i meet with every member of the board and hear their priorities. we do take it into consideration when taking into account the mayor's budget. i think our office and the departments really do want to please this board and provide helpful information. whatever is most helpful, we would like to present. and then asking as supervisor yee had pointed out, this will take additional work and manpower. i think all three offices will be happy to present savings proposals. i believe it was a challenge to do meaningful analysis. if any of those offices had that information in advance, we could come up with something. i know the board gets a lot of proposals from community members and groups, which is very helpful at our office, but you could also, as a body, knowing your priority areas, asking for enhancement approves from departments as well. that's something the mayor's office definitely does during the phase. asking for an overview report is a great idea. one thing that hadn't really been talked about, but i just wanted to make a plug for it is moving depa

>> i think we're working through some of the top priorities. i think you can expect welfare reform, infrastructure, immigration reform, all to be top of mind and something that certainly will be looking at and talking about a lot over the first part of this year. >> bill: on those does one seem to have more give than the others? >> i think we are going to be announcing the next steps and the priorities at the first of the year and i'll let the president roll out what his big initiatives are going to be and what it will look like. you can certainly expect that those three things will be top of mind for the administration next year. >> bill: last question. will the president have a press conference today or tomorrow? >> you never know. we like to keep you guys guessing. i can't tell you everything today. we'll see and keep you posted on all of the scheduling details for today and tomorrow. >> bill: can i put you down for today or tomorrow? >> like i said. you never know. we'll certainly keep you guys posted and the president loves taking questions

well the key priority obviously so try and form a stable government but leaders on the conservative side of leaders here on the social democrat side have said that's this is not about hiring off to form a government it's about forming a correct if you will formal a government based on the proposals that both parties the conservatives on the social democrats can bring to the table which is obviously that until that happens there's only a caretaker government in germany a caretaker government that probably current think long term a current plan a long time when it comes to priorities at home but also to international crises and situation that the something that is obviously affecting on that american on the so obviously why she has the priority to try to form the government a soon as possible. as thomas fair reporting for us from the s.p.d. party conference thank you. now johnny hallyday fans are paying their last respects to the singer often dubbed the french elvis they filled central paris where a funeral procession is currently underway halladay was a huge figure in france credited with

, the judges do not give priority. so it takes longer for discrimination, for harassment to be dealt with and the victims are not supported. so we just give the law enforcement authorities the possibility of acting immediately, respondsing immediately to correct, to repaper repair, to restore the dignity of the victims. this will be the purpose or for this new offense of sexist aggression, verbal aggression and the police will have a role to play in that regard. in the legal -- in the judicial sphere, the time given is all too often limited by the statute oflimitatiolimitations. when the victims are minor and suffer a lot there is a statute of limitations that has a negative effect. so all these stories have hurried content but nobody talks about them and sometimes they have been mentioned to a brother or a sister or a mother. but then they were forgotten and not repeated. they were hitting away, repressed. we thought, we thought they were forgotten but in fact the memories are still there and they come out. they come o

while i think it's one small step to stopping them getting any worse and i think that has been the priority of both sides it is the i think the results of what we've seen is a. communications to private communications that's been going on that started last

fighting the opioid epidemic. this is a priority for the president, all of us, that affects every district in the country but there's no money. we need that increase in domestic budget to fight the opioid epidemic. veterans' funding, we need more money for veterans. then in addition to that, chip and community health centers because they're spending so much time on this, they're ignoring t

, the top priority, the american people who struggle every single day in the tax bill, and now in this continuing resolution, just not a priority. of complete hs republican control and of compl republican control and false promises, american families get left behind again. it's a shame. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? from arkansas, i knew it was there. >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize a truly talented group of students whose artistic abilities are on display here in our nation's capitol, students from the art center in arkansas designed ornaments adorning this year's arkansas state christmas tree on the ellipse here in washington, d.c. the students used colored pencils, paper, markers and glitter to create beautiful pieces of art which represent arkansas' natural resources and economy. mr. westerman: i congratulate these students on highlighting the

"needless to say the fix for daca will be a huge priority for 2018." we hear some republicans want the gop congress to take up the issue in the first few weeks of january. why? republicans say doing earlier allows them to handle the issue on their terms. if the gop let the close to jerry 19th, republicans their democrats could use the government funding deadline to .xtract more they have a few months. but there is the spending bill. .uest: absolutely democrats have leverage. republicans will need 60 votes. they will have to get by and from democrats no matter what on the spending bill and this is an opportunity for democrats to force republican hands and get a compromise on this issue. so, the longer democrats wait -- if they wait to fix daca in march, they lose the leverage. they are fighting just to get by in. if they make it a debate now, they are able to use the spending bill as leverage. i think that they can have a seat at the table and really craft whatever compromise they end up with. going back a moment to entitlement reform and speaker paul ry

these are all things we have suggested in the priorities that the president's advanced. so we hope, we hope and expect that congress will take those priorities seriously and we'll do -- will do as much as they can to accomplish the goals we set forth. reporter: [inaudible] -- the president signs a daca bill, it has to have a merit-based -- [inaudible] mr. cissna: i can't speak for the president's priorities on what he does or doesn't want in a bill. i know what i want is something that i can implement and that i can implement well to get at the priorities that we've set forth as something that we need to do our job. reporter: would you be in favor of extending the blanket travel ban as far as the countries that are concerned? such as bangladesh, which isn't on the list currently. mr. cissna: my position on that is that my agency needs as much information as it can get from these other countries to vet and screen people adequately to ensure that bad actors don't come into the country. to the degree that that can be done, under the executive order , the protocols establishe

the president laid out his priorities. we feel like the plans from the house and senate neat the priorities of cutting taxes for the middle class, simplifying the tax code, bringing business back home. those have been the big focus of the administration and those are going to be the things we continue to fight for as we go through this tax policy. >> j.c.t. nonpartisan, they seem to say middle class taxes will go up. ms. sanders: there are studies that say the opposite. s re have been several study that say this is a good thing for me the middle class. i saw one yesterday, we'll send it to you after the briefing concludes. we'll continue fighting for this and making sure the middle class does receive tax cuts that they deserve and frankly that they immediate and we think we're making a lot of progress on this front and we think we're going to get it done by the end of the year. >> based on ambassador haley's speech at the u.n., does this administration now advocate regime change in north korea? if not, why not? ms. sanders:

if a female figurehead as national coach in scotland, is a growing the game among girls as a prioritye appear and i think next year plans for a bespoke girls only coach education qualification. so the support here in scotland is fantastic with up for the current scotland manager at things ticking along nicely. they have played three and 13 so far on her watch. the coach, the course is still looking forward to seeing a successof still looking forward to seeing a successor for the male coach. now how about this for a story. paul lim — the man behind me — is 63—years—old. but instead of looking towards retirement, he's looking towards the second round of the pdc world darts championship. lim, known as the "singapore slinger" is famous for the first televised nine dart finish in darts history. it came in the bdo version of the world championship back in 1990 — when he was competing for the usa. but despite having made his world debut 35 years ago, lim still has it! he stunned the seeded mark webster 3—2, to reach round two of the pdc world championship at alexandra palace last night. lim

we set out what the administration's priorities were. but to say we are not going to solve the problems ourselves. they are not just america's problems, they are the world's problems. we called on the leaders in the muslim and arab world to step up with us and be our partners and take action. the problems were unifying everyone against iran's aggression. >> how much progress have you made there? >> i think we have made significant progress there? >> how does it manifest itself in the future. >> we'll find out. it will take some time. >> you know but you are not telling us. >> if you look at the last years before we came into office, i think a lot of these countries felt that iran was being emboldened and their aggression was unchecked. they welcomed american leadership and welcomed the president's vision of everyone unifying around common objectives. the president likes to be very, very clear with the way he speaks and what his intentions are. people accuse him of a lot of things, but not of being blunt and straightforward. going into sau

these are all things we have suggested in the priorities that the president advanced. so we hope we -- we hope and expect that congress will take those priorities seriously and will do as much as they can to accomplish the goals that we set forth. >> [ inaudible ]. -- the president signed the daca bill it would have to have a merit based system? >> i can't speak for the president's priorities and what he does or doesn't want in a bill. i know what i want is something that i can implement and that i can implement well to get at the priorities we set forth as something we need to do our job. yes, sir. >> would you be in favor of extending the blanket travel ban as far as the countries are concerned such as bangladesh, which isn't on the list currently? >> my position on that is that my agency needs as much information it can get from these other countries to be able to vet and screen people adequately to be sure that malified people don't enter the country. to the extent it can be deny by executive order i'm for it. i i'm not in a position to describe whether the blanket

i look forward to working with colleagues in a serious, bipartisan way to address a number of the priorities of our nation in the coming weeks. i hope all members will join me.

it has to do with the priorities of the people who wrote the legislation. corporations, not families. announcer: you can keep up on the latest action in the floor and senate on c-span.org/congress. general jefftorney sessions outlines new initiatives to address violent crime, including the enlistment of 40 prosecutors across the country. he was joined by the u.s. attorney for the district of columbia. this is just over 20 minutes. sessions: good morning. thank you for taking the time to join us today. we will all head downstairs after this. if i do not get a chance to say hello, merry christmas and happy holidays. thank you for helping us informed the american people about the important work of the doubt -- about the 115,000 members of the department of justice. as you heard me say many times, this president was elected to make america safe again. that mission has never been more important. that message was made it very clear and reiterated again to the fbi academy, when president trump spoke to the graduation. this is the first time a president has spoken

finally, i think it's important to note that we're able to articulate the list of priorities that we have under the different buckets of benefits. and i did want to just, again, support some members of our public that spoke about air quality. i think it's incredibly sad when we hear about, you know, all the particulate matter that people see on the leaves and our trees in the other open space areas. i see that in my unit where i live when i open my windows, but we want to be sure as we grow this neighborhood it's safe neighborhoods for children, families and seniors to live in. so i'm very excited about the plan of the portion of the plan that will be dedicated funding to improve air quality and greening the district. i think that's just vital. we need to make sure that people are living, thriving, and we're doing what we can to mitigate for the negative environmental impacts in the neighborhood finally and most importantly, what i walk away from, we need to think about how the governing structure of the fees as they come out through the multiple buckets, affordable housing, residenti

commission's sense over time about where you all as a body see the priority nature of this item, given everything that we need to be tackling. >> well, what's the deadline to submit matters to the registrar of voters? >> i believe for -- is it february for the june ballot? >> yes. >> february for the june ballot. >> so what you're doing is killing this until possibly november , and that's satisfied. i think this, mr. chairman, ought to be on the january calendar, and the way that miss pelham is scheduling these matters, it's for discussion and/or vote, correct. >> yes. >> again, it's up to the commissioner direction as to what you would like to see. >> so i have a process direction to the city attorney. as this item is agendaized, is it -- and i think staff is asking for policy direction, so could we discuss -- i'm assuming the answer is yes, but i wanted to clarify. could we discuss, as a body, whether or not as a policy matter we wanted to pursue this item now? we don't have to wait until the january meeting to discuss it? >> well, i mean, it sounds like the

>> well, we -- about two months ago, the president announced his immigration priorities. you can independent if it on the white house website. a long list of a several dozen priorities that we, career officials at dhs and the other relevant immigration agencies came up with as the things that we need to be able to do our jobs. in that list, there are these fixes that i'm talking about, including getting rid of the visa lottery program, ending chain migration. these are things that we talked about. so we hope and expect congress will take the priorities seriously and will do as much as they can to accomplish the goals we set forward. >> [question inaudible] >> i can't speak for what the president wants. what i want is something that i can implement and i can implement well to get at the priorities that we need to do our job. yes, sir. >> would you be in favor of extending the blanket travel ban as far as the countries that are concerned? such as bangladesh, which isn't on the list currently. >> my position on that is my agency needs as much information as it can get from th

some examples of those are oakland, where the members submit a list of their priorities early in the winter. san diego, where the priorities are vetted such that there's some consent built before they're submitted to the mayor. in sacramento, where their budget office does sort of a feasibility analysis of recommendations and presents forward the ones that will be most feasible for implementation. we also looked at the timeline that these legislative bodies have. we looked at those timelines as they're required by law and as they're implemented and practiced. we found there are 72 days on average for which the 23 bodies have to review the proposed budget. and that is compared to the current review period for san francisco, which is 60 days. in conclusion, we presented in our report three policy options for the board to consider. the first is to direct our office, the budget and legislative analysis to produce a budget overview report as part of our annual budget review in addition to the current reports that we produce that would look at some of those major citywide trends discussed.

what do you see being the priority for 2018? >> well, for me, you have to go after entitlements because that's where the biggar beg-- big gargantuan if they go after that, i'm fine with infrastructure as long as it's paid for correctly. let's do a private-public partnership, something like that. i think immigration reform. presidents have been promising that for the last 30 years and nothing has ever been done. we need to do that. and welfare reform, you just can't continue to dole out a trillion dollars a year to welfa welfare. what we need to do is get people off of welfare and into work fare and i think that's been happening. lauren: and paul ryan might be more inclined to deal with infrastructure. i want to ask you about immigration reform. do you see that president trump, this is one. things he campaigned on. do you see him saying to congress, here is the ultimatum. you want to deal with daca on the dreamers here raised in the united states you want to deal on them. fund my border wall, show the money. do you think he'll do

lawmakers listened to their constituents, families, and businesses and this tax reform reflects the priorities of the american people. >> the idea that you had to expand the rackets on the corporate and personal side, and raising where some of the brackets fell, is part of that because you had to get this to fit in the reconciliation rules on the -- in the senate because of that deficit spending and that is why that went up and went much higher? downe rate -- rates went in the family brackets providing more tax relief. one of the reasons we will have strong middle-class tax relief but we are going to have tax relief for families who live in these high tax states. we made that commitment to our lawmakers, we will improve the bill and we achieved that and we deductiona $10,000 for self taxes, families can fill it out. with the way they need for their families. lower top bracket. a key asked by lawmakers but those help everybody in america. more middle-class tax relief. all that was done to drive tax relief for everyone regardless of where they live. >> that was not why some of that changed. >> a

our lawmakers listened to their constituents, and this tax reform reflects the priorities of the american people. >> mr. chairman, the idea that you had to expand these brackets on the corporate and personal side, raising where some of those brackets fell, was that partly because you had to fit into the reconciliation rules? that's why some of those areas went up much higher? >> the rates went down in the family brackets. to provide more tax relief. one of the reasons we are going to have very strong middle-class tax relief, but we will also have relief for families who live in these high tax states -- we made that commitment, and we achieved that. we now have a $10,000 deduction for salt taxes. families can fill it up with the way they need for their families. we have a lower top bracket, really a key asked by lawmakers in salt states, but those help everybody. we achieved even more middle-class tax relief. all of that was done to drive tax relief for everyone regardless of where they live. >> that wasn't why some of that changed -- no, absolutely not. that was continuing to lower the br

about both as candidate and as president the treatment that benefits those people who said was getting away with murder is -- >> go back to what we have, our priorities were. ordinary families, lower corporate tax rate we got that. the house and senate filled in the details of that was up to them. >> dickerson: we've talked about this before. that priority, sticking with the priorities, middle class families going to be quarter that might see taxes go up in the senate bill they -- those tax cuts expire. just in watching this go through there's some such focus on keeping the corporate rate at 20%. there's been that flexibility on really being able to say what you started to be able to say at the beginning that everything in the middle class was -- >> i'm not sure where the quarter number comes f. >> dickerson: the stan might see taxes go up. >> keep in mind, standard deduction the number of people who otherwise itemize will go down. come to this issue of expirati expiration, it is, call it what it is. it's gaming the system. the senate rules are so bizarre owe arcane that you have to sort of horseshoe a bill into that senate reconciliation process whi

they have been working on it, but it is clear that taxes are the priority. the two chambers have taken different approaches on the spending bill, so they will have to figure out how to reconcile this and get something through both chambers before friday. is this an opportunity, particularly in the house, for the freedom caucus on the republican side and the democratic caucus in terms of their opposition to the fact that there is currently no stipulation for the dreamers, for the daca provisions? is that an area that could grind this procedure to a halt? guest: i think it is unlikely that daca will make it into the bill this week. those negotiations have not advanced much, even though from both parties say it is a priority and needs to be taken care of. i think you'll see tougher fortiation over the level defense spending and nondefense discretionary spending and trying to reach an agreement to deal with the budget caps. they need to negotiate that to get it through both chambers. host: is the white house happy with the budget caps, raising the level of spendi

so these are the four priority projects areas we identified. e shared these with the community in june of this year. we are planning some improvements to calm traffic and increase pedestrian access on shelly drive. this upper reservoir area is going to have a crossing that connects the blue water tower and the path and the philosopher's way on the west side of shelly with the philosopher's way, as well as the path down to the reservoir on the east side. in addition to that, in this area, the asphalt path and steps which go down to the reservoir are in deteriorating condition and we would like to make that more of a natural surface trail, less steps and define the access with more planting. we also would like to repair the paving on the ramp that is south of the reservoir and look at accommodating bicycles on that ramp and adding signage. because as you get to the bottom of the reservoir, it takes you to the amphitheatre and picnic and we want signage to let people know where they're going. this is the big one, the shelly loop interior. it's the

lawmakers listened to their constituents, families, and businesses, and this tax reform reflects the priorities of the american people. reporter: the idea you had to expand these brackets on both and raising where those brackets felt i was part of that because you had to get this to fit into the reconciliation rules because of the deficit, and that is why those areas went up on the personal side much higher? downbrady: the rates went in the family bracket to provide more tax relief. one of the reasons we will have very strong middle-class tax relief, but we will also have tax relief for families who live in these high tax states. we made that commitment to our lawmakers we would improve the bill, and we have seen that. deductione a $10,000 families can fill up with the way they need for their families. ,e have a lower top bracket really a key ask by lawmakers in salt states. but those helped everybody in america. we achieved even more middle-class tax relief. all of that was done to drive tax relief for everyone, regardless of where they live. reporter: that wasn't why some of that changed. rep

political order a new era of fast moving situation around the globe what do you think should be the top priority is it climate change is it the technological reform is it education is it and in conflict and autocracy in the different parts of the world what should be the top priority for the us right now the those are international diplomatic and political questions i. wouldn't like to you know venture an opinion on but i think there's a danger here that we're confusing the you know the the political with the administrative the cuts to the un budget are not going to have a significant effect on the politics of the member states what they will do is have an an effect whether to significant or otherwise they will have an effect on the running of the un secretary at what the budget cuts have done has given the secretary general the problem of how to make savings and the culture of the un being what it is that actually is very difficult for who they're not used to it the manager ariel abilities within the organizations or are not geared towards making savings. yes of course but since we're talking a

the priority is to try to rescue people and take care of the evacuation.food and we will be distributing non—food items like blankets and hygiene kits for those who are in centres, to alleviate the suffering of many of the people there. the philippines is hit by around 20 typhoons every year, bringing death and destruction to some of the poorest communities in the country. the tropical storm is now headed towards the popular tourist island when it is expected to intensify with winds up to 120 km/h. howard johnson, bbc news, manila in the philippines. earlier i spoke to andrew morris who is the head of unicef‘s mindanao field office. he explained more about what is happening on the ground. the typhoon reached the east coast of the island and in the last days traversed to the west. gusts of wind is more than 100 miles an hour, flash floods and landslides, and while the population in the east of the island seems to have been a bit better prepared, some moving into evacuation centres, the provinces in the north of mindanao have been particularly affected. yest

these are all things we have suggested in the priorities that the president has advanced. so we hope and expect that congress will take those priorities seriously and will do as much as they can to accomplish the goals that we set forth. >> [ inaudible ]. >> i can't speak for the president's priorities and what he does or doesn't want in a bill. but i know what i want is something that i can implement well something we need to do our jobs. yes, sir? >> favor of extending the blanket travel bans as far as the countries are concerned, such as bangladesh, which isn't on the list currently? >> my position on that is my agency needs as much information to vet and screen people to ensure they don't come into the country. to agree that can be done under the executive order i'm all for it. but i'm not in position to prescribe whether the blanket ban, should be extended or not. i want the information that these countries can give us to screen people. >> how do you deal with people who have been here with years and then become radicalized once they are here, how would any of that dea