the house has -- from a sedentary position, he says we won't let the house. the house has voted on these issues and has rejected them. we have been clear about our intention to absolutely fulfill the requirements that we have bring forward and amendable motion under section 34 of the withdrawal act and we will indeed be doing that. >> mr. speaker, my constituents -- no child should never see. a ms. degette and the government has asked them to go to khartoum in sudan but if it has to until the mom can pass an english-language test. now, have a safe home in cooper in my constituency with her dad. i briefed the prime minister about this. will she let the family, all of the family home to safety in my constituency? >> can i say did on judgment, thank you and i thank you for letting me details of this case and bring it to my attention that obviously he will expect when home office has received applications they look at exceptional circumstances. what have dennis asked to look urgently at this case and ask the relevant ministers bond as soon as possible. >> i will

this democracy, this house is the people's house. and i have to sort of confess to one thing that was alluded to by kevin, the fact that i was a school teacher and prepared me for this job as a fifth grade teacher. there is some truth in that because i have to tell you i have timed it as a teacher the average attention span of a fifth grader is seven minutes. an average attention span of most congressmen, about 4 1/2. because because you are so busy trying to o do everything you can can. are you so busy representing your people. john dingell was mentioned, debbie, god bless you for him, he was mentioned. he was one of my dear friends. everybody says that, but he he was a dear friend because i met him in 1964 in my hometown of fort yukon. he was on the fish and wildlife committee. he was a nine-year congressman. i met with him, talked to him about an issue i was interested in. and of course when i got elected, he came to me, i went to see him. we had one thing in common, we loved to hunt. we hunted on weengds because we stayed here. w

guest of the white house. will he meet trump. that, for all intents and purposes, is a campaign stop for netanyahu and once again will look like trump is campaigning for netanyahu. could there be more in store there? before this election campaign? that's certainly a possibility. as for reaction, one european diplomat tells cnn trump is essentially once again ignoring international law and u.n. security council resolutions and from that perspective, it doesn't seem they're all that surprised. we're certain to hear consternation from lebanon, iran, iraq, no doubt. what's the kind of reaction we get from the de facto anti-iran states, sawed a arabia, are they legitimately angry about this one as they try to seek better relations with the u.s.? >> we'll have more on this later in the situation room. a very important development today. we'll stay on top of it. >> meanwhile, a powerful congressional democrat says white house officials have used personal e-mail. and in the case of jared kushner, private messaging app

housing. it contributes to rising costs that existing residents won't be able to live in the market rate units. particularly in chicago, up-zoning led to higher property values that are directly related to monthly rents and mortgages. with higher prices in housing, more folks in existing neighborhoods, particularly working class families won't be able to afford the units in these proposed developments. by adding up-zone housing in single-family neighborhoods like richmond, sunset, there will be burdens to these communities, specifically in the sunset and richmond where the terrain is mostly sand. taller buildings are not sustainable for the sand areas. along the transit corridor, underneath mission street, there is an underground creek. particularly in these neighborhoods, adding high density housing will displace tenants as the buildings and single-family hopes will be demolished and replaced by higher buildings. it will reduce the stock of rent controlled units. and will make cost of living

house was aspiring to be. you have people with all different interests in the house. movementsman ne brought people with a more instinct. it is more concern for materials and the origin of the materials. in the landscape there is a lot boulders that have washed down naturally from the hills. it is the idea that things have washed down and are being used, picked for their particular qualities to be included in the landscape of the house. the garden design being something drawn from the landscape around it. that moves on to the terraces. when you see the exterior of the house and this natural, woodsy look on the outside, it is a surprise to see how refined the materials are inside. exoticthat a lot of hardwoods are used in the interior of the house. that kind of continuity between the woods and materials themselves, how they are used to express structural language, to see that reflected inside is what holds those two things together. even though there is a level of refinement, it is different than the houses in

i'm with the housing authority. in january of 2018, i filed a complaint with the department of fair employment and housing for hiring practices and promotional practices at the san francisco housing authority. there are no african american males in any upper management positions. in february, i filed a complaint with the san francisco housing authority board, the commissioners, along the same lines. but also relating to their financial practices as a result. and as it relates to the rent increases, and then in march, i filed a complaint with hud inspector general's office with the financial aspect as it relates to rent increases and their hiring practices, etc. in august 2018, the housing authority placed me on ad ministrative leave for trumped up charges that have yet to be proven with any truth to it. i'm on paid administrative leave for eight months. the relationship that i'm here today -- i could retire tomorrow -- the reason that i'm here today is because the san francisco housing authority has suffered tremend

and not the population as a whole in need of affordable housing who are even less likely to obtain housing. we agreed that we need to prioritize these preferences, but we also need to build more affordable housing. there were no preferences eligible for projects in just a four, one, or seven, and display the image of what we might have what -- thousands of potential applicants are from poor currently live on the west side and in my district pick the preference policies will not reverse the rampant displacement crisis. we need to dedicate resources for projects in all neighborhoods, and particularly where affordable housing has not been developed like district four. thank you. >> supervisor welton? >> thank you, i also wanted to comment on the report along with supervisor mar, and i 100% agree that we need to build more affordable housing, particularly consistently across the city. i do want to highlight the fact that the data shows in the report that the neighborhood preference legislation is working. we fought very hard to put that legislation in place. because of the outmigration of bloc

jeremy diamond is at the white house. cnn white house reporter with more.d out to the white house for a little clarification here. what are they saying? >> reporter: we have reached out to the white house to ask them why the president has not hosted a single women's championship team at the white house and so far they have not responded to our requests for comment. no comment, no explanation for why the president hasn't hosts these teams for a solo visit at the white house. that is what is in question here. the president has hosted some women's team in november of 2017, several women's college championship teams attended a broader gathering of college championship teams, men's and women's teams but not a single one of those championship teams has attended a white house event in solo fashion to be honored by the president which has been such a common occurrence. since 1983, every women college championship basketball team has been invited to attend an event honoring them at the white house, except in this administration, the president has not done so-so far

house.25 vasquez is the orange roof in the middle. edge hill way is to the left, and you can see the houses on vasquez. this is vasquez. it runs up the middle. across the street, we have a spanish med terranean on one end, and we have a craftsman house here in the middle. but the three across the street and the one on the corner are developinger projects from 1929 -- developer projects are from 1929 and our project is actually from 1924. the hillside is actually the most dominant area of this site. it's a 33% upslope on our project, and these houses above with 5200, 5500, 3500. they're very large five-story houses that are just to the south of us. as i mentioned, the houses are med terranean revival. we felt like there wasn't a strong neighborhood characteristic, they're more like a copy of houses done in its day. they reflected the med terranean revival which was very popular. its peak time was in the 20's and 30's, but these are houses reflective of that style. there's another house on thi

without commensurate housing. so you look at all the housing projects we have in the pipeline and historically how we've done development in san francisco on that scale has been brown field development in places like hunters point and treasure island. we have an issue with the companies that do the cleanup and we won't be able to build amazon worth of housing. the contracts prove they're unreliable. i think the best way forward for the city to house the workers that are going to be working in central soma is a way to house them in our existing neighborhoods an sb50 is one of the best ways to integrate gentle density to our neighborhoods. thank you for your time. >> commissioner: thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> my name is leslie trusian. i've seen the growth. i've working on the hunters point shipyard now and the artist studios and i see what's being planned for that region and also the area between the shipyard and candle stick park. and if we're talking about new development and infrastructure being

housing. and then a house hearing on recent outbreaks of measles in the u.s. and a state of the state address from florida governor ron desantis and ohio governor mike dewine. >> the senate armed services committee held a hearing with the secretaries of the army, navy and air force as well as the military branch about housing conditions on military bases. members ask the officials about reported cases of lead paint, mold and vermin and housing for service members and their families across the country. this hearing is two and half hours. >> the meeting will come to order. i see the witnesses have already taken their positions. we appreciate that very much. we always start on time. it has great effects. the committee meets today to receive testimony from the service secretaries and the service chiefs of our nation's military. at the end of december, i heard from families about the dismal conditions they faced and privatized housing in oklahoma and then around the country. i was here 20 years ago

i finally found housing, and i want accessible housing that's financially beiaccessible. i have cried so many times because of those -- may they rot in hell. is there any way i can the city into not using bridge property management? any other groups that will do management? okay. 'cause they're taking over 50 more places in california this month. i've been there three years -- [inaudible] >> there's another comment -- >> okay. is there another comment? >> yes. my name is teresa flandrick and i work at senior and disability action and i try to work with agencies to get deeply affordable housing especially for seniors and people with disability. so because we believe that there is an affordable crisis, there has been a lot of housing built in market rate which makes a lot of it unaffordable. i live in north beach -- there are many seniors -- as you know, north beach, chinatown, we have the greatest concentration of seniors and people with disabilities. our s.r.o.s, which are last affordable places, which are also being used for high earning young tech workers because you ca

by the house last night. but as i say you have made clear that they would not accept elements of what is in the current -- without them being in a withdrawal agreement. >> thank you, mr. speaker. on monday it will mark 48 years since the disaster. it's a disaster was on the tragic death of ten minus would still reverberate throughout our community and affect the families of those involved. will the prime minister center support to the commemoration service on sunday and recommit in their honor to increase our work safety stents and provide support needed to her ex-mining community? >> can't i think the honorable lady for raising this. i'm sure the whole house will want to join in sending the deepest sympathies and condolences to the families and friends of those who were affected by this terrible tragedy. i am pleased to say our health and safety records have increased greatly since 1979. this improvement has resulted from learning from previous instances such as this tragedy and to prevent further disasters

jack watson, the house courier, drives to the white house. he passes the guarded gates, along the drive to the west wing which is the center of executive power. and where the president transfacts his business. the president signs the bill and it becomes a law of the land. however, sometimes the president refuses to sign a bill for which he does not approve. this is called a veto. and the president usually prepares a veto message that explains his reasons. the vetoed bill and message are sent back to congress and this ends the matter unless congress can pass the bill over the veto by a 2 thirds vote of both houses. and then it becomes a law without the president's signature. the president can also appear in person before a joint session of congress to explain a veto or to propose new legislation, congress is then free to accept or reject the president's suggestions. and then it starts all over again. the great lawmaking assembly line goes on, creating laws and diversified as the nation size. labor, nationally defense, government departments, r

is not luxury housing. it is affordable housing at various levels. in particular, in light of the certain obscenely reference to homeless here that have been made here and i've worked on the issue many years, the only thing that can help the homeless escape the horrors of homelessness is deeply affordable housing and this bill creates a situation that would create provisions that would strongly incentivize developments with at the most 25% affordability at any level and this is before the potential applicability of the density. this is not a solution to any of that. number two, this is for a variety of reasons, this is also not truly a green bill. in fact, act l.a. has come out against it or severely critiqued it. among other reasons, why? it hasn't been amended to allow developers around transit notes in a way that would aprovide less less housing for those who are transit dependent and have to take transit. how is this green? it is not for obvious reasons if you think bit a little bit -- about it a little

and 99 displaced tenant housing preference holders were housed. i'm going to focus in on the certificate of preference. a little bit more. the certificate of preference applications, if you have a certificate of preference, it's kind of like the golden ticket with the affordable housing developments. because all of the -- there is 100% of those units could go to certificate of preference holders. so our certificate of preference holders tend to apply for more than one at a time. so while there were 321 applications, there were 215 unduplicated. so there were actually 215 different households that were applying during this period. and the slide here shows where they came from. but the darker the areas, the more where the certificate of preference holders hail from. what you don't see in there, almost 40% of the certificate preference holders that apply live outside of san francisco and they're wanting to come home. so if you look at the occupancy of certificate of preference holders, there were 48 households that were actually housed during the per

the local housing office. again, oversight, whether they do it or not, is now front and center. >> they have the authority to do it. they are just not doing it. secretary wilson? >> we do about a 10% sampling, so it is not a 100% look at the turnover time. i also would like to say that if we take all indications -- >> i'm sorry. what have you found in your 10% sampling? >> i would have to get to the data. >> what kind of follow-up up do you do if you find out there's a problem? >> if there is an indication of fraud, we take that seriously and turn it over to the investigators for fraud. >> ok. i appreciate that. but i will just say it again. until we get some real enforcement on these walls, we -- rules, we can write all the rules we want in congress, but we have to rely on you folks to make sure they actually get enforced. thank you. >> thank you, senator warren. >> thank you, mr. chairman. senator warren, this might be one of the few areas you and i are in strong agreement with each other and i look forward

housing and housing ladder. so we have rapid rehousing. typically not for folks with serious treatments and substance abuse, but somebody who doesn't need these additional resources get put into permanent supportive housing and receiving services that they don't need. we have about 200 in our current system, more than 400 through the heading home for families. we have 500 new planned for rising up for youth and about 40 more for adults that are launching this month. currently supportsive housing, we have 6,700 units for adulting. some of those are the housing first units that were established by the home services agency and you now are h.s.h. and some are the former direct access to housing. we're bringing on over the next several years, no place like home funded capital unit for additional permanent then supportive housing for people with serious mental abuse problems. the housing ladder, we have the moving on initiative. we were able to house 175 people using housing choice vouchers, moving them to scattered site apartments, privately ow

house counsel.hat they ex. pekted to happen and they're preparing for battle. >> how does this fit in, jeffrey toobin, democrats' calculations potentially on launching impeachment proceedings in the house? >> i try not to be too cynical. i think in part congress is just trying to do its job. i mean, there is a lot to look into in the white house and in the trump administration and in the campaign. and there are hhas been no over for two years. obviously, impeachment is a possibility down the road. this is a democratic party that is deeply informed by the 1998 experience of the republicans who went ahead with impeachment in the house, knowing it would never succeed in the senate. this democratic party, democratic majority, is simply not going to do that, but they're not going to stop investigating. they're going to do their job, and this, if it leads to impeachment, well, as donald trump would say, let's see what happens. >> yeah. >> but i don't think -- you know, it is not just an impeachment or eve

he said, what's your priority, and i said, public housing, public housing, public housing. we are going to change the face of public housing san francisco, and this project is a shining example of what we can do when we do it right, when we worked together. i lived in public housing for over 20 years of my life. some very similar conditions that existed right here, and when you have had to endure the kinds of conditions that existed in hunter's view like they did in the past, for over 20 years of your life, and you are put in a position where you can help change that, nothing would be more important than trying to make sure that we change the future of what it means to be not necessarily a resident of public housing, but a resident of san francisco. so fulfilling, as mayor elite would said, old promises, it is important. making sure that this is a conversation that started way back in 2004 when gavin newsom was mayor, trying to really make sure that we did this thing right, and that we protected the people who deserved an opportunity to live in better conditions. this is a

to a group housing. you explain what group housing is? >> the planning code kind of bifurcate his these residential uses. a single individual dwelling unit. group housing is when you have something that is not a family, and there's lots of different situations where that can be -- i'm sorry, get a little closer. generally speaking, if you have more than five unrelated people living in the same unit, you start getting into the realm of group housing. as you can see from the definition, it is intended to see -- be a land use that the definition does not separate or define what a boardinghouse is, different from a guesthouse. >> that's it. -- >> it is a large umbrella. >> we say we have a code so you have to be a family. we don't have to define family. next door to me, i know that there is a flat that is large and has mostly uss students. i guarantee there's more than seven students there. so what they -- is that something that is enforceable and they would need to -- >> we do get complaints for the group h

the gamble family moved into the house in late 1909 and they had the house until 1966.t was in the family for a long time. they understood the value of it and they kept the collections intact and in good condition. of it was two generations the family that lived here. generation bought the house and lived here until their in 1923, mrs.ble gamble a few years later. sister.ble had a she was the youngest sister. she lived in the house probably the longest of anyone and she was here and died in 1943. in the late 40's, the family was deciding what to do with the house, if they wanted to keep it. pasadena in the 1940's was nothing like 1908. the population had grown so much. it had strong businesses and institutions that made the city a year-round city and not just a place you come during the wintertime to get away from the weather. the family had some decisions to make about what was going to happen to the house. thatually, it was decided they would give the house to the city of pasadena and it was given in joint agreement with the university of southern california, usc, and

we have our next presenter by teresa yanga, director of housing research, mayor's office of housing and community development. so welcome to the council. >> good afternoon. thank you so much for having me. we were asking to provide a little presentation about our five-year strategic planning process that we're undertaking to talk about several of our strategic plans that our office is undertaking as well as some of our sister agencies. so what i'd like to do is provide you an overview of the various plans, the timeline in which we're doing our community engagement. i also wanted to talk -- ask -- invite you members of the disability council to participant in a specific focus group but i will go into that in a little bit. i also have some specific questions that i would like to ask of the council that i would love to inform of the strategic plan if we have time for that. so if i could indulge your time, thank you. so the strategic plans that our office is specifically taking, there's three for our office. there's our five-year consolidated plan. it identifies the community housing needs

conditionsle housing -- unacceptable housing conditions. we heard of a wife who is standing up for other people. we are a little bit of intimidated -- a little bit intimidated and afraid to come forward. we believe we have somehow drifted with a program that started well in 1996 and worked well for a while. but now, we are in the wrong place. i for 1 am not prepared to simply place blame on any -- i for one, i'm not prepared to simply place blame on any single thing. fault for taking their eye off this ball. if you're in north carolina and living in a house that has military housing and an acceptable conditions, if you haven't gotten the right reaction from your command, call my office. i guarantee you it will move to the top of the stack. i also want to thank general millie for coming out and talking about plans and secretary spencer for the phone call we had. i know i will have discussions with all of you overtime. i'm not going to let go of this for the remaining congress. we will have another oversight hearing with the chairman's blessi

and housing. if we could stabilize someone and get them in more housing we're likely to be successful with the s.s.i. application. so the components are casework, outreach and s.s.i. application assistance and then the housing. and this, again, is a partnership with between the department of human services. daas, who helps with the care planning. and the stabilization in the housing. and s.s.i., and h.s.h., which is identifying the housing opportunities and administrating the subsidy program. it's still early, we've housed 13 people, awarded four s.s.i. applications. they take a long time to go through the federal s.s.i. process, with another 25 in the pipeline that are eligible. and half of our hdap-eligible clients are eligible for housing. we've had coordinated entry at h.h.s. offices both at 1235 mission where our caap offices are as well as at 170 odis where people apply for calworks, trying to meet people where they're at and have are them come to our building and assess people on the spot h

and the attorney general leaving his house and spotted at the white house. two new fights have emerged with jared kushner and trump's secret conversations with vladimir putin. all of it as the 11th hour gets underway on a consequential thursday night. >>> good evening, once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. day 791 of the trump administration, and washington is bracing for impact tonight. anxiously waiting for robert mueller to transmit his report to attorney general bill barr. all the fevered anticipation had photographers stationed around the d.c. metro area today, hoping to spot the key players. as a result, look at what we learned this morning. robert mueller drives a car, and owns a baseball cap. we say this because viewers of this and other broadcasts have ample reason to wonder if robert mueller does anything other than walk down hallways carrying a briefcase. less exciting, but no less important. today's photos of the attorney general, bill barr seen leaving his home today, hours later spotted entering the white house, for what w

housing purchases through the b.m.r.ram with the sf mayor's office of housing, they are all lotteries, and for this one, i did win the lottery. there were three people that applied, and they pulled my number first. i won, despite the luck i'd had with the program in the last couple years. things are finally breaking my way. when i first saw the unit, even though i knew it was less than ideal conditions, and it was very junky, i could see what this place could be. it's slowly beginning to feel like home. i can definitely -- you know, once i got it painted and slowly getting my custom furniture to fit this unit because it's a specialized unit, and all the units are microinterms of being very small. this unit in terms of adaptive, in terms of having a murphy bed, using the walls and ceiling, getting as much space as i can. it's slowly becoming home for me. it is great that san francisco has this program to address, let's say, the housing crisis that exists here in the bay area. it will slowly become home, and i am appreciat

white house officials say they won't give house democrats information about mr. trump's private conversations with vladimir putin. why are they insisting on secrecy? >>> holding pattern. the trump team is on alert right now, awaiting robert mueller's report. we're learning about how the president's legal and political teams are getting ready. >>> tweeting recognition. president trump overturns a u.s. policy on twitter, saying it's time for the united states to recognize israeli sovereignty over the golan heights. was it a gift to his prime minister pal who is in a very, very tough re-election fight? >>> we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you are in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> breaking news this hour. the white house braces for the mueller report to drop. there's a new escalation in the battle between the trump team and house democrats who are investigating the president. tonight, the administration is rejecting a request for documents on mr. trump's private communications with ru

house. today debating bills dealing with radioactive waist and a measure on energy efficiency in schools. watching live coverage here on c-span. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. eternal god we give you thanks for giving us another day. bless the members of this assembly and us all that we would be worthy of the call we have been given as americans to nurture and guarantee democratic freedoms to all who dwell in our great nation. help us all to be truly thankful and appropriately generous in our response. give each member the wisdom, patience, and perseverance to attend to the pressing issues of these days. may all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory, amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. >> i deman

it is simple, affordable housing as of right because housing affordability is a right.ow we create housing for all san franciscans, and i will continue to work with our state legislators, our regional partners, our new governor, because housing affordability isn't just a san francisco issue , it is a crisis throughout the state of california. we won't always see the results of these efforts immediately, it may take some years to his see some changes, but then we have started to build more aggressively 20 years ago, we wouldn't be in the situation we are in today. [applause] >> we might have inherited a problem decades in the making, but we cannot be the ones who pass it on to the next generation. [applause] >> as we grow, we must make our streets clean and our communities safe. since my first day in office, i have been out walking our neighboured neighborhood. this is not okay. it is not healthy. and while there is much more to do, we are working every day to stop it. it is no secret i have put in a lot of focus in the tenderloin and the south of market. i am committed

show on the house, and so mrs. truman oversaw a rather major renovation of the house replacing some wood and some steps and it got a lovely new paint job but chose a new color for the home. white. and so it became known as the summer white house. in 1901, harry truman graduated high school not far from this home. and in that graduating class was the great love of his life, bess wallace, as well as his best friend, charlie ross, whom he would call upon to become his press secretary when he became president of the united states. but at about the same time, harry truman's father faced some financial reversals that caused the truman family to have to leave independence. so harry truman and the family would move into kansas and then eventually he and the family would move on to his maternal grandparents' farm in grandview, missouri. and every time that harry truman would return to independence after that, he would stay at the home of an aunt and an uncle, joseph and ellen noland, and he would stay at this home at 216 no

house will of what she has said about. now no i said i would make some further progress because first i want to remind the house of the call and evidence of the deal on which these improvements. first of all the full reciprocal protection of the rights of e.u. citizens in the united kingdom of u.k. citizen selves wet in the e.u. delivered by the deal the implementation period that the animal lady has just referred to to give everybody especially business is the time to adjust and to eliminate a cliff edge when we leave that's to live by the deal implementation period the full control of the taxpayers' money that comes from ending vast annual membership papers to the e.u. delivered by the deal the end to free movement and its replacement with the skills based immigration system delivered by the deal at the end of the c j jurisdiction in the u.k. the end of the common agricultural policy for farmers and to the common fisheries policy for all coastal communities all of these are delivered by the deal the closest this moment c

and teacher housing, and that we put a bond for 100% affordable housing on this november ballot. [cheers and applause] >> we can't just say we support affordable housing and not provide the resources necessary to build it and get it done. we have to do more and we have to do that over san francisco. i'm committed to continuing the work that i know we need to do in order to make sure that these 155 families who are going to be moving into this place have a safe and affordable place to call home where they have access to transit and great community resources, and i would also like to thank the office of housing and the office of homeless services because with the families that will be moving in, they will have wraparound support services. thank you to just sit kaczynski for the work they will do. to keep them housed and provide them with resources to support and the hope that they need for a better future in san francisco thank you, all soma. [applause] >> i would like to take this opportunity to introduce the mayor of the mission, roberto hernandez who is not only an incredible, d

it was clear from this house, people are saying listen to this house and respect the house, the housetil the 12th of april. if the prime minister currently does not intend to bring her dealer back for another vote, she will then be faced with only two choices. either doing nothing, in which case we will leave with no deal on the 12th of april. 0r applying for a further extension. given the crisis that is facing our country, the public have a right to know which of those two options there prime minister in tends to choose. prime minister, could you please tell us? the right honourable gentleman is right that i said that as things stand i didn't believe they was support for a meaningful vote but indicated i continue to talk to collea g u es indicated i continue to talk to colleagues across the house, and would hope to be able to bring back a vote in this house that enables us to guarantee brexit. the one way of guaranteeing brexit is to abide by the decision that was taken last week and ensure we leave on 22nd of may. prime minister, welcomed the comments of the taoiseach over the weeke

house. we're also talking about the newest candidate in the 2020 race. now a dozen democrats eyeing the nation's top job. plus, michael jackson. back in the spotlight. hbo going on the air with that disturbing documentary despite protests and lawsuits. two men graphically detailing what they allege as sexual abuse at the hands of the pop star. the reaction and fallout this morning. our team is set up and ready to go covering all the angles we are going to begin this hour with breaking news on those catastrophic tornadoes in the south. at least 23 people in alabama and georgia are dead. dozens more injured after a series of massive powerful tornadoes swept through the region sunday. homes were levelled and trees toppled and crews are searching for people still unaccounted for. tammy lightener is on the scene. she joins us from smith station, alabama. tammy, tell us the latest this morning. set the scene. we can see the horrible devastation behind you. >> reporter: 23 people dead. they're stil