mr. peters: thank you, mr. chairman. my amendment would enable the army corps of engineers to use the best technology available to ensure our infrastructure is structurally sound and to avoid the loss of property, money and lives. specifically, it directs the secretary of the army to use structural health monitoring to evaluate its construction projects and current infrastructure to mitigate damage from floods, earthquakes, sea level rise and other disasters both before and after major events. the increased frequency and magnitude of extreme weather events have a high cost to the federal government. in 2012, superstorm sandy cost n estimated $50 billion, caused more than 775,000 people to flee their home. the federal government provided $ 36 billion in assistance, $1,160 per taxpayer. these costs can be prevented. research has shown every one dollar spent on preparedness cost. 4 in how we -- how much we spend before depends how many lives we save. successful planning and preparation involves a consultation to experts and

mr. peters: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. mr. peters: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i rise today to speak about the incredible future of mobility in this country. earlier this week the department of transportation, or d.o.t., made history by releasing its official federal policy for automated vehicles. this marks a major milestone in the effort to bring driverless cars to america's roads and to ensure that our country remains the world leader in the next generation of transportation. d.o. it's federal policy contains four key components. the first outlines a 15-point safety assessment for the safe design, development, testing and deployment of automated vehicles. and this is a meaningful first step. the first federal guidance for automotive manufacturers seeking to develop and deploy these new technologies. the second component outlines the distinct federal and state roles for regulation of automated vehicles, moving us toward a uniform national framework for the regulation in this space. third, the policy makes a federal commitment to exped

. >> mr. peter thompson, president of the general assembly, your majesties you royal highnesses, distinguished heads of state and excellencecies, ladies and gentlemen and gentlemen. ban ki-moon: i stand here honored to have served this great united nations. in taking the oath in december, 2006, i pledged to work with you peoples. with the charter as you are guide and the dedication of the staff, we have achieved much together. i also stand before you with deep concern. mistrust divides citizens from their leaders. ex-twreemists push people into amps of us and them. there are rising seas, record heat and extreme storms. and danger defines the days of many. 130 million people need life-saving assistance. tens of millions, millions of them are children and young people. our next generation already at risk. yet after 10 years in office, i'm more convinced that we have the power to end the war, poverty, and persecution. we have the means to prevent conflict. we have the potential to close the gap between

mr. peters has represented the board of election for a long time. he has very good information for the court. my name is tom far and i'm here to represent the defendants with me. my partner and alec peter is representing the state board of elections. i think the most important point i can make your honor is that we disagree with the plaintiff's position that judge schroeder did not apply the test of the articulation. he religiously applied that test and then he made extensive findings of facts and concluded that based upon his facts, the plaintiff had not carried the burden of proving either of the prongs that the court had laid out. >> it's helpful as far as to be able to indicate the claim you're talking about. [inaudible] i get your point in terms of the overall view of it, but in terms of the analysis here and what's been presented here, i'd like to get your position on those. >> yes sir, your honor, i'm talking about the section to claim at this point. >> you are talking section two results. >> yes results but i may be missing something but i a

68 and i have been in this district in the same home since 1974 and we are long time clients of mr. peter chin and moourns are extremely disturbed by the capricious nature of the planning process and this legislation that effects only one single office years ever since we've moved into the west portal district i have - generally looked down on that has an area to shop or has to do with it is languished all that time and now the supervisor yee legislation that will hurt a man and his office which has done england to - block the process we hate to see the capriciousness in the city. >> thank you. any other speakers seeing none, public comment is closed. at this time. >> so a motion that is made to continue this item to the call of the chair. >> yes. supervisor yee. >> again thank the public for coming out as i said up front my intent to ask for a continuance of this legislation and hope you'll be honoring my request. >> yes. thank you very much so the request we continue it co-chair can i get a motion. >> so moved. >> without objection that passes unanimously thank you. >> thank you supervi

mr.--? >> grabbler. peter grabbler. >> stephen: well mr. grabbler, i imagine the ending of difficult time for your industry. >> absolutely. it has ended a way of life. a proud heritage. i come from a long line of junk checkers. my pappy checked people's junk at public bathrooms. and so did his pappy before him. >> stephen: but the law's only existed for a few months. >> what's your point? >> stephen: nothing. so they fired you? >> they did. opening bathroom stalls at random, yelling "what you got down there?! show me what you got!" and then demanding cash. >> stephen: and you couldn't drum up much business that way? >> no, i made tons of cash, but it turns out asking for money to check peoples' diddly bits is technically prostitution. >> stephen: well, you seem well equipped for the job. what do you have in your tool belt, there? >> well, i got latex gloves, for obviou magnifying glass for when it's a cold day. and of course, i got my tongs! >> stephen: tongs? what are those for? >> for makin' barbecue. i'm from north carolina. always got t

mr. peters: thank you, mr. president. today i rise to speak about nasa and the future of our nation's human space exploration program. nasa and our industry partners have made incredible progress in space exploration and we are now closer to human missions into deep space than we have been since we left the moon nearly 45 years ago. we have set a lofty but achievable goal, and we are going to mars and we are building the rockets and infrastructure to get us there. achieving a complex long-term goal can be challenging for a government, and this is especially true during an administration transition. but we can't let up on the development if we're going to put a human on mars. that is why i, along with a number of my commerce committee colleagues, recently introduced the nasa transition authorization act of 2016. this bipartisan bill will ensure nasa maintains a continuity of purpose over the next year. the nasa transition act will give nasa the stability needed to keep nasa's important missions moving through 2017, and it'

mr. peters: thank you for organizing this bipartisan gathering, to raise awareness about the suicide epidemic plaguing our veteran community and for your leadership on this important cause. san diego is home to the third largest population of veterans in the nation. every year roughly half of the service members stationed in san diego are discharged and stay in the region after they leave service. with more than 236,000 residing in san diego county, honoring our commitment to veterans, the benefits they earn through their service, is one of the most important jobs we have in congress and i think folks are recognizing that here tonight. during suicide prevention month, we turn our focus to ending the awful reality of veteran suicide that has hurt families and communities across the country. every day 20 veterans tragically take their own lives. regardless of the number or rates, every veteran suicide is one too many. but there's much more we can do. mental health issues are still sigma advertised in our country, but it's time -- zig mattiased in our country, but it's -- stigmatized in our coun

mr. peters: thank you, mr. president. today i want to rise to applaud the senate for passing earlier today the water resources development act of 2016, better known as wrda. it's important to pause for a moment and appreciate the fact that we were able to come together in such a bipartisan way on such an important and substantive matter, wrda passed by an overwhelming majority of 95-3. we took -- today we took a critical step towards making real investments in our nation's waterways, ports, harbors, ecosystems and the infrastructure that we rely on for our drinking water. we also made a statement that when a group of people are suffering, our country must pull together to help. delivering assistance to flint, michigan and other communities suffering from poor drinking water quality is frankly quite overdue. we should have provided funding to fix flint's water infrastructure long ago, but today we have taken a meaningful step toward the future where the people of flint, as well as communities all across america, can turn o

mr. straus. >> again peter strauss for the san francisco transit riders i'm here to address one aspect of this project and that is the safety islands we strongly support of safety island they be installed at all stops without delay we don't supportive pilot the historic data suggests nostril safety islands one thirds as many accidents as where interest have not been safeties elements the last data an terryville there are eltsz and location not having the board of supervisors islaning i we're not trying to protect against the consciousness drivers but drivers b of a badly and the signage not providing any physical protection it is possible that the mrirlt may appear to be successful and no one is hurt until someone is hurt with in physical protection provided we simply write high viability signage not preventing someone from driving in - safety island are acceptable and needed we urge you to install them without delay at all stations along terryville. >> next speaker, please. >> skmz (calling names) is paul here (calling names). >> paul is first. >> okay. >> go ahead. >> good afternoon. >> i've

mr. peters was just talking about that the state board of elections may have said the training for august 8 or night before disenfranchise voters that can be moved the contract could be approved if the federal court rules that these laws are racially discriminatory and unconstitutional the courts to approve and shows a there is ample time for them to get a remedy in place to vote in november. >> we will take the case under advisement and asked our clark to come down to brief the wires -- briefed of lawyers >> women in america at today want to make sure they have the ability not to get pregnant because of the mosquito and pregnant women. >> today they turn down the very money that they argued for in may and decided to gamble with the lives of children like this. >> daniel defense policy and program bills. >> all of these faults are vital to the future of this nation in the time of turmoil during the greatest number of refugees since the end of world war two. >> every member of this body every republican and democrat wants to see less gun violence. >> we must continue to do the work of nonv

68 and i have been in this district in the same home since 1974 and we are long time clients of mr. peter chin and moourns are extremely disturbed by the capricious nature of the planning process and this legislation that effects only one single office years ever since we've moved into the west portal district i have - generally looked down on that has an area to shop or has to do with it is languished all that time and now the supervisor yee legislation that will hurt a man and his office which has done england to - block the process we hate to see the capriciousness in the city. >> thank you. any other speakers seeing none, public comment is closed. at this time. >> so a motion that is made to continue this item to the call of the chair. >> yes. supervisor yee. >> again thank the public for coming out as i said up front my intent to ask for a continuance of this legislation and hope you'll be honoring my request. >> yes. thank you very much so the request we continue it co-chair can i get a motion. >> so moved. >> without objection that passes unanimously thank you. >> thank you supervi

ited distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, allow me first of all congratulate his excellency, mr. peter thompson, , electedative of fiji president of the current general assembly, and wish him every success in his mission. he can rest assure of chad's full support. i would also like to congratulate and thank his excellency, outgoing president assembly foreneral his dedication and many initiatives aimed at strengthening the most mostratic and representative of the united nations. the same time, on behalf of chad and the african union, i andd like to congratulate render a heartfelt tribute to his excellency, secretary-general of the united nations whose mandate is soon coming to a close. commitmenthip and for 10eless investment years have contributed to strengthening the united nations ideals.oting his ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests, founded by 51han 70 years ago , the united nations andhas 193 member states, has evolved to make our states enter connected and , just asendent challenges have become global and collective in nature. live isd in which we facing different types of

peter: mr. pozen or has something he wants to get off his chest. alan: she has been there before.fter she lost the election in 2005, it was in her grasp. there she was, flanked, making her speech, by the party grandes. chancellorhat then defeated her, abused her on tv, him in therty left coalition. she went on to get even with any one of the party grandes who flanked her. she will get even with all of them. she is not this cold, calculating, physicist. he is someone who gets even. but there are no grandes anymore. she has taken care of everyone. only one left is her, because she is the party. peter: i would like to cut in right there. we already heard, there is no alternative. but is that true? within the party, without the party, let's find out. let's listen to set -- the other names mentioned. csu, the leader has been making noises about running for chancellor, but if merkel agrees to his proposal on annual limits for refugees, he will probably stay where he is. wolfgang, the finance minister, he has gone -- dodone a good job with b budget and is respected. but voters think he i

mr. peters: this bill will significantly reduce the threat of lead exposure and other drinking were contamination for communities across the united states and it will invest in our aging water infrastructure. i am particularly pleased the language addressing the flint water crisis, language that i worked on with my colleagues senator stabenow, senator inhofe, senator boxer and many others is included in the wrda bill before us. their strong leadership has been invaluable and i thank them for their efforts. wrda provides resources that will improve drinking water infrastructure in flint, michigan, and other places where pipes, pumps and treatment plants are crumbling and are woefully out of date. this bill also funds health programs for communities that have been affected by lead contamination. also, all of the direct spending is fully paid for. crafting this bill has been a constructive process with input from many senators. there are a number of new smart policy changes that will vastly improve water quality and tackle accessibility challenges. for example, this bill delivers funding for program

president, allow me to ,ongratulate your excellency mr. peter thompson, on your election of president as a 71st session of the u.n. general assembly. hope this session under the theme of sustainable development goals and a universal push to transform our world will make a contribution to promoting peaceful procurement. mr. president, peace and security are the permanent theme of the united nations. even at this very moment when the u.n. -- the world is besieged with terrorism, sleeping refugees crisis, a war, and increasing global hotspots. among them, the koreans have ventured into the world's most standard hotspot. peaceful environment is the foremost prerequisite for the democratic people's republic of korea. as the international committee witnesses every year, the situation on the peninsula is often engulfed in a state that goes out of control, whose root cause clearly lies in the united states who does not abandon its hostile policy and holds aggressive war exercises one the koreaner in peninsula. the larger joint military exercises come --

mr. peters. >> i will like to begin two articles dated the 21st and 22nd of september and tribune to highlight the urgency of the situation facing hatian immigrants in san diego. >> thank you for being here. i had some questions on that topic. since 2010, hatian entrants have been given a special refugee status. just this morning secretary johnson that he, yesterday, announced enforcement -- and consistent practice guided by his memorandum dated november 20th, 2014, the justification for this change in policy seems to be rooted in what -- "sufficient improvements" to the situation in haiti. however, my understanding his position of the haiti government that they do not have the ability or capacity to accept the reason of these individuals, toward hatian entrants? >> that was announced by the secretary today and one is the changed conditions that he has perceived based on the facts and information that was available to him, since that terrible disaster -- in 2010. at one point beginning then, the then secretary of homeland secretary stopped deportations of hatians. it was -- they let up a littl

i thought about it over 40 years, fellow attorney and vice chairman of the attics commission, peter kane. mr. john gallon jug, nobody forgetting people. i don't know of other organizations. i know the friends of ethics mr. larry bush, i want to thank them publicly. thank you mdm. chair one >> thank you very much. for your presentation and for answering our questions. so, i know there are quite a few people who probably want to comment on this and so i just have one card jim lazarus would appear here to speak on item 1 please, on all. >> good morning chairperson tang supervisor mar. my name is peter king. i'm the vice chairman of the san francisco ethics commission and i'm happy and honored to be here to speak on behalf of judge called for this position. if you see fit will be joining us as our fifth member good supervisor brett and is to help position that was appointed by the board of supervisors because of a busy schedule he resigned a wild go so that's why supervisor cop the vacancy is there. supervisor cop mentioned, known him had been his friend and also his admirer in san francisco gov

mr. peters: manchester, illinois, april 24, 2013. jo ann st. clair, 64 years old. roy ralston, 29. brittany, 22. nolan ralston, 5 years old. brantley ralston, 1-year-old. olympia, washington, june 22, 2016. gerald m. berky, 36 years old. terin r. mcgrath, 31. jackson eden, 26 years old. new orleans, louisiana, august 10, 2014. terrence mcbride, 33. jasmine anderson, 16. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize september as veteran suicide prevention month. mr. benishek: america has a veteran suicide epidemic. in 2014, 20 veterans a day committed suicide. only six of these were users of v.a. services. i know that the challenges of military life do not end once our service men and women return home from active duty. a veteran in northern michigan pointed out to me when calling an v.a. center, an automaticed voice directed those in a mental he

mr. rodino. >> aye. >> peter went in the back and cried. we took it very seriously. >> with that vote, mr.became the first president in more than a century and only the second in all of our history to confront removal from office through the only means provided in the constitution, impeachment. >> i stood by nixon and felt he should remain in office, but then we discovered the tape of june 23rd. this was fatal. >> good evening. president nixon stunned the country today by admitting he held back evidence from the house judiciary committee, keeping it a secret from his lawyers and not disclosing it in public statements. mr. nixon issued transcripts of three recorded conversations he had with h.r. halderman on june 23rd, 1972, six days after the burglars were caught in the watergate. >> you open that scab and there's a hell of a lot of things that we just feel that this would be detrimental to have this thing go any further. >> the facts came out. yes, the president himself, not only was he involved in this but he directed this criminal operation. >> they should call the fbi and n. and say th

mrs. clinton notices. peterlia, my wife and i do not understand why the birther issue is so important to america. new york, i am 13, i'm reading "killing the rising sun" i have a new respect for those troops who invaded the beaches. bingo. that's what we want. vivian, new jersey, i read every killing book but rising sun is in a class by himself. when my father spoke of the war, his eyes filled with tears. now i know why. jim, california, with your successful factor and best selling books, you are as money hungry as hillary clinton. or maybe it's just that i work hard, jim. wise up. >>> and finally tonight, factor tip of the day. there's a new cliche in america called the bucket list. basically it's what you want to do before you die. now, i visited about 80 countries, so i don't have too many more places to see, new zealand, himalayas. but my real focus is on meeting people. last week i got to say good-bye to the best baseball broadcaster ever, 88-year-old vin scully, calling his last l.a. dodger game on sunday.

mr. conyers, of course peter king who has been absolutely tenacious picking up the good work that dan lungrener member of the committee and attorney general of california had done on this legislation previously. this is a bipartisan piece of legislation and it has to be signed by the president. i certainly hope that the president will sign it into law. this bill holds the promise of some measure of justice for the victims of al qaeda's horrific terrorist attack on the united states 15 years ago this sunday. time has not diminished the suffering of those who have lost will haved ones on that day -- loved ones on that day, nor has it brought accountability or closure. this bill aims to change that to some degree by overturning the legal challenges that they have -- that have stood between the victims and the justice they rightly seek from foreign governments and individuals suspected of financing the 9/11 attacks. i worked extensively with the 9/11 survivors, family members, worked with the jersey girls as they became known who pushed so hard for the 9/11 commission in a was chaired by my gover

peter? >> reporter: jenna, mr. trump said he's not running to be president of the world, he's running to be president united states. and suggested that hillary clinton may have things the other way around. >> in hillary clinton's america we surrendered our status as the worldy greatest economy and surrendered our middle-classes to the whims of foreign countries. we take care of them better than we take care of ourselves. >> reporter: just before trump's remarks in the waldorf, he released a letter from his daughter and showed all vitals are normal and takes statins which are normal for somebody his age. he told dr. oz, that he feels good as he did when he was 30. and he's skeptical of hillary clinton's ability to comcampaign. >> what is your sense of going up to election day. >> i don't know. for this you need tremendous stamina. >> reporter: trump is sharing his feelings about colin powell who doesn't think much about donald trump or hillary clinton. powell called trump a national disgrace. and his respois sponse.

mr. chairman for another round. i appreciate all the information you guys provided today. i hope you stay in touch. >> senator peters. >> thank you, mr. chairman and thank you to each of the witnesses for being here and providing good testimony as to what's happening in your states. i certainly appreciate the comments of my colleagues here, particularly senator portman, talking how we need to be bipartisan. we have to figure out how to deal with these complex issues and doing it in a collaborative way. i hope we are at the point where we can get away from this partisan divide that has prevented us from dealing with the health care system in this country where folks think we just repeal or we just keep, we are well beyond that debate now. the affordable care act is not going to be repealed. that doesn't mean it's perfect but there's a lot to celebrate as well. we are in a position to celebrate what's not good and fix what's not so good and take it in a practical, common sense kind of way, roll up our sleeves to do that. it's important as we have that debate to remember that the health care system wasn't all that grea

i thought about it over 40 years, fellow attorney and vice chairman of the attics commission, peter kane. mr. john gallon jug, nobody forgetting people. i don't know of other organizations. i know the friends of ethics mr. larry bush, i want to thank them publicly. thank you mdm. chair one >> thank you very much. for your presentation and for answering our questions. so, i know there are quite a few people who probably want to comment on this and so i just have one card jim lazarus would appear here to speak on item 1 please, on all. >> good morning chairperson tang supervisor mar. my name is peter king. i'm the vice chairman of the san francisco ethics commission and i'm happy and honored to be here to speak on behalf of judge called for this position. if you see fit will be joining us as our fifth member good supervisor brett and is to help position that was appointed by the board of supervisors because of a busy schedule he resigned a wild go so that's why supervisor cop the vacancy is there. supervisor cop mentioned, known him had been his friend and also his admirer in san francisco gov

laughing when a journalist asked him -- peter: truly a shocking moment. maissun: asking, mr.mbassador, did you target the hospitals yesterday? he just laughed and walked away. you think it has been moving from bad to worse for the last five years. every day, we reach a worse condition. i do not know if we are going to have an end anytime soon. peter: after five and a half years of the conflict in syria, the special envoy to syria said that we are witnessing new heights of horror. what can you tell us from your personal contacts? kristin: it is definitely a new escalation, and i always thought, as you probably thought, that it is not possible. it cannot get any worse. but it is getting worse. we have there places where people are besieged for four years now that we are not even looking at. we have the strategy to besiege people, starve them , and this works because assad and the russians know they can do whatever they w want. they can use the weapons they have because no one will interfere and stop them. this is the major problem right now. peter: before we bring you in, let's

peter: i will look forward to interviewing mr. quinn when he takes office. what are some of the big battles or issues that you have confronted since 1998? past: so much of it in the 18 years has been transaction related. approvals,merger those have been the biggest fights. we have managed in that time to win most of them. we had one big loss. that was the t-mobile merger. but most of them have been successful. those arese -- james: probably the biggest issues any telecommunications company confronts, and they are driven by the desire for growth. some of it was driven, in the early part of my career, by the changes that were occurring in the industry itself. but a lot of it since then has been driven by the convergence and wherese services all of them were divided up previously, you can look at the telecommunications act and see that all of them were regulated in their own silo. and everything is a sort of must mushedr now. -- sort of together now. and the consumers have been the beneficiary. they have got more services and choices than ever before. peter: is

mr. lafont, the young man who was killed. andy: assistant attorney general peter hinckley expects the results of that autopsy to be released either later today or tomorrow. court records show lafont had a relatively minor criminal history that included guilty pleas to charges of criminal trespass and resisting arrest. court documents also say he also had an outstanding charge of misuse of the 911 system for times and it one point asking them for a ride to mcdonald's. officials say they don't know how long this shooting investigation will take. >> this case is no different than any other case where the attorney general's office is involved that starts early on and continuous for quite some time. it's not that we get all the information in a couple hours. sometimes it takes days and weeks to gather all the relevant and useful information, and this case is really no different. report on the shooting. officials say that could come as soon as about a month, or it could take much longer. reporting live in the newsroom, i andy hershberger. am wmur news 9. jennifer: tonig

unclear whether we will see peter and mr. mcgregor doing car >> just has positive energy. >> all the way around. >> look forward to that and that's the happy edition of "pop news." >> we needed that. >> i had a feeling you might. i'm not going to debate you on that. >> oh. so close. so close. >>> coming up, the candidates making their cases, nearly one in five voters saying they could change their minds, were they swayed last night? can we have the picture of our texas people here? >> texas girls take new york come on back. you both have a perfect driving record. perfect. no tickets, no accidents... that is until one of you clips a food truck ruining your perfect record. yeah. now you would think your insurance company would cut you some slack, right? no, your insurance rates go through the roof. your perfect record doesn't get you anything. anything. perfect. for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise your rates due to your first accident. liberty stands with you. allergies distracting you? when your s

peter: wells fargo's troubles are far from over. >> we will make sure that those betrayed by wells fargo are not forgotten and on their behalf a committee has launched in-depth investigation, mr. stumpf of your bank's activities. today's hearing is just the beginning of the investigation. it is not the end. peter: wells fargo's problems got worse when federal regulators announced the bank is paying $24 million in fines and payments to settle allegations about auto loans it made the military service members and illegally repossessed ability 400 cars while some personnel were away on active duty. back to you in new york. nicole: thanks so much. for more on this congresswoman member of house financial services committee will be joining us right here on fbn:am later in the show. >> we are looking forward to that. now in the race to the white house with less than six weeks of presidential election, hillary clinton and donald trump intensifies attacks on each other. blake berman has the latest in washington. blake: donald trump and hillary clinton have somewhat been crossing paths. both have spent part of the last two days in new hampshire and iowa. early voting in iowa started thu