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Im going to pay for it. >> warrens ultra millionaire tax charges 2% on every dollar on net worth of $50 million. households with assets over $1 billion could face a 6% tax. climate change is making home insurance unavailable or unaffordable in areas at greatest risk for natural disasters. in data first compiled by axios, payouts for 2017 and 2018 combined, $219 billion. the highest ever. data shows every state showed annual preem annuals rise between 2007 and 2016. states in tornado alley saw ...

Decade. thats an extra $821 a year. homeowners have seen insurance costs rise. in california, the problem is wildfires. insurers are pulling back from high-risk areas leaving homeowners scrambling. merced filed for bankruptcy after they failed to pay out millions in dollars in claims after the camp fire last year. witnesses say a blast shook homes east of houston more than 40 miles away. there is a mandatory evacuation for everyone within half a mile of the plant. police say a local -- tell a ...

Payouts for natural disasters for 2017 and 2018 combined was $219 billion. thats the highest ever for a two-year period. data from the national association of insurance commissioners shows every state saw annual premiums rise between 2007 and 2016. states in tornado alley saw the biggest jump. oklahoma, for example. premiums there jumped 78% over a decade. thats an extra 821 bucks a year. according to the federal emergency management agency, oklahoma has declared 96 natural disasters this year. ...

He stonewalls, if he can, then the real question is what are you going to do about it? what do you propose? >> well, this is the situation that weve confronted all along now with the trump administration. >> with little success. >> with little success because weve never seen an administration this lawless or this reckless before in u.s. history. >> be that what it may, the reality that youre working with is you have an attorney general who has been held in contempt of congress and that has gotte...

Game in a circus and it is ruined parts of the process. our caucus is unified that we will not permit any forms of obstructionism going forwarden there are a lot of us including me who feel we have to dust off the old inherent powers of congress. the supreme court said back in 1821 in anderson versus dunn, that we have the power to enforce our orders just like court does and the administration may indeed force us to use those powers. >> congress is on recess, but the bell jensen committees and o...

Something thats going to be very much on the table. >> but you invoked it, but you dont do it. you threaten. >> well, no. weve brought contempt charges against attorney general barr, for example. the problem is the way weve done it is the conventional way of appealing to the courts. we actually have inherent powers of contempt ourselves. theres an 1821 case called anderson v. dunn which says the congress can enforce its own orders through contempt just the way that courts can do it. now, there i...

Something thats going to be on the table. >> but you dont do it. you threaten. >> weve brought contempt charges against attorney general barr, for example. the problem is the way weve done it in the conventional way of appealing to the courts. we actually have inherent powers of contempt ourselves. theres an 1821 case called anderson v. dunn which says the congress can enforce its own orders through contempt just the way that courts can do it. now, there is a division of opinion about whether we...

Pictures now. what do residents there need to know about when help is coming and how to get it? >> well, let me say this. i was so pleased today. i was at the airport to receive members of the united states air force. colonel will reid and his team from the 821st contingency response team. they were at the airport doing their assessment, and i was very pleased with the report, the unofficial report that they gave me is that the airport is adequate to receive the largest carriers that the respons...

Administration. the president and attorney general have been repeating this idiotic mantra of no obstruction, no collusion when in fact you have overwhelming evidence of obstruction -- >> sir, very quickly before we go, you bring up barr. you guys voted this week yesterday to hold wilbur ross in contempt of congress. you have as a law professor previously cited 1821 supreme court decision that gives you the decision to have the supreme court sarge want arrest. is that what you suggest. >> right ...

United states all right here it is for the u.k. has one of the largest diplomatic footprints of any country with embassies in missions around the world this reach is hugely valuable and the americans recognize this the u.s. has no diplomatic presence in pyongyang or tehran we have had ambassadors and teams in north korea since the early 2000 and in iran since 1821 the united states relies on us to be its eyes and ears in places where it has not been there the ambassador talking about why the u.s...