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And experience. i come before you as an american citizen who has devoted the majority of my life, 33 years, to service to the country that all of us love. like my colleagues, i entered the foreign service understanding that my job was to implement the foreign policy interests of this nation as defined by the president and congress and to do so regardless of which person or party was in power. i had no agenda other than to pursue our stated foreign policy goals. my service is an expression of gratitude for all that this country has given to me and to my family. my late parents did not have the ...

Craps. at the cia we have there used to be a lot more crabs here at this time of year there are already be really big ones but there was nothing today normally would have more crabs from the current comes but that's not the case where really noticing the change. for the craps finding refuge along the coast is becoming increasingly difficult due to deforestation mangroves have suffered especially heavy losses and have been depleted by over 30 percent over the past 40 years. that means the disappearance of a crucial protective habitats for local animals. these people are determined to revive tho...

This is causing us, and the sadness that we have for our friends in pittsburgh, and for our partners there, and for the congregation, and for the country. >> this happening on shabbat. now, how do you see what happened today, in any way, influencing you, your mission, your group, your commitment? >> it's demonstrated that our mission is more important than ever. there is a global refugee crisis right now, and refugees are having a harder and harder time getting sar getting sanctuary, getting safety, and finding refuge from hate. and we know that as a jewish community, we welcome refugees, and ...

Things most important to dr. king's activism and his legacy. >> i misspoke, by the way, and said "forbes" magazine. it was "fortune" magazine. back to a point i was getting at with geoff. of those republican senators who have commented publicly, 22 -- roughly 22 -- have denounced the comments. or in the case of the senior senator from south carolina, lindsey graham, appeared to denounce it. three senators and one house member in the meeting have sidestepped the issue altogether. and then there's david perdue and tom cotton said they didn't recall the president using that language. now they're ...

Find shelter with fema and rescue workers that have been there. what is it like for people right now in terms of where most of them are finding shelter or finding refuge? what is the electricity situation there? how bad is it for the people that are there on the ground? >> reporter: it's awful. from the people that we have spoken with, power is out 100% across the island. the only reason that we have power right now is because we're running on generator. and there are some places, some hotels, where some tourists who got trapped here are running on generators there. as far as people that are i...