she has a long history in texas politics, formerly worked for former governor ann richards and she currently serves in the elections economy. anden last, certainly not least, anden last, certainly not least, we havey carlos cascos, current secretary of state, one of government abbott's first appointments when he was elected. he is a former democrat from -- before switching parties to the republican side. where he was elected cameron county commissioner and later became the county judge before being appointed. thank you all for being here. with really appreciate it. we've done several iter ace rations of this panel. last year the gop leading into the 2014 gooper in a tore elections, but this year a presidential coming up. we have a very, very crowded

s/anne richard/asst. secretary of state for population, refugees, and migration "applicants to the u.s refugee program are currently subjected to the highest security checks of any category of traveler to the united states. these safeguard include biometrics and fingerprint and biographic checks, and a lengthy overseas interview by specially trained dhs officers. on wednesday, president obama vowed to veto the bill. 31 governors are now saying they want to close their borders to syrian refugees... including iowa however... there is at least one iowa mayor who is fighting back. the mayor of swisher, chris taylor, says he will welcome syrian refugees into the small town he signed a proclamation saying he welcomes all visitors or residents -- refugee or otherwise. he says while he understands the security issues at hand, he believes this is the time of the year to have compassion. note: super @ :5 s/ christopher taylor/ swisher mayor "for me, it was really a question of how do we want to approach this situat

host: anne richard --arshad ishaan, thank you both for being part of "newsmakers." c-span.org for your best access to congress. all persons having a business before the supreme court, give their attention. forced interment of japanese americans during world war ii. tsu took his case to the supreme court. after the attack on pearl sent thehe president japanese americans to internment camps across the u.s.. they were a hundred feet wide. they did not have ceilings. freezing evenen in the daytime. the only ceiling that they would have would be a potbelly stove. challenging the evacuation -- r, fred coral motz to korumatsu. peter irons. karen korematsu. executive director of the fred t korematsu institute. the coral motz to life before during and after the court decision. on the case as you watch, order the landmark case at c-span.org. all campaign long, c-span takes you on the campaign to the white house. news conferences, or rallies, speeches. cover ispaign event we available on our website at c-span.org. former mayor and governor, martin o'malley held a town hall at

today from thes state department is the assistant secretary of state anne richard. thank you very much for your time. secretary richard: thank you. host: in studio we have a foreign policy correspondent for reuters and a writer for "the washington post." first question. reporter 1: good morning. there was a recent eu report that suggested -- projected that by the end of next year the european union could see as many as 3 million refugees arrive at his borders. can you give us a sense of the scale of this crisis and how much worse it can get, even from now? we have seenhard: hundreds of thousands of people from around the world flowing to europe over the last several months. this is not a new migration. there have been people taking tes acrossation rou the mediterranean, from libya to fory, from turkey to greece years now. what is different is the scale of the crisis, that so many have moved in such a short time. many in the western balkans route are coming from syria, but there also people from iraq and fromnistan and many sub-saharan africa as well. this is very muc

assistant secretary of state anne richard told a house judiciary committee panel that refugees face intensive screening by several federal intelligence, security and law enforcement agencies including the fbi's terrorist screening center. here in central iowa it has to happen sometime. we're talking about the first snow of the season. and with the potential snow coming tomorrow retailers across the metro have been busy getting plenty of shovels and de-icing materials ready for shoppers. workers at true value in west des moines say winter necessities are selling fast. right now there is plenty of sunshine outside. is this just the calm before the storm? jason: it is and it's pretty windy out there. a relative term, calm before the storm. a lot of snow for some of this has we had wrote the day tomorrow. we will talk about the rush-hour commute tomorrow and how they could be impacted around the winter storm watch. this goes all the way through saturday morning and you can see it is expanding southward. it includes des moines and the extreme southern portions of the state. even if you are not inc

deirdre: i want to mention, ann richard of state department highlighting fact that u.s.es in 70% of the world's refugees, often, people go back to their home countries. so, should that mitigate the way we all think about this. >> absolutely not. we have wide open borders, we're taking in refugees now, if he has his way, with minimal vetting process, that is called sleeper cell for a reason. what happens what they are activated. deirdre: i want to ask you about a threat that isis ahead via video, about times square. you have said you think that isis is more capable of carrying out attacks. this is not first time this particularlycasion ha location has been highlighted. >> it will be a greater impact on the world now. we are wide open target, nypd is one of the best police departments in the world, i am friends with bill bratton but if you have a self-activate terrorist or a terrorist cell going into a wide open space that a big confidence for them. deirdre: i read since 9/11 u.s. taken in 7 50,000 refugees, however you want to call them, we have not had one arrest for dom

worked for former governor ann richards and currently serves on the election committee and last but notst we have secretary of state, current secretary of state, one of governor abbots 1st appointments when he was elected. the former democrat before switching to the republican side. he was elected commissioner and later became the county judge. thank you all for being here. we appreciate it. they have done several iterations of this panel. leading into the 2014 gubernatorial2014 gubernatorial elections, but this year we have a presidential coming up. on the republican side, you asked me year ago, with my 1st question be about donald trump, i would not have believed you. we have a very crowdeda very crowded republican field in which the front runners at the front of the field this by some of the rhetoric we have heard. mexico is not sending their best to the us. joe republican struggle? an election in which you can gain more hispanic support after a dismal turnout in the last election? >> you looking at me. >> pass it on. not only of national interest but international interest. i hope y

she worked with former governor ann richards. she is on the elections committee. last but not least, we have the secretary of state. he is the current secretary of state. he was one of governor abbott's first selections when first elected. he was a former democrat, but then switched to the republican side. he later became the county judge. thank you for being here. we appreciate it. we have done several iterations of this panel. last year, we were doing it leading up to the 2014 gubernatorial elections. this year, we have a very crowded field. on the republican side, if you asked me a year ago when we started talking about the panel if my first question would be about donald trump, i would not have believed you. we have a very crowded republican field where a front runner is at the front of the field. he says mexico is not sending its best to the u.s. they are rapists and drug dealers. do the republicans on this panel struggle -- how do you look ahead to the election in which you can gain more hispanic support after dismal turnout in the last election? how do you

in fact, we had a hearing in the helsinki commission with assistant secretary ann richard.ked about the vetting process after i asked her about it. and basically, chris, five agencies are going to vet these folks before they come and settle in our country. the problem is, you've got too many people involved. no one has veto power over the other. >> do you have evidence to present the 1700 are connected to terrorism or any reason to suspect they are? >> look, after last friday night, i think for those of us who have a keen interest in protecting our country, we ought to hit the pause button, rethink what we're doing. >> just on that question -- >> right now we don't know. >> just to -- >> the fbi said they can't vet the people because they don't have a data base. don't you think we need a data base first? >> congressman, is it your understanding, as it is mine, that the folks carried this out in paris are european nationals, belgian citizen, french citizens. are you in support of stopping for instance the visa waiver for french or belgian citizens? >> look, i'm in favor of p

eric metax host: joining us today from the state department is the assistant secretary of state anne richard. thank you very much yo

>> my colleague ann richards is here with mr. rodriguez a few years ago to talk about refugee admission policy and the numbers i think as of today are a little over 2000 syrians and we are planning to admit some more. they estimate very strict vetting requirements and research into their particular circumstances and background. i don't have an answer why the christians are underrepresented. >> one of the challenges the christians are generally not in refugee camps so they will be spread out to the population whether it's in the basement of a relative or in some church basement or some other circumstances cordoned into some definable entity like a refugee camp. that's part of the problem but clearly this segment of serious population is under greater stress as are others. >> mr. fortenberry we entirely agree that these communities are under enormous stress and we have been in close contact with them through their religious leaders both in the country and their religious leaders here and the u.s.. .. just aa great, bipartisan thank

ann richards left that debate not knowing what had happened to her. and we keep talking about trump and we keep talking about carson. we keep talking about the failures of american democracy. i think so much of it has to do with the failure of the republican establishment in not putting forward a strong enough candidate to step forward and make the clear argument they're entertainment. they're fun. i laugh at them when i listen to them. now let's figure out how to win this race, beat hillary clinton, take back the government, cut taxes, balance the budgets and end these wars. >> you know, joe -- >> go ahead, doris. >> i was going to say to joe whatever you may think of newt gingrich and when you came in in 1994, which is part of what the new book about teddy kennedy is about, he had a program. people behind him. they fought for it. you lost some. you gained some. there was a sense of ideas driving the process. you just don't feel that in this election that the ideas are really what's in front. it's the people. >> and i will tell you, nicole, i said th

i said, i want to run against ann richards. she said, you are not going to win. gee, mom., we defend accountability and we als becomeg princip the leaders they should be. lead thee women will freedom movement in the middle east. i believe strongly that freedom is a universal right. i believe freedom is the only way for peace, and i believe women will lead the movement. we are helping women in tunisia and egypt to become leaders and change the society for the sake of pace. we are working with presidential 41's, 42's,bj's, and 43. we launched a presidential leadership scholar program. we take talented professionals from all over the country, all fields of work, and we develop a curriculum that will sharpen their leadership skills by using case studies at each presidential library. those who have served in our ackitary have a special kn for leadership. i am asked, do you miss being president? i miss some things about being president. i miss having a shower on an airplane. [laughter] mr. bush: i miss the pastry chef. i miss the people with whom i serve. i do not miss much else

texas and because of edge kax, i remember calling my mother, i said, mother, i want to run against ann richards believe so strongly in education reform. she said, you're not going to win. gee, mom. so, at the bush center, we defend accountability in our public schools and we're helping principals become the leaders they should be. i believe women will lead the prix dom movement in the middle east. i believe strongly that freedom is a universal right. i believe it's the only way for peace. and i believe women will lead the movement and therefore, we're helping women in tunisia and egypt become leaders to help change those societies for the sake of peace. we're working with presidential libraries, there's some good assets called presidential libraries, lbjs, 41s, 42s and 43s. dad, clinton and me. along with lyndon johnson, so we launched a presidential leadership scholars program. now, here's what we do. we take talented professionals from all over the country, all walks of life, all fields at work and develop a circumstance lum that will sharpen their leadership skills by using case studies at e

anne richard, the assistant secretary of state for the bureau of population refugees and migration atu.s. department of state. prior to her appointment, ms. richard was vice president of government relations in advocacy for the international rescue committee, the irc and international aid agency that helps refugees internally displaced and other victims of conflict. ms. richard? >> thank you very much, senator johnson, senator carper, all the senators on this important committee for holding this hearing today on the impact of isis on the homeland and refugee resettlement. i have provided some testimony that talks about the humanitarian assistance we provide overseas, the diplomacy in the humanitarian area. working with other countries but what i would like to focus on right away is the refugee resettlement process. i know the attacks in paris last friday evening raised many questions about the spillover of not just migrants to europe but also the spread of violence from war zones in the middle east to the streets of a major european capital. let me assure you that the executive branch

texas, because of education, i remember calling my mother -- i said, mother, i want to run against ann richards. i believe so strongly in education reform. she said, you are not going to win. gee, mom. [applause] president bush: so at the bush center, we defend accountability in our public schools, and we are helping principals become the leaders that they should be. we believe that women will lead the freedom movement in the middle east. i believe strongly that freedom is a universal right. i believe freedom is the only way for peace. and i believe that women will lead the movement. therefore, we are helping women in tunisia and egypt become leaders to help change the societies for the sake of peace. we are working with presidential libraries, there are some good assets down in our part of the world called presidential libraries. lbj's, 41's, 42's, and 43's. that would be dad, clinton, and me, along with lyndon johnson. we launched a presidential leadership scholars program. here's what we do, we take talented professionals from all over the country, all walks of life, all fields of work, and

she has a long history in texas politics, formally worked for former governor ann richards and she serves on the elections committee. last but certainly not least we have secretary of state carlos cascos. he is the current secretary of state. he was one of governor abbot's first appointments when he was elected. he was a former democrat from the rio valley before switching party to the republican side where he was elected county commissioner and later became the county judge before being appointed. thank you for being here, we appreciate it. we've done several iterations of this panel. last year we did latinos in the gop leading into the 2014 gubernatorial elections but this year we have a presidential coming up. we have a very, very prouded fie -- crowded field. on the republican side, if you ask me a year ago if my first question would be about donald trump i would haven't believed you. but here we are. so we have a very prouded republican field in which the front-runner is at the front of the field despite some of this rhetoric we've heard of him calling -- saying mexico isn't sending

saying the terror group' s commanders in syria- planned ann directed the violence. sot richard clarke: "there is a specific unit on the organization charts of isis for external attacks" the french air force -quickly responding- opping more than 20 bombs on the defacto isis capital of raqqa in northern syria? as police continue to look for others with links to the attacks- the heartbreak still pierces- from paris - to california. sot tim mraz, nohemi gonzalez's boyfriend: 'she'll always be in my heart, and i think she'll gonna be in everyone else' countries around the world are still on high alert this morning after the attacks in paris on friday. authorities evacuated a plane heading from boston to washington y ysterday because of susupicious activity. this is video of passengers finally arriving to their destination later in the day. american airlines flight 2124 was about to depart from ronald reagan washington national airport when the crew expressed concerns about two passengers. everyone on board was told to get off the plane while authorities swept the aircraft. :56-1:06

at anne: what he looking inflation? richard: it is 100% priced in. interesting to me is whether that robust debate is existing in the ecb as well. francine: richard, great to have you on the program. jones. jones -- richard next.llance is up i am in london. tom keene is in new york. we will be talking about the terrorist attack in paris. we have a great debate on oil. we will be joined by john studzinski from a black star. coming up next. ♪ ♪ francine: the hawks are in a fed rate hike. next up, the jobs report. trading around $40 a barrel. does that mean more qe for the ecb? are live in the french capital. good morning, this is bloomberg "surveillance." i am francine lacqua in london with tom keene

first, we are pleased to welcome back the honorable ann c. richard, who serves as assistant secretary of the bureau of population refugees and migration for the department of state. she has served as the vice president of government relations and advocacy of the international rescue committee and was a non-resident fellow for the center for trans-atlantic relations at johns hopkins university's school of advanced international studies. welcome back, ma'am. second, we are pleased to say hello to the honorable leon rodriguez, the director of the united states citizenship and immigration service. previously, mr. rodriguez served as the director of the office for civil rights at the department of health and human services and before that, served in the united states attorney's office for the western district of pennsylvania and was a trial attorney in the civil division of the department of justice. welcome, mr. rodriguez. and now we also welcome back a good friend, senior deputy assistant administrator thomas dahl of the bureau of democracy at usaid. he

ann olivier bell and reuben sammy were unable to travel. however, bernard taper, richard barancik, motoko fujishiro huthwaite, and harry ettlinger are with us today. so, too, are 175 family members of monuments men since passed. our founding fathers committed to us the cause of freedom, the monuments men did no less for the respect and preservation of our shared cultural treasures. as early as 1942 george stout, who would become the leader of the monuments men in europe and establish their operation in post war japan, argued for the creation of cultural preservation officers during war to safeguard these things will not affect the course of battles, stout wrote, but it will affect the relations of invading armies with those people and their governments. to safeguard these things will show respect, the beliefs, and customs of all men and will bear witness that these things belong not only to a particular people but also to the heritage of mankind. the death of two monuments men during combat, british major ronald balfour and watcher would seem to argue that art is worth th

anne richard. we are delighted to have mr. leÓn rodrÍguez, we are delighted to have mr.eth jones and we are delighted to have mr. mark. with that, ms. richards, i would recognize you for your five-minute opening. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman and thank you to the subcommittee for holding this important hearing at such a key moment in the discussions about the programs of very successful program that the u.s. government has to bring refugees to the united states so they can restart their lives after living through very, very difficult situations of war and persecution. i know the murderrist attacks in paris have raised many questions about the spillover of not just migrants to europe but also the spread of vile -- violence. let me assure you that the entire executive branch and state department that i represent have the safety and security of americans as our highest priority. as an essential fundamental part of u.s. refugee admissions program, we screen applicant rig -- rigorously and all under go screening involving multiple agencies, law enforcement agencies inc

proposed vertical and horizon to a second story single-family homes on ann district attorney street between 45 and 46 avenues in the outer richard the proposed third story sixth district from the existing front wall to the existing rear wall the proposed emotion and guess will extend beyond the day and night and first and suzy loftus a 10 foot beyond the rear addition at the first and second story it includes the major remodel and exterior modifications the subject property is one is of 6 single-family homes conducted in the 1920s both corners chooshd by larger buildings the massing the 2 of the 6 single-family homes have been altered two doors to the east has a setback third story and the house to the etc. of the subject property extends to the front and rear thirty wide by 90 feet deep in the rh1 district the rear property line abuts the side and rear yard of the property that fronts on 46 after the exist front yard is thirty feats and the proposed depth is 22 feet the dr requester is many is mona the owner on ann district attorney street east of the subject property many 134 west concerns with the property according to the dr

first, we are pleased to welcome back the honorable ann c. richardrtment of state. she has served as the vice president of government relations and advocacy of the international rescue committee and was a non-resident fellow for the center for trans-atlantic relations at johns hopkins university's school of advanced international studies. welcome back, ma'am. second, we are pleased to say hello to the honorable leon rodriguez, the director of the united states citizenship and immigration service. previously, mr. rodriguez served as the director of the office for civil rights at the department of health and human services and before that, served in the united states attorney's office for the western district of pennsylvania and was a trial attorney in the civil division of the department of justice. welcome, mr. rodriguez. and now we also welcome back a good friend, senior deputy assistant administrator thomas staal of the bureau of democracy conflict and humanitarian assistance at usaid. he has served in usaid since the late '80s and served as the di

anne richard, the assistant secretary of state. ior to her appointment, she was with the international rescue committee, and international aid agency that helps refugees displaced in conflict. ms. richard: thank you very much, senator johnson, senator carper, all the senators on this committee for holding this hearing today on the impact of isis on the homeland and refugee resettlement. i have provided some testimony that talks about the humanitarian assistance provide overseas, that talks about our diplomacy in the humanitarian area. what i would like to focus on right away is the refugee resettlement process. i know the murderous attacks in paris last friday evening have raised many questions about the spillover of, not just migrants to europe, but also the spillover of violence to the streets of a major european capital. let me assure you that the entire executive branch and the state department i represent here today has the safety and security of americans as our highest priority. we screen applicants rigorously and carefully i

richards created the christmas extravaganza to raise money for canberra's sudden infant death syndrome anne hathaway has some baby news. that's coming up.... and the fab 294! it's a new world record for << >> actress anne hathaway and husband adam shulman are expecting their first child. that's according to e! news. the couple married in september 2012. "the intern" star told vogue in 20-13 that she looked forward to having a family. the royal family has released adorable new photos of princess charlotte charlotte is six months old now. these photos were taken in early november by her mom, duchess kate, at the family's home in norfolk. princess charlotte is fourth in line to the british throne. she was last seen in public for her christening in july. over the weekend, mexico set a world record for gathering together the largest number of people dressed as members of the iconic rock band, the beatles. two-hundred- ninety-four people gathered in a park in mexico city dressed in costumes reflecting the group's various styles over the decades. that broke the previous record of 250 people. mexic

anne makovec, kpix 5. >>> today a parole hearing happens for the last chowchilla bus kidnapper still behind bars. frederic woods is now 64. his two accomplices richard and james schoenfeld have already been released. they all received life terms for hijacking a school bus in the 1976 and putting 26 children in an underground bunker. the victims were able to dig out and escape. woods has already been denied parole 15 times. >>> union workers plan to protest at the san francisco airport today to support airport workers who were staging a one-day strike at 6 other u.s. cities. cabin, terminal cleaners and wheelchair attendants at other airports are calling for better wages and union rights. san francisco workers won't actually strike but will hold a demonstration at terminal three this morning. >>> time now 5:09. shocking video this morning shows a chopper spinning out of control. in the end it turned fatal. we have details straight ahead. >> it's one of the bay area's premiere wedding venues but neighbors say it's a nuisance. more on the wedding war just ahead. >> boy, great visibility there. but from our kpix 5 weather center, we are going to be chec

proposed vertical and horizon to a second story single-family homes on ann district attorney street between 45 and 46 avenues in the outer richardroposed third story sixth district from the existing front wall to the existing rear wall the proposed emotion and guess will extend beyond the day and night and first and suzy loftus a 10 foot beyond the rear addition at the first and second story it includes the major remodel and exterior modifications the subject property is one is of 6 single-family homes conducted in the 1920s both corners chooshd by larger buildings the massing the 2 of the 6 single-family homes have been altered two doors to the east has a setback third story and the house to the etc. of the subject property extends to the front and rear thirty wide by 90 feet deep in the rh1 district the rear property line abuts the side and rear yard of the property that fronts on 46 after the exist front yard is thirty feats and the proposed depth is 22 feet the dr requester is many is mona the owner on ann district attorney street east of the subject property many 134 west concerns with the property according to the dr appli