i'm jennifer egan, presidents of penn america. i welcome all of you to the 2018 penn america gala. [applause] the first time i came to this party in 2005 was like waking up anonymous. i had always fantasized. i would like to recognize the people's whose hard work has brought us together this evening and please hold our plus to the end. our gala chairs, the gala committee members, the entire team at simon & schuster, and our special benefactors, peter and pamela barbee, and bridget coleman. could you please stand. [applause] [applause] next, i want to celebrate the wealth of writing talents in this room. would all writers please stand, literary house, guest, trustees, waiters? [applause] [applause] thank you for taking time away from your work to be with us. [applause] this gala has a purpose beyond celebration. that is to fuel penn america's work. thank you to everyone here we surpassed all records tonight by bringing in $2.2 million. [applause] i am supremely grateful to tonight's honorees, the legendary stephen king, a man who seems to require no introduction except -- when morga

this is a movement that is changing america. strengthening america. but it is a movement that has come from america, not from washington, d.c. i have to say, with your tireless work and support from this day through election day, i know we will defend and even expand our republican majorities in congress. we will build on this record of historic accomplishments. for all we have accomplished in these 500 plus days, that's what president trump calls a good start. while we're at it, we will lay a foundation for 2020 when we reelect president donald trump for four more years. [applause] i believe it. i know we will do this, because i have faith, like all of you gathered here. i have faith in each and every one of you, and the boundless capacity of the american people to set the ship right again. i have faith in the leaders we have elected at every level. i know these men and women, we have worked closely in these majorities, congress, the house, and senate. i know that they deserve your support. i have faith in our president, my friend, whose strong leade

[applause] that is the america i believe in and the america i love. that is the america i am fighting alongside you every day to make a reality. that is the america that gives me a chance to be here today. when i was a kid growing up on the ragged edge of the middle class, my dreams were closer to home, graduate high school, college, teach school and have babies maybe someday buy a home. nt through bumps and wrong turns along the way my daddy had a heart attack when i was 12 and we nearly lost everything. at 19 i dropped out of school to get married it didn't work out but to be in a country where i could get a first rate public college education for $50 a semester. think about that. a country investing in highways and bridges and towers and all the things that build a vibrant economy and good paying jobs right here in america. i didn't grow up in a perfect country by any stretch latino americans were locked out of many opportunities are confined to the worst jobs in women have limited chances and lgbt people were locked firmly in the closet. but we we

. >> on real america, unreal america historyv, watch the cbs news special report from june 6, 1968. the night robert kennedy died. >> they quickly decided to transfer him to good samaritan hospital where the facilities were better for a delicate brain surgery. mrs. kennedy was with him. >> the suspect, and identified was led by police back to the ballroom in the hotel. some of the officers had to protect him from the crowd. there are several kennedy supporters, and bystanders who were close to hysteria. there is concern for the suspect safety. >> this afternoon, president trump joined in a white house celebration of america on the south lawn. the event replaced a visit from the nfl super bowl champion, philadelphia eagles which was canceled because as the presidentwe only a small number of players decided to co.the president spoke about the u.s. economy and then led the crowd in a god bless america sing-along. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, please join us in singing the country's national anthem. ♪

thank you, pen america.pport has helped me to sustain during difficult times and the thought of your continued support keeps me going. we are waging the good sites. this fight must be thought to the very end until all humanity is free from tyranny. thank you. [applause] ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, jonathan karp, president of simon & schuster adult publishing on behalf of of doris kearns goodwin. >> thank you. [applause] >> doris kearns goodwin couldn't be here but she was kind and generous enough to write this introduction which i now would like to read to you. what a special honor for me to introduce carolyn kroll reidy, my longtime publisher at simon & schuster, my good friend at this year's pen america honoree. the story of carolyn's love affair witbos gins with the image of a little girl holding a flashlight under the covers so she could read her favorite books long past the time she was supposed to be asleep, into the early hours of the morning. her love affair deepened in college and graduate school whe

[applause] i am grateful to that america, grateful down to my toes. and i believe in that america.r decades now powerful interests have rigged the game against working people all across this country. bit by bit the opportunity to build a future has been moving further and further out of reach. our government has been taken over by the rich and the powerful. a generation of trickle-down economics, deregulation and tax cuts for billionaires has destroyed unions, undermine public schools, and left us with a crumbling infrastructure. for a full generation gdp has climbed in this country. ceo salaries have grown almost 1000% while wages for working people have barely budged. flat wages coupled with rising costs for housing, for health care, for childcare, for college have squeezed families all across this country. black, , white, brown, suburban, urban and rural. i do want to pick up on my earlier example. remember how that black-white wealth gap was chopped i one-third in just 15 years? chopped by a third when the right to vote, the right to get a job, the right to buy home, the kind o

make america better.s been the honor of a lifetime to walk in this journey with you. thank you so much and god bless. i appreciate it. thank you. [applause] ♪ >> we will have more coverage of the faith and freedom conference friday morning. scott pruitt,tor house majority leader kevin mccarthy, and white house counselor kellyanne conway are scheduled to speak. live coverage starts at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span two. ♪ >> c-span's "washington journal, " live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up friday morning, new york republican congressman would discuss administration and trump administration trade policy. california democratic congressman talks about the upcoming u.s.-north korea summit in singapore. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal," live at 7:00 eastern friday morning. join the discussion. ♪ sunday on q&a, a new york times columnist talks about his book, pope francis, and the future of catholicism. >> he thinks that the church needs to change in various ways, p

patriotism rooted in the belief that america is an exceptional nation, a strong america can solve any of the problems that we currently face but we cannot be strong if the pillars of our strength our weekend. the first pillar is an economy built on work. the farmers to take advantage of the homestead act to buy land but their labor and the factory workers who powered america's victory in the second world war and americans have always benefited from a market that allows us to earn high wages and fulfill the american promise that if you work hard and live responsibly you and your family will have the opportunity to flourish. today are our economic debate is not built on the dignity of work. our economic debate is built on the value is self-interest and the view of americans as -- and their immense consequences to those. when right and wrong are based solely on profitability then there is nothing immoral about shipping jobs overseas are surrendering american technology and innovation to china. when happiness is measured solely by how much someone can afford to buy than it check from the

[applause] i am grateful to that america, grateful down to my toes and i believe in that america. but for decades now, powerful interests have rated the game against working people al across this country. bit by bit, the opportunity to build a future has been moving further and further out of reach. our government has been taken over by the rich and the powerful. a generation of trickle-down economics deregulation and tax cuts for millionaires has destroyed unions, undermine the public pools and left us with a crumbling infrastructure. for a whole generation, gdp has climbed in this country. ceo salaries have grown by almost 1000 perct while wages for working people have barely bunched. flat wages coupled with rising costs for housing, healthcare, childcare, college we families all across this country. black, white, brown, suburban, urban and rural and i want to pick up from my early example. remember how that black white wealth gap was jumped by a third in 15 years? chop by a third when the right to vote, the right to get a job, the kind of rights the aclu fights r every day , wh

america's a great nation, a community of family, and america is our home and we love our home. our country has never done better than it's doing right now. never. record numbers at every outpost. you take a look at what's going on. lowest unemployment numbers we've had. lowest african-american unemployment in the history of our co lowest hispanic numbers in the history of our country. lowest numbers for women in 21 years. of created $7 trillion value in our country since the election. we're the largest economy in the world and getting a lot larger and fast. it's happened very quickly. actually, quicker than i even thought. we're doing great. [applause] and all of those people that we honor, many of them are looking down right now, some of them are right here, but many of them are looking down right now at our country and they are proud. they are very, very proud. so we stand together for freedom. we stand together for patriotism, and we proudly stand for our gloriousatio under god. i want to thank you all for being here. this is a beautiful, big celebration. actually, to be hon

america can get more out of it. but to abandon the whole system and to say i'm now going to go, win/lose, item by item and i want to win everything single match but i really don't have an overall view of the global game. that's a very different kind of world which america will find itself in, if it goes that way, over several terms of a presidency. >> did you express that to the president? >> i think he knows our position. he has his views, so i think he's heard that from many people, i didn't feel it was my place to try and shift him dramatically. >> and yet what the president does and what america does can dramatically shift your region. just on the denuclearization, what did he say to you about what he expected to come out of this one-day summit? one-day meeting? he said he'll know in a few minutes if kim jong-un is serious or if there's a deal to be made. >> he didn't say very much, because officials are still negotiating what will come out of the meeting. i think he is hoping for an outcome. the key thing he ne

that's the america i believe in. that's the america i know. we look back on the lows of when women were being denied the right to vote, and we saw a multiracial, multiethnic coalition, everything from frederick douglas to susan b. anthony to come together and build a movement that propelled this government to act and women were granted the right to vote. we look back on how the low of segregation, how a multiracial coalition of americans came together, worked together, fought together, stood together, sacrificed together, some died together, to advance the cause of civil rights. we look back to the japanese interment and we see how people regardless of their backgrounds in america, regardless of their political parties, came together to redress this wrong. and in 1988, we saw a republican president, ronald reagan, who responded by signing the civil liberties act into law and working to right the wrong of japanese interment. future generations will look back on this moment. they will look to see whether we affirmed that in america we don't inju

bush, the massive deportations to central america and that brought the problem to central america. the obama administration also dealt with it, but it was not a central point of its narrative. it has become a central point of the trump administration. become a way in which the trump administration, not just the president but some of his officials like attorney general tosions have equated ms-13 both migration and the latino community. that in thess report, that is really dangerous because the words that we just heard, i understand part of those words not to be true. for, that mainly and foremost, ms-13 has strengthened itself because of loose loopholes in immigration. ms-13 has been strong in some areas of the united states for decades now. membership, and we found that out during these three years of research. a lot of that membership is formed by u.s. citizens. they are not migrants. most of the leadership of ms-13 iques formed anywhere from 10 to 50 members, most of the -- the in the east coast west coast are u.s. born citizens. they did not just come from central america. recen

you guys did it, kabul's america. -- god bless america. look at all these people. thank you. thank you. thank you, guys. >> thank you for coming by. ♪ only in america. ♪ >> c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up on wednesday morning, inside elections reporter reviewed the results of tuesday night's primary and run off contest in seven states. oklahoma, and tom cole on immigration policy and the house republican agenda. politico's ted hessen discusses the supreme court's decision to uphold president trump's travel ban. and tom swazi talks about immigration policy. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal. join the discussion. he was a look at what is live on the c-span network on wednesday. on -- more work on 2019 defense department spending. they are expected to work on immigration station this week. the senate continues to debate on the farm bill. on c-span3, housing and urban development secretary ben carson testifies at an oversight hearing. afternoon, the ceo of delta airlines speaks at the national press clu

because america is a special country.e leaving america's a special country does not require us -- i would say how we overcame those sins is a testament to a special our nation truly is. [applause] the ending of the slavery, women's suffrage, civil rights movement, the end of segregation, every single one of our great social causes has been effort to bring us closer. all men and women are children of god born with a right given to them by the creator, not by the leader and not by the government. this is what made the american revolution so unique. it was a revolution that sought not to establish a home for people bound together by common blood or common soil. it sought rather to establish a home for people united in a quest to protect and preserve our god-given right. and so while it is true we have never been completely true to our founding idea, it is a testament to america's greatness that for over two centuries each generation has fought and succeeded in moving us closer to it. that's why pledging allegiance to our fla

investment in the americas. the rhetoric and decisions made by the trump administration are putting u.s. jobs at risk. alliesng our friends and does nothing but make the u.s. seem like an untrustworthy partner. imposing auditioning tariffs raises the cost of doing business for every american and drives and stability. while china is investing billions and building inroads to all of latin america. the president's busy punishing our friends to play to his political base. practically driving the rest of the world into the arms of the chinese. they blow up, negotiations. this is no way to protect american jobs, families, or interest. i am eager to hear from the witnesses how they feel the administration's recent acts impact u.s. businesses abroad. on u.s. businesses abroad. i look forward to hearing what congress can do to promote american investment, and best practices around the region. i yield back balance of my time. you, sir. thank before i recognize you to provide your testimony, i will explain the lighting sys

america was built as a sort of rebeginning of europe. this is the spirit of america. the spirit of america, the founding feathathers is based oe idea the values which made europe are going and replanted in another earth in order to bloom in a more beautiful and more brilliant way. this is the strongest and the most beautiful america. okay? mr. trump thinks other way. america will last longer than mr. trump. >> thank you very much for joining me. that's it for our program tonight. two guests with two messages of hope. join us tomorrow night to see how europe will respond to this unprecedented trump trade war. the eu trade commissioner will join me. good-bye and thanks for watching amanpour. katty: you're watching "beyond 100 days." industrialized nations meet in canada this week but china isn't in this bloc and the u.s. doesn't seem to want to be. christian: in the age of trump, is the g7 still relevant? the u.s. protectionist president is challenging decades of western unity. katty: american trade tariffs make it harder for leaders to work together against global thre

bush, the massive deportations to central america and that brought the problem to central america. the obama administration also dealt with it, but it was not a central point of its narrative. it has become a central point of the trump administration. become a way in which the trump administration, not just the president but some of his officials like attorney general tosions have equated ms-13 both migration and the latino community. that in thess report, that is really dangerous because the words that we just heard, i understand part of those words not to be true. for, that mainly and foremost, ms-13 has strengthened itself because of loose loopholes in immigration. ms-13 has been strong in some areas of the united states for decades now. membership, and we found that out during these three years of research. a lot of that membership is formed by u.s. citizens. they are not migrants. most of the leadership of ms-13 iques formed anywhere from 10 to 50 members, most of the -- the in the east coast west coast are u.s. born citizens. they did not just come from central america. recen

that is the america i believe in and the america i love and that is the america i am fighting alongside you every day to make a reality. that is the america that gives me a chance to be here today. when i was a kid growing up on the ragged edge of the middle class, my dreams were closer to home. graduate high school, go to college, teach school, have babies, maybe someday buy a home. in my life there were a lot of bumps and wrong turns along the way. when i was 12 my daddy had a heart attack, my family nearly lost everything. i dropped out of school, it didn't work out. i lived in a country where i could get a first rate public college education for $50 a semester. think about that. a country investing in highways and bridges and power and all the things that build a vibrant economy and good paying jobs right here in america. i did not grow up in a perfect country, black and latino americans were locked out of many opportunities and often confined to the worst jobs. women had limited chances and lgbt q people were locked firmly in the closet but we were an america that believed, that be

make america better.been the honor of a lifetime to walk in this journey with you. thank you so much and god bless. i appreciate it. thank you. [applause] >> the u.s.-north korea summit is set for tuesday and book tv will feature authors with books about the region this sunday starting at 5:00 p.m. eastern. >> next week live coverage from the u.s.-north korea summit. starting monday night. then join "washington journal" tuesday and wednesday morning for analysis and your comments. tch live on c-span and c-span.org. >> the house debated a nearly 15 billion recissions bill which would cut spending for this budget year. president trump asked for the cuts in nearly half of them come from the children's health insurance program called chip. republicans say authorization for the money has expired or the money is not being used. democrats are blaming the cuts on the need to pay for tax cuts. minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from insurance program called

doesn't measure growth it measures how all the growth in america of g.d.p. since two thousand and eight has been the banking sector the fire sector finance insurance and real estate it's fictitious growth in the west china has avoided fictitious wrote and it's pursued the kind of growth that doesn't show up in g.d.p. namely low cost services provided by government investment that isn't counted in in the g.d. so the china does not follow a statistical measure of growth like the west in china statistics that are talking about real growth their growth is continuing is not taking the form of a construction life as it was or is not taking the american form of increasing banking is not them taking the form of increasing debt service life in america but i can assure you that the economy is continuing to grow just as it was before but this doesn't show up in the g.d.p. statistics because they don't follow the digital piece that just thinks they're designed by the financial sector to celebrate itself ok let's look at the other side of the equation or let's look at am

america is still the innovating engine of humankind history in -- and america is still the model of freedomround the world. president donald trump thanks to , you, is in the white house and not hillary clinton. [cheering and applause] i thank god for a lot of things but i thank god everyday for that. president trump is reagan gauging with the rest of the world reassuring our allies and reassuring and reasserting american leadership and priorities. we don't want to be the hegemon but we stand for freedom and there are so many people around the world that i met in the last 3 years that depend on us for encouragement and support because they are fighting for their freedoms. trump is rebuilding our economy, our military and global alliances after eight years of withdrawal for the international scene. he understands it's the future of our republic is at stake. donald trump understands that our republic is at stake. i hope to deliver that message to you. i think it just that seriously. that's why iran for the united states senate. those of you from georgia know this is not a new message for me. i

telling you this is not america. shame on president trump. shame on congressional republicans for their heartless, radical see more mot protesting. i yield back. ms. clarke: i want to thank the gentlelady of the ninth congressional district of illinois. very prominent member of the congressional progressive caucus. for really, again, drilling down on a number of the issues that we all have to grapple with here in congress as members of the house of representatives, of the u.s. senate. that the administration under donald trump has to grapple with anti-american people. we really have -- and the american people. we really have to search our souls at this time. think about the children. we're talking infants who are breast-feeding, taken away from their mothers. we're talking toddlers barely able to talk, aren't potty have to be stacked up with a whole bunch of other children that they have no relationship. we have heard reports of children trying to console one another and being chastised because they are afraid and they only have one another t

america is going to stay in the lead, every year we'll work to make america more competitive, more innote vave and make sure our tax code is more family friendly every year. so there's only one party looking out for the pocketbooks and the hopes and the paychecks of middle class america, and that's the republican party. period. thank you. mr. johnson: this is a rah, mr. chairman and the progrowth policies have helped support local businesses across the nation. we are feeling that everywhere and specifically the tax cuts and jobs act helped us lift the excessive burdens on business and providing more economic growth and opportunity that leads to economic mobility so people can move up the ladder. that's part of the american dream. i've got a prime example for you, just one this morning of the bill's success in my district. i'll tell you about the canal coffee shops, owned and operated by a bosier city, louisiana, native, roderick james. starting in 2016, mr. jamente and his partner priscilla mayfield opened their first store in louisiana. he built the business from the ground up, never too

an asylumf america as becomes incoherent. if we except feudal obligation in its modern incarnation, birthright citizenship, the idea of government by consent and right to immigrate becomes obscured. if we forget consent is reciprocal and the purpose of government is to protect the natural rights of its citizens, then the right and duty to restrict immigration and naturalization becomes nothing but an expression of racism and nativism. if we forget our heritage as a refuge for the virtuous and oppressed of the world, we lose a significant part of what makes exceptional." mr. speaker, i am not an immigration expert. i do know and love the history of our great republic. i speak before america not as a member of any party, but as an american who has nearly given my ine on multiple battlefields defense of her constitution. i'm disturbed at the abandonment of principle by both sides of the aisle, the acceptance of soundbites in lieu of facts, and opposing sentiments used to leverage political power. in our national immigration deba

rajini: this is "bbc world news america." reporting from washington, i'm rajini vaidyanathan.p president trnfirms that the on-off summit with north korea is bk on. ju says he will be heading to singapore for th 12 meeting with kim jong-un. pres. trump: i think w going to have a relationship and it will start on june 12. rajini: europe, mexico, and canada pledged to retaliate on the tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. >> it has been a crazy, crazy ride. rajini: penny findsim hself of the center of the news after a finds himself he at the center of the news after a case of mistakeny. identit rajini: welcome to our viewers on public televisionarn america annd the globe. after days of uncertainty, we now have confirmation that the ndghly anticipated summit between the u.s.orth america is going ahead. president trump made the announcement today aftmet with the first official from north korea to ever visit the white house. kim yong chol, a close aide to kim jong-un, was in washington to hand dever a letter to mr. trump. chris bu

america does that in its own way. there's no criticism, but we have to understand that our basic value system of governance, western democracy and what it stands for, independent media, rule of law, free speech, electing your government, that is a system under challenge today. and for the first time since the 1950s, there's a group of countries saying your system doesn't work and ours works better. in those days it was the soviet union saying we may not be democratic but we can deliver for our people more efficiently more protuckively than you can. in the end they lost that battle. they didn't lose it because democracy was a better idea. they lost it because democracy delivered more for its people. today you have the strong man concept of all government, you need one leader, they take the decision, drive the thing through, and it has attractions for people. >> let me ask you to respond to this. this is from the brookings institute. make no mistake there's an concerted attack on the constitutional liberal order and it'

america is the greatest nation on earth. now, after the 2016 election was over, i spent some time thinking "great." word to be a great country, one has to be a strong country but strong is only one dimension. another is being good. we were talking about america's conflict at the time in the middle east. he said, i want to make something clear. america is the greatest nation in the history of their. in the history of the earth, whenever there has been conflict between two nations, one takes land from the other. historyone nation in lay down the lives of hundreds of thousands of sons and daughters. only one nation has taken no land. america is the greatest nation on earth. have taken iswe enough land to bury our dead. we are strong state. the fastest growing economy in the country. we are also a good state of good people. over 50,000 raise their hands. i see some volunteers here. what i have learned is, when the it, ifo needs needed i'm lucky enough to become the united states senator, i would everything in my power to keep am

n a cage in america. what have we become. what has america become. hat we would take children and their parents who have come take eking refuge, we the parent away and we put the children in a wage cage. what has america become? that we would allow this to happen? whatever the reason is for their arrival at our border we know this about them. they came here seeking the very best of america. the promise of this country. and we put them in a cage. what has america become that we would allow this to happen, that the man in the highest office of this nation would ake it the policy of america o cage children. that the man who occupies the highest office in this land would make it the policy of this nation, a nation whose , putation was one of humanity of concern, and fundamental morality, that the man who occupies the highest office in this land would put in place olicies that would make this young girl cry. for her parents. is this the america that we want? is this the america we have ome to be? is this the america who lost its moral compass who believes

america doesn't want that. but again, the hard-right acolytes who president trump listens to want to use the courts to roll back america's rights and privileges. we can be sure that the next nominee will obfuscate, deny and hide behind the judicial dodge, i will follow settled law. as we saw this week in the janus decision, settled law is only settled until the justices on the supreme court decide it isn't. and yesterday they reversed 40 years of precedent in a ruling that stretched the meaning of the first amendment to meet their ideological predispositions, their antiunion bias. already there's a case wending it's way through the courts that questions the the constitutionality of the health care law by repealing the coverage requirement, republicans have removed the foundation upon which the chief justice based his ruling to uphold the law. if the change in the law changes justice roberts' mind, which is very likely, and the new jurist is as biased against our health care system as president trump said he or

america's going to stay in the lead, every year we're going to work to make america more competitive, more innovative and make sure our tax code is more family friendly. every year. so there's only one party looking out for the pocketbooks and the hopes and the paychecks of middle class america and that's the republican party. period. thank you. >> this is a new era, mr. chairman. the pro growth policies put in place by this congress and the republicans that have led it helped support local businesses across the nation and we are feeling that everywhere. specifically the tax cuts and jobs act helped lift the excessive burdens on business and promote job growth by provide manager economic opportunity for more people and that leads to economic mobility so that people can move up the ladder and that's part of the american dream. mr. johnson: i've got a prime example, just one, of the bill's success in my district. canal coffee shops, owned and operated by a bossier city, louisiana native. he and his partner owned their anchor store in a small town in louisiana he built the business from

trump also dislikes america's military alliances and would work against them.rump believes in his bones that the global economy is unfair to the united states and finally, trump has an innate sympathy for authoritarian strongmen. all of these other things that mr. wright said in early 2016 have proven to be exactly true. this is what president trump is demonstrating. >> right. you know, that's the interesting thing here is that what we're so busy watching the chaos and the improvisation and the spontaneous making of policy and the whole reality show quality of this, but meanwhile, under those waves, under those whitecap waves, there's a remarkably steady understanding, you could call it understanding or misunderstanding, but an understanding about the way the world is organized and the way in which he does not like the role of america in the world and wants to change that. so he is going to just keep driving and driving and driving at these same points for the duration of his presidency either for the next two years or six years. there's nothing surprising. he'

growing quite well without america america will grow well on her own because she's putting in massive budget stimulus and that budget stimulus i think which current which will coincide with china's purchases of raw materials with the way the european union is beginning to take off i think that's going to lead to big inflation problems down the road now that might if you like put an extra spin into this. if you like trade towers type thing because they did because this is bound to increase protectionism i think in europe and also possibly in america ok then what is the role of the world trade organization i mean in a again this is western driven the rules were conceived by the west and china did join in a lot of people said took advantage of it that's a different topic and subject and program itself here but it seems to me when we have so many of these large economic blocks or powers squabbling among themselves then the whole point of having the world trade organization is really quite meaningless and what about nafta and why and what about. if if it breaks it happens what kind of rela

the soviet union america collapse roughly at the same time for roughly the same reasons and now america is having its boris yeltsin moment with donald trump so that he talks about the racist outcomes of the education system and part of it is caused by the prison system takes up so much of the state budget so there's less available for california schools and these schools if you look at per capita spending on students it's actually the fourth lowest in the america also they have you know the pro immigration policies which but don't have the funds to adapt to the all the languages spoken in the schools so all the classes are held back because a lot of the students don't speak english which is fine if they just teach them all to be bilingual instead but they're all having to catch up on english but he says that progressive leaders who daily denounce republicans as racist have blithely presided over a significant decline in the academic performance of black and latino eighth graders relative to their counterparts in other states today less than forty percent of non white non asian students

this is an america first bill. it secures america's southern borders. i encourage my colleagues to embrace their oath and recognize their service to these citizens that depend upon sound, decisive measures from this body. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from mississippi is recognized. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. we all recognize the sovereignty of our country but we also recognize its diversity and we all are immigrants so let's get over it. mr. speaker, i yield one and a half minutes to the gentlelady rom new york, ms. rikse. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for one nane minutes. >> it is a shame we are sitting on two harmful bills, when we know the bill introduced by representatives aguilar and hurd has the votes to pass on the house floor. iss rice: this bill would give daca recipients the status and security they deserve. it would secure our borders without wasting taxpayer money on a wall that wouldn't make us safer. the bills being considered today are not what most ame

america has know-how and resources. aversion to getting involved in things that are difficult, we will have to tackle that if we are going to be able to help a critical part of the world have a better future which is essential to our future as well. [applause] nicholas: thank you. megan has written a great new book which looks set energy transformations, which we highly recommend. to complains going you gave david's by novel the buzz. y novel the buzz. nicholas: david, it is great to have you here. you have been in syria, you are been tracking this tragedy. how do you make sense of this? if you were to buy's president trump, what should he be doing -- were to advise president trump, what should he be doing? david: syria is a tragedy. we watch it and we feel a sense of horror for what has happened. painful. that is the starting point. in covering secretary clinton when she was secretary of state and her middle east views, i was struck by two things. first, she was always ready to use american power to maintain the condit

this is america. if you work hard and play by the rules you should be able to provide by your family and provide your kids with a better life and you had. we should always honor hard-working a good wage and benefit. democrats have an old plan to make sure that happens. starts with the introduction today it will ensure public safety have -- can have a fighting chance to get ahead in the country. when we take back the house will move forward on the bill that supports working families. the supreme court has tremendous power, congress has tremendous power to. we can elect people and put policies in place to provide better jobs and wages for all americans. this is a moment that will test the character of our country and the soul of this nation. we will approve that were in america where everyone can get ahead. people have the right to organize and collectively bargain to ensure a better future mac okay. are we getting fired up? , will -- the morning everybody this morning i'm reminded of a quote from ronal

social reforms for long as a jew in america. black communities in large cities like los angeles and detroit often exploded in violence some urban areas resembled war zones with block after block in smoldering ruins and soldiers patrolling the streets. bobby continued his travels around the country stopping off in mississippi to see for himself the horrors of abject poverty. what he saw shocked him to the core. to. get blood. like that. now bobby understood. we have a gallery area it began i've been here in the bank and i think people. i think i mean can compare without it not with one a month ago but we know that. we know that. and will know that we can do something about. these cross-country journeys helped bobby kennedy to develop his true political and philosophical convictions he would now fight for social justice in america a better society for his children to grow up and he had moved beyond protecting and promoting kennedy family interests. but it was the vietnam war that was to become the turning point in his political de

in america the united states of america's military almost once a month now we see a plane fall out of the sky in training exercises. in many cases we're losing men and women that are in those planes that are dying because the department of defense hasn't had the tools they need to provide basic equipment and supplies for planes. last year we saw almost by a 3-1 ratio more deaths to men and women in uniform from combat training exercises than we saw in combat. a 3-1 margin. this is something that needs to be addressed. it's been needing to address for a long time and we are addressing it with this bill. i as we pass it through the house we see the senate act quickly on this bill too. i am glad yesterday the senate voted by large margin, i believe 86-5, to pass three of the appropriations bills that this house has already moved. we are finally seeing a working appropriat p. i think it's important for the country. we will address a number of other issues. obviously on immigration we will be moving a bill that addresses the president's request. we have a bill that actually funds the wall,

the young america's foundation is important.t's important because we need people like yourself who are willing to learn conservatism, debate conservatism, and stand up on campuses and newsrooms and other settings. in the long run, we it gives us a high likelihood of running. it takes people like yourself who are willing to do the work and make the arguments. i'm honored to be here. thank you for letting me talk. [applause] [applause] >> thank you for being here today and for watching on c-span. for more information you can go to our website. the speaker will be taking photos in our lobbies. please exit and line up. there's stuff left over in the kitchen if you like to help yourself. i know you need to get back in for your next session. you have a copy of the book and we will do a photo line if you want another book you can ask the staff. thank you for joining us. we hope to see you again. [inaudible] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] >> c-span, where history unfol

after america's credibility -- america's credibility went down, when president trump walked away from the deal -- i think that is absurd. i heard some people say that. you lost credibility with your enemy, is that where credibility is important? if they understand, now, that president trump is not prepared to accept a bad deal that will endanger america in the future. that is a good thing. that is pretty good, before you sit down with a resume like north korea, believe me, he is more concerned after trump walked away, then if you just would've stayed in the agreement, and everyone would have applauded themselves on the back -- patted themselves on the back, as they sat in the stands. >> you mentioned syria, that has been a tragic thing to watch unfold. you see different estimates, of 300,000, 400,000, 500,000 deaths -- iran has moved in, russia has moved in, turkey has moved in, and alleges it looks like we may have been able to stamp that down a little bit, however. -- and it looks like we may have been able to stamp that down a little bit, however, there has recently been military a

trying to get to between america trying and also america and also america and russia on on trade andrussia on on trade now when it comes to the e.u. now when it comes to the e.u. i think that's a slightly different thing i think that's a slightly different thing because the e.u. is the one because the e.u. is the one that protection technician is bliss block lock yeah yeah i think america is protections as well but i think america's protections as well but i so i certainly don't we don't see it see russia russia and china and the behind of being protected protection actionist just. and this idea that this idea that by putting it putting up. trade trade barriers barriers or to sort tariffs that you can repeat huge you can reduce use your credit deficit for cit that seems that to me is that me is a complete complete misnomer misnomer or because there's a trade the trade deficit deficit is compression prised of the excess ised of the excess production of production of mob money within the economy within the economy economy. and and this is why this is why you are you get that get the tw

your country values you, america would not be america without you. he held their hands.ws. and he lifted their spirits. he wasn't radical or revolutionary but he was human. and willing to be vulnerable. this was his greatest gift to give. he felt so intensely the suffering of others and from that pain arose the moral force to relieve it. he saw their dreams and dared to ask why not? >> today we also remember a father who delighted in the laughter of his children and his long walks with his dogs, football with his family, the smile of his wife. we celebrate a leader who had potential and every child in 54 a a government that did the same. we we commit ourselves to his higher calling with everything at stake today, of the country who accepts for who you are. [applause] the 255 years ago and is very place a family friend stood and recalled the journey of my grandfather. then just ask months into his term, bill clinton eloquently recalled a man who went places most leaders never did and listen to people most leaders never hear and spoke a simple truth most leaders never spea

crown jewel of america's humanitarianism. and in order to do away with that crown jewel, they are doing away with children being with their moms. i just even know why there aren't uprisings all over the country. maybe there will be when people realize that this is a policy hat they defend. it's a horrible thing. and i don't see any prospect or legislation here. reporter: why not? ms. pelosi: what do we do here? we do nothing. we do nothing. this could have been something taken up under suspension in a minute if there was a real sincere effort. you don't even need to do it. it's executive action, by the attorney -- attorney general. it can be changed. just like that. just like that. es, ma'am. reporter: yesterday on your plan to get a better deal for american workers, illegal aliens in the united states and work here -- [inaudible] c.n.s. news. ms. pelosi: i'm not familiar with that. i welcome you and your question. that's not the point. using terminology like illegal aliens illegally entering the country is just not viewed as