mr. hughes: thank you, mr. chairman.n behalf of the national press club, i apologize for that earlier interruption. as i was escorting the protester out of the room, she did not show her national press club membership card so i don't think she's a member of the club either. we have several questions about russia. could you comment on the russian navy's growing presence in the mediterranean and overflights around our coast and can we expect provisions in the national defense act for 2017 in response to perceptions of the russian threat? rep. thornberry: well, two things are happening. one is despite the economic concerns that people have about russia and some of them are clearly real, but despite their economic problems, they are putting a priority on defense. and so they are building significant new capability that, as i mentioned, erodes the technological superiority we have enjoyed. some of the stuff they're building is designed for us. so that's one thing that's happening. the other thing that's happening is, they are

mr. hughes: thank you, mr. chairman. on behalf of the national press club, i apologize for that earlier interruption. as i was escorting the protester out of the room, she did not show her national press club membership card, so i don't think she's a member of the club, either. have several questions about russia. could you comment on the russian navy's growing presence in the mediterranean and over flights around our coasts and can we expect any provisions in the national defense act for 2017 in response to perceptions of the russian threat? chairman thornberry: well, two things are happening. one is despite the economic concerns that people have about russia, and some of them are clearly real. but despite their economic problems, they are putting a priority on defense. and so they are building significant new capability that, as i mentioned, erodes the technological superiority we have enjoyed. some of the stuff they're building is designed for us. so that's one thing that's happening. the other thing that's happening

mr. hughes transformed it in a way that didn't work. john: why are you so gently -- why are you so gently criticizing hughs? first, he alienated the staff, leading to mass resignations, then dumped $20 million trying to remake the magazine as a for-profit business venture. it was folly. clarence: it was folly. eleanor: i agree with that. i think i just said that, that the new republic never made money and wasn't ever going to make money and he had all these fantastic dreams. but the business model for print journalism is still very tough and he didn't figure out how to crack it. [laughter] john: i want to say that i rue the day that we will not have "the new republic." tom: i think we're going to have it. eleanor: somebody will buy it. somebody will buy it that's willing to lose money. john: i thought "the new republic's" their editorial positions were beautifully worded. clarence: don't give up on them. they're still online and they have more subscribers online than any other brand. john: i'm not saying necessarily point of view but the

he is will hughes and these guys very important in the religion department. mr. mccoup and mr. skipper? mine and we coached together a great school. >> alberto: do they look like that any more? >> no, he looked a little different. he was my teacher last year. >> alberto: i saw them recently, and i see them on facebook, too. a big shoutout. bc high is not just students, but the teachers, those are the guys. i look forward to you seeing you later on, and doing another bc high catholic education experience. good luck on wednesday. >> thank you very much. >> alberto: keep up the grades. >> a term for detention. jus, justice on the ground. >> alberto: thank you for the memory lane and good luck. another journey from a man from roxbury, now inspires others through yoga. >> alberto: mike massey was born and raised in roxbury and he found focus in the spot of football when he was ten, and he did this to dodge the influx of crime and drugs that claimed his neighborhood as a child. he is now a full time yoga instructor that helps others in his neighborhood with his yoga sessions and with

mr. hughes, and i'd like to just pay my respects to our distinguished members of the head table. senator warner, i know i'm in good company, being schooled by you. and senator dalton, thank you so much. john, thank you for that kind introduction again and also for your tenure here as the president of the press club which comes to an end on friday after a year of distinguished service. so i think we all owe mr. hughes a round of applause here. [ applause ] and i'd like to thank everybody for just having me here. it's a real honor and a privilege to be in these halls for the very first time. you know, it has been -- i took over as the chief of naval operations in september as has been mentioned. and so, you know, we're passed a hundred days now, so certainly the honeymoon is over. but i'll tell you i still remember very vividly the moment that secretary of defense carter called me and said, hey, john, i want to tell you that the president is going to nominate you to be the chief of naval operations. and i will tell you that my mind flashed back in an instant to my very first, you k

mr. hughes a round of applause here. [applause] and i'd like to thank everybody for just having me here. it's a real honor and a privilege to be in these halls for the very first time. you know, it has been -- i took over as the chief of naval operations in september, as has been mentioned, and so we're past 100 days now, so certainly the honeymoon is over. but i will tell you that i still remember very vividly the moment that secretary of defense carter called me and said, hey, john, i just want to tell you that the president is going to nominate you to be the chief of naval operations. and i will tell you that my mind flashed back in an instant to my very first, you know, assignment, reporting aboard to my very first submarine in california in 1983. and i just remember, you know, there's ensign richardson reporting aboard his very first boat, and, you know, who could have thought at that time that it would have led to this? who could have looked forward, you know, 33 years and thought that i would ever be getting this

mr. hughes. >> i would like to get a show of hands. please raise your hand if you think there is something that you could do better? brad, john, mike. >> i will put my hand up. >> that is what president obama and most want to do. it may be that they want more power because as government grows bigger they get more power. please don't listen to the leaders of the party. president obama has been the worst president since james buchanan. jobs matter, black lives matter, black education matter. we need a more responsible government. >> thank you, mr. stewart. >> the top tax rate goes to 90 percent, top business executives who make a million dollars will be looking at having an after-tax income of a hundred thousand dollars or so in the us versus going to another country and having half million dollars of net income after taxes. if the tax rates on companies, and outflow. on immigration we need to keep the good hard-working ones and get rid of the bad ones. in terms of my opening remarks, the college system of lectures has been around since

mr. hughes. and i'd also like to pay my respects to our distinguished members of the head table, senator warner. i know i'm in a good company that we've all been schooled by you in many ways. john, thank you for that kind introduction again and also for your tenure here as the president of the press club, which comes to an end on friday after a year of distinguished service. i think we all owe mr. hughes a round of applause here. [ applause ] >> and i'd like to thank everybody for just having me here. it's a real honor and a privilege to be in these halls for the very first time. you know, it has been -- i took over as the chief of naval operations in september as has been mentioned, so we're past 100 days now. so certainly the honeymoon is over, but i still remember very vividly the moment that secretary of defense carter called me and said, hey, john, i just want to tell you the president is going to nominate you to be the chief of naval operations. i will tell you that my mind flashed back in

mr. hughes a round of applause. it is a really honor and privilege to be in these halls for the first time. i took over as the chief of naval operations in september as has been mentioned. so, you know, we are passed a hundred days so the honeymoon is over. but i remember vividly the moment that the secretary of defense carter called me and said hi, john, i want to tell you the president is going to nominate you to be the chief of naval operations. and i will tell you my mind flashed back in an instant to my very first assignment. reporting aboard to my first submarine the uss archy in 1983. there is me reporting aboard my first boat and who could have thought at that time it would have led to this. who could have looked forward 33 years and thought i would ever be getting this call to be nominated to be the chief of operations. my commanding officer on the submarine, who is fantastic, he certainly was surprised. he has been calling up for every promotion since lieutenant commander. i found out this is captain pete

mr. hughes. >> i would like to speak directly to new hampshire democratic voters. if you are not satisfied with hillary clinton and bernie sanders, the death of 58 million babies in the united states since 1973 is a dominant moral crime of our occupation. i am the pro-life candidate in this race. i'm endorsed by democrats for life and most prominent pro-life democrats. let the record show once again that there are 3500 innocent babies killed today. 25,000 this week. 100,000 this month. constitution, our declaration of independence, our humanity calls on all of us to do what we can to write this wrong. stand with martin luther king, john kennedy, bobby kennedy and i believe a majority of democrats. pro-life.e >> i would like to get a show of hands from people in the audience. please raise your hand if you think that there is one thing you can do better than congress? i'm seeing a good number of hands. disturbed anytime you expand a power of congress. that is what president obama and most progressives want to do. it maybe good meeting, be that they want more power. b

congratulations and welcome i'm the c's i owe and the head for the department of technology we were asked as mr. hugh i didn't mention to come in and participate in the cecelia project for the permitting project sometime ago and recently had taken an opportunity to evaluate the project so i'm here today to give you an update on that progress and take any questions as previously promised we planned to come back and provide you with ongoing just wants as this process moved on january 8th we did complete the rfp elevation panel and they made a selections that pants was comprised of members of the mayors budget office and the controller's office and my department the technology the or not elected was a combination of a comedy called the garden to perform this third party assessment of the project garden is obviously familiar with our contractors process there are an active and ongoing vendor in many departments across the city we expected no issues with the actual contractor steps that's what we're in expect that to be completed the first week of february garnered greater than timeline was 12 weeks to an

mr. hughes mentioned there is a force, if you will, out there. for the foreseeable future, our resource environment will be challenging. we're not going to be able to buy our way out of this challenge. and if you're a student of history, you know the reality is we never have been able to. we have always been working with finite resources. so what is the role of the navy in this changing world? well, i think as always our mission remains by and large the same, to keep the homeland safe, to protect american interests around the world, to protect our prosperity, that trade upon which our prosperity is founded and which so much of 90% of goods still travel over the sea. it is to guarantee our strategic influence around the world through our presence, through our high-end competition, and if necessary, through conflict. but we are going to have to answer these strategic challenges and posture ourselves to effectively compete. if you think about those four forces that i mentioned, i have laid out a four vector response. in response to the growing impor

mr. hughes. >> if president obama has done such a great job, why do we still have soldiers in afghanistan? why are the bombs still falling on several countries -- somalia, yemen? this is not success. this is not commitment to extracting us from hopeless, senseless, winless war, which is what we have experienced not only for eight years under george bush that for a long years -- but for eight long years under president barack obama. we are still sending drones to assassinate people in their houses, and it is unbelievable to me that when barack obama ran, this was the legacy that he would leave. we need to repudiate that, and we need to make a decision that we are not going to assassinate people abroad, that we are not going to bomb their cities, that no crusader army is ever going to solve the problem in the middle east. >> stewart. >> i want to echo both henry and eric. we don't understand the middle east, so let's not even attempt to try and fix it, especially when lives are on the line. we don't understand people who will -- that is not an american thing. we are not going to be able to

mr. hughes: thank you, stan. i want to thank the heritage foundation for formats like this and the opportunity for utah to come out here and talk about some of the things that actually impact not only our state or western states, but whole country. i'm not originally from utah. i grew up in pittsburgh. my mother is a single mother. i went out to utah to go to college. i only bring that up to give you the perspective that i'm a city boy. utah, our issue was about land. land sovereignty comes from the rural folks. ande other guys out there dealing with and trying to interact with the bureau of land management. impacte to tell you the of a growing federal government in our state, in particular as you saw the map, in western states, it impacts our communities down to the urban districts and your suburban districts. i bring it up for another reason. there is a guy here from mount lebanon high school. when i was a kid, it was like a school.ky they were the first to have artificial turf for their football field. we were

mr. hughes. >> if president obama has done such a great job, why do we still have soldiers in afghanistan? why are the bombs still falling on several countries -- somalia, yemen? this is not success. this is not commitment to extracting us from hopeless, senseless, winless war, which is what we have experienced not only for eight years under george bush that for a long years -- but for eight long years under president barack obama. we are still sending drones to assassinate people in their houses, and it is unbelievable to me that when barack obama ran, this was the legacy that he would leave. andeed to repudiate that, we need to make a decision that we are not going to assassinate people abroad, that we are not going to bomb their cities, that no crusader army is ever going to solve the problem in the middle east. >> stewart. >> i want to echo both henry and eric. we don't understand the middle east, so let's not even attempt to try and fix it, especially when lives are on the line. we don't understand people who will -- that is not an american thing. we are not going to be able to under

mr. george wentz. speaker of the utah house of representatives, gregory hughes, will describe efforts undertaken to date and the remaining work necessary to be done to redress these harms. following speaker hughes, we will take a few minutes for question and answer for those of you who are with us here in the allison audit sore tore yum. we will force look at the environmental elements. a long standing pattern of prioritizing policy over people. as is particularly evident in the state of utah, and throughout the west. among the most articulate and persistent voices addressing these issues is dr. robert h. nelson, professor of environmental policy in the school of public policy at the university of maryland. professor nelson.

mrs. hughes to intro a screening down in virginia or something and the place went -- it was like seeing, you know -- it was like the second coming. it's big here, okay? >> he did say it's big in the right demographic. >> i agree with that. >> wilford, just because you grew up with an upstairs and a downstairs, not all of us did. we like to see the way that that -- >> not true. not true. >> they don't portray the servants like they do here. >> wilford, we are very glad you're on this side of things. we are thrilled to see you in the morning. thank you for joining us. >> great to see you. >> unbelievable. we have a couple of other stock stories. is this what your home was like? you like this show because it reminds you of your home? >> believe me, you knew where i grew up. >> i'm talking about the manor house now. >> oh. >> let's talk about other news this morning. tesla meeting its lower fourth quarter guidance for deliveries handing over 17,000 vehicles during the final three months of the year b

congratulations and welcome i'm the c's i owe and the head for the department of technology we were asked as mr. hugh and participate in the cecelia project for the permitting project sometime ago and recently had taken an opportunity to evaluate the project so i'm here today to give you an update on that progress and take any questions as previously promised we planned to come back and provide you with ongoing just wants as this process moved on january 8th we did complete the rfp elevation panel and they made a selections that pants was comprised of members of the mayors budget office and the controller's office and my department the technology the or not elected was a combination of a comedy called the garden to perform this third party assessment of the project garden is obviously familiar with our contractors process there are an active and ongoing vendor in many departments across the city we expected no issues with the actual contractor steps that's what we're in expect that to be completed the first week of february garnered greater than timeline was 12 weeks to anticipating that's assessment

congratulations and welcome i'm the c's i owe and the head for the department of technology we were asked as mr. hughn't mention to come in and participate in the cecelia project for the permitting project sometime ago and recently had taken an opportunity to evaluate the project so i'm here today to give you an update on that progress and take any questions as previously promised we planned to come back and provide you with ongoing just wants as this process moved on january 8th we did complete the rfp elevation panel and they made a selections that pants was comprised of members of the mayors budget office and the controller's office and my department the technology the or not elected was a combination of a comedy called the garden to perform this third party assessment of the project garden is obviously familiar with our contractors process there are an active and ongoing vendor in many departments across the city we expected no issues with the actual contractor steps that's what we're in expect that to be completed the first week of february garnered greater than timeline was 12 weeks to anticipa

speaker hughes or mr. wince, would you like to respond? >> i have one question.hat planet did you want this

mr. trump. >> scottie hughes, thanks for joining us. thank you. reporting, helping us, appreciate the enormity of what's going on in the race in iowa now. a quick break. much more after this. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (cell phone rings) where are you? well the squirrels are back in the attic. mom? your dad won't call an exterminator... can i call you back, mom? he says it's personal this time... if you're a mom, you call at the worst time. it's what you do. if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. where are you? it's very loud there. are you taking a zumba class? news, sarah palin about to formally publicly endorse donald trump for president of the united states. we'll have coverage of that, that's coming up soon from aims, iowa. but other important news we're following as well. one of the americans freed in the deal with iran is now speaking out about his years of captivity and the harrowing hours leading up to his release. jim sciutto behind the scenes details how this came together, prisoner swap. >> ou

speaker hughes or mr. wince, would you like to respond? >> i have one question. what planet did you want this bipartisan coordination -- i was just curious. was this in d.c.? >> i think, for example -- >> that was a joke. it wasn't a serious question. you don't see bipartisanship very often going on right now. >> jason chavetz, to his credit, took his democratic counterpart to utah and then he returned the favor in baltimore. there are guys that get along. >> we need more of it, you know. >> in that spirit if you upfront were to get a bipartisan request in to do this audit, then you could argue after the audit results come in what to do about it. >> yeah. i actually think it's a great idea. i think the evidence would show, as you say -- i live out west. i couldn't ride my bike in the mountains this summer. my kids couldn't play football outside or swim because the lake we live on was so filled with smoke from the mismanagement of federal lands. so i think that the results of such a study would be supportive and it would be a good idea. if you could build -- this

mr. john muller, senior vice president for global payments policy at paypal, jessica decken jer, chief marketing officer at the merchant consumer exchange, sara jane hughes university scholar at the indiana university school of law. and mr. sang hon chief officer at u.s. samsung pay. we appreciate you all being with us this morning. we'll begin the panel with you, mr. muller, and each of you will be recognized for five minutes for a summary of your opening statement. mr. muller you're recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman and ranking member schakowsky and our members of the committee. thank you for the opportunity to testify on behalf of paypal. my name is john muller, and vice president of payments policy for paypal. paypal has been involved in mobile payments now for 16 years and started with the cutting edge payments mobile device of its time, which was the palm pilot you may remember. the personal digital assistant without phone capability. but a very portable device and paypal was actually built to beam payments from one palm pilot to another. at that point, we quickly realizeed that more people had e-mail and internet access than owned a palm pilo

mr. watkins and both admitted they were involved and >> hughes also watched the original interrogation videos and for the first time he saw how that other suspect told cops that hincapie and another teen were not at the crime scene. >> they all needed money? >> johnny and kevin, no. >> hughes was intrigued, especially when he heard the suspect said a second time that hincapie was not involved. >> so there were eight people surrounding -- >> no six. >> there was six, okay. >> a tape hincapie's jury never saw. >> the more i investigated it, the more i came to believe he might be telling me the truth. there's not a shred of forensic evidence. >> but he confessed. not after days of interrogation, but after several hours. >> like most people, you can't fathom admitting something you didn't do. nobody would think they're truth is a skilled interrogator could get you or i to admit we kidnapped the lindbergh baby. >> he wrote an article about hincapie's situation for a magazine called "city limits." >> nobody really cared. pass. >> we've been in prison with johnny for 23 years. >> we, all our family.

speaker hughes or mr. wince, would you like to respond? >> i have one question.at planet did you want this bipartisan -- i was just curious. was this in d.c.? >> i think, for example -- >> that was a joke. it wasn't a serious question. you don't see bipartisanship very often going on right now. >> jason took his democratic counterpart to utah and then he returned the favor in baltimore. there are guys that get along. >> we need more of it, you know. >> in that spirit if you upfront were to get a bipartisan request in to do this audit, then you could argue after the audit results come in what to do about it. >> yeah. i actually think it's a great idea. i think the evidence would show, as you say -- i live out west. i couldn't ride my bike in the mountains this summer. my kids couldn't play football outside or swim because the lake we live on was so filled with smoke from the mismanagement of federal lands. so i think that the results of such a study would be supportive and it would be a good idea. if you could build -- this should not at all be a partisan issue. i

mr. o'malley. >> donald trump was not a big topic of conversation, hillary once. meghan hughes, abc new, washington. >>holly: this morning's news reel, a family in virginia is mourning loved ones killed in a >>jay: in chesterfield, a fire broke out. madison anderson is one of five survivors. she was staying with her boyfriend's family when the fire started. >> there was six guys in my room telling me to get up, there was a fire and i thought i was dreaming and then they were like, no, seriously, you have to go. >>jay: five people died. firefighters say the fire started in the garage and investigators are still looking into what caused the fire. the red cross is helping survivors. >>holly: in pasadena, texas, a chemical plant explosion kills 3 people and injuries others. 1,000-gallons of oil leaked and caught fire. four workers were transferring a happened. >> it's a chemical they work with all the time. it's not significant, but it's a precaution we send them to the emergency to have them treated. 90-acres produces hydrogen peroxide. the site manager said they have, quote, an o

mr. george wendt's. speaker of the utah house representatives, gregory hughes will describe efforts undertaken today and the remaining necessary work to be done to redress these issues. following speakers use we will take a few minutes for question answer for those of you who are with us here in the health auditorium. we will first take a look at the terminal illness, the federal land bureaucracy has a long-standing pattern of prioritizing policy over people. as is particularly evident in the state of utah and throughout the west. among the most articulate and persistent voices addressing these issues is doctor robert h nelson, professor of environmental policy. professor nelson. [applause]. >> i am pleased to be here at this important meeting and it seems as though we might be on the verge or hopefully on the verge of some major new developments of publicly and. i'm going to talk, actually, more about history than economics even though i am an economist by training, but i have long had the view that historical perspective is critical to public policymaking. i will start with a little personal history a

mr. golic. let's start with this. we won't get into the xs and os and all that stuff, but the changed. you guys have talked about that on "tailgate 19": is hugh jackson the guy to change this culture and why? i want to bring the coach in. one guy i liked was matt patricia. one of the reasons is because they called him matte y matty patty and he had a real cool beard and could teach us how to cheat and not get caught. farmer got caught last time. do it without getting caught kind of. when hue came in and i got a chance to see him, the one thing i always talked about on "tailgate "with the with coaches is i wanted somebody like marty. somebody who wore their emotion on their sleeve. you could just see if they were happy or sad or upset. >> brian: not a flatliner. >> nothing like the monotone voice. nothing against the other guys. when i saw hue using more than one tone and joking and jumping into the dog pound, we might of course, his background, too. obviously, it's not just about being an emotional guy, but certainly has the background. i called mark davis from the raiders. his dad was the owner back when i was there. mark, he said, no, he's