the united states response is freer sanctions. beginning in 2009-2010, the murder of high profile opposition activists, beginning with orlando zapata zamaya, and in 2011 with the founding leader of the ladies in white, lara poyan and harold zaparo, nominatenumerous times for the nobel prize and cul killed in wt appears to be a state security operation. we've seen the violence increase post-december 2014. we are carrying for surli avila leon, one of the people who tried to keep a school open and because she got frustrated with official channels went purged from her position in the government and machete attacked in november of 2014. this is a situation that is deteriorating and the administration's nonresponsiveness does not point to a bright future. today marks the 13th anniversary of the cuban black spring. back in 2003 a year after jimmyy carter's visit to cuba, there was a massive crack down on organizers of the varella project, there was an international campaign of solidarity to see those prisoners of conscience released, and

puerto rico belongs to but is not part of the united states. in that was given by the supreme court with territories acquired. provided puerto rico was acquired by the united states, the political status of the inhabitants proceeding shall be determined by congress, and it was the emperor's iceman of that position that will activity framework in order for the development of a new relationship between the united states and the territories, and that lack of framework provoked the debate that eventually led to the articles which eventually provide the building blocks for the doctrine of not incorporation. but, in light of all that it has been clear that the territorial nature in the legal, political, and all has been reiterated that only by the supreme court and united states but by the presence task force and by the solicitor general for the supreme court in the case of puerto rico. in fact, it seems that puerto rico's still subject rico's still subject to the plenary powers of congress and they may indefinitely exercise control over puerto rico a

we are not informed by the united states. we kind of feel at peace, that is the good news. 0 --but it am not to is certainly in a way more difficult because we have to defend. northern territory's. because the russians occupied them. we did not have to defend them. news,at i think is good bad news. maintaining administrative control. sovereignty over the islands. bad news, we have to defend islands. i would like to make a comment. i attended a conference in shanghai about five years ago on united states, japanese, chinese, trilateral maritime relations. reality, that- in trilateral relationship was more like two bilateral relationships. this was after the instance of the bumping into the ships. shouting at each other. have is kind of like during world war ii, china and the united states had a very vis-a-vis japan and during the cold war, japan and the united states had a very tight relationship vis-a-vis the soviet union and in part towards thea, especially during 1950's and 1960's and early 1970's. i do not recall any situati

we have to insist our children be educated all over the united states. and john adams, who developed the northwest ordinance which put so much emphasis on education. thomas jefferson said any nation that expected to be ignorant and free hoped for what never was and never will be. this country has become rich because nature was good to us and because the people who came from europe also bore among the most vigorous. were usedresources skillfully and economically and because of the wise work done by theodore roosevelt and others, significant progress was made in conserving these resources. we make -- unless we make the proper decisions today on how we should use our water and air and land and oceans, unless we make an effort comparable to what theodore roosevelt and others made 50 years ago, we will waste. today's conservation movements must embrac discipline unknown in the past, marshall our best technological resources. it must concern itself with theear energy as well as chemistry of water. the factors of open space. our priority is to attack and increa

and that's because this transformation has been mirrored by a change in the united states a-- united states' approach to the region. before president obama took office, our bilateral relationships were often strained. the united states standing in latin -- the united states' standing in latin america had suffered. suspicion of our motives was high an anti-american voices were ascendant and loud. if you'd asked some of our neighbors about the yankees, you'd have gotten roughly the same answer you'd get from a red sox fan. today, the american flag flies over our re-opened embassy in cuba. more americans are visiting cuba than at any time in the last 50 years. more american companies are looking to invest and do business in cuba. as we normalize relations, we have just announced relation laer to reforms to make it easier for americans to travel to cuba and engage with the cuban people. yesterday -- yesterday marked the first direct mail delivery flight between our countries in 53 years. today, colombia is experiencing historic change, as president obama noted during president santos' vis

when was the united states ever whole? >> host: why do you think bernie sanders faced so much backlash from the "black lives matter" group when he said, all lives matter? >> guest: well, he didn't really issue in that slogan. it was initiated by some people after the "black lives matter" hash tag got circulated. so he said it in one speech. but i think he has an understanding and he has had it consistently through his senate career, that we have particular challenges to the valuing and the equality of black and brown bodies in the united states, and native americans as well. so, we have of course, all lives matter but we need to redress the particular obstacles that some of our citizens and other people living in this space faced in just day-to-day survival. >> host: the book is called the future of whiteness. the author is professor of philosophy, linda alcoff, and mike is in new york city, calling in. mike? good afternoon. >> caller: good afternoon. i'd like to pose this question. the illegal entry to the country across t

we are still a colony of the united states. course, it's not settled and the issue of self-determination is never settled anywhere because all peoples have a continuing right to self-determination, but there is also dramatic snapshot of what the people of puerto rico believed at that time. for the first time the territorial relation defined as such a territorial relation was rejected by the people and that's an historical and political statement that cannot be forgotten. however, i'd like to point out a footnote. even if the result his been the other way around, that result would have been invalid under international law. no people may renounce to its right to self-determination. that means a right to self-determination is an inalienable right. that means it cannot be renounced. no people may agree to colonialism, to a colonial relationship. that is not a valid exercise of self-determination. in the collective level, that cannot be done. in the individual level, no individual may consent to slavery which is also an inalienable

the ussr approached the united states with soviet safeties seem measures. it reduced the type of dangerous behaviors. low flight overpasses, bumping's, other harassments. recognizing the emergence of the 1990's of the chinese service force, there were calls for u.s.-china a in sea. it had negative connotations because it was signed by two superpowers as an effort to avoid world war iii. a major trade partner with newer social ties, indeed we had 300 thousand chinese students studying in the united states right now. you did not have that during the cold war with the soviet union. a military consultant of agreement was signed which facilitates the annual discussion of maritime issues. and initially lacked some of the issues. over time, the two nations adopted a code of unintended and counters at sea that was created by the western pacific naval symposium. an annual gathering of navies that operate in the region. a friend of mine, captain smith, shared with me an encounter he had with a chinese forget in the eastern see a few years ago a end discussed the profe

the majority of asylum-seekers do not receive asylum in the united states. asylum-seekers are not guaranteed legal representation, there is no due process as we understand it in our justice system. legal representation makes all the difference. in 2010, only 11% of those asylum-seekers who did not have legal representation were successful in receiving asylum. having legal representation makes all the difference, but most asylum-seekers do not have legal representation. they either cannot afford it or cannot receive pro bono representation because the system is stretched too thin. that is the first factor in the having legal representation makes all the difference, but most asylum-seekers do not have legal representation. they either cannot afford it or cannot receive pro bono representation because the system is stretched too thin. that is the first factor in the post-cold war period, something that makes the period different, asylum-seekers. terrorism is a second factor that has affected refugee and asylum policy in the post cold war period. as a result, our

but those tests do violate the united nations security council resolutions. oblem is no one has done anything about it. we will, we will. i promise, we will. [cheers, applause] thank you. which brings me to my next point, the utter weakness and incompetence of the united nations. [cheers, applause] the united nations is not a friend of democracy, it's not a friend to freedom, it's not a friend even to the united states of america where, as you know, it has its home. and it surely is not a friend to israel. [applause] with president obama in his final year -- [laughter] [cheers, applause] [laughter] he may be the worst thing to ever happen to israel, believe me, believe me. and you know it and you know it better than anybody. so with the president in his final year, discussions have been swirling about an attempt to bring a security council resolution on terms of an eventual agreement between israel and palestine. let me be clear -- an agreement imposed by the united nations would be a total and complete disaster. [applause] the united states must oppose this r

." >> there has been controversy about the policies of the united states early in those dark days ago. >> reporter: president obama's visit last week coincided with the 40th anniversary of argentina's coup de ta, when the argentinian president was overthrown. obama on the banks of the rio de la plassa. >> the pledge to continue to help families of the victims find some of the fruit in justice this they deserve, i can announce that the united states government will declassify even more documents from that period. >> reporter: the u.s. military and tense documents are expected to show the u.s. role during argentina's brutal military dictatorship. the state department papers released in 2002, and the national security archive, dedicated to open government. secretary of state henry kissinger talks about the gubs. two days after the 1976 coup, one of the kissinger staffers told him, we have to expect a fair amount of repression, and a good amount of blood in argentina before long. they have to come down hard, not only on the terrorists, but the party. kiss iger replied, i do want to encour

do you believe there should be any self criticism of the united states with regard to the role of the united states during the dictatorships? and i would like to ask both presidents, have you discuss

let's talk about the threat here in the united states. ying to do something similar in the u.s. anytime soon? >> they would try. i don't know if they would be ccessful. fighters that have gone o to n join isis, much less the number that has rushed to the united states is dramatically lower than that of any country in europe. in belgium, by contrast, i was told today 535 belgian nationals went to syria. most of them probably joining isis. of that, 200 have rusheeturned. you have these concentrated ghettoized communities where jihadi marinates. isis have said in their pr propaganda, that they plan to strike washington. essentially saying, you ain't seen nothing yet. who knows. i think we do have to be on high alert here. as a precaution. >> peter, why does belgium have such a problem with terrorism inside belgium is this what does it mean worldwide as this fight against isis continues? >> i think the problem is not belgium obviously. they have a problem, but i mean, european countries, trans, germany, britain, we're seeing a number ofcountri

the united states standing in latin america suffered. suspicion of our motives was high and anti- american voices were loud. if you had asked him about neighbors about the yankees, you would have gotten roughly the same answer you would get from a red sox fan. [laughter] >> today, the american flag flies over our reopened in the scene cuba. more americans are visiting cuba than at any time in the last 50 years. more american companies are looking to invest in new business in cuba. as we normalize relations, we have just announced regulatory reforms that will make it easier for americans to travel to cuba and engage with the cuban people. yesterday marked the first direct mail delivery flight between our countries in 53 years. today, columbia is experiencing historic change. as president obama noted during president santos is visit last month. thanks to the courage and determination of the columbia people and with bipartisan support here for planned columbia, club you today is more stable, secure and prosperous than it has been for decades

india in its moment of greatest need had to ask the united states to bail it out. e letters are declassified and this is the first book that takes advantage of looking at these documents and death. with that, thank you for your attention. i'll be delighted to take questions if i can i will come up with answers. [applause]. >> john f. kennedy never went to india and pakistan during the thousand days he was in office. he had gone to india in the early 1950s and mrs. kennedy actually recounts what happened. she did not go with but it is a great anecdote. she said that when the then senator, john f. kennedy got to new delhi and they requested a meeting with the prime minister, the u.s. embassy told him the prime minister's attention all failed quickly and that if the prime minister's attention was failing he would look up at the ceiling and start playing with his pencil. within two minutes of the meeting with john f. kennedy, according to jackie, nehru was nehru was staring at the ceiling and playing with his pencil. it was not a very good start to their relationship bu

as alluded to earlier tonight, the history of the united states is one that has a continuous stream of minority groups who have been targeted landscape goaded and victimized by abuses of power, african-americans being the most common and consistent example, but other groups as well, whether immigrants or accuse communists were japanese-americans during world war ii have been similarly targeted based on the knowledge that these marginalized minority groups that the government can seize power without anyone much caring about it. the air is an argument that the muslims are the latest in this continuum, the current example that has replaced communists and other groups as this favorite group from the u.s. government to target and demonize to justify abuses of power. there is an argument that one should look at it that way. i actually think there are some unique attributes about this persecution that distinguish it from those other prior examples. i think is very difficult to compare injustices quantitatively to see which are better or worse. it's not profitable to do that, there are unique

the united nations is not a friend of democracy even to the united states of america where as you know, it surely is not a friend to israel and with president obama in his final year. [cheers and applause] >> he may be the worse the to ever happen to israel. believe me. you know, it better than anybody. so with the president in his final year discussions to bring the security council resolution of the eventual agreement of israel and palestine. in agreement post would be a total and complete disaster the united states must oppose this resolution that i will use as president 100 percent. [applause] the people ask why it because that is not how you make a deal. they come to a table as they negotiate. each side must give up something those values that we have to do something in exchange for something that is required. that is what a deal is. something when we oppose it we bring together a group of people to come up with something that will not happen with the united nations. very important to only furthered delegitimatize israel it is a catastrophe and a disaster and it will not happen. [

states be viable and acceptable for the united states since in the past the united states has entered an arrangement similar to that with other countries which overall population added one to the other. in the 3rd question, it is not independence contrary to the new global dependency of nationstates to engage in new and comprehensive international agreements through which more and more integration is made in terms of economy, defense, security, and actually delegation of authority centralized entity not independent under the new developments of international? so i think that several facts and conclusions so far , stipulated, puerto rico was acquired by the end of the spanish cuban-american more. second, since then then up to these have exercised plenary powers of her puerto rico under article four section three. and forth and not incorporation was developed by several articles published by the harvard law review and the dr. discussed with the building blocks that later the supreme court used in the so-called insular cases they constitutionalize the actual relationship between the us a

, members of the united states senate and the speaker of the united states house of representatives. >> ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the united states house of representatives, the honorable paul ryan. [ applause ] >> good afternoon. i want to welcome all of you to the capitol visitor center. today we're honoring the foot soldiers of the 1956 voting rights marches. last year, we celebrated the 50th anniversary. but we felt that the foot soldiers' contribution to our country was so great that they deserve the highest honor in our possession, the congressional gold medal. so i am very glad to share this special day with you. we're also in the presence of some truly great americans. like my friend and colleague, congressman john lewis. [ applause ] we're also honored to be here with reverend f.d. reese and a man that i represent in wisconsin, paul simpson from elkhorn, i want to ask them and all of our living honorees to please stand right now and be recognized. [ applause ] i also want to thank the alabama delegation. hard to say that from wisconsin. i want to thank them for off

as we celebrate 240 years of the united states. if america is to make it through the third centennial, and 60 years time it is going to require all of us, every single one of us to stand up to protect and defend america and to crash political correctness. political correctness is stealing your confidence, it is stealing your joy, it is stealing your ability to lead, every single think that america is known for is being attacked. i'm here to tell you political correctness has dozens of targets. christians, men, there's lots of groups that is specifically targets but if the politically correct crowd had a deck of cards of most wanted cards, the ace of spades would be america, because america is the great hoedown to that leftist agenda. it is the only country that is showing resilience against what is going on. i know it may be hard for many of you who are in the thick of it to actually appreciate that but i'm here to tell you as it where he is worn and willing as america might be right now, it is still heads and shoulders the greatest

. >> across the world, soviet missiles are aimed at the united states. whatever the president does, he risks nuclear war. >> west berlin is a cancerous sore. >> cuba may be on what's a collision course. >> no way of knowing whether western civilization will live or die. >> i think unless something is done, humanity will destroy itself. >>> early on in the '60s, thuf back drop of tension, you have capitalism versus communism, and it was palpable fear in the united states and in the soviet union that the two sides were going to get into a nuclear war. as the head of the soviet union, khrushchev was very idealogical. he believed the future belonged to communism. he said america needs to be contained, and the only way to do it is to prevent crises all around the empire. khrushchev came to the u.s. in the 1960s and said, we will bury you. and americans took it seriously. >> the speech did enrage a fire diplomatically between moscow and washington. >> to see if the soviets were building nuclear weapons, more importantly missiles to launch them at the united sta

united states, the supreme court of the united states held that that was fine. that the united states had no obligation under its own laws or under international law to conduct asylum interviews on the high seas. so credible fear was a temporary measure, there probably wasn't even necessary in the end. it only lasted for a few months and i was startled to see credible fear appear in the statute of the united states. as part of our expedited removal process. when expedited removal came in, credible fear shows up in the statute. where does that come from? while it was invented as a device to screen out migrants, as has been commented on, it's being used now as a device to screen people in. so they don't have to actually prove their asylum claims. all they have to do is state credible fear. and they're basically in, they join the queue for an immigration judge so they can make their asylum claim in removal proceedings and we know that can sometimes take a long time. and the word is out. this is how you do it. you make a good credible fear claim and you're in. in th

and this is another reminder that the world must unite. we must be together, regardless of nationality or race or faith in fighting against the scourge of terrorism. we can and will defeat those who threaten the peace and security of people all around the world. >> parts of europe are on lockdown right now. rail stations in airports in belgi belgium, france, and the u.k.s are either shut or at the highest alert level. the attacks come four days after salah abdeslam the only surviving suspect alleged to have carried out the paris attacks was captured in brussels. it also comes after authorities announce they were searching for another suspect who was a bomb maker. i want to go to mike viqueira. we all woke up thinking the biggest story in the world would be president obama speaking in havana, but we all woke up to news that there has been yet another major terror attack on a major european city. what more to we know about the white house's response to what has happened in brussels? >> reporter: obviously this happens in -- and it was an unde

reason to get in the united states. if you have a temporary visa program, you have something that allows a release for those pressures. most of the proposals have something like that. >> host: the opinion of james at twitter. i'm opposed to deporting them, but the penalty should be forfeiting the right to vote forever. that is according to james at twitter. we will point out that douglas holtz-eakin is present at the american action forum, headed the cbo. 2003-2005 and also served as director of domestic and economic policy for the john mccain presidential campaign edwards for president george h.w. bush as part of the national of economic advisers. >> guest: i worked for george h.w. bush and also george w. bush. >> host: republican, good morning. go ahead, nadine. >> caller: hey, thanks for taking my call. i think the problem that we've in my circle is that a lot of individuals fear that the face of america is changing. you know, a lot of folks don't want their counties to be like counties in mexico or other countries. y

uropole senior representative in the united states. i want to make a couple comments and then go straight to the question. i would representative, like to a knowledge the victims of the brussels attacks and their families. one of my colleagues was injured in one of the attacks. we muster member the victims when we talk about the subject. secondly, i do want to say -- and many of the panel have referred to it -- the big difference between europe and the united states is that we are not the united states of europe. the eu is an economic union. we do have all the challenges, but the solution cannot be compared to solutions found in the u.s., which is where i come to my question. i am happy to say that our law enforcement is a strong supporter of the eu. we have connections with our u.s. entities and a 53% increase in information exchange. we have 10 u.s. agencies. by question is this. have you learned a lot post-9/11? they ate knowledged failures that could have prevented the attack, and it led to this establishment of the and cnctc. thise

or defect to the united states. amy: there is going to be a show, baseball game, that will end the trip. i want to ask you, peter, about president obama going before cuba to argentina and saying he will unsealed the files on argentina's dirty war. but the significance and the politics of that trip to argentina? >> we have lost you, amy, but your question is about the announcement that president obama is going to make it several days on march 24 when he is in buenos aires. that happens to be the 40th anniversary of the vicious military coup that took place in 1976. obama will be there. to thel visit a monument human rights victims. he will announce that he is when a specialty classification of cia, defense department and fbi records on the repression in argentina and helped advance truth and justice and memory in that country. i just think that is an amazingly important human rights gesture that will also said another president. he will unveil and reveal history order to make history. and nicaragua to thank you for be

it is my strong belief that the united states senate today voting to in essence begin the process of denying pakistan the ability to purchase u.s. fighter jets is not a way to engender things that are good for our own u.s. national interests. a better way is for us to continue to put pressure on them as we are doing at present placing holds on financing until they do some things to change their behavior and work with us more fully relative to the haqqani network in particular but al qaeda and also the taliban. so i would urge my fellow citizens, fellow senators here to please think about the long-term interest of our country. think about where a country is radicalized and has so many problems as the country of pakistan has, the public embarrassment that will take place by our body doing this, and let's work together in other ways that actually can generate behavior change by dealing with it in more subtle ways than this blunt object that we're dealing with today. i want to close with this. i know senator cardin wants to speak and i know he has a meeting to go to. what we're voting on

this is the president of the united states. again, with the specter of terrorism, international terrorism hanging over his foreign policy, you know, the president has said time and again that he is doing everything that the united states can do to go after the terrorists in iraq and in syria, but once again, we're seeing the ramifications of one isis is not fully defeated, isis is not fully pounded, and you have people like donald trump already trying to exploit the situation politically. he was immediately on the air waves this morning saying perhaps we should rethink our relationship with nato. the president talked to the prime minister of belgium earlier this morning, and emphasized in that conversation with the prime minister that the united states must continue to cooperation with nato. so the president taking a subtle swipe at that line of thinking tr donald trump. >> all right. thank you jim. we're getting new video of the aftermath of the attacks at the airport. twin explosions. let's listen. [ screaming ] >> that is the

we are still a colony of the united states. of course, it's not settle but even the issue of self-determination is never settled anywhere. because all peoples have began to invite to self-determination. but the results were dramatic snapshot of what the people of puerto rico believe at that time. for the first time that territorial relations defined as such a territorial relation was rejected by the people, and that's a historical and political statement that cannot be forgotten. however, i would like to point out footnote. even if the results have been the other way around, that result would have been invalid under international law. no people may renounce to its right to self-determination. that means that the right to self-determination has been unable right. that means it cannot be renounced. no people may agree to colonialism, to a colonial relationship. that is not valid exercise of self-determination. in the collective level, that cannot be done. in the individual level no individual may consent to slavery which is also a

the united states as the enemy.nited states and everything the united states stands for as being the enemy. and there we see today the president of that country visiting cuba. yesterday, received at the international airport, havana international airport by the foreign minister in the rain, something that by the way cubans have been waiting for for weeks and months. and the president brought with him rain. but it's just unusual to say the least, to see any president, a president of the united states of america, especially, walking the streets of havana. last night, he went to a privately owned restaurant in the city. there are very few businesses that are allowed to operate independent of the government there. among the few that are allowed to independently exist, even though they have to go through, of course, a licensing process, are small family-owned restaurants. the restaurant he went to, the family that owns it and works on it, lives above the restaurant. the president, along with the first lady and the family

the vice president of the united states and my wife. want to speak for two hours, there are a few things i want to say. that was just a fleeting thought. thank you, mr., it gives myself and the people of ireland the greatest pleasure to mark st. patrick's day, week time with you. let me again thank you for your warm hospitality, and the generosity of your time. thank you. as i say -- and actually, the bowl of shamrock is more important than it looks, because it's a symbol to link -- sill bollic claim, knees many st. patrick's days. you all know what happened, a teenager was taken away from his home, taken to ireland and put into slavery. he was a sheppard, he was also a slave. those who made him a slave had no idea that in time and in the process, they were also making him the saint and symbol of a nation. similarly, years later having returned to the scene of his slavery, he picked up a little three piece piece of greenery, to illustrate an idea, and to st. patrick, the shamrock is just a handy little piece of greenery. just a prop. no

there are up to a hundred dialogue and exchange mechanisms between china and the united states. long as sides act in good faith, i believe their common interest will further expand and as our cooperation expands, the number of differences will naturally rise but the percentage of differences in overall china's relationships will come down and broader operation services the interest of both countries and the world. [speaking in native tongue] >> the coopation between the countries has been of mutual benefit something i believe the u.s. people know which best. as for the ongoing general election in the united states it has been lively and caught the eye of many. i believe that no matter in the end who gets into the white house the underlying trend of china'-u.s. ties will not change. it has been several deck apeds since the countries established diplomatic relations. hasn't this relationship seen a fair share of ups and downs? but it has been more moving forward always which i believe is the underlying trend. thank you. [ >> rapheal from the spanish news industry. the north korea'

to access the united states market and the ability for u.s. investors to invest in cuba. >> thank you, paidro. i want to thank my guests, pedro, molly, and juan carlos. =4 that's the "inside story". join us tomorrow for a look at russia, and president vladimir putin's latest moves in syria. i'm sheila macvicar, good night. >> thanks for joining us on "america tonight." i'm joie chen. tonight we look behind the walls of communities facing america's toughest challenges. so often housing projects are written off, considered too hopelessly riddled with poverty and crime to even begin to think

what the united states was doing was not working. have to have the courage to acknowledge that truth. a policy of isolation designed for the cold war made little sense in the 21st century. the embargo was only hurting the cuban people instead of helping them. and i always believed in what martin luther king, jr. called the fierce urgency of now. we should not fear change. we should embrace it. [ applause ] >> that leaves me to a bigger and more important reason for these changes. [ speaking spanish ] >> i believe in any cuban people. [ cheers and applause ] >> this is not just a policy of normalizing relations with the cuban government. the united states of america is normalizing relations with the cuban people. [ applause ] >> and today i want to share with you my vision of what our future can be. i want the cuban people, especially the young people, to understand why i believe that you should look to the future with hope, not the false promise, which insists that things are better than they really are, or the blind optimism that sa

what the united states was doing was not working. we have to have the courage to acknowledge that truth. a policy of isolation designed for the cold war made little sense in the 21st century. the embargo was only hurting the cuban people instead of helping them. and i've always wleesked in what martin luther king jr. called the fierce urgency of now. we should not fear change. we should embrace it. [applause] that leaves me to a bigger and more -- leads me to a bigger and more important reason for these changes. [speaking foreign language] i believe in the cuban people. [applause] this is not just a policy of normalizing relations with the cuban government. the united states of america's normalizing relations with the cuban people. [applause] and today i want to share with you my vision of what our future can be. i want the cuban people, especially the young people, to understand why i believe that you should look to the future with hope, not the false promise which insists that things are better than they really are, or the blind opt

for all members of the united nations. on april 7, the president invited the secretary general to coordinate regional and economic and social development programs in southeast asia and we transmitted the text of that address. throw the summer of 1965, we tried to engage members to find ways of engaging members. in january of this sure, the ambassador put the matter to the security council and gave them a summary of the peace offensive. it is there now. in an effort to find out whether the security council can be of some assistance. in moving this away from violence to negotiation. >> it has also been suggested, that the 14 nation conference -- secretary rusk: -- the geneva conference of laos was 14. there were fewer at the geneva conference in 9054, are you referring to the 17 non-relations group. --retary rusk: to reconvene >> to reconvene the geneva conference. that's efficient -- that suggestion has been made many times, chiefly from our side. the other side has been unwilling to come to such a conference. we indicated,

the united states shares a long border with mexico. the country is one of america's most important trading partners. there are unfinished controversies over the illicit drug trade, immigration, trucking and other items. tens of millions of americans trace their family's heritage to mexico. it is, by any definition, an important ambassador post to the united states. at a time in political transition in both countries. yet, the senate has not given the president's nominee hearings, in some cases a committee vote, or in some cases, a courtroom ac confirmatn the whole senate. maria everybody eveste. she withdrew her name from consideration the next year, never got a hearing, and then the president nominated the current stint secretary of state from western hem fear affairs to the post. she got a hearing, her nomination was approve bid the senate foreign relations committee. and negotiated the reopening of the relations with cuba, but the nomination has been stuck in limbo. senator had marco rubio, presidential candidate and foreign relation

only a small portion of the world's refugees seek protection here in the united states. int crease in central american claims from the northern triangle including children and families have not only affected the united states. the u.n. refugee agency has reported that the countries of mexico, belize, costa rica, nicaragua and panama have seen the number of asylum applications grow to nearly 13 times what it was in 2008. while a very small portion of asylum seekers also come from outside the hemisphere, many of those small numbers come from top refugee hosting states as well as from china. u.s. leadership in protecting refugees is not only a reflection of american ideals, it also advances u.s. national security and foreign policy interests. earlier this year, i, too, visited jordan, lebanon and turkey to assess the syrian refugee crisis. the critical infrastructures of front line refugee hosting states are under severe pressure, and as ryan crocker, former u.s. am bassor to syria, iraq and lebanon, has explained, u.s. efforts to share in hosting some syrian refugees affirm

do you believe there should be any self criticism of the united states with regard to the role of the united states during the dictatorships? and i would like to ask both presidents, have you discussed the brazilian crisis during your talks together? >> i have spent a lot of time both before i was president and since i have been president, studying the history of u.s. foreign policy, and like the history of any country's foreign policy, there are moments of great success and glory, and there are moments were counterproductive, or contrary to what i believe america should stand for. and, you know, i -- i don't want to go through the list of every activity in the united states in latin america over the last hundred years. i suspect everybody here knows that history at least as well as i do. what is true, though, is that in the '70s, the recognition that human rights, how we approached foreign policy, how we approached our diplomacy was as important as fighting communism, or whatever our long-term objective was, that that became much more central to u.s. foreign policy. in both democrati

i have taken the fight to the united states congress. once again led the fight to protect social security and medicare. i know when to fight and i know when to find common ground. we cannot allow division in washington to stop all progress for working families. i never believed it was enough to be just a vote or only a vote or only a voice. resultse in delivering for maryland families, and that makes all the difference. vic: thank you very much. now, donna edwards. rep. edwards: maryland is a state with so much going for it. we have great colleges and universities, including historically black colleges and universities. for too many marylanders, they are falling out of the middle class and struggling to get in. i know something about that struggle. that is why i am running for the united states senate, to give a voice to that worker who wants to take a paid day off because a child gets sick and they don't want to lose their job because of that. for the young woman who makes $.78 on the dollar and knows she should be paid the same as a man

this is the kind of story that if you go into muslim communities in the united states you will hear over and again. it's the sort of thing you can become angry about if you tnk about it or read about it without the human connection. it takeses on a different dimensioion when you realize the are all human beings whose wives have ashlock said been destroyed in the family members continue to suffer. it's not just meeting the aims of these injustices that makes my going around so valuable but also the people who are fighting them and combatingng them on a daily basis, usually in obscururity and often at great personal risk to themselves. the unitedways states government has terrorized muslsl communitities using the w is to use material stuck boards statutes -- ethereal support statutes to make it a felony punishable by decades in prison to have any involvement wiwith y elelement t t united states government deems off-limits comer reregardless of whatat tht entails. it's really quite risky, quite scary for p people, esespecially muslim activists and lawyers, to providee aid to people accused

you think of the united states of america. we have smart weapons and smart ships and smart aircraft and everything else that's pretty smart. it's got so bad in the navy worries about this and worried about it i argue you ought to worry about it, every new naval officer after 2017 has to learn to use the sextant. all right? developed in 1724. all right? every new naval officer that graduates has to use the sextant. why? because the military is concerned when the carrier gps goes out. i know what you're thinking. how do i get to starbucks? that thing -- can you imagine 30 million very cranky noncalf nated americans in the morning? we will have a problem. be serious. so if you look at those strategic threats and how that tilt has happened, and many start to argue and a lot of circles around both in this town and around the world, about america's loss of strategic advantage in the world. now, some would argue it's little. some would argue a lot. some argue it's ten, 15, 20 years out but our adder versari are working every day they

so, it is my great honor and privilege to introduce the 42nd president of the united states. [applause] ♪ >> william jefferson clinton. [applause] >> born in health, arkansas, president clinton was the first in a credit president in six decades to be elected twice. [applause] he led the united states through the longest economic expansion in american history. including the creation of more than 22 million jobs. [applause] after leaving the white house, president clinton established the william j clinton foundation, and today, the renamed bill, hillary, and chelsea clinton foundation works to improve global health and wellness, increase opportunity for girls and women, reduce childhood obesity, create economic opportunity and growth, and help communities address the effects of climate change. [applause] and the united states, the foundation is working to combat the alarming rise in childhood obesity, and preventable disease through the alliance for a healthier generation and the clinton health matters initiative. 2005, the clinton global initiative brings together global leader

hundreds into the united states. it is the hundreds in the united states or those who could get in to carry out these attacks tha concern us grtl wh skeith the fbi earlier, it is this encryption idea. th that they can communicate in dark space, like they did in paris. like what i think probably happened here in the brussels case that, he can't see the communication. you can't stop it. i was in belgium just last may meeting with counter terrorism officials and minister of the interior. i can tell you, the anxiety is extremely high. especially given that the muslim community is very segregated and has not assimilated with the rest of the country. and out of this breeds radicalism and terrorists. >> you talk about counter terrorism official in belgium. one was quoted today. buzz feed was saying this. we just don't have the people to watch anything else. and frankliering with don't have the infrastructure to properly investigate or monitor hundreds of individuals, as well as pursue the hundreds of open files and investiga

what the united states was doing was not working. we have to have the courage to acknowledge that truth. a policy of isolation designed for the cold war made little sense in the 21st century. the embargo was only hurting the cuban people instead of helping them. and i've always believed in what martin luther king, jr. called "the fierce urgency of now." we should not fear change. we should embrace it. [applause] president obama: that leads me to a bigger and more important reason for these changes, creo en el pueblo cubano. [applause] president obama: i believe in the cuban people. this is not just a policy of normalizing relations with the cuban government. the united states of america is normalizing relations with the cuban people. [applause] president obama: and today, i want to share with you my vision of what our future can be. i want the cuban people, especially the young people, to understand why i believe that you should look to the future with hope, not the false promise which insists that things are better than they really a