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Trump tower. Guest is a National Security and federal law correspondent for the new york times. Tell me whats the headline coming out of the fbi directors testimony today. What comey said was if he could do it again, he would do it the same way he had, that he thinks he had no choice but to Tell Congress and if he didnt do that, he wouldve been concealing something from them. And that would have been disastrous for him and the fbis reputation. What his would say was that well, it really wasnt a ...

Trump tower. Guest is a National Security and federal law correspondent for the new york times. Tell me whats the headline coming out of the fbi directors testimony today. What comey said was if he could do it again, he would do it the same way he had, that he thinks he had no choice but to Tell Congress and if he didnt do that, he wouldve been concealing something from them. And that would have been disastrous for him and the fbis reputation. What his would say was that well, it really wasnt a ...

Flat. The dax in germany up by. 30 . The moves would undermine opecs effort to try and control supply and raise prices. The wti is still sitting 50. 64. 22 are dead and Dozens Injured in manchester england. In this case, police say a suicide bomber likely detonated an improvised explosive device on monday night as people were leaving an Arianna Grande concert. Officials say that they believe they have, in fact, identified the bomber. The singer, Ariana Grande was not hurt. And several hours afte...

The final passage that is scheduled for 6 15 today. Later that week the senate takes up legislation to expand sanctions on iran targeting people of the Ballistic Missiles program. Bring you live coverage from the floor of the u. S. Senate. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, the fountain of wisdom, you are more majestic than the mountains. Give our lawmakers the reverence for you that will motivate them to do your will. May they l...

Channel and abc news in london, ive been covering terrorism since 1987, so for 30 years. About six years ago we were celebrating the takedown of Osama Bin Laden at his compound in pakistan. And later in 2011, a successful drone strike took out an american cleric who was the First American targeted for death by the cia and in many respects the father of this digital jihad that we are living today. I am reminded that it is one thing to kill a man, another to kill his ideas. The topic of our panel ...

And the question is then while we have been blessed while become being behind two oceans and having friendly neighbors thats not something so people think why should we worry about all of those people with unpronounceable names . Is truth is that we are more protected well, our people actually like to travel. Our way of life depends what happens in other countries. Can we trade, can we educate our children abroad . Any number of things improve our life. Nato is set up for security reasons. We ha...

Thank you all. We will bring the hearing to order. Senator white house is on his way and ive been told hes okay with starting with senator klobuchar. The purpose of the hearing is to explore the distinct role of congress and the executive branch respect to conducting investigations and discuss best practices for the integrity of each process. A very incredible panel. Whove been down this road many times. Criminal investigations are designed to find out if a crime was committed and hold somebody ...

Have a stacked up show for you, were going to talk about the drug sector, i wonder what the ceo of nevadas is going to say about health care in the United States. In fact, it looks as though we are getting some numbers through right now. A fouryear numbers to be broadly in line and confirming the Group Outlook for 2017. They are a Second Quarter core eps, reading estimates, one of the biggest headlines. Broadly in line, that one seems to be. 1. 22, thenumber, estimate was 1. 18. Looks like the c...

Budget, Congressional Office director keith hall talks about the cdos task of making spending projections on legislation introduced by congress. This was part of a recent congress hosted by Boston College in washington. Its 45 minutes. Good afternoon. I thought what i would do is talk to little bit about cbo and the role cbo place. Nick said a little bit about the role of research for us. And then talk about one of our favorite subjects at cbo, the longterm budget outlook. Not trying to depress ...

Please take your seats. Im delighted to introduce todays luncheon speaker keith hall. We are extremely pleased that keith is willing to take time out of his demanding schedule to join us today. As you know, keith is currently the director of the Congressional Budget Office. All of us recognize that the Congressional Budget Office has a vital role to play providing congress with expert unbiased analysis on the impact of legislation. Charged with the challenging task of scoring complex bills on he...