secretary zinke. in nevada with over 85% of public lands in these eight, many of our rural communities are reliant upon these lands for revenue, local recreation, economy, livestock raising, and energy development. that is why our relationship with the department of the interior has been so crucial. i appreciate the opportunities you have had to speak with me and look forward to working with you in the future as well including when you come out to take a look. i know you are looking at old butte hasten and arrange. you know my concerns about the executive order and the letter i sent to you, so i want to ask you initially -- i know we have had discussions about you coming in the fall. when you come out, take into consideration the economic benefits and support before making a decision? sec. zinke: right now, my schedule has me in july coming out to nevada, oregon, and new mexico. in the way i have looked at the -- as it, one, it is a settled, is the community happy with it? that is why i talked to comm

secretary zinke, welcome. during your confirmation hearing, you assured members of this committee that you took tribal consultation and sovereignty very seriously, but i have to say what i've heard from tribal nations so far is not promising. when it comes to the department of the interior status review of the bear's ears national monument, you said the tribes are, "very happy" with your recommendation to reduce the boundaries of the monument, but this really isn't the case. the bear's ears intertribal coalition, which represents the five local sovereign nations, has been clear in its unanimous position to keep bear's ears national monument as it is and has condemned your recent recommendation stating "the radical idea of breaking up bear's ears national monument is a slap in the face to members of our tribes and an affront to indian people all across the nation." that doesn't sound very happy to me. mr. secretary, you told this committee that "sovereignty should mean something." you've also said you consulted

and now i'd like to introduce our first guest speaker, the secretary of the interior, ryan zinke. [applause] secretary zinc: thanks, everybody. good to see my colleagues in here. elaine, thanks so much. i got to tell you, president trump, i was a commander of seal team 6, trump administrationp is the -- president trump is the greatest boss i ever had. what he had was accountability, win, put america first, and get things done. we're lucky to have such a great guy that understands infrastructure and is a builder. lastly, the new interior. i want to be helpful and advocate for building. years past we have always been the stick in the mud. this is a new interior. we want to be a partner. i can't invest, i can't ask you to invest in we -- if we have a permit process that is arbitrary, nonending. what you're going to see is we're about to embark on one of the largest reorganizations in department of interior history. it is time to be joint. it is time to look at how our permitting process, how we work with department of agriculture and forest service, and how we work with the departmen

and now i'd like to introduce our first guest speaker, the secretary of the interior, ryan zinke. [applause]

so, secretary zinke, if you would like to present the president's budget proposal. welcome. >> well, thank you. and high honor to be before you today to testify in support of the president's 2018 budget for the department of interior. i do request permission to submit my entire statement for the record. >> it will be included. >> the president's budget. this is what a balanced budget looks like. i want to repeat that. this is what a balanced budget looks like. there's tough decisions throughout, but if we want to balance the budget, this is the starting point of what a balanced budget would look like. hasn't been one for a while. i fully understand my stewardship opportunities, because interior touches the lives of more americans than any other department, and i take that responsibility very seriously. the president's budget proposes $11.7 billion and saves the taxpayer dollars about $1.6 billion. we make strategic investments to ensure our nation's energy and national security and to address the core responsibilities that lie within the department. the president's

zinke addressed the american petroleum institute back in march. that same day the president killed an obama era regulation toughening standards on how much fossil fuel companies owe the government for drilling and mining on federal land. administration officials defending zinke's appearance at the event saying there's nothing unusual about a secretary speaking to stakeholders. >>> new details about the nsa contractor arrested and charged and leaking classified information. reality winner complained about the trump administration and posted leaks on her public twitter account. on february 11th she referred to the president as an orange fascist. >> her mother tells cnn's anderson cooper she fears for her daughter's safety. >> my biggest fear in all of this is that she's not going to get a fair trial, she's not going to be treated fairly, she's going be made an example of, and that's my biggest fear. >> she's due in federal court in georgia tomorrow. raises big questions about the scrutiny that the contractor, the government contractor and its hiring

again, which is another one of secretary zinke's priorities.e're trying to hire out where we need the individuals to get through this workload. and you know, i find the workload to be inspiring because that means -- that's just good news for the people of wyoming and for our entire country. but we also recognize that permits, when folks talk about permits not being used they do expire after two years, and we do receive $9500 fee for every single permit that is filed. so we're looking to make sure those resources stay where they are needed, and that we have mobility within field offices so that if we're doing things online, maybe buffalo folks who might not be as busy can help folks in casper or you know, maybe grow that to more nationwide movement so folks don't have to fly in just to help fix backlogs and we can be more nimble to the variety of development that occurs in accordance with the economics and geology of a different area. rep. cheney: thank you. and in terms of on a related issue, the planning process, and you know, i was very pleas

secretary zinke, i have a couple of questions for you. i wanted to go back to this issue of the methane group i wanted to ask first about hiring for the manhattan project in the tri-cities area. are you holding up hiring on the position? is that part of your -- >> no. overall, what i've done is kept the hiring freeze in washington in the metropolitan area, and in denver, our two largest areas, and tried to fill the gaps, tried to fill the gaps with that. on gs 11, i'm sorry, gs 12 and above, they just have to get a waiver but we released the hiring freeze on gs 11 or gs 12 and below, and there was a waiver so we're not holding anything up but what we're trying to do is we're trying to fill some of the positions from denver and washington with qualified individuals first. >> will you be moving forward on hiring for the manhattan project park? if you don't know to do you can get back to me on that. >> i don't think we are holding it up, on it but i will get back to. >> to your point, if you were singing with the frontline to be manned, then

. >>> next, testimony from interior secretary ryan zinke on president trump's 2018 budget request for his department. he spoke about oil and gas development in alaska and wetlands reclamation projects in louisiana. speaking in front of the senate energy and natural resources committee, this is two hours. >> good morning. the committee will come to order. we're here to consider the president's budget request for the department of interior for fiscal year 2018. this is the second of three budget hearings before our committee this year following the forest service last week and the department of energy which is coming u on thursday. secretary zinke, welcome back to the committee for your first appearance since our bipartisan vote in favor of your confirmation on march 1st. it was nice to be able to give you the official tally this morning. make it officially official. i want to start by noting you have taken on some tough tasks at the department including some challenges that really have gone unaddressed for years. i think you're off to a good start and i appreciate that. i've enjoyed wo

including the article about the decision by ryan zinke. in a move that could revive the economy. on a related note, the dakota access pipeline is now operational and transporting oil. the fish and wildlife service is taking action to stop the obama administration. a decision that was done over the protest of state officials. wilbur ross said he would open to completing the transatlantic trade and investment partnership being negotiated with the e.u. and top senate republicans said they are confident they can produce a new health care bill by the end of july. let's bring in the u.s. news editor of that paper, glenn hall of "the wall street journal" ." nice to see you, sir. happy friday to you. pick up the front page of "the wall street journal" as i do every day. in a way, she's calling her own paper out. >> the point she was trying to make in her opinion piece was largely that a lot of the news that happens gets overtaken by other events, sometimes the president's own tweets that redirect. today's front page, there's no question, pulling out of the paris kleiman accord is top new

the us interior secretary ryan zinke made the announcement under a new rule to be published this weeka originally made the proposal to drop their classification last year after it was found that their numbers had gone up in recent decades. i certainly wouldn't want to be the one to break that a grizzly bear! now it's time for meet the author. another martina cole thriller, another number one bestseller. betrayal continues herjourney through the london underworld where, in martina cole's stories, it's the women who are the most dangerous. in this one it's jade who is plotting to become miss big. for 25 years, since dangerous lady, this is an author who has made that world her own. welcome. 25 years since dangerous lady, martina, and the ladies are still pretty dangerous and rough, aren't they? yeah, i think i like my dangerous ladies, and i also like my dangerous men. i normally write from the point of view of the criminal, as everybody knows, as opposed to the police. i don't really write many police procedurals, so i quite enjoy sort of being on the other side of the coin. the other

officials defending zinke's appearance at the event. >>> bill cosby's accuser andrea constand resumes-examination at cosby's criminal sexual offense trial. she took stand and said she saw cosby as a friend and mentor but that changed in january of 2004 when she says the come don't drugged and molested her at her home. she said she felt humiliated and confused. 79-year-old cosby claims they had consensual sex. >>> let's check cnn money stream. global markets and u.s. futures mixed after wall street finished down yesterday. stocks, oil, dollar all shifting over geopolitical concerns including the upcoming uk election and senate testimony of former fbi director koem. the u.s. dollar fell to a seven month low against a basket of currencies. that trump bump is over. investors shift to safe-havens like bonds and gold. gold is up 13% this year. mid east rift is affecting oil prices. labor department says u.s. hit a record 6 million job openings in april. 6 million open jobs. uber fires 20 employees as a result of sexual harassment probe. uber was rocked by allegations of sexism. that prompte

i also want to thank secretary zinke for the fantastic job he's doing at the department of interior to infrastructure and economic development. both secretary chao and zinke joined us tess white house for the meeting state and local leaders to develop plans to replacement america's decaying infrastructure and construct new roads, rails, pipelines, tunnels and bridges all across our nation. we are here today to focus on solving one of the biggest obstacles to creating this new and desperately needed infrastructure, and that is the painfully slow, costly and time-consuming process of getting permits and approvals to build. i also know that from the private sector. it is a long, slow, unnecessarily burdensome process. my administration is committed to ending these terrible delas s once and for all. the skrurpating wait time for permitting has inflected enormous financial pain too cities and states all throughout our nation and that is blocked many important projects from ever getting off the ground. many, many projects are long gone, because they couldn't get permits and there is no reaso

secretary of the interior, ryan zinke. good morning, mr.ecretary. >> good morning. >> nice to have you here. does the president think that climate change is a hoax? >> well, the agreement, which is the question of the day really, it's not about climate change, it's about the agreement itself. if you read it -- i read it thoroughly, it's a bad deal. u.s. pays for it. we give china and russia and india a walk and m.i.t. says if everyone was a part of the agreement and meet their obligations, it's negligible. >> i do want to get to that. the overarching question is does the president still think that climate change is a hoax? he tweeted about that in the past. does he today believe it's a hoax? >> i certainly don't believe it's a hoax. again, i think at the end of the day this agreement, what the president's action did, we need to focus on the agreement, we need to renoesh egotiate it. we need to make a deal that's in our best interest. america leads the world in clean energy. we reduced our emissions. if we're going to do this right, the agre

both secretary chao and zinke met with us yesterday with state and local leaders to develop plans to america's decaying infrastructure and construct new roads, rails, pipelines, tunnels and bridges all across our nation. we are here today to focus on solving one of the biggest obstacles to creating this new and desperately needed infrastructure, and that is the painfully slow, costly, and time-consuming process of getting permits and approvals to build, and i also knew that from the private sector. it is a long, slow, unnecessarily burdensome process. my administration is committed to ending these terrible delays once and for all. the excruciating wait time for permitting has inflicted enormous financial pain to cities and states all throughout our nation and has blocked many important projects from ever getting off the ground. many, many projects are long gone because they couldn't get permits and there was no reason for it. we've already taken historic steps to speed up the approvals, including the approval of the keystone excel pipeline, which was very quickly approved. it was sit

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i also want to thank secretary zinke for the fantastic job he's doing at the department of the interiorr new infrastructure and economic development. both secretary chow and zinke joined us at the white house yesterday for a meeting with state and local leaders to develop plans to replace america's decaying infrastructure and construct new roads, rails, pipelines, tunnels and bridges all across our nation. we are here today to focus on solving one of the biggest obstacles to creating this new and desperately needed infrastructure. that is the painfully slow, costly and time consuming process of getting permits and approvals to build. i also knew that from the private sector. it is a long, slow, unnecessarily burdensome process. my administration is committed to ending these terrible delays once and for all. the excruciating wait time for permitting has inflicted enormous financial pain to cities and states all throughout our nation. and it's blocked many important projects from ever getting off the group. many, many projects are long gone because they couldn't get permits and there was

should we be at war in yemen. >> >>> interior secretary ryan zinke visited capitol hill earlier today to previous law lakers on president trump's 2018 budget proposal for his department. the senate energy and natural resources committee hearing was cut short because senate democrats did not consent for committee hearings that day to go two hours

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this development in north london includes cladding made, not from aluminium, but zink.uments passed to the bbc revealed that the think panels we re bbc revealed that the think panels were originally proposed for grenfell. the architects designs show this clearly, residents were told there would be zinc. but there was pressure to reduce costs. by 2015 they would give an to the original tender and told to sit aluminium panel, which is cheaper. the saving more than £293,000. did the change make a difference to fire safety? this panel is similar to the ones eventually used. it's an aluminium sandwich with a plastic filling which isn't fire resistant. the original zinc panels were marketed as capable of being able to resist fire. both panels have the same resist fire. both panels have the sa m e safety resist fire. both panels have the same safety rating and a european testing. 0n current evidence, it's not clear the change would have made a difference. however, even the fact there was pressure to cut costs has infuriated those affected by the fire. those affected and the wi

zinke/interior secretary> "i am deeply honored." "mr.k you for the honor to serve the country.""mr. president we thank you for the opportunity and the blessing you've given us to serve your agenda and the american people." donald trump's star on hollywood's walk of fame was targeted by marchers in a gay pride parade. they covered it with a rainbow of stickers urging resistance. the star has been vandalized several times since trump entered the political arena: graffiti, a border wall around it, and one man smashed it with a sledgehammer. (grant) today marks one year since the deadliest mass shooting on american soil crried out by one gunman -- hundreds have gathered at orlando's pulse nightclub to pay their respects. 29-year-old omar mateen - who had pledged allegiance to isis - walked in...opened fire... and held hostages for hours before being shot and killed by police. his wife, noor salman, who's from the east bay, is accused of helping him and is facing charges. the pulse nightclub is now b