i'm very proud to be here with two former chairs mr. ron case and president chiu so and thank them for their work. i'm here in support of the community district and a resident on sutter street as well. what strikes me since i've moved into this neighborhood 4 years ago the process establishing the community district really upped the ante in involvement with people tenants and business owners and, of course, larkin has been extremely supportive i feel like it represents a community grassroots driven endeavor. bottom line lower polk neighbors is very excited about working hand to hand hopefully with the community district board to continue our goals for a safer cleaner and more beautiful neighborhood thank you very much. thank you. next speaker. . >> president chiu i supervisor kim i'm batter thomas my brother shell pass away last month it's been my honor to visit our city i come from texas and spent time in the military and seen parts of europe especially like san francisco that have renewed themselves i see the quality of life in the people

. >>> let's check the morning's headlines with mr. ron claiborne. >>> good morning, dan, bianna.one. we begin with outrage at the crash scene of the downed malaysian airliner. pro russian rebels have taken away 196 of the bodies that have been recovered thus far. this as international investigators, including two from the fbi, are arriving in kiev. >>> a man died allegedly after being put in a choke hold by a new york police officer. his lost his gun and badge as officials investigate a man died after a choke hold was placed on him. >>> hollywood and fans around the world are mourning the death of james garner. he's best known for "the rockford files" and "maverick" and for films like "the notebook." he was 86 years of age. >>> let the party begin. little prince george who turns 1 on tuesday is showing off his walking skills, or at least his standing skills. looks like the royals are celebrating. check this out. the little heir to the throne has a striking resemblance to his father. prince william. >> i thought it was just another picture of him. >> that's his dad. >> very simila

we are absolutely thrilled to be welcoming mr. ron capps here tonight. he has written just an incredible memoir, and i'd like to start by thanking scott manning of manning and associates, and the shatner press for having the wisdom to publish a wonderful and meaningful book. i think a lott of you -- a lot of you personally know ron, but for those of you who aren't as familiar with him, ron's bio reads like one of the more interesting novels of all time, and we are really lucky to have it captured here in this memoir. he has served as both a senior military intelligence officer in the army and an observer for the u.s. department of state, and he is a combat veteran of afghanistan serve anything the army and army -- serving in the army and army reserve for 25 years where he retired as a i lieutenant colonel. as a soldier diplomat, capps served in rwanda, kosovo, afghanistan, iraq and the darfur region of sudan. he received the william r. rivkin award from the american foreign service association. his policy writing has appeared almost everywhere there is t

i will also tell you i have a high degree of respect for mr. ron robinson to the point where i was one of the people when i first showed up that he started e-mailing. i started asking questions about what was going on where people were not feeling care for, not feeling compassion and not being treated very well to the point i got on an airplane, flew down there, sat with him for a complete day from 7:00 a.m. until late in the afternoon and had the director at that time sitting there with him. i was going back and forth and conversation. as a result of that the director was put on a management plan the required him to take certain action to improve what was going on. when it did not improve -- and i still heard from mr. robinson, i changed leaders. it is now led by a bronze star winner who led the team up and down the road to baghdad, and i will tell you, i have been back. the employees in the town hall stood up and said to me multiple , thank you for bringing this new leader to us. i think i have reacted write command appreciate what mr. robinson d

. >> so congressman, runyon i would tell you that i have a high degree of respect for mr. ron robinson who was sitting in my position right heart a little while ago. to the point where i was one of the people when i first showed up he started emailing. and i started asking questions about what was going on in the regional office where people were not feeling cared for. not feeling compassion and not being treated very well. to the point, i got on an airplane, i flew down there and sat with him for a complete day from 7:00 in the morning until way late in the afternoon. and i had the director at that time, regional office director sitting there where him and i was going with them back and forth in conversation as a result of that. that director was put on a management plan that required that director to take certain actions to improve the -- what was going on in the ro and we tracked it hard. and when it did not improve, and i still heard from mr. robinson, i changed the leadership of that ro. it now is led by a bronze star winner who led a team up and down the roads of baghdad

we elena absolutely thrilled to the welcoming mr. ron capps here tonight. he has written just an incredible more. would like to think bycapps her. i would like to thank scott manning and the shackner press for having the wisdom to publish a wonderful book. i know a lot of you know ron personally but for those of you who are not as familiar with him ron's bio reads like one of the more interesting novels of all time and we are lucky to have it captured here. he served as senior military office and u.s. observer of state and he is a combat veteran of afghanistan serving in the army and army reserve for 25 years. entered as a private and retired at a lieutenant colonel. he served in rwanda, coast, iraq, and the darfer region of sudan. he was awarded the medal of service and received awards from the american service association. his policy writing has appeared everywhere there is to mention and he is the founder of a non-profit that provides no cost writing workshops for veterans and their families. we are thrilled to welcome here to share his memoir "seriously

i will also tell you i have a high degree of respect for mr. ron robinson to the point where i was one of the people when i first showed up that he started e-mailing. i started asking questions about what was going on where people were not feeling care for, not feeling compassion and not being treated very well to the point i got on an airplane, flew down there, sat with him for a complete day from 7:00 a.m. until late in the afternoon and had the director at that time sitting there with him. i was going back and forth and conversation. as a result of that the director was put on a management plan the required him to take certain action to improve what was going on. when it did not improve -- and i still heard from mr. robinson, i changed leaders. it is now led by a bronze star winner who led the team up and down the road to baghdad, and i will tell you, i have been back. the employees in the town hall stood up and said to me multiple , thank you for bringing this new leader to us. i think i have reacted write command appreciate what mr. robinson d

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it's my privilege and my honor to introduce to you israel's ambassador to the united states, ron dermer. mr. dermer became israeli ambassador to the united states last year after serving as senior adviser to prime minister netanyahu. as we have all seen, he is an articulate and outstanding spokesperson for israel. having made over 55 media appearances since "operation protective edge" began. mr. ambassador, the jewish federations of north america, 153 federations in the united states and canada, stand strongly with israel during this difficult month as we have every month of every year since 1948 and before statehood. in the past few weeks, the jewish federations have mobilized to raise over $10 million for urgent needs in the south of israel where the terrorist rocketfire from gaza has been most acutely felt. and we've already brought four missions to that area to see for ourselves the needs an the ground and to stand with the people of israel. even now we have another 30 federation leaders who arrived in israel yesterday to offer our support in person. working with the conference of presi

mr. davis does note that he believes that deputy chief of staff of the white house ron na bors leaked his whistleblower complaint. did you visit with mr. nabors about this possibility about what the problems and penalties might be for doing such an action? >> my meeting with mr. nabors did not focus on this matter. i don't know anything about it, quite frankly? my guess is that -- and i am guessing here -- that mr. nabors was trying to intervene to help and not to leak someone's name in a definitive kind of way. >> this goes to the highest levels. the allegation tonight was that the very folks at the highest levels that we are relying on were violating whistleblower laws. , want to ask dr. tuchschmidt how do you inform employees about their rights under whistleblower protection? >> we have training that electronicake in our education system, so there is online training available to all employees, and supervising training as well. >> is it mandatory? >> how often do they -- ? your data is sometimes questionable. following up on a few more things, dr. tuchschmidt, in 2013, the director of t

is my privilege and honor to introduce to you israel's ambassador to the united states, ron dermer. [applause] mr. dermer became israeli ambassador to the united states last year after serving as senior advisor to prime minister netanyahu. seen, he's an articulate and outstanding spokesperson for israel having made over 55 media appearances since operation protective edge began. mr. ambassador, the jewish federation of north america, one hundred 53 federations in the united states and canada stand strongly with israel during this difficult month as we have every month of every year since 1948 and before statehood. in the past few weeks, the jewish federation have mobilized to raise over $10 million for urgent need in the south of israel where the terrorist rocket fire from gaza has been most felt. we have already brought for missions to that area to see for ourselves the need on the ground and to stand with the people that israel. even now, we have another 30 federation leaders who arrived in israel yesterday to offer our support in person. the conference of presidents and our partners, the jewis

group that has held down the he thought rest of us have the ron responsibility to stand up and fight back we all have a stake in equality that's why mr. milk spent time you're going lgbt people to come out of the closest we knew when more straight people economy more gay people sense would prevail over division and hope would conquer fear and more than anything mr. milk gave people hope. there's one of the reasons he ran for office in the first place but showing the world he wasn't afraid to be himself he helped other to take pride in would and who we were that was easier said than done there were many dangerous times for the lgbt gay people were harassed and no one understood that better than harvey milk as one of the nation's first openly gay elected officials we lived with that death threat everyday analytic a year before it's death a fascination he said if a bullet should enter my brain then let the bullet destroy every closest door almost 40 years later (clapping) almost 40 years later there are far fewer closets doors today left in america. i spuktd everyone in this room knows someone that's a lesbian, gay or 11th hour people t

mr. ambassador with all due respect, i get my news from ron paul, the nation and anti-war.com.as far as i know russia had nothing to do with this. >> it is true. actually they were aiming at putin's plane. that was the first line. >> no sane person said this was anybody other than the russian separatists perhaps under direct russian command and acting based on their own training, but nobody else could conceivably be responsible. >> may i point out in 12 hours my wife is boarding a plane from moscow to come home. i happen to think that russia may be innocent for the next 12 hours. >> let me put it this way, she is safe flying over russia. >> the jury is still out with me. i am not sure who is guilty here. she has another 12 hours. let's talk to you. i know how much you love wrestling. >> i did as a youth, but i am an adult now. >> well, should they have included these tensions in building up the drama? >> they always do from the time -- ever since i was watching wwe -- whatever. that's what they made them as. this person is the hill. we are over looking the -- this is so easily

mr. elephant. come on, let's get to bed. >>> medical experts began to suspect that something in their home environment was making ron, melinda and reese sick. the property included 72 acres. the house itself was enormous, 12,000 square feet, modeled after the movie version of tara, scarlet o'hara plantation home in "gone with the wind". >> it was a georgian style home antebellum. it was just gorgeous. >> scientists began to focus on the possibility that it was mold. >> for mold to grow it requires water to be where it shouldn't be. it requires cellulose which is a component of most building material, sheet rock, ceiling tile, press particle board and it also needs the appropriate temperature and oxygen. >> melinda asked bill holder to inspect their home to see if he could find anything suspicious. he started behind the refrigerator, the location of the original water leak and under the first floor floorboards. >> take clear cellophane tape, push it on the suspect area and attach it to a glass slide. at the same time take a sterile cotton swab and lift some of the material off of that surface, put it in a sterile container an

let's discuss this more with israel's ambassador to the united states, ron dermer. mr.latest funeral services for the boys are scheduled for today. the prime minister as you well know, says "hamas will pay for this." you're seeing a little known group has claimed responsibility for the teenagers' death. thiscy agroup that supports an islamic state and also threatened to slaughter the palestinian authority. how does this change israel's position here? >> well, we know who perpetrated this action, members of hamas in the hedrn area. we know who did these crimes and the prime minister was very clear who did it and that they will have to pay a price for this. hamas is a terrorist organization, fire thousands of rockets at our cities, dispatch scores of suicide bombers to our buses and pizza parlors and cafes and they perpetrated this crime, members of hamas perpetrated this crime, the kidnapping and execution of three teenaged boys. it's important for israel to send a message to hamas, this is completely unacceptable and we won't tolerate it. >> you talk about the price. th

ron paul. >> i didn't know you wanted to get involved with the discussion, mr. helper. >> mr. charming. >> do you"watter's world?" >> no. >> do you ever watch "the o'reilly factor?" >> there was a poll about who was the best american president. who took it and what was the turnout? >> rob ald reagan was the greatest united states president. second, lincoln, third, bill clinton, fourth and fifth we have jfk and washington. >> washington came in fifth. >> he came in fifth. >> i think that's an editorial comment from me. the lack of history. >> they probably haven't all read "killing lincoln." >> when you're in school you should know of the achievements of lincoln, franklin delano roosevelt, i'm not going to get into the best and who is the best, i just think people don't know what they're talking about. i think the piece you put on illustrates. >> yeah. >> jessie watters. >> i'm bill o'reilly. remember, that the spin stops here. we're definitely looking out for you. >>> happy birthday, america. good evening and welcome to a kelly file special. i'm megle kelly. today we look at a

ron paul. >> i knew it. >> i didn't know you wanted to get involved with the discussion mr. no. >> the only electronic equipment i have is a record player. >> are you like going back in time? >> we need to get back to 1985. >> how are you doing, bill? i'm a patriot today. >> all right. now, there is actually a poll taken about who was the best american president. who took it and how did it turn out? >> it was a gallup poll and americans think ronald reagan is the greatest united states president. second, lincoln. third, bill clinton. and then fourth and fifth we have jfk and washington. >> so washington comes in fifth? >> he came in fifth. >> now, i think that's probably an editorial comment from me the lack of history. >> well, they probably haven't all read killing lincoln. >> they should. when you're in school you should know of the achievements of a guy like lincoln, jefferson. >> right. >> franklin delano roosevelt. i'm not going to get into the best and who's the best, i don't think people know what they're talking about. i think that piece you put on illustrates, kind

mr. chairman. thank you for your indulgence. >> i'm glad you came back, ron.ose questions and your participation. i think we'll come to the end again. i want to say special thanks to craig fugate forns changing his schedule to be with us and for your participation. for all of you, for your participation, this is extraordinary panel, good people, hard jobs. glad we're willing to commend you and teams you lead in service to our country. it is not easy one, is it? not easy one. frankly are there are not a lot of easy answers but there are answers. we've had a chance to chew on some of those today. i think this has been called by me and by others all hands on deck moment and all hands are on deck and we're finding out how well this team works and i'm encouraged that given the magnitude of the challenge it is working pretty well. everything i do, i know i can do better. it is viewve for all of us and true for responses like this. we have to focus how to do better as we go along. i, as i said, senator johnson heard me say more than a few times, find out what works,

mr. ed palmer, the angola lodge's first governor. in addition, i would like to recognize eric conyer, ron nuss balm for their leadership of the organization as well as the rest of the moose lodge's membership as they begin their next 100 years of service to the angola community. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from nevada seek recognition? ms. titus: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. ms. titus: in two days, we'll go home, leaving behind a long list of unfinished business. but it's not for lack of trying on the part of democrats. we have introduced bills, signed discharge petitions, protested on the steps of the capitol, fasted on the mall. all to try to prompt or at least shame the republicans into some kind of action. but they are shameless. apparently, they just don't care. they don't care if women get paid less, as long as c.e.o.'s get record salaries. they don't care if children stack up at the border and families are divided as long as they can sue the president. they don't ca

ron determiner, israeli ambassador to the united states. thanks so much for being here. we should note there are fatalities on both side as mr.eli killed near gaza. nearly 200 palestinians have been killed since this military campaign began. how many of them were, was israel specifically targeting and how many of them were collateral damage or innocent victims? >> we weren't targeting any civilians that's for sure. how many of the total number of people who were killed were noncombatants i don't know the exact number. after any time you have these types of activities, military activities we have an investigation into each and every incident. we do not target civilians. that's is the difference between us and hamas. we're doing everything to keep their civilians out of harm's way. we're not perfect. it's a very dense urban area. >> isn't that the point when you the go after people in a very dense urban area, you're going to by fact kill innocent civilians? >> you may do that. we have an issue now where we have nearly three-quarters of our population, the equivalent of 200 million americans in bomb shelters. we have to defend o

include coaches earl morgan, buy ron mcmullin, as well as players such as mile j - smiley givehart, david murray, jerry, marsh walz, mike mcgee, woodson emens and possibly others. mr. speaker, i now close with these words. to a man, each of my brother wildcats, i am sure feel as i do, that moment of hard work, sweat, pain and sometimes disappointment, all of those things were worth it. and we are all better men because of it. such a common experience even a half century ago bonds us together forever. indeed, we were then as we are today and always, even when we no longer answer that roll call, we'll be known as the meridian high school wildcats, a true band of brothers. mr. speaker, today i want to express a heartfelt tribute to the leaders of our wildcat band of brothers. coaches bob tyler, charles garrett, and all wildcat coaches living and not, and to all of my brother players living and not, for all of you have done for our town, our school, and especially for me. with that, mr. speaker, i yield ack. the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced spoifl january 3, 2013, the gentleman from iowa mr. king is recognized for 50 minutes as the designee of th

mr. chairman, maybe former chairman -- >> this is exactly what i was worried about. >> maybe formman ron paul can entertain us with a few stories from the great state of texas. >> well -- you couldn't give me enough time. >> thank you, ralph. we'll wait just a minute. >> outstanding. house committee on science, space, and technology. this is mission control houston. please call stations for a voice check. >> how do you hear me? >> we have you loud and clear. >> okay, that is great. the gentleman from california will be recognized for a quick question. >> this is congressman dana rohrabacher. i appreciate this opportunity to ask you a direct question and i'm sure you may have seen the movie with sandra bullock just had a movie called "gravity" and it dealt with the whole idea of space debris. i was wondering if you might be able to give us an understanding of the challenge of space debris, how the space station deals with it, and if there's some other challenges like that that we may not be thinking about here that we have to deal with before we build a new station in space in the years a

mr. speaker, but population centers. now, last week i attended a briefing with israeli ambassador ron durhammer to discuss the ongoing situation in gaza and one thing i found interesting is all the members that were there from israel had on their phones an application which sounded an air raid siren every time it sounded in israel and we scarcely got through the briefing because they were continually going off all around the room and i imagine myself in my hometown hunkered down in my basement against a rocket attack. no civilization should live this way. interestingly enough, we viewed surveillance video of hamas members using their own people as human shields. the israelis actually send a warning shot. this is the building we're going to hit. this is where you're making rockets and we're going to attack it next. you'd think that people would run from the people knowing it's going to be blown up. they send people to the building. i'll remind everybody the responsibility for civilian casualties when those civilians are used as human shields lies with the party that deliberately places them at risk. namely, hamas. understand, t

mr. speaker. yesterday afternoon i stood at the back of the senate chamber and watched a critical debate. under the leadership of chairman ron wyden of the senate finance committee, his partner, ranking member hatch, chairwoman barbara boxer from california, chris murphy from connecticut, bob corker from tennessee and senator tom carper from delaware held forth on critical legislation to be able to help america deal with crisis.astructure america, it's no secret it's falling apart and falling behind. it is well overdufort us to have a robust, important six-year re-authorization to deal with our transportation needs. we can't do that unless we resolve the funding conundrum. we've been limping along. we can't even get through the current 27-month extension without a summer slowdown. cutting back on critical federal funding for contracts around the country. what the senate did was tackle this issue head-on. they have a funding proposal that was thoroughly debated where they were able to provide enough funding to get us through the end of the year but not so much that it allows this congress off the hook to slide into next congr

mr. davis and if you could shed some light on this but you indicated that folks from your association met with white house deputy chief of staff ron neighbors and secretary gibson. were you in those meetings? >> i was. >> i would like to ask because he does know he believes the deputy chief of staff of the white house leaked his complaint. did you know about this possibility and what the penalties might be for doing such an action? >> by meeting it didn't focus on this matter. i don't know anything about it quite frankly. my guess -- and i'm just guessing he was trying to intervene to help and not leak someone's name in a vindictive kind of way. >> this goes to the highest level. the allegation is the folks at the highest level that we were relying on were violating their own law. how do you inform the employees about the rights? >> we have trained employees that have taken the system so there's online training available to all employees in a supervisory training -- >> is it mandatory? >> yes. >> how often do they take the training? >> i believe it is annually. >> and you will certify everyone takes this training >> we do track it

mr. mcdonald, a west point graduate, and former c.e.o. of procter and gamble, was confirmed -- confirmed in unanimous 97-0 vote. >> sunday on book tv's in depth, former republican congressman from texas and presidential candidate ron paul. he's written more than a dozen books on politics and history with his latest "the school revolution" on america's education system. join the conversation as he takes your calls, emails and tweets, live for three hours sunday, august 3, at noon eastern. and tune in next month for author, historian and activist. in october, supreme court expert discusses court sessions. in december, american enterprise institute, president and noted musician, arthur brooks. in depth, on c-span2's book tv. elevision for serious readers. for over 35 years, see pan brings public affairs event -- c-span brings public affairs events from washington directly to you. putting you in the room at congressional hearings, white house events, briefings and conferences and offering complete gavel to gavel coverage of the u.s. st -- of the u.s. house, all as a public service of private industry. we're c-span, created by the cable tv industry 35 years ago and brought to you as a public service but your local cabl

mr. engel, and thank you for the panelists and the audience and the media.d. with that, our committee is adjourned. thank you. >>> sunday on book tv's in depth, former republican congressman from texas and presidential candidate ron paul has written more than a dozen books on politics and history. join the conversation as he takes your calls, e-mails and tweets live for three hours sunday, august 3rd at noon eastern and tune in next month for author, historian and activist, mary francis berry and supreme court expert joan business cubic. in december, american enterprise institute's arthur brooks, in depth on c-span tv's book tv, television for serious readers. >>> we're live on capitol hill on this wednesday morning. a look at the issue of gun violence against women will be the topic of this hearing. the senate judiciary committee is hosting it. the committee will hear from witnesses in health care, law enforcement and academia about possible improvements to the violence against women act as well as a personal story from someone who has experienced gun violence in his family. committee member sheldon whitehouse will be serving as the acting chair of the hearing. there is a chance that the hearing will go into rec

mr. speaker. i rise today to honor my old high school football coach, ron reem who was recently voted into the florida athletic coaches' association hall of fame. i can't think of a man more deserving of this recognition. coach reem has -- is going on his 38th season as head coach of the benjamin buccaneers, hi alma mater, making him the longest serving coach. his mportance isn't in help g record, but in the he gave his students. mr. rooney: coach reem not only helped me succeed on the field, but he showed me the traits of a great leader and the value of hard work which helped me succeed professionally well into my adulthood. i know that i wouldn't be where i am today if it wasn't for coach reem. congratulations, coach. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2013, the gentleman from new york, mr. jeffries is recognized for of minutes as the designee -- for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. jeffries: i ask that all members be given five days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. jeffrie

ron mott. >> reporter: criminal charges could come as early as today against charles bothuell. >> charlie, we're getting reports that your son has been found in your basement. sir? mr >> what? >> reporter: he's the detroit father who learned that his son missing for 11 days had been found alive in the family basement during a national tv interview. >> how could you son be found alive in your basement? >> i have -- i have no idea. >> reporter: bothuell's attorney says his client is expected. bothuell's 12-year-old son charlie had a circular scar on his chest. a doctor who examined the boy reported seeing old scars on the boy's buttocks. bothuell admitted to disciplining his son with a pvc pipe. the boy told authorities his stepmother arrested last week on an unrelated charge knew he was in the basement and didn't bring him food. forcing him no sneak upstairs when the house was clear. >> excellent parents. >> reporter: bothuell's attorney denies the claim that there was any problem in the home. he's very upset, it's like his world has been turned upside down, the rug pulled from under him. >> he's a loving father. >> reporter: the attorney says charlie was unhappy th