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Transit advisory board. tell us, was there concern about a high-speed train going along this route? today was day one of this new route, were told. >> yes, thats correct. this was the inaugural run of this -- of this new segment. there was some initial -- there was some concern. it seemed to have been addressed during the environmental review process for this project which was lengthy. >> the environmental review is how it would affect the environment. this was the amtrak 501 cascade service. to...

Enthusiast. i like to encourage people to use public transportation for environmental reasons and to -- and to reduce congestion, but its not in any way affiliated with amtrak or am track today. >> so you were not directly involved in the review process leading up to day one today of this new service? >> no. >> no. >> all right, mr. karns, its been helpful for us getting your thoughts and fortunately, you are okay. that is good news, indeed, as well. well stay in close touch with you. thank you ...

Countrys high commissioner here in london how does he justify a policy so widely condemned around the world. alexander downer welcome to convince on. two months ago australia got what it lobbied so long and hard for a seat on the un human rights council and after years of sustained pressure over your own human rights record but you continue to brush off all criticism that you. well were quite happy to answer any allegations that are made just. for were very happy to stand up for ourselves but th...

Made this deal, he would have offered a proffer explaining to robert mueller everything he was prepared to testify to. and obviously we dont know what that is, but we believe it is significant for him to have gotten that deal. so there are questions about what he has to offer about the people more senior than him, that would be jared kushner and donald trump. >> some people, phil, are very interested in the business about who wrote the presidents tweet. because the presidents tweets have gotten ...

This in the office? and why didnt i react? why didnt i talk about it? because it was so normalized at the time. and had we reacted, i think we would be somewhere different now. >> i think feminists were reacting and some criticized bill clinton at the time. and i think weve actually transformed the conversation and mainstreamed the idea that this is unacceptable in the workplace. you saw that with what happened to juanita hill and clarence thomas, who still today sits on the supreme court, even ...

Appropriations with the oversight to congress, i would do that as well. i have not enough lets ability as a director of this agency in this bureau. >> give any plans for the director with regulations waiting for a preplacement? >> no, im not a position you. i hope to be by the end of this week. ill be here all day tomorrow and thursday, getting a chance to go through the pipeline. out the door, i dont think it very much that i can do about i it. once it is gone from here, i think the next step o...

Distinct and so forth and theres a review process that goes through chain of command, nothing new here frankly. heather: his role is to guide the president, the president would speak to him and say what he wants to do and he would say whether or not thats legal and they come up with a plan if that, in fact, would not work, the first plan. >> thats correct, again, the united states has a nuclear weapons decision process, i wont go into much of the details about that, but, again, constant assessme...

>> reporter: to hear horseback riding, hunting, handshaking secretary of the interior tell it, his official trips are a model of transparency. >> every time i travel i submit the travel plan to the ethics department that evaluate it line by line to make sure i am above the law. and i follow the law. >> reporter: a probe by his own departments inspector general casting serious doubt on that claim. our investigation has been delayed, mary kendall wrote in a memo by absent or incomplete documentati...

Own departments inspector general is casting serious doubt on that claim. our investigation has been delayed, mary kendall wrote in the memo by about the or incomplete documentation for several pertinent trips and say review process that failed to include proper documentation and accountability. along the trips drawing scrutiny, a flight to the virgin islands in late march where he attended a republican fund-raiser and went snorkeling at a national monument. a trip to in the in the in may during...

>> reporter: on a probe by his own departments inspector general is casting serious doubt on that claim. our investigation has been delayed. mary kendall wrote in the memo, by absent or incomplete documentation for several pertinent trips. and a review process that failed to include proper documentation and accountability. one of the trips drawing scrutiny, a flight to the virgin islands in late march where he attended a republican fund-raiser and went snorkeling at a national monument. a trip t...