national level. along with a number of human services staff, was able to attend the national association of area agencies on aging conference. at the very end of july and at the end of august. it was a really good conference. i mentioned before we went that we were recipients of a -- of an award again, but to remind you, it was a community choir program that won the award and that was really exciting for us and for our community partners, the commute it -- a community music centre that oversees the program along with a lot of senior centres. we learned a lot of good things. one of the things that is happening, we talked a little bit about it is that the older americans act is going through the reauthorization process. a technically sends us at the end of september, so there was a lot of push to get legislatures to come together and reauthorize the act. unfortunately, congress has gotten held up on the funding formula for the older americans act and that -- and how it gets portioned out across states. it hasn't gotten passed yet and it will probably drag onto the fall and maybe into winter before it is past. there is bipartisan support for it and so i am sure it will get past at some point, but probably not before it sunsets. that said, the process is separate so the money will continue to flow for these programs, it is just that there is a chance to get some new dollars into it and there's a lot of advocacy happening. i will keep you posted and what happens with that. at the state level, i'm sure most of you read this. the governor called for a task force on the master plan on aging and asked the secretary of public human services to put together a task force. that task force has been announced. the members have been announced. they are going to start their work immediately because the master plan process needs to be done by 2020. so there's a lot of meetings that have to happen with this group. there will also be a lot of committees and there will be various ways that counties can be involved, so i know that you will hear from a long-term care coordinating council about an event on september 20th, but that is one way that we, as a city, can be involved in getting the word up to the state about what we would like to see in a master plan on aging. please think about attending that event. hopefully we will have lots of people there and commissioner spears is actually going to be giving the keynote. >> the introduction. [laughter]. >> okay. [laughter] sorry. anyway, it will be exciting. we have a number of great panels the council will announce that today for the dignity fund coalition. at the local level, i wanted to talk about changes in operational structure that we have going on in the department. on our community services side, we are combining some functions and so one of them is our dos benefits and resource hub, we had an eligibility unit that is there but was under in-home supportive services. it is now going to come over and be under intake, under the resource hub along with the intake unit, which may not make sense to you right now, but basically what it means is we are putting all the functions for eligibility and intake under one roof. we are doing that because we just hired a new program director. she most recently comes from -- she was at home bridge before that. she has a lot of background in working with older adults, serving people with disabilities , transitional aged youth and mental health, so we are excited she is here and that she is going to take over that function. we will get to meet her at some point. and then what we used to call office on the aging and long-term care operations is now going to be under a new name called the office of community partnerships. we have wanted, for a long time, to get away from office on the aging because obviously we serve people with disabilities as well as people with older -- as well as people who are older adults. cindy coffman, our deputy director, has some really brilliant ideas about how to restructure, so we now have the office of community partnerships run by michael's dog, and melissa mcgee is one of the managers who will be still continuing to work with dignity fund, that will ultimately be the under -- be under the office of community partnerships. we will be hiring another program manager to oversee another piece of that work. that will be very exciting for us. i think it will make a lot more sense structurally for our department. the department name change is on the ballot as you all know, so if that passes, them that will actually align well with our new name of the office of community partnerships. and then i want to just announced that the adult protective services program one a very prestigious award, which is the nationalational association on adult protective services association, and they won the june auto distinguished service award. they won it because seven cisco has been an integrative force in the field in the implementation of new standardized tools to assess outcomes for all types of abuse cases. it is really breaking ground. i want to give credit to some people. jill really brought this perspective to our adult protective services program and change the way we do business. and of course, we should use data driven approaches when we can and she has really pushed to do that here and pushed for thinking about a national database and statewide database for adult protective services programs and i want to thank her , but achilles has really carried that as well, and he shows great leadership. it was just really a fantastic thing to hear that the adult protective services program in san francisco had won this award i think jill told me that it is really rare goes to the whole program. it often goes

national education association. national association of school psychology and national education association in support of trauma and foreign practices in schools. again, i want to thank you the witnesses for their participation today. what we heard is valuable. members of the committee may have some additional questions for you like i said. the hearing record will be held open for 14 days in order to receive those responses. the questions submitted must address it has subject matter of the hearing. i now recognize the ranking member for his closing statement. >> thank you mr. chairman. i want to thank the witnesses for coming today. i do want to clarify the first time i am talking about the importance of faite and family n this culture. the testimony today makes it clear that trauma has a detrimental impact on student lives. we heard a lot of statistics of children suffering as a result of trauma. i am amazed at the numbers we are talking about here. but, the bottom line is each one of those numbers is a child. a child needs to be helped given the attention they need to succeed in life. i thi one of the reasons i r

federation of teachers, being hampton university schools, national indian educational association, national association of school psychologists, and national association in support of trauma-informed practices in schools. i want to thank the witnesses for their participation. what we have heard is very valuable. members of the committee may have some additional questions, like i said, and we ask the witnesses to please respond in writing. the record will be held open for 14 days to receive those responses. i remind my colleagues that the first one to submit questions for the hearing record must be submitted to the majority committee staff or committee clerk within seven days. questions must address the subject matter of the hearing. i recognize the ranking member for his closing statement. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank the witnesses for coming today. i want to clarify that we are not talking about stigma or shaming. i'm talking about the importance of faith and family in this culture. as we said, we made it clear that trauma has a detrimental impact on student lives will stop we have heard statistics about children suffering

national tieducation association national association of school psychologist in support of trauma practices in schools. again thank you for your participation today it is very valuable members of the committee may have additional questions we ask the witnesses to respond in writing and must in 14 days to receive those responses i remind my colleagues questions must be cobmitted to the clerk within seven days questions must be submitted must be addressed the subject matter of the hearing i now recognize the ranking member for his closing statement. >> thank you mister chairman and to the witnesses for coming today. i want toclar clarify talking about stigma and shaming them talking about in this culture as we said at the beginning of the hearing the testimony makes it clear that trauma has a detrimental impact on student lives we have heard a lot of statistics about children suffering as ais result and i am amazed at the numbers we are talking about. but the bottom line each of those numbers is a child that needs to be given the attention that they need to succeed inn life to share some interesting information what has undertaken in her state to help the students and one of the reasons i ran for congress is the experience i had in my district which is a great example of children who have experienced trauma and to transform their lives i was proud to be part of a local w movement that created the heritagede academy a school that serves inner-city school kids that had been labeled losers in the public school system and moms have no choice but to send these children to t heritage. they had been given up on by everybody but their mom. one of the key elements they are given a faith based education they come from broken homes to learn their value and worth by loving teachers who are free to share their values so the students can learn thehest truth about wt is right and wrong. they grow up to go to the best schools in georgia and in the nation and i have never seen anything like it. it is a complete miracle one of the reasons i believe families need options in education to help them connect with individuals who care about them and so trauma is not a life sentence. it's not for everybody but there are young people that need this considering what we have learned today about trauma i believe it is even more so. i did share earlier about this book this gentleman experienced everything that you have describeded today in fact his life is a t-uppercase-letter trauma and was on death row. he made a covenant with god that if he would let him live he'd make a difference. this book.o read it will tell you a lot about what is going on in this culture and what he says needs to be done to turn it around and he has made a covenant to do that in fact now life without parole i would do everything i can to get him pardon to talk about his experiences and the consequences ofpe those. he is an amazing individual. thank you for being here today

national rifle association, 100% from national organizations of women and 95% from human rights campaign, i got reelected. i raised $3 million to run again and i didn't spend a penny. not one cent on a campaign ad. we also knew when we disagreed, we would disagree well. i got out of government after those four years, which i might come back to. i ran against my party's desires in a senate race. ul say it now. because some of you may remember him. a republican senator who tried to hue miluate anita hill. she brought sexual harassment claims against clarence thomas. i said he doesn't belong. so i ran against my very fine president and all the establishment with the generation. that wouldn't have occurred. but back then, i was 40 points down and people republican and democrats agree and i won. but it came at a cost. with little support in the general election, i did go on. but i was very fortunate. my daughter's brain cancer came back last year. she's probably the only one they know of who has beaten an 8% chance to win twice. it was june when we finally decided she was in a safe harbor. during that time i sat with her, at that same therapy machine in massachusetts, the same surgeon came out of retirement to do her brain surgery. i had to payback my country a second time. i'm not kid iding. i owe it. this time it was for a different reason. the reason is that i honestly believe we have to beat mr. trump. i got that. who doesn't? but my god, if we do not unite this country, if we do not have someone who actually can remind americans of who we are and what we stand for, there's no way that we will meet the defining challenges of our time without a united america. i'm running to beat mr. trump to unite this country. then to convene the world with a common good of us all. think of climate change. if we pass the green new deal in ten years, let's say we do. it won't matter. because 85% of the damage of greenhouse emissions comes from abroad. s the tropics has 8% air-conditioning today. in 2050 it will have 50%. that will be equivalent to deforesting two-thirds of the amazon. unless we actually take the amendment, which we haven't even ratified, which says, hey, c carbon, 6,000 times worse for each molecule that gets released. all nations must enforce it immediately. because it doesn't even have to begin to be followed until 2038 by developing countries. vaccines a fourth of them go away. saudi arabia will use as much energy as imports oil today. but more than that as i end to take your questions, we actually have to have someone not like the democrats and republicans who voted for that misadventure in iraq, who never understood the military can stop but they can never fix a problem. and then created isis. as it me it's atized, it took us through the middle east and beyond. our invasion created that condition. if you have somebody in that white house who doesn't understand that you better know how words going to end. before you start to think it's wise to begin, take iran today. we had fixed iran. with a power of convene iing th world, even with strange bed physical lows. russia and china with our diplomacy and economic sanctions and rid out of iran. in two months they would have had two nuclear devices. and now americ

nation's largest pro-gun lobby the national rifle association but that's changing some lawmakers say there's now a new sense of urgency thank you we will now this week the house judiciary committee will begin meeting to try and restart debate over limiting some types of gun ownership. the democrat controlled committee hopes to ultimately pass legislation in the u.s. house of representatives establishing so-called red flag laws that seize firearms from people deemed mentally unstable the committee also seeks to ban high capacity magazines and gun ownership for anyone convicted of a hate crime. or were shot. but the republican controlled senate needs to approve the house legislation the republican leader mitch mcconnell says they'll be no senate votes on gun measures unless u.s. president donald trump commits to signing that legislation into law trump has promised to work with congress to stop the mass shootings fied he's also questioned the benefits of background checks to stop the killings if you look at background checks and if you look at some of even the more severe. and comprehensive ideas that have been put forward it wouldn't have stopped any of the last few years worth of these mass shootings but house democrats promise to keep pushing for background checks and a potential reinstatement of a ban on buying assault weapons more needs to be done but this is a story a consensus story a start that the overwhelming number of americans support democrats face a daunting challenge president trump says he will only support gun laws that ensure public safety well also up holding the constitutional right to gun ownership in the united states can really help at al-jazeera the white house. let's take you through some of the headlines here now and as there are now a prime minister barak johnson is expected back in palm and in a few hours to push again for an early election he's just left dublin where he met his irish counterpart in seeking a way it's meant in a seamless border between the countries off to practice it. of course we must get done because the u.k. must come out on october 31st by october 31st or else that permanent damage will be done in the u.k. to trust in our democratic system and do that next it was not to be perfectly frank a problem a conundrum. wishful. and i think there are certainly questions that we need to resolve now at least 29 people have been killed and 10 others injured in triple attacks in west africa's bikini a fast a state of emergency is in place in 7 of the country's 13 regions more than 500 people have been killed by armed groups and book you know far so good last 4 years and unprecedented strike by british airways pilots is causing major disruption for passengers worldwide the 1st day of a 48 hour walkout is grounding most of the airlines 850 flights threatening travel plans 430-0000 passengers union leaders for the 4300 pilots on the biggest share of profits and airline managers describe staff salaries and benefits as world class lebanese armed group has valar says it's shot down an israeli drone outside the border town of its fighters say they now have the aircraft israel and hezbollah exchanged fire along the lebanese border just over a week ago president vladimir putin ruling united russia party has lost a 3rd of its seats in moscow's regional election but it still holds a majority the opposition communist party more than doubled its number of seats on sunday. headlines the news continues here after inside story. how's the peace process in afghanistan collapsed in a tweed the u.s. president holds off talks with taliban leader did donald trump take diplomacy too far that deep of reasons behind the decision this is the inside story. of how and welcome to the program. talks to the war in afghanistan appear to be making progress the taliban and the us came up with a draft deal nearly a year of discussions in qatar on the back as chief negotiator sounded up to mystic when he revealed that detail so the afghan president last week but now a breakdown in a suite the u.s. president canceled a secret meeting with taliban leaders and the afghan president at camp david donald trump blamed the taliban car bombing that killed an american soldier and 11 other people in kabul on thursday he doubted the group wanted to negotiate a meaningful agreement by the taliban warned the u.s. that americans with suffer more than anyone else for canceling the talks tony berkeley is in kabul for us. privately i think the afghan government is pleased that these talks are being canceled but officially they are funking the americans for their efforts in these peace negotiations and they have stressed that the only way to getting a meaningful peace in afghanistan is through nonviolence they want the taliban to stop fighting they want to ceasefire something that has never been agreed between the americans and the taliban and they want to hold direct talks with the taliban this is something the taliban has always refused they call the afghan government a puppet of the americans and they refused to talk to them of course with this draft peace agreement if it was signed it would then lead to direct talks in some form with the afghan government but there are concerns now the afghan government wants an end to the what the fighting it wants then meaningful talks to go ahead and the big question is where does this now leave us the taliban we understand are having high level meetings of their own they can go 2 ways they can either say yes hang on the americans are serious let's go back to the negotiating table with something more to offer because so far they've could see did very little or it can lead to an escalation of the conflict everyone here has been concerned at the pace of these peace negotiations that had 9 meetings in a year quite an achievement getting them around the table in the 1st place but the americans have being accepting too little from the taliban that's the overriding opinion so they want more from the taliban before we will get a meaningful peace but there is still here now an edge to this city people are concerned that the attacks which have increased in the recent days and weeks may increase even further. it's unclear whether the u.s. taliban talks are permanently over or just the bonet but here's a look at how they began the group peter lee refused to hold direct negotiations with the afghan government its views are soften his administration as illegitimate taliban leaders insist of the negotiating with the u.s. instead those talks began in qatar last october after 9 round of meetings the 2 sides struck a draft peace deal that could lead to the withdrawal of 5000 u.s. troops it would turn the taliban must go and see it won't use afghanistan as a base for attacks on other countries. let's bring in our guests moshtarak a haim is a founding member of the afghan think tank afghanistan affairs unit and berthed on the afghan peace process in london hamid hacky me a research associate at chatham house and former international policy adviser to the afghan ministry of foreign affairs and in alexandria virginia in the u.s. john you watch syria expert in afghanistan of the united states institute of peace welcome to your wish how significant was that tweet about trump who was willing to meet with other and with us the afghani at camp david. significant given because apparently everything was seemingly sorted out between the polygon and. when he came to kabul he even showed a copy of the peace agreement that was about to be signed between the sides and then president of money was all prepared to fly out to the united states so this these the seabees of the tweets that came last night i think it tests court absolute heart at least for the time being with the ongoing peace process and there has been significant level of mistrust now created between the palestine and the americans which was garnered generated by. the course of the last 12 months in 9 rounds of peace negotiations with the parliament. hakimi i mean we knew that the taliban and the americans what about to finalize a breakthrough deal but i mean to see trump shaking hands with the love brother talking to us in a funny and then announcing that deal this must have been a bombshell revelation that could send shock waves across the political establishment in afghanistan absolutely the optics would have been entirely something out of a movie you could say but but but yeah absolutely that there is significantly you know significant elements within afghanistan who disagree with the way the talks with the taliban are going not necessarily with the fact that there is a process of negotiations of the taliban but the fact that the taliban have remained consistent in their messaging that this is a negotiation to end what they call the foreign occupation so they have been on message whereas. partita there speaking to i.e. the not to state seems to have come round to the idea of talking to the taliban so that the optics have always played in the last sort of 11 months 12 months and the favor of the taliban per se especially to their constituency and absolutely having a summit in camp david which is a venue reserved for what leaders for global. significant global significant events this sort of legitimize the taliban i think also to the extent that some people in afghanistan particularly the political elite who don't like the taliban what does not like to see. johnny is this official american recognition of the taliban as the ones who call the final shots in afghanistan and therefore the americans recognize the need to do business with them from now or worse no i think there is absolutely not an official recognition of the taliban by any means and i don't think anyone within the u.s. government would support i think there is a strong belief that the only positive outcome to this war in afghanistan is a peace process and that the way to get one started is an agreement with the taliban that involves drawing down troops conditionally and over the last year there's been an enormous amount of effort put into broadly support across the american government. that's crucial this obviously is a major major moment probably setback to the effort but regardless of where it goes and who is willing to talk to the tower and i don't perceive any sense that they recognize the taliban as a legitimate government or anything else that's how they view the afghan government we're stuck what's next do you think that this is something that was going to be permanently disposed or do you see the potential for the americans and the taliban to sit together a do go she ate a way out. well. frankly speaking all sides engaged in the afghan conflict have been facing the brunt of the ongoing conflict which is faced with an absolute stalemate since 2014 and that was the sole reason that all parties the garda so your position were prepared to engage in negotiation process. i don't see this series of tweets detailing the whole process are putting a full stop to it definitely this there is mistrust created between the 2 sides. 3 the taleban have lost a bit of ground in regard to trusting the american government as they also say this in the statement that came out today but definitely i'm seeing that they're going back to the negotiation table but it's going to be another gruesome and long way before the can reach an agreement because trust is often essence in any peace process and i think that was built by zell my follies after mactech keyless engagement with the taleban in 9 rounds of negotiations in the meantime he had conceded the avalon government as far as the taliban were concerned in the peace process and he went to the extent where he did not even handle the copy of the peace agreement and rather merely be sure to have one president we saw that there were statements from the avalon national security advisor in the united states argued in the course of these 9 rounds where he said that they don't trust them my colleagues that then he was strong which was that which is a living and we want it i don't know when you know why the op suck because they have been completely fine lined during the 9 months of negotiations how meade let's talk a little bit about that draft agreement when you're. the continent is gives you the impression that the americans in exchange for a sense of guarantee of security and stability in afghanistan from the taliban they were willing to give them an absolutely huge political sway in the country. i mean. depends how you look at the draft and who you are when you look at the draft certainly from any angle that you look at that particular document it can look at it can look as a as a document been put together to give the taliban the legitimacy of they've always wanted they have always had argued since 2000 only to thousands when they started to fight

nation's largest pro-gun lobby the national rifle association but that's changing some lawmakers say there's now a new sense of urgency thank you we will now see that this week the house judiciary . he will begin meeting to try and restart debate over limiting some types of gun ownership. the democrat controlled committee hopes to ultimately pass legislation in the u.s. house of representatives establishing so-called red flag laws that seize firearms from people deemed mentally unstable the committee also seeks to ban high capacity magazines and gun ownership for anyone convicted of a hate crime. or love or shatter. but the republican controlled senate needs to approve the house legislation the republican leader mitch mcconnell says they'll be no senate votes on gun measures unless u.s. president donald trump commits to signing that legislation into law trump has promised to work with congress to stop the mass shootings fied he's also questioned the benefits of background checks to stop the killings if you look at background checks and if you look at some of even the more severe. and comprehensive ideas that are big put forward it wouldn't have stopped any of the last few years worth of these mass shootings but house democrats promise to keep pushing for background checks and the potential reinstatement of a ban on buying assault weapons more needs to be done but this is a story a consensus story a start that the overwhelming number of americans support democrats face a daunting challenge president trump says he will only support gun laws that ensure public safety well also up holding the constitutional right to governorship in the united states can really help at al-jazeera the white house. along as an cattle farmers in brazil are accused of destroying the rainforest in the amazon prosecutors say there aren't enough officials to stop the latin american and to the sea newman went to a community where people's lifestyles are under threat. francisco. as he's called lives in the heart of brazil's amazon rain forest. he's $61.00 but can still climb up in a tree in the blink of an eye the fruit is too green he says so he slides down without. he also grows cola used to making chocolate many beans and resist chickens. were living in an era in which we don't need to think about wealth but about survival if you have enough to buy shoes you can produce food which are the essentials along with health you can live well chico is one of the founders of a sustainable development settlement here and on a pool there are $160.00 families who live off the forest without destroying it but this oasis is being increasingly ravaged this is what the untouched amazon rain forest looks like almost impenetrable and just across the road here is the perfect example of what brazil's president calls opening up the amazon for economic development and progress protecting the forests trim illegal loggers and cattle farmers is dangerous she could takes us to see the charred remains of what was the settlements community center. the land grabbers wanted to take our land and thought if they burned down our community area we wouldn't be able to rebuild again and leave. 1000 people have been murdered here in on a pool in killings related to land disputes she shows us where he was stabbed a few years ago the knife pierced his lung. with only 3 environmental agency officers assigned to an area larger than all of england it's almost impossible to protect the community or the forest says past a prosecutor will be that than a set that. the legal activities that impact the environment such as mining and logging are done in the most remote areas where the local power structure is linked to criminals and now we have severe budget cuts for policing along with the government discourse that encourages illegal activities most of the members of the community would too afraid to appear on camera but she remains defiant even so you don't have to look far to see that at least for now he's losing the battle to preserve his rain forest. you see in human as just an apple brazil. now in chile riot police have fought with protesters demanding answers about the victims of former dictator augusto pinochet demonstrators marched in the capital santiago before the anniversary of pinochet's rise to power in 1973 thousands were killed or disappeared during his 17 years of ministry. before a half years of war in yemen have forced millions of people to leave their homes but camp in the province of wire then houses more than 600 internally displaced families but they're becoming increasingly desperate. that. this is what passes for a classroom in the hour about how himself it has no tables no chairs and just a handful of books a 1000 school age children live in the camp but most don't turn up to class. we need to build a school we need cheers and to get for students because most of the students run away they want to work because of the living conditions here. are about camp in the province of aden opened last year since then more than 3000 yemenis from the cities of ho data unties have arrived they were forced to leave their homes because of fighting between rebels and forces loyal to yemen's internationally recognized government backed by the saudi amorality coalition in recent weeks fighting around the port city of aden has caused a further 60000 people to leave their homes camps like this one and struggling to cope and people are feeling increasingly desperate. please stop the war after years of fighting we are starving the water has been cut off the temperature inside our tents is so high we have to sit under the trees. we've had enough. the camp provides basic health care but it doesn't have the resources to help yemenis with complex medical conditions oh my. god i have a hole in my heart so i want to sign up to get medical help but unfortunately i couldn't afford it it is too expensive i've been sick for the last 2 days i went to the hospital and they gave me temporary medicine i felt ok for a while and then i relapsed again no one here can help me hunger thirst discomfort and distress a part of every day life in this camp for some it's all they've ever known victoria gates and be al jazeera coates leader has postponed a meeting with the us president donald trump after being admitted to hospital for medical tests 90 year old she. arrived in the us we should go here's your to meet president trump in washington on thursday last month kuwaiti media reported the emir had recovered from what he called a medical event. alleges riots in south africa and that migrants and foreign owned businesses have killed at least one person others were injured in johannesburg as police fired stun grenades and rubber bullets the attacks of provoke retaliation on shops in nigeria owned by south africans for me to miller has more now in johannesburg. tensions have escalated here in the johannesburg central business district somebody has been injured people here say they've been shocked there's a high police presence people here are concerned about continuing attacks and this has only further angered people here there's great concern and that's. there's great concern that the spy lence is going to elicit escalate and much of the violence has also been fueled by rumors people are scared there for a straighted many say they want an end to this violence but there are those who say they're willing to retaliate. and people with. much in the who wanted to attack the you come to the street now. from. then you probably come this late reproductively hope now for these people the skillet you know their anger they want to tell you to them for the good the north scared of them. miss the police have fired rubber bullets and they say they're trying to quell the tensions you're prevent an escape of violence and this has been going on for a number of days in the past week with have been clashes between foreign nationals and south africans shops have been looted many of these stores here remain closed today concerned the business owners are concerned about continued looting and wiped my tappan. more than 100 bush fires are burning in 2 states in eastern australia at least 20 homes have been destroyed in queensland and new south wales where there's an intense drought fire fighters there don't expect any relief from the hot windy weather until wednesday warnings are being issued of a severe fire season ahead as the southern hemisphere heads into summer or the record breaking heat waves in france killed 1435 people half of them 750.

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national rifle association. the measure would declare that the national rifle association is a domestic terrorist organization. lution is sponsored by supervisors catherine stephanie, a gun violence prevention activist. she tells ktvu that she introduced the resolution after the gilroy shooting she says an array lobbying is keeping gun control legislation from being considered in the u.s. senate. >>> walmart announced today that it will stop selling certain types of ammunition in the wake of the recent mass shootings in texas. the retail giant will stop villager barrel rifle ammunition after the current stock is cleared. while this type of ammunition is commonly used in some hunting rifles, it's also used in large capacity clips on military style weapons. walmart is the largest arms retailer here in the u.s., and it is also asking customers not to carry firearms in their stores, even in states where it's legal. >>> first responders will be holding active shooter drills in walnut creek all this week. walnut creek police and concord police along with other county fire department will be holding two drills a day.

the national association of attorneys general, including 38 state attorneys general, 20 state governors, 18 state banking supervisors, the united food and commercial workers, the credit union national association, the independent community bankers association, the american bankers association, the midsized bank coalition of america, the national bankers association, law enforcement action partnership, the minority cannabis business association, the mayor's coalition -- mayors coalition for marijuana reform, eight insurance trade associations, the international council of shopping centers, the national cannabis industry association, the national cannabis round table, the cannabis trade federation, the california cannabis industry, the florida agriculture commissioner, safe and responsible banking alliance, the electronic transaction association, the real estate round table, the national association of realtors, brinks, inc, the national armored car insurance, american financial services association, and scots miracle grow. with that, i'd yield two minutes -- the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. how long are you yielding? mr. perlmutter: which to minutes -- i yield

i just came back from a national association of corporate director's national award last night in washington, d.c. for diversity equity inclusion and this is a hot topic. i was representing u.s. bank and we did not win in the category but it was a big topic for the conference. [ laughter ] >> in terms of our board. but i really appreciate that because i think that's a very important category for all of us and certainly san francisco is even more aware and sensitive to this top understanding, but getting back to the project itself, i guess i had just a couple of kind of more global question, brad. so it looks like we've had a lot of amendments, costs have gone up and scope has gone up. we've been working at this and it seems like we have to sort of test and learn along the way. we've learned things because this is something new we have not done before. i guess the question and concern that i have is that just have we learned enough? do we know enough? are we comfortable? will we keep coming back with more amendments and scope? i know it's a huge topic. i think this team has been ate for two y

national advocacy for the national lung association is with me. thank you so much. i mean, you just heard the president. that's significant news. your reaction to that? >> absolutely. the american lug association welcomes the president's announcement about the plan to remove all flavored e-cigarettes from the marketplace. the one association that's been calling on congress and fda to remove all flavored tobacco products from the marketplace, because we know that the only reason these candy and fruit flavors are out there is to attract kids and make the poison go down more smoothly. >> how did we even get here? if e-cigarettes are that dangerous, how did they even get approved for sale? >> well, they haven't been aproorch approved and that's something most people don't realize. they came on the market about a decade ago, imported online from china, and from there they were pretty much allowed to remain on the market as we waited for fda to take action on them. it took both the obama and the trump administrations a long time to do that. in the meantime, we saw companies making claims that were unproven left and right and a whole other generation of kids getting addicted to tobacco as a result. >> okay. why this warning just to go cold turkey and why did it take so long to sound the alarm? >> the american lung association has been sounding the alarm for a long time and we're so thankful to hear the president's announcement and really look forward to reading details about the guidance, but the american lung association wants to urge everyone not to use e-cigarettes. if you are trying to quit smoking for good, we want you to use something that has been approved by the fda, and the lung association can help you quit. as can 1-800-quit-now. it's important to recognize and for parents and for schools to recognize that they need to talk to kids about the dangers of these products. it is simply not safe to inhale these chemicals into your lungs, whether it's a nicotine or a thc or cbt compound. you only want to inhale clean air into your lungs. >> hmm. what, then, should doctors be discussing with their patients about the use of e-cigarettes? should people who vape who haven't had any problems get checked out? what's your recommendation? >> clearly if anyone is having symptoms, shortness of breath or chest pain in some cases g.i. symptoms immediately talk to their before, but if it's severe enough they should go to the emergency room right away. but people should also talk to their providers about what they might do to end their use of all e-cigarettes, and it's important that especially as we continue to wait for the state and local health departments and cdc to make the determination about what is sickening people in this kind of current outbreak, that no one use e-cigarettes, and it's also important for fda to regulate these products moving forward, and to remove them from the marketplace until they have gn through fda review. >> okay. erika sward, thank you so much. for joining me. >> thank you. >> every day you wake up a new vaping story there. >>> moving on before their debate, joe biden's campaign taking shots at elizabeth warren and all of her plans. >>> plus -- one republican senator has been quiet for months after openly criticizing the president and now the president just endorsed him. so much to talk about. you're watching cnn. i'm brooke baldwin. e dishes... ...before she puts them in the dishwasher. so what does the dishwasher do? cascade platinum does the work for you, prewashing and removing stuck-on foods, the first time. wow, that's clean! cascade platinum. audrey's on it. eating right and staying active? on it! audrey thinks she's doing all she can to manage her type 2 diabetes and heart disease, but is her treatment doing enough to lower her heart risk? 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nation's largest pro-gun lobby the national rifle association but that's changing some lawmakers say there's now a new sense of urgency thank you we will now proceed and this week the house judiciary committee will begin meeting to try and restart debate over limiting some types of gun ownership. the democrat controlled committee hopes to ultimately pass legislation in the u.s. house of representatives establishing so-called red flag laws that seize firearms from people deemed mentally unstable the committee also seeks to ban high capacity magazines and gun ownership for anyone convicted of a hate crime. or love will shatter. but the republican controlled senate needs to approve the house legislation the republican leader mitch mcconnell says they'll be no senate votes on gun measures unless u.s. president donald trump commits to signing that legislation into law trump as promised to work with congress to stop the mass shootings fied he's also questioned the benefits of background checks to stop the killings if you look at background checks and if you look at some of even the more severe. and comprehensive ideas that have been put forward it wouldn't have stopped any of the last few years worth of these mass shootings but house democrats promise to keep pushing for background checks and the potential reinstatement of a ban on buying assault weapons more needs to be done but this is a story a consensus story a start that the overwhelming number of americans support democrats face a daunting challenge president says he will only support gun laws that ensure public safety well also up holding the constitutional right to governorship in the united states. can really help at al-jazeera the white house fighters who lay down their weapons and colombia say they remain committed to peace despite former commanders are urging them to rearm and commanders accuse the government of betraying the deal which ended colombia's civil war 3 years ago. he has more from south of the capital bogota. deep in the mountains a new town is born graffiti on the wall still tells stories of rebellion but former fire fighters are now working hard to grow or sell their craft beer they say they will be committed to a peace process despite the announcement by fox former sec of the command that he and others would take up arms again. these divisions always happen among armies with people that decide to take a different path we're here because of our commitment and our conscience it's clear those who remain firm a welcome those who leave will deal with the responsibility this is one of 24 camps built all over colombia for the read to gratian of almost 14005 years since the signing of the peace deal in 2016 many have married had children built a family yet signs of their struggle to relieve degraded to civilian life are easy to see. there holds water sewerage and are yet to be connected to the electricity grid leaving. to rely on a gas generator to operate this comparative business. for government has not fulfilled its obligations with the agreement they don't have the political will to implement the deal i find it mind boggling that the government 1st off as a $1000000.00 for information on the dissidents when it would make more sense to use that money for reintegration united nations figures show just 10 percent of former fighters have so far received credit for farming or other development projects and the government also announced it was investing always $5000000.00 u.s. dollars to buy land for those projects but none has been bought since. the lazy implementation of the. big security could be 136 former fighters have been killed by other groups still operating. yet they say it's not time for despair. despite all the difficulties we remain firm and peace we want to demonstrate to colombia and the world that we are keeping our word . the peace process has its problems but there is still time to save it judging by the determination shown here. so. british airways has canceled almost all of its flights pilots began a 2 day strike almost 150000 passengers are expected to be affected by the industrial action the 1st by the airlines pilots and its history. 5 percent pay rise over 3 years which will get the highest earning pilots nearly $250000.00 a year the pilots say

nation's largest pro-gun lobby the national rifle association but that's changing some lawmakers say there's now a new sense of urgency thank you we will now see that this week the house judiciary committee will be. meeting to try and restart debate over limiting some types of gun ownership. the democrat controlled committee hopes to ultimately pass legislation in the u.s. house of representatives establishing so-called red flag laws that seize firearms from people deemed mentally unstable the committee also seeks to ban high capacity magazines and gun ownership for anyone convicted of a hate crime. or love will shatter. but the republican controlled senate needs to approve the house legislation the republican leader mitch mcconnell says they'll be no senate votes on gun measures unless u.s. president donald trump commits to signing that legislation into law trump as promised to work with congress to stop the mass shootings fied he's also questioned the benefits of background checks to stop the killings if you look at background checks and if you look at some of even the more severe. and comprehensive ideas that are big put forward it wouldn't have stopped any of the last few years worth of these mass shootings but house democrats promise to keep pushing for background checks and the potential reinstatement of a ban on buying assault weapons more needs to be done but this is a story a consensus story a start that the overwhelming number of americans support democrats face a daunting challenge president trying says he will only support gun laws that ensure public safety well also up holding the constitutional right to gun ownership in the united states can really help get al jazeera the white house. strong point british airways pilot says causing major disruption for passengers worldwide the 1st day of a 48 hour walkout it's grounding nearly all of the airlines $850.00 daily flights on around 150000 travelers union leaders for b.a.'s a 4300 pilots want a bigger share of the profits airline manages they say the pilots already receive world class stuff salaries and benefits. president vladimir putin's united russia party has lost a 3rd of its seats in moscow's regional election it does retain its majority but the communist party more than doubled its number of seats in sunday's election dozens of position and independent candidates were banned from running which provoked some of the largest anti kremlin protests for years. funny conference been held close to the heavily fortified border separating north and south korea japan the peace it is a year after improving ties were marked by that summit between the 2 neighbors relations since those who have been a bit chilly mcbride reports. performing in the name of peace an eclectic mix of musical styles and performers and topping the bill world renowned cellist yo-yo ma. this is part of a global project by ma a series of concerts to promote harmony through culture. in the body project research 1st conceived the very 1st dream i had. to come to the border between china and north korea i don't know why but what i can say today is said that dream is now going to be a reality staged at the symbolic door a sound railway station just south of the demilitarized zone separating the 2 koreas this is as far north as trains can go but it's hoped one day rail links will be reconnected. the concert marks the 1st anniversary of the high points into korean relations a landmark visit by south korean president moon j.n. to north korea. it concluded with the pyongyang declaration with his counterpart kim jong un. as part of the agreement measures have been implemented to reduce tensions in the d.m.z. removing guard posts and weapons and opening up the border area to visitors as a symbol of peace instead of hostility on on. north korea's leader kim jong un expressed his wish that he wanted to complete denuclearization quickly and focus on economic development one year on into korean relations look very different rail links across the d.m.z. remain disconnected and with the north return. inning in recent months too short range missile testing and open criticism of the south it's hard enough just to keep the reconciliation process on track. attending the concert members of families separated by the korean war nearly 70 years ago. we came to the south when we were very young most of the 1st generation of passed away and we're the 2nd generation and we are alive so we hope they are as well. this concert comes as the 2 koreas prepare to celebrate the 2 suck autumn festival a time for families to come together. for many separated families the d.m.z. will be as close as they come to that for another year at least. bright al-jazeera to south korea. with al-jazeera and these are the top stories at least 29 people killed and 6 others injured in 2 attacks in bikini fast so a state of emergency is in place in parts of the west african country more than 500 people have been killed by armed groups in the last 4 years britain's queen elizabeth has approved a law blocking a no deal exit from the european union at the end of october and during a visit to ireland prime minister boris johnson made a rare admission that a no deal breaks it would be on his part a failure of diplomacy and in the last hour or so a surprise announcement with the controversial house of commons speaker john bercow announcing he will be stepping down at the next election speaking in parliament bercow said his 10 year tenure had been a great honor and privilege. i have concluded that the least disruptive. and most democratic course of action. would be for me to stand down and the close of business. thursday october 31st. the taliban has said the us has the most to lose after president donald trump canceled amazing that the group in the united states a spokesman told al-jazeera they will stop their attacks if the u.s. ceases military operations if we sign an agreement with them then we have nation not out there and provide them up a safe passage if he. they would draw without any peace agreement signing with us then it is. our. constant our. our willing with that to our tag them or not. and protesters in the occupied west bank held a demonstration over the death of a palestinian prisoner activists a bus some else who'd been detained on murder charges was terminally ill they were accusing israeli authorities of medical negligence after he passed away on sunday rights groups are calling for an investigation into the case we're up to date with the headlines on al-jazeera i'm back in a moment with this week's edition of counting the cost. hello i'm come on santa maria this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week the amazon rainforest is on fire and a priceless resource is under threat but behind the headlines is a push by brazil's president to use the app for more farming and agriculture so is it time to offset the damage

before i close, i'd like the letter from the national association of home builders, institute for legal reform, national retail federation, and the consumer banking association be handed into the record. >> without objection. >> and with that, i yield back. >> thank you, mr. collins. without objection, all other opening statements will be included in the record. i now recognize myself for purposes of offering an amendment in the nature of a substitute. the clerk will report the amendment. >> amendment in the nature of a substitute to hr-1423 offered by mr. nadler of new york. strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following. >> considered as read and shall be considered as base text for purposes of amendment. i will recognize myself to explain the amendment. this amendment makes no substantive changes to the bill. it simply makes a technical correction to the bill's short title. therefore i urge all members to support it. i yield back the balance of my time and recognize mr. collins for any comment os then amendment. >> i appreciate the amendment. the only question i go back on, again, is i

national rifle association. the national rifle association spent $30 million supporting president trump. no wonder they can undo all of our work with a simple phone call to the oval office. but it's much worse than that. reports emerged last year that the n.r.a. accepted money from foreign sources, including russian banker and putin ally alexander toresham and spent that money in politics in america. senator wyden sent letters to the n.r.a. and to the treasury department about these reports. the n.r.a. responded maintaining that it probably seg gates any foreign donations so they're not used for political purposes. fat chance of that with money being fungible. i joined senator wyden on a follow-up letter renewing the request following the arrest of maria butina, an evident n.r.a. go-between. the irs under president trump took no action against the n.r.a. in response to these allegations. in august the federal election commission deadlocked 2-2 on whether to investigate this matter at all. the fec is so locked up on this that they wouldn't investigate. and commissioner weintraub wrote some allegations are too serious to ignore, too serious to take the n.r.a. at face value, too serious to play games with. yet in this matter, my colleagues ran their usual evidence-blocking play. and the commission's attorneys placed too much faith in the few facts the n.r.a. put before us. so we can't even look into the extent of russian interference through politics through the n.r.a. it goes on. last fall the legal center filed complaints with the commission alleging the n.r.a. was avoiding the rules, with the various senate campaigns. the complaint alleged that the n.r.a. and campaigns coordinated spending through a g.o.p. media consulting firm. what had the media consulting firm done? it set up a series of shell corporations through which the campaigns paid. we've all used media consulting firms in getting to the senate. which of those media consulting firms set up shell corporations? in fact, the shell corporations, these supposedly separate companies, shared facts, office space and resources so that the firm coordinated the ad buys between the n.r.a. and the campaign. once again, the sec did nothing so the campaign legal centers had to sue the federal election commission in district court. the n.r.a.'s political spending more than quintupled between the supreme court, more specifically since the appointees on the supreme court allowed unlimited anonymous monies into our political system. from 10 million in 2010, the year of the decision, to about 55 million in the 2016 election. the n.r.a. now spends unlimited amounts of dark money on political ads. they can come after people. they can threaten people. they can make promises to people. and that is why 86%, 89% of the united states public gets ignored around here. when representative raskin and i wrote the n.r.a. and the consultants about this coordination scheme, guess what the supposedly independent group did? they wrote back to us in the same letter from the same lawyer. some independence. and of course, we're still waiting on the fec to take any action at all. by way o a visitors guide to the sewer of modern politics inhabited by the n.r.a., ask you nan must consent that an article from the trade called "a guide to every known investigation of the n.r.a." being appended to my remarks as an exhibit. i'll close where i began, madam president. there have been 293 mass shootings since january 1st of this year and the american public has an extraordinarily common voice for red flag laws, for expanding federal background checks, closing the gun show loophole, banning assault weapons, and banning large capacity magazines, and we don't listen to the popular will here because of the menace that the n.r.a. has become in our politics. the anti-democratic menace that the n.r.a. has become. i yield the floor. >> i rise tonight to join the chorus of democratic senators in this chamber demanding action to address the american gun violence epidemic. we stand here tonight on behalf of the tens of millions of americans from one end of the country to the other who are crying out for change. every few months it seems our nation is rocked by another horrifying mass shooting. el paso and dayton are only the latest entries in our

the federation of teachers, dean hampton university and the association of national association of psychologists and national education association in support of trauma practices in schools. i want to thank the witnesses for their participation today which is very valuable. members of the committee may have additional questions like i said and we ask the witnesses. the record will be held open for 14 days. i remind my colleagues that questions for the hearing record are needed for majority committee staff for 7 days which must be addressed for the subject matter of the hearing. i recognize the ranking member for his closing statement. >> thank you, mister chairman. i think the witnesses for coming today and i want to clarify i am not talking about stigma or shaming that faith and family in this culture. as i said in the beginning of the hearing the testimony makes clear trauma has a detrimental impact on student lives. we heard a lot of statistics about children suffering as a result of trauma. i am amazed at the numbers we are talking about here. the bottom line is each of those numbers is a child. a child

national oceanic and atmospheric association which includes the national weather service has release an unsigned statement saying that the information provided to the president through monday demonstrated that at least, quote, tropical-storm-force winds from hurricane dorian could impact alabama. by the way, they had the same chance of hitting the white house as they did alabama, while trump remains if i can said on this issue, several reports this week indicate he's about to enter a more intense period of campaigning. he has a rally set for monday in north carolina, another set for september 16th in new mexico. latest gallup polling shows his approval rating at 39%. this week a poll of voters in the battleground state of wisconsin show joe biden and bernie sanders running ahead of trump while he was tied with elizabeth warren, kamala harris. trump has also been under increasing pressure to lead the way on new gun control legislation after a series of mass shootings in ohio and texas claimed 38 lives. on monday mitch mcconnell said in a radio interview he'd bring new gun laws to the senate floor if trump showed his support. this week trump seemed all over the place on his commitment. >> been having a lot of phone discussions and some meetings with different people in the senate and in house of representatives. and we'll be making some pretty good determines really soon. i support safety for our citizens. i support keeping guns out of the hands of sick people, mentally ill people. >> closing loopholes in background checks and extending the waiting period? >> we're going to take a look. >> did you get backlash from the nra, sir? >> maybe. the nra wants to do what's right. >> meanwhile he is trying to get the pentagon to pay for the wall. the wall was a signature campaign promise. this week he tried to justify the move. >> i think secretary of defense spoke with members of congress and explained it to him. and i think he felt very good about it. >> we have thousands of people who tried to rush our country of the that's national security. when you have drugs pouring into our country, i view that as national security. and he had very good conversation >> one member of congress from ra border state made it clear how she felt about it. >> we have a president who is absolutely obsessed on feeding red meat to his supporters. we all know that a wall, which is incredibly fiscally irresponsible doesn't stop asylum seekers and doesn't make our country any safer. in fact, the words of this president is what makes our country unsafe. the rhetoric, the policies, and diverting money away from national defense. >> amid all of this as we said, congress comes back next week and gearing up to resume investigating the president, including a crush of new inquiries, more than 60. here they are, ranging from abuses of power to a new look into whether he used his position as president for private profit after revelations that vice president pence took a 180-mile detour to stay in doonbeg, ireland. mike pence, secret service, the t

national rifle association. the national rifle association spent $30 million supporting president trump. no wonder they can undo all of our work with a simple phone call to the oval office. but it's much worse than that. reports emerged last year that the n.r.a. accepted money from foreign sources, including russian banker and putin ally alexander torshin and spent that money in politics in america. senator wyden sent letters to the n.r.a. and to the treasury department about these reports. the n.r.a. responded, maintaining that it properly segregates any foreign donations so they are not used for political purposes. fat chance of that with money being fungible. i joined senator wyden on a follow-up letter renewing the request following the request of maria butina, an evident n.r.a. go-between. the i.r.s. under president trump took no action against the n.r.a. in response to these allegations. in august, the federal election commission deadlocked 2-2 on whether to investigate this matter at all. the f.e.c. is so locked up on this now that they wouldn't even investigate. fec commission wine trawb in frustration wrote some allegations are too serious to ignore, too serious to simply take the n.r.a.'s denials at face value. too serious to play games with. yet, in this matter my colleagues ran their usual evidence-blocking play, and the commission's attorneys placed too much faith in the few facts the n.r.a. put before us. so we can't even look into the extent of russian interference in our politics through the n.r.a. it goes on. last fall the campaign legal center and gifford center filed complaints with the federal election commission alleging that the n.r.a. was evading the anticoordination rules of our elections between the trump campaign and with various republican senate campaigns. the complaints allege that the n.r.a. and the campaigns coordinated spending through a g.o.p. media consulting firm. what did the media consulting firm do? it set up a series of shell corporations through which the campaigns paid. we've all used media consulting firms in getting to the senate. which of those media consulting firms set up shell corporations? in fact, these shell corporations, these supposedly separate companies shared staff, office space, and other resources so that the firm coordinated the ad buys between the n.r.a. and the campaigns. once again the f.e.c. did nothing so the campaign legal centers had to sue the federal election commission in district court. the n.r.a.'s political spending has more than quintupled since five republican appointees on the supreme court allowed unlimited anonymous money into our political system. from $10 million in 2010, the year of the citizens united decision, to about $55 million in the 2016 election. the n.r.a. now spends unlimited amounts of dark money on political ads. they can come after people, they can threaten people, they can make promises to people. and that is why 86%, 89% of the united states public gets ignored around here. when representative raskin and i wrote the n.r.a. and the consultants about this coordination scheme, guess what the supposedly independent groups did. they wrote back to us in the same letter from the same lawyer some independence. and of course we're still waiting on the f.e.c. to take any action at all. by way of a visitors' guide to the sewer of modern politics inhabited by the n.r.a., i ask unanimous consent that a september 17 article from "the trace" called "a guide to every known investigation of the n.r.a." be appended to my remarks as an exhibit. i'll close where i began, madam president. there have been 293 mass shootings since january 1 of this year. and the american public has an extraordinarily common voice for red flag laws, for expanding federal background checks, closing the gun show loophole, banning assault weapons, and banning large-capacity magazines, and we don't listen to the popular will here because of the menace that the n.r.a. has become in our politics. the antidemocratic menace that the n.r.a. has become. i yield the floor. mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from new york. mr. schumer: i rise tonight to join the chorus of democratic senators in this chamber demanding action to address the american gun violence epidemic. we stand here tonight on behalf of the tens of millions of americans from one end of the country to the other who are crying out for change. every few months it seems our nation is rocked by another horrifying mass shooting. el paso and dayton are only the latest entries in our national register of tragedy, a list that stretches from parkland to pittsburgh, charleston to columbine, aurora to orlando, blacksburg to binghamton, san bernardino to sandy hook to las vegas. because that ever-growing list can sometimes seem abstract, let's not forget the specific places where these awful shootings occurred -- movie theaters and nightclubs, shopping malls and office parks, music festivals and traffic stops, churches, synagogues, mosques, colleges, high schools, and an elementary school. our hearts remain with the families of the victims and the survivors of these mass shootings whose lives were turned upside down in an instant by madmen who never should have had access to a gun. the touching letter that senator murphy read from one of his constituents, a child that died at sandy hook, is just one of the many testaments to that turning upside down instantly, ruining y

nation's largest pro-gun lobby the national rifle association but that's changing some lawmakers say there's now a new sense of urgency thank you we will now this week the house judiciary committee will begin meeting to try and restart debate over limiting some types of gun ownership. the democrat controlled committee hopes to ultimately pass legislation in the u.s. house of representatives establishing so-called red flag laws that seize firearms from people deemed mentally unstable the committee also seeks to ban high capacity magazines and gun ownership for anyone convicted of a hate crime. or love will shatter. but the republican controlled senate needs to approve the house legislation the republican leader mitch mcconnell says they'll be no senate votes on gun measures unless u.s. president donald trump commits to signing that legislation into law trump has promised to work with congress to stop the mass shootings fied he's also questioned the benefits of background checks to stop the killings if you look at background checks and if you look at some of even the more severe. busy and comprehensive ideas that have been put forward it wouldn't have stopped any of the last few years worth of these mass shootings but house democrats promise to keep pushing for background checks and a potential reinstatement of a ban on buying assault weapons more needs to be done but this is a story a consensus story a start that the overwhelming number of americans support democrats face a daunting challenge president trump says he will only support gun laws that ensure public safety well also up holding the cost of his no right to gun ownership in the united states can really help at al-jazeera the white house. with al-jazeera and these are the headlines at least 29 people have been killed in 2 attacks in bikini fall so the state of emergency is in place in parts of the west african country as more than 500 people have been killed by armed groups in the last 4 years catherine so he has more now from cairo. the situation is still very dire along the way on our journey we so many many villages that had been hit and even the villages where some people walk you could just sense and feel the fear and the tension and some of the people actually preparing to leave those villages so it's more like and even more dangerous as you go further north and into the for help not access a tall and on to the board with my. britain's queen elizabeth has approved a law which blocks a no deal exit from the european union at the end of october and it means prime minister boris johnson must now request an extension or get that elusive deal however the european union has rejected attempts to renegotiate johnson has said he'd rather die in a ditch than ask for another delay he is set to call for a new election in the next few hours the taliban says the united states has the most to lose after president donald trump canceled a meeting with the group in the united states. signed an agreement with them then. not to attack them and toward him. safe passage if. they would draw without any peace agreement signing with us then it is. our. consent order or. our willing with that or not. it is then up to us because there is no agreement so we will attack them if we want their research and our impressed our national interest we can trust. we see it but not in our interests who are not. interested not to attack would not attack them that's going to be up to us but to get it going to meant yes we would have obligation not to attack them this 2 things defeated the taliban spokesperson this speaking to al jazeera a little earlier today you're up tight up to date with the headlines even back with the news hour in about 25 minutes right after inside story. it's a local election but a test for vladimir putin the russian president's party takes a hit in moscow's poll that's come after weeks of protests against the government so how will you deal with this setback and is he losing influence this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm homage enjoy him it's sparked some of the biggest demonstrations the country has seen in decades thousands took to the streets over the summer in russia after some of the kremlin's fiercest critics were barred from a regional ballot but despite moscow's attempt

i appreciate the work of the oregon retailer of cannabis association, the national cannabis industry association, and normal the nationalorganization for the reform of marijuana laws for sharing and putting together the stories that i've submitted for the record. across the country more and more states are following the example established in the initial states more than two decades ago. red states, blue states, purple states, whether it's allowing the cultivation of hemp and cbd which was legalized in the 2018 farm bill, or taxing and regulating medicinal and adult use cannabis. in my home state, state and local governments took in over $80 million in fiscal year 2018 in taxes. that is $80 million traveling down the roads and highways in duffle bags and backpacks. i've heard from dozens of people operating perfectly legal business who's have been forced to deal entirely in cash or risk having business and personal bank accounts or lines of credit cut off. todd thees, owner of red barn cannabis from my hometown of in oregon told me office that he has lost accounts for the dependen dispensaries but his employees lost the

national level stuff. i just came back from the national association of area agencies conference on ageing and board meeting, i'm a california representative for n4a. it was in new orleans, and you know that meeting in new orleans in the summer was a little harsh. i was talking about our approach to ageing in san francisco. in addition, we had katrina williams who works in the human resources division who came and did a training on implicit bias and equity and inclusion, and it was really well received by participants in that workshop. the other news, and i may have mentioned this early because we knew about it earlier is we were the recipients of an award because of the partnership that we have with community center and with senior centers with the older adult choir program. so community music center was with us to receive the award. it was really exciting for them, and there's been some press in san francisco about this. but it's really -- it's such a great intervention, and the people who are involved in the choirs report regularly that they feel more healthy and more engaged and all the things that we h

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national gun association. it's the largest minority gun group in the nation. >> reporter: phillip smith remembers the first time he went to a gun range. loaded his 9 millimeter pistol and pulled the trigger. >> i felt free. i had a chance to kind of have some power in my hands. >> reporter: smith turned that power into a passion and formed the national african-american gun association, or naga. the first chapter was in atlanta. >> i didn't think i would get more than 30 people. >> reporter: in just five years, naga has become the largest minority gun club in the country. there are more than 75 chapters with more than 30,000 members, and over 90% of the members are black. >> we have folks from every walk of life. black doctors, gay, straight, republicans, democrats. we're not monolithic, while we're all here. we have different reasons. >> reporter: why not join the nra? >> the nra is good for some people that are having that perspective. our perspective is for black folks. >> reporter: nazita davis joined naga to learn how to protect herself. and she's not alone. more than 60% of naga members are black women. >> when i get ready to go into the gun range, people are like, why is she here? black women don't church. we shoot. >> reporter: after churchgoers were targeted in charleston in 2015, and the recent shooting in el paso targeting

national security visor will bring it to you as it happens. let's move to this. the national rifle association is suing san francisco for labeling the nra a domestic terrorist organization. the nation'sts organization claimed the city's declaration violates its free-speech rights for political reasons, and says that san francisco is seeking to blacklist anybody associated with the nra. a city official calls the suit "a desperate move." let's bring in fox news senior judicial analyst, judge andrew napolitano. i specifically asked for you on this, because free-speech is your lane. >> looked, the city of san francisco, just like the state of california or the federal government, cannot punish a person or a group because of their speech. with the city is attempting to do is punish the nra, the national rifle association, because of its robust advocacy of the second amendment rights. by labeling it a terrorist organization. first of all, only the fbi can label an entity as a terrorist organization, and one of the linchpins of that labeling is that the entity itself has committed crimes of violence, intended to affect the policy of the government. that's not the nra at all. think about it

national organizations representing consumers throughout the united states. the second is a letter of support from the national association of state fire arshals. ms. schakowsky: i yield the gentlewoman 15 seconds. ms. kuster: thank you, i'll be quick. the third from the consumer reports and finally from the national electrical manufacturers association. so again this bill has strong bipartisan support. i encourage all my colleagues to support it. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time from new hampshire has expired. ms. schakowsky: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from missouri is recognized. mr. long: i'm prepared to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. long: when you go home people say, can't you all agree on anything up there in washington? a all you all do is fight. why can't you work in a bipartisan fashion? i'll admit sfimes it seems like we can't agree to the fact that the sun is going to come up in the east tomorrow. but on this bill, there is bipartisan support. we agree. i just want to urge my colleagues to support h.r. 1618. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman -- does the gentleman yield back? mr. long: i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from missouri yields

national pta, the nation's oldest and largest child advocacy association with members and all 50 states, d.c., the u.s. virgin islands, puerto rico and europe. no parent should fear for the safety of their child and every time they leave home for school, or anywhere else. and no child should live in fear everyday wondering if this is the last day they will see their family. since 2013 there have been 471 incidents on school grounds. thousands of children across this great country have been victims of a witness or a witness to gun violence in their homes, schools, or communities. we have issued so many statements on mass shootings at schools. over the years that we now keep a draft on file at all times. in every statement we remind the nation that our students deserve to have a safe environment in which to learn and thrive. in every statement we urge congress to do more. now is time to act. doing nothing is unacceptable. this august i published an op-ed asking congress to return from its summer recess to enact commonsense proposals such as passing red flag luscombe universal background checks, funding for gun violence research, and banning assault weapons. alll of which the majority of americans support. unfortunately, congress chose not to return to d.c. this summer to address this epidemic. so here i am again today asking for change on behalf of children and our families. universal background checks can't and will save lives this commonsense measure would have saved seven lies and prevented -- and would've prevented traumatic injuries and is, him the 17 month old daughter of our families assistant pastor. anderson as a toddler. the only pain she should've known should be from scraped knees when she was learning to walk.

national organizations were formed. the first one was the national women's suffrage association. that was founded by anthony and stanton. they did not support the 15th amendment, and focused their work from that point onward to fighting for constitutional amendments that would give women the right to vote. we also have lucy stone, her husband and other suffragists who supported the 15th amendment. however, they focused their efforts on winning women the right to vote at the state and local level. they weren't necessarily opposed to a constitutional amendment, but they didn't really feel very optimistic at the constitutional amendment, at this point in time. one of the really fascinating things about the women's suffrage movement is that after women lost the vote in new jersey in 1807, the first states to give women the right to vote giving beginning in 1869 were in the west. the wyoming territory was the first territory at that point in time to give women the vote. they became the first state to do so when they obtained statehood in 1890. interestingly, no states east of the mississippi gave women the right to vote in the 19th century. here, we have a petition from utah. utah is a really interesting case. because utah had a mormon majority legislature, congress was really opposed to the practice of polygamy. they made a number of efforts in the latter part of the 19th century to try and outlaw the practice. this petition is from women who had already gotten the right to vote from utah. that was when congress was trying to pass legislation to outlaw polygamy. they make lovely arguments about the fact that women manage to maintain their respective eligibility and urged congress not to take the vote from them when they passed that legislation. congress was not successful. about a decade later, women in utah did lose the vote when congress passed anti-polygamy legislation, but once utah got its statehood, they gave the boat back to women. one more really interesting thing about this story is this is the only time congress actually took the boat away from women, as well. the women's suffrage movement took more than 70 years. generations of women had to fight for their right to vote. one of the reasons it took so long for the suffrage movement to be successful was because there was fierce opposition to and franchising women, not just from male politicians, but from a lot of women as well. this was a period of great social change. women's traditional roles, in particular outside the home, were shifting dramatically, and lots of women really resisted that change. we have this fantastic petition from more than 850 women. they urged congress not to give them the vote, and they make a number of different arguments for why they don't want the vote, and i will just read one. they argue that, because these changes must introduce a fruitful element of discord in the existing marriage relation, which would create detriment for children and increase the alarming prevalence of divorce in this country. this petition comes from 1872. pretty remarkable that argument was being made already back then. we have this great graphic here that shows the mother heading out the door on election day while her husband is left at home with the children, doing all the cooking and cleaning, and it really speaks to the fears that a lot of anti- suffragists had at that point in time. certainly, lots of women and men were opposed to giving women the right to vote because of how it might change the family dynamic, but that was not the only reason anti-suffragists were opposed to giving women the right to vote. we have this exhibit case that looks at the way race came into the discussion, and the debate over giving women the right to vote. race-based arguments were used on both sides of the suffrage movement, not only against giving women the vote, but also for or against doing so through a constitutional amendment. we have this really fascinating postcard from the georgia association opposed to women's suffrage. i will just read a couple of the arguments that the postcard makes. vote against women's suffrage because universal suffrage wipes out the disenfranchisement of the negro bylaw and white supremacy must be maintained. it makes pretty clear southern states in particular, especially because they had been able, after the 15th amendment ratification, after the end of reconstruction, had been able to implement discriminatory measures that pretty effectively disenfranchised a lot of african-american men, they feared that giving women the right to vote, in particular african-american women, would undermine that effort. base was a critical issue in the suffrage movement. it's also really important, and with the goal of the exhibit to highlight the clinical role that african-american suffragists played in the fight for women's voting rights, in particular the ultimate success of the 19th amendment. we have this petition here from washington, d.c., signed by both african-american men and women, urging congress to pass a constitutional amendment giving women the right to vote. something i find really fascinating about this petition is these are petitioners from the district of columbia. at this period in time, 1877, when this petition was signed, there were no voting rights in the district of columbia. something else that's really interesting about the petition as it is signed by two of frederick douglass's children, including frederick douglass jr., and rosetta douglass sprg. all of the documents we looked out so far are in the holdings of the national archives, and the national archives preserve them for future generations. i think it's really spectacular that a petition you send to congress today just as these african-american petitioners did in 1877 becomes part of the national archive holdings, and we are really fortunate we have it here today to help tell this story. we have seen lots of petitions on this tour. really, when women were pressing for their voting rights, they only had first amendment rights available to them to press their government for their rights, and political change, but one of the other rights that suffragists used, the freedom to assemble. they used that pretty effectively to gain greater visibility and public attention in particular for their cause. we have this great wall mural. one of many suffrage parades for states throughout the country. this one is here in washington, d.c. from 1913. that was one of the most consequential marches that was staged. women, more than 5000 suffragists, participated in th

nationalizing -- i just got done of being the chair of the national governors association, i spent 10 years in political office avoiding cable television, because it's about conflict. but we really are nationalizing all of this. barack obama is the first term senator, the last senator that we nominated before that was john f. kennedy. because governors have to govern and get stuff done. it's a challenge in the system right now, but i think it's also that it's now -- politics is bloodsport and a 24 hour engagement. if you watch anything on television, and at the end of the day, what continues to give me hope is that it is still voters -- it's still a long time away from now before we are even dealing with most of our primary states. >> i think we have learned this week that a week is a long time. so let's turn to the inevitable impeachment inquiry. do you support the impeachment inquiry knowing what we now know about trump's dealings with ukraine? gov. bullock: prior to this past week i said no, because i don't want to make the next 14 months about donald trump. and it struck me that in 60 some meet and greets in iowa, they brought up health care, no one raised any questions about impeachment. thi

national mall as the associate director for the affairs of the national museum of american history during his career and also an accomplished author having written on topics ranging from the american presidency to diversity and museum management. his most recent work is about his experience creating the african-american history museum, a g crowning glory of an achievement for you and we are so honored after the hearing he has brought artifacts for us to look at since 2014 she is responsible for conducting the audits and investigations into keeping the board of regents in congress informed about problems and deficiencies promoting efficiency and effectiveness within the smithsonian and preventing and detecting fraud, wastesp and abuse. he also serves as the vice chair of the audit committee of the council's inspector general and as the chair of the small group of inspector generals who meets quarterly to exchange ideas. before joining, he worked as the deputy inspector general of the u.s. government accountability office where she helped lead the audit and investigative programs.ve welcome to both of today's witnesses and we thank you so much for coming. at this time, i would ask unanimous consent all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks involve statements may be made part of the record and without objection that is so ordered. i will remind the witnesses the statements will be made a part of the record and we ask that you summarize your statement about five minutes and when it is nearing the little light will turn yellow and when it's red means there are five minutes so we would ask you to wind it up. the record will remain open for these five days for additional materials and questions to be submitted so now we will turn to you, welcome and we are eager to hear your testimony. >> thank you so much, chairperson, ranking member davis and members of the committee thank you for the opportunity to testify today. my tenure as the secretary of the smithsonian has been only a few shortyo months but as you mentioned my relationship in this institution goes back to when i was a 26-year-old kid. i was so honored to serve as the founding director of the museum of african-american history and culture and i am more than pleased in fact i'm humbled to assume the role as the secretary of the institution. the smithsonian greatly appreciates the continued support of congress, thet administration and the american people and we take seriously the crucial role we play in advancing the civic educational and scientific life of the nation. our goal was to reach in reach a meaningful way is at least 1 billion people worldwide. nothing replaces the artifacts we have on display that we need to reach millions who cannot visit us in person using all the digital tools available to us.ch i am committed to achieving this goal while protecting and securing our digital assets and those that will be used in the technology. cultural institutions are uniquely equipped to inspire, and we magnify that ability when we truly reflect the tapestry of humanity. the smithsonian is committed to increasing, attracting and developing a diverse and talented workforce. i am pleased congress supported the goal of telling more expensive representative stories i shepherding legislation that advocates for new museums. if congress deems it to symbian rest of the american public to authorize the smithsonian to build a new museum and provides the necessary additional funding for th that purpose and appropriates the means for am operation, then we will

national rifle association. under presentpro-choice, 100 percent from the national organization of women and 95 percent from the human rights campaign i got elected . the surprise was by 20 points i raised $3 million to run again and i didn't spend a penny. not one sent on a campaign ad. we also knew when we disagree , we disagree well. i got out of government after those four years and i ran against my party in the senate race. i said i guess i will come back to it now because our inspector some of you may remember, a republican senator who tried to humiliate anita hill when she had dropped her sexual harassment claims against now supreme court clarence thomas . i put out a video and said he doesn't belong in our ranks. i ran against the president and all the establishment here it wouldn't have occurred back in i was 40 points down and people tend to agree republicans and democrats and i won. with a little support in the general election i did go home. but i was very fortunate . my daughters brain cancer came back last year. she's probably the only one they know who had an eight percent chance to one. >> it was june and we finally decided she was in the same harbor and during that time i sat with her. at that same therapy machine in massachusetts, the same surgeon came out of retirement do brain surgery. i had to pay back my country and i'm not kidding. i always. this time though is for a different cause. the reason is that i honestly believe that we have to to be mister trump. i've got that. but my god, we do not unite. if we do not have someone who actually can remind us americans, all americans of who we are and what we stand for when united together, there is no way that we will meet the defining challenge of our time without united america. i'm running to be beat trump, unite this country and then with 31 years to convene the world of cold and good of our call.think about climate change, even if we passed the green new deal in 10 years, let's say we do. it won't matter. because 85 percent of the damage of greenhouse emissions comes from abroad. the topics as a percent air-conditioning today in 2050 lab 50 percent of them will have air-conditioning. that will be equivalent to divorcing two thirds of the amazon unless we actually take the amendment which we haven't even ratified which says hey, i drove laura carbon's, 6000 times worse in each molecule that released and one co2 molecule gets least . all nations enforced immediately so that it doesn't even have to be followed until 2038. by developing those working to buy all this air-conditioning. how can you blame them? one half of their food rocks away because of lack of air-conditioning. and that seems one of those important that didn't go away. saudi arabia which uses as much energy to power their air-conditioning uses twice as much oil today. we have to have somebody who is not like those democrats and republicans who voted for that tragicmisadventure in iraq . who never understood the military should stop a problem they can never fix a problem.we led shia against sunni and sunni against shia and then general hussein created isis and as it metastasized it took us into the middle east andbeyond . the parties created that condition. if you have somebody in the white house doesn't understand that you better know how the war is going to end before you start to think about using our military, before you start to think why does it begin, take

national, i can lose the wait...and keep it off. looking good, patrick. i know. (vo) go national. go like a pro. lou: joining us tonight, march immediate dylan, vice president of the national lawyers associationeewoman for the great state of california. march immediate, great to see you. i watched the speaker today say that she was going to do pretty much what jerry nadler had been begging her to do throughout and what is, in point of fact, he's been engaged in for weeks now. and it was all done so theatrically. no questions, please, for the august speaker because she's talking about real work. mean while, the house hasn't done any work. it is a peculiar moment, and i have to say what law was broken and just exactly how do they know that that crime was committed? it's a bizarre moment in history. they look like, for all the world, like a hapless bunch of know-nothings trying to find relevance. >> it's really bewildering, lou, and i'm nancy pelosi's constituent with, by the way -- lou: congratulations. [laughter] >> pushing back on the squad and all the other people, but today she sort of gave in. and you're absolutely correct, the facts don't matter, the law doesn't matter, the will of the am

nationalizing -- i just got done of being the chair of the national governors association p i spent 10 years in political office avoiding cable television, because it's about conflict. but we really are nationalizing all of this. barack obama is the first term of senator, the last senator that we nominated before that was john f. kennedy. because governors have to govern and get stuff done. it's a challenge in the system right now, but i think it's also that it's now -- politics is bloodsport and a 24 hour engagement. if you watch anything on ofevision, and at the end the day, what continues to give me hope is that it is still long timeit's still a away from now before we are even dealing with most of our primary states. >> i think we have learned this week that a week is a long time. so let's turn to the inevitable impeachment inquiry. do you support the impeachment inquiry knowing what we now know about trump's dealings with ukraine. gov. bullock: prior to this past week i said no, because i don't want to make the next 14 months about donald trump. and it struck me that in 60 some meat and greets -- meet and brought upowa, they health care, no one raised any questions about impeachment. -- the i

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national old trails road that the dar at a national trails road association had mapped out that stretch to california. they wanted to mark the whole distance of it break but these lands to put up lots of markers soon proved impractical. putting up bronze plaques every mile would be too expensive. painting telephone poles is more affordable in the short run but hard to maintain. when you're relying on local chapters throughout the country. instead they shifted gears and decided they would put up once culture per state. the trails would be marked by these larger-than-life sculptures of a pioneer mother. unlike the old westport relief i showed you from years earlier, features a woman with a rifle. when women are featured with rifles, it is never in the active shooting. they are not intended to be out hunting or fighting people. it is the sign that they have it as for protection, an indication that the west was an unsafe place for women. and emphasizes their, the hardships they were facing. so this shows them plotting westward -- plodding westward. a few years later, topeka wanted to erect a pioneer mother on the state house lawn. they initially chose a sculptures similar to a much more famous when in pocket city, oklahoma which showed a young, attractive woman walking west, caring a bible and letting her young son by the hand. -- ponca city, oklahoma. topeka intended to erect the same one by the same sculpture. but the image featured up in woman holding a scythe. the people in topeka did not like this because to hold a scythe implied women were doing field labor. if you know any thing about pioneer history, women were doing fieldwork. in earlier spirit but the goal of the frontier peoples had been to maintain separate gender spheres. men working the fields and women worked in the home spirit they crossed the lines a lot in the early years on the frontier, but they do not like anyone to really talk about that. we want to erase that from our memory. so they replaced the bryant baker design with this one, by meryl gage, the same sculpture as the old westport relief from 15 years earlier, which again, shows woman with a rifle instead of a scythe. oddly, you do not want women shooting guns anymore than you want them wielding a scythe. but it did not even cross her mind that you can perceive this as a woman going out to fight humans or even wild animals. at his and entirely defensive tool for her. right? and lest you think she's a strong woman, which the dar sculptures might have actually implied, gage sculpture for the kansas state house has her seated with her son reading a book, probably the bible though it is hard to tell the sculpture. and holding her baby. so by placing her in a chair, we have her in and messick space. we have her -- in a domestic space. we have are resting from her labor. and we have her contained in a domestic sphere. and the rifle across her lap just in case her husband is away doing what manley men do in the forest. so this is the kind of imagery that gradually wins out across the country. but it sits well, i think, with the kansas city penn valley park sculpture which shows her and wrote to the west, that shows are on horseback. in reality, women walked along the trail. but increasingly in the 1920's and 1930's people get interested in depicting her, and iconic pioneer mother, writing in a covered wagon or in the case of kansas city, riding on a horse. because even walking 2000 miles is a major undertaking. we do not even want to think about women doing that pre-we want to think about women being enclosed in the domestic space as much as possible. there's an intention here that there trying to protect her as being a proper woman. protector as a civilized woman, by placing her in spaces that are at least pseudo-domestic or contained in some way. interest in pioneer monuments declined significant layout afterward or two. -- after world war ii. -- declined significantly after world war ii. there were two dozen pioneer monuments put up in the 1920's and 1930's. just a handful were put up in the decades following world war ii. when they did get put out there were no longer being placed in really prominent locations. penn valley park or on the statehouse long. -- statehouse lawn. instead they tended to appear in smaller towns or suburbs trying to make a name for themselves. for example, prairie village shopping center, a brand-new postwar shopping center, right? this is where it is out in terms of civic life in the 1940's and 1950's and early 60's -- early 19 six d's. public life moved from the downtown city center, the civic center areas to suburban areas. people are building new postwar suburbs. they're getting in their car and driving to shopping centers, rather than being on foot in the city. so it made perfect sense to put a pioneer statue at the time it was placed at the entrance to the parking lot for the shopping center. a brand-new shopping center, but we are valuable with our local kansas roots, right? because we have a pioneer family, mom, dad, and baby and a wagon wheel sitting at the entrance to our shopping center. it was much later when the shopping center changed hands and this piece would later move to this south end of the traffic circle that you see here. monuments in the postwar. tended to depict a nuclear family. occasionally mom and dad and baby like this one. this had appeared somewhat in the 1920's less frequently than the solo pioneer woman and her children. the family unit becomes more of an emphasis in the 1950's, as american culture begins focusing on nuclear family. again, the part of moving to suburban life, rather than being a part of an extended kin network, people are to emphasizing a new clear family. increasingly, instead of a baby they start depicting a young son. eight years older 10 years old or a teenager, who represents hope for the future. for the nation. things began to change again in the 1970's. dr. prescott: as the united states prepared to celebrate the bicentennial of american independence from great britain in 1976, the nation initially planned-the government initially planned a federal nationwide celebration to be held in washington, d.c. or philadelphia. no one could agree on what that should look like. this was at a time of growing identity politics, coming out of the 1960's and the early 1970's you have interest in african-american identity, interest in latino identity and so forth. the nation is more fragmented in the way that it chooses to remember itself. in the wake of those identity politics movements. debate over vietnam and so forth. the bicentennial national celebration sort of falls by the wayside. instead they decide to put the resources behind encouraging local history celebrations. so, state and local level commemorations. this leads to renewed interest in all sorts of american history. your people getting inter

national security analyst. and tess bridgeman, former special assistant to the president, deputy legal adviser to the national security council, and associate white house counsel. and president obama's white house both evelyn and tess were part of a letter today signed by 300 former officials voicing national security concerns about president trump. also joining us, jonathan alter from "the daily beast" and an msnbc political analyst who will now be reporting on the third impeachment process he has witnessed. >> that's true. >> in his adulthood. tess, let me start with you. you are an expert on the internal white house process for these records and/or transcripts of these presidential conversations. let me get your reaction to what the "washington post" is reporting tonight. >> sure. it's obviously another instance of something that's highly unusual and deeply troubling. if these records are being restricted beyond even those with the need to know. so normally these would be handled in a classified manner, and even beyond that, only those that truly have a need to know the information would have access within the security white house system. but putting these records of phone calls that the president has with other foreign leaders into this stand-alone system for especially classified comp

enter into official record written testimony from the national association of school resource officers every town for gun safety sandy hook promise nationaln of school psychologists the naacp and legal defense fund and materials from the american institute of architects without objection is ordered? i want to think the witnesses for their valuable testimony today and the members for their questions. the members of the subcommittee might have additional questions for the witnesses and we ask that you respond expeditiously in writing for those questions. pursuant to the committee rule 7d the hearing record will be away for 10 days. without objection with no further business the subcommittee stands adjourned. >> thank you. [inaudible background conversations] [inaudible speaking] [inaudible background conversations] [inaudible speaking] [inaudible background conversations] [inaudible speaking] [inaudible background conversations] [inaudible speaking] [inaudible background conversations] [inaudible background conversations] next a debate with the two republicans currently challenging president trump for the party's nomination in 2020. former