corker's been under enough heat this year. so business leaders complain this ambush rule would give employers -- would not give them enough time to discussion unionization with their employees. idea of intrusive? give me a break. ten days is time to discuss whether you want a voice in the workplace or not. republicans are complaining this measure would change the outcome of union votes. >> it shortens the election time to as little as ten days. if you're in the company in question, you have a ten-day period before the election. the current mean average is 38 days. so i would argue this is being done not to make things more efficient but to change outcomes. and really, quite frankly, the outcoming desired here is to make the union position stronger. i expect the board not to take the agency and turn it into a political organization and try to create by rule making what you can't create by regulating. >> no, senator, you got it wrong, it's not about creating a political organization, it's about giving workers in your state of so

so thank you. >> thank you senator corker.and sometimes our second panels with all due respect to the first panel is as important if not more insightful. so let me ask you one final set of questions. iment to revisit doctor something you responded to senator corker which to me is not insignificant. basically you said when the iranian ambassador among their complaints to the iaea was complaining about the way in which the iaea was issuing its reports to its members states that the reason that it is important for the iaea to issue its report to its member states in the manner in which they are doing is because then member states can use their own intelligence and information to judge whether what the iaea has been told is along the lines of what they know from their intelligence, or is deviating significantly from it. in which case in this case iran if that were the case would not be coming clean. is that what i'm hearing you say? >> this is one thing. the other thing is the member states can do their independent judgment how lo

with that let me recognize senator corker for his remarks. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to say that i think those are excellent opening comments and i think there has been bipartisan concern about where iran is. actually, looking back over our notes, we looked back at the hearing we had on october of 2013. where i think wendy and david body were here. and we talked about the extraordinary effort internationally that had been put in place to get iran where they were when these negotiations began. and i think the statement you mentioned, and hopefully this will play out in this way, but iran's compliance with all u.n. security council resolutions would be the ultimate test as to whether they really were willing to deal with us in the appropriate way. i think all of us wish you well and all of us -- i don't know of a soul here that doesn't want to see this resolved in a diplomatic way. i know we've had numbers of briefings. classified, some unclassified. and i will say, in fairness, the chairman is right. i mean, in each case, on the important issues, we feel the goa

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bob corker says it would threaten american sovereignty. >> i don't believe it will threaten american sovereignty. america is the gold standard when it comes to allowing people with disability the rights they deserve. the opportunities they should have. what this would do is essentially -- we are the gold standard and passed the ada. we are a leader around the world. the treaty will not require us to do anything new. it will give us a seat at the table to make sure other countries actually follow our lead in ensuring people at this bill does have the rights and opportunities they deserve. almost all the veterans organizations are behind it. our wounded warriors, when they travel overseas, they deserve the freedom to engage in business and travel overseas despite their disabilities. you have the business community behind the treaty. the idea that it interferes with sovereignty is not the case. the reservations and understandings make that clear. >> you are one of the republicans who supported the immigration bill a little over a year ago in the senate. what would you be your reaction i

you ask good corker's. that is always like walking on shifting ground. science only to a certain point and then it is an art. but at least we do know enough to uset to be able people who do it well as models and demonstrators for people who need to learn to do well. there are still some really good coaches and teachers, not perhaps as numerous as we were at one time, but they come along because the kind of singer who is in demand also changes with the time. now, for example, well, just kid, it when i was a literally didn't matter at all whether a singer looked plausible in a role at all if that singer could sing the spots off it. i'm not sure that an audience today has that same conditioning. >> does a city like new york has more than one opera company? >> terrible. the saddest. desperate. tragedy thatis a you don't. that people who are nell putive, julius per his life into it and he outlives it? that is unthinkable, insane. gelben you look at peter and you, is there in some way, can you argue that this is a perfect match because of differences, they com

bob corker also saying in an interview i hope what they will do instead is come to congress and ask for a new authorization for a new threat that has evolved over time. white house press secretary weighing in on those concerns. >> the president remains committed to coordinating and consulting with congress as he exercises his response abilities and authorities as commander-in-chief of the native american bid the president recognizes he has an important role to play and he has an important role to play as commander-in-chief and as individual ultimately responsible for the national security of the american people. the president will not hesitate to use the authority. >> so that of a debate to go to congress first and if so what should the president be asking for. stacy, think it is encouraging to hear the u.s. is starting to community organize and get our allies involved because we will get involved and move forward with airstrikes and not boots on the ground, we should have an international coalition. but i want to ask you about going to congress. it is really important and you were nodd

top republican on the senate foreign relations committee, bob corker, said interview with chuck todd, congress needs to be allowed to confirm airstrikes on syria. war powers act says they have to 60 days before they come to congress and to be effect they have military operations need to take place in iraq and syria and the administration hasn't shared what their plans are. tim kaine said i'm calling for the mission and objectives for current significant military actions against isil, the other name for this terrorist army, to be made clear to con berks the american people and our men and women in uniform and congress should vote up or down on it. at the white house spokesman josh ernest noted so far the president hasn't made a decision to order additional military action in syria. >> the president does remain committed to coordinating and consulting with congress as he exercises his responsibilities and authorities as commander in chief of the united states of america. the president recognizes that congress has important role to play. he also recognizes that he has important role to p

governor haslem started in bob corker also is in the baker hold pragmatic legislative republican. he believes voters, quote, exec their leaders to solve problems. all three come from east tennessee, by the way. which is historically home to the state's main stream business minded brand of republicanism. the three regions of the state are so culturally politically, and economically diverse they call them the grand divisions. tennessee second district home to knoxville is one of the oldest republican districts in the country. it hasn't elected a democrat to the congress since the 1850. the current tea party movement is based in the colored counties around nashville, the center of middle tennessee. those counties are the base for lamar alexander's tea party challenger. so can the tea party movement launch a statewide candidate into office? it hasn't happened yet in tennessee. we're going to be watching on thursday if there's any sign it is could. >>> trivia time jackson is the only senator from tennessee to serve on the u.s. supreme court. congratulations to today's winner allen henr

exceptions senator tim cain in virginia on the democratic side, senators rand paul, ted cruz, bob corkerthe republican side, those are exceptions, but mainly they're perfectly happy to let the president handle this, no matter what they say in public. they remember hillary clinton. she'd be in her second term as president, carol, if she hadn't voted for president bush's war in iraq. >> but see crystal, that seems like a dereliction of duty to me. >> right. >> that shouldn't matter. our national security is at stake. >> exactly. larry is absolutely right. he's named a few stalwarts in congress who are willing to put i would say their seats on the line and do the right thing for america, but as larry pointed out we're headed up to midterm election. you have moderate democrats distancing in red states saying hey, wait a minute, we got to back away from this president. so you know, look, it's half a dozen on one, six on the other but at the end of the day, the buck stops with the commander in chief, who is the president of the united states of america. he does have authority to do more than t

. >> when he lashed out at bob corker of tennessee and used an exlet ty.d at republicans coming at him in a private meeting, how do you think he feels about his former secretary of state coming out on that. >> do you have a feeling she's going to separate, i have heard from his aides in private moments, he said, look, calm down, of course hillary clinton is going to start separating himself. joe biden is going to try to find ways if he runs. it's hard if you're vice president. >> do you think he's going to run? >> yeah, he's going to rung. >> in this studio, it's comfortable, the temp in here. >> awkward. risk him. >>> now we know new jersey governor chris christie can take a budget of ice. you've probably seen that video a million times. but can he take aol another atlantic city casino going belly up and putting his presidential hopes on ice. republican strategist with the cold reality, how much of an impact is this problem in atlantic city? because now we're up to a dozen casinos that have either gone bankrupt or close to going bankrupt. i mean the board

corker provision is in effect from 2014 through 2016. if done in a budget neutral fashion, taxpayers would have little to be worried about when it comes to risk corridors. but while the administration has paid lip service to the risk corridor program being budget neutral, it has also indicated that quote, regardless of payments and receipts, hhs will remit payments as required under section 1342 of the affordable care act, end quote. opening the door to what would essentially be a taxpayer-funded bailout of health insurance. additionally, according to the congressional research service and a plain reading of section 1342, the law does not provide an appropriation for these payments. in the absence of a congressional appropriation, any payments are clearly an end run around congress and, therefore, illegal. the very idea of risk corridors assumes that ther they will be winners in the insurance industry whose games can be shifted to the losers. however, the president's decision to selectively enforce provisions of the aca, along with highe

you ask good corkers. that is always like walking on shifting ground.t. and then it's an art. but at least we do know enough about it to be able to use people who do it well as models and demonstrators for people who need to learn to do it well. and there are still some really good coaches and teachers. not perhaps as numerous as there were at one time. but they-- they come along because the kind of singer who's in demand also changes with the time. now, for example,, well, just consider, when i was a kid it literally didn't matter at all whether a singer looked plausible in a role at all if that singer could sing the spots off it. >> rose: yeah. >> and i am not sure that an audience today has that same conditioning. i think an audience-- i remember-- i remember a great letter that came. we used to do full length performances of operas for students, for kids. and now we do it differently. we do specially formatted things. but a hundred years ago when i was just starting, we did a performance of aita for young-- aida for young kids and their teacher had

bob corker the top republican told me on the show that congress needs to, quote, own any further action congress should vote up or down on the issue and democratic congressman john said congress should return to washington early before the august recess ends in september 8th to deal with the situation in syria and iraq. joining me now is a leader in the house democratic caucus. assistant democratic congressman james. good morning to you, sir. >> thank you so much for having me, chuck. good morning to you. first of all, congratulations. >> thank you, sir. >> i commend you on the great achievement. it's a testimony to the fact that good guys can finish on top. >> thank you, you're kind to say that. you've been somebody i've enjoyed having on the show. very honest, answers questions. let me ask you this. john alrealarson wants to see congress get involved in this. it's not clear what the white house wants when it comes to congressional authority. let's say you, you're in the leadership. what are you hearing from the rank and file? do you think the second branch of government here, arguably

senator corker, is there any -- >> i got all the proxies here.hese folks are famously supported, so i look forward to us having enough members to vote them out. >> any other members wishing to speak to any of these nominees? okay. we have now come to the end where we need bodies to vote. so -- >> so. that was tuesday. and actually there ended up being progress that day. after that awkwardness, menendez got his quorum and a dozen would-be ambassadors moved from one step closer to actually getting confirmed and being able to work. the clock was ticking because that was tuesday. the senate was set to shut down on thursday. 48 hours later. it was set to head off out of town for a month-long vacation. so menendez frantically went to the floor of the senate and he pleaded with his colleagues for a batch vote to vote on 25 nominees for ambassadorships at once. to get them confirmed, to get them working. all before the senate skipped town. it was clear this time around that he wasn't amused. >> i repeat, the criteria for confirming nominees should not be

it was a bit of a corker. >> yes, pigs can fly.nd, you mentioned this is the biggest pork producer. this is the same company that try to go to the market back in april. -- itllback last minute fullback last minute -- it pulled the back last-minute. it started trading today, 7%, not bad. the ipo was priced at 6.20 hong kong dollars. it is going to repay that portion of 4 billion that they took out to fund the deal last year. of course, the reception has been better this time around. they pulled the ipo back in april. orders from the institutional portion staying at 95% subscribed which is double. it has been good so far -- 7%. >> what may look at this it comes at a time when the food in china is under increased scrutiny. we have had a lot of issues in 2013 and this year as well. >> absolutely. you said it spot on. it is a meat supplier. we were talking about mcdonald's, kfc. the big story we were talking about all morning here in asia is mcdonald's actually coming out and basically saying our sales have been hit bad. it is hard to e

host: a tweet from senator bob corker of tennessee says isis actions are afront to all. our prayers are with the family of james foley. this is a tweet from tolman. if nato can't fight in iraq, then the u.s. should quit immediately. >> you can follow us on twitter. you can e-mail us, too, journal@c-span.org. let's here from lorenzo in louisiana, democrat's line. caller: i was talking about -- i mean, i don't think the u.s. should be trying to protect a person that goes over there trying to make money, and you know you're in a war zone, and you don't have the protection, and why should we take and risk our well trained soldiers to go over there to try to get these guys out? when the money they make is their own. i had a friend of mine that was working for -- in support of the u.s. soldiers over there, he got burned alive. and no one has said nothing, ain't heard a word. but i mean for these people that know they going over there on this contracts, unless they working for the government to try to help the people over there then that's different. but if you choose to go and

and corker is in vietnam with reports theirho visiting the hanoi hilton prison where john mccain from arizona and u.s. pows where had -- were held during the vietnam war. messagesheck out other if you go to our twitter page. there are still plenty happening in washington d c. leaders are meeting for a u.s. african summit -- the first of its kind aimed at increasing business relationship. we will have comments from south african president jacob zuma at 2:00 eastern time right here on c-span. >> tonight on "the communicators" three members of congress talk about their technology education. >> i believe in an open internet without government intervention. this is all being done in the private sector. >> why would they not want their team exposed? fcc took the first move and will vote at the end of this year. but we believe the nfl will follow suit. tries to carry carriage rules, basically giving people a level footing when being able to negotiate with broadcast and negotiate with providers. it puts people on a level playing field when it comes to those kinds of negotiations. >> new york

host: senator bob corker, the top republican on the foreign relations committee in the senate has an opinion piece echoing what you just said dealing with libya, syria, and situation in russia. then there is this article in "the washington times," the u.s. terror suspect list has doubled since 2009 to more than one million. chuck, you are on the line with bill kristol of "weekly standard ." go ahead, chuck. caller: i think the president has done a good job. if you read what is going on as far as this foreign policy, there is not going to be another tony blair to get stuck out like bush stuck out with england, and he has to get a job at the world bank. that is not going to happen. he is standing alone, and he is getting a sandwich. that is all he can get. host: let's take that point, chuck. not getting cooperation from our alleys -- allies. guest: i think our allies would want a stronger presence. france would like us to be stronger. canada and australia have been strong on russia, israel, and other parts of the world. host: you think rick -- europe has been strong on russia? guest: n

last night senator corker had an objection. he cleared it, and he and i had a real go-to on it and i know we had a bit of a misunderstanding. he backed off. i'm so appreciative. then senator coburn had a problem, and he backed off and said, no, i kind of like this section. and then senator lee had a problem, and senator coburn talked to senator lee, and senator lee woo was fine. we have 81 people on this bill, and one senator tonight -- this afternoon is holding it, holding it hostage because he doesn't like the program. well, we can all work together on the program, but why signal out israel because you don't like the program? let this go. we can have a colloquy. we can work together, senator sessions. we can make sure there's no abuse here. we changed this so that we'd be sure there's no abuse. so i'm really very saddened at this, and you will i can say is, senator blunt and i are coming back with this bill over and over and over again. and one way or the oh, we'll get it done -- and one way or the other, we'll get it done. a

that includes the lamar alexanders and bob corkers of the world for example, the susan collins and lisa's an arrangement with senate democrats to make it easier to enable some of these confirmations to go through. but of course, if democrats have the majority with the changes they've made in the rules, they can still manage to get their nominations through. it just takes time. but let's face it, you are still not going to have a house of representatives that's willing to do anything that would enable barack obama to get a signing ceremony. so the legislative prospects will remain grim and that means that harry reid and the democrats can use more of their time pushing through confirmations of judges and executive officials. but it's no way to run a government and it's going to look even worse than it has looked for the past two years. >> all right. there we go, around to the book title again. >> still on sale. >> get your copy on amazon, i'm sure. >>> still ahead, not one, but two big senate races are taking place outside the continue 911 at it u.s. wilds of -- continental u.s., wilding of

. >> host: a tweet from senator bob corker of tennessee says -- isis actions are a grotesque affront to operate our thoughts and prayers are with the family of james foley in this difficult time. another tweet, if nato can't fight in iraq, then the u.s. should quit immediately. facebook, whatever it takes, when it comes to activities and how far the u.s. should go. ryan jason phillips writes after that, whatever congress approves, is what he has. you can make ads and comments to facebook, like is on the page. follow us on twitter, e-mail us, journal at c-span.org. let's hear from lorenzo in louisiana. democrat line. >> comic i was going to comment about the guy who lost his head for the money over there. i mean, i don't think the u.s. should be trying to protect a person that go there trying to make money, and you know you're in a war zone. you don't have the protection, and then why should we take and risk our well trained soldiers to go over there to try to get these guys out? when the money they make is their own. i had a friend of mine that was working for kbr in support of the u

host: senator bob corker, the top republican on the foreign relations committee in the senate has an opinion piece echoing what you just said dealing with libya, syria, and situation in russia. then there is this article in "the washington times," the u.s. terror suspect list has doubled onee 2009 to more than million. chuck, you are on the line with bill kristol of "weekly standard ." go ahead, chuck. caller: i think the president has done a good job. if you read what is going on as far as this foreign policy, there is not going to be another out liker to get stuck bush stuck out with england, and he has to get a job at the world bank. that is not going to happen. is standing alone, and he is getting a sandwich. that is all he can get. host: let's take that point, chuck. not getting cooperation from our alleys -- allies. guest: i think our allies would want a stronger presence. france would like us to be stronger. canada and australia have been strong on russia, israel, and other parts of the world. -- europethink rick has been strong on russia? economic, they have interests at stak

divide and corker. this gets back to the view romans. the media, fox news, promotes racism like it's promoting a sale at walmart. the disney corporation put rush limbaugh and dennis miller in the booth on monday night football to promote racism. host: rick, what do you think about the arrest of members of the media yesterday, since you bring up the media, two members, one from "the huffington post" and one from "the washington post" according to reports arrested and then released, what do you think about the media coverage of what's happening ferguson? caller: well you just mentioned two people got arrested. i just mentioned to you that fox news promotes racism like they're selling bread. i just told you that disney corporation, time warner, which controls cable tv has 25 shows with rednecks from guns. they're racists. the media, the media, which is the top 1%, needs racism to exist. they promote it. i just wrote a book, they market it. they market it like they're marketing the state fair. host: jerry is in jacksonville, florida. good mo

senator bob corker of tennessee the ranking under on the senate foreign relations committee that the congress needed to own any potential military action. on the foreign-policy challenges for the administration here is nevada on the democrats line. >> caller: good morning. i matter what he says they freak out about it but beyond that they say okay let's go to congress and talk about this. we finally got a bunch of these guys together kind of like more traditional poor when we have at least targets to go through to get at the one target in syria and one target in pakistan. we have some really bad guys and these are the terrorists that we are at war with. and i think mr. obama should go to congress and go after them. >> host: here is mary on the republican line. hello. >> caller: as a republican i would just like to see that this is the one and only thing that i've ever agreed with obama on. i don't think that we should be jumping the gun and going in anywhere. i think we better be paying attention about our own safety in this country because god only knows how many isis members are in

corker: mr. president, i first want to thank everybody who's worked on this. i know that -- that there are a lot of political conundrums people find themselves in, we've got an august recess, this issue has come up but i wonder if i could ask the senator from oklahoma a question, who knows so much about these issues. our staff has looked at the c.b.o. report, and people keep talking about $10 billion on the floor, but the choice program is only funded for three years. and it looks to me like this bill is really creating an unfunded liability, it's a $250 billion cost over the next decade. and i can't verify that based on the c.b.o. numbers that have come out, but as we look at them, it looks like as a choice -- the choice program continues and grows, the number we're talking about is massive. so i do wish we had more detailed info from c.b.o., the kind of info we got on the first bill after the fact, for some reason reason we're not getting it on this, but it appears to me if this choice concept continues and we don't company do those things to wind down v.a.