secretary general kofi annan he said palau is committed to sustainable development goals he declared twenty eighteen as the year of good health he said that plan was eager to work with global south scientific communities to sustain healthy coral reefs as part of palau contribution to healthy oceans he said pelle i was working with norway and other countries to protect our oceans mr plow's pushing for high quality low volume tourists and he said his government is committed to the paris climate agreement tommy remains got their pals president talking at the un general assembly. now u.s. president donald trump says if evidence against his supreme court pick is compelling he could withdraw the nomination one of the three women who were accused of sexual assault is expected to testify on thursday well michelle cross fenty is an international lawyer and managing director pass uncross north she joins us live now from washington d.c. so brett kavanaugh is now facing a third accuser of sexual misconduct he denies the claims but just how serious is this third allegation michelle. i think this

the tsunami that hit palau. the ten-foot waves came crashing in and even more horrific.how you a video posted on sxra. a man who is standing up on what looks like a parking garage and desperately trying to shout to people down on the street below. some of them oblivious to the danger that was just seconds away. watch this. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> tsunami tsunami! tsunami! tsunami! tsunami! >> reporter: you hear his voice once the waves started crashing in and almost turned to a sound of sadness. he was watching people who were swept up in this disaster and maybe didn't even see it coming. horrifying. we know that 17,000 people are now homeless. building are destroyed. homes are destroyed and people had to sleep outside because a lot of the structures if they are still standing are not safe and not intact. you can see driving along the coast how the tsunami waves take out everything in their path. i remember visiting the areas of japan where i used to live devastated by the tsunami in 2011 and several years later they still had not finished cleaning up. this i

as a result of this error, citizens -- citizens of the marshall islands, micronesia and palau are often forced to settle for temporary driver's licenses that expire in a year. because some employers have been reluctant to hire or retain temporary license carriers, many of these citizens lose access to work, housing and other opportunities. the omission greatly disadvantages these citizens to other nonimmigrants who are able to obtain standard licenses lasting up to eight years if they meet the real i.d. act eligibility requirements. h.r. 3398 correct this is drafting error in the real i.d. act. fixing this error in the law clarifies the legal eligibility of the citizens of these three driver's full-time licenses, honors our compact of free association and reaffirm ours partnership with the three nations. i would like to thank representative don young, the gentleman from alaska and my friend, for his work on this important legislation. i urge my colleagues to support this bill and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from californ