if you would like to ask a ,uestion, it is (202) 748-8000 democrats. (202) 748-8001, republicans. (202) 748-8002, independent voters. you could also post a comment on our facebook page. interference piece done, jack dorsey went to the house to talk about another issue? guest: there has been a complaint raised by conservatives with the the last month which has ramped up in recent weeks because trump has embraced the issue. an idea that social media platforms are making decisions about what content to allow and what advertisements to allow. that they are biased against conservatives. there is a debate about whether there -- about whether this is intentional or not intentional. in some ways, companies operate in a black box. they wanted to bring folks into testify. response?what was the adamant that the company is not intentionally biased. that the i got -- that the ideology and no way relates to the platform. as theyacknowledge that process huge quantities of tweets and advertisements every day that some of the decisions they might make might have the using the platform. one of the examp

if you would like to ask a ,uestion, it is (202) 748-8000 democrats. (202) 748-8001, republicans. (202) 748-8002, independent voters. you could also post a comment on our facebook page. interference piece done, jack dorsey went to the house to talk about another issue? guest: there has been a complaint raised by conservatives with the the last month which has ramped up in recent weeks because trump has embraced the issue. an idea that social media platforms are making decisions about what content to allow and what advertisements to allow. that they are biased against conservatives. there is a debate about whether there -- about whether this is intentional or not intentional. in some ways, >> watch "washington journal" every morning at 7:00 eastern on c-span. we'll leave this segment as the u.s. house is about to gavel in for legislative business today with members debating a natural gas exports bill and voting on a conference with the senate on a $154 billion spending bill interior, treshry, r, treshry, transportation, housing and urban development, and agriculture department for 2019.

according to police there is an answer to that uestion. according to the british police. a sophisticated attack across borders. bottlefeet perfume according to british authorities. saying who the suspects wwrk for. they did not say whether they were working for russian security services or not. in other details we also have a bit more about the ttail between this perrume bottle and whaa happened three monnhs later. because remember in june a local man picked up this bottle. to hospital. exposed to the contentt. are stiil not saying exactly whaa happened to the bottle. where it was bbtween march and june when the next twist in these events ctually happened. we've got a very clear list of charggs that have been brought by the cps. are those ccarges actuallyygoing to change anything at this stage? >> it's hard to see how this very bad relationship between britain and russia can really change right now. of course case involving the death of a russsan citizen on british soil. relations are nntoriously bad. the tit-for-tat between london anddmoscow we could very easily have exp

. >> we have time for one more uestion. >> doesn't fall under d.o.d. any longer, but are you still the point man? can you reach out to the coast guard assets? >> it does and we do. yesterday, i met with the vice commandant of the coast guard. we have this particular search and rescue effort is in collaboration with the coast guard. they bring capability not only in vertical lift and in their small boats. the way we have it set up is a collaborative effort. the coast guard is the lead federal agency for the search and rescue and we tie in our capacity to augment the efforts. even though we may be from different departments, there is no daylight between us. >> we integrate closely with the coast guard but directed by the department of homeland security n disaster response context. >> how many helicopters. >> as we coordinated out in our efforts and some locations have both d.o.d. in the same locations and our command and control that we are working together is working with them. >> do you expect more dreefings in the coming days if necessary? >> if neces

. >> reporter: and answering the critical e uestion, does he belir? >> i can only say this, he is such an outstanding man, very i hard for me gine that anything happened. >> reporter: but bl no leaving the door open for a change. >> if she shows up and makes a credible showing, that will be very interesting and we'll have to make a decision. >> reporter: blasey ford received death threats forcing her to move out of her home with r children. >> any talk of a hearing on monday is premature. alhe came forward with thesgations 48 hours ago. >> reporter: kavanaugh denied the allegations from more than three decades. a only the white house can ask for an fbi investigation. mr. trump showing no signs that he would do that. he>> it would seem fbi really doesn't do that. they investigated. >> reporter: they would if you ask them to, mr. president. >> they investigated six times bere. it seems they don't do that. >> reporter: in 1991 george bush did cafo an investigation into anita hill's allegations of sexual e arassment against clearaomas. >> the hearings que

order, which europeans have taken advantage of since world war ii, has increasingly been called into uestion. furthermore, in today's world, europe can no longer rest assured that the commitments entered into the past will be respected in the future. yesterday's alliances may not be tomorrow's alliances. as i was saying, today's world needs a strong, united urope. a europe working for peace, trade agreements, stable monetary arrangements, even if others elsewhere are all too inclined to resort to commercial or monetary warfare. -- with no regard for others' interests. i remain a convinced ultinational list. if europe realizes its political power, its economic power, and sometimes the military power of its component nations, we will no longer have to be the global player alone. though we are still willing to pay, but we have to be global layers, too. that's why, despite strong resistance at the time, as of 2014, i relaunched the european defense league. that is why in the coming months, the commission will continue its work on the uropean defense fund, starting cooperation and defense to make

pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this uestion will be postponed. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the chair will postpone further proceedings today on additional motions to suspend the rules on which a recorded vote or the yeas and nays are ordered, or votes are obbletted to under clause -- are objected to under clause 6 of rule 206789 the house will resume -- 20. the house will resume votes at later time. for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i move to suspend the rules and pass the bill, h.r. 6729, the empowering financial institutions to fight human trafficking act of 2018. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar number 766. h.r. 6729. a bill to allow nonprofit organizations to register with the secretary of the treasury and share information on activities that may involve human trafficking or money laundering with financial institutions and regulatory authorities under a safe harbor that offers protections from liability in order to better iden

blasey ford: she asked me ,uestions about the incident and i answered those questions. >> was that the gist of the conversation? dr. blasey ford: yes, it was a fairly brief phone call. did you ever give senator feinstein or anyone else permission to release that letter? dr. blasey ford: not that i know of, no. date, julythe letter 30 and august 7, did you speak with any other person about your allegations? dr. blasey ford: could you say the dates again? of july 30er date and august 7, while you were still in delaware, did you speak with any other person about your allegations? dr. blasey ford: i'm just trying to remember what dates. with any lawyers you may have spoken with, correct? oh, correct.rd: correct, then. i was interviewing lawyers. speaking personally about it. lawyers you were seeking to possibly higher to represent you, did you speak to anybody else about it? dr. blasey ford: no, i was staying with my parents at the time. >> did you talk to them about it? dr. blasey ford: definitely not. would it be fair to say that you retain counsel during that time, from july 30 to augus

>> thank you for the uestion. as i mentioned in my opening emarks, the nspm refers to our -- not only reaffirm ours embargo on cuba but also maintains the statutory ban on tourism. that's why i correct mit speech earlier. people who go to cuba under one of the broad licenses given by the treasury department are not supposed to be there as tourists. our goal is to deny the cuban regime, particularly at the ministry of defense and the cuban military, of the stream of revenue that they had before. there may be some collateral effect of this. if you were people going means less business to the 70's private sector. we do want to see them thrive, but in an economic system, where better system, corrupted, because you have every aspect of the economy. it is hard to do both of those things simultaneously. i understand your concern, but i hope i explained the policy point on that. >> i understand. in a way it seems like, there was some economic development. leennlrvg, ut thriving. we pulled that back. you said in your state

he has uestioned thechurch, gathered records, hired private detectives. at the center? one question. was father thomas sullivan a priest, graduate of boston college, buried, his father. >> when she told you, you had ch emotion. >> when it's validated, it hit home. >> reporter: graham doesn't want compensation or money from e church. only validation, recognition, a confession. >> they tried to bury our history, and i wasn't goingle t that happen. >> reporter: and he never wanted to exhume a priest. >> my father is speaking today rrough his dna today. but it waslly unnecessary when you think of the catholic church all along. theynow who i am. they all know i'm his son. i look just like him. >> reporter: graham believes the church took h h from real parents to avoid scandal. a child fathered by a priest with a married woman. >> he told me forget the injustices of the past. i mean, justhat statement drove me to do what we're doing here today. all they had to do was acknowledge that 25 years ago and say what can we do to helpu there's emotional damage and they never even off

is not a strange bizarre made a uestion. hese kids exist. that machine does not turn on a dime. hat machine does not turn on a how do you feel about those ids is the question? rep. pearce: i think if you take a look at individual attention, i was down in the school where they have kids with learning disabilities, they are three through five. have 83% literacy rate across the board. if you can do that there, you can do it everywhere. i just don't accept the idea of failure. if we have teachers cannot reach the level then we may be should talk to the teachers and increase her capabilities. but to sit here and say we are going to choose social promotion or not, i think is the wrong basis to have your educational. should talk to the teachers and inc >> fair enough. rep. grisham: social promotion is a very bad label. i agree with representative peers. disagree entirely about where we are with public education. if you want to make sure we are giving kids the ability to close those achievement gaps which include reading levels and grade three, when you have to early childhood education

that --uestion the fact people thought they understood risk.econd point is that at the time, when you challenged the very british view of how we understood risk, this time it is different. there are some lessons -- is not going to be a banking crisis but there will be a crisis. nejra: we had an interview waserday and here is what said. grace don't think we are in the midst of another bubble. you getlarify, when zero interest rates, you have a different type of debt crisis. you're more likely to have a depression. is similar to the 1935-1943. recession and financial crisis are not necessarily the same thing. will we see the recession first, and how soon, possibly? a time of u.s. is in growth, so we will not have a recession there. we're still not talking depression. there's no fear at that level. in europe, however, partly because of the rules surrounding -- because the growth hasn't been as strong, it would be hitting a roadblock, coming from outside the economic sphere. that's why trade wars are so frightening and political uncertainty is so f

it is former senator al franken .uestioning jeff sessions >> if there is any evidence that anyone affiliatedith the trump campaign communicated with the russian government in the course of this campaign, what will you o? notenator franken, i am aware of any of those activities. i have been called a surrogate of the campaign at a time or two, i did not have any medication with the russians and i am unable to comment on it. very well. >> without divulging sensitive information -- bbrian: what's the importance of that in the book? isor garrett: the importance twofold. i had no communications. that turned out to be something that became disputed in the jeff sessions as a senator and as a surrogate, had had communications. there was a separate report about how important they were, , what they actually led to or did not lead to, but on that basis -- i did not have any communications -- that was not a defensible assertion by jeff sessions. that answer and the dispute over ethicsed him to consult attorneys within the justice department, which led him to recuse himself from all matters related to the

pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this uestion will be postponed. the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. sir, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on september 26, 2018, at 11:55 a.m. that the senate passed senate 3139. that the senate passed senate 3389. that the senate passed without an amendment h.r. 4958. with best wishes, i am, signed sincerely, karen l. haas. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12 d. -- 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess for a perio" "washington journal" continues. host: this is gerald connolly, representing virginia, also a member of governmenthe oversight and reform committee. guest: good to see you. what do you think about the proposal for rob rosenstein testifying? guest: i think that should happen after mark judge, who was after room with kavanaugh he attempted a sexual assault

. >> i'll put a final question to people before we open it up to work uestions and i'll bill, to rowm michael. broadest temples -- terms does success look like and how do we get there? >> wow! e can't even discuss what success looks like or a strategy or what our goals are until we the nature of the problem. who is our enemy? extremists?t is it jihadists? are we going to deal with the support them? until we're able to put all of his together i can't even imagine what something like success looks like and it's horrible that 17 years after al an attack on the united states, that we're in this position, but yet here we and, i can't answer that question. i do not see remotely see on the horizon. the only success we probably had asia, indonesia and the philippines, where they have done a pretty good job. they had because good -- we had good actors. had stable governments that were committed to fighting this, et they still have their insurgencies, and that's probably what success looks like look at this.g to the problem is we don't have states we can count on in the middle east. or regiona

you,uestion i have for what bank or next spring -- what banker next spring, if these prices are still the same, is going to make a loan for seeds or inputs? $7.75 andh price is because of production is $9.20 production is $9.20, what banker will make that loan? facing four or five years with very depressed farm prices. that is for a number of factors. about $10.70 before this price were started. >> we are taking some short-term pain with the hopes of long-term gain. we have talked to the majority of farmers -- >> you say you will take some losses. kokomo took me aside and said, down the road, there is a fellow who will lose everything. what do you tell his children? >> answer i would give is we are trying to make corrections that will fix the trade issues we have an suffering from for a long time. my twin brother was out pulling weeds out of soybeans because china has not approved 10 biotech traits. the longest one went 53. we are trying to right size this so we can make a better day for those future farmers. >> they were able to be in the field pulling those soybeans. we have people

. >> what were the kinds of uestions that you were asked as a woman in congress and also just even if -- when you achieved a first, a historic first or something that was nfluential in your career. >> i certainly got more press attention. talk about jumping in. i came -- had a real improvement of ways and means -- excuse me, of social security. it hadn't really been looked at for many years, little pieces but the whole social security issue was redone and that was huge. so that took work. i had always been interested in social security because i worked with the elderly but that was a wonderful experience, but boy you had to study and learn -- so lucky i had a friend that new bob ball who was like the godfather of social security. and as i look back on my areer, i was more of a process erson than -- i had my legislation and i knew what i had to do and i knew i had to represent but i like that see the process work. now that i teach i look back and i teach politics and i realize the constitution -- the whole constitution of the first article is all about the congress congress. >> you men

he has been answering many ,uestions about roe v. wade much to do with the president donald trump as well. let's get back to the questioning. >> sometimes, -- let me allude to something senators asked was eloquently speaking about yesterday in terms of the separation of powers. aspect of our constitutional system and one that i know that you have dealt with often. on the d.c. circuit court of appeals. and that has to do with what i have read some judges talk about msm constitutional scholars talk about a conversation between the branches. in other words, when the d.c. circuit court or the supreme case, theyes a finally decide that case. but they do not finally decide or thee policy is, united states or the american people. correct? mr. kavanaugh: that's correct to one of the important things that judges can do is adhere to the laws passed by congress. but then in writing the opinion, make clear, and i have done this before and a lot of my colleagues do this, is that perhaps the statute needs updating. if it does, that is the role of

pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this uestion will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. kelly, seek recognition? mr. kelly: mr. speaker, pursuant to house resolution 1084, i call up the bill h.r. 6757, also known as the family savings act of 2018, and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar number 747, h.r. 6757, a bill to amend the internal revenue code of 1986 to encourage retirement and family savings, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 1084, the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the committee on ways and means printed in the bill, modified by the amendment printed in part b of house report 115-975, is adopted and the bill, as amended, is considered as read. the bill is debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on ways and means. the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. kelly, and the gentle

the house resume proceedings on at later uestions time. for what purpose does did the gentleman from new york seek recognition? at later time. >> mr. speaker, morph that the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 6198, as amended. the eaker pro tempore: clerk will report the title the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 6198, a bill to amend the homeland security act of 2002 to establish the countering weapons of mass destruction office, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from new york, mr. donovan, and the gentleman from new jersey, mr. payne, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new york. mr. donovan: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and and their remarks include any extraneous materials on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. donovan: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gent

pursuant to clause , rule 20, further proceedings on this uestion will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman seek reck fission >> i move that the house suspend the rules and pass house resolution 401 as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title as a-- title of the resolution. the clerk: resolution 401, urging china, south korea, vietnam, thailand, the philippines, indonesia, cambodia, laos, india, and all nations to outlaw the dog and cat meat trade and to enforce existing laws against the trade. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from california, mr. royce, and the gentleman from new york, mr. engel, will each control 20 minutes. this schare recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. royce: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to include any extraneous material in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. royce: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentle

pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this uestion will be postponed. the chair lays before the house an enrolled bill. the clerk: senate 1668, an act to rename waterway in the state of new york as the joseph sanford jr. channel. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the chair will postpone further proceedings today on motions to suspend the rules on which a recorded vote or the yeas and nays are ordered, or votes objected to under clause 6 of rule 20. the house will resume proceedings on postponed questions at a later time. for what purpose does the gentleman from oregon seek recognition? mr. walden: mr. speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and pass the resolution h.res. 1099. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 1099, resolution providing for the concurrence by the house and the senate amendment to h.r. 6, with an amendment. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from oregon, mr. walden, and the gentleman from new jersey, mr. pallon

pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this uestion will be postpone for wh purpose does the gtleman from texas seek coition? . mccaul: madam speaker, i move that thhouse suspend the rules and pass h.r. 6459. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk ll report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar number 711, h.r. 6459, a bill to amend the homelandurity act of 2002 to require a strategy todiversy the technology stakeholder marketplace regarding the acquisition by the transportationecurity administration of security screeng technogies ad for other purposes. the eaker pro tempor pursuant to the rule,he gentleman from tes, mr. mccaul, and the genan from mississipi, mr. thompson, will eaccontrol 20 minutes. the chairecognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. mccaul: mr. speaker, i ask unanimussent that al members may have five legislative da to revise and extend their remarks and include any extraneous materials on thbill under considtion. the spear pro tempore: without objection. mr. mccaul: daspeaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro teore: t

uestions from the panel. >> so you posit in the second bullet point that competition between the g.s.e.'s and private market was important. how do you know that? how do you know they were competing with eemp and that accounts for this or some external factors accounts for the rise in both at the same time? >> i don't know. so this is an infor instance from the differing pat -- infor instance from the differing -- infonches -- infenches from the differing panels. this wouldn't have been the driver. if there was a driver, it would be the g.s.e. standards that were spilling over to affect what was happening in that other market. i don't know why, if there was some external third factor, i don't know why it spared the jumbo p.l.s. market from the same rise and risk. would you have thought if there was something that wasn't originating in the g.s.e.'s, that would you have seen all those lines rising at the same rate. you don't see anything happening in the jumbo market at that point. >> great presentation, steve. really looking forward to the full fruit of your work on that. >> me too. >> i

if you would like to ask a ,uestion, it is (202) 748-8000 democrats. (202) 748-8001, republicans. (2028-8002, independent voters. you could also post a comment on our facebook page. interference piece done, jack dorsey went to the house to talk about another issue? guest: there has been a complaint raised by conservatives with the the last month which has ramped up in recent weeks because trump has embraced the issue. an idea that social media platforms are making decisions about what content to allow and what advertisements to allow. that they are biased against conservatives. there is a debate about whether there -- about whether this is intentional or not intentional. in some ways, companies operate in a black box. they wanted to bring folks into testify. response?what was the adamant that the company is not intentionally biased. that the i got -- that the ideology and no way relates to the platform. as theyacknowledge that process huge quantities of tweets and advertisements every day that some of the decisions they might make might have the using the platform. one of the examples

pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this uestion will be postponed. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house again, i wasn't involved in the documents discussion or process or substance in terms of the decisions that were made, but in terms of thinking about the issue, in terms of questions that could come to me, like justice scalia and chief justice roberts received, or at least justice scalia did, it's all white house documents. >> but when you realize when it comes to the role of national archives, we're being asked to give you special treatment. >> i can't comment, because i don't know. >> judge kavanaugh, this is your field, judicial nominations. this is your nomination. >> let me ask -- sorry. >> you are now embarking on this journey in this committee, denying us access the to documents which were routinely provided for other judicial nominees. you had to have known that was taking place. >> senator, i think what justice scalia said when he was asked about his legal memos is the right thing, which is, that's a decision for