as i said, i wrote the editorial on why we would not publish the cartoons back in 2006. after "charlie hebdo," it seemed like a different set of considerations were in effect. and people sort of looked for hard and fast and relatively simple rules for how these things are done. and the truth is, there are none. what we try to be are responsible adults making serious judgments about difficult questions. and anyone who would suggest that there's some simple line or it is all one way or all the other i think is just not engaging in a serious conversation. >> other questions from the audience? there are many americans who never heard of "charlie hebdo" before the murders. i've seen it many times in paris and candidly, didn't read it. what's the difference -- from someone like yourself and other educated french people to what they thought of it then, how they came to think of it, and what is the future of specifically "charlie hebdo"? >> i was not a regular reader of "charlie hebdo." my brother is. he's a subscriber. he's a teacher and we had this discussion sometimes that we

the editorial pays tribute to him today. they are saying we don't know who killed him, but we do know why he was killed. he was killed because he incarnated the idea of another russia, a democratic and open russia. you can see the title. that is a reference to the viral hashtag, this cry for support in the wake of the charlie hebdo attack in paris. >> we don't know who was behind his killing. there is a lot of speculation in the present request that is but look at the editorial of "moscow times," a russian paper written in english. it says do not be fooled by conspiracy theories prove this was a cap deleted political act of violence. the article points out some have clean -- lender vladimir putin personally or his regime in general for creating a violent atmosphere in russia a finger-pointing where trigger-happy elements of society believe they can eliminate an enemy of the state patriotism. that is what the editorial in "moscow times" says. "the guardian" is focusing on this. the british paper talks about murder in the shad

editorially i don't see a position on that. maybe one column and on ukraine it's very clear where the nation stands. so katha having thought about the editorial position isis in the war going on there. >> guest: you know i can't really speak to that. i work at home. i write my page. that's pretty much it. i'm i am not part of any editorial decision so you will have to take this up with someone who is more responsible. i'm almost like a freelancer they are. i get a salary but i'm not really connected to the week by week editorial decisions. >> host: we invited katha pollitt to talk about her book "pro" reclaiming abortion rights talking about abortion and politics specifically. >> caller: thanks to katha pollitt for all the work you do and i have to say one person you mention the woman state legislator saying i so regret my abortion. newt gingrich and ronald reagan could show up and complain they regret their first marriages and probably regret the first three or four. i forget what number he is at and i like what the previous c

pell come to "the journal editorial report." i'm paul gigot. yemen continued its descent into chaos this week with saudi arabia leading a ten-nation sunni coalition in the bombing of iran-backed shiite rebels there. the offensive comes after yemen's president fled. just days after the rebels seized an air base used by american forces in the fight against al qaeda. two people are joining me now with more on this unfolding story. so dan, this is really not just a saudi invasion, it's a sunni invasion. all of the sunnis in the region fighting. are we looking at a regionwide sunni/shiite war? >> it looks to be moving in that direction sure. there's so many elements to what is going on here it's hard to keep track of it. the key player is iran. iran is a shiite country, a big shiite country down in the south. most of the courts up in the north, saudi arabia, egypt are sunni. >> state emirates pakistan? >> they have always lived in an uneasiness with one another. you now have a situation where the iraqis have gone into -- the iran iranians have gone

welcome to the journal editorial report. i'm paul. tensions between the obama administration and benjamin netanyahu escalated this weekdays before the israeli prime minister's plan to address congress. can national security adviser susan rice calling his visit destructive to the fab lick of the relationship between israel and the u.s. speaking outside jerusalem wednesday, netanyahu said it appeared the west had given up on its commitment to prevent iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. john kerry dismissed this on capitol hill while question is the prime minister's ability to make sound judgment. >> the prime minister, as you recall, was profoundly forward leaning and outspoken about the importance of invading iraq under george w. bush. and we all know what happened with that decision. he may have a judgment that just may not be correct here. >> joining the panel this week, wall street journal columnist and deputy editor and global view columnist brett stephens. so dan let's start with netanyahu. why would the administration want to el

>> welcome to "the journal editorial report." i'm paul gigot. once touted by the obama administration as a foreign policy success yemen continued its dissent into chaos this week with saudi arabia leading a ten-nation sunni coalition in the bombing of iran-backed shiite rebels there. the offensive comes after yemen's u.s. supported president fled as they closed in on the port of aidan. days after the rebels seized an air base used by american forces in the fight against al qaeda. "wall street journal" columnist and deputy editor dan henninger and bill mcgurn join with me on this unfolding story. so, dan, this is really not just a saudi invasion, but a sunni coalition invasion. all the sunni countries in the region uniting to fight iranian proxies. are we looking at essentially a region wide sunni/shiite war? >> it looks to be building in that direction for sure. the key player, there are so many elements to what's been going on over here. it is hard to keep track of it. the key player is iran. iran is a shiite country. a big shiite country down

these are routine events and are often very forgettable events as well, according to their editorial,hat should be the case for the netanyahu's speech as well. it should not be a big deal, but according to the editorial leave it to the political wizards of the obama administration to turn it into the global diplomatic event of the year. >> are right, something completely different but also interesting in france, papers are focusing on french schools and the debate over whether or not the children here should be wearing uniforms like they do anywhere. >> absolutely. for now, french schools do not impose uniforms. they have a dress code, but there is no uniform in it. exhibit -- it is a debate it is a debate that comes up time and time again. back in the day, there was a uniform in france. it was a smock and france is wondering -- are smart school -- are smocks going to make a comeback? probably not smocks, but there is a debate over uniforms. there is a school into loose where parents have called for the school to impose a uniform. the idea is this would be a way to a race social inequ

>>> welcome to "the journal editorial report," i'm paul gigot. hillary clinton broke her silence this week on the scandal surrounding her use of a private e-mail address while serving as secretary of state. calling it a matter of convenience and claiming she complied with all state department rules. take a look at some of the highlights from her tuesday press conference. >> when i got to work as secretary of state i opted for convenience to use my personal e-mail account which was allowed by the state department because i thought it would be easier to carry just one device for my work and for my personal e-mails instead of two. we went through a thorough process to identify all of my work related e-mails and deliver them to the state department. at the end, i chose not to keep my private personal e-mails, e-mails about planning chelsea's wedding or my mother's funeral arrangements. i did not e-mail any classified materials to anyone on my e-mail. there is no classified material. >> here with reaction, "wall street journal" columnist and deputy ed

welcome to the journal editorial report. well, she's reportedly set to launch her presidential bid as early as next month but revelations this week that hillary clinton used a private e-mail account to conduct official business during her four years as secretary of state is reportedly adding to concern in some liberal circles that putting a clinton on the ticket in 2016 may not be the democrats' best move. so just how much legal and political trouble could hillary be facing? and do democrats have a backup plan if her candidacy runs aground? let's ask. wall street journal columnist and deputy editor dan haeger. editorial board member dorothy reveniwitz. to you first, dan, days after the revelation i am still shocked that she did this kind of thing. why on earth would a woman with that experience do something like that? >> well because the clintons, as usual, think that the rules aploya apply to everyone else and not to them and they make them up as they go along. the thing you address here, stuart is the bloodless political c

and a member of the "wall street journal's" editorial board. good to see you.the hillary e-mails. what is your sense of this? >> the clintons always seem to not play by rule. certainly as secretary of state she should have had her e-mails supervised and protected by the state department. why she did this is beyond me. i think to a certain extent one more knick in the armor. >> the issue has been security. you're secretary of state. >> we have seen stories about china and everybody else. in the state department you have the ability to protect some of that. >> why are we finding out about this two years after she left office? did she ever send president obama one of her private e-mails from her private internet domain? from her private server in her private home? was the white house not aware that this was going on? there is the sense that hillary plays by different rules than the rest of us. and in an era where we are trying to talk about the plight of the middle class this does not bode well. >> they keep saying, the obama administration says they are most tran

one of the editorials in this paper also lashing out at the media. saying that while the media and analysts were telling us that the centerleft was going to win, the people of israel chose differently. eve: now in studio is melissa both. -- is melissa. a lot of people are looking at a former likud member possibly being the kingmaker. melissa: it looks as though he will be the kingmaker. it will not be that difficult given the number of seats that he has one. -- has won. he has established a victory that no one had thought possible even 24 hours ago. he has done what he said he would do. huge relief within likud. within the further right party the ultra-right nationalist, the religious parties, they have a good 30 seats altogether. he is close enough to the 60 mark. the difference is the centrist party. he stepped up not so long ago. he had been a very popular minister within likud and went off to form his own party. he had personal issues with netanyahu. and the question was whether he would choose to rally with likud once the dust has settled, or no

was there different editorial policies? were you under different guidelines to come and how are you going to create this credibility that some people wonder about the internet? >> first of all, in terms of guidelines, the short answer is no. there are standards in our profession and standards of professionalism, and i pretty much had that in all of these experiences. actually, my direct editor now at yahoo!, danny, was my editor at "newsweek." he was former bureau chief and managing editor at "newsweek,." the editor is megan, former editor of "the new york times" magazine. so it's the same sort of professional ethos and standards, and i think to a large extent your work speaks for itself. people can read a story and get a pretty good sense once they start delving into it. of whether the work is there whether it is corroborated whether the source is good whether the information can be trusted. now, i do think, as i think when you do good work, regardless of where it is, people to recognize it. and if you've got something tha

governor pence writing an editorial saying the bill will stand and he will not change it.gislature here a supermajority in the legislation here saying they will seek fixes, but what those fixes will be and when they come down is not very clear. groups here say there is an easy way to fix it but that means recognizing gays and lesbians. >> that is what business leaders want. calling for changes to the law. very concerned. nine ceos including eli lilly and angie's list and indiana university of health. they wrote the letter asking for reform. they want pence to push legislation to clarify the law. we call on you to take immediate action to ensure the religious freedom restoration act will not encourage discrimination against visitors or residents of our state. they are concerned over the ability to attract top talent. tim cook says it is discriminatory discriminatory period. he wants everyone to know his company does not discriminate. the businesses are pretty much with one voice saying this is not a good idea for business. >> they did not anticipate this backlash. >>> the d

talk about workers themselves, percentage point lower unemployment in right-to-work states and 2012 editorial in "wall street journal" said the last ten years previous to that, right-to-work compensation had gone up four times that, states that were not right-to-work. look at michigan when you had the right-to-work, how many people dropped out of unions? americans want a choice. when taft-hartly came in 1947 which meant you had to be part of a union to work at a place, that made those illegal. it went from 6.6% in private enterprise. 93.4% businesses think unions are inefficient and harm business. i go with the majority. >> these go to private companies and say it's illegal to have all your workers in a union. we see the decline in unions led to a depression in wages. people are going back to work. the new jobs numbers this week are showing us we are at a 5.5% unemployment. wages are flat. we see that correlation as there is a decline, wages are not going up. unions bargain on behalf of everyone, not just the people in their union. >> the numbers do tell a different story don't they? >> i'm s

this was not an editorial decision that was made in secret.is was a policy decision that was put forth to everybody. >> let me bring it back here. >> but can i also say, i would like to identify myself with commissioner o'reilly and the points that he made in opening. he and i both walked in, essentially at the same time, and -- >> the same day. >> and were handed -- well, i was a couple of minutes -- >> let me ask chairman wheeler, then why did you choose to have the entire commission revote on the advisory order on march 12th, especially if the fcc staff made substantiative editorial changes. >> the changes that got made were changes that were in response to dissents, which we are required by law -- >> and in the spirit of transparency, can you make the order available to us? >> sure, it's on the website. >> february 26th. >> it's on the website, yes. >> the final one. he's saying the one we voted on the day of. >> the day it was finally voted on, february 26th. >> the finally order is on the website. and that's the public -- >> i don't beli

this was not an editorial decision that was made in secret. this was a policy decision that was put forth to everybody. >> let me bring it back here. >> but can i also say, i would like to identify myself with commissioner o'reilly and the points that he made in hisopening. he and i both walked in essentially at the same time, and -- >> the same day. >> and were handed -- well i was a couple of minutes -- >> let me ask chairman wheeler, then why did you choose to have the entire commission revote on the advisory order on march 12th especially if the fcc staff made substantiative editorial changes. >> the changes that got made were changes that were in response to dissents, which we are required by law -- >> and in the spirit of transparency can you make the order available to us? >> sure, it's on the website. >> february 26th. >> it's on the website, yes. >> the final one. he's saying the one we voted on the day of. >> the day it was finally voted on, february 26th. >> the finally order is on the website. and that's the public -- >> i don't be

i didn't track the politics of the editorial board members. my impression is they were not well aligned with the view of the neoconservatives were others who are arguing that we should bomb the nuclear installations or do things like that. they were people of the political left who simply insisted that to be to fully realize the promise of the liberal democracy you have to prove that you can say and print and publish anything and so i think it also would be a watershed moment in the sense that it ought to give some clarity about just the nature of the conflict which engages us now between groups like the islamic state in and the arabian peninsula and all of us in this room who share the values that we have so that would be the first thing. the second thing the attack on the kosher supermarket also a duty of occasion for clarity. i started covering the middle east when i was based in brussels for "the wall street journal" in the late 1990s and early part of the last decade. even then and especially after the outbreak of the so-called second int

welcome to the "journal editorial report." i'm paul gigot. here in the u.s., the administration appeared at times to be openly hostile to his re-election bid. so is netanyahu's win a defeat to president obama? and what does it mean for the emerging nuclear deal for eastern? let's ask bret stevens who is just back from iraq. what does net netdanyahu's surprisingly victory mean for the u.s.? are we in for a rougher road? >> judging wait that president obama has behaved since that victory, i suspect we are. this was a humiliation for obama. >> that's a strong word. he wasn't objectn the ballot. >> well, in a sense he was. prime minister netanyahu who might thank president obama for the assist he provided in the margin of his victory. >> how so? >> a lot of israelis this came to be signeen as a contest, sort of a question of netanyahu versus obama. would obama's push against the prime minister be vindicated by the results at the polls and they did not want to give obama that satisfaction even if they have plenty of misgivings about the prime mini

talk about workers themselves, percentage point lower unemployment in right-to-work states and 2012 editorial in "wall street journal" said the last ten years previous to that, right-to-work compensation had gone up four times that, states that were not right-to-work. look at michigan when you had the right-to-work, how many people dropped out of unions? americans want a choice. when taft-hartly came in 1947 which meant you had to be part of a union to work at a place, that made those illegal. it went from 6.6% in private enterprise. 93.4% businesses think unions are inefficient and harm business. i go with the majority. >> these go to private companies and say it's illegal to have all your workers in a union. we see the decline in unions led to a depression in wages. people are going back to work. the new jobs numbers this week are showing us we are at a 5.5% unemployment. wages are flat. we see that correlation as there is a decline, wages are not going up. unions bargain on behalf of everyone, not just the people in their union. >> the numbers do tell a different story don't they? >> i'm s

or editorial content from different newspapers. he now is the international editor of ""newsweek"" where he presides over the foreign and political coverage and also a reuters correspondent, a regular guest on cnn on msmbc, fox news abc also a reuters columnist. he has been on the charlie rose show. he helped found the daily beast and he ran the editorial side of oprah winfrey's web site. the book, the sphinx we know has over 1400-footnotes so we can say he has done his homework. i'm going to let you hear from niklas how he came about this title but i'm going to share something from our archives. we have another rid of the stephens sphinx and that is something fdr wrote just before the great crash six days before. he is governor of new york and writes his broker to sell some securities. that seems pretty prescient. then what does he write underneath it? buy instead of sell if you think best. fdr. now i know a lot of brokers and if they love a stock at 50, they really love it at 40 and love it even more at 30. and on top of that the

we asked the editor about the paper's decision to go huge with this editorial push. the globe told us they haven't done an official archival search but as far as they know this paper has never done anything like this before. they said they asked themselves what would be the most provocative, interesting way of getting the point across that they believe elizabeth warren should run for president and decided on this full-blast approach with running all of these columns and this editorial all simultaneously. the editorial page editor told us the globe quote wants to urge the ideas that elizabeth warren represents on a national scale. we feel the best way to do that is for her to get to the primary and make the case. they make the case over and over again. it amounts to a special section of "the boston globe ." democrats would be making as mistake if they let hillary clinton coast to the nomination without real opposition and as a national leader elizabeth warren can make sure that doesn't happen. while warren vowed she won't run for president herself, she ought to recons

the indianapolis star has a front page editorial topped by a banner that says "fix this now." that's remarkable. state officials are pushing back led by governor mike pence. he has an op-ed in the wall street journal complaining this has been misconstrued. this morning, leaders are promising to fix the law, though not to repeal it. cnn's miguel marquez is in indianapolis with more. >> reporter: with the final four coming to town and the ncaa expressing concern about the religious freedom restoration act, there is great pressure on the governor here and government to change sb-101. the mayor of indianapolis the republican mayor, has signed executive order saying he wants the state government to change the act and to fix it as he says. the city council has also passed a resolution opposing sb-101. hundreds of protesters were in the meeting. here's what it looked like when it passed. [ applause ] >> reporter: a very raucous council meeting for sure. the chairwoman says she lost control during the meeting jokingly. the protesters got what they want and promising to keep up the pre

>>> welcome to "the journal editorial report," i'm stuart varney in this week for paul gigot. well, she's reportedly set to launch her presidential bid as early as next month. but revelations this week that hillary clinton used a private e-mail " -- account to conduct official business is reportedly adding to concern in some liberal circles that putting athe ticket in 2016 may not be the democrat's best move." so just how much legal and political trouble could she be facing and do democrats have a backup plan if her candidacy runs aground? let's ask. "wall street journal" columnist, dan henninger. dorothy rabinowitz and james taranto. to you first, dan. days after the revelation i'm still shocked that she did this kind of thing. why on earth would a woman with that experience do something like that? >> well, because the clintons as usual think that the rules apply to everyone else but not to them. and they make them up as they go along. i think the thing to address here is -- stuart, the really kind of bloodless political calculation as she famously said what difference does i

the boston globe's editorial board is calling on senator elizabeth warren to run for the democratic nomination in 2016. the globe writes democrats would be making a big mistake if they let hillary clinton coast to the presidential nomination without real opposition. and elizabeth warren can make sure that doesn't happen. if warn sticks to her refusal, she should make it her responsibility to recruit candidates to provide voters with a debate on her signature cause reducing income inequality. matchups show a gap of over 40 points between warn and clinton. and warren has repeatedly said she's not running for president and has taken no steps to indicate otherwise. >>> "the new york times" this morning is shedding light on e-mails that hillary clinton turned over on benghazi. it left four americans dead. the e-mails do not suggest that clinton was part of a coverup or told u.s. forces not to respond as some critics have claimed. one chain focuses on the ambassador then to the u.n., susan rice who went on five sunday talk shows and stated it was a spontaneous attack. clinton's department of staff i

and the editorial closes with this line, which i find to be poignant. it says, "this fight is supposed to be against human trafficking. distracting attention from that fight is shameful." it's shameful. mr. president, scripture reminds us that it does not profit a person to gain the whole world and lose your soul. and i worry that the united states senate is losing its soul and its unique role as an institution where we can actually work out our differences, we can have debate and we can have vote and we can actually make some discernible progress forward on behalf of the people we represent. this is a important time of choosing for members of the united states senate. at 11:00 when we have this vote we need a handful of brave and courageous members of the senate on the other side of the aisle who will say to their leader this is a bridge too far. we are not going to march in lock-step with the leader and make what could be legislation that will help these victims of human trafficking and turn it into a failure. this is a time for choosing. i know there

this was not an editorial decision that was made in secret. this was a policy decision that was put forth to everybody. >> let me bring it back here. >> but can i also say, i would like to identify myself with commissioner o'reilly and the points that he made in his blog. i think he made some really valid points. and i think that we have to deal with those. he and i both walked in essentially the same time and -- >> same day. >> -- and were landed -- >> let me ask commissioner wheeler -- chairman wheeler excuse me. then why did you choose not to have the entire commission revote on the advisory order on march 12th especially if the fcc staff played substantive editorial clang? >> so the changes that get made were changes that were in response to dissents wrihich we are required by law. >> can you make that february 26th order available to you? >> sure. it is on the website. >> okay. >> it's on the website. yes. >> the final one. he's saying the one we voted on the day of. >> yeah. the final order is on the website. the issue here is that we're

the editorial begins "we are at a crucial moment in indiana's history, and much is at stake." the paper doesn't call for repeal but a new law. we have this report from indianapolis. >> the proposal carries. 24-3. >> reporter: indianapolis residents cheered as the city council adopted a resolution opposing the state's new religious freedom law. >> no hate in our state! >> reporter: earlier the mayor of indiana's largest city added his voice to the growing chorus of those who want the law repealed saying it allows for discrimination against gays. >> this is about doing what's right for individuals, for our city, and for our state. discrimination is wrong. >> reporter: lawmakers met monday to come up with a fix for the law which allows people to conduct business based on their religious beliefs. >> we don't believe that anyone should be discriminated against. we wouldn't support this law if we thought that was the effect of it. >> is the fact that you're considering this legislation that could clarify the law just four days after it was enacted a sign that you're buckling to publ

"usa today" always puts opposing editorial on their lead editorial and today, it is by lanny davis whoas worked for hillary clinton over the years. attacks add up to a big nothing is the header. mr. davis writes -- regardless of whether it was located at home, more than 50,000 pages had are ready bit turnover. she asked the state department to review and release them. that is just a little bit from lanny davis's editorial in usa today. s get to your calls. major news stories of the week. start with an independent from outline, california. this is jim. caller: good morning. thank you for c-span. i was just watching the senate hearings on whether the u.s. should farm the ukrainian army are not. for me, that has been a really serious issue and concern. i served in iraq and i do not feel the government was being very honest with us when they sent us over there. i really think that our media has done a good job of asking the government the hard questions or even taking a good look at the concerns of the russians might have. for years, i have been listening to our government complain about t

in an unprecedented lead editorial, the boston globe urged massachusetts senator elizabeth warren to run for president, and adding unprecedented to unprecedented, the globe ran three separate op ed column, urging elizabeth warren to run. since 1960, when john f. kennedy won the presidency, the boston globe has grown accustomed to endorsing a local boy. john kerry in 2004. the globe never had to urge any of them to run for president. in an editorial entitled democrats need elizabeth warren's voice in the 2016 presidential race, the globe specified some policy differences between hillary clinton and elizabeth warren. unlike clinton or any of the prospective candidates, warren has made closing the economic gaps in america her priority, and calling for more bankruptcy protections. if she runs, if will ensure that those issues take their rightful place at the center of the national political debate. with that globe editorial no doubt in mind, today in washington at the center for american progress, hillary clinton said this. >> one of the biggest issues we face is income inequality, combi

i do agree -- i rarely editorialize, but i will say -- brendan: [laughter] you editorialize all the time. some piece of this should not be until we come to the last friday of the quarter. we go to the top headlines, and he will not editorialize. seriousness in germany. brendan: breaking news come he editorializes all the time. investigators are trying to figure why address lubitz crashed the plane into the mountain. he was the copilot of the plane that crashed into the french alps on tuesday. investigators believe he locked the copilot out of the cockpit and intentionally crashed the airplane into the mountainside. officials reportedly tell a german newspaper they have "made a significant discovery," but investigators say the search continues for answers. >> we have searched the apartment for clues and other indications as to why the pilot could have done the deed. brendan: moments ago, spokesman for the interior ministry says there is no indication lubitz had terrorist back on. -- macro. tom: they seized medical documents a moment ago. brendan: and plays from saudi arabia and regional a

stuart: your editorial, not you but the wall street journal editorial said think again, democrats, about having her -- maria: they have a problem because who is in the wings? joe biden? that is a joke. governor o'malley? he governed maryland so badly, and they do not have a deep bench and democratic side, fascinating to see how democrats handle this scandal. stuart: the headline in the new york post, don't know if you can see it but i will read it to you. the leader of the free world. you have it. we are developing a developing story, this is a tragedy. and army black hawk helicopter crashing overnight while conducting a training mission off the coast of florida. all 11 crew members seven marines and army soldiers are likely dead. rescuers have found debris in the water. officials say heavy fog may be to blame. we don't have a lot of stock market activity to report. huge drop yesterday holding steady with the small gain this morning. the dow is now at 17681. the real news on the market this morning is oil. we have oil around $47 a barrel, that feeds into the gasoline story because gas is

editorial departments think. >> thanks for coming. buzzfeed gawker, and vice all have sister sites or subsections. if you could add a sister sistte or remove one which one or why? shani: from each other's? [laughter] >> it's open. max: something we do well, and could be done better his coverage of internet culture. -- is coverage of internet culture. we call it weird internet, but it is not even weird, it is just to let. -- it is just internet gizmodo does a bit of it. is ait is incredibly important and influential. >> i really to find a way to tell climate stories in a way that is readable and compelling. it is just hard. the market for climate journalist has been so diminished in the last 10 years. there is hardly anybody doing it. the people who are doing it are doing it were isoing worthy, but not readable work. tom: can i ask a related question? traditional newsrooms, as they have shrunk, have largely given up on diversity pulls. what we have done in research at api, the digital divide in terms of minority publishing's not being

look at the "usa today" editorial. they're not a partisan paper. they said it's pure fantasy to claim that this balances. so it doesn't balance. but it does disinvest in america. we can do a lot better. we can do a lot better than a budget that continues to break the rules for the -- rig the rules for the folks that already made it and make life harder for everybody else. let's reject this republican budget and let's get started back to work for the american people. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. price: thank you, madam chair. it has been said that budgets are about visions and about tissue and that they're a moral document and they are. budgets are -- what's our vision? we believe in promoting the greatest amount of opportunity. and the greatest amount of success and the greatest number of americans so that the greatest number of american dreams can be realized. and doing so in a way that demonstrates real hope and real compassion and real fairness. without washington picking winners and

i'm going to ask, who as you probably already know, is the editorial director and columnist and contributing writer to "the new york times" and then i'm going to ask floyd abrams -- i hope everyone in journalism knows, if you have a problem with the first amendment, you call and there really is no number two. you just call floyd abrams. and then to sort of talk about the elephant in the room and really bring us to the point of understanding what the problem is, what the underlying problem is and where things are going and i'm hoping there's a lot of cross dialogue. i'm going to ask each person to speak for about five minutes to set the stage.

then the paper went a big step further in an editorial today entitled, no need to prosecute sergeantbergdahl. the editorial board argues bergdahl has suffered enough and a trial may raise uncomfortable questions about how the military mishandled this situation from the start. howie kurtz is the host of media buzz. he joins me now. the "new york times" doesn't think he ought to be prosecuted contrary to every single military person that we have been in touch with and seen interviewed howie. >> i am just flabbergasted by this editorial. now, i can understand an argument saying if bergdahl is convicted perhaps he should be sentenced to time served because he did go through five years of hell with the taliban being beaten and so forth. but to say he shouldn't even receive a dishonorable discharge after this guy put his fellow platoon members at risk by deserting and people went out looking for him just boggles my mind. >> right. it's like don't the platoon mates whom he endangered get a vote? because they certainly don't feel the way the times does. the treatment of them throughout this

of the indianapolis star editorial. it reads very simply, fix this now. and right now it all comes down to this press conference and what the governor is going to say and what will happen next. let's go straight to indianapolis first off. rosa flores is there for us. what are you expecting to hear from the governor? >> reporter: you know, kate, we don't know exactly what the governor is going to say, but what i can tell you is that republicans and the governor have been playing an interesting dance since yesterday with republican leadership saying yesterday that not exactly that the governor had bombed interview with abc, but saying you know, he didn't do a very good job at answering abc's questions. that's why we're holding a press conference today. that's why it's fascinating that now the governor is coming forward now in front of reporters and holding this conferen conference. but republicans did make it clear that one of their goals now is to clarify the language of the bill. take a listen to what they said. >> what we're looking at right now is speci

i wonder what it means his editorials can do what editorials do, but i wonder if it is the voice of business and the almighty dollar speaks louder when businesses such as yours decide to pull businesses away from the state. mike: i believe most people in indiana believe in equality and what civil rights to be enforced for everyone. when we pulled out we were not directly harming the legislature. we were taking an economic toll on business leaders who may well not share the opinions of the legislature of the administration and we had an opportunity to engage with a bunch of prospective customers and others. we believe it is the right thing to do. by encouraging moderate voices in indiana to speak up in support of civil rights, i think we have had some effect as a broad community in driving the dialogue in the right direction. really pleased to hear encouraging words this morning and i really look forward to those words attorney into action making a difference. cory: i want to read what the data group had to say about that. this law is having an immediate and definitive definite negative impac

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the lead editorial in "the new york times." that is the editorial this morning. a lot of celebrities come in and out of washington for various reasons. some testify before congress. ben affleck was one of them. >> back then, there was a lot of activity around sudan and i got asked to be part of that. i started doing a lot of reading and studying and meeting with people. i was shocked to see the degree to which wars in central africa were dwarfing what was going on in sudan. not to diminish that, obviously. if that was as big a tragedy as was being described, that was someplace i should get involved. we started traveling there and we went around the congo. we started thinking about the assumption that i must be able to help. what can i do? what can be done. we decided we wanted to help foster community groups that could not get money from the united states and could not get the capacity building because they were too small. we wanted to be nimble. there was no turning back. you see people suffering and fighting. i thought i would find people towering and on the gr

sorry. >> i don't support editorial privileges on this item. >> we have an objection to editorial privileges. so note ppd. >> secretary of state john kerry was joined by defense secretary ashton carter today in a hearing looking at the request to congress to authorize military use against isis. we'll show you that hearing in its entirety tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span but we wanted to show you this. secretary kerry was greeted by code pink protesters at today's hearing. here's how he responded. >> when i came here last time, i mentioned that -- >> the american people are speaking out -- >> the committee will be in order. look, we appreciate -- >> another endless war and killing of innocent people. >> okay. if this happens again i would ask the police to escort immediately people out of the room. >> creating more terrorism. killing more innocent people. >> killing more innocent people. i wonder how our journalists who were beheaded and the pilot who was fighting for freedom who was burned alive, what they would have to say to their efforts to protect innocent people. >> secretary kerry fro

and this is the editorial that just ran alongside all of those other columns on the same day imploring senator elizabeth warren to run for president. the "boston globe" did a whole special section to try to persuade elizabeth warren to run for president even though she clearly doesn't want to. we called to ask about this paper's decision to go huge with this push. as far as they know, the paper has never done anything like this before. they asked what is the most unusual and provocative way to get the point across, and they decided on this blast approach running all of these columns at the same time simultaneously. the globe wants to "urge a discussion of the ideas that elizabeth warren represents on a national scale." so then make the case. they make the case over and over and over again. again, what is amounts to is a special section of the boston globe. as a national leader, elizabeth warren can make sure that doesn't happen. she should not shrink from the chance to set the course for the democratic party. if she puts her causes and goals front and center as democrats gather their f

. >> the genesis was a meeting a meeting here, and editorial meeting in may of 1996 our big things tothink about and talk about in the coming years right after the assisted suicide physician out of oregon, the initial catalyst. [inaudible question] >> yes. that inspired this roundtable conversation. importantly the editorial board at that time peter berger was not there not a single republican in the room. so as a result of this what came out of it basically asking do we have an illegitimate state because of the usurpation of the democratic legislative decision-making by an activist judiciary? and neuhaus at the time i don't think, realize just how insinuating this was going to be. [inaudible question] >> yes and no. and lots of ways we can make this case. we're still living in a functioning democracy. you could argue otherwise. next time you go to vote tell me you are being prevented from doing so. my.is simply that neuhaus at the time did not realize himself just how much of an explosion this was going to be. right around 96 reelection. and. >> now let's now let's be specific. a few

commissioner o'rielly in your testimony discuss the problems associated with editorial privileges. can you describe specific examples of what needs to be addressed to ensure a transparent and open process? >> i have had difficulty in the last meeting the chairman asked for, the bureau asper writes for editorial privileges and i objected and part of the reason was i had an opportunity to look at our manual and they are not contained within, there are no rules on what we have. there just practices we written down in the commissioner's guide to what the agenda meeting should be so what i've suggested is one we ought to codify our practices rather than having them as free-floating but two i've had a problem with the practice of cell. .. >> he had argued that it had been done separately. then the interconnection issue would be separate. and here they put a footnote in and said no it's contained in here. they had to back out. >> just to be sure on that. what you you're quoting is a speech that i made over one year ago in which i said that i'm not so sure and i have been saying as we lead