and welcome, madam secretary, mr. hayes. good to see both of you. madam secretary, first, i want to thank you for your commitment that you have made as it relates to king cove, the director of indian affairs, mr. washburn, is going to be visiting king cove in late june with. the commitment that you have made to visit in august is one that, again, i appreciate, and i look forward to joining you on that trip. i don't want to belabor this point, but i am, i am looking forward to this visit for a number of reasons. first and foremost, to introduce you to my constituents. i think you know how strongly i feel, how strongly the members of the alaska delegation feel about this road that we have been talking about, this 10-mile, single-lane, gravel, non-commercial use road that would help provide for, essentially, emergency access for the residents of king cove to an all-weather airport. so we thought we had reconciled that in the 2009 omnibus act. it's not done yet, but i want to work with you to see that we finally and fully resolve this fairly for the citi

cleveland and mrs. hayes, great lovers of animals. ida mckinley was not a great animal lover. a stupid andup untrue story was that she during the trunk of cats the spanish-american war that been named after spanish leaders, political and military. i've really tried to track that down. there is zero evidence that she did not do it and that there were any cats. >> it was a busy time in the country. thatof the major events were occurring during the administration. 1898, the spanish-american war. it brought teddy roosevelt to prominence. [laughter] the war of revenue act. the open door policy. 1900, gold standard act. you talk about him as establishing the power of the presidency. >> two quick examples. 1896 matters because it is an election. they cannot know it in 1901 mama when william mckinley -- for the next 40 years up until the new deal, republic had been the dominant party. he broke the logjam after the civil war when he went back and forth. that is important. one other case of presidential power that is relevant is mckinley dispatched 5000 american soldiers to combat the b

mr. hayes, thank you for your patience. i'm going to go and ask a question i hauled off earlier and then we've got a couple of other senators who've been very patient as well and we look at them as quickly as we can. secretary jewell company mentioned interagency cooperation around the firefighting effort, something very timely for me right now. that coordination is especially important when it comes to posts by every politician of flood or pension in the communities often timed downstream from the department of interior lands as well as downstream from service plans. are there any additional authorities you need to ensure a seamless and coordinated response between interior agencies that blm, fish and wildlife service, park service and the forest service to make sure we are meeting these challenges and massport mated and consistent seamless possible? >> senator, thanks for bringing up the important issue of wild land fire. by the same accord nation proud we are very well coordinated and when i went to the interagency fire

chairman and welcome adam secretary and mr. hayes. it's good to see both of you. madam secretary first i want to thank you for your commitment that you have made as it relates to king cove, the director of indian affairs is going to be visiting king cove in late june, commitment that you have made to visit in august is once again i appreciate it and look forward to joining you on that trip. i don't want to belabor this point but i am looking forward to this visit for a number of reasons. first and foremost to introduce you to my constituents. i think you know how strongly i feel and how strongly the members of the alaska delegation feel about this road that we have been talking about, this 10 miles single lane gravel noncommercial use road that would help provide for essentially emergency access for the residents of king cove to an all weather airport so we thought we had reconciled back in the 2009 on that this act. it's not done yet but i wanted to work with you to see that we finally and fully resolved this fairly for the citizens of king cove. i do have a numb

cleveland and mrs. hayes, great lovers of animals. ida mckinley was not a great animal lover. let me clear up a stupid and untrue story was that she ordered the trunk of cats during the spanish-american war that been named after spanish leaders, political and military. i've really tried to track that down. there is zero evidence that she did not do it and that there were any cats. >> it was a busy time in the country. some of the major events that were occurring during the administration. 1898, the spanish-american war. it brought teddy roosevelt to prominence. [laughter] the war of revenue act. the open door policy. 1900, gold standard act. you talk about him as establishing the power of the presidency. >> two quick examples. 18 -- 1896 matters because it is an election. they cannot know it in 1901, when william mckinley -- for the next 40 years up until the new deal, republic had been the dominant party. he broke the logjam after the civil war when he went back and forth. that is important. one other case of presidential power that is relevant is mckinley dispatched 5000 ame

. >> secretary jewell and mr. hayes, thank you for your patience.i'm going to ask a question i held off earlier than we have a couple other senators who have been very patient and we will get to them as quickly as we can. you mentioned interagency cooperation around your firefighting effort, something that is very timely for me right now. that coordination is especially important when it comes to post fire rehabilitation and flood prevention and the communities often downstream from department of interior lands and forests service lands. are there any additional authorities you need to ensure a seamless and coordinated response between interior parkies like blm, bla, service and forests service to make sure the we are meeting the way.enges in a seamless >> thank you for bringing up the important issue. front, we areion very well coordinated. when i went to the interagency fire center, i went there with secretary bill fact -- secretary vilsack. the units of the federal government as well as the state and local governments are well coordinated. postai

mr. duncan hayes. >> i congratulate the prime minister on securing agreement on land in the declaration whichcited earlier this afternoon. will he, therefore, support measures to increase the transparency of land deals done around the world by companies baseed in the united kingdom, thereby getting our own house in order? >> well, i'm grateful to my honorable friend for his question. clearly, the registry of beneficial ownership will help because companies will have to declare who owns them, so this will be one way in which tax authorities, for instance, in developing countries will be able to make sure that bribes aren't paid and all the rest of it. that's part of the point of the registry. >> jonathan edwards. >> mr. speaker, the prime minister said that the tax evasion provisions in the g8 agreement would raise one billion per annum for the exchequer, so what about the other 29 billion lost each year? >> well, i think if you look at all of the things this government has done, the swiss deal, i think that raised multibillion pounds because of the agreement with that country. the current dep

mr. duncan hayes. >> i congratulate the prime minister on securing agreement on land in the declaration whichhe cited earlier this aftnoon. will he, therefore, support measures to increase the transparency of land deals done around the world by companies baseed in the united kingdom, thereby getting our own house in order? >> well, i'm grateful to my honorable friend for his question. clearly, the registry of beneficial ownership will help because companies will have to declare who owns them, so this will be one way in which tax authorities, for instance, in developing countries will be able to make sure that bribes aren't paid and all the rest of it. that's part of the point of the registry. >> jonathan edwards. >> mr. speaker, the prime minister said that the tax evasion provisions in the g8 agreement would raise one billion per annum for the exchequer, so what about the other 29 billion lost each year? >> well, i think if you look at all of the things this government has done, the swiss deal, i think that raised multibillion pounds because of the agreement with that country. the current de

mr. course is actually kneeling down right now. he's one of the taller members of the fire department if he stands up. >> the tallest. >> supervisor mar. >> thank you. >> thank you, chief hayes white. i really appreciate the presentation and keeping it to 10 slides as well. i know that for each of the departments we're asking questions about how you have strategies to address the disparities and to make your department as accessible, especially to vulnerable populations. and i'm wondering if you got those four questions. and if you can address some of them. what are is your department doing to make sure it is culturally appropriate to the broadest number of san franciscanses, especially those who need your services most. ~ that's one question. mickey callahan from dhr reported how the applicant pools for new hires for police and fire, it's been an uphill battle to make sure that women and under represented groups like people of color have access and that the applicant pools are as diverse as the populations are so that there is an ongoing effort to make sure that our fire departments and police departments are representative neighborhoods we serve and i wonder if you can add

mr. baldwin.she a temperance vow. she honored that up until the latter part of her life. >> unlike the hayes, she served alcohol. >> absolutely> it is not a policy issue of hers. the temperance movement was not just about temperance. they were the biggest critics of her in the first term. >> they did not like her sleeveless dresses or her low net line. he thought she was being immodest. -- they thought she was being immodest. >> i found myself very busy with my social duties beginning again and my two babies. i give so much time to the children because i won't be cheated by the babyhood by anything. frances cleveland held weekly summits for working women. did she continue that during her second term? question mark >> -- second term? >> she did not. she scaled back the social calendar. she said it was necessary from a diplomatic standpoint. they tried to get out of the white house to a house that they had in another part of washington. >> there was concern about the cleveland children at that time. people will concern. how do the cleveland's approach this? >> people decided that they did not like her. she started closing the w

mr. snowden back to the u.s. to face justice for the crimes with which he is charged. that's nfc spokesperson caitlin hayesent last night. just this morning in india, the secretary of state john kerry also spoke about mr. snowden. take a listen. >> if mr. snowden chose china and russia as assistants in his, you know, in his flight from justice, because they're such powerful basstions of freedom. i wonder while he was in those countries if he raised the questions of freedom since that seems to be what he champions. >> a baffling situation for u.s. authorities here, trying to figure out where snowden is, how they might be able to get him back to the occupation. the u.s. government says it wants snowden to face justice for the crimes he's allegedly committed. some question whether these governments will comply with u.s. wishes here. a very tricky, diplomatic and intelligence for the obama government, guys. >> let's walk through this we have an issue with china now. we have an issue with russia now. we had an issue with russia and chinese in some ways before. what happens now? what is the implication of this?

mr. al roker. >> we have a great concert lineup all summer long. one week from tomorrow, maroon 5 will be performing some of their biggest hits. then on june 21st, hunter hayes. just a reminder a week from this sunday. and this morning, we've got you covered with some special steals and deals gift ideas. you can still get them in time. >> nice. >> in time, get it? >> i planned that. i'm that fast, al. >> you are. 41 years old -- >> faster than ever. >> and i've got a real treat. how many of you have read stories to your kids? i got to spend time with the award winning children's author and illustrator. and he has a message out there for all us parents. >> we'll get to that. >>> first, let's say hi to 19-year-old holly tucker, one of the competitors on "the voice." she made such a huge impression during the blind audition, all four judges or coaches fought over who would get to work with her. unfortunately, holly's time on "the voice" came to an end on tuesday night. good morning. it's nice to see you. >> good morning. >> i look at that moment where it ends and i know how hard that must be after how much work you've put into it. you seem particularly upset. w

mr. al roker. >> we have a great concert lineup all summer along. one week from tomorrow maroon 5 will rock the stage performing some of their biggest hits. then hunter hayesand this morning we've got you covered with some special steals and deals gift ideas. you can still get them in time. nice. >> in time, get it. >> i planned that. >> i'm that fast, al. >> 31 years old. that's right. i got a real treat. i got -- how many have you read the stories about mo williams to your kids? >> definitely. >> i got to spend time with the award winning children's author and illustrator, and he has a message out there for all us parents. >> we'll get to that. first, let's say hi to 19-year-old holly tucker, one of the competitors on "the voice coun." all four coaches fought to get to work with her. unfortunately, holly's time on "the voice" came to an end tuesday night. good morning. nice to see you. i look at that moment, where it end, and i know how hard that must be after how much work you've put into it. you seemed particularly upset. was it sadness, disappointment, what? >> i think it was just the fact that i've been here for almost two months now and just going t