. >> reporter: at the citizens united freedom summit in something, is gop candidates championed loweres and smaller government while talking tough on terrorism. >> you have a president who drew a line dash in the sand and loy -- who drew a line in the sand and allowed people to cross it. >> reporter: jeb bush said he would have made the same decision as his brother, president bush, about iraq. >> i would have. so would have hillary clinton just to remind everybody and so would have everybody confronted with the intelligence they got. >> reporter: clinton who volted in favor of authority -- who voted in favor of authorizing use of force -- >> hillary clinton has taken seven on the record questions since april 12th. i have actually answered over 200 on the record questions since monday of this week. >> reporter: clinton has been mired in controversy over allegations her family and its foundation accepted money in exchange for favors. she's agreed to testify before the house to answer questions about benghazi and the use of a private e-mail and server all while secretary of state. hillar

>> reporter: most of these candidates have spoken at previous freedom summits or citizens united events. all of them received invites. nobody is getting a snub from the freedom summit organizers but some have high profile events they already scheduled. jeb bush will be speaking at liberty university in virginia. rand paul is holding a series of tech events in silicon valley. so they are not there for this event, but they are out in the trail keeping a profile high today. >> benji, thank you so much we'll check in again today. >>> chris christie, who will not be at the summit, is once again defending his innocence in the bridge gate controversy. let's take a listen to christie's response when asked about it at a town hall yesterday. >> all i can tell you is this. when you're a leader you're going to hire lots of different people and you're going to make the best judgments you possibly can. but you're never going to be able to garn. tee people that no mistakes will be made. i have previously said i was sorry for what happened because it happened on my watch. i have to be accountable for i

they gave part of their life to defend our right as citizens of the united states freedom.haps a head line in the paper to say our country is in mourning a soldiers died today. may he rest in peace, we are your family. [ bell tolls ] [ "last post" plays ] >>> that is it for "america tonight", tell us what you think at aljazeera.com/americatonight. come back we'll have more of "america tonight" here tomorrow. [ ♪♪ ] i'm david shuster in for ali velshi. on target for the short lift for president. winning by losing. the payoff for candidates with no chance to capture the white house. over the past 36 hours, two more republicans declared that they'll seek the g

they gave part of their life to defend our right as citizens of the united states, freedom.haps a head line in the paper to say our country is in mourning, a soldiers died today. may he rest in peace, we are your family. [ bell tolls ] [ "last post" plays ] >>> that is it for "america tonight", tell us what you think at aljazeera.com/americatonight. come back, we'll have more of "america tonight" here tomorrow. >>> talks to tackle the growing migrant crisis in southeast asia get under way in bangkok. thailand calls for a united response. ♪ ♪ >>> hello and welcome to al jazerra live from our head quarters in doha, i am richelle carey. also ahead world football in crisis. fifa's president sepp blatters refuses to resign ahead of a reelection vote on friday. >>> back to the few he nigeria repayers for inaugurate a former military leader as it's a new

they gave part of their life to defend our right as citizens of the united states, freedom.haps a head line in the paper to say our country is in mourning, a soldiers died today. may he rest in peace, we are your family. [ bell tolls ] [ "last post" plays ] >>> that is it for "america tonight", tell us what you think at aljazeera.com/americatonight. come back, we'll have more of "america tonight" here tomorrow. >>> a regional conference on the migrant crisis in southeast asia is underway in thailand. we are live in bangkok. ♪ ♪ >>> hello and welcome to al jazerra live from our headquarters in doha. i am elizabeth. also ahead. >> it must fall to me to take responsibility. >> a defiant sepp blatters stays the course. >>> bombs at two hotels in baghdad killing at least 10

top names declared nearly all of the presidential candidates are together for the freedom summit hosted by citizens unitedd and potential candidates to separate themselves on key issues including jobs and the war on terror. and earlier are today. marco rubio said it is time to take the fight head-on to isis and summed up his policy this way. >> perhaps as important as anything else. by rallying the world and not only to contain radical jihaddist but to defeat them. people ask the strategy. i refer to the movie "taken". have you sewn this. and this is a line and what our strategy will be. we will look for you. and we will find you, and we will kill you. >> chief political carl cameron is live in greenville south carolina. pretty tough words there, carl how are you doing? >> reporter: the freedom summit had a lot of tough words from the candidates and the war on islamic radicalism and very much on the lips of the candidates and as was president obama for refusing to call it that. it was a long day for the gop hopefuls and they were focused on the war on terror and american toughness and grit. >> we need a l

. >> luckily in america we have a little thing called freedom, thanks to the supreme court's ruling on citizen's unitedy is considered speech. and it's free to express itself using thought provoking political advertising like these actual ads. >> i want to use my glock to blow your balls off. >> but believe it or not political tv ads are banned in the u.k. the parties must use another way to take down their opponent. >> billboards are allowed in the u.k. so that is really where you see the negative ads. >> let me get this straight they're going to attack their political foes in the same medium you would use to advertise share at the hilton. >> the one that really caught people's attention this time around was one portraying the leader of the labour party ed miliband in the pocket of alex salomon who is the lead are of the scott national -- scottish national party. >> and? >> it's putting one politics in the pocket of another. >> what is negative. >> they felt it was negative. >> no one is talking about hitler in this situation. >> i think what -- >> you basically had a prime minister without did that a

people can continue to express their first amendment freedoms that are so important and so rare, whether you're a citizen of the planet or the uniteds, earth doesn't give you the freedoms, it's the united states that gives you those freedoms. >> tom? >> if something bad were going to happen, tonight was the night. now we've gotten through it. relatively peaceful. few minor arrests. so i think the police will be hopefully things are over here. >> it's interesting to watch these developments. i got here on monday, before the curfew was in place. i got here just after all the chaos. and then you saw what happened before that. and then on tuesday night, when the curfew went into effect and there were some skirmishes, it got better. the initial response to this by most people's account was not the best response, but it's a difficult situation for the leaders of the city, especially the mayor who had to make the call. and you know, what i'm hearing from people, and the people were pretty aggressive when they criticize the mayor, one of the reasons i hear that she did not make the reason to call the national guard in early is because ther

on c-span tonight ashgs special look at freedom of speech issues. after of citizens united decision. that's at 8:00 on c-span. >> this summer, book tv will cover book titles. this weekend we're live at book expo america at new york city where they showcase the upcoming books. in the beginning of june we're live for the chig tribune lit fest. watch for the reading festival. in the middle of july, we're live at the harlem book fair, the nation's flag ship african-american literary event with panel discussions. and at the beginning of september, we're live from the nation's capital for the national book festival celebrating its 15 js year. that's a few of the events this summer on c-span2's book tv. >> on friday, the kcato institute analyzed the recent police actions in baltimore. they discussed ways to improve community policing use of body cameras and problems in baltimore and other american cities. six police officers have been indicted in the death of freddy gray. this is about an hour. it's my pleasure to welcome everybody to our hearing. lessons in baltimore. charges wer

freedom summit. that was pout by citizens united. was this the roundup of usual suspects? are we starting to see the candidates differentiate themselves? >> not a ton. i mean i think that that was one of the challenges yesterday at the summit which was -- what was striking was that a lot of them were speaking from almost a similar talking point, bashing obama, bashing hillary. i think that will be the challenge particularly among lower tiered candidates ones that cannot raise the kind of money that jeb bush would be able to. that marco rubio will be able to. that those folks will not sound a whole lot it different than some other competitors. some of these cattle calls, it's going to be a challenge for these guys even if they do have some moment before activists and parties leaders, how do you show that you're actually a different type of candidate who believes something different than the rest of your guys. typically there's -- their policy positions are similar. >> okay. thank you very much. >> thanks. >>> just ahead, my conversation with author and talk show host tavis

. >> south carolina republican congressman as citizens united cohosted this weekend's south carolina freedomummit. speakers included six -- 2016 candidates ted cruz of texas marco rubio of florida, dr. ben carson and carly fiorina. also's aching were scott walker -- also speaking was scott walker and ted -- rick perry and donald trump. we will show you some of the speeches beginning with governor walker's. ♪ [applause] gov. walker: freedom. freedom. endowed by our creator, defined by our constitution, but defended each and every day by the men and women who proudly wear the uniform of these united states. let's begin by asking all those who have served, our veterans, all those who are serving, active-duty, the guard, or the reserve, and since it was military spouses day yesterday let's invite their spouses and family members, let's have them stand up and give them a round of applause. [applause] gov. walker: thank you to each and everyone of you. we are going to talk about freedom today. i know you love your country. that's why you serve. we love this great country we call america. thank you

. ♪ >>> south carolina republican congressman jeff duncan and citizens united co-hosted the south carolina freedomummit. several 2016 republican presidential candidates spoke at the day-long event including dr. ben carson who announced earlier this month that he's running. and you can see all of our coverage of the summit at c-span.org. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you. i am so happy to be here with you this afternoon. i love coming to south carolina. because there are a lot of people here with common sense. sometimes we don't find that. in some other locations. but, you know they said it was a pretty rough and tumble place. they said it was a rough and tumble place but i lost two teeth since i've been here. you know, i -- this one went out last night. this one went out. but i've also had a chance to see two very fine dentists here in south carolina. so it's a very good. many people have asked me about how is my mother doing. and i appreciate the sentiment. you know, right after my announcement on monday i flew down to texas where she is. and my wife and my three sons, and their wives and she

citizens united has been absolutely dead list. we set a new bar in south carolina for citizens united and future freedom summits.t thank you is to you. thank you to coming. i am proud to be an american. i am proud of the leadership i have seen. i'm optimistic about the future, how about you? [applause] jeff: we have a bright future in this country. thank you for being here. god bless you and may god bless america. ♪ >> we are live in greenville, south carolina. all day long here on c-span, this summit of a number of potential republican candidates and a couple candidates. about an hour ago, being put out by politico. a headline from columbia, south carolina saying lindsey graham will make his bid for the presidency official with an announcement in south carolina at june 1. politico reports the state senior senator has told gop donors that dude one is the likely date for his announcement -- june 1 is the likely date for his announcement. senator graham has been open this year about his presidential aspirations, telling those attending the gop silver elephant dinner last weekend to get ready. get ready for a debat

freedom to do what you believe is right and this country gives that you opportunity. >> on the battleship, he and 48 other pledged their loyalty, to the united states, becoming citizensre all here today by choice. >> reporter: here from 30 nations from around the worlds >> poland! >> all with a story. >> chin from decline, a her husband became a citizens five years ago. trevor and felix were born here. >> avenue family here. and i think i love this country. >> from south america, he called his 95 year old mother, right after the ceremony. >> my family, the last one to be a citizen i just called her and had her in tears. >> the united state of america. >> very excite to go have it on a day like today to celebrate people that because of the sacrifice we can be here today. and be free. >> jimenez calls it an important event at important place, on an important day. >> you are now united state citizens. >> reporter: pat ciarrocchi, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> a dna lab in delaware is reportedly set to help identify the remains of people who died in the attack on pearl harbor. according to delaware on line, experts at the armed forces dna identification laboratory, at do

freedom to travel to cuba act. i think we must do everything we can to promote robust ties between the citizens of the united states and cuba, and i hope we'll have the opportunity to discuss that bill during this hearing. then third, the administration's new cuba policy will provide u.s. and especially our diplomats with new tools to engage directly with the cuban government to have principle and frank discussions about the issues we disagree about. and how we might work together to better have a common interest on resolving the interests. every day our diplomats around the world demonstrate their ability to engage foreign governments and advance u.s. national interests. it's not unreasonable to think that we'll have a better chance to address the outstanding claims held by u.s. citizens for proper confiscated by the cuban government or to secure the return of american fugitives to face justice in the united states if we actually engage in direct dialogue with the cuban government and articulate our demands. when it comes to issues of confronting counter narcotics trade or addressing migration issues, it's a natio

many gop presidential contenders are in south carolina right now for a freedom summit that's sponsored by citizens unitedinia instead of heading to that summit, what's the strategy here? >> reporter: well if you're a republican presidential hopeful and you get an invitation to speak at liberty university especially the commencement you take it there's a history of presidents and presidential contenders speaking at that commencement. ted cruz announced his presidential campaign there the largest evangelical college in the nation and a great opportunity for contenders to speak to that audience. he is missing this big summit here in south carolina wirhich is the first primary in the south. his soon-to-be campaign made the calculation that he would go to virginia and stand alone there instead of sharing the spotlight with other contenders and possible contenders. >> we know iowa and new hampshire have been getting a lot of attention lately. i think you just touched on this but tell us more why south carolina is pivotal in what the potential candidates are saying down there. >> reporter: it is an important pa

freedom of press that we enjoy here in the united states. when they need leverage against or with the united states, they grabbed an american citizen and do thismelissa: do you think that they best they can to get him back? >> i think that if there is a nuclear deal, he may be okay. if not, who knows. it is terrible that this man who was just practicing journalism is now being charged with espionage. melissa: 2018 world cup. officials are getting worried over how expensive the event has come. one lawmaker thought of a way to keep costs down. they will use prison labor instead of actual paid workers. monica. >> we were fighting and our great man died on the beach in utah and so many other places, fighting exactly this kind of thing. a dictatorship that does not respect human rights whatsoever and uses human beings as, essentially, slaves. it is terrifying. the united states needs to be far more aggressive. just like the loss of crimea and ukraine. this president has done nothing. >> a workout they are building their grant press thought. a very high number of deaths. people were outraged about that. >> i really took the blame here. they know thi

the vice chairman of the united states commission on international religious freedom has served on president's council on bioethics, has received honors such as presidential citizens' medal and has given honorific lectures at harvard, yale the university of st. andrews and cornell university. his students report that sometimes he will miss class but his absence is excused because more own than not it's to travel to the vatican to chat with the pope. [laughter] given their huge success, both in the academy and as public intellectuals these two thinkers could very well consign themselves to their own intellectual and political enclaves. they could live easy lives as pundits, having ascended the ranks of the left and the right. they could thump their chests applaud their own side and sneer at the other and remain forever convinced of their own arguments and sensibilities. but they don't. instead they do what they've come here to do tonight; namely not only listen to, but deeply engage with the other not merely tolerate the other's arguments, but remain open, attentive and vulnerable to them. in sum pursue common ground, common understanding and common purpose. so ple

freedom speech issues. hosted by the national constitution center. a senior official from koch industries talks about corporations and unlimited spending in the wake of the citizens united decision. here's a preview. >>> my point of view is people should be able to give money anonymously or on the record. it should be up for them to decide and not for the government to decide. the government, the bill of rights, i'm going to paraphrase the the late great justice brennan here which i'm sure he'll be flattered by. they made sure that government couldn't infringe upon those rights because they were presumed to be preexisting. and my point of view is to the expent people want to disclose. and we were talking before we got on here. if charles koch and david koch credited or blame whatever your point of view is for every single penny spent on a conservative cause or candidate, the reality is there's a cost to disclosure. and from a cost benefit analysis in my opinion, i don't see who really pays attention to this other than activists on each side that want to date create lists. act visit them. i know they do it on our side against us e kuz me with 2 koches. there have been a

for that reason i am a co-sponsor of the freedom to travel to cuba act to do everything we can and the citizens of the united states and i hope we have the opportunity to discuss that bill. it will provide diplomats the new tools to engage with some of the government with the issues they disagree how they work together to have a common interest to resolve this interest. diplomats demonstrate to bring gauge the u.s. interest it is not unreasonable to think we have of better chance to address those outstanding claims for property confiscated or to return the fugitives to justice in the united states if we engaged in direct dialogue to articulate our demands. it is a national interest to have channels of communications and diplomacy will make this possible. and to remain that these issues will speak out about them we cannot ignore the record of human rights and human trafficking every month there are way too many cases for what they say publicly breath he read rights and freedom of expression. i know that assistant secretary bylaws of earlier their share i welcomed the witnesses' comments on this development. m

freedom summit. i am congressman jeff duncan. it is an honor to co-host with dave bossey from citizens united. we have an amazing lineup of national leaders joining us today. i think it will make for a memorable, worthwhile experience for all of you. few months ago i had opportunity to attend and speak at iowa freedom summit in des moines. after a day on the ground there feeling the energy of that event, how they were so engaged in the political process, i knew we needed to bring an event such as that to south carolina to give you the opportunity to hear from these great leaders. as you know, south carolina holds the first in the south presidential primary. while many of the leaders have visited our state before and will visit the state many times after today, i can't think of another situation where so many will be at the same place at the same time. in many ways, this is the official kickoff to south carolina's first in the south presidential primary, and i'm so glad you're here to be part of it. thank you for that. [ applause ] so not only is this a great opportunity to hear from these nati

carpenter, a constituent of lexington whose service in the united states marine corps during operation enduring freedom saved countless american citizens. i have no doubt because of corporal carpenter's service, american families are more secure. thank you, kyle, and thank you for all of the honor flight veterans visiting today. and to all the veterans and military families in south carolina and across our nation, for your dedication to america. in conclusion, god bless and the president, by his actions, should never forget september 11 and the global war on terrorism. our sympathy to the family of lowell. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio seek recognition? without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. mrs. beatty: mr. speaker, i rise to highlight my introduction of house resolution 256, a resolution to recognize may, 2015, as stroke awareness month. mr. speaker i proudly stand here today because of our nation's commitment to greater awareness about stroke and funding to find treatments for stroke survivors. stroke is the fifth leading cause of death i

united states capitol. bless all those who visit the capitol today, be they american citizens or visitors to our nation. may they be inspired by this monument noble idea of human freedomnd its guarantee by the democratic experiment that is the united states. and as we take time this weekend to remember those who have died serving our country god bless america and may all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory. amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from illinois, mr. dold. mr. dold: will everyone join me including members in the gallery? i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, sir, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. ho

freedom summit. we will be taking our viewers live there after today's program on the "washington journal." you can also catch it on c-span radio. it is being sponsored by citizens united and south carolina congressman jeff duncan . for more on the justice department probe that was launched yesterday, the justice department released a fact sheet noting that the beginning of the obama administration, the civil rights division open 22 investigations. the first five fiscal years of the administration, the department open twice as many investigations as were open in the previous five fiscal years. there are currently nine open investigations, including in ferguson, missouri. the department has concluded five investigations without finding any violations, including the austin department synnex. tonya is up next on the line for independents. what do you think to go caller: good morning. we have a president, president obama, that one snitches in his administration. the police want stitches in their departments. these police departments, they are the same ones that don't want no one to have unions, but they have their unions. quite frankly, their unions are hateful, and a lot