he shared with so many. you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin this hour with a warning from law enforcement. we do not know where he is. those chilling words minutes ago from the top fbi agent in san jacinto county, texas, about this man, 38-year-old francisco orapeza. he has been the focus of a desperate manhunt since friday night. that s when neighbors asked him to stop firing his rifle in his front yard because they were trying to get a baby to go to sleep. police say orapeza entered their home and began shooting. an 8-year-old boy was among the five neighbors slaughtered almost execution-style in the words of the sheriff. cnn s ed lavandera is in cleveland, texas. the sheriff and fbi just held a news briefing. what did you learn there? reporter: well, we learned that clearly investigators here, what they are saying publicly is they essentially have no idea where this 38-year-old murder suspect is, francisco orapeza, not seen since
I am Nicole Austin hillary. Friends atthank our nyu for coke hosting this event and being a partner. We are pleased you are joining us this afternoon for interesting and exciting conversation on president ial ethics law. This is a good moment to have the discussion. The Brennan Center is a nonpartisan institute that seeks to improve our broken system of justice and democracy. We work on what we think our cuttingedge issues, such as voting rights, money, and politics. Make our democracy and Justice System stronger. Follow the Brennan Center if you do not already on facebook and twitter. Heck our videos and podcasts i am introducing kimberly. Tony and introducing to relate. [applause]. [applause] kimberly thank you. Trump ethical controversies making headlines thats Inauguration Day a year what can be done to shore up federal ethics laws to give the Public Confidence there leaders will put the interests of the American People first . What are the most significant federalsting in our ethi
Particularly good moment to have this discussion. The Brennan Center, for those of you who do not know, is a nonpartisan law and policy institute that seeks to improve our broken systems of justice d democrac and we ke t use the tools of advocacy, strategic negotiations to do just that. We work on what we think are very cutting edge issues, such as voting rights, money in politics, ethics, criminal justice reform, racial justice, fair courts, and a host of other issues to, again, do just that, make our democracy and justice systems stronger and more effective for all americans. Please follow the Brennan Center if you dont already on facebook and twitter. Be sure to check out our videos and podcasts on itunes, youtube, and in the multimedia section of brennancenter. Org. And with that said, i am pleased to introduce our moderator for todays program, kimberly atkins, who is the chief washington reporter and columnist for the boston herald. Please join me in welcoming kimberly. [applause]
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Changed. The Ethics Office remains untouched. We wonder whether paul ryan is going to touch on that in his comments. But hes got a lot to address, including whether or not they are going to tackle obama care on day one as promised because this is day one for the 115th congress. Or whether or not they have got another option. He is also surely going to talk about tax cuts. Something he has been trying to get done for some time. Another promise that the republicans have made about coming into office and dealing with almost immediately. But there is tension between the house gop and the president elect. He didnt like what they were doing on that ethics operation. So we are going to talk about that, too. Before we hear from House Speaker paul ryan as heoves to the front, nbcs Halle Jackson is where the action is. She has been at capitol hill all day. And here to help us make sense of it, steve kornacki. Halle, lets start with you. Speaker ryan about to make his address. Its not quite the t