moreover, virtually every legislative victory scored by the clinton administration, and especially in the years after 1994 was achieved over the strong objections of a portion of his own party on many clinton initiative moves, especially those involving trade and financial deregulation. the white house relied on republi can votes while a large of the democrats sometimes, even a majority stood in opposition to their own president. clinton was a dreadful leader. i think worse. obama actually, i would. okay, i'm missing here. okay, well, let's see. toe to illustrate some of these themes themes, i'd like to offer portraits. and i'm going to abbreviate this section of to individuals who played important roles in the clinton white house. the first is ira magaziner, an old friend of bill who led the effort to design and pass clinton's ambitious health provision reform. and the second is robert rubin, a former goldman sachs executive, who, as chair of the council economic advisors and then treasury secretary, would unquestionably become the most influential figure in the clinton cabinet. maga

moreover, virtually every legislative victory scored by the clinton administration, and especially in the years after 1994 was achieved over the strong objections of a portion of his own party on many clinton initiative moves, especially those involving trade and financial deregulation. the white house relied on republi can votes while a large of the democrats sometimes, even a majority stood in opposition to their own president. clinton was a dreadful leader. i think worse. obama actually, i would. okay, i'm missing here. okay, well, let's see. toe to illustrate some of these themes themes, i'd like to offer portraits. and i'm going to abbreviate this section of to individuals who played important roles in the clinton white house. the first is ira magaziner, an old friend of bill who led the effort to design and pass clinton's ambitious health provision reform. and the second is robert rubin, a former goldman sachs executive, who, as chair of the council economic advisors and then treasury secretary, would unquestionably become the most influential figure in the clinton cabinet. maga

clinton administration.to see people promoted what in the first term you may be looking for people who had elected office in the cabinet position or the most senior white house staff position. in the second term, you tend to see a focus on who's proven they can get things done. not that either is right or wrong. you need some mix of both. but time is so short. in the second term you're copps from the beginning of the -- conscious from the beginning of the second term that the hour glass is running down, and you just use the time as much as you can. >> secretary. lew, just a quick follow up. would you say hat the risk taking that can happen in second term, h is that perhaps part of the reason why daca and da pa were separated? june of 2012 and i think dapa was 20215 is? >> it may be part of it. i know that in 2012 there was a very strong view that you didn't want to count on pieces being separated and litigated separately. you wanted to have it be a different action so that you weren't putting at jeopardy the

since the clinton administration we've had a national economic council. we've seen more or less role with that as the coordinator. you've always had omb as a center pulling all the pieces together on the funding and on management. but it's really a reflection of the president how all of the different interests are presented for decision on the domestic side. let me maybe offer a vignette from each chair. i don't know how much time you want me to take. at omb the year that this was perhaps an unusual year, 2011, when i was there because it was a year when there was a grand bargain negotiations with speaker boehner. it was a year when we were facing a potential shutdown or debt limit crisis, and the entirety of my time at omb in that chapter was around those issues. the engagement between the white house, the president and congress was at the most sensitive level. it was a very small circle of people directly involved. the challenge, and this is my perspective now from omb, was for the white house to remain coordinated so the president ha all the views the

i had deep roots in the clinton administration. by the end of the obama administration it was evident he didn't people to the inner circle. i'd been there for so long people thought it started out there. i think there were a lot of people in the inner circle who came from the outside. if you look at the people who were influential in the white house there were a lot of women in that circle. mention kathy a few months ago she was a very serious player she was a very serious player. when sylvia was at omb and hhs very serious player it is it fair to say if you did not play basketball with him it was not necessarily a question of your gender. i declined the invitation because i said mr. president you will lose all respect for me. [laughter] asked james if you have a question? >> secretary lew you mention the debt limit it's not to move up markets today but it might be c the case that could be instructive for current purposes i am curious about what you learned from your multiple vantage points but the debt limit crisis means for the a

losing more of its, i guess, -- institutional memory, in excluding these two and since the clinton administration and passed more than 60 bills. >> do i worry about the state the house of representatives is in? >> i certainly do. so many con sit tuents asked me, how can you stand it? it's so polarized. is it tough? yes. but american is worth it. >> reporter: they will also lose an american military doctor. >> some people asked me what's your favorite moment since you've been in congress. i said, when steve scalise walked back onto the floor. >> reporter: who helped save the life of steve scalise wounded in virginia in 2017. >> the people can see it and it's a different time, i don't buy that. that doesn't mean you can't get things done. >> reporter: departures are a biannual thing in congress. two races could impact the white house. minnesota democrat dean phillips is taking on president biden and west virginia senator, joe manchin hasn't ruled out doing the same thing. >>> today, the biden administration released new rules aimed at reducing climate methane for the oil and gas industry. it came a

. >> i'm a former national security council official during the clinton administration and in the unitedrovisions for expressing dissent internally, come from the vietnam war era where we had these kinds of problems and so certainly these staffers could have expressed their displeasure internally. they also could have resigned like many courageous national security council and other officials did after january 6th. matt pottinger and others quit the nfc because they didn't stand behind what president trump was saying on january 6. so these people could have resigned. by going out and protesting in front of the white house, they were doing neither. i think it makes them a security risk because if you have people who are doing not resigning and not internally expressing their dissent but publicly protesting against their boss, how could we possibly trust these people to implement the policies of the president of the united states and the american electorate, that's why i believe they should be fired. maria: really well said. treasury secretary janet yellen meanwhile is outlining her 2024 c

administration and as white house chief of staff under the clinton administration. so thank you for your continued service and dedication to the nation we are truly honored you could find time in a very busy schedule to be with us your time -- the time to be here. the agenda for remainder of today, we were here first, from john. he is having a chat with david victor, one of our expert's. afterward, john will depart to attend to the business of the nation. this depends on the domestic implications, energy, and we will take a 10 minute coffee break to recharge on the global implications. in the climate ambition. >> we are indebted, elisa is a reporter on climate, focusing on climate, environmental policies and is covered several international climate talks to the top of the snowcapped himalayan mountains. for that is an experience. without further ado, please join me. >> well,l, thank you. it's great to be here with all of you with my second favorite think tank in washington, d.c. we are gathering of course, at the end of summer event, and it's only october and this y

those agents who had some sort of a human rights problem in their background, at least in the clinton administration. the c, i a had to take human rights seriously. pre 1975. the c i a was, was an at our kick organization going around the world murdering world leaders and over throwing governments that the highest point of your career came in 2002, when the read capture of a boat was a big data who was considered all kind of stairs ranking official at the time, and somebody who's been and what on board, what a board that and torture is extensively. he spends more than 2 decades in guantanamo with no prospect of either trial and release. and the question that i have given all the, the extremes that he's site to his body uh, were subjected to. why interesting, the americans are still keeping him alive because i don't understand trying to pretend that his live right to life is worth anything when all the other rides are being so explicitly and so deliberately denied. well, 1st of all, you're absolutely right. this is an example of american ship cock receive, added to worst we were told in 2002. that wa

reading that today, noticing the contrast between the clinton administration the biden administration, so i am wondering with the benefit of hindsight would you have done anything different with respect to trade policy in the 1990's? adam: before you respond, you will get your choice. >> i agree that these hundreds of billions of dollars in green technology and semi conductors the potential to be transformative. do we have the labor force that will be necessary to make good on them, and if not what is being done or can be done to make sure that we do? adam: and finally, there please. >> david, international economy magazine. a very impressive talk. to what extent was the dramatic weakening of the chinese economy , affecting prices around the world, did it contribute to the drop in inflation? the second question i have is the mystery of the 10 year bond, given the drop in inflation and given that we are no facing conditions where you would normally see a flight to safety in the bond market, why is the bond market behaving the way it is? adam: [indiscernible] dr. brainard: those are all

uh, he is one of the very recognizable faces of the clinton administration. christopher, as you know, is call simply modeling into the internal affairs of serbia and itself only when it comes to elections. he is constantly making comments about specific policies. and basically he is behaving as the viceroy of india as a, you know, 19th century uh, colonial. uh we are of, of serbia. and that is very obvious. and uh, yeah, that is very humiliating. uh. same uh, frankly, uh for, for this country and, and uh for our society. no rush as president 14 has received tremendous support from the country is really in potty asked the valley head office next year's election. and the speech. he emphasized the importance of russians remaining united despite the west and attempts to destabilize the nation. for now, yep. is the, the right to invite the mississippi of our country is to be strong, which means everything a secondary and not necessary which he, which divides us must be discarded. and of course, we must and will make or decisions on the our selves without orders fr

but the truth is that the legal foundation of mpp has been on the books since the clinton administration. mr. hamilton, could you speak to the fact of whether or not that is a true or incorrect statement? >> that is an absolutely true statement. 100%. the congress dealt with that on a bipartisan basis. and in fact, i don't have the vote count on the top of my head, but it was a bipartisan vote of massive support for the passage. so the notion that this is some kind of conservative conspiracy , and this is intended to be harmful to people of certain backgrounds and things, nothing could be further from the truth. >> i will tell you what is interesting, my colleagues on the left want to say border walls don't work. we saw quickly nancy pelosi and the democrats put up a border wall around the capital. but they don't work. let's put it that way. secretary wolf, you have been taking hits left and right because you actually believe in keeping our nation secure. i would argue that whether it was trying to make title 42 something we keep in places permanent i law, whether it's to replace or put

the last several years, several administrations starting really with a declaration in the clinton administration, but then we were able to deliver the civil nuclear deal, which which removed a lot of restriction on india for defense and technology cooperation. now now we have an open path way with india on some of these issues. and so i think you will see india move closer. we just don't need to engage in loyalty tests with anybody. we have a tendency to do this in the united states. we have a little trouble with with nuance sometimes. and so if we can simply let the natural course of affairs take place, i will say that all of us should look hard at what the global south is saying about the institute asians that we created after world war two and their absence of a sense of a voice in them. it's a real problem to try to think about how you might reform the un security council. we've tried several times. it's hard to do, but but the imf and other institutions where perhaps the wait isn't quite right or the 20 emerged because the g7 wasn't the right right group of countries. so it is multiple and

uh he is one of the very recognizable faces of the clinton administration. christopher's, you know, is call simply modeling into the internal affairs of serbia and itself only when it comes to elections. he is constantly making comments about specific policies. and basically he is behaving as the viceroy of india as a, you know, 19th century uh, colonial. uh, we are all of serbia and that is very obvious. and uh yeah, that is very humiliating. uh, same uh, frankly, uh for, for this country and, and uh for our society the us senate will not be able to close the due for any more a to ukraine before the new the, the latest funding proposal has become embroiled in domestic politics. was republicans saying, assistance to kids could only come under the condition of sweeping immigration reform in the us. senator lindsey graham says the landscape shouldn't expect any answer earlier than next year. or do you think there's going to be a deal before the new year? uh no, i think uh this will go into next year. i've been talking to the people at the table and the white house got engaged 5 days ago.

uh, he is one of the very recognizable faces of the clinton administration. christopher's you know, is call simply modeling into the internal affairs of serbia and itself only when it comes to elections. he is constantly making comments about specific policies. and basically he is behaving as the viceroy of india as a, you know, 19th century uh, colonial. uh we are of, of serbia. and that is very obvious. and uh, yeah, that is very humiliating. uh say uh frankly, uh for, for this country and, and uh for our society. well that's it for this. so i'll be back with more of the top of the next one that they have to have your company. i guess the, [000:00:00;00] the .

as white house chief of staff under the clinton administration. so john, thank you for your continued service and dedication to the nation. we are truly honored you found time in your busy schedule to be with us today. the agenda for the remainder of the day, or the half day is we will hear first from john, and his remarks will be followed by a fire side chat with david who is one of our climate experts and a non-resident senior fellow. afterwards, john will depart to attend to the business of the nation and we will begin the panel discussions. so the first panel will focus on the ira for the u.s. economy. clean energy. and we will take a ten minute coffee break for you to recharge. and we will resume the second panel on the global implication of the ira including its impact on trade, market, and the climate ambition. we are indebted to lisa friedman who will moderate both panels. lisa is a new york reporter on the climate desk. focusing on climate, environmental policy in washington. she has covered several international climate talks and shares

policy and initiatives in the obama administration and as white house chief of staff under the clinton administration. so thank you for your continued service and dedication to the nation we are truly honored you could find time in a very busy schedule to be with us today. the agenda for the remainder of the day or the half-day is we will hear first from jon and his remarks will be followed by a fireside chat by david victor is one of our climate experts and nonresident senior fellow in our foreign policy and global programs. after words jon will depart to attend to business of the nation. and we will begin the scholar panel discussions by the first panel will focus on the domestic implications for the u.s. economy. clean energy implemented and equity. we will then take a 10 minute coffee break for you to recharge and we resume the second panel on the global implication of the ira including its impact on trade, market, and the claimant ambition. we are indebted to lisa freedman she is a "new york times" reporter on the claimant. focusing on claimant, environmental policy in washington. she has covere

argument is if you invest in china, they will become like switzerland, that is the view the clinton administration had. >> laura: it is ridiculous. >> by the way, at that time, you and i both said it was nonsense, this is the why we gave china this relationship. they are more authoritarian, more aggressive, more antiamerican, they spy on us more. they send over 24,000 people, frame of reference, that is about two army divisions. >> laura: bob, china is, let me say, china has structural problems, real estate collapse, other issues, why would mchenry and why would any republican, let alone any elected official want to throw them a lifeline? reagan didn't do that with the soviet union? >> it makes no sense at all thchl is very important amendment, not nearly strong enough. it was watered down by chamber of commerce and biden administration, it is important we pass this and i hope mr. mchenry realizes this is going to be very important part of his legacy, he's had a fine career and to have this as your legacy. one other point, he's one guy. 400 house members would vote for this, leadership is responsi

>> from almost the end of the clinton administration, if you can think back that far, there were reportsicials that the company was overcharging the navy. was faking its invoices. pumping more sewage than was possible from ships and billing the navy for it. these were reported to the in cis -- ncis, which is famous for the shows on tv. they did not look into these complaints or would close them up pretty quickly. leonard francis penetrated ncis. he had at least one agent on his payroll who you bribed to feed him law enforcement documents. that worked until his capture in 2013. >> you mentioned he slipped detention in san diego and made his way to venezuela. how did he do that? what happens to him now? >> it is a mind blowing story. he became cooperative with the justice department. he provided incriminating evidence against hundreds of u.s. navy officers who had attended his parties, accepted prostitutes. finally they let him out of prison. he was awaiting sentencing because he got sick so he received vessel treatment. he was on home detention in a million-dollar mansion in san diego. al

business with china, they are going to become like switzerland that exactly the view that the clinton administration. >> laura: it's ridiculous. >> by the way, at that time you and i both said it was nonsense. that was the reason we gave china the favored trade relationship. it was because of this notion. now we are 23 years later. we have transferred probably $10 trillion to them. they are more authoritarian. they are more aggressive. they are more anti-american. they spy on us more. they send over, as you just showed. 24,000 penal. just for -- give you a frame of reference. that's about two army divisions that we know of. right? that doesn't even count. >> laura: bob, china is -- let me just say china has all sorts of structural problems they are dealing with. real estate, you know, collapse. all sorts of other issues. why would mchenry and why would any republican, let alone any elected official want to throw them a lifeline now. reagan didn't do that with the soviet union. >> it makes no sense at all. we should, this by the way, is a very important amendment. but it's not nearly strong enough. i

administration is doing this since the mid-'90s when the clinton administration did a similar thing. when you have an israeli government, that parts of it are basically the political wing of those people who attack palestinians in the west bank, that's quite significant message by the biden administration. >> and crucial that you raise it, because as you point out, it seems small. many wouldn't notice it. sometimes it is the small things that matter so much. in khan younis right now, where you have had so many palestinian civilians, right, initially flee, and now the israeli military said they encircled khan younis, a known base for the military wing of hamas, the hometown of the hamas leader, yahya sinwar, who is known to be the master mind of october 7th, does israel believe that sinwar is actually there now, that he's still there? >> everything i hear from israeli officials in recently weeks is they believe botha ya sin -- both yahya sinwar, and the second master mind of the october 7th attacks, both of them and several other officials are in khan younis, basically since the begin

>> the clayton -- clinton administration tried that.does not seem to iran iran -- without we had one but no one seemed to like it as much. it seem like a hard way to approach the problem. maybe as an adjunct to a small highly survivable force, but when modern surveillance technology, it is not clear -- and supposedly we no longer have the access to be sure about this. supposedly, we worry about the opposition's ability to track things and presumably we believe there is a possibility of tracking. >> mobile missiles theoretically are more so .1:08am -- more so. but, politically to me, it is a nonstarter. maybe it would remind the american people who are blissfully unaware that we have nuclear weapons and a lot but, i think it is a nonstarter. one other thing, i do not see the wisdom from a stability standpoint of uploading our icbm's. right now there are single warheads. they are also planning to do that with the next generation. it is the lake of the triad that is the least stabilizing. >> i think that it speaks to survivability. things

now to discuss this is harry litman, former deputy assistance attorney general during the clinton administrationr, a writer for "the bulwark," communication director for jeb bush and eugene scott. appreciate you all being with me today. harry, as a former u.s. attorney, what are you watching for in this case? where do you think it's heading? >> i'm watching for two things. it's heading with a bullet to the u.s. supreme court. it does well to think of it on the merits on the one hand and the timing on the other. there's, will he win and how will the court try to handle this unprecedented claim? but also, how much time can he eat up? the colorado supreme court did something clever. it stayed its mandate until january 4th. after that, it expires. it forces trump's hand. he would normally have 90 days. he has to move for a stay in the u.s. supreme court by the 4th or before that, otherwise if he doesn't get it from the court, it gets scrubbed off. i think the first question will be the stay. you need five supreme court justices to grant a stay. that will be a very big indication of where they are go

elizabeth: you know, sol wisenberg, he's a former deputy independent counsel who investigated the clinton administration going to be taken seriously, they must hold hunter biden in contempt. you can't just refuse to show up. you can show up and claim the fifth, but you can't just simply not show up. and wisen burg added i'm aware of no legal defend that hunter biden has to ignoring a congressional subpoena. what do you think? >> i think 100% correct. and that is the biggest frustration that i hear when i'm back home, across this country. americans are sick and tired of all talk, no action. they're sick and tired of zero consequences. so this vote to put hunter biden in contempt, i think it's a no-brainer. but also we have to think about how this administration has operated. they believe that the american people are subjects, not citizens and, therefore, that we don't -- we're not entitled to the transparency and accountability of those in the white house. look no further than the fact that we have hunter biden defying a congressional subpoena. the white house refuses to put hunter biden on any manifest