there is no flexibility. the legislation guts the 75-year-old statue garbting overtime pay for work over a 40-hour workweek. overtime pay that those single moms need. hardworking american families today rely on it. it allows employers, if they so choose, to provoid comp time for all of this extra work except there are no guarantees that workers can take the time when they need it and there are no avenues for workers to file griefanses if employers do not -- grievances if employers do not comply. this forces employees to work extra and get no pay. we need solutions to the problems families are facing. wages have stagnated for decades. 40% of americans make less today than what the wage was worth in 1968. and in america today, unlike in every other competitive country in the world, 42 million workers cannot take off time when they are sick, when they need to care for a sick child or ailing relative. we need legislation that provides employees with paid time off if they need it. the healthy families act would al

. >> we were saying there's plenty of flexibility -- you brought up an interesting thing -- is there astigmia from getting an online degree. >> i spoke to students who actually -- because schools are impacted in california csu, she opted for online classes so she is going to another school in a different state and she's a california resident. but she wanted to make sure her degree did not say it was an online school -- she thought the lawyer would look down on the degree because it came from an online school. >> even though harvard and stanford are offering online degree opportunities. do we have do get past that threshold -- educate the public -- that there are legitimate responsible programs online being offered by great schools like ours but they have to getback past the notion that they are not as valuable. >> i haven't identify that as being a problem. in my field many, many nursing programs are opening these programs and many are at well suspected bricks and mortgagor institution that's are just expanding into online education. i haven't seen it as an issue. >> i think one of t

for flexibility pay. this legislation makes it less expensive for employees to work overtime, encouraging employers to demand more overtime leading to more work and less pay. mr. swalwell: instead, we should be voting on priorities like equal pay for all, raising the minimum wage and give hardworking americans true flexibility. unfortunately, the majority just does not understand the needs of working americans. today i will be voting no or h.r. 1406 because i will defend hardworking moms like my mother, who rely on overtime pay to make ends meet. vote no on 1406 and give working moms what they deserve this mother's day which is equal pay for equal work. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for one minute. mr. smith: mr. speaker, the center for immigration studies has studied the immigration bi

the working families flexibility act is pro-family, pro-worker legislation that gives workers the flexibility to spend time with family, attend parent-teacher conferences, care for aging parents or tend to other family needs that may arise. if an employer and an employee agree on comp time, then the paid time off must be granted at time and a half for each hour of overtime worked. labor unions support flexible overtime compensation for their own members, and this benefit is already included in many public sector union collected bargaining agreement. the flexible approach offered by this bill has worked for public sector employees since 1985. if the policy works for our public service employees, it will work for our private sector employees as well. fair is fair, madam speaker. the bill maintains protections for workers to ensure that this new flexibility is not abowsed by making the decision -- abused by making the decision to receive comp time completely voluntary aand allows the employee to change his or her time if they later decide to receive cash wages for overtime. all existing protecti

flexible workplaces provide sufficient sick pay leave. h. reform 1406 does nothing to advance any of these proposals. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> this week the house is going to take action on a bill that's going to give american workers mt. private sector the exact same rights that federal government workers have. mr. harris: and that is that if you're going to choose to work extra, you get a choice whether to take overtime pay or to get time off to go to your child's school. you know, in my district we have patriot days. during the school day, elementary schools, where parents would love to have the time to go and spend the day with their child this bill will give the parent the choice. not the a federal law this will give the parent the choice to take that time off as comp time instead o

from the workers perspective this is flexibility from the bosses perspective who says well you can work sixty hours this week and will figure it out later. and then later comes in it may or may not be useful or even appropriate for you to take that time on. and the really sad thing is this is the single issue that more american workers died on strike for that any forty hour week or time for an eight and eight hour day and the right to have a union from the haymarket bombing in one thousand nine hundred six through homestead strike in one thousand nine hundred eight all the way through more workers in this the bloodiest labor history in the western world over the eight hour day and right to have a union that any other single issue so what are we going and this this of course a frontal attack on the eight hour day yeah when are we going to see. that we have a democratic president we have a democratic majority in the senate obviously can't pass and israel will consider obstructive when are we going to see card check. well. we're going to see organizing and bargaining rights like i'm in for

uses don't work we need to have some back up flexible zoning for these sites. so these are the areas for place making and historic rehab in the land use plan. and we're going to be coming back to you on the 28th with a much more detailed financial analysis. today's purpose is to ex/phraupb the terms and get initial public comment. on a preliminary basis, the great thing about the plan is the port doesn't have all of the resources to fund all of this and our development partner is able to be bring equity and to pay for these improvements and to make this site developable. on a reimbursement basis they get their cost back, plus an 18 percent return and then we're looking at sharing revenues beyond a reasonable doubt that. we've got some pretty distinct funding resources. we've got prepaid sources early in the project, changing to annual ground leases late in the project, and /th-pb ifd as the major sources to pay for improvements. we /ao*f got diversified port revenues. we're looking at participation in a number of forms. the /phaeupbl sources -- i /woepb go over

from the workers perspective this is flexibility from the bosses perspective who says well you can work sixty hours this week and will figure it out later. and then later comes in it may or may not be useful or even appropriate for you to take that time off. and the really sad thing is this is the single issue that more american workers died on strike for any forty hour week or time for an eight and eight hour day and the right to have a union from the haymarket bombing an eight hundred eighty six through homestead strike in one thousand nine hundred eight all the way through more workers in this the bloodiest labor history in the western world over the eight hour day and the right to have a union than any other single issue so when are we going and this this of course a frontal attack on the eight hour day yeah when are we going to see. that we have a democratic president we have a democratic majority in the senate obviously can't pass and israel will consider obstructive when are we going to see card check. well. we're going to see organizing and bargaining rights legislation coming f

fukuda also took notice of the flexibility of the mosquito. it's made of a flexible resin. it helps reduce pain as well. fukuda used poly lactic acid. it is a resin that can be derived from corn. it's flexible and resistant to breaking. what's more, this material is absorbed into the system and causes no harm even if it remains inside the body. that's why he chose the resin. fukuda is now trying to apply the same technology to needles for vaccinations. >> translator: i hope that this technology will make medical services worldwide less stressful and safer for patients. i hope people will be encouraged to go for tests so any illnesses will be found earlier. that will lead to faster cures. >> reporter: fukuda looks at medical technology from a patient's perspective. he's always searching for the next challenge. >> u.s. authotiesave proved the painless needle in february. fukuda plans to make a stable demand in the u.s. and start selling the needles worldwide. >>> time now to check on the weather. it's a warm, sunny morning in tokyo. sayaka mori gives us the latest here and el

part of the answer is flexibility.if you want to move folks on the border control people from the heart of to yuma and arizona, they've got families. you can't just say okay, we'll move here from texas and push you over here for the next two years. by the way, i know you're two or three kids in a spaz. we just can't do that. the human side as well. there's a very good line of questioning and appreciate your bringing it up. one last question i will ask to do with the benediction. based on the metrics, there's been a lot of discussion, but you have a question based on data available, can you answer the question of expert witness posed. where are the vulnerabilities for increased illegal immigration at the ports of entry, between the pores or through these overseas. maybe if you say of those three ports of entry, between the ports are those who came here illegally, give us some idea as top priority in terms of vulnerability. maybe number two, maybe number three. may not be a fair question to ask of you. if you take to giv

so we need to build some flexibility in here.efully we can work with the white house and convince them it's the right way to go. >> let me get your take on the other threats that we all face. i mean, national security, obviously, a major issue. but you've got cyberthreats, you've got, you know, the threat from north korea, the threat from syria. characterize what we're seeing in today's day and age? >> well, we've got a lot of those, and they're all very different. the threat from north korea, when you have a country and a leader saying he's willing of a nuclear exchange with the united states, you better take it seriously. especially when we know he has capabilities. we don't know if he has nuclear capabilities, we know he has missile capabilities. we just don't know how close he is. we're going to have to take it seriously. but the one thing that's affecting the room that we're in today, every single day, is cybersecurity threats. the intellectual property that this floor is based on, the trading of equities and around the worl

let's pass the working families flexibility act. i encourage my colleagues to defeat this motion to recommit and i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the previous question is ordered on the motion to recommit. the question is on the motion. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the noes have it. the motion is not agreed to. jeamplet -- the gentlelady from new hampshire. ms. shea-porter: i ask for a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: a ecorded vote is requested. those in support of a request for a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. this will be a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: the yeas are 200 and the nays are 227. the motion is not adop

we need to be flexible because things change. there is not just one solution. kids might take 10 steps forward. they might make such significant progress, and then something goes down. something goes down and they take eight steps back. we need to be able to be flexible with them and be there through that process. and not to say, i am not working with you anymore because you let me down. that is really important as well, not to be rigid. collaborations are very important as well. if we are talking about bringing everybody to the table to develop solutions, youth should have the same importance as the district supervisor, as the police enforcement officer, as the executive director. through that, we build a real communities. i have respect for our brother over here and respect for my sister over there. you develop that accountability and integrity billet -- and integrity amongst one another. we are able to express ourselves and develop real solutions, especially in the time where the budgets are cut left and right. the only thing we have left is our human relati

part of the image here is some of the flexibility. one thing that is tough as you think about it, if you want to the folks were on board the people, fly them from eastern parts of texas over to yuma. they have families but most of them has families. you just gets it okay, we're going in the view from houston, texas, edge put you over in yuma for the next three years. by the way, i know you have kids and for me, too bad. you just can't do that. there's a human side factors in as well. just a couple of comments and that is a very important line of questioning. one less question i will ask before ask you to help me give the benediction, but based on, this goes back to metrics. there's been a lot of discussion on metrics. i won't belabor that buddy to have a question. based on the data you have available, can you answer the question, expert witness posed, and namely, where are the vulnerabilities for increased illegal immigration, the largest at the ports of entry? between the ports? or through the visa overstays. and maybe if you can say

it gives my the flexibility and able to do things that we all find necessary. i would like to make a few points based on my experience as the president. i have been to meetings stand up to negativity and unwarranted and people opposed to whatever project and explain to you that the world will collapse if you proceed. everything that can go wrong will go wrong. i am here to say they're ignorant and it's not the truth. my experience with our kids in skate parks have proven the loudest detractors see their protest not substantialized and what happens is enjoyment by neighbors and good fun by all. just like when the giants moved into pac bell park and a lot of people thought there was going to be problems when the rolling stones came and a lot opened their windows and had a good time. we are not the dreamers of dreams. we are not the makers of music but we're are the men and women behind the curtain. our job is to be of service to others. our livelihood comes from the dreamers of dreams and makers of music. please approve the concerts until 1030 and let us make goo

we can see the flexibility of choice that you maintain. now this difference between law and theory as to freedom of action versus freedom of choice, i think it it actually is quite compatible across both if we simply separate what it is we're talking about, a difference between your preferences and desires over which you may not have control versus action choices and in law, we punish you for bad actions, not for bad preferences and desires. so then the question is, how do we take account for preferences and desires that may be outside of your control? that may be things like gray matter lighten kent showed us that showed us that people like psychopaths have decreased gray matter in particular regions of their brain. it could be something like the guy who he was talking about out of virginia who had the large tumor in his brain and chose to act on but didn't have control over having the tumor in his brain. how do we take account for that in law? that's, i think, the interesting struggle that neuroscience presents us with, but it doesn't ch

>>> correct. >> i understand the need for flexibility. seems like there is some minimum number of personnel that needs to be placed. >>> that's correct. can we go back to your queueing question? the queueing, if you look at the cruise ship terminal, the queueing plan takes all of the bodies off of the embarcadaro, queue them down the pier, and then drops them in closest to where the water is. so, whether than queuing and then bringing this in on the embarcadaro, which would definitely queue back on the embarcadaro itself, we're bringing them all the way up and not just single file. there's plenty of room to queue them, multiple people per line, bringing this them up around the cruise ship terminal itself and downed in the venue itself. >> can you address the question raised with respect to the trucks and the movement? is that live nation's issue -- responsibility? >>> [speaker not understood]. the port-a-johns industry standard -- >> did you say -- >>> a couple things. the port a agenda ~ port-a-johns [speaker not understood] they'll pull

the tips extremely flexible. it won't damage the blood vessel. >> reporter: the guide wire is a crucial device. it leads the catheter to its hard. he reaches the heart in only sektds. the next step is to enlarge the narrowed portion of the artery using a stint. 's a three centimeter long expanding device. it remains in place. this reenforces the wall of the artery. the whole procedure is over in half an hour. patients are usually discharged the following day. >> translator: when i heard it was a heart problem i thought i'd be in if hospital for a month or so. this method is amazing. >> reporter: it's patient friendly. developments in thet technology has made it possible. >> translator: it made no sense to produce another product based on conventional ideas. we wanted to make something different. >> reporter: older types of guide wires use stainless steel coated at the tip. they weren't as flexible making it difficult to guide through blood vessels be p th. they replaced the stainless steel. water molecules stick

they're flexible, they're around for fleet week and the fourth of july, which are the most high pressure events i think the warf has. and they continue to operate our garages under a management agreement, a license agreement and they're both very different. we have different ways of capitalizing on our revenue. i can't think of a better group right now to manage events and the unpredictability of what happens in the warf and the area. so if you have any questions or you need any other information, i'm available for anybody to call me or visit. >> thank you. katherine hoop every and [inaudible] thompson. >> i'm katherine hooper and to establish my credentials, i'm a local girl born raised here. i work for three of the finest cruise companies afloat and made a segue several years ago [inaudible] /-fpt you have a really challenging decision ahead of you and a really important one. it's nice to see that we have two such qualified con -- working on cruise ships and i can tell you that thanks to -- when you come to make your decision, i think it's very important and both of [inaudible] i think

beautiful, so nice for strength, nice for stamina nice for flexibility nice for balance looking good we're going two more breaths there beautiful. you guys these are hard poses; smile, enjoy them laugh through them, no worries, don't be uptight, that's the way. exhale sweep your foot in if your hands are up in prayer see if you can tuck it in without touching the mat. did you do that? i'm so proud of you. hands drop back down on the mat, left leg comes forward come on up so left lag sweeps forward find your balance. if you can, bring your hands back to namaste. you've got it, that heel comes up as high as it will go shoulders over hips. smile through this one this is a hard one. and if you can, tuck your leg back in without torching the mat beautiful. let's get a little bit more difficult so once again, drop your hands down to the mat. we're going to cross your right ankle over your left knee. if you can, hands come to namaste. whew that's a hard one smile guys laugh, enjoy that. you all look so serious, going two more breaths on that side. this is really nice for opening through you

ourselves at our facilities to be able to maximize the usage and be creative and find /khr-bgs flexibility [inaudible] in new york city to be able to get in, set up to a point and then [inaudible] and allow a cruise ship to work and then come back in and set up. a lot of times with over 200 plus calls at the facility, we're on very tight turn arounds and it's a credit to the team, operations and security that are able to coordinate these things with a lot of these special events. we've worked closely with the cruise lines and the new york city edc who /oepbls the property and the super bowl committee who is hosting the super bowl in 2014. we will be hosting a number of events leading up to the super bowl and we're extremely excited about that. >> as i mentioned before and it's detailed in our rfp response, we have quite a bit of experience and quick turn arounds for events and in fact most of the e vents and the two listed here were turning around between when a cruise ship [inaudible] as acknowledged in the earlier presenter and in our rfp, but they are fluid and they change and you need

think that in our presentation of this to the appellant that we were probably somewhat liberal and flexible and saying they can -- a veil themselves of this process an they have been changing the location but found that they did establish that the previous location prior to the -- and that was the location no. 3, they established their prior to this special use district coming into effect whether or not they have a permit at that location indicate we were trying to apply some flexibility here and an allowing them to go through process. >> all the cases are sounding alike today, aren't they? conforming, non-conforming, limited use. >> one maybe for giving for not object obtaining a permit for use. >> the permit has been declared. >> they would need a permit for legalizing the business upon authorization. >> okay. thank you. >> mr. sanchez. one last question on that. the conditional use process runs with the property; not the business. how does that work. >> the conditional use authorization requires the previous use to be abandoned and so a check cashing space can not relocate at the previou

we will get you authority so ya flexibly to some of these things. i think we can leverage the resource. we could do much more together, even with common you know, challenges up sequestration. because with some flexibility we're going to bring you state and local resources, private resources in a way that will help us do these things. it really just comes back, your willingness, your willingness to engage with us and do it. this is where your leadership i think can be critical and make a big difference. >> appreciate that. >> first off, madam secretary, congratulations on being here. i was proud to vote for your confirmation. i think your expense will be very good for us. you've heard from a lot of the western senators up here, and i just want you to know as important as the department of interior to the west, we have some interest in vermont, in the east. we take pride in their own. we appreciate the value the department of the interior brings to vermont, to our to wildlife national parks, to national fish ashes. the connecticut river, new england s

. >> paul: the problem with second term presidents have is flexibility. president obama has never really wanted to have an aggressive foreign policy agenda. he doesn't have that kind of flexibility that you saw with reagan, for example, or with bill clinton. >> no, it is as you say largely self-imposed. i think there were several people in the run-up to the election looked at what he did in troops in afghanistan and some of the other decisions and stuff that this was simply keeping things calm in the run-up to the election. what we've seen, after the election his decisions on syria as you said, this is not a president who wants to have a robust or big or bold foreign policy. so that is not going to win him any marks out there either. >> paul: are we going to see a big budget deal before it is over? the budget issues are sign up but they are going to come back here? >> the other thing is going to come is the debt ceiling biete and republicans fall on their swords it switches the scenario of blaming washington function on the republicans. it's going to be a

wants to see the money go will be answered in the next hour and we will be able to dissect what flexibility there may be for the entities like the mtc or the ta to compete for some of those funds. >> i wanted to mention briefly that the governor in january called on the secretary of transportation to form or to address the transportation funding i guess almost crisis that we are looking at in the state both in the state and the roadways and the local roadways and the public transit and the operations and maintenance areas. he asked the secretary to convene a working group, that was done, and their first meeting of that working group met in early april and i am pleased to say that i am on it and there is probably about 40 total representatives and stake holders on it. procedurally, just to make this quick, the approach is to divide, the working group into four subgroups, active transportation, mass transit, roadways, local roads, and state highways. and those subgroups will all be taking a look at what are some of the priorities within the shortfall that we know exists for each of those four

but even with that, there needs to be some flexibility because he's still recouperate ng some ways andlex work hours, things like that, a lot of our veterans need. a lot of people with disabilities, period, need that. but if we can provide that, but the biggest thing is employers need the not fear service dogs in the workplace. as you can see, rocky is very obedient. so he's going to stay under the desk or where ever he's supposed to stay, so it's okay to have a service dog. >> might be a little distracting because my co-workers here in the news room were all over rocky. >> it's amazing how the service dog calms the entire office done when they come into the workplace, so i think that flexibility, that willingness to know that the service dog is an accommodation just like a wheelchair would be. >> it's prokt hired and they're doing some fascinating work across the bay area. any final thoughts before we let you all go? >> i just want to encourage the employers to attend the conference. they're going to give training workshops all day long for our employers and career fair all day for th

there is no flexibility.he legislation drops the statute guaranteeing overtime pay for work over 40 hours. overtime pay. the the single mothers need. hardworking american families rely on it. it allows employers, if they so choose, to provide, time for all of this extra work, except there are no guarantees that workers can take the time if indeed it, and there are no avenues for workers to file grievances. this bill forces employees to work extra hours without overtime pay and get nothing in return. yes, we need serious economic solution to the problems being faced by families. wages have stagnated for decades. they make less than what the minimum wage was worse -- was worth in 1968. unlike every other economy in the world, 42 million workers cannot take up time when they are sick or need to care for a sick child or ailing relative. we need legislation that provides employees with paid time off if they need it. this would allow workers up to seven protected sick days for each year, building on pro- family pol

so i think there is some flexion -- flexibility and i would agree with supervisor breed and the chair on how they want to proceed. >> how about lafco staff? thoughts on that idea? >> i think it's at the direction of the commission. we might be able to pull quickly some best practices act. i know there is a national organization that deals with hiring and the issue of diversity of community policing and community policing and policies and goals. i think there might be some information we can find for you rather quickly. it's the technical detail you are looking at. i don't know who is better equipped to do that. >> i'm happy to put together something where things are a lot more clear and introduce at the next lafco meeting or request to the budget analyst. so happy to do that. >> thank you for that offer. i think it's a good way to proceed. okay. we can open up public comment on this item. is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. madam clerk. our last item? >> item no. 9, adjournment. >> we are adjourned. thank you. >>> >>> >>> >>> good morning san

they have no flexibility and therefore they have to cut back on their mission. that's what happened at the f.a.a., and of course we provided some flexibility so they could do some other things. but we haven't done that as far as providing relief from these across-the-board cuts in other agencies. so we're going to see many federal agencies have to fundamentally change what they do. let me just give you a couple of examples. i was recently at the national institutes of health and saw firsthand the great work that they're doing. i can tell you that many of the missions they are doing are critical to our health. i was briefed on the work they are doing phon an influenza vaccine. that will look at a vaccine that will work for multiple years. well, that's the type of work that's done at the national institutes of health, the type of work they're doing in finding the answers to cancer. i remember when i was young, if you got cancer, it was a death sentence. now we've reduced the fatalities of cancer. survival rates are much higher. that's the work that's done at the n

they want flexibility, what the americana peril and footwear said. they want flexibility.hey don't want to commit to the real solution, a binding and enforceable agreement that would involve them committing to contracts, not cutting and running, not voluntary auditing which has failed over the last ten years but committing for the next five years to actually commit to improving conditions in bangladesh. >> let me bring dana back in. the issue here is do they have a responsibility? the responsibility is to the shareholders, right? if there is a public outcry that's big enough, do shareholders start to say, hey, you have to do a better job. you can't just let people subcontract and subcontract and subcontract, it is bad press. >> i think you have seen retailers over the past few years and frankly eep the past few decades enhance their operations whether it comes from the systems side, whether it comes from labor and payroll costs. >> i think they got it in the u.s. i think the agents part of the business given how much so many of them use the subcontractors and agents, i thi

that's the kind of decision-making flexibility that we're talking about. in this case, the furloughs were causing terrible flight delays and had the potential to truly harm the economies of maine, colorado, and countless other states that count on tourists visiting to see our amazing scenery, to sample our extraordinary food, and to just be with our great people. had we not come together to pass this bill, the impacts could have been devastating to maine and to colorado businesses and their employees. in maine, it would have affected everyone from our wait staff and ash inn keepers to the countless tourist attractions in our state. it would have even affected federal institutions like the gem of acadia national park and our state parks as well. in our states, each season but particularly during those key peak summer months, we welcome with open arms visitors from around the globe. but if those visitors were going to have to sit on a tarmac for three hours awaiting a flight, they most likely were going to cancel their trips. i'm proud of the work that senat

so he doesn't have that kind of flexibility that you saw with reagan, for example or with bill clinton. >> no, and it is as you say largely self-imposed some people in the run up to the election looked what the did he in terms of troops in afghanistan and some of the other decisions and thought maybe this was simply about keeping things calm in the run up in the election. i think we have seen in particular after the election after syria, this is not a president not a president who wants to have a robust or big or foreign policy. that's not going to win him any marks out there either. >> are we going to see a big budget deal before this is over. the grand bargain very much going to come back here in a couple of months. >> yes. the other thing that's going to come back is the didn't ceiling fight. if the republicans fall on swords saying they will not raise the debt ceiling, then i think that pitches forward scenario of blaming washington function on the republicans. it's going to be a long hot summer i i don't think he is a lame duck either. events can help out a president because he st

it did not recognize that the way sequestration was done did not provide flexibility of less you went back and ask for permission. this is what they did. take a yes. -- >> yes. guest: >> in an era where he did not often get bipartisan support, i would to a hearing where lindsey gramm at one point said to all of us, what you're telling me is sequestration is stupid. we sort of looked at each other. and said it is stupid. you could but design a worse way to reduce costs. we of lived in an era of difficult fiscal times. i just ask our employees what we've been through. the point is that this is not the right way to do it first of all. second of all, there comes a point where even with flexibility you reach a place where you work or to have an impact on people's lives. of this cynical times we live in to have this become an issue of you are doing this on purpose. one might ask, it is not like congress should be lecturing us on managing these days. but also, and this is something we really need to make sure the impacts are understood by the american people. how you areabout impressed by pe

so there is some fluidity and flexibility. and it all depends on what the goal is.e may be some conflict. prosecutors may be saying we want to make sure we convict these people, fbi agents may be saying we don't care as much about conviction, we want to squeeze them for information. we're not sure exactly what the procedure will be. we know what it should be, but we don't know what it will be. >> this is such an unusual case. i understand representative peter king from new york is now on the phone with us. representative king, if you can hear me, i'd like to get your thoughts. you've been very outspoken on this exact issue that alan dershowitz and i are discussing right now. i want to know what you may be privy to in congress with this latest development. >> first of all, this is part of an ongoing investigation. and this basically is, i believe, going to involve three students who helped to -- allegedly helped to dispose of evidence or to remove evidence. and that's what this is going to be about. two of them, you know, had been in custody on visa violations. the o

i don't mind the flexible. what i mind is making sure that the students are getting the programs that they want. how do we know that the states are doing that? >> again, we will monitor their plans. be clear, beyond monitoring plans we have ongoing checks here and renewal process. i want to look at student improvement. >> have you seen any information coming in since 2011. >> yeah. it was very early. after graduation rates up. dropout fact i are rates are down. it's early data. we need to look state by state and who is moving the needle faster. create a little healthy competition with there. >> i agree with that. i'm looking at the dropout which is one of the biggest factors for many of us care about. once we get the kids that drop out very rarely do they ever come back to the system. >> yeah. >> and those are the kids that unfortunately sometimes end up in prison. so those are the factors that i have that we have the opportunity to reach these kids. >> yeah. >> and we have an opportunity to change their lives

. >>> bank of japan governor kuroda pledges to stay flexibility after keeping policy unchanged. >>> and top of the agenda at an eu summit in brussels, president martin schultz tells cnbc the current system needs to be fixed. >> it's tough to debate about morality of ethics. let's reform the system to bring back more solidarity, and by more solidarity, more coherence to the society. >>> david cameron's in for a fight. the british prime minister says he's confident, though, he can get his colleagues to agree to new terms for the uk in the eu and avoid a european super state. >>> plus, fed chairman ben bernanke's delivering his latest assessment of the u.s. economy at congress today with investors and analysts looking for clues if there is to be a shift in fed policy. >>> all right, welcome to hump day here on cnbc, the middle of the week. on today's show, tax reform is the main event in brussels today, but eu leaders could also ruffle feathers with tougher talk on bonuses. julie will join us in a few minutes. >>> investors also counting down to the bank of england minutes, due in 30 minut

of specific member states to support the opposition as they see fit now of course that greater flexibility means that countries like britain and france will be able to ship arms and ammunition to to the opposition groups in syria which would then use possibly in an effort to overthrow the government and even went on to say that easing the e.u. arms embargo sends a message to syrian president bashar al assad that support for the opposition will only increase but the u.n. meanwhile is sending its own messages of double standard let's remember that washington has been fiercely critical of russia's transfer of anti-aircraft aircraft missiles to the assad government now while moscow's maintained that it has been fulfilling defense weapons contracts that were signed long ago with syria washington believes that it's wrong for for moscow to fulfill any contracts because civil war is taking place there and whatever contracts russia is fulfilling could be used to inflame the conflict taking place there but yet now the u.s. is welcoming possible flow of arms to the syrian rebels with this e.u. arms e

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