chief hawkins: thank you. s i mentioned in my testimony, all agencies and all departments need to have the ability to ask assistance in examples like the collaborative reform to be able to ask that question or to ask another professional who has figured out some things and provide those resources. noble stance. to make those ow requests to do best practices. a smaller agency may not have have the ces but may ability to make a phone call to a national organization saying, can you send someone that's near your area? anyone can call me and my agency and we do it all the time. e share information consistently. what did you do? what else are you doing? don't have to reinvent the wheel but we can get guidelines. you to collins: i want engage in this. i think -- this is a road hits road kind of thing. i am concerned not only calling -- but how much are we a new this, i need officer, i need to get rid of this one? how did he do? guy.a good known him a while. click. is there anyway we can look at that a little bit furt

hawkins. >>> thank you madam chair and --. i would like to take the opportunity to interview darren introduced darren hawkins. is afraid holding company based in the third congressional district in overland park kansas. they employ 24,000 drivers and dockworkers that are members of the international brotherhood of teamsters. the trucks travel more than 900 million miles annually in the united states. more than 1700 drivers have more than 1 million consecutive accident free miles. why rcw has a long history and has long been important in the kansas city metropolitan area business community. we are proud to be represented in hearing your testimony today. i appreciate you taking the time to be here. >> it is a pleasure to have you. >> without objection, the full statement will be entered into the record. the testimony will be made part of the record. the subcommittee request that you limit your testimony to five-minute. mayor gilbert, i ask you to proceed. >> i would be remiss if i didn't start by saying 18 years ago this country

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siege the charity of them were children the victims are being commemorated in beslan today and were hawkins sent this report. what you had was the so-called 1st bell an important part of the day's commemorations here in beslan an important part of the beginning of the school for children all over russia marking the beginning of the academic year and back in 2004 the little girl was meant to ring the bell had it in a hands but she was interrupted by the hostage takers as the children in this yard were bundled into the hole behind me for the 3 day ordeal. there but if you were going to go there would be did we go that way would you go and go today but it will. not be to the. losing money losing to me some reason you said i'm supposed. to be. believing. 2 you were drunk you know you see the wrong thing you. hear your future. hundreds of people come here every year to mark the anniversary even people who have left come back to the town specifically they'll be lighting candles around 300 symbolic for every life lost a little later in the yard office at that memorial building they also lay flower

and hawkins with that befalls will still to come this hour we physics math again refugee camp in pakistan that is us peace talks with the taliban fail to get. our israeli arab rule makers have thrown their support behind former army chief benny gantz to become prime minister from inconclusive repeat election it is the 1st time arab parties have back to jewish content in 27 years and they say the only go is to force benjamin netanyahu from power. but you're sure in your own since been jimmy netanyahu when the likud party decided to join forces with a messianic gang we're not able to support him there is a faction within the knesset that is trying to destroy us from the inside and for me that place is in the best case scenario in ramallah as parliament's not in the israeli knesset that's why we won't be able to recommend a blue and white leader benny gantz either both parties both in that in now who and . gantz don't have enough to make a majority even even when as the backing of the list the person who is the king banker is lieberman and he holds the balance of power in a lieberman has bee

ok thank you dan that was dan hawkins there reporting for us from. well i talked to those who were held hostage that day and they're used to who took part in the rescue they went back to the school and shared their memories for a new party documentary. but this is stress but the c.r. is the last part of your job a stop at all of us number one that's get us on our financial gritty way to you know to destruct until we have bluffs this or sneak off get a wish for a new new syria man ranch thank pan am one of. your members it's. just. due to occur to me for sure for you to. be out of kilter sure. what to do so it appears from our it's a bonus for c.b.s. news from the bush sr was the dishes you were the world style opposed. to would not cut this a bit i'll serve. you but there's a bit in the choice to buy. implosion . anybody keester 9 year old nicky was a picardy it was still with a pretty daughter. so he picked it out. of the year and human blood just died cannot you please list some i would look good with just shit is it that he has to. be on the news

siege the majority of them children victims are being commemorated in beslan today from when john hawkins sent this report. what you had was the so-called 1st bell an important part of the day's commemorations here in beslan an important part of the beginning of the school for children all over russia marking the beginning of the academic year and back in 2004 the little girl it was meant to ring the bell had it in a hands but she was interrupted by the hostage takers as the children in this yard were bundled into the hole behind me for the 3 day ordeal. they are going to see we're going to go to libby did we go that way would you go and go they get what would. most likely be did look would be the group is the. yes. boosterism at least to me jim we've been using. anything. anything. even. if. 2 2 2 2 you were drunk you know you see one of the movie movies. here you can try to. 2 hundreds of people come here every year to mark the anniversary even people who have left come back to the town specifically they'll be lighting candles around 300 symbolic for every life lost a little later in th

very intriguing stuff there from down in the hawkins well us national security advisor john bolton just to point out has tweeted the tanker has now been seen entering a syrian port iran previously noted it had made any definitive statement about the ship's final destination by the way anyone who said the adrian daria one wasn't headed to syria is in denial terror and thinks it's more important to fund the murderous assad regime than provide for its own people we can talk pretty runs not getting any sanctions relief until it stops lying and spreading terror. the fact that they try to bribe a captain of the tanker and then subsequently threaten them is extraordinary and it should be something that people in the united states. would be kept talking about day and night but there are also other issues as well bolton wants to intimidate iran and the very fact that he has failed and the supertanker is alongside the syrian shore reveals that failure so he's outraged at another level he wants to make that syrian people suffer as much as possible because that's been u.s. policy from many years no

hawkins' there when we discuss bolton's dismiss the with the former u.s. naval intelligence officer stephen roach is nor so the former u.s. congressman ron paul. john bolton was rather more hawkish than any national security advisor that i've seen least my wife time he was opposed to the president taking steps to sit with foreign leaders across the table look when president trump suggested that lattimer putin be invited to the g. 7 summit was opposed to that the president recently want the taliban to come to camp david and talk and so it seemed to be a situation where the national security adviser john bolton was not respecting the wishes of the present united states the president is the duly elected representative of this country and mr bolton had an obligation to support the president's policies. also i had a lot of disagreement with secretary of state might pompei oh and as a result we now see what this culminated in today every time i think it is making progress bold you know but in any room is a so i think the timing is just too late i mean not to lat

which over a 1000 people were taken hostage or to school in the north a setting town of beslan and hawkins reports now from the site of the massacre 15 years ago. september 1st 2004 was meant to be a day of joy and celebration for the children of school number one and hundreds of pupils parents and teachers gathered here in this square to celebrate the start of a new academic year things quickly turned to tragedy. most hostages were kept in this room in the sports hall some say the terrorists had no intention of leaving a life for releasing the hostages they lined the room with that as an explosives putting bombs on the walls. when one of them exploded a firefight took place between the hostage takers and police the walls barely standing the ceiling charred and collapsed bad testament to what happened here afterwards beslan is a small town a close knit community you'd be hard pressed to find anyone in this room that had lost someone or knew someone who had. the group would you be every year we come here to the school and the cemetery to the cemetery every month even with my sister in law i

a chorus from indonesia hawkins reports from the school where the tragedy occurred. most hostages were kept in this room the sports hall best known as a small town a close knit community you'd be hard pressed to find anyone in this room that had lost someone or knew someone who had. would be every year we come here to the school and the cemetery to the cemetery every month even my sister in law is buried there with her 2 kids it's always sad when vigils unite people in mourning what happened here is hard to forget but life goes on. what's left of the whole unites everybody here police and soldiers who try to save who they could medics who ran into the fire to evacuate the wounded parents and teachers who stayed with their kids and pupils and the hostages. the walls here were lined with flowers soft toys of course the photographs of those who died also bottles of drink symbolic as the terrorists had denied any food or water to the hostages for the 3 days of the siege by the time they had a chance to escape many were to the hydrated and weak to move hearing the experie

ok thanks dan that was dan hawkins there for us in beslan will r.t. also talk to those who were held hostage that day and to those 2 who took part in the rescue they went back to the school and shared their memories for a new documentary. the distressed but the young as the last couple jobs stopped at all of us number one that's got us on our news of a pretty way to you know to destruct until we have bluffs this or sneak off get a wish for a new new syria man ranch back in camera and some human busts. due to occur to me for sure producers are. to be able to pull. or to talk to you so if you're more it's a bonus for c.b.s. from the previous leader was the dishes you were the world style opposed. to would not cut this a bit i'll say. he was a bit in the trusted by. implosion plan. anybody keester got it all think it was a picardy it was still with a pretty daughter. so he took it out. of the year and human blood just died cannot you please list some i would look good with just shit is it that appears to. be old news lucia. eat. sleep or be watched mr bl

artie's daniel hawkins from beslan. a rally in the u.k. and honor of julie innocent has seen celebrities taking to the stage to support their voices for their whistleblower among them pink floyd front man roger waters performed his song where she worked here is an outspoken supporter of the wiki leaks founder. now. you. see. what's it been ousted from that fight which states that despite an almost total need to silence on 2 days but not until i'd say most people have jobs they talk about what's told them hey i want that high pick will come out so. it's a real issue in the tech and democratic right which is so profoundly important that this song and sue someone whose only crime is to tell the truth will come to defend putin assume she is being tortured. for telling the truth about our government crimes and meanwhile the criminals who got us into these i mean the rule was still. in power we heard that he is absolutely staving the terrible conditioning belmokhtar. i wish is unbelievable also joining will to a woman winning titles i'm still ma

we have a case on a closed session today, hawkins will be the attorney there. the audience today have my chief of staff at hawkins, active senior investigator and obviously all of the interns that have been with us for all of the summer that are prepared to make their presentation. i'm really excited about the stuff they have to say. we really put a lot of work into the internship program this year. we want to maintain it throughout the year, next year as well. thank you guys ahead of time for your attention and allowing us to make the presentation. >> i have a question for you. there was a question that was posed to me by a member of the public. the person asked whether the dpa does follow-up with vivid -- individuals on officers that go through mediation, to debrief and get their feedback as to the value of that process and am just wondering if you do that? >> not only do we test at a rate the individual expenses both from the officer side and from the complainant site, but we follow-up separately to find out if we can get feedback so we are constantly improv

until we can overturn hawkins, that's not going to happen. we're always looking at ways to protect tenant. one of the things that i did is i actually funded a housing ombudsman. this is a mediator that any tenant in district 5 can use, if they're having trouble with their landlord. and this is something i think is really important, because, yes, we give people a free attorney when we're, you know, they're getting evictedded. shouldn't be working upstream and have someone work with the landlord and the tenant before it gets to an eviction. if anyone has been through an eviction, it's stressful whether you're a landlord or a tenant. i'm all about working upstream. i funded open-door legal to also work with people. >> thank you very much. mr. lamb. >> hello. i think there needs to be more lenient rent-control laws. that barely covers inflation in the united states. an alternative i think that rent control could expand across san francisco. and also i think that we should have benefits to defray rental cost for tenants, instead of certain policie

hawkins, do you object to the use of toll lanes, and the weight -- you testified against tolls. i don't know if trucks pay tolls, or would pay tolls, on such a lane. what is your view? >> my company alone pays $25 million annually in tolls across the united states, so certainly from a ceo perspective and an ata perspective, we don't support new tolling on interstate highways. certain tolling can be appropriate to handle specific issues around the country in select cities, but overall, we don't feel like it is the solution. when i think about some of the opening comments, if we had been sitting in church this morning when charitable is the maid's opening comments, i would have said amen when he mentioned that not since 1993 has congress increased our federal fuel tax to invest in our infrastructure. just the nickel example that he gave, if we did that immediately, that would generate $340 billion in long-term predictable financing, that would address a lot of these issues and expand current roads. >> mr. hawkins, a lot of us up here would agree with you on that issue. i do want t

hawkins r.t. . the tragedy lasted for 3 days with people held captive for more than 50 hours without food or water today marks the 3rd day of commemorations with local schoolchildren set to release balloons for the victims bringing you that coverage here on r.t. . u.s. special envoy to afghanistan has shown in the country's president a draft deal with the taliban after more than a year of talks with the militant group nevertheless fighting. the 18 year war rages on the weekend saw several assaults on afghan forces across the nation as the taliban bids to regain territory dozens of fighters on both sides were killed and wounded more than 30 civilians are also thought to have died in the fighting our ways have been blocked in numerous provinces as battles continued monday the latest came just hours after the u.s. envoy said that he had warned such violence must stop. washington and the taliban reached a draft deal after 9 rounds of talks under the agreement the pentagon would leave the country or mili

hawkins. we will hear next from timothy was a dr. timothy lomax fellow at texas a&m transportation institute. thank you madam chair. i appreciate the invitation to speak today about america's connectivity problems and possible solutions. it's the most comprehensive higher education affiliated transportation research center in the united states. we have worked in all 50 states and in 51 countries. at last month, we released the 24th edition a national congestion estimate. you have heard today that our national congestion value of 160 billion dollars -- i point out that does not include safety effects, environmental effects, the business inefficiencies that also come along with it. it's just the value of the wasted time and fuel. how do we start to address these issues? in a comprehensive analysis you might look at five questions. what should we do? how much would it cost? how should we pay for it? it's the benefit of doing something? what is the cost of doing nothing? far too often, we agree that all strategy should be considered and

hawkins was given a prestigious award four months ago by the michigan democratic party. new tonight prosecutors say u.s. army soldiers specialist derek william smith shared bomb making instructions to discuss killing antifa activists targeting democratic presidential hopeful beto o'rourke, then bombing a major news network headquarters. private first class smith is facing 20 years in prison if convicted. iran versus the united states, the showdown at the united nations as the iranian leader rallies for support against america. the state department spokesperson morgan ortagus is live with us next to tell us what we can expect. ime. "have you lost weight?" of course i have- ever since i started renting from national. because national lets me lose the wait at the counter... ...and choose any car in the aisle. and i don't wait when i return, thanks to drop & go. at national, i can lose the wait...and keep it off. looking good, patrick. i know. (vo) go national. go like a pro. no, just a sec. what would it look like if we listened more? could the right voice, the right set of

hawkins, are you familiar with the nakamoto letter? >> yes. >> do you have a position on whether or not to raise concerns about their objectivity? >> it did strike me as strange to see a criticism of a previous inspection in the nakamoto inspection. i looked into this a bit when i wrote an article on ice inspections published earlier this year and one of the criticisms that nakamoto made of the oig inspection where that oig did not have people with experience in detention or corrections and when i asked her on people said that's true and it's possible that oig thought certain details were wrong or misunderstood things but then so that's why it was so striking to see the reports from the office of civil rights and civil liberties which were from before both the oig report and the subsequent nakamoto report. if anything, they were more critical than the oig was. >> thank you both for your testimony. i'm now going to welcome our second panel of witnesses and thank you for joining us today. our first witness is ms. diana's account, inspect

you while in beslan school candles have been lit commemorate the victims correspondent daniel hawkins reports from the sing. for nearly 3 days most hostages were kept in this building the sports hall the terrorists lined the room with explosives hanging bombs from the basketball hoops on the ceiling it's thought one of these definitions on the day triggered a gunfight between the hostage takers and security forces the bullet holes on the walls the charred remains of the ceiling which caught fire better estimates to what happened after. the thief. is a small town just under 40000 people it's hard to find a family here that wasn't either directly affected or knows somebody who was. the room was full of people who perhaps were involved in the siege medics who ran towards the fire to turn to the wounded parents and teachers who decided to stay with the children and police officers who tried to save those who they could. and. every year become a hero and to the grave site in fact there is a cemetery every month people were very understanding they were coming from all over russia and nearby

hawkins was given a prestigious award four months ago by the michigan democratic party. new tonight, prosecutors a u.s. army soldier specialist gerrit william smith shared bomb making instructions online and discuss killing antifa activists targeting democratic presidential hopeful beto o'rourke and bombing a major news network headquarters. private first class smith is facing up to 20 years in prison if convicted. iran versus the united states, the stage is set for a showdown at the united nations as iran's leader hassan rouhani rallies for support against america. state department spokesperson is live with us next to tell us what we can expect. ♪ the way you triumph over adversity. and live your lives. that's why we redesigned humira. we wanted to make the experience better for you. now there's less pain immediately following injection. we've reduced the size of the needle and removed the citrate buffers. and it has the same effectiveness you know and trust. humira citrate-free is here. a little change can make a big difference. humira can lower your ability to fight i

[applause] connie and billy hawkins. thank you all.illy, i will always remember the talladega marching band in my inaugural parade. that was something. it was a great group. thank you very much. you were fantastic. this afternoon we are also thrilled to be joined by more than 40 students were selected as the 2019 white house competitiveness scholars would you please stand so that we can congratulate you and applaud. [applause] that's what it's all about when you get right down to it. the inspiring tradition dates back when abolitionists and men and women that escaped slavery founded many of the first colleges and universities for african-americans. a long time ago. in 1861 a free african-american woman mary peek top 20 students under an oak tree near union base in virginia. that tree still stands tall and mighty on the campus of hampton university. [applause] in the face of hardship and painful injustice your school rose to the pinnacle of academia, becoming many of america's finest and most acclaimed institutions of higher learning. t

pressure on north korea he also adopted a tough stance on iran the scrapping the nuclear deal and the hawkins has been taking a closer look at his record. scandals resignations and dismissals are part and parcel of trump's presidency a few policy disagreements a swift tweet from the presidents and another administration official bites the dust it was clear from the outset that trump and his national security advisor would have their disagreements i'm the one that tempers him but that's ok i have different sides i mean i have john bolton and i have other people that are a little more dovish than him and ultimately i make that decision we can speculate on which exact what will lead to bolton's exit the failed talks on afghanistan the question of rush hour or perhaps a run but it seems the animosity lasted until his final day in office i offered to resign last night and president trump said let's talk about it tomorrow i informed of john bolton last night that his services are no longer needed at the white house i disagreed strongly with many of his suggestions as did others in the administratio

cahoots with the chinese government and that it's quick meant could be used to spawn new says daniel hawkins takes a closer look at the company's offer. it's one of this year's biggest spy scandals hallway the chinese telecoms giant accused of using cutting edge 5 g. technology not for the good of humanity but for spying for beijing the united states has also been very clear with our security partners on the threat posed by way as chinese law requires them to provide beijing's vast security apparatus with access to any data that touches their network or equipment so grave was the threat so real apparently the risk that american citizens privacy could be in danger that president trump declared a national emergency then like wildfire concerns spread around the world courtesy of u.s. officials that any country cooperating with law way on building phone or computer networks would jeopardize their security so how real is this danger not at all who always c.e.o. shore's us but he would say that right well here's the deal the company has come up with an unexpected offer to reassure its western clie

height of the investigation when the probe was launched into now debunked trump russia collusion hawkins discussed the new impeachment efforts with r.t. america's scottie nell hughes and investigative journalist dave lindorff but earlier. president trying to saying he's going to release the actual transcript or now release the audio track for whatever he has regarding this phone call in question if it turns out this call turned out to be everything above board completely legit and even showing what caused this phone call in the 1st possible and wrongdoing by the biden campaign this could turn out to be a very big problem the democrats are going to have seen yet here in america both that supporter trump are already declaring that that thank you most closely just got president trumpery elected well you know this could go a lot of different ways and for one thing trump can fall into a trap because if he thinks that. nobody's going to get the transcript and he admits a incomplete transcript of the phone call that's where nixon got tripped you know if you if you have to bris and you think i'v

all i you know i fit in one fact this committee will be forgotten and can never be repeated i know hawkins r.t. . the transiting lasted for 3 days with people held captive for more than 50 hours without food or water marks the 3rd day of commemorations with local schoolchildren set to release balloons for the victims we bring you coverage of that here on r.t. . join me every thursday on the alex i'm unsure and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics sports business i'm sure business i'll see you then. welcome back france foreign minister said that the country is ready to stop iranian enrichment within days maybe even hours if the proves its commitment to the international nuclear deal iran and announce plans to for the reduces compliance with the agreement starting this week to around earlier raise the limits on you rein him in richmond foreign minister zarif told r.t. while reaching agreement with the. not preaching anybody i'm simply talking about the realities you see all of us when we went to primary school and high school we had bullies in our class and bullies would not sto

live from moscow thanks for joining us and i don't know hawkins reviewed shooting in from today thanks for joining us. a prominent critic of little trump has offered an eye opening interpretation of the u.s. president's now infamous ukraine phone call that's ongoing impeachment investigation appears to pick up steam mr trump struck back at democrat adam schiff accusing him of simply making up his version of the conversation. i. want you to make up dirt on my political opponent understand lots of it on this that there's a lot of talk about the biden son and a lot of people want to find out about that so whatever you can do would be great. i'm going to put you in touch with attorney general united states my attorney general bill barr he's got the whole weight. of the american law enforcement. behind him i'm also going to have attorney general and we will get to the bottom of it. and by the way don't call me i'll call you when you've done what i asked whenever you would like to come to the white house feel free to call give us a date and we'll work down and i look forward to seeing you. o

expected to meet with their rescuers and the old school building later today our correspondent daniel hawkins reports from the scene. for nearly 3 days most hostages were kept in this building the sports hall the terrorists lined the room with explosives hanging from the basketball hoops on the ceiling it's thought one of these that the nations on the 3rd day triggered a gunfight between the hostage takers and security forces the bullet holes on the walls the charred remains of the ceiling which caught fire better estimates to what happened after beslan is a small town just under 40000 people it's hard to find a family here that wasn't either directly affected or knows somebody who was in the room was full of people who perhaps were involved in the siege medics who ran towards the fire to tend to the wounded parents and teachers who decided to stay with the children police officers who tried to save those who could. people come here to leave wreath of flowers soft toys but interestingly bottles of drinks. there is a tragic story behind that to. take is denied the victims any food or water for

demonstrators having been met and the vive in 5 are resorting to new tactics to get their way that hawkins takes a closer look for months hong kong has been embroiled in massive protests each passing week has seen mistrust confrontation and violence on the 2 sides of the barricades escalate to many on the streets this has become a war of attrition with an implacable enemy both sides pick new tactics to get one over their opponents in an apparent deadlock. many purchase this feel this conflict is unwinnable war they are a powerful ally and western political intervention to tip the scales in their favor . and ask the people of united states and congress up in united states of america to continue to support at a past hong kong human rights act peace continue to show not have a nation to protect human rights and democracy and freedom. and. peace protect your health so proudly. knock upon thank you and god bless america by potentially passing this act the u.s. risks the revocation of hong kong special status crushing the region's economy but this seems a secondary concern when there are bigger

closure all i you know i thought in one fact this can never be forgotten and can never be repeated hawkins. the number of victims was so startling that a separate memorial cemetery known as the city of angels was built we talked to those who came to pay their respects. to those who sure were drunk or. christian or morsels or words or sort of. orthos girl can. do so either with can of worms or crunchers or. vision and of course all sourced all self-command appearance of your good fortune her if you school which are only a closely held chooses which to a little girl or a small associate in a. play in which order in. which i was from the over. every of those above the school. which i said you know of. anybody knows it is in the. middle of the good wishes to be civil and. must be to this topic and to be deceived. she will fall in the carmina burana i salute them they do actually climbing. out of this. recession these are the. new good purple was signing tour of new zealand for sooner to the user to certainly include what you call. them leaders who are. doing their serialize with us are doing t