mr. graham: yes. mr. mccain: that it was not urgent that the previous activities concerning development of nuclear weapons would be absolutely required? mr. graham: yes. he indicated that the statement that was attributed to him was taken out of context and reaffirmed to me on the phone that possible military dimensions are an essential part of the deal, as he indicated on april 8 2015. i think he's issuing a statement, or his office is right now. i think this is important for the body to understand that secretary kerry wants to clear up the record. i applaud him for that. i hope we can get a deal we all can live with. but at the end of the day you've got to remember who we're dealing with in terms of iranians. they have lied, they have cheated. and when it comes to their military dimensions of their program, it is essential we know every detail before we can move forward with confidence. mr. mccain: could i ask additionally did the senator from south carolina have an opportunity to ask secretary kerry ab

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mr. graham how often did she go and do bible study? >> emanuel was our home church.hurch baptized in that church. my mom sung in the choir. we were regular church-goers. i was not surprised she was there that wednesday night. >> tell us who she leaves behind. >> her husband, steve, who is a longshoreman so we're trying toigts him home. he's in saudi arabia so we're trying to make arrangements to bring him back home. she was four older brothers, rho beenen leroy, donald myself and a younger sister jackie. a host of family and friends and a community that really cared about her in charleston south carolina. >> we are hearing wonderful things about your sister. god bless you and your family. i hope these next few weeks are not too tough on you all. thank you for joining us sir. >> thank you. >>> i'm also joined by state senator todd rutherford. he talked to president obama and knew the reverend pinckney. sir, thank you for joining us. what can you share with us about your conversation with the president? >> the president called me this morning and wanted to wish condole

mr. graham. madam clerk are there any other items? >> there is no further business >> okay, meeting adjourned. thank you very much. z >> please come to order and secretary call the roll. >> make sure your microphones are purned on. >> pating >> present >> singer >> chow >> present >> chung >> present sanchez >> paren present. >> karshmer >> present. >> the meeting is june 2, 2015 we have one public comment. >> public comment please? >> good afternoon commissioner the minutes he lied too much of what transpyred of may 19th. item seven. page seven omits this commission has had authority since 1988 to hold prop qharic. it began in 200719 years after prop two passed. as reported in this extract in my new article there is no motion of april 29th. memo documenting the loss of 200 hospital beds between 2002 and 2020 with old two prop two harings with a total of 150 beds how did you lose the other 136 sniff beds without public front q hearing santa monica the minutes under report d hp failed to provide needs analysis that you requested eight

mr. graham. madam clerk are there any other items? >> there is no further business >> okay, meeting adjourned. thank you very much. issue. >> homeless in san francisco is a challenging issue that effects owner in the city in many different was as of the 2014 homeless census over 64 homeless in individual in the city to try to address the issue we've got a program for chronic homeless welcome to the navigation center. >> this pilot project is for people living on the street what makes it different the navigation center is able to accommodate homeless encampments lowell u allowing people to keep their pets and bring their personal bloonlz. >> the full realization that people don't want to be homeless not refuse services but from the services don't meet them and not relevant they're not going to be successful if you look at the budget losses we've got a community sacrifice important people to get food and laundry we're standing next to the bathrooms it is designed to be a dynamic and brief residential experience where right of on this si

mrs. graham and her crowd just loved him. nixon knew his principal foreign-policy advisor was selling him out on a regular almost weekly basis. charlie: he tolerated it because he thought he would be an agent of mind to change history? evan: he tolerated him for a number of reasons. he said henry needs this. he needs to be this way. he was hurt by it. nixon would say there goes henry , to talk to the georgetown crowd again. i think it did hurt his feelings. he had to sort of bear it. he got a lot out of kissinger. one thing that is important about nixon and kissinger nixon was the idea guy. kissinger will tell you this. the idea to go to china was richard nixon's idea. in fact when kissinger heard that nixon was going to go to china, he said, fat chance. kissinger brilliantly executed nixon's policy, and nixon was lucky to have somebody as smart as kissinger with him. but he was the one calling the shots. tim: it is true that nixon was the great strategists and kissinger was the tactician that carried out the strategy. but wh

mr. graham: thank you. the presiding officer: the senator from south carolina. mr. graham: and i just want to recognize senator scott. we all know tim as a man of quiet faith. he does it when no one's looking, by the way. i remember being in the cloakroom watching a basketball game, which is consistent with me and tim's over in the corner with headphones. i said what are you listening to or what are you doing? he said i'm doing my bible study, very sheepishly. tim, you have been a great comfort to our state because you are truly a man of god. to the rest of you i -- i want to tell people in south carolina the senate -- we've got a lot of differences and we display them a lot. i wish you could have heard what was said to me and tim. everybody in this body has come up to us and one way or another said the most kind things. so the united states senate, we have had our problems but we're still a family. so thank you all from all over this country for the kindness you've shown during these difficult times. very quickly, i don't know how you can sit with somebody for an ho

mrs. graham was at the center of this world, and joe also. used to, i came in at the end at newsweek. i used to go to dinner and see them. they said they were out to get him, mrs. helms, cynthia helms wife of the cia director richard helms, said there was no mercy for nixon at these dinner parties. henry kissinger was often the honored guest. kissinger, who could be shamelessly flattering of nixon in the white house, would go out to dinner with the georgetown set, and make fun, gently, but make fun of his boss. nixon knew this. he knew, he rationalized it. he said, henry needs this. but it hurt him. he would say there goes henry. talking to the georgetown crowd. the georgetown people, and the washington post, out to get nixon. and you know what? they got him. brian: another clip of julie nixon eisenhower. >> was your father unfairly treated by the media? >> there is a great book called "it didn't start with watergate ," which was published in 1976. his thesis is, political scandals always happen in administrations. there is a laundry list of

mr. graham: thank you. i have two very brief comments. one involves our national security, the world at large and the other involves our nation as a whole. first, as to the supreme court ruling. i'm surprised. i'm disappointed. but the ruling is now in and senator mcconnell said it well this doesn't mean that obamacare is fixed. it means that it's going to continue until somebody finds a better way or we're going to be left with obamacare for the rest of our lives and your children's lives and those that follow. 2016 race domestically will be centered on health care as the most dominant domestic issue in the country. if you're run for -- if you're running for the house or you're running for the senate or you're running for senate, here is what this supreme court ruling means. if the public wants to continue obamacare which i think would be a huge mistake, vote democrat if you want to repeal and replace obamacare with something better for you and your family bipartisan vote republican. hillary clinton the most likely democratic nominee wil

mr. graham is not a front runner at the moment doesn't mean he doesn't have clout. e a king maker. with me now, ron christie former special assistant to former president george w. bush and sara who is a contributor to "the blaze." lindsey graham is polling at 1% in the quinnipiac poll from last week and 60% said they haven't heard enough to have a favorable or unfavorable opinion but you say graham can be a king maker. tell me how? >> i think that because he's the senior sitting senator in south carolina his impact on the race could be significant given that south carolina is number four in the voting states. so we all know that a lot of the candidates go down to south carolina because of it being the first primary in the south and he has the advantage of a 20 plus year career in south carolina and access to major donors and political consultants and ground game. this throws a little bit of a wrench into things for candidates like marco rubio or jeb bush who kind of would pull from the same pool of individuals and now lindsey graham is in a position where he can mono

mr. graham. it's very remiss of me and i apologize. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the civilization is why he finds the countries against it. as soon as the task is undertaken the easier it would be. however it's not going to happen if the regional powers are not coordinating policy. the discussion was there about getting turkey, iran and saudi arabia to be coordinating policies toward the islamic faith? >> by honorable friend is right. the coordination is required. important steps have been taken at the meeting at camp david with all the gulf countries. i've had conversations in recent days that the turkish president and i visited turkey to discuss this. i'm not sure we will achieve the perfection who requires that getting everyone around the table in the same way. working with partners to make sure everyone has a coordinated approach is the right thing to do. >> i think the prime minister for his statement. he raises a corruption of fifa to become synonymous with each other. don't ask him whether he thinks is appropriate they attend the women's world cup which is

mr. graham: yes. mr. mccain: that it was not urgent that the previous activities concerning development of nuclear weapons would be absolutely required? mr. graham: yes. he indicated that the statement that was attributed to him was taken out of context and reaffirmed to me on the phone that possible military dimensions are an essential part of the deal, as he indicated on april 8 2015. i think he's issuing a statement, or his office is right now. i think this is important for the body to understand that secretary kerry wants to clear up the record. i applaud him for that. i hope we can get a deal we all can live with. but at the end of the day you've got to remember who we're dealing with in terms of iranians. they have lied, they have cheated. and when it comes to their military dimensions of their program, it is essential we know every detail before we can move forward with confidence. mr. mccain: could i ask additionally did the senator from south carolina have an opportunity to ask secretary kerry ab

mr. graham would write an article telling people let's start celebrating the living and where we want to go in the united states, and let's put the past in museums, that's why we developed museums. thanks for taking my call. you guys are fantastic. sometimes you do hear callers there make a lot of sense. let's if forward, not backward. >> okay. all right. let's talk about one debate that has come out of this, as well. not just over the confederate flag but gun control, as well. i mean, is it something the president talked about immediately after this tragedy that happened last week? and it's something now that governor -- excuse me former west virginia governor, now senator joe manchin along with patrick toomey of pennsylvania they've said let's revisit our background check legislation. maybe we can try again. it failed on the senate floor back that 2013. >> that's right. it's remarkable how slowly gun control has come up. obama went straight to gun control in his comments. unusually fast for him. he's tended to take a while to bring it up even in the course of speeches after major shoot

mr. graham. >> it's very remiss of me and i apologize. >> thank you mr. speaker. the civilization is why he finds the countries against it. as soon as the task is undertaken the easier it would be. however it's not going to happen if the regional powers are not coordinating policy. the discussion was there about getting turkey, iran and saudi arabia to be coordinating policies toward the islamic faith? >> by honorable friend is right. the coordination is required. important steps have been taken at the meeting at camp david with all the gulf countries. i've had conversations in recent days that the turkish president and i visited turkey to discuss this. i'm not sure we will achieve the perfection who requires that getting everyone around the table in the same way. working with partners to make sure everyone has a coordinated approach is the right thing to do. >> i think the prime minister for his statement. he raises a corruption of fifa to become synonymous with each other. don't ask him whether he thinks is appropriate they attend the women's world cup which is

mr. graham: thank you. i have two very brief comments. one involves our national security, the world at large and the other involves our nation as a whole. first, as to the supreme court ruling. i'm surprised. i'm disappointed. but the ruling is now in and senator mcconnell said it well this doesn't mean that obamacare is fixed. it means that it's going to continue until somebody finds a better way or we're going to be left with obamacare for the rest of our lives and your children's lives and those that follow. 2016 race domestically will be centered on health care as the most dominant domestic issue in the country. if you're run for -- if you're running for the house or you're running for the senate or you're running for senate, here is what this supreme court ruling means. if the public wants to continue obamacare which i think would be a huge mistake, vote democrat if you want to repeal and replace obamacare with something better for you and your family bipartisan vote republican. hillary clinton the most likely democratic nominee wil

mr. graham. >> how could i have forgotten the rules of wisdom? ologize to the honorable gentleman. >> thank you, mr. speaker. islamic state is an enemy of civilization which is why it finds a coalition of 60 countries against it. it requires military defeat and the sooner that task is undertaken, the easier it will be. however, it is not going to happen if the regional powers are not coordinating their policies. what discussion was there at the g-7 about getting turkey iran and saudi arabia at the very least to be coordinating their policies towards islamic states? >> well, my honorable friend is right. that is required. important steps have been taken, not just president obama's meeting with all the gulf countries. i've had recent conversations with the turkish president and have visited turkey to discuss this. i'm not sure we'll be able to achieve the perfection of what he requires of getting everyone at the table at the same time in the same way but working with regional partners to make sure there's a coordinated approach. >> i find the prime

mr. graham: thank you. i make a few brief comments -- the presiding officer: the senate is in a quorum call. mr. graham: i ask unanimous consent to terminate the quorum call. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. graham: very briefly senator ayotte and kirk's amendment is coming up. there is a motion to table. what we're trying to do here is basically show support for the ex-im bank, which is due to expire in june. we're trying to find a vehicle that must be -- a must-pass piece of legislation to keep the bank afloat. i think it's very important to the american economy that american manufacturers not be disadvantaged. the ex-im bank makes money for the american taxpayer. china's ex-im bank is larger than france, germany the united states and england combined. what does this mean to the average person when a product's made in the united states, sold into the developing world without the ex-im financing mechanism available to american manufacturers, we're going to lose market share

mr. graham would write an article telling people let's start celebrating the living and where we want toin the united states and let's put the past in museums. that's why we developed museums. so thanks for taking my call. you guys are fantastic. sometimes you do hear callers that make a lot of sense. let's go forward, not backward. greta wodele brawner: all right david. let's talk about when debate that has come out of this as well, not just over the flag but gun control as well. this is something the president talked about immediately after this tragedy last week. it is something now that a former west virginia governor, senator joe manchin they are saying let's revisit background check legislation. maybe we can try again. it failed on the senate floor in 2013. david a. graham: that's right. it is marked will how slowly gun control has come up. obama went straight to gun control in his comments, which is unusually fast for him. he has tended to take it well to bring it up. even in the course of speeches after major shootings. he went right to it and he also seemed fairly resigned to th

mr. graham: thank you. the presiding officer: the senator from south carolina. mr. graham: and i just want to recognize senator scott. we all know tim as a man of quiet faith. he does it when no one's looking, by the way. i remember being in the cloakroom watching a basketball game, which is consistent with me and tim's over in the corner with headphones. i said what are you listening to or what are you doing? he said i'm doing my bible study, very sheepishly. tim, you have been a great comfort to our state because you are truly a man of god. to the rest of you i -- i want to tell people in south carolina the senate -- we've got a lot of differences and we display them a lot. i wish you could have heard what was said to me and tim. everybody in this body has come up to us and one way or another said the most kind things. so the united states senate, we have had our problems but we're still a family. so thank you all from all over this country for the kindness you've shown during these difficult times. very quickly, i don't know how you can sit with somebody for an ho

find it interesting because lindsey graham has said he has just about as much international experience. he has the bona fides more than the former first lady. is mrrying to leapfrog senator graham on this? phil: i think even jeb bush us team would say lindsey graham has foreign policy cornered. what jeb bush is trying to show is not only through his work as governor when it comes to domestic policy, he is not week on foreign policy. one of the big vacuums is foreign policy -- because so many of them are new senators like marco rubio or have only served as governors, that clearly means a lack of international experience. jeb bush is saying not only do i know the players and the issues, but i can speak deeply and eloquently about those issues. you mentioned his speech in berlin -- he had a 15 minute q&a where he took on all comers from edward snowden to nato and russia and climate change. his willingness to do that on stage is where he thinks he sits in advance. phil mattingly joining us from washington, thank you. coming up, our chief washington correspondent interviews congressman paul ryan and finds out why the republican chairman of the house w

mr. president clear the air be decisive be firm about why it matters to us as a nation to get syria right. >> but on some issues graham is closer to mr. obama than to the guantanamo. he helped author a bill that was never passed in the republican republican-led house. >> the problem is al gore has turned this into a religion. >> says human activity contributes to global warming something most democrats believe and he has urged the republican party to take a clear stand. >> before we can be bipartisan we have to figure out, what is the formal be climate position of the republican party? i don't know, i'd like to come up with one. >> graham's stand on certain issues so run against him yet one of the early contests in south carolina, his own turf, it all means if graham can reach the top three in iowa or new hampshire his campaign for republican nomination could go far. david schuster, al jazeera. >> up next in our week ahead segment. cases that could define the supreme court. >> welcome back to be be al jazeera america. here are your top stories. key provisions of the patriot act are about to expire. the nsa has to stop

mr. graham: mr. president i strongly oppose this effort.oses this. if you believe that the military legal community knows what they're talking about listen to them. every j.a.g. of every service opposes this. 29% decrease in siewment incidences. 70% increase in reporting. senator mccaskill ayotte, fisher and many others along with senator reed. we have real estate formed the military justice system in an appropriate manner. but here's what you should never awill you to happen: commander, last night there is an alleged rape in the barracks. oh, i don't care about that anymore. send that over to the lawyers. that's -- never let that happen. never let a commander avoid responsibility for accident happens in their unit. it is their job to make sure we have good order and discipline. reinforce good commanders, fire bad ones. do not disenfranchise the best military leadership in the history of the world. that's exactly what this does. we have solve the sexual assault problem. we will not dismantle the infrastructure that's given us the finest mil

mr. lamborn, and my friend, ms. graham. this is with respect to tunnels using used by military tactic in asymmetric warfare. mr. chairman almost exactly a year ago when war broke out in the middle east, when hamas attacked israel, i visited israel and saw for myself the sophistication of tunnels being dug from gaza into israel through which terrorists traveled, went to the other side of the tunnels popped up, tried to kill innocent civilians. these tunnels are not the tunnels that many of us characterize in our own minds. these tunnels are sophisticated. these are expressways underground. it's like the queens midway tunnels. they are ventilated. they are lit. they are massive. they are deep. they are huge. they are unpen trabble. they are very difficult to detect. now, mr. chairman, the f.y. 2016 intelligence authorization bill says the director of national intelligence will designate an official to manage the collection and analysis of intelligence regarding the tactical use of tunnels by state and nonstate actors. this bip

mr. matthew who was charged with capitol murder in -- capital murder in the abduction and killing of hannah graham, believed that the victim here in the fairfax case survived because of the passer- by scaring jesse matthews. >> reporter: and they were close to these woods where they would continue attacking her. when he bolted through the woods where search dogs were here, wondering how they would get away so fast that it was not that difficult. he hopped over through the woods across that field and in to their car behind the office building on tinder drive. >> they believe they quickly drove away. in fairfax, peggy fox wusa9. >> and now they hope that the guilty plea are assigned to matthew will also plead guilty to the murders of the daughter and hannah graham. that they arrested a man who allegedly met them online and arranged for the upscale local hotel rooms and then beat them violently. the 31-year-old is behind pars, facing some serious charges tonight, including rape, abduction of attempt to file and strangulation and that two incidents happened this week alone and the crown plaza in mccla

mr. sanders. i like what he says about the issues and i like lindsey graham. >> there's now four official candidatess in the race on the democratic side. we'll show that to you on sunday. al want to let you know we'll reair the rick perry announcement at 8:00 eastern. let's go to jerry in maryland on the republican line. >> caller: hi. i'm absolutely thrilled. i'm so thrilled to hear rick perry what he's had to say. i've been watching the candidates and i believe rick perry has the strongest valid points of what he's done for texas that he will do for the united states. over the past eight years our country has met its demise. accolades to rick perry and everyone give him a vote. thank you for listening to me. have a great day. >> official reaction from the democratic national committee, you might expect debbie wasserman-schultz to texass emerged. in the other it was working families and the poor who bore the burden of perry's policies. a couple more calls here. >> caller: i think rick perry is just another republican trying to get in back pockets of koch brothers. they don't have a clue. bush shoul

graham: i'll submit the remaining comments. mr. grijalva: i yield 30 seconds. the chair: the chair recognizes the gentlelady from florida for an additional 30 seconds. ms. graham: the better alternative is to keep doing what's working and to improve data collection techniques wra they're lacking. to that end, i'm proud to support an increase of $10 million including in the c.j.s. appropriations bill for gulf of mexico fish stock. these are the kinds of efforts that build real confidence in the fishery. i look forward to a conversation about how to work together going forward. thank you. the chair: the gentlelady from florida yields. the gentleman from arizona reserves. the chair recognizes the gentleman from utah. mr. bishop: i appreciate you gave the gentlelady. she illustrates clearly how the problems that exist are structural problems that can't be solved if we just add more money to the situation. to further that issue, i would like to recognize the gentleman from texas, mr. weber for four minutes. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. weber: i thank t

mr. clinton: you've got senator whom i like very much, lindsey graham, jumping for president, is running for president, jumping on hillary, ad he wants -- once wrote tribute to her in one of the magazines when she was being honored, saying she was a national treasure. everybody is sort of changing their opinion now. [laughter] it is just politics and you can't take it seriously but we have to keep working through it. 90% of what anybody complain about we know about when she ran and no one went after the foundation, at least not to this extent. we will just see, but i am happy --answer the questions and but i think -- and have disclosure, but it all be a two-way street, this disclosure. betty: and i read between the lines on that, for sure. [laughter] but, mr. president, you did try to put some of the fire to rest when you wrote and nearly 1200-word letter -- mr. clinton: tw i did. betty: to your supporters. he said he would continue to look for ways to improve the reporting system so we can operate as transparently as possible on a goal we have been committed to from day one. why don't y

mr. obama leaves office lindsey graham would like the keys to air force one.he more impressive foreign policy resume out there. >> he's a graham speaker. i've known him for a long time socially. he's a great guy. but i don't see the pathway here. the idea that american people in 2016 are going to go to the polls because of foreign policy it just doesn't play out that way. most people are worried about two things their jobs and their children's education. those are two of the big issues. foreign policy is important, no doubt. i don't think it makes the top three or four maybe even five in most of the long term polling on this. so i don't see the pathway. he'll do a lot to make mischief in south carolina for some of the other candidates. that will help people like marco rubio and jeb bush. he's a fun speaker and a smart guy. i don't see that. >> he'll be back there -- i got -- i saw yesterday there is so many reporters following hillary clinton and there is nothing for them to do. she will not talk to them. they got together on the side and talked about a plan t

. >>> moving on if lindsey graham is content to be conservative outcast, scott walker is making a bid to be mrpopularity proving his awesomeness this weekend by wearing leather and riding a harley davidson. as result walker finds himself the man to beat in iowa. >> i think governor bush is still probably out there up front just because he's going to have more money than just about all of us combined but we're feeling good. i hope people i hope republicans, independents, and discerning democrats will see we're striking a stark contrast with hillary clinton. >> kasie, not a sweater vest but a leather motorcycle jacket. the man is feeling confident. >> it was definitely scott walker's weekend. i was in iowa for the roast and ride. he was the only one who rode with joni ernst. >> he can be president of the harley davidson company. >> i asked him about it, he said i don't know if i'd ever be qualifiedy edied for that job. >> but president, yes. >> he is definitely the man to beat. i do think that you know it's still so crowded in iowa. there was one person missing from that roast and ride ted cruz

lindsey graham likely to run for president, and republican candidate jeb bush both added their voices to that chorus. today in charleston calls for a rally tomorrow at the state house. >> take away mr. roof's symbol the misguided idea of racial superiority and bigotry. >> reporter: the flag first flew atop the dome in 1962 a symbol of defiance during the civil rights movement. in 2000 a compromise moved the flag to the war memorial on the state house grounds. defenders, few will go on camera say the issue is preserving history, not hate. >> one more step in the direction of killing the southern culture. >> reporter: pat heinz's organization is listed as a hate group by the southern poverty law center. >> south carolina is south carolina. we don't mind gradual change that's beneficial. we don't think this is beneficial, and we don't think it should change. >> this is a moment in which we could say that that flag while an integral part of our past does not represent the future of our great state. >> reporter: the governor said she hopes the flag will come down from here in front of the state house as soon as the 4th of july weekend, independence day. also later this week the funerals

graham has been tough on the president. he was one of the president's harshest critics accusing mr.obama of shifting policies and creating confusion in handling the war in syria. >> for two years the president has allowed this to become quite frankly a debacle and when it comes to selling the american people what we should do in syria, given the indifference and quite frankly contributions it's going to be a tough sell, but it is not too late. mr. president, clear the air. be decisive why it matters to us as a nation to get syria right. >> in some issues, he is closer to obama than the gop. he helped craft an immigration reform bill that passed the adjustments senate, though never brought up for a vote in the republican controlled house. graham breaks to the left on climate change. >> i said that it's real. the problem is al gore's turned this thing into a religion. >> the senator said human activity contributes to global warming, something most democrats believe. he urged the republican party to take a clear stand. >> before we can be bipartisan, we've got to figure out where we ar

mr. castro helped out the victim. took her to get treatment at a rape treatment facility. and they scraped her fingernail and after jesse matthew in the hannah graham case in the fall of 2014 his d.n.a. was taken and it was matched to the d.n.a. of the victim in this case. that is the testimony we are hearing right now. the defense in its opening argument says we cannot necessarily trust the d.n.a. telling the jury you'll have reasonable doubt after you hear the evidence. the victim still on the stand. the testimony unfolding. i will go back to the courtroom and have an update at 5:00. back to you in the studio. alison: jeff thank you. we'll see you then. now we turn to breaking news involving metro today. the ntsb now requiring metro to take immediate action to fix problem with electrical connections within the train system. leon: the problems were discovered at the ntsb at the ntsb as they investigate the january deadly smoke incident. stephen tschida is more on the findings and the recommendations. stephen? stephen: this is a scathing report from the national transportation safety board. done in the aftermath of the january 12 incident near lafa

proposed the sunshine in litigation act with senator graham, and i hope to revive it again this challenge. and i want to know, whether you will join me, mr. rosekind, in seeking these basic fundamental reforms that will be important going forward. we can -- a lot and blame as much as we wish for the failures of the past and there have been deadly failure, but repairing this system and reforming it going forward ought to be our concern and it is not just oversight, it is addressing these problems with new legislation, giving you new tools and your successors so there is real institutional change. >> and i just wanted to start by saying thank you because, yes, what you've seen over the last months is nhtsa's willingness to use all authorities and tools available to us to get action. if we don't have the authorities or as a maximum authority in effect, we can't do our job. so yes, we will provide support and any assistance with those authorities. >> and you need more resources, do you not? >> absolutely. >> in fact, the faa, i think, has something like 30 times your budget and 6,000 employees as compared to your 90. is that not a glaring de

graham, and i hope to revive it again. so i want to know from you whether you will join me, mr. rosekind, in seeking these basic fundamental reforms that will be important going forward -- we can allot and blame as much as we wish for the failures of the past and there have been deadly failures but repairing this system and reforming it going forward ought to be our concern and it is not just oversight. it's addressing these problems with new legislation and successors so there's real institutional change. mr. rosekind: i just wanted to start by saying thank you. yes, what you've seen over the last months is nhtsa's willingness to use all the authorities and tools available to us to get action. if we don't have those authorities or even the maximum is even ineffective we can't do our job so we'll support and provide other technical and other assistance to help with those new authorities. mr. blumenthal: and you need more re-- senator blumenthal: and you need more resources, do you not? mr. rosekind: yes. senator blumenthal: 6,000 employees compared to your 90, is that not a glar

bringing us the five things graham crackers it started with this picture of a foot and golden retriever posted by kevin sistrum back in july of 2010. and check out this guy? that's mr animals that find a way to post their best selfies on instagram. he has over 84,000 followers. number three, former president george w. bush. he joined instagram after leaving his office with this photo back in august of 2013. he's up to 233,000 followers now. number four the biebs, his first post from 2011. a car picture. really original. he does have great initials, though, doesn't he? jdb? and what anchor doesn't like to find another way to showcase himself. this is my first post with my daughter back in 2011. and since it's thursday, check out this tbt. it's amazing what those anti-aging filters on the app can do. that was me last month enjoying my finger. and finally, i had to mention our own rundown account. it's great. see all kinds of things like this behind-the-scenes photo of our summer interns trying to figure out how to use the copy machine. that wraps up "the rundown." thank you for the privilege of your time. vermont governor pete shumlin has just started speaking about

mr. paul begala. let's get the general assessment of the field navarro. three-term governor of new york getting in senator lindsey grahamen now. what do you say? >> we're going to be at lindsey makes it nine. i think later this week rick perry will bring us into double digits. you know on the way over here i saw this bumper sticker on a car that said i'm republican and i'm not running for president. and i think that pretty much encapsulates it. look, there is no front-runner. you know we're not going to really see this field narrow down until the debates. until we you know, they really have to put some money on the ground. right now, everybody's making announcements. wanting to get their voice out there. wanting to arrange their profile. and i think that this notion that there is an establishment candidate in the republican party is just plain wrong. >> so paul will lindsey graham getting in move the needle? >> he could. he could. because he knows why he's running. you know he wants to give voice to the neoconservative interventional foreign policy. he's called for more boots on the ground in iraq for goodness sakes. it

mr. speaker today i rise to speak in support of new legislation. i'm co-sponsoring with my friend, congressman david jolly to extend florida's gulf coast oil drilling ban to the year 2027. ms. grahamdrilling ban currently extends 125 miles off much of florida's gulf coast and as far as 235 miles in some areas. but it is set to expire in 2022. and there are some in the senaterying to reduce the ban to just 50 miles as soon as next year. this legislation reaffirms our commitment to protecting florida's precious gulf coast beaches and will protect the environment, our economy, and military operations in the gulf. an oil spill like deep water horiz just 50 miles off northwest florida's beaches, would be devastating for our region. we can't allow that to happen and should pass this legislation to extend the drilling ban and protect florida's gulf coast beaches. thank yo mr. speaker. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady elds back the balance of her time. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. thompson:equest permission to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlema

floor today to commend senator graham for what must be a somewhat emotional milestone as he steps down from the uniform that he has now more than 30 years for our country. mr. president, i yield the floor. i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader is recognized. mr. mcconnell: i ask that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: mr. president i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today it adjourn until 9:30 a.m. tuesday june 2, following the prayer and pledge the morning business be deemed expired the journal of proceedings be approved to date, and the time for the two leaders reserved for their use later in the day. following leader remarks, the senate then resume consideration of h.r. 2048 finally that the filing dead

graham. they have come together in a bipartisan way to work to extend the bank as quickly as possible, and they have my support. now, mr. president that's why i asked for an extra few minutes. i want to spend another few minutes just talking about another part of our economy that i think can grow in the days ahead, and i would ask unanimous consent, mr. president to bring a basket of oregon products onto the floor at this time. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. wyden: mr. president this week is national hemp history week and to help celebrate i thought i'd show a few oregon-made hemp products to highlight the many uses and opportunities for industrial hemp in my state and across the country. in the basket that i brought i've got food, soap, clothes and even deck sealant all made in oregon bought and sold in american stores and used by americans. oregon companies like bob's red mill fiddle bumps and hemp shield contribute to our economy in unique ways. industrial hemp supports a $620 million industry in america, and our companies have found innovative ways of incorporating it into everyda

mr. graham. madam clerk are there any other items? >> there is no further business >> okay, meeting adjourned. thank you very much.