the national park service is a steward of 418 park unit, 23 national scenic and national historic trails, and 60 wild and scenic rivers covering roughly 84 million acres. the present fy 2028 park service budget request focuses on the core mission and responsibilities and immediate needs of the national park system. it also provides a clear commitment to protect funding in the parks and grant programs. the fy 2020 budget does not request additional funding for construction of new assets or major land acquisition project, and instead rightly focuses on improving the national parks would the national park service already owns. i am supportive of this approach. the national park service should be focused on ensuring our national parks are well maintained, available for outdoor recreation, and are welcoming a safe place for the public. is my democratic colleagues review this request, from the park service, i hope they are prepared to address the clear opportunities for bipartisan cooperation offered i this request. one prime example of the bipartisan opportunity is the maintenance backlog pla

the great basin national parks and the death valley national parks, the tule springs national monuments, the lake mead nationalrecreation area and several national historic trails . nevada's parks, monuments and historic trails provide unparalleled outdoor recreational opportunities for the people of nevada and the visitors of our great state area and in 2000 alone the national park service accommodated more than 7 million visitors to nevada's parks, bringing more than $250 million of spending and supporting more than 3000jobs to our state . actually, due to infrastructure backlogs the american public and its rightful owners of our public land is increasing difficulties and inconveniences visiting and enjoying our national parks and monuments. the state of nevada alone already faces more than $220 million of deferred maintenance backlog and that number continues to grow. that is why it is essential we provide the park service with the resources and funding it needs to properly manage our pristine landscapes. moreover as members of the house natural resources committee it is most imperat

new national park. what is the budget for the visitor's center at tulee springs national monument and how can i get a guarantee that you are moving forward with the planning and development of ther center? >> i will have to provide that for the record. i am aware there is something in the budget that i do not have that handy. refresh me on the first part. fte is confusing to a lot of people. the park service for years has been moving toward more seasonal hires. we have high impact six months of the year. we are moving toward more seasonal help that is a standard that has happened. >> thank you. thank you mr. smith for your valuable testimony and for all the members for your excellent questions. the members of the committee may have additional questions for will asksmith, and we you to respond to any of those in writing under committee role submitero, you must questions within three business days following this hearing and hearing record will be open for 10 days for the responses. if there is to for the

the mission of the national park service. since 2010, 28 new units and 5 million acres have been added to the national park system and the same nine-year span the system has seen 37 million additional visitors each year. despite these increases, the administration has proposed a fiscal year 2020 budget with 3500 fewer full-time equivalent employees and has requested the congress to/from and fiscal year 2010 from the levels. in short the national park natik service fiscal year 2020 budget proposed by the department of interior is reckless and irresponsible. it shows a total disregard for the countries cultural and historical site and environmental attributes and educational and recreational opportunities. it puts our resources at risk. the proposed budget we have before us today cuts the natural funding despite the park service is management policies that have made it clear the predominant mandate is to conserve the sceneries and the natural historical objects in the wildlife within the parks and future generations. the deputy

the we are a thousand metres away from the national park. but in other words the border of the park supposedly runs a thousand meters from the flood but it's moved five hundred metres closer. and now the locals in the park and ministration are arguing about it with all the populace a loss for the. beautiful animals and. the environment must also be protected but not at the expense of the people who live here it's a big. national park conflict with interest it's the one of the emanuel demo trying to negotiate with the people his rangers have to protect the park but they must also understand that we will. leave some animals come out of the forest and destroy our fields so what about our interests. without. harvest if only there were at least development projects here if only areas were cleared for roads and fields and schools built for our children. or. for the locals the national park means less income a congolese family can make one thousand dollars a year with one hectare of arable land they are one million hectares of protected land in the

the national park conflict with. emmanuel demo trying to negotiate with the people he's rangers have to protect the park but they must also understand that we. are not going to. leave some animals come out of the forest and destroy our fields so what about our interests. without. harvest if only there were at least development projects here if only areas were cleared for roads and fields and schools built for children. or. for the locals the national park means less income a congolese family can make one thousand dollars a year with one hectare of arable land there one million hectares of protected learned in the reserve. the park administration is aware of the problem. don't get to be many t.v.'s beneath the city for us to continue having these gorillas and elephants the local population loses out on more than a billion dollars a year. that's a high price and it's not fair. it's our city initiatives you know what we have to find a solution of the park is to survive. that's true because in the end it's up to the loca

a could into united nations estimates the ring a national park rangers are up against five to eight thousand heavily armed militia men an army of different rebel groups all with the same goal the illegal extraction over all materials. the ranges of the last line of defense protecting nature and often deadly position. when the civil war was raging here there were dangers looking everywhere for the rangers. about one hundred forty of our men lost their lives protecting the ecosystem. system. in fact in twenty years of civil war a total of one hundred and fifty rangers have been killed the highest bloodshed ever to occur in protecting in the nature is a the militias in the area where the guerrillas live mainly control the illegal timber trade and poaching. in light of the ten security situation in the new end of made a radical decision he has his ranges undergo combat training. so i guess well that's grown much not bold to say six you know ok. here in the room nature conservation is more like a military operation. the rangers are trained by former belgian and french elite soltis. twenty six yea

color from the national park is very rare in the past f.t.l. our militia soldiers supplied us with charcoal from virunga park. but if we get caught selling them accounted today we go to jail for years. but the fact is the illegal charcoal trade is impossible to control and it's destroying the park. if it goes unchecked there will be no forests left in the eastern congo in less than ten years. that's why part director money where the mojados top priority is to develop alternative energy sources. he wants to use the large rivers in the room to supply the province of north kivu with electricity. a first hydroelectric power plant was completed last year in the taping. much of it never was on pretty much as just the beginning so far the power plant has been producing thirteen megawatts but with a bit of luck we'll reach one hundred megawatts in five years watts for one hundred megawatts is twice when there's total energy production and twenty five times the amount of electricity currently supplying the city of goma versus wow thank you get that the

archaeology is very important in national parks. in this case, the national park service needed to install a utility line of the battlefield. so we did what we always do, we brought in archaeologists. they did initial checks, metal detector surveys, shovel test pits, exactly what it sounds like, and they checked it. they found some stuff here and there like you would expect in a battlefield context. but they did not find anything of incredible significance, they just recommended, when you do the excavation, use a small a blade as possible to put in the utility line, use a one foot wide blade, which is what you're seeing here in this bottom photographs, and make sure you have an archaeologist monitoring, keeping an eye on what is coming out. during the archaeological testing and the monitoring we found what you would expect at a battlefield, in places where there have been historic farms, glass, ceramics, your typical civil war period battle-related artifacts. but what obviously piqued the interests of the archaeologist, and this was

he was legislative coordinator for the national capital region of the national park service, project manager for the rehabilitation of arlington worked on the george washington memorial parkway, and he will be, as you just heard, the topic of his talk today is of unprecedented discovery field hospital burials unearthed and appomattox national park. [applause] >> i really looking forward to sharing this unprecedented story with everyone here. again, i have been great privilege and humble privilege of being the superintendent of 5000 acres of some of america's most hallowed grounds. i feel that to give the obligatory 30 seconds of why manassas battlefield is an important place, we preserve the scenes of not just one but two incredibly significant civil war battles. the first large-scale battle of julymerican civil war of 1861, followed by just 13 months later, the second battle of manassas, bull run, which is much larger camera actually overlooks compared to the first battle. between these two battles, about 4000 men died. and tens of thousands were wounded. those are some pretty power

that is also a national park. plenty to see out there. good luck to you on national parks week. thanks lisa. >> thank you. >> dana: and ordinary traffic stop in illinois turns into an extraordinary encounter. officer roger jamulus pulled over a car, which had expired plates. only to learn the driver also had an expired license. the 22-year-old explained he was on his way to a job interview and he had no other way to get there. but instead of issuing a ticket, the officer drove the man to the interview. watch. >> he took the time out of his day to take me to the job interview. made me feel good inside. >> he was already in a spot where he needed another job. to give him tickets and tow his car would just make things worse. just try to think how i could help him out. that's something that a lot of police officers in this world do that just don't get recognized. >> dana: that's right. taking the initiative to help rather than punish. the good news is, he got the job! thanks for joining us. i'm dana perino. here's shep. >> shepard: it's 3:00 on the east coast. 2:00 p.m. in indiana w

bureau of land management, national parks, national forest service, fish and wildlife service. certainly a lot of activity and engagement between public and stakeholders, agencies with the federal government. but, your question about why are they mostly--? it's interesting to think about how public lands came to be. you have to go back to the founding of the us and even to 1781 when you think about the original colony. some of them claim to use title to or health claims to territory west of their colonial boundaries. we had the first public land from the colony of new york essentially turned over all of its claims from the emerging federal government. 20 years later you would have had all the original colonies do the same. anything westward was owned at that time by the federal government and it's worth pointing out the way in which we got most of this land and other means, the native americans who were here to begin with. i want to make sure we understand when we talk about public land, really were those came from, we've got land purchases. when you start moving west in our hi

monument to become a national park. having worked at senior levels in the department of interior over the course of many years their zero question of mr. bernhardt is qualified to do this job. none. no question. along with mr. bernhardt's career is important to fully understand his background in the formation. the outskirts located in colorado's western slope. they embody the spirit of public lands more than that found a rifle colorado. this incredible area of our great state to lead this country secretary of interior. growing up in stilton david the western values and interests he brings to the job with hunting, recreation, fishing, cherishing our great outdoors. located in garfield county, an area where 60% of the lands are protected -- federal public lands. a ranching community on the colorado river maintains heritage with tremendous support for outdoor recreation including fishing, hiking, skiing, rock climbing. sits at the edge of the basement, near in colorado with vast amounts of natural gas, energy resources. yo

and i'm coming to you from johannesburg and south africa if you want to find out what a national park into for the people who live in it stay tuned and of course to meet my lovely colleague in nigeria hi there z. yes i'm male tag we're here in lagos nigeria are you ready for new episodes here's what's coming up on the show. to start something looking up muscle that's combining . with vegetable farming. a woman from south africa who's fighting against food waste. and how solar energy changing rival farmers in the mountains of morocco. now rwanda is of them most densely populated countries in africa and that can trigger conflicts over resources when they declare it to be a national parks in many ways isn't worried about their livelihoods the solution is to involve them more in wildlife protection one example the endangered mountain gorillas in the wonders volcanoes national park the tourism they generate can benefit the local community as well as the environment. we value every dance. tents tourists around the volcanoes national park it covers a hundred and sixty square kilometers and i

i've spent a lot of time in this national park. it's a stunning national park, but what your audience may be surprised to discover is that the wildlife that we now find to be abundant there today is very, very novel. this is a new experience. idi amin had raped out most of that wildlife decades ago, and, of course, uganda has had a balance with stability over the years. we've had various ethnic challenges and issues between various communities in this part of the world, and i've spent time there in the mountains in search of guerrillorillas and ih of chimp seize and before i had gone to film gorillas in this part of the world, a group of americans and new zealanders were kidnapped in a similar fashion, and, ump, for a number of those tourists it ended in the most horrific way possibility. would i say this woman is remarkably lucky. i did not think it would end this way. this is not usually how this terminates. >> and then quickly, jeff, you know, talk to me about the kind of security measures that often you or people are familiar w

park and multiplying in numbers in the national park of uganda. but that will take at least twenty to thirty more years. only then will the organization have bred so many southern white rhinos that some can be released from the sanctuary to roam free in uganda's national parks. according to an international survey of eye doctors in thirty years half the world's population will be short sighted that means everything past a certain distance will be out of focus for four point seven billion people researches sadly predict that a billion of them will be almost blind shortsightedness can be hereditary but that can't possibly account for the dramatic increase in numbers the condition begins in childhood while the eyes are still developing if you don't practice looking into the distance you can end up short sighted in many countries children spend too little time out of doors and too many hours staring at phones or tablets starting at a very early age this development is particularly acute in countries like singapore south korea china and taiwan. a drago

the 56-year-old and her driver were in uganda's queen elizabeth national park last tuesday when four kidnappers ambushed their car. >> we were all concerned what happened to her. >> hundreds of thousands of tourists visit uganda's ten national parks each year. local officials believe the kidnappings will scare off other tourists. another tourist was touring at the time of endicott's abduction. >> it very well could have been us. it's a bit shocking. we've been working in uganda for quite a long time as well as in kenya, and we've come to become very cofortable here. >> the fbi and cia had been trying to secure her release for days. the cuppers were demanding $500,000 in moneys the u.s. government policy is not to pay hostage takers, and the ugandan authorities insisted they would not pay it. it's unclear who paid the ransom. >>> more than 26 million people are under a potentia risk inclu of alabama, carolinas, virginia, and tennessee. parts of central texas are cleaning up this morning after strong storms moved across the state over the weekend. storm chasers reported a tornado touch

soon, the company wants to equip even more communities around the national park with these cookers. the plan is to supply 50,000 households altogether. clarisse: we distribute the stoves. and the stoves are contributing to the reduction of carbon. so we are selling those credits in order t to have other mone, other funds, for again buying the stoves from the factory. reporter: the cookers are produced in the capital kigali, in a large factory about 10 kilometers from the city center. one of the key elements in the stove is made from a local waste product. this is coffee husk residue which can be purchased cheaply from local farmers. coffee is a key export product in rwanda. the husks are mixed with locally sourced clay to form an insulating material. that is then used to create clay cylinders like these which are placed inside the stove. an element like this can withstand heat of 1300 degrees celsius. alfin: its work is to insulate, direct the flame, and then to crcreate the chimney e effect, h is needed for efficient burning of the fuel. so in that way, it is going to reduce all th

. >>> the start of national park week. admission is free to all national parks tomorrow. the free entry does include activities. this is one of four free national park days scheduled in 2019. the next one takes place in september and november. november. >>> a big scare tonight in pittsburgh. mark has the devastating conclusion, or collision, rather, between two players. >> first the young bobcat captured. collared and released today. biologists recently found the bobcat's den in dense vegetation in a large residential backyard. while their mother was away, the biologists weighed, measured and tagged one male and three female kittens. >> cute at that age. >>> mark ibanez is back. and the a's had so much to celebrate early on today. but didn't get it done. >> you always celebrate when you lock up a talent like davis. that they did. made it official. the whole team was out there. locked him up. a good strategy for the a's. then they had to go out and play the game and that didn't turn out so well with the toronto blue jays in town. early on, matt chapman, another one of thos

endicott was abducted along with her driver on tuesday in queen elizabeth national park, where they had gone to look at wildlife. both were freed after a ransom was paid. meg oliver has the story. >> reporter: after five days with their captors in the congo, american kimberly sue endicott and her local driver, jean-paul mirenge remezo, were rescued sunday night. this photo shows endicott moments after she was taken to safety. >> we were all really concerned about what had happened to her. >> reporter: andrea glasgow calls endicott a free spirit, saying the skin spa owner is known to travel alone. >> i want to hear about what happened, you know. you are so independent, you go over there by yourself. scary. 56-year-old californian was on safari in uganda's queen elizabeth national park, when four kidnappers ambushed their car. f.b.i. and c.i.a. officials, including hostage negotiators, had been trying to secure their release. initially, the gunmen demanded a half million dollars ransom. u.s. government policy is not to pay hostage takers, and ugandan authorities insisted they would not pa

park in uganda double they were located across the border in the democratic republic of congo to we have learned the tour group wild frontiers paid an undisclosed amount to secure her release. and it was significantly lower than the initial $500,000 ransom her captors demanded. earlier in the week he was secretary of state mike pompeo said paying ransom violates american policy double >> please remember that any payment to a terrorist is money so they can seize more of our people to make >> that began tuesday with four gunmen ambition their vehicle in this national park double hundreds of thousands of tourists visit that park each year..>> this is the first abduction we have had of a tourist in uganda for the last five years double >> the embassy is advising americans that they should exercise caution in the region to meg oliver, cbs news. >> president trump tweeted pleased to report that the american tourist and tour guide there abducted in uganda have been released double god bless them and their families double >> police investigating an assault on a train that left a man injured

it is also free national parks day on saturday. you can get in for free in parks like yosemite national park and others and on sunday we have lots of easter celebrations. if you are looking for the bizarre head to the winchester mystery house. there will be 5,000 eggs there in the victorian gardens. the hunt starts at 10:30 and it is free. and in the prix sid yo it is easter off the grid style with the biggest easter bunch party on the made parade grounds. easter celebrations will be taking place all around the bay area and the link for that is on ktvu.com. tvu.com. saturday is opening day and the festival goes through the weekend, there will be music, dancing and food and more. and the world's naked bike ride is saturday and that starts at 11:00 a.m. warriors and giants are on the road. the as are at home. i am claudine wong and that is your weekend watch. watch. >>> we will tell you what is at stake today for a east bay grandmother after the death of her grandchild. >>> and more on the redacted mueller report and what those on ca

there are 58 national parks in the u.s., nine are in california. including yosemite, channel islands and death valley. >>> all right, here's a beautiful look at san francisco from the exploratoryium. where we had a hundreth of an inch of rain. the wheat pollen low, moderate, molds low. sycamore, main pollens or allergens today. all right, here's to the hottest team in all of baseball comes in to take on the as at the coliseum. the game will start with partly cloudy conditions at 60 and at 55. sue. >> we'll take a look at the san mateo bridge. we having atist with a tow truck on scene and a car with his emergency flashers on. but the traffic is getting by without any delay there that's the better news, we'll take a look outside at our traffic maps, we had a big rig on its side, west 80 near redtop. they're waiting for a tow truck to get that out of lanes, we had an earlier accident near danville, that has been cleared. a little residual slowing past the scene. a lot of activity 880 near marina, we had a couple lanes blocked with a big rig there as w

>>national park service says will kick off national park week by waiving all the entrance fees on saturday. that means admission more than 400 national park service sites. it's free for everyone just on saturday. the entrance fee waiver does not cover amenities or user fees like camping transportation special tours this year national park week runs from april 20 is through the 28 and there will be several theme days to mark the event including military and veterans recognition day on the 21th and park ranger day for pets that is on the 27th. aston martin is coming out was an electric car are the starting price if you want to nab one of the very few limited vehicles. and one grammy winner is speaking out about her mental health, the reason bebe rexha says she wants to be totally transparent with her plus netflix is racking up a lot of new subscribers but there are 2 new threats that co ♪ star wars galaxy's edge opening may 31st at disneyland resort wouldn't it be great to get a when yophone too?reless plan, switch to sprint and get an unlimited plan with the samsung galaxy s10e included f

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>>many the national park service says it will kick off national park week. my waiving all interest fees on saturday this year national park week runs from april 20th through the 28 and there will be several theme days to mark the event including military and veterans recognition day on the 21th and park ranger day for pets on the 27th. of course the entrance fee waiver does not cover amenity or user fees like camping transportation and special tours. >>columbine father turns his heartbreak over the loss of his son into a mission walking in his son's shoes and siding against the loopholes in gun laws and if you are streaming assault kron on the news continues during the commercial break to climb and that tv to see what you're >>just days before the 20th anniversary of the columbine shooting the school along with 20 other denver area schools was placed on lockdown today because of a possible threat. now police are looking for a woman who they say is armed a dangerous officials say 18 year-old seoul pieties should not be approached they say she traveled to colo

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local driver jean-paul mirenge remezo were on a safari with two elderly tourists in queen elizabeth national park on tuesday evening when four gunmen ambushed their car. >> the unknown gunmen put the tourists on gunpoint and grabbed two of the tourists before disappearing with them. >> reporter: police say the elderly couple were left behind and raised the alarm and that the kidnappers later used endicott's cell phone to demand a $500,000 ransom. but america's official policy is not to pay hostage takers, a point secretary of state mike pompeo emphasized at an unrelated event earlier this week. >> please leb that any payment to a terrorist or terrorist regime gives money so they can seize more of our people. >> reporter: with 10 national parks and wildlife including more than half the world's endangered mountain gorillas, uganda attracts hundreds of thousands of tourists a year. but now authorities worry the booming industry will suffer. the u.s. embassy in kampala is warning americans to exercise caution in the area. and tourism operators tell cbs news cancellations are flooding in. roxana

mangers and from the national park in congo trying to fight off thousands of heavily armed rebels who roam the land of its natural resources. protecting resources and rely habitat next to. it's a spectacle straight out of a thousand and one nights. the turkoman wedding. filled with romance. entertainment. and tradition. amazing iran. in forty five minutes on. every journey begins with the first step and every language with the first word published in the book. rico is in germany to learn german why not come with him it's simple online on your mobile and free to sapps w z e learning course nikos fake german made easy. the last gorillas of the room africa's oldest national park because of its immense riches it's also the most endangered. in april twenty twelve wool once again flared up in north key.

tourist taken hostage in a national park in uganda by gunmen demanding $500,000 in ransom. tonight the faithful decision that unknowingly put her in danger. abc's ian pannell is in uganda tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the desperate hunt for a missing american tourist and her driver grows. kimberly sue endicott documenting her ugandan safari on instagram. she and her guide jean paul mirenge remezo haven't been seen for more than three days. untamed beauty rolls on mile after mile after mile. but you can also see why it would be so hard to find anyone who'd been kidnapped. searching for them in this terrain will be almost impossible. officials believe the two are still alive. now a massive manhunt is under way in an area bigger than chicago and l.a. combined. both kidnapped at gunpoint. the abductors using one of their cell phones to demand $500,000 ransom. one of the last people to see the two telling abc news he saw them earlier in queen elizabeth national park. saying they hadn't seen many animals inside. >> he made the decision to check his guests in at the lodge and go

to celebrate national park weeks, all national parks will be free to enter on saturday. that includes popular destinations like yosemite, deerwood, mere words, and joshua tree. it does not include activities like camping, special tours, but you will get in the part. this is one of several free days coming up in 2019. the next ones take place in the month of august, september, and november. track coming up, a popular san francisco >>> coming up, a popular san francisco musical ending its run. >>> welcome back. one more check of stocks before the closing bell. the dow is up a little over one half a percentage point. the nasdaq is relatively flat. we have been keeping an eye on bay area-based zoom and pinterest which have almost wrapped up their first day of trading. the new stocks set to close up more than 75% higher than its initial price this morning.:we will have continuing coverage of the molar report. we will sit down with several experts to break down what we have learned from the redacted version of that report. >>> plus, keeping san francisco say. we will explore t

he asked the natural park -- national park service to select precise. one was in the shenandoah. 30,000 feet in the blue ridge. two others were in maryland. one was eventually shake -- selected to be shangri-la. he took a motorcade of their of three unmarked vehicles and decided he liked it. and had been built in the 30's about 10 years prior by the works progress administration. and at some rudimentary government buildings on the site that were functional. he decided this would work. he decided this would be shangri-la. the name had been a popular british novelist by the name of james helton, who had written a book in 1933 called lost horizon , and shangri-la was the himalayan paradise that was talked about in that book. that name was adopted. july fifthin and on was the first day they started shangri-la as a presenter retreat -- presidential retreat. things went well until the secret service got nervous about the safety of it. that it might be vulnerable from air -- of air attack. roosevelt look at alternatives. a place more secure and safe. there was

400 national park service sites across the country. there will be a several theme days to mark the event that includes military and veterans recognition day. that's on the 24th, a 21th and a bark ranger day for parts for pat's a into the parts on the 27th. now the entrance fee waiver does not cover any amenities are user fees like camping transportation or special tours but still it's free to get into the parts and this year it runs from april 20th today through an next sunday, the 28. that all dress warm though because all we chilly up there in morning showers up there to somebody. >>at home a kind of the gloom and doom we have this morning, it's not going to be this way this afternoon though have the some sun going on. but don't let that optical illusion of the sun for you will be a bit on the chilly side with ali with his jacket when you go out yeah will be starting to the 60's with a good clip of those winds out of the northwest later on today, also now she's be about that a lot of looks a little spooky is well look at that dark sk

the last gorillas of the roomba africa's oldest national park because of its immense riches it's also the most endangered. in april twenty twelve wolf once again flared up in north kivu in the eastern democratic republic of congo. a rebel group the m twenty three took control of the region including the hog.

the spot is queen elizabeth national park, one of africa's most popular places for tourists that want to see lions and other wildlife. benjamin hall has more from london. >> experts say that when it comes to kidnap cases, the first 48 to 72 hours are critical. we are approaching 48 hours now. that's why we've seen the ugandan forces extend their search to the national park and some areas around it. we have spoken to the director of the camp where this lady was staying. she was confirmed her name is kimberly. she's 56 years old and believed to be from california. tuesday evening, she was on a safari drive when four gunmen ambushed her while she was looking for animals. they took her away and left an elderly canadian couple. it was them who raised the alarm. the response was quick. >> the police have suspected a group of nongangmen. >> the kidnappers used the krill phone to call in the ransom demand for $500,000. that's the last time that they made contact. >> shepard: any word on who may be responsible for this? >> the ugandan police have floated a few ideas. one of them is the nationa

met with him twice and spoke with him by phone afterwards and with the national parks and with that responsibility to balance thehe resources means environmental protection that all of us and to speak about the need to make sure those that have granted the privilege leave in a better condition than they found it based on that discussion i believe they are clearly qualified. bushuring the administration in over two years as a solicitor. serving as a deputy secretary and acting secretary since january he is well-versed on all the issues that have come before us. he has the knowledge and experience to serve as secretary. now that opposition isn't from a nap - - a lack of knowledge that appearances of conflicts to be confirmed as deputy secretary. and with those put to interest and then to take the same oath that i take. public service not self service. and to ensure the culture the department of interior reflects the highestst level of integrity and with those assurances he gave me i voted on committee and natural resources. upto support the nomination i will say again i expect him and the department