbestos and now suffer from debilitating conditions cancer, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and it goes on and on and it is heartbreaking that the 9/11 survivors and first responders have already given so much and must carry the burden of the long ailments and the very less we can do is to help them. and i was proud to be a co-sponsor of the james zadroga and proud to be a co-sponsor of the reauthorization today. and americans gave so much on 9/11, service to thur country and i specifically say americans because the population of those who benefit from the reauthorization spans the entire united states. it is 429 out of the 435 congressional district benefit from the programs so this is an issue of national performance. so the first responders who rely on the world trade center health program did not hesitate to risk their lives for fellow americans on

engel is allegedly on his way here. let me just ask -- >> can i -- >> yes, oh, please. >> i want to thank you for that opportunity, because when we the president's budget has much detail about new -- >> mr. rosekind, i have to interrupt you. the president's budget never gets a single vote. republican senate or house senate, republican or democrat, no one would even offer the president's budget up for a vote this year. so that is -- you know the president, and this is not unique to the obama administration, president bush's budget when i was here in the majority earlier frequently those would not pass on the floor of the house or the senate. so sure, the president sends up a wish list that balances never and yes, it's got everything funded to a level that would be great if we lived in a world of unlimited resources, but you are the administrator. i've run a business. you understand that as the administrator sometimes you have to prioritize spending and that's what we really are looking for you to do that's what we want t

engel. ambassador thank you very much. >> thank you sir. >> opening remarks, let me ac acknowledge the very strong work in israel and the u.n. you listed several instances in your written testimony and want to acknowledge your personal commitment to pushing back against efforts to delegit mit israel at the u.n. the ridiculous nonsense from the u.n. human rights council which is consists of some of the worst offenses of human rights and makes that council a joke and under minds itself self-. the president gave a interview with channel 2 knew and was re-evaluating how they approach israel in the international stage around the palestinian issue, unquote. i understand that this reevaluation will not effect our security relationship with israel. the president made that clear. but frankly his remarks are troubling as were other remarks he has made on the same subject. re-evaluating the ways we defend israel on the international stage could have ominous consequences and tampa bayousy le very concer

richard engel reports from everest -- "avalanche!" >> reporter: even amid the majestic himalayas, it dwarfs everything around it. >> it's almost indescribable. it's breathtaking. >> reporter: mount everest, the highest mountain on earth, is, for many climbers, the ultimate challenge. >> once you've had a taste of it, you just -- you can't stop until you've conquered it. >> reporter: a famous climber once said, "you climb mount everest because it's there." but that climber, george mallory, died on everest in 1924. the mountain's history is long and deadly. >> you just gotta deal with nature. it always got the upper hand. you can't fight nature. if you fight it, you will die. >> reporter: and when disaster strikes here, it takes a while for the outside world to realize it. with the aftershocks still coming, people here understandably don't want to spend time indoors, let alone spend the night in their homes. this past april, we traveled to nepal to cover the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that killed more than 8,000 people, made millions home

engel, mr. schweikert and mr. holding. i also thank the chairman and ranking member of the committee for their support. this is about the cooperation between the world's oldest democracy and the world's largest democracy and a true democracy within the united states. that is, the united states india, and israel. in recent years, the united states expanded relations with israel as well as india in a number of areas. we have also seen india and israel work more and more together on a bilateral basis. of course, that's because a lot of their interests overlap. but it's also because many of our values overlap as well. there is so much that our three countries can be doing together in the rem of scientific cooperation, research, best practices, national security implementation, defense, and much, much more. there is also a lot that we can learn from each other, whether it's about drip irrigation to build food supplies, desalination -- desalinization to prevent water shortage, and a way to prevent the kind of food smoilage that

myself and elliott engel have had frequent conversations on this issue of iran's nuclear weapons capabilityand i indicated several years ago that this was going to be the primary focus of this committee was trying to prevent what i worry will be the undetectable nuclear breakout capability of iran. i want to ask you about this iran agreement and u.n. snapback sanctions. if we have cheating on the part of iran as they've cheated on every other agreement so far, this -- i would presume is going to be a real problem if we go forward and we don't get the verification in this agreement. that has to be in the agreement, so now we take up this dispute resolution panel as it's called. this issue which would likely include the six powers and iran. the international atomic energy agency will also continue reporting on iran's program under this -- under this suggestion here, but here's my question. you've got russia and china playing a role. so it's not clear to me how u.n. sanctions realistically would snap back once the cheating is solved and i would add the caveat that we would also probably see a

the human rights council human rights council is vulnerable to the flaws that you and congressman engel and others have pointed to already in this hearing and that others have made clear their views on. it is, again, a body in which a country that does not have a good human rights record can end up in a leadership position. that's officially true. it's also a body the united states by virtue of being a member has used to create commissions of inquiry for syria that would otherwise not exist. that has moved the ball very substantially on lgbt rights. it created a commission of inquiry for north korea that documented the systematic horror the gulogs are inflicting every day in a way that had never been done before. a special repertoire for iran that would not exist if it weren't for the human rights council. like a lot that exists at the u.n. it is not us, it is not -- >> we expect maybe this will also happen towards cuba? >> i think one of the effects over time in the u.n. system of the steps the president has taken vis-a-vis cube apeople will be focusing less on the embargo and on u.s.

engel, and i yield him two minutes on this matter. the chair: the gentleman from pennsylvania may yield but not for a specific time. mr. fattah: i yield him time and i will keep track that he doesn't go over two minutes. mr. engel: i thank the gentleman for yielding to me and i must rise and oppose this amendment. earlier this year, a.t.f. recognized the threat posed by armor piercing handguns and tried to limit the sale of the 556 round, which is the military armor piercing round. this have made sense. when they tried to make that change, they shouted down this proposal. i supported the a.t.f.'s proposal then and i believe this and other regulations on armor piercing handguns are needed. i introduced an act to enact the proposed change into law because we have the responsibility to protect our police and communities from these unreasonably dangerous weapons. a hunter doesn't need an pistol that can fire these armor piercing rounds. they serve one purpose, to kill human beings. they need to monitor and regulate firearms and ammunition

engel. >> thank you mr. chairman. i want to thank my colleague mr. for not drinking all of thats kool-aid you have in the back against obl- k'Ñ and bringing something constructive.i i can't try thathl i was a former altar boy. i went to school, learned all the for americans to do was to f)qc%á t that health c)xdp/ was a m $ it doesn't even seem like a p[lÂ"ájjt if a kid is sick and someone saysv you]39 y can't have health care. it should pain us as human beings if a personm goes to a doctor and finds out that the child has get insurance. class people have insurance. but that probably sometimes restricts people from getting this. it just seems to me that instead of tearing down a system where you know in your hearts people are getting health care that you would say, i don't like the way you've done it mr. president. i don't like the way you democrats have done it. let us help you to do it better. but to take some sense of pride that the supreme court will just strike down the opportunity for people to get just basic health care, to mem9 is not just me

engel for five minutes. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman secretary moniz and thank you for all of your good work. reappreciate it. i would like to join everyone in a -- >> i'm having a hard time hearing you. >> i'll do this. this is better. generally not so hard to hear new yorkers talk. i'll try to talk a little louder and not slur my words. i want to applaud your efforts and the efforts of everybody involved in producing the first report of the task force. it establishes a sensible blueprint making our electric grid for resilient and to identify and improve vulnerabilities in our current energy energy transmission distribution system. as you know superstorm sandy swept through my district in october of 2012, knocking out power to 8 million people and causing several fuel supply and distribution problems. some new yorkers in my district waited for more than two weeks for their lights to turn on and struggled the whole time to keep their families safe and warm. i'm particularly focused on the availability of our grid and energy tra

it's always a privilege to work with eliot engel the ranking democrat on the full committee. thank you so much. mr. palmer who is from -- sorry. i thank you for being here. and look forward to your testimony. >> thank you. good afternoon. i'm honored and privileged to provide my testimony before you. and i commend you for holding this important hearing. i'm here today because i'm inspired by a british-educated barrister traveling on a train to with a paid ticket who was thrown off a train for sitting in first class compartment because of color of his skin. the sense of justice and outrage within him inspired a struggle for civil rights in south africa, which he later transformed for a fight for international independence from a colonial power. i'm referring to gandhi. i'm not comparing myself to gandhi, but i'm prepare to the stand up to fight for the cause that transcends cultures and nations. i'm here today because my little boy who i love dearly isn't with me, and he has been robbed of his father's love and presence for over three years. he is another victim of a crime tha