mr. peters. mr. peters: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker: the chair will entertain up to five requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentlelady from florida seek recognition? ms. ros-lehtinen: unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlelady is recognized. ms. ros-lehtinen: mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize the 20th anniversary of one of south florida's grooviest communities, my hometown of the village of pine crest. since its incorporation in 1996, the village of pine crest has been known as a family friendly community with many parks and recreational areas and neighborhood activities that are open to all south floridians. the village is committed to sustainable stewardship and environmental sensitivity, keeping it one of

mrs. -- on senator bernie sanders this weekend. texas's highest criminal court the charge against rick perry. the charges involved perry publicly training and then carrying out a veto state funding for public corruption prosecutors. loretta lynch is defending the government's push to unlock an iphone used by one of the san bernadino shooters aaron lynch -- shooters. lynch said there's plenty of precedent for third parties to aid in the search for evidence. apple will tell a judge this week that the dispute should be handled by congress, not the courts. u.s. of brazilian and health workers are banding together to determine if the zika virus are causing babies to be born with a birth the fact affecting the brain. it is one of the epicenters of of zika andutbreaks sufferers. , i am news 24 hours a day mark crumpton. scarlet: there are signs of inflation may be picking appear in the u.s., keeping the prospect of a hike in march on the table. again, are moving from extraordinary accommodation in this economy to something more neutral. t

[applause] mr. trump: thank you, everybody. so nice. look at this. wow. -- to have the endorsement of these very rich, very powerful, but really wonderful gentleman. these are wonderful gentleman. get back up here. they've got some money, don't they? i'm looking at that equipment. that is good. our country has been taken away from us. it is going so fast. you talk about the second amendment. because i was with randy and a lot of people. i was talking to some of the people before and i said what would you like me to focus on? second amendment. second amendment means a lot of other things too. the second amendment is under siege. you know that. you know that very well. we lost a great supreme court justice the other day. nobody thought this was going to be part of the equation. all of a sudden if somebody gets in who was the wrong person they will take that second amendment away so fast. bloomberg is somebody that wants to knock out the second amendment. hillary is a disaster on the second amendment. they want to take it away. it's not going to happen.

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mr. trump: my sons are hunters, they love hunting. they know about your moose air. were telling me about that. is that mostly disease? or is it from hunting? [indiscernible] mr. trump: wow. unbelievable. down 50%? well. amazing. incredible. >> [indiscernible] mr. trump: i support the death penalty. i have to be a little careful about that. if somebody kill somebody, i support the death penalty and i support the death penalty for policeman that get killed. we had a case of new york, they gone to the car, and they put a gun to the officer said, they pull the trigger. death penalty all the way. i have always supported the death penalty. i do not believe people who don't. you have cases to who are so egregious, a guy comes up to an 85-year-old woman, i just the face, shoots her and had, rapes her, kills her, and then they put them in jail for 25 years. how you can even think of that -- and i have friends that are good people and they say, no it is cruel and unusual punishment. what is that? it's like the other day during the debate talks about the whole thing with water

mr. trump: it is interesting. my sons are hunters, and they love hunting, and they know about your moose. is that from disease? wow. wow. that is unbelievable. that is down 50%. wow, that is amazing. look at that. that is incredible. yes, go ahead. well, i do support the death penalty. i have to be a little careful with that. if some but he kill somebody, i support the death penalty, and i support the death penalty for policeman who get killed. you know, and officers said they pulled the trigger. death penalty. i do not understand people who do not. you have cases where a guy will come up to and 85-year-old woman, punch her in the face, shoot her in the head, rape her kill her, and then they put them in jail for 25 years. how you can even think of that and i have friends who are good people, and they say "no, no it is cruel and unusual punishment. " it is like the other day when they talked about waterboarding and they said actually to ted cruz. they were talking to him about it, and you could see he was hedging.

>> mr. roker. >> employee of the month? those titles are meant to encourage you. a little boost to your ego. a new study from harvard and uc berkeley so the real deal, they say actually when some people in a group are praised it is damaging to other people. ag label and they give up. >> especially with kids i think they are sensitive to that. >> it's supposed to be motivating. >> i would take it that way. >> that's the way i would take it. >> apparently just simply say he is always going to be the teacher's pet no sense in my trying. >> young girls are so impressionable i think they give up more. >> things that make you go hmm. >>> one way to not get employee of the month. this guy fell asleep on the job of a tech startup. it was his first day. the co-workers took this photo. he posted the picture on reddit. >> it does happen. i captured a video not long ago tom mazzarelli in his office. >> that's great. >> he said please remind people i wake up at 2:30 in the morning. >> that is some of his

steele removed as the prosecutor. >> you heard there from walt hunter, inside the courtroom, this motion, denied, by the the judge, which means the prosecution, the criminal prosecution, against comedian bill cosby can get forward. >> and walt, greg, you guys have been there for the the last two days, would you say that this is a surprise ruling to the people you have been talking to? did they think it would go this way. >> reporter: argument basically that greg and i listened to in court there was never a written agreement. >> correct. >> there was a press release, signed by mr. castor in 2005, that this defense wanted to be seen as a written agreement. there would never be a prosecution. >> today we heard testimony from john schmidt, a long time council for comedian bill cosby and he considered that press release, that 2005 press release from castor to be a written agreement. he considered it as a possible written agreement. that was, of course, contested from the district attorney and assistant district attorney in testimony there today. >> again, from the alleged victims own individu

the court: pursuant to the rule, mr. hunter, and jasm california, mr. gar mendy, each will control 20 minutes. he chair recognizes gasm california. members will please take your conversation off the house floor. the chair recognizes jasm california. hubt hunt i ask that they have five legislative days to include extraneous material. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the court: the gentleman will suspend. the house will be in order. will members please take your conversation off the house floor. the gentleman will resume. hunt hunt i stand with mr. gar mendy for the coast guard authorize age act. we have a bill before us today. home run 4188 as amended by the senate is similar to the legislation that passed the house in 2015. it makes several reforms as well as. it is important legislation that will assist the coast guard in fulfilling is missions. i thank you for your hard work and chairman shuster. and support the coast guard allowed for the development. the members of the coast guard do a tremendous. and save those in danger and ensure the sa