[applause] -- i menendez: i had d serious -- cheers and applause] senator menendez: i had serious doubtsbout gifting the regime with sanctions relief in exchange for short-term limits on its nuclear program. those concerns are ever more true to me today than it was then. for now iran is complying with the limited terms of the deal, but no one should be surprised if the jcpoa suddenly did not transform iran into a responsible member of the international community. the recent protests in iran have reminded us this regime continues to put funding for terrorist proxies ahead of the well-being of its own people. that's why i believe at this moment it is essential that the united states immediately develop a comprehensive coherent strategy to address iran's destabilizing behavior, including its nonnuclear, asymmetrical activities. while simultaneously working to address our long-term concerns about its nuclear program. if used correctly, this administration has potentially created leverage to address the concerns we all share about iran. but i fear the lack of a comprehensive coherent strategy

senator menendez: are you using an algorithm? what are you using to actually flag something that is quote-unquote a gift and is the preferred vehicle by which these counterfeit goods come to the united states? ms. smith: so we do have targeting algorithms. we call them rules which knit together a variety of risk factors, both the description of the goods as gifts along with the high risk countries they may come from -- china, hong kong -- and then any additional information we have about specific business entities -- manufacturers, shippers, carriers that may have brought previously counterfeit goods into the country will also be reflected in that targeting algorithm. -- ms. enendez: mr. gene, what did you find? ms. gianopoulos: well, our work, while we did purchase 27 items and found 20 of them counterfeit we did speak to c.b.p. and i.c.e. as far as their enforcement efforts. we also put out a report last year where we looked at international mail facilities and looked at some of the differences between the information that c.b.

senator menendez: are you using an algorithm? what are you using to actually flag something that is quote-unquote a gift and is the preferred vehicle by which these counterfeit goods come to the united states? ms. smith: so we do have targeting algorithms. we call them rules which knit together a variety of risk factors, both the description of the goods as gifts along with the high risk countries they may come from -- china, hong kong -- and then any additional information we have about specific business entities -- manufacturers, shippers, carriers that may have brought previously counterfeit goods into the country will also be reflected in that targeting algorithm. senator menendez: mr. -- ms. gianopoulos, what did you find? ms. gianopoulos: well, our work, while we did purchase 27 items and found 20 of them counterfeit we did speak to c.b.p. and i.c.e. as far as their enforcement efforts. we also put out a report last year where we looked at international mail facilities and looked at some of the differences between the infor

in 2016 senator menendez, now the ranking member senate foreign relations committee criticize the international community's failure for the conflict that included support to the houthi insurgency to topple the government of yemen and he went on to say i have a sense we are creating a permissive environment and i agree with the senator we should not abandon to leave the permissive environment or a vacuum or avoid for bad actors to fill. there is one lesson i thought we learned after 911 when 3000 americans were killed when three planes were hijacked into into the world trade center and one into the pentagon one landing in pennsylvania because the passengers overwhelmed the hijackers but what happens in the middle east does not stay in the middle east and what happened in afghanistan is the taliban and provided a safe haven for osama bin laden and al qaeda and they use that safe haven to train and export their terrorist attacks against countries around the world that primarily against the united states and that is what happened on 9/11 that is why we cannot allow a safe haven in yemen. not to men

menendez was a senior military commander nicknamed "the hyena" during the u.s.-backed argentine dictatorship of the 1970's and 1980's. in 2010, menendez was sentenced to 13 terms of life in prison for crimes including torture and murder at secret detention camps. menendez died without ever confessing what he did with the bodies of thousands of activists who were disappeared during the dictatorship. in bratislava, slovakia, hundreds of people took the streets to protest official corruption following the murder of prominent investigative jan kuciak and his girlfriend last week. at the time of the murders, kuciak was investigating tax fraud by people associated with slovakia's ruling party. his final story was headlined, "italian mafia in slovakia: its tentacles reach as far as politics." this is slovak politician igor matovic speaking at wednesday's protest. remain silent. you have the courage to speak out about careful people in the state and that is why they also want this -- to silence us, politicians as well as journalists, and you. they just want us to shut u

menendez: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from new jersey. mr. menendez: mr. president, i come to the floor with a series of my colleagues from the senate foreign relations committee on the democratic side to enter into a colloquy about this administration's chaotic and incoherent approach to foreign policy, an approach that has left our allies confused and our adversaries emboldened and undermine the united states standing on the global stage. to be fair, the president's own national security strategy echoes decades of bipartisan recognition that the founding values of the united states democracy, the rule of law should continue to drive our foreign policy. yet, the president himself has shown a fundamental disrespect for these very principles. declining to publicly champion the importance of human rights and good governance, refusing to condemn dictators around the world who brutally repress their own citizens, sew instability -- sow instability across the world or even those wh

circulating by senators corker and menendez. [applause] and it wasn't easy to get. letter urges stronger actions to counter iran's regional aggression. and vigorous diplomatic engagement with our european allies to prevent iran from ever acquiring a nuclear weapon. [applause] >> ellis turned to the third message for congress. the need for america to fight economic boycotts against israel, the united nations and other international governmental organizations. almost every day, israel faces unfair criticism and -- that seek to stigmatize, delegitimize and isolate the jewish state. syria's human rights crises equip us. israel is the only country the un home and writes counsel scrutinizes every time it needs. this issue became more present in 2016. when the council order the preparation of a database of companies conducting certain business beyond the 1949 -- including east jerusalem, and the jewish corridor of the old city. in a january 2018, the human rights commissioner for human rights threatened 206 companies including 22 american companies. these threats directly

senator menendez: are you using an algorithm? what are you using to actually what are you using flag a "gift" and is the preferred vehicle by which these counterfeit goods come to the united states? ms. smith: we do have targeting out of, called rules, which nick together a variety of risk yours, both the description of highoods as gifts and the risk countries they may come from and then any additional information that we have about specific is this entities, manufacturers, shippers, carriers that may have brought previously counterfeit goods into the country. they will be reflected in that algorithm. sen. menendez: did the gao examine efforts to screen these consumer packages for counterfeit goods as opposed to larger shipments? if so, what did you find? we smith: our work, while did purchase 47 items and found 20 counterfeits, we spoke to the enforcement efforts. we also put out a report last year where we looked at international mail facilities and looked at some of the differences between information that is received from the

that senator corker as the chairman and ranking member menendez can guide the members of the committee through a process to help us in the end make a better decision. mr. president, i yield the floor and i note the absence of a quorum. e dispense with the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. murphy: you thank you >> it's been 32 days since the tragedy that senator nelson may be coming to the floor very soon. but frankly every day since there has been a series of tragedies all across this country on average 90 people every single day lose their life to gunli violence and there has been over the course of the last year a mass shooting every single day most are not covered in the newspaper but there is an incident which for more people are shot on average more than once per day in this country and now more than five years since the devastating tragedy in my state where 21st graders lost their life. this is deeply personal to all of us here in this chamber and it became very personal to me last week when my six-year-old came home from school to tell me about his activ

menendez for what you said. today is going to be one day where i won't be asked so much about brexit. perhaps rexit will be the topic people might want to challenge me on but it's good to be with you. i have been chairing a commission on fragile states for over the last year. i have been co-chairing it with the former finance minister of rowanda. we had a very big academic input from oxford university, london school of economics, princeton, stanford and some other leading u.s. universities and also from practitioners, policy makers, civil servants from countries as diverse as yemen and pakistan. you asked me to address three things. the nature of the problem, the current solutions and whether they're working or not and any other points i want to make. let me try to do those three things. i mean, the problem, mr. chairman, there's a set of countries that have weak governments, levels of corruption, high levels of conflict, very severe poverty that in many ways are either failed or failing states. there's a number

foreign relations committee, were senator corker, the chairman of the committee, ranking member of menendez will have hearings and do a deep drill down into this complex geopolitical challenge for the world. senator corker also announced he will be holding a markup of the authorization for the use of military force taking a look at the existing au mf that dates back to roughly 2002 to deal with al qaeda and its affiliates. that encouraged our colleagues to let the committees do their work. not everybody is an expert or knowledgeable about this topic is the committee on foreign relations and we think we can come up with a better, more considerate product following the committee's work if we allow them to do their job and the senate can take it up and vote on it and debate it to our hearts content. we hope our colleagues will join us in sending this out to the committee rather than circumventing the committee and perhaps making some this takes an unintended consequences in the meantime. >> as the later pointed out, will have an opportunity to vote after we deal with the yemen issue on legisla

render the the leadership of corcoran menendez. i have every confidence they would explore this issue and come out with a reasonable recommendation for the senate and congress on how the government should conduct itse itself. i believe in a strong congressional role when it comes to wars and military conflict. this is been a fight going on for a long time from the executive branch and legislative branch. we have the ultimate tool, we can cut off money but that's rather a broad instrument. i think this administration likes previous ones needs to recognize congress is a partner in making these decisions not an adversary. it's important we each play our respective role. i'm confident we will play that role responsibly which is what this is about. this takes us vote we lose the chance for that careful deliberate informed consideration that starts in our standing committees. i hope our colleagues will vote to table the resolution not close off debate but to insist it takes place initially were blondes in the senate foreign relations com

senator menendez? senator menendez: inflation is canoeing to run below the target, prompting the majority of regional federal reserve bank onsidents to urge a study framework. while we have seen significant economic gains since the worst days of the recession, most hard-working families are waiting to see their paychecks rise. -- mediumm rages wages have increased by only 14% since 1979 and recent acceleration in wages is accrued to high paid executives and managers, with production and nonsupervisory not seeing the gains. in 2018,rate increases after that testimony on tuesday, the markets are now anticipating as many as four hikes. do you agree that it should be associated with strong and broad-based wage growth for average workers? not just for executives with managerial pay? and with a monetary path that would allow wages to continue to grow prior to the fed's pumping the brakes? chairman powell: i believe it does, and i believe that is the path we are on. these are gradual increases. what would cau

white departments being prima facie immoral something a mad scientist thought up and of course menendezrving in the u.s. senate. he gets a pass.rv whatever else you might say about bob menendez, he would never consider hiring someone on the basis of relevant qualifications. recently we told you on this program about the wave ofre demographic change that has transformed the city of hazleton, pennsylvania. in the year 2000, hazleton was less than 2% hispanic. today thanks to mass immigration, hazleton is majority hispanic. more than half of the residents there speak a language other than english at home. we got those numbers from a recent piece in "national geographic" which quoted lifelong hazleton residents as saying they no lockerer --no longer recognize their own hometown. they didn't hate immigrants. most americans like immigrants. but this was too much change. in fewer than 20 years, thee culture their parents and grandparents had built evaporated. they never asked for any of that. it was just imposed on them. they were bewildered, understandably. but not everyone understands or eve

i'd like to ask bob menendez for any opening statements he has. >> thank you. and i also want to welcome the prime minister for having the opportunity of his insights and works since he left as prime minister and doing very important work on fragile states. before that, i would be remiss not to acknowledge the president's dismissal of his top d diplomat this morning. this hearing focuses on fragile states and the importance of strong governoring institutions and maybe we need to take a look inwards. the foreign policy of the current administration marked by chaos and undermining the idea of diplomacy by turning away from the values that have made the united states a vibrant, prosperous democracy driven by t the rule of law. regretly, it's not the kind of leadership i've seen. we have the opposite which is placing a strain on the international order and accelerates the destabilization of fragile states in regions. while i had my differences with rex tillerson rex tillerson, i cannot see the hallowing out of our state department and remain silent. i look forward

other questions so i look forward to how he answers those and i'll create a judgment. >> senator menendez, thanks for joining us. >> thank you, wolf. >>> the president fighting back saying there will always be changes, uncertainty and upevil now plague the white house. >>> and a new layer in the stormy cloud looming g over t i west wing. >>> plus, breaking news out of parkland, florida. new video just revealed shows the first officer on duty, what he was doing as 17 students and teachers were fatally gunned down. stand by. s yourself. brow stylist shape and fill pencil by l'oréal. the easy-to-use triangular tip shapes and fills. the spoolie brush blends. brow power! is. >>> president trump is pushing back on reports of more upheaval to come in his administration. he says those reports in his words are exaggerated and false. >> there whether always be change but very little. it was a false story. very exaggerated fa and false s. there will always be change. you want to see change and i want to see different ideas. larry kudlow just came in a little while ago and larry is going to be outsta

. >> murphy s bob menendez to addresproperty tax relief. >> we stand together against the property tax deduction. were looking at ways to try to bring it back. >> thank you. let's bring back the a+ panel. the chamber train. i have been on it, don't miss it. >> what is their agenda? look at the website and there's no agenda. what are they going down therefore and how does it help us in new jersey? >> what gets accomplished when the politicians go down there. phil murphy has his attorney cheated general suing the federal government and talking about gun control. one of the big issues he's driving his gun control. the legislators picking up the very owners control that we have. what gets accomplished with politicians on the train? >> i don't think anything gets accomplished when includes a great deal of alcohol and does it seem to be the situation when you're on a train, drunk? >> have you been on the train? >> i have not. >> it's a mr. right of passage. how far is too far for this governor and attorney general? he was touted as a friend of law enforcement. we have seen a month of nothing

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menendez. >> thank you for the opportunity to appear before this committee today. before i begin i wish to extend deepist gratitude tore dedicated support and assisting us in the recovery and rebuilding. also thank you for your unconditional assistance. our champion, my friend, honorable gonzalez. it has been six months since the hurricane came through puerto rico and since maria ripped through the island. in a span of two weeks puerto rico was kit by two category 4 and 5 hurricanes. up until september of last year, we often boasted that puerto rico was especially bless end protected. then we were humbled. we were facing one of the worst natural disasters in modern history. mother nature remind us no matter how strong we think we might be, mother nature is powerful and deserves the utmost respect. that is our first lesson. let's be honest, none of us, either the state or federal levels, were prepared to tackle the devastation caused by hour yan maria. this is our second lesson. we must adapt mediacy preparedness efforts for more effective and efficient response in

whatever else you might say about bob men the menendez he would never consider hiring someone on thes program about the wave of item crawsk change demographic change. it was less than 2% hispanic. today thanks to mass immigration, hazleton is majority hispanic. more than half of the residents there speak a language other than english at home. we got those numbers from a recent piece in national geographic which quoted lifelong hazleton residents saying they no locker recognize their own hometown. they didn't hate immigrants. most americans like immigrants. but this was too much change and fewer than 20 years the culture their parents and grandparents had built evaporated. they never asked for any of that it was just imposed on them. they were bewildered, under standably. not everyone understands or even caress. this morning cnn ran a hit piece on that segment, writer ron brownstein described it as extraordinary screed against diversity what about that means. he suggested we were bigots for talking about the subject at all. this, of course, is how you bully people into being quiet whi

menendez was charged in 2015 with trading political favors for gifts. in a hung jury, and prosecutors decided against a retrial. he still faces a senate ethics investigation. a houthi military leader in yemen says the recent barrage of ballistic missiles fired into saudi arabia was a political message to the kingdom and its allies. he denies the missiles were manufactured in iran. shiite rebels targeted saudi arabia on the third anniversary of the war in yemen, with fragments of one missile over riyadh killing one person and wounding two others. the launch was reportedly used to indicate houthi forces were far from depleted after three years of fighting. global news powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. scarlet: let's get a recap of today's market action. in equities, to the downside. the selloff in tech shares dragging the nasdaq lower 2.9%. the dow losing 345 points, one day after placing -- posting its third-best point gain on record. the volatility continues. joe: one thing t

bob menendez renewed the call for gun reform. i mam gin being a student in that school or any school in america and someone with ar-15 and post series of clips is walking done the hallway shooting away. the absolute terror must exist. >> keith conducted the demonstration firing off 50 rounds in 65 seconds reloading twice and the shooter who killed 16 people at majory stoneman sprayed the school with 150 bullets. the assembly committee heard testimony from peg,s monday about legal marijuana as governor phil murphy pushes to make good on the campaign promise to make new jersey the tenth state. lawmakers are divide on the issue with some supporting legalization and othersed a rekaying decriminalization. throws some headlines we are chasing tonight. >> don't go anywhere. you are going to want to see the story we have coming up after the break. how about this? you may be familiar the nfl combine but did you know? there was one-handed linebacker. will make it? george kozlowski will have details. stay with us. >> welcome back to "chasin

menendez: mr. president, i want to thank senators lee, sanders, and murphy as well as the other cosponsors of the resolution that we are debating for their commitment to elevating this debate in the united states senate. i agree with my colleagues that this is an important debate with significant implications. and as the elected representatives of the american people, we must serve as an effective check on the executive branch, fulfill our commitments to protect the national security interests of the united states and be responsive to our constituents. this debate is about how we best leverage the tools in our national security toolbox, including military tools to protect u.s. national security. although the resolution focuses on one particular element of u.s. policy, limited military support, basically refueling intelligence and advice to the saudi coalition, i encourage my colleagues to expand the aperture of this debate so that we may call on the administration to assert real leadership, diploma

podium with such distinguished friends of israel, house majority whip steve scalise and senators bob menendezubio and chris coons. it's a great honor. [applause] and of course the prime minister of the state of israel benjamin netanyahu. [applause] this is my first opportunity to speak to you as the united states ambassador to israel. it was a little less than a year ago that i took the oath of my office administered by vice president penton i was so proud of what the trump administration has accomplished in this past year with regard to israel. [applause] it was to put it mildly a year of firsts. it began last may at the white house for the first time posted at celebration of israel independence day on the 69th anniversary of israel's birth. [applause] a few weeks later i became the first united states ambassador to israel to attend israel's celebration of the alliance. , the 50th anniversary of the day that israel recaptured the western wall. [applause] just the next day president trump became the first sitting president in american history to visit the western wall. [applause] and by decem

address you this morning and share the podium with such distinguished friends of israel, senators bob menendezand chris can g. such an honor and of course the prime minister of the state of israel, benjamin netanyahu. [applause] this is my first opportunity to speak to you as the united states ambassador. it was a little less than a year ago i took the oath of office administered by vice president mike pence and i'm so proud of what the administration has accomplished with regardshi to israel. [applause] it was to put it mildly a year of firsts. we begin at the white house for the first time posted itsos celebration of israel independence day on the 69th anniversary of israel's birth. [applause] a few weeks later i became the first united states ambassador to israel to attend theae celebration, the 50th anniversary of the day that israel recaptured. [applause] rs sworn declaration in announcing that the new united states embassy would be open in may of this year just a couple of months from now and coinciding with israel's 70th anniversary. [applause] and beautiful are known a jurors alum 70 y

live at 80 and the string followed by the senate foreign relations committee ranking member bob menendeztalking about form policy role congressional oversight. then the senate continues work with online sex trafficking. c-span three the intelligence committee exit security measures with kiersten nielsen and jay johnson who is head of dhs during the obama administration. later a hearing on the president's 2019 budget request was sonny perdue. >> are podcasts takes us beyond the headlines to explain in depth, one significant news story shaping the conversation in washington and around the country. we'll hear from journalists, policymakers and experts providing background find it on the free radio app and i to google play. an online anytime at c-span.org. >> next, report on the security of the country's infrastructure. committee members to questions from reporters at this 30 minute briefing. >> good morning. >> good afternoon. if you had the flight i did you think it was so morning too. i think everybody for being

with such distinguished friends of israel as house majority whip steve scalise and senators bob menendez, mitch mcconnell, marco rubio, it's a great honor. [applause]. of course, the prime minister of the state of israel, benjamin netanyahu. [applause]. this is my first opportunity to speak to you as the united states ambassador to israel. it was a little less than a year ago that i took the oath of my office administered by vice president parents and i'm so proud of what the trumpet ministration has accomplished this past year with regard to israel. [applause]. it was, to put it mildly, a year of first. we began last may as white house for the first time hosted it's a celebration of israel independence day. on the 69th anniversary of israel's birth. if you weeks later i became the first united states ambassador to israel to attend israel's celebration, the 50th anniversary of the day that israel recaptured the western wall. [applause]. just the next day, president trump became the first sitting presidents in american history to visit the western wall. [applause]. and by december of last

i want to thank my colleague, senator menendez of new jersey come recommended by the foreign relations committee, and comment first of the outset on two things that even while he said that i i just don't think are true. first, the democrats are bottling up the president widely needed nominees forcing ambassadorial position or senior department of stateos dominatio, and that we are holding key nominees. frankly, i think nothing could be further from the truth. earlier today in a business meeting our foreign relations committee which works well on a bipartisan basis voted out a whole series of ambassadors, treaties, assistant secretaries of state. second, ivers said by some pundits that democrats wish president trump ill, that we are working to do everything we can to hold them back and prevent him from being successful. so let me start by saying i think all of us know that we're strongest when we stand together and work together all of us have at some point heard the old adage that politics should stop at the water's edge and nothing would make me happier to see our foreign-policy, our

menendez: mr. president, i appreciate the senior senator from florida and the grief that he represents through the state coming to the floor and speaking about the lives that were lost and the clarion call for us to act. i come to the floor today because two weeks ago, a weapon of mass murder was once again used to commit mass murder in an american school. and once again, our hearts are heavy with a grief that has become too routine. and once again, the gun lobby says that we are powerless to do anything about it. but this time feels different. that's because the students of marjory stoneman douglas high school have started a movement to turn once again into never again. unfortunately, too many of my colleagues act as if mass shootings are inevitable when in reality they are preventable, and the american people are sick and tired of it. that's why they have been so inspired by these students from parkland. i saw it with my own eyes last sunday. a few of the stoneman douglas survivors came to visit

the menendez brothers had their followers, too. it's weird. >> it's beyond weird. >> yeah.who are committed for life and people who are committed and sentenced to death and they meet them through the mail and they marry them. and it's odd. it's an odd fen om phenomenon. this one is particularly sad because it's abrasive, feels ugly. money flowing in, reports of up wards of $800 has flown into his commissary account where he can buy things. it's just jarring. the sheriffs have kept it from him. he is in isolation, on suicide watch. he's not allowed just to peruse our shows or the mail. they're reading some religious reports -- some of these religious e-mails or letters that have come in. but they're not letting him see the racy photographs and the love letters from -- i mean, you wouldn't believe the women and girls and even grown men. >> sending these letters. speaking of parkland, fox news host laura ingram attacked this one student, david hogg, who has been on tv talking about what he's fighting for. she tweeted initially rejected by four colleges to which he applied and

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. >> senator menendez. >> welcome mr. secretary. in an interview with the new york times last may, after visiting low income housing in ohio, you cautioned against making housing a comfortable setting that would make anybody want to stay. i will just stay here and they will take care of me was your quote. apparently your aversion to comforts don't float your office. in response to news reports you had ordered a 31000 dining room set, a hud spokesman said mrs. carson and the secretary had no awareness that the table was being purchased. when you were asked this in the house you said you did not intend to be responsible for what anyone else said which is an extraordinary statement because we are all responsible for what our spokespeople say. if he was wrong, he should've had the record set straight. given what your spokesperson said, he your post on facebook can only be read to indicate that you had no prior knowledge of the furniture selection. you said i was apprised of anyone to find out that a $31000 dining rooms that had been ord

my name is daniel menendez. in odor to make it more -- in order to make it more impactful, we need to include all communities. i began my work as a volunteer with sunshine. she was guidance. clean power was the first campaign, to being a intern on the zero ace time to now the environment now team. the department goes all over san francisco as i have gone all over san francisco speaking to, you know, the local food pantry to the local businesses. especially with the new ordinance on flame retar dance. that is the new campaign. this resolution is something that the department holds deer, and they are going to strive to continue moving forward and progressing forward to the overall environmental impact so it can move forward as well. thank you. >> thank you. >> good evening i am from the san francisco human rights commission. i want to congratulate you not just for the careful considering of the resolution, but also for the stellar staff that you have. as mentioned before, we have -- now we have 55 city employees w

my name is daniel menendez. in odor to make it more -- in order to make it more impactful, we need to include all communities. i began my work as a volunteer with sunshine. she was guidance. clean power was the first campaign, to being a intern on the zero ace time to now the environment now team. the department goes all over san francisco as i have gone all over san francisco speaking to, you know,

. >> juan: i thought senator menendez got it right when he said this is more evidence of commander chaosspeaking of president trump. i am watching tillerson and waiting for him to say something wonderful about having served with honor to president trump. he never mentions trump. he says we are all honored to be people who are here, taken an oath to serve the constitution. not a word about trump. not a word about his experience with trump. >> kimberly: he got fired. >> juan: i think it is worse than fired. the way he was fired, so disrespectful. how many people have left the administration within the last few days? hard to remember that gary cohn was just last week. then you have a situation where you look at what's going on at state, the moralities terrible. he was breaking down the morale at state, not feeling filling . i think he will go down as one of the worst secretary of state if not the worst. >> jesse: worse than hillary? >> greg: not even close. >> kimberly: g.o.p. trying to stave off a democratic upset in a special election being watched around the nation next. ♪ [upbeat music]

jared kushner is the guy on the left with bob menendez and he's the real deal. top drawer washington lawyer. before that, mr. kushner was represented by jamie who is also the real deal top drawer. with this new news discovered tonight. on a more human level, though, it's also just a striking contrast. as of this weekend it looks like the president has no serious legal representation with the russia scandal. the lead lawyer had been this man, john dowd. that's who had been negotiating with robert mueller and prosecutors when and whether and how the president would be questioned by the special counsel and his team and it feels like there has been a lot of chaotic lawyering with the president and his legal defense, but what has happened there, what has happened on that subject in the last week, which has resulted in the president no longer having really a russia legal defense, i got -- it's been nuts but what just happened in the past week is almost impossible to believe. we can now tell from the reporting that's happened over the weekend into today that it appears

my name is daniel menendez. in odor to make it more -- in order to make it more impactful, we need to include all communities. i began my work as a volunteer with sunshine. she was guidance. clean power was the first campaign, to being a intern on the zero ace time to now the environment now team. the department goes all over san francisco as i have gone all over san francisco speaking to, you know, the local food pantry to the local businesses. especially with the new ordinance on flame retar dance. that is the new campaign. this resolution is something that the department holds deer, and they are going to strive to continue moving

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bob menendez:"it's far past time that they did it.es of provisions of the law that are pretty mandatory that the administration has not pursued against russia on financial institutions, on arms transfers and other things. so there is a much more robust response that should be had." had." (steve)white house press secretary sarah sanders says imposing the sanctions shows the u-s will be tough on russia until it starts changing its behavior. (pam) an officer known as the "hot cop of the castro" ... found guilty. coming up: why prosecutors say, he is at fault in a hit and run crash. (steve) we know what happened inside of a high school in parkland florida. but coming up we see what was going on outside the building in new surviellance video. (pam) san francisco police may be getting a new weapon. coming up: what officers could soon be armed with a san jose university student is behind bars tonight... accused of sexual assault and false imprisonment. now, police believe there may be more victims ...(steve) police say the incidents all happ

if i can just finish, i want to point out also that ranking member menendez put out a statement and pointed to the fact that while the new sanctions address the cyber criminality, the cyber attacks the russians pesh traited against us, there are six other categorieses of mandatory sanctions in that law, things like sanctioning russian crude oil so we don't purchase it and nobody we trade with purchases it. those things are not sanctioned. they have not been acted on yet by treasury. i say yet because i'm hopeful they'll take action. there are mandatory sanctions the trump administration has even yet to implement much less going beyond that. we should go beyond that tighten screws on russian banking and russian access to capital. >> andre. >> if you want to describe russia as a dictatorship, that's basically a gas station, it's all about the gas and the sanctions talking about what's going to happen with the development of gas pipelines into europe, putin is trying to avoid any of the gas lines he has through ukraine right now so he can avoid any warfare and go in directly. l & g is going th

it's very hard to prosecute someone for bribery, as we found out in the case of senator menendez from new jersey. this is so obvious what's going on. and each week we get a new story about the trump family, the kushner family making money around the world with people who want to do business with the united states government. >> tia, let me turn to you. this significant payment he owes on this building here in new york. >> the history behind 666 park avenue is his family invested about $1.8 billion into this property right before the recession hit. bad time to invest in new york real estate. >> grand dreams with this building. >> absolutely. they haven't paid off the $1.2 billion mortgage on it. of course, if you want to maintain solvency as a company you have to figure that out. before the presidential election, they made overtures to a qatari prince, overtures to a couple of other foreign banks as well. they were all rebuffed. but there was a moment in the beginning of the trump administration where the u.s. took punitive measures against the qatari government for allegedly sponsorin