-- nationalt reform development reform commission here in china, the leading state policy driving part of the government. they drive and shape some of the major policies for the government. president xi jinping is really the de facto head of the organization. we expect to hear a few more things, decisions on health care, telecoms, which they announced a few ideas before. us a fewlso give responses on the growing tensions between the u.s. and china over terrorist. ndrc which would ave the decision on responses to these tariffs. i also announced that they may be moving or reducing subsidies sold from the autos foreign carmen a factors. on what get details

going to get you this headline from the national development reform commission.dy in china. let's get to our next guest in china. she is our global chief economist. , really your research, you highlight the fact telling thests are presidency not to do it, and they did it, and the rest is history quite literally with the great depression. >> that is a dire precedent, and i don't mean to be alarmist by bringing it up again and again, but i think we need to be reminded of the fact that without trade, it is very hard for the global economy to grow. short-termism, isn't it. marie: it is very alarming what is happening. there is a spread of inconsistent or incoherent economic policies. perhaps it is an era where people are again not listening to economists, and there is a darker shade of dark i think. rishaad: literal black. marie: in the new administration. in this context because it is also this very worrisome, undermining of the institutions. so if we go back to this rejectionist time of the 1920's and the second world war, and then the institution building that cam

i want to thank all the members of the reform commission who are here. i want to say thank you to all the members of the rules and bylaws committee who have been working tirelessly. your work has been so important. not the report says, and a shell, that will be coming to your consideration -- in a nutshell, that will be coming to your consideration, that the status quo is not enough. have voters that if we want to regain their trust we have to communicate. regain, if we want to their trust, we have to communicate. it's a roadmap that is not going to land in a political graveyard. that we will put into action. the report is not lip service. i think it's a public service. paper to a shredder, it's a blueprint to action. mentor in politics taught me that politics, in many --pects, is about a you have to have not just the right values, but you have to have the capacity and demonstration that you can earn their trust. we will gett through it. and i'm confident we will reach of reaching 50 million voters are you thank you, larry, thank you, so many other peopl

to a year according to statements recently released by the country's national development a reform commission with the social strata system the chinese government rate citizens based on things like criminal behavior and financial misdeeds but also what they buy say and do those with low scores have restrictions but if you're bad debt or if you have a lot of debt and you haven't made enough payments. you you are you get bad social credit so. if you apply that economic level what is that going to. it's going to look pretty bad so in other words like tuber or e-bay there's a rating that's generated not by a fellow users but by the government and everyone in the country is a given a rating by the government and if you do something that's anti-government like question the government your rating goes down if you lionize the government and salute the government and genuflect before the all knowing glorious government you get a soldier rating boost and this is very interesting in china because on the way up during the capital's boom there were all adam smith and free market but now that the debts bec

is unity and reform commission is recommending the effect of abolition of some sixty percent of super delegates the commission's report now heads to the d.n.c. rules and bylaws committee which will have a six month period to amend party rules and could dilute the commission's recommendations so it hasn't happened yet and be even if they did get rid of six gets that doesn't really answer the question why are the number down why are. you really only one still feeling the primary election superdelegates cutting fifty percent of them is like saying i have stolen your car but i'm going to give you the clothes i found in the trunk back ok the drop those offered to play like how thankful should i be at that poem thank you so much for bringing my clothes but. here's the thing the democratic aristocracy admitted this that this is a fraud basically in leaked emails from wiki leaks mark siegel the man who actually drafted the superdelegate provisions that were first instituted in one thousand nine hundred two email the big wigs at the d.n.c. he says why not throw bernie a bone and reduce the sup

rules and the bylaws committee, and i want to say thank you to all of the members of the unity reform commission here, and if you are not here, i want to say thank you as well. and say thank you to all of the rules and the bylaws committee who have been working tirelessly. your work is so important. and you know what, folks, what the report says in a nutshell that will be coming to your consideration is that the status quo is not good enough. we have changed. we owe it to the voters. we want to regain their trust and we have to communicate that we are the party of everyday americans, and that is with what the report is about, and it is a full road map for reform. and i'm proud of that. and as i have promised you before, and i will reit rate again, it is a road map that is not going to be landing in the political graveyard, but it is a road map that we will put into action today, and the report is not lip service, but it is a public service. it is not a pap foreshredder, but it is a blueprint for action. and we are not patting ourselves on the back, but it is a report that tells the american peop

we will go to the reform commission, hoping to get some lines from them potentially on the trade tensionsve been talking about the u.s. and china. they oversee any tariffs china on chinese agricultural products. we are going to be going to a briefing by the delegates in heinen island with the conglomerate having to sell down their assets for the debt crisis. we will be talking about the fate of that company and potentially, as you punched on, plans we have heard to potentially allow gambling on the island, which can have significant implications for the casinos in macau. yvonne: i certainly here rumblings early this year as well. in confirmation. you, tom mackenzie, our china correspondent, joining us from beijing. let's bring in co-author of red capitalism, one of the big watchers we have talked to. fraser, you're talking about this. overpromising and under delivering when it comes to some of these targets? it may look a lot for the are than it was, but this is a highly stage-managed performance, and changing the constitution, there are serious things going on. it is clearly important ne

like theganizations national development reform commission as well.l be a lot of those kicking off that :00 a.m. in beijing. mackenzie, they very much for joining us. join us for more on this is richard mcgregor. very much for joining us. our depend upon obama those earlier points that tom was making. some are quite conciliatory on this but it is not surprising, there isn't a great just to lose your and potentially a lot to gain. is very bizarre, china was meant to be in the u.s. crosshairs by the country's most hit by this are canada and europe. canada and europe are both considering heading back against the u.s., just at the time when canada, europe and japan would like to work with the u.s.. the market open is inside china. it is all going in the wrong direction, there is an old chinese saying, i think mr. trump has picked up a stone only to drop it on his own. that is why the chinese are playing a critical right now. >> do you expect to hear any more about this? how do expect them to move? >> i think china will wait until they are actually imposed

china has a strategy function housed in this organization called the national development reform commissionrategy resigning five-year plans. we may not like the way they sound, but the architect of the was probably plans the senior chinese economic official now in charge of the economy. he was in washington a couple of weeks ago to deal with these contentious trade issues. strategic,rt, thoughtful, analytical thinker. with an enormous challenge in taking china which has been so export led into a more consumer-type economy. tom: we will come back with stephen roach. where are we going from here? francine: we will talk about china and we are waiting for the new -- governor to be announced and pick up the new issue of bloomberg businessweek. on the front page is the change is coming at goldman sachs. it's a funny cover. this is bloomberg. ♪ mom, dad, can we talk? sure. what's up, son? i can't be your it guy anymore. what? you guys have xfinity. you can do this. what's a good wifi password, mom? you still have to visit us. i will. no. make that the password: "you_stillóhave_toóvisit_us." that's

that's something we hope will come out of the c.a.p.s deal when we reform the commission to protect pensionshere we are in our fifth continuing resolution, still waiting for the republicans to come back with a global offer as to how they would like to proceed to pass a bill until the close of this fiscal year, september 30th, to invest in the american people. we had a victory with the c. a. a.p.s bill. this is the manifestation of it. they insist on poison pills and the rest. hopefully they'll get serious and we can get this done before the 23rd of march. we can't possibly have another continuing resolution. a lot of stuff. i didn't even go into the russia stuff with all the statement the that are coming out identifying who the offenders were in undermining our election. i did mention that the president still refuses to sign -- to enforce the law that was sent to him, with his input, to have sanctions on russia. any questions? >> republicans have -- >> okay. yeah, but this is not the sanctions bill that we sent. this is a previous sanctions bill. this is part of -- okay. trump announced this

.- vice premier there is also a new head of the national development reform commission, which is a stater from the president all ofis evening, and this will be happening at the great hall of the people behind me. so much.om, thank you as we look ahead to president xi jinping's speech as well as the premier. in the meantime, asian stocks are facing more volatility when it comes to trade tensions and that tech sector. joining us in hong kong is jonathan garner, morgan stanley's chief asia and emerging markets strategist. were some sweeping overhauls here in the central government. the biggest we have seen in two decades. what is the biggest take away that we have for investors, do you think. jonathan: i think it means that the trajectory we see for reform continues. supply-side reform, capacity reduction, greater focus on environmental protection. formations government going on in china, we have not really seen any chinese response to what is coming up from the u.s.. but i think we will see that over the next few weeks. yvonne: level will be the trigger for that, jonathan? so far, the resp

joining me now, brendan fisher, director of the federal election commission reform at the campaign legalter. and betty woodruff, politics reporter for the daily beast and msnbc contributor. betsy, your view of the significance of this and the -- what is revealed in the link there between an alternative facts approach to politics and a digital campaign that might be relentless at pushing misinformation. >> it speaks to the time we live in. and ultimately, the responsibility for how whether or not these ads work falls with the consumers. the people who see the ads. at the end of the day, these ads only work if americans don't follow politics closely enough, don't take the time to put in the legwork, fact check, and get a sense of whether or not the things that they are reading, the media they're consuming is coming from reliable sources or not. it's harder than ever in this internet age in some ways, but there is such a rich variety of fact checking sites, an amazing websites and newspapers and television networks creating wonderful journalism that fortunately, it shouldn't be as difficult

the board of supervisors and the san francisco ethics commission on april 3rd in order to consider and with any luck, finally adopt the sweeping reform to our council member paampaign f conflict of interest codes. i don't believe the circumstances have ever been more pressing for us to do this than now. for the past two years, the ethics commission has pursued broad finance reform to regulate independ dent super pacs, and other conflict of interest issues pertaining to developers and city contractors. on february 16, the ethics took the step to pass the torch to the board of supervisors and now it is our job to finally pass these reforms. while third party soft money pours into unregulated campaigns, we have an opportunity to shed light on that hidden economy and to enhance the public's trust in the work that we do in this building and in these chambers. i look forward to this discussion and to collaborating with our ethics commission to passing the sweeping rebuttal to unrestricted campaign financing since the supreme court's decision, citizens united. this morning at the transportation board meeting, i announced your support, a tax

commission. that is the seven member body that sits here today. that in september, i believe it is, when the u.s. d.o.j. announced it would step out of the collaborative reform process that the department and commission voluntarily entered into for the purpose of analyzing best practices, training, tactic systems and offering recommendations to enhance the relationship between the department and the community, we began a cooperative partnership relationship when they stepped out of that arrangement it was decided that we needed another independent third body to look at the reform measures we were passing, the actions we were taking to make sure they were within best practices. it was decided that, of course, we cannot say we are creating these measures and they are the best. we needed independent validation and a third party to say that was in keeping with the best practices and what was going on in other areas of the country. from the very begin of this process, the mayor's office, dpa, and the commission leadership were all invited to discuss these issues. from the begin, i said then and now. the california department of justice is not the proper party to

reform. >> good morning. the administration is going to form a commission now to look into some of the specifics of gun control, including potentially raising the age to 21. beyond that, we are seeing a broad framework of what the president would like to see. with gun control activists promising to keep up the pressure, the white house has a new plan to address school shootings, calling for federal funding to train some volunteer teachers to use firearms and stiffen back ground check system for gun purchases. the administration is establishing a new federal commission to examine what else can be done. headed by education secretary betsy devos , who appeared on cbs 60 minutes last night. >> do you feel a sense of urgency? >> yes. >> because this sounds like a talking. >> there is a sense of urgency indeed. >> reporter: a sense of urgency, especially after the attack at a parkland, florida, high school that left 17 dead. a proposal to raise the minimum age to purchase of assault style weapons to 21, something the president initially supported. >> he has made statements in recent weeks. he's gone back and forth.

civil service reform, grant did advocate civil service reform in his annual message to congress in december of 1870. congress authorized him to a commission to he authorized the leading civil service reform are in the country, george william curtis, as chair of that, and the commission developed a set of rules to institute the merit system. this is quite a step that grant and the commission took. they instituted competitive exams for admission into the federal bureaucracy. it looked very modern, like what we have today. i think you can see this thomas nash cartoon, actually a favorable cartoon to grant. he is saying to the political bummers out the door, i am determined to enforce those regulations. but it was very strong opposition in congress to this because by cutting down, by almost eliminating their patronage power, this would of course very much compromise their ability to build their political machines back in their districts and states. what they had of course was the power of the purse. every year grant would ask for appropriations for the evil service commission, and every year it would dwindle down lower and lower until congres

mentioned the fact that this commission has the power to change the mantratility on the percents, up and down by 10%. i think it is something until we have rule section 317 reform we should actually consider as a commission. that's it. thank you. >> thank you. commissioner moore? >> it is just 11 years ago that the planning department presented to the commission at that time a informational presentation on the numbers of gas stations. the commission that the time was already very concerned about the decline about gas stations. so, the department looked all the way back to 1990 where there were 151 stations. then looking forward to 1995, there were 136 and in 2000, there were 122. in 2006, there were 111. 11 years later and i would like to ask the department, the director, to hopefully take this wonderful piece of mapping that is already in the system and help us understand what has happened since 2011, what has been demolished and what is under consideration to be demolished because many of the gas station sites, particularly at the corners where there is new residential development are of productive and intense land use gas stations. however, it leaves the cit

. >> the police advisory commission the smoking ban campaign finance reform smoking ban campaign finance reform that was a lot of work but i was make it a point the first campaign finance law was passed by virginia right after the 2003 election and we remember a lot of things from the 2003 election but it was also clear there was concerns about campaign finance and how the government was functioning finance and how the government was functioning, early december the legislation came through the council passed it anyway and then subsequently i did another piece with different restrictions and contracts with legislation if you did this only a certain amount of attribution rules and then subsequently i read every indictment of sequential that 2003 election with numerous amendments based on updated indictment of the federal government coming forward and clark county i think it was one of those moments only that kind of crisis we had ever gotten that kind of legislation passed the only place in the state that would have campaign finance limits which subsequently were litigated all the way up t

commission addresses a warning to both sides. preserving civil peace is the first responsibility of government, unless the rule of law prevails, it there won't be a chance for order or reform. a domestic arms race in the making, which the commission would cut off by a federal law restricting the sale of guns. beyond this, the report corrects a number of proposals to the local police, as the first line of defense against disorder and one of the most serious areas of friction wear white and black communities confront each other everyday in an atmosphere of prejudice and distrust. inan example of reform progress, the report cites the police report in the city of atlanta. wagon 21. >> the police report is a must, a visible symbol for the auto got police are not just the agents of repression. 40% of the atlanta police department is a girl. -- is negro. the recommended there ought to be more negros in the command does of -- the command jobs of sergeant lieutenant, and general. the best offices should work in the worst neighborhoods. atlanta, like most cities, police are largely in patrol cars. the only way officials like to cover the territory. president's commission was disturb

has used its ample coffers to undermine reforms that have been part of a public and negotiated process with the community and the p.o.a. and the commission the p.o.a. has brought lawsuits to challenge and undermine the use of force policy that's standard in departments across the country. they do massive public campaigns to undermine policy, police chief, commission and board of supervisors. an example of this is the misleading taser initiative that they put on the ballot. the safer policing initiative, but it's the opposite. it establishing a very loose policy for tasers that will surely result in deaths and lawsuits. it puts into the hands of the voters the complicated decision about a new, controversial weapon. again undermining the commission, police chief and board of supervisors. i urge you and insist that the current contract be extended or you include provinces that the p.o.a. will not block contract reforms during the next period. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> president breed, members of the board, i'm larry griffin. i'm a native san franciscan, but that's not why i'm here. i'm here to speak abo

commission. in ohio decades of advocacy paid off on legislators past reform to state legislative districts that voters approved in 2015. now legislative referendum on the may 2018 ballot to change how congressional districts are done. in addition to michigan, there are a number of the states that are looking for ballot initiatives. including colorado, oklahoma, missouri in utah. eight states have pending redistricting legislation. advocates are making history gains that could result in a limitation for prohibiting partisan gerrymandering. the federal court city map was unconstitutional gerrymandering for the first time in history. in eight days the high court will hear a chance to a blatant gerrymander of maryland congressional map. the just as surprised court watchers while not yet ruling on a challenge to wisconsin assembly districts. it appears that the supreme court could be poised for historic action the summer nonpartisan gerrymandering for deciding a challenge to a republican gerrymander and a challenge to a democratic gerrymander at the same time. an issue that has really been drawn for much a

reform the system. unless they can get this back to regular order. we've been down this road before. the national commission for fiscal and responsibility and reform the former clinton chief of staff a lot of big hunches and names. was that successful and why would a new commission under this bill achieve what others had not been able to achieve. there were very determined people they were powerful people. they were given a mandate to try to do this. but the truth is that the congress is the supreme authority on this in a people in congress cannot agree to do this in an orderly way through regular order at second happen. unless there is political will up on capitol hill. perhaps president trump and the threat to veto it and then the further statement that is putting real pressure they would probably all celebrate once we see it. maybe behind-the-scenes it will be a bit more on that threat. with who the to the members of the commission would be. i don't know who that they are going to be. i don't think they had been named yet. the idea is that they will meet when they hold five meetings when lawmakers return

implementation of the 2017 country-specific recommendations, as communicated by the european commission yesterday, greater reformsary in the euro area countries. regarding fiscal policies, increasingly solid and broad-based expansion calls for rebuilding fiscal buffers. this is particularly important in country were loan debt remains high. will benefit from intensifying efforts towards achieving a more growth-from the composition of public finances friendlye growth- composition of public finances. a transparent implementation of the growth pact and the macro economic procedure over time across countries remains essential to increase the resilience of the euro area economy. deepening economic and monetary union remains a priority. the council urges specific and decisive steps to complete the banking union and the capital markets union. questions.ready for >> mr. president, thank you. i am from bloomberg. yout question, i noticed have changed somewhat your monetary policy statement, dropping the commitment to increase the size of quantitative easing if necessary. could you explain the reasons for that, especially

we as commission sat together and chose smart, progressive reforming independent minded chief who is doing a fabulous job. he stepped out and made a decision that was tough to make. his decision is not reflective of a lack of care of officers or the people of san francisco. it is about judgment, it is about diligence, it is about overall care for this department and this community. i cannot thank you enough for the year-plus service that you have given the city and county of san francisco. i cannot thank you enough for all the things you do. now as plainly seen tonight, you and i don't always agree, and they should hear some of those, you know, regular meetings you and i have. they would really be shocked to hear that you and i don't agree, but what i do agree with is your ability to make informed decisions to standup and take the head, to do what is right, to call it out when you think something's wrong, and that's what makes you a great chief, and that's what makes me hope that you are in san francisco for a very, very long time. thank you for your service. [applause]. >> president

has used its ample coffers to undermine reforms that have been part of a public and negotiated process with the community and the p.o.a. and the commission the p.o.a. has brought lawsuits to challenge and undermine the use of force policy that's standard in departments across the country. they do massive public campaigns to undermine policy, police chief, commission and board of supervisors. an example of this is the misleading taser initiative that they put on the ballot. the safer policing initiative, but it's the opposite. it establishing a very loose policy for tasers that will surely result in deaths and lawsuits. it puts into the hands of the voters the complicated decision about

reform. in michigan, an effort that started on a single facebook post asking who wanted to help inju gherrymanderin gerrymandering, putting an initiative on the 2018 ballot this november to create an independent citizen's commission. in ohio, decades of advocacies, paid off when legislators passed reform that voters approved in 2015 and now, legislators put a referendum on the may 2018 ballot to change how congressional districts are done. in addition to michigan ballot initiatives there are a number of other states that have ballot issues underway, including colorado, oklahoma, missouri and utah. in the courts, eight states still have pending redistricting litigation and advocates are making historic gains that could result in a nationwide limitation on prohibiting partisan gerrymandering. in the consolidated cases, of league of women voters versus-- of north carolina, a federal court struck down a congressional map as a-- the north carolina legislator will appear later this year. and in case there will be a challenge to a blatant gerrymandering of the congressional map. and it surprised court watchers when they agreed to hear the case for a constitutional challenge to wisconsin assembly districts. it appears th

i'm looking to see what can the commission do, will there be substantive legislative reforms, who willking to, will they speak to students, and can anything come out of that that will stop the tragic killings happening in our schools that are alarming at an all-too-frequent pace. >> congressman, we had a senior on last hour. she said if they're not going to listen to our voice, they're going to listen to our vote. these kids are rallying to register to vote, get their friends to vote. do marches like this make a difference to you and your fellow congressmen? do they matter? do they drive any sort of vote or decision? >> yes, they clearly do. you can see there's a lot of energy. i think the thing about young voters or high school kids who are not eligible or ready to vote yet, the thing about these people is they're issue and caused focused. they don't think of it through a traditional lens of politics. they don't identify quite as much with the political parties. they identify with issues and causes. so as these people age into the voting kind of base, if you will, they're going to be

commission. in ohio, decades of efficacy paid off when reform was passed that voters approved in 2015. have put aators referendum on the 8 -- 2018 ballot to change how redistricting is done. otherare a number of states that have ballot initiatives underway including colorado, oklahoma, missouri, and you talk. in the courts, eight states still have pending legislation -- litigation. in the consolidated cases of common cause in league of women , the federal court struck down a congressional map is unconstitutional. court will hear the appeal later this year. hear at days, they will challenge to maryland's democratic map. the justices surprised court watchers when they agreed to hear the case. it appears the supreme court could be poised for historic action the summer on partisan gerrymandering. for a republican gerrymandering and a chalice to a democratic gerrymander of the same time. it's now matching significant importance today. all of a sudden we see ourselves thrown at the forefront in the center of a public site -- public fight to fundamentally protect our prostitution rights. i wa

it was a copy and paste almost from the september 11 commission to say, understand vulnerabilities, put reforms in place, and show unity while doing it. >> congressman, we might have to go to donald trump in just a moment, but i want to ask you a question about this christopher steele article in "the new yorker." a lot of revelations in it, including one that we found particularly interesting about mitt romney and moscow trying to block mitt romney becoming secretary of state, instead favoring someone that would be more favorable to russia. what have you heard about that? >> well, that's something that our committee should be looking at, but we know that mitt romney was not chosen and somebody who received the friendship order, the order of friendship from vladimir putin was chosen. so, you know, look, christopher steele has been attacked and attacked and attacked, but not a single piece of his dossier through our investigation has been disproved. we should seek to either prove it or disprove it, but right now our investigation is all but shut down. and again, that's not answering to our respon

vonnie: what is next for underlying structural reform in larger countries, what are you hoping for and what are you watching? engaged withtty european commission leadership in europe and my colleagues were among the leaders of a franco german effort to set an agenda which could be a macro and, merkel agenda, it includes getting deposit insurance and balance between france and southern european calls for solidarity with german and northern european calls for discipline. and setting up a european monetary fund. it is not transformative, but it is good and incremental. my colleague and i along with have talked about lessons from the u.s. for european integration and lessons from u.s. mistakes. resubmitting,ep just like we had three tries before we got a federal reserve, you have to keep at it. decade,es not work this not like it will never work. there is a lot that can happen any most important thing is deposit insurance getting in place to go with the single supervisory mechanism in the banking system. national reforms, i think there is less momentum, in part because they have done a lot. even italy, part of what happened to renzi was they put i