>> yes. >> mr. allen? mr. gutierrez? >> i was not there, but it's my understanding yes. >> okay. >> the other big problem that i know we all had to address is consumer misinformation and ds information. is it the fact of the availability of affordable subsidies that make care affordable is a huge challenge, one that we are continuing to address. some still are not. and so this is an educational message, i think it's a huge challenge. we're working with literally 12,000 insurance agents, faith-based groups, clinics, but that outreach challenge is something we've addressed but it continues to be a challenge. >> it's true of my state in colorado, too, by the way. mr. kissel, you've been there, what, about a year now? >> yes, indeed. >> and what did you do before that? >> i was in the infrastructure business, most recently i ran the gas utility in hawaii. >> so have you ever seen a utility or a system like this that didn't have issues that continually had to be addressed and updated? >> absolutely not. and the way you do it

. >> mr. allen? mr. gutierrez? >> i was not there, but it's my understanding yes. >> the other big problem that i know we all had to address was consumer misinformation and disinformation. . fact of the availability of affordable subsidies that makes care affordable is a huge challenge. one we continue to address because many californians are informed but many are still not. this is a huge challenge. we're working with literally 12,000 insurance agents, faith-based groups, but that outreach challenge is something we've addressed but continues to be a challenge. >> that's true in my state of colorado by the way. mr. kissel, you've been there about a year now? >> yes. >> what did you do before that? >> i was in the infrastructure business, most recently, i ran the gas utility in hawaii. >> so have you of seen a utility or system like this that didn't have issues that continually had to be addressed and updated? >> absolutely not. and the way you do it is take the connecticut model and perhaps the california model, an

mr. allen and mr. kissell, i guess i have a question for both of you. do you know whether cms posteripermits transitional cost dollars? and if you could tell me what transitional cost dollars are. >> i don't know the answer to that. we would have to get that directly to the commissioner. >> i have a check on it status, i believe it has been approved. these are for the enrollment of

mr. allen and mr. kinsle, do you know whether or not cns permits establishment dollars to be spent on the transitional costs to healthcare.gov. if you could tell me what transitional costs are, mr. allen? >> i do not know the answer directly. we will respond directly to the committee later. >> mr. kissle? >> yes, we have submitted a transition budget. i have to check on its status. i believe it has been improved. these are for the enrollment of new members in healthcare.gov and the demissional and archiving of our existing technology and certain other items including approximately $225,000 for the program management association the state has attained for healthcare.gov and the state's department, the operating department. >> was this a wrisle policy that you know hawaii is using? you are using your money from establishment to transition? >> correct. >> was this a written policy or something you negotiated? >> i don't know whether it is wrisle but i do know that we agreed on it. >> do you know what the

if you can what transitional costs are, mr. allen speak with i do not know the answer to that. >> mr. kissel? >> yes. we have submitted a transition budget, and i've got to check on the status. i believe it has been approved. these are for the enrollment of new members in healthcare.gov. it is for the decommissioning and archiving of our existing technology, and certain other items including approximate $225,000 for the program management organization that the state has retained to manage the transition of our function into old healthcare.gov ended to the state departments, the operative department. >> was this a written policy if you know that hawaii is using come you are using the money, correct, from establishment to transition. >> correct. >> was this a written policy or something be negotiated? >> i don't know whether it is written but i do know that we've agreed on it with cms. >> do you know what was the basis for that agreement? why did cms say that you could use the establishment of dollars to transition and what was the rat

we'll begin with mr. allen. make sure your microphone is on and pull it very close to you. >> make sure the microphone's on. is the light on? >> there we go. >> pull it real close. >> thank you, chairman murphy, ranking member degette. members of the subcommittee. my name is patrick allen and i'm the director of the oregon department of consumer and business services. we're the state's consumer protection and business regulatory agency. our mission is to serve and protect consumers and businesses in oregon while supporting a positive business climate in the state. my agency's responsible for regulating banks, credit unions, mortgage lenders and other nondepository programs. all aspects of insurance, including life, health, property and casualty, our system of worker health and safety, including oregon osha and state workers' compensation insurance and statewide construction standards. as of 90 days ago, after a brief transitional period, the department assumed responsibility for oregon's state-based health care

mr. allen? >> we do not believe so. >> ms. o'toole? >> no. >> mr. gutierrez? microphon microphone, please. >> we have not spent outside any written authority from cms. >> mr. kissle? >> we have one item that we are trying to reconcile with our auditors before in spending it, it's in a segregated account. >> mr. lee? >> we are spending establishment funds to continue the final establishment of our exchange, federal dollars but no operational funds. >> mr. watley? >> no. >> can i ask each of you what your operational costs are this year for the exchange. mr. allen? >> for the current state fiscal year which began july 1st, our operational costs are about $12 million. >> ms. o'toole? >> thank you. sorry, i'm having trouble with the microp

mr. allen? the program? >> yeah. >> i believe that's on the record of $305 million. in federal grants, and there's a bit more now. in the assessment value. >> if you added state to that as well. >> i would have to add state as well. >> you can get that information for us? >> ms. o'toole? >> you have to keep your microphone on. >> i'm very sorry. mr. chairman, i'm happy to provide you a balance sheet. we can e-mail -- send that to the committee right away. >> mr. gutierrez, do you know what you've spent for established and operational costs per enrollee? how many enrollees? >> not offhand. we'd be happy to provide that. >> mr. kissel, do you know? >> i do. it's a very large number. over $50,000. but i want to point out with respect, chairman murphy, it's like saying that the first year's use of a freeway is only for the people, the cost of the entire freeway is only for the people who use it for the first year. >> i got that, mr. lee? >> we have no the done a per enrollee cost, but i note that we

mr. allen, thank you for coming out from oregon to attend. agenda oregon received $305 million in federal grants to build cover oregon. only california and new york, states with about nine and four times the population respectively received more. we've got a lot of money out the exchange was launched with much fanfare. i heard the kitchen long live organ jingle to encourage oregonians to sign up. the problem was when the lights came on, when the curtain went up, it failed to sign up a single person online in one sitting. not one person was able to sign up that way. oregonians were forced to sign up using paper applications. the state decided to abandon a statement exchange i.t. platform and move on to healthcare.gov, the federal exchange. eventually the legislator votes to shut down entire program which it did on june 30. hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars apparently down the drain. last degree chairman upton, chairman pitt, chairman murphy and i request an independent federal investigation into the failure of cover oregon. while the ga

mr. allene butler and powell. i think it's best summed up like this, on the day marshall was nominated he was in the white house and there were three african-american butlers. they were serving tea and refreshments. one of those butlers was eugene allen. mr. allen lived and worked at sometimes a lot at 1600 pennsylvania avenue, the most powerful address. in the 50s, much of the 60s he could go back to his native virginia and quick try on his suit in a store. now he is serving thurgood marshall. thurgood marshall has seen how the law can subjugate blacks. thurgood marshall, i know, looked at those black butlers in the white house and his mindset was i'm going to keep using the law to elevate your. that, to me, is why i love the majesty and mystery of history. [applause]. >> with that, thank you very much. [applause]. >> lets thank will hagood for an engrossing conversation. we are running a bit long, but we have time for a couple of questions from the audience. i know you want to take this oppor

mr. allen the butler and powell. i think it's best summed up like this. on the day marshall was nominated, he was in the white house and they were three african-american butlers serving tea and refreshments. one of those butlers was eugene allen. mr. allen lived and worked, lived sometimes, slept overnight a lot, at 1600 pennsylvania avenue, the most powerful address in the world. and '50s, much of the '60s, he could go back to his native virginia and couldn't try on his suit in a store. now he is serving thurgood marshall. thurgood marshall had seen how the law could subjugate blacks. thurgood marshall, i know, look at those black butlers in the white house, and his mindset was, i'm going to keep using the law to elevate you. and that to me is why i love the majesty and mystery of history. [applause] >> with that, thank you very much. [applause] spent let's thank judge marbley and wil haygood for a great conversation. we have time for a quick couple of questions from the audience. i know you w

. >> mr. allen is in the general population unit.e be deemed incompetent, that would be through a psychiatrist and the court would deem them incompetent and you wouldn't be housed in the house of correction. you would be at bridgewater which is where our state facility is. >> though he's been ruled competent, corey has posed problems. >> he's got a very poor impulse control. when he gets ramped up, he's uncontrollable to bring down. so there are issues. sometimes he's in much more need of mental health to be seen with them and get back down to a calming state. >> no touch and move. okay. you rubbed all over that [ bleep ] dog. okay. it's like that? >> it's like that. >> it's like that? >> it's like that. >> it's like that? >> it's like that. >> while housing corey provides a correctional challenge for staff, sharing a cell with angel fuentes, a friend from the streets, has made time go by a little easier for everyone. >> we've known each other for seven, eight years. he's a riot. he's a riot in here laughing all night, giggling. i do

. >> mr. allen for four minutes. >> yes. i'll just follow up on that question. as far as nel was concerned, you know, the -- as far as the dietary guidelines, advisory committee did not use nel for more than 70% of their research questions. why is the -- why was the nel not used in this -- in these guidelines? >> for certain issues like food pattern analysis that they needed to do to understand what we are eating, an issue that has been brought up a number of times in this hearing, that is not information that would be available there. and they need to turn to other sources to understand what is it actually americans are eating. the sources for that are different. there are some other issues. if that's not where the source of information can come from, there are certain data analytics and places where systemic reviews have been done. while they do their own systemic review, they consider the other systemic reviews. so i don't think those are counted in that percentage. >> the only other thing i can say is the review process goes through a series of mechanisms to

. >> mr. allen for four minutes. >> yes. i'll just follow up on that question.as far as nel was concerned, you know, the -- as far as the dietary guidelines, advisory committee did not use nel for more than 70% of their research questions. why is the -- why was the nel not used in this -- in these guidelines? >> for certain issues like food pattern analysis that they needed to do to understand what we are eating, an issue that has been brought up a number of times in this hearing, that is not information that would be available there. and they need to turn to other sources to understand what is it actually americans are eating. the sources for that are different. there are some other issues. if that's not where the source of information can come from, there are certain data analytics and places where systemic reviews have been done. while they do their own systemic review, they consider the other systemic reviews. so i don't think those are counted in that percentage. >> the only other thing i can say is the review process goes through a series of mechanisms to

mr. allen: yet the president threatened to veto this legislation which provides our men and women in uniform with the resources they need to defend themselves and america's national security at home and abroad. the president's veto threat is dangerously irresponsible. we must fulfill our duty to support our troops and their families who sacrifice so much to protect our nation. congress has acted in a bipartisan fashion to pass this legislation, equip our military and bolster national defense. instead of putting our national security at risk the president should sign this bill into law so we can keep our military strong and americans safe. yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition? without objection the gentlewoman from new york is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i rise to welcome president pak to the united states for her state visit next week. the united states and the republic of korea enjoy a warm friendshi

. >> mr. allen for four minutes. >> yes.i'll just follow-up on that question that as far as the nel was concerned, you know, that have -- you know, the -- as far as the dietary guidelines advisory committee did not use the nel for more than 70% of their research questions. why is -- why was the nel not used in these guidelines? >> for certain issues like food pattern analysis that they needed to do to understand what we actually are eating, an issue that has been brought up a number of times in this hearing, that is not information that would be available there. and they need to turn to other sources for that information to understand what is it actually americans are eating, the sources for that are different. i think there are some other issues. the reason it's not all there the question is if that's not the source of the information can come from, there are certain data analytics and there are places where systemic reviews have been done on the issues and while they do their own systemic review they consider the other sys

. >> mr. allen for four minutes. >> yes. i'll just follow up on that question. as far as nel was concerned, you know, the -- as far as the dietary guidelines, committee did not use nel for more than 70% of their research questions. why is the -- why was the nel not used in this -- in these guidelines? >> for certain issue like food pattern analysis that they needed to do to understand what we are eating, an issue that has been brought up a number of times in this hearing, that is not information that would be veil there. and they need to turn to other sources to understand what is it actually americans are eating. the sources for that are different. there were other issues. if that's not where the source of information can come from, there are certain data analytics and placed where systemic reviews have been done. highly they do their own systemic review, they consider the other systemic reviews. so i don't think those are counted in that percentage. >> the only other thing i can say is the review process goes through a series of mechanisms to try to provide wh

mr. allen: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to support the scholarships for opportunity and results re-authorization act. speaker boehner led the nation over 10 years ago when he provided flexibility to washington, d.c., children and their parent lose it school choice. i believe that school choice is paramount to increasing educational gains for all children. but especially our nation's students who are most in need. the soar act gives scholarships to low-income students to attend a private school, providing them an opportunity to access a quality education that would otherwise be out of reach. school choice has proven to be successful in washington, d.c., as students using their scholarships have a 90% graduation rate compared to the 58% graduation rate for d.c. public schools in 2013 and 2014. . we heard today that these statistics have been questioned. we hope the public schools are improving. without this act, would they actually be improving? i encourage my colleagues to stand up for school choice by supportin

mr. allen: thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank chairman kline and chairman price and chairman upton for their work on this -- restoring american health care freedom reconciliation act, h.r. 3762. when i go out in our dust trict -- district, people want choice. and i think the topdown elements of the affordable care act are creating tremendous burdens on our people who demand that we give, particularly our small business community and our employees, the opportunity to have the right choice. the restoring americans health care freedom reconciliation act is important legislation that repeals many of the most harmful provisions in obamacare. obamacare's had a devastating effect since its passage. h.r. 3762 repeals the individual and employer mandates, the medical device tax, and the outrageous cadillac tax, which again, does not allow for folks to choose the plan they want. thereby unburdens our families and businesses from the harmful effects of these mandates. i came to congress to create jobs, grow the economy, and

allen martin introduces us to mrs. terrell.r-old olive horrell grew up in a small town in montana. >> we had no electricity, no radio, horse and buggy. >>reporter: through the organization wish of a lifetime she's riding in a google self driving car. >> this is pretty amazing everybody. >>reporter: she got to draw with a google doodle team try out the technology that helps people with tremors. >> wonderful thank you. >>reporter: and virtual reality. >> you mean all the way around? where are these coming from? >>reporter: the great grandmother is not exactly a together november is she reads on a kindl uses her laptop for e-mail but also wanted to know like many of us just exactly what is the cloud. >> the cloud is basically a computer take i don't have to hold in pie hands, but i have access to. >>reporter: it took olive 3 years to settle on her wish of a lifetime but even at 97 she says touring google was well worth the wait. >> make a wish and have it come true. >> google's co-founder one of the biggest donors to the wish of a

mr. chairman. general allen, as the special envoy to counter isil, the, you made was direct, clear explanation is possible as to why this is important. infighting the most appraised group that exists on the planet today and will go down in history as that, in modern times. i appreciate that and i think we all need to be more articulate on why this is important to america and to americans. i appreciate that. the second point you made and i think most americans don't fully appreciate that as you described the military the united states, i could not agree with you more, most americans do not understand just how powerful this country is when it comes to military might. how far we exceed every other nation on the face of this planet. that is, it is not by a little bit, it is by a tremendous amount. no one can stand to us if it comes to that. we don't want it to come to that, we are not that kind of people. we want people to mind their own business and go about their lives, to do, to do good things and be humanitarian

mr. allen the things that i heard about this is to go to the vote. >> we have had a great turnout. early through this campaign. the liberal party has a very well organized machine to get the vote out such as today, we have been preparing for our own election and so this has been a great time to firsthand get the vote out and all indications are that it's going to be a great evening. >> in july the internal poll showed 16 points behind. >> yes, absolutely. if you could call this debate that you have from that time on he hit it out of the park. and he really started to get his stride and his confidence and that went right through the whole team and everybody felt that. >> the john allen decision desk, back to you, we are going to wrap it up. >> thank you. we are going to hear a word or two from the region, depending on what happened in that particular area. okay, as soon as everyone reports we are going to report. susan joins us again covering justin trudeau just a little while ago. >> that's rig

we want you to know this committee is going to do everything we can to support that type of mr. allen: analysis on the tier ratings on the countries of the world. look forward to our exchange. senator corker: thank you about bringing up the tip issue and one of the questions i will ask will be about that. with that, we will turn to our nominee. our first nominee is ambassador thomas shanhon who has been nominated to serve as under secretary of political affairs. he earned the rank of career ambassador, the highest in the foreign service. he currently serves as counselor at the state department, a position he has held since 2013. previously ambassador shannon has served as our ambassador to brazil, assist ant secretary of state, special assistant to the president, director of the national security council. having some difficulty keeping a job. [laughter] senator corker: he has received a bachelor of arts from the college of william and marry and doctorate. we thank you for being here. you have some people to introduce and we look forward to our testimony. mr. shannon: thank you very mu

tony allen, counted mr. g. as his best friend, and tony put it this way -- he was the conscience of our community. he often said it to me, that the great challenges of life are in the moments when it is our turn, when there is an opportunity for us to speak up or to be quiet, to rise up or to lie down, to take arms or to take cover. most of us take the path of least resistance and miss the moment to make a difference in our own lives and the lives of others. he taught everyone to never, ever miss their moment, to act, to do the right thing, to make the world a better place. for 95 years, mr. g. never missed the moments that required him to act and to lead. he acted, he led and his legacy lives on not only in his family but among so many other people and institutions throughout our state that he touched. as for me, i will always remember jim gillian as a man who challenged me to be better. he viewed himself as a servant to our community, but he knew that his service alone wasn't enough. that's why his lasting le

charles allen: he is new but not new. mr. baker has been in the business for a long time.out how this is now that nuts and bolts of retailing and nitty-gritty, opening warehouses, making sure the software is working, and understand where that is growing -- capx is growing. anna: charles allen, thank you. guest who said so china's slowdown is not worrying. chief investment officer, mr. jeffrey. good morning. let's take a step back. in a world where we are watching the fed and the data very carefully. glass half-full or glass half empty? guesstimate yes. it is about that. guy: at that point? guest: a lot of people expect the world economy to grow the india prior to recession. normal butt it was it was abnormal. five or 10 years before the reception was abnormally asked. if we get back to that, the problems we had. excessive debt buildup. a slower growth period and taking time for most people in the real economies in the world and investors to tune into the implications. obviously, not as much demand around. system tough the where there's a lot of overcapacity in commodities.

mr. chairman, very much. general allen can you talk a little bit about the attitudes of the shiite leaders of in terms of reincorporating sunnis into the leadership in the country? we all know the single biggest mistake was the bush administration decision to just remove not just the generals in the army but all officers that had anything to do with ensuring there would be some continuity. this feedback was taken so far that it polarized the sunni community. and so we know that the hand-picked leader of the shiite leader maliki in 2006 that he harbored the same sentiments and treated the sunni population in a way that only continued the acceleration of that sense of isolation that the sunnis have in that country. so give us a little bit of an update right now in terms of -- let's take tikrit. as sunnis return to tikrit, are they now allowed to assume leadership roles in the government in tikrit? and could you give us an outline what the leadership roles might be that they have been given if that is in fact, happening? >> w

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allen dulles's thumb. so, when the warren report came out, i was saying that one of the editors, top editors, at "newsweek" wrote to him and said, "thank you so much, mrr helping shape our coverage of the warren report." well, of course, allen dulles was on the warren commission. in fact, some people thought it should have been called the dulles commission because he dominated it so much. so, you know, it's way too cozy, the relationship between washington power and the media. and -- amy: what was the relationship between arthur hays sulzberger, the publisher of "the new york times" and allen dulles, the head of the cia? >> well, they were social friends, not just him, but other members of the sulzberger family. i found, you know, cozy correspondence between them, congratulating him when he was inaugurated, dulles, as cia director. they called him "ally," one of the sulzberger families, in one letter. they would get together, you know, every year. dulles would hold these media sort of drink fests for new year's. and these were, you know, top reporters, top editors, would get together with the cia guys and rub elbows and get a little drunk. and, you kn

mr. sternburg is frustrated with the system? >> not after speaking with him, no, sir. >> the guard designated lieutenant allen downey to investigatenberg's l.o.d.s. we've learned it was overdue before it even crossed downey's desk. >> and i could see from the documents dated, you know, years ago that i knew that this was a long time in the making. >> help me understand why this hasn't been resolved for more than four years. >> i wish i had a good answer for you, other than my suspicion all along has been that this is a systemic problem. >> what are you saying? >> i'm saying that this process is completely broken and does not work for anyone. >> california guard records obtained by nbc bay area provide insight into the delays. this february 2013 memo includes california has over 1300 overdue l.o.d.s and is the highest number of lods by any state in the nation. a weekly snapshot shows that in february 2015 up to 88% of all l.o.d.s were overdue. >> i'm not surprised. it doesn't even shock me. it's status quo. >> the business manager for the union that representatives guard members -- >> the regulations are there. nobody is following

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mr. chairman, actually. >> we tried -- we planned to have general allen in a closed session.and i've always found him to be so much more helpful to us in that type of setting just because of the tremendous knowledge that you have about what's happening on the ground and your ability to communicate it effectively. i know that it was decided that we were going to have an open hearing in this manner and hope that won't inhibit you much especially since you're on your way out the door. we cannot thank you enough. general allen will focus more on seyria and iraq. ambassador and secretary patterson will focus on the entire region. yesterday we had a two and a half hour session with secretary kerry. secretary patterson was a part of that, or at least witnessed what was said. i know today she'll have the opportunity to talk more broadly about the region. i know general allen will focus more so on iraq and syria. look, we're having a series of hearings i think the american people and all of us are somewhat confused about what our efforts are. i know many americans believe that we are

mr. biden is going to accommodate and, if so, when? or do we? let me ask nbc's ron allenwilmington, delaware, not far from the vice president's home. ran, have you seen the vice president? i don't know, maybe getting mail. did he tell you he is going to run or not? >> reporter: we have seen him actually leave his home behind me and go down the road with his wife to an event, a school event. one of his grandparts is taking part in a cross country race. typical saturday morning family stuff, with i is what joe biden is well known for here in these parts of wilmington and, no, he has not revealed yet his intentions to me or anyone else and that's what we know and you are right, there is a lot of speculation and he raises a good point, how much of this is the result of anent an antcri beltway. there are clues out there. they can be intrerpt interpreted so many different way, for example, tuesday is a big moment for the democrats when the debate happens and the country will see jim webb, and people they don't know about and president biden adopted not to be a part of. that doe

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mr. sternberg is frustrated with the system? >> not after speaking with him, no, sir. >> the guard designated lieutenant allen downey to investigate one of the l.o.d.s. we've learned it was overdue before it even crossed downey's desk. >> i can see from the document dated years ago that i knew that this was a long time in the making. >> help me understand why this hasn't been resolved in more than four years. >> i wish i had a good answer for you other than my suspicion all along has been that this is a systemic problem. >> what are you saying? >> i'm saying that this process is completely broken and does not work for anyone. >> california guard records obtained by nbc bay area provide insight into the delays. this february 2013 memo includes california has over 1300 overdue lods and is the highest number of l.o.d.s by any state in the nation. a weekly snapshot shows in february 2015, up to 88% of all l.o.d.s were overdue. >> i'm not surprised. doesn't even shock them. it's status quo. >> this is the business manager for the union that represents guard members. >> the regulations are there. nobody is following them. >> he says he'

mr. sternberg is frustrated with the system? >> not after speaking with him, no, sir. >> reporter: the guard designated lieutenant allen downey to investigate one of the l.o.d.s. we've learned, it was overdue before it even crossed downey's desk. >> i can see from the document dated, years ago, that i knew that this was a long time in the making. >> reporter: help me understand why this hasn't been resolved in more than four years. >> i wish i had a good answer for you other than my suspicion all along has been this is a systemic problem. >> reporter: what are you saying? >> i'm saying that this process is completely broken and does not work for anyone. >> reporter: california guard records obtained by nbc bay area provide insight into the delays. this february 2013 memo includes, california has over 1300 overdue l.o.d.s and is the highest number of l.o.d.s by any state in the nation. a weekly snapshot shows that in february 2015, up to 88% of all l.o.d.s were overdue. >> i'm not surprised. it doesn't shock me. it's status quo. >> reporter: ben is the business manager for the union that represents guard members. >> regulations a

mr. president, we had a hearing, as i mentioned, in the senate foreign relations committee and general allen is doing an incredible public service for our representative in the middle east said that he wanted to thank the senate foreign relations committee for the attention that we have given to our diplomats. often on the floor of the senate, you hear glowing thanks. and i join in those thanks to the men and women who have worn the uniform of our nation to defend freedom. our thanks go equally to service officers who serve in dangerous positions in order to advance u.s. principles of democracy and human rights. and we know about the casualties that we have suffered in that regard. well, these individuals are entitled to promotion. it requires our action and to hold up their promotions for reasons unrelated to their job performance is just plain irresponsible. and we need to take up these nominees. there are ambassadorships that have been open for way, way too long, mr. president. i can mention many of the ambassadorships. i'll just mention two: sweden and trinidad tobago. sweden which is a

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allen parks said he was buzzing the intercom since 10:40 and received no response. proving, prosecutors say, simpson had not been home. >> this time, there was an answer, which was mr.on. he told me that he overslept and he just got out of the shower and he'd be down in a minute. >> both park and kaelin notice a dark duffel bag near the rear of simpson's bentley. >> he came out and kato offered to get the bag. he said, no, that's okay. i'll get it. i'll get it. >> what was in the bag? and what did simpson do with it? detective tom lang has a theory. >> you want to know what happened to the knife and the clothes, we know that from a witness at the airport. i believe. saw him getting out of the limousine the night of the murders and had his arm buried in a trash container. >>> next, with so much evidence, what went wrong? >> that's people's 77. >> chris darden blew it. more data means more freedom to do..whatever. that's why at&t is giving you 50% more data. that's 15 gigs of data for the price of 10. because the more data you have, the better. and right now at at&t get $300 credit for every line you switch when you trade in a smartphone and buy any smartphone on at&t

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mr. tell it like it is, but he has a record and it's very liberal. he's really just playing us for chumps. trump, just another politician. >> joining us now, jonathan allenr vox. also with us robert costas and sam stein. jonathan allen, what took them so long? >> look, they tried it before, it didn't bring trump down at all. there's -- the establishment. is the david against the donald trump goliath. i do think it's interesting the club for growth is getting here. they're trying to put together a super pac. the club for growth, there's a lot of overlap between that group and the donors for the koch brothers. it will be interestinged to see if they get engaged or if they sit this one out and let the republican nomination move forward. but it's as close as interesting as paul ryan running for speaker. >> the club for growth has its own polling in iowa and they say their ads there have pushed trump down to below ben carson. they have the most cent poll in iowa at october 34. they showed trump at 16 we're going to have to wait for more reliable polls if the koch brothers don't want donald trump, if the massive world of republican money doesn't want donald tr

mr. mur dodoch a measuring obama by a metric of blackness n 2004 while campaigning against state senator obama, allene told abc's george stephanopoulos, "barack obama and i have the same race -- that is physical characteristics. we are not from the same heritage. my ancestors toiled in slavery in this country. my consciousness who i am as i person is shaped by my struggle, deeply motional and deeply painful with the reality of the heritage." so authenticity, suspiciouses followed senator obama to the president shmtial primary contest against hillary clinton. prompting responses like that of columnist stanley crouch who wrote, "when black americans refer to obama as one of us, i do not know what they're talking about. while he is experienced some light versions of typical racial stereotypes, he cannot claim those problems as his own nor has he lived the life of a black american. if we then end up with him oz our first black president, he will have come in the white house through a side door." side door, huh? look, it is flawed political logic to assume president obama has unique responsibility for add