mr. cooper, what i call the urban refugees.eople at home, elderly, don't have insulin, lost their heart medication, lost their blood pressure medication. if we don't get to them in time -- it is those that i cannot get to that really worry me the most. >> because it's not just people who are in hospitals, or some hospitals right now have backup generators even though not ideal situation. people who need regular dialysis, able to live at home but need that, regular access to prescription drugs. often those people who are hit the hardest at a time like this, there's no power at home and difficult to get outside to get the medication they need. >> exactly. special needs patients, small children, hiv patients, like you mentioned people with dialysis. and those that live in the most disadvantaged areas. we have a place called -- 26,000 people live there. most of them, their connections are not connected to sanitary pipes. when things like this happen, the sanitary conditions are terrible. and they happen with a normal rain. just ima

mr. cooper, what i call the urban refugees. people that aren't at home, they're elderly.y don't have their insulin. they have lost their heart medication. they've lost their blood pressure medication. and if we don't get to them in time, it is those that i cannot get to that really worry me the most. >> yeah, because it's not just people obviously who are in hospitals, some hospitals right now have back up generators, though obviously that's not an ideal situation. it's people, as you say, who need just regular dialysis, who are able to live at home but need dialysis. they need regular access to prescription drugs. it's often those people who are hit the hardest at a time like this when there's no power at home and it's difficult to get outside, to get the medication they need. >> exactly. special needs patients, small children, newborn, hiv patients, like you mentioned people with dialysis and those that live in the most disvapgd areas. we have a place called -- 26,000 people live there. most of them, their connections are not connected to a sanitary pipes. so when thing

mr. cooper here -- all of these representative lee: mr. cooper here, all of these are under federal jurisdiction so they make me feel good about the fact they are out here. we want to restore people into their homes. that is what we want to do. we want to make people hold, whether you are in an apartment, or a home. the apartment or the house is your home. we want to make sure you are made whole. i want to thank fema. i want to thank the red cross. come standing over here. 1% loans for getting yourself back on your feet. she can't advocate, but we are in washington talking about some aspect of grants for individuals who can't make the 1% loan. let me be clear. we are discussing it, but we are advocating for it. is that all right? we are advocating for the bill i introduced, $174 billion, for hurricane harvey relief, for all of this region. obviously, we share. we want to make ourselves whole. and we know fema is right here. we think the whole team. they give upwards of $33,000 if you are eligible for a home or apartment. if you don't have a

mr. cooper is here. [cheers and applause] all of these are sort of under federal jurisdiction.o they feel good about the fact that they are out here because we want to restore people into their homes. that's what we want to do. we want to make people whole, whether you're in an apartment or a home, a house that is your home. the apartment are the houston zero. with that in mind, we want to make sure they are whole. i want to thank the man and red cross. and you are right. come stand over here. we always lump you together. sba, 1% months getting yourself back on your feet. she cannot decay, but we are in washington talking about some aspects of grand for individuals who can't make the 1% loan. let me be very clear. we are discussing it, advocating for it. is that right? 43 in congress introduced for me for her keen harvey for all of this region. obviously, we share from beaumont to port arthur. corpus in rockport putting $174 billion. we want to make ourselves whole. fema is right here. we think are very much, double-team and make it up to $33,000 if you're eligible for home and

mr. cooper. people with not fathom what it is to have children drinking from creeks.eople at nursing homes don't have any oxygen. today we met with dr. gupta and he said look i'm going to the eastern side of the island and they asked for this medication. we brought it for him today to take -- >> which is crazy. sanjay he's a doctor and great person and it's great he can do it, but you'd think after this many days that message would have gotten cross. >> not only that it's very simple. one you get your communications up and running, two you get your hospitals up and running. three, for those that are really ill when the power grid is going in and out, we had our hospital we thought it was going to start working then the power went out. so you have to do all the tests again so you don't have an sbrensive care unit. one of the things we need to do is put these people in places where they can be taken care of, because really -- and i'm glad you said it that way. because people think, oh, they're exaggerating. on the one hand we see 3,000 containers there with the medicine

mr. cooper. people cannot fathom what it is to have children drinking from creeks. nursing homes that don't have any oxygen. just today we met with doctor gupta here and he said, look, i'm going to the northeastern side of the island and they asked for in medication. so we brought it to him today and gave it to him to take. and then -- >> which is kind of crazy. i mean, that it's jay. he's a doctor and a great person and he's great that he can do it but you would think after these many days that message would have -- >> not only that, it's very simple. one, you get your communications up and running. two, you get your hospitals up and running. three, for those that are really ill, when the power grid is going in and out, we had our hospital. we thought it was going to start working. then the power went out, so you have to do all the tests and everything again. so you don't have an intensive care unit. so one of the things that we need to do is we need to put these people in places where they can be taken care of, because really -- i'm glad you said it that way, beca

mr. cooper, perfect stranger and full house. very fun. >> all the good stuff >> 10:37.school in alexandria section of fairfax county. fairfax county police say they're investigating an anonymous threat. they want to say it is not what they call an active threat. the fairfax county school system, the schools did initiate a lockdown on their own, a police responded around 9:34 this morning. also fairfax county public schools tweeting out that they're doing this as a precaution, they're saying this does not appear credible and that all of these students are safe, police, however, are continue, we'll be following that information, of course. and bring you the latest as we continue to watch and see what's going on with fairfax county police with the lockdown situation and an anonymous threat at west potomac high school. back to you guys. >> thanks so much. troubling we'll stay on top of that >>> 10:38. while we celebrate flashback friday, we're on the hunt for talent and finding it on the campus of bowie state university send it back out to wisdom and annie for more. >>> goo

mr. trump cooperate and then did he obstruct justice. >> there's a zombie lawyer out there. >> the idea thatrpart of an reaching out to the kremlin saying he will give back channel information about what's ongoing in the campaign, does that seem appropriate to you? >> we have a source, two anonymous sources telling us those facts. we want to know what he's talking about. you're going to find if you talk to the hillary clinton campaign or any campaign you're going to be talking to a lot of people, whether there's an offer to brief someone on a campaign -- >> so you would have been okay if john podesta had done this? >> manafort problems are not donald trump problems. these are two completely different things. >> he's the guy heading the campaign. >> he was there for a couple months. he clearly had his own -- >> he was representing himself as running the campaign, no one was saying you can have an interview with the guy but he's not if i wouldn't with the campaign. >> but those aren't the president's issues. >> you've now shifted from we're going to find out what the president did in the white

mrs. lowey, the full committee ranking member, for her aspiring leadership. let me thank the staffs on the majority and minority sides for all of their cooperation. and with that i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentlelady from new york reserves. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new jersey. mr. frelinghuysen: mr. chairman, i am pleased to recognize the chairman of the financial services subcommittee on appropriations, mr. graves of georgia, for three minutes. the chair: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for three minutes. mr. graves: thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank chairman frelinghuysen for his support and his team for bringing us to this point today and this week to do what many thought couldn't be done and that's getting all 12 of our appropriations bills done in a timely fashion. but today's a privilege for me to present the financial services and general government act and this wouldn't be possible without congressman quigley and his team and i appreciate their work as we've been through many months of effort together. but i believe this is the prosperous part of making amer

the president tweeted that things are going well there and applauded the cooperation and coordination he saw. mr. trump and the first lady stopped at a houston mega shelter and then went to a food bank. >> the water is disappearing and you look at the neighborhoods and we just rode through this and two days ago, they had water and today it's all swept up and cleaned up. and you got a lot of hard-working people. i tell you that. >> reporter: after a stop in texas the president went to lake charles, louisiana to meet with survivors there. the president is asking for $8 billion to be used as an initial disaster relief package. but the total cost of recovery could be closer to $200 billion. >>> another issue for texans, finding affordable gas. this is a tweet from damian trujillo. some stations have been raising prices. others have no gas to sell. experts say california will see higher gas prices due to the disturbance in oil in texas. >>> what should have been a barbecue turned into a devastating ordeal tonight. the owner of a condo at a retirement community and it started a fire. two condos are de

cooper aret and mr. here.ll of these are sort of under federal jurisdiction so they made me feel good about the fact they are out here because we want to restore people into their homes. that is what we want to do. we want to make people hold weather you are in an apartment or in a house, that is short home. so the apartment or house is your home. with that in mind, we want to make sure you are made whole. is that all right? we will continue to work. i want to thank him and the red cross, all right? you are right. let me stand over here. all right. [laughter] and applause -- 1% loans for getting yourself back on your feet. she can't advocate but we are in washington talking about some aspect of grants for individuals who cannot make the one present loan but let me be very clear. we are discussing it. we're advocating it for. is that all right? we are for the bill i introduced. $748 billion. four members of congress advocated for with me. obviously we share from beaumont region, $174r this billion so we want to

mr. stone was unwilling to answer our questions. we hope he will cooperate in the future, if not, it will be necessary to subpoena him to answer those important questions. >> what was that one area? ♪ >> we are life them in montgomery alabama, about to o wonfrom judge moore wh the primary. -- we are live in montgomery, alabama about to hear from judge the republican primary. >> thank you. thank you. you see my family up here and my sons, caleb, roy and taylor. my wife. i have my young the mother of 90 years old standing down here. sistersy brothers, my and i appreciate all of the people who have come tonight. i want to get my staff up here just a moment, if you will. the people who have worked on my staff emma if you will come up here. thomas. you come up in four-minute. -- my staff, if you will come appear. a minute.e up here there's so many people that should be recognized. thomas has done a wonderful job. [applause] taught this say i guy to run it but i have not. he has done a great job. [applause] chairman. you have to have a chairman and this guy is the

cooper. baes mode. mr. marshawn lynch.in silver and black. >> we got to see that marshawn is marshawn. he is going to make it a pain. >> we bring them up on to practice squad. i'm so proud of you. >> coach jack -- you might remember from cal and the 49ers practice squad. he made 252 yards out. >> i would be slightly worried if i was him. >> he drilled those two 52 plus. >>> a new miss america was crowned in atlantic center new jersey. >> miss north dakota. >> 23-year-old carra walked away with the crown. she impressed the judges with the dancing challenge and her response. she believed president trump was wrong to pull the united states out of the paris climate accord. >>> supervisors are planning to introduce the bill tomorrow. officials say they hope they will pass a law that would make distracted walking illegal. >>> power outages as a result of irma now at 7 million homes and businesses in a number of states. we will stay on top of what is happening after irma has passed through. we will have more today coming up at no

mr. manafort is not yet cooperating with mr.really don't know what, if any, compromising information he's provided him about the president. the president did fire him. -- the president didn't fire him. paul manafort resigned. but basically the president took offense when paul manafort said to other people the president has really short attention span and i have to go on tv to get his attention. that didn't make the president happy. eric: that was the report. judy, we shall see. judy, good to see you. thank you. >> exactly, thank you, eric. arthel: well first lady melania trump making a very special stop on her first foreign trip. how mrs. trump is honoring an athletic competition for the brave men and women of the military wounded in battle. when my doctor told me i have age-related macular degeneration, amd, he told me to look at this grid every day. and we came up with a plan to help reduce my risk of progression, including preservision areds 2. my doctor said preservision areds 2 has the exact nutrient formula the national ey

mr. stone was unwilling to answer our questions. we hope he will cooperaten the future, if not, it will be necessary to subpoena him to answer those important questions.

we look forward to voluntarily cooperating with the house committee and with anyone else who has an inquiry in this area. mrcohen will continue to cooperate. thank you very much for being here today. >> why was it postponed? >> you will have to ask the senate. >> continuing to cooperate, why is it that it was canceled? what happened? >> that's a good question. we have asked the committee for an official explanation. the explanation that we got from a source with direct knowledge who told us the committee was upset michael cohen broke what had been an agreement not to talk to reporters before or around this meeting. cohen's camp sent out a statement last night to reporters that was embargoed until he was going to give it in this committee meeting this morning. that was enough that the committee felt like this was a bad faith deal. they sent him home. now we're going to find out if they will bring him back. you heard the lawyer say voluntarily twice. it's possible he could get subpoenaed to come back and do this again under different circumstances. >> he said voluntary and cooperate twice. they are emphasizin

the serious crimes, then getting him a real stiff sentence so he ultimately testifies and cooperates. >> john, mrghlin. also the report today from unnamed sources to cnn that the united states had the united states had investigators running a wiretap on paul manafort over his connections to russia before and after the election. john, what are the implications of that? >> well, you know, in many ways, craig, that is the most interesting thing we've heard in the last 24 hours. the fact that they were running a wiretap in 2014, before manafort was a household word tells me that this was probably one of the things that fed into concerns about the russians were doing with associates of the trump campaign once that campaign had taken off. and the other thing i would underline and i'm sure nick would agree is that these warrants to do a wiretap like that are very difficult to get. i used to sign or endorse such things when it came to foreign terrorism, for example. and these warrants come with pacts of paper that are about an inch thick and involve 60, 70 pages of information, data, to make the case for

mr. straight orsaid they are cooperating fully with authorities. joining us live from miami, florida, mia rodriguez. you've been on the ground tore sometime. how are the recovery efforts faring. >> reporter: the cleanup is well under way but much working to be done. all these boats are still smashed up against the seawall in coconut grove. but there are more than 7,000 people in shelters spread across 87 shelters in the state. the hardest hit areas remain the florida keys. national guard and red cross have been making their way down there. here's what they said about the needs down there. take a listen. >> we're trying to put support in, something that people have the least of. we have water and food, two other big things we're pushing out. >> reporter: the good news is that 8.2 million people have gotten their power back. 3 million people still do not have it. florida power and light says by this weekend most of the customers that don't have it along the east coast of florida should get it back. >> extremely serious situation still happening down

mr. president. we have a lot to talk about, trade, military cooperation, security cooperation. r. president, we have a problem with our neighbors. your interference will help. i'm sure that hopefully we can find a solution for this problem. we've always said we're open for dialogue and always be open for dialogue. >> we will get it solved. thanks very much. thank you. >> neil: all right. i wait to see if he says something. the president with the emir of qatar. i do want -- back togy -- to gianna caldwell. i wanted your thoughts about how the president is doing today. >> i say one thing presidential that i appreciate about this president, the fact that he continues with the narrative "america first." doesn't matter what your country needs. we'll take care of our folks and your folks and if there's sense and it's mutually beneficial to help, we'll do so. i'm pleased with what i saw at the u.n. i'm glad to see him in that way versus the other ways we've seen in the past. >> you know, gianno, i was surprised with the reaction of the protesters of all people with nancy pelosi. i can

cooperating fully? >> i'm looking forward to mr. manafort's testimony before the house. ything he says is accurate, then he should start cooperating more fully. come talk to us, tell us exactly what took place. we'd be delighted to find out. that's true for the entire trump campaign and the current administration. this would have gone a lot easier if the president had said to his staff and his campaign workers we're going to fully cooperate. we're not going to call this a witch-hunt. >> yeah. and what about sean spicer and these copious notes that reportedly he kept in his notebook? are you expecting him to testify? will you pursue these notebooks? >> you know, he's obviously someone we'd love to talk to. it's relatively new because he departed just a short while ago, but it was interesting watching mr. spicer doing this whole process, what exactly did he know, and he certainly deserved combat pay during his tenure at the white house. >> well stated. thank you, representative quigley. i appreciate it. >> sure. anytime. >>> and when we come back, the battle over health car

we shall also cooperate in addressing the growing -- such or, human lab trafficking, and cyber crimes. mr. president, the cooperative efforts should be sustained. we must collectively devise strategies and mobilize is fighterso stop is from mutating and infiltrating into the sahel and a lake chad , where the response capacity is weak. we will require stronger united cooperation with regional organizations, such as conflictan union, in prevention and management. the united nations should continue to take -- the leadership of the maintenance of international peace and security by providing a predictable adequate funding to regional initiatives and peacekeeping operations authorized by the security council. mr. president, new conflicts should not make us lose focus on olding, unresolved, conflicts. for example, several united nations security council resolutions from 1967 on the middle east crisis remain unimplemented. meanwhile, the suffering of the gazatinian people and continues. we are now confronted by the desperate human rights and humanitarian situation in yemen and most tragically in

mr. albright, can you discuss the level of nuclear cooperation that north korea has with other countries and who outside of china do you believe to be of the greatest concern? >> north korea had considerable nuclear cooperation with syria, including essentially building a nuclear reactor which was bombed by israel in 2007 prior to its operation. after that it's been much harder to track any nuclear cooperation. there's suspicions that something could happen between north korea and iran and that's a very, well, very active area. but as far as i know, nothing substantial has been found. during the six party talks north korea committed in the singapore minute not to engage in proliferation. obviously we don't believe that is true. but i think it's on notice that if it does engage in significant cooperation, it will be incredibly significant and can trigger or cross a red line that would be very hard for the united states not to take very draconian action, including military action if it involved plutonium weapon grade uranium or a nuclear weapon. >> okay. thank you. and mr. ruggiero, can yo

mr. price, for working with me in a spirit of cooperation, collaboration, partnership. mr. chairman, his attention to detail and knowledge of the programs in this bill has mid made it a much better bell. if provides 56.5 billion in discretionary budget authority. 1.1 billion below the enacted level and 8.6 billion above the budget requested by the president. we have targeted funding in this bill to essential investments safety, infrastructure, and housing assistance for our most vulnerable citizens. the elderly, the disabled and obviously, our heroes, our veterans. we made some hard choices, mr. member and the committee, we took cuts to nonsinghs programs and we're scaling back. the bill includes 17.8 billion in discretionary appropriations and 76.7 billion in total resources, that includes support for the fast tax obligation and limitations. the federal aviation, an increase of 435 million above the budget request. we provided this increase to keep advancing next generation programs with over 1 billion. and to continue to, again, the safe operation of the world's most comp

mr. mueller can turn him into a cooperating witness. >> shepard: aaron zitner, thanks. >> absolutely, shep>> shepard: hillary clinton slamming james comey in his first live television interview since she lost the election. secretary clinton told ""the today show"" that she did not make enough mistakes on her own to lose and she criticized james comey. >> i thought what is he doing? the investigation was closed. he went way beyond his role in doing what he did. >> shepard: though she questioned comey's action, secretary clinton said that president trump fired him for the wrong reasons. ahead, we'll go back to the keys where we'll hear from a man who says he is still waiting to find out if his friends survived hurricane irma. an incredible disaster still unfolding. that is next. tech: when you schedule with safelite autoglass, you get time for more life. this family wanted to keep the game going. son: hey mom, one more game? tech: with safelite, you get a text when we're on our way. you can see exactly when we'll arrive. mom: sure. bring it! tech: i'm micah with safelite. mom: thanks for com

mr. speaker, i want to yield to my friend, the majority leader, we cooperate more than people will see from time to time. i want to thank him for that. and i yield to him to give us the schedule for the week to come. mr. mccarthy: i thank the gentleman for yielding and i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mccarthy: before i give the schedule, i want to say that today was a day that was very good to see our very dear friend steve scalise make it back. as the gentleman said, an attack on him was an attack on the entire institution. i was there that day in the hospital, my wife and i and waiting for jennifer to arrive and steve going through the surgeries, the number of times we would go back to visit, he is the strongest man i have ever known. his speech was from the heart that he first would seek god's guidance, the strength of jennifer, watch madison and harrison spend their entire summer in that hospital with their father and for him to be able to walk back here as soon as he did and the excitement in his face when he was

mr. albright, can you discuss the level of nuclear cooperation that north korea has with other countries, and who outside of china do you believe to be the greatest concern? considerablea had ,ooperation with syria essentially building a nuclear reactor that was bombed by israel in 2007 prior to its operation. after that it has been harder to track any nuclear cooperation. there are suspicions something could happen between north korea and iran. that is active, but as far as i know nothing substantial has been found. during the six party talks, north korea committed not to engage in proliferation. obviously, we don't believe that is true, but i think it is on inice that if it does engage cooperation, it will be incredibly significant, and can trigger across a red line that would be hard for the united states not to take very akoni and action, and -- to take very draconian action. , can you discuss the way united states targets money laundering activity related to dprk? can we identify illicit transactions and stop them? i think what we are seeing now, in particular with china, is the trum

mr. albright, can you discuss the level of cooperation of other countries outside of china do you believe of the greatest concern? >> north korea had considerable nuclear cooperation with syria including building a nuclear reactor bombed by israel in 2007 prior to its operation. after that it's been harder to track any nuclear cooperation. there's suspicions something could happen between north korea and iran, a very active area. as far i know, nothing substantial has been found. during the six party talks, north korea committed not to engage in proliferation. obviously, we don't believe that's true. i think it's on notice if it does engage insignificant nuclear cooperation it will be incredibly significant and can trigger or cross a red line that would be very hard for the united states not to take very draconian action including even military action if it involved plutonium, weapon grade uranium or a nuclear grade weapon. thank you. >> can you discuss the ways in which the u.s. government exposes and then targets money laundering activity related to dprk. if we impose secondary sanction

mr. parker serves as deputy administrator for cooperative programs and work in the department of agriculture rural development for more than 26 years. in his current capacity he manages a team that provides assistance to rural communities in the areas of cooperative development, research and education, cooperative statistics, regional strategic planning and place-based initiatives. that's quite a list, hard to pronounce all those things. thank you for your service. our last witness on the spell is mr. christopher mclean. the acting director of the rural utilities service, our u.s. he oversees the operations of the planning policy and finance agency focused on rural electric telecommuters and broadband, water and sewer systems. thanks to all the witnesses for being here today. anne, why don't you kick off? >> good morning, chairman roberts, ranking member stabenow, members of the committee. i'm truly honored with this opportunity to discuss prospered in rural america. a passion i know i share with each of you here today at a topic that is of critical importance as you write the next farm bill

mr. cartoon trump, how do you respond to anderson cooper compare you to a 5-year-old?dumb. he's a stupidhead, a total poopy pants. >> stephen: i have to say right now you are sounding a little immature. >> i know you are, but what am i? >> stephen: you sound like an idiot. >> stephen, i'm rubber, you're glue, i have a lawyer and i will sue. >> the fake news media has never been so wrong or so dirty! incorrect stories and phony sources! to meet their agenda of hate -- sad... ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: trump says we'll win and keep on winning until we don't want to win anymore. it might be good for you. >> it will be good for me. >> stephen: here's a picture of you right here. >> okay, got it. >> stephen: and here's mrs. trump. >> yeah. >> stephen: right there. i'm going to have a second career as an impersonator. ( applause ) >> stephen: ( laughter ) can you imagine needing to work out that impression because melania trump actually became the first lady? roll it! live via satellite from the white house please welcome melania trump! ( cheers and applause ) well,

mr. mueller is exceeding his jurisdiction? >> well i think -- i think that's for others to say. what i can assure you is that we're fully cooperating with the special counsel and we'll continue to do that. i've made clear that during my time on the campaign, i was not aware of any contacts or any collusion with russian officials. and i stand by that. and as i said, we'll provide any information the special counsel requires. but honestly, this is not what the american people are focused on. >> let's focus on that. we have some questions for you. >> just quickly though, paul manafort was your campaign chairman for both you and mr. trump and he was reportedly offering briefings to a top russian olig arc who has close tied with vladimir putin about what was going on. was that appropriate? >> i have read those accounts in the newspaper and i -- paul manafort was on the campaign for -- at the same time i was for about a month. and so, look we're just going to let this process go forward. >> got it. >> we'll let the special counsel get the americans the american peopleeserve. and i have to be honest with you, norah, the american people i

mr adelman already used. what you suggested could be a boon for the future cooperation the export of oil and gas as a blackmail till he said that turkey may easily have caught all of the flaws of iraqi oil. and further to europe it seems that by the it comes to the kurds. turkey would be veggie to shoot itself in the food or is it that is that old just bluffing i don't think it's just bluffing i do think president to one is upset so the kurdistan leadership president barzani and prime minister bars on me made several efforts to engage in dialogue with mr on this question i note the statements he's been making over the last few days i notice that there are slightly less vigorous and bellicose as the days go by he has pointed out turkey has a key which you can use to switch off the oil and gas pipeline that flows into turkey from kurdistan but he hasn't yet used that key to switch off the oil and gas everyone knows that the kurdistan region is turkey's third largest export market it's a significant player turkey wants to be a reliable energy how for europe the contracts that have been signed with the companies t

mr. speaker, this amendment would increase the appropriation for the western hemisphere regional security cooperation by $10 million and reduce the appropriation for contributions to the international organizations by $10 million. these funds will be appropriated to the international nar narcotics and law enforcement account and are available for two years, thus the state department would have to obligate the funds within that time frame. mr. speaker, we lose between 4,000 and 5,000 of our fellow americans every month to drug overdoses. this amendment re-allocates $10 million to the international narcotics and law account at the state department. this will provide additional resources to combat the dangerous and illegal actions of transnational criminal organizations by supporting the efforts of the government of colombia and enhanced regional security capabilities to provide training and technical assistance to partners in central and south america. over the years, colombia has made continuous progress in abating narcotics trafficking through various eradication operations and law enforcement effort

cultural forum was just what we are also expanding our sports cooperation of immediately after this event here but you know harvest and university mr robin and myself will attend judo tournament for shipping and young people and things will also you know. when you. attend the ceremony for the construction of the martial arts center we also discussed the peace treaty. joint development south korea will islands on august seventeenth the foreign ministers of our two countries had talks in moscow and identified a number of promising projects that little start with the move will kopper rate. fisheries on wind energy. culture waste management. and tourism are. greeted with mr prime minister. and we hope priscilla they did the procedure for. the japanese people to visit their ancestors' cemeteries. unfortunately because of poor weather the direct flight would not be arranged in this month and we'll try to make arrangements are really hoped that the weather will be nice to say yes of course we also talked a lot about the crisis on the korean peninsula before we discussed this issue before and during our telephone conversation and today we

mr. clapper: can you help me here, chris? chris: what is the responsibility of the high-tech private sector to cooperate with the government, law enforcement and intelligence? mr. clapper: excellent question. that's been an issue, certainly was for us and of course one of e -- in the aftermath of edward snowden revelations was a chilling of -- i'll put it that way -- of the historical partnership between industry and the intelligence community. and some of that is understandable. this is another case, though, where we -- it's like the safety and security, civil liberties and privacy. there has to be a balance somewhere. i hear, you know, i understand tim cook, head of apple who akes a very absolutist view. what happened after revelations of edward snowden that the rate of commercial encryption accelerated by about seven years over what we thought we were going to see in 2020 we saw immediately. and of course the terrorists, particularly, regrettably, went to school on a lot of this and, of course, bought into what's app and other secure applications which we can't break. so i think there needs to be a serious discussion, seriou

mr. albriet, can you discuss the cooperation north korea has outside of china do you believe to be the greatest concern? if something could happen between north korea and iran and it's a very active area. as far as i know nothing substantial has been found. north korea committed not to engage in proliferation. obviously we don't believe that is true, but i think if it does engage it will be incredibly significant it could trigger or cross a red line that would be hard for the united states not to take action including even military action if it involved pa nuclear weapon. >> okay. thank you. can you discuss the ways in which the u.s. government exposes and then targets money laundering activity and if we impose secondary sanctions are you confident we can identify transactions and stop them? >> well, i think what we are seeing now in particular with china is that the trump administration is using the treasury department tools on six occasions since late may they have used those tool to target money law dunderers in particul we are setting that up and understanding that chinese banks were going

mr. president, i modify my amendment with changes at the desk. the amendment is still modified. >> a pressure, again want to thank my friend, colleague, senator jack reed for continued cooperation, i has characterized our work together. first, i'd like to say the modifications, substitution to the smaement that i'm offering, the risk, with senator reed, with 48 amendments with both

mr. mueller is exceeding his jurisdiction? >> i think that's for others to say. what i can assure you is that we are fully cooperating with the special counsel and will to do that. >> and remarkable rescue efforts after mexico's big earthquake while puerto rico is facing the herculean effort of clean up. the president's big moumt from the united nations in a moumt about hurricane maria. still a category three storm ripping across the ribbian. it battered the dominican republic and expected to dump 16 inches of rain on the island is that that is saturated from hurricane irma. local officials and residents are horrified by the devastation they find. >> i swam out to my neighbors to see how far we can reach and there is a lot of power lines. the whole infrastructure is damaged. it will take long to recover, but we will be strong and we'll rise and be strong again. >> when she said the infrastructure is damaged, she is not exaggerating. restoring power to everyone may take months. the entire system is down. no one has power. president trump said the u.s. territory is obliterated and vows to visit the island. the presiden

mr. comey had political motivation. the fbi refused to cooperate voluntarily. osc could have engaged in a handingttle to force over the information, but they were less concerned about osc than they were about congress oversight. fbi -- the fbi demanded the osc not give the information to congress. a gag order was the price of quick and easy access to the information by that agency. the deal.k but the documents and transcripts are vital to this committee's oversight of the fbi. to obtain to heavily redacted with its interviews that showed mr. comey had made up his mind and started drafting his controversial documents months before the clinton investigation was over but we were not consulted or informed about the gag order until after the fact. according to osc, the fbi has never asked for such a gag order before. neither has any other agency. why now? why is the fbi so focused on keeping congress in the dark? why is it so afraid of shining the light of day on the controversial decisions mr. comey made in the months before he was fired? this is not the first time