. >> the cuban american national foundation has provided an antidote to the big lie of castro's cuba.ashington the foundation would gain virtual veto power over u.s.'s policy towards cuba. >> every presidential candidate would come down and make a speech about how rotten and awful fidel castro was. and we got to preserve the embargo. it was totally cynical and shallow and nothing changed. >> i saw castro the other night on television and he's not looking good. you are going to win. and i'm going to be down here and i'm going to watch you win. i don't know what capacity -- i'll either be the greatest developer in the country or the greatest president that you've had in a long time. i'm not sure. >> the collapse of cuba's economy tore at the revolution's proud achievements in education and health and stirred popular discontent. castro responded by unleashing a new wave of my grant -- migrants to the united states. he allowed them to leave only aboard whatever rafts or boats they could build themselves. sensing castro's weakness, they tried to ratchet up the cooperation from washington.

even the cuban american national foundation retreated, appealing to an exile community less defined by we definitely began focusing on a younger generation both here and in cuba. we have to talk to their hopes and aspirations. they're going to be the key to the future. >> first american president in 88 years touched down just a few moments ago here in cuba. ♪ ♪ >> i have come here to bury the last remnant of the cold war in the americas. havana is only 90 miles from florida. but to get here we had had had to travel a great distance. over barriers of history and ideology, barriers of pain and separation. in many ways the united states and cuba are like two brothers who have been estranged for many years. ♪ i want the cuban people, especially the young people, to understand why i believe that you should look to the future with hope, hope that is rooted in the future that you can choose and that you can shape and that you can build for your country. [ speaking foreign language ] ♪ [ speaking foreign language ]. >> did i want him to stay in america? selfishly, yes. he was going to have sch

national foundation. >> we saw this young boy who lost his mother at sea. i thought the cuban americanhould use this as messaging of a human story, a human tragedy. that's why we brought attention to something we needed to stop. >> this is a typical tragic miami story that has to do with people trying to leave cuba and drowning at sea. we sent it out to a lot of different media. all of a sudden it became a national story. >> they made t-shirts with elian's picture on it. it caught the interest of fidel castro immediately. it made fidel castro focus laser beam on elian and said i'm going to use this opportunity to get back at the miami community and he did it perfectly. [ speaking foreign language ] [ speaking foreign language ] >> nbc news in-depth the struggle over a little boy. >> even his new puppy came from a member of congress. >> on sunday castro demanded the u.s. return the boy in 72 hour. >> the white house doesn't want this to become a big incident. >> america has determined enemies who hate our values. >> we've just begun to fight. >> of course i would rather grow up in the u

national foundation. >> we saw this young boy who lost his mother at sea. i think the image that everything cuban americans american national foundation should use this as messaging of a human story, a human tragedy. that's why we developed a poster from the campaign to bring at attention to something we need to stop. >> this is something that they wanted to capture the story and make castro laser focus on the story, and he wanted to get back at the miami community, and he did it perfectly. [ speaking foreign language ] [ speaking foreign language ] [ speaking foreign language ] [ speaking foreign language ] >> nbc news in-depth the struggle over a little boy. >> even his new puppy came from a member of congress. >> on sunday castro demanded the u.s. return the boy within 72 hours. >> no one has the right to steal the boy from his father. >> the white house officials clearly don't want this dispute to become a big international incide incident. >> don't forget that the country is an election campaign, says castro. >> america has determined enemies who hate our values. >> we've just begun to fight. >> of co

american people. he previously served as the national director of voter registration of americans for prosperity and a americans for spirited foundation. he also is a former east coast regional director for both organizations and served as a state director for new hampshire , starting the chapters for those groups in 2008. esther lewandowski also worked as director for the northeast region for the republican national committee as well as senior positions with several members of congress. he received his ma in political science from the university in d.c. gton, please join me in welcoming corey are lewandowski. [applause] >> i want to first express how grateful i am for the privilege to come here and speak with you they, and understanding history of this amazing organization is important to me. left out isgressman that i am a bit of an ohio native in the sense that i was a chief of staff for an ohio candidate. i would -- that was a that ranonal district north and south along 77. i know ohio well. i understood the importance of the city club in the suit came before me. i don't read and or purport to be of the caliber of people who spoke

american people. he previously served as the national director of voter registration of americans for prosperity and americans for prosperity foundation. he also is a former east coast regional director for both organizations and served as a state director for new hampshire, starting the chapters for those groups in 2008. mr. lewandowski also worked as director for the northeast region for the republican national committee as well as senior positions with several members of congress. he received his ma in political science from the university in -- from the american university in washington, d.c. and a ba in science from the university of massachusetts. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming corey are r. lewandowski. [applause] corey: thank you, congressman. .hank you dan thank you members of the city club. i want to first express how grateful i am for the privilege to come here and speak with you today, and understanding the history of this amazing organization is very important to me. what the congressman left out is that i am a bit of an ohio native in the sense that i was a chief of staff for an ohio congressman and a l

but they're very few things that are american but that is korean the stand america to be a nation that celebrates the capacity the people with different foundation no commitments to live together with something approaching one of. that is a christian and american sought. >> we will open to the audience. we have people with microphones and to identify which silo you come from. >> and i am a big fan of yours i am a political liberal but i am working on the book right now with the polarization. disease that study in response to your book the least likely to use the internet are more polarized? it ended in 2012. >> guided read the paper. it shows the young people more likely to use the internet with a lower degree increase of polarization than older people who do not. it is a very gross account not that's it is disgusting but it operates with real aggregates.is so that hypothesis and the paper does falsify that thepo what we don't know whether social media use is a polarizer and what is going m on with those older people? there is something happening there. >> but that is usually true older people are more likely to have a fixed party identification

the solid foundation we need to rebuild trust with the american people that we will be enforcing the laws and protecting our nation. with that, i would like to turn to senator tillis. >> thank you, senator barrasso, and cornyn for the leadership on this important issue. both senator cornyn and barrasso have talked about at the element s of the bill. i would like to talk about why i believe we should get bipartisan support for the bill. senator cornyn's opening comment s he talked about an approach that increased the situational awareness and some operational integrity down on the border. if you are against the wall and in the group of people that think we need bridges not bod ders, think about the humanitarian crisis that will continue if we don't increase situational awareness and operational control. anybody the more than 10,000 people who have tied crossing the border by human smuggler who has left them for dead and literally 10,000 people have lost their lives. we need to know where they are. we need to hold them accountable for crossing the border illegal ly. we want to keep them alive. the other side of the

the solid foundation we need to rebuild trust with the american people that we will be enforcing the laws and protecting our nation. with that, i would like to turn to senator tillis. tillis: thank you, senator barrasso and senator cornyn for your leadership on this issue. both senator cornyn and barrasso have talked about at the elements of the bill. i would like to talk about why i believe we should get bipartisan support for the bill. senator cornyn's opening comments he talked about an approach that increased the situational awareness and some operational integrity down on the border. if you are against the wall and in the group of people that think we need bridges, not borders think about the , humanitarian crisis that will continue if we don't increase situational awareness and operational control down there. think about the more than 10,000 people who have died crossing the border by human smuggler who has left them for dead and literally 10,000 people have lost their lives. we need to know where they are. we need to hold them accountable for crossing the border illegally. but we want to keep them alive. no

he served as national director of voter registration of americans for prosperity and americans for prosperity foundation. he also is the former east coast regional director for both organizations and served as hampshirector for new starting with chapters for those groups in 2008. mr. lewandowski worked as political director for the region for the republican national committee as well as senior and senior memberss with several of congress. he received ma in political science from the american washington d.c. political science from university of massachusetts. ladies and gentlemen, please welcoming corey r. lewandowski. congressman. thank you dan for the invitation. members of city club. express howrst grateful i am for the privilege to come here and speak with you today. understanding the history of this amazing organization is very important to me. left out was, i'm a native. ohio know ohio well. during my time here, understood importance of city club and the luminaries who come before me. or pour port to be the caliber of the people who you. before i want to thank you for the opportunity to be here. th

talking about now in the united states is how to shake the foundations of american democracy by allegedly hacking into the democratic national committee and possibly even into local electoral offices. what kind of world are we in? is it now multipolar? are these the three big powers that we should be thinking of and watching and this trilateral relationship? is it important? is the u.s. still the preeminent power? david, you're looking at me. you made the mistake of making eye contact. [laughter] >> i won't make it again. [laughter] i think this actually is an absolutely key question. what kind of world are we living in? are we seeing the formation of some kind of new international system and what will it look like? if and when it emerges? discussion isof on this, i am not sure what it would look like. we are not in the old system. bipolar, it is not the unipolar moment that was invoked after the collapse of the soviet union. it is not quite multipolar. it is trending in that direction. and their meeting in early this month, vladimir putin and xi jinping called for a multipolar system. the fact that they are calling for it m

strategicson and economic importance for both of our nations, very much so, the foundation of our friendship is our shared love of freedom, on behalf of all americans, i on 100ulate you anniversary of finland's independence, 100 years. centennial finland's , the united states is contributing a half million dollars to the finland foundation through the fulbright program, we are sending more and more of the best and brightest to finland. forging lasting connections between americans and ends. i applaud finnish companies for the community increased investment in the united states, adding new technologies and adding good jobs for hard-working americans, thank you. partnership is rooted in our shared values. as president, we discussed and look forward to further strengthening these bonds of culture, commerce and cooperation between our two countries so that our citizens and our nations can thrive and prosper together. thank you mr. president, i would like to take you very much >> mr. president, i want to thank you for your very kind words. and i just want to tell you that pleasure and honor to be here today. for theyou also discussions we have had. utmo

incentives and foundation funds to help create services for the huge number of people, one in every six americans. >> it sounds like a meg question. >> at the foundation we work with national-profits and companies to help them expand their disability inclusion programs. we have what we have pulled together as a collaborative nine other national foundations that fund's disability issues and it's really a learning lab for us. we share types of projects that we are funding. we co-funds together projects all with a focus of outcomes. the workplace initiative has been up and running since 2014 and we set an aggressive goal at this time of 7500 new jobs for people with disabilities by the end of 2017. that all is staring me hard in the face and 2017 that we are at 6500 jobs now so i feel confident we will make by the end of the year. all of that is to say there are lots of foundations and more and more foundations aren't focusing on disabilities. their lawn has been a disconnect between social justice and disability. you've seen a lot of foundations that would fund health care or poverty. all of these things focus on individuals with disabilities so disabilities are becoming mor

is how it was able to "shake the foundations of american democracy," by allegedly hacking into the democratic national committee even into local electoral offices. so what kind of world are we in? if it multi polar? are these the three big powers we should be thinking of and watching? is this trilateral relationship particularly important, are is the u.s. still the preeminent power? david, you are looking at me so i will ask you. you made the mistake of making eye contact. [laughter] >> i want -- won't make it again. [laughter] >> i think this actually is an absolutely key question. what kind of world are we living in? are we seeing the formation of some kind of new international system? what will it look like if and when it emerges? there's a huge amount of commentary and discussion on this. i'm not too sure what the new system will look like. i think we are not in the old system. it is not bipolar. i think the unipolar moment that was invoked after the collapse of the soviet union, it is not polar,ulticolor -- multi trending in that direction. in their meeting earlier this month, vladimir putin and

a national survey by the nonpartisan kaiser family foundation finds most american believe it is timehe gop to give up trying to replace the affordable care act. four in five people want the trump administration to take actions to help the health law function properly rather than trying to undermine it. only three in 10 want the republicans to keep trying. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton, this is bloomberg. scarlet? -- julie? julie: thank you, mark. coming up, jcpenney, the bearer of more bad news for department store investors. where the retail chain goes from here. on why crocs is a retail win this friday. from new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ this is bloomberg markets, i'm julie hyman. we are seeing stocks take a little bit of a leg off of their tohs here as we had closer the weekend. people are not wanting to be long or not as many people want to belong. we are looking at the three major averages here. we have them all trading lower half of their highs of the session. they're kind of close

nations, very much so. the foundation of our friendship is our shared love of freedom. on behalf of all americans, i congratulate you and the finish people on the 100th anniversary of finland's independence, 100 years. it's fantastic. in honor of finland's centennial, the united states is contributing a half million dollars to the fullbright finland foundation. through the fulbright program, we are sending more of our best and brightest to finland, forging lasting connections between americans and fins. we will benefit both of our companies. i applaud finnish companies for the increased investment in the united states, adding new technologies and adding good jobs for hardworking americans. thank you. he u.s.-finish partnership is - u.s.-finnish partnership is rooted in our shared values. as president, we discussed and look forward to further strengthening these bonds of culture, commerce and cooperation between our two countries so that our citizens and our nations can thrive and prosper together. mr. president, i'd like to thank you very much for being at the white house and great meeting in the

policy committee and in the house and i actually was also the national chairman of the american conservative union founder of the heritage foundation and chairman of the pack and i'm finding myself constantly looking at some of the positions that are movement takes today and trying to figure out how they square with what are movement once was and i'm somebody who has not gone to see hamilton and i would spend a lot of money to see a play on the madison. that gives you a sense of where i am coming from. i would disagree on one area that i think is important and the declaration of independence which we just celebrated is aspirational and political. it lays out the case for an action and it lays out grievances that have held us to that option for the constitution is lost in the constitution is the supreme law and it's the constitution that is not a political document. it lays not out only the structure but it's limits on what government can do and very specific limits not only in the body of the constitution but added to the bill of rights. i think it is too easy to look at the constitution and dismiss it as something that it was a bu

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things that are un-american but that is un-american where we understand america to be a nation that celebrates the capacity of people with different foundational commitments to live together with something approaching love. i have a different doctrine. >> let me open this up to the audience for questions. we have people with microphones to go around and i would like to ask you to identify yourself in organizational affiliation which silo you come from. >> i am a big fan of yours and political liberal but a lot of times fights in the cultural wars but i'm working on a book right now and interested in polarizations. did you see the recent study people were talking about in response to your book that talked about how people least likely to use the internet are more polarized and i think the fact that it ended in 2012. >> i have read the paper by two excellent people so the paper finds it's been greatest among older people and young people especially likely to use the internet to show a lower degrees to the degree of polarization in this period. it is a very gross accounts not in the sense there's nothing disgusting about this paper but it operate

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nations. very marginal. the foundation of our friendship is our shared love of freedom on behalf of all americans, i congratulateinish people on the 100th anniversary of finland's independence. 100 years. fantastic. in honor of finland's centennial, the united states is contributing an additional half-million dollars to the fulbright finland condition. through the full bite program, we are sending more of our best and brightest to finland, forging lasting connections between americans and finns. on the economic front, we seek fair and reciprocal trade to benefit both of our countries by applauding their increase investment in the united states and in new technologies and adding good jobs for hardworking americans. thank you. the u.s. finish partnership is rooted in our shared interest in common values. as president, in the usa, and i want to thank you, president. we have discussed and look forward to further strengthening these bonds of culture, commerce, and cooperation between our two countries, so that our citizens and our nations can thrive and prosper together. mr. president, i want to thank you very much f

nations, very much so. the foundation of our friendship is our shared love of freedom, on behalf of all americans.you and the finnish people on the 100th anniversary of finland's independence. 100 years. that is fantastic. in honor of finland's centennial, the united states is contributing an additional half million dollars to the fulbright finland foundation. through the fulbright program, we are sending more of our best and brightest to finland, forging lasting connections between americans and fins. on the economic front we seek fair and reciprocal trade to benefit both of our countries. i applaud finnish companies their commitment to increase investment in the united states and adding new technologies and adding good jobs for hard-working americans. thank you. the u.s.-finnish partnership is rooted in our shared interests and common values. as president, and i must say, i want to thank you, president, we discussed and we look forward to further strengthening these bonds of culture, commerce and cooperation between our two countries, so that our citizens and our nations can thrive and prosper t

nations. very much so. the foundation of our friendship is our shared love of freedom. on behalf of all americanshe finnish people on the 100th anniversary of finland's independence, 100 years. that's fantastic. in honor of finland's centennial, the united states is contributing an additional half million dollars to the fulbright finland foundation. through the fulbright program, we are sending more of our best and brightest to finland, forging lasting connections between americans and fins. on the economic front, we seek fair and economic reciprocal trade for both our countries. i applaud them to increase investment in the united states, adding new technologies and adding good jobs for hard-working americans. thank you. the u.s. finnish partnership is rooted in our shared interests and common values. as president, and i must say, and i want to thank you, president, we've discussed, and we look forward to further strengthening these bonds of culture, commerce and cooperation between our two countries so that our citizens and our nations can thrive and prosper together. mr. president, i would like

nations. very much so. the foundation of our friendship is our shared love of freedom. on behalf of all americans i congratulate you and the finnish people on the 100th anniversary of finland's independence. 100 years. it's fantastic. in honor of finland's centennial, the united states is contributing an additional half million dollars to the fulbright finland foundation. through the fulbright program we are sending more of our best and brightest to finland, forging lasting impressions between americans and finns. on the economic front we seek fair and recip roqual trade and i applaud to increasing the technology and adding good jobs for hard working americans. thank you. the u.s./finnish partnership is rooted in our shared interests and common values. as president and i must say i want to thank you, president, we have discussed and we look forward to further strengthening these bonds of culture, commerce and cooperation between the two countries so that our citizens and our nations can thrive and prosper together. mr. president, i'd like to thank you very much for being at the white house and we

be with all of y'all and welcome you here to washington d.c., the nation's capitol, and most importantly, the young american foundation. i know there are students from all across the united states and a lot of colleges and universities represented here. what i like best is you're self-determined, you're self-motivated to learn, to be bolstered with information and ideas, to improve your own lives and the lives of the people in the communities and states in which you reside. it's good to see you at this conference for a variety of reasons. it's a historic time but it's one where -- i know president ron robinson of the young americans foundation, ron, where the heck are you? there you are, deep center field. ron robinson is just a fantastic president of the young americans foundation. what they do is just fantastic. there's no better organization focused on young people. all of y'all are the future of our country and making sure that you understand those foundational principles, whether they're george washington's, thomas jefferson or the modern day political hero, ronald reagan. and it's beyond just the united states.

american history tv on c-span3. the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates, and visiting cities across the country. >> the young america's foundation of its national conservatives didn't conference this week in washington, d.c. this year's events include remarks the study of bridge design. froo talks about free speech on college campuses. this is just under one hour. [applause] harmeet: i would like to share with the berkeley case and the background and give you tips and suggestions at the end of my comments about how to deal with these issues on your own. campuses and there's going to be time for q&a as well. so, kimberly mentioned by tremendous vails with free speech at dartmouth. i just came from a radio interview with laura ingram who was on the board at dartmouth, so i had some good teachers and mentors when i was a young college student at dartmouth. and those are some of my best friends today. and we're still fighting the same battles, just kind of disappointing. i think the stakes are higher now than they were at dartmouth so to set the stage here and i so to set the stage here and i hope i don't bore you with dry, constitutional law, but,

nations. very much so. the foundation of french of is our shared love of freedom. on behalf of all americansatulate you and the finnish people on the 100 anniversary of finland's independence. 100 years. fantastic. in honor of finland's centennial, the united states is confronting an additional half-million dollars -- is contributing an additional half-million dollars to the fulbright foundation. through the program, we are sending more of our best and brightest to finland, forging lasting connections between americans and finns. on the economic front, we seek fair and reciprocal trade to benefit both of our countries. i applaud finnish companies for their commitment to increase investment in the united states, adding new technologies and adding good jobs for hard-working americans. thinthank you. partnership ish rooted in our common values. as president, i must say i want to thank you, president, we have discussed and look forward to further strengthening these of commerce, cooperation between our two countries so that our citizens and our nations can thrive and prosper together. mr. presid

americans. so that's why we recommend eliminating these programs, such as the corporation for national and community services, corporation for public broadcasting, the national foundation for the arts and humanities, the export-import bank, the minority business development agency, and the department of energies loan programs. but efficiency isn't just about rightsizing the government and reducing, eliminating or moving programs read. run. it's making sure the government is doing its job through oversight and accountability. that's why we recommend making regulations subject to meaningful review and not getting certain exemptions such as the irs exemption for tax related regulations, making them all subject to the same reviews. we recommend evidence-based policymaking within the office of management and budget. and then we do have places where there are plenty of accountability programs such as the va. we identified 31 different accountability and program management programs there, and yet they are scattered again. so if you put all those accountability programs into one place within the va you would better serve veterans as well as taxpayers. finally because personnel

american history tv on c-span3. the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates, and visiting cities across the country. >> the young america's foundation of its national conservatives didn't conference this week in washington, d.c. this year's events include remarks the study of bridge design. froo talks about free speech on college campuses. this is just under one hour. [applause]

nation and presents policymakers with significant challenges. we need to take steps to reform our broken tax code to lay the foundation for long-term prosperity for all americans. and as i've mentioned before, i've been working on international tax reform for some time so that we can be competitive overseas. if we do that, something in that international area will help to right the ship by pulling the international system into the 21st century making us more competitive overseas and having the possibility of bringing more revenue back to the united states to be invested in american businesses. and i've been working with senator portman to make that happen. from a broad perspective, can you explain what the administration believes is the appropriate way for reforming outdated international tax rules? >> well, senator, the administration is supporting a territorial tax system. and more than that, i think the to, through tax reform to develop a competitive international tax system. in 1986 the internal revenue code was state-of-the-art. other countries admired what we had done. we had broad -- a broad base, we had low rates and went to school on what congress had

strategic and economic importance for both of our nations, very much so the foundation of our friendship is our shared love of freedom. on behalf of all americansthe 100th anniversary of finland's independence. 100 years. fantastic. in honor of finland's centennial, the united states is couldn't bursting an additional half million dollars to the fullbright finland foundation. through the fullbright program we are sending more of our best and brightest to find land, forging lasting connections between americans and finns. on the economic front we seek fair and reciprocal trade to benefit both of our countries. i applaud finnish companies to their commitment to increased are investment in the united states, adding new technologies and adding good jobs for hard working americans. thank you. the u.s.-finnish partnership is rooted in our shared interests and common values. as president, and i must say and i want to thank you, president, we've discussed and we look forward to further strengthening these bonds of culture, commerce and cooperation between our two countries so that our citizens and our nations can thrive and prosper together mr. preside

the mission from the foundation is to increase the number of young americans who understand and are inspired by the ideas of individual freedom, a strong national defense, free enterprise and national ideas. let me introduce one of those speakers. johna goldberg is a nationally syndicated columnist. he is also a weekly columnist for the los angel"los angeles t also an contributor to fox news. "the atlantic" magazine identifies him as one of the top 50 commentators in america. he has written on politics, media, culture for a wide variety of publications and has appeared in numerous radio programs. please help me give a warm welcome to jonah goldberg. [ applause ] >> i feel like i should be selling sham wow. great to be here. it has been a while. i used to do these every summer and then i started going on three state killing sprees instead. so, it was a long and generous introduction. but as those of you who have heard me speak know, if it is not brought up, i feel compelled to do it myself, when the la times publicly brought me in as a columnist, barbra streisand canceled. i have been buried working on a new book in my house sort of like a howar

american security. that will be then followed by professor -- over the national university in taiwan, and then professor scott casner. >> dean, thank you. it's a great pleasure to be back at the heritage foundation which really has been a repositoriy for u.s.-taiwan relations for decades, as we just hear from our opening speaker eloquently sure. add it was decades ago i was learning quite a bit about taiwan from dean chang, as a young, very bright young man who is still a very bright young man but a little older, and doing great work. he is the moderator, i'm the speaker so i have to shay being that u.s. taiwan relations with the trump administration and the new administration. was at the white house yesterday. can tell you this administration is starting to come together but still lagging behind, i think what expectation was be and hopes would be for appointments of key people but these are coming very shortly and some very good people in the wings ready to go in. that will be very familiar to people who watch u.s.-taiwan relations. i think the basic point i would make here about the trump administration's taiwan policy is that the status quo is the current means bit it's not an end. and what i