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

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

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

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

[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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,

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

between america trying to and also america and russia on trade now when it comes to the e.u. i think that's a slightly different thing because the e.u. is the one protectionist bloc yeah i think america is protections as well but i certainly don't see russia and china being protectionist and this idea that by putting up trade barriers or tariffs that you can reduce your create deficit that to me is a complete misnomer because the trade deficit is comprised of the excess production of money within the economy and this is why you get the twin deficits effect and this is why if you get one country turning to save more than the other country you want to turn to get a trade deficit so it's those are where the imbalances start from and i think that's something that really needs to be addressed and i just hope that behind all this rhetoric that either donald trump or his advisors actually understand this point and know when to leave i'm going there to find i would draw and i'm glad you brought that up because you know i'm going to syria right now is just in the word steve said annou

. >> 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. ♪

my recent movie was called "hillary's america." it's more critical o the sub title of that movie is "the secret history of the democratic party." in that movie i show that many of these things that are now blamed on the right or on america, were actually perpetrated by the democrats. the democratic party is the party of slavery and segregation and jim crow and the ku klux klan and opposition to the civil rights movement of the 1960s and those are simple facts. >> bristol, virginia, democrats line, ali. >> yes, mr. d'souza i want to ask you a few questions. do you believe president obama is an american raised by an american family, and is culturally american that doesn't have any cultural background as a kenyan? yet, you went to kenya and interviewed his brother that said he wast takinge of them because he's t his brother's keeper. how do you tie that together -- i'm an african and i know what our people do. they are dependent on america, and i don't know your background, but you are indian or something. i'm sure you're familiar to

america is a great nation, community, family and america is our home and we love our home.one better than it's doing right now. record numbers at the outpost. you take a look at what's going on, lowest unemployment numbers we've had, lowest african-american unemployment in the historyf country, lowest hispanic members in the history of the country, lowest numbers of women in 21 years we've created $7 trillion of value in the country since the election with the largest economy in the world and getting a both larger and faster. it's happening quickly, quicker than i even thought. we are doing great and all of those people that we honor, some of t a right here at many of them are looking down on our country and they are very, very proud. so we stand together for freedom and we stand together for patriotism and we proudly stand for our glorious nation under god. i want to thank you all for being here. this is a beautiful celebration to be honest it's even bigger than we anticipated. thank you very much and god bless america. [applause] ladies and gentlemen please join us in sin

this is the "united shades of america." to explore the vast topic that is latinos in america, i'm in los angeles. los angeles has a population of 3.8 million people, and nearly half of them are of latino descent, and the rest of them are kardashians or married to a kardashian or waiting for a kardashian to get divorced so they can marry them. i'm looking at you, khloe. normally when i go to l.a. i go to hollywood or beverly hills for my big-time show business meetings with my big-time show business agents who never return my calls. big-time. but this week i'm going east, east l.a. and boyle heights. those neighborhoods are just slightly more latino than the rest of l.a. by slightly, i mean they're both well over 90% latino. east l.a. and boyle heights are located on the eastern edge of los angeles. geographically it's not that far from beverly hills. but let's just say i feel like i owe my high school spanish teacher an apology for saying, why would i ever need to use spanish after i graduate? the history of latinos settlin

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

, what has america done. we talked about the marshall plan. the marshall plan was absolutely key in putting america into a role where we were for our own national interests understanding what would happen if europe went communist. and so we have been able to think about how the national interest plays into our role in the world. so what happened, and i was at the united nations in 1993, and partially there was a question as to whether americans were interested in foreign policy. especially after the gulf war and a number of issues and things were resolved and it was the end of the cold war. and so we had to make clear that our engagement was very important. president clinton was the first one to use the word indispensable. but i used it so often that it became identified with me. but there's nothing about the word that says alone. it just says we need to be engaged. americas don't like the world multi-lateralism. it has too many syllables and ends in ism. it's basically a partnership. that'shymeca needs to be

investment and trade in the americas. journal" "washington live every day with the news and policy issues that impact do you. we are live in lansing, michigan for the next stop on the 50 capitals tour. democratic congressman will be on to talk about immigration policy. george mason university's house onlaw challenges facing social security funding. join the discussion. tuesday was the 50th anniversary of robert kennedy's assassination. next, we hear from former clinton andll grandson joseph kennedy paying tribute to the late senator. this is about an hour and a half. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen please rise for the invocation by father matt malone. >> let us pray. we meet not in a moment of morning but an hour for help. for this memorial is not only our remembrance of things past , but the touchstone of our present. and the right of dedication to our future. we gather here in this sacred place for the memory of all of our fallen heroes for our hearts with the highest aspirations of the nation to proclaim to our fellow ci

they want this body to stand up to america's adversaries and stand up for america's laws and values. they want to us reassert our power as a co-equal branch of government. trump is tearing down america's alliances. we must preserve them. trump is sucking up to dictators and regressive regimes around the world. we must condemn them. more importantly, trump and his cronies are using the presidency to enrich themselves and we must stop them. let's put an end to the trump business model, quid pro quo, play to -- pay to play, this for that. i look forward to the day my republican friends are courageous enough to say out loud what many whisper here in these hallways. coddling chinese companies like z.t.e. is reckless and bad for america. they are using high office for personal gain is flat out wrong. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: members are reminded to refrain from engaging in personalities towards the president. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. fitzpatrick, for five minutes. mr. speaker, k: i'm proud to recognize today a teacher i

america needs good union jobs. although i will soon be retiring after 30 years in public service, i will continue to stand with my union brothers and sisters to fight that more working people have access to unions. i'm doing this because i remember those days when i didn't have a union job. it was scary. however, joining it provided me the support and job security and benefits like paid sick leave. when i needed to have surgery, i was able to afford it and take off work to recover thanks to the benefits we were able to negotiate for in our contract. being a union member has provided me with emotional support on the job. i have gone to work every day knowing that i had a place to speak up for myself as well as my co-workers. when i think about how being a part of a strong union has changed not only my life, but the lives of so many working people, i'm grateful. it also makes me angry that the supreme court made it easier for anti-worker extremist to rig the economy furtherer. however, we won't let any court case sta

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'

as an american, it sound like the america america i fought for. immigrants have defended their country with their lives. the soldiers were immigrants. one was not even a citizen but humanly.d possible and we must reject a dangerous proposal creeping into the immigration measures, namely that nonpermanent residents can earn a residency by military service. we have long accommodated them to earn their citizenship. but to place them makes us no etter than a foreign legion. statue of liberty does not wear a blind fold. that is reserved for lady justice. with the laws ever americans on one hand balanced on those seeking citizenship. americans are not flooded by immigrants. we are well below the norm historically. e are starved by restrictive policy that meets neither the lamp nor the economic. lady liberty must raise her arm and keep her torch burning brightly rather than a stiff arm and middle finger. her word must not say send us your physicians and if we use xenophobic, the enemies win. and what makes america exceptional dice, period. we have so los

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

welcome to the counsel civil americas. it's a real privilege to welcome all of you back here for what promises to be a fabulous conversation on venezuela and what's next for that deeply troubled nation. my name is eric farnsworth and i head the washington office of the council which for over 50 years has bane leading voice in the promotion of democracy, open markets, and the rule of law across the americas. on sunday, may 20th, the venezuelan regime led by nicolas maduro essentially reelected itself with elections that were rejeblingtd with unanimity by the international community. subsequently the united states and other nations have imposed further sanctions against the leaders of that regime in an effort 10 to courage venezuela to return to the democratic path. in response, venezuela declared persona non grata in two states and the united states has retaliated in kind. venezuela has wants latin america's wealthiest nation with the world's largest preserves of oil now experiences hyperinflation, shortages of food and med

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

and north america is going ahead. president trump made the announcement today after he met 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 deliver a letter to mr. trump. chris buckler reports. chris: the white house made a point of doing everything but rolling out the red carpet to welcome a former north korean intelligence chief. in the past, the united states has accused kim yong chol of crimes and an attack that killed dozens of south korean seamen. but today he was whisked through security to meet the president inside the oval office. and there, behind closed doors, he was handed the much talked about letter from kim jong-un. they emerged side-by-side after more than an hour of discussions. a remarkable sight given that last year the two countries appeared close to conflict. but after all that talk of war, there were brief smiles. it seems they are prepared to discuss peace after all. the summit is back on. pres. trump: w

the miss america pageant is scrapping the swimsuit competition. >> what? >> yeah, gretchen carlson, a former miss america, and the organiza there, just revealed the change. the competition is also swing up the evening wear portion. women will not be judged on the gown they choose. instead, they will be asked to demonstrate their passion, intelligence, and overall understanding of the job of miss america. >> it's going to be what comes out of their mouth that we're interested in, when they talk about their social impact. >> trevor: wow. no more swimsuit competition. this really is great news for the miss america pageant, and devastating news for all the young boys who have no access to porn. ( laughter ) and i think it's great that they tried to remove the objectifying element from miss america, right, but i think they're underestimating the reptilian brain of men because if you remove the swimsuits, you realize men are just going to find something else to perv. guys will be at home like, "oh, man! check out her biochemistry degree. yeah!" you think about i

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

in america. that communities in large cities like los angeles and detroit often exploded in finance some urban air. 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. of the. jet lag. like. now bobby understood. i'd be a little gallery area if he and i here in the think that i think people. i think i'm in eastern kentucky but out of not. one a month ago well we know that. we know this. 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 desti

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. every from frederick douglass to susan b. anthony that came together and women were granted the right to low. we look back at 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 japane internment 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 internment. future generations will look back on this moment. they will look to see whether we affirmed that in america we don't injure and imprison children. we protect them. they will look back to se

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

[applause] i heard after about the america's credibility that america's credibility went down when presentump walked away from the deal and that is absurd. your credibility with your enemy and that is where it is most important flu up because now your enemy understand that president trump is not prepared to accept the bad deal that will endanger america in the future. that is a good thing. [applause] that is pretty good before you sit down with a regime in north korea and that north korean leader was more concerned that if trump walked away [inaudible] >> you mentioned in syria and that has been a tragic thing to watch unfold. you see different estimates of 2000, hundred thousand, 500,000 isn't civilians killed and iran his student, russia has moved in, turkey has moved in and the dispute with the kurds although looks like we might have been able to tap that down a little bit. what is the solution to that conflict or is there one and given the fact that it is happening right on israel's border there has recently been military activity along the golan heights and what needs to be done in is

and places like that, people say welcome back, america. i mean, i used to go there in the previous administrations time and everybody would say what is wrong with america? we are seeing a big difference that i see from a global, economic upturn. steve: because of trump. >> i would say. so because he has removed so many legislative. steve: red tape. >> shackles that were put on this country. now why are starting to see money flow back into this country. see money coming back into the country. brian: real quickly are you worried about trade and what's going on right now because you are international. >> i am. i think he is on the right path. quite honestly. america from what i have seen and heard and read and what you report on all the time i think it should be reciprocal trade. why not? when did you go to a business meeting like i'm going right from here, did you go to a business meeting. when you get up from that table, everybody has got to feel like they got up from the table equal.

donald trump is going to shape america. her right in that fat ugly face of hers and i'd say, rosie, you're fired. >> trevor: the power to redefine what america is, this guy. >> binge, bing, bong, bing, bing -- >> trevor: seriously, this guy? >> trump steaks are by far the best tasting most flavorful beef you've ever had. >> trevor: out of all the people it could have been, this guy? >> i've said if ivanka weren't my daughter, perhaps i would be dating her. ( audience reacts ) >> trevor: hey, hey, you never know with the new supreme court, that could be legal. you never know. that's what you work for. you never know. he's there, like, that's what i have been working for, folks. i have been really trying, baby. trying to hold back these feelings for so long! ( laughter ) ( applause ) ( cheering ) anyway, a supreme court judge stepping aside is never a small thing, but this one could have especially far-reaching consequences because, while anthony kennedy was generally conservative, one of the notable things that he did was co

the body within the state department that oversaw voice of america. was drafted in to boost the agency's prestige in practice he did more than that this memo from morrow to the cia director of the time offer the support of the u.s.i.s. cuba broadcasters to aid the cia in its efforts to overthrow the castro government broadcast could urge cubans mars said to engage in relatively safe forms of sabotage if will results were achieved he continued the voice of america could report these as evidence of opposition to the castro regime through interviews with refugees and extracts from letters. the one nine hundred seventy s. saw efforts to create more distance between the government and its broadcasters in one thousand nine hundred ninety one the cia's funding of radio free europe radio liberty was revealed and swiftly terminated five years later a law of creating voice of america's current charter was passed including a barrier a kind of file intended to prevent government interference before was often trotted out as an example of the shield that enables re