carol: and kelly slater finding his perfect wave. david: all of that ahead on "bloomberg businessweek." ♪ david: we are here with the editor-in-chief of "bloomberg businessweek." a great issue this week. carol: you guys talk about mr. fix-it in the auto industry. now he has to fix mitsubishi. ellen: he first fixed nissan, and now at mitsubishi motors , where they have had the scandal over emissions, he has been brought in to help. it is all because nissan has -- is going to want to invest in mitsubishi motors. david: what makes him so good at doing this? he does it time and time again? carol: the picture that you have with him, he looks like wolverine. ellen: he does. i bet you he will like the picture. in france, they called him "le cost killer." something like that. he knows how to cut costs, how to make auto companies working together share platforms, etc. and he just knows how to do it for less. david: looking at venture capital, a lot of circles here. no surprise the internet is a subject of a lot of venture capital investment.

-- and nomination so i will turn to you, secretary slater. please go ahead. >> thank you. thank you, senators. i'd actually like to begin with reference to the comments just made by judge lewis because it's interesting that i was making my way to washington hopefully, because we were in the midst of a very rigorous campaign during that period, october 1992, and i was working for a young governor from a small state, arkansas, and for of ust the anticipation what that journey could be out, it never became clear until now the interesting thread that actually ties us all together as we move across the political process through our system that can take us from one administration to the next that allows our country to continue to move forward as a beacon of light and hope for democracies around the world. it's clear from judge lewis' comments that we gather not for y partisan purpose, but as believers in the constitution. a constitution that has caused us all to take a solemn oath to defend and support the constitution and has given some of us the

david: can kelly slater sell his new wave machine to the world?head on "bloomberg businessweek." ♪ david: welcome back to "bloomberg businessweek." carol: you can find us on radio, on sirius xm channel 119. david: also in new york boston , 1200, washington, dc 991, and bay area 960. a look at the wave machine designed by surfing legend kelly slater. carol: could it make the sport mainstream? >> there has been a quest for an artificial wave that was more or less like what the pros experience in the ocean. there have been a lot of tries and there are wave pools around the world, but nothing that fell to professionals. carol: in december, he posts the video on youtube, kelly slater. what was that video? >> he posted a teaser on his instagram feet first, which was him, a shot of this perfect wave, and then it cuts to him looking extremely happy, jumping up and down. you see him on this wave and it is revealed this is an artificial wave. his voiceover says this is the greatest man-made wave ever made. turns out it is his wave. for the last 10 years, he

why kelly slater wants everybody to hang ten. >> that is all ahead on "bloomberg businessweek."e are here with editor alan pollack. in the opening remarks, you talk about south africa. you talk about this momentum for president zuma to step down. >> this compares the situation in south africa with india, where the reporter who wrote the story used to be stationed. this raises the question of whether the congress can keep going. and talk to the how they have not solved all of the problems and there is growing discontentment. a means down the line it is possible they will start losing some important elections. term, laying out here how a lot of these candidates are doing. you can gauge how popular these candidates are by how large the crowd is. >> it is a new way to guage this. it is really cool. >> a look here at new banks cropping up in indonesia, trash banks. it is a way to develop financial solvency and to get people to stop littering. >> the idea is you bring your trash to the bank and they pay you for your trash. and they can recycle some of it. and you can leave your money

i'll turn it to you, secretary slater, please go ahead. >> thank you. thank you senator, thank you senators. i'd actually like to begin with reference to the comments just made by judge lewis. because it's interesting that i was making my way to washington hopefully because we were in the midst of a very rigorous campaign during that period, october 1992. and i was working for a young governor from a small state, arkansas. and for me, just the anticipation of what that journey could be about. it never became clear until now the interesting thread that actually ties us all together as we move across the political process through our system that can take us from one administration to the next. that to move forward as a beacon of light and hope for democracies around the world. it's clear from judge lewis's comments that we gather not for any partisan purpose, but as believers in the constitution. and has given some of us the opportunity to be nominated by a president and then confirmed by the senate. that is a very sacred and special process. it is someth

an arcing ince slater on the track we learn -- insulator on the track that had anthony fox considering shutting down the entire rail system. friday the f.t.a. issued a safety directive to metro to prioritize safety but reduce fire and smoke. >> the issue in the past is that it wasn't clearly communicated as the primary focus for how we should conduct ourselves each day. >> riders getting ready to deal with the long-term single of a maintenance overhaul. >> they aren't overly optimistic when it comes to change. >> it doesn't seem like it's changed so far. >> not happy to know they are meeting there. necessarily i'm not going to expect a lot from it either. >> riders are still saying they hope they are wrong. that there is change moving forward. today after the big meeting with more than 650 managers the general manager saying he felt like the message was driven home. tonight metro and the school agencies said we are catching inspiration from the meeting. brianne carter, abc7 news. maureen: thank you. metro is also coping with a drop in ridership. figures from metro show ridership droppe

we were the first broadcast team to check out, up close, what the kelly slater wave company has builtve that's as good as surfing in the ocean. no one has come close until now. >> reporter: the perfect wave for pro surfers like kelly slater, that means a powerful wall and a precise, barrelling tube that goes on and on and on. >> the vision for me was to just make the best quality wave you could possibly make by man. >> reporter: that's exactly what kelly and his team have pibuilt here. this is no tropical paradise. it is a former water skiing lake in the middle of california's farm belt. when the first images hit the internet back in december, they sent shock waves through the surfing world. >> i probably watched it about 2,000 times. just to make sure it was real. >> do you worry at all that something like this is not going to give you that real-life experience? >> nothing replaces the ocean, you know. we live our lives traveling and following seasons. this is never going to be intended to try and replace surfing in the ocean. it's a supplement. >> reporter: and a massive adrenaline

ron slater is live with the latest. it is a huge hole. >> you can probably tell it is windy, but the wind may have played a part in all of this. i am told they are waiting for pepco to give the all clear before they can get inspectors in and they can take a look at what happened here. d.c. fire says this happened as after 2:00 this afternoon. a huge chunk, about two stories high of that brick wall came crashing down, taking out a utility pole and some street signs. this, we are told, is an old tomato packing plant that is being converted. inside, the building is hard -- is hollowed out. we don't know yet what the construction is for. it is in the middle of an area a lot of developments, called ivy city, an area of new york avenue, where a number of where houses are being converted into housing, retail, and restaurants. d.c. fire pretty quickly determined that nobody has been injured. we had out,one including our special ops division and our new tracing dog, who did two or three runs in there just as a precaution. so far

thank you, very much. >> thank you. >> >> my name is karen slater i'm on the star board and an artist with a studio in 101. before that i was in building -- the former building 103 which has now been -- partially been destroyed. as an artist in 101 i can tell you how important the improvements will be. as marti said we have accessibility issues. a lot of artists have large work. there is just one ric rickety r. without a elevator is limits the ability to get work in the building for the sec floor artists especially. people work large, it constrains peoples concepts of what they want to work on. the safety issue such as the sprinklers is important to everyone in the building. as marti mentioned the remodeling of the navy auditorium will allow a lot of functions. classes, performances and meetings. it will be available to the broader community. assume can the buildings are man anged in a way for that to happen. i want to remained everyone that building 101 represents one of the very few low cost art studio locations in san francisco. keeping this building and improving it allows the cit

thank you, very much. >> thank you. >> >> my name is karen slater i'm on the star board and an artist with a studio in 101. before that i was in building -- the former building 103 which has now been -- partially been destroyed. as an artist in 101 i can tell you how important the improvements will be. as marti said we have accessibility issues. a lot of artists have large work. there is just one ric rickety r. without a elevator is limits the ability to get work in the building for the sec floor artists especially. people work large, it constrains peoples concepts of what they want to work on. the safety issue such as the sprinklers is important to everyone in the building. as marti mentioned the remodeling of the navy auditorium will allow a lot of functions. classes, performances and meetings. it will be available to the broader community. assume can the buildings are man anged in a way for that to happen. i want to remained everyone that building 101 represents one of the very few low cost art studio locations in san francisco. keeping this building and improving it allows the cit

a man-made wave technology designed by champion surfer kelly slater.just stand still on a board on water that wasn't moving. >> yes. >> i fell this way and that way. do you surf? >> a little bit. i am a terrible surfer. we have good partners. >> some guys who are a lot better at it. >> kelly slater is a lot better. >> 11-time world champion. unbelie unbelievable. >> he does stuff in hawaii that's 20, 30 feet. >> he is arguably one of the best athletes in the world. 44 years old. the youngest and oldest world champion. he is an amazing guy who has d dedicated the last ten years to figure out if he could offer this incredible sport to people in-ground. >> we're doing incredible things. the president is going to cure bad weather with carbon. this wave machine. can you make a great wave in the ocean or is it somewhere else? >> somewhere else. >> sooner or later we may be able to do it in the ocean itself. >> we'd like to protect the oceans as much as possible. >> what is this thing? it would be an indoor -- >> it's outside. it's a huge, huge system. so it'

. >> and kelly slater finding his perfect wave. david: all of that ahead on "bloomberg businessweek." ♪ david: we are here with the editor-in-chief of "bloomberg businessweek." >> yes. you guys talk about mr. fix-it in the auto industry. now, he has to fix mitsubishi. ellen: he first fixed nissan, and now mitsubishi with fixing their emissions standards. whether they have stated their emissions standards correctly. he has been brought in to try to help fix that. it is all because nissan has invested in mitsubishi motors. david: what makes him so good at doing this he does it time and time again? carol: the picture that you have with him, he looks like wolverine. ellen: he does. i bet you he will like the picture. in france, they called him "le cost killer." he knows how to cut costs, how to make auto industries, auto companies working together share platforms, etc. he knows how to do it for less. david: looking at venture capital, a lot of circles here. no surprise the internet is a subject of a lot of venture capital investment. w

and secretary rodney slater, former secretary of the department of transportation nder president bill clinton. and judge timothy k. lewis is a former judge on the court of appeals for the third circuit so he knows very well now the circuit courts work. he was appointed by president 82. ge h.w. bush in 19 i had the privilege to confirm him. what i would suggest we do, probably have each of the witnesses say -- we'll put their full statement in the record, but then we could then ask questions of the witnesses not just r -- and because of the vermont connection or the fact that we're both former prosecutors but let me -- >> you could say it's because she's a woman. >> because we also have italian ancestry. so -- >> well, and she's a woman and should go first. [laughter] oh, well. senator leahy: i'd be the last person to argue with senator feinstein, one of the most valuable members of this committee. please go ahead. >> thank you. it's my honor and privilege to be here today to talk to you about someone i know very, very well, who we worked very closely with at the department of justice,

. >> soccer and golf, spotted on tv by joe slater who thought it was so cool?> why not just go like try to start it here. >> so the course gave almost got ahead. now you will find 18 holes complete with rolling hills and lakeside scenery to roll through. >> hey guys, you want to ride? psych. today -- >> and these holes are big enough to sing your shot or not. >> this is the size after pizza pie? >> yes, 21 inches round. >> the real challenge will be from over there? >> yes, because can you not kick -- you think you can kick a soccer ball far. >> yes. >> can you not. >> wait a minute. >> and all of the rules of golf apply include playing it where it lies. >> oh, nice shot. >> regardless if you can bend it like beckham, or tap tap tap it in like happen. >> i take your time, enjoy it, enjoy being outside. >> sounds like you one everyone kicking it at crescent. >> you better believe it. we want t that's what we want. >> that's right. they just want you to enjoy it, and i think for 15 bucks, that's possible. i had two bogus today and i'm going right now for my birdi

slater and screech.nterview making headlines anywhere. >> so you never actually thrust a knife and stabbed someone? >> no. >> mario's "saved by the bell" co-stardustin diamond giving us his first tv interview about the bar brawl that landed him in jail. >> it's pretty scary going into that environment. >> his sex tape and his poison pen tell-all where he trashed his co-stars. >> i'm hoping that this will clear it up. >> plus, inside people's most talked about

so police officer accused of o killing an unaffrmed black manlm is facing charges.charge michael slatercused off killing michael scott.co playinger's trial is get to t begin at the end of october. >> ♪ >> time now is 4:41.e nois 4 let's go ahead and take a lookea at the other stories you're talking about this morning using our realtime newsg tracker.ou first up a growing number of millennials say they wouldni consider compensating the descendants of slaves. s new poll finds 68 percent of f inamericans do any other thinkoe reparations should be paid. pai however 40 percent of millennials say they do.en experts say the difference lies inni the increasingin diversity of millennials.leials >>> support for d.c. state d. hood from democratic presidential frontrunneren hillary clinton.hiy cl in an op-ed for the washingtonhg informer, clinton says the, clhe nation's capitol is "denied ade voice in its own democracy."ocra her statement comes just weekstw before d.c.'s primary.ma >>> and finally a debate over workplace dress code gone a london receptionist says sheay was sent home for wearing fla

. >> reporter: combination sport of the soccer and golf spotted on tv by gentlemen slater, ground keeper at crescent who thought it was so cool. >> why not just go, and try start it here. >> reporter: course gave him go ahead and you'll fine eight holes complete with rolling hills and lake side scenery to roll rel through. do you want a ride? psyched. and these holes are big enough to sink your shot or not. >> thinks size of the pizza pie. >> it is 21 inches around. >> reporter: real challenge from over there. >> you cannot kick it. you think you can kick soccer ball far? you cannot. >> okay. line the shot, wait a minute. >> reporter: all of the rules of golf apply including playing it where it lies. >> okay. >> great shot. >> reporter: regardless of if you get bended like beckham or tap tonight like happy. >> take your time and enjoy being out identify. >> it sound like you want everyone kicking at crescent. >> you better believe it. we want it. that is what we want. >> and that is right they want to you just have fun with this. so jessica, ukee i'm two bogeys, out of the two holes that

be meeting cook will with topic second of slater this week. bee launching some developments. and as a in the market talent base for apple. yvonne: we talk about india and we see quite a bit of regulatory inbox for apple. has been denied the right to sell refurbished iphones in the country. kim -- can tim cook change that? iphones will be a no go. this is against the grain of the policy on promoting foreign investment to our companies to come invest. the potential is quite high. apple's biggest challenges they do not have a big offering in the low end of the market and that is where demand lies. not feature in the top 10 smartphone sales. heavily tovesting get a piece of that pie. it has been ramping up its distribution and putting in place the management team and strategy in place. the details will be fine tuned but tim cook is there this time around. yvonne: thank you so much. joining us live from him by. exited and a possible making headlines and this is having an impact on the markets. today they are talking about strength enough you have t

first it was coal, now it's natural gas, regular slaters are now setting their sights on natural gasindustry and the way the u.s. obtains it through drilling and fracking, adam shapiro has more on this. >> good morning, nicole, good morning, lauren, environmentalists call it keep in the ground as keep coal and natural gas and switch america to renewable energy sources. hillary clinton agrees with them and in her famous sound bite in which she talked about putting coal miners out of work, she promised to continue the obama administration policy of keeping fossil fuels in the ground. the now we have to move away from coal and all the other fossil fuels but i don't want i move away from the people that did the best they could to produce the energy that we relied on. >> it's already happening, at the end of april, epa set sights on natural gas and begins a formal process collecting data from producers that the agency says will assist in the development of comprehensive regulations to reduce methane omissions. the epa says natural gas which is mostly methane has global warming impact 25 t

lou:ing us from and dei go, mike slater and kathy lynn taylor, former bush white house advisor.ou have just come from the trump rally in san diego. give us some color. give us your report. >> it was wonderful. i literally just left. there are protesters right outside my door. there were 12,000 inside, 3,000 protesters outside. max. a pretty large amount. mac3. mac -- max 3. but the police did a great job of keeping people exit. they knowledge only exit east and we'll leaving the convention center can only exit west. lou: what did you make of the rally? >> it was great. when trump hits the highlights, get them out of here and build a wall, the place goes nuts. it's like a wwe event in there. every one knows their lines, so it's a lot of fun. i got some paraphernalia, too. lou. i got some stuff. good times out here. lou: it looks like a chicago bears uniform. to the idea that trump is gathering crowd this large, this is a quiet period in presidential campaigning from the nomination that he secured up to the convention. what do you make of it? >> there is no quiet period and i don'

thank you, very much. >> thank you. >> >> my name is karen slater i'm on the star board and an artist with a studio in 101. before that i was in building -- the former building 103 which has now been -- partially been destroyed. as an artist in 101 i can tell you how important the improvements will be. as marti said we have accessibility issues. a lot of artists have large work. there is just one ric rickety r. without a elevator is limits the ability to get work in the building for the sec floor artists especially. people work large, it constrains peoples concepts of what they want to work on. the safety issue such as the sprinklers is important to everyone in the building. as marti mentioned the remodeling of the navy auditorium will allow a lot of functions. classes, performances and meetings. it will be available to the broader community. assume can the buildings are man anged in a way for that to happen. i want to remained everyone that building 101 represents one of the very few low cost art studio locations in san francisco. keeping this building and improving it allows the cit

the board of tribune publishing has rejected jeanette slater's -- latest takeover offer.sher called the bid clearly inadequate, they are offering about 806 he $4 million including debt. billionaire has taken a 13% stake in tribune. bloombergur latest business flash. beforee more month to go the referendum on britain's leading the eu, they warn and brexit could have serious economic confidences. it could cost hundreds of thousands of jobs. the one month to go to the referendum, the british people must ask themselves this question -- can we knowingly vote for a recession? does britain really want this diy recession? hudson -- rob hutton joins us now. rob: it's very exciting. let's a point believe campaign is making quite was diversely. it's a forecast. we all know how reliable are not forecasts are. the distinction you might want to make is between your ability to forecast my weight in a month , and your ability to forecast my weight if i only eat chips for a month. that is the argument that the treasury would make. that even if the precise number isn't right, the direction

. >> jeanine slater witnessed these women fighting standing by her grandmother's side during her battleh ovarian cancer. >> it eventually did take her life but in the before leaving jeanine with an important purpose as our lauren johnson explains. >> she was, tiny, feisty, and loud and loving. >> she was what jeanine slater called her but she was more like mom. >> she raised me my whole life, she was my mom to me. >> reporter: her life suddenly changed in the blink of an eye. >> we found it was stage four ovarian. >> reporter: the cancer spread quickly through her frail body. >> it was really difficult. he didn't necessity day from night. she started having seizures. she needed transfusions. in and out of the hospital. >> hospital, and thoughts of this so-called sent her to shutter. >> what she went through and also being at the hospital and watching so many people come in and really it effects you, day after day, you see people constantly there and they are all sick with cancer, and they are fighting for their lives. >> reporter: she lost her fight in 2012 but in the before a quirky pr

. >> and kelly slater finding his perfect wave.all of that ahead on "bloomberg businessweek." ♪ david: we are here with the editor-in-chief of "bloomberg businessweek." >> yes. you guys talk about mr. fix-it in the auto industry. now, he has to fix mitsubishi.

and i think that donald trump is reflecting that, and i agree with my friend, mike slater.here is that donald trump and the voters are what matters, and i think that paul ryan will understand that and that they'll work together. >> i want you to both listen to a portion of this interview that marco rubio gave to our jake tapper, first national interview since dropping out of the race. he doesn't want to be trump's v.p., and he can't really bring himself still to mention the name trump. >> there are a lot of questions about the republican party and where it goes from here. first and foremost, there's this claim from the trump campaign that advisers of yours have been pitching you hard to the trump campaign to be his running mate, that you really want the job according to these trump campaign officials talking about these advisers. what's your position on this. >> that would be impossible because i don't really have very many advisers. our campaign is no longer running and unless they've been talking to my wife, which is my critical advisers these days. >> does she want you t

carol: and kelly slater finding his perfect wave.all of that ahead on "bloomberg businessweek." ♪ david: we are here with the editor-in-chief of "bloomberg businessweek." a great issue this week. carol: you guys talk about mr. fix-it in the auto industry. now he has to fix mitsubishi.

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lindsey slater operations manager at geo comply. mr. jordan gnat senior vice president of strategic development of scientific games. mr. curt egg ert, professor of law at chapman university fowler school of law. we do appreciate all of you being here this morning and we ill begin our panel with mr. shenke. you are now recognized for five minutes. >> chairman burgess, ranking member schakowski, and members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. sorry. [inaudible] >> i'll try to work through it. chairman burgess, ranking member schakowski, and members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today. my name is peter shenke and. members.has many content and data providers. and contest and league management operators such as real time fantasy sports, my fantasy league, fan dual and draft king. it has become a new national pasttime with over 50 million americans participating in some form of fantasy sports last year. americans enjoy fantasy sports as a hobby and form of entertainme

. >> christian slater. >> we love christian slater, mr.coming off the golden globe win for best supporting actor. how are you doing? >> i'm good. this is great. very exciting. nice day. good to be in new york. i love this city. >> what can we expect in season two? >> oh, wow. season two is going to be pretty insane. i don't want to give anything away, but it's going to be a very, very interesting journey. a lot of repercussions of things that happened in season one are going to have to be dealt with in season two. >> all right. we have a fish bowl here full of questions. we'd love for you to answer one. >> reach in and -- >> reach in, shuffle them around. hopefully you get a good one. >> i hope so. wouldn't that be great? what is a weird habit that you have? oh, man. >> you only have to list one. >> a weird habit i have. man, i don't know. i don't have any weird habits. >> no weird habits? you don't bit yur naour nails, your gum? >> nails are looking good. >> no. i do have a nicorette habit. it's a weird habit, and i'm obsessed with that.

angie: bob slater has been railing against central-bank policy makers with the overdependence on monetaryis there? reporter: i think so. if you look at some of the announcements that came out the last couple of weeks from the pboc, and i even think the fed in that instance is more aware and attuned to not just their actions in their home country but how this will impact mobile market, so i think that is comforting. while we will be in a market in volatility, i think the realization that the impacts it will have in the home country are going to have double ramifications, i think that is providing some sense of dampening the volatility. angie: but that volatility will probably increase. reading from black rock strategy this year, very much factoring into how you are looking at the region. reporter: there is no doubt. if you translate the optimism about growth relative to the volatility, in some respects, you will see new, innovative investment solutions whether that is run factories, a blending of strategies, i think we will continue to use the bts where they can make allocation decisions f

slater in the bay area that came as are ready to pass this. >>: on the work fault their return is about a hunger for years and it turns out the less park replete with 1868. we are due for one and they would fall it. >> james: scientists have developed an early-warning system for earthquakes. they say that you a minute warning before it strikes. >> darya: be amended is huge. even as a few seconds what help. now we're talking about movies. the name for mother's day the reviews are atrocious. the competition will be the big super hero movie. >> james: s. capital markets of more than expected to dethrone the jungle book. we're saying it's another day so you're going out of the jungle book right? the jury found the city of angers? >> james: after she sees that she will think before it. >> darya: i'm not falling for the movie mother's day because you move your users of that. i like julia roberts but it's supposed to be so bad i will not watch it. allred is in the avengers movie. hillary clinton is in the bay area right now. she's pushing to get votes for our primary. >> james: in the east bay

slater. thank you, chairman burgess and members of the subcommittee for having me here today. my name is lindsey slayeder i'm the operations manager of geocomply, a technology provider. we've all heard of the internet of things the term used to describe how the internet has gone from a desktop to connected devices today. from phones in our cars to tv, everything is connected. however, with the internet of things has also come the need of internet of places. these raise concerns as well as the requirement for national sovereignty over what can and can't be accessed have given rise the need to term what jurisdiction and the internet connected consumer is governed by. the weakness of the original technologies and the availability of cheap and easy methods to fake your location. however, with the advent of i gaming four of the five u.s. states participating in i-gaming today have taken the initiative in employing security protocols in order to geofence their services. by doing so they act with the the clear letter and spirit which requires such rigorous tools as a prerequisite of

lindsay slater operation manager at good eveningo -- at geo comply. mr. kurt ege, are t. professor of law at chapman university fowler's school of law. we do appreciate all of you being here. and we begin our panel with mr. chenky and you are recognized for your opening five minutes. thank you >>. >> members of the subcommittee. thank you for the opportunity to testify today. sorry. hairman burgess. i'll try to work through it. chairman burgess and member oves the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today. my name is peter chenky and i'm testifying as chairman of the fantasy sports trade association. they have over 300 members including espn, cbs, yahoo!, nbc and fox sports. content and data providers row inc. rinders and stats- fantasy sports have become a new national past time with over 50 million americans participating in some form of fantasy sports last year. americans enjoy it as a hobby and as a form of entertainment that gives them an enhanced experience and a deeper appreciation for the sports they love. i'm the president of row toe

and, secretary slater, when you spoke of former secretary coleman, i think of all the times he's been in my office, always speaking on behalf of others and what we should do. never asking for anything for himself. but telling me about good people in both parties who should be considered. and, obviously, you know him that way. and, professor driver, i was fascinated by how you talked of the way judge garland would handle cases. it must have been a pretty exciting time to be a law clerk with him. and i think probably it was a great way to prepare for the chair you now have. so i thank you all very, very much. >> thank you. >> and i thank members -- >> thank you, sir. >> thank you. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> in about 30 minutes, republican presidential candidate donald trump holds a campaign rally at the national guard armory in lawrenceville, new jersey. governor chris christie is also expected to speak. our live coverage begins at 7 p.m. eastern on c-span.

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so i'll turn it to you, secretary slater. please go ahead. >> thank you. thank you, senator, thank you senators. i would actually like to begin with reference to the comments just made by judge lewis. because it's interesting that i was making my way to washington, hopefully, because we were in the midst of a very rigorous campaign during that period, october 1992. and i was working for a young governor from a small state, arkansas. and for me just the anticipation of what that journey could be about. it never became clear and tell now the interesting thread that actually ties us all together as we move across the political process through our system that can take us from one administration to the next, that allows our country to continue to move forward as a beacon of light and hope for democracies around the world. it's clear from judge lewis' comments that we gather, not for any partisan purpose, but as believers in the constitution. a constitution that does cost us all to take a solid oath to defend and to support the constitution. and has given some o