nor to be here if you are wrong but here at the heritage foundation is welcomed with open arms speak and just being who does not represent the herd so. what it does represent ideals often adopted by conservative pundits and politicians including you who wrote the memo giving legal justification for the use of torture saying that are a law doesn't apply to interrogations of enemy combatants we. want to arm one hand tied behind our back and we are still just using police and f.b.i. we might use the military president george w. bush chose this sympathetic venue to defend his appointment of michael mukasey his nomination for attorney general in jeopardy after he refused to declare waterboarding illegal senate leaders must move this nomination out of committee. bring it to the senate for floor. and confirm this good man founded in one nine hundred seventy three a conservative think tank is said to promote free enterprise and limited government and traditional american values to critics they decisions made in here have less to do with democracy more to do with the already corporate interes

and while organizations like the heritage foundation can help lay the foundation for war western powers now drumming up support for war with iran this as a report came out today by the u.n. nuclear watchdog leaked the information from the report supposedly or feels fresh evidence of the country developing its nuclear weapons program armed with this new information the u.k. is prepping its military for action and it's believe the u.s. is gearing up for the possibility of war against iran as well meanwhile israel has fired a billis that missile believe to take on the country so is america on the verge of another war in the middle east and here for more is in our studio is going all of the policy director of the national iranian american council thanks for coming on jim all this so we just we just listened to this report about the heritage foundation this conservative conservative think tank and how they play a big part in drumming up support for war how big of a role do you think organizations such as the heritage foundation play and shaping up policy and pushing a pro-war agenda well loo

heritage foundation others think tanks think thanks that deal with the middle east that you know the. bull goose translations up texts or if they find an existence do you see everywhere and they tell the u.s. congress what to do this is how it works in israeli american politics so always the heritage foundation and everybody else will be drumming up support for a war even if they are you are minimally realist they know that if there is an israeli strike or if there is a mean a u.s. shock and awe against iran the first thing iran will do is to close the strait of horribles anybody that knows a little bit about a person those knows it straight a little more says more than forty percent of global oil trends it's sort of strange so instantly would have more than six million barrels of oil out of global markets this means what the global economy comes to a standstill in less than a week who's going to be responsible for that certainly not the obama administration mad dog israel is a completely different story and what do you think that report just came out of there providing supposedly her

you got it from the heritage foundation. >> and you never supported -- >> i agree with them. but what you said to this audience is just plain isn't true. >> and you supported it in the past? an individual mandate? >> i absolutely did. with the heritage foundation against hillary-care. >> you did support an individual mandate? >> yeah. we got the idea from you and the heritage foundation. >> okay, a little broader. >> i mean, here he is, in one paragraph, denying and then admitting that he was for the individual mandate. the very thing they hate the most about obamacare. >> well, the irony is on this and a few other things, newt gingrich makes mitt romney look like a rock of consistency. because at least -- seriously. at least mitt romney still defends romney care as it relates to massachusetts. whereas mitt romney -- or excuse me, newt gingrich on the topic of the so-called death panels and on the individual mandate has flipped and flopped 180 degrees on both issues. >> but he seems to do it within the hour. >> he does it with utter conviction. that's the thing about newt gin

arms nuclear capability is there are many ways in which conservative power houses such as the heritage foundation all that are already surrounding the alarm bells and laying the foundation for war are to correspondent christine for the outtakes the organizations it takes a look at the organizations history and how many hands and what's to come in the future. former u.s. justice department official john yoo is not quite the love it by everyone yet i know many do you know right. on where ground zero. here you are. but here at the heritage foundation he is welcomed with open arms as. does not represent. what he does represent ideals often adopted by conservative pundits and politicians including you who wrote the memo giving legal justification for the use of torture saying federal law doesn't apply to interrogations of enemy combatants we shouldn't have our one our one hand tied behind our back and we are still just seizing police and f.b.i. we might need to use a milter president george w. bush chose this sympathetic venue to defend his appointment of michael mukasey his nomination for attorney ge

co-sponsored by the heritage foundation and the american enterprise institute. you can watch it right here on cnn 8:00 eastern time on tuesday. >>> they're on their campaign trail every day, talking, shaking hands and getting very little sleep. so why are eyebrows raised every time a politician gets emotional? we'll have that coming up after the break. mine was earned over the south pacific in 1943. vietnam, 1967. i got mine in iraq, 2003. u.s.a.a. auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation, because it offers a superior level of protection and because u.s.a.a.'s commitment to serve the military, veterans, and their families is without equal. begin your legacy. get an auto insurance quote. u.s.a.a. we know what it means to serve. >>> welcome back to this special hour of "cnn newsroom." we're taking this time out every sunday to hear, let you hear from the 2012 presidential contenders uninterrupted, out on the campaign trail. there were some emotional moments during last night's thanksgiving family forum in des moines, iowa. six of the repub

thank you for joining us here at the heritage foundation. irector of lectures and seminars, it's my privilege to welcome everyone to the lewis lerman auditorium, and of course welcome those who joined on the heritage of.org website. we would ask everyone in house that you make that courtesy check that the cell phones have been turned off as we prepare to begin a will be appreciated. we will force post to the to post the program within 24 hours on the website for everyone's future reference, and of course our internet viewers are welcome at any time to send questions or comments simply addressing those e-mails to speaker@heritage.org. our guest today is proof that one person can indeed make a difference. after 9/11 as the mother of three in rural montana who was also serving as a municipal judge, she immediately began formulating a plan to respond to this unprecedented attack on the united states. her efforts succeeded even as she will admit beyond imagination. ultimately joining forces with the fbi, she participated in sting operations and pi

you got it from the heritage foundation. >> and you never supported -- >> i agree with them.t you said to this audience is just plain isn't true. >> and you supported it in the past? an individual mandate? >> i absolutely did. with the heritage foundation against hillary-care. >> you did support an individual mandate? >> yeah. we got the idea from you and the heritage foundation. >> okay, a little broader. >> i mean, here he is, in one paragraph, denying and then admitting that he was for the individual mandate. the very thing they hate the most about obamacare. >> well, the irony is on this and a few other things, newt gingrich makes mitt romney look like a rock of consistency. because at least -- seriously. at least mitt romney still defends romney care as it relates to massachusetts. whereas mitt romney -- or excuse me, newt gingrich on the topic of the so-called death panels and on the individual mandate has flipped and flopped 180 degrees on both issues. >> but he seems to do it within the hour. >> he does it with utter conviction. that's the thing about newt gingrich. >

i'm the vice president with the heritage foundation.een the repressive al assad regime and some elements of the people of syria. syria borders amajor ally of the unite, nato ally turkey, jordan, israel and iraq. in your view what are the interests of the united states in this region and what would you do to protect them? >> herman cain, you may not know this, but today governor perry called for a no-fly zone for the u.s. to participate in a no-fly zone over syria. would you go so fa, would you support that? >> no, i would not. i would work with our allies in the region to put pressure to be able to try and get our allies and other nations to stop buying oil from syria. that would be one thing that i'd do, but i would not support a no-fly zone. the most effective tools that we have in any of these situations are a strong military, which it is getting weaker, unfortunately, and our own economic strength. this whole discussion tonight about cutting and compromise, we didn't spend enough time talking about the other part of the problem. gro

studies, todd harrison of the center for strategic and budgetary assesses. , and jim of the heritage foundation. gentlemen, welcome to the show. >> good to be but. >> let's start with you, rick. what does the failure of skymen and what happens between now and january 13? >> the failure isn't surprising but it does mean there's no easy answer and no non- political way out of this any time in the future. the -- we'll return to bickering now and it will be bickering in congress between now and the november elections, about who is to blame for the fact that you don't have a deal, and they'll be -- each of the parties will come up with some plan of their own that won't be able to be passed and we'll just talk and talk about somebody really needs to do something about the deficit, nobody will do anything. >> todd, what exactly is the sequestration process? what gets cut? how fast does it happen? what will -- >> bottom line is nothing hams on sequestration. doesn't go into a enforcement until january 2013. so we've got until the lame duck session of congress before congress really will feel any pressu

thank you for joining us here at the heritage foundation. as director of lectures and seminars, it's my pleasure to welcome you to the lowest lerman auditorium and who joined on the heritage.org website on all locations. we would ask everyone in house to make that courtesy check that cell phones have been turned off. it would be appreciated as we record the event. we will allow questions from internet viewers if they would like to e-mail us addressing those to speaker@heritage.org and we will post the program within 24 hours for future reference. hosting the discussion and introducing a special guest this morning is jennifer marshall. a director of domestic policy studies and our richard and helen center for religion and civil society. she oversees the heritage research and education, welfare, marriage, the family and religion and civil society. she also manages family factors.org, our online catalog of social science research deleted to family and practice. prior to joining here, she worked on cultural policy issues out in power america, an

. >> i work at the conservative heritage foundation and you can get the job but you have to pas a drug test before you get the first paycheck. that lets the employer know who is coming into their building and not only the right of the state to have this kind of law, it's frankly a responsibility to taxpayers to say, we are going to use your dollars wisely. we are going to do our best to make sure dollars aren't used for illegal purposes like buying drugs and again, i think we should think about the recipients here. this can be good for them. because it can be a deterrent. we see in states like florida where you have people who applied once they had to take the test, they stepped back from it. if you know the difference between you getting food for your children or having dollars to pay for your rent, that may help you make a decision about whether or not you go out and spend money on drugs. >> let me poke holes in your theory by saying, why then doesn't the government also subsidize enough drug rehab programs so that people who are on them can get help? because the fact is, they are wa

guest: it was a report co- authored with the heritage foundation. it is a product of my work and their work and does not represent the institutional views of the organization. there are some people at the american enterprise institute who work in education who don't agree with me. these are not organizational views. these are two people working together trying to come to some conclusion on these things. host: how long did take you end jason richwine to do this study? guest: we have been working on this for several years. the teacher element is the focus on salaries. there are a lot apostles we had -- there are lots of puzzles we had to go through to get this thing right. -- vera lot of puzzles we had to go through to get this right. host: you confine this on the heritage website, heritage.org. i imagine you can find it at the aei web site. guest: also aie.org. we need the traffic. host: good morning. gerry, a teacher in randolph, new jersey. you are on the "washington journal." caller: i work for a major corporation for 25 years in new jersey. i had

the heritage foundation is run by ththe koch brothers. of course they don't want government regulation. if we have would have no government regulation, there would be no safety net in our country. we are already eating poisoned food. our water is already contaminated. we do have lead and mercury in the water. i encourage people to watch a documentary called "gaslight." it directly talks about what happened with the coal mining up their and how -- up there and how people turn on the process and its fire comes out. we need regulation and we need unions. host: david is a republican in michigan. caller: my goodness, the last caller, maybe she should have the government and wrapped her in swaddling clothes and carried her to her grave. as far as regulations is concerned, a job killer is is a regulation on energy. drilling for oil and gas, it's making it almost impossible for people to drill, the regulations they have to meet and everything. up here the grocery store owner had to lay off four people to keep its prices so that he can sell grocer

and the heritage foundation basically were allowed to ask i'll tell you what i was a kind of shocked by this i found a lot of these to be incredibly narrow in terms of the answers i thought there was shockingly naive in terms of the answers but let's look at the questions for a second what's really shocking to me is maybe on the verge of being the most powerful country on the face of the planet and we're talking about the chinese not one question and i think a bigger question our number one trading partner in the world used to european block there will be blown to pieces i'm not just talking about the greeks i'm talking about italians or talk about the spanish there's even rumblings about the french and even today the germans couldn't get the body to think they were going to get you know one question about that that itself to me was absolutely shocking little loads of it frankly ridiculous pictures that we've heard but let's move right along to some of those ridiculous answers that we heard and actually hear were juxtaposing something we have a mitt romney and we have ron paul and th

cnn, the heritage foundation and american enterprise institute are hosting.. >>> clashes between protesters and the military in cairo continue for a fourth straight day. protesters are calling today's vent a million man it is in. at least 24 have been killed and hundreds of others have been injured since the clashes began on saturday. a major interstate in arkansas reopened this morning after flash flooding forced officials to shut it down. 88,000 cars and trucks were sent on a 30-mile detour around interstate 30. that connects memphis, tennessee, to dallas. a key route for cross country truck drivers. more rain expected today. jackie gerris, how much? >> i know. well, the good news is maybe just a couple of inches. and most of that is going to stay south of little rock. had a is the good news. we do see an end. it will take a while for all that water to go back down. today will be a rough one across parts of the mid south. there you can see the radar picture where we have showers from iowa stretching down into parts of texas. nothing severe at this hour. out

middle class living and we don't have a higher standard yes we do we do yes i mean actually the heritage foundation has done studies and people in america and they're not doing that bad or using the criteria that the various foundations use it's very selective you're if you look at overall overall things like you know help outcomes availability of help always rather be poor in north korea or even china i'd frankly rather be poor in norway or in sweden or infant finland or in denmark or in germany i've lived there for a year been to germany and i don't think their standard of living comes anywhere near their overall level of wealth is not as high as ours but i'd say frankly their quality of life is really pretty good i think we are all agreed that our economy has tremendous problems i would argue that the biggest problems that we face and i've talked about this before on the show is that there is not the upward mobility that's characterized this nation so if you are. in the lower class you're stuck there increasingly you can't move your way or in the end that's what american dream you're starting to

candidates and they're going to be grilled not just by me but some of these experts from the heritage foundationstitution hall, the place in which this debate will be taking place, much more of a traditional theater type of setting. we've seen it in previous debates, including one of cnn's previous debates in florida that there might be audience participation or even participation from listeners, viewers by way of social media. will that be welcomed here in this format? >> yes, it will be. we'll take questions from the audience. we'll also take questions on social media. in fact, a couple of hours ago, i sent out a tweet tweettweet, tweet, @wolfblitzercnn. if you have a suggested question, if you want to participate in the cnn debate, you can do so. it's not too late. right after we're done, i'm going back to the conference room at cnn here in washington where we have a whole committee. we're going through questions, going through various options, looking at the various issues out there. i'm getting smarter and smarter by the minute on where these candidates stand on the issues. send me a tweet

shame on heritage foundation. >> shut up! >> you don't deseven to be here -- deserve to be here, you are wrong! ten years later, how dare you even be here in public! get out of here and shame on you, heritage foundation! >> i just -- [inaudible] your right to free speech, john. [applause] >> i was just going to say that the speaker just speaking does not represent the heritage -- [laughter] >> i'd like to thank ed who's a graduate of berkeley law school for making me feel at home. [laughter] by bringing back some of his own memories of his time at berkeley as well. i would like to thank general meese for inviting me to speak and for arranging this panel, and i'd really like to thank nadine strossen who is a contributor in the book, also to having this debate here, and we also just had one last week at her institution at new york law school. i couldn't think of a better way to think back on the last ten years and as general meese said, commemorate what we've all been through and to look towards the future of national security

and was hosted by the american enterprise institute and the heritage foundation. it is an hour and 40 minutes. >> i will be the moderator. i will try to make sure each of you get your fair share of questions. you will have one minute to answer 30 seconds for online and rebuttal. i will make sure you get time to respond if you a single out for criticism. we have seen how events beyond our border directly affect america including the biggest national security issue right now, the economy. candidates tonight republican voters are here, they are watching around the country to decide if you have what it takes to be the next commander in chief, to shape foreign policy, to protect this great nation. on some of these issues you will agree. on some you will disagree. by the end of the night, voters should have a better understanding of how you would lead the nation. let's have the candidates introduced themselves to an audience. it will keep them brief. here is an example. i am will splinter yes, that is my real name. i will be your moderator. rick santorum. >> i am rick s

the debate is co-sponsored by the heritage foundation.at 8:00 eastern time. >>> overseas, reports of explosions and gunfire today in the syrian capital. details are scarce, but along with these new clashes, there is new pressure from the international community. >> reporter: hi, fred. let's look at what the international papers are saying about syria today. these are comment or opinion pieces. let's start with "gulf news." this is the headline they have. al assad has run out of options. what's regrettable and surprising is the syrian president not cooperating with the arab league. what lies ahead is difficult to ascertain at the moment. the jerusalem post, syria on the brink. the latest threat to the assad regime is multi-faceted, which is precisely why it should be taken seriously. what should be clear is that a chaotic, violent transition of power would not be in syria's interest. finally, the "wall street journal." syria game change. it may not be this or next week, but assad is heading for a fall in syria. the puzzle for the syrians,

it is co-sponsored by the heritage foundation and the american enterprise institute. he is, mr. wolf blitzer. he's going to host it. wolf joins me tonight from washington. wolf, what can we expect on tuesday night? >> we're going to deal with the most important national security foreign policy issues of the day. we're going to to get clarity from these republican presidential candidates wrrk they stand if they were to become the president of the united states, the commander in chief on foreign policy and there are so many issues out there, whether in iran for example, the continuing wars of iraq and afghanistan. all sorts of problems that the u.s. faces. and some will argue the economy, the global economy is a national security issue. admiral mudden chairman of the joint chiefs of staff says what happens if the european economy goes down. after canada it's the largest trading partner u.s. has. there's no shortage of issues we're going to go through and we'll see where the candidates agree, disagree, where they agree with president obama, where they disagree with presi

james carafano, director for foreign policy at the heritage foundation and norm orenstein. he also writes a weekly column for "roll call." i want to point out the debate will be co-sponsored by the american enterprise institute and heritage foundation. thanks to both of your organizations for helping us with that as well. let's get to what you're looking for, danielle. first to you. what is the single most important national security foreign policy issue you want clarified tuesday night? >> there are two things that are really important. what is the next president or the next wanna be president going to do about iran? and what is the next president going to do about afghanistan? those are two huge challenges. >> those are big challenges. are those on the top of your list? >> it s it's all about character. every president faces a challenge nobody thought of before they get elected. and the policy positions they have now may not be relevant for a year from now. what you're really concerned about is what kind of commander in chief is this person going to be? that's the big iss

this was hosted by the american enterprise institute and the heritage foundation. you can see that tomorrow at 9:20 pm eastern here on c-span. >> the story of the civil-rights movement cannot be told without birmingham, alabama. we look behind the scenes at the history and literary life of this city. september 15th, 1963. a bomb rocked a baptist church killing four young girls. that story through the eyes of a survivor and friend. even under the hazardous working conditions, people fought to work at the mill in jacksonville. on c-span too, on how martin luther king's jr. letter from a birmingham jail set the tone for the movement. a blast furnace that was opened in 1881, it produced for nearly 100 years. then there will be discussion on birmingham during the great depression. this weekend on c-span 2 and 3. >> arizona has chalice the federal government on issues ranging from health care too birthright citizenship. up next, a panel discussion on these issues and why the state seems to be the source of new initiatives. this includes gabrielle giffords, the former spe

we have our partner, the american enterprise institute and the heritage foundation.ll be directing the questions, making sure that the viewers out there especially the voters, republican caucus voters, the republican primary voters, will be a little bit more knowledgeable about where these candidates stand on the most important issues after the debate than they are right now going into the debate. we want to know where the candidates agree and where they disagree. whether they agree with president obama on critical issue, whether they disagree, amon themselves as well. it's going to be important. i hope you'll all be watching tonight. the cnn national security debate at constitution hall here in the nation's capital, 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> all right, wolf. we love you and be watching. >>> for the first time tonight, newt gingrich will walk on to the stage at the top of the republican pack. joining us now talk about this, cnn's senior political analyst ron brownstein, editorial director at the national journal. ron, good morning. thanks for joining us. >> good morning.

. >> the heritage foundation in washington. the french president nicolas sarkozy has called the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu ally. he was speaking during a private conversation with president obama during the g-20 summit. christian fraser report ^ >> in public and for the cameras, there is a smile, a pattern of that, perhaps an endorsement of the others hard work. in private, we know international politics to be different. and just occasionally, the mask of diplomacy slips. on thursday, journalists awaiting a press briefing at from the french and american presidents were plugging into the translation boxes. those already wearing air felt were privy to the most extraordinary exchange taking place. >> i can't stand him anymore, said nicolas sarkozy of benjamin netanyahu. he is a lawyer. in response and with some exasperation, president obama said, you may be sick of them, but me i have to deal with them every day. the french journalist, stunned by what they heard, agreed not to print the quotes. today, they appeared

so you see the emergence of heritage foundation cato and cetera et cetera et cetera and these are or as the film for itself through david cay johnston these are ideological marketing organizations they are not nonpartizan think tanks as you would find them on campuses francis is pretty unprecedented. francis on this program and in many of our conversations and debates we've pointed out that when a conservative buys a politician basically or you know ransom or. that they're making an investment if because they're going to get back in tax cuts or tax breaks or benefits to their corporation whereas when a liberal fly and philanthropist donates to to a progressive politician they're actually going to see their own taxes go up there's there's arguably not a good business deal in that for them so given how how circular this is how deeply entrenched the crux of force of money is and how successful that money is that actually succeeding the corruption back you know the cycle how do we break it out how do we how do we extract ourselves. well i think you know you have to have public funding of

co-sponsored by the heritage foundation and the american enterprise institute and moderated by our very 8:00 eastern tomorrow night right here on cnn. >>> jon huntsman has a plan and not about to waver now. with new hampshire, campaigning almost exclusively in the granite state. but over the weekend, battling and losing badly in the polls took a break and headed for a cameo in the big apple on "saturday night live" and still had new hampshire on his mind. >> you seem to be putting all of your eggs in one basket, new hampshire. are you worried you might alienate the rest of the country? >> seth, i love all of america. from dallas, texas, to manchester, new hampshire. from the majestic rocky mountains, to the lake w winnipesaukee, from the lakes to the outlet walls to malls in new hampshire. >> you can't help but mention new hampshire. >> it's not on purpose. i would never tie myself to one state. i like to spread my wings and fly like the purple finch. >> which is, of course, the state bird of new hampshire? >> you know a lot about new hampshire? >> i'm from new hampshire. >> well, that