As japans Emperor Naruhito is enthroned this week, we look at the role of the empress masako. Good morning. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7am in hong kong, where the working week is just getting under way. It follows another weekend of mass protests. Organisers say as many as 350,000 people took part in the demonstrations, which were held without official permission. Police fired teargas and water canon, to try to clear the streets. Nick beake reports from the protests in hong kong. They were told they werent allowed to march today. They were threatened with prison if they wore a mask. And they were warned by chinas leader there would be broken bones for those who try to break up his country. But this is a Pro Democracy Movement that believes the world is on its side and its not backing down. We are here to fight for freedom and we are not scared about the Chinese Communist party. We want our freedom and human rights. But once again, peaceful protest gave way to petrol b
We will now proceed with Opening Statements. I wish you all a good morning and welcome to the fourth hearing in the economic Emergency Management subcommittee. One of the purposes of this committee is to protect taxpayer dollars by ensuring they are spent effectively, efficiently and with transparency. That brings us to todays hearing which is entitled landlord and tenant. You can tell from the title that today we will be investigating fairly unprecedented situation. The federal government owns the building that houses President Trumps d. C. Hotel hotel. Since President Trump has declined, he is essentially acting as both the landlord and the tenant. Before i was elected to congress , over three decades Teaching College students about American Government and politics. Serious discussions about the legislature holding the executive Branch Accountable to the highest legal and ethical standards and that is exactly what we hope to do today. First lets start with some facts. All federal wor
Present. Chairwoman moving on to item number two, opportunity for the public to comment on any members before this jurs jiks that jurin that are not on the agenda . I have a handout. Thank you. Chairman thank you. Just to note, member patoha just walked in. Good morning, my name is jerry drafter, and i served on the civil grand jury excuse me, as a civil grand jury member in 2015 16, and im a retired c. P. A. There are many new members and i thought it would be useful to hand out a copy of appendix with legislature underpining for the City Services auditor, and the department and the position. Seago is charged with overseeing the c. S. A. I allowed two section, sf100 and sf101 that outlines tasks that the c. F. A. Shall perform. And this is important, because there are tasks the c. F. A. May perform and tasks they shall perform. I will address what the c. F. A. Is required to porm and is not performing. If you look at section 101, and on the top there are three types of assessments. Im
Chairman member mccue . Member natuli . Here. Member mills . Here. Member patoha . Absent. Vice chair post . Here. Chairwoman ive got everyone . Okay. Item number two, opportunity for the public to comment on matters within the committees jurisdiction that are not on the agenda. Actually, mismcnulty is on it. Mr. Mcnulty . Present. Chairwoman moving on to item number two, opportunity for the public to comment on any members before this jurs jiks that jurin that are not on the agenda . I have a handout. Thank you. Chairman thank you. Just to note, member patoha just walked in. Good morning, my name is jerry drafter, and i served on the civil grand jury excuse me, as a civil grand jury member in 2015 16, and im a retired c. P. A. There are many new members and i thought it would be useful to hand out a copy of appendix with legislature underpining for the City Services auditor, and the department and the position. Seago is charged with overseeing the c. S. A. I allowed two section, sf100
Present. Chairwoman moving on to item number two, opportunity for the public to comment on any members before this jurs jiks that jurin that are not on the agenda . I have a handout. Thank you. Chairman thank you. Just to note, member patoha just walked in. Good morning, my name is jerry drafter, and i served on the civil grand jury excuse me, as a civil grand jury member in 2015 16, and im a retired c. P. A. There are many new members and i thought it would be useful to hand out a copy of appendix with legislature underpining for the City Services auditor, and the department and the position. Seago is charged with overseeing the c. S. A. I allowed two section, sf100 and sf101 that outlines tasks that the c. F. A. Shall perform. And this is important, because there are tasks the c. F. A. May perform and tasks they shall perform. I will address what the c. F. A. Is required to porm and is not performing. If you look at section 101, and on the top there are three types of assessments. Im