>> no, but there are some amendments that would take that on, congresswoman jackie spear wants to roll back the administrations ban on transgender troops to the obama -- obama era which was more tolerant permitting transgender troops, and on the flipside, you have steve king of iowa who has an amendment that would bar enforcement of the obama era transgender training. >> a quick one, how soon, if it is coming between the rules committee early in the week, how soon might we see a florida begin on the authorization bill? >> i don't know that i can predict that, but we do know that on monday, max thornberry, the chairman of the committee, and the ranking member are going to be before rules and on tuesday evening, they will start discussion and debate. the last time i checked, it is more than 550, and if you look at last year when there was 400, 210 made it to the floor. that is lot for the committee to tackle and they have been known to work, even into 2 am. it could take quite a while. >> conjugal, congressional reporter -- and defense news out .com. thanks for the update. >>> washington

fabrication and absolute political statement. >> jackie spear has never said there are crimes that wereed by the president or his staff. >> she accused the staff member of committing a crime. jackie lied on television about me. >> jackie speared smeared. >> i conflate the two. >> i know why you're angry about that. >> it's not different because she's a democrat. >> of course not. it's got to be about the truth, michael. at the end of the day -- >> this is not -- first of all, this is not the year anniversary of the mueller investigation. this is two or three or six year anniversary. we've been at this for some time. paul manafort was under investigation for years before he went to work for trump. here's the problem. >> completely unrelated. >> why's that? >> why did they charge him from that investigation? >> maybe they didn't have a case, maybe they didn't care. there are lots of different reasons. >> one of the things that happened this year of the mueller part of the investigation is that the journalism also died. >> please. this very conversation is proof that that's -- >> i'm not s

. >> reporter: in desperation, her family reached out to representative jackie spear who helped get lucy'spension back this week. she says that she was happy to help. >> she's a pistol, isn't she? you just want to find out what her secret sauce is. and i think it is the fact that she loves life. >> reporter: she's glad the government now thinks she's alive, so she can go back to well, living her life. she said the secret to living a long and happy life is to truly live it. >> it's too late when you say i wish i had -- it's too late. >> it was very nice to meet you. >> reporter: -- mary lee, kpix5. >>> aisha curry says she was harassed after last nights warriors loss. >> look at her, look at her. she's all bitter and sour. look at her. she is being all rude. >> reporter: -- >> this video showed part of the altercation. curry says a rockets fan bumped her and her pregnant belly as she was leaving the toyota center in houston pg detailed on twitter. she wrote in part, this man bumped me in my eight month pregnant belly, asking, doesn't losing feel like getting punched in the gut and continue

it started on march 20, 2017, the house intelligence had a public hearing where representative jackie spearrought my name up and my wife's name and called me putin's image maker. and threats to our family came one after another. death threat and one guy called me i know you are not home and we'll burn your home with your wife and children inside. it was clear that i was going to be pulled in the congressional investigations. and since the hearing and a senate committee hearing and now, sitting before the mueller team on wednesday, we are out $125,000. we were on the way out of our home, sean, and we couldn't have a home like we and make money. we had to move to washington to make washington money so i can pay the debt. 125000 is more than i make a year here in new york. we don't make that much here. we are wealthy in a quality of life. so what happened. >> sean: go ahead. >> what happened was surprising, one last thing we were trying to do before we pack up put up a go fund me and between the time i told them to go to hell and check my go fund me, we raised over $125,000 in $20 increment. i

it appears to shift back the power to the institution instead of the institution, congresswoman jackie spear said in a statement." shelby is on the line from tallahassee, florida with over $100,000 in student loan debt. do you think it was worth it? caller: yes. going to two medical schools, are now right under $200,000. this is from harvard and columbia. a black american, third-generation higher education postgraduate seeker, i think that this is about the priorities of a nation. if you look now at the disinvestment that the government makes over the course of from the 1960's until current, even with residency, the medicaid government pays for the residency cost for not the private hospitals, not the insurance, it is the government. that is who is paying for the residency salaries. we have a disinvestment, particularly at the state level. now we have only about 37% of states contributing to higher education costs. 68, 1968,e in, i am celebrating my 30th year from columbia, next week and, in fact, now you are having 37% state investment in higher education. local taxes with property paid so

what impact will that have on the investigation ini'm joined now wii congresswomen jackie spear. you for joining us. we appreciate it. first let me get your reaction. this is dana bash reporting that mueller has told the trump team he'll follow the justice department guidelines which say a sitting president can't be indicted. what does that say for the mueller investigation? >> it means that in all likelihood that special counsel mueller will provide us with a list of particulars that will indicate what crimes if any have been committed. and then it'll be up to congress to do what it is challenged to do, which is to impeach and try if there is sufficient evidence to do so. >> is that something you think the mueller team would have told the president's team at this point, trump's team at this point? >> rudy giuliani hasn't been particularly thoughtful and accurate in the kinds of statements he's made over the last few weeks, so i don't know if the mueller team actually has said that to him or not. but there is a lot of discussion that's taken place over the last few decades about

in conclusion, i want to thank my colleagues on the subcommittee, the ranking member, jackie spear and the rest of the members for their contributions to the mark and support in this process. the recommendations are clearly reflected in the national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2019. i strongly urge my colleagues to support this bill. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from washington is recognized. mr. smith: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from maryland, mr. brown, a member of the armed services committee and a veteran of our military. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. brown: i want to thank chairman thornberry and ranking member smith for bringing a solid bipartisan defense authorization bill to the floor. as we consider one of the largest defense authorizations since world war ii we must demand leadership from the pentagon and commander of chief. a larger budget doesn't guarantee a more capable force. e must spend money wisely. we should focus on modernization, war fighter readiness and technological edge. responsible leadership must keep faith with

it appears to shift back the power to the institution instead of the institution, congresswoman jackie spearaid in a statement." shelby is on the line from tallahassee, florida with over $100,000 in student loan debt. do you think it was worth it? caller: yes. going to two medical schools, are now right under $200,000. this is from harvard and columbia. a black american, third-generation higher education postgraduate seeker, i think that this is about the priorities of a nation. if you look now at the disinvestment that the government makes over the course of from the 1960's until current, even with residency, the medicaid government pays for the residency cost for not the private hospitals, not the insurance, it is the government. that is who is paying for the residency salaries. we have a disinvestment, particularly at the state level. now we have only about 37% of states contributing to higher education costs. 68, 1968,e in, i am celebrating my 30th year from columbia, next week and, in fact, now you are having 37% state investment in higher education. local taxes with property paid so wi

it started on march 20, 2017, the house intelligence had a public hearing where representative jackie spear brought my name up and my wife's name and called me putin's image maker. and threats to our family came one after another. death threat and one guy called me i know you are not home and we'll burn your home with your wife and children inside. it was clear that i was going to be pulled in the congressional investigations. and since the hearing and a senate committee hearing and now, sitting before the mueller team on wednesday, we are out $125,000. we were on the way out of our home, sean, and we couldn't have a home like we and make money. we had to move to washington to make washington money so i can pay the debt. 125000 is more than i make a year here in new york. we don't make that much here. we are wealthy in a quality of life. so what happened. >> sean: go ahead. >> what happened was surprising, one last thing we were trying to do before we pack up put up a go fund me and between the time i told them to go to hell and check my go fund me, we raised over $125,000 in $20 increment.