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

in the same way, that the united kingdom should respect the big decisions taken here in the united statesso the verdict on the future of the united kingdom must be won by the people of the u.k. although. on the inside or the outside of the eu, britain's relationship with the united states will and must remain strong. neither of us should ever be at the back of the line when it comes to working together. if britain chooses to leave, our partnerships in defense, intelligence, counterterrorism, in trade, and in culture should remain strong and unchanged. neither of us would benefit from growing apart, and neither of us should want that to happen regardless of how britain chooses to shape its future. we have a unique and special relationship that has survived changes in government, and changes of circumstance. that relationship will and must stay strong regardless of how the british vote in june. as david cameron himself has said, he believes our best days together at lie ahead. ladies and gentlemen, our friends here in washington and across the united states should understand the challenge w

tom: they expect the united states to be present. ey expect them to keep their alliance obligations. they expect us to continue to provide the nuclear umbrella we have provided. -- in the region, for three quarters of a century. this is a thought experiment. think about what it looks like absent the u.s. engagement here. ther the prime minister, alliance has been deep end as intense as it ever has been. the president will also visit the memorial at hiroshima. an attack on japan, south korea, and any other country, that will be met with what kind of response? at that point, we would stand together to defend against any attack and what is that do? that makes the likelihood of any such attack much lower. the fact that you would have to face the united states in a situation like that makes the percentage chances of such an attack much lower. it keeps stability in the region at a much higher level than it otherwise would be. there is one thing clear. no military in asia, including the chinese military could ever , hope to take on the unite

and the size of unit i'm not sure. >> the biggest it diversifies between a condo and co-op i can sell the condo to anyone in a co-op i can't do that. >> i understand the board has to approved purchase by a new party of a unit or units that someone may own someone mentioned the fontana the stock was a co-op. >> they're true in california they run across from its on california and jones. >> and then the 1 across the street on california and jones is on the corner then he knew of two on the vallejo the two high-rise i believe those are also condos no their co-ops. >> but entirely different situation in terms of ownership and the fact you know an approval process by the members is not the same situation as it would be the case of condo unit and can't get individual loans for if you wanted to sell to a person the bureau can't get their own loan you know without the co-op you the reason he know the the two buildings on california street are co-ops when i represented the neighbors in both the - having the live i

that are serving here in the united states. we take that obligation seriously. and we obviously expect that other countries around the world take that obligation seriously. but of course at u.s. diplomatic facilities all around the world, there are united states marine corps service members who are standing guard. and the president takes that security quite seriously. but that certainly does not be a solve local governments of the responsibility that they have to ensure the safety and security of our diplomats as well. reporter: one more. on this issue of the president and the press that's been out there lately. the american presidency project in santa barbara did an analysis that shows that president obama's had fewer press conferences, on pace to have fewer press conferences, than his previous two predecessors and the monthly and average rate he's been doing these at are less than his three previous predecessors. is that correct? mr. earnest: i think there are a lot of different ways to slice and dies these number. obviously -

it's the right balance for the united states to strike. keyave an obviously strategic interest in asia and southeast asia in particular. we've a strategic relationship and across the board. an opportunity here to use the leverage of potential additional security relationships to leverage further progress on human rights. i'm not here to defend the human rights record. i do think informed about it could but it does provide us with additional leverage going forward. and really important is that this is a strategic step that takes into account's all those elements i mention >> to we raise the question of human rights. >> toiling can has said in a speech in may last month that there has been some progress on human rights. anywhere in relationship condition on more progress in human rights. >> a has been some progress but i don't think we should overstate that progress with respect to the regime in vietnam . the has been progress in terms tween theationship unstated vietnam and the security economic and other areas which are important to us. we

what -- in other words, what is it in the for the united states? we're going to give up our information. best practices for me as i layman who used the system -- never worked in the system -- but what best practices is cuba using that we need to get to use in the united states? >> cuba is a member of a 191 members. as a member of the international aviation community, we have a shared goal in security of our passengers around the world reaching their destination safely. that's a shared goal with the cubans and the 189 other members. >> i understand the shared goal. it says best practices and says we talked about technical information on security and aviation security and best practices. i want to know some examples. i want to know what we're getting we wouldn't get otherwise. we're giving them access to our airports. new york, jfk and miami, fort lauderdale and tampa, atlanta, all listed here, and they came to america. they're interested in collecting information. i'm not dumb and knee their are they. they know we're interested in collecting informat

why the northeastern united states? why so much? why not the western united states? and the reason why is that fentanyl is so easily mixed into the powdered heroin which is preferred in the eastern united states as compared to the black tar heroin, which is preferred in the western united states, and so those are the preferred markets in the united states. being introduced into powdered heroin landed in the united states and we are increasingly seeing it being pressed into pill form. but fentanyl has found a market in the eastern united states probably because of those two reasons. mr. rubio: i spent some time in new hampshire in the last year and from that experience, found myself in a lot of small townships throughout new england that face an overwhelming problem, all of them that were specifically targeted perhaps because trafficking networks knew that they had smaller police departments. if you are a small township, you are not going to have a 1000 officer department. is that what they look for, in essence, looking for a place where they can set up where they can

what's in -- in other words, what's in it for the united states? because we're going to give up some of our information. best practices, like for me, quite honestly, as a layman who has just used this -- this system and i've never worked in the system, but what best practices is cuba using that -- that we need to get to use in the united states? mr. fujimura: cuba is a member of icao, the 191 members. perry: right. fujimura: as a member of the international -- international aviation community, we have a shared goal in -- in security of our passengers around the world reaching their destination safely. that's a shared goal we have with the -- with the cubans and the 189 other members. rep. perry: i understand the shared goal. i'm looking -- it says "best practices," and it says that we talked about technical information on -- on -- on security and -- on aviation security and best practices. rep. perry: i want to know some examples. i want to know what we're getting that we wouldn't get otherwise. we're giving them access to our airports -- new york,

and the size of unit i'm not sure. >> the biggest it diversifies between a condo and co-op i can sell the condo to anyone in a co-op i can't do that. >> i understand the board has to approved purchase by a new party of a unit or units that someone may own someone mentioned the fontana the stock was a co-op. >> they're true in california they run across from its on california and jones. >> and then the 1 across the street on california and jones is on the corner then he knew of two on the vallejo the two high-rise i believe those are also condos no their co-ops. >> but entirely different situation in terms of ownership and the fact you know an approval process by the members is not the same situation as it would be the case of condo unit and can't get individual loans for if you wanted to sell to a person the bureau can't get their own loan you know without the co-op you the reason he know the the two buildings on california street are co-ops when i represented the neighbors in both the - having the live i

and allies of the united states. w.h.o. are supposedly convey -- who are supposedly conveying these sentiments and concerns to the white house and the state department and so on. put very simply, does president obama view that the election of donald trump to the presidency would constitute a direct threat to the national security of the united states? mr. earnest: let me say it this way. president obama has been asked on a number of occasions to weigh in on mr. trump's candidacy and i think more often than not, the president has shared his opinions on this. what i have tried to do is to choose my moments carefully. d making a point about the impact of the election on the ability of president obama to do his job. i've also made clear that president obama's priority is focused on protecting the important progress that we've made over the last seven or eight years. and his interest in the election is rooted in the idea that he wants his successor to be somebody who is committed to building on that progress and not tearing it do

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

britain's extant from the european union and why it is in the best interest of great britain and the unitedtates. p.m.is life monday at 5:00 eastern on c-span three. monday on the communicators, we broadcast from the int x conference in boston known as the internet and television expo. wheelerinterview tom about the cable industry, set-top boxes, internet neutrality. >> you see the evolution of the nature of television, the explosion of video alternatives, increased talked about smaller bundles and how that changes the relationship with the consumer. you see alternative pathways to the consumer over devices. behave the potential to entering the best area ever for consumers, programmers, and those who deliver. announcer: watch the communicators monday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two. >> president obama is visiting vietnam for three days of ceremonies. now, a discussion of the the purpose of the presidential trip. this is about 15 minutes. >> welcome. thank you for being with us. in vietnam today. his first stop in a weeklong trip to asia. how significant is this? very significant fo

on the very day he arrived in the united states, mr. van iersel registered for the draft and enlisted in the army. he didn't speak a word of english. but he learned while working in an army kitchen. he was eventually assigned to the second infantry division and was deployed to france at the end of world war i. it was in france that mr. van iersel showed extraordinary heroism time and time again. he first gained notice when he and a comrade braved german gun fire to carry 17 soldiers to safety. he was then promoted to sergeant when he led a small reconnaissance patrol and found enemy trenches. it was there that he was able to use his native language of german to infiltrate them and convince the officer in charge to surrender 60 german soldiers. from there, mr. van iersel increased his efforts to gain information on german troop movements. in one particularly treacherous situation, mr. van iersel braved heavy fire to swim across the icy seine river. he overheard german soldiers discussing a heavy artillery barrage that would have wiped out

it's meant to reinforce the leadership role the united states plays in asia. it's meant to extend the fact that the united states has been, has provided the platform for asia social economic development for three quarters of a century. the president came into office, believed we were underinvested and has gone about increasing that investment. the vietnam piece of it is an important part of rebalance. rebalance involves as you said at the opening, investing in and paying a lot more attention and engaging with our allies but also with emerging nations in asia including vietnam, and it involves a rebalancing of overwhelming emphasis on northeast asia to southeast asia as an important part of our interest as well. vietnam we have had for the last 20 years an increasingly close relationship. this takes it, as the president said, to the new level and really points it towards kind of fully engaged and normtallized relationship. essentially i was in vietnam in the summer of 1995 on the trip where we reestablished relations with vietnam and raised the flag over the emb

the united states is leading the counterterrorism effort in the world. and the united states has increasingly, i think it's been important, actually, to accelerate out efforts with respect to the challenges of syria and in iraq. so i think it's important to underscore the facts and i think also we've also taken some very important steps with respect to deepening our relationship in our own hemisphere. that, by the way, gets way too little attention, i think, in terms of a strategic strength of the united states. no great power, no great important nation in the world has the kind of strategic base we do in terms of the americas and the potential. so i think it's important to underscore the fact of american leadership with specifics. i do think it is important for us to continue to accelerate our efforts in iraq and syria to address those problems which are going to exist beyond the end of this -- president obama's presidency. but those are the kinds of -- that's the kind of conversation i think that we should be having with the world. confident, based on

awkward in may be the united states, but it is not in the rest of the unite the world.: that was michael ratner in 2006 in iceland as he was awarded by yoko ono the lennon ono grant for peace. we only have one minute. your remembrance, your fond remerance? >> michael and his wderful fe shon were the cter. theichildrenj, an acvist with a motley workers and a performance artist, the only july 4 softball game in which everyone ended by singing the internationale now. they were the center of a community. amy: michael smith? >> i took a singing class. anyone can sing with michael's children. we put them on face time. and we sang the international now. michael was in a barca whinger 's barco lounger in hi living room. he sang it in french. amy: i want him with a clip to mark michaels 60th birthday. many of his friend's were asked to briefly describe him. >> michael is unfaltering. >> tenacious. >> effervescent. >> decent. >> relentless. >> generous. >> got to be some kind of tremendous optimism to keep going at the pace that he goes. amy: friends and family remembering michae

in the early 1900s, the united states was enormously popular in japan. u.s., theymire the saw the united states as their friend and americans were considered friends of the japanese after the san francisco earthquake. specialiststhquake can to help san francisco dig up. by 1921 and especially after 1924, the united states was seen as an enemy of japan. in part because of the immigration acts, but also because of the vigorous anti-japanese laws passed in california between 1905 and 1924 totricting landownership aliens eligible for citizenship. japanese are not because they are not white. story ofmes the american immigration in 45 minutes. it is hard to cover this much ground in any great detail. one of the things that is clear is that the decline of immigration after 1924 fundamentally changed the united states. up in the 1920's, 30's and into the 40's grew up in a nation of immigrants. people went to school with immigrants, people knew immigrants, there were the immigrants euros, the jeddah gehrig's to lou america's 24. by the 1950's -- americans cheered

immigration is changing at the united states but those chains are frequently noticed and filtered through the lens of race. when white americans consider integration, the images in their heads are likely to be of latino immigrants. it's our pleasure to one of those writers with us this morning. marisa abrajano is an associate professor in the department of political science at the university of california-san diego. she's also a nonresident senior fellow at the brookings institution. a research interest on american politics, particularly in areas of latino politics, racial ethnic politics, political participation, voting, and the mass media and campaigned. she is the author of campaigning to the new american electorate, and the co-author of new faces, new voices and an author of numerous articles. please welcome to san antonio marisa abrajano. [applause] >> thank you for the very kind introduction and thank you, everyone for coming. it's a pleasure to be here today in your beautiful city, and i just want to briefly talk about the goal of this book as well as what the main research questio

our world is getting smaller, but is it a good idea for the united states to get smaller? last year, vladimir putin tested his missiles against nato. >> it was one of several such will such incidents, and it was very much like the drill you're seeing right now. >> because of the vast distances here in alaska. >> this colonel pilots this s-22 stealth raptor, fully armed and ready to go it a moment's notice. >> we can get closer and identify whatever is out there. >> what they have seen out there, russian c-2 barrier bombers, capable of carrying nuclear weapons. these encounters have become common enough lately, that error n norad places red plaques on the wall when there's an intercept. >> russia represents the greatest threat to our national security. >> russia is the only country on effort that has the ability to destroy the united states. >> we're confronting a russia that has now entered a new chapter in the cold war. >> last summer, rush that september five warships to alaskan waters. >> we had to prepare for any event that might happen understanding that the president

resolution, there was cooperation with the united states and with the leadership of the united states we were able to get china on our side. so that's what we need to be able to have more of. japan is in no position to talk about the next administration but as mentioned by ambassador king already, for example, in the united states, in the united states and the north korean sanction and policy enhancement act, it means that each country, as well as the international community must be united and i think in all countries such consensus is on the rise. so regardless of which choice the americans take on the next administration, i think there is already a strong president obama to pursue this issue and i'm sure that the u.s. government will continue to uphold its very strong level of interest towards asia and as a back drop, these symposiums are being organized, which hebs and and every american citizen a standing on these issues. >> i'd like to invite two important and distinguished guests to join us at the podium. grace jo was born in north korea. she almost starved to death as a child.

we invaded, grabbed noriega and brought him to the united states. there are circumstances when that's appropriate. on balance it is always better for the executive and legislative to be in synch and iffer the united states to act with allies. >> thank you. i hope it would be more likely to be the exception than the rule. >> i would add a couple of things. in the analysis, as secretary baker said, there are a lot of policy options between an invasion and doing nothing. right? that has to be part of the analysis as you measure up how your interests are implicated and match them with the activities you undertake. number two, i agree with respect to syria. a political solution there is first best and we are working on that with the russians specifically. third, it is important and we talk about governance and a lot of other things that we need to do as a nation. it is important to understand that we have a really serious security problem with isis. we will not settle the problem at a peace conference. the united states is going to have to lead an effort

nationals because of this traitorous revolt against abolition in the united states of america. you might ask yourself parenthetically how and why it is that a failed regime, the confederate states of america, which revolted against the united states government and led to the slaughter of thousands probably have more monument in many states of the united states of america and the folks who were victorious. it is very strange and unusual when those who lead a revolt in her squashed and defeated wind up somehow have a more monument than the people who helped to squash them. i think you can now begin to understand this conundrum unless you understand that those are revolted against washington in 1861 thought that they were walking the footsteps of those who revolted against london in 1776. that is to say revolting in order to continue that insidious institution known as slavery. in any case, after the u.s. civil war and permit the united states government looks around its neighborhood, notices can do is under british rule. cuba is under spanish rule. most of the caribbean, barbados,

the whole architecture is at risk. a united states that disengages faster than europe integrates, or disengages as europe integrates, and the european integration has been made possible highest relationship with the united states. if that relationship begins to fray it is connected to the crisis in europe. we have our work cut out for us. we won't find the solution if we don't work jointly, europeans and americans, on this issue. >> he describes the meta-problem we have. the frameworks we live with for some many years are falling apart, in part because there is a challenge to the status quo. we found that real challenge is focused in particular in that part of europe where the security status of countries like your own and georgia are being contested and are in some ways uncertain. there is a desire on the part of georgia to be a member of nato. there is a commitment of nato to have georgia as a member. we are not there. how does it look from george's perspective? this continued uncertainty about the security status of a countr

does the united states have to send 90% of the military might, bombs to fight isis? where are the other arab nations pitching in? >> well, and i think they should. look, i think military relationships, it's complicated, it's con that lewded, and, ultimately, the united states does what's in the best military interest. i agree to a agree with trump on the nato premise in the fact that, you know, people should be paying more, you know, in these sort of partnerships, and, too, you look at a relationship where, you know, a lot of people are questioning what is nato do, and looking at maybe reforming that relationship or reforming the importance of nato when nato was formed, obviously, after world war for to defend against the soviets and their aggressions, so -- >> things have changed. we have to have our priorities aligned correctly. yes, we have to do everything we can to fight isis and be all in when it comes to that, but on the other hand, are we going to interfere in ukraine? i mean, those are the questions that we need to be posting right now, and what we herd from

delegations, r welcome to the united states. i'm going to try this as best as i can. speaking foreign language] . [applause] >> welcome. [laughter] saying welcome in foreign language] >> those, i'm not sure were delivered perfectly, but i think the spirit was understood. today is an opportunity for michelle and me to return some hospitality and that we've received on our copenhagen and oslo, stockholmg my visit to and to americans who cannot visit themselves, don't worry, i has a and that sweden phone number where you can call a swede and learn about all things swedish. invites to you send your questions to #ask #askbrookmunder. land has a lotce of folks named gundmunder, and they'll answer. but they are extraordinary countries, and most importantly for our persons here today, they are extraordinary friends. this is a special day, i think, for the millions of americans ho probably traced their ancestry to nordic countries, particularly in the midwest, including my home state of illinois. raiv l remind you that ericsson reached this continent more than a thousand years

leadership of the united nations, it has to be enforced by everybody in the hierarchy in the united nations. so they understand it is different than it was in the past. it does not mean people in the past did not look at it as serious, but the but the institution did not look at it as serious. that has to change. but it requires a cultural change. without that you will not to get the type of action that we want to see. the action we want to see is that the member countries that are participating in the united nations understand that that cannot be tolerated tolerated and their leadership presses upon their participants that this will not be allowed, and that if you are involved it is going to be very severe. also that you are bringing disrespect to our country's participation and jeopardizing our standing and we are not going to allow that to happen. that is what you're going to have to have for there to be the type of change that we want to see occur. so, yes we have seeds of acreage resides. you do mention some of those including the passage of the security council resolution. but

it has devastated communities across the united states. ffects families, the workplace, and also our nation's economy. and drug overdoses are now the leading cause of injury related death in our nation. in my state of michigan, for example, there were 1,745 drug overdose deaths in 2014. and more than half of those overdose deaths were attributed to opioids and heroin. in fact, 78 americans die from an opioid overdose every single day. so without question this is a crisis that cries out for immediate relief. fortunately there may be effective solutions. for example, several states have undertaken various innovative measures to better respond to the rapid increase of individuals addicted to prescription opioids and heroin, and to prevent individuals from dying as a result of drug overdose. as i mentioned only yesterday during debate with respect to 5046, sideration of h.r. which has been incorporated into the house amendment to s. 524, this measure would fund new, innovative ways to address opioid de epidemic of drug abuse addiction. this --

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

we have supermax prisons in the united states. there's no reason to spend so much money at guantanamo and have this continuing shame on the reputation of the united states. speaking of money, gtmo is the world's most expensive prison by far. we are spending about $2.9 million annually per prisoner. it costs us less than $35,000 per prisoner, to hold someone in a supermax facility in the united states. frankly, they don't deserve the spending. we should be spending that money here in the united states. not on terrorists, but on teachers, or maybe on defense. no one will argue that that money could not be spent better somewhere else. finally, mr. chairman, i'd like to submit for the record a letter signed by more than 30 retired generals urging the congress to responsibly close the detention facility at guantanamo. to quote president george bush, when he said the facility had become a propaganda tool for our enemies. it weakens our security, it drains our resources, it emboldens our enemies and it is contrary to liberty and everythin

if you projected that, the united states would have recovered from the depression. perhaps not as rapidly. >> the critics argue that his policies were not really working towards getting the country passed the depression. >> certainly, people argue that. there are also people who argue that apples fly upwards from trees. it is not a thing that actually happens. there was rapid recovery during the first two terms. the united nations monetary conference takes place in june and it isong nations the culmination of currency policies going back to when he took office. the idea of creating an international block of nations nations recurrences of that are rich can ensure prosperity going forward. of john the ideas maynard keynes and the brecon which conference was -- brecke nwoods conference was an affirmation of those into international agreements. the united nations was not institutionalized, as we now know. they were nations united against fascism. it was the allies. britain, the soviets, and the united states, as well as occupied countries and scandinavian countries will

person who petitions to bring their fiance to the united states. often when you think about visas, you have to think about two sides of the equation. it's also the u.s. person or the u.s. company trying to bring that person here. so when you think about the screening systems including how we utilize and look at and operationalize social media, you have to instantly -- i mean, all of these issues -- the first thing out of your mouth has to be security and thinking about security vetting. the second thing out of your mouth has to be privacy, civil liberties and the issues that balance there. we think about the i.t. challenges in terms of how we sift through the billions of pieces of information that you think about in social media, it's not just, you know -- it's not as easy as somebody on facebook saying i'm a terrorist on their facebook profile. it's not as simple as that. let alone sort of the issues with regard to their communications throughout the world and telecommunications systems and how we legally and lawfully use that. but it's a tremendou

that is still the law in the united states. need an additional strategy for changing the laws as some of the indian nations that i was representing pointed out that they had never relinquish their rights as nations to participate in the international community and so we began to look to the international community, to the united nations, for ways to challenge the laws in the united states and elsewhere. the then, relative newly-emerging law of human rights at the international level was promising. because it contained -- in 1976, we had the opportunity to go to the home of human rights in geneva, switzerland, to the home of the united nations there. and i suggested to the indian nations that i was working with at the time that they consider proposing to the united nations a declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples. i wrote a draft for them to consider. they did consider it, reviewed, modified it and took it to the united nations in 1977 and proposed it to the united nations for adoption. our strategy was that by creating

guest: their heart -- there are 600,000 bridges in the united states. sure about the exact bridge you're talking about. bridges, roughly 60,000 bridges in the united states, are structurally deficient. be inspected every year and not just every two years. host: it does not mean they will fall. guest: no. they could have things posted on them. certain trucks cannot use them. bridge, the memorial bridge, the lane had been shut down, the bridge would have to be shut down for five years unless major replacement occurs. there has been more of an emphasis and a focus, but engineers keep a close eye on these things, so something like a bridge collapse, as shocking as that is an people do remember the bridge collapse, it is highly unusual for something like that to happen. bridges get closed were posted for weight restrictions and that has an economic impact. trucks have to do workarounds and it takes longer for goods to get there. it is almost imperceptible to people going on -- what is going on. impact being talked about in these reports. host: what do you est

folks coming from mexico trying to make it to the united states. but we also see a number of who come to america, so a, honduras, atemal ecuador. we see folks in china and other areas of the world. really one particular -- >> and how was he making the trip? >> most of the folks contacting tions, are a contacting the criminal rganizations, to finance the trip. $ y pay anywhere from $50 to $1500, depending on the technique they're using, and how take.that trip is going to so depending on where they're coming from. at the pricey look and what they expect when going to the united states. so if they're smuggled and transported into the interior going to tes, you're pay a little bit more than if you get dropped off at the international boundary. >> who's doing the smuggling? >> most of the folks doing the criminals, and to dedicated their lives smuggling aliens and narcotics. often lks don't understand, they're trying to them, thethem or help migrant, getting to the united quite it's actually similar. he only job is really to collect that price that the a

there was a feeling that the united states, and i felt it, the united states could lose the cold war.ere was a model of behavior during the cold war, and the way i often described it, it was the red side of the map and blue side of the map, separated by the iron curtain. the rest of the world we competed for. >> that fundamental clash between communism and capitalism, between dictatorship and freedom divided the world. but it is a revolution starting to stir. >> there has been an unexpected development abroad. polish workers in the baltic area are standing firm in their strike against the government. >> the demands of striking polish workers concluded free press, release of political prisoners and right to strike. even though these workers had assumed the risk of striking illegally. >> along comes solidarity, but not a union run by communists, it is a union run by polish patriots, so it is a tremendous threat to the ussr because of possible contagion, it would wipe out communism if allowed to spread. >> in this season of discontent, spent part of the weekend reinforcing the link betwe

death investigation in the united states. anything else. another glum day in the history of death and dying in the united states. jan scruggs founder of the vietnam veterans memorial fund. physical andstwar psychological trauma. personal experience of mental health issues. adjusting to civilian life. moderated by joe klein. dr. galloway mr. strokes and joe klein. [applause] joe klein: good afternoon. this is the second time i've been honored to sit on this and both times the topic was veterans.

stokely leaves the united states of america by 1969. the reason he leaves the united states is because of his 1967.ational travels in he does a five-month tour of the world. he is in cuba with fidel castro. fidel castro says that stokely carmichael is under his protection. he is in algeria with the revolutionary algerian leaders who offer him headquarters in support, something carmichael will not take them up on but the black panthers will in a couple of years. he meets two of his biggest .olitical heroes canadian --tic ghanaian leader who had told the andch to leave again a suffered consequences after. a was the brilliant south african singer, activist, been introduced to the american public by harry belafonte in the 1950's. wind romance,orld despite a nine year age gap, and they are married by 1968 and become this global pan african couple. when we think about the meeting with trip, these people transforms stokely carmichael's life great he comes back to the united states as a committed pan africanist who believes the key to back a qua

puerto rico is a territory of the united states. these are american citizens that have been infected with zika. they don't have a senator from puerto rico although i'm more than honored and grateful for the opportunity to speak on their behalf on these issues but what people y have to understand is , and this is not way to approach it but even if your approach is with puerto rico, it's not the mainland of the united states . i invite you to go to the airport in orlando and miami and you can see the flights and flow of people back and forth. we also look at the fact that the summer months are coming. this is a mosquito borne infection and we know mosquito season is here and it is coming fast. we know that the zika virus becomes more potent as temperatures get warmer. guess what, it's about to get warm not just in florida through the gulf coast state and throughout the country. we know places like brazil have been deeply impacted by the zika virus. guess what? tens of thousands of people are about to travel through the united states to

year, the past nations, canada, the united states, and the u.k.ibuted over 90% of the dollars spent on actual -- four nato. sort of obvious that putting the united states interests first does not mean abandoning all of our allies. it simply means that our allies should be doing something for the alliance. why should the united states risk a nuclear exchange for the russia for the sake of the baltic states unless there is also portuguese -- standing on the line in the baltic states? the portuguese and the french and the spanish also commit themselves, then the united states can feel guilty about being tough on our allies. until that time, i think we need to at least listen to that much of what the man said. in the first place, the european union collectively has the second-largest defense budget in the world after the united states. they have a substantial ground force which protects europe and american interests as well. the key point i want to make is the reason we have troops in europe and troops in south korea and japan, it is not a favor for t

win veryect would little new continuity to the united states. the primary object was to targets inply buried various countries. according to the chinese muchigm, china worried so for important reasons. because a nuclear penetration d is aad -- warhea technical weapon. hurt the nuclear taboo against use of nuclear weapons. it would lower the bar of nuclear weapons use. that would hurt china's national interests, especially its commitment against use. for that reason, china worried. another consideration is technical issues. china always worries that other -- technical lagging. most chinese believe that would inviteging aggression by other countries. another -- a lot of chinese research seeks to understand new technologies. china has a plan -- china does not have a plan to deploy these technologies. the goal is to understand the new technologies. chinese believed the neutron bomb is the third generation nuclear weapons. -- first generation was the bomb. the second generation was the fusion bomb. totally newe technology for the third generation. sci

with the united states, the high-end. japan by some of their stuff, maybe south korea and certainly, australia. but a lot of where the conflict will be is in the lower end, in the anti-access area. the cheaper part. there are lots of people willing to supply that. i will turn to deliveries in asia -- missiles. there is a real anti-shift missile proliferation problem. united states is not participate in this. this is how many units of missiles the united states sells to asia, not including china. 50% market share but in terms of the quality, the trend indicator value, we have over a third of the market share. so we sell better weapons but we sell fewer of them. what's important though, and this supports the argument, american firms do this because they are making a ton of money. theou can see here, this is revenue of missile exports to asia and it is skyrocketing. this is the ratio of revenue. the ratio of revenue to quality missiles. even though we make skyrocketing profits as a country, the price to quality ratio is esca

i always thought it was to the united states, not to a foreign. f we make the standard that a threat to an imminent city around the world would be okay for the president to unilaterally begin a war because any city around the world was under imminent threat, i think standard that's absurd. wouldn't you recognize the standard at least to be to the united states or to a military base of ours or to some sort of asset of ours? you look at, but if article 51 of the un charter, it says that any country that feels they need assistance can call on nother un member state to assist them, and that's exactly into appened when we went kuwait and kick iraq out of kuwait. it wasn't an imminent threat to states.ted there was no threat to the united states at all. we went in, you know, the surest of a great power is if you have to act unilaterally, you do so. lways best to act multilaterally. i know we'd agree on that. that's the best test of a great power, if it has to act unilaterally. we went into panama with okay, they nsent, were brutalizing our service men do

men who have argued before the supreme court representing the united states of america. attorneys who were familiar with that court, the gravity of the decisions that they face, the requirements to serve on the court. unanimously democrats and republicans said to the senate merrick garland is the right man to serve on the supreme court. we come today with sadness and even more with a sense of injustice that the republicans would allow this political gambit to continue. to think that they are waiting for president donald trump to fill this vacancy is almost impossible to say or to believe, but it is a fact. i will close by saying i have checked the constitution and i check it regularly. there has been no change in the provision that says in november of 2012 barack obama was re-elected president of the united states to serve for four years, four full years, and that would include this year. the republican argument that he's out of business now, we'll wait for the next president defies the verdict of the american people in that election. by five million votes, they said bara

one can hardly imagine a more dismal way to enter the united states. [laughter] professor finkelman: and he crossed in as a tourist. he took the train to new york city. and he stayed in new york city until he discovered that his bad eyes were not what they would stop you for at ellis island. so he took the boat out to ellis island. he's one of the few immigrants to go reverse trip to ellis island so that he could come in to the united states. he came into the country, in a sense, through the back door and only later reentered through the golden door. my other grandfather came through the golden door in 1913 when he was about 13 years old. but you had to be 16 to work so he lied on his immigration papers, said he was 16 so he could go to work. and then when he was only about 17, uncle sam sent a little letter of greetings, world war i is now here. so my grandfather got drafted before he was eligible but he couldn't very well say, oh, no, no, i'm too young. and then on august 8, 1918, he became a citizen under the amendatory act of may 1918 while statione

the name of congress the medal of honor to captain james a. taylor, unitedtates army, for conspicuous gallantry at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. captain taylor was serving as executive officer of troop b first squadron, first cavalry, on november 9 1967 in the republic of vietnam. -- engaged in an attack on a fortified position and came under intense enemy fire. one armored vehicle was hit immediately, and all five crew members were wounded. aware the vehicle was in danger of exploding, captain taylor moved forward on foot and removed the crew men to safety. moments later, the vehicle exploded. after he was returning, a mortar round painfully wounded captain taylor, but he returned to the vehicle to relocate the medical evacuation zone closer to the front lines. as he was moving, he came under machine gun fire from enemy positions 50 yards away. he engaged the position with his own machine gun, killing three men. upon arrival of the evacuation site, another vehicle is struck. again, captain taylor rushed forward, pulled wounded from

the united states moves in that direction with one other important addition. eisenhower is a great believer of the use of what we might call subversion. he believes that one should use irregular means to overthrow hostile governments. he is very much aware of and supports the use of that in the case of iran and in the case of guatemala. and to considerable extent, this is successful. he doesn't like it if other powers do the same thing. it takes us to thinking about something that is worth noticeable for the 1960's. the biggest american success in the use of force in the 1960's and in geopolitics is the role of the cia in helping right-wing indonesian generals to topple sukarno in indonesia. and then in the destruction of the indonesian communist party, a civil conflict in which 120,000 people died. indonesia is a far larger area, fourth-largest population, strategic resources. i take it everybody knows where indonesia is. let me see if i can get this one. there you go. all of that area there. and strategically much more important than south vietnam, which is a

i think we need to get better in the united states. demand reduction and treating the health issues of addicted people. it is a shared responsibility that is no longer just a supply-side issue. >> i listened to your response, everything that we are doing, more significant effort on demand reduction, but it is not suggesting that there is anything that we are not doing, and all i can look at and say, if you're spending billions and instead of the trend going the opposite direction it is rising, you have to raise the question, what is it that we are either doing wrong or what is it that we are not doing that we need to do in order to meet the challenge because otherwise we can appropriate billions and billions and still find ourselves in a trend that is undesirable. the only thing i heard from you in your response to me was doing more in demand of reduction, which i, which i certainly believe is true. but i did not hear about anything else. you know, you have to question whether or not the continuation of this type of expenditure in this