secretary of natural resources for the commonwealth of virginia and the cab knost then-governor george allen and also served significant roles in the reagan administration as deputy assistant to the president for presidential personnel, special assistance to the president and special assistants to attorney general ed meese and was undersecretary of the department and assistant secretary for fish, wildlife and parks. joan me in welcoming me colleague and friend, becky north don-dunlop. [applause] >> thank you, john, and let me add my words of welcome to you. we love having people come to the heritage foundation, either personally or online -- oren television, so, welcome, welcome, welcome. you know, the heritage foundation has promoted the american conservation ethic, we call it land of liberty, stewardship of america's environment. the number one principle that we outline is people are our most important unique and precious resource. and our number eight principle is that the most successful environmental policies flow from liberty. people and liberty. so, when i read the opening sentence of

virginia governor george allen, virginia governor gilmore and guarantor. i guess they all get to sleep in now because they are former governors. again, thanks for their participation and my personal thanks for them attending the meeting. i want to talk a little about my initiative. it has been about six months since we launched the initiative ahead of the curve innovation governors. i hope you all recall that discussion with elon musk in rhode island. i see a lot of people nodding their heads. i remember it. since that time, we have been actively engaging staff from your states and exchanging ideas on how we can prepare for the future that elon predicted or perhaps one that is less scary. that was pretty interesting. we have worked alongside some leading technology and innovation companies in the country and we appreciate their support of our work. we have seen firsthand how technologies are transforming our daily way of life in altering the way businesses and industries operate, from how we keep in cooler buildings, to the cars we drive in the car's that

this is a sequel as i discovered any journalist, george allen decided to go undercover and posed as a student at the school, as a substitute teacher at the school. i won't go into what he discovered, but it was even worse than you might suspect. this actually i obtained a facebook post from one of the students. his name is rachel, four years ago, that is 2013. don't go to this school and you can read it. as you can see, the syntax and the spelling is not very good. so this is what we confronted after the civil rights movement. and you can remember the euphoria and the march on washington. i have a dream martin luther king jr. said. then five years later in 1968 amid the mark in the mud of resurrection city in washington d.c. with the police moving the demonstrators out, we had fallen long away from the ideas of the civil rights movement. and then began the attack on government. see how much better things are without the heavy hand of government coming air pollution and acid rain, monster takeovers , airfares, phone companies can a savings and loans, consumer protection, job safety, la

virginia governor george allen. virginia governor jim gilmore. wyoming governor jim guarantor. i guess they'll get to sleep in now. they are former governors. [laughter] attending theor meeting. i want to talk about my initiative. it's been about six months since we launched the innovation ahead of the curve, innovation governors. for the gripping discussion with elon musk, i see a lot of people nodding their heads. i know i remember it. since that time, we have been actively engaging stuff from your states and exchanging ideas on how we can prepare for the predicts or one that is less scary. we've worked with innovation companies around the country and we truly appreciate their support of our week -- work. we have seen how technology is transforming our daily weight of life. from how wiki and cool our buildings to the cars we drive or the cars that drive themselves. some of you might of had the opportunity to ride the a thomas vehicle in las vegas -- to ride in the thomas vehicle -- autonomous vehicle in colorado. homes that used no-net energy and rode in an aut onomous vehicl

thanks for watching, i'm natalie allen. >> i'm george howell.nother hour of news room when we come back. >>> a controversial declassified memo seeking to discredit the russia investigation creates a major political rift in washington. >> we'll explain it. plus the dow seeing its worst one day point drop in ten years making it the touch ets day fgh markets. >> and meantime president trump wishes south korean president a successful winter games. >>> live from cnn world headquarters, we welcome our viewers here and all around the

like lily allen george pat that are shot often end up across england and wales, almost 2,000 cats havelast five years. but, that's just what gets reported. here in the west of the figure is around two shootings per month. the problem is i am very concerned, we only see the tip of the iceberg. prosecution in relation to airgun offences, especially against cats, is really, really difficult. we more or less have to catch the people in the act. we can, nowadays, with forensics, match pellets up to air rifles, but, because there's no certification at the moment, we don't know who in certain areas actually owns those rifles. what the rspca wants is air rifle licensing, like they have in scotland. but, maybe the answer isn't legislation, but education. come on, then, somebody tell me. always treat the gun as loaded even if you think it unloaded. i've come to a pub in nailsea, in somerset, to see a gun club entirely for children, some, as young as eight. always keep the gun pointing in a safe direction, down—range. which way is downrange? number four... numberfour — never point a gun at anythi

george howell. >> i'm natalie allen. congressional backers of the u.s. are alleging the fbi abused its surveillance powers against one of mr. trump's former soerkd associate. the charge is contained in a congressional memo released friday. democrats dispute the claims and say they will push to release their own report next week. >> word on wall street, the dow fell 665 points on friday. the steepest point decline since the 2008 financial crisis. though a strong jobs report is fueling fears of inflation. analysts say the political turmoil in washington is only adding to the uncertainty. >>> the man who are targeted muslims last year in london has been sentenced to life in prison. darren osbourne plowed his car into a crowd on june 19th, killing one person and injuring 12 others. >>> the search continues for dozens of migrants who may have drowned. the vessel was carrying more than 90 when it capsized on thursday. so far only three survivors have been found. >>> now more on that controversial pmemo released friday. it is the talk of washington because of w

and i say that, it is a serious charge, and i say that because back in the late 1980's governor george allennd governor gilmore and mcdonald, who they had this ban on talking about abortion for our social workers, so if they had an underage girl, immature, no prospects, uneducated, addicted to drugs or alcohol, you know, that would equal a trip to the clinic. but no, anyway fast-forward 15 years and i go into a section 8 housing unit, 16 unit, and three women offered to let me spend time alone with their children. i was god smacked. the place was a playground for pedophiles. that was -- host: that was gary. a caller in florida. what is on your mind? it is open phones. caller: what bugs me is why do soldiers have uh, to protect the country that is .oing opium sarahy can't we have sign the dateers dat -- [indiscernible] host: ok. tim is in alabama, line for democrats. go ahead. caller: yes, i was thinking about the daca and donald trump wants $25 million for the wall. nancydo not know why pelosi or anybody else has not told him, if he wants $25 billion for the wall, let mexico pay for it like

and much more, samantha, serving under president obama, and michael allen, under the national security counsel under president georgeears that mueller is squeezing these individuals, trying to get more information. >> which is not surprising. it's really important that despite president trump's twitter storm over the weekend where he attacked his whole investigation again, talked about a russian hoax, the process is working. we are seeing more charged file ed and mueller continue to pull all different threats, and i expect more to come. >> michael, seems like we kept hearing gates' attorneys were trying to enter into a plea agreement with the special counsel. if he's still bringing charges, that's off, at least for now. >> i think it gives them more leverage as they try to negotiate a plea agreement with gates. i think, also, this is just the fact that more time elapsed, and the indictment is being enriched. they are getting more information from a variety of different sources. i'm not surprised to see this happen again later. >> let's talk about president trump and hr mcmaster, a confounding relationship. this woul

allen will share his views on the release of the intelligence committee memo and intentional fisa abuses. watch "washington journal" live at seven eastern saturday morning. join the discussion. night, former speech writer for george w. bush david cracy."d his book "trumpo "trumpocracy" is a book about the study of power. this is a study of donald trump's power. umpocracy is a system of enabling between trump and the media that enable him and create an audience, the system that donors, the republican traditional elements, and above all between him and that core group of his voters within the republican party who enabled him to win the nomination and go on to the presidents. >> what sunday night at 9:00 2's "bookern on c-span tv." >> jeff sessions talked about human trafficking efforts and how the part -- department was collaborating with mexico and local law enforcement. this portion includes remarks from rachel brand. it is 20 minutes. >> it is a pleasure today to have the opportunity to gather with so many professionals, business and other partners who work every day to combat human trafficking and make our nation safer, especially for the most honorable among us. collaboration, the exchange of building relation

george papadopoulos. speaking of the document or the warrant, it was renewed several times. what does that tell us about what went into authorizing it? mr. allenlls me that if you are renewing before the court the ability to continue to eavesdrop on carter page, they thought they still had a live lead. the fbi thought it was justifiable to continue to spend those resources. as a political matter, i do not think anyone would be in a position if the fbi said that they need it, i don't think rod rosenstein or anyone would try to second-guess them. you try not to second-guess the guy in the field. a lot of people are sticking that rosenstein should have looked into it, he should have delved deeper into it. he would never admit that. that would not have been salable. you try not to guess the agents in the field. host: dan is calling from youngstown, ohio on the republican line. just a couple of minutes left. what is your question for michael allen? mr. allen: he is talking about the dossier saying that is not the main reason that they started this whole investigation, but it is. and hillary clinton paid them to create that dossier. they lost that e

george papadopoulos. document or the warrant, it was renewed several times. what does that tell us about what went into authorizing it? mr. allen me that if you are renewing before the court the ability to continue to eavesdrop on carter page, they thought they still had a live lead. the fbi thought it was justifiable to continue to spend those resources. matter, i do not think anyone would be in a position if the fbi said that they need it, i don't think rod rosenstein or anyone would try to second-guess them. you try not to second-guess the guy in the field. a lot of people are sticking that rosenstein should have looked into it, he should have dealt -- he should have delved deeper into it. dan is calling from youngstown, ohio on the republican line. just a couple of minutes left. what is your question for michael allen? mr. allen: he is talking about the dossier saying that is not the main reason that they started this whole investigation, but it is. and hillary clinton created them -- and hillary clinton pay them to create that dossier. they lost that election. they thought they were going to win it. andy said under both th