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. >> reporter: ashton carter and martin dempsey testifying before the house armed services committee. the two are urging immediate congressional approval for president obama's authorized use of military force to go after islamic state terrorists. >> the global security environment is as uncertain as i've seen in my 40 years of service. >> reporter: the president's proposed plan comes without geographical limitations, meaning the united states can take the fight against isis beyond iraq and syria but it's the use of ground forces that has congress hung up. democrats want reassurances, the battle will not go to the ground. republicans argue such a stipulation ties the hands of the commander in chief. >> the strategy in so far as we understand it today i think is insufficient to achieving the president's aims of degrading and destroying isis. >> we want a lasting defeat of i sill and only local forces on the ground can impose a lasting defeat and that's our strategy. >> reporter: the timing of today's hearing is particularly poignant. just yesterday, an american citizen and us air force

secretary of state john kerry and ashton carter and general martin dempsey testified before the senate foreign relations committee today. they urged congress to approve an expanded use of force against islamic states. iraqi forces detailed the stronghold of tikrit, a major step towards defusing -- defeating the militants. talks reported earnings for the first time. revenues were up 61%. they posted a loss of $47 million. they have been spending big-time to customers. shares are following in after-hours trading. shake shack shares also getting pounded in the after-hours trading after the burger chain's first report. 1.4 million dollar loss. krispy kreme reported sales up. $6.5 million. the former ceo of norwegian cruise line is suing virgin group and its founder sir richard branson. he claims virgin stole his ideals for a cruise ship and was $300 million for his effort. virgin announced the formation of virgin cruise in december. apples itunes back up after a major outage. it lasted until 1:00 this afternoon. consumers were unable to download apps or make purchases. there was a problem

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secretary of state john kerry, new defense secretary ashton carter joint chiefs chairman martin dempseying. the hearing before the senate foreign relations committee is on president obama's request for congress to authorize use of military force against isis. >> the president already has statutory authority to act against isil. but a clear formal expression of this congress' backing at this moment in time would dispel doubt that might exist anywhere that americans are united in this effort. >> the upper chamber at work the lower chamber on break. gregory meeks, good to see you. thanks for being with me. start with the draft proposal. president obama sent it to congress last month, again requesting authorization to use military force against isis. three year time limit. says there will be no enduring offensive ground operations by u.s. forces replaces the 2002 that congress granted to president bush for military force in the iraq war. house speaker boehner says it is alarmingly restrictive. some democrats say it is too vague. where do you stand? >> i stand that congress had been asking t

senate foreign relations committee is preparing to hear from secretary of state john kerry, ashton carter, and martinpsey. they will be discussing the ongoing russia, ukraine conflict. we have seen -- we have exley seen defense secretary ashton carter arrive, along with chiefs chair martin dempsey and we are still awaiting the secretary of state john kerry. the senate foreign relations committee will question three of america's top national security officials about new war powers. that is being crafted to fight militants with the islamic state group did the white house must reconcile demands from democrats who don't want another ground war, with concerns of republicans who want the options left open. the secretary of state john kerry, who is arriving right now, defense secretary carter, and general dempsey will likely be asked questions about drafting a new authorization for military force. senator corker: i want to welcome our distinguished witnesses here today, and thank them for being here. this is an important topic. we know that each of you have been traveling extensively, and was again want to

. >>> defense secretary ashton carter and martin dempsey took questions about the pentagon's budget, use of force against isis and u.s. relations with russia and iran and testified before the house armed services committee. >>> before we ask unanimous consent that noncommittee members if any be allowed to participate in today's hearing, after all committee members have had an opportunity to ask questions. and by way of explanation, i might say that one of our committee members has tentatively been appointed to another committee. and his replacement has tentatively been named, mr. russell from oklahoma. but it has not been ratified by the republican conference yet. so mr. russell is with us today but without objection noncommittee members will be recognized at the appropriate time. let me welcome our distinguished witnesses to today's hearing. secretary carter, thank you for being with us. you have been in this room in a variety of capacities over the years. but this is the first hearing since you were confirmed as secretary of defense roughly a month ago. and we are very glad to have

. >> defense secretary ashton carter and general martin dempsey will give an update on efforts to combat isis. they will also take questions on the u.s. defense programs at the house armed services committee. we will have live coverage at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. later, the commissioners of the fcc and tom wheeler will take questions about net neutrality rules. we will have live coverage from the senate committee at 2:30 eastern on c-span3. >> the house budget committee will begin work on the 2016 gop uttered resolution tomorrow. republicans on the committee spoke to reporters about the budget plan. that is next on c-span. then president obama meets with the irish prime minister to mark st. patrick's day. republicans onlater, the head of the secret service testifies about security issues at the white house. here are some of our featured programs for this weekend on the c-span networks. on c-span2 saturday at 10:00 p.m. eastern, pulitzer prize-winning historian eric foner on the efforts of white abolitionists to help fugitive slaves and the formation of the underground railroad. sun

. >> reporter: john kerry, martin dempsey and ashton carter will all be here answering questions about war president obama is already waging against the islamic state. the president's request for no more than three years of military action possibly using ground forces but more likely special forces. they will be debating that in the senate foreign relations committee. what does the public think? the vast majority of us, 7 out of 10 said in the latest poll if we were to go to war against the islamic state, we are very likely or somewhat likely to win it. >>> hillary clinton is still facing tough questions about her use of personal e-mail. chair macht house panel investigating the terror attack this is benghazi is he he will call chin donelinton to testify twice. but she says she has nothing to hide. >> i feel i've taken you been unprecedend steps to provide these work-related e-mails. >> the former secretary of state says is that she used the personal e-mail out of convenience but wishes she had used a government account. >>> a discovery about personal e-mail from the iteam. another mem

he is also joined by defense secretary ashton carter and also general martin dempsey, the chairman of

secretary of state john kerry defense secretary ashton carter, joint chiefs chair general martin dempsey will testify. live coverage starts 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> secretary of defense ashton carter and the united kingdom secretary of state for defense michael powell and hold a press briefing debate about u.s.-uk relations. you can see it live starting at 2:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> the political landscape has changed with 114th congress. not only are the fortitude and republicans and 50 new democrats in the house and 12 new republicansrepublicans and one the democrat innocent there's also 108 women in congress including the first african-american republican in the house and the first woman veteran for the soon to keep track using congressional chronicle on c-span.org. the congressional chronicle page has lots of useful information including voting results and statistics for each session of congress. new congress, best access on c-span, c-span2, c-span radio and c-span.org. >> monday at the national press club, vermont senator bernie sanders discussed the state of wall street

john kerry, ashton carter and the joint chiefs chairman general martin dempsey will testify. >>> in a bit of sad irony, while the senate decides whether to authorize war, the actual war has long been underway. thanks to american guidance on the ground and oddly iran iraqi forces have proved they can fight. earlier today iraqi soldiers took control of a hospital in tikrit a sign of military might against isis. that hospital just a few blocks of the presidential palaces. let's bring in cnn's senior international correspondent arwa damon live from istanbul. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. although planting that flag on the hospital may be a temporary sign of iraq's military might, the battle is far from over. the iraqi security forces along with iranian backed shia militias have been attempting to recapture the strategic city of tikrit. they're approaching it from four different directions. whilst there has been some success made on that front, in ramadi a critical city as well deep in iraq's sunni hartland isis there launching its ono fence sieve against the iraqi security forc

he is also joined by defense secretary ashton carter and also general martin dempsey, the chairman ofhe joint chiefs of staff. military operations are indeed already happening against isis. but the president wants a formal authorization. and neither republicans nor democrats seem to be fully on board. i want to bring in cnn's senior washington correspondent joe johns. joe, this hearing may have been set up for the authorization but they seem to be covering are whole lot more ground than just that. >> reporter: that's absolutely right. a lot of skepticism on the republican side, as expected. while this hearing is about the administration's proposed language for an authorization of military force against isis, the top three administration officials who are testifying have been getting a lot of questions about the larger regional chessboard, if you will, and the spillover effects, especially how it could relate to iran which has been expanding its military and political influence in the region. listen to senator marco rubio in this exchange with the secretary of state. >> i believe that

witnesses include john kerry ashton carter, and martin dempsey. live coverage starts at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span. keep track of the republican-led congress and follow its members through the first session. on c-span, c-span2, c-span radio, and c-span.org. next, a look at ukrainian public opinion from crimea, russia, and the west. a former u.s. ambassador to the ukraine will host the event. this is 90 minutes. >> thank you for that introduction and thank you all for coming very at it seems worthwhile to hear what the issues that they are currently embroiled in. that is what we have set out to do. and we have a new survey that -- we have a survey that was conducted with the international institute of sociology which is a group that we worked with numerous times over the years that's very highly regarded and at the method the method used was face to face for the most part telephone primarily in the region. for the national sample we had 1,005 and then we had an over sample of 403 specifically in the region where the conflict is occurring. and then for the ukrainian held area we ha

. >> reporter: secretary of state john kerry, defense secretary ashton carter and chairman of the joints chief of staff martin dempsey defended president obama's to go after the islamic state in the middle east. one day after another gruesome video surfaced reportedly showing a child carrying out an isis execution, the trio urged lawmakers to support their tragedy. >> this would send an important signal to national support serving in harm's way conducting this message. >> reporter: democrats fear this could order boots on the ground. republicans worries the president is limiting the option too much leading john kerry to defend the delicate secret negotiations between the u.s. and iran over a deal to limit that nation's nuclear capability of ahead of a deadline at the end of this month for a framework. >> i believe much of our strategy with regards to isis is being driven by a desire for not upset iran so they don't walk away from the table. tell me why i'm wrong. >> the facts contradict. >> reporter: joiner ashton carter will be michael fallin. in washington, joel waldman, fox news. >> the associated press sa

. >> defense secretary ashton carter and martin dempsey will get an update on efforts to combat isis they will take questions on u.s. defense programs at the house armed services committee. live coverage at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. later, the commissioners of the fcc, along with the chairman tom wheeler will take questions about the newly approved net neutrality rule. live coverage from the senate commerce committee at 2:30 eastern. also on c-span3. >> this weekend, the cities tour has partnered with media com to learn about columbus georgia. >> inside the museum is the remains of a confederate ironclad, the css jackson. those oval shapes are the gun ports. armed with six rifles. the rifle is one of the guns built for the jackson. it was cast at the selma naval works and completed in january 1865. the claim to fame is connected to the fact that there are only 4 ironclad's from the civil war that we can study right now. the jackson is right here. this is why the facility is here. first and foremost tells the story of this ironclad. to show people there are more than just one or

secretary of state john kerry defense secretary ashton carter and joint chiefs chairman martin dempsey testified. there were also protesters at the hearing wufrn of them interrupted kerry by saying the mompreneurs would be killing more innocent people, in the protester's words. >> killing more innocent people. i wonder how our journalists who were beheaded and the pilot fighting for freedom who was burned alive, what they would have to say to their efforts to protect innocent people. >> we'll have a live report in our next half hour with new details about the war against isis. >>> this afternoon a high school student is under arrest for bringing a knife to school. montgomery county police say they arrested a 16-year-old this morning at seneca valley high school in germantown. a school resource officer found it while searching the student's belongings. the school was under lockdown for a short time. >>> the associated press is suing the state department for access to the e-mail and other documents of hilary rodham clinton from her tenure as secretary of state. many requests have gone un

with ashton carter and john kerry and martin dempsey talking about the president's request for authorization to fight isis. and we'll have coverage of that here on c-span at 9:30 a.m. eastern time. ben wittes taking your questions and comments ahead of that hearing. what are your thoughts on the president's request to have congress grant him the authority to fight isis. thomas in lorj las vegas and a republican. go ahead. >> yeah, with the way iran is acting i wouldn't use any forces against isis. especially if you are thinking about allowing iran to have nuclear weapons. iran is isis' enemy and let them take care of each other. >> okay. carmen in illinois, an independent. >> i would like to ask the gentleman, the 2001 war powers authorization set to go after people that committed the 2001 attacks against the u.s., how come the united states didn't go after saudi arabia? >> you know, the u.s.-saudi relationship is extremely complicated and there are a lot of factors in there other than one sense of whether the saudi regime are a bunch of nice people whether you think that is a good thing or

the house armed services will be hearing from the pentagon chief ashton carter as well as martin dempseygeneral martin dempsey. randy, independent caller. caller: i have a thought to cut out our spending. how about we cut out g a engineering -- geo engineering? that would be a tremendous help. host: why do you point specifically to that? caller: they are modifying our weather and have been doing it for some time now. i would like to know why we do not have natural weather. host: people complain to all different programs in the budget. guest: it is a question of priorities. for democrats, our priorities have been people who work hard every day and want to be able to do the basic things for opportunities for families. can you send your kids to college? can you make sure you get a secure retirement after a lifetime of work? those are things we should prioritize. i think the republican budget does the opposite. by cuts that are implied in the budget and tax breaks that will go to the wealthy that are implied in this budget, it is a shift from hard-working americans to the wealthiest folks in

defense secretary ashton carter and joint chiefs chairman general martin dempsey are testifying before the house armed services committee. lawmakers are also set to discuss defense department budget requests. >>> a veteran is expected to plead not guilty to attempting to provide support to isis in syria. neptune resident tyrod pugh is scheduled to be arraigned later today in new york federal court. court documents claim the former airplane mechanic flew to turkey in an attempt to cross into syria. turkey denied pugh entry into their country and was deported to the u.s. and arrested by the fbi. federal agents found jihadi prop gant grandia and video on his computer. >> crazy like really crazy. >> local boy. >> i'm from this town. this is like shocking to me. i will never expect that. >> pugh is first american born military veteran accused of trying to join isis. >>> and police are investigating a stabbing rampage that left three north carolina boys dead. police charged an 18-year-old with attacking five people in all inside a house in the town of new bern. three boys 1, 5 and 12 were ki

. >> 2016 budge hearings continue today with defense secretary ashton carter and joint chiefs chair general martin dempsey. they'll testify before the senate armed services committee about their department's budget request and challenges abroad. live coverage starts at 2:30 p.m. eastern on c-span3. >> the c-span cities tour takes booktv and more than history tv on the road -- and american history tv on the road traveling to u.s. cities and this weekend we partner with comcast for a visit to galveston, texas. >> people throng to the beach, and the rising tide, the rising wind certainly drew them. they watched in amazement as both of these factors batteredded the beachfront -- battered the beachfront structures. at that time we had wooden bathhouses out over the gulf of mexico, and we also had piers and we even had a huge pavilion called olympia by the sea. as the storm increased this intensity, these beach structures turned into matchsticks. the 1900 storm struck galveston saturday september 8th, 1900. the storm began before noon increased in dramatic intensity and then finally tapered off toward m

defense secretary ashton carter and chairman of the joint chiefs general martin dempsey are testifying right now. we'll monitor the hearing and update you on our nbc washington mobile >>> we are looking at the stories getting most attention this morning. a mac and cheese recall right now. you want to check this out. this morning kraft says small pieces of metal were found in some of the mac and cheese boxes. we put everything you need to know about what to do if you bought a box on our website. all over current talking about internet explorer. microsoft made an official announcement leaving the browser behind. the company coming out with a new browser. and you'll want to check out this joid on nbcwashington.com. stefan holt anchors morning news and his dad lester you probably know from "nightly news" shared a special moment on the air together. lester told his son he was proud of him. >>> i'm melissa mollet at the live desk. disturbing details revealed in court about the shooting death of a woodbridge high school student last fall. the testimony came in a preliminary hearing for one of

announcer: defense secretary ashton carter and joint chiefs chairman general martin dempsey will give an update on efforts to combat the military group isis. they will also take questions on u.s. defense programs at the house armed services committee. we will have live coverage at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. later today, the commissioners of the sec along with chairman tom wheeler will take questions about the newly approved net neutrality rule. we will have live coverage from the senate commerce committee at 10:30 eastern. that is also on c-span3. "washington journal" is next. we will look at today's news and take your phone calls. the house is back in at 10:00 eastern, following members speeches that work on a signs bill that puts restrictions on epa restrict -- on epa standards. live house coverage on c-span. >> coming up, we will talk to scott gary about the republican print for 2016. he serves on the budget financial services committee. in reaction to the gop budget plan. later on our spotlight on magazine series, a look at a recent article on alternatives to locking up juveni

coverage coming up on c-span3, including testimony by defense secretary ashton carter and the chair of the joint chiefs, general martin dempsey, answering questions from the house armed services committee tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. eastern and tomorrow afternoon if the cc chair tom wheeler back on capitol hill appearing before a senate committee with other commissioners to talk about fcc policy. we'll have that live starting at 2:30 eastern. and then on thursday the house foreign affairs committee looking into negotiations with iran. deputy secretary of state tony blinken has been called to testify along with the treasury department official thursday morning at 8:30. now isis reerz their ugly head and this army is very shaky. we shouldn't be surprised by that. you can't undo decades of soviet era and asam-era stuff within eight years, especially when you have taught them where they'll have u.s. advisers and policies with them. if afghanistan, according to the president's announcement,s we have 10,000 troops, but we'll draw down to 5,000 next year and almost zero the year after that i would warn we probably see a simi

. >> new defense secretary ashton carter and general martin dempsey testified before the senate armed services committee tuesday. it examined the budget request for 2016, the impact of sequestration budget cuts and challenges abroad from russia, ukraine and isis. this is two hours and 35 minutes. >> i want to apologize for keeping you waiting, secretary carter and general dempsey. we had a vote and members will be arriving. the committee meets today to receive testimony on the department of defense's fiscal year 2016 budget request, the associated future defense programs and the picture of u.s. -- the posture of u.s. armed forces. let me start by thanking each of you for your service to our nation and the soldiers, sailors, marines at home and around the globe and to their families. for the past six weeks, this committee has undertaken a serious and rigorous review of the present global challenges we face, as well as a review of united states national security strategy. we have received testimony from some of america's most experienced statesmen and leading strategic thinkers. an alar

his top three advisers on this issue, joint chiefs of staff, general martin dempsey, the secretary of state ashton carter and secretary of state, of course john kerry, all went before a international committee hours scommittee -- senate committee and there to push for the president's authorization for use of military force. now, we know it would last three year, set limits on the use of american ground troops but as we learned today it could also extend to using force against boko haram, which, as we've discussed here on this show has apparently just announced allegiance to isis. >> so just -- >> proposed -- >> say you have swear ay legions will be nudge, then? >> no. it's not enough. also has to about threat to americans. that's what the language says. it says associated with, et cetera, isil and threatening americans. >> joining us to discuss the author of foreign and domestic retired brigadier general, deputy commanding general of u.s. forces in afghanistan. thanks so much for being here with us general. we're hearing now about some success in tikrit of course but we're also getting word today

." >> on tuesday, defense secretary ashton carter and general martin dempsey testified before the senate armed services committee on the 2016 budget request. the hearing cover the impact of sequestration budget cuts, and challenges abroad between russia and ukraine, and with isis. this is about two hours, 40 minutes. >> the committee meets today to meet on the 2016 budget request and the picture -- the posture of u.s. armed forces. let me start by thanking interview for your service to our nation. and to the soldiers families family, and marines here at home and in harms way around the globe, and to their families. over the past six weeks, this committee has undertaken a serious look at the present global challenges we face, as well as a review of the united states national security strategy. we received testimony from some of america's most experienced statesman. a unified and alarming assessment has emerged from these national leaders. as former secretary of state dr. kissinger testified on january 29, the united states has not faced a more diverse and complex array of crises since the

secretary of state john kerry, defense secretary ashton carter and joint chiefs chair general martinrmer secretary of state hillary clinton broke her silence tuesday about the use of her personal e-mail account during her time at the state department. state department spokesperson jen psaki discussed the ongoing review of mrs. clinton. >> that is consistent with what we have been discussing internally. let me just give you a brief update on where we are. we will review the entire 55,000 page set in one batch at the end of that review to ensure that standards are consistently applied throughout the entire 55,000 pages. we expect a review to take several months. obviously that hasn't changed. the release will be posted on a publicly available web site. we will have more information about that hopefully soon. the only documents from that 55,000 pages we will review for separate earlier release are the approximately 300 e-mails all her rape produced to the select committee. this will be reviewed and released prior to the completion of a set of those will be posted and made publicly avail

. >> that is general martin dempsey testifying on capitol hill. beside him ashtonarter and beside him, secretary of state john kerry. we're going to take a brief break and our continued coverage of this hearing will resume. >>> i'm del walters in new york. we continue to follow the testimony taking place on capitol hill this morning. concerning what is called an aumf or the authorized use of military force. the testimony now going into its second hour-plus. listen in. >> i want to thank secretary kerry for his strong words about the letter that was sent by our 47 colleagues to the government of iran. i think that was a serious breach of protocol, and a exercise in bad judgment especially at this very sensitive time and i thank the secretary for taking that very strong opposition in this hearing. secretary carter what i would like to ask you is how this extends to libya. and what this authorization could mean given the increasing strong hold that isis has in many parts of libya, and what it could portend in terms of u.s. commit in removal of isil from libya. >> sena

among those testifying today, john kerry ashton carter and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general martin. the president's request could lead to the first war vote in congress in 13 years. >>> one day after former secretary of state hillary clinton held a news conference to address her e-mail use, critics say questions remain unanswered. we learned the associated press is suing the u.s. state department to force the release of e-mails from clinton's tenure as secretary of state. tracie potts has an update from washington. >> i opted for convenience. >> reporter: one phone instead of two, but in hindsight, hillary clinton tells reporters she would separate her personal and work e-mail. >> i thought using one device would be simpler and obviously it hasn't worked out that way. >> reporter: she admits deleting tens of thousands of private e-mails from her server but insists that server is secure. >> it was on property guarded by the secret service and there were no security breaches. >> reporter: the top democrat who urged clinton to come out publicly is satisfied. >> she stepped forward and

testifying today secretary of state john kerry, defense secretary ashton carter and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general martinou. we'll check back. we're following another breaking story for you right now. a tragic one. a u.s. defense official says seven marines and four aircrew members are are presumed dead after their army blackhawk chopper went down last night. let's go to victor blackwell at the army national guard base where the black hawk that crashed had been assigned. what do you have? >> reporter: a major loss for the louisiana army national guard. the black hawk was assigned here along with four of those service members onboard. two pilots and two crew members also assigned here. there are few details being released right now or few details known. a spokesperson for eglin air force base where this joint training mission originated from is telling cnn a few details about what they know thus far. listen. >> what we do know is that two uh-60 aircraft that were assigned to the louisiana army national guard were participating in a training exercise overnight. one of the aircraft which had four aircrew an

visit ncicap.org] >> defense secretary ashton carter and joint chiefs of staff chair general martin dempsey will be back on capitol hill for a hearing on the pentagon's 2016 budget request. it is likely we will heal more from them about the u.s. strategy on isis, including the debate over the authorization of military force. the house armed services committee is wednesday, we have live coverage of tenant clock and eastern over on c-span3. another issue we heard is the ongoing negotiations over iran's nuclear program, and the recent letter from republican senator's that warned iranian leaders that a deal could be short-lived should republican become president in 2016. secretary of state john kerry and arkansas senator tom cotton to offer the letter both talked about it on cbs's "face the nation." host: do you feel you have weakened the president hand, and to have regrets about the way you want about this? sen. cotton: not at all. if they were intent on driving a hard bargain, they would be a point to this letter and say they are right. any lasting deal needs to be approved by congress. we pa

defense secretary ashton carter and joint chiefs chair general martin dempsey will be testifying before the house armed services committee today. they'll be questioned about efforts to combat isis and defense programs overall. we expect this hearing to get under way in just a couple of moments. live coverage here on c-span3. >>> before we ask unanimous consent that noncommittee members if any be allowed to participate in today's hearing, after all committee members have had an opportunity to ask questions. and by way of explanation i might say that one of our committee members has tentatively been appointed to another committee. and his replacement has tentatively been named, mr. russell from oklahoma. but it has not been ratified by the republican conference yet. so mr. russell is with us today but without objection noncommittee members will be recognized at the appropriate time. let me welcome our distinguished witnesses to today's hearing. secretary carter, thank you for being with us. you have been in this room in a variety of capacities over the years. but this is the first hearing

martin dempsey said he's open to it if necessary. he and the defense secretary ashtond to lawmakers about this on wednesday. >> with respect to american ground troops that is a question that will hinge upon what is required for success there. >> what you can be assured of chairman if the commander on the ground approaches either me or the secretary of defense and believes the introduction of special operations forces to accompany iraqis or the new syrian forces or these skilled folks who can call in close air support, if we believe that's necessary to achieve our objectives, we will make that recommendation. >> civilians forced to flee the conflict in iraq just want it all to stop so they can go home. >> among the displaced are palestinians who sought refuge in iraq only to find themselves caught in the cross fire. ben wedeman has their story. >> reporter: he's a happy 8-year-old boy. his oversized plastic sandals don't stop him from enjoying a soccer game in the bit outside of irbil. he is is a palestinian refugee from a family homeless for generations. our grandparen

tomorrow the senate foreign relations committee hears from john kerry ashton carter and general martin dempsey on president obama's request for the use of military force against ices. live coverage starts at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span3. the republican chair of -- >> the republican chairman of the senate and house armed services committee have an editorial in today's "wall street journal." john mccain and mac thornberry right provided for national defense is the highest constitutional responsibility of the federal government which congressional republicans now showing equal measure with president obama but we believe the country cannot meet those responsible within the cap fund and sequestration. washington does not change course now republicans will share the blame for the national security failure that will inevitably result. you can read the rest of that and "the wall street journal" or go to its website. coming up next, a portion of the memorial service for former senator edward brooke of massachusetts. he passed away in january at the age of 95. he was the first african-american t

later, ashton carter, secretary of state john kerry and general martin dempsey testify on the dissidents's request for military force against isis. >> coming up today on c-span3, the senate commerce committee looks at the national wireless flick safety network. on monday, board members approved a public notice for comments on allowing states and territories to opt out of the national network. states can adopt a plan or create their own network that meets standards. that gets underway at 10:00 a.m. eastern. now, the senate health committee looks at the impact of medical innovation on patients. this includes dock or francis collins and commissioner margaret hamburg. this runs about two hours. >> please come to order. we will have an opening statement and introduce witnesses. then senators will have five minutes for questions. i have been looking forward to this day. this is in important hearing. i thank you for coming especially because that caused a change in plan. but, we do not have two people who know more about what we're talking about the in the two of you. this is in opportunity for u

martin: thank you for having me. >> i want to begin with the house for and services committee. we will begin with ashton carter. we heard from john kerry who has been working on a deal with iran. he has been in switzerland. we will hear from general martin dempsey. just how contentious will this hearing the? >> this could be a contentious hearing for secretary carter and martin dempsey. they were up before the senate on late relations committee. they were up for four hours. it raise more questions than it answered about military force against islamic militants. the services committee is pretty full of veterans that have served in iraq and afghanistan. they will take these officials to the mat and grill them on specific language. >> the white house continues to insist that it can move forward with action against isis without congressional approval. why is it insistent on having authorization for military force? >> what we saw last week is the white house feels that that would send a signal to our allies and the world that washington and the united states is united and we can lead on this issue. secretary kerry sa

. >> now defense secretary ashton carter and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff martin dempsey testify on the president's 2016 budget request for the defense department. members of the senate armed services committee also asked questions on sequestration budget cuts. the conflict between russia and ukraine, and about isis. this runs two hours and 40 minutes. >> good afternoon. apologize for keeping you wait, secretary carter, general dempsey and secretary cord. we had a vote. members will be arriving the committee meets today on department of defense's fiscal year 2016 budget request associated future years defense programs and picture of, posture of u.s. armed forces. let me start by thanking each of you for your service to our nation and to the soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines here at home and in harm's way around the globe and to their families. over just the past six weeks this committee has undertaken a serious and rigorous review of the present global challenges we face as well as a review of the united states national security strategy. we have received testimony from some

later, on c-span 3, newly sworn in defense sector ashton carter will testify about the pentagon's 2016 budget request. he's be joined by martinl have live coverage at 2:30 eastern. up next on c-span, former british defense minister liam fox talks about u.s.-u.k. relations. then florida senator marco rubio campaigns in new hampshire. we've received more than 2200 entries from 400 schools across the country in this year's competition on the theme "the three branches and you." wednesday morning, we'll announce the grand prize winner. following the announcement, you can see all 150 winning documentaries at studentcam.org. next former british defense secretary liam fox talks about u.s.-u.k. relations. mr. fox also spoke about nuclear relations with iran and global relations with russia. this one-hour event was hosted by the center for strategic and international studies in washington. >> good morning everyone! welcome to the -- the center for strategic and international studies. i'm senior vice president here. >> many of us know dr. fox as being the former secretary of state for defense, who was named by prime minister cameron fro

secretary of defense ashton carter and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general martin dempsey, both testified before the committee. and i have great respect for both of them. i asked them if after a decade in afghanistan keeping troops in afghanistan for nine more years would even make a difference. last year in his "politico" article and i quote the title was "down the opium rathole," roger says, and i quote, if you spent 13 years pounding money down the rathole with little to show for it you might wake up one morning and say, hey, i'll stop pounding money down this rathole. unfortunately, the united states government does not think this way. even though our combat troops are leaving afghanistan, our money will continue to flow there. billions after billions. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to submit this "politico" article for the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. jones: in recent days, the waste of billions of dollars in afghanistan has been dominating the headlines. march 20 of this year and i quote, afghanistan cannot manage billions in aid, u.s.

later on c-span3, defense secretary ashton carter will testify about the pentagon's budget request. he will be joined by martin dempsey. we will have live coverage from the senate armed services committee at 2:30 p.m. eastern. >> the c-span cities tour takes book tv and american history tv on the road, traveling to u.s. cities to learn about their histories and literary life. we partnered with comcast for a visit to galveston, texas. >> the rising tide went right through them. they watched in amazement as both of these actors -- at the time, we had wooden bathhouses out over the gulf of mexico and we also had a huge pavilion. as the storm increased in intensity, the structures literally were turned into matchsticks. the 1900 storm struck galveston saturday, september 8 1900. the storm began at noon increased in dramatic intensity, and then finally tapered off toward midnight that evening. began atthis hurricane was and still is the deadliest recorded natural event in the history of the united states. >> watch all of our events from galveston saturday at noon eastern on look -- booktv. >> florida republican sen

on c-span 3 ashton carter will testify about the pentagon's 2016 budget request. he will be joined by general martinempsey. we will have live coverage at 2:30 p.m. eastern. >> up next, former british defense minister liam talks about u.s.-u.k. relationsfox and then former maryland governor bob ehrlich campaigns in new hampshire. >> the c-span city tour travels to u.s. cities. we partnered with comcast for a visit to galveston, texas. >> the rising tide the rising wentind drew them. i watched in amazement as both of these factors that are the structures. we had wooden bat -- bathhouses and we also had peers. we had a huge pavilion. as the storm increased in intensity, these structures literally were turned into sticks. the 1900s storm hit galveston september 8, 1900. the store begin before noon and increased in dramatic intensity and then tapered off midnight. this hurricane was and still is the deadliest recorded natural event in the history of the united states. >> want all of our events from galveston, saturday at noon eastern and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on c-span 3. next, former british defense

gavels in at 2:15 eastern. >>> and coming up in about 15 minutes, defense secretary ashton carter and joint chiefs chair martin be testifying on their department's budget request for 2016. they'll be speaking to members of the senate armed services committee. that gets underway live at 2:30 eastern. you'll be able to see it on c-span3. >> the c-span cities tour take booktv and american history tv on the road traveling to u.s. cities to learn about their history and literary life. and this weekend we've partnered with comcast for a visit to galveston, texas. >> people throng to the beach, and the rising tide, the rising wind certainly drew them. they watched in amazement as both of these factors battered the beachfront structures. at that time we had wooden bathhouses out over the gulf of mexico, and we also had piers, and we even had a huge pavilion called olympia by the sea. as the storm increased in intensity, these beach structures literally were turned into matchsticks. ♪ ♪ >> the 1900 storm struck galveston saturday september 8 1900. the storm began toward noon increased in dramatic intensity and then fin

ashton. >>> finally in our "heat index," the big red carpet premiere of rihanna, jim parsons and steve martin'smetown contest. they had one more big surprise and rachel smith was there for all the excitement. [ screaming ] >> remember this. >> we want to bring home to your hometown. we cannot wait to meet you, girl. >> cheryl "action" jackson overjoyed when she found out she had won our "home" in your hometown contest. now the big day is finally here. but before cheryl heads to the premiere rihanna and jim parsons take a walk down the red carpet at minnie's food pantry. >> look everybody. they're here. she wants to meet my whole family. oh, my god! i can actually touch them. she's beautiful. >> and i'm beautiful. >> you're beautiful. >> we gave boxes to families in need. >> all of this came from the donation of one single person. >> i hear that little person might be standing right next to you. >> did you hear that? >> did you hear so it was rihanna that did the donation. [ cheers and applause ] >> we were so inspired by the work we've seen you do in your community we wanted to jump in. >> if y