coming up next, senator ben cardin, a democrat from maryland. we will be talking about congressional issues with him as well. after this update from c-span radio. >> as congress debates immigration legislation, members of the house and senate leave for a weekend tour of immigration related site in new york city with stops at ellis island and a naturalization ceremony. our route 20 lawmakers are scheduled to participate these events being organized by the faith and politics institute. most are democrats but there are also a handful of republicans, including house majority leader of virginia who will speak saturday at a jewish center in queens. organizers say the hope is to promote reflection on the nations immigrant history. in washington, meanwhile, president obama's picked to be the number two official at the homeland security department faces questions from lawmakers this morning about an inestigation into his role helping a company run by former secretary of state hillary clinton's brother to secure a foreign investor visa. mallorcas head of

>> let me play you something senator ben cardin said at a news conference with mr. conyers today.ten to this. >> in trayvon martin's case, the jury has sproeken to the criminal liability but there is no question that but for racial profiling trayvon martin would be alive today. he was identified solely because of what he looked like rather than any facts related to an individual crime. >> how do you convince people that racial profiling is wrong when some people have no qualms about going on television and spouting the worst most ludicrous claims about black people in this nation? >> well, i mean, i think it's absolutely right. let me just congratulate you for even being willing to have this issue raised in such a frank and direct manner. because you know, in our society, we are so uncomfortable when race comes up, we don't even like to talk about it at all. there's a large part of society is that just dismisses it. but to say that this is a problem has gone away. all you have to do is look at the response after the verdict to see how polarized our society is. >> andthon issue of

senator ben cardin is pushing for a federal ban. >> it doesn't add to good police work and it alienatesmunities. >> critics of racial profiling say it's past time to apply a traditional legal principle, punishment and deterrence to police action that discriminate biz race. >> we have to deal with the truths and force our police agencies to get back to abiding by the law. >> and if you think about it, that's pretty odd that unlike every other tough on crime law, the federal and state rules on this racial profiling don't actually do much to punish racial profiling but it looks liking that could change. john conyers introduced legislation just yesterday to pan ban the practice. over in the senate, there's a companionen bill by ben cardin that has 16 cosponsors including harry reid. when it comes to speaking out against racial profile, critics range from president obama to president bush. for all those people saying we need more than a conversation on race, you're right. we need more than broad rhetoric against racial injustice. we need action and a national ban on profiling people based on

. >> elijah cummings and ben cardin has said they are pleased the justice department is investigating this case as a possible civil rights issue. kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. are trying to track down three male suspects. a woman was inside an apartment when a break it happened. it was around 5:00 on monday morning. three men forced their way in. police say the victim was not hurt. boy wase confirm a struck by a train sunday afternoon. police say the engineer notified authorities about the accident. officers arrived but the victim was nowhere to be found. the boy was taken to the hospital but told doctors he had fallen at a light brown. the boy had been hit by a train. the boy is expected to recover. >> 80 degrees at the airport. a test that could determine how a fever was caused. >> it is important to make and >> it is important to make and [ female announcer ] is your conditioner doing the job? ♪ ♪ dry hair needs a daily dose of effective moisture. new dove daily moisture has pro moisture complex that goes deep down to hair's cellular level. it moisturizes to give you up to 5 x smooth

ben cardin is proposing outlawing profiling at the federal level with the end racial profiling act. here. >> my pleasure. >> you probably run into folks who are surprised that this isn't already against federal law. >> you're exactly right. i think most people think it is. but it is not, as you point out. it is not only against values of our nation. as president obama said, it is a waste of resources. it doesn't add to good police work. and it alienates communities that you need cooperation with that are more likely ton cooperate with police as a result of racial profile ppg for something that should end, unfortunately we don't have a law against it as we saw in the zimmerman case. the jury spoke as to the criminal responsibility but clearly, trayvon martin was a victim of racial profiling. that needs to stop and there needs to be clear laws in the country to make it clear that you can't use that. >> senator, what does your bill do? >> it prevent you from starting an investigation, picking up potential people for investigations solely because of race. now i want it make it clear wha

one of the things we'll discuss with senator ben cardin, whether it is time to have a national federal ban under the law on racial profiling. many people may not realize, racial profiling sounds like something people don't like. it is not illegal under the law. thank you both for being with us. next, a little more ignorance on display in america. this time from within the halls of congress, if you can believe that. this is "disrupt" on msnbc. >> they weigh 130 pounds and have cabs the size of cantaloupes because they're hauling marijuana across the desert. >> come on. we all say it behind closed doors. mexicans have calves the size of cantaloupes. or honey dews, what have you. a breakfast fruit of some kind. . [ herbie ] eh, hold on brent, what's this? oh, that's the new nissan. there's no doubt, that's definitely gonna throw him off. she's seen it too. oh this could be trouble. [ sentra lock noise ] oh man. gotta think fast, herbie. back pedal, back pedal. [ crowd cheering ] oh, he's down in flames and now the ice-cold shoulder. one last play... no, game over! gps take him to the dog

at 820 eastern, we will also speak with senator ben cardin.land democrat is a senator -- a member of the finance committee. "washington journal" is next. [applause] up and overt all the past 40 months our business up created 7.2 million new jobs. this year we're off to the strongest private sector job growth since 1999, but, and here is the big but, i am here to tell you today that we're not there yet. we all know that. we are not there yet. we have more work to do. the president has begun a series of speeches on economic

senator ben cardin works on this for years, zeroed in on the case. and george w. this is wrong. we have a wide group of people saying it's wrong, we have to do something about it. >> while we use new york as a great example of the city any way, the premiere city of the world and what stop and frisk means here, there is a battle in the city, especially in the mayoral race who plefs in what when it comes to stop and frisk. bill thompson joined "morning joe" today and this is how he talked about it. take a look. >> when you say give me five stops today, it starts to create the situation it's a policing tool and officers with the proper training know who to stop or know what situations to use to stop with the constitutional safeguards that are provided then it's correctly but now it's not being used correctly. >> to know that new york is relying on such a firm handed law? >> it's such a great question because we see a city that has a lot of discussions about gun regulation, about certain centris centrists. thompson used to be much more supportive of stop and frisk. he

there's a bill in the senate now proposed by maryland's ben cardin, the end racial profiling act which training, collects data and allows the doj to grant money toward implementing fairer practices. it will almost certainly not be passed. it will have to be done at the state level where people have to realize that racial profiling means millions of americans are judged guilty till proven innocent, a bias that must end. and now, the end of a nice summer with you, ari, on monday. crystal ball will be back and abby huntsman will be joining us. now it's time for the beginning of martin bashir. >> good afternoon. it's friday, july 26th. and sba sybrina fulton has a powerful message for those who don't appreciate the meaning of tolerance. >> trayvon martin could have been me 35 years ago. >> obama is the president. >> there is a hustle going on in the civil rights industry. >> i don't know if i have used the word tolerant. i don't care for that word myself. >> facts about clutching purses. >> and a woman clutching her purse. >> you got to stop young black women from having babies

ben cardin says are we going to be seeing more of these type of editorials from democratic members?ou havethink so but seen some stories that low-level and i was taught to remember last week concerned about suicides in the military saying there had been cut to the mental health services to help prevent suicides in the military. weather and moves congress to actually get some type of deal, that will not happen before the august recess. however, the sequestration to some degree may be altered, revenge during the debt limit discussions later this fall. host: we are talking with bob "thek, managing editor of hill" newspaper. the lines are open. we've got a call from darrick from seattle, washington and our democratic line. caller: thank you. takeld like your guest to a look at what i am going to say. the clinton presidency and obama presidency -- if you look at them, they are trying to do the exact same thing. clinton had a tax increase, that's all he got public all the bad policies we put in place. glass stiegel, the same thing with obama, he got a tax increase and they are trying to p

host: here is an editorial in today's "baltimore sun" written by senator ben cardin -- i want to read you a little bit of that. ben cardin says -- host: are we going to be seeing more of these type of editorials from democratic members? guest: i think so but you have seen some stories that low-level and i was taught to remember last week concerned about suicides in the military saying there had been cut to the mental health services to help prevent suicides in the military. whether it moves congress to actually get some type of deal, that will not happen before the august recess. however, the sequestration to some degree may be altered, revamped during the debt limit discussions later this fall. host: we are talking with bob cusack, managing editor of "the hill" newspaper. the lines are open. host: we've got a call from darrick from seattle, washington on our democratic line. caller: thank you. i would like your guest to take a look at what i am going to say. the clinton presidency and obama presidency -- if you look at them, they are trying to do the exact same thing. clinton had a t

joining us is senator ben cardin. senator, thank you for joining us. >> it's a pleasure to be with you. >> shannon: what role do we as the u.s. or don't we play as this continues to fill the streets of cairo and lives are being lost? >> first of all, egypt's very, very important to the united states. it is going through a transition. i think what secretary kerry said yesterday is particularly important. it is the responsibility of those in charge to protect those who are peacefully demonstrating and that they need to exercise restraint, that we have now been two years, where the people of egypt want a government that will be responsive to their needs. we understand that -- the morsi government did not accomplish that. we now have to work towards peace in that region and let the system go forward and hopefully have open elections, have constitutional reform, so the rights of all egyptians are protected, that they honor their commitment with israel and help us against extremists. that's what we have in common. we hope t

ben cardin says: recently, some in the media have expressed that the cuts aren't causing drastic effects a washington post report found the cuts less scary than predicted. tell that to the 46,000 department of defense employees in maryland and another 103,000 in the capital region who are being furloughed resulting in up to 20% reduction in weekly pay through the rest of the fiscal year. >> host: are we going to see, be seeing more of these types of editorials coming out from democratic members? >> guest: i think so. and you've seen more stories or at least some stories at the local level. i was talking to a member last week very concerned about suicides in the military and saying there have been cuts to the mental health services to help prevent suicides in the military. but whether it moves congress to actually get some type of deal, that's not going to happen before the august recess. however, maybe sequestration to some degree is altered, revamped during the debt limit discussions later this fall. >> host: we're talking with bob cusack, managing you editor of e hill" newspaper here o

will also speak to senator ben cardin. he will focus on this weeks top stories. budget negotiations in the senate. washington journal is live on c- span. in the first of a series of speeches on the economy, president obama said that the key to a strong economy our retirement savings and health care. these spokes -- he spoke for more than an hour. >> hello.] well. is good to be home in illinois. it is good to be back. be back.d to thank you. thank you so much everybody. thank you so much. thank you. thank you. thank you so much. thank you. everybody, have a seat. have a seat. it is good to be back. i want to thank the college. i want to thank the college and your president for having me here today. give her a big round of applause. i had to think your congresswoman who is here. there she is. we have got governor quinn near. lieutenant have governor, sheila, here. general, lisa madigan, is here. bunch of my former colleagues and some folks wed not seen in years that i am looking forward to saying i'm hi two. -- to. john was one of my early supporters when i was run

we will also speak with a maryland democrat, senator ben cardin.l talk about the economy and negotiations in the senate and the healthcare law. "washington journal" is live on c-span every day at 7 a.m. eastern. i think the korean war helped the south koreans to unify themselves in a way that wasth . down,he communists came it was real. --ot of the south koreans that sort of solidified their sense of nationalism identity. is possible the south would have disintegrated on its own. >> 60 years after north korean troops crossed. she looks at a war that never really ended. sunday night at 9 p.m. on "afterwords" on c-span 2 on book tv. hearing on the guantÁnamo bay detention facility. this hearing discusses human rights and civil rights. it is a little less than two hours. [gavel] good afternoon. this hearing is a subcommittee for the civil rights and human rights will come to order. by ranking member will be here briefly. today's hearing is entitled closing guantanamo, the national fiscal, and human rights implications. we are pleased to have a large -