mr. warner: thank you. chairman: senator heller. thank you. mr. azar, welcome and congratulations. thrilled to have you in front of our committee. i welcome your family also that are being very patient through this hearing. i may ask you questions that have already been asked because i've been down at the banking committee and going back and forth here. i apologize if anything i do or say is duplicative. i was proud last year to work with some of my colleagues on this committee as we worked through historic tax reform bill. as you're aware of, portions of that eliminated the individual mandate tax penalty. obamacare mandate was probably the most unpopular element of that law and its penalty. disproportionately affected and othersg nevadans across the country struggling to , get by. repealing that mandate restores individuals' ability toss make their own choices about health insurance and prevents federal government from penalizing these individuals who cannot aforth this insurance. so i guess my main question to you as we've discussed both in my office and will discuss here is wher

mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that senator warner and i be permitted to complete our remarks clier to the -- prior to the cloture vote. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. burr: i yield to the vest chairman of -- vice chairman of the committee. the presiding officer: the senator from virginia. mr. warner: i thank my colleague for his work. i rise in support of passage of the fisa amendment reauthorization act. this would provide significant reforms that enhance the privacy protections for individuals and preserving authority critical to our national security for an additional six years. as vice chairman of the senate intelligence committee, i have long advocated balancing national security and counterterrorism with the privacy rights of americans. section 702 stands among the most important of our intelligence programs. to illustrate, i'd like to highlight very briefly one recently declassified success story involving a terrorist by the name of ha gid. he was second in command of isis based in syria. n.s.a. spent two years looking for him. this search was ultimately succe

mr. warner. any other public comment on item nine? next item, please. >> i have a question on where we are in the whole process with the state conversation and negotiations. >> deputy general manager, that's covered by a confidentiality agreement we can discuss that later on the agenda. >> okay. is there a public piece to where this process is -- >> for the state and water quality control plan and the substitute environmental environment the control board took comments on march 17 in 2017. there has not been the release of comment doc. we can only rumor when they'll release that. we hear it's maybe february but that's a rumor. it's not official. maybe they take it up some time in april in may but they don't have a schedule posted on their website at this point in time. >> that's helpful. thank you. >> last call for public comment? next item. >> the clerk: item ten is a bay area water supply and conservation update. >> good afternoon, commissionerers. i was extremely saddened by the news of the mayor's passing and his loss will be fell

mr. warner. senators voting in the negative. baldwin, blumenthal, booker, brown, cantwell, casey, durbin, feinstein, graham, harris, hasson, heinrich, cane, king, leahey, menendez, murphy, murray, paul, peters, reed, sanders, shots, schumer, shaheen, smith, stab now, van hol lin, warner, warren, whitehouse and widen. mr. lee, no. mr. jones, aye. mr. tesser, no. mr. gill grabrand, no. >> we heard that senator lindsey graham did vote no. at least one republican vote no. we also just heard senator jon tester vote no. a democrat of montana who was one of the senators the republicans thought they were going to be able to get. this vote is clearly going against the republicans. >> to hear lindsey graham voting no as we just did, jon tester voting no immediately after that call of the roll, at this point it doesn't look like there's a possibility for the republicans in this vote. >> no. i think thenlyhance mitch mcconnell has is slim to none and slim left town. you heard bob casey vote no. i only heard four democrats voting yes and wit

mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that senator warner and i be permitted to complete our remarks clier to the -- prior to the cloture vote. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. burr: i yield to the vest chairman of -- vice chairman of the committee. the presiding officer: the senator from virginia. mr. warner: i thank my colleague for his work. i rise in support of passage of the fisa amendment reauthorization act. this would provide significant reforms that enhance the privacy protections for individuals and preserving authority critical to our national security for an additional six years. as vice chairman of the senate intelligence committee, i have long advocated balancing national security and counterterrorism with the privacy rights of americans. section 702 stands among the most important of our intelligence programs. to illustrate, i'd like to highlight very briefly one recently declassified success story involving a terrorist by the name of ha gid. he was second in command of isis based in syria. n.s.a. spent two years looking for him. this search was ultimately succe

mr. dave warner. good afternoon. >> i came up here on cal train and we stopped between station for a minute at 12:00 noon to pay our respects to mayor lee. so i'm dave warner. i'm concerned about the delta bay ecosystem. one of the many great things ed lee was known for was unification. what a great quality that is and don't we wish we had more of that in washington. so, one place where san francisco has a lot of unification is in environmental issues. and 70% of san franciscoians voted to protect themselvess to protect the bay dell tafm i'm sure you heard of this before. but it is an astounding number. three out of four people voted if favor of taxing themselves for environmental issues. my point is, then you know the sfpuc opposes the state water board's plan. and you know the sfpuc has taken a minority view amongst scientists that the ecosystem can be protected by nonflow measures. and you know the sfpuc has been posing what i would say a false trade-off that's either the water or the economy that'

did two deals -- one with fox where we did 160 films with fox, then 75 with warner bros.. mr.rubenstein: so you did not go on set and say, we should act it this way? sec. mnuchin: absolutely not. i was the money. mr. rubenstein: i saw you at a conference in los angeles. you were kind enough to host me for a dinner. -- one time, you said you were going to become the finance chair for donald trump's presidential campaign. i said, i have lived in washington a long time, he is not going to be president. are you sure you know what you are doing? your response was that you did. how did you happen to know donald trump? sec. mnuchin: i knew him -- i have known him for about 15 years. i would describe it was more socially than business. we did a little bit of business together. we looked at a lot of investments together. we got to know each other quite well. i actually had been speaking to him, even going back to while he was thinking of running. he came out to los angeles, i remember having dinner with him right before he announced. after he decided to run, i would come visit him ever

mark warner: if mr. bannon has more than just opinions but facts to back that up. i'd love to hear from him.senator mark warner wants the truth about what happened between russian officials and the trump administration. the senate intelligence committee co-chair says if steve bannon has answers, then he should testify.sen. mark warner/ virginia when donald trump jr. and jared kushner and other trump affiliates met with russians and the russians offered dirt on hillary clinton they should have turned that over to the fbi.in a newly released book, the former white house chief strategist calls the 2016 trump tower meeting between trump campaign officials and a russian lawyer "treasonous". the white house shot back sanders: "i think that is a ridiculous accusation and one that i'm pretty sure we've addressed many times from here before.friday president trump tweeted that collusion with russia is a hoax. brie jackson: richard burr, the top republican on the senate intelligence committee says he's doesn't see a need for steve bannon to testify about a meeting he did not a

warner bros.. i was the money guy. mr. rubenstein: i saw you at a conference in los angeles. time you said you were going to become the finance chair for donald trump's campaign. i asked you if you are sure? your response was, you knew what you are doing. i have known him for about 15 years. i would describe it was more social than business. we looked at a lot of investments together. we got to know each other quite well. i had been speaking with him back when he was thinking of running. i remember having dinner with him right before he announced. after he decided to run, i would visit him every couple of months. right after he won new york, i was actually in new york and economy the next day. "do you want to come on board?" i agreed to meet with him and talk about it. i went to this event, i do not know if anyone ever went to a up.p rally, but i showed mr. rubenstein: this does not look like a big trump riley group. -- rally group. sec. mnuchin: the only way i can describe this is like showing up to a rolling stone concert with mick jagger. the moment i saw that, i knew he w

margaret warner, icu with the microphone. mr. biden: hello, margaret. >> my question is, should we be going on offense in the information war? in the cyber war? in terms of delegitimizing, not just exposing corruption, but playing offense the way they are playing offense? mr. biden: the answer is yes, but not necessarily in the cyberspace. where we go in. most of what happens in cyberspace is altering information or preventing information from being able to come forward. i think we should be on the offenses in making it clear exactly what we know russia in particular is doing. and i think we should be working much more closely with our european allies and our allies around the world in exposing and getting them to stand up and acknowledge, with us, this is what is happening here. that message gets through. a mean, to go back -- when i got here, the last vestige of the cold war was radio free europe, an attempt to broadcast the truth into russia. and i think, somehow, we have to have, the democracies of the world have to be better

mark warner (d-va) "we've heard allegations that the president wanted to get rid of mr. mccabe and now mr. mccabe is gone and we need to find out why there" president trump has been highly critical of mccabe... his wife received almost 700-thousand dollars from democratic party sources in her unsuccessful bid for the virginia senate in 2015. mccabe's former boss, fired f-b-i director james comey, tweeted this response: special agent andrew mccabe stood tall over the last 8 months... when small people were trying to tear down an institution we all depend on. the white house says... president trump had nothing to do with mc-cabe leaving early. two and a half years ago the state promised changesâ after a k-p-i-x-5 investigation revealed they were putting millions at risk for identity theft. julie watts reveals - little has changed -- and lawmakers are furious. . >>> in 2010, california passed a law that prohibits social security numbers on any material mailed. in 2:05 o'clock viewers like max seen -- 2015 viewers were discovered the state was still printing false social security numbers o

mark warner, top democrat on the senate intelligence committee, said today, quote, there's a lot of dissembling going on and mrp's allies are doing everything they can to try to change the topic and obfuscate, throwing everything they can against the wall and seeing what sticks. meanwhile, as the doj was called on to investigate steele, it was revealed the fbi is once again looking into the clinton foundation, a frequent trump target. "the new york times" points out after the election he, quote, struck a more magnanimous tone and had no interest in pushing for a prosecution. but that has changed, mr. trump has resumed his attack on his favorite target. with me now, matthew nussbaum from politico, and yamice alcindor. it does feel like we've gone back to the end of the 2016 campaign. put this into context. why is the president bringing up this investigation now? and does it raise more significant questions about the pro pri propriety of this investigation? >> it's the president going back to a tried and true tactic when his back is against the law, which is to attack hillary clinton and deflect, deflect, deflec

warner. >> thank you, mr. chairman. let me join all my colleagues as well and acknowledging and recognizing your great service to this committee and to the people in utah and the senate. we're going to miss you. i very much appreciate our opportunity to work together and the fact that when you had a chance to bump me off this committee, you kept me on this committee. i'm grateful for that. it's great to see you again. i know some of my colleagues have been asking about drug pricing. one of the areas i felt for some time, while there are specific policies that we can implement, i've been concerned that in many ways americans pay for the r&d drug pricing for the whole world. part of the ways we can make changes here, but some of this has to be dealt with in our trade policies. we pay the highest percentage on drug prices. recognizing you bring more than a little experience in this matter, what do you think about how we bring down america's cost of drugs vis-a-vis all the other industrial nations in the world? >> again, th

mr. mccabe over the last couple of weeks. >> woodruff: senator mark warner, vice chairman of the senate intelligencemittee, thank you very much. >> thank you. of peopleff: million around the world wear devices or have apps on their smart phones that track how much they pexercise. john yang explores whether that data, from the fitbits some of you are wearing right now, and other apps, also reveal sensitive national security information. >> yang: judy, a 20-year-old student in australia took a close look at data posted late last year by strava, a website and bile app that tracks millions of users' athletic activity. the international security student discovered that these so-called heat maps, fro trillions of g.p.s. points, not only show mundane g-city jogging routes, they also reveal the locations of bases where military forces and intelligence services exercise. here's a map he poed that he says shows where soldiers jog along the beach in madishu, somalia, near what is likely a reported c.i.a. annex. this is a map of the bagrham airfield in afghanistan. and here's a map showing where turkish forces

mr. mueller had interviewed the president for the position of fbi director just days before being announced as special prosecutor. in response to the report, democratic senator mark warner, the co-chair of the senate intel committee, said any attempt by the president to dismiss mueller would be a, quote, red line and a gross abuse of power. warner and other members of congress are calling for legislation to protect mueller from being fired. certainly a fast moving story that could have wide reaching implications into the mueller investigation. for more we are joined by nbc's kelly o'donnell in davos where president trump is set to speak. kelly, good morning. what does the white house have to say about this bombshell report? >> reporter: well, good morning, frances. this is another indication of the frustration that existed inside the white house over the scope and direction of the special counsel probe. officially the white house is saying that it won't comment out of respect for the special counsel. there is a top official inside the white house who is in charge of working with any contacts between the white house and robert mueller and his team and so they are trying

mr. franklin be here at all? he had in 2016, early 2016, this facade built on the warner brothers back lot. it's a direct duplication of the full 1709 and he's never used it for filming and it sits there and it's advertised on -- on website for warner brothers as the full house site. thank you. >> president honda: thank you. next speaker, please. good evening and welcome. good evening. >> my name is pamela nature and my husband, david and i are native san franciscoans and we have lived at 1715 broderick street for over 46 years. we have raised our two children there and prior to 2016, it had been a quiet family block. it's outrageous that mr. franklin has aggressively changed the quiet residential character of our block to make 1709 broderick street into a crass promotion for his tv shows. what is also disturbing is his dismissive attitude for our concerns as well as his refusal to seriously take responsibility for the damage he's already caused us. since he began his promotion of the house for business purposes we no longer have a quiet enjoyment of our home and it's due to the hoards of f

that's why senators warner, mccain and i introduced the honest ads act. i would start with you, mr. watts, as you know there are disclosure rules, radio, tv, print. they all have to keep on file ads of national political importance, legislative importance as well as candidate ads so that opposing campaigns can see these ads as well as disclaimer requirements. do you think those should apply to social media, ads, paid ads, as well? >> absolutely. if it does not happen, both from society and social media's perspective, the conversation will continue to get more polarized and more negative. people won't be able to trust information on the platform regardless. i think it is essential that the ad regulation extend to social media. that's where all advertising is going in the future. >> where at $1.4 billion in the last election and projections it is going to go to $3 billion or $4 billion in the next election. we appreciate that a number of the companies have stepped up to start putting in place some of their own guidelines and changes. i do believe this won't work until we have guidelin

for because they get false information and that is why senator warner, mccain and i have introduced the act about i would start with you, mr. watts, right now there is exposure rules and radio, tv, print, they all have to keep on file as a national political important legislative importance as well as candidate as so that opposing can see these acts as well as disclaimer requirements. do you think those apply to social media ads, paid ads as well? >> absolutely. it does not happen both for society and social media perspective the conversation will continue to get more polarized and negative. people won't be able to trust information on the platform regardless so i think it is essential that the ad regulation extend social media because that's where it's going in the future. >> we are $1.4 billion in the election and their protections it will go to three or 4 billion and things like that and there are literally no rules. we appreciate a number of companies included stepped up to start putting in place some of their own guidelines in changes but i do believe this will not work unless we have guidelines like we have for media

mr. president, all i ever want in life is to return home safely and become sheriff. well, i'm now the sheriff of my own county. [ applause ] >> thank you very much. >> thank you, senator warner for those wonderful remarks. i'm going to introduce our panel of speakers in the order that they will be speaking and with the support of dan rundy's program we've been able to bring you the very top people on this subject and so we're delighted to be able to bring you a quality presentation. the first person speaking will be jennifer keen. she is the professor and chair of the history department at chapman university. she's also the current president of the society of military history. she's published three books on the american involvement in the first world war. the first is dough boys and the remaking of america, second, world war i the american soldier experience and three, the united states in the first world war. among the many awards she has received for her scholarships, to france and australia, fellowship in international studies, she's currently working on several projects related to the world war i centennial including a book on african-american soldiers and a new sin thin

mr. warner: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from virginia. mr. warner: mr. president, let me join my friend and colleague, senator kaine. we and some of the folks who are in the gallery today were not sure this day would ever come, but even here in the united states congress and the united states senate, occasionally we get things right. and boy, oh, boy, this is a day where we get things right on a civil rights basis, on a moral basis, on a fairness basis, and to our friends who are representatives of some of the six tribes who are finally going to be granted federal recognition, we want to say thank you for their patience, their perseverance, their willingness to work with us and others. this has become an issue over the last 20-plus years. democrats and republicans alike in virginia have acknowledged the fact that these six tribes whose history predates any european settlement in this country, whose history goes back, as senator kaine mentioned, where they were recognized by the united kingdom and recognized by the british government when they controlled

mr. warner: i ask the quorum be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. warner: madam president, i rise today very briefly to thank my friend, the chairman of the intelligence committee, and one more time urge all of our colleagues to vote for s. 139 which will be coming up in a very few moments. this is a critical tool that our intelligence community uses on a regular basis to keep america safe. it is a tool that as someone who has more perhaps observance of this program than most, i do not believe it has been abused or will be abused, but this legislation includes meaningful reforms on furthering civil liberties protections, making sure that questions that many members have asked over the year, particularly the bureau, a ye from now we'll be able to have those answers. so i think this legislation needs to pass. it needs to pass with an overwhelming majority. i want to thank the chairman for his good work. we had a 12-3 vote. we had a 12-3 vote that of moved forward on the cloture motion. and my hope is that many other colleagues who care deeply about nat

mr. warner: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from virginia. mr. warner: mr. president, i want to echo the comments that my friend, the chairman, the senator from north carolina made. ten days ago we asked for reauthorization of section 702. i came to this floor and advocated that this was a critically important tool, that part of the reforms of that legislation would even give us more insight into how that tool was used. but we said at that point, not only do those members who didn't agree with us on that but to all the members and for that matter the american people that the intelligencintelligence committl continue its vigorous oversight of that program and other programs. being on the intelligence committee, at least until recently, has not been necessarily all that high attention and profile. we spent hundreds and hundreds of thundershowers every month in a scif -- hundreds of hundreds of hours every month in a scif. one of the things i find so rewarding about the intelligence committee's work on issue after issue, you couldn't tell who is a democrat and