mr. brown: mr. speaker, h.r. 4257 creates a process to expedite land exchanges between the federal government and state land grant agencies. currently, the primary method of eliminating state trust lands from conservation areas has been through legislative land exchanges which can be time consuming and complicated. this bipartisan bill, introduced by representatives stewart and polis, offers a new way to speed up the process of removing state lands from federal conservation areas. h.r. 4257 could incentivize state land agencies to be good partners and supporters of additional conservation legislation by removing an important barrier to new conservation designations and improving the management of existing conservation areas. i support passage of this bill and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from utah. mr. bishop: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to add some additional background that is necessary for this particular bill into the rec

mr. brown. in fact, the lobbying campaign nor mr. brown to be the alaskan of the week, i can just say in my office has been intense. mr. brown, as he's known far and wide among those who went to anchorage's diamond high school, is a legend among his former students at diamond, where for 25 years he taught european and u.s. history, art history, philosophy, student government. now many of us are fortunate enough to have that person, that teacher -- usually it is a teacher -- who has really changed our lives, showe us the pure joy of learning. and as my director of constituent relations, rachel bowsma put it that person who made history come alive, that person who made an indelible impact on someone's life or many lives. so for rachel and andrew, who is here with me on the floor, one of my interns, and five members of my staff in d.c. and back home in alaska, that person has been mr. brown. so let's talk a little bit about mr. brown. originally from texas. when he was 15 years old his family move

mr. brown and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from maryland. mr. brown: in the proposed ndaa, chief management officer is to develop a plan no later than march 1, 2020 to transfer ertain functions from the disa to other elements to the d.o.d. my amendment on which i worked closely with my friend and colleague from maryland, prevents from executing this change. in fact, the administration has objected to this change in the ndaa because it would, i quote, seamless ility to communication of war fighters. while our men and wim defend our values abroad, this is managing the information network that supports our defense apparatus and fighting american interest on the global stage. this is to secure our network infrastructure for our war fighters. the question regarding, has never been asked or answered by this congress or the pentagon. while i commend the effort to find efficicies within the department of defense, it remains unclear what would happe

>> mrs. brown. >> mrs. houston-brown?ld save whitney from her demons as she went in and out of rehab. do you think she was happy? >> i thought -- happiness did exist around her. >> reporter: this haunting conversation with diane sawyer taking on a deeper meaning after whitney's tragic death. >> if you had to name the devil for you? the biggest devil among them? >> that would be me. so the biggest devil is me. i'm either my best friend or my worst enemy. and that's how i can deal with it. >> ten years from now, give me the perfect life for whitney houston. >> retired. sitting, looking at my daughter grow up, become a great woman of god. grandchildren. >> reporter: but ten years later, the night before the grammys, whitney would be found dead in her beverly hills hotel room facedown in a water-filled bathtub with drug paraphernalia nearby. >> we did what we could, but ultimately it was whitney that needed to decide if she wanted to live or die. >> how much do you miss her? >> tremendously. i miss my sister, and i think she'

mr. brown: i reserve the right to object. mr. president, my colleague raises concerns about the effect of retaliation or tariffs on our farmers and others. i couldn't agree more. but we should not pit farmers against steelworkers. only a few days after canada -- candidate trump became president trump. one of the conditions, one of the add among missions if you -- admonitions, if you will, you don't play off one industry against another. you don't play off agriculture against autos or steel or chemicals or anybody else. but we need -- it benefits all americans. and i think my colleagues agree with this. it benefits all americans if we stop china cheating, if we force them to play by the rules. i would say to my colleagues today, to senator toomey and senator corker, i understand they have some bipartisan support on this. i'd say that probably the worst thing you do for america's farmers is jeopardize passage of the farm bill today. i've spoken with senator roberts and senator stabenow about that. that's exactly what this amendment

mr. michael brown. they are focused on providing fair and equitiable opportunities for all current and prospective employees for the city of san francisco. it's particularly focused on implicit bias in hiring. the total budget if i'm not mistaken is $1.3 million. let's see: of that 1.3 million, 1 million is for salary and benefits. the floor is yours. welcome. >> so good morning, supervisors, and malia, and also, the controller's office, and it's been a pleasure to serve with the civil service commission. this may be my last year. i'm not sure, but i enjoy what i'm doing, so there's a possibility i may stay longer. so it is before -- let's see... >> supervisor cohen: just a second. we've got it up, sir. your powerpoint is live. are you having some trouble? do you want me to get a clerk to help you? >> my name is michael brown, and i was the director of the civil service division. i only have five slides to go through. the purpose perthe charter for the civil service commission is to provide qualified pe

and mr. brown would act swiftly and that when he hits the floor this next season in our new stadium that we celebrate and that milwaukee is an example to the country of what a city can do to turn itself around." the police chief has since apologized for the officers' behavior, saying they acted "inappropriately." three of the officers were suspended without pay. (vicki) a new children's book is trying to tackle the difficult issues of racial injustice and police shootings. students at a sacramento middle school got to take a look at the book titled "something happened in our town" written by two psychologists. the book follows two families, one white and one black, discussing a police shooting of an unarmed black man in their neighborhood. the doctos say stephon clark's death inspired the new book. they believe the book is for families of all backgrounds. (grant) still ahead... as floods wash out roads and open sink holes, a group of men make a daring rescue to save a man trapped in a car... (lawre

mr. brown: thank you, mr. president. last friday was a dark day for american workers and a dark day for the american auto industry. on the very same day that general motors laid off the entire second shift at the historic lord's town plant in northeast ohio, on the same day they announced that, we got word that g.m. plans to build its new chevy blazer in mexico. that's right. the company bypasses american workers, lays off an entire shift, and sends more jobs to mexico. all this comes on the heels of the windfall g.m. got from the tax bill congress passed last year. g.m. now can bring some $7 billion in overseas cash back to the united states in a dramatically lower tax rate. they can immediately deduct the cost of any new investments in plants and equipment and their overall corporate tax rate was dropped by about one-third. they can use that extra cash to invest in lord's town, invest in america but what do they do instead? they lay off 1,500 workers, 1,500 ohio workers. 1,500 families affected in riles, kent, youngsto

mr. yockelson: those are browning automatics? mr. moizan: yes, machine guns. >> i think these are captured germans. mr. moizan: these are machine guns, waterproof. these are all the artifacts they had from the germans. mr. yockelson: which were probably shipped back to the u.s. as souvenirs in museums now mr. moizan: yes. mr. yockelson: some of them. mr. moizan: all of the rifles, uniforms. changing wheels, important. logistics are important. something we don't think about that how many trucks were used, motorcycles, ambulances, everything needs -- you think this is an chateau-thierry? mr. moizan: probably. yockelson: working on the engine for the car. mr. moizan: yes, that is a car close by. a famous taxi. mr. yockelson: yeah, the grill on the car is seeing some action. mr. moizan: american cars. mr. yockelson: there were a number of manufacturers, too. most were used as touring cars for officers. the chaplain -- mr. moizan: probably third division. third or second. just heading in before line. we are a few hours before launching op

nelson, daniel and venables and mr. brown will introduce our two witnesses from ohio. mr. bill nelson is president and ceo of the financial sharing and fa analysis center also known as fsi sack. did i get it right? and held such a position since 2,0 2006. its members include banks, and insurance companies, security firms. mr. michael daniel is the president and ceo at the cyber ale analysis. it was formed 2014 to share intelligence between different companies. prior to joining the cta, mr. daniels served from june 2012 to january 2017 as special assistant to president obama and cyber security coordinator on the national security council staff. mr. phil venables is the managing director and head of operational risk management at golden sachs. he's been there 18 years. his first 16 years served as goldman chief information security officer or cso. before moving into a wider role in goldman risk division. mr. venables serves on the executive committee of the u.s. financial services sector coordinating council for critical infrastructure protection and is cochair of the board

>> mrs. brown. >> mrs. ouston improvising and singing to her daughter bobbi kristina. who at age 22 would eerily die just like her mom three years after houston's death. ♪ you don't have to worry about a thing because i'm standing right by your side ♪ >> reporter: painful memories for the singer's family, some saying that she was haunted by thoughts that maybe she wasn't a good enough mother. so many of the family's secrets laid bare in this powerful documentary. >> it really is powerful, deb. thank you. >>> i want to bring in now pat houston executive director of this documentary and the sister-in-law and former manager for whitney here exclusively with us. hearing her voice, the voice of a generation, it just brings you back. you made this movie, you say it could only have been told by the people who really knew her. >> exactly. you know, people that have dealt with her emotions from the day she was born until the day she died that people that were around her, people that really knew her, you know, and had

. >> god has put you on this earth to lead a revolution, mr. brownzon. but this dream fulfilled is a nightmare all too real for die-hard confederate john wilkes booth. >> gentlemen, tonight, we kill the president. it is important that we act in concert for the best hope of success and escape. at precisely 10:15, there's a punch line in the play that always gets a huge outburst of laughter, enough to cover a gunshot. that is the moment we must all strike. >> most people tend to think of lincoln's assassination as an isolated incident, but the president is not the only target that fateful night. booth aims to decapitate the entire federal government by murdering vice president andrew johnson and secretary of state william seward. booth believes that if he can throw the union into chaos, the south has another chance at standing their ground and preserving the confederacy. >> i've confirmed the vice president will be in his room at the kirkwood hotel. george, he's yours. >> no. i won't do it. >> george, we've been seen about town together, so there's no

mr. venables and senator brown will introduce our two witnesses from ohio. >> thank you. >> mr. bill nelson is president and committee of the financial services information sharing and analysis center also known as fsisac. and has held such a position since 2006. fsisac is a nonprofit association dedicated to protecting the global financial services industry from physical and cyber attacks. it's members include organizations from banks, credit unions, securities firms and insurance companies. mr. michael daniel is the president and ceo at the cyber threat alliance. cta was formed in 2014 through an informal agreement to share intelligence among fort net, palo alto networks and symantec. mr. daniels served from june 2012 to january 2013 as special assistant to president obama and cyber security coordinator on the national security council staff. mr. phil venables is the managing director and head of operational risk management and analysis at goldman sachs. mr. venables has been at goldman sachs 18 years. his first 16 years he served as goldman's chief information security office

mr. brown: thank you, mr. president. we know that americans work harder and longer than ever before and have less and less to show for it. hard work doesn't pay off the way it used to. workers in ohio have known that for a long time, that their paychecks don't stretch far enough. and this month, the state's second largest newspaper, the columbus dispatch, reported on just how bad things are for far too many ohioans. the dispatch reported a new study by the national low-income housing coalition and the coalition when homelessness and housing in ohio, that found, get this, that two out of the ten most common jobs in ohio, two out of the ten most common jobs in ohio, only two out of ten pay enough to afford a modest two-bedroom apartment. think about the number of people in fast food restaurants. think of the number of people cleaning hotel rooms. think of the number of people that are orderlies in big hospitals. think of the number of people that do clerical work andre bank tellers, that simply don't make enough to live an

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thank you mr. brown. our thoughts are with your constituents tonight. i want to go to jim cavanaugh, former atf who was with me when we broke the news just over a couple of hours ago. jim, in those few hours we have learned a number of things. the police have not -- they specifically didn't want to release the information on the weapon, which i found interesting because clearly they know what the weapon is at this point. they said it is a shotgun. they didn't say more. do you have any clue why they wouldn't say more? >> i think they are just being cautious ali. it's hard to read too much into them telling us it is a shotgun. look, in columbine they used two sawed off shotguns. at the slaughter at the navy yard the killer used a shotgun and skilled 12 "people." in aurora colorado the shooter opened up with a technical shotgun. they are used in two out of three of these mass killings. nobody should be surprised. i think the salient facts here that are important to realize is one the fast response. we are talking about a couple of minutes. the witness who

mr. brown: we've seen in our own country over the past few days shocking and heartbreaking, they don't reflect our values as a nation. i'm glad the president is reversing course. i'm glad he's signing something, putting a stop to his administration's cruel, pointless, and heartless policy of separating children from their parents at the border. that's just the beginning of the work that needs to be done to undo the damage that the president's policy has inflicted on these children and to begin to create a more human and humane immigration solution. any parent can tell you that being separated from a child is one of the worst things you can imagine. we've seen pictures and heard the sounds of crying children, some still in diapers. when i first heard that audio clip, i think all of us remember the first time we heard it, when we first heard that audio clip of children screaming and crying for their parents, i almost couldn't listen to it. as an american, as a human being, a as grandfather and fa

amendment number 24 printed in part a of house report 115-783 offered by the gentleman from maryland, mr. brown, had been disposed of. pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, proceedings will now resume on those amendments printed in part a of house report 115-783 in the following order. amendment number 9 by mr. langevin of rhode island, amendment number 20, by mr. poe of texas. the chair will reduce to two minute votes. the unfinished business is request for a recorded vote on amendment number 9 offered by the gentleman from rhode island, mr. langevin on which further proceedings were postponed and the noes prevailed. the clerk: amendment number 9 printed in part a of house port 15-783 offered by mr. langevin of rhode island. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support will rise. a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedi

mr. brown: i reserve the right to object. mr. president, my colleague raises concerns about the effect of retaliation or tariffs on our farmers and others. i couldn't agree more. but we should not pit farmers against steelworkers. only a few days after canada -- candidate trump became president trump. one of the conditions, one of the add among missions if you -- admonitions, if you will, you don't play off one industry against another. you don't play off agriculture against autos or steel or chemicals or anybody else. but we need -- it benefits all americans. and i think my colleagues agree with this. it benefits all americans if we stop china cheating, if we force them to play by the rules. i would say to my colleagues today, to senator toomey and senator corker, i understand they have some bipartisan support on this. i'd say that probably the worst thing you do for america's farmers is jeopardize passage of the farm bill today. i've spoken with senator roberts and senator stabenow about that. that's exactly what this amendment

let's go to senator brown. >>mr. kessler, do you think the current baseline of protection of consumer information is adequate like additional control over how your personal information is stored or used by financial institutions? >> i think we are all interested in knowing what is happening with our personal information. i am personally assured when i receive real-time alerts when that information changes, when it is affected and changes to my credit report. i think there are opportunities to share more information and not respect. >>when there is a breach involving personally identifiable information i assume you think it is important for financial institutions to quickly notify customers giving them ability to protect themselves by freezing or monitoring the credit file? >> we like to take all necessary actions to protect our customers in a timely way. yes we find it is very important -- it is practical after working with law enforcement officers. >>thank you. mr. slidell many -- services are provided through large

mrs. barbara brown lopez. the mother of an incredible community leader in the mission and in our city, ms. tracy brown. barbara passed away on sunday, born in guatemala, barbara considered guatemala and the united states her homes. she proudly acknowledged her cultural heritage and taught her students to do the same. she worked for the san francisco unified school district for over 30 years. 20 of which she spent at cesar chavez elementary school in the mission. she took great pride in her career and work with young people and she made a difference for countless students and families throughout our city. her deep commitment and work and school district dropout prevention unit helped numerous families keep their kids in school. she also took pride in her loving family, her two children, including tracy, her six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. it's my honor to adjourn today's meeting in her honor, ms. barbara brown lopez was loved, a woman that gave everything to her family and our public schools an

mr. brown: thank you. i appreciate senator corker's comments. i guess i appreciate senator toomey's a little less who tried to say that i was thinking that the people he's -- people's republic of china -- i said that china's government fights for its national interest by putting people to work and our trade policy since nafta, since pntr, since cafta, many pushed by members of my party who stood up for have undermine domestic security. i reject that. but i appreciate senator corker's comments about voting on this. you know, is this a major change in policy with no legislative hearings, with no real discussion or debate. it's a bit rich when the majority party talks about us not allowing votes when start with the supreme court nominee of three years ago and all the times we tried to do a transportation bill important in our banking committee, senator corker, as you know, you weren't a support of the obstruction, but i find it a bit rich. senator hatch said he wants to do hearing to do what he understands what it would mean to roll back trade reme

mr. michael brown. they are focused on providing fair and equitiable opportunities for all current and prospective employees for the city of san francisco. it's particularly focused on implicit bias in hiring. the total budget if i'm not mistaken is $1.3 million. let's see: of that 1.3 million, 1 million is for salary and benefits. the floor is yours. welcome. >> so good morning, supervisors, and malia, and also, the controller's office, and it's been a pleasure to serve with the civil service commission. this may be my last year. i'm not sure, but i enjoy what

mr. venables and senator brown will introduce our two witnesses from ohio. >> thank you. >> mr. bill nelson is president and ceo of the financial services sharing and analysis center also known as fs isaac, did i get it right? and has held such a position since 2006. this is a nonprofit association dedicated to protecting the global industry from cyber attacks. members include organizations from banks, credit unions, security firms, and insurance companies. mr. michael daniel is the president and kooe at the cyber theta lie ance. formed in 2014 through informal agreement to share information between companies. prior to joining the cta mr. daniels served from june 2012 to january 2017 as special assistant to president obama and cyber security coordinator on the national security council staff. mr. phil venables is the managing director and head of operational risk management an and analysis at goldman sachs. he's been there 18 years. his first 16 years sold as goldman chief information security officer or see sew. is that how they pronounce it? before moving into a wider role in

mrs. b there, anthony brown. taket away, melissa. >> reporter: that's right, we've gothe -- that's right ere now.t the con ugr hsman let's fialt start by tng about what you know right c now. an you tell us. >> i really want to start by just saying m heart goes out to the families of those whose lives were taken from us today and to those who are now wrestling with surviving this incident, my prayers are with look, this is a tragedy in that we're seeing thith across country whether it's a church, whether it's a school, aer t, today a press room at local newspaper. is a great newspaper. capital gazette they provide outstandin coverage on a range of issues, a be on the news of the day and the trends of the day and so it's even that much more unfortunate.every tragic shootis unforte but today this really hits home in this community here in maryland. >> reporter: now, we've been dealing with ms shootings recently a lot. i mean, is there anything that you are hoping to take away from this? is there a message that you'r

mr. secretary. senator brown? >> thanks, mr. secretary. i'd like to ask if you would just, in interest of time, if you would -- i'm going to ask a series of question. i would like a yes or no, if you would answer that way, please. first of all we want the electrical steel issue revolved. in your investigation, you identified steel mills that had closed because of imports. according to the steel workers since 2012, some 6,500 to 7,000 members have been layed off in my state alone due to steel plant closures, all in the northeast quadrant of the state. we know the culprit behind these layoffs is global steel over capacity which started as a chinese problem but affected the other market. you know all this. my question, first question, is based on your 232 analysis. will you expect more steel mills to close? and will you expect thousands more workers to be laid off in ohio and across the country if the u.s. took no trade enforcement action to address china's steel over capacity? >> yes. >> thank you, mr. secretary. i often say we don't address

mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator brown. senator tillis. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, i first want to thank you and ranking member tester because you a couple years ago encouraged and endorsed what became a regular meeting with the leaders of the v.a. to track their progress, and i specifically want to thank ranking member tester for always being there at every single meeting over the course of that process with the two secretaries. mr. wilkie, i hope that we have your commitment to continue that discussion because i think it was very helpful. >> yes, sir. >> mr. wilkie, i wanted to ask you something. i had the -- i'm not going to say the name of the newspaper, but i'm going to have the -- the person that was reporting this story called me up. i spent probably 15 minutes, maybe as much as 20 minutes on the phone with them to talk about you. somehow that insight was in much of your recent work history was not at all reported. million chair, without objection, i would like to submit an article that actually provides context that was written back if i believe 20

alan brown. mr speaker, and other week, another shambles.t that the rail system is broken and do something to fix it properly? it was disappointing to hear travellers who are forced onto rail replacement buses at short notice and then getting turned away because buses were full or not even turning up. that is ironic considering that arriva also operate overlapping bus routes, so that highlights the farce at the moment. what assessment has he made of his department's culpability in this with regards to network rail‘s despite assurances, it's clear that there was no possibility of these timetable is being able to be operated from day one, so why did no one from the train operators, network rail or the department for transport ask for a postponement of the timetable roll—out? he said he would take enforcement action against gtr. another company have been allowed to walk away with thousands of pounds. what is his exact time frame for resolving these timetable issues? he has mentioned putting in additional resources. what is additional resources

mr. chairman. >> senator brown. >> thank you, mr. chairman. ohio struggles with some of the highest rates of infant and maternal mortaty in the country. it's partly because we've underinvested in public health for decades. it's more complicated than that. between 2008 and 2014, 400 women died from pregnancy related caused in ohio. 2016, more than 1,000 babies died before their first birthday. obviously, these losses, these tragedies weren't felt equally across all communities. african-american communities in our cities suffered disproportionally to the greatest extent. small towns more affluent th than -- dealt with this. i'm concern'm not in a conspiracy sort of way, but this has done nothing on infant mor l tallty. among low income people of color, especially. there is a national republican effort troubling that governors are as work requirements seem to be the new far right ring rage, even if they're getting treatment from opioids and even if they're incapable of working, they're also nowooking to do work requirements on for medicaid in a w

course was dan brown so when we incorporated mr sternness these stresses and pests we reduced know they need to apply. insecticides. the ita has also set up a training program for young farmers several thousand have already attended the courses which take between three and nine months. they not only learn how to plant and harvest but also how to select the best seeds types for the specific conditions where they live. they mr empower farmers and enhanced did knowledge and skills. to get a lot of theory to go teach in school that does not give us this insight into what agriculture in the us today i'm so excited because i also get to privileged to talk to young people about this and i don't speak to them like a lecture as used to do i speak to them from the practical point of view bringing economics into what they do how they can actually become delon boss. the training courses already events too many different kinds of farming former students be taught it will start at a fish farm four years ago he breeds around fifty thousand catfish. the entrepreneur has managed to make his business not

mr. chairman. >> senator brown. >> thank you, mr. chairman. ms. brandt, i know that you as a native of ohio understand how hard this epidemic's hit our state. 11 people died on tuesday. 11 people died yesterday. 11 people will die today. 11 people will die tomorrow, on the average, as you know. 11 isn't the only number that matters. let me give you another number -- 10,769. according to the american academy of pediatrics, that's how many ohio children were placed in foster care in 2016. many of them, not all, many of them a direct result of addiction, of this epidemic. the bipartisan family first act just signed into law requires the department to issue guidelines on program criteria and provide a list of preventive services authorized under title 4e by october 1st of this year. i understand, since i'm way down on the list today because of the banking committee, i understand senator menendez asked about implementation of family first. i'm glad to hear you expect the department of states will come out in a timely manner this year. thank you both fo

mr. jerry brown and the democrats, are losing people left and right.are leaving that state because of high taxes and high crime. god bless america, gentlemen. america?ll, god bless i think there are some interesting points there. in the folks i have been talking with, certainly yes, unemployment is down, business is booming, there is no debating that. this is something that has been growing for several years now. i have not spoken to anyone directly who has said this tax bill and certain policy has pushed this forward. it seems to me more of a trend that has gone on. if that is the case for certain folks that have benefited, that is great. the talk i am hearing is that this has been a long time coming , that again, we are in the midst of the second longest economic recovery this country are at, -- has seen, we a place for construction should and is booming. kevin from pittsburgh. you work in construction. good morning. kevin, are you there? caller: hello? host: we can hear you. good morning, what is your question? say -- i was wanting to good morning,

mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator. senator brown. >> thanks, mr. chairman. chairman hatch mentioned during the opening remarks that over a month ago president trump hosted many of my colleagues in the rose garden to tout his drug pricing blueprint this is the chairman quoting our president promising massive cuts to drug prices. weeks later as the ranking member pointed out. i would like to point out that now a month later we're still waiting for these "massive cuts" that the president promised. my guess is we'll see dozens more prices increase before we see any massive cuts. so, secretary, do you agree if you would answer this yes or no, do you agree there are scenarios where pharmaceutical companies increase the list price of their product and price gouge consumers for no reason other than to increase their profit margin? >> of course. we've seen examples of that. yes. >> okay. thank you. the fact that there's absolutely no repercussion for a company that engages in this type of predatory issue helps with the drug pricing system. we read from a letter i rec

mr. trump's nationalistic, racist, divisive politics. >> reporter: brown says as a child in the '50s he saw graham's father speak. supporters say graham is following the teaching of jesus and opponents are welcome. >> berkeley is known as a place of being open. >> reporter: the revival runs at least through 10:00 tonight. >> let's go to cattie -- ute utehs. >> reporter: as you heard, dr. brown's says graham's views are homophobic, and >> franklin graham is gathe gate blind, and obedient and fervent followers and it is extremely dangerous. >> reporter: this protest is taking place at 6th and university. and they plan to march over to cesar chavez park and protest. >> we are going to be covering both events tonight. log on to abc7news.com and the news app for more coverage. >>> happening now in santa rosa one of many protests to protest a trump administration immigration crackdown. abc7 news anchor kristen sze is here for this national day of action for children. >> this one took place at lunch outside the alameda county sheriff's office. calling president trump's crackdown inhumane. parents

eleven the current secretary of labor alex acosta issued a letter to my editor tina brown stating why the prosecution gave mr epstein such a lenient deal given the number of crimes that he committed against underage girls in palm beach and elsewhere and at that time back in two thousand and eleven. mr acosta who was at the time the dean of the florida. law school university law school at florida a university in miami florida stated that he was quote assaulted by mr epstein. defense team and as you know mr epstein hired a barrage of superstar attorneys including alan dershowitz roy bloch kenneth starr gerald lefcourt and many others several others and the team of attorneys negotiated his plea deal here in washington d.c. they negotiated at the time we're talking two thousand and seven. with the department of justice. and so according to mr acosta our labor secretary acosta. the penalties that the prosecution that the united states attorney's office wanted to hand mr epstein . were in fact disallowed by the department of justice in washington now it has been it has recently resurfaced and the f.b.i. have relea

that's the fair thing the right thing research shows that for every nine the executions one convict mr brown demolition the idea that we were executing innocent people is terrifying is just no really hasn't been that we even many of victims' families want the death penalty to be abolished the reason we have to keep the death penalty here is because that's what murder victims' families were. that's going to give them peace that's going to give them justice and we come in and say. not quite enough we've been through this this isn't the way. welcome back to the kaiser report i'm max as or i'm here with jon benet welcome back iraq's thanks only back you know i just want to make one quick comment i'm wearing the exact same outfit including this leg that i wore a charlie in courtney's wedding oh wow ok i was in my closet looking for something to bring in money conference money come and more in this sense since i thought why not wear the sram wedding outfit you know i'm sure you know very good choice i mean i had to drop off to just go on stage here at the conference you look at sure you get the mo

mr. wilkie, thank you. and to the chairman, thank you for the time. >> thank you, senator heller. senator brown. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. >> last but not least. >> thank you very much for saying that, mr. chairman. thank you, mr. wilkie. i enjoyed very much our conversation. and wish you well through this process. >> thank you. >> and i expect you to be confirmed and then as the new v.a. secretary. yesterday the "washington post" ran a story about your time as a staffer for a very divisive, a very racially divisive senator. you've been appointed to this job by a very racially divisive president. just yes or no questions. will you commit to doing that? >> absolutely. >> thank you. i've worked with two previous secretaries to establish a history research, national heritage center at the dayton vamc. will you commit to implementing the existing moa on this important project, yes or no? >> i do and i look forward to going to dayton. and as you and i said, i just -- it's my geek mode. i just finished reading a biography of one of ohio's great presidents, and learned that dayton has been