and the particular states in the region. this is an existential reflection on what richard hobbs projected if states are not going to the be the powerful mechanism by which we organize global politics and economics what is and should we be trying at the end of the era of the state to shore up states. again, i think there is strong burek sis. israel turkey iran egypt tunisia but these institutions are themselves becoming increasingly the tools of particular purposes. and not serving the sort of formal -- as the sort of formal impersonal apparatus that can effectively collect taxes distribute goods and provide services equityably among citizens. iran is already deeply sectarian. the ethnic and sectarian coloration is becoming more obvious. this has been jockeying for supremacy. even in israel the attachment to mid 20th century norms is giving away to open expressions of religious and intimate bias. so clearly eevep in the strong states the question of whether these are going to be serving the citizens as opposed to some ethnic

you can outsource a lot of the welfare states. but because there is little difference between the public treasury dynastic regimes, the call for transparency is more essential than more difficult. privatization is a way of living things out of the public sector and out of the glare of publicity. so to a public sphere in which citizens debate policy is difficult to outsource in the importance of the realm of open and unfettered debate should not be discounted. so i think these are the kinds of things within the region anyone, any outside power, and power, any internal government will need to be grappling. the apparent paralysis of the great powers of what used to be called the great powers, notably the one we are sitting in, but also europe and in many ways russia is partly a reflection of the complexity of the challenges. it also reflects the impact of the global revolution i was talking about locally. the antiestablishment streak to shaping policies everywhere from athens to madrid to brussels and london and washington is getting

that is the say the united states of america. the united states of america then is engaged in a debate about world war ii and the role in it. you should know that in the run up to the bombing of pearl harbor, the bombing of japanese forces of pearl harbor, hawaii, japan had made a very sustained and and not nonunsuccessful to woo black americans. all were united to a greater or lessor degree. so when japan bombed pearl harbor was this infrastructure of protokyo support that paul robeson began to chip at, was able to convince many black americans that their destiny and faith should rest with solidarity with washington in death match in japan rather than coming to the siren song of tokyo. you should also know, i should let the cat out of the bag, the next book i publish would be prototokyo and quite and paul robeson was able to chip away and woo black americans getting them to enlist in great numbers in the u.s. military where they played a pivotal role in fascist powers and particularly japan. no good deed goes unpunished and after

it is suspected they use cuba as a gateway into the united states or canada. and without objection, i ask unanimous consent that this article be inserted into the record. what this article reflects is truly frightening, given the fact that cuba currently has zero document verification machines at any of its airports. they do not have any electronic means of trying to verify whether any of the documents being presented to them are, in fact, what they purport to be and authentic. so, there you have it. these are the concerns, and they are multifaceted and serious. we are here today not to elaborate on the merits of the administration's rapprochement with cuba, but to take a serious look, as is our job, at the national security implications of a policy that has been pushed through at breakneck speed with seemingly minimal regard for the security and safety of the american people. with that, i now recognize the ranking member of this subcommittee, the gentlewoman from new york, ms. rice, for any statement she may have. representative rice: thank you, mr. chairman,

in south carolina, the state that was named the front they state the country. the most patriotic thing the union. it makes zero sense. on february 20 third, 316, president obama announced his plan to close guantanamo bay detention facility currently used to house some of the deadliest terrorist in history. including the principal architect of the september 11 attacks. contain little new information. it did not even name a state facility for potential. but instead reference the department of defense's 2015 of 13 potential, but unidentified facilities. in the opening paragraph of the plan, president obama resents three reasons for why it is a national security imperative. that the united states and its mission and guantanamo bay. regardless of any man that may support these at assertions, they do not support the conclusion that the terrace should be transferred to charleston south carolina. or any other location and the united states. i know the other witnesses today will discuss a specific costs and security concerns. my testimony today will focus on three speci

the similarities of the united states of 1976 and the united states of 2016 are profoundly striking. we are now as we were then, i nation struggling to overcome the worst economic downturn since the great depression. all gears have been thrown into reverse. we are now as we were then facing growing pressure to improve progress for the poor who are often demonized as lazy slackers trying to cheat the system. all gears have been thrown into reverse. we are now, as we were then, responding to hostility and violence triggered by challenges to the status quo, whether a response to busing programs to integrate public schools, our resistance to commonplace police brutality today, all all gears have been thrown into reverse. have racial justice and race relations improved over the last eight years? does as our president wraps up his final time as president, cmdr. in chief, we begin to assess the progress black america has made under his administration. how well has the nation recovered from the worst economic crisis it has seen in generations? how much closer are we to the very important goal

on behalf of the state of nevada, the united states senate and the united states of america, i express my sincere gratitude to the families of all nevadans who have given their lives in the line of duty. i assure you that your losses will never be forgotten. and i thank and commend each of the brave nevadans currently serving in our armed forces as well as their families for their sacrifice. but my gratitude extends across the nation to all veterans and their families. we owe all of you a debt of thanks that can never be repaid. may god bless our troops and may we continue to bless -- may he continue to bless this great country. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. mrs. boxer: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from california. mrs. boxer: am i correct there is no quorum call at the moment? the presiding officer: that is correct. the senator from california is recognized. mrs. boxer: thank you so much. mr. president, we're working behind the scenes to allow a vote on h.r. 2576, the frank r. lautenberg chemical safety for the 21st century act. my understanding of

to the states in 25 years. almost everybody liked it except some people in the united states department of education who set about almost immediately trying to rewrite the law as if they had actually been elected to something. now we anticipated that because in this law we took the extraordinary step -- we in congress, who under article 1 of the constitution are elected to write laws -- we wrote prohibitions into the law that said you may not do thus and so. for example, in the law is a specific provision that said the u.s. department of education may not tell tennessee or pennsylvania or any other state what its academic standard must be, specifically it may not tell it that it must adopt common core. that is in the law. that's a specific prohibition. what i want to talk about today is a report by the congressional research service that congressman klein, the chairman of the house education committee, and i released today which says in the very first attempt by the department to write a regulation implementing

the similarities of the united states of 1976 and the united states of 2016 are profoundly striking. we are now as we were then a nation struggling to overcome the worst economic downturn since the great depression. all gears have been thrown into reverse. we're now as we were then facing growing pressure to slash human needs programs for the poor who all too often demonize and characterize as lazy slackers trying to cheat the system. all gears have been thrown into reverse. we are now as we were then responding to hostility and violence triggered by challenges to the status quo. mr. morial: whether in response to busing programs to integrate public schools, our resistance to commonplace police brutality today, all gears have been thrown into reverse. have racial justice and race relations improved over the last eight years? as our president wraps up his final months as the nation's first african-american commander in chief, we begin to assess the progress black america has made under his administration. how well has the nation recovered from the worst economic crisis it has seen in g

he took advantage of the new deal project to improve the state. helped a lot of great people. =--- a lot of rural white people . as governor of mississippi, he made the decision in the 1930's to remove all the president's from 3 major universities in the state. the university of mississippi, mississippi state university and mississippi university for for women. he removed the presidents and replace them with people -- i think one was a real estate agent. another had just received his bachelor degree a year before.he removed all the people -- this is what was claimed -- that didn't like him. he removed professors that went against him, the president, and replaced them with his cronies. a lot of his friends that were often not qualified suddenly theeived positions in universities in the state. this particular document here is a report of the executive committee of the association of colleges, which is one of the accreditation units for universities. they did their own investigation. the put not only the 3 schools whose presents were removed, but als

there is the united states of america. ere is not a black america and a white america and latino america, an asian america. there's the united states of america. >> barack obama said there's no red america, no blue america, but 12 years later as his presidency comes to its end, it feels we're more divided than ever. there most definitely is a red america and a blue america, and one place you can see it, your facebook newsfeed. we'll get into that ahead. at red lobster's create your own seafood trios you can try something new with every bite. pick 3 of 9 all-new creations for $15.99. like baked lobster alfredo chimichurri shrimp and crab cakes bursting with crab meat. just hurry in before it ends. ♪ one coat, yes! ♪ there is a day, for every number. ♪ ♪ there is a time, for all my slumbers. ♪ one coat guaranteed marquee interior. behr's most advanced paint. get the best paint for any budget and save 10 or 40 bucks. only at the home depot. burning of diabetic nerve pain, these feet were the first in my family to graduate from

the mandate in their state. throughout the debate and i'm one of the last remaining that wrote no child left behind. it was a great act for six years but it went for seven years where it didn't get reauthorized but became an impediment rather than progress. the ceiling got too low and people got put into nonperformance schools that shouldn't have been put in that category. but the think i focused most in the assessment of disands, i am married to a teacher of special education. our kids with learning disabilities to try to provide as much quality rules as we could. one of the things we had was a 1% exception, i guess you'd call it, for kids with that kind of disability to have an alternative assessment rather than a mandated test on the no child left behind. when we rewrote it, the 1% cap stayed for the state but it was over ruled by regulation that said the state board could not keep a local system from determining if a kid needed an alternative assessment based on the iep to ensure there was more flexibility. s

the similarities of the united states of 1976 and the united states of 2016 are profoundly striking. we are now as we were then a nation struggling to overcome the worst economic downturn since the great depression. all gears have been thrown into reverse. we're now as we were then facing growing pressure as the last human needs programs for the poor who all too often are demonized and characterized as lazy slackers trying to cheat the system, all gears have been thrown into reverse. we are now as we were then responding to hostility and violence triggered by challenges to the status quo whether responses to bussing programs, to integrating public schools, our resistance to common place of police bru talty all gears have been thrown into reverse. have racial justice improved in the last eight years. as our president wraps up his final months as commander in chief we begin to assess the progress that black america has made under his administration. how well has the nation recovered from the worst economic crisis it has seen in generations? how much closer are we to the very important g

we're the least populated state in the nation. i have understand the forced transfer of teachers sounds okay to individuals in this administration who don't understand states like wyoming or wisconsin but seems to me that rural and frontier states will be hit the hardest with such an outcome. as former teacher of the year in rural, no, as superintendent of a rural state, can you tell me what kind of impact this will have? >> absolutely and just as an aside, the, one of the major issues in rural wisconsin, and i'm sure in rural wyoming, is who is going to teach those schools? we were having a extraordinarily severe teacher shortage and can be blamed on whole number of issues. i have my own opinions on that but when we take the ability for local school districts, rural or local, and confine the way they hire people in a way that isn't going to help kids, necessarily, and we try to, and i get the idea that it is important to have some, some transparency around equitable distribution of money. this just doesn't get it. that is not, th

that's not an issue in the southern states and other parts of the united states. i've heard other projects, though, in the midwest and northeast where that really wasn't an issue where the true wages that had to be paid on these projects would have been paid anyways, regardless of a prevailing wage law. that's not always the case. always i've heard this issue come up. let me say, though, this is national infrastructure week. happy national infrastructure week, everyone. it runs from today through may 23rd. part of the coalition we have on this includes not only labor, afl-cio, but also the u.s. chamber of commerce, the national association manufacturers and other major business groups in the united states. there is a very broad coalition that is supporting this issue. and if you look at all the polling across the political parties, there tends to be strong support for infrastructure. >> democrats' line, akron, ohio. james, hello. go ahead. >> yes. i'm looking at a lot of things. talking about infrastructure. first of all, ohio. that's what i'm more familiar with. w

it is people in the states. if you live in colorado, if you live in some of the other states, minnesota, where we have one landslide victories, i think the superdelegates are hearing from the

in kentucky the polls have closed in much of the state but the western part of kentucky is on central time which means we're an hour away from making a call. oregon's primary is vote by mail. we just a handful of states left in this process it's a question of whether hillary clinton will go over the top, but when. she's looking for a win in kentucky to break up bernie s d sanders winning streak. all this chaos erupted over the weekend at the nevada democratic convention fueling fears of what may be coming from sanders supporters this summer in philadelphia. our team of campaign correspondents is with us tonight from across the country. our group of contributors and political analysts is with us to help explain what tonight's results in kentucky and oregon will mean for the presidential race going forward and into fall. steve is at the big board for us to tell us who is winning. we'll get to all them in the minute. let's get the latest from the hill clinton campaign. nbc kristen welker is outside in brooklyn. >> hillary clinton went out there. risked looking like she really needs it wh

the united states to build a better future for the whole mankind.nt, first lady, distinguished guests and dear friend for the other members of the delegation as you make the most of the final year we are delighted to note you have saved the best for last. a few weeks ago it was our annual exercise. i am honored as watching u.s. marines learning how to cross country ski. mr. president, [inaudible] two years ago during the exercise just as we stood together after 9/11 and just as we now have joined forces in the fight in the partnership we are bound by the experiences and the history that we share. one of the marines i met to exercise was cage solberg. there are millions of people in dissent in the united states there are more here than there are in norway. it's the cost of the huge atlantic ocean in the '90s to pursue the new opportunities for themselves and their children and they carry the dream of a better life in the united states. today the atlantic ocean unites us more. it's made the seed for the nation open to trade with the world and committe

sort of a demographic logjam where all the red states, all the blue states, we know what they are. cans have theirs, democrats have theirs and republicans have to win florida and ohio. if they don't win those two they can't win the nomination. donald trump is totally different candidate. totally different kind of republican. he is, and the big issue there is on trade. his, his reversal of past republican position on trade means that he is viable in a place like pennsylvania, indiana, places like that and if he does, if he flips pennsylvania it is a game changer for two reasons. one is, it means that pennsylvania is massive trove of delegates that go to him. bill: 20. >> the other thing, that if he, if he does, is he a able to flip pennsylvania where else will he flip? we have no idea. bill: you have to think that michigan or maybe wisconsin is in play also. maybe iowa in midwest. >> exactly. bill: unfavorables, charlie, look at this, clinton and trump in florida they're tied. in ohio he she is considered more unfavorable by five points. then by three points in pennsylvania. i think

as you pointed out, the mayor is african-american. baltimo baltimore's state's attorney is african-american. so because this verdict did not go down in the way that you and many others wanted it to, you believe that there's a systemic conspiracy that also then involves african-american leaders of your city and even prosecutors? >> no, it doesn't have to be a conspiracy. it is the way the system is designed. remember, we're talking about supreme court decisions. we're talking about laws and legal structures. so regardless of the people that you put in place, this system is not designed to work with or work for the interests of people living in disinvested red line black communities. the people you're talking about have a higher level of class, higher level standard of living. but for poor african-americans living in disinvested red line black communities, this system isn't designed to work for them and many of us are very clear about that today. >> but here you have a case where six officers, some of which were african-american as well, were brought in on charges

we're the least populated state in the nation. and i understand the forced transfer of teachers sounds okay to individuals in this administration, who don't understand states like wyoming or wisconsin. but it seems to me that rural and frontier states will be hit the hardest with such an outcome. as a former teacher the -- well, as the superintendent of a rural state, can you tell me what kind of an impact this will have? >> absolutely. and just as an aside, the -- one of the major issues in rural wisconsin and i'm sure in rural wyoming is who's going to teach those schools. we were having an extraordinarily severe teacher shortage and it can be blamed on a whole number of issues. i have my own opinions on that. but when we take the ability for local school districts, rural or local, and confine the way they hire people in a way that isn't going to help kids necessarily and we try to -- and i get the idea that it's important to have some transparency around equitable distribution of money. this just doesn't get it. that's the main

the inspector general is the top investigator at the state department. this inspector general was appointed by president obama. don't you think she would have wanted to cooperate with the inspector general or get to the bottom of this? t >> wolf, as i said, we made the decision to prioritize the justice department review. >> why couldn't she do both? >> they are assessing the same set of facts. >> why couldn't she answer questions from the state department inspector general and justice department when they call called on her to answer questions? >> quite frankly, wolf, it was always of concern to us and we never could quite make sense of why this review by the state department ig was proceeding on it is own timeline when it was the same office that suggested that the justice department undertake it is review. >> because here's the problem, brian. she did a news conference and answered a lot of questions about the e-mail, the e-mail server and all of that. if she had time for the news media and she's going to have time for the justice department, why disre

live in the state capital, sean bennett kpix 5. >>> in campaign 2016 it seems the rise of donald trump has incentivized california democrats to register to vote. california's secretary of state says that the number of registered democrats has risen since january, republicans are losing ground. according to the figures, democrats are locked down 44% of all registered voters. republicans make up 28% of the electorate. this is ahead of next month's primary. >>> the obama administration is weighing in on how schools should treat transgender students. the new federal guidelines come as the debate over which bathrooms transgender people should use spreads to more states. cbs news' weijia jang has the story. >> reporter: every public school in the country received this letter this morning from the department of education and justice. it offers guidance for how transgender students should be treated, especially with regard to bathroom and locker room access and housing. the guidelines dictate that transgender students are not to be discriminated against and should be treated consistent with th

department, if you are the secretary of state. of the year the state department says they plan to have purchased an off the shelf software package somewhere from someone, they'll see what's on sale, they'll try to have something by the end of the year that will allow them to preserve their records the way normal people do as a backup created as those files are made but until they get that off the shelf system in place by the end of this year, until then this is what you are supposed to do. this was the system that was in place when hillary clinton was secretary of state. here is how she officially was supposed to conduct her business as secretary of state in order to stay in compliance with all the rules about recordkeeping. send e-mail on any subject that might be related to government business, print e-mail, take printout off of paper, put it into a box. do not label it, don't file it in any way, don't index it. print it out and put it in a box. receive e-mail, print e-mail, take it off the printer and put it in the box. receive

his technology at the state department was seized. it's unclear if those e-mails were deleted and can't find them or the fbi has his technology and backed up on that technology. another thing interesting, people at the state department, lower level employees who heard about her use of e-mail and server brought it up to bosses and said, we don't think this is allowed. how are they doing this. they were told basically sit down and be quiet, it's none of their business and never bring it up again. >> who said that to whom? >> it's unclear exactly who testified to ig but two separate employees on separate occasions brought this up to their boss. by the way, their boss was called into the benghazi committee and told the benghazi committee, this same gentleman, he couldn't remember anything about this. >> wow. >> the official said at the time, the exact quote in the report, never to speak of the secretary's personal e-mail system again. exact report. >> we'll find who that was. >> rachael, thank you very much. >> thank you so much. >> as far

i'm very proud of, the state of indiana. pulse has been around since 1989. we've got 27 years of successfully linking community and academic expertise. our goals are to build capacity in a state's agency. the volunteer associations, the citizens of the state of indiana and so forth. we've done a lot of work in emergency management, but the reason we've been successful is not because uniquely of the resources in our center but because of the atmosphere that exists in the state of indiana. case in point, within indiana we've had the privilege of working with the indiana department of homeland security to complete mitigation plans in close clap collaboration with the counties and cities and towns of the state of indiana. the approach we take is highly collaborative so, unlike many situations that we hear about where a plan is created and set aside on a shelf, if you would, which unfortunately i think often happen, that plan becomes a living document, something the community is engaged in, something people are brought to the tabl

cruz: god bless the great state of indiana. pplause] it is such an incredible privilege, such an incredible honor to be with so many patriots, so many lovers of liberty tonight. in the hoosier state, i am so honored to see what an array of patriots are here standing and fighting. i have to say, isn't heidi going to make an amazing first lady? [applause] she is beautiful and brilliant, she is an amazing mommy to our two little girls. she is my best friend in the whole wide world. [applause] i have to say, to all the kids here, when heidi cruz's first lady, french fries are coming back to the one true. -- lunchroom. [applause] call me crazy, i know if a cardboard began on the plate not on top. how about glenn beck? [applause] is england incredible -- glenn incredible? every time he talks, i learned something. i love it when he brings out the whiteboard and begins walking through the founding principles of our nation. the principles that led to the declaration that led to the constitution. the fundamental understanding that our rig

all of the states and especially our nation, the greatest nation, the united states of america. thank you very much. >> everybody hear me? good. the question -- i'm bob stevens. i'm governor mccrory's general counsel. p-h, thank you for answering. the question that was just asked a claim underwas title ix not asserted in this thatit and the answer to is, the title ix issue was the university system, not directed towards the governor, nor was it directed towards the department of public safety. the two claims that we addressed in our lawsuit. will makesity system their own decisions about what they want to do with that title ix issue. [inaudible question] >> do not know. my understanding is the board of governors is meeting tomorrow and my assumption is they will then and make a decision. [inaudible question] case.the graham they have not. it's important to note that. happened in the fourth circuit case, a split panel, 2-1, made a decision that the lower court,t, the had used the wrong evidentiary standard in deciding the case split panel was to send the decision back to the trial

the united states wants to be a part of that. we want to make sure that as vietnam grows and achieves greater opportunity the young people of vietnam have a chance to partner with the young people of the united states, trading, working on scientific projects, starting businesses together. i think that will be good for both countries. and we think that it is important from our perspective that as a lead er that we engag vietnam bilaterally because we want to continue to strengthen our cooperation with the multilateral organizations like the east asia summit where we think we have seen very real progress over the last several years on everything from commercial issues to disease control to humanitarian issues. one of the things that we increasingly discover is that it is harder and harder to solve problems by ourselves. it is much easier to tackle big problems like climate change or the outbreak of disease. or responding to humanitarian disasters when we have architecture of cooperation already established. on all of the fronts we h

furthermore, the united states faces the highest threat level since 9/11 with open counterterrorism investigations in all 50 states in this great country of ours, and more than 80 isis-related arrests in the past two years, including one just up the road from my district, on new year's eve. with the current threat environment in mind, i offer h.r. 4407, the counterterrorism advisory board afpkt 2016. initially established at the end of 2010, this panel brings together the department of homeland security's top cousht terrorism decision makers to respond to threats. however, i led a bipartisan task force which found that the counterterrorism advisory board or ctab had neither been codified nor had its charter been kept pace with today's evolving terrorist threats. that is why we need to pass this bill, to ensure d.h.s. is effectively integrating intelligence operations and policy to help fight terrorism and that it is quickly exchanging threat information. this legislation formally establishes a ctab in law and makes it the department's central coordination body for counterterrorism activities. the

and that violated the state department's rules. now the report goes on to say that when she left, she should have at least turned over those records and said that she was able to provide them when she was asked for it. she turned over 55,000 pages, 30,000 e-mails that she had sent while she was in the state department. but the report does also say that there was -- even though she turned over 55,000 pages, there was still some things missing from those -- from those e-mails, including e-mails to david petraeus, who is the former cia director and e-mails to sid blumenthal, a friend and confidant of hers looking to do business in libya. it is brought up regarding benghazi and her use of this public server. this doesn't end the controversy over this private server because we still have an fbi investigation ongoing. we expect at some point in the next couple of weeks she might get a call from the fbi asking her to sit down for an interview before that investigation is wrapped up. >> evan, reading the press accounts

i firmly believe the state should be held cannibal for the students results. states are committed using additional flexibility funding to improve education outcomes for all kids. let us lead the way and thank you so much for allowing me to testify and i look forward to your questions. >> good morning, chairman alexander and senator murray and the rest of the help committee and thank you for your leadership on finally achieving the reauthorization of esea, long overdue. i'm tom ahart, superintendent of the des moines public schools with my seven member board of education i'm responsible for the education of the largest school district in the state of iowa. we are committed to meeting the educational needs of each one of our students by recruiting and supporting a team of talented professionals and in each of the 63 schools. our 33,000 students were born in 106 different countries and speak over 100 languages, qualify for reduced price meals at a rate of 75% and are 58% minority. that commitment is reflected in a steady increase in the graduation rate and in read

kevin mickey, from the great hoosier state. mr. mickey is director of the polis institute at indiana university, purdue university in indianapolis. he's also the new chair of the multihazard mitigation council at the national institute of building sciences. i look forward to my colleagues learning about the work being done in the great these your state, particular -- hoosier state to address rising disaster costs and losses, plus the latest report from the multihazard mitigation council. mr. mickey's national leadership and local work are terrific examples of what indianapolis is doing in the field of emergency management. i yield back, mr. chairman. >> thank you, ranking member, carson. we will have two panels of witnesses today. on our first panel, we have our fellow subcommittee member, representative cur bello who knows all too well the risks posed by natural disasters and the efforts that have proven successful in florida to incentivize mitigation measures and smart behaviors. congressman curbelo has been a leader in this area

and it's a good illustration of exactly what the united states has rallied behind the united states to defeat. reporter: lastly, are you worried that the iraqi government's inability to provide security in the capital is going to fuel the political instability that's been going on and which has been hampering critical elements of the anti-isil offense? mr. earnest: what is clear is the top priority of the government is the national security of iraq and protecting the citizens of iraq from this sort of sirens is their government's top priority. the administration, the united states government, has been of the strongly held view that the iraqi government is more likely to be successful in securing the country if they can succeed in uniting that country to face down the threat. that's what prime minister abadi has tried to do. he's worked hard across sectarian lines to build diverse support for his government and for the effort to degrade and ultimately destroy isil and that's why the united states has found prime minister abadi and the iraqi central government to be effective partners an

a coalition air strike took out one of the islamic state's of the senior leaders.jib. he was a military chief for the anbar province in iraq. the strike happened last week in the western part of that province and also killed three other isis terrorists. >>> the leader of al qaeda trying to convince isis fight towers switch sides and join his crew. in new audio recording the group reportedly posted online described isis as a group of extremists and renegades predicting their followers will stop take orders. al qaeda chief said coming together is a matter of life or death for jihadists. the two groups are battling for land, power and mostly influence in the terror world. isis fighters were once part of an al qaeda affiliate but split from the group a few years ago after a power struggle. >>> we're waiting for the attorney general, loretta lynch and we got a two-minute warning about six minutes ago. so when she does speak we'll take you there live. stay with us. of their type 2 diabetes with non-insulin victoza®. for a while, i took a pill to lower my blood sugar. but

and the particular states in the region. this is an existential reflection on what richard haas projected. if states are not going to be the powerful mechanism by which we organize global politics and economics, what is? and should we be trying at the end of the era of the state to shore up states? again, i think there are strong bureaucracies. israel, turkey, iran, eegypt, tunis tunisia. they, themselves, are becoming increasely the tools of purposes and not serving the sort of formal -- as the sort of formal impersonal apparatus that can effectively collect taxes, distribute goods and provide services equitably among citizens. iran is already deeply sectarian. the ethnic and religious coloration of turkey's state is becoming more and more apparent. in egypt, competing networks of pourer, saudi supported salifies, a u.s. supported military industrial complex has been jockeying for supremacy. even in israel, the attachment to mid 20th century norms of secular citizenship is giving away to open expressions of religious and eth

schoenke: the laws of the united states is different than in the united kingdom. if it's under skill it's gambling. in america in most states, if a game has more skill than luck, it's not considered gambling. that's why fantasy sports for over 20 years as an enterprise has never been considered gambling. we didn't have -- didn't meet before congress or at the state level. that's been called into question in the last -- mr. pallone: they're doing the same thing, right, in both places? mr. schoenke: i think the laws are different. it's a different country. mr. pallone: it sounds like one place -- mr. schoenke: if it's considered more skill than luck. mr. pallone: they're not doing anything differently, right? mr. schoenke: it's the same game. mr. pallone: it sounds like the difference in one country they have a lot of smart lawyers or lobbyists that are, you know, defining things in one way and the other they're not. but the game is the same, correct? the game is the correct? mr. schoenke: it's still a game that has far more skill than luck. mr. pallone: all right. t

in the united states. the american society of civil engineers. good morning. can you talk about your organization and what role it plays? asce is a professional organization. it has been around since 1852. 150,000 members who work in the private sector, government, research and academia. it's mostly a technical organization but we moved out of our headquarters in new york city and came to washington to have more of a policy influence. host: one of the things you do is keep track of federal spending when it comes to infrastructure and put out reports. your latest takes a look at gaps between what is being funded and what is being needed. what did you find? latest in our the failure to act series of economic reports. has done a number of infrastructure report cards were me great the nation's infrastructure. c'se are a lot of d's and on that report card. policymakers were asking is, what difference does that make us? felt there were some very powerful economic issues related to the infrastructure. this is the

it's a priority for everybody in the state of louisiana. despite the road blocks along he way, suno has experienced tremendous growth through new and renovated buildings, teadily climbing enrollment, and one of the kind programs such as the forensic science center and the honorary for undergraduate student achievement, named for a louisiana hero and american hero, and a southern university general lieutenant russell el honoree. eventually, the fema trailers disappeared and in their place, incubator usiness center was built. if that isn't resiliance, i what resilience is. in addition to representing a suno, you also represent a new chapter for the reat state of louisiana, one i hope that is also resilient, one resilient as well. and there's no doubt we have challenges to overcome. we're still dealing with the largest budget deficit in the state.y of our we've seen the largest cuts to higher education in the nation atr the last eight years and the same time, the highest increases in tuition, in the eight over the last years. we continue to hav

and some of the richest states. if you looked at the bottom effective states they included some of the poorest states in the country and some of the richest. this is really unlike any similar epidemic or law-enforcement problem i've ever seen in the traditional demographic is not a predictor. it is a rural, urban, suburban, it is all regions, i went to a drug court graduation, the founding drug court in virginia and the judge who founded it, he was a super, farsighted thinker about the need for drug courts had a child too, many years later was killed in a drug related incident. after i spoke at the graduation, one graduation, one of the probation officers who helps the court run and has done so as a spectacular advocate said this is my second drug court graduation this week and i said did you have never class and he said no i went to my son's graduation in a community two hours from here. this affects every level, that that is why we are now spending the time that we are, but we have not spent time in this committee

the united states will do a number of things. they will deepen the relationship with japan and south korea. secretary ash carter has already said that this is going to happen. we are going to have to build up more intensive missile defense systems there. more exercises more presence more pressure including i think regime threatening kinds of sentience. so what is the chinese reaction to that? the chinese reaction to that is negative. the building up intensive and more extensive missile defense systems becoming more deeply involved militarily and it makes the chinese more strategically uncountable. that's the conversation because we say to the chinese leadership and i've had these conversations as you know, this is not about you. this is not aimed at you, this is aimed at the regime in pyongyang and we have to take steps to protect ourselves. what are going to do together and what are you going to do pacific league to get these guys off the path they are on because it's unacceptable. i think it's the biggest security threat in asia

law the department of state leads u.s. delegations in negotiating with foreign governments on bilateral -- shortly after the president's december 17, 2014, announcement, that the united states would be taking a number of steps to work towards normalizing relations with cuba and after coordinating with all relevant agencies, the department of state approached the government of cuba to propose technical discussions on restoring scheduled commercial air service. for many years, all air travel between the united states and cuba has been via charter service. charter flights have adequately served the relatively low levels of travel between the united states and tuba -- cuba, but amid the process of normalization, the administration aimed to expand authorized travel and people-to-people contacts between the united states and cuba. by expanding people-to-people ties we believe we can more effectively support the aspirations of the cuban people for a better life. the administration therefore concluded that restoring scheduled air s

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the secretary of state in europe. does the white house want to see more european banks do business in iran? mr. earnest: i think what the white house wants is to fulfill our responsibility to international financial institutions, to describe to them exactly what is allowed and what's not allowed when it comes to doing business with iran. that's something that has been part of not just secretary lue's job description, but secretary kerry has gone to great lengths to try to describe the rules of the road to international financial institutions as well. there are a couple of things that i think are relevant to point out here. one of the things that these large -- that the heads of hese banks say is that the united states has been forceful in enforcing these sanctions, which is why we want to be sure that we are on the right side of the law here. that's validation of what we've said here many times, which is that we take sanctions enforcement quite seriously. and there are large financial institutions that have had to pay

and it needs more implication of the united states. the united states has to be at the table. this crisis over the ukraine goes beyond ukraine, beyond europe, and into the geopolitical threat to many countries. that is the immediate focus we have to take. and the long run, we have to find a strategy how to define the security status of countries that do not belong to an alliance. the report calls them the countries in between. there is certainly a strategy needs that goes country by country. at issue is a particular situation. this is not enough. that is why our report asks for a comprehensive diplomatic initiative to rest these issues in the interest of the principles we have all agreed in the final act and in the paris charter. we should stick to it. this framework is solid. and it does not have to be rewritten. it just has to be followed. ivo: let's take the conversation to both parts of what you just talked about. jean-marie, you know where we are. we concluded and the one thing we agreed, 15 panel members including our russian colleagues, that the situation is dangerous.

than inside the united states. in paul robeson's case it was his moving to london in the early 1920s that allowed him to climb the ladder of personal success, allowing him to hobnob with the great and the good in london, allowing him to achieve what was one of his initial stellar accomplishments, which was played the role in the well-known shakespearean play and also to excel in movies, initially in london, although of course he did make his mark in hollywood nonetheless. but a turning point for paul robeson's life comes in the early 1930s when he is on his way to germany he confronts face-to-face the bared teeth of germany and the shakes them up tremendously and he goes on there to the former soviet union where he encounters a friend from harlem speaking of the late black lawyer, william l. patterson, a name you may recall because it was william l. patterson who led the charge in the case, the scottsboro case, the case of scottsboro nine that arrived in dixie in the early 1930s involving nine black youths accused f