the earnings work very well the system. as you can see from our financial statements, the liquidity ratios are over the top. in fact they are more than twice what the regulations require of 90 days so i think that the system is well positioned again to withstand any downturn. of course there could possibly be some black swans out there that we are not aware of that we have systems in place at the agency to keep us abreast of what those might be and as an agency we will take measures that will end up protecting the system more. >> i appreciate that mr. spearman. mr. tonsager. your role as chairman of farm credit system is to ensure farm credit funds in order to safeguard the timely payment of danceable and adjust on the debt issued by the system banks. this funding comes from a collective of premiums and system banks that issue noted in your written testimony and 2013 when times are pretty good, the farm credit system insurance corporation and the federal financing banks entered into a 10 billion-dollar line of credit please

the agency tasked with regulating the farm credit system is the farm credit system administration or the fca. the farm credit administration is an independent agency comprised of three, a three-member board nominated by the president. and as we all know on the committee, confirmed by the senate through our committee. like the banking industry, the farm credit system is not a lender of last resort. the lender of last resort for farmers who are otherwise unable to secure private financing is the department of agriculture's farm service agency. our commercial banks and the farm credit system -- pardon me, service often relies on usda farm loan guarantees to make loans when borrowers are less creditworthy. now to date, the farm service agency has seen a 21%, that's 21%, increase in farm loans as compared to last year. a further troubling indication of a struggling agricultural economy. obviously, much has changed since congress established the farm credit system a hundred years ago. one thing that has not changed, however, is the importance of providing farmers and other rural borrowers w

the agency tasked with regulating the farm credit system is the farm credit system administration, or the fca. the farm credit administration is an independent agency comprised of three -- a three-member board nominated by the president and, as we all know on this committee, confirmed by the senate through our committee. like the banking industry, the farm credit system is not a lender of last resort. the lender of last resort for farmers who are otherwise unable to secure private financing is the department of agriculture's farm service agency, our commercial banks and the farm credit system -- pardon me, service, often relies on usda farm loan guarantees to make loans when borrowers are less credit worthy. now, to date, the farm service agency has seen a 21% -- that's 21% -- inkrecrease in farm loans compared to last year, a further troubling indication of a struggling agricultural economy. obviously much has changed since congress established the farm credit system a hundred years ago. one thing that has not changed, however, is the importance of providing farmers and other rural b

they are the farm credit system. on behalf of our customer owners we look forward to the next 100 years of serving rural communities and agriculture. mr. chairman, i've a variety of statements with me from groups representing producers, farmer owned cooperatives and others that reinforce the importance of farm credits mission to ask that the statements they made a part of the hearing record. >> without objection. >> thank you. i would be placed respond to questions. >> thank you very much an apologist for the back and forth today. i know you understand about the votes that are occurring and members having to try to be several places at once, we very much appreciate all of your testimony, and it's an important part of our deliberations going forward. and i'm pleased i made it back in time to introduce mr. jed welder. as i mentioned earlier, is taking time from a busy planting season to provide a producer perspective today. mr. wilder said in both the u.s. marine corps and the u.s. army and several tours in afghanistan,

the earnings work very well the system. as you can see from our financial statements, the liquidity ratios are over the top. in fact they are more than twice what the regulations require of 90 days so i think that the system is well positioned again to withstand any downturn. of course there could possibly be some black swans out there that we are not aware of that we have systems in place at the agency to keep us abreast of what those might be and as an agency we will take measures that will end up protecting the system more. >> i appreciate that mr. spearman. mr. tonsager. your role as chairman of farm credit system is to ensure farm credit funds in order to safeguard the timely payment of danceable and adjust on the debt issued by the system banks. this funding comes from a collective of premiums and system banks that issue noted in your written testimony and 2013 when times are pretty good, the farm credit system insurance corporation and the federal financing banks entered into a 10 billion-dollar line of credit please

day-to-day the system works well. >> also, the concern is people in america are moving back into the cities. if we don't have a system that is safe i think we are headed for trouble, and i know we have a responsibility to make sure there is enough funding for the infrastructure, the safetyinfrastructure, the safety part of it, and i just want america to know what you can still companies the system. we are going to fix it. >> you can cows with a couple in from colorado. theythey got to talking about the metro and had a great experience. i think it is more common than we think. >> thank you for being here and talking about the system. >> thank you, and i recognize mr. webster for five minutes. >> thank you, madam chair. i read the metro every day for five and a half years from pentagon city to the font to capital south. and you know, i think there are two things here. talking about more money, hiring, firing, all of that, but all i know is that every day that i ride there is no escalator broken. so i started watching three escalators. there are bunch of them. this is three. and i would

to deal with this problem and the breakdown of this recording system, the paper recording system, haldeman and nixon discuss let's put the same sort of system in that lyndon johnson had or something similar and keep a audio record of it. haldeman calls an aide he can trust because this would become one of the most closely-guarded secrets of this presidency. he called alex butterfield. who is the deputy assistant to the president who is the person who is dealing with the president more than anybody else, other than haldeman, and actually more face-time than haldeman because he is the person who takes documents in and out. and haldeman -- excuse me, butterfield in turn calls the secret service, the technical services division. they are the people who made sure that nobody outside of the white house was bugging the white house or none of the white house lines were being bugged. so they had the capability and the understanding. butterfield told me over the years when he went to al wong, the head of the technical services division, wong said, oh, here we go again. that he had been there -- how

radar with the aegis system. ul: essentially it will integrate and enhance the capability of the system. reporter: you are building one on the ship? paul: we are finishing our testing and it will be shipped off to hawaii -- a specific missile -- paul: for a development testing. reporter: the first ship this goes on, you expect to be built when? flight three platform, which was put under contract this year, and fy 16 ship. ll: chris is here with us to talk more about the show. that was one conversation. i know you did many with folks on the trade floor. what was your impression? reporter: this was a good show. the expo has been going on for some decades now. they have the most floor space, the most participants, the most exhibitors. they have the most -- maybe too many speakers and presenters in the show. it was a very upbeat show. i think a few years ago, things were definitely not upbeat. going on.ion was there were restrictions on military personnel show. and just in the last two or three or four years, there ha

we need the system to work. the region needs to come up with a dedicated funding source for match row. we can't do anything here. there is something that region needs to do. what we need to definitely is to talk about changing the way people act in the system, the whole culture and it's difficult to do and i think you -- thank you for what you've done so far. i know the shutdown caused an inconvenience to many of the regions and the commuters got two months after they've released the safety directive to matrox among them were things that appeared to be routine maintenance including removing the debris and the cover words so i a i'm concerned about the inspection and repair given the safe trek fan is about to begin and i want to be assured it won't cause a serious disruption in people's daily lives but you'll be using the time to publish the maintenance. the findings in may are the result of a shutdown or were those findings the result of previous inspections? spinnaker they reflected the ongoing maintenance and t

i think he has paralyzed the system. i think the white house is being cautious, and i think he -- as a republican, i shouldn't care, or but just watching this, i can't help but feel that there is a gender piece to him getting treated with a lot of tenderness when she was harped on to get out. john: i don't fully disagree. up next, we go on the ground in indiana to preview trumps rally tonight. we are joined from south bend. ♪ john: rally sons of notre dame, sing your glory and sound her fame. we are joined by kate. who is covering donald trump's victory i don't know why they march. made me do the notre dame fight song, but i was happy to do it because you are there. ted cruz is doing a lot of stuff in that state, ted cruz doing -- donald trump is doing a bit less. the trump campaign is watching the ted cruz campaign pretty carefully. what do they think right now, what they are seeing from ted cruz in these last 24 hours before the vote starts? >> they believe it is an act of desperation, going up to a trump supporter and

the system we use, as does england, it has very strong incentives that leads to the two-party system. if you have single-member districts, you may tend to get to parties. >> if we went to a proportional representation system or electing members of congress, depending on if we chose like a prime minister in a parliamentary system, i have no doubt we would have four or five significant parties. the democratic party splinter off. we would have something like a green party. the institutional structures create tremendous incentive to organize channel politics in one direction or another for we tend to take for granted the kind of politics we have without being aware of the institutional and legal framework that makes that kind of politics. >> as these parties become more intractable and less tolerant of the opposition, hasn't the american public in the loser because their interests appear to fall by the wayside in party interest appear to be the most prominent issue? >> one thing political scientists will tell us about the benefits of the current system, which you may not think about is th

the world. and this transit system really ought to be the crown jewel of the transit systems around the country.ct, they get more money per capita than any other system in the country but they also spend more money than any other system in the country. we've got to bring those things into alignment. this needs to be a system, safety has to be paramount. and for over 50 years, as mentioned, the metro system has benefitted by federal support. this is important to the entire nation that we get this right. in addition to the monies that the federal government gives to the metro system, also 40% of the metro's rush hour required, federal employees are provided a subsidy to ride the system. the safety of the people that we work with every day and depend on us to help operate the government depend on this system being a safe and reliable system. the safety reliability record has deteriorated. it's not switched its responsibility from building a system to operating and maintaining a system. what it takes, i believe, is a cultural change at metro. and i'm pleased that the new ceo i think is doing just th

we need the system to work. i think the region needs to come up with a dedicated funding source for metro. we can't do anything here in congress about it but i think it's something the region needs to do. but there is a changing of the -- we need to change the way people act within the system, the whole culture and it's difficult do. i think you, mr. wiedefeld, for the things you have done so far. i want to ask -- i know the march 16 shutdown caused a significant inconvenience to many of the region's commuters. but they released a series of safety directives to metro. among them were things that appeared to be routine maintenance including removing debris, replacing insulators and rail cover boards so i'm concerned about metro's efficiency in conducting inspection and repair, especially given the safe track plan is about to begin. i want to be sure if metro causes serious disruption in people's daily lives that you will be using the time to accomplish all the required maintenance. so first, were f.t.a.'s findings

the i.t. modernization fund. they're running a legacy i.t. system it cost a lot of money to keep a running back congresses and reluctant to give me money to buy anything you want me to run the old thing bin replace it in that does not work when you replace the big systems it cost a lot of money to run the old one. now the idea hopefully with savings for that period of time that is obviously the approximation. that intended to bridge that with the i.t. file and is with the current budget to give a long to build the new system. that is a pretty novel approach from a budgetary perspective but it is a huge improvement the leeway to replace these legacy systems to run the old even as we build the new. >> from my perspective and how that was implemented. but also the growth and strengthening of feinstein the we have not talked a lot about and to arrive the tools that are readily available. bin to make sure those tools are flexible and dynamic internal stagnant. to grow in the implemented it to be accessible within the federal government. >> that one of th

they are the farm credit system. on behalf of our customer owners we look for to the next 100 years of serving rule communities and agriculture. mr. chairman, a variety of statements with me from groups representing producers, farmer owned cooperatives and others that i reinforced the importance of farm credits mission. i asked that those statements be made part of the hearing record. >> without objection. >> thank you. i'll be pleased to respond to your question. >> thank you very much and i apologize for the back and forth today. i know you understand about the votes that are occurring and members having to try to be several places at once. we very, very much appreciate all of your testimony and it's an important part of our deliberations going forward. i'm pleased that i made it back in time to introduce mr. jed welder. as i mentioned earlier he is taking time from a busy planting season to provide a producer perspective today. mr. weldon has served in both the u.s. marine, and the u.s. army and sever tours in afgh

the other kind of harshness of the u.s. system and something that is very distinctive is the use of solitary confinement. of one of example many possible examples of what solitary confinement looks like. extreme prisons in the country called pelican bay which will talk more about later. there are about 80,000 to 100,000 people every day that are living in conditions like this. windowless cells where they are alone for 23 or 24 hours a day. without access to any sort of programming or activities or even calendar. expanded as some of the basis for mass incarceration. the severity and the scope of these systems are not just people who are incarcerated themselves. it all caps also that disenfranchisement that comes from having a criminal conviction on your record. aret 6 million people disenfranchised as a result of their convictions. important as we are in an election year. whiche conversation about candidate can win. we have this horserace coverage. there's a certain kind of artificial quality for those conversations. the number of

can't get into the system so you'll end up flooding out the bowl from two systems the stormwater coming downed the hill off of twin peaks as far as what we can do to affiliate /* alleviate but to move water au from the area but, either move water away quickly or store a place for the water to go. >> and the thing i'd like to point out that a lot of the solutions although it is you know small pocket of area of the city but you will have to actually have pipe along to. >> a mile and a half. >> a mile and a half to relieve the pressure so the impact won't be just to the area but impact to that the solution in as well. >> and would echo commissioner morans with the people that live in those areas like you stand an intense problem where were you live right there and difficult situation but i think hearing more information on the medics of predicting i guess the insistent rainy struggle with el nino right here in the middle so will happen climatic change and sea level rise is a complication i'll glad you're work working with you. >> and berkley. >> that's a good thing thank you. >> commission

i do believe that the system needs an overhaul. dcannot take your car drive time and time again, and not have your oil changed. marijuana is being legalized all around the country in different young, so how do we hold men and women incarcerated for something that is being legalized? we need a system that is fair and honest, but does not take life.age of someone's that man in baltimore lost his life and he should not have. host: a couple things that you viewers,nt to show our first of all about overhauling the criminal justice system. one gop lawmaker says, the senate's criminal justice reform effort is dead and he said it is because many lawmakers think releasing more people from prison will increase criminal rates across the country. the other thing the caller talked about was that no one would be found guilty in this freddie gray death. this is from usa today. there are more trials to come, six officers were indicted. whosix baltimore officers were charged in connection with the april 2015 death of freddie gray, and the next case

experience with the system. i was brutalized and arrested in the process of were -- i was thrown faced first into a set of lockers by an offfficer who , purely me for nothing because of my aggressive representation of someone in front of the commissioner. fortunately, i was acquitted. but i had to hire a lawyer and i had to fight against that unfair and unnecessary charge against me. incidentally, instead of my being released on my owner cognizance, the commissioner put a $5,000 bail on me and i said, why did you do that? you know i'm not going anywhere. she said, frankly, mr. murphy -- a white woman -- i think you are a danger to the community. well, you know, there it is. i am a lawyer. what other danger do i present? amy: last year i spoke with kevin moore, who lives in the gilmor housing projects and actually filmed part of the arrest of his friend freddie gray. moore talked about the relationship between the community and the police. >> i have been through so much personally in my life in west baltimore, jus

can't get into the system so you'll end up flooding out the bowl from two systems the stormwater coming downed the hill off of twin peaks as far as what we can do to affiliate /* alleviate but to move water au from the area but, either move water away quickly or store a place for the water to go. >> and the thing i'd like to point out that a lot of the solutions although it is you know small pocket of area of the city but you will have to actually have pipe along to. >> a mile and a half. >> a mile and a half to relieve the pressure so the impact won't be just to the area but impact to that the solution in as well. >> and would echo commissioner morans with the people that live in those areas like you stand an intense problem where were you live right there and difficult situation but i think hearing more information on the medics of predicting i guess the insistent rainy struggle with el nino right here in the middle so will happen climatic change and sea level rise is a complication i'll glad you're work working with you. >> and berkley. >> that's a good thing thank you. >> commission

the world. this transit system ought to be the crown jewel of the systems throughout the country. they get more money than any other system in the country but they spend more than any other system in the country. we need to bring alignment. safety has to be paramount. this is really important to the entire nation that we get this right. in addition to the monies that the federal government gives to the metro system also 40 percent of the metro rush hour riders are provided a federal employees are provided a subsidy to ride that system. new ceo is doing just that. what the federal transit administration has temporarily taken ever that authority and the administrator is here today to talk about that. that oversight needed to be done because that metro hasn't been able to do it appropriately. secretary fox has given one year to virginia and maryland and washington, d.c. to step up to the plate and do what is necessary on the oversight. and we passed the fast act in congress last year and strengthened fta's oversight authority and provided washington, d.c. with five years of increased

should be the crown jewel of transit systems around the country. have got to bring those things into a alignment and this needs to be a system and safety has to be paramount. for over 50 years, the metro system has benefited from support. it is important to the nation to get this right. the money that the federal government gives, providede writers are a subsidy to ride the system. workafety of people we with every day who depend on the government of being a safe and reliable system. despite that, the safe the reliability record has deteriorated. it has not switched its responsibility to operating. a culturales is change at metro. i am pleased the new ceo is doing that. transit federal administration has taken over and is here to talk about that oversight it needs to be done because metro has not done it appropriately. it onery fox has given year to step up to the plate. the oversight. we strengthened fda safety oversight authority and increased funding. for more citizens of america contributing to the system. this should be the crown jewel of the

the voting system is just part of the explanation for france.he second thing, it is the right for people to be in anger against the of -- government. it's not that the people are voting wrongly, it may say that the political class is not functioning, and that is s wrong politics. we did a lot of wrong politics. there was everything illegal, but not moral. there was socialization of bank debt. there is a system that needs to take the blame that people are giving. what we are seeingng is just a the people, but in a way the people are the soverereign. -- they areclass protesting the political class. the establishment left people behind. instead of pointing to the people, perhaps the establishment could understand that they better do good governance for the people. ewald: the thing is, the more you want people not to vote for the right wing parties, those people who want to protest, they know what to vote because they want to hurt. alan: yes, ok. the whole point t about democray -- it is not taught correctly in school. they say democracy means leade

but the measurement system is too complex. where i want to move this to is the veteran experience, asking if they're satisfied with access. in every center, we have a system called vet link. you go to a kiosk, you actually are asked whether you're satisfied with the access to care. 89% of veterans today are satisfied with the access to care throughout v.a.s. and i have all of your individual data, by the way. but we have to do better. we hired 17,000 new employees in the last fiscal year. that's a net number, a 10% improvement over the last two years. 2.2 million square feet we added of clinical space. we have a new scheduling system being rolled out now called vse, a new veterans application that they can schedule themselves. we have allowed direct scheduling in oddology and optometry. we have group practices now, we're sharing best practices and access across the entire system, and of course, as you know, we're working much closer than ever with our community partners to provide care. 57 million appointments last year, as the

through the breakdown of the system. no sooner was the war over than the business community and the rich went to work to undo what had happened in the 1930s. to undo the high taxes on corporations and bring them down to where i just told you they were, to undo the tax on wealthy people to bring them down to where they are today. and therein lies a lesson that it was the upsurge of a militant organized working class that overcame for a while the tendency of capitalism to polarize. but the lesson here was better learned by the business and the rich than by the working people because the business and the rich went to work. no sooner was the war over, they went to work to undo what had been done in the 1930s. the economic history of the united states in the last 30, 40, 50 years has been the undoing of the new deal. that was the name roosevelt gave to what he did in the 1930s. from which the following lesson can be further distilled. the problem for corporations and the rich, who keep running a system that plunges us into cri

the answer that i got to was that we need to change the people in the system. we need people who believe in these ideas, literally we need them to take over the reins of power. therefore the conclusion of the book, the very last bit says if you read this book, if if you believe in this and agree with me then this is the first step. this is what you have to do. you have to run for office. you have to run for office if that's what you think. that is the only way we are really going to bring about this fundamental change. that connects me to actually what i've been doing with a company that makes it easier for people to run for office. it's a crowd funding type of office. if you want to run for office or nominate someone you can quickly start raising money and get into office without depending on the big party machinery that tends to trap people. they have to argue whether that's business on the right or labor on the left, it's the same old power structure. that way getting a fresh generation for people to run for office at every level who truly believe in this kin

there is one program in the system, the earned income tax credit, which does require work and earning in order to enjoy that benefit. and we think that shows the way to greatly improve the system and come up with ways of making the situation a lot better. thanks. >> i just have one simple slide. this is a monday and great way to start the week so thanks for coming out. i think to thank michael tanner for having us and cato institute. i love they put on these events and get us together to talk about these things. i am delighted to be here. i will talk about the philosophical underpinning behind the book because it is based on a philosophical idea and then i will talk about how we did the book, how i did my travels, and open it to questions from michael and you guys. the reason i picked this slide is because that is basically the philosophy behind the book is that we have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness but we are most interested in the pursuit of happiness. and the idea is that what we want to look at is if we have the right to pursue happiness, what is that mea

sarah simmons is here with whore on the metro repair system. reporter: this is a bold plan, for sure. that explosion and fire on the tracks at the federal center southwest station. row general manager outlined the safe plan. it will accelerate the maintenance on the metro system by closing the system at midnight on weekends and some week night track work may start as early as 8:00 p.m. the plan includes work that will require track outrages for long periods of time. but those will primarily be above ground. metro says the need to do cannot be accomplished on weekends and off times alone. the work will have a big impact on rush hour service, too. riders will have to plan ahead. shuttle buses will serve closed stations. this will be an under taking that will require coordination around the region and it will be a big inconvenience for a while. this is a massive under taking. there's no doubt about it. internally we've been talking about, it's like a military operation. there's a lot of moving parts that have to work together very well. whether it

the rail system across the united states, and that's really the freight rail system, when i refer to that, the grade on that actually went up from a c-minus to a c-plus. between 2009 and 2013. the main reason for that is a lot of those systems are privately held. there was a major economic downturn in '08 and '09. and the private sector again showing its nimbleness and ability to >>> i believe he's referring to stimulus funds. i don't know. what was accomplished? >> the wow -- we -- the stimulus was about $800 billion in 2009. of that amount, only about 150 billion at the most was spent on infrastructure. so there was a miss understanding as it came together and during the initial phases was what you were hearing. and you can understand if your main objective is to put people to work. but people need to remember that huge chunks of that stimulus was about 250 to 300 billion. then you had another several hundred billion in transfers that just went from the federal government to state government where is they made decisions about that money. and it was a missed opportunity for the unite

this is the customs and border patrol system. the entire system, that deals with passport control. this is just for last two months, from march 4th, 2016, to april 17th. the system has been down almost two total days, and this is a record of the time the system was down. the system we have to control our border and who's coming in is imploding. i don't know what's going on here. and i would ask maybe the chairman of government operations or whoever is in charge of this in our subcommittee to look at this. we have lost control of our borders, and your system that protects us, the main computer system, has been down, down, down, and i think this is something that needs to be looked at. i'm going to hand you a copiy of this and i would like you to respond to these statistics. >> are these i.c.e. statistics or customs and border protection? >> custom and border -- >> that's another agency, sir. >> yes, but this is a system that controls the passports and entry into the united states. and you're also in dhs. i would like to have a response for the record. >> we should get the witness be

the terrible abuse of the system. why would they even consider and we know to the whole idea came out of the late 18 hundreds supreme court case where it was actually just a note on the folder. it was not part of the decision. that corporations have that status but then citizens united strengthened it. we need to get that out of there. corporations are not people, they don't go to jail, you jail, you can't put a corporation in jail, so my answer is let's change that system. i think that is the most important part of it. thank you. >> let's see we can do a woman this time. >> what i would like to wish you happy st. patrick's day. i taught your book for seven years in ireland to students and they were all really responded to it and could relight to the irish situation. i wanted to know, what made you change and since you have changed have you ever felt under threat #. >> i talk about that in the new book quite significantly. i spent some time traveling around ireland to convince the irish people to avoid against paying t

but i want to move on to the second question, what drives the system? well, as i said earlier, this new global empire is a corporate empire. and it's driven by one goal, to maximize profits regardless of the social and environmental costs. now, that's a new goal. when the american revolution was actually fought not against the king of england, but against the east india company which controlled the king of england. look, people don't think that way very often, but the east india company controlled more than half the world's trade in those days, and it basically wrote the laws for england. the king of england was part of that organization. and the east india company was extremely powerful. and once the colonists won their freedom from england, the founders decided no corporation should ever have that kind of power again. imagine that. so the laws were written across the land that no corporation in the united states, in any state could get a charter unless it guaranteed to serve a public interest. nothing about profit. that was maintained for over a hundre

are those two places they're both again, as we you got the train control system we have the built to use it more effectively turn on or use more features and have the business or operating practices catch up they require doing things we're not doing right now. >> so in a sense i'll let us get back to our go good work but 3 cars running from west portal into not into the loop on embarcadero but turning into that out bound platform on embarcadero and coming back and making the same west portal platform and going back and forth like that i realize it make maybe a dream but if it can be looked at i'll permanent appreciate that you. >> i suggest your dreams are in alignment with most of riders give us us something to strive for . >> good job. >> thank you mr. haley. >> that concluded my report. >> thank you go report i wanted to note a couple of things double berthing from the in bound riders nothing more frustrating i think that helps and relieves the early morning frustration and just want to touchback on the $0.25 cash surcharge if we could level the exceptions of what we see it sound

and the system is not yet totally funded so it is not complete. gress with the limited funding that we have. we anticipate that to achieve the full funding it will take up another two years before we start to roll out alerts routinely to the public >> reporter: are you confident that could be happening in the near future ? it sounds like a great opportunity. >> i agree with you, it is a good thing. and it ought to be funded. but ultimately it is not in my hands. it is in the hands of policymakers and elected officials. we have been making progress. and the estimate of the annual cost to operate and maintain the system called shake alert would be about $16 million a year. and so far the usgs budget have increased about $8 million. so we are about halfway there and order to operate the system. >> reporter: and when you heard about that napa quake and the 10 second warning, did that surprise you ?>> i cannot say it surprised me, it's part of the system we are all talking about. this is being developed by university of washington, caltech and many play

the people with grievances with the system usually aren't in a position to change it and the people thatve the appetite to go through the work to change it. >> it seems to me, an interesting thing, if trump becomes the republican nominee and wins the general election, then trump will have control over the system in the next cycle. if trump were to win and to lose, it would be an interesting question to me what will then, who will then be ascending? will the forces of populism that have been unleashed by trump, will they be the dominant forces going forward in 2020 and therefore insist that this system be changed in some profound way or will the establishment regain the whip hand and say trump had his fun, we unleashed the force of populism and look where it got us and republican establishment can retake control and there by keep the system in tact despite the criticism that it's received in the cycle? i don't know the answer. >> the republican establishment is dead, dead, dead. i don't think it can be revived. what the trump movement will birth, if you will, is sort of a new republican p

>> guest: we are looking at the tv content rating system. the fcc almost 20 years ago that went along with the v. chip that allows parents to block their inappropriate content for their children and what we did was we looked at the efficacy of the content ratings system itself. is it accurately warning parents about inappropriate, age inappropriate material. it is systemically bethink broken and in need of repair. we found there's a blurring between tv 14 in tv pg. there is actually no show on broadcast television, no series on brought us television today that is a rated appropriate for anything poor for children. tv 14 is the oldest rating and even the most exclusive -- explicit is rated appropriate for children to watch. we have learned that the tv advertisers who pay the bills for the networks rely on the ratings just like parents do so they have an interest in terms of raiding content accurately. advertisers want to sponsor mature only audience and the system is incapable of doing as it was intended. >> host: you are saying that the ratin

this is the customs and border patrol system, the entire system that deals with passport control. this is just the last two months from march until april 17. the system has been down almost to total days and this is the record of the time the system has done. the system we have to control our border in whose content is encoded. i don't know what's going on, and i would ask maybe the chairman of government operations or whoever is in charge of this area in our subcommittee to look at this. we've lost control of our borders, enter system that protects us, the main computer system has been down, down, down. i think this is something that needs to be looked at. i'm going to hedge a copy of this and i would like you to respond to these statistics. >> are these i.c.e. or custom and border protection speak with custom and border. >> that's another agency. >> but this is the system that controls the passport into into the united states. you are also at dhs. i'd like to have a response for the record. >> we should get to witness best able to answer -- >> and you will help me with that and i

needs the light system is put back in so are they having to update to the fire codes if they repair or upgrade their fire alarm systems there they bringing this up to code or before. >> they're allowed to maintain the system they have the parts are compatible. >> they'll never have to renovate, upgrade. >> that depends on the system it is so old you can't find the replacement parts you may have to renovate, upgrade your main panel, however, an interpretation which i agreed upon under the circumstances to replace the existing dptz but not extend the whole upgrade just to update your parts. >> the only time a total you upgrade is $50,000 of work. >> when we talk a whole upgrade that is only what is tested for your existing system so that means when they do their annual test the contractor san francisco doesn't that they'll set a meters on the apply it needs to be up from the minimum and if not write it up and come up with a plan of actions to replace the system. >> when buildings are built together 9 units or more residential are interest fire alarm systems a lot more sophisticated tha

the message he was giving us was also you can beat the system. you must change the system. you must overturn. this is an evil system and we need to do it through bure bureaucratic process of protest and bringing complaints. the most famous graduate of the college is martin luther king junior who finished six years prior to the time i finished. >> did you feel that you needed to make change? or that you were working within the system to get what you needed to come out with in order to make the change? was it working you were toward becoming a doctor so you could implement change or did you feel along the way you were fighting every step of the way to make change and to get what you wanted which was to be a physician? >> well, it was really both. dr. mays in his weekly addressed to the students would saw things like whatever you chose to do in life you should do doo it so well that no man living, no man dead, or no man yet to be could do it better. if you commit yourself to that, when they are looking for someone in your field with whether it is engineering, physics, medicine,