not come up, i have seen academic studies that show bankruptcy, as far as how fast it fails and gets going again, because often times start ups try once and twice and again before they get the major company. in your rep, one of the biggest it takes-- in europe 6-10 years to fully discharge bankruptcy and leaves a stain. i was wondering about you guys is dots. i was question about your thoughts around that. of financialea policy that is important to start ups. no one has. no one will cop to it. benefits is you do not have anyone else's money to lose. that makes it a little bit

easier. in silicon valley there is a notion that every time you fail there is a notion that i failed like i've times, i am so strong. i think there is kind of idealism that you keep going and keep trying. i think that is really important. very few founders get it right the first time. i know i did not. i am working on my fourth company. in reality i have probably started 10 companies. the ground andf some work and some did not. you can figure out what you need to do better the next time. how policy affects that, we have been in a position where we have been able to have it though you are able to take to resources and pivot it another one so it was not necessarily a bankrupt situation.

i love the system that you can keep going. i also think from a funding perspective on the getting access to the capital, it is really important to have run white. it is hard to say i have a great idea, i need some room to get there. you may not have the great idea and revenue traction right away. this is a huge shame. i hope that answers your question a little bit. speaking out of turn here. has the most knowledge on business failures than probably anyone in the world. i would direct you to him. what i do know from the data is there a large regional component from that. statesrong in the united where you will find failures in

the bay area quite frequent but far lower out of that. it is interesting to see the failure rates that are lower and survival rates that are a lot greater. there is a regional component to it. back andtake a step say what are the cultural ratess for the various and have that help determine fiscal policy and leads to the analysis of the policy. one of the things we like to look at or i like to look at is capital. one of the skerry things about inputting capital into the european market is attraction -- one of the scary things about inputting capital into the european market is turnover is higher. usually when you hire someone you have to be willing to hire them for a very long time.

a very specific skill set is hard. it also eliminates your ability to change your stage of growth with any degree of success, which means there is capital infusion. they are set up to lose money. bc entry in europe is something the government should be far more worried about than they are, and the only reason that will happen is when they look at employment loss and regulation. >> i have once again failed at the question and answer portion. we will be appear for couple of minutes. thank you everyone for coming. that was a fascinating discussion. enjoy the rest of ces. [applause]

>> next, we will take you live to the national mall and washington, d.c., for the annual march for life on the anniversary of the supreme court landmark roe v wade decision legalizing abortion. march for life adding underway right here on c-span. we also remind you we welcome your comments on our facebook page. #cspanare on twitter, chat. home ♪ buy you a life ♪ fix your

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all really cold and my guitar is really out of tune. i love that we can see this -- saying the songs. i think the song is witness we can get to this country in the world and people who believed in the dignity of human life. demonstrate to a world how much we need god. give witness to them. march is about realizing we are all poor and in our hot bertie on the we all need jesus, his mercy and love. we alln our poverty, need jesus, his mercy and love. sing this with me -- [captioning performed by national captioning institute] lord i need you, every hour i need you ♪ myy one defense,

righteousness ♪ ♪ oh, god, i need you confess, come, i bowing here i found my rest ♪ apart ♪ut you, i fall one that guides my heart ♪ ♪ lord i need you, oh, i need you ♪ need you ♪r i'm [captioning performed by national captioning institute] by one defense, my

righteousness, oh, i need you ♪ god bless you guys. have a good march. >> hello. good afternoon out there. i want to thank you for your fantastic per fence p -- performance. my name is patrick kelly, and i am proud to serve the chairman of the board on the march for life. on behalf of the whole march for life team, we would like to welcome you to the largest and most important civil rights demonstration in the world. [applause] a nobler's theme is decision. it reflects the importance of the light affirming action.

at march for life that adoption is ultimately an act of love. love for the very same child. before we stand together for the pledge of allegiance, led i went by glen burkey. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god with liberty and justice for all. [applause] you.hank

in thanksgiving for the great collaborative witness or the orthodox and catholic bishop offering our prayer each year, i would like to welcome to the podium, his grace, the chancellor of the holy metropolis of chicago orthodox church who will lead the opening prayer. he is joined onstage by clergy, syriac,epresenting the the orthodox church of america and the archdiocese in america.

catholic bishop of the united states. >> thank you. it is great to the present among brothers and sisters. please join me as we pray. , we pray forrist humanity. being an incarnate and conceived in the womb of the virgin mary at the visitation of your holy spirit who lived among us, teaching us salvation, who was crucified for us, rising from the dead so all humanity could be restored to our ancestral dignity in paradise. extend your loving kindness and mercy to those who know you and reveal the same to those who know you not.

us, yourll book upon servants have gathered here in the capital of our nation to rally against abortion. we gather in your name to witness to the sanctity of all life for you water the life of the world. let's all gather here raise their voices and hearts to fellow citizens and citizens affirming all that is precious in your site. let them remember the dignity for which all persons are created in your image and likeness. not let our zeal consume us but let it stand forth and righteousness. let us cast anxiety into the air and give good in return for evil. let these your faith all servants be exemplars of truth and justice, but also of forgiveness and love. on this day bless your gathered servants and let their testimony

reach those in need. civil authorities have legislated against a right of freeborn. jurors to have adjudicated against the sink tea of life, physicians who have not healed what have brought harm and death. parents who have made choices to make life in the womb come as some callous and life interested and others conflict did and uninterested. young persons raised in a culture that is right to kill. bring about repentance. forgive them, lord, for they know not what day do. reserve your income all the innocents who have an harm through the scourge of involuntary abortion.

spirit enter into the hearts and minds of those who ignore the great death and holiness of life. bless those who choose to do your will and forget those who have ignored it. to allrcy and comfort those who grieve and past abortions and strengthen the will of those conflict that now quite difficult choices and circumstances so that they will protect the secret -- sacred gift of life. let our voices resound throughout the nation as a testimony before the creator of all who knows the names of each even from their mothers womb and has been counted each hair on the head of each and every person so that before you every together with your all wholly good in life creating experience now and ever. and the ages of all ages, all men. [applause]

>> thank you, bishop demetrius. at this enormous crowd, i see the new face of the culture of life. way, it in a very special the tens of thousands of young people who have braved frigid to hear a simple but profound message, life is beautiful. we may be freezing, but we are freezing or the best cause in the world. you all have warm heart, and you are the new face of the culture of life. many of you may have noticed the march for life also has a new face. we have spent the past year

building an organization that is stronger and more effect than ever. we have a new logo and new offices. [inaudible] working on both sides of the aisle to promote legislation that will protect life. we have a new, robust social media presence on facebook, twitter and instagram. our goal is not only to come together once or year but to be in touch with you 365 days per year. and to work with you to build a culture of life in america.

all of these extraordinary unders are taking place the skilled guidance of one of young people in america. please join me in welcoming the president of the march for life, jeannie monahan. good afternoon, again. is anyone cold out there cap go once again, i want to welcome you to the march for life and personally thank every single one of you for being here. i know it is a tremendous sacrifice braving the extreme elements. i am also very happy to report that this morning we received a very special message through twitter from pope francis.

[applause] let me read it to you. this is his message to the young people in the united states today in the march for life. i joined march for life with my prayers. lifeod help us protect all , especially the most vulnerable. pretty exciting. i have a request for each of you. take a reply -- take the time to reply to pope francis. so as we gather here this morning, i will take a minute to say a few things because we are all very cold. i feel very compelled to speak about one issue in particular. that is something that has been called the war on women. morei really mean here is

specifically, all war on motherhood. this war on motherhood -- war on women has been called the war on womanhood when the real war is actually a war on motherhood. the reality that having a child and airacle and amazing beautiful gift, the gift of life. one beautiful example of this is adoption. there is a special power of motherhood. any mother in the audience knows well that motherhood is defined by sacrifice. when a woman is it facing an unexpected president -- pregnancy and faces the choice to be a mother, she makes the ultimate sacrifice out of love

for her child. in doing so, she also helped another family -- family embrace life. i want to share with you a very sad thing. point 2 million babies annually are aborted in this country. this should be compared to all infant-20,000 domestic adoptions. when is something wrong everyone babies 64 are aborted. abortion is anti-woman. anti-family. not only does it snuffed out the lights of a little one, but it hurts mom physically and emotionally. for every me -- anyone men who has made this decision on that you will always know there will be hope and healing and restoration of motherhood. we will hear more about that in just a few minutes. there is a powerful voice

rigging against families and motherhood's this year in the health care while. in the name of women's health we are being forced by the government, groups like march for life are being forced to cover drugs and devices that can destroy wife in the earliest ages. sadly, these drugs and devices are faulty category is as good for women. nothing could be further from the truth. and yet, despite all of this, truth is truth, freedom is freedom and life is life. you know that better than me. people, young people, you know this better than any other group. i want to say to all of you, young and old or more seasons, thank you for being here today. together we will end abortion and build a culture of life in the united states.

[applause] it is my great privilege to introduce the majority leader of the u.s. house of representatives who changed his flight to israel though he could be here with you today. resident tomrginia the eric cantor has represented the seventh congressional 2000ict of virginia since one. currently in his second term as majority leader, he is an ardent pro-life for. [applause] >> good afternoon. thank you. thank you very much for being here today. the you were braving unbelievably cold temperatures. thank you for coming to give voice to our cause of protecting life. welcomeally want to

those from the commonwealth of virginia, the southern district in particular. i believe one day in the not- too-distant future, our movement will be victorious, because we all prevail in securing culture of life in america. i believe this for one very simple reason. the truth is, there is an unalienable right to life. this extends to the unborn. this is not a political truth subject to the whims of man. this was written as one they miss virginian noted by our all attempts to rewrite or obscure the truth may prevail in the moment but will ultimately fail.

you, but marchers and advocates who do not mind enduring the worst whether washington can throw at you or the opportunity to change one heart, one mind. you are a movement of a not so secret weapon. you are the strongest advocates, and those of us in public office are merely fortunate to stand on your soldiers -- shoulders. i stand here today with colleagues, others with much hope. some of you have been marching for over 40 years and have includingny setbacks, the recent expansion of abortion coverage in obamacare. is important now more than ever that we remain strong and stand together.

you cannot allow the opponents of life to continually weaken the moral fabric of our country. they need to know that they need to understand that we will continue to march. we will continue to educate. we will continue to advocate, and we will continue to fight for the unborn. [applause] because it is the right and .oral thing to do those of us in the house of representatives will be right there beside you. year the house passed for the first time the unborn child protection act. is an utterly decent moral proposal that would

recognize in law for physical abortion can cause an unborn child and protect the child. this remains a top priority for me and my colleagues. i am also proud to announce that next week the house will vote once and for all to and taxpayer funding for abortion. [applause] the no taxpayer funds for abortion act, written by our good friends and colleagues -- colleague, will respect the moral and consciousness of millions of americans and ultimately will save lives. in the senate and signed by the president will be a much tougher task, but i can make you this promise, the people's house will stand for life.

and we will do everything and our power to make sure our values and sanctity of life are reflect did in the law of the land. thanks to you in the greater pro-life community around the country and the health of great pro-life leaders like my colleagues that are here for me that are here with me today, all of us are working and i know we will continue to make progress so that one day every child in america will be protected by laws and welcomed to life. thank you all very much. [applause] >> thank you, leader cantor, for your leadership and sharing your thoughts for us.

just a reminder about the cold temperatures, if the cold is starting to get to you and need twocal assistance, we had first aid tents located next to the sound powers in the crowd. we are very fortunate to have several pro-life legislators with us this afternoon. i would like to take a moment to introduce them. course, eric cantor from virginia, the house majority leader. we also have representative chris smith of new jersey. representative vicky hartzler of missouri, keith ross lists of pennsylvania -- rosslest, randy harris of maryland, mike kelly in pennsylvania, representative robert the danger of north carolina, congressman , bobwinn struck of ohio

ohio, and representative and wagner from missouri. -- ann wagner from missouri. remarks, i am very happy to introduce congressman chris smith of new jersey, cochair of the i partisan congressional pro-life. --has been cochair or over co-chair for over a quarter of a century. please join me in welcoming mr. chris smith of new jersey. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you for joining this extraordinary march and magnificent celebration of god's gift of life. a big commitment to defending and protecting women and children from the violence of abortion. despite the fact that president

obama is using self and course of power of the state to promote abortion violence, the pro-life andment is alive and well making serious and significant sustained progress. in the past three years alone, a record 200 pro-life laws have been enacted in the states. although the u.s. senate democratic legal should -- leadership refuses to vote on pro-life legislation, that is not the case in the house for and eric cantor. a majority in the house. this will end the discrimination against av girls killed by sex selection of abortion and --ther bill to protect pain

to protect unborn children from excruciating pain. you know as well as i that abortionists are victim makers. since 1973, more than 6 million children have been beautifully -- brutally slain. on the other hand, the compassionate people in the pro- life movement have for over 40 years welcome, embraced, loved and deeply cherished mothers and victims of every post abortive women -- woman. americans were repeatedly told by president obama himself am including in a speech to a joint session of , noress that under our plan federal dollars will be used to the fund abortion. if that were only true.

under obamacare billions of dollars in the forms of tax subsidizingtoday insurance plans and exchanges throughout the country. like the president's promise, that you can keep the insurance plan if you like it, the massive public funding in obamacare insurance plans breaks another solemn promise. to read obamacare of the massive public funding, ask your senators, ask your representatives to support the no taxpayer funding for abortion act, sponsored by 165 house members and full quarter of the united states senate. as you heard, eric cantor is scheduling that's legislation for a vote next week. andlly, by the grace of god because of you, your prayers and hard work, we are winning.

[applause] never youth especially, whipped or grow weary or discourage. your generation will end abortion. thank you. [applause] >> great. always such a blessing to hear from congressman smith. we were also very excited to have congressman dan lipinski, the other chair of the pro-like caucus but is stuck on the tarmac in illinois. he was very excited to be here but will not be able to join us. we are delighted to have other representatives.

our next speaker i am so excited to introduce you to. advocategeous pro-life or, mother and public schools teacher. was elected to the fourth congressional district. before her time as a congressperson, she served her community as a state legislator and a strong advocate for families in missouri. please welcome vicky hartzler of missouri. [applause] >> thank you. it is an honor to be here today. to see missouri right to life right over here. represent the fourth congressional district. we're here to remember the millions of lives devastated with abortion and pledge ourselves a new to upholding the most fundamental right in our

nation, the right to life. abortion hurts everyone. it leaves emotional wounds with women that they carry for life. it robs men of the privilege of childhood. .here -- of fatherhood there are no winners of this procedure. that is why we must do everything in our power to end this devastating practice. since 1973, over 56 million babies have died at the hands of abortionists. there are more babies that parish each year through abortion than people who lived in an entire year congressional district. these numbers translate into real life baby sue would have grown up to be our neighbors, friends, teammates and community leaders. who knows, if lives have not been taken, perhaps we would

have a cure for cancer now or some other medical break through . in 2008, more children died from abortion than americans died in the revolutionary war, civil war, world war i thomas two, korean, vietnam and gulf war combined. this must stop. all babies are wanted. some pregnancies are that, but no baby is unwanted. right now one out of eight couples are having trouble getting pregnant and hundreds of thousands are waiting in line men and women who long to be called mommy and daddy. in 2007 there were only 18,000

78 infant adoptions in the united states. babiese were 1.2 million who never had the chance to live, grow, be part of a loving family. this must change. our society and leaders must start encouraging adoption. [applause] women who choose life and make an adoption plan should be championed and supported. not only do these courageous birth mothers championed an innocent baby to live but they turn an empty house into a hold. -- home. i should know, that is what happened to my husband and me over 14 years ago when a brave birthmother chose us to be parents to her baby. will always be

internally grateful for. -- eternally grateful for. i know god will. i wish all couples who long to be parents had the chance. i wish the child -- children's lives who were snuffed out through abortion had the chance to run, lead and be part of a family. they are wanted. that is why i stand for life. i know that is why you work tirelessly assisting women to face an unplanned pregnancy and .eclaim the truth of abortion your advocacy batters. -- matters.

thank you for all you do to support women. time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. rest assured, i and my pro-life colleagues and ones that could not be here today, we will not give up. we will continue to do all we can on capitol hill to ensure americans enjoy the most basic right to life. thank you. >> great. i know it is so cold. if there are any emergencies where people need to get into a warming tent, the first 8/10 -- need to go toou those tenths. we are happy's today's crowds include so many students and young adults. many of you have been very active on social media, and we

love to hear from you. you don't already like us on facebook or follow us on twitter , do so today and share your experiences and why you are marching. you marchnt to help back on home. we want you to continue acting on pro-life convictions. andcan do this by texting in the context but march and the number four life. it is up on the banner. next, i am so excited to introduce. she is a student who has made the trip to march for life. she is a young woman with a remarkable story. elected to the 100 this -- ms. homecoming. she ran on the platform of promoting adoption as an alternative for women who find

themselves in a crisis pregnancy . in her own words, this isn't entrenched that is in the life of alteration. i am very proud to introduce you to her today. >> good morning. it is quite chilly. i am not used to the cold at all. in for tempted to tune the normality as of late. because i believe in something bigger than my cells the giver of life itself am i am called to be an oak of righteousness to display to the lord splendor and taken issue or topic and transform it and walk it out. recently i have such an opportunity to walk i story out through my homecoming campaign at my own university. it wasn't -- was completely inspired by the story.

my birth mother was a young married woman who lived in california. through some series of events, she found herself the victim of sexual assault, pregnant and paste with the ultimatum to havece or suffer -- to abortion or face divorce. she walked in for counseling and walked out ready to give me up for adoption. through that decision, here i am standing before you're 22 years later. theonly this, but i have opportunity to share that with 25 thousand college students. here i am at the washington mall my story is god giving, god ordained and godfre frees. , and aan impact does not

very special package, boy, age, gender or race, but i call out to standher and to you up proud. thank you for having me this morning. >> she is adorable, is she? >> thank you. we are pro-life because we leave -- believe in the rights of the unborn child but we also know abortion hurts women. our next speaker unfortunately knows this firsthand. she has spent the past two decades sharing the stories of the difficulty of choosing abortion and process of healing afterwards. these give a very warm welcome to a courageous pro-life advocate, nicole peck.

lex good afternoon. we represent the silent no more awareness campaign. we are women who experienced abortion and are sharing the truth of how it changed us at the supreme court this afternoon. i never thought i would be pregnant as a teenager. we thought we were in love. i was a student athlete with a bright college future and the baby would really i liked. i was afraid to tell anyone. i felt trapped and sought no other choice. at the clinic the staff did not options or complications that would result. i vividly remember the sound. they took my money, baby and self respect. the denial sat in immediately. i was relieved and depressed. he never discussed that day again or the abortion. i thought life would return to normal, but i was never the

same. the relationship ended in the suicidal thoughts began. i felt damaged, -- damage, unlovable, and so alone. i live with shame, guilt and feeling inadequate. i had failed relationships and became a workaholic. god did not define me by my past sin. i found forgiveness and hope in healing through jesus christ. praise jesus. he is so good. he heals us. i named i baby peter and finally forgave myself. i had hoped to have another baby but the reality set in, i would never conceive another child. in fertility was mycroft. by god's grace i married a wonderful man and were blessed with two adopted baby boys. their mothers are my heroes.

they gave their children life and gave us a family. my story is one of over 2000 testimonies posted on abortiontestimony.org. com. we stand here because you have a choice, america. choose life, choose adoption. we are silent no more. >> thank you. that was beautiful. >> thank you. hello, pro-life america. i am proud to serve as a board member of the march for life. i had the happy privilege this year of recognizing the student contest winners.

as we focus on the life- affirming message of adoption at this year's march come a we asked middle school and high school students to reflect on the theme by submitting essays and posters for the annual contest. the snow unfortunately kept some of our contest enters away, but i still want to recognize them. from the middle school division, our essay winner. our poster winner christine gabriel from pennsylvania. division sidney hunter and two was able to make it today is the essay winner from high school from columbia, maryland. all of the winning entries, feel free to check out the march for life journal available on the mall.

be sure to share with all of us why you march for life i liking us on facebook and following us on twitter and instagram. we want you forget to march with us all year long. ifesure to text march for l to hear updates throughout the year. finally, from here i cannot see the end of the crowd. be sure to get out your smart phones and cameras and check -- take a picture and put it on instagram and show everyone out there what pro-life america really looks like. please welcome back our chairman, patrick haley. >> thank you very much, 10. in the ongoing effort to target the latino community, the abortion industry is showing profit and not our so-called

freedom of choice is what truly motivates them. today we are happy to welcome a young woman who truly demonstrates that the latino community is still a strong, vibrant pro-life immunity. it is a community growing and sharing pro-life character around the country. please join me in welcoming, g obama romero. giavana romero. >> thank you. good afternoon, everyone. like many of you here, i recognize the value of every single human life, and as a

latina, i can no longer be silent. we cannot afford to. latinos and african-americans are being systematically targeted by the culture of death . we can no longer stay silent. pro-life generation and we will be held accountable for what we did or did not do to stop this genocide. so who is with me to fight this good fight? generation,ro-life and we will make a mark -- mark in history. amen, can i get an amen? spanish] in

we are the pro-life generation, let them hear it. we will make an end to our voices. can i get an amen? gracias. >> thank you very much. our next speaker is board certified obstetrician and gynecologist, donna harrison. she is pro-life not only because she knows what is true and good in her heart, but she knows chemical and surgical abortions are harmful to women. harrison and colleagues educate abortion from durable patients, general public pregnancy center colleagues and

colleagues on the medical and psychological complications associated with induced abortions. these welcome to the stage, dr. donna harrison. >> thank you. of 200 -- i behalf am here representing the pro- life by ms. -- obstetricians and gynecologists in this country. hurt byur patients abortions. we see that pre-term births that have been -- happen after abortion. we see the women that are sad and committing suicide. these our the patients we care about. we want to see an end to abortion in this country. i am also here to talk to you

about the frontlines of abortions because they are changing. it used to be the abortion clinic, and now it is your dorm room. it used to be the hospital, and now it is the women that are given drugs to abort on their own. so you now become the workers on the front line. toit is up to you to be able talk intelligently to your roommates and friends about what these drugs actually do. there are drugs labeled as emergency contraceptive, but are as same times of chemical abortion. when you hear people say you are just against contraception, what you are for is life and life for the embryo. life from fertilization. so we have information on our website, and we want to be a resource for you, because you

now to come the front line on the battle for abortion. we want to stand with you. inc. you. -- thank you. >> thank you, dr. harrison. we are coming pretty soon to the close of the rally. you are looking pretty cold. keep it up. as we are coming to a close, we want to take a few minutes to recognize the organizations with whom we work throughout the year and advocating for a culture of life. while we all take different approaches and served different constituencies, we share the strong pro-life views and come together every single year with you to speak for those who cannot speak for themselves. those joining me on the stage -- not all pro-life rallies

allies but i am proud to recognize a number of different groups. allianceor life, defending freedom. american association of pro-life ob/gyn. american renewal project. americans united for life. and then there were none. workers.ortion limit a great organization. all they maria law -- ava maria law. clarinet. university of notre dame. christian medical and dental association. concerned women of america.

, family research council, family talk, heart beat international, the italian march columbus,knights of manhattan declaration. there are many more. thank you all for your very hard work. we love and respect you so much. students for life of america. you have to go. thank you. >> thank you, thank you. >> the next speaker is a charismatic husband and father

of two, the host of two radio shows. the host of grounded with ryan dobson. through his show he reaches thousands of listeners with a pro-life essa joe pope benedict. the long-running and award-winning show, dr. james dobson's family talk. together with his family, he strives to be an example to guest: how are you doing? are you cold? it is freezing here. thank you for being here. thank you for braving this weather and being here. i am here to say thank you. thank you to you. i appreciate you. all of you. you may or may not know this -- my birth mother was 17 years

old. she was terrified. she did not know what to do. her dad and her church put her in the doors a research center and people just like you opened her arms to her, showed her the love of christ, and gave her an alternate. i'm here today because of this movement. i'm here to say thank you and i will continue saying thank you until abortion is ended in the united states. i am not here alone. i am pro-life because my parents are pro-life. yearsaised me for 4.5 before i got adopted. it is my greatest leisure in the world to work with my dad -- greatest pleasure in the world to work with my dad everyday. please welcome my hero, dr. james dotson. greetings to all you frozen people. your faces are cold, but your

hearts are on fire. what a wonderful thing to see cold day likea this. i can't make my mouth work. be with you.o you have heard ryan's story, which is one of the highlights of my life. let me tell you about my story. was january 22, 1973. i was on a freeway in los angeles. i was driving home from work. courtame that the supreme had legalized abortion for any reason or for no reason through the pregnancy of women. i agreed over it because i knew -- i grieved over it because i knew millions of babies would die. who knew it would have been

0,000. at the schoolster of medicine and children's hospital of los angeles. my last appointment in the day was with the young couple -- a pastor and his wife. she had been having abdominal problems and went in for tests. they found that she was pregnant. of x-rays. a lot the doctors came and said, you have to abort this child. deaf, blind, neurologically handicapped, mentally handicapped, you have to abort the baby. they were christians. they came to see me. they asked what i would do. day, ito them on that don't know where this is going. i don't know what the outcome

will be. i don't know what your baby will experience. me,y to you, if it were i would say give life to that baby. let that baby live. let god have his plan and his way. and they did. they took my advice. i was 41 -- that was 41 years ago -- 38 years ago. the baby was born perfectly normal. a beautiful, healthy baby girl. age. shew 38 years of is married to a pastor. inner-city, one of the most dangerous places they could live. they feed homeless people and bring hope to the destitute.

name is christy. a joy toeen everyone. i say to you, to those who are watching on television, i say to you, if you are facing a similar situation, i can't promise what the outcome will be. no one knows. but let your baby live. thank you for being here. thank you for braving the cold. thank you for caring. look at the young people who are here. [applause] you are the hope of the future. together, we are going to win this fight. god's blessings to you all. [applause] you.ank

one of my heroes. i missed a few names. i have them right here. i'm going to go through a few more groups and we will finish this up quickly. leadership institute, let freedom ring, national black pro-life union, national institute of family life, national religious broadcasters, online for life, operation rescue, parliamentary network for prickle issues come up personhood usa, republican national committee, silent no more am a terri schiavo network, the national right to life committee. thank you all for being here. before we begin the actual march, i'm going to ask you, if you have any trash, drop it in the trash area near the stage. please don't throw it on the ground. last, i'm going to invite back to the stage, the wonderful dr. son to close with a

minute of prayer. thank you for being with us. we love you. god bless you. >> let's pray together. heavenly father, i thank you for here. whoon who is came to speak on behalf of those precious babies. lord, i pray for all the women out there who have been through an abortion and where dealing with guilt and sorrow. i pray that you will be with each one. lord, bless this movement, i pray. may the children of the future have a chance of life. i thank you for this group that has gathered together today. we give you praise because these babies are yours. we will protect them. in thy name we pray, amen. [applause]

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away, juan zarate says have an intent of disrupting the sochi let picks. the former george w. bush official as part of a panel yesterday looking at security and politics of the winter games. this is from the center for strategic and international studies. >> we will confine all questions about richard sherman until after the briefing. thank you for being here this morning. we have some weather coming into washington, sodas great to have such an excellent turnout. a very timelysly briefing. i'm joined by my colleagues from the eurasia program, andrew kuchins. mankoff.jeffrey i'm joined by juan zarate. he was the security advisor under the bush administration. he is a key person on counterterrorism and many other

issues. with that, i would like to offer andrew kuchins the microphone. we will have some brief remarks to open up. by our principles here -- we will open it up your questions. thank you for coming. >> good morning, everybody. welcome to csis. as andrew said, we are all glad that you braved the rumors of snowflakes in washington dc later today to come here this morning. it is always a good thing to check the news. . checked the moscow times the title of the story was bertential suicide bom reported in sochi." there is this video that was -- it is part of the , doku umarov.urra

this is a video of the two suicide bombers who conducted the acts. you look at these guys -- they look a little bit like wayne and ghtth in a saturday ni live skit. i wonder if some of this is a hoax conducted by folks. imagine yourself in a dorm room at a university -- i don't want to take this lightly at all, but when i look at this, this is the first thought that i had. then the story of the suicide , who was supposedly been

spotted in sochi, ruzana ibragimova. -- it isus this is hard for me to say. you read the story, you have to scratch your head. it says it was unclear whether she was carrying an explosive s with her. it was not immediately clear how a suspected terrorist who was supposedly interrogated by law enforcement officials in the past to get to russia's olympic got through security. subjecthem to chase the -- that is a good idea. -- she limpschi

slightly, her elbow does not bend, and she has a 10 centimeter long scar on her left cheek. past the security does make one wonder whether, again, is this really true? could this be a hoax? if it's not a hoax, how could somebody who obviously looks like an extremist or actually is an extremist that has been interrogated could get through security. it does not give one great confidence. we could talk more about that later. it is unusual -- these games are unusual. held ay times has csis press conference before to look at games. my guesses never.

it's a press conference which news organizations actually showed up to. this is an unusual event. these games are very, very personal for vladimir putin. no other games have been so identified or attached to a national leader as these games are to mr. putin. in 2010, was anybody talking about stephen harper much what it was in vancouver which mark or george w. bush in 2002 in ark city? they were a boost to mitt romney if anything. he was running the games of the time. this is pretty unusual. you probably have to go back to the 1936 summer games in berlin -- hitler's games, the not to

games. i don't mean to compare vladimir but it isdolf hitler, just a comment in that the nature of these games -- those might have been games when you had a press conference. so, why? it goes back to, first of all, when putin went to guatemala 2007 and he gave a very convincing and impassioned speech to the olympic committee to award the games over the other three finalists at the time, austria, south korea, and he convinced the committee toward the games award the games to russia. he is set on numerous occasions looks upon -- holding

olympic games coming up to be a has its act together. you have to be a major country. this is not a small undertaking to put on an olympic games. so this is -- this is not rush of the 1990's. it was the wild, wild beast where we had images of the russian mafia running the country to the extent that it could be run. refer to it as disorganized crime. this is vladimir putin's russia in which he has restored a sense of order and stability to the country and the country is suddenly finding itself much more wealthy than it was. 2007, after- in russia became financially sovereign, in 2005 they pay off f, in 2006 ithe im

debt, they are financially sovereign. are ans mind, we independent country again. you then go down to guatemala city and its significant. g8 meeting in st. petersburg. i should've thought at the time, 2014, that should've been a big hint that vladimir putin was nning russiaru in 2014. well, russia has won the 2018 world cup. that is going to be after the presidential election.

my bet is that vladimir putin will be also presiding over the ifa world cup in 2018. the location -- to putin, this is very personal as well. he spent a lot of time down in sochi. the valadez discussion club, a group that we have met annually putin in sochi -- there is a nice spread down there. it is kind of like a russian california. in the swim in the sea morning and then go up the mountains 45 minutes away. you can ski. you have this very unique combination.

, ais bizarre that russia country that is known for being a northern country, is hosting the winter olympics in a subtropical climate. go figure. the really significant thing tout sochi is its proximity northern provinces. this is a personal issue for vladimir putin. his rise to political stardom in russia -- it took place when he was originally prime minister in when the second chechnya war started. russiathe humiliation of where they lost civil war on its own territory. russian troops performed miserably. in the beginning, russian military forces performed better than they had. the perceived success of those

early strikes on the terrorists and opposition were big boosts to putin's popularity. it was where putin bonded with the russian people. his macho way of being. said famously, i'm going to wipe them out in the outhouse is. russia -- to get the vernacular. a richan is language. he said, basically, i'm going to f them up in the outhouse is. it is much more earthy.

i'm going to miss these dudes up. he's all this is part of his mission. mess these dudes up. says it is ahe mortal threat to the russian people. and all of the games, for the first time in history, it can be held in such close rock samiti to a conflict zone. there is a low-level insurgency going on -- it is a totally spect of these olympic games. you can successfully hold these games next to this area, which putin saul as his

mission, then yes, he has been successful. he is a lot riding on it trade just a quick word about the btntroversy over the lg legislation, which is attracted so much controversy -- the law on propaganda against pedophiles and homosexuality. many have asked the question, why in the world would boudin putin and the russians implement this legislation on the eve when it is going to draw a lot of negative attention and press. tois not really addressed the international community. they don't care, frankly, about what the international community thinks about this. in his press conference, he will defend it.

the legislation is quite liberal when he compared to the rest of the world. it is aimed at the mystic audiences. it is done for domestic political reasons, i think. -- domestic audiences. it will be a good segue over to juan. the threat is real. regardless of what is true or not true about this video and resign that you greet them a but ruzana. they are not separatists. umarov is theku head of the emirate, it is not the ideology that motivates these people at this point. they're motivated by a global

jihadist ideology, which is common to that of al qaeda and others around the world. this is what motivated the tsarnaev brothers, who are also from dagestan. umarov himself may have nationalist.i chechnyan what he said, it goes back to july 13, threatening the games and other subgroups that are affiliated loosely with the emirate. with all that, putin has a lot riding on the games. sochi is the holy grail for a terrorist, hi islamic

jihadist to go after. in a way, we have the ultimate showdown. it -- has a lot riding on putin has a lot riding on it. terms, who is going to get whom? this is mano a mano. this is richard sherman versus michael crabtree last sunday. who is going to prevail? -- this is why -- is one ofuan international capabilities. in sochi, they have a lockdown. you don't necessarily have to

hit sochi to spoil the games. a series of attacks would terrorize all of russia and spoil the games. that would be a great tragedy. dead?u umarov i'm skeptical about that. the recordings of mr. blume umarov's deaths have been many in the past. if they go took him out, they would want to show video of his dead body to bring greater sense of calm about the games themselves. whether he is dead or not, i'm not sure how much of a difference that would make. arov is as muchm

operational capacity. the network is so loose itself that maybe the absence of his leadership would leave others possibly, ok, competing to carry out or be able to claim taking the responsibility for carrying act which would gather all of the attention. let us all pray that that does not happen. thank you very much. for any difficult questions, jeffrey mankoff will address them. we have had an interesting confluence of events and d.c. today. we have d.c. schools closing. virginia and maryland schools are closed. our children, when they're flipping between sponge bob this morning, learn how to curse in russian. thank you for that. that is great. juan, i will leave it with you.

>> thank you all for attending. part of the reason you get great attendance is because of the great expertise of you and your team. , more wanted to address specifically, the terrorist threats to give you some perspective. from my vantage point when i sat at the white house when we worried about security of every a look the games post-9/11, because the reality is the security at the olympics whether they are in the united states or in london or in athens or in sochi, they become a principal concern for policymakers around the world because the olympics become such a target rich environment for terrorist groups. i think the security concerns with respect to sochi are even justifiedd even more in this regard.

let me explain why. the terrorist groups led by the caucuses emirate's and their affiliates and central asian groups have a clear intent to try to disrupt the sochi olympics or embarrass the russians, in particular, vladimir putin. the intent has been declared. this past summer has been very clear about the desire to have major attacks on the olympics or major disruptions. liftedcantly in july, he the ban on attacks on civilians, which in many ways opens up the for terrorist groups to attack transportation hubs, civilian sites, and they clearly have the desire to engage in these attacks.

as seen through their video postings, their blogs, and their communications. the intent is clear. it would have been obvious absent of their declarations. but the declarations made it very clear for authorities. they have the capability. we have seen that with the three attacks since september. we have seen this in their past attacks, in particular those v since 2009.maro the high-speed attack between moscow and saint petersburg. the airport attack and other attacks that have predated. what is interesting and important here is that the caucuses emirates and their various groups and operatives demonstrated multiple modalities in terms of attack vectors. they can use a variety of means to attack, not just a variety of targets to focus on. bombers, used suicide to include the now famed lack

windows, teams of operatives, assault teams, vectored against airplanes and metros and trains, hospitals, security sites, so the modalities and capabilities match here in that they have a target rich environment. they have a demonstrated the ability to organize different types of attacks based on the opportunities available to them. reports of the black widow getting it to sochi becomes concerning. in part because you have the potential to choose a singular act are intended to disrupt, but also it could be achieved as part of a broader series of ers that have been dispatched. there are not following a singular actor, but multiple they aref individuals concerned with. lastly, they have the opportunity. the olympics, as we all know,

center stage. the world's media will be trained on the olympics, both -- inties around it addition, we have the proximity. rather brave to place the olympics so close to the caucuses and to give the terrorist actors who are used to operating in this environment the opportunity to plan attacks, not just in sochi, but in the immediate environment. as andy said, the terrorists in this context, for the purposes embarrassment, don't have to get into the inner rings of security within sochi to have a declared successful attack. they need only create a sense of terror or disruption in the immediate environment or even at the transportation hubs to create a sense of instability. even in the say,

far abroad, and moscow, you will bait andsee the delegation circles as to whether or not to withdraw athletes and to stop participation in the olympics. that would be disastrous for the success of the love it. a final point in terms of why this threat is so unique at this time. relatively unreported. it is critically important as accelerant to the threat. that is the fact that we are ofking about a movement actors who see themselves as part of a global jihadist movement. this is borne out of the chechnyan conflict of the early 2000's. these groups of been animated and populated by global jihadist actors. many of whom would have

interacted with the leadership of the caucuses emirates. many who have gone on to fight, including in places like syria. it is critically important to keep in mind that the russians take an active role diplomatically and supporting assad. that has brought russia back into the center of a foreign enemy for the global jihad movement. you have begun to see that narrative play out in some of the terrorist discourse. i think that becomes important as accelerant. russia's not just an actor in nyanrds to the cheche insurgency, but also a global actor in the context of the . syriajihadist narrative in many ways is a key accelerant global andin ideological terms.

what are the concerns for the u.s.? you hear from security officials -- they are threefold. real terrorist threat here. these are just imaginings -- not just imaginings or one odds that have to . u.s. citizens are going to attend the event. you always have the question of venue security. is howy good question secure are the rings of security around the sochi venues and sites. how well are they secured? secure the venue, but have you secured them enough to where the athletes stay. if you have secured it well enough, the transportation in and out, the raw security question emerges.

there is a growing sense of lack of confidence in that security, despite the russian assurances. , perhaps most importantly, you have started to ,ear from chairman rogers concerns over lack of visibility and cooperation from the russians. before weioning to jo started the remarks, usually what you have any olympics is both countries are very prideful and wanting to secure the olympics, manage it themselves and succeed for national pride and other reasons. for the u.s. offering support in a variety of ways -- most countries don't accept the support initially because they can do it themselves. but as you get closer to the day of the event, those countries again to accept more and more of the assistance because the reality of the daunting task of securing the olympics and the

threat to western athletes and sponsors becomes more real. that i don't think is happening in the russian context. the reverse is happening. the russians have grown more and more concerned over the threat and are concerned over the perceptions of insecurity. allowede, they have not the united states and other security services in on the ground to assist. in olympics like london, as you can imagine, u.s. was very close with british security officials to create response plans and so on. that in my estimation is not happening in the context of sochi. that is why you've started to hear u.s. officials speak openly about those concerns. in addition, that is why you have started to see reports today in the press about contingency plans that the u.s. is making for potential worst-case scenarios.

aircraft -- naval aircraft and resources being placed offshore. in the worst-case scenario, if you have wounded athletes or citizens the need to get them out -- that you need to get out. take into account the fact that we don't have on the ground cooperation resources as we have in the past. very quickly, the challenges for the russians and for the international community. is an international event, despite the fact it has been so personalized by putinm and the russians. they not only have to secure the site as they do with physical security and intelligence, but disrupt any terrorist activity abroad. this is why you've seen the

reports of the death of doku umarov. regardless of whether or not it is true, it is an attempt to demonstrate that the russians are doing something to try to disrupt these activities. itgree with andy that matters much less with respect to the individual whether he is alive now. i think all the terrorist groups that want to attack know that they want to attack the sochi olympics and will try to do so. they need to secure the site and worry about the perception of security. this is key. again, you could have a relatively minor terrorist attack during the opening ceremony or in the general environment and it begins to affect the security for the olympics. the terrorists we can to win in terms of that perception. a quick final note. we often forget, but scrolling ds but security

officials, you not only have the olympics in february, but you're the paralympics in march. two sets of events that are critical internationally. the russians to engage in security, not just in the month of february, but february through march. i would daresay that the terrorists probably would prefer to attack the sochi limpets in february, but if they could launch a significant attack against the paralympics, they would probably do that successfully. this is a two-month endeavor for the russians that is going to be fraught with real threats and real concerns for the russians, the u.s., and others that have olympians at the site. >> with that, we would like to open it up to your questions. >> thank you.

james, i would like to ask you to follow up on that u.s. side of it. do? does the united states what is the state of play in terms of any type of cooperation in coming in and getting americans out of their question mark people who are competing or tourists or officials. what does the u.s. do if they do not have permission on the ground? how do they work that out in advance? what is the next step for the united states? >> ideally, in the olympics, aat would yo you would have is security officials letter in the grated in the on the ground security.

i am no longer in the government, so i don't know what the status of that is, but i would daresay given the public commons we have seen that the u.s. government has probably not seen a lot of clearances were individuals from the state department, the fbi, and others to be on the ground that particular sites. from securityent for individual teams and such. i would venture to say that we are doing the best with what we can on the ground. what you have started to see publicly is contingency planning, which would be led to the state department to try to determine what happens in the worst-case scenario. that is why you have seen the reports of movement of u.s. military assets and personnel in this regard. the stateuld have department leading that planning, trying to determine how best to get citizens in and out in case of an emergency. you would hopefully have three pre-cleareds --

lands in case of an attack in russia. i would assume that the russians are going to want to control any of that. any security service and any country is going to want to have full capability and control over after anens attack. it is likely that the united states is not have clearance to move choppers in or assets in. that is probably going to happen as events unfold. if you could identify yourself, that would be great. >> tell us a bit about what you about the syrian civil war.

back?y move are they being killed there? they link up with jihadist from other countries. will that significantly affect the situation? the syrian foreign fighter problems, in particular the flow of fighters in and out of syria, amplifies the concern. part of this is the ideological narrative dimensions of what this does to animate the threat. also, populates the environment with other actors who are trained, tested, and perhaps willing to attack. keep in mind that the syrian conflict has now attracted more foreign fighters then we saw in iraq.

more than what we saw during the afghan days. this is a very serious threat. give seen many reporting of western european services, north african services, goal services, very concerned about the flows of fighters in and out of syria. one thing i would say is, concerns that officials should have is that the survival rate igher into be much h the syrian foreign fighter context. in iraq, they would flow in but not flow out. that is not the case in syria. you have foreign fighters already starting to flow back. what that means for the russian's ability to monitor who is moving in and out, it is something that should be concerned about. >> there are reports of hundreds foreign fighters from the

north caucuses in syria itself. so, how many are actually there is impossible to say. there are many there. reason --e really big it has been underestimated over whypast two years -- for wooten has had this position -- putin has had this position. he sees the same kinds of individuals and groups, sometimes literally the same individuals and groups that he is deal with in the north caucuses. he and his central asian colleagues were dealing with 1990'sck in the late coming out of afghanistan. that is in particular why this is the issue, deeply personal for him.

if the syrian conflict had receded and foreign fighters were leaving syria, there is no doubt in my mind that that would that theyhe danger would return to the north caucuses and increase the threat there. a friend of mine was at the airport in istanbul transferring and he heard russian spoken by people who clearly looked like what you would imagine a foreign fighter in syria to look like. it was rather unnerving since he into theas transiting south caucasus. >> bill douglas, right over

here. a lot of you don't know about the capabilities in terms of counterterrorism and handling something of this something of this magnitude. can you all speak about their capabilities of handling large- scale events like this, whether they have had experience handling large events like this before? [laughter] >> well, putin, in his press conference just the other day, noted that, no, russia has not had the experience of securing an event of the magnitude of the sochi own picks. -- the sochi olympics. so the answer is no. you would have to go back to the moscow olympics in 1980.