mr. alexander: as mr. byard said, the corps has no authority which they can direct the district or any state or locality on what they can build or what they cannot build. but the corps does urge local governments to, you know, enforce their zoning and certainly enforce building to establish codes. if you're going to build on the waterfront, whether it's river or coastal, you know, ensure you're out of the flood plane. you may have to do that by standoff or through elevation. it's the major reason we do shore protection projects along the nation's beaches. it is not primarily for recreation. it's for the protection of infrastructure and the economy. ms. norton: thank you very much, mr. chairman. mr. barletta: thank you. we will now begin a second round of questions. i'd like to remind all members today's the annual hotdog lunch in rayburn so we will hold everyone strictly to five minutes. in february, as part of the bipartisan budget act of 2018, congress enacted a provision that will allow fema to incentiv

mr. alexander. certain value based models are uniquely positioned to identify and report fraud to the center for program integrity. on average, medicare aco's cover 17,000, and require hundreds of clinicians. their success depends on continuously monitoring expenditures. they have asked for a fast track platform, -- so they can report fraud to the agency. it is my understanding that cms has not responded to the request. can you commit to creating a platform for a large value based provider, so they can report fraud to your department? >> thank you, we have multiple ways to receive concerns of vulnerabilities from all of the payment structures and payment programs, and systems that we have. yes, we would make that available. we want to know from every source we can, what are the emergency -- emerging probabilities. >> we will follow-up with you, thank. -- you. president trump came into office saying that he was going to drain the swamp. but, it did not take long for his appointees to waste taxpayer d

mr. alexander? >> yes, ma'am, i'll be quick. you know, as mr. byard just said, i mean, the corps has no authority or you have sight on the district or -- >> i can't hear you, sir. >> as mr. byard just said, the corps has no authority under which it can direct any -- the district or any state or locality on what they can build or what they cannot build. but the corps does urge local governments to, you know, enforce their zoning and certainly enforce building to establish codes. and if you're going to build on the -- you know, on the waterfront, whether it's river rain or coastal, you know, make sure you're out of the floodplain. you may have to do that through standoff or through elevation. it's the major reason that we do shore protection projects along the nation's beaches. it is not primarily for recreation it's for the protection of infrastructure and the economy. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. we'll begin a second round of questions. i would like to remind all members today's the annual hot dog luncheon so we'll hold everyone strictl

mr. alexander. mr. sheehan, you may proceed. >> thank you. in my statement for the record i explain in detail the hard work of my agency and our partners in tennessee during the 2016 response to wildfires and the drought extended across the state and ultimately destroyed thousands of acres, 2,600 buildings, injured more than 134 and resulted in 14 deaths. these fires were merely a precursor to a year in which the nation saw tremendous damage in losses from doubt, wildfires and, of course -- drought, wildfires and, of course, the incredible destruction from hurricanes, the costliest disaster year in our history. emergency managers constantly review our actions and work towards making continuous improvements, building learning organizations and diffusing knowledge is incredibly important to our enterprise. we must remember that all the various policies, processes and programs of emergency management are interwoven with each other and extend far beyond what we see happening at fema or in the headlines every day. the nation happens n much e of wh

mr. alexander? >> i will be quick. authority in no the district.er which it canunder which it they can build and what they cannot build. the corps does urge local governments to enforce their zoning and certainly enforce andding to establish codes if you're going to build on the waterfront, whether it is river rain or coastal, you ensure your out of the floodplain. the map to do that by stand up for elevation. it is the major region we do shore protection projects along the beaches. it is for the protection of infrastructure and the economy. >> thank you very much. >> we will now begin a second round of questions. i would like to remind all members that today is the annual lunch lunch and -- hotdog eon so we will hold everyone strictly to five minutes. in february of part of the budget act of 20, congress enacted a provision that would allow fema to incentivize -- through disaster assistance. what is the status of fema's implementation of these provisions? >> we have a group that is currently looking at how we best implement. as you heard administr

mr. alexander.certain value-based models such as accountable care organizations are uniquely positioned to help identify and ultimately, report fraud to the center for program integrity. on average, medicare covers 17,000 lives and comprise hundreds of clinicians. and their success depends on continuously monitoring their expenditures. ... to your department. >> thank you very much. we have multiple ways to receive concerns of vulnerabilitiesfrom all the payment systems that we have. yes, we wouldmake that available. we want to know what are the emerging vulnerabilities so we can place it within the management process i've just described . >> we will follow up with you on the, thank you . then lastly to you mister jarmon, mister trump came into office saying he was going to drain the swamp but it didn't take long for his appointees to waste taxpayer dollars, on particular on trips on charter jets. the oig found the secretary price wasted 41,000 taxpayer dollars on trips that did not comply with real

mr. alexander: mr. president? ifer officer the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: in the next few minutes, the senate will be taking the next steps on an appropriations process that is being conducted the way an appropriations process is supposed to be conducted. boy scouts shouldn't get a merit badge for telling the truth and senators shouldn't get a pat on the back for conducting an appropriations process the way it's supposed to be conducted, but it's worth noting that we're doing it since it's been a long time since we have done it. the right way means that we're moving ahead on three bills -- energy and water, legislative affairs, and military construction. the right way means that we've had hearings on all of these bills. we've consulted with senators. i know that in our energy and water bill, senator feinstein and i heard from 83 different senators and tried to respond to them in our bill. we marked up the bills unanimously in most cases, but what was missing was allowing the other 70 senators to participate on the floor. we did that this time. 40

mr. alexander: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: thank you. i want to thank the senator from alabama for his remarks. i've come to the floor to discuss bipartisan legislation that he and i, as he said, plan to introduce as soon as next week to encourage the trump administration to reconsider the dangerous steps that it's taking to impose tariffs on imported automobiles and automotive parts. i use the word "dangerous" mr. president, because nothing has done more during the last 40 years to raise family incomes in tennessee than the arrival of the auto industry. and nothing could do more damage to those family incomes than the proposed tariffs on imported automobiles and automotive parts combined with the tariffs on imported steel and aluminum that the administration has already imposed. mr. president, we've heard the senator from alabama talk about his state. in my view, tennessee is more likely to be hurt than any other state by these tariffs. let me tell you a short story to explain why we'd use such a dramatic statement.

a second man has now being held in custody alongside mr alexander ben he is also accused of engaging in those violent activities on the protesters on may the first meanwhile mr benn faces several charges including tampering with evidence it's alleged that he tried to get access to see seized t.v. footage that showed him in gauging in about violent activity there and he did that allegedly with the help of three other police officers who have since been suspended with their role from their roles in the meanwhile he is also accused of impersonating a police officer as well as taking part in the acts of violence whilst in a public role in the meantime this is the most serious crisis to hit the presidency of mind well call a man who promised to lead an exemplary republic but it also goes really to the heart in the workings of the state as well as public faith in the public servants as well in the meantime the process to fire mr ben ali has begun and it is the most serious punishment to vote been given to a security official ever at the end is a palace. computer hackers have stolen the pers

mr. alexander: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. alexander: i know of no further debate on the bill. the presiding officer: is there further debate? if not all in favor signify by saying aye. those opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. they do have it. the bill is passed. mr. alexander: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. alexander: mr. president, i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: mr. president, i rise to speak in morning business. unanimous consent. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: mr. president, from the earliest moments in the presidential campaign, donald trump made it clear that immigration was an important issue to his election. you recall statements that he made abo

mr. alexander, he said there is only thing i would like to do. one more portrait. the reason this ties and is because this portrait is now hanging at hopewell. his son was then governor of south carolina. hangs in this building that is in the process of restoration. seecourage you to go by and this estate. instead, it is a farmhouse. you have a porch, three rooms downstairs and two rooms upstairs and a stairwell and that is it. nonetheless, it was built in 1815. that is there to see. there was a sort given to andrew pickens by the continental club curse -- congress as a recognition of valor. they commanded part of the militia. thehat role, he had foresight to think, the militia always retreated when faced with reprieve. if the militia in this instance actually retreated and then came back on the battlefield, they might actually produce winning results. he was absolutely right. the militia came back on the battlefield, the british were astounded. on, thefrom that point british retreated. i'm really privilege to introduce the professor of .istory at clemson universit

mr. alexander, he said there is only thing i would like to do. one more portrait. the reason this ties and is because this portrait is now hanging at hopewell. his son, andrew pickens junior, was then governor of south carolina. the portrait hangs in this building, which is in the process of restoration. but if you go to clemson, it is on the ground and i encourage you to go by and see that this is no little country estate where you have a white columns out front and a lot of magnolias in the room, so to speak. instead, it is an old country farmhouse. you have a porch, of course, and three rooms downstairs and two rooms upstairs and a stairwell, and that is it. nonetheless, there it is inserved since it was built 1815. that is there to see. then there was a swordthat is t. given to and are pickens by the continental congress along with as aothers words, given recognition of conspicuous valor . in the revolutionary war, dickens commanded part of the south carolina militia. in that role, he had the foresight to think, the militia always retreated when faced with the

operation to go has more now from paris a second man who is now being held in custody alongside mr alexander. he is also accused of engaging in those violent activities on the protesters on may the first meanwhile mr benn faces several charges including tampering with evidence it's alleged that he tried to get access to c.c.'s t.v. footage that showed him in gauging in about violent activity there and he did that allegedly with the help of three other police officers who have since been suspended with their role from their roles in the meanwhile he is also accused of impersonating a police officer as well as taking part in those acts of violence whilst in a public role in the meantime this is the most serious crisis to hit the presidency of mind where calm man who promised to lead an exemplary republic but it also goes really to the heart of the workings of the state as well as public faith in his own servants as well in the meantime the process to fire mr ben ali has begun and it is the most serious punishment of being given to a security official ever at the elysee palace at least fourteen

mr. alexander, what else did she say? again, the headline here would seem to be the fact that she acknowledged the interference but stopped far short of saying that interference, despite what we've heard from a number of intelligence agencies, that the interference actually helped her boss. >> yes, craig, this was striking to me. i gave her several opportunities to be clear about it. that, as the intelligence assessment from january of last year said that this was an effort by the russians to favor donald trump. it said, we further assess putin and the russian government developed a clear preference for president-elect trump. saying she agrees with the finding it was to favor president trump. as you saw there, she refused to take the bait on that. it seems obvious she and other administration officials don't want to be seen on camera saying those very words. but what she did say that was important here is that russia is continuing its efforts to try to meddle in u.s. elections, including likely the midterms to take place

mr. alexander: thanks, mr. president. i thank the senator from alabama for his leadership and his remarks. mr. president, the president of the united states has gotten the world's attention with his tariffs. he met today with the president of the european union. but what i think should get more attention than the tariffs is president trump's solution to the tariffs. zero tariffs, zero barriers, which as the president said at the g-7 summit in may is the way it should be. he said that again last night and today again. after his meeting with the president of the european union in the oval office, president trump said, quote, if we could have no tariffs and no barriers and no subsidies, the united states would be extremely pleased. well, so would i, mr. president. but that's not what's happening. piling tariffs on top of tariffs with no end in sight is a trade war and will hurt american workers. but the basis of the president's long-term solution is reciprocity, a word he's also used many times, which means when it comes to

mr. alexander: mr. president, i want to thank senator blunt, the senator from missouri, for his leadership on these commonsense provisions that would help literally hundreds of thousands of restaurants, grocery stores, convenience stores, pizza stores, and other food retailers as they work to comply with the food and drug administration's menu labeling rule. i'm very disappointed that some democrats have blocked senator blunt's commonsense legislation. he's worked hard on it. he's taken a piece of legislation that had bipartisan support in the house of representatives. he's worked with senator king in a bipartisan way, from maine. nevertheless, still there were objections. when democrats passed the affordable care act in 2010, they included a provision mandating nutrition labeling in restaurants and food retailers with over 20 stores nationwide. the proposed rule was published in december 2014 and the final menu labeling rule went into effect on may 7 of 2018. the final rule requires restaurants nationw

mr. alexander ovechkin. >> eboni: thank you for your service to our country, don and enjoy your 4th of july thank you. >> eboni: mike. >> mike: law enforcement ramps up security ahead of 4th of july celebrations tonight, still ahead we'll look to see how the nation's capitol is keeping people safe and a battle brews over the president's nominee for the supreme court. democrats warn what it could mean for women's reproductive rights. >> president donald trump: we're going to give you a great one. we'll announce it on monday. you will be impressed. these are talented, brilliant people and we think that you are going to really love it. due to afib not caused by a heart valve problem. so if there's a better treatment than warfarin, i'm up for that. eliquis. eliquis is proven to reduce stroke risk better than warfarin. plus has significantly less major bleeding than warfarin. eliquis is fda-approved and has both. so what's next? seeing these guys. don't stop taking eliquis unless your doctor tells you to, as stopping increases your risk of having a stroke. eliquis can cause serious and in rare c

mr. alexander. >> aye. >> missy. antwell. >> no. >> mr. hoban. mr. sanders. miss davano. >> no by proxy. >> mr. king. >> aye. >> miss duckworth. >> no by proxy. >> miss cortez masto. >> aye. >> miss smith. >> no. >> by this vote the ayes are 14, nos are 9. >> there are no objection, the committee will now voice vote on block the nominations of miss donaldson, miss evans and dr. fall. members will be recorded in opposition at the request after our voice votes. so, are there any objections? hearing none the question is on the nominations of miss donaldson, miss evans and dr. fall. all those in favor say aye. the ayes have it. nominations are record ready favorably. are there any senators who wish to be recorded as no on the nomination we just favor impli recorded? >> madame chair, be recorded no on miss evans. >> you will be recorded as no on miss evans. any other members? are there any members who wish to make brief statements about any nominees who have been favorably reported? i would note in the interest of time those statements can be included as part of t

alexander, how has mr. trump's performance been received in the united states? alexandra: not good. what we have seen are negative reactions ranging from shock, disappointment and outrage. the top democrat in the senate, chuck schumer, accused the u.s. president of a dangerous failure to stand up to his russian counterpart. he said that, you ask president to side with vladimir putin against american intelligence agencies, against american law enforcement is dangerous and weak. and we actually have seen similar reactions among republicans. house speaker ryan said that there is no question that russia has interfered in the u.s. election and that donald trump must appreciate that russia is not our ally. bob corker, chairman of the u.s. senate committee on foreign affairs said he was disappointed, that he thinks trump's comments in helsinki made the u.s. look as a pushover and senator mccain went even so far as saying that what we saw in helsinki was one of the most disgraceful performances by the american president in memory. phil: yuri in moscow. what do you make of president putin's

mr. chairman. >> senator alexander? sen. alexander: welcome. mr. ambassador, until yesterday, the tariff taxes that the administration had placed began to look like i have got a problem so i'll shoot myself in one foot. i have a problem, so i will shoot myself in the other foot. for those who think that it is not hurting, the wall street journal this morning says, rising commodity prices from early steel, shaved about $300 million from their second-quarter results. most of it, they blamed on the metals tariffs. both companies by almost all there's deal from you as juicers their steel from u.s. producers. steel accounts for 53% of the material in typical automobile , and aluminum, 11%. in tennessee, that is bad news, because it had 929 auto parts suppliers. they almost all use steel and aluminum. three big car companies, that's 100 36,000 workers, a third of our manufacturing force. -- 136 thousand workers, a third of our manufacturing force. that's not good for us. it's not good for a lot of other people in tennessee and electrolux canceled an expa

mr. speaker, it's my honor to recognize the 115th session of congress a true american, david alexander hogue. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from ohio, ms. kaptur, for five minutes. mr. speaker, on the important economic challenge of renegotiating nafta, once again the trump administration is leading us down a chaotic and unstable path. our nation must fix bad trade deals to create good jobs and stop the wage race to the bottom. president trump is taking a shoot first, ask questions later approach. it reminds me of his recent backward walk of words diminishing our nato allies and his brash capitulating performance in helsinki. closer to home, our continent has a once in a generation opportunity to reshape our trade deals that have resulted in lowered wages for the american people. starting with nafta, we must recreate agreements that raise wages and lift up workers in our nation and across the world. current trade deals exact huge profits for transnational companies that outsource jobs but continue the race to the bottom

alexander. concurrent with this, mr. madison and mr. jefferson. they had a strong desire to see this seat of government in or towards the south-ward. so this yielded a compromise. this disparate direction, it ultimately the resulted in a -- ultimately resulted in a compromise over dinner at mr. jefferson's house in philadelphia city between mr. madison and colonel hamilton with jefferson in attendance. his compromise yielded the act of establishing the temporary and permanent seat of the government of the united states, the residence act. i signed that into law of mid july of that year. it called for a permanent seat of government on the potomac river. somewhere between the mouth of the eastern branch, and the mouth of the con approaching -- and the mouth of another. that dinner compromise also yielded the debt assumption being included in the funding act. quite simply, colonel hamilton agreed that he would not stand in the way, and he would get others to agree to not stand in the way of locating the capitol city on the potomac river. mr. madison

against the refugee crisis like france to take a listen to what mr as a whole for and his see as you parliamentary floor leader alexander d'albret said today about when and why these transit centers are being set up in bavaria take a listen. it's a good song. we're not conducting politics based on the bavarian state elections and not looking beyond that. this is about permanent border regulations in this. region. and we are showing we are enforcing law and order at our borders the people expect that we not only make laws but that we enforce them so yes we feel strengthened. they feel strengthened and they are in forcing the law and the subtext there is we're doing what the government berlin until america have not done right very true and you can see a recent poll that was conducted today by. german television fifty nine of those polled say that they like the idea of a transit center so this is the national mood right now and again also the. is feeling those pressure from the rank and file membership and therefore i guess by dare to predict that. they both find a solution because that is when they meet again that's when

the negro has campaigned tirelessly ever since then to preserve alexander litvinenko memory and to bring to justice those who killed him mrs that joins me tonight from london good evening to you mrs the litvinenko we appreciate you taking the time to be on the day there have been four reported exposures to novi choke in the u.k. this year one person has died there's a murder investigation now underway based on what you experienced following your husband's murder is the british government handling the no bid showcases appropriate. first of all i would lead to extend my condolences to all of don sturgeon it's absolutely shocking news for what happened and she has died and after that of course the something was not done enough after a few months then says time we heard about novacek now i have assessed innocent victim it means something was not enough. do you see evidence in the cases just suggest to you that british authorities. have not learned from their experience with the inquiry into your own husband's murder i would say when we received news about. i said yes it was a not learned and everything for to achieve during pu

alexander petrovski. but mainly we're celebrating carrie and mr. big and, joe, i will say i'm a carrie.ou asked that question because a lot of women of this era who will be watch "the 2000s" tonight will identify themselves as one of the four women. >> i'm the one who set up the question but i have to tell you i think i'm mr. big. at least i'd like to be. >> i can see that. >> the other question is sarah jessica parker who i guess everybody knows he is the producer, she was the star and she always called new york city the fifth lady so there are five players in this and one was the location. can you flesh that out a bit? >> so true and smart to say. the show would not have been what it would have been. it wouldn't have been this iconic production that we're still talking about these years later. if new york city hadn't been part of the storyline, whether it is a carriage ride in central park or shopping downtown in soho or at some new restaurant on the upper east side, new york was part of a backdrop to the show we wouldn't be featuring the show. these moments are brought to you by new

alexander ria cortez saying politicians face a rorschach test. what did you mean by that? how do you think democrats will tailor eir message or their message? david: mr. crowley was trying to position himself to be the lead next leader to have house democrats. cortez represents a generational breakthrough for the democrats and an id logical breakthrough for the democrats. how much that is going to be repeated, i don't know. i do think her message or what she wants people to remember as her message was something that i'm going to guess that we're going to hear more and more from democrats between now and the election. not so much her message of progressivism. she was a bernie sanders democrat. wants to eliminate ice, the immigration agency. wants free public college for everyone. those progressive ideas i don't think are where the democrats are going to go. but here is what i think they are going to listen to. she said time and time again, we the democrats know -- the whole country knows who donald trump is. we don't need to spend our campaign talking ill of donald trump and trying to talk people out of voting for democrats as a vote against donald tr

this is the latest criticism of and title men that mr mccloy has been facing in recent times and this time it's concerning his aides alexander. who had been filmed in that quite shocking video where he was seen driving and hitting out protesters now what opposition politicians are i'm going to about is the fact that as a public servant mr bennett should have been immediately reported to the police for really acting out of his jurisdiction is that he wasn't when the information was relayed to the french president he said that the disciplinary action should have been should be placed and that it was a fifteen day suspension regarding this action but that has really many in france saying that it appears to be one rule for those close to mr and another rule for the others the prosecutor of paris has opened the investigation into it in the meantime it is yet another accusation that perhaps mr mack is enjoying too much the privileges of his position according to a prison to his opposition and that it is time for him to come down to earth it watching al-jazeera live from london still to come on the program millions of dollars compe

alexander. should have been reported to the police as a public servant that was the duty when the information about mr better lie was relayed to the french president he said that he should be suspended and of course many saying that this is simply just far too. easy a way for the man in question to get off and that really he should face should face of full investigation and some are even calling him to face jail time for what he's done so really it's course the now not just left wing politicians but also those on the right including the national front so well of course questions are going to be asked about the sort of the procedures surrounding what we see in this video right now but they'll be asking why government has tried to really keep it under wraps for the last two to three months quite a positive. approval rating and i suppose he doesn't want to be dented. well precisely that he's been riding on a high internationally he's been. applauded for sort of facing off. the american president donald trump he's presided over a very successful world cup for france as well he's also really been seem to k

mr. trump is frustrated, angry at the pace of denuclearization talks. for more on this story cnn's alexanderld is live in seoul, south korea. and alexandra, frustration, again, from this private source about the president's mood on this. but at least one bright spot, north korea seems determined to continue with these talks, which must be resonating well in the region there. >> that is coming from one source close to the negotiations. that's information given to cnn's will ripley. but certainly there's been frustration on all sides of this, george, because we have seen no concrete steps, no concrete actions since the summit toward denuclearization. we know that north korea continues to bristle and chafe under the heavy economic sanctions that have been leveled against them and in the absence of progress toward denuclearization you've recently just in the last few days had the u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo reen force the fact that those sanctions must stay firmly in place and in fact going even further by saying that countries need to do better in implementing those sanctions. so what y

position that alexander has just presented of a totally innocent kremlin, whether it's the ukraine or syria or so many other issues, or novichok for that matter, is going to be convincing. if mri don't see much business to be done. is it relevant to him? syria has almost been settled because of russian intervention. i think trump has to be very careful. whatever trump says abroad, he is aiming at a domestic audience and therefore his real concern now is what is going on with the investigation by robert mueller and his affairs, how closely he is linked to russia, how much russian finance underpins his property empire, what tax evasion he is involved in. he has got to give no ammunition to his critics in the united states by appearing to be close to putin. i ratheragree, ithink there will be an exchange of views but i very much doubt there will be much of substance because it is too dangerous for him. he has to be very careful not to provoke mr putin. if they were deeply involved in the american election in 2016, he has to be very careful not to provoke mr putin into leaks which he... if he does know what happens, there could be very damaging leaks which could drive donald trum

mr. trump's vice prryident and secre of state who urged the reversal, as the admistration continues to find itself under fire from the right and the left had after that disasterous helsinki press conference. peter alexander has more from the white house. >> i thought that the meeting that i had with president putin was really strong. >> reporter: first the backlash now the walk back. president trump reading from ivering hismarks d attempt at a do-over. offering this explanation what he meant s to in helsinki. >> and a key sentence in my remarks, i said the word would instead of wouldn't the sentenchould have been, i don't see any reason why i wouldn't or why it wouldn't be russia. sey -- sort of a double negativean so, you put that in, and i think that probably clarifies things pretty good by itself. >> reporter: but here is what the world heard? >> they said, they think it's russia. i hav president putin. he just said it not russia. i will say this had, i don't sei any reason wwould be sdwl. >> reporter: mr. trump expressing his full faith in america's intelligence agency that he threw underhe bus monday. but in the very next breath, again, casting doubt. >> i accept on our intelligence community's conc