elliott issen berg is from the national association of home builders and an economist and bloggist at craft and laugh. >> they are a little small, but with creative efforts and a murphy bed everything works. >> what is the downside? i expected to see things that look like the shipping containers i see out by the port of newark. these look architecturally interesting. i see why there's appeal. >> there is appeal. they can go up quickly. a cool part is you can bolt on more parts. let's say you are a husband and wife and you have no kids and you get tripmentsmen, you can b you need it. >> what is the criticism of them? >> as much as you try to make them look nice, they are not going to last as well, they'll start to rust. neighbours will not like them. that will lead to people revoling, neighbour highlights reveldting saying we are not going to allow them, we'll forbid them like they do manufactured housing or mod u lars. >>> why are these permitted when you can't do that. if you look at faster, more efficient ways to create housing, there are other ways of creating housing. we don't all

he serves as a member of the board of intellectual property owners association and as the chair of the national association of manufacturers subcommittee for intellectual property. mr. gorman previously serves as the 2002 cochair of the intellectual property and antitrust task force to the united states council for international business. welcome mr. gorman, please proceed. good afternoon chairman white house, mr. hatch and other members of the subcommittee thank you for the opportunity to testify today. on the issue of great importance not only to my company and not only to my industry that all segments of the american economy. eli lilly and company was founded in indianapolis indiana. on may 10, just last saturday, lily celebrated its 138th birthday as a u.s. company. our mission is t to discover and develop medicines that help people live longer, healthier or active lives. our major areas include therapy for cancer, diabetes and mental illnesses. to fulfill this vision will we must rely on patents, trademarks and trade secrets. unfortunately like too many of america's firms lily has been the

up next, to members of the national association of immigration judges call for their courts to be expandedd have more independence from the justice department. from the national press club, this is one hour. >> i want to thank everyone for coming today. my name is jamie horwitz, member of the national press club and the newsmaker committee. on behalf of the club and committee, i want to thank you for joining us for this very special newsmaker, an unprecedented newsmaker. we will hear from two federal immigration judges this morning. before i introduce our guest, i want to take care of a little housekeeping. we have usual rules. for this particular newsmaker we have unusual rules. the usual are to questions each. our guests will speak for less than 10 minutes each and then we will open it up for questions for 30 or 40 minutes and members of the press club and any credentialed journalists may ask questions. we ask that you identify yourself and any news organization and will recognize you if you have a question. the unusual rules -- i should say that our guests, although both are federal jud

. >>> house price gains are slowing, the national association of realtors says prices grew 4.4% in the second quarter. that's the slowest annual pace since 2012, while 12 out of 173 metro areas posted gains, only 19 markets saw double digit rises, that's half as many as in the first quarter. the total number of sales slackened, too, slower price gains, good news for buyers trying to break into the market. the most expensive market in the country, by the way, san jose, median price $899,500. >>> you can buy a couple teslas with that. shares of tesla closed at a record but will a not so glowing review dent the reputation? that's next. >>> some good news for farmers, the u.s. agricultural department is forecasting record-breaking harvest this autumn for corn and soybean crops. that put pressure on grain and soybean prices today. corn future's rose a bit because even though a record yield is forecasted, the outlook is slightly below expectations. >>> it was pressure on shares of tesla today, but the electric car maker still managed to close in a fresh all-time high. that is despite the fac

our guests, although both are federal judges, they are here in the capacity as leaders of the national association of immigration judges, affiliate of the national federation of affiliates and technical engineers, the union that represents not just immigration judges but other judges like administrative judges in d.c. and social security judges and others in the private sector. so if you quote our guest today, you should reference the fact that they were here as leaders at the national association of immigration judges. also, what would i newsmaker be on an issue related to the law if we did not have a legal disclaimer? you should know they are participating solely as officers and are not representing the views of the department of justice or the executive office for immigration review, the views they might express or their own, which we will perform after consultation of the membership of the naiha. so now that we have that out of the way, let me tell you a little bit about our guest today. these two women hold the top offices in the national association of immigration judges. they have held thos

that's why the national association of home builders have expressed concern about the overbearing financial weight of student loans. student debt can stifle entrepreneurship. young people who dream of starting up their own business aren't able to take the risks and the business loans or that are usually needed when they launch a start-up. paying off student loans can prevent young people from saving for retirement or making the kinds of purchases that help further our economic recovery. mr. chopra, i know these economic consequences are what you and others at the consumer financial protection bureau have called the domino effect, and i'm looking forward to hearing more details in your testimony about those negative economic impacts. to address these challenges as a starting point, we need to insure that student loan servicers are treating those borrowers fairly and responsibly. some people have discovered their student loan servicer hasn't properly processed payments. there have also been complaints that private student lenders have put borrowers into default if a co-signer dies despite the

the press. topics include nsa leaks, national security, the middle east, and how transparent the obama administration is to media coverage. the national association of black journalists, this is one hour. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> good afternoon, everyone. here to host and moderate the w.e.b. du bois session is pierre thomas, 2012 journalist of the year and senior justice correspondent for abc news. he joined in 2000 and reports for several programs including world news, "good morning

handbook it is a good for the national association of corporate directors and it properly puts risk and this issued at their table. corporate directors needed to realize this is an internal an extra role risk to their organizations. it is internal because they needed protect intellectual property, and extra will do to their perspective on the brand that in addition, what people are not rising is all sorts of risks when you think of mna and potential transactions. anything connecting into your network is a potential risk to your organization. >> i want to go through your list of tips for the c-suite when it comes to cyber security. number one, improve information sharing. what do you mean by that, particularly at a level where does everybody at all the information? >> you have to be able to talk about this across the organization. this is to approve cyber hygiene. people need to understand basic passwords and how to protect themselves. basically, be smart with their assets. 2, work with others in the industry and share affirmation on threats and vulnerabilities and issues you can solve a

forum on the effect of the latino vote posted by the national association of elected and funded officialseakers included the head of the latino victory fund and the libre initiative. this is one hour. >> it is an exciting year politically as well. willu know and 131 days we -- it will be election day. what would like to do to start of the conference today is put this in a political context as to how we expect the latino vote and candidates to do in the midterm elections. it is one of the major themes of this conference that the chair will beother themes worked on but the elections are top of mine at the moment. as we talk about 2014 let's make sure we put this in context about 2010. in context about 2010. because when we compare elections, it's only fair to compare a midterm to a midterm. so let's not forget what happened back in 2010's midterm elections where the latino vote had a decisive impact. the democrats are only in control of the senate today because of the elections of these two senators, senator michael bennett of colorado and senator harry reid of nevada. the latino vote was d

in washington on a day when the national association of home builders reported strong numbers. >> they sure did. home builder confidence surprised to the upside despite slower sales and starts. the national association of home builders sentiment index rose to 55. 50 is the line between positive and negative and this index measures only single family home builders. of the three index components current sales and sales expectations rose two points to 58 and 65 respectively. the component measuring buyer traffic increased three points to 42. builders point to an improvement in jobs and also remind that builders face a number of challenges including tight credit conditions for borrowers. who is the most optimistic? builders and borrowers like this one. the target is down sizing baby boomers who don't want to sacrifice too much space or luxury from their big suburban homes. >> we are looking for places where you can walk to metro or retail and within those locations we are creating different housing types that are focused on different buying segments. >> the problem is that he admits last s

[applause] >> the annual conference of the national association of latino elected and appointed officials heard from jerry brown. this is 20 minutes. ♪ thank you. , i was pretty excited to be called the quarterback. i never play football because i was short will stop i was a junior in high school and only 5'3". that was a real complex and all of the girls were taller than me. i was on the debate team. i had a good mouth. anyways, tell for you has come back and we are coming back. we are doing lots of important things. not the least of which is because of the leadership of the senator and others. we have the biggest latino delegation ever in california and i do not know about the rest of the country. bigger than texas, i hope. >> almost. a friendly competition. i was proud to sign the dream act. i had to sign it twice. the first one was resident tuition for undocumented students and the second was foribility for scholarships undocumented students. then, because we are still waiting for that, whatever they call that group of people in washington. undocumentedg an law school graduate who pas

if you look at the gulf between the core democrats and the national association, it is a chas him. you have basic corporate rates. they are using those to say how do you do an inversion policy. i would say there is a real division between the movement wing of the business but they pale in comparison. a we think not just energy they do not work. we also don't think you should be subsidizing ethanol. basic business tax breaks. those are good. not when you have seen these for tax rates. they don't work. we're going to keep proposing. it causes some discomfort. it is the right thing to do. appendage ofome an the republican party. also?they get subsidies >> we have said that openly. we put a lot of time and money behind the farm bill battle. it was successful last summer. there's no way around it. that was one of the more bitter policy debates of the year. it harmed the movement to get folks to hold the line. that is one of the reasons we opposed it. not a goal that is insurmountable. it is not one that approaches this. >> you were directly involved in these races. there were two more in

. >> from the national association lilly we were fortunate to host. i have to tell you she's a wonderful, wonderful take care she visited classrooms we were there with point kelly and vice president sullivan and she had rave reviews about what was happening in the classrooms thank you to the leadership at paul rivera k a for a wonderful visit. i have to tell you she was incredible we really, really appreciated her comments as well. i wanted to give you that information and commissioners to let you know because of the work that the san francisco unified school district has done for years around music and art i've been visited inform keynote for the white house initiative for hispanics a national policy for arts held in the areas to bring people to talk about the curriculum of the arts portion of the core curriculum i'm honored to be visited to that address and talking about the wonderful work we do in san francisco and our master plan and some of the plans in store for the future look for more information as soon as that's available >> thank you commis

. >> this saturday in madison, the national association of free cl clinics will host a clinic for thosen need. >> get medicine and treatment that they need. >> we are trying to build a healthy america one patient at a time. >> joining us tonight, executive director of the national association of free and charitable clinics. nice to have you back with us. do you fantastic work for a lot of americans. but i think some people are wondering why is there still such a need for clinics such as the one that you're associated with and work with? now that obama care has gone into effect, what is the atmosphere right now? >> here is the one most biggest common misconception we're fighting is that people think that the affordable care act was universal solution. you and i both know the universal solution would have been medicaid for all. or medicare for all. but really what happened was the affordable care act is just a first step. it is not a complete solution. in wisconsin, there are 222,000 people without access to health care. and one of the reasons we're here and one of the reasons 1200 clinic

. >>> victor gow is a director at the china national association of international studies, and joins us. welcome to al jazeera. how do you think the chinese government wants the next leader to be chosen. any chance at all of free elections? >> first of all, china and hong kong have a vibrant democracy, the fact that people protest and occupy central is a demonstration of democracy. overall the situation is under control. as to what exactly the form should be, the nomination processry will be the basis for the universal suf rim, that will be discussed. i think the protesters cannot conduct themselves in such a way that their demand is the only legitimate way. even in the united states, it's the electoral system. the chinese government is expected to limit the elections to a few candidates. no free elections expected. is the chinese central government trying to exert greater political control over hong kong as some activists fear? >> no, i don't think that's the case. even in the united states, for example, the president has to pledge allegiance to the constitution, there's no country,

the press. topics include nsa leaks, national security, the middle east, and how transparent the obama administration is to media coverage. the national association of black journalists, this is one hour. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> good afternoon, everyone. here to host and moderate the w.e.b. du bois session is pierre thomas, 2012 journalist of the year and senior justice correspondent for abc news. he joined in 2000 and reports for several programs including world news, "good morning america," and "timeline." he was a key member that won the edward r. murrow awards for the reporting of the capture of osama bin laden, the tucson shooting spree and assassination attempt of gabby giffords, and the newton school massacre. he's a key member covering the terrorist attacks of 9/11. he has won a peabody, a dupont, and an emmy. he has received an emmy for his coverage of president barack obama's inauguration. please welcome pierre thomas. [applause] >> hello, everyone. thank you so much for coming to the national association of black journalists conference. this yea

david crow is chief economist at the national association of home builders. id, that was a strong looking number that we had yesterday in the nahb data. do we get confirmation that things are broadly getting better across the housing market. >> today's batch? >> i think so. for a couple of reasons. one, as you mentioned, the nahb wells fargo housing market index was up nicely for august. and, in fact, is one point shy of the peak for this year. we've also seen a fairley decent recovery in the jeefr all economy, which is really what housing has been waiting on. it's been good, strong employment reports to give people the confidence that they can go forward with such a major purchase as a home. >> is that a lagging indicator of interest in the market, do you think, or something we need to keep an eye on? >> most definitely it's an indicator. and it's an indicator of the younger buyer, usually the first time home buyer. what we're seeing right now is mostly purchases by trade up buye buyers, people who own a home or have enough equity that they can wall it into a

[applause] >> the labor secretary spoke to the conference at the national association of latino elected and appointed officials all stop his remarks are 20 minutes -- officials. his remarks are 20 minutes. ♪ >> good afternoon. it is great to be here. it is great to be back. hey, larry. we are both still bald. .ald is better that is what governor brown tells may. thank you for the introduction. alice has been a good friend and a wonderful leader in california. thank you. there is arturo. he is a force of nature. look up the term and you will see him. thank you. i would be remiss if i did not acknowledge one of the icons of the civil rights movement. delores. it is an honor to be here. you know, i am the wrong person to be talking about the 50th anniversary of the civil rights movement. i feel like i am a student of the movement and, when you are here and in the presence of generals of the movement and leaders of the movement, it is humbling. it is great to see you again and, thank you for everything you have done to expand opportunity to so many people across this nation. that, whencknow

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this weeks programs include the national association of latino the westerncials, conservative summit, and the net roots nation conference. we will have a live update on 2014 u.s. senate races. c-span prime time, monday through friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. one of washington's most distinctive memorials is also among its most cryptic. nameless, sexless, this shrouded figure was placed over the grave of clover adams, the photographer wife of historian henry adams. she took her own life in december 1885. six months later, while visiting the artist studio, henry adams had an inspiration. asking a young male model to take a seated position, he wrapped the youth's torso in an american indian rug he found on the premises. his own part in designing what adams friend and neighbor john haig called the finest monument in america would be kept secret. the work is indescribably noble and imposing. infinite wisdom, a path without beginning, a future without end, a repose after limitless experience. the public began: the statue grief -- began calling the statue grief. fast-forward forward to the firs

first, a discussion from the national association of black journalists conference. , from the atlanta press club, the future of news. later, buzz feed cofounder talks about media startups. now from the national association of black journalists conference, a discussion on the government and the free press. "new york from the times," the associated press, and reuters took artemis hour-long event. -- took part. >> good afternoon, everyone. here to post and moderate the w eb devoid session-- w.e.b. dubois session, 2012 journalist of the year and senior justice correspondent for abc news. he joined in 2000 and reports for summer programs including world news, "good morning america," and "timeline."

the national resources defense council, an environmental advocacy group. >> estimates are we need at least $16 billion every year just to maintain and replace the pipes. >> reporter: the national association of water companies estimates nearly half the pipes in the united states are in poor shape. atlanta needs to repair or replace 160 miles of its pipes over the next five years. mark strassman, cbs news, atlanta. >> glor: up next, the python capture that is making cat owners breathe easier. >> glor: one of the best par saves you'll ever see today. this happened at the p.g.a. championship. australian golfer jason day hit his ball into a hazard and then went wading into the outback to find it. he crossed a small river, somehow got it out, and even more amazingly, then saved that par. day remains near the top of the leader board at the fourth and last major of the year tonight. another hallowed mark passed for derek jeter today with this. the yankee shortstop took over sixth place on baseball's all-time hits list. jeter now has 3,frour 31 hit. he is retiring at the end of this year. officialofficials in florida bee they've taken care of a big neighborhood problem. a burmese python 12 feet l

joining to us explain why is housing economist elliot isenberg a former senior economist at the national associationhome builders the current president and chief economist of graphs and laughs which is an economic blog. elliot, tell me something, you have spent some nights in these containers. what do you think of them? >> hey, they are a little bit small, ali. but, you know, with some creative efforts and a murphy bed everything works. >> what is the downside? i expected too see things that look like the shipping containers i see when i am out by the port of newark. but these actually look architecturally kind of interesting. i can see why there is appeal. >> there is appeal. they can go up more quickly. and one of the coolest parts is you can bolt on more parts, let's say you are a husband and wife and have no kids and you get a kid and you get triplets, you can keep add on the ground piece to his them which makes it much more attractive, you buy it as you need it you are not stuck with a big house you can't afford. >> what is the criticism of them? >> they don't -- as much as you try to make them

first panel consists of christopher hart, the active chairman of the national transportation safety board. mr. jeff michael is the associate research and program development of the national highway traffic safety administration. ms. patrice kelly is acting director for the office of drug and alcohol policy and compliance at the department of transportation, and mr. ron fleagle is the director for the division of workplace programs at the center for substance abuse revenge and at the substance abuse and mental health administration. i welcome all of our panelists. this is an investigative and oversight subcommittee of congress. we do swear and all of our -- we do swear in all of our witnesses. if you will stand please, raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give before this subcommittee of congress is the whole truth and nothing but the truth? all of the witnesses -- the record will reflect, answered in the affirmative. welcome again. i gave ms. information on a -- i gave some this information a statistication on and i didn't realize it until after i said it. i want to cla

. >> i spoke to lily garcia as she prepared to officially become president of the national education association. >> this is a complied diementd to be a union leader for this in particular. they are given some of the heaviest lifting to do in our shared life. and yet blamed when it doesn't work. you have to both rep improve but defend as well. are you on defense from day one? >> of tyou have to just describ the situation, is that you are absolutely immersed in making something better. you want something different, but at the same time, anything that fails, you know that there are people for whatever reason who are going to say, you know, if we had better teachers, everything would be fine. if we had better teachers, the roof wouldn't leak. if we had better teachers, the hungry. i mean it doesn't matter that it doesn't make sense. it's an easy answer for somebody to grasp at, you know. they don't want to do anything that might cost money. they don't want to do anything that acknowledges that kids come to us with such different needs and such different talents and skills and gifts. and that if you

after that, two discussions on the freedom of the press from the national association of black journalists and the institute for public accuracy. a three-judge panel in the sixth circuit court of appeals recently heard oral argument on whether ohio must recognize same-sex couples legally mayored in other states this is one of four same-sex marriage cases recently heard by the court. it runs an hour. >> the department of health. based on ohio cases and all state recognition of out of state same-sex marriage and in respect to the michigan case that was just argued, which involved interstate licenses of same-sex marriages. the fundamental question in all of these cases is the same and that's not whether ohio should recognize same-sex marriage but who should make that important decision of public policy on behalf of the states. rejecting the ohio voters decision on this policy issue, the district court ignored its place within the judicial hierarchy and our democracy. i'd like to begin with the baker point because i think it is as significant on this recognition case as it is on the michigan c

louis branch of the national association for the advance think colored mere the naacp.says rather than arm the local police officers the government should be investing in the community itself. >> i think beyond a shadow of a doubt if you are going to make that sort of investment in to the community, it probably would have been well spent to sues ao*us some of the other technology and other equipment that the military has to create jobs locally for the people who are out here protesting. you know, at the end of the day, you know, you either are going to put them in a militarized zone or put them in the economic zone. i think the money would have been well spent trying to deal with the economic issues that are facing these folks. at the end of the day after the words are done and after everybody has spoke, when they walk up and down the street, they are going to be again harassed by police. and so, you know, the words are not going to mean much to them. it means something to us, it means something to the middle class, but at the end of the day reaching them, they are goin

and the training was in conjunction, with nacol, the national association for civilian oversight of law enforcement and goal to have regional activities for civilian oversight practitioners and in connection with the occ goal of continuing to do the out reach both within san francisco and the greater bay area community. and occ attorney mediater donna salazar spoke to the group about establishing and maintaining successful medation programs, and occ attorney, sam, also, policy analyst, talked to the group about providing the policy recommendations that builds a bridge between the community and law enforcement. and then, marian was not busy because on sunday, and i know that commissioner marshal will go more into detail about it later. but she was a commentator, on the program, street soldiers on know your rights. and she did that, with commissioner marshal and also, with patty lee, from the public defender's office. and i was not in town, and i was celebrating my 35th wedding anniversary but i did get the opportunity to listen to the very, lively, radio program, later. >> and now, i als

the chairman of the national association of hunters, he's livid. >> it is a lie. it they don't want bush meat, they should not ate it. but they cannot say we should not eat it. and they cannot tell the public not to be eating it. >> reporter: for now, it's only the brave and ardent of consumers who demand it. for them, abandoning the tradition is out of question. >> i would rather eat bush meet. i'll continue to eat it. i've enjoyed it. i wish to do so. pure knowledge and superannuation contributes to the spread of ebola. there's a refusal by stom believe that bush -- some who refuse to believe that bush meat is not safe. >>> well, the line earian president -- libyan president apologised to health workers for the death toll amongst them. health workers demanded more pay and better cons at the -- conditions at their capital. >> they have pledged $18 billion to tackle ebola, which killed many since december. >> a university in the united states is accused of withdrawing a job over to a professor after he criticised israel. a series of comments was made on social medi

government in two thousand and eleven a list of areas for a potential prosecution was drawn up by the national association of attorneys general and the areas for probing more extensive mortgage electronic registration systems mortgage pools bad securitization misplaced mortgage notes forced placed insurance illegal pyramid servicing fees document fraud for sale false affidavits and perjury foreclosure mills aka robo signing active military members losing homes while on tour of duty in iraq and afghanistan now in two thousand and thirteen federal judge judge jed recall felt the fraudulent activities were so extensive that he endorsed a broad interpretation of a rarely used savings and loan era law to go after b. of a it has a low burden of proof strong subpoena power and ten years of a statute of limitation twice as long as the typical limit for fraud cases given all of the b. of a settled now you fast forward to today and you see this deal is a headline seventeen billion dollars and it's touted by the media as the largest settlement arising from the two thousand and eight economic meltdown.

that's the national association of theater owners. that's just gold. it's just a gold award. u make the most money, we love you. we give you a crown and we'll give you some of it. but that -- i won the nato award because i had "young frankenstein" and "blazing saddles" in the same year and the theater owners had never been happier. but i had never been happier because i made two very crazy, different, brave movies and people loved it. >> was that part of your deal with wilder, to do "young frankenstein"? >> no. he was in a corner somewhere, curled up, writing something on a yellow pad, writing, writing. i said what are you doing? he said i got an idea for a movie. i said tell me about it. he said it's not ready yet. i said tell me about it. >> he said, well, what if the grandson of frankenstein, of dr. frankenstein wanted -- if he was fighting for his dignity, he said. all this bull mete about animating dead tissue, making a monster and all -- he said he wants to put that straight. so the movie would be that he has to go back to transylvania for some reason, they're selling th

. >> and joining me now, president of the national bar association and a democratic committee woman of ferguson township. ms. bines, i want to start with you. each saying the other is the one that would have to actually cause a removal of mccullough oig from the case. at this points, whose responsibility to you perceive it to be? >> i think that instead of trying to play the who is on first, who is on second and the political games, bob mccullough oig should recuse himself. and if he says he's not going to do that then the governor should just step up. we need leadership here. >> and you've said this could be until october for the case to play out and some information has been released but they still have more to gather. the longer will stretches out, do you think that will increase or do you think that will make even worse people's sense of mistrust in the process? >> i think it will increase what we see in the streets now. i think individuals are looking for answers with the selective release of information, evidence, people are losing faith in this process. that is the reason why th

a new survey by the national association of business economists shows 53% said the fed stimulus programsre on the right track, but 39% thought the central bank is doing too much. but the vast majority agreed, there is little risk of inflation during the coming years. >>> and no signs of inflation at the pump. gasoline prices continue to fall. the lundberg survey says prices are down by average 4 cents in the past two weeks as oil prices keep declining. according to the survey, the average price of a gallon of regular was $3.48. prices have been dropping for the past nine weeks the entire summer travel season. >>> and, of course, it's also barbecue season and the u.s. agriculture department says the price of meat, both beef and pork, will continue to hit new highs. look for a total increase of as much as 7.5% for the year, because of the drought and disease. but food price hikes are still near long-term averages. prices are expected to rise by 2.5 to 3.5% this year, and could drop a bit in the year 2015. >>> still ahead on the program, the financial aftershock many homeowners and small bu