we see people like bob menendez who is very concerned about issues related to israel, and people like senator rand paul, so they have a variety of ways that they will introduce topics, ask questions, and try to give their perspective and kind out what is on their minds. and there is a measure set forth by ted cruz. he is not one who always raises one of the bipart stan flag, he is seen often to go his own way. they talked about iran's choice for the ambassador to the united nations. that's where the senate is at. >> we see the secretary entering the hearing room right now. we should point out that these are moments when the members of the senate themselves realize the cameras are watching the secretary, and they can send signals to iran and those involved in the middle east peace process and signals to the ukrainian populous about how they feel each specific senator on those three different topics. >> absolutely. and whether they want to come across as a unified body. and they also, though, care what their constituents back home think. that is big on that minds. we have seen that rise

is the classic divisions of democrats versus republicans the two main members of this committee bob menendeznd senator corker are often very united. so they are able to speak with one voice in a way that is not always seen in the senate. senator corker, though, was pretty tough in his line of questioning going after senator kerry relating to syria. he said the administration has no strategy in syria. pretty harsh walls, and he says the administration has been stone walling his committee. he is looking for more classified information. and we heard a little bit about that saying we heard mixed messages from you guys. and recently it was indicated that there may be a more asserted approach the u.s. could take in helping the rebels in syria. >> the secretary taking great pains to explain to the members of the senate that what happens overseas does effect things here in the u.s. >> absolutely. and this is actually a budget hearing talking about the money the administration wants to put forth. but he needs to make a case to these senators that the u.s.'s role around the world is more important tha

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guests include tony blair and bob menendez.'s "this week," with jeh johnson and nasa judas -- with jake johnson and senator elizabeth warren. on fox news, indiana governor mike pence, jennifer brack ceo of the 14 foundation, and the national chair of the group by any means necessary. cnn's "state of the union" follows at 3:00 p.m. eastern with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. above it and senator john barrasso of wyoming and democratic senator ben cardin of maryland. then it is "face the nation." democratic senator claire mccaskill and republican senator bob corker. the sunday network tv talk shows are on c-span radio, brought to you as a public service by the networks and c-span. the rebroadcast of the shows begins at noon he stared with nbc's "meet the press." 1:00 -- 3:00 "state of the union." 4:00 "face the nation." listen to the mall on the radio -- to them all on the radio or go online to c-span.org. >> what we are seeing right now where we are embedding computational capabilities more into our environment, some

he has a close relationship with new jersey democrat senator bob menendez. what is that about?harles: they went on two trips to the dominican republic that mendez forgot to put down as a gift and had to repay $58,000 for these gifts. he has put in directly or indirectly $700,000 to the campaigns overs the years. this guy is a wild character. he lost $60 million, had a big beef with his condo unit because of the ukrainian girl who lived there, the fbi raided his office. this is something very wrong to. i don't like the relationship this guy who made $20 million in taxpayer dollars. he has a big business in dominican republic, a new law, apartheid against that. i wonder if men mendez will say anything about that. democrat who cares about human rights protecting his deep pocketed buddy. stuart: that is a wide-ranging statements. somewhat unusual the rate of women stayed at home with kids, going up for the first time in a long time. pew research found in 201229% of mothers with children under 18 stayed home. 22% back in 1999. is this driven by economics, money, jobs, cultural shift

. >> senator bob menendez. you come at a time when you are doing nothing more than the job you were appointed to do. let me say for the record that when it comes to the issue of cuba or your work in any closed society, i do not believe that a.i.d.'s mission statement to promote resilient democratic societies that are able to realize their potential are in any way a cock maimy idea. i believe it is exactly what the people of cuba, iran, burma, belarus, north carolina states r a thor contain need to communicate with each other. to have the quoted statement of aving a free, peaceful and fective legitimate life, but for helping them to find a way to connect and share their views. global free programs, u.s. international broadcasting and support for human rights act visits are all on the mental side of the efforts to promote democracy overseas. for more than 50 years the united states has had an unwavering commitment to promote freedom of information in the world. our work in cuba is no different than our efforts to

look what he did to joe dorya, bob menendez. >> he was not u.s.u.s. attorney. >> we all know he had a heavy hand in that u.s. attorney's office. >> now you're accusing him of something. >> christie left the -- when the menendez thing happened, christie was there. the doria thing, people are debating. there's a lot of agreement on what went wrong. >> between fishman's investigation, we will get a lot of answers. i have no doubt about that. let's keep politicians away from destroying reputations during that period of time. >> one problem i have with that is u.s. attorney, state attorney investigations always leave a lot of stuff unseen. >> yeah. sunlight can be a good thing. we will talk about the -- the criminal aspect of this the criminal investigation aspect of this, fishman, the d.a. is involved. i wanted to thank john bramnick, elizabeth for a lively discussion here. another resignation, newly revealed subpoenas, these are investigations at the port authority. that's straight ahead. on-line c, on-line c, that helps our members connect and share

chaired by senator bob menendez of new jersey, this is two hours and 40 minutes. >> good morning. this hearing in the senate foreign relation committee will come to order. back toetary, welcome washington. i understand you have traveled hours inntries, 855 the air. that translates to an incredible 35 days of flying. havegine it feels good to your feet on the ground in a familiar place like this committee which you once chaired. we look forward to hearing your priorities and the state department for the coming year as the situations in the ukraine, syria, venezuela demonstrate, never has the need for american leadership and engagement in the world been greater. we understand the limitations and constraints that govern the budgetary environment and getting our fiscal house in order at home is the wellspring from which our national power flows. and rapidlylex changing global environment, we know our national security interests are priority number one and cannot be jeopardized. point $3 billion in base discretionary funding for the department of state and usaid equal to the 2014 inact

chaired by bob menendez of new jersey, this hearing is two hours, 45 minutes. >> good morning. this hearing will come to order. mr. secretary, welcome back to washington. i understand you have trouble to 44 countries, logged over 850 hours in the air, which translates to an incredible 35 days of flying. i imagine it feels good to have your feet on the ground in a place like this committee. which you once chaired. a familiar place like this committee, which you once chaired. so we look forward to hearing your priorities for the state department for the coming year, as the situations in the ukraine, syria, and venezuela demonstrate, never has the need for american leadership and engagement in the world been greater. we understand the limitations and constraints that govern the budgetary environment. and that getting our fiscal house in order at home is the wellspring from which our national power flows. but, in this complex and rapidly changing global environment, we also know that our national security interests are priority number one. and they cannot be jeopardized. the $40.3

host: one of those doctors, and southlmologist from florida, close connection to senator bob menendezthe senate foreign relations committee. did you follow that part of the story? guest: yes, my colleagues did, and again, it is an interesting example of how complicated and tangled some of the relationships can be. it is very difficult sometimes to know what is simple, very efficient operation, high volumes of patients, needing drugs, and something else. you may or may not be able to answer this question but let me pose it, from one of our viewers who send this tweet. host: any insights? guest: not really. i don't think we really can tell about wages per se from this data. i also would say that most doctors take a mix of medicare and non-medicare nati -- patients. that is the other caveat about this data. this gives us a guns of how doctors treat medicare patients, but they treat other patients as well. host: we are looking at this information from the center for medicare and medicaid services, cms looking at doctors and medicare reimbursements. reed abelson is joining us from new york

. >> i want to listen to a speech from senator bob menendez saying he believes once again, sanctionsd be back on the table. >> they are smiling at our negotiators around the table, plotting in the back room and we must keep that in mind. it's time to put iranian rhetoric to the test. if we are to take president rouhani's word when he said that iran does not seek nuclear weapons, if that's true, the iranian government should not have any problems with the obvious follow up to that claim. >> is he correct in his skepticism? >> obviously the two sides have been apart for 30 some years, the iran and u.s. significantly and the nuclear issue is a most important one. i think the skepticism here i think to just put all the blame on iran is a little bit too far to go. i think there are all sides, they have to make compromises on all sides, otherwise, it's not going to work. the fact is that there are nuclear programs and they are going to stay with enrichment. the question is what formula they can find to make iran a save enrichment place for what it is doing, and then obviously the american

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