george hamilton began working as a counselor here 15 years ago >> when i went to that first group, there was an engineer, there was a military person, there was a minister of a large church. and so my impression was shattered because this was not what i thought batterers were all about. >> okay, for the new person, what we'd like for you to do is talk a little bit about the situation that led you to being a part of the program. >> as part of their sentences, these men have been court ordered to attend group sessions for 26 weeks. >> me and my wife got into it pretty much. we got into a fight and now i'm in these classes. and they finally gave my sentencing and i'm doing 365 days of weekend time, which comes out to three and a half years to complete. >> whistles >> is this your first time offense? >> no. >> the group is designed to interrupt the cycle of violence and teach the men new behaviors >> i am powerless to change it. that is probably one of the most challenging, one of the most difficult thing to do. why is it so hard to admit that i can't make this person do what they don't want

hamilton foundation. he served in the george w. bush state department, and professor of american school of international service, and the author of "the end of american world order." john bradshaw, let me start with you, looking at the speech, hearing the president laying out and explaining it today, was it a departure or a reiteration? >> i think it was time for the president to try to draw together a lot of things that have been done in foreign policy that he has not gotten credit for. he was taking a lot of hits, a lot of criticism from conservatives in congress, and it was time to explain more his approach. i don't think it's a great departure. it does explain in detail exactly what circumstances will require the use of force and when we will use diplomacy. in that sense i think it was useful in helping people understand what the administration was doing, but it did not really depart where they have been over the last few years. >> so a refinement, then? >> refinement is one way to put at it. a better articulation of what they'

[applause] ladies and gentlemen, seated at the head table, george from pepper hamilton. bloomberg. news. knop from yahoo! doug mills from the new york times. carol from the washington journal. houserney -- the white press secretary. kristi from the tribune. questions -- joel mchale. april ryan from american urban radio network. major garrett from cbs news. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, we are going to start dinner. i ask one favor. kindly andait staff let them get through this incredibly crowded room. enjoy your dinner. we will start the program in about an hour. enjoy. >> not sure which table are posting chuck schumer. the 100th anniversary of the year at an this event that has been a washington tradition since the 1920's. we are showing you live coverage . the speaking portion will get underway in about an hour. we're also watching your comments on facebook and twitter. tweets --i am such a nerd. saturday night fun. wondering who foots the bill for this event. the news organizations foot the bill. madeleine albright, the first lady, and tonight's headliner on the

so madison and hamilton respected one another, until hamilton became secretary of the treasury under george washington, and began to make his financial plans clear. madison was troubled from the beginning, but eventually, particularly when the issue of establishing a national bank came up, he was deeply concerned. he didn't think that the bank was a bad idea, but at the constitutional convention, in fact he was such a good idea that at the constitutional convention he had proposed giving the congress the power to grant charters, which is what you needed if you wanted to establish a bank. however, the constitutional convention had turned that opportunity down. congress didn't have that power and that was madison's problem. hamilton was simply running roughshod over a strict number of power that congress had been given. there was no power to grant charters and, therefore, madison thought you should not establish a bank. he lost the fight, but he went on to kind of when the war i guess you would say. he established the first opposition political party. now, parties to make any better reputatio

scarcity of labor and by by taking down the barriers that literally george washington put up money put into place alexander hamilton eleven point plan the tariffs we had tariffs in this country in the twenty to thirty percent range continuously from eight hundred seventy nine until the one nine hundred eighty s. by taking down those tariffs we threw american workers who were making in today's dollars you know when reagan came into office g.m. workers were in today's dollars making an average rate of g.m. towers but they were the largest they would largest right i mean you could eight yeah of course now you want to do introduce lexus you introduce the foreign car competitors you get cheaper cars and they're much better value and they last longer they could send you over to the bottom it's just like you and. certainly the same mechanism leasing them and that people having a rent car people are leasing g.m. cars as well people are not voluntarily entering unions for whatever reason i just don't think that it's worth thirty dollars a day that is a war on unions because it's a multi-billion dollar industry ok if you wan