his research is focused on the relationship of church and state in the united states. he is the author of "church and state in revolutionary virginia" and "the great catastrophe of my life: divorce and the old dominion." his latest book is "establishing religious freedom." he is an old friend of the vhs. he described himself as a vhs antique a few moments ago, which i think is somewhat self-deprecating. he has spoken here in the past. it is a real treat to have him back to talk about his latest book. please join me in a warm vhs welcome for tom buckley. [applause] >> thank you very much, paul. it is really nice to be back here again. it is my home away from home when i am in richmond. in 1878, the chief justice of the united supreme court -- if i can make this thing work -- there he is. he looks like an antique there himself. [laughter] in 1878, this chief justice had a major case to decide. congress had recently outlawed polygamy. the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints was asserting a right to practice later me on polygomy on the grounds of the free exercise c

live in the southern states. he aca is to achieve its purpose of expanding access to aed forable and good quality health okay, it has to work in the south. to shed light on what's happening in the southern states as well as other regions, we are issuing reports from a network of scholars across the country. a couple of months ago we released reports out of the western states. today on alabama, florida, south carolina, texas, kentucky, maryland and west virginia plus an overview report on the reg n region. next month, we will publish reports on northeastern and midwestern states. the researchers who have produced the reports come from a variety of disciplines. some are political scientists, economists, sociologyists, public health specialists and some of many other nationalities, i suppose. all of them have a deep understanding of the states they are studying, because they live in these states and have studied the states for many years. they share a deep interest in understanding and documenting the changes produce

basis of the state of california we've got to manage this impending disaster we're experts in disaster preparedness and management i want to thank the governor mark for hosting this recreational meeting >> thank you all how are stakeholders in this to be working and sharing information with each other as an entire region. san francisco while we will do our best we have to work in concert with the north bay arresting and all regions this is not going to go away we've not be lucky like maybe in the world series or something where we can count on someone else's failure to be our success we have to make our own success we're doing our best in san francisco. since 2007 our san francisco government agencies have reduced water by 20 percent but still that's not enough i've called for on ailed 10 percent because if we are going to have some serious conversations with our businesses before i do that before i indicate to them what we need from them and they are the biggest water yourselves in our city we have to demonstrate ou

the black tiles come from the state of vermont. as they walked to the front doors into the capital you will see we don't have any metal detectors. we want people to feel this is a warm and welcoming place to come. they are free to wander through the building. on the first floor you will see the governor's office, the secretary of state, the state auditor, the state treasurer. of you will find a legislative branches. feel just want them to free and come in and experience the building. you will see a bust of lincoln at the end of the hall between cheyenne and laramie. this was the original plaster mold for that. that was his dream to build the transcontinental railroad. you also see the end of the hall frances, the territorial governor when the building first started and the selected governor. this is the only governor to serve three terms in wyoming. she was our first and only female governor. he called for a sexual that for a special election -- he called for a special election. termid run for a second but she was later appointed by

the islamic state. you see, actions have consequences. ideas have consequences. and when the decision was made y pothba ma of releasing bagdadi from the united states detention center for whatever eason, that has had profound consequences. ask the thousands of iraqis who are now dead. who are ousands of dead and displaced. ask the hundreds, maybe thousands, of women who have been raped and violated and young girls. those in syria who had to deal with the same. the tragic consequences are being felt even here in the united states. then we watched with startling speed the bank robberies that occurred when bagdadi had to find a source of income and revenue to run the islamic state. he did that by robbing banks. some report says he stole over $400 million. some say over $100 million. other says various amounts. the fact is now we had an islamic jihaddist who could support himself through bank robbery, but he didn't stop there he knew that wouldn't be enough to accomplish the dream he had to establish a globa

my brother served in the united states navy for 20 years. wife's family served in the army, navy, air force and marines. in fact she has an uncle who actually served in the army during world war ii. and the men and women who serve on the frontlines should not have to be pushed to the back of the line when when it comes to their health care needs. it is offensive that during his campaign barack obama came down here to the rio grande valley and said he would establish a veterans health care hospital right here and we're still waiting for the president to make make sure on his promise. i will work with federal authorities to ensure we get the health care we need for our veterans. >> senator davis, your response. >> it is unacceptable that anyone who served our country should find themselves here without the medical care they have earned and that they so deserve. i will work with this community to ensure we do bring a veterans hospital here to serve our service members who have served us so well. right now they are have to drive as far as san an

of the united states and weaponry largely produced in the united states. one of the things we could do to help the mexican government is to help drive up the demand for illegal drugs by recognizing the demand that drives much of the controversy is within the united states. the second thing we could do to help secure the border is to recognize that when people are less desperate they don't crash borders. they use lawful processes to apply for new opportunities, they go places peacefully to try to emigrate the ways many of our parents emigrated peacefully. it has to be affordable, it has to be understandable and it has to be -- we should give people who come to the united states because they love our opportunities, committed no crimes where they came from men tried to live here without documents, a pathway to complete citizenship and welcome them. >> at the last debate mr. sasse said congress was too dysfunctional to do anything except focus on border security. leaving out the need to reform our worker visa program which is badly outdated and antiquated and l

the united states will synchronize those maps. the air force is looking they beat them back on these road networks they gain the upper hand very quickly and take care of looking at strikes inside syria, going for command and control areas they recognize. you'll see drones going over syria to collect as much information as possible. >> jamie are you still there? >> yes i am here i am. >> we talked about the reaction overseas and we had sue turton on and said the iraqi people aren't optimistic necessarily but waiting for something to happen. you spent a lot of time there. can you give us your impression of what the iraqi people want to hear? >> i think it really depends on what is happening on the ground and ultimately this is what the president was talking about when he congratulated the new iraqi prime minister and the push to see signs from him haider al-abadi for an inclusive government. the risk here is that yet again the sunni population in iraq is going to be faced with another awakening. whether they choose to agree this time

and what threat does the islamic state opposed to the united states? at makes it prudent, proximal? the white house and intelligence officials said the terrorists pose an immediate threat to the homeland. secretary hegel previously claimed they are an imminent threat. is this really the way that we want to enter a work? is hat we should enter the war? we are coming right back. it. ♪ lou: congress set to vote on funding, army combat training syrian rebels. is the islamic state the number one enemy of america? on the services and foreign affairs committee member, our guest next. when fixed income experts work with equity experts who work with regional experts who work with portfolio management experts that's when expertise happens. mfs. because there is no expertise without collaboration. 58 seconds on the clock, what am i thinking about? foreign markets. asian debt that recognizes the shift in the global economy. you know, the kind that capitalizes on diversity across the credit spectrum and gets exposure to frontier and emerging markets. if you convert

particularly the islamic state. they don't worry about who they are anger, and they're going by the playbook that was used before 9/11, which is to carry out strikes against the u.s. persuading the u.s. to leave the idea of war all together or double down and put troops on the ground. i don't think it's a winning strategy for them. they would have been better off not provoking the united states. they'll suffer major losses as a consequence but nonetheless it's a strategy they're following. >> as the united states was getting out of iraq there were a lot of editorials talking about being really cautious about involving u.s. forces in middle eastern wars again. and here we are just really just a string of months later talking about revolving ourselves in that part of the world. should it be done with a great deal of hesitation, caution, care? >> you could argue this is not the fault of the sift for having withdrawn early. it's very much the iraqi government that reverse of the this which is i do not many have turned ag

the department of state were supposedly dhs to support its mission of protecting the united states by promoting effective order security screening with their foreign partners or enhanced information sharing. for example briefly with their best interest to share terrorism screening information with foreign governments at all to see the global terrorist threat to to this end, which implements foreign partners including visa waiver countries. these agreements allow me checks for incoming flights to or countries help us deter increase next to level security for unit dates. the aviation security engaging foreign partners to bolster aviation screening at last points of departure airports with direct flights to the united states. we do this to identify and prevent known or suspected terrorists rammed by 10% terrorist attacks against global aviation. additionally, the department of state is leaving interagency efforts to get with foreign partners to prevent an interdict for extremist travels to syria however closely with interagency to expedite comprehensive purchase. this work includes facil

it's no longer just money for the islamic state, the islamic state or i.s.i.s. is waging war. and regional and european powers - every option now. >>> john hendren joins us from erbil. what do you make of this apparent beheading? >> well the timing is curious. this happens after president obama in the u.s. declared this new campaign and after john kerry, the secretary of state has gone from country to country, trying to gather up is coalition to take on the islamic state. it raised its profile, and these beheadings seem to happen if this, in fact, was a beheading. we haven't verified the video. it seems to happen at times when the islamic state wants to attract tore turn the attention of the public. last time there were a series of military defeats after the killing of steven sotloff. now you have attention on the international coalition gathering against the islamic state, and concluding in egypt. it seems that the incidents are timed to send a message, and to change the news cycle. >> every day we hear of losses and gains on the ground. if you can give us a picture of the fig

when the war is going extremely badly with the united states. to put it simply, the expanded army was a bureaucratic nightmare. that the war department never got full control over. nobody in this room should tell congress this. we do not want to encourage bad behavior on the part of the national legislators any time in the near future. but that's what did happen towards the end of the war. he had an opportunity to e collect. he did not use patronage in government contracts. he did not, as we might imagine johnson doing, go up to a congressman by his vote and say son, i need your vote. seeing how possible it is in fact at this point in american history. but the problem is not that madison did not try to influence what congress did, he did try to influence what congress did within the means that were unvailed to him at that time. he didn't have much control over the outcomes that he sought. >>> let's move to another equation. how did madison manage his cabinet as the organ of the administration during the war. to summarize, from 1809 and 1817, whic

and the department of state at this point? he department of defense has put together a program they refer to as the new normal. we have looked closely at what capabilities d.o.d. can bring for defensive use of american embassies and consulates overseas. there has to be realization that we don't have bayh bases everywhere in the world. in many cases while we would like to say the department of defense could respond to any one of our embassies within four hours, physical distances, just the amount of distance between where our diplomatic stations are make it impossible. even if they could respond in a certain amount of time, this idea that we're magically going to get paratroopers out of the back of the plane and land on the embassy isn't realistic. we still have to go through airports, go through host countries to get personnel in, transport them from the airport to the embassy somehow. in the midst of a crisis, this isn't realistic about what's going to happen. what we've worked with d.o.d. on is making sure that we're better p

threats against the united states. so we look at the protection of the u.s. overseas and the missions and always adjusting our posture accordingly. >> let me ask you a question. as we both know, the two acts of beheading were clearly directed towards the sentiments of the infrastructure values of the united states. and certainly attack on the citizens overseas. to mr. miller and mr. wagner. following on the questioning of chairwoman miller. i'm concerned as to whether or not we do have the kind of coordination that is actually needed. i guess i don't want to use the term intimate. creating hysteria is not the idea of this committee. i also hesitate to solidly predict isil's threat level in as much as we're reminded of our posture on the day before 9/11, 2001. so let me just -- in the manner in which you can answer the question, feel comfortable about the level of coordination in this climate. and mr. miller, i would like to hear what level, how intense your coordination is, how comfortable you are with the coordinatio

do a support link income of the north in the united states and the united states said yourself with wordsut also latinas joining the united states army, the calvary hearing california and new mexico you had the holes and are seeking unit of the united states cauvery. the first admiral to the united states favors a bilingual, bicultural. [speaking in spanish] his father with cattle lands. because as the very first battle of bull run, the confederates weren't in the northwest treat the union was. major battle after major battle the confederates woodwind and the united states to lose. the confederacy expanded, took over new mexico, errors on. is that the colorado river. next point was the territory. if you're a mixed-race latino, this is very bad news. then it gets worse. because you see the arena polio, emperor of the french love the confederates. the bond issue support the confederate dollar. he was very open in his sympathies with the confederates. mexico has a 1500-mile border with the confederacy. the united states is trying to block the confederacy. the confederacy sends ministers to m

elizabeth nash, what has been the national landscape? have there been states that have gone pretty far down the road making if hard inside of the state lines to get an abortion? >> absolutely, we can look at places like texas, but we can go much further, north dakota, south dakota, nebraska, kansas, arizona, oklahoma, mississippi, louisiana, all of these states have made it incredibly difficult for women to access services in just the last few years. >> how do they do that westbound the language of roe? >> they have taken it very lossly and adopted restrictions, such as a 24-hour waiting period. and then they make a trip to the councilor, and then a trip 24 hours later to receive the abortion, and they limit how she can pay for the abortion, and pile on the restrictions one after another such that at one point, it gets too high for the women to climb and too high for the providers to offer services, so they don't overturn roe at all, but keep adding more and more restrictions, even when an individual restriction is upheld, you put them all together, and it bec

for the citizens of this state. for the everyday iowans of this state that need a tax cut. my priorities will always be with the middle class. corporations, which we are one, we're good at what we do. we'll figure out a way. and we'll be able to continue to provide the jobs that are necessary, but i want middle class iowa to get the support they need. >> with just under 10 minutes remaining in our debate let's try to squeeze another category in if we can. regarding gas tax, infrastructure, roads, bridges, the question is for the governor from dale. >> time's going by quickly. >> i like it when you're having fun. >> you're a pay as you go guy. but the state needs money, too, to improve its infrastructure. you're administrator of the department of transportation says there's not enough money to maintain the network that we have. local coalitions have lobbied you for some time to widen u.s. 61. between burlington and muscatine county and that's more important with all the traffic coming from the fertilizer plant. lawmakers told in us january that there was support for an increa

in the united states and that is a shame. that is part of the reason i ran. if i am elected i shalli appoin an independent state attorney. the corruption in our state has drawn national attention. i would call upon governor rounds to issue a memrandom of facts and that is what happened from his points of view before the election. a new senator will be vetted in their first year and if that senator is mike browns and he is vetted and there is something there it will hurt the people of south dakota because their senator will be crippled so we should have that before the election rather than after. >> rick weiland 60 seconds on eb-5. >> i came out early when this started saying i oppose it. sale of citizenship for half a million bucks doesn't square well with -- i know mike likes to talk about good old south dakota common sense. we are selling green cards to allow people to cut to the front of the line. it is not just people. it is foreign big money coming into the state and now we have this mess on our hands and it is unfortunat

the islamick at state. the united states wants to see the islamic state degraded and defeated. doesn't that mean two things? you're going to end up with u.s. air strikes inside syria and you're going to end up at some point with more american troops on the ground? isno, i think what it means that we are doing exactly what the president said, proceeding deliberately and comprehensively to build a coalition to take on the threat. the threat is posed to people in iraq, syria, and their neighbors. it could pose a threat here in the united states. a number ofs things. getting an effective and inclusive iraq he government in place so we can have an doingive iraqi partner work on the ground. we have seen that take place already in northern iraq and other parts of iraq. and then it means getting neighbors on board to take a lead role in dealing with this problem. militarily, financially, foreign , and the ideology that isil uses to generate support. the united states can play a critical role, but absent a coalition, we're not going to be effective, and that is why we're spending so much

governor of the state has the s state coordinator, not usstate to filter those decisions. >> so, is there any follow-up in terms of what the equipment is being used for and what type of training the police departments that are receiving it have been -- have obtained when the equipment is transferred? >> state coordinators in state certifying that the department -- that the local t agency needs that certify they're going to have the available training and train themselves on that equipment.in >> do you do any types of d follow-up other than receiving s the certification?ow-up is there any kind of audit of what's happening and what -- how the equipment's being used?ed? >> there is no follow-up on howw the equipment's being used. our audit for the controlled he equipment because we provide 96% of what we provide is noncontrolled, benign equipment- we follow up -- to >> when i'm referring to this, d should have been specific on the controlled equipment. obviously, office furniture you wouldn't generally have a follow-up on. f >> but we follow up

and what threat does the islamic state opposed to the united states? makes it prudent, proximal? the white house and intelligence officials said the terrorists pose an immediate threat to the homeland. secretary hegel previously claimed they are an imminent threat. is this really the way that we want to enter a work? is it the way that we should enter the war? we are coming right back. it. ♪ lou: congress set to vote on funding, army combat training syrian rebels. is the islamic state the number one enemy of america? on the services and foreign on the services and foreign affairs committee member, you know what my business philosophy is, reynolds? no. not exactly. to attain success, one must project success. that's why we use fedex one rate. their flat rate shipping. exactly. it makes us look top-notch but we know it's affordable. [ garage door opening ] [ sighs ] honey, haven't i asked you to please use the -- we don't have a reception entrance. [ male announcer ] ship a pak via fedex express saver® for as low as $7.50. lou: joining us now, congressma

and the u.s. state department recognized that capacity at the university of nebraska medical center and asked if we would provide care for this physician. now, that has been an important learning experience for our staff at the medical center. and they are currently discussing with government officials cdc and others how we can take what we've learned in caring for this patient in our biocontainment unit and provide educational programs for health care providers throughout the country so they are better prepared to deal with this type of infection. it's a critical issue right now. >> dr. linder, another issue for many universities is their athletic program. roger green on twitter wants to know, how do you feel about college athletes forming a union and being compensated for generating millions for the universities? >> well, the university of nebraska lynn coop has had very successful athletic programs. i believe we had 23 different sports represented both women and men. over 620 athletes. the athletic d

system,hrough the state the federal system, and back to the state and federal system again. you will have literally dozens of judges who are able to look at these matters before a person is put to death. i think it is important that texas continue to take a national leadership role in ensuring the accuracy and certainty of the death penalty. that is why i worked with senator rodney ellis this last edges light of session on advanced dna testing system to ensure that every person accused of a crime that faces the death penalty, we have the right person. >> i support the death penalty. as governor, i will be prepared to enforce it. this week, general abbott and i were both at an occasion, a sad, but a tribute occasion to someone who died serving a prison sentence for a crime that he did not commit. it reminds us all of the importance of making sure that before we meet out that ultimate of punishments, we make sure that we are meteing it out for a guilty person. that is why i am proud to have helped to clear a backlog of over 18,000 rape kits in our state, making sure that victi

, doing it with the currency of the united states and with weaponry largely produced in the unitedtates. one of the things we could do to help the mexican government is to help dry up the demand for illegal drugs by recognizing that the demand that drives much of the controversy is within the united states. the second thing we can do to help secure the border is to recognize when people are less desperate, a dull crash borders. these lawful processes to apply for new opportunities. they go places peacefully to try to integrate the way so many of our parents immigrated peacefully. that process has to be affordable. it has to be understandable and it has to be prompt. we should give people who come to the united states because they love our opportunities committed no crimes where they came from and i've tried to live here without document is prompt pathway to complete citizenship and welcomed him. >> moderator: mr. jenkins. jenkins: at the last debate, mr. sass said congress was too dysfunctional to do anything except focus on border security, leaving out the needs of reform of the w

we were the fourth fastest-growing state last year. we don't have a desire to become big just to become big. diversity ands growth that matches our values and matches what we have to offer. >> what are the biggest economic drivers? it is an interesting mix. we know that in order to have all three of those continue to be strong we have to have the right balance. we are proudly and energy state and explore more energy than any other state. we have these beautiful landscapes, tremendous wildlife think it helpsi support minerals and tourism by providing opportunities for tourism and minerals. we have some made some great progress in the last couple of years. we are going to build a unified network that will be the backbone across the state. ande are growing diversifying. we're moving into other areas as well. -- is therean end an event that had an impact on you? >> there certainly has been. i grew up on the ranch. of one of the things my family always talked about was how wyoming was developed. i think part of the history -- it permeates th

the southern states had more or less paid off their bills. the northern states had not. the southern states wanted to know why they should play -- pay twice for their war debts when they have worked hard to pay down their debts. the northern states said what is the point of being in this union at all? people were talking about secession. influenza nearly killed george washington. it is a precarious time for the country. thomas jefferson runs and alexander hamilton, who is usually very polished and well dressed. he looked none of those things three jefferson says what is wrong? he says i'm going nuts over this plan. broker-dealrson over wine and food at his house between james madison and alexander hamilton. madison wasn't going to vote for the plan. he was not going to be too strenuous and his opposition. there is speculation he and jefferson found the additional votes hamilton needed. hamilton would turn around and use his influence, his leverage with the northern states to select a potomac site for the nation's capitol. this cap the peas and cap the country together. wh

have been traveling around the state and talking to people. they think governor malloy has had his chance. they think is progressive policy hasn't worked, isn't working, and has put a terrible burden on the citizens. they want change. what do we do about it? we need to get control over spending. foreed to reduce taxes working families. we make the environment more supportive. i have a plan for doing so. "restoring pride and prosperity to connecticut." it talks about how we will get this done. >> times up, sir. i lookpe you read it and forward to taking connecticut in a better direction. >> governor, you get two minutes. >> ambassador, thank you for participating. the other day i was at a school that had been closed. today, we opened it. there are kids that want to go into a trade. you can say as many nasty things about me and you want, i take pride in making sure that young people have a pathway to success. they help support the family that he was part of. he would be 100 to today -- 102 todya. ya. ay. he would be impressed. i can look at mysel

we have instituted this throughout the state. with regards to cover oregon specifically, it will deliver a functional website in november. we have only 5% of oregonians who don't have health insurance coverage today because we kept our eye on the ball. the remaining functions will be moved to a state agency after november to ensure marketability. -- more accountability. >> it's great to keep your eye on the ball. if you keep our eye on medicare afternoon billion dollars wasted on this project. -- we have to keep our eye on money. $300ve wasted 30 million on this project. it's $390 million on the crc project. $72 million on the most recent department of human services baylor. the way you solve this is you have leadership that will pay attention and see that we do not have projects that are just starting and then continue without oversight. recreational marijuana recently became legal in washington and colorado. if pot is legalized here in oregon, do you favor allowing individual communities having the right to ban marijuana related

the resolution said, you know, two states. resolution, which israel -- the partition resolution, which israel invoked in its declaration of independence, planted, rooted its legitimacy in that -- it cited the palestinian -- the partition plan. but when someone these days says, "but there's a partition plan that said that the rest of it, that was not assigned to israel, is the legitimate patrimony of the palestinian people," the answer given is, "ah, yeah, but they voted they would not accept it, and the partition plan was never officially adopted." well, why are you quoting it then in your declaration of independence, if you consider it to be null and void and not -- anyway. >> and the response of -- or the slogan, the idea that was put forward so much in the founding of the state of israel -- palestine is a land without people for a people without land? >> well, that was the common understanding and referred to repeatedly in ari shavit's book and in others, that the zionist movement, at its very birth, was founded on an untrut

. >> some of the state-by-state pathways are being hamstrung by the fact you cannot transport this product across state lines and there are a lot of federal regulations that make difficult. would you as a congress person say the states know best about what is right for them? >> well i think iowa is work ing through the problems and rule process. so i think we have to let that process work. >> you believe in leaving the law the way it is? >> at this point, yes. >> mr. young, should the state be able to write their own destiny when it comes to medical marijuana or should we keep the war on drugs in place in the federal system? >> the states are doing it regardless of the federal laws. that is happening. i have a number of parents who have tried every effective means of therapy to help their child with epilepsy and i want them to have the most safe and effective products available. if that is medical marijuana, but i believe we need make sure the fda has a roll to make sure it is safe and effective. >> candidates i want to mention the veterans affairs administration. would you allow a veteran

if the regular army was not very wa far worse in the state militias. ederal government had the international servants under spes ficified conditions but ha authorities to impose uniformed methods or training on them. those matters were left to the states. basically the states did nothing about it in the early 19th century despite the fact the president and secretary of war said we have a problem. congress refused. as a result, the worstqm0dm fia occurred in the war of 1812 are always associated with defects in the militia. i will give you two quick examples. one is the battle of october of 1812 when the new york state militia refused to cross over the niagra river to reinforce american regular troops who had actually managed to gain a toe hold on theçk,q canadian shore the niagra river. they refused that the constitution did not oblige them to serve outside the boundaries of new york state. the other instance-ufb of courss the battle of bladesberg in militias and others simply fled from a british army who was only about 2/3rds of its size. the third pro

the state brought in $2.61 billion. those numbers are from 2012. it's important to note that they don't include gaming on tribal land. last year the national indian gaming commission reported revenue of $28 billion. paul bonnie, you've been talking as if it's well understand what the down sides of widespread gambling are. when a casino operator approaches a community, do they have to acknowledge that up front and build in protections? is that now part of what has to go on when service proposes gambling, say as is the catskills as is on offer right now. >> well, it is acknowledged, and a small amount of money is set aside for gambling--for treatment of gambling addicts and problem gamblers, but that's not really sufficient, and it is not really the way to understand the problem. the way to understand the problem is to try and prevent addiction from setting in, in the first place. that's by defanging the industry from these predatory tactics. but a lot of the negative ramifications of casinos in urban areas are not readily apparent, and are not things

terrorists getting into into the united states. but i'm also very concerned as the rest of the committee about those who may already be here. last year the government's nonpartisan fact checker, the government accountability office, reported the department of homeland security has lost track of roughly 1 million foreign visitors. mr. miller, what steps is dhs taking to identify these individuals and ensure the american people that they are not affiliated with the islamic state? wouldn't the completion of a biometric entry-exit system help against this threat? >> we have over the last several years taken several steps along with hsi or immigration and customs enforcement to identify those that have overstayed and prioritize them through our automated targeting system. with respect to the biometric, i would yield to mr. wagner. >> and thank you. we are using the biographical data now. we receive 100% on airline everyone coming and going out via commercial air on speed we're not doing land entries and exits. >> we are doing some of it

you can't call us the backwoods frontier state anymore. our building livals anything can you build in new york or philadelphia or chicago. that was kind of a nice statement for the people of the state to say hey, we have a >> throughout the weekend, "american history tv" is featuring st. paul, minnesota. about st. paul and other stops on c-span poshard city to her, at www.c-span.org, and local content. you are watching5 -- watching "american history tv" which is on all weekend, every weekend. >>

in my view, that does not assist the state. he accused version is that the ammunition belongs to his father and that he had no intention to possess it. the fact that there is no corroboration for the accused's version does not assist at all. accordingly, what the state needed to do was to introduce evidence to the contrary. it did not do so. the accused's version therefore remains uncontroverted. the state has failed to prove that the accused had the necessary animous to possess the ammunition. he therefore cannot be found guilty on this count. in conclusion i'd like to recap on the four counts that the accused has been found guilty of, count one in respect of count one the allegation was that the accused and the deceased had an argument, that the deceased ran and locked herself in the toilet and that the accused followed her there and fired shots at her through the locked door three shots struck her, and she died as a result. evidence led by the state in respect of this count was purely circumstantial. it was not strong circums

and for the states themselves know how to be regulating. so it is a major issue and we will have to see. this is another case that could push back on the chevron deference. there is question because doesn't even apply here because the erez is implementing a health care loss and it may be a tax. it may not be attacks. these villages are not coming we might get into that question. whether that statute is ambiguous and whether that interpretation is reasonable. there is that and it's also putting really well and to the theme of the growth of federal government and the growth of the administrative state and pushing back the courts in some of these constitutional limits on government and in particular on the constitutional side with the issues that we have had with this president having less respect for the separation of power on his own authority by the constitution, as far as he got his phone and his pen. he is taking a less serious viewed in some would think that he should and i think the courts have definitely pushback on that. historically i

the united states is broke. debt andion worth of at some, at some point, place, we are going to have to address all of the entitlement programs, social security, medicare, and medicaid. i will tell you one thing -- with obamacare taking money away from medicare, that is a mistake. the medicare reimbursement to our health care providers has caused a crisis to the health care delivery system. we have to save medicare. we must honor the commitments of social security and we have to fix medicaid. i know that. but it is not going to happen now. it will happen when we change the congress to a new republican majority and we can make a difference. >> mr. orman. >> just so we are clear, i agree that both chambers of congress overly-partisan ways. i agree that harry reid is stopping progress on lots of things, but so are the republicans in the house. with the question of social security -- and i like the fact that senator roberts was talking about our $18 trillion debt -- but let's not forget, in the last decade, senator r

he was the ambassador from mexico to the united states. the we talked about the need for mexico to fulfill its obligation, to provide water to texas that texas deserves. you can tell he understood because you can see were mexico is today. they are growing economically and they know that part of their economic future is tied to the economic future of the state of texas. i think mexico wants to be a good partner. i think they want to see economic development flourish on both sides of the border and just like we worked with the president in 2004 to ensure that we got our access to the water from mexico, i think we can do it again. >> drought conditions have cost the rio grande valley millions of dollars. last year farmers had to turn hundreds of millions of dollars of crops as a consequence of that. ensuring enforcement of a 1944 water treaty with mexico is essential and as governor, i will create the relationship with mexico that fosters the kind of partnership that will foster that. as a state senator, i supported and was proud that voters s

clarity will also help the states that use the federal definition to operate their state water protection programs. 90% of what the e.p.a. does is in fact carried out by the states. the proposed rule clarifies that most seasonal and rain-dependent streams are not affected. wetlands, their rivers and streams are not included. and other types of waters that have -- may have more uncertain connections with downstream water will be evaluated through a case-specific analysis of whether the connection or is not significant. . p ep and the court have encouraged recommendations to determine how best whether a water body has a connection to down stream waters. my colleagues, an estimated 59% of all stream miles in the lower 48 states fall into the category of intermittant, they don't exist for part of the year. yet they receive 40% of all individual wastewater discharges. that's what the problem is. more than 117 million americans get some of their drinking water from these very streams that don't flow year-round. shouldn't their drinking water be safe from toxic elements? if this measure were to

paul, that was an up-and-coming industry in the state. there was a lot of desire for him to use that as the stone because they would hire people peoplee quarries and from minnesota to shape the stone as you put it on the cladding of the building. he fought hard to keep the white georgia marble for the exterior and won out eventually. the board had a vote. after several votes, they were persuaded to use the white georgia marble. there was a compromise. they have the ground floor and steps made of st. paul granite, so there's still a lot of minnesota stone. the interior stone is from southern minnesota. there are other types of stone from minnesota incorporated into the decoration. the other part of using the white georgia marble was the company where the general contractors for the building. they went down and least the quarry where the marble was located. they eliminated the middleman. they cut it and moved it into workshops behind the capital construction area where craftsmen and stonecutters could shape the stone as needed, so you were s

the united states. again, not in the instance of being intimidated but being prepared to protect the people of the united states of america. like all americans, i was horrified, outraged and saddened by the bye headings of two american journalist, james foley and stephen sotloff by isis terrorists. they have used brutal remedies and tactics to expand control over iraq and syria, threatening the security of both countries. they have attacked, killed, kidnapped and displaced thousands of religious and ethnic minorities in the region, including christians and including small ethnic minority groups. u.s. officials have warned that syria-based terrorist extremists may also pose a direct threat to our homeland. one concern is that foreign fighters holding western passports might travel to this country to carry out a terrorist attack. additionally, our own u.s. citizens are known to have likewise left the united states and gone to the battlefield to perpetrate jihad. the total number of armed opposition fighter

but the islamic state sees it as all one thing. the islamic state ruled by baghdadi. nd now he has professed himself to be the leader of all muslims around the world. where does this take us? the days ahead? we have no way to know. but tonight we know the opening salvo has happened just before the early morning hours in syria american drops. >>> it's 10:30 on the east coast. 7:30 on the west coast. i'm shepherd smith in new york and this is fox news channel's continuing coverage of the new war against isis or the islamic state now not only in iraq but beginning tonight also in syria. the united states targeted some 20 different locations, hard targets as bret baier put them, fuel depots, weapons depots, command and control headquarters, according to the tweets that we're getting out of the region isis headquarters right there in the city of raqqa. raqqa the city first overtaken by the first provincial capital at least overtaken by the islamic state when they marched into sir in march of 2013. since then there have been public amputations there for people who stole. the