mr. roberts: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the reading be i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. roberts: i call up the substitute amendment. officer the clerk will report. the clerk: mr. roberts proposes an amendment numbered 3224. strike all after the enacting clause -- mr. roberts: mr. president, i ask that the reading of the amendment be waived. -- of the substitute amendment. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i call up thune amendment 3134. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: mr. mcconnell for in thune proposes amendment be amendment 3124. mr. mcconnell: i ask that the reading be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. roberts: plop? the presiding officer: the senator from kansas. mr. roberts: thank you, mr. president. i rise today as the senate considers legislation on an issue that is critically foreign our nation, the agriculture improvement act of 2018, the farm bil

mr. roberts: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from kansas. mr. roberts: thank you, mr. president. we're getting very close to finalizing the farm bill on a bipartisan basis. we just have some u.c. requests that we're going over. stay tuned. i hope that members will understand that when we have a vote, this vote was over 60 minutes. there were some commentary during this. i understand that. but certainly we can do better than that in behalf of our farmers, ranchers, and growers and the great state of texas. at any rate, thank you very much and we'll be back to you just as quickly as we can. i know people have very important schedules to meet. i would yield to the distinguished ranking member. ms. stabenow: thank you. mr. president -- the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. ms. stabenow: just to join with chairman roberts, we are very close to a final u.c. and to the final vote. we would ask folks to stay close and we hope that we will be able to begin that process shortly with everyone's support and indulgence. so thank you. mr. roberts: mr. president? the pres

mr. roberts: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from kansas. mr. roberts: thank you, madam president. i again rise, especially today, as the senate continues to consider legislation on an issue that is critically -- critically -- important to our nation. it is the agriculture improvement act of 2018 or what we call the farm bill. i want to emphasize again -- and i don't know how i can emphasize this more strongly, but i hope my colleagues will understand -- that the responsibility, the absolute requirement, is to provide farmers, ranchers, growers, everyone within america's food chain certainty and predictability during these very difficult times that we're experiencing in agriculture. as i speak right now in kansas farmers are on combines and trucks are taking grain to the elevator -- or in storage, more likely -- with the wheat harvest. i can see in several counties probably up in northwest kansas, we have finished that in the southern part of our state. these are the same folks that have had combines on the move from texas to oklahoma now and kan

mr. chief justice -- may i answer? justice roberts: you have five more minutes. mr. yarger: oh. justice roberts: if you want. mr. yarger: i'll have to think about that, your honor. but in the meantime, there was nothing illegal about two gay people in 2012 in colorado expressing their commitment to each other and celebrating that commitment with their loved ones. justice ginsburg: would colorado be required to give full faith and credit to the massachusetts marriage? mr. yarger: well, it certainly would today, your honor. justice alito: but it wouldn't at the time. mr. yarger: no, it wouldn't. justice alito: it did not at the time. this is very odd we're thinking about this case as it might play out in 2017, soon to be 2018, but this took place in 2012. so if craig and mullins had gone to a state office and said we want a marriage license, they would not have been accommodated. if they said: well, we want you toecogni our maschusetts marriage, the state would say: no, we won't accommodate that. well, we want a civil union. well, we won't accommodate that either. and yet when he g

mrs. robert f. kennedy. at right.nedy is robert received his law degree in 1951 and became known in the years immediately following. counsel for senator mccarthy's committee.ve they began raising a family years.his one of the most controversial episodes in kennedy's career, a subject often brought up by opponents over the years, was his service as assistant council to the mccarthy committee. this was 1953 when mccarthy after rocking the nation with charges of communism in high places embroiled in a battle with army officials. the stormy hearings which arose from mccarthy's claims of subversion in an army camp led to the eclipse mccarthy's career and to the resignation of robert kennedy from the committee after six months' service. kennedy had been feuding with mccarthy's chief kohn, butoy kennedy was to return as counsel for the democrats he succeededy, him as chief counsel and staff director. in 1957, kennedy stepped into a role that was to heighten his reputation as a tough investigator. chief counsel for t

mrs. robert f kennedy. eunice kennedy is at right. robert received his law degree in 1951 and became widely known in the years immediately following. first is a counsel for senator joseph mccarthy's subcommittee in the senate. later as chief counsel for the subcommittee. he and ethel began raising a family in those years. one of the most controversial episodes in his career, a subject often brought up by political opponents, was his service as assistant counsel to the mccarthy committee. 1953 when mccarthy, after rocking the nation with charges of communism and high places became embroiled in a battle with army officials represented by joseph welch. the hearings, which arose from claims of subversion and army camp led to the eclipse of senator mccarthy's career and to the resignation of robert kennedy from the committee after six-month service. kennedy had been feuding with the chief counsel. he was to return to the committee as counsel for the democrats and ultimately succeeded with chief counsel. in 1957, kennedy stepped into a role

mrs. kennedy and robert kennedy. ♪ >> now comes the attorney general.ehind them, other members of the family. president johnson. [gunfire] >> in 1964, kennedy won the democratic nomination for u.s. senator from new york. >> i accept your nomination gratefully. >> his critics called him an interloper, running for office in new york, although he lived in virginia and voted in massachusetts. but kennedy insisted the basic question was, who was best suited to represent the state of new york? he found many were pleased that he had changed his locale. >> we want bobby! >> president kennedy said we have the capacity to make this the best generation in the history of mankind. or to make it the last. i think we can make it the best. i think all of us joined together could make that happen. [applause] >> can't we walk a few blocks and go down and register? am i asking too much? >> ♪ we shall overcome, we shall overcome, one day ♪ [applause] [speaking spanish] >> they said that was very good. my accent is very good, everybody. >> i think the effort we are making a

so what we're talking about is justice roberts: well how does -- mr. frederick: how you manage the workplace. justice roberts: how do negotiation over wages not affect the state budget? mr. frederick: your honor, what essentially happens as i understand it is that either the budget is set and the negotiation occurs within that parameter or the governor takes the collective bargaining agreement to the state and the legislature decides to either ratify it or not. justice roberts: so the public unions do not engage in advocacy with respect to the state budget to the extent that impacts the available wages? mr. frederick: i think -- i wouldn't put it quite that way. what i would say is that of course most public servants are underpaid, and i will stipulate to that before this body. mr. frederick: and the question is -- the question is how do you come to the appropriate compromises in order to achieve a system that attracts the best workers? justice kennedy: i just want to make sure that if i want to write something down to get -- the amount of wages paid to

mr. chief justice -- justice roberts: please. mr. franklin: may i respond? we do think the reliance interests are serious here. under state law, because of the severability clause, there would be state law contract issues. there might even be a duty to bargain that kicks in under state law where we would have to renegotiate not only this provision but surrounding provisions. that's a serious reliance interest in our view. thank you. justice roberts: thank you, counsel. mr. frederick. mr. frederick: thank you, mr. chief justice, and may it please the court, i would note at the beginning that all of these arguments were before the court 40 years ago in abood. and when the court unanimously upheld the idea of agency fees, it considered whether or not these issues would constrain the constitutional prerogatives of government to act under democratic impulses to come up with a system that would fit the local culture, history, private sector background of what state governments were having to do to recruit and attract the most willing and able people to discharge t

mr. roberts: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. roberts: for the information of our colleagues, the senate will proceed to the bill tomw morning at 10:00, and the amendment process will begin after senator stabenow and i offer the bipartisan substitute, the first amendment offered on this side will be the thune amendment on the conservation preserve program. there will be no further roll call votes tonight, and i yield to my distinguished colleague, the ranking member of the committee, senator stabenow. ms. stabenow: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. ms. stabenow: thank y, mr. president. i just want to say that i'm pleased that we're moving forward and looking forward to the first amendment we'll be voting on, senator thune's amendment, which i'm very supportive of. i'm looking forward to working with colleagues as we move through the bill. hopefully we're on the road to getting this done this week. i would at this point suggest the absence of a quorum. th

mr. roberts wants to complete the transaction so the other guy does not get it.strategic for you because you have got the future of your company going direct to the consumer and competing directly against the netflix. you have just launched espn arect and are about to launch disney app to go head-to-head with netflix. even the mighty walt disney needs more content than they already have. francine: what do regulators want? >> the at&t time-warner ruling for week was a huge win at&t and vertical integration. after that, comcast came out with their bid for 20% true fox. influence to much the murdochs have over who is chosen? murdoch hasupert indicated longer-term he and his family would prefer to own disney paper. i think they believe the pro forma combined companies with disney are a better long-term play, but at the end of the day it will come down to the price and who puts the bigger number on the table. i think we will have a summer of a bidding war between these two media giants. francine: could it take longer? 3-6 months, or before then? be 2-3 roundswill of b

mr. roberts: would the senator yield? mr. thune: i would be happy to yield. mr. roberts: i want to speak in support of my colleague's amendment. it makes changes in the conserve reserve program and goodness knows we have been working on this for several weiss. as a matter of -- several years. as a matter of fact i can remember when i was back in the spouse and sponsor of the program and congressman thune continued that effort. he has pointed out the amendment provides greater clarity for when a producer can conduct productive management. i strongly support that as do all the members of the committee. these flexibilities not only provide more ability to produce and it has a mutual benefit to the wildlife that rely on that habitat. and the distinguished senator pointed out exactly right during the ag committee markup, both senator stabenow and i are committed to working with you on this priority. i'm pleased this amendment reflects that bipartisan agreement that has the support of the grower and wildlife organization. i thank my colleague for working with senator st

mr. robert kennedy did not troublet i would have visiting my nephew to go to cuba, for example, to liberatecubans in defense of a government which now sayays it s doing evererything i it can, whh cannot liberatee. there are 20 million people in this count. and you can't put them all in jail. i know how my nephew feels. i know how i feel. to washington, d.c., to speak with michael eric dyson, the author of "what truth sounds like: rfk, james baldwin and our unfinished conversation about race in america." michael l eric don is aa professor of sociology at georgetown university and thee author of many books. welcome back to democracy now! it igreat to havthe u s. >> always great to be here, amy. amy: talk about were you begin the book with the martyrs and you place it at dr. king's funeral. >> that's right. i begin they're talking about soaking the soil of reality. and from that soil of brutality, of death and of tragic and traumatic separation from these figures, these icons, who informed our values, our visions, our virtue of american democracy. i wanted to talk about how their deaths, marti

mr. ms. roberts for work. although the decision is not completely a surprise we found that time in both political parties support strongly unions. and -- american labor unit help build the middle class and help make it strong. unions of the most effective way to move people into the middle class. they're the reason people have weekends off, good wages and benefits and employer-provided health insurance. they led the fight to end child labor my family medical leave. unions have been responsible for one of the biggest challenges in this country and that is how do we increase family wages #, union workers make 27% more than their nonunion counterpart. this comes out as a results and have not only benefit members at all working people. if we want a strong and growing middle-class, we need strong unions. that's why the decision so devastating. not only for the country but for working families in america. a decision that's the latest in a long line of corporate-funded attacks. the workers were talking about our fire

mr. robert mueller needs to take his time to find out the trump , where he hasump connections with russiacountries western want to lend trump money because he does not pay. the only country that lends china,o him is russia, and those are the only two countries that can afford trump. know if youi do not watched that hearing yesterday with mr. rosenstein and christopher wray, but the message from some of those republicans on the committee were hurry up. conclude the mueller investigation. and if you did not see it, go to c-span.org. he specifically told that to the deputy attorney general. hi, jim. caller: hi greta, how are you. host: i'm doing well. atler: i'm just calling about 6:10 in the morning, just waking up and it has been very difficult to get through to c-span, i have been trying to get through about a month and a half. i just wanted to say something in observation to all of the regular callers who must know this and be yelling at their tv screens, as i have. caller whoregular calls himself herby. he calls like 20 times a month. i do not know how he does it. we will keep an eye on

mr. roberts be willing to go to as he seeks to secure the assets that many people say are once in a generation at this point they're saying that they didn't say that a year ago. >> no. >>> goldman takes their target to a new high. 490 on netflix. >> oh, my gosh he sai going to make a lot of money what a piece that was. >> yes and growing content. growing ecosystems going to drive swth abe expectations they raised their target in e e. >> that's a eat piece and netflix is throughout thiss jus. by the way, atne point i think that the judge was saying now the judge was doing a little m & a work and research work didn't he imply it would be better for comcast to buy t-mobile this judge gave you everything he took comcast, he took comcast to a buy he downgraded at&t. >> it's interesting yo mentioned t-mobile there are those that believe the doj will have to move on to the more traditional territory if they want to oppose something, it has to be a horizontal deal. >> they need a win delrahim needs a win, man. >> sprint and t-mobile, which is is a classic four begin to three. of course, their argument

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mr. roberts of comcast of course they're our parent company. >> well, whether or not he goes forward withid for the broader fox assets, i think, is an open question in my mind, the real lever that comcast has is the independent bid for sky. the -- i think the -- that asset fits much better with comcast than disney. disney doesn't know anything about truck roll, satellite dishes, settop boxes and all the issues of running such a business i think it's more important to comcast because they're kind of in a domestic box and this would give them an international platform but if brian raises the bid on sky, it's already got about a $32 billion market cap, $35 billion to $45 billion bid for sky could leave disney in a position of having to add another $24 billion if it was going to buy that on top of the $70 billion for the fox assets, and you're really talking about almost half of the total consideration from disney being tied up in a satellite asset where satellite assetse directv, like dish, are declining heavily in the united states and they not really have the management expertise to deal w

mr. roberts did reach out to us. and we had conversation with him in january, but we have not had a response from his office. >> one of the problems, potential problems, that i see in some of these programs, particularly the demolition, is that the state agencies ensure that there is an open bid process for that type of work so that you don't have a single-source contractor, no bid-rigging, no brother-in-law contract sort of thing. ms. campbell, i'll start with you and we'll just go in order. are those -- do you have those insurances in place? would you be actively involved in monitoring the disbursement of any money to make sure that there was a fair and open bidding process? >> thank you, mr. chair. actually, the sigtarp released an interim report where they identified a weakness with our policy and predures. when iamon it was like restarting the organization all over again, and although we got multiple bids, we did not follow specific rfp process, and that was one of the takeaways that we took back after sigtarp r

mr. president, i would yield the floor. >> earlier today senator spoke on the senate floor to honor robert f. kennedy. he talks about mr. kennedy's life and his impact on the united states history. >> today we remember robt f. kennedy whose life was brutally savagely cut short 50 years ago. robert kennedy was a presidential candidate, a united states senator, member of this chamber, an attorney general, a naval officer, a father, a son, a husband, a brother, but more than all of that he was a beacon of hope amidst turbulent and difficult times in our nation. and he was an inspiration to generations of americans. speaking at his younger brother's funeral, our former colleague senator ted kennedy said that robert kennedy, quote, need not be idolized ornlarge in death beyond what he was in life, that he can be remembered simply as a goo and dent man ,aw suffeng tried to right heal it, saw war and tried to stop it. i was inspid hffts to right wrong and heal suffering and stop war. inspired enough that when i beor and was assigned an office, that happened to be the former office of rert f. kennedy in the russell building, i p

president trump said he has the right to pardon himself.does mr beyond robert mueller's reach.dom and freedom from discrimination. the fight between a conservative christian baker and a gay couple. the supreme court makes a decision in one of the key cultural battles of our time. >>> plus the lewinsky affair, through the prism of me

mr. roberts is the west coast of k.k.r. n hugely involved in california philanthropy and just one idea, the san francisco ballet he basically resurrected or even invented but george roberts, always interesting and really interesting to see the generational change. it's the toughest thing to do in private equity and entrepreneurial finance to get on to the next generation. francine: it was a good interview because he focused on his view on the u.s. economy and jason got him to talk about some of the financials and believed for the moment they're in a good place but he says banks are acting responsibly and he talks about the future leadership of course at k.k.r. as you say and regulation. tom: very good. we'll continue. lots going on right now and of course we're looking at deutsche bank and commerce bank through all of "surveillance" and there's a modest meeting going on today in quebec and maybe they'll mention the washington capitals taking the stanley cup last night and we'll continue with our guests as well. bloomberg rad

mr. dale robert jankowski. on behalf of supervisor safai for the late sister patricia ann claherty. on behalf of president breed for the late miss eileen o'sullivan, and on behalf of president breed and supervisor ronen for the late miss barbara brown lopez. and at the suggestion of supervisor ronen on behalf of the entire board of supervisors for the late supervisor harvey milk. >> president breed: thank you, madam clerk. is there any further business before us today? >> clerk: that concludes our business for today. >> president breed: okay. we are adjourned. thank you, everyone. everyone ready? would everyone please rise to the pledge of allegiance? i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> president stansbury: mr. secretary, roll call. bridges present. casciato present. cohen is expected. driscoll present. quorum is present. >> president stansbury: great, we're going to be going into closed session, but before that, why don't we call for public

president trump said he has the right to pardon himself.does mr beyond robert mueller's reach. the battle between religious freedom and freedom from discrimination. the fight between a conservative christian baker and a gay couple. the supreme court makes a decision in one of the key cultural battles of our time. >>> plus the lewinsky affair, through the prism of me too and what clinton said today that have critics sayinghe's still getting it all hopelessly wrong. >>> good afternoon. welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. and the president of the united states asserting one of the broadest interpretations possible of the powers of the executive. suggesting that if he so chose, he could not be held liable for any federal crime as president. he began his day by tweeting in part, quote, i have the absolute right to pardon myself but why would i do that when i have done nothing wrong, critics pushing latest of a series of stunning clai claims recently made by the president and his legal team. and the 20-page confidential january lawyer from current lawyer sekulow and dowd to rober

mr. dale robert jankowski. on behalf of supervisor safai for the late sister patricia ann claherty. on behalf of president breed for the late miss eileen o'sullivan, and on behalf of president breed and supervisor ronen for the late miss barbara brown lopez. and at the suggestion of supervisor ronen on behalf of the entire board of supervisors for the late supervisor harvey milk. >> president breed: thank you, madam clerk. is there any further business before us today? >> clerk: that concludes our business for today. >> president breed: okay. we are adjourned. thank you, everyone. >> supervisor peskin: good morning and welcome to the san francisco county transportation meeting for today, tuesday, may 22nd. could you please call the role? w -- [roll call] >> supervisor peskin: thank you. i will give the chair support. colleagues, at this time, please ensure the news of several major state -- state branches received from the real capital program and california transportation commission. senate bill one, competitive grant program. as you recall, it is a package that was approved last y

mrs. kennedy and robert kennedy. ♪ [indiscernible] behind them, other members of the family.gunfire] in 1960 four, kennedy won the democratic nomination for u.s. senator for new york. >> i accept her nomination gratefully. >> his critics called him an interloper, running for office in new york, although he lived in virginia and voted in massachusetts. the kennedy insisted the basic question was, who was best suited to represent the state of new york? he found many were pleased that he had changed his locale. bobby!ant >> president kennedy said we have the capacity to make this the best generation in the history of mankind. togetherll of us join could make that happen. [applause] can't we go down a few blocks and register? >> we want bobby "world war ii , we shalll overcometor>> day ♪ e, one [applause] [speaking spanish] >> they said that was very good. my accent is there a good, everybody. i think the effort we are making against poverty, i think the war on poverty can have an effect here. many of the parts of the war on poverty came out in the department of justice. i am in

thejudge revoked mr manafort‘s bail conditions. special counsel roberte had tried to interfere with witnesses in his investigation into russia's role in the 2016 presidential election. president trump has tweeted on it. as you can see among other things he said it was "very unfair!" for more, here's anthony zurcher in washington. from march to august 2016, paul ma nafort from march to august 2016, paul manafort had a very senior bowl in the presidential campaign. he ended up the presidential campaign. he ended up as the campaign chair running up to the republican national convention. before he was forced out because it was made public that he had financial ties to probe russian ukrainian officials and the ended up being what paul manafort was indicted on by robert mueller‘s team in october of last year, tax evasion charges money laundering charges also. and conspiracy charges, relating to 2012 and earlier activities support undisclosed in support of probe russian ukrainian officials. those indictments had nothing to do with his role in donald trump 0zma

in the investigation being led by robert mueller. mr. manafort had been under house arrest while awaiting trial for charges ranging from money laundering to conspiracy against the u.s.. before it was announced that mr. manafort would be going to jail, president trump spoke to reporters outside the white house about the mueller investigation and the fbi's handling of the melt probe. also askednt was about north korea and the u.s. immigration policy of separating children at the border. reporter: mr. president. reporter: mr. president. do you think actions were unfair to hillary? >> is there a reason you keep praising kim jong un? >> one at a time. reporter: actions were unfair to hillary? president trump: no. i think james comey was unfair to the people of this country. i think what he did was a disgrace. i think he goes down as the worst f.b.i. director in the history by far. there's nobody close. and i think i did the country a tremendous favor by firing him. president trump: no, i think, actually, if you take a look, when he totally ex

by prosecutors of trying to influence witness testimony in being led bytion special counsel robert mueller. mr. manafort had been under house arrest on the waiting trial for charges including money laundering. before it was announced that he would be going to jail, president trump spoke to reporters outside of the white house about the mueller investigation and the fbi's handling of the hillary clinton email probe during the 2016 presidential election. the president was also asked about north korea and the u.s. immigration policy of separating children from their parents crossing the border. this is about 20 minutes. reporter: mr. president. reporter: mr. president. do you think james comey's actions were unfair to hillary? reporter: is there a reason you keep praising kim jong un? >> one at a time. president trump: no. i think james comey was unfair to the people of this country. i think what he did was a disgrace. i think he goes down as the worst f.b.i. director in the history by far. there's nobody close. and i think i did the country a tremendous favor by firing him. president trump: no,

mr. roberts' very important questions. and i'm going to -- i thought i did it, but perhaps it wasn't clear, put into the record the various documents that attest to these very serious conflicts that i talked to you about, dr. giroir, with respect to the advisory boards. and one of our letters led to the removal of an official where the conflict was so extraordinarily outlandish, but there is a lot of heavy lifting to do here. all right, having said that, let me kind of recap where we are. first, i want to make clear how strongly i feel and how strongly our side feels that we tackle this issue in a bipartisan way. we are going to do that under the leadership of the chairman. this isn't going to be tackled in the same kind of way that we pursued the c.h.i.p. bill for ten years, the historic families first bill, the potentially transformative medicare legislation that we've spoken about. we are going to get this bill done. it is going to be done in a bipartisan way, period, full stop. now, having said that, i want to go back

mr. roberts and his leadership of this company and steve burke who will run many of these assets -- >> you wouldn't give them the benefit of the doubt >> will never sell >> what do you want your comcast for? you have another 20 years to hold it. >> the complicated part is if shareholders had the same view that you seem to, that -- by the way, i think a deal like this would make sense depends on the price, but clearly shareholders have not wanted to make that bet. when comcast bought nbc universal, the stock did not go down, it went up it went down briefly >> because of the price they thought they were getting. >> price matters >> the concern here is comcast will lever up in terms of adding debt to its balance sheet to pay for this some people say they could add 1$100 billion in terms of capaf that balance, but that's money that might have otherwise gone back to buy stock or do things that short-terme e prefer at the same time some say they don't have confidence in their core business. comcast says if we're willing to add that much debt to our balance sheet, we're saying how much confidence

him and take him to his rest today -- >> reporter: immediately following the assassination of robert kennedy, mrhat in perspective. >> what does assassination mean? >> have you heard that word a lot today? >> yes. >> reporter: then, after september 11th, mr. rogers came out of television retirement again to comfort. >> i know how tough it is some days to look with hope and confidence on the months and years ahead. >> hi, officer clemens, come in. >> reporter: fred rogers was also a subtle revolutionary. he introduced francois clemens into the cast at a time when african-americans had little visibility on television, playing a police officer. >> i had no desire to be a police officer. it was the last thing on my mind. but fred was a very persuasive person. >> reporter: and he had them cool their feet down together. chemic clemens told me rogers, who was also an ordained presbyterian minister, told me the scene was inspired by the new testament account of jesus washing the feet of disciple peter. >> this was no accident. he knew what he was doing. >> reporter: on that day i spent with fred in 2001

mr. president. emma roberts, america news, thank you -- >> thank you for the nice way you treated me. thank you, it's beautiful what you do. go ahead. >> so you -- >> now i'll probably get this killer question. >> i do want to talk about the future of north korea. >> go ahead. >> specifically the people. kim jong-un is saying he's wanting a brighter future with prosperity for his people, yet we know they lived under oppression. you showed him this video of what the future could be like. but do you have an idea specifically of the model that he would like to go toward? economically, if he opened to more economic freedom? >> a good question. you saw a tape today. i think it was done really well. that was done at the highest level of future development. i told him, you may not want this. you may want to do a smaller version. you may want to do a smaller version. you may not want that with the trains and everything, you know, super everything at the top. it's going to be up to them and up to the people what they want. they may not want that, i can understand that, too. that was a version

roberts, jr.: mr. liu. frederick liu: mr. chief justice, and may it please the court. the question in this case is whether the stop-time rule may be triggered by a notice to appear that doesn't contain a hearing date. the answer is yes. the statutory text reflects the judgment that an alien shouldn't be able to continue claiming credit for being in the united states once the government has told the alien that it intends remove him. with or without a hearing date, a notice to appear does just that. it tells the alien that the government intends to remove him. and so the b.i.a. reasonably concluded -- sonia sotomayor: we don't know that until it's filed with the immigration court. your agency has already said that in ordaz. that a notice to appear is invalid unless it's filed with the immigration courts. frederick liu: well, i think that point actually cuts against my friend, because if it turns out at the end of the day that the government isn't serious about pursuing those charges, then it won't file the notice to appear, and under ordaz, that notice to appear won't be

mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator tell us. will you please rise robert? raise your right hand and affirm your pledge. do you swear or affirm the testimony you are about to give before the senate committee on veterans affairs will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth so help you god? please be seated. please introduce your lovely wife julie so everyone can get an eye on her. >> thank you. my wife julie is behind me. we have known each other since we were youngsters growing up in fayetteville and as you know she has a very strong georgia connection. her grandmother was from georgi georgia, but just as in 2006 and 2017, she is with me and nothing that i would have achieved would've been possible without her. mr. chairman, distinguished members of the committee on veterans affairs, this is the third time i have appeared in the confirmation share. i mentioned how long have no my wife, and one of the aspects of our relationship in those early years is that our high school was about three blocks away from the fayetteville veterans hospital. e

. >> reporter: the legal team is trying to avoid a subpoena from special counsel robert mueller forcing mr. trump to testify before a grand jury in the russia probe. the notion of a self pardon was raised in january in a letter from trump's attorneys. it argued the president could terminate the inquiry or even exercise his power to pardon. the president called the investigation unconstitutional and his lawyers want the whole thing wrapped up as quickly as possible. some lawmakers suggest there is a faster way to end it. >> if you don't have anything to hide, why wouldn't you testify? i think that would help close this investigation quicker. >> reporter: giuliani indicated any decision about an interview between special counsel and the president would not be made until after the upcoming summit with north korea. >> president trump issued two unrelated pardons last week and discussed several others. >>> in hawaii it has been four weeks since the kilauea volcano began erupting. the damage is far from over. the molten rock flowing is the hottest ever detected and it is moving quickly, lava bla

mr. chairman. and robert is good to see you. good to have you hear today. i appreciate your willingness to serve as acting secretary and i appreciate your willingness to step forward now. during what i believe are unprecedented times. if confirmed, you will be tasked with ensuring our nation's veterans have access to time and care and services, benefits, both housing, education, and others that they have earned. also be expected to treat every veteran regardless of gender, race, sexual orientation, with the dignity and respect that they deserve. today, this committee is here. every new administration brings its own priorities to the table. that transition period can often lead to turmoil and confusion and can generate uncertainty inside and outside the agency. from my perspective, the v.a. has been above that fray. the secret vision is transcended for political agendas or political affiliations. since i've been in this committee, i've been able to work with jim as closely as i was with jim peek as closely as i worked with bob mcdonnell. each of them were fo

secret 20-page letter obtained by "the new york times," that letter sent to special counsel robert mueller says mr. trump has authority over all federal investigations and therefore cannot be subpoenaed. >>> just nine days before president trump's historic sit-down with the leader of north korea, the white house appears to be scaling back expectations of what might come of this meeting. yesterday after meeting with north korea's second in command, president trump called the meeting the start of a process and hinted at more meetings to come. today secretary of defense jim mattis says the administration's goal for the summit has not changed. >> so we still stand for the ir denuclearization of the peninsula, and the diplomats are engaged right now in new york. advance teams are engaged here in singapore, and i think the hopes of all of us lie with them. >> north korea has promised to get rid of its nuclear program many times before. critics say this time is no different. especially since there are no pre-conditions for the meeting. >>> primary day is tuesday, and bay area counties are gearing up. of

mr. wilson? >> nepotism. >> despite robert kennedy's open concerns, president john f.nedy overrode his critics by nominating his brother for attorney general. >> in a sense, it was outrageous for president kennedy to pick his own brother as attorney general to enforce the laws. that could not happen today. in 1960, the rules were looser. they got heat for it but they got away with it. >> the second man of the government? i don't suggest that. >> robert kennedy was number two in the kennedy administration. it was not the vice-president by a long ways. jfk came to feel that bobby kennedy was the only person who had the president's interests completely at heart, not anyone else's. >> great danger in all of these matters in dealing with a dictator. he miscalculates, the world could be destroyed. >> both brothers are preoccupied with the nuclear threat posed by the soviet union whose leader now tests the young president. >> the overwhelming worry in the kennedy years was can we survive and prevail in our conflict with the soviet union. that permeated everything. children we

mr. kilimnik y h to spontaneous respond. re from our north american correspondent. peter, explain the significance of these latest developments. >> it shows that robert muller is certainlyng maximum pressure on mr. manafort, donald trump's former campaign manager. trux ditional charges, on of justice. these stem from chargese heard about earlier in t week,hat he had attempted to essentially tamper with witnesses, using mobile phone and a device, an application that was used to try to get to people that wod give evidence of his future -- at his future trial. as you say, he has denied these allegations.e th second person who have been -- who has beenge ch has made no statement. he is said to be mr. manafort's right-hand man in ukraine and said to have connections with russian intelligence. mr. manafort is due back in court at the end of next week when a judge will consider his conditions of bail and there isi a plity that those conditions will be tightened or bail could be revoked ahl altogether, in which case he'll be sent to jail to wait for his upcoming trial. >> thank you very much guatemala has asked for more aid communitynternational after the volcanicwh eruption h ha

secret 20-page letter obtained by "the new york times," that letter sent to special counsel robert mueller says that mr. trump has authority over all federal investigations therefore he cannot be subpoenaed. >>> just nine days before president trump's historic se appears to be leader of the scaling back expectations of what might come of t with north korea's second in command, president trump called the meeting the start of a process and hinted at more meetings to come. today, secretary of defense jim mattis said the administration's goal for the summit has not changed. >> so we still stand for the verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of the peninsula. and the diplomats are engaged right now in new york. the advanced teams are engaged here in singapore, and i think the hopes of all of us lie with them. >> north korea has promised to get rid of the nuclear program many times before. critics say this time is no different. especially since there are no preconditions for the meeting. >>> primary day is tuesday, and bay area counties are dweering -- gearing up for the elections but still waiting for

mr. horowitz: we don't go into any issues relating to the russia investigation. senator durbin: president trump said the special counsel investigation led by robert mueller has been totally discredited. mr. horowitz, does your show any reason to discredit? mr. horowitz: i'm not going to make a decision on mueller's investigation. i'm going -- senator durbin: i want to stay within the four corners of your report. do you discredit the credibility of the investigation? mr. horowitz: we did not address it. we laid out what occurred and we laid out what individuals did in october where it touches the russia investigation. senator durbin: last thursday, senator majority leader mitch mcconnell said in an knew, he wanted the investigation to include. he said if the i.g. is through, why can't it ramp up? was there any relationship between what you were tasked in doing and what robert mueller is tasked in doing? mr. horowitz: other than the issues we talked about where we talked about text messages and brought them to his attention, we do not have any connections in that regard. senator durbin: my colleagues have raised the question about the new york field office and leak

mr. president, it's my husband, robert baxley. he was a deserter, and they sentenced him to die. >> why was she so sad, pa? >> well, she's afraid for her family. >> are you afraid? are you afraid? >> four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation. >> like the founding fathers before us, we assert a right, which the declaration of independence had defined to be inalienable, the right to separate from a tyrannical government and preserve our constitutional rights. >> for there is no reason in the world why the negro is not entitled to all the natural rights in the declaration of independence, the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. >> the negro is not equal to the white man. slavery is his natural and normal condition. >> he is my equal. he is the equal of every other living man. >> the south is determined to maintain her position and make all who oppose her feel southern steel. our cause is not lost. [ all cheering ] >> what is it? [ horse neighs ] >> it's the federal cava

robert wilkie appearing this afternoon. we join it in progress. >> continue work together, as the chairman said. so thank you, mr. chairman, and, robert, it's good to see you and have you here today. i appreciate your willingness to serve as acting secretary. i appreciate your willingness to step forward now during what i believe are unprecedented times at the va. if confirmed, and you know that you will be tasked with ensuring our nation's veterans have access to time and care and services and benefits both housing, educational, and others they have earned. you'll expected to treat every veteran with the dignity and respect that they deserve. today this committee is here to determine if you're the right person for the job. every administration brings its own priorities and people to the table. it can lead to turmoil and confusion and can generate uncertainty inside and outside the agency. from my perspective, the va has been above that fray. the sacred mission of serving our veterans and families is transcend end. i've been working with jim mickelson, i've worked with jim peak as closely as bob mcdonald. we've se