ny people in desperation turn to traffickers to escape the crisis in libya and other places. they are victims of war, and oppression. the european union is closing down an organization that has saved lives, and instituting instead something that will protect europe hospital orders and not rescue people. will you go back and ensure that europe adopt a humanitarian approach of saving these desperate people, and supporting these migrants who are trying to survive? that's all. survive, in libya. >> the general makes an important point. the statistics don't back up the kc is making. marianne austan was an attempt to deal with the problem. more people died during the operation of the policy than when it was brought to an end. there are answers here, we need to make sure we press ahead with the modern slavery bill, which is doing a huge amount of

historic legislation, to deal with the problem of people trafficking. we need to do more to stabilize countries like libya and other countries on the mediterranean from which many of the problems are coming. i only underlined the important work that our development edge it does. >> order. there is always next week. arizona's next week. -- there is always next week. >> you have been watching prime minister's questions of the british house of commons. question time is live everyone stay at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2, and re-airs at 9:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. you can watch anytime at www.c-span.org. the center for strategic and international studies will hear from former british defense

secretary tomorrow. he will speak about u.s. relations with the united kingdom, as well as the u.k.'s upcoming general election, the transatlantic alliance, and global security threats. that is live at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. later, a hearing on the consumer product safety commission's 2016 budget request. the commission's chair will be among the witnesses. that is live at 3:00 eastern on c-span3. the c-span cities to work takes book tv and american history tv on the road. traveling to cities to learn about their history and literary life. next week, we partner with comcast for a visit to galveston, texas. >> heave ho. >> with the opening of the suez canal in 1869, sailing ships are almost dealt a death blow.

with that opening of the canal coal-fired ships had a shorter route to the far east to india those markets. sailing ships needed to find a way to make their own living. instead of high-value cargo they started carrying lower value cargo. coal oil cotton, etc.. alyssa found her niche in carrying any kind of cargo that did not require getting to market at a fast pace. >> watch all of our events from galveston, saturday, march 7 at 12:00 noon eastern, and march 8 at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. >> florida senator marco rubio is in new hampshire recently to speak at a politics and eggs breakfast. this was his final stop on a two

or through the state which traditionally holds the nation's first presidential primary. before the event, the senator met with several attendees and posed for pictures. this is part of c-span's road to the white house coverage. it is just under an hour and a half. >> class of 2017, you are a year away. you are a junior? >> sophomore. >> that's right, sorry, 2017. >> my pleasure, thank you for having me here. thank you so much.

you are from new jersey? art is a great guy. good to see you. my pleasure to be here. have you got it? >> thank you. >> thank you for having me here. how are you? >> very good. >> good to see you. >> likewise. >> thank you so much. thank you for having me. >> thank you, senator. >> one more. >> absolutely.

thank you so much. thanks for having me. >> thank you very much. >> hi, how are you? good to see you. how are you today? we tried to cut back on outdoor activities. good to see you. i am glad to be with you guys. thank you for the invitation. are we ready? i bring warm regards. i have a few articles, i will give them to you. county commissioner we are cutting down on the outdoor activities.

thanks so much, guys. >> hey, good luck. >> thank you. >> hello, good to meet you. welcome to new hampshire. >> thank you so much.

>> hi, good morning. >> thanks for having me here. you're a banker, right? good to see you. >> it's much nicer down there. >> no snow, right? >> it's nice to meet you. thank you. >> it's good to see you. thanks for having me.

i am glad to be here. my throat is hurting tonight. i put the heater on in the realm, and it is drying me out. >> oh, dear. >> thanks for having me, guys. i hope you enjoy the presentation. it's good to see you guys. things for having me this morning. >> mr. senator.

>> thanks for having me. [inaudible] i have the looking forward to this. thanks for the invitation. -- i have been looking forward to this. thank you so much. i am glad to be back. how are you? the weather is fine.

[speaking spanish] thanks for having me. >> ok, that looks great. one more. >> thanks for being here.

>> this is jim, my boss. >> one last one, beautiful. >> thanks so much. >> my pleasure. take me to the lions den. who should i make it out to? i don't know where you got this one. >> ebay. >> we did a bunch of these ideas.

we passed a bunch of these and put them into law. >> it's nice meeting you. >> my pleasure. thanks, guys. so, where do we go? thank you for covering this. hi, how are you? thank you for being here.

thanks for coming today. i am glad to be here. i am glad it is indoors. this will be part of my family heirlooms. >> i used to be a picture -- a pitcher. >> how is your accuracy? >> leading up to friday, we see what happens.

on net neutrality, the problem is, a lot of companies will stop investing in infrastructure we need to improve it. we are hoping to have a debate in congress fairly soon. we are committed to doing that. on net neutrality, you are talking about the sec? -- fcc? >> can you stop at? >> we can put something in place that supersedes them, that overcomes the legislation. a lot of the providers are innovating and it will hurt us in that realm. the internet is one of the few unregulated spaces. it has grown rapidly and created lots of opportunities.

>> [inaudible] homeland security at the >> there is no senate bill. my point is, let's get on the bill, let's have a debate. and then let's vote on it at the end. they won't even let us get on a debate. i do think we should do it by executive order. i support tax reform, but if the republican resident said i am only collecting 20% of your taxes instead of the full rate i would not support it. >> [inaudible] immigrants with a criminal record. >> the problem is, executive orders are designed to improve the ways you enforce the law not rewrite the law. when you argue that he will not enforce it on an entire segment of people who number in the

millions either way, you are creating a precedent or presidents can decide, i will rewrite a law. the real reason, it will make a change in immigration reform bill. we have already lost this one. we have less votes today than we did two years ago in the senate. >> [inaudible] the election? >> part of it is the executive order and the impact it had in 2012. this made it even harder. we deal with the enforcement first. tell the people that we will enforce the law. if you do not, they will be reasonable about everything else. -- if you do that, they will be reasonable about everything else.

as we have seen today, there are sections of the border that are unsecured. >> [inaudible] canada and? florida? >> 40% of our illegal immigrants arrived in the united states and oversight -- overstay. the important thing is, talking to people about what we stand for. but i want to have a platform to talk to people about the ideas and the future of our country. that is great.

thank you for having me, guys. it is great to be here. i appreciate this very much. i got they were having dessert. i get it, you have to die of something. thanks for having me today, i appreciate it. thank you. thanks for having me. all i can tell you is, the heater at the comfort in works. it's not like florida in february, no. thanks for having me. thank you, again, for having me. what's the deal with this weather?

i thought they were used to express disapproval. good to see you. it is so nice to be here. >> thanks for participating in our primary. >> i will -- i look forward to it. this is a great that it's great to be a part of this. thanks for inviting me. all right, guys. >> all your chairs are republicans?

>> [inaudible] you don't have term limits. i'm a speaker. are you the ceo? half my time is spent on administrative duties. >> he was chief 10 years ago. he is well versed. >> the rest of the year was spent negotiating contracts. i

look forward to visiting with you again. >> how many members do you have? we have 400 members. >> we have 120. the senate is 24. that is a big difference. it makes it interesting. the house got to 424, but could not fit it in the room. it was based on population. >> are they in district? single-member district? >> not all.

>> i wish you the best. you are in the middle of a session now? >> yes. >> good to see you again. >> thank you for having me. [inaudible] >> it is very nice to meet you.

>> thank you. i have enjoyed being here. >> good morning, senator. i read your book. >> senator, how are you? >> thank you. thank you so much. right here? are you sitting there? >> the purpose of why we are here today is of course to hear

from the junior senator from the very warm state of florida marco rubio. we hoped the senator might bring some of that warmer weather with him but we are stuck with the new england cold and snow. the senator is the son of cuban immigrants. he was born and raised in miami. he started his career in public service in the late 1990's not long after earning a law degree on the university of miami. he served as city commissioner of west miami he for being elected to the florida house of representatives. he was elected speaker. as someone who served in the legislature myself, to know that in a few short years he was