so do the states matter? i think here in washington we're inclined to forget about them or think that they don't matter all that much. after all, the big issues are debated here, thought about here, the big hysteria increasingly takes place right here in washington, not in the states. but think about for a moment the average citizen -- or, indeed, most citizens -- their concrete interactions with government are most often going to take place at the state and local level . if you want to have your children educated, most people are going to have, send them to government schools. want to open a business? you're going to find out about state and local regulations that you need to deal with. and finally, of course, if you want to drive a car, you have to go to the bureau of motor vehicles which probably has made more libertarians than the cato institute. [laughter] but i think also the states are important in another way. we're accustomed to thinking about government being accountable through the voting booth. you

the country. nearly every state. d compared to our western neighborhoods at the end of 2017, arizona's job growth rate was behind every single one of our neighbors with the exception of new mexico, and the number one reason, lack of a highly skilled workforce, it is what we need to focus on this state for arizona to prosper moving forward. >> right now question. >> mr. garstya how would you manage the states if you're to spend it how would you ensure the future availability of a rainy day fund or something similar. >> with additional revenue at we come into our state as we continue to invest in arizona and its people, we are going to build the rainy day fund so that it's made available. it has helped arizona in many circumstances of difficult times, and we are going to invest those doctors in public education. it will be my priority. it is what our teachers are asking for so they don't have to work two or three jobs anymore. it is what our parents are asking for so we no longer have overcrowded classrooms. it is what

let's start with the fiscal health of illinois. it is a state that is consistently ranked at the bottom or near the bottom of fiscal health when it comes to various state rankings big white is that? -- rankings. why is that? guest: we have huge pension debt in the state of illinois. with $130 billion in unfunded pension liability. medicaid payments have skyrocketed over the next -- past decade and a half. on top of that, we are coming off an unprecedented budget impasse, what we did not have a budget for the state of illinois for two years. that accumulated unpaid bills upwards of $60 million. debt just our structural problem in the state of illinois is squeezing out a lot of the other programs we want to fund. situation.gh those in the general assembly try to battle it, but it is a hard situation for the citizens of illinois. with the second-highest overall tax burden out of all of the states. he will feel taxed out. we need to provide for services we offer to the citizens of illinois. .t is a tough situation we are trying to move forward and w

the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei has met foreign ministers of the gulf cooperation council states and egypt and jordan they discuss the perceived threats posed by iran to peace and stability across the middle east however the g.c.c. is of course a house divided once the blockade imposed on by some of its neighbors lifted before the u.s. security plan can be considered credible husham. discussion today from new york. a gathering of gold fry vel's. this is the first time qatar's foreign minister has come face to face with his counterparts from saudi arabia the u.a.e. and egypt since the four countries imposed a land sea and blockade on qatar in july last year. no handshakes no smiles and no news conference at the end of the meeting that lasted almost one hour two days ago saudi foreign minister. accused qatar of financing extremism adding that his country will be ok even if the crisis goes on for another fifty years but that can wait also but we have to address the challenges in our region first before we talk we talk about just working like this diplomacy is communication is engaging and thi

in the united states. we have the highest rate of poverty if you adjust for housing costs, we are still kind of, you know, crawling our way above texas in terms of spending on education although it's looking better because we have decide today spend money disproportionately on english learners, low-income kids and foster youth and we have thicks pointed in the right direction and we will need to go something which is important lessons for progressives againly, people focus on winning power, we need to focus on wielding power, how you can actually use that to improve people's lives and we take our eyes off the ball, imagine how much more popular obamacare would have been been if the website would have worked the first month and congress was shut down but the website wasn't working as well, so people who want to make change need to start thinking about gompance and not just winning. >> thank you. [applause] >> we are nearing the end of the road trip with the three gentlemen, we have time for couple of questio

the country. nearly every state. compared to our western neighbors, at the end of 2017, arizona job growth rate was behind every single one of our western neighbors with the exception of new mexico. and the number one reason why, lack of investment in k-12 education an the lack of a highly skilled work force. it is what we need to focus on in this state for arizona to prosper moving forward. >> question from steve goldstein for mr. fwar see ya. >> how would you manage the state's surplus tax revenue and if you were to spend it how would you ensure the future availability of a rainy day fund or something similar? >> with additional revenue there's thing go tissue -- that's going to come into our state as we continue to invest in arizona and its people we are going to, a, make sure we built a rainy day fund so it's made available, it's helped arizona in many circumstances of difficult times. and we're going to invest those dollars in public education. it will be my priority. it is what our teachers are asking for so the

to look at the state auditors in the context of state spending any differently than we look at gao in the context of federal spending is not -- >> i'm not trying to be unfair. i'm not questioning state auditors integrity i'm saying is a conflict of interest. when all these things are legal there is nothing to report. that is my point. we need to take a look at this and say i know it's legal. they are calling it fraud the next best thing -- >> there are certain things that are beyond the guidelines. for example the local government portion of this is only -- can't be more than 60% of the state match. there are some guidelines that will be exceeded if they are using, shifting the cost to local governments back in the show game and then the government has to match. there is also cms and other authorities that they can impose other requirements if they know what is going on. some of the cases we find, when we went out and audited at the state and local level, cms was unaware of this. you can't take action unless you are aware. step one is awareness. >> we are aware and i'm going to make s

let's start with the fiscal health of illinois. illinois is a state that's consistently ranked at the bottom or near the bottom of fiscal health when it comes to various state rankings. why is that? >> well, we have a lot of big challenges in illinois when it comes to our budget health. we have a huge pension debt in the state of illinois. we have over 130 billion in pension liability. we've seen pensions rise in the last year and a half. we're coming to a budget impasse where we did not have a budget for two years in the state of illinois which made our bills go up dramatically, upwards of million. it's just our debt structure in the state of illinois is squeezing out a lot of other programs we want to fund. it's a tough situation. those of us in the general assembly try to battle it, but it's certainly a hard situation for the citizens of illinois. we have the second highest overall tax burden of all the states. people feel like they're taxed out, but we also need to provide for the services we offer to the citizens of illinois. it's a tough situati

has stonewalled the state board. let's get off the opposed position, the nonflow measures proposal is a nonstarter. work within the 30 or 50% framework, which allows room for adaptive management. and work with the other stakeholders and the state board don't move this and push the store's litigation, which is where it is headed. that would be a lose lose for both the delta and to for san francisco. reclaim your reputation as a leader in water conservation. >> president kwon: thank you. >> thank you. >> president kwon: next is kendra schultz. welcome. >> good afternoon, commissioners thank you for the opportunity to speak today. i and the energy and environment associate at the silicon valley leadership group. i am here on behalf of our 360 member companies who collectively provide nearly one of every three private sector jobs in silicon valley. at contribute more than 3 trillion to the worldwide economy. we have serious concerns about the state water resources control board water quality control plan and to the negati

, except for the north coast. for example, state water project and central valley project. we're in discussions last week. anything that happens with us will affect them and anything that happens with them will affect us. so the arena is larger when you look at things around and connected to the delta. >> commissioner vietor: one the goal is to get to -- >> to get to an agreement. >> commissioner vietor: that won't take us to litigation or be a regulatory result. >> and the way the state board is structured, they would like to make that result as a way to improve the negotiated settlement and look forward to what kind of adaptive management measures and what we can react and act on. that would be part of any package that comes together. >> commissioner vietor: i see. that's the goal. >> the goal -- it will be the sacramento river, san joaquin river and delta exporters in a bigger fact project along with the n.g.o.s and state and federal agencies. the scale is much, much larger. >> commissioner vietor: okay. thank you. i get it. >> p

the state has participated. 2:1 match.n a the city has done twice what the state has done. i've funded four times what the city funded. city,ow saying to the "let's do it 50/50," because we need billions of dollars. the state cannot do it. when 70 says, "yes, i will pick somebody says, "yes, i will get up." you cannot do that. let's share it. that is on the facts. we have congestion pricing. which is why -- governor cuomo: i've thought for congestion -- i've fought for congestion funding. we have a republican senate because of your funding of the idc. maurice: we're going to move on. that is notmo: true, and if you knew facts, you would know that. ms. nixon: yes, you did. 2011. maurice: thank you, governor. proposing the're state moved to a single pair system, known for -- known as medicare for all. that would be $35 billion, almost the size of the state such. how would you make this happen? ms. nixon: the rand corporation also said would be a tremendous savings for new york state. we can ensure all of our people here by a single-payer medicare for all system -- we can insur

this is water use through july 2018 as reported to the state board. this is total, not just purchases. for july 17% less than the pre-drought use. you continue to see the gap between the top blue line 2013 and the red line which is our current use. obviously, there has been some rebound, but not back to the pre-drought use. we are now five years later with -- i can attest to tremendous growth in the service area. this brings to mind the last comment which is because of this and because of the delta plan and because of making water conservation a way of life, the bosca agencies and board are moving sooner for a request for proposal in january for an update youd water demand and conservation water study to look at the entirety in the service area based on adopted land use plan by the land use entities. coordinated among themselves around looking at demand projections, total demand projections and conservation opportunities both making water conservation a way of life and more conservation opportunities to see what we can do there and also what we can do

the state i love was way off track. we have more businesses open in maryland than ever before in history. we are number one in america in startups. we created more jobs in the first year and they had done for 15 years committed they had not met that mark. so i don't know where you get the stats, how you play with the numbers, but my four-year record is clear. we have led the nation in increased jobs, increased wages, and you just cannot keep making up these stories. moderator: this defect -- 60 seconds, mr. jealous. mr. jealous: governor, please. you can go to my website and all the facts are there. and my plans are there. when i tell people i will do something, i make a plan there, it is transparent. my staff doesn't have to walk things back. we don't have a going to pay for. governor, the people of the state deserve to have a plan to move forward. you don't have a plan. gov. hogan: we have moved forward in one of the fastest rates of america. is to double the state budget your only plan and increase taxes by 100%, and

the united states is the largest ever in the world, by far, of foreign aid. few give anything to us. that is why we are taking a look at u.s. foreign assistance, headed up by secretary of state, mike pompeo. we will examine what is working, what is not, and whether the countries who receive our dollars and our protection also have our interest at heart. moving forward, we are only going to give foreign aid to those who respect us and frankly, are our friends. we expect other countries to pay their fair share for the cost of their defense. the united states is committed to making the united nations more effective and accountable. i have said many times that the united nations has unlimited potential. as part of our reform effort, i have told our negotiators that the united states will not pay more than 25% of the un's peacekeeping budget. other --ing courage this will encourage other countries to get involved and share in this burden. we are working to shift more of our funding from contributions to voluntary so we can target programs with the best record of su

the state water board was helping fund. i can't remember the project. they were helping fund the project. the $1 billion price tag is probably right. one point. to the commissioner more and's list. i think adaptive management. i know steve used it. i am not sure of the meaning. it would go a long ways if it meant these measures didn't turn-out to work we weren't seeing recovery of the populations we were expecting, that we would take further action. i think that would be another one. thanks so much for your time. >> last but not least. yoany other public comment on ts item? >> my name is eddy. i was born in san francisco. i have lived here much of my life. in many instances, i am a big fan of the sfpc. i think it can be very forward thinking and do a lot of great work with regard to the power sf. i live an block away from holloway which is fabulous and looking good. i do think there is room for improvement and to be more innovative and forward thinking with regard to our water supply and the opportunities we have to identify new supplies. i think there

you are asking our job at the state. e one i will commit to as governor. >> i have to address that. i honor your service and thank you for it, i'm proud of my background, but this election is going to be decided on the issues of the future. that ours important viewers know you hire people in your campaign that post on social media. they called the united states and as whole country and posted things with other groups that you have been endorsed by that say f the border patrol and they go out and protest. it seems to me you have a real issue with law enforcement. i will keep track of the interruptions. i am working hard to follow the rules. it's the same pattern. >> i appreciate that. my response -- >> my response is this. we are the company we keep. under doug ducey's administration, of the seven people he has hired, department heads are others wise state officials, have been under investigation for misconduct. those are people that are supposed to be looking out for us. that's not running the state as a business. the sta

the bank of the united states. this is the second bank of the united states. if you recall from earlier in the semester, there was a first bank of the united states. 1791, alexander hamilton pushes through congress a bank of the united states. this bank a private bank with stockholders and dividends. this bank, hamilton says, will benefit not only financial interests, but will benefit the country, the public. how will it benefit the public? because the u.s. treasury will deposit money in the bank coming in from taxes and the treasury can borrow money from the bank. it has a 20-year charter but lots of opponents. the chief opponent, thomas jefferson hates the bank. the bank, jefferson believes, is an imperils american liberty by elevating to power a wealthy financial elite. jefferson opposes it. jefferson comes to power in 1800, the first banks charter expires, but one year later, a war iraq with britain. a very expensive war -- a war erupts with britain, a very extensive war. thomas jefferson charters a second bank of the united states and this bank, much like

what's driving the number of terrorist attacks the u.s. state department used the force due to the near defeat of such shows of the same time americans against iran as the leading state sponsor of continuing attacks so what are the so-called global war on terror this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. a four by almost a quarter in the number of attacks by armed groups worldwide last year that's one of the conclusions of the u.s. state department's latest and it was survey of global terrorism but iran won't welcome another of the surveys or highlights the americans singling out the iranians as the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism the iranians are accused of intensifying many conflicts especially in afghanistan. iraq lebanon and yemen and continued backing for militias such as hezbollah the us government says hezbollah fighters base in lebanon have gone from strength to strength emboldened by their battlefield experience in syria and the americans accuse iran of undermining legitimate governments and american interests in

bush authorized the united states to. the rome statute because it was fundamentally illegitimate if the i.c.c. and its prosecutor had been granted potentially enormous essentially unaccountable powers and alongside numerous other glaring significant flaws the international criminal court constituted an assault on the constitutional rights of the american people and the sovereignty of the united states in no uncertain terms the i.c.c. was created as a free wheeling global organization claiming jurisdiction over individuals without their consent according to the rome statute the i.c.c. has authority to prosecute genocide war crimes crimes against humanity and crimes of aggression it claims automatic jurisdiction meaning that it can prosecute individuals even if their own governments have not recognized signed or ratified the treaty thus american soldiers politicians civil servants private citizens and even all of you sitting in this room today are purportedly subject to the court's prosecution should a party to the rome stat

it certainly has no consent whatever from the united states. as americans, we fully understand that consent to the government is a prerequisite to true legitimacy. we reject such a flagrant violation of our national sovereignty. to make matters worse, the court structure is contrary to fundamental american principles, including checks and balances on authority, through the separation of powers. our founders believed that a division of authority among three separate ranches of government would provide the maximum level of protection for individual liberty. the international criminal court melds two of these branches together. in the i.c.c. structure, the executive branch, the office of the prosecutor is an orbegan of the court. the framers of our constitution considered such a melding of powers unacceptable for our own government and we should not accept it in the icc. other governments may choose whichs reject the powers but not the , united states. there are no mechanisms to hold the court and its personnel accountable or curtail its unchecked

the u.s. department of state. the ambassador previously served as ambassador to libya and nepal, and retired from the department in 2017. he returned from retirement in february 2018 to share the cuba -- to chair the accountability review board known as that arb. arb.e now the health incidents task force has had multiple overseas assignments in iraq, pakistan, nepal, germany, and denmark. they have served in the state department bureau of diplomatic security and administration. our last witness to testify, the acting director for international affairs and trade at the u.s. accountability office. the doctor was responsible for a portfolio focused on international security. he also worked for defense capabilities and management team. we're also joined by dr. charles rosenbar, the bureau of diplomatic services at the u.s. department of state, as well as the assistant director for countermeasures in the bureau of diplomatic security at the department of state. mr. brown submitted written testimony and will sit on the t

there's a reason new mexico can't be the lead renewable energy state in the country united states a simple yes or no that's ex-im is all across our state. would you support a raise in the minimum wage? lujan grisham: i'm on the record absolutely 110,000 new mexicans get an immediate raise. we know that wage earnings across the country but right here in new mexico it's been stagnant. it is the single most important factor in holding our families. >> moderator: how i? lujan grisham: $10 immediate and then want to raise it to 12 and index it to inflation site sustainable growth for minimum wage, so that wages keep up with escalating. lujan grisham: pearce: if you e people at the bottom of the economic ladder, and in which the opposite of that site would not support that. if you look at the study fitted in washington they didn't minimum wage there and it hurt the people at the bottom, people at the bottom of economic ladder are making less money and working less hours. if you want to people we need to grow the economy went are more jobs out there for attracting people. now you're getting the r

other governments, but not the united states. there are no mechanisms to hold the court and its personnel accountable or curtail its unchecked powers when required. icc proponents argue that corrupt or ineffective judges can be removed by a two thirds vote of parties to their own statute and that a prosecutor can be removed by a majority ote however, i ask everyone in the room today, would you consign the fate of american citizens to a committee of other nations, including venezuela and the democratic republic of the congo, entities that are not even states, like the palestinian authority? you would not appear i would not. this administration will not. the icc is an assembly states party and cannot supervise the court anymore than the united nations general assembly can't supervise bureaucracy. recent allegations of mismanagement and corruption among icc personnel make this perfect clear. the first prosecutor elected by the states parties attempted to protect a high-ranking government official from prosecution, assisted a business

this is water use through july 2018 as reported to the state board. this is total, not just purchases. for july 17% less than the pre-drought use. you continue to see the gap between the top blue line 2013 and the red line which is our current use. obviously, there has been some rebound, but not back to the pre-drought use. we are

the i-26 reverted lanes will close today at 6 p.m. and as i stated yesterday if your vehicle is on the reverted side in front of the vehicles you can continue the entire about to columbia area. it's going to take us up for hours to break the i-26 reverted laying down. and again will close the link at six some time a few was after that we should have it totally completed. as i told you yesterday we investigated two minor collisions on the reverted side of the i-26 rep. one in orangeburg county, one in columbia. we also worked one minor collision, sorry, made her police department worked one minor collision on u.s. 501 in the town. our preparations are underway for our post-landfall response and i would just like to give you some public safety tips come something that you heard the governor mentioned already, i think it's important to reiterate those things, just once more. in terms of post-landfall, roadways will be very dangerous and you have a need to the roadway with ask that you please state of the roads. again, the phrase turn around, don't drown

we are now the fourth most unequal state in the united states. we have the highest rate of poverty if you just for housing costs. we are calling our way above texas in terms of spending on education. on english learners, low income kids in foster youth. we sort how things pointed in the right direction. we were going to need to do something that's important for us. people often focus on winning power. you need to focus on wielding power. how you caneave use that to improve people's lives. imagine how much more popular obama care would've been if the west -- website would've worked the first month. when congress was shut down. people who want to make change particularly now. they need to start thinking about governance and not just winning. [applause]. think you. we are nearing the end of our road trip with these three tnt e do had time for a couple questions from the audience. i will take them. certain the front. kind of going back there. they come along with the majority of majority states. the same political shift that they have even though it's

what's driving the number of terrorist attacks the u.s. state department argues the falls due to the near defeat of such as i still of the same time americans again single out iran as the leading state sponsor of continuing attacks so what now for the so-called global war on terror this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. a four by almost a quarter in the number of attacks by armed groups worldwide last year that's one of the conclusions of the u.s. state department's latest and it was survey of global terrorism but iran won't welcome another of the surveys or highlights the americans singling out the iranians as the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism the iranians are accused of intensifying many conflicts especially in afghanistan. iraq lebanon and yemen and continued backing for militias such as hezbollah the us government says hezbollah fighters base in lebanon have gone from strength to strength emboldened by their battlefield experience in syria and the americans accuse iran of undermining legitimate governments and a

committee as john bolton said that the united states is not part of the i.c.c. they didn't sign on to the rome statute so when they talk about sanctions against the i.c.c. what exactly do they mean. well it has a very specific definition and with regard to that it would mean essentially that individuals could face sanctioning by the united states that could mean prosecution under the u.s. criminal justice system it could mean banning entry into the united states so it's it's sort of got a multi-pronged effect sensually this is we should point out for anyone who wonders who the society is that john bolton is speaking before it's very conservative the federalist is very conservative audience so when he made this announcement you heard the applause there there was also applause with the announcement of the closure of the palestinian liberation organization office here in washington d.c. essentially that acts as a mission advocates for palestinian interests and essentially the reason for this closure it is something that the united states has threat for some time an

not only feature family in the state of verizon, imagine what -- in the do to our state of arizona, imagine what that would do to our schools. we want to allow renewables to come here. this in a way that is not mandated at the ballot box. >> this next question is from christopher conover. to natural gas will cost jobs on the navajo and the hopi reservation. what can be done to help the members of those tribes who rely : mines for jobs, and how would you pay for that? we know the economy in southern arizona. we know what has happened in mariposa county and phoenix. we do need to focus on our tribal lands. opportunity zones and tax reform. i want to focus on these issues. i want to see these opportunities happening in our rural and tribal areas. i am working with our commerce authority so we can build on the successes we have had and have a tax code and regulatory environment that not only brings business to the state of arizona in these places, but allows to createthose places their own companies, to build their own businesses in that type of environment. ducey -- mr.r. garcia, 30 seconds. m

you really can't grasp the difference between the states, the rights of states to do it their way and where do you finally have the right to override the state tradition and make them do it our way. some states literally can't do it our way. it is too big, they can't do it that way. they have good registries at the county level and the counties are bigger than most states. so, every five years, they pass an exemption for them, to forgive them the fact that they did not apply. so, federal policy is a different order of thinking than making state policy. particularly so, now, because the economy is global, it is not just natural. that feeds into people's fears. and into their anger, if the company goes under. of course, my part of the country was one that lost a lot of companies to foreign competition. there were some good reasons why they lost and some bad reasons why they lost. toward the end of my career i spent a lot of time on healthcare, but in the beginning of my career i spent almost all my time on foreign trade issues and actually worked hard to get the federal government to ha

the support of the united states. he said just that we in the united states can go it alone. i don't think that's the case by any means. we have extraordinary power in and of ourselves, but we need partners around the globe in order to achieve the goals we seek. >> join us for our conversations with senator bob corker and congresswoman niki tsongas saturday at 8:00 eastern on c-span and c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. illinois governor bruce rauner and democratic challenger jd pritzker faced each other in a debate last night in chicago. they were joined on stage by the libertarian and conservative party candidates. over the next hour, the answer questions about term limits, calling cabinet, immigration -- calling cabinet, immigration, and spending. >> decision 2018 -- the race for illinois governor brought to you by nbc five chicago and telemundo chicago in partnership with the chicago urban league and the union league club of chicago. good evening. i'm carol murray, political editor of nbc five chicago. we are broadcasting live from the nbc tower. during

the report states that while some states have strong plans to use essa to help meet the needs of students with disabilities, far too many states are squandering this opportunity. and we have heard some concern about raising the waiver, the number of waivers allowed for school districts for kids with disabilities. i will tell you that from a personal perspective, my adult son has very severe cerebral palsy. he is nonverbal. it wasn't until his school district was required to assess how he was doing, and figure out how they could communicate with him and he could communicate with them, that he actually began to make progress because the school district, the teachers kept saying we are doing all of these things. and we kept thing as parents but how do you know they are working, right? it wasn't until a fifth grade teacher said you know, you have a very smart son and i said well, we think he is smart but how do you know and this is a really good teacher in a busy classroom. she said because he laughs whenever the kids get the wrong answer. >> [ laughter ] >> which told me that my child is ver

reporter of the state supreme court. he held that job until he went into the army and held it after he came back from the war. he was a very well-known lawyer. in 1872 he was giving speeches for the party. he thought he was in good position to run for governor. he was not particularly well liked by the boss of the republican party in indiana, the senator. although harrison had lots of support for the nomination in 1872, it sort of circulated through the hallways at the convention that morton was not too keen on this guy. in 1876, he was tempted to run for the nomination again. they nominated someone else. he had to resign from the ticket because of conflict of interest charges. in the early fall, the republican state committee said to harrison, we need you, can you step in and take over. he made a valiant effort. he fought very hard, gave lots of speeches. it was basically a democratic year in indiana that year. he came fairly close to winning. after that, he went out and campaigned in other states for presidential candid

and they get put into the welfare state. and in my view one of the great problems with the lack of assimilation in some european countries is that they become isolated. in that way too. they don't become integrated into the society because they're basically terry -- they're taking care of by the state. it's not a good thing for human beings. becoming dependent is not necessarily permanently independent. one of the great things that we do in a refugee program as we bring people in how we do give them assistance but it's limited. has also very focused. we actually decide where people are going to live by and large. we resettle them into communities where there is some chance of integration. maybe some people in the community from the origin countries to provide a little bit of an enclave for the initial time where they feel comfortable. but then we expect them after they had been given the temporary assistance to move on and take care of themselves. and may not be possible to do that when you're talking about millions of people

security council and the national security council of the united states. the meeting today is no exception to that, unfortunately. i would like to also wants again draw your attention to the status of the so-called u.n. troops in korea. the commander of these troops is at the same time, the commander of u.s. forces in korea and the joint u.s. republic of korea command. from the viewpoint of international law, under conditions in 1991, the two states became fully fledged members of the u.n., maintaining the command in korea which as the u.n.t entity as a party from a legal viewpoint is nonsense. officially states they are trying to prevent a conflict and calling upon a declaration to end the war on the pencil and sign a peace treaty, what we need to do is analyze the role and the need for such troops. in the 50'stermined under the un security council resolution, they were passed against a historic context. the ussr at the time boycotted that meeting. basically, they have nothing to do with the u.n. so we therefore, need to consider the possibility of withdra

and from the president of the united states. there are no other words to it.ribe it was reinstated on the map 100 years ago in 1918. i am delighted today i can be here in washington and which is -- and said at the same table as the president of the united partnershipind a and renewing that partnership. i am talking about the agreement on the partnership of the agreement that was signed into back then it was signed by the thousand eight. ministers of foreign affairs. today, the renewed aversion, the version that had been updated, a lot has changed over 10 years. partnership was signed personally by myself and president trump. i would like to express my deep gratitude to you for that fact. this agreement indicates the most important aspect ever -- of our cooperation and friendship. it also sets up a new future. the possibility of tightening our cooperation and also in the energy business p tightening our in the broadly understood business. aspects of the already mentions as part of those c3 initiative. i came here to washington fro

judges from entering the united states the united states will use any means necessary to protect our citizens and those. from unjust prosecution by this illegitimate court senior palestinian officials are enraged by the u.s. announcement following similar announcements of cuts to palestinian aid the move of the us embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem and its blind eye to ongoing israeli settlement expansion on disputed land this is an administrative mission of this administration is that to diminish and. its policies of blackmail and extortion. undermining the peace process and. the palestinian mission opened in nine hundred ninety four here in washington and palestinian leaders have long held that any closure of this office would undermine peace efforts despite ignoring these warnings the trumpet ministration says it's still committed to peace could roll out its plan in the coming months kimberly help get al-jazeera washington on the palestinian leadership says the u.s. has adopted a mist of his raving to mom's house that has more from ramallah. well the polar state of relations betwee

what the court did was i think it stepped out of bounds, the state court did. i thought the federal court would say with the constitution says, that the legislative body has the ability, has the right and the duty to do the redistricting. they could pass a law and save bill shuster could draw the map for us and that is perfectly legal, but allowing seven justices to take that responsibility away from the state legislature was wrong. i think it's going to have ramifications for years to come for redistricting. beenshould've returned to the state assembly and they could have redone the map. steve: some of those maps were divided by counties and communities. rep. shuster: yes, that's true. but when you redistrict, it is really hard. you'd talk about 705,000 people in each district, they wanted that number, so sometimes you have to split counties and sometimes you have to split municipalities. you want to do the least amount of that as you can but still it happens. i'm sure it happened in this map. steve: will your party keep control of the house? yes, i believe our

the philippines. our prayers are with them as well. state department teams are are ready to deliver the appropriate help to the region at the right time. as you all know, on wednesday president trump signed an executive order that made clear that our administration will not tolerate foreign interference in our democratic processes. elections are the foundation of our democracy, and preserving their integrity is a matter of protecting sovereignty and american national security. foreign malicious actors opened new fronts in their efforts to undermine our democracy and our core institutions. these actors want to turn americans against one another and convince us that our institutions, our ideals are defective. but we're resolved to defeat these efforts and make clear those who interfere with our liberties will pay a price. in the last few years, russia's been particularly aggressive in using its cyber capabilities, disinformation and other covert means to attempt to sow instability in america. as this executive order makes clear, any other fore

additionally, the united states also pressures other countries to violate the nuclear accord. more dangerously, the united threatens to punish other countries if they comply with security council resolution 2231. it is the first time in the history of the united nations that such an invitation of violation of law is coupled with threatening law biters. this is not just peculiar to the jcpoa, but a pattern. that even applies to the u.s. approach to the international criminal courts. we appreciate the efforts of your international community, the european union, russia, and china, in supporting the implementation of the jcpoa and consider the full realization of the commitment stipulated in it. that's precondition for the survival of the significant a compliment of diplomacy. gentlemen, unlawful sanctions in of themselves constitute a form of economic terrorism and a breach of the right to development. the economic war that the united states has initiated under the rubric of new sanctions not only targets the iranian people, but also entails horrible repercussions for the people

we will have the most expensive water in the state. and then to pass litigation costs onto my customers, i can't , in good conscience, do that. i am fully in support of a negotiated settlement. i would urge you to support the recommendations of the staff. thank you, very much. >> president kwon: thank you. is there any other public comment on this item? all right. so, commissioners, do you have any comments? i want to add, mr warner said the commission's meeting is for the public, and the things that are on the agenda. i think that we have all heard various positions. we all care about increased fluid to fish and biodiversity preservation and the demands of the water customers. but any comments before we move forward? >> i have a comment. it may be appropriate for me to start, simply because i'm not prepared, nor am i qualified to drill down as far as someone like staff who occupies professional positions with this or someone like francesca who i learn from every time i talk to her. i can't say from 30,000 plus perspective that if we wi