commissioner batts: it was clear i had an issue with public trust. i stand and say it use of force is down 46%, to 30 discourtesy complaints are down, lawsuits and officer involved shootings are down. people >> and communities say we do not believe it. sending it >> -- >> sunday night on c-span's q&a/ >> veterans affairs secretary bob mcdonnell apologized for falsely claiming he served in the military special forces. spoke to reporters briefly about the incident. secretary mcdonnell: good afternoon and thank you for coming. i'm bob mcdonald. as you know, when i was in los angeles, engaging in a homeless man to determine his veteran status, i asked the man where he'd served in the military. he responded that he had served in special forces and in an attempt to connect with that veteran, to make him feel comfortable, i incorrectly stated that i too had been in special forces. that was wrong and i have no excuse. i have great respect for those who have served our nation in special forces. they and all veterans deserve a department of veterans affairs th

. >> jamie, a keey is access to batte batteries.ertainly they have relationships with the manufacturers of batteries but they don't have a manufacturing site to produce the batteries. >> even if they had the scale, you have to buy the lithium ion. whether it's a regular factory, the process of making lithium ion batteries is almost entirely automated. i don't think there's much money to be gained there. why would they do this? the automobile business is a low margin business, whereas the business apple is in is a very high margin business. the devices and tablets and everything they produce have very, very little actual cost. and they retail for hundreds if not thousands of dollars. why would they exit that to go into a business where, in good times, you may have a 5% or 6% net margin and in bad times you hemorrhage money like crazy. >> sure. jamie, we'll go to you. you cover tesla. let's say apple comes out with a car by 2020. will that change your model? >> well, absolutely. i think we need to consider that electric vehicle penetr

. >> it this sunday on q&a, police commissioner anthony batt to on the challenges of policing the city. >> it was clear to i still had a problem and a had people disbelieving what i said. regardless that i stand before them and say things like lawsuits are down, shooting are dramatically down, we are moving in all the positive ways, people in communities say they do not believe in. >> a sunday night on 8:00 p.m. pacific on cue ian davis. >> the political landscape has changed with the one hundred 14th congress. not only are they knew republicans in the house and senate, there are also 108 women in senate including in the house and the first republican woman in the senate. keep track using congressional chronicle on c-span.org. statistics about each session of congress. on c-span, c-span. two c-span radio and c-span.org. >> now, secretary of state john kerry testifies about the russia ukraine to conflict, and ices. he was also asked about benjamin netanyahu's talk next week. mr. kerry chaired the senate foreign relations committee. >> the meeting will come to order. mr. secretary, you h

this sunday, baltimore police commissioner anthony batts on the challenges of policing the city. >> it was clear i had an issue with public trust and people believing things that were said. regardless of the fact that i stand in front like i did for you today and say useful forces down that means complains are still down. the officer involved shootings are dramatically down. we are moving in positive ways. people say they don't believe it. >> >> on thursday, james clapper, director of national intelligence testified before the senate armed services committee to provide his global threat assessment. topics included cyber threats. isis and the negotiations over iran's nuclear program. [applause] >> good morning. good morning everybody. we have some nominations that when we get sufficient number of frightened members who could not break this note to come in, we also have a -- we are glad to see this in a gym here, who is used to this weather year round. anyway. if we get a corm we will talk about the nominations. i would like to tell the members here that senator reid and i have agreed on