beautiful state. the -- i applaud the reduction in emissions that you talked about in your testimony. when our secretary shaun garvin spoke, he mentioned 90% -- correct me if i'm wrong, repeat what you said. >> over 90% of our ozone comes from outside our borders. >> yeah. that's not good. that is not good. earlier in my life i was privileged to serve as governor of delaware and remember having a conversation with folks from maryland and they -- these are folks who made their living on harvesting the creatures that live in the chesapeake bay, and they had the big dead spots in the chesapeake bay and the sea grass had stopped growing and they -- their ability to make a living was diminished. they came and said to us, we needed to do something about it. we said why? they said, because the river that flows from delaware into maryland and the chesapeake bay that was carrying a lot of nutrients from when we clean out chicken houses, poultry houses in delaware and our farmers were in some cases just stackin

state nominees is misplaced.like all of my colleagues, i take my article 2 advise and consent responsibilities very seriously. so i would like to tell you why i oppose mr. pompeo's nomination to be secretary of state. my opposition my opposition is not about politics. it isn't really about policy either. while i disagree vehemently with many of mr. pompeo's positions on issues such as human rights and climate change and the iran nuclear deal, these differences alone are not enough to disqualify him or any nominee for at that matter. fundamentally, my opposition to mr. pompeo's nomination is about whether he can credibly fulfill his duties as our nation's chief diplomate. can he effectively and faithfully advocate for american diplomacy at home and abroad? and in this regard, as one of my esteemed colleagues said while introducing mr. pompeo before the foreign relations committee, quote, your background does matter. so, here is what it is in mr. pompeo's past that concerns me. mr. pompeo was okay characterizing an

to a muslim state or christian state or a good state it cannot there is no such thing as a democracy and a jewish state. you have been looking very thoughtful yeah well. it is a middle eastern discussion in germany so i find both halfs and i just wanted to struggling with each other. well first of all i think israel was founded not only because of the holocaust there would have been a state of israel or a kind of a as an institution entity in palestine with or without the holocaust this is important i think the lesson is much more to think we have to remember from the holocaust especially now that we are moving from remembering the holocaust as having the holocaust as a part of the human history because the last victims and the last perpetrators are dying. is the university stick lessons it gives us. and i must say you know when you speak of the israelis only seventy years old and we have to let to give you time we have a basic construction full in the in the in the heart of this beautiful house called the state of israel and this is a failed partnership with palestinians. course amo

into the state. north dakota argued that the supreme court's decisions interpreting the dormant commerce clause had evolve and become less rigid and more permitting of state regulation, at least in the absence of express prohibitions by ongress. the same evolution of supreme court doctrine of south dakota mason in the state. -- makes in this case. so the state in quill asked the supreme court to overturn and the supreme court refused. again emphasize the negative impact it would result on interstate sellers, but more mportantly they held that it must apply and follow its prior precedent in this area because under our constitutional scheme, congress and not the supreme court has the final word as to what regulations in interstate commerce are permissible and by maintaining a consistent interpretation the court explained congress is now free to decide whether, when and to what extent states may burden concerns with the duty to collect interstate taxes, close quote. that brings us to the competing theor

i'm totally against that unless states increase their own efficiency in a state by state .asis if the state becomes efficient, then you should apply -- be allowed to apply the tax. until that. if happens why give more tax money to states totally inefficient with the money we give them. guest: you are hitting a core difference that runs through many of the policy debates in washington. either you don't like taxes because you are not happy with the government. or feeling great more taxes because you like the government to do more. that's a pretty black and white place. i would certainly agree with you most governments could do a better job. host: from new hampshire, grace. good morning. caller: yes. i live in state where we do not have any sales tax but we do have high property taxes and the state has state liquor outlets. the $300,000 home, property tax is about $7,000. had a it my -- you couple -- someone a couple calls ago who talked about recycling cardboard and had a t that are mailed. my largest container for recycling was all cardboard. it was.ll everything else was in the smalle

there are pro-choice states and pro-life states. if a pro-life state can dell a doctor, you have to tell people about adoption, why can't a pro-choice state tell a doctor, a facility of whatever it is, you have the tell people about abortion? that's simple. the one we've said, you can make a doctor whose very prolife teller about abortion? get it? why don't we have to say the cause is the same? you're a pro-choice state and you can make these people tell them about abortion? >> yes or no if it's a simple demark case about abortion that will be unconstitutional in any state. the law being upheld are doctors who are going to perform abortions -- >> you want to draw line to whether it's it's a doctor treatment or medical institution about to do it? >> yes. >> okay i've got it. >> my other question. you have a different line in which you are attacking this, you say this statute picks out 60 to 70 really pro-life facilities and say, you have to post these signs but nobody else does? right? >> that's correct you honor. >> okay. now, that

it was thgang capital of the state. h:f the safest big cities in united states.lent crime went down 49%, homicides went down 45% gang crime went down 55%. we group our police department by 1000 officers by constitutional community policing. what i said about 47 is we have to be data focused and driven. if there are parts of 47 and 57 that are no working, then we have to get behind it. i have a tough on crime record but also a smart on crime record. >> 30 second follow-up. you mentioned data driven. we have seen lease chiefs and sheriffs using data, and they think there are problems being caused in the state. >> property crime has gone up for sure. some violent crime depending on the city. i was focused on that. so yes, i do think we need to be data driven. i am going to work with the police chiefs and organizations and the community organizations. the only way you can have a safe neighborhood -- and i'm the only person who was the chief executive of a city that is five times bigger than the city of fresno. it is bigger than san francisco, fresno and sacramento co

states? states? with the united pompeo: this administration will take real actions to push back against the deterrence with russia. endez: you suggest there is a robust response to russia. michael rogers warned the senate armed services committee that the company ministration has not done enough to stop the russians. "i believe president putin has come -- come to the conclusion there is little price to pay, and he can continue his activity. the outgoing national security adviser said "we have failed to sufficient costs on russia and the kremlin confidence is growing. there are a series of mandatory provisions that have not been implemented by the administration. section 225, mandatory sanctions respect to26, with russia and other foreign financial institutions. section 228, with respect to and an transactions, serious human rights abuses. section 231, mandatory sanctions with respect to engaging in transactions for intelligence and defense sectors of the government and russian federation. tha

every state. part of what makes opioids so dangerous is the fact there is so much of it, and it isn't hard to get. easily asbegin as reaching into the average family medicine cabinet. that is what happened to max in southern oregon. he was a poet in nation -- and a chef. he was 17 when he got into a car accident and was prescribed opioid painkillers. what started as therapy became self and spiraled into abuse. from prescription pills, he moved on to heroin. his mother was devastated as she watched opioids consume his life. he died of an overdose at age 25. it is hard to look back on his story and wonder what could have been. what if we lived in a society where he wasn't shame for having a problem, or reaching out for help? what if he had access to better treatment? what if first responders have life-saving overdose drugs? addiction is blinded to circumstance, but the high costs of addiction are borne by our children, whose parents are unable to care for them while struggling with substance abuse.

at the initiative of the united states. we signed it, both the united states and france. that is why we cannot say we hould get rid of it like that. it is true to say that this agreement may not address all concerns and very important concerns. this is true. but we should not abandon it without having something substantial and more substantial instead. hat's my position. that's why france will not leave the jcpoa because we signed it. your president and your country will have to take in the current days and weeks its own responsibilities regarding this issue. but what i want to do and what we decided together with your president is that we can work on more comprehensive deal addressing all these concerns. that is why we have to work on this more comprehensive deal pillars.four the substance of the existing agreement. especially if you decide to live it. the post-2025 period in order to be sure we will never have any nuclear activity for iran. the containment of the military influence of the iranian regime in the region. activity. listic i think these four pillars, the ne

do you support the united states withdrawing from the climate agreements? >> i share the president's position, precisely, which is that the paris agreement puts an undue burden on the united states of america, and that we should work to find a place where that is not the case, and when that moment arrives, we will be part of that discussion and re-enter that agreement. >> you stand by -- >> my view and i believe i'm speaking for the administration. >> you believe self-imposed requirements work, international community. i think i'm quoting you accurately as dangerously wrong, bows down to radical environmentalists and science is inconclusive. you stand by those statements. >> we need to work to arrange a situation that treats american citizens in the same way that others around the world, a shared burden to attack this challenge. >> do you see the challenge that that he's going to make your job, if confirmed, more challenging? your job is to work with the international community, our friends and foes alike, to try to get diplomacy to work, and yet the united

after he returned to washington to serve as secretary of state for the state of affairs. he thought to draw high-level attention to problems in south korea by for example speaking about the issue at length in a meeting with henry kissinger and other high-level state officials. habib sought a reevaluation of objectives in south korea arguing when faced with reality of oppression i think the united states has to make clear it is not on the side of oppression, doesn't condone it. kissinger was not convinced that human rights abuses could produce and stability in south korea that might threaten us interests. in a classic expression of his position on human rights kissinger responded, in general i tried to abolish the political science department and state department which tries to restructure the domestic situation of other countries. he said i don't think it is worth our investment to democratize south korea. habib who spent 6 years in south korea from 1961 to 1974 was deeply connected to south koreans, professional and personal ties. these connections as well as long-standi

issued itstration plo commitment compliance report just last week, stating and it's always -- stating as it always does that the plo has not lived up to its commitments. we sanctioned by downgrading the status of the plo office and immediately waived that sanction in the interest of so-called national security, which is used so often. plor what authority is the office currently remaining open? why has it not been closed in accordance with the law? i expect to hear that state believes the 90 days for the y waiver recess the clock and is not the deadline. in other words, this waiver exists in perpetuity, the ministration will never have to issue that secondary waiver and the plo office will never have to close, despite the underlying law? is that your interpretation? i would be happy to provide a detailed written response on the different aspects of the question. but i can give you a broad, overall summary. theonsultation with department of justice, which has direct authority in determining the consequences of the failure to waive, we have allowed the in ae to remain, not open status. i

some states came in later. stateatingly, the pt barnum.ive by the time the case comes around, really only massachusetts has these on the books. concernedt's law is with people who use them and concern with people who ate in the bed them. >> in about 10 minutes, we will go to your phone calls. i look forward to your,. if you live in the eastern or central time zone. .ou can also send us a tweet there is a session underway on c-span's facebook page. you can join the conversation there. griswold v. connecticut establish the right to privacy. >> some of the text of the connecticut law will display. any person who uses any drug for the purpose of preventing contraception's shall be not find less than $50 or imprisoned not less than two days nor more than one year or be fined and imprisoned. by 1960, how often was this law enforced? is hard to arrest someone for the use of contraceptives, so that is where part of the statute is really important. by march, people were not getting arrested. for thede was available purp

the defendant stated the u.s.upreme court said he was entitled to counsel. >> this is where you set forth the belief that a poor man is entitled to a lawyer. where did you get that belief? mr. gideon: i always believed that. i thought that was a law. i thought that was a constitutional right. i didn't know no different. >> you had read the constitution? mr. gideon: yes. i read the constitution, even when i was a boy going to school. >> did you feel there was something in the constitution that entitled you to a lawyer? mr. gideon: the way i interpreted the constitution, i had no doubt in my mind there was. >> what part of the constitution did you interpreter? mr. gideon: to me, the bill of rights is where i interpreted it. then in the 14th amendment. first paragraph. very simple language. anybody can understand it. even the school child could. >> what part of the 14th amendment? mr. gideon: especially the part where it says no state shall bridge the rights any of citizen to the due process of law and the equal prot

and france aligning with the united states to just reinforce whatever the united states wants to do which leaves the international community without any real balance which was the brilliance of having the p five the permanent five members of the security council and the security council and the u.n. to have this balance a multilateral balance in international affairs that is slowly but surely be. destroyed and we see what the real devastation strategic devastation across the globe as the united states is unable to accommodate itself to the reality of a multi-polar world where other countries have power and they're going to exercise it the only way for the united states to truly be safe in that environment is to have is to work in a balance of power environment with other countries but instead you have people here in washington especially holding onto this idea that that really blossomed in the wake of the cold war in the one nine hundred ninety s. that the united states not only could be but has to be the sole superpower in order to protect itself that is really what's so dangerous and wh

if the united states backs out. you are the second european leader to stop here at the white house this week. what improvements did you make in order to keep u.s. in the deal? [speaking foreign language] >> i believe that obviously this agreement is anything but perfect. it will not solve the problems with iran. it is one piece of the mosaic, one building block on which we can buildup the structure and when the united kingdom, france and germany work together with the american colleagues this was brought about and we will now see what decisions are made by the american partners. i said the whole of the region is of an important to us. syria and iran are right on our doorstep. that is prime importance to us and we will be in very close talks on this. [foreign language] chancellor, you use to describe america as a destination -- of what you ever wanted to be and now in germany by you, europe has to take its destiny and can't rely on the united states all the time. have you talked with the president about this developm

what should the uted states do now?> you know, the basic problem is that for seven years the united states has had an ambivalent policy towards syria. we made a statement that assad should step down. we've tried to do what we can to assist the rebels. we obviously have aimed our effort at isis and working with the kurds and isis, but, very frankly, we've never had an overarching policy about where are we headed in syria. for that reason, we continue to pay a price. the hope that somehow we can just walk away from that situation and it won't affect our national security is a serious mistake. the reality is what happens in syria, whether we like it or not, is going to affect national security interests. so we are going to have to take steps there. we can't just back away. we can't just walk away. we're going to have to build a coalition, working with our allies, working with france, working with great britain, working with the u.n., to continue to pursue some kind of strategy here that will ultimately result in assad step

>> state environment or regulators testify about the relationship between the epa and other states in implementing the clean air act and other environmental initiatives. shelley moore capito chairs the senate environment and public works subcommittee hearing. thank you to everyone for being here today. we are kicking off a few minutes late. this hearing of the committee is called to order. i will begin by recognizing myself for a brief opening statement before turning over to my friend and ranking member, senator white house for five minutes and then we would hear from the panel of expert witnesses. i recognized myself for five minutes. the concept of cooperative federalism is enshrined in all of our major environmental statutes and the clean air act is no exception. previous congresses realized the preservation and its importance to human health, the economy and theth public enjoyment of the te national heritage is the responsibility of the government and at every level of her predecessors also recognized the different levels of government should have different responsibilities. ever

people in my state have been beaten down by the majority party in the state.have the highest poverty rate, we have more people on welfare than any other state in the country. our business climate is horrendous. our quality of life is suffering, katie. we are 50th out of 50, for crying out loud! i think that people are going to rise up and continue this backlash all the way through november. they want better management. they are going to get it. i'm going to change the states. >> katie: if you would not, which would be nice for republican tea win in that stage, given a track record of democrats the last couple of decades, what exactly are you planning to do to work with the federal government to reverse this trend of criminal aliens operating in california? cartel members operating in cities across that state? how are you going to approach that? how are you going to approach that from a managerial perspective? >> i will be meeting with every law enforcement agency in the state about working together. >> katie: and with the feds. >> that is what people do when t

in red states and purple states. i have never believed that. i think that any state in this country whic has working people struggling economically, struggling to send their kids to school, struggling for health care, struggling for childcare, that is a state that can become progressive. i want to applaud the teachers in west virginia and oklahoma, kentucky, so-called red states, who are helping to lead this country to change our national priorities. saying loudly and clearly that we have got to ke care of our kids, take care of our schools, and that is more important than giving tax breaks to billionaires and large corporations. thank you, teachers and was virginia, thank you teachers and obama, thank you teachers in kentucky. we are with you. amy: that the senator bernie sanders. you are in the state, state representative scott, of kentucky, the state of the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. has he weighed in in any way? the federal body, the congress deal with this strike that is now crossing the country fro

this is an important first official state visit by someone to the united states on behalf of france.> right. it's very important because also it seems like -- >> here they come, brigitte and emmanuel macron walking down those stairs. >> the president and macron seem to have established a pretty good rapport when trump was in france last year. it's interesting, because trump is a prominent figure in europe. there's a question of how he will deal with europe given the sanctions on russia a few weeks ago. >> it's interesting, it hasn't always been like this, right? president trump always had a lot of positive things to say about macron's right challenger during the election. they sort of locked hands and it was a question of who would let go first. macron has said nothing but positive things about trump since then, and now they're getting ready to see if they can take this friendship to a new level in coming to some sort of agreement on what to do about syria. also the iran nuclear deal is a big thing with a big deadline coming up for europe and the united states on that. macron is goin

you're the secretary of state. you're concerned, obviously, about security, but our negotiations in terms of trade will have a great effect. i w i was struck by what they were primarily concerned about was the time on travel act. we thought they were going to hear all kinds of things about tariffs. they were most concerned about that core area of their interest, and don't meddle with that. i want you to comment on how are you going to deal with that conflict between the trade relationship and the security relationship? the reason i'm pointing out china, is we were there and crossed into the dmz. we were in the blue house. walked into north korea. from my standpoint, talking about priorities. our number one priority in our relationship with china is to get them to continue, and they are effectively enforcing those sanctions, so that we can bring to conclusion the dismantlement of north korean threat. so can you speak to that conflict between trade, economic relationship, and security relationship? >> senator, it's c

, and then landed on our state.'s very hard to ask ohio or pennsylvania or kentucky to crack down on pollution that is not landing in ohio or pennsylvania or kentucky. it's a tough expectation to have for them politically. we could regulate until we are blue in the face in rhode island, but it doesn't help if what's coming in is coming in and being deliberately set up to come in from out of state. and it's in that circumstance the epa plays an essential and vital role, and that goal cannot be subject to the control by the polluting state, because there's another state involved that is the downwind recipient of all of this, and it's that particular situation we have to be very careful about how cooperative federalism to if you're not dealing with the public good state as well. so i just want to be clear on that point. >> i agree with you in this case. >> and it's true with water as well. >> it's not the case as we talked with commissioner baker. in that case it is quite clear that they had a lot more knowledge in han

united states. >> the president of the united states!> the president of the united states. >> i'm the president of the united states. >> jimmy: i know that had a sad ending. all right, the last one was a little hard to believe, but it's true. [ laughter ] the whole gang will be here shortly. in the meantime we have our own real-life white house drama to follow. donald trump as you know has announced his intention to run for a second term as president of the united states. but an unusual number of his fellow republicans aren't sure they want to endorse him. and one of those republicans is senator bob corker of tennessee. >> do you support, today, president trump for re-election in 2020? >> look, i -- you know, who knows whether president trump's even going to run -- >> he's announced that he is going to run. >> well, now surely cnn is not taking for face value everything that comes out of the white house. we have no idea who's going to run, whether the president runs again or not i think is very questionable, candidly. >> why wouldn't he?

secretary of state. well so far as i say they have said that they would not have met him just as they didn't meet mike pence the u.s. vice president when he came here in january there is the palestinian national congress congress which is taking place this coming week it starts tomorrow monday that is in part at least seen as a way of the passing president mahmoud abbas to try to cement both his current position of power and also potentially give him a free hand to continue to not that he hasn't really had a free hand but just to really shore up his position as they await this. plan being published so far the position is one of rejection that the decision by don't trump in december to recognize jerusalem has totally disqualified the united states from any soul mediation at least in the any talks between israel and the palestinians and that an alternative process alternative brokers mediators need to be sought so certainly if if rex tillerson didn't have any real sway on such and such policy it's unlikely

to that there you always had that states and the e.u. should never never make concessions they could not retreat the problem with this ideology it can only move forward it can only test whether or not to create one of the interesting things more we have john bolton coming in and i think we all know he's long history of blunders and failed policies but he is a big booster for interventionism i mean he essentially is associated with it you want to stay in. serious and gay one north korea and syria are going to be on the table here here's in they say they agree on a lot of things i actually think they just agree on a lot of yeah i think john bolton probably did a face by moment where when he heard dropsy this question exactly what he was walking into the one of the lines out of the associated press story on this was alarm bells went off across the state department and the pentagon again showing that trump is obviously not on the same foreign policy and military page in the pages of the washington post our favorite neo con josh rogin you kno

states. we are concerned with the domestic agenda, but the integrity of the united states policy depends on united dates domestic policy. it is especially when we seek to uphold and protect and defend the constitution, necessary that we keep a concerned vocus on those who take that oath. case, thely, in our rights of the first amendment. to that end, interfaith alliance has questions that we would like to see asked of mr. pompeo in his confirmation hearing as he -- ford for this radical this critical position. so many issues speak to the role of muslims and islam, that we to offeras critical this briefing. some will be a look for advocates. and from the allies perspective at shoulder to shoulder. you will hear concerns about these questions we hope will be posed and pressed with mr. pompeo. these are the five questions we would put forward. first of all, are you biased against muslims? countries,ajority mr. pompeo and his attitude and convictions about their leaders are of critical importance

no nation can succeed in the long run by promoting road states, brutal tyra nt by promoting road statesictators. in 2013 president putin and his government are honest the world that they would guarantee the elimination of syria's chemical weapons. assad's recent attack and today's response are the direct result of russia's failure to keep that promise. russia must decide if it will continue down this dark path, or if it willjoin with civilised nations as a force for stability and peace. hopefully someday we will get along with russia, and maybe even iran but maybe not. i will say this. the united states has a lot to offer. with the greatest and most powerful economy in the history of the world, in syria the united states, with but a small force being used to eliminate what is left of isis, is doing what is necessary to protect the american people. over the last year nearly 100% of the territory once controlled by the so—called isis caliphate in syria and iraq has been liberated and eliminated. the united states has also rebuilt our friendships across the middle east. we have asked our p

there is of the state department crisis center and members of the british department of the state department traveled to russia before the script. didn't actually happen to visit the talks with american diplomats. moscow there is evidence of. premeditation of that this is a clear provocation that was. coordinated via the london and washington now as far as their action is what drives them so we see that we are in the new cold war effectively we are in the new cold war with the united states what are they trying to accomplish with this first of all they want to consolidate the european lesions around them and of course britain as america's. closest ally spanish really. frequently uses to impose its policies on other european states but to same time you know this i agree i think you know consolidating the north atlantic alliance is really poor because freeing ok we want to use the work again but there's so much going on domestically in the e.u. domestically in the u.k. likelihood brigs it in the european union you have countries like poland in hungary that are are pushing back against the of t

started out just a little bit further and assume that israel is a state of mind described that state of mind for us at this point in time. well it was this quote was made there regarding the decision of denmark and president to move the american embassy to jerusalem and it was very controversial in israel and outside of israel and my take was that actually it was a good decision because jerusalem as the capital city of israel represents israel it is a place where you have citizens and then you have hundreds of thousands of people who are not citizens and you have a separation between different groups between arabs and he's ready to issues rallies so in that sense jerusalem israel is a state of mind reminding us that i would say the challenges with which is very is confronted and actually we two here in germany. shai rosana is also an israeli citizen based here in germany working for the arch of ela israel at seventy what does it mean to you well. you know there's lots of troubles lot of challenges but but i want to break the gloom and doom fast i feel we are we're about to launch her

against california's "sanctuary state" law. now los alamitos says they want to opt out of that law, too. the city council there voted 4 to 1 in favor of not abiding by that law .. after hearing from many concerned residents. the department of justice is suing the state over its sanctuary law .. and recently, the mayor of escondido and members of the city council also voted 4- to 1 .. to file a legal brief in support of the trump administration. giving illegal criminals more rights than our citizens is illegal, is immoral, it's insane, and yes, it's unconstitutional. what they're doing right now is completely breaking up communities. the law that's been in effect since january 1st .. limits the amount of interaction between state and local law enforcement agencies .. with federal immigration agents. this morning, san diego county is voting on whether they want out of the state sanctuary law. jackie ward, kpix 5. it's 6--- time for your final five... in san jose: firefighters are on the scene of a five-alarm fire. crews have put

companies from all over the world are coming back to the united states. apple is investing $350 billion, with a "b," $350 billion in an incredible campus and plants. so many other companies, far too many to name, and what they're really doing is giving their workers thousands and thousands of dollars of bonuses, something that we never really expected, nobody thought of it. we did the tax cuts, we thought you'd have to wait until february, but you started seeing them very early because hundreds and even actually thousands of companies were giving massive numbers of whatever you want to call it, what would you call it, mike? thousands of dollars, what would you call that? we can't say it's a gift because they're workers. we can't say it's a tax, because it's not a tax. they are getting a lot of money and every -- i mean, so many and a lot of companies didn't want to do it and the people working for the companies said, what about us, and they did it. they had no choice. in fact, another great announcement to share with you, as well, today, i will sign a pre

the united states -- [applause] the united states and europe have a historical role in this respect. because it is the only way to defends what we believe in, to promote our universal venues, to express strongly that human rights, the rights of minorities and shared liberty are the true answer to the orders of the word. [applause] i believe in these rights and values. i believe that against ignorance we have dedication against inequalities development, against cynicism, trust and good faith. against fanaticism, culture, against disease and medicine. against the threats on the planet, science. [applause] i believe in protection. i believe the solutions are in our hands. i believe in the liberation of the individual and the freedom and responsibility of everyone to build their own lives and pursue happiness. [applause] i believe in the power of intelligently regulated market economies. we are experiencing the positive impact of our current economical globalization with innovations, job creations. but however, the abuses of globalized capitolism and digital disruptions that could hurt o

military attack on syria is that the united states policy bill beat to wreck any ethical. by the russians to turks and iranians to find a political solution. pranking gave americans a lot of job opportunities i needed to come up here to make some money i could make twenty five thousand dollars as a teacher or i could make fifty thousand dollars a year truck so i chose to drive truck people rush to a small town in north dakota was an unemployment rate of zero percent like gold rush is very very similar to a gold rush but this beautiful story ended with pollution and the bus station a lot of people have left here i don't know too many people here in the mountains to slow down so much they lost their jobs that laid off the american dream is changing that's not what it used to be. it's a tough reality to deal with. the u.n. security council fails to agree on how to investigate an alleged chemical attack in syria bringing a potential escalation in the conflict a step closer. to home you have already appointed kilts in such cases bush in the wrong always to blame the u.s. threat

michael albertville high school for your first state kp. -- state championship. we expect many more. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize tammy ovason of wake park, minnesota, an outstanding childcare provider in the sixth congressional district and operates learn and play preschool and recently named national childcare provider of the month for her dedication to early childhood development and learning techniques. mr. speaker, right now in minnesota at this moment tammy and her assistant, carla, are working with young children who one day will grow up to be great citizens and hopefully leaders of this great nation. tammy and carla's work keeps minnesota and our nation moving forward. i'm grateful for them and all of our childcare providers, teachers, counselors, and educators who are fostering future generations of americans across the country. i'm honored to recognize tammy today and thank and congratulate her on the incredible work she does for young minnesotans. mr. speaker, i rise today to commemorate vietnam veterans, to remember the heroes who served our

our state filled. one of those two vacancies in district judgeships is the longest opened vacancy in the country, and today we accomplished the filling of one of those positions with the confirmation of john broomes. i rise to express my pleasure to my colleagues and to mr. broomes, my pleasure in his willingness to be considered for this position, to be nominated by the president and now to be confirmed by the united states senate, and to my colleagues for seeing his qualifications, experience and capabilities and making that confirmation happen just a few moments ago. he is a highly qualified individual. he is a well-respected attorney, and he has the intellect and legal and legal mind and legal experience to be and to receive this lifetime appointment as a federal judge. i take these lifetime appointments very seriously and i want to make certain that as a kansas senator, as a united states senator, i'm doing my part to put highly qualified and soundly principled judges in place to serve kansas and

under previous secretary of state rex tillerson. mr pompeo laid it on thick -- he said, i can fix the problem, i know there is a morale problem, i can make the state department r tevant again. ked up's managerial skills. he said we will get the state department back on track. jane: thank you for joining me. you are watching "bbc world news america." stiltoome on tonight's the murderessing rate in mexico. we have a report from one of the worst affected areas. international chemical weapons inspectors have confirmed the uk's assessment of the nerve agent used against former russian spy and his daughter in salisbury. the government has said it was novichok, and poison developed in the soviet era, and that moscow must have been .hind the atta moscow denied any of involvement and said that the report is part of an effort to discredit the nation. frank gardner repts. frank: investigating the nerve agent attack in salisbury is an international task. after britain published its findings blaming russia, it asked the global chemical watchdog

you haven't heard, applies in every state in the united states. and i am not going to tell colorado or california or someone else that the possession of marijuana is legal under united states law. i don't think it's healthy either. if i were sick, i wouldn't suggest you take marijuana to cure yourself. i'm not sure it's proven to be particularly helpful. so that's kind of where we are on that. i've sent out a memo that reversed the cole memorandum of the department of justice. i believe it's a rule -- i think the cole memorandum was perceived to have conceded, at least, that the states have the ability to determine marijuana policy in their states and federal law was a very limited effect. i think that was incorrect, legally so. we simply withdrew the cole memoranda. we tell our u.s. attorneys to use the resources. they haven't been working small marijuana cases before and they're not going to be working them now. >> what we've been talking about lays out a little dispute between the administration, the president and his attorney general. how do y

there were 700 states prepared to use state resources to improve air quality. and not acted upon. the time that i have been serving even for state to say to improve air quality issues that you face in utah or the west coast and use your resources to give concrete plans. and that is the disincentive on air quality so obviously that is statutory. under the clean air act it is what i would consider privacy innocent health based at all. the clean water act is substantial we need to be an active practical state on a day-to-day basis to achieve those good outcomes over 30 states with the dnr and to advance these principles we see progress and that process with the designation. i am very encouraged in that regard. >> to protect the environment? >> i actually think we are the best in the world with the balance between being good environmental stewards. so under the clean air act with ozone and the rest by over 65%. while growing gdp in substantial ways we made under for progress so when you compare us to others across the grove -- the globe to understand what we say that is an attitude hi

shaheen: our transformation from a red state to a purple state did not happen overnight. and it did not happen by accident. it happened because of the hard work and sustained effort of so many people in this room from elected officials to campaign volunteers, to party staff, past and present. to my husband, billy, who has been out there every campaign. [applause] sen. shaheen: and to all the other spouses in this room, thank you for your hard work too. [applause] sen. shaheen: i can tell you we will need that same effort in november to make sure we hold onto carroll's seat, and to take back the governor's office and the legislature. [applause] sen. shaheen: the good news is we have the candidates to get the job done. you just heard ray introduce so many of them. yes, we have some primaries. and some races we don't know who our nominees will be. but we do know this. up and down the ballot, democrats are going to have people of integrity, of compassion, of intellect, and heart. i thank all of the candidates who are willing to put yourselves out there for our state and count

destroy the state of israel. they are speaking up talking about taking over the jews from tel aviv to haifa, and not a demand for negotiations for peace, opposite. and of course, you mentioned challenges we are facing around our borders. may be facing more challenges than any other country in the world. in the south of the gaza strip we have hamas and islamic jihad. in sinai we have islamic state. in lebanon we have hezbollah. in syria we have al qaeda. our reality, we are trained to manage the situation. we are trying to create modern society. at the same time, to protect ourselves. it is really a huge challenge. i think we have succeeded with our challenges. thank you. [applause] >> thank you for those opening remarks. let me begin with their trip here to washington. it is a appropriate place to start. you met the last couple of days with senior american officials. the white house, pentagon, what can you come away with when you return to israel in terms of your sense from the administration about understanding

russia as ad terrorist state. did you have a meeting of mind here as to the threat that russia poses to the neighboring countries? thank you. pres. trump: we have a very strong relationship, as a presidents will tell you. with the baltic states. we are with them. we are friends and allies. we are going to have a long-term very fine relationship. in addition, we do business entree. we work very hard on security together. numbers ofy, large trade -- these are very industrious nations, you are from there, so you know what i am talking about. these are tremendous people. and very industrious. we do a lot of business on trade. thank you. thank you very much. >> the second part of your question, interesting, especially because we did not about the rival. especially on our border. the country behaves aggressively, performs wars, you sometimes call this country not fruitful. that is why. our security. we are investing into forming me know. we would like to see strong nato. strong alliance. that is what we are going to do

in outsta state are t of it. kathy cramer has a good book about that, documents the attitudes before trump's election. it's that bright red ring around milwaukee that's been the republican base. if that turns purple, i mean, republicans are up a creek. the county i live in, ohio, outside columbus, delaware county, has voted republican in every election since 1916, but it moved, you know -- it was still a trump county, but it moved five or six points towards donald trump. it was a historically weak showing for republicans. so there are real alarm bells going on. in addition to some of the movement towards republicans, we've seen that counterbalanced in 2016, but down the road may not. >> i don't think you can separate what happened to hillary clinton in those states from the assault on the labor movement in those states. i think there's some pretty important research that shows that the elimination of collective bargaining in wisconsin has had a direct impact of the percentage of people voting democratic. it range

into an arab state or very least create chaos and destabilize a state because they don't want to live under jewish rule. when israel proposed a linebacker hundred thousand palestinian refugees as a compromise the arab states insisted on the return of all refugees. some was lucky the un enabled the return of refugees with families in israel and so he was able to go back to africa to his father together with the other return east some became an israeli citizen one of one hundred sixty thousand. by likud immediately we were practically governed by jews was. not that wasn't difficult. it wasn't a problem if you had to choose between the jews or the british when it was better to be ruled by the juice lot of the early article. i don't know if someone has family settled in are as israeli citizens and arabs like twenty percent of the population. became the proud head of a large family with daughters and sons one became deputy mayor of. that. but the one missing was mohammed his older brother who had to stay in lebanon because he already had a wife and children and israel had refused to let hi

state of west virginia. 35th state. mountain state. we have our participants, congressman evan jenkins, former coal executive don blankenship and state attorney general patrick morrisey will be on our stage on tuesday in morgantown, west virginia. the poll tells us this is anybody's race. that this is very fluid and that there is a substantial undecided. and which one of these guys is the best choice to take on joe manchin in what is substantially one of the four most vulnerable democratic seats right now that represents one of the four best opportunities for republicans to get a pickup in the senate in a tough year. this is enormously consequential. and we love being part of it. it's super cool. >> dana: republicans have a pretty tough primary. several people running. three people on stage next week. one of them is don blankenship. he works in the coal industry. in "the new york times" they wrote don blankenship is running for the united states senate as a proud west virginian with appalachian roots but his primary res

syrian state media say fighters are withdrawing from the last tribal area in eastern guta wounded fighters and civilians have been allowed to leave the city of duma to go to it live prabhat a wider deal for a whole surrender in duma is still being negotiated government forces are surrounding the area which is home to tens of thousands of people. pope francis is used as annual easter message to call for reconciliation in the middle east and into carnage you in syria he addressed thousands of pilgrims at st peter's square in vatican city as millions of christians around the world celebrate easter sunday the governor of russia's central ken lay robo region has resigned after the mall fire that killed sixty people last week a month till you have said it was the right conscious and only true decision russia's investigative committee says fire exits at the mall were blocked and that serious violations had been discovered most of the victims in that mall fire were children those are the headlines the news continues keep it on al jazeera inside story is next. israeli forces shoot hundreds of pales