mr. pencell, thank you, matt. and hello, cpac. [applause] mr. pence: it is great for us to be back cpac 2019, the largest gathering of conservatives anywhere in america. [applause] thanks for coming out. i'm honored to be joined here by thousands of conservatives in our nation's capital, but i also want to give a shout out to all those great conservatives watching across this country, especially all of our friends joining us live from lynchburg, virginia, at liberty university. i'll see you in may. [applause] mr. pence: and to all of them and to all of you, i bring greetings from a friend of mine. the man who restored american leadership at home and abroad and a man who can't wait to be with you tomorrow. i bring greetings from the 45th president of the united states of america, president donald trump. [applause] you know, it's the greatest honor of my life to serve as vice president. your president who gets up every day and fights to keep the promises that he made to the american people. i mea

mr. penceunder this commander-in-chief, we will make sure that america is as dominant in space as we are on land and air and sea. ,e are rebuilding our military we are restoring the arsenal of democracy, and we are once again sailors,r soldiers, airmen, marines and coast guard the resources they need to encompass their mission and come home safe. and we are standing with our men and women veterans and we have restored accountability to the va, we are giving our heroes access to theand world's best hr earned,health care they the choices here. -- that choice is here. [applause] in thise: administration, we are standing brave men and the women of law enforcement and we have been giving all those who line thethe thin blue resources and the respect that they deserve everything will day. and that includes the courageous men and women of customs and border protection. who put their lives on the line every single day under this president and this administration. we will never abolish ice. [applause] as

contradict what the americans and what mr pence was saying yesterday is the word he said return to his mood and i said no forward to his moon because it's not a copy of what was done fifty years ago this time we were go to get a different countries we're. not on the united states of america. russia cooperating with the chinese so europe is going forward to his moon and not return to the moon i want to i want to pick up on the notion of the u.s. traveling to the moon earlier this week we heard the u.s. vice president push to have americans on the moon by the year two thousand and twenty four here's part of what he had to say take a listen. that's a must transform itself into a leaner more accountable and more agile organization. if nasa is not currently capable of landing american astronauts on the moon in five years we need to change the organization. not the mission. change the organization not the mission how high is the pressure now mr verner to deliver when politicians make promises and are we looking at a future with only affordable rockets being commercial rockets. no no no that'

mr. pence: to be standing with these courageous americans and with these extraordinary angel parents. we have a crisis on our southern border. reality is, it's not only a crisis of illegal immigration, with the criminal elements are coming across our border, the flow of drugs. now drug overdose is the number one cause of death for americans under the age of 55. the crisis on our southern border is a crisis all across this nation. add in human trafficking and all now drug overdose is the number one cause of death for americans that comes with this crisis justify the president's declaration of a national emergency. this is affecting all the people of the united states and today, mr. president, with your strong support for the men and women in law enforcement, customs and border protection, homeland security, and with, i know, what is your love in your heart for these angel parents, you're keeping your word by vetoing this legislation. by finding the available resources to build a wall, address th

mr. pence visiting with omaha, one of the states experiencing flooding. waters are starting to recede. but with the recent flooding in sonoma county, a long recovery lies ahead. >> in places that are fully submerged. no access. people are still stuck in their homes. >> everybody out here wanted to live on an island, but this isn't what we were talking about. >> the flooding has left four people dead. before tuouring the flood-ravagd areas, vice president pence was in oracle headquarters. >> reporter: the meeting took place for a couple hours between vice president pence and silicon valley ceos. no news on what it was about or if it was a fundraiser, but not too surprising, given that the race for 2020 is already gearing up. several streets around oracle's redwood city headquarters were briefly shut down as vice president pence came and went. >> it's actually pretty cool that the vice president gets to come in town. >> reporter: meeting with local ceos for about two hours. neither the vice president's office or oracle would offer up any details about what

mr. pence: the city of madison is working to attain federal grant funding to replace the 100-year plus graham creek bridge critical infrastructure that keeps the madison railroad safely operating and serving our community. built in the 19th creb interest -century, the current structure poses an immediate safety risk and cannot accommodate heavy commercial freight loads. replacement of this bridge will benefit southeast indiana by removing a potential safety risk and creating jobs and economic opportunity for hoosiers. we're proud of the historic architect indiana and bridge has been an iconic landmark has spans over the river. i hope my colleagues in this chamber can join me in supporting this infrastructure project. with this i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you,

mr. trump: thank you very much. you'll be defending it, you'll defend it well, i have no doubt about that. would anybody like to say something? why don't we start with mike? vp pence: thank you mr. , president. i don't know that i've ever been more proud to be standing next to your desk than i am today. mr. trump: thank you. vvp i don't know that i've ever been more proud to be standing next h these courageous americans and with these extraordinary angel parents. we have a crisis on our southern border. reality is, it's not only a crisis of illegal immigration, with the criminal elements are coming across our border, the flow of drugs. now drug overdose is the number one cause of death for americans under the age of 55. the crisis on our southern border is a crisis all across this nation. add in human trafficking and all that comes with this crisis justify the president's declaration of a national emergency. suspecting all the people of the united states. and today, mr. president, with your strong support for the men and women in law enforcement, customs and border protection, homeland security, and with, i know, what is your love in your heart for these angel par

mr. pence. sec. pompeo: -- >> chairman engel, ranking member mccaul, thank you for convening this hearing. mr. secretary, thank you for being here and thank you for your fantastic service to this country. i noted with great interest that you were recently in houston at sara week. during your address, you stated, and i quote, our plentiful oil supplies allow us to help our friends secure diversity in their energy resources. we don't want our european allies hooked on russian gas rdstream 2e no project any more than we ourselves want to depend on venezuela for our oil supplies. you went on to note that there is a desperate need for diversification, while pointing out the fact that last year the united states exported more crude oil to places like india, japan, and the republic of korea. these are great achievements, but you also outline challenges. you specifically singled out china, russia, syria, and described how these countries are attempting to leverage their energy resources for political purposes

, mike pence. >> mr. president, i would just, i want to commend ivanka and the secretary for implementing your vision of workforce innovation in this country and i want to thank governor reynolds, governor holcomb and tim and marilyn and jenny and alan. this is extraordinary group of industry leaders that you brought together. i want to assure you, one of the very first conversations the president and i had when he was considering me for this position back in the campaign of 2016 was about workforce, about his passion for what we call vocational, technical education. and i just want to assure you as you will hear first-hand again from the president today that this is enormously high priority of this administration. we're very grateful to each and everyone of you for engaging and bringing best practices and best ideas forward. >> thanks, mike. >> mr. president, mr. vice president, ivanka started the meeting today, actually twice, talking about the strength of the economy and i think i applaud any organizat

mr. prime minister. >> thank you, america. thank you. >> on monday, vice president mike pence and new york city mayor bill de blasio and former ambassador nikki haley arman with speakers at the america israel public affairs committee meeting in washington, d.c.. watch beginning monday at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2, and listen on the free c-span radio app. >> monday night on the communicators, from capitol hill, democratic senator edward markey of massachusetts republican congressman greg walden of oregon talk about net neutrality, privacy, mergers, and big tech companies. strong is it? that's a debate we are going to have in the congress this year. in my p, if it's not the strongest possible privacy protection, and there's no point in preempting state that want to give strong privacy protection to their citizens. if you think about the internet, it is like the superhighway would drive down, but what really happens is eventually you need to take an offramp to get into the neighborhood you want to go. the offer ends are your search engines, your social media, you think about facebook, google, and some of the other providers h

mr. pence. >> chairman engel, ranking member mccaul, thank you for convening this hearing. mr. secretary, thank you for being here and thank you for your fantastic service to this country. i noted with great interest that you were recently in houston at sara week. during your address, you stated, and i quote, our plentiful oil supplies allow us to help our friends secure diversity in their energy resources. we don't want our european allies hooked on russian gas through the in order stream 2 project any more than we ourselves want to depend on venezuela for our oil supplies. you went on to note that there is a desperate need for diversification, while pointing out the fact that last year the united states exported more crude oil to places like india, japan and the republic of korea. these are great achievements, but you also outline challenges. you specifically singled out china, russia, syria, and described how these countries are attempting to leverage their energy resources for political purposes. you stated that we are not just exporting energy, we are exporting our commerc

mr. president. vice president michael pence tweeted out juan guaido's return to venezuela is of the highest importancemust be able to reenter venezuela safely. let's bring in a former navy intelligence officer. what will happen with guaido gets arrested? he has 54 plus countries supporting him. what if he gets arrested? >> i think it wouldn't be a good idea for the maduro regime to do that. vice president pence made it clear the u.s. will step up its response if that happens. the temperature is rising in venezuela. guaido's return to the country is probably the most of promising stein in a while that change is coming. for the most of part the fight has been done politically and financially and diplomatically. but what i worry about the most of is a larger issue happening covertly because i'm seeing this disturbing sign of a potential military escalation taking place. we have seen reports of the russians send military contracts there. you have got russia in there. you have got iran trying to pull the strings and change the way they think. this is a dangerous precedent to set. liz: it sounds like what y

mr trump. even before the conference itself, tweeting record crowd, live broadcast on the enjoy! ahead of him, mike penceevents, like mr cohen, mexico, we will go back. let's return in the meantime to this story. farmers have said british food standards mustn't be sacrificed in order to secure a trade deal with the united states after brexit. they were responding to a call by the us ambassador to the uk, woodyjohnson, for britain to embrace us farming methods, such as washing chicken in chlorine and feeding growth hormones to beef. guy smith is deputy president of the national farmers' union, and is at his farm in north east essex. thank you for speaking to us today on bbc news. what exactly is this argument about? is it about the chicken and the beat or are there greater issues at stake here? for me, it's the british farmer. it's about two things. the high standards. we think british consumers don't want to see those standards watered down in any way. it's about economics. visible fact is that if i have to compete against farmers in america that have different regulations and gives them different regula

mr. president. you have a personal relationship -- and i believe vice president pence does -- with the family of ottowarmbier. i'm wondering -- you've talked about, this week, about kim jong un being "my friend" -- you called him on twitter. you said you have a great relationship. have you, in singapore or here, confronted kim jong-un about otto warmbier's death and asked him to take responsibility? pres. trump: i have. we have talked about it. and i really don't think it was in his interest at all. i know the warmbier family very well. i think they're an incredible family. what happened is horrible. i really believe something very bad happened to him, and i don't think that the top leadership knew about it. and when they had to send him home -- by the way, i got the prisoners back. i got the hostages back. and otto was one of the hostages, but otto came back in shape that was not even to be talked about. i find it -- i thought it was horrible. now, the others came back extremely healthy. but otto came back in a condition that was just -- just terrible. and i will -- i did speak about it, and i don't

mr. trump refused to lift sanctions in exchange for access to only one nuclear testing facility. today, vice president penced the president will continue to seek peace. >> president trump will stand firm until we achieve the complete denuclearization of north korea. ( applause ) >> reporter: now, the white house says it became aware of warmbier's comatose condition only once he was returned to the united states. but it is highly unlikely north korea's leader was unaware of warmbier's suspected torture, and analysts now fear president trump's acceptance of kim's denial will embolden the north korean leader. anthony. >> mason: errol barnett, thanks, errol. today, democrats on the house oversight committee set a monday deadline for the white house to turn over documents related to security clearances. there are new questions about how the president's son-in-law got his top-secret clearance. paula reid is following this. >> reporter: senior white house adviser jared kushner has been touring the middle east this week to promote the administration's peace initiative. >> i think what the people want is they want a

andads pence has stepped in whenever trump is souring on coats, he privately called "mr. rogers."ng me now is nbc national security reporter who got this story. this is so sad. the president is so determined to kiss up to putin that in front of his dni innumber one person that tells him what's going on in the world, he trashesputen to make him like him and each more that day. >> president trump when he was candidate trump had this relationship and weeks after what we write about in the story when dan coates always resigned in december and mike pence pulled him back from the ledge, only weeks later when coates talked about how iran is basically awithin the realm of the jcpoa and how north korea has no real interest in denucleizing. within hours he was trashing the intelligence community once again. >> it seems to me he's got a real problem with intelligence. upper case i rr or lower case "i kwaelgts. he doesn't seem to like people who have the facts. >> whether it's the media nor intelligence community, he's got an aversion to facts, if those facts are not consistent with the curre

mr. president. you have a personal relationship, and i believe vice president pence does with the family of otto warmbier. i'm wondering, you talked this week about kim jong-un being my friend. you said on twitter you have a great relationship. have you confronted kim jong-un about otto warmbier's death, asked him to take responsibility. what did he say to you and why do you call him your friend? >> i have, and we talked about it. i really don't think it was in his interest at all. i know the warmbier family very well. i think they're an incredible family. what happened is horrible. i really believe something very bad happened to him, and i don't think that the top leadership knew about it. >> the president said that he was asked about, asking kim to take responsibility for it. the president said, oh, kim doesn't know about it. didn't know tubt. late today, the president added more insult to his injury and insult. he tweeted, i never liked being misinterpreted, but especially when it comes to otto warmbier and his great family. remember, i got otto out along with three others. the previous administration

earlier this morning, mike pence attending that conference and reiterating much of what president trump just said. israeli prime mr. benjamin netanyahu cutting short his trip to washington to go back to israel in order to address the increasing tensions between israel and palestine. vonnie: thanks to kevin cirilli. the chinese leadership is in france. macroning meeting mr. earlier today. we were always going to get deals from this. in the last few minutes, we have learned a long-awaited transaction between china and airbus has taken place. we don't know what the details of the deal are at the moment. certainly very good news for airbus, which has been ordersing in terms of lately. getting a significant order from the chinese will help out. we don't know what the structure of the deal will look like. we don't know how much it is going to be for. in deal was first touted january, 2018. from an airbus point of view. i think it is hard to make a read across from the 737 next maxy -- boeing 737 story. get more on this. by the seniornow economist at peak day wealth management. representatives from the u.s. going to beij

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mr. trump doubled down o the harsh words he had for senator john mccain. he added he never liked john mccain and never would. >>> vicpresidentike pence is vowing support of theent as he flies to the midwest today. flooding has been blamed for at least three deaths soar and has done billions in damage. many aretuck in their homes and communities are cut off from help because roads and bridges .ave been destroyed. >>> the d.c council voted unanimously today to reprimand councilman jack evans and strip f some of his responsibility. he's accusedf using his government e-mail address to seek work. >>> now to a story that always puts a smile on our faces this time of year. 10 lucky d.c. high school students gotd the surprise of a lifetime today, a fully paid scholarship to george was university. drew wilder got to talk to one ofwahose students after she s surprised this morning. >> reporter: in front of her classmates a baluo high school student is surprised with a fulp scholars to george washington university. >> it's my pleasure to award a full closcholarship to george washington university to samia beach. >> she's overcome with tears and says gw has always been

after vice president pence -- do you think they will go after vice president pence until they destroy everything that is close to mrp? host: you think that is the case? caller: i believe that is what the plan is of the democratic party. i believe they will not be happy until they see president trump, his wife, his grandchildren, his brothers, sisters, mothers, everyone related to him in jail. and the children or babies be taken away from him because they are in jail. they want to totally destroy the man's life and family matter what. i believe they will try to do the same to vice president pence. host: cleveland, ohio, we will hear from joe on our independent line. joe from cleveland. yes, i am not sure if i am in favor of trump declaring an emergency, but nothing has to be done about the southern border. anybody coming into the country illegally and expecting the through people to pay education or whatever is an immoral person because that is theft. host: are you surprised by this republican pushback against the emergency declaration? caller: i am. i think the publican party should support him -- the republican pa

are people who turn into him and turn into smithers, mike pence, lindsey graham, we all wonder what happens to them. cohen told us not only -- >> mr >> mr. smithers. mr. bernstein. >> slavery, he was getting paid for. >> he was getting paid for. >> and enjoyed doing. >> he does say ambition drove him, but there's also something that took him over that made him betray his holocaust surviving family for a racist and made him throw in with this guy when there came to be diminishing returns. now jail is certainly a diminishing return. >> elliott, on that, having watched michael cohen testify, do you think it may help change what people perceive? seeing him there, seeing his attempt at perform ative redemption? >> it all comes down to credibility and he presented himself as a credible witness. now he was -- he wasn't saying anything that the public hadn't heard at some point before or at least many people in the public, myself included, some of us would have believed, but he -- number one, he didn't go all in on president trump. did president trump ever hit melania. oh, no, no, mr. trump would never do that. there were places where it

pence tweeted that any threats against him would be "met with a swift response." the philippines has named a new central bank governor with budget secretary benjamin -- succeeding the late mrte governor. they say it makes him the ideal person. he will initially serve the rest of the six year term. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and @tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am jessica summers. this is bloomberg. haidi: still ahead, we are going growthmore on those targets. we will be joined by a managing in on whatcluding she is expecting from policymakers this week. shery: we will ask why a they say china's a-shares are looking attractive. our guest joins us, next. this is bloomberg. ♪ haidi: all right. these lines just released. the top line gdp growth target for 2019 softened from 6.6% in gdp to between 6% to 6.5% growth. that is a target beijing is giving a little bit of little wriggle room for this slowdown. they allowed for a budget deficit of 2.8%. wet is wider than the 2.6% had in 2018. the target coming in at around 3%. getting confirmation of the tax cuts that we were expecting. -- comprising part of

mr. graham had a meeting to discuss strengthen ties of the american congress and parliament. >> obviously franklin was not a member of congress. according to him, his trip was sanctioned by vice president penceware that he was there. he had a booster in the white house. he called vice president pence ahead of time and said vice president pence was more than happy to have graham over. >> do we know any follow-up conversations with pence and graham after the meeting? >> we do not know. why were they aware and why did they say it was a good idea to have a sit-down. this is the highest profile meeting sit-down. the most prominent vanevangelic. i am not sure what they are hoping to get out of it but certainly not good. >> as far back as last year of this growing affinity of the white evangelical right and russia which some leaders on the right see a defender of the west, western values as being anti-lbgt rights and to have openness and liberalism. that's part of what you are seeing is the religious right in the country sees an affinity to russia. >> this is the latest extension and the latest ex clscalation. this is a relationship we see developed over the past five or six or seven years after vl

vice president mike pence and others like american ambassador to israel this speak with biblical terms like religious fundamentalists they talk about trump as good sense they talk about mrsyannick israeli presence in palestine they they talk about in such terms that i sometimes get the feeling that i'm listening to people from i saw except that they have orange ties on because the idea of taking land by force. under the biblical pretexts that does remind us of various very fundamentalist religious extremist groups but when the president of the united states and the prime minister of israel two countries with nuclear weapons speak with god given right to bomb bombard and annex land by force that is scary and i think many people around the world and even many people in different capitals including in moscow in beijing and in other places now say international law does not count international law is it is just nothing to pay attention for a new un security council resolution like that one that the united states voted in favor for seventy nine in one thousand eighty one that said israel had no right to annex the golan heights all of that today is not on void why because the

mr guaido as venezuela's legitimate head of state. and the united states has warned of a "swift response" to any threats against him. the vice president mike pence"@jguaido's safe return to venezuela is of the highest importance to the us". mr guaido spoke to the crowds. and this is what he said. translation: despite the threats, the armed groups on the border, despite the massacres, our profound condolences to all the families of the indigenous groups and our youth. despite this, i want to ask the venezuelan people, are you even a bit afraid? they threatened all of us, me too, with prison, death and i say to you, despite the persecution they will not stop us. here we are and we are more united than ever, and here we are stronger than ever. claudia plazas is our bbc mundo correspondent in miami. this was a terrific risk, presumably, him coming home to venezuela. how crucial was american support and still is? american support and still is? american support has been crucial forjuan guaido since january when he took a note and the united states recognised him. several latin american countries joined it recognised him. several latin american countri