mr. taylor, for five minutes. mr. taylor: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. secretary, thank you for being here today. we appreciate it. one quick thing -- as you know my district has the fastest growing veteran, women veterans and care. according to the v.a., 40% more will fall in the care. on that infrastructure note, our outpatient center on the vouth side in our area is one of 28 major v.a. major facilities that were approved by congress last year. my question is, how can we expedite these needs to get them built? because i think it will be another two years before there's groundbreaking. are we using the correct contract vehicles to be able to make that happen? secretary shulkin: it takes way too long to get this stuff done. we are following the federal contracting rules and regulations and we're trying to do this as quickly as we can to get through the process. i do believe that the answer that probably you and i are both looking for to get this done faster is new models to work with the private sector. and allowing public-private partnerships to ahelp

we can read into it that for us to get them to come together from abroad where escalated i had of mr taylor since our arrival. as you say resulting the differences between kenyatta and the dingo won't be easy i mean kenya is deeply divided along ethnic lines because of this political standoff it is true on the other hand one of the great things kenya did was the new constitution down the road which actually devolved power to. lower and lower levels so that you have a lookout controls it defused a lot of the situation and yes the fight there quarrel has been over that precede dacia elections and yes it has an ethnic character but because they have. done deval louche in one of the most serious efforts i divil luzhin africa based on their constitution i think if they can resolve the presidential level then the country to come together quickly because now each of the local neighborhoods and regions are governing themselves thank you very much for talking to al-jazeera a lot more still to come here taking out insurance on the future of cover reefs how a pioneering plan could save some of the wor

asking him to do and we've heard the same kind of rumblings about mr sessions as we heard prior to mr taylor since firing namely rumors in the press so that's another place to look at i also would comment that i think there are a couple of places of vulnerability of mr pompei a when he comes for confirmation first there will be hammering on his view of russian involvement in the two thousand and sixteen elections where he's clearly parted company with trump and they'll be an effort to try democrats to make him stake out a position that's at all odds with the white house that could be embarrassing the second thing they'll ask him about is the signature predator drone killings that persist all throughout south asia the middle east are they doing any good is the cia at all involved with providing intelligence to the saudis to help them in their war crimes against yemeni civilians starving millions so those could be very difficult points for his confirmation and with regard to the new cia nominee you know she'll be asked about her participation in zero called black sites a torture this is things

from about september through the end of last year in which there was a lot of speculation about mr taylor since future as secretary of state and in fact he had to have a press conference at one point to basically say that he was continuing to do his job that he served at the pleasure of the president and that he wasn't going to be beaten down personally by all of the speculation what this indicates is that the special counsel's investigation into whether there was any russian influence in the two thousand and sixteen presidential election such that donald trump became president well it seems to have broadened to see whether the united arab emirates perhaps other countries and we don't know this for a fact may have also tried to exert influence not just to one curry favor with a possible u.s. president but once dollar trump got into the oval office to try to shape u.s. foreign policy in their image i thank you very much roslyn joan with the latest on that story from washington. well in other developments us president donald trump says he's considering visiting israel for the opening of the

mrs. obama, you can hear it in the background, they danced to taylor swift's "shake it off." t to chat with the woman that she calls a queen. mrs. obama, by the way, tweeted afterwards, keep on dreaming big, and maybe one day i'll proudly look up at a portrait of her. >> look at her moves. go parker. >>> today's national cereal day. apparently half of us actually start our day with a bowl of cereal. >> but few of us start our day with cereal 22 years past its expiration date. 1997 best by date on the box. >> the mom managed a few spoonfuls and dad it a a bowl full. >> i started eating and thinking, this tastes funny. >> i was like, you're going to be really sick. >> happy to report he's just fine. walmart hasn't said why the box was still on the store shelf. interesting. >>> speaking of things that are old, how about this message in a bottle? really old message in the bottle. >> message in bottle. a family from western australia came across a bottle on the beach. when they took a closer look, they noticed a note inside dated 1886, making it the oldest message in a bottle every

mr. trump? >> many times. >> in another exchange, the scientist dr. alex tayloryou think about that donald trump lost the popular vote by 3 million votes but won the electoral vote, that's down to the data and the research. you did your rallies in the right locations. you moved more people out in those key swing states. he won by 40,000 votes in three states. the margins were tiny. they talked about how the group wins elections, by spreading information. saying we feed them and do the work. we put them into the blood strael in the internet and watch it grow. give it a little push every now and then over time to watch it take shape. so this stuff infiltrates. with no branding. the brand was defeat crooked hillary. you'll remember this. crooked hillary, the 00 were a pair of hand cuffs and it was all about she belongs behind bars. and you've created this? the response, defeat crooked hillary. and then we createds hundreds of different kinds of creative and we put it online. and he insults the members of the house intelligence committee. this afternoon the board of

mr. larson was a also asking to take the ability to taylor the response and identify commercial capabilities as to opposed to developing them within the department which has been the traditional approach but then having the adequate test and evaluation process tied to the problem as opposed. [inaudible] and that's too actually tailor it to the rapid response. based on the complexity and what they tell us the capability needs to be. >> tethank you. >> thank you madam chair. thank you to all of our witnesses. to follow up and continue this line of questioning, how is this coordinating r&d with the undersecretary of research and engineering which includes darpa and the labs? >> a couple things, especially in the latter part of that. have a working agreement with the director of darpa. he said his senior staff is now a transition partner for many the capabilities that he gets to a certain phase and we take them on and get them matured and into the field. we actually show the undersecretary some of those yesterday. regarding the national labs, i hosted ten national labs at the agency recently tal

taylor riggs. this is bloomberg. let's look quickly before we get to mr.ttening 1.60% . 59 is the spread basis points. note yen strength versus the euro, francine. francine: i'm looking at a very similar data board, a little more at some of the european stocks. media and retail is the biggest loser in today's trading session, partly due to wpp because of their forward guidance, but it does seem like they are amongst the biggest losers. we also had manufacturing data showing mounting signs that growth momentum may have pete in the u.k. tom: let's go to the bloomberg. wpp.is a 10 year chart of the role over here is that mystery in advertising. we saw that yesterday as well. let's get to john normand with jpmorgan. you write a beautiful research assetsnthesizing across and looking at other areas as well. you nailed it this week with what i've seen in the last 48 'yeah, but'on the idea of economic growth. guest: there's a lot of uncertainty now, but i think the extrapolation in the market is a bit excessive. tom: this is a brutal chart, of petroleum is off a c

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mr. teague? >> good evening, president fung, commissioners. cory teague for planning department staff. again, the p.o. is for the property at 518 taylor street which is located in the rc-4 zoning district. i think it's important to understand that this letter of determination that's the subject of the appeal is kind of two separate but connected processes, and so the first was the current public health process. so to that end, in december of 2016, and once again in march of 2017, public health staff inspected the subject property and found numerous violations under article 29 of the health code. the property manager, jeffrey polk was present during both inspections and received the inspection reports. on march 13th of 2017, public health and massage establishment owner reached a settlement agreeing -- agreement admitting the establishment was operating in violation of article 29. the agreement stated that the establishment would cease operations on march 15th, 2017. then, on march 16th, 2017, department of public health informed the planning department that the operator of a massage business at the establishment property admitted a vi

mr. quarrels has and post crisis regulatory right sizing, be interested in your thoughts on basul 4 and regulatory tayloring i know people ask you, i was watching in my office, the committee some ask you about the regulatory, the banking regulatory reform bill that passed out of here which provides some regulatory and responsible regulatory relief for a portion of our banking sector what more can we expect to see that are within your authorities on right sizing regulations? the other thing i remember with mr. greenspan, he said the most troubling job creation growth that he saw was at that time, this was two or three years ago, post crisis, about 300,000 jobs this h. be had been created under regulatory reform which in my world that, is by definition a nonproductive job. so i'm kind of curious to see what kind of -- how are we going to get to a more tailored, i think senator purdue asked this question, how with are we going to get to a more tailored plan >> i think our concern is to maintain and strengthen but make more efficient the big improvements we think we made after the crisis that is higher capital,

mr. democrat -- or something like that. francine: tom, let's get to taylor riggs. gary cohn lost his battle over opposing the tariff s. cohn did not mention the dispute in a statement handed out by the white house, but according to those familiar with the matter, he could hours after a confrontation with the president over the tariffs. the trump administration is now setting sights on chinese imports an investment in the u.s. according to those familiar with the matter, the u.s. could clamp down on both to punish beijing for the elected theft of his property. this could include limits on the country's investments in the u.s.. federal reserve governor lael brainard is sounding optimistic about the u.s. economy and is a suggesting that growth tailwinds could speed up the pace of interest rate hikes. for lael change brainard. since joining the fed in 2014, she has been the leading voice for holding back on rate increases. as you mentioned, crown prince 's reformbin salman program faces the first test overseas today. he will be in london for meetings with theresa may.

mr. speaker. and so i encourage every member of this body to vote for the taylor act and save our community banks and credit unions to finance the american dream. and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. all time for debate has expired. pursuant to house resolution 773, the previous question is ordered on the bill as amended. the question is on engrossment and third reading of the bill. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. third reading. the clerk: a bill to require the federal financial institutions regulatory agencies to take risk profiles and business models of institutions into account when taking regulatory actions and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i have an amendment at the desk. to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: is the gentleman opposed to the bill? >> i am in its present form. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman qualifies. the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: mr. connolly of virginia moves to re

mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. . ms. foxx: today i rise in honor of women's history month. we honor the taylor blazing women. this -- taylor blazing month. it's important to recognize today's hardworking women in today's work force. these women account for nearly half of the work force while 40% of women are their family's top earners. because of tax reform, the women of america's work force will be able to keep more of their hard-earned cash to spend on their families rather than sending it to washington. additionally, working moms and their families will receive double the child tax credit to ensure they have the means to care for their children. mr. speaker, to the naysayers that claim tax reform will only benefit rich men, i say that's categorically false. tax reform already has and will continue to empower the wonderful women in america's work force to make history worth recognizing. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. harrison butker mr. speaker, i rise today -- mr

mr. nix's comments secretly recorded by channel four do not represent the values or operations of the firm and his suspension reflects the seriousness with which we view this violation. dr. alexander taylorl serve as ceo while an independent investigation is launched to view those comments and allegations. for more let's get to sarah frier in san francisco. you have been all across this fallout. it is fascinating that the ceo of cambridge analytica, nix, now suspended, was bragging about the power that cambridge analytica had particularly with the 2016 presidential campaign, saying they did all the research, had all the data and analytics and all the targeting. does this mean perhaps they did not use facebook as much as we suspected? how do you read it? sarah: i think there are a lot of questions here about what cambridge analytica actually did with the data it got from the researcher in question. it could have been used or they could have trashed it, a could have been useless. we don't know to what extent it was actually put into the targeting they talk about. furthermore, we don't know how much we heard from cambridge analytica's marketing tactics. is simply the firm marketing itself t

mr. speaker, the house will also consider several bills from the financial services committee. this includes two bills sponsored by representative scott tipton, h.r. 1116, the taylor act, and h.r. 4545, the financial institutions examination fairness act, as well as h.r. 4263, the regulation a-plus improvement act, sponsored by representative tom macarthur. this will continue house republicans' work to create an economic environment that's both pro-competition and smart and balanced in its regulate approach. now, finally, mr. speaker, additional legislative items are possible, including potential legislation making further appropriations for f.y. 2018. i'll be sure to inform all members as soon as any additional items are added to our schedule. with that i thank my friend and yield back. mr. hoyer: mr. speaker, i thank the majority leader for that information. mr. speaker, the house is not in order. i won't proceed until it is. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is correct. members in the rear of the chamber, we'd ask you take your conversations off the floor. members on the side of the chamber, we ask you take your conversations off the floor. the house will

mr. dean curnutt. he was on fire the last time he was with us. this is bloomberg. ♪ taylorloomberg surveillance." in talksnd nissan are to merge. the deal would end the current alliance between the companies and marry them as one corporation. the chairman is driving the negotiations and would run the corporation. the japanese carmaker has a 15% stake in its counterpart. cme group has reached an the ndx group. this runs markets for trading currencies and treasuries. offers derivatives on many of the same things. deutsche bank is conducting a fresh review of the trading businesses. helping to restore profitability. according to people familiar with the matters, they are very big businesses. yesterday, he sought to squash rumors that he may be out bid in a memo that the bank is seeking to replace him. that is the bloomberg business flash. tom: we take some time here in both of our hours, and jonathan ferro and i will do this on the radio as well, to talk about deutsche bank. it gives us time to sit back and think about it. bring up the chart of the recent performance. this is

taylor e.p.a. mission standards and comply guidelines. the first bill, h.r. 119, the sense act, is sponsored by mr. rothfus of pennsylvania. this bill would provide for targeted motorcycleses to the e.p.a.'s mercury and air toxic standards as it applies to coal refuse to energy facilities. the e.p.a. has included certain emissions limits in the new standards that are simply not achievable for these refuse plants. these specialized power plants have been developed to recycle coal refuse by using it as an energy source to generate affordable and reliable electricity. these facilities have removed 214 million tons of coal refuse from the environment at no expense to taxpayers. in addition to helping address coal refuse, these facilities created an estimated 1,200 direct and 4,000 indirect jobs in areas that have been economically distressed for many years. coal to 19 of these energy facilities which are at direct risk being shut down. the sense act would create a way for coal refuse to energy facilities to continue their much needed work by allowing these plants to demonstrate compliance with e.p.a.'s hydro coloric acid stand

mr. jeff shaara talk about the hostility between the u.s. generals in theho mexican war ad president polk. >> guest: zachary taylor first of all in the beginningf the war which is in south texas which is where the war began. the whole war can be looked at as an excuse for starting the war. the border of texas and the rio grande river which we know it today or the settlers in texas who 10 years earlier had defeated santa ana and the texas revolution, they thought that hundred mile gap should be theirs. that was a start. it started the mexican war to the mexicans moved into that area out in the texas militia got together. zachary taylor goes to texas and takes command of the people. they fight three fairly significant battles and it can go either way. he wins a couple of them and voice are dying, american young men are dying and for quite a number of decades. so winfield scott in washington who is above tailoring command of the army he goes down to the gulf and he takes command from taylor and taylor is left in south texas to u manage things there and the war moves away from taylor. taylor is a legitimate american hero and becomes president of t

taylor riggs talks about challenges, i believe they are out of seattle and there's a little bit of a cultural angle. is -- has charles kantor lined up the retail ducks mr? kim: i wouldn't be able to comment on that. have aat is why we surveillance back door. can you give us a color of the kind of retail institution mr. bezos would be attracted to? he wants to go off the very, very, very large markets. yesterday there was a story about checking accounts, the financial landscape is characterized by huge markets. it all works as long as he continues to execute and convinces investors that irr's over 20 years are very attractive and that is the remarkable story, the confidence he is wanting for the long-term. francine: at what point does amazon become too big? you are talking about it becoming a financial service, which we have in the past, do they have to deal with regulation. do regulator start looking at it? i think you've answered your question a bit. yes, regulators will look at it increasingly and i think some thing to watch is tip-off will be the outcome of the at&t-time warner lawsuit before the d.c. circuit court of appeals. that is a lawsuit that

mr. speaker, the house will also consider several bills from the financial services committee. this includes two bills sponsored by representative scott tipton, h.r. 1116, the taylor act, and h.r. 4545, the financial institutions examination fairness act, as well as h.r. 4263, the regulation a-plus improvement act, sponsored by representative tom macarthur. this will continue house republicans' work to create an economic environment that's both pro-competition and smart and balanced in its regulate approach. now, finally, mr. speaker, additional legislative items are possible, including potential legislation making further appropriations for f.y. 2018. i'll be sure to inform all members as soon as any additional items are added to our schedule. with that i thank my friend and yield back. mr. hoyer: mr. speaker, i thank the majority leader for that information. mr. speaker, the house is not in order. i won't proceed until it is. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is correct. members in the rear of the chamber, we'd ask you take your conversations off the floor. members on the side of the chamber, we ask you take your conversations off the floor. the house will