never mentioned behavioral health. we, as an entity, are trying to influence the provider community, influence our members at large about breaking down the old stigmas, the walls around seeking behavioral health treatment. the other piece of it is making sure that when we focus on innovation, we find innovative ways to reach folks who might be on the verge of a crisis situation and if we have the right way of touching them through the system, we will of wert it and get them the right level of behavioral and physical care they need. one company we have been involved with is one doc way. technologyure cloud so that a psychiatrist/psychologist/social worker can handwrite face to face -- can have a face to face

interaction at a crisis point and really impact the behavioral side of that initiative and get them to the closest possible care before an emergency turns into a crisis. on the to all be focused physical piece which is so important but unless you bring the behavioral piece, break the stigmas, and make sure to be -- they are equally focused on, we will not a couple shower goals. >> we have one more question back there and that's the last one we will have time for. >> thank you, i am with the jewish federation of chicago. one of the most expensive areas of healthcare is long-term care. do you anticipate there will be to that soon and if so, what might it look like? >> this is a big issue for governors.

states pay for a lot of long- term care services and we are working on a task force and that's one of the issues we are addressing. anyone on the stage expects there to be a replacement for class anytime soon. there is a fundamental -- there are two big pieces of this. systems isisteing how do we create a private system that can help support all of us as we get older and might need long-term care? and it will beff a while until that happens probably but there are many things we can do with the existing system, ways would -- we can align medicare and thereid so -- currently

is a lot of disconnect between the way the requirements of the two programs are so it defaults to medicaid and when medicaid has to pay for something, state budgets are tight and it gets harder to provide this service. if there is a way to share the responsibility, many folks think that could help shore up long- term care until we have a more cogent, more well-designed approach toward taking care of each other as we get older. >> that is actually the next project that the leader of the bipartisan policy center are moving into. i expect we will have a report coming out in december. it is more an agreement of what we think the problems are and perhaps some principles of moving forward on this and hopefully a report may be next summer that comes up with some recommendations for federal and state policymakers.

they just came out with this report in april on delivery system reform. think about how long-term services and care fit into the existing model rather than thinking of it separately as a long-term-care issue. within the existing medical model, these things are covered but what else do we need to do to help support the person and keep them in their home and make sure they are not falling back into the health care system for services that are not necessarily health expenditures. >> many, many thanks to our panel for being with us today and for their fabulous insights and solving the problem. [applause] >> now, republican representative peter king of new in a few moments york on his party's strategy in >> aovernment shutdown.

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this is a little less than an hour. [applause] >> thank you very much, neil. one item that i would like to mention to the new england council, next week on october 16, we have our annual new england council dinner and we honor individuals from new england who have done an extra ordinary job in our event here. one of our recipients will be the junior as we speakly ayotte. today, we havewe have over 1500 people registered to attend this event. it is going to be quite an evening and we thank all of you for your support. not only just to provide dinner, but throughout the year. we wouldn't be as successful without your support. i just want to say thank you. on october 22, we go back to

washington where we have a program called capital conversations where we bring in members of congress and united states senate from new england to speak to our members who have representatives in washington. on october 22 we will have the junior senator from maine, senator angus king will be speaking. we have a full calendar of events coming up in october and november and we hope you will participate. today, we are here and we are delighted to welcome new york congressman peter king to the granite state. he is currently serving his 11th term in the united states congress, representing the 2nd congressional district, which includes many of the communities along the long island south shore. the congressman got a start in public service some 40 years ago as a nassau county attorney. he went on to serve as a county controller before his first run in 1992. outside of public service, many of you may not be aware, but he

has some unique hobbies. he is the author of three novels and has been known to step into the boxing ring from time to time. i think that experience helps him well in his current position. [laughter] he may give us a highlight of what is going on in the arena. congressman king is perhaps best known for his leadership on the committee on homeland security where he chaired that committee in 2006 and then again in 2011, 2012. today he is the chairman of the subcommittee on terrorism and intelligence. he is been a leader in the ongoing effort to have homeland security funding based on threat analysis. the congressman has also led the fight to continue funding the secured cities program to protect new york and many other metropolitan areas from attack. the congressman also serves in the house services committee.

he has reauthorized tria, which is the terrorism risk insurance act, which is very important to all of new england and to the country. it is a bill of reauthorization. he has been a leader in urging his colleagues to support this legislation. one of the things that i respect most about our guest speaker today is his independent spirit and his willingness to break party lines to do what he believes is best for his district and for our country. last fall as his district and so many other communities on the east coast struggle to recover from the devastation caused in the superstorm sandy, he broke ranks with the gop to fight for the federal disaster relief funding. the congressman recognized how important this funding was to help families get back in their homes, to help businesses reopen their doors.

i am told that not only did he work very very hard to get the funding, he has some irish in him that he still hasn't forgiven any of his colleagues that did not support this piece of legislation.[laughter] the irish old-timers forget everything but the grudges. he is gunning for some people out there to say hey, where were you when i really needed you? in recent weeks, congress has struggled to reach agreement on funding the government. our guest speaker, congressman king, has emerged as a voice of reason within the republican party, while the more conservative wing of the gop has refused to back down in defunding healthcare reform, congressman king just one week ago told reporters "i don't want to be the facilitator of disastrous process and plan."

last monday he is just one of 12 republicans to vote against the latest version of the gop's stopgap spending plan that would strip funding for obamacare. "newsday" said it well when they described congressman king - "a stand-up guy who is not shy about tangling with the powerful, even those in his own party. king has become a national figure who delivers for the region and his district." i couldn't agree more. i'm pleased he can join us today. please do give a warm new hampshire welcome to congressman peter king. [applause] >> thank you very much. let me first thank jim for finding the one good thing that "newsday" said about me. [laughter] it is probably good for us that

we don't say too many things about each other. it would probably be better to hire a translator so you could understand my new york accent. i'm still doing my best to figure out new hampshire. there are some new yorkers here. we have some people who lived in my neighborhood for a while. it is interesting. you hear about these old parochial irish and italian and jewish neighborhoods where you basically didn't know people beyond the three or four blocks where you lived. we have thousands of people living on each street. there's only one guy on our street who ever went to college. he went to saint anselm's in new hampshire. he kept coming back every two or three months and told us about the great time he was having.

it is a great school. when i was one of the architects of the successful giuliani campaign we went to saint anselm's for a debate. let me just say, it is great to be here. coming from a nassau republican organization, some people say we never grow up. in any event, we have a very strict party hierarchy and you have to respect what republican leaders tell you. i want you to know that i did ask for a visa to come to new hampshire. they said it is a very limited visa as long as i go in and out. i'm not going to stay too long. [laughter] it is a tricky job. the congress needs all the

assets it can get right now. i would like to speak chiefly on this whole debt showdown we're having right now and touch on a few other issues about leadership. probably better for me and for you if we have as many unscripted questions as possible. regarding the shutdown, i have said from the start this was madness. republicans, 30 or 40 republicans in the house of representatives allowed themselves to be hijacked by senator ted cruz. let me tell you, nobody was talking about defunding obamacare in april, may or june. suddenly in august this issue took off and people came back to congress and early september it became this great issue among republicans that we had to shut down the government unless the president agreed to defund obamacare. i voted against obamacare 42 times.

i think it is going to be harmful to particular states. the impact is going to be immense, but that is a separate issue. yet somehow it came down that unless you are willing to close down the government, obamacare being defunded was an article of faith. you couldn't be a conservative unless you voted to shut down unless you are willing to close the government. i am a conservative who believes in the stability of institutions. you can't just take the law you don't like and say you want to repeal it. if you want to repeal it, you have to do it the way it was enacted. give the democrats credit for getting their way. we should elect more republicans and then elect a republican president. we are not going to do that if we continue policies of shutting down the government.

john boehner said he was against threatening to shut down the government if obamacare was not defunded. eric cantor said he was against it and they were not going to allow this to happen. then ted cruz insisted that we vote to defund it. he said don't worry. send it to the senate, harry reid will back down, the president will back down, the government will stay open and obamacare will be defunded. now we have a government shutdown and obamacare is stronger than ever. to me, what happened in the house was you had 40 or 50 republicans who threatened to basically bring down the house unless john boehner voted to shut down the government and defund obamacare. ted cruz was going to take care of it. it was done based on what he said.

he went to the senate and basically he spoke for 21 hours, he read dr. seuss and that was it. he couldn't get it done. then he said we should keep fighting in the house. also we find that senator cruz is building mailing lists so they can get campaign funds. it would be great if it was only a republican fight, but the fact is the government shut down and there is no immediate strategy to get out of this. now we have coming up next week on the 17th the debt ceiling, which would really be a disaster if that goes. i am very critical of republicans. having said that, president obama is the president of the united states. he's president of the entire country. i think it is totally wrong for

him to be standing on the sidelines and just criticizing republicans. he made his point. i will be very critical of republicans. president obama is president. he is the leader of the democratic party but he is president of the country and it is totally wrong for him to be standing on the sidelines and criticizing republicans. that is partisan points, he made his point but as president, i cannot imagine harry truman or lyndon johnson or john kennedy or bill clinton or ronald reagan standing there while government shuts down. the defense department is shut down now. the executive branch is it's a bar -- hit so hard by this yet the president is content to sit back and see all the ramifications that will flow from this. you can make things happen and teddy roosevelt lived in my former district. he is the symbol of politics on long island. the guy who got the job done. the president has been awol. certainly missing in action and harry reid is so doug and -- dug in, he says all or nothing so

you have him in the situation last week, he said that rather than open up the nih so kids with cancer could be treated, he would rather wait until the whole government opens up. right now i can understand why the american people say pass the vote in both houses. the president is awol and the job is not getting done so we have -- it is time for leadership for people to come together. the government as large as we have, there is no reason why you cannot honestly negotiate as you go toward the debt ceiling which you should have started a month ago rather than doing it against this threat of a government shutdown. to find ways where entitlement

programs can be scaled back and certain programs can be scaled back. and start a long term effort toward tax reform because that is needed in this country as far as regulations and being able to unshackle business much more and also do with some issues democrats may have. that is what divided government is about. i was in washington during the bill clinton years where there was animosity and newt gingrich can drive people crazy. bill clinton's did drive with all of crazy. it, even during the government shutdownthey were constantly ,talking and meeting with each other. i never thought i would say the gingrich and clinton years are the good old years compared -- but it is compared to now. they go to the base and send out fundraising letters. meanwhile the american people are suffering. that is an issue that we have to address. it is time for the american people to take their parties back from the narrow base. what you have now especially in

congress is lines in congress is so finely drawn create we have 332 seats. it is almost impossible for republicans to lose and same with democrats. they have 200 seats -- 202 seats and 195 are absolutely safe. charlie rangel tells me he had done something in the early 1970s to make nelson rockefeller happy. rockefeller promised charlie wrangle a good district. apparently they got down on their hands and knees with magic markers and a map. you have your perfect district in three minutes. how many senior citizens you have, how many women, how many people over 55. whatever you want, you get it. that is how the districts are

drawn. what you worry about is the primary. if 10% of your party is very extreme, they will come out so you start off almost losing before you start if you break with the party and that is what people are concerned about. they will have to spend $2 million to win the primary when they could just go along with the flow and get safely reelected. it is important for independent- minded people or people who love the country and people who want to see beyond the narrow base. take the politics back and elect people. that is why you see so many senators against the shutdown because they have to run in a state that has so many different so manyersuasions. different ethnic groups and

special interests, if you want to call them that and they cannot appeal to a narrow base. even the most conservative governors say they don't want to shut down the government. i can tell you he can -- this is crazy. we are looking dopey. why can't you say something? i cannot do that. we had a vote of 12 oh did weainst -- voted against it. have a vote on the rule. that is where you can make a difference and that was on a monday night. on saturday night there was 20 or 25 people saying we cannot allow this to happen. we had 25 locked in and what we needed was 19, we got to. when it came time to pull the trigger people had all sorts of reasons why they should not do it. that is why i admire the ted cruz faction because they do not

care what people think.in a perverse way. they told john boehner we will bringthe house down. either you do what we want or we will vote against the rule which basically brings the house down. and they given.-- and they given to them. unless we start fighting fire with fire we will be on the other losing end of these issues. on other issues that may or may not appeal to anyone in the audience but for instance, on the issue of homeland security. it others me that this is an issue that is virtually ignored. in the last campaign it was hardly mentioned at all other than president obama saying that upon it was defeated.-- that al qaeda was defeated when it wasn't and it isn't. you saw what happened in boston. that should not have happened. i believe that it was political correctness that prevented the investigations going forward before hand that could have prevented that from happening and being -- i am the only member who was on the intelligence committee so i see

the threat from inside out. at any given time there are threats against us. you saw what was carried out over this weekend in libya and somalia. those are important. it raises issues in libya. we capture the person who was an architect of the embassy bombing 15 years ago but we have not taken any action against those who carried out the attacks in benghazi and we know where they are. they still have not been apprehended. also he has been brought back to the united states and he will hopefully be interrogated for a long time on a ship. i strongly believe those people should be tried in guant?namo. i remember being with president bush, in my district we lost 150 people.

i would say because some moved that was on september 11 and it is very real for us. no one is immune. it is an issue that has been overlooked. we have the president saying that the war against al qaeda is over. al qaeda is more dangerous than it was prior to september 11. al-liby was picked up the other he was part of the original

al qaeda structure. what a qaeda has done as they have adapted. we have any number of al qaeda affiliates all over north africa and people here in the united states who are working with al qaeda.we shall al-shabaab in somalia. i did a hearing on radicalization and the united states and i was attacked by virtually everyone. the new york times even me for front-page stories and two editorials. not one good word. one of -- the main witness we had was i will and on this and then open it up. i was attacked and they said either i was smearing everyone twoi said nothing at all. insults that were somehow contradictory. the main witness we had was a man from minneapolis who had raised his nephew like his son. he was getting in trouble with a they were somali- americans. they were living in the minneapolis-st. paul area and

the young man was hanging around with a bad crowd. his uncle who was functioning as his father got him -- how do him get involved in the local mosque.-- had him get involved in the local mosque. he got him involved in youth activities andthe kid was quiet and everything was going well and then in 2008 his nephew disappeared. he goes to the mosque and goes to the imam and said i cannot find my nephew. we have no clue where he is. a few weeks go by and he asks again and we found out he was involved in dealing drugs and he went off with the drug gang. then he finds out his son was taken facilitated to somalia. he was being trained in al there were 40 young men from the midi is -- minneapolis- st. paul area being trained. this was known to people in the mosque and they were not telling

the families. you get the call from his nephew in early 2009 saying i am over here and i made a terrible mistake and i want to come home and he was murdered the next day. they have the fbi coming in. told these families not to cooperate with the fbi. these are the hearings that people said were hearing -- al-aring innocent people. shabaab was the group that attacked in kenya last week. this was the group that the special forces went in after in somalia the other day. the point i am making is just because an issue is not upfront, because the mainstream media or liberal media inc.'s it is not important, it is important and terrorism is a real threat. we have to put aside political correctness. when i see someone like rand paul speaking for 13 hours on the senate, how out of whack have our priorities happened -- gotten?

instead of worrying about the boston bombing or making sure we are protected from another 9/11 we have a suppose it presidential candidate wasting peoples time and being joined by others like ted cruz who is thinking our government is more interested in killing people in starbucks with drones. something has gone off the rails in our country. it is important to have people stand up and speak out. our party is driving us in the wrong direction and focusing debate on extraneous issues. if we are worried about drones attacking us in the country by our own government instead of worrying about al qaeda and their affiliates and putting ourselves in the line of fire and feeling our main obligation which is to protect the american people.

i think we need a return to strong leadership and time to put aside these factions and wings and put them in their place and have real people, have adults take over and show real leadership and be proud to be americans and not to think that our government is the enemy. as americans we are skeptical. the government is not the enemy. the government is the people and we have to realize that and we have to show -- do what we have to do to protect ourselves and protect our country and not casually shut down the government. with that, i have gone on for a while. thank you for your hospitality and now i am on the firing line. you can fire away. thank you. [applause] >> if you're interested in asking questions, please

identify yourself and the company you are representing. maybe i will ask the first question --one way to avoid the shutdown is the democrats are talking about that continuing resolution. if we bring that to the floor of the house, not only will all the they sees vote for it you need republican support but they think there will be many members of the party who will also vote for a clean bill and that would be the end of it. do you agree that there will be enough votes on the republican side to support a clean cr bill? >>that is what i called for from the start and there would have been enough votes but again to bring this to the floor, republicans have to go to bring it to the floor and that is what the ted cruz party said they would bring things down. that is what i would recommend -- recommend.

all i can say is better you than thank you for arranging this trip for my daughter. the only bad thing is to have her go somewhere else rather than follow me around. >> all he was talking about was that's all he was talking about. she is your biggest asset. >> i am in trouble. here we are.[laughter] >> thank you for being with us. i want to go to -- you are a member of the security and intelligence committees. this is considering the great work that our seals have done but reading between the lines they cut their mission off

early. was there a possibility of a leak of information on this? >> i really cannot say. i have seen the reports you have. i am going back to washington later today. if reports are accurate they were met with heavy fire in somalia. you have to be concerned whether they had heard something in advance. how they knew, why they knew. in libya, it worked flawlessly. the capture of al-liby. they did pull back.they were met with heavy gunfire. they did pull back. there was at least one al shebaab person killed. navy seals are not supposed to carry out an enduring battle if civilians will be killed.

if they cannot get it done quickly without collateral damage, they basically ask for withdrawal. that will be a key question how they knew there was that much heavy armaments at that location. unless they are there all the time but if that was the case our intelligence should have told us that. that would be our main priority over the next week. >> thank >> thank you.>> you're welcome. >> do you have an size or productions of what will happen with immigration reform in the >> i would think it would be difficult to get anything done this year. the best compromise we are talking about even on the debt ceiling and the budget is a six week cooling-off period. that gets us into november and december and it is hard to see

how with everything else going on you can bring up an immigration bill in the house for many of the same reasons. john boehner would not bring anything up unless it had a majority of house republicans supporting it. they would not support the immigration bill that is on the table. he should take a pretty tough line on immigration. i helped pass the only bill that passed the house in 2005. it did not go anywhere in the senate. we have to do something about the people that are here and if we can have strict security, that should be how we go forward. right now i do not see anything happening. same on cyber security. i do not see much happening on that between now and the end of the year. this is part of the gridlock we are talking about. people complain about gridlock. congress does reflect the american people and the american people are sharply divided.

if you reach out sometimes your party says you are selling out. they don't want you to reach out. that's not an excuse, i'm justsaying that the american people should get more engaged in should realize the consequences of holding it against a member of congress when they do try to compromise and find common ground. i do not see it moving in the house. you may see some piecemeal pieces, parts of immigration legislation but nothing comprehensive. >> thank you. you are talking about the debt ceiling and they're saying that if it is not raised we would have a disastrous local impact. -- global impact. the chamber has sent a letter to congress and business leaders are putting pressure on. do you think there is a likelihood to unblock those 30

to 50 people that are shutting down the government? >> i think republican leaders may be thinking as long as this goes on in the closer we get to november 17, the more likely we are to realize what we have to do something. maybe it gets worse before it gets better. it could get so bad that that will wake people up to how bad maybe that will get better as we get closer to october 17. at least we get an extension or resolve the whole aim.-- the whole thing. i do not have answers because this is uncharted territory. no one had any plan -- every day we have a new location we are going to or new justification for what we are doing or new set of goals.

but you mentioned the chamber which is very strong, especially against the debt ceiling. that would have terrible consequences. people say we can do the oncerest and we can do this. you start playing with that and their creditgets downgraded, it is the impact it would have on the economy. the money we could lose through this could be catastrophic apart from all the human elements. >> another question? >> i wonder if you could tell us what is the status of the investigation of the irs into targeting conservative groups? >>in the house that is led by nogressman issa.he has

intention of letting up. it will go forward. the administration is not overly cooperating on that. there was targeting of the tea party and conservative organizations. people continue to take the fifth amendment. the longer it goes on more is going to come out.it will remain an issue. i can assure you that congressman issa and his committee are going to keep >> another question? >>thank you for coming. i do have two quick questions. are you saying that cruz is responsible for the government ?hut down

that we might reach the debt ceiling. >> it is the fault of house republicans who followed him. he was a false prophet and they should have known that. he had no plan. we had the government shutdown in 1995 and 1996 and you can argue whether or not that was the right thing to do but then you have two alternative plans created you had the budget and it was a very intelligent debate. the only issue was i do not think anyone doubted there were serious issues and there was an and plan. there was a strategy on both sides. billclinton ended up winning that but it was -- no one said that serious issues were not being raised.it was about medicare andit was about how many years to reach a balanced budget. very detailed plans on both sides. this time around it always based on defunding a piece of legislation that has been approvedall the way and confirmed by people in the

national election antics are acting -- expecting the democratic senate and president to go along with it. this never happened before. we were willing to put the entire government of the country at risk on this plan and it was based on ted cruz convincing people and implying and threatening people with primaries if they did not vote to shut the government down. he would take care of it. he spoke for 23 hours and read dr. seuss and got himself probably a very good mailing list. he told us to keep fighting and that was it. you ask him what his plan or strategy is, he does not have one either. groups are definitely raising --ney to use against -- it can to use against republican

senators. youcan do your own thing clinically but do not hold the government hostage. i think that it is almost unimaginable that we would not address the debt ceiling issue but it was almost unimaginable we let the government shutdown when every leader in the party said it was the wrong thing to do. i just hope we can -- that some sanity will prevail by the 17th. raysre you pulling for the or the sox? >>i rooted for the red sox because i did not like the yankees. [applause] i love the red sox. the enemy of my enemy is my friend. i will put it this way. that is why i root for the boston red sox, ok? also my grandson who was up here in boston, he walks around with his big red sox shirt.

and a a big red sox fan. met fan, too the worst reception i ever got was two years ago at the clover club in boston. it was a bunch of irish guys. no women in a big hotel room on a saturday night. it was the week for the super bowl. i basically stood up and went into a whole thing about how the --ants were going to be the beat thepatriots and i never saw so much hatred coming from a crowd of people. the booing and the shouting. there are calling the police for extra detail to get me out of there alive. i learned my lesson. i root for the red sox. [applause]

>> we won't ask the hardball questions on the congressman. is he going to run for higher office and if he does and senator cruz was the republican nominee and hillary rodham clinton was the nominee, who would he support? we will not ask those kinds of questions. if you want to take them we can. [laughter] >> i would show ted cruz the same loyalty has shown to the republicans. [applause] and would i run for president? i will see how the red sox do. [applause] >> i want to thank the congressman for stopping by to the politics and eggs and we wish him much success in congress. we hope that many of his fellow

colleagues will listen to his advice and counsel. the one thing i took away from what the congressman talked about, he did -- does not think there will be any meaningful legislation passed between now --d the end of the year create and next year is an election year whichthat is a very dismal outlook because we all want to see the legislation passed so we can have the economy grow and have people go back to work. i hope that he will be able to have some influence with his colleagues and convince them that there is a role for government and it is a meaningful role and we hope that he has much success. we thank him for his public service and wish him luck in his future plans and thanks for coming by. >> very good. [applause] i hope to see a lot more in new hampshire. thank you very much.

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[indistinct conversation] the heads of african affairs for the state and defense departments testified today on capitol hill for the situation in somalia. it is live starting at 3 p.m. eastern on c-span three. shutight of the government down which began at midnight on october 1 -- the houses in this

morning at 10 a clock eastern and since the shutdown, they have been working on separate funding bills. this afternoon, they will debate funding for head start for low income children and we will have live coverage on c-span. on c-span two, more senate debate on the shutdown. caucus meetings will be held this afternoon and on c-span3, the conversation on humanitarian efforts in syria. we will hear from pennsylvania senator bob casey and live coverage from the national press club starts at 10 eastern. coming up in a moment, a look at the rollout of the health insurance exchanges created in the healthcare law. we will talk with the head of the white house health reform office during president obama's first term. more about the healthcare law with the secretary of health and human services under president george w. bush. later, a discussion on the closer of u.s. national parks

during the government shut down. head of the the national parks conservation association. "washington journal" is next. ♪ welcome to "the washing to journal yuriko it is day eight of the partial government shutdown with no deal in sight. the republicans and democrats are arguing over who is to blame. voters put most of that responsibility on the shoulder of republicans. we are going to split the lines up this morning. republicans only, we want to hear from you. -- mainstream conservatives if you define yourself as a tea party conservative -- and the moderates --