distinguished guests, welcome to the national museum of american history on the national mall of the united states. this museum has been collecting gowns for the first ladies collection for more than a century. it is, and remains, one of the most popular exhibitions. on behalf of the smithsonian, i want to thank you for your generosity in allowing us to add to this collection. again, my thanks and admiration to you, mr. pierre, for the collaborating on the design of this beautiful gallon. since its opening in 1964, this museum has embodied the smithsonian's dedication to american history. we told the story through the words and actions of people both famous and obscure. , we inspire students through educational programs that reach them in our museums, their homes, and classrooms across the nation. objects and artifacts help put that history into sharp focus. this gown is the height of fashion, something that pleases us aesthetically with its beauty, craftsmanship, and elegance. the aesthetics that drive artistic endeavor captive us. -- captivate us. it is a uniquely human response. d

to our special series on new nationalism that as we've seen a global rise in popular populist movements is funny if a charge has been on the road meeting people who although they want different things are united by one goal to put their nation first of funnies travels have taken her across the world to russia and the netherlands to france and scotland of the united states and also to india and turkey and for the last leg of the series funny is now in air build the capital of the kurdistan region in iraq there are concerns there that the dream of kurdish independence could bring even more turmoil to a very volatile region let's go right to funny she is in erbil standing by for us for with more on this story funny if you can hear us tell us what you've been hearing there as you've been talking to people what if you have been finding out about the rise of nationalism in this region. so we have basic came here with one main question just how different is this form of nationalism compared to other countries that i've been to that you just mentioned because iraq is not a state which would lik

. >> national security adviser h.r. mcmaster spoke about the administration's strategy to protect the homeland from global threats. he also briefly took questions including one about the niger attack that left four u.s. soldiers dead. >> good afternoon. please be seated. >> welcome back. i'm the chairman of ftd's center on sanctions and elicit finance. if you were here this morning, ways privilege tobd able to sit down with director pompeo for what i thought was a really interesting conversation. i hope did you as well. bear in mind that we are not just the people in this room. great good looking crowd, by the way. but we're being live streamed. so we need to be on our best behavior. i hlt honor and privilege of introducing this afternoon's session. kudos to fdd and cliff may and the whole team for asem am blg this discussion with two of the most important if not the most important figures in national security. certainly with now the national security adviser hr mcmaster with us this afternoon. so a real honor and privi

here at the national museum we preserve and share a collection of national treasures on behalf of the american people to demonstrate the power of american history, to help us make sense of the past and shape a more humane future. we are working to bring the nation together around those fundamental american ideals and ideas by freedom, opportunity and democracy that join us as a people. mrs. trump, we are grateful to you for entrusting us with this magnificent gown. and we ensure you it will be cared for in the same spirit and with the same attention as all of our national treasures. in just a few hours when the gallery reopens to the public, the nation and the world will share this moment forever. it is now my pleasure to introduce the 13th secretary of the smith sewngsonian dr. david skorten, a first generation american, cardiologist, flutist, university leader, champion of the arts and humanities and an advocate for the most important issues of our time. secretary skorten. >> thank you, john. thanks, everyone for joining us. mrs. trump, again, thank you very much for donating this a

to the iranian nation, the great nation, the wise nation, it is important for me after the speech that was heard from the current president of the united states to make a number of points to our nation. in trump's speech, and his policy, only bad-mouthing and baseless accusations were made against the iranian nation. he has nothing else to say. i invite the president of the united states to better read history books and the geography and as well as the international commitments as well as respect and international ethics. apparently he has nothing to know that the u.s. government -- that more than 50 years ago have a coup to bring back to power the leadership in iran. it is the same power that use money and pressure and agents to an elected legal government in iran. apparently, he has forgotten that the resistance of the iranian nation for democracy and theislamic republic, country that did throw most of it support to this dictatorship in iran was the united states. president trump has forgotten the fact that after the victory of the islamic revolution and at the end of the day the rev

this nation.heir sacrifice, their families, dignity,he utmost respect, and privacy. this call could have waited a few days until after the burial. and that is where john kelly, we pay tribute to his military service, his family's sacrifice, in people'serves house. he is on people's payroll. his responsibility is to make sure that this president who lacks empathy, lacks sympathy, leadership, is directed to act with dignity, directed to act about this moment with utmost respect to these families. this is what he should have done. the lack of this president. he should have put the exact words in front of him to recite from. that is one thing. hisnd, it was responsibility, john kelly's responsibility, to make sure that the family that is being called is at a peaceful place. is not -- normally, these calls do not take place without protocol. the white house would call, can you take the call? i hope that was done. if that was done, the -- that was also botched. the family is in the car and this call is

right now on national vanished national while police have you off. the street to stop any more crowds coming toward the center there is a stand off farther. between around fifty banish the national police and lawyers you know dressed. with them and. eating people in neighboring buildings and how you can. be like and free. crying and crying and. becomes a foreigner. during the leader. yes buying almost brought some kind to show that is the way that the national operating good men but they operate on orders from the from the planets government shutdown voting station we expected that to happen around dawn but in fact it has been going on now just for the last half an hour forty five minutes across multiple points in barcelona and peaceful resistance as i mentioned already is the manner in which the people of catalonia want to oppose the police action the action that is being mandated by central government to mit in madrid. the peaceful resistance has been the watchword of the approach to session with the court has been organizing we've gone. through a

it's what the national security does, national security council does. if you look at the range of issues that the president has to deal with, every single day, just in the seven days since i've been gone, i know h.r. deals with about twice as many issues every day then either steve or i had to do on our watch. so the size of the national security council has to be adequate to the task and that means you organize yourself on functional directorates and geographical directorates that makes sense. you have to have that kind of knowledge. on my watch we combine the homeland security council in the national security council, that i will tell you that on my watch the national security council was severely underfunded, severely underfunded, grossly underfunded. the only way to fight that was to get detainees from the agencies. steve and i talked about this. on my watch the national security council was roughly two-thirds detailees and one-third former personnel, and guess what. after the first year, those djs went back to the agencies and you had to rebuild th

doesn't seem there's as much importance in national pride and things like national anthem, it has beenel that way? >> yes. i would like to go back to the basics where it is common practice. hopefully the youth goes that way. jillian: your friends and coworkers in the picture with you. who were your friends or coworkers in the picture with you? >> james greg's. jillian: how long have you known each other? do you do this all the time? >> i have known danny for eight years and james i have known six months. rob: we appreciate you coming on this morning. thank you very much. be safe up there. 46 minutes after the hour, check what is coming up on "fox and friends". jillian: what is coming up today? >> wide-ranging interview with the president of the united states, talk about tax reform, he is dangerously close to naming a new hhs secretary. listen. >> i was talking to kellyanne conway, seems your close. >> we are more than close, won't so you the name yet because we are more than close. it will be a fantastic nomination. rob: we will see that quickly and karen tends with a huge show coming

what is nationalism matter? in part, is setting aside these landscapes to keep the symbolic scenery pretty and powerful and not messed up the way niagara got messed up with all of these little shops and trinkets. ly the idea, it is a little hard to see, this map. the pink outline here is more or less, a little smaller than the current yosemite national park. the part in green is the original reservation set aside, signed by lincoln in 1864. as you can see hopefully from that map, all that was protected -- the original protected area is very small. just the valley and the view shed of the valley. if you are standing on the valley floor looking up at the granite walls, the boundary of the protected area is the top of those walls. we don't care about the ecosystem, we don't care about the forest, we don't care about the overall mountains and large landscape. what we are protecting is the view. by making it into a public parks, a government owned park, or member this was all public land to begin with, part of the pu

leeds are national effort to safeguard and enhance the resilience of our nation's physical and cyber infrastructure helping federal agencies and when requested the private sector hardened their networks and respond to cybersecurity incidents. nppd partners with critical infrastructure owners and operators and other homeland security enterprise stakeholders to offer a wide variety of cybersecurity capabilities such as system assessments, response and mitigation support and the ability to hunt for malicious cyber activity. this collaborative approach to mitigating cyber incidence is meant to privatize meeting the needs of dhs as partners and is consistent with the growing recognition among government academic and corporate leaders that cybersecurity is increasingly interdependent across sectors and much -- must be a core aspect of all risk management strategies. this committee has been working hard to ensure that nppd and dhs in its entirety has the necessary authorization and organization it needs to combat growing cyber threats. dhs needs a strong and sharp workforce and an efficient

some national police and to spain's largest banks put out. we must not allow a red to attain to a nuclear weapons president trump gives his strongest hint that the u.s. will drop its support of the iran nuclear deal. plus two years after the polls deadly earthquake survivors face fresh challenges newly built. the united nations' annual report on children in conflict strongly criticized both sides in the war in yemen places saudi arabia and its allies on the list of countries that kill and maim children in conflicts at the same time though the un's annual report admits the coalition has taken action to improve child protection mike hanna has more from the un the report focuses on children in conflict across the globe in countries ranging from afghanistan to colombia to syria mali myanmar and all the list itself showing how widespread the problem is of children caught up in all recruited to action. there were three thousand five hundred twelve child casualties in afghanistan alone the highest recorded in one country and in yemen a total of one

zachary tudor, from the national homeland security at idaho national laboratory. dr. dunkin earl is with us, president and chief technology officer for quibetech incorporated and the last member of the panel is dr. daniel rydell the new ceo of contact services inc. delight to have each of you. mr. inhofe, if you would please lead off. >> thank you, chairman murkowski, ranking member >> thank you, chairman murkowski, ranking member cantwell and members of the committee. my name is carl inhofe, i lead the research at washington state. for more than two decades pnl supported resilience for utilities across the nation. i also chair the laboratory consortium, a team of four national laboratories including oakridge that supports the initiative along with 100 partners from academia and industry. i would like to offer two points for the cyber resilience of the nation's cyber system. point one, sharing with doe has significantly improved our national grid cyber readiness. we must continue to advance in scope, speed, industry inclusion for full situational awareness of operatio

absolutely there's a difference nationalism is when they start mandating you to stand for the flag nationalisms when i vetoed this what i was governor they tried to make the pledge of allegiance in public schools mandatory i vetoed it in a second you can't mandate patriotism pay to. it to some comes from within an individual patriotism is something that's done out of the goodness of your heart not the fact you're ordered to do it that's not patriotism patriotism comes because you want to do something for the public good and it's your thoughts nobody's making you do it and you're not standing up there looking for rob arrives after you do it that spade to be a tism patriotism is that these people that stand up and salute the flag and rah rah let's go to war while they never go to war their kids never go to war all these millionaires want you to be patriotic but notice and i'll say this again in my six years in the united states navy i never met one millionaire serving his country not a war and i didn't read meet any rich people in the military who had set their wealth aside and said i'm going to

trump and national security. i'm happy to say this panel is sponsored by the lbj school of public affairs at the university of texas. geene evans. sponsors, but they do not get to choose the questions. way, i'm out of the your host and moderator, professor bobby chesney. onnd the cofounder of a blog national security law issues and the national security law is crossfire in reaction to the weekly national security news. we have one hour that will be divided amongst 40 minutes of discussion with our panelists, and 20 minutes of discussion with you. i will ask and remind you at the time when the microphones go out. please keep the comments brief. let's keep them as questions. silence your funds, but do not put them away. we would be thrilled if you join the conversation online, on #thriftfest17. withanelists, i will start representative castro, representing -- [applause] chesney: representing san antonio. after a successful run in private practice, he entered the texas -- where he had five terms, and now he is in wa

welcome toed guests, the smithsonian's national museum of american history on the national mall of the united states. this museum has been collecting downs for the first lady's collection for more than a century and remains one of the most popular exhibitions in the smithsonian. on behalf of the smithsonian, i want to thank you again mrs. trump, for your generosity and allowing us to add to this collection. in my admiration to you for collaborating on the design of this down. in 1964, thising museum has embodied the dedication to telling america's story to millions of national and international visitors every year. we tell that story through the words and actions of people, both famous and obscure. we inspire students through educational programs that reach them in our museums and in their homes in classrooms across the nation. artifacts help with that history in focus and context. this down as the height of fashion, something that pleases us aesthetically with its beauty and craftsmanship and elegance. the aesthetics that drive artistic endeavor also captivate us. it is a uniquely hum

services minister on her the dance and national security strategy. -- defense and national security. you can see her remarks starting at 10:00 on c-span2. >> i want you to stretch your imagination. open your eyes. that's how fast it happens. in a blink. >> executive director of paralyzed veterans of america talks about his own paralysis and his work to help paralyzed veterans. a this is what i see from patient's perspective. you have to empathize. that's what will make it the ideal provider for veterans. --sunday night at an lock on 8:00 on q&a. former president george w. bush called out russia or cyber attacks during the election. freedom, spoke about security, and leadership. he went on to denounce bullying and politics and is about to mean minutes. president bush: thank you all. thank you. ok, padilla gracias. so, i painted ramon. i wish you were still standing here. it's a face only a mother could love -- no, it's a fabulous face. [laughter] i love you, ramon. thank you very much for being here. and, grace jo, thank you for your testimony. and big tim. i got to know tim as a resu

joyce and national city council. however, from an operational perspective i think the department of homeland security and imi will as undersecretary have the direction and authorities i need to move out. the question is whether i have -- >> are winning or losing? >> this is a battle there's going to be going on for many years. we are still can't get our arms around it. this is not speak repeat my question. i would winning or losing? >> it's hard to assess whether we are winning or losing i was a we're fighting this battle every day, working with the private sector. it is a complex apartment and i look for to working with congress speedy to you know for eight years with and trying to get a policy, for eight years we've been trying to get a strategy, for eight years we've been trying to get something besides this convoluted chart? did you know that? >> yes, sir. i've been in my role for eight weeks. i understand your frustration. i share your frustration. i think we have a lot of work to do, and i think this is going t

of the national security is not important, it is what the national security council does. if you look at the range of issues that the president has to do with every single day, just the 70's sent i've been gone, i know they deal with twice as many issues. means you organize yourself. you have to have that kind of knowledge. you have combined the national security council under --was severely underfunded. the only way to fight it was to .et detail ease stephen and i talked about this. on my watch, the national security council was roughly two year, and after the first they went back to their agencies and you had to rebuild it. the national security council -- i franklyanized don't care about the size as long as it does what it needs to do. big issues on the problems of multiple agency departments. it is no longer just the defense department. it is treasury, commerce, it is everything. if you are going to run an that will be the ringmaster, you have to have adequate size. you have to have them on a permanent basis. think we should have had two thirds. that is the national se

our identity as a nation -- unlike many other nations -- is not determined by geography or ethnicity, by soil or blood. being an american involves the embrace of high ideals and civic responsibility. we become the heirs of thomas jefferson by accepting the ideal of human dignity found in the declaration of independence. we become the heirs of james madison by understanding the genius and values of the u.s. constitution. we become the heirs of martin luther king, jr., by recognizing one another not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. this means that people of every race, religion, and ethnicity can be fully and equally american. it means that bigotry or white supremacy in any form is blasphemy against the american creed. [applause] and it means that the very identity of our nation depends on the passing of civic ideals to the next generation. we need a renewed emphasis on civic learning in schools. and our young people need positive role models. bullying and prejudice in our public life sets a national tone, provides permission for cruelty and bigotry, an

we passed the national defense operation acts by it voted 89-9. a the demonstration there were wanting bipartisan belief that the budget control act level defense spending is inadequate and be unacceptable. let me be clear. there is no tca level defense budget that would be sufficient to provide our military with what they need to fit fill current missions and prepare for future threats. for those of us who've been paying attention you heard the of the steady decline of our military. time and again, time and again our senior military defense leaders have sounded theit alarm about the dangers of the budget control act spending caps. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff are highest military officer jennifer -- general dunford has warned if we continue on the current path and that quote within five years we will lose our ability to protect power on how we defend the homeland advanced u.s. interest and meet our alliance commitments. make no mistake about it. what that means america's military advantage iser degrade. without the ability to protect

and mars later on his call for national unity and an address to the nation. refugee crisis she's under increasing international pressure over her failure to condemn the army for alleged abuses against the run more than half a million rand to have escaped to bangladesh since the crackdown began in late august so she says holding talks with bangladesh about returning summer handed to me and more. we are now negotiating with the government on the matter of accepting those who are now in bangladesh since our independence we have twice successfully negotiated with bangladesh on the issue based on the success which editions we are now negotiating for the time. more from me and mark. well for the bulk of the speech and science it she announced that they want to start rehabilitating bringing humanitarian aid assistance and rebuilding and state where the conflicts that military operations against the road is taking place but also perhaps the strangest part of the speech is that she called on donations from the public to help with that in endeavor basically calling on

each of you here today represents a vital part of the fabric of this nation and the nation that i love and that you love. you teach our children, you lead our churches, you protect our communities and you defend our nation. among you are leaders in government faith and business. fantastic people in this audience. i know some of them and believe me, they are very tough and very smart. sometimes they are to tell but that's okay. i have to deal with it. i have to deal with it. fantastic people. in fact, today hispanic american small businesses are growing at a tremendous rate especially among our latinas. [cheering and applause] raise your hands, go ahead. tough to compete with. i will tell you. those who are leading the way and starting new business. you are leading the way. you guys better get going and once we pass our historic tax form plan and we are having not only reform but having the largest tax cuts in the history of our country. [cheering and applause] if there's anybody in this room mind getting a massive tax cut? does anybody object to paying less taxes. i don't see any hands

s national security division, mr. demers additionally completed a detailed as counsel to the deputy attorney general. following his tenure at d.o.j., john joined the boeing company, are we served as vice president for international affairs, the vice president and assistant general counsel for global law affairs, the chief counsel fournettework and space systems and currently as the vice president and assistant general counsel for regulatory and government law. john's also currently an adjunct professor at georgetown university law certainty. john, you're being asked to lead the justice department's division responsible for our national security related investigations during a period of significant debate about what authorities and tools are lawful and appropriate. as you know the committee recently reported out a bill that would renew fisa's title seven authorities for eight years with additional privacy productions fosh -- protections for u.s. persons. i'm hopeful that this bill will pass the senate and ultimately be

we're trying to amplify that message nationally so there is broad recognition it is a national security problem. that it is bipartisan or non- partisan and goes across all structures. we have to wake up. at one time we thought we were invulnerable, it turns out we are vulnerable. >> go ahead. >> go ahead. >> hello. reuters. the last question on the topic is broader, more systemic vulnerabilities. recently notified hackers. -- by russian it is come out that a couple states said that is not true. what you told us was not in our election systems but maybe department or labor or something was scanned or one or two others. so i am wondering if the issue of how we run elections in america, the united states is on sort of this state, federal relationship if that is a specific vulnerability in your view that makes the united makes itre -- that more difficult to address these problems because of those tensions specifically. dhs has said it is trying to work more with the states, the states have said they are trying to work more but there is still a lot of tension in the room when they tried to d

distinguished guests, welcome to the national museum of american history on the national mall of the united states. this museum has been collecting gowns for the first ladies collection for more than a century. it is, and remains, one of the most popular exhibitions. on behalf of the smithsonian, i want to thank you for your generosity in allowing us to add to this collection. i began with my thanks and admiration to you, mr. pierre, for the design of this beautiful gallon. since its opening in 1964, this museum has embodied the smithsonian's dedication to american history. we told the story through actions and people, both famous and obscure. we inspire students through educational programs that reach them in our museums, their homes, and classrooms across the nation. object and artifacts help put that history into sharp focus. this gown is the height of fashion, something that pleases us aesthetically with its beauty, craftsmanship, and elegance. the aesthetics that drive artistic endeavor captive us. it is a uniquely human response. designer prada said fashion is instant language.

yearour nation's 241 history. and because this is an inaugural gown, like many others in the first ladies collection, it also helps underscore our values as a nation. this gown as director gray said is emblematic of the peaceful transition of power that is the hallmark of this democracy. it reminds us that our ideals still resonate over 200 years later. that for all of our flaws this nation is founded on a government by the people, for the people, and will endure. thanks to the administration, and congress, and everyone here at the national museum of american history for helping us in our mission to educate and inspire. and now it is my honor to ask you to join me in welcoming the first lady of the united states, melania trump. [applause] mrs. trump: thank you, so much. thank you for your warm welcome. it is an honor to be here today. i want to start by thanking director john gray and secretary skorton for the wonderful introduction. the staff here at the smithsonian has been a true pleasure to work with. thank yo

miz also had lasting effects on the nation. the constitution preamble we the people originally was written to say we the people of the states of new hampshire, massachusetts, connecticut, and so on. now had that stood the constitutional amendment process would have been required every time we add a new state. so we dodged a bullet there. the incompatibility clause provide senators wrs barred from other public office for a year after leaving the senate. that would have procolluded many prom meant appointments. most recently senator sessions appointment. and our nations leaders had earlier draft prevailed would have been referred to not as the president. but instead his excellent si. so think about that for a minute. and then there are edits that were rejected. limiting the size of the standing army to 5,000 soldiers. george washington who rarely spoke rose to state his opposition. he said, i should be holy in favor of the proposal. it needs only to be expanded to also require that no enemy shall ever invid with more than 5,000 t

this epidemic is a national ealth emergency. unlike many of us, we've seen and what we've seen in our lifetimes, nobody has seen anything like what's going on now. as americans, we cannot allow this to continue. it is time to liberate our communities from this scourge. of drug addiction. never been this way. we can be the generation that ends the opioid epidemic. we can do it. [applause] that is why, effective today, my administration is officially declaring the opioid crisis a national public health emergency under federal law. and why i am directing all executive agencies to use every appropriate emergency authority to fight the opioid crisis. this marks a critical step in confronting the extraordinary hallenge that we face. as part of this emergency response, we will announce a new policy to overcome a restrictive 1970's era rule that prevents states from providing care at certain treatment facilities with more than 16 beds for those suffering from drug addiction. [applause] a number of states have reached out to us asking fo

we responded in a likewise because took e's a proud nation we are a sovereign nation. you know we're seeing it you know this decision is to be reversed to kenya now where demonstrations have been banned in the central beds business districts of three cities including nairobi mombasa and chris so more this as a crisis deepens in kenya talks are being held on the future of the repeat presidential election which is due later this month philip net is a lecturer and political communications expert at the university of eldoret he says the main opposition leader who withdrew from the race later this month now faces a difficult decision on whether to run or not. right not being snow just good to see trisha. it's a good investment in letting the same behavior fit into forms in the form. of just fighting the b.c. you know i think it's not a. very good thing up to the show because not of the out of the seven. stocks i've been i don't. get a lot of good but it isn't that the does exist. and it's just that it's really going to try to be right know. this because. on the other would

of national security law podcast which is mixed up with crossfire and the national security news. we have one hour. into 40be divided minutes of discussion with panelists and 20 minutes of discussion with you. so as you are sitting there reacting, there are topics will not get to because of limits of time, you can i will remind you at the time >> i will remind you to keep your comments brief, or keep the questions brief. lastly, please silence your phones but don't necessarily put them away. we will be thrilled if you would join the conversation online, on , and i will trust you are not checking your email, you're just commenting and reacting to what we have said. that return you to our fabulous panelists. representativeh , representing my hometown of san antonio, the 20th district. he went on to harvard law and after a successful run in private rectus injured the texas legislature and now he's serving on the house select committee on intelligence and the house foreign affairs committee. great to have you here in austin. dr. -- dr. kathleen hicks, senior vice president for the sen

were made against the iranian nation. he has nothing else to say. i invite the president of the better read to history books and the gee oggra f i and as well as the international commitments as -- as respect and ethics international ethics. a pattern that he has nothing to --w that the u.s. government that more than 50 years ago have accrued to bring back to power the leadership in iran. it's the same power that used urn and pressure and agents to topple an elected illegal government in iran. parently, he has forgotten at the resistance of the iranian nation for democracy and that did the country throw most of its support was the united states. president trump has forgotten the fact that after the victory of the islamic revolution and at the end of the day the revolution the plot by the nited states was another coup. osk, one more time, they tried they tried to repeat it. they have forgotten the fact since the 1980's and it was the united states that backed the invaders. they forgot the fact that when iran was being bomb

s 16 of the national laboratories, they -- 16 other national laboratories, that are spread out in remote places around the world other country, provide scientific and technical breakthroughs to meet our national security and energy security needs from securing our electric grid to advancing storage technologies. does we examine the management priorities today build on the work i've asked , vice chairman barton to undertake with you to look at what a 21st century energy department should look like, we should keep in mind the benefits of the interconnected nature of the department's missions that these nations across the enterprise can be expensive and difficult to manage. so it is the responsibility of the secretary and this committee and congress to ensure the department is appropriately aligned to perform these nations -- missions and a cost-effective manner and to the maximum benefit of the text there. as chairman upton is indicated the energy threats today are not the same as the threats from the 1970s but there remain significant. -- taxpayer. the opportunities do as well. this commi

the nation's -- a nation's budget reflects its priority bus the g.o.p. budget continues to push the wrong ones, catering to the wealthy and the special interests. the g.o.p. likes to say a rising tide lifts every boat but only if every vessel is sea worthy. the g.o.p. budget leaves too many americans in dinghies, rubber rafts and row boats that will be capsized. it includes $5.4 trillion slashed from education programs, $2 trillion cut from medicaid and medicare. billion eliminated from investments to education, research and infrastructure that will prevent us from competing globally. the g.o.p. budget would devastate our economy. by balancing the budget on the backs of students, workers, seniors, the disabled and vulnerable communities in maryland and across our country. and for what? to provide tax cuts to the top 1%? people who make at least $900,000 every year? in stark contrast, the c.b.c. would create a fairer tax code and provide investments in our community. it would boost the g.d.p. by $321 billion. i too serve on the house armed services commit

god bless our great state, and god bless our nation, the greatest nation on earth, and with that, i am very privileged and honored to introduce the first lady and the president of the united states. i personally want to thank them on behalf of all of the people of nevada for taking the time to come out here and provide us their support and their comfort and everything else that they're going to bring to us, so with that, ladies and gentlemen, i would like to introduce the president of our great nation, donald trump. thank you. [applause] president trump: thank you very much, governor. we really appreciate that, and i tell you, the people of nevada and the extraordinary city have shown the world their incredible character and courage and resolve. nevada really is a very, very special place. i am honored to be here today at the las vegas metropolitan police department in the company of heroes. thank you to our police, our firefighters, and to our first responders, and, of course, to the sheriff. an incredible job you have done. mayor. hello, mayor. [laughter] president trump: senator hel

as well as the administration's anticipated national security strategy and national cybersecurity strategy that are expected in the next several months and then when we have a broader understanding of where the department is going, that will then feed into the cybersecurity strategy. that said, rolling it all back to the requirement in the ndaa that you authored, it is still a priority to finalize that report. that said as a department we are moving forward with the number of our priorities and i do want to touch on a couple things you mentioned early, as the senior official performing the duties, while we do not have a permanent under secretary, i've been theoriesed and given the very clear direction by acting secretary duke to move out and execute every aspect of mmppd. so while we do not have a permanent under secretary right now, i have all the authority i believe i need to execute the department's mission within mmppd. >> with regards to a strategy and we talk about in terms of report, let me just take that aside. do we have a department wide strategy with how we're -- how we deal wit

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the chair will postpone further proceedings today on motions to suspend the rules on which a recorded vote or the yeas and nays are ordered or on which the vote incurs objection under clause 6 of rule 20. the house will resume proceedings on postponed questions at a later time. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i move to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 2316. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar bill 207, h.r. 2316, a to amend the mineral leasing act and the energy policy act of 1992 to repeal provisions relating only to the allegheny .ational forest the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. thompson, and the gentleman from virginia, mr. mceachin, each will control 20 minutes. the chair rec

ambassador to you to the united nations as well as your case x. prime minister david cameron believe that u.n. peacekeeping mission want to help solve the conflict but actually will just freeze it. and if you look at for instance northern cyprus it's recognized only by turkey it has been existing for half a century like that do you think the same thing can happen to ukraine. there's always a risk of that there are a few missions that have been. deployed for years without solution you mentioned cyprus one could mention western sahara i think that is something to be to be avoided but i prefer. a cold conflict than a hot war and so i think for the people in ukraine who are suffering from the conflict having a deescalation of violence would be a net benefit i think at the moment there are deep divisions in europe in the understanding of what european security should be and so i think the fundamental resolution of the conflict is probably in the immediate future very hard to to achieve but in the meantime making a difference in the lives of the poor pe

we're trying to amplify that message nationally so there is broad recognition it is a national security problem. that it is bipartisan or non- partisan and goes across all structures. we have to wake up. at one time we thought we were invulnerable, it turns out we are vulnerable. >> go ahead. >> go ahead. >> hello. reuters. the last question on the topic is broader, more systemic vulnerabilities. recently notified hackers. -- by russian it is come out that a couple states said that is not true. what you told us was not in our election systems but maybe department or labor or something was scanned or one or two others. so i am wondering if the issue of how we run elections in america, the united states is on sort of this state, federal relationship if that is a specific vulnerability in your view that makes the united makes itre -- that more difficult to address these problems because of those tensions specifically. dhs has said it is trying to work more with the states, the states have said they are trying to work more but there is still a lot of tension in the room when they tried to d

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