of the people of these states under the auspices of liberty sorm careful of of preservation as required to that of the glory of the apollo moon negative applies of every nation that is yet aer stranger to it. the solicitude for your welfare, and the apprehension of danger to offer to solemny, of yo contemplation sentiments of the results of muchy reflection with no considerable observation to the up permanency as people. these would be offered to you as you can only see in them to have no personal motive nor can i forget your indulgent reception of my sentiments with everyone ligament of your heart the unity of government is dearer to you. the edifice of your real independence your peace abroad of safety and prosperity will liberty they use so highly prized.ed but it is easy to foresee that much pains will be taken to weaken the conviction of this truth against those to be covertly and insidious with that and for that moment future properly estimate the immense value menu should cherish the individual attachment to it with the political safety and prosperity watching for preservation to

of rights. some history to review. september 17, 1787, the constitution is proposed by the constitutional convention. it does not contain a bill of rights. why? madison says that a bill of rights would be unnecessary or dangerous. unnecessary because the constitution itself is the bill of rights and by constraining congress' power and the president's power, it gives the federal government no authority to infringe the retained inalienable natural rights of conscience and speech and other basic liberties. and dangerous because madison that is the right answer rights in the bill of rights, people might wrongly assumed it is separate down, it is not protected. because the framers believed with certain unalienable rights are god or nature, not government can do is dangerous to confine them to a definitely a spirit because of the heroic protest that the anti-federalist that neither three gentleman you can see just as site here and signers hall, george mason, i'll are at the virginia declaration of rig

about a quarter of a million acres of land are under the jurisdiction of the bureau of land management. this is public land. it belongs to all of us. you know, this land is your land. well, this is the land that belongs to the american people, and the repeal today of a new public review process on land planning is -- i don't understand it. i was once deputy secretary at the department of interior, and i oversaw the bureau of land management, and i was operating under the law that was old in the 1990's. but here we are with this new -- with this repeal of a new process, a process that actually invited into the land planning for the bureau of land management. where the roads are going to go, how are they going to manage the various uses of the land, whether it's agriculture for cattle or for recreation or hunting or whatever, that they invite into that process all of the local agencieses, the county, the state -- agencies, the county, the state, environmental groups, hunting, fishing, cattlemen, whoever would have a stake in that, they were invited into the process. it shortened the proc

of the state of maryland. these two very important individuals in the history of morgan state university, dr. martin d. jenkins, the second african-american president, and dr. oliver -- dwight oliver wendell holmes, who was the first. and what you see is one of the first physical models for the campus. so dr. holmes was passing the baton to dr. jenkins, and they had laid out a 20-year physical campus plan for morgan, much of which reflects the history of morgan today in terms of the physical environment. the erection of the holmes hall, the first clock tower building, was planned and erected to be one of the sort of guiding principles in terms of the built environment on the campus as far as direction. and it is a significant addition to the campus and helps to orient what morgan is referring to as a long walk. this is the campus by 1967 when it has celebrated its centennial anniversary. there are several very important leaders who have led this institution. it is important to note that it reflects the america

of dr. lloyd -- david lloyd george who is not a conservative who said -- quote -- "a politician is a person with whose politics you don't agree. if you agree with him, he's a statesman." tom price's nomination is something that i believe would have been relatively noncontroversial even a few years ago. i know that when i quoted in favor of the confirmation of sylvia burwell as the secretary of health and human services for president obama's cabinet, i looked at her qualifications, not her politics. if we look at dr. price with the same lens, i am hopeful that we will see a bipartisan vote for this confirmation. the nomination of tom price is a great opportunity for our country to benefit from his knowledge, to benefit from his dedication, to benefit from his lifetime of service, and to benefit from his commitment to working with us all to improve health care in the united states. mr. president, i yield the floor and suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call

of betsy devos to the position of secretary of education. ms. devos is extraordinarily unqualified to lead such a department. the fact that the president has chosen such a person with no experience in education administration in any capacity at any level is an insult to the millions of teachers, students and school administrators across the country. ms. devos' policies will undermine already struggling public school systems by allocating taxpayer funds to advance a cynical and deeply troubling agenda against established science. i myself am a recipient of federal college grants and loans and i am growing increasingly concerned about ms. devos' competency in managing the looming student debt crisis. now more than ever is a time for the education department to be run by capable and caring individuals, not willfully ignorant ones." a young mother from winthrop also reached out to us. she had this to say -- "i urge you to vote no on a confirmation of betsy devos, a singularly unqualified individual among a visitorrable sea of unqualified individ

specifically of federal policy-makerring is mostly the work of members of congress, of both chambers and of both political parties, who understand that the best way to avoid being blamed by voters, for unpopular laws, is not to make them -- at least not to make them completely, but, rather, to empower unelected bureaucrats to make the laws for them. but the regulatortory agencies themselves -- but the regulatory agencies themselves sometimes deserve some of the blame as well. congress is guilty of writing laws that are couched in vague terms, centered around gauzy goals instead of understandable rules. but federal regulators are guilty of interpreting and repeatedly reinterpreting those laws in order to accommodate their ever-expanding conception of their own power, of their own authority to work their own will on the american people. for instance, in the years since congress passed the clean air act amendments in 1977, federal bureaucrats have used the law to enact more than 13,500 pages of regulations, which works out to roughly 30 pages of regulations for every one page of underly

in terms of loss of life, and so on. that great, and is basically a national consensus. and beyond that i would say pretty much throughout the cold war. cold war ends at the end of 17 but at the end of the communist era. there should have been some kind of general reassessment, that did not happen. why did that happen? i think there are two reasons, one is that you had journalists, a kind of. where first the first. in the 1990s when our great poly had a great, predominance was chief. >> but it's amazing to think we did not pay for the first gulf war. other people pay for it. we ended up with a surplus. that's unheard of. casualties, thank goodness were low and also in the islam force so you had over a decade where predominance was achieved. so why even discuss it? then you have a crisis of 9/11 andeverything that followed . and the debate that took that direction so in some ways this is sort of the late version of that. it would have come even absent trump. you could argue that the burden centered candidacy but it would

a lot of the states of things that they do well. not too many states have many, many things that they do well. 49 ranked states. low infrastructure, estate with infrastructure problems could be number one with health care. each of those components becomes its own ranking. how do we look at those in terms of health care, in terms of education? in health care, with mckenzie we did a citizen's survey, what matters to you? where not just randomly taking these numbers. high insurance rates, though states are going to do well. high achievement rates, the achievement gap between minorities and majorities, these are all key factors that roll up into what turns out to be a best state, but within those components, there's very interesting things that everybody can draw on and hopefully benefit from. so, this is, as i say, a new websites. it will be produced, launch on tuesday. it will have news. it will have profiles of states. it will have opportunities to interact with tourism and economic development. we are primarily a consumer facing com

education you two black members of the board of education two black numbers of city college board of trustees, we are here and ready to fight. it's not just about elections. it's not just about elections. it's about the people who work every day and our community with our students and with our families to make sure that they get the opportunities that they deserve. so as we were to trump bigotry as we look to trump hatred as we work to trump ignorance, as we were to trump all the ills of society, know that we are working hard together and i know that we have everyone in this audience, everyone here in the city on the same side. so thank you so much for being here today. >>[applause] lastly, i also want to honor and acknowledge our vice president of the board of education ido mendoza mcdonald. thank you so much for being here today. god bless you all. >>[applause] >> thank you president walton. now, it's that time to bring forward-i think before i get it wrong in the program again-the keynote speaker for today. in your program there's a profile on landon-and i will take the time to re

a department of interior study clearly said that 93% of all the impacts has already been taken care of and does not actually exist. it would be easy for us to do and would put us back to a rule established in 1983 that is effective in protected these areas. 93% of these streams have no impact by this whatsoever. it also clearly says under the report that when this was done, this rule was being done, the states who are legally supposed to be coordinated and be a part of the process were shout out of the process. one of the reasons they are still suing. which means the memo of understanding sign by those states was ignored by the agency in coming up with this rule. and that states who regulate 97% of the nation's coal production, states and tribes who have it in line, they are ready to move forward with it, they were simply shut out of the process. it's a poor process. there was a former icob of this body, a great -- icon of this body, a great member, who allegedly said, if you plet let's me make the procedure, i'll screw you other every time. this is poor procedure that has pr deuced a

part of it was that because of the exhibition, i sort of lingered in that space. theirroup came in to do choral practice, so i got this extra bit of audiovisual help. one of our goals is just to hold people, with people stopped moving -- let people stop moving. let them go through the passage of time, and hold people in a space that is somewhat unusual. that is a powerful experience. i can't member anything supposed to have learned in that stained-glass. it was a very profound experience. it was a sticky experience. i don't know if you know this, wqxr, christmas day, on they play the nine lessons. the choir in that building sings it every year. when i hear that music, i am revisiting. part of what i think is important in learning is having this experience that generates a kind of stickiness for you, so that you can keep putting things that and tourself that initial experience -- add to that initial that and to experience, and allow you to grow out of that kind of thing. experience is a very powerful one. the very first day at sturbridge, i never had a road to dama

we have a long tradition of three coequal branches of government, coequal branches of government that have often felt free to criticize what the others are doing. you can go all the way back the abraham lincoln, who very famously even refused to follow some edicts from the u.s. supreme court. so i see the dialogue as in some wayings being healthy, althoughi hope the discourse could be elevated at least above some of the things that have recently been said. >> woodruff: justice kourlis, why isn't it just healthy dialogue? it does go back. we think about what other presidents have said and done about the court? >> it's sort of the bottom line for me, judy: it's not okay to criticize a judge as illegitimate or activist just because you disagree with the outcome. it's fine to say, i think that's the wrong ruling, i disagree with the basis upon which the ruling is issued, but to sort of claim that the judge has no right to issue that ruling, that to me crosses the line. >> woodruff: and professor kourlis, when president trump called judge robart a so-called judge and then he went on to tal

of our department of education. mr. heinrich: betsy devos has clearly shown a disregard, even a hostility for the public school system. so i stand with the thousands of parents, teachers, and students of new mexico in fighting to stop her confirmation. simply put, education is too important to new mexico's children, to our state's economy, to have a secretary of education not fully invested in the success of our public schools. as someone who grew up going to public school, who is sending my own kids to public schools, i am deeply troubled by betsy devos' record on privatization which goes well beyond simply voicing support for vouchers and private school. ms. devos has been a key player in the well moneyed effort to privatize and siphon funds away from public education and she has time and again undermined the teachers that we all rely upon. it appears as though betsy devos' most notable experience in education is spending her career and her fortune advocating for pollties that -- pollties -- policies that divert p

states code of the final rule of the department of the interior relating to nonsubsistence take of wildlife and public participation and closure procedures on national wildlife refuges in alaska. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on passage of the joint resolution. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. beyer: i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question will be postponed. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from tennessee seek recognition? mrs. black: madam speaker, pursuant to house resolution 123, i call up house joint resolution 43 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the joint resolution. the clerk: house joint resolution 43, joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval und

first of all, i will follow the law of every aspect regardless of my personal thoughts. i had one reser valgs thvation couldn't reconcile in my mind. i didn't think no because i didn't think that's where we needed to go. i voted no because i thought we needed to have a discussion about what you need to do in a situation where you have the necessary intelligence to know that something terrible is going to happen to the american people in a very short amount of time and you have the legitimate individual who can tell you where that radiological bomb or biological material is and you don't have time to go through the process that army field manual requires. i'm not saying that should -- i'm not saying -- i'm not trying -- as i said, i took off my policy hat. i follow the law. and i'm sure the ic follows the law. the answer to your question is absolutely. but i do think it is at least worth discussion relative to the situation that might occur where we might have to hopefully with some special authority, might have to go outside that. i don't have the prescription for that.

of you. at the end, i am bringing the chinese foreign minister here, because how could you include a concluded -- discussion about the future of the west without china? let's start with you. please, sir. >> ok. it is not the first time i have taken part in a discussion where the participants have to confront the question will the west survive? who expect to witness the downfall of the west, i would like to dedicate the words of mark twain. "the reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated." but this is not about finding clever answers to questions, it is about finding effective solutions and implement them in. what we are really going through , experiencing in the following years, perhaps even months, depends entirely on our actions. i firmly believe that in order to consider the future of the west in terms of combat rather than a downfall -- come back rather than a downfall, there have to be a few conditions. first, we need unity. second, we need responsibility. opinion, the duty four o

instead of exporting a lot of consumer goods, a lot of american companies took advantage of nafta to move jobs to mexico. bring the goods back into the united states. and that's why our small trade surplus with mexico turned into a pretty large trade deficit pretty quickly. we also said that the investor state dispute settlement, embedding that into a trait agreement for the first time was a bad idea, and that it would be used to challenge legitimate environmental and public health regulations in all three countries. and i think the record has shown that that has been the case, that nafta was used in a way that wasn't about trade so much but also was about corporate interests and taking advantage. nafta was supposed to strengthen the competitiveness of the north american continent, vis-a-vis asia and europe. for the united states that didn't work out. our trade deficit with the rest of the world went way up. it didn't go down. so in a lot of ways it failed. but how could nafta be improved? and i do want to lay out the -- we've laid out or nafta blueprint. it's something we're working

of the reappointment of mrs. naomi kelly. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker? >> good afternoon my name is jackie flynn of the institute one of the hundreds of nonprofits that serve nonprofits in the cities naomi has worked with as well as i served for over a year on the bay view advisory committee that naomi the mayor and supervisor cohen established for bay view during the transition of redevelopment agency i'm here to say naomi kelly is the definition of city leadership her work to rehabilitate has effected thousands of low income families i serve every day under her leadership the city is making clear and transparent effort yet still address affordability and access to safe and clean housing. she's committed hrz to our city by fostering development of local businesses her efforts over the last four years on city contracts have created opportunities for women of color to sustain business in this city. running a nonprofit can be challenging. as with our local higher policy i thank you supervisor fewer for cr

there was a lot of concern after that visit about where relations, a lack of kind of reinforcement of the importance of north america as a whole and then the freelance statement about you were showing that nafta negotiations must take separately and the importance of nafta. so we're seeing different signals from the canadian side. >> that's right. there was tremendous anxiety in the early days of this presidency. this visit was watched very closely. our prime minister removed with his arms and legs in tact. there was a lot of rhetoric about this being bambi meets godzilla. it didn't happen. it worked out okay. there was a collective sigh of relief. however, there were signals still about nafta that were there, that was expressions of concern around the boarder. we'll deal with them over time and that's the reality. we have to get down to the hard facts, the tremendous advantages that can be laid out in very specific terms of this agreement and modernizations around things like dispute, rules of origin. those things can be and should be dealt with because of the many changes that have

out of it. to have to balance what your interests are with the national park versus your interest in the economy and energy development. >> barbara brown's success in controlling future polluters is a significant getting. she has helped to shape the law with concern and dedication. >> you have two great warhorses. you have got the protection of a national parks and you have got the future of our national energy and development at stake. protection thee national parks can coexist. as seen when industry has come in and we have been able to lay out what we want to accomplish. but it does take a certain amount of trust and sometimes that is hard to develop because we're so used to wearing our white hats and our black hats that we forget to talk to one another, but the first step has been taken, and that in itself has given me a great deal of satisfaction. ♪ >> barbara brown would be the first to admit that in washington, rarely has there been such a thing as a clear victory and almost never is there

of my team—mates, six of them, six in a group of at that time, there wasn't big squads of players.r experience anecdotally, the knock to the head that you would have taken playing and heading the old—fashioned leather footballs, what are your thoughts? well, for people of my vintage, i would say, you know, thoughts? well, for people of my vintage, iwould say, you know, all of the facts that we have got stand up. i don't know why the fa and the pfa have covered this up for years. imeani pfa have covered this up for years. i mean i talked about it to the pfa a couple of years ago and their a nswer a couple of years ago and their answer was, "well, women get alzheimer's so therefore, its not an industrial injury." with a football." it is a load of nonsense. ido football." it is a load of nonsense. i do think the studies that are being done now will prove the point that the heading the ball, that heavy ball, in our era, i don't know about today's light ball, in our era heading that heavy ball day in and day out, it is not the matches, it is training as well, so you're banging the heavy

and i think it was kind of what the body of work, the purpose of the body of work is to make people more aware of what a remarkable country that we live in on in little spek of a planet, floating around out in the universe. and i think that a lot of people don't even see it it and i 24eu one of the things that i was appreciative in your forward about was is the line in there i think towards the end that it taught you how to see. and i think that that is kind of the purpose of it it. in fact, i-- at one point along the way i thought about renaming this land as, and calling it the kingdom of heaven. which is from, i'm not a religious person as you know but i'm-- i, there is a line in the bieb theal says the kingdom of heaven is spread across the earth but men do not see it. and i don't think that most people are aware of where they live. and how wonderful it it is. and how incredible it is. and they don't see it at all. they're too distracted by all of the shiny objects that come on to the scene every day. >> meacham: where is that? >> that's in livingston, montana. that's the yellowstone

of government.n 1980, theins last year of the carter administration. in a residential section of the nation's capital, david hawkins begins his daily commute. ♪ hawkins is a federal regulator for the environmental protection agency. his job, like the ever-changing the result city, is of the relentless growth of our government. ago, it was relatively simple. great capitol dome, all as passed and the nation followed. but today, our laws are many and complex. every morning, this city's grand avenues are filled with an rv -- army of federal workers, regulators whose task are two enforce the will of congress. to those who defended, regulation is an absolute necessity to making modern society run. but to its detractors, these agencies represent a bureaucratic monster that generates thousands of unnecessary rules, producing a stranglehold on our economy, our lives, even the air we breathe. ♪ >> a political appointee of the carter white house, hawkins was chosen to regulate our air pollution laws. he will b

there's no freedom of expression, of movement, of association. there's outright religious persecution in every single respect, it is a state which doesn't share our values in any shape or form. presumably when we issued the invitation all those years ago to the president and awarded him knighthood we felt it was in our interest so to do, our national self-interest. indeed, we only rescinded the award of knighthood on the day before he was executed by his own people. presumably, i will give way. >> -- there's not a great deal of consistency about the way in which we offer these state visits or for that matter, the content of them. i think it was particularly useful when we offered one to the president of colombia because i think that helped progress the peace process in colombia. but i just wonder whether he wouldn't support the idea of the foreign affairs and procedure committees doing a proper review of state visits so that we get this right for the future. >> that's a perfectly valid point. i have no objection to ninethat point of view. when we

state of readiness of u.s. military forces. this is about two hours and 45 minutes. >>> committee will come to order. last week, the committee held classified and unclassified sessions on the state of the world or more accurately, the state of the world environment in which the american military must operate and u.s. national security must be protected. i was struck by the essential point general petraeus made that we face many threats and can overcome any of them except perhaps what we do to ourselves. today, we turn to the state of the u.s. military. i continue to be concerned and sometimes even disturbed by evidence that is accumulating on the damage inflicted upon our military in recent years and the stresses our forces are under. that damage comes from a variety of factors including budget cuts of 20%, continuing resolutions, the failure to recognize or at least admit and then address mounting readiness problems as well as the shrinking size of the force while keeping the tempo of operations high. there is

rate of the rest of the industry, which already has five times the rate of sexual harassment of thetire rest of the economy. you are talking about the worst sexual violator of any company -- and thisry that is the man who is in charge of the welfare of women workers in our country. as organizer of the restaurant, as an organizer of roc, i wanted to ask about these raids across the country. over 600 evil. in a moment, we are going to speak to the senate in california. the effect on working people in hardee's, and all over the country, where this has meant. >> it is the largest employer of undocumented workers, immigrants. what we are seeing is these raids, these actions are really meant to strike fear in the hearts of workers, to keep them from speaking up, to keep them from doing anything that would expose themselves or make themselves a target. and what we need to do as a nation, as an industry, is standup. many of our employers have come forward and formed with a call sanctuary restaurants, not saying they will harbor undocumented immigrants but saying they will stand by their wor

and then of course, the election of donald trump. i invite anybody who is interested to go and youtube a newsnight video where it shows the leading lights of the united states of america from nancy pelosi, george clooney, harry reid, and various others all saying that there is not a chance that this man would ever become president of the united states. they sneered when they said it, and why were they sneering? this goes with the inauguration of donald trump, right at the end, they say the united states has a new president, his name is donald john trump, so for those people who are finding it difficult to get to terms with brexit, with actually leaving the european union, for those finding it difficult to understand that the american people have voted for donald trump, get over it because he is president of the united states. what i would say for all of us here, and this actually includes myself, is that we have to ask ourselves, why is it that people behind thatleft they made the democratic decisions that they had, which we think we

a lot of members of the united states senate, but it's also, of course, of greater concern now because of her nomination. what do i mean by that? well, let me just walk through how i got to my questions with her. we know that the department of justice tells us that college women are twice as likely to be sexually assaulted than to be robbed in the time that they were in college, and this is a number that comes from the centers for disease control. we also know that one in five college students experience attempted or completed sexual assault while that they -- while they are in college. so this is a direct threat to young women all across the country, and i think we've only begun as a country -- as a nation, i should say, to begin to take steps to combat sexual assault, to insist that colleges and universities do more, to insist that everyone in the education field, every person on a college campus assumes some level of responsibility. one of the reasons we can start down that path and begin to be certain that we're at least beginning to wrestle with this problem and give young women o

it's hard to keep track of all of them.c senator, who reported when he had conversations with president ron's nomination for the supreme court, judge neil gorsuch, judge gorsuch told him he was disheartened by the fa ct told him he was disheartened by the fact president trump had attacked thejudge verbally on fact president trump had attacked the judge verbally on twitter. who overturned his travel ban. clearly judge gorsuch was unhappy about the personal nature of that attack. donald trump suggested it was the democratic senator who was misrepresenting whatjudge gorsuch said. he attacked the character and war record of this individual senator. later on he said when this senator. later on he said when this senator appeared on another news programme there was no questioning of the war record donald trump was raising as a problem of credibility in his tweet. as i say, he's tweeted about five times today. he's also attacked the senior republican senatorjohn mccain for suggesting the raid in yemen president trump proved was a f

of the national security council of the united states of america. a man who is openly saying we want a world wide right wing movement to get rid of the european union, to get done with the european union and you are sitting here and it is the fifth column because he is working with mr. bannon. he sees him on a regular basis. one thing that you see how european union can be destroyed in the coming years. not thinking their colleagues on one thing. it is -- be gut in the past. be gut in the 20th century. people were told maximalism and populism was the solution. 20 million deaths is what nationalal -- nationalism cost europe. there is not a person who doesn't have a granddaughter or daughter who was not victim of that nationalism and populism. that is why we created the european union. to overcome that. what i see for the moment is appear american president, normally what -- roosevelt for example. he wanted to be the leader of the free world. i am not seeing an american president who wants to be the leader of the fight against the free world. against

james mattis of the department of defense, and john kelly of homeland security. we're joined by a distinct delegation of senators and congressmen, led by senator john mccain. join me welcoming my fellow americans. [applause] it is an honor to be with you all. the 1963 munich security conference has played a role in international affairs. bringing together social leaders from both sides of the atlantic to promote peace and prosperity for our nations and our peoples. when united attest states and europe are peaceful and prosperous, we advance peace and prosperity of the entire world. the president asked me to be here today, to bring his greetings and a message. today on behalf of president trump, i bring you this assurance. the united states of america strongly supports nato and will be unwavering in our commitment to this transatlantic alliance. [applause] we have been faithful for generations. and a president trump we will always keep faith with you. the fates of the united states and europe are intertwined. your success is our success. ultimately we walked into

tens of thousands of people who've been moved out of their home because of fears that america's paularetary, james mattis, has described nato as a fundamental bedrock of transatlantic ties. mr mattis said nato headquarters in brussels was a second home to him, in what's being seen as an effort to counter concerns about president trump's comment before he took office that the alliance was obsolete. he was speaking after his first meeting with the nato secretary general. our defence correspondent, jonathan marcus is at nato headquarters in brussels. a second home that. what sense are you picking up to this meeting?” think a lot of allies are really sore by what they've heard from the general, he was a former senior nato commander himself and he knows the alliance well. he knows the headquarters here well. he knows many of the individuals as well. the difficulty is that he has had all the excuses as well that have been given in the past. the trump administration is clear it wants nato allies in europe to spend more to reach this agreed to present that they all signed up for but very few

kind of guy. we have not been able, we tried. secretary gates would be out there slogging the europeans, it really didn't work. what scares me is if people begin to think it is not reliable and there's a serious chance americans would not be reliable, and the good old days, let's cut another deal. you are likely to get the second rather than the former and the number of allies are doing things, the australians, japanese, even in europe defense budgets are gradually going up, this is the way to get it, i don't think. >> there is an argument to be made that trump put his finger on real problems with respect to sharing and things like that but to assault them in the way you propose trump not to be trump, that is not a reason. i also say when the united states has had success getting allies to do more to spend more on defense in the past, it is the context in which we are doing more as well providing reassurance if you stick your neck out, vis-À-vis the soviets or another challenger we have your back.

they are part of the fabric of flief our state. congrescongressman emmer, who ay took the seat held by michele bachmann, is the cochair along with congressman ellison. we have not seen this as a democratic issue or a republican issue in our state. we have welcomed these refugees. we are the -- have the second-biggest population of mung of in the united states of america. we have the biggest aroma population much we have the biggest siberian population, one of the biggest populations of people from be burma. we have 17 fortune 500 companies in our state. and when the treeftion come oifer, they are legal workers, a major part of our economy. so it is no surprise that during the last year when we've heard the kind of rhetoric we've heard, people have been concerned. not just the refugees themselves, not just their friends and family, but a lot of people in our state. the churches have gotten involved, all kinds of -- every decome to nomination in our state has gotten involved to stand up for the muslim population. why? because they've

of the enquiry —— of the website.the oscars is investigating the mistake which led to the wrong film being named as best picture. the producers of the musical la la land were already in the middle of their acceptance speeches when the error wa5 rectified and moonlight was revealed as the real winner. pricewaterhou5ecooper5 has apologised for the mix—up. our correspondent david willis reports on what happened and the reaction. what should have been the climax of the glitziest night in tinseltown turned into a hollywood farce. warren beatty was about to announce the academy award for best picture... and the academy award... but seemed confused. ..for best picture... in the end, faye dunaway made the announcement. la la land! and la la land's producers were midway through their acceptance speeches when on came the man in the headphones, frantically trying to clear the stage. it turned out that la la land hadn't won the oscar after all — it belonged instead to the producers of moonlight, the low—budget underdog. this is n

of that.thank you >> thank you next speaker, please. >> >>[calling public comment cards] spill me again pat lombard. when i was good to say about the hub i think there is some problems with the underlying assumption as far as the miles traveled. muni knows very well that whether or not there is parking available at your destination or at your residence is a large determinant of whether you are actually going to drive. there is a real issues with anecdotal evidence of people saying, no, i'm going to get a car. versus what your own data in your own models show. that's available readily on the department with the transportation demand management information. also it ignores the transformation-transportation demand management the quadrants of silicon valley on this [inaudible] not everybody's going to up and drive. another survey said 40% would decide to move from where they are. another 10% would quit their jobs. that is nowhere evaluated in that study. to go on to the program, i spent hours and

are people of good faith on each side of the debate within education policy, but in the era of school assessments, it is one of the fundamental debates in education policy. this is it. where you stand, whether you should be measuring the growth of a student or a flat proficiency at a grade level. where you stand on that kind of defines yoyo view on e education policy today. quiteer answer suggested clearly is that she has not thought about this. she is unfamiliar with this debate. while a lot of people talk about the level of malevolence within the trump administration, you have an extraordinary amount of ignorance. to have an education secretary who literally does not know about the primary issue -- not that she is wrong on the issue, necessarily, but she doesn't even know what it is -- is an extraordinary thing. it flows into putting then carson at the top of housing and urban development who has absolutely no experience in housing policy whatsoever and has himself said he is unqualified for a cabinet position. we are in extraordinary territory. when democrats are taking a to a lot

2018-2019 for the board of supervisors/office of the clerk of the board; and requesting the office of the clerk of the board to report. >> thank you. and welcome miss angelo it is good to see you, and she will be making a presentation on this item, the floor is yours. >> members of the xh itty chair cohen clerk of the board. i am also joined by department budget manager miss juga, and i came before the committee in december with the plan changes. to seek your guidance on how to craft the department's fiscal year 2017, through 18, and fiscal year, 18 through 19 budgets. as you know, the department crafts its budgets internally from november to december, and then with the board, from december until june. in december this committee discussed in more detail the plan changes and directed the inclusion of all the changes to be included into the proposed budget. and for us to return today for a final review of this phase of the budget today. and of course i will be back in june to talk about the budget in depth. today i will provide the reviewing of those changes made in december and one add

their hate, excuse me, because of the religion, because of their gender, because of the color of theirkin. it is something that he has made clear has no place in this administration. it is ironic that no matter how many times he talks about this, it is never good enough. today, i think was not believable he forceful comments by the president as far as his denunciation of the actions that are currently targeted towards jewish community centers. i think he has been very clear previous to this that he wants to be someone who brings this country together and not divide people, especially in those areas. i saw that statement. i wish they had praised the president for his leadership in this area. i think, hopefully, as time goes by, they recognize his commitment to civil rights, to voting rights, to equality for all americans. amy: that was sean spicer at his white house press briefing. steven goldstein? >> that was insane. sean spicer is living in a parallel universe. are we supposed to salute this president? as far as the words of the president being good enough, who said that that our wor

the result of that is loss of productivity. the result of that is the loss of safety. too many accidents occur because of a crumbling infrastructure. the result of that is loss of economic potential in jobs. when we talk about rebuilding our crumbling roads and bridges and water systems and waste water plants, i had the opportunity to be in flint, michigan a year or so ago. what i saw there made me disbelieve that i was living in the united states of america. but it's not only the water in flint, michigan. we have failing water systems all over this country. we used to lead the world in terms of our rail. today we are behind japan, behind china and many other countries. mr. chairman, i think there is bipartisan agreement we have not invested in our infrastructure. i think there is bipartisan understanding that when we invest we create jobs. a couple of years ago i brought forth legislation called the rebuild america act. i proposed a trillion dollar investment at that point that was thought by republicans and democrats to be a wild and crazy idea. i'm glad i think ther

2018-2019 for the board of supervisors/office of the clerk of the board; and requesting the office of the clerk of the board to report. >> thank you. and welcome miss angelo it is good to see you, and she will be making a presentation on this item, the floor is yours. >> members of the xh itty chair cohen clerk of the board. i am also joined by department budget manager miss juga, and i came before the committee in december with the plan changes. to seek your guidance on how to craft the department's fiscal year 2017, through 18, and fiscal year, 18 through 19 budgets. as you know, the department crafts its budgets internally from november to december, and then with the board, from december until june. in december this committee discussed in more detail the plan changes and directed the inclusion of all the changes to be included into the proposed budget. and for us to return today for a final review of this phase of the budget today. and of course i will be back in june to talk about the budget in depth. today i will provide the reviewing of those changes made in december and one add

but for ease of reference, i put a little exhibit number on the first page of each of these. one of them is jpn, my initials. >> yes, that is the letter from dbi to you, as long as mr. donny was part of that project. before mr. ladd and mit came involved. >> mr. vadoni became involved from the very beginning. i will point out some things of this letter in a moment. the project was under review. it being the first of these tall core only reviews. there was a lot of time spent going through the details of how the engineers were handling the design of the reinforced concrete system. there was as well although i am not an expert in geotechnical engineering. i recall that shaul vedanta was also with the text graphic issues early in those days. as i recall, they expected settlement in this building from the geotechnical engineers who had written a report based on this was that the expected long-term settlement was on the order of 5 inches. my understanding was that vadity was on the peer review panel. i don't want to put words in his mouth. just as we ended the peer review process

what is your assessment of the extent of that problem?can help to resolve the overall scale of the problem facing the nhs. it is an issue in its own right and it is right that people who are not entitled to free care under the nhs pay for it. so are not opposed invincibles to what they are doing. what i am concerned about is ensuring that vulnerable groups, particularly with the homeless, who just do not have the documentation necessary , just do not have the documentation necessary, do not lose out. and i think it is really important that there is a clear principle that if there is a clear principle that if there is a clear principle that if there is any doubt, then treat rather than neglect someone. so it is right to do it, but this will not solve the overwhelming scale of the problem that the nhs and indeed the ca re system problem that the nhs and indeed the care system are facing. norman lamb, thank you very much. president trump has intensified his attacks on the judge who set aside his travel ban on seven mainly muslim nations. the

the hearing is for the purpose of receiving the semiannual testimony of the chair of the board of governorboard of govere federal reserve system. on the conduct of monetary policy and the state of the economy i now recognize myself for three minutes to give an opening statement. after eight years in the largest monetary policy stimulus in the history and the most unconventional monetary policy in our history, americans recently received disappointing economic news yet again. it is official, the economy grew at a measly 1.6% in 201 2,016thn our historic norm is twice that. that takes eight years of subpar growth in eight years of stagnant paychecks and eight years of him replenish savings. notwithstandinnotwithstanding tn that the fed to come and notwithstanding the personnel. after eight years, there is a zero evidence that a zero interest rate and in the would've the federal balance sheet beats to a healthy economy. what also hasn't changed in eight years as the fed continues to unlawfully paid above market interest rates to some of the nations largest banks in order to prop up the select cred

obstructed and frustration of the will of the people in the 57 of ouperson of our president. >> attorney general, what are we to do here? i understand we see prospects of appeal, or moving to supreme court itself. >> but this is on its face such a rebuke to the american people and to this president, basically the court ruled hell with the american citizen and his or her safety. we have a different view of the world and ours will prevail, this is appalling on every level. >> they order -- the order itself is appalling. i think that judge pointed out, that language itself in the order is insulting, they put themselves in place of the president, and yes, the justice department has some decisions to make. i am confident they are going take one that will be a winning strategy, if it does go up to supreme court. that supreme court will look at the law, and actually apply the law, the written words of the law, as opposed to activist judges who apply their own policies and put themselves in place of the president. unfortunately, we have seen activist judges across the country, perhaps that is wh

we're the guardians of the rule of law, of the system of constitutional laws that this is a government of laws, not men, certainly not of one man. and i think there was a real sense in which my fellow ag's got riled up by the immigration ban because of this sense of disregard for the rule of law. they actually took the position in that case, that in the area of immigration, the president has unfettered discretion, not subject to review by the courts which for any lawyer who takes the system seriously is a pretty offensive position to take. i don't think this is a matter of liberal versus conservative. this is not an ordinary set of political battles. we're dealing with an administration that has shown a disregard for the constitution. an effort to sir cum vent the checks and balances that are established under the constitution to keep a chief executive from running amok. and this is something that we will stand up to wherever he tries to manifest it. >> one of those checks which had here too for been rather on cure were the a mol yent clause which says in plain english that foreign gov

about all of us. of this week it will be turning mild forjust about all of us.hem out. we continue to pursue our policies of openness towards immigration, refugees without compromising security. the shift to its southern flank, we met the mexicans who are already working to reinforced its border. and the bbc has gone undercover in one of britain's biggest prisons.

will of the people of the uk.l of our own laws and statute book. strengthening the union by securing a deal that works for the whole of the uk. maintaining the common travel areas and protecting our strong historic ties with ireland. controlling embrace from the eu. scuer securing the rights for european citizens living in the uk and the rights of uk nationals living in the eu. protecting and enhancing existing workers‘ rights. ensuring free trade with european markets whilst forging a new strategic partnership with the european union, including a bold and amount bigs free trade agreement, a mutual beneficial new customs agreement. forging free trade agreements with count aacross the word. ensuring the uk remains the best place for science and innovation. cooperating in the fight against crime and terrorism. finally, delivering a smooth and orderly exit from the eu. these 12 objectives amount to one goal, a new, positive and constructive partnership between britain and the eu that works in our mutual interest. all