wife. with whom i have shared this remarkable 30-year journey. i could never have done this job without her at my side. i am especially proud of her work on behalf of military families and other important issues to men in women of the military. i valued all of our many contributions to this institution and i thank her deeply for helping me be a better secretary of defense. i want to also thank my daughter, and my son for their constant support encouragement and always good advice. in helping me with the internet. [applause] and recognizing and helping me

take inventory in that recognition that i am not nearly as smart as i thought i was. those are the humbling experiences of parenthood that those of us that had the opportunity to know those days and have that experience and be blessed with that experience know so well. inch to my brothers tom and mike who have truly been with me since this train left the station in the prescott many years ago. -- in nebraska many years ago. thank you. one last point with all life is given me, i am most proud of having once been a soldier. the lessons from my time in uniform about trust, responsibility duty judgment,

and loyalty to your fellow soldier these i have carried with me through my life. may god bless each of you. thank you. thank you. thank you. [applause]

>> on wednesday, defense secretary nominee will testify at a senate hearing. mr. carter previously served as defense secretary and was nominated to's -- you can hear the conversation live on wednesday on c-span3. on newsmakers, vermont senator ernie sanders talks about the president's budget proposal due to be released monday. developing a budget in the republican congress and fast-track authority. in this portion, he talks about investment and trade policy. >> infrastructure is one of the things that both parties say

they broadly want to work together on. republicans say they want democrats to come aboard on these new agreements and fast-track for the president. how do you plan to handle this with your role on the budget committee, into think this has any prospect of getting through congress this year? >> those are separate issues. our infrastructure is crumbling. we used to be first place in the world in terms of quality of our infrastructure. today we are 12 lace. -- 12th place. we have got to bring the structure up to par. we've got to address that. as a former mayor it is not going to get any better. that is one issue. the trade issue is another

issue. it is a fairly controversial issue. i strongly disagree with the president on that. if you look at the facts, i think you'll find that nafta calf deck, trade relations have cost us billions of decent paying job. companies have shut down in the united states of america, and to china, gone to mexico, gone to low-wage entries. the transpacific agreement will continue that process. the minimum wage in vietnam is $.56 an hour. $.56 an hour. american people should not forced to compete against people who are making horrendously low wages. if we learn anything from the past, we have learned that our working people have paid a terrible price in terms of job loss, a race for the bottom. i think we should kill this agreement and find something that works for workers and not multinational corporations.

>> our guest on newsmakers. next, journalists discuss how the media covers race issues in america, including the recent coverage of ferguson and new york city. then, a chance to see president obama and vice president biden take place and in outgoing farewell ceremony for secretary hagel. >> the national press club and the press club hosted a meeting to talk about race relations in america. white house correspondent, at tv ones roland martin, and cnn general assignment reporter at the net coverage included the