our governor of hawaii has apologized to residents all of the u.s. island off to an emergency missile and that was mistakenly sent out yesterday the governor said a state employee had pushed the wrong button sending a text message to hawaiians warning them that an intercontinental missile would soon strike the island all this against the backdrop of international tension over north korea's ballistic missile program. warning sirens well out over hawaii. and here for a wake up. for nearly forty minutes it seemed like the world was about to end a text message was sent to people telling them to seek shelter and stressing that the missile alert was not a drill. hawaii's governor quickly apologized for what turned out to be a mistake made by workers manning the state's emergency warning system. you know this should not have happened we are investigating the sequence of events that occurred late at night and never risk meeting emergency management it was a procedure that occurs at the change of shift where they go through to make sure that the system is working an

u.s. islands were sent the misleading missive wildlife t.v. programming was interrupted to carry the nurse it took around forty minutes before the warning was retracted as the wife has saved the incident was a state's exercise a federal inquiry has been launched. the crossover. on this story now i think it's fair to say that people and maybe already on how can something like this happen that's a good question and thank you very much from paul will why weren't sonny and relax that's compared to two hours ago nearly two hours ago when the initial text alert went out and just to show you have the text alerts here on my phone it says full list stick missile threats inbound the hawaii seek immediate shelter this is not a drill so you can imagine hundreds of thousands of people here on the island of a wall who actually this went out state wide but you're on a wall to the epicenter of our island home a lot of people kind of went into panic mode it was like what do we do are we ready for this and suddenly everybody was crossing the street to neighbors

for example, i was in guam, a u.s. island, that is far to the west of hawaii, last august, when there had been threats coming from north korea that it could target guam with enveloping fire from missiles. and that raised alert levels there. and also it led to one incident of false alarm being put out by one of the tv stations. it was basically a civil danger warning on august 15th, 2017, on the emergency alert broadcast system and the authorities there had to later say this was a case of human error. it was a much smaller incident, not across the whole island, and just one tv station that did this. but it gives you a sense of how nerves were shaken and people were on edge on that u.s. island. meanwhile, japan has announced that it is going to be conducting another missile test, evacuation drill, in about more than a week's time in tokyo. i've witnessed one of those drills previously in a small community in akita prefecture where they had kids basically practicing on what to do in the event that a missile was flying in the dir

virgin islands. u.s. president donald trump's former advisor steve bannon has resigned from his role as a as executive chairman of the right wing news website but bought it comes just days after a round of remarks about him made about trump and his son the recently published book and fury. turkey's foreign ministry has summoned the ambassadors of iran and russia to protest against the violation of a deescalation zone in syria turkey is reportedly accusing syrian troops of breaking the deal in their push to retake opposition held areas of the province. police and capital have fired tear gas at demonstrators have stormed a supermarket during the anti-government protest demonstrations against tanks and price hikes began on monday with rallies in more than ten towns those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the stream statement that's watching. facing reality your president said that there would be a complete one hundred percent order that orders hasn't happened getting to the heart

poll is taking two hundred fifty two billion dollars or so well most of it isn't actually an island back to the u.s. means island can go back to the e.u. and say well told you so now they're taking money out of the e.u. and we're losing this competitive advantage that we've had so obviously this is a good thing for island because it strengthens its argument against the e.u. well the interesting scenario of the country would not want to receive tax payments but staying with the european union i mean where does it leave it in terms of competitiveness because the tax breaks of the tax reform in the united states in terms of corporate tax that's no really is it it's not about low but the fact is that apple would have still had to pay fifteen point five percent percent it's paying on this two hundred fifty something billion dollars and that's the main issue so they have still had to pay it even if they left the money outside the country now they're taking the money back because they know that tax cold in the u.s. is not going to change we don't know what's going to happen in ireland we don't know what's

u.s. virgin islands get the aid they need, just like texas and louisiana and florida. we have to reach agreement on a new health care package that admits the new reality of our health care system. the republicans repealed the individual mandate in their tax bill, an act that will raise premiums and lower coverage. the old health care compromise legislation was crafted before the republican tax bill. patty murray has said under new circumstances we need a new proposal. we can't just enact the previous alexander-murray because of the change our republican colleagues made to the health care system. and then of course there's the daca issue. that's going to require further compromise. there are many republicans in this chamber who want to enshrine daca protections into law as every democrat does, just as there are many democrats who would pass additional border security measures into law, smart, reasonable, practical border measures. a deal on this issue can be reached if both parties are committed to good-faith negotiations. the problem thus far has been president trump's

u.s. virgin islands. these are americans, american citizens. they've been living without power, without access to clean drinking water, in communities devastated by natural disasters for months without adequate help from their own company, the united states -- their own country, the united states government, and people are dying. the dreamers, who are american citizens in every way but on paper, have been thrown into crisis, a crisis of president trump's own making, a crisis that threatens to tear them from the only lives they've ever known. remember, the president is solely responsible -- not members here but the president -- for creating this untenable situation faced by the dreamers. the president all by himself acting as a party of one rescinded the daca policy. now, we have a path forward put together by republicans and democrats to meet the requirements the president laid out himself. but he instead, he continues to favor governing by chaos and continues to move the goalpost, he continues pushing the agreement further out of reach, he con

u.s. virgin islands. those affected by wilderness fires in california and communities struggling to combat opioid abuse. waste the nextot 17 days as it has the last 114. i will be voting no on this continuing resolution, not because i don't want to see it passed but because it does not guarantee that congress will address the issues that have been referenced. i pray that neither i nor the congress will be in this same position come february 8. i hope we will address, in a positive manner, the issues before us. yield one minute to the minority leader. >> the gentleman from california is recognized. >> i think the gentleman for yielding. i associate myself fully with his remarks. thank you, mr. hoyer, for your great leadership. i rise in opposition to the latest stopgap funding bill. i take pride in house democrats overwhelmingly supporting the first continuing resolution in september to give the majority a .hance to get the job done after months of republicans excuses and extensions, i refuse to be an enab

virgin islands. u.s. president donald trump's former advisor steve bannon has resigned from his role as a as executive chairman of the right wing news website bright bought it comes just days after a round of remarks balun made about trump and his son in the recently published book fire and fury. turkey's foreign ministry has summoned the ambassadors of iran and russia to protest against the violation of a deescalation zone in syria turkey is reportedly accusing syrian troops of breaking the deal in their push to retake opposition held areas of province. police into his ears capital have fired tear gas at demonstrators who stormed a supermarket during the anti-government protest demonstrations against tanks and price hikes began on monday with rallies in more than ten towns those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the stream statement that's watching i think. facing reality your president said that there would be a complete audit a hundred percent audit that audit hasn't happene

. >>> following breaking news tonight, the advisory for several islands including puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands after a 7.6 magnitude earthquake hit off of the coast of honduras. we will have an update for you a little later on the news at 11:00. >>> a landmark at the center of downtown silver spring and the center of the city's economy, it's moving out. discovery communications announcing that they are packing up and moving headquarters to new york. that will be a done deal by the end of next year. the company has 1300 employees here. >> it's more than a corporate change. the building has been a fixture in silver spring for 15 years. when they arrive, developers will spring up housing and restaurants. john henry has this story. >> reporter: if you've ever been to silver spring you know it could be a busy place.>> it was just kind of becoming what it is now. >> reporter: many people believe discoveries decision to build this building in 2003 sparked the development boom. >> before it was run down. it's come back. >> reporter: how these businesses will fair is in question. away.

virgin islands a u.s. judge just blocked the trumpet ministration from ending a program shielding children brought to the country illegally by their parents from deportation so far the republican controlled congress has failed to reach a deal on the status of some seven hundred thousand so-called dream immigrants donald trump says he would sign any agreement giving them protection from deportation provided it includes funding for the border wall with mexico. not to build the wall but you need the wall and i will tell you this the ice officers and the border patrol agents adam just recently you know they say if you don't have the well you know in certain areas obviously that are protected by nature if you don't have the war you cannot have. the u.s. president's former advisor steve bannon has resigned from his role as executive chairman of the right wing news websites like bought it comes just days after raul over remarks ban and made about trump and his son in the recently published book fire and fury in i

american samoa, guam, the northern mariana islands and the u.s. virgin islands. know even less about them than i do about puerto rico. i know there's occasionally a push for puerto rico to regain its independence fully from the united states of america. and then there's people that say leave it as it is. >> what people don't understand is that there's a fear that's been instilled on the people in puerto rico that if we were independent, we couldn't run our own country. and that's what happens when you're a colony. and also, the repression against the nationalist party in puerto rico was deadly. the ponce massacre where the united states military opened fire on easter sunday on nationalists marching after they came from church, all of that is real. >> yeah. it happens to inmates, you get institutionalized. >> you get institutionalized on colonialism. >> puerto rico has always had a strong independence movement, the ponce massacre is one example of how the u.s. tried to crush it. in the 1930s, pedro albizu campos was the leader of such a movement. he was educated a

u.s. virgin islands. . our members from california and texas and florida. i can speak specifically to wear this government has failed. the republican president, the republican house and senate. the president came to texas. he came down to speak to those of us on the tarmac saying we will provide you everything you need. right now, in many places, there are people with no power, the houses are got, and there is no response. many of you may have heard that $5 billion was allocated in september. this republican administration has not rated rendered -- rendered that anywhere. with 51 trillion gallons of water and with people still suffering or living in tents in texas, i can say to you that this is a failed the government. this is a failed process. and in good conscience we could not help but vote for the people of this area that have suffered from hurricanes, mudslides and fire. >> are there any more questions right now? could we talk on diversity visas please? i know they didn't come up much in this session. >> i addressed it at the beginning. we know and we

my state of florida, texas, of course the virgin islands, the u.s. virgin islands, and puerto rico, and now the wildfires in california. and right now, many of them are desperately waiting to act on a disaster supplemental package to help them recover. we are trying to pass that, and it keeps getting shuffled off to the future. we're trying to add to that supplemental the necessary disaster aid that is needed in agriculture and particularly the citrus industry in florida. we're trying to add to that the additional financial assistance that is needed in puerto rico. so i hope our colleagues in the senate will understand the urgency of this matter. we can't keep pushing this off down into the future. the need to act is now. mr. president, i just want to say in addition, in florida, people are struggling. we should not negligent what is happening on the mainland. it's true in texas. it's true in california. it's true in florida. it's true in the islands. the storms destroyed homes and damaged apartments all around florida, but we haven't seen any real at

islands. these are people that are incredible people. they have suffered gravely. >> trump forgetting that he is the president of the u.s. virgin islands only highlights how overlooked the territory has been. not just with the recent hurricanes, plural, but in the overall scope of american politics. earlier i traveled to st. thomas and st. john and i found a place struggling to get on its feet. >> i never seen it before. >> the strongest hurricane i ever experience. >> irma was a huge category. >> the hurricane is gone but it's still gnaw at us. >> the story of hurricane maria has been about puerto rico, the devastation, suffering and inadequate federal response. there's a second story. it took place here on the u.s. virgin islands, which was hit by not one but two category five hurricanes. this is the contents of someone's life. this is their clothes, everything. you can see there's the hallway. we're going into their bedroom, bathroom. someone's kitchen. you will see some of the tea cups and stuff here. >> it's amazing. everything is disintegrated. >> this was one of the places where there was a fatality because this wa

of the tension on the korean peninsula in recent months have been felt in other places like the u.s. island of guam. i was there reporting in august of last year when north korea was threatening that island, and there was actually a false alarm that went out over one of the local tv networks, over a test of their emergency broadcasting system that issued a civil danger warning and later the island authorities had to say that this was human error. not on the scale of what we saw in hawaii, but nonetheless, coming -- it was bad timing indeed. meanwhile, japan, a can country that periodically is threatened by north korea, which often fires missiles in the direction of japan, and even over japanese territory, over the course of the last year, it has begun conducting drills in different municipalities and there is one scheduled in tokyo later this month. that's something with the air raid sirens that many hadn't heard really since world war ii. so part of a new reality that has set in over the course of the last year in response certainly to the many missile tests that north korea has conducted

u.s. virgin islands under a sunol me advisory after a magnitude 7.6 earthquake was reported off the coast of honduras -- they are under a tusnami warning. alison: the death toll from extreme flooding and mudslides in california has climbed to 13, and tonight miles of a major freeway were blocked as a result of the storm. lindsey mastis is tracking it from the live desk. they have been through so much lately. lindsey: they have, this is in santa barbara county. the vegetation burned, and then it rained. across of mud stretcher to safety. shia been trapped for several hours. >> it actually moved me to the other side of the road. i was terrified. lindsey: some homes were pushed off their foundations and now there are mandatory evacuations. the storm is continuing and tonight there are still people unaccounted for. tonight on your side with a turf war in d.c. -- artificial turf, that is. karen's concerned about the effects of artificial turf in the district -- parents concerned about the effects of artificial turf in the district taking their concerns to city leaders. >> my opinion pretty muc

u.s. virgin islands. the odds of winning are just one in 292 million. genie: are you going to take your shot? >> i am not in the united states. genie: time for our press review. a look at what the papers are saying today. you are going to start with reaction to that ongoing unrest in iran after the revolutionary guard announced protest were now over. >> a lot of the foreign papers are headlining on this. let's start with the tehran times. reputed to be fairly close to the government. it is focusing on the rallying tosters condemn the riots while the french paper is evoking what it calls an awakening of fear saying that after several days of protests that have really unnerved the iranian regime the movement risks now being smothered by that very government. genie: mike pence has also weighed in penning a piece for the washington post. iran accuses u.s. officials of meddling in their affairs by supporting the protesters. pence in this article for the washington post takes aim at president barack obama a sickly drawing comparisons between the last major pr

u.s. blockade of cuba illegal and obsolete saying that it serves to worsen living conditions on the island u.s. cuba ties thought after the obama administration eased trade and travel rules. but the trump white house has since moved to reverse those measures saying that cuba had failed to improve its human rights record. in iran as the country's elite revolutionary guard is trying to stop anti-government protests in several provinces a new amateur video purports to show security forces aligned with the guard parading down the streets of the city of solly around one hundred and twenty kilometers southwest tehran they're there to put down the protests labeled sedition by the head of the revolutionary guard iran has imposed a blackout on social media after more than a week of demonstrations. and for more let's bring in a.f.p. correspondent eric roundoff who is standing by with the latest from tehran welcome to you eric we know that the head of the revolutionary guard has said that the anti-government protests have essentially been defeated or or wiped out so to speak what are you hearing. yea

u.s. virgin islands. the epicenter is not heavily populated. >>> a silent protest in the works for president trump's first state of the union address. some democratic women in congress plan to wear all black to the speech in solidarity with the me too movement. we saw the same thing on display this past sunday at the golden globes in hollywood. the biggest stars protested sexual harassment in hollywood. the state of the union is set for january 30th, three weeks away. >>> the me too movement women sharing their stories of harassment or groping while riding the transit system. a group has advice for women tonight about what to do in those situations. news 4's shomari stone is live with that story in silver spring. shomari? >> reporter: good evening. the me too movement helped prompt this meeting. a woman who knows a lot about metro offered some suggestions. >> it is horrible. it is sad and scary. >> kristen jeffers describes how it feels to be sexually harassed on metro. >> you want that face to be there w

u.s. pacific islands of hawaii on saturday over an official of telling people to run for cover because of a ballistic missile threat although it did turn out to be a false alarm people were sent text messages and t.v. broadcasts were interrupted to raise the alarm within minutes though officials scramble to reassure people that in fact there was no threat to local congresswoman did tweet there is no incoming missile the message was sent out in adversity but locals were already rushing for cover and safety was some trying to take shelter in storm drains the governor of hawaii apologize for the incident and blamed it on an employee pushing a button by mistake. for the u.s. embassy in iraq announced on tuesday that one hundred fifty million dollars will be spent this year rebuilding cities left devastated by war on islamic state but that's only a fraction of what america has earmarked for its ongoing military operations there . as more what does this look like to you mad mad. resident evil no this is mosul or rather what's left of it quote a sea of thousands of air strikes we filmed this a f

u.s. virgin islands. it struck four hours ago off the coast of honduras. all advisories were canceled tonight at 8:45 tonight. so far there have been no reports of any damage on land. >>> tonight, at least 13 people have died in southern california after an avalanche of mud fueled by flash floods roared through crowds in santa barbara county. watch as a coast guard pulls this family of five including a newborn baby and their two dogs to safety. >> 500 firefighters from local fire departments, regional fire departments, and all over the state are continuing to engage in our search and rescue mission. we will do so overnight. >> digging through deep debris, crews are finding survivors. this team rescued a 14-year-old girl who was trapped for hours after sliding off their foundation. but tonight officials have no estimate on how many people could still be trapped or how many homes have been damaged. >> the montecito community has been hit hard. and that is where reporter jeff wynn is tonight. >> both the onramp and offramps are filled with debris. there are t

u.s. pacific island of hawaii over an official alert telling people to run for cover because of a ballistic missile threat although it did turn out to be a false alarm people were sent text messages and t.v. broadcasts were interrupted to to raise the alarm. the u.s. pacific command has detected a missile threat your home why a missile may impact on my own to receive within minutes this is not a drill. within minutes though officials scrambled to reassure people that there was in fact no threat at all a local congresswoman tweeted there is no incoming missile the message was sent out in the first and play the locals were already rushing to safety by this time with some trying to take shelter in storm drains the governor of hawaii apologize for the incident and blamed it on an employee pushing a button by the state. governor is now calling for a deescalation in the crisis with north korea in the week the two koreas held their first official talks in more than two years called by many and historic meeting given the tensions in the region are these moderate gas the earth is following developme

u.s. pacific islands of hawaii on saturday over an official of the telling people to run for cover because of a ballistic missile threat although it did turn out to be a false alarm people were sent text messages and t.v. broadcasts were interrupted to raise the alarm within minutes though officials did scramble to reassure people that there was in fact no threat a local congresswoman tweeted there is no incoming missile the message was sent out inadvertently but locals were already rushing by that time for safety for some trying to take shelter in storm drains the governor why. he even apologized for the incident and blamed it on an employee pushing a button by mistake well the early warning system was reinstated as tensions between the u.s. and north korea the governor is now calling for deescalation in the crisis earlier in the week the two koreas held their first official talks in more than two years called by many in the story meeting given the current political climate art is more against you is following developments. it went well which is rare to hear these days when it comes to th

u.s. virgin islands were under the tsunami threat. in southern california, sorting through debris, searching for those missing after a massive mudslide struck yesterday. houses are torn from foundations. roads covered in mud. 25 people are injured. larry: what are the most famous buildings in silver spring and discovery communications is closing up shop. they are working on a $15 the company to buy that owns food network. they will move to new york community. cracks it is really sad. i almost believe you. are they actually leaving? wow. cracks disappointing. i always dreamed of working was in college. within a year or so, only a small operation will remain. happening today, officers in montgomery county will receive training on how to treat opioid overdoses. that is happening in gaithersburg at the of the training safety academy. they will train with narcan and the chief will talk about the current state of the epidemic in our area. autria: and ongoing turf for we have been following in the district. parents continue to speak out abou

u.s. virgin islands. and by the way, we need to make sure that we straighten out things in the west so the forest service isn't robbed of the funding they need to prevent future forest fires as they take the money for present forest fires. we have to do that. i know that lots of republican congressmen from the house want aid, even though many of them opposed aid when new york and new jersey had the crisis. we're not going to play tit for tat, but we want a fair bill, and we want our priorities recognized as well. and finally, there are the dreamers. this must be done now. leader mcconnell seems to think there is no urgency. we disagree strongly, respectfully but strongly. there is an urgent need. we have hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions of americans who want america to be their country, who were taken here through no fault of their own, who are working in our factories and offices, who are going to our schools, who are serving in our military. right now, every morning they wake up with a pit of fea

u.s. virgin islands after hurricane maria. the storm left many americans without access to clean water and electricity and health care for months. we can do better than the administration's response to the opioid epidemic. president trump declared the crisis a public health emergency 83 days ago and has taken little meaningful action since. so i'm glad this committee will continue its bipartisan work to address the opioid crisis in another hearing soon. we can also do better than our slow response in improving funding to combat zika in 2016. the world health organization declared zika a global health emergency in february. instead of a fast response with needed funding, the response got politicized around some republicans who pushed to undermine women's health care and access to contraception which was a key requirement to prevent the virus from causing devastating birth defects. as a result, that took congress nine months to pass emergency funding for a public health crisis that endangered mothers and babies and families acro

. census estimate in 2015 found 19 million residents of asian and pacific islander descent with a total u.spopulation of 248 million people. in california, asian and pacific americans make up almost 21% of the population. and the bay area census in 2010 found that asians and pacific islanders make up almost 24% of the population, inching above latinos as the largest

u.s. blockade of cuba illegal and obsolete saying that it serves to worsen living conditions on the island u.s. cuba ties thought after the obama administration eased trade and travel rules but the trouble white house has since moved to reverse those measures saying that cuba had failed to improve its human rights record. in iran the head of the country's elite revolutionary guard has announced what he called the end of sedition this after he deployed forces to put down anti-government protests in several provinces twenty one people were killed during the weeklong protests and authorities arrested hundreds in a show of might have running on state t.v. broadcast these images of pro-government rallies across the country there are unconfirmed reports of continued anti-government protests iran has imposed a blackout on social media but this footage from isfahan province shows a building allegedly belonging to the revolutionary guard going up in flames. and for more let's bring in a.f.p. correspondent eric roundoff who is standing by with the latest from tehran welcome to you eric we know that

. census estimate in 2015 found 19 million residents of asian and pacific islander descent with a total u.s. population of 248 million people. in california, asian and pacific americans make up almost 21% of the population. and the bay area census in 2010 found that asians and pacific islanders make up almost 24% of the population, inching above latinos as the largest minority race across the nine counties. abc7's chris nguyen is here now with local apa leaders to talk about important issues affecting our bay area communities. >> cheryl, it's great to be here. i'm excited to introduce you to our panel of guests today. gina su is an actor based here in the bay area. she's the winner of the 2016-2017 miss asian global pageant. next, lan diep is an attorney. he currently serves as a san jose city council member representing district four. and finally, vincent pan, executive director of chinese for affirmative action. he's also a board member for the center for asian american media. thanks to all of you for joining us today. we have a lot to talk about. our first topic is civic engagement and h

u.s. virgin islands and washington, dc.ince last october, 759 people have died from the flu in the united states. last year, during that same period, there were 322 deaths. more than 100 people have died from the flu every week since mid-december. >>> the u.s. supreme court announced today that it will decide the legality of the latest version of president trump's's travel ban. the ban places varying levels of restrictions on foreign nationals from eight countries, chad, iran, libya, north korea, syria, venezuela, somalia, and yemen. the supreme court will decide whether the ban violates immigration law as well as the establishment clause of the constitutional. the trump administration maintains the president has the authority to install travel bans in order to protect national security. oral arguments will be heard in april. a final ruling is expected by june. >>> a car hit a fire hydrant sending water and mud into a home in the east bay. the crash happened last night in the oakland hills on buckingham boulevard. paul cham

u.s. virgin islands. it struck last night off the coast of honduras. all advisories were canceled. no reports of any damage on land so far. >>> a federal judge blocked president trump's efforts to end "deferred action for childhood arrivals." jackie ward is in the newsroom with more. >> reporter: it means that nothing involving daca will change until all the lawsuits that have been filed are ended and renewal applications from existing "dreamers" must be accepted. president trump worked with both republicans and democrats for hours yesterday to try to work out a daca deal as part of finalizing bipartisan immigration legislation. this is all in an effort to reach a deal by march 6th, the deadline president trump gave congress to reach an agreement on daca but if nothing happens, the protections that keep them in the u.s. will expire. late last night, a federal judge in san francisco ordered the trump administration to start daca back up while the lawsuits proceed in court. >> he kept reinforcing, we need to be fair to the daca kids. he used the word love. >> i feel bad for some of t

islands. is legislation will serve to drag capital to other areas of our nation impacted by hurricanes an other natch ram disasters this past season, including texas, florida, the u.s. virgin islands and california which is facing the effects of devastating wildfires and mudslides. for example, about 99% of the companies in houston are considered small businesses and most of them do not have the me economic resources as the state's massive oil and medical industries. as a result, these businesses face a long and expensive road to recovery. this legislation seeks to shorten that distance for these businesses as well. fema estimates that nearly 40% of small businesses never reopen after a disaster. therefore developing strategies to drive private capital to a community small business -- to a community's small businesses is one of the most efficient uses of private sector capital and one of the most effective ways we in the federal government can help an area recover. nearly four months after hurricane maria, the puerto rican economy is at a near stand still and thousands of the island's small businesses are teetering towards insolvency. the businesses in southeast te

u.s. virgin islands. carter,resident jimmy george h.w. bush, bill clinton, george w. bush and barack obama attended the october 21 fundraising concert at texas a&m university. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. julie: davos is bracing for president trump's arrival and his team is setting the stage. treasury secretary steve mnuchin is breaking tradition and endorsing the dollar's decline. he says, "a weaker dollar is good for us as it relates to trade an opportunity." wilbur ross said the u.s. will fight harder to protect its exporters. joining us is michael mckee, bloomberg's policy correspondent. mnuchin was echoing what his boss, what president trump has indicated in the past. the dollar is down about 10% over the past year. that is not just because -- michael: i have been asking what is going on? the fed is raising interest rates. we should see the dollar get stronger. there are a lot of different stories about what is happening. the rule is for treasury sec

u.s. virgin islands and puerto rico, california, texas or florida or whether it's protecting immigrants. and yet it's their -- and yes it's their unwillingness to sit down and have meaningful discussions about long-term funding for our national security. today more than one million american fighting men and women are waking up today to perform their mission. there are sailors on the deck of navy destroyers -- >> house democrats briefing from arlier today. >> the only one not voting, senator mccain, who is back home in arizona. we're going to get a closer look at what's been happening with the shutdown and what happens next on washington today of d -- on washington today d -- on "washington today." >> the bill before us does three things that every democrat and republican should be able to support. first, it ends the shutdown and restores full funding for the federal government through february 8. second, it extends health insurance for nine million vulnerable children. and third, it will enable congress to resume serious bipartisan talks on the important issues facing our nation. >> with

poll is taking two hundred fifty two billion dollars or so well most of it isn't actually an island back to the u.s. means the island can go back to the e.u. and say well told you so now they're taking money out of the e.u. and we're losing this competitive advantage that we've had so obviously this is a good thing for island because it strengthens its argument against the e.u. well the interesting scenario of the country would not want to receive tax payments but staying with the european union i mean where does it leave it in terms of competitiveness because the tax breaks of the tax reform in the united states in terms of corporate tax that's no really is it it's not about low but the fact is that apple would have still had to pay the fifteen point five percent percent it's paying on this two hundred fifty something billion dollars and that's the main issue so they have still had to paid even if they left the money outside the country now they're taking the money back because they know that tax cold in the u.s. is not going to change we don't know what's going to happen in ireland we don't know

u.s. virgin islands. those affected by the wilderness fires in california. and communities struggling to combat opioid abuse. congress must not waste the next 17 days as it has the last 114. i will be voting no, mr. speaker, on this continuing resolution, not because i don't want to see it pass, but because it does not guarantee that the congress will address the issues that have been referenced. i pray that neither i nor the congress will be in this same position come february 8. i hope we will address in a positive manner the issues before us -- and i am now pleased, mr. speaker, to yield one minute to the minority leader. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. pelosi: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding, and associate myself fully with his remarks. thank you, mr. hoyer, for your great leadership. mr. speaker, i rise in opposition to the republicans' latest stopgap funding bill. i take great pride in house democrats' overwhelmingly supporting the first continuing resolution in september to give th

u.s. virgin islands to provide restoration for the u.s. military fema dhs and first responders. they provided health and welfare communications were no other method of communication was available. they provided all the medications for the red cross and the salvation army. the red cross requested a dispatch an additional amateur radio operators equipped with emergency communications alveda free of charge by a double l. r. in the aftermath and as discussed they did a multitude of other things at no cost the public or the federal government. and hawaii are teams are prepared to assist in the case of an emergency whether natural or man-made. for example in the aftermath of moreon amateur radio operator was highlighted on the hawaii news now for his work and connecting a mountain family in puerto rico. it's a using in effect path in the station from his residence which could be utilized in a disaster of benenoch after the false alarm "msnbc"'s reported quote in the case of an electromagnetic pulse of blast ham radio was one of the plays we will be able to hear what is happening throu

u.s. virgin islands, texas, florida, california, states impacted by wildfires. puerto rico, there's nothing partisan about this. in addition to protecting our dreamers, which again has bipartisan support in the house and in the senate. we want them -- we want to pass the dream act as well as them engage in the discussion on the borders, which we're completely open to. so this is not let's give us some money. it's shared values, democrats and republicans, and we're saying to the president, help us on this money side of the debate because it's so very important. we can -- we can talk all day said what about what and all the rest of that, i shutting down government is cool. as mr. mulvaney said. let's leave him to that. we do know that government by shutting down best way to go. government is cool. as mr. mulvaney said. let's leave that we could have take one day, take this evening, sit down, think caps parity, payfors, probably easier, not a whole lot of opportunity there, but whatever it is. daca. dream. and -- again. if there never were one dreamer, we would sti