foreign policy when trump took office since christopher preble an expert with the libertarian cato institute but on balance the president's successes are few and far between. i think the president set for himself some very ambitious objectives he allowed his rhetoric to get ahead of his ability to execute and we're seeing it play out over the last 3 years and so when he boasts that he's achieved some great success it's fairly easy to see that that is not the case for example north korea and the famous bilateral meetings between donald trump and. the white house claims this was a great breakthrough but north korea's nuclear program continues and the human rights situation in north korea is still dreadful for iran since the u.s. withdrawal from the nuclear deal there have been tit for tat escalations culminating in trump's order. to kill iranian top general qassim soleimani the us maximum pressure come paint on tehran doesn't seem to be working and even though trump promised to end the wars in the middle east the us military presence in the persian gulf now is larger than it was when he took o

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. >> we had a guest on this show last year named johann norberg with the cato institute. is swedish himself and put together a documentary about how the swedes abandoned socialism. here's what he said about that. >> bernie sanders wants america to be more like sweden then they would have to reform social security, introduce school vouchers, abolish taxes on things like inheritance and property because sweden has liberalized dramatically in the last few years because we tried socialism. >> that doesn't sound like senator sanders bag of tricks, school choice and all the things he mentioned. >> what we are talking about, when you hear and talk to young people who support bernie sanders they are saying, somewhat inconceivably i agree with steve hilton which is the idea that health care is provided for everybody. that is what european countries are modeling, that is what they are seeing and tying into this idea that bernie sanders and medicare for all is the right idea. the democratic party is clear the majority are saying it is the affordable care act the republicans have bee

as the cato institute found, no one born in nigeria, myanmar, tanzania, or eritrea have been responsiblee terror-related death on american soil between 1975 and 2017, and if the administration were really worried about lax security, it would ban all visas from those countries but it's only targeting permanent visas, which suggests something else is going on here. last year, when trump unveiled a new immigration plan, white house aides told "the washington post" trump wanted high-skilled, well-educated, english-speaking immigrants who could assimilate easily and give back to the country. that's an understandable wish list for any world leader, but if that's what trump wants, he should know that nigerian immigrants who make up the largest group of subsaharan immigrants in the united states as of 2017, check all of those boxes. they are some of the most educated immigrants in america. according to the migration policy institute, 59% of nigerian immigrants in the u.s. hold at least a bachelor's degree, nearly double the proportion of americans born in the u.s. it is also more than the propor

. >> shannon: well, we had a guest on the show last year here at his name, the cato institute now, swedishy about abandoned socialism because it wasn't working there. this is what he says about that now. >> bernie sanders wants america to be more like sweden. well, then they would have to reform socialme security, introduce school vouchers, abolish taxesld on things like inheritance and property because sweden has liberalized dramatically in the past few years. because we tried socialism. >> shannon: ethan, that doesn't sound like senator sanders bag of tricks. school choice and all those other thingsoe he mentioned. >> it is true. what we are talking about when we hear and talk to the young people in the united states to support bernie sanders, what they are saying, actually, somewhat inconceivably i'm agreeing with steve on this. the idea that health care is provided for everybody. that is what the european countries are modeling. that is what they are seeing and tying into this idea that bernie sanders and medicare for all is the right idea. the democratic party is actually clearer.r. t

. >> shannon: well, we had a guest on the show last year here at his name, the cato institute now, swedishnd put together this documentary about abandoned socialism because it wasn't working there. this is what he says about that now. >> bernie sanders wants america to be more like sweden. well, then they would have to reform social security come introduce school vouchers come abolish taxes on things like inheritance and property because sweden has liberalized dramatically in the past few years. because we tried socialism. >> shannon: ethan, that doesn't sound like senator sanders bag of tricks. school choice and all those other things he mentioned. >> it is true. what we are talking about when we hear and talk to the young people in the united states to support bernie sanders, what they are saying, actually, somewhat and conceivably i'm agreeing with steve on this.ha the idea that health care is provided for everybody. that is what the european a countries are modeling peer that is what they are seeing and tyig into this idea that bernie sanders and medicare for all is the right idea. the

joining me to it discuss tonight cato institute senior fellow and technology and privacy this is really wheelhouse. it's julian sanchez, welcome back. so things are have me. kennedy: what you see the most problematic aspect of this legislation and what can actually be done about it? >> there seems at this point to be a pretty broad agreement that the records component should just be allowed to die. this is the successor to the bulk collection program that's been revealed. we knew it was massively invasive, they weren't quite willing to kill it at the time, so they watered it down and neutered and a little bit. but we know now, this is despite -- nominally not being bulking and warrants a program where they have collected 4,500,000,000 records a year, even though there are only about 11 orders last year. we know that it was massively expensive, cost about $100 million over four years. and they got out of that exactly two unique leads which one of which was a dead end. it's a number of programs with compliance issues and they were not lawfully collecting information they're entitled to. r

joining me to it discuss tonight cato institute senior fellow and technology and privacy this is reallyhouse. it's julian sanchez, welcome back. so things are have me. kennedy: what you see the most problematic aspect of this legislation and what can actually be done about it? >> there seems at this point to be a pretty broad agreement that the records component should just be allowed to die. this is the successor to the bulk collection program that's been revealed. we knew it was massively invasive, they weren't quite willing to kill it at the time, so they watered it down and neutered and a little bit. but we know now, this is despite -- nominally not being bulking and warrants a program where they have collected 4,500,000,000 records a year, even though there are only about 11 orders last year. we know that it was massively expensive, cost about $100 million over four years. and they got out of that exactly two unique leads which one of which was a dead end. it's a number of programs with compliance issues and they were not lawfully collecting information they're entitled to. repeate

we will talk about the use of stop and frisk with the cato institute. watch c-span's "washington journal" this morning. join the discussion. ♪ susan: matthew greene, the speaker of the house from 1931 1933 and became fdr's vice president once said, the speaker of the house job is the hardest job in washington. do you agree? professor green: absolutely, i agree. it was made at the time when speakers had a lot fewer responsibilities and duties than today. if anything, it is even more so it is the most difficult job in washington. susan: unlike the senate majority, this position is named in the constitution without a lot of detail. i am wondering, when the framers created the position, what are -- position, they were look into the english model, what are they have in mind? professor green: they were thing about a model of the speakership where it was a position that had parliamentary responsibilities. the job was to preside over the chamber and make sure the rules were being followed fairly. they also understood the position could take on other responsibil

i'm roger with the cato institute.sor wilfred mcclay can be open remarks by alluding to the parlous state of the teaching of american history today in the colleges and universities. i wonder if you could say a little bit more about fact, the source of it, what's to be done about it apart from the adoption of your book. [laughter] >> the sources of it and how it is a change. i will answer your question as you asked but i think at that point i was talking more about high schools and the fact that young people are not getting a sense of a coherent sense of their past. it's true with the colleges and universities, one of the things that nobody in the history department wants to do is teach the survey course. in american history european history, nobody wants to do that. of course part of the reason is people have a sense, time spent away from my specialty and my resource is wasted but actually this course to teach well because it involves constantly trying to integrate fresh insights that are coming all the time as a resul

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at the cato institute, you said -- when he praised you, you said i admire your boldness and challenging the fed. in a way i respect. what am i missing? if that is not out of the mainstream of america, of history, i don't know what is. so tell me what i'm missing when you think a guy like this needs to be compared and what he is trying to do with the monetary policy of the united states, how that compares to the courage of rosa parks. dr. shelton: senator jones, the last thing i would ever do is demean the courage of rosa parks. senator: you did, you realize that, don't you? you did. dr. shelton: i apologize to the comparison. i truly do. the gentleman you are referring to, he did an audacious thing. senator: do you admire what he did and being convicted in a federal court in north carolina? do you admire that? dr. shelton: i believe that he was testing the idea that the was testing the idea that the constitution in article 1, section 10 says that states can only use gold and silver as legal tender. senator: within the federal reserve, is that something you want to test? is that somethin

to carrying out the constitutional response fully to maintain a thing of value at the currency cato institute and when he prays you sent him i very much admire your boldness and all density and i thank you are challenging the fed in a way i respect and what am i missing here, that is not out of the mainstream of america and of history. >> i don't know what is. tell me what i am a scene when you think a guy like this needs to be compared and what he's trying to do to the monetary policy in the united states and how that compares to the courage of someone like rosa parks? >> senator jones, the last thing i would ever do is demean the courage of rosa parks. >> well, you did. you do realize that? >> i apologize for the comparison. i truly do. the gentleman you are referring to he did an audacious thing and i would never condone violence. >> did you admire what he did with the liberty dollar and $60 million and being convicted in a federal crimes in north carolina? do you admire that? >> i believe he was testing the idea that the constitution in article one section ten says that states can only us

the cato institute came out and said obama was the most lawless president we have ever had and listed0 things. i have never heard anything about obama when he was in there. i am 100% as an independent for trump and i cannot understand these guys. as far as bernie sanders in the 50's -- 1950's, we would have thrown him out of the country. they don't allow traders like traitors like that. run aguys could not lemonade stand. host: two different takes from facebook when we posted this question at the start of the program. shane saying more crying from the left, they pulled out every pathetic move, trashy tactic and realize they are going to lose, so it is blame everybody else for their own tactics. the democrats only put forth the biggest losers. this is insane, all the aigner rents. the idea people are convinced all 70 u.s. intelligence agencies and all of our allies' intelligence agencies are lying and trump in dash and putin are the only ones telling the truth. putin is not our arch nemesis and wants only what is good for america. some of the comments on facebook. you can also follow a

in fact, the heritage foundation, cato institute, some of the leading think tanks in the world have analyzedhey are not socialist economies by any stretch of the imagination. tack taxes and business regulations. they are actually freer than we are or at least socialist stick than we are. steve: if you fast forward to november if bernie sanders is the candidate, it's a binary choice. i think donald trump would love to make that argument. >> i think donald trump would absolutely love to make that argument. if bernie sanders is the candidate. i don't see any way that he wins in the midwest especially but even in florida where have you lots of venezuelans and cubans they don't want socialism. brian: bernie sanders hasn't put his ideas into action. he didn't do in vermont as a mayor hasn't done it as a senator. he hasn't passed any legislation. ran one committee into the ground the v.a. and apologized for it. why does he have momentum? i don't get it? >> people are buying into this wildly idealistic belief that socialism could actually work. bernie sanders political career is kind of like sociali

said, and that's why the libertarian cato institute has endorsed this legislation. so i encourage my republican colleagues to join me and wyden in that effort, a bipartisan effort. i yield the floor. mr. mcconnell: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: today every senator will be able to take a clear moral stand. we'll have the chance to proceed to commonsense legislation that would move our nation closer to the international mainstream with respect to defending innocent human life. there are only seven nations left in the entire world where an unborn child can be killed by electing abortion after 20 weeks, and the united states of america, unfortunately, is one of them. set aside all the far-left rhetoric that will greet senator graham's straight-forward legislation and consider this simple fact. to -- do your democratic colleagues really believe that what our country needs is a radical fringe position on elective abortion that we only share with china, north korea, and four other countries in the entire world? the american peo