>> ethics committee only deals with ethical questions concerning the members of the united states housepresentatives. on the oversight committee, we have oversight of these prohibitions but our chairman has done nothing before. we've had mr. ray before us, we've had general sessions, we've had mr. rosenstein. but nothing to go into investigations of violations by this administration, and the excuse has been that the mueller investigation and the intelligence committees are looking at it, that's not a good excuse. the house judiciary committee had you been having investigations into violations of the emoluments clause and into conflicts of interest and ethical concerns going on at the white house. our country is under attack from russia. and what is our president doing? nothing. he said nothing about the 13 russians indicted for interfering in our elections. he is acting in all ways as if he is a cheerleader four vladimir putin and not the president of the united states of america. >> what about kushner's interim security clearance? i know you've been among those to express some pretty s

actually making their money and making their wealth you will find connections and i think a proper ethics committee on every it's a really look at that and you would see a lot of people making decisions as a government employee that profit for them only and i would hope that those people in the tossers report who said that their logo was of the emergency you know driver you are doctor who is still paying off student loans to the sort of like a hundred g.'s i would hope that those people in california least the state of california would be fighting for student loan forgiveness to be there i think to restructure that they're not you know and that's the thing that made up persist but i mean you know the that's the thing it's like we need representation in government and when the people who are supposed to be our representatives live in a completely different world in a completely different bubble that a majority of the people living in this country you don't have representative not for a socio economic scale at all they are not represented in this country the ninety nine percent of this country are no

the state duma where many of those participating were members of the media at this point the ethics committee has already opened an investigation into the situation and will be required to submit answers to all official accusations and if those are found to be lacking he could eventually lose his immunity now the one good thing coming out of this we have seen from in another member of the duma that's on the push she's promised a fast track in all bill enforcing gender equality and targeting sexual harassment in the government. now women around the world are marking international women's day at the moment including in madrid where they have been making some noise. you and i banged on post some fans there in support of women's rights chanting slogans such as if we stop the world felt in south korea to the streets of seoul in support of the full meeting these months calling for sex offenders to be brought to justice in russia women are given flowers to mark the day and with more on that his son hawkins. you base think this is black friday or perhaps a cue for the latest toys photo or some kind o

the harassment story itself but the reaction of the deputies and they said gesturing by the ethics committee that for example women have have to trust more modestly not in a row. that's wrong yes absolutely i mean i think we would all agree that it's wrong but do you think there is any chance of bringing to those people that that value shift has already occurred or do you think it will only. get registered once the new generation of politicians come. i guess that they just need more time bought some time i guess that's the problem is if your guru in to blame some you need to bring in some proofs so that i do understand them they felt it like some. if you can also avoid saying stupid things like for example women dressed modestly i mean if else like any sufficiently i do understand and also to say that i have been much more beauty a than those girls in. the rest yeah yes this is where one of the deputy deseret that's right it was a mistake as well and i guess that's the sea. disemployed limbs. the leg of communication skills dellec of empathy and the lack of accountability i guess tears as. s

well all i've asked the commission to do is to ask their ethics committee to review this and to actually make a direction to say what mr barroso can or cannot do in relation to lobbying the commission emily o'reilly in dublin thank you so much for your time we do appreciate it thank you. the u.s. attorney general has fired the f.b.i. his deputy director less than two days before he was eligible to retire under mackay but being a frequent targets of criticism from president trump who took to twitter to cheer the sacking saying and room a cable fired a great day for the hardworking men and women of the f.b.i. a great day for democracy sanctimonious james komi was his boss and made mccabe look like a quiet boy he knew all about the lies and corruption going on at the highest levels of the f.b.i. rose jordan has more on the controversial tenure of andrew mccabe andrew mccabe was an f.b.i. agent for twenty two years rising to deputy director and then acting director after his boss james komi was fired by the trump white house in twenty seventeen but just before he planned to retire on march e

many of those participating were in fact members of the media as well and at this point the ethics committee has opened an investigation and will have to write an answer to any and all formal accusations that are made and if any of those answers are found to be lacking he could eventually lose his immunity now one positive step is being made in all of this and that's being done by another member of the state duma pushkin to she's promised to fast track in all bill in forces gender equality and target sexual harassment in the government ok thanks jackie that was our shishakly view there with the details. i mean women around the world are marking international women's day including imagery where they have to be making some noise. you are they behead banging on fox and pounds in support of women's rights chanting slogans such as if we stop the world stop. people in south korea also took to the streets and so in support of the meeting movement calling for sex offenders to be brought to justice and russia women are traditionally given flowers to mark the day and with more on that case than holcom

the state duma where many of those participating were members of the media at this point the ethics committee has already opened an investigation into the situation and will be required to submit answers to all official accusations and if those are found to be lacking he could eventually lose his immunity now the one good thing coming out of this we have seen from in another member of the duma that's the push she's promised to fast track in old bill enforcing gender equality and targeting sexual harassment in the government. when we watch cities around the world have been marking international women's day. in madrid crowds banged pots and pans in support of women's rights chanting slogans such as if we stopped the world stops people in south korea took to the streets of seoul in support of the need to movement calling for sex offenders to be brought to justice however the p.r. efforts of some firms meant to be in support of women being branded traumatising auntie's hamish assess he takes a look. it's a global commemoration of women's rights and child to right from wrong to some companies with

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he is a retired army colonel, harvard he had indicateducated are also on the house ethics committ committee. we appreciate you being with us. >> great to be on. >> so jared kushner has had his security clearance downgraded, but we learned that there were four different countries that were considering using his financial woes and his lack of experience in government to try to manipulate him. and then the latest bombshell about his meeting with bankers. given the problems surrounding kushner, do you believe what he has done is something that is unethical? >> i think it is unethical. i think it also presents a risk to the security interests of this country and frankly, i think he out to ght to be removm the white house. he has glon straigdemonstrated will continue to take business meetings with people providing loans to your company, you have no business being in government let alone the white house. >> what is your reaction though? today we just heard from sarah sanders asked about jared kushner and really the stability of his role in the whus aite ho and she made it clear it is stable. >> lo

actually making their money and making their wealth you will find connections and i think a proper ethics committee on every of it to really look at that and you would see a lot of people making decisions as a government employee that profit for them only and i would hope that those people of the tossers report who said that their logo was at the emergency you know driver you are doctor who is still paying off student loans to the sort of what the hundred g.'s i would hope that those people in california leave the state of california would be fighting for student loan forgiveness would be devastating to restructure that they're not you know and that's the thing let me know deborah says but i mean you know the that's the thing it's like we need representation in government and when the people who are supposed to be our representatives live in a completely different world in a completely different bubble that a majority of the people living in this country you don't have representative not for a socio economic scale at all they are not represented in this country the ninety nine percent of this count

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i'm the chairman of the ethics committee in the senate and i have been for 11 years. i found myself on more than one occasion to find a case before us get to a some point where somebody else rises as an interested party or party affected that i might have had a relationship. i have to think, can i make a decision in this case now -- so that can happen for something before the nlrb, too. >> absolutely. >> my point is that it's very important to avoid the appearance of conflict of interest. it's very important not to have a conflict of interest so you have integrity in the decisions you're making. it's not just what you knew when the case came to the board, but it's what you know as it develops to always measure yourself against that standard so you never knowingly have a situation where you're opining one way or the other on something where there is a conflict of interest. >> absolutely agree with you, senator. >> secondly, i'm not an attorney, but i have learned after 41 years in elected office as a legislator in one fact or another that most everything we do creates

investigations, and i've been involved in many of them, and i have been special counsel to the senate ethics committee the senate foreign relations committee, and i still say that. >> but you have confidence in these special counsels? you think they've done a good job historically? >> it depends who you pick. >> okay. >> it all depends on who you pick. >> yeah, it's funny because i think, you know, there's something about a special counsel that is very transparent because it basically tells the world, "well, we can't do this in house." >> right. >> and forget about the 93 us attorneys that could've done it or the 10,000 lawyers that you have at the justice department. they can't do it, either. you've got to get somebody from the outside to actually investigate. >> yeah. >> as a guy who has a little bit of experience both with congressional committees and with so-called independent counsel... >> not as an independent counsel and not as a congressional investigator but being on the receiving end. >> exactly. >> yes, sir. >> yeah, and absolutely right. there's nothing in the "federalist papers" or this w

and there probably should be some action, whether it's resignation or there's an ethics committee proceedingdard by which we should expect our public figures to behave. >> we should point out she did speak up during the harassment allegations involving congressman john conyers saying we should be better, we should do better. i do think that points to a bit of hypocrisy on the part of the congresswoman. >> yeah. >> let me move on. i want to ask you about the west wing and some of what we've been hearing. some of our reporting is that the president has been talking on the phone to outside advisers who are basically saying to him you don't need a chief of staff or a communications director. is there any scenario, david that that might be a good thing? >> i can't think of none. it is consistent with the behavior we've seen from the president over the last many weeks. i think that he has concluded that his instincts got him to the presidency and that his instincts will carry him through, and that he's tired of being told what he can't do. he's tired of being managed and he's going to fly by his o

i served as a chairman of the house ethics committee and i know what it is like to run sensitive bipartisan day the real report is the one that comes from director mueller. >> a different level of importance. lastly, tonight is the first night in some ways a midterm elections. given what you have seen so far, do you respect republicans to hold onto the house in 2018? >> it is very much in play. i would say it is a coin flip. the map in pennsylvania was just thrown out. if the map imposed democrats will pick up seats in our states. the house is in play and the democrats certainly have an advantage in terms of energy and intensity going into the election. clearly with history as it is, we know that the party of the president is going to lose seats during the midterm and that is going to be the case this time. the question is how many. are we running into a hurricane force wind or a gentle brice. i suspect a very strong wind. so right now we are in a tough spot as house republicans. >> thanks so much for being with us. >> thank you. so is there actually now breathing room in the north korean i

everything was preapproved by our ethics committee.hen the inspector general didn't like the way my staff handled the approval, i wrote a check back to the government. so this was completely mischaracterized. there was nothing improper about this trip. and i was not allowed to put up an official statement or to even respond to this by the white house who told me they didn't want me responding. >> in his "new york times" op-ed, shulkin blames his ouster on people who want to put va health care in the hands of the private sector. he writes the advocates saw me as an obstacle for privatization who had to be removed. at the event in ohio yesterday, president trump commented on his decision to fire shulkin. >> they're vets. they're great. they're our greatest people. and they'll be -- they've got a problem and it can be fixed. by the time they see the doctor, it's over. it's over. not going to happen. we're going to have real choice. that's why i made some changes because i wasn't happy -- >> and coming up on morning joe, david shulkin will

it needs to go before the senate ethics committee.nd we have got to investigate this and get to the bottom. because i can tell you i just finished my shift a couple hours ago patrolling the border. i speak with hundreds of agents on a daily basis. and all of those agents are telling me we need walls in strategic locations and we will prove we need those walls. >> laura: hector, here is what the democrat study says. we have a full screen we will put up. border agent sector chiefs rarely requested a wall. only one urgent and compelling request mentioned either a wall or fencing. most commonly identified vulnerabilities call for tech personnel. in your experience, hector, with everything you guys rupp against, does that ring true? >> none at all, laura. i work in the laredo sector. in the laredo sector we do not have a single mile of border wall or physical barrier. laredo sector is next to the rio grand valley sector biggest seq. for for drug crossings and people coming over illegally. we call for wall in the laredo sector because just

. >> i served as the chair or the vice chair of the ethics committee of the united states senate and we got into a lot of issues. when senators got in a lot of trouble. if any senator did half of what the president was doing, there would be big trouble for that senator. and i think your guest is right. if you follow the yellow brick road, you're going to get to a place where i think mueller is heading. this looks like a criminal enterprise. meetings in the middle of the indian ocean, are you kidding? dropping sanctions on russia, the whole list of things, the president saying to the russians in the oval office, i took the pressure off myself and got rid of comey. i am not a lawyer, but i come from a family of lawyers, and i spoke to a great one this morning, my husband, and he said, you can talk to a witness. per se, that's not a crime, but what a terrible idea. it should have been done lawyer to lawyer, then it would have been confidential. these witnesses are scared. they're calling mueller and telling them the president's talking to them. and the last point i would make is having

everything was pre-approved by the ethics committee. when the inspector general didn't like the way my staff handled the approve, i wrote a check back to the government. this was completely mischaracterized. there was nothing improper about this trip. i was not allowed to put up an official statement or to even respond to this. >> not allowed to respond to this. as for shulkin's replacement, dr. ronny jackson, he's a naval officer who served in iraq and was president obama's doctor, as well. in fact, he served over three administrations. he has no experience managing bureaucracies. you'll remember him though as the doctor who gave president trump a glowing bill of health during this memorable briefing back in january. >> age 71 years and 7 months at the time of the exam. height, 75 inches. weight, 239 pounds. he would benefit from a diet that is lower in fat and carbohydrates and from a routine exercise regimen. he has a history of high cholesterol. the president is very healthy and be remain so for the duration of his presidency. >> ca

vice chair of ethics committee. thank you very much, senator. i always appreciate your tiechlt i want to talk about jeff sessions and the news there in a moment. first the breaking news ivanka trump and fbi execute knee. security clearance still under vup in part because the fbi looking at trump hotel in vancouver. do you have any sense why this particular bill or ivanka trump are under execuscrutiny? >> erin, i don't know why this deal might have attracted execute knee. it is remarkable that the family like the trumps that have sub jetted this em to repeated scrutiny. and where president trump has failed to be transparent with the american people, to release taxes to make it impossible to understand the business dealings that he and his immediate family members have been involved in. and i'm not surprised this is among many of the complex foreign transactions being looked at in the course of a number of investigations. >> right. and of course obviously you have wealthy foreign buyers buying into those hotels, whether doing so implicitly or expl

i served as chairman of the house ethics committee.t's like to run sensitive bipartisan investigations. unfortunately, that hasn't happened on the house side. at the end of the day the real report that will matter is the one that comes from director mueller. >> he has a different level of importance as we look at this. lastly, tonight is the first night in some ways of the midterm elections, the primaries in texas. given what you have seen so far, do you expect republicans to hold on to the house in 2018? >> well, the house is very much in play. at this point, i would have to say it's probably a coin flip. look, the map in pennsylvania was just thrown out. if the new map is imposed, democrats will pick up seats just in our state. i guess when i say the house is in play, the democrats certainly have an advantage in terms of energy and intensity going into the election. clearly with history as it is, we know the party of the president is going to lose seats during the midterm. that's going to be the case this time. the question is how ma

the report by the dcms select committee said you cross the ethical line, did you? committee says that you crossed the ethical line, is that fair? did you? no, we did not. not at any time during my career could be crossed the ethical line. as i said before, i had a medical condition, that i went to a doctor. this has been treated since back in 2003 when i was diagnosed with it, through the doctors at british cycling at that time. this was the treatment that i had been prescribed for that particular occasion, which was seven years ago now. under specialist supervision as well. and in place of the rules of that time, you were allowed to apply for use of this medication. this was not a medication that was abused in order to gain an advantage. that is not what your former coach said. he said that your use of that drug was, quote, unethical. that hurts me, actually. shane knows around that time, exactly what and why i was taking her medication. taking that medication. the revelations that he used exemptions for a powerful banned steroid before three major races triggered

we do have an ethics committee and council and he can provide exactly what you need. >> do you know of any restriction that is currently operated? >> i wish i had the opportunity. please give us that information. >> the chair recognizes the gentleman from ohio for your question please. >> thank you very much for being with us today on the panel. being from ohio, we are unfortunately right in the middle of this. going back to 2015, we had 3,050 people lose their lives and in 2016 that went up by 1,450 people. in the period ending from the fiscal year it went from 500 to 32. so we are seeing a horrible increase in the state of ohio and when you look at 2016, we saw about 52% of all of the overdose deaths. the topic today is on the opioid crisis but it's gone into an epidemic because of how bad it is out there. if i could, because it is important and i know there's a little bit of discussion already talking about the drug take vaccines. i was absolutely astounded how much came in this da that day an looking at the polic police dept south of there in my district any amount of drugs that we

that will be across institutions and into ethics committees. they have been working hard on that.ost: steve is next from indiana. go ahead. i think there ought to be a lot more women, a couple more hundred in congress and stuff. and maybe they could get something done right. on the free trade and stuff, and greats, i think it is that they might get a little bit back from tariffs. but i don't think it is going to orter because in october november, around there, the stock market is probably going to crash because of the tax breaks they are giving. guest: thank you. the stock market right now is fairly happy. but the amount of money that actually went with the tax bill to the largest corporations will mean that they will get stocks and buybacks and dividends to shareholders. and higher salaries to the executives. i think they will also probably acquire a lot more companies. that doesn't necessarily mean will fall below a minimum wage. i dig it was well. it tried to create economic growth but the way it was itdled inside congress, really didn't give the american people the best bill.

to their ways, because of in part of his family business ties, and you are on the house ethics committ committee, and how should all of this be handled? >> well, the house ethics members deal with house issues, but we know what the proper distance is between the members and private groups and opportunities to benefit from your job. they are the same in almost any industry and particular ly in government. and the president has set a terrible precedent by maintaining interest in trump properties. we know that he talks to donald jr. and when donald jr. and eric try to go out the india and try to do trump deals, the countries and the businesses know it is donald trump, and he will benefit from it. and so does jared kushner and the kushner properties. they have dealt with the government the make a loan and right thereafter, there was a embargo of qatar which is one of the most long-time allies in the region and we have military bases there important for us in the middle east. our american interests should come first and always come first and by having problems with the qatar, we endanger the american

everything that i did was pre-approved by our ethics committee. was nothing that was done improper. what happened was was that this was a politicized issue. this was used to be able to try to decrease my effectiveness in getting the job done for our veterans. >> your proposed successor, the nominee by the president, ronny jackson, dr. ronny jackson, is facing some skepticism. he is getting praise for his service in iraq and the white house. but real questions about whether he has the relevant management experience to lead such a large bureaucracy. do you share those concerns? >> well, i know dr. jackson well. he is an honorable man. he is a great patriot. good values. this is a very tough job and, you know, i think anybody who is going to step into this job is going to need a lot of help to be able to deget it done. and i'll certainly do everything i can to make sure he succeeds because this is really too important for us as a country not to honor our mission to our veterans. >> dr. shulkin, thanks for your time this morning. >> thank you. >> and

we have an ethics committee back at dea and he can provide you -- >> do you know of any restriction that's currently operative at the agency? >> again, i wish i had the opportunity to know if i was closer to retirement. >> please get us that information. >> absolutely. >> thank you very much. >> gentlelady yields back. chair recognizes the gentleman from ohio. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you very much for being with us today on this panel. as being from ohio, we're kind of, unfortunately, right in the middle of this. we had some sobering statistics. going back to 2015 we had 3,050 people lose their lives. in 2016 that number went up by 1,000. justin period ending from the fiscal year from the end of june of '16 to '17 that number went to 5,232. so, we're seeing this horrible increase in the state of ohio and also a lot of it is caused because of fentanyl. when you look at 2016, we saw about 58.2% of all overdose deaths because of something involving fentanyl. so, as our topic today is on the opioid kroiz but fcrisis but foo it's an epidemic because of how bad it is out there. it'

this will be referred to the ethics committee and they will have to investigate and slowly starting to you have been covering this for years, slowly people are picking up and this is too much to ignore. mary: how were these individuals able to infiltrate was it debbie wasserman schultz? what is really going on here in terms, not just negligence and knowing who is on your payroll. >> for a long time we hear these allegations of bank fraud, we are talking about terrorism related issues because the word in congress is this is bigger than bank fraud. >> debbie wasserman schultz gave a lot to enron and pushed this on other people. at the end and ron was working for dozens of members of congress and this mcdonald's manager paid $60,000 and also debbie wasserman schultz ran defense for him. and after a laptop was specifically abandoned in a phone booth in congress she threatened the capital police chief and this was on camera, he reported to her, questioning whether he would get the same amount of funding, and after that, anti-islamic bias going on. dagen: you just hit on it, this is looking

that we're calling this item from the budget and finance committee to the committee of the whole and joint session with ethics commission at line one adding to the short title calling from committee at line 4, adding the language calling the budget and finance pursuant to board rule, the proposed ordinance, and at lines 10 and 11, deleting the language which is now repeated previously in the long title, and at line 13, adding the additional move clause we reads that move that the board of supervisors be called from budget and finance committee and the other language i have repeated. supervisor tang and i -- >> excuse me, mr. peskin, i don't have the amendments. thank you. those sounded like a lot of amendments. i wanted to make sure i was able to see them. >> they're in bright yellow. they're very few. they're right before you. i would like to make that motion. then supervisor tang and i both attended the budget and finance committee when this came up and raised a number of concerns. this is a process pursuant to the charter between the ethics commission and this board of supervisors. it is my profound hope t

but according to the seattle ethics and election committee spending only increase, with those who spendost winning every time. >> you can ratchet down campaign spending limits, you can ratchet down contribution limits, but money will find its way. >> the new system spawned a whole new way to cheat, shelly secrest who ran unsuccessfully for city council has been charged with fraud and theft. her campaign manager tipped off police that she used her own money to make it look she had enough small donations to qualify for the vouchers. >> if someone is going to go against the rules come i think that they should be held accountable. >> critics also say that the vouchers keep the status quo and even the seattle politics further left. john grant worked the system to perfection. relying on a small army of volunteers cultivated at the renters union which he ran to collect the maximum number of vouchers. the eventual winner also maxed out on vouchers and received a big unit donations on top of that. finishing third just outside the top two runoff with a little bit more from sara nelson. >> it prop

ethical line." a report on doping compiled by a committee of mps claims he took an asthma medicine, which is permittedlth reasons, to boost his performance. the findings cast a shadow on the cyclist‘s victory in the tour de france in 2012. in an exclusive interview with our sports editor, dan roan, sir bradley said he had done nothing wrong and that his family was going through a "living hell." he's britain's most decorated 0lympian, but today, sir bradley wiggins was effectively accused of cheating. mps alleging the country's first tour de france winner used asthma drugs to boost performance and notjust for medical need. but today, in his first interview for 18 months, wiggins came out fighting, telling me he'd done nothing wrong. that you crossed the ethical line — is that fair, did you? no, we didn't. not at any time during my career did we cross the ethical line. as i've said before, i had a medical condition that i went to a doctor. this has been treated since back in 2003 when i was diagnosed with it through the doctors at british cycling at the time. this was the treatment that i'd been prescri