national security team at the center for american progress examines last week speech by secretary ashton carter on the reforms being made to the goldwater nichols act being touted as the most sweeping in a generation. gerald ryle, the director of the international consortium of investigative journalism who talks about the impact of the u.s. plans to stop tax havens like panama in light of last week's release of the panama papers. on thecy spring campaign organization's plans to protest in washington this weekend. it begins live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on sunday. join the discussion. you served as president of ,he national cable association president and ceo of the national cellular telecommunications and internet association. you have been a venture capitalist. since 2013, chairman of the federal communications commission. your first federal job. how is it different from your previous position? >> it follows the other position. what i was fortunate enough to be able to do in the is to be involved as they were bringing great changes to the american economy. and the way they live their lives. that i

ashton carter is a man i've had the privilege of working with from his 40 years.s at the office of assessment years ago. i remember distinctly once when i interviewed -- he interviewed me i should say for a job and -- at a place then called pa&e diddecided i was not a -- i not have what it took to to be a success there. i do not resent that. [laughter] since that time, we have had the privilege of working closely together for many years. i'm very honored he is here. he is doing just a spectacular job. with your applause, would you please welcome ashton carter and thank him for coming? [applause] secretary carter: thanks very much, john, for that warm introduction, but more importantly, for many years of friendship, of guidance, and of wonderful service to our country over some many years, not to mention your leadership of this institution. it is a pleasure for me to be here at csis this afternoon. since it was founded over 50 years ago, the center for strategic and international studies has come to be considered one of the preeminent security focused think tanks h

come in on -- coming up sunday morning, last week's speech by defense secretary ashton carter on the reforms they made to the goldwater-nichols act of 1986, counted as the most sweeping in a generation. then the doctor of investing -- international consortium of investigative journalists talks about the impact and effect of havens. plan to stop tax in light of the release of the panama papers. also, a plan to protest in washington this weekend. be sure to watch c-span's " washington journal" beginning live at 7:00 a.m. eastern sunday. join the discussion. >> now remarks from homeland jeh johnson.etary he talks about ways his agency has been defensive, the defensive nature of his work, and rhetoric from the 2016 presidential race is making his job protecting the country more difficult. this is half an hour. mr. wheelock: my name is tom wheelock of creative associates. since the tragedy of 9/11, the united states and international partners have been combating threat of terrorism on multiple fronts. it is a threat that is neither constrained by international borders or limited to a sing

ashton carter is a man i've had the privilege of working with from his 40 years. he was at the office of assessment years ago. i remember distinctly once when i interviewed -- he interviewed me i should say for a job and decided i really was not up to what it took to be a success. i do not resent that. [laughter] time, we have had the privilege of working closely together for many years. i'm very honored he is here. he is doing just a spectacular job. with your applause, would you please welcome ashton carter and thank yo him for coming? [applause] secretary carter: thanks very much, john, for that warm introduction, but more importantly, for many years of guidance, and of wonderful service to our country over some many years, not to mention your leadership of this institution. it is a pleasure for me to be here at csi s this afternoon. since it was founded over 50 years ago, the center for strategic and international studies has come to be considered one of the preeminent security focused think tanks here in the nation's capital. you provide important ideas and s

ashton carter is a man i've had the privilege of working with for almost 40 years. we first met when he was at the office of assessment years ago. i remember distinctly once when he interviewed me i should say for a job and decided i really was not up to what it took to be a success. i do not resent that. [laughter] since that time, we have had the privilege of working closely together for many years. i'm very honored he is here. he is doing just a spectacular job. with your applause, would you please welcome ash carter and thank him for coming? [applause] secretary carter: thanks very much, john, for that warm introduction, but more importantly, for many years of friendship, of guidance, and of wonderful service to our country over some many years, not to mention your leadership of this institution. it is a pleasure for me to be here at csis this afternoon. since it was founded over 50 years ago, the center for strategic and international studies has come to be considered one of the preeminent security-focused think tanks here in the nation's capital. you provide i

. >>> the defense secretary ashton carter as arrived in baghdad for a surprise visit, and we'll talk about how the u. s. can support the iraqi forces in defeating isis, and they are considering several options, and including -- including boosting the number of troops in a rough period -- or (operator instructions) -- iraq. . >>> this 24-year-old student is in iraqi refugee. he boarded a flight to oakland, but before the plane to call, he called his uncle in baghdad and was speaking in arabic about a speech he had attended by the u. s. -- un secretary- general and someone heard him talking about isis, and he was removed from the plane in question by authorities before later getting a refund for the flight. southwest issued a statement saying that the student was removed from the plane on what it called "a potentially threatening comment made aboard an aircraft and further discussion. they have not received a complaint from the student and he is not responded after several attempts to reach him. >>> 4:26 am is the time, two employees were injured after a shooting at the alameda conveni

he's joined by secretary of state john kerry and defense secretary ashton carter who has been in talksith his saudi counterparts. there is an elephant in the room -- iran. the saudi's have not look kindly upon improving relations between washington and tehran. the wahhabi kingdom sees it as a threat to their own role in the region. it has weakened the u.s. saudi relationship, but washington has in swift to assure riyadh that caution is the watchword. >> on iran, i noted it the united hates shares with our partners the view that even as the nuclear accord prevents iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, there are many more issues to be concerned with regarding their behavior in the region. that's why the nuclear accord poses no limits on the united states and what we are doing in the department of defense has not changed. tensions between the countries have been stoked by a u.s. buildup that could allow the family of the victims of 9/11 to sue saudi arabia authorities since 15 of the 19 hijackers were saudi's cousins. obama has said he is opposed to the bill. the u.s. president is also at

, the national security team at the center for american progress examines last week speech by ashton carter on the reforms being made to the goldwater nichols act of 1986, the most sweeping in a generation. in the international consortium of investigative journalists talks about the impact of the u.s. plan to stop tax havens like animal in light of last week's release of the panama papers. also, democracy spring campaign director on the organizations plan to protest in washington this weekend. you should wash c-span's washington journal beginning live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on sunday. join the discussion. in his weekly address, the president discusses the economy, corporate tax inversions, and retirement savings. ofresentative bob dold illinois delivers the republican response, discussing how congress is combating opioid and perception drug abuse. president obama: hi everybody. over the past seven years, we haven't just been recovering from crisis, we've been rebuilding our economy on a new foundation for growth. growth that benefits everybody, not just folks at the top. our businesses have c

defense secretary ashton carter was asked about america's military strategy in syria. are intended to defeat isol and regain for local forces the territory now being tyrannized and being targeted as a platform. >> secretary carter said the u.s. has a separate and distinct effort for the political and humanitarian crisis in syria. >>> pryce president biden is making a surprise visit to iraq. he arrived at the baghdad airport a few hours ago. he was greeted by stewart jones and others. biden will meet with local leaders and be talking about the fight against isis. >>> back here at home, police are trying to track down the person who shot and killed a man in the broncos x. this happened in fordham a little after 4:00 this morning. fordham section. police say a 25-year-old man was shot in the face. he died at the scene. police believe the gunman may have been wearing a black mask. if you have any information call >>> new at noon, the 24-year-old autistic man missing for hours in brooklyn has been found safe. he was on a group trip in prospect park when police say he disappeared. he was fo

in a letter to secretary of defense ashton carter, mccain compares the policy to the vietnam war.he senate -- the chair of the senate armed services committee is a frequent critic of the administration's approach to the middle east. a new national security strategy, with recommendations for new overhaul. general joseph dunford, chairman of the joint chiefs, says the pentagon is currently ill-suited to face challenges from nations like iran, russia, and china. the new strategy will allow the pentagon to face more complex fights. last week, secretary of defense urged reforms. changes are happening? >> goldwater nichols is 30 years old. it was structured for a very specific time. the idea was to take some of the power away to make it more joint. the problem is, 30 years later, we are more used to the types of operations like in iraq and afghanistan, which are more about the type of operations. there is the sense that, goldwater-nichols just isn't as useful in the modern era of warfare. you have seen secretary carter talk about this over the past year. >> now the hill has some of its

defense secretary ashton carter, weston in baghdad, says the extra troops would mostly be used to advise iraqi forces closer to the front lines. in libya, the threat of so-called islamic state has led to the new unity government to warn the militant group could take over two thirds of the country. the government of national accord is acting from a heavily guarded naval base in tripoli, but there is one government in tripoli and another rival administration in the east. the fear is that i.s. could benefit from the instability and gain ground. travel toast editor libya with the british foreign secretary. reporter: the foreign secretary has to come to the heavily guarded tivoli naval base to see the new government. after almost three weeks in the capital, the base is already controlled. it is early days of the government and for the band. minister showed mr. hammond small patrol boat that brought the politicians and. , whof libya's militias have been the real power the last five years, improve the aircraft. across the doc was a libyan forget sunk by -- a libyan frigate sunk by i.s. presiden

then, ashton carter will talk about changes to the pentagon's command structure. later, a senate homeland security hearing on terrorism in the united states and abroad. our guest is virginia senator mark warner, a democrat. thank you for being with us. and nielssts are mike . you are up first. >> thanks for joining us today. year in a unique position for a really hot button issue right now. in a unique position for a really hot button issue right now. you are a technologist by trade. you've taken a deep interest in that industry. there is a grand national debate right now about encryption. your colleagues on the intelligence committee are working on legislation to address this issue. can you give us enough on that update on thatan legislation? start tooing to circulate real-time and i'm looking forward to reviewing it. i have the norm's both richard and diane. i've spentarea that a lot of time trying to think through. i have a background in telecom and i.t. we started looking at the question around digital security. butyption is part of that -- it is going to be a

after that, defense secretary ashton carter outlined his plans to restructure the u.s. military. >> the book tells of both the story of the fact that the manuscript come this national treasure is not what we ought while also trying to chronologically think about what was madison encountering at the time and keeping those two narratives straight was quite tricky for a while. >> tonight, on q&a, boston college law school professor mary builder discusses her book "madison hand," which takes a critical look at the notes madison wrote during and after it the constitutional convention. >> he took notes on a sheet of paper. he wrote on the back, across the middle and on the backside. at some point, he sowed all of these pieces of paper together into a manuscript. one of the wonderful things that we noticed when we were down there was that the last quarter thehe manuscript, though -- pieces he had sown did not match the earlier one. this confirmed my suspicion that the end of the manuscript had been written later. it was a wonderful thing to get that feedback in person. at 8:00

ashton carter says nearly 300 troops are with combat aircraft and helicopters remain in the philippinesthe end of the toth part of a buildup inflame tensions with beijing in the south china sea. belton prosecutor says a judge has ordered mohamed abrini and five others be ordered -- be held for another month. abrini, the man in the hat, leaving the brussels airport the morning that suicide bombers detonated suitcases killing 16. president vladimir putin says russia posse economy will be starting to grow next year. leader use the rampy televised event to up his image. global news 24 hours a day, powered by 2400 journalists, in more than 150 news bureaus across the world. i'm david gura. betty: thank you. the banks remain in the spotlight. deutsche bank says it fell systemic failures in internal controls meant to make money laundering and financial crimes. that is a conclusion of report. details were reviewed by toomberg news related russia. that links together. keri geiger has been all over this story. it takingen so great this complicated story in bringing it down to the nets and bolts.

defense secretary ashton carter makes remarks on defense policy the end national security tuesday atator fischer puget and international studies. you can see it live starting at 1 p.m. eastern. >> c-span's annual documentary competition for students. this year's road to the white house. what issues do you want presidential candidates to discuss? winners are from fountain valley, california. they want presidential candidates to discuss presidential funding for citizen suffering from autism. titled "autism is a journey, not a sentence." leah phillips: 1% of the world population suffers from autism spectrum disorder. justin nguyen: that means 5 million americans suffer from autism. leah phillips: the prevalence has been increasing by 6% each year since 2002. justin nguyen: with the rise in the diagnosis, questions arise. the first being what is autism, , and how does it affect such a large segment? leah phillips: we interviewed a doctor from the brain tumor sector to find out. >> by the clinical definition, it is a developmental disturbance that children at a certain age could not meet

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defense secretary ashton carter announced today that roughly 200 additional u.s. troops will be sent to iraq. u.s. advisers will be moving closer to the front lines to help local forces as they move to retake the city of mosul. lester holt is traveling with carter in the middle east. >> i want to be very clear, though. as you adds additional personnel and they are advising lower down the chain, does that put more americans at higher risk? >> the iraqis are still in the lead. that doesn't change. lester, americans are at risk today, every single day here. >> lester holt will anchor "nbc nightly news" from the middle east tonight. we invite you to stay his broadcast after the news. >>> the lives of millions of undocumented immigrants now in the hands of the supreme court. a lot of those families rallied in front of the high court today. they support the president's plan and say it gives them some protection. but the justices have to decide if the president has the authority to keep them here. brian moore joins us live with the latest developments. >> reporter: chris

coming up on c-span defense secretary ashton carter will discuss this afternoon efforts to modernize his department. he's speaking at the center for strategic and international studies here in washington. you can see live coverage of that at 1:00 p.m. eastern on our companion network, c-span. the wisconsin primary live coverage begins tonight at 9:00 eastern. tune in for election results, candidate speeches and viewer reaction, taking on the race for the white house. >> our c-span campaign 2016 bus continues to make stops around the country. recently our bus visited metropolitan arts institute in phoenix, arizona to present winners from the west division. for their first prize video rethinking reform, prisons in america. their classmates won second prize for their video on gender wage inequity in the workplace. our campaign 2016 bus stopped in los angeles, for a ceremony for third prize winner before heading to palo alto, elk grove and rockland, california to present winners in those areas with awards. c-span extends a special thanks to our cable partners for their help in coordinato

president obama and defense secretary ashton carter are flying to saudi arabia today, where they are slated to meet with king salman and leaders of the gulf cooperation council. the anti-war group code pink is planning to stage a mock beheading at the white house later today to pressure president obama to intervene on behalf of saudi youth, including ali al-nimr, who are facing death sentences for participating in protests. earlier this year, saudi arabia faced massive protests after carrying out a mass execution of 47 people, including prominent shiite cleric sheikh nimr al-nimr. the department of justice has launched a criminal investigation into tax avoidance following the massive data leak known as the "panama papers," which revealed how the panama-based mossack fonseca law firm set up a global network of shell companies for heads of state and other elites to store money offshore to avoid taxes and oversight. the leak revealed at least 200 u.s. citizens who used the firm to set up shell companies. the firm also set up more than 1000 shell companies inside the united states -- 600

defense secretary ashton carter issued new guidelines including raising tobacco prices on military bases to take into account local taxes. widening smoke-free zones in areas frequented by children. according to the defense department data, tobacco use costs the military $1.6 billion a year in lost productivity and health care expenses. >>> women diagnosed with early stage breast cancer are often recommended to have chemotherapy. but it's hard to tell whether the approach will actually improve a woman's survival rate. dr. max gomez says a genetic test can spare some women chemotherapy. >> reporter: ian is a two-time early stage breast cancer survivor. after she was first diagnosed. >> you have exhaustion that isn't helped by sleep. you get cognitive impairment. you're not thinking clearly. >> reporter: 10 years later doctors found a different type of it breast cancer. >> i really didn't want to go through chemotherapy again. >> reporter: so doctors recommended the mama primp test which analyzes 70 genes looking at more than 3,000 breast cancer cases, a study found that many early stage pa

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>> today with the defense subcommittee ashton carter spoke and i will read from the transcript.e aff worked before with you how important is it to go down the road how important is it that a number of them do this for national security? to which secretary of defense replied it does propose we buy them for a time but down the road we have launch service providers that is where we would like to get to we have to launch the national-security payloads and there's two ways to do that. or the alternative is to fly a payload on delta and that is the choice. that it necessitates purchases so will cost american taxpayers more with the already high borrowing cost and telecast that this committee support the amendment. >> there is one mild correction we're not without an option we are trying to ensure is competition as space sex has built a launch vehicle and its engine the purpose is not to make sure we have something to launch but to beecher ironically space x doesn't wind up without competition and those that our competitive as certain number have already been granted on a noncompetitiv

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and i look at what the secretary of defense, ashton carter, is doing right now.nd that is being sure that maternity benefits and time off is greater and being sure that in opening up every position for women to join as long as, you know, they're fit and have the background for that duty. so i think we're seeing a lot more positive growth in that area. >> and you saw that in the military. so the chapter looks at a lot of like how the navy in particular when they first started out, they were ordered by the supreme court in 1973 to integrate women onto their ships, and the first attempts were disastrous. you'd have one woman with, like, a hundred men or ten women and a thousand men. and everyone was miserable, right? the women were hugely uncomfortable, the men were very uncomfortable. it just didn't work. so the navy basically came to this sort of through trial and error, critical mass, essentially. and so now they've mandated on every ship that's integrated, there's a minimum of 20%. their goal is 25%, and they start or again with the officers, and then they integ

. >>> defense secretary ashton carter witnessing the remains from a crash.over at an indian air force base in new delhi. >>> some amazing video out of mississippi. security camera video showing a roof collapse at a prep school in jackson. the school officials were mopping up water from leaks in the roof when it suddenly gave way dumping hundreds of gallons of water. unbelievably and quite fortunate fortunately nobody was hurt. that's the news for this hour. we're going to go to jacky ie deangelis. hi, jackie. >> hi. this wasn't a surprise after the big build we got last night. this kind of set them in a bearish mode when it comes to oil prices. remember, people were looking for drawdown, people were saying a small build. this is definitely a lot here when it comes to the envenntry number. people are going to be digging into the report, looking at the u.s. production oil to see if it dropped. that would be very king can't in a psychological level and would show u.s. production is declining in a significant way. meantime,ly say this. you had comments from the

defense secretary ashton carter makes remarks on defense policy, national security today at the senatenternational studies. you can see it here on c-span starting at 1:00 p.m. eastern. next, an inside look in the evolution of presidential campaigns. the george w. bush presidential center hosted residential campaign managers, white house political advisers, and one of the creators of showtime's "the circus." >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> now is the time for all good americans to come to the aid -- >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome kevin sullivan. >> good evening and welcome. let me offer our sincere apologies for embedding that ike for president. it will be in your head for two or three days. that clip was one of the first presidential tv ads ever recorded and a nice way to set the tone for our conversation tonight, which is being recorded by c-span which is airing later. inc. you for being here for another sold-out engaged event at the george w. bush presidential center here on the beautiful smu campus. this house is the bush institute, a robust and energetic policy center. fostering policy, and taking

morning, thenday national security team at the center for american progress examining the speech by ashton carteruted as the most sweeping in a generation. then the director of the international consortium of investigative journalism talks about the impact of the plant to panama. havens like the to protestn in washington this weekend. washington journal at 7:00, join the discussion. general david rodriguez given up it on the fight against isis and other terrorist groups. this briefing is 35 minutes. in north africa, the big threat there revolves around libya and the growing threat of isis in the region. we have worked with many partners there to help that situation out, from the european union, which has a strong mission in the mediterranean sea to mitigate the challenges of migration, to tunisia, where we are continuing to build from a significant partner capacity, as well as chad, who also are challenging borders in the area . that continues if you look from libya down to the southwest border, a challenge. the french are leading the effort there and we support the french and their leadership in

these are things that cannot be ignored and are being ignored and ashton carter, secretary of the navy ray mavis just said "well, i have a difference of opinion on that" and they ignored the $36 million study on this. and the other big thing that the advocacy for women in combat depends on is a swallowing whole the big lie which is that this is an equal opportunity for women. with these kinds of rates of injury for women before they're even on men's standards or infantry standards, that's unequal for women. that's -- that doesn't do women any favors. nobody is doubting that women serve honorably, we can serve in 98% of the jobs and be successful, but there's a difference between deploying to the combat units which many, especially general public is very detached from. the difference between deploying to a combat zone, working in a combat zone, doing a dangerous job such as what i did and being on these direct ground combat missions that are kill missions going door to door, cave to cave, often killing at point blank range hand to hand. women are at a disadvantage physically against men

defense secretary ashton carter meeting with his indian counterpart in new delhi.a relatively new defense relationship with india that washington sees as a counterweight to the growing power of china. >>> talks to settle a lawsuit regarding the confidencecy of sumner redstone brought by his ex-girlfriend apparently have stalled. that's first reported by the "l.a. times." it's not clear what caused the talks to break down. a preliminary settlement was reached last week and expected to go before a judge this week. >>> and check out this video of a california road crumbling into a sewage line on monday. it's unknown what exactly caused the damage, but likely due to recent rains that sinkhole grew to about 20 feet deep. >>> and an unbelievable event at the detroit tigers baseball game yesterday. a fan in attend dance caught five foul balls. four during the game and one during batting practice. that's amazing. the fan gave all the balls away to kids. in case your wondering, he did sit behind home plate. that's the news update this hour. guys, i've never caught a foul ba

. >> defense secretary ashton carter unveiled the defense department's plan to reform its command structure. the changes are aimed at updating language of the 1986 goldwater/nichols act to meet the demands of modern warfare and to add cyberinto the command structure. this is 50 minutes. >> welcome. we're delighted to have you here. it shouldn't be this cold in april. i came down from new york this morning and it was snowing in wilmington. what the ll? but we're going to warm it up this afternoon. we're going to have an excellent opportunity to talk with secretary carter. thank you all for coming. a brief security announcement. he has a security detail. they're going to watch out for him. i'm going to watch out for all of you. if we have a problem, i would ask you to follow my instructions. our exits are right here behind us. this is the door that's closest to the steps that go down to the street. if there's a problem out in front we're going to go in the back and go over to the national geographic society. we have an arrangement with them. if there's's a problem in the back we're going to g

ashton carter will brief members of the senate arms service committee on counter ice isis strategy. we'll take through live at 9:30 a.m. eastern. >> from this morning on "washington journal," real clear politics. >> and joining us now to continue our discussion of last night's primary results, we have the co-found eastern publisher of real clear politics as well as carl canyon, the executive editor and washington bureau chief from real clear politics. >> good morning, how are you? >> i'm doing well. thanks for joining us. so, tom, tell us a little bit about real clear politics for people who have not been there. how did it start? tell us a little bit about it. ed well, we started about 16 years ago. and it was really just this idea that the co-founder and i had, we were not involved in politics or journalism professionally. but we followed elections and politics and policy with a passion. and so we had this idea to create this place for people like us who bring together all the best news and information about politics and elections. and that's what real clear politics is. that's wha

. >> coming up on c-span, secretary of defense ashton carter and general joseph dunford testified before a house committee on the plan to close the guantanamo bay detention center. republican presidential candidate donald trump outlines his foreign-policy priorities. later, a senate armed services hearings on the u.s. strategy to counter isis in the middle east. that is followed by the washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern. c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. writing morning, our student cam grand prize winner will join us from oklahoma. she will also talk about what she learned producing the documentary. pennsylvania republican congressman murphy will join us to discuss his mental health legislation. and ted lieu will join us to talk about the hacking of his iphone and his call to the oversight and government reform committee to investigate. be sure to watch it c-span's washington journal beginning live at 7:00 a.m. eastern. join the discussion. morning, nancy pelosi will hold her weekly press briefing. 9:15ll take you live at

and ashton carter, and the secretary of the navy, said i had a difference of opinion. they are to $36 million study. the other big thing that the advocacy for women in combat depends on, is a swallowing whole. the big lie that this is an equal opportunity for women. with these rates of injury, before they are even on men's standards or infantry standards, that is unequaled for women. that does not do women any favors. nobody is doubting that women serve honorably. we can serve in 98% of the jobs and be successful. but there is a difference between at deploying to the combat unit, which the general public is detached from. the difference between deploying, working in a combat zone, doing a dangerous job such as what i did, and being on the direct around combat missions that are kill missions, going door-to-door, cave to cave, often killing at point-blank range, hand to hand. women are at a disadvantage against them men who want to kill them. another part of my background is many years of martial arts he -- before the marine corps and during. i have trained with a lot of

. >> defense secretary ashton carter and joint cheefdz of staff chair joseph dunford will brief members of the senate arms services committee on u.s. counter isis strategy. we'll take you there live at 9:30 a.m. eastern. earlier this week in florida, senate candidates faced off at a debate hosted by the open debate coalition featuring questions submitted from voters. the candidates are running for the seat vacated by marco rubio after he decided to run for president in 2016 rather than re-election in florida. both candidates currently serve in the u.s. house. this is beabout an hour and 15 minutes. >> hello, world. i'm lillian campbell, director for the open debate coalition. welcome to the first ever open debate for u.s. senate. we're in orlando. more than 900 questions were submitted by regular people across florida and across the nation. over 400,000 votes were cast on live and tonight all of the questions for republican congressmen david jolly and allen grayson are going to come from the 30 questions that receive the most votes from people like you. tonight we have two cutting edge

. >> defense secretary ashton carter says as the u.s. continues to battle syria and iraq he is becoming increasingly concerned about the political and economic challenges each country faces. the administration's strategy and tofertse combat the terror group. joint chiefs of staff chair general did you knowford also testified. -- dunford also testified. >> good morning. the committee meets this morning to receive testimony on the u.s. strategy in the middle east. and tofertse counter so-called islamic state. i thank our distinguished witnesses for appearing before us this morning and for their continued service to our nation during a time of war. please convey the gratitude and appreciation of this committee to all the men and women you lead. since our witnesses last appeared before this committee we have seen a steady increase in operational activity in iraq and syria. air strikes have steadily increased and improved. new capabilities such as the a-10 and now attack helicopters have now been added. efforts to train and equip forces have

. >> this morning defense secretary ashton carter and joint chiefs of staff chair general joseph dunford testify about the counteroperations against isis and the u.s. strategy in the middle east. see it live starting at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span3. >> our c-span campaign 2016 bus continues to honor winners from the student competition. recently the bus went to wyoming to recognize winners from laramie high school. access to affordable higher education is the investment of the future. then our bus traveled to south dakota visited with winners in the cities of rapid city and sioux falls. a final stop in the week included a win visit to a middle school in minnesota. they were honored for their video on water pollution. thanks to charter, and midco to coordinate the visits. be sure watch one of the top 20 winning entries at 6:50 a.m. eastern before "washington journal. >> next the debate between candidates for florida seat in the u.s. senate. congressman alan grayson, democrat and congressman david jolly, republican debated issues including money in politics, the minimum wage and the presid

so this past december 2015, secretary of defense ashton carter officially announced that all military occupations will be open to females of the armed forces. they've broken a barrier. and as these women begin to take on roles and combat arms we need to make sure they're properly outfitted and equipped in order to ensure optimal safety and protection for them. and additional as more women enlist and commission in the armed forces, we need to encourage the secretary of defense to develop initiatives that will help retain these talented women leaders in order to ensure that our armed forces remain the greatest fighting force in the world. we have been ignoring an incredible asset for far too long. and with the defense secretary's announcement, we have ushered in a new era in military affairs that will make us stronger and more capable. and this amendment ensures that we continue on the right path, and i ask all to support it. thank you, mr. chairman. and i yield back. >> further discussion on the en bloc package? if not, the question on the amendments offered by dr. heck those in favor

. >> coming up on c-span, defense secretary ashton carter and joint chiefs of staff chair dunford testify before a house committee on the plan to close the guantanamo bay detention center. then a senate armed services hearing on u.s. strategy to counter isis in the middle east. later, house speaker paul ryan talks to reporters at his weekly press briefing, followed by democratic leadership on lgbt issues. tomorrow morning on capitol hill, a hearing on nuclear energy regulation and modernization. on c-span 2, a hearing on the pet medication industry. tors testified before a house committee. announcer: south carolina governor nikki haley testified on the obama administration plan to close guantanamo bay detention center and transfer some of the detainees to a military prison in trust in. she said that housing the detainees would cost her state potential jobs and new business. she was followed by state and local law-enforcement officials who testified on the potential cost and impact on local communities. this house homeland security subcommittee is about two hours. >> the committee will com

ashton carter is sending more than 200 american forces to iraq in the fight against isis. holt is traveling with the secretary across the mid east and joins us now live from the region. lester, you spoke with secretary carter today? >> i did, chris. he came to meet with the iraqi prime minister abadi to discuss additional capabilities, when he talked about the acceleration of the war against isis in iraq, and there was an agreement the u.s. would introduce 200 more troops to the estimated 5,000 or so that are there now. they will be in what we're told are adviser roles. in addition, they have agreed to authorize the use of apache attack helicopters in the fight against isis, and an advanced rocket-launching system. now, some of what they're talking about, the use of the advisers will put them closer to the front lines because they'll be working at what's called the battalion level now. these are folks who are a little moreloser to the fighting. and i talked about the risk and what that represents with the secretary. i want to be very clear, though, as you add additional pe

defense secretary ashton carter making the announcement in a news conference with his philippine counterpartfarewell to end all farewells. kobe bryant scoring 60 points in his last nba game, leading the los angeles lakers to a win over the utah jazz. kobe scored over 33,000 regular-season points in his 20-year career, leading the lakers to five nba titles. truly a legend. and that's our "cnbc news update" for this hour. back to you, carl. >> sharon, thank you so much. >> sure. >> sharon epperson. >>> the cdc finally confirming what's been suspected for a while, that the zika virus causes the birth defect microcepha microcephaly. meg terrell is in new york with latest on that. >> hey, carl. public health officials say the more they learn about zika, the more concerned they become. an important mark of progress in a study published in the "new england journal of medicine," cdc authors confirmed the link between zika and microcephaly. tom friedman saying "it is now clear that the virus causes microcephaly. we have now confirmed what mounting evidence has suggested. we are working to do everythi

then defense secretary ashton carter talks about changes to the dod command structure.hat, supreme court oral argument in betterman versus montana regarding the right to a speedy trial. later a look at the fur of ture nasa's space exploration program. >>> next, u.s. cyber commander admiral mike rogers dismisses the notion that america can combat isis propaganda on the internet by shutting it down. admiral rogers testified before the senate armed services committee on the nation's cyber security infrastructure. this is just over two hours. >> good morning. the committee meets today to receive testimony from admiral mike rogers, commander of u.s. cyber command, director of the national security agency and chief of the central security service. a lot of titles, admiral. that's good. thank you for your many years of distinguished service and for appearing before this committee today. threats to our national security and cyberspace continue to grow in speed and severalty. new attacks appear in the headlines on an increasingly frequent basis as nation states, creme nal organi

sexual assault, unit cohesion, these are things that cannot be ignored and are being ignored and ashton cartersecretary of the navy ray mavis just said "well i have a difference of opinion on that" and they ignored the $36 million study on this. and the other big thing that the advocacy for women in combat depends on is a swallowing whole the big lie which is that this is an equal opportunity for women. with these kinds of rates of injury for women before they're even on men's standards or infantry standards that's unequal for women. that's -- that doesn't do women any favors, nobody is doubting that women serve honorably, we can serve in 98% of the jobs and be successful, but there's a difference between deplaying to the combat units -- which many, especially general public -- is very detached from. the difference between deploying to a combat zone, working in a combat zone, doing a dangerous job such as what i did and being on these direct ground combat missions that are kill missions going door to door, cave to cave often killing at point blank range hand to hand. women are at a disadvantag

defense secretary ashton carter will be speak being the bombing today at 2:30 oorn. you'll be able to watch that live. right now the results of the investigation of that bombing. >> thanks for being here, everyone. general votel from central command is here and is prepared to deliver an opening statement regarding the investigation. he'll be prepared to answer your question on that and other topics as well. general rther adore, votel. well, good l: morning and thank you all for being here today. i have a statement to provide and take your questions. today, u.s. central command is releasing the results of the investigation into the strike on the doctors without borders promise center in afghanistan which occurred october 3, 2015. let me first state again our deepest condolences to those injured and to the families of those killed in this incident. i am sure we are committed to learning from this tragedy and minimizing the risk of civilian casualties during future combat operations. general john cam ben, then the u.s. forces afghanistan commander, directed the investig