>> mr. lee underside of the plane. when they reached the target, they didn't really know if the area was occupied by civilians or by soldiers. but they would just dive down and drop the bombs anyway. >> anthony: though never actually at war with laos, at the same time we were fighting in neighboring vietnam. the united states flew more than a half a million missions over this tiny southeast asian nation. dropping more bombs here than on germany, and japan in all of wwii combined. this only a part of the largest covert military operation in history. a conflict that became known as "the secret war." there were three intelligence officers, key players in this secret war, who depending on who you talk to were either greatly loved, or greatly feared and despised. anthony poshepny, also known as tony po, had an extensive paramilitary background as a former marine and cia officer. bill lair, a texan and world war ii vet, was an influential cia case officer. vint lawrence was recruited right out of prin

risch. >> no. >> mr. lee. >> no. >> mr. flake. >> no. >> mr. danes. >> no. >> mr. gardner. >> no. >> mr. alexander. >> no. >> mr. hoeven. >> no. >> mr. cassidy. >> no. >> mr. portman. >> no. >> mr. strange. >> no. >> ms. cantwell. >> aye. >> mr. wyden. >> aye by proxy. >> mr. sanders. >> aye. >> miss stabenow. >> aye. >> mr. franken. >> aye by proxy. >> mr. manchin. >> no by proxy. >> mr. heinrich. >> aye. >> miss hirono. >> aye by proxy. >> mr. king. >> aye. >> miss douglas. >> aye by proxy. >> miss cortez-mastow. >> aye. >> in this vote, the nays are 13, the yays are 10. it is not agreed to. >> the clerk will call the roll. >> cortez-masstow. >> miss murkowski. >> no. >> mr. brasso. >> no. >> mr. risch. >> no. >> mr. lee. >> no. >> mr. flake. >> no. >> mr. danes. >> no. >> mr. gardner. >> no. >> mr. alexander. >> no. >> mr. hoeven. >> no. >> mr. cassidy. >> no. >> mr. portman. >> no. >> mr. strange. >> no. >> miss cantwell. >> aye. >> mr. wyden. >> aye by proxy. >> mr. sanders. >> no. >> miss stabenow. >> aye. >> mr. franken. >> aye by proxy. >> mr. manchin. >> m

thing course he hadn't learned most of those piano sonatas until he was seventeen as it says why mr lee and if you see him doing those sonata is in addition to the program as a conductor here on this it's all really not explainable. he's someone who comes out strongly for these situation where as hell he wants this institution to move forward when finding and he always sees the whole picture and thinks the whole thing through of the institutes on him and that is something very special that. and it's not. and this is a first for us. to listen up if. on october third two thousand and seventeen the long awaited reopening of the start over was celebrated with schumann's scenes from get just fast and the audience celebrated daniel barenboim and this particular. was it is the business surely the visit of music is the best school we've all experienced that we fall in love and we automatically lose all sense of discipline . for example you can't make music only with passion. and you can't make music only with reason. it is this coexistence sometimes tension filled minds of passion and disciplin

use the energy that you've produced ok mr lee taiwan's minister of the environment pleasure to have you with us here on d.w. thank you you thank. that's it you're up to date with the latest from the world of business for more follow us on twitter and to school business. next tronic music remains are. many german d.j.'s are the forefront of the genre. might. fall from paula back to national news and geeks who's going nuts when they perform being a d.j. citing fox a slight and well. what. else and controversy. at the venice biennale at. all twenty one was that. checking out the most remarkable billions. and two trailblazing artists. she had enough shot. on making off. in sixty minutes on d w. i'm. fight tens of thousands of fans for their mega life sets. of a mood it's just a really beautiful moment when you're able to share with people and leave them. with a cloak of more air miles than some highlights of. the icons are every man with us now reality. three german d.j. superstars can't get any more bombastic the music didn't exist we had no idea what we wanted to hear and how to do it our

mr. sessions: when was that report completed? ms. jackson lee: august of 2017. mr. sessions: i have not studied that report. ms. jackson lee: i ask you to because it's an attack on individual who are simply trying to get grievances. we have found mandatory minimums and overincarceration has been the history of criminal justice. we were moving toward criminal justice reform which you oppose as a united states senator. ow you intend to return toward discredit law and order policies going to make america great. do you have any interest in rehabilitating those incarcerated, recognizing that mandatory minimums created the opportunity for over incarceration rather than telling your prosecutors to prosecute on every single crime? is there any opportunity to work with your office to deal with progressive ways of dealing with criminal justice reform at this time? yes or no. mr. sessions: yes. i would just respond and cite senator durbin and i worked together to reduce the crack cocaine penalties some years ago. it probably -- ms. jackson lee: would you -- >> the time of the g

thank you, mr. lee, mayor lee and supervisor sheehy.he department of public health is responsible for consumer and food safety in the city. so this hard finance really supports our ability to protect the food that people eat. the right to know if your food has antibiotics is really part of an essential consumer right. overuse of antibiotics we know causes emto stay in the hospital longer. it also impacts their ability to heal from diseases. so our ability to really manage the amount of antibiotics that people use really helps them. there are many medications that they can't use because of that and they have to have the ability to heal and get better from the diseases. so what is in our food, they're food is a protection we can provide to the people of the city of san francisco. i want to thank our director, deborah rafael who is not here today. she's been one of the leaders in san francisco with this, so i want to thank her, and all of the leaders here and those that are here today. thank you, mayor lee, for signing this ordinance. the

mr. lee: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: mr. president, i'd like to speak for a few minutes about the senate's blue slip procedure. as my colleagues know, when the president nominates someone who will be processed by the senate judiciary committee, the home state senators receive a letter informing them of the nomination and asking whether they approve of the nominee in question. that letter is printed on blue paper and thus the name. this is why we call it the blue slip. the question on the table is what should happen if one or both of the home state senators do not approve the nomination? in previous years the chairman of the senate judiciary committee has treated the blue slip as a de facto veto, but that's not how the blue slip originally functioned. between 1917, when the blue slip was first used, and 1955, the blue slip was never treated as a veto. instead it gave the home state senators a special ability to state their objections about a nominee during a hearing. the committee could then decide how to proceed. when james

senator lee: mr. duncan, how many appeals have you argued? mr. duncan: senator, i've been trying to figure that out. i just -- the reason it's difficult is so many appeals and solicitor general in texas that i lost count. i want to put it north of 30. more than 15 in federal circuit courts. two in the united states supreme court. two arguments in the united states supreme court and numerous cases on the briefs. that didn't get to argument. so i think a fair number. senator lee: these are separate disciplines. trying cases versus arguing. mr. duncan: absolutely. senator lee: different skill set. different style. it's a different function, isn't it? mr. duncan: yes. i completely agree with that. it was a choice i made early in my career. one reason i went from louisiana to texas early in my solicitor as general's texas, there was a specialty doing appellate law. it's a different skill set. it's one i thought i would be more adapted to. i liked research and writing more than picking juries, i guess. sena

use the energy that you've produced ok mr lee taiwan's minister of the environment pleasure to have you with us here on daybreak thank you thank you. france germany and twenty other e.u. governments have sealed a difference agreement they hope will mark a new era of european military cooperation you foreign and defense ministers formally signed the pact earlier today in brussels one of the agreements aims is to cement european unity after britain leaves the bloc in two thousand and nineteen a london has long opposed the move fearing it could lead to the formation of a european army and that we draw in our correspondent in brussels catherine martins catherine why do you ministers feel compelled to sign such a pact now. well in the latest zero pm history we have to say there are really game changes you're already mentioned why now the european union is capable to produce a result when it comes to defense matters so bracks a triggered really are higher motivation to closer and further corporation in terms of military affairs and also the president trample action with the united states as a

i don't mr. leewanted in the rules that i was willing to go along with the processing think it is way too early to analyze those questions they are appropriate but way too early. and despite some people's interest. we will be listening to those arguments. >> in a long before the converter box is in place. they were all variations with the carriage issue to keep my eye on but think it is way too early to know and they will set one up in phoenix with it is way too early to play down the law in my opinion. >> so all to believe that would require those converter boxes? and for those to pay for a service. >> we have tucci analog service allowing carriers to sunset so what do they do? with a five-year transition period. there is no decision the we have made if those consequences are made me do nothing we have five years and said that veers other transitions and we continue to be here to address any issues that may come up. some of that experience and with similar transitions. >> part of the proposal i thin

i think mr lee government has tried very hard to shape the narrative with pine for you to go to the new house we're going to provide you with meals about what is happening on medicine or and it's done so very effectively because it's so hard for journalists to be able to go there. and to tell the stories. what have we done know you're not they're not they're going to be putting these detention centers offshore really was about putting them out of sight and out of mind of the strike public and this just shows how effective that strategy has been the stuff is out. there is no longer here the united nations has called what is happening i'm on this island humanitarian emergency since the australian government closed the man his detention camp on october thirty first over four hundred men are refusing to leave they have gone nearly three weeks without water food electricity and medical supplies they claim that the facilities they are being forced to move to lack adequate security to protect them from attacks by the local community yet this hasn't become the media spectacle one might expect o

use the energy that you've produced ok mr lee taiwan's minister of the environment pleasure to have you with us here on d.w. thank you thank you back to amrita now and a thriller in manila that's right helena two u.s. president trumps visit to the philippines now and they've been clashes between police and demonstrators in central as the u.s. leader met his counterpart and i did recently summit our security teams use water cannon on the anti trump demonstrators in the filipino capital protesters are angry over trump's result this it was in the human rights situation in the country and away from the crowds leaders took part in the opening ceremony for the two day summit later drawn controversial filipino president or diego details to at the sidelines of the event the white house says human rights briefly came up in their conversation but trump made no mention of the subject in his remarks to reporters have a listen we've had a great relationship this is very successful we have many meetings today with many other leaders. and conference has been handled beautifully by the president in the

mr. sessions: when was that report completed? ms. jackson lee: august of 2017. mr. sessions: i have not studied that report. ms. jackson lee: i ask you to because it's an attack on individual who are simply trying to get grievances. we have found mandatory minimums and over incarceration has been the history of criminal justice. we were moving toward criminal justice reform which you oppose as a united states senator. now you intend to return toward discredit law and order policies going to make america great. dollars.taxpayer do you have any interest in rehabilitating those incarcerated, recognizing that mandatory minimums created the opportunity for over incarceration rather than telling your prosecutors to prosecute on every single crime? is there any opportunity to work with your office to deal with progressive ways of dealing with criminal justice reform at this time? yes or no. mr. sessions: yes. i would just respond and cite senator durbin and i worked together to reduce the crack cocaine penalties some years ago. it probably -- ms. jackson lee: would you -- >

the monist island detention center the un has called on a story on papa new guinea to use restraint mr lee had been using the center to hold asylum seekers but it was closed ten days ago because the underwater have been turned off but hundreds of men remain barricaded inside. johns appearances dominated a meeting on economic cooperation in the asia pacific region at the summit in vietnam he delivered a strong message declaring the u.s. won't accept trade deals forcing the surrender of its sovereignty. ok let's go back to our top story the police. crisis in lebanon. is director of the institute for gulf affairs and he's joining us from washington d.c. thank you very much indeed for your time let me ask you first about the tone of the statement from the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson what did you make of that. i believe this statement of tillerson is extremely careful and diplomatic it does not give any warning against saudi and the rest of action visit to lebanon it did not address the fate of saddle so it is a really. very. substantial statement because it does not make any policy d

and so he as the president of the transport worker union said, mr. lee, let me tell you what my day was like. and we would talk about people who were spat on and cursed on and they were just trying to smile and get people to work and to school. so i had nothing to complain about after those sessions. we shared our stories about civic employees, about our standard of being the greatest and the best publicker is vans in the worst type of situations sometimes. that is my way of saying thank you to t.w.u., the teamsters who work on the mechanics every day and repair all the labor unions but mostly to take this opportunity to thank iris and her family for supporting and giving us a great leader in larry martin. iris? [applause] >> i just want to say thank you to everyone who was behind the dedication. my dad was a very strong force to be reckoned with, especially with his labor leadership and he loved the county and city of san francisco and he would just be very proud to be here today and i'm so pleased and thrilled. thank you, everyone. [applause] >> ok. he

right now the allegations have not been proven to mr. lee says they are not true.s up to the voters to make the decision. cheryl: even alabama's got a republican governor. she said there's no reason to disbelieve any of these accusers against roy moore. at the same time, you know, basically comes down to what the voters are going to do. do you think it's going to be a surprise in the fox poll shows he's behind by eight points. >> you know, it's a tight race. there haven't been to many polls that have come out since the allegations surfaced. the joneses faces the burden of running as a democrat in the state where the democratic party is deeply unpopular. even liberal for alabama's standards when it comes to social issues like abortion. roy moore absolutely has a chance. again, not a decision for the media to make rummaged mcconnell to make. right now, a lot of worry more supporters are kind of brushing these allegations off as liberal attacks that are unproven. if these allegations turn out to be true, this is going to really fracture the base had hurt him. right no

and i put this in front of mr. lee who owns the golf course.ut this in front of three different supervisors. and they all nod heads athis is interesting. but what we're not seeing is anybody saying let's take a step back and let's examine these other alternatives to see if we can get everything we want. >> what's the viability of that? and have you guyed considered that. >> i think if the deal is rejected then everything is on the table including a private buyer coming in and buying the place. but that's not what this is about. it's about this deal that's before us tuesday. >> steven white has run the marin county amateur at the golf course the past ten years. he grew up playing and working at the course. >> my greatest fear is that we have more hillside, more overgrown valley and we lose a community center. where are the 35,000 people going to go that come here every year to play golf. there aren't that many options at marin. >> at s sachlt n. >> ton at 11 they say it's going on the san francisco fire academy once again at the center of troubl

mr. lee: thank you, mr. president. i am grateful to my colleague, the distinguished senator from florida for his worker this issue. he noted a couple of issues that we focus on. noted the marriage tax penalty, a more obvious feature -- defect -- within our tax code. there is another detect he also mentioned that doesn't get as much play as it should. it doesn't get as much play, especially considering the amount of damage it z it's called the parent tax penalty. here's how it works. we have american parents from one end of this country to another who are essentially propping up, securing the future of our senior entitlement programs, not just once but twice, and in a pretty unfair way. you see, they prop up social security and medicare two times, first as they pay their taxes and, secondly, as they incur the cost associated with child rearing and thereby prop up and secure social security and medicare. you see, social security and medicare are paid foreign paygo basis. meaning today's workers pay for the benefits of to

i jackson lee: mr. speaker, rise to reserve -- to utilize such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. jackson lee: but i rise as well to wish and hope that all of my colleagues and americans had a wonderful thanksgiving. and again to thank the men and women of the united states military for their service. it is particularly noteworthy that they serve in this time, when families are gathered. i thank mr. goodlatte for collaborating on this legislation and i rise in support of h.r. 2228, the law enforcement mental health act of 2017. ensuring the mental health and well-being of our law enforcement officers is paramount to the safety of our communities and the people our officers take a solemn oath to protect. i'm also very pleased to acknowledge val demings, a colleague, and as well a member of the homeland security committee of which i serve. e are better off for the experience, commitment and professional career that she had as a law enforcement officer and chief. she's one of the co-sponsors of this legislation and i look forw

this proceedings, but i've been a part of these rules since i first worked board chairman wiley and mr. lee in 1975 and through my staff time reviewing station sales in the mid- 70s to my time with chairman fowler during the reagan administration in the regulating some of these roles in the 80s and trying to cope with them in advising station owners for the past 30 years, so i bring some perspective. the question today as it david suggests is whether we need fcc rules limiting broadcast ownership in the age of ubiquitous high resolution internet streaming, new over-the-top services and more competition than ever from distribution and we do not. in today's hyper competitive media market place principles are more than adequate to govern consolidation and television broadcasting. we don't need separate rules administered by an independent agency imposing artificial and arbitrary definitions of competition and diversity all of which were chosen decades ago as political compromise rather than in response to rigorous thought about how television distribution works. two basic premises guide my vie

what the other, you know, jack kirby and steve did it company all those guys created and i just -- mr. lee >> freeze at that point. >> yeah. >> legendary status right there. >> yeah. do you think that your history of drawing and your love of comics did that help you in &-ús role. >> i let them know. i don't know. >> i'm sure i did. >> i told my agent don't make that secret. let them know. >> put it all out there. the cool and that now once that gets out there and people see more and more of you, particularly in this role, and i think that, you know, people who are fans of marvel they're pretty loyal to the marvel bran. opening up new things for you now? what's next? >> well, i'm excited to be working on a project that i've been working on for years. it's a film project called when autu it's a love story, a romantic drama that's set in d.c. it also a love story for my hometown for my city. i really wanted to show the world what i miss the most about my hometown. you know, it's set in the -- on the u street corridor. a lot of art an lot of music. and so, um, that is when autumn leaves

i'm ahsha safai to my right is sandra lee fewer and to my right, norman yee. mr. clerk, do you have initial announcements before we begin? >> clerk: please silence cell phones and electronic devices. all documents should be submitted to the clerk. items will be appear on the november 28th supervisors board agenda unless otherwise stated. >> before we begin, i want to give focus to the conversation -- >> clerk: may i read the first item. item one, administrative business tax regulation, health and police code to regulate commercial activities related to cultivated testing sale and delivery of medical and adult use cannibis. i. >> for those here last week, we continued this item. this is not the beginning as -- this is not the end of the conversation moving this legislation forward but there's still going to be both in the land use and on the rules side, there's going to be continuing conversation over the next year. i think the goal that we're trying to achieve is to move the process forward to be prepared by january 1st to begin to have adult use along with medica

mr. herbert patrick lee. >>president breed: colleagues, this brings us to the end of our agenda. madam clerk, is there any further business before us today. >> clerk: that concludes our business for today. >>president breed: we are adjourned, >> the office of controllers whistle blower program is how city employees and recipient sound the alarm an fraud address wait in city government charitable complaints results in investigation that improves the efficiency of city government that. >> you can below the what if anything, by assess though the club program website arrest call 4147 or 311 and stating you wishing to file and complaint point controller's office the charitable program also accepts complaints by e-mail or 0 folk you can file a complaint or provide contact information seen by whistle blower investigates some examples of issues to be recorded to the whistle blower program face of misuse of city government money equipment supplies or materials exposure activities by city clez deficiencies the quality and delivery of city government services waste and inefficient governmen

jackson lee: mr. speaker, many times the american people wonder the correlation between the work that we do here. as a member of the budget committee, i can tell them that the tax bill that is about to move through this house, the republican-trump tax bill, will bring about $1.41 trillion in revenue decreases in discretionary spending, which means cuts in their medicare and medicaid. and why do they want to do this? they want to do this so they can compound the injury to those who need mortgage deduction, which will be eliminated for any home that you will buy in the future. or if you have medical expenses, that will be eliminated, you will not be able to deduct that, whether you are a young family with a catastrophic illness, or a senior citizen. and then those of who you are trying to increase your opportunities for the future, help your children, you will not be able to deduct the loans, student loan interest, tuition and other education expenses. elections matter, but actions matter. this tax bill

mr. herbert patrick lee. >>president breed: colleagues, this brings us to the end of our agenda. madam clerk, is there any further business before us today. >> clerk: that concludes our business for today. >>president breed: we are adjourned, >> good afternoon, everybody, and welcome to city haul. my name is london breed. i'm president of the san francisco board of supervisors, and i represent district 5, the amazing district that houses the incredible 3rd baptist church, which we plan to make official landmarking status today. aren't we excited? i just want to say one, praise god, right? praise god, thank you for being here, thank you for supporting this ceremony. we are honored here to have the mayor here to perform the ceremony who will speak in just a little bit, but i want to thank my colleague, aaron pes k kin for sponsoring this legislation, and thank you for supervise cohen for joining us here today, as well as our city administrator, naomi kelley. this is a wonderful day today. i'm so excited. remember when we celebrated with reverend brown and lady jane brown at the cel

mr. pallone: thank you. ms. jackson lee: you're saying congress should act, right? mr. levy: yeah. mr. pallone: thank you. next is congressman steve cohen from tennessee. mr. cohen: you all can hear me. first, i want to thank mr. conyers for having set up the hearing that we had when the democrats were in the majority. i participated in those hearings. they were good hearings. they stopped because the republicans are the majority. and like on most things, the republicans care about management and they care about wealthy white men. and they don't care about labor and they don't care about , humans. they don't care about health care. they don't care about injuries and workers comp. it's unfortunate. that's why we're here now because the democrats who are here. what mr. carson said, i could go about a leased car, i could go further but i say it's more like a sharecropper. and sure you all want to play and get paid a lot, but you are -- i love the game. ollie maxom was my favorite from a thousand years ago. the owners are in the boxes and the only injuries they are possibly being subjected

mr. solia was killed in december 1967. i found out the other two men are probably william pearson, the new guy, and eddie lee jackson who was mr. point. the command chronology gave the reason for their deaths. company c was hit by a booby trap and two were three artillery rounds. it was searched on 16 december and bodies were found with negative results. the incident resulted in one killed in action and six wounded in action. two men later died. the new guy, mr. pearson, he had been in vietnam for just 24 days when he was killed. both of these notes were left in august of 1986. i assume they are from the same woman, although they both touch on different topics. in one she is describing about how she was a nurse in vietnam. she signs it lieutenant dee baker, rn. the other is talking about her husband who died in vietnam. "i went to vietnam to heal and was silently wondered. i awaken from nightmares about those i could not save. i came on degree for those we sent home blind, paralyzed, limbless, mindless. i discovered i am not god." the other one to talk about her husband, tom. "we would've been married 21 years this year." t

lee: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to sound the alarm about our deepening military operations in somalia. this monday the united states conducted its 30th air strike in somalia since donald trump took office. this number is almost greater than the amount of air strikes president obama conducted in eight years in office, mind you. what's worse, we now have the largest united states presence in somalia since 1993, some 500 united states troops, which has doubled in 2017 alone. why, mr. speaker, are we conducting so many air strikes and ramping up our military presence in somalia with no congressional oversight? why are we sending our troops to fight a war that the american people know nothing about? congress has been left in the dark about these operations. at a minimum we should have basic knowledge of the missions we are asking our service members to risk their lives for. but we know it's not just somalia. these u.s. shadow wars are taking place all across the world. as we saw so tragically in niger last m

mr. speaker, i want to go to one other issue -- i jackson lee to my friend. mr. mccarthy: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i caution the gentleman on some of the things that he says because do i not want him to end up with any pinocchios. the gentleman knows my fondness for him. just today in the "washington post" we had a joint editorial about our trip down to puerto rico, virgin islands, and to florida, the keys. but the one thing do i want to say to the gentleman, i know you mentioned a few people at nfib, y beginning, whether they support the bill or not. i'd say just stay tuned. when the gentleman talks about will there be nfib, changes in the ort bill, this is the process. when you go through committee, do you not want to have the committee to have input? so there will be some changes. substantially? no. i do also want to advise my good friend, maybe i changes in bill, you to clause 5-a of rule 21 of the house rules. that will tell you how a bill comes to the floor coming out of could refer ways and means when it de with taxes. i know the gentleman talks

mr. herbert patrick lee. >>president breed: colleagues, this brings us to the end of our agenda. madam clerk, is there any further business before us today. >> clerk: that concludes our business for today. >>president breed: we are adjourned, >> hello, san francisco and welcome to another episode of public works tv. i'm a publroject manager here public works, here on public works tv, but first let's take a look at what's been happening in the last week. we poured concrete at fire department 16. i wanted to hit the streets of chinatown talking to people about keeping the streets clean. see our website for more details. happy world plumbing day? did you know that many people in today's world still live without working plumbing in their home? we're dedicating this episode to world toilet day, that day we recognize every year on november 19th to focus on proper sanitation and the access of clean and safe toilets for everyone. originally established by the world health organization in 2001, the day has grown to be recognized by the international community. in 2013, the united nations