this weekend a law was passed in russia by the federal council and by the state duma finally signed into law by russian president vladimir putin the law itself states that media receiving financial assistance from foreign states or organizations can be recognized as foreign agents it also states that it will be handled on a case by case basis by the russian ministry of justice now cnn's brian stelter decided to use the event to spend yet another conspiracy theory involving trump and russia he claimed that twitter had revealed the deep the conspiracy between the two he cracked the case you see it seems that because trump tweeted about c.n.n. international within hours of the law being signed it must be proof of a conspiracy with putin otherwise how could he have no money about it so it's own as if the law in retaliation by the russian government was a big secret as if coming out of the blue it didn't fact because i know the facts actually do matter on november sixteenth two thousand and seventeen the russian ministry of justice informed all relevant members of the press and the public tha

children now it's january nineteenth could you please come to the award giving ceremony in the federation council. we want these kids to tell you about their vision of the future of russia ok i'll try to do. thank you please note it down in my schedule thank you for your work and think your proposal now question from sylhet yeah my name is. this is a real we work together we represent. that. mr president how does the government support give to children and how do you plan supporting them in the future and does the government work together with prominent artists in this matter scientists and so on and so forth. and. what these kids can become in the future if you invest a lot in them this point and one more question we know that there is a serious center that you helped set up it is a center for gifted children from all over russia. but there are kids who are equally gifted but they were unable to get into serious. is there anything you're doing for them. that's for talented kids to channel. which is gifted children. i've said it multiple times i believe that every child is gifted talented and tha

. >>> a federal judicial council will investigate a judge from the san francisco-based ninth circuit court of appeals for alleged inappropriate behavior. judge alice kaczynski is accused of sexual misconduct on the job. six women including former law clerks accused him of engaging in inappropriate comments and behavior. now the chief judge of the ninth circuit has ordered a formal's conduct inquiry into these allegations. president reagan named judge kozinski to the court in 1985. >>> this morning lavey announced it is -- it's coast guard rescue 97 migrants trying to sell to rep. the group included 21 women in two children. a relief organization is providing blankets and food. this was the second rescue operation off the libyan coast. libya rescued 114 migrants wednesday night. >>> a firefighter has died while battling one of several fires in southern california. cal fire says cory iversen died while battling the thomas fire. he was an engineer with a state fire engine strike team out of san diego. he leaves behind his pregnant wife and a two-year-old daughter. >> what i can say is a

council, mostly all people, people from over the country? yeah, depends on whether you you there or not and what think of how federal lands should be managed. host: what is likelihood native be on the ill council? guest: there is legislation in congress that is going to a co-management scheme, so tribes will say how theyw some are managed. host: lauren up next, baltimore, democrat's line. caller: hi, hello. i love c-span, thank you, caller.me i spend money going to national the when i can and monuments are national parks in the making. a canyon was proclaimed monument by teddy roosevelt, usingan tick wittys act to it uranium mining. i watched the speech yesterday, talking about the monument to thepeople access back land. the truth is, right now they have access, you can hunt, graze cattle, people can hike and bike. these places are an economic powerhouse in and of themselves. plus billion economy out of them. it is important people realize and work to keep the places in tact. here is more on the chopping block. there is 27 in total, these are just the first two. concerned about this and the onuments and i love to hear your guest speak on the

janet fleeinger, acting executive director for the federal improvement staring council. terry turpin, director for office of energy projects at the federal energy regulatory commission. mr. chad brown, as senator cantwell noted, is the water quality management unit supervisor at the washington department of ecology. thank you for traveling cross-country. ms. roxanne caruso is the vice president and general counsel for transwest express. thank you for being here. mr. luke russell is with us from hecla mining company where he is the vice president for external affairs. we welcome each of you to the committee. we would ask that you provide your comments and hopefully about five minutes or so. your full statements will be included as part of the record. once you have completed your comments, we will have an opportunity for questions. again, if we need to interrupt because we need to do a quick business meeting, we certainly would hope you understand. mr. cason, if you would like to begin. >> thank you, madam chairman. i for one will be very happy with a break. for what you ar

. >>> a federal judicial council will investigate a judge on the san francisco-based ninth circuit courtpeals for alleged inappropriate behavior. we are talking about judge alex kozinski. he is accused of sexual misconduct on the job. six women including former law clerks accuse the judge of engaging in inappropriate comments and behavior. now the chief judge of the ninth circuit order a formal misconduct investigation. the judge was appointed by president reagan in 1985. >>> libya announced its coast guard rescued 97 migrants trying to sail to europe. the group includes 21 women and 2 children. an international relief organization is providing blankets and food. this was the second rescue operation off the libyan coast. they rescued 114 people wednesday night. >>> a firefighter has died while battling one of several fires in southern california. cal fire says 32-year-old cory iverson died while battling the thomas fire in ventura county. he was an engineer with the state fire inching strike team from san diego. he leaves behind a pregnant wife and a two-year-old daughter. >> what i can

. >>> a federal judicial council will investigate a judge on the 9th u.s. circuit court of appeals for alleged inappropriate behavior. judge alex kozinski is accused of sexual misconduct on the job. six women including former law clerks accused him of engaging in inappropriate comments and behavior. the chief judge of the ninth circuit has ordered a conduct investigation. president reagan named the judge to the court in 1985. >>> kevin de leon is ramping up pressure against a fellow democrat. he wants state senator tony mendoza to take a leave of absence until an investigation into alleged sexual misconduct ends. mendoza has not agree. documents obtained by in sacramento news organization shows payouts to state workers 05 claims against lawmakers in the state senate for sexual harassment and other wrongdoing. >> $89,000, were pushing up to $100,000 here. >> the claims at up to more than $600,000 over a 10 year span. those payments do not include the $100,000 settlement kathleen finnegan received the following allegations of sexual misconduct against her bos

. >>> a federal judicial council will investigate a judge on the san francisco based ninth circuit court of appeals for alleged inappropriate behavior. judge alex kozinski is accused of sexual misconduct on the job. six women including former law clerks accused him of engaging in inappropriate comments and behavior. now the chief judge of the ninth circuit has ordered a formal misconduct investigation. president reagan and named the judge to the court in 1985. >>> california senate providence kevin de leon is increasing the pressure on a fellow democrat. he wants state senator tony mendoza to take a leave of absence until an investigation is complete into alleged sexual misconduct. mendoza has not agreed to it. in the meantime documents obtained by sacramento tv station kcra show big payout to state employees who filed claims against lawmakers in the state senate for sexual harassment and other wrongdoing. >> $89,000. we are pushing almost $100,000 here. >> the claims add up to more than $600,000 over a ten-year period. and the senate payments not include the $100,000 settlement that kat

my understanding is the federal permitting improvement council was created to do just that. to engage in that coordination, streamlined that permitting process but it's only been in existence for about a year, is that correct? >> the law was passed in december 2015 and staff were hired in january. and working with all the permitting agencies, we do the very same things that some of the nonpermanent witnesses expressed. >> i appreciate that what you've heard the comment today. my thought is that you're here to do just what these issues that you heard today, nothing else needs to be done then select your agency do its job and coordinate among the federal agencies. is that your understanding or is that your intent with the committee or the council? >> yes. the need a dayexpress would be coordination . the accountability, that adding through the dashboard. those are all part of fast forwarding funds and as we've been rolling it out and sending out the law, we're hearing a lot more and more, the next step that you are going to see is coming in and benefiting from fast 40 1x and a

federal law talking about u.s. policy. anthony, the special council is willing to overlook that evidence presented the last six to eight months and allow him to plead guiltiy to making false statements. that tells us michael flynn had something very valuable to offer robert mueller. here we see what he was offering. this is significant. it shows this was at the helm of the transition team. >> i want to bring in jeff from the washington bower owe. jeff, what does this maybe for the investigation now? >> well that obviously it's preceding and getting closer to the president's inner circle. let me set the scene here. one thing with the plea agreement is how hyper focused investigators are on flynn during the transition and into the white house. keep in mind after he became national security adviser four days after the inauguration, he was questioned by the fbi. then 18 days later he was fired or about 18 days later fired after it was revealed he was compromised. it was the acting attorney ten ral at the time, sally yates, who went to the white house and

today's hearing is happening in just a few hours at 8 a-m at the federal courthouse in san francisco. the walnut creek city council >> reporter: today's hearing will be in a few hours at 8 a.m. at the federal courthouse in san francisco. >> thank you. >>> the walnut creek city council has approved a homeless shelter plan to temporarily relocate over the objections of community members. it would occupy a storefront downtown at botello drive and california boulevard. the trinity center currently feeds the homeless at its walnut creek campus near st. paul's episcopal church. that location needs to be revamped. the trinity center says it would be devastating to be forced to shut down completely during construction. but some neighbors expressed strong objections. >> you lose the advocacy, the job skills training, the place they get a shower, get a shelter, get a meal. >> sick to my stomach if there are a bunch of homeless people congregating over where i go get frozen yogurt and go get a burger. >> construction at the original location is expected to take about a year and a half. >>> with christmas just days away, toda

members of the american indian council and now retired park employees asked for the village back. and it took the federal governments four decades to approve it. >>> gift wrapped box addressed to steve mnuchin's address. >>> north korea's foreign ministry lashing out days after united nation's security council. kim hutcherson reports. >> reporter: not mincing words in response to the new rounds of sanctions. calling the strict measures an act of war. warning that the u.s. and other nations supporting the sanctions will pay a heavy price. voting unanimously on friday to adopt u.s. drafted sanctions against north korea. >> as we have in the past, we will continue to match kim's re-jean of choice. >> reporter: un ambassador. >> if they choose the path of peace, we will welcome them back into the community of nation. >> reporter: resolution 2397 cuts exports of refined oil products by a total of 89%. machinery and vehicles to north korea. countries using workers from north korea must send them back in the next 24 months. requires countries to stop illegally providing oil through ship to ship transfers. tenth

city council decided to remove a statute. that frankly wasn't the federal government's business. it wasn't my business. therefore he was in all of a sudden. >> armstrong: ten seconds. >> liberals and people of color want the federal government. >> are all red states. entitlement to save their lives and save their communities. >> armstrong: when we come back, shelby and stella will return in our final segment. >> armstrong: i want to welcome shelby and stella back to the program. >> therefores a lot of emotion. past couple of generations in our education system has been cultivation of emotion over independent thought. getting back to what star and shelby were saying before we are unique individuals. when we go down that road, basically cultivates more emotion over independent thought, you go down a road, i am not saying it wasn't independently, political speech and constitution. from its very inception designed to eliminate slavery in all of its form including, especially with the first amendment. giving people freedom of religion, speech, association, we are able to have those re

members of the american indian council of mariposa, southern sierra nation and retired park service employees asked for their village back in 1977. it took the federalernment four decades to approve it. >> north korea's foreign ministry, lashing out days after the united nations security council unanimously adopted u.s. drafted sanctions over its nuclear weapons program. kim hutcherson reports. >> reporter: north korea not mincing words in response to the new round of u.n. sanctions calling measures an act of war. north korea also warned sunday that the u.s. and other nations that support the sanctions will pay a heavy price. the comments come after the u.n. security council voted unanimously on friday to adopt u.s. drafted sanctions against north korea for its november missile test. as we have in the past, we will continue to match the kim regime's choice of aggressive actions with actions of international sanction. awe n nikki haley said the sanctions will strangle energy supplies and tighten restrictions on smuggling. >> we asked the radiosherto choose the path of peace. they have chosen isolation. >> the resolution cuts exports of gasoline, dies

members of the american indian council of mariposa, southern sierra nation and retired park service employees asked for their village back in 1977. it took the federalprove it. >> north korea's foreign ministry, lashing out days after the united nations security council unanimously adopted u.s. drafted sanctions over its nuclear weapons program. kim hutcherson reports. >> reporter: north korea not mincing words in response to the new round of u.n. sanctions calling measures an act of war. north korea also warned sunday that the u.s. and other nations that support the sanctions will pay a heavy price. the comments come after the u.n. security council voted unanimously on friday to adopt u.s. drafted sanctions against north korea for its november missile test. as we have in the past, we will continue to match the kim regime's choice of aggressive actions with actions of international sanction. awe n nikki haley said the sanctions will strangle energy supplies and tighten restrictions on smuggling. >> we asked the north korean radiosherto choose the path of peace. they have chosen isolation. >> the resolution cuts exports of gasoline, diesel and other

federal government to do everything. is that shocking? >> shame. how dare they. how dare republicans say that about hard-working americans. in contrast, the natural council of bishops have said this appears to be the first federal income tax modification in american history that will raise income taxes on the working poor while simultaneously providing a large tax cut to the wealthy. they go on to say this is simply unconscionable. this republican bill is not tax reform. as i said over and over, this is the worst bill to ever come to the floor of the house. with stiff competition for some of the things i've tried to do, the worst bill in history because the number of people it affects, the amount of money it sucks up to the higher income and the impact on our future deficit. it's disgusting smash and grab. it's an all-out looting of america. the wholesale robbery of the middle class. the geode tax plan will go down as one of the most scandalous acts of plutocracy in our history. american people see the skim for exactly what it is. overwhelmingly the polls are showing that the american people reject this, that they know it will not help them overwhelmingl

burned have off of the investigation by special counsel robert mueller did he moted, independently council federalnt the tape from donald trump made moments ago. >> the stock market i think is going to have a very big day based on the massive tax cuts, that we are very much in process of getting approved, but based on the vote we had last week the stock market has been reacting unbelievably well only thing that hurtsdz it fake news there is plenty of that. so we are head out to utah i know you are coming with me a lot of you we have plenty of time to talk today thank you. [inaudible question] . >> well i feel badly for general flynn i feel very badly he led a very strong life, and i feel very badly john i will say this hillary clinton lied many times to the fbi nothing happened to her. flynn lied they stride his life i think a shame, hillary rodham clinton on 4th of july weekend went to the fbi, not under oath was the most incredible thing anyone seen she lied many times nothing happened flynn lied like ruined his life very unfair thank you very much. . >> why did you find out he lied to the fbi?

missing out the spanish football federation are preparing for presidential elections this month but people are unhappy at the spanish government's national sports council making contact with the football federation over the lection fever has a very low tolerance for political meddling in their sport and spain's place at russia twenty eighteen could come up for debate. gulf is introducing an important rule change that will prevent television views from calling in to report violations back in april lexi thompson was penalized four strokes off the view was spotted an infringement it all comes ultimately cost to the chance to win that tournament earlier i spoke to thomas paygo he's the senior director of the rules of golf at the u.s. golf association he says it's all about simplifying the game started back in the early the late eighty's you'd have situations where players would be on the golf course playing that they were unsure that they breached a rule we don't have referees following every group so the referees had no idea that a player had breached the rule but somebody at home saw it and when you have a game that you have a field of players all playin

but is it possible that anyone in the white house staff, maybe the white house council was aware that federal investigators believed he lied to them and let him assume the job of national security director anyway? >> don't forget the fbi interview occurred in the white house while he was the national security adviser, nicolle. and they did know because sally yates told them. mike pence says he didn't know but now we know that other officials were coordinating these conversations with kislyak which did take place during the transition, before they took office. and were coordinating the debate over the u.n. resolution. so, yes, absolutely. this explodes the idea that no one in the white house knew and that he misled everyone. so that's the open question. >> right. i misspoke. i meant the conversations with kislyak that took place during the transition. >> yes. >> that that was when the -- that was when his ax took place that he then lied about when pressed and presented with questions about those calls. so i want to stay here for a minute with you because we don't talk very much about jeff sess

council, mostly all people, people from over the country? yeah, depends on whether you you there or not and what think of how federal lands should be managed. what is likelihood native be on the ill council? guest: there is legislation in congress that is going to a co-management scheme, so tribes will say how theyw some are managed. host: lauren up next, baltimore, democrat's line. caller: hi, hello. i love c-span, thank you, caller.me i spend money going to national the when i can and monuments are national parks in the making. a canyon was proclaimed monument by teddy roosevelt, usingan tick wittys act to it uranium mining. i watched the speech yesterday, talking about the monument to thepeople access back land. the truth is, right now they have access, you can hunt, graze cattle, people can hike and bike. these places are an economic powerhouse in and of themselves. plus billion economy out of them. it is important people realize and work to keep the places in tact. here is more on the chopping block. there is 27 in total, these are just the first two. concerned about this and the onuments and i love to hear your guest speak on the issu

the 2nd camp, but now that we are moving, could plans for european federalism be moving ahead at pace? today, at the european councild to discuss ways to deepen the eurozone integration. on the table is the possible creation of a budget for the eurozone as well as a finance minister to represent the block. earlier this week, the european council adopted the creation of a permanent defence and security cooperation network known as pesco. 25 eu states have signed the defence pact with only malta, denmark and the united kingdom choosing not to take part. it will integrate military planning, weapons development and operations that will rely on a 5 billion euro defence fund. last week, the leader of germany's centre—left social democrats, or sbd, and former european parliament president called for the creation of a united states of europe. shultz told sdp delegates that he wanted eu member states to sign off on a constitutional treaty, committing them to take steps towards a federal europe. do you think it will catch on, this idea of a united states of europe? it has always been there in the minds of federalists. it depe

federation. one should not forget that russia and the united states as permanent members of the un security council and the largest nuclear powers there a special responsibility for maintaining global peace and security. all negativespite -- negativity, we should not shut off from one another. look back at the past. it is clear the russian and united states interests intertwine when it comes to the fight against global terrorism. there is a context within the russian and united states presidents on the sidelines of the asia-pacific summit in vietnam, in a joint statement of syria that our countries need each other. coordinating their efforts to defeat isis and achieve a stable political settlement in syria. we are united in necessity to address the challenge of nonproliferation of weapons of mass distraction. the fact we have not reduced our efforts to resolve the iranian nuclear program and to destroy chemical weapons despite our strong disagreements over the ukrainian crisis speaks volumes. developments surrounding north korean nuclear program are quite serious. in this regard i would like to emp

members of the american indian council asked for the village back in 1977, but it took the federal government0 years to finally approve it. >>> well, there were some unusual lights in the sky over los angeles friday night that had people lighting up social media. as will carr reports, a lot of people really thought it was a ufo. >> reporter: wow, talk about friday night lights. this light show over the sky in los angeles setting social media say light with speculation. >> that's really weird. >> there's another one coming out of it! >> reporter: despite the recent revelations of the government's now debunked ufo sightings, this one was from elonmusk. spacex's falcon 9 rocket launched from vandenberg air force base. mix water, vapor from the rocket engine and the very cold temperatures at high altitudes, and you camp stunning images like these on camera. watching this play out in person, i have to say that the pictures really don't do the lights justice, and most people didn't have any idea was successfully carrying 10 satellites, and instead were wondering if we were experiencing "independenc

. >> you have not spoken about legislative involvement and action of the city council level, the state level, the federallevel. what's happening in terms of planning ahead, anything? >> the questioning of what's happening at the legislative level entrance of planning ahead. you're right it's a different answer at the local, the state, the federal level. some states like california probably not a surprised you are doing quite a bit actually. one positive thing that's come out of california's earthquake history is with every passing earthquake we've learned a lot more about one particular thing, whether it's schools, whether it's the performance of hospitals. and with each passing disaster california's institute more and more building codes, more and more plants along the way of like that. are they enough? a lot of experts signature one of the things interesting about building codes is a building code exists so that people can safely exit a building. so they can get out alive. the building code does not exist to make the building habitable again after a disaster. this is an express. people think it still t

council delivered a holiday gift to residents today. lawmakers are allowing homeowners to prepay their 2018 property taxes to avoid a federal cap on deductions. news4's chris gordon is working for you with the details. >> reporter: the montgomery county council interrupts its holiday recess for this special session. they quickly put together a bill allowing county residents to prepay property taxes. it's designed to avoid the $10,000 federal cap on deductions for state, local, and real estate taxes that take effect january 1st. >> we must do what we can to protect our people from the negative impact of this >> reporter: after a public hearing they vote. only councilmember craig weiss votes no. he walks out after saying low income residents can't afford to prepay their taxes. >> and the measure passes by a vote of 7-1 with one absence. >> reporter: they are retired living on a fixed income. >> it does affect in our current situation a great deal. we could save a lot of money. >> reporter: dick martin came to the montgomery county division of finance with his checkbook and last year's property tax bill. >> i'd like to prepay my taxes for next

they want a federal judge to enforce it. defenseral resources councilnd aclu, which filed a motion on behalf of local masters and residents, say officials are making it impossible to monitor compliance with the court ordered agreement. it requires the replacement of up to 18,000 led or galvanized steel types. the red cross says 16 patients and their families have been evacuated from a rebel controlled suburb of damascus. as war rages on in syria, the u.n. says the government has allowing --s state, refusing to allow hundreds of critically ill patients to leave to get medical attention. islamic state has claimed responsibility for three suicide bomb attacks in cabell today, at least 41 people were killed and 80 others wounded in explosions culturalte muslim center. the attack took place during a panel discussion to mark the 30th anniversary of the soviet invasion of afghanistan. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. julie? with the dow jones up 25% this year, what ca

the american civil liberties union, the evangelical american council of churches, the american jewish congress, the nationwide labor federation, the national association to the grandson of colored people, the ethical society philadelphia, new orleans women center, the american friends service committee, the quaker social justice organization. women's peace movement led by jane adams, prolabor antiwar theseingers, sometimes people and organizations are investigated for decades. these are not violent revolutionary threats. their political dissidents to oppose certain aspects of u.s. government policy and perhaps even a particular form of government we have. they go through specific means to protect the constitution though as we noted on free speech not much of the turn-of-the-century with anarchism leftist thought. political spying will begin around 1908 and will run until it make its way forward and stop for about a decade. the impetus to stop is the first red scare, immediately after the first world war comes to an end on november 1918, we see the number of actions that will raise a lot of concerns about government surveillan

the montgomery county council will allow residents prepay their 2018 property taxes. this is in response to the federalpass bid congress. news4's chris gordon working for you to walk you through the process. >> i'd like to prepay my taxes for next year, please. >> reporter: dick martin was told to come back to the montgomery county division of fannie when the rockville is ready. this interrupted the recess, voting in this special session allowing residents to prepay property taxes before the new federal law imposes a cap of $10,000 on deductions for state, local and real estate taxes beginning january 1st. >> and the measure passes by a vote of 7-1 with one absence. >> reporter: to take advantage of montgomery county's er year's property tax bill and pay the amount in full by december 31st. the county will refund any overpayment or bill you for under payment. the county says there is no guarantee that advance payment will be deductible. republican robin thicker is running for county executive. >> i support deducting property taxes a year ahead of time. >> reporter: the walters are montgomery county res

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federal law prohibits the justice department, which includes the special councils office from using political affiliations to assess any plic ants. it is also perfectly legal for employees to express their personal beliefs on political subjects, provided they aren't working in conjunction with the political party or candidate. but, you know over the last seven days from wiseman to fired fbi agent peter strauss. there has been a series of developments that call into question the fairness and impartiality of muller investigation finally "the new york times" is reporting investigators spent yesterday and today interviewing white house communications director hope picks. the paper is reporting during the transition she was warned by the fbi that russian operatives were trying to contact her. the fbi officials cited in the report say there's no evidence that hicks herself did anything improper. they were just very alarmed by how bold these russian operatives were being, especially since this was after the u.s. intelligence community had come out and publicly accused of the moscow of trying to infl

this country, as a representative of the federal laboratory system and department of commerce we have also identified opportunities, i would challenge the council to engage as we kick off a national initiative under authority of the federal technology transfer construct, time to revisit where we are today and how we can move forward in an increasingly connected world who copied the act. they have copied the national manufacturing institutes that we have, we had a meeting with the major delegation from china who said they come to benchmark how they can replicate that in asia. an opportunity for challenging us competitiveness as a network and i look forward to engaging with all of you on that. >> if there were two issues that came up in every one of the sectors, they would be talent and the other would be the implication of the internet of things to the manufacturing process. it came up in two ways, one was potential efficient these of knowing the amount of energy, the amount of water you are using in the process and the other was the downside, potential for cyberattacks and manipulation by outside entities of these new sensors. we are what stand

formally -- to formalize and coordinate efforts with our federal partners and election officials we established a government coordinating council. we are working to formalize partnerships with private sector industry through a sector coordinating council. within this environment of sharing critical threat information, risk management, best practices and other vital information, dhs is leading federal efforts to support enhanced security across the nation. securing the nation's election systems is a complex challenge and shared responsibility. there is no one size fits all solution. in conversations with election officials over the last year and working with the eac, nist, doj, the department learned a great deal. you're hear from louisiana, they already do great work but resources remain a challenge. not only budget for modernizing it and work force training and recruitment. as we work collectively to address these and other challenges the department will continue to work with congress and industry experts to support our state and local partners. thank you for this opportunity to testify and i look forward to any questions. >>

minister on conducting the security council of a comprehensive review of the situation in the middle east. thank you. >> thank representatives of the russian federation for the statement, i give the floor to the representative of sweden. >> we regret that the council was unable to adopt the resolution before us. in this council we outlined the reasons why we disagree with you is recognition of jerusalem as capital of israel and a plan to move the us embassy to that city. we voted in favor of this draft resolution for a number of reasons, it stresses jerusalem is the final status issue resolved through negotiations, furthermore reaffirms the holy city of jerusalem, to three religions. and the view of the council expressed in previous resolutions that any decision and actions that purport to have altered the character and status of jerusalem have no legal effect and must be rescinded. and the diplomatic missions in jerusalem in resolution 478. and in favor of the resolution today. today's vote cannot impact the resolution adopted by the council. the status of jerusalem remains unchanged. we urgently need to relaunch the peace process, it is time to sho

federal law prohibits the justice department, which includes the special councils office from using politicalons to assess any plic ants. it is also perfectly legal for employees to express their personal beliefs on political subjects, provided they aren't working in conjunction with the political party or candidate. but, you know over the last seven days from wiseman to fired fbi agent peter strauss. there has been a series of developments that call into question the fairness and impartiality of muller investigation finally "the new york times" is reporting investigators spent yesterday and today interviewing white house communications director hope picks. the paper is reporting during the transition she was warned by the fbi that russian operatives were trying to contact her. the fbi officials cited in the report say there's no evidence that hicks herself did anything improper. they were just very alarmed by how bold these russian operatives were being, especially since this was after the u.s. intelligence community had come out and publicly accused of the moscow of trying to influence the

representative of the federal laboratory system and from the department of commerce, we've also identified opportunities to enhance this for the nation. i would challenge the council to engage as we kick off a national initiative. >> under the next authorities for the bible act and federal technology transfer of funds, is going to be time for us to revisit where we are today and how we can move forward in increasingly connected world's, we have copied the bible. they have copied the national manufacturing infrastructure that we have. we just had a major delegation from china who said specifically they come to benchmark this to see how they can replicate that in asia. so we have i think an opportunity for challenging us competitiveness as a network and i look forward to engaging with all of you. >> thank you very much. if there were two issues that came up in every single one of the sector discussions that we held over the last two years, they would be talents which we talked about and the other one would be the implication of the internet things to the manufacturing process and it came up in two ways. one was the tremendous potential efficiencies of knowing the am

purchases and the rate setting council plans to continue its bond buying program at thirty billion euros a month from january until at least the end of september the us federal reserve has pushed the benchmark rate to between one and a quarter and one and a half percent the move seen as a vote of confidence in the economy the central bank expects the jobs market and economy to strengthen further and predicts three more rate rises next year let's go over to daniel cope our financial correspondent in frankfurt dan you're following things there closely details trickling in what's your judgment good news or bad news. well pretty much it is the news that was expected here by investors nobody here at the frankfurt stock exchange was believing that mario draghi would be announcing high interest rates today also we are also getting word that there also is not going to be any kind of change of the bond purchasing program we remember that during the last e.c.b. a meeting taking place a few months ago this bond purchasing program was reduced from sixty billion euros amounts to just thirty billion euros a month i was just actually just looking outside at the blue chip i

i have served at the city council level, the county level, the regional, state and federal level.ional -- the most lacking in analytical tools and the most driven by partisan politics. >> let's take a look at that on the local level. you have proposed along with senator dan -- dianne feinstein for another rail -- another possible car and rail bridge. it is getting resistance from local lawmakers who say, thanks but not now. how functional is that? >> i served almost 10 years on the metropolitan transportation commission. i have looked at regional transportation commissions across the world in the legislature here and there. this is not a good one. it is driven by political relationships. almost predominantly. other areas have moved to more engineering and how you move the most people as efficiently as possible. so it is the worst corridor in the bay area for congestion. we should be managing that to say -- what do you do about that congested because it is impacting the economy and the quality of life. >> thank you for joining us and giving a whole new definition for dysfunctional.

we increase federal supervision of the national guard to improve training. council ofe national defense, which allows the government to start serving its economy and economic resources. the economic resources are an important way we fight this war. >> as you came into the museum this evening, knowingly or unknowingly, you pass right by the kansas city federal reserve. the federal reserve was a newly formed organization. how important was u.s. funding to the allied war effort and the changes happening? >> the funding is absolutely essential. is picking upg on the point about military preparedness, but also the federal reserve board. a few years before the war started --in both instances what you have is not just the united states developing institutions and forms of political economy its immediate need, but it is also the product of long-running traditions. the aversion to a standing army. that was somehow unamerican. the same thing about the ittralization, the finance, was an even stronger american tradition. especially within wilson's american party. bryan, a veryg

to formalize and coordinate efforts with federal partners and officials we have , established a government coordinating council. we are similarly working to formalize partnerships with a through aivate sector coordinating counsel. within this environment of sharing critical information, risk management and other vital information, dhs is leading efforts to support enhanced security across the nation. securing the nation's systems is complex challenge and shared responsibility. there is no one size fits all solution. in conversations with elected officials over the last year, in working with the eoc, nist, the department has learned a great deal. election officials already do great work. but resources remain a challenge. workforce training and skills. as we work correctively to address these and other challenges we will work to support our state and local partners. thank you for this opportunity to testify, and i look forward to any questions. rep. hurd: thank you, mr. krebs. and secretary, i want to thank you again for being flexible. i know this has been rescheduled a few times, but your perspective and exper

i thank the representative of the russian federation for his statement i shall now i make a statement in my capacity as a representative of. the security council has closely followed the palestinian issue in its monthly meetings i thank mr miller down off for his update and japan shares his assessment of the alarming situation surrounding the peace process. japan's position remains unchanged japan's supports a two state solution based on relevant u.n. security council resolutions the madrid principles the quoted road map the agreement previously reached by the parties and the arab peace initiative the final status of jerusalem is a part of a range of issues that should be resolved through negotiations on the basis of the perimeters i've just mentioned presented trub reaffirmed his strong commitment to facilitating a lasting peace agreement and his support for a two state solution in his announcement two days ago. depend appreciate the strong commitment and support japan also noted world the importance of the pilot president is clear knowledge meant that the final status of jerusalem including the sovereign bond research within the city must be

forme fbi director aurnd bush and obama appointed as a special council to the russia probe by attorney general ros rosenstein. rosenstein federal attorney able to appoint mueller because the attorney general, jeff sessions recused himself from the russia investigation that was a huge mistake. he may want to unrecuse himself after sessions and rosenstein encouraged president trump to fire fbi director comey over inappropriate action in the clinton e mail investigation. as it turns out james comey he is good friends with robert mueller after years of working in similar roles be some have described them as, brothers in aways. that is so cute. comey tweeting he is meeting with his book publisher. can't wait for that to come out when will he work for fake news cnn or msnbc. back to mueller his conflicts of interest don't end. sevening the fbi director in obama administration mueller did nothing while the sale ur18ium was approved by hilary and others in 2010 to the state owned russian energy company. a year and a half before the fbi had serious evidence of russian bribery linked to the sale. and a confidential enformant providing th

federal deposit insurance corporation and founding chair of the systemic risk council.to you. thank you for being with us. i guess my main frustration with this bill is, there are certainly good things about giving people tax cuts, but it is fundamentally being framed as a middle class tax cut when the only thing certain in this bill is that it's a corporate tax cut. nothing inherently wrong with that, but why don't we just call it what it is? >> i agree and think if they had, tried to do a stand-alone corporate rate cut that paid for itself, close the loopholes lowering the corporate rate in itself is a good thing. typically smaller domestic companies is the one paying the higher rate. multi-nationals have ways to lower their effective rate. closing loopholes and low, the corporate rate on a revenue neutral basis would have been a good thing to do and could have gotten 80 to 85 votes. trying to do all this. the individual code, the a lot of those used to pay for the business tax cuts. optics are terrible. you pointed out, individual cuts temporary, where corporate cuts