levinson. mister omar sacher is the son -- mrs. levinson you are recognized. without objection your written statements will be made a part of the record. turn your microphone on? >> which button okay, sorry. mister chairman, ranking member and testing with members of this committee. my name is christine levinson, i am the wife of robert bob levinson and american held by the iranian government. my husband is the longest held hostage in american history. if i had my choice, i would not be sitting here before you. to give the testimony i'm about to give. i would be sitting at home with my husband by my side. i am only here out of necessity. my husband bob has been a hostage for 12 years. despite trying to get him home by every means possible i am absolutely no closer than i was when he first went missing on march 9 2007. i hold the iranian government responsible but i believe the u.s. government is at fault as well. bob was taken nearly 12 years ago to this day, since that time my family and i hav

levinson. >> bob levinson turns 71 this weekend. effort to find him and bring him home has consumed the entire levinson family. one of levinson's daughters telling me last year -- >> every moment of every day i'm thinking about him in one way or another. how i might get him home. >> and christine levinson is still holding on to hope that she will one day be reunited with her husband of more than 40 years. >> bob, don't give up. we are waiting for you to come home. you have to meet all your wonderful grandchildren and all your new in-laws. please, take care of yourself and make sure that you can come home to us. >> at least five americans are currently being held in iran. the united nations believes the iranian government is targeting people with dual nationalities, specifically those that they believe are tied to western academic, economic and cultural institutions. >>> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is no fan of iran, but right now he's got his own demons to deal with. criminal charges appear to be looming, and some righ

levinson?ation, the idea is that we ought to be able to make countries, in this case to make iran pay if they take americans hostage. you can do that through sanctions. you can do that by denying visas. the important thing to remember here is that bob's the longest held american hostage in history and iran has offered to cooperate and yet they have not. they refuse to acknowledge any responsibility for bob being taken captive and we have to continue to work here in congress and with our allies around the world to increase, to maximize pressure on iran. the president has a powerful pulpit from which to do that and i've spoken to multiple -- every secretary of state since i've been here, i raised this with anyone in the administration, two different administrations who can help. the levinsons are a beautiful family and they deserve to have bob home with them. maria: daniel, your father spent 20 years in the fbi, he retired from the fbi in '98 and was working as a private investigator when he trav

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i>>> plus,s been 12 years since fbi age bob levinson has been seen.at his family is doing to track him down. >>> yes, it is 9:31 on this sunday rning, daylight saving time. hope it didn't catch you off guard. do want to welcome you in with us. i'm am tuss. >> i'm meagan fitzgerald. temperaturesta areing to rise. lauryn ricketts is off, so we're going to check in with clay anderson. good morning, clay. >> good morning, good morning, megagan. losing an hour isn't the best thg, but rain showers will be moving away. we will start to see some of the rmup we've been talking about since early this morning. again, now, picking up the rain. philadelphia picking up some heavy rain across the eastern seaboard out to our west. it continues to dry out. i do know som folks are starting to pick up a little bit of fog, a little bit ofiz e. but the bulk of the area is ing up. here's when the showers will finally end. it's going to be a cloud werther early aon and we'll start to see the sun, as we do, temperatures will rise. all the temperatures coming up in just a few

>> next we have dan levinson. he has served as inspector general at the department of health and human serves for more than a decade. he overcease more than 1,600 employees who are collectively working to protect the country's $1 trillion key investment in federal health programs, including medicaid and medicare. and other roles including inspector general at the government services administration. there's a case currently going on that his office has gotten a lot of press down in miami. i've been told it is involving an individual. a $1 billion case involving a defendant who not only was engaged in a kickback scheme but also allegedly came up with a plan to steal patients' at an assisted living facility to bill for unnecessary medical services. >> and his office has also been ongoing in its investigation of the leonard corruption scandal. and peggy gustafson. inspector general at the department of commerce since january of 2017. and before that, she also served as inspector general at the small business administr

levinson. i remember reading a few weeks ago and pulled up about a report from your office and i see it has your name about the detention facility for teenagers in torneo, texas opinion. and documenting the massive problems. i read a mere six weeks later it was shut down. my question for you is this, apparently part of the reasons thousands of teens were stranded in the hot sun was that the administration was insisting that family member wanting to claim them be fingerprinted after issue as waiver that the staff of 2,100 people neither neither fingerprinting more child abuse and neglect screenings. and i'd like to know if your office or any other ig is auditing other detention facilities since there are the 11,400 charge being detained that shb issued the child abuse and neglect screening and fingerprints. if not would it help say hypothetically if the citizen called a congressman tomorrow and asked for such an audit. >> as a matter of record my name appears on every report that's issued by the

levinson vanished while on an unauthorized cia mission. the fbi released a statement saying, bob is and always will be a member of the fbi family. and we share in the heartache that bob's wife and family have experienced every day for the last 12 years. >>> happening today, a heads-up if you havet plans tha would take you across the arlington bring toght. you will have fewer as a construction project continues. we'll have more on thi in our next half hour. >>> traffic may be impacted by bethesda. you may see a lot of activity around the walter reed medical center. they plan to srt drills. the drills are meant to help them respond to security-relatea incidents ar to last through friday. it will post the drills on the face >>> what happened to chocolate city? at's being asked in a new documentary that questions gentrification in the district. this documentary follows three generations of washingtonians in a city known as chocolate ci. for the first time, it does not have a majority black population. >> we don't paint development in a bad lig

levinson vanished while an unauthorized cia mission. the fbi released a statement saying, bob is and always will be a member of the fbi family. and we share in the heartache that bob's wife and family hav experienced every day for the last 12 years. > happening tonight, a major traffic alert. if you plan to use the arlington memorial bridge, you will fewer lanes as a construction project continues. aimee cho has more on what you need to know about this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. if you plan to take theng arn memorial bridge, you want to allow for extra time. e good news is, the closures are in effect from 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. not dusing any of the hours. as you know, three of the six lanes on the bridge have been h shut down for montan. a fourth line will be shutting down overnight. the bridge will have two lanes open, one in each direction. and for 15 minutes at a time, they will be shutting down a fifth lane. during that time,you will o have one lane open and cars will have to take turns crossing the bridge. this is a

. >>> the family of retired agent bob levinson has worked hardo find him. his family appears on capitol hill last week, pleading for his safe return.ns le vanished while on an unauthorized cia the fbi released a statement saying, bob is and alway be a member of the fbi family. and we share in the heartache that bob's wife and family have experienced every day for the last 12 years. >>> today, president trump is going to try to get money for a border wall in another way. he is about to release his budget. in it, he will ask for fo.6 billion a border. many, including republicans, say there's an easier option for the border wall. >> you can put what i call the smartwall, along the border in all 2,000es miles in than a year and gain control of the border. >> democratic leaders say the president's latest strategy won't work, their. it sets up another possible government shutdown in october. the latest government shutdown cost t economy 11 billion dollars. >>> the funding increase comes as the senate is likely in joining the house to reject the president's emerge

next, we have dan levinson. he has served as inspector general at the department of health and human services for more than a decade. in that role, he oversees more than 1,600 employees who are collectively working to protect the country's $1 trillion investment in medicare and medicaid. he served as inspector general as the general services administration and at the merit chairman at the merit system protection board. there is a case that is on trial that his office helped to investigate several years ago. it has gotten a lot of press down in miami. i have been told while it is the single largest criminal health care case involving a single individual, a $1 billion case involving a defendant who not only was engaged in a kickback scheme, but also allegedry came up with a plan to steer patients into assisted living facilities that he controlled, so they could bill medicare for medically unnecessary services. thanks. come on up. next, we have glenn fine. he has been serving as acting inspector general at the depa

i'm leo levinson for the san francisco transportation agency. >> commissioner: does anyone call you the new senali. >> no one could be the senali. >> commissioner: the floor is yours. >> this is an annual event for you. we are here to demonstrate our fiduciary responsibility by having the results of the financial audit for the agency. i have here from our independent auditors, kpmg to present the results of our audit. >> commissioner: wonderful. it is up. it's on our screens and a believe it's broadcast ong -- broadcasting on tv. >> i'm a senior manager of kpmg the external auditors. i'm here to present the audit results for the fiscal year 2018. i have in front of you the slides to present. so slide one as part of our audit there were two reports that were issues. the first was the pin and the control over compliance report. both of which were clean opinions, clean reports. no findings noted which is a good thing. >> commissioner: if i can pause you if possible to move that view to full screen. i think it will be easier for the board members and the folks viewing at home. it's readable

joining me now, carol lamb as well as jessica levinson. jessi jessica, let me start with you. these tweets, while they're not actually about an election finance issue, they are related to something that michael cohen has very specific information about. he gave it out and he spoke to congress about. if you were michael cohen's lawyer, and he was lying about the pardon, that would be very serious. >> yes, but it would not undercut what he already please guilty t -- plead guilty to. i think this he said he said is indicating how much they think this question of credibility is. i would say to your question, i don't think it is all that important. we have michael cohen in open court pleading guilty to the payments to the women, and we have a sentencing memorandum from the prosecutors in the southern district of new york saying yes we agree with michael cohen, there is enough to krob race those statements. i would say yes, it is serious to lie, it is a huge problem to lie under oath to congress, but it doesn't effect the climaims finance reform. i they is where she threatened the m

finally, former fbi agent robert levinson vanished without a trace in 2007 while on an unauthorized ciamily still waiting for news of where he is. the iranians deny having him. trace? >> trace: thanks, jennifer. social security disability benefits can be a life saver for some americans. for others, they represent a chance to cheat the system. the feds are considering a new move to crack down on scammers using social media. that's next. if you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, every day can begin with flakes. it's a reminder of your struggles with psoriasis. but what if your psoriasis symptoms didn't follow you around? that's why there's ilumya. with just 2 doses, a majority of people were clear or almost clear. and over time, even more people were clear or almost clear. all with dosing 4 times a year... after 2 initial doses. plus, ilumya was shown to have similar risks of infections compared to placebo. don't use if you are allergic to ilumya or any of its ingredients. before starting treatment, your doctor should check for tuberculosis and infections. after checking there is n

let's go to ashley webster, the foundation from liberty and greatness, nick adams and scott levinson.ick, do you think as a conservative there's a bias against those that think the way you do? >> i do, neil. facebook is the wild west and we need the sheriff to implement order. >> neil: con sur ty is urging the government to get involved in something? >> i think something needs to be done. i had a privilege of traveling throughout the country. i'm speaking to people all over that they feel because they have not fully subscribed to left wing orthodoxy, they haven't knelt at the alter of political correctness that they're being targeted. this is for everyday ordinary regular americans. >> neil: you are like al gore. >> fanning the flames of this cultural warfare. these personalities create this fiction around him. the press is out to get him, facebook is out to get him -- >> neil: step back from the president. you think there's an inherent -- maybe not even deliberate. ashley, what do you through? >> we do. unintended consequences. at what point do you say it's targeting when they -- it

read from the national review online contributing editor, democratic strat jirnt scott levinson. scott, jerry nadler saying it's got to be april 2, april 15 isn't enough, are we parsing straws? >> a lot of stories to be told in regards to the mueller report. as representative schiff pointed out nothing to be proud of with the indictments around the trump campaign. the suggestion that there might have been obstruction, is stuff to look at. the democratic party is a pretty wide tent as we know these days. democratic leadership, representative pelosi, representative jeff reese, every been consistent they're not running on impeachment, they're running on infrastructure investment, keeping healthcare costs down. >> neil: but a report like this being delayed isn't a good idea. even if it's sooner. >> full transparency is better. >> neil: where is this going? >> they need to go to this thing and take care have a few matters, make sure there's no national security revealed, people who may have passed information along, if they're revealed they could get whacked, we don't want that. grand

you have a situation jill a researcher called mark bennett and justin levinson who did the research showedeniency that manafort received is typical for white collar defendants judges depart from guidelines to impose a sentence lower than what's recommended. we've seen people who pleaded out in the mueller crime get 30 days, ten days, 2 and a half days, long weekend. it makes me think that had even the nixon case proceeded to trial, knicks woon have gotten like 30 days probation. i don't feel we have the will in is this country to sentence people committing crimes includes they're kwame or the dude from jefferson -- >> the watergate defendants did go to jail. all of ours went to jail. everybody convicted even those who pled. john dean had immunity from the senate, but we wouldn't accept a plea from him unless he actually pleaded. he would not have him as a cooperating witness because he wouldn't have been believable and he had to serve jail time despite the most extensive cooperation of probably any witness in history, the most accurate cooperation he had an incredible memory. i think elie

march 9 marked the 12th anniversary of the disappearance of bob levinson from fish island. bob is my constituent, part of our community back home in coral springs. he is a patriot, as you know, who devoted 30 years to serving his country first with the d.e.a. then a quarter century with the fbi, a husband of 40 years, a father of seven, a grandfather of six, five of whom he has never met. iran's despicable practice of holding americans and other foreign nationals hostage should not be tolerated by any responsible nation. mr. secretary, i know you are well familiar with bob's case, and the elevenson family. bob's son doug is here today. i appreciate that you have always been willing to engage with the elevensons and with me on this matter and i would ask that you look for every opportunity to raise bob's case, also to make bringing bob home a priority. i would ask that you implore the president himself to sit down with the levinsons and the other families of others detained in iran and i'm willing to work with you, mr. secretary, others in the administration, anyone, anyone

that includes tim cook, bob iger, art levinson and al gore.tive. last year they talked about wearables, apple pay and services. you can bet services will be a main part of this for 2019 as well, given that we are looking at stalling iphone sales. revenue have jumped from 200% in 2012, right now it makes up about 14% of the company revenue. tim cook said they want to get that up to 20% of revenue so there is still some growth there. also, cash positioning as well. apple still has a lot of cash on hand. over $130 billion worth. last year, they increased dividend by 16%. shareholders want to know will they get that back in higher dividends this year and also buy-backs. maria? maria: thank you, susan. still ahead, bryce harper has found a home. it is now showing that he will be the highest paid baseball player ever. we have the details behind this record-setting contract after this. ep doing what i love, that's the retirement plan. with my annuity, i know there is a guarantee. it's for my family, its for my self, its for my future. annuities can p