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Honor the Texas flag. I pledge allegiance to the Texas one state under God, one and

indivisible. Every day in Texas Public Schools they made us do the Texas Pledge

of Allegiance. Really? Totally not weird to make little, little kids pledge

allegiance to a state government before they know what they're talking about.

Totally fine. Texas wanted to secede from the union for a while. Anyway. It was really

funny in a terrible way.

Remember the Alamo! I've been there. So on the subject patriotism and the 4th

of July, let's talk about independence. Okay so Elder L Tom Perry, he was a giant.

Like literally he was a very tall, tall, large man. He was an apostle. Back

in- what year was it- back in nineteen seventy four-- so the church was

celebrating the bicentennial of the United States of America and there was a

question in the ensign that Elder Perry answered. The question was, "What about the

Saints in other lands, how do you hope they will respond to this Bicentennial

emphasis of the church?" Because they're celebrating the bicentennial of the United

States. And the church is a Worldwide Church so Elder Perry said,

"We hope they would thank the Lord for providing a cradle for the Restoration.

It is through this nation and it's human and financial resources that they have

been blessed with the Gospel message and its present day program. We are not

asking the Saints and other lands to become bicentennially involved, only the

American Saints. We think the celebration pattern we're establishing here is one

that can be used whenever appropriate in other lands. In the church there is a

bond that binds us together which knows no national boundaries. However, we of

course want all members in all lands to be good citizens." So we want to talk

about what you first set up there about the United States being the cradle of

the Restoration. Yeah, it is not so much about the United States of America, it's

about a land where there was freedom to believe as you want. Yeah, so a lot of

people think to be a Latter-day Saint you have to be intrinsically tied with,

you know, the American Dream and stuff like that but you really don't. The

gospel is restored in the United States because of religious freedom. It

couldn't be restored in Europe because they had a lot of, you know, state

religions and other theocracies in the East but in the US, they had this sort

of wild idea of letting people believe what they want.

Revolutionary! Yeah! There was a war! There was a war to allow people have freedom

of their own religion. Yeah, if you think about it,

I mean, I think we take advantage of it because we've lived with freedom of

religion and it's kind of a-- in many places in the world they have that

freedom now but back in the day, I mean look at, look at Christ. He came to

establish his church and his gospel and they killed him and they killed his

apostles and it fizzled out and there was a great apostasy for a long time and

so I mean, I think that the Lord restored his church as soon as he could because

obviously he's not going to infringe on people's agency and so when the

circumstances came together for religious freedom to be a reality, that's

where Joe Smith was- that's when the restoration happened. Now a lot of

people, when they hear this, they're sometimes a little skeptical because--

especially a lot of people who are Native American and in South

America, they go "Wait a minute, wait a minute, our ancestors were massacred by

you know, Christian colonialists." So I think people when we say this they think

that like we were celebrating that. We're not. We're not. No, no. We think that was

evil, we think murdering people was wrong. I think I kind of look at it personally

in the way of like when Daniel was thrown into the Lions Den and, you know,

his brothers meant it for evil but God meant it for good and so God took that

evil situation and did something good with it. So we just, I think that's important

to note-- we're not saying that massacring was good, it was bad. Good point. I wanted

to point that out because I know that's actually a tough topic for some people so

yeah, so Latter-day Saints all around the world, they are more Saints outside of the

US and in the US. We are not an American religion. We are a religion for

all of God's children so we celebrate this just cuz it's in our country but

you know in your respective countries, there's probably really cool holidays

that are awesome. El dia de los Muertos. Yeah. I don't know what that means.

El Cinco de Mayo. Yeah, when the Mayo sinks. And so it's really good that

you have those holidays for yourself and then you can realize how God's probably

done amazing things in your countries too to allow the gospel to be there.

We know this episode is gonna be up- you're probably not gonna see it right

when we post it but I really, I just, I just want to quote the Independence Day

speech. Alright. Go. "Today we cel--" oh, he's got his little

microphone. Can I take this? I'm gonna take this. They're gonna know it's not a real mic! Haha!

All I remember is "Today we celebrate our independence day." Oh I know the speech. You know

the whole thing? "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can

do for your country. I, John F Kennedy, hereby commemorate the Church of Jesus

Christ of Latter-day Saints and the United States of America to be a

promised land and things of that nature and I hope that everyone can realize how

amazing it is." "It's the best country, there's no better country, there's no

better country, there's no better country, let me tell ya! Let me tell you, I've seen a

Mormon temple, I've seen a Mormon temple and let me tell you, if I was

in charge of the Mormon temples, there would be a lot more gold. There'd be a lot more gold

and a golf course, I guarantee you that, I guarantee you that, I guarantee.

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How The U.S. Territory Of Guam Became An American Colony - Duration: 10:54.

When Puerto Rico was suddenly on everyone's minds after Hurricane Maria,

one question kept coming up:

What does it mean to be a U.S. territory?

Puerto Rico is just one of many U.S. territories,

including the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam.

But many Americans hardly ever think about them.

"Most members of Congress, they couldn't find Guam on a map –

and they don't want to

because it's completely off their radar."

The 4 million Americans who live in these territories

can serve in the military,

but they can't vote for president.

Each territory has one representative in Congress, but that representative can't actually vote, either.

U.S. territories are essentially,

American colonies.

"There's a footnote attached to America's empire,

and it's called Guam."

Way out in the western Pacific,

this island of 160,000 people is the furthest west you can get

and still say you're on American soil.

And since it's close to Asia,

it's the perfect location for a U.S. military base,

which is why the military controls more than a quarter of the island's land.

In this series of "Untold America,"

I'm going to take you to Guam.

I want to know how it became and stayed a U.S. colony.

Driving around Guam

you can't miss that this is America.

You can hear planes taking off from Andersen Air Force Base,

tourists shoot guns at Wild West-style ranges

and snap photos in front of a replica of the Statue of Liberty.

But like the other territories,

Guam is not fully American.

"Since Guam is considered a possession of the U.S.

but not part of the U.S.,

the Constitution doesn't apply,

and so even today, we still do not have the full applicability of the Constitution."

That's because of a series of decisions called the "Insular Cases."

"So the U.S. Supreme Court,

the highest court in the land, basically in 1901 decides that based on race,

based on this idea that these places are populated by quote, "alien races" –

the Constitution wouldn't be applied.

Basically, alien races are incapable of understanding Anglo-Saxon principles."

In Guam's case, by "alien races"

they meant the indigenous Chamorro people,

who have lived on the island for more than 3,000 years.

Before the Americans came in,

Guam had already been colonized for hundreds of years by the Spanish.

Then, with the Treaty of Paris in 1898,

the United States took control of Guam,

the Philippines and Puerto Rico.

"Now, when they took Guam,

they declared the entire island to be the naval station of Guam.

And what that would mean for the Chamorro people

was that the military ruled our lives.

And there was no consideration of civil rights for the people, political rights.

It became a dictatorship."

The Chamorro people were denied the right to citizenship and banned from speaking their language.

This continued for decades until…

"The United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked

by naval and air forces of the empire of Japan."

Just hours after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii in December 1941,

the Japanese also bombed Guam.

"They had actually evacuated all of the white wives and children to the mainland.

Because they were expecting the Japanese to bomb the island.

Right. And, uh, and I mentioned white wives and children

because they didn't evacuate the Chamorro women who had been married to Americans."

The Japanese occupied Guam for two and a half years during the war.

It was a really traumatic time for Chamorros on the island.

I wanted to hear from people who lived through it.

During occupation, many women were assaulted by Japanese soldiers.

Susie was one of them.

Susie was able to get away, but still has a scar on her knee from the attack.

She lost four siblings and an aunt during the war.

"I'm half-Japanese.

My mom is from Japan, and I lived there for a number of years.

I'm also American.

I never learned these stories growing up.

I didn't know any of these stories growing up."

During the Japanese occupation,

Chamorro people were forced to work the fields to produce food for the Japanese.

Toward the end of the war, the Japanese became more brutal,

killing Chamorros en masse and rounding them up into concentration camps.

Susie's aunt died on the march to one of the concentration camps when she couldn't keep up.

She was beaten and thrown into a ditch.

"The largest massacre, which happened in the northern part of Guam in Yigo,

there were 45 men who were beheaded.

Just one day after another, there are a number of massacres that go on,

30 people, 45 people, all the way leading up to Liberation Day."

"For 17 days, without let-up, American planes and ships assault the island of Guam."

"For people who were there at the time,

you can understand the,

the relief, the excitement,

the sense actually of liberation, of freedom."

"People felt safe that the United States is back."

(Laughs) "I was so happy."

"We were really blessed."

"Dear Uncle Sam, won't you please come back to Guam?

Hey!" (Laughs).

I started to understand why a lot of people on Guam, especially the older generation, are so patriotic.

But after the war,

Chamorros were moved into refugee camps and the military began taking land all over the island.

"The property to the left, all the way practically to the ocean,

is my family's property,

and what the military did is they just took it from us."

Antonio's family was forced to sign over 4,600 acres of their land to the U.S. military.

He says they were paid less than $12 an acre for it.

That land became Andersen Air Force Base.

Less than 10 years later,

the military took another 1,000 acres from the Sablan family

to create the Naval Communications Station.

"There were 200,000 military on the island,

and the U.S. military had just basically gobbled up vast amounts of land,

probably close to 70% at its peak,

over 100 installations all over the island, it's just every branch of the military was here."

Chamorros who had just survived a brutal war,

were coerced into signing over their land by threats,

the need to prove their patriotism and fear of military backlash.

On average, the military paid only $1 an acre for the land.

"Chamorros were feeling completely powerless.

It was gut-wrenching.

Land was all they had.

Literally land was their wealth.

Land was what they gave to their children and grandchildren.

As a result of liberation,

the Chamorros become landless and many of them become homeless,

and the Chamorros become the poor people of Guam."

After decades of fighting for their rights under American rule

Chamorros were given limited citizenship under the Organic Act.

Now that they were citizens,

the military was legally required to make an official payment for the land they took.

But that didn't mean the payment was fair.

Antonio's family got a single dollar for all 4,600 acres taken to create the air force base.

"Almost everybody in Guam,

pretty much we got nothing.

Very little and compensation is just so unjust."

Antonio, who had served in the military himself, did inherit a small bit of land, but throughout the 80s,

the military made it very difficult for him to access it.

"I literally get accosted at gunpoint numerous times when I am in my family's land.

Like a barrel of an M16 on the back of my neck,

laying on the ground

because they're trying to identify whether I'm a properly legitimate person to be there."

"Even though you had an ID card that said you were a landowner?"

"That's correct."

"That's why I became so outspoken and radical,

because what am I doing identifying myself on my own home to go to my own private property?"

Antonio helped form the group Nasion Chamoru,

also known as Chamorro Nation, to protest the military occupation of Guam.

"So we were blocking the road.

"We actually put a tent in the middle of the road.

They would, they all tie us in like handcuff,

and there would be a bus parked up ahead

and they would take us and put us inside the bus."

As a result of the protests,

the guard shack that checked IDs on that road was eventually taken down.

"I was willing to go to jail.

I was willing to confront the Americanos and die if I have to."

In the 80s, after hundreds of Chamorros filed claims over the unfair original payments for their land,

the U.S. government agreed to pay up.

But they paid what the land was worth in the 1940s --

40 years too late.

The Sablan family chose not to accept the payment in protest.

Today, Antonio runs a tourism business with some of the land he has left.

But of the 5,500 acres his family once owned

that became military property, none were ever returned.

"I am the victim.

They're the one that's enjoying the fruits of our land.

And they should be paying us billions of dollars in rent money

for utilizing as the most important military outpost here in the Pacific."

With Andersen Air Force Base to the north and the naval base to the south,

the U.S. military now controls 27% of the land on Guam.

Because of Guam's complicated past,

I can understand how the legacy of liberation lives on.

But while patriotism on the island is still strong,

there are people who are pushing back against the military.

They say it's time for Guam,

an American colony,

to choose its own fate.

Thanks so much for watching part 1 of our series.

I can't believe I never learned about the brutal history of

Japanese occupation on Guam in school.

In this next video, we're going to go speak to people in

the military who can't even vote for president.

And we're going to go talk to people in the

independence movement.

Don't forget to like, share and subscribe,

for more of "Untold America."

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Second North Korea-U.S. summit could be held in New York in Sept.: U.S. officials - Duration: 0:40.

U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un reportedly might hold a

*second summit in September,... this time in New York.

News website Axios cites officials in the Trump administration as saying they're considering

that location and timeframe, which would coincide with a meeting of the UN General Assembly,

when New York will be hosting many world leaders.

President Trump and Kim Jong-un first met in Singapore on June 12th.

The officials reportedly said, though, that for a second summit to happen, Pyongyang would

have to show some progress toward nuclear disarmament.

On Sunday, in an interview with Fox News, Trump said he thinks North Korea is serious

about allowing inspections of its nuclear facilities.

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Will U.S.-Mexico policy tensions change under López Obrador? - Duration: 6:20.

JUDY WOODRUFF: And now perspective from former Ambassador Roberta Jacobson.

She served as U.S. ambassador to Mexico until earlier this year, when she resigned over

what she said were concerns about the Trump administration's policies toward the country.

That ended a 30-year career at the State Department.

Among many posts, she served as assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere

affairs during the Obama administration, during which she led the diplomatic effort to open

relations with Cuba.

Ambassador Jacobson, welcome back to the "NewsHour."

ROBERTA JACOBSON, Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs: Thank

you, Judy.

JUDY WOODRUFF: So, when it comes to AMLO, the new leader of Mexico, we just heard a

lot of conversation about whether people think he can deliver on all of these promises.

Is he someone you see as able to do what he says he is going to do?

ROBERTA JACOBSON: Well, I think that there are enormous expectations, as you say and

as Nick said, but I think there are also a lot of people willing to give him a chance.

The kinds of changes he is suggesting will take Congress, where it looks like is he going

to have majorities.

So that may enable him to do what he wants.

But they also are the kinds of things that can't be done very quickly.

And so that's the real question.

Will Mexicans have enough patience and enough willingness to wait for some of the changes?

JUDY WOODRUFF: And it does sound like there is a fair amount unknown about what we can

expect.

ROBERTA JACOBSON: Absolutely.

I mean, his own policy pronouncements and those of his teams during the campaign were

all over the map.

And so there is some things that you can point to that are very reassuring, on economics,

on other subjects of importance to the U.S.

But there are others that were inflammatory and of concern.

So which AMLO will govern?

JUDY WOODRUFF: What about -- let's talk first about border security.

The president, President Trump, said they talked on the phone today for something like

half-an-hour.

ROBERTA JACOBSON: Right.

JUDY WOODRUFF: What do we think he can actually get done when it comes to border security

that is different from what the current Mexico government is doing?

ROBERTA JACOBSON: Right.

And that will be really interesting.

I think, as we know, there are actually fewer Mexicans coming into the United States than

leaving.

So this is largely a problem of non-Mexican migrants, especially from Central America.

And they go through or sometimes even stay in Mexico.

So, currently, Mexico is helping with the return of some of those migrants.

Will Lopez Obrador continue that?

That wasn't a huge issue in the campaign, although what he did say didn't necessarily

sound encouraging in terms of help on that score.

JUDY WOODRUFF: And you mentioned -- you said when it comes to the economy, you think that

he may well be able to do what -- to make some changes.

We know that NAFTA remains a huge issue.

The president is now saying, we will deal with that after the midterm elections this

year.

ROBERTA JACOBSON: Right.

I mean, what is interesting is, Mexico's transition and our own fall midterm elections are sort

of concurrent, in that he -- Lopez Obrador doesn't take office until December 1.

That's after our midterms.

So, that is the point at which formally he would sit down with the administration, although

he has asked to be part, to have his team be part of any NAFTA negotiations that take

place before he's inaugurated.

But his own potential negotiator for NAFTA has said he thinks -- that is, Lopez Obrador's

-- that he thinks that the Pena Nieto administration, the current Mexican administration, has done

a pretty good job in the NAFTA negotiations.

And the really tough part has been, frankly, some of the intransigent positions of the

Trump administration.

So it is hard to know whether that side will change or whether, if the leaders get along

well at the top, maybe there is more flexibility.

JUDY WOODRUFF: And I want to ask you about that in a minute.

But, before I do, just quickly, a question about corruption, a huge issue, a huge challenge

for him in Mexico.

ROBERTA JACOBSON: Right.

JUDY WOODRUFF: What is the real expectation there?

ROBERTA JACOBSON: I think the expectations there are actually among the most difficult

to satisfy.

Mexico, these electors were largely looking at the corruption issue, the security issue

and the economy to some extent, but corruption was top of mind.

And there is a national anti-corruption plan in Mexico which is not fully implemented.

So Lopez Obrador could move ahead on that plan aggressively, set up a special prosecutor,

et cetera.

The question is, will he?

He didn't have any specific policy recommendations that came up during the campaign.

JUDY WOODRUFF: And, finally, you mentioned President Trump, the relationship between

the two men.

As I said in the introduction, you did leave your post.

And you were -- you have spoken about it -- because of problems you had with the administration

policies toward Mexico.

What are you looking for between the two?

ROBERTA JACOBSON: Well, I think, for starters -- and one can only hope that today's phone

call is the beginning of that -- we need to see less vilification of Mexico and Mexicans

by the president, frankly, and others in the administration.

Those are the things that Mexicans were united about, that they really dislike those tweets

or rallying cries about Mexicans and how to characterize them, and that they are never

going to pay for the wall.

Those are two things they were unified on.

If we can have a more civil tone, a more respectful tone, and one that characters how much we

both benefit from this relationship, then there is the possibility of progress.

So I would be looking for the two of them to have probably some similarities and get

along as people, because there are some similarities, populist, nationalist, but the policy issues

will remain and be very tough.

JUDY WOODRUFF: Well, so much to keep an eye on at this point.

Roberta Jacobson, who formally represented the United States in Mexico, thank you very

much.

ROBERTA JACOBSON: Thank you, Judy.

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Will China go after US clothing, footwear industries with tariffs? - Duration: 2:59.

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Obama just Got Huge Honor As 'Real President of the United States' For July 4 Instead Of Trump - Duration: 5:18.

Obama Just Given Huge Honor As 'Real President of the United States' For July 4 Instead

Of Trump.

It never ceases to amaze me how out of touch with reality Democrats and their party really

are.

In a $2,700 per plate event in lavish Beverly Hills California to raise much-needed money

for the failing DNC, also known as the socialist party, Democratic National Committee Chairman

Tom Perez had the task of introducing former President Barack Hussein Obama to the guests.

And what ensued will leave you speechless.

"Let's give it up for the real president of the United States," Perez said as the

former President walked out according to the news publication Politico.

Via Politico:

"Do not wait for the perfect message, don't wait to feel a tingle in your spine because

you're expecting politicians to be so inspiring and poetic and moving that somehow, 'OK,

I'll get off my couch after all and go spend the 15-20 minutes it takes for me to vote,'"

Obama said in his first public comments in months, which only a few reporters and no

cameras were allowed in for.

"Because that's part of what happened in the last election.

I heard that too much."

"Boil it down," Obama said, reiterating an argument he made on the campaign trail

for Ralph Northam in 2017 about the existential challenge Trump poses to America.

"If we don't vote, then this democracy doesn't work."

He almost accepted some of the blame for the state of the party, though he framed it less

as the DNC atrophying from years of benign neglect while he was in the White House and

being saddled with his reelection campaign debt and more as people making the mistake

of falling too much in love with him.

"I'll be honest with you, if I have a regret during my presidency, it is that people

were so focused on me and the battles we were having, particularly after we lost the House,

that folks stopped paying attention up and down the ballot," Obama said.

Obama stuck to his routine of never saying President Donald Trump's name in public,

but he spoke at length about what his problems are with the Trump presidency — and why

he thinks Democrats would be foolish to believe that they're in good shape to beat him just

because they've been doing well in winning recent elections.

"Fear is powerful," Obama said.

"Telling people that somebody's out to get you, or somebody took your job, or somebody

has it out for you, or is going to change you, or your community, or your way of life

— that's an old story and it has shown itself to be powerful in societies all around

the world.

It is a deliberate, systematic effort to tap into that part of our brain that carries fear

in it."

He did not specifically discuss immigrant families being separated at detention centers.

He did not discuss the travel ban or other rulings from the Supreme Court this week.

Teed up gently but directly by DNC chairman Tom Perez, who was seated next to him on a

small stage asking questions to prompt the discussion, he dodged a question about Anthony

Kennedy's retirement.

Merrick Garland's name wasn't mentioned, and neither was the current push by most Senate

Democrats — and supported by Obama's former vice president Joe Biden — to say that Trump's

nominee should also not be given a hearing until after the next election.

No one mentioned Joe Crowley's shocker primary loss, or the burst of youthful optimism and

talk of socialism that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's win has injected into Democratic politics.

He spoke only obliquely about the "Me Too" movement, saying that the current Republican

leadership believes in "women staying in their place in all kinds of ways."

His only direct comments on current events were about the newspaper office s******g in

Maryland earlier Thursday, which he said left him heartbroken but hopeful that people would

see this one as the turning point to take action on g*n laws."

As he read his teleprompter at the event, Obama suggested there may have been something

he did not do right during his two terms in office.

Which according to him was that people were so focused on him and the battles he was having,

especially after the Democrats lost the House, that folks stopped paying attention up and

down the ballot.

No sir, I would say that's just the opposite.

After you people lost the house in 2010 mainly because you oversaw a government takeover

of our healthcare system people started paying attention.

They started to forget your skin color and the hype and they started to see your so-called

summer of recovery never panned out.

Of course, you were able to pull out a win in 2012 because Obamacare didn't kick in

until 2013 on purpose because your side knew very well that if people knew the truth about

the law they would have never elected you, no matter what the color of your skin is.

But perhaps the worst thing this former president said during his speech is that "Republicans

fit the mold of the party of anger."

Really?

And who are the ones kicking people out of restaurants for being Conservatives and tweeting

nasty things about putting Barron Trump in a cage full of pedophiles?

Conservatives?

Not everyone agreed with Obama's ignorant statement:

What do you think about this?

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New 30-Year U.S. Fish & Wildlife Permit an Innovative Win for Environment, System Reliability - Duration: 3:42.

[MUSIC]

[Andy Williams:] PG&E has long been an environmental

steward, and the habitat conservation plan is a method of

allowing us to preserve areas, to do our work with best

management practices and to take care of the endangered species

in our service territory. [Jennifer Norris:] A habitat

conservation plan is an agreement between the U.S. Fish

& Wildlife Service and a private entity like PG&E that allows for

Endangered Species Act protection over a wide variety

of projects, over a long time period. So in this case, it

covers the nine Bay Area counties and identifies

operation and maintenance activities that will need

Endangered Species Act protection. We agree on what

those activities will be, what sorts of measures need to be

undertaken to reduce effects to endangered species and out the

other side we put together a permit. And PG&E gets to use it,

and we work collaboratively on implementing it. [Erica Brand:]

We were very pleased to see a habitat conservation plan

developed. The Bay Area Habitat Conservation Plan is a smart

approach to planning for operations and maintenance of

gas and electric facilities while protecting wildlife and

their habitats. [Diane Ross-Leech:] Developing a

regional habitat conservation plan is really a journey and an

investment with the communities and with the regulatory agencies

and the other landscape partners in land mitigation. And so you

really have to figure out what species you need to have

protected and how you'll work with other regional partners

that are occupying the same land where our operations and

maintenance activities occur as well as how we will mitigate

collaboratively with all these other partners. [Jennifer

Norris:] PG&E is going to be adding to existing habitat

conservation plans in the Bay Area that are already underway,

and that provides extra space for species to occupy which

means those populations can be larger, and they have a better

chance of being self-sustaining into the future. [Andy

Williams:] As of today, we have about 1,500 acres under

contract, and when all is said and done as many as 4, 800 acres

will be preserved. [Sumeet Singh:] We work

hand-in-hand‚ our engineers, construction managers, project

managers‚with our environmental professionals to

ensure that we understand the physical environment that we're

going to be going into, the endangered species that may be

there, the habitat that they have and ensure we're putting

the right measures‚ avoidance measures and mitigation

measures‚ so we're not impacting their habitat or the

endangered species themselves. The habitat conservation plan

really helps us streamline that process. [Glen Lubcke:] We

currently seek permits on an individual basis, and that's

inefficient, it takes a lot of time. So having a permit with

certainty, terms and conditions that have already been agreed

to‚ we can rely on it for the next 30 years, and we no longer

have to go back and get individual permits that take up

our time and take up time with the agencies as well. [Jennifer

Norris:] PG&E can come and take care of your property ... your

electricity, make sure your pipelines are safe and your

power lines are up and running without delay. I think that's

beneficial for all of us, and we have conservation we can all be

proud of: big, beautiful open spaces that will be protected in

perpetuity. We had some really dedicated folks that came to the

table, built good relationships, built trust and that

collaboration has allowed us to create a plan that we can all be

really proud of. And we're going to export that model to the rest

of the state! [Andy Williams:] The habitat

conservation plan was many years in the making. The end result is

a 30-year agreement that I think everybody can be proud of.

[MUSIC FADES]

For more infomation >> New 30-Year U.S. Fish & Wildlife Permit an Innovative Win for Environment, System Reliability - Duration: 3:42.

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✅ TDs boycott Fourth of July party at the US ambassador's residence in Dublin - Independent.ie - Duration: 2:32.

  Tonight's annual July 4 celebration in the US ambassador's residence will be boycotted by several Oireachtas members in protest at President Donald Trump's immigration policies

 Those who will avoid the event are doing so in response to the separation of children from their families at the US border

 All People Before Profit TDs will also be boycotting the event, including Brid Smith, Gino Kenny and Richard Boyd Barrett

 Social Democrat TDs Catherine Murphy and Roisin Shorthall have also made the decision not to attend, as has Fianna Fáil Senator Lorraine Clifford Lee

 Charge d'Affaires Reece Smyth will host the US Independence Day event, titled 'United We Rock', in the Phoenix Park

Green Party TD Eamon Ryan, who is among those who will not be attending, said he believed the gesture, no matter how small, sent a message

 "It is a protest directly relating to the separation of families along the Mexican border

The treatment of those children is in breach of all international conventions," he said

 Mr Ryan said there were many issues he could protest against under the current US administration but this, in particular, was something "where you just have to take a stand and say 'that's not acceptable'"

 Labour Senator Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has called for a boycott of the celebrations, describing recent US immigration policies as a "step too far"

He expects all his party colleagues will join him in his protest.  However, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael TDs have free rein on whether to attend the celebrations

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The Identity Of This Key Deep State Leaker Will Leave You Speechless - Duration: 13:51.

The Identity Of This Key Deep State Leaker Will Leave You Speechless

The Deep State conspiracy to impeach Donald Trump kicked off with one leak.

It set in motion a series of events that culminated with Robert Mueller being appointed special

counsel.

But now the leaker has been indentified and you'll be speechless when you find out who

it is.

Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee released a report that found no evidence of

Russian collusion.

But that was not the biggest bombshell in the report.

The report alleged that former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper was the

Deep State operative who leaked the infamous Christopher Steele dossier and that it was

used in high-level briefings to CNN.

The existence of the dossier was known for months, but since it was unverified, the media

needed a hook to report on it.

Comey briefing Trump on its existence was the trigger the press needed to run the story.

Republicans also allege Clapper lied to Congress about these leaks.

The Federalist reports:

"IN ONE OF THE FINDINGS WITHIN THE 253-PAGE REPORT, THE HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE WROTE

THAT CLAPPER LEAKED DETAILS OF A DOSSIER BRIEFING GIVEN TO THEN-PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP

TO CNN'S JAKE TAPPER, LIED TO CONGRESS ABOUT THE LEAK, AND WAS REWARDED WITH A CNN CONTRACT

A FEW MONTHS LATER.

"CLAPPER FLATLY DENIED 'DISCUSSING[ING] THE DOSSIER [COMPILED BY STEELE] OR ANY OTHER

INTELLIGENCE RELATED TO RUSSIA HACKING OF THE 2016 ELECTION WITH JOURNALISTS,'"

THE COMMITTEE FOUND.

WHEN ASKED DIRECTLY WHETHER HE HAD EVER DISCUSSED THE DOSSIER WITH ANY JOURNALISTS, CLAPPER

REPLIED THAT HE HAD NOT, ACCORDING TO A TRANSCRIPT OF THE PROCEEDINGS:

ROONEY: Did you discuss the dossier or any other intelligence related to Russia hacking

of the 2016 election with journalists?MR.

CLAPPER: No.

THE FORMER DNI LATER CHANGED HIS STORY AFTER HE WAS CONFRONTED SPECIFICALLY ABOUT HIS COMMUNICATIONS

WITH JAKE TAPPER OF CNN.

"CLAPPER SUBSEQUENTLY ACKNOWLEDGED DISCUSSING THE 'DOSSIER WITH CNN JOURNALIST JAKE TAPPER,'

AND ADMITTED THAT HE MIGHT HAVE SPOKEN WITH OTHER JOURNALISTS ABOUT THE SAME TOPIC,"

THE REPORT CONTINUED.

"CLAPPER'S DISCUSSION WITH TAPPER TOOK PLACE IN EARLY JANUARY 2017, AROUND THE TIME

IC LEADERS BRIEFED PRESIDENT OBAMA AND PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP, ON 'THE CHRISTOPHER STEELE INFORMATION,'

A TWO-PAGE SUMMARY OF WHICH WAS 'ENCLOSED IN' THE HIGHLY-CLASSIFIED VERSION OF THE

ICA," OR INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT.

THE BRIEFING OF TRUMP BY U.S. INTELLIGENCE CHIEFS WAS HELD ON JANUARY 6.

CNN PUBLISHED ITS STORY ON THE BRIEFING, BASED ON ANONYMOUS LEAKS FROM "TWO NATIONAL SECURITY

OFFICIALS," ON JANUARY 10.

BUZZFEED PUBLISHED THE FULL DOSSIER, WHICH WAS JOINTLY FUNDED BY THE HILLARY CLINTON

CAMPAIGN AND THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE, MINUTES AFTER THE CNN STORY WAS PUBLISHED."

Briefing Trump on the dossier was a set up.

Comey undertook this course of action so the briefing could be leaked to the press and

the media would have the news hook necessary to run stories about the fake news document.

And now Americans know Clapper was a ringleader in this conspiracy.

The Russia investigation was nothing more than the Obama administration using fake news

and disinformation to frame the incoming President and undo the results of the 2016 election.

It is the greatest attack on Democracy in American history.

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