one of the examps we point out inhi's ror is with the department of energy and dealing with nuclear waste. as you can see, it's a very serious sort of issue. recommending is that congress provide the department of energy with some additional authority to use alternative methodfodiosing a nuclear waste. this is lower-level -- waste with a lower level of radioactivity. in washington in the department of energy can't use this one process called rting for dealing with this lower-level radioactive waste. grouting is -- encasing the waste in concrete to render it inertret safely. the department needed to use the , which is encasing it in class, which is a much more expensive and one that is rommended forit's higher levels of radioactivity, sful used thease, the department method to-- grouting dispose of waste more quickly which helped prevent it from leaking and causing problems. we recommendedharess gi depve thetment energy that authority and we think that could save tens of bon of dollar host:ou are recommeing congress give that authority, can gao not mandate these things happen when to find

for examp this is, by the way, i think many people have wondered about justice kennedy's decision to step down. many people say, doesn't he know that whoever who comes will saw the legs out from all the things he did. he wrote thee- sx marriage opinion in 2015. justiceennedy thinks once it is in place, it is gng to sta and no going back. i think justice roberts would thinkou thery supports it. ast nothing like justice kennedy or sandra day o'connor was.rt ro they did overturn a cision? >> abud versus detroit. >> i thought you meant koramatzu. >> john robertsbe wiln the middle but what he does in the liberals it will have weighar t the right side than justice kennedy. on rowe i can see them chipping ay, imposing new regulations that would make it hardefor a women to exercise their right. robert: this week, cl, e democrats saw in the primaries, alexandria won a primary in new york. if you are senator bill re on of florida, you under pressure to maybe not move to the left. >> i thi chuck schumer is in a tenableosition and he is the democratic leader and they nee to show their base they

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>> it means eveinthing and i the flattery we've seen in previous examps of the president traveling around the world. the president is flatterg kim jong-u he's half his age, 34 years old, calling him a terrific gotiator, a master negotiator, strong man. and i was so struck by all that. but one thing, we wer all briefed by the secretary of state in singapore, and secretary pompeo said repeatedly, verify, verify, verify. that word was not in the statement at all. so i t the cleanup now and the details here obviously wil be left to the secretary of state. >> the president is doing his own thing. >> the secretary of state will be left to actually do it and it's much harder task. robert: but the president keeps building his own world order, his own new doctrine. susan reported today that he'see looking to with russian president vladimir putin after saying he would like to see russia join the g-8. susan: first of all we know president trump has this ng-standing fascination with vladimir putin. he's consistently the only person who president trump has not criticized on the world stage aside from

it is not only a win, but something he can tweet about and go to a rally and give an exa examplexa exampare not interested in macro economics, but stories. >> from the 1812 joke to justin trudeau. didn't you guys burn down the white house. okay. not breaking news to say the president is not extremely familiar with the united states history. >> we could not get a hold of dolly madison for comment, by the way. >> you know you could teach a few things to the president about history. what is the issue over a joke like that and the g6 plus 1? >> it is one more reason why relations with allies are strained. allies are already angry about tariffs and it shows a lack of knowledge and sensitivity about the countries we worked with for decades to preserve some kind of international stability. that is why something like this is more than a misstatement for many people. it is symbolic of the presidency. >> canadians say you talk about the national security threat. if you need a world war type mobilization, we are there with you. they don't understand this go it alone. this america first and america

they're saying t so many other examps in the bible that say we take care of these children, these children are innocent. how much of a b thatamounts to changing his mind, i thinkt's to to see, but that's a development we'll definitely have to watch for. >> the mixed messages are very clear. we just made a little sort of visual map, a visual guide for our viewers to try to figure it out. there are those that are deflecting blame in and around the trump orbit,y the administration, steve bannon, jeff sessions and others, deny that it's a policy. the homeland security secretary again, which is sort of stunning. people criticizinglit. melania trump, although she can't have it both ways, she's criticizing it. and the president of the united states who is seeing it and saying, uh-oh, maybe this isn't exactly what i wanted when i said bgh on the border on immigration. >> in march homeland security secretary john kelly pre viewed this policy and specifically described it as an effort to deter immigration to t united states. so they can't really have it bothays they can't brag about it as a potentia

. >> jason, colin kaepernick has alleged for some time now tha this is a legitimate examp ofll. wrote a think piece for nbcnews.com. the headline here, donald trump makes everything about his own ego, including the philadelphia eagles. why pick this fight, jason? >> well, i don't think that i'm picking a fight. think the president -- >> no, not the president. >> oh, well, i think the president is the divider in chief. he makes everything about himself and what he wants to do is drum up more support by taking a contentious issue. i think that's his major goal is to get more support. but in the process, he's dividing us as a nation, which is really a shame. >> we're seeing a very different reaction from the nba than we did from the nfl about how their pl players choose to protest. last night, the nba commissioner said these players in our league are speaking out about issues that are important to them and important to society. i think, i encourage them to continue to do that and on top of that, maybe more importantly, look at the things they're doing in their communities. jason, w

for examp, a public reporting of the number complaints against judges in the aggregate by district courts, the details were a judges found to have harassed employee, information between judges and victims amountng the source and of any payments and the name of any disciplinary proceedings against judges. that kind of information can be disclosed to the public. it certainly has a deterrent on judges. wouldn't you agree? >> we know of no monetary settlements in that regard. we have recommended and will be doing this reporting and singling out sexual harassment claims under the conduct and disability act in our annual statistics. the problem is there have been it is note past, and to say there have been zero incidents. it is underreported. >> i would encourage your making recommendations on the lines of reporting to the public this kind of information. they will have a deterrent effect. >> i would add that many victims want confidentiality. they don't -- they are not seeking -- >> we are not talking about naming names. >> i agree. >> thank you. >> senator who could thank you, mr. chairman. -

. >> yes for examp usa gymnastics there was a bonus structure i believe i'm sorry i do not see the financials but but the athletes also it is called a bonus structure. >> if anybody received any compensation based on the success of an athlete that would somehow inhibit their ability to look out for the best interest of the athlete. so what i hear you say today there is potential compensation was based on just that? to obtain financial conversation. >> to talk about reforms and the focus is not just about education to protect the genre athletes for the future and with that systemic failure with a breeding ground for predators do you have any thoughts on additional reforms that we could take. >> i felt immediately with any written policy to make as many changes as possible when we traveled internationally for the championships in columbia this is the first time we had a team chaperone and to incorporate the parents in a messaging system so they were a part of every step of the way as well as eliminating any one-on-one situation with the transportation policy from the athlete landed at the airpo

regard to what those problems are the second thing is, government can't do everything for us a good exampans administration. if i took howard shultz, bernie marcus, jamie dimon, and jim senegal and said here's the va fix-it i will bet you in 18 months, you'll have us well on the way to doing as a nation what we should be doing for these people that served us so well and so bravely. so i'm excited about somebody like you giving the thought of coming into public service i think it's going to be good for the country and you'll be great at it. i urge you to do it. >> thank you >> government can't do everything >> i completely agree with you i think what we're really talking about is leadership. authentic leadership i think the country is longing for truth, longing for an opportunity in which respect and dignity. we have to ask ourselves an important question today what kind of country do we want to live in we can't live in a country which we're divided. we have to create the kind of leadership in which we are creating value and opportunity for everyone we can't do that without reforming and t

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