i can did every to mr. judd in how important those things are to be able to deny cartel's access to those key issues. i will stop right now and move on. >> thank you, chairman. >> thank you. >> chair now recognizes mr. arthur for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. lynch and members of the subcommittee, thank you for gnawed gnawed. >> make sure your mic is on. >> i should know that, shouldn't i? >> a caravan organized by immigrants rights group in the middle of march 2018 in top chula had grown to more than 1,000 people mostly who had do you know nationals. this was the eight year such caravan had been assembled but the most notable because of the large number of participants. this year's caravan illustrates a little noticed issue along the southwest border and that is a sharp increase in the number of ail lean apprehensions and nad miss i believe so reversing a downward trend that had go unin november 2016. from 66,712 in october 2016 the number of alien entering ille

weinstein never defamed mrs. judd nor ever interfered with ms.h approved her casting for two of his movies over the next decade. we look forward to a vigorous defense of these claims. >> it can be very difficult to prove a defamation claim. ashley judd's strongest piece of evidence here is the cor coroboration by peter jackson. she was one of the first stars to publicly accuse weinstein of sexual harassment. >> i am a nasty woman. >> she took center stage at the women's march on washington where she did a poem called nasty woman. she was part of the silence breakers of the me too movement. >> i want women to speak up for a variety of reasons to know that we have your back. >> the lawsuit asks for damages in an amount to be determined. judd says any money she gets will go to the times up legal defense fund. an organization that fights for women and men claiming sexual harassment, economic retaliation and damage to their careers. >> we'll keep an eye on that one. >> thanks, stephanie. still ahead this morning, meredith vieira stopping by to share i

mr. weinstein neither defamed ms. judd nor ever interfered with ms.er and instead not only championed her work, but also repeatedly approved her casting for two movies of his over the next decade. >>> investigators in california are trying to determine whether they've accounted for all of the crimes of the so-called golden state killer. the san diego district attorney tells abc news they are now looking at many other cold caless in california including the murders of 24-year-old rhonda wicht and her young son back in 1978. her ex-boyfriend craig coley served 38 years for those murders until dna cleared him. he now hopes dna can determine who the real killer was. >> it may be more than one person. i don't know but as long as they get to the truth and find out who did it, and it's resolved and justice is done when it's served, it's served as long as it's done properly. >> investigators plan to check dna found at that murder scene in 1978 and compare it with that of suspected golden state killer joseph deangelo. >>> to medical news now, and there's growi

mr. weinstein neither defamed ms. judd nor ever interfered with ms., and instead not only championed her work but also repeatedly approved her casting for two of his movies over the next decade. judd's attorney says the evidence is clear. >> when someone defames and lies about someone's business and livelihood it's a particularly clear case of damages. >> reporter: judd says she's not just taking action for herself. >> the ultimate goal is for safe and equal workplaces and for economic damage to women's careers in particular to end and for the threat and action of retaliation to end. we all experience that and it is illegal behavior. >> do you imagine the ashley judd from 1997 seeing this today right now? >> it's a powerful thought. it's wonderful to be able to take a stand on behalf of the younger self that i was. >> reporter: as one of the faces of the time's up movement, judd says she will donate any money she receives from this lawsuit to its legal defense fund for other victims of sexual misconduct. harvey weinstein's team has repeatedly said any

mr. courtney which requires usd for personnel ready flis to support a report on the add judd caution and approval process for danger pay. amendment 270 for mr. o'halleran which requires the dod to require briefing on interagency efforts in the transition assistance program to provide education on federal wild land ffg careers. amendment 325 by mr. russell regarding the program to assist members of the armed forces in obtaining professional credentials. mr. chairman, i yield back. >> any further discussion on black package number 3? >> gentleman from utah. >> can i change them for their amendment and yield back. >> i like the brevity. if there is no further questions, the question occurs on military personnel on black package number 3. those in favor say aye. those opposed say no. the ayes have t and the ayes have it and the amendments are adopted. choik. >> next, the gentle lady from california, miss speier. >> i have an amendment on the desk. >> it is considered as read and recognized for five minutes. >> mr. chairman, thank you, and my colleagues. we now have 4.6 million women who recei

mr. trump over a decade and then says she was threatened about an unknown man who told her to keep quiet about it >>> ashley judding harvey weinstein claiming he tried to destroy her acting career after she refused his sexual advances. the civil lawsuit focuses on comments made by peter jackson, saying weinstein dissuaded him from casting judd over her professionalism. a representative for wieinstein said he had never defamed ms. judd or interfered with her career those are your headlines back to you. >> frances, thank you. >>> still on "worldwide exchange," we're talking trade what president trump's latest tariff move could mean for the u.s. and our allies. >>> and trending today, milk's favorite cookie is at it again and it's making waves on social media. all the details when "worldwide exchange" returns. [whistling] hello. give me an hour in tanning room 3. cheers! that's confident. but it's not kayak confident. kayak searches hundreds of travel sites to help me plan the best trip. so i'm more than confident. forgot me goggles. kayak. search one and done. >>> sell in may and go away. what you should be doing

reporter: to night, ashley judd sitting down for her first interview after filing a lawsuit against harvey weinstein. >> why now and what dpupt? soo. >> what i want is for mr. weinstein to be held accountable for his illegal conduct. >> reporter: one of weinstein's most vocal accusers now suing the disgraced former movie mogul claiming h her hurt her career for decades, retaliating against her for rejecting his sexual demands back in 1997 where she said she narrowly avoigted sexual assault. judd said a year later she was in talks with peter jackson to play in "the lord of the rings." weinstein, allegedly telling filmmaker she was a nightmare to work with and should be avoided at all costs. >> my rebuffing illegal sexual harassment in a hotel room that harvey weinstein lied about me and interfered with many i economic opportunity and blocked me from being cast in "lord of the rings." >> in an interview, peter jackson said he had been fed false information that he now realizes was a smear campaign in full swing. >> we heard directly from director peter jackson. he said that weinstein torpedoed your incredible professional opportunity to star in "the lord of

mr. weinstein vigorously denies that. >> the criminal charges are the first to be filed against weinstein after dozens of women came forward with accusations of sexual misconduct. among them hollywood actresses gwyneth paltrow, ashley juddngelina jolie, and rose mcgowan. >> this manhu had hunting groun all over the world and these accomplices and a complicity machine. he was a cult leader in hollywood. the king. >> if he was watching this today, what would you say to him? >> we got you. we got you. yeah. >> and joining me now, former prosecutor wendy murphy. wendy, we heard from weinstein's lawyer who said that everything was consensual and that weinstein didn't invent the casting couch. what do you think of that defense strategy? >> good luck. these women are not talking about a casting couch. although we don't know a lot of details about one of the charges, the more serious felony rape charge because that woman was not yet spoken publicly, even if you just look at the lucia evans charges which relate to the second felony count of sexual abuse, there's nothing about her description that you would describe as consensual, period. he can say it was consensual, but if the jury believes her, that she went into his office be

mr. chairman. dr. hall, good to see you again and your professionalism is always appreciated. here in this room a bipartisan tax reform bill was produced by then chairman judd greg and i was proud to be one of the sponsors of it. our approach would have put the bulk of the tax relief into the pockets of the middle class rather than the multi-national corporations. unfortunately our colleagues on the other side rejected that bipartisan approach and others and decided to put the massive tax cuts for the multi-national corporations on the national credit card. so let me keep you clear of politics and let's just walk through a couple of numbers so we can be clear about this. so in the updated outlook you all estimate that the trump tax law is going to increase the deficit by almost $1.9 trillion over the budget window, even after taking economic feedback, economic possibilities into account. nearly $600 billion of that cost is due just on bigger interest payments on all this new dead. here is my question and just an pra poe of the numbers. besides slashing social security, medicare and medicaid, i don't know where else republicans could possibly go to pay for t