i will vote for ben carson for secretary of hud. it was not my choice but he is someone who is on accomplished man and i count on him to help us address this lead problem and count on him to stand with us as he pledged to deal with the lead issue and i count on him to uphold the fair housing right and i count on him to push to include housing in the president's infrastructure plan. if the president is going to increase defense by $50 billion and cut a whole host of housing and urban problems i count on this nominee, he promised our committee and he said it in private meetings and public meetings we will hold them accountable. i plan to vote yes. coming up tonight, members of congress on the challenges of funding infrastructure projects. tonight, we join the washington press foundation annual dinner with remarks from tim scott and louisiana congressman cedrick wilson. and later, we hear from the president trump's choice for director of

following that a vote to advance the nomination of ben carson to be hud secretary. a confirmation vote on that expected tomorrow. tomorrow ready, rick. nomination to be u.s. energy secretary. live coverage of the u.s. senate on this wednesday morning here on c-span2. the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. the chaplain dr. barry black will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. god of wonder, beyond all majesty,

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. >>> hud secretary ben carson niceness pledge meaning everyone would be nice for one week. however, many are having a hard time going along with the pledge given dr. carson's referring to slaves as immigrants in his first speech to hud staffers. >> there were other immigrants who came here in the bottom of slave ships and worked even longer and harder for less. they too had a dream. >> after taking some heat for those comments, the hud secretary posted on facebook to clarify that quote -- i'm proud that our ancestors overcame the evil and repression that we know is slavery. the slave narrative and immigrant narrative are two entirely different experiences. however, it seem no one on social media is letting this comment slide so easily. zink writes what ben carson said will be the new way of teething youth about -- teaching youth about black and enislement in america. and -- enslavement in and butch writes, really? really ben carson? what is this guy thinking about? well, what do you think about ben carson's comments? log on to any of our social media pages and join the conv

big cuts to hud could put a tight squeeze on public housing and community development programs across the nation. taking a look at the department, its mission first and foremost is, quote, to create strong, sustainable, inclusive communities and quality affordable homes for all. but according to the post, the proposal would eliminate all funding for the community development block grant program. that helps fund a wide range of things. that includes affordable housing, anti-poverty programs and infrastructure development. that could have a b last year the district received nearly $14 million from that program. we added up maryland's state program, almost 21 million. and in virginia, the state and d.c., their area programs together had more than 27 million in awards from hud. >>> wikileaks says it's going to start helping technology companies protect themselves against cia hacks. julian assange says someone gave them more than 8,000 classified documents and he's prepared to share those documents with companies like apple, microsoft, samsung and google so they can prevent their products

why a budget cut within hud might have the new secretary in charge of that department between a rock a hard place. ben carson here and only here next. >> a week after kong, another beast wins. disney has sharing hitting a 15-month high. $170 million for beauty. wow! we should take a closer look at geico... you know, geico insures way more than cars. boats, motorcycles... even rvs! geico insures rvs? what's an rv? uh, the thing we've been stuck on for five years! wait, i'm not a real moose?? we've been over this, jeff... we're stickers! i'm not a real moose? give him some space. deep breaths, jeff. what's a sticker?!? take a closer look at geico. great savings. and a whole lot more. >> neil: all right. no sooner is he in the job running housing and urban development than the new secretary of that department, ben carson finds out he's looking at a 13% budget cut. a little more than $6 billion. he can deal with that, he says. how much gets cut and where it gets cut is anyone's guess. ben carson with us rights now. secretary, good to have you here. >> good to be back with you. >> neil: d

again, from a man that was at the height of the american power, as the secretary of hud. it's astonishing, first of all, these are forced immigrants at best. these are people who were compelled to come here. they came over on slave ships where they were conscripted to serve not as indentured servants. but enslaved people, in shackles. they didn't have a dream, their dream was to stay in africa. they were rudely extricated from african soil to serve the legacy of american slavery. and dr. carson has turned them into willing immigrants who came here in search of a dream. >> you know one of his advisers, personal advisers in armstrong williams, when i read this, i texted armstrong. he called me back. he's referring to involuntary immigrants. he directed me to his radio show tonight, which dr. carson was on, and he explained it this way. >> i've seen people need to look up the word immigrant. whether you're voluntary or involuntary, if you come from outside to the inside, you're an immigrant, whether you're legal or illegal. you come from the outside to inside you're an immig

go ahead, simone. >> whether it's the hud secretary, the secretary of education, or the president ofs administration has to take more care in the words that they use and under no circumstances should we gloss over the fact that today, the secretary of housing and urban development tried to equate people who were brought to this country in chains with immigrant who is voluntary come here. this administration has some work to do. >> yeah, it's -- um, listen, i understand when everyone says, america's a country of immigrants, but we got here in different ways. >> and we all acknowledge that -- >> and those ways do matter. in a big way. thank you, all. >> no one's disagreeing with that. >> thank you all. i'll see you next time. good night. wow. you grilled that chicken? yup! i did... n't. smartmade frozen meals. real ingredients, grilled and roasted. it's like you made it. and you did... n't. are upgrading their watere filter to zerowater. start with water that has a lot of dissolved solids... pour it through brita's two-stage filter... dissolved solids remain! what if we filter it over

and the woman ended by saying -- >> he's hud. >> secretary of hud. >> she said but i am confident inilities now. i'm at peace. i know that you're going to do a good job. so i do think it's much ado about nothing because the people in the room understood where he was coming from, understood what he was saying. and they swarmed him over 100 people stood in line to meet him and take pictures after these remarks. it was only after this report came out in the media which made it this big to do about nothing. i think the unfortunate thing is that you can take elements of the media and totally miss the moment that the people in the room saw, heard and were proud that yes, angela, that after 400 years of slavery and involuntary servitude that we can veg people like you and me sit on this program descendants of slaves and have them at the supreme court, the president of the united states and yes, even secretary of hud. >> i appreciate everything you said. i just learned last week that i originate in a slave from senegal whose name was senegal whose name is marie. i can tell you the humbling m

. >> now also i wanted to ask you about the new hud secretary ben carson, who in his first appearance after being confirmed -- >> oh, boy. >> -- at the agency yesterday and seemed, well he equated the people who came here as slaves with other immigrants, saying that they also came here, the quote was "there were other immigrants who came here at the bottom of slave ships." let's play it for you and get you to react on the other side. >> sure. >> this story is about a land of dreams and opportunity. there were other immigrants who came here in the bottom of slave ships, worked even longer, even harder for less, but they, too, had a dream that one day their sons daughters, grandsons, granddaughters, great grandsons, great granddaughters might pursue prosperity and happiness in this land. >> and he later clarified there was a lot of stir over this and reaction to it. he later posted on facebook last night that he was not meaning that there's no equivalency between immigrants who come here voluntarily and slaves who came here as slaves involuntarily. he also tried to clarify with his frie

. >> hud secretary doctor ben carson compared slavery and i am graduation and as jim hutchinson reports, what carson said has created a lot of uproar. >> doctor ben carson in his first address to hud employees monday generating controversy. >> there were other immigrants who came here in the bottom of slave ships, work even longer even harder for less. >> uproar over the remarks prompted a clarification on the armstrong williams show. >> whether you are legal or you're illegal, you come from the outside, inside, you're an immigrant. slaves came here as involuntary immigrants. but they still had the strength to hold on. >> georgetown professor michael eric tyson accused carson of revisionism. >> they were not engaged in the active coming here with their own, if you will, volition, it was against their will. and i think doctor carson has distorted the entire process. >> a statement posted late monday on carson's facebook page seemed to reflect that point. it red in part: immigrants made the choice to come to america. they saw this country as a land of opportunity. in contrast, slaves were

. >> lydia's house is a full-service hud house counseling agency. we work with residents in helping them uptain, maintain and retain their housing choices. enterprise community partners, they've helped our church be able to realize its vision to be able to provide housing for low and very low-income residents in far southwest/southeast d.c. >> how much housing, david, have you been able to provide? >> working with our house of worship partners and their development partners, over 500 new homes that are affordable, low-income folks built in the region, 300 under construction, and 1,000 in the pipeline. so we're excited about that in such a high-cost region to see these numbers coming online. >> and pastor shepard, you had a cdc at your church. one of your projects is trinity plaza, and we have some pictures. >> yes. >> tell us about this. >> trinity plaza's very exciting. it's 100% affordable housing for people making 60% of the area median income, and it's developed, 49 units of housing with one, two, and three-bedroom floor plans with commercial 5,

we went through the analysis of the hud budget. a lot of their money spent on government housing and building it. infrastructure. what secretary carson and i talked about was figuring out a way to do that better. we be allies we are working on a large infrastructure program we we realized we are working on a large infrastructure program. we want to take the money for infrastructure in hud right now and move that into this larger program. , similarsee the same line items in the department of transportation for the same reason. president is not changing his commitment to infrastructure. what we are saying it's for years and years, we have built infrastructure like this and it does not work very well. let me finish and come back to you. what we are doing is taking it out of the discretionary budget and we are going to move it into the larger infrastructure plan this summer. mayctor mulvaney: -- >> support a variety of different programs including in part, meals on wheels benefits a lot of americans. theorganization delivers meals to t

. >> hud has a meaning far beyond housing.one, it's a meaning that's as big as anything there is. and ben will be able to find that true meaning and the true meaning of hud, as its secretary. >> stephen: yes. i believe ben carson will find the true meaning of hud. ( laughter ) just like in the beloved children's story: "how the grinch stole housing." ( laughter ) ( cheers and applause ) so good. with cindy lou who? >> jon: oh, yeah. >> stephen: along with carson, trump recognized other african americans serving in government. he honored them the only way he knows how. >> i also want to thank senator tim scott for joining us today, a friend of mine, a great, great senator from south carolina. i like the state of south carolina. i like all those states where i won by double, double, double digits, you know, those states. >> stephen: yes, he loves those states where he won by double, double, double digits. but he seems to hate the country where he lost by millions, millions, millions of votes. ( cheers and applause ) he's still p

. >> sorry, hud.dent in your abilities now, i'm at peace, i know you're going to do a good job. so i think it's much ado about nothing. because the people in the room understood where he was coming from, understood what he was saying, and they swarmed him. over 100 people stood in line to take pictures and meet him after these remarks. so it was only after this report came out in the need yeah which made it this big up to do about nothing, and the unfortunate thing is that you can take elements of the media and totally miss the moment that the people in the room saw, heard, and were proud that yes, angela, that after 400 years of slavery and involuntary serve today tit can have people hilike you and sit on this panel and be the secretary of >>> you know, paris, i appreciate everything you said. i originate from a slave from senegal whose name is marie. i can tell you the humbling moment i found that out on the plane. i cannot tell you how this moment struck me particularly. where so many things about

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when we looked at the hud budget we tried to figure out how to spend money better. i talked to dr. carson about this today. what we saw when we went through the analysis was hud budget is a lot of money got spent on government housing, building it. it's actually infrastructure. what secretary carson and i talked about is figuring out a way to do that better. we realized we are working on a large infrastructure program we hope to roll out this sumpl. what secretary carson wants to do is take the money for the infrastructure that's in hud right now and not very well run and move it into the larger program. you'll see similar line items in the department of transportation for the same reason. these do not mean the president's changing his commitment to infrastructure. again, far from it. what we're saying is, look, for years and years we have built infrastructure like this and it doesn't work very well. let me finish and i'll get back to you. what we're doing now is taking it out of the discretionary budget and we're going to move it into the larger infrastructure plan this summer. >>

treated equally good housing this should be at basis that's why working with the housing authority with hud making sure that we're changing the entire way we manage those projects those developments the housing that you live in i got to a point i got tieftd excited people weren't talking about broken glass and water system didn't work but how many bedrooms will i live in how many kids are we're going to have open space so for our kids and the playgrounds we want it is a new conversation with you talking about the housing needs of all our residents so i'm very proud of all the residents that are coming together with the collaborative partners as part of hope sf the entire board of supervisors thank you for preserving in everything you're doing those dreams were thought of maybe over 10 or 15 years ago people stuck by the dream so those kids what have hope amount how many of you what a brand new bedroom yeah. yeah all the trophies you'll be winning yeah, you need more room (laughter) so as i promised let's look at the action and morgan hill to the building of this housing you have a place to

ben carson - in his first address to hud employees monday- generating controversy: dr.son/hud secretary: "there were other immigrants who came here in the bottom of slave ships. worked even harder and even harder for less."uproar over the remarks prompted a clarification on the armstrong williams show: dr. ben carson/hud secretary: (pre-fonted) "whether you're legal or you're illegal, you come from the outside to inside, you're an immigrant. slaves came here as involuntary immigrants but they still had the strength to hold on."georgetown professor michael eric dyson accused carson of historical revisionism:prof. michael eric dyson/georgetown university: "immigrants suggests a kind of willfulness, an agency exercised toward a particular goal. they were not engaged in the act of coming here with their own, if you will, volition. it was against their will. and i think dr. carson has distorted the entire process."a statement posted late monday on carson's facebook page seemed to reflect that point.it read, in part:"immigrants made the choice to come to america. they saw thi

what we did when we looked at the hud budget to spend money better and i talked to dr. carson about this today. we went through the analysis of the hud budget is a lot of the money got spent on government housing and building it. actually infrastructure. and what secretary carson and i talked about is figuring out a way to do that better, we realized we are working on a large infrastructure program that we hoped to rule out this summer and what secretary carson wants to do is take the money for the infrastructure that's in hud right now and not very well run and move that into the larger program. you will see the same line items or similar line items at the department of transportation for the same reason. these do not mean the president is changing commitment to infrastructure. far from it. what we're saying is for years and years we built infrastructure like this and doesn't work very well -- let me finish and back to you. we're taking it out of the discretionary budget and move it into the larger infrastructure plan this summer. >> housing and urban development talke

so i was wondering about the hud policies. as far as rent increase did for example for person who is not working, but or if they are working sometimes they feel like they're hud rental increases they are unable to keep up with what it is. whether or not it is remodeled, just heard people talking. >> thank you for the question. i'm not an expert on this but i can tell you that as far as the attention of housing and retention of our residents, the rabbit program is basically has the same rules as the original public housing which is that 30% of your income goes towards rent. whether your income is coming from work were not from some kind of supportive assistance program. that 30% does not change. so there are rent increases, but it really is always good to try to your income unless you get to a certain point where your guests or income they call it. that becomes a little more challenging, but for the lowest income residents, that should not be changed. that's how the program will continue to work under the rabbit program. they a

ben carson the new hud director is facing a backlash for referring to slaves as immigrants. dr.n is the trump administration's new secretary of housing and development and he made that statement to hud employees yesterday. >>> that's what america is about. a land of dreams and opportunity. there were other immigrants who worked at the bottom of slave ships. >> dr. carson was referring to the work ethic of immigrants who work long hours to build better lives for their families. >> no one honestly believes he equates voluntary immigration with involuntary servitude. >>> the berkley police officer in response to a violent protester. clashes broke out at civic center park saturday afternoon between people for and against president trump. berkley police say some of those fighting did not want their help and that police didn't want to provoke. the others were from riverside and modesto. the department released a statement. police say more arrests could be coming. >>> our time is 5:36. well people who live in san francisco's sunset district are furious that a burglary suspect who was j

and project budgets and conducted programmatic and financial audits for nonprofits in compliance with hud and local requirements. i've also managed amenity processes for community and a, to moment activities and served as a staff to city council appointed citizens advisory commission planning commissions. listen of additional leadership activities activities is provided in my application i served on the ccd for about two years now and i believe that my experience coupled with my education and focus on finance and strategy and public and nonprofit management has provided me with the tools to contribute to the goals of the city and helping the disadvantaged. we honor to continue to serve on the committee i thank you for your consideration. >> thank you mr. laughlin. any questions for ms. kelsey or mr. lockman >> i do have a question. >> supervisor fewer >> in light of migration of african american population and in light of the challenges that we have had for african-american residents to access some of the great wealth is coming to san francisco, what are some ideas you have to build an ec

but your cousin from ohio and modesto and where it may be a swing vote but how for this money is the hud money is gone they're serving the seniors rents are like one thousand dollars in a city with a similar apartment costs 4 thousand dollars we serve seniors that can only afford 3 hundred increasing this is possible because the federal government over time have invested in those types of development and the not investing anywhere this is an amazing okay. if you want to see that repeated over and over if you walk away from the housing front i hope you share the story and what it can do the money is building how are you for seniors on the streets for 25 years and building housing for families in the mission district that are evicted we need your cousin in ohio and get on the phone. >> (clapping.) >> all right. i'm allowed wore anyone moment i'm - mark says that's it i'm done all right. >> i want to thank the contractors for this this was a labor of love and took an incredible effort an amazing general contractor and want to thank the folks at roberts thank you for the tremendous job when

so i was wondering about the hud policies. as far as rent increase did for example for person who is not working, but or if they are working sometimes they feel like they're hud rental increases they are unable to keep up with what it is. whether or not it is remodeled, just heard people talking. >> thank you for the question. i'm not an expert on this but i can tell you that as far as the attention of housing and retention of our residents, the rabbit program is basically has the same rules as the original public housing which is that 30% of your income goes towards rent. whether your income is coming from work were not from some kind of supportive assistance program. that 30% does not change. so there are rent increases, but it really is always good to try to your income unless you get to a certain point where your guests or income they call it. that becomes a little more challenging, but for the lowest income residents, that should not be changed. that's how the program will continue to work under the rabbit program. they a

. >> hud officials say his comments were well received. they were not well received elsewhere. he described slaved as involuntary immigrants. he clarified further saying the slave narrative and immigrant narrative are two entirely different experiences. he goes on the immigrants made the choice to come to america. they saw thisically as a land of opportunity. slaves were forced here against their will and lost all their opportunities. we continue to live with that legacy. that will do it for our monday night broadcast, this edition of "the 11th hour". hardball begins right now. >>> russian winter. let's play hardball. >>> for years he was the man who swooped in at the end of the apprentice, listened to the struggling contest tanlts and dished out the answers. now he is stuck in a different role. he is the contestant. his every move scrutinized. he is in the biggest reality show and it's gotten to him. cameras show him rehearsing for his big speech. microphones catch him smoozing on the floor. it shows meeting through top advisers during what appears to be an explosive conversat

there's implications in hud that has implications for the housing authority and in particular you can see in the skinny budget, the president is proposing to eliminate the community development block program nationwide. that's where it's $16.5 million in programming here in san francisco. home is also proposed to be eliminated. i believe $4.2 million. in department of transportation, skinny budget, you can tell the president has proposed to eliminate any money for new full funding grant agreements for the new start's program. this is the program that we relied onto build the cal tran line. bart to san jose, a lot of the other big regional programs are counting on this which the president is planning to eliminate -- and the list goes on. there's some implications that we can read into that's clear for the department of environment and fema. the art's funding we receive directly from the -- some organizations in this city received directly from the mea, the president's proposed to eliminate the mea. if that was adopted, that -- >> what does mea. speaker: national endowment for the arts.

visit hud.gov/fairhousing or call the hud hotline at 1-800-669-9777. fair housing is your right. basically obamacare light. it keeps the subsidies, keeps the taxes for a year, keeps the individual mandate, interestingly. republicans have complained for years, saying we didn't like that government was going to make you pay a penalty. now instead of paying a penalty to the government, you pay it to the insurance industry. there's also bailouts for the insurance industries. the one thing that's wrong with obamacare that's most visible to everybody is premiums are soaring in the individual market. that will happen under the ryan plan, as well. because they do nothing to fix the fundamental problem. it's the ryan plan or the status quo. what he has ran through the committee is his without any amendments. that's the question, if we get what we got from ryan, he will not have the votes and we have to get to that point before true negotiations begin. right now there's a charm offensive going on. everybody is being nice to everybody becausey

ben carson as hud secretary. >>> local lawmakers and immigrants and advocates gathered at the site of a recent ice crack down. they came to rising hope mission church in alexandria to show support for immigrants and to call for a fair immigration policy. the church service free meals to the hungry and runs a shelter in the winter. witnesses said ice age and staged a raid early one morning last month and rounded up several men who had just left the shelter. ice said it identified two criminals in the race, -- in the rate, one from honduras and one from the el salvador. >>> a rally had hundreds of people joining. in pennsylvania, there were interfaith leaders that condemned the recent acts of anti-semitism. they included vandalism at a jewish cemetery last weekend. >>> a judge ordered two baltimore police officers to remain in custody until trial. they are among some seven up a discharge in a racketeering case that allegedly involves stealing money and drugs, falsifying police reports and lying to investigators. the pending hearings are later today and tomorrow for the other officers. >

says the trump administration is newly confirmed and he made that statement during his first speech to hudloyees. >> that's what america is about. a land of dreams and opportunity. there were other immigrants who came here in the bottom of slave ships worked even harder and longer for less. >> dr. ben carson says he was referring to the work ethic of immigrants who worked to build a better life for their families. >> no one honestly believes he equates voluntary immigration with involuntary servitude. >> the berkley police department is defending its officers who said they used a hands off approach response to a violent protest. clashes broke out at a civic center park saturday afternoon between for and against president trump. berkley police say some of the fighting did not want their help and that police didn't want to provocal more violence or injure any bystanders. eight out of the ten people arrested were from the bay area. the others were from riverside and modesto. the police department quote. police say more arrests could be coming. >>> time is 4:37. people who live in san francisc

there's implications in hud that has implications for the housing authority and in particular you can see in the skinny budget, the president is proposing to eliminate the community development block program nationwide. that's where it's $16.5 million in programming here in san francisco. home is also proposed to be eliminated. i believe $4.2 million. in department of transportation, skinny budget, you can tell the president has proposed to eliminate any money for new full funding grant agreements for the new start's program. this is the program that we relied onto build the cal tran line. bart to san jose, a lot of the other big regional programs are counting on this which the president is planning to eliminate -- and the list goes on. there's some implications that we can read into that's clear for the department of environment and fema. the art's funding we receive directly from the -- some organizations in this city received directly from the mea, the president's proposed to eliminate the mea. if that was adopted, that -- >> what does mea. speaker: national endowment for the arts.

he mentioned that there was a project in the works with hud and with the campaign for reading to think about book desert. all of these areas that don't have bookstores or people aren't using the library and there isn't culture of thinking about books and homewnership of books. he said we have all these organizations that are participating and they been engaged in the work and doing literacy work in communities but we want something else. we said we are pretty tight relationship with all the publishers. i can try to get some books donated. penguin random house gave us 200,000 books and mcmillan also contributed. i then realize how i have to figure out how to pay to ship these books which i'm still trying to figure out. were going to be distributing these books to 33 different public housing authorities and leave them in the libraries and hopefully kids will pick up library cards at the same time there picking up their books. we have pushed the beginning of the project up because of the election. everyone including the people at hud included that we would continue on with the same staff

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hud programs that help house homeless vets, the disabled and elderly are slated for significant cuts. >>a businesses added nearly 300,000 jobs last month alone. exceeding expectations by more than 100,000 jobs. the president wrote in a tweet overnight, great news. we are only just beginning. >>> hawaii is the first state suing to block the revised travel ban. overnight attorneys for the state officially filed the order which they say will harm hawaii's muslim population, tourism and also foreign students. a federal judge has scheduled a hearing for next wednesday. that's one day before the ban takes effect. >>> and abc news has now confirmed that former utah governor jon huntsman has been tapped to be the next u.s. ambassador to russia. huntsman was a vocal critic of candidate trump during the campaign. he served as ambassador to singapore under the first president bush and ambassador to china under president obama. >>> fbi investigation is under way to track down the source of that massive leak of cia documents posted by wikileaks. officials believe whoever was responsible had the hi

we looked at the hud budget. i talked to dr. carson about this. we looked at government building and infrastructure. what secretary carson and i talked about is a way to do it better. we realized we're working on a large infrastructure for example that we hope to roll out this summer. what secretary carson wants to do is take the money for the infrastructure that is in hud right now and not very well-run and move that into this larger program. you'll see the same line items the department of transportation for the same reason. these do not mean the president is changing his commitment to infrastructure. far from it. we're saying for years and years we built infrastructure like this and it doesn't work well. >> do you -- >> let me finish. we're taking it out of the discretionary budget and moving it to the larger plan this summer. >> the community development block grants support a variety of different programs including in part meals on wheels that affect a lot of miles per hours. in austin texas, one organization delivers the meals to thousands o

when we looked at the hud but jet -- budget and i talked to dr. carson about it today. it's actually infrastructure and what secretary carson and i talked about is figuring out a way to do that bet around we realized we are working on a large infrastructure this summer. he wants to take the money in the infrastructure in hud right now and not very well run and move it into the larger fund. you will see the similar line items for the department of transportation for the same reason. this does not mean he's changes his commitment to infrastructure, he is saying for years an years we have built infrastructure like this and doesn't work well and so what we are doing now is taking out of the discretionary budget and move it into the larger infrastructure budget plan this summer. >> the block grant includes meals on wheels, and in texas, one says they will no longer be providing it so what do you say to the americans will ultimately will be losing out. >> i think you know that meals on wheels is not a federal program. many states make the decision to use that money on meals a

addressing hud staffers, dr. carson explained, slaves were immigrants pursuing their dreams. he never said the word slaves, and president obama made kind of a similar reference during a speech 15 months ago. >> certa those of african heritage who had not come here voluntarily, and yet in their own way were immigrants themselves. >> immigrants who came here. >> later monday during a radio interview, secretary carson said slaves came to the united states as involuntary immigrants still had the strength to hold on. >> coming up, we'll give you've the back story to the video you are about to see. this is juggling on a police dash-cam, we'll explain why. >> hmm. >> sobriety test maybe. >> he is doing pretty good at it. >> later the new meals you can get delivered right to your home, guaranteed to bring you good look and success of tom brady. >> oh, okay. >> he is not actually guaranteeing them. you have to see this. >> first a look at today any forecast. ♪ ♪ >> announcer: "world news now" weather, brought to you by -- wow! but what other teen problems can it fix fast? maybe it can

. >>> and just days on the job, hud secretary ben carson with controversial comments on slavery. >> therere other immigrants on a slave ship who fought even a slave ship who fought even longer and harder for less. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning from the cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you, i'm anne-marie green. well, the house republicans' plan to replace the affordable care act hasn't been out of the block for 24 hours and already facing opposition from some republicans. safe guards for people with preexisting conditions and the ability of adult children to stay on their parents' plan until age of 26. committee voting is expected to start tomorrow, nancy cordes reports. >> there is one thing and one thing only that lawmakers were doing on monday night, and that is poring through the 66-page bill just released by republican lawmakers. some details are still missing but here's what we can tell you about what's in it. the bill would provide tax credits to help americans buy insurance. americans making under $75,000 a year or families making understand $150

hud secretary, ben carson already under fire, making controversial comments in his very first speech to his department. >> there were other immigrants who came here in the bottom of slave ships. >> all that and i haven't mentioned north korea or the wiretapping. we are going to start with the plan to repeal and replace obamacare, a proposal seven years in the making. we have a great panel with us to break it down. first, i want to explain what is in and out. tax credits, they are in to help people pay for insurance as well as expansion of health savings account and changes when it comes to how the government will cover medicaid patients after 2020. what's not in the plan? individual and employer mandates under obamacare are gone. that means the tax penalti that go with them are also gone. government subsidy that is pay for insurance, gone as well. what's going to stay the same? insurance companies cannot deny coverage for pre-existing conditions. they are not allowed to cap your lifetime coverage and young people can stay on their parents insurance until they are 26 years old. it loo

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> wait toer having a field day with housing and urban secretary ben carson first official speech at hudcretary n his speech he called slaves immigrants that dime america with a dream. many stweetedheir outrage on the comments and then late last night secretary carson posted on facebook the immigrants that made the choice to dom america in contrast slaves were forced beyond their will and lost opportunities. we continue to live with that leg sixt two sxeerpsz should never be intertwined nor forgotten. >> meanwhile national park service released dozens of photographs of president trump's inauguration and released photos of president obama'sen august ration. the pictures counter president trump claim up to 1.5 million people attend his inauguration. >> apple could be the next big name in show business. there's several rumors the company is is expanding original content. source president veeld to new york post apple executives met with the paramount pictures and sony t stroxt prepare for something bigger than purchasing shows. coul >> chance the rapper giving back to his community. donating

carson is the only black member of president trump's >> he made the comments in his first speech to hud employees. >> there were other immigrants who came here in the bottom of slave ships. worked harder for less. but they, too, had a dream. that one day their sons, daughters, grandsons, granddaughters, great grandsons, great granddaughters, might pursue prosperity. and happiness in this land. >> carson initially defended his comments. then later posted on facebook that he's proud of the courage and perseverance of black americans. he added that the slave narrative and immigrant narrative are entirely different experiences, and should never be intertwined. he went on the radio last night also and said whether you come legally or illegally, you are an immigrant. so slaves as a whole were immigrants of this country. even if they were brought here not on their own volition. >> okay. that's his explanation. >>> there are some people who are not liking the comments >> just a few. >> samuel l. jackson fired off a few twitter comments. we can't read any of them on the air really. >> but okay,

national endowment for the arts and public television and the national endowment for the humanities and hudwe will not agree to that. when we actually pass the budget -- the principle we established was that whatever we did on the defense side, we would do on the nondefense side. the president's budget boosts defense by 54 billion dollars in cuts nondefense by $54 billion. that is a nonstarter for most democrats. we are hearing rumblings on the hill that republicans may be interested in reintroducing legislation on health care reform. what is your reaction to that? you have speaker ryan singh will continue to repeal the portable care act. they will continue to try to repeal the affordable care act. i don't think they have their act together on health care. they suffered an embarrassing defeat last week. the primary thing we have to realize is paul ryan is in search of a unicorn. he's looking for a health care system that doesn't exist, that cannot exist. he needs to work with estimates are that the health care system we have in place right now works as well as possible and provides for heal

the only black member of president trump's cabinet and made the comments in his first speech to hud employees. >> there were other immigrants who came here in the bottom of slave ships worked even longer, even harder for less but they too had a dream that one day their sons, daughters, grandsons, granddaughter, great grands grandsons, great granddaughters might pursue prosperity and happiness in this land. >> carson initially defended his comments but later posted on facebook that the slave narrative and immigrant narrative are two entirely different experiences and should never be intertwieped. >>> president trump is refusing to back away from a claim that president obama wiretapped his phones despite denials from former intelligence officials. the president has yet to offer any evidence for the claim but white house press secretary sean spicer says there's no question that something happened. intelligence officials insist president obama could not have ordered any wiretaps and say trump doesn't need a congressional investigation. he can simply ask the justice department. >>> attorney genera