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Assume if you promulgate a rule thats more protective of down seemers than a state has made that you deem that state to not be adequately protecting consumers. Mr. Corcray we wont seek to occupy by the field in that way. What we will do, if there is a federal intervention, and this is not determined, that will coexist with state regulation and authorities. Mr. Mulvaney lets be clear and honest. You do intend to preempt state aw in certain areas. Mr. Cordray i dont think we preempt state law. Wha...

This is all happening about 20 miles east of calistoga in polk valley, which is not far from lake berryessa. We have live team coverage. We begin with nbc bay areas jean elle right from the fire line. Were talking about rugged location, very rural, which obviously makes it very tricky for firefighters. Thats what cal fire says. Its a difficult firefight. Were actually at the roadblock here of pope valley and Aetna Springs road. This is as close as residents can get to this fire. Take a look, tho...

Think about the fact that the average employee at the department of education makes 103,000 per year and the average teacher makes 50,000. People keep telling we have a money problem in education. I think we have a priority problem. We are supposed to spend 700 billion annually on education. We can do better. We should demand better. The second part of the choice act, kids with special needs deserve to maximize their individual potential. Everyone in america deserves to understand their own pote...

Them gavel to gavel, but my perception, and i think the perception of many were those very concerns in those cases. But i think whats far more important is to survey the people that were involved in a particular case, the lawyers, the witnesses, i mean, the things that our pilot is going to do. Their perceptions, i think, are much more compelling and persuasive than the perceptions of somebody who is watching it on tv, who doesnt know all the facts, who doesnt know what that witness testified to...

2010. Before that, audio from one term generally wasnt available until the beginning of the next term and so i was wondering, whats your view on the impact of having these audio recordings available now publicly within the same week of the argument and has there been an improvement in Public Access . Well, it certainly a good first step, but when were talking about the age of the internet, when someone can tweet something and millions of people can see it and read it and share it seconds after i...

Im supposed to be at a Foreign Relations meeting. Can i go ahead . You go first. Then well give Opening Statements. I thank you mr. Chairman and Ranking Member grassly. I thank you for letting me testify and thank you for making this hearing happen. Senator bloomingthales advocating for consumers valuable partner to work with on this issue in the area rules and regulations far often leave consumers holding the short end of the stick. Im here to discuss sports blackouts and to explain why the con...

From the governments in central and eastern europe. Yeah. In particular the Czech Republic, slovakia, hungary. The defense minister of the Czech Republic recently and the president or sorry the Prime Minister of slovakia both said that stationing nato troops on inner territory would be akin or remind them of the warsaw pacts invasion of 1968. This is a remarkable thing to say. Both of these countries are nato members. Both of those men are old enough to remember what the actual warsaw pact invas...

Ladies and gentlemen there is one more lost child. Im sorry, shes over here to my right, your left. Shes 9 years old from north dakota. Shes looking for her parents. If you see anyone, theyre right over here by the gate. We continue to cover the u. S. Conference of mayors winter meeting underare way way in washington. President obama addresses the group this afternoon. Thats coming up 4 45 p. M. Eastern on our companion network, cspan. All this month were covering state of the state speeches and...

Meteorologist Melissa Magee is at the big board to explain when it all rivz. Melissa. It looks like this storm system arrives late monday night. The brunt of the storm system moves in throughout the day on tuesday. With that were expecting some heavy rain. In advance of that precipitation on the way today weve got cold temperatures outside. Air temperatures are in the 30s. When you factor in the wind chill feels like 25 in philadelphia, 21 poconos and current wind chill in Sea Isle City 26. Sate...

Been mentioned but i would like to make sure that you keep a close eye on this because when we talk about manufacturing, the ability to be competitive and all that was ever said to me by our manufacturers were if it was a fairfield well do fine. But if the game is rigged, i dont know how we win that kind of game. And ive always had the same feeling that and my Ranking Member Sherrod Brown right next to me in ohio has dealt with this with his manufacturers as well if currency is fairly valued and...