there's poverty in west virginia or africa or asia, it's a sense of despair, and self destructive behaviours that make that self-fulfilling. >> you have writen about this so often that the path to escape is education. the path to escape is education, it's a foundation it's not the end all. it was with education, you can start thinking for itself. you can build the strategy for life. that is important. when you don't feel as though you know how to add two and two, you don't have a sense of confidence. you feel you have to go with the flow are or that you are not going to challenge whatever your status quo is. >> it needs to begin early in the first two years. more and more research. that says that is the part that matters the most. >> partly because of way of the brain transforms and the way grows. when you are in your teenage years, your brain is growing but the most rapid growth is 0 to 5, even the first 1,000 days of life. it starts in the womb actually. when you drink and smoke when your baby's in the womb that has an impact on the child 15 years later. >> there are two big lessons to lea

see there is something that i experienced when i travelled internationally to places like africa or south-east asiaou see families bathing their children in buckets. people don't have water to wash dishes. they don't have water to flush toilets. even the bottled water that is delivered, and the tanks in the front yards - they have to ration, because it's not enough for them to live on. >> you know the lyrics to the old song goes "it never rains in southern california." if we move into a period where for much of the year it will rain will california have to change what it grows and how it grows it? they say that almonds take up a huge percentage of all the water in california. will they have to just stop growing them? >> well california is the nation's breadbasket. much of the produce and fruits and vegetables that are consumed in the u.s. and around the world are grown in california's central valley. agriculture uses about 80% of the total water usage for one year. almond is one of the big - almond crops use a lot of water, it's one of the biggest water consumers when you talk about large farms and

the temptation is always to eastern europe or asia or africa when you're talking about, ooh, let's findof the united nations are two of the dirtiest waterways in america, the guwanis canal and the creek. not every water had enough fachb base too get itself cliendeaned. >> let's talk about the guwanis. they're doing remediation. they're trying to develop the area in such a way to clean up the water way right. there is a process in place, right? >> yes. and there's cause for hope because they're starting to get somewhere. it's a little bit better. in terms of the super fund process, the super fund part that deals with muck the black mayonnaise with toxic chemicals that's sitting at the bottom of the canal. that doesn't deal with the -- >> the super fund there,'s this residue at the bottom that's toxic and disgusting and has to be dredged. >> yes, they'll take out 60 cubic yards of that. then the city and dep will have to deal with the banks, the plumage issues -- >> how gross was it to be in it. >> pretty gross. it's certainly the worst thing i've swam in. >> because you've swam in a lot

chinese polls taken by the bbc or pew and so forth reputable polling sources show that chinese soft power attractiveness goes up in africa somewhat in latin america but not in asia and not in europe or north america. so you say why is this? i think there are two reasons that determined that in which china would have to overcome if it really wants to equal the united states and soft power. one is china has to unleash its civil society. a lot of american soft power or european soft power comes not from government broadcasting. it comes from essentially foundations, universities hollywood cultural industries and so forth to china with communist party control is very loath to give the freedom to these aspects of civil society which unleashes their old creativity. and the other problem that china has is if you look at nationalism and disputes with neighbors china has been particularly in the coastal areas but also with india on the borders has disputes and because of rising nationalism in china which is helping to legitimize the communist party and may become more important as the growth rate slowed its very hard for them to compromise. so it's one thing to put up a

to do with water from syria to egypt to israel palestine, many, many disputes in africa, disputes in asia around water or water is a part of it. it is being used as a weapon of war. the government and syria has cut the water source to the people which is where the original revolution took place. just cut the water. if you want to make war on people, you take away their water supply and there's very little people can do with the absence of access to water. the question would be then, if it can be a source of conflict, could water equally be a source of peace? could we think of water as nature's gift of humanity to teach us how to live with each other? my grandfather was taught to hate your grandfather and vice versa and i'm supposed to hate you except we both live on this river and it is dying. maybe instead of expanding our energy hating each other, we can come together and build something that same said this river. maybe our kids will live in peace because we come together and a this water source. there's a whole discipline in universities around water and a nature as being forms of peacemaking, forms o

do with water from syria to egypt to israel, palestine, many, many disputes in africa, disputes in asia are around water or water as a part of it, and water is being used now around the world as a weapon of war. the government in syria cut water sources off in alepo where the original revolution took place, just cut off the war. to make war on people, take away the water supply, and there's very little people can do in the absence of access to water. the question will be then well, if it's a source of conflict, can water be a source of peace? think about water as nature's gift to humanity to teach us how to live with each other and maybe, you know, my grandfather was taught to hate your grandfather and your father hate to hate my father and vice versa versa, and i have to hate you, other than we both live on the river, and it's dying. rather than the hating each other, let's come together and build something to save the river. we'll live in peace and come together to save the water source. there's a discipline in universities now around water and nature being forms of peacemaking, forms of negotiating peac

have different flavors of devotions coming with the new forms of catholics from asia, the latin population, or from africa. there is that flavor. the other thing is they live in two worlds. it took three weeks or longer in those days to arrive to america. once you are in, telegram or anything would be even longer to get to the home country. now with modern technology, it is easy. you have cell phones, all kinds of gadgets. to connect you back home. so people have less. there continue to meet some demands from extended family back home. thanks to modern technology, western union. money gram. [laughter] people are able to do that transaction. with in a way happens that very often, people stay here and because of the atmosphere, that they settle here, also back home. that is what i mean by living in two worlds. often the also places stress on the families here. the factors i just mentioned. and the lack of extended family, even though they stay connected, they are not here physically. they need childcare or sharing that is not there. because of that also, the children get caught between two worlds. these fam

polling versus said the chinese soft power attractiveness goes up in africa somewhat latin america but not in asia and not in europe or north america. you say why is this? there are two reasons that determined not which china would have to overcome if he really wants to equal the united states of power. one is china has to unleash its civil society. a lot of americans off power or european soft power comes not from government broadcasting. it comes from essentially foundations, universities, hollywood cultural industries and so forth. china with communist party control is very low freight into these aspects of civil society which unleashes their full creativity. the other problem china have is if you look at nationalism and disputes with neighbors china has particularly in the coastal areas, but also with india has disputes and because of rising nationalism in china, which is helping legitimize the communist party and may become more important as economic growth rates low. it is very hard to compromise. it is one thing to put up the confucius institute of vanilla to attract people to the true glories of traditional ch

do with water, from syria to egypt to israel-palestine, many, many disputes in africa disputes in asia are around water or water is a part of it. and water is being used now around the world as a weapon of war. the government in syria has cut the water source is off to the people in aleppo which is where the original revolution took place. just cut the water. so if you want to make war on people you just take away their water supply. there's very little people can do in the absence of access to water. so the question would be then well, if they can be a source of conflict, could water equally be a source of peace? could we think about water as nature's gift to humanity, to teach us how to live with each other? and maybe, you know my grandfather was taught to rate your grandfather and your father was taught to hate my father and vice versa and i'm supposed to meet you, except we both live on this river and it's a dying. so maybe instead of expending our energy hating each other maybe we can come together and build something that saves this river. maybe our kids will live in peace because we will come toget

from syria to egypt to israel/palestine, many, many disputes in africa disputes in asia are around water or water is a part of it. and water is being used now around the world as a weapon of war. the government in syria has cut the water sources off to the people at aleppo which is where the original revolution took place, just cut the water. so if you want to make war on people, you just take away their water supply, and there's very little people can do in the absence of access to water. so the question would be then well, if it can be a source of conflict, could water equally be a source of peace? could we think about water as nature's gift to humanity to teach us how to live with each other? and maybe, you know, my grandfather was taught to hate your grandfather and your father was taught to hate my father and vice versa and i'm supposed to hate you, except we both live on this river and it's dying. so maybe instead of expending our energy hating each other maybe we can come togethering and build something that saves this river. maybe our kids will live in peace because we'll come toget

africa, asia and the midde east. and we have involved on moocs. massive on line open courses. in courses as complicated as, for instance, debt sustainability analysis. or removing energy subsidies. as i said, we can only get it right if we work together. this applies to all the areas that i have touched on, from stronger growth today to better growth tomorrow. from a more resilient international monetary system to a more robust international development system. from the world we live in today to maybe a better world that we will help build. success will require a recommitment to the principles of international cooperation that have served us well for the last 70 years, and particularly in moments of crisis. but this new multilateralism is urgently needed to boost growth and generate confidence in our common future. wouldn't it be nice if a year from now i might come back if a year from now, instead of rejoicing in the a.i.i.b. and the silk road and this new belt out there, we could also celebrate the tpp, the ttip, the imf reform, a strong green fund with good governance. paris 2012 with actual -- 21 with actual deliverables. these are the challenges w

africa, asia and the middle east. and we have involved on moocs. massive online open courses. in courses as complicated as for instance, debt sustainability analysis. or removing energy subsidies. as i said, we can only get it right if we work together. this applies to all the areas that i have touched on, from stronger growth today to better growth tomorrow. from a more resilient international monetary system to a more robust international development system. from the world we live in today to maybe a better world that we will help build. success will require a recommitment to the principles of international cooperation that have served us well for the last 70 years, and particularly in moments of crisis. but this new multilateralism is urgently needed to boost growth and generate confidence in our common future. wouldn't it be nice if a year from now i might come back if a year from now, instead of rejoicing in the a.i.i.b. and the silk road and this new belt out there, we could also celebrate the tpp, the ttip, the imf reform, a strong green fund with good governance. paris 21 with actual deliverables. these are the challenges we have ahead of us.

or with our allies and not be in a position to respond. with all the panic across europe, across the united states, really across asia, the middle east, africa about ebola. this is something we knew had the possibility to happen, but were not willing to stand up and try to prepare ourselves for the eventuality that might happen. there was a lot of chasing our tail in the beginning if you watch the way the government reacted. they reacted, which is great. the problem is, there was a lot of catching up to do in a way that we should not have had to do if both pieces of legislation have been fully funded and operational. this is a bipartisan problem on full funding. it started in the bush administration. that money got yanked away, and it has continued to this administration. again, it is hard to get people's attention on something that sounds really bad but -- really bad when they cannot see it. with that, mr. chairman, i would be happy to take questions, with the advice of counsel of course. tom ridge: surrounded by lawyers. >> my client has a full -- my lawyer has a fool for a client the way the saying goes. tom ridge: as chairman of the hous

africa, they should certainly focus on reforming the education, labor and product markets. and in low-income countries, as well as in the middle east and central asia, improving governance, eradicating corruption, or trying to, as well as financial inclusion will help lay the foundation of a thriving private sector. so that's for the productivity improvement as far as capital and investment is concerned. if we look at labor now. there is an important set of measures that is needed to remove barriers to labor force participation, and that is key to tackle inequality and ensuring a broad-based growth. i'll give you a few for instances. in japan and in the euro area, too many tax disincentives exist. and where a change of tax policies that would be more growth friendly, more labor supportive would be very welcome. and there could be budget neutral. in too many countries, legal inequities still exist. and what do they do? they create barriers to greater participation by women in the economy. we've done a very interesting study, and from all the countries that we've studied, 90% -- 90% still had legal inequities in the books that prevent access of women to the labor market. and as we know, closing the

or with our allies, in not be in a position to respond. we saw the panic across europe, across the united states really across asia, the middle east africa about ebola. this is something that we knew had the possibility to happen but were not willing to stand up and try to prepare ourselves for the eventuality that it might happen. and so there was a lot of chasing our tail in the beginning. if you watched the with the government reacted they reacted which is great the problem is that a lot of catching up to do in a way which an advantage of if both pop and barda pieces of legislation have been fully funded and operational. this was a bipartisan problem on full funding to it started in the bush administration. that money got yanked away and its continued into this administration and again it's just hard to get people's attention on something that sounds really bad but i can't see. with that mr. chairman a be willing to take any questions with advice of counsel, of course. >> surrounded by lawyers. i know you're very reserved. i think we all have several questions. i would like to dig a little deeper with regard to the observation you made in t

or with our allies and not be in a position to respond. we saw the panic across europe across the united states and asia, the middle east, africa about ebola. and this is something that we knew had the possibility to happen but weren't willing to stand up and try to prepare ourselves for the event wall the i event wallty that it might happen. the government was chasing their tail. and this was a bipartisan prop on full funding. it started in the bush administration. that money got yanked away and it's continued into this administration. and again it's just hard to get people's attention on something that sounds really bad when i can't see it. with that mr. chairman, i would be willing to take any questions with advice of counsel, of course. >> very good. you're surrounded by your lawyers. i know you're very reserved. >> my client has a fool -- my lawyer has a fool for a client. that's me. is that the old saying goes? >> i think we all have several questions. i would like to dig a little deeper with regard to the observation you made in terms of generating bipartisan support not on the authorization side but on the appropriations side. in o