now i'm joined by michael breen if you have director truman national security project the center for national policy that's not. shy hid batar executive director with the bill of rights defense committee and corey saylor national legislative director at the council on american islamic relations thank you all for joining us today we've been trying to stop coughing here forgive me. most of the media actually first of all. i'm curious show head to in your thoughts is it possible for us to fight terrorism without infringing on civil liberties absolutely there are any number of novel policy solutions that the policy establishment hasn't even quite frankly seriously considered domestic agricultural policy right and subsidies for corporate agribusiness have a huge role in facilitating food insecurity in the developing world and this phenomenon of growing more corn for instance than we can possibly use dumping it below the cost of production in other countries driving their indigenous food production out of the market and then runners them subject to commodity price shocks and that's a recipe across human h

right now i'm joined by michael breen sophia director of truman national security project center for national policy talk. show hid batar executive director with the bill of rights defense committee and corey saylor national legislative director at the council on american islamic relations thank you all for joining us tonight even in trying to stop coughing here producing. most of the media actually first of all i'm curious show head to in your thoughts is it possible for us to fight terrorism without infringing on civil liberties absolutely and there are any number of novel policy solutions that the policy establishment hasn't even quite frankly seriously considered domestic agricultural policy right and subsidies for corporate agribusiness have a huge role in facilitating food insecurity in the developing world and this phenomenon of growing more corn for instance than we can possibly use dumping it below the cost of production in other countries driving their indigenous food production out of the market and then runners them subject to commodity price shocks and that's a recipe across human histo

time for ties along liberal wrongful joining me are horace cooper conservative commentator and senior fellow at the national center for public policy research and marc harrold libertarian commentator and author of thank you both for joining us tonight gun control just a few hours ago. you know the well the script says the senate defeated but it didn't really you know according to the constitution is to mean what's his name the mansion. the background check bill actually passed out more than fifty votes but the republicans filibustered and the president won pretty nuts on this here's what he had to say. i've heard some say that blocking the step would be a victory my question is a victory for who a victory for what all that happened today was the preservation of the loophole that lets dangerous criminals buy guns without a background check that didn't make our kids safer. victory for not doing something that ninety percent of americans eighty percent of republicans the best majority of your constituents wanted to get done it begs the question who are we here to represent. it really does beg the question who are we here to represent

with t on transgander and why we're working with the law center, the human rights commission, national center for lesbian rights so we can reform policy within the local criminal justice system in the jails so we're more sensitive and accommodating and effective with the transgender population that we are seeing up tick that is in the county jail system and as sheriff i vow to make sure that we are leading and continue to lead here in the state and beyond in what those policies look like as a result of evictions and this is a whole another story and one that i had many conversations with tommi mecca and others in the audience about by the time they come to the sheriff's department there is a court order process and we have to remain agnostic in this process and execute the order itself. the elected sheriff me and we colleagues across the country have discretion to delay an eviction if there is insufficient information about those potentially being evicted or if they're from a sensitive class meaning elderly or disabled, those suffering from illness and that has to be resolved in the court process but what i am noticing though based on

for 21%. and yet the national monetary fund, two of the world's most robust economic and intellectual institutions, the center for international policy. together they have with the treasury playing a major role in this of these 80's and 90's and teaching almost what we need to do to a turnaround economy. but these institutions, the bricks only half a lemon & despite what they're overcome. in the country's of the asian air account for about 25 percent of global change. 32 percent. well, emerging economies to continue to be the engine of growth for us in the united states to molest your command japan, we need the brakes to continue down that disciplined path that allowed them to turn themselves around. will they do so? we will continue to do so? will the political leaders and the need to make the tough decisions. there is no reciprocation of the world's majors. another example, at the onset of the financial crisis the events in particular made a pledge to be committed, to continue free trade. open markets. in between november 2008 and 2010 we know that there are more than 800 essences. more than 40 percent of those were implemented

for work. >> we planned to go live to the national history center this morning for an event on u.s. immigration policies there i the years. they're having some technical issues, so we'll record it, and we hope to have it later today on the c-span networks and on c-span.org also. later this morning we will continue with our live coverage of the society of american business editors and writers' conference focusing on issues facing the business community. live coverage of that gets underway at 9:45 eastern here on c-span2. well, federal reserve vice chair janet yellin said yesterday the fed's recent monetary policies and purchasing assets and lower interest rates have contributed to improvements in the economy. she made her remarks at the society of american business editors and writers' spring conference happening here in washington. [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon. my name is randy smith, i am the chair in business journalism at the university of missouri and also the past president of sabu in 92 and '93. over the last 40 years of my career, i can't imagine a worse time as far as covering wha

national institutes of health, the centers for disease control, the department of energy, nasa and other key players. matt hourihan has been tracking the immediate and potential impact. he's director of the r&d budget and policy program at the american association for the advancement of science. welcome to you. >> thank you. >> brown: generally speaking, how big a deal is in in the world of government-supported scientific research in. >> it's a very big deal. a very big deal. we're looking at roughly $9.5 billion worth of r&d cuts this year as a result of sequestration. it's about -- those are cuts adding up to almost 7%. these are the largest cuts we've an actually mean? a single year in 40 years. >> brown: those are big numbers. explain how the funding works, maybe through a specific example or two. >> sure. well, there are a number of different agencies that have large science portfolios. so each one of those agencies receives its funding from congress every year. and there are a number of competitive grant programs and other mechanisms by which the federal government provides r&d funding to researchers at universities and elsewhere. again, generally through a competitive grant process and other mechanisms

for this policy was present. she turned to him and asked, what did i do with the national enterprise board? [laughter] the factory isy now a blood transfusion center. still, she meant well. she was brave. in the parliamentary week following the bombing in which terrorists try to kill her -- tried to kill her and all her all of britisho democracy, she was here and perky in parliament with the government statement. she was absolutely right on a considerable number of foreign- camerasssues against nerve-trembling on both sides of nerve-trembling on both sides of the house. she was utterly determined that the people of the falkland islands that wanted to be british and still want to be british today should be so -- should not be the victims of a fascist dictator. how some labour members of parliament could actually want or to doubt a response to an aggressive fascist dictator, i , and iunderstand then still do not understand today. when saddam hussein seized kuwait, she was actively part of the preparations to oust him by force. having some of our own ventures -- i am here to try to obtain consensus -- [laughter] in the debate, which she was present,

the funding for this center was eventually eliminated in fiscal year 2011 while the work of the center has been consolidated. i'm pleased that the office of national drug control policy agrees with the government recommendations of the government accountability office's report to assess the extent of overlap and duplication across all drug, prevention, and treatment programs by identifying where agencies can better coordinate their effort. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: could i ask my friend to yield for a unanimous consent request? mr. grassley: i've got 15 seconds left. is that okay? mr. reid: of course. mr. grassley: thank you. yet thee actions should have been taken years ago. so it is very disappointing that we have this report now. it needs to be newt in effect. i think the government accountability office did gooded, and i'll put the rest of the statement in the record. i yield the floor. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i ask that th the senator's statement not appear interrupted in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous con

center, by the staircase. thank you so much for coming. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> tomorrow, to events focused on u.s. defense policy asia. military education and training in the future of u.s. military engagement in asia. that is live at 10:00 a.m. eastern. deputy secretary of defense ashton carter will talk about u.s. strategy towards the the region, live at 3:00 eastern. both events are hosted by the center for strategic and international studies. we will bring them to you live here on c-span. next, defense secretary chuck hagel delivers his first major address since being confirmed as secretary. he talks about sequestration and strategic review led by deputy secretary ashton carter. from the national defense university in washington. this is just under an hour. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you. general, thank you. i am proud to be here and will continue to contribute to our country. i thank you for that service. for our fancy general, to give such a overstated introduction to a retired army sergeant -- [laughter] it is something i rarely get, but i am very appreciative of the generous introduction. t

georgetown university law center in addition to teaching law, professor birch's a senior fellow at the new america foundation and a weekly columnist a national security issues for foreign policyazine, previously serving as counsel to the undersecretary of defense for policy where she founded the defense department office will rule of law and international humanitarian policy. she was a graduate of harvard university's dr. university where she was a scholar and the floor is yours. >> thank you. as submitted 20 pages of written testimony, but much like c-span, people don't usually refer to a law professor's right as writing, so i will condense that into about five minutes and focus almost exclusively on the broader rule of law issues that believe are raised bye-bye drones as such, but by the u.s. started killing policy. in the context of the traditional battle field, as we know and have also to have already said, they do not present in a legal rule of law issues. is in the context of places such as somalia, led to cut somalia, yemen, outside of hot battlefields that we are prepared to take represented by problems to the point in which i think the use of u.s. started telling pol

for-service looks and operates. the question is how can you break that cycle? with the level of familiarity with the bipartisan policy center, their interest and recommend nationo rely quite heavily on the cms and federal government managing the transition to an effective delivery system. joe's approach and the one i support relies much more on a system by the government can't mess it up again and the consumers will select with the proper incentives the highest value delivery system if they wanted to do so. >> you got my juices flowing. i'm sorry. >> you can overemphasize how much medicare can influence the rest of the health care sort or because there isn't anything like medicare. medicare as you say in five did resemble hope insurance, but it sure doesn't now. in one of the world for the individual purchase everybody is intervening in some way to steer or manage patients. there isn't another system withers at mr. prices and this is because the student said the 800-pound gorilla. nationally we adjusted for price differences across the country. take it or leave it. if you need to come you don't get any business and that's too big a chunk for any provider excep

policies. the nation has instituted a series of new economic strategies aimed at reviving of the japanese economy after nearly two decades of stagnation and inflation. he spoke at the center forategic and international studies in washington, d.c. this is a little over one hour. [applause] >> prime minister, i want to know they have been sitting quietly like this the whole time. well, that's not quite true. i would like to say a very, very hardy welcome to a very good friend. taro aso has been with us here at ces i asked many times in many roles. and he comes now as the finance minister at a time that is of remarkable significance in japan. everyone has heard about the so-called abenomics, but there's no success abenomics without taro aso action. it's going to require this man was going to put in place the structure to bring around this transformation. this is a very, very big deal. and it's important for japan obviously, it's very important for the united states, and we all need to learn and listen refuy. wee talkinst coming downabout this metaphor that the prime minister has used about the arrows. i don't know if he saw the fc this microfinance mr. talked about bazookas, oka

research, and the center for budget and policy priorities put a great research on social security the counters a lot of the myths about it. you can also get some of that from the national academy of social insurance, another good organization. i was just going to say i will be happy to talk further and sign copies of my book. if they run out at the 10th, go into the people at revolution aground, booth 313. they have copies as well. support them. they are your local shop and they are run by an incredibly adorable seven year old girl but she really runs the place. she does a great job. >> and terrific coffee as well. >> thanks to erik larson. thanks to all of you for attending this session. [applause] >> thanks very much. >> is there a nonfiction author or book you would like to see featured on booktv? send us an e-mail at booktv@c-span.org. or tweet us at twitter.com/booktv. >> kristan hawkins, executive director of the pro-life group, students for life of america, presents the collection of essays that focus on students efforts to stop abortion. this is about 45 minutes. >> good afternoon. i'm michelle, president of the claire booth lose policy institute, an organizati