. >> reporter: speaking at georgetown university the nation's top law enforcement officer gave voice to president obama's aims of bringing issues surrounding criminal justice and race to the foreground in his second term. to restore constitutional rights to vote. >> these restrictions are not only unnecessary and unjust, they're also counterproductive by perpetuating the stigma and isolation imposed by formerly incarcerated individuals, it increases the likelihood that they'll commit crimes. >> the attorney general said barring those who served their time from the polls makes it harder for them to reintegrate into society. the justice department cannot force states to change their laws, but this call from the top is another attempt to call attention to the heavier impact of the system on african-americans. >> in america 2.2 black citizens, nearly one in 13 african-american adults are banned from voting because of these laws. in three states, florida, kentucky, virginia, the ratio climbs to one in five. now these individuals and many others of all races, backgrounds and walks of life a

the workforce at georgetown university, and he said be careful. all college degrees are not created equal. he chaired the national coalition under president clinton. good to join us. >> good to see. >> you how much of a problem of this persistent unemployment can be solved by people getting the right education. >> the central problem that you point to, there aren't enough jobs to go around, but we do know that a good 15% to 20% of people who get college degrees or post secondary education of any kind don't end up in jobs that pay more than high school, and at the same time we have a shortage of college workers. we're producing 1% increase per annum in college degrees, and the labor market is demanding 3% increase. we have a mismatched program. we're not producing enough, and the college degrees we're producing do not match the degrees available. >> this is important for parents of college kids, they're getting ready for admissions at the end of march. what you study makes a difference. i know you have pointed out for some time that probably one of the best things you can do, one of the best degrees you can get if

the center for strategic and international studies. and charles kupchan, he's a professor of international relations at georgetown university and a senior fellow at the council on foreign relations. he also served on the national security council staff during the clinton administration. >> welcome back to the newshour to you both. heather conley to you first, tell us in brief, what were swiss voters asked to vote on? what was this referendum? >> in a nutshell they were asked to curb or seek quotas for immigration. switzerland, population of 8 million has a foreign born population that represents 23% of the swiss population. this is something that the swiss people's party, a far-right political party in switzerland, has been pushing and switzerland has a form of direct representation, direct democracy and they put the issue to a referendum, do you want to see limits to the immigration levels that enter switzerland. >> woodruff: charles kupchan what's your besting why the public voted as it did? it was a narrow win just over 50%. >> i think there are two basic things going on. one is anti-immigration sentiment that we see all over europe and we see in the united states, people living next door who were not born

key leadership positions at the national association of insurance commissioners and was formerly an associate research professor and project director at the georgetown university health policy institute. and joining us on the line by phone from california we're happy to have peter lee who's the executive director of covered california, a sacramento-based insurance exchange and these states insurance exchange for small businesses. he formerly served as the deputy director of the center for medicare and medicaid innovation at cms where he helped shape initiatives to implement higher quality care at lower costs. he also served as the director of delivery system reform at the federal health and human services offices of health reform and before that was the ceo of the pacific business group on health and executive director of the center for health care rights. so welcome to all of you. we're going to start with an overview from heather howard, setting the stage for what we have seen to date in the state-based health insurance exchanges. so health, welcome. >> thank you. thank you susan. thank you to the robert wood johnson foundation for your work on expanding cov

the national retail fed rigs is the largest retail trade association we membership in more than 45 nations. matt is a graduate of ohio state university college of law and mba from georgetown, recognized as one of the top 50 nonprofit executives. i know everybody knows our other panelist so what i'm going to do i'm going to turn it right over to matt to begin this session. thank you. >> thank you, jack. good morning. it's a pleasure to be back with you again. especially a pleasure to be here with jack serving in his capacity of the association this year and we're proud and pleased to have him in that role, and it's a terrific organization, and we're proud to be sorting it. it's especially pleasing to be here today to engage in this discussion with two of the nation's foremost economists on fiscal policy, jack mentioned their reputations obviously precede them, and i'll share from our perfect at the federation, is a one of the nation's largest private seconder employers, creating jobs for one in four americans in this country, 42 million in the work force, everything that happens in the economy affects retail. and fiscal policy in particular. so while we're frequently in th

the national interest. this week, angela stent and her latest book, "the limits of partnership" u.s.-russia relations in the 21st century. and it, the director georgetown university center for your region in russia and east european debt is cause for a reassessment of attack dixson practices that guide u.s.-russia relations and proposes a more productive way forward. the program is about an hour. >> host: it is my privilege attack today with the angela stent, director of the center for russian and eurasian studies at georgetown university. he wrote an important book. the one of the partnership, talking about the u.s.-russian relationship. why do we partnership with russia? you know, this is not an overly provocative question because a lot of people in the government seem to think that russia press is not that important in to the extent it is important, it does not prepare to be helpful. doing a partnership with russia and if so why? did not receive the dewdney partnership with russia and the united states and russia, the two remaining nuclear superpowers. between us we cannot really resolve the number of the worlds major problems if we don't work together and we

president for the center of national interest, a foreign policy think tank and angela stent, director for the center of eurasian, russian and east european studies at georgetown university, her latest book is the limits of partnership, u.s.-russian relations in the 21st century. angela stent, i will start with you. president obama cited-- cited reports of troop movement in ukraine but it is a very confusing situation, isn't it? >> it is very confusing. we do know that in crimea pro russian forces, people and some forces have taken over local buildings. some crimeans would like a referendum to-- and on the other hand there are other groups in crimea that are not pro russian and support the interim government in key avenue. -- key eve. we really don't know that much about what is whatting but we do know russia is flexing its mills t has important equities in crimea t is the headquarters of the black sea fleet and they want to make sure that they don't lose those equities. >> what does flexing its muscles mean. the obvious question is an invasion or some sort of invasion under way? >> well, the black sea fleet is in crimea. -- for the troops which are there quite legally w

the national interest. this week angela stent and her latest book "the limits of partnership" u.s.-russian relations in the 21st century. and if the director of georgetown universitycenter for eurasian russian and eastern european studies calls for a reassessment of the tech hicks and practices that guide u.s. russia relations and proposes a more productive way forward. the program is about an hour. >> host: it is my privilege to talk today to professor angela stent professor at the center for russian and eurasian and eastern european studies at georgetown university. you wrote an important book, "the limits of partnership" talking about the u.s. russian relationship and the question is why do we need a partnership with russia? in other words this is not an overly provocative question because there are a lot of people in the u.s. government who seem to think that russia is not that important and to the extent that it is important it is not prepared to be very helpful. do we need partnership with russia and it's so quite? >> guest: we certainly do need partnership with russia and russia is still, the united states and russia are the two remaining nuclear superpower

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nations with em them that's the difficulty of new government spellingsly considering this is a border country and an area subject today an israeli siege for several years. >> all right, from georgetown university doha, thank so much for your analysis. >>> now, in ukraine, protesters say that they are ready to end their occupation of kiev city hall. that's after charges again demonstrators were dropped. the streets remain tense and more anti-government rallies are expected sunday. much of the capitol remains a fortified camp after three months of unrest and anti-government protests. the 39-year-old mayor of florence is tipped to become prime minister as talks are underway to form a new government in italy. he would be the youngest in history. he has never been an p.m. and could get the top job without winning an election. david has been following the talks in rome. >> reporter: a small group of protesters for the most prominent politician to arrive. silvey row. he might have been expelled from the senate but he's still a force to be recognize inninged with in parliament. >> translator: we express to the president our worry over the crisis that's occurred outside of the apartment in just one par

georgetown university yesterday the massachusetts senator made a passionate plea to lawmakers in washington to consider the civilian toll of our actions abroad she said the failure to make civilian casualties a full and robust part of our national conversation of the use of force is dangerous it's dangerous because of the impression that it gives the world about our country and dangerous because of how it affects the decisions that we make as a country. we couldn't agree more it's good to see the senator warren has the same clear sighted views on foreign policy as she does on domestic and economic policy. the bad david ralston last year the republican georgia speaker of the house authored an ethics reform law that he said would prevent lobbyists from making gifts to state lawmakers sounds like a great idea right. now it appears the rolston didn't really believe in its own law or think progress has taken advantage of a loophole in that very same law to help state legislators get free trips out of the american legislative exchange council you know alec baldwin's critics are now saying that his ethics reform bill has. just a way to deflect corruption away attention away from his own corruption or hypocrite. the very very ugly very

national security of advisor said the move would be a grave mistake. joining us is john herbst. charles is a professor of international relations at georgetown university and a senior counsel of the -- i am pleased to have all of them on the program at this critical moment. fiona hill, i begin with you. i would like -- where are we right now, how did we get there, and where are we going and what are the risks? start with why did this happen now and what is the moment that we are at now and where we are going? >> the precipitating event for the series of protests that have led us to the situation were triggered off by summits from the european union. ukraine was scheduled to sign an agreement with the eu, an agreement of association and joining a free trade area. yanukovych decided against it. this is widely understood to be under pressure from russia, which was set, and a series of protests broke out in the hearts of kiev. they morphed into the huge scale demonstrations that we saw. there were protests against from yanukovych's decision and move to his rule and the whole system of government in ukraine itself. the focus has been on the independent squa