marital bliss was shattered when ms. lee got an e-mail telling her that he had had a head injury and was hospitalized at she called the army and was told by them that he already has another wife on record. sergeant fuller had a phone and told her she needed to reformat for him. on that phone she found messages that sergeant fuller had sent his american wife who he had not divorced wishing her happy rachel lee then filed a criminal case with the korean authorities. the korean trial court sentenced sergeant fuller to eight months in jail. that was reduced to a $10000 fine. i got an exclusive interview with ms. lee in south korea via skype. she told me about the shock and emotion of finding that out. >> sergeant fuller really killed my soul which is like killing another person or shooting another person dead. >> sergeant fuller bailed, abandon her and came back to his family in the u.s. it's believed that that sergeant fuller is living with his wife in rockland county with their kids. she wouldn't let this go and she hired a te

ms. lee: let me thank the gentleman for his kind remarks and digging deeper into the subject and raising in many ways the unconscious biases that are reflected oftentimes in the policies and the laws of they have land. one example that chairman butterfield and myself, co-chair for the congressional black caucus, and reverend jackson has been a true leader in, that's the effort with the tech industry, in terms of the diversity of tech industry. well, we've learned that, and the data shows that many companies next door to me in the silicon valley, 2% to 5% may be african-americans and latinos. maybe. so to their credit, they're trying to figure out how to address this but one of the areas some of the companies are exploring now, or looking at unconscious bias and how that's reflected in the hiring policies of their managers as it relates to the discrimination actually that takes place against people of color, especially african-americans. it's embedded in this whole system here in our country,

did they were eager ms. lee skilled to have the money from bloomberg philanthropy and they use that very wisely in the campaign just has come about is says that soda sales are down because of a secular trend. what the seven companies did was lower the price of soda in the rural area. but the government will half to pay for these things with the health care system. that is good researcher brilliant advocacy. >> professor what is your own childhood history with soda and also since it has been effective what would you like to see for the next food product attacked? >> this was easy it was the low paying the fruit it is sugar and water a and nothing else. if you go after mcdonald's you to get the best foot in the world it is so much more complicated but general portion sizes but i come from very poor family that did not have any money so that would have been out of the way and nobody cares there it -- they were six 1/2 ounces it was a rare treat. baby a few times a year were added kid's birthday party. it was not un

they say thank you for doing what you do, signed ms. lee. police want to thank the woman for her kind gesture. heavy rain coming through right now. let's get right to doppler radar so i can show you where the time. live doppler radar, switching over to that right now, and you'll find some of the heaviest showing up here in new hampshire now. towns like henniker, warner, getting a real deluge right now. heavy rains in battleboro and southeastern vermont into now in massachusetts we can go down to street level and find some of the roads that are being affected. route 12, arbor ham to fitchburg is coming out right now. getting some of that heavy rain off to the north and lawrence and andover we're seeing some that have heavy rain come through here, as well. in the city of and over, especially yellow and orange showing up on doppler radar, meaning it's coming down hard here. 495 cutting right through the lawrence area, hide street, prospect street all getting the heaviest rain right now. shifting off to the southwest to the city of worcester her

the woman, who is only identified as ms. lee, says she makes the gifts for police officers and firefighters because she is thankful for their service. emily: very kind. cindy, rainy. cindy: mother nature not so kind this morning. we need the rain, don't get me wrong. worcester on westward it is not raining anymore but we do have fog. boston a little tough to see with the rain coming down. but it is mild. 55 degrees thanks to that southerly wind. worcester 53. upper 50's, plymouth, 56 as your heading out in hyannis right now. staying in the 50's all day long. notice the rain is with us through 9:00 a.m. and then that is it. skies brighten up with sunshine developing this afternoon as the winds turn to the north and west. the heavy downpours now. nashua up to winchester. lighter rain around boston now. a little heavier to the south taurt weymouth and marshfield and lakefield and new bedford as well. all of this is lifting up from the south. by the next few minute or so, we're going to continue to see heavier downpours shift over c

they were concerned for us to make sure we make sure of the permitting requirements and to that end ms. lee has been working since be late 2012 she purchased this in 2011 and made steps with her first draft in 2012 was a plan that the architect showed what she could do maximum capacity and made changes to comply with the guidelines and the building code and we've got a second architect and replaced the previous one and in addition 3 planners assigned and reviewed by the residential design 3 times i'm surprised at the opposition we'll deal with the structural concerns and absolutely marshall make sure with the planning department we have a engineering and make sure that will be done in a way that preserves the integrity of the neighbors. >> thank you calling the speakers in support and jonas offer a little bit of clarification there are speakers that are part of project team. >> on this those speakers can speak in support of project not part of team the project sponsor didn't get 3 minutes anybody they've hired to work on the project as much as the architect not afforded 3 minutes. >> she ca

ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to speak to the how the to -- to speak to the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. jackson lee: thank you very much, mr. speaker. thank you to president obama for working with us, to get a real defense authorization bill. and for us to be able to fix the broken defense bill that was passed previously in this house. i was prepared to sustain the veto, but through a very instructive and positive budget resolution that we passed just last week, we've been able to plus up the defense, but we've been able to plus up nondiscretionary spending. today i voted for the defense allingtization -- authorization and in that included amendments that i offered that were sustained in the conference report, which requires the department of defense to conduct outreach programs to assist small business conserves -- concerns -- small business concerns owned and controlled by women, veterans and

i'm going to be like ms. lee and ask you a lot of questions. there's a lot on my mind. >> i'm sorry, sir, i can't -- >> i have a lot of questions. we have limited time. in july, a young man named darius stewart was shot and killed by memphis police. he was a passenger in a motor vehicle stopped for a traffic citation. he was asked to get out of the car. they looked at him, put him in the car. a tussle occurred. he was shot and killed. the d.a. asked the grand jury to indict voluntary manslaughter. the grand jury chose not to. how that was presented, who knows. obviously not as well as a ham sandwich could have presented. i asked the department of justice to look into it. your first response is you monitored the case. now that the case has gone through the grand jury process and not getten the result the d.a. wanted, i would like to ask as i asked in writing before for the department of justice to look into this case and see if civil rights violations may have occurred. >> i would like to have my staff reach out to you and get that information,

ms. lee the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for two minutes. mds lee: thank you very much. -- ms. lee: thank you very much. i want to thank the gentleman from massachusetts for his leadership on these critical strong. i rise in strong opposition to the rule, h.res. 531, and also to the bill, h.r. 4038, the american security against foreign enemies act of 2015. foreign enemies refugees. we all watched with horror as unconscionable violence unfolded in paris over the weekend, but also in egypt, in lebanon and nigeria. so let me just first say that my thoughts and prayers go out to all of those who have been affected by all of these tragedies. but it would be a grave mistake to use these attacks as a pretense to close our doors to the families that are fleeing isil in their own countries. the overwhelming majority, of course, you know are women and children. just as the unfortunate attacks of 9/11 required us to step up and lead, we're at that moment again where members of con

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ms. erica lee. andis an american taurean author at the university of minnesota. is the director of immigration wreath or center. her books include an american is a chinese immigration and in immigrant gateway to america area and newly published the menu of asian american history. admirer.gtime huge his most recent book is stranger no more. orritten with nancy phone area in 2008 see the award for the distinguished career scholarship. finally a professor of history accounting professor at asian american studies and political historian with russians is written one immigration policy and offered the award-winning and subject illegal aliens and the making of modern america. one family and the extreme area invention chinese america. october of 1965 was on liberty island area what he says in describing the heart seller at five. this still he says will find today not a revolutionary this will not affect the lives of millions or re-struck -- reshape the just construction of our daily lives. it is still one of the most important acts of this congress. it does repair a very

. >> ms. leeo said she still has $13,000 in the go fund me account after paying for her son's funeral. >>> the u.s. is growing more confident this morning that a bomb took down a doomed russian jet nine days ago. one official saying 99.9% certain now. the fbi is offering its help. sources say the agency could be used to decipher an explosion-like sound heard on the plane's voice recorder. still, egyptian officials are being more cautious about the bomb theory. we're in sharm el sheikh with more. >> carol, even as there is growing consensus around the possibility that this is an act of terror, egyptian officials continue to maintain to us on the ground that it is simply too soon to tell. they say as far as they're concerned, all scenarios remain on the table. the subject of much of the concern and speculation is this last sound picked up by the cockpit voice recorder. that's what the fbi is saying they are very well equipped to try and help solve, in terms of the riddle about exactly what happened

i'm going to be like ms. lee and ask you a lot of questions. >> i'm sorry, sir, i can't -- >> i have a lot of questions. in july, a young man named darius stewart was shot and killed by memphis police. he was a passenger in a motor vehicle stopped for a traffic citation. he was asked to get out of the car. they looked at him, put him in the car. he was shot and killed. the d.a. asked the grand jury to indict voluntary manslaughter. the grand jury chose not to. how that was presented, who knows. obviously not as well as a ham sandwich could have presented. i asked the department of justice to look into it. your first response is you monitored the case. now that items gone through the grand jury process, i would like to ask for the department of justice to look into this case and see if civil rye rights violations may have occurred. >> i would like to have my staff reach out to you and get that information, sir. >> are you familiar with the case? >> we have a number of similar matters under review. >> i hope you wi

ms. jackson-lee. i will certainly look into it. the last matter, with respect to church fires, we have not ignored them. our agents are investigating a number of church fire incidents around the country. we have not found patterns and connections that connect to our civil rights enforcement work. but we are continuing to work on it. with respect to guns, the people in the fbi care deeply about trying to stop gun violence. what the bureau does not do is get involved in the public policy legal questions because our job is to enforce the law. we leave to it the department of justice to make recommendations as to what the law should be. i think that's a place where it makes sense to be. we are passionate about trying to enforce the law about bad guys of all kinds especially in our cities where gun violence, especially gang related gun violence is a plague of the nation. >> he was shaking his head saying yes. >> guns in the hands of criminals endanger all of us, including law enforcement. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> i think all of us

ms. kelly: i would like to introduce congresswoman bash rar lee. ms. lee: thank you for staying the course and holding down the for the for the congressional black fort and our message for unity which describes, that message go out and both of you have been tremendous in this effort. i rise this evening to join this critical conversation on race relations in america and challenge our colleagues to work with the congressional black caucus to us. condolences in paris, lebanon and nigeria and egypt. and know that we join in this quest for global quest and security throughout the world. tonight's special order is an important part of our work to address the racism that plagues our nation. specifically as it relates to african-americans but it impacts all communities of color and ffects our entire country. we are the united states. and so when one is effected, all is effected. ll across the country, and places like baltimore and ferguson and spring valley high, we are waiting the impact. very recently we saw this in my home district in berkley high school, b

ms. jackson lee of texas for today and tomorrow, and mr. payne of new jersey for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2015, the gentlewoman from illinois, ms. kelly, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. ms. kelly: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. mr. speaker, it is my honor and privilege to lead tonight's congressional black caucus special order hour where we will have the opportunity to speak directly to the american people. but before we get to business, i do want to take a second, and even though it feels like an eternality, to congratulate my dear friend and colleague, our c.b.c. chairman for the 112th congress, the honorable emanuel cleaver of kansas city, for his hometown kansas city royals victory in last night's world series game. i am an illinoisan by way of new york. so i had a little stake in this one. but again, my congratulations to the city of

they were concerned for us to make sure we make sure of the permitting requirements and to that end ms. leeeen working since be late 2012 she purchased this in 2011 and made steps with her first draft in 2012 was a plan that the architect showed what she could do maximum capacity and made changes to comply with the guidelines and the building code and we've got a second architect and replaced the previous one and in addition 3 planners assigned and reviewed by the residential design 3 times i'm surprised at the opposition we'll deal with the structural concerns and absolutely marshall make sure with the planning department we have a engineering and make sure that will be done in a way that preserves the integrity of the neighbors. >> thank you calling the speakers in support and jonas offer a little bit of clarification there are speakers that are part of project team. >> on this those speakers can speak in support of project not part of team the project sponsor didn't get 3 minutes anybody they've hired to work on the project as much as the architect not afforded 3 minutes. >> she can make

ms. jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for three minutes. ms. jackson lee: let me thank the gentleman from new york and the gentleman from california. and i think many of us will come to the floor and emphasize that we stand with both mr. royce and very gel for -- their strong statement to stand with the people of france. my heart cried, my soul was disturbed as the video began to unfold, the most heinous acts of attacking innocent persons, persons who had gone to a stadium to be with friends and relatives, maybe fathers with young sons, maybe families with two or three or four children, maybe brothers and sisters, as was noted by one of the soccer players, whose sister was lost, would come to see him play. maybe as the beautiful young woman from california experiencing her dreams, a beautiful designer. i pay tribute to her courage and inspiration, just was enjoying the culture of france in the beautiful outdoor cafes that many travel to france just to experience. she lost her life. a beautiful flower of someone that america can be proud of who w

ms. jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for three minutes. ms. jackson lee: let me thank the gentleman from new york and the gentleman from california. and i think many of us will come to the floor and emphasize that we stand with both mr. royce and very gel for -- their strong statement to stand with the people of france. my heart cried, my soul was disturbed as the video began to unfold, the most heinous acts of attacking innocent persons, persons who had gone to a stadium to be with friends and relatives, maybe fathers with young sons, maybe families with two or three or four children, maybe brothers and sisters, as was noted by one of the soccer players, whose sister was lost, would come to see him play. maybe as the beautiful young woman from california experiencing her dreams, a beautiful designer. i pay tribute to her courage and inspiration, just was enjoying the culture of france in the beautiful outdoor cafes that many travel to france just to experience. she lost her life. a beautiful flower of someone that america can be proud of who w

ms. wise. >> i'd like to building what mayor ed lee said we know this is disingenious first hand the politicsn san francisco in the if at any point it is air force chassis with the mayor's office of housing and community development and the planning department staff rolled out the red carpet to take 3 invented mario that ran a business he else a story of the american dream and mayor ed lee allowed that i am had been kicked out i chase bank its outs range the last way broeng it get me into the politics how the law be broken for chas bank instead of saying no to that displacement i'm going to start a nonprofit called the neighborhoods for vs. did care i have dedicated my last four years of my life to that (clapping.) and. >> thank you and i applaud our enthusiasm we would like to get in as many questions as possible thank you very much under graham. >> well, i've been going around to the homeownership and merchant successors for the last 3 months and primary the number one complaint is that the big block store or any of the current favorite neighborhood haunts are good evening to be through the

ms. richard: that is correct. rep. jackson lee: and they include the people outside of syria who are either in the camps and not that you directly going to the bowels of syria and pull someone out. ms. richard: outside of syria. rep. jackson lee: and the individuals are those women and children, families. 2% of them happen to be unmarried men. ms. richard: of the ones we have brought to the united states, only 2% are unmarried, single men traveling without families. most our families, women and children, multiple generations. ms. richard: have you read hr-4038? mr. rodriguez: as it happens, i have, yes. rep. jackson lee: very good. it is not one of our long ones. mr. rodriguez: it was within my attention span. rep. jackson lee: it has not had a hearing before the domestic security committee. it deals with refugees but also deals with issues to do with terrorism. you are the tactical man in this process. as you look at it, do you read it as i read it that the persons engaged in certification must certify every single person, syrian

ms. richard: that is correct. rep. jackson lee: and they include the people outside of syria who are either in the and not that you directly going to the bowels of syria and pull someone out. ms. richard: outside of syria. rep. jackson lee: and the individuals are those women and children, families. 2% of them happen to be unmarried men. ms. richard: of the ones we have brought to the united states, only 2% are unmarried, single men traveling without families. most our families, women and children, multiple generations. ms. richard: have you read hr-4038? mr. rodriguez: as it happens, i have, yes. rep. jackson lee: very good. it is not one of our long ones. mr. rodriguez: it was within my attention span. rep. jackson lee: it has not had a hearing before the domestic security committee. it deals with refugees but also issues to do with terrorism. man in thistactical process. as you look at it, do you read it as i read it that the persons engaged in certification must certify every single person, syrian or iraqi? i would not dare to

ms. gutin: she did count on lee atwater, who had been the head of the republican national committee for ahile and was the chairman of the republican national committee when george bush ran for president in 1980. he was a confidant. i'm trying to think if she had others outside the family. she certainly has a network of good friends and certainly relied on those people, as well. ms. swain: john henry, as we're -- been looking at the vice presidential years, has this question about, can you talk about the whereabouts of both the vice president and mrs. bush on the day he almost assumed the presidency? mr. engel: yes. ms. swain: that's march 30, 1981, the day that there was the attempt -- the attempted assassination on president reagan. mr. engel: this is actually something that was not only an illustrative story about president bush, it also helped solidify his relationship ultimately with president reagan, because then-vice president bush was back in texas when reagan was shot and immediately, of course, got on a plane and flew back. and we have to remember that the communication technolog

ms. sheila jackson lee, for two minutes.the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas is recognized for two minutes. i'd like to e: thank the gentleman from michigan. i've been on the homeland security committee since the heinous and vial act of 9/11. i've often said that i was at ground zero and i had the misery of seeing the recovering that was still occurring at that time. i take no backseat to the concern and love for this nation as i know that my colleagues do on both sides of the aisle. but this legislation is divided in a simple premise. no to refugees, stop the refugee program, turn your back on children and women and old people, broken and bent. this side saying that america's values can parallel the love, respect and commitment to the national security of this nation. isil determines to divide this bipolar world divided between muzz -- muslims but those who live every day under the sun who love freedom. e do not define the faith by those who kill us and maim us. as president franklin delano roosevelt said, the

ms. sheila jackson lee, for two minutes. speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas is recognized for two minutes. i'd like to e: thank the gentleman from michigan. i've been on the homeland security committee since the heinous and vial act of 9/11. i've often said that i was at ground zero and i had the misery of seeing the recovering that was still occurring at that time. i take no backseat to the concern and love for this nation as i know that my colleagues do on both sides of the aisle. but this legislation is divided in a simple premise. no to refugees, stop the refugee program, turn your back on children and women and old people, broken and bent. this side saying that america's values can parallel the love, respect and commitment to the national security of this nation. isil determines to divide this bipolar world divided between muzz -- muslims but those who live every day under the sun who love freedom. e do not define the faith by those who kill us and maim us. as president franklin delano roosevelt said, the on

ms. emma stone seems down-to-earth. god. and video clip[] charlie: how did this come into being? billy: i am an actor first. i went to northwestern. juliet: stephen colbert, leeus. i was primarily a traditional actor. after i got back to new york, because i grew up there, i started dabbling in improv and comedy. i started to do a live stage show called creation nation, which was my version of what fallon would do but i did it on a stage for 50 people because no one was hiring me. i did my version of a late-night talk show. in it, i took on this persona of someone who was just irrationally passionate about pop culture. urgencygs this crazy and anger to the superficial genuinelyhat i was interested in at the same time. at some point, is that what if we take the persona onto the street? i would rant and rave on stage, and audience with heated up. charlie: you would play with the audience on stage? billy: it is more like theater. i was at theater kid. charlie: and you still suck -- think of yourself like that. i do. when people started to say, comedian billy eichner? i said, who are they talking about? i always loved comedy, i was in comedies, but in plays. i was

lee. >> thank you, mr. chairman. ms. gupta, i would like to ask you about an issue that is likely to come up within your division at the department of justice, the civil rights division. as you're probably aware, earlier this month the u.s. department of education concluded that township school district 211 located in illinois had violated title 9 when it prohibited a transgender student identifying as a girl to change and shower in the girls' locker room at the public school that she attends without any restrictions. now, the school and the school district had permitted this student to participate on the girl's sports teams and to use the girl's restrooms at the school. even the plan to have the student change behind privacy curtains in the girls' locker room would not be sufficient according to the department of education in this letter issued on november 2nd because requiring only transgender students and not all students to change behind a curtain according to this letter amounts to differential treatment based on a

jackson-lee: then he go back to ms. richard. each person would have to be independently certified.there is a long list of persons that must do the certification. richard: i haven't spent much time looking at the bell since it is brand-new. we do have interviews for cases. the interviews that csi s carries out. chairman: the latest time has expired. -- the ladies time has expired. king: you take into account the religion of the applicants? rodriguez: religion is one of the categories of persecution but we do not disqualify anyone because of their faith. king: you asked them what is the religion? rodriguez: if that is the basis of their persecution. king: can you explain to me, and i was in the kurdish region on the front lines and over to turkey and into hungary in croatia. i said take me to the camps where i can talk to persecuted christians. and they could do that. the christians are being taken into the homes. out to be almost exclusively muslims that are in the camp's. can you name from a right and if a suicidal terrorist that was not a muslim? rodriguez: what i can talk about k

lee? >> thank you, mr. chairman. ms. gupta, i'd like that ask you about an issue that is likely to come up within your division at the department of justice, the civil rights division. as you're probably aware, earlier this month the u.s. department of education concluded that township school district 211 located in palatine, illinois, violated title ix when it prohibited a transgender student identifying as a girl to change and shower in the girl's locker room at the public school that she attends without restrictions. now the school and the school district had permitted this student to participate on the girls' sports teams and to use the girls' restrooms at the school, hour to accommodate the student's request to use the girl's locker room, the school sought the student toend privac. according to the u.s. department of education in this letter dated november 2 of this year, two weeks ago yesterday, requiring the transgender student to use private changing and showering facilities violated the student's rights because