my name is emily murphy and i am a gsa administrator. thank you for the opportunity to testify on the role in the administrations government reform plan. .. >> under the plan will expand most substantially to operational functions from opm to gsa to providing functions that is a broad spectrum of human resources products and services to create opportunities for efficiencies and modernization and given the breath of the realization all understand we must be thoughtful to move forward and moreover to better ensure the opm in its first phase we will transition to gsa they have established a working group as a transition coordinator to experience agency realignment. it is important to share additional background how other functions affect the current mission. established by president truman for the work of the federal government that remain central to the mission complex governmentwide services is what we do every day and in many of those cases the leverage that power to secure better deals for the taxpayer. it excels at providing a wide var

i just -- you know, i worked for gsa for two years. you might consider me bias but i just want to add color to this. it's not an easy process. there's a lot of justification that goes into it. department heads just can't write down on a piece of paper what they need. it actually has to be approved and we have go go through dhr and through ken to make sure and jennifer to make sure that exactly a justified position. i just wanted to add that. thank you. >> that's a welcome addition. thank you. supervisor sheehy? >> sure. so first of all i guess i want to take strong exception to the bla's analysis of this position. this position is a position that has national stature. it's vital to a community that has been oppressed statewide, nationally and globally to have someone who actually performs at this level. the question isn't about the direct reports, it's about the ability to create policy that is absolutely novel, to take on institutional challenges and over turn them and change them in a sophisticated manner. now we could have individua

the gsa will announce a program to produce trades for new markets. mr. trump introduced it in kansas city as the program was being announced. >> the farmers will be the biggest beneficiary. watch. we're opening up markets. you watch what's going to happen. >> earlier in the day the president tweeted tariffs are the greatest, saying other countries must negotiate trade deals with the u.s. or they'll get hit with tariffs. some republican senators disagree with the president's approach. >> the tariffs are not great, but the affect of the matter is trying to find a way to better position american workers for the future is laudable. >> where we ought to go is to a zero tariff world. >> the aid for farmers does not require congressional approval. >>> the ecuadorian immigrant who was detained after delivering pizza to a military army base is free this morning. >> what does it feel to be back, to be out? >> it's immense. i'm so happy. >> pablo vsr villavicencio was released last night. a federal judge ruled he can remain in the u.s. while he exhausts the right t

when china has found to have taken the gsa personnel documents of the people of the department of justice from which i was one. and so china did a major intrusion into the u.s. system and got a bunch of information. and it didn't grind our relationship with china to a halt. similarly, this kind of thing has to be dealt with with russia and hopefully the president will do that. but i think that doesn't mean he's not going to deal with other issues as well. arthel: like what? >> he'll want to deal with ukraine and talk about the upcoming elections more than the past elections, and see what he can do to dissuade russia from what it has apparently done in the past which is interfere with the american election which is a serious matter. eric: democrats vowing to stop the supreme court nominee. but some are divide on whether to support judge kavanaugh. how well that split will affect the red state senators up for reelection. 24 hours until the landmark summit between vladimir putin and president trump. to be their best, kids need good nutrition. and practice... lots of practice. get them starte

. >> the gsa + -- the tsa is trying out new screening government -- equipment. possible for them to screen things on top of each other, to be seen as separate items. the new machines are being tested by american airlines at jfk and will soon be used in phoenix and boston as well. ct technology is very expensive, including higher energy cost to operate and it is more powerful. more shielding is needed to protect people and that takes up more room and -- in overcrowded security areas. >>> a new hotel will be opening up your people can make reservation. it will open november 15 near the center and includes 200 rooms, rooftop bar and meeting rooms. it is the first hotel in san francisco. another virgin hotel will open in 2020. >> there is looking -- uber wants to clarify guidelines because of the incident. the driver recorded passengers and live stream video on a site called twitch. the driver also worked for lyft but he has been fired. the videos have been removed from the internet. when they open this fall, facebook employees might be offered free food at the offi

in terms of a domestic emalluement when you hired the head of the gsa that combined to say you are gettingeign advantage and a domestic advantage. and the ultimate result could be he has to divest fully in the trump international hotel that is a hop, skip and a jump from the white house and treasury department that says you are getting an advantage by being president of the united states. >> the president might have to release his tax returns which have been a very sensitive subject. >> this is potentially something they want to look at. i don't know what it would show or whether they would get it. i'm assuming bob mueller has what he needs to have from the president's tax returns. but i think this is something the president should have foreseen that this would be a conflict and that people stay at the trump hotel and international governments stay at the trump hotel because they want a favor with the president of the united states and his family. that is just kind of obvious. >> it shouldn't be a surprise to donald trump. remember he wins and then the transition process there is this deba

aspect of government from national security all the way over to the guy who is cleaning over at the gsa, everything is now a witch hunt. that plays to our opponents. >> clint, i have to read you a headline from new york times. russian hackers appear to shift focus to u.s. power grid. that gets your attention. his lead sentence is state sponsored russian hackers appear far more interested, that's what got my attention, far more interested in year in demonstrating they can disrupt the american electric grid than the mid term elections and he goes onto say u.s. intelligence officials and technology company executives. what do you make of that? >> they are trying to build options of whether it's warfare or negotiation. a lot of times you'll hear people say they didn't turn out the power. they're not doing an act of war. this is leverage you can have. what do we have to do? we have to check all of our electric systems to make sure there isn't a foreign adversary in those systems and we to safeguard against that. that's a negotiation tool they can use in terms of dealing with us. what's impor

, in every aspect of government, from national security all the way over to the guy cleaning at the gsa, everything is now a witch hunt, and that, of course, plays to our opponents. >> clint, i have to read you a headline from "the new york times" tonight, david sanger's piece -- russian hackers appear to shift focus to u.s. power grid. that gets your attention. his lead sentence is, state-sponsored russian hackers appear far more interested. that's what got my attention. far more interested this year in demonstrating that they can disrupt the american electric grid than the midterm elections. and he goes on to cite u.s. intelligence officials and tech company executives. what do you think of that? >> they're trying to essentially build options, whether it's warfare or negotiations. a lot of times, you'll hear people say, well, they didn't actually turn out the power, they're not doing an act of war, but this is actually leverage that you can have. so, we know about this now. what do we have to do? in the united states, we have to go around and check all of our electric systems to make

to develop a new gsa system to hire federal employees based on skill sets in cybermight not adequate>> i know as we talked to buf ceos here how cooperative is private enterprise a lot of people don't trust the government. >> yes about 15 years old taken probably all 15 years to build up trust. we used to say from government here to help, wasn't something people wanted to hear but i think what you hear from ceos today they are committed to this partnership, committed and that is the full it is not just is for response when attack hanz but planning risk assessment prioritization understood youing that between all saishths. >> the border microsoft is specifically saying we don't want our facial recognition technology used there. what is your opinion on that? >> i don't -- >> biometric technology to conserve identity we use facial recognition limited ways in aviation, we find that vastly increases ability of passengers something we can do dpaefrt make it more efficient keep it secure, opportunities. >> before wu let you go how do you see a border wall with immigration policy how that fit