secretary ernest moniz: should i start? first of all, let me start by expanding on a little bit of what secretary rogoff said, you mentioned tiger and the tiger grants are way over subscribed and the point that i really want to make is in our quadrennial energy review is that when we think of energy infrastructure we think about wires and pipes in fact associated infrastructure like docs, ports inland waterways, these are all critical to energy today, and the energy boom that we have seen in the united states are severely taxing the infrastructure in many, many ways. so things like grow america and other initiatives that we hope to move forward on these related infrastructures will help us move forward. and just one thing about smaller communities, two points. one, as i mentioned earlier, we are putting forward to congress and again, we hope there will be action, in terms of these planning grants, and in these planning grants, 63 -- $63 billion, these are precisely to develop plans that can develop the fundable. this would

energy secretary ernest moniz was giving nothing away. >> mr. secretary are things going well? >> well. >> are you hopeful you will get an agreement this weekend? >> they are going. >> germany's foreign minister has told reporters when he looks at the mountains it reminds him the hardest part of any climb is the last bit. that's where we are with these negotiations. james bays, al jazeera lausanne. >> voting in nigeria's presidential election, because of violence and technical problems. yvonne ndege reports from the capital, abuja. >> rafael casts his vote for a new president and parliamentarians at the national assembly provincial office polling station in abuja. he's part of more than 60 million people taking place in this exercise. this process is happening in 120,000 locations in the country. >> the personal vote, i believe that can take us to the level this country wants to go. under security and education and the structure. >> reporter: as expected there was some violence in the north. several people were killed in yobe and gombe state as boko haram attacked some people g

clearly it is john kerry and the iranian foreign minister, and that we brought in earnest munis -- ernest monizut basically it is basically the u.s. and iran trying to negotiate the major points of a deal. the other leaders of the international community have said that if they agree, they will get behind the deal, but that is not to say that parties like the french have a lot of concerns. they have been very tough and have been in line with israel and they want to make sure that this deal is not going to be a weak one, so we also have look at french president aland -- french president whole law and -- hollande and they say that they have to make tough choices to make this happen so everybody is putting the pressure on to make this happen before march 31. john: we know john kerry has been extraordinarily involved in all of this, and how much do you feel that he has pressure at this point to bring things home as a matter of legacy for him? indira: he feels huge pressure it is not just legacy, but this is the most that the obama administration could get as we look it in terms of foreign policy, an

energy secretary ernest moniz, and union's nuclear chief, both from m.i.t. but it may take more than two nuclear physicists to solve these problems. what kind of nuclear research will iran be allowed after the first ten years of an agreement? will the u.n. sanctions be lifted in june as iran demands or just suspended so they can be slapped back on if iran cheats? john kerry doesn't give up easily. but if he doesn't get a nuclear deal, he has made his mark here. a local restaurant has named a pizza after him, arugula, chicken, onion and bacon to go. even if there is a deal tomorrow, the u.s. will not get the specific commitments that it once hoped to get from iran. that will make it harder for critics who fear the administration is making too many concessions just to get a deal. lester? >> andrea mitchell, thank you. >>> a big headline in the fight against isis in iraq. that country's prime minister says iraqi forces have reached the center of tikrit as they move to retake control of saddam hussein's hometown north of baghdad. the white house pointed out toda

kerry's hair, also involved at the top level, our energy secretary who is a nuclear physicist, ernest moniz. he and the iranian nuclear physicist, ali salehi, are involved in the talks which, if nothing else, means that these talks are down to the nuclear details. stay tuned. >>> congress got a new caucus today. for the first time, congress as of today has a caucus of post 9/11 veterans. 26 veterans of the wars in iraq and afghanistan are now serving in congress. that's enough of them that they have now formed their own group. a bipartisan group headed up by tulsi gabbard, a democrat of hawaii, and scott perry, a republican from pennsylvania. that's gratuitous news for our current generation of veterans in terms of getting their issues heard. but also when it comes to war and peace and involving the u.s. military, it's helpful to have people who have been there, helping us make more informed choices about this as a country. especially when it's less than 1% of our population who has been serving in our most recent and giantly long wars. that said, the fact that we have a new generation of v

ernest moniz. >> i'm afraid mr. cheney and mr. biden are not involved.er is b. >> soo, you had a good reason for missing that one. one last chance. this one is a visual one. so we've never done this before. hope it works. tuesday's show we reported on republican aaron schock and his somewhat shocking resignation from congress in the face of lots of questions about his finances related to his travel. one of the things reporters have used to track his travel spending is his rather legendary instagram account, which he seems to have deleted. but we were able to capture some of it. which of these images was not an image from his instagram account? was it a, this one, which makes him look like an extra for "magic mike." b, this one, which shows him surfing in hawaii. was it c, this one, shows him, i don't know, maybe ice climbing or something. or d, this one which shows him being shaved by another dude? which one of those was not from his instagram account? >> oh, my gosh. this is tough. i'm going to say a, because i think that a was a shoot from a magazine,

and finally, instead of secretary of energy ernest moniz, people prefer, an oompa-loompa. [ laughter applause ] who doesn't love a good oompa-loompa? [ cheers and applause ] who doesn't like oompa-loompas? >> steve: oompa-loompa. >> jimmy: this is too bad, you guys. today zayn malik announced that he is officially leaving one direction. [ audience awws ] they asked him, "where are you going?" he said, "another direction." [ laughter ] a business story here. it was just announced that kraft foods is planning to merge with ketchup maker heinz. when asked why it took such a a long time, kraft said they had to turn heinz upside down and just wait. [ laughter and applause ] hit the bottom? no, don't -- that's right, kraft foods and heinz will merge to create the fifth largest food and beverage company in the world. the merger will combine brands like kraft mac and cheese, heinz ketchup, oscar mayer wieners, and philadelphia cream cheese. or as stoners put it, "already did that, bro. [ laughter and applause ] pretty tasty. pretty tasty snack if i don't mind. [ laughter ] wow, i just ate a

ernest moniz, the secretary of the department of energy. [applause] please join me also in welcoming gina mccarthy the administrator of the environmental protection agency. i'd like to invite peter rogoff the undersecretary of transportation. thank you. i'm going to ask each of these panelists to give us a brief comment. then we are going to go into a series of questions around topics that are important to us in cities as well as within the realm of responsibility. mr. secretary? >> thank you and greetings to my colleagues here. i'm not going to get into things you know very well, like the importance of cities and the importance of cities in the context of our climate challenge. but let me focus on a few items in these opening remarks. of course, all of you have tremendous responsibilities in terms of managing a lot of the structure in this country. let me say a word about our quadrennial energy review, the first installment that we expect to have come out in a few weeks. this is a study that has been going on for over one year. across the

energy secretary ernest moniz epa mr. gina mccarthy and transportation official followed mccarthy with a panel discussion on each of their budgets and priority. also interior secretary sally jewell spoke about the need for children to learn and play in the great outdoors. good afternoon again and welcome everyone. [applause] >> we welcome you to this afternoon's general session. thank you to jimmy for entertaining the crowd, and to the city of nashville for bringing him to washington. thank you so much. let's give him a round of applause. [applause] this morning we were honored to be part of a historic event for the national league of cities and its members. i believe this afternoon session will be memorable in its own right, and very informative as well. we will hear from several representatives from the administration as well as a thought-provoking panel discussion on infrastructure and climate change. it is now my pleasure to introduce our first speaker this afternoon. secdef homeland security jeh johnson -- secretary

also ernest moniz will go before the senate committee. you can watch live coverage of that hearing tomorrow morning on c-span.org at 9:30. >>> here are some of our featured programs for this weekend on the c-span networks. saturday at 10:00 p.m. eastern, author peter wallison says that government housing policies cause the the 2008 financial process. at 5:00, director of the earth institute on a development plan to counter global issues like poverty, political corruption and environmental decay. and saturday morning at 10:30 eastern, a discussion on the last major speeches of abraham lincoln and martin luther king jr. then sunday at 4:00. the meet the press interview with martin luther king jr. find the complete television schedule at c-span.org and let us know what you think about the programs you're watching. call us at 202-626-3400. join the c-span conversation. like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >>> u.s. telecom held their national cybersecurity policy forum recently in washington d.c. it included ron johnson and the national

. >>> thursday, energy secretary ernest moniz testifies before the senate energy committee about the administration's quadrennial energy review. the review looks at the development and implementation of policies governing energy resources and consumption. you can see the hearing live thursday at 9:30 a.m. eastern on our website c-span.org. >>> the senate is expected to take up defense spending next week and monday, freshman senator tom cotton called for a national defense to be congress's first priority. his remarks came during a discussion on national security hosted by the american action forum. this is an hour and 20 minutes. >> welcome everybody. good morning. my name is chris griffin. i'm the executive director at the for return policy initiative. it is my privilege to welcome you today to this event jointly hosted by the foreign policy initiative and the american action forum. titled, will congress provide for the common defense? this is the second in a series of public briefings on how congress and the president can work together to provide our armed forces with the resources

ernest moniz, the secretary of the department of energy. [ applause ] please join me also in welcoming gina mccarthy, the administrator of the environmental protection agency. [applause] and finally i would like to invite to the stage peter rogoff who is the undersecretary of transportation. peter, thank you for joining us. [applause] >> i'm going to ask each of these panelists to just give us a brief comment and then we're going to go into a series of questions that are topics that are so important to us as cities as well as in their realms of responsibility. mr. secretary to you first. >> actually. >> it doesn't matter. >> mr. secretary. why don't you start? >> thank you, mayor becker and also greetings to my administration colleagues here. i'm not going to get into things that you know very well like the importance of cities and the importance of cities also in the context of our climate challenge. but let me focus on a few items in these opening remarks. of course, all of you have tremendous responsibilities in terms of managing a lot of infrastructure in this country. let me say a

ernest moniz the secretary of the department of energy. energy. [ applause ] please join me also in welcoming gina mccarthy the administrator of the environmental protection agency. [ applause ] thank you. and finally, i would like to invite to the stage peter rogoff, who is the undersecretary of transportation. peter, thank you for joining us. [ applause ] so i'm going to ask each of these panelists to maybe just give us a brief comment, and then we're going to go into a series of questions around topics that are so important to us as cities as well as obviously within their realms of responsibility. mr. undersecretary, to you first. >> i think we're actually starting with the secretary. >> excuse me. >> it doesn't matter. >> okay. mr. secretary. why don't you start? >> well, thank you. mayor becker. and also greetings to my administration colleagues here. i'm not going to get into things that you know very well, like the importance of cities and the importance of cities also in the context of our climate challenge. but let me focus on a

ernest moniz, the secretary of the department of energy. [ applause ] please join me also in welcoming gina mccarthy, the administrator of the environmental protection agency. [applause] and finally i would like to invite to the stage peter rogoff who is the undersecretary of transportation. peter, thank you for joining us. [applause] >> i'm going to ask each of these panelists to just give us a brief comment and then we're going to go into a series of questions that are topics that are so important to us as cities as well as in their realms of responsibility. mr. secretary to you first. >> actually. >> it doesn't matter. >> mr. secretary. why don't you start? >> thank you, mayor becker and also greetings to my administration colleagues here. i'm not going to get into things that you know very well like the importance of cities and the importance of cities also in the context of our climate challenge. but let me focus on a few items in these opening remarks. of course, all of you have tremendous responsibilities in terms of managing a lot of infrastructure in this country. let me say a