Soaked please, do not depart to far. This will not take long i can assure you. I hope. Is there a motion . I move we hold set closed session second. He was properly moved to old closed session for the purpose of whether to appoint an acting executive director. Any further comments or discussion from the board queen . Any Public Comment . Hearing none, we are now ready to vote. All those in favor we are coming into open session. Im asking those who are here to please, returned. Itll take a few minutes to get organized. We will be out by 5 pm, i promise you. All right. We are now back in order. We will take up action items 17 item 17 action item Public Employee appointment possible report on action taken in close action president scott spears im always confused by these two steps. , always confused by these two stops we do have reports that we can provide if indeed we take action to do so. So im going to call imovie publicly disclose the actions of our close session. The second all right
You dont have the proof, no one has concrete information or evidence. Charles assad then going as far as to insist that the United States worked, quote, handinglove with terrorists to carry out the attack. Former deputy Homeland Security jim loy. Admiral, how do you respond to this . Well i think we have respond with some kind of a factual, investigatory process that gets facts on the table before we speculate what the outcomes might be in one direction or another. It is disappointing that we had russia veto the resolution from the United Nations Security Council just yesterday. But i think an investigatory, some basis on which facts can be put on the table where judgments can be taken and then options can be exercised going the other way. Charles well, werent those, wasnt there some sort of a factual assessment that led to the Trump Administration retaliation with those 59 tomahawk missiles . Without a doubt, there is very little doubt in the mine of our Intelligence Community that th
Continues to be one of his top priorities. We want to know what that term drain the swamp. Means to you. How do you define it . What do you think is the best way to go about draining it . Phone lines are open this morning for you to call in on the washington journal. Democrats, 2027488000 is your number. Republicans, 2027488001 is your number. Independents can call in at 2027488002. You can also catch up with us social media, on twitter, cspanwj. On facebook, facebook. Com cspan. Were asking about this term drain the swamp, want to hear your thoughts on what it means to you. For more on what the Trump Administration has been doing to try to drain the swamp, lets bring in a lobbying reporter with the Washington Post, joins us now by phone. Katherine, good morning to you. Guest good morning. Host a recent headline from the Washington Post, dromp is showing how tough it is to drain the swamp. He knows that this is open to interpretation of what that term means. Lets start there. How does
Why it is not a normalcy . What aspect of it is not quite normal . Ms. Sullivan i will invite jerry bell to answer your question. You are talking about a range of probabilities, and this is potentially reinforcing factors which make this year more uncertain than others. But, jerry, do want to answer that . Seasonl we have three classifications, nearnormal refers to a range of activity defined by the overall season strength, as well as the numbers of hurricanes and tropical storms. We used near normal instead of oftentimesple think as the mathematical average, and we are not talking about the mathematical average here, we are talking about the middle third of the seasons with a certain level of activity. Ms. Sullivan each one of the season designations is a range of prospects, not a distinct number. Either the lower range, the nearnormal range, or the higher range. There are uncertainties, like. Ou said bell yes. If somebody could address, talk more about the signals we might be activat
Candidacy. You can also comment via social media. You can join the conversation,. Hich is quite lively already here is the bismarck news. Trump, whose support from north dakotas National Convention delegates put him over the top. He told the crowd he would eliminate regulations killing the fossil fuel industry. Additional pipeline protections. Here is the washington times. Donald trump has earned enough delegates to wrap up the republican president ial nomination. He put to rest holdouts hopes to somehow derail him. He has moved quickly to consolidate support within the party. He sentthe tweet that out after gaining that nomination. Together we won the republican nomination for president. He attached and Instagram Video. It to you tove speculate on how this whole race is going to go. I dont think it is likely donald trump will be the nominee. Hes not going to be the nominee. Hes not going to be the nominee. Donald trump is not getting to 1237. Realistically, i would not bet a dollar on