We are funded by these companies, and morecambe including sparklight. The greatest town on earth is the place you call home. It is our home, too. Now we are facing our greatest challenge. That is why we are working to keep you connected. We i doing our part so it is easier to do yours. Announcer sparklight supports cspan, along with other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. The secretary general of nato held a News Conference ahead of the nato summit in lithuania. He answered questions about negotiations with turkey, about sweden coming into the alliance. He says he and other nato leaders are still planning for sweden to join. His remarks are about 40 minutes. Good afternoon. The secretarygeneral will preview the Vilnius Summit, then take your questions. Sick attorney general . Secretarygeneral . Sec. Gen. Stoltenberg good afternoon. Nato heads of state and government will meet in vilnius next week, at a critical moment for our transatlantic security. Russia
In. The house in session today taking up a number of bills this week to coincide with combating trafficking and Child Protection week, you can follow the house on cspan. We are covering coverage of the briefing by the budget director, mick mulvaney, president unveiling the fiscal year 2018 Budget Proposal. We have posted that budget on our website at the top of cspan. Org. You can see the budget directors briefing and all the other related briefings online as well as cspan. Org. Pro tempe senator from utah. Mr. Hatch mr. President , i rise today to discuss International Data privacy. This is a critically important issue that has become all the more important over the years, as weve become more sophisticated. But its been pressing in recent months as a result of the Court Decisions impacting Law Enforcements ability to access Electronic Communications overseas. I dont think it will surprise anyone, mr. President , to hear me say our privacy laws have not kept pace with technological dev
Mr. Hatch mr. President . The presiding officer president pro tempore, the senator from utah. Mr. Hatch the senate is not in a quorum, right . The presiding officer the senate is not in a quorum call, senator. Mr. Hatch mr. President , i represent a generation of lawmakers brought up on the principles of bipartisanship and compromise. And i believe that these very virtues of the key to my success as a legislator. By putting these principles in practice as chairman of the finance committee, i was able to pass more than 40 bills sent to law during the last congress. And by working with my friends across the aisle over many decades of Public Service, ive been able to pass more legislation than anyone alive today. Mr. President , i draw from these personal experiences to illustrate a simple point. In an era of endless gridlock and increasing polarization, there is no alternative to civility and healthy debate. We would do well to remember this in light of the frustrations we have all felt
Ceremonies being held around the country today marking the aniniversary. The countdown continues the Iowa Caucuses are in four days. And tonight dueling events in our states capital. While many of the top polling republicans will be taking part in the debate on fox news. Donald trump wont be there, citing issues with one of the moderators, megyn kelly. Trump will be in des moines, hosting a special event to benefit veterans. Both events are at eight tonight. Senator ted cruz. Whos polling closely to trump in iowa. Continues to challenge trump to a oneonone debate. And im going to propose a venue, western iowa tech, saturday night in sioux city, we in des moines. But, trumps absence from tonights debate has created an the impact will be with actual votes so soon to being cast. Tracie potts has more from washington. Morning our nbc marist poll shows donald trump flipping the script in New Hampshire and South Carolina our poll shows. Yet his fued with fox news and anchor megan kelly has a
3 bill we begin this 3 morning with an update to a story we have been following on news 4. A longstanding lawsuit over the splitting of reno and truckee meadows Fire Agencies is now settled. The lawsuit was filed in september of 2014 by the city over unresolved costs from the 2012 deconsolidation of the agencies. So, now that things are settled what does that mean for each side. Under the settlement, both sides have agreed to drop Financial Claims against the other. And the district will pay back Workers Compensation money it began withholding when reno filed the suit. In the end, truckee meadows will pay more workers comp. Plus interest to the city of reno. During yesterdays meeting. Mayor Hillary Schieve actually brought up the possibility of consolidating the agencies again. Heres what truckee meadows fire deputy chief tim leighton had to say about that. 3 whether its my thoughts or someone elses thoughts, once again its up the elected officials to set policy for both organizations