the biggest problem is demand in the united states. if demand for drugs was not the high in the united dates, the drugs would not be possible to send over here. we need to deal with that side. what would've done in new jersey is to say for first time, nonviolent drug offenders, people charged with possession, which is over 50% of our prison population, we don't incarcerate those people anymore. we say you go for mandatory inpatient treatment. we want to change lives. i want to save lives in my state. we need to treat these folks. it is a disease. my mother was a lifetime smoker and she knew from 1964 forward that smoking was bad for her. she knew that but continued to smoke and ultimately got lung cancer at 71 years old. no one said to us don't

treat your mother -- she's getting what she deserves. yet we do that with people addicted to other drugs. we say we make a moral judgment on them. they made a bad decision. there is nobody in this audience today who hasn't made a bad decision in your life. a judge make you wish you could take place. -- a judgment you wish you could take back. we are fortunate, there but for the grace of god go i. we need to treat these folks. if we gave them the treatment tolls, we can save lives. we are not incarcerating ourselves out of this problem. since web done this, our prison population in new jersey is down 31%. try to find another state where you see that happening and the recidivism rate, without drug court, over 60% recidivism. with drug courts, 16%. we can make a difference, and if i am president of the united date, we will have a drug court in every federal district court in this country so we can stop putting people in jail and get them on the road to recovering their lives.

josh: let's move on to the next question from facebook. maureen gates is asking a big one -- what would you do about isis? gov. christie: first, i would not have called in jv and -- called them jv and ignore them for the first year like this president. this is the same president and secretary of state who said we had a reset button with russia and after we reset, here is what happens -- they are invading ukraine and they have taken crimea. so what do we do? we have to learn from our lessons in iraq. i do know what the united states to be an occupying power in the -- i do not want the united states to be an occupying power in the middle east. let's start first with our allies -- egypt, saudi's, the united arab emirates and the jordanians. they want this fight. they want to take on isis. let's give them the best arms we can give them in the most sophisticated weaponry and train

them down to the battalion level on how to use this weaponry. let's give them the best intelligence we can get. human and electronic. isis is everywhere. they are all over the region. it's like going out a nationstate. fourth, let's use the united states air force to soften up the target. i would not say would never use american troops. if isis continues to win, we may have to continue to do it, but that should not be our first resort. wish a letter the allies in -- we should let the allies in their neighborhood help. the last part is they need a president who knows when he gives his word, he is going to keep it. this president said if assad uses chemical weapons, we will take him out. then when he did and killed 230,000 of his own people, the president said never mind. allies cannot count on you and adversaries don't fear you. i guarantee one thing if i am president -- that allies will know we are friends and adversaries will know the limits of my patients. josh: let's talk about immigration. and how that also plays

international security. gov. christie: there are four steps you need to take to secure the border. first is to build fencing or walling in appropriate laces. i do not favor a wall across the entire border. it's too expensive. it does not make sense. i've never seen a wall or fence that a determined human being cannot get through or around. there are no easy answers. but in urban areas, you need fencing or walling where there is a lot of people. second, we need to do what i said about agents embedded with the border patrol to interdict guns and drugs coming across the border. we need to use electronic surveillance, drawings and cameras -- drones and cameras in the more remote parts of the border to send information so to know where to best than human intelligence and send border patrol agents to interdict people getting across

the border. and we need to use e-verify. remember what is happening here. unlike what hillary clinton will tell you, these people are not coming across the border to vote or become citizens. they are coming here to work. they want a job. if we had e-verify and every employer were forced to use it, in the foes new if they came here illegally, they could not get a job. if the only way to get a job is to come here legally, they would stop coming. we need to fine businesses who do not use e-verify. we have to look in the mirror. the business community is part of the problem. they want cheaper labor to make bigger profits. i have no problem with the making profits, but hire legal citizens who are here. do not hire illegals. if we do those things, we will secure the border and we can move on and deal with the immigration issue. illegal immigration which will be important. josh: a couple more minutes.

i want to end with brian's question, good one. >> governor, how can you assure voters that once you get into the white house and office that your campaign promises, your campaign policies will become programs and laws when you're faced with the inertia of partisanship and politics in washington? and could you comment on debt reduction as an example of how you will embrace that? gov. christie: you have to look at our record. i do not think there is a governor who has operated as a conservative and more hostile territory than i have in new jersey. i have not used an excuse. in the eight years before i became governor -- zero in eight years. we came in, we got a $2.3 billion tax cut to create jobs.

we cut spending. we balance the budget. we did it by cutting over 800 programs and vetoing tax increases. we got things done with a democratic legislature. i have sown i can do -- i have shown i can do it. you've got to be willing to work with the congress. i will stand up when i need to. you need to develop a personal relationship. it is not an excuse to close down the government. you are sent there to govern. do your job here at that means developing relationships. -- do your job. that means developing relationships. last week was the first time boehner was on air force one. you want to sit in the oval office, you want to eat the m&ms? we need to meet with each other. there are only two ways to lower the debt, spend less and grow our economy.

we are not going to cut our way out of this. i have a detailed plan on growing our economy. look at what i have done in new jersey. we spent $2.5 billion less on general fund spending today than we did in fiscal year 2008. that is not growth, that is actual dollars. find another state where that is going on. i have done it before. i will use my new jersey gentle persuasion. [laughter] josh: you did it with four seconds to spare. keep in mind this conversation continues on our mobile app. more questions from our studio audience. thanks for watching. thank you for governor christie for being here. [applause] [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] visit to the u.s. c-span has life and from washington, d.c., the first stop on the tour. today we are live with the president and mrs. obama to greet the pontiff on his arrival. wednesday morning on c-span, c-span radio, and cspan.org, the welcoming ceremony for the pope as the obamas officially welcome him to the white house. later that afternoon starting at 4:00, the mass and canonization at the basilica of the national shrine of the immaculate option, thursday morning at 8:30, coverage begins from capitol the as pope francis becomes first pontiff to address a joint meeting of congress. friday morning at 10:00, live

coverage from new york as the pope speaks to the united nations general some way on c-span3, c-span radio, and cspan.org. later, a multireligious service and world1 memorial trade center. coverage on tv or online at cspan.org. arrive--f the vote's pope's arrive on grading by the president, "u.s. news & world report" looks at his message on climate change, saying that he plans to add considerable moral force to the movement to slow climate change. "u.s. news" also reporting that 10 republican members of congress ranks last week to formally acknowledge and call for action on climate change. read more about it at usnews.com . right now on american strategic --a look back on john paul

american history tv, a look back on. paul ii's visit to america in 19 some 60 -- 1976. >> of next, american history tv looks back to 1979, when the pope traveled to new york city and addressed the united nations general assembly. this program includes extensive scenes of the pope arriving at the u.s. and the later greeting dignitaries.

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>> your holiness, it is a great honor and a privilege to welcome you on behalf of the general assembly of the united nations. since the assumption of your of the catholic church, you have inspired all of hope -- renewed hope and a sensory assurance for the world. we recall with fond memories the visit of your predecessor, his

vi, inss pope paul october 1965, when he joined us here in this unique embodiment of global aspirations to issue his historical of war never again --historic call of war never again. , 14 years later, you have dingwed to that call, by ten to spiritual responsibilities from you of also directed with great dedication to the -- directed your energies with great dedication to solving the many problems of mankind today, problems this assembly has also confronted. your concern for the suffering of so many throughout the world in refugee camps, living in conditions of squalor and abject poverty, those under oppressive regimes, and those caught in

crossfire in areas of conflict, is eloquent testimony of the in the search for peace, security, and justice for all. as a founder of the african continent, which has suffered so much and still suffers from all i am particularly conscious of the historic significance of the visit of your holiness. may i now invite his holiness pope john paul ii to address the general assembly. [applause]

what format that will take -- i mr. john paul ii: president, my address today will be polished that published in its entirety just as i wrote it. because of its length, however, i shall now read it in a certain form. express my gratitude to the general assembly of the united nations, which i'm participateday to in and to address. this is the real reason, the prestial reason, for my

ence among you, and i wish to thank you, to thank this , fornguished assembly giving consideration to this which can make my presence among you in somewhat useful. here before the representatives , i wish not only to thank you, but also to offer ,ou my special congratulations since the invitation extended to the pope to speak in your that the united accepts andnization

respects the religious and moral dimension of those human problems that the church attends , in view of the message of truth and love that it is her duty to bring to the world. the questions that concern your functions and receive your attention, as is indicated by the vast organic complex of institutions and activities that are part of or collaborate with , especiallyations in the fields of culture, health, food, labor, and the peaceful uses of nuclear energy,

certainly make it essential for man ineet in the name of his wholeness, and all the riches ofnd manifold his spiritual and material stated in my i've encyclical redempter hominis, the first of my pontificate. now, availing myself of the solemn occasion of my meeting with the representatives of the nations of the earth, i wish greetingsto send my to all the men and women living

on this planet. woman,y man and every without any exception whenever. -- any exception what ever. every human being living on earth is a member of a civil society, of a nation, many of them represented here. each one of you, distinguished ladies and gentlemen, represents a particular state, system, and political structure, but what you represent above all are individual human beings. you are all representatives of men and women, of practically

all the people of the world, individual men and women, communities and peoples who are living the present phase of their own history and who are also part of the history of humanity as a whole, each of them a subject endowed with dignity as a human person with his or her own culture, experiences, and aspirations, tensions and sufferings, and legitimate expectations.

belong to material and spiritual realities. .hey may be viewed separately in the concrete human being, they are inseparable. threat to that any whether in the feud of material realities or end up and material realities, it is equally dangerous for peace. i hope that the state authorities, while respecting the just rights of each citizen all enjoy the confidence of

for the common good. i hope that all the nations, even the smallest even those that do not yet enjoy full that havey and those will meetd out of it in full equality in the united nations organization. nationshat the united will ever remain a supreme forum , freedom of justice peoples and individuals in their longing for a better future. [applause]

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>> on behalf of the general express ourwish to deep appreciation to his holiness, pope john paul ii, for his important and inspiring judgment. representative to be

at theirgh to remain seats while the inspector general and i escort his holiness unto the general is in the meetingr which will stand adjourned. [applause]

[speaking foreign language] governor carey of new york. .rs. kennedy shriver >> on behalf of the foundation for handicapped children, thank you very much. >> the mayor of the city of new york. harriman andett mrs. everett harriman.

>> the director of the united nation's development corporation

. general forretary special political affairs. the director was introduced to your holiness. -- from poland, under study. cyprus.ster of wife of the representative.

the prime minister of jordan. the permanent representative of jordan. and madam. the president of the united nations correspondent association. the department representative of the united states of america. the wife of the minister of foreign affairs.

wife of the permanent representative of foreign affairs. this is the wife of the secretary-general. a representative of korea and madam.

the representative from the plo in new york. the ambassador of kenya. maclaine of the united states. , representative of papua new guinea.

the wife of the permanent representative of portugal. and the representative. [indiscernible] madam of sierra leone. representative of hawaii.

former ambassador of italy to the united nations. mission.from the u.s. general forretary women in social development. the representative of gambia to the united nations. a member of the u.n. population fund. assistant secretary-general for

[indiscernible] the undersecretary for unicef wife.d nations, and his permanent representative of indonesia to the united nations. permanent representative of peru. peru.

members from unicef. abc news. walters from abc famous person for the news around the world, ms. barbara walters. [inaudible]

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u.s.e pope's visit to the desk sees ben live coverage from washington, d.c., today beginning at 3:45 on c-span. we live with the president and mrs. obama to meet the pontiff at andrews. the welcoming ceremony of the

pope as the obamas officially welcome him to the white house. at 4:00, the mass and ofonization at the silica the national shrine of the immaculate conception thursday morning at 8:30 c-span is a live coverage as pope francis makes history, becoming the first pontiff to address a joint meeting to congress. friday morning at 10:00, live coverage from new york as the pope speaks to the united nations general's simply on c-span3, c-span radio, and c-span.org. 9/11, a service at the memorial and museum world trade center. c-span coverage of the pope of the historic trip to the u.s., live on tv or online at c-span.org. and our capitol hill producer point of the last pope to visit the u.s., pope benedict, was also greeted at andrews air

force base by then-president george bush and first lady barbara bush. cbs news white house producer tweeted this picture out as preparations underway for pope francis by u.s. air force personnel. they rolled out the red carpet on the tarmac for the pope was a arrival at andrews air force base. among the dignitaries waiting for the pope at andrews air force base, the archbishop of washington, cardinal donald wuerl. he will be on the contract this afternoon. earlier this month, he spoke about what to expect from the pope during his visit and above the issues that he has recently gone into. his comments came during a christian science monitor breakfast series event in washington, d.c. >> ok, here we go, folks. thanks for coming. i am with christian science monitor. cardinal donald

wuerl, archbishop of washington. this is his first visit with our group. in fact, this is only the second time in the monitor posing nearly 50-year history of hosting these events that our guest is then a religious leader. the last such session was a breakfast 20 years ago with the dalai lama, which are friend mark shields actually attended welcome, your eminence. he received catholic degrees from the catholic university in america and rome and a doctorate in the legit from the university of st. thomas in rome. ordained in 1966. ordained as a bishop in 1986 by pope john ii. he has served his church a variety of key positions, including in seattle and then bishop of pittsburgh for 18 years before being appointed archbishop of washington in 2006. he was elevated to the cause of cardinals in 2010i pope an

addict. in 2013, cardinal wuerl legislated in a conclave that elected pope francis. the biographical portion of the program. as always, we are on the record. please, no live blogging or tweeting. kind whileg of any the breakfast is underway so we can listen to what our guest says. there is no embargo when the to curb the are relentless selfie urge, we will e-mail several pictures of the session to all the reporters here as a soon as the breakfast ends. if you like to ask a question, please do the traditional thing and send a subtle, nonthreatening signal, and i will happily call on one and all. give the gift the opportunity to make opening comments, and then we will move to questions from around the table. the cardinal mulder about 10 minutes of remarks, and then to questions you would with that, thank you for doing the spirit we are honored to having you here. the floor is yours.

cardinal wuerl: thank you very much for your thank you for the very gracious introduction and for the welcome and for the invitation to be here. i am truly, truly complemented by the invitation. i would like to say a few words about pope francis. some of the remarks i am going to make come out of questions i get asked all the time, with regularity, from people both are part of the household of the catholic faith or others, as well. one of the questions that i think is a very, very significant one is -- what is the pope really like? what is he like? is he the way he appears? i have to say that my experience with pope francis is the person that you see in public, the

person you see and the pope mobile, the person using around the square, the person in the , from my sundays experience, is the exact same person you see when you sit across the coffee table from him. coffee table, because when he receives you in his quarters, and his little living room, he is not sitting behind a desk or you.ng across a wall from he is sitting on his chair across the little coffee table where he usually has interesting things that he wants to comment on. so i have found that this smiling forthright, caring person that we see on television , we see in the papers, we see and social media, is the very person who you encounter when

you actually meet with him. there is also the question about his popularity. one of the reasons, i believe, he was so immensely popular is , in a veryoffers appealing way, he offers the message of his office. he offers all of us to consider seriously a relationship with god. and he does that in such an inviting way. so many people have said to me that what they find so endearing is the way in which he takes the great challenge, the great human challenge of having a living, working relationship with god, a human-designed relationship -- he takes that and makes it something that we can feel

comfortable with, that we feel invited. not all that long ago, i was waiting at a carousel for my back to come up at the airport, and a woman can across the area and said to me, we were on that same flight, and she said, do you mind if we chat while we're waiting for our bags? , i thinkaid, you know you might describe me as a fallen away. she said, i want you to know that i have started going back to church. she said, this pope, pope francis, just made me feel like i was welcomed over again. this is the part that i remember

and why i tell you the story. she said, when i listen to him, i realize that it is not all my only, that i am not the one having problems. and i thought and said to her, you know, what you are saying is what st. paul said. inre is a struggle going on each one of us all the time between what we would like to be and what we often are and what we are doing. this contrast is something we have to continually work at. and she said that she found in this holy father such an inviting personality who understood that we are not all perfect, but we have a place at the table. i said to her, the next time you

introduce yourself, why don't x --say that you are an e [indiscernible] and she retrieved her back. but i think this speaks to his immense popularity. he is able to touch people minds.all religious he is not just focused on the members of the catholic household or the faith. i find this reflected in conversations with people all the time. a little while ago, i went to visit the hospital and visited one of my priests who is in the hospital. as i was going in through the revolving door, there was a

shen coming out, and stopped and waited. when i went through the door, am -- thenardinal, i she had invited protestant church of which she was a member, and she said to me, you pope.i just love this i think he is doing such a great job. so we chatted for a fee minutes, and she went her way and i went mine. when i came back out after visiting the priests, the security man at the hospital me -- i hadd to taken my cell phone out to call my priest, the secretary, who had the car. he said, i am glad we have a chance to talk while we're waiting for your car, because you need to know -- then he identified the church that he belonged to, which was not catholic, and he said, this

pope, our pope, is doing a great job. i find it is not unusual to hear this type of response from jewish -- iristian, have a very dear jewish rabbi friend who reminded me one day that i need to be very careful that i am taking good care of our pope. [laughter] has this ability to reach across all kinds of lines and touch people on something that is fundamental, absolutely basic, and that is our humanity and our desire to live together in harmony, in another'specting one faith convictions, one another's identity. n,