that is what starts to tee up for conversations with the federal governmen and get us to between san francisco andt los angeles. >> i wonder if you have any worries that because of the delays by the time it is operational it may be obsolete technology concerns for. >> i'm actually not worried about that question. high-speed rail has been around the world since the 1960's. japan was the first line that opened. we are not bringing in 1960 technology. what we have been building is meant for the 21st century. there are not other modes or other ways of getting around that can compete with the kind of travel times and the convenience high-speed rail can offer. that is why we are the number four economy in the world. every other top economic power has invested in these kind of systems and uses them to tie their cities together. i'm very confident what we are building is the right technology for california and is of a different service class and level than the current rail services we have had in the state so far. are you concerned with the delays and some eroding public support that there w

we need to remind folks that thoseay be somof the most valuable dollars that are spent by the federal governmen they are valuable from a humanitarian perspective. a pill that costs $.25 could save somebody's life in countries that cannot otherwise to get that pil they are value from standi in the united states in the world, we need to make sure that our -- brought the -- the united states is bter off with a worldhat is prosperous and at peace. if the united states does not play its leadership role, we would lose all aspects of that. >> well answered. for both gary and henrietta, those tools we have been talking about as we look ahead to challenges like ukraine, did they need to be adjusted. we have spoken briefly about when the millennium challenge rporation was created. income restrictions should that be revisited. henrietta for you chamoli talk about the importance of investntsnd menl health. what do need to do make we are e for families who are the move? to each of you, i am giving you a chance to adjust some of these ols and make them. with respect to the millennium jobs corporation, going

screening offics up until this year, were paid at a different pay scale than the rest of the federal governmen they were paid about 30% less then if you took their position, went throu the office of personnel management, classified this position because we did all this work, and then figured out what their sary would be. so, thanks to the work of ron and his colleagues and people on capitolill, we the omnibus appropriation act received the fundg support to pay our workforce commensurate pawith the rest of the federal government. a huge step forward. it wl make a big difference for in our ability to recruit and to retain. i think across aviation sector, as we have all recovered from the pandemic, it's been hard to hire people to work in airports, whether it is somebody working for t or reil on the airports or somebody handling bags at airports. it's been very hard. it may be harder i your pay is 30% lesshan if you went to any other federaagency. it's not just that raw celery, but you have to think about the government match on savings by contributions and things like that. there's a lot that ha

panic and lookin out for their self interest in there but these self interes -- prompted the federal governmenke really extraordinary actions, that in many othe similar cases, the washingto state plea would not have done and so we are right, obviously and president biden is right that in the immediate kind o direct calculus here, this i not a taxpayer finance bailout. it's a bailout financed by other, banks to a large degree the cost often to get passed o to other bank customers, i. e. you and me but the perception here, i think, of a lot of people here on the left and right is tha washington acts very quickly t take extraordinary steps t protect rich and powerful an well connected and very nois people on social media, that the government probably woul not have taken in a lot of other circumstances if the potential victims were not people with such loud and well connected voices >> let's talk about those loud well connected voices and th law, renato. let's look at the last fiv days so, the ceo does a conferenc call and basically says, jus to make sure you keep your money here and promptly, the

we have this new weaponization of the federal governmen committee created in the republican-controlled house, and the indictment of donald trump would force basicall every elective a republican to choose a side in the way i will likely prepare stunted. -- certainly by trump in hi campaign is, are you with th former president whom even his critics still acknowledge is very popular on the rise or are you with the woke prosecutors and the way that this will be described on th right? what you're likely to see is a move here that would push sort of wavering former trump republicans back into the trum camp that is how trump and hi advisers who are that's how his attorneys vie it one of his attorney said o this network, just a few day ago, that he thinks an indictment makes the likelihoo of trump being reelected, or a least renominated, that much higher and so, the uncomfortable-ness of whatever may come after a indictment if trump has to com to new york and be fingerprinted and swab and arraigned. as ugly and chaotic as tha moment may be, and it' possible that this new socia post calling for

and yet, they're the ones wh say that the federal governmen is weaponized against them come on, givees and isms that are out there that are used to divid our country -- >> yeah, in terms of tha weaponization -- >> and let's not even talk about -- i was going to say, let's no even talk about -- right, the whole notion of the parents bill of rights thi week that my colleagues on the right were attempting to utilize to say that they wer trying to protect parents, whe in truth, what they are trying to do is stop free speech, something that they say that they are so in favor of, try t keep knowledge away from our children and try to brin culture wars into the classroo -- >> that point about projection which i think is true about so much - we should just note that in statement about th weaponization of the legal system, another republican - prominent republican - ron desantis, who's expected t be arrival to donald trump - turns rule of law on its head. that's the first part. and then he concludes by saying, florida will not assist in extradition request given th questionable circumstances

if the federal governmen decides to indict donald trump for january six, and his rol there, that is a much more complicated scenario but that is not where we are talking about today. we're talking about what i looks like from this newar district attorney investigation, falsification of busines records, and with a intent perhaps to try and conceal a offense. from law enforcement >> we know that this wee stormy daniels met wit prosecutors, peter, what can you tell us about that meeting what more do they want to hear from her and is she expected to testify in front of a grand jury, or i that now not expected? >> well that goes beyond m reporting, i am afraid but look, obviously th critical case here is no necessarily her allegations. if the point is, h misidentified something in business, papers, in terms o the purpose of the funds, he account of that is not all tha relevant in that sense her count is going to be about her interactions with him, and she claims that they had a sexual affair he says that that's not true. he says that, by the way, is not true now because h wouldn't do it, h

decades you get people who are libertarians until there is bank run, and then suddenl they want to federal governmenet's talk about the banks for a second, because, if we didn' help them out this week woul have been a week that we looke back and probably much like, much like september 15th, 2008 in your latest - if banks want bail outs. if they want bail outs, an they want rescue plans they have to also accept regulations. what happens is they fight regulations tooth and nail a silicon valley bank did. the bank close-up, and suddenly, they want the feds to come i and rescue them. >> exactly, that's exactly right. and the ceo of silicon valle bank, great wrecker, was among those who argued for the weakening of the - rules that would hav necessitated annual stress tests of his bank. he got the limit raised. they got the limit raids, so that his bank would not have t undergo such testing if it had, maybe the problem would have been solved i'm so glad that we have - this morning, because i wa sitting down to write abou this i think my lead is that, what' the definition of a socialist. it's a libertarian

was out theime to get the need of relief out the door so i appreciate all the work that the federal governmen did to achieve that objective. i am over time. mr. chairman, thank you. i yieldne bac >> the gentlemanrom south carolina yields back his time. theap genewoman from vermont. thank you, mr. chair, and thankk you mr. turner, mr. delmar anda mr. shoemaker. i know it's been a long afternoon to really appreciate your time. i was on the front lines dealing with the pandemic in vermont. i was leader of the vermont senate, and what i remember most about the te was house and thousands of vermonters calling my office, calling my colleagues with one message over and over again. we are desperate. we can't afford food if we can't afford housing. and the answer for many of them was the federal assistance they received an expanded unemployment benefits and to the paycheck protection program. obviously these are huge national programs. we are all i think an agreement we have to make sure we are rooting out fraudsters, that we're making sure we holding scammers accountable but i want to put a face to t

united states had a contract right in the inch mentality had entered into as an agent of the federal governmen -- it was lfppointed and there was no article three issue in the case. finally i will focus on the contritis to the lewis and clark discovery fund. th is the secondary argument as it relates to mohela. there are factual deficiencies in trying to premise standing on that basis. whave a claim, they have not been able to bring forward allegations that would substantiate the asserted financial impact from mohela and certainly have not established that that will be the likely cause ofny defau t a fund in the last 15 years. but there ia ndamental legal problem withhe theory. it has no logicaltopping point. there is nothing for example that would prevent anyone owed a debt to say that they have standing to challen a regulation that does not affect them in any way, because it might affect the debtor who then ulbe unable to me good on that liability. and there is no precedent in this courts article three ctrine to support that kind of broad expansion of article re standing here. turning to the

serious crimina investigations facing donald trump, two of them being run b federal special prosecutor jack smith, on the governmen documents case and on the january 6th case, then there's fani willis i atlanta. and last night, at this hour we were reporting the latest the new information from a new group of grand jurors, five of them, who spoke without thei names being known, to th atlanta journal-constitution they revealed, as we reporte here last night, another taped phone call donald trump made t georgia, this one to the speaker of the house, th republican speaker of the house, and we have some additiona reporting on that today. from nbc news, having contacte one of the jurors, it wa described, the call wa described this way, trum attempted to pressure the then speaker into calling a special legislative session to overtur president joe biden's victor in battleground state in corps who is the four person on th jury, told nbc news, the call, which was then reported in the it atlanta journal-constitution, last about ten minutes, sh recalled the trump asked speaker rolston, who would sto him from holding a special

they endorse legislation granting the governmen greater -- greater power over foreign owned apps noting the legal path ahead. in 2020 federal judges ruled the administration had not provided enough evidence to show that the national security risk outweighed the damage that a band would do to america -- a ban would do to americans first amendment rights. good morning, mary, you say yes to the app. why do you think it should be banned? >> i think it should be banned because, one reason is for the children's sake. there's a lot of inappropriate things that goes on on tiktok that our kids should not be privy to. >> should that go for twitter, facebook, and other social media platforms? caller: yes, some of it. yes. host: all right. mercedes in nebraska you say no. welcome. go ahead. caller: thank you for having me this morning and thank you for having the show. i say no because it is a first amendment violation. the market provides entertainment and we adapt to it. what i think we need to do now is have a good old-fashioned conversation about national security and americans stepping up and taking the first step. the government