or about which should be the highest priorities for deportation. but real disagreements exist about deeper trade-offs, how important is it to maximize the total number of removals and the number of interior removals, versus focusing resources on high priority cases and exercising discretion in other cases? data from the last decade shows, that even if this prime minister she continues to remove immigrants in record numbers, the answers to these questions have changed over time. betweenions decreased 2003-2009, but you thinking -- shrinking had a criminal convictions. this is outside of core priorities. 2800f removal cases in criminal record at all. now, they have focused on high profile cases. although 50,000 between 2009-2000 or 10, the number of criminals deported increased. by 2013, the last year we have , by 2013,ecords for serious criminals accounted for 60% of interior removals. border removals, another top priority, increased by 100,000 in recent years. as a result, nine & from 2013, fell in a category. has by and large been successful in im

two. >> which means you are still a priority, a priority for removal. >> you're not the top priority. >> if you're convicted of rape, you are a top priority for removal. let's not have people misunderstand that fact. >> so, it can be sexual abuse. >> if you are convicted of rape, you are a top priority tr removal. >> get the list of things that are number two. offense of domestic violence, sexual abuse or exploitation, burglary, unlawful possession of use of a firearm, drug distribution or trafficking, driving under the influence. all of which are not the top priority of homeland security. >> mr. chairman, you've heard secretary johnson say that his top priority is national security and public safety. and with all due respect, the priority one goes to felonies, the prior two and sexual abuse often short of rape, be a felony, if it's a felony, it's priority one. it doesn't mean we don't pay attention. >> you've got it in your possession! >> you know when you allocate resources -- >> are you saying it's a resource problem? >> when you have a choice -- >> why is not -- if somebody is co

s so-called priority enforcement program. response, a letter that without objection i would like to introduce into the record. >> without objection. >> in that letter, the administration made a number of rather stunning admissions. that letter indicated that at the end of fiscal year 2015, there are 918,369 non-detained illegal aliens who are present in the united states or on their own recognizance, have been ordered to leave the country by a final order of removal, but haven't done so. that means there are essentially 1 million illegal aliens who have been ordered to leave, haven't done so, and are living freely here. why is i.c.e. not deporting those 1 million illegal aliens? >> senator, that part of my answer before, when i talked about this issue, we have a number of obstacles in our way to remove people. we can't remove people without a final order of removal. >> all of those have final orders of removal. >> may i finish? >> i'm just pointing out that the first obstacle you list is not relevant to the 918,369 that have

resources on high priority cases? deportation shows even this administration and continues touche remove and record numbers the answer has changed over time. deportation increase rapidly between 2003 and 2009 but the shrinking share of conviction and a rising share out of their priority. 47% of the cases had no criminal record at all. recently focusing on high priority cases although interior removal spell since 2013 the number of criminals increased by 10,000 by 2013 the last year we have records for serious criminals were 68 percent of removal the border removal is another top priority increased by 100,000 and as a result 99 percent of all removal fell within the categories. i am happy to answer any questions. >> would you like to go first? >> you can go first. [laughter] >> i know you care about these issues i appreciate your attention to them. what said strikes me as very troubling for your rubbers to said there were these situations to be arrested the 225 charges but only five of those that i.c.e. would except fo

many of these riders represent the worst of legislative priorities. weaken dodd-frank banking regulations, undermine the department of labor's different rules, roll back the nlrb standards, clean air, water, and climate and some of the writers tried to weaken the consumer financial protect bureau's ability to protect consumers. there were efforts made to curb the president's powers under the antiquities act, to create national monuments. these are only a few of the special interest riders that were sent to us from the house, and we did not allow 99% of these to be included, because they're harmful policies. so i say again, this compromise isn't perfect, but it's good. it's good for the american people. and if it weren't for democratic efforts, it would have been a lot worse. i also want to extend my appreciation to the great staff of the white house. first of all, the president's chief of staff dennis mcdonough. he is a former college football player. he is a strong man emotionally and physically, and he's very forthright, which i appreciate in the po

priority two, we'll get to them. the fact is of those 66,000, when we got the individual offenses you had people convicted of homicide that were released. you had people convicted of sexual assault, rape, child molestation, significant crimes and to say they're court decisions, that's a rationalization for why you released them but you did and that's putting the public at risk. so i second the chairman's concern about that. the fact is i was a prosecutor, particularly with the child molestation stuff, you plead that down. some prosecutors do because you don't want to put the child on the stand so they end up with offenses that could be considered priority two and that's putting the american people at risk. but i digress. ms. richard, you were quoted as saying the biggest myth is people coming here could be terrorist in relation to the syrian refugee situation. why are you dismissive of the possibility they'll have terrorists in the refugee flow? >> i am not dismissive of the idea that terrorist organizations -- >> yo

that's not the way you set priorities. the way you set priorities is decide what's important for the government to do, decide what the government can do that people can't better do for themselves or maybe couldn't possibly do for themselves and then set those priorities. in that case, i think this bill makes significant steps in the right direction. dramatic changes in areas that have been a problem for several years now, at least the last five or six years -- in the case i'm going to talk about first, the last dozen years. but nobody has been able to do anything about it. nobody has said, those aren't our priorities. they've just said, we've got all of these priorities which meant every line in the appropriations bill, the best i can tell. so let's talk about the labor-h.h.s. bill. it's about 32% of all the money after defense. if i have any time, i might talk about the defense bill because it does great things for veterans, great things for cybersecurity, great things that really do support those who serve. and one of th

this has been a top priority of mine for many year. s section 179, small business extension would be made permanent under this bill and there are leaders from many years. the bill makes permanent the 15 year deprecation for restaurants and retail. burr, heller, isaacson, portman, robinson, have worked hard to keep in this place. and senator lindsey is a big supporter of making the fac permanent. on the charitable sides, senator roberts is a strong supporter for the s-corporations and the reduction for food inventory most of which will be permanent with this bill. senator thune has worked to make sure charitable distributions from ira's remain tax-free another permanent position in this act. senator heller has championed the real property contributions made for conversation purposes yet another item that this bill make permanent. the reduction of classroom teacher expenses is made permanent in this bill and senator burr has been a strong supporter in that provision and deserves a lot of credit. passing this bill makes the housing credit

so streets with high priority for transit can be high priority for pedestrian/vehicular safety. we know traffic signals are a great tool for controlling vehicle speeds and managing the flow of vehicles along signalized corridors and lower speed limits and separate pedestrians and vehicles from places where chronic turning collisions are taking place. we'll be installing 40 pedestrian countdown signals in 2016 and i'm really excited to say that we just found out we got a grant from caltranss from their highways safety improvement program you that is going to allow us to do a signal retiming of the entire grid both in soma and the tend erloin. this is an opportunity to look at traffic signals. >> what does it mean to adjust signal timing? >> that means we can look at entire streets and look at the progression of signals and looking at opportunities to slow the speed at which the signals allow traffic to pass through and allows us to look at pedestrian intervals at intersections where we haven't been able to because of congestion. but taking a network-wide approach to bring those i

this has been a priority that was led by our leader. the first bill i put in was 2004. nancy pelosi would not leave until the bill passed. we sat in her office as she called around the nation, pulling members back to vote for that report. bill. had a five-year extension, this one is for 75 years, virtually permanent, many of these people are very sick. this will literally save lives and i think the new york delegation and my good friend and colleague jerry nadler, but also every member of the leadership team, every single democrat who sponsored the bill under the leadership of nancy pelosi, every single one. he had an overpowering number of cosponsors -- it had an overpowering number of cosponsors. i am so grateful to the democrat leadership. -- "thankingthank the leadership, especially nancy pelosi for the omens work and for so many people -- years, to pass this bill. , ifn be proud of my country we had not passed this bill, i would have been ashamed. this is a question of do we leave the wounded on the battlefield? it has been american tradition to not do that, but we

on your priorities. well, we sure have shown the american people what our values are with this bill. we pay a lot of lip service on this floor, on cable news and on campaign trails, about our priorities, but when it comes down to it and time to govern based on the priorities, all we get is lip service. we had choices to make in this bill, mr. president. we could have helped middle-class families or could have given tax breaks to multinational companies, not only the major banks and parking their money abroad. we could choose to make colleagues debt free or we could have chose to help the film, television and theater producers to duck -- deduct the cost of their movies, shows and plays. we could choose to double our border security or we could allow racehorses to be depreciable. we could choose to give every american family $5,600 in tax relief or we could have chose to give favorable tax treatment to racing complexes. we could have chosen to keep the promise that president truman made to our patriotic co

chaffetz: are there people on priority one and priority two? mr. bersin: there are minor offenses that are misdemeanors. rep. chaffetz: yes or no, 66,000 people over a two-year fiscal year. -- fiscal year period that you had in your possession and released to the public and did not support them? mr. bersin: it is not just a yes or no because the answer is that there are requirements to release people under court decision that you are aware of. rep. chaffetz: that is what is so screwed up about the obama administration. you are here illegally, committing crimes, you deport them. they are a threat to public safety, they are a threat for terrorism, and they should not be released back into the public. >> the priorities are related to your failure to remove these the fact is, of those 66,000, you did have people convicted of homicide that were released. you had people convicted of sexual assault, rape, child molestation, really significant crimes. the court decisions are a rationalization for why you release them and you did release them. i second the

we place a priority on resettling refugees. >> you place a priority?r you say earlier that christians are not fleeing because they feel safe? >> no. >> can we play that back. play that video. >> we're bringing christians >> in part they make up the refugees from syria. >> that is the problem. >> they are not fleeing, how many have we? >> and many christian refugees? >> of all syrians 4%. >> you have brought in 53 that is 4%? because you cannot look this up there are 2 million christians is decimated according to pope francis just last month they syrian bishop was pleading for ransom money to hundred hostages held do know what isis does to the young females? you work for the state department so please tell me why we brought in 53 christians. have you know, ? what is the process? >> we just checked the number and have been crashes or other minorities they are in danger because of that you said they're not being syria because of that 10 percent of their pre-war population was christiansen we see less than 10 percent of those refugees. >> why is this becau

we use our priority enforcement program or p.e.p.access to these dangerous criminals. you know, the united states government faces daily criticism for not being flexible in its enforcement or going about its administration. p.e.p. is an example where we are flexible. we are not a one-size-fits-all solution but rather one that works with state and local governments, something very important to me when i was in dallas working with 100 counties and 100 sheriffs that we have a good relationship with state and local law enforcement and that we tailor our program to community safety needs and to develop process to fit the needs of that specific jurisdiction ensuring that we remove as many convicted criminals as we can without damaging trust with local communities. this trust is critical, so communities feel secure reporting crimes. thereby making everyone safer. we're going to continue working with these jurisdictions. i do have some good numbers with respect to the first six months of p.e.p., the number of jurisdictions who had previously

i know most of you are familiar with our priorities. one focuses on border security, national security, public safety stop 42 -- safety. priority two focuses on those who have committed misdemeanors. and priority three focuses on those individuals who have been issued a final order of removal. ground in our efforts to remove dangerous criminal aliens in the interior of the country. despite overall apprehensions perhaps not the presently, removal numbers are lower than they have been but we are moving at -- removing more criminals, thereby achieving the president objective. 2015, 98% -- i'm really proud of this -- 98% of all removal fell into one of the three enforcement priorities. criminalsonvicted reflecting a three point increase over 2014. are as younumbers say but that's proportionally. at interior removals only, those not apprehended at or near the border, that figure relative to the total jumps to 91% are criminals. with respect to all aspects of focusor enforcement, we on convicted criminals and individuals who threaten public s

the americans know the priorities are different.he gulf countries are upset that the americans are putting all of the focus on fighting isil, but not giving much at tend to the demands of the gulf country, lead by saudi arabia. the gulf countries leaders want to see more commitment by the americans in fighting or helping fight against assad, and they are seeing how the americans and the other european, western capitols are not decisive in this respect, so we have two sets of priorities, and each side knows exactly what priorities the other side has. >> when it comes to -- we mentioned the refugee crisis, there has been stinging criticism of the gulf countries for not doing their part in taking many refugee. will that be discussed. >> reporter: they are going to discuss the refugee crisis. they have their own explanations to this, which they advance every now and then when this issue is raised. but they think this is not the biggest problem. the biggest problem for them now is the intervention of iran -- iran's interference in the af

but it has been the priority of sfmta and certainly my office to help push through an automated safety enforcement at state legislature-level, something that we view as really key to slowing down speeds here in san francisco. and kate breen, government affairs director for sfmta and claire phillips performance analyst at the office of controller will be presenting on this issue. thank you. >> thank you. and thank you for the opportunity to be before you today. we're hoping for safe holidays here in san francisco. appreciate your commitment and leadership on this and partnership with the mta. so per the information that is included there is a lot of detail in the vision zero quarterly progress report across all aspects of vision zero action strategy, but with regards to the policy priorities you'll see a deeper-dive, if you will on some of the work that we're doing as it relates to advancing policy changes in particular starting to build support in en

we were stored investments in education, health care and research and other middle-class priorities. we rolled back the automatic budget cuts equally across defense and nondefense and we kept out poison pill riders, even after republicans spent months talking about defunding planned parenthood and attacking workers. it was a big victory for middle-class families and our economy and while it should not taken so long to get it done, it is something i hope we can continue to build on. second, the education bill, we all knew no child left behind was broken, it was not working for students, parents, teachers or schools. democrats have been trying for years to fix this broken law because investing in education and making sure federal policy is working for students is a major priority for us. i'm so proud of that this year, we were able to get it done. that i partisan every student succeeds act, which passed with 100% support from democrats is a major step forward for education in this country. preschool, andto tells make sure every student has the opportunity to learn. meme deals share a c

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so streets with high priority for transit can be high priority for pedestrian/vehicular safety.e know traffic signals are a great tool for controlling vehicle speeds and managing the flow of vehicles along signalized corridors and lower speed limits and separate pedestrians and vehicles from places where chronic turning collisions are taking place. we'll be installing 40 pedestrian countdown signals in 2016 and i'm really excited to say that we just found out we got a grant from caltranss from their highways safety improvement program you that is going to allow us to do a signal retiming of the entire grid both in soma and the tend erloin. this is an opportunity to look at traffic signals. >> what does it mean to adjust signal timing? >> that means we can look at entire streets and look at the progression of signals and looking at opportunities to slow the speed at which the signals allow traffic to pass through and allows us to look at pedestrian intervals at intersections where we haven't been able to because of congestion. but taking a network-wide approach to bring those int

but it has been the priority of sfmta and certainly my office to help push through an automated safety enforcement at state legislature-level, something that we view as really key to slowing down speeds here in san francisco. and kate breen, government affairs director for sfmta and claire phillips performance analyst at the office of controller will be presenting on this issue. thank you. >> thank you. and thank you for the opportunity to be before you today. we're hoping for safe holidays here in san francisco. appreciate your commitment and leadership on this and partnership with the mta. so per the information that is included there is a lot of detail in the vision zero quarterly progress report across all aspects of vision zero action strategy, but with regards to the policy priorities you'll see a deeper-dive, if you will on some of the work that we're doing as it relates to advancing policy changes in particular starting to build support in awareness for the commitment included in the action strategy to advance support for state authorization for automated safety enforcement and

what are their top priority for him to be? >> i don't expect a lot of change from what we saw in last year's ejection for fy 17 -- projection for fy 17. they have to come down a bit becae of the budget al. it will not be as much as they wanted. there are games they can play with things like economic assumptions that could free up more money. a lot of that would affect the out years, so it is beyond their tenure. they have to start dealing with the fact we have a modernization bow wave. that will not peek until after they are gone. vago: that is all the programs coming to fruition roughly at the same time. >> all of the big acquisition programs. a lot of it is in ai force aircraft procurement. that is one of the things to look for. are they trying to rationalize those long-term plans to minimize the spike in funding that occurs just outside? >> they are not going to do anything about it. the bow wave is too far out. it is beyond their planning hohorizon. what we are going to see is an attempt to put more money into modernizatio

indicativeainly is of misplaced priorities. so unfortunately you and i will not be able to negotiate from here, we could probably find a common sense solution before the end of the day if we were doing that, but ultimately a number of other people are involved and what we are hopeful for is that we will see the kind of budget agreement that will reflect our needs to give the government open and adequately fund our economic and national security priorities. -- the talks may actually include the lifting of the ban, are you disagreeing with what , or arey durbin said you saying there is no way that the white house would sign the bill? josh earnest: negotiations are taking place between democrats and republicans, this is there response ability and they are their responsibility and they are the ones to make the decision. we are in the loop. our priorities are afflicted in those negotiations, because -- are reflected in those negotiations, because the president will need to sign off on it. i am not at liberty to share information on

hiring judges is my first priority. i'm pleased to report significant progress on this front and greatly appreciate congress providing the funding necessary. over the past year 23 new immigration judges have entered on duty and as of this week the attorney general selected another 37 individual to serve as immigration judges after a thorough and rigorous hiring process within the department. the individuals are now undergoing the required background and security checks before they can hear the cases. many other candidates are going through the final stages of the review department before they can be recommended to the attorney general for selection. these new judges will be arriving in immigration courts throughout the country in the coming months and they'll have a positive effect on the pending case law allows the courts to correct the imbalance between the caseload and the number of judge available to adjudicate it. thank you for your support of this much needed resources. within the immigration court system certain

priority that we have is to improve asthma rates, right? two things that are really impacting the latino community. one community may look at the community health profiles and say, "oh, wow, you know, our air quality is not what we would like it to be. our housing quality is not what we would like it to be." those are the ways in which we want to tackle reducing asthma. a different community might say, "you know what? our asthma hospitalizations aren't what they would be. our access to healthcare, our insurance rates -- we want to go at it from a different perspective." >> okay. >> both sides are appropriate. >> equally valid. >> exactly. minutes, and i want to get to two quick questions that are really important. number one, we got into this by saying you really want latinos to participate. am i reading into it too much that you haven't had the latino participation that you'd like to see, or is this just a blanket call to say, "make sure latinos come out"? >> so, part of the priorities in tcny is to reduce the equity gaps, right? meaning t

and should not therefore be an enforcement priority.ow, i don't know how you come to that conclusion about they're not a threat to public safety, border security or national security. first of all, they're here illegally. that should be enough in my book. but let me list to you, offensive -- offense of domestic violence. sexual abuse or exploitation. burglary. unlawful possession of a firearm. drug distribution or trafficking. driving under the influence. and that is not an automatic deportation? you got to be kidding me. and to think that they might -- do you think that's terrorism if a woman is raped? do you, mr. bersin? >> i do think that that is terrorism? >> yeah. >> no. but it's an egregious horrible crime. >> it is for that woman. it is for that family. and you don't deport them. how do you do that? you give them an excuse to make a decision, some poor officer there to say, maybe they should go ahead and stay here in this country. we had more than 66,000 criminal aliens in your control and you let them go. you didn't deport them.

and the members of the cross-function team give priority to the mission. why do some groups work like teams, others work like committees? for example, why don't all executive branch cross-functional groups work as well an army battalion headquarters, which also has to integrate functional expertise from the artillery, infantry, armor, etc. i think the answer is a difference is the degree of autonomy exercised by the functional organizations, and the degree of oversight exercised by the common authority. and the battalion headquarters, all the participants share the culture, have the obligation to follow legal orders, and received direct an ongoing supervision from the battalion commander. interagency groups consist from organizations with quite different cultures, different legal authorities and obligations, and no supervision from the only person in the system with the authority to direct the behavior -- the president. another question often raised is whether we do not already have an effect good inter-agency teams with empowered leaders, for example, the

a more important priority or other priorities.sessment of alternatives and whether we have other measures available to address this sense of concern about the direction and magnitude of pakistan's nuclear weapons program. is the status quo better or is it worse than trying to negotiate some sort of deal? what is the impact to the non-proliferation regime from trying to negotiate a deal? what would the impact be on the u.s.-india strategic relationship? i think there's a lot of important questions that are inherent in this issue that haven't really been adequately addressed and deserve further discussion. focusing just on pakistan is also a little bit artificial. received is we didn't address the india side of this question, we didn't call it a normal nuclear india. we called it a normal nuclear pakistan. even so, i think you do have to recognize that because the pathway for pakistan also depends on some measure in india's membership in the nsg, you have to look at these things together. if there's an open door for india, but a clo

they wanted to be a priority. they want to shake things up and created public and private partnerships between government and all levels to really make it happen. why should this be such a priority? i think there are a couple of reasons.these are pretty obvious . anybody here can probably spell this out as well or better than me. first is we are in an information age. we all talked about it. it is obvious we need to open the want ads to see the descriptions of the jobs open. asked for the ability to operate some software or complicated computerized machine. you have to have education to take on that trend affecting every job. the second reason is the generation of young people 18 ,nd under, as of last summer are the largest generation in american history. that is kind of disconcerting, chris. [laughter] we were always told we were the biggest generation in american history. when i get on the scales, i am not sure. [laughter] i remember a character strip when one character set one will we know that the baby boom is

it is my first priority. i am pleased to report significant progress on this front and greatly appreciate congress's support for our efforts by providing. 23 new immigration judges have entered on duty. as of this week, the attorney general has another 37 to serve as immigration judges after a thorough and rigorous hiring process at uir and within the department. these are now under being the required checks before they can start hearing cases. many more candidates are going through the final stages of the review before they can be recommended to the attorney general for selection. these new judges will be arriving in immigration throughout the country in the coming months and will have a positive were effect on the case loads, enabling the balance between incoming caseload and a number of judges available to a adjudicate it. again, thank you for your support for these much needed resources. within the immigration court system certain cases are prioritized for adjudication. those cases involving individuals d

i mean, losing my daughter, all my priorities have changed. >> the house is on the back burner. although it's under construction, we will finish it, it's not a top priority right now. >> i don't even really care about versailles anymore, you know? i mean, it needs to get done. i'm not gonna leave it in a shell, but... >> the siegels instantly changed the focus of their lives. they launched the victoria's voice foundation, a charity aimed at raising awareness and supporting youth and families affected by substance abuse. >> we can't bring her back, but what we can do is try to just bring awareness, let people know the dangers of the drug overdoses. every four minutes, there's a drug overdose. >> david siegel -- well, he poured himself into the issue and began researching teenage drug addiction. even with running westgate and overseeing all the construction of the mansion, david says his number-one priority now is to help teens struggling with drug addiction. >> it is being brushed under the carpet. 350 people a day. that's like a jumbo jet liner with 350 passengers crashing at th

so i would be asking, let's take this from a seventh tier priority and make it a top priority and puthe resources and manpower into it to do screening that is no less thorough, but to do it far more quickly than we are doing it now. right now it it's so far down the line of priorities that it takes what i think is an unconscionable amount of time. this is a global crisis. let's treat it like one. which manifestly, we are not doing now. >> alright, with this i would like to thank everyone for being here today and for your lively participation in the discussion. if you could please join me in thinking ambassador crocker [applause]. >> thank you for taking time in your busy schedule to be with us. thank you to the center working hard to make this happen. we appreciate it. >> see you at another event in the future. >> coming up one c-span, we will look at the deals on how to keep the government-funded. house democrats opposing the spending bill. 866full house debate on the alien dollar expiring tax provisions bill. after that, numbers debating the spending bill. >> the next washington jou

not all priorities, however, were addressed. i regret that we were unable to reach bipartisan agreement on the legislation to address the bankruptcy crisis facing puerto rico. it remains a priority to me, and i hope that we can continue all efforts to reach an agreement as soon as possible. in closing, i would have to call this package a mixed bag. it represents some good, bipartisan compromises, drops the most controversial provisions, and most importantly funds the government. my colleagues will have a few days to review the details and make their own judgments. and i also want to thank the chairman. it has been always a pleasure with me to work with you. and i do hope that in the next session we will have some regular order and have our 12 appropriations bills considered independently. thank you, mr. chairman. it's a pleasure to appear before you. >> ms. loewy, thank you very much. i'm going to go out of order today and defer -- move my time to that of the gentleman from texas, louisville, texas, to speak about an issue that'

strategic integration of the department of defense all too often seems to do poorly, integrating priorities, efforts, and resources across regions, across domains of military activity, and across time. balancing short-term and long-term requirements, the question has been raised -- whether the chairman should be placed in the chain of command, with the service chief and combatant commanders reporting to him? we have her testimony for and against -- have heard testimony for and against. these are questions that have direct bearing on the effectiveness of u.s. military operations. and as a consequence, on the well-being of our war fighters. we go it to them to look at this seriously, ask tough questions, challenge gold assumptions, and embrace new solutions, if and when it is needed. i look forward to the testimony, senator reid? senator reid: let me join you in welcoming the witnesses. i have had the privilege of working with general schwartz. and admiral stavridas as medication commander, in the defense department now. i deeply appreciate. thank you very much gentlemen, as the chairman said

so this administration and president has made access a high priority. we have worked closely with congress, elements of the administration but public and private universities to insure they are filling their important mission to educate the next generation of american workers. >> the president would not agree with that comparison? >> i think the comments articulated by justice scalia is a different view than the priorities and values president obama has spent his career talking about. >> last night it was said the president directed his team for a set of recommendations what could be dead from the administration to save lives from gun violence for collective short order means does that cover the extended use of background checks? >> i still don't have an update the terms of progress in administration is making. to scrub the rules to determine what elements of the executive authority can be used to do a better job. what additional steps can we take to keep guns out of the hands of criminals? it is no surprise as a priority of the president but with the o

then, there are "priority two" streets... like glen oaks boulevard, grandview boulevard, peters avenue and stone avenue. other residential streets are handled third. now, we'll keep you up to date with the v vy latest throughout the evening. and you can get a closer look at the map that was just on your screen by clicking on this story at ktiv dot com. we'll also have more on what your morning commute willl look like, comingngp on news 4 at 10. matt and shehea? there have been numerous traffic accidents. here's the aftermath of one that one of the iowa d-o-t cameras caught this mornin this is interstate 29 northbound looking north at the highway 20 bypass. it appeared to involve a semi and another vehicle. there were apparently no injuries in this one. woodbury county deputies say they have only had a few cars in the ditch. nothing like they saw a week ago friday. they say more people weren't traveling this morning. (matt) here's a picture sent to us by newspotter jimy mac lenz of a pickup truck that rolled over about five mi

their policy priorities are very different. different. is the case with anyone who has been in the senate and long, long time, a lot of these people do still get along personally. their wives know each other. it's not necessarily that difficult. when people are watching the sunday morning, the house is likely to have joined the senate in passing this omnibus package. beforehner's last gift passing it on. mr. lesniewski: it funds through the end of september, so there will not be a shutdown stand up, and it also addresses a lot of long-standing tax provisions they have been trying to sort out for ages and keeps people from getting hit with tax hikes at the end of the year. ms. swain: what is your perspective on the deal? in terms of the department of education, which i closely -- some of the new programs would be funded under this omnibus, so it seems like a good faith effort, bipartisan effort. it allin: and they got done without having to work through this week this year. so, and a college meant. thanks for being with us on "newsmakers"

what should be our key priorities? first, we are still concentrated in commodities producing industries. if we trained the structure of our economy this will allow us to address different social issues, create jobs and improve the living centers of our people. we have successful new agriculture industry. but the most important issue is to increase the numbers and certainly in the institution and export programs must achieve, must work hard to achieve the goal. number two, the number of industries and construction life industry and railroad, the government needs to provide specific target programs and financing has been allocated. we need to support low-income people, the most vulnerable groups for our population. and then we need to make benefit programs more targeted. we need to take into account the needs of people with disabilities, we need to focus on their training and we have done a lot to improve healthcare and education, we have made benchmarks for these. they have been set in the main documents of 2012. we wil

whether you think terrorism is a more important priority or other priorities. depends on your assessment of alternatives and whether we have other measures available to address this sense of concern about the direction and magnitude of pakistan's nuclear weapons program. is the status quo better or sit worse than trying to negotiate some sort of deal? what is the impact to the nonproliferation regime from trying to negotiate a deal? what would the impact be on the u.s./india strategic relationship? i think there's a lot of important questions that are inherent in this issue that haven't really been adequately addressed and deserve further discussion. of course, focusing just on pakistan is also a little bit artificial. and a lot of the criticism that we received is that we didn't address the india side of this question. we didn't call it a normal nuclear india, we called it a normal nuclear pakistan. even so i think you do have to recognize that because the pathway for pakistan also depends in some measure on india's minute in the nsg, you have to look at these