state they need a bit license for the new york state department financial services two weeks ago the new york state department financial services issued new guidance and they said that if you want to operate from or or to new york residents we're going to expect you to have a bit more than just. procedures we're going to expect you to have good cyber security would expect you to monitor fraud and manipulation so that they try to in fact develop some guidance that suggested that these exchanges have to do more than just exist you are the guy who knows that all that stuff in detail boyd thank you for sharing it with our viewers we hope you'll come back again gary to wall off from cat mutual thanks for being here thank you always good to see you great. time now for a quick break but stick around because when we return we have an exclusive interview with michael dell because he's the lead business reporter at coin desk which is the preeminent publication around the world building with blog she's a digital currency i'm going to ask him what is the thin

need a bit license for the new york state department financial services two weeks ago the new york state department financial services issued new guidance and they said that if you want to operate from or or to new york residence we're going to expect you to have a bit more than just a m l type procedures we're going to expect you to have good cyber security would expect you to monitor fraud and manipulation so that they try to in fact develop some guidance that suggested that these exchanges have to do more than just exist you are the guy who knows that all that stuff in detail boyd thank you for sharing it with our viewers we hope you'll come back again gary to wall off from kat mutual thanks for being here thank you always good to see you great. time now for a quick break but stick around because when we return we have an exclusive interview with michael dell because he's the lead business reporter at coin desk which is the preeminent publication around the world filling with water she's a digital currency i'm going to ask you what is the thing most important we don't know plus i'll g

department of state that have moved around a lot. and different cities as well. washington was not the original capital of the united states. the first capital was in new york city. the department of state is the oldest cabinet agency that was established. thomas jefferson was our first secretary of state. george washington formally asked him to be secretary of state. he was in france at the time but he agreed. the first was in new york and then it moved to philadelphia in 1790. it was there for about 10 years until all of the federal offices moved back to washington dc. the department of state is very small but they had -- there was no home for them until 1819 when a brick structure was built flanking the white house. that was the home of the department of state for a number of years. john quincy adams was the first secretary to occupy that space. sewardt was william right after the civil war. it was determined it was too small. they needed a bigger building. that building was demolished and the building put in its place is old executive office building, but in 1875 it was the new executive office building. it remained there until it was determined once ag

new york state, we're building the new new york. to grow your business with us in new york state, visit esd.ny.gov >> laura: president trump is directing the justice departmentok into a band in the wake of the florida shooting, or the las vegas shooting more accurately. he's targeting bomb stocks, like the one used in that las vegas shooting in october. >> it just a few moments ago i signed a memorandum directing the attorney general to propose regulations to ban all devices that turn legal weapons into machine guns. >> laura: 's bomb stocks semiautomatic rifles to fire rapidly. close to an automatic rifle. joining us now to discuss implications of the president's move our executive director of the gun owners of america, eric pratt and philippe, senior advisor to the former secretary of state hillary clinton. great to have you both on. we will start with you. good move on the part of the president? >> i don't think you will be surprised to hear me say yes. but i grew up in new york city. i'm not going to pretend i'm a lifelong hunter, i've never been hunting, i'm an animal lover. i totally understand why people of hunting. to meet guns with the bad guys had

new york state, we're building the new new york. to grow your business with us in new york state, visit esd.ny.gov. >> fox report now. headlines from the fox news deck. a police departmentn is apologizing to one of larry naser's victims for not taking action years ago. 265 girls and women have come forward to say the former gymnastics doctor molested them. today the police chief in meridian township near lansing held a news conference and said he was sorry to a woman that reported her assault in 2004 and said she was ignored. the chief said nasser deceived his detectives. nasa scientists said an a astronomer found a satellite that was missing for decades. turns out, a satellite nasa couldn't locate. north korean athletes arriving in south korea for the winter olympics. it's another sign of good will between the countries. north and south korean teams training together in north korea yesterday. >> shepard: the senate's top republican predicts the government will not shut down again. he says he thinks that democrats learned their lesson in the last battle over immigration. >> i don't think we'll see a shut down again over this subject. one of my favorite old kentucky sayi

>> in 1955, anderson became the first african-american to perform with the new york metropolitan opera and the state department goodwill ambassador. she sang the national anthem at president john f. kennedy's inauguration. he later awarded her the presidential medal of freedom. in 1991, she was given a grammy award for lifetime achievement. marian anderson died in 1993 at the age of 96. >> that's a life well lived. a great morning to honor marian and the city of philadelphia. if you've got a monumental american, tweet us, #velshiruhle. or follow us on twitter @velshiruhle. >> look at that. >> god, i do love monumental american. it is my favorite part of the show. >> thank you for sending us ideas. we'll be right back. and then i n type 2 diabetes puts me at greater risk for heart attack or stroke. can one medicine help treat both blood sugar and cardiovascular risk? i asked my doctor. he told me about non-insulin victoza®. victoza® is not only proven to lower a1c and blood sugar, but for people with type 2 diabetes treating their cardiovascular disease, victoza® is also approved to lower the risk of major cv e

state department scholarship and he worked for a new york law firm which represented the organization commodity a group that appeared earlier when we learned about the color revolutions and we're dealing with a democratic bloodless revolution this is the revolution of roses and this is mikail saakashvili with camara busy overthrowing the legitimately elected president eduard shevardnadze. but. that's because. soon after the rose revolution blossom fully george announced its intentions to join nato and plant fresh nato military bases in the fertile soil right on russia's border never ever will give our freedom and independence never ever will give any piece of our territory saakashvili is mission was accomplished at least with his friends and nato the georgian populace wasn't quite as happy though in two thousand and seven they took to the streets to voice discontent and mr saakashvili responded with force. the people's discontent. saakashvili party lost parliamentary elections and the opposition took control he said this means that the parliamentary majority and new government as the

state department scholarship and he worked for a new york law firm which represented the organization come on or a group that appeared earlier when we learned about the color revolutions we're dealing with democratic blood blister aleutian this is the revolution of roses and this is me kyle saakashvili with camara busy overthrowing the legitimately elected president eduard shevardnadze. but i. was feeling. soon after the rose revolution foley georgia announced its intentions to join nato and planned fresh nato military bases in the fertile soil right on russia's border never. never never will give any piece of our territory saakashvili is mission was accomplished at least with his friends and nato the georgian populace wasn't quite as happy though in two thousand and seven they took to the streets to voice discontent and mr saakashvili responded with force. the people's discontent the. release party lost parliamentary elections and the opposition took control. the president. decided not to wait for the results of the president's election and fled the country in october two thousand an

state department scholarship and he worked for a new york law firm which represented the organization come on or a group that appeared earlier when we learned about the color revolutions we're dealing with democratic bloodless revolution this is the revolution of roses and this is meet kyle saakashvili with camara busy overthrowing the legitimately elected president eduard shevardnadze. was. soon after the rose revolution blossomed foley georgia announced its intentions to join nato and planned fresh nato military bases in the fertile soil right on russia's border never ever will give our freedom and independence never ever will give any piece of our territory saakashvili is mission was accomplished at least with his friends and nato the georgian populace wasn't quite as happy though in two thousand and seven they took to the streets to voice discontent and mr saakashvili responded with force. the people's discontent. saakashvili party lost parliamentary elections and the opposition took control this means that the parliamentary majority and new government the president. decided not t

state department. the state department which made its way over to the fbi. today, "new york post" editorial writer michael good win wrote this about the whole thing it increasingly appears that the clinton machine was the secret original source of virtually all the allegations about trump and russia, that led to the fbi investigation. joining me now is senator lindsey graham. thank you for being with us this evening. >> good evening. that was a mouthful. >> martha: it was. hope it makes sense. >> there will be a test at the end of the segment, folks. >> martha: not only that but now we will lay new information on top of all of this because you have put out a new memo today that highlights an email that susan rice, advisor to president obama, wrote to herself on inauguration day 2017. can you explain to us what you found there. >> yes. i found an odd and disturbing email from susan rice at 12:15 on january the 20th, the day of inauguration. she emails herself about a meeting that occurred on january the 5th in the oval office. and she says in the email that the president was

first home was in new york, and shortly afterwards it moved to philadelphia in 1790.it was there for about 10 years until all the federal offices moved to washington dc. the department of state, very there was no home permanently for them until 1819 when a brick structure was built flanking the white house on 15th street. that was the home of the department of state for a number of years in 1819. john quincy adams was the first secretary to occupy that. the last was william seward, right after the civil war. it was determined that it was too small and they needed a much bigger building. that holding was demolished. the building put in its place was the current -- the old executive office building. the state remained there for a very long time until it was determined once again it was too small, mostly because of world we ii, and we realized needed not only an disease, we needed consulates, more protection for american citizens. it was determined the foggy bottom location was going to be the permanent home of the department of state. >> no sooner did they move into foggy bottom -- [laughter] theirl, it wasn't original home either, it was built for the war department. one of t

it's the story of a small town inll new york state where they were drowning in data with doctor was dying of a heart attack and the fire departmentr that served the old man and the young doctor died. thousands of people came to his funeral. his family discovered a journal that he had kept and have it translated. the opening lines of that journal said do something good for someone else every day of your life and tell no one what you did because by talking about it, you might lose the benefit. so i would suggest finding a way toe help somebody every day even if it is a smile. the professions that i admire in america are three that put the t uniforms on and the fourth as teachers in schools to learn a subject and give themselves away using their subjects t the subjr people knowledge and they are not as respected as i think they should be. my feelings are we should be giving a little bit of ourselves every single day. that is the advice i would give. [applause] >> we are all part of humanity. if we think of everything as living on this earth the trees, birds, fish, animals, it all comes with the territory and that has to be protected

. >> reporter: these are questions authorities in new york state now are trying to answer too. the sheriff's department1 for help from the airport's rental car terminal. he said was in a big rig. >> he slept a lot didn't recall the driver. >> reporter: the sergeant said filippidis was found in his ski clothes and helmet, had a credit card, new cell phone, nearly $1,000 cash but no identification. >> we believe he was dropped off at some point the night prior to him calling us in downtown sacramento. he stayed the night down there and at this point, what we believe is he slept on the street based on his description of where he was. >> reporter: he said filippidis appeared to be disoriented. when asked to describe a blue sign, he said it was green. they eventually took him to a yolo county hospital. >> he say, i just remember sleeping the whole time. that's all i remember him saying i was sleeping. >> such a bizarre story. the man is expected to meet with investigators in upstate new york. >> the sheriff's department says they think he may have sustained some kind of head injury. ♪[ music ] >>> you hear

contributor to usa today or the new york times or other publications the author of several widely acclaimed books of military history structured on the u.s. state department and many military institutions and commander from iraq and afghanistan in his book the road not taken it is an honor to welcome general petraeus back to new york historical society as moderator for this evening's program u.s. army retired is currently a partner in the global investment firm kkr and chairman also the judge professor at university of southern california and general petraeus served 37 years in the u.s. army including a commander of coalition forces in iraq and afghanistan and commander of u.s. central command. following his retirement he served as the director of the cia during which time to play a central role in the important achievements with the global war on terror. so now help me to welcome to make sure anything that makes noise is switched off so please join me to welcome general petraeus and max boot. [applause] >> thank you very much it is wonderful to be back it is wonderful to be on stage for someone i have such high regard and admiration and a special treat w

new york. >>> more than a year into the presidency, and president trump's state department still does not haveey areas around the world. >> some really critical spots, in regions rife with conflict, like the korean peninsula, turkey remain unfilled. nic robertson reports. >> reporter: from belgium to belize, south korea to south africa, president trump has a problem. his embassies have no ambassador. nearly 40 posts vacant with around 30 still awaiting a nominee. meaning one in every five ambassadorial posts is unfilled. a quick scroll down of the home page for senior state department officials shows a similarly scanty covering of key positions. six of the top nine positions vacant. trump is a year into his presidency, and has a third fewer ambassadorial nominations than his predecessor obama over the same time frame. on capitol hill, alarm bells are ringing. >> the foreign service is being hollowed out with a significantly lower number in the incoming classes, putting at risk the next generation of leaders. >> reporter: but trump has an answer. on foreign policy, own his opinion counts. >> we

departments in major cities in the united states. houston, tucson he, metropolitan d.c., boston, new york city, baltimore, seattle. these are all cities where the chief of police has come out against this law. there are more if you want me to read more. >> sure. >> how do you explain that? >> there are folks on both sides of the argument. and i think good folks on both sides who are honestly trying to protect their citizens. i just disagree with the conclusions. >> so you're saying new york or los angeles or chicago, big cities have no right to pass any laws that regulates who can carry a weapon. >> these cities and these states can still continue to have protect their citizens -- - >> but they can't have a law that prohibits someone from carrying a concealed weapon. >> right. just like a driver's license. you can't say you can't drive here. >> it's not just leek a driver's license. because to get a driver's license you have to demonstrate a proficiency and establish that you're not going to endanger the public. and that you understand all the laws governing it. but that's not the case in terms of possessing -- ge

. >> how could be state department seriously argue that they didn't know that any of this was going on? even back then, the fbi had offices in new york, washington, los angeles, and little rock starting this investigation. it is just beyond belief that the clinton foundation at least wasn't advised that the fbi was making this, surely this would have found its way to the secretary of state. >> laura: let's move to draining the swamp. what we thought was going to happen with the republicans in charge of the house, the senate, and still some fiscal responsibility in this budget process, but here we are again right up against the clock. rand paul gave a speech today on the senate floor, it was unbelievable, let's watch a piece of it. >> are you going to cheer for the republicans and democrats holding hands and having a trillion dollar deficit, or are you going to say to yourself, hmm, i'm suspicious that the republicans and democrats are clasping hands and giving us a trillion dollar deficit. >> laura: dan, a trillion dollars added to the deficit, trillion dollars we are going to have to borrow. your reaction? >> well, kind of a mixed f

we're looking at now is the state department and some of the irregularities there and some of the most vocal critics the memo have been the washington post and the new york times that journalism is currently the subject of a new film but it's the american explains journalistic values can change over time the washington post and the new york times once established themselves as shining beacons of true journalism a brave group of reporters who would stop at nothing to find out as much as they can in their quest for truth but i'm actually talking about the seventy's back then new york times and poster as risk jail time by publishing classified documents on the vietnam war the new york times begins its explosive series based on the pentagon papers publication of a covert version of the war that recount due to much of the optimistic talk that permeated officials to. now daniel ellsberg leaks the documents to the washington post you want to learn more go to the movies and check out the oscar nominated film the post seems like the perfect robot alter trump's attacks on the media and according to the creators that was actually the intention one thing that both o

we're looking at now is the state department and some of the irregularities there well some of the most vocal critics of the memo have been the washington post and the new york times that journalism is currently the subject of a new film but as samir a con explains journalistic values can change over time. the washington post and the new york times once established themselves as shining beacons of true journalism a brave group of reporters who would stop at nothing to find out as much as they can in their quest for truth but i'm actually talking about the seventy's back then new york times and poster less risk jail time by publishing classified documents on the vietnam war the new york times begins its explosive series based on the pentagon papers publication of a covert version of the war that ran counter to much of the optimistic talk that had permeated official statements for years now daniel ellsberg leaks the documents to the washington post you want to learn more go to the movies and check out the oscar nominated film the post seems like the perfect robot alter trump attacks on the media and according to the creators that was actually the intention one

the united states justice department has indicted thirteen russian nationals over alleged meddling in america's twenty sixteen presidential election. there's been the line now live from new york bring us up to date. well it's being widely reported that these individuals thirteen russian individuals as well as three russian entities are being charged with meddling in the u.s. election but if you actually read the indictment there are specific charges there is no such crime under the u.s. federal laws known as meddling at this point they're being charged with conspiracy to defraud the united states as well as violations of the federal elections commission is act and the foreign agents registration act essentially it's alleged that these thirteen people as well as three entities purchased advertisements on social media and gaged in some banks transactions and tried to influence the elections of the united states they supposedly were disparaging hillary clinton and favoring donald trump that's the allegation the documents the indictment talks about information warfare against the united states and now these individuals that are charged none of them are actually in the united stat

what we're looking at now is the state department and some of the irregularities there some of the most vocal critics of the memo have been the washington post and the new york times the journalism is currently the subject of a new film but as i recall it explains journalistic values can change over time the washington post and the new york times once establish themselves as shining beacons of true journalism a brave group of reporters who would stop at nothing to find out as much as they can in their quest for truth but i'm actually talking about the seventy's back then new york times and poster less risk jail time by publishing classified documents on the vietnam war the new york times begins its explosive series based on the pentagon papers publication of a covert version of the war that recount due to much of the optimistic talk that it permeated official state. now daniel ellsberg leaks the documents to the washington post you want to learn more go to the movies and check out the oscar nominated film the post seems like the perfect robot alter trumps the talks on the media and according to the creators that was actually the intention one thing that both

there's huge opposition to this bill, among police departments in major cities in the united states: houston; tucson; metropolitan d.c.; boston; new yorke; seattle. these are all cities where the chief of police has come out against this law. i can-- there are more, if you want me to read more. >> hudson: sure. well, look-- >> kroft: now how do you explain that? >> hudson: i mean, there are folks on both sides of the argument-- and i think good folks on both sides, who are honestly trying to protect their citizens. i just disagree with the conclusions. >> kroft: so you're saying new york or los angeles or chicago big cities have no right to pass any laws that regulates who can carry a weapon. >> hudson: these cities and these states can still continue to have whatever laws they want to protect their citizens. >> kroft: except they can't have a law that prohibits someone from carrying a concealed weapon? >> hudson: right. just like a driver's license. you can't say you can't drive here-- >> kroft: it's not just like a driver's license. because to get a driver's license, you have to demonstrate a proficiency, and establish that you're no

what we're looking at now is the state department and some of the irregularities there some of the most vocal critics of the memo have been the washington post and the new york times their journalism is currently the subject of a new film. explains that in this report journalistic values change over time. the washington post and the new york times once established themselves as shining beacons of true journalism a brave group of reporters who would stop at nothing to find out as much as they can in their quest for truth but i'm actually talking about the seventy's back then new york times and poster as risk jail time by publishing classified documents on the war the new york times begins its explosive series based on the pentagon papers publication of a covert version of the war recount due to much of the optimistic talk that permeated officials to. now daniel ellsberg leaks the documents to the washington post you want to learn more go to the movies and check out the oscar nominated film the post seems like the perfect robot all to trump attacks on the media and according to the creators that was actually the intention one thing that both of these areas hav

state department people are fooled. we have done some of the biggest deals in new york city. that was the attitude.ld see them sort of stumbling through this diplomatic mind field. >> it's always been strange that new york real estate and guy that owns a newspaper, it doesn't mean he is not a smart guy. the idea that they were going to treat the united states of america like the trump organization and president trump would come in and make a decision and fire somebody and get things done was always nice. >>> it's not like he walked in and said i'm going to be doing this. donald trump had nobody that knew what they were doing around him. he didn't have anybody with real experience. so he told his son-in-law, hey, you go do this. his son-in-law, again, anybody in that position would be ill prepared. they would say we are going to do peace in the middle east and find out three or six months later oh, wait, it's not that easy. >> and you still have jared kushner working on these foreign policy policies, how does it change what he is able to do? what does it mean? it means he cannot do his job. maybe he

we're looking at now is the state department and some of the irregularities there well some of the most vocal critics of the might have been the washington post and the new york times the journalism is currently the subject of a new film called explains the journalistic values and change over time. the washington post and the new york times once established themselves as shining beacons of true journalism a brave group of reporters who would stop at nothing to find out as much as they can in their quest for truth but i'm actually talking about the seventy's back then new york times and poster as risk jail time by publishing classified documents on the war the new york times begins its explosive series based on the pentagon papers publication of a covert version of the war recount due to much of the optimistic talk that permeated officials to. now daniel ellsberg leaks the documents to the washington post you want to learn more go to the movies and check out the oscar nominated film the post seems like the perfect robot alter trump attacks on the media and according to the creators that was actually the contention one thing that both of these areas have in com

we're looking at now is the state department and some of the irregularities there and some of the most vocal critics of the memo have been the washington post and the new york times they're currently the subject of a new film but a similar call it explains journalistic values can change over time the washington post and the new york times once established themselves as shining beacons of true journalism a brave group of reporters who would stop at nothing to find out as much as they can in their quest for truth but i'm actually talking about the seventy's back then new york times and poster less risk jail time by publishing classified documents on the vietnam war the new york times begins its explosive series based on the pentagon papers publication of a covert version of the war that recount due to much of the optimistic talk that permeated officials to. now daniel ellsberg leaks the documents to the washington post you want to learn more go to the movies and check out the oscar nominated film the post seems like the perfect were bottle to trump attacks on the media and according to the creators that was actually the intention one thing that both of these

department i don't think this is right. >> some people see taxes increase a little bit. high tax states, new jersey, new yorke aware of? >> if you don't have proper withholding and taxes going -- underpayment penalties for not withholding taxes, that is the employees responsibility, not the employer. >> viewer questions for you, looking at them right now. jeffrey on twitter asks what if an employer didn't plug the new withholding table in time for the february 1st paycheck? >> that is the case where you need to go to the payroll department and say how come this wasn't done? there's always the ability to catch up, getting proper withholding. >> it is easier if you make sure it is done not handle? carol on facebook as a question for you. will they be affected by this? >> social security is unaffected, no changes related to social security. >> raymond says cuts and withholdings. more or less or the same on the paycheck in 2019. >> assuming your pay is consistent, it is consistent as far as what taxes are for the next year. it is permanent into next year. jillian: a lot of people, someone said my paycheck, more

new york city. overnight russia calling for a truce in a region in syria to let civilians leave the area targeted by the moscow backed government. the state departmentr an immediate legal to the operation by the asad regime which killed 500 people this last week. russia is alarmed by an american thread of military action in the region claiming it would be against the law. at home donald from promising to turn grief into action in the wake of the florida school shooting, the commander-in-chief pushing for change at a meeting with governors as the gun control debate continues to heat up across the country. the president has a bipartisan meeting with lawmakers. >> they are invited. we will see if they show up. if we learned anything yesterday donald trump does not intend to allow the act on gun control, and revealed he met with the nra, strengthening background checks. >> lunch with wayne lapierre, i want to tell you they went to do something. we will do strong background checks, got to do background checks was if we see a sicko i don't want them having a gun. >> accusing some in the room of being too afraid of bucking them and arming teachers, democra

department on this matter. thanks capable to bring this brought up today live from new york ok let's stay with the story and discuss it with the genius state senator of richard black joins me on the line now nice to have you on with us richard let's just get your initial reaction then to these indictments what would you personally think about them. i have to have to read through them but from what i hear it sounds like. rather trivial accusations one of the interesting things that came out was the. then apparently they claim that. the russians were trying to influence americans towards voting either for bernie sanders or for donald trump well. the campaign of bernie sanders and donald trump both said that they wanted to normalize relations with russia and so it's only reasonable that russian citizens would prefer to have someone who's not threatening now with nuclear war so i don't think that that's unusual and frankly that the fact that emails were leaked i don't i don't trust any of the intelligence agencies around the world blind to challenge us who leaked those e-mails. we know that julian or sloan with wiki leaks who who disseminated

chicago, cook county, new york city, denver, los angeles, san francisco, louisville, kentucky, jackson, mississippi, and the three states of california, illinois and oregon. the department of justice is re-examining the policy of administrative closure, which many considered back door amnesty by the obama administration. there are 350,000 closed cases, illegal aliens that could be deported. the cases are just closed. backlogs it turns out have increased. there are 658,000 bag log cases, over 1 million people with immigration violations. attorney general sessions is now reviewing to see what categories might be reopened. in addition, he is hiring additional immigration judges that work for the justice department in the bureau of immigration appeal. let's go into the weeds and look at one example of vetting. vetting people coming into this country. let's take the k-1 fiancee fee visa. remember the woman involved in the mass murder attack in san bernardino, california, was admitted under the k-1 visa. there are two steps. the first step is a petition by an american citizen for his alien fiancee to immigration service. this is supposed to include face to face interviews. th

theodore roosevelt did, roosevelt was the first commissioner of the new york city police department, this was an occasion of one state, germany, having committed a crime. and germany had to be punished. that was the way you did it. you proved to the world if one state gets out of line, you smack it down. david lloyd george of the british believed what happened was the system got i am balanced and what you needed to do was kr recreate that balance. everybody has their own idea of what is going to make it right. i have to confess in the eight years i've been teaching at the army war college i am inclined to the democratic peace theory. democratic states can certainly go to war. and third, that the international organization's point that you brought up, i'm sympathetic to a french friend of mine who said the difference isn't that americans have turned this can back on international institutions. the difference is the united states no longer dominates them. that is what has unnerved americans which would reflect on ares point, international law is very much the preserve of the people who write and enforce the laws. so, t

department of justice. before my current role, i supervised the narcotics unit in new york. prior to that, was an assistant united statesttorney in new york where i prosecuted criminals and national security defendants including osama bin laden's son-in-law and the attempted times square bomber. on the day that attorney general jeff sessions was sworn in, president trump set executive orders to reduce crime in america and target trans national crime. as acting assistant attorney general, i support the attorney general in accomplishing these goals by directing the enforcement of all criminal laws with the exception of those that are designated to other divisions of the department of justice. as sarah mentioned, my duties include oversight of the 700 prosecutors in the criminal division and that includes the organized crime and gang section, the capital case section, the office of overseas prosecutorial development assistant and training. i had the opportunity just now to brief president trump about one of the most significant threats to the public safety of our communities ms-13. and i appreciate the opportunity to also