the last speaker to lose re-election was tom foley in 1994. speakers, like other members, know they need to at least be aware of the possibility they could lose re-election so they will do things that might be particularly important their own constituents just like any other member of congress would. >> host: before tom foley, who is the last peeker who lost election. >> guest: it was in the 19th 19th century. it had been well over 100 years before foley. >> host: what makes a good speaker in your view? >> guest: what makes a good speaker? i would say it's a combination of a number of things. first i'd say be a good listener. speakers have to be good listeners. i they have to hear what members are saying, have to know when a member of congress saying? , if they're really meaning what they say or if there's something else going on there. so being able to understand what members want and need. related to that is knowing the districts of members of congress, so that if you have someone in your party saying i just can't support you on this because

the last speaker to lose the election was tom foley in 1994. speakers like other members know they need to please be aware of the possibility that they could lose reelection so they will pay attention to the district and do things that might be particularly important to their own constituents, just like any other member of congress. >> before tom foley who was the last speaker for lost election? >> it was in the 19th century. i can't remember his name. it had been well over 100 years before foley at the last speaker lost an election. >> what makes a good speaker in your of your? >> what makes a good speaker. i would say its examination of a number of things. first i would say be a good listener. speakers have to be good listeners. they have to hear what members are saying, they have to know when a member of congress says something if they are really saying, meaning what they say or if there's something else going on. so being able to understand what members want any. related to that is doing the district of members of congress, so that if someo

i can remember being a staffer ill, when i served on the staff of speaker tom foley. every thursday at 2:00 p.m., we had a health care meeting. one of the things that bigger bully always said, well, if a good pass a bill the congress -- speaker foley always said, we had been all suffering out of the country, because we did not have a health care plan. thathat we do, i believe willealth of americans improve exponentially. we just have to get them enrolled. >> we have a little over five minutes left. let me follow up on health care. of that 40 million, how many of them were in the african-american community? what are the challenges to get african-americans to sign up in these exchanges? >> there were probably half of them african-americans. the challenge is the education of it. communityeople in our just needed to know how to do it. the mechanics of executing it. that is what we have been doing for the last few months. -- educating people, going to church is, going to the fraternity spreading the word and helping them understand the various programs that are available f

. >> reporter: there are plenty of beaches lining the bay area's coastline but surfer kyle foley wants to surf this one. >> it's kind of a magical spot. it's spectacular and beautiful. >> reporter: but standing between foley and the secluded martin's beach is a road and once open to the public has been closed since the billionaire venture capitalest ventured in 200 and installed a gate. >> it's a community asset that's being closed. >> reporter: today state senator jerry hill introduced legislation that could require the state lands' commission to restore public access. >> it's not up to one individual but one company or one corp rag -- corporation or partnership to close the road and prevent the public from accessing it. >> reporter: a call was not returned. greta staff waterman says the area cannot handle a large influx because of the beach erosion and parking. >> as far as security stability, it is private property. there are private rights. >> reporter: last november a judge ruled the land was exempt from california's access laws because it was deeded to the original owner and 1848

look, i don't think anyyun one in government has the foley for how businesses work, the bottom line is, how to improve this efficiency. we always raise the example of silandra as a government failure example. there is a dozen other companies if not more. aboundol ar, we last $179. range fuels, $162 million. the chevy volt, for example, has not budged an inch on year-to-year sales on 2012-2013. so for government, brenda, to tell business what to do, it's insane. >> david, does government have a role with wages? >> they certainly do and they have a history of doing so. the minimum wage has been cast --ages have been passed several times. the last time was not until 2009 under george bush and it's about high time those wages were increased. and if you want to do business with the government, then you need to pay a decent wage, not subsidized by the government, i might add, with food stamps as we have seen with wal-mart and other companies. to add to that, 76% of the american public wants to see an increase in the minimum wage. 19 states have a minimum wage above the federal wage now. yoha

. >> host: before tom foley? >> guest: in the 19th century and cannot remember the well over 100 years that the last speaker lost reelection. >> host: what makes the good speaker in your view? >> guest: a combination of a number of things. first, a good listener. they have to be good listeners to hear what members are saying, and know when a member says something if they are really meaning what they say or if there is something else to under state and what baby. related to that is knowing the district of members of congress if someone says i cannot support you because my constituents would oppose it he could say actually i also understood your district a and i don't think that is the stitchery shed new portray. to persuade members by knowing the members in their district. also persuasion of but in addition what makes a good speaker is the understanding they are representing the whole house of representatives the president and the senate it that means sometimes saying i know you want this but it will make the cham

the buildings and pass up high over the past eighteen seat on top of twenty three known to let scott foley. so they can take has asked the company to come back as happy to take with it the whole works. i'll take what not. new eu nations than the filming of nuclear reactors and asset keep from thinking about how he folds typical of the cellophane they have so far today he will fall if that could become a hockey team in the future the truth in freefall. in your business plan for three nights only stocking. we asked this at the plant. i do is set to re standing barely asked as he faced hostile moment that if the state and its business around. and the slump will react to this. she might die all pics as muscular so gain approval from milk coming in he's due respect any react to it. the owners of three cheers to the cold and plants has criticized it looks to them because it fails to put it all to try our ep all safety. two posts in. tesco hasn't learned from the focus of an accident it's not qualified to operate nuclear plants. when you create a single story he has to investigate each poll it's

the last speaker to lose re-election was tom foley in 1994. but speakers like other members know that they need to at least be aware of the possibility that they could lose re-election, and so they will pay attention to their districts and do things that might be particularly important to their own constituents just like any other member of congress would. >> host: before tom foley, who was the last speaker who lost an election? >> guest: oh, it was in the 19th century. now, i can't remember his name, but it had been well over a hundred years before foley that the last speaker lost re-election. >> host: what makes a good speaker? in your view? >> guest: what makes a good speaker? i would say it's a combination of a number of things. first, i'd say be a good listener. speakers have to be good listeners. they have to hear what members are saying, they have to know when a member of congress says something if they're really saying, meaning what they say or if there's something else going on there. so being able to understand what members want and

this is a sign that the us decade long war has achieved little foley's is testament to that the co hosted the sickening to see if the whole campaign stop. out of the ministry campaign. really quite savage brutality of the last twelve years. completely unhinged and unconnected. but the political process they're very very conversant with that needs tending to match simmer. politics with ministry. i may play this game extremely well. i know i'm a bit like to hear that they can pay the balance of powers already tipping that the top of that yet but that's how about that in a soft wet cos most of the congo is taking place the statement of an already knew that it is the case that by the british and american forces. extortion statewide political pressure. making deals with the local drug cocktails. hans is already shipping. russia opening its arms to syrian refugees granting asylum to more than a thousand displaced people fleeing the country has been torn by nearly three years of conflict all the details on a website. violating from the wagons of a train that derailed near the euro mountains in r

when you thirty percent proof of bloke that foley is not sufficient for an economy that is to grow at six to seven percent rate would like to have special abc's combat this collection as it has been arrested with his business the ttc to be regulated you mucho. use them up into two divisions in the cost of cool tones of blue ghost the reading of the year two thousand thirteen level of bank lending stood at eleven twenty two hundred and ninety one building thinking the volume of long term loans increased to fourteen point five percent. where's the ball in the first term loans reached the level of the point nine percent global economic growth has remained stable in the beginning two thousand which he's exhibiting of one of the gdp expansion three percent. jpmorgan in markets global production index for all activities within fifty feet with my life in january from the fifty ft twenty december levels thus remaining above the fifty point mark that separates growth from declined to six months in a row. the world index of the services sector rose to fifty two twenty points from defeat to keep

the other things were going to come and it is unfair to get the foley out until they are very good there in the protest that things are going to come to. the police back up to the part of the world which is the process of preparing her at the police pretty much the scene we have been seeing over the past several months. the gun would become so bloody right now you can get it because it's going to not go to the police. the gun is famous my guns to much of the place this may and started. all business and organize the so-called peaceful march to the parliament i know that's one thought and i'm still unclear that those riots but this is been pretty much the scene of you know total mayhem the whole scene sort of know the government doesn't pull the curfew that no cars can get inside the city by midnight and so far to be frank we haven't seen major might come in through the police force and we're going. to the square to report to discuss it but right now it's very very low the parent could have been. over there back to me in the morning two months and not very good not subtle but there will so

foley. coming up on r t was so a convo powergrid under attack a former federal regulator claimed sniper shot up a power substation while the f.b.i. denies that it was an act of terror will have more details on that attack ahead and just one day until the start of the sochi olympics athletes representing nations from around the world are warming up before the events they begin a report from the resort city coming up. and the birth rate in the u.s. continues to drop are americans in a romantic recession we'll answer that later in the show. it's thursday february sixth eight pm in washington d.c. and i live near.

to worry that as policies like these become policy of every day life because she will islamophobia foley's pity community against community and to fighting society you're a smith. also in britain a media report says all homeless people across the e.u. could potentially be given a roof over their heads the blink of an eye. a shocking number of homes across the continent stand empty and then you look on r t dot com for more details on that. plus evidence comes to light in australia suggesting our planet may become habitable much earlier than previously thought it's all there for you to peruse on our website. right to see the. first book. and i think you're. on a reporter's. instagram. and . the u.k. government could soon be auctioning off visas to overseas millionaires that means they'll be granted permanent residence in britain if they invest or make donations are key sorry for joining me live with london for more on this plan is our. well these new suggestions coming from the home secretary's migration advisory committee and they come about really g. to concerns that was migrants coming in

. >> jeremy foley gets the starter's green flag. always been an aggressive driver, and like to drive fast. >> jeremy, the rookie at the pikes peak international hill climb, 156 hair-raising turns up a 14,000-foot mountain that would give any driver goodbumps. >> it's indescribable. >> cameras mounted inside and outside jeremy's car are recording every second. >> i think it's known, actually, that being one of the most dangerous races, not only in the country, but probably the world. >> jeremy's girlfriend, robin, is 3,000 feet up the mountain, where it's cold and it's been drizzling on and off for the past hour. >> we could actually see most of the track. we got a pretty good spot. >> in the thin air at 12,000 feet, the time trial is going well. seven minutes in, and three to go, jeremy and his co-driver uri are on pace to finish in third place. he goes around a hair pin turn. this is called devil's playground. it's about to live up to its ominous name. jeremy drives 80 miles an hour into the next turn. he steers to the left. but hi

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james foley is a very experienced journalist who has already been reported in libya and was kidnapped he is an amazing human being, always thinking of his colleagues. austin ties is a young independent journalist who was reporting for mcclatchy or "the washington post." we're waiting to hear news from them. as i say, the situation continues to decline because the situation is becoming more and more complex, no reporters are attacked by all sides. -- all reporters are attacked by all sides. their attack i bashar al-assad plus regular army and still trying to silence the news provider wants to document the conflict and on the other end, reporters are now targeted very groupsly by islamist you're supposed to have gone to the north. the consequences are dramatic will stop --traumatic. to mexicoto move before we hand. tuesday night, people in mexico city join a nationwide call to protest the murder of a journalist. his wife told police masked gunmen broke another home last wednesday, dragged him away. his body was later discovered. for a story about a wave of kidnappings of migrants. the a

former speaker of the house tom foley who became ambassador to japan and now caroline kennedy.hose clearly there is a precedent for this turning out the right way, but all the is not good. >> nina, isn't even tough to get ready for these questions. they are not tough questions like where is the country which hemisphere? >> don't pick up prostitutes while you are ambassador. >> one soap opera by the way and hotel magnet who didn't know anything about nor way, didn't know it was a constitutional monarchy. so, yeah, i mean there are serious questions here. that said, it is also a time honored tradition to give plumb ambassador appointees. these are not guys going to africa. get to go to all plumb places and put serious foreign career officers in both risky, dangerous delicate situations and there have been embarrassing moments for previous presidents. drunken episodes, adulteress affairs. this isn't the first time that paying off your political donors. >> they have so many donors you don't have to go that far down the list. find somebody. >> who is willing and the other thing peop

i saw your extensive cv which is on line, and it's -- it has you as a partner at the foley lardner law firm in washington. is that right? >> correct. >> and it says you are a member of the firm's political law practice. is that correct? >> correct. >> the firm has a taxation practice that's different from the political law practice. >> correct. >> you're in the political law practice. if i'm not mistaken, you have personally served as legal counsel to the national republican senatorial committee. am i correct in that? >> among others, yes. >> you have personally served as legal counsel to the national republican congressional committee as well. am i correct in that? >> correct. >> you served as a legislator in oklahoma, am i correct? >> correct. >> would that be as a republican legislator? >> no. actually i was a democrat that, until i realized that would become the government of the government and not the people. >> mr. cartwright, just for the record, not all of us would agree with that. we're entitled to our political views, too. >> thank you, mr. connolly. the question i have for y

resort to these measures chemical weapons have to be destroyed fully and pressure will be exerted foleyosition. we chose to make sure the democratic opposition is the alternative even though they take place at the geneva conference. you ask me a question about french businessmen in iran. if you are unfamiliar the president of the republic is not the president of the employers' union in france and he certainly does not wish to be a no think anyone wishes for him to be. so they make those decisions with traveling but i certainly but then know that sanctions were forced and would remain in force to and if it was to be made with the new situation where iran would have renounced nuclear weapon fully and comprehensively but unless a new situation and would prevail no agreements could be signed. that is what i told the french businessman and they're very much aware and sanctions we only be lifted if the and when there is agreement. during this period of the interim agreement they remain in force. >> you have actually a freeze in france bakery is the president's visit to from the second term is

i saw your extensive cv which is on line, and it's -- it has you as a partner at the foley lardner law firm in washington. is that right? >> correct. >> and it says you are a member of the firm's political law practice. is that correct? >> correct. >> the firm has a taxation practice that's different from the political law practice. >> correct. >> you're in the political law practice. if i'm not mistaken, you have personally served as legal counsel to the national republican senatorial committee. am i correct in that? >> among others, yes. >> you have personally served as legal counsel to the national republican congressional committee as well. am i correct in that? >> correct. >> you served as a legislator in oklahoma, am i correct? >> correct. >> would that be as a republican legislator? >> no. actually i was a democrat that, until i realized that would become the government of the government and not the people. >> mr. cartwright, just for the record, not all of us would agree with that. we're entitled to our political views, too. >> thank you, mr. connolly. the question i have for y

the last speaker to lose re-election was tom foley in 1994.but speakers like other members know that they need to at least be aware of the possibility that they could lose re-election, and so they will pay attention to their districts and do things that might be particularly important to their own constituents just like any other member of congress would. >> host: before tom foley, who was the last speaker who lost an election? >> guest: oh, it was in the 19th century. now, i can't remember his name, but it had been well over a hundred years before foley that the last speaker lost re-election. >> host: what makes a good speaker? in your view? >> guest: what makes a good speaker? i would say it's a combination of a number of things. first, i'd say be a good listener. speakers have to be good listeners. they have to hear what members are saying, they have to know when a member of congress says something if they're really saying, meaning what they say or if there's something else going on there. so being able to understand what members want and n

well, here to tell us is elizabeth price foley.al law at florida international university. thanks a lot for joining us this morning. >> good morning. >> what is the president attempting to do unilaterally without congress? >> well, he is trying to do a lot of things unilaterally without congress. let me just say at the beginning, you know, a the lo of people say you know, president obama is only issuing so many number of executive orders and that's a lot less than his predecessors have. i have to say, you know, this is not about quantity. there are a lot of executive orders that are perfectly constitutional. this is about the quality of the executive orders and what exactly he is trying to do. >> let's start with obamacare delays. obamacare passes. throw and a half years ago, it's unpopular. the white house basically says to favored constituencies you are not subject to it for now. is that constitutional? >>. no absolutely not. there are several provisions of obamacare that was supposed to take effect on january 1, 2014. the employ