and mr land is just how much of turkey's interests and backing moscow this nation for syria right now you know stands from the rejection of the u.s. backed kurdish forces and syria who of course turkey season is an extension you know of the kurds that they're fighting in their country well it's very important and that's why turkey has lived away from the united states and towards russia because. the united states by choosing to enter in on the side of the kurds and called bonnie two years ago and then push it with the kurds down towards isis territory has of course strength that serious kurds and moved them just as american support for iraq's kurds get towards independence of some broad degree of autonomy and the kurds of northern syria are expected to come out of this civil war with a broad degree of autonomy if not independence and that of course has driven turkey into the arms of russia and caused them to look for a way to move together in provinces like italy or. so that they can work together with the kurds and keep the kurds firmly inside syria's orbit and we have we will see ho

mr. speaker. i rise today in support of h.r. 2941, the kisatchie national forest land conveyance act. this measure introduced by our clique, mr. abraham, allows the o sell land in parish. this transfer would eliminate unnecessary, boundary maintenance cost on the already forest service. the kisatchie national forest is rich in resources. and this transfer supported by the forest service will allow the forest to be managed at the highest level of stewardship with that i reserve the balance f my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves his time. the chair recognizes the gentlelady from ohio. ms. fudge: i rise in support of this bill and i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from ohio is recognized for as much time as she wishes to use. ms. fudge: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, h.r. 2941 permits the sale of two isolated parcels of kisatchie national forest land totaling approximately 50 acres. these parcel are isolated from the forest core lands and are intermixed with private land and residences leaving it incompatible with

mr. speaker, let's make recreating on public lands simple. i urge swift passage of this bill, h.r. 289, the guides and outfitters act, and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. mceachin: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. mceachin: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, this bill is an earnest effort to improve the availability of recreation permits on federal lands. public lands support the thriving outdoor recreation economy in many small business -- and many small businesses partner with the federal government to provide a range of visitor services. the stated purpose of the bill is to reduce permitting time and administrative hurdles faced by permit applications. we are open to the idea of improving the permit process to ensure timely and transparent access to public lands for recreation activities and other special events. however, we are concerned that some of the method

mr. trump stated that the condemnation of property for transfer to private developers is a wonderful thing and is not taking property. of course, the president has a history of supporting land taking. we've all heard the story of ms. vera cooking from atlantic city who fought mr. trump for years to keep her home for 30 years rather than to give it up for trump's taj mahal casino parking lot. the landmark 2005 supreme court case, keller v. new london comes to mind. that's when the supreme court upheld the taking of private land to the government to transfer to another private property for economic development. at the time, it was denounced by nearly everyone on both the left and the right but not mr. trump. back in 2005, when the decision came down, mr. trump said on fox news, i happen to agree with it 100%. so the equation is clear. we have a president who promised to build a wall at all costs along the border. we have the border that is the most privately owned. we have a president who commits eminent domain and supports eminent domain and asks congress for the money to defend it in court. private property owners, beware. with that i urge support for the amendment and i yi

the united states landing. mr was there at the time. and witnessed the landing of the master supported by the united states. appear valid as you say he tried to organize the resistor. once with the guatemalan communist party but the balance of power was much to win favor of the americans. very important lessons about preparing an effective revolution about preparing for a united states military intervention. he learnt about the need for training. but he remained in hiding for a month at the argentine embassy in guatemala then organized his departure from mexico where he took refuge. here again met with the cuban exiles he had met in guatemala who had traveled from guatemala to mexico. these cuban exiles first introduced him to roll castro then a month later to fidel castro who had been granted amnesty and it just arrived in mexico. in mexico he immediately try to organize a team of commandos to return to cuba to bring the revolution their. fellow. started referring to. as for them not all argentine started their sessions says with the wo

mr. gillespie, what is your land? mr. gillespie: we have 900,000 virginians who do not have access to high-speed internet. halfan would cut that in by the end of my governorship by having more than 450,000 virginians get access to broadband capabilities. we could work with the tobacco commission to help get funding .o close the gap a multimillion dollar bonding fund that we would make available to make sure that we are having a public-private partnership. if someone is digging a ditch to lay a pipe, let's make sure we get broadband put in there in a cost-effective manner. the commonwealth has a number of structures that can be utilized to fray the cost of the poirier broadband. i had a specific policy in this regard. my southwest virginia policy will be my detail specific policy proposal. i encourage people to go to edf orvirginia.com. to get moremy plan than 450,000 virginians linked up to high-speed internet. lt. gov. northam: if we are going to grow the rural economy, broadband is essential. workforce essential is also

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. >> well over a thousand land transfers or land transactions. >> reporter: mr. affordable land for a community that famously sticks together. >> not only grow, but there are people that retire there and there are people that want to live there forever. >> we have water trucks running up and down the road. you have porta-potties. you have hacks. you have ram shacked trailers being moved into these communities. >> and people think that's shocking and how horrible and how do they stand this. when you look at their history and their culture, where they came from, they were living in bamboo huts with grass roofs. >> reporter: as that bee date, supervisors launched a crack down effectively banning outdoor grows. >> 2015, they changed the ordinance. >> reporter: and then voters went even further making almost any grow illegal. >> they don't want to grow, so they banned it. >> reporter: none of that stopped the growers. more land was sold and more gardens were planted. each one guarded by a piece of paper referencing california's medical cannabis laws. >> and when they

she was told they were hired today clear brush and trees along a 1.2 mile road inside the centers land. mr. chairman, that road is a private road on private land. the texas observer reported the center was not notified in writing as the law requires. another example was the departments work at the national wildlife refuge. with a locals had no idea plans had been in the works for months. it was only uncovered after crews showed up to take soil samples and the media reported on it. i would loo like to ask for unanimous consent to enter into the articles from the texas observer detailing the incidents. my amendment would require dhs to report to congress on its specific construction plan. what the imminent domain implications are for the plan. and more importantly what feed back the agency is received from local stake hoerlsd. this provision would require dhs to engage with communities before proceeding. i urge my colleagues to support the amendment. with that i yield back. >> gentleman yields back. any further discussion on the amendment? there being no further discussion. question now occu

devastating fires ignited across the west as fuel loads build across public lands. mr. mcclintock did a great job laying that out while broken federal forest policy stands in the way of better forest management, protection of habitat and water sheds and streams in our forested communities. burned this cres year. by the way , my colleagues, that's an area larger the -- than maryland. 3 1/2 burned this year. by times the size of puerto rico that's been wiped out, we talk about the devastation and disaster there and the virgin islands, every other place, somehow we sort of overlook the fact that we lose this almost every year in the west and in the forested land. communities watch their mills close, meanwhile, as federal policy and lawsuits and litigation has prevented proper management of our forests. we've lost jobs, lost our infrastruck churk lost the revenues for our schools, in some cases for basic services like law enforcement and now promises that somehow recreation and outdoor activities would replace those good, family wage jobs, tourism, they're falling short. gu

mr. president, we thank you for the opportunity and the blessing that you've given us to serve your agenda. >> it's an honor to be your steward of our public lands, what an incredible honor it is. >> mr. president, it's been a great honor to work with you. >> an even greater honor to be here serving in your cabinet. >> progress has been made in puerto rico. there's no doubt, and the white house deserves credit for some of that. once again, the president made it about himself, the great job he says he's doing, not actually the people of puerto rico who continue to suffer, the american citizens struggling with basic necessities. it's about collecting compliments. >> i think we did a fantastic job and we're being given credit. it's very nice that the gentleman who worked for bill clinton when he was president gave us an "a" plus and that included puerto rico, gave us an "a" plus. the response was better than ever seen. an "a" plus for the man who did this, did what you were doing for the clinton administration. while i don't know him, i'd like to thank him for what he said. >> what the president said is not true. it's not tree the former fema direc

mr. speaker, we look at the heavens tonight, you may otice a new bright star. texans from sugar land and fort ben have seen that star for years. it's our john hancock. john enjoyed life with us for 89 years. john is a native texan. houston proud. born on february 13 of 1928. he is a korean army veteran. 33 years with mobile oil. and investment advisor. john loved many things. he loved university of texas football. hook 'em horns. he loved his astros, our baseball team. he loved his hometown of sugar land. e loved going to church.

mr. sell lalanne in the wood lands of ridley creek. did you it all yourself.ll handmade. >> yeah, we try to add something knew every year. the witch is the new addition. a little bit more elaborate we're in the holiday spirit. >> brian, let's go up to the front door. we have crazy visitors at the side. the coffins open up and 20 seconds. >> of couple minutes. all computer controlled and fully automated a little bit of everything for everybody to enjoy does i got to tell you this all started of course with christmas decorations in wallingford at your parents' house and turned into halloween here in media, delaware county. >> yup. >> check out everything. so when do you start putting it altogether. >> about end of september and hey, bob we do christs, too. don't get any ideas. got quite a display this is something the whole neighborhood looks forward to. beg festive even here every halloween at wood lands at ridley creek a great party atmosphere for everybody involved. >> check out the upstairs, brian. what's the name of the ghost up here. >> i don't know. we're

i know where my constituency lands, mr. speaker. there are tough decisions that have to be made, mr. speaker, and they believe they sent men and women here to do that. if you haven't had a chance to work with her this season, chairwoman diane black on the house budget committee, if there is a more patient and more persistent member of this body, i don't know who that would be. she has worked tirelessly to move this process along to get us to where we are today trying to get people together around a unified vision of what we can do and what we should do, not just as an institution, but as a nation. i expect we'll have some disagreements over the next two days, mr. speaker. won't surprise me at all. in fact, i think this institution is characterized by the things that we disagree about. certainly that's what the media would like to focus on. but at the end of this process, what will have to be said is we have considered every idea, that we have considered every point of view, that we have made room for every voice and that we have now

land. turk: baby, don't go! have you seen mr. larkin? uh, no. thanks for the pen. oh, no. yeah.te t-shirt. and this is my favorite skin. well, you know that i would never mean for that to happen. you know that, right? yeah, i know that. ok, this is a little cozy for me. is it? i don't think you people are getting how difficult this is. trust me, i wouldn't want to have to make this decision. i wish i could ask my wife. she'd be better at handling this than me. you know, you and i are a lot alike. we may seem like the kind of guy you can just, you know, throw in a headlock and draw a mustache on, but... in crunch time we always come through. it's time. come on. dr. reid, are you off for the day? oh, i just didn't have a place to change. mm-hmm. laverne, i'm going to pretend you're not wearing that. don't you usually wait till you get home before you do that? plus, according to county statute, all medical facilities in this region are required to provide single-sex bathrooms and change rooms for their employees. put that in your suggestion box and smoke it. damn it. where did she

mr. adams on horseback surveying the land and cattle that they raise. he was a strong advocate for conservation and was nationally recognized for his leadership and preserving the land for future generations. even more so, mr. adams is known or creating the breed of attle, a cross between the calt and hair forward cattle. mr. adams was rightfully proud of this breed and went on to found the association. additionally mr. adams was a roud member of the florida cattleman's association. he served as the president in 1958 and for the last 59 years he was always willing to offer a helping hand to the calt and ha cattle. mr. new florida cattleman's leadership. mr. adams will always be remembered for the impact he had on the florida cattle industry and his willingness to nurture future generations of the florida cattlemen. he will be greatly missed and i thank you. yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the chair now recognizes the gentlewoman from florida, ms. os-lehtinen, for five minutes. ms. ros-lehtinen: mr.

the jury were taken to the spot where victoria cilliers landed after falling 4000 feet when her parachute failed to open. mrsthe jury but survived. by coming here, the jury will get a much better understanding of prosecution and the defence case and the allocations surrounding arson. the jury was shown the toilets where the prosecution say emile cilliers carried out the tampering of his wife's parachute. and jurors were able to take this identical parachute into the toilet to judge the space there. the court has already been shown pictures of the cilliers' kitchen, where the prosecution said emile cilliers tempered with this gas fixture in a separate attempt to kill us why. mr cilliers denies two counts of attempted murder, and a third charge of recklessly endangering life. the jury of recklessly endangering life. the jury will return to court tomorrow. duncan kennedy, bbc news. the scottish government is to set up a publicly—owned, not—for—profit energy company. nicola sturgeon, the snp leader, told the party's conference that the company will sell energy to customers at "as close to cost price as possible"

landed. they will interview the pilots and the air traffic controllers that were involved in the incident. and mr. mccarron said this could lead to fines, suspensions or the loss of licenses. back live now. mr. mccarron also told me using that red spotlight like that, which is basically a universal sign to pilots to stop and not land an air kaft. he said it is so unusual he can count the number of times he's heard of this happening on one hand and he's been doing it for 35 years. we're live at sfo. >>> it's not what you'd expect in october, warmer than average temperatures have firefighters on alert. a live look over san jose. one of the spots that could see record setting heats tomorrow. jeff ranieri has been tracking those temperatures and joins us now. >> we're not going to start off with too many issues. we'll get respite in the morning hours. 58 in napa at 6:00 a.m. but tomorrow, 86 in in any capacity, 86 in livermore. the reason why it's going to get so warm at the coastline, we have a dry northest erly wind, 10 to 16 miles per hour. that's going to stop any kind of ocean breeze. it's also

mr. sell la rode the wood lands at ridley creek where we're located.ait until you see the rest of the house when the sun goes down, it's going to get spooky. don't scare me, don't scare me! >> back to you guys in the studio. >> he's hiding behind super scary foxie. >> all right. bob, we'll see in you a little bit. >> ahh! >> save some candy for us. >> speaking of that your kids are there to have a good time trick or treating tomorrow. what they do with their costume btween houses that could save their lives. >>> change is coming to the garden state. what you will not be able to do beginning november 1st. >> and some allegations leveled against oscar winner kevin spacey as his house of cards show is coming to an end. ♪ a bridge shut down over politics. their biggest triumph was a traffic jam. chris christie and kim guadagno's failures shortchanged our future. after 8 years- incomes are down, costs are up and our economy is crawling. we are better than this. i'm phil murphy together we'll build a stronger, fairer economy that works for every new jersey f

mr. president, neness prngs belief that's you have a beautiful land full of beautiful people, but i'm worryure. are you worried about their future? >> translator: -- >> you're the man to make the change, okay. after seeing the last few presidents enrich themselves while everything in the country for the common man didn't seem to change, why should they believe you're different? why do you think they chose you? >> he describes an ambitious plan to revolution lieu. >>. i've heard projections there may be 40 million people in the country with thissfwrrnl [ speaking french ] >> but his critics say they have heard such promises many times before. >> the main probably lp is! but law enforcement enforcement is very, very bad in madagascar. >> why? do they show up away? >> we sfwrarm i'm surprised they don't have a brain to govern. >> i'm meeting with the president in a few hours. what should i ask him? >> i would ask him >> i would ask him to do his best to change the natural resource in madagascar. he knows them. >> is there a natural timber in madagascar? [ speaking french ] >> everyone i talk t

. ♪ for the land >> reporter: mr.l anthem. the vice president and second lady, did stand, hands over hearts, tweeting this picture and an explanation. president trump and i will not dignify any event that disrespects our soldiers, our flag and our national anthem. the nfl is declining to comment. but critics have pounced, including a top democrating calling this walkout a taxpayer funded stunt. and he asked if any players took a knee he was to leave. and the president tweeted, the trip by pence was long-planned. he is receiving great praise for leaving the game after the players showing disrespect for country. matt, back to you. >> peter, thanks very much. >>> victims of the las vegas shooting were remembered as investigators release new information about the gunman and what they found in his hotel room. nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer has been covering this for us. good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. as the tributes continue to grow, the investigators are focusing on the gunman's motive. the

mr. trumps campaign attorney the defense attorney 2016 election. from ash land university in ohio. this is 35 minutes. >> good afternoon, everyone. good afternoon. welcome to the ash brook center. at ash land university. as you all know we're here to celebrate constitution day. this sunday, september 17 marks the 230th anniversary. of the date when the delegates in fill did he feel concluded the work of the constitutional convention. and sent it to the people. beginning one of the greatest ten month debates in american history. over the ratification of the constitution. ash brook provided copies of their final product to tens of thousands of teachers and students all across the country. and you have a copy of this at your seat. to celebrate constitution day, we are honored to have with us chad readler. a appointed as acting assistant attorney general for the civil division at the united states department of justice. january 30th, 2017. in this role he over sees the largest litigation team at the department of justice. with over 1,100 lawyers who manage over 50,000 different matters

mr. chair, there are 37 land mammal species, 42 fish species, more than 200 migratory birds inhabit the anwr. seismic testing could do lasting damage to the fragile ecosystem way before drilling. seismic activities send shock waves overwaves, harming polar bears. the impact on caribou -- mrs. maloney: i grant the gentleman 30 additional seconds. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for 30 seconds. mrs. maloney: i grant the gentleman two additional minutes. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. beyer: thank you. the caribou are food source to alaskan indigenous groups who lived off the land for thousands of years. all of this will do very little in the short run to reduce the deficit. the oil prices are so low that no one will attempt to extract fossil fuels at this time. we just believe the anwr must be protected from the budget for future generations, the wildlife and the native people that inhabit it. part two, mr. chairman, the budget attacks federal government employee retirement and benefits. it reduces the deficit by $32 billion. it's clearly -- it clearly targe

landing. by sarah and dan keating. mr.survivor chose to launch the philadelphia hop fence in appreciation of the friends of the american association for cancer research. >> happening right now, uncontrollable wildfires raging in california and they are only getting larger. what you're looking at right here is damage cam video of a deputy actually driving through the sonoma county wildfires. this is what first responders are seeing around the clock right now. the deadly names have turned neighborhood after neighborhood into ash. as of now 21 people have died in those fires. nearly 700 people are missing. right now firefighters are working around the clock to get those flames under control. it's a tough job. fox's ken wayne joins us live from santa rosa. devastation on a historic proportion. ken. >> reporter: well lucy we're used to having wildfires in california especially in october. but this will go down as probably the worst at least in terms of the number of homes that have been lost. as you mentioned more than 3,000 st

the bridge is a gift to the city of philadelphia penn's landing by sarah and dan keating. mr.ting a cancer survivor chose to launch the philadelphia hope fence in appreciate of the friends of american association for cancer research. >> we want pennsylvania lanning to be the home of everybody's story. locally, regionally, nationally and in this case we're bringing the thoughts of cancer and the cure that is can be created by research. >> the beautiful new bridge is inspired by the bridge in paris. >> which always ends up with too many locks over that way. >> all righty. coming up the wildfires and their devastating impact on california's wine country. so much of this is weather related, kathy. >> it certainly is. of course you have the fires. you have wind the lack of rain it's not going to rain in that part of the country for at least a week that's the next chance of rain. in the meantime we have some showers moving in tonight and we'll talk about a bigger cool down coming with your seven day forecast. >> revelations keep oncoming along with more fallout following accusations

mrs cilliers had been recalling events here at the netheravon airfield in wiltshire in 2015. she jumped from 4000 feet, but both her main and reserve chutes failed to open properly. she landedjuries. as an investigation began, the court heard the police told mrs cilliers her husband was having an affair. so, at her request, she gave another police video interview, this time acknowledging her husband's possible role in her accident. she said, "my gut instinct was ‘no way‘, but afterfinding out all i knew was a lie, i don't know," adding, "initially i was in shock — he's my husband, i loved him automatically, i thought no way he would do that to me." she said, at the time of the initial police interview, "i had suspicions regarding my husband, i was gunning for him," but added, "i don't think i lied, but some aspects i don't think he was involved with." mrs cilliers is now being questioned in court about the events at the airbase. her husband, emile cilliers, denies two counts of attempted murder and one of recklessly endangering life. so this morning a mixture of video interviews played in court and also live interviews as well with victoria cilliers, she is being propped cr

mr. speaker. we live in the land of opportunity. where if you're willing to set goals, work hard, and give back to your community anything can be done. this idea is the grandest of american traditions and is son -- sown into the fabric of everything we do. yet we're failing to live up to our ideals. a few days ago i met a college student who moved to the united states with her family when she was 3. mr. aguilar: while she wasn't born here she told me today i tell you what my homeland looks like, congressman. the good student earned grades to get into college but would not be able to afford it except that she received financial aid. from the state because she's ineligible tell you what my fro government. but her life was changed when she applied for daca in high school. bea trees was able to attend cal state san bernardino and is now on the way to becoming the first in her family to earn a college degree. she said it's the most exciting experience to make progress and contribute to the economy. this is her home, mr. speaker. it's tim

on federal land? mr. president, there are examples -- these are examples of unlawful activity that reasonable people cannot reasonably be expected to know. what's worse, many of these unlawful activities are punishable by time in prison. this is not only ridiculous, it's immoral. the lack of accurate mens rea requirements in our federal criminal code subjects innocent people to unjustified five-minute. on this issue, i introduced the mens rea reform act of 2017 today. today i wish to express my sincere appreciation to the heritage foundation and the federalist society for highlighting the need for mens rea reform and for supporting my efforts to protect innocent people. they're not the only ones. anybody who looks at this has got to say we're going to send people to jail when they didn't know what they were doing was wrong? it makes anybody stop and think, is that right, should we do that, is that fair? likewise, i wish to thank senator rand paul, ted cruz, mike lee, and david perdue for joining me as cos

mr. swalwell. whatever the investigation lands, we have a great deal of work to do. given our challenges, it is more important than ever for the house to conduct oversight of the executive branch. this bill contributes to that effort and i urge my colleagues to support it. i thank the speaker. and i yield. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. issa: i urge the house to pass this bill, move it to the senate in a timely fashion and create an equal standing between the house and the senate. i join with my colleague from california, mr. swalwell, in the frustration that individuals off earn feel that they have privileges in the vague sense that are not to be asserted but simply not to occur. in the last administration, we have even had individuals claim that they basically lied as little as they needed to to protect some question of a classified nature. hese kinds of claims, in addition to the law enforcement sensitive, confidential and other security clearance claims that are not codified in statute and often are the reason for delay or outright re

thejury were taken to the spot where victoria cilliers landed after her parachute failed to open. mrsmuch more of an idea of what happened. they were taking to the men's toilets. it was here, the prosecution say, and meals are sabotaged his wife's parachute before she took off. and they were able to judge the available space in the toilet. the court has already been shown pictures of the home kitchen in amesbury where prosecution say emile cilliers tampered with this gas mixture ina cilliers tampered with this gas mixture in a separate attempt to kill his wife. mr cilliers denies a third charge of endangering life as well as two charges of attempted murder. the court will return tomorrow. inspectors are warning that the health and care system is "straining at the seams" to cope with unprecedented pressure caused by people living longer. the regulator — the care quality commission — says its annual report provides the first complete picture of what is happening across the sector. it is calling for urgent action to find a long term solution to funding. the department of health says the

mr. trumps campaign attorney the defense attorney 2016 election. from ash land university in ohio. this is 35 minutes. >> good afternoon, everyone. good afternoon. welcome to the ash brook center. at ash land university. as you all know we're here to celebrate constitution day. this sunday, september 17 marks the 230th anniversary. of the date when the delegates in fill did he feel concluded the work of the constitutional convention. and sent it to the people. beginning one of the greatest

mr. speaker, this bipartisan bill gives parity to guam, the other territories, and d.c. in annual funding from the federal land and water conservation fund. the current law requires the territories and d.c. to split single state's annual lwcf allocation. this bill fixes this disparate by providing -- disparity by providing a full state's annual lwcf allocation. this bill state equivalent share of the land and water conservation fund funding for each territory and d.c. every year. this additional funding is needed to improve our public parks, our outdoor sports fields, and community open spaces on guam and the other territories. especially as puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands rebuild rom recent hurricanes. i encourage our colleagues to co-sponsor this bipartisan legislation and support the lwcf parity for the territories and the district of columbia. i thank you and i yield back he balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair i encourage our colleagues to the gentleman from texas, mr. poe, for five minutes. recognizes mr. poe: thank you, mr. speaker. governments, militaries, and civilizations, s

land here at 4:00 this afternoon. and not due to speak until 4:45, this is mr. trump's second visit to harrisburg since taking office in january, he was here a number of times in 2016 and got warm receptions and at invitation only event and air national guard base behind me. it's about 1,000 people expected. >> the president's speech to focus on the tax plan and how to help the middle class. and some emphasis is on trucking. some over the road truckers operate as small businesses and trump is advocating in small business tax rates and the white house wants to cut the rate to an 80 year low and other individual taxpayers will save money an example given a married couple making up to $50,000 a year would owe no federal taxes and up to $100,000 just so% and cut the corporate rate to 15%. and he believes that would spur american job growth. >> well, certainly the president's plan has plenty of critics on both sides of the aisle and some say the bias to help the high income individuals by cutting the state tax. and not revenue neutral as it is said to be and add to t

been used in spain we turn to democracy forty years ago mr roy said that using the special powers was not meant to remove the liberties of cattle lands but to protect them carry. catalans the protection not from spanish imperialism it but rather from an intolerant minority that has named itself an owner of catalonia this minority considers the cultural and historical heritage belonging to the entire community as its own exclusive province of one you know that and it wants to submit all cattle on it to the yoke of its secessionist doctrine we. thank you let's get the latest one from spain and from catalonia was bought with their will start with a double correspondent pub or fully in madrid welcome so if the senate does authorize the triggering of article one five five as expected what happens next. well as you were just saying there the first thing is that kind of them on on the rest of people in the catalan government to have been behind this process for pushing for the independence referendum will be dismissed essentially and there will be more than likely elections money out of the whole he has said that there probably he wanted th

mr. president -- you answered our call for the pre-land emergency declaration, you declared puerto rico a disaster area very quickly at a verbal request we made because we did not have electricity at that moment. andgive us the waiver for a b for fema, and staunch communication with all of your members now. we recognize that a lot of business has been done, but a lot still has to be done. so we are hopeful that with this meeting that we are going to have, we are going to talk about the immediate needs for puerto rico, what we need to do to get out of the life-sustaining phase , what we need to do to stabilize puerto rico, and, of course, what we need to do to build puerto rico stronger and better than before. i am confident that, with your commitments and with your support, mr. president, and with your team's support, we will be able to come out of this in the long haul, together with puerto rico, and give the u.s. citizens of puerto rico the adequate resources, treat us the same as citizens in texas, in florida, and elsewhere. and we will come out of this stronger, and we will make it in

mr or environments to catch inskeep he is certainly a. pragmatist who runs the second largest company in the czech republic which has set up for us in germany in the metal lands in france an additional in his interest to create some kind of deep divide between that your republic and the european union so while during the electoral campaign he was quite and the european were skeptical alfalfa of the european union i think that now he will have to deliver a different kind of message because i i assume that he doesn't want to for personal reasons to be at war with the european union right you should pay thank you very much for joining us from prague the director of new york university's academic center there. football news now and in the early going just the games on saturday league leaders dortmund could only manage a draw against frankfurt and had jumped out to a two nil lead before frankfurt struck tried twice within four minutes in the second half and they don't mention god but a royal spanking club scored first and the early going but then found bender open the floodgates for liberty was just after the half time break five one the final score and. here's a

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mr. trump's pick will replace janet yell land head of the nation's central bang. >>> and disgraced army sergeanthl gave a tearful apology to the service members who searched for him. bergdahl desert the his post in afghanistan back in 2009 and was captured bite taliban for four years at a sentences hearing yesterday soldiers described the dangerous conditions they went through to rescue him. bergdahl plead guilty last to desertion and misbehavior charges. we have new details about those russian backed adds on facebook. it found quote some evidence of misuse of its platforms boy a pro russian government group apparently the activity was limited it also found that two accounts linked to the group spent nearly $5,000 on ads during the 2016 election. google said those accounts have since been suspended. >>> and you would think that being a former president would have its perks, right? like not having to be called for jury duty. well think again. former president barack obama has been called for jury duty in cook county ill know. he owns a home in kenwood neighborhood of chicago much the not known wh

the destruction of agriculture, the destruction of our land, some of her most beautiful -- what is that all worth, mr. president? he is a was putting everything in the kind of accounting machine. you leave puerto rico -- that is just another reason we should impeach as president of the united states. in a cup finally, president trump, in a late-night move, announcement, the white house stopnced that it will paying billions of dollars in federal subsidies to insurance companies to subsidize low income people's health care plans. can you respond to this move? poor that finally had access to health care, the working poor that had access to health care, mothers. most mothers, single mothers with seven, the elderly. those that we finally were able to bring inside the realm of safety of health care. that is who he wants to take away health care from. and then he was to allow these minimalist insurance policies so employers can give that to their employees, so that people will once again -- i hate to put it, but it is true that people don't have appropriate health care will again die in this, the richest mo

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