tillis: because of the proximity. mr. scaparrotti: to the south you have a different but just as important threat. one of the important things that, if confirmed, i need to do is recognize all our threats and help our allies to be unified. mr. tillis: in closing i want to associate myself with senator graham's comments and also just make the point because people watch these hearings and take a lot from them. i don't think there's any serious discussion among any member of congress that would suggest that anyone takes a -- thinking a withdrawal from nato makes sense and the rhetoric in the political circles now should not be confused with anything that we would seriously consider. i find that unimaginable. thank you all. i look forward to supporting your confirmation. senator mccain: it was pointed out to us in a meeting that 9/11 was attack on the united states of america not a european country and they joined and over 1,000 of the young men and women that have come from those countries have been killed in action. when we

tillis: thank you, madam president. i've come to the floor today to talk about something that's very important to many of us in north carolina and people that go to the north carolina coast to enjoy our beautiful beaches and a group of of wild horses, called the yora will. la wild horses. they've been there since ships have been rest in had a we call the graveyard of the atlantic. these horses of spanish origin found their way to shore and set up a habitat on the east coast that is actually an traiks for tourists and it's something that always brings a smile to your face when you're out on the water. you'vthey've been there for almt 400 years. the problem we have, though, is with development over time, their habitat has slun -- has sk and as a result of that, we only have about 80 horses out in coralla. and to have a healthy population, we've got to figure out a way to provide them with genetic diversity or they're literally going to go extinct. and the entire herd is in grave danger as a result. the solution to the pro

tillis: i was aware of the presence of isis and it was growing as a hub in that area. they will be fortified somewhere else. >> i assume that is part of the strategy. >> your point is absolutely right about the gulf states in the sense that their capabilities to operate, particularly against asymmetric threats in the region is an area where they could improve. >> i agree with your assessment. sign high acid part of our strategy. i just came back from a visit to cairo over the weekend to talk to our egyptian partners about improving our cooperation in dealing with isis not only in sinai but across north africa. >> i want to thank you for your leadership on the veterans bill. i had just about for a press conference. i thank you for your leadership. >> vice president of your fan club. i am sure there is a lot of competition for that role. many think the witnesses for your testimony. i also want to compliment you on some tactical successes that you have described in the earlier testimony. isil is shrinking but that creates new challenges. they want to do other things that

the need to rehabilitate the bart 2 the need to facet resentcy in a natural disaster thank you for tilly chang to thinking about how we should approach this gigantic problem o with four public agencies with the state transportation and bart and the city of oakland i want to stress the importance of having this second crossing for many reasons including a true regional rail we'll have the chance to continue this dialogue as municipal transportation agency we collaborative across the city and region for the local transportation in san francisco as well as barts plan regional bond and finally thank the region abag and planning department to give presentations and the rail generated alternative transportation and boulevard study we look forward to hearing the sites from the agencies that concludes my remarks any public comment on item 2? seeing none, public comment is closed this is an information item item 3 >> executive director's report is this is an informational item. >> tilly chang. >> thank you, commissioners this month as presented a few updates beginning first with a quick update on

tillis: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from north carolina. mr. tillis: when it comes to projecting america's power, i've said many, many times that north carolina is the tip of america's sphere. what our country calls it's a safe bet that the first responders will be united states marines from camp lejeune or paratroopers from the 18th airborne corps stationed down at fort bragg, the 18th airborne is america's global response force. when called units of the 18th airborne can be anywhere in the world within 48 hours. because of this unique mission, yew tphaoegs to -- unique to fort bragg, pope army airfield is the busiest tactical airfield in the armed forces. unfortunately, pope is also the home of the shortest runway in the army. if the 18th airborne is put on alert, c-5 and c-17 aircraft are needed to launch the force and they can't depart fully fueled from -- with a full load of paratroopers and equipment off of the airfield. the current pope army airfield runway only provides 8,500 feet, but if you're going to take off at a c-5 or a c-717, yo

the vermont senator is making the trip even as he is facing a crucial primary against tillie clinton. he is with speakers to commemorate the 25th anniversary of a speaking document by pope john paul ii on social justice in the economy at the end of the second world war. >> i'm very excited to be here in the vatican and to have the opportunity to say a few words to the academy about the need for a moral economy. vonnie: vatican says pope francis has no plans to speak at the conference or with sanders. continuing divisions between tea party lawmakers and gop lawmakers have put off addressing the crisis in puerto rico. the white house has put pressure on publicans to fund money to combat the zika virus. global news 24 hours a day powered by our journalists in more than 150 news bureaus around the world, i'm vonnie quinn. mark: coming up, it is the battle of the chargts. i face off with big old joe and are friday edition. warning signs and the stoxx 600. joe, you better be quivering. ♪ betty: it is time now for our global battle of the charts. we take a look at some the most telling char

tillis: that's what i'm getting to. it's almost as if your military exercises have to involve all of these players, so that they have a better understanding of their vulnerabilities in the nature of the attack that would occur and the other question i had is, to what extent are we looking at state and local governments as a way to at least, in north carolina i served in the legislature, we were talking about what we can do to work on cyberthreats. i saw it also an economic advantage. if states became particularly good at grid hartening -- hardening or at securing the physical presences and cyberthreats within their state borders, they create an economic advantage for people to set up business in the state. to what extent are we trying to lead and help make this problem a little less difficult at the federal level by making sure that the states and local governments are stepping up their game as a part of the effort? mr. rogers: it's one of the reasons why there's a big guard component to this effort. to ensure we can al

counselor tilly, the conservative cabinet member for education in his own county said, i'm fed up with the cops from above, saying he would do this and you won't do that. he claims to be an advocate of devolution. so is he not concerned about criticisms from his friend the member who says, little accountability or parental involvement. can the prime minister understand the anger so many people feel just being imposed on them, a system they don't want or what are often already very good if the outstanding schools? >> it's always good to get election on the cops -- i will pass over that. i will pass over that. the truth is, creating academies is to devolution because you're putting the power in the hands of head teachers and the teachers. and, of course, of course you will find people in local government who want to keep things exactly as they are. but the truth is one of the reasons i so strong support academies is that when they fail they are intervened on so much faster. local authority schools are often left to fail year after year after year. i think one year of a failing school is

the amendment mirrors legislation that senator tillis and i introduced, senate bill 1204. and this bill has passed the house twice, in 2012 and 2013. and let me be specific. this bill directs the secretary of the interior to enter into an agreement with the corolla wild horse fund to provide for the management of free-roaming wild horses in and around currituck national wildlife refuge. now, as i've learned, most of north carolina in the summer is inhabited by people from virginia and maryland, up and down the east coast. as a matter of fact, of the area of the northern part of the outer banks where the wild horses are found, where there isn't a road, you drive on the sand to get there, 60% of the homes there are owned by virginians, not north carolinians -- virginians. and for hundreds of years these horses have exist there had wild. as a matter of fact, it's such a part of north carolina's history that in 2010, it was made north carolina's state horse. people have seen these horses. they've seen them on the beach. they've seen them in between cottages. they've coexisted

same parties who put together prop g together and made prop h necessary working with assembly member tilly chang this is aside from use it is especially unclear san francisco has the newest refresh it bill that impacts the green house gas reporting not only be supported by our assembly member but put forward by our own assembly member without the city and counties position being accurately recommend no sacramento i'll argue grateful for the puc to continue to work with the assembly members office he's not been receptive to our concerns if it bill move forward it needs to not only not further damage the future perspectives of cleanpowersf but protect and defend them one more problem which the letter mentioned i'll highlight is this is really combining green house gas with rp s compliance with it is famously and removing the certificates it is spate as being generated we're already getting out into the weeds trying to talk about it ultimately if we want to have rooftop solar the city we want that to count as clean and green house gas free like it is we fought prop g and h that bill essential

. >> thank you, senator tillis.>> either a vice president or your fan club. [ laughter ] >> i am sure there is a lot of competitions for that role. >> tim cain telling "morning joe," he likes his job in the senate and that's where he wants to be. from virginia, he will be replaced by democratic senator. there is a lot of foreign policy experiences as well as peace court service in costa rica. >> and he's good with debates. he's good with the moderates and he's from a relatively moderate state. he's been wildly successful there. i do not discount the terry -- >> a quick note that there is now a united states embassador to mexico after more than a year of deadlock over the fact that we had to negotiated a enough agreement with cuba. this is all held up by mark cuban marco rubio and ted cruz. >> and the states department. >> thank you all so much. >> coming up, a miracle moon shot, the pope and the vice president teaming up at the vatican today for cancer today. we'll be there live, coming up next. and that a tired dog

. >> thank you chair tilly chang. >> thanks to mark farrell for allowing this hearing to move forward i'm working with a geo of seniors and disabled organizations and this hearing an sfooblt of home care for seniors and senior disabilities it is a need for better home care for thousands tens of thousands of what we call upper poor seniors and disabled people i want to acknowledge this is out of 5 years of analysis organizing and advocate for senior and domestic workers organizing a number of us gathered with thousands of seniors and health care workers in million dollar in 2011 and we kicked off a campaign and the best frame from a gentleman the authors of dignity preparing for the elderly boom in changing america last year 33 she visited san francisco and many cities around the country i think she advocates for a holistic that is transformational she talks about the aging boom and the senior boom not only in san francisco but cities throughout the country and advocates for helping the sick and people with disabilities in a way that transformers policies not just locally but nationall

. >> thank you chair tilly chang. >> thanks to mark farrell for allowing this hearing to move forward i'm working with a geo of seniors and disabled organizations and this hearing an sfooblt of home care for seniors and senior disabilities it is a need for better home care for thousands tens of thousands of what we call upper poor seniors and disabled people i want to acknowledge this is out of 5 years of analysis organizing and advocate for senior and domestic workers organizing a number of us gathered with thousands of seniors and health care workers in million dollar in 2011 and we kicked off a campaign and the best frame from a gentleman the authors of dignity preparing for the elderly boom in changing america last year 33 she visited san francisco and many cities around the country i think she advocates for a holistic that is transformational she talks about the aging boom and the senior boom not only in san francisco but cities throughout the country and advocates for helping the sick and people with disabilities in a way that transformers policies not just locally but nationall

counselor tilly, the conservative cabinet member for education in his own county said, i'm fed up with the cops from above, saying he would do this and you won't do that. he claims to be an advocate of devolution. so is he not concerned about criticisms from his friend the member who says, little accountability or parental involvement. can the prime minister understand the anger so many people feel just being imposed on them, a system they don't want or what are often already very good if the outstanding schools? >> it's always good to get election on the cops -- i will pass over that. i will pass over that. the truth is, creating academies is to devolution because you're putting the power in the hands of head teachers and the teachers. and, of course, of course you will find people in local government who want to keep things exactly as they are. but the truth is one of the reasons i so strong support academies is that when they fail they are intervened on so much faster. local authority schools are often left to fail year after year after year. i think one year of a failing school is

i think senator tillis is on the way. senator gillibrand, did you have follow-up? >> one of the issues we work on is reschedule marijuana to be a schedule two drug oh more research can be done so patients who have been prescribed medication can get access to it regularly. one concern we had is because of there schedule one drug it prohibits the va from being able to prescribe it even though that individual might have been prescribed in their state. we have had heard from many veterans that marijuana can often be very useful treatment for ptsd symptoms. have you studied that issue? do you have any insight into the that issue you would like to share? >> ma'am, i can say dod hasn't ascertained the answer to that question for the reason you suggested. >> schedule one. >> as there is risk to any intervention. marijuana can precipitate psychosis in many so that would be a concern. >> i know the va has ongoing studies looking at the treatment of marijuana and ptsd but i happen there are issues with the quality of the marijuana, consistency of the marijuana, strength of th

relies on bundled renewal energy credits as to meet the renewal portfolio standards under assemblyman tilly chang the bundled will count as well important green house gas free reporting but the legislation does, does not allow for the carry forward of attributes for year to year for example, solar is generating in the summer and not so much in the later on in the year and at night we can't take the credits that we have in excess and in a given year and role them over and apply them to subsequent percent when our solar is not producing under the legislation under current law rp s laws allow you to take renewal attributes from one year that exceed to comply in that year and apply them to subsequent years and retired and allowed to be active the system up to 3 years so we would be unable under assembly member tilly chang proposed los angeles to retain the attributes of the solar we're purchasing and the winds we're purchasing for cleanpowersf. >> so another reason to oppose so you would. >> yes. >> i think the reason on the hydro with the drought. >> yeah. it can cost us $10 million to replace

the need to rehabilitate the bart 2 the need to facet resentcy in a natural disaster thank you for tilly chang to thinking about how we should approach this gigantic problem o with four public agencies with the state transportation and bart and the city of oakland i want to stress the importance of having this second crossing for many reasons including a true regional rail we'll have the chance to continue this dialogue as municipal transportation agency we collaborative across the city and region for the local transportation in san francisco as well as barts plan regional bond and finally thank the region abag and planning department to give presentations and the rail generated alternative transportation and boulevard study we look forward to hearing the sites from the agencies that concludes my remarks any public comment on item 2? seeing none, public comment is closed this is an information item item 3 >> executive director's report is this is an informational item. >> tilly chang. >> thank you, commissioners this month as presented a few updates beginning first with a quick update on

the need to rehabilitate the bart 2 the need to facet resentcy in a natural disaster thank you for tilly chang to thinking about how we should approach this gigantic problem o with four public agencies with the state transportation and bart and the city of oakland i want to stress the importance of having this second crossing for many reasons including a true regional rail we'll have the chance to continue this dialogue as municipal transportation agency we collaborative across the city and region for the local transportation in san francisco as well as barts plan regional bond and finally thank the region abag and planning department to give presentations and the rail generated alternative transportation and boulevard study we look forward to hearing the sites from the agencies that concludes my remarks any public comment on item 2? seeing none, public comment is closed this is an information item item 3 >> executive director's report is this is an informational item. >> tilly chang. >> thank you, commissioners this month as presented a few updates beginning first with a quick update on

. >> thank you chair tilly chang. >> thanks to mark farrell for allowing this hearing to move forward i'm working with a geo of seniors and disabled organizations and this hearing an sfooblt of home care for seniors and senior disabilities it is a need for better home care for thousands tens of thousands of what we call upper poor seniors and disabled people i want to acknowledge this is out of 5 years of analysis organizing and advocate for senior and domestic workers organizing a number of us gathered with thousands of seniors and health care workers in million dollar in 2011 and we kicked off a campaign and the best frame from a gentleman the authors of dignity preparing for the elderly boom in changing america last year 33 she visited san francisco and many cities around the country i think she advocates for a holistic that is transformational she talks about the aging boom and the senior boom not only in san francisco but cities throughout the country and advocates for helping the sick and people with disabilities in a way that transformers policies not just locally but nationall

tillis? and mr. dodaro, have you looked into that? >> it is the department's opinion another round of bracket would be appropriate. it relates to making better use of the space we have and we agree we should do that but having said that there is a large amounts of space that is more industrial and involves a lot of bases that are largely underutilized and we believe there is extra capacity that could be used so we will endorse another round. >> there is definitely access property. our work focuses on reviewing past rounds as shown that the department needs to make additional improvements in the methods of estimating the savings and bringing them to realization. tay are far in access of what dod eventually achieves through the rounds and the continual changes and requirements in other things. our opinion, if congress decides to grand them their request for another round of recommendations, or brak, they need to implement a recommendation so congress has assurance they are really, at the end of the day, will be the savings achieved thro

i'm joined in this effort by senator tillis, murphy, menendez, shaheen, brown, gillibrand, blumenthal, coons, mikulski, marky, merkley, boxer, casey, warren, whitehouse, murkowski, burr and bennet. this bill authorizes the board which is transparent, accountable, high-level, interagency board that includes representatives at the assistant secretary level or higher from departments and agencies across u.s. government. the board will meet monthly to oversee the development and implementation of atrocity prevention and response policy and additionally address over the horizon potential atrocities through the use of a wide variety of tools so that we can take effective action to prevent atrocities from occurring. this bill gives our foreign service officers the training they need to recognize patterns of escalation and early warning signs of potential atrocities and conflict. with this that i think we will overtime -- with this training we will build it into the skill set of the people on the ground. they will be equipped to see the warning signs, analyze the events and engage early. the

i think senator tillis on the way, but senator gillibrand, do you have follow-up? >> one of the issues that some of us work on is rescheduling marijuana to become a schedule two drug so more research can be done and so patients that have been prescribed a medication can get access to it more regularly. one of the concerns we've had is because as a schedule one drug it therefore prohibits the v.a. from being able to prescribe it, even though that individual might have been prescribed in their state if the state has passed a law. we've heard from many veterans that marijuana can often be a very useful treatment for ptsd symptoms. have you studied that issue? do you have any insight into that issue that you would like to share? >> ma'am, i can say dod hasn't ascertained the answer to that question for the reason that you -- >> the schedule one. >> one thing that i have seen as a child psychiatrist is, there's risks and benefits to any intervention and with regard to marijuana one of the things that we struggle with is it can precipitate psychosis in some people, espec

i'm going to follow up on some concerns that senator tillis gave about the vehicle program for our infantry fighters. and the rotation that you mentioned for the bcts through -- the armored bcts through europe. i'm concerned about rotating those units through europe and instead of permanently standing one up in that region, i'm just not certain that that will show the commitment that we need to have for our allies in that region as well as projecting that strength to russia as well. so just very concerned about that. and as you know, the national commission on the future of the army included forward stationing and armored bct in europe. that was one of the recommendations. i agreed with that recommendation. general milley, do you agree that rotating an armored brigade in europe is the optimum course of action to reassure our allies and defeat russian aggression, rather than having one permanently positioned? >> there's advantages and disadvantages to both, senator. i actually favor -- personally actually favor rotation and here's why. when we permanently station -- first of all, the infrast

. >> thank you chair tilly chang. >> thanks to mark farrell for allowing this hearing to move forward i'm working with a geo of seniors and disabled organizations and this hearing an sfooblt of home care for seniors and senior disabilities it is a need for better home care for thousands tens of thousands of what we call upper poor seniors and disabled people i want to acknowledge this is out of 5 years of analysis organizing and advocate for senior and domestic workers organizing a number of us gathered with thousands of seniors and health care workers in million dollar in 2011 and we kicked off a campaign and the best frame from a gentleman the authors of dignity preparing for the elderly boom in changing america last year 33 she visited san francisco and many cities around the country i think she advocates for a holistic that is transformational she talks about the aging boom and the senior boom not only in san francisco but cities throughout the country and advocates for helping the sick and people with disabilities in a way that transformers policies not just locally but nationall

te, we had thom tillis and kay hagan, that race for the senate was the most expensive.t cost $117 million for a senate race. so, i mean, that is what has to happen. the dark money and transparency, that is number two. the last thing that has to happen is that you have to take the majority of the money away from not all of it -- if you put the taxpayers on the hook for all of this, that is going to be kind of not conducive to really spreading the message clearly, then you run into a whole other regulatory body of issues. quit -- will be will you have got to have at least the majority of the campaign finance publicly funded. the majority. the 60% role. one last thing, too, you do rmve to disclose in open fo all of the big donors. they have to be disclosed. host: we are going to get into a lot of those issues today. you mentioned your candidate bernie sanders talking about this quite a bit on the campaign trail. here he was on sunday talking about it again as he looks he had to the new york primary coming up next week. [video clip] i think you are going to see us do very w

so i want to thank senator burr, senator tillis and senator boxer for their willingness to find a solution that we can support. so i urge all my cleagues to support the burr amendment as modified. a senator: madam president, i ask consent that the 60 vote affirmative threshold with respect to the burr amendment be vitiated. the presiding officer: is there an objection? without objection. the question occurs on the amendment. all in favor say aye. those opposed? ?. laughter. the presiding officer: the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the amendment is modify -- as modified is agreed to. the presiding officer: now there will be two minutes equally divided prior to the vote on the lankford amendment. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. a senator: madam president, it's a very straightforward land and water conservation amendment. we have common agreement on the fund. mr. lankford: what it does, what it funds, how it's funded. where we have some dispute is are we taking care of the land that we have. we continue to add more acres into federal

same parties who put together prop g together and made prop h necessary working with assembly member tilly chang this is aside from use it is especially unclear san francisco has the newest refresh it bill that impacts the green house gas reporting not only be supported by our assembly member but put forward by our own assembly member without the city and counties position being accurately recommend no sacramento i'll argue grateful for the puc to continue to work with the assembly members office he's not been receptive to our concerns if it bill move forward it needs to not only not further damage the future perspectives of cleanpowersf but protect and defend them one more problem which the letter mentioned i'll highlight is this is really combining green house gas with rp s compliance with it is famously and removing the certificates it is spate as being generated we're already getting out into the weeds trying to talk about it ultimately if we want to have rooftop solar the city we want that to count as clean and green house gas free like it is we fought prop g and h that bill essential

mcconnell: i further ask that the carper-tillis amendment be agreed torque the bill as amed be agreed to and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table, with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i now ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today it adjourn until 9:30 a.m. wednesday, april 13. following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, and the time for the two leaders being reserved for their use later in the day. further, that following leader remarks, the senate be in a period of morning business for one hour with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. finally, following morning business, the senate resume consideration of h.r. 636. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. mcconnell: so if there there's no further business to come before the senate, i ask that it stand adjourned under the and it includes new consumer protections for airline passenger

in their home are these and helping their communities as though their lives i want to thank chair tilly chang and supervisor yee and especially the coalition that was here i think that is was a great hearing and proud of work the people accident and hope we can make history in san francisco again. >> thank you (clapping.) supervisor yee. >> yeah. i want to join supervisor mar in threatening the public for coming out and sharing their stories the stories that personally are very near to myself i know there is a great need when some of the advocates came in my office to describe this i get it because again those are types of things when it happens to be personally 19 it means more than oh, this happens to others thank you. >> i wanted 0 echo any thaengz supervisor mar i may look like someone that didn't understand the difficulties of what you're going through my family took off of my grandmother and prior to that another grandparent and watching them into or go through the things you're going through i share in the sentiments i've expressed and all the stories many of them sounds like fam