creating programs for young people in the summer. so they would come and get reacquainted with what, i tell y ou, from the same family, you have one child who falls in love with kabul, and the other one says, i cannot wait to go back. it will not reflect badly on anyone if ever they do not want to stay. if you come and love it, then you will find -- nina easton: are their sectors that need young talent like teaching or engineering? are there things that stand out in your mind? first lady rula ghani: there certainly must be. i do not know. but because my children are older, so i don't move in circles of very young people. but i think there might be

things they can do or with organizations that take care of young children, or even if ever they have a specific thing that they like, for example, they like art. we can get them with artists. or they like photography. we have photographers associations. or if they want to go in the provinces, we can find maybe some midwife to shadow. [laughter] first lady rula ghani: i mean, i think possibilities are immense. at this point, i don't know. i have only been first lady for four months, so bear with me. nina easton: you have your work cut out for you. i want to thank you for being so insightful but so inspiration for a lot of people in this room. thank you.

[applause] kathleen hicks: thank you everybody for coming, thank you so much. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> the most memorable of my moment for this week was to hear senator cory gardner say to reflect on your principles, and i think it reflects on the hearts of polarization -- the harsh polarization of our country, so if all of the state legislators can top this, we should come together as a country and solve these pertinent issues.

>> my favorite evoking from julie adams, the secretary of the senate, and she said remember to be humble and have a strong work ethic, be kind to the people you meet on your way up the visual meet them on the way back down. >> often times we have a lack of true statesman, and as much as i disagree with him, senator john mccain read the senate torture report and maintained how staying away from torture is essential to the character of our democracy. at the point that we have people who are willing to cross the aisle and willing to make these decisions with people whom they might not often agree with, that is essential to maintain the security of the integrity of our nation as we go on. announcer: high school students were part of the senate youth program, tonight at 8:00 eastern and pacific, on c-span's

"q&a." announcer: during this month cspan is pleased to present the wining entries in this year's studentcam documentary competition, which encourages middle and high school students to think critically about issues that affect the nation. students are asked to create their documentaries based on the theme "he three branches and you,"to dentistry and how a policy, law, or action by one of the three branches of government has affected them or their community. justice best from spanish springs high school in sparks, nevada is one of our second prize winners, her entry focused on animal conservation. ♪ duane coombs: it affects us all. we are all going to be affected by this. if we live in a beautiful state like nevada, the health of our

state is the health of our land. if our land is not healthy, how can we as a people be healthy? and so it impacts us all, the actual health of our wildlife population and these ecosystems. justice best: to many, the endangered species act is an excellent law when it works to protecting a species, but is putting the greater sage-grouse on the endangered species act what is best? that's what we set out to discover. jake li: the greater sage-grouse is another declining species, a century ago, there were over 62 million of these birds, and today, there are fewer than 200,000, and the number continues to drop. rhonda beadell: the current situation with the sage-grouse the numbers for the bird are down to about 5000, the amount of habitat that the bird has been reduced by half since the early 1900's due to development due to ranching, due to

wildfires, invasive species. they thrive in a sagebrush habitat and they only have half of what they originally had, so they have been listed on the threatened species list. and last case scenario, is that they will be placed on the endangered species list. if that happens, that could really harm the economy here in nevada. katrina krause: wildfires or invasive species. dr. tamzen stringham: wildfire is number one, driven by an invasive grass. duane coombs: catastrophic wildfire created by this in invasive grass. justice best: based on the sage-grouse's current threats, many people believe placing them on the endangered species list will hinder their recovery. katrina krause: one way it might help is that it will bring it more into the spotlight for the general public.

people tend to pay more attention when a species is in peril and it is obvious when it is listed. so that might generate more conservation activity. dr. tamzen stringham: if the bird is listed, the bureau of land management will have to do consult with the u.s. fish and wildlife service on any management activities that occur within areas determined to be sage-grouse habitat, which is a large percentage of northern nevada. this will slow down the process of doing habitat restoration and it will also slow down other activities such as grazing mining, etc etera, on lands that are managed by blm. so there are conflicting opinions on whether or not this will help the bird, or will

hamper the bird, because it will slow down the process of restoration. duane coombs: i think looking at a species, a single species, i think the very worst thing we can do for sage-grouse is list it under the endangered species act. west-wide, in the 11 western states that sage-grouse is in, there have been, in the last 4 to 5 years, there has been an unprecendented corporate conservation that has been happening across the board between federal agencies private landowners come a state agencies, and there is a huge momentum that's been built up, and my fear for our wildlife populations in general is that a listing of the sage-grouse as

cooperative conservation a generation. -- sage-grouse as endangered will set back cooperative conservation a generation. we have learned how to communicate and get along and work cooperatively, and i would hate to see that lost. jake li: the species is a focus of unprecedented, range-wide conservation efforts, and to prevent it from enlisted under the u.s. endangered species act within the next three years. for example, the usda's conservation arm has spent over $100 million to conserve the species. rhonda beadell: you need to establish some core habitat zones, and that is the problem with that, is finding the money to do it. we have the nature conservancy and they have rehabilitation projects that would be basically be designed to prevent wildfires, to restore areas that have been burned, and then to protect some areas, especially

areas where nothing is really going on there anyway, there's no mining, no grazing, to protect those areas. dr. tamzen stringham: a number one problem we have with these systems is they are surrounded by the pinion and juniper trees that have encroached on sagebrush ecosystems, i believe we could have a large impact on improving habitat weekly by treating the uplands and and removing the trees that surround these wet meadow systems, and reducing the impact predators would have and improving the meadows. katrina krause: we all work together. we communicate, collaborate. we do not set distinct boundaries. we help each other out to do multiple conservation projects for the sage-grouse. i have worked with other species that have been in decline, and i

have never seen this kind of collaboration that i have seen with the sage-grouse, and i think it is positive and something that needs to continue, no matter what the listing decision is. and if that happens, then i think that is good news for the sage-grouse. justice best: there are huge conservation efforts to preseve the greater sage-grouse species. if the species is listed, these efforts may be halted. the people of nevada will be impacted greatly. rhonda beadell: it will end up on the list if we do not do something. announcer: to watch all of the winning videos and learn more about our competition, go onto

>> coming up next, newsmakers. at 8:00 on q&a, high school students from the senate youth program discuss their reason is it including meeting with the president, members of his cabinet, and elected officials. greta: this week on "newsmakers" -- tony perkins, the president of the family research council joins us from baton rouge. in studio, we have paul singer and mike warren. paul, go ahead with the first question. paul: can you explain for the viewers why a bill like the religious freedom restoration act is necessa