transparency international says somalia is the most corrupt country on the planet. the telegraph business pages take a look at oil giant shell which to start decommissioning oil rigs in the north sea. the company say dismantling the huge structures could lead to the creation of hundreds ofjobs and finally barack obama has been enjoying his new found freedom by kite surfing with the virgin boss richard bra nson in the british virgin islands. the pair were competing to see who could surf for longer — a challenge which the 44th president of the united states won. fantastic to see. joining us is amrita sen who's an oil analyst at energy aspects good morning. what is your take on greece? when i saw your news story earlier this week, i thought, not again. itjust never goes away. what is interesting is that the imf are saying, we cannot keep pouring in money to greece endlessly. the european union has to step up and give a lot more funds and bail out greece and we know germany is relu cta nt greece and we know germany is reluctant to do so. angela merkel is fighting a re—e

transparency international says somalia is the most corrupt country on the planet.igs in the north sea. the company say dismantling the huge structures could lead to the creation of hundreds ofjobs and finally barack 0bama has been enjoying his new found freedom by kite surfing with the virgin boss richard bra nson in the british virgin islands. the pair were competing to see who could surf for longer — a challenge which the 44th president of the united states won. fantastic to see. joining us is amrita sen who's an oil analyst at energy aspects good morning. what is your take on greece? when i saw your news

romania has made progress, but still ranks 57th on the transparency international report, pulling europe's average rate down with a handful of other countries. scandals have been revealed not only among top politicians but also local ones, who often exchanged contracts or handed out authorizations for bribes. these illegal practices have led to tragedies like when a nightclub burned down in 2015, killing 64 people. authorities had authorized the club to open, although it was clearly dangerous. [chanting] reporter: the executive order issued by the government would keep those who commit corruption and power abuse crimes out of prison unless those involved take more than 44,000 euros, that is more than twice the amount in average romanian worker earns in a whole year. that's why romanians are protesting again and why this time their number is higher than ever in the past two decades. laura: for the latest we go to bucharest and our correspondent. we are looking at pictures from the romanian capital. it would seem these protests will not be slowing down just yet. no, definitely not. last nigh

considered to be among the top 10 countries perceived to be the most corrupt according to transparency international. in addition, transparency of russian companies and its extractive industry is critical. the s.e.c.'s rule would create transparency of exxon and other company payments to the russian government. companies are already disclosing under the u.k. rules and b.p. has already reported payments to the russian government. the s.e.c.'s disclosure rule will make a crucial contribution as russian citizens seek to follow the money received by their government. a vote to roll back the s.e.c.'s resource extraction disclosures would be a vote -- to abandon u.s. leadership in the fight against global corruption. i strongly urge my colleagues to oppose h.j.res. 41 and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. hensarling: thank you, mr. speaker. i am pleased now to yield three minutes to the gentleman from michigan, mr. huizenga, the chairman of our capital markets subcommittee, and the author

. >> well, one of the things i was trying to say earlier is there has to be some kind of internal transparency so everyone knows what they are doing. some were caught off guard by this and they look down the road and say how many times will this happen to me before i have to leave? these are private conversations going on at a very high level because they are worried it won't be -- the even where the policies they are executing fit with their campaign rhetoric which i think is a great point or done in ways that make refugees enjoying a 45 percent support in the public, there are simple matters of whether you can keep an administration moving forward on a broader agenda if you don't loop them all in at the start. so they will have to do that and also have to learn there will be disagreements at the highest levels that they will have to work through. and some of these people who are as michael alluded to, general matusz, general kelly, secretary tillerson over at the state department, i guess i shouldn't call them generals anymore, they are now secretaries, i apologize, these are big figures who

the courts because it was challenged by one of the companies that did not want to have transparency in international payments. and then folks went to work again and produced a rule that went into effect this last year. and, unfortunately, we're about to strike that down. i was thinking about how one of the champions for this was senator dick lugar of indiana. i was so impressed by his thoughtfulness when i came to the senate. he'd been here quite a while, and he worked to really understand issues, and he worked to solve profnls he didn't work to obstruct the administration because twafs a different party. he didn't work to sabotage the work of this body because one party or the other was in the majority. he worked to solve problems. and he had really a deep understanding of the challenges autograph in the world. and he could see from his considerable experience -- and he was on foreign relations for a very long time and served as its chair. he knew from his own work in that committee and from his own studies and from his own travels and his own conversations overseas, conversations with foreign gove

what's really interesting is it's unusual to see this kind of transparency around an internal conversation between a ceo, a brand, a celebrity endorser. and to see the kind of clash of values and how they're working it out very publicly. and i think, you know, ultimately that may actually benefit, that may play to the benefit of both -- all the parties involved, because you're seeing people take it seriously and work it through. >> chris, let me ask you, let me read you part of what steph curry came out and said. this is after the ceo of under armour called president trump an asset, talking about free trade and issues like that. >> which is a feeling felt by a lot of people. >> he's not the only ceo who's said that. across the board, ceos want some of the economic proposals the president is putting forward. then under armour came out with a statement saying, we engage in policy, not politics, we believe in advocating fair trade, inclusive immigration, welcome the best and brightest, et cetera. steph curry comes out and says, if you take the "et" off the "asset," that's what the president i

governing is tough and the more transparent you have, both externaly and very importantly, internally, the fewer leaks you have. >> and if you're doing the right thing, it's all good news being leaked out. i have an update i want to tell you about. >>> it's a shocking story out of georgia. a couple authorities describe it as white supremacist was sentenced for their role in tearerizing an 8-year-old african american boy's birthday party. they were part of a convoy of trucks driving through the neighborhood flying confederate flags. witnesses described them yelling racial slurs. the d.a.'s office says he pointed a gun at party goers and threatened to kill him. torres was sentenced to 20 years. 13 of those in prison, norton was sentenced to 15 years. six of those in prison. both will be banished from the county after they are released. and there they are crying upon sentenci sentencing. to eo late now. >>> president trump heating up his rhetoric, but at least one top republican agrees. we'll hear from him next. today, unlimited gets the network it deserves. verizon. (mic thuds) uh, sorr

internal revenue code. and vote to report the information to the full house of representatives. support transparency in government and the long-standing tradition of presidents and presidential candidates disclosing their tax returns. thank you mr. speaker. [applause] [gavel] mr. speaker: house will be in order. house will be in order. the chair will now recognize the gentleman from new jersey to offer the resolution notice. does the general and offer the resolution? the clerk will report the resolution. clerk: congress has a responsibility to hold the executive branch of government to the highest standard of transparency to ensure the public interest is placed first. whereas according to the text history project, every president since gerald ford has disclose their tax or foreign information to the public, where as tax return provide important disclosure because they contain highly constructive information, including whether the candidate whether they have made any charitable donations and whether they have taken advantages of tax loopholes. whereas disclosure of the couldents tax returns help thos

international laws. always good to take some time as a board. been behaving as to be transparento the state department is fully aware. so we are transparent. we are listed in new york as well. we are free to behave or to think and to do and to invest in what we think for companies. again, in iran, we have a long history. to have a good contract. i'm also able to listen and what the u.s. administration will decide. listening is very important. >> have you talked with rex tillerson about that at all? >> no. i did congratulate him, but not >> yet. how do you read the administration in russia? is that risk for you are opportunity? to bringcan find ways back a dialogue between russia and the u.s., u.s. -- russia and europe, that's a good thing. we are facing uncertainties. most complexe issue today for the world? terrorism. it is always a target for everybody. it will be good if we have more stability. i know it's not easy. each u.s. president, when he is elected, it was the case for george w. bush and president obama, todafor donald trump, is willing to have a dialogue with russia. g

we all want to increase transparency, but we should not raise costs on american businesses only to benefit their international competition. let's send the sec back to the drawing board to promote transparency without the high costs or negative impacts on american businesses. the c.r.a. resolutions keeps the interest of american families and workers in mind. today we'll continue to chip away at the regulation legacy of the obama years with more c.r.a. resolutions in the coming days as well. let's pass these two resolutions without delay so we can send them to the president's desk and continue giving the power back to the people. i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: mr. schumer: mr. president? the presiding officer: the democrat leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: mr. president, i spoke at length about the supreme court nomination yesterday, but i just want to underscore a few points. we in the senate have a constitutional duty to examine the rec

commission, we worked in that organization to see how we could deal with transparency and how the american leadership could help the international effort to end the resource curse. as a result, legislation was authored and introduced in order to try to deal with this issue. and senator lugar and i authored a bill, a bill that said we want to know where the money is going so we can track the money. we want to be able for the people of that nation to be able to say we know money is coming in now. our leaders, show us where the money is going. and that legislation was introduced. it was debate. it became part of the dodd-frank law and quite frankly, mr. president, it was supported in a rather bipartisan way and it became law. ever since its enactment it's been fought by the american petroleum institute. i'm not sure why because today other countries have adopted similar standards and this information is readily available as far as the way it's compiled by companies and many oil companies today, mineral companies today are supplying this information with no complaints, no problems. but it was fought and tonight we're debating the c.

infrastructure, the health care issues, how to deal with the international issues that are being created by this president, and we want transparencyt to know what is going on. everything from his tax returns to the communications with flynn and others, these are important critical issues that need to be out there, but the dnc i think has an infrastructure issue of it's own. we need to win the governorships and the state legislatures because in 2020, it's going to be a new census and then redistricting immediately following that. that's critical. we cannot continue to have the kind of jerry handering that is so skewed the american political scene. and that is -- that is a principle task in my view of the dnc dealing with the 2018 election and then again in 2020. >> congressman john in california, we are thinking about the people of that community on this night. we hope everybody's safe. >> so am i. and i was at the emergency shelters earlier today, they're concerned and right sloi. hopefully they'll be home soon. >> thank you very much, congress manning. we're going to talk more about the future of the democratic party ahead as dem

international -- intellectual property. we want to have a legal system that is fair and transparent. we want to have a dispute resolution process that is fair and reasonable and affordable. and openo have free trade where countries are not engaging in either overt or covert practices to increase the price of their goods or manipulate their currencies. when you play currencies. i'm with that. we signed up to it. the tpp actually helped in many of those areas. iit set a benchmark. you have a fast-growing developing economic region that has not got consistent benchmarks. so, the question is, who is going to set those benchmarks? the united states summit, we w -- the united states said, we w ill. and they help to get everyone signed up and said, we will set these benchmarks and we will start to remove trade barriers. why do you want to impose tariffs? tariffs are taxes on your own people. you want to reduce taxes, right? you want to reduce tariffs. the second thing is, about 20 years ago, an order to make an advanced manufactured good, you would have componentry for maybe four or five di

international development accountability act of 2017. the legislations needed to provide this committee greater transparency regarding the more than 180 general accountability office recommendations for the department of state and usaid that haven't been fully implemented. and among the recommendations are at least two or three recommendations pertaining to this very area, about which you and so many others are passionate. the legislation will nashl congress and this committee to conduct even more effective oversight, something we can always improve upon. it would require state and usaid a timeline for implementation of these anti-trafficking proposals, as well as other proposals. and it would ensure that any gao recommendation that is not implemented, we're certain as to why that is. given some rationale for that. so given the large number of open recommendations, it would be my hope that most would be implemented, and we can get bipartisan support for this effort. so i'm inviting members of both sides of the aisle to work with me on this legislation. we'll be dropping in tomorrow. i'd like to ask both of our witnesses about the growing impa

up in preparing to be more transparent to investors and preparing to share more information about itself and its strategy. door to saudi aramco starting to open to internationalrs. that is part of the reason they are going through this process, getting themselves internally prepared for the sorts of questions they will be asked on an ipo roadshow. that toe are expecting happen next year. tell us more about how all of this would fit into that huge ipo we are expecting? matthew: saudi aramco in the last couple of weeks has been meeting with banks to appoint financial advisors for the ipo. now, real progress happening there. the banks should be appointed later on, in the information that we have heard from the banks pitching on this process is that an ipo could happen in mid-2018. this will fit into that process of raising money, of becoming more transparent come of looking to do things in the renewable energy sector, so aramco has a overamount of initiatives the next 12-18 months, so they will be very busy people. they deftly are. matthew martin, thank you for that. -- they definitely are. matthew martin, thank you for that. stock exchanges from new york to tok

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federal reserve continues negotiating international regulatory standards, financial institutions are among global bureaucrats in foreign lands without transparencyaccountability, or the authority to do so. this is unacceptable. to be more specific michael, fed officials sit down on a financial stability board. talk to me about how important those international forums are and why this administration does not approve of fed officials attending them. they approveow if or not of them attending the meeting but what they do not like it's getting involved in global banking regulation but this has been going on since the mid-1990's in an attempt to harmonize banking regulation and capital scandal -- standards around the world. not all big banks disliked this. they like the fact that the rules are the same in many countries around the world. one of the things i have been --d -- of course, frank dodd-frank required regulators regulators to make the rules for the banks. unless you repeal the whole thing by legislation, you cannot go in peace beyond and make chances. what donald trump might do is put in a new vice chair at the fed for financial regulation w

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transparency and independence in the investigation of this tragic shooting. >> in addition to the d.a.'s investigation police say the department has launched an internal investigation of its own. >>> san leandro police released a surveillance photo of a van they hope they will be able to find in connection with sunday's road rage homicide. the van is described as white, mesh made, but hat a distinct roof. police say whoever was inside could have valuable information about whoever shot 45-year-old wardel talafaro. a spokesperson said the van was very near the car at the time of the shooting. >> we don't know if the people in the van, traveling in the same direction, if they were also shot at or they witnessed this or they themselves could be suspects in this crime. >> police say the van's roof sticks up about six inches higher than a normal roof, and it should be toes. >> van may have been customized to give extra head room to someone with a handicap. >> we have now learned the names of two people found dead in a berkeley apartment over the weekend. officials were called on saturday. inside the apartment unit they found the bodies of a woman manned and

transparency and independence in the investigation of this tragic shooting. >> in addition to the d.a.'s investigation, police say the department has conducted an internal investigation of its own. >>> the city of east palo alto is reporting some encouraging news in its effort to fight crime. they say they saw a 35% drop in violent crime and a 25% reduction in homicide. authorities credit a spike in arrests for getting criminals off the streets. they also credit proactive policing policies including positive interactions with the community. the chief of east palo alto says he hopes to add two to five additional officers to the force this year. >>> san francisco's supervisors are considering a new proposal to charge a toll for driving down the crooked part of lombard street. lombard is one of the city's most popular tourist attractions and soften overrun by visitors. ktvu's rob roth is live in the city where he has been talking with tourists and residents. rob. >> reporter: julie, the idea to charge a toll to drive this crooked stretch of lombard street came out of a city study of problems here, but how much that toll would be is still very much up in th

international laws. it is our business. if the contract is good, we will move on. >> did you talk to the u.s. administration? >> of course. we spoke to the previous one. we were very transparentith the obama administration. the state department knows where we are at. having said that, we are free to behave or do what we think is best for our company and shareholders. in iran we have a long history. we are known to be fair. contract, aructural good contract. and we are willing to move forward. i am willinghat, to listen with the u.s. administration will decide. listening is very important. >> can you tell us about that? >> not yet. [indiscernible] theyw do you read assessment in russia? a risk or an opportunity? >> frankly, if we cannot find ways to bring a dialogue between russia and the u.s., russia and europe is good for everybody. we will be facing plenty of uncertainties, in particular in the middle east and with isis. what is the most complex issue today for the world? good if we have a more stability. elected. president when , it was the case for george w. bush and president obama and today for president trump, is willing to have a dialogue with russia. they need to fin

comes back and force upon us international beenment, there has not one appointed on because we cannot surmise if you have voted yesterday n -- yes or no. what we want is transparency in this. transparency has been severely lacking. my question is very simple. when it comes to the basel for waitge, do you intend to to see if the new administration has an opinion on these matters before you make some agreement on the basel four package? chair yellen: these are all ongoing discussions in which u.s. regulators participate. as i said, nothing is effective in the united states unless we go through a rulemaking process here. summarizery: i will that you will probably not wait for the new administration to put regulators in place, even if those new regulators are in place and move to counteract exactly what you have achieved within international agreement. yesterday before the senate banking committee, you seem to endorse the core principles of president trump's financial regulation executive order. what steps are you taking to comply with the executive order directive to advance america's interest in international forums , specifically as it relates to international stan

international relationships, a lot of anxiety. a lot of uncertainty. i think the president does have to denounce where he is trying to get us to. and to be transparent about that, both with the israelis and the american people. >> ed: he's only on date 26. >> there is an opportunity here. a lot of the sunni arab states are really open to working with israel. it is that she has states in iran that just love to have a continuation of conflict, including west bank. the settlements are such a political, if you're having a highway, and you have to relocate people, they don't have to move. but when you have people moving in and they are staying there because they believe the bible tells them they have to be there, the government will have an awful time moving. >> ed: we appreciate this, congressman. tune into sean hannity tomorrow night, 10:00 eastern. a full interview with benjamin netanyahu. up next, everybody knows democrats probably claim the mantle of feminism, but we will talk to tammy bruce, saying that the feminist movement is -- congressman, you may want to know about this. senator john mccain and ashton kirchner, it was more like a romance than

internal team of people. so field glass bridges that gap. it allows you to integrate with success factors and manage every part of your workforce with the same level of transparency and, frankly, engagement. >> we should mention that's human capital management. that's been a very good acquisition too, right? >> yeah. in fact, i will tell you i'm really pleased to see the performance of all of the sap acquisitions whether you're talking about success factors or areba or concur or for that matter, hybris. if you look at just areba, what the president has done over the last couple of years has been ama amazing. he's driven incredible focus on a better user experience, on greater innovation, and that's showing up in better customer satisfaction and frankly doubling bookings growth rates. it's been a real joy. >> i want to talk to you about concur. this was travel and expense management. until this, there was always you had a shoebox of receipts, took a huge amount of time. just talk about what automation did because i think this is really kind of -- it's a story about what progress is about. that's why i liked it so much. >> yeah. jim, maybe i'll take a different twi

international government alive. as part of that coherent narrative. >> i think that's true but it also, i want to -- moderators privilege for a moment. i think all those things, open government and transparencyand accountability in that way are entirely necessary. we should also just situate that in the larger problem in american governance. i think we are seeing this the world as well. but that has been such a growth of economic inequality there's been such a growth of political inequality. people elected this man for any number of reasons i suppose tht one particularly misys pledge to drain the swamp. we did a lot of trust in government research and saw that over 83%, 84% believe that american government is working for the benefit of wealthy special interest and lobbyist et cetera. i think we need to do in addition to maintaining bare-bones transparent anticoti

international government alive as part of that coherent narrative. kennedy: i think that's true , but i also want to add that open government and transparency and accountability in that way are entirely necessary. we should also just situate that in the larger problem in american governance and i think we are seeing this around the world as well, but that there has been such a growth of economic inequality and a growth of political inequality. people elected this man -- for many number of reasons, and one particularly was his pledge to drain the swamp. trusting government research and we saw over 83%, 84% believe american government is working for the benefit of wealthy special interests and lobbyists etc. and i think that we need to in addition to maintaining bare-bones transparent anticorruption measures, we really need to adopt affirmative democracy solutions to return to rebuild this bridge of responsiveness from elected representatives to the folks they represent. it is not just trump with his dangerous unprecedented and unconstitutional conflict of interest, it's really the water that everyone is swimming in. up andle system is set kind of based on this

international problems, authoritarian regimes, malaria. if the financial regulator mandated to combat these things can fulfill its core mission to provide financial transparency and prevent fraud. given that we had a financial crisis that the s.e.c. didn't foresee and did nothing to prevent, that would suggest it would need less on its plate, not more. what this bill does is put the american investor first and help sending the s.e.c. off on global rabbit trails. i urge a yes vote. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. ms. waters: i continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. he gentleman from texas. mr. hensarling: i'm happy to yield two minutes to the . ntlelady from new york ms. tenney: if you opened up your book and went all the way back to title 15, way back in e back of you would find corruption. in these provisions lies section 1504 question directs the s.e.c. to adopt a rule requiring resource extraction issuers to report payments to the you as phone foreign governments to the development of natural resources and make them available to the public. while we support transparency and accountability, i believ

but tomorrow, i will be heading a international agency of accountability act of 2017, and the legislation will be needed to provide this committee greater transparency regarding the more than 180 general accountability office recommendations for the department of state, and usaid that have not been fully implemented and among the recommendations are two or three recommendations pertain ing ing the very area about which you and so many others are pa passionate. the legislation will enable congress and this committee to conduct even more effective oversight, and something that we can improve upon, and it is going to require state and usaid a time line of implementation of these anti-trafficking proposaling as well as other proposal, and it would ensure that any nx go recommendation that is not implemented that we are serp as to why that is given the rational for that. and now, give n the large numbe of open recommendations, it would be my hope that most is implement and that we can get the bipartisan support for this effort. so, i am inviting the members of both sides of the aisle to work with me on this ledgislation. we will bep dropping it tomorrow.

affirmative for the negative for these agreements with the international agreement because we cannot surmise if you vote yes or no. what we want is transparency. so when it comes to the package into have an opinion of these matters on the basil for package correct. >> is discussions that which u.s. regulators participate in net thing is effective unless we hope for will making process. >> so i will summarize that has probably not. you will probably not wait to counteract exactly where you achieve with the international agreement. so with that regulation what steps are you taking today and america's interest specifically to international standards? >> with the international call insurance regulation in still suitable to be put them place and as those matters discussed to be agreed upon. unless we have gone through full rulemaking process to comment and respond. >>. >> and with at core principles to empower americans to prevent tax payer funded bailout and restore public accountability everybody agrees but i don't see anything that specifically says did i miss that? with any specific it regulation at any level. did i miss that if -- with the co

internal revenue code. and vote to report the information therein to the full house of -- to the full house of representatives. transparency of government and the long standing tradition of presidents and presidential candidates disclosing their tax returns. hank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the ouse will be in order. he house will be in order. the chair would now recognize the gentleman from new jersey to offer the resolution just noticed. does the gentleman offer the resolution? >> that is correct. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: whereas in the united states system of checks and balances, congress has a responsibility to hold the executive branch of government to the highest standard of transparency, so ensure the public interest is placed first. whereas according to the tax history project, every president since gerald ford has kiss close -- disclosed their tax return information to the public. whereas tax returns provide an important baseline disclosure because they contain highly instructive information, including whether the candidate paid taxes, what they own,