more jobs and more opportunity contain that threat and to deal for americans. let me just close by saying i with it, but it hinges on some was interviewed in the runup to this on friday. important political steps that somebody asked "well, it's well need to be taken by the iraqi government. known that women are more likely >> there's no question they have some violent tendencies and they are problematic, but crocker is to vote for democrats." which i said "women are smarter. suggesting something much more, that they now have access to [ laughter ] this is true. resources that al qaeda never [ cheers and applause ] had previously, financial but they said "so isn't this working family summit resources, access to weapons political?" which suggests, you know, some and i said "no, i take this are saying maybe the most formidable terrorist threat we've ever seen. personally. i was raised by strong women. that sounds like something much more than you've described, who worked hard to support my violent tendencies. sister and me. >> i'm not in a position to make that personal assessment, but i [ cheers and applause ] think that what you've seen from i saw what it was like for a this administration, from this president is a response that's single mom who was trying to go commensurate with the threat that's posed by this group, and to school and work at the same it is -- i mean, i guess i would say that some of our strategy time and i remember her coming for dealing with this threat, home and having to try to fix us john, is beefing up our intelligence forces to make sure dinner and me saying "are we eating that again?" that we are keeping a close eye [ laughter ] and she's saying you know what,

on what's happening over there and what that group is up to because of the threat that buddy? they -- that they may pose. i don't want to hear anything out of you right now because i've got to go do some home work >> given that threat, does the after this and i remember times president regret what he said to where my mom had to take food dave remnick and "the new stamps to make sure we had yorker" about the al qaeda being enough nutritious food in the house. a j.v. team. and i know what she went does he regret talking so through. i know what my grandmother went cavalierly about the threat through working her way up from posed by groups like this, off shoots of al qaeda. >> he does not. a secretary to the vice the reason for that is simple. president of a bank, but she should have run the bank except >> it's not a j.v. team though, she hit a glass ceiling and was training people who would right, that we're seeing in iraq? leapfrog ahead of her year after >> i think there's an assessment underway to see how significant year i know what that's like. the threat they pose to the united states and our alliealli i've seen it. i take this personally because i'm the husband of a brilliant not just in the region but around the world. woman who struggled to balance there's no doubt that the work and raising our girls when determined -- the determination i was away and term stresses of core al qaeda that had a safe that were on michelle. haven along the which i'm sure she'll be happy pakistan/afghanistan border was to share with you later today.

determined to do terrible damage and perpetrate terrible violence [ laughter ] against the american people in and most of all i take it the united states. that made them a significant personally because i tamm father of two unbelievable young threat. the threat that is posed by these off shoot groups is a little different than that. ladies. and i -- i want them to be able the question that remains to be seen is what do we need to do to to have families and i want them make sure we stay on top of to be able to have careers and i want them go as far as their them, to monitor their actions, dreams will take them. and i want a society that to monitor their capabilities, to ensure that we stay ahead of supports that. them? that is a very difficult and i take this personally as challenge. it's a challenge that this the president of the country that built the greatest president and this administration has devoted middle-class the world has ever significant resources to and known and inspired people to it's something that future reach new heights and invent and presidents will have to confront as well. okay? move around a little bit. immigrate and drew immigrants j.c.? from every corner of the world >> yes, a lot of discussion because they understood -- about mission creek and because they understood that no historically when you talk about matter what you look like or special forces, a lot of people where you come from here in america you can make it. go back to vietnam and the administrations of eisenhower, kennedy and johnson. that's what we'll keep on however this plays itself out, fighting for. that's what you're fighting for. that's what this summit's all

josh, is america going to be about. going alone or will they have let's go out there and get to work. the support of their allies, thank you, guys, i love you. god bless you. especially england? god bless america. >> the -- this administration, the president and secretary [ cheers and applause ] kerry and others have been consulting intensively with our partners, both in the region and around the world as we confront this challenge. secretary kerry is traveling in the region, has been traveling in the region this weekend and will be spending time this week talking to other world leaders about how the united states can coordinate with other countries to meet this threat. so we -- the united states and this administration remains committed to working in multi-lateral fashion with our partners and allies to confront this challenge, but there are >> we'll return to the omni certain capabilities the united hotel later today for wrapup of states possesses that will this white house summit on working families. require international leadership first lady michelle obama and the president is not at all expected to deliver closing remarks and we have that live shy about exercising that for you at 5:30 p.m. eastern international influence and that international leadership where here on c-span 3. some reaction to today's summit. necessary to protect the house speaker john boehner interests of the united states

releasing a statement that reads of america. in part "the house has passed >> follow up. dozens of jobs bills that would make a real difference for when the time comes will you let working families. us know who the president has the majority of which remain been speaking to in terms of his stalled in a democratic-led senate. instead of trying to talk his allies, his friends? >> sure. >> especially in europe. way around an agenda that is clearly failing middle-class >> i think every single phone meshes, president obama ought to fulfill his promise to make this call that he makes to the a year of action." counterparts in the wide countries but i can do the best missouri democratic senator claire mccaskill is hosting as he's having these conversations to keep you up to another hearing shortly looking speak. into campus sexual assaults. >> wallace? the issue, whether colleges and universities are equipped to >> in afghanistan one of the handle such assaults. we'll have that live for you in about ten minutes or so. scheduled for 2:30 eastern. we also would like to hear what troops have almost withdrawn. you think about the matter. leave your comments on our facebook page or twitter us how do you see the elections using #spanchat. coming up? >> say the last part again. let's look at a discussion on >> and future impact on the situation in iraq and u.s. policy? that region. this from today's washington afghanistan. >> well, this is something that journal. >> joining us now, steve clemens we're following pretty closely. from the atlantic to talk about the united states urges both the latest in iraq. sides to remain engaged with the >> good morning. >> "usa today" through the

electoral institutions and avoid violence. associated press had a story we would regret any move to the taking a look and the headline -- i want to read you contrary. allegations of improper behavior the headline. "when it comes to president and credible complaints should be investigated through proper obama, try to avoid mission creep in iraq." channels. there are established legal do you think that's going to happen? mechanisms for receiving, >> i hope it doesn't. there have been various times investigating, and adjudicating when we've seen any kind of complaints both in the provinces military deployment through the deployment of military advisors and in kabul with both where you see a slippery slope commissions and at several stages in the process. to a much larger engagement. we call upon the electoral the president showed in libya that that was not the case. institutions to ensure that all it was a case where some of us war worried at the time when we allegations of fraud brought to them are given careful and began to impose a no-fly zone impartial review of that that would lead to a much larger military engagement. adjudication. in addition dialogue between the the president demonstrated an candidates and the electoral incredible discipline in that bodies is essential. case so this may be like that. there is a mechanism in place but our general tradition of for the concerns that have been raised about the integrity of military deployment and the election to be adjudicated. engagement and something of this scale is that's the beginning we're encouraging both sides, not the end. >> you said this may be like both the two candidates and that. what changes -- what keeps it those who are allied with one of the two candidates, to pursue a from going further than. disposition of these concerns

through the well-established >> well, what happens if isis order as dictated by afghan and its allies -- because it's a mistake just to talk about isis tradition and the afghan at this point -- there are four or five other leading sunni brigades that have joined up the constitution. this is the way for the disputes to be resolved and the united states will continue to stand beside the afghan people as they white house has said we 4 take work through the democratic other actions if there's an assault on baghdad. processes as i can personally we don't know that's a lot of attest. the democratic process is bombing, a lot of drones, or sometimes pretty messy, but the whether they have something else in mind. there's been no specificity at country will be well served by all about that. but an assault on baghdad looks pursuing the concerns that have as if it's something unique and been raised through the established electoral institution. >> okay. specia peter? >> you said that protections offered by the diplomatic notes are adequate. special. >> we've seen overnight the in 2011 the same sort of border between syria and iraq executive agreement was deemed have evaporated. inadequate by u.s. government lawyers and each community had jordan -- if the jordanians are to go through parliament in order to be deemed sufficient to more involved we have a special guarantee immunity for american relationship with them that may troops so what's the difference be brought to bear in that case. this time? so in that front we're not yet >> well, i think it's different in a couple of ways. showing the kind of force or

the first is that we're dealing deployments that we might if baghdad were attacked. with an emergency situation. >> is it reasonable to think if that's the first part. there are air strikes involved and there is an urgent need for that some type of human intelligence would be needed on these advisors to be able to do the ground to coordinate that? their work on the ground in >> typically, yes. iraq. there's also a difference i think that's what those 300 between the small number of advisors are out there to do, advisors we're talking about, set up intelligence points and 300 or so, you know, and the few essential to systems integrate if tull feeding points that thousand troops that had been -- would come in to make this american troops that had been worthwhile. but the obvious problem is isis contemplated in terms of has moved so quickly it's far continuing to be in iraq and outstripping at this point any pursuing both the capacity that we could bring on counterterrorism mission as well as a training mission. in the next coming days. so given those -- given those >> secretary of state john kerry overseas talked to several differences, both in size but groups about iraq. what's the pitch he has to make also in the environment in which to these groups and who does he they're operating, the have to -- >> well, it's interesting. assurances that we have received are sufficient in the mind of the state department has just said he's already met prime this administration and in the mind of the commander in chief to assure their security if they minister maliki, and now he's do their work. >> there is a certain degree of meeting various top-tear shiite risk involved not having a clerics in iraq. and i think pitch is you guys parliamentary thing but the risk is deemed worth it given there's need to very rapidly make a new a smaller number and that we social contract across iraq with

have little choices if you have to send somebody quickly? the kurds and with disaffected >> i think the risk is sunnis who have been angry for materially different because of some time. the emergent situation that from my perspective, it's been we're facing and because of about two and a half years since prime minister maliki ran out his sunni vice president tariq the -- because of the smaller number. i mean, the other part of it here that seems different is hashemi, he's living in ankara, that we've gotten urging and requests from the maliki turkey right now. the kurds protected hashemi and government to have these troops on the ground to assist them as ever since then we've had a they confront this threat. government out of sync with the obviously the dynamic was contours of the country. so the kinds of admonitions that significantly different in 2011 john kerry -- that vice where the maliki government was president joe biden has been giving needed to happen much more intensely a year, a year resisting troops in iraq. and a half ago not just now when you see the military moving. this is a market response in that's another difference. part to the anger in the sunni >> he's signed an executive population. there's no way isis can be agreement with the same sort of achieving the success it has immunity. the lawyers all stepped up and been only if the military were thought that wasn't strong enough. collapsing, the iraqi military. under iraqi law it had to go to it's achieving that because you parliament to actually be legal. have sunnis that are supporting >> he was in a situation where he was having to respond to our this action. >> at this stage how do you satisfy sunnis?

sort of stated policy of how do you satisfy kurds? considering additional american troops being left behind there to conduct this counterterrorism training mission. it's a little bit different now where you have the maliki >> the kurds are an important piece of this. government coming to the obama barzani and his clan have said administration saying they would to maliki "off chance with us to like to see american troops there. the fact that we're also talking prove democracy can work." should you not prove that we're about a much smaller number i going to go on our own way. think is relevant as well. there's a fervent desire in justin? >> i wanted to ask you about kurdistan and among kurds to also populate -- there are three something the president talked million kurds in syria, lots of kurds in turkey, of course, to about in his address. he said we're one of three develop their own autonomous state. they already have a developed nations that don't semiautonomous region but to have it. what we haven't heard from you sort of go further with that and so i think the kurdish guys is the specifics on, you population is going to be very know, how the president would hard to bring back and trust the like to see that paid for and middle. how long he thinks the hmla i was trying to look online. is there someone that stands program should offer its benefits and how he would pay out? a sunni leader whom the shi'a for that so i'm wondering. there's been suggestion that it would involve some sort of tax trust? a shi'a leader whom the sunni cut, like $20 billion program. trust? a kurdish leader. it's -- no one pops out. and so that's the problem is if you have a kind of winner takes

all formula in the political so could you nail down your equation inside iraq you're exact proposal, especially something the president is going to have two-thirds of the touting today and over the country that essentially always disaffected, despite the sunnis weekend? >> thank you for the question, having the greatest plurality, joint. this is an important question that the president feels very if you will, inside iraq. strongly about even based on his so it's going to be tough but i personal experiences with some of these issues. think that the fear -- you know, as a working father who spent it's always when you stare into some time serving in the state the abyss and look at how legislature in springfield and horrible a real civil war can even as a senator in washington, be, how many people could be had a young family that he was killed, at that point you could raise responsible sunni leadership with responsible shi'a leadership and the kurds separated from for different periods of time and he was and possibly do something that concerned about -- about all of the strain that was added to his joe biden and les gelb tried to family because of his absence cobble before biden came into and because of the challenge of office with president obama. that's let's have three autonomous ree rey johns loosely juggling his work responsibilities as well as his fed rated, a sunni region, a domestic responsibilities. something that mrs. obama is also acutely aware of. kurdish region and a shi'a this is an important issue and i region. that may be the best we can get out of this and at that time appreciate your bringing it up. in terms of paid leave, which is when they proposed that everyone just one aspect of the policy pill or willlori it had plan.

proposals that we're talking >> john kerry said it would be about today, the goal of the supported by the united states. what does that say? summit has been to lift up these >> it says there's been no love discussions. there are a number of policies that have been put in place at lost between this white house the state level to encourage and maliki for a long time. companies and make it easier for as i said joe biden was the companies to offer paid leave to point person talking to maliki. i discovered which was somewhat their employees. surprising that despite a the administration is supportive of those efforts. there's even a component of our november, 2013, white house meeting between president obama budget that was rolled out and prime minister maliki, earlier this year that would president obama has not spoken fund or at least help assist or to maliki since april of 2012 on at least assist these states as the phone. they provide these services to there's been no communication. businesses. what we're also seeing, and i mentioned this at the top, that there are companies acting on their own to offer up paid leave policies to employees. they don't just do that out of charity. american frustration with maliki they recognize it's good while maliki positions iraq business. they recognize if they're going closer and closer to iran. to offer assistance to employees as they try to juggle, again, their obligations at home and we've got the saudis saying why obligations at the workplace, did you topple saddam hussein that that's going to inspire a and give iraq to the iranians? there are a lot of dimensions lot of loyalty among those

employees. here so people come in and say, what these companies have found you know, don't roll in with is there's greater employee your troops and your drones and retention, less turnover and higher productivity among their your air defense for one side of work force when they put in place these kinds of policies. the equation and basically my point is there are a variety essentially loosely ally with iran in protecting maliki while of solutions for confronting what is a pretty fundamental you then frustrate the united ar challenge for millions of families out there. arab emirates and saudi arabia. there are solutions that have been offered up by a range of states. a number of companies both large what's important is you need to and small have pursued different have a leadership in iraq that can transcend these things i options that are tailored to their employee's needs so the reason that we have not put forward one specific plan, right what the president needs to do now there are a lot of different and hasn't done yet is how he ways of addressing this problem. assembles layers of responsible what we want to do is lift up leadership higher than iraq. the solutions and have a borders don't matter right now. what matters is a sunni/shi'a national conversation about how contest and that means you have best to support working families to bring in the saudis, the as they do right by their iranians and you probably should families at home but also bring in the turks to discuss what sort of regional deal might look like to get their support. continue to be highly by competitive for our economy. >> reading through the lines >> steve clemens from the

there, is there any federal law "atlantic." the number is 202-585-3881 for that would establish family leave? >> we would support a federal law. i know that the goals of those republicans. proposals that have been floated 202-585-3880 for democrats. are in line with the kind of and 202-585. goals that the president himself holds for our economy as well. again, the only way in which the 3882 for inspects. united states is unique on this twitter and e-mail available to front is that we're essentially us as well. mike rodgers on "face the nation" talking about concerns of what happens in the state overall if things continue as the only developed mod deern they are. >> we have a lot of ground to economy that doesn't have a cover and a lot of smart people family leave policy. >> proposal or policy? around this table. >> i think what's important is i'm going go ahead and get for us to have a discussion as a started. i know senator blumenthal will country about what our priorities are and to have -- be joining us and when he does i and to provide an opportunity might interrupt whoever is for businesses, large and small, talking to give him a chance do or workers and advocates for make a few opening remarks when workers and political leaders to he arrives. first i want to welcome all of have a discussion about the best you here today. way to address the challenge. i'm very excited about this that's what's happening today and that's a discussion that the particular round table because president himself is leading. chris. of my background as a sex crimes congratulations on your first prosecutor for many years. day. nice to see you here. >> you as well. >> thank you.

>> it seemed beyond paid leave this is the last in our series there are a lot of other issues of three round tables which our raised at this summit but they discussions about sexual violence on college campuses and seem to be largely aspirational and are there specific university campuses. legislative proposals that are this has been a terrific process going to come out of this? are there specific ideas that and a helpful one. actually could make it through on may 19 we had a good discussion on the carry act and the campus save act. congress that could change some on june 2 we had a policies that make it so thought-provoking and intense discussion about the role of difficult for working families? title 9. >> the one thing i'll stipulate, i wanted to hold these round tables so that we could bring people together rather than having all of the university chris, just because they have difficulty getting through congress doesn't mean they're officials at one and all of the not good ideas. police at one and all of the there are a lot of good ideas being balked in congress right victims survivors and advocacy now. as it relates to some of the groups at one. policies being discussed today, i wanted to mix each one i think the president has put forth his own proposals for raising the minimum wage all across the it's been help informal us country right now. right now if you're the head of finding where really there are the household of four people and points that we can move on in making minimum wage and making terms of making improvements and changes and holding out best $40,000, you're below the practices to other campuses.

poverty rate. that's not what we want for people. what the president has put forward is his support for a federal minimum wage law. we talked a lot about stem education. again, this is science, technology, engineering and math and exspanneding a stem education in our schools all across the country. again, these are good paying jobs that engineers and scientists and other people who have technological skills enjoy. i want to do everything to make and that by investing in stem sure these crimes from r education we can make sure that prosecuted and that these perpetrators are held response our work force is prepared to to believe the fullest extent of compete for and win when it the law. but as a former prosecutor and a comes to getting those jobs in former lawmaker at the state the international marketplace. level, i know that our criminal justice system and the laws that there are specific policies we support it are not always put forward there. let me just leave you with one perfect. and they haven't been willing or last thing which is they're able to handle many sexual going to talk quite a bit about assault cases, particularly cases involving consent as a child care at the summit. one thing the president strongly supports is universal pre-k. defense there may have been every child should have access to a high quality pre-kindergarten program. there are a lot of republican governors who support that idea intoxication, the fact that we but, again, for reasons that are see most frequently on college

difficult for me to explain, campuses. even law enforcement and that's also been blocked by prosecutors have been known to republicans in congress. fall into stereotypes about what >> when you look at something like the minimum wage and you see the movement in the direction the president would like to see, largely happening on a local, city, or state quote/unquote rain u/unquot u/ level, i guess the question becomes what legitimately comes to look like. when incidents of sexual violence happen, they have an out of this summit? does it become, for example, an obligation to investigate what happened, support the survivor, issue in the election? ensure a safe campus for all is it something that democrats students and if the facts wear will run on in the fall? it out pun tisch offender for is that the real hope here? >> i think the real hope here is violating the school's code of to foster a conversation and to conduct. the problem is colleges and surface these ideas, right? universities haven't always done these are -- some of these things that we're talking about that. they may have ignored the here are the kinds of things problem, swept it under the rug people all across the country and hope the survivor would go talk about at their kitchen away. many schools are working to table wondering how they're improve their administrative going to take their kids to procedures and be more soccer practice, what are they responsive. we know there's room to do going to do if a parent gets better. in my mini conversations with sick. what are they going to do in survivors i have heard again and their household if they're -- if again how both systems have failed to the point where it a woman's about to have a baby? appears many survivors have little or no confidence in how are they going to divide up either the criminal justice the responsibilities? is she going to get paid leave system or the administrative to stay home and take care of process in their own colleges and universities. that child in the first weeks of life? these are the kinds of

discussions that are taking place all across the country at kitchen tables. i hope we can talk about how the president wants to surface both processes work better, these discussions. support victims and hold we should be having these conversations in washington, perpetrators accountable. d.c., and political leaders in both parties should be having these conversations. there's also a need for the leaders in business, both large criminal justice system to work businesses and small businesses together. i think might be a perception should be having these that they can't work together conversations. and that's what we're seeing today in the context of the because they have different responsibilities and obligation summit and, frankly, i'm heartened by the fact that i've s these two systems also share a gotten two -- the two reporters common goal which is support and with solid political reputations justice in fact the white house asking about this discussion. task force is recommending universities and local law enforcement enter into memorandums of understanding so they can build stronger and better relationships working flattery will get you a little. together. i know we have organizations here today that are working ann? >> the president believes that together and i look forward to the government and the military learning more from you. advisors are enough and there is still time to do that or does he believe it will eventually come now if you would go around the to some additional u.s. military table and introduce yourself and tell us briefly where you're from and what role you play in action? >> we do -- this administration this discussion and then we will does believe that there is time for iraq's political leaders to begin a series of areas that

make the necessary decision that we'll talk about. will unify the country in front i will caution we have a lot of people on the round table today of the terrorist threat and the and a lot of you know a lot and extremist tlhreat that they're there's going to want to be -- i'm going do my best to be not facing now. >> what we would like to see is like a senator and i'll try to talk less frequentlily try to be action as dictated by the iraqi unsenatorial. constitution to form a here's senator blumenthal. government that is inclusive, before we introduce, senator would you like to make opening comments? >> well, i caught the tail end of what you were saying about that will pursue an inclusive saying less rather than more government. >> the working family summit, in which i think exactly the right the interest of taking -- to approach. we're here to listen and i first of all want to thank you senator protect family time, will your mckas cal for bringing together press office under your new management support a lot of yet another stellar highly qualified group of people to sunday afternoon conference enlighten us and i want to thank all of you for coming, calls? one reporter said they had to go particularly darzi folsom from to a child's birthday party -- the university of connecticut >> that certainly is not the and you will hear her story from kind of consequence we would like to see. herself but it's very impressive

i guess i would -- without knowing the exact details of and i know each of you have an that situation, i might hazard a impressive contribution to make guess that that might be the so just thank you for being responsibility of that person's here. employer to make the kinds of i know it's not easy to get arrangement that would allow here, just having gotten off a that reporter to find someone -- flight myself. thank you for making the trip and the effort. >> your a a dad. and most important for all your >> i'm sorry? great work, all the work you're doing on your campuses, in your >> you'll soon learn differently when you become a dad. >> yes, i will. states and localities and law >> that reporter is right here. >> mr. nakamura. enforcement for both of us is >> the president and the top domestic advisors, do they think our first career, i would say. and so we particularly welcome that mccarthy supports top you. thanks so much. reform? >> i think the person to have >> thank you, senator the most insight into that is blumenthal, and i want to also mr. mccarthy himself. i think you should ask him. say that my job today is to move >> let me follow up. on thursday -- or friday i think discussion along and make sure will be the one year anniversary herb has a chance to share but i of the senate passed also want that to be very comprehensive immigration reform informal. we've found the previous round bill. the white house has, it's been tables work so well because it well reported, the president has wasn't just a typical hearing asked johnson to delay public where senators are asking announcement of his findings on prepared questions and witnesses immigration review after the are trying to give answers but summer to give house republicans usually not complete ones.

a final window that you're so we want this to be free flowing. hoping to do some sort of we want you to feel free from legislation and support jump in. if someone is making a point we immigration reform. think you can add to or augment we're down to maybe four or five but we also want to hear from weeks left before they go on everyone so to some extent i their august recess and i'm would be corralling everyone and wondering, how does the white house envision that looking? not that i would ever want to what would you like to see by cut anybody off but we want to the recess, a bold, make sure that all voices are heard from. comprehensive bill completed in so let's start -- >> and i want to just -- just that short time frame? want to correct the record. some smaller legislation did i say university of introduced more in committees that looks like it can provide a path? what are you looking for that connecticut? you want to see before you end i meant connecticut college. >> big difference. >> that's a cardinal sin. that window maybe and actually >> that would be like me saying announce the findings? mike from was missou. >> well, that's a -- that's a he's a bear, not a tiger. difficult thing to forecast, let's introduce everyone. david, because it's hard to -- >> good afternoon, thank you it's my pleasure to be here this it's hard to know exactly what congress is planning to do. afternoon. my name is katarina booth, i am a chief trial deputy with the unfortunately right now i think the early indications are not bolder county district very good for a lot of progress on this front. attorney's office, boulder, this is, as you point out, for a colorado. in that capacity i work as a soup visor for the unit which year there has been a very clear handles our felony sexual template for house republicans -- or for the house of representatives to follow but assault crimes committed within

house republicans at every turn have blocked any sort of the 20th judicial district. i'm a hands on prosecutor, i'm progress that would track with still the fwiegt a heavy and the compromised proposal that active caseload of our felony was passed by the senate. that's unfortunate for a variety sexual assaults and i serve as the supervisor acting on many of of reasons. the committees working with our you know, one clearly is the kwlufrt partners so from our enormous economic benefits that would be enjoyed by the united states of america if multidisciplinary committees, our agencies approach and try to comprehensive immigration reform make that collaborative effort were passed. and outreach to our university two, are the enormous benefits so we can work together on that the budget of the federal prosecuting crimes of sexual government would enjoy by significantly reducing our assault. thank you. deficits if comprehensive >> my name is bekka o'connor, i'm the vice president for immigration reform were to pass. public policy at the rain abuse three, there is broad agreement and incest natural network or all across the country at least rain. rain for 20 years has worked to outside of washington, d.c., inform the conversation about sexual violence. we do so through public that comprehensive immigration education, pointedly we work with college campuses across the reform is the right thing to do. country. we empower students for an business, cumulative faith annual day of action to bring communities have articulated its awareness to this issue. and we also have worked heffully support for this to passion through the senate. the space of public policy and there's a clear template for the we run the national sexual assault hotline which house of representatives to follow. house democrats are on board of today-to-date has helped more than two million people. that template even though it's

important to note, even though everybody acknowledged on both >> good afternoon, my name is jennifer gaffney, i'm the deputy sides in the senate that they chief of the sex crimes unit in didn't get everything that they the new york county district wanted in that bill. attorney's office. that's the nature of compromise. thank you so much for having me and the attention you've paid to there was enough for democrats and republicans to both win. this issue. in our office, the sex crimes what we would like to see is we unit handles all of the sexual would like to see the house take assault prosecutions of victims aged 14 and over as well as some action in pursuit of that sex trafficking prosecutions and our sex offender registry. compromise. >> luis gutierrez has set july in my capacity as a deputy chief i supervise our assistance on those cases, i too have a caseload of my own and i participate in our multidisciplinary task force and 4th in his mind as a time for do outside trainings to the house to action. different groups including others are saying, if you're going to announce changes, do it advocacy groups, college groups, now. people are suffering from these safe examiners, et cetera. policies. the president says he wants to make them more humane. >> good afternoon, thank you for why not take action? having me. why is the window ending? i'm detective carrie hole from >> i'm not prepared to lay out a the ashland, oregon, police department. i am an active detective in that specific deadline. the first is in the context of agency, my primary caseload is some of the high stakesigans we adult sexual assault crimes and child sexual assault crimes though we are all general crimes

detectives. i sit on the legislative and seen around the holidays that public policy committee for the when the house republicans or oregon sexual assault task force and am a law enforcement house democrats want to act instructor for their training institute as well as a forensic quickly, they can do it. i'm no expert when it comes to interviewer of children. >> thank you so much for legislative maneuvering, but inviting me to join this when necessary, congress can act conversation today. i'm alexandra brodsky. i'm a student at yale law school quickly. and i think what i would say is and one of the founding that when it is clear that a piece of legislation is in the co-directors of no your nine. know your nine is a grass route best interests of the country, student driven national campaign they can act quickly. to end campus sexual violence. i think it is clear in this case toward that end, we work to make sure our fellow students across the country are aware of their that that is so. civil right to an education free you mentioned something else from violence and also advocate that i was going to try to for better federal enforcement comment on. i don't remember what that was of that right. now. i'll probably come back to it. >> i first want to thank you are you all good? senator for your support around jim? >> want to get an update on the the issues of sexual assault. internal reviews into the v.a. i'm jessica ladd, director of there is an office of special the office of victim assistance council report that came out at the university of colorado, that found veterans languishing in v.a. psychiatric facilities, bo boulder. one veteran at one facility was we're a counseling and advocacy waiting for eight years before center. werther miss who help people who comprehensive evaluation. have been impact bade variety of crimes with sexual assault being what is the administration's one of our topic areas we focus

status update on the v.a.? on the most. and we're here to make sure that our clients are empowered when and will the president be moving something like this happens. soon to tap a new permanent >> good afternoon, senator, secretary there? thank you very much for the >> well, jim, as it relates to invitation to participate today. the letter, you know, as to the my name is paul denton. i'm the chief of police for the acting secretary has said, we university police division at ohio state university, ohio's respect and welcome the letter and the insights from the office flagship land grant institution of higher education. of special council that we're i've held this position for eight years now and 28 years concerned both about the substance of the allegations prior to that i was serving with that were raised by also the columbus division of police. i have experienced both concerned that the -- that there municipal law enforcement, large was a failure at the v.a. to be agency and campus policing now. recently i served with some of the colleagues here on the responsive to the negotiated rule making committee whistle-blower's concerns. that is an indication that there as abalternate. are some -- there are, as we've i have full voice in that process and recent rules that were released and i'm an said, some significant changes that need to be made at the appointed commission member for the ohio peace officers' veterans administration. so, you know, what i can tell you is we've accepted the letter. training commission. >> i echo my colleagues' the acting secretary has indicated his support for the sentiments of being invited to the round table and we look recommendations that were made forward to working together and by the office of special counsel and is working to implement form legislative writing and

policy changes in these areas. i'm kathy zoner, the chief of them. police at cornell university. my office holds a primary as for permanent leadership at the veterans administration, statistical gathering as well as this continues to be a priority. reporting, create the annual rob neighbors is still hard at security report. we work with the title nine work at the v.a. and there is an ongoing process to bring new coordinators wherever possible leadership to the v.a. to and as aligned with to help with implement some of these reforms and try to move forward in a way their investigations. i convene our public safety advisory committee which keeps that makes us all feel confident that we're living up to the us in compliance with new york state education law article 129a commitment to our nation's which is a prime example, i think, of well-intended soldiers. >> getting back to isis to overlegislated directive. follow up on ann's point. and we also on campus are obviously it's been a stated president created a counsel for goal of that group to sort of erase that border and create sexual violence protection that more of a broader islamic we would think better speaks to what the intent of article 129a was which is collaborative work county. is that -- is that kind of across genders, across sexuality outcome something that this administration, this president and in the efforts of education would accept or does that start and prevention. to get into the u.s. national i've served on the campus of security interests, the

codes and judicial committee which was charged with aligning interests of the u.s. from a national security standpoint? our code with ocr's >> that kind of instability recommendations and guidances. would not be in the national as well as its mandates. security interest because it would -- it obviously would i also chair the human resources and safety services committee significantly infringe on the nation of iraq and there is a which is charged with creating a need for that country to come more welcoming environment for together to unite around an all aspects and walks of life on inclusive political agenda that would allow them to confront campus. also in my iteration i started this threat. 23 years ago all with cornell that kind of instability is not good for any of our partners or university as a dispatcher and through that time frame was allies in the region so it's something that we're concerned elected to the board of about and that's why we're offering the support that we directors at the then ithaca are, to help the iraqi rain crisis and serve there had government confront that threat. >> and we're talking about a for over 12 years, nine of those years were as the board unified iraq a number of times president. so i think in order to emphasize during this briefing, josh. i just want to ask you because back in 2006 the president my passion for the subject talked about splitting iraq into matter, i can't emphasize it enough so thank you very much three parts essentially. for the invitation. >> thank you for having me. kurdish, sunni and shiite. i'm darcy foal? is that something that could be a small private liberal arts

perhaps a more viable solution school in new london. to iraq's problems down the we are an ovw campus grant road? >> well, ultimately, jim, what success story. we believe here is that it's we had the grant from 2010 to going to be the responsibility 2013 and the campus of the iraqi people to come administration saw the success together to determine their of the plam and the work that we future and to determine what were doing on campus and saw the they want their government and their country to look like. value and continued to fund the you know, i'm not going to be in program as well as my budget we have instituted green dot, a a position to offer a proposal bystander intervention program which is a national program for how they should draw up which has seen success at their map. connecticut college and with the most direct way for -- in widespread student buy-in we the view of this administration for iraq to confront the threat have a solid program to talk that they've posed -- that about. they've faced from isil is to >> thank you, senators. unite the country around a i add my thanks to everyone. political agenda that gives my name is nancy and i have been every single citizen a stake in working on this issue for nearly the future and in that country's 20 years from various success. perspectives. by uniting that con try, that's how they can unite the threat. i started out as a student activist and then became a that's not just the view of the women's center director at the administration, that's the view of people inside iraq and the same institution, georgetown view of many people in the region. university. >> maybe it's a difficult and later became after i spent question, but does a united iraq some time and practice as a at this point make any sense going down the road? lawyer went back to georgetown

law as an assistant dean began as the borders are drawn now. >> well, again -- >> you -- volunteering to act as faculty >> you sort of did. counsel to students who were >> it is the cover of "time accusing other students of sexual violence through the student disciplinary system so i magazine", the end of iraq. this is not a new concept. >> it is not a new concept but we have seen the danger of have litigated administrative trying to impose solutions from proceedings under title 9 and the outside about what anyone thinks is in the best interests the cleary act and that -- those of the iraqi people. it is the view of this experiences led me to start administration that the best way researching and writing in this for us to confront this challenge is to empower the area so i've authored seven iraqi people to make the kind of decisions that demonstrate their articles on title nine and the vested interest in the success of that country and that starts cleary act and the case law that by having political leadership, elected political leadership applies to accused students' rights in civil court so they're that ensures that the rights and administrative due process interests and aspirations of rights and and have continued in every iraqi citizen is incorporated into the governing this work in various ways, including being a negotiated agenda. that's not an easy thing to do. i don't want to paper over that, rule making participant.

but it is critical to the success of that country. bill? >> what makes you so sure in the now continuing as researcher at administration that that would work given -- a, given the fact georgetown law but also having a position as a research fellow that the prime minister has done with the victim rights law nothing so far despite all of center. the import opportunities and my name is mike youngers, dean even if there were a government of students at missouri state in iraq, do you think that would university and it's my pleasure satisfy isil which now controls enough of the country so that it to be here. my role as dean of students, i'm may have their own plan. responsible for our behavioral why would they want to be included in an iraqi government? intervention team, another group that i bring together, campus isn't it time to look beyond this for a more broader, a more safety group. i'm tasked with not only the inclusive pick? >> i disagree with that for two prevention and education program reasons. the first is, frankly, i don't around sexual violence but i think they've really tried it. i don't think that we've seen also am responsible for student the kind of effort that we would conduct so our conduct process like to see from the current is under my guidance. political leadership in iraq. and i've been in higher >> even if you did -- education quite a long time and >> you're sort of asking why would we even try, because they in student conduct so that i've seen from what i was in school haven't yet would be the first and there was no student conduct thing. >> what reason there is to process the many different

believe that it would work given alliterations to where we are the gains already made by isil today and i'm frankly excited and isil's known intentions. about where we're moving. >> great. well, that's terrific. >> well, again, they haven't tried it yet so i'm not ready to so i will start with one area doom this effort to failure because they haven't tried it. and trade off with senator the truth is, they pursued a blumenthal and hopefully we'll get through all of this within different path that is too often the next couple of hours. sort of lapsed back into serk we have learned that most schools don't have written taryn agendas that marginalized protocols between campus law large portions of the iraqi enforcement and local law population. that's not the kind of governing enforcement. maybe chief denton you're the agenda that's going to unite the best one to start off here since country to confront outside you've been in both worlds. i don't need to tell you that threats like those poeszed by isil. when i'm talking about unifying it's not always a bed of roses the country i'm not talking -- between local law enforcement nobody in this administration is and campus law enforcement. talking about incorporating isil i've seen those two groups work into the governing structure of together well and frankly i've iraq. seen them behave badly where one what we're contemplating here is uniting the country so that they is dismissive of the can defeat isil, that the other. where there is some territorial violent extremists are obviously not going to play a conducive inappropriate behavior and i role to bringing that country

together. would like your take on what we they're trying to tear it apart. in order to keep that country together, in order to keep some sort of stability, the country should do, how we can do a needs to come together across better job and you should start sectarian divisions to confront and anybody else can jump in. that threat. that's in the best interests of certainly chief and any of the kurds, in the best interests of others, the detective. sunnis, shiias, but ultimately how -- one of my fears here is it's a decision they have to we are having way too many make. it's not a decision that can be interviews of sexual assault victims that are not being imposed upon them. >> has the president called conducted by someone who knows maliki? >> i don't have any telephone conversations to read out. i would point out that i believe secretary kerry had a how to do a forensic interview. conversation with him today. i think the detective will tell you and the prosecutors will tell you that in a lot of cases, >> has he called -- the difference between holding >> not sense the sentences were someone accountable sometimes handed down. i do believe we read out a phone has more to do with how the victim is interviewed than the call from the president a few underlying facts of the case. weeks ago. >> wendell? >> there's another house committee hearing on the so in a perfect world, i would i.r.s.'s tax exempt abuses, if have someone on every college campus who was the very first you will. given that the former head of person to talk to a victim when the program and a half dozen a victim is willing to talk make sure that every single one of others hard drive has gone those people had been trained in

missing or been found damaged, a forensic interview technique on what do you base your comment as it relates to a sexual last week that there's not a lot assault crime. more to be discovered here? but tell me your sense of how >> i base it on the fact that well you all are working with there have been 13 months of local law enforcement and you may be an anomaly because you've multiple congressional come from their department. investigations, including 15 and many times you don't have congressional hearings, 30, 3-0 that. so you don't have that kind of -- you have relationships there, i'm sure, that assist you interviews with irs employees, in terms of keeping a working 50 written congressional relationship. why don't you speak to that. >> that does help, senator. requests, 50,000 written pages to speak to the professionalism of documents, more than 67,000 of campus law enforcement agencies, i'm a very big e-mails from the irs employees that attracted most attention among republicans, and despite advocate aaccreditation efforts. all of that there is not a single shred of evidence to we recently achieved that at our substantiate the republican agency. and that is a very defined and conspiracy theories that they continue to mysteriously talk specific process where agencies about. have to create policies, >> and yet two years worth of e-mails have mysteriously gone procedures, to address everything from compliance to response to investigations in missing. >> well, that's not quite accurate, right? 24,000 of those e-mails have cases. been produced to congress. fundamentally -- that's how i

so, as i think i have mentioned think you build that on a previous occasion, this relationship by increasing the professionalism. central ohio, we are very administration has repeatedly fortunate that people i've come worked to coordinate and through the ranks with, known cooperate with legitimate for 25, 30 years are now heads of agencies so we have very good oversight, and i think in this case even with some illegitimate working relationships. i'm fortunate for that. oversight, with politically in terms of response to crimes, motivated oversight. there was an inspector general i think basic and fundamental police service. when we get a call to request that considered this and even he acknowledged that there was no service from us, i expect the evidence that they were able to produce on this. very basics on every crime as there were even some house much as possible. republicans who previously whether that's locating a crime acknowledged that no evidence to scene, collecting evidence, substantiate these conspiracy conducting -- identifying theories have been produced. interviews. when you identify witnesses so you don't -- you have to that's why i have implored house re-interview victims or survivors multiple times. it's fundamental police work in republicans to devote even a many, many cases and then you portion of their passion for can proceed with that case in this issue into creating jobs the courts as you would any and putting in place the kinds other case. of policies that we know are >> what do you think is going to support the private preventing strong working

sector and make our country relationships between police stronger and expand economic departments? for those of you that have seen activity. >> the center for constitutional the side of this that is not as rights today having forced the good, what is preventing good, strong working relationships release of the drone program between campus police and local foundation legal pressure. police? >> well, i can address some of that. they call that a gross -- i'm we have a really great relationship with southern sorry, they sharply criticized. oregon university that's within our jurisdiction. now our department is a little based on the fact that it took a unique, maybe, different from some here where they don't have court order to get that out, sworn law enforcement so our municipal law enforcement would take the case if it was a sexual what do you base the assault anyway. transparency claims of the administration on? however, you still have to have >> well, again, we had a very that working relationship because oftentimes a victim may robust discussion with the groups that were interested in present to a campus public seeing this memo. safety officer so you still need you know that many members of all that same training there. we have found that it needs to congress have had the opportunity to review it. be an open line of communication for reasons i don't think you'll for training. find surprising there was a lot training is incredibly of sensitive national security information and there were important. with a clear understanding and concerns about just releasing again, our department is a it, but what the administration little different. we have the you have options did is we worked through the program that was developed to increase sexual assault legal system and those who are reporting within our city. most interested in seeing it to and then the other side of that

program was by increasing produce a redacted document, that's redacted national reporting, or increasing intelligence on serial sexual security interests while at the same time trying to live up to our commitment to transparency offenders for law enforcement. that absolutely the foundation of that program is in that the president has talked about quite a bit. i think in this case even the confidentiality. so that is -- title 9, we then groups that sharply criticized have to be very careful about us would call this win-win. information that we share with the university that would >> would the white house support trigger a title 9 investigation. so you'll see a flip maybe from a higher gasoline tax to shore what you've heard in previous up the much needed roundtables in that our infrastructure? >> we've said a couple of times municipal law enforcement agency that we wouldn't support it. has to be cautious of what we >> you would not? >> correct. provide to a university. >> and in a not so serious now the intent is always still question. there to share information to >> okay. >> it seems as though the bear collaborate because it is much is on the loose again. better for the survivor ultimately if we want to go forward with anything to have the president walks with people that collaboration there. but what i would like to enter in for everybody as a starting and -- >> the president walks, that point is that it's always at the qualifies as a loose bear? victim's request and with the >> i think so. victim's permission. and we found great success with >> okay. >> well, he did call himself a loose bear a couple of times. that happening. and then i also have the unique >> he did for sure. opportunity to train nationally >> i'm wondering, is he -- is he with different law enforcement agencies and to speak with them feeling constricted in the bubble? is he trying to get energy from very openly about their real people? does he need sunlight? problems. and there is not typically that

collaboration. in many that i've spoken with with university law enforcement is there something more going on and municipal law enforcement. again, i think it goes back to a here? >> well, i think -- something fundamental understanding of what this case load requires to more going on here. be successful. and the fact that there's just a that's an interesting way to ask that question. general lack of information for here's what i can tell you about this. i think the president, like many law enforcement, be it campus or of his predecessors, have talked municipal in general. about the challenge that's posed >> i think there's another gulf by the presidential bubble, that besides the one between campus one of the things that this president misses the most is the police and the area police and that's between often student ability to walk down the street affairs professionals on campus. and talk to people. that's particularly important to him because he is sitting in the students office, student conduct. other offices, departments and oval office right up that hallway making the kinds of campus safety. and sometimes that can be a huge decisions that he knows have a gap. substantial impact on the daily and when i go to my national lives of americans and he is conference, i hear that looking for as many repeatedly. we just don't get along. we don't talk. opportunities as he can to try i'm really blessed to work at an to get some access and some insight into what are the institution where we do talk. challenges that people are we do collaborate. facing and what are the -- that safety matters group. there are active participants what's the impact of the solutions that he is trying to move forward. from safe -- campus safety, as so there are a variety of ways.

as you point out, the president well as our springfield police likes to spend time walking down department. the street and shaking hands and i'd also note, and i don't think talking to people which he's everyone can do this, but we've done on many occasions recently. got a very unique situation that the president gets ten letters a the springfield police night as has been well department has a substation on chronicled where they give him a our campus. good cross section of the kind of correspondence that he's and they are responsible for the receiving from people all across the country and, you know, all entire -- of this is part of an effort to give the president even greater insight into the reaction of the american people to the kinds of challenges that they're facing in this country. i think the working family summit is a great example of how we are trying to surface the >> being what oured needs are as kinds of conversations that are happening at kitchen tables all an entity and expressing their across the country and raise the profile of those discussions and appreciation because i think to have those discussions here often safety officers feel in washington, d.c., among the unappreciated. elected leadership, that there's police officers feel a lot of evidence to indicate that people all across the misunderstood and really sitting

down and talking about what each country feel too detached from washington, d.c., that they're of us brings that's of great concerned that the political leaders in this country are not value in helping students and focused on the things that helping citizens of our they're focused on but i can community to be safe. assure you that this president >> i recognize another obstacle that we have. wakes up every morning and i think i come from more of determined to go to work to find the traditional model where we the kinds of solutions to the have the university police, our city police and then, of course, challenges that are faced by the organizations on campus that middle class families. would be handling the that is something that has investigations on title 9 and animated this president since he decided to run for president in therein lies the problem. the first place. it was, you know, the focal it's exactly that. point of his domestic policy we come at it from different perspectives with different agenda when he decided to take goals. and sometimes we're crossing over and stepping on each office in the worst economic other's feet. depending on timing of when the depression since the great complaint might come forward. depression. he's focused on combing through say it's the end of the semester the list of policy proposals and versus where it exactly happens. implementing those that he feels it can start off campus, come on to campus and so forth. would have the most beneficial impact on middle class families so we have that disconnect. all across the country. we do try to collaborate. he's eager to take advantage of we try to communicate. we do not have a written policy. every opportunity he has to have i think it's more unique to have conversations with people about those solutions. a written like mou or policy >> roger, i'm going to give you between the agencies. the last one. we're actually meeting next >> thank you. >> the kremlin has putten out a month for a joint working session towards that goal.

but we certainly have different statement about obama's call. what do you have to say about that? >> i do have something to say charges in mind as we come about that. so glad you asked. forward and sometimes those are at odds. if i'm university legal council the president spoke to president and i'm worried about timely putin and once again urged him warnings, that can be inconsistent with my city police investigation and some of the investigative efforts they'd to promote peace and continuing like to do first before legal support for militants and acts for campus containment. separatists who are further destabilizing the situation in ukraine. though we believe a diplomatic >> so either one of the police officers or one of the solution is still possible, russia will face additional costs if we do not see concrete prosecutors, if the victim actions to de-escalate the reports to a campus police situation. we'll have a more formal readout officer, at either cornell or of the call later, but it was an ohio state, and if that police opportunity -- >> when was that? >> just earlier this morning. officer then takes the it was an opportunity for the president to reiterate a few of statement, in your the things that he's mentioned jurisdictions, does the detective then come after that to president putin in previous and start over again? or is the first statement that's conversations that he had. they had the opportunity to taken from the victim, are you visit a little bit when they making an effort to have that were in normandy a couple of statement be done by someone who understands the particular requirements of a forensic interview of a sexual assault

weeks ago. they were trying to bring victim? stability to the situation in >> we have multijurisdictional ukraine. again, the president reiterated that we would like to see russia issues. we have cross jurisdiction with and president putin personally not only local law enforcement but federal and state agencies as well. so our goal is always to first use his influence to promote determine location because that affects whether or not we have greater peace and stability to eastern ukraine. authorization to investigate let me close by saying that we from a sworn law enforcement are very supportive of president perspective. once we establish that, we don't even start an interview until we poroshenko and his efforts to know we're taking them to the seek a peaceful solution to the right place. then we advocate as a law crisis. i note that he has granted enforcement officer. amnesty to separatists in the not as a sexual assault survivor ukraine and to provide safe passage back to russia, to advocate but as law enforcement, russian militants in eastern someone who knows the system to ukraine. bring them to the right place it's clear that president and guide them to the right poroshenko is willing to go the people to take the kind of extra mile here to try to forensic statement that you resolve the situation and to would want to have taken in restore some peace and security those circumstances. >> so your effort is to get them to the right place? to the entire country that he >> initially. governs. what we need is some cooperation >> and then again, it's at their with president putin and the wishes. so if their wish is to let us russians to make that a reality. know simultaneously, we're thanks very much, everybody. letting our title 9 offices know have a good one. that this incident happened. it doesn't matter where it happened. title 9 is going to take that on

and work their investigative >> roger's notes for him to ask. process. so we sort of simultaneously launch both notifications but we advocate with the student >> you got asked earlier. through the processes that can >> you don't have to get all be very confusing when you are working with a lot of different exercised about this but what you can do -- agencies. >> she asked you a question. >> it would be rare for a you should answer the question. >> i did. survivor to contact us >> no, you didn't. immediately as the very first you said you had no calls. contact. >> i was asked if the president oftentimes it's either a hall had questions with world leaders about the situation in iraq. adviser, someone in a wellness >> around the map every day. center, someone in student conduct, student life. >> thanks, everybody. >> i have a question -- we assured all of those support services are in place, are available. that that >> we'll talk about it tomorrow. and stay with us for more from the white house summit on working families. we're going to go back to the omni shore hotel in washington, d.c., shortly. president obama is scheduled to speak at this hour. running a few minutes late apparently. when the president arrives we'll have it for you live.

later wrapup comments from first lady michelle obama. that's scheduled for 5:30 this afternoon. we'll have that live. claire mccaskill is hosting another hearing looking into campus sexual assaults. the issue is whether colleges and universities are equipped to handle such assaults. we'll have that live at 2:30 p.m. eastern. leave your comments on our facebook page or tweet us using #cspanchat. join us for another hearing looksing at veterans health care issues. we have live coverage starting at 7:30 p.m. eastern here on cspan 3. now as we wait for president obama and his remarks at the working families summit, here's a discussion on the health care law, hospital equality and patient safety from today's washington journal. >> joining us now, jordan rowell with kaiser health. good morning. >> good morning.

>> your latest piece takes a look at patient safety as part of the affordable care act. what's the connection? >> in the care act they have a number of different programs that are intended to improve the quality of hospitals by tying it to what medicare pays hospitals and what we looked at was a new program that's going to be starting in the fall that's going to penalize 1/4 of the nation's hospitals that have too high rate of infections and patient harm. >> and so why did the act center on those two things specifically? >> well, patient harm is a big issue obviously. about one in 25 patients gets an infection. one in eight gets a hospital acquired condition, which can be a slip or a fall or a blood clot and they're very expensive for the patients. medicare stopped paying for them years ago but nonetheless, they add a lot to the health care system and the unit. so this was a way to use the purchasing power of medicare, which is the biggest purchaser or insurer to incentivize

hospitals to put the emphasis on doing a better job. >> what are some of the issues? is it human error or what's attached to it? >> it's a great issue. it varies. take the bloodstream infections which are one of the major types and urinary tract infections, a lot has to do with putting in the catheters, putting in long tubes that you get to inject chemotherapy. often they're left in for way too long in hospitals out of convenience, sometimes because it's just hard to get them in and out and so they've found that a lot of it is that. it's very simple stuff. like you've got to focus on this and take them out or don't put them in in the first place. for other stuff there's a lot of complicated issues. they don't have the roots of them. hospitals have been studying some of these for a long time, some of them not so long. one of the challenges in the infections area is they're changing. you're getting a new strain of

bacteria and germs that are more resistant to antibiotics and they're harder to fight. >> the other issue was readmission. we showed statistics. medicaid/medicare services, when it comes to the readmission rates, rehospitalizations, that means rehospitalized within 30 days of a discharge. that decreases 17.5% in 2013. the rate was 18.5% in 2012 and that's 150,000 fewer riyadh milgss. >> that's right. >> talk about the readmissions overall and why does this factor into the affordable care act. >> readmissions are very expensive. hospitals have had a financial incentive. get a patient twice so they get paid twice. as you mention, it's a very common thing particularly right after a patient has left. two years ago the first of these pay for performance programs created by the affordable care act was instituted.

medicaid started penalizing 2/3 of the hospitals. this year they can lose up to 3% of their payments. so the government said that that has led to a decrease in the number of readmissions. now that program was phased in. it looked more broadly at quality issues such as patient death and patient ratings, how they actually rated the hospital. this is the third piece. >> our guest here to talk about issues of patient safety especially as they fall under the affordable care act. if you want to ask him what goes on in hospitals when it comes to safety issues and issues connected to the aca, here is your chance to do so. call 202-535-3881 for republicans and 202-585-3882. you can tweet us your questions or comments at cspanwj. send us e-mail as well. for the hospitals that get fined, how do they respond to

these programs that have been put into place? >> that's a good question. there's a mix of sort of resignation and objection. a lot of the hospitals feel that the penalties aren't precise enough, that they're getting punished because they have much more sick patients or other factors so there's some of that. and then -- but overall i think that the hospitals have seen that this is the way it is. congress passed this law. they've had several years to prepare and this is coming down the pike. so a lot of them are taking action in the things that they can address the most, readmissions, particularly hospitals, a lot of them have been very active in setting up new programs to follow the patients once they leave and giving patients that, you know, may not be able to afford their medication, giving them for free. so there's been a fair amount of activity that's been pro active on these. >> your colleague at kaiser says 2300 hospitals could be affected

under the readmission portions alone. >> for readmission portions, yes. it's about -- i'm trying to remember the exact number, but it's in the i think 1500s. >> and are all hospitals treated equally as far as these policies are concerned, teaching hospitals and the like? >> yes. >> we're going to take you back to the omni shoreham hotel ready for an introduction of president obama. good afternoon, everyone. my name is lisa vermene. i am a working mother of three beautiful children. my son aiden who is 10 and my twin daughters, madeleine and nat who are 7 1/2. i am very grateful to work for a company like johnson and johnson that values the delicate balance between work and family. it doesn't hurt that they also manufacture band aids as we go through at least a box a week in

our house. after the premature birth i took a short break and returned to work temporarily part time to help ease the transition back to work and the management of three kids under the age of 3. i thought my career would be over, but here i am seven years later contributing and advancing in my profession while still working part time. my husband bryant also works for johnson and johnson and is fortunate enough to have the flexibility to telecommute one day per week. this flexibility has allowed us to balance a rewarding careers and time with our family. we are grateful and proud that we work for a company that sees this just -- not just as a good business practice but also as a responsibility as highlighted in our credo. i know this is a balance that many working families struggle with and that's why i'm so happy

that we are here today to highlight these issues. and now i am honored to present the president of the united states, barack obama. [ cheers and applause ] barack . [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. thank you, everybody. thank you. thank you. this crowd looks fired up. [ cheers and applause ] all right, everybody have a seat. have a seat. have a seat. you look like you've been busy. >> we're just waiting on you! >> i know that's right. [ laughter ] i know that's right.

good afternoon, everybody. have a seat. have a seat. >> i love you, mr. president. >> i love you back. i do. [ cheers and applause ] well, welcome to the white house summit on working families [ cheers and applause ] thanks all of you for joining us. i know that for most of you, you are taking time off of work or family or both to be here. and i know that's a sacrifice and i know just juggling schedules can be tough. and in fact that's one of the reasons that we are here today. i want to thank our co-hosts, secretary of labor tom perez. give him a big round of applause. as well as everyone at the center for american progress for the great work that they did. [ cheers and applause ]

thanks to all of the members of congress who are participating, especially nancy pelosi and the members of the democratic women's working group. [ cheers and applause ] and a long time friend of champion of families and veterans and women, connie mill steen, we could not have pulled this off without connie's great assistance so we want to thank connie. i just walked over to chipotle's for lunch. [ laughter ] i caused a lot of havoc as you might expect. [ laughter ] it had been a while since i had the burrito bowl and it was good. [ laughter ] and i went there with four new buddies of mine. one of them is a father of a four-year-old and a two-month-old who has worked with his wife to come up with a flexible plan where he works

three or four days a week, she works three or four days a week and the reason is because as roger put it, he thinks it's important that that he is able to bond with these kids just as much as his wife is. lisa you just heard from who had twins who were prematurely born and because her company was supportive she was able to not just thrive and watch her kids grow up but she's also been able to be promoted and continue to succeed in her company without being on a slower track while maintaining that life/family balance. [ applause ] that's terrific. worth applauding. shirley young from new york is -- works at a nursing home and she's got older children and she was most interested in

talking about the fact that when her son was discovered to have curvature of the spine she had health care she could count on otherwise there was no way that she could deal with it and her benefits on the job were good enough that she could use some vacation time when he was able -- when he had to go to the doctor. and then shelby from denver -- [ cheers and applause ] shelby's got a little fan club here. her kids are older and she's going back to school and it's wonderful that she is taking classes with her children. and they're helping to explain math to her. on the other hand, she's also gotten a aging parent and when he had to go to the doctor they don't have a policy of paid family leave and since it's hard making ends meet in the first place, her dad had to end up getting on a bus for eye surgery and come back on his own because

she couldn't afford to take the time off. each of these folks come from different parts of the country. they have different occupations, different income levels. and yet what bound all of us together was a recognition that work gives us a sense of place and dignity as well as income and it is critically important but family is also the bedrock of our lives. and we don't want a society in which folks are having to make a choice between those two things and there are better decisions that we can make and there are not so good decisions that we can make as a society to support this balance between work and family. most of our days consist of work, family, and not much else. and those two spheres are constantly interacting with each other when we're with our family

sometimes we're thinking about work. when we're at work we're thinking about family. that's pretty universal experience, it's true even when you are president of the united states. [ laughter ] now i am lucky that my daughters were a bit older by the time i became president so i never had to meet a world leader with cheerios stuck to my pants. [ laughter ] that has not happened. and i'm also lucky because we live above the store, so to speak. [ laughter ] i have a very short commute. as a consequence, we've been able to organize ourselves to have dinner with michelle and the girls almost every night. and that's pretty much first time we've been able to do that in our lives. but before i moved into the white house i was away a lot, sometimes with work, sometimes with campaign iing michelle was

working full time and was at home with the responsibility all too often of dealing with everything that the girls needed and so we understand how lucky we are now because there was a big chunk of time when we were doing what so many of you have to deal with everyday and this is figuring out how do we make this whole thing work. a lot of americans are not as lucky as we have been. it is hard sometimes just to get by. our businesses have created jobs for 51 consecutive months. 9.4 new jobs in all. but we all know somebody out there who's still looking for work. and there are a whole lot of people who are working harder than ever but can't seem to get ahead and pay all the bills at the end of the month. despite the fact that our economy has grown and those of us at the very top have done

very well, the average wage, the average income hasn't gone up for 15 years in any meaningful way. and that means that relative to 15 years ago a lot of families just aren't that much better off. and the sacrifices they make for their families go beyond just missing family dinner. you look at something like workplace flexibility. this is so important to our family. that was so important to our family when i was away because if malia or sasha got sick or the babysitter did not show up, it was michelle who got the call and fortunately she had an employer who understood if she needed to leave work in the middle of the day or change her schedule suddenly. in fact, actually, when she applied for the job she brought sasha who was then about six months in her car seat into the interview. [ cheers and applause ] just to kind of explain, this is what you will be dealing with if you hire me.

they signed up far and that flexibility made all the difference to our families. but a lot of working moms and dads can't do that. they don't have the leverage. they're not being recruited necessarily where they can dictate terms of employment and as a consequence they need to bring their mom to the doctor or taken a afternoon off to see their kids' school play it would mean them losing income they can't afford to lose. even even when working from home from time to time is doable it's not an option. even though studies show flexibility makes workers happier and raises productivity. same goes with paid family leave. a lot of jobs do not offer it. so when a new baby arrives or an aging parent gets sick workers have to make painful decisions about whether they can afford to be there when their families

need them the most. many women can't even get a paid day off to give birth. now that's a pretty low bar. [ laughter ] you would think. that we should be able to take care of. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] for many hoursly workers, taking just a few days off can mean losing their jobs and even though unpaid family leave is available, if you can't pay the bills already, the idea of taking a couple of days off unpaid may mean you can't make the mortgage payment or the rent payment at the end of the month. or look at child care. in most countries it costs -- more to most parts of the country it cost thousands of

dollars a year. in fact, in 31 states, decent child care costs more than in-state college tuition. in 31 states, in more than half the states. i recently got a letter from a woman in minnesota whose kids pre-school 1 so expensive it costs more than her monthly mortgage payment. now, she's made a determination to make that sacrifice for her kids but a lot of working families can't make that sacrifice. and by the way, there are other countries that know how to do child care well. i mean, this isn't rocket science. or look at the minimum wage. low-wage occupations, disproportionately represented by women. nearly 28 million americans would benefit if we raised the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour. [ cheers and applause ] we're not just talking about young people on their first job.

the average worker who would benefit from an increase in the minimum wage is 35 years old. many have kids, a majority are women. and right now many full time minimum wage workers are not making you have no keep their children out of poverty. so these are just a few of their challenges that working parents face and everyday i hear from parents all across the country they are doing everything right. they are working hard, they are living responsibly, they are taking care of their children, they're participating in their community and these letters can be heartbreaking because at the end of the day it doesn't feel like they're getting ahead and all too often it feels like they're slipping behind. and a lot of the time they end up blaming themselves thinking "if i just work a little harder, plan a little bit better, sleep a little bit less, stretch every

dollar a little bit farther maybe i can do it." and that thought may have crossed the minds of some of the folks here from time to time. part of the purpose of this summit is to make clear you're not alone. because here's the thing, these problems are not typically the result of poor planning and too little diligence on the part of moms or dads and they can not be fixed by working harder or being an even better parent. [ cheers and applause ] all too often they are the result of outdated policies and old ways of thinking. family leave, child care, workplace flexibility, a decent wage, these are not thrills, they are basic needs. they shouldn't be bonuses, they should be part of our bottom line as a society. that's what we're striving towards. [ cheers and applause ]

parents who work full time should earn enough to pay the bills and they should be able to head off to work everyday knowing that their children are in good hands. workers who give their all should know if they need a little flexibility they can have it because their employers understand that it's hard to be productive if you've got a sick kid at home or a child care crisis. talented hardworking people should be able to say yes to a promotion or a great new opportunity without worrying about the price that their family will pay. there was a new poll by nielsen that found that that nearly half of all working parents say they have turned down a job not because they didn't want it but because it would put too much of a burden on their families. half. when that many members of our work force are forced to choose between a job and their families, something's wrong. and here's a critical point.

all too often these issues are thought of as women's issues which i guess means you can kind of scoot them aside a little bit. at a time when where i am nearly half of our work force, among our most skilled workers, are the primary breadwinners in more families than ever before, anything that makes life harder for women makes life harder for families. and makes life harder for children. [ applause ] when women succeed, america succeeds, so there's no such thing as a women's issue. [ cheers and applause ] there's nothing such thing as a women's issue. there's a family issue. and an american issue. these are common sense issues.

these are common sense issues. this is about you, too, men. [ laughter ] men care about having high quality child care. dads rearrange their schedules to make it to teachers' meeting and school plays like moms. although somebody pointed out to me, this is a useful insight, that when dads say "i've got to leave early to go to the parent teachers' conference" everybody in the office say "oh, isn't that nice." and when women do it everybody's all like "is she really committed to the job?" so there can be a double standard there. [ cheers and applause ] but sons help care for aging parents.

a whole lot of fathers would love to be home for their new by a -- baby's first weeks in the world. people ask me what do i love most about being president and it's true. air force one is on the list. [ laughter ] the truman balcony has a really nice view. [ laughter ] but one of one of the best perks about being president is anybody will hand you their baby. [ laughter ] "here." [ laughter ] so i get this baby fix like two or three times a week. [ laughter ] but the reason it's so powerful is because i remember taking the night shift when malia was born and when sasha was born and

being up at 2:00 in the morning and changing diapers and burping them and singing to them and reading them stories and watching sports center once in a while. [ laughter ] which i thought was good for their development. [ laughter ] it was. we want them to be well rounded. [ laughter ] the point is i was lucky you have no take time off so that i was there for the 2:00 a.m. feeding and the soothing and just getting to know them. and making sure they knew me. and that bond is irreplaceable and i want every father and every child to have that opportunity. but that requires a society that makes it easier for us to give folks that opportunity. so the bottom line is 21st century families deserve 21st

century workplaces. and our economy demands them because it's going to help us compete. it's going to help us lead. and that means paid family leave, especially paid parental leave. [ cheers and applause ] there is only one developed country in the world that does not offer paid maternity leave. and that is us. that is not the list you want to be on by your lonesome. it's time to change that. because all americans should be able to afford to care for the family. [ applause ] it means high quality early education. we know the investment we make in those early years pays off over a child's entire lifetime. and these programs give parents a great place to know that their kids are thriving while they're

at work. other countries know how the do this. if france can figure this out, we can figure it out. [ laughter ] we can figure it out. [ applause ] all our kids need to benefit from that early enrichment. it means treating pregnant workers fairly because too many are still forced to choose between their health and their job. [ applause ] right now if you're pregnant you could potentially get fired for taking too many bathroom breaks. clearly from a boss who has never been pregnant. or forced on unpaid leave. that makes no sense. congress should pass the pregnant workers' fairness act without delay. [ cheers and applause ]

speaking of congress, by the way -- [ laughter ] no, don't boo, vote. [ cheers and applause ] as long as congress refuses to act on these policies we're going need you to raise your voices. we need you to tell congress "don't talk about how you support families, actually support families." [ applause ] don't talk the talk, we want you to walk the walk. in the meantime, if congress will not act, we're going to need mayors to act. we'll need governors and state legislators to act. we need ceos to act. and i promise you, you will have a president who will take action to support working families. [ cheers and applause ]

the good news is, you're -- the good news is you don't have to do it alone and i don't have to do it alone. that's part of the purpose of this summit is to recognize that there's all kinds of exciting stuff going on around the country, we just to make sure that we lift up conversations that are taking place at the kitchen table every single day. some businesses are already taking the lead knowing that family-friendly policies are good business practices. that's how you keep talented employees. that's how you build loyalty and inspire your workers to go the extra mile for your company. some of those businesses are represented here today so jetblue, for example, has a flexible work from home plan in place for its customer service representatives. they found it led to happier and more productive employees and it lowered their costs. which translated into higher profits and lower ticket prices for their customers. it was good business.

in 2007, google realized women were leaving the company at twice the rate the that men left and one of the reasons was that the maternity leave policy wasn't competitive enough. to cut the rate of women leaving the company in half. good business sense. sisco estimates that by letting their employees telecommute they save more than $275 million each year. they say it's the main reason why they're rating one of the best places to work in america. it's easy to see how this makes for better places to work. there's also a larger economic case for it. the strength of our economy rests on whether we're getting the most out of our nation's talent. whether we're making it possible for every citizen to contribute

we do better when we field an entire team, not just part of a team. and the key to staying competitive in the global economy is your work force, is your talent. right now too many folks are on the sidelines. they have the desire and capacity to work but they're held back by one obstacle after another. so it's our job to remove those obstacles. help working parents, i believe prove job training. improve early childhood education. [ cheers and applause ] invest in better infrastructure so people are getting to work safely. in just about everything i do as president is to make sure that we're not leaving any of our nation's talent behind. that's what this summit is all about. [ audience member responds ] well, thank you. so we're seeing businesses set a good example. we've got states setting a good example. california. [ cheers and applause ]

rhode island, new jersey all gave workers paid family leave. connecticut offers paid sick days and so does new york city. since i asked congress to raise the minimum wage last year they've been a little slow. shockingly. [ laughter ] about 13 states have taken steps to raise it on their own. [ cheers and applause ] the union address this years, i asked mayors and governors and ceos, do what you can to raise your workers wages and a lot of them are. a lot of them are doing it because even if republicans in congress refuse to budge on this issue in year everybody knows america deserves a raise, including republican voters out there there are a lot of them who support it. and i've sedley work with anybody -- democrat or republican -- to increase opportunities for american

workers. and nancy pelosi is ready to work. [ cheers and applause ] and we should -- many of these issues are not partisan until they get to washington. back home folks sitting around the kitchen table, this isn't partisan. nobody says" well, i don't know, i'm not sure where the republican platform agrees with paid family leave." they're thinking "i could really use a couple paid days off to take care of dad." regardless of what their party affiliation is. so even as we're waiting for congress, wherever i can act on my own, i'm going to. that's why we raised the minimum wage for employees of federal contractors. [ applause ] nobody who cooks our troops' mealings s or washes their dish should have the live in poverty.

that's why i order tom perez, our secretary of labor to make sure workers are getting the pay that they deserve. [ applause ] that's why i signed an executive order preventing retaliation against federally contracted workers who share their salary information or raise issue of unequal compensation because i think if you do the same work, you should get the same pay and you should be able to enforce it. which is why congress should pass the paycheck fairness act today for all workers and not just federally contracted workers. [ applause ] and, yes, that's why i fugt pass the affordable care act. to give every american access to high quality, affordable care, no matter where they work. so far over eight million people have enrolled in plans through the aca. millions with pre-existing conditions have been

prevented -- have been confident that their insurance companies have not been able to block them from getting health insurance. and, by the way, women are no longer charged more for being women. [ cheers and applause ] they're getting the basic care ey reproductive care and millions are now free to take the best job for their families without worrying about losing their health care. today i'm going to sign a presidential memorandum directing every agency in the federal government to expand access to flexible work schedules and giving employees the right to request those flexible work schedules. [ cheers and applause ] because whether it's public sector or the private sector, if there's a way to make our employees more productive and happ happier, every employer should want to find it. and to help parents try to get ahead i'm going to direct my secretary of labor, tom perez, to invest $25 million in helping

people who want to enroll in jobs program bus don't currently have access to the child care that they need to enroll in those job training programs. [ cheers and applause ] we're going to make it easier for parents to get the training they need to get a good job. so we'll do better to create