a scouting alternative organization the mairnl civil rights union -- the american civil rights union the american family associationhurch of jesus of christ of latter day saints they all turned us down. roger ganum thanks for being on the program. but why do you think so many are running for cover on this item? i'm not a ferocious guy i don't think, i give everyone a shot but why is it such that so many organizations really didn't want to touch this issue? >> i really can't speak for other organizations but i think there's a strong sense in the faith community, in keeping the ban in place as were members two years ago that scouting was somewhat of a lost cause because it was predicted by many that this change of policy would happen it would become complete. to be clear scouting has never discriminated on the basis of identity who a child is or who an adult leader is. it's only discriminated on the basis of conduct. every organization that is based on morals or for that matter, any organization that has issues on the course of conduct its mission.not simply character it's to prepare its members to make moral and eth

the americans made it possible. that is where she is coming from. >> the american family association calling this a decision abandoning law impairing religious liberty saying this up ends millennia of history and that's the rule of law. those that are opposed to being just as vocal as those in support. stuart: it is a done deal. which do you think is the more important for all america? obamacare of health, subsidies say? versus what i think is a revolution in our cultural relationships, sexual relationships and the law within the united states? >> they are both huge. look at this horrible picture in the times of protesters before the decision saying don't take my health-care as if everything comes from government. america is going broke, obamacare decision will speed that process. with gay marriage, what about gay adoption? marco rubio has said this is a social experiment, we should not make it worse by allowing gay adoption. that will be the next argument. "cavuto coast to coast" when it is done. john: marriage and adoption same case? stuart: i don't know that. i don't know that. to be honest i don't. if you allow pu

a very strong ally in an arbitration called the association on american indian affairs, and this organization develop a legal defense fund for indian families. and assigned one of their staff members, an attorney, to defend indian families. and he defended hundreds of indian comes across the country. and a small number of other lawyers, primarily non-indian lawyers, got involved in this. and so finally there was a way for indian families especially indian women to have some recourse when their children were taken from them without just cause. and so they went to court and they challenged these things. but gradually those people who were involved in these cases, whether they were tribal, social service providers within indian communities or the association of american indians, they gradually begin to feel like wow, we can't just it's on a case-by-case basis. this is a systemic, epidemic problem. when you're 25-35% of all indian kids living apart from their families, this is a crisis and we need to do something about it. so they started promoting the idea of legislation, and this eventually led to the passage of the indian child welfare act i

providers within the indian communities by the association of american indian affairs began to feel like a case-by-case basis. this is a systemic epidemic problem. living apart from the familiesthis is a crisis. they started promoting the idea of legislation. the very act that dustin brown was trying to use to get back his daughter. since then the department of justice has really shown itself to be interested in strengthening the indian child welfare act rather than doing away with it. so so that supreme court case was a setback, but i don't see it as the sort of deathknell of the indian child welfare act. in some ways it mobilized indian communities to really want to defend the indian child welfare act. it mobilized people like me. i thought, wow it's important for people to know it's kind of a notion. isn't it nice when people who have financial means taking children who are in difficult circumstances. but. but i felt like there was an important history to be told here that is more than meets the eye. sometimes state was using the promotion as a tool to undermine indian people and providing the resources that indian communities needed to thrive in for indian families who ar

. >>> from earlier today at the house, president obama announces changes to american hostage policy. the associated press says the president cleared the way for families of u.s. hostages to pay ransom to terror groups without fear of prosecution. >> good afternoon. since 9/11 more than 80 americans have been taken hostage by murderous groups engaged in terrorism or privacy. for these innocent men and women, tourists, journalists humanitarians, it's a horror and cruelty beyond description. for their families and for their friends, it's an unrelenting nightmare that the riftest of us cannot bebegin to imagine. as a government, we should always do everything in our power to bring these americans home safe and to support their families. dedicated public servants across our government work tirelessly to do so. our military personnel risk their lives in dangerous missions, such as the operation i authorized last year that attempted to rescue americans held in syria and yemen. there have been successes such as the rescue of captain richard philips held by somali pirates or jessica buchanan, rescued from somalia. of these more than 80 americans taken hostage

the american prison system. you do it one tiny step at a time. and the women's prison association really does that. they provide services for women in prison for their familiesughest part. >> it's the most important. having a social worker there to end recidivism and to really give them a chance. and that's been so deeply rewarding. >> let me get back to the show. it's grown through the years, quite nicely season one was all about laura preupon's character. the second season it grew and expanded beyond just her focus. and this third season which i haven't finished but it seems to be going a little more slowly, a little more poetic poetically, we're expanding into the back stories of the staff members. it's an interesting growth trajectory for the show so far. >> i think it's magical. we do see all of these amazing women. and more and more we get to see who they are and their secrets and their pasts blossoming is a great metaphor for it i associate that. >> we have been following this manhunt in upstate new york. this bizarre story. >> you lost inmates. >> when you are looking -- do you look at it as a normal news observer? or do you have a special insight in

the late 60s many of these indian women started to fight back. they found a very strong ally in an organization called the association of american indian affairs. this organization developed a legal defense fund for indian families and assigned one of their staff members an attorney, to defend indian families. he defended hundreds of indian families across the country. a small number of other lawyers got involved. finally there was a way for indian families, especially indian women to have some recourse for they're children were taken from them without just cause. and so they went to court and challenge these things. but gradually those people who were involved in these cases, whether travel advocates social service providers within indian communities or the association of american indian affairs gradually began to feel like we can't just do this on a case-by-case basis. this is a systemic epidemic problem. when you have 25 to 35% 35 percent of all indian kids living apart from their families this is a crisis a crisis that will need to do something about. they started promoting the idea of legislation and this eventually led to the passage of the indian child welfare act in 1978 the very act that dustin brown wa

the american people. >> the chinese probably have access to background checks and security clearances now? they therefore no who american contacts are in china with chinese people, friends, family associatesconfidants in that country. do you think it might be necessary to remove people from embassy positions in china who have close contacts on the outside and are themselves chinese question? josh: we have not discussed publicly what we know about the extent of the cyber intrusion. we have knowledge that potentially sensitive data about a substantial number of federal employees was breached or at-risk. we haven't talked publicly about the details. i'm not aware that the state department has made the decision to take any actions in response to this specific matter. if they have, you should ask them about it. >> people as high as cabinet level officers have that data stored there, background check information? josh: i don't know the answer to that. i know there is a substantial amount of data that is maintained that opm. we will not be up to discuss in much detail about what data, which data, may potentially be affected by this particular incident. >> the delegation was in town this week. ha

the taking of american hostages because either the family or the government will get, give you something in the end. melissa: meanwhile a shocking revelation in the iran nuclear deal. a confidential document uncovered by the associatedailing how the u.s. and its allies are prepared to give iran state-of-the-art nuclear equipment for return in paring down the atom i can arsenal as part of a final deal with the rogue nation. charles, what are your thoughts on this? >> as my colleague jim phillips who is an iran expert wrote and said, it is essentially a bribe. it's a bribe to increase our negotiating posture as we come up on the june 30th deadline. if the ayatollah's comments are taken seriously and they take a hard-line there will be no inspections of military facilities, that should be a red line and there should be no deal period. melissa: christian, do you agree with that? >> yes. this is just the continued defining down from this agreement. we've gone from supposedly disarming iran to sanctifying them as nuclear state. this is dual purpose. if you give them nuclear technology in one area, they will use it in other areas. we defined down what they have to fest up in terms of prior conduct and prior conduct in term

family and being involved with vietnam veterans in the chicago area. luckily, i got the part and that led me to an association with the disabled american veterans association. that relationship goes back 20 years. after september 11, when we were attacked, it felt like this was where i could employ my service in helping those who serve. i volunteered for the uso and started visiting our troops. this is decades old. it all came together four years ago when i created the gary sinise foundation and watched it right here at the press club. my objective here is to have this foundation be here long after i am gone serving and honoring the needs of our military and veteran community. as i said, we cannot ever do enough for our freedom providers. this is a dangerous 21st century. we will be facing a lot of dangerous and the military will be called upon many times in the coming decades. >> the washington post recently ran a story headlined that military tributes -- military tributes at baseball games honors or gestures? how would you answer that question and also talk about the change between vietnam and today and the appreciation and recognition that veterans rece

families. all of us on the board appreciate the opportunity to support the associations very vital mission. in my work at the center for congressional and presidential studies at american university i leave the legacies of americans first ladies initiative. our work includes those national conferences with the white house historical association and the presidential library. c-span is a committed partner for us and has always been there to cover those events honoring our first ladies. on many levels, it is a pleasure for me to open today's program. i want to recognize some of our very special guests today in the audience, the republican congressional spouses club. thank you to cindy ross who organized a wonderful lunch earlier today where all of you heard from white house historical's association chief historian about the history of this house and its occupants. now it is my pleasure to introduce you to our featured speakers. susan swain and william seale. susan swain is a 30 year veteran of the cable public affairs channel. she integrates her management role at the network was that of on camera interview orer, sitting down with presidents. during the 2013-2014 season,

the american people need to be galvanized to push congress but they also have to be began vallizeval ize -- galvanized to push the national rifle association to get them to back off so more familieseston to aurora to other places don't have to suffer the horror that these people in charleston are suffering today. >> francesca. >> i think there's a fine line between coming off as a political opportunist and not, therefore, also taking the opportunity when a tragedy like this occurs if you are the president and you do believe there should be more restrictions on gun sales, to use this to push for that so that more of these sorts of senseless tragedies don't happen. because as jonathan points out, right after these sorts of shootings, that's when there is sort of the political appetite a media appetite and an appetite with the american public to have these sorts of discussions. if you look at polls, the a year after the shooting at sandy hook, the appetite starts waning to have this conversation. when is a good time to have this sort of conversation? >> it's absolutely -- >> jonathan allen. >> absolutely insane to not have this conversation. this is not a random thing that happened.

association, with the bureau of indian affairs and u.s. department of health and human services administration for children and families. reforms are just commonsense measures designed to protect those native american children who are in need of a good, safe home. in fact, s. 184 has been endorsed by the national indian child welfare association as well as the spirit lake and turtle mountain tribes in my home state of north dakota. mr. president, this bill has undergone many thoughtful efforts on the part of many people and plenty of thoughtful consideration and it's gone through regular order in the senate and it passed unanimously out of the senate committee on indian affairs on february 4, 2015. i'm pleased that this bill now has passed the full senate so that these children can receive the protection they deserve. with that, mr. president, i would yield the floor. thank you. mr. cornyn: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. cornyn: mr. president i ask the senate's indulgence. i actually have three things that i need to discuss here today, one involves this historic flooding that we've experienced in texas and the consequences of that. also the president's signing the just

americans already live in jurisdictions that provide for same-sex marriages. it is unconscionable that anyone who proposed to continue to deny universal access and recognition as well as the associated safety and security to these families. the court has the immediate responsibility to expand upon its decision in windsor to ensure that state laws comply with established basic constitutional protections and that all americans are given the equal respect and support they deserve. much as in lovey vs. virginia which also rolled back government forced discrimination based on race outdated prejudices and intolerance cannot be allowed to rule the day. it is time we make the constitution's promise of equality a reality for gay and lesbian couples throughout the nation. regardless of the fourth coming decision, we have a long way to go to ensure full equality for lgbt americans who can still be fired from their jobs, denied housing, and turned away from stores simply for being who they are. we must work together to pass comprehensive nondiscrimination legislation to protect these vulnerable americans. i thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. poe, for five minutes. mr

families and businesses. upgrading our infrastructure would save trillions of gallons of water a year and make our water safer to drink. but the best part is that according to the american water works association, there are already enough shovel-ready water projects around the united states that would create work for more than 400,000 americans, including almost 90,000 direct construction jobs. these are jobs that would be welcomed with open arms in our towns and cities across the united states. our nation's water infrastructure is in desperate need of repair. according to an infrastructure needs survey by the e.p.a., nearly $335 billion with repair, upgrades and replacements are needed by water systems in the next 20 years to continue providing safe drinking water and protecting public health. almost $300 billion is needed to repair and replace wastewater and storm water pipes and treatment plants. furthermore, the national association of clean water agencies and the association of metropolitan water agencies estimates that utilities will need to spend $448 billion by 2050 just to deal with climate change impacts. considering the significant water infrastructure needs our country is facing, t

families that did not read the story and many more like them contacted me to do something about this unworkable healthcare bill from millions of americans breaks promises. i am listening to them. associateof them. so should the torch carriers of this federally mandated dream. today's supreme court ruling is surprising that reminds us that we will have our work cut out for us to move our country away failed policies written and implemented in entirety. and has been informed from the start by ideology rather than reality. we have had 11 discarded ideas for increased competition. whitman implemented started -- started by one party. the reality. help people get through these difficulties. the federal government cannot possibly know what is better for the individual but as we have seen dictates you not work. every state, it's a testament to that. a very small sample out of the hundreds of people that write to me or talk to me. our focus is to offer each of the new choices of quality affordable health care. patient centered care. that is possible. this is an opportunity for both parties to work together to put in place real solutions. they just announced the federal insurance co-op is going o

the american people. >> they probably have access to background checks and security clearances now. therefore they know who american contacts are in china with chinese people, friends, family associatesn that country. do you think it might be necessary to remove people from embassy positions in china who have close contacts who are themselves chinese? >> we haven't discussed publicly what we know right now about the extent of the cyber intrusion. we've acknowledged the potentially sensitive data about a substantial number of federal employees was breached or is at risk. but we haven't talked publicly about the details of that. i am not aware that the state department has made a decision to take any actions in response to this specific matter. but if they have come and you coming you should ask them about it. >> one last question on this where people as high as cabinet officers having that [inaudible] background check information? >> i don't know the answer to that. there's a substantial amount of data that is maintained. we will see if we can get more details about what's there to be at this point we will not be able to discuss in much detail about what data or how much data may pote