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to get the latest from but mr michael patton who joins us from tokyo welcome michael b. has just made landfall talk us through what's happening. well the typhoon is extremely powerful in fact they're saying that it could be the most powerful typhoon to hit japan in twenty five years. however it's also fast moving it hits the concept of region which is the second largest urban area of japan and it moved quite quickly through it and is now going along the japan of sea coastline the amount of damage that it did in terms of you know ripping off roofs and and and smashing a ship into a bridge and cutting off the cons like airport was pretty amends but the good news is that it seems that the human toll is relatively light compared to the ferocity of the storm so far there is only reports two people have been guide and almost one hundred wounded but when you think of how strong this storm is that's that's not a very high figure that japan seems have had in all of its face. natural disasters recently thing about to two thousand and eleven and the typhoon and of course just a cou

roberts painter, on behalf of supervisor peskin, for the late mr joe rosenblatt and mr michael wong.and a motion made by president cohen on behalf of the entire board of supervisors for the late mr joe tattoo we. >> thank you. can we take this without objection? >> thank you. these resolutions are adopted unanimously. is there any other business before this body? >> that concludes our business for today. >> thank you very much. we are adjourned. >> good afternoon, everyone. i am the mayor of the city and county of san francisco and i am here to welcome mayors from all over the country, including the u.s. conference of mayors on the centre for climate and energy solutions, to this great city. we are all gathered here today for a common cause. of taking meaningful action to combat climate change. as we all no kak this is an issue that is bigger than one of our cities, one of our regions and this country. climate change is the defining issue of our time. and the choices we make today, the commitment we can agree on and are sustained cooperation, will determine whether or not we rise to

called lanny davis michael cohen's own attorney comes out and says he was the source for c n n a b he's made a mistake and c. is inside into this complicated matter has been misinterpreted mr davis eventually even appeared on c.n.n. several times to reiterate just that the reporting of this story got mixed up so michael cohen does not have information that president trump knew about the from terror meeting with the russians beforehand or you know does not is it your understanding now that the set. it has been told no michael cohen stands by his testimony he did not know of the trump tower meeting beforehand that's correct and the reporting was a bit garbled but c.n.n. did nothing to warn its audience the story could have been false in fact it even began attacking the man who it once used as a source blaming him for changing his mind as often as the wind however when c.n.n. first broke the news based on a tip off from sources it mentioned that attorney davis declined to comment on the matter and now we know that mr davis and the source are the same person unlike these guys other influential outlets the likes of the washington post came up with follow up reports or included

called lanny davis michael cohen's own attorney comes out and says he was the source for c n n a b he's made a mistake and c. is inside into this complicated matter has been misinterpreted mr davis eventually even appeared on c.n.n. several times to reiterate just that the reporting of the story got mixed up so michael does not have information that president trump knew about the from tower meeting with the russians beforehand or you know does not is it your understanding now that the senate has been told no michael cohen stands by his testimony he did not know of the trump tower meeting beforehand that's correct and the reporting was a bit garbled but c.n.n. did nothing to warn its audience the story could have been false in fact it even began attacking the man who it once used as a source blaming him for changing his mind as often as the wind however when c.n.n. first broke the news based on a tip off from sources it mentioned that attorney davis declined to comment on the matter and now we know that mr davis and the source are the same person unlike these guys other influential outlets the likes of the washington post came up with follow up reports or included correctio

called lanny davis michael cohen's own attorney comes out and says he was the source for c n n a b he's made a mistake and c. is inside into this complicated matter has been misinterpreted mr davis eventually even appeared on c.n.n. several times to reiterate just that the reporting of this story got mixed up so michael cohen does not have information that president trump knew about the from tower meeting with the russians beforehand or you know does not is it your understanding now that the senate. has been told no michael cohen stands by his testimony he did not know of the trump tower meeting beforehand that's correct and the reporting was a bit garbled but c.n.n. did nothing to warn its audience the story could have been false in fact it even began attacking the man who it once used as a source blaming him for changing his mind as often as the wind however when c.n.n. first broke the news based on a tip off from sources it mentioned that attorney davis declined to comment on the matter now we know that mr davis and the source are the same person unlike these guys other influential outlets the likes of the washington post came up with follow up reports or included corre

it's between iran and the americans because europe is completely paralyzed whatever is said by mr michael and all of us it's not true we cannot do anything the companies the states in europe have so many items so many products that are exchanged in the dollar of the currency of the dollar like airplanes built in europe are sold in dollars and the oil we import is paid in dollars that we cannot go against the terrorists the sanctions imposed by the u.s. even china is not for you see what happens now with the tit for tat negotiation so they sell a lot to the u.s. they don't want to have that problem on top because they would continue dealing with iran so really it's america on one side any iran on the other they both need to accept to go further and we can only help russia china and europe the twenty fifteen deal took so long to achieve lots of delicate marathon negotiations russia's deputy foreign minister has said the iran nuclear issue can and should be solved without pressure but that's not the trump white house way of doing things is it so what could be the repercussions. difficult to

consequently european sovereignty we must fully draw on the consequences of the end of the cold war now mr michael went to outline a number of clients in the united states which are very similar to quite the european union has with the united states and particularly the trumpet ministration they things such as the trade that we've seen in recent months this is the high king of steel and tariffs with countries around the world also the fight at the trumpet ministration his withdrawal from the paris climate accord it's also withdrawn from the nuclear deal of course there has been doubts from the trumpet ministration that taking. president trump himself over two weeks so which is the security force boeing's the us and europe now he's talked in the past saying that he thinks the u.s. is doing too much so all of these concerns have prompted marco to say we can't now rely on the u.s. for security we have to do something about it ourselves well what is that well he's talked about this defense cooperation in europe but he's also said that europe needs to look beyond its borders and to look to other countr

mentioned in this letter in the new york times just a few months ago the german foreign minister mr michael moss he was quoted by and we can show that he was quoted by the foreign ministry on twitter as saying that america is more then the white house not the message there is that the u.s. congress is just as important for german foreign policy i mean your colleagues in the bundestag they have told me at this table many times that part of the strategy for dealing with the truck presidency is to talk with members of congress and to talk with people who are close to mr trump who don't share his in a very disturbing sometimes views when it comes to the transatlantic alliance. what does this anonymous letter mean for that strategy. well the strategy is simply spoken talk to america so whatever america is and that is the president but not only the president it's the guys around him the men and women around him in that mr asian it's not only members of congress it's governors it's people on the street it's the america and when you're in washington the i mean you're talking with people in congress

consequently european sovereignty we must fully drawn the consequences of the end of the cold war now mr michael went to outline a number of quite the united states which are very similar to the european union with the united states and particularly the trump administration there things such as the trade wars that we've seen in recent months this is the hiking of steel and tariffs with countries around the world also the fact that the trumpet ministration his withdrawal from the paris climate accord it's also withdrawn from the nuclear deal earned of course there has been doubts from the trumpet ministration particularly from president himself over a two week self which is the security force boeing's the us and europe now he's talked in the past saying that he thinks the u.s. is doing too much so all of these concerns have prompted me to say we can't now rely on the u.s. for security we have to do something about it ourselves what is that well he's talked about this defense cooperation in europe but he's also said that europe needs to look beyond its borders and to look to other countries such a

mr. michael lowry. i'm not going to tell you his topic. a recognized expert on world war i u-boats and handles much of the great war material for the u-boat net.net website. he has spent 20 years researching the subject and maintains an online database of more than 7500 ships sunk by action. i will let him tell you more about it. mr. lowry. >> ok. ok. it is still there. while we are getting the slides up, can everyone hear me? ok. cool. ok. this is the hundreds anniversary the u-boat first offering off the north carolina coast. a century ago. a long time ago. let's go back a little further. august 1914. to and the beginning of the great war. in europe. world war i. serving naval ask officers whether they were on submarine or otherwise, whether submarines would be the decisive, or very important element of the war, they would have quite frankly left at you. of theis was the era battleship. it is as simple as that. submarines were a primitive, primitive weapon system of the time. had 11 diesel powered submarines. the war began. only 29 subma

mr. michael fabricant. >> prime minister? >> i was indeed very pleased to be in the west midlands yesterday at the summit where i made clear my determination across the u.k. at the forefront of zero emission pickles. the midlands have a very strong industry. they continue to drive investment. it's boosting economic growth. and it shows we are now over 320,000 more people in and work in the west midlands 2010. i think my right honorable friends for that answer. it's like silicon valley. and some 6,000 different companies. the second largest cluster of its time in the whole of europe. i'm sure that he was delighted. and as they referred to. with the region. with the digital skills partnership. with the digital skills of individuals. for the sections will be critical to the success of the industrial strategy. it is not all the responsibility. they had had explained how they will do this in england. what can i say that we ensure the honorable gentlemen. mister speaker. back in july. the prime ministers questions. when i trust the

consequently european sovereignty we must fully drawn the consequences of the end of the cold war now mr michael went to outline a number of quite united states which are very similar to the european union with the united states and particularly the trump administration there things such as the trade wars that we've seen in recent months this is the high king of steel an element in tariffs with countries around the world also the fact that the trumpet ministration his withdrawal from the paris climate accord it's also withdrawn from the nuclear deal earned of course there has been doubts from the trumpet ministration particularly from president trump himself over a two week self which is the security force boeing's the us and europe now he's talked in the past saying that he thinks the u.s. is doing too much so all of these concerns have prompted me to say we can't now rely on the u.s. for security we have to do something about it ourselves what is that well he's talked about this defense cooperation europe but he's also said that europe needs to look beyond its borders and to look to other coun

mr. michael avenatti.hank you for your time tonight. >> good to see you, rachel. >> you said on line that you were representing a woman with credible information regarding judge kavanaugh and mark judge. what is the nature of the information that she has about judge kavanaugh and his high school classmate? >> well, rachel, i'm representing one client who i can describe as a witness and victim as well as additional corroborating witnesses to what she is going to allege publicly within the next 48 hours as it relates to her particular allegations. we're not going to provide additional information beyond that which is contained within the e-mails that i exchanged with the senate judiciary committee, but let me say this. this woman, when she does surface, will be found to be 100% credible by the american public. i would not be representing her if i did not believe her. and if anyone has been paying attention over the last six to seven months, they know that i do not traffic in nonsense or rumor. i utilize fact

mr. michael lee, and it went through another person before him. i had to go through allison, and through planning and parks. i looked it over, in other words, everything that i thought i needed to look over, regarding hydro, and water, and how the sewer system would be. currently there's maybe only one central drain out from the sewer part. i'm not all that interested in the sewer, but i'm looking at the water that some of the stuff was dumped out into, and there's going to be a very complex big, big building on the similar plot of land that's -- i was talking it over with mike. he tells me they're going to either dump into the harbor after treating or they're going to connect the sewer through the main line that leads over either to north point or southeastern side. there are two water treatment places. so if the water getting all in the ground there, i've been trying to get that entrance on the salinity content where they have pools of waste water, if they can bring it up to normal salinity. it doesn't take much more than adding sod. 'cause curr

i am deeply concerned for michael's safety and well being and demand his immediate release. mr. speaker, i would like to commend the wynn family's strength during this trying time. i'm inspired by their love for michael and determination to bring him home. michael's wife helen is a nurse who works long hours with many emergency on-call days. michael's flexibility as a small business owner allows him to be the primary caregiver for their four young daughters. his absence is devastating the entire wynn family. this american family should not have to spend one more day worrying and wondering when michael will return home. michael's story has touched many people. several of my colleagues who have heard of michael's detainment have joined my fight to secure his release. i am grateful for their support and their willingness to join tonight's special order. we will not stop until michael is returned home safely and will continue to put ongoing, relentless pressure on the vietnamese government. i'm committed to bringing michael home so he may be reunited with his family and we'll stop at

mr. michael avenatti, the extraordinary claim, which apparently are democratic colleagues are embarrassed to say publicly because they demonstrate that this has become a partisan this is about smears. >> and i at the summit, asked senator if he can sum up, the reason i have done that is i like to give everybody a chance to speak. >> this committee has given dr. ford and judge kavanaugh full and fair opportunity to lay out their views. and i will say unfortunately, the conduct of our democratic colleagues, it's been clear that this has been all about politics, all about delaying this confirmation until after the election hoping that they win the senate in the election and then keeping the supreme court seat vacant until 2021. every democratic member of this committee before the confirmation hearing started said they opposed judge kavanaugh, before a single thing started. and not only that, this allegation, the ranking member of this committee had it in writing on july 30th. if on july 30th that had been reported to the committee chairman, this committee has a process to investigate it, a p

mr. michael avenatti. not a single democrat -- i don't know if they were too embarrassed -- his allegations were so scandalous that the ranking member admitted his client's most scandalous accusations of you as a criminal mastermind essentially, omitted those scandalous accusations from her statement. this hearing has focused rightly so on the allegations dr. ford presented. and let me say, i think the committee did the right thing and giving doctor for a a full and fair opportunity to tell her story. that's what we needed to do when these allegations became public. the committee treated her with respect, as we should. i do not believe senate democrats have treated you with respect. what do we know? we know that your testimony in her testimony are in conflict. a fair-minded assessor of facts would look to, what else do we know when we have conflicting testimony? what do we know when there are three fact witnesses who she said observed what occurred and all three of those fact witnesses have stated on the r

mr. michael avenatti. i don't know if they were just too embarrassed. mr. avenatti's allegations were so scannal louse that the ranking memo submitted his client's most scandalous accusations as a criminal mastermind essentially, omitted those scandalous accusations from her statement. this hearing has focused rightly so on the allegations dr. ford presented. and let me say i think the committee did the right thing in giving dr. ford a full and fair opportunity to tell her story. that's what we needed to do when these allegations became public. and the committee treat had hadder with respect as we should. i do not believe senate democrats have treated you with respect. what do we know? we know that her testimony and your testimony are in conflict. a fair-minded assessor of facts would then look to what else do we know when you have conflicting testimony? we know that dr. ford identified three fact witnesses who she said observed what occurred, all three of those fact witnesses have stated on the record under penalty of perjury that they do not recall what s

mr. michael stephens is the executive vice president for i.t. and general tampal at the international airport, where he has primary responsibility for all legal information technology, governance, regulatory and compliance matters. welcome, mr. stephens. we're excited to hear your testimony as well. ask the witnesses to please stand if able and raise your right hand so that i can to testify. do each of you swear or affirm that the testimony which you will give today will be the truth -- the whole truth and nothing but the truth, you god? each witness has answered in the affirmative. writtenesses' full statements will appear in the record. the chair now recognizes minutes.r for five >> thank you, chairman .atcliffe, ra opportunity tohe share our perspective on threats to the aviation sector and of how we overview are hoping to secure american aviation. iswas mentioned, my name christopher porter, the chief strategist. our products reach over 4,000 customers in 67 countries. prior to joining fireeye, i worked at c.i.a. for almost nine years, that i

mr. michael stevens is the executive vice president for i.t. at the tampa international airport. welcome mr. stevens, we are excited to hear your testimony as well. i would ask the witnesses to please stand if able. raise your right hand so i can swear you in to testify. do each of you swear or afirm that the testimony you will give will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god? the witnesses have answered in the affirmative. the witnesses's full written statement will appear in the record. we recognize mr. porter for 5 minutes for his opening statement. >> thank you, chairman. we appreciate the opportunity to share fireeye's perspective on threats to the aviation sector and provide an overview of how we're helping to secure american aviation. my name is christopher porter. i am the chief intelligence strategist at fire i -- fireeye. i worked at the cia for almost nine years. a short stint as a briefer at the white house for cyber intelligence issues. -- cyber threat intelligence issues. i want to share with you fire eye's perspective, mostly respond

mr. michael avenatti.hat some of the allegations made in the statements by miss swetnick, we got on september 25th, 2018, accused mark judge and brett kavanaugh to gang at rape high school girls at a time when ms. swetnick was in college and says she went back to parties in high school. where girls were getting raped, not on one or two occasions, but she said she went to ten such parties. i am shocked that our colleagues would embrace this kind of uncorroborated, outrageous, salacious allegation. considering the facts and the timing and the representation by stormy daniels lawyer, obviously eagle to mike eager for more notoriety. you did not hear that yesterday after talking about some of the allegations by ms. swetnick. our friend, the ranking member, said yesterday about the integrity of the senate is on trial. i agree with that. and we are feeling badly. cruelty, recklessness, indecency toward the people we should be treating with respect and dignity. that extends to mark judge. it isn't it what is happ

mr. president -- did michael cohen betray you? >> thank you, everybody. thank you, everybody. >> mr. worried about what michael cohen is going to say to prosecutors?k >> letp going. >> are you worried about what's on the other tapes, mr. president? >> thank y'all. let's keep going. thank you, everybody. >> thank you very much. >> why has vladimir putin not accepted your invitation? >> seth: oh, yeah, yeah, it was definitely that last o [ laughter and applause ] oh, that last one was the one that made him unhappy because trump is probably refreshing his e-vite page every five minutes. [ laughter ]ka i'm going to check again. i'm just going to check again. what time is it in russia?" [ laughter and applause ] of course, it'a relevant estion, trump is desperate to get putin to like him, as he's made clear many times. and yet, in his speeches he keeps repeating all the empty slogans republicans have been r parroting ars about putting america first, as he did yet again on tuesday during a speech to the vfw. >> we don't apologize for america anymore. we stand up for america. we stand up for

mr. michael stephens, the executive vice president for i.t. and general counsel at the international airport. where, he has primary response ability for all legal information, technology, governance, regulatory and compliance matters. welcome mr. stevens, we are excited to hear your testimony as well. i now ask the witnesses, to please stand, is able, and raise your right hand, so that i can swear you in to testify. do each of you swear, or affirm that the testimony which will give today, will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you god? we reflect each of the witnesses has entered in the affirmative, you may be seated. the witnesses full written statements will be presented to the chair, and we now recognize the support of mr. porter for his opening statement. >> thank you chairman radcliff. and ranking member pullman, for convening, this hearing today. we appreciate the opportunity to share fire i's perspective on aviation sector, and provide an overview, of how we, are helping to secure american aviation. as was

out in the maryland mashable guard back in nineteen seventy rather a lot of bold talk from mr bolton but michael i want to jump over and begin with you and ask you a monsieur the executive director of tel aviv university's institute for national security studies he posted this comment on twitter earlier he said the supply of s. three hundred increases the risk from unprofessional syrian operators to russia's air forces first and foremost to israel to the united states and the coalition and likewise to civil aviation mike i want to ask you how is the sale of these defense systems a threat to israel and how does it show escalation on the part of russia and syria as so many are claiming and arguing well the best. hundreds are a much more advanced system than the u.s. two hundred so that the syrians now have i think basically has created a de facto no fly zone with respect to israeli surprise attacks into syria at least for the time being and it's not going to necessarily be the syrians who will be manning those us three hundred b.n. to a much more advanced system than the u.s. two hundred it probab

mr. michael hawhee. he is the president and ceo of the north american damping group -- stamping group. he joined the group as a partner. nafta the company's expansion, increasing the footprint in the automotive market. guidance, the company continue to expand operations. we welcome you to the committee. mr. rickike to welcome shot stick. he is the executive vice president. he joined honda in 1980 seven as an attorney and continue to work in various leadership roles until his promotion to senior vice president. he served on boards including for first cell system automakersng, global and the national association of manufacturers. i want to thank you for coming to speak with us today. i turned to our third witness, mr. stephen gates. the dealers principal at gaetz auto family in central kentucky and indiana. began his career as a lot attendant at his father's car dealership. since then, he started his own company, worked for bmw in hasncial services and realized his ambition of becoming a new car dealer. he serves on the american international automobile dealers association board and the

michael avenatti. you may have met him first through his work representing stormy daniels and her legal challenges to the president. mrvenatti has exposed the president's personal attorney michael cohen and the companies that had to admit to paying him millions of dollars. mr. avenatti is also working on reuniting families who have been forcibly separated at the border by trump administration policy. mr. avenatti has become part of our national politics now. he is saying he might run for the white house himself in 2020. over this weekend, michael avenatti said online that he now represents a new client who has something to say about the nomination of brett kavanaugh for the supreme court. he said, quote, i represent a woman with credible information regarding judge kavanaugh and his friend mark judge. mr. avenatti told the senate judiciary committee today, quote, my client is prepared to meet with the fbi forth whiith describe how she was victimized. >> judge kavanaugh said today it was, quote, totally false and outrageous. an attorney for mark judge says mr. judge will not speak publicly at all while brett kavanaugh'

as michael cohen's problems multiplied, many wondered how long his self-professed loyalty to donald trump would even last. >> mr. president, could michael cohen flip? >> everybody flips. >> what is he afraid michael cohen could flip over. >> in the following weeks, president trump turned to rudy giuliani to defend him in the court of public opinion. but then giuliani appeared to contradict the president's own statements claiming he knew nothing about payments to stormy daniels in a may 2 interview with sean hannity. >> the president repaid him. >> i didn't know that. he did? >> yup. >> intentionally or not. giuliani confirmed what many had alleged -- michael cohen did pay hush money to stormy daniels, and the president was fully aware of the payment. >> the president's story and parroted by his television lawyer, rudy giuliani, has consistently been shifting. and it is no coincidence that they started shifting after the fbi searched michael cohen and now all of a sudden they started to say -- yes, the president knew and he reimbursed him. >> as the story dominated the media universe, stormy daniels made a surpr

mr. chairman, michael akiba, sports radio and television. by all measures to trackback, the fund shows that the client in short-term borrowing other than an treasury. i wonder if that suggests the way it affects the economy and along those lines you mentioned you drop the word accommodative doesn't suggest a change in policy. if you're dropping forward guidance in terms of accommodative, does it really serve any purpose anymore as you say you can be confident of 2021 what will happen with the economy. >> a couple questions in there. i don't think it's a new point that forecast two or three years out or fairly written. the.pot as individual influence he for the individual views on the evolution of the economy and the appropriate monetary policy. we don't vote on. these are individual forecasts. market participants find information. it seems to me to be serving the purpose. the point was accommodative was that its useful life was over. we put that in the statement in 2015 just when we lifted off from the idea was to provide assurance that we w

as michael cohen's problems multiplied, many wondered how long his self-professed loyalty to donald trump would even last. >> mr michael cohen flip? >> everybody flips. >> what is he afraid michael cohen could flip over. >> in the following weeks, president trump turned to rudy giuliani to defend him in the court of public opinion. but then giuliani appeared to contradict the president's own statements claiming he knew nothing about payments to stormy daniels in a may 2 interview with sean hannity. >> the president repaid him. >> i didn't know that. he did? >> yup. >> intentionally or not. giuliani confirmed what many had alleged -- michael cohen did pay hush money to stormy daniels, and the president was fully aware of the payment. >> the president's story and parroted by his television lawyer, rudy giuliani, has consistently been shifting. and it is no coincidence that they started shifting after the fbi searched michael cohen and now all of a sudden they started to say -- yes, the president knew and he reimbursed him. >> as the story dominated the media universe, stormy daniels made a surprise appearance on

mr. michael -- am i pronouncing that right? >> yes, you did. >> he is currently the president and ceo of the north american stamping group. mr. haughey joined the north american stamping group in 1990 as a partner. he encouraged and led the company's nafta expansion, increasing its manufacturing footprint in the automotive market. under mr. haughey's guidance, the company continued to expand its operations in the united states and north america. so, we welcome you to the committee, mr. haughey. i would now like to welcome mr. rick -- am i pronouncing this right? >> yes, mr. chairman, you got it right. >> holy cow. mr. schostek joined honda in 1987 as an attorney and continued to work within the company in various leadership roles until his promotion in 2012 to senior vice president. he serves on a number of boards, including for fuel cell system manufacturing, llc, global auto makers, and the national association of manufacturers. i want to thank you for coming to speak with us today, and we appreciate your time. now, we turn to

mr. chairman, michael mckee, bloomberg radio and television.ancial conditions are still extremely loose by all of the measures, the track that the flow of funds shows a decline in short-term borrowing other than in treasury so i'm wondering if that suggests a change in the way that tightening affects the economy and along those lines you mentioned that you dropped the word accommodate, it doesn't suggest a change in policy, but if you're dropping forward guidance in terms of accommodating does the dot plot serve any purpose any more if as you say you can't be confident out to 2021 what's going to happen with the economy? >> couple questions in there, [laughter] so the dot plot. i mean, it's not new. i don't think that it's a new point that forecast two and three years out are fairly uncertain. the dot plot is individual fomc participants who are writing down their individual views on the evolution of the economy and the appropriate monday etear it policy. we don't vote on that. these are individual forecasts i think market participants generall

mr. chairman, michael mckee, bloomberg radio and television. financial krns are extremely loose by all the measures. the flow of funds shows a decline in short-term borrowing other than in treasuries. i'm wondering if that suggests a change in the way fed tightening effects the economy, and along those lines, you dropped the word accommodative doesn't suggest a change in policy. if you're dropping forward guidance in terms of accommodative, does a dot plot serve any purpose if, as you say, you can't be confident out to 2021 what's going to happen with the economy. >> a couple questions in there. the dot plot, i don't think it's a new point that forecasts two or three years out are fairly uncertain. the dot plot is individual participants writing down their individual views on the evolution of the economy and appropriate monetary policy. we don't vote on that. these are individual forecasts. i think market participants generally find that interesting informati information. it seems to me to be serving a purpose. i think the point with accommodat

closed question, mr michael fabricant.ates high schooljobs, boost economic growth and the latest employment statistics show there are over 320,000 more people in work in the west midlands and in 2010.” thank my right honourable friend for that answer. also based in the west midlands is silicon canal. it is like silicon valley but without the sunshine. it employs some 40,000 people working in computer science and some 6000 different companies. the second largest cluster of its kind in the whole of europe. so, with the announcement last week, mr speaker, of five g being based in the west midlands as a test—bed, what more can the prime minister do to promote high—tech in i thank he was delighted the west midlands bid, pulled together by the conservative metro mayor andy street, was chosen... was chosen as the winning location of the project and as my honourable friend has referred to, we will see five g across the region. gc ms are also working closely with the west midlands combined authority to deliver a regionwide digital

mr. trump's former personal lawyer, michael cohelp, agreed to cooperate with muller's team. the white house says manafort's guilty plea is unrelated to work he did for the trump campaign and they insist president trump himself has done nothing wrong. >>> several bay area leaders are working together to create opportunities for disadvantaged commute across california. often times washington passes something but at the local level we scratch our heads and have to figure it out one town one city at a time. >> reporter: the mayors of some of california's largest cities came together if san francisco, vowing to maximize federal funds. >> when the world brings a giant pile of poop to your front porch, keep digging, you will find a pony. >> reporter: the pile is the federal budget and the pony? money for so called opportunities zones in disadvantaged communities up and down the state. >> one thing connects us , the desire for opportunity, the desire for all of us to prosper. >> reporter: in the quest for the money, these mayors will act as mentors to three small to medium sized cit

mr. trump's attorney, michael cohen about campaign finance violations.u go and look, remember it was the hillary clinton campaign that paid a law firm that in turn paid fusion gps to do the dossier. federal campaign law say you need to state who you are making payment to and for what purpose. this was funneled through a law firm and they falsely claimed it was for legal services. that seems to be a direct campaign-finance violation. why isn't there some investigation into that? if you are going to have one standard for all, it ought to be applied to both sides. that is one example. >> steve: the foreign agents registration is another area you have got potential guilt on both sides, right? >> yes, it is a law that is very rarely been held into account and used. sterling never prosecution. mr. mueller has change that. he has gone after paul manafort and rick gates for failing to file under the foreign agent administration act. and to publicly disclose that their lobbyists were foreign entities. there is credible evidence brought to life by senator chuck gr

the i leads with the challenge to mrs may's eu exit plan by brexiteers. michaelr hand, has urged tory rebels to back the chequers plan, with the metro reporting that the environment secretary says a future prime minister could renegotiate once britain has left the eu. the guardian has learned that local councils are developing algorithims to predict the risk of child abuse, using family data. your daily aspirin could actually be damaging your health if you are over 70, that's according to a study featured on the front of the daily express. and the sun reports that bbc bosses have offered chris evans' breakfast show slot to zoe ball. the times — boost for may as eu backs irish border plan this is where technology might help out. the european union secretly preparing to accept the frictionless irish border when right at the beginning they said it was nonnegotiable. they said there has got to be free trade which it goes oi'i got to be free trade which it goes on in the story to say. it seems strange. the technology might work, it hopefully will. they say hope that t

still with us, joyce vance, eugene robinson and michael steele. mr. chairman, i heard kasie hunt report tonight that part of what is motivating the clock, the 9:30 hearing, the word that there may be a full senate vote as early as saturday, is that they don't want her story to sit with people that long because it may, it may come back and resonate. >> right. >> her decency and her obvious expertise in her field may rattle around in folks' heads. it's sad. >> it's sad, and i think largely true. bu but i would say to that extent, brian, the story already resonated. it resonated in the time she was sitting in that chair confronting that chamber. but here's the bottom line in all of this. there was a moment, and i think it was triggered by lindsey graham, where he basically was saying to the leadership and to the republicans, we are going to die on this hill. we are prepared to die on this hill. and, and that means that we will vote him out of committee tomorrow and we will vote him on to the bench whether it's on saturday, sunday or monday. it will happe

mr. chairman, michael and serving as ambassador to the united nations agencies for food and agriculture wouldrove our missions outcomes to serve the american people. if you confirming i bring all of my knowledge, worth that it and schools on turn skills to bear. i'll do it in way that brings honor to our country, our values and national interest. thank you very much for your time. >> thank you, mr. tom. ambassador yamamoto. thank you, mr. chairman. thank you ranking member and members of this committee. it's a great honor to appear to you today to be considered for position as u.s. ambassador to the federal republic of somalia and i'm very humbled by the nomination by the president and secretary of state. like to introduce my wife, margaret who has many other dependents and family members of the foreign service constantly make sacrifices each and every day and contributions to the u.s. government did to the people of the united states. through two evacuations in supporting times a day, we have two children who are also committed to service. our daughter, laura is a cadet at the u.s. military