mr. witting. >> president hillis: thank you, mr. witting. >> hi. good morning. i don't know if you read what was in the packet that i sent. i sent to you a packet, but you know, there were those e-mails back from january 2015, and i didn't intend those to say, like, oh, my god, this has been going on forever, 'cause it has been, but this -- no one's really responsible. i feel responsible because i didn't push more for the planning commission to adjust the numerical calculations and the democalcs. that could have been helpful in the 317, but maybe not based on what miss waddie presented this morning because of how tricky they are. you have the groupings. maybe if they are all ors, that would be good, but it's still arcane. with all respect to the good people, who thought one definition of demolition would solve the problem, i respectfully agree. clear-cut demos, flat lotting, demos like that that now skirt the rules, demos that don't skirt the rules under the now tantamount to demolition. if you look back in 2007, the reason for tantamount to demolition, the reas

provided hope and direction by so on and off the pitch and help them forget what they had witnessed. mrslevy of. please you know the dealing with. friendship came under pressure when a piece of each family emigrated in two thousand but as parents wanted their children to have a decent kind of life that was not possible. we were forced to be living all over the place in the world and that up living in switzerland in the united states. to writing instead lewis sixteen year old first had to find his bearings he would go on to win a scholarship to see louis university and play soccer even if it comes a distant fourth in the u.s. to baseball basketball and american football. to the young man had developed a strong character and took his chance and. put it would be more. called said be more to it is not going. to talk to you i'm one of the it's. just a mode you thought you were cool. nobody put us on more drew forth of you know b.s. wants you to go on you. sacrifice is that paid off it was an immediate hit on the u.s. college football scene and was probably voted nationwide rookie of the year.

attacking this person so i am very disturbed by what has happened this is a hate crime that we're witnessing here mr crump we're able to talk to the victims or find out more what happened here i haven't personally not talked because i also saw the video which i found talking as well. and i hope that now police and prosecution do their work and. put these people. to courts and that the state is reacting so mystically put this into context for us for international viewers especially how common is are these acts in germany today. unfortunately we have. to see an increase of these this kind of cases crime statistics on the whole is is the stable has so far which means that one thousand five hundred. submitted to techs are registered by by police every year but these cases that are. under. stress they are not not. real crimes yet are increasing very much but of course the video. showed clearly a crime attack mr ambassador do you feel germany is doing enough should it be doing more well first of all i think it's done a very important step by pointing my good friend physics line to be the federal commissio

the local press cacall him mr. , the main witness giving evidence against thales and south africa. he is a lawyer, having worked with thales for six years. he says he hasas evidence of backend payments from the french company to the former south african president, jacob zuma. >> there are these various facets of money parting hands. it ran into tens of millions around. -- of rand. as well as the one millioion euo groupthat the thales donated to the anc in 2006. reporter: his affidavit contains hundreds of pages. on the eve of the largest arms deal in postapartheid south africa, a representative of thales promised jacob zuma a yearly payment of 50,000 euros in exchange for his favor. this will be used in the trial. but financial transactions are not only linked to the arms dealers. was invited to the world cup semifinal by the thales director, who allegedly paid the bill. >> he paid for the hotel stays in paris as well as purchases in paris by mr. zuma. reporter: in n 2008, jacob zuma managed to have the corruption charges dropped. this was ao ajay, result of high-level pressure fro

witnesses. 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 m

examining more than thirteen hundred seized exhibits and they are interviewing more than five hundred witnesses mr president in the u.k. the police are independent of government but if there are more details we can share with the council as the investigation proceeds we should be very happy to do so we all know why that investigation is underway it's because the military grade nerve agent was used in attempt to kill civilians on british soil it was carried out recklessly and it was carried out without regard for public safety it was a weapon of mass destruction a british police officer was in a critical condition alongside the screen pals and ordinary members of the public getting to about their daily business would put it risk mr president i am glad not only to be able to inform the council that usually a script pile is able to communicate and it's getting better i can all say clarify what the russian ambassador said about consular access we have received a request from the russian consulate we have conveyed it to yulia script file and we await her response this is an obligation under internation

i'm pleased to introduce our witnesses. we have mr. brandon judd president of the national border council, art arthur, center for immigration studies, and mr. michael breen, president c eefrmt o of the truman center. as you can see there is an empty chair for the uninvited witness. miss carla provost should she choose to attend the hearing. welcome to you all. rules, if you can please stand and raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that the testimony you shall give you is the truth whole truth ago nothing but the truth so help you god. please be seated. all witnesses answered in the affirmative. please five minutes. as reminder clock in front of you shows remaining time during opening statement. light will turn yellow. red when time is up 0. please welcome to press the button before speaking. and with that we'll recognize mr. judd for five minutes. >> chairman, ranking member lynch and distinguished members of the subcommittee, i would like to thank you for the opportunity to testify today. i want to discuss with you the issues

mrs. bush, her wit, candor was also a tribute to the love she shared with her husband. >> my dad would writeom on their wedding anniversaries which totalled an amazing 73 years. here is one of them written on january 6th, 1994. will you marry me? oops i forgot we did that 49 years ago. i was very happy thoon that dayt i'm happier. you have made our boys into men and loving them. >>> on the way to her final resting place in college station, texas a motorcade through the city of houston gave an student to join in the final good-bye. houston, texas. >> important to note that barbara bush was the only in the united states to be wife of a president and mer other of a president. >>> coming up i'll ask how we can help fight plastic pollution. >>> plus accusations against an actress and her involvement in a sex cult. does your business internet provider promise a lot? let's see who delivers more. comcast business gives you gig-speed in more places. the others don't. we offer up to 6 hours of 4g wireless network backup. everyone else, no way. we let calls from any of your devices come from your busin

examining more than thirteen hundred seized exhibits and they are interviewing more than five hundred witnesses mr president in the u.k. the police are independent of government but if there are more details we can share with the council as the investigation proceeds we should be very happy to do so. we all know why that investigation is underway it's because the military grade nerve agent was used in attempt to kill civilians on british soil it was carried out recklessly and it was carried out without regard for public safety it was a weapon of mass destruction. a british police officer was in a critical condition alongside the screen pals and ordinary members of the public getting to about their daily business were pushing risk. mr president i am glad not only to be able to inform the council that usually as cripple is able to communicate and it's getting better i can also clarify what the russian ambassador said about consular access we have received a request from the russian consulate we have conveyed it to yulia scream pile and we await her response this is an obligation under international

mr. chairman. i look forward to discussing these issues with our witnesses and i yield back the balance of our time. >> gentleman yields back. the honorable art author, and mr. michael breem, presidency of the truman center. as you can see there's an empty chair for a witness of the border patrol. all witnesses will be sworn in before they testify so if you could all please stand. and raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that the testimony you're about to give & truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god? please will seated. all witnesses answered in the affirmative. in order to allow time for discussion lim your testimony to five minutes. your entire written statement will be admitted into the record. the clock in front of you shows your time during the opening statement. the light will turn yellow when the time is going, red when your time is up. we'll recognize mr. judd for five minutes. >> chairman, ranging member and subcommittee, i'd like to thank you for the opportunity to testify today. i want to discuss with you the issues of border security and the magnets th

mr. pesk cell. >> 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 leve

i think of all of the witnesses that mr.as or some of whom he's put before a grand jury, one appeared drunk on television, sam nunberg, the other guy is a convicted child molester george nader and james comey. what does that tell but mueller's case? >> did he obstruct justice in firing his fbi director as he's able to do as president of the united states? he has no case, or he's not pursuing a serious case. why would he allow comey to speak like this? i don't think comby would speak like this if he thought there was serious prospect of him being use as a witness against the president of the united states. it leads to the question, then what is mueller doing? and leads to the next opinion they have that you need to shut it down because i'm not sure what the basis for any serious investigation is by mr. mueller at this point, that the d.o.j. can't be doing without the credibility issues of the mueller operation. david: tom, let us know if you receive anything, we'll put you back on air. tom fitton from judicial watch. thank yo

mr. yale himself. john wit. >> on a university campus like ours renaming is rare but might be appropriate. principal legacies, thingt whether the idea was contested at the time of the namesake, thinking about what the motive of the university was in putting the name on the building, and how does the building work in helping to build community? >> reporter: the committee came up with four principles and discovered calhoun's name was controversial even back in 1933. >> there were statements written at the time saying, really? john c. calhoun? >> reporter: so at a ceremony in the fall, calhoun college was officially renamed after the late navy admiral, computer pioneer, and yale alumna, grace hopper. >> lest those that belong to this college now, grace murray harper is your home -- >> was it emotional for you in there? >> it was. i got hit with the emotion right before i walked in. and it was just pure joy. >> changing the people that we honor helps a wider range of students be able to envision themselves as someo

mr. chairman. all of the witnesses are interested in protecting all of america. but the one exception to that is secretary rood's testimony where he gave special protection coming to the national capitol region. how do we tell our friends in new york or boston or norfolk newport news or south florida they get less protection than we do here? >> sir, the policy is to protect the entire united states. and that is in fact the capability the ballistic missile defense system that's been deployed for the nation possesses. what i was referring to my statement is there are some improvements that are being made for the ability to detect aircraft and cruise missiles as part of a two-phase program that provide that enhancement. that does not mean the rest of the country will not enjoy protection as well. as you know, through our air defense system that general robinson and others execute we do surveil for threats to all 50 states. where we look at those threats, evaluate them and certainly work through those defense systems. >> i think it's pretty clear in your paragraph on

with all of this mind, we understand the importance of today's hearing, we have with us four witnesses, mr. guy roberts, assistant secretary of defense for nuclear, chemical and biological -- director of the defense threat reduction agency and lieutenant general joseph oosterman, deputy commander of u.s. operations command. i would now like to recognize opening remarks. >> thank you to our witnesses for being here today to invite testimony on the department of defense's strategy, policy programs and preparedness countering weapons of mass destruction and in the fiscal year 2019. in 2014, the department released it's strategy for wmd that outlined three new end states, that there be no wmd use and that should wmd used that there will a minutization of their effects. the strategy notes that fiscal constraints require the dod make strategic choices. however increasingly bold rogue actors are challenging the goal of ensuring that the u.s., it's allies or partners are not attacked, or coerced by adversaries. earlier this month, we witnessed a peacetime attack of the united kingdom of one of rus

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mr. speaker, i have no witnesses, and i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman is recognized. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, the hypocrisy of the republican majority is on full display today. after passing a $1.5 trillion tax scam bill that showers all the benefits on the wealthy and very rich corporations, we are now going to consider an amendment to the constitution to balance the federal budget on the backs of hardworking americans by eviscerating social safety net programs. according to the aarp, this balanced budget amendment could subject social security and medicare to deep cuts without regard to the impact on the health and financial security of our most vulnerable citizens. mr. speaker, a balanced budget amendment would put the pillars of our social safety net at risk. if you don't believe me, again, maybe you'll listen to our friends at the aarp. they said this week in a letter, and i quote, a balanced budget amendment would likely harm social security and medicare, subjecting both programs to potentially deep cuts without regard to the impact

hanabusa: if i may inquire if the gentleman from california has any more witnesses? mr. mcclintock: we are prepared to close. the speaker pro tempore: gentleman is prepared to close. ms. hanabusa: mr. speaker. i support this legislation and i urge my colleagues to vote in favor of this great bill. with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from hawaii yields back her time. the gentleman from california. mr. mcclintock: i ask for adoption of the measure. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is will the house suspend the rules, pass the bill h.r. 146 as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 -- mr. mcclintock: on that, i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring taking this vote on the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered pursuant to clause 8, rule 20, further proceedings on this question will b

mr. libby had presented credible evidence in support of his innocence. including evidence that a key prosecution witness had changed her recollection of the event in question. before his conviction, mr. libby had rendered more than a decade of honorable service to the nation as a public servant and the department of state and defense. his record since his is similarly unblemished, and is continued to be held in high regard by his colleagues and peers. in light of these facts, the president believes mr. libby is fully worthy of his pardon. "i do not know mr. libby, "says president trump. "but i hope it will rectify a very sad portion of his life." john roberts, live with more. the discussion will be, what with the tea leaves and all of that? >> the president would at some point in the afternoon announce he was pardoning scooter. a couple of interesting aspects. scooter libby's attorney was victoria ten thin. she is the wife of joe digenova and the two of them are now a part of the president's outside legal team for the russia investigation. not to suggest there is influence but there certainly is that su

witnessed. buckley thought mrs levy of. she's been easy of the dealing with.friendship came under pressure however when they tease of each family emigrated in two thousand but as parents wanted their children to have a decent kind of life that was not possible. we were forced to be living all over the place in the world. living in switzerland in the united states. to writing instead lewis sixteen year old first had to find his bearings he would go on to win a scholarship to see louis university and play soccer even if soccer comes a distant fourth in the u.s. to baseball basketball and american football. to the young man who developed a strong character and took his chance. to be more. or near claudette said be more to this now. he must. see to talk to you more of the words because you. know will put us on more of the roof or for you. to go and you. sacrifice is that right off the bat was an immediate hits on the u.s. college football st and was promptly voted nationwide rookie of the year. that news also made it back i'm supposed. you should. ciavarella. i th

mr president. we are witnessing truly remarkable events. in this new this new this is this a new approach in law i already mentioned this where you have accusations based on simply a year without any proof. mention this at the meaning of the fourteenth of march simply on the basis of. suspicions when you however know less surprising something else when i look at the debates interviews and statements of british politicians i'm simply stunned. morris. what happened to good old england. is this a lack of professionalism or a deterioration of political culture or or is this exactly the need for the kind of political culture we're seeing i really don't have an answer i perhaps will allow those present here to draw their own conclusions. the british authorities are trying to almost make fun of russia by providing some thirty versions of what is happening now you should know that these are not versions of the russian or thought provided by the russian authorities these are opinions by experts and journalists. it's true that there are many versions

you have george nader, another witness for mr. mule whoar i mua convicted child molester. a grand jury throw this case out if these are the only witnesses it can muster? >> which is why you saw today the dnc filing its publicity stunt lawsuit. the handwriting is on the wall. the mueller thing is collapsing in slow motion. they're frantic and desperate to keep this crazy rush rush nair tiff and conspiracy going. democratic narratives have telegraphed over to their pals in the party, file a civil case to drag this thing out forever. david: there's no there in terms of collusion. therefore you got to make it a political case which is what the dnc lawsuit is all about. >> discovery runs in both directions. you'll hear tom perez huff and puff about taking depositions. guess what, it flips the other way too. david: we can find out more about the relationship between fusion gps and is whole lot of things. >> what ever happened to the dnc servers. david: the president mentioned that today and also the relationship with certain russians and the clinton foundation. >> where do the p

mr. hoffa -- >> and pity the witness who had to be before bob kennedy. >> whose back were you going to break of speech. i don't know what you're talking about. >> he's interrupting. he's bullying them. >> let's find out whose back you were going to break figuratively. >> i don't know. >> bobby is not alone. his wife ethel is his most loyal supporter. >> mrs. kennedy, do you attend many of bob's committee hearings? >> oh, mr. murrow, i do, yes, most all of them. and you can really tell i think when a witness is lying. >> ethel and bobby would strategize and ethel would say you've got to go in there and give it to them good. don't you let them get away with it, bobby, don't you let them get away with any of it. >> atta-boy. >> ethel shared his sense of the world, and that's one of the many reasons why they got along so brilliantly. >> do you two spend much time discussing the senate hearings at home? >> i can't think of anything else we discuss. >> the way she phrased it was, the world is divided into white hats and black hats. >> it really fascinates me. >> the black hats are them. the white

mrs. bush, her wit, candor and commitment to literacy was also a tribute to the love there shared with heruld write mom on their wedding anniversaries, which totalled an amazing 73 years. here is one of them written on january 6th, 1994. will you marry me? oops, i forget we did that 49 years ago. i was very happy on that day in 1945, but i'm even happier today. you have given me joy that few men know. you've made our boys into men by balling them out and right away by loving them. you've helped dara be the greatest, sweetest daughter in the whole wide world. i've climbed perhaps the highest mountain in the world, but even that cannot hold a candle to being barbara's husband. ♪ >> reporter: on the way to her final resting place at george h.w. bush's presidential library in college station, texas, a motorcade through the city of houston gave this community an opportunity to join in the final good-bye. kaylee hartung, cnn, houston, texas. >>> and now some sad news to report today about one of our own. former cnn anchor reed collins passed away in his sleep on thursday. he joined cnn in march

witnesses again. right now i want to turn to mr. cooper for any statement he may have. >> tlaunhank you, mr. chairman. i would also like to welcome the witnesses and in particular wish general robinson best of luck. you served your nation well. you should be very proud. i'll hold most of my questions for the classified portion of the hearing. so i'll abbreviate my remarks now. i look forward to hearing testimony of the witnesses. >> great. now we'll ask each of the witnesses to summarize their opening statements. you'll be allowed five minutes. i will let you know each of the your opening statements in their full will be taken into the record without objection. so ordered plchlt rood, i recognize you first for your opening statement. >> mr. chairman, thank you. chairman rogers, ranging member cooper and distinguished members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to testify on behalf of the president's fiscal year '19 budget request in support of your eve fots to improve our missile defense capabilities to we stay ahead of the threat and regional defenses i

mr. chairman. i'd like to thank the chairman for holding this hearing and thanks to the witnesses who has here this morning. i want to be clear, your agency is critically important to the

again, i'm not going to comment on the specifics of any single witness. mr.ohen did come in and testify. he had made a commitment that he would come back and testify before the whole committee. most of our preliminary questioning is done by the staff, not by the senators. i for one would still like to get him in front of the whole senate committee and ask him questions. that may be a little bit more difficult to do now that his case has been criminally referred. >> yeah. >> but i still hold out some hope. >> do you consider him an sbe ral part of the russia investigation or not. >> i believe that the level of legal scrutiny and this is from actual legal experts to go in and make a referral -- remember, this was referred from mueller to the southern district of new york. >> yeah. >> to make that referral that then had to go through a judge issuing a subpoena that would actually deal with a lawyer/client privilege -- that's a pretty darn high bar, a much higher bar than a traditional subpoena as experts have told me. clearly there are a series of prosecutors an

. >> we're going to go in here and talk to inmate olson and see if he wants to be a complaining witness. mrtions unit. how are you feeling? >> i'm all right. >> you're okay. you were assaulted in j-16 the other day, correct? i need to know if you're willing to cooperate in the prosecution of the inmates that assaulted you. >> i don't want to. >> you want to decline the charges? just to let you know, we are submitting charges to the district attorney's office on behalf of the state because it was a felony assault. all right. i'm going to put it down that you're not a cooperating witness at this time, but, however, we're still going to submit. so they will be charged, just so you know. all right? >> okay. >> all right. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> the human part of me says, absolutely, i want them to continue to pay, but the spiritual side of me says, forgive them and hopefully they'll learn. i have no reason not to forgive because i've been forgiven so many things. >> i get lots of people that get victimized but they don't want to cooperate. it's just part of the job. but due to the circum

mr. chairman, for calling this hearing. to our witnesses, welcome and thank you for your service. , mr. good to see you again mitchell. i appreciate the excellent work you are doing. our first work on syria reaches back 15 years or so, so i appreciate your services. i still wish we had a permanent assistant secretary in place. nearly 15 months into this administration, the white house only sent in nomination last week. syria has been a larger focus of mine, many years ago. i think it was number 15. we introduced the syria accountability act, which was passed into law with bipartisan support. we have a huge number of concerns about the middle east, but today, i will focus on syria. it is a shame it takes a chemical weapons attack to grab the world's attention. -- it was often not sarah and or chlorine that drove millions more from their homes. for those who have lost loved the pain and grief are no different if they die in a chemical attack or in a hospital leveled to the ground. murderer, a butcher. his most recent use of chemical weapons is an important crime -- crime thatt required im

the second witness today is mr. andrew arthur currently serving as a resident fellow in law and policy for the center for immigration studies with a distinguished career working as a trial lawyer and later acting chief for the security division in the office of the general counsel of a former immigration and naturalization service. in 2006 he became an immigration judge serving for eight years in new york, pennsylvania and after his service as an immigration judge he came back to the hilt l to be the staff director of the national security subcommittee of the house oversight and government reform committee before retiring from federal service in 2016. he is a graduate of the university of virginia and george washington school of law. the final but this is the immigration judge ashley who serves as the president of the national association of immigration judges previously served as the western regional vice president from 2012 to 2015. adjunct professor at ucla law school and served as an adjunct faculty for a number

our second witness is mr. james mchenry. mr. mchenry is currently director of the executive office of immigration review, eoir, within the department of justice. prior to his current position, he served as an administrator law judge for the office of chief administrative hearing officer. he also served as deputy associate attorney general in the department of justice working on a variety of immigration-related litigation matters and as an assistant chief counsel with u.s. immigration and customs enforcement, otherwise known as i.c.e., within the department of homeland security. director mchenry has a bachelor of science from georgetown university in foreign service and a master's of arts in political science from vanderbilt and a juris doctor from vanderbilt law school. thank you both for being here and ms. gambler, we'll recognize you first for any opening remarks you want to make. any extended written remarks will be made part of the record, so you can feel free to summarize. >> thank you. >> if you would, senator durbin remin

i thanked witnesses for their tremendous service and i yield back. >> thank you, mr. airman and thinking to the witnesses for your service. i know we will probably agree that the syrian civil war is one of the greatest humanitarian crisis of our time. over 500 million dead at the hands of assad. many fleeing homes trying to escape to other countries that are with great impact to those countries. i think it is fair to say that there has been a lot of dereliction i would say on the world. maybe not knowing really what to do. you can point fingers at a lot of different places but since we are here and now, i will talk about the administration. because i think mr. trump has wackadoo behavior. i don't know if you act impulsively or emotionally but i think all of us but we see the chemicals warfare on assad on human beings is horrendous. and so, i'm not critical of the presidents feeling this is a horrendous action but what i do not understand is the president only allowed 11 syrian refugees into this country last year. compared to 15,000 in 2016. my question is, where is th

mr president, we are witnessing truly remarkable events. without any proof. i mentioned this at the meeting on the 14th of march simply on the basis of suspicions. however, no less surprising if something else. when i look at the debates, interviews and state m e nts look at the debates, interviews and statements of british politicians, i am simply stunned. what happened to good old england? is this a lack of professionalism or a deterioration of political culture? or is this exactly the kind of new political culture we are seeing? i really don't have an answer. i perhaps will allow those present here to draw their own conclusions. the british authorities are trying to almost make fun of russia by providing some 30 versions of what has happened. these are not versions of the —— provided by the russian authorities, these are opinions by experts and journalists. it is true that there are many versions because there's not enough facts or evidence, whereas in russia everyone wants to get to the bottom of this dark story. but, the british author