with omb we are evaluating whether more will be necessary. >> secretary johnson is hoping to have 768 new tsa officers in place by mid-june. >> this is becoming the biggest complaint right now. looking to see what happens this summer. you have some people calling for the tsa to be kicked out of some airports. some smaller airports want to take over security. >> that guy really did get there two to three hours before the flight and still did not make it. that's crazy. >>> new negotiations beginning today to try to stop the crisis in syria. the u.s. and russia leading those talks. we are live in damascus next. wanna drink more water? with sodastream you turn plain water into sparkling water in seconds. and because it's so delicious, you'll drink 43% more water every day. sodastream. love your water. >>> talks aimed at resolves the civil war in syria resume today. the international syria support group led by the u.s. and russia will meet in austria. secretary of state john kerry says they hope to rebuild on efforts to restore a cease-fire. it comes as the assad regime claims efforts are

he became omb director in november 2010. white house chief of staff in january 2012. and treasury secretary in february of 2013. thus ended the biographical portion of the program. now on to the riveting mechanical details. as always we're on the record here. police, no live blogging or tweeting. no short no, filing of any kind while the breakfast is under way to give us time to actually listen to what our guest says. the embargo ends when our guest stops speaking. to allow you to file before the market opening, we'll stop at 9:20. to help you curb that relentless selfie urge we'll e-mail several pictures of the session to all the reporters here as soon as the breakfast ends. and as regular attendees know if you'd like to ask a question please do the traditional thing and send me a subtle non-threatening signal and i'll happily call on as many reporters as we can goat to in the time we have this morning with secretary lew. we're going to start off by offering our guest the opportunity to make some opening comments and then we'll move to questions around the table. tha

once again, we have military planes and naval vessels ombing the waters here the greek island of cretethey are looking for a flight 804, which went down early this thursday with 66 people on board. for more asking surveillance feedback. quite a lot of activity in this area. according to the greek defense ministry, a clearer picture is coming together in terms of what greek authorities have concerning the aircraft and what they are telling us, we just heard it mentioned a bit earlier, is that the aircraft was cruising at 37,000 feet and then making sudden swerves. it does appear that greek air-traffic controllers were in contact with the pilot and reported no problems at cruising altitude, and then we had controllers, as they continue to try to make contact with the pilot some 60 kilometers before the aircraft exited greek airspace, they were then unable to reach the pilot. the pilot did not respond, and then they continued to try to make contact until 2:29 a.m. in church in time, and that is when the plane did indeed disappear -- egyptian time, and that is in the plane did indeed disap

he was later deputy director and then director of omb. between 1998 and 2001, when he led the clinton budget team, the united states government posted a surplus for three consecutive years. he was chief operating officer of new york university and then chief operating officer for two different citigroup business units before joining the obama administration in 2009 as deputy secretary of state for management and resources. he became omb director in november 2010, white house chief of staff in january 2012, and treasury secretary in february of 2013. thus endeth the biographical portion of the program. now on to the riveting mechanical details. as always, we are on the record here. please, no live blogging or tweeting. in short, no filing of any kind while the breakfast is under way to give us time to actually listen to what our guest says. the embargo ends when our guest stops speaking. to allow you to file before the market opening, we will stop at 9:20. to help you curb that relentless selfie urge, we will e-mail several pictures at the

. >> we work closely with omb during the review process to mention the rules which are fair and balanceds they could be. morris: taking on pollution from state electric power plants. epa attorney kicks off our series on this service to america.

. >> and i would just add, i'm seeing almost as much of beth asdy when she was at omb, as we work on this project. and beth and i and the dod, cio, meet regularly to review the process the team are making in the transition and also ensuring that the security and integrity of the existing system -- so i'm pleased with the progress. >> thank you. thank you, mr. chairman. >> chair now recognizes the gentleman from georgia, mr. hice, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. evanina let me begin with you, as we all know in 2008, there was a commission study to -- in regard to the showing the benefits of examining certain aspects of social media. why has it taken eight years to implement this thing? to get it started? >> congressman, i can't really answer the eight-year issue, but i could tell you that to get to where we are took a lot of extensive effort and inner agency coordination to strike the right balance between what we need to obtain reasonably from social media and the every growing internet age and balance that with the civil liberties of the clearance holders and u.s.

he was later deputy director and then director of omb. between 1998 and 2001, when he led the clinton budget team, the united states government posted a surplus for three consecutive years. he was chief operating officer of new york university and then chief operating officer for two different citigroup business units before joining the obama administration in 2009 as deputy secretary of state for management and resources. he became omb director in november 2010, white house chief of staff in january 2012, and treasury secretary in february of 2013. thus endeth the biographical portion of the program. now on to the riveting mechanical details. as always, we are on the record here. please, no live blogging or tweeting. in short, no filing of any kind while the breakfast is under way , to give us time to actually listen to what our guest says. the embargo ends when our guest stops speaking. to allow you to file before the market opening, we will stop at 9:20. to help you curb that relentless selfie urge, we will e-mail several pictures at t

he was director of omb.ows government and would be a good partner for donald trump. >> joining us live now. will the former vice president go out there and fully support, endorse, work for donald trump? >> in one word, yes. he has not met with donald trump. he has not spoken to him so there hasn't been any lobbying on trump's part but dan quayle believes unlike bush 43, he believes, he keeps saying that trump is a winner and he believes the republican party has to rally around him. >> 11 million people voted for donald trump so far. given today's very important meetings on capitol hill does dan quayle think paul ryan, speaker and donald trump will work together? >> he really does. it is sort of interesting because we did this interview before the meeting. now we have heard from after the meeting that it has been encouraging and positive where the words we were hearing. dan quayle absolutely believes that paul ryan will come around and will support trump and he says that one of the reasons you heard him talk

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levin wrote, quote, regarding the allegedly unusual meeting at the office of management and budget, omboutinely meets with agency officials. what is unusual, however, the unprecedented subpoena issued by the house republicans in an effort to find someone who disagreed with the administration's decision. this case will also work its way through the federal court system. the federal judge has already sided with republicans. the case is on appeal. bret? >> rich, thank you. >>> senate republicans are taking aim at the veterans affairs inspector general's office for the way it handled allegations of main painkiller abuse at a v.a. facility. the i.g.'s office discounted evidence and testimony, needlessly narrowed its inquiry and has no standard for measuring wrongdoing. the facility in tomo, wisconsin, was referred to by vets as candyland because of the free-flow of prescription drugs there. >>> a fox news exclusive there, new information on the relationship between abortion providers and those who traffic in human body parts. here's chief legal correspondent shannon breem. >>reporter: republ

we continue to work at these quite closely, including with tony and the team from omb. >> and i will just add, i'm seeing almost as much about this as i did when she was at omb as we work on this project. beth and i and dod cio meet regularly to review the process that the teams are making in both the transition but also ensuring that security and integrity of existing system. so i'm pleased with the progress. >> thank you. thank you mr. chairman. >> chair now recognizes the gentleman from georgia, mr. heist, for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. let me begin with you as we all know in 2008 the commission to in regard to the benefits of examining certain aspects of social media. why has it taken eight years to implement this and get it started? >> congressman, i can't really answer the eight year issue. but i can tell you to get to where we are it took a lot of extensive effort and inner agency coordination to be able to strike the right bounds to what we need to obtain or should obtain reasonable social media and the ever growing internet age. and balance that with civil libe

omb already hacked. white house hacked. we going to say that it was because she was above the law? >> so then instead of trying to fix the problems that taxpayers pay for is to set up your own. >> we'll have more when we come back. donald trump has been on the war path against hillary clinton over her husband's alleged behavior and how she handled it. a surrogate to this program brought up a case showing that she won't be good for women. we'll look at the facts of that case next. nasal allergy sympto. houston: news alert... new from the makers of claritin, clarispray. ♪ welcome back. clarispray is a nasal allergy spray that contains the #1 prescribed, clinically proven ingredient. nothing is more effective at relieving your sneezing, runny nose and nasal congestion. return to the world with new clarispray. here's the plan. you're a financial company that cares, but your logo is old and a little pointy. so you evolve. you simplify. you haven't changed. you still help people live their best lives. and finally your new logo is

when i was a capitol hill staffer, i got the notice from omb, some of your information may have beend into. look for i.d. protection. these are types of things that happen. >> i think angela basically -- you believe it's a witch hunt, right? >> absolutely, i think it started with the benghazi special committee, 100%. >> even if the investigation is closed, is it too little too late? >> i want to say, this is an interesting standard. the standard that hillary clinton had to knowingly be violating classification law for this to be a problem. at least a legal problem. in ignorance of the law. >> you can't believe ignorance of the law is what you're saying. >> she's secretary of state, i don't care if she knowingly or unknowingly put classified information in jeopardy of being hacked. i think it's a real problem, it's a judgment issue, i think it's serious, i think republicans would be smart. let this play out. let the media look into this, legally i think the best thing the republicans could do is step aside. you don't want it to be a witch hunt. when has it ever worked for republicans

i don't know whether they are down at the trolls at omb or where they are, but what is your expected timeline? >> are you asking about fastback. >> there are things left over. still pending roles to fully implement that. >> we just issue this day safety oversight role on march 16 command we have several others that are in the process right now, the public safety program will is going to to the process of review now and so expect that to be final rule by midsummer. the national public transportation safety plan this comment period ended on april 5 command the fda expects to issue it in early fall. we have the public safety transportation agency safety plan, and that is also going to be out early fall. and we also have the safety certification training plan which we expect to come out in midsummer. >> thank you. if you can stay on top of those and make certain that they continue through the process, you know, you mentioned the same thing i did my opening statement or one of the things about the backlog and deferred maintenance. obviously a lot of it lies with the larger legacy systems.

we've got a reprogramming request through congress, we're evaluating whether more is necessary with ombep at this for the summer because i agree, no one should have to wait three hours for a flight or for that matter even two hours. >> we had a significant challenge in chicago yesterday. i don't know what that was. we're fixing that. that's of great concern to me. i always tell people i want to apologize for doing our job well, but i do apologize to the people who found themselves stranded in chicago. >> that's the tsa chief, who is on his way to o'hare. he will be here to evaluate the situation on friday. jose, something interesting happened in the last 12 hours or so. the secretary of homeland security, jeh johnson, said the airlines need to consider dropping baggage fees so that you could speed people along sooner. as a result, people wouldn't be trying to carry on everything. that's a nonstarter with the airlines. they have already said no, no, no, we're not dropping the baggage fees. the tsa has the problem, they need to work on the solution. this has been elevated. now you've got

debate was that -- the result of the debate was, well, we ought to build new icbm's for those sil ombing s, without paying -- silos, without paying too much attention to the cost, and we ought to have a whole new array of nuclear-armed submarines and a new stealth bomber and a new cruise missile and so what are we talking about here? $1 trillion. at the same time we debate on the floor whether we have any money for zika. apparently we don't, though that is a real threat and it is real today. and we talk about community water systems and we don't have money for those either. i'll tell you where the money is. it's in this nuclear arms race. it's not about disarmament. nobody is suggesting that. it's about, are we going to spend all this money and perpetuate what is already under way without giving taught -- thought to the impact it's going to have on the things we know we must do, educate our children, provide infrastructure for our community, our sanitation systems our transportation systems? or are we going to go about building new nuclear bombs? apparently that's what we're going to do

he became omb director in november 2010, white house chief of staff in january 2012, and treasury secretary in february of 2013. thus ended the biographical portion of the program. now on to the riveting mechanical details. as always, we're on the record here. please, no live blogging or tweeting. in short, no filing of any kind while the breakfast is under way to give us time to actually listen to what our guest says. the embargo ends when our guest stops speaking. to allow you to file before the market opening, we will stop at 9:20. to help you curb that relentless selfie urge, we'll e-mail several pictures of the session to all the reporters here as soon as the breakfast ends. and as regular attendees know, if you'd like to ask a question, please do the traditional thing and send me a subtle, non-threatening signal and i'll happily call on as many reporters as we can get to in this time we have this morning with secretary lew. we're going to start with some opening comments and move to questions from around the table. thanks again for doing this, sir. appreciate it. >> thanks so much, th

here is the statement from omb. the veto threat saying funding to fight the zika virus should be treated as an emergency. officers would recommend the veto of the house built. where do you think the eventual number will wind up question mark mexicans it will end up closer to the $1.1 billion. the house republicans are feeling pressure especially lawmakers in the southern states worried aboutre the zika virus and hearing a lot about it. mosquito season is coming. about beingcerned caught flat-footed. if this virus is as bad as some people expected to be they do not want to be responsible for voting against funding that could have gone to help control the mosquitoes and develop vaccines and better testing. >> more debate ahead on seek a research funding. health care a reporter with "politico." thanks for being with us. >> thank you. messagingte house strategy for the iran nuclear deal was the focus of the heise -- of a house oversight committee. members had invited ben rhodes but the white house declined the invitatio

he was director of the omb.knows government and he would be a good partner for donald trump. >> brooke, let's just say for the record, portman has said he's not interested either but as you heard dan quayle tell us everyone says that until they get the call. one thing to keep in mind, even though senator portman is running for re-election, ohio law does allow him to run for both the senate and the vice presidency at the same time. so, if trump chooses him, if he calls he could do both. brooke? >> everybody making the point and no in may could be yes? july. jamie gangel, fascinating conversation. >> thank you. >>> much more on the high-stakes meeting between donald trump and house speaker paul ryan this morning in washington. we have now heard from former house speaker john boehner weighing in today with a message that doubts that trump can win the white house. >>> plus, dana bash one on one with the man whose office was the backdrop for this meeting. reince priebus. his reaction to the so-called paul ryan primar

was also approved by congress so we continue to work closely including with tony and the team from omb. >> i would just add i am seeing almost as much of that is i did when she was at a one b. when we worked on this project. beth and i and the dod cio made regularly to review the process in the transition but also ensuring that security and integrity of existing system so i'm pleased with the process. see act a few mr. chairman. >> the chair now recognizes the gentleman from georgia mr. hice for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. mr. evanina let me begin with you. as we all know in 2008 there was a commissioned study in regard to showing the benefits of examining certain aspects of social media. why has it taken eight years to implement this thing, to get it started? >> congressman i can't really answer your issue but i can't tell you that to get to where we are took a lot of extensive effort and interagency coordination to be able to strike the right balance between what we need to obtain or should obtain reasonably through social media never going -- ever-growing internet age a

. >> hence, i think that in an ideal circumstance, omb, the administration, would have insisted, that the commission take the leadership role and harmonizing this approach. thank you mr. chairman. i yield back. >> the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from connecticut is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you for being with us and for your good work. two questions which i recognize are tangential to our offices and divisions but both pertain to topics to which i've been concerned about, what i perceive as silence on part of the s.e.c. the first pertains to insider separating. as you well know, the second circuit under the newman decision, apart from overturning two high profile insider trading convicts but a great deal of uncertainty into future prosecutions of insider trading. i think we could all agree on two things. one we don't have a good definition of insider trading and i, for one, am a believer if we send people to jail we should have good statutory definitions why we're sending them to jail. secondly, without getting into the guts of newman, as you know, the decision wa

president's management council meeting was clay johnson who's the deputy of management -- for management at ombion they should be gathering. they met in the spring and then he put out a memorandum and i think july 8 and telling the departments and agencies what information they should gather. so all that information is thinking of what you have to do customarily. dalton did something that other administrations have not and that is the representatives of the presumptive candidate and out within early july, and of june and early july he asked for representatives to be appointed by the mccain obama operations. and so, they came in and discuss things like the memorandum of understanding that needs to be created in order for representatives of the presidency that to go into the departments and agencies to gather information, which is traditionally done as an agency reviews team. you need rules in order to do that. the rules are established in memorandum of understanding. they wanted to get both sides together, hammer out an ammo you have both sides would agree upon and they did. and so the results o

i know the administrator has talked to omb about staffing issues. i know that there is a long-term strategy to address that issue. it's a resource issue of both money and people. it's going to take some time but we have addressed that. there's a short, mid-term and a long term plan. he's working with the senior staff to do that and i think both of these gentlemen who are working in the airport can tell you what they're doing daily. >> some have suggested shifting officers from tsa's controversial behavior detection program to regular screeners. so let me go on. mr. rhodes, i have a question for you. kind of concerned about an article i'm reading about a mohammed fa ra from minneapolis. are you familiar with him? >> yes. >> here's what he says. there's an ongoing program of racial profiling and harassment by tsa agents at the twin cities airport. he said recently he was asked by an agent who said, quote, hey, were you going to make a run for it if i hadn't given your ticket back? and the response he's gotten from tsa and the congressman from that are

you have the president's's management council meeting with clay johnson, the deputy of management at ombthering the agencies deputies to discuss what information they should be gathering. they met in the spring. memorandum,out a and it was july 18. they pulled in the representatives of the presumptive candidate. that was in early july. early june and july. he asked for representatives to be appointed by the mccain and obama operations. in and discussed things like the memorandum of understanding that needs to be created in order for representatives of the president elect to go into the departments and agencies to gather information, which is traditionally done. you need rules in order to do that. the rules are established and the memorandum of understanding. what bolton wanted to do was puts up -- both sides together and hammer out something both sides could agree upon. you have the election on tuesday and saturday the security clearances also, they discussed how that should be done. the obama people did that with over 200 names. had that meant is they cleared right after the election. h

danny warfel, who was at the head of omb.november 2013, a new commissioner was nominated and confirmed by congress, and took office in january 2014. and that individual is john koskinen. when he took office, just to give you a little bullet point of what the mps to resolution is premised upon -- when john koskinen, at the time he took office, he should never have been nominated and never confirmed. this is a time of the irs was under siege for its politicization of its review of exempt organization applications. john koskinen was a very active part -- partisan donor. he'd given almost $80,000 to democratic candidates, the president obama campaign, hillary clinton, in the 10 years preceding his becoming irs commissioner. it was a very bad idea to put him in that job in the first place. office,ime he took there was outstanding congressional subpoena for all of lois lerner's e-mail. it had been issued in august of 2013, so for five months later, no response. in february 2014, another subpoena was issued for all of her e-mails. n

. >> you are omb, trade rep, you were a congressman from the best part of ohio where you get a reallynow in cincinnati. now you're in the senate. who's more qualified than you to be vice president or who has anything close to those qualifications in your view? >> john kasich. >> would he say yes? you are buddies. would he say yes to trump? >> i don't know. i haven't put it to him. >> what's your gut feeling after all the nasty stuff they've said about each other? >> i don't know. that's john's decision but he is doing a good job as governor and i think he loves the job just as i love representing ohio and making things happen delivering results, working across the aisle. he's probably very happy where he is. there's lots of other choices out there, joe, and he won't have a hard time finding somebody good, and then we have to get on to actually turning things around and that includes some of the economic stuff we talked about. we need to change policies on taxes, on trade, certainly what we're doing on regulations isn't working. it's making us less competitive and trading this incredib

i don't know whether they are down at the trolls at omb or where they are, but what is your expected timeline? >> are you asking about fastback. >> there are things left over. still pending roles to fully implement that. >> we just issue this day safety oversight role on march 16 command we have several others that are in the process right now, the public safety program will is going to to the process of review now and so expect that to be final rule by midsummer. the national public transportation safety plan this comment period ended on april 5 command the fda expects to issue it in early fall. we have the public safety transportation agency safety plan, and that is also going to be out early fall. and we also have the safety certification training plan which we expect to come out in midsummer. >> thank you. if you can stay on top of those and make certain that they continue through the process, you know, you mentioned the same thing i did my opening statement or one of the things about the backlog and deferred maintenance. obviously a lot of it lies with the larger legacy systems.