mr. williams from texas. mr. williams: thank you for this hearing. we are in the exciting first stages of the digital currency movement. it has become apparent to many that block chain and other new technologies is the digital currencies base that offer solutions and has them all to the financial sector that does business. we must be mindful of the impact our actions have with the free enterprise. it is important that -- cymakers i would go to discussing with the experts today. my first question is to dr. michelle. -- michel. what are the impediments to development for block chain technologies? what can congress do about them? dr. michel: the main one is capital gains tax. this is for the u.s. dollar, that is the biggest one. otherwise, on a regulatory side, this act, we look at any money laundering laws, ensuring that nothing is treated differently. yes, it is true that criminals have used bitcoin. planesls have also used and automobiles. we should not criminalize those because criminals have used them. those components are the main barriers to more

mrs. williams instead of miss williams. has critics pining over the lack of men.adition. this is her second round. there is a nicer. serena has a better return. in his matchpoint for williams. the surf, the approach, and that will do it. in a clean 66 minute of tennis. serena went 61-64. we are not messing around here. the number three seed in the far court, she was not on her game. is the fourth time in seven years that she lost. >>> fetter is up 3-2. he wins the set 6-4. it is the matchpoint now. there is a strong forehand to end it. he 135 straight points. >>> who among us does not need a bit more than we should? joey chestnut is just like everybody else except his stomach is more extended. it is coney island and it is hot dogs. the 10 time winner trying to add to that legacy. about halfway through he is pulling away from the pack. in the final seconds we have controversy. hot the controversy. mc takes a certain. >> certified, a new world record. 74. he has done it. >> that assented to the brooklyn district attorney. that is 11 mustard else. that is actually a

on understand there were little billet the the same feeling of ownership is not there in kabul mr william cotta do you think of gunfire is in a position to take these refugees back given the number of violent attacks and the instability that continues in the country i mean just last year to three thousand five hundred thirty eight people were killed in attacks more than seven thousand engine. yes we would agree that now would not be the best time for people to be encouraged to return back to afghanistan security instance of going up control over parts of the country has really gone down and the situation is very very fragile and uncertain with the elections coming we saw a large wave of people of refugees feeling forced to return in two thousand and sixteen from pakistan to eastern afghanistan. it's a very tenuous position province on the border with pakistan. as in the islamic states aligned groups fight with the taliban fight with the governments and international military forces it's a province where the mother of all bombs was dropped last year a province where just a few months ago o

mr. williams. >> juan: english. i love it.ook back and think why didn't i do political science? >> kimberly: what about history? >> juan: yeah. i think english is so much fun. you can get into all kinds of stories and books and take people to different worlds. i love it. >> kimberly: that was a nice answer and you had a lot of enthusiasm. jesse. >> jesse: i'm going to go with gym teacher. dodgeball to the death. old school. >> dana: i would do life skills. >> kimberly: greg. >> greg: obviously it would be gutfeld 101. the book would be "the gutfeld monologue." order it now. supplies are limited. all my books. >> kimberly: unbelievable self promoter. i taught high school but i was probably too young to be teaching high school. that was a little bit interesting. i loved teaching and working with special needs kids. that's what my mom did and i did that as well. i would do that in high school and work with them. >> dana: very rewarding. >> kimberly: one more question next on "the five" ." more and more people are finding themselv

mr. williams. >> think you mr. chairman. the last time you were here before this committee you and i had a productive discussion about retail and fraud. you mentioned it was important to think creatively about how we structure our behavior so that is more important, more difficult to commit a fraud. it becomes harder. i'm encouraged to hear that you turned your attention to main street businesses and play a critical role in our economy and communities. our question, since your last visit can you provide any updates on retail fraud or any related task that your teams may be undertaking to prevent future fraud? >> we did form a retail broad strategy task force. i appreciate that they've done that so group of people dedicated to rooting out cause and more importantly there's a number of ponzi schemes where we've identified them, brought asset freezes to a halt. i would like to think as quickly as we could because the longer they go on the more money that goes away and invest money we can get back for investors. that's been a fo

mrs. williams. and on the scoreboard is bill--t of four grand slams to pay the women the same as men.ldon clearly is a little behind the times on this unwith, and they don't say that to the men. they don't say roger federer is married, but that sarina williams is married. i think it's time they get into the 21st century. >>> we do now have some breaking news out of baltimore we want to get to. hazmat teams at the scene at johns hopkins hospital after a possible release of tuberculosis. that's next. i'm really into this car, but how do i know if i'm getting a good deal? i tell truecar my zip and which car i want and truecar shows the range of prices people in my area actually paid for the same car so i know if i'm getting a great price. this is how car buying was always meant to be. this is truecar. i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my options. then i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b med

mr. william frazier. he's the gift fund program manager for laguna hospital. in the package you're see the one page of the gift form proposal. the gift fund budget was discussed and then proposed by the gift fund management committee, this consists of different areas at laguna honda. so i believe this is like the fourth year we are here in front of the health commission to is for your approval of the budget. so currently the total balance of the gift fund budget is about $2.7 million. this number is from our third quarter presented to jcc a couple of months ago. so just to give you some idea that the total balance and how much we are asking for you to approve. so there are three different columns in your budget proposal. the first column was the current year budget. we have requested $382,000 and then year to date we spent about $152,000. a little bit under spent because of the delay of some of the contracts due to the city nearly implementing. so we'll catch up. we still have some pending expenses. based on this information we'd like to is for your approve fo

mr. williams, who's the loss prevention officer, to speak on that at this point. >> use your time as you wish. >> okay. so i'll have him speak. i have other victims. the other issues i have -- oh, i'll let him talk. >> hi. my name's ryan williams. i'm a risk prevention officer for enterprise. as he stated, we had issues with two vehicles, with jose's towing. the first vehicle, the cherokee, we confirmed with our customer they didn't authorize jose's towing to tow it. and they had stated at one point the customer's insurance authorized them to tow the vehicle. when we contacted redwood city p.d., they had stated they had no record of the tow, so they didn't know where it was at. our road side assistance department who's usually involved in these situations stated they did not authorize the tow, and as i stated before, the kust kust or their insurance didn't authorize the -- customer or their insurance didn't authorize the tow. the s.f.o. received a call from 56 days later to state that they had the vehicle. on the hyundai santa fe, it was a broken window in san francisco. our customer was

mrs. williams, you didn't hear that.ationals fan and i season tickets. >> dana: he has been a government employee for all his adult career. >> juan: he lives in a better neighborhood than i do. he lives in a great neighborhood. this is so much fun. at this point, they are just having fun because the real thing is can the democrats stop him? delay or stop it? it's is frivolity. by the way, the nationals this year are not worth the money. >> jedediah: why do democrats do this? it reminds me of mitt romney and they are running articles about how mitt romney bullied kid in prep school. seems like democrats do this often. talk about this guy's record. i have issue with one of the tax related cases about how he argued that the mandate for the affordable care act was a tax and not a penalty. talk about that. take issue with that. why did they go into this nonsense depletes level argument? it makes people say your guys are swimming. >> juan: i think they will get into it. that's where we are at the moment. yesterday, there were

box on and a stand there were liberal it be the same feeling of ownership is not there in kabul mr william kata do you think of gunfire is in a position to take these refugees back given the number of violent attacks and the instability that continues in the country i mean just last year to three thousand five hundred thirty eight people were killed in attacks more than seven thousand engine. yes we would agree that now would not be the best time for people to be encouraged to return back to afghanistan security instance of going up control over parts of the country has really gone down and the situation is very very fragile and uncertain with the elections coming we saw a large wave of people of refugees feeling forced to return in two thousand and sixteen from pakistan to eastern afghanistan. it's a very tenuous position province on the border with pakistan. as in the islamic states aligned groups fight with the taliban fight with the governments and international military forces it's a province where the mother of all bombs was dropped last year a province where just a few months ago ou

pakistan and a stand there were liberal it be the same feeling of ownership is not there in kabul mr william kata do you think of gunfire is in a position to take these refugees back given the number of violent attacks and the instability that continues in the country i mean just last year to three thousand five hundred thirty eight people were killed in attacks more than seven thousand engine. yes we would agree that now would not be the best time for people to be encouraged to return back to afghanistan security instance of going up control over parts of the country has really gone down and the situation is very very fragile and uncertain with the elections coming we saw a large wave of people of refugees feeling forced to return in two thousand and sixteen from pakistan to eastern afghanistan. it's a very tenuous position province on the border with pakistan. as seen in the islamic states aligned groups fight with the taliban fight with the governments and international military forces it's a province where the mother of all bombs was dropped last year a province where just a few months a

mr. williams from texas is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank all of you for today's hearing. we're in the exciting first stages of the digital currency adaptation and it's become apparent to me that block chain and other technologies is the digital currency space that offers solutions and have the potential to alter the financial sector that does business. as congress and regulators determine how best to treat these emerging products, we must be mindful of our impacts on free enterprise. however, keep in mind the legitimate governmental interest in use of digital currency to those who wish to do us harm. my first question, dr. michel, you state that congress should work diligently to eliminate tax and legal impediments as well as new applications for block chain technologies. what are the impediments to development of alternative currencies and new applications for block chain technologies and what can congress do about them? >> the main one, honestly, i believe is capital gains tax. the fact that you have to keep track of basis in every

mr. williams: as recently as last year, this aircraft was used to transport food and supplies to the good people of texas who suffered from hurricane harvey. it logged 13.6 flight hours going back and forth, which is incredible for a plane of this age. unfortunately on saturday, june 21, as the plane headed for the oshkosh air show in wisconsin, it crashed upon takeoff, before catching fire and eventually exploding. by the grace of god all 13 crew members and passengers aboard the aircraft survived and are now in good spirits. and safe. i'm thankful for the first responders who tended the air crew and to those who helped contain the fire. i'm sad to say that the blue bonnet bell will nobt able to be restored. it's a huge loss to texas 25. we will always remember this plane and all it accomplished across the united states and the world. it was a treasure that cannot be replaced. in god we trust. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentlelady from maine seek recognition? without objection, the gentlelady is reco

mr. williams: in order for the united states to compete, we must sustain long-term economic growth and that starts with the passage of jobs investors confidence act of 2018. i join my colleagues in support of this bipartisan legislation. and i'm looking forward to the senate passing this package quickly. business is good. in god we trust. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas yields. the gentlewoman from california. ms. waters: i continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. hensarling: i'm very pleased to yield a minute to the gentleman from arkansas, the majority whip of the committee and lead sponsor of h.r. 5783, the cooperating with law enforcement agencies and watch act and who worked also extensively on h.r. 1585, the fair investment opportunities for professional experts act. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from arkansas is recognized. mr. hill: congratulations to chairman and ranking member for this exceptional package. i support it. i urge my colleagues to. this important bill in

mr. speaker, william wynn is a 2-year-old from my district. his fwradwation from graduate school last week but he missed it -- graduation from graduate scal was last week but he missed it because he was in jail in vietnam. i'm here to stand up for my constituent and ask he be treated humanely. this young man is a son, a brother, and a friend to many. i see his passion for justice in the millennials i represent. will is part of a a generation that cares deeply about the world beyond our borders. they are advocates for the most vulnerable, voices for the voiceless, and now william needs our voices. mr. gomez: he needs our collective resolve to help him through this difficult time. will's case has unified democrats and republicans to work together on his behalf. for weeks we have done everything to build diplomatic efforts needed to bring him home. and today i'm asking all americans, regardless of their politics, to join us in supporting the wynn family. keep them in your thoughts, in your hearts, and in your prayers. and with that, i yield back.

serves as the at large chairman of the board of county supervisors in prince william county. ,uring mr. stewart's tenure prince william county was ranked number one in child growth in virginia and number three in the nation. please welcome mr. corey stewart. [applause] >> we are pleased that this debate will be moderated by judy woodruff, who also moderated the hosted debates in 2013, 2014, and 2017. she is anger and managing editor of "the pbs newshour." ms. woodruff has covered politics and other news for more than four decades at cnn, nbc, and tbs. recipient ofis the more than 25 honorary degrees and numerous awards. most recently, the ratcliff metal, the pointer metal for lifetime achievement in journalism, that when eiffel press freedom award, and the cronkite award for excellence in journalism. she is a graduate of duke university where she is an emeritus here and please welcome ms. judy woodruff to the stage. [applause] ms. woodruff: thank you very much, stewart. i appreciate the welcome. it is great to be back with the association. it is great to be back in hope springs at the

mr. jones: there were several. that tankers be -- escorteds gordon out of prince william sound. it also had response equipment would surrey -- in theory be able to help if the tankers started to leak oil. the other big change, which was advocated by people in prince william sound and by alaska's in double, was to require hulls on oil tankers. those, you had a bunch of oil in the tanker and an inch of still -- steel and seawater. any option would result in an or with double halls on the size of tankers used in prince william sound there are two byls -- hulls, separated whatever they wanted in there. you can get a fairly serious puncture and have no leak. it was estimated after a spill that is the exxon valdez had a double hall the spill would have --n dramatically reduced hull. bureaucracies after 99 -- 1990 did recall that ships coming into all american ports that carried oil had to have double hulls. do this oil spill affect the oil industries influence in the alaska legislature and also did alaska impose any regulations? mr. jones: alaska law was revised and regulations were r

mrs williams., interesting because unemployment rate is at the lowest for 43 years. employment record highs, but wages. if you are thinking great, employment is low, people will need to pay more because they want people like me to work for them, wages are not going up so much, a real puzzle for economists and one that caught my eye in the mirror this morning. a grandmother who has welcomed her 100th grandchild into the family. that includes great green kids, great great ran kids. 14 kids. 100 is. -- great great ran kids. 14 kids. 100 is. —— kids. there is a finance angle because if you want to go on holiday. at one point the extended family grew so much that when they went on holiday to black all they had to get a 52 seater coach to get everybody there. —— blackpool. had to get a 52 seater coach to get everybody there. —— blackpoollj had to get a 52 seater coach to get everybody there. -- blackpool. i am taken by the picture on the back. manchester united have launched their new kit yesterday and t

mr. speaker, we should pass this bill to remember the ultimate sacrifice paid by specialist sterling william wyatt. i urge the passage of h.r. 4960 and reserve the balance of my ime. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from north carolina is recognized. mr. walker: i yield to the sponsor of this bill, mrs. hartzler. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. mrs. hartzler: i ask support for h.r. of 4960 which would name the -- h.r. 4960, which would name the post office in honor of our nation's heroes, specialist sterling william wyatt who proudly served in the united states army. i want to thank the chairman and the ranking member and so many of my colleagues for your support of this legislation. sterling was born and raised in columbia, missouri, located in the heart of missouri's fourth congressional district. early on sterling showed his commitment to service by being an active participant in his youth group and in his church. through his service and hard work, he was quite an accomplished young man. he earned the rank of eagle scout, first degree black belt in taekwondo

as far as the memoir, it's an embarrassment of riches but i really like williams book which is the movie mr griffith and m me. she was a little stiff sometime sometimes, perhaps a little too full of her own seriousness but i think she lent gravitas to every role she acted in and she certainly saved a lot of his movies. and, she was a great believer in griffith. she thought he was a genius. but she told wonderful stories. i don't know whether she got a really good ghostwriter or not, but it's a beautifully written book. there's also a book by carl brown which was just published a few decades ago, what is it, it's about griffith. brown was a very young assistant cameraman who worked with griffith on birth of a nation and other things. he was just this irreverent character and old age who was full of stories about the making of intolerance and the making of the birth of a nation. his book, the title i cannot think of, but it's in the bibliography and it was a pretty wonderful memoir of the time. >> are there any connections between the growth of las vegas and the growth of l.a. >> las vegas wa

mr. paul henderson and chief of police william scott. >> ladies and gentlemen welcome to the wednesday june 20, 2018 san francisco police commission meeting please call line item one. >> reports to commission discussion. a, chief report, report on recent police department activities including major events. >> before we go forward i forgot to say at the beginning, we have lengthy closed session agenda. we're going to limit public comment to two minutes >> line item one, report of discussion, choose report on recent police department activity weekly crime including staffing current staffing levels and overtime and announcements. >> good evening chief scott. >> i will start off with crime. starting with violent crime. homicides specifically. last week i reported that we had between homicides year to date. it was actually homicides. there was one that was actually out of the city resulting from an i want that started in the city but ended up with a death outside of the city. that is actually not homicide. should be on our statistics. year to date, we have 19 homicides as compared to 33 this tim

mrs. merkel. the whole thing is unbelievable. jesse: i think juan williams said on "the five," i don't know if we want germany to be too big and strong. we had problems there before. let me ask you a hypothetical question. let's pretend hillary clinton was president. she flew over there and air force one to europe. what do you think would have happened if hillary had been there? >> what happened last time? she goes and meets lavrov, this complete cold war warrior foreign minister of russia, and he eats her lunch. she comes with this cheesy plastic button and says let's reset our relations. he says it is not translated properly. it says overcharge, not reset. somebody wanted her to be president? i don't care what god you pray to. but november 8, 2016 is proof that god exists because donald trump won that election. jesse: powerful images over there being broadcast all over the world of president trump walking with the queen. a very formal ceremony. and they rolled out the red carpet. to see those images of our president shaking hands with the queen and being s

tenure, prince william was ranked number one in job growth and virginia, and number three in the nation. please welcome mr. corey stewart. ]cheers and applause we are pleased this debate will be monitored by miss judy woodruff who has monitored previous debates. she is managing editor of the pbs news hour. she has covered news for more nbc,four decades at cnn, yet pbs. she is the recipient of more , most5 honorary degrees acently the radcliffe metal, medal for lifetime achievement in journalism, a freedom of press award, and the cronkite award for excellence in journalism. she is graduated from duke university where she is an emeritus. these welcome her to the stage. -- please welcome her to the stage. [applause] >> thank you very much. i appreciate the welcome. it is great to be back. it is great to be back in how -- hope springs as the homestead. i am pleased to moderate another debate. i agree that hearing from the candidates on the issues, on their records, civil discussion is vital to our democracy. let's get underway with the questions. i want to point out the order of questions was decided througho

mrs. dorothy mckenzie. s> she, i believe, instilled in me that anything possible. >> reporter: growing up in a single parent household, he graduated from t.c. williams high school. he pursued education, first as teacher then as a principal. >> i want toju do more than , you know, touch the lives of 25 kids. i want to touch the l of an entire school building. >> reporter: he took over an entire school system and shaker heights, ohio. he invited miss mckenzie his kindergarten teach eastern adviser. >> this has just been an awesome experience for me to have poured into him and then he come bac b an my leader and pour back into me. dent.m your superint >> reporter: dr. hutchings brings his family and leadership to alex an dree yachandria. his two kids joining the students he'llsversee. >> ts the only place that i feel like i am home. so it's pretty cool. >> reporter: thisr f t.c. williams prom king, back home, eager to beginning his new reign in a familiar town. alexandria, david culver, news 4. >> goodluck, doc. >>> when we come back, an inside look for the new home for d.c. united socr. >>> plus, foreigners hoping for a fast track to u.s. citizenship

. >> william ortiz-cartagena is not here. iran riley. >> mr. president, you have a quorum. >> next item. >> item 2, general public comments. public comment for items that are not on today's agenda. discussion item. >> do we have any members of the public who would like to make a comment on items not on today's agenda? seeing none. public comment is closed. next item, please. >> item 3, presentation. update on the cannabis equity program and possible recommendations to the planning commission to include the cannabis equity program in the community, business priority processing program. discussion and action item. the presenter is nicole elliott director opposite cannabis. >> one moment. commissioner dooley. >> i'm going to need to recuse myself from this item. i am involved with the cannabis industry. >> do we have a motion to recuse commissioner dooley. >> >> second. >> all in favor. >> aye. >> you are recused. >> motion passes 5-0. >> ok. so it was 5-0. >> 5-0. ok. >> and we're including commissioner dooley. >> she can vote in that? >> ok. >>

then there was a man named william who was more kind of the inside answer to mr. majors and the one in charge of the stores. we've come a stores the pony express? that's right, because it wasn't just the pony express. it wasn't just a system, it was part of what the third owner of the property was trying to do to establish an entire empire. what he wanted, and his name was william russell. if you had anything to get from missouri to california or even from new york or washington or boston or philadelphia, any of those cities on the coast up to california or any place in between missouri or california, you would deal with one of his companies. you might send information in the mail to the pony express. you might send people to. you might send military goods to the ox trains that they have. they had a bank. they were kind of proud of it. they even put their faces right on the 20-dollar bill. i forget if the partners were ranking themselves on the 20-dollar bill and the 20-dollar bill. their idea was to create a full-service empire to service everything. it was a gre

of the tax cuts and jobs act, and during that time i've heard from men and women like william outerman, for example. mr. allerman is a retired disabled soldier who said the new tax law increased his monthly income enough to ease the rising cost of his living expenses. maybe it won't make headlines in "the new york times" or "the washington post," but that's a big deal to mr. allerman. i've heard from people like kim ewing in mesquite, who hadn't seen a pay raise in seven years. now she has one, and you can imagine she's grateful for it. she wrote that she's glad that her federal government is finally getting what she calls a little common sense. but the good news is not limited to texas. we've seen the country on fire when it comes to our economy. we've seen new-found optimism and confidence in the future, and that's a good thing. because during the preceding eight years before the current administration, before we had done this, we had been told that you have to accept slow growth and stagnant wages as the new normal. well, we know that's not true because people can hope for and aspire and work for be

mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 5649 as mended, the william bill muddler improvements transition act of 2018. i would like to recognize the economic opportunity subcommittee chairman and ranking member, mr. arrington, and mr. o'rourke, for their bipartisan focus on this issue and the bipartisan way they have crafted this piece of legislation and moved it forward. this bill was generated out of feedback from our veteran service organization partners, vigorous oversight and includes a number of changes, expansion of changes as well as first steps to make it a larger transition effort. and ms. brownley's effort which eliminates the period of eligibility. currently veterans only have 12 years to utilize educational i reserve the balance of my time.tive service. this removes that deadline and anyone who qualifies to access those services in definitely. t includes mr. poe's veterans' act which includes educational assistance to students impacted by natural disasters. this is similar to the benefits provided to veterans whose schools close their doors to make sure they are not struggling. t

mr. browder have earned over 1.5 william dollars in russia. they never paid any taxes.ape the country. cofounder of hermitage capital management. all right, bill, did you follow up your chair when you saw and heard that yesterday? >> i was actually not watching the news conference but as it happened, but my mobile phone started melting with messages and notifications and all of a sudden i thought whoa, what is going on here. that's when i found out i was at the tip of vladimir putin's tom. for me it is not a surprise. i've been under his skin for a long time. i have come up with a piece of legislation named the magnets be act which freezes assets and amd says of him and his cronies for doing human rights abuses named after my lawyer who was murdered in russia by the putin regime. so putin is really mad at me. it's no surprise he brought it up. he's been talking about me for a long time. generally he doesn't like to bring up the name of his enemies, but in my case he so mad. stuart: one time you ran this management fund and it was based on russian investment in a believe

mrs. ma was a caring mother to three children and devoted wife to dr. william ma. her children, fiona william and samantha will greatly miss their mother. she was a fighter. several trials and tribulations with her health over the past ten years she has maintained her strong spirit and she will truly be missed. i also want to recognize her faithful son-in-law jason hodge also at home watching this inmemoriam. colleagues i would like to make a motion we close the board meeting out in memory of ms. sophia ma. seconded by supervisor peskin and we can take that without objection. thank you. madam clerk, the rest i submit. >> clerk: thank you, madam president. supervisor fewer is not here. seeing no other names on the roster, madam president that concludes the introduction of new business. >> president m. cohen: thank you. madam clerk, shall we go to item 7? -77? >> clerk: yes, at this time the public may address the entire board of supervisors for up to 2 minutes on items within the subject matter jurisdiction of the board. the minutes at the budget and finance meeting

william stiren provided interesting insights into the evening said that -- recounts how when a social aide came up to him to say that the president would like you and mrs stiren to come to the residence he said that -- [laughter] >> the train is passing. he said -- i knew it. he's after my wife. [laughter] >> well, as it turns out they had a great evening and made plans for sailing with the kennedys in a couple of months. robert frost was there and diane was there. it was a select group of about a dozen people. so i will be glad to talk more about the people that were there and the interactions, relationships which are really fascinating, the back stories really, it's the source -- could be the source for numerous books but i just want to say in conclusion that no dinner had ever been held like this at the white house previously and no dinner has been held since. it can be argued that this was the most significant dinner at the white house in the 20th century. perhaps even the dinner of the century and one book reviewer, very kindly called it, the greatest dinner party of all time. it's a fascinating story, the interaction of people and it also, i thin

williams and jensen had repeatedly contacted the e.p.a. on official business, raising questions about conflict of interest. there were other expenses, edcluding the fact that mr. pruitt insta a $43,000 soundproof phone booth in hisof ce, and there were charges of retaliation against both career and polical aides who raised concerns about some of these decisions. so it really was a combination of all of these factors that ultimately put him in anon untenable posiith more than a dozen investigations on capitol hill, within e.p.a.'s inspector general's office and elsewhere. >> woodruff: but through all of that, until today, he e maintained the confide have the president. the president still said very favorable things about him in extending his resignation. why did the president stick with him for so long? >> the two men had a personal rapport, something mr. pruitt tultivated over time. you know, usually e.p.a. administrator is not one of the most influential cabinet members, but mr. pruitt was quite skillful in terms of reng out to the president, carrying through with many of ine policy items he wanted, but also just spetime with him. he would eat frequently in

mr. gutierrez-soto criticized ice in a very public manner while accepting a prestigious award from the national press club. his arrest occurred only a couple of months later. williamccarren, the executive director of the national press club affirms under oath that an ice official told him to 'tone it down' during a meeting regarding mr. gutierrez-soto, and he interpreted the comment in the context of the conversation to mean that the media should stop attracting attention to petitioners' cause." that is the judges statement. judge guaderrama ruled this evidence supported your claim that ice "retaliated against them for asserting their free speech rights." bill mccarren, is that right, joining us from d.c. explain what happened, how you felt threatened. >> in the meeting that is referred to in the judge's decision, we were there several days before christmas asking for emilio's release. we knew they had problems with space in the facility and we got there was a chance around christmastime something might happen. person andty calm the meeting was cordial for a while, but i became very demonstrative in the meeting and at some point, the lead counsel for ice said we s