Will come to order. This morning, we are continue our oversight efforts with regard to the 2017 trafficking in persons report. Thank snard caenator cardinand of the committee this committee has conducted extensive oversight on this issue instituted annual briefings for members at state department. Prior to the release of the annual trafficking in persons report. We ask every nominee before this committee to commit to help fight against modern slavery. This oversight has been noted at the state department and in our embassys. We appreciate the deputy secretary of state volunteered to lead the administrations testimony today. The secretary spent about 45 minutes with the senator and i before this meeting and we thank him very much for his openness and the way that hes serving and we look forward to having an outstanding relationship were him and thank you for being here today. I know the secretary of state wanted to be here. He had an unplanned trip to the middle east. We thank you for s
This was supposed to be the quietly, the calming. There may be a little evidence of that at the white house under general kelly. But these transcripts have exploded. We had so many readers of these transcripts this morning when they first broke. Remarkable reporting by my colleague, greg miller who has , been a stalwart throughout the year as part of our National Security team. But the portrayal of the new president , as you said, being unhappy, concerned about his own image, talking at cross purposes with two leaders of allies of neighboring mexico and australia. I mean, they are remarkable documents of what the Trump Presidency started as, and for so long has continued as. , charlie take me through what you found remarkable about these documents. Dan on the call with the mexican president , what was so fascinating was trumps recognition that his promise that, not only would he build the wall, but that mexico would pay for it, was something that was never going to happen. And what he
This was supposed to be the quietly, the calming. There may be a little evidence of that at the white house under general kelly. But these transcripts have exploded. We had so many readers of these transcripts this morning when they first broke. Remarkable reporting by my colleague, greg miller who has , been a stalwart throughout the year as part of our National Security team. But the portrayal of the new president , as you said, being unhappy, concerned about his own image, talking at cross purposes with two leaders of allies of neighboring mexico and australia. I mean, they are remarkable documents of what the Trump Presidency started as, and for so long has continued as. , charlie take me through what you found remarkable about these documents. Dan on the call with the mexican president , what was so fascinating was trumps recognition that his promise that, not only would he build the wall, but that mexico would pay for it, was something that was never going to happen. And what he
580, still sick on 580 and 205 at the altima past. We begin with the developing news of another freeway shooting in the bay area. This happened overnight, interstate 880. The officer telling us that they responded to calls of shots fired in northbound a speedy, and it does not appear that anyone was injured although the section of the freeway was closed for sometime overnight as they investigated. But its back open right now for the morning commute. Happening today, a a Memorial Service will be held for heather higher. The Service Starts at 8 oclock this morning , and its going underway at 8 oclock hour time. You have a live picture here. People attending the Memorial Service are being asked to where the color purple which was apparently her favorite color. Investigator say nauseous sympathizer james fields junior drove a car into a crowd of counterdemonstrators. She was a paralegal who stood up for the deprived and underserved. President trump is hoping his administration can he keeps
Good evening. Nonetheless original western regional director of United States Holocaust Memorial museum with our offices located in los angeles. First of all, i want to tell you how excited we are to be here tonight and really think our hosts, the california African American museum. Thepartnership between United States Holocaust Memorial museum and the California Africanamerican Museum has been a wonderful, wonderful experience. We have been treated so graciously and we have been very excited about the crowds of people who have come to the museum to see the exhibit. I was talking to dana who was in from washington that this will really serve as a model for the rest of the country in terms of the partnerships between and among institutions in the community. I want to thank again the illustrious board member from the california africanamerican senior staff, and just everyone we have worked with. It has been a wonderful experience. The holocaust museums traveling exhibit, politics, race a