and to stop a magical and i'm talking to youth in georgia and a freedom university student i want to thank you both so much for joining us tonight and i guess so i want to start with you and i just want to get your opinion on what you think is happening within the state why you think that lawmakers are already clearly restrictions for undocumented immigrants there in attending university so why do they want to take it even further and bar it and how does that make you feel. well i think i believe that's the reason why they want to get you going further you know harvard. university this is return they there's real problems going on in the street but they don't want to address it and they want to scapegoat undocumented students and immigrants like me and say oh it's the person you know it's their fault that we're going through there is the least problem success and we're going to deal with them instead of the yelling with the real causes in the real problems that exist here in the state and now it makes me feel the way it makes me feel it's you know i don't i don't feel human i guess a

banning the universities colleges and schools will speak with a professor and student from freedom university that are fighting back.

country and a devoted christian whose cultures lead him to devote peacefully for rights and freedom that are universal. for this, he was given a ten years prison term. this is egregious political persecution. his mother is elderly and sick, and his son and i miss him greatly. i cannot imagine my son not being able to see his father for another seven years. i'm very grateful to china for helping me in united states to live in exile. i appealed to the u.s. congress and the u.s. government to help reunite my family and to urge china's leaders to release my husband immediately and without condition. as well as the many other political prisoners who are penalized for speaking out. thank you to god. thank you all. >> thank you so very much for joining us, for your very courageous appeal on behalf of your husband, and i hope that the white house, i hope the house and the senate, and i hope that xi jinping is listening to this appeal from two wives for your individual husbands, but also all of the other left-behind family members on behalf of the tens of thousands of political prisoners and religious prisoner

university. it's far different from students that attended college even a few years ago. information is at their fingertips like never before in legal and illegal forms. property protection and freedom of speech universities cherish cannot co-exist. i couldn't disagree more. as the property reaffirmed just this year in goal 'versus holder, the founders the court said, and i quote, "saw copy right engine of free exprergs by establishing a marketable right to the use of one's expression. copy right supplies the economic insent tiff to create and disseminate creative ideas." i believe universities should play a vital role about educating students of representing and respecting international property rights in the rule of law. the motion picture sorry yags stands ready to work with the student, alongs with the state attorneys who represent the state's universities to make sure this nation remains the most creative and innovative on this planet. a place where students can graduate and fulfill their creative ambitions or dreams, whether it be new york, nashville, austin, seattle or hollywood for that matter, or i didn't of the growing centers where creative content is produced throughout

some of our view that intellect property of protection and freedom of speech that universities cherish cannot coexist. i couldn't disagree more. the supreme court reaffirmed just this year the founders of the court said, and i quote, so a copyright of an engine of free expression by establishing a marketable right to the use of one's expression. coppery right supplies, the economic incentive, to create and disseminate ideas. end of quote. i firmly believe universities can and should play a vital role in dre reducing or educating, rather, students about the importance of representing a respecting intellectual property rights and the rule of law. the motion picture association stands ready to work with those universities an clenls with their students along with the state attorneys general who represent the state universities to ensure that this nation remains the most creative and innovative on this planet. a place i want to add where students can graduate and fulfill their creative ambitions and dreams, whether it be new york, nashville, boston, seattle, or hollywood for that matter, or

second, we have supported the exercise of universal rights, freedom of expression, right to peaceful assembly, right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. the prohibition against discrimination and the right to vote through genuine elections that express the will of the electorate. and third, we support political and economic reforms. that can meet the legitimate aspirations of ordinary people throughout the region. these basic principles have shaped our response to tunisa, egypt, libya and now syria. the violence there has become increasingly dire and o outrageous. the assad regime has ignored every warning, squandered every opportunity and broken every agreement. we are forging an international consensus that the assad regime's brutality must end and that a democratic transition in syria must begin. although china and russia have r repeatedally blocked, delivering a clear message from the international community that the assad regime has lost its legitimacy and they are continuing efforts to try and agree on a security council resolution as we speak. the administration's

. >> perhaps taking a cue from mccain romney is said to deliver a speech on economic freedom today at the university of chicago. santorum also will be in illinois although will leave for pennsylvania before tomorrow's results scheduling election night address in gettysburg. >>> well, today lawyers are pouring over the military and personal records of the american soldier suspected of killing 16. valor on the battlefield and struggles at home. staff sergeant robert bales held in solitary confinement in kansas. highly decorated veteran. he has nearly 1200 days of combat experience during 4 tours in iraq and his most recent one in afghanistan. that last deployment proved especially trying for his family who had been hoping for an easier posting in either germany or hawaii. his wife wrote about their disappointment when bales was passed over for a promotion and the couple had fallen behind on their mortgage. another property they own had been condemned, i should say, by the city. police records show bales was previously charged with assaulting a girlfriend. he also paid a fine after a different hit-and-

supporting individuals and groups that represent not only what we believe are our values but universal values, freedoms and human rights. we need to be clear that this support is a fundamental part of our global human rights policy that is aimed at supporting the building blocks of sustainable democracy. now, i do think we have to be smart about how we perhaps we can talk more about that in the town hall. because a lot of the countries have legitimate questions and particularly a lot of the transitioning new dmemocraciede. so i don't think we can assume anything. we need to be very humble in making our case, and to do so effectively and consistently. now, for much of the past decade, we have focused by necessity on places where threats and instability are greatest. in the decade ahead, we must also be just as focused on the areas of our greatest opportunities. i think that happens to be the rest of the world. but our second priority is our relationship with the asia pacific region, and when we talk about asia pacific, we are talking about from the indian subcontinent to the americas. we want to expand

. >> in 20 minutes we'll take you back to the georgetown university discussion on religious freedom and extremism. in the meantime, we continue the conversation from this morning's washington journal, a look at the latest news from afghanistan, iran and syria. >> our first guest thinks and writes about american foreign policy from "the washington post" where he has written a number of interesting novels about similar issues. thanks for being here. we've been talking with our audience this morning about all the developments and u.s. policy in afghanistan. you've been a supporter of the nato strategy which is a timed withdrawal over the next couple of years. does this week's events change your thinking about that at all? >> we'll have to see. we debated with our nato allies going back to a summit meeting in portugal a year or so ago. and that calls for a phased withdrawal, calls for all nato troops essentially to be gone by the end of 2014. and for u.s. and nato troops to turn over the lead combat role by the middle of next year. it may be that the announcements this week, especially by p

universal. that's freedom, democracy, and our god-given rights. so i would hope we would spend some time with your unique capabilities in findsing out who these people are and i'm surprised they haven't tried to do athat before. you should do that. this conflict will go on and a whole lot of people are going to die p if we allow the status quo to prevail and the slaughter to continue because, quote, we don't know who they are. >> before today's senate arms services committee and the testimony of marine general jam mattis, he's the head of central command getting questions from senator mccain who is as you heard growing angry over the argument that the u.s. and others want to figure out who the syrian opposition is before providing greater aid to them. a lot of people will die before that happens. you heard his quote a moment ago. meanwhile, from the u.n. in new york the security council and morocco meeting behind closed doors today urging an end to a krcrackdown on demonstrations. the debate continues among the security council members. according

university professor and author michael kazin. here is his most recent book, "american dreamers: how the left changed a nation." >> coming up next book tv talks with thomas about his book will cease and freedom we international religious liberty is vital to american national security. this conduct to the georgetown university is part of book tv college series. it's about a half-hour. >> professor thomas, his book is world coffee and freedom by international religious liberty is vital to american national security. professor, why is it vital? >> for two reasons. one is that religious freedom is a fundamental human right. most people would accept that and it's under siege around the world. the pure form recently published a comprehensive study in which they said 70% of the world's population lives in countries in which religious freedom is certainly restricted that's almost three out of for people in the planet and what is necessary to is on unjust execution so it is a humanitarian crisis, and the united states has traditionally stood with the persecuted but it's also a crisis because the data show and i would argue with history and common sense confirm that that without religious freedom you

they're fighting and dying because they want the same universal rights and freedom that we guaranteed in our constitution. >> i think if we don't get the international community together in a coalition of the willing soon we're going to look back and say we not only didn't do the right thing morally to stop innocence from being killed we missed an extraordinary strategic opportunity. >> i want to make the point that the concerns that senator mccain and you and others have expressed are exactly the concerns of the administration. we're not divided here, and we are not holding back. this administration has led in iraq, we've led in fc afghanistan, we've led in the war on terrorism and led in libya and are leading in syria. we are working with those elements to try to bring them together. if the agreement is we ought not to go in simply unilaterally then we have to build a multilateral coalition. we've got to be able to work at that. it's not that easy. to deal with some of the concerns that have been out there. >>> watch this week's hearings and news conferences whenever you want online

it's people who have the same yearnings that are universal and that's freedom, democracy, and our god-given rights. so i would hope -- i would hope we would spend some time with your unique capabilities in finding out who these people are. i'm surprised you haven't tried to do that before. you should do it because this conflict is going to go on and a whole lot of people are going to die if we allow the status quo to prevail and the slaughter to continue because "we don't know who they are." >> thanks, senator mccain. general mattis and admiral, thank you for being here. thanks for your leadership. as i consider the records both of you have had and what you're doing now, i don't think we can have two better people in the position that you're in. and we ought to be very grateful to you for that. general mattis, i always look forward to your testimony because in some sense i feel when i read your stuff or listen to you that i'm black in a classroom because you do have a very developed sense of history. i want to read in the context from your submitted testimony, and i quote you, in over 30 ye

wherever it occurs, it is deplorable against freedom of religion, against human rights that are universally recognized. the united states has condemned the sentence against the pastor. we have pushed hard, reached out to like minded countries to get a stay of execution to get him released from prison. he's done nothing more than maintain his faith. it is absolutely contrary to every element of the universal basis for human rights that someone like that would be condemned to death for being as he is, worshipping as he chooses, exercising his freedom of conscious. so we call on iran on it's obligations under international law. they could begin by commuting this death sentence and letting this man go free. >> if we could get back on the other question. we hear from ambassadors some fear they will lose aid if they don't back the position on abortion at the united nations. you're shaking your head no. i'm happy to hear that. if you could provide a definitive answer it would be helpful. you saw the spate of articles china is changing it's policy on one child. that's one yahoo! had and a whole spa

some of -- some will argue that the intellectual property protection and freedom of speech at universities cannot coexist. i could not disagree more. as the supreme reaffirmed just this year, the founders reports said, "copyright as an engine of free expression by establishing a marketable right to the use of one's expression. copyrights applies economic incentive to create and disseminate ideas." i personally believe that universities can and should play a vital role in reducing or educating, rather, the students about the importance of representing and respecting intellectual property rights and the rule of law. we stand ready to work with those universities and students along with their attorneys general who represent the state universities to ensure that this nation remains the most creative and innovative on this planet. a place, i want to add, where students can graduate and fulfill their creed of ambitions and dreams, whether it be new york, national, austin, seattle, or hollywood for that matter or any one of the many growing centers were crated content is produced throughout our n

it is people with the same yearnings that universal. freedom, democracy and our god-given rights. via would hope we would spend time with your unique capabilities finding out who these people are. i am surprised you haven't tried to do that before. you should do it. this conflict is going to go on and the lot of people are going to die if we allow the status quo to prevail and the slaughter to continue because, quote, we don't know who they are. >> thank you, general mattis, thanks for being here. thanks for your leadership. consider the records both of you have had and what you're doing now. don't think we can have two better people in the position you are in and we ought to be grateful to you for that. general mattis, always look forward to your testimony because in some sense when i read your stuff or listen to it i am point classroom because you do have a developed sense of history. i want to read the context from your submitted testimony. over 30 years of supporting u.s. forces in the central command area of responsibility i never witnessed such changes -- change is the only

ministry is that true yes it is what does it mean it means that we have freedom isn't that so they used to be locked inside their university staying under control and supervision if they did anything wrong the next day to. got arrested which was a case so it's freedom what else. i am. saying. as the day draws to a close in cairo a young activist called mool is just getting going first he attends a congress of the liberal policy that by his father an eminent politician and after that he meets fellow rights campaigners there is a vast social gap between normal and his peers keeping vigil in tile his square new lives in a large flat in the most fashionable neighborhoods of the egyptian capital he often travels to foreign countries and speaks excellent english. and a fishing boat but what's more. he has radical views on the future of the revolution many years some people the you what is happening on the streets now is you know the after party for of a while quite a bit without however i totally disagree i don't even think the party began the party said has not become fine maybe there was a house warming at the beginning but we

you're broke and wiped out because of medical bills you know that's not freedom and that's why progressives in america want universal single payer health care it's so that basic requirement that basic require for free good health is guaranteed to everyone and that's why president obama passed the affordable care act which will give virtually all americans access to affordable health insurance which currently fifty three million americans don't have access to and thus aren't really free and that's why the story of mary brown is so ironic she doesn't realize that the government is actually trying to give her freedom not taken away she believes in the idea of freedom promoted by the republican party the freedom only means freedom from the government perhaps perhaps summed up best by rick perry last year in this next video discovered by andrew breitbart and his team you'll see old tree playing an extended version of the one nine hundred ninety one protester in one of his lectures in two thousand and eleven at harvard university let's watch this open up your hearts your mind the words. in the president says that was not

former justice department official richard huff spoke about the history of the freedom of information act at this american university law school forum. he served as the justice

. >>> american university law schools conference on the freedom of information act continues now. they assist other government agencies in complying with foia. also on the panel is state department officer in charge of handling freedom of information act requests. this is just over an hour. >> all right, folks, we'll start in again on the first panel. if everyone could quiet down. i know there are a lot of conversations going on upstairs where the handouts are and the -- and the refreshments. we call that the foia foyer. foia foyer. we call it that all year long. by the way, it does look like the sun is beginning to peek out a little bit, befitting this freedom of information day during sunshine week. i want to make sure that everyone here in the audience knows that we do have handouts, many handouts up there including detailed biographical sketch on everyone who's speaking here today. so you'll find that the moderators, including myself, we will not spend a lot of time with respect to biographical details. we'll try to get as much content out during the day as possible. and i'm g

they are fighting and dying because they want the same universal rights and freedom that we guaranteed in our constitution. >> i think if we don't get the international community together in a coalition of the willing soon, we'll look back and say we not only didn't do the right thing morally to step in the innocents have been killed, witnessed an extraordinary strategic opportunity. >> atlanta make the point that the concerns that senator mccain and you and others have expressed are exactly the concerns of the administration. we are not divided here and we are not holding back. this administration has led an imac. the lead in afghanistan and the war in terrorism. we lead in libya and religion in syria. we are working with those elements to try to bring them together. if the agreement here is we ought not to simply go in unilaterally, then we have to build a multilateral coalition. we've got to deal to work at that. it's not that easy. the deal with some of the concerns out there. >> from the national press foundation awards dinner. we will hear from eric schmidt, from google, and nick

freedom. preaching religion in cuban schools and university has been for bidden since castro took power more than0 years ago. and he was being asked to ask about alan gross being held in a cuban prison accused of he is nauj. >> and talking to some of the bay area megamillions winners the big prize is oit -- still out there. >> what someone took from dr. suess's widow. the news at 4:00 continues right after this. >>> you've probably heard no one won the prize last night. it's now at $500 million for friday. but some people did get close. and abc 7 joins us from jolly king liquors. a ticket matching five of the six was sold z you just spoke to winners of the ticket. >> that is right. 12 people chipped in, it's not the winning ticket but they'll take it. they bought $250 worth and they're celebrating. these friends stopped by to thank the owner and they matched five of six number autos feel great. it's amazing. unbelievable. >> this is great. i just want to celebrate. >> they work at stefano's pizzeria. they're splitting $308,000 between 12 people. luciano bought the ticket here. >> three of us toge

. >> reporter: back out here live at howard university, students will protest this saturday at freedom plaza. live here in northwest d.c., i'm shimari stone, news 4. >>> tonight police went door to door 24 hours after a female realtor was attacked in a home. news 4's jackie bensen joins us. she's live in suitland, maryland. jackie? >> reporter: wendy, police learned tonight that a second car pulled up here at this home after the realtor did. neighbors thought it was just someone she was showing the house to. prince george's county police detectives went door to door and handed out flyers to people in the 2300 block of du pont avenue in the suitland area. they want to know if anyone saw the man who entered an empty home while a real estate agent was inside. police say he tried to sexually assault her but she fought him off and he ran away. >> around 7:30 last night if anyone in the area saw someone that looked out of place or was acting suspicious, please call us. >> reporter: there are only about a dozen homes on the quiet street. most neighbors were unaware of the incident until detec

right now the university is looking into a policy to make sure no one's freedom of speech is violated. >>> an arundel county fire community taking a vote, 396- 14 firefighters say they don't have confidence in ray's ability to lead the department, but the votes aren't binding. the union does not have the power to remove officials from positions. >>> a newborn found in a trunk of a car in prince frederick. police say family members of the baby called with concerns of the child's well-being and the car was parked outside of the home in the driveway. the baby's body has been taken for autopsy, so far no charges filed. >>> a man is in critical condition after a shootout with police after midnight. officers responded to a call of shots fired on the 8000 block of silver spring. a man opened fire on them. an officer was treated and released from the hospital overnight. >>> stay with us, maryland's news station. up next, prince harry ,,,,,,,, >>> we've had last three of four secretaries of state have been women. >> i have to tell you my youngest granddaughter, when she turned seven a couple o

it's people who have the same yearnings universally. that's freedomiven rights. >> barbara, you also have reported before that iran is helping syria, we know that, but there's more information you're collecting right now. what else are you learns? >> wolf, general matt is in tha piece was very clear. he said if they lose syria, it would be the biggest strategic loss for iran in 20 years. that's an indication of how hard tehran may fight in this whole situation. >> chris, the defense soak tear leon panetta, he went before the pro-israel lobbying organization to reiteration the u.s. mill their commitment. how did that go? >> wolf, the u.s. is giving israel about -- you have u.s. personnel on the ground there in israel, operating a radar system that contributes to israel's missile defense. today secretary panetta promised israel they will get whatever they need to maintain air superiority in that region. the one thing he did not mention were the bumper buster bombs that could be used to go after deeply fortified iranian nuclear facilities. >> you mean wh

university. >> thank you so much again for joining us for our symposium on religious freedom and religious extremism, lessons from the arab spring, sponsored by the religious freedom project of georgetown's berkeley center for religion, peace and world affairs. i am timothy shah, and i'm associate director of the religious freedom project. and it is my pleasure and privilege to introduce the second of our three panels today. the panel that we're calling our keynote conversation on the policy implications and the policy lessons that can be drawn from the connection between religious freedom and religious extremism. especially for those countries of north africa and the middle east that have been affected by the arab spring. the idea that religious freedom may be an effective policy strategy for addressing religious extremism is not new. consider the policies that thomas more designed for the island of utopia about 500 years ago. in utopia he writes go, there have been constant quarrels about religion and the various warring religious groups had refused to cooperate with each other. so then, a new lea

we will have at georgetown university on the campus, a conference to bring out the book, entitled "religious freedom. why now, defending on embattled human rights" a product of my task force and written by my colleague at georgetown, timothy shaw. tim shaw has written a terrific book which gives the case for religious freedom across all religions and the strategic reasons which we have been talking about. why aimportant to the united states and any country, which is interested in stability and harmony and peace. so i think it's a blockbuster of a book. it's a small book. not a henry kissinger thousand pages, it's probably 80 pages. so it's accessible to anybody beside in the subject and i invite anybody who is interested in coming to the conference to either go to the witherspoon institute's web site or to the web site of my other half, which is the berkeley center at georgetown university. you can find that by google is, and you can find this march 1st event here on the campus of georgetown university, and we invite all of your viewers to come and enjoy with us. we're going to have a keynote addres

thing we can do is keep stressing over and over our support for universal human right being respected in syria like other countries, freedom of speech, free drop to march peacefully, the right to form political parties and to have lifend a rule of law a dignified life. that's what i tried very hard constantly to underline during my time there. it's going to be hard but if we stay on the track of human rights, we will ultimately be on the side that wins here. >> thanks very much. i'm next in line. i'll try not to use all of my time but assistants secretary feltman, thanks for being here today and for your ongoing public service. ambassador ford, you've heard it before but it bears repeating. we're grateful for your service in so many assignments but especially under the horrific circumstances you've had to face and we're grateful you're with us today. i guess some of us not being on the ground like you were have difficulty in imagining or even articulating the scale and the gravity of the violence. it's just hard to even comprehend, even though we see the television images all the time, i just can't even imagine what it's l

held in association with plow shares fund as well as stanford university center for international security and cooperation and the freedom institute for international studies. i want to remind our audience, this is my favorite line of the evening. copies of "the partnership" are on sale in the back of the room. i will be pleased to sign them. i'm philip taubman. now this meeting of the commonwealth club of california, the place where you are in the know, is adjourned. [ applause ] >>> coming up next here on c-span 3, a look at the 2013 national nuclear administration budget. then navy secretary ray mabus addresses the conference. then a campaign rally with congress member and candidate ron paul in idaho falls, idaho. >>> i know in washington it is very popular to want to create a cyber security organization to oversee this. i think that is just folly. >> the adversaries we are dealing with today are becoming more sophisticated. >> how real is the threat? cyber security executives bill conner and robert dix. the communicators tonight on c-span 2. >>> on washington journal tomorrow morning, the president of the business ro

university. the next panel will focus on fostering religious freedom. we'll have live coverage when they return. news from the supreme court today about the upcoming oral arguments on the supreme court -- on the health care law, the court today said they will not allow television coverage of the three days of oral arguments, however, they will provide same day audio. we'll bring you same day audio coverage on c-span3 and c-span.org and also on c-span radio. the house and senate will be coming back in and also on our facebook today, we want to point new the direction of the question we started this morning on washington journal about afghanistan. what do you think about the decision by president karzai to demand an immediate u.s. pullback? this is news today from david ignatious. osama bin laden was working on a plot to assassinate barack obama and david petraeus. weigh in with your comments on facebook facebook.com/c-span. the house is back from the district work period on monday. also next week on the house side, we expect budget committee chairman pau

universities. it's far different from states who attended college even a few years ago. information is at their fingertips like never before, in both legal and illegal forms. some of our youth, freedom of speech universities and cherish cannot coexist. i couldn't disagree more. the supreme court reaffirmed just this year the founders of the course and i quote, saw copyright as an engine of free expression by establishing a marketable right to use of one's expression, copyright supplies, the economic incentive to create and disseminate ideas. end quote. i firmly believe universities can and should play a vital role in reducing, or educating rather, students about the importance of representing the property rights in law. and the motion picture a solution stands ready to work with those universities and colleges and their students along with the state attorneys general to represent these state universities to a sure that this nation remains the most creative and innovative on this planet. a place i want edwards to congratulate him to fulfill their creative ambitions and dreams, whether it be new york, nashville, boston, seattle or hollywood for that matter, aren't many of the other gr

freedom of information act it receives. the report came out as american university law school held an event on tyrants appearance and -- on transparency and open government. this is an hour and 10 minutes. >> we are going to start in again on our first panel. if everyone could quiet down. i know there are a lot of conversations going on upstairs where the hand-outs are. and the refreshments. we call that the foyer. we don't do that just during sunshine. we call it that all year long. by the way, it does look like the sun is beginning to peek out a bit as befitting this freedom of information day during sunshine week. i want to make sure that everyone here in the audience knows that we do have hand-outs, many hand-outs up there, including detailed boy graphical sketches on everyone who is speaking today. you will find the moderators, including myself, we will not spend a lot of time with respect to boy graphical details -- bio graphical details. we will try to get as much content out. i will sit in on this first panel. i will introduce matt winer first, who is -- miria plnch, who hopefully is known by everyone here as the director of t

. >>> today, american university law school held a day-long event on the freedom of information act. they began by giving a reward to susan long. she is the director of the clearing house records division. >> good morning. happy sunshine week to you all. we see the sun trying to poke out behind the clouds here at the washington college of law on the campus of american university. i'm dan metcalfe on the collaboration of government secrecy. we are pleased to welcome our auditorium audience and our viewers remotely both on the washington college of law webcast and, i understand, c-span will be broadcasting this as well. this is freedom of information day. and i on site and many folks know that is the day that we celebrate openness in government, transparency, sunshine, call it what you will. that date is chosen and has been traditionally used because it's the birthday of james madison, who is regarded as the founding father of the freedom of information. this is the fifth freedom of information day program we have had here at the law school. and it is the 18th one that the collaboratio

freedom. >> reporter: meantime georgetown university law student and repro duct tiff rights activist sandra who received a call from president obama on friday received on saturday an apology from rush limbaugh, amid advertisement pull outs. he expressed regret. he says for over 20 years i have illustrated the absurd with absurdity, three hours a day, five days a week. in this instance i chose the wrong words in my analogy of the situation. i did not mean a personal attack on miss fluke. my choice of words was not the best and in an attempt to to be humerus i created a national stir. i apologize to miss fluke for the insulting word choices. larry in massachusetts tweeted me, quote, curious, a peak into obama, he calls fluke but not the parents much the murdered border patrol agent. then she added, carbonite drops rush appalled with the word slut. one final note the white house confirmed that it had reached out to barnard college to offer president obama as a commencement speaker. barnard accepted. jenna: interesting, james, thank you so much. the story we'll continue to follow. jon: think ab

federal government a c-minus for its ability to track the freedom of information act requests it receives. the report came out as american university law school held a discussion on transparency and openness in government. the keynote lunch on address included richard huff, former information policy office director. his remarks are 45 minutes. >> we're going to start with our first panel. if everyone could quiet down, i know a lot of conversation is going on upstairs where the handouts are, and the -- the refreshments. we call that the foya foyer. we acall it that all week long. it looks like the sun is peeking out a little bit, as befitting this freedom of information day during sunshine week. i want to make sure everyone here in the audience knows that we do have handouts, many handouts up there. including detailed biographical sketch on everyone speaking here today. so you'll find that the moderators, including myself, we will not spend a lot of time with respect to biographical details. we'll spend some time on that, because we'll try to get as much content out during the day as possible. and i'm going to sit in on