the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. amash: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to the gentlewoman from california, ms. lofgren. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. lofgren: mr. speaker, it's important we pass this amendment. the government conducts 702 searches and broadly defined foreign intelligence investigations that may have no nexus to national security, and we are using this database for just criminal investigations that are domestic. when you say incidental collection, it sounds like it's not much. well, the fact it's a huge amount of data in its content. what this amendment says is, if you are going to search for the information of an american that has been collected in that database and it's not terrorism but domestic criminal investigation, get a warrant. get a warrant. that's what the fourth amendment requires. 702 would go dark. we know there is existing fisa order goes through april. the 702 program is not going dark. we have time to do this right. we have time to make sure that the four

of michigan state. so far, as far as we know, usa gymnastics has only had a person it hired to come in to evaluate policies and has not been criminally investigated. although, i suppose it is possible something is going on behind the scenes that we don't know about foster amy: mark alesia, they are being with us, reporter with the investigative team at "the indianapolis star," which broke the story in 2016 about dr. larry nassar's sexual abuse of gymnasts. his team also helped expose usa gymnastitics' failure t to repot allegations of sexual abuse by coaches to authorities. alesia's most recent piece is titled "what's next for usa gymnastics? a long, tough road at best." when we come back, a new question on the 2020 census? are you u u.s. citizizen? stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: "get out of your own way" performed by award winning band u2. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman wtih juan gonzalez. juan: on friday, the trump administration said its requ

that is the michigan judge sentenced sports dr. larry nassar to 175 years in prison for decades of abusing female a athletes. he was the former doctor for usa gymnastics and michigan state university. it cost the president her job. >> lou anna simon stepping down and they will look into how the abuse by nassar could have gone on for so long. we get more from jean casareznf lansing, michigan. >> reporter: we got the final numbers. 156 young women stepped up to the podium to give victim impact statements saying they, too, were sexual assault victims of larry nassar. the assistant attorney general told us over 200 young women they know were sexually assaulted by him. this was an extremely respected olympic doctor. students here at michigan state university, olympic athletes went to him. to get an appointment with him with a note of notoriety. he would position towels so parents could not see what he was doing. the last person to give an impact statement was rachel hollen derks hollendar. she was the last to give a statement to "indy s

of michigan state. so far, as far as we know, usa gymnastics has only had a person it hired to come in to evaluate policies and has not been criminally investigated. although, i suppose it is possible something is going on behind the scenes that we don't know about foster amy: mark alesia, they are being with us, reporter with the investigative team at "the indianapolis star," which broke the story in 2016 about dr. larry nassar's sexual abuse of gymnasts. his team also helped expose usa gymnastics' failure to report allegations of sexual abuse by coaches to authorities. alesia's most recent piece is titled "what's next for usa gymnastics? a long, tough road at best." when we come back, a new question on the 2020 census? are you a u.s. citizen? stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: "get out of your own way" performed by award winning band u2. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman wtih juan gonzalez. juan: on friday, the trump administration said its request t

it now is costing the michigan state president her job. >> the u.s. olympic committee is calling on the gymnastics board to step down and to determine how the abuse by nassar could have gone on for so long. we get more now from jean casarez in lansing, michigan. >> reporter: christine and dave, we got the final numbers at yesterday's sentencing hearing. 156 young women stepped up to the podium to give impact statements saying they, too, were sexual assault victimis of nasslarry nassar. over 200 young women were assaulted by him. this was a respected olympic doctor. students here at michigan state university and olympic athletes all went to him. to even get an appointment with him was of notoriety. he would position towels so parents in the room could not see what he was doing. at the olympic level, parents could not be in the hotel room. the last person to give an impact statement was rachel hollender. she was the first woman to go public with "the indy star." listen to her in court. >> i thought daily about the little women and girls walking in his o

the fall out continues to rock michigan state. the university president resigned and today the athletic director did as well. where was usa gymnastics in all this. they severed ties with larry nassar in 2015 over athletes' concern but it never told michigan state so nassar continued to practice there for another year. >> if usa gymnastics had simply in 2015 picked up the phone and called the michigan state police he would not have been able to month molest for another year. >>. >> it is absolutely the darkest stain in usa olympic history. >> under threat of the olympic committee the entire board of usa gymnastics announced it would resign. >> little girls don't stay little they return to destroy your world. >> it was those women giving statements one after another. >> touching innocent little girls. >> the anguish. >> scared every day. >> the anger. >> how much i [ bleep ] hate you. >> their bond formed through bravery. these women vow now to meet every year on this date when justice was served. >> this is the beginning of our fig

but in a friday night protest people on the michigan state campus said that is not enough. they want to know how he was able to prey on young women for so long and they want anyone who could have stopped him to be held accountable. >> [ inaudible ] at michigan state university. >> my department and this investigation will find out who knew what and when, who took action, who failed to take action, what did or did not happen, and what should have happened. >> reporter: the school's president and athletic director have resigned. >> as a university, we must focus on the healing of the survivors and our entire community. >> reporter: some members of the board of trustees now under pressure to resign themselves, responded with rare emotion. >> i have a daughter here, i have a daughter that -- that dreams of coming here. and i want her to feel safe. >> the governing body said all 20 members of the board will step down by wednesday. chris pollone, nbc news. >>> family members of the two teenagers killed in a school shooting this week opened up about their loss today. 15-year-olds

one pilot we're doing flight in michigan -- right new in michigan, because we are the world leader, we did a pilot with 3m about construction zones. 3m embedded an infrared various bar codes and signs that a vehicle can read to tell them it was a construction zone. so we have the human feeds, but now we actually have it so the camera could register and that video could understand the environment, it could look at lane markings, it could do many things in a context that you'd never believe possible. so these are the kind of infrastructure dialogues that i think can be important. >> host: let's go back to technology in michigan. not all always what people think of when they think of technology. >> guest: well, that's -- what part of history are you looking at? because i like to remind people you go back to the early 1900s, we were not just the auto center of the world, we were the innovation center of the world. all these industries, we were the entrepreneurial center of the world. and what happened is we created the modern corporation there. we were so successful, we sort of lost that e

i do michigan's -- view michigan's role as, let these companies compete, and let's create the best environment for this to happen, where we understand the positives and negatives. host: what has the connected, mobile world done for the michigan economy? guest: a lot of great job creation, but let's talk about the long-term benefits of autonomous and connected vehicles. they like to talk about the technology. three major areas. first about safety. accidents are due to human error. autonomous connected vehicles can save lives. the second is opportunity. if you think about how many people have disabilities, other challenges in their life, an economic disadvantage where they don't have access to transportation other than buses or something. this will help open up that world to a lot of people to get job training, work, create new economic opportunity, which is fabulous. and the third one, efficiency, especially with infrastructure. not just about vehicles, but making smart highways, highways that can communicate with these vehicles. we need to invest more in our infrastructure in this country, but

michigan is the world center of that. what this show is, a showplace for the entire supply chain for both of those worlds coming together. they meet and have dialogue. we are here for an opportunity to talk about michigan's role and to make new connections and relationships. >> there are times when you walk around the convention center in las vegas and it looks like a car show. >> well again, it is relatively recent. the last nine years or so the rate of increase has really been compelling and exciting. what i would say is this is going to transform our society in so many ways. the autonomous, smart vehicle. smart infrastructure! it also will provide challenges. we need to be smart. i view michigan's role in many ways as let all of these companies can meet and have great relationships. we will create the best environment for that to happen in a smart responsible way that we understand the positives and negatives of society. >> was a connected mobile world -- >> it already caused a lot of great job creation. but let's talk

it centers in the lansing and michigan state university communities and it spans the state of michigan. and reaches club and elite training gyms. athletics and even the united states and international olympic communities. it's not even limited to gymnastics as athletes from over a dozen different sports have reported abuse. his practiced and perfected abuse spanned over 25 years and included countless victims, beginning before he was even a doctor, one who traveled the world seeking gold. but we know his access to children and young women and his abuse did not end until an investigative news report and one brave woman came public to stop him. the basic facts of his assaults have been recounted by the charged victims in this case as well as numerous victims who gave their impact statements. the facts that the defendant admitted to your honor under oath, that he penetrated these young girls vagixnas and annuse with his hands for his own sexual pleasure. he had ee recollections as he performed these so-called treatments and asked 11-year-olds to tell him if they were on their periods so h

nassar, and michigan state launched a formal investigation. >> there was a problem. some of the witnesses were close to nassar, including one of his proteges, which is just unbelievable. >> reporter: nassar then returned to work at michigan state for another two years. espn reported that over those two years, nassar assaulted at least a dozen young women who have since gone to the police. but where was usa gymnastics in all of this? at least one olympic level coach, john geder, is alleged in a lawsuit to have ignored a complaint from an athlete's family in 1998. he led the 2012 women's olympic team in london to gold, and also owns that michigan gymnastics club. >> if they wanted to be an elite gymnast or go to the olympics, that was the gym to go to. >> you should know what that doctor is doing to your athletes. >> reporter: he denies violating protection policies, though his coaches privileges were suspended this week by usa gymnastics which had already severed ties with dr. nassar, in 2015 over athletes' concerns, but it never told michigan state, so nassar continu

>> guest: oh, this is a great place to be if you're from michigan. there's a convergence going on in our economy. in our world economy and in our society. and how the the motive and the i.t -- the automotive and i.t. industries are converging, all these wonderful things going on, and michigan is at the world's center of that. what the show is, is a showplace for the entire supply chain for both those worlds coming together to meet, to have dialogue. so it's an important opportunity for me to talk about michigan's role in all that and make connectionses and new relationships. >> host: there are times when you back around this convention show in vegas that it looks like a car show. >> guest: yeah. well, again, that's relatively recent. over the last fife years or so, the rate of increase is compelling and exciting. what i would say is this is going to france form our -- transform our society in so many ways, the autonomous, smart vehicle, smart infrastructure. but it also will provide challenges, so we need to be smart about that. i view michigan's rol

women's gymnastics team and michigan state university pleaded guilty to sexually abusing seven women athletes easy on the campus of michigan university friday evening outrage students demonstrated over nasser and the school's potential complicity in the case just hours earlier a michigan state's athletic director announced his retirement i don't want anyone to perceive that i'm walking away i'm walking forward and walking forward in a way that based upon my deep assessment. gives the survivors first and foremost the sephardic department this university and my family an opportunity. to heal and and step forward michigan state already faces more than one hundred thirty lawsuits from women and girls michigan's governor and attorney general say they are launching separate investigations u.s. education secretary betsy divorce says her department is also investigating i think there's going to be a broader look not just at gymnastics i wouldn't be surprised if the n.c. double a which is the organization that oversees collegiate collegiate sports at large in the united states is under scruti

. >> reporter: michigan attorney general announcing details of an investigation into michigan state university's handling of the dr. larry nassar case. prosecutors looking into what school officials knew about the abuse. >> if we had learned anything from the nassar sentencing ins lansing it is too many voices of too many victims had been unheard for too long. >> reporter: nassar former michigan state employee and gymnastics doctor for the u.s. olympic team was sentenced to 175 years in prison. 150 women came forward clipping they were abused by nassar. >> you stole my life larry nassar. and i am now taking it back. you were never a real doctor. you did not heal me. you only hurt me. >> former prosecutor william forsythe will now lead the investigation. >> how was he allowed to engage in this behavior for almost 20 years? how could he victimize so many innocent young girls and young women for that long a period of time and no one caught him and stopped him? >> reporter: the investigation coming a day after michigan state's athletic director announced his retirement and days after his president r

>> this is a great place to be if you are from michigan. there's a convergence going on in our economy and in our world's economy and society. the automated industry and i tm is you are converging into the mode ability industry. autonomous connectivity or goals going on and michigan is the world spender of that. what the show is as a showplace for the entire supply chain both those worlds coming together to meet and have dialogue and there's an important opportunity to be here to talk about michigan's role in all of that and to make new connections and relationships. >> host: there are times when you walk around the convention center in vegas that looks like a car show. >> that is relatively recent. the last five years or so the rate of increase has happened compelling and exciting. what i would say is this will transform our society in so many ways. the smart vehicle hard infrastructure but it also will provide challenges so we need to be smart about that. michigan's role is to let these companies have great relationship and what's the bes

so she called on the historical society of michigan. she said is there anyone who has any interest on arthur vandenberg. the only person they knew was me because i had spoken at their conference eight weeks before. i ended up bringing a van load of papers back from chicago to my home in grand rapids. i went from thinking the world doesn't need it. if you don't do it, who will? hendrik: why did it take so long -- brian: why did it take so long? hendrik: people say where did you find the time with your day job? it only took me 26 years. maybe i wasn't an efficient writer. i know i had the biographer's weakness for research and spent a lot of time interviewing people working in the vandenberg papers at the university of michigan, ending up with a 1000-page manuscript that would not be publishable, spent years taking it down to 900, 800, taking out a paragraph here and a sentence there, and finally getting some editorial advice saying, no, take out chapter three, combine chapter seven and chapter eight. finally i had a publish able manuscri

are opening up about an investigation into larry nassar and michigan state university. the probe has been going on since last year. nassar was the one who was the schools sports doctor in two decades. and during that time we now know he sexually abused dozens of young women in his care. sometimes as young as six. a special prosecutor now looking into how the university failed to take action. >> reporter: they're being investigated by the attorney general's office here in michigan. he said he didn't want to make it public until all the young women had come forward with their victim impact statements. but so much had happened in the last week, he believed that it was appropriate. he would not say whether it was an actual criminal investigation, but they are bringing someone in from the outside. his name is bill forsight, a former prosecutor for 42 years. his title in this investigation, independent special prosecutor. also he said that this was priority one for this investigation. and he also had some words for the michigan state university board of trustees that last wee

the attorney general, bill schutte, said no—one at michigan university where nassar was based, would escape investigation. it is abundantly clear that a full and complete investigation of what happened in michigan state university, from the office of the president down is required. this investigation is and will continue to be independent, it will be thorough, it will be transparent, and it will be primed. my department and it will be primed. my department and this investigation will find out who knew what and when, who took action, who failed to take action, what did or did not happen, and what should have happened. a little earlier, i spoke to the bbc‘s correspondent in washington, david willis. he said the investigation would be extensive. bill schutte went on to say his team would put a bright light at every corner of michigan state university, as he put it. what they want to know is how larry nassar‘s history of abuse could go on 20 years. did people know, and did they cover it 7 people know, and did they cover it as people know, and did they cover it rly people know, and di

gymnastics and michigan state. but in addition, as more evidence surfaces, as more testimony is taken, particularly when it involves current and former employees of both u.s.a. gymnastics and michigan state, some of them will start talking. some of them will start pointing the finger. >> sreenivasan: what are some of the liabilities michigan state has? people approached the head of the n.c.a.a., as far back as 2010, letting them know there was a problem on michigan state campus, not necessary what larry nassar was doing but sexual violence being perpetrated by some of the players and this is something michigan state and n.c.a.a. sneaded to handle. >> clearly there was a lot more that they needed to look more closely at what was going on. this puts the n.c.a.a. in a position where it can't be impartial. michigan state can argue how can the n.c.a.a. investigate us when itself is instigated in this controversy. it would behoove u.s.a. gymnastics, ncaa, and michigan state to turn to some independent entity that can inv

the ncaa is already investigating michigan state. today members of the house and the senate are calling for congressional investigations. next week the house plans to vote on a bill that would require any group like usa gymnastics to report sex abuse allegations to law enforcement right away. >> kate snow tonight, thank you, kate. >>> president trump spent this day with the world's economic and political elite at the world economic forum in davos, switzerland. chief white house correspondent hallie jackson is traveling with the president and tonight reports there may be a breakthrough in the immigration negotiations here at home. >> reporter: instead of deals in davos, it's a deal back home at the center of attention with new immigration details tonight ahead of a deadline to protect those so-called d.r.e.a.m.ers, undocumented immigrants brought to the u.s. when they were young. nbc news has learned from senior white house officials the president would back a plan that gives a path to citizenship to 1.8 million of those d.r.e.a.m.ers

when we won michigan i said i've got to keep her going because michigan had not been one in decades, and so rhonda mcdaniel. thank you. great job. great job. thank you and your representing everybody very well on television. i love your appearances. but women represent half of the population but they care about 100% of the issues that face the nation. that's for sure. we are making incredible progress. the women's unemployment rate hit the lowest level that it's been in 17 years. [applause] well, that's something. and women in the workforce reached a record high. more women in the workforce today than ever before perpetually terrific. especially since it's been on the watch. i feel very proud of that. i have to tell you a statistic that just came out recently as you saw that black unemployment rate, the african-american unemployment rate is the lowest it's ever been in the history of the report, so we are very honored by that. [applause] great, great thing. we've enacted massive tax cuts. using what's happened. i have to tell you that far beyond our expectations. we thought on februa

and then dropped out of the university of michigan. ran out of money. and came back and got a job as a reporter. brian: where did he live all of his adult life? henry: at the age of 21, just before his 22nd birthday, he became the editor of the grand rapids herald. he was a bit of a wunderkind in midwestern journalism. the year later, in 1906, in 190 he built a house in grand rapids where he lived the rest of his life and died in 1951. brian: how often was he married? henry: he was married to his high school sweetheart who died of a brain tumor quite young, her early 30's, 1918, left him with three small children. the following year he remarried. an acquaintance he became reacquainted with from his year at the university of michigan, hazel. he remarried. married her. and was married until her death in 1950. he was twice widowed. brian: here's some video showing his wife, hazel, and the daughter. and it's only 35 seconds. we'll ask you more about this. >> certainly sound like more war in europe. i hope america has sense enough to mind her own business an

amash of michigan. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 682, the gentleman from michigan, mr. amash, and a member opposed, each will control 10 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from michigan. mr. amash: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. amash: my amendment replaces the underlying bill with the u.s.a. rights act. like the base bill, under the u.s.a. rights act, the government can still use section 702 for its purpose of surveiling foreigners overseas. and the government can continue to store, share, and access that data to investigate national security threats. the key difference is in u.s.a. rights have to do with the collection and use of innocent americans' data, not foreign intelligence. this means the amendment cannot harm section 702 programs if, as the government says, they are designed solely for foreign intelligence rather than domestic surveillance on americans. we all want the

so she called on the historical society of michigan. she said is there anyone who has an interest in arthur vandenberg. the only person they knew was me because i had spoken at their conference eight weeks before. i ended up bringing a van load of papers back from chicago to my home in grand rapids. i went from thinking the world doesn't need to biographies to have a sense -- to having a sense of mission. if you don't do it, who will? hendrik: why did it take so long -- brian: why did it take so long? hendrik: people say where did you find the time with your day job? it only took me 26 years. maybe i wasn't an efficient writer. the biographer's weakness for research and spent a lot of time interviewing people working in the vandenberg papers at the university of michigan, anding up with a 1000-page manuscript that would not be publishable, spend years taking it down to 900, 800, taking out a paragraph here and a sentence there, and finally getting some editorial advice saying, no, take out chapter three, combined chapter seven and chapt

last week i was in michigan and we had a meeting with michigan state university, and michigan economic development council about trying to come up with a new program about how we train a work force. is to bring the capability of the university to detroit but then to colocate with the facilities to learn how to deal with the new is to capability of the university to detroit but equipment and things like that. in the state of tennessee, the governor has said everybody in the state can do a two-year college free. so we're trying to, around, with the lab with community colleges, to reinvent the program. two plus two. you could spend two years at the community college and go train in the national lab on some of the tools that we have, and then if you decide you want to go to the necked level and go to the university, then the university of tennessee may be able to do that. that's in the works. we're thinking about it and i think it's an important concept. the other thing is within the state of tennessee we have something called a center for graduate students who do their research at oak rid

he also worked for years at michigan state university. more than 140 women have accused him of sexually abusing them under the pretense of medical treatments. the latest was olympic gold medalist simone biles. last november, nassar pleaded guilty to state charges of sexual assault. in court yesterday, one victim described the shock of hearing the allegations, and recognizing her own experience. >> he took that trust and used it to molest not only myself but over 140 young girls is something i still can't comprehend. we were just kids. >> woodruff: michigan state had investigated a federal title ix complaint against nassar in 2014, but brought no charges, and allowed him to keep working. the detroit news reported today that details of his abuse reached 14 officials at michigan state at different times over the past 20 years. the university president said she was notified of the 2014 complaint and a police report filed against an "unnamed" sports medicine doctor, but never received a copy of the report. >> shame on you. i went public about

and for the witnesses not from michigan, you're welcome to move to michigan. we would love to have you. i often said michigan's workers can outbuild, outinnovate, outimagine anyone. and we are proud of that. a lot of the building, innovating, imagining is centering around automobiles and transportation. that's been true for 100 years or more. one out of five vehicles manufactured is manufactured in michigan. the auto related jobs account for one out of five out of the total work force. but this isn't -- we used to say this isn't your father's oldsmobile. i grew up on an oldsmobile car lot in northern michigan, but we don't do oldsmobiles any more, but i will say it is also not your grandfather's chevy or ford. we know that mobility and transition is rapidly evolving, more than we even realize, things are moving quickly here in the united states and around the globe. that's why we are proud to be the home in michigan of the american center for mobility, focusing on all these issues. from the emergence of new engines powered by electricity or hydrogen rather tha

and it is to talk about the investigation into michigan state university. now, up and to this point of time, there was never an investigation publicly into michigan state university. but today, they've called this press conference to discuss exactly what will happen. we do know they're going to announce the investigative team involved in all of this. it cannot be considered a criminal investigation at this point, i am told, but it can veer and become a criminal investigation by talking and gathering potential evidence during the investigation phase. now, some people that will be very happy to hear this the are the students of michigan state university. it was last night. i was at that rally. there were so many of them there and they're so loyal to their school. they believe in michigan state university, but they want new people in very high positions. they want a new beginning and they want an atmosphere on campus where sexual assault victims can feel free to give their opinions known. take a listen. >> the amount of indifference and come plains endsy that

michigan state university is being investigated by the attorney general's office here in michigan. bill schutte attorney general for the state didn't want to make it public before all women came barred with it their victim impact statements, but so much had happened the last week, he believed that it was appropriate. he would not say whether it was an actual criminal investigation but they are bringing someone in from the outside. his name is bill forsythe, a former prosecutor for 42 years. his title in this investigation -- independent special prosecutor. also, he said that this was priority one for this investigation and he also had some words for the michigan state university board of trustees, that last week, issued a statement saying, we think the attorney general's office should investigate our university. here is what he replied back to them. >> i don't need advice from the board of trustees at msu about how to conduct an investigation. frankly, they should be the last ones to be providing advice, given their conduct throughout this entire episode. their conduct throughout t

schuette/ michigan attorney general: "no individual and no department at michigan state university is off limits. i've often said that there's one system of justice and the rules apply to everybody the same way, one set of rules. i've instructed my department this is priority one, this investigation.">( marty )it's not clear if this review will lead to criminal charges or ncaa violations against employees, past employees, or the university. ( marty ) casino mogul steve wynn has resigned as finance chairman of the republican national committee... this comes following allegations of sexual harassment and assault. in a new report... dozens of employees accuse wynn of decades of sexual misconduct. according to the report... wynn would ask employees out and pressure them into performing sexual acts. wynn calls the charges preposterous." he blames the charges on his ex-wife, the pair are embroiled in a legal battle. the charges could cause have an impact on wynn's