>> it's both, mr. todd. basically, what we have here is a situation where every american understands that china is stealing our intellectual property. they're forcing of transfer of our technologies when companies go to china and by doing that they steal jobs from america and they steal factories from america and we run an unprecedented $370 billion a year trade deficit in goods. this is an unsustainable situation. what we've done in a very measured way over the course of many months is develop a plan to make the situation significantly better. that plan is being implemented and includes both tariffs to recover the damages that china

i don't think, mr. todd, there's any disagreement between you and i that china is engaged in these egregious practices. the only debate is how we go about solving them, but every american understands that every day of the week. >> right. >> china comes into our homes, the businesses, our government agencies and the damage is on the order of about a billion dollars a day and when you add to that damage the billion dollars a day and the trade deficit and goods we face, this country is losing its strength and wealth even as china has grown its economy from $1 trillion from 2002 to over 12 trillion today -- >> not many people in the midwest, many republican lawmakers including one i'm going to have on in a minute don't like the policy. hopefully the president is blowing off steam again, but if he's even half serious this is nuts. the president has no actual plan to win right now. he's threatening to light american agriculture on fire. this is the dumbest possible way to do this. what do you say to the criticism

the first is mr. todd owen, the executive assistant for field operations. the second witness is mr. rob cintron, vice president of the operations. before recognizing our first witness let me note that our time is limited as almost always we say. so you should limit your testimony to five minutes please and members should keep the questioning to five minutes. mr. owen, your written statement will be made apart of the record and you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you. thank you for the opportunity to appear today to discuss the role of u.s. customs and border protection. as america's unified border agency, we play a role to keep dangerous drugs from entering the community. other dangerous items at the ports of entry including multiple mail and leveraging advanced electronic data automated targeting systems and using various types of technology as part of the multi-layered risk-based approach. since the act was introduced, c bp working with the postal service and law enforcement partners made strong progress in our capabilities and the effectiveness and the environments and

. >> the wirs witness is mr. todd owen the executive assistant existing commissioner for field office operations. second witness is rob cintron vice president of the postal services network operations. before recognizing the first witness let me float that our time is limited. as almost alms we say. so you should limit your testimony to five minutes please and members should keep questions to five minutes. mr. owen, your written statement will be made a part of this record and you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you. chairman reichert ranking member pass kret distinguished members of the subcommittee thank you for the tune to appear today to discuss the role of u.s. customs and border protection in combatting the flow of dangerous drugs into the united states process. as american america's unified border security agency. we play a critical role in keeping dangerous drugs from entering communities. cbp interdikts drugs and other draerngs items including multiple mail and express courier facilities by leveragi

bishop: i'm happy to be here to present this bill especially as our good friend, mr. todd i working on s been this, he's returning back to his home state of washington where he realize house important this bill is. this bill has support in washington and from idaho and montana as well as eight other tribes in this area, as well as the united power trade association, the rural contractors association, public power association, association of wheat growers, scores of other individuals i'd like to submit for the record a complete list of organizations that support this bill and letters that support this legislation either by u.c. or general leave. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. bishop: i also would like to insert into the record an exchange of letters with chairman shuster and thank him for agreeing to help expedite coffings the bill today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. bishop: here's the bottom line for this piece of legislation. states aee to it. there are nine tribes in the air -- area and eight of them support it. the obama administratio

mr. speaker, i just want you to join me in congratulating this outstanding group of young women and their coaches, todd bruce, a.j., and tom on becoming new york state champions for the first time. as a former starting center for my high school basketball team, i am so proud to say, go, bulldogs. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? mr. hoyer: i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. hoyer: mr. speaker, this week democrats are highlighting we're offering the american people. one area where this republican congress has given the american people a bad deal is health care. because of their repeated attempts to repeal and undermine the affordable care act. uncertainty has plagued our health insurance markets,

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mr. david. >> good afternoon, commissioners. todddavis on behalf of the san francisco housing action coalition. so i think this is the exact project where the rubber meets the road in everything that we've been talking about for the last kind of six months here, all right? the cost of building housing when you add all of them together, construction, labor, cost of financing, bmr costs, impact fees, that's the reason we're not getting housing on this site. the developer is a developer who does mixed use developments. this is a perfect location for housing. the neighborhood wants it. the developer wants it. the project does not pencil, and this is what -- i mean, when we're talking about -- this is a self-inflicted wound by the city and county of san francisco that we're not getting housing here. that i don't know about these other developers who are saying that the project's can pencil. i'd be really curious to talk to them. i can tell you that my members are telling me that there are projects all the time in san francisco right now t

todd brasner was a prominent art dealer and a friend of andy warhol. mr.st lady melania and son barron were not in trump tower during the incident. >>> overnight the canadian town of humboldt, saskatchewan, remembered the lives lost when their bus crashed. 15 killed and 14 others injured. >>> let's get another check of our forecast. >> timely getting a break in the west from all that rain last week, we're getting a break today. but that returns as we head towards tuesday and also wednesday. also watching very warm air, 90 in some spots. 95 degrees in phoenix. it gets warmer as we head towards tuesday. >> all right, thank you, michelle. >> can't wait for that warmth to head this way. thank you for being with us. i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm phillip /s >>> i wouldn't take anything off the table. these are horrible photos. we're looking into the attack. >> count down to retaliation, the u.s. and our allies are right now planning a response to a heinous gas attack that killed dozens in syria. >> an overnight vigil in canada for the 15 members of a junior hoc

mr. trump took office. for more about it, here is cnn's brian todd. >> reporter: in his own words before becoming president,onald trump either had a longstanding relationship with vladimir putin or had never met him. >> he could not have been nicer. i never met putin. i don't know who putin is. >> reporter: now a bizarre new twist in the odd year's old alleged bro mance between the two men. in one dated february 8th, 2017, comey writes about what he perceived the president's obsession that the russians taped him with prostitutes in a moscow hotel room. the president said that it's nonsense and putin told him we have some of the most beautiful hookers in the world. he did not say when putin told him this, inny notes. the alleged comment is now tr k attracting attention because the two had only spoken to each other once just 11 days earlier on january 28th of last year. that was a phone call between the two leaders on trump's end, vice president pence, steve bannon, reince priebus and sean p spicer and michael flynn were in the room but neither the kremlin mentioned prostitutes being discussed. for years befo

mr. cohen reiterated his strong denial of an affair on three separate occasions. brian toddhington. >> joining us is errol louis and jack. you know the name, storm daniels' attorney. >> michael cohen is radioactive. anybody that had any contact with this man their information may now be in the hands of the fbi and there will be a lot of people who are going to be very, very nervous. more contact you had with him trg th during that time period the more at risk you are and we know who had the most contact and that is the president of the united states. >> "the new york times" is reporting that the president's advisers are more concerned about the cohen investigation being detrimental for the president than the mueller investigation. are you concerned about the cohen investigation? are you concerned about those recordings? >> i would be. i would say this. if you think about the mueller investigation on collusion with russia, it's proven to be nowhere as a dead-end. >> no, it hasn't been, jack. the investigation is not over. you start every answer -- i don't care if i ask you wh

mr. president? >> elizabeth is right. >> elizabeth keckley emerged as the favored seamstress of women of power. when mary toddost popular seamstress in washington. and elizabeth keckley became quite a confidante and established a contraband relief society. and mary todd lincoln became rather active in this organization. >> isn't freedom the next logical step for the contrabands? >> it is. >> preserving the union was lincoln's paramount priority. certainly that was true at the beginning of the war. and he pushed the issue of slavery down the line about as far as he could go, until his hand was forced. >> emancipating slaves is not a decision for a general to make. it's a decision for the president. i cannot emancipate the slaves. >> [ gasps ] elizabeth! careful with those pins. >> sorry, madam. it must have slipped. >> lincoln immediately rescinds general hunter's orders out of fear that he might lose the support of northern democrats and crucial border states like maryland. so, in fact, what you have is the president re-enslaving but lincoln firmly believes that the only way to end slavery and save the union

mr. griffith with the support of former president general russell todd. this event was seen as a way to bring influential riders and their ideas and expertise to the university we focused on topics ranging from ptsd to vietnam and afghanistan to the war's impact on families and this year our focus is winning the war the u.s. legacy in iraq. this is a very relevant and current topic for those of you entering military service this will directly impact you. sitting before you have some of the leading authorities on the subject and they don't say that lightly we are fortunate to have each member sitting on the panel and we hope you appreciate each of you although not familiar with their backgrounds because of your majors but we are fortunate to have them here at this university and we will hear from them shortly so before i introduce the moderator i would like to recognize and think several people who make this possible please stand when i call your name. president snyder and hold applause to the end. the interim president and ceo of the pritzker military mus

chuck todd's line of questioning about north korea. jeff sessions, a.k.a. mr. magoo. james comey's memos and a host of other targets big and small. but by far the most pointed attacks were for "the new york times" maggie haberman who report reported on trump and cohen. for years, mr. trump treated mr. cohen poorly with gratuitous insults, dismissive statements and at least twice threats of being fired. that's according to interviews with half a dozen people. the times quotes presidential ally roger stone on the record saying, quote, donald goes out of his way to treat him like garbage. and former trump aide sam nunberg also on the record as saying, quote, the softer side of the president genuinely has an affects for michael. however, the president has also taken michael for granted. whenever anyone complains to me about trump's screwing them over, my reflexive response is that person has nothing to complain about compared to michael. it's the kind of nuanced and well sourced reporting that earned haberman and her colleagues a pulitzer last week. that didn't stop the d

chuck todd's line of questioning about north korea. jeff sessions, a.k.a. mr.

lawyer todd harrison, quote, let me just explain last week, and what happened. mr. cohen's law office and home and everything else was raided on monday. i came onto this case on monday night or tuesday. so, he says, when we appeared in front of the court and filed our papers and appeared in front of the court on friday, i had been on the case for two and a hatch, three days, maybe. we hadn't had time to sit down with our client and go over all this information about what had happened. and so, when we had our discussions in court on friday, i didn't know i -- i don't know that i got into enough detail. i probably should have gotten into more detail about how recently i'd gotten into the case. i had been in it for three days. i needed time to sit down and figure things out. and the judge interjects. i'm going to interrupt you for a moment. your letter says on page two that stephen ryan of your firm has been working on the special counsel's investigation on the related house of representatives and senate inquiries regarding, among other things, campaign finance matters

his name was todd brassner, 67-year-old was a prominent art dealer and a friend of andy warhol. the president thanked the first responders for putting out the blaze. mrrump, first lady melania and son barron were not in trump tower during the incident. >> a heart felt thank you from a 13-year-old who survived a long thaw in a sewer system. he responded to those who rescued him on easter sunday. he plunged 25 feet into a sewer pipe while playing with kids in a park. a river of sewage swept him away. they used cameras to scour a labrinth of pipe. a half a mile away they found him. jesse said he's a little scratched up, but otherwise he's okay. >> an incredible rescue there. >>> skyrocketing gasoline prices could hurt those that are going to hit the road this spring. that is thanks to higher crude oil prices jumping as exporters continue production cuts. according to the energy information administration, average gas prices reached $2.70 a gallon last week. that's 30 cents higher than a year ago. petroleum analysts say by this summer gas prices all across the country are likely to be the highest we've seen since 2014. >> a harrowing experience this week

mr. trump and cohen regarding that infamous access hollywood videotape that captured donald trump posting about groping women. bryan toddg the story for us. major new developments in the story tonight. update our viewers. >> right. this is another indication of just how far prosecutors are going to find out what, if anything, donald trump knew about the efforts to suppress the alleged stormy daniels affair and other information. we're hearing tonight from former prosecutors that they believe michael cohen is in serious legal trouble and could face charges. >> you asked me who i was having lunch with? >> reporter: he talks about his lunch but not his legal problems as journalists track him through manhatt manhattan. >> all right. before you knock each other over, you all good. >> reporter: fbi agents were looking for communications that donald trump may have had with cohen related to trump's infamous access hollywood tape. sdp how are you? >> reporter: the new york times reports fbi was also looking for evidence of whether cohen tried to prevent damaging information about trump from being revealed in the run up to the 20

mr. trump have made inflammatory remarks about the case, accused them of drumming up media attention, and amplifying the debate. i'm sorry, that was federal prosecutor todd mckay who took issue with that. but that's true, though. michael cohen might be complaining about the d.o.j. being under attack. but his primary client, donald trump, is the witness attacking the d.o.j. >> well, it's the president himself who appears to be most concerned about this right now businessed on our conversations with president's allies in recent days. even with all the focus on the james comey interview, even with this upcoming visit here with shinno abe the japanese prime minister where they are expected to focus on trade deals. the president's mine we are told hand heavily focus on what is happening inside that manhattan courtroom. there was a dramatic collision, a clash of so many parts, controversial portions of the president's life, the allegations of sex with other women outside of his marriage. those allegations of affairs. the details as they relate to the russia investigation. and now with the revelation today that michael cohen had been representing at least accor

mr. brody from the finance committee if he did not resign today? >> let me first clarify, these are volunteer positions. there is one officer, it is the finance chairman, toddicketts. we have finance people in all of our states. elie and i spoke today, we had a long conversation and we both agreed that was the right thing to do. we don't want to disvakt from our purpose, which is to elect republicans to keep this majority, keep this comeback alive with record low unemployment, with our national security being strengthened, with the militaries being funded. these are the thing that republicans are focus on. and nothing is going to distract us from our mission. >> would you like michael cohen to voluntarily resign. he is also a finance chair. >> i have not seen all the allegations. this has been unfolding. i would like a chance to talk to michael. i'm not going to comment yet. >> you were quick to tell the dnc to give back harvey weinstein's money. why are you keeping steve wynn's money? >> weinstein admitted doing something wrong and went to rehabilitation. >> if he did something wrong, do you think -- >> there are investigations. this isn't a hollow thing.

todd lincoln, that she was not on board to the extent that president lincoln was. and i was wondering, is there any evidence that evolved over time, or did the president and mrs. lincoln work it out? did they agree to disagree? is there any evidence about her evolving? dr. burlingame: something that should be pointed out, as i mentioned in passing, her best friend in the white house was a black woman. she not only made her dresses, but she was also her confidant, someone she could share a lot with. that was a close relationship until she published a book in 1868, in which she revealed some unflattering things about mrs. lincoln after she cut her off. and also, another thing that should be borne in mind was because she was a friend, she contributed money to the friedman's relief association, something like that, to help the numerous slaves that had flooded into washington and lived in desperately poor condition. so there was some signs of antiracism when it came to her part or it -- came to her part. but when it came to admitting people at the white house, she drew the line there. >> we are out of time. burlingame: i'm sorry, i had my watch here. thanks again f

todd here in washington where republicans control all levers of government. but who controls the party? the fight for the soul of the republican party has been waged since mr.rump came down that escalator and announced his candidacy. at this point his takeover of the republican party is nearly complete. house speaker paul ryan's announcement today that he won't run for re-election is sign that trumpism and president trump is winning control of the party. ryan ended months of will he or won he speculation and possibly cleared the way for a handful of more house retirements before the spring ends. >> you all know i did not seek this job. i took it reluctantly. but i have given this job everything that i have and i have no regrets whatsoever for having accepted this responsibility. i really do not believe whether i stay or go in 2019 is going to affect a person's individual race for congress. i really don't think a person's race for congress is going to hinge on whether paul ryan is speaker or not. >> it will affect one race for congress, the race he is vey kagt. anyway, ryan says he wants to spend more time with his family. you have got ask yourself this ques

todd brassner, died from his injuries. he was the resident in that apartment. fire officials say they were alerted to this fire because of an automated alarm system which means that mrwas unable to call 911 himself for help. a lot of talk is swirling today about the lack of fire sprinklers on those floors. that has to do with new york building code. the code that required sprinklers to be put in big residential buildings like this wasn't passed until the late '90s. this building was completed in 1983. it's not required to have those sprinklers until major renovation takes place which as far as we know hadn't occurred on that 50th floor. >> blake mccoy outside trump tower in new york a few blocks away from me here at 30 rock. thank you. >>> when and if president trump knew about the alleged hush money payment between stormy daniels and attorney michael cohen is still a topic for discussion and late night ridicule on "saturday night live." >> you just denied knowing anything about the stormy daniels payout. but if that's true doesn't that make her nda nonbinding? >> ooh, that's a toughie. borat, you want to take that one? >> daniels' attorney michael avenatti tweeted

mr. pruitt has treated e.p.a. like his own little personal feef tom and e.p.a. employees cater to his whims. former e.p.a. administrator under president george w. bush, christy todd whitman recently called his spending and i quote now, absolutely ridiculous. that's what christy todd whitman said, absolutely ridiculous. she charged that his conduct as part of a -- again, a quote -- an extraordinarily ethically tone deaf administration. end quote. it's time for scott pruitt's imperial tenure to end. it's time for him to resign, and rye time for the president to stop defending him and to demand his resignation. but mr. pruitt should not be replaced by someone who does not support the basic mission of the agency, to protect the environment and public health. that's what the e.p.a. administrator should be focused on. and he should not -- it's absolutely clear. the e.p.a.'s first administrator, william rubbing he will house, -- ruckelhaus, a nixon appointee, has sounded warnings about what's going on at the e.p.a. he said my principal concern is that pruitt and the people he hired to work with him don't fundamentally agree with the mission of the agency, end quote. the

todd robinson, our embassy team in caracas, is a point of great pride and outstanding public service. the conditions which they are forced to operate under are extraordinarily stressful. mr. president, there was some small hope that negotiations led by the vatican and regional leaders most recently hosted in the dominican republic could lead to some kind of path forward between the venezuelian government and the opposition before it's too late. but all of these have failed. some hoped years ago that a group known as the boston group of american and venezuelian elected officials might be the beginning of a dialogue, might be continued to this day. but it's increasingly difficult to see that possibility. i met some of the venezuelian boston group members. several of them are deeply committed to this administration currently in power. but many of them talk about changes that need to be made in venezuela. so i haven't given up hope completely that there may be some voices that can move this country back to a civilized status. let me be clear in my conclusion here. to the venezuelian government. specifically, a message that they should proceed with an election that meets the

mr. kim has agreed to come to the table and start the process. but then, over the weekend, to brian's point, for instance chuck todd was talking about how, you know giving up very much. he is making it seem like is he. that prompted the president of the united states who is down at mar-a-lago and had a smart phone to start tweeting. he tweeted this: we are a long way from conclusion on in connection with but maybe things will work out and maybe they won't. only time will tell. but i -- but the work i am doing now should have been done a long time ago. obviously he is talking about the past durations. and then he took a shot at tv talking heads. brian: also he brings up we will tell north korean leader kim jong un in the upcoming summit that economic relief will not happen unless the country arsenal. anybody who says we have given in. they are going to talk. they have halted missiles. if if we didn't talk today is the beginning of north korea and south korea leaders talking about ending the korean war for the first time. ainsley: our president is saying we are very weary of making upfront concessions you want give and take already? we haven't sat

as todd retires from the house, and his wife magda and their two children alexa and evan, head west, we send them our sincere gratitude and warmest wishest. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. for what purpose does the gentlelady from texas seek recognition? without objection, the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, this is an open letter to the nation regarding education, or the ofingse our childrenism represent the 18th congressional district and have at least seven school districts and certainly aware of the school districts throughout the state of texas and also what school districts are facing across the nation to pay teachers, most of all, to educate our children. the houston independent school district and its board are attempting and i believe are committed to educating our children. however, at this present stage we have at least 10 schools with an i.r. status, a diminished status, with the potential of being closed by the state of texas. i will be going home to rally the community because right now today is friday and children are learning in our schools. why

mr. pruitt. determinely four republican house members have called on you to step down. the voices are growing. just look at the critiques from former bush epa administrator and new jersey governor christie todd whitman who called administrator pruitt tenure a, quote, slap in the face to fiscal responsibility and responsible governments. said also that evidence is abundant of the dangerous political turn of an agency that is supposed to be guided by science. another form of republican epa administrator william wiley called administrator pruitt, quote, a third-rate idealog. both parties believed in the epa's pigs and understood that they had been given a sacred trust by the people of the country. unfor gnat he, this is not the case with you, mr. pruitt. you do not believe in epa's mission and forgot that you are here to serve all of the american people, and not just a select few or just yourself. the fact is administrator pruitt has used this as an opportunity to r enrich himself or his corporate friends and president trump seems to be perfectly fine with these actions. so much for draining the swamp. when we met in december you pledged to be more transparent. you promised to do a better job p