seas soon mr take care steven the macs are feeling patriotic so they decide to hit the beach and talk with the locals about the current state of the nation first of all i'm just as george washington we don't know why sure to. be i'm a born again christian. regardless of my views in that respect. would you think. the other person that could become president would be moving the country in a direction that you would prefer for you one of these people that says. i think this guy is just all wrong but maybe i should give him a chance or no way he's just all wrong and they should impeach mr his boss. i know what he wants to do but he's going about everything the wrong way everything he's close enough borders ok he will come to this country to do better technology and a lot of things that come to this country because they know they can make it better and when you cut all that off how can america become better and become great when you're cutting off all the talent coming in i have a big problem with that right there really quick just keep an eye on that nature is focus i mean we should be sh

mr. pettigrew takes the opportunity to claim a section of land in the preemption act and stands in the middle of it. pettigrew is elected to the territory legislature in 1873 just before his 24th birthday. he claims that the reason he got elected was he knew all of the farmers. they saw his name on the ballot. they knew him. so, he goes to the territorial legislature. he has some very colorful stories about that. one member shot another member in the middle of session. pettigrew was in a fist fight on the floor of the legislature. not really the way we think about the legislative process today. in 1879 he went to the new city in the black hills. he attributes that to getting the black hills vote and in 1880, he became the territory's representative to congress. and the territorial representative did not get to vote. he spent two years as a territorial representative, returned to the dakota and was returned to the territorial legislature for another term. when south dakota became a's state, became a pettigrew was one of two men and elected in 1889. and to determine who got a two-year term and

mr. sablan. let me take this opportunity, mr. chairman, and the ranking member, to thank you for giving us the courtesy to participate in this important hearing. senator ko, former nieves testified before the house energy and commerce committee, in his inciteful remarks he said, quote, as most puerto ricans sadly understood after hurricane maria, the lack of a strong, resilient energy system has the potential of killing people and destroying the economy. and we know that is real. so to that point, i want to highlight some key troublesome statistics. 35% of small businesses in puerto rico have still not resumed operations due to power outages. 10% of puerto rico's small businesses are expected to close their doors entirely. 100,000 people have left the island since september 20. my question is, how are you going to continue funding the island as more and more businesses close and people continue to leave? ms. jaresko: initially it will require liquidity support under the community disaster loan program. over time we will have to d

mr. bush: the only thing you disagreed with in my platform was that texas ought to take arkansas. clinton: what i disagreed with is he wanted to get all of our water and not pay very much money for it. [laughter] mr. clinton: i would have swapped it out for texas oil. i told him. barrel for barrel. [laughter] david: president clinton, president bush. i want to thank you for your service to our country, and thank you for the leadership you have given to so many people, and thank you what you are doing in your post presidency. thank you very much. mr. clinton: thank you all. [applause] ♪ ♪ jonathan: from new york city, 30 minutes dedicated to fixed income. this is "bloomberg real yield." ♪ jonathan: coming up, is the federal reserve losing conviction? europe's economy booming but german bond yields refusing to climb. a route in the chinese bond market as china continues its deleveraging push. we begin with a big issue, the relentless flattening of the treasury curve. >> what is troubling is how fast the curve has flattened in the the last two to thre

mr. bush: the only thing you disagreed with in my platform was that texas ought to take arkansas. at i disagreed with is he wanted to get all of our water and not pay very much money for it. [laughter] mr. clinton: i would have swapped it out for texas oil. i told him. barrel for barrel. [laughter] david: president clinton, president bush. i want to thank you for your service to our country, and thank you for the leadership you have given to so many people, and thank you what you are doing in your post presidency. thank you very much. mr. clinton: thank you all. [applause] ♪ >> at one point, your father left her mother? >> it was sudden. >> when you were meeting with the president or others, you see that ceos say that mr. president, that's not a good idea? >> you might think that people would be respectfully honest. >> responsibility? >> we are still a small minority that runs these companies. >> the difference is that he does not get to hit me. >> people wouldn't recognize me of my tie was fix

mr. bush: the only thing you disagreed with in my platform was that texas ought to take arkansas. on: what i disagreed with is he wanted to get all of our water and not pay very much money for it. [laughter] mr. clinton: i would have swapped it out for texas oil. below one euro i told him. barrel for barrel. [laughter] david: president clinton, president bush. i want to thank you for your service to our country, and thank you for the leadership you have given to so many people, you thank you for what you are doing in your post presidency. thank you very much. mr. clinton: thank you all. [applause] ♪ . . . is this a phone? or a little internet machine? it makes you wonder: shouldn't we get our phones and internet from the same company? that's why xfinity mobile comes with your internet. you get up to 5 lines of talk and text at no extra cost. so all you pay for is data. see how much you can save. choose by the gig or unlimited. xfinity mobile. a new kind of network designed to save you money. call, visit, or go to xfinitymobile.com. ♪ nejra: mifid 2'global impact on, but what about

mr. chairman, i move that we take down mr. pascrell's words about our treasury secretary. >> mr. pascrell, could i just remind you this is. >> this is not off my time, rig right? >> right. just color close to the lines but don't cross the lines. >> thank you, gentlemen. >> i'm not crossing the lines. anything like that is a harmful to my state, that statement, that state of west virginia or any state, god bless west virginia, i love west virginia, subsidizing the state of new jersey or connecticut or new york is absurd, mr. chairman. and he said that on the record, and i want to correct the record. that's the first time i ever heard anybody in the federal government, democrat, republican, independent, ever say that. and i'm annoyed. and the people of new jersey are annoyed. we are donor state. and that means something in the specific numbers. may i continue? >> of course. it's your time. >> as a mayor, as a former mayor, i know municipalities across the country rely on state and local property taxes. and sales tax and revenue. in fact, this piece of legislation was existing durin

mr. nadler: you said you pushed that. after the meeting did you take any further steps to prevent trump campaign officials, advicors or employees from further outreach to the russians after you pushed back at that meeting? mr. sessions: you allege there were some further contacts later. i don't believe i had any knowledge or any further contacts and i was not in regular contact with mr. papadopoulos. mr. nadler: your answer is no because you don't think you were any such contact. mr. sessions: i am not aware of it. mr. nadler: did you raise the issue with various people but your answer is no? mr. sessions: to the best of my recollection. mr. nadler: you communicated with nobody in the campaign about this matter after the march 31 meeting because nothing happened. mr. sessions: repeat that. mr. nadler: your testimony, therefore, is you communicated with nobody in the campaign about this matter after the march 31 meeting. mr. sessions: i don't recall it. mr. nadler: at some point you became aware that the f.b.i. was investigating potential links between

the metals my german your kids are taking a look at you know the. place unless. you see it soon mr heartly take care steven to max are feeling patriotic so they decide to hit the beach and talk with some locals about the current state of the nation first of all i'm just as george washington we don't know why sure to. be i'm a born again christian. regardless of my views in that respect. would you think. the other person that could become president would be moving the country in a direction that you would prefer for you one of these people that says. i think this guy is just all wrong but maybe i should give him a chance or no way he's just all wrong and they should impeach mr his boss. i know what he wants to do but he's going about and. rethink everything is close enough borders people come to this country to do better to technology and a lot of things that come to this country so they know they can make it better and when you come on and off how can america become better and become great when you're cutting off all the talent coming in i have a big problem with that right there r

. >> a san jose manfsn i taking p video of an underaged girl on a city bus and there's more to this story. >> reporter: a 16 girl told authorities a-yd mr-anea w taking pictures and video of her on a vta bus as she rode to school in san jose. the sheriff's office investigated and identified 70-year-old florencio hernandez palmo. on at least one occasion when she got off the bus, he followed her and keptrecording. they arrested him. >> the whole situation is gross. creepy. it is unfortunate. it is sad really. hopefully the guy will get some kind of mental health. >> reporter: the sheriff's office says he's been recording girls for three years. they're asking other girls to come forward. >> i would like to send a message like be more conscious as a parent. >> reporter: we talked to the landlords. they were sthokd hear of his arrest. off camera they said he and his wife have rented a roomhoe for called them good. >> dozens of people are back in their homes after a fire in san francisco's chinatown. it started just before six clog across fromhe ashington street he'll. 30 people were evacuated. the child went to the emergency truman get he c

mrs. trump takes us on tour of the white house decorations, than year, there is a traditional twist.we will be right back. >> mandatory evacuation orders is? place for 100,000 people near an errupting volcano. >> sparring spewing ash, resident and visitors have been told to leave the area. volcanic activity forced the islands' airport to close, standing tens of thousands of travelers. about 1100 people were killed during the volcano last major erruption that happened in 1963. >> chelsey ingram here with a look at the forecast, if we can just copy and pays what i've seen earlier? >> yes. you can copy and payste today, copy and paste tomorrow, and the next day. >> here is the wrinkle. >> it will eventually, yes, beautiful weather out there today, just out on the skydeck , feeling nice with the sunshine on apply back. we take you right now live look out cape may, from the cape may camera down the shore atop the montreal inn just look at the gorgeous blue skies, now another location where we have some gorgeous baby blue skies, in the kutztown area. we have temperature checking in around

mr. mnangagwa takes over from president mugabe, we will then just have a continuation of the rule and a continuationthe regime that has existed for the last 37 years. brent: all right. tony hawkins giving us his assessment tonight from the university of harare on that situation in zimbabwe. tony, we appreciate it. thank you very much. tony: thank you. brent: time for business news now. javier is here, and i hear that airbus is popping a bottle of champagne. javier: they are, because airbus has just struck its biggest deal ever. in the wake of reports of weak sales of its super jumbo, it has now received a juicy order from u.s. private equity company indigo partners. the order is a big one, but for smaller planes. 430 single aisle planes of the 1320 for a whopping $50 billion u.s. but nothing to celebrate here. the international labor organization says efforts to reduce child labor have slowed. this, just as amnesty international is exposing many of the world's biggest companies accept materials produced with child labor. just take the democratic republic of the congo, which produces more than half o

mr. chairman. i take it from my brief perusal of the amendment that it doesn't include any modification to the state and local taxes. that is correct, mr. bore toe? this amendment wouldn't include that -- >> it makes no changes. >> a number of assumptions have been made on the other side and including that of mr. ross couple who pleaded with us, come on, let's be racial did about this. this is only a 6% increase. yet i submitted to the committee for the record what the state of connecticut commissioner of revenue services stated and what is fact that 41% of the residents of the state of connecticut who are fierls itemize their accounts. mr. bar told, so how does that stack up when the other side says geez, mr. boss ro ross couple said who is right in this case? >> under present law as reported, about 30% of tax filing units nationwide itemize. >> so that's nationwide. so in other words, other states, including connecticut, could find themselves -- has joint tax been able to do any analysis on those states

mr. brady: thank you, carlos. i'll take questions now. reporter: [inaudible] mr. brady: so i'm excited the senate has released its tax reform plan because we came together with president trump on a unified framework, we are all shooting toward the same target. will there be some differences? of course. that's the legislative process. we welcome that. we're eager for them after the house passes for them to approve their bill as well, to work out and find common ground and send it to the president's desk this year because americans have been hurting far too long and struggling with this tax code. they deserve something better. [inaudible] mr. brady: yes, we do have a joint committee on taxation score. it is well within our $1.5 trillion budget number and we'll be glad to release it. thank you, all, very much. >> now, today's house and ways -- house ways and means committee markup on the tax bill. this four-hour, 45-minute committee meeting ends with a vote approving the republican bill. it begins with committee chair kevin brady. >> might i request information on ho

independence, for an end to white minority rule in zimbabwe, which ended, of course, in 1980, with mr mugabe takinger since. most people here do not know another leader. so the fa ct do not know another leader. so the fact he is being turfed out in such a humiliating fashion is something i think no one expected. thank you very much for that. we are going to go back to ben brown, also in harare. do you think that sense of him as an iconic figure will lead to anyone feeling sympathy for him, sadness it has come to this? i think it is a measure of people wanting to have respect for their elders. that is a great african tradition here. that elders should be treated with dignity. in a sense, perhaps that is why, another reason why the military have just thrown him out. they kept talking to him, they even let him out of house arrest to go to award graduates their degrees the other day. it was extraordinary. he dressed up in academic robes on waterboard and it looked for him it was business as usual. he has been treated with some dignity since that military takeover. he was an iconic figure, but andrew wa

mrs. trump's inaugural gown will take its rightful place among the collection that includes martha washington's peak hand-painted silk gown, michelle obama's white gown, and many others. because this is an inaugural gown, like many others in the first ladies collection, it also helps underscore our values as a nation. this gown is emblematic of the peaceful transition of power that is the hallmark of this democracy. it reminds us that our ideals still resonate over 200 years later. that for all of our flaws this nation is founded on a government by the people, for the people, and will endure. thanks to the administration, congress, and everyone here at the national museum of american history for helping us in our mission to educate and inspire. it is my honor to ask you to join me in welcoming the first lady of the united states, melania trump. [applause] mrs. trump: thank you, so much. it is an honor to be here today. i want to start by thinking director gray and the secretary for the wonderful introduction. the staff and the smithsonian has been a true pleasure to work with. thank you for eve

government and that's basically what they did they pushed this government by inviting the prime minister mr and take him as a hostage they have to remember this is a country where there is a lot of challenges those people come around and that's what we see today i think might my advice for the sudanese this is will backfires and this is actually will make you lose a lot of influence in lebanon in the short term and in the long term lebanon wanted a good relationship with everybody around around the region around the globe they've been making a lot of miscalculation not in lebanon in the amman in qatar with a lot of countries they come up count on mr trump mr trump is is as a nut case he did it anyway as let me say make us and say again itself from lebanon no i just want to move about action on or i'm going to administration situation again in lebanon and the sunni community particularly how they are feeling now that they've lost their particular temporarily represent. haitian government i mean i think that there's not just with the sunni community but i mean across the board there is concerns about

that failing to cooperate with us is not an option or if they do take that course, they will face severe economic consequences. so i hope, mr. president, the senate will take this up without delay and that we can pass it and get it to the president's desk. thank you. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. ms. duckworth: mr. president, i thank my colleague from maryland for his thoughtful words on north korea. i come to the floor today to urge my colleagues to oppose the nomination of william wehrum to lead the office of air and radiation at the e.p.a. if confirmed, mr. wehrum will be responsible for implementing critical programs, like the renewable fuel standard and other key public health standards under the clean air act. mr. wehrum is part of a larger trend within president trump's administration. many of the nominees that are being intorn in -- sworn in are unqualified, incompetent, and have actually built their careers on dismantling the agencies they are now leading. to be clear, mr. wehrum's nomination represents yet another broken promise by president trump. this time to our nat

take the place. so all i'm saying, mr. chairman and you have made a lot of presumptions on growth numbers. if you believe those numbers, put in that trigger and we are going to take away the offsets. if we don't hit those numbers and the fed ends up being right, particularly my friend from ohio where we spent years and let's stand by our talking points and put this trigger in and make sure we have a trigger here so if it doesn't happen, we don't end up with having tax cuts that i and all d for that i ask that you give it serious consideration. senator hatch: senator cornyn. senator: i appreciate what our friend from virginia is trying to do here and absolutely we hope the economy does grow in response. ofthere is as little as /10o 1% in g.d.p. it will erase the deficit on a static basis. and we hope it will grow above the 1.9% rate that is currently the subject of the c.b.o. score. but i would suggest that your trigger in is in the wrong place. you are a successful business guy, very successful, you wouldn't make an investment on a tax rate that could change in a year or two years. so let's

mr. trump, we'll take the oil. do you remember? >> yes! mr. farrakhan: with stephanopolous on abc, we'll bomb the hell out of them. mr. trump is real. he is what he is, because all the the rest are vampires that look good in the day but when night came -- [applause] mr. trump, and i say this to my brother, barack, you really tried to make america better. couldn't succeed because the moment you went overseas and started talking about the mistakes that america has made romney and the republicans said, look at him. he's over there apologizing. mr. trump, more than an apology is needed. mr. president, you going to have to deal with either the thought that's in your mind, that will destroy america and her future, because once the trigger of war is pulled it will escalate. gonna tell you what my teacher told me. you have planned a war. the war that you have planned, you and your generals, is to the middle east, you want to use the prodding of israel, to attack iran. just like you did with my brother, gadhafi, you laid back, leading from behind. you

mr. chairman. want to first of all take -- mention one thing that's so important to me, mr. chairman, to the members of this panel. i cannot come into this hospital without saying thank you to hopkins for saving my life. spent 60 days here this summer. a lot in this building. so i want to thank -- i see a lot of white coats out there and others. pass the word. i thank you for what you have done for me and my family. i want to begin by thanking chairman gowdy for calling today's very important hearing. for bringing the oversight committee to baltimore. i thank my colleagues for coming to baltimore and certainly my colleagues who represent baltimore acongress with me, dutch ruppersberger and john sarbanes, i thank you for being here. i have been in congress now for 20 years, and i have been to and seen a lot of field hearings. i have never seen as many members attend any field hearing since i have been in congress. i believe today's remarkable turnout reflects the fact in a the opioid crisis -- that the opioid crisis is truly a national emergency. it does not discriminate base

mr. toomey: i yield. ms. stabenow: how many years do you think it will take before folks get their $4,000? i will be happy to change it to 2021, 2022 --. mr. toomey: i yield back my time. thank you. the point is, let me explain how this works. the whole idea behind our bill is to create incentives that will encourage the investment that hasn't been happening. the last ten years there has been a collapse, a collapse in the investment growth of capital stock, a collapse in productivity growth. and, therefore, stagnant wages. what i want to do and what my colleagues want to do is see that wage growth that we've been waiting for, that didn't happen under the last administration. the only way we can encourage that investment is if the investors know that the tax rate is going to be there permanently. if we tell them you're going to get one year of a low rate who's going to invest in a new factory for one year? no. it won't work that way. the wage growth will come when investors around the world and domestically have the confidence that they're going to be investing in a competitive regime. by th

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mr. president, i want to thank the senator from ohio for his leadership in pressing the american people to take a look at mr. otting, who has been named to be the head of the o.c.c. i want to rise and join my voice with his in saying that this is a bad nomination for america. donald trump promised during his inaugural address to fight for, and i want to quote, the forgotten men and women of our country. but even before his bags were unpacked at the white house, he started bringing wall street to washington, importing the worst of the worst bankers who had gambled away the economy, putting them in charge of regulating the same companies they once worked for. it is a long list. former goldman sachs president gary cohen to lead the national economic council, wilbur ross to lead the commerce department, randle quarles went straight from his private equity fund to the federal reserve where he is now responsible for regulating the biggest banks. maybe the most important and most ridiculous of all the wall street imports is treasury secretary steven mnuchin. he spent 17 years at goldman sachs as the f

mr. kind has said, well, let's balance that off. why is it that it's fair to take a s.a.l.t. deduction away from people who itemize their deductions but still let corporations keep it. mr. neil responded by saying, come on, how can you further along with that also further weight it by getting rid of the amt tax and also getting rid of the estate tax as well? and so it becomes a very lopsided argument that mr. kind is trying to bring clarity to by saying what's good for the goose is good for the gander. let's make this fair and if corporations, you know, are getting the breaks that they are shouldn't we try to level the playing field? so all those middle class families, and we will have amendments later on to see if joint tax will guarantee that all middle class families will receive a tax break and it will be subject to the long-term ramifications of that. and with that i will yield to my colleague, mr. kind. >> i thank the gentleman for yielding. guys, this isn't complicated. this amendment is trying to help you with the optical problem you have right now by taking away state

mr. president, thank you again for this extraordinary opportunity to serve the american people. thank you. >> thank you, jay. [applause] >> thank you, everybody. thank you very much. >> take anything questions, mr. pratt? >> can you react to the -- >> do you think you're in hot water in the muller -- >> it too soon to discussion -- terrorism such as in vegas in >> jerome powell testified at his 2414 confirmation hearing. here's a look at his opening statement. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'm joined by by wife and my brother, matt, from california. chairman johnson, senator crapo and members of the committee, i'm honored and grateful to president obama for the privilege of appearing before this committee today as a nominee to the federal reserve board. i have served as a member of the board since may 2012. if i am confirmed to the new term for which i am now nominated, we till continue to work to the best of my ables to carry out the responses of this office. over the past two years i have been deeply involved in the work of the board and the federal open market committee, important challenges lie ahead and i'm eager to play my part in meeting them. before joining the boar

homes to do much to take mr music is reducing food and fuel use of all that course he was he says of all for the bickering all good people should know i call a stop list himself in switzerland top division. now he's a bundesliga player for stuck us thank cats vias national team. so the success increase your expectations. because kids just got lovey. is just going. to the kiddies that i've yet. to love your country on. dear peter. the picture picture has just two months of all been some tears apart from million years. is are told. to love even though in the. world to know from your question beyond. what a humble guy. now we're crossing from the southwest to the east of germany that's where an english football fan is hoping to catch the game of a lifetime. a lowly local. hunger . you know. that start at the beginning back to two thousand and seventeen brandenburg darby in the german fourth division. bob is back will drive vs and he caught beau's was to put it lightly a flavor some encounter. twice hooligans from the compost block tried to storm the pitch why this darby is not an ordina

mr. trump, for taking my boys out of china and bringing them back to the u.s.here's a lot of room on that plane. did he help the boys get out? i don't know. >> why do you doubt it? >> i don't know. if i was going to thank somebody, i'd probably thank president xi. >> the interview did end on a note with mr. ball wishing mr. trump a happy thanksgiving. >> lavar ball wins. this is what he wanted. he couldn't buy this exposure, right? >> i didn't know him before this, but he is a pro vok picture -- >> the point is you didn't know him before this. >> right. >> millions of americans didn't know him before this. now they do. >> he was a provocature in basketball, right? >> sports fans knew it, but the president elevated him to a level he couldn't have otherwise. >>> meanwhile, a struggle on the hours yox after the justice department files suit to block at&t's takeover of time warner, the parent company of cnn. it marks an unusual challenge to the $85 billion deal. the justice department argues the merger violates antitrust law because at&t would use its control of ti

party says former vice president and mrs will take over as leader in forty eight hours is expected to be sworn in as president on wednesday or thursday and will serve as president until elections next year anderson takes a closer look at the background to leaders of one side by side who became sworn enemies this is how an extraordinary sequence of events started this is in relation to ten minutes. of employment as vice president emerson my god had been sacked by robert mugabe and accused of being unreliable disloyal and deceitful speculation pointed towards grace mugabi the president's wife as being behind the move the two had publicly fallen out in the jockeying for position over who should succeed ninety three year old mcgarvie. that highlighted the two factions blitzing the ruling party at the time the military and the war veterans loyal to malign. grace mugabe's sam who dubbed g forty one god were fled abroad but his supporters planned their response and it was dramatic the head of the defense forces warned the army would step in if the purges of politicians it favors didn't stop

mr. mercer to take this step. is encourages the firm with them renaissance the tension that was coming because of mr. versus political projects were beginning to take a toll. vonnie: how much was it tension and how much was it investors pulling money? zachary: we know of one fund that actually voted to withdraw a small investment from renaissance amid all these conversations. that kindt look like of investor concern would have had a big effect. it is more concerns about publicity, recruitment, morale and things like that could have longer-term effects. mark: i'm reading a quote here non, andpect mr. ban's, support him time i politically. however, i make my own decisions with respect to whom i support politically. the decision stood not always align with mr. b annon's." mercer has. been the chief source of funding and he fundednews books on hillary clinton that pushed his ideas in the 2016 race. he was the atm that steve bannon would turn to to find his project. vonnie: there is a little bit of a risk where he came

mr. trump for taking my boys out of china and bringing them back to the u.s. there's a lot of room on that plane. i would have said thank you kindly for that. >> so because he didn't take him home on the plane, no thank you? >> well, i'm just saying, that's how i would say thank you. you might say thank you a different way. >> it's not how you say thank you. >> i can tell you don't mean nothing about it. >> that's not true, when i say thank you, i mean. >> don't get so excited. >> when i say thank you, i mean it. >> no, you don't. you know how i can tell? >> tell me. >> you know how i can tell? >> tell me. >> i'm not going to tell you, i'm going to let you anything that out. >> that was good. >> with me, it's one thing. with the president of the united states, i think you are enjoying this back and forth -- >> why are you so adamant -- >> are you worried you've taken on too big of an opponent? >> let me ask you this question, he's not an opponent, because i don't know trump like that i haven't done anything to him, i don't consider him an opponent, i just cons

question is what will it take -- not to mention the dossier information -- what will it take to get a special counsel? mr. sessions: it will take a factual basis that meets the standards of the appointment of a special -- sen. jordan: is that analysis going on right now? mr. sessions: it is in the manual and the department of justice, what is required. we have only two. the first was the waco, janet reno, and mr. mueller. those are factual situations and we will use the proper standards and that is the only thing i can tell you, mr. jordan. butcan have your idea, sometimes we have to studied what the facts are and do -- and evaluate whether the standard requires a special counsel. mr. sessions: connotative clinton campaign and the democratic national committee paid for the dossier. we know that happened. it sure looks like the fbi was paying the author of that document. and it sure looks like a major political party was working with the federal government to then turn in opposition research a national quilt enquirer story. that's what it looks like. and i'm asking you doesn't that warned, in conditions -

mr. brady: thank you, carlos. i'll take questions now. roirp -- mr. brady: so i'm excited the senate has released its tax reform plan because we came together with president trump on a unified framework, we are all shooting toward the same target. will there be some differences? of course. that's the legislative process. we welcome that. we're eager for them after the house passes for them to approve their bill as well, to work out and find common ground and send it to the president's desk this year because americans have been hurting far too long and struggling with this tax code. they deserve something better. [inaudible] mr. brady: yes, we do have a joint committee on taxation score. it is well within our $1.5 trillion budget number and we'll be glad to release it. thank you, all, very much. >> ways and means committee chair kevin brady and others after passing that tax reform bill by a vote of 24-16. house debate next week. live on c-span. well, up next we'll bring you the briefings from earlier today starting with house speaker paul ryan. we'll a

mr. harris is taking us to his father's gravesite. my studentsr stutter. nixon'sk i found mr. gravesite." she found a gravesite -- a headstone that had been there forever. what the family never noticed was that there was a slab of cement that came off the headstone. been overgrown in grass there was much, it was under some leo trees, it has been discovered and as she stood there, the wind had blown the leaves. s.e could see and i and an she knew he died september 10. pretty soon we are all on our hands and knees. i had a bottle of water in my car and we're edging it and trying to your without. we call his daughte -- clear it out. we call his daughter on facetime. she know how to use it -- knew how to use it. nursinghad gone on to and got her masters in nursing and had been a psychiatric nurse all her life. it was against the odds. that was november 20 of 2015 in january, dorothy was able to come up to the grave. she waited until the season was over so she went to everyone of her daughter's games. for the first time, she saw her father's grave sites and she was six years old. s

mr. president, if you take up this government, you become responsible as the new government. responsible million iraqi who will be standing there looking at us. you take on great responsibility . are you sure you understand that and want to do it? we were private when we had this conversation and he said, what is the alternative? i said the alternative is to have the united nations be in the first position. ones whosee resolutions have been violated, so let's have a diplomatic approach. >> president bush said i agree with your idea. military taking action, he wanted to present our case to the united nations publicly. he said would you take the case? >> you made the case that we thought he had weapons of mass destruction when it turned out he didn't. do you think you were in paris by that party think the u.s. was he hadst or had we known not had weapons of mass destruction, he would have gone ahead anyway? >> no, he wouldn't. him, mr. president, saddam hussein can prove he has no weapons of mass destruction, then you do not have basis for war. do you accept that even if it mea

mr. trump, for taking my boys out of china and bringing them back to the u.s.here's a lot of room on that plane. did he help the boys get out? i don't know. >> why do you doubt it? >> i don't know. if i was going to thank somebody, i would probably thank president xi. >> interview did end on a festive note with lavar ball telling chris to wish mr. trump a happy thanksgiving. >>> whitefish energy halting work on puerto rico's electric grid because it owed more than $83 million by preppa's the island's power authority. in an interview, the ceo tells cnn his company has reached the point where it can no longer sustain operations. >> we came here to try to do something positive for the people of puerto rico and help preppa get back on its feet. our subcontractors do an equal risk. but at some point, we're never getting paid on a weekly basis of what we were spending, so at some point, we had to stop. >> cnn has reached out to prepa with no response. the puerto rico electric power authority came under fire for signing a $300 million contract with whitefish, a tiny m

. >> reporter: neighbors saw first responders take mrs. james out of the house. in a blanket. >> like she was balled up in a little knot. she wasn't a very big woman. >> reporter: an ambulance rushed james to the hospital, but she didn't survive. >> it's very sad and tragic because it's thanksgiving, nobody wants to hear news like that. >> reporter: investigators say the fire started in the kitchen near the stove. and the home had no working smoke detectors. after two firefighters were burned at this hour, their team came back to the neighborhood hours later going door to door to check for working smoke alarms and answer questions. >> a lot of people don't have the heart to go in situations like that to save a life, but he did, and we appreciate that. >> reporter: neighbors say the family that lived here was kind and friendly. james' son now without a mother after losing his father two weeks ago. >> yeah, good people in the >> it's definitely a tragedy. >> reporter: a hard time during the holidayings that neighbors -- holidays that neighbors and first responders

mr. chairman, i am going to reserve my three minutes. i might want to ask more questions, but that takes care of it for now. >> all right. miss -- senator stabenow. >> thank you, mr. chairman. first i want to indicate again that revenues on this chaotic process with things changing all the time, not being able to get the numbers before we vote, not understanding and getting the analysis on one-sixth of the economy on health care alone let alone the tax code, we could be doing this in a bipartisan way. that's what this committee is known for. and it is extremely concerning that that is not what's happening. but let me, again, as we talk about, in my first round of questions, talked a lot about the 13 million people that are -- will lose health insurance coverage. and in fact, it is 13 million people. the idea that nobody will. if nobody was going to lose insurance, then there wouldn't be about $400 billion available to spend on making the multi-national corporate tax cuts permanent. i mean, the whole idea of the fact that now changes can be made that the republicans want to make is becaus

mr. ta will take on the noew york city marathon just days of a sister the terror attack. but there will be thousands of officers on duty. the national guard will also be on hand as well as extra equipment, dogs and blocker vehicles. governor cuomo talked about his concerns. >> you'll have thousands of officers on duty this weekend, but i want to express this is just a precautionary measure. >> the governor insists that runners and spectators do not have any known threat to worry about and he says that everyone should feel comfort onabl comfo. >>> a how much would you pay for that prime parking spot? starting tomorrow, ddot will test out a new demand based pricing plan in the penn quarters and chinatown. for instance, you will find the cheapest parking thoughts around $1 per hour on biweekday mornin. the really good spot during peak times could cost you as much as $5.50 an hour which is way up from the current rate of 2 ppt$. >> be interesting to see how that works out. >>> congress dives into tax reform, the new xbox drops and so did taylor swift's new album. all in the w