hud resources have not been a challenge. hud's focus and success has been. when president johnson launched hud, he said it's purpose is not only torelieve the symptoms of property but to cure it and the ball , prevent. secretary carson, i want to applaud you and this administration not only for your efforts to attempt to root out discrimination , to promote affordable housing very importantly to help able-bodied citizens achieve president johnson's goal that she lives of dignity and self respect that comes from self sufficiency because we know these fellow citizens are not liabilities, they are our nation's assets. we want them to feel wanted andneeded in society and realize their full potential , they're not getting and when it comes to home affordability, we know there is no better affordability program and a growing economy with a good job. due to the policies of this administration and this congress, 1 million new jobs have been created. employment is near a 50 year low. the rising income, the wealthiest in the decade. millions have gotten thousand dolla

this is by hud programs $50-$150.i think you and i could sustain that increase pretty comfortably for an awful lot of the families in bridgeport and sanford, difference is the difference between eating , buying medicine, saving money for their kids to go to school and drilled your answer was there are not that many people who fall into that category and that makes me happy all i'm not sure i agree necessarily introduce the number of people living in poverty. ask your answer because there's not that many people living in those conditions, you and i could sustain those rent increases by hand and i know the choices that are forced on them by program would be very difficult. so in my community, not only do i have some intense poverty and so my communities but because i. washington san francisco and new york city, right up until the upper-middle-class, people are housing rests, paying more for rent or the mortgage then is comfortable for them to do so and at some point it's not even comfort, do i get space for my children'

is the overall contract with hud the same amount? but with less units? amount we've been getting from hud through the continuum of care process has increased every year, however, the fair market rent level did increase greatly which is a big support for the projects. and we're trying to add new projects to the continuum of care funding every year because that's a big benefit to the city. because of that, the lowest scoring projects are not funded. so projects which do not follow the model are at a disadvantage in the scoring. >> supervisor kim: my follow-up question, one of the subcontractors did not meet their reporting requirement and i know you said you were working with this organization so they didn't lose their continuum of care grant with other developments. i believe this is the parkview terraces. >> and i'm sorry, i didn't hear? >> supervisor kim: it said in the bla report they did not meet their reporting requirement. >> so my understanding is that in their application they did not demonstrate some of the benchmarks that hud has outlined and th

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for 33 years.ud i'm one of the few guys who knows who owns and manages these hud projects in chicago in baltimore and los angeles and new york etc. and went around the country bought the worst sections of land and financed and developed, and to this day they own and hud hellhole projects, where we have concentrated about 60% of the blacks in this country come out of 42 million. fast-forward 50 years later, they are still there, the worst school systems, no jobs, and do you know who cares about them? nobody. i want your democrat and republican administrations, -- i watched your democrat and republican administrations, they did nothing for the people in these hellhole projects. freddie gray was arrested 19 times for selling drugs. if he would have been in prison where he should've been, he would be alive today. thanks to our judicial system in baltimore. how i could talk about white communities in chicago and across the country, they also rioted and burned their own neighborhoods when public housing was attempted to be integrated in their communities. history is not told through just t

committee, senator hoeven on ag and senator collins on transportation, housing, urban development, on t-hud. come to us with your issues, your concerns, your amendments. let's work them through. let's get them through the process. yesterday, we were able to advance four amendments. some might say, well, that's not very much, but i would suggest to you that we are getting started, we are getting started in a good way, a positive way, an encouraging way, and we want to encourage that good forward activity. we all know that the most prized commodity around here is time and floor time, so we don't have unlimited time on the floor to take up this package of measures. so help us, help us get to that point where we can work through those issues that we need to bring to the floor that will require a vote. we will help you and do so in a way that i think will do honor to the appropriations process, do honor to the legislative process. again, what we know around here to be regular order, although unfortunately i think we have seen regular order has been less and less regular, it's become extraordinar

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like ben carson is at hud, very little is happening at hud. costa at labor. true that someone else wouldn't be this aggressive. >> ken, how about you? >> go ahead, ken. do it. listen, i've got a drawer full of those lotions from the ritz carlton, go ahead and do it. i got you covered. >> yeah, i'm not a big lotion guy. i'm not a big lotion guy. >> you should try it. moistizing is very underestimated. >> i'll give you the last word, ken. >> look, scott has made some mistakes. i do think this one is another example of seizing how they operate and could it be better? yes. could it be worse? it was. he doesn't have the server in his bathroom. he doesn't have a separate e-mail like the previous epa administrator. >> but the e-mail, i don't care about that. >> he is relentlessly reducing regulation and that is why he's taking all this fire. >> yes, he's changing his calendar and trying to get his wife multiple jobs with government employees at the same time. i think you can do what you want with the environment without the ethical issues as well. ken cuccinelli, an

we just found where huds of people are now gathered. they want food, water,ets, medicine if they need it. talking to people here, they all tell you the se story. they had very little time to escape. their homes have been destroyed by the floodwater. this now is e reality of their life. this evening on the border with thailand, new teams are arriving to help survivors and to retrieve the dead. harnessing the power of water was supposed to turbocharge the country's economy. this disaster has plunged laos into a humanitarian crisis. there are concerns that the regime will keep the true humand cost shon secrecy.rn bbc news, soutaos. jane: the former pakistan cricket captain imran khan has claimed victory in the general election. his political party hathe most seats and he is set to become prime minister. but his opponents claim there was widespread vote rigging and interference from tharmed forces. here is r pakistan correspondent. reporter: crowds gathered outside imran khan's home on the outskirts of islamabad, hoping for a glimpse of the

. >> reporter: according to hud, to be considered low income in san francisco county, a family of four has to make less than $117,400 a year. with two people working minimum wage jobs they'd each have to work a little over 75 hours a week to make that kind of money, and they're still considered low income. >> we still have about 20 percent of our people living in poverty, so those folks haven't felt the benefits of the economy. >> reporter: some small businesses say the increase in costs leave them only two choices. cut workers' hours or raise prices. >> if i'm budgeting that into my cost i have to determine what to do to play each employee. francisco and emeryville. the state wide 15-dollar an hour >> minimum wage hike at midnight is only for workers in san francisco and emoryville. the statewide $15 an hour minimum wage doesn't take effect until 2023. >>> fire concerns are certainly putting a slight damper on a 4th of july tradition in sonoma county. each year local groups shellfishings to raise money, but is it worth -- sell fireworks to raise money, but is it worth it a year after

. >>> getting the hud care in absolute question, you started the business with president george w. bush. what did you learn from president bush about running a business. >>> it is hard. i wish i was partners with him in the baseball team i would've made more money. it is hard. he and i i was a cfo in the company, and we were responsible for making payroll every two weeks. he and i knew that that was not the case. we had the cash flow, we had to make sure the money was in the bank. we had to make sure everyone got paid. starting a business and being successful is hard. it was great to be a would've done that and it's great to see you have a great friend and george w. bush is a great guy. >>> did you know he was a secret painter ? >>> no i did not. but i heard when i was sitting in the white house one of our friends said hey one of our friends is taking up painting. they sit painting is seen picking up to painting the house ? and he said no he is painting. >>> mr. chairman, one question, one time you had me in your office, on your wall you have a photo of the odessa texas high school

section three of the fair housing act says that if you're receiving hud funding there's an obligation to hire, train or give contracts to the low income people in that area. people have found all kinds of reasons to -- we have almost finished reformulating it so that will remove the barriers. i think that will make a big difference. also with the gathering of the information about the apprenticeship and training program so that when somebody comes in, they are not confused. we have a tremendous workforce. they're just waiting to be trained. if we make it available to them i think a lot will take advantage of it. >> if i could ask because it's in the news, sonny perdue, secretary of agriculture, i love the farmer so we are breaking down barriers. these trade deals have been so unfair to our farmers, workers and companies. were talking about it all of the time. we are breaking down barriers so our farmers can sell their goods to other countries like they sell their goods to us. one of the examples is canada, they charge her suntory products 275% tariff, 275% that's not appropriate or fa

they been debating 20 night teen spending for interior, treasury, agriculture, hud and transportationt agencies. the funding will resume when senators return around 2:15 eastern time. we will have live coverage here on c-span2. >> there a lot of people who sat a while make it to read stories that are sad, disturbing, downbeat, whatever. i want to choose as a parent when my kid understands stuff that might bring them grief, but there's also a certain point beyond which when they are 14 now. when will you introduce them to the idea that not everything is perfect outside of your all-white suburb. all of those factors world together to create the perfect dumpster fire and marginalized people. >> while we wait for the senate returned from a conversation by the 2018 midterm elections from "washington journal." >> we want to welcome back a longtime friend of the c-span upper comment the code a little report. evenen on this network for more than 30 years. >> i was onmo the first year c-span is on the year with brian lamb. it is always fun and important part of my career. that's why religiousl

if you feel you have encountered housing discrimination, file a complaint with hud so we can investigate it. you have the power to fight against this. the law is on your side. go to hud.gov/fairhousing or call 1-800-669-9777. >> laura: that's all the time we have tonight. just another quiet week in the news business. we have a huge show planned for monday when president trump faces off with vladamir putin in helsinki. until then, shannon bream and the "fox news @ night" team are next. fly your flags. see you monday. >> shannon: this is a finance -- fox news alert an indictment of 12 russians ahead of the meeting with president trump and vladamir putin and questions on whether the timing is meant to complicate diplomacy. catherine her edge -- herridge digging into the chaotic hearing of lisa page and later congressman tom gates and breaking in on the controversy, the democrats claim the supreme court nominee will turn back the clock a

ben carson hud has made it worse. he is giving people vouchers trying to find housing.lic housing in that area has been maintained for decades. there was a point where they stopped mowing the lawn. and cleaning out old apartments and fixing apartments and really nothing was done to these people and the people have fought for decades. the first hope they got was under obama administration and ben carson has taken it away. >> beth? >> speaking of ocasio-cortez, she and bernie sanders, the numbero uno candidate, got together. bringing the message that what could work in the bronx or vermont can work in the heartland. >> thanks for joining us. all in with chris hayes starts right now. >>> good evening, i am ali velshi in for chris hayes. the recordings were seized during the fbi raid on the offices of donald trump's fixer michael cohen.

elections at an event hosted by the hud and institute in washington dc. he also discussed efforts to protect the country's computer infrastructure. this is 45 minutes. >> good afternoon and welcome to the hudson institute. we are a policy organization dedicated to the global engagement for a secure, free and prosperous future. i would like to welcome our audience present, as well as the c-span during audience. i am truly honored to welcome a remarkable public servant and a good friend of the hudson institute, to be with us this afternoon, director of national intelligence, dan coats. dan coats, of course, served with great distinction as a member of the house and senate in indiana, as well as the u.s. ambassador to germany. during a long career in public service, he told me as we were coming up here today, he has twice failed retint

ben carson's hud under ben carson has made it measurably worse.exists there and now he's giving people vouchers to try to find housing. these are people who can't find housing because it's an area that's racially segregated. so the white public housing in that area has been maintained for decades. there was a point where they even stopped mowing the lawn and cloning out old apartments and fixing apartments and really nothing was done to these people. and the people of cairo have fought for decades. the first hope they got was under the obama administration and ben carson has taken that away. and that's something no one is talking about. >> and there really are other candidates out there in the world but we do spend a lot of time talking about her. she and bernie sanders got together today, went to kansas and campaigned for two democratic congressional candidates. they're bringing the message that what can work in the bronx or ver empmont can also work in heartland. >>> with new reports that there is a tape that donald trump is on it and that micha

a debate on a number of ending measures for hud and" for spendings this week. looking at u.s. election security and trump delivers remarks at the veterans of foreign wars and officials with the u.s. olympic committee and thatn changes begins at 2:30 eastern. journal is live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. theellen mcintyre with trump administration and foreign trade policy. then, john sarbanes will talk about the role of dark dress in the election. the members of of their go to committee talk about the bottom line and the discussion of the opioid addresses from baltimore, maryland. >> brett kavanaugh continues to meet with senators on capitol hill. live and listen on the c-span radio app. >> next, the house minority whip on jobs and the economy, unveiling the make its in aerica plan, delivering work, who deliver space for startups and other businesses.

we got a substantial grant through hud that i pushed for. we have a long way to go in flint. of help. the state said they are done with flint. we need more help. >> are people able to drink the water now? i read the dangerous toxicity levels are less than other cities. is everything normalized? >> science tells us it is better. public trust in the water will take a long time to regain. most people use bottled water. >> good to see you. thank you for being here. >>> at the top of the hour on "am joy", they weigh in on the carter documents. okay you gotta be kidding me. hold on, don't worry, there's another way. directions to the greek theater. (beep) ♪can i get a connection? ♪can i get can i get a connection?♪ ♪ohhh can i get a connection? ♪trying find the old me could help them save money on car insurance? yea,that and homeowners, renters, motorcycle and boat insurance. huh.that's nice. what happens when you catch a fish? gecko: whoa. geico. more than just car insurance. see how much you could save at geico.com. i'm ok! >>> that's a wrap of this hour. i'm alex witt. see you a

italy is backing off vaccination requirements, president trump and hud secretary carson have suggested connections with autism, their declining in europe and in pockets of the u.s. what are the consequences to society of the retreat from vaccinations and science in general. >> history gives us the answer to that. clearly if we really backed off significantly and in some parts of the country we are doing that and some countries they are doing that. one of the problems today we are victims of our own success in that we been so successful in eliminating or eradicating smallpox like we've done with so many important diseases that we get into the complacency of thinking clearly incorrectly that the risk of the vaccine is more than the risk of the disease and that's just not the case and that is fueled and propagated by misinformation. the most egregious of that misinformation was what came out of england years ago that the mmr measles, mumps rubella is associated with autism which was not only completely incorrect, it was fraudulent data for which the person who put out that data lost their

class of business people and secular leaders who are political grow up, they began to challenge the hud gemini and obama in one sensee was probably the first major national black figure able to onappropriate the residence of a profit normally the black church is god and mama and the minister. but now obamama comes along between he and jeremiah wright is not a prophet but plays one on television in black people assigned him moral worth that god has assigned obama this position in life and a lot of black people prayed for obamaam believing he was the embodiment because they're mad at preachers and on the one hand but that he was a bigger messiah than barack obama. to our credit into our demise and chagrin. obama was the first black political figure who undercut the moral authority to lay claimng to be a prophet himself because he was the embodiment of the black people to have authority now we could say post russian or post- preacher leadership class a lot of black leaders and ministers themselves a lot of black people who were leaders but there is a diminishing influence of that particula

substantively, let me share some of the significant accomplishments in this year's t-hud bill. consistent with the budget agreement, the bill includes $10.9 billion in budgetary resources above fiscal year 2017 levels to improve our nation's infrastructure, grow our economy and spur job creation. the bill includes $3.3 billion above the levels provided in the fast act for highway programs, including $800 million for bridge repair and replacement programs. on rail and transit, we have maintained amtrak's funding level for fiscal year 2018, including $650 million for the northeast corridor to make meaningful repairs and safety improvements. we've also fully funded the need for capital investment grants and have increased transit formula and competitive grant programs above fast act levels. these modes of transportation are essential to reducing congestion, deriving economic growth and improving quality of life throughout the country. i'm also pleased that we have a bill before us that protects rental assistance for more than 5 million low-income families and rejects the administr

he gaslights, he says hud krolu things. he says things that genuinely shake the international order. one senator, a few senators, a few congressman complained for one day. on the trade issue today, they were all up in arms, we're going to pay $12 million to pay for his idiotic trade policies. where is the legislation? congress has power over tariffs. so i've discussed this enough. the republicans in congress need to act, otherwise, he gets away with a lot. you know what? the country is divided. it's too big, polarized parties. i'm less confident. i hope republicans do badly this november, because it's important to check donald trump. but i'm less confident that's necessarily on course. >> but they don't need to do that much -- i mean, i say this, donald trump's victory was not big enough, sweeping enough or preordained enough for him to have drafted even the bare bones of a victory speech. so he doesn't have to hlose muc. there just has to be a swath of voters that think it's creepy he likes vladamir putin. >> i wish it was

he fumd at the ethical question surrounding pruitt, zenke and hud head -- is ben carson still there? we haven't heard from him in a while. we'll look for that next week. he wad only seeing his cabinet on tv for scandals and not fulfilling campaign promises. give us the brackets. you have pompeo in the highly functional cabinet member. everyone else is in subsets. >> pompeo and mattis, mattis's influence is starting to wane. he didn't want the space -- >> or john bolton. >> two keys to become an effective cabinet member our reporting finds. one to be able to manage him, to tilt him to the outcome you want without him getting upset with you, without him thinking you're lecturing him or looking down on him, something rex tillerson never mastered. obviously praising him repeatedly like steve mnuchin. >> being rich, that helps. he likes rich guys. >> and the other idea is being able to promote him, to be in that cabinet meeting that we see dear leader type meetings and sing his praises, but be on television and be an advocate. that hasn't been happening. he was upset when wilbur rots went

. - he was the first hud secretary after the passage of the 1968 fair housing act, which is passed byhnson after luther king dies. there are these amazing memos from his father that actually use the language: the white suburbs are a noose around the black inner city, and thatederal housing bill must be used to enforce integration. i understand why, in a republican primary, you don't tet story, but when you get to the general election, go get your dad's legacy. talk about who he was. this is the man who raised mitt romney. - the primary process is way different than the general election process, 'cause in the primaries, you're talking to your party, and you've bing that your whole life. then you go into a general election, where you have to really get what barack obama call an x-ray of your soul, and who you really are as a person. - i remember on one occasion, i was being interviewed and-- and because i dls so focused on the mclass, i said, look, i'm concerned about the middle class. i don't worry about the rith. i don't worry aboupoor. i'm in this race because i care about americans.

, we're $243 million from hud for rebuilding of our territory.bout puerto rico and utilities they lost, the irgin islands lost a lot in terms of hospitals, our schools, right now completely decimated. going to be used for the rebuilding of the virgin islands, we've been short stricted over many years in hawe of federal funding receive. the 1990s, we were taken off the transportation and highways and did not receive the same money in terms of medicaid support and other areas, as well. doctrine utilizing utilizing the area to rebuild. host: how are the people there doing, constituents? know, everyone, our v.i.strong.een never seen more resilient people immediately after the storm. others werefema and able to get there, the department of defense, people got themselves out, were helping neighbors, clearing roads, were looking for those that were lost. we lost our internet, phone apacity and people were basically writing on paper veryone they found, getting that up by satellite or other ways so people outside the people slands can know were safe. so,

ben, you have got a little knowledge apparently about the hud projects.n 1968, we have the and the blacks burned their own housing. a small group of guys got together. i worked for had for 33 years -- ud for 33 years and i actually know who manages these projects. they went around the country and bought the worst sections of land. they financed, they developed, and to this day, they owned and hellholehese hud, projects where we have concentrated about 60% of the blacks added this country out of 2 million. fast-forward, they are still there, the worst school systems, no jobs, and who cares about them? nobody. i went democrat, republican, democrat, republican. they did nothing for these people living in these hellhole projects. freddie gray was arrested 19 times for selling drugs. if he had been in prison, he would be alive today, thanks to the judicial system in baltimore. host: ben austen, a chance to respond. guest: i could talk about how in white communities in chicago they also rioted and burned their own housing when public housing was attempted to be

seek to open up extensive document production in five different agencies, omb, doj, dhs, treasury and hud. including also, the white house itself. this is a multifaceted battle with the president being played out in the context of this committee's nomination process. indeed, i would not expect this administration or frankly any administration to release these types of documents related to its deliberative process. as i said before, ms. kraninger has provided all documents and information which this committee requires of nominees. and we will get answers from her today on the issues you said we needed to get information on. >> one more statement. we've never done this before. but i just kind of amazed by this. i'm sorry, mr. chairman, you have to explain the inexplicable in part of this trump white house that won't step up on this. if there's a claim, if there's a claim of deliberative process, the white house never has used that claim. they have never even responded to the letter. let alone any details, has she been willing to share with any of the members with whom she met one-on-one, in

also reached out to people on the hill -- hud -- it data ando me or i never hear back or they are busy. i really wonder if of these inquiries, let's do something written up in the "washington post" at something like, for example, secretary carson spending 31,000 on furniture when, in fact, committed billions of dollars at stake that nobody seems to be caring about in the community development block grant funds. how did agencies and congress pick which things are going to really do oversight on and follow up with? >> a little bit of time, so maybe if each of thoughts or just one or two of you. >> well, you know, as far as a political head of a department you've got responsibility to talk to your team and you get to set your priorities, and the ig has to be part of that effort, too, to know what those priorities are. but i would say to you that if you were not getting a response from your ig or somebody in that department, somebody wasn't doing their job somewhere. and so who do you then complain to, or, well, congressman or senator, or you complain to the head of the agency or his or he

and hud. including also the white house itself. this is a multi-faceted bat with the president being played out in the context of this city's nomination process. i would not expect this administration or any administration to release these type of documents related to itself delivered process. included all as documents required of her today. >> we've never done this bmb, but i am kind of amazed by this. i'm sorry -- you have to explain the inexplicable on this trump white house that would step up on this. if there's a claim of deliver active process, the white house never has used that claim. they have never respond toed to the letter. let alone any details that he is willing to meet with me. and has not been willing nor has the white house been willing to gave twhouse the letter if they delivered a process. so i just don't hope the committee is going to start acting like this that the white house doesn't have to answer letters, doesn't have to answer questions from members of the senate. it's unfortunately that they started to get

were not -- not only were you involved in the response to puerto rico through your oversight of fema, hud and oversaw disaster aid relief to congress. i think factually we probably both know the answers. in the first aid package congress passed after hurricane maria, most of puerto rico's aid came in the form of a community disaster loan that can only be forgiven by secretaries, conditions not applicable to texas. is it true puerto rico waited five months for this funding? >> the cdl loan was an unprecedented amount of resources being provided that congress deemed appropriate -- >> did they wait five months -- >> $1.5 about l. >> did they wait five months to get the money? >> no, senator, i don't believe the governor has availed himself of this option yet. at the same time, it's an unprecedented amount of money that is available -- >> let me tell you what happens since you have a different recollection. the administration unjustifiably withheld the loan to puerto rico. saying they have cash balances and didn't need the money. in 2017 the governor requested $90 billion in recovery funds. i

i'm involved with hud and trying to get young people to make good choices and it's difficult to get athletesou accomplished by kneeling for the national anthem except cause the fan base to go down, the tv viewing audience to go down. the revenue to go down. now, you haven't accomplished anything. let's look what you have accomplished by being kneeling down during the national anthem, you are hurting the sport, you are hurting the future. you are hurting the revenue for other people coming up. if you want to make your case as president trump said, you know about police brutality, bring it to me i will check on it mike huckabee, 8 policemen killed this week and total of 31 this year and only 35 all last year. so i just say we have a problem and kneeling for our national anthem does not help it at all. pete: common sense from coach lou holtz if you don't stand you don't play. sounds like a pretty sound policy to me. thank you very much. abby: good to have you on this morning. >> always a pleasure to be with you pete and abby. pete: thank you. class act. a teen is attacked just for wearing a mag

to distill it down, this evening we're taking up interior, financial services, ag, and t-hud or transportation, housing and development. so the opportunity to move forward with a package of appropriations bills, all of which have moved through our committee with strong support, is a good place to be. i have long believed that a return to regular order, where we vote these appropriations bills out of committee with bipartisan support and then bring them, like we are doing this evening, to the floor, this is important for our process. i think all members of the senate should have an opportunity to debate appropriations bills and offer amendments. we haven't had this opportunity for some years prior to this. the occupant of the chair, a member of the appropriations committee, knows that we have been without process when it comes to our appropriations bills. it is now that time for us to not only return to process, return to regular order, but allow our members of this body who do not sit on the appropriations committee, allow them to the opportunity to weigh in on these priorities. so i am partic