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lastly, we reported on recently declassified documents in which the fisa court admonished the fbi for violations of amendment rights. i made two errors. i fed the website broke the story and that "the new york times" and "the washington post" hadn't covered it. my last attempt at a correction didn't do it justice. in fact it was "the new york times" who first broke the violations in an exclusive published april 28. "the washington post" followed the next day with an article that cited the times reporting. then on may 11, after the court documents were declassified on the website of the office of director of national intelligence, charlie savage reported again for the times, including quotations from the fisa documents. i regret those errors. police in portland say the man suspected of fatally stabbing two bystanders who rushed to the aid of two young women was involved in two incidents earlier. jeremy christian is accused of killing two men friday. police say his victims were standing up for two women under verbal assault by christian. one of the women said he allegedly said to get ou

you know, it's a police-type agency and i think they would -- and lastly, we need -- this morning, i said on cnn, i said, this thing has turned into a mess. i mean, we got to straighten this out. i think we need to pull politics out of this as much as possible. by the way, for those same reasons is why i like mueller, ok. the same reasons. thank you, all. i really appreciate you all. by the way, one other thing, if there is any moment that the press -- in our country's history has a major role, it is this moment. this is your moment. you have got to put it out there so people can understand what is going on. i have said it before and i'll say it again. this is about the fight for the soul of our democracy. we cannot afford to lose this one. thank you very much. reporter: thank you. >> debriefing was very good. what i learned and i am satisfied with is that the special prosecutor will have the adth ofof scope -- bre scope if necessary to follow any and all leads directly to the russian attempt to influence our election. that for me, clearly unclassified, that for me is the most import

lastly, i want to be note the positive ongoing partnership between the united states and the palestinians on a range of issues, private sector development, job creation, regional security, counterterrorism and the rule of law, all of which are essential to moving forward toward peace. i welcome president abbas here today as a demonstration of that partnership, that very special partnership that we all need to make it all work. and i look forward to welcoming him back as a great mark of progress and ultimately toward the signing of a document with the israelis and with israel toward peace. we want to create peace between israel and the palestinians. we will get it done, we will be working so hard to get it done. it's been a long time, but we will be working diligently and i think there's a very, very good chance and i think you feel the same way. mr. president, thank you very much. [ speaking foreign language ] >> translator: mr. president, your excellencesy, i would like to thank you for this honorable invitation to come and meet with you and i look much forward to working with new order

and lastly, yesterday, the presiden sned the 14th congressnaevw act resolution to stop president obama's last rulor slaught that he did last year. up until this year, congress had successfully disrepeal one regulatiounder this law. now, jt this year already, we've done it 14 times in matter ofonths. we have much more do end washington's culture of erach and overregulation, but thiss a big promise kept as we work tprotect jobs a to grow ourcomy i know it's a lonli. it is n means cple. every day ree are working advance our agenda and to address the prlems that americans facen their everyday liv. questions. porter m speaker, earlier this wee sat mcconnell sa wou deal with a littleess drama fromhe whe house on a lot of thing sically saying it could deut or hamper your agenda. y agree with that assessnt speaker ryan:ell, yeah. it's always nictoave less dra. the thing i want to say, people in thicotryeeto know we areusatortrying to solve eir proem so i realizehe's a lot in the dia these days. that doesn't seize up core. thatoesn't stop us from doing our jobs to rk on people's problems. e of th

and lastly, from the marshal identify wlands, james miazoi.applause] thank you, you may be seated. i now have the privilege of introducing this year's distinguished graduate. the distinguished graduate is a cadet who graduates with the highest military president's average which includes the academic, military, and physical components of the entire 200-week program. it is with great pride that i introduce this year's distinguished graduate, first class christopher popeel. [applause] first class christopher popeel is from st. augustine, florida. he majored in operations research and computer analysis. this past academic year, he completed a project that created a decision support tool that ranks by priority coast guard's small boat stations within a district based on various mission and environmental factors. impressively he was also working that project in the fall semester while also being the regimental chief of staff. talk about time-management challenges. in the summer of 2016, first class popeel worked with the office of requirements and a

you know, it's a police-type agency and i think they would -- nd lastly, we need -- this morning i said on cnn -- i said this thing has turned into a ess. i mean, we got to straighten his out. i think we need to pull politics out of this as much as possible. by the way, for those same reasons is why i like mueller, ok. the same reasons. thank you, all. i really appreciate you all. by the way, one other thing, if there is any moment that the ok. the same reasons. press -- in our country's history has a major role, it is this moment. this is your moment. you have got to put it out there so people can understand what is going on. i have said it before and i'll say it again. this is about the fight for the soul of our democracy. we cannot afford to lose this one. thank you very much. reporter: thank you. reporter: what did you make of the briefing? ms. jackson lee: i don't think i earned much and the confidence in the investigation is very limited. it does not reflect on my espect for director mueller, but i believe there are a number of cover-ups that i question whether or not all of them

and lastly, yesterday the president signed the 14th congressional review act resolution to stop president obama's last regulatory onslaught of last year. up until this year, congress had successfully just repealed one regulation under this law. now, just this year already, we have done it 14 times in a matter of months. we have much more to do to end government's culture of overreach and overpromise but this is a promise kept to grow the economy and the jobs. it is by no means complete. every day here we are working to advance our agenda and address the problems that americans face in their every day lives. questions? phil? >> mr. speaker, earlier this week senator mcconnell said we could do with a little less drama from the white house on a lot of things saying basically undercut or hamper your agenda. do you agree with that assessment? >> well, yeah. it is always nice to have less drama but the point i'm trying to make and tried to make it the other day at my press conference, people in the country need to know we are busy at work trying to solve their problems so i realize there's a lo

[applause] vice president pence: lastly, ivanka trump said it so well. on behalf of the president of the united states and his family and our family, i want to organize our gold star family two are with us today. you honor us by your presence, on behalf of you the president of the united states, the american people will one ororget your loved the sacrifice your family made for our freedom, so help us god. let's hear it for our gold star family's. families. [applause] vice president pence: and i just want to promise all the families who are here today, whether it is education are housing or or all theor moving challenges that are faced in the military, his career, i want to assure you, military families will never have a better friend than president donald trump. already in the early days of this administration, the president has signed into law the largest increase in military spending in the last 10 years. and i'm proud to say, the president submitted a budget that will have the largest increase in military spending the days of president ronald reagan.

[applause] lastly, ivanka trump said it so well. president ofthe the united states, and his amalie and our family, i want to recognize our gold star family's. -- and his family and our family, i want to recognize our gold star families. i want to promise that we will never forget your loved one or your sacrifice. let's hear it for our gold star families. [applause] pence: and i would like to promise all of the families that are here today, whether it is education or housing or all of theor challenges we face in a military family's career, i want to assure you that military families will never have a better friend than donald trump. already in the early days of this administration, the president has signed into law the biggest increase in military spending in 10 years, and i am proud to say that the president submitted a budget that will have the largest increase in military spending since the days of president ronald reagan. [applause] pence: the president is and ourly committed, entire administration will work every day to rebuild

and then lastly, i want to go to the western hemisphere. and in the western hemisphere, obviously, our neighbors are vitally important to us, canada and mexico. it's not as rocky as it looks sometimes, and i think, in fact, the relationships are quite good. both of our neighbors understand we have to refresh some of the agreements that have governed our relationship, particularly in the areas of trade, and both countries are ready to engage in a good-faith effort with us as well. in particular, we're investing a lot of effort into mexico because of the transmigration issues and organized crime. and so we have an initiative underway where the senior members of the mexican government will be coming up here on may the 18th to participate in an interagency process with us to see if we can get at transnational organized crime and begin to break these organized crime units up. not only are they a threat to us and to mexico's stability and the scourge of drugs that just flow into this country, they also are part of the integrated terrorist financi

lastly, i encourage you to seek at great mentors. i was very fortunate to have great mentors in my life. many were my bosses. they always encouraged me and helped me realize my skills that i didn't even know existed within me. among other things, my mentors taught me to take on the challenges that no one else wants to tackle, often those are the ones that teach you the most. my mentors want to push me into new roles such as running a factory with 100 people were running the course rocket company with 5000 rocket scientist. they also knew how much i could handle and when i needed some extra guidance or help. remember, asking for help is a sign of strength, not weakness. surround yourself with people who will work with you to a accomplish your task, not for you. no one can achieve greatness alone. if you haven't already, you will learn about the importance of professional networks after college. that could be your advocates that help you navigate important professional relationships that you need to excel in your career. i am not here

during his visit here, lastly, foreign minister acknowledged that there is no military solution to the syrian conflict. russia must now, with great urgency, exercise its influence over the syrian regime to guarantee that horrific violation stop now. with that, i'll take your questions. thank you very much. >> thank you. two things. one, are you suggesting that russia and or iran have anything to do with this crematory and. >> know. >> secondly, do you have any idea of how many, you said thousands, how many of the bodies are being disposed of in mass graves and how many are being burned? >> no. the report projected that as many as between five and 11000 people had been killed in the present between 2011 and 2015. so that gives you some idea of what the -- then, other data would suggest that as many as 50 murders a day coming out of the complex. >> that's a lot. are all of those, all 50 a day are being burned. >> i don't know. what we are assessing is that if you have that level of production of mass murder, then using the crematorium would help , would allow the regime to manage that nu

in order to underwrite bonds and to clear the trades and then lastly in food biotechnology there aretions. i think something like eight pending and we've agreed on a protocol for going forward with them where by the end of may those will know if there's any remaining problems in their application, if not, it'll go forward. so -- maria: yeah. >> it dealt with a lot of sectors but there's a lot more to do. maria: a lot more. a lot of people wonder if american companies will actually get a shot to actually own something in china rather than just being part of joint venture where a financial firm can only own 49%. maria: go ahead, sir, sorry. >> that's certainly one of the issues, the intellectual property rights are an issue, the oversupply and overcapacity in steel and aluminum and other products, there's a host of issues but strategy to get a quick free kills and a few tangible delivery items that can be done quickly and make sure there's actual performance on them because many of the things had been premised for a long time. now it's time for delivery, assuming that those are deliver

and lastly, as arduous as it has been, the physical training in this place, i encourage you to continueo practice the discipline and self-control. there's an old proverb that says like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who lacks self-control. i truly believe that commanding others first begins with being able to command yourself. discipline is the foundation of leadership. integrity, humility, orientation to authority, and self-control. those are my admonition to you today. i truly believe that as you pursue these qualities of character, you will lead with distinction. and as you have done until this moment in your life, you will prove yourselves worthy of the trust that your commander-in-chief is placing in you today. to be faithful defenders of our nation and our way of life. as you prepare to assume your duties, i want to say to new officers and your families, president donald trump is the best friend the armed forces of the united states will ever have. [applause] vice president pence: i will make you a promise. no matter where you are called to serve, no matter what the m

lastly, i want to thank katie, my chief of staff, and my personal staff. our subcommittees as well as our minority -- i yield myself an additional minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. frelinghuysen: the minority staff worked night and day to get the fiscal year 2017 behind us, these bills, and to get ahead and move ahead to the 2018 process. i appreciate all of them and their hard work. before i close, i'd like to take a moment to acknowledge one special member of the committee, dale oak, who will retire this week. he has deindicated more than 20 years to the committee. he tacked one extra week on sticking around to help us complete this bill. his commitment is true to form for him and we're immensely grateful for it. dale, we thank you for your years of service, and we wish you the best of luck in the future. mr. speaker, it's now seven months into the 2017 fiscal year. we must complete our work today. it's time to look ahead and begin work on the 2018 priorities. i urge my colleagues to support the bill and i t

lastly with what was reported in the president telling the russians in the meeting in which he divulgedsified intelligence that we don't share with our closest alleys, that james comey was a nut job and he faced great pressure but that's taken off now. that's a huge problem for this president who seems to not understand the role of the executive in the constitution. >> jon: christy and evan, stay with us. a man who says he is friends with james comey going on record about the former fbi director's troubled relationship with president trump. benjamin whittis is from the brookings institute. here he was with coney in 2015. he said he had multiple conversations with comey about president and learned that comey wanted to maintain the fbi's independence but was frustrated at the president's attempts to win him over. he said comey was disgusted in one visit to the white house. >> if you watch the video, he's wearing a blue blazer. he stands in the parts of the room that is as far from trump that is physically possible to be and also against blue drapes that are the same color -- >> he chose t

there is some growth suppo supporting -- lastly, the army's fy 18 bracket funding of clean up and excess properties and brach locati bracket locations. >> requests of $71 million. this goes to funding day-to-day its operations and 29 -- army also requesting $962 million for congressional mandate chemical program and continuing op reratn in pueblo colorado and bluegrass, kentucky. many of you are aware that the army have been managing large since 2001. this is been an account that's epic blow. the army 2018 budget requests representing requirements for military personnel and operat n operations and maintenance and research developments and acquisitions. this year's components request of $28.9 billion. >> 2018 requests supporting operation of centennial and operation -- european. it includes $4.9 billion of the afghan firm. this is a fund that replaces both iraq and syria training fund. 2.9 million portion of this primarily supporting soldier and maintaining the current levels of afghanistan and iraq. i know there were some discussions in the previous with mr. roth and general, this reques

lastly, in the rural areas, we think there may be a role for free standing emergency rooms in isolated rural communities, or in isolated rural communities that don't have the patient population to support a full-scale in-patient operation. and we have ideas that we've been talking through, where you could restructure that in-patient subsidies and support free-standing emergency rooms in isolated rural areas. but it's not that free-standing emergency rooms have no role anywhere. we have concerns about their growth in certain areas of the country and then we think we've probably not got quite the right incentive in the rural areas. >> so if you have the diane black main hospital with the main emergency department, and then ten miles away, you have the free-standing emergency department, does medicare get data on the visits to that ten-mile-away facility, or is it part of the main hospital emergency? >> it's all mashed together. >> so medicare, you at med pack, you can't discern if i go to the free-standing one or the main one? >> we cannot. and we are concerned about that, and that was t

lastly might remember, demario we first met. next full screen. >> we did meet him.is. >> yes. handsome too. >> final rose, 30-year-old executive recruiter. chris harrison says, he may not be there for the right reasons. >> oh. >> there is always at least one. gins duty tuesday morning.to >> we cannot wait. >> you must be so excited. >> very excited. see you then. >> thank you, jack. >> all right. next up, to the red carpet in the south of france. >> yes, stars are out. the cannes film festival. didn't disappoint this year's vinchy couture, beautiful, sheer panel, feather detailing. went all out. >> in case you cannot tell, once again, writing our fashion stories. and it looks like street chic has finally hit. >> street chic. >> red carpet. marianne coutierre, blue screens and white flowing. >> susan sarandon. stole the spotlight in the form fitting emerald green gown, velvet. what's that velvet? yes it is. plunging neckline. rocked some shades on the red carpet. >> rushing to greet her. bella hadid, a wardrobe mall function. her high leg slip opened up to reveal her

lastly, i want to thank katie, my chief of staff, and my personal staff. our subcommittees as well as our minority -- i yield myself an additional minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. frelinghuysen: the minority staff worked night and day to get the fiscal year 2017 behind us, these bills, and to get ahead and move ahead to the 2018 process. i appreciate all of them and their hard work. before i close, i'd like to take a moment to acknowledge one special member of the committee, dale oak, who will retire this week. he has deindicated more than 20 years to the committee. he tacked one extra week on sticking around to help us complete this bill. his commitment is true to form for him and we're immensely grateful for it. dale, we thank you for your years of service, and we wish you the best of luck in the future. mr. speaker, it's now seven months into the 2017 fiscal year. we must complete our work today. it's time to look ahead and begin work on the 2018 priorities. i urge my colleagues to support the bill and i t

lastly, we listened to the nominee for terrorism and financial crimes all on those issues and we want to make sure his ties do not affect their ability, the secretary for treasury, terrorism and financial crimes nominee, to do their jobs. thistary mnuchin: i take responsibility seriously. i reviewed the cases weekly. writing reports to me. i can assure you it there any cases that involve the president for any members of his family, that they would be treated very seriously and we would review them like anything else. senator brown: but the public needs to know as you review them. thank you. chairman: thank you. senator: thank you for being here, and i know you heard secretary chairman crapo's commitment to housing reform in his opening comments. i know you have some tax reform issues and others to deal with, but it is my sense you are committed to dealing with housing finance reform in an appropriate way, is that correct? secretary mnuchin: that is correct and it is something hope we can do in a bipartisan basis. >> i think the only way to do it appropriately where you deal with charr

lastly, we need to know and believe in good policing in this country. we need to live it. up close, respectful, firm, fair , lawful, transport law-enforcement is what has always worked best in every neighborhood in this country. for one example, african americans, like all americans, know that good policing like that is the path to prosperity and safety. we have to stand together. law enforcement, advocates like adl, trinity group of people from all worked of life, understand what we need and assist upon it. as part of that we have to work to understand and recognize ourselves in each other. i sometimes think the reason we struggle as a nation is because come to see only what the other represents at the value instead of who that person really is, who are they really. i've long believed that it's hard to hate uploads. it is hard to hate someone when you know their story. if long time that we started learning each other's stories. i was in orlando last june in the wake of the pulse nightclub. i wanted to go down there to meet privately with first responders, without any medi

lastly, bart has issued a rider alert: no trains between fruitvale and lake merritt this weekend starting tomorrow. and the lake merritt station will be closed completely. there will be a free bus bridge for passengers to use but expect 20 to 40-minute delays. especially heading to the oakland airport. back here at sfo, after this weekend there will be one more weekend where they will close that runway. but the work should be complete by june 5. that's good timing because airlines start adding summer flights on june 8. jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> four people are under arrest and one victim is being treated for a gunshot wound to the leg after a botched car burglary early this morning. s.w.a.t. teams were on the scene in gilroy after the victim tried to stop two people from allegedly breaking into a car. the suspects ran off according to authorities but cops were able to catch up to one of them. they then surrounded a house ot involved in that crime were hiding out. police arrested three more people. >>> the man suspected of setting cars on fire in the east bay is expected in court today. jam

and lastly, on a personal matter, mr. president, i do take a moment, a special recognition for my staff director on appropriations, charles keifer. chuck is well known to the senate. he's a familiar figure here in this chamber. he served on the appropriations committee for many years, under numerous chairmen and vice chairmen. i was grateful that he was willing to take on and continue there when i took over as vice chairman. a lot of people don't know he has been working around the clock on this. in march, he lost his father jerry. just a few weeks ago, he lost his mother fran. if you know even a little bit about his parents, there is no doubt where chuck gets his dedication to public service. his father jerry served as the executive director of the national cultural center at the kennedy center. he held positions in the truman and eisenhower and nixon and ford and carter administrations. chuck's mother fran was a long-time member of the league of women voters. she dedicated time to numerous civic institutions throughout

lastly, i want to o thank the people of manchester.ven in ththe minutes afteter te attack, they opened their doors to strangers and drove them away from d danger. they give the best possible, immemediate response to those tt seek to didivide us. it will be that spiritit of manchester t that ll prevail and hold us together. correspondent: armed police enforce in the streets of manchester, as investigators carried out how searches. -- house searches. the police identified the bomber as 22-year-old salman abedi. they also arrested a 23-year-old man in connection with the attack. >> our priority, along with the police counterterrorist network and the security partners, is to continue to establish whether he was acting alone or working as part of a wider effort. correspondent: it was flags at half mast at downing street where the prime minister reserved condemnation for the attackers choice of target. >> we strugglele to comprehend e twisted mind that sees a room packed with young children,n, nt as they y seem to cherish, but s an opportuni

lastly, i will talk about the future going forward. you may be skeptical about the future of this country with birthrate declining and population aging. is this country all right? so far it was a taboo, but my government has decided to target a birthrate of 1.8 by the early 2020's and child care services are being expanded. i attach importance to investing in human resources by scourging the introduction of robotics. we shall harness our people to be equipped with production skills in order to improve results and outcomes. more immigrants , mainly those who have technical expertise, and the number went above one million for the first time last year. my goal is to realize a society where each citizen can exert aeir respective skills in society with dynamic engagement of citizens. it is the japanese version of inclusive society. every person would be shining. and empowerment of women is the key to reach into regrading japanese economy, the abundant experiences, the high academic backgrounds of women. they still remain dormant. it's not o

lastly, i'll talk about the future going forward.you may be skeptic about the future of this country with birthrate declining and population aging, is this country all right? that might be your feeling. it was a taboo, but my government has decided to target a desirable birthrate of 1.8 by the early 2020s and child care services are being expanded. i also attach importance to investing in human resources by encouraging the introduction of robotics and ai. we show promise as a people to be equipped with the skills to improve results and outcomes. welcoming foreign workers ,ho have technical expertise and the number went above for one million the first time last year. my goal is to realize a society where each and every citizen can in a society that is dynamic. it is a japanese 0 version of inclusive society. every person that would be shining. advancement and empowerment of women is the key to reinvigorating the japanese economy. the experience and high academic backgrounds of women still remain dormant. it's not only about increasing

expect opposition and persevere and lastly, have faith for as the good book says, he knows the plans he has for you. plans to pro per you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future. as you go from here today live your lives according to the precepts and the principles that you've learned here at grove city college. strive to lead with courage and conviction in the places where you live and work and in all that you do, have faith. have faith that he that brought you this far will never leave you and never forsake you because he never will. hold fast to him, to the faith that deepened in this special place and to all that you learned from this extraordinary faculty. i know in my heart of hearts you will not only persevere, you will prevail and i look out in the black robes at a sea of leaders that will lead your families, your professions and our country to unimaginable heights. grove city college class of 2017, this is your day. the future is yours. go get it. thank you, god bless you, and may god bless the united states of america. [applaus [applause] >> all right, th

lastly, trump dug himself into a bigger problem with a veiled threat to james comey that he might notcause there might be tapes. that has set up a whole round of speculation about what kind of taping system he has, could the comparisons with nixon get any more stark? you have top democrats in congress calling on him to release whatever tapes he may have. i think that this is getting very troubling and i think, his credibility is under question. he has appeared to calm down a little bit in washington. it looked like the administration was getting into a rhythm of working. it is notjust the inconsistencies and contradictions, inexperienced white house administrators do often screw up and contradict themselves, but it is the shamelessness of it, it is the preposterous arrogance of it. he contradicted his own earlier account of why he had sacked him and turned it on its head and he did not seem the slightest bit embarrassed. what is this bravura, narcissism, how can that possibly be credible in a president? i am old enough to remember nixon and watergate and there was at least a degree of