arrington by going after union time when -- after official time. official time is not union time. it is not time to conduct union business. is that correct? >> sir, i want to get -- >> is that correct? >> i want to get psychologists back to work. >> is that correct? just a simple answer. >> they're not the same thing. but at the end of the day, they are the same thing. >> that's fine. i can accept your answer. thank you. it is not the same thing. >> gentlemen's time has expired. >> mr. chairman, i'd like to yield a minute of time to my colleague, mr. arrington. >> i think it is the same thing. i think we are trying to parse words up here. i think if you laid it out -- i wish i had it in front of me -- i hope somebody can get it and just read through it. you can have somebody on, quote, official time, which is, i believe, time spent on union activity actually lobby congress. that's one of the issues or activities that have been applied and determined acceptable. they go to union conferences. there are all sorts of things that i would say it's union activity. i'm not saying there sho

this is the only allowable union time. can you hold those employees accountable for doing a job they are required to do with if they are spending 100% of their time on union activity and not the position needed? can you hold them accountable? currently, can you hold them accountable under the current construct? i mean, if the answer is no, it is no. just get to it. -- do you believe somebody spending 100% of their time on union activity is reasonable, necessary, or in the best interest of the public? o'rourke: i think i would answer that by saying i am looking forward to serving in an area of mental health very critical for the v.a. >> do you think them spending time outside of the area they were hired to do what is in the best interest for the public? this is the law of the land. is it reasonable? mr. o'rourke: i can tell you i was hired to serve. a hard look ate what we were doing to serve veterans. >> it is hard to serve veterans when you are hired to do a job -- anybody listening to this across this great country is how

official time is not spent on union activities, because spending time on union activities is illegal. rather, it is time spent by union officials to perform human resources functions and ensure a well functioning work environment for all va employees. with the current turmoil and vacancies in the va's hr division, the human resources function employees on official time perform is more important than ever to ensuring care for veterans is not impacted. for the va to sustain cuts to essential human resources functions from both ends like this, does not inspire confidence that performance is improving at the agency. the goal of the accountability act was not to undercut the strained va work force. firing cannot replace good management. i hope our discussion today will shed more light on what the va is doing in its implementation to ensure better performance among its employees through better management. i thank the witnesses for being here today and i look forward to their testimony. >> thank you gentleman for yielding. on our first panel, we welcome back peter o'rourke. we spent the week

by going after union time -- after official time. official time is not union time. it's not time to conduct union business, is that correct? >> sir, i want to get -- >> is that correct? simple answer. >> they're not the same thing, but at the end of the day -- >> they're not the same thing. >> your time has expired. >> mr. chairman, i'd like to yield a mipt of my time to my colleague. >> thank you, mr. higgens. i think it is the same thing. i think we're trying to parse words up here. i think if you laid it out and i wish i had it in front of me, i wish somebody can get it and i'd read through it, you could have somebody on quote official time which i believe is time spent on union activity actually lobby congress. that's one of the issues or activity that's been applied and determined acceptable. they go to union conferences. there are all sorts of things that i would say it's union activity. i'm not saying there shouldn't be unions. i'm saying you can't spend 100% of your time if you're hired to be a physician to take care and provide health services to a veteran a

pon: this proposal actually limits the official time used taxpayer-funded union time at 25 %. we are not saying do not do it, we're saying only 25%. we do have cases, such as an v.a. there are over 700 employees on over 100% time. some of these are nurses and doctors. is we hiredaying you to be doctors and nurses for our veterans, but you can still use 25% of your time to represent your union. we think that that was a reasonable amount of time for any organization, and each employee out of 100 gets one hour of representation. so the entire v.a. has a hold rank of hours they can spread across each individual at 25% at a time. >> so, in the event that 25% of the time is insufficient to meet the concerns about working conditions, about allegations of discrimination or sexual harassment, in the event the 25% of the time it is insufficient, what allocation are you making and what have you set up in the system to allow those grievances to be met if it exceeds the 25%? my question specifically is are you requiring then that folks will stay on weekends and after to address it if you ar

are saying we hired you to be doctors and nurses for veterans but that you can use your time to represent your union we thought that was a reasonable amount of time for any organization in each employee out of 100 gets one hour of representation so the whole veteran this one -- veteran administration has a whole bank of ours to spread across 25% of the time the neck if that is insufficient to meet those concerns of allegations with discrimination or sexual harassment if that 25% of the time is insufficient what allocation are you making and what have you set up to have those grievances to be met? specifically are you requiring if you are not allowing them to do that after work hours? >> it is exhaustive if you exhaust the whole entire fake but that does not preclude another union member 25% of the time. . . . . sufficiently represent them and the idf and if yo idea of then t 25% mark so it has to go to another bank you could imagine how things will fall through the cracks and that employee will not be represented in the case of harassment so how are you going to do with that? >> i think that it' is

union. it's time for business on the u.w. and how you got to get us welcome to the program china has imposed a thirty four billion dollars in retaliatory measures on u.s. goods it was an immediate response to american tariffs which took effect as washington's clock struck midnight on friday china's measures matched the american levies dollar for dollar instead of making trade truly free and fair and says he wants it to be the measures could end up causing a downward spiral of trade barriers as american partners retaliates the chinese say they had no choice. the response to trump's tariffs on chinese goods was swift. but at a meeting in bulgaria premier league chan was quick temper size his country's reluctant resolution to come out on top. our view is that creed war is never a solution for china would never start a trade war but if any party resorts to increase terrorists then china will take measures in response. so far has mirrored washington's tariffs slapping twenty five percent duties on goods ranging from cars to soybea

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imposed d on the union. . >>> time is now 5:34 federal immigration officials say they're reuniting more00 families separated at the mexican border. the judge has set a deadline of tomorrow for those reunions praising the efforts. a status conference showed yesterday more than 1,000 of the eligible families were already reunited. the government needs to provide more information as fast as possible about 900 other families who have been labelled ineligible for reunification. those cases involve parents who committed crimes but also parents who the government has not been able to locate or have already been deported without their children. >>> this morning at 10:00, protestors and their children will be in san francisco calling for the release of undocumented imgranlts. the protests today comes after the contra costa sheriff's office decided to end its contract with ice at the west county detention center in richmond. organizers of today's protests now want undocumented immigrants released and reunited with families while their cases are considered. the protests starts at 10:00 a.m. near t

america was aware this could possibly be happening in russia we were so afraid of the soviet union at that time and that's why it just opened my eyes and that's what led to me deciding that i needed to bring this music and photos and videos of. these bands to the us to open up the eyes of all of the other people the united states because it really was something we we were not aware at all that was taking place there now rock musicians all over the world are a pretty rowdy bunch i wonder how they react to you and your interest in them you know i think there were europeans that had come in and had met boris before so he had met foreigners but i think what was different was with me is after i met boris on that first trip and was taken by all of it and i said i'm going to come back what can i do can i bring her equipment i think that he and seven. kind of had a feeling of course she says she's going to come back but she's not going to because i think many people before me westerners came in and said the same thing that they wanted to come back i think what surprised boris and everybody else is that

say have given if you want to credit the drums position america first that now the european union now is the time where the european union should come together strengthen their positions make more when it comes to defense without creating a parallel structure to nato but just think about the fact that it is not a given that the united states will always be on their side right so those are some of the fears and concerns that we hear in brussels here in germany as well but terry you know going into this summit today we did see that both leaders seem to be playing down expectations a lot what do you make of that. well they certainly wore it weren't going to promise us in advance that they would address some of the issues the rest of the world wants them to address like we said crimea destabilization in eastern ukraine election interference very much on the mind of the american public and of course the democrats in congress there were calls for president president trump to completely cancel this meeting after the indictments of twelve russian agents who were found to have directly colluded directly i

workforce, but they're prohibited as always to use official time for union activities. so what does president trump do in his executive order? he tries to restrict the official time for official work. he tries to restrict the ability for federal workers to join unions. he tries to make it more difficult to protect the rights of the workers. it not only violates collective bargaining agreements, it violates federal law. we need to speak out against that type of action. i want to mention one other point, if i might, and that is the administrative law judges are one of our front line defenses against abuses in our agencies so you can get an independent review of findings. now, one of the major concerns that we see coming up is that there is a politicizing of the a.l.j. judges by this administration in that what they're attempting to do is influence the selection of a.l. judges by the agency and the removal that can be done for political reasons. this violates the basic protections that we have in our system. mr. president, our federal workforce is the front line of public s

army is prepared to fly in food and medicine in case of a no deal with the european union some time it's fear mongering of the say the u.k. is effectively setting itself on fire. a shocking post-school practice encounter is exposed by the authorities forced thousands of single women to give up the babies we hear from one of the victims. conversation with me about how i got pregnant all they cared about was the fact that. i was. pregnant and that i had a baby that they could. take. also therapists in the united states say that the trauma presidency has created a new anxiety disorder that as democrats remain convinced russia tampered with voting machines something even the cia now rejects. plans for joining us here watching our internet. god help us british m.p. has tweeted that in response to reports the u.k. army will fly in food medicine and fuel for the country crash out of the e.u. without a trade deal of the military has since said that it's not received any such formal instructions the news has created panic with the country deeply divided over briggs it. has more. but this works a

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union. third time lucky.s against president trump's steel and aluminium levies have come into force. canada imposed a 25% tariff on assorted us metals products and tariffs of 10% on 250 other us goods like beer, whiskey and orange juice. senior canadian officials say the list is designed to exert maximum political pressure on the us. let's ta ke let's take you to the other side of the world now. growth in china's manufacturing sector cooled off injune, according to the latest figures. the caixin/markit manufacturing pmi came in at 51.0, anything above 50 shows expansion and that is a little bit better than me. katie silver is in singapore. can you make sense of it? i'm glad you pronounced it rather than me. it looks at private data and smaller business data. anything above 50 of the good reading. 0verall business data. anything above 50 of the good reading. overall we only ssw the good reading. overall we only saw a the good reading. overall we only saw a slight decline, .1%. the area where there was an issue

the brexit secretary dominic raab says he's confident a deal can be reached with the european union in time for the mid october deadline. he's due to return to brussels for more talks later this week. mr raab also said it was right to prepare for the possibility of no agreement. now on bbc news, the week in parliament. hello and welcome to the week in parliament, where the governmentjust about navigated its way through two key votes on two key brexit bills. but it wasn't plain sailing. they actually whipped my party to defeat the government's policy as set out in the white paper. the mp for uxbridge and south ruislip set out his vision of brexit. a strong, independent, self—governing britain that is genuinely open to the world. not the miserable permanent limbo of chequers. and ministers toyed with the idea of packing up early — but is it a good look? this decision will bring this whole house into opprobrium. but first... the government began the week fearing defeat in the commons over its brexit legislation. but they needn't have worried. the key elements went through, but only just. how d

america was aware this could possibly be happening in russia we were so afraid of the soviet union at that time and that's why it just opened up my eyes and that's what led to me deciding that i needed to bring this music and photos and videos of these bands to the u.s. to open up the eyes of all of the other people the united states because it really was something we we were not aware at all that was taking place there now rock musicians all over the world are pretty rowdy bunch i wonder how they react to you and your interest in them you know i think there were europeans that had come in and had met boris before so he had met foreigners but i think what was different was with me is after i met boris on that first trip and was taken by all of it and i said i'm going to come back what can i do can i bring your equipment i think that he and seven. kind of had a feeling of course she says she's going to come back but she's not going to because i think many people before me westerners came in and said the same thing that they wanted to come back i think what surprised boris and everybody else is t

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the brexit secretary dominic raab says he's confident a deal can be reached with the european union in time later this week. mr raab also said it was right to prepare for the possibility of no agreement. now on bbc news, the week in parliament.

that means the union's execubove ard can call for a strike at any time. the union has not released a list of demands. >>> also, president trump is back at the white house after his historic meeting in helsinki with russian president vladimir putin and he's facingacklash om both parties after the extraordinary summit. you ok at a couple o the front pages taking aim this morning. this is "the new york post." perez gives b bigr hug to wicked vlad. and "the daily news", open treason. >> they said, they think it's russia. i havsi pnt putin. he just said it's not russia. s will say this, i don why it would be.de >> pre trump avoided criticizing putin at the podium. democrats and republicans, som who supported president trump, were critical after that summit. >> his behavior is so inexplicable and so against the inrest of the united states. >> putin only understands strength. i did not think this was a good moment for our country. >> republican senatoroh mccain not mincing words, either. calling it, quote, one of the most disgraceful performances by an american p

the brexit secretary dominic raab, says he‘s confident a deal can be reached with the european union, in timedateline london.

the brexit secretary, dominic raab, says he's confident a deal can be reached with the european union in time for the mid—october deadline, set by the other 27 member states. he's due to return to brussels for more talks later this week. but mr raab also says it's right for the government to step up preparations over the summer for the possibility of no agreement. the former conservative prime minister sirjohn major warned a ‘no deal‘ could result in dire economic consequences, for those he said "who could least afford it'. here's our political correspondent, chris mason. laughter it sounded like they all agreed, but at the cabinet meeting last week, some around the table were still unsure about the prime minister's plan for brexit. that's according to the new brexit secretary. but he's sounding confident a deal can. be gene with. brussels. .., ~~ ~ with michel barnier — who i think is a man who wants to do a deal with us, tremendous pressures on his side — to get the best deal. but we've got to... i think it's only the responsible thing to do to be prepared if those negotiations and the ener

the brexit secretary, dominic raab, says he‘s confident a deal can be reached with the european union, in timebbc news, hardtalk‘s stephen sackur speaks to the australian writer, tim winton.

the brexit secretary dominic raab, says he's confident a deal can be reached with the european union, in time the mid october deadline. he's due to return to brussels for more talks later this week. mr raab also said it was right to prepare for the possibility of no agreement. now on bbc news, it's time for dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline london, the programme in which some of the uk's leading columnists debate with foreign correspondents whose dateline is london. this week: theresa may's pragmatic brexit receives the approval of mps by a whisker. does a no—deal exit from europe now look more likely? and did the president mis—speak, or is he trump the traitor? to discuss all that, with me agnes poirier of the french magazine marianne, polly toynbee, columnist with the guardian, iain martin, whose columns appear in the times, and the irish broadcaster brian o'connell. a warm welcome to all of you. living in brexitland does sometimes feel like being on the other side of the looking glass. how's this for starters — one of theresa may's ministers resigned this week because he wante

the brexit secretary, dominic raab, says he's confident a deal can be reached with the european union, in time for the mid october deadline. he's due to return to brussels for more talks later this week. mr raab also said it was right to prepare for the possibility of no agreement. now on bbc news, hardtalk‘s stephen sackur speaks to the australian writer, tim winton. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. my guest today is an internationally acclaimed author whose prolific output of fiction is rooted deep in the soil and the shoreline of his native western australia, a land of harsh beauty, where life rarely comes easy. tim winton‘s latest novel, the shepherd's hut, focuses on a troubled young man wrestling with demons, and it comes at an opportune time, with the me too movement demanding an end to ingrained sexism, misogyny and toxic masculinity. is australia redefining what it means to be a good bloke? tim winton, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you have travelled the world, you have even lived in europe, but it seems when you write, your writing, and your stories, always take you back ho

that means the union's executive board can callt for one a any time. the union has not release add li -- released a of demands. >>> it was a huge night for nats baseball fans. did you see it? bryce harper wins the all star home run derby tonight. >> shomari stone is live outside of nats park. fans have got to be loving th. >> reporte fans are ecstatic. many have already left the st ium. some are still there taking selfies. think about it. here you have the superstar of the nats winning the home run derby here in the district? i mean,hi it's som that one guy told me, he said, i cannot believe it, it is just awesome. they celebrated when harper hit the home runs in hisrk ball nats stadium. fans tell me they're happy and feel a sense of pride that he represented the dmv on the na one fans me she feels just as happy ashe did when the caps won their championship. the fact that bryce harper won this here in d.c., they say is a great thing. jamal, you're a nats fan. what was it like seeing bryce harper nail the home run? >> it was exciting. it was insane. it w

see idea of a plan is a very important one, during this mass session of the african union for the first time we look at the migration concept. it will be established in morocco, and the european union, and that was a collaborate to partnership should look at. once again when they issued the migration is important to us 85% or more do not live in europe, they live elsewhere, and rising competition. that means it needs a global solution. we also talked about making this for those who are not granted the right, the african union's also discussed the fact that there will need to be legal options. in this will there's skilled labor and it's also very important for our perspective, where our interest and how can we convince this where they have illegal migration unless we won't be able to -- we also discuss this secondary migration meaning migration within the european union, we know that the advantages of the travel ban in the area -- when it is this important that members must and should take important measures it is equally important that they work together. this is the basis of my discussion.

rya nair only officially recognised unions for the first time in december 2017. get more on this story with the travel expert simon calder. two passengers have options? there are reports is going to be travel chaos. there are departure boards across europe. everybody was told a week ago that your flight has been cancelled, rya nair offered a week ago that your flight has been cancelled, ryanair offered a full refund, and then crucially, it has, as you pointed out, offered flights on other airlines. most people will get where they need to be. the problem is, of course, that ryanair, when it revealed those disappointing results. said they are expecting much more in the way of strike action among problems of flight and cabin crew. pilots based in dublin went on strike. that led to a couple of dozen cancellations, 2500 people's flights cancelled. unlike any other airline i've ever known, which talks down the prospect of strike action, ryanair says, are going to be having more strikes but oui’ going to be having more strikes but our low—cost model depends on us doing

brennan al-jazeera central london google's expected to be hit with another fine by the european union this time for a record five billion dollars e.u. anti trust agency of been investigating contracts with phone manufacturers forcing them to pre-install google services on android devices the us company used by billions of internet users was fined two and a half billion last year in a separate investigation into monopolies. are hungriest prime minister continues to be dogged by allegations of corruption and nepotism despite securing a historic third term just a few months ago but critics say friends of viktor orban are benefiting from large e.u. funded projects jonah hill reports. in the village with victor all bond was born there's a smart new football stadium it's well known that he's a big football fan and it's just a stone's throw from the prime minister's weekend home the stadium is the first stop on a vintage train ride that also takes in an arboretum and a pleasant ice cream shop the train line and the stadium were built say anticorruption activists using public money with construction co

from that extraordinary cave ordeal now google has been hit with another fine by the european union this time it's around five billion dollars and that's a record this is the e.u. competition commissioner margret vest argus she's speaking and she's just announced the fine in brussels search engines between it's been investigating contracts with phone manufacturers forcing them to pre-install google services on to android devices the u.s. company used by billions of internet users was fined two and a half billion dollars last year in a separate he used investigation into monopolies let's get some more on this from a correspondent paul brennan who's in london and be monitoring this so this is a fairly hefty fine a slap on the wrist for google but the e.u. couldn't go much further couldn't they. because they could i mean they are and they will if google doesn't capitulate on this one the best the. threatening that if google doesn't. mend its ways and make amends within ninety days there will be further penalty payments. imposed over and above the approximate five billion dollar fine that she's a

tusk was speaking in beijing today at the opening of a summit between china and the european union comes at a time when both the e.u. and china find themselves targeted by u.s. house. it's trade tensions continue to flare elsewhere there are signs that the economic relationship between the e.u. and china remain stable the two sides say they're close to reaching a bilateral investment agreement that commitment comes as fears grow over the impact of america's unpredictability. the europe china and the. american president trump and russian president putin can give. the fact. that the architecture of the world is changing before our eyes. and to this our common responsibility to make that change for the better. china and the e.u. also signed their first joint declaration since twenty fifteen the document mentions the need to address overcapacity on the global steel markets officials also discuss plans to reform world trade organization rules based on the same day that china filed a w t o challenge to u.s. tariffs on chinese goods. to june china and the e.u. are willing to talk about reforming and impr

what's the time frame in opening this location? union square is a major economic zone, and the addition of small businesses like yours helps to support its success. his e-mail echos the same sentiment we hear from others when we inform them of our proposed plan. when we became aware that there were some who were opposed to our plan, our strategy was not to push against them, but instead to listen to those specific concerns, address those specific concerns, and make the appropriate accommodation. we reached out in good faith to listen to all reasonable concerns and modified our plans accordingly. we are not a generic snack vendor. we deliberately orchestrated our vehicle to add value and enhance the neighborhood of union square in conjunction with developing a business identity that can proudly act as an ambassador of san francisco. it would have been substantially easier, less stressful, less time-consuming, and come at a less financial cost if we went with a typical food truck. instead, we selected a 1978 v.w. classic van for multiple r

times. -- 241 million tons - 250 million tons. estimates beat previously downgraded guidance. that is your bloomberg business flash. >> google is facing another showdown with the european union, e over the of the's control android-mobile operating system. the european commission is expected to announce and an antitrustnd -- fund today. fined last year for shopping rivals on its search service. we have more. when you buy shoppers -- smart from's from lg, samsung's, or sony, you were also getting the android operating system. many of these operating systems come preloaded with browsers, apps, and emails. of europeanng 70% smart phones, there are claims google is siphoning competition. the basic idea is users stick with the default option on their phone and may be less likely to seek out other products from somebody like -- companies like microsoft or mozilla. fined ar, google was record $2.8 billion for breaching antitrust laws. the size of this penalty for the us latest headline -- this could influence remove apps from its browsers. being argues it is anticompetitive and argues the real loser would be considered -- consumers. its actions to prevent multiple versions of android

. >>> so the nfl and it's players' union has called time-out.id players would have to stand on the sidelines during the anthem or remain in the locker rooms or face fines. now both sides are announcing the policy is on hold until they can work out an agreement. the news came amid a report that the miami dolphins will suspend players up to four games if they violate the policy. >>> kids love to play catch, dogs love to play catch, so this next story may be a match made in heaven. >> this happened in a backyard of savage, minnesota. the 2-year-old has a ball-playing friend on the other side of the fence. it's the neighbor's dog, dozer. the lab not only caught the ball but gave it back. like no fence is going to stop me from playing catch. >> that is awesome. we needed that video today. >> the only problem is they kept going for hours. mom is like, oh, my lord. >> it's great, they tire each other out. >>> coming up, the good samaritans who may have saved the life of an 8 month old baby. >>> and why jenny mccarthy says her house is haunted and why s