ehrlich: free trade. i think we trade with the world, and the world can be a better place, and america is a better place. i think there is a dangerous threat in our country, and isolationist track. i think we need to engage. we need to engage on many fronts. defense, development, i am not against foreign aid. something has to make sense. it needs to make sense to the american taxpayer. they have an interest here as well. i am not -- some of the republicans feel that anything international -- >> thank you. ehrlich: nice to see you. good to see you. thanks for watching. >> [indiscernible] if elected, the programs, what will you do? ehrlich: you heard what i did in maryland. i meant to say this, actually. i meant to talk about this area it sounds like a good idea, so we look at it. and then there is a bureau, and then we hire people. then, we need to protect our turf. and we really fail to measure. you heard the gentleman back there. i think we need to measure our government. we tend not to do that. and we t

ehrlich: italian, french -- morgan: rent canadian. ehrlich: polish/german, ehrlich. some came here on slave ships. they did not have a choice. but they came here for an essential reason. they came to try to make a buck, for freedom. some did not have a choice but they came here to form this unique bond. it is called a culture. it is called a country. with a central language and a central set of values. what are our values? what are our values? what are uniquely american values? morgan: freedom, equality -- ehrlich: pluralism, democracy, capitalism. in some places, not liking the yankee so much. so we come here with this set of values. it is called assimilation. i would argue to you one of the major cultural challenges in our country today is, some people who are not wild about assimilation -- ethnicities count. i go to a german descent. i do not look to germany for anything but my family history. i do not look to germany for my ethics, my anything. i am unassimilated american, german american, right? and our idea is a single or culture that welcomes races and ethnici

ehrlich: free trade. think we trade with the world, and the world can be a better place, and america is a better place. i think there is a dangerous threat in our country, and isolationist track. i think we need to engage. we need to engage on many fronts. defense, development, i am not against foreign aid. something has to make sense. it needs to make sense to the american taxpayer. they have an interest here as well. i am not -- some of the republicans feel that anything international -- >> thank you. ehrlich: nice to see you. good to see you. thanks for watching. >> if elected, the programs, what will you do? ehrlich: you heard what i did in maryland. i meant to say this, actually. i meant to talk about this area it sounds like a good idea, so we look at it. and then there is a bureau, and then we hire people. then, we need to protect our turf. and we really fail to measure. you heard the gentleman back there. i think we need to measure our government. we tend not to do that. and we tend to forget what

hopefully we will have the books shortly governor ehrlich. and here is our moderator back. >> according to michael, we are going to do what was done before. we'll take a half-hour break, vacate the room. you do need to take your stuff with you because they will set it up for lunch and we will be back in a half an hour to do lunch. thank you. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> so this meeting of the republican national lawyers association is taking a break now for their lunch. our coverage will resume before 1:00 p.m. eastern. we'll hear from michael carvin who has argued against the affordable care act. coverage at 1255 eastern. across the street, the u.s. capitol were the loretta lynch nomination to the next attorney general has been languishing. an update earlier today from the "washington journal." >> good morning. >> good morning, how are you. >> host: thank you for joining us. first with the latest on the time and the current vote count for the loretta lynch possible

montgomery county and prince george's county and baltimore county, along with former governor bob ehrlich and martin o'malley. we asked the senator if she had a particular favorite to succeed her in the u.s. senate. she said no, not ready to talk about that yet. she said maryland has a lot of talented politicians and those people will waste no time telling you have qualified they are for her job. in baltimore, brad bell, abc 7 news. kellye: while the early talks focused on martin o'malley, he said he will not run. instead, congressman chris became the first to say he will run for mikulski's senate seat in 2016. that set off a chain reaction, clearing the way for former abc 7 anchor kathleen matthews to run for congress. she said she will run for the congressional seat currently held by van hollen. she will run as a democrat. ahead, the national park service has announced when the cherry blossoms should reach peak bloom. find out if it is earlier or later than usual. kellye: february's wintry weather turned back to peak bloom forecast for the cherry blossoms. the park services they will hi

and on the republican side, former governor bob ehrlich. there's going to be a lot of maneuvering as senator barbara mikulski announces her retirement. and also that she is going to continue to make the last two years count. >> and we'll have more on later newscasts and on www.wusa9.com. >>> another personnel announcement this morning about new beginnings in the district. mayor-- gregory dean will be the next fire chief. he retired as the chief of the seattle department last october. he replaces jones who took over for eler by. >>> the dallas nurse who cared for thomas eric duncan will file a lawsuit today. nina pham alleges that employees were not trained and did not have the proper equipment to handle the first she suffers from fatigue and aches in her bones and is suing for mental anguish and loss of earning capacity. >>> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is in washington. the israeli leader said his highly anticipated address in congress tomorrow is not intended to show any disrespect for president obama. craig boswell has more.

on the gop side ehrlich and steele are also possible candidates. >>> a decision is out on a case that touched out a nationwide debate about free range parenting. maryland child protective services has cited the meitivs with neglect. the law says children under the age of 8 cannot be left unattended in a locked or confined space. the youngest child is 6 and a half and the oldest child is 10. they believe letting them walk in their neighborhood teaches them important lessons that many other kids miss out on. >> there's no neglect anywhere here. the fact that they couldn't say no, nothing to see here folks everything is fine. and instead there's some judgment in a file somewhere. >> what does it mean? does it mean you have to change what you do? >> that's probably what they would say. >> the meitivs say they're fighting this ruling and they plan to appeal. >>> it's been nearly a year since we launched the bring them home campaign. we launched it following the disappearance of relisha rudd. yesterday marked one year since she was last seen. today people came together to tell us where the

democratic governor martin o'malley considering running for president in 2016 and former governor bob ehrlichling a 2016 bid. >>> remember the tunnel? it was just wanting a man cave. questioned him and determined no criminal intent or threat. case closed. >>> let's get down to business with cnbc's landon dowdy. good morning, landon. >> dara good morning to you. it's been a long march back but nasdaq managed to close above 5,000 level for the first time in 15 years. only the third close above. the other two in march of 2000 right of about the dot-com bubble burst. up 6% this year thanks in large part to apple. lumber liquid az ator got emotionaled. a report higher than accepted formaldehyde a chemical that caused cancer. said "60 minutes" were improper. >>> tinder launched a premium service called tinder plus. from $9.99 to $19.99 let's user rewind if you accidentally reject someone by swiping left instead of swiping right. dara back over to you. >> thanks so much landon. >>> dead heads are apparently much richer than ever before. plus a bench-clearing brawl breaks out in hoops. sports is up n

>> reporter: ashley ehrlich, like many turned to cameras and phones. >> give us room guys! >> reporter: while firefighters rushed to pull one of their comrades out. investigators say he was in the burning garage for close to three minutes. >> once they got the firefighter out of the garage they removed his clothes, doused him with water, and as they took his uniform off, he was burned from head to toe. >> reporter: fresno fire chief says the firefighter suffered third-degree burns to 40% of his body. his hands, face back legs all injured. battalion chief todd tuggel says it's been a while since someone in the department has been hurt to this extent. >> this is a significant event to us. this is a significant emotional impact to our members who were part of the rescue who were part of the incident who were part of this firefighter's personal life. >> reporter: the cause of the fire is under investigation. tuggel says the house was occupied at the time of the fire. it was a board and care facility, with multiple people living there. firefighters immediately followed their bro

ehrlich: in my last term in congress, i became a major supporter of medical marijuana. i saw my 44-year-old brother-in-law die in agonizing death from colon cancer. anecdotal evidence is always dangerous, but when it comes to ending life and those decisions i hope the party of freedom would stand for freedom. with regard to marijuana, i have, for the past four years written a column for the "baltimore sun" paper. they sued me, if your member. i call them the plaintiff. [laughter] i wrote an open letter to my 14-year-old. it got when i go to these college campuses, i have been to lots of jails in my life as a member of the legislature, congress, governor, i talked to lots of kids in jail. all of you kind of know this. i am not moralizing. i am not preaching, but when you talk to these kids month there is always to elements present almost always. i did not have a dad and i started with marijuana. in this letter, i said to my son , i went to college in the 1970's.

attorney jessica ehrlich, democrat who ran for congress as well. lady, good morning to both of you.nk this is typical what happens across the country but it is not an isolated incident. critics say you are painting with a broad brush. how did you take that comment? >> bill, it is interesting you talk about these things, but the president never wants to talk about the root cause of some of these instances, for example, in ferguson, since he is talking about now, we're looking at communities where poverty is prevalent where the public education system failed miserably and you have unemployment rate continuously increase poverty rate increasing. these are communities where you see most of these type of occurrences but he doesn't want to talk about that because those are federal policies put in place and kept in place by liberals. bill: got it. was it right to say across america it is the same? >> no, i don't think it is right because every community is different. everything stems from something or another. this particular case in ferguson is simply in ferguson. he is talking to another

former maryland governor, bob ehrlich. you can watch it on c-span two -- c-span2. >> now isis rears its ugly head. this army is shaky. we should not be surprised. you cannot undo decades of soviet era with eight years. especially when you talk them when you're going to have u.s. advises partner with them. afghanistan -- we currently have 10,000 troops there. we are drawing down to 5000 year. almost down to zero the year after that. we'll see a similar result as we saw in a rack with the isis attack. the army is going to be shaky. >> this sunday on join a on the u.s. fail on the failed u.s. -- what we should have done different. on c-span's q&a. >> this weekend media, to learn about columnist george. >> inside this museum, is the remains of a confederate ironclad. this ironclad was built and columbus. the shapes that you see are the gun ports. jackson is armed with six rifles. the particular rifle will be fine today -- the particular rifle we will be firing today -- completed in january 1855. the real claim to fame is direc

relationsfox and then former maryland governor bob ehrlich campaigns in new hampshire. >> the c-spanity tour travels to u.s. cities. we partnered with comcast for a visit to galveston, texas. >> the rising tide the rising wentind drew them. i watched in amazement as both of these factors that are the structures. we had wooden bat -- bathhouses and we also had peers. we had a huge pavilion. as the storm increased in intensity, these structures literally were turned into sticks. the 1900s storm hit galveston september 8, 1900. the store begin before noon and increased in dramatic intensity and then tapered off midnight. this hurricane was and still is the deadliest recorded natural event in the history of the united states. >> want all of our events from galveston, saturday at noon eastern and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on c-span 3. next, former british defense secretary liam fox talks about u.s.-u.k. relations. he also talked about the conflict ukraine and global relations with russia. this one-hour event was hosted by the center for strategic and international studies in washington. >>

expected speakers include senator bob corker, rob portman, susan brooks and former maryland governor bob ehrlich. right now they are taking care of some pre- conference business. susan brooks will be the first speaker. live coverage from the press club in washington, d.c.. >> you can google me and i'm happy to get you in touch. one of the things we will need as we put together and i think it will be a cd-rom form is in addition to the actual information the candidates need the actual timelines and flowcharts that's going to require some degree of resources and if you are interested in maybe helping sponsor this project or contribute please contact larry. we are interested in volunteers and sponsors for the project. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you for taking on this project. i forgot to mention that he chairs the political wall group and does quite a good job at that. he also failed to mention that while we will have it completed by the end of the summer he will have the earliest states out well before the middle of the summer to end sure the candidates don't have too much anxiety. i

former mayor bob ehrlich. he talked about a range of issues. [applause] >> thanks, everybody. i hate that term. it is actually accurate here. you want me to hit everyone up for dues and tell me to get more members, right? i'm doing it right now. pay your dues. thank you very much for having me today. i have good news and bad news. it was advertised that my book will be here today and we will have a book signing afterwards. the bad news is the book is not here. the good news is we have p.b. out and we have tracked the guy down. more bad news is the guy's a democrat and it was ordered about two days ago. it will be a shortly. i will bring some politics into this policy conference. we lawyers love to talk about we republicans love to talk about balanced budgets and debt relief and federal counseling reform and the problems of obamacare and welfare fixes and immigration, entitlement reform, and weekend to like to talk about -- and we tend to like to talk about these types of issues. we listen to conservative radio we watch fox, we when the think tank battles, and we are pretty goo

remarks from former governor maryland governor earlic who is considering seeking -- governor ehrlich:ant me to hit everybody up for their dues. thank you for having me today. it was advertised that my book is -- will be here and have the book signing is. the books aren't here. we have tracked the guy down. some more bad news is, he is a democrat and was ordered about two days ago, but it will be here shortly. so i'm going to impose politics into this policy conference. and we lawyers love to talk about, we republicans like to talk about balanced budgets and debt relief and housing reform and obamacare and welfare fixes and entitlement reform and we tend to like to talk about the substantive issues. and we typically listen to conservative radio. we watch fox and we win the think tank battles and pretty good winning off-year elections and pretty good at nonpresidential election cycles because our base tends to show up in large numbers. and yet, not the case in presidential election years. too often we lose the big one. too often we lose when the electric torts are more diverse. and we k

we will tauklk to john wund ehrlich about hillary clinton's personal use of her office. >>> wednesday, the supreme court heard the arguments in king versus erlwell, the challenge of subsidies through the affordable care act. friday, we will bring you the oral argument starting at 8:00 a.m. eastern starting on c-span. >> you would see what we used to call when it was a a kid a mutt and jeff combination or a stickball set. washington was a large man. 6'0", and very robust terrific natural athlete. madison is a skinny guy. >> this sunday on "q & a" founding father the, and the successes of the fledgling nation. >> how he made are relationships with the people of his era, but it alludes to the people of the country and his talent, and what he was able to do to create the first self-sustaining constitutional republic. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span's "q & a." >>> the washington institute held a forum on foreign fighters, and including a foreign commander who oversaw the detainees in iraq, and the lord mayor of a denmark city. it is 90 minutes. >>> good afternoon