never trust the russians, they said. >> thanks so much, keir simmons. >> new jersey senator bob menendez joins me now from new york. i know you were just back from ukraine. so your take on the cease-fire on whether the europeans should keep the sanctions in place and how much to trust vladimir putin on whether this thing is for real. >> well, if the previous cease-fires are an indication of anything, the reality is each cease-fire that has been had has been used by the russians and their separate supporters to ultimately advance their strategic position and rearm. hopefully this time it will be different. i hoped and called for while i was on my travels to ukraine and eastern europe to see the eu and the united states pursue more vigorous sanctions in order to make, number one, the cease-fire hold. number two, as president poroshenko said, to have peace, there are two key conditions that have to take place. number one, the withdrawal of russian troops back into russia. they invaded ukraine. and secondly, that the border between russia and ukraine has to have a real control and a closed b

we heard from the chairman of this particular committee, bob menendez speaking with dana bash so we'llfrom him and bring that to you live the meat of his testimony from secretary kerry. before we get there, let me bring in two voices, cnn political analyst and also our other guests. gentlemen, welcome to both of you. josh, let me begin with you. you wrote about this issue and it's been asked many times about this notion of mixed messaging. chairman menendez didn't seem too concerned but the issue being president obama saying one thing as far as americans are concerned in iraq and possibly syria and then hearing from his generals, ie mark dempsey yesterday saying something differently. are they on the same page? are they not? what do we expect today? >> we reported in the daily beast that there's a difference in opinion of the president and top generals he's tasked to fight this crisis. all believe in pursuing a quicker, stronger, more complete strategy to combat isis in iraq and syria than the president is currently willing to allow. it's not clear how that will play out in terms of te

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it's not credible. >> let's listen to bob menendez. >> what success looks like in iraq and syria across region and what conditions will indicate when it's time to end military action. now, this is what we know about isil. it has brutally mercilessly, barbarically followed through on threats to kill hostages james foley, steven sotloff. beheaded british aid worker david haines on saturday and threatens to execute another british citizen, alan henning. it promotes genocide against anyone who does not follow their view of warped islam. it enslaves women and children. it has seized u.s. and iraqi military equipment, has built a formidable fighting force. it's pumping oil and selling it to a tune of $1 million a day to fund its brutal tactics, along with kidnappings, theft, extortion and external support. it is recruiting disciples for its un-holy war at a frightening pace. these foreign fighters are crossing often from turkey, which either because of fear or maybe ideology, has declined to participate to stop that flow of fighters and to counter isil. it has declared the territory occupied

to that point there was an interesting exchange yesterday between secretary kerry and senator bob menendez about whether or not the authorization for iraq applied and gave the president constitutional authority for this offensive that is already under way in iraq and may be under way soon in syria. >> the same people doing the same people that were attacking and the stunt to sprayed yourself and that does not get you under the force of the united states law. i will tell you from the chair's perspective, you will need that. going forward with military action without the consent of congress? >> it's a terrible precedent. i opposed actions in libya for the same reason. and a host of them have done this making the power to determine whether we are going to war or not. that's before you get into war, the american people should vote for them and to say that the umf which we voted to authorize the people who attacked us on 9/11 should be used 13 years later. >> i would certainly agree with you. there is word that a beheading terror plot was foiled in australia. do you think enough is being done t

to discuss the strategy to defeat islamic state in iraq and the levant, the democratic chairman bob menendez of new jersey i is giving his open statement. you may note behind secretary of kerry, you'll see a group of people dressed in pink with protest signs. that's a code pink, which is occupied the first two rose of spectator seats behind secretary kerry. they held up signs saying that the u.s. airstrikes is equivalent to terrorism. an interesting scene. let's listen to the opening statements and secretary kerry as they talk about the obama administration's efforts to tackle islamic state. >> the national agenda and leaders ready to empower the iraqi security forces and kurdish peshmerga forces to take the fight to isil. in syria it means training and equipping a vetted syrian force. free of isil and all violent extremist groups would free assad and his regime backers. this fighting force should be prepared to support a post assad political structure whatever the circumstances of which he ultimately leaves syria. by negotiate or other means. the president has laid out a comprehensive holis

years in the making, and in may, the senate the head of the senate foreign relations committee, bob menendez was pushing for this, the training of foreign rebels, the moderates. but the push back came from the administration and from senator reid and it died. >> brett, so one year ago, president obama stood in front of the american people said, by the way, in the days leading up to that speech, that the american sentiment had changed with regard to syria, americans didn't want to go into syria. so president obama said i'm going to give this to congress and he turned it over to congress and that ended up not happening, the opposite is happening here, where the american sentiment is united. 90% of people feel that's sis is a threat to the united states. will that give president obama the idea that he doesn't need congress anymore and circumvent congress. because a lot of people want that same authority, they want the american people still want him to go to congress and gets approval before doing it, even though they agree with him doing it? >> you're exactly right. it has changed dramatically,

bob menendez says the united states should now arm the ukrainian government forces. >> ukraine's presidenttry is inching closer to a full scale war with russia. hundreds of ukrainians forming a human chain leading to rebel controlled areas in protest of the escalating violence there. ukraine said one of its patrol boats was sunk and two crew members are missing. william taylor who clearly knows so much about this area and the intricacies of all these conversations going on, first of all, what do you make of the senator's point that the u.s. should arm ukrainian troops? >> i think the senator is exactly right. this is an invasion. these are russian troops, army formations. they have coming across the border. they have been photographed both on the ground and in the air. this is clearly an invasion and what we should do is support the ukrainians, including with military support. we should provide weapons, intelligence and advisers to help the ukraine yons. >> they are those who say russia has one of the big army's in the world. there is no amount that you can give ukraine that can possibly h

chairman bob menendez is going to lead this.s the committee that john kerry when he was a senator led himself. so it is going to be at another time he's going to come back, sit in the witness chair and answer questions along the lines of what you've been talking about all hour with your guests. primarily the mixed messages that we've heard from the administration, from john kerry himself telling our elise labott that we're not at war, the u.s. is not at war with isis, but then the administration trying to backtrack on that. and of course the testimony from the military chiefs yesterday before the armed services committee, specifically saying that there should be ground troops left on the table and that's setting off basically a five-alarm political fire at the white house because the president does not want to send that signal at all. those are going to be the kinds of questions we're going to hear from the secretary of state -- for the secretary of state in about 45 minutes. obviously there will be more diplomatic questions abo

what about bob menendez who wants to provide offensive weapons to the ukraine military?you think that would change the situation on the ground? >> i don't think that would change the situation on the ground. i think as soon as nato or the united states makes an open statement of offensive weapons, then russia will simply increase its involvement in ukraine and will say it was provoked and forced to do so in light of the actions by the united states. so unless we want to really escalate this crisis rapidly to an all-out war between the united states and potentially russia, i don't think we're about to go that step that quickly. >> we know the rebel leaders said this week they would support a sovereign ukraine as long as they havemomy. i'm curious what you make ferttle and would ukraine or russia even stand for that? would they be satisfied with such a solution? >> i think both sides are trying to find a way by which certain elements of autonomy are transferred to eastern ukraine, the question is how much autonomy. ukraine is viable only if it's a unified state. if it beco

there is bipartisan support for bob menendez, the democratic senator from new jersey has a resolutiono make clear to the world that u.s. foreign policy will never allow iran to acquire a nuclear weapon. the most pressing issue in the middle east, besides isis the iranian nuclear quest. bob menendez from new jersey, wants to bring a resolution to a vote in the senate that would get 80 votes. president obama and harry reid will not bring it to a vote. we don't need more unilateralism in this congress and we need congress to exercise its authority. harry reid will not allow it to come to a vote. it is a broad bipartisan issue. mod mr. sasse, next question from miss williams. >> do you support president obama's strategy to go after isis in iraq and syria and includes increased airstrikes and more military advisors in iraq? if not, what do you suggest? sasse: first of all we need to take actions against isis and should have begun at least a month ago. i applaud the president for speaking to the nation on wednesday and outlining that but we don't need to speak with as nearly a muddled a voi

. >>> let's bring in senator bob menendez, democrat from new jersey and chairman of the senate foreign relations committee. thanks so much for joining us. as always, i want to get your reaction to president obama who earlier today spoking about a core coalition formed on the sidelines of the nato summit. he said that would take on isis. what would you expect other countries to contribute? >> well, jake, i applaud the president putting together a coalition on the sidelines of the nato summit. i think a coalition is necessary to fight isis. and it would seem to me that that coalition needs to bring to bear the same resources we have brought to bear so far, both in air power as well as other military, you know, equipment and abilities. and so if you want to destroy isil, you're going to have to do it in a comprehensive way. i hope that they'll be part of drying up isil's money. they're probably the best funded terrorist organization in the world right now. that's critically important. and so a comprehensive approach to, you know, ultimately make sure that isil cannot be a threat to the un

bob menendez is set on having a vote on it in the senate and there are a number of republicans and democratsuse that really want to see this during the lame duck session. certainly after the election we will see it. >> where does the blame lie. if you think that not reauthorization it, that that should be done before we conduct air strikes in iraq or syria, is the onus on the president to make sure congress reauthorizes that, or is it congress's job to take up the mantle? >> this is a conspiracy, not a competition. they both agree what they want done. the president wants the freest hand he can have, and congress doesn't want to be involved on these. they want the president to take the blame if anything goes wrong. so you could imagine a world here in which what was happening was the president was trying to get around congress, right, he was trying to do things without congressional authorization because he feared congress' answer, but that's not the world we are in. you have a lot of members of congress, tim kaine and other members that want a vote, would just shut up, let it be on the presi

. >> to combat that, we've heard from senator bob menendez here in washington, this sort of idea thathe u.s. should do more to ramp up arming the ukrainian military, specifically in a defensive posture. what more could be done by the u.s.? at this point, does it make sen sense? >> most certainly something more has to be done. i suspect we'll see that once the president arrives at the nato summit. the administration has had a strategy of ratcheting up, at this time -- tit for tat. it demands a response. it's about two different kinds of responses. one, military assistance as senatormen menendez raised. and two, sanctions. not only companies that might be on that sanctions list but a new qualitative sanction that will be even more punishing to the russian company. >> we're starting to see sanctions get a tadbit more severe. a lot of folks in the united states do not think that's enough. nato is trying to fig fill the vacuum left by the eu's vacuum. how much could nato do in this circumstance? >> well, this is an historic summit. i think it's probably one of the most important nato summi

bob menendez, senate foreign relations committee said in an interview, we should be providing ukrainianstypes of defensive weapons that will impose a cost upon putin for further aggression. how far can the u.s. really go down that road of giving defensive weaponry to ukraine and perhaps other nato countries in the area without really angering the russians and perhaps reprovoking them to move further? >> well, look, i think there clearly is more that the united states can do militarily. that's the sense i have, that that debate is already taking place inside the administration here in washington, that it's not just senator menendez on the outside but there are people inside who would like to do more and believe we can do more when it comes to providing lethal aid. president obama himself has both ruled out the use of u.s. military force in this emerging conflict and also up until now has held the line against that kind of aid. but i think you're going to see that menendez is not alone in making calls for that but europe remains very divided. what the eastern europeans what to do is differ

i talked to bob menendez, chair of the senate foreign relations committee today. he's called a hearing for september 16th with both kerry and also hagel coming to testify. after they do their middle east tour. which will start sometime early next week. and so he wants them to testify and hold hearings and have the foreign relations committee at least put something out there. he thinks there will be a debate on the floor. it may not be the formal debate authorizing the use of force that you and i have been wanting to hear. you've been calling for it and making the point in both previous iraq engagements and principally in desert storm, the first one under bush 41, there was a really important debate. it was on a saturday in the senate. it was one of the great debates. you had players on all sides in the democratic and republican parties, crossing partisan. it was basically those who felt it was the right thing to do. saddam hussein invaded kuwait. it was a different situation. we were not the initiator but coming at the request of those who had been invaded. >> goi

i understand that we'll have a debate on that and i appreciate bob menendez.ed. we are working on one that was voted on in 2001-2002 under president bush. this has allowed us to go in so many different directions and basically it's a no-end situation. so, yes, i would like to see it. to tell you if i would vote on it, to what extent, if it was there, where we are and what we'll do with the support role we play, the aircraft, i've been for air support and i would be very much in support of that, but when you have the prime minister of iraq yesterday, alex saying, you know what? we appreciate the air support you've given us, that helped tremendously. we don't need you nor do we want you on the ground. >> yeah. >> when they're telling you that, don't you think they're saying listen, don't instigate this more, it's bad enough as it is and give us what you can and your expertise. we're willing to do that. in syria, this is a civil war and we'll take sides some why would we take sides again. >> these are complicated times and thank you for taking the time. >> thank

there is bipartisan support, bob menendez has a resolution to make clear to the world that u.s.oreign policy will never allow iran to require a new weapon. it is the most pressing issue in the middle east after isis and there is broad bipartisan support. again, the leader of this is the democrats, bob menendez wants to bring the resolution that would probably get 80 votes. but obama and harry reid will not forget to vote. we do not need more unilateralism. but if the congress to exercise some authority and harry reid won't allow it to come to it though. it is a broad bipartisan issue to support israel and oppose the reigning nuclear chase. >> moderator: mr. sasse, next question from colleen williams. >> to support the most recent strategy to go after isis anorak interior which includes increased airstrikes in additional u.s. military advisers in iraq? if not, what do you suggest? sasse: first of all, when you take action against substandard. we should've started a month ago. i applaud the president was speaking to the nation on wednesday in outlining not. but we don't need to sp

even democrats in congress, i saw the chair of the foreign relations committee in the senate, bob menendez say, we need you to be asking for a new authorization of use for military force. and they're saying, we'll welcome it but we're not going to ask for it. i think part of what the problem is the administration is giving a lot of mixed messages. we're seeing over and over again when one part of the administration says, we don't know if it's war, then they know it's war, one part says we don't need boots on the ground, we're not going to send them, and you start hearing all over the place from military officers from former secretaries of defense like panetta and gates that they will be needing boots on the ground, so i think it becomes very confusing for the american public and, look, foreign policy shouldn't be based on polls. it needs to be based on goals. >> first of all, we have boots on the ground. i mean, there's a kind of game being played here. we have some 1300 advisers. we have boots on the ground in a lot of places around this world. but i do think there is a measure of the ame

iranian nuclear quest, and there's broad bipartisan support and again the leader of this, democrat, bob menendez wants to bring a resolution to vote that would probably get 80 votes. president obama and harry reid will not bring it to a vote. we do not need more unilateralism. we need congress to exercise some of their authority. it's a broad bipartisan issue. and spent mr. sasse, you'll be getting the next question from calling williams. >> do you support president obama's recent in a strategy to go after isis in iraq and syria, which includes increased airstrikes that additional u.s. military advisers in iraq? if not, what do you suggest? sasse: first of all we need to take action against isis and we should again at least a month ago. so i applaud the president for speaking to the nation and outlined that but we don't need to speak with nearly as muddled a voice as we're doing right now to the world. nebraskans know that war is a horrible thing. we should be incredibly reticent to go but when military action is required we should an ounce into the world we will do whatever it takes to win. we

so the senate coming out, bob menendez, trying to get on his back saying we need to arm the rebels, why are you trying to arm them? these are the bigger questions and unfortunately the eu is going to be hesitant to do much more than in a week's time possibly ratchet up sanctions and close loophole that is are already there. so i don't see any military engagement any time soon. >> what type of sanctions are we looking at? i mean, just more of the same or are they going to be targeting different sectors? >> that was the bigger question. initially when the ukrainian president, i spoke with him, he said we are targeting and looking at level three secondtorial sanctions. and essentially i said, is this because we reached the point of no return. mr. baruso earlier talked about the need for diplomatic solution before we reached the point of no return, can you define then what is the point of no return and how do you plan to defend your country? >> i think that we are very close to the point of no return. the point of no return is full-scale war, which already happened on the territory controll

important effort under way is the public advocacy of our elected hispanic leaders such as senator bob menendezngressman javier deserra, and congressman ruben hinojosa. all of whom have been vocal about the underrepresentation of hispanics on corporate boards, and in the "c" suite. another important voice is that of u.s. securities and exchange commissioner luis ago u lar who strongly supported the disclosure regulation requiring u.s. publicly traded companies to disclose whether diversity was considered as they assessed board candidates, how diversity was a part of the process, and how they assessed the effectiveness of their policy on diversity. but clearly we need more leadership op-ed, shareholder, and consumer voices, actively advocating for hispanic corporate board members. >> thank you, pat. [ applause ] israel you are on the front lines of providing health care to the latino community and you're the only man on the panel. we know that there are hundreds of clinical trials taking place to develop drugs, cures, for any number of diseases and ailments. and i'm wondering if what they're loo

michael mccaul, and bob menendez. following at 3 p.m., dianne feinstein and mike rogers. at 4 p.m.t is face the nation .ith henry kissinger marco rubio, republican, and dutch ruppersberger. brought to you as a public service by the networks and c-span. the rebroadcasts of these shows again begin at noon eastern with "meet the press," and that 1:00, "this week." 3:00e of the union" at hear, "face the need -- face the nation" at 4:00. you can catch them all nationwide on xm satellite radio, find us on channel 120. you can download our free app for your smart phone or listen online at c-span.org. host: thank you very much, nancy. that got a lot of attention this week, along with this headline from "the washington post." mitt romney wrote about the need for a mighty u.s. military, saying that russia invade us, china belize, iran spins centrifuges, and the islamic state, a terror threat he on any we have seen, threatens, and washington cuts the military. "several arguments are there to a reduction of defense, but they are all wrong. a different set of principles based on common humanity

. >> senator bob menendez, please let us know what comes from the meetings today. seeing you this morning. >> will do. thank you. >>> let's go over to michaela for the top headlines. >> alisyn, thanks so much. in ferguson, missouri, demonstrators plan to stop traffic on a major interstate in a show of civil disobedience following the michael brown shooters. organizers are urging protesters to drive on the interstate at 4:30 this afternoon and stop their car for four and a half minutes. they say it will symbolize the four hours michael brown's body lay in the middle of the street. >>> a small plane crash in denver killed all on board. it crashed in field as it approached erie municipal airport for landing. three passengers were declared dead at the scene. the remaining two died after being taken to local hospitals. the ntsb is investigating the cause of that crash. >>> police in utah had a tough search for a stolen ring. brian ford and christina schlegel were arrested after a high-speed chase. police say ford stole the ring from the sales jewelry store. that's an x-

bob me mean dez. -- men mean dez. - men den dez -- menendez. >> that was impressive. but on the democratic side, even though they had very, very few, the hispanics were in the audience. the hispanics were attend's to the -- attendees were in the convention. >> yes, i think for example, the reception nationally that hispanics and african-americans are more democratic. whether or not that has resulted in deliverables to those communities, you know, i think there's a lot of hispanics, for example, who are -- haven't done more on the immigration issue. you could make the same statement about if you're a strong christian, you're more likely to be a republican. >> you know, jim, i've been told at -- and we've had a jewish members in the legislature. but i have been told that as someone of the jewish faith could never win a state-wide race in florida in 2014. you know, we think we progress and maybe we don't. george knox, our comments about issues relating to racial matters every acceptable? for example, a latino man or woman winning in a predominantly latino area or a black