as we look at the economic challenges, state-by-state, some states are wealthier. if you have a large state that is not as wealthy, maybe you can answer this, what is the current on average in texas? >> i think the math in texas is probably in the 60s, about 65%. >> if that goes up to 70, you will have increased cost. this does not help me much, i do not know what is driving this other than utilization. this is supposed to be a hearing about waste, fraud, and abuse but i share senator mccaskill's point of view about the need to work with state auditors. they have real skin in the game. i have my director of the department of human services tell me that 28% of his budget went to pay for less than 3000 people in nursing homes. that is something we need to talk about. instead of talking about all of the things that we get bogged down into, let's talk about healthcare. when you look at waste, fraud, and abuse and you look at the program, are you committed over at cms, fema, to responding and having ongoing and consistent reports back to this group about the medicaid pr

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heldoctober this committee a hearing to from state education chiefs in three states. don't always -- tennessee, louisiana, and new mexico, which were the best with the new law. we heard from the tennessee education commissioner about the state's development in use of a ready graduate indicator which will violate students ready for college, career or military service. grades three to eight and high school took the federally required tests in reading, mathematics and science, giving states under these new plans new data. this is that new data a chance to see how students are making progress towards the new academic achievement goals that each state has set. some states such as idaho, north dakota and texas, are starting to run this new data through their state-designed accountability systems and have released a list of schools identified for support and approval. all states are working to produce these new lists, and then we will begin to work with local districts to improve the schools. today we would hear specifically from three states who, based upon my review of the

it took those states to do that, barely. even with those states, it was close.bobby kept tight control, demanding hourly reports from each coordinator on every delegate status. laborers were hunted down and bribed or threatened. delegates were flattered, given free rides around los angeles, offered liquor or women, free tickets to disneyland after the convention adjourned. kennedy won at the end of the first ballot when the voting reached wyoming. to understand how johnson ended up on the ticket as vice president is helpful to know robert kennedy's strategy for inning the election. if one talleyed up the electoral votes nationally, it was easy to see that each candidate would get about half the electorate's from the small and middle sized states, many which were effectively one-party states at the presidential level. given that balance, the election would be decided by the seven most populous states. >> new york, california, pennsylvania, illinois, ohio, texas, and michigan. you notice florida was not on the list yet. except for the sunbelt states, california an

they stay in the united states. at one juncture, it was up to the 1970's, 90% or more stay in the united states. they are mostly coming to the united states but something happens in the 1970's, because by the 1970's, taiwan's economy has started to develop and it is moving into an advanced economy stage. part of it has to do with the trickle of students that go back help to set taiwan on this path toward development, another significant component is that the united states, between 1950 and 1965, investing a lot of capital in taiwanese agriculture, and it is sending experts over to advise taiwan on infrastructure. the united states contributed to their stabilization. in the 1950's, 1960's, there were not that many jobs for highly trained technicians, engineers, and scientists. by the 1970's, it has changed. there is more incentive for people to go back. this is something to think about in terms of, if we are thinking about how to manage immigration flows, and if we help certain countries to advance economically, we c

states. so, states are calling on the u.s. to play more of a leadership role. this is including engaging with russia and reducing the salience of nuclear weapons. however, whenever the u.s. does engage or offers a new nuclear agenda, such as the conditions-based approach, it's criticized and it's told this is too shallow, this isn't enough. and states don't trust american intentions behind the policy. so, that's what i mean whereby, to some extent, to use the expression, you're damned in you do and damned if you don't. and that's something i'd be really interested to hear feedback on from anyone in this room is how the u.s. can engage and can play a leadership role in working with allies but without drawing that criticism that historically has been part of the debate. and so with that, i'll stop and look forward to questions. >> thank you, heather. that was tremendously rich, and i think refreshingly different from what we usually hear in d.c. we're going to turn now to our panelists, so i'll

state or local election boards. while our understanding of these malicious efforts is evolving, there is little doubt that they represented an assault on the american system of representative democracy. the events that unfolded in 2016 exposed new and operational challenges that require the immediate attention of state and local governments, election officials, the federal government, researchers and the american public. the 2016 election showed us that citizens must become more discerning consumers of information and that state and local governments must work collaboratively and together with the federal government to secure our election systems. at the most fundamental level, american leaders must speak candidly and apolitically about threats to our election systems. transparent communication about actual threats and attacks to the integrity of our elections is vital. as usual, openness is the best path to overcome cynicism and distrust. the american people deserve to have confidence that their leaders place the l

would you support a state law requiring the same for the rest of the state?f i could think of an issue that keeps me up at night, it is water. water is the lifeblood of arizona, and one that we cannot play politics with. this is another example of my component and a broken promise. water has always been an issue and will continue to be. and yet my opponent has politicized this issue i failing to bring all parties to the table. he is going to say that it is starting to happen now, but it is another half measure. has been a leader in water, and i will continue to lead going forward. one of the first things we will focus on is bringing all parties together and working on addressing arizona throughout contingency plans, conservation measures, and building the kind of trust and transparency that arizona leadership has shown in the past. listen toe will everyone involved in local constituencies. >> 30 seconds for a response. >> arizona is amongst the best in the world at water, second possibly to israel. we stand on the shoulders of giants. part of the reason that

its state has now funded four times. marcia: will the state of the shortfall? the state cannot find the mta without sharing it with the city. if they would do 50/50, i would do it. marcia: you do not think you should try to send as a message in good faith just to do it this one time? i want to find a $33 billion plan. that is what we need to fix the subways. not with theit, one step at a time, incremental approaches. we had something, and the city would not find it. it got delayed. -- the city would not fund it. need the city and the state to both share the fiscal responsibility. marcia: ok, your time is up. , would you do away with the fare hike and have the state cap the shortfall? think it ises, i unconscionable that we're thinking about -- governor cuomo is thinking about raising the fares on a system that is so poor. as someone on their each day, i know firsthand how the rates have tripled under governor cuomo, how the trains are slower now that they were in 19 80, how we have the worst on-time record of any system in the country. would you delay the fare

it sort of the varied from state to state. it was not decisive.here were too many other things going on that militated against harrison. brian: who was responsible for this, when he was president he pointed out that there were six states added to the union. washington,ontana, idaho, and wyoming. how much should harrison have to do that? charles: when he was in the senate he was on the territories committee. politics always played into the division of states. the dakota territories, of course a very small population but they would have if you elect for about could mean a lot in that era. it was because they were largely republican. the democratic house of representatives, prior to not go along with legislation to admit those states. this is something else that is important to remember about harrison's term, when he was elected in 1888, he carried with him both houses of the congress. they were both republican. this was the first time you had that since 1875. one of the things they wanted to inwas follow through admitting those states that democrats

remember most states have progressive income tax they are doing far better job creation. we need to negotiate with the peoples representatives. >> mr. pritzker is dodging the question he doesn't tell the. with a massive new income tax hike. they made a mistake strategically and what that shows that if they make more than $17000 per year everybody pays a higher rate and the average middle-class family pays 26 percent more. >> you are lying again. >> mr. pritzker cannot be trusted. this shows taxes and corruption. mr. pritzker is a disaster and cannot be trusted because he has not paid his taxes and shuts the toilet lied about $1 billion when actually pose a budget will lie about the will like home when i purchased it was 4500 when i saw that it was $9000 the only at and below the tax poverty we have to address the lower level right now the tax rate is fine. >> i have zero-based budgeting to talk about how much money they will pick the pockets let's start we spend it and with state government we don't spend on how much we need but how much was spent last year plus a multipl

for blue states. in the early 2000s there was a positive relationship between democratic partisanship and personal freedom. that has gone away now in part because of things like the obergefell decision that increased personal freedom and a lot of red states. do americans and value freedom? we were not sure what we would find when we first investigated this. in the first addition we looked at migration in the early 2000s. what we saw was that for your states did seem to attract people. we saw this across all three dimensions, the people are moving from states that are lower on fiscal regulatory and personal freedom the state that are higher on those three dimensions. what we are not able to do because we have this longtime theories is split the sample and see if we were to protect from the first edition that in future though states that have freedom are going to have more freedom will have more migration in the future, doesn't hold true out of sample? it does actually. when we look post great recession

varied from state to state. it was not decisive. there were too many other things going on against harrison. brian: who was responsible for this? when he was president, there were six states added to the union. north dakota, south dakota, montana, washington in 1889, and idaho and wyoming in 1890. how much did harrison have to do with that? charles: harrison certainly endorsed the idea. harrison, when he was in the senate, had been on the territories committee, and he tried to get the dakotas in earlier. but politics always played into the admission of states, and the dakota territories, of course, very small population but nonetheless they would have a few electoral votes, and a few electoral votes could mean a lot in that era. the dakotas were largely republican, so the democratic house of representatives prior to harrison would not let them, would not go along with legislation to admit those s tates. harrison, this is important to remember about harrison's term, he carried elected .oth houses of congress first time since 1875. fi

you placed the state in the state of affairs it's in. at the capitol, i have business leaders from the state, to speak to me. there is a common thread that runs through their requests. in order to keep things here, the two primary asks they have safenfrastructure and neighborhoods with good schools. you can't have a strong infrastructure system if you don't partner with the federal government. i would partner with the trump administration and have a relationship with the administration. you can't have a good infrastructure if you don't leverage federal dollars. >> we have a question in the audience read >> the state has been the center of several investigations by ice officers. the has resulted in detention of illegal immigrants without criminal records. what would you support to try and help those undocumented immigrants with no criminal background? mr. pritzker: we need immigration reform at the federal level and we need to strengthen the trust act at the state level. i'm glad the governor signed the trust act. greatnly here because my

about not only with the united states retaliate by banning i.c.c. judges and prosecutors from entering the us imposing sanctions on any funds they had in the states and prosecuting them in the american court system the i.c.c. responded the court was established in constituted under the rome statute as an instrument to ensure accountability for crimes that shock the conscience of humanity the court is an independent and impartial judicial institution as. joining us now to discuss the new battle between the white house and the our national crime. court is conservative commentator steve malzberg welcome welcome steve it is always great to be here with you guys i love it always great to see so steve those are some bold words and threats fired at the i.c.c. by a bold i want to ask first what brought this on why did both in the white house choose this week in particular to you know to suddenly lash out at the criminal at the international criminal court. well as far as the timing goes i think you know bolton themselves referred to the fact as you alluded

in this context, the state of kuwait and all other arab states reaffirm their absolute fate in multilateral action under the umbrella of the united nations, according to the objectives, principles and commitments agreed upon in the charter. we also emphasize the arab position on the importance of achieving the nonproliferation treaty which was extended indefinitely after the review onference adopted in 1995. t is important to document the zone free of nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction in the middle east. as we reiterate here, the arab position calling upon the three sponsors of the 1995 middle east resolution to shoulder their responsibilities by implementing that resolution. as it was an integral part of the indefinite extension of the nonproliferation treaty, we also emphasized the need for israel to place all its nuclear facilities under the supervision and monitoring of international atomic energy agency. especially as it is the only country in the middle east that been part of the nonproliferation treaty. mr. president, in conclusion, the commitment you have shown o confr

out-of-state companies can float the money from other states, subsidize the operation. small business owners you will put them out of business. lujan grisham: i might mention, see, most small businesses are at ten and were looking at living wages in many of our communities including -- because we know we're spending far more money supporting those films because they can't afford housing. they can't afford food. it can't afford any of those educational and professional development opportunities. it support small business by making sure they're spending their income right in these communities. i i didn't mean to interrupt you but . pearce: but if you will, small businesses will talk to me say please don't do it. they lobby heavily. small businesses almost every come and talk to us. poverty used to be transitory in america. now we are putting the standard so high people can't get on the bottom rung. the minimum wage was never static. now it is because we put the rate so i people can get on the ladder. they crawl the way up the ladder once again on. we make make poverty sta

there are several states that are doing that, particularly colorado and other states as well. in terms of georgia and replacing their voting equipment, they are one of the usees that are looking to their $380 million to replace their voting equipment, and i believe that, as you might be aware, these machines are not something that you can just go down to your local best buy or hardware store and get off the shelf. these are things that take some time to build, take time to certify, take time to ensure that they are functioning correctly. there will not be enough time for folks to buy that equipment. here we are in september for the november election and then employ that. -- deploy that. so we are looking at 2020 for ployed inhines to be de georgia or elsewhere. those machines that are 10 to 15 years old. host: we want to thank thomas election the u.s. assistance commission. thank you. affairs' shep melnick would join us for our next conversation, evolution of title ix. we will be right back. ♪ >> joint is monday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span for a profile of brett kavanaugh.

that will be headed up by secretary of state mike ompeo. we will examine what is working, what is not working, and whether the countries who receive our dollars and our protection also have our interests at heart. moving forward, we're only going to give foreign aid to those who respect us and, frankly, are our friends. and we expect other countries to pay their fair share for the cost of their defense. the united states is committed to making the united nations more effective and accountable. i have said many times that the united nations has unlimited potential. as part of our reform effort, i have told our negotiators that the united states will not pay more than 25% of the u.n. peacekeeping budget. this will encourage other countries to step up, get involved, and also share in this very large burden. we're working to shift more of our funding from assessed contributions to voluntary so that we can target american resources to the programs with the best record of success. only when each of us does our part and contributes our share can w

the two state solution. israel practices discrimination but it but actually this comes as the. epicenter of this discrimination this low discriminates against the palestinian arab citizens in israel granting the right to self-determination exclusively to jews in israel. does legalizing discrimination against those arab citizens who constitute twenty percent of the population of israel. in addition to other non jews who have immigrated to israel does they are stripped of their rights of citizenship. at least five percent of the current population of israel are immigrants they are non jews. they are christians and muslims. who immigrated from the former u.s. as are they have also been stripped from their rights to citizenship this law constitutes a gross breach and real danger both politically and legally and reminds us of the appetite state. that existed in south africa and thus we reject this low and condemn it in the strongest terms we further call on the international community and this against assembly to

the fact that in some states independence out number one party, in other states they outnumber both. there are states that don't register or report by voters i party. talk about this map and the larger context of this report. the map is revealing and more than half the states that register and report voters by party, independents outnumber either democrats or republicans. the map is revealing and more than half the states that register and report voters by party, independents outnumber either democrats or republicans. alaska, they outnumber both parties. not a lot of people realize that appeared independents have a lot of political power if we were to organize with each other. that is not to say there aren't many democrats and republicans who would not join the coalition. gallup asked are both parties doing such a terrible job that a third is needed. more than half of democrats and republicans antics -- answer that question yes. a major reason that people are democrats or republicans was that they thought the other parties policies would be harmful for the country. this is this whole

i have worked hard to bring business principles to state government and arizona is a different state today than it was four years ago. our budget was broken. our economy was flat. our budget is balanced. lawsuits are behind us, and our economy is booming to a degree where we can deliver teacher pay to our teachers. our relationship with mexico has never been better, and we are focused on border security. i'm running for governor because i want to secure arizona's future and there's more work to do. i have been to southern arizona 56 times since i was elected. i realize the issues in tucson and pima county are special, unique, and different and i am looking for to the discussion about what we have been able to arizona headed the right direction and i would like to do it for the next four years. think you, mr. -- thank you, mr. ducey. because this question comes from christopher conover. schoolhe end of the last year, teachers walked off the percent paybetween raise. if arizona were able to get more money for education, knowing more money does not always improve things, what requiremen

united states to designate the commander of the forces. the same resolution authorize the unified command at its discretion to use the united nations flag in the course of its operations concurrently with the flag of the various nations participating. in its first report to the security council on the operations of the command, the united states informed the security council that on 25 july, 1950, unified command was established in the security council first use the name united nations command in resolution 88 on eight november, 1950. name, thending its united nations command is not a united nations operation or body nor does it come under the command and control of the united nations. furthermore, it was not established as a subsidiary organism of the secret counsel is not funded on the united nations budget. as such, there are no reporting lines between the united nations and the united nations secretariat. madam president, the secretary-general in the upcoming high-level brief of united nations general assembly discuss how he and the un

, -- racist state an apartheid state and nullifies the two state solution. discrimination, comes as thethis epicenter of this discrimination. against discriminates the arab citizens, granting the right to self-determination thussively to jews, legalizing discrimination against those citizens who constitute 20% of the population of israel. non-jewson to other , theyve immigrated, thus are stripped of their rights of citizenship. the currentof population of israel are immigrants, non-jews. they are christians and muslims who immigrated from the former ussr. they have been stripped of the rights of citizenship. this law constitutes a gross breach and real danger politically and legally, and reminds us of the apartheid state that existed in south africa. we reject this law and condemn it. we call on the international community to act to reject it and condemn it as a racist, illegal law and no and void. null and void. the united nations condemned the south african apartheid state, ing in mindind -- bar that israeli citizens have protested against this law. --memb

take you live now to the state department for a briefing with secretary of state mike pompeo. >> the, before i get started, i want to let our fellow americans know who are affected by hurricane florence that our prayers are with them. i understand there may well have been loss of life. our heart goes out to them. thanks, too, to all of the first responders, military, civilian and the like, who are doing such good work. the the federal government's help is there, and we still continue to encourage every american who's in the threatened path to listen to government officials and take heed to their words. we're also aware that there's a typhoon in the pacific ocean right now which will take a toll on our friends in the philippines. our prayers are with them as well. state department teams are are ready to deliver the appropriate help to the region at the right time. as you all know, on wednesday president trump signed an executive order that made clear that our administration will not tolerate foreign interference in our democratic processes. elections are the foundation of our democracy

other governments, but not the united states. there are no mechanisms to hold the court and its personnel accountable or curtail its unchecked powers when required. icc proponents argue that corrupt or ineffective judges can be removed by a two thirds vote of parties to their own statute and that a prosecutor can be removed by a majority ote however, i ask everyone in the room today, would you consign the fate of american citizens to a committee of other nations, including venezuela and the democratic republic of the congo, entities that are not even states, like the palestinian authority? you would not appear i would not. this administration will not. the icc is an assembly states party and cannot supervise the court anymore than the united nations general assembly can't supervise bureaucracy. recent allegations of mismanagement and corruption among icc personnel make this perfect clear. the first prosecutor elected by the states parties attempted to protect a high-ranking government official from prosecution, assisted a busines

partly well judging from the pretty adji discussions at the security council during which member states accuse one another of the most horrendous crimes like for example the use of chemical weapons one would think that overcoming narrow national interest is simply an impossible task are you trying to say that within the u.n. corridors when nobody's watching those diplomats actually nicer and more civil to one another than they appear to be on cameras have to say that we never had a nasty discussion in the general assembly hall and again this is a vision we have to of diplomacy that. those are here to defend national interests and at the same time they should respect the other countries' interests and i will give you one example agreement on the text of global compact on safe orderly and regular migration you know how sensitive the issue of migration is and yet the one hundred ninety two member states were able to agree on this text because they understood that this is a common challenge come on phil phenomenon and we have to act. together to be able to face it but surely you would agree

first of all it's a police state. when they for and since that day were trying to filter 300 refugees that they were to nominate to another country. they can vet them could vet them by almost every category. you can have a blonde haired blue-eyed hazel hair refugee or you name of the category and you knew every edge or sale of debt for the last ten years and all of the sinks. and that's just the un system. and then once they nominate people then does it refugees are vetted by her own intelligence agencies. there is no more vetted traveler than a refugee than would be coming to the united states. let me also talk about a strategic point if i may. about what the value of this is. and to your point. in the cold war we welcomed refugees in large major to embarrass the ussr. one of my close friends teaches at hunter college now. he came here as a refugee with his mother. that is the success story. and his point i have dozens of stories like that. these are not people that would wish to do harm. it's a kind of people actual

syria is a police state and one of the things that a police state does very well is keep track of people. when they for instance that they were trying to filter 300 refugees that they were going to dominate to a country that wanted to take 300 refugees, they could that them by almost every category. you could have a blonde hair, refugee orazel hair even in the category. if you know every address that they live that for the last 10 years and all those things. that is just the u.n. system. once they nominate people for instance to come to america, those refugees are vetted by our own intelligence agencies, national security agencies. travelerno more vetted than a refugee coming to the united states. let me talk about a strategic point if i may about what the value of this is. war,ur point, in the cold we welcomed refugees in large measure to embarrass the ussr. one of my close friends who actually happens to be on a board was a young man who teaches at hunter college now. he came here as a refugee with his mother as a seven-year-old. he went on to be a rhodes scholar and teaches at hunter

for decades the united states opened its economy. the largest by far on earth with few conditions we allowed foreign goods from all over the world to flow freely across our borders yet other countries did not grant us fair and reciprocal access to their markets in return. even worse some countries abuse their openness to dump their products subsidize their goods target our industries. and manipulate their currency is to gain unfair advantage over our country. as a result our trade deficit balloon to nearly eight hundred billion dollars a year. for this reason we are systematically renegotiating. broken and bad trade deals. last month we announced a groundbreaking us mexico trade agreement. and just yesterday i stood with president moon. to announce the success. completion of the brand new us korea trade deal. and this is just the beginning. many nations in this hall will agree that the world trading system is in dire need of change. for example countries. were admitted to the world trade organization that violate every single princip

she will come forward, state her case and he will skate -- state his case and then they will vote. they will look at his career and look at what she had to say from 36 years ago and we will see what happened. i just think he is at a level that we rarely see not only in , but anywhere. honestly, i feel terribly for who is anife incredible lovely woman and for his beautiful young daughters. i feel terrible for them. you announce new trade tariffs against china. in your first year in office, the u.s. trade deficit increased by 12% in last month when he saw the trade deficit increase to $72 billion. is your policy working? we wanted to have the benefit of china and i hope they have helpful. it got to a point where the numbers were too big. if you look at the world trade like aation, that is rocket ship because they took advantage of the rules and whoever was standing at this office, they oval should have done something about this over the last number of taken $500a has billion per year. that would go a long way for poland. --built your whole country would build your whole country. arou

, and every state in the union. moderator: that is your time. senator cruz: it is striking that he didn't have a word to say to the millions of texans of whose premiums have skyrocketed. he talked about pre-existing conditions, but everyone of us agrees that they should be protected. indeed, when we were debating obamacare, i introduced legislation that would protect pre-existing conditions but the health and human services agency ran the numbers and found the consumer freedom amendment, allowing people to get the health insurance you want, would reduce annual premiums by $5,000 a year. we have to lower premiums. congressman o'rourke has voted 67 times to keep obamacare. he has not been there to fix the people that are getting her, that are forced into part-time jobs. instead, his answer is socialized medicine and it is a mistake. it would hurt the people. moderator: our next question is about trade. this goes to representative o'rourke. both of you have expressed concern over changes in trade and tariffs and their

at the state level we also have teams that are imbedded at our state emergency operations centers and are in contact with our local emergency managers. both states have activated their national guard as well as their emergency operations plan. as you know, our national guard does tremendous work across our nation. and they just do a wonderful job both at the national level and also their state duty of protecting the citizens of their representative states. we've also partnered with our good friends and partners on the stage, heavily engaged with the department of defense, as we get ready to respond to this. we have what we need. we have what we need. staged throughout the area. both as far as man power and teams, as well as commodities, resources, communications. we've also heavily engaged with our partners at the private sector. our focus is going to be life saving but it's alsos efforts to stabilize the critical life lines in a very expedited manner. i have to reiterate, we have to set those expectations. this is going to be a duration. power will be off, infrastructure will be dama

at the state department friday, secretary of state mike pompeo accused his predecessor of actively undermining u.s. policy. when asked about reports of john kerry meeting with iranian officials. secretary pompeo also talked about election security, north korea, and hurricane response efforts. this is 15 minutes. >> good afternoon, everyone. started, i want to let our fellow americans know who are affected by hurricane florence that our players are with them. -- prayers are with them. our heart goes out to them. thank you to all the first responders who are doing such good work. we still continue to encourage every american who is in the threatened path to listen to government officials and take heed to their words. there is ad that typhoon in the pacific ocean which will take a toll on our friends in the philippines. our friends are with them as well. deliver theady to appropriate help to the region at the right time. know, i'm wednesday president trump signed an executive order that made clear that our administration will not tolerate foreign interference in our democratic process. elections

in my look terrified the chinese decks what to do about these states and definitely this is not good and not going to help it china's relations with united states on the face of it america is saying these sanctions now appear lee aimed at russia but you're saying they're the bigger picture regarding china and u.s. relations is this trade war going on at the moment do you think these sanctions are actually all part of that kind of aimed at china as well. no first of all from the chinese perspective we do not accept any such model our jurisdiction of the united states domestic law against a sovereign countries like china other countries may fear the overreach by the united states but china as it is the second largest economy in the world a very strong military power so china does not fear the us over reach air. jurisdiction if the united states was also sanctions on china definitely china will not step down and china i think will have all the moral reasons to increase its military cooperation with russia and possibly even important more planes and and pry missile systems from russia an

longer for decades the united states opened its economy. the largest by far on earth with few conditions we allowed foreign goods from all over the world to flow freely across our borders . yet other countries did not grant us fair and reciprocal access to their markets in return or. even worse some countries abuse their openness to dump their products subsidize their goods target our industries and manipulate their currency is to gain unfair advantage over our country. as a result our trade deficit ballooned to nearly eight hundred billion dollars a year. for this reason we are systematically renegotiating. broken and bad trade deals. last month we announced a groundbreaking us mexico trade agreement. and just yesterday i stood with president moon to announce the successful completion of the brand new us korea trade deal and this is just the beginning. many nations in this hall will agree that the world trading system is in dire need of change for example countries. were admitted to the world trade organization that violate every single pr

i came to united states from the university which is built by united states in 1953. that was a university i was working. it was built by united states. my first english teacher was a peace corps gentleman. i love him dearly, and they showed us the good of people. so, i deeply thank the united states for their help and thank you for that question. and now, with the -- in the short past, we have some questionable support. it is not because of the united states' support. it is our people who are bad on the top of the government who are using that support to their own direction. so i am thinking -- suggesting any help, even if it's bad, it helps somebody in that country which needs help. so we ethiopians are mindful of, you know, the united states support, and we love it. we appreciate it. i am thankful of that. thank you. >> thank you. mr. said, how do you think that -- how do you view the united states but how do you think the people of ethiopia right now view the united states? >> thank you so much. it is a great question. let me start from this. from the member of co

has stonewalled the state board. let's get off the opposed position, the nonflow measures proposal is a nonstarter. work within the 30 or 50% framework, which allows room for adaptive management. and work with the other stakeholders and the state board don't move this and push the store's litigation, which is where it is headed. that would be a lose lose for both the delta and to for san francisco. reclaim your reputation as a leader in water conservation. >> president kwon: thank you. >> thank you. >> president kwon: next is kendra schultz. welcome. >> good afternoon, commissioners thank you for the opportunity to speak today. i and the energy and environment associate at the silicon valley leadership group. i am here on behalf of our 360 member companies who collectively provide nearly one of every three private sector jobs in silicon valley. at contribute more than 3 trillion to the worldwide economy. we have serious concerns about the state water resources control board water quality control plan and to the negat

which, as i am sure many of you can acknowledge, given the current state of american politics, can also be a bit of a challenge. but, it is important, and, we are deeply committed to an open democratic society, which requires political compromise, respect for pluralism, and a resistance to ideological extremism. we work with policymakers and staff, to formulate and promote clear eyed and physically-based policy solutions, that are innovative, politically salable, and most important, through the lives of real people. i would like to start by thinking senator langford's office, for helping us to coordinate this event. senator langford has been an important public invoice, and supportive refugee resettlement, and has highlighted the critical role that our refugee programs play in american national security. we appreciate his leadership on this issue, and hope to continue working with that office. i would also like to think this events cosponsors, including the national immigration form, human rights first, international refugee assistance project, and the conference of catholic bishops mig

when i was a member of the state house and the state in my state there were any republicans.they were treated like children, seen and not heard so my whole life and politics surrounded the concept that i may not like your bad ideas but i like you and the conversation necessary at every level of government at the state level the federal level and obviously the local level to listen and learn is essential in a free society as we simply cannot as a society erect barriers between us. the debate should be robust and full and factual and then let the voters vote. we have two honorees this evening or this patriot award. i can't think of any two better people. as a product of culver military academy there's a little bit of indiana and me but you know in lee's case in tom's case and lee was the indiana connection the men of one party and another who saw the wall was important was to simply solve problems and in a look at the 9/11 commission report and it is exactly that. the only people that these two are married who are their wives. nobody else. not their party. their love of country

regional states the arab states i doubt if there would be any meaningful or influential and significant military move against iran but in area of economy as well as security in. politics there will be moves and there have been many moves underway in the last at least two years just of for example the united states use the billions of dollars of some of the our petrodollars in order to meddle with iran's foreign currency market in the u.a.e. iran has announced that it wants to move its foreign currency market to a number of countries first and foremost to qatar and china now as you see as far as of the saudis were supposed to leap this quad lieschen or nato or whatever it is against iran the catteries were numbers of dude and the they had relations improve but now that the us has picked up their role in order to coordinate the first because it's a major war powered the categories as well as coal weight in oman they have at least of of around their of somehow are very variable support for this. in new york is there potentially a huge negative a quid pro quo if you will because if you teth

in the state . i am also supported by 200 weividual educators because have made a detailed and specific plan on what to do with education. i want to give you three highlights. we have to invest in early education and prekindergarten. they have shown unequivocally -- theyy increase decrease dropout rates. readyet kids and parents to succeed in higher education. we have to respect and pay our teachers more. and, we have to do something much different about high-stakes testing. i would change the way in which we are evaluating our educators. >> thank you. we will get back to education. i want to focus on economic development now. despite governors who for years have promised to turn the economy around and change the nature of our economy, we have for decades failed to get away from an economy that is largely dependent on the volatile oil and gas businesses as well as government jobs. the question is what is the single most important thing you would do that is brand-new that has not been tried before th

to the united states. that conception was rebutted by an economic study that was actually commissioned by the trump administration and done by the trump administration that found that the refugee program has netted the united states economy about $63 billion over the last 10 years. so the economic argument really doesn't work, even compared to the administration's own findings. host: so this is adam bates with the international assistance project, here to talk about this proposed refugee cap. it was announced earlier this week. if you want to ask him questions, it's (202) 748-8000 for democrats, republicans (202) 748-8001, and independents (202) 748-8002. if you are a refugee in the united states and you want to give your perspective, it is (202) 748-8003, and you can also reach out to us via twitter at cspanwj. what is the process of negotiation from this cap announced by the administration to what has to go on with legislators on capitol hill? how does that work? adam: at the end of the day, the administ

denmark's at state t.v. and radio network d.-r. has been criticized by the european public service broadcaster alliance or its decision to stop promoting multiculturalism. together and we have something to worry about and. if. my school d.-r. says that the focus has been shifted to the values of democracy and free speech the broadcaster also says its content will reflect the country's christian identity the changes were published by denmark's culture ministry with the support of parliament now most of that support comes from the anti immigration danish people's party as the second largest political force in the country it has called on the state broadcaster to reflect denmark's christian heritage the opposition though isn't happy with the new plants. i think it's an incorrect prioritization of conservative values it's another step towards a political agenda that doesn't want to integrate people i had a former host of a religious program on d.r. told us the move is all about reinforcing denmark's national identity. the previous guid