i don't believe that -- i do not believe most of these solutions mostly from washington d.c. chlgt i do believe the federal government has ha profound role in helping those solutions and facilitating those solutions. >> i agree. thank you. >> thank you, senator young. senator bennett. >> thank you mr. chairman. i appreciate you having this hearing. and sam, nice to see you again. thank you. >> you too, senator. >> one of the most compelling pieces of phon if fiction hinon read in a long time and very depressing. >> thank you very much. >> the story you tell about something we haven't talked about is the heroin epidemic which rode on the prescription drug. >> right. >> my reaction reading it this was all happening in plain sight but somehow we missed it. and today 42,000 people a year are dying from this. the white house estimated this is costing the united states economy $504 billion a year. so a $1 billion is a lot of money but .2% what it's costing our economy. and the rural counties in my state is that lt sheriff tells you that 92% of the people he's admitting into his jail

i firmly believe it is our responsibility and i relish the opportunity. i think we should approach all of us the debate on the future of europe with the positive attitude, talking about what we want to achieve for our citizens rather than what we want to block or resist. many challenges we face are increasingly global. they cannot be met by nationstates acting alone. issues such as uncontrolled mass migration, climate change, cyber security, international trade, regulation of medicines and major corporations, many of whom are no bigger than states cannot be solved by 28 countries coming up with 28 different solutions. in unity there is security. in cooperation there is strength. as we say in the irish language, there is no strength without being together. we should welcome those who aspire to and are ready to take on the responsibilities and obligations of membership. the prospects of membership in the european union can be a powerful motivator for those who seek to build peace and freedom and prosperity and democracy in the western balkans. these countri

i believe the federal government in helpingund role facilitate those solutions. -- i do not believe most of these solutions in the nate from washington, d.c. >> very much appreciate you having this hearing. sam, it is nice to see you. one of the most compelling pieces of nonfiction i have read in a long, long time, and it is very, very depressing, the story you tell about something we have not really talked about, which is the heroin epidemic that wrote on the back of the prescription drug -- i mean, you just tell it brilliantly. my reaction reading it was this was all happening in plain sight, but somehow we missed it. year are,000 people a dying from this. the white house estimated this is costing the united states economy $504 billion a year. $1 billion is a lot of money, but it is .2% of what it is costing our economy. the rural counties in my state -- now this is not just about rural counties anymore, but the rural counties in my state, you go and the sheriff tells united 2% of the people he is admitting 92% of the people he is admitting in his jail are testing positive for heroin.

i am a passionate believer in the national health service. i believe that the creation of that in 19118 was a great thing. he rejoiced in the fact that he didn't have to ask his patients to pay. so, on social policy, i've always been on the left. but i was, when i was leader of the sdp, and even before — i believe that we did have to change trade union laws. i believe that we did have to change the economy. and above all, i wanted strong defence. all of those were challenged by michael foot in 1981 to 1983. and it took ‘81 — from the time we left till 1997 before labour won. corbyn is getting closer to it, and as i said to you, he's attracted young people. he's got an increased membership. you can't take this away from him. if you had your time over again, would you now think differently about leaving the labour party? would you have stayed in?

i don't believe i do not believe the most solutions emanate from washington dc and i do believe absolutely federal government has a profound role in helping those solutions and facilitating those solutions. >> i agree. thank you expect thank you senator young, senator [inaudible] >> i appreciate you having his hearing and it's nice to see again. sprint u2, senator. >> one of the most compelling piece of nonfiction i want to read in a long time. it's very depressing. [laughter] there is a story you tell about something we haven't really talked about which is the heroine epidemic that road on the back of the prescription drug and you tell it brilliantly and my reaction reading it was this was all happening in plain sight but somehow we missed it. today 42000 people a year are dying from this and the white house estimated that this is costing the united states economy $504 billion a year so a billion dollars is a lot of money but it's point to percent what is costing our economy and the rural counties in my state in out this just isn't role counties anymore but the rural counties in my state

and i believe -- i could be wrong, but i believe the very first one was the church at market, where people -- i think that was the original where people suffering tom aids would come and he would provide cannabis to them. that cannabis, like what happened with jonathan, would relieve their pain, would stimulate their appetite. eventually, he opened a 5-story club, and i talked about this before, around the corner on market street, more of an aids hospice than a cannabis club. countless lives were saved by the work of dennis parone in the early days. out of that came proposition 215, the medical marijuana law passed by the voters in 1996. now this spread across the country. and we found that cannabis provides relief for people with h.i.v.-aids and a host of other conditions and, again, besides the lives that dennis saved in the early days, he continued to save lives through his advocacy for medical cannabis that really benefited patients all across the country and he created a movement. he changed history. you know, it's funny, we now have prop 64 and january 1, here january 5, we have full

russia in march i don't think it's possible quite frankly nobody can lead you to my selection and i believe there's election is it's a big farce so i wouldn't be helping a lot of excitement or a lot of change in political future in russia so if it's a big political fars then explain to us the role of zenia zob jock why is she decided basically to run knowing she's going to lose. well look i believe in a situation in political landscape belief or in political situation we are here in russia you don't have that much of a choice what would be the difference just to keep the election and just stay as it as it is i believe every attempt every chance to try to reach out to voters try to push their agenda try to pull the kremlin and every single attempt to talk to the waters and explain why this government is failing president putin cannot stay in power for eighteen years and not not developing the country i believe we should take any ability to seriously and take this opportunity and try to do the best so it doesn't mean that we go away and it doesn't mean though that we have to stay home and do

i believe back in 2016, if i remember correctly, he gave an example directive, i believe, to increase the housing population in san francisco. i believe to 150%, which included 5,000 new housing units a year and he wanted to help the process and the development in making it easier for permits and going through the process of approval for housing. i know our director, nicole vaughn, had ongoing -- and she can speak about this -- discussions that he was planning and wanted to continue to engage with the council. i remember one of the things that he did back in 2014, was the transfer of the ownership of all the 29 public housing sites. and i believe there was over 3,500 units from the san francisco public housing authority. and the ownership went to community-based, affordable housing teams. and this was part of his public housing plan with housing and urban government and it was the rental assistance demonstration program. what this did with transferring the ownership, the buildings were given the necessary funding for crucial repairs for the most vulnerable population and to make areas

i believe there are other things that need to happen. en i was writing this book i stopped drinking and wanted to be the change i wanted to see in the country so i stopped eating food i saw advertised on tv. i felt that it was important to do things that wil would reducee chance that i would have pain. i just have a skepticism that in the long run he would be able to handle it, that we behave very poorly when they have no other friction in their lives and public accountability. >> he had a meeting of all of the people in the state and universities who were in charge of training with the goal of changing their attitudes towards prescribing them of opioids. one of the health officials said to me when i told him i would be hearing from you today, he's asked him about fentanyl. so in 50 seconds can you tell us about that? >> it's transforme transformed e market completely. it has democratized. it used to be when heroine was in the country we knew it came from mexican states and what can come from hungary, nebraska, canada. it has made heroine

i believe in individualized sentencing. i found the constitution and i believe our system works. i also believe in survivors. there's case law about how i can consider what i can consider. and first and foremost my sentence reflects the 7 in regard to who the defense refers to but the remainder of you, 161 others, add to the credibility of those seven. so technically i'm considered everything. everyone. because your crime, all of your crimes, the depth of them, have cut into the core of this community and many communities and all of the families and people we don't even know. and sir, the media has asked me to release your letter. i'm not going to do that. counsel may object. the media may object. but there is information in here that troubles me in regard to the victims. and i don't want them revictimized by the words that you have in here. i do want to read some of your letter, and the reason i've done that is because i've considered it in sentencing as an extension of your apology and whether i believe it or not. so i want you to fear your words. i've already read some, and i'm

i believe also we as americans play a huge role in all of this. our desire to have a quick end to pain can't be accountable for our own wellness. >> thank you for this i just won't have time for a second round of statements that in my state of the need for funding to support the grassrootss efforts like the safety that could save station programs are critical and i would look forward to talking with you more about that. >> thank you mr. cherry and mr. quinoes. i think dreamland and factor the man are the most important in the last 25 years, it's a tremendous work. i want to ask two questions if i can. the first one is we've had witnesses here and they've asked the questions could we set a goal of being addiction free by 2030 and i am mindful of your point that there is no silver bullet and we will rebuild these economies and enable them to protectan themselves. if you don't set. the target thn you don't marshal your resources around getting the target soap if you would advise us on what the target would be again i posed the question to the folks ca

with all due respect to my colleague i believe it was a great move it was a good move i believe we are getting probably one of the most important things that any country can give us is the ability to share intelligence and information against attack terrorism worldwide i don't see the world wide riots and the bloodshed like we're seeing in iran so i believe that as each country begins to think about this and we already saw it with some countries they're going to step up and move their embassies to israel who has been america's real greatest ally in that region but you're not telling me in detail why you consider this to be a good move on a legitimate move you know what we're talking about here we're talking about a u.s. president abandons along u.s. tradition and steps into a new territory that could destabilize the whole region have you been watching the news over the last few weeks have you seen the reaction of the millions of people across the muslim welds you seem to be a little bit disconnected i'm sorry to say this but you seem to be a little bit disconnected from reality well we

i believe in the constitution and i believe in the right of individuals to represent their people. if you can figure it out, i can figure it out. you're worried about the chairman. i'm not frankly worried about the chairman. i can't be chairman anymore. i think they do a good job or they're not chairmen anymore. that's what i believe. >> i think the chairman stated and it was pointed out, how we right this is absolutely critical. as the chairman now and i won't be a chairman in 351 days but who's counting, going through this process -- and we did it through the order process. we didn't have earmarks, but how do we go through a process to make sure that everybody is heard and we approve projects and as mr. rooney points out, the corp needs even more reform, a lot of reform, but we were able to go through a process and meet members' needs. we passed by 417 votes. it's because looking at everybody else around the table here and whether it's the florida ports or boston ports or other places in the country, those ports are not just for those towns, the cities that they're in. they benefi

that this is a critical issue for the turks and i don't believe that the would. not act against such an american step they wouldn't enter into confrontation with the united states army however they would act against the kurds in northeastern syria when i say turkey does act on its to a state does go ahead and launch a direct military attack on kurdish positions in syria what kind of what the consequences of that what the repercussions be. well i believe that this could cause anger in the united states specially in the. white house because it seems that the white house is not coordinating its moves and decisions with the state department so i believe that this could be a reason for discontent in the united states and that and that's why i believe that the turks could limit their actions. just to control the border and to check the presence of the kurds militants on the other side of the border in syria but the i believe that this could also. spill violence between the two sides. we need to wait and see but i don't believe that the turks are. that happy with the ame

and that should be done in the next two months i believe. >> okay. so that's going to be done in time for us to know what we're looking for as far as a new training facility is concerned? i know that's going to take a long time. i would hate for the study to be completed at a point where it's too late, if you understand where i'm coming from. >> so that is the big issue is the site. the location. i think we have a good grasp of the needs of the department for training, but nailing down the site is the main driver of the work being done right now. >> so that's part of the study is locating a -- identifying a site. >> correct. >> when we do the studies, who are we paying the funds to? is that -- are we paying that to ourselves? >> dpw usually handles it and they have in-house for design, architecture, etc cetera but they bring in contractors as needed. >> it's part of our budget but we pay dpw to do the work. >> correct. >> okay. one other thing, the elephant on the document, the chief's residence. this is news to me, we have a chief's residence, althou

of course i believe in voting. i voted last time. we do get our option through the advanced. the question about the regional trade in china. what are the steps on how pakistan and the afghan government and the u.s. might take to ensure peace in afghanistan. it's driving the drug trade and its driving militancy. so what are your prospects for peace and what role should pakistan play the first one is about the decision to withhold aid and the reaction and the specific steps on the settleme settlement. >> we think that the big gear that was quoted half of that was with respect to the reimbursement for the expense that we had anchore incurred foe predetermined objectives. they would be doing themselves the same. the economics have over the years for a long time. our leadership has had in that way. but the relationship is based on mutualee respect so that is our response to this phenomena. it basically means it allows the people of afghanistan to engage in the serious reconciliation. his advice was with the 58,000 this is exactly what happened. they have been suffering some kind o

well i believe. first of all all american accusations her voice and discredited because we've seen before cases of distortion of many people asian or facts especially that things are getting reported by groups that are listed on the terrorist groups like the way white house or a lot of other activists who shift from one side to the other according to the situation so i believe that this has been the case for example into the thousand and thirteen and two thousand and fifteen and it was proven that that was a false accusation the whole. thing didn't happen it was. created by a false media so that's why i believe that. we cannot rely on the americans source for good news or credible. and we don't have international organizations that are independent organizations that could investigate the issue and state the facts as it is could this rush essentially to blame moscow for chemical attacks do you think it could potentially set a precedent that whatever happens ok let's put the blame on this without an in

>> i believe the quality of his sources have proven to be high. he people he validated by putting them in his report he felt strongly there's truth there. i read parts of that report allowed to my husband who is a fairly well-known counterfeiter forger. the fact that michael cohen said he was not a product that day at that time doesn't carry a lot of water. if you siding there is no plane ticket showing my arrival, there's no passport stamp, that was tony's business for good part of his life. it's possible for michael cortez been there and another name, not coming across border control. see question everything. it's their business. i think using some of the comment in communications intelligence from our allies in europe from the dutch and british were picking up incidental intelligence with their electronic intercepts has been a way they been able to push some facts forward in that document. >> to round out the first part on what we know now the one outstanding question is this, was there collusion or not? my colleagues have been working on this.

with your help i believe this legislative session can be the best ever. it can be the year become together in a common bond of commitment to our people's best interest and i promise you my door will always be open. i will always listen to your concerns and be on offended by mutual disagreements. in closing, i wish to thank you again for this opportunity to reflect on the state of the state and rededicate myself to being governor for all the people. now, let us go from disappointed time and place committed to serving the people of mississippi and making this wonderful land a better place for tomorrow's generation. may god bless you, the great state of mississippi, and may god bless the united states of america. thank you and good night. [applause]

i don't believe there would be. hat when a government sent out a message, paid for by the taxpayer, to every individual and says this is your decision and we will abide by it, i think that the country must abide by it. as a democrat, doesn't worry you that yougov which has been tracking opinion ever since the referendum, has found recently a consistent feeling among the british public who say they would prefer britain to remain and not leave. there are many different polls on that but i am not going into them. i don't enter into the argument about the referendum. that decision has been taken by the people. there is a legitimate argument about how we negotiate and what position we adopt but the decision is taken. it's the result of a long change. this has been dividing this country since 1962. a former labour party leader warned about a federal europe and i supported him. it's not so much about trade issues as it is the fundamental ones that this country should be a self—governing country. talking constitutionalism. y

catalonia separatism yeah yeah i believe that to all take oliver about sending bots after a star trek star trying to take him down with sexual allegations star check no star wars i would believe if i had my doubts about a box so i would say no. they were actually accused of that was. russia hacked into the u.s. irish and british power grids fake russia was influencing the braggs it vote through social media fake russia hacked into cataloging a separatism and was promoting cataloging a separatism in spain real how about buying ads on social media.

i don't believe it i don't think the american people wanted. they want to ensure were not doing this in a few short years. we need to put a focus only need to look at this out stated -- the solutions are here. i might not be a hundred% happy or they might not be. this situation is closer to a deal because both sides want to see an end with there's a questions about the daca recipients but that i wanted deal with it again. it's an honor to be in this bo body, but it's time for action in time to get to point to be. we know that we are well intended. were ready to negotiate. let's get together. but don't tie the solution to the funding of the federal government. for men and women in the military deserve better. >> presidential nominees have obstructed unobstructed to move somewhere. even when the plan to support the nominee. we've had many come to the floor that have been objected to and had to go through the long post closure process to get to the end of it. and have forded out sometimes unanimously. i've seen that happen we have nominees here th

i believe it is a big mistake. i told person. i believe it is a big mistake.re is no new negotiation. you join, or you don't. china decided to remain in the loop, and we will deliver. i think we have to accelerate, but what i see is that the private sector, and states in the usa, they are following this line, trying to comply with the agreement, so we will do it. i think it is a mistake but there will be no new negotiation, but i hope an option to join the treaty as negotiated. very final question. you said you would bea final question. you said you would be a jupiter like president. what did you mean? i thinki never be a jupiter like president. what did you mean? i think i never use the expression like that when i was asked, but you know how it goes, people just capture one word and ta ke people just capture one word and take it without the context. i think i was just making a take it without the context. i think i wasjust making a comment take it without the context. i think i was just making a comment with the full context, but i meant when you present you

yes of course i believe to democracy it's a long process a long term goal and i believe even if we cannot be in this upcoming election we are going to lay the groundwork for a foot a new elections in couple of years in two thousand and twenty four and so on so i believe it's an important process and democracy also in the investment countries needed a long time of development and i don't think the russians can just skip it. ok now as you look forward to two thousand and twenty four as you say what advice are you providing zinnias subject to maximize the vote this time around i believe in this political environment to believe in russia it's really important just to talk to people who reach out to people and trying to to educate people about the importance of elections because as i said. in gauge mended that this believe is so huge in this country and this is the main obstacle in the road of democracy is i believe just reaching out to people talking to them and trying to engage them or turn out more and come to the polls on election day it's the number one goal is right now ok it's an uphill

i believe in individualised sentencing. ur syste m constitution, and i believe our system works. i also believe in these survivors. now, there is case law about howl these survivors. now, there is case law about how i can consider what i consider. first and foremost, my sentence reflects the seven defendants. but the remainder of due, the 161 others, add to the credibility of those seven. so technically, i am considering everything, everyone, because all of your crimes, the depth of them have cut into the core of this community and many communities and all of the families and people we don't even know. sir, the media have asked me to release your letter. i'm not going to do that. the council may object, the media may object, but there is information in here that troubles me in regard to the victims. and i don't want them re—victimised by the word that you have in here. but i do wa nt word that you have in here. but i do want to read some more of your letter, and the reason i want to do thatis letter, and the reason i want to

>> i don't believe it's the administration trying to sew it. t have been coming out over the course of the last few months -- >> calling it a witch hunt, the greatest hoax, not sewing doubt. >> it's very concerning when you see evidence that the comey had already started to write his news release exonerating hillary clinton before he interviewed her. when you see evidence of text messages being exchanged between people at the highest level of these investigations that are questioning -- >> it sounds like you're saying this shouldn't even be investigati investigating. is that what you believe? >> if there is any kind of evidence bias, the fbi at the highest level, not the rank and file but at the highest level, they showed a previous position to support or change an outcome of a hillary clinton investigation or to launch a donald trump investigation, those are concerns that we have to take a look at. >> so anna, marc is talking about peter strzok and lisa page in these text messages that even democrats have said need to be looked at but what he's

i truly believe that he does want a solution for these young immigrants. i hope that we can get there and we'll have a meeting tomorrow with the white house, a bipartisan meeting to try to get a little farther down the road. let me just stress, a lot of words are highly charged that are thrown around this immigration debate. no word is perhaps more highly charged than the word amnesty. that's been thrown around by a number of my colleagues. i would suggest that that is not the case here with the daca kids. amnesty by definition is an unconditional pardon for a breach of law. i don't think a child being brought across the border by the parents has committed a violation of the law. not the child. certainly the parent but not the child. and so to provide relief for those kids and to allow them to stay in the only country that they know, i don't think should be called an amnesty. yet that highly charged phrase is often used -- or word. to say, or to suggest that anyone pursuing a bipartisan solution is proposing amnesty, i think, is misleading, and it puts back

well i guess i'm a little radical because i don't believe we need an f.b.i. for you know one hundred some years without one there is no use of having at the in the intelligence services can handle counterintelligence just fine most of the crimes that the f.b.i. is involved in are made up crimes most of the terrorism that investigates itself has been involved in fomenting so we don't need an f.b.i. just of the issue of the new is i would mention one other thing and i'm sure you know this peter hamilton sixty eight the organization. association for for defending democracy bill kristol mike this is an organization funded by the u.s. government and this is the one that is following all of our hashtags and all our twitter accounts and it finds a rush of bots everywhere so you have collusion among the neo cons and the never trumped hillary that's a perfect storm that's what's keeping this alive in a campaign hamilton sixty eight i'm sure is a big fan of this program i'm waiting for their their next scribe to write about. kevin you've been in government here i mean

i do not believe there was an attack in may. ideav'd have to go backing to t timeline. >> so if it's march or may of -- >> excuse me, senator. i meant 2017. >> okay. so let me ask you this. what was the sarjay informed the effects could be permanent? >> he was informed of the attacks in late december, sir, of 2016. at that point i do not believe we knew we had information about the severity or the depth of the attacks. >> when diplomats reported symptoms to the medical team, why did it take so long to respond? >> senator, i believe to try to clarify how this timeline from investigative standpoint took place, it was december 30th and 2016 when it was first brought to the attention of the regional security officer and the front office of the embassy. at that time it was not clear what was taking place, nor were there related severe medical symptoms. they just simply didn't know and at that point they thought it might be some form of harassment and the regional security officer did note it in a report along with other reports. so th

and i believe it should not be one of them. because we can come up with a second, third t-50 model that can be another great success story. the top, top, top-notch technological power and global brand marketing power of the united states can be coupled with the great human resources and cheap costs that korea has the productivity so that we can pursue joint development production and export which can be and should be applied vertically and horizontally. and in conclusion, during the past 60 years, our two nations pursued military tradition and military industrial development based on such mutual effort. korea is now standing as one of the sixth largest trading partners. and it is quite certain, almost a forgone conclusion that it will have $1 trillion worth of trade volume this year. and it is being discussed as a good success case. through the seminar that we are holding today, i hope and believe that down the road, maybe even for the next 30 years, we can come up with concrete ideas that can lay the firm groundwork for future

i believe it's also in the interests of france. translation:? in the interests of france.our first question. it is not for me to somehow assess the influence of one prime minister or another or to read into the future. whitehall i know is that the united kingdom is a member of the security council and it will not be impacted by the brexit. we share the same interests. we have seen it we acknowledge it regarding the middle east or in africa. i believe that the choices made today mean in particular that regarding iran it shows we are working together. we are working with the country with is a neighbour, a friend. a country that shares our relationship with freedom, democracy and security. then of course we can sometime have different views, but we always agree when it comes to these topics. this is the reason why we can work together. this is the reason why i've been so determined in my remarks regarding foreign policy and defence. to make sure there are no changes in this respect because we are stronger together. then let me tell you that the number of defeats or victories

wald's superpower is essentially trying to get self into a pariah i believe in diplomacy i believe in dialogue and i really believe that the best way we can solve problems is that we when we talk about it if you pull yourself out of the process you lose the ability to influence the process at the same time the process it will go on with the result obviously it's a great loss to the process even the united states are not part of it and i really hope that the decisions are temporarily and that the united states will come back to the negotiating table well. there's another nuclear. threat that is the issue of north korea there has been some talks that have taken place between north and south over the past couple of weeks admittedly they were about the winter olympics but many people felt and coverage particularly has that came the same time where we had talk of nuclear buttons and desks and whose was bigger and the drums of war essentially beating like we've never heard before and that's something that should be worrying do you think that there is a real threat to some sort of a conflict

full house" fans have been coming there for the last 30 years and as fan visits are increasing i do not believe that it's because i own the house or what color it is, it is because the new show has become a hit and "full house" and "fuller house" are currently significant in pop culture. as time goes by these visits will decrease just like they did after "full house" finished its run on abc back in 1995. my neighbors are saying that i've already turned an empty home with a demolished interior into some kind of commercial enterprise. that's just not true. yes, netflix, not i, but netflix chose to use the exterior of the home for two promotional events, both approved by the film commission but those activities took about six hours out of the year and a half that i have owned the house. what's important to note is the fact that fans visiting the house to take a souvenir photo, even if they post it on their social media, that does not generate any money and it is in no way a commercial use of the property. just because people take photos of the house from the sidewalk which i cannot control that do