tv Newsmakers CSPAN May 29, 2016 6:00pm-7:01pm EDT
6:00 pm
concerning an event that has been rescheduled because of the proceedings here. we would recognize the vice presidential candidate who seems to be waiting patiently here and we can proceed to other matters including the possibility of recognizing mr. sharp. point of order. my name is michelle gregory with the michigan lp. i want to know if there is a way since grayson dropped out, is there a way to do a recount? >> i do not believe there is any way to do such a recount. i do not believe that is the case. followingo offer the announcement, i've been told the debate has been delayed for five minutes after the proceedings here end. >> point of information. >> from whom? >> star child, california.
6:01 pm
would it be out of order to make a motion requesting a recount given that one of the candidates had dropped out before the ballots were tallied? is, thehort answer chair does not know. more nuanced answer is he does not know, but he will seek consultation. --ording to our bylaws [inaudible] >> point of order. order as a point of well, please. >> from whom? please identify yourself. >> jeffrey neal. california delegation.
6:02 pm
while serving as acting chair at the time,, the candidate was asked the question about whether or not the withdrawal of a candidate would affect the vote in place that had already started. he said no, it would not. i do not believe there is any position where at this point you can change the ruling of the chair at that time without some type of a motion to reconsider. >> that is my impression, i think that you are right. i try to seek some sort of guidance from the parliamentarian because i'm frequently wrong. seeking recognition for a privileged motion? we do have someone waiting to address us. >> yes and i have a point of order before the pandemonium breaks loose. i would like to make a motion to suspend the rules to add adequate time to the end of the convention to conduct the necessary business of collecting
6:03 pm
the chairman and vice chairman and the secretary of treasury as well. there are many people in this room who can to vote for those races and spent an amazing amount of money out of their budget to gain airfare and hotel for this. until 7:00. i think we can do that if we do it at 7:00 as long as we all act in accordance with the nap. >> the chair will inquire if he understands the motion correctly. you rise to seek a suspension of the rules to extend the time of adjournment to 7:00 p.m. to facilitate the election of the chair. i don't know if we can fit in anything else, but whatever we get to. do i understand the lady's suggestion? >> is correct. >> the lady is suggesting a suspension -- >> point of order. >> from whom? >> you cannot raise the point like that and be recognized to make a motion like that.
6:04 pm
we have had too many points of order, too many questions. let's get on with the business instead of asking for more points of order. >> point of information. >> point of information. >> i would like to thank you all for coming to do the necessary business which is electing our president and vice presidential candidate. let's not neglect the business of the party itself. information. >> yes? without objection, i will hand the gavel back. go ahead. >> i would move that we extend business to 7:00 p.m. do i have a second?
6:05 pm
is there objection? all in favor say aye. opposed say no. without objection, can we move to hear from governor weld? thank you, so much. please put two minutes on the clock. did we say two minutes? please put five minutes on the clock. start the timer when he starts speaking. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you everyone. .hank you very much thank you. you everybody.
6:06 pm
i am truly humbled by this. ticket and weonal will do our very best to make sure we represent all of the very best ideas and ideals of the libertarian party of the united states. i believe that in doing that we can offer something meaningful and realistic to the country. to the entire country. that will be a third way. our platform of the libertarian party is economic and fiscal responsibility and social and personal freedom. that combination does not happen to match the current approach of either the republican or democratic party of the united states. waiving a bloody shirt,
6:07 pm
let me close by saying, we will have a lot to talk about in the fall. >> thank you to the future vice president of the united states governor bill wells. it is my understanding that the body wish to hear from mr. sharp for some period? is that correct? is mr. sharp close? is two sufficient? two is fine. please help me welcome larry sharp.
6:08 pm
6:09 pm
i don't have a disorder. just hearing him speak and hearing him say what we all believe in, hearing him the able to unite and understand who americans really are made me look up to the libertarian party. i came and i met my brothers and sisters. so i am here to say that i am not a libertarian without gary johnson. i am here to say that i cannot be here without gary johnson. so no matter what happens today, as of right now, i am 100% back in the game for gary johnson.
6:10 pm
thank you all. >> a long day here in orlando, florida at the libertarian party national convention where gary johnson was chosen as the party's presidential nominee for the second time in a row. weld.nning mate, william the libertarian party on track to become the only third-party option in all 50 states this november. on "washington journal speak with gary johnson. he will take your calls. you have him live here on c-span. >> madam secretary, we probably
6:11 pm
6:12 pm
settle in and read and get comfortable in your job and in a few weeks the house had decided to impeach bill clinton and we got very busy, very quickly. we had to do a good deal of research on impeachment trials. the senate leaders at that time really wanted to follow historical precedent as much as they could. >> welcome to c-span's newsmakers on this memorial day weekend we are pleased to have joining us from the pentagon admiral john richardson. inbegan his position september, 2015. he is a naval academy graduate and began his navy career as a submariner. thank you for being with us.
6:13 pm
let me introduce the reporters who will be asking the admiral questions this week. gordon, your of first. >> thank you for doing this. the selfto ask about china, a topic you are very familiar with. defense secretary ash carter will be delivering a message but as the chief of naval operations are wondered if you could talk about the proper tone that a u.s. would like to continue as you seek tona not provoke but also sent a message. to put the south china sea in context. when we think about our position in the world would like to go right to competitors. as i have settled into the
6:14 pm
position of chief of naval torations, and it applies the context, there is so much more at play. i would say that the rules of the competition have changed and that shift is as important as any of the competitors. in particular, the rules with respect to the pace of change complexity of situations being trans regional and multi-domain happening and multi--- multiple domains at once, we have to embrace all of that complexity as we address situations around the world. and thenited states united states navy is involved in the south china sea we've got to make sure that we keep the long-term in mind that we try to embrace the complexity and think broadly as we address these situations. is that wer position
6:15 pm
want to establish the conditions on which everybody in that region and certainly globally, because so much traffic passes through, can continue to participate and prosper on a level playing field, using a rule set that allows everybody to participate and prosper to the extent that they want to contribute. advocates role is to for that set of rules and norms that for the past 70 years have allowed just about anybody who would like to participate to have a chance to prosper. >> from where you sit, what is the risk of revocation -- provocation? >> we do a lot to make sure we drive that risk to the absolute minimum. so for instance in the south china sea, with the chinese navy
6:16 pm
, we have established an agreed-upon rule set by which we conduct business at sea. ofand large, the conduct both the u.s. navy and chinese navy have adhered to that rule set. what you find is, by virtue of avoiding tactical miscalculation, we allow our navy and the chinese navy to for ourecision space leaders as we continue to try to open up this competition without leading to provocation or conflict. would like to follow up on how you described the rules of competition have changed and are changing quickly. it's not just with china of course but we are also seeing that with the russians and the iranians. just last month there was an extraordinarily close call between the russian fighter jet
6:17 pm
in the baltic sea and the uss donald cook which was on a routine mission there. came withinter jet a few feet of the ship and we are seeing more of these incidents with u.s. military aircraft in asia and on our own borders with the russians, and in parts of europe. the competition seems to be heating up but the rules are unpredictable. how are you preparing the navy -- i understand the need to look at the big picture, but immediately, how does the navy protect itself and figure out how to respond to situations like that? >> we are putting a lot on the plate of our commanding officers so it is essential we choose the best people to be in those positions who are making those positions sometimes on short notice. of brought up the situation
6:18 pm
the close pass of the aircraft near the donald cook. that commanding officer had a lot to deal with in a short period of time. that brings up another important dimension. we will be operating in a decentralized fashion. all the way down to that commanding officer on that ship, what are the rule sets? what are his rules in terms of making sure that his crew and his people are protected? then preventing unnecessary escalation and unnecessary miscalculation. it's an awful lot of responsibility on those commanding officers. there is this dialogue throughout the chain of command to understand where we can take risk and where we can't take risk will stop and what the boundaries are in terms of his ability to respond to this crisis what information they have do exactly what they are
6:19 pm
doing now to handle these situations professionally to prevent unnecessary escalation. we also need to ensure that those other competitors whether they are the russians or the iranians are the chinese. that they also understand the importance of paving accordant to those rules as well. when you come as close as that aircraft came to the donald cook it doesn't take a lot. your margin for error is so small you could get yourself into an undesired situation very easily so we need to continue to have that dialogue as well. >> just to follow up on that for viewers who are maybe not military folks like yourself. when they see a video of a russian fighter aircraft coming within 30 feet of a ship, how does the commanding officer respond? what are their options? they see this thing coming in and they don't what to shoot it down and cause an international
6:20 pm
incident but are they really at the mercy of one of these risk-taking competitors in a situation like that. are you confident that your commanding officers have the tools to respond to protect themselves and their crew in a situation like that? >> i'm very confident that they do. they have a lot more information than would be available just from a photograph. they have about all of the tools and decision assistance that they need right there organically for instance to make those types of decisions. they are very well informed of the risk. the understand clearly there need to protect and defend themselves and their crew. i'm confident that they have the tools that they need and that there might is right to make those decisions. another video making loops and cable television and internet is the iranian incident
6:21 pm
with the captured sailors. i have two questions about that. i know it's under investigation, what is the timetable for that given that this has become a topic of discussion in the presidential campaign this year and what extra pressure is there on the commanding officer of this ship knowing these videos make their way to the internet and decisions are second-guessed? behavior of the iranians in that incident was a violation of international law. those ships had a right to be where they were. ends boarding those ships and seizing those sailors is not consistent with the international law of the sea. with respect to our side of the incident, as he said it's still under investigation. it's an final review and i would expect us to be able to tell the
6:22 pm
whole story of our side, the lessons learned and the actions taken to prevent any kind of recurrence of that. >> what but the pressure on the commanding officer? i think nothing about that incident specifically increases pressure on the commanding officers. those are keeping a lot of things in balance already. certainly they have this incidents -- incident in the back of their minds that they also have the donald cook and these other incident's it goes back to my statement that it is essential we choose the right people, that we train them properly that we support them with great equipment and a solid team that is highly trained to give them every possibility to handle these situations properly. >> just to kind of go back to the region and the donald cook the quick. the ship was there amid concerns and awareness that the russian
6:23 pm
submarine activity has increased to the extent of more than anybody has seen since the cold war. saiderstand that you have that the navy needs to read look at the sub requirement. i wonder if you could explain to us your thinking. >> in terms of re-looking at the requirement, the requirement for undersea keep abilities and submarines and other capabilities it's really a subset of an effort we in the middle of. we call it our four structure assessment but really it is a review of the security environment the demands on the u.s. navy in this particular case as a member of the joint force to confront when is a very dynamic security environment right now. we last did this type of assessment and number of years ago.
6:24 pm
we've updated it a couple of times since then but when we did that assessment, situations like a resurgent russia, and isis were not even in the calculation you can see how quickly things are changing. it goes back to this issue of pace where we have major players in the security environment and major challenges so we are doing and assessment. is the plan for the navy the one that is best suited to deal with this emerging security environment. we will get through that work this summer. the summary part of it will certainly be an important element of that study. >> and roll if i could follow up on that, since you became chief of naval operations units it a few times that the united states is seeing a return to a great power environment. i think you touched on that already in the interview, but speaking broadly, for the last 25 years since you entered the cold war the navy has had
6:25 pm
freedom of navigation around the world and now it is starting to seep bush back and challenges from the stronger chinese navy, russian navy, iranian navy in some important and strategic waters. speaking broadly in the years ahead, how do you see that changing. i know you said there is a strategic review underway but for our viewers what can they expect in the next 10 years in terms of direct challenges to the u.s. navy? >> you have challenged me to answer this from a broad perspective and when we talk about great power and competition, one of the things that defines a great power is that they can be competitive across a wide spectrum of national power. about greatk powers, i would say russia and china, they are able to participate and compete, not
6:26 pm
only militarily which sort we get focused on but also economically also from a diplomatic perspective they can compete in the information domain. spectruma much broader of engagement with these great powers. the military element -- certainly there is a security aspect what we do. we need to defend america and protect our vital interests around the world. one of them is protecting our access to markets and see lines of communication. those maritime superhighways over which 90% of our trade rights. we are a maritime nation and it has -- are consistent policy for the navy to protect our access to those markets so we can continue to prosper on a global scale. as we move forward, the reason the south china sea is so important is that about one
6:27 pm
third of the world trade travels to that body of water. of americans a lot goods and is critical to our prosperity. as we move forward i think you will see that competition across a broad spectrum of national power continues. goal as i said before that our navy would provide more options to our decision-makers particularly in those other areas of national power. that we allow the military element to certainly guarantee our security but also enable our prosperity which goes back to advocating for that rule set that allows us to continue to prosper along with everybody else would like to participate. >> you bring up a good point. i think most americans have taken for granted that we have access to international markets with these sea lanes. there is nowhere that americans do not have access to on the
6:28 pm
ocean. should they take that for granted? to what degree is are going to be a challenge or pushed back in the coming years? >> it is hard to judge anybody's intent with 100% accuracy, certainly from a capability standpoint, you can see that places like china and russia are returning back to see as he said for the first time in 25 years there is a competition now for maritime superiority. so it's our job if we are going to enable peaceful resolution of conflict on terms that are sick -- acceptable to us and our allies, that we have to have sufficient military capability that we would deter any kind of conflict and enable peaceful resolution of those disputes. >> admiral, i want to ask a more specific version of a similar
6:29 pm
question. help us get smarter on the navy's readiness issue. your ability to provide personnel and resources and tips to do this stuff that you need to do. on a day -- it sounds like there was an unfortunate incident today involving two f-18's. somebody told me as an example of readiness that only about 37% of super hornets our mission capable. more broadly can you talk about the challenges you >> as you know we're coming out of the. of incredibly high operational tempo. after are joint force decade or more of war has been pushed very very hard.
6:30 pm
one is that we have had to adapt to make sure we can address the conflicts and the wars that we are involved in right now. well also maintaining ourselves ready for higher end conflicts should those arise. as i go back to these ideas of deterrence. deter such ay to conflict is to be so ready for it to the no one would ever want to start one because it would end quickly on our terms. thatt to assure everyone was maybe forces that are fully deployed are ready for the full spectrum of challenges that they could face. we will not deploy forces that are not ready for all those challenges. that would be irresponsible. where is the readiness debt. that comes in 80 navy context from those reinforcing forces that would he provided in the event of a longer-term higher and conflict.
6:31 pm
our forces are out and about. . be able to respond quickly to any kind of contingency or crisis that might arise. they will be the initial response. within a very short. of time there has got to be a reinforcing force that comes from here the united states. that is where right now we're seeing our readiness challenges. the readiness of those reinforcements to go out and prevail in some kind of a long-term conflict. it's absolutely critical to a suitable desirable and to those kinds of complex. we have been working very hard to recover that kind of readiness. even as we sustain a very high operational tempo right now. i'm not making the progress we like to make but is very complicated. there's more to this than just funding.
6:32 pm
in the last couple of budget cycles we had prioritized readiness in our budget submissions. is been very well supported. at some point you've got to address the capacity of the depots to do the maintenance on those aircraft. you mentioned to the f-18s. to get them on the flight line ready to fly. we are continuing to work our way out of the backlog. >> last week the navy had a meeting of all its admirals. and senior executives. even a civilian executives. you sent out an unusual message before the meeting in which he is an annualthis meeting to talk about the strategic priorities. ethics and personal integrity. there have been several cases of the past year involving
6:33 pm
investigations into personal misconduct. one in particular has been an ongoing investigation into contracting scandals. how was thissk you topic discussed at the meeting with your fellow admirals. was there any sort of consensus or agreement of the deeper problem than the navy or that these are isolated cases? admiral: i want to thank you for being part of this conversation in making sure that we do this and you are helping us to the self-examination. when i talk about the strategic direction forward. maintaining maritime superiority which was just issued this past january. we talked about the strategic environment. we talk about four lines of efforts that we are going to take in the navy to address the environment and then we talk about those lines of effort resting on a foundation of what
6:34 pm
i call core attributes. accountability initiatives and toughness. so that we ensure to the greatest degree possible that it behaviors organization consistent with our core value of moderate commitment. the message that i send out which is in the media and the there was aast week scheduled meeting of all of my flat officers. talkingpend some time about these core attributes. senior leaders in the navy to make sure that we in particular are behaving consistently with those core values. to thely goes down
6:35 pm
fundamental existential importance of maintaining trust and confidence. leaders and subordinates within the trust andhen confidence that the navy and the u.s. military have with the american people. we had a rich discussion about that. very interesting and engaging groups. they all went away with a renewed sense of how important is for us to ensure that our behavior is consistent with our values. the public at large always says it has a very high degree of trust and respect for people in the military. it is the one institution that consistently ranks ahead of the others. over the last couple of years the navy has been in this contracting investigation. defenseg an asian contractor.
6:36 pm
several officers have pleaded guilty not just to accepting bribes but to giving classified information. it comes as a bit of a shock not just in one or two cases been several cases. how is this case being felt within the navy? many offices are seeing a pattern of a problem. i think you characterized it very well. it's an investigation in progress so we can only talk about it to a certain degree of detail. leaders majority of our both in uniform and in civilian are behaving exactly consistently with that trust and confidence that the american people have in us.
6:37 pm
for that small minority that were involved in this type of we've got to let the investigation complete and we will respond to the information in a way that will i hope maintain and strengthen the custom -- trust and confidence that we can police ourselves and hold those folks accountable. >> i wonder about the credibility of the military in public eyesize -- is that slowly eroding with cases like this? admiral: i don't think it is eroding. to we can't wait for that happen. if that starts to happen we are already shooting behind the target. that's why we're prioritizing this message with the flag
6:38 pm
officers. try to maintain that trust and confidence with the american people. thank you a much. -- thank you very much. >> i want to give our audience some statistics. as the chief of naval operations he has a seat on the joint chiefs of staff and advises the president. he oversees 329,000 active-duty navy personnel. 107,000 reserves. 200-6000 civilian employees of the navy. 274 operational ships. the biggest fleet in the world by far. the senate is involved in its debate over the national defense authorization act. there's always a debate about the size of the fleet and the weapons programs.
6:39 pm
where is that right now? >> this is always a push and pull. thatve been concerned their needs are being fully met. 11 there was a large military buildup for the next 10 or 12 years. in the last two years things have been flat and there is a real concern that with the navy how are they going to maintain their fleet of ships. willie dylan ross to get it done. they are faring better than they did a few years ago. a lot of uncertainty there. president coming in, that could change quite a bit either way. we heard the chief talk about new threats. russian activity, isis.
6:40 pm
where thelot of this military is concerned that any decision at any one time has long-term implications to cut the size of the military and increase other things. it takes time to make that course correction whatever it is. i think they lost the military to believe that there is a risk that the last two years under we don'tnistration need as much of the military. we don't need as many ships. then account for a new concern. happening overnight. i want to follow-up on the political implications of this superpower threat with china and russia. america has been thinking about itself as the sole remaining superpower.
6:41 pm
one of the political implications of america getting used to being back in the pack with china and russia? >> they are growing. a bigger role in the presidential campaign. imagine if there is another dangerous incidents or encounter in the south china sea or the baltics with russia. military plays a conservatively and responsibly. as most military leaders would urge and recommend. calling for an aggressive response. that kind of rhetoric during campaigns. it could become a flashpoint. if there was an encounter like that. of certainly will be a lot talk in preterite about how the united states should respond to avoid appearing weak. especially in the face many challenges from china or iran or
6:42 pm
russia. japan andsident is in all the leaders there are talking about security in the south china sea. and itas been very vocal says this should not be on the table right now. what are the tensions like right now? >> a totally jewel narrative from beijing about what is going on and from washington. says we're not going to militarize those islands in the south china sea. meantime they are absolutely doing that. according to the intel reports. and how washington is responding. trying to get to the question earlier is trying to send the signal. it comes up with the thing greg was just talking about.
6:43 pm
in the midst of provocations. is it a real one. thedon't want to get pentagon several weeks ago. go to war.s. want to over these rocs in the south china sea? on the other hand if you are the u.s. do you want to let china just take over this region and then wake up one day and say it is now china's sphere of influence. it is a risk. it is interesting how this will play out. >> that's it for our time this week.
6:44 pm
>> today we sort of catch up to the 20th century. we have been the invisible half the congress of past seven years. we've watched our house colleagues with interests. the tv coverage of members of our colleagues in the house. robert byrd: we create another historic moment in the relationship between congress and technological advancements in communications through radio and television. our executive
6:45 pm
branch began. on television. today marks the first time in our legislative branch in its entirety will appear on that medium of communication through which most americans get their information about what our government and our country does. c-span marks the 30th anniversary of our live coverage of the u.s. senate. coverage from our the senate floor. do you trust william jefferson clinton? we've just witnessed something that is never before happened in all of senate history. during aof power
6:46 pm
session of congress. what the american people still don't understand is that there are three areas of this bill the next five years will put the government charge of everybody's health care. an interview with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. remarks by the senate historian emeritus. 30 years of the u.s. senate on television. the libertarian party has selected former new mexico governor gary johnson to be there 2016 presidential nominee. the selection was made during the convention held in orlando florida.
6:47 pm
6:48 pm
[applause] i make plenty of mistakes. when i say here at this convention is when i say everywhere wherever i go and i believe it is a really libertarian message wherever i go. leaving this convention i think that millions of people are going to be trying to understand what it is to be a libertarian and it is going to be my voice describing that to the best of my ability. the confidence that you have placed in me to be that spokesperson and i am very grateful for that.
6:49 pm
we're going to move on to the vice president. i understand that you get to choose the vice president. i just want you to know if it's not william weld i don't think we have the opportunity of being elected president of the united states and that is not to take anything away from any of the other candidates. gray did not make one national media appearance and don't think we did try to have jim gray be on the national media. since bill weld announced that he is seeking the vice presidential nomination i would 25 at a minimum he is made national media appearances. and not to take anything away from any of the candidates. nothing away from any of the candidates.
6:50 pm
bill weld was my role model. he was libertarian republican bill weld and he was denied the nomination by jesse helms to the ambassador to mexico because jesse described him as pro-gay pro-choice and pro-medical marijuana at a time when nobody else was talking about these issues. [applause] it is your choice. you have out there kind of sort of made a choice here already. we do have the opportunity to reach millions of millions of americans. talk about fund-raising. the total amount of fund-raising since i've been in politics.
6:51 pm
about $8 million. if you make that comparison with bill weld. closer to as quarter of a billion dollars. . it is a reality. i am asking you all to recognize that reality. you did nominate me for president. i am hopefully going to get elected president of the united states. the first consideration that people going to look at the first consideration maybe the that personcan actually step in and be vice president of the united states. i'm going to ask you to make that determination with those that are on stage. i trust that all of you.
6:52 pm
see moving forward you can the wisdom of this libertarian irty exploding at a minimum think we are in the presidential debates. [applause] [applause] not bill weld i don't think that that happens. not to takel weld .nything away from anybody else we can achieve major party status in this country. who dreamed of that four years ago?
6:53 pm
i have never been involved in this ever without the notion of potentially winning in 2012 they say how come you never really caught on. we caught on big. this whole thing has been just like this since day one. when they don't poll you and they don't realize that you go from a million to 300,000 votes. it's hard to make that pitch. it's like 18 million people being represented right now. just understand the opportunity. i lay it in your hands. i know you're going to make the right decision. thank you to all of you. you have worked so hard every single one of you have worked so hard and so much money has been
6:54 pm
6:55 pm
i know you guys have been loud with one more round of applause for the next nominee and the next president of the united states of america. governor gary johnson. [applause] it is now 20 minutes after 1:00. for viceine has passed presidential tokens to be turned in. there will be a press conference in ballroom a. in 10 minutes. p.m. we will resume business 45 minutes after now. five minutes after 2:00.
6:56 pm
6:57 pm
6:58 pm
it is the culmination of a lot of hard work. let her work started from 2012. regardless asked me of what happens when i continue to try and grow the party. i tried to do that. it wasn't me that brought this about. is the work of a thousand people working really hard to grow this party. and here it is. i do get another crack at this. we didn't arrive here by mistake. people really have an appetite for something different. the best of what is to be a republican. the best of what is to be a democrat.
6:59 pm
156 Views
IN COLLECTIONS
CSPAN Television Archive Television Archive News Search ServiceUploaded by TV Archive on