mullen was prosecuted because of petronus.d been at a low point — lonely and was physically incapable of sexual intercourse. he was given a 1li—month jail sentence, suspended for two years. and he'll be on the sex offenders register for ten. nr mullen, we're from bbc wales. how do you feel about today? ashamed and deeply regret the situation. why did you do it? moment of madness. how do you feel about the hunter group? no comment. you are now a registered sex offender how do you feel about that? terrified. is this something you are going to be doing again in the future? oh, god, no. this hunter group says it can't keep up with the sheer numbers of predators attempting to groom their online decoys. i've got another 1a people who are actively talking to me. and i have another a 91 people lined up now. they've all shown interest in my decoy. that's a hell of a caseload. yeah, that gets added to daily. the police insist they will always respond to concerns about child sexual exploitation. and they warn that, however well meaning,

the former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff mike mullen. today's tweets by president trump banning transgender military service go against the pentagon's transgender advice, that the service of transgender americans will not create problems and is, in fact, in the best interest of national defense. the commander in chief in this instance is dead flat wrong. [applause] >> this attempted ban will weaken our security by depriving the military of dedicated and counted recruits. -- and talented recruits. thousands of transgender americans are already serving openly with distinction. i was proud as the majority leader of the house of representatives to bring legislation to the floor in 2010 to end don't ask, don't tell. there were some who run their hands and said, "if you do that, our services are going to be deeply divided and undermined." they, like the president, were dead wrong. i am, and i know the members with whom i serve, are going to continue working with my colleagues to make our military as strong and as inclusive as possible. it is i

i do not consider direct a mullen to be one i do not consider direct a mullen to be on a witchhunt. brazil's former president, luiz inacio lula da silva, has been sentenced to nine—and—a—half years injailfor corruption and money laundering. we'll be live in rio. in an interview with the bbc, president erdogan of turkey has denied claims that his country has jailed over 150 journalists. translation: those people inside jailare translation: those people inside jail are not titled as journalists. some corroborated with terrorist organisations. and some of the world's biggest tech companies are staging a day of protest in support of net neutrality. we'll explain what it is — and why it affects all of us. donald trumer has a lot of explaining to do — and he's begun that process. yesterday he released emails which show him setting up a meeting on the promise of damaging information on hillary clinton that the russian government wanted to supply. now donald trumer has spoken to fox news. here he is on what his father knew about the meeting. a lot of people will want to know this about your

christopher mullen turned himself in to new britain township police. he's under investigation since february. mullen is charged with possession and distributing child pornography. >>> a cat's cry for help saved a family from their falling home in west philadelphia. >> they said the cat can was acting woerd and that's what made her get up. when she walked in the hallway, that's when the house started falling. >> investigators are trying to figure out whatted this morning's collapse. >>> the struggle to finalize the budget continues. that's according to a partnership of a assessment of readiness for college and careers. they have been testing kids for e three years. since then 88,000 students have met or exceeded expectations in english language art. 70,000 more going above and beyond in math. >>> for the first time, the philadelphia eagles are responding to a new study about the dangers of football. >> new at 5:00, now they are reacting to the report that links traumatic brain damage to the sport. >>> and caught in the cross hairs, the investigators go

mullen talk about this earlier. so i was -- when i was in active duty we had a similar job and similar timing. since then, we have been working on exchanges and also transanalysis. so with him i really experienced that kind of sharing of information. for now, we are coming here as representatives from the united states and also japan. thought that we had really good communication but through this kind of forum i experienced that there was a gap and there's something that we need to address, and then, again, from first forum to fourth forum, we're developing really good communication and also good information sharing, and then i think we're becoming together regarding what needs to be said to have really good communication. for our forum i want to say my personal impressions. first off, of course, south china sea and other various security issues are there, but our topic was about socioeconomics, and so what kind of economic implications are there to security issues, so dr. green talk about north korea and there are

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the military statesmen forum, we have two co-chair of the military statesmen forum, admiral mike mullen, former chairman of joint chiefs of staff and general oriki, a former chief of staff of joint staff self-defense forces. and all of you know admiral dennis blair, former pacom commander and dni chief, currently the chairman of the board of peace foundation usa. and general iwasaki, former chief of staff, joint staff self-defense forces. so we are extremely lucky and privileged to have four of them to share their observations and their suggestions with all of you today. so i once again would like to express my deep gratitude to my friend michael green for chairing this and moderating this. thank you. i hope you really enjoy today's discussion. thank you very much. [ applause ] >> thank you, yoichi. we'll have a discussion up here on stage and then turn it over to the audience to ask questions including, i hope, from some of the participants in the military statesmen forum who are not on stage right now. yoichi has, if you know him, in classic form come up with the right idea at the rig

admiral mullen, the former chairman of the joint he has done. week said that continuing to allow transgender servicemembers to serve is the best action for military readiness. it's clear from the pentagon action for military readiness. it's clearfrom the pentagon reaction that they were not aware of this announcement, this isn't what he is generals, as he said in the tweet, we re generals, as he said in the tweet, were telling him to do. in fact the repeat of the ban under president 0bama was the result of a year—long study by the pentagon which concluded that the best thing for our country and our military was to allow transgender people to come out of the shadows and serve openly and proudly as who they are. another point the president said in a tweet, highlighting two things. he talks of the tremendous medical costs involved and the disruption that transgender in the military would entail. how do you deal with those specific issues? on the first issue, health care, no one who is serving this country should be denied health ca re this country

of the administration and their families, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, admiral mike mullen, gavin o'flaherty other members of the united , states armed forces and their families, shipyard workers and managers, members of our family who have joined us, and all the friends of george h.w. bush, we are glad you are here. the story of the uss george h w bush begins in the early days of world war ii, when our dad enlisted in the united states navy. like many servicemen deployed overseas, he was sustained by a girl he loved back home. from her dorm room, she knitted socks for him. in remote pacific atolls, he collected seashells for her. and when he returned home from war, the first thing he did was to make her his bride. 64 years ago this week, the love of my father's life has been barbara bush. [applause] mr. bush: over the years, our parents have built a family bound forever by closeness, warmth, and unconditional love. we will always feel blessed to have had the best father anyone could ever ask for. we will always be inspired by the faith, humor, patriotism, and compassion he

mullen: thank you, mr. chairman this. spring in my district in oklahoma a family lost their 2-year-old son to pediatric cancer. his parents referred to him as warrior kai because he fought cancer every day with courage and dedication like a true warrior. included in h.r. 2430, today is the race for children act which aims to create new and better pediatric treatment options for warriors like kai. currently there are over 900 drugs in development to treat cancer in adults. while only a handful of drugs are being developed to fight cancer in children. clearly these statistics show that the law has not kept up with the scientific innovation. race can help deliver lifesaving treatments for pediatric cancer treatments like updating the pediatric research act. this bill requires all drug manufacturers to test a new drug in a pediatric population before applying it to children during cancer treatment. race for children puts safety first and assures that researchers use scientific evidence when declaring effectiveness of a drug b

. >>> a woman is on was nearly destroyed reached out to mullen county firefighters with a phone call to think them for their service. the chief decided to post it and it went viral. today, tara moriarty spoke to some of the crew members who fought the fire and the woman behind the call.>>reporter: lois miller nearly lost everything in the wildfire, 6000 acre fire that ripped through coralville like a tornado -- coralville -- miller street was spared thanks to the fire department.>> i'm sorry. i'm emotional. they saved the houses on our street. we would like to think them.>>reporter: she left a voicemail for marin county fire crews.>> they thought that fire to the front door. >> it was a heartfelt message. i thought it was great to pass it along.>>reporter: he posted it on social media and 40,000 people knew. >> it's very touching. we don't want to be recognized, it is our job. it's nice when people notice that you are out there trying to help. >>reporter: the >>> team was called on july 7, they thought flames for six days straight. leaving a lasting impression on miller street. >> th

they traced files of child pornography shared online to christopher mullen's computer. they found the computer with more than 200 files of child porn on it. he was released on $75,000 bail. >>> right now city officials are trying to figure out how a house suddenly collapsed with people still in it. it hatched at 4:45 a.m. at ruby street in west philadelphia. the homeowner is lying on a downstairs sofa when his cat began to act strangely and his girlfriend heard creaking and rushed to the top of the stairs and the wall and ceiling gave way. >> we heard a scream and there was a lady dangling from the steps on the second floor and we crawled up the side of the wall and both of us pulled her out together. >> neighbors describe the sound of the collapse as an earthquake, amazingly nobody was hurt and the house was once an attached row home but the houses on either side were torn down years ago leaving the building structurally compromised. >>> right now three occasion county beaches are closed because of elevated bacteria. recent storms are to blame. nora muchanic has more o

seth mullen says he will put forward and amendment to the budget resolution forcing you to vote on whether or not you support the special council robert mueller's investigation. do you think such a vote is a good idea? would you vote yes? >> i don't think such a vote is necessary. we always said let the facts lead us where they may. facts are stubborn things. let the special counsel do their work. we don't need to be interfering with it in congress. we have intelligence committees, oversight committees. if they deem it necessary to look into this, let them do their work. we don't need a vote on the floor to verify this or justify this. let the facts lead us where they will. >> congressman budity carter, one thing is sure from this conversation, i need to up my summer suit game. that's one fantastic outfit you're wearing. >> thank you. >> you will be here in a light blue suit tomorrow. >> i will do what i can to match that. >>> president trump's first six months in office almost in the history books with one of the signature campaign pledges to repeal and replace obamacare, off the ropes co

it was up to a really remarkable speech by admiral mullen that changed the mind of congress and got it through. what happens today is the complete opposite of that. so trump's tweet is still not policy. but it basically gets all of the generals in the military and secretaries offer the hook. we don't know what they think, what the army thinks, what the marines think, what the service secretaries think if this continues forward. it still is a process. we're already hearing way more pushback on capitol hill than support. so it still might get blocked. who knows. it's not like president says it and it changes things. there are still at least hundreds, some level of thousands, as hans said, of troops right now standing their posts. manning drones. manning cyber warfare, manning vehicles around the world who have to do their jobs, no matter what we talk about in washington today. they're still in the military, they're active duty, and they've got to get up and defend the nation, just like they did yesterday. >> shannon, we heard that sound bite from president trump, be then candidate trump,

ed mullens calling out the new york city mayor instead of jetting off to germany to join the g-20 protestore to address this tragedy. >> we have a very antipolice atmosphere. we are not seeing any kind of leadership that comes out and explains the facts that are out there are not true. the police are not your enemy. heather: this comes as thousands prepare to say their goodbyes to officer familia in the wake of the mother -- the wake of the mother of three killed sitting in her patrol car is set for this afternoon. her funeral is tomorrow. familia's murder coming on the heels of the senate securing $4 million to help keep our men and women in blue safe. instores windows and control cars and command vehicles. rob: dnc chairman tom perez getting scolded for his vulgar anti-g.o.p. rhetoric. words like this. >> i don't care [bleep]. in cheers] rob: typical tom perez there rnc chair woman rhona romney mcdaniel calling him out on national tv for pattern of using profanity to condemn republicans. >> when tom says republicans don't give a blank about anyone that type of rhetoric doesn't bring peo

mullen that it wasn't achieved.eeting wasn't what it was advertised to be and therefore it was killed instantly and i don't think it went any further than that. >> let's just say this, i'm sorry, i know what you're talking about, sir, about walk-ins. when you're an intelligence officer, you take a walk-in. >> absolutely. >> when you're running a presidential campaign in the united states and a foreign adversary or a representative of a foreign adversary comes to you and says we are trying to help you win -- >> that was not -- >> please, oh my god. >> propaganda. drop the propaganda. >> that's not propaganda. >> that's not what the meeting was about. that was not what was in e-mail. >> do you deny that? >> i do. absolutely. >> you do? >> colonel. colonel. >> -- the fact there was any direct saying that a foreign power is coming forward. if you look at what was said, it said that there was information available potentially from a foreign source. that's what i'm saying. it was not confirmed that this was from the russi

the representatives mccaul, mullen, and butterfield have worked tirelessly on for quite some time. h.r. 2430 is the product of significant bipartisan and bicameral discussion was a wide range of stakeholders who went through regular order at the committee after a series of substantive hearings and then received a unanimous vote. mr. speaker, it's probably why nobody will ever read about this or see it on television because we actually worked together in a did it in a bipartisan way and achieved a unanimous vote that will bring drugs and devices to patients quicker, sooner, and safer in the long run. this legislation is yet another example of congress getting good things done. we're working together and it's colleagueso thank my on both sides of the aisle for their work on this legislation, particularly full committee ranking member pallone, health subcommittee ranking member green, health subcommittee chairman dr. mike burgess. bipartisan work has produced a big win for patients. fdara will help bring lower cost generic drug alternatives and biosimlars to market faster, increasing

this is where we say goodbye to sian who will read the news for andrew mullen he starts at nine o'clockhere we are stuck under the weather front. this argyll and bute where we are stuck under the weatherfront. this is argyll and bute where we are stuck under the weather front. this is the weather front i've been talking about, that is where the thick cloud is. but we have a bit more rain and some coastal mist. the raiders is patchy at the moment but it will increase —— the rain is patchy. to the north and south of that, a much brighter prospect. some fairly decent weather on offer and it is coinciding with the weekend. not too many complaints with the forecast. a woman as well as bright and drier day. —— a warmer as well as brighter. there will be some lighter periods of rain, of course, as well. to the south of that would lift the mist and low cloud off the coast and it will brighten quite nicely. a little warmer than yesterday. quite stifling in certain areas. if you are heading to the sporting events, you could have a downpour. they will be few and far between. a very small chance if

indeed, we have many times quoted admiral mullen's comments from july 6, 2010, that the greatest threat to our nation's security is our nation's debt. and because of that, i recognize and applaud the good work that has been done but encourage support for my amendment and the continued toning and prioritizing of what takes the money. taxpayer money that is spent by this body. with that, i reserve my time. the chair: the gentlewoman reserves. is there any member who wishes to rise in opposition? >> i claim time in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is ecognized. >> let me first say i compliment the gentlelady for her consistency, she's a true budget hawk in trying to make sure we balance this budget. mr. simpson: we have actually reduced spending in this bill over last year. could we reduce it another % across the board? the problem is, what we've had to do is choose some priorities. the highest priority we had was our nation's defense. nuclear weapons program. even though the overall bill is down $206 million, the defense activities are actually up $1 billion. $921 million or something

the question i asked the first time i was here in senate was of mike mullens, who was head of joint chiefs of staff, what was greate greatest threat the united states faces. i thought he would say china, one of the countries. he said the national debt will be the greatest threat we face. you have a 15% corporate -- throughout your talking about you had three rates of 10, 25, 35, and there was no rate on repatriation. it was kind of vague, but i know that's -- i could follow the path y'all were going. but everybody scored that as adding tremendous amount of more debt to us. i know you will probably be -- you are probably looking more of dynamic scoring on that to hope raise that or change that, which we can't score dynamically. what is your thought process on the debt load we're carrying? >> well, senator, first of all thank you. i think that's a very important question that you've raised. first of all, i do share your concern about the national debt. the fact that it has gone from 10 trillion to 20 trillion is very concerning. i think it is critical for congress to look at this in the long

this week, the focus is unreliable, affordable energy, and that is why representative mark wayne mullen joined us today. she will talk about his legislation and focus on transparency, predictability to our energy infrastructure, construction process. enacting smarter regulations, removing the red tape. that is the way we are going to unleash energy production in america, and bring down costs. this is one of the best ways we can actually have people keep more of their hard earned dollars and put more money back in people's pockets. we are also remaining focused on other priorities in the house. the chairwoman of the budget committee and the budget committee will be unveiling their fy-18 budget moving forward on the priority there, and foundational, our tax code. the ways and means committee will be holding another committee, a lot of the work that has been done on tax reform. our tax code is costly, and it unfair. we want to tax code is fair to hardworking men and women all across this country. our mission is to bring americans back to work, create jobs, a jump start this economy. while

debt is going to eat us alive and the question i asked the first time i was here in senate was mike mullens, who was head of joint chiefs of staff and what's the greatest threat that united states faces. i thought he'd say china or one of the countries, he said the national debt. you have a rate of 15% corporate you were talking about, three rates of 10, 25, 35, and there was no rate on repatriation and it was kind of vague, but i can follow the path you were going. everybody scored that as adding a tremendous more amount of debt to us and i know you would probably be-- you're probably looking at more dynamic scoring to help raise or change that which we can't score dynamically. what's your thought process on the debt load we're carrying. >> senator, first of all, thank you, i think that's a very important question you've raised. first of all, i share your concern about the national debt, the fact it's gone from 10 trillion to 20 trillion is very concerning and i think it is critical for congress to look at this in the long-term issues and that's one of the reasons why the administration ha

admiral mullen's op-ed piece and sri lankan ambassador about the cuts to his budget. just wrap it up. you've been very generous with your time. i'm excited about your review of the state department, your listening and taking action to make it a more efficient place. you're right, problems will never solve it. i think your business background is unique here, but also your engagement of the world. you know a lot of these countries, because you live there and have been business. i think you'll be a good representative for us. this budget, i think, is just driven by an arbitrary number. i'm not -- you know, it comes out of omb, but it basically is a result of increased military spending and can't deal with entitlements, so you've got to do what you've got to do. it's more of a shoot and aim budget. i'm looking forward to your review. then one can make more sense of it, rather than just shooting and aiming later. threat basis is a way to go. you're dead right, it's just not about the money we spend, but a threat-based budget. and reform is absolutely essential. on the defe

mullens is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i rise in strong support of the amendment which would remove funding from i.c.e. enforcement and unreasonable increases to detention beds and use it more wisely, including to combat a real epidemic facing our nation, human trafficking. it will also provide support for cvp officers at ports of entry. their presence is widely understood to be integral to cross border trade. these are much worthiyer efforts deserving of funding than an unnecessary wall or increased funding to tear families apart. for example, in 2016 alone listen to these numbers. the national human trafficking hotline received reports of 8,042 cases of human trafficking, a 35% increase from 2015. we must provide law enforcement with the tools to eliminate human trafficking and, frankly, increase awareness. human trafficking is happening everywhere every day, affecting all nationalities, age ranges and socioeconomic statuses. robustly funding initiatives to stomp it out is a far better use of taxpayer dollars than increa

admiral mullen said in testimony before the arms services committee the threat to our country relies in that -- in that depiction there. so what we did in our health care bill and i'm not sure what my colleagues on the other side ended up saying, but the fact is we have medicaid spending and we have a percentage of growth per capita growth. so as much as they want to say it's a cut, over the years it's increased medicaid spending at ay sa slower rate than what woud happen than if you left it automatic. that's the reality of the state. if someone is saying you're cutting medicaid in real dollars they're not telling the truth. it's an inaccurate depiction of what it does and that's what's been going on today in the hearing where we're trying to get control of the threat to our nation which is our national debt, and we're trying to provide to our providers a stable funding stream that grows and let them through the medicaid program and the state manage how best to provide for their -- for their citizens in the states, empowering governors who are actually closer and medicaid is a -- so

and this is signed by a number of folks we'll all recognize from general breedlove to admiral mullen to general petraeus, to general mcchrystal. i think we should keep that in mind when we review the president's budget. which i believe is particularly short sighted with regard to foreign assistance. i want to move now, secretary mattis, to something you said at your confirmation hearing in january. i asked you for your assessment of the key threats to our vital interest and at what priority level. and you said the principal threats start with russia. do you still view russia as a significant threat to the united states? >> yes, senator, i do. >> senator, i think the european reassurance initiative alone of $4.8 billion, is designed with one target in mind. that is to dissuade russia from thinking this is a time when they want to test nato or the americans, i would also point out that in terms of technology, we are looking at specific technologies that address some of the maturing threats that they have. air, space, under water. that that sort of thing. and i think, too, that the inve

deputy of former defense general mullen said, our national debt is the single biggest security threat to our country. defense dollars in this budget are not just a fund. instead, they are catch-up dollars after eight years, sorely needed after eight years of underfunding the department of defense. we have servicemen in women who are tired, we have equipment that is broken. recognized fort too long. it is our responsibility to provide for the common defense. said another way, we guarantee the safety and security of all of our citizens. you know, there is an old saying that says, sometimes it is tough to remember what your priorities were in the swamp if the up a tree.got you in this particular case i would say the alligator is the debt and we need to make sure that we are fully on what comes first. we need to have a strong defense. not at the risk of other things. balancing a prioritization which is our congressional responsibility to paradise these very limited resources. limiteditize these very resources. allocation of limited fiscal resources, i strongly encourage my colleagues to v