electronic reader. they are supposed to have a paper trail. did they ever pull anything at random to find out if the votes on the paper are the votes being tallied by the machine? guest: yes. when you do in audit of the election system at the end of the election, then they take a few of those votes in audit the system itself. host: sort of a quality control process? guest: yes. host: how many states do that? guest: it depends. i do not have the exact numbers. host: dimitri from oakland, california. i am at listening to you, but you are not offering any solutions to our problems. what problem in particular? caller: the fraud that is going on.

abraham lincoln installed the national union party where everyone is on one ballot. therefore, all the campaign finance is eliminated. i do not -- guest: i do not know about the national union party, but i know that abraham lincoln was a republican. i can answer with what i do know. if you feel there is fraud out there, then i say you volunteer to help prevents that. serve as a coworker from the inside. in terms of the financing of election, the eac has nothing to do with that. that goes into the federal elections commission. that deals with the financing of elections. they eac deals with the machines and provisional ballots and workers and designs of the

ballots themselves. we deal with the allocation of machines for each precinct. do bestudies and we practices to make sure that states can run their elections more clearly. hopefully, we want to put more confidence back into the system that i hope you will have after this election cycle. att: a lot more information eac.gov. thomas hicks for joining us from the eac. guest: thank you. host: that is our program for today. we will see you back here tomorrow morning. in the meantime, have a great monday. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [video clip] -- [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪

>> also live today on c-span, we -- house from paul's speaker paul ryan about creating opportunities for the next generation. he will be speaking live from the economic club of new york at 11:30. later -- at 12:30 eastern time. later, two senators will talk about defense and foreign policy. we will have that for you on c-span3. taking a look at capitol hill this week, lawmakers look to come into an agreement on how to prevent a government shutdown at the end of the month and two did funding to combat the zika virus. if all goes according to plan, the house and the senate would adjourn early and leave washington dc until after the november 8 election. that is only if negotiators reach their goal of compromise on monday and give both chambers time to pass it by the end of the week. the senate will start on a short-term spending bill today

later with a vote at 5:30. that is inspected to fund the government through december 9. you can watch the senate live over on c-span two. >> the smithsonian national museum of african american history and culture opens its doors to the public for its first time on saturday. we will be live from the national mall starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern time for the dedication ceremony. the speakers will include president obama, the founding creator, michelle obama, president george w. bush, and laura bush. you can watch the smithsonian ceremony live saturday morning c-span, eastern time on the c-span radio app, and on www.c-span.org.

>> on saturday night, the heldessional black caucus its annual event with speeches later in the evening from president obama and hillary clinton. ♪ >> thank you. thank you, thank you. theuld be using teleprompter, but i do not know how. [laughter] >> this is a very, every emotional. period foremotional me. you do not spend your entire and in the public service 46 years serving with the congressional black caucus. [applause] >> my wife, who is probably with

-- i owedent right now her so much, because in over 50 years of marriage she never asked me, "why not me and the during the years that my passion was for justice and equity and for those that needed a voice. [applause] >> for those that are asking what you are doing after, she is my first try to ready and my grandkids. priority and so are my grandkids. [applause] several971, there will -- there were only a few of us. a lot of people think it takes a lot of courage for 13 people to stand up not just against those in the congress but also to resident nixon -- president

nixon, who refused to recognize us. is number grew, and today it 46. tomorrow, it could be close to 50. [applause] >> with all of our accomplishments, it is not that we are a super congress depot. new forndependent and the people who stood up for us. you stood up for us when we went to the caribbean, to africa, to cuba. as long as you knew there were -- merelythe list because we were the sons and daughters of slaves, you stood by us. you reelected us, and you are -- and youto believe allowed us to believe that we were the conscience of the congress. now that i am leaving the

congress, i see that even the biggest battles that we have breakinga people -- out of slavery in the civil war, marching with dr. martin luther king, and even fighting the , those things we had been able to overcome. today, my brothers and sisters, i see the greatest battle that we will ever face. youragain, even though caucus will be there to be your voice, the question will be in november -- "where will you be?" in november, where will you be? you may not know about dr. king and you may not have been able threath, but the biggest to where we are today is going to be in november. those who are critical of donald

-- i safety is our contribution to make this republic better. -- i say he is our contribution to make this republic better, because his hatred and bigotry has unveiled what the republican party for what it is. people who really truly believe that the constitution was only for european people. people who did not think that the sons and daughters of slaves could be president. people who look at people of color -- no matter what color it is, who would never say they are a conservative republican and our brother donald has pulled the sheets off of all of them. the country in the world can now see who it is. that are it is

supposed to save this republic? we are. once again, we will. our, and my family -- family, thank you to the congressional black congress. as she said, the torch is now being passed 246 exciting members of the united states 46 excitingto members of the united states congress. you have to be there to support them and a cadre of young people. i feel confident in knowing that the struggle continues and you can bet your life that it is not goodbye. thank you all so much for what you have done. [applause] ♪

>> the next phoenix award is the congressional black congress foundation chairs award. an individuald to whose work and accomplishments stand as a begin of life -- as a beacon of light to the african-american community. tonight, we honor mr. robert s smith. in lieu of a video presentation, we will share some reflections on mr. smith.

>> good evening, again. i am delighted to stand before you to honor a man who has pursued uncharted paths in every turn of his professional and personal journey. he has been an engineer, and ,nventor, and entrepreneur banker, is this man, investor, and most importantly a leader, mentor, and philanthropist. -- he ishaps most perhaps the most successful investor of this generation. i am lucky to call him a friend. robert frederick smith is a districtchairman, of equity partners. -- this the equity partners. -- vista equity partners. they oversee a portfolio of 35 companies with 42,000 employees.

at that was not enough, for the second year in a row, vista was named the number one performing firm in the world. -- private equity firm in the world. what is equally extraordinary is has to this day, vista never lost any money on any buyout investments. never. robert trained as an engineer at cornell. he acquired his mba at columbia business school. he earned to patents, and then he joined goldman sachs. in 2000, robert struck out to start his own private equity firm, vista equity partners. everyone thought he was crazy. he had no private equity experience.

the idea of focusing on enterprise software -- robert set out to build what would be the equivalent of one of the six largest software companies in the world. [applause] roberts leadership and philanthropy is breaking new barriers. as you know, the smithsonian museum of african american history and culture is opening next week. [applause] >> what some of you may not know is that the museum is announcing on monday a gift of $20 million from robert smith. [applause] >> that is one of the largest, personal donations to the museum.

his philanthropy is always more than just writing a check. for theort will allow preservation of some of our most precious cultural artifacts. it will also ensure that our museum remains a living museum. theill capture the lives of famous and also the lives of every african american family. enrichedum will be with all of our stories no matter who we are. [applause] >> you see, robert -- the awards aree moaning at this point to go to white plains, new york. hillary clinton is making remarks prior to her trip to philadelphia. they started two minutes ago. clinton: i have been saying this for quite some time,

and i believe it is an important part of our strategy. the other point that they made is that the recruiters for isis and these other terrorist groups look for people who demonstrate online the mental profile -- the level of paranoia and delusion, the level of disappointment that ableen exploited by quite terrorist recruiters. so, we have to do a much more intensive effort. that is why i mentioned silicon valley in my remarks. we need to not only take down terrorist cap again that, but also do everything we can -- terrorist propaganda, but also do everything we can to take down radicalization and recruitment. there is much more we need to do. the government cannot do this without the close participation of tech companies and experts online who can give us the tools

and lead us to those that are attempting to promote attacks like we have seen. >> hello. are you concerned that this weekend attacks may be an attempt by passes -- by isis or isis supervisors to influenza -- influence the presidential race? presumably, to try and drive votes to donald trump? could have said previously that he is someone that they would -- someone they see as an easier person to face? clinton: i think it is important for voters to hear this when making their choice in november. we know that a lot of the rhetoric we have heard from donald trump has been seized on by terrorists, in particular isis.

they are looking to make this into a war against islam. rather than a war against jihadists or violent terrorists -- people who number in the tens of thousands and not the tens of millions. they want to use his rhetoric to recruit more fighters to their cause i turning into a religious conflict. that is why i have been very clear. we are going to go after the bad guys, but we are not going to go after an entire religion and give isis at exactly what they want in order for them to enhance their position. secondly, we know that donald comments have been used online for recruitment of terrorists. former heard that from cia director michael hayden. he made it a very clear point when he said, "donald trump is being used as a recruiting terrorists."the

we also know from the former head of our counterterrorism center, not olson, that the kinds of -- matt olson, that the kind of language and rhetoric that donald trump has used is getting comfort to our adversary. as i said in my remarks, i am the only candidate in this race who has been part of the hard decisions to take terrorists off the battlefield. what does that mean? i was part of the national security team that worked with president obama to develop strategies to fight the terrorists. sometimes, that involved direct, connecticut action. sometimes, that involved working with allies and partners. sometimes, that involved capture. i will not get into classified atormation, but i have sat that table in the situation room. i have analyzed threats, and i actions thatted to

had neutralized our enemies. i know how to do this, and i have -- and i know how we can do this to not get this acre than it already is. it will focus on what works and how we develop a strategy that will protect america, work with our allies and partners to take isis down, and have a strong counterterrorism effort online to order to try and defeat the ideology that stands behind these attacks. clinton, as you know donald trump has had a lot to say on the record on this issue. under thene example, " leadership of obama and clinton, americans have experience more attacks at home then the threes a broad. it is time to change the playbook." what is your reaction?

ms. clinton: like many things he has said, it is not completely true. it is exaggerated. we face many challenges in this campaign. i am prepared and ready to take on those challenges, and not engage in a lot of reckless rhetoric. , as i to do the hard work have done before, to put in place the strategies for local and state law enforcement, for search, for the kind of preventive action we need to take at home to intensify our efforts to defeat isis. from him. hear a plan he gets saying he has a secret plan. the secret is that he has no plan. let us focus on what we really can do. i have laid out a path forward that will keep us safer, protect our country, and go after the terrorists to finally destroy them.

thank you. thank you, guys. [no audio] >> hillary clinton speaking to the press in new york city. she will be in philadelphia later today. you can watch that live at noon eastern time on c-span. now back to the congressional black conference event from earlier. -- from earlier in the week. checked hats and coats and we served coffee and tea for senators and their guests. we managed to sneak a peek out the window on the day of resident roosevelt being sworn in. he said, "grandson, of all those people i did not see a single blackface and that wide sea of black face inle

that wide sea of people." that my grandfather can now return to washington, d c not as . coat checker but as a guest [applause] >> as we all know, there is an obvious sentiment. the final dinner we will share with present obama -- president obama in his presidency. this is an evening to celebrate. let us choose not to make this night about the past and what we have already accomplished. termthough the president's is coming to an end, the distinguished numbers of congress here tonight are not going anywhere. the continue to be more steps to climb to that mountaintop. the steps are becoming sleeker

and more steep. together morend resolutely than before. i am here tonight because of what you in this room have done for me and for us. cummings,, elijah charles wrangle, and so many others have been our conscious, our hope, and are reminders -- our reminders. the late great barbara jordan once said that what the people want is very simple. an america as good as it is promised. do not call for black power or green power, call for green power. -- brain power. [applause] >> for the first time in history, wealth to be graded by not having massive amounts of capital handed down.

for the first time in history, wealth can be created through the power of one's mind. through thoughts and ideas. it can be monetized and distributed across the globe. intellectual property has become the new currency of business. [applause] brain power toof move individuals and families out of poverty and into prosperity has never been closer within our grasp. progress, too many of our communities have been left behind. i for one refuse to accept this. now more than ever, the power to move individuals and families out of poverty and into the mainstream of our economy is within our reach. this is our defining moment. it is a defining moment for our community. it does take all of us. it takes educators, legislators,

and community leaders to unleash the minds of our young people. just last month, i was in baltimore with some young adults. some were homeless and some were veterans. all were empowered by the technical skills training that we delivered. could imagine a brighter future and grab it for their own. we need to have their back. one thing i know firsthand is this, if we find new ways to unlock those long shot gates for those men and women in our community, they will perform. i see it happen constantly. [applause] >> if we do this locally, we can change our neighborhood. if we do it at scale, we can change our nation. as many of you know, one week from today we will gather again for the opening of the national

--rican history of african the national museum of african american history and culture. the african-american story has been described as the ultimate story in overcoming and shaping what america is. president'sry, the story, and it is your story. if there is one thing we can learn tonight, it is that the ark of the moral universe bends towards justice. it does not happen by natural law or gravitational law. it is not a given, and it is not a guarantee. it happens because leaders like you put your shoulder to it, you do not let up, and you go after it each and every day. for this, i thank you. [applause] ♪

>> our next award is entitled, "the congressional black caucus chairs award." individualnted to an who resents the highest levels of individuality and creativity. >> to paint middleton doctor. i want the standard. daniel simmons. sharad a cold singleton. myra thompson. 2015, we all remember that fateful day. carolina,ton south when nine christian souls were

taken away far too soon. they were taken away during one of the worst mass shootings in the history of our country. emmanuel episcopal church. the oldest ame church in the nation is known as mother emmanuel. it was the site of a horrific act of hate. prayed, andned, will forever feel the loss of their presence. yet, our purpose this evening is to celebrate their lives. to celebrate how the spirits of those nine individuals taught the community of charleston to come together in forgiveness, love, and community rather than respond in violence. we uplift the survivors and their families and friends. we choose to act in a way they knew their loved ones would have wanted.

surprisedf the slain many by immediately offering their forgiveness to the perpetrator of this heinous act. communities of all ethnicities and religions rallied behind this act of christian faith, and they held prayer vigils, fundraisers, in a massive unity massive unity rally. tens of thousands of immunity members crossed the bridge to the downtown charleston side, displaying supportive signs and flags. crimeeless, hate filled and devastating loss has turned into an opportunity to heal and live on faith in an unspeakable -- in the face of an unspeakable challenge. tonight, we honor the emmanuel nine with the congressional black caucus chair person award.

♪ >> please welcome to the stage, the family members of the emmanuel nine. walter jackson's granddaughter. alana simmons. tara simmons. nicole robertson. malcolm graham. nadine coley air. this jennifer keeps me will accept -- ms. jennifer will accept the award on behalf of her family. ♪

>> good afternoon.

june the 17th, 2015 is a day that shocked many people around the world. , howwanted to know why could such horrific events happen? this date shattered the lives of nine families. five survivors and one nation. always berever and etched in our brains. on behalf of the emmanuel nine, we want to say -- we want to say thank you. in a time when the country is unjustified killings

, we need your help. there is a need for justice and that can only, when communication is effective and fairness and equity are available. fate has enabled these families to survive and overcome great loss. without work -- without work, fate is dead. we call on the u.s. senate and house of representatives, every governor and state legislator, to provide the leadership and provide fairness, peace, justice, and reconciliation to all people. [applause] >> since the emmanuel nine of

-- station, we are surviving emmanuel nine devastation, we are surviving to the grace of got. through the love and support of family members and friends and people around the world. this has enabled us to be able to survive great loss, tremendous pain, and yes, even overcome anger. we, even though a year has passed, are still mourning the loss of our loved ones. again, we graciously thank the cbc for this honor. we also want to thank google for -- ourng our family

families and travel to this event. [applause] god continue to bless each and every one of you, and continue to pray for all of us. thank you, and god bless. [applause] ♪ >> our next award this evening is the barbara jordan award. this award was instituted in

who hashonor a woman excelled in providing extraordinary contributions as a public servant. this year's robert -- barbara jordan award goes to representative mark the french -- marcia fudge. >> representative marcia fudge is an activist and compassionate leader. she has served the people of ohio for more than two decades. asa member of congress and the first black and female mayor . her mission has always been to improve the lives of her community. she is unwavering in her commitment in improving the public school systems in ohio and across the country. she works to provide quality schools in every community. as a ranking member in the house subcommittee of early child elementary and secondary

education, she fostered equitable is to be she and of academic resources. as an advocate for providing all children access to fresh food through the farm to school act that is strengthening our child nutrition program. she has won the respect of president barack obama for being a strident advocate for voter protection and continuing the fight to prevent -- to preserve health care and medicaid. nowesentative fudge is aaveling the nation to give voice to communities of color and to get them to vote in this upcoming election. in july, she was elected by hillary clinton to serve as the permanent chair for the 2016 and aquatic national convention. democratic national

convention. we are honored to present her the barbara jordan award. thaner leadership and more two decades of service to the people of ohio and to the nation. [applause] representative eddie bernice johnson will present the barbara jordan award to representative fudge. please welcome, representative marcia fudge. ♪

>> thank you very much. lovee first say that i eddie bernice johnson. [applause] eddie bernice johnson has always been there for me since i have been a member of the house of representatives. i think every member of the congressional black caucus for their support, friendship, and encouragement. this award is special for many reasons. just a few of them is that it is very special to me to be honored by their -- by your peers and colleagues. it is special because i have the opportunity to have been blessed to have known barbara jordan. through our sorority, we sat on

the delta board together. [cheering] >> she was one of my idols. as a young lawyer, i aspired to be barbara jordan, because she dedicated passionate, , and she was the real deal. i cannot thank you enough. i cannot thank you enough for the confidence you have placed in me. you, and thank you all so much. cbc, i love you all. [applause] president obama: hello, cbc. [applause] president obama: thank you all for the great work you are doing. i love you, too.

i want to thank the cbc foundation, chairman butterfield, members of the congressional black caucus, and the whole cbc family. it is always good to be with the conscience of congress. honor andt to congratulate tonight's arteries. that begins with charlie wrangle , a founding member of the cbc, an outstanding public servant, who as we have just spoke about will be running off into the sunset with me. representative marcia fudge -- [applause] smith,nt obama: robert the mother emmanuel family, and your trailblazer award recipient, my friend in a and aon for change, -- champion for change, secretary hillary clinton.

there is an extra spring in my step tonight. [laughter] i do not knowa: about you guys, but i am so relieved that this whole birther thing is over. [laughter] [applause] president obama: i mean, i still, north korea -- isil, north korea, poverty, climate change, none of that weighed on my mind like the solidity of my birth certificate -- validity of my birth certificate. [laughter] president obama: with just hundred 24 days to go, under the wire, we got that result. that is a boost for me in the home stretch. in other breaking news, the world is round and not flat. [laughter]

president obama: this is, of course, my last cbc dinner as resident. the next time i show up, i have to buy a ticket. do not get me wrong. we still have so much work to do. down.ys are winding i have noticed that whenever michelle or i travel around the country, so many come up and say, "we are so sad to see you go." i really appreciate that. and michelle says, "that is right." a bunch of young people yesterday were chanting, "four more years." and she said, "nope."

she is ready. [laughter] president obama: we do want to she is ready. take this opportunity to say thank you. to say thank you for your support over the years. to say thank you for your friendship. to say thank you for your prayers. as i look across this auditorium, there are so many people here who lifted us up, who studied us when things got tough -- steadied us when things got tough. we began the journey coming on 10 years now. we said it was not about us. it was not about me or michelle. it was not just to be a lack president or a president of black america. we understood the power of the symbol. we know what it means for a

generation of children of all races to see folks like us in the white house. [applause] president obama: as michelle said, we have tried to be role models for our girls and for all children. we know they watch everything we do as adults. they look to us as an example. we have taken that responsibility seriously. i often feel so blessed to have a wife and a partner on this journey who makes it look so easy, and is so strong and so honest and so beautiful and so smart. [applause] all are sobama: we thankful, because you guys have lifted us up every step of the way. we know, however, that what matters most for our community is not just a symbol.

it is not just having an african-american president. whos having a president will do his or her best to make the right decisions and fight the right fights. think about the fights we have waged together the past eight years. together, we have fought our way back from the worst recession in many years. [laughter] president obama: turn an economy that was in freefall, and held create 50 million new jobs -- helped create 50 million new jobs. we declared that health care is not a privilege for a few, but it is a right for everybody. we secured coverage for another 20 million americans, including another 3 million african americans. our high school graduation rate is at an all-time high. that includes for african-american students. more african-americans are graduating from college than

ever before. [applause] president obama: together, we have begun to work on reforming our criminal justice system. on reducing the federal prison population. banning -- reinvigorating the justice department's civil rights division. pushing to make sure that police and communities are working together to make sure our streets are safe and that the law is applied equally. we are giving opportunity for that they do not get any criminal justice system in the first place. fornt to thank all of you helping us reach across communities across the country. just this week, we learned that last year across every race and age group in america incomes

rose and poverty fell. typical household income rose by about $2800. that is the fastest growth rate on record. we have lifted 3.5 million people out of poverty. that is the largest one-year drop in almost 50 years. [applause] president obama: by so many measures, our country is stronger and more prosperous than it was eight years ago. none of it has been quick or easy. none of it has, without a fight. come without aas fight. so much work remains unfinished, but then we knew that not all of it would be finished with one term, one year, or one lifetime. we understand better than

everybody -- been anybody, this is the story of america. that the project of america is never finished. it is constantly a work in progress. what has always made us unique is our capacity to change. change that itto does not come from some ruler but that it comes from the bottom up, from the actions we take, whether it is a woman stepping up to vote, we do our part to step up and make our community better. that is what we have done the past eight years. now, that is what we have to keep on doing. have heard hillary's opponent in this election say, there has never been -- has never been a worse time to be a black person." i think he missed that whole

civics lesson about slavery and jim crow. [laughter] president obama: well, we have a museum for his -- for him to visit. [laughter] [applause] we will educate them. -- him. says, "we have nothing left so we might as well supports someone that has fought against equal rights and equality. shown in regard for working people in all his life." we do have challenges, but we are not stupid. [laughter] [applause] we know theama: progress we have made despite

the forces of opposition. despite the forces of discrimination, despite the .olitics of backlash we intend to keep fighting against those forces. when the governors refused to expand medicaid that his the folks most in need -- hits the folks most in need, we will fight. block the rays to minimum wage or will not pay the equal wage for all, we will fight. when we are not investing in the schools that our kids deserve -- when one group of americans is treated differently under the , when there are those who somehow think it is wrong to

make sure folks have access to affordable housing for our -- or are unable to take the steps needed to make should that veterans get the help they deserve, we will not stop our march for justice. we will not stop pushing forward for security and prosperity for all people. myt does not stop with presidency. we are just getting started. [applause] people --obama: when across this country in 2016, there are those that are still trying to deny people the right to vote. we have to push back twice as hard. right now, in multiple states, republicans are actively and openly trying to prevent people

from voting. they are adding new barriers, cutting early voting, closing polling places in manatt -- in predominantly nori locations -- minority locations, refusing to thisout absentee ballots, should be a national scandal. we were supposed to have already won that fight. [applause] president obama: we are the only democracy in the world that is actively discouraging people from voting. it is a shame. they tried to tell people that voter fraud is rampant. 12 --n 2000 and 2000 and 2012, there were 10 cases of voter fraud nationwide. 10. "i am goingt say, to go in person eight someone and go vote." they do not do that.

meanwhile, some of the same folks that are trying to keep you from voting turn a blind eye to hundreds and thousands of people that are killed by guns. they impose voter id so that a gun license can get you onto the ballot, that a student id cannot. apparently, they are more afraid of a ballot than a bullet. no, our work is not done. if we are going to advance the equalityjustice and , thenosperity and freedom we also have to acknowledge that even if we eliminated every restriction on voting we would still have one of the lowest

voting rates. that is not good. that is on us. folkseminded of all those that had to count bubbles in a box. they risked everything so they could pull that lever. so, if i hear anybody say their vote does not matter -- that it ,oes not matter who we elect read up on your history. it matters. we have to get people to vote. [applause] in fact, if you want to give michele and meet a asdoff, do not just watch walk off into the sunset. get people registered to vote. ,f you care about our legacy

realize that everything we stand for is at stake. all the progress we have made is at stake in this election. my name may not be on the ballot, but our progress is on the ballot. tolerance and democracy are on the ballot. justice is on the ballot. [applause] president obama: good schools are on the ballot. ending mass incarceration is on the ballot right now. will is one candidate that advance those things. there is another candidate whose defining principle -- the candidacyeme of his is opposition to all that we have done.

there is no such thing as a vote that does not matter. it all matters. that is what we have achieved with our historic turnout in 2008 and 2012. especially in the african-american community, i told consider it an insult my legacy if this community lets down its guard and fails to activate itself in this election. if you want to give me a good sendoff, go vote. [applause] president obama: i will work as hard as i can in the next seven weeks. [applause] president obama: hope is on the ballot. --r is on the ballot to ballot, too.

the ballot, and fear is on the ballot, too. michelle thego, girls -- michelle, the girls and i, we snuck over and got an early look at the news this note -- smithsonian national museum of african american history and culture. that hadt the shackles been used to bring folks over. that slaveshacks have been trying to make their way out of. with each successive level, we saw the unimaginable purge and and thes and sacrifices

and thed the innovation led to such extraordinary progress even within our own lifetimes. proud. us not because we had arrived, but it has beenecause quite a road we have had to travel. >> what a miracle. that despite fresh hardships, we have been able to do so much. everybody in this room understands that progress is not inevitable. is dependent on us.

it is not just a matter of having a black president or first lady. it is a matter of engaging all of our citizens in the work of our democracy. was that slave who said, you know what? despite the risk of a lash, i am going to learn how to read. it is harriet tubman saying that despite the risk to my life i am going to free my people. sayingaid a little tamer ostracism, the blowback, i am going to sit down people what it is like to live the life i have lived. i am going to testify to why

change needs to come. lewis saying john i am going to march despite those courses i see in front of me. [applause] thoseent obama: all of ordinary people, all of those folks whose name are not in history because they never got a video, providing attribute to them, that is why we are here. progress is sustained. then, it is a matter of electing people to office who understand that story. who feel it in their hearts, in and understand that government cannot solve all our problems but it can be a force for good. experience, this incredible

new monument is to be reminded that we are a small part of a long chain, generation after generation against the odds. what an inspiration they are? what an inspiration all of you are. especially the young people who are here. that is why i am still fired up. that is why i am still ready to go. , ready to are too continue this journey we have started, then join me. get to the polls, keep marching, keep fighting, keep organizing. if we understand this isn't the endpoint, this is the beginning, thene just getting going, i have never been more optimistic that our best days are still ahead. thank you for this incredible

journey, cbc. god bless you. god bless this country that we love. good luck. ♪

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it is so great to be back here with all of you tonight. i want to thank my friend, congressman jim clyburn, representative butterfield, members of the congressional black caucus, and congratulate all of the honorees. on a personal note i want to recognize a dear friend who is retiring after 46 years. congressman charles wrangle. [applause] and wes one-of-a-kind are grateful for your years of service. what can i say about one of the best presidents this country has ever had? barack obama. campaign, ithis

have made the point over and .ver again president obama saved our country from a second great depression. he brought osama bin laden to justice. more. much icon off for one, don't think he he deserves on behalf of our country and the world. and it is not just the president but the man he is. hateful nonsense is barack,heir way, beautifultheir daughters, have represented our country with class, grace, and

integrity. [applause] , when otherse says go low, we go high. [applause] for not justpeak everyone in this room but so many tens of millions of americans. mr. president, not only do we know you are an american, you are a great american. [applause] you make us all proud to be americans too. let me thank the leadership of the cbc foundation for this great honor. friends inll of my

the congressional black caucus for it as well. to all theit trailblazers who came before me. who blazed trails that i could follow in their footsteps. chisholmordan, shirley , i would not be standing here without them. generations of women and men who struggled and sacrificed and cleared a path for all of us. everyoned is also for out there helping to break down the barriers holding americans back. andleaders like all of you to a rising generation of young activists. to all of those on the front lines dedicated to the proposition that in america every single child deserves the chance to the fill or her god-given potential.

this has been the cause of my life. ever since i went to work for the children's defense fund all those years ago. i am going to close my campaign the way i began my career and the way that i will serve as your president. focused on opportunities for our children and fairness for our families. [applause] >> we have so much work to do together. i have heard many heartbreaking stories over this campaign. , a workingm tianna mother from northeast philadelphia. testified at the dnc platform meeting in june and told us how her husband had been laid off and she worked in a part-time job. she said she had been hungry more times than she can count and that life felt like a maze

because she faced barriers no matter which way she turned. tiannapite all of this, has hope. she believes her eight-year-old daughter will be president one day. she believes that this election can make all the difference in the world to her and her family. let's prove her right. country, we have a moral obligation to give her family and every family the chance to rise up and reach their dreams. that is what is at stake in this election. golf courseout promotions or birth certificates. [applause] >> it comes down to who will fight for the forgotten.

who will invest in our children. and who will really have your back in the white house. we need ideas, not insults. real plans to help struggling americans and communities that have been left out and left behind. not prejudice and paranoia. we cannot let barack obama's legacy fall into the hands of someone who doesn't understand that. [applause] divisive dangerous and . who's vision for our country will drag us backwards. instead we need to come together to get incomes rising with a higher minimum wage, to invest in neglected communities with efforts like jim clyburn's 10/20/30 plan. to get guns out of the hands of dangerous people.

to fight for a criminal justice system that actually delivers justice and to make sure that all kids have good schools and good teachers no matter what zip codes they live in. [applause] >> when you really think about november ise this about so much more than democrats and republicans. as michelle obama said at the democratic convention, it is about who will have the power to shape our children for the next four years of their lives. it is also about the kind of country we want to be. it is what we want to leave behind for future generations. here who hasone been fighting for this vision over so many years, i thank all who have supported me. i want you to know i am not taking your vote or anyone's vote for granted.

i am working every single day to earn your support and i need your help over the next 52 days to bring our campaign across the finish line together. [applause] barbara jordan famously said that a government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation. ,o to everyone here tonight please, keep doing what you are doing but also help to register voters. tell others about the clear choice in this election. in some states, early voting is nearly here. so we need to keep the pressure on. let's send a loud and clear message once and for all. we are stronger together. no matter what, remember this.

love trumps hate. thank you all very much. [applause] ♪ from thell find more entire event online including presidential remarks in c-span's video library. the smithsonian national museum of african american history and culture opens its doors to the public for the first time saturday and c-span will be live from the national mall starting at 10:00 a.m. for the ceremony. speakers include president obama , founding director lonnie bunch, former president george w. bush and mrs. laura bush. andressman john lewis smithsonian secretary david gordon. watch the opening ceremony for

live on c-span, the radio app and c-span.org. join us for c-span's road to the white house coverage today. hillary clinton campaigning in philadelphia live at noon eastern time over on c-span2. then donald trump campaigns in fort myers, florida. in florida shows the candidates are in a tight race. according to a poll, clinton althoughone point donald trump has a one-point lead according to real clear politics average of polls. gary johnson has 9% and the green party's jill stein has two with independents divided. you can read more at the hill.com. president obama is expected to make a statement.

you can watch that statement live at 11:30 eastern time, about 10 minutes away here on c-span. first, take a look at today's washington journal. >> dave leventhal is back at our desk. his work involves tracking campaign fund raising and spending. put this in perspective. are there estimates about the total amount of money that is going to be spent with the presidential election all combined? are estimates but they are probably less reliable this time around because of the donald trump factor than they would be in a traditional election with more traditional candidates. to the point of how expensive this is going to be, in february of this year, just the presidential race alone you have

an election that was already crossing the $1 billion mark. competitive primary that republicans were running with the multitude of candidates they had and the hillary clinton versus bernie sanders situation. since then, we are already talking about a race that easily is going to exceed $2 billion, could be more than that. races, youressional have some very competitive senate races, whether it is ohio or pennsylvania or florida or nevada. it is going to be right around more than it was four years ago during the 2012 residential race , which was well past the $6 billion mark. donald trump has spent a lot less money than mitt romney did in 2012. donald trump has run a very

difficult -- different campaign from mitt romney. it is messing with the prediction that we would usually have. are the big budget items for a presidential campaign and the congressional campaign? guest: that is going to be a big portion. hillary clinton's campaign has been incredibly aggressive in this regard. pac's,paign or the super these groups can raise and spend unlimited amounts of money to advocate either for hillary clinton or, in many cases, go and attack donald trump. those organizations are spending millions of dollars every week and have been doing so for quite a while. there are some withering ads out there right now. trump has said for multiple campaigns, "i am a self-funded candidate not beholden to

anyone." that held true, the sense that his campaign was largely funded by donald trump but when we moved into the general election, he began to change in the way that his fund-raising operation ran and he has been getting a heck of a lot of support from the super pac's. people who are not named donald hasp, by that, donald trump quite a catch up. he has less money in his campaign than hillary clinton does which may seem completely counterintuitive because donald trump is so personally wealthy. but he has injected around $60 million of his own money into his own campaign, which falls well short of some of the predictions that before he became a presidential candidate donald trump himself said he would raise if he ever did.

one of those numbers was $600 million. phone lines in this segment, if you want to talk about campaign fund raising and spending and all the billions of dollars. democrats, 202-7 48-8000. independents, 202-7 48-8002. when it comes to who is actually spending the money, are the candidates and the outside groups equal in their spending or are the fund-raising's going to be outweighed by these shadowy outside groups? >> let's take the presidential level first. wereandidates themselves spending a considerable amount of money. >> now president obama is speaking in new york city. >> i have been monitoring the

situation closely and receiving frequent updates from my team and i have been briefed again by fbi director komi and i have had a chance to speak with governors cuomo and christie. as well as mayor deblasio. off in newpe bomb go jersey where it could have seriously injured our u.s. marines spectators who were there for a race. the bombing in chelsea in new people.ured two dozen we are extremely fortunate and grateful that nobody was killed. we want to wish them a speedy recovery. thepecially want to commend outstanding police and first responders in both new york city and new jersey for their extraordinary professionalism which surely prevented even more people from being hurt and ensured that people got assistance quickly.

the investigation is moving rapidly. is my practice, i am going to leave it to the fbi and law enforcement. everybody is aware that there is a person of interest who is the focus of the investigation and on fbi will give you focus how that is proceeding. they and their teams will continue to have all of the federal support as they move ahead with their investigation working to keep the people of this city and this region safe. law enforcement is asking for help in the community. i want to repeat what we have said before. if you see something suspicious, contact local law enforcement.

i ask that the press try to refrain from getting out ahead. i am extraordinarily happy with the cooperation that has been taking place between the fbi and state and local law enforcement officials. they are moving smartly on this. it does not help if false reports or incomplete information is out there. try as much as possible to stick investigators say because they know what they are talking about. meanwhile, the united nations yearg createsery an additional workload from new york but we also have a high level of federal resources here to help as needed. we need to make sure people are working together seamlessly as one team.

make sure that justice is done. meanwhile, while all this is going on in new york and new jersey, we are also focused on the stabbing attack at the shopping mall in minnesota. we see noint connection between that incident and what happened in new york and new jersey. our attention there is on the people who were injured and we are very grateful that no one lost their life. of as to the quick action brave off-duty police officer, the suspect was killed and we avoided more people being hurt. i had a chance to speak with the governor this morning and assured him that we would provide all of the assistance he needed. investigating this as a potential act of terrorism but we will direct the full resources of the federal government to make sure that the investigation goes forward aggressively.

finally, i want to take the opportunity to reassure the people in the city and this region and americans across our country that our counterterrorism and law enforcement professionals at every level, federal, state and local are working together, around-the-clock to keep us safe. they are the best of the best. plotsave forfeited many and saved many lives and we are grateful for their service today and every single day. we will lead the global coalition in the fight that isis is instigating. a lot of people over the attacks,to carry out we are going to continue to go after them and take out their leaders and their infrastructure. they are continuing to lose ground in iraq and syria. i will be meeting with the president of iraq to sustain

that. as we take away more of their we expose the failed cause it is and it helps to undermine their ideology which makes it harder for them to inspire people to violence. and we are going to enlist tech companies and community and religious leaders to push back against online extremist content. this, i think it whatportant to remember terrorists and violent extremists are trying to do. they are trying to hurt innocent people and inspire fear in all of us. and disrupt the way we live. to undermine our values. even as we have to be vigilant and aggressive in preventing senseless acts of violence and also making sure that we find those who carry out such acts

and bring them to justice, we all have a role to play as citizens in making sure we don't succumb to that fear. there is no better example than the people of new york and new jersey. speaking to governor cuomo and governor christie and mayor de blasio, one point they all made was folks around here don't get scared. they are tough, they are resilient, they go about their business every single day. and that kind of toughness and recognition and the that neither individuals nor organizations like isil can ultimately undermine our way of life. that makes me so proud to be an american. that is the kind of strength that is going to be critical.

not just in the days to come but in the years to come by showing those who want to do us harm that they will never beat us. thatowing the entire world as americans, we will not give in to fear. that is the most important ingredient of us to feeding those who would carry out terrorist acts against us. thank you everybody. we will be proceeding with on boeing -- ongoing briefings in terms of the details of the investigation. >> also live today here on c-span, house speaker paul ryan will be talking at the economic club of new york on how to create opportunities for the next generation. they are live at 12:30 eastern time. donald trump will be campaigning in fort myers, florida.

isour guest on newsmakers congressman adam schiff, the senior democrat on the intelligence committee which puts him as the member of the so-called gang of eight, the most senior house and senate democrats and republicans. thank you for being with us. we talked beforehand about the complicated world we are living in. let me introduce you to reporters, damien coletta is covering for the washington post. >> i want to start with the russian hacking story. wednesday, when she was asked whether the united states would be responding to the russian site lisahe political monaco said stay tuned. what do you think she meant by that? thatthink she has meant

they haven't made a firm decision yet on what the course is going to be. i have been urging the administration to make public attribution, to call russia out in terms of hacking because i think the russians basically see any failure to push back as an open door. we had the hacking of the world doping agency and the release of secretary powell's primate e-mails, we are going to see more of this and that has to begin by naming responsible parties as we did with north korea and china. russia is probably the worst culprit and i think it is time they were called out. >> is there a problem with the attribution, actually knowing it was the russians? or are we just not there yet? >> i think there is ample evidence to call out the russians.

the administration can decide what conduct they want to call the note on but i don't think it is for lack of evidence. number ofa considerations this administration has to make and be prepared to go beyond naming and shaming. willother repercussions they consider? conduct continues or escalates, then the response can escalate in the form of economic sanctions, which could go after individuals that may be responsible or entities within the russian government. there are many things the russians -- that could be done if the russians persist. it is important that the american people be made aware that russia may be seeking to meddle in its affairs and create division and discord so that the american people can decide what they want to do with that information. to deprive them of that is a mistake. >> our nation states have been

trying to hack the united states for years. what is different here though is the leaking of information, the targeted leak we have seen since april. website, d.c. lakes.com, they seem to be two of the main operations that are leaking this information in addition to wikileaks. >> in a bunch of different categories of cyber conduct, we have cyber for the purposes of theft and some progress with china about the president's conversations about where you don't steal for economic benefit. then you have theft for the purposes of foreign intelligence gathering. then you have dumping information to disrupt. that doesn't mean it has to be accurate information. we have seen the russians

volcker and dumped in europe. what is very concerning here is beyondese activities go simply hacking. that is simply gaining foreign intelligence. i can only discuss the public reports but if the public reports from two states are accurate and alerted by the federal government and the foreign government being hacked into their databases, that is not for the purposes of foreign intelligence gathering. why would you have the same database of registered voters? that is something you do if you lay the foundation for interfering or disrupting an election. , think it is very important obviously, to make sure we are prepared. many of us have been urging that for years. my former colleague was a very strong champion of that.

they ought to be taking every precaution they can. they need to make sure they are well guarded. >> on that, do you think we will hear of any other states that have been breached besides illinois and arizona? anything icomment on may have learned through the committee. but i can say that i don't think that if these public reports are accurate there is any reason to believe those states are somehow unique. that if aagine foreign entity was acting they would have an interest in more than just those two. it stands to reason that every state ought to take precautions. even beyond that, states that allow electronic voting or members of military overseas, who communicate election results

, or you could have tampering with a voter registration base. anything that would call into question the legitimacy of the election would the highly disruptive and very serious. >> has the damage already been done? closed, almost anywhere there would be some suspicions. >> there is some damage that has been done already because we have had these hacks and these questions raised but i think there is more damage if we are not willing to inform public about what is going on. it is important for the administration to speak as much .s they can about this topic it is one thing if we screw up our own election as we did in florida.

it is another if we had a foreign party deliberately making mischief. people ought to know that. what is the motive behind this? what is the impact? i think that information can be delivered without making it a partisan thing. that may be a concern the administration has, if they come out and say the russian hacking has a close relationship with trumps comments about gluten and all of the russian connections with trumps business, they may be concerned they are putting their hand on the scale but i think they can deliver very nonpartisan information to the american people and they shouldn't sigh -- shy away from doing that by some who would argue it is partisan. >> switching gears a little bit. russiasnowden is in right now and there is a movie coming out about him. we are in the final months of

the obama administration and snowden has made an appeal to get a pardon from president obama. do you see there being any resolution on this issue during the administration? where do you see this playing out? on a two a hearing year investigation into the snowden case, the snowden leaks. we are in the process of releasing a summary that i hope will be published within the next 24 hours. whatbasically goes through we have unclassified at this point that we think the american people ought to know about snowden. one of the fact that leaps out to me because it is so at odds with the snowden narrative as he is telling it is the vast majority of what he took has nothing to do with american privacy for the privacy rights of other people around the world. the majority has to do with military secrets and defense secrets.

think that is very much at odds with the narrative that he wants to tell that he is a whistleblower. them, take advantage of they have taken advantage of the opportunity for talk with people within the product or -- proper chain. he knew the processes available stole allt instead, this information, went to hong kong and then russia to places under both chinese and russian authority that have very little by way of privacy. so we do intend to make public what we can. we have asked for the declassification of the entire report and we think it is important the public have that. >> who authored the report? >> i have a follow-up. theink everybody knows that

collection of american phone records has ended but there is still a lot of american records and e-mails being swept up in surveillance. i think congress is trying to find out how many? how are we doing on that? >> that goes through the 702 program. , one wase two programs the telephone metadata program, which we have restructured. the government's and gathering that anymore. we go to phone companies after court when we need it. the other program which has been much more important in terms of counterterrorism is something , which authorizes the collection of communications between foreigners on foreign soil. these you has been raised, what

happens when you are collecting communications between foreigners and you inadvertently capture communications of someone who is on american soil or is a u.s. person on foreign soil. it is not always apparent from the identifiers of the communication where they are. we are certainly overseeing that now and have been for some time. we will have a debate on that when we go through the authorization next year and figure out is there anything more that needs to be done. has asked how many americans are caught up inadvertently in this program. it is veryanswer is difficult to figure that out without having to go into all of those e-mails to figure out are these americans or are these foreigners talking to foreigners overseas?

intoave an intrusion people's privacy in order to answer the question of how many communications have been captured. the vast majority are never looked at. do we now want to look at them all and figure out, ok we --ldn't have read these but that is what the community is debating. how to respond to this. they have given us a menu of potential ways they could answer the question with varying degrees of accuracy. example, reading them all is the most intrusive. another would be to do a random .ample and say, what percentage , is still being analyzed, what is the best way. democrats have been hard

on donald trump on his lack of foreign-policy experience and one of the interesting things is we see a lot of americans comfortable with his tough talk approach. oil,ng isis and taking potentially torturing suspects. there seem to be a lot of americans that feel he would be in the best position to take on the islamic state. do you think democrats have somehow not communicated well enough how their approach is better? do you worry that donald trump's approach is going to really sway a lot of voters? ever since the amount democrats have been at a disadvantage. it goes up and down over time, who you trustsk more, republicans usually get a more favorable answer. where thatbeen times

has slipped and times during the obama administration where the public felt the democrats were stronger but trump starts out with that party heritage to his advantage. there are some people who respond to how he seems like a strong died. people who work on these issues are terrified of the prospect that donald trump would be the commander in chief. any number of reasons and i think for many republicans, who come from the party of reagan who stood up to the soviet union, seeing a standardbearer russiand up to this autocrat, putin, who is hostile to the united states and in , who isith the iranians hacking into our systems, invading his neighbor, and why?

well, because he says nice things about donald trump. that was the most revealing thing. of course he is going to say good things about this adversary of the united states because he said nice things about donald trump. is it that simple to curry favor with donald trump? the fact that he demeans nato. the fact that he says he might do away with sanctions on russia or that he might recognize their illegal annexation of crimea. all of this is terrifying not only to our allies but to those in both parties who work on these issues. and indeed, what a candidate for president says really matters. you have him saying donald trump, the republican presidential candidate of the united states admits that obama and clinton were the founders of

isis. he is playing into a narrative that has bala wants to tell. ollah wants to tell that we created isis. that is deeply damaging even before he was elected. it is a terrifying thing, i think for people who work on national security issues. i think the american people see that. i think many already do. pitch that is think is appealing to voters is he is saying the foreign policy status quo stinks. democrat cannot say the middle east is not a mess. it is almost like the democrats are having to defend the obama administration's approach to the middle east and even things like

russia and china. he has the benefit of being able to say that. balanceou guys get that without making voters feel like you don't see what is going on? >> you are absolutely right. there is more instability around the world than most americans have seen in their lifetime. it is deeply unsettling to people even beyond the national security certainty. there is a lot of economic uncertainty even though the many of the indicators have low unemployment, higher household income on the positive trend. any candidate that says if you like the way things are, that is great, that is not me. is where hets trump is taking issue with secretary clinton having the same positions.

when you look at what he said about iraq before he was a candidate for president, he was for the war. if you look at what he said about libya, he is for copying -- toppling gaddafi. he doesn't have a leg to stand on when it comes to world events but where he is most vulnerable in terms of election issues is he can offer nothing by way of a contrary proposal or solution. it,ever he is asked about for example about isis, his only answer is "i have a secret plan so secret i can't tell you. so secret even i don't know it." apparently. then he says open vote i will ask my generals to come up with a plan in 30 days.

i will entertain their suggestions and combine them with my own and come up with the supersecret plan which i can't tell you." mean he is going to send 100,000 troops into syria? is he asking what it would take to defeat isis tomorrow? how would he responded he was given that plan? we have no idea. just like one of his casinos, he is asking the american people to make a heck of a roll of the dice on him. that there would be a change in intelligence collection under either clinton or trump? anything on the horizon that you see might be different? >> i think under president

clinton, i think this is already happening, we are going to see focus on russia. we have to. we had a dividend from the end of the cold war for a while, that is over. putin has taken russia in a belligerent direction. what trump would do is very hard to say. for trump to go on russian tv and say he is not sure he believes the russians are really dncing the d and see -- tells me that he is either willfully ignorant or won't say anything. would he tell them to lay off ?ussia because group is a good guy and would do anything wrong? who knows. i think under president hillary sheton, we would have a, as said, a surge of intelligent, a

strong intelligence budget going into human intelligence. prioritize, as we have had to, the immediate threat, which is al qaeda and isis at the expense of longer threats like russia and other countries. >> we did have a terrifying summer in europe where we had a state of terror attacks. turkey, france, germany, elsewhere, we haven't seen as many in the past few weeks but what should americans be expecting in terms of the ?urrent threat the biggest story domestically seems like the isis inspired citizen isn american going to somehow get all worked up over the internet and commit some atrocity. what are you most fearful of? >> i have a different take on

this than some of the representatives who have been speaking on post 9/11. a lot of the emphasis has been integrating isis in syria and iraq. but this is just going to make this isis worse from diaspora around the world. they are going to feel the need to be more aggressive and lash out. , that as theyue lose ground they are going to continue to try to recruit people and the only way they have left is by terrorist attacks elsewhere, but that doesn't distract from the fact that it is a very important development that isis is losing ground and losing battles. they are losing recruits and losing followers. all of that is very necessary. and it is not sufficient and that mean the end near but we do need to do away with that

ground holding because that has been the primary magnet for isis. we shouldn't belittle the import of the ultimate destruction of that caliphate. the problem will become more diffused. it will look more like al qaeda. in some ways, they will be more pernicious because they are more adept with social media. but at the same time, we have come a long way integrating the ability for those massive attacks that we saw at 9/11. to be discouraged and say we are winning on the battlefield but that is just going to make the problem worse. it isn't. it means we are going to have additional challenges, certainly in the near term as isis tries to maintain its recruit -- recruitment, but it is necessary for us to eradicate their caliphate. qaedas broke off from al

and a lot of it was over a disagreement about the caliphate. if they are losing ground and territory in this caliphate is thoughtng, is there any that these two could join back again or is that totally off? >> it is certainly possible. i don't see that happening in the close term. the other terrorist organization is trying to distance themselves from al qaeda so i don't want -- i don't think they want to associate themselves with isis. if isis becomes a stateless isrorist organization and that diminished, will they someday find common cause? it is possible. they could reunite with al qaeda.

it does underscore -- this may be one of the few merits of this agreement with the russians in .yria count me as deeply skeptical. the day after isis is defeated in raqqa, then the number one threat comes al qaeda in syria. in many ways, that is a very difficult flow because it is more indigenous than isis. isis has a lot of foreigners. al qaeda is more syrian. more difficult to uproot. the mostbe consequential thing that we are starting to direct our focus against al qaeda and not isis alone. that we are going to be confronting both in that region as well as in places like yemen and afghanistan and elsewhere, al qaeda in some

areas, isis in others, some going from affiliating with isis to affiliating with al qaeda to back to isis, they follow the money. seconds ongive us 30 your concern over the latest north korean new their test? >> deeply concerning because they are trying to miniaturize and making the claim that they can put this on a ballistic missile. the only thing we can do that gets us leverage is to persuade the chinese that it is in their interest to crackdown which we haven't been able to do thus far. you secondary sanctions, which means that if chinese institutions are doing business they can be sanctioned. we haven't wanted to pull that trigger and i think we may have to. that ifr is depressed they don't take action we will find it necessary for our own defense to intensify our military presence in the region, to strengthen the theater

missile defense beyond what we proposed. that is something china does not want to see but if they don't want to see it there is an answer for them and that is, they can choke off the lifeline they have given north korea even in light of its nuclear provocations. >> thank you for being our guest. with ourkers is back conversation with adam schiff, the senior democrat on the intelligence committee. damien, a historical question, how dangerous is it for this ofntry in the waning months any presidency when the uncertainty of the election and the president losing his leverage in congress, people of mal intent, is this the best opportunity? >> this reminds me of the. in 2008 where we were in the middle of the financial crisis and pushing ministration was

very nervous about some big new policy because they didn't want to tie their hands with the next president. when several months without any new policy on housing and i feel like we are entering a similar space now. they have this new agreement on russia in terms of the russia hacking incident, is the u.s. being cautious in how it responds because there's going to be a new president soon? you don't want to tie the hands of the next commander-in-chief. it's unclear how russia might escalate things. susan: he was urging the white house to name russia as a starting point at least. it was interesting how he talked about the concerns the white house of the president might look like he is putting his hand on the scale for the election.