Rao. She is the administrator of that Regulatory Affairs for everybody in this room and in this town commonly known. That is a lingo. This is reminding me of one of the first events i ever did here at bookings. I hosted eight years ago. It was then the administrator. For one of the first events. There was a group of protesters out front one of him was wearing a full on costume with the trashcan assigned and face sign. I think it was him. They were singing a very creatively written a song. That was a play on oscars famous song. I will say it was effective because without that i would never have remembered the disposal rule. There you go. I will say thankfully that this is nothing so exciting happening outside of the room today. It does highlight a serious point which is that the job of the administrator is already controversial and its frequently contentious. They oversee the regulatory process for the executive agencies. Its responsible for vetting the agencys tallies and the cost of f
Thanks to patrick who has been our master of ceremonies and has done such a superb job of keeping us on track even dealing with some slight delays. And helping to coordinate the program. We began our day with remarks from attorney general Jeff Sessions and we are deeply honored to have for our closing speaker, another member of the president s cabinet. Sixth homelandhe security secretary. She is a superb leader with a wealth of relevant experience. Last year, she served as the chief of staff to the department of Homeland Security and she then served as the chief of staff to President Trump. In president bushs administration, she served as senior director on the Homeland Security council. In her current role, she supervises several Law Enforcement agencies that play a Critical Role in the u. S. Governments antitrafficking effort both at the border and in the interior. Tom customer from Customs Border protection to the transportation security administration, Homeland Security is on the f
What does the release of this memo mean for the overall House Intelligence Committee investigation into russian interference . Mr. Heath it is hard to know. It is hard to assess whether this is a legal or political document or something else, and it is hard to assess the claims that it makes. It is saying this is surveillance that was legally questionable, but it does not really say what the Legal Standard was or what law might have been broken, and it is not clear as a reader where that comes from. You tweeted about that, saying the curious thing about the memo is it does not accuse the fbi or justice with any particular law. There are Legal Standards for warrant applications, but it does not reference them. Why is that important or do you think this memo is just meant to make a statement . Mr. Heath i do not know what the intention is. I am wary of anybody, including the authors of this memo, who are trying to make assessments about peoples motives. It is interesting to me that there
But democrats call the memo misleading and charge it is an effort to undermine the investigation in the 2016 election and the criminal probe being led by special counsel Robert Mueller. So today, were getting your thoughts on the memo and the russian probe. Republicans can call 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. And independents, 2027488002. You can also reach us on social media on twitter. Com cspanwj and on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. And that memo is topping the hitandmiss including the Washington Post says the g. O. P. Memo declassified on friday accused senior Law Enforcement officials of misleading a court in order to conduct a surveillance on a former Trump Campaign advisor. Fueling a growing distrust between the white house and republicans on one side and the Justice Department and the f. B. I. On another. Host were talking to you today, getting your reaction to the release of that memo. Tommy is calling in from tennessee on our independent line. Good morning, tommy. Calle
A live look and a specks okesperson said it did not impact the operations there. Crews drain a pond in a desperate search to find an infant baby. Dubbed dubbed baby willow. Susan richardson is charmed with child neglect and the question is, where is willow . Heres where crews are focusing their search, silver star road east of the willowbend apartment. David Williams Joins us live with though developing story. David . Reporter right now, thousands of gallons are being removed from the lake behind me. The pond. Everybody is wondering could baby willow possibly be in the e party in the pond . A worker on scene says each of of water a minute and he has been here since 6 last night in shifts and earlier this week someone said they saw what looked like a placenta in the parking lot of willowbend apartment and homicide and crime scene investigators said a full term baby was born and discarded and the babys mother, 30yearold Susan Richardson is in jail as we said, on a child neglect charge. S