his majesty the king is undertaking important initiatives including protection of religious rights. jordan is also hosting its hundred 50,000 syrian refugees and we thank you and your people for their generosity. on behalf of president trump we look forward to maintaining joint efforts in the middle east and i want to thank you for >> the firsttoday question. >> you spoke about the importance of driving the political solution to -- what are the necessary steps? to achieve that? said, to resolve the syrian a goal upon which we agree. jointly we spoke about the international role and coordination. we are coordinating with russia in the international community. a role to participate in the .olution stabilization of the area. we discussed it at length with his excellency the secretary not to mention the importance of citizensthe security o in order to ensure appropriate administration at the border. the u.s., not to mention --rdinating with russia >> you both have spoken here about syria violent like to ask about how we see that crisis, that situation continuing in the weeks and months

we will undertake that worked in the true spirit of partnership. just last year, our nations unveiled a new counterterrorism training center less than 50 mile south of where we stand even as i speak. proudate department was to fun and construct that through our anti-terrorism assistant program. it is sharpening our tools in helping jordan build its already strong capacity to fight terrorism. we also look forward to working the blindy to counter influence in the region. jordan made a powerful statement by recalling its ambassador to tehran last year in progress -- in protest. i want to thank the government john for helping to combat iran's attempt to evade sanctions. finally, i also expressed today my deep gratitude for king abdullah's leadership. he has continued to establish jordan as a durable partner and leader in the region. we are pleased to see your prime minister recently visit iraq as iraqi president's visit to jordan in november. we welcome this kind of engagement between nations of the region and we hope to see replicated elsewhere. king

just some of the items that underneath this very idea this president could undertake. >> you have to distinguish between what he can do constitutionally and what he can do pursuant to statutorily. under the constitution independent of the statutes, the president's power in this context is extraordinarily narrow. this again i think emphasizes the point boyd just made and i completely agree with it, this burden is now on congress. it is congress's job to step up and protect us by doing its job in a system of checks and balances and checking this president. it could do that tomorrow and the failures that we all now recognize in the way this administration is working are failures as well because this congress has not done something in response. >> let's build on the idea of congress and what it can do along with what boyd and lawrence are saying. the impact of the shutdown on federal employees. that's real. this is what members are going to have to answer tough questions when they're thinking of their constituents. the average back wages more or less about $3,200. total unpaid so far ove

i want to state whatever the process the city is undertaking they need to expedite it.e responsibility does not abate. the change in administrations or election processor anything else, and we should be a fully staffed or personned commission. i put that on the record. in light of all of that and having said all of that, we are going to undertake the selfie valuation process. kate has very ably stepped in and briefed the governance committee in a prior meeting as to the process and we have endorsed it, and we are bringing it to the full board today. we hoped it would be endorsed and actively participated in by the commission members. kate if you will take it from here. >> thank you, commissioner scott. i think i would like to point out to you the two documents in your packet relaterred to this item. first is health service board 2016 evaluation survey. that document as commissioner scott mentioned represents the last time the board conducted this survey and per the governance committee wishes we have prepared an electronic version of the survey using the same questions

it is a moment momentous undertaking as my colleagues have said. we're talking about here is basic to everything else. political reform, comprehensive political reform. i as a representative, have a special reason. we are ground zero in so many of these issues. special reason to understand how important this is. this is a once in a generation blueprint. for reforming our democratic system, diminishing the influence of big money in american politics, special interests and restoring power to our people. represents the commitment of the house of democratic caucus. deliver on the promises we make to ensure integrity and accountability and transparency to our democracy. i have spent the better part of my career in congress on the issues addressed in this bill especially the campaign finance system. it allows money interests to dominate and corrupt our politics. before the people act will dramatically change that. it will transform the process of disclosure making it a real process that we people can understand. will help shine a light on dark money and

it is a tremendous undertaking as my colleagues have said. what we're talking about here is basic to everything else we need to do. political reform, far-reaching, comprehensive political reform. and i as a representative from north carolina have a special reason. we're ground zero on some of these issues. a special reason to understand how important this is. this is a once in a generation blueprint for reforming our democratic system, diminishing the influence of big money in american flicks, special interests, and restoring power to our people. it represents the commitment of the house democratic caucus to deliver on the promises we made to restore integrity and accountability and transparency to our democracy. i have spent the better part of my clear in congress on the issues addressing this bill, especially the campaign finance system that allows moneyed interests to dominate and corrupt our politics. before the people act will dramatically change that. it will transform the process of disclosure, making it a real process that real people

it's a hugely complex undertaking, it's the first time it's ever been done.re the only country that wants to do this. if you look at, and i think this is said quite clearly in the report, if you look at the whole ecosystem, about all of the different devices that have to speak to one another, it was a complex process, the timelines haven't been met because during testing, problems were identified. you can argue that we were too ambitious or the government was too ambitious in the timeframe, given the complexity of the undertaking. consumers aren't obliged to have smart meters installed but find some suppliers too pushy. with your assessment of the way consumers have been affected by the roll—out? most people do like them, but from context with us we have the figures for the full yearfor 2017, so we had around 3000 smart metre context in 2017, and there is quite a range of issues that people told us about. some of the ones most frequently reported to us were there are aggressive sales practises to get smart metres and stored, and reported installation issues.

a plastic surgeon who undertakes psychological screening of potential clients welcomed the news.issues that surround the aesthetic industry. it is a positive step, that acknowledgement, and the fa ct step, that acknowledgement, and the fact that they would bring in screening tools to try to highlight patients who may have dysmorphic disorders. what sort of things, when you are talking to patients who approach you for treatment, what sort of questions are you asking to try to assess whether there might be underlying issues that explain why they want to undergo some kind of change? you are looking for a preoccupation of their appearance, how long they spend looking at themselves in the mirror, how their appearance will affect their daily life and social life or work life, 01’ life and social life or work life, or relationships. we try to tease out the degree to which their lives are affected out the degree to which their lives a re affected by out the degree to which their lives are affected by their appearance. out the degree to which their lives are affected by their appearancem

off this undertaking out they are going to be issued was diplomatic passports in korea in order to make it impossible for them to sort of be stopped internationally by some extradition demands from washington so yes they do expect something do they expect to. come from washington is that of the trade to step up the trade war nobody knows yet but they really felt that they needed to take a position on this because they feel that if they sort of concentrate on humanitarian it delivery is at the moment it is something that could not and should not be faulted by the u.s. by a basal then book arrest for us thank you. going to india now where the unemployment rate was at its highest in forty five years the national sample survey office assessment shows last year's jobless rate at six point one percent gloomy jobs data has delivered a blow to prime minister narendra modi just months before a closely contested general election opinion polls show the ruling b j p party is unlikely to keep its parliament parliamentary majority although india's fast paced economy has been expanding at about seven

doesn't undertake drastic reforms germany's largest opposition party has been conferencing near the eastern city of dresden outside the venue police kept hundreds of left wing protesters at bay. washington's ambassador to berlin has issued a stark warning to german companies over a controversial pipeline that would supply russian gas to germany while bypassing eastern european countries richard burr now reportedly wrote to several companies involved in the construction of the north stream two pipeline reminding them of u.s. sanctions on the russian energy sector the u.s. has long opposed the pipeline saying it undermines european security. well max and he's been following that story for us he joins me now in studio with more max there's really a lot of breakdown here first just lay out for us exactly who did the u.s. ambassador rights to and what was in the letters so us investor richard grinnell wrote a letter to several businesses which are involved in the construction of the north stream to pipeline and among the among these companies were the german firms winter show and you know prison

his majesty the king is also undertaking important domestic initiatives including economic reforms and protection of religious rights and we know jordan is also hosting over six hundred fifty thousand syrian refugees and we thank you and your people for their generosity. behalf of president trump we look forward to maintaining our joint efforts here in the middle east and i want to thank you again for hosting me here today it's great to be back well it's a pleasure to have you we have a very short time as the secretary and i are heading for a meeting with his much so we'll take two questions the first question is a model on him from jordan t.v. m r. i'm going to. say yes human as in a scenario that he doesn't plan. wants it doesn't matter what. measures to be taken on the ground to have these goals are achieved come up with. as i stated earlier of the solution of the present syria as a strategic goal which was shared within a state a political solution is a must and order to achieve this we must work collectively we together as i also spoke that. the international community must be eng

what he has to say about privatization tax cuts a whole lot of liberal economic reforms he wants to undertake for his country although he is a very far right leading leader very similar to mr trump in many ways another interesting country here is mexico it's dealing with huge trade tensions of the moment might a migration crisis a wall and i recently spoke to. morrow who is the trade secretary here's what she had to say. well the way in which we're dealing with global trade tension seized by not getting into the same trap of protectionism we do not believe that protectionism is the solution to any problems that the trade may or may have bring we believe that open trade i rule space trading system and also the efficient operation of trading activities will bring benefits to the people we believe that the trading system has to be more responsive to the needs of people and that's why we are trying to work on them agenda that has three pillars in mexico diversification inclusion and innovation and we know that trade is an engine for growth and will continue to support and talking about protection

undertaking and china shows that it is able to do so what has made it so hard to land a problem the far side of the moon until now. it's not so much that it's so difficult but what really was a challenge here was the radio communication to the other side of the moon because basically the moon was in the middle and blocks as a radio waves so what they had to do was put up a relay satellite something called a long point l two which is a fixed point on the other side of the moon out in the space in which basically geostationary in relation to both the moon and the earth and that point in all that satellite has two tasks one is relaying the radio information back to z. to the land rovers are two instruments a rover and the lander and and also looking into the other direction to outer space and getting. radio. radio astronomy doing some radio astronomy in the other direction so that kind of satellite has two purposes too so if idea what is this mission now set to do tell us about the experiments that are going to be carried out. yes there are numerous experiments are going to collect rocks t

as the crucial vote draw is closer through three of them and that we are looking at one is the undertakings in assurances we are looking for from the european union and those will be available we intend that those will be available to the house before the house votes at the end of this debate we are also looking at what more we can do domestically i've set out there is the secretary of state will be clearer and more detail will set out what we're going to do in relation to the powers from the old man and and in relation to the question of the role of parliament for the future and we will be looking we are looking to ensure that we can provide the assurance and confidence that this house needs in relation in relation to the question that has been at the forefront of members concerns in relation to the the backstop. theresa may there in the house of commons let's bring in now clinton he is an associate fellow of the international think tank at chatham house in london a very good evening mr uphill now theresa may just lost a key vote on know what steps she needs to take if for breaks the deal

i want to commend claudia and the rest of the planning department on this huge undertaking. i am part of the governmental loans on race and edge for the department of environment. we are one year behind planning. we look to this department for guidance and modeled our racial equity initiative after the work the planning department has done. thank you very much. >> any other public comment on this item? with that public comment is now closed. commissioner richards. >> commissioner richards: i took a lot of notes here. i guess the overriding question i have always wondered here since i came on this commission september 2014, what do we want our city to be? i don't think anybody has ever answered that question for me. of course, we want it equal and social edge. what does that look like? how do we get there? it is very provocative things were said. in search neighborhoods you would be scalped. single family home we should outlaw it. some of the things that is growth, is winner take all growth the way we want to be. it seems like that is what san francisco, oakland and san jose

ang you have to cross the atlantic, a pretty risky undertaking. you have to face unknown -- we areurricanes getting familiar with that these past few weeks. pirates, the spanish, then when you get to virginia, how are you going to fair in the colonies? there has to be a strong incentive as to why you are coming to a place like this in this period. private property. it might seem, surely they had private property in virginia, but the truth is, the virginia company owned the land. some individuals, powerful individuals, had acquired large plantations, but when we are dealing with origins, one question you have to ask yourself is, why did they go this route? when not choose another route? there were other models. virginia could have been another b meda. bermuda.r bermuda was a pirate base. that was one kind of model for an english colony, preying on spanish shipping in the west indies. the other kind of model, which had been thought about, theorized about, was a society where a few very wealthy groups of merchants or individuals would own properties

reform such as the social security reform the tax reform we wish to relieve those who produce and undertake business and projects from the weight of a heavy state that's good news for business less so for those who depend on state aid it's an odd look for an annual gathering traditionally built on bridging divides it does say that there's a bit of a shift and that those major leading democracies in the world are exhausted tied in knots have problems but it also says this community here of globalists is perfectly willing to flirt with their liberal leaders in the world. compensation came in the heavyweight fight against climate change identified as a major world threat having heard both scenarios call for economic development in the amazon delegates listened to royalty interviewing a british knight of the realm what advice do you have all my generation and what's what can we build on that you have started we have to recognize that every breath of air we take. every mouthful of food that we take comes from the natural and that if we damage the natural world we damage ourselves it's what the f

i would like to pay tribute to the vital work care after combat undertakes. my friend is correct on that. we have measures in place to support those who served to find themselves in the criminal justice system and work to the individual needs helping to reduce the reoffending when they are released from prison. the point my honorable friend make about the excellent record of care is a good one, and i'm sure the ministry of justice will be happy to meet with him to discuss this further. mr. bercow: jeremy corbyn. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i joined the prime minister and take your me to paddy ashtown. he was a very effective member of parliament and he and i spent a lot of evenings voting against what the statutory government was doing at that time. agree with speaker, the prime minister on the point she made about intimidation of members of parliament and representatives of the media outside of this building. it happened a few days ago when a member and the guardian were intimidated outside this building. i send my support and sympathy to both of them. we als

amendments that were undertaking. investment in terms of resources into security apparatuses in this country and it is believed that because of those actions by the government for about three to four years now we've not had any major incident terrorist attack or any of attack in the country ok. we'll leave that for the moment thanks very much for joining us from nairobi. now up to seven years in jail full ivory coast present norm bad but it will soon be a frame. when say often sessile criminal courts acquitted him of war crimes charges judges and the prosecution failed to save his involvement in violence that followed the twenty ten presidential election. from john. supporters a former i rico sleep celebrated as news of his acquittal spread across the country . and the international criminal court ordered his immediate release. but if. it is a moment of incredible joy we feel like we've been freed he is a leader our president a man of peace eighty witnesses gave evidence thousands of documents were produced but after

what appeared to be a legitimate but nonpublic probe in the senate and a largely illegitimate sham undertakingn the house. here's what's been missing so far. any kind of real sustauned real public accounting of the facts of what donald trump is alleged to have done. until now. now that democrats control the house and starting to hold public hearing, that can matter tremendously. a lot of the details were known early on but it was not until the public televised watergate hearings that nixon's approval rating started to plummet until he finally resigned. with me former democratic congresswoman from new york that served on the house committee that voted to impeach nixon. how significant important is tootoo to have michael cohen testify publicly? >> i think it's huge. i want to go back to watergate to help explain that. as you said the american people really didn't understand the facts until they saw the televised hearing that senate watergate committee held. john dean came before that committee, other top aids of nixon came before the committee. john dean testified that he told the president ther

these -- determination by undertaking these military projects that would be necessary to support the armed forces and then we would flow from there. there are only limited authorities available to the defense department if directed by president or if authorized, i should say, and he would identify in his declaration what those authorities would be. mr. lamborn: my hope is congress does the right thing and we authorize money and not -- we don't have to go down that road at all. general gilday, i'd like to ask you a question and you've already done a good job explaining the benefits that accrue when these missions are being performed to the people doing those missions. and you talked about facilities, troops, engineering, medical, and rotary wing. when it comes to readiness, we talked about construction but we also talk about training. that's the other component. we have used our troops in a variety of worldwide humanitarian missions. ebola outbreak in africa. tsunamis, earthquake relief and others. and there is a humanitarian component to the southern border crisis as well as a nation

so this was not an easy task to undertake. i also want to thank the director of behavioral health services and the department of public health. i know with ye strongly worked conjunction with either team, and lisa pratt from jail services for taking the time to do this, as miss mcdonald mentioned. i do want to come back to the amount -- the 2200 patients that are in the -- that are taking the emergency services and that -- that are in need of mental health and have severe diagnoses that are accounting for over 50% of the cost. i do want to come back to that conversation. i think the citizens of san francisco will, you know, out of our budget, almost $400 million being spent on behavioral health services, and are we getting the best bang for our buck? are we really using those dollars in an appropriate manner, particularly when 2200 individuals out of 44,000 are 50% of the cost for -- in our urgent and emergency services. so i want d.p.h. to speak and do their presentation, but i want to come back to that point. i also want to

as i mentioned before, the obligations they would undertake, say borrowing from a bank or credit union30 days of pay that some pop will be out, there's no real reason they shouldn't be able to get a loan against it. >> local people know who they are when they go for groceries and everything else. i think what wilbur was probably trying to say is they will work along. i know banks are working along. if you mortgages, the folks collecting the interest and all of those things, they work along. they know the people, they've known them for years and they work long. >> the commerce secretary said furloughed federal workers should apply for loans and the president imagines grocery stores giving out food and gifts hoping to be

the electoral commission to continue postining the results i in fronf ththe poor statations and to undertake any other action that guarantees the transparency of the process. >> as about county got underway, the significance of election was clear. this could be congo's first peaceful transition of power since it gained independence independence -- gained independence from belgium in 1960. just cabell is stepping down after nearly eight years at the home. the oppositioion candidate is considered one of the front runners. yet others allege the vote was fraudulent with ririck machines. this form interior minister is under european sanctions. there are now fears that violence could return to congo. particularly if candidate should i -- this candidate is considered the winter. helena: olivia joins us. we understand that the votes are still being counted. both the ruling and the opposition are claiming victory. how are people reacting? olivia: everyone thinks they have one. i think it is a very strong sense of optimism among voters. people have waited for several years for the election. i was walk

such as the social security reform and also the tax reform we wish to relieve those who produce and undertake business and projects from the weight of a heavy state that's good news for business less so for those who depend on state aid it's an odd look for an annual gathering traditionally built on bridging divides it does say that there's a bit of a shift and that those major leading democracies in the world are exhausted tied in knots have problems but it also says this community here of globalists is perfectly willing to flirt with their liberal leaders in the world. compensation came in the heavyweight fight against climate change identified as a major world threat having heard both scenarios call for economic development in the amazon delegates listened to rule t. interviewing a british knight of the realm what advice do you have my generation and what more can we build on that you have started we have to recognize that every breath of air we take. every mouthful of food that we take comes from the natural and that if we damage the natural world we damage ourselves it's what the whole r

military construction projects that may authorize the secretaries of the military departments to undertake military construction projects, such projects may be undertaken only within the total a amount of funds that have been appropriated for military construction. so, jeff, would that possibly mean if they have $1-2 billion it's believed in military outlays that they already have in hand for construction, the president has the power to move that $2 billion from whatever projects they have on military bases to the wall? >> well, that's a good question, and it would be in line with what the president has said before which is that he might use military funding for that. he has certainly envisioned a role for the military at the border and could do so with the wall and finding the money to pay for that wall. again, this was his really big campaign promise, primary, significant campaign promise in 2016. we're about two years into his presidency right now, and he's clearly drawing a line in the sand and saying i'm willing to do anything i have to do to make sure i get that whether it's through

want to mention is the recent sort of protective measures that the indian government is certainly undertaking, especially in the lead up to the general elections. the indian government has to constantly walk a tight rope between the needs of an urban electorate and a rural electorate. and we've seen in the recent elections at the state level in india some major wins for the opposition congress party in what is seen as a hindi heartland, which should have been perhaps a win for the modi government, and the bjp, i should say. but, you know, anti incumbency measures. and to that end, i should say that one of the important measures for projecting what the economic growth of a country like india, which is largely agrarian, as well is the impact of the monsoons. we don't see as much of that narrative coming out of washington, d.c., but there are think tanks in india that will tell you that the other finance minister in india is the monsoons. so projections of the india meteorological association is important. the consumers of india are the rural electorate, and, you know, as long as there's farming

i think it is very constructive the fed is going to undertake a review. one of the things that struck me looking back is as late as 2012i 2012ve, you still have -- i believe, you still had 20%. the way that reflected the episodes,iew of short short rates would go back up more quickly -- i mean, it was seven years listed at zero. -- they stayed at zero. we need things from forward guidance using them after the financial crisis that we might be able in the future episode to communicate more quickly, the likelihood that rates would stay lower for a long time, so that long-term rates would move down more forcefully and quickly. but i think those tools worked. ben: anything you can -- neil: anything you can tell us about the contingency plan if there is a crisis during your chairmanship? anything you can roll out? jay: we will use all of our --ls to extend appropriate we will use the balance sheet, the tools we have. anduld agree with what ben janet said. the tools we use it generally worked. money raised concerns. i was one who raised concerns when i first go

. >> what a cool undertaking. >> huge undertaking but it's fantastic. >> estimated cost for the restorationt will be funded by grants and donation zblpz an interactive exhibit just opened at the art and guarden center at ross with a special mention happening tomorrow night. >>. >> if you w579d to learn more you can head to our website, abc7news.com. >>> rain is coming. a series of storms in fact. >> but i think we can handle that. spencer christian standing by once again. >> the certainly the first one we should be able to handle. pushing on shore right now, light rain and sprinkle alz long the coastline. storm impact of 1, light intensity, will produce showers tomorrow, ariely tomorrow morning. highest totals will be along the coastline. then we get a little bit of a break midday tomorrow. see the sun peek through a little bit, but clouds will linger and they'll thicken in advance of our next storm that comes in on friday, stronger one, 2 on the impact scale. that's going to produce widespread heavy rain, strong gusty wind, most locations will see half an inch to an inch and a half of that

out of the chair, you know that we track the reform of the government and this is something we'll undertake and exercise on with the new administration. the 30 most important economic reforms we have seen that the modi government has implemented about nine of them and started work on or various levels of implementation on 14 or 15 of them. the impacts, one of these being the goods and services tax, i think we'll see the dividends of that play out over a longer period of time. there have been some hiccups with that as they go through those measures particularly setting up a new judiciary court to deal with good and services tax issues, no online i.t. systems to help people file returns, these will impact india's economic growth. the other thing i want to mention is the recent protective measures that the indian government is certainly undertaking, especially in the leadup to the general elections. they have to constantly walk a tight rope between the needs of an urban electorate and a rural electorate. we have seen in the recent elections at the state level in india some major wins for the o

don't really quite understand why because as i mentioned before, the obligations that they would undertake say of borrowing from a bank or credit union are in effect federally guaranteed. >> he said there is no, quote,ly quid tliquidity crisis for fede workers who will miss their second paycheck today, a remark widely you viewed as a modern day let them eat cake even on the president's favorite cable news channel. >> those are the last things that most americans need, that was an idiotic thing to say. >> ross has company. earlier this week the president's daughter-in-law. >> but this is so much bigger than any one person. it is a little bit of pain, but it is going to be for the future of our country. >> earlier this month the white house economist kevin has set oig said furloughed federal workers were actually better off because they didn't have to use their ray indicati vacation days for the holidays. and of course now the commerce secretary on bloomberg yesterday. >> we're aware painfully aware that there are hardships inflicted on the individual workers. all i was trying to do is make

but i don't really understand why, because as i mentioned before, the obligations that they would undertake say borrowing from the bank or the credit union are in effect federally guaranteed. so the 30 days of pay that some people will be out, there's no real reason why they shouldn't be able to get a loan against it it. >> that is the most elite out of touch thing that i have ever heard in my life in all of my years ever on this earth. that is the most insulting thing that i have ever heard, and the most elitist or however you want to put it thing that i have ever heard. i could not believe it. i had to go back to say i have to find this on the internet. is this true? hey, you folks who are not getting paid, just go take out a loan. take out a loan. and here is what he is saying, okay. follow along with me, take out a loan for the money that you've earned, the money that we owe you, because we really have no idea when you are going to get paid even though a lot of you are still on the job. so, yeah, take out a loan. pay interest. just to get the money that we owe you. and the commerce secr

because, as i mentioned before, the obligations that they would undertake - say of borrowing from a bankr a credit union - are, in effect, federally guaranteed (catherine)the talk on capitol hill tonight is about a bipartisan agreement to reopen the government for three weeks without conditions. the two sides will use the time to try to hammer out a compromise on the border wall. in a few minutes political analyst michael yaki will join us with his insight on the new developments. (grant) in the east bay... fremont police are looking at ways to go green... and one of those... could mean moving to electric police cars. they're using tesla's... saying it was the only electric vehicle to meet certain specifications for law enforcement. here is what they could look like... it's a converted 2014 'model-s .' this is a pilot program to see if if would really to see if if would really work and help reduce the police force's greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent. they're also hoping electric vehicles will last longer since they typically have fewer mechanical issues. (vicki) although the stormy

i would also like to pay tribute to the vital work that combat undertakes. my right honorable friend is absolutely right on that. we have measures in place to support those who have served in the armed forces who then find themselves in the criminal justice system and prison's tailor rehabilitative work to the individual needs helping to reduce the risk of reoffending when reduced from prison. the point my right honorable friend makes is a very good one and the ministry of justice i'm sure would be happy to meet with him to discuss this further. >> jeremy core bin. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i join the prime minister in paying tribute to patty, elected to the parliament the same time as me 1983, a very asuddous constituent mp, a very effective member of parliament and he and i spent a lot of evenings voting against what the statutory government was doing at that time. i also, mr. speaker, agree with the prime minister on the point she made about intimidation of members of parliament and representatives of the media, outside this building, has happened a few