i'm phil guy welcome to the program. united nations' new human rights chief has called on china to allow money says to investigate allegations of large scale and detention of muslim minorities the allegations which michelle bash let describes as deeply disturbing appear in a report published today by human rights watch it says more than a million muslims have been detained in so-called reeducation camps in china's north west since jan jan region details of the internment system are emerging slowly because the chinese government controls access to the area but the w correspondent matisse budget has traveled to neighboring kazakhstan to talk to witnesses. summer han is a former inmate of a chinese reeducation camp he got out of the internment facility in march and is now in kazakhstan it is an important day for him he's meeting a team from amnesty international to speak out about his experiences. we had to sing for hours. songs like without the communist party there would be no new china. most of the songs praising mao tse

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guys. >> phil mattingly, thank you. brett kavanaugh and targets of death let's in recent days. kavanaugh's wife has received graphic e-mails since he was accused of sexual assault. in one, kavanaugh critic writes my condolences for being married to a rapist. christine blasey ford has not been seen publicly for several days. >> public support for kavanaugh's nomination is slipping. a new nbc poll conductsed after the allegation -- conducted after the allegations find more americans oppose his nomination. the i hope crease in opposition -- the increase in opposition from women over 50. >>> president trump's former lawyer michael cohen is cooperating with mulvanerobert . cohen has spoken to mueller several times over the past month. cohen is also cooperating with the new york state investigation into the trump family charity and trump organization. cohen pleaded guilty to eight criminal counts last month. implicated the president in payoffs to two women to influence the election. president trump's lawyer rudy giuliani atta

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guys. >> phil mattingly reporting. washington and the country trying to process the thursday's raw emotional testimony during more than four hours of questioning. we heard for the first time from christine blasey ford. she told senators under are oath this is no way a case of mistaken identity. >> dr. ford, with what degree of certainty do you believe brett kavanaugh assaulted you? >> 100%. >> ford grew emotional as she described the assault in detail. at one point recalling her most enduring memory of the incident. >> indelible and the hippocampus is the uproarious laughter between the two and them having fun at my experience. >> kavanaugh was furious and blaming the democrats for what he called a national disgrace. >> this whole two-week effort has been an orchestrated and political hit with pent up anger of president trump and the 2016 election. fear that has been stoked about my judicial record and millions of dollars from outside left wing opposition groups. this is a circus. >> kavanaugh's anger softening at time

phil rucker. i joked before the show, we also call you guys our honorary co-hosts. mike schmidt, take us through what you and your colleague adam goldman are reporting this afternoon. >> well, we're looking at this eight-day period of time between the firing of comey and the appointment of mueller. and in that time, it's been widely, from the folks we talked to, accepted that rosenstein was really not himself. he was emotionally uneven. he was struggling in the moment to figure out what to do. the president had just gotten rudd rid of comey. it was an extraordinary move. a lot of pressure on rosenstein because he had been part of the firing. he provided the rationale for it. he told people he would be vindicated for his role in this. and he considered a lot of measures. he talked to mccabe about using the 25th amendment as a way of ousting the president. he also spoke openly in meetings about wearing a wire. even when asked in that meeting whether he was joking, he said he was not and suggested that fbi agents who were going to interview with trump to be fbi directo

let's give a nod, phil, george wants to say hi to you guys from here. phil, give us a sense of what's going on as we transition to a market discussion here. >> you know, i will tell you right now, what happened down here on the floor of the exchange just a few minutes ago, traders got up and sang "god bless america" so they are remembering in their own way. i remember quite clearly, september 11th. i was calling down to this very trading floor, the bond room, and as the plane hit, and the traders were just stunned. they didn't know what to do. there was a shock on the phone and i'm like what's going on, look at the tv, the plane crashed into the building. i'm like get the orders in. i'm reacting more from a market viewpoint, not really grasping what's happening. then of course, they closed the markets shortly thereafter. that's what's happening today. i will tell you what, other than that, a lot of focus on hurricane florence today, impacting futures all over, whether it's oil, you name it. just the focus of all the traders today. liz: john, we are looki

speak of this post-red state democrats in a difficult position because guys like phil bredesen, whomrd from first, popular former governor and tennessee, is in the same category as joe manchin and some others, who saw this as an opportunity to demonstrate their bipartisan bona fides. they were going to say, hey, look, look at me, i'm supportin supporting -- in joe manchin's case, i'm voting for, and phil bredesen's case, i'm supporting this conservative judicial nominee. i think the president not to have his back. this makes it more complicated. it's not clear when the boat will take place, and it's not clear what kind of latitude they will have. it makes it harder for them and what was going to be a freebie to demonstrate some bipartisan credibility. >> shannon: i don't know about you in the twitter verse, hearing from people on the right side who say they are sick of the g.o.p. dragging their heels on this, and that they will not vote for them if they don't get kavanaugh confirmed. here is what rush limbaugh said today. >> if the republicans do not get this vote taken and kavanaugh

guys. >> thank you, phil. both brett kavanaugh and christine blasey ford have been the tar et of death threats in recent days. -- target of death threats in recent days. kavanaugh's wife ashley has received graphic e-mails since he was accused of sexual assault. in one, a critic writes my condolences to you for being married to a rapist although you probably deserve it. ford is married with two sons. she received death threats of her own. she has not been seen publicly. having to leave her home. >> and the new nbc poll conducted after the allegations were made public were released. finds more americans oppose the nomination than support it by 4%. the increase in opposition is coming from women over 50 and independents whose support plunged by 31 points. >>> president trump's former lawyer michael cohen is cooperating with special counsel robert mueller. according to abc news, cohen spoken to mueller's team several times over the past month with prosecutors focusing primarily on mr. trump's dealing with russia.

here in lafayette, phil matier, kpix5. back to you guys. >>> new at 6:00 a big time investor is now backing the bay area's other electric carmaker. kpix5's kiet do on the $1 billion bet on a tesla rival. >> reporter: remember lucid motors? the bay area electric car startup with the sleek prototype everybody dubbed the tesla killer? they are still very much alive and just announced series d funding of $1 billion. lucid's chief technology officer says they've been in talks with saudi arabia's so- called public investment fund for some time. >> and we're really thrilled here today to be in a position to announce to the world that we've secured such a premium investor. >> reporter: the kingdom has been looking to diversify beyond oil by saying investigation in the electric vehicle market the public investment fund is gaining exposure to long term growth opportunities supporting innovation and long term technical development and diversification for the kingdom of saudi arabia. roll lynnsonrollinson said he takes a long term vision. >> we're loo

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in tennessee phil breseden that guy is like 65-25 favorablity. he's ahead in that state.mocrats should be 20 points behind but man they are neck and neck and can win with all of them. >> let's start with tennessee. phil breseden a candidate well-known. former governor, former mayor of nashville running against a republican candidate. clocks in at about 13.3 on the kook scale. no surprise he's ahead in that race. in indiana, we look at donnelly. he's an indiana senator. it's a state where there's still enough proximity to the voters that you can get around that state. they know who he is. they like him. i suspect they are going to return him to office. joe manchin in west virginia, united states senator, former governor of the state, he's known in the state. he's probably looked at more in the state as a west virginian than a democrat. plus you see the imagery of the rifle, i would say the use of it to shoot legislation is probably irresponsible for a responsible gun owner to be able to go and do. what you do see across the country as we head into the fall campaign, i thin

. >> phil, thank you very much what do you guys do with this? simultaneous probes, doj, s.e.c. does it make the stock a no touch until you get clarity. >> it's another distraction for tesla and makes it untradeable at this point. because in the long run i love tesla. but here i wouldn't touch it we don't know what's happening today. they need to focus on making cars if they can do it make you get investors. >> this is the least of the problems i realize the headlines and elon musk has been not give be shareholders a lot of comfort. but. they are getting up to in her quarter round earnings around the corner. >> i don't think that matters. >> of course they matter. >> when you have the investigation the top ten holders can't be holding they have to lighten up on the plays. maybe if he is removed or barred maybe it's a positive for the stock. i'm not sure. >> i don't think so. >> so if it's not. >> tesla is musk musk is tesla. >> you can't touch it now during the investigation. if you think it's a negative then it's -- >> let me throw this at you. i remember a company called herba

guy. mm. no. no, no, no. um, i'm, uh... (chuckles) i'm mr. real estate -- phil dunphy. oh, right. i am actually looking for a house right now. wow. well, if i could be of any service... i don't -- i don't have any cards. i'm in my gym clothes. oh, i see you earned that hot chocolate. yeah, i rocked a pretty intense shake weights/power walk combo. morning, neighbors. saw your daughter yesterday. boy, she is growing up fast. my name is angie. here is my number. if you find any good three-bedrooms in the neighborhood, i'd love to see them. well, i'll call you. i'd love to show them to you. i'm not just a pretty face people sit on. forget...i said that.

now here to help us sort it out are a couple of guys who ang thing or two about national security. phil mudd and mike rodgers. gentlemen, thank you. >> thank you. >> let's play the moment that has everybody wanting to figure out what it means. here it is. >> my administration has accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country. america's -- so true. didn't expect that reaction but that's okay. >> the president is trying to play it off as a laugh line. we've all been in there. you guys more than i have. it is usually a quiet crowd. they heard him exaggerate something that is obviously exaggerated and it seemed like they were mocking him. what is your take? >> i would agree. let's step back and look at a map of the world. he got off a plane and said we're safer. talk to me about the process, slow at best. they thought they were partners. now we're engaged in a tariff war with them. we keep moving to the west. the president said he had a plan on the arab/israeli dispute. i think the biggest thing is jared kushner doesn't know what the plan is. we've humiliate

phil: you broke the plate and storm off. you have scratches on your neck and back. i don't care. what i care is that you guys things. >> dr. phil: today will be a changing day in your life. >> five, four -- >> dr. phil: i'm not giving up on you. [cheers & applause]

joining us now, we have phil mudd, a former fbi senior adviser and now a counterterrorism analyst, and guys, great to have both of you and all of your expertise. tom, i know you worked with the fbi more than 20 years. does the fbi have a duty now that new allegations have come to light to re-open their background check into brett kavanaugh. >> alisyn, with regard to background checks, they are initiated by the white house, the president, so there are hundreds of people that get nominated for positions that have to be confirmed by the senate, ambassadors, u.s. attorneys and judges and supreme court justices, and in all of those cases the fbi does a background check for the white house and then the report of the investigation is given to the white house or the senior counsels at the white house, so they are not done as a matter of outside routine or being summoned by the senate or somebody else. in this particular case the allegation is of a state crime that occurred more than three decades ago, and the fbi would not have jurisdiction to investigate it as a criminal matter, but they could inv

here to help us sort it out are a couple of guys who know a thing or two about national security, philudd and mike rogers. gentlemen, thank you. >> thanks, chris. >> let's play the moment that has everybody wanting to figure out what it means. here it is. >> my administration has accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country. america's -- so true. didn't expect that reaction, but that's okay. >> the president is trying to play it off as a laugh line, but, you know, we've all been in there. you have been around, you guys more than i have. that's usually a quiet crowd. they heard him exaggerate something that is obviously exaggerated and it seemed like they were mocking him. what is your take? >> i would agree with that. let's step back for a moment and look at a map of the world. in north korea the president got off a plane and said we're safer. talk to me about the progress on denuclearization in the korean peninsula. slow at best. the chinese showed up at mar-a-lago and the president thought they were partners. now not only are they not partners, we're

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country and they want to make sure nike knows which they've chosen in fact this guy took it one step too far this is felt phil braun and he posted a picture of himself wearing his nike trainers on file we definitely don't recommend for you to do this at home but the latest tweet is he's in hospital with a picture he claims is of his feets burning out and those opposing the out of have also started their own campaign say nike should have used this face instead well who is this this is pat tillman who died in two thousand and two from friendly fire in afghanistan he was a former n.f.l. football player before enlisting in the u.s. military but those supporting common couple that have called his critics out with some calling him a hypocrite for boycotting nike over this but not protesting against nike's sweatshops and others are also criticizing the destruction of the products that like the ones that we just saw earlier kerry is one of those many people suggesting that perhaps they should be donating their belongings to veterans or even those in need rather than destroying them we haven't heard just yet from the

phil on this. straight reporters here, that passion was real. i want to check this out with you guys who cover the white house. does the voice, the inside top administration official who won't identify himself apparently is a him. talks about the question, here we are, the issue here, is this a white house being kept in control by its people under the president, are they controlling the president in a way that is saving the country, phil of the washington post. >> the column is extraordinary and it does fit the pattern that has been shown through many months of reporting. about the white house, about the lengths to which sneenior officials have gone. the damage. that is very real and created a ripple inside the west wing this evening. people were cancelling meetings and huddling behind closed doors to strategy how to deal with this. the president's anger was described to my partner as volcanic. he views this as a treasonous act of betrayal and there is a hunt to find out who this individual is. >> let me go to michael sh submit. we have omarosa's book. then we get bob woodward coming

phil gramm. on one of his campaigns. i worked for the guy in georgia when he ran for president. he was an assistant to vice president cheney, when he was the vice president. he was the chief of staff to ed fullmer at the heritage foundation for a number of years. then he went and worked for one of my good friends as such assistant -- as assistant chief of staff. now he works for the american fuel and petroleum manufacturers. because of yesterday's news, which i didn't know was coming when i asked him. derrick morgan, come on up. >> thank you, very much. all right, let's get straight to this. the fuel standards. >> you had several email exchanges with me, where there is a real bias against large families when you are forced to get 200 miles to the gallon and can't fit your kids and dogs in the car. >> isn't that right. it is a huge tax on cars, especially on families that want more utility, more size, more horsepower. this move this week will be the biggest deregulatory move of the trump administration. about $500 billion. >> when you're looking so far, from a conservative standp

joining us now are phil mudd, cnn counterterrorism analyst, jackie kucinich and cnn political analyst, and cnn senior political analyst, john avlon. guys, i just want to fact check the president's tweet that he sent out yesterday afternoon that goes against jeff sessions, as though this is jeff sessions' fault. the department of justice is investigating these two men for misusing campaign funds and for insider trading. so, here it is, two long running obama era investigations of two very popular republican congressmen were brought to a well publicized charge just ahead of the midterms by the jeff sessions' justice department. okay, that's not a fact. those aren't true. these were investigations started by the justice department in 2017 when president trump was president. > yeah. let's not forget there is footage of congressman collins making -- taking a call about this insider trading on the white house lawn during a picnic. so, there's so much to unpack here. let's also not forget another person in the trump orbit, paul manafort, when he was convicted, the president said that was unfair. this is long standing. this has as much to do w

necessarily the most important thing the thing is that these guys have been put in prison for something that the government admitted was true all right phil robertson from human rights watch asia joining us from bangkok phil thank you very much of course that is some other stories making headlines around the world philippine president would be going to terra to has met israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in jerusalem on an official visit aimed at bolstering trade and defense deals it is the first visit by israel to israel rather by a philippine head of state since the two countries established diplomatic relations more than sixty years ago. a new u.n. report says the number of migrants dying while trying to cross the mediterranean has risen dramatically this year it said there was one death for every eighteen arrivals in europe more than double last year's figure the u.n. refugee agency says people smugglers are taking ever greater risks. children and friends go back to school after their summer vacation today but with a new ban on cell phones in place the french education minister says the aim is to help children socialize more and

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washington post" white house bureau chief, phil rucker, politico writer jake sherman, and republican strategist susan. so kavanaugh goes on television last night, guys, and he does something that is normally unheard of for a supreme court nominee, giving a television interview before his hearing, before he is voted either up or down for the supreme court. it sounded like he was reading from talking points the entire time. when he was asked a number of questions by the fox news interviewer, march that mccallum, he gave canned response after canned response, or what sounded like canned response after canned response. listen to him when he said multiple times that all he's looking for is a fair process. >> you don't remember ever being at parties with her ever? >> i do not. and this is an allegation about a party in the summer of 1982 at a house near connecticut avenue and east-west highway with five people present. i was never at any such party. the other people who are alleged to be present have said they do not remember any such party. a woman who was present, another woman who was present who is dr. ford's lifelong friend, has said she doesn't know

guys and want to combined hundred twenty sometimes. and account for. twenty majors there legendary careers to be there with them and you know be a part of that i'm pretty sure tiger and phil would start crying if they did win and all progress is whoever target plays with he poses a major threat having just picked up his first victory in five years but european style rory mcilroy says it would be foolish to only worry about woods this week he's one of twelve you know we're not looking at any individuals we're just trying to beat the u.s. team it's great what he did on sunday it was great for golf it's given their team a little bit of momentum coming over here but you know what we're looking to to beat the we're looking to beat the u.s. team we're not looking to just be tiger woods thanks thanks thanks thanks mcelroy knows all about the ryder cup this will be the fifth time he's played in the tournament but there are high bookies alongside him on the european team including spain's big hitting world number eight john rom it's a lot of emotions running running through me right now but obviously it's an incredible sense of accomplishment just to be here even though i'm still

guys and want to combined hundred twenty sometimes. and account for twenty majors there legendary careers to be there with them and you know be a part of that i'm pretty sure tiger and phil would start crying if they did when and. who have a target plays with he poses a major threat having just picked up his first victory in five years but european style rory mcilroy says it would be foolish to only worry about woods this week he's one of twelve you know we're not looking at any individuals we're just trying to beat the u.s. team it's great what he did on sunday it was great for golf it's given their team a little bit of momentum coming over here but you know we're looking to to beat the we're looking to beat the u.s. team we're not looking to just be tiger woods thank you thank you thank you thank you michel really knows all about the ryder cup this will be the fifth time he's played in the tournament but there are five bookies alongside him on the european team including spain's big hitting world number eight john rom it's a lot of emotions running running through me right now but obviously it's an incredible sense of accomplishment just to be here even though i'm stil

. >> i see you guys have your passports ready to go. >> yeah, we do. >> jill and phil henderson haveonths for this trip, but even now they say it still feels unreal. >> do you imagine looking at those men's faces while you sit in court? >> i haven't gone there yet truthfully, so -- >> how about you, phil. have you gone there? >> yes, and it's going to be hard. it's going to be very hard. >> all of the defendants have the been -- or have denied the charges. their fate will be determined by a panel of three judges and four citizens in the greek city of petras. two of the nine defendants were released before trial and are believed to have returned to serbia. cbs news has learned they won't be coming back for trial and will instead be tried in absentia. the hendersons believe race had a role in his death. >> i have enormous sympathy. >> i'm just glad there is a trial in a foreign country whether there would be a trial for his son's death. he's 22 years old and he's 6'5", and i talked to the family, too, he died in 20 seconds. 22 years of life and you die in less than 30 seconds. >> i don

phil? >> well, let me be clear. there will not be hell to pay. and by the way, when he talks about the iranians cheating, i suppose a guy who has been involved in thehe intel estimates on whether the iranians were compliant with the nuclear deal. look, there's a couple of -- >> you're saying they were compliant. >> they were. number one, john, we had great success in afghanistan. we've only been there for 17 years, and the taliban is moving back through. iraq has been a spectacular success after the surge in several thousand dead that partly was responsible for the rise of isis. we failed in syria, and said to our great russian friends, support bashir assad. and libya, he thinks he's going to go to a town hall and say, why don't give this one a try again? from the other perspective, iran had its revolution in '79. for decades, there have been divides between people who say maybe we should talk to the americans. rouhani. you can't trust them. what do you think those people who want to talk to the americans are supposed to say in iran now? why would you talk to the americans about a nuclear deal when you get that crap on the air from someone who will

phil bredesen is a strong candidate in tennessee. he's a good guy. he was governor.od shot at it. >> speaking at atlanta, former president jimmy carter warned democrats not to veer too far left and lose moderates. here's what he said. >> we voted for bernie sanders in the past and he represents the liberal side but i think for the democrats this time is to appeal to the independents. i noticed today in published polls, only 33% of independents are still in favor of trump. 37% of americans are in favor of trump. and 57% think he's done a very poor job. so we have a good chance to get those independents and i think we should concentrate our efforts on that. i don't think any democrat is going to vote against the democratic nominee, but i think a lot of independents need to know that they can invest their vote in the democratic party in 2020. >> there you go. >> what do you think? >> first of all, i just think he's amazing. i love him. that's the balance. as we look at these poll numbers and we see potential blue wave which we don't know if it's going to happen but we h

phil, and your staff. it was amazing. there was a lot of moving parts. there was a lot of moving parts, and staff was on it. it was great, and i thank you guys for supporting this, and i look forward to many more years of that. >> thank you. thank you very much. >> next speaker. >> richard rothman, vice chair, the parks and open space advisory committee. at this last meeting, we had james wheeler, a park manager come and talk about camp mather, and it was very informative about the -- i guess the virus out break there and how they dealt with the fire. i think we all got a better understanding of the issues of camp mather. and the other item on our agenda, stephen franz, who's our chair, did an excellent presentation about how to setup a friends group and went into great detail, so if any of the public or commissioners know of a group that's interested in setting up a friends group or neating more information, i'll volunteer him. i'm sure he had -- needing more information, i'll volunteer him. i'm sure he'd be happy to come and talk about how to setup a friends group and how they can support the parks in their areas and rec and park. and the

phil's story. dowd explains to mueller where he was trying to keep the president from testifying. i'm not going to let him sit here and look like an idiot. everything leaks in washington, and the guys overseas are going to tell you i told you he was abidian idiot. john, i understand, mueller replied. the first time i've ever seen robert mueller quoted in a news story. you've done a lot of reporting. what in here remain askern s a what in here remain askern s c to the president's legal team? >> in terms of the attacks or dowd denying that, we have looked at that issue and gone back and reported on some of this stuff. and the account is accurate. this is really what went on. this is what the interaction really looked like, and dowd now trying to walk away from it, this actually brings mueller to life for us. but this was a really important time in march between the special counsel's office and the president's lawyers. they really realized at that point the full extent of the questions that the -- that mueller wanted to ask the president about. and dowd was trying to do everything he could to stop mueller, and as we see in this anecdote, it was confusing. >> joyce, we also have seen t

guy is running this place anymore. i don't think he's in control. and once that message really, really trickles down to the public, this administration has a lot less power than they ever imagined. >> phil, i want you and jonathan to weigh in on this. any self-awareness this obsession with finding the leaker, all this discussion from the vice president of the united states of america, ignores that even the president's own supporters may be very unnerved. you look at 38% approval rating. that includes people that vote forward donald trump. 32% think the president tells the trooths. a big swauths of his own voters now believe that he's a liar. is there any evidence to reassure people that the commander in chief is mental the stable? >> not a particularly broad effort. certainly vice president pence tried to talk about that over the weekend. but in all of those denials, from cabinet members over late last week, many of them were just denying that it was them who wrote it. they didn't deny like the substance of the editorial. and in just conversations with various sources in the administration, people say things like, you know, oh, it couldn't be this person. that person wouldn't have the c

guys, we're taking iranian oil off the market, basically help you to destablize your enemy. i actually think this message is not just to opec but really directed at saudi arabia. david: interesting stuff. phil, thank you very much. melissa: exports from iran down 35%. on to trade, u.s. sitting down for another round of meetings with canada as tensions between the u.s. and china remain high. let's go to edward lawrence to break it down for us. reporter: melissa, good afternoon. no trade deal yet. this latest meeting lasting about 2 1/2 hours already. canadian minister of foreign affairs said she spoke with prime minister justin trudeau to update him where things are. a new wrinkle. the head of canada's largest union, met with the canadian delegations today, canada wants protection from tariffs we've been using under section 232. >> we're not going to sit there and allow trump to put a gun to our economic head anymore. ultimately we have to resolve these issues. reporter: the two sides also at an impasse over trade dispute language that could lead to arbitration as well as canada's protection of its dairy industry. the canadian delegation flies out tonight. minister of foreign affairs has a s

i don't think you guys are actually on the same wave length. but we should pass onto the next who is phil swagel. he is a professor of the university of maryland's school of public policy and teaches courses on economic policy and nonresident fellow here at the american interprice institute. he was the assistant secretary for economic policy at the treasure difficult department during the financial crisis serving from december, fwicks, to january, 2009. he received his bachelor's degree in economics at princeton harvardand his phd from in 1993. >> thank you very much. it's a pleasure to be here. i'm going to focus on the policy response. my role at the treasury as assistant secretary of economic policy. and i did a lot of work on housing policy and lot of work on the tarp. and the pre-occursors to the tarp as well. there is eaning excellent team at treasury and it was an honor and privilege to work with them at the treasury and this continued over across the administration. there is a lot of continuity in many things across the two administrations including the excellence of the teams wor