our top story this hour, the most decorated olympian of all time, michael phelps, has told the us congress he never felt any competition outside the us was clean and he's called for an urgent overhaul of global anti—doping procedures. that's it for sport today. i'm nick marshall—mccormack. goodbye. hello. there was bright enough start to the day across eastern parts of the british isles on tuesday, but it didn't last, did it, because we were driving belts of weather down from the western side of scotland ever further towards the south and east. low pressure very much the dominant feature, and there's obviously something waiting in the wings, just to the west of us. and that doesn't arrive just in time for the temperatures dribbling away again, it'll be a chilly start for wednesday. some wintry showers across the north of scotland, watch out for some ice here as well. but if you can avoid the showers, there's plenty of sunshine to be had across the north of britain, things changing quite markedly, though, as we get on into the afternoon, across the southern parts of both england and wal

his first set—piece speech to both houses of the us congress. he's expected to flesh out his plans for increasing military spending and replacing obamacare. the heir to the giant samsung electronics firm is charged with bribery and embezzlement, putting the future of south korea's biggest company into question. the corruption scandal has already led to the impeachment of the country's president, park geun—hye. and this video is trending on bbc.com it shows the amazing burgeoning friendship between an owl and a husky puppy. how often do you see two animals getting on quite as well as this? long may it last. that's all from me now, stay with bbc world news. and the top story here in the uk: the former owner of british home stores, sir philip green, is to put £363 million into its pension fund. he's been accused of contributing to the collapse of the company by selling it for one pound to a former bankrupt. now on bbc news all the latest business news live from singapore. charged with bribery and in person, what is next for samsung's acura three

in his first speech to the us congress since taking office, president donald trump has promised a renewal of the american spirit. he said he would be asking congress to approve a one trillion dollar investment in infrastructure. he said he wants to replace the current practice of encouraging lower—skilled immigration to the united states with a merit—based system. he also vowed to introduce extreme vetting to keep terrorists out of the country. the us has criticised russia and china after the two blocked a un resolution seeking to punish syria's president assad for using chemical weapons. it's the seventh time russia has used a veto to shield the syrian government. two women have appeared in court in malaysia to be charged with murdering the brother of the north korean leader. the suspects, one from indonesia and the other from vietnam, are accused of smearing his face with a deadly poison now for the latest financial news with sally and world business report. make america wait again. trump lays out his vision but wall street is unimpressed with detail on tax and economic reform scarc

whether or not that analysis is in agreement with the views of the president for us in congress or anyone else that might receive them. for these reasons, i support the movement and the 80 members of this congress supporting him. moving forward i believe he

president donald trump has been giving his first speech to a joint session of the us congress since he took office last month. in his hour long address he he said he wanted to see a one trillion dollar investment in the infrastructure of the united states and a merit—based system of immigration. he railed against the islamic terrorism. it was pleased to improve approval ratings. he spoke of the renewal of the american spirit and condemn the recent wave of threats. he said the american people must be united against evil. recent threats targeting jewish centres and vandalism of jewish targeting jewish centres and vandalism ofjewish cemetery as well as last week ‘s shooting in kansas city reminds us that while we are a nation divided we are country that stands united in condemning hate and evil in all of its very ugly forms. he startled many by beginning the speech by mentioning the civil rights movement, and his first mention of the shooting attack on two indian engineers and those attacks on jewish two indian engineers and those attacks onjewish centres and cemetery. the bbc‘s bar

president donald trump has given his maiden speech to a joint session of the us congress. just over a month since taking office, he said he was there to deliver a message of unity and strength and that a new era of american greatness was beginning. he spoke of the renewal of the american spirit, and opened by asserting his commitment to civil rights. he condemned the recent wave of threats targeting jewish centres and the shooting of two indian immigrants in kansas. the presidet said the american people must be united against evil. recent threats targeting jewish community centres and vandalism of jewish cemeteries, as well as last week's shooting in kansas city, remind us that while we may be a nation divided on policies, we are a country that stands united in condemning hate and evil in all of its very ugly forms. applause it was quite a long speech, of course it was. the bbc‘s laura bicker is in washington. well, the hallmark of president trump's campaign was his rhetoric on immigration and of course building that border wall. he talked about that border wall. he talk

the white house has asked the us congress to investigate allegations that the obama administraion tapped donald trump's telephones in the run up to last year's election. the claims, made by president trump in a series of tweets yesterday morning, have been dismissed as false by a spokesman for barack obama. 0ur north america correspondent nick bryant reports. bombshell, president trump's shocking and evidence—free claim. 0n the sunday talk shows this morning one main topic of discussion. trump claiming the trump campaign was wiretapped by president obama. in his extraordinary twitter tirade donald trump accused his predecessor, barack obama, of being a sick and bad guy who ordered wiretaps at trump tower in a watergate style conspiracy. this morning, the white house issued a statement asking that as part of their investigation into russian activity, the congressional intelligence committee exercise their oversight authority to determine whether executive branch investigative powers were abused in 2016. but the white house has produced no evidence to back up the president's claims of cr

president trump is as the us congress to investigate allegations that the obama administration tapped as telephones before the presidential election. the former director of national intelligence has denied the claims. the french centre—right presidential candidate, francois fillon, said he will not withdraw from the race when admitted to misjudgements in dealing with corruption allegations. now, let's go to the bbc sports centre and get the latest from well. great britain 17 medals at the european indoor athletics championships, taking tally to ten as they finished second overall behind polling. boroughmuir became the second briton to win to individual events at the indoors event after adding 3000 metres gold to the title she won yesterday. she stormed to victory in belgrade in a championship record and ahead of the turkish competitor. her achievements match those of colinjackson said in paris 23 years ago before she was even born. i didn't know what i could do and i hung in there and i am feeling tired but i am glad i did that today. what was the plan at the outset? it went well. i

congress. the response the speech will focus on the healthcare act and how it has benefited millions and millions of people. act and how it has benefited millions and millions of peoplem isa millions and millions of peoplem is a very noisy statutory hall where mrtrump is due is a very noisy statutory hall where mr trump is due to speak shortly. let's look and some of the day's other news: russia and china have vetoed a western backed attempt at the un to impose sanctions on the syrian government. the us and others want to punish damascus for alleged use of chemical weapons in attacks on rebel held areas. the us ambassador to the un nicky haydon the accused russia and china of putting their friends in the assad regime ahead of global security. russia and china made an outrageous and indefensible choice today, they refused to hold bashar al—assad's regime accountable for the use of chemical weapons. they turned away from defenceless men, women and children who died grasping for breath when assa

let's return now to president trump's first speech to a joint session of the us congress, in a couple of hours' time. barbara plett—usher is at the national statuary hall, where mr trump is due to speak. and barbara, what is donald trump like in the run—up to the event? there is always a lot of buzz around these kinds of speeches, because it is the president —— it is the president addressing nudges the press, but the nation. it is a big event tonight because donald trump has floated an interesting idea in the congress during this kind of speech. a lot of questions around him and what sort of tone he will have. we know he is most comfortable holding camp asos beaches where he appeals to his base. we know that his sought a formal speech at the inauguration was quite bleak. his message was quite dark, actually. —— he is most comfortable holding campaign style speeches. he would try to reset the presidency, given the two wild and chaos of the last few weeks. the tone will also be, will republicans be reassured? they have republican senator and president, but there are some big

>> again, and like i said, none of us in congress or anybody i know in congress have been presented with evidence contrary to what you just said. >> bret: you believe it to be true? >> yeah. we have seen no evidence that anybody in this campaign or any other american was in on it with the russians to meddle in our elections. russia is an adversary and that something we have to cut her act.

president trump has insisted that the us congress votes on republican healthcare reforms on friday even though it's unclear whether the bill has enough support to pass. the attack in london has focused minds again on the global threat posed by so—called islamic state — and how to combat it. in syria, the military battle to defeat is in their self—proclaimed capital of raqqa in northern syria is gaining ground. and earlier this month, syrian forces, backed by their russian and iranian allies, recaptured the city of palmyra for the second time in the past year. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet travelled to palmyra to see what progress is being made in the fight against is. despite all the horror which happened here, palmyra still takes your breath away. the monumental ruins ofan your breath away. the monumental ruins of an ancient roman city, ruined again in our time. occupied not once, but twice by the forces of so—called islamic state. the first time in 2015, this roman theatre was largely left as it stood. but in their last occupation they smashed their last oc

president trump has demanded the us congress moved ahead with his healthcare reform plans, even though it's unclear whether they have enough support in the republican party to be passed. a vote is expected to take place on friday. hillary clinton's campaign manager has accused the fbi of double standards. john podesta questioned why the bureau kept quiet about possible collusion between russia and the trump campaign. wall street and markets watch as president trump struggles to push through his healthcare reforms. could a $2 trillion bubble be about to burst? plus — australia puts on a song and dance for china's premier li — massive trade ties top of the agenda. welcome to world business report. also, samsun faces shareholders at its annual meeting. i'd like to be a fly on the wall there. our our we start in the us — where president trump is battling to deliver on one of his biggest election promises — and to hang on to his credibility with investors. late on thursday republicans were forced to delay a vote in the house of representatives on scrapping and replacing obamacare as

and certainly that's our us congress and most legislature. so many of them will tell me, we've got to just be tough on crime to our constituents. but that in a way is the point. in this extraordinary change of heart you've had, and the journey you've made, you're missing out one element, are you not? that is the united states is very proud of its democracy and every poll in the us to this day, even though the numbers have changed somewhat, shows that a majority, a clear majority of americans, believe in the death penalty as the ultimate deterrent. and as long as that is true, don't politicians have a duty to reflect that? well, i don't know. they also have a duty to inform their voters, the constituents, an example. connecticut, they had a research that was done over four decades by donohue, from stanford university, a law professor. they had every little case judged by independentjudges. because people thought the most egregious cases were on death row. it turned out somewhere around 47 or 49 of the most egregious cases, where they'd cause p

a lot of people have reacted well to his first speech to the us congress. here is some of it. each american generation passes the torch of liberty and justice, in an unbroken chain all the way down to the president. that torch is now in our hands, and we will use it to light up hands, and we will use it to light up the world. i am here tonight to deliver a message of unity and strength, and it is a message deeply delivered from my heart. a new chapter. applause. a new chapter of american greatness is now beginning. poetic at times, theatrical, emotional. this was a more measured tone from president trump than we've seen on some other occasions. and he'd certainly prepared. look at this. there's the president practising as he gets driven to congress. it's unusual to get a glance at politicians doing this before a big speech — but you can be sure they all do it. this is the analysis of daniel dale. he says, this was the same hardline nationalism, but just a he says, this was the same hardline nationalism, butjust a different tone. a rebranding from a master salesman. let's bri

our top stories: president trump's speech to congress sees a record surge in the us stocks as investors respond to his promise of a massive infrastructure investment programme. iraqi forces are reported to have captured the last major road out of western mosul preventing islamic state militants fleeing but hundreds of thousands of civilians are still trapped in the city. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. we'll start with the front page of the japan times. it reports on donald trump's speech and says that although he had a domestic agenda, he used the speech to remind security allies, including japan, that they must pay their fair share of the alliances‘ costs. the front page of the straits times gave further reaction. reporting that the dow hit new highs and that the markets seemed to embrace the softer tone that mr trump struck in his first address to congress. and the china daily has a picture of the vietnamese citizen doan thi huong leaving a courtroom in malaysia after she and an indonesian woman were charged with the murder of kim jong—nam. so that's

whether or not that analysis is in agreement with the views of the president for us in congress or anyone else that might receive them. for these reasons, i support the movement and the 80 members of this congress supporting him. moving forward i believe he will be a good fit for the director of national intelligence community. >> now as we consider senator coates as a nomination and recognize that his top priority by admission would be the reauthorization of the foreign intelligence surveillance act section 702, i want to begin that discussion today because it is because intelligence community has stonewalled democrats and republicans in both this body and the other body for six years. on the information that we need to do good oversight that i have come to the floor to outline what i think this central issue is all about. i will begin my remarks mr. president by way of saying that at a time when americans are demanding policies that give them more security and more liberty, increasingly we are seeing policies, from both this body and the other body that provide less of both. a good exam

president trump has asked the us congress to investigate allegations that the obama administration tapped his telephones before last year's presidential election. a former director of national intelligence has denied the claims. the french presidential hopeful, francois fillon, has said he will not withdraw his candidacy, despite the allegations about payments he made to his wife and children. sport now, with a full—round up from the bbc sport centre. here's will. hello. great britain won seven medals today at the european indoor athletics, taking their tally to ten as they finished second overall behind poland. two of them were gold, with laura muir becoming only the second briton to win two individual events at the european indoors after adding gold in the 3,000 metres to that 1,500 metres title she took yesterday. she stormed to victory in belgrade in a championship record time ahead of turkey's yasemin can and compatriot, eilish mccolgan. muir's achievements matched those of colinjackson set in paris 23 years ago, before she was even born. idid not i did not know what i was going to

our top story, as president trump struggles to get health care reforms through us congress, concerns grow amongst investors about he will be able to deliver the economic boost he promised. now, let's have a quick look at the markets. they are pretty flat, to be honest. i would markets. they are pretty flat, to be honest. iwould imagine markets. they are pretty flat, to be honest. i would imagine as we get news out of the united states about the vote in congress on obamacare or the vote in congress on obamacare or the affordable health care act as it's officially known, will see some movement. having said that these markets in europe may be closed by then but we will keep you up—to—date. and now let's get the inside track. the uk's pm theresa may is to trigger article 50 next wednesday, officially notifying the european union that the uk is leaving. and jobs will change rather than disappear over the next decade as robots are increasingly used in the world of work. a couple of interesting reports are out on that this week as well. let's discuss all of this with our economics edito

republicans withdrew their health—care bill shortly before a vote in the us congress, forfailing to get enough support from within the president's own party. there is much more on the website on that story on our website. lots more to come on bbc world news. see you soon. hello. there will be some chilly nights this weekend. there will be frost for some of us as the weekend begins, but by day, it is done, sun, sun. what a glorious weekend if you're a fan of blue skies. high pressure right across the uk. the weather ingredients this weekend, because of high pressure, as you might imagine, it is going to be settled. there will be some warm spring sunshine around, but for some others there will be a noticeable breezy. we will need to shelter from that to enjoy the warm sunshine. some chilly nights with frost around. looking at the temperatures as the weekend begins, these are the urban readings, but away from the towns and cities in the countryside we will see those lower readings on the thermometer. in parts of northern england, northern ireland and scotland will see frost. many of us and

president trump has insisted that the us congress must vote on his healthcare reforms in the next 2a hours, even though the bill may not have enough support in his own republican party to pass into law. time now for panorama. tonight, home—care companies in crisis because they can't recruit enough staff. i have sleepless nights because i worry. we are physically not being able to fit them in on the carers rotas. good morning. we meet hard—pressed carers on zero—hours contracts. it is hard. because i didn?t have a contract, they wouldn?t allow me to buy a house, or anything like that. we discover nearly 100 councils have had home—care contracts handed back to them. that was a terrible thing to do, both for service users and for care staff. frankly, what choice did we have? the nationwide shortage of carers means people are stuck in hospital, blocking precious beds. it won't be long now, so i am doing everything to get you home. the government's just promised more money for social care,

he's demanded a vote in the us congress later today —— telling republicans that if they don't opt to replace barack obama's health law he'll leave it in place. a vote planned for yesterday —— was delayed, following concerns that mr trump's legislation lacks support. laura bicker reports. donald trump is done doing deals. after a frantic few days his message to republicans, vote for change or there will be no changes at all. this has forced the hand of the house speaker. for seven and a half years we have been promising the american people that we will repeal and replace this broken law because it's collapsing and it's failing families. tomorrow we are proceeding. but the votes are far from assured as different factions of the party can't agree. for some the health reforms go too far, for others, not far enough. i'm still a no at this time, i'm desperately trying to get to yes and i think the president knows that. outside the capital they gathered in fear and frustration. chanting. 24 million americans could lose their health insurance if the reforms go ahead. struggling to afford

two guests joining us, to members of congress. conversation will start with tom garrett from virginia. he will talk about health care, the status of the bill by the republicans. similar conversations will take place with mark pocan of wisconsin. those conversations coming up when "washington journal" continues. ♪ >> this weekend on "american history tv" on american history "realturday night on america" we look back to 1987 anthe confirmation heangs for judgrobert bork. >> judge bork is wrong on civil rights, wrong on equal rights for women, wrong on the right to privacy, wrong on freedom of speech.

congress, which the chinese thought was blatantly anti— chinese. ijust wonder, there is a danger you are going to be seen as a tool in the pocket of the united states.” going to be seen as a tool in the pocket of the united states. i don't think i will be used as a tool in the united states. of course, for the united states. of course, for the pro—china propaganda they will say that i am one of the cia agents, and that i am controlled or funded by the us government. 0r and that i am controlled or funded by the us government. or even claimed that i am trained by the us marines, it is ridiculous. but referring to your question, i would say that what we hope is to get the international committee to support hong kong democracy movement. it is not because only focusing on the moral reason. it is because the us government or uk government is the ones who signed off, and the joint declaration. so they gain the responsibility to monitor the implementation of one country, two systems. but they're not, abe, looking at the allies you might want to have in

so i am calling on all democrats and republicans in congress to work with us to save americans from this imploding obama care disaster. [applause] here are the principles that will guide congress as we move to create a better healthcare system for all americans. first, we, we should ensure that americans with pre-existing conditions have access to coverage, and that we have a stable transition for americans currently enrolled in the

>> none of us in congress are anybody i know in congress has been presented with evidence to the contrary of what you just said. >> bret: so you believe it to be true? >> we have seen no evidence anybody in this campaign or any other american was in on it with the russians to metal in the elections. >> last night the president suggested new evidence would be available. >> we will be submitting certain things, and i will be perhaps speaking about this next week, but it's right now before the committee. i want to leave it there. >> the former acting ca director and clinton loyalist told a washington intelligence groups another allegation is settled. >> on the question of the trump campaign conspiring with the russians here, there is smoke but there is no fire at all. no campfire, no candle, no spar spark. there's a lot of people looking for it. >> he joins former senior intelligence officials. >> no evidence. >> but does it exist? >> not to my knowledge. >> friday deadline, house intelligence committee wants a cia, fbi, nsa to explain who identified americans whose phone calls or captured d

idf woman who was with us. they were really excited. i want to thank kevin mccarthy. we have done these trips a lot. this is the first we're done them together, we overlap. we had the opportunity to show what i think was critically important to show that was as paul ryan just said, it is the congress. not republicans, not democrats, the congress. kevin and i work together very closely to make sure that happened. >> when i first became ambassador, what i did was the first thing i did was go down to steny. you may see this on tv, we debated a lot but we are still friends when the debate is over. if there is one issue that actually strengthens our friendship it is israel. we make sure that issue is a bipartisan issue. [cheers and applause] rep. mccarthy: but so many times on these trips when we bring freshmen to israel, democrats would go when we come republicans the other, i said, when a week overlap a few days. we started that last year and i will tidy what, it is refreshing because we see the exact same thing t

it is unique to us the 535 members of the congress and senate. it is our obligation to deal with war. nobody else has that obligation, that responsibility. >>. >> host: don from wisconsin, independent line. >> caller: thank you for taking my call, i appreciate c-span. you talk a lot about debate and the state ability. how can congress create stability when the us government lacks the ability to debate with citizens regarding state ability in the us government?the class caused by instability in our own government and distractions caused by our own government not address their own tyranny against the united states citizens. >> the police and working americans budget with the refusal and denial of obligations and handling what government is doing to the american citizens should come first. congress needs to straighten out their act and actually work for the american people and not themselves and their own special interests. >> you've raised a much larger question that goes way beyond just afghanistan and other wars that the united states is engaged

we come here during the grant us -- during the congress because , there is a chance for us to meet operate officials," this woman says, "but instead we are treated as troublemakers and threatened." the interview is abruptly stopped come although for now at -- the womengh, are free to leave. few petitioners ever succeed in getting justice. along with the persecution, and make their faith in the system all the more remarkable. we are just a few blocks away from the people's congress, but the reality here is very different indeed. for those who need political representation the most, this is a system marked by suspicion surveillance, and control. john sudworth, bbc news, beijing. laura: how china cracks down on the dispossessed. you're watching bbc world news america. spending cuts could impact women worldwide. a north command man being held by malaysia is to be released on friday. country'sy puppy -- attorney general -- died on the 13th of february after he was poisoned with vx nerve agent. why couldn't he have fallen afoul of his brother and fell afterwards. he felt most threatened by his o

>> again, like i said, none of us in congress or anyone i know and congress has been presented with evidence to the contrary of what you just said. >> you believe it to be true? >> we have seen no evidence that anybody in this campaign were any of the american was in on it with the russians to meddle in our elections. we know they modeled, russia as an adversary, that is something we have to work to counteract. >> i got it, brought my point is the obama administration was pretty aggressive, a couple of fisa -- >> i hear your point but i see nothing of that. i have seen nothing come of that. that is my point. >> bill: joining us now from washington is bret baier. getting a lot of airtime. you are getting to be real famous, spicer and he promoted you. chief anchor fox news. my heavens. now, to me, all that matters in this insanity, and that is what it is, insanity, this president started when he tweeted out that he believed that president obama tapped him and the trump tower. all that matters is whether a fisa warrant was requested by the obama administration. is it possible to say, yes or no

congress just wasn't ready. you saw it. with 100% of house democrats, every sink gill ogle one and a of republicans standing in the way. >> i want to get right to kelly owe doe done he will at the white house. pence turning the page to the white house newest focus, jobs. economy, tax refo. what stood out to you? >> reporter: hearing mike pence talk about the defeat was kind of striking. owe tends tonight the sunny public face, often talking in very encouraging tones. so acknowledging a defeat, one that he was so personally attached to, was notable. and when i say personally attached, mike pence who had served in congress for a dozen years spent a lot of time on capitol hill,s a as the vice president prying intrying to n with fellow republicans. and he has the most credit ability and a bloc of them wouldn't go along. but trying to accept that, they are now saying democrats are part of what went wrong, although republicans here in this white house and at the other end of pennsylvania avenue never really tried to get testimo d

congress's power to condition the use of federal funds extends to prohibiting states and locate ties from receiving any economic development funds for a specified period of time if such entities abuse their power of eminent domain, even if only state and local funds are used in that abuse of power. such a broader penalty is an appropriate use of congress's spending power as the supreme court has made clear that congress may attach conditions to the receipt of any federal funds provided such conditions are related to the, quote, federal interest in particular and national projects or programs. closed quote. under this legislation, there's a clear connection between the federal funds that would be denied and the abuse congress is inn tending to prevent. the policy is that states or local calities that abuse their eminent domain power by using economic vop meant as a racial for taki this legislation also includes an express private right of action to make certain that those suffering injuries from a violation of the bill will be allowed access to state or federal court to enforce its pr

if you don't like the word equal, i am using the word congress used when amending the act and the court said the same thing ing rowley in that the child's plan should be allowed to advance them from grade to grade. you can say as a general rule, the iep provisions and state requirements of the act, demands the child progress from grade to grade in the general curriculum. >> suppose you have a handicapped child and they can't do much for them. they can do something and if they can do it. but you see measure that from the ability to progress from grade to grade maybe some will, some won't. do you want to recognize that? you can't ask for more than the brief. >> at bottom, we agree there is flexibility in the act to accommodate each child's potential and needs. if i could give the full answer to the question. we think it would be fine if the court said the ooiep should be grade level progression for most kids but when that is not possible the ultimate achievement standards according to the language on 79-a. that is straight out of the act. >> that makes a big difference if you take the wor

>> again, and like i said, none of us in congress or anybody i know in congress have been presented with evidence contrary to what you just said. >> bret: you believe it to be true? >> yeah. we have seen no evidence that anybody in this campaign or any other american was in on it with the russians to meddle in our elections. russia is an adversary and that something we have to cut her act. >> bret: i got that. but my point is the obama administration was pretty aggressive -- >> i hear your point. but i have needed not seen anything of that. >> bret: let's turn to obamacare. making this pitch, doing the messaging. one is the rollout? will you roll it out this week? >> i will let the committee's age restriction make the announcement on that. but our committees that write these bills are working very closely to the administration are fine during the administration. they are going to the fine-tuning of the legislation, the -- they are running point on this in the house. working with their counterparts in the senate and white house. when they are done with our fine-tuning, they will make the

rule that went forward through the executive branch agencies and that we ought to use congress, those people who understand the needs of their states better than a rule-maker in washington, d.c., to go forward with a new piece of legislation, new authorization for a different rule. and if you do that, then we're going to have better policies, because we've been able to account for every voice in the process. instead of leaving voices like those county commissioners that i talked about out to dry. i've told many recreationallists and sportsmen in colorado that i'm working with our democratic colleagues and secretary zinke at the department of interior on how we can move forward on land use plans that take into account their plans with regard to this resolution of disapproval. there are updates that can be achieved, but they should all have stakeholder ink put. -- stakeholder input. i don't believe this planning rule 2.0 took into account all of the i.r.s. now the county commissioners have severe concerns with b.l.m. planning 2.0 and feel as they they did not have a voice in the develop

it is unique to us that 535 members of the congress and the senate. it is our obligation to deal with war. >> enthusiastic for taking my call, i really appreciate c-span. talk a lot about debate and stability. >> how can they have stability when they lack to debate with citizens regard stag built in the government? human cost caused by stain built in our own government and distractions by our own government doesn't address their own tyranny against the united states citizens. the policing of working americans budget was refusal and denials of obligations and handling what government is doing to the american citizen should come first. congress needs to straighten out their act and actually work for the american people and not themselves and their own special interests. >> well, you raised a much larger question that goes way beyond just afghanistan and other wars that the united states president ebtently engag task to deal with the many, not only the constitutional obligation against the declaration of war, but it is also choices. we make critical choi

we are going to be pushing us and we are pushing hard. get all the members of congress. you can get on the floor and fight to stay there for 100 years and we really will be broke by then. $800 billion is the direct cost. the independent -- indirect cost is the human lives. probably 20 500,000 americans that have come back with serious physical injuries. traumatic brain injuries. those are human cost that are continuing to go on and that is a real dollar cost we are now seeing in our veterans administration. you want to add that on top of the 800 billion dollars which is the military cost in country. caller: thank you for having me on. generalere in aware of butler's book, war is a racket? there is a reason we are there. if you look at oil and gas pipelines currently being built, it's about the taffy and it's all about a trillion dollar mineral survey that a wall street bank did that said we are never leaving because we are there simply for resources and the enrichment of the .1%. thank you. guest: that's another part of the debate. put it out there and you can take a loo

in congress use this, we could get a little more done. great idea. >> i want to ask you about something that leon panetta said that if there continue to be statements from chairman nunes and chairman burr in response to white house pressure to help spin the coverage, frankly, of the russia issue, that it would undermine their credibility and would mean you'd have to go for an independent prosecutor. are you still comfortable that these committees can do it and do a credible job? >> when i heard that news on friday night, i expressed my grave concern. i think the intelligence agencies, we've got staff out there looking at the raw intelligence and we've got a working relationship and if at some point we have so much political interference that we don't get the facts, of course we have to go to a different venue. the challenge sometimes of an independent commission or a special committee, that might take months to get up and rolling and i frankly think the sooner we can get to the bottom of this, the better. one of the things that bothers me

we are using the tools to do that. that's this budget reconciliation. you can't put everything you want in this bill. that's why we have a three-phase process that we're very confident works. but the president was really clear. he laid it on the lines for everybody. we made a promise. now is the time to keep our promise and we keep our promise the people will reward us. if we don't keep our promise it will be hard to manage this. yeah. were you doing things with your hair or ask a question? i saw your hand. reporter: [inaudible] speaker ryan: i disagree with that because we have a lot of caucus members that are supporting this bill. we have been working with all of our members on many of their concerns. i would simply say a lot of the members' concerns have been incorporated in this process. so if you take a look what we've been able to add to this bill, conservative wins, giving states to take a total block grant for medicaid, giving states to have incentives for work requirements, not having states gaming the system, this is the most pro-life legislat

such a broader penalty is an appropriate use of congresses spending power as the supreme court has made clear that congress may attach conditions to the receipt of any federal funds provided such conditions are related to the quote federal interest in particular and national projects or progress, close quote. under this legislation is a clear connection between the federal funds that would be denied and the abuse congresses intended to prevent. the policy is that states or localities that abuse their eminent domain power by using economic development as a rationale for taking, should not be trusted with federal economic development funds that could contribute to similarly abuse of land grabs. this legislation also includes an express private right of action to make certain that those suffering injuries from a violation of the bill will be allowed access to state or federal court to enforce its provisions. i look forward to hearing from all the witness today and to continue the bipartisan tradition in the house of representatives, maybe even restarting it to today, and protecting private

, congress, for permission to receive payments from foreign governments. they even have a director of diplomatic sales now. furthermore, the standard lease that the trump hotel has with e g.s.a. forbids any elected united states -- >> mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the house will come to omplt mr. raskin: thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will still suspend. . united states -- >> mr. speaker, the house is not n mr. raskin: i was referring to a lease which provides no leekted official in the united states or district of columbia shall provie any profit or value from the lease. clearly there is a breach in this lease. the problem is that the president is not only the tenant, he's also for all intents and purposes the landlord, too. because he controls the g.s.a. and appoints its director. so president-landlord donald trump would have to go to court to sue tenant-businessman donald trump for breaching the lease by collecting money. this just scratches the surface of the ethical conflicts -- the sp

thank you for using your voice for good and on behalf of congress, thank you for sending a clear and unequivocal message to the world that the united states stands with israel now, tomorrow and always! god bless you. god bless the united states of america. god bless israel. good night! thank you! thank you. ♪ ♪ >> please welcome aipac managing director for policy and politics, arnie christianson. >> good evening. our next guests are two leaders in congress who show how democrats and republicans can cooperate to strengthen u.s./israel relationship. they work closely in the house of the represent fs and just last week they co-sponsored new legislation to impose sanctions against iran for its ballistic missile program. [ applause ] they also make time to travel to israel every two years with new members of congress to see firsthand the challenges israel faces. and they continue to join us on this stage for which we are very grateful. please join me in welcoming house majority leader kevin mccarthy and democratic minority whip steny hoyer. ♪ ♪ >> welcome. >> thank you. good to be

we talked with people who are advising congress about how to use data and technology to address questions about cyber security and campaigns. >> we want to introduce to you matt leera. what do you do for a live something >> i'm a senior advisor to house majority leader mccarthy. i help him with technology and trying to modernize the federal government. >> and what's your background for that position? >> my career has been at the