mr. el hill -- mr. hill: thank you to mr. hill and mr. ellison for their work on thsh and thank you to those on both sides of the aisle who brought these bills to the floor and for working to help consumers have more access to credit, whether it's a speedier, more transparent mortgage closing, or the chance to build credit. i have no further requests for time and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 5078 as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid n the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas, mr. hensarling, seek recognition? mr. hensarling: pursuant to house resolution 747, i call up h.r. 4296 and ask for its immediate consideration in the house. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar

introduced by my colleague, mr. hill of arkansas. and mr. kihuen from nevada. this important and overwhelmingly bipartisan legislation, which passed out of the house financial services committee by a vote of 53-5, is a straightforward, commonsense solution that will help hardworking americans buy a new home or refinance their existing home. under the cfpb's misnamed know before you owe trid rule, those in the home buying or refinancing process may not actually know everything about the price they're going to pay before closing. because the trid rule and the restrictions placed on the listing of discounted title loan insurance rates on loan estimates, consumers may see one title loan insurance price on their estimate and another on their closing form. the trid rule creates unnecessary confusion and this bill is a step in the right direction to reducing the burdensome and overreaching authority of the cfpb. i'm proud to join this bipartisan effort but do i wish that the cfpb had been more willing to work with the chorus of voices from both sides of the aisle call

hansen, mr. hill t a , and duval, producers you represent, do they have the ability to spend this kind of time trying to comply with these kind of laws? >> mr. chairman, the major problem, no, we don't have the time, but we don't have the tools. it's impossible. >> mr. duval? >> yes, sir. and you know when we start thinking about reporting, and i expected this question probably come up, because it is a big issue across farmland, there is an individual farmer concern that we have, but i'd like for the committee to think about two other concerns. one being public safety concerns. you know, if we ask 200,000 farmers to report to the national response center, which they have to respond to, it will overwhelm them and draw resources away from actual emergencies. the second issue i'd like for you to think about is national security issue. because as i farm or start reporting their animals and what's been omitted there, then we are going to create a road map that anybody can find any farm anywhere where our f

mr. hill and ms. waters on the financial services bill. h.r. 620 received consideration by the judiciary committee and enjoyed a rigorous markup process. in h.r. 3299 and h.r. 3978 were considered and reported by the financial services committee. the bills before us today address different topics on our economy and our nation but have something in common. they are pro-growth bills aimed at righting wrongs and improving the right of the way the current system works. i'm a co-sponsor of the a.d.a. education reform act and i have had multiple occasions to talk and listen about this bill. it is sponsored by mr. poe from texas and several of my friends of both sides of the aisle have co-sponsored this bill. i have co-sponsored this bill because the american disabilities act is critical. no individual should suffer discrimination and disabled should have access to businesses that provide public accommodation. i'm a former small business owner so i speak from experience. i stand before you and really

. >> let me ask you about the victims let me start with you, if i may, mr. hill, does indiana have so-called safe harbor laws meaning you will not prosecute victims, for example if a young person is compelled to engage in underage sex, will you prosecute them? and secondly, let me ask you on the federal level is it clear that the federal government uniformly will give these people relief from deportation? >> well the, it is a tricky situation that requires each individual case to be seen as it is. not everyone who is engaged in, let's say prostitution is there willingly. in the old days if you had a case of a prostitution the investigation would look at how do we get to the johns. typically you would end up, you would prosecute the prostitutes. and that was it. this is an entirely different matter. we're talking about victims we're identify having been cokersed, doing something involuntarily. that is something we have not understood over a party in terms of what the offense really is. we have someone perpetrating a crime under our typical statute who they themsel

hill and mr. duvall. but also go ahead and finish your thought, which might give some reassurance to our friends in north carolina that they don't have to experience what was described by my friends from new jersey. >> thank you. >> in add equate tools and if they're wrong they're going to get huge penalties. that bill would be supported by us. mr. boker misrepresented the pork industry in north carolina. i worked there in five years. that's a gross misrepresentation of the farms in north carolina. they do use different technology than we do in iowa. they have a growing crop year round. we do not. so they can use spray fields to apply main ly dewater the lagoons. it's not rahmanure that they're putting on the bermuda grass. in iowa, almost all our manure today is incorporated in the 4 to 6," number one, to prevent runoff, number two to prevent smell. so, we feel like we've made tremendous progress in this manure application. and there's new technology for pit additives, polymers that reduce odor d

the chair recognizes the gentleman from arkansas, mr. hill, for five minutes. the speaker.hank i rise today to recognize and applaud the work of nba all star and arkansas native, joe johnson of the sacramento kings, with a local youth basket program, the arkansas hawks. the arkansas hawks, meaning hard at work kids s. a member of the amateur athletic union organization dedicated to the development of athletic ability in american youth. under the leadership of coach bill ingram, the team's goal extends beyond the courts and into the communities of central arkansas. building a dynasty of basketball players who seek to make a lasting impact on o their neighborhoods, city, state, and country. before he was a seven-time nba all star, joe johnson was a student at the historic little rock central high school. an historic player on the arkansas hawks' roster. in this partnership the teams and players connected with the hawks will be given unique opportunities, including player development, and academic assistance. i'd like to extend a hearty debt of gratitude and congr

let me start with you, if i may, mr. hill, does indiana have so-called safe harbor laws meaning that you will not prosecute victims, for example, if a young person is compelled to engage in underage sex, will you prosecute them? and secondly, let me ask you on the federal level, is the, is it clear that the federal government uniformly will give these people relief from deportation? >> well the, it's a tricky situation that requires each individual case to be seen as it is. there is a, not everyone who is engaged in, let's say prostitution, is there willingly. in the old days if you had a case of prostitution, the investigation would look at how do we get to the johnson? typically you would end up, you would prosecute the prostitutes, and, that was it. this is a entirely different matter because we're talking about victims who now we're identifying having been coerced, doing something involuntary. that is something we haven'ted into over a period of time in terms of what the offense really is. the so the idea we actually have

mr. hill, those producers that you represent to they have the ability to comply with these laws? >> mr. chairmanpe know we don't have the time. but we don't have the tools. there is no way to do that.t. - it is impossible. >> yes sir. when we start thinking about reporting and i expected this question would come up because it is a big issue across farmland. there is the individual farmer concerned that we have. one is public safetyty concerns. asking 200,000 farmers to report then they have to respond it will overwhelm down and draw the resources away from actual emergencies. the secondrc issue is national security issue reportingbe animals then we will create a roadmap if anybody can find any farm anywhere where the food system is produced and those that work around the world trying to do harm to the country will have access to our food supply and that is a very dangerous area to go into. talking about the individual farmer has to give up his personal information of where he lives and that ex

and so, mr. hill, my time is shofrt. but this is one of the more painful things i've seen as an american. and it's a long answer to the question, i'm sure. just to respect my limited time, could you please provide to me a written response for the record about what steps your industry is taking to reduce the harmful impact of what i saw and what they're having on people. can you provide that answer for me in writing, sir? >> possibly we can do that. you know, we have the largest population of swine in iowa and we've used new technology to apply manure. we don't see that as -- >> sir, just for my own time, i apologize. i don't mean to interrupt you. i have other questions. could you respond in writing? what i saw there, no human being should have to live in those conditions. property values around those cafos have gone way down. people have been on that soil since the 1800s. please just respond to me in writing. i have other questions i would like to ask you, mr. hill. some of these family farmers are right behind you, inc

mrs. hill yields. so does mrs. pena. up next, keith baraca, john wills -- >> mr. baraca had to leave. >> okay. we have john wills followed by mica bart-rodgers, jean peters. is john wills in the room? >> i withdraw. >> thank you. we have mica bart-rodgers, followed by jean peters. >> had to leave. >> okay. jean peters, followed by tony gonzalez. followed by leanne grossman. >> we're at a critical juncture and you hold the key for this movement to move eastward in divestment and the retirement funds of other cities across the board, so i really encourage you to think about the sacredness of water and the contaminates and the pollution that the industries have brought to our communities and many areas are sacred sites that you also would be protecting, so i encourage you to divest at the earliest time possible. >> would you identify yourself? >> gonzalez -- >> thank you, mr. gonzalez. i still have jean peters, followed by leanne grossman. >> the main argument used that we shouldn't divest fully is that we have influence by interesting our investments. i ask you as a

mr. hill majority whip of the committee >> thank the chairman. thank chairman powell for his testimony today and listening to the discussion this morning, we need to be clear on the record both chairman, chairman of the committee and the fed, that the biggest thief for working people in this country and across the world is inflation nothing depresses buying power more than inflation and nothing cuts into these at the hardest working part of our society than inflation, so i think minimizing inflation and having dollar stability and safe and sound capital markets are a worthy objective of the fed so i thank you and your colleagues for fighting for modest inflation so that people have real wage increases. and i do believe that one of the benefits of the restructuring of our tax system will be to increase productivity and productivity will see wages go up and we've certainly seen that here in the first two month of the year as company after company has talked about that. mrs. moore referenced it as well, but i saw a morgan stanley research study that

mr and hill in that range. no frost by monday morning.getting close, most of the rain on that first one. in between those we will get breaks in the cloud in that milder air. get breaks in the cloud in that milderair. a get breaks in the cloud in that milder air. a change in fortunes because eastern scotland and england likely to be dull and dry with rain and drizzle. west could see some sunshine. perhaps across northern ireland ahead of the next weather front. a mild state, ten to 13 degrees, cooler in the east where we have rain and drizzle. that will still be around overnight tomorrow, the two main areas of rain converging, cloud breaks later. turning a bit chilly, not too cold because there will be a breeze. milder underneath the cloud through tuesday and probably a chilly wind blowing. eastern england seeing some outbreaks of rain on tuesday, through the afternoon. that tends to peter out, further west into scotland and northern ireland, more likely to see sunshine at times. still decent temperatures. but colder in eastern england. th

the trade improvement act by mr. hill of arkansas passed in our committee 5 -5. 90%. almost all the democrats. but the ranking member. supported the bill. protection of source code. 46-14. fostering innovation. i see the gentlelady from arizona is now on the floor, passed by a vote of 48-12. a democrat bill. national securities exchange regulatory parity act. 46-14. so we have a lot of bipartisan bills, but with one exception, title 5 of the trade improvement act, none of them were supported, unfortunately, by the ranking member. so there's again a lot of bipartisan work we're trying to get done here. unfortunately, very little of it is supported by the ranking member. why is this important? it's important, madam speaker, because every day we're still hearing from our constituents who need access to competitive affordable credit and because of this washington red tape and regulatory burden, they're not getting it. you know, it wasn't that long ago we heard from ann of wisconsin who said, quote, my husband and i had very high credit scores. we have plenty of equity in

we are fighting to preserve the spirit of our country that shining city on a hill. mr. president,. >> like my colleagues today that you are hearing from i also rise to talk about the importance of protecting dreamers, not just in the state of nevada but across this country and i want to talk specifically about a term that i constantly hear during this debate on how we need to protect dreamers and at the same time address this issue of chain migration. you know, i have to call on my colleagues and president trump to stop using that term and abandon the offensive and misleading term of chain migration because it paints a picture that does not reflect reality. immigrants cannot sponsor their entire families to come here. our system of family -based immigration allows american citizens in green card holders to petition for some of their immediate family members to join them in the united states and there are numerous steps families must take to legally immigrate to the united states and it is a long and arduous process that leaves husbands, wives, parents and brothers and s

the chair recognizes the gentleman from arkansas, mr. hill. majority whip of the committee. >> thank the chairman. i thank chairman powell for his testimony today, listening to the discussion this morning. i think we need to be clear on the record, both chairman, chairman of the committee and chairman of the fed, that the biggest thief for working people in this country and across the world is inflation. nothing depresses buying power more than inflation and nothing cuts into those at the hardest working part of out society than inflation. so i think minimizing inflation and having dollars stability and safe and sound capital markets are a worthy objective of the fed and so, thank you and your colleagues fighting for modest inflation so people have real wage increases. and i do believe one of the benefits of the restructuring of our tax system will be to increase productivity and productivity will see wages go up and we've certainly seen that here in the first two months of the year as company after company has talked about that. mrs. moore re

>> you bet. >> can we join hands on that and go to capitol hill right now? mr. lapierre: here is the real tragedy, charles schumer shook my hand to get all the mental health records into the system, then he went back to capitol hill and you know what he did? absolutely nothing. how many lives might have been saved if he had kept his promise? they are liars to the core and i will make this production right now -- [applause] a year from today many of those records may still not be in the system, not if some of these politicians and their media enablers have their way. [applause] istead, what they will do they will keep coming after the nra. and when another monster slips through the cracks, the very cracks that they have enabled in the system, as the records of prohibited persons remain out of the database -- it will happen again. here is something that we must be careful of as we go forward, we all have to be careful that this does not become a runaway train. what if all of your medical records, perhaps your conversations with your doctor, your prescription inform

mr. boston, the lavender hill mob, talk about how you came up with these. gar: mr. ton was spontaneous. a name that i kind of picked out of the air for reasons that i have no idea why i did that. the lavender hill mob was something that came later as we looked back on it in a way that this very small group of people tried to help dan get a serious distribution strategy going. amy: so, can you talk about why you decided to come forward now? during this period, this -- the first anniversary of the inauguration of president trump. is that playing a role? dropped me tos this judgment that it was time to talk about this. one, it came back into the news because of the big movie, "the post," which describes some of this. it had been out of the news and out of consciousness for a long time. it offered an opportunity to think about the subject in a very powerful way because lots of folks have seen the movie and race to the subject. secondly, the dangers of this administration, particularly i've written about nuclear weapons a great deal. the dangers of this administration, i

the chair recognizes the gentleman from arkansas mr. hill the majority whip of the committee. >> >> i think that chairman powell for his testimony today and listening to the discussion this morning. i think we need to be clear on the record both chairman, chairman of the committee, chairman of the fed that the biggest thief for working people in this country and across the world is inflation nothing depresses buying power more than inflation and nothing cuts into those at the hardest working part than inflation so minimizing inflation and having safe and sound capital markets are a worthy objective of the fed and so i thank you and your colleagues for fighting for modest inflation so that people have real wage increases and i do believe that one of the benefits of the restructuring of our tax system will be to increase productivity and productivity will see wages go up a mrs. moore referenced it as well but i saw a morgan stanley research study that calls for earning projections of 2018 to be up 8% and other 44% of the companies expect to re

flags lowered to half staff from the white house to capitol hill. >> mr.can you tell us when the house may muster the courage to take up the issue of gun violence? >> reporter: despite cheers from democrats, there were no signs today washington is any closer to addressing gun violence in the wake of the deadliest school shooting since sandy hook. he did not mention the word "gun" from the white house, but talked about mental health. >> we are committed to working with state and local leaders to help secure our schools and tackle the difficult issue of mental health. >> reporter: while offering no specifics, the president said it was time for action. >> it is not enough to simply take actions that make us feel like we are making a difference, we must actually make that difference. >> reporter: it's the fourth major shooting addressed since taking office, each time he said it's not the right moment to talk about guns. after the massacre on the las vegas strip -- >> we'll be talking about gun laws as time goes by. >> reporter: and the rampage inside the texas

lets look at the video from yesterday in the hallways of cherry hill high school east chanting free mr. lock a ap history teacher recently placed on leave by the districts. students called him one of the most like at the school, that decision came after he made some comments about the recent deadly school shooting in florida, questioning whether or not, this school, and the students here were safe. students believed he had the right to have his own opinion on the matter. >> we were just trying to get our message across and trying to be heard as a student body. we're all doing this for mr. lock. >> they want to show that he has his own voice and he cab share his opinions i'm not saying wrong or right but he was trying to she his opinion about the shootings. >> reporter: yesterday students were asked to leave the hallways, gather in the auditorium to voice their concerns and raise their questions. more students are planning to protest this morning but they have within told they could likely face issues like, being banned from prom, missing out on a school trip to disney and some say they

the chair now recognizes the gentleman from arkansas, mr. hill. >> i thank the chairman and chairman powell for his testimony today in listening to the discussion this morning, i think we need to be clear on the record both chairman, chairman of the committee and chairman of the fed that the biggest thief for working people across this country and the world is inflation. nothing depresses buying power more than inflation and nothing cuts into those at the hardest working part of our society than inflation. so thank you and your colleagues for fighting for modest inflation so that people have real wage increases. and i do believe one of the benefits of the restructuring of our tax system will be to increase productivity and productivity will see wages go up. and we've certainly seen that here in the first two months as company after company have said that. mrs. moore talked about it as well. over 44% of those companies fully expect to reinvest in their companies and training and capital expenditures and both these efforts will produce higher wages

presented in either of these investigations on capitol hill or by the intelligence community that there were any votes that were impacted by this. mr. rosenstein going out of his way to say that at the press conference, when he laid out these cases. that is point number one. point number two becomes how do we answer your question directly? how to you define this and how you address it moving forward. president trump, at least until now, is yet to endorse the findings of the intelligence community. this narrative and this case against russia and their involvement in this has been

can he help us understand how this message is being heard by your colleagues on the hill, especially the republicans. mr. ryan and the leadership certainly passed the tax cut and the jobs act, that there was always the view that republicans are not happy with good news. are they hearing the good news, or are they regretful of what they did? >> i do not think they regretted. what you have to understand is that there are people out there getting employed and doing a lot of work. politician, what you have to do especially for the people here tonight and listening, make sure your members know that you appreciate what they are doing area make sure that the efforts have put into doing the right thing for the american people, that you are appreciated of it. that you want them to go back. because as liz points out, what do the democrats have? , to go beyond 3% growth? to go beyond the 2% that that clowns talk about in the new york times? what are they going to offer you to make things better than they already are? republicans are already working on plans to make it better. they have nothing to his there? >> tal

fiefting to preserve -- we're fighting to preserve the spirit of our country, that shining city on a hill. mr. president, i yield the floor. i note the absence -- i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from nevada. ms. cortez masto: thank you. mr. president -- the presiding officer: the senate is in a quorum call. ms. cortez masto: thank you. the presiding officer: the senate is in a quorum call. ms. cortez masto: mr. president, i ask that we dispense with the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. cortez masto: thank you. mr. president, like my colleagues today that you're hearing from, i also rise to talk about the importance of protecting dreamers, not just in the state of nevada, but across this country. i want to talk specifically about a term that i constantly hear during this debate on how we need to protect dreamers and at the same time address this issue of chain migration. you know, i have to call on my colleagues and president trump to really stop using that term and ab

mrs. pa. i went with her on congressional hill and stayed with her on dupont circle and went with her throughout beverly hills where she spent time in france to detroit where she was a microscopic of the history of the underground railroad in her apartment overlooked the detroit river. there was the freedom to say the same thing and it turned out to be an amazing moment. during world war ii she tried to get them to go into libraries and they wouldn't let them. i started realizing this then you are later in life she went to japan and used to tell me i'm mixed race. everybody says i'm african-american. i'm scottish, irish, cherokee and she would rattle them all off. getting an opportunity to write about her i got back you are the biographer, what is the dark side. there isn't one. she would take care of it. she would do after school programs and teach people and always dressed to the nines and i've let her read my book before publication when the final was done for no editorial comment. she called me and said there is one change to make. you call my husband raymond and alcoholic and he was a heavy

mr. powell, congressman james french hill. was more confident in inflation and you and your questioning were more emphatic, calling it a fee that actually takes from the paychecks of americans. did you come out of these hearings more confident that inflation will remain under control? congressman hill: growth is not incompatible with low inflation. this is one of the economic myths. i think the fed should stay andsed on stable prices, their 2% target is certainly adequate. chairmanconfidence powell stay focused on that because inflation is the biggest thief for working people across the world. david: as we create more goods and pay people more money, the thing that people will keep us from inflation is increased productivity. how confident are you that we will get that the greek of increased productivity. let's be honest, over the last 20 years we haven't had. representative hill: i agree, its one of the biggest challenges we have in one of the biggest economic challenges german powell is inheriting in his new job. at the feat

mr. santos and three down-hill neighbors. they're rightly concerned. they believe it's the project's not been transparent. whether it is or not to date i don't care. i'm here to try to figure out how to get this solved. they also have foundation issues the retaining walls between the properties are leaning over and it's a pretty complex issue, because the projects sponsor is building is restraining one of the walls that is retaining wall that's actually leaning over. i have had discussions with their engineer, actually we were outside talking in the hall, trying to figure out a solution to this. as far as i can tell, everybody wants to fix this problem. it's everybody's problem and it's everybody's solution. to date, i've been pro bono by i said there's serious legal concerns about walls, it's way above my pay grade, so they've retained a lawyer patterson. my suggestion on the next step, is a joint site visit which mr. santos has agreed to. so we can figure out means and methods on how they build this wall. because they're uphill. there's walls that in

hill high school east. >> we absolutely want won't stop until our voices are heard. until mr.ock is back in b147 until we can go to school without worrying if we'll make it home or not. >> board of education members couldn't legally or ethnically teacher but say there are a lot of rumors going around. >> any suspension boy statute has to be with pay. so we just want to make that clear. >> reporter: lock reportedly spoke to his class about the deadly parkland shooting and concern about school safety at cherry hill east which led to student protests and walkouts after he was allegedly removed from class. >> mr. lock once told me ap world history class last year if you see something that's not right, say it and solve the problem. that's what i'm trying to do. >> reporter: parents have mixed feelings about whether they feel schools in the cherry hill district are safe. >> our schools in cherry hill are safe. but we need to take it to that second level. >> these kids are scared. they don't feel safe. i'm hoping that tonight is the beginning of change for our district. >> reporter:

mr. locke. >> reporter: small group of students started their protest yesterday inside halls of the cherry hill high east school when they learned one of their favorite teachers have been placed on leave. one student tells us mr. timothy locke's out for rest have the year but district isn't confirming that saying thinks a personnel matter. locke was punish last week after comments he made to one of his ap history classes about the school shooting in florida and his thoughts at security at this camden county school that is home to more than 2,000 students. >> his opinion the way he said it maybe offended people or made people feel some type of way about it but it was just his voice, i don't think it was bad. >> he is such a great teacher. he listens to us. his class is open forum because with history there is aloft current events going on. >> reporter: after demonstrating in the hallways students say they before brought to an auditorium for question/answer obsession they didn't get many answers. they did get a promise for punishment, no prom, possible suspension and maybe being left behind on a

late-night drama-filled phone calls dominated the news for 48 hours until events on capitol hill reclaimed the news cycle. >> mre before this committee will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you god? >> i do. >> president clinton was 11,000 miles from washington on november 19, the start of a six-day trip through asia. the brewing storm back home would not wait for his return. all eyes were on judge kenneth starr, who had been called before the impassioned, bitterly divided house judiciary committee. >> the day judge starr testified was really grueling for him. it was very long. >> i really was not seeking to testify. we had set forth what the office had to say in the referral, but that was a political judgment by the judiciary committee, and of course i respected that. >> it was really the first opportunity for the american people to see "who is ken starr?" and to evaluate him. >> starr began his daylong testimony with a two-hour explanation of the investigation and the lies that it uncovered. >> the president testified that he did not know that vernon jordan had met with ms. le

late-night drama-filled phone calls dominated the news for 48 hours until events on capitol hill reclaimed the news cycle. >> mrimony you're about to give before this committee will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you god? >> i do. >> president clinton was 11,000 miles from washington on november 19, the start of a six-day trip through asia. the brewing storm back home would not wait for his return. all eyes were on judge kenneth starr, who had been called before the impassioned, bitterly divided house judiciary committee. >> the day judge starr testified was really grueling for him. it was very long. >> i really was not seeking to testify. we had set forth what the office had to say in the referral, but that was a political judgment by the judiciary committee, and of course i respected that. >> it was really the first opportunity for the american people to see "who is ken starr?" and to evaluate him. >> starr began his daylong testimony with a two-hour explanation of the investigation and the lies that it uncovered. >> the president testified that he did not know that vernon j

mr. powell had to say on the hill. that was a story that the market paid attention to. you can see that move that we are watching as it progresses over the last couple of days. we are still not at three. we have been up there. we have seen repricing. we have been here relatively recently around these kinds of levels. not quite sure how strict market is going to be. it is whether or not there is momentum behind it and -- enough to take it through. we get data out of europe. the cpi data to watch. let's take a look at the gmm and show you what is going on. a sea of red, to be honest around the gmm. bysaw japan's nikkei down 1.44%. the s&p down by 1.27 percent, closing on its lows. australia down by .7 1%. seven -- .7 of 1%. the reality is down. that is the story across emerging market, the story across the currency market. let's show you what is happening in the currency space. the stronger dollar a factor into what is happening. copper trading lower and the vti crude trading around .4 of 1%. man, a single message. markets repricing on the back of this. it will be interes

yesterday they gather in the halls at cherry hill high east and chanting free mr. will bee it is an ap history teacher. some of the students here call him one of the most liked teachers at this school. the decision to suspend him came after he made some comments about the recent deadly school shooting in florida questioning whether or not his school and the students here were safe. students believed he has a right to have his own opinion in the matter. >> we were just trying to get our message across and be heard as a student body. we were all doing this for mr. . >> they want to show that mr. locke has his own voice and he could share his opinions, i'm in the saying wrong or right but he was just trying to share his opinion about the shootings. >> reporter: yesterday students were asked to leave hallways don't gather in protest they were told to go to the auditorium to voice their concerns and they were going to provide answers for students. some students say this morning they are planning a walk out but they are told if that happens, they are going to experience

mr. kay hill mentioned there are a number of them. troopers to control traffic in the area. we have some traffic checkpoints, not checkpoints but traffic control points that we are also working, making sure that we have the proper access and those who need to access the site can get there those who don't quite just yet, we are keeping those at a location and at a safe distance, so we as first responders can do our work. something else the deputies have done here in the last hour or so is we have transported those who are not injured to the reception site. so we know that they're shaken up quite a bit. we know this is unlike anything else they have ever been through. we wanted to get them out of the cold. out of the weather. get them to a warm place. we have transported them in our units to the reception site, which is going to be opened up by the american red cross. with that i will turn it over to langley from the american red cross to tell you about the operation there at the reception site. >> good morning, everybody. my name is cu

hill it goes. "the new york times" reporting, mr. trump who had a brief window to block the memo's disclosure on national security grounds was expected to tell congress on friday that he had no sxokss would likely not request any material be redacted, according to a senior administration official. it would then be up to the house intelligence committee whose republican leaders have pushed for the release to make the document public. new reporting by the "washington post" gives us some insight into how the president arrived at that decision, that conclusion. according to the post, before he had even read it, trump became absolutely convinced of one thing. the memo needed to come out. that the president did not actually see the memo until wednesday afternoon, that would be yesterday, following committee's monday vote to initiate its release. that was after the president was caught on a hot mike coming up the aisle after the state of the union promising 100% to release the memo. it goes against the strong decision torsion put it mildly,

mr. president. shortly after this conversation? rosenstein testified on capitol hill and denied any requests of loyalty from the president. >> is it appropriate for the president of the united states to demand that a department of justice official or fbi director take a loyalty pledge? >> i don't have any opinions about that, congressman, nobody asked me to take a loyalty pledge other than oath of office. >> he did testify before congress that there was no loyalty pledge demanded to him, but could have interpreted it somewhat differently when the president said, are you on my team? he may not have interpreted that as a pledge of loyalty. he's going to have to explain, in other words, the differences. >> reporter: we know the deputy attorney general rosenstein was interviewed by the special counsel over the summer in the role of firing james comey and learned that mark corallo will be interviewed within the next two weeks, but, of course, the additional details about possible obstruction of justice, wolf, could come to the forefront in the interview. >> a significant i

pieces of legislation regarding daca so the house can work its will under the queen of the hill, the rule. last night mr. clyburn, the assistant leader, and mr. hoyer, the democratic whip, and i is sent a letter to the speaker -- and i sent a letter to the speaker. it said, dear, mr. speaker in the spirit of bipartisanship, we write again to our sincere desire that the government remains open and that the priorities of the american people are properly addressed. as you know, democrats have been clear that we support a budget agreement that ensures that our men and women in uniform have the resources they need to protect our country and that america's middle class and working families have the tools they need to succeed. as part of this agreement, we have always expected that the house and the senate would address the issue of daca and the dreamers. most of our members believe that this budget agreement is a reasonable compromise to address america's military strength and critical domestic priorities. likifying the opioid crisis, -- like fighting the opioid crisis, boosting the national institutes of hea

hill. this is the famous footage of mr. smith goes to washington, which is how anybody who watches turner classic movies thinks about the fact one thing senators can do is they can filibuster in the senate to block legislation. they can talk and talk and talk until they can't talk no moir. and that is one peculiar tactic we reserve for united states senators. today in washington the proverbial mr. smith was not a senator and not a mr. today house democratic leader nancy pelosi set an all-time congressional record for the longest amount of time that anybody has ever held the floor in the u.s. house of representatives. the longest speech anybody has ever given on the floor. now, this was not technically a filibuster because only senators can technically do that. effectively, though, it really was the same thing. nancy pelosi took the floor at 10:00 a.m. for what was supposed to be a one-minute speech. leaders of both parties are usually given a little leeway in terms of how you count one minute. but in nancy pelosi's case, sh