Interior secretary ryan zinke on president trumps 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. Were 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 th
District in the state of utah, approximately 90 public land. I am the legislator in the Grand Staircase monument which encompasses a huge area so i have a pretty good knowledge of this. I one time worked as a Land Management special met specialist with the bureau of Land Management and was working on projects when the Grand Staircase was created. I am very interested in the calls this morning and i hope we can get our point across of why we think downsizing bears heirs and the Grand Staircase is good for the people of utah and us as people,ow who live in the sovereign state of utah, that we can have the money we need to educate our children, take care of our health care system, and provide the income. I have heard a lot of comments this morning about how these lands are free and there is no taxes on them. That is because of the fact that the people in the state of utah get almost no money in terms of tax based on these lands, which has put us in a position, unfortunate position to be o
At 9 40 coming kathleen, president of western energy alliance, talks about will and gas on federal. Ost good morning President Trump traveling to camp david today for a series of midday meetings with his less president , defense secretary, the secretary of state and his National Security team. On the agenda, the path forward in afghanistan and the situation in north korea. I do expect a readout of those meetings but so far no public statements are here. The latest from barcelona, spain, as well as the New York Times story on President Trump in the white house. We want to focus on another story, federal lands and its review of addicted areas out west. You can see review of protected areas out west. You can see what we are talking about. 47 of the land out west, a majority of the land is owned by federal government. First, the very latest from barcelona and these headlines from spanishspeaking newspapers and photographs. Reporting this morning that police have captured and killed five su
Interview with jill and phil lenderson on our website, cbs news,. Com. A priest in virginia, made a very public and shocking confession this week about his earlier life, as a cross burning klansman. Errol barnett now on sins of the father. 40 years. Came back again. Fill tim and Barbara Butler have been reluctantly recalling the night they were terrorized by the ku klux klan as newlyweds. The man responsible for burning a 7 foot cross in their front yard has been a practicing Catholic Priest an hours drive away. Y ne we need to find out why was done. 62yearold William Aitcheson made the confession in the essay published monday. Writing my actions were despicable. While 40 years passed i must say this. Im sorry. Adding that images from charlottesville brought back memories of a bleak period in of my life that i would have preferred to forget. But Church Officials say his statement came after a reporter began asking questions. Thats when, he acknowledged his past and saw the opportunity
Divers recovered the remains of 22yearold Kenneth Aaron smith of cherry hill, new jersey. Still missing, are kevin bushell, of maryland, dustin doyo of connecticut, jacob drake, from ohio, 23yearold, timothy eckels, jr. , of maryland. And john hoagland, of texas. Corey in gram of new york. Abraham lopez of texas, and logan palmer, 23 from illinois. The parents of a Young American who was beat tine death in greece spoke publicly about their loss for the first time. 22yearold Bakari Henderson was pummeled by a mob last night in a bar fight that one witness suggest was racially motivated. Gale king spoke with his parents, jill and Phil Henderson at their home in austin, texas. Your son was a world traveler and clearly very comfortable traveling around the world. True . Correct, yes. More comfortable overseas than in the united states. So his desire. What do you mean . He felt it was safer in europe and overseas in general. He said, you know with the climate, with africanamerican males in