mr. shannon: correct. and secretary kerry in his effort to fashion a global response to events in syria as he said trying to chart a course out of hell, he has determined that there is a moment in time in which it is important to bring together major players and actors to advance events inside of syria. part of this process builds off of earlier processes such as the meetings in london and geneva, but the insertion of russia and iran in a very aggressive way in syria has created a different kind of dynamic. the russian and iranian presence or support for assad is nothing new. but the russian military presence and air strikes is something new. the presence of iranian troops and special forces is something new and worrisome. and for this reason, the secretary thought it was time to bring everybody together and effectively call their bluff and determine whether or not their commitment to fighting isil and terrorism is a meaningful one and the extent to which they are prepared to work broadly with the internat

mrs. clinton's private system. and, here, tonight, former doj attorney general shannon kaufmann with the fallout. >> plat river networks, the colorado company that managed hillary clinton hired a company to essentially be their cloud. but hillary clinton's e-mails were never supposed to be backed up on anything but an on site server. instead, they made it on the off site cloud and now the company could have clinton's e-mails, including the ones she dleeted, dating back to at least june of 2013. the f.b.i. has told them to preserve all data. and according to e-mails obtained by republican senator ron johnson, when the f.b.i. began investigating this matter, members of clinton's team directed plat river to cut the back-up of e-mails. in other words, wipe clean any e-mail older than 30 days. in august, an unnamed plat river employee wrote to a co-worker starting to think this whole thing is covering up some shady blank. going onto say -- i think if we have it in writing that they told us to cut the back-ups in that we can go public with our statement saying we have back-ups since day one, then we were told to trim to 30 d

mr. chairman. >> notwithstanding what governor christie said last night. >> thank you, ambassador shannon. a couple of points. your long career has included service in some very dangerous areas. talk about the evolving security conditions under which our folks have to operate around the globe and your sensitivity to those issues in this new role. >> senator, thank you very much. i am a proud member of the commonwealth of virginia. thank you very much for your service as governor and as senator. we're very lucky to have you. you know, today -- i live in crystal city. i take the bus to work. which means i get off on constitution and 22nd. i walk up 22nd street and enter the state department through the c street entrance. aside from seeing the array of flags of all the countries of which we have diplomatic relations, i also see on both walls on either side of our entrance the names of all the foreign service officers and family members who have given their lives in the service of the united states of america. so every day it is impressed upon me the danger of our job, but also the honor of s

shannon, how is it looking now? >> it is getting more and more exciting by the moment. mr. met is out now and a lot of the v.i.p.s from the mets organization are here as well. what you need to know as you travel through this area, as you mentioned, about another half an hour, we can expect this to go on. and that is queens boulevard. coming into your picture there. and as you can see, on that northbound side of the roadway, no traffic is getting through. so the closure remains in place. all the way down here at hoover avenue. and your delays are getting worse by the moment. it is really taking you around to kew gardens road. not a big detour around it. but lots of company with you. so avoid the area if you can. at least through 5:00 tonight. reporting live over kew gardens, channel 77 eyewitness news. >> thank you, shannon. >>> we are not done with mets pride. because that is not the only rally for the mets today. another one expected to get under way at 5:00 outside the executive and legislative building on franklin avenue in min owe lax the dome there will be -- mineola.

mr. frye are you making a presentation? oh ms. ferguson. >> good afternoon commissioners. shannon ferguson planning department staff. the last items are three mills act historical property contracts and submitted to the planning department on may 1, 2015 and ready for your recommendation. this authorizes local governments to enter into agreements with the properties and provides property tax reduction to owners of the historical properties and allocate the savings towards maintenance and restoration plan. to date the department holds 18 contracts. the staff receives five mills act by the filing date. all applications were reviewed by department staff for completeness. comments were provided to the applicant and department staff conducted preapproval inspections. one applicant decided not to move forward this year and another application was withdrawn on december 10, 2015. the remaining property owners will enter into a mills act contract with the city and revolving contracts renewed annually. the packets contain a draft evaluation for each property outlining the potential tax savings and by the recorder's office and

mr. chairman. >> notwithstanding what governor christie said last night. >> thank you, ambassador shannon. a couple of points. your long career has included service in some very dangerous areas. talk about the evolving security conditions under which our folks have to operate around the globe and your sensitivity to those issues in this new role. >> senator, thank you very much. i am a proud member of the commonwealth of virginia. thank you very much for your service as governor and senator. we're very lucky to have you. you know, today -- i live in crystal city. i take the bus to work. which means i get off on constitution and 22nd. i walk up 22nd street and enter the state department through the c street entrance. aside from seeing the awrray of flags of which we have diplomatic relations, he see on both walls on either side of our entrance the names of all of foreign service officers and family members who have given their lives in the service of the united states of america. so every day it is impressed upon me the danger of our job, but also the honor of serving and the importance of

mr. frye are you making a presentation? oh ms. ferguson. >> good afternoon commissioners. shannon ferguson planning department staff. the last items are three mills act historical property contracts and submitted to the planning department on may 1, 2015 and ready for your recommendation. this authorizes local governments to enter into agreements with the properties and provides property tax reduction to owners of the historical properties and allocate the savings towards maintenance and restoration plan. to date the department holds 18 contracts. the staff receives five mills act by the filing date. all applications were reviewed by department staff for completeness. comments were provided to the applicant and department staff conducted preapproval inspections. one applicant decided not to move forward this year and another application was withdrawn on december 10, 2015. the remaining property owners will enter into a mills act contract with the city and revolving contracts renewed annually. the packets contain a draft evaluation for each property outlining the potential tax savings and by the recorder's office and

mr. frye are you making a presentation? oh ms. ferguson. >> good afternoon commissioners. shannon ferguson planning department staff. the last items are three mills act historical property contracts and submitted to the planning department on may 1, 2015 and ready for your recommendation. this authorizes local governments to enter into agreements with the properties and provides property tax reduction to owners of the historical properties and allocate the savings towards maintenance and restoration plan. to date the department holds 18 contracts. the staff receives five mills act by the filing date. all applications were reviewed by department staff for completeness. comments were provided to the applicant and department staff conducted preapproval inspections. one applicant decided not to move forward this year and another application was withdrawn on december 10, 2015. the remaining property owners will enter into a mills act contract with the city and revolving contracts renewed annually. the packets contain a draft evaluation for each property outlining the potential tax savings and by the recorder's office and

mr. frye are you making a presentation? oh ms. ferguson. >> good afternoon commissioners. shannon ferguson planning department staff. the last items are three mills act historical property contracts and submitted to the planning department on may 1, 2015 and ready for your recommendation. this authorizes local governments to enter into agreements with the properties and provides property tax reduction to owners of the historical properties and allocate the savings towards maintenance and restoration plan. to date the department holds 18 contracts. the staff receives five mills act by the filing date. all applications were reviewed by department staff for completeness. comments were provided to the applicant and department staff conducted preapproval inspections. one applicant decided not to move forward this year and another application was withdrawn on december 10, 2015. the remaining property owners will enter into a mills act contract with the city and revolving contracts renewed annually. the packets contain a draft evaluation for each property outlining the potential tax savings and by the recorder's office and

repeat now and as i pointed out to ambassador shannon, your openness with us is critically important and appreciate the commitments that you've made in that regard. mr. chairman, i'm also pleased to note that a former member of this body who worked closely with laura holgate during the eight years she worked at the nuclear threat initiative has written a letter on her behalf touting mrs. holgate "superb only in and skills and passion for reducing global dangers." i would request that be part of our record. >> without objection. thank you, senator cardin. i will turn to our second nominee. that's laura holgate who is nominated to serve as ambassador and u.s. representative to the united nations and international atomic energy sergeant agentsy. she's advised the president for over six years in special assistant to the president and senior director for weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, and threat reduction in the national security council. she received her bachelor of arts from princeton university and a master's in science from the massachusetts institute of technology. we welcome you. if you could summarize your thoughts in about five minutes,

now, and as i pointed out to ambassador shannon, your openness with us is critically important, and i appreciate the commitments that you have made in that regard. mr. chairman, i am pleased to note that sam lob has written a letter on her behalf, and i quote, superb knowledge, diplomatic skills, and strong passion for reducing global dangers. and i would request that that letter be made part of our record. >> without objection. thank you, senator carden. i will now turn to the nominee, our second nominee, as we have mentioned, ms. laura holgate, who has been nominated to serve as a ambassador and u.s. representative of the vienna office of the united nations and atomic international agency. she has i advised the president for six year and senior director for weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, and threat reduction at the national security council. she received is her patch lore of arts from princeton university and masters in science from the massachusetts institute of technology. we welcome you. if you could summarize your thoughts in about five minutes, we will look forward to questions. again, congratulations on your nomination. >> thank yo