it rests on the principle of using resources to supplement resource gaps. it has the potential to improve and expand the access. however, they are able to involve that. as it stands. they can file an 1151 claim. in the entry. no such protection exists. the same regardless of where they receive their care. finally, we recognize that the cost for these reforms remains a significant concern. it was will well-received on both sides of the aisle.

we strongly believe that this is a cost that must be met for them to be met. mister chairman i cannot conclude that. modernizing the process is of the utmost priority. they are voting today on the reform bill. senator rubio also has a bill there is consensus that it is simply unacceptable and must be reformed. what are we going to do. i'm happy to answer any questions that they may have. for the lady -- for the latest

scandal a debate has how to best provide high-quality comprehensive and veteran focused. over the past year there has been dozens of congressional hearings. enactment of the choice act. and finally the report from the commission on care. all of these were undertaken with the goal of getting to the root of the crisis in transforming the va so you can better serve our nation's veterans. to dismantle the va healthcare system. reaching a strong consensus on a set of recommendations. for the long-term transformation. they support the commissions and the recommendations i will focus on a few in my oral

remarks that we have concerns with. with the community-based health care system. they are acting as a cord the cord eater of care. the independent budget in the community many in the community put forth a similar plan. it does differ in one crucial aspect specifically as mentioned previously how it would manage the provision of care among va and non- va network providers. in order to reach consensus they recommend a compromise option to let them choose none of the a doctor's within eight doctors within an established network even in the case where would have it timely access and conveniently located options to meet their needs. this open choice option would increase the cost, and shift

resources out of the a likely resulting in the downsizing of the healthcare system. the problem is that if choice is elevated as a most important principle is likely to end up with two parallel systems and veterans well had to choose between rather than an integrated system to be responsible for the individual needs. they estimated the open choice option. likewise there is no clear evaluation. with the role as a whole. its ability to deliver comprehensive care. where the impact on the research according to the commission could shift an estimated care.

thereby depriving many veterans particularly disabled veterans for all of the care. in order to ensure reliable access for all enrolled veterans. including modernization. they manage the networks in the care provider we have concerns about the recommendations. for the governor's health care system. to facilitate better long-range planning. it would hinder the ability of the secretary to court and eight in a related.

instead we recommended that they adopt process for the budgeting purposes. similar to that used by the department of defense department of defense and homeland security. in closing the concurrent with the majority of proposals. and we greatly appreciate the efforts. for complex problems. we are also pleased that a number of recommendations are already underway. in the my va initiative. we will start working towards it. members of this committee. on behalf of of this.

more than 425,000 members and supporters. thank you for the opportunity. there are few issues more important than this. we know from our member research that they are increasingly turning to the va for healthcare and our most recent survey 29 percent of our members reported using them exclusively at six percentage points from the previous 23 percent. it is is currently 63 percent. up five percentage points. as a return and face the challenges we need to know that it will deliver for us. we must get this right. it's pointed in the right direction. they agreed that we need to reform vha. it is detailed in our testimonies submitted for the record. today's remarks will focus on

the general analysis of the report as well as three of the 18 recommendations. it fails to acknowledge the single recommendation and well also require extensive time and resources to execute actively. they will impact it as a whole particularly the ability to continue according. three, the report fails to in lies the impact of recommended the age reform on the ability to conduct research and train future clinicians. it is acknowledged the challenges faced due to the misalignment of demand, resource and authorities. five, the report failed to take into account reforms and programs that they have already planned and or implement it. they can be left at open to

interpretation. they broadly agree with most of them. in the response to the report but would like to focus the remainder of today's remarks on recommendations one, nine and 17. they oppose external care. and they support a streamlined task. under recommendation one they support an integrated network of care. it was led by primary care providers managing the veterans care. however, recommendation one is to a broad and with a fatal flaw. the external primary care provider. it also assumes that we did eat providers will be available and able to absorb the demand. on recommendation nine they understand the reasoning behind this. it is critical to long-term

reform. we offer the concerns raised by many. those can be among the most vulnerable however, it is important to stress that with this change will be a resource burden on the the a that will require them to support it. to close remarks today i would like to reiterate several key points. it will require coronation between the next president the va, congress and the veterans

we all serve. two, these changes well also require a significant financial investment that should not come at the expense of cutting existing benefits these changes cannot be spiraled within themselves but must be part of a country has a plan to be implement it. thank you for your time and attention. >> the officers association appreciate this opportunity to give our views in order for them to receive information and feedback. as well as for the represent tatian. most of the findings and we are pleased to see many of the report recommendations incorporating the changes that secretary mcdonald and they had been advocating for since implementation.

in responded to the report i would like to that we want to see the exhaustive work and the legislation. the panels before us have already discussed that. the first act and the appeals modernization. let me focus on three specific recommendations. first of all they support that. while they alone cannot meet all of the health care needs with them shot and that is clearly stated up upfront in the report. they need to preserve what programs and competencies in the mission.

these are related to the broader mission and american medical system. they pleased the commissions. and helping veterans to navigate the system. that said they must retain responsibility for managing the veterans health information. to ensure quality and continuity. they agree with the commissions commissions and recommendations. and at the sustainable culture where all of the programs and activities are aligned. they are responsible and accountable for improving organizational health and staff engagement. across the enterprise. they would require the necessary spending and

authorities. as with many of the partners for the secretary of health. they believe that congress' role of oversight is essential and adequate. and they must continue to be the strongest advocate. for va care the commission recommends. to provide tentative healthcare eligibility. they believe that it deviates. it takes far too long. it prevents veterans from getting the care they need

sooner rather than later. they provide more information. what the process is what the potential cost and impact is. if this was implemented. it appreciates the senate and house committee. they are improving health care for the veterans. i would like to just stare a quote from one of our veterans. who articulate what it is in the va health care. i quote, i will tell you that are the our va has a very solid reputation and for the experiences that i've heard from others we are very fortunate. the medical center works will and their staff is committed

to its mission. i walk through the medical center about how complex it must be. the second is the faces of people who have nowhere else to go. they believe this medical center is the rule rather than the exception. it is our view that we must leverage these best practices in this type of culture across the system in our veteran welcome back. on behalf of the men and women i would like to thank you for the opportunity on the final report. they think the commission on

their willingness to involve us in the process. they believe that the commission has made some meaningful suggestions they urge congress and va to consider the recommendations we had supported to do the clinical appeals process they had first-hand experience for the clinical appeals process

this includes the ability to provide evidence to support their appeals which many businesses do not permit. they also support amending the current healthcare eligibility to ensure veterans with other than honorable discharges have access to the life-saving care they need and deserve. they also support to establish high-performing community-based networks which leverage the capabilities they are glad to see the commission also agrees that it must remain the core nadir of care for veterans and must develop systems and processes to help veterans make important health care systems.

rather than fragmented care which leads to lower quality and threatens patient safety. that is why the vfw opposes the commission to give veterans a list of primary care providers and help that they are able to find one willing to see them. they must be offered the opportunity to discuss them with a nurse navigator who can help them find it. they also oppose the commissions recommendations. political appointees when and where they received their healthcare. they need strong leadership not martin bureaucracy. it should continue to lead

regardless applicable changes in congress and in the white house. but instead of including the president they must evaluate ways that is why we are pleased when he accepted the nomination but he is not the typical person who has occupied that role. he is the first noncareer ea employee to be confirmed under secretary for health since dr. ken kaiser. he led the largest and most successful healthcare transportation -- transformation. they must ensure that the position attracts more candidates like dr. kaiser not the career va employees who seek to prove form the status quo.

most of the commissions recommendations regarding capital infrastructure. we agree that raving -- waving budgetary rules will enable them to expand access however, they cannot support brett commission. the skip process really addresses the issues of unused property it is congress that has failed to remove these properties the reason congress has a failed to act as the same reason it would fail to act under this other process. the solution is to develop the better communication plan with the impacted veterans in develop a replacement plan that ensures veterans do not experience a lapse in access to care. they fear losing the care and

no commission or board will fix that. mister chairman, thank you for the opportunity to testify i'm happy to answer any questions you may have. >> thank you very much mister chairman for allowing us to be here. i will deviate because much of the material i might have covered has already been covered by my distinguished colleagues so i will concentrate on does a couple of things we consider to be really important. the first has to do with recommendation number 17. in the ministration and is not concurrence with it. we understand the position but it's really up to the congress at the first opportunity to get emergency appropriation so that we can move ahead to those people who had an other than honorable discharge. most of them as a result of the procedures never had access to counsel never have a

full record of court-martial. it was just pushed out as they seemed no longer to be useful. the veterans we have a long history with that because that happens to many people at the end of the vietnam war. and even as it was going on they enlisted at 18 and got sent to vietnam and came home they were on a three year enlistment and the military service didn't want them to come home. because of the experience that has ruined many of their lives. and that unfortunately that pattern is still going on today from fort carson to

bases in texas to write here where people who are being unfairly pushed out and labeled as other than honorable simple because there is someone in senior court who has taken and active dislike to them. it has been very concerned about this. ever since our inception. and many of us had been active discharge upgrade services before they were founded. and we continue to be concerned with this it's become more difficult over the years to get these upgraded even with an objective person agrees that absolutely that it should be upgraded and they should have their benefits restored. we have filed several class action suits against them. we certainly were assisted by the former senator and secretary of defense jeff

hagel's menu mow and that has opened the door with a lawsuit pressing instead of a success rate of 4% it's gone up to 45%. before the army board. and in terms of separation the secretary of the navy secretary mavis has issued a directive that has helped dramatically and having marines who have their eligibility restored as well as navy people. what we need is for secretary fanning and the secretary of the air force to do the same thing. but what is needed is to make sure that we have the money that is added into the budget as these things take hold. this is a group of people who are most at risk for suicide. particularly the younger ones.

they have already done so. it's something that the passage of the final to make sure that the fairness to veterans act is encouraged in that. but i would stress the leadership of this committee which in so many issues we greatly appreciate mister chairman you and your colleagues in the ranking member's efforts it needs to be turned to getting emergency appropriations so they can be ready to handle it. the last which is really merit the thing i just touched on. instead of going into detail. because of limits of time is the whole procurement recommendation. given the eight to zero the supreme court decision handed out at the end of june and came it is everybody in this

room knows how rare it is to have eight zero. whether va doesn't. instead of concentrating on rearranging structure we need to look at what they're doing and how they're doing it the reliance on the delegated authority for the federal supply . >> i will close it there and i deeply appreciate on behalf of all of us the sound leadership from this committee. for both you and senator blumenthal. i said what do we do veterans

appeal the house is in or introduced one. we passed a demonstration with the obama administration has been working for about three months and getting out of pride that is how it can get done. the 445,000 pending appeals right now we should do anything to them form him to

tell them why in the world i meant to give them an answer from the past. and i'm serious as a heart attack about that. i think one of the things we need to do we need to make sure we are performing the so it doesn't happen again. i hope i can help my desire is to fix it. i will be glad to work with the ranking member with dennis mcdonald and all of your organization and chairman miller in the house and let's find a way to find a% we agree on. we have to make sure that the people that have already been left behind in the appeals process get an answer the same

on they do i think that's answer to your question. did i hear you say we are opposed to the external primary care we are opposed to recognition nine it offers a streamlined pass. what is your organization's as we publicly stated in our 30,000 messages. i heard that in the testimony the reference to the don't take away any benefits. i would like to make a suggestion to all of you.

when we are trying to address the concerns that all of you bring to us to improve the benefits we have to find ways to pay for improvements in the future that doesn't mean we want to take money out of the pocket and it may mean from time to time just as we can have to do with social security we have to reform eligibility in the future to pay for in the present is very difficult for us to move forward if our that we don't have a fair warning and a chance to explain ourselves which is what happened in that particular situation. i just wanted to memorialize for that the public and the record. we are ready anytime anyplace we are taking away something to hurt a veteran. we are never can intentionally do that. we want to take a holistic approach and look at where were putting together the money for the future.

mister chairman i think i should state for the record my own view that there should be no requirement the majority has somewhat different position but there is no requiring in law or policy so far that i know that we could not go to the floor and ask for a budget point in order. i'm prepared to support that effort. and i will continue looking for other pay for us i believe that the first bill is a dramatic and historic step forward in any additional

funds required to support it should come from non- veterans programs. and you and i had worked together in formulating formulated this bill and i hope we can continue to do it so that before it passes we will find alternatives. i really do appreciate you and i had spent many hours seeking to address this dilemma and i know you have done in good faith. and it will hopefully pass in even better form and i appreciate those comments. if you see us do anything there might be a benefit a

challenge to come to us first. let's see if we can't make sure to understand what change remaking a lot of times one little cog in the machine can step everything else from happening because we did not address and talk about it. who is in charge right now requires us to put it on the floor. since we have the requirements we ought to try to see if we could first meet the requirement and hopefully meet that requirement that was outside the va the mission in the budget. per cicely. i think both of those points need to be addressed with the terms of let's get the peels .-dot let's get it worked out to make sure that we don't leave it behind. we have differences on benefits and slowing us down

for making progress. with that said i'm going to go to the ms. distinguished rink and members. i want to ask about the board of directors i apologize i was in the room for some of your testimony but i have read it and i have taken from the testimony that there seems to be very broad reservations in opposition to the idea of board of directors for a very understandable reason you've made the point that it was an additional bureaucracy and that in fact it diminishes potentially accountality this point has been made by many of you have i correctly

interpreted your views? and in terms of the other recommendations if each of you could just give me what you regard as the most important recommendations that you had supported in terms of your finding merit and the recommendations and i don't want to put you on the spot here. but just to kind of cut through the excellent testimony that you had offered it's very complete and excellent. but just in terms of what you regard as the most important of the recommendations you had supported.

>> i will go ahead and go first on that one. i think the modernization of the it system is so inclusive of everything regarding the disparities that exist and have been well documented with the scheduling system. and some the other parts of what today has really modernized healthcare. with that within the integrated network that clears between the community provider so i think that one is probably the largest one that impacts on some of the other things and if that were resolved and really tried to tackle that one first and foremost many of the other issues would be automatically resolved within that one i would like to add in terms of

this report has been clear to us the report has been provided in whole and if you start taking and piecemeal in it your neck and get the results of the recommendations going forward. but for the sake of answering the questions i think from our perspective that nothing can really happen real cultural change and transformation will not occur without an investment in leadership in the human capital management system. i would like to echo the importance of some of these recommendations that have been mentioned but i do want to say that recommendation number one although we don't support exactly how it is written the need to reform the way they purchased care and purchase care and how you integrate the private sector into the care model is vitally important.

as was discussed when the secretary was testifying the choice program is due to expire there is an urgent need in reforming how they reimburse emergency room care. that is vitally important but also how va expands and develops no matter how many providers are able to hire you really need somewhere to put them in the way it is done now really needs to be reformed. >> i would echo the comments from my partner that the recommendation seven is vitally important from other recommendations as we look to do that.

in ensuring into meet the changes. it's vitally important to the success i will conclude by just saying stable leadership. we need to find a way to incentivize how performers how do they serve our veterans stable leadership it is a problem with the true statute. that could include be done. for the secretary level and something that is very difficult because when people come in for relatively short. of time and i believe political up pointed across the board on an average of one

year and nine months historically whether it's democratic or republican administration that continuity hurts all of the agency's effectiveness. we cannot afford to have this kind of collapses particularly in the healthcare delivery system. i appreciate your comments and i know is not the last well have on these issues. the recommendations right recommendations i believe you had identified are underway or see feasible. i think we have a lot of consensus here and one of the criticisms made i'm not sure who made it.

the actions are already underway. i think that your support really indicates that were all putting our shoulders to the same wheel. for the repeal process reform we can disagree on the details but there is absolutely no question that the present system is broken the bso's think so our veterans think so. the congress should think so

and should act. i very much respect i'm certainly more than happy to be persuaded that there are we should be able to reese consensus. sooner rather than later. time is on our side. and, and just to state what you will know these claims do not seek handouts or hand ups. they see the benefits that were earned through service and sacrifice to our nation and injuries or ones that

caused these claims to be made. this nation has to do its job. i want to thank secretary mcdonald. with all of the comments he got today. they were bragging about you pretty good. a 247 guy. in topping to put that in the water. they're going to get it done. to lose it over the 20%. i appreciate it very much. it was great impact. that is a veterans of the united states of america. it will stand adjourned.

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>> hurricane matthew continues with that storm expected to make u.s. landfall sometime tonight in in about 15 minutes will take you live to tallahassee for hurting update from the florida update. he will speak to reporters starting about 7:00 p.m. eastern time. you can watch that life here on c-span two.

earlier today president obama called the governors of georgia, south carolina north carolina and florida about preparations ahead. they are posting please pray for everyone in florida. continuing to pray for everyone impacted so far. the florida representative tweeted out a picture of the radar. and then with instructions to his constituents. they represent the bradington area on the west side of the state. they had driven to take shelter during the storm. also tonight at 7:00 eastern the road to the white house. it's taking place in new hampshire. they will speak with voters and supporters there. new hampshire is considered a

swing state. it has four electrical -- electric tour votes. the washington journal live every day with the news and policy issues that impact you in coming up this friday morning the chair of the tea party will join us discuss their endorsement. they will be on. she was education policy. in the efforts to tie them to a rise. be sure to watch c-span. again a reminder well have a live hurricane update until

then today's white house briefing. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning everybody. great to see you all. i know the call for the president i will not be personally offended. second, the president was updated once again on the preparations underway to prepare for the likely landfall of hurricane matthew. the weather forecasters at the national hurricane center now anticipate that the impact of

the storm is likely to be quite significant. we strongly encourage people who live in the areas areas that are likely to be affected to heed the warnings and instructions of local officials included evacuation orders. the instructions are being offered they are informed they are receiving from scientists and federal officials. they are geared towards protecting people. those of you who have been covering the story notice that the track of the store has changed multiple times just this week. it certainly is not outside

the realm of possibility. we want to encourage people to stay up-to-date on that. what we did learn overnight it's likely that it could strengthen further before making landfall. we want people to be prepared. there are those who doubt the intensity of the storm they need to look only at the images that are coming back from haiti and have a rather significant impact in haiti. that is pretty good evidence of what people in southeast could be facing. for those americans that are interested in offering up their assistance to haiti if you can help country.

obviously this is a pivotal day. people need to make preparations and follow orders today the storm is likely to begin being felt this evening. and certainly over the course of the day those of us that don't live in the affected areas will be saner prayers had been working very effectively. we intend to use the resources and that will be put to the test. in the next few days. with that do want to get us started.

>> it's an investigation that has been led at the fbi. they will release the documents. that the documentation is going. it is a top priority of the administration. it certainly is an issue that we take seriously.

the department of justice taken seriously. people everywhere are probably wondering how this can happen again in the storms that were put in place. >> i will hesitate to drop too many connections against these two cases. some of the similarities have been well-documented publicly. let me start by answering the questions about the reforms in place. they had put in place principally. it has been led by the office

of director of national intelligence. we had established governmentwide minimum reform for the kinds of threat programs for the theft or unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information. the intelligence community has launched a series of continuous evaluation programs to help determine the clearance and what they can continue to hold it. that effort has been affected in reducing the number of people there has also been a requirement instituted that they can submit to a reinvestigation every five years with the terms that they have committed we have also tried to enhance the quality a

of background check. there is a new agency that has been stood up to ensure that it is more efficiently conducted. this is something that the administration takes seriously and there are important lessons that we have learned since the case of mister started i think this risk is always going to be there as long as there is a desire to share sensitive information across the government and we know there is a risk of not sharing the information. this is a principal insight of the september 11 insight. the individuals that are interested with this information to keep it in the american people and protect it. let me close by saying the

risks that they had faced at least for a very long time we were talking a little bit earlier today about an entirely different case. situation 15 years ago where there was an individual who was arrested by a u.s. official because he was accused of stealing sensitive information and passing on to the russians. the case of mister snowden's unique each is unique. obviously the snowden case have gotten extra attention because he was so publicly on the lam. but this is something that our government has been confronting for a long time in some ways it's even more competent given the modern

communications and the tools that make it easier to pass this. with the information sharing. there is a risk. we are working really diligently. >> have they seen the latest case. i think it is certainly too early for me to draw that kind of connection but our investigators at the department of justice are connecting their own. with a sense of urgency because they understand how significant the stakes are in cases like this. i will let them speak to what they have learned and offer an assessment if they're prepared to do so about just how serious it is.

>> have they attempted to do anything to prevent. [inaudible] >> they been deeply engaged in the international diplomacy to reduce the violence in syria. we've obviously been involved in that effort for a number of years now. the united states just yesterday participated in an iss g meeting. it was convened this is a group of a couple dozen countries who are concerned about the situation in syria the united states has worked states has worked effectively in a leadership role in that group to try to bring the international community together around some potential solutions. i can tell you that u.s. officials are meeting today with our european allies in europe to discuss the

situation inside of syria. it has held at a variety of levels. the focus of the discussions today was on the situation in syria they are obviously very focused on supporting the un efforts. there are the are the efforts that are underway by the special envoy to try to reduce the violence inside of syria and then there's also been extensive work that has been done over the years to try to focus the international community on potential solutions we continue to be deeply concerned about that are focused on harming civilians. it's deeply troubling what is happening there. they had been deeply engaged through diplomacy around the

world to try to address it. >> very specifically on the immediate threat. there is no military solution to the many problems that are plaguing syria and we are working urgently to end the violence in syria and in a leper between diplomatic procedures. there is an important role for them to play in terms of leading a counter kiesel account kiesel coalition and those efforts have moved aggressively to rollback territory that they previously controlled. to provide pressure center operating inside of syria. the department of defense

announced earlier this week that al qaeda leader in syria was the target of a military strike. .. >> just briefly, 44 afghan troops were in the united states for military training -- [inaudible] were talk into the white house about questions of the training and security given that they were training with the doj.

>> i cannot think of any individual cases but i would refer you to the department of defense for more information. >> i just want to redo something from the fbi sources. the fbi has been illegally taking information for years. when they rated the property they found thousands of pages of classified documents, hundreds of thumb drives, hard drives, dozens of computers and servers and he appeared to have his own server farm, enough to operate his own club. guess it's one thing if he started doing this last week and they suddenly caught him. i know he's in custody this week bit the fbi believed he has been illegally taken home classified information for years.

and you listed a number of changes that were made after the snowden case. how do you have any confidence that all of the changes were made are doing anything if this person was able to do that for that amount of time? >> i'm not going to be able to discuss any additional details about what the investigators have been able to find. i will leave it to them to disclose what the investigation has uncovered so far. the kind of steps we have taken to mitigate against insider threats are significant. they have made some progress in terms of accomplishing some goals. improving background check system, reducing people who have security clearances, making ethical changes to the excess people are given to sensitive information. there have been a variety of both intuitive and highly technical steps we can take to limit this risk. it it is a risk

that will always exist. it is more significant given the kinds of technology available now. it allows for the efficient transfer of information. again, that is largely good.good e >> we are taking a life to the florida state operation center. governor rick's scott is holdine a brief young on hurricane matthew. >> i can tell you that we talk to the sheriffs and elected officials, the county emergency management people, everybody is prepared. they're doing what they can tovn get ready and it is happening now. we have individuals with me from fish and wildlife, brian kuhn who is responsible for state emergency management team, highway safety, the national guard, we have general turner who is responsible for five states of the army corps of

engineers. we have law enforcement and we have national guard. we have jim who is making sure that we continue to have our evacuation routes open and moving. some are not moving as fast as some of the others but they are all moving. i have spoken to all 67 counties as part of our 5:15 p.m. call. all 40 counties are focused solely on life safety. we want want everybody to survive this horrible storm. that's the most important thing we can do. i think of my own family. counties that are in the path w are waiting to help those who are impacted. i talked to sheriffs and utility officials to call me if they need anything. i said call me 24 hours per day. the goal is to solve problems ah quickly as we can. we are focused on protecting my. th

we are ready to help any community that needs help. i spent the past four days urging people to prepare and get ready for hurricane matthew. it is here. it is absolutely here. it is absolutely here. not very far off the coast of palm beach. we are seeing the impacts and it im again, our number one priority is protecting every life in the state. a i want everybody to survive this. we can rebuild homes and businesses, i think think of mild family, we cannot rebuild the life. if you are in south and central florida it is coming in tonightw we stay safe and listen fore sto alerts. there may be tornadoes that come in and yourself on will give you important messages. if you aret in brevard county and brevard county you still have time to leave, get out. there's no reason to take a chance. it doesn't make sense.

if i p.m. hurricane matthew wasr located 100 miles east, southeast of west palm beach with maximum winds of 145 miles per hour. think about that. 140 miles. think about that. 140 miles per hour. it remains a category four. intensity is likely as it moves towards the coast. matthew will produce devastatind impacts from storm surge, winds, and rains along portions of the east coast. this storm is a monster. as fol again, protecting life is our number one priority. impacts of hurricane matthew are as follows, heavy rain, heavy rain up to 12 inches along the east coast. in strands like this you'll get a band to get more. when you get those bands you get immediate flooding.each bea strong rip currents, beach beach erosion, the risk of tornadoes.a hurricane force winds.

hurricane force winds. storm surge. s 11 feet possible of storm surgey if you're you're standing on the ground, 11 feet. think about that. 11 feet of storm surge. on top of that, waves. in your house if you're close you could have the storm surgerd and waves over your roof.m surg storm surge will go along the st. johns and saint mary's river. if you live along the rivers please listen for evacuation orders. do not serve, do not be on the beach. nobody should be on the beach on the east coast tonight. nobody. nobody should be surfing.onvill. people on the beach in jacksonville, get off the beach. all the way to the florida georgia line will have winds exceeding 100 miles per hour. volusia and brevard will have the highest wind.ctions a

seminole and orange county will have hurricane forced wins. inland will have hurricane force winds. these are projections are projections and they can't get worse. i just spoke with the army corps of engineers and will be requesting the following from fema. temp repower, temporary roofing, debris removal crews, and structural assessment crews. i will also as the president also ask the president for generators and pumps to help with outages. we are going to have a lot to power outages. we can expect to see lots ofaddi flooding especially in northeast florida. we will need additional pumping equipment from the federal government. waste on the continue strong track to florida we activatedim 3500 national guard members.

this is over 50% of the available troops. this is the most i have ever had to activate. protecting lives remains our number one priority.ng i continue to ask more troops suffered life-saving missions. they are pre-positioned across the the state. many are helping people evacuate right now.. we also have many at our high wat in the immediate aftermath of the storm they will be deployed to perform search and rescue operations along with fish and wildlife. the fish and wildlife conservation commission has high water vehicles, their pre-positioned across the positioned across the state to help with the efforts. food and water is prepositioned across the state. once it it passes an area we will bring it in. eacher h county has a designated plan on how to distribute ar resources. around 1.5 million are under evacuation orders.s are s more areas were mandated this afternoon. roads are still open for evacuation.pecial p

hotels are filling up, you can visit expedia.com/florida. this is a special page to find an open hotel during the storm.io as you drive, the department of itansportation has a signed that will put hotels are filled at the exit. so if you see that go-ahead to the next exit. we are getting we are getting signs of where the shelters that are open are.pe if you cannot get to a hotel get to a shelter. we have shelters open across the state. that might not be the nicest accommodation but probably is a much safer accommodation than your house or apartment.eople a we can only have 130 shelters open across the state. more. more people are going to them tonight. do not we do not have any capacity issues at our shelters. we do not have capacity issues at our shelters.0 peo

we have over 3000 people in shelters last night and will have an updated number at midnight tonight. if you are in north florida in brevard going north you stillon have time to evacuate, not a lot but you have time. again, you might not want to sit in a in a shelter but it might be the. difference between life and death. curfews, they are in place for orange, devol, st. john's and seminole county. they are in place to protect to and keep communities safe. lease into the curfews, they they are there for your safety. follow them. you will help law-enforcement stay focused on life-saving operations. if you have questions on curfewp please call your sheriff's office. traffic, i tend westbound out of jacksonville is expressing congestion but continues to move. the state department of transportation has been following the evacuation routes all day and are doing what they can to speed them up.

they want to make sure they continue to move. the department of transportation highway safety are working together to make sure our evacuation routes are moving.te they're also showing alternate routes. i for westbound between orlando and tampa has congestion but continues to move. traffic on five to eight is is moving quickly between brevard and orlando. if you're concerned about safe routes, visit fl 511.com. you can see traffic patterns and accidents. anything is on there to pick a safe, best route. floridians and visitors, you can go to florida evacuate.com or download the evacuation out to enter your location and see shelters in your area. flights have been canceled in miami, orlando, and fort lauderdale. there are no power outages at this time. there no major, there are some but very minor. in miami 6000 people without power, brevard county, 2200

people 200 people about 1%. i will go through these but you are going to lose power. will no 5600 people without power, palm beach county, 4800 without power, one percent. we are going to lose power, we're not going to lose power, we're not going to lose power for a short period of time. fuel. there are no reported fuel issues on the interstate or turnpike. earlier today directed department of transportation to send fuel resources to gas stations on alligator alley. there were reported issues there and dot has solved them. individual gas stations are seen fuel shortages but they are temporary. there are being being quickly refueled and it is available around the state. the current fuel supply in the state, even if all ports are closed is nearly six days. the f take the fuel you need, nothing more, leave some for the next person. so everybody has the

opportunity to have enough fuel they need. hospitals. hospitals along these costs have been evacuated for the past two days. luckily we have not had any issues. we are are all still n seeing evacuations in nursing homes. help each other. you can go to text fl prepares, text fl prepares, one word 288-8777. you will updates on the state o, emergency team.le it to re 888777 you'll get updates. if you have a smart form, enable it in your settings to receive emergency messages. the national hurricane center will be pushing out life-saving messages. you'll hear a loud noise when they come through, and it is loud. do not ignore them. it ignore them. it could save your life. do not turn it off. as much as it may bother you it

could be life-saving. everybody needs to remember these things. we have have asked people for days to be prepared.a now it is going to hit and will think about what we will do afterwards. we will have down to power lines. do not come close. watch your kids, let them know not to touch a power line. it could be live, stay away from them. do not drive or walk in standing water. either one. water. either one. do not go into standing water.c do not go outside during the storm. think about it, we will have hurricane force winds. think about the debris flying around the state. we have watched it on the weather channel, the debris around hurricanes and around tropical storms. there will be debris ds flying, don't go outside or in the the storm, don't take a chance. you s do not go outside to see what it is like. if you see a tornado or hear one approaching go to an interioro room and hunkered down.ew up

i grew up in the midwest, we had tornadoes all the time. that. that is what we had to do. do not operate a generator in your house. do not operate it a generator in your house. the the generators all have to stay outside. only return when you have been told to return. do not try to return before that. local officials will officials will let you know when it is okay. everybody is going to do their part to keep you healthy, safe, and alive. that is our number one priority. you have to do your part also. if you have any concerns about your safety call your local sheriff. they're there to take care of you.he they are staffed and can help you. i'm going to be at the state operations center tonight and will continue to get briefed by the state meteorologist and i will pray for everybody safety.

i've been traveling the state for the past four days and working before that to start talking about being prepared. we have a great team here, locally, people have done their job and i hope everybody has taken precautions and if you're still thinking of evacuating and you are in the evacuation zone, you are in a place where you know you are subject toel flooding, get out. do not take a chance. the county in the states are working state are working hard and after this hits they will work very hard to restore r the state and get everybody's power back and get back to normal life. i will will be glad to answer questions. >> what could a $50 billion storm, how prepared is the florida to deal with this. >> we have made a lot of progress. first off off you look at citizens, we have downsized

the risk quite a bit. on the cat to fund if you think of what has happened over the past six years it has dramatically increased as far as both the amount of cash we havef and we did some borrowing ahead of time to make sure that we are ready. we have have done all of those things, we are in a better position.te you always like to be in a better position, i would like the state not to have any risk, that would be utopia. but we have some risk. i think we are preparefor it. i think we are in a better position position than we havewe been in years. we don't know the amount of damage we will have. if it if you look at it if it hit shore and came straight acrossl its devastating. the the dollars are going to be staggering. >> you talk to -- earlier today,

given everything that is going on and giving the fact that -- has postponed the game should they just go ahead and postpone it or move it or something? and then stop sort of the guessing game in terms of what is going to happen. >> when i talked, he was talking to the university of miami and they're going to make a decision. they will make a good decision. the things i worry about with anything is that we have to make sure our number one priority is to take care of everybody's health and safety. on top of that we are going to work hard to restore everybody to a normal life and that will start with getting people in their homes and getting power w back. those will be the most important things. we will we will assess the damage. we will work with fema, they had been here since last thursday. as you know i have additional fa

request in fema for water, food, and tarps have been approved. we have more request. have more request. we are going to need a lot more. >> on different topics, the clinton campaign has asked about extending the deadline for votet registration, it is next tuesdaa since you have declared an emergency it is within your power to do that, governor bush made some changes to the election situation in 2004 after the hurricane hit then, i want to get your thoughts on extending voter registration.

>> if you, whether as ae registration date, everybody has had a lot of time to register so on top of that, we have lots of opportunities to vote, early voting in absentee voting, so i don't intend to make any changes. >> for people who are not a path of the storm who want to help those along the east coast? >> the one is that we could use more support in our shelters, you can go to red cross.org to look at where we can use help in our shelters. if you have friends from palmhe beach going north that might need a place to stay, even ife they can't come tonight, they might need it tomorrow, so ask y them. reach out to them. see them. see if you can do it. the salvation army and red cross are going to be providing services. they would love your contribution. they're going to provide a lots of volunteer efforts and will spend a lot of money. partially stepping shelters and partially preparing food and things like that. i've had calls from both red cross insulation army. i've seen them from the past sig

years with have been doing and t things much more minor than coud this. they could use your financial support. >> dear plans for tomorrow and to go out and see the area that has been affected? >> we'll watch what happens tonight and decide tomorrow. i have have to get the assessment, we have a great team here and we have to get across a status and is we can get out and do whatever we can to help people have a normal life. if you think about it, we want to keep everybody safe. that is the number one priority. number two is get people back to a normal life as quickly as wer can. that is back into your house, get back back to your apartment, get your business is open, get the power back on and make sure people can get fuel.er, sh a we need to make sure people who are displaced they have food, water, shelter, all of thoseo

things. i will be out doing what i can help everybody. >> governor, during the briefing before he came in here there is a brief mention that law-enforcement in the state has been required to move some do you have inmates. you have any details of how many inmates we're talking about, where where they were moved from and where to? >> the department of correctionp has a process and i think some counties probably made changes but the state is not involved io those. >> a question for the commissioner, do you know of any incidents regarding the emergency that was in the path last year.s.

[inaudible] >> my understanding from the general counsel is that you are allowed to carry a weapon while you are evacuating. once he reaches shelter, that no longer applies. you cannot carry that into a shelter with you. >> so it's not the full 48 hours from a mandatory evacuation? >> that's what i understand my general counsel. i recommend that you contact the local sheriff or when you reach the shelter i would ask the folks there. my understanding is in applies only while you are moving in transit, not once you reach a shelter. >> to know if there's been any incidents regarding the ? >> i'm not aware of that. >> you talked about how you felt prepare for the storm, but. >> were never prepared enough. a if it was really good it would go east.spread >> but the fact that it is so slow moving and going across this a territory, it sounds like it has been challenging for you in terms of how to figure out where to put the staging areas, logistics and things of that

nature. it sounds like also because of that you are saying look, we are going to be distributing food and supplies but not immediate because we still have to findat. places to put this in that nature. should should people beh patient for the first 48 hours in terms of after the storm? >> what was said all along is that you should assume that you have to take care of yourself for three days. three days of food and water and a radio, keeh your cell phone charged up, so d actually you should have your medicine, the truth is you should do everything you can to be self-sufficient for three days. i can tell you that if you look at what the county is doing, with the state is doing, what national guard is doing, if you look at what everybody is doing, the pre-position pre-position we are doing, the fact that fema has already agreed to provide

food, water, and tarps, i think people are going to do their job. the expectation is that you take care of yourself for three days. we are going to do a d everything we can to get there as quickly as we can.. we don't have any idea how much damage we are going to get. we don't know if it's going to hit landfall. you have to assume it will somewhere. that's what you have to prepare for. that's why we do it we do what we can to get people to evacuate. thank you everybody. >> florida governor rick scott at the emergency operations center at the state capital of tallahassee and a briefing on hurricane matthew. as a hurricane gets closer to hitting the east coast of florida members of congress have been tweeting comments and warnings to constituents. south carolina's governor posted hurricane matthew is a very

dangerous storm, please heed instructions from local authorities. keep up at south carolina emergency management division, evacuating can save lives. nbc journalist in charlotte tweeted photos of what towns on the east coast of florida currently look like. she says, like a ghost town, please say if it gets too bad they are leaving and closing roads behind them. remaining people have to fend for themselves. in this picture gas stations boarded up. some have not evacuated already might very well be stuck here. again, some tweets some tweets and members of congress and journalists reporting on hurricane matthew about to potentially make landfall in florida, maybe later tonight. now in c-span2, we rejoined today's white house briefing with the press secretary. >> some of the global changes in the economy as opposed to making the negative consequences even worse.

>> the president also talks about the economy were losing 700,000 jobs monthly. there are still issues out there, gdp growth is at one or 2%. our federal rate is not strong enough -- is the issue here also that growth is not strong enough yet? >> we know know that one of the headwinds that we face for growth in the united states is actually from the weekend international economy. the united states benefits from being able to trade with the world. we won our trading partners have economies that are not performing at high levels it is going to have an impact on the number of goods and services they purchase from the united states. that is part of it. that is why much of the evidence for this piece is the international community and

policy makers who can have an impact on some of these broader trends. i think what is also true is we have encountered opposition from those on the extreme right who wield inordinate influence in the united states congress. they have succeeded in blocking the kind of commonsense infrastructure and education that would have a material positive impact on economic growth. economic growth would be if republicans had about policies that contributed to economic growth. so i know that at the risk of offending my friends with years of technical education in the field of economics, it's not

that complicated. his opposition to commonsense proposals like investment in education and infrastructure that have prevented the u.s. economy from performing even better than we have thus far. again, i guess what that's the allusion to the know nothings may come in. >> on the hurricane, the obama it administration governor scott has a task over disaster relief and emergency funding. i believe he has a far higher rejection rate for fund in the request than other states and governors around the country. given that, he described the administration interaction on the storm -- >> when we're talking about millions americans who are in the path of a potentially devastating storm, the likes of which we have not seen in the united states in a decade or so, we put partisan politics aside and we focus on making sure we are meeting the basic needs of our fellow americans. so there has been extensive

coordination between federal officials and state emergency officials in florida. those those of you who follow the issues closely know that craig is a floridian himself and he furnished his reputation as an expert in emergency management and helping the state of florida in 2004 and 2005, deal with an unprecedented series of hurricanes that struck his state. my first personal experience has been in 2006, ten years ago i was working on the florida governor's race and one of the principal talking points about the democratic and republican candidate for governor was to promise to leave craig do his job so i think that is a clear indication that mr. fouquet does not consider politics when doing his job. i'm sure that contributes to the

success he has enjoyed in terms of providing service to the american people. but that has been the approach that president obama has taken as well. we would expect that the significant political differences that exist between governor scott and the white house are going to have zero impact on the ability of emergency officials in florida to get the kind of help and support and assistance they need from federal officials they need. >> can you give an update on what the u.s. is doing in haiti. the pictures coming in our showing massive destruction. early in the the week there is talk about helicopter going down , is there an update you can give us about resources that have been center are being sent there. >> i know my colleagues at the

department of defense can talk to you about some of the resources they have mobilized, military resources have been mobilized to assist in the recovery efforts in haiti. i don't have the statistics in front of me. there has been important work done through usaid to deal with the impact of the storm. usaid foreign disaster assistance teams were deployed to both haiti and jamaica, and the bahamas in advance of the storm hitting. there are disaster recovery experts from the united states on the ground in these places. and they will be assisting local governments in setting up a recovery effort. there has been an initial contribution from usaid, 1,500,000 dollars to address some of the immediate humanitarian needs in the aftermath of the hurricane. that is just an initial payment. i'm sure there will be additional resources coming to assist our friends in haiti that are dealing with a difficult situation. i want want to mention once again there is an

opportunity for americans who might be concerned about the situation, they they can go to see idi.org. this is a nonprofit organization dedicated to disseminating information in the aftermath of disasters. they can also ensure financial resources get to the right place and are used effectively. >> you had a lot of statements this week about the u.s. relationship and talks over syria,. [inaudible] there saying we did not make attempts to make military strikes against the assad regime in syria being taken as threatening to shoot down american planes. >> i have not seen the same it. what i would say is there is a

concerted effort on the part of the united states to try to work effectively with the russians to reduce violence inside of syria. time, and time again the russians did not live up to the commitments they have made in the context of those negotiations. that is a source of deep disappointment not just here in the united states but around the world. it has tragic consequences of assigned time and escalating the violence in syria. and we are working diligently to try to affect. >> this administration has prosecuted -- than all previous

presidents combined. and they have suffered three of the largest thefts of classified information, wiki leaks, snowden, and dashmac, has, and,? >> we can walk through the statistics about the leak prosecutions. i think what is clear is the ministration does take quite seriously the need to protect sensitive national security information, of course those decisions about how and whether to prosecute an individual are made by officials at the department of justice, those decisions are made without political influence, there is a general policy direction that does come from the white house about the priority placed on protecting national security and sensitive information. but those decisions are made by independent prosecutors at the department of justice. more generally i think what we have seen is the impact that modern technology has on the

movement and dissemination of information. there is an upside that technology can be used to ensure that national security information can be quickly, instantaneously shared across the federal government in a way that keeps our men and women in uniform safe. in a way that aids terrorism investigations being conducted by the united states and our allies around the world. and in a way that protects the united states homeland. the downside risk of this technology is those with bad intentions can, on an

unprecedented scale disseminate that information and unfortunately that has harmful consequences. we have talked at length about the way that mr. snowden's unauthorized disclosures put americans in harm's way. whether that is compromising the identity of undercover intelligence operatives were unauthorized disclosure of information that has an impact on the safety and security of our men and women in uniform, so that is the modern environment in which we are operating in and that's why the administration has taken over so many of the reform efforts to try to counter this insider threat and as we learn more about ways that bad actors invade those reforms we

will beef up our defenses even further, but it continues to be the belief of not just this administration that the greater risk is associated with withholding this information and this was one of the lessons we learned in the aftermath of 9/11 that the internal stove piping in the federal government detracted from our national security. there has been been a concerted effort to share that information to protect the american people, that has been a good thing, that has revolutionized the way information has been used to protect our country. but it is also caused us to confront the latest risk. >> we talked about waiting until the is done to take further

reforms but does this seem to divide so many of the reforms that were implemented post noted in 2015 isn't there an extraordinary urgency this needs to have right now about reminding the entire federal government and a hair on fire way that these rules are in place and cannot be. >> let me tell you there is a sense of urgency around this i did not mean to leave you with the impression that we're not going to do anything until the investigation is completed, if over the course of the investigation we learn information that could be valuable we will undertake that work immediately. >> what i think is also true the vast majority of the men and women in our intelligence community, our people, our

experts in protest professionals take this seriously. they dedicate their lives to our country and they have a valuable expertise they use to protect our country. the vast majority do not need to be reminded of how serious this is. but i think everybody who serves in the intelligence community recognizes the great consequences for not following the rules on the books. i say that without knowing or being able to discuss in detail about the situation but let me clarify, the point is this, it's, it's not clear and the situation whether these alleged crimes were committed or if there was a creative way for getting around the rules either

way, if there were reforms we can implement to ensure greater fidelity to these policies are further strengthening, we will do then to ensure the safety and security of this sensitive information. >> are you confident right now if you have the boundaries of this leak understood and under control. with their details with the computer codes and you have got all of this stuff and they have like everyone they need to get in this investigation. >> i think it's a legitimate question but is one to be directed to my colleagues who

are conducting the investigation so i will let them speak to the scope of the. >> do know what contractor this guy worked were prior to this? i think part of this took place prior and that also detailed. >> i can't speak to the details of the employment but that may be something the department of justice can sit share with you. [inaudible] i thought you would appreciate that. >> ice take pride in it nonetheless. . .

he what i will say is that the president is enormous of proud of the progress is made in this country over the last eight years. he is basically encountered the worst economic downturn since the great depression and the progress we have made over the last seven and a half almost eight years is remarkable and i think better than predicted seven and a half years ago the sustained job creation we have seen the longest consecutive monthly streak in our history, the progress we made in putting upward pressure on wages, the success we have had in reducing poverty. poverty fell more in 2015 that it has in any year since the 1960s and the increase in median wages in this country in 2015 was the greatest for the

largest on record so that's an indication that we really have made critically important progress and the president has always, the president's approach has always been to focus on longer-term goals and there are situations in which that longer-term focus has had an impact on the numbers reflected in short-term polls and the president has been able -- willing to sacrifice the -- for longer-term results. after 88 years in this office i think that's a strategy that has strongly benefited the american people and it's starting to show up in the polls and the president does take some satisfaction with that. in terms of reconciling i think

the unquestioned desire for some changes in our government, i think you won't be surprised to hear me say that i would attribute that to the dysfunction that has run rampant under republican leadership in congress and that has contributed to deep frustration not just inside the white house but in houses all across the country that congress has failed time and time again to do commonsense things for the country because the republicans continually prioritize politics and whether that is in the commonsense investments in infrastructure and education that we have a positive impact for the commonsense reforms of our immigration system. there are a variety of ways to measure the congressional dysfunction and away that lets people be satisfied with the way they are represented in

washington d.c. right now so i recognize there are some republicans with a different analysis but you've got to admit that it's backed up by the numbers. >> do both presidential candidates have high negative ratings in congress and the media? if the president's popularity actually because of people organically liking barack obama? >> i think it's probably a bit of those. i think the people are pleased with the president's performance in office and that's reflected in the polls you saw today. the president has eyes maintained a personal approval rating even among those who don't support his policies because they see the approach as he is taken to his job. they may not attain the policy

outcomes they want to see that they saw a president who became a role model to our kids and somebody who is a good husband and a good father and somebody who is serious about his faith. he somebody who takes his job very seriously but not more seriously than necessary so i think the public appraisal of the president's character is one that even in the most difficult times has been. durable. and i think people are reminded of that when you hear some of the rhetoric by the republican nominee for president and i think that might leave some republicans and independents to an conclude that for as frustrated as they are with washington right now, they have been pleased with the decisions that the guy sitting in the oval office has been making.

>> in the new relationship was there any offer to help in the recovery? >> i don't know if there were changes in dr. by the schedule but given the impact the storm has had in that region of the world i would say that this will be an added feature that she will be talking about and what the united states can do to help those who are recovering from the storm. >> under the status of the relationship now. [inaudible] >> we can certainly look into that for you. >> a question for you. when you were talking about syria and you mentioned the support for diplomacy including that of the u.n. were used specifically reporting about the proposals from the u.n. envoys

to go into aleppo and escort out the dash. >> i was and never given any statement or initiative rather our general support for the tireless efforts that he has led to focus international attention on this troubling situation and try to find a solution. he has done important work and he has preserved the kind of, he's played an important role in trying to bring the international community together round constructive ideas for investing in it potential solution. we haven't found it yet with regard to the situation in aleppo but that is not prevented him from working tirelessly in a good faith to try to find another solution. >> was that an extraordinary offer in terms of the urgency being felt right now that otherwise does not lead to anything that would provide immediate relief?

>> it's an extraordinary offer and again it's hard to know whether or not that's a rhetorical device that he was using to express his own personal sense of urgency or if he was -- you will have have to ask him what his intent was that regardless of what specifically his message was i think he's conveying a sense of urgency that many people including the president of the united states feels. >> you said the other day that there was nothing left to be discussed with russia and that's why -- but john kerry is talking to lavrov now. what made the president start talking to russia again about syria? >> all of my colleagues at the state department read the nature of the conversations. what we have said all along is there a variety of aspects to

the relationship between the united states and russia again i will let them talk about the details of what was discussed. what i can tell you is they were not talking about trying to reinstitute the kind of agreement that we thought we had concluded a month ago but failed because of russia's repeated and violent abrogation in the context of the talks. >> to be clear when you are talking you were specifically only talking about the u.s. offer with a potential military cooperation with russia. >> obviously russia will have to be part of any u.n. process. russia is a member of the international syrian support group and that's a multilateral institution that we have or another multilateral venue where

the united states has tried to find a solution. russia has been a part of those as well. we have never indicated where shutting off all diplomatic ties with russia but we did make it clear that russia had too often and repeatedly violated the kinds of commitments they had made that made it unnecessary or unworkable to continue to pursue that specific approach but there there are four idea poison which russia is involved and they will continue to be but the kind of arrangements we had envisioned of getting russia to play a constructive role in reducing violence in exchange for closer russian u.s. military cooperation going after extremists is an agreement that never materialize unfortunately.

>> you said you had no interest in escalating the violence in syria. specifically in response to the question about rush's statement where we basically saying you have nothing to worry about and the u.s. would use any form of military -- in any area of? >> the president has discussed in some detail why military action against the assad regime to try to adjust the situation in aleppo is unlikely to accomplish the goals that many envision now in terms of reducing the violence there and it's much more likely to lead to a bunch of unintended consequences in our national interest but i'm not going to take any options off the table and i think what i'm

articulating is a desire de-escalate the situation cited syria and de-escalate the conflict and to reduce the violence and to try to bring much-needed humanitarian assistance to those who need it.

>> in philadelphia in 1906 a large group of afghan americans gathered outside of the walnut street theatre when the klansman was scheduled to appear. one report estimated that 2000 african-americans came to protest and that another 1000 whites came to observe the protests. at the start of the play one african-american man threw an ag on the stage from the gallery and someone shouted we want no atlantic you referring to the atlanta race riots.

>> i want to bring the white house a sense of strength and fiscal responsibility which will build a good strong foundation under which this country or above which this country can move, grow, invest, and build the best america for its people and their kids. >> i wish he would join me as a matter-of-fact and appealing to the american people for the line-item veto. [applause] i think that would be extraordinarily help all. >> i want to talk a little bit about the citadel with its 17-inch armor in front of this here we have this door which is

closed during combat. the doorways proximately five tons. >> and then i come back to washington after the convention and at a cop tale party very popular national journal says a woman walks into a cocktail party and she's immediately surrounded by men. it's a brooke shields? no it's madeleine albright. it's much more popular. the second presidential debate is sunday night at washington university in st. louis missouri.