mr. johnson: mr. smith, as you say, it is exactly right that we should begin with that subject. i am grateful to the committee for having me along today. what the prime minister said a week ago was very clear. we gave the russians two alternatives: either they could explain how stocks of novichok had mysteriously escaped their possession and come to be used in salisbury, or else we would be forced to draw the conclusion that the attempted murders that took place there, the reckless endangering of public life in this country and the first use of a nerve agent on european soil for 75 years was the direct responsibility of the russian state. to go to your point, mr. smith, as we saw in the case of the murder of alexander litvinenko, the trail of responsibility for such assassinations and assassination attempts does lead inexorably back to the kremlin. mr. smith: on "newsnight" recently, mikhail khodorkovsky-excuse my pronunciation-said that the attack could have been carried out by people empowered by pr

mr. johnson: some people vote. dr. rice: i want the students to vote. mr. johnson: are you going to be politically active, helping with democratic advocacy and whether you are content to hang out at a.u.? what's next for you? dr. rice: geez. well, first of all, i'm content to be at a.u. and i'm grateful to be at a.u. mr. johnson: i didn't mean like to say she shifted into first gear. this is what's wrong when the president of the university is looking at you saying what? dr. rice: a.u. is good. i'm writing a book. and i am doing some speaking and i'm writing on national security me.es as the spirit moves and i am happy now to be living a life where i'm in control of my own schedule and see my daughter's basketball and soccer games and visit my son at college and hang out and have dinner with my husband. and my life is my own. so i would like to keep it that way for as long as i can. that does not preclude helping fellow democrats do what i believe we must, which is to put in a very strong performance in the mid-term elections. and i will do my part in probab

mr. johnson: if you look to what we said in the global britain document, you will find enough to give you - -- mr. tugendhat: you reiterated the policy of the foreign office for the last 60 years in the global britain report. mr. johnson: we think that there are three key areas. that does not necessarily mean that we will not be opening posts in other areas, but we think that there are three key areas where the u.k. needs to be particularly active. you very trump: thank much everybody. we have some good news to report. tremendous trade deals are being made with other countries. we are negotiating very long and hard, but very quickly. is, deal with south korea according to secretary ross, is very close to being finished, and we are going to have a wonderful deal with a wonderful ally. we are getting very close to it. it was a deal causing a lot of problems for our country in terms of employment and lots of other things. i might ask secretary ross to say a few words about that, and then we are going to get onto this ridiculous situation that took place over the last week, so secretary ross?

mr. johnson. this bill 1917, the blocking regulatory interference from closing kilns, or brick asket 2017, sponsored by my colleague from ohio, mr. johnson. this bill will help preserve america's brick making industry and it's 7,000 jobs and protects them from an e.p.a. rule that created a far too rushed to compliance timetable for businesses across the nation. the emissions standards in this rule apply to kilns at brick and structural clay products manufacturing facilities. and at clay ceramic manufacturing facilities. industry estimated the cost of this rule if allowed to go into effect would potentially exceed $100 million annually. which is four times higher than what the e.p.a. initially estimated. this is yet one more example of how poorly thought out and misguided regulation are harming industries and have been a severe hindrance to the kind of job creation we know we can now see unleashed across our nation. we've got to ensure businesses have time to comply and the regulations make sense.

mr. block didn't find fault to pick with him. this cartoon is for kennedy to implement tax cuts. next we have lyndon baynes johnson. mr. block really admired his war on poverty. he did not made mire his war on vietnam. he loved to take johnson quotes and misappropriate them in such a way to attack his policies. this particular cartoon is we've shown that we're willing to go more than half way. what mr. johnson had intended with that quote was to talk about the peace table. we're willing to negotiate in terms of peace with north vietnam but with mr. block showed, bombing more than half way up the vietnamese country. if you read the "washington post" between 1972 and 1974 between the time the watergate scandal broke out and the time president nixon resigned, you opened the pages to see 174 cartoons attacking the president on wattage alone. he had drawn nixon coming out of a sewer during the eisenhower administration and with the exception of the free shape he gave him as a newly elected president, which is now collection of the "washington post," he never relented. he had real issues with some of the things whether it be

mr. johnson: thank you, mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. johnson: i rise in support of h.r. 3996 protecting access to the courts for taxpayers act. this bipartisan legislation would ensure that taxpayers who mistakenly file claims in the wrong venue will still have their day in court. under court law when a federal court does not have jurisdiction over a case, it typically may transfer that case to the appropriate federal court that does have proper jurisdiction. however, due to a quirk in the law, the united states tax court is not authorized to have misfiled cases transferred to it, even when the tax court is the proper and in many cases the only court with jurisdiction to hear the case. this legislation would remedy that flaw in the law and enable federal courts to transfer cases directly to the tax court when appropriate. the need for this bill is not simply a matter of judicial efficiency, it is fundamentally one of access to justice. the tax court was established to resolve dis

to be fair to mr johnson, there is a sense of the foreign secretary had to address this, it has beenwi res this, it has been running across the newswires all day and there is a suspicion there may be another case of russian poisoning on british soil, we need to know. but these might disagree, they have done an investigation pointing out before this happened, there have been 1a different poisoning or other incident involving people who have been enemies of the kremlin and they have gone unreported and under investigated by the home office and authorities. —— macro two. this is high profile and has happened in public view in peach macro. there was a need for boris to respond. his words were initially misconstrued and people thought he said the world cup team would not be competing, he is talking about the delegation and that includes prince william cup which could be diplomatically tricky. hugely controversial, awarding russia this world cup. it was not something... to go further is very in century. reading the words from the russian embassy accusing written of the demonisation of russ

mr. johnson. my time is running out.can you tell me 15 seconds to talk with how we will have multilingual alerts, be able to push out photographs, expand the amount of characters that could be on alert. do we have a timeframe for those things, are some of those in place now? in the future how long would you see that coming to fruition for a? >> the rules that the commission adopted regarding the extension of the character limit from 90 the 360, as well as the requirement for participating wireless carriers support spanish language alert would go into effect in may of 2019. the geo-targeting rule that was a top did -- adopted just last week would go into effect in november of 2019. the reason for this is to allow time for the industry to do standards development testing and then whatever upgrades they need to their networks and devices. >> thank you very much. that chair now recognizes the gentleman from new jersey, mr. thing. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. johnson, in light of the incident in hawaii, fema considering in

politician say you know go after that person's cash do this do that that's not how it works but mr johnson can you say right now that all officials who work for mr putin including you go show while of he has a look at us property in land them that he will be deprived of his property and the officials like him i think the most the the worst thing i could do you know given the work that's going on is to get into individual names of cases because all these individuals have as you know deep pockets and very powerful moya's and i think i'm sure that almost anything i said about anybody would be taken to be prejudicial any case but i will i will try to put that in another way so you referred to some russian businessman as related to point and still they might be punished what criteria will be applied in determining that one businessman is related to putin and the other is not well again i think you are inviting me very very rightly or inviting me to go further in into the detail of such cases and i think it would be wise for me to do because all such legal actions are open to challenge under our

a company spokesman has described mr johnson's a statement as shocking and unforgivable a moscow continues to deny any involvement in the attempted murders and says it has launched its own investigation on friday russian foreign minister sergei lavrov accused britain of violating international law by expelling russian diplomats and threatened further fugitive measures he says that moscow was prepared to expel british diplomats at inter we also wish this repels a quick recovery it's not like it could be shared on what happened. well the temperature's he's you know in this dispute between these two countries let's get see if we shed more light on it with professor anthony glees who is the director of the center for security and intelligence studies at the base university of buckingham ivan that metra parang writes for the new york times he's a journalist he's based in moscow welcome but. ivan necia parental let's start with you how does russia responding to the british foreign secretary is accusations. as usual russia is responding very aggressively it is denying any involvement in this case

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to be fair to mr johnson, there is a sense of the foreign secretary had to address this, it has beeng across the newswires all day and there is a suspicion there may be another case of russian poisoning on british soil, we need to know.

mr. johnson, you're recognized. thank you, mr. chairman. secretary ross, welcome. >> thank you, sir. >> let me begin by saying that i strongly oppose the tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. you know my home state of texas leads all states when it comes to importing steel and aluminum products, so it's a big deal for texas. i didn't deeply troubled by section 232, which is intended to protect our national security has been misused to advance a protectionist agenda. mr. secretary, there's nothing to suggest that the imports pose a risk to our national security. instead, these tariffs pose a serious risk in the department of defense memo sent to you, he said and i quote, dod does not believe that the findings in the report impacts the ability of dod programs to acquire steel or aluminum necessary to meet national defense requirements. mr. chairman, i would like to submit a demo for the record. >> without objection. >> thank you. in light of this statement, why did you and the administration ignored their view of secretary madison still go a

johnson and mr. connolly and mr. johnson rode around and discussed whether he should or should not run for re-election. then at meal times we would all discuss it. the president asked connolly what he should do. he said he was not going to run for governor again in '68 and he thought the president should not run for re-election. that discussion went on. nothing was concluded and then we went back to washington in the white house. periodically the president would ask me to come in at the end of the day and have a drink or talk about issues and the issue of whether he should run or not came up a few times. we -- if you go fast forward then to december of 1967, christmas season, we all went back to the ranch. well, we had had an around the world trip and then went to the ranch. and again the decision was being discussed. the president asked me to get horace busby one of his long time speechwriters ant draft a statement that he was not going to run for re-election but not to tell anybody about it. less than half a dozen w

for the criminal law enforcement agencies to determine whether there is a case to answer but mr johnson can you say right now that all officials who work for mr putin include an ego issue while of he has alleged u.s. property in land then that he will be deprived of his property and the officials like him i think the most the the worst thing i could do not given the work that's going on is i get into individual names of cases because all these individuals have as you know who deep pockets and very powerful moya's and i think i'm sure that almost anything i said about anybody would be taken to be prejudicial any case but i will i will try to put that another way. so you are referred to some russian businessman as related to point in so they might be punished what criteria will be applied in determining and that one businessman is related to putin and the other is not well again i think you are inviting me very very rightly or inviting me to go further in into the detail of such cases and i think it would be wise for me to do because all such legal actions are open to to challenge under o

mr. johnson: our quarrel is with putin's kremlin and his decision -- and we think it is overwhelmingly likely it was his decision to direct the use of a nerve agent on the streets of the u.k., the streets of europe, for the first time since the second world war. that is why we are at odds with russia. james: within minutes, the kremlin's spokesman issued an angry statement saying mentioning mr. putin's name like this in connection with the attack was shocking and unpardonable dipmatic misconduct. the kremlin also confirmedhat some british diplomats based here at the embassy in mosco would be expelled, anun cement officials said could come at any moment, inio retalifor the u.k.'s decision to expel 23 russian intelligence officers. they leave london next tuesday. once again, russia's foreignie minister dany involvement w the salisbury attack. mr. lavrov: i do nt to comment on the current situation anymore. the conscience of those who have started this shameful and groundless statement. james: as for gavin williamson? mr. lavrov: he said russia should go away and shut up. maybe he lacks ecation,

johnson? >> that's right. of course, the president was furious at this. he did have -- i had talked to brice harlow, who was very close to mr. nixon. and basically tell him that this is going to -- if this happens again, it's going to be totally publicized. president johnson decided not to leak this or tell this to anyone. >> why? >> he said that if nixon were elected any way, he would be impeached right off the bat, because this is a treasonable offense. and he did not want to see the presidency or that institution disrupted that way. that was the main reason. so he didn't tell anybody. very few people even knew about this. but it did -- in my judgment, had that not happened, we would have had a peace agreement before the president left office. >> we get the impression through history that it was a tortured last year for lyndon johnson, but you were with him. what was his mood? whats wi what was he like? what was going through his mind in regard to vietnam, the election of '68, and the assassination of dr. king, and later senator robert kennedy? >> it was a very, very tough year. first of all, if january, right off the bat

in the us today mr johnson is what. would. you do you go. well i'm going first of all i'm i'll be happy to invite the all defense they will be safe in russia all the necessary measures being taken and the british special authorities in a contact with the russian special authority is to provide the security of the fence and all the british war will be in the territory of russia it's not about the briton it's just the regular precautions that we're doing with every single country and every single figuration who are going to do put dissipate in this world cup games so i'm sure that there will be security and by the way there will be a visa free regime for those who are going to come to moscow. if they have a ticket and they are not entitle to just to the visa let's see it blind so the there will be the guests of russian. arms. so you are not going to take the microphone because you know it's a some people will behave you do enjoy you know the be the loudest voice it will be so i'm quite sure nic robertson from c.n.n. so when you anticipate the

would just repeat to preview spoon i was extremely surprised when the british foreign secretary mrs johnson made the allegation of an active. program. chips to the best of who. has spoken with many russian people diplomats. newer officials over the years to the best of my knowledge of the program had to go on the way side of the plea so i'm surprised of this is that i'm going to say and finally mr zandi is the british narrative has been changing quite a bit first to recent may suggest that that it was possible that the russians were a negligent and lost control of the of the stocks done boris johnson directly accused of plotting a putin of ordering be assassination now the narrative shifting towards a russia bad behavior in general you made it clear that. you tend to believe the u.k. government more than you believe there are government but i wonder if the way this story has been changing has raced any skepticism in your own mind look the accusations of direct involvement of of mr putin and so will this is a something really leave for the responsibility of the person who don't want to get i

mr. johnson: it is putin's kremlin, and his position can we think it overwhelmingly likely his decision to direct nerve agent on the streets of the u.k. for the first time since the second world war. reporter: with putin on the campaign trail ahead of elections on sunday, russia called johnson's claims shocking and unforgivable. bridge in order to the expulsion of 23 russian diplomats over the attack. now russia has said it will respond in kind. russia also announced its own investigation into the attempted murder of skripal's daughter yulia, a russian citizen. it's of the country was ready to cooperate with authorities in the u.k. in britain, police say around 130 people may have come into contact with the military-grade nerve agent used to poison skripal on march 4. the former spy and his daughter are still in critical condition. british police have also announced that they have launched a murder investigation into the suspicious death of another russian living in britain. businessmen nikolai glushkov was found dead due to a compression of the neck in his london home on monday, police sa

white support that mr johnson may be expecting going into that meeting. peter all over in europe they're well over in the u.s. senior politicians they're already blasted but even putting over the election republican senator john mccain a long time fierce critic of the russian president accused him of trying to artificially inflate the voter turnout meanwhile top democratic congressman adam schiff attacked putin for supposedly eliminating opponents and there's also been reaction from n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden currently living in exile in russia hindu attention to allege cases of voter fraud meanwhile it's been reported that ninety eight percent of registered voters are broadcast their ballots in this election some of them outside the consulate in new york to pass the time by singing the russian classic that you should. do you. hear. her join in if you know the. woods the voters keeping up their spirits in the cold by cheerfully singing along while waiting in line in that chilly spring. and then a dentist at a certain chief of russia's independent

mr. johnson? i am talking about the russian scheme, in terms of interfering in the elections.

mrs. johnson, with tears in his eyes, you must not give me praise. it belongs to god. in 1864, lewisl, new yorker black active in the colonization movement called upon lincoln to discuss african-american troops. the president referred him to the secretary of war with a note. "please see lh putnam, who will you -- we will find a very intelligent colored man, who wishes to discuss their organization." in february 1865, aother black visitor, physician, newspaper editor, and champion of colonization, also came to advise the president about african-american troops. delaney submitted a plan to raise an all-black army, and later recalled that lincoln met him with a generous grasp and shake of the hand. he noted that the president was serious without sadness, and pleasant with all. plan,aney outlined his lincoln was a patient audience. after hearing him out, the president sent delaney to secretary of war stanton with a note. "do not fail to have an interview with this most externa area and intelligent black man." later that month, delaney was appointed a major, becoming the hi

mr. johnson, his whereabouts are being kept secret for security reasons. if anyone knows where mr. ent. >> it was a signal moment in our cultural history. suddenly it occurred to us the right thing to do is turn on the television. >> reports continue to come in but in a confused and fragmentary fashion. >> president kennedy has been given a blood transfusion at parkland hospital here in dallas in an effort to save his life. it was odd because there were no commercials. it was just a continuous experience. >> two priests have entered the emergency room at parkland hospital where he rests after the assassination attempt which now was about a half hour ago. >> what are your feelings right now, ma'am? >> i'm absolutely shocked. stunned. we have the same birthday. i am just crazy about him. >> who would want to shoot the president? what did he do? i mean, he has been doing so much for the country. someone goes ahead and shoots him? >> a flash from dallas. two priests who were with president kennedy say he is dead. >> of bullet wounds. this is the latest information we have from dallas. i

mr. johnson: thank you, mr. chairman. i, too, want to add my strongest, deepest sympathies and condolences toray baum's family in his passing and i rise -- condolences to ray balm's familiened n his passing. i rise to support this legislation, it provides transparency and efficiency reforms including language from my bill, h r. 2636 to create an independent inspector general for the f.c.c. currently the i.g. is not only apointed by the chairman but also reports to and is under general supervision of the chairman of the commission. this legislation would require the president with the advice and con sthovente senate to appoint the inspector general. it's simply good governance and a matter of transparency and accountability to have an independent i.g. importantly this legislation also creates and authorizes a broadcast repack found address e anticipated shortfall in relocating broadcast whors displaced in the most recent spectrum auction. it is important to successfully relocate broadcasters and ensure an efficient and tim

mr. johnson, thank you. mr. levin. mr. levin: two major trade issues, nafta and steel have a major common attribute. the clash over both of them has been decades in the making. after the failure to act by the u.s. government and to be acknowledged as a problem by traditional theoryists, outsourcing to mexico increased dramatically lured by mexico's industrial policy of labor. during many much of this period, china undertook a massive increase in steel production, using enterprises reaching that 10 times of u.s. production in contrast to their equal amounts of production nearly 20 years earlier. the impact in the industrial sector from these two investments what loss of middle-class jobs and suppression of wages. in both cases, the response was the lack of any coordinated action in this country, either handcuffed by allegiance to theories ill-equipped to the realities of globalization, by a willingness to settle for talk in the conference after conference or putting the personal impact. this create add vacuum. it has made i

mr. henry j. johnson of ithaca, new york described the president as, quote, a gentlemen straight and tall, modest, with pleasing features, who looked firm, and determined. johnson noted that as great as the crowd was of gentle and noblemen, those privileges were granted to me without molestation or insult. democratic newspapers were incensed, including one in the state of maine. what a hideous travesty this is, what an abject and shameful -- to the shocking and natural doctrine of negro equality, what a terrible hue -- when the nation is undergoing the horrors of civil war. negro equality, forbidden by the decrees of the almighty. in indiana, a democratic editor tut tutted, oh, there could be no possible objection to mr. lincoln, of course, as a private individual. in associating with negros. but, when as the representative of a great nation, he chooses to inaugurate a reign of social equality, between the white ask black races, democrats have the right to enter their emphatic protests. another indiana pa

white support that mr johnson may be expecting going into that meeting. over in the u.s. senior politicians are already laying into putin after his victory republican senator john mccain a long time fierce critic of the russian president accused him of trying to artificially inflate the voter turnout meanwhile top democratic congressman adam schiff attacked putin for supposedly eliminating opponents there's also been reaction from n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden currently living in exile in russia to attention to alleged cases of voter fraud i mean while it's been reported that ninety eight percent of registered voters are broadcast their ballots in this election some outside the consulate in new york past the time by singing the russian classic katyusha. you. join in if you know the words the voters kept up their spirits in the cold quite cheerfully singing along while waiting in line in manner. this was the first presidential election for the only woman in the race for the crime. reality show star turned politician was running as part of the liberal opposition platf

mrs. johnson are alive and they are lovely women. i do not want to hurt them. they both seem ill. many people have been hurt in this." i think the president and he was right in doing that. it was awfully big of him. he was not telling me what he was going to do what it became obvious -- i should not say obvious. but worrisome. he said regarding that brezhnev brezhnev would be likely to take advantage of him staying in office that it would affect the united states and all three branches of government. very likely for a few years to come. not just weeks or months. but certainly the executive branch. the legislative branch. and the judicial branch. they would all be engaged in this and brezhnev would be taking advantage of that. and he said -- that he could hurt his own presidency by doing something like a resignation. but he could hurt the united states by staying in office. that was quite something. i don't know if i answered your question but i probably do not. and i apologize. i did not quite comprehend it all. next question to your left, sir. thank you. i was wondering -- richar