hoeven: thank you. we're here today to talk about energy, energy for our country but also energy for our allies. and this is a discussion not just of energy, but it's about jobs, good-paying jobs. it's also about economic growth. it's about generating cash revenues to help reduce the debt and the deficit without raising taxes. and it's about national security. not only our national security, but also working with our closest friend and ally, canada, as well as our allies in europe, the european union, and working to help countries like the ukraine that very much need energy supply from sources other than russia. with the current events going on in the ukraine, it's very clear that we need to play a long-term game, a long-term strategy deploy a long-term strategy when it comes to helping our allies. not only, again, in terms of our national security, but working with our allies to make them stronger, their strength, their national security, the national security of our allies also contributes to our stre

. >> author john hoeven's on how your personal data is tracked and used and tips on how to track your digital footprint. week, american history tv's real america brings you archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. 19 69,s ago, on july 20, as millions around the world watched on live television, neil armstrong became the first person to set foot on the moon. nasa a half-hour documentary chronicling the apollo 11 mission, from liftoff to splash down. >> we copy you, eagle. >> houston, the eagle has landed.

. >> john hoeven, you write in your new book "hacking andp)iness," i see data technology when in informed choice as being instrumental for informed living. >> i do, and thank you for the quote. if we want our lives to count, we have to take account of our lives. the book was inspired by the loss of my dad. my dad was a psychiatrist for over 40 years. what i realized in dealing with my grief over his loss is that i really wanted to continue his work. he sat in front of people, next to people, and we tracked it once. i think it was 50,000 hours that he sat face-to-face. what he did is gave people the chance to take a measure of their lives. he gave them permission to reflect on the lives. in their case, they were struggling sometimes with serious stuff. all of us in our lives, i want to get permission in one sense for people to realize that when you track your life, even something through like a paper journal or the new trend of quantified self, which you probably know about, the logic is you get to see all the aspects of your life that you may have not seen before. with data, a lot of our

hoeven: i would like to thank the good senator and appreciate it very much. mr. isakson: i tries talk about the issue of the day that's before you the bring jobs home bill. i appreciate any effort to bring jobs home and to create new jobs at home, but i want to talk about how we're really making a false promise about bringing jobs back because we're not doing the things we really should be dock. if you asked me to make my choirks what should we do in the united states senate on the fluor of the senate to create as many jobs as we can as fast as we can in america, a tax credit for bringing jobs home won't do it, a and tax penalty won't do it. but approving the keystone pipeline will do it and giving the president trade promotion authority will do it. both are pending on the floor of the senate. we could take them up tomorrow and if we did, we could make massive impact on job creation in america. i happen to be the ranking republican on the finance committee subcommittee on trade. we have two major trade agreements pending in the united states of america that we're

. >> author john hoeven's on how your personal data is tracked and used and tips on how to track yourigital footprint. week, american history tv's real america brings you archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. 19 69,s ago, on july 20, as millions around the world watched on live television, neil armstrong became the first person to set foot on the moon. nasa a half-hour documentary chronicling the apollo 11 mission, from liftoff to splash down. >> we copy you, eagle.

. >> author john hoeven's on how your personal data is tracked and used and tips on how to track your digital footprint. week, american history tv's real america brings you archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. 19 69,s ago, on july 20, as millions around the world watched on live television, neil armstrong became the first person to set foot on the moon. nasa a half-hour documentary chronicling the apollo 11 mission, from liftoff to splash down. >> we copy you, eagle. >> houston, the eagle has landed. >> roger, tranquility. we copy on the ground. you got a bunch of guys about to turn blue. we are breathing again. thanks a lot. >> we are getting a picture on the tv. there is a great deal of contrast in it, and currently, it is upside down on our monitor, but we can make out a fair amount of detail. ok. we can see you coming down the ladder now. >> sunday, july 20, 1969, around the world, nearly a billion people watched this moment on television as the first man from earth repaired to set foot on the moon. >> i am at the foot of the ladder. the lm footpaths are on

but they will be leaving from i hoeven military base this evening for chapter one of the operation, there to help the dutch-led investigators to comb through a 13-square mail area where the wreckage and the bodies landed, to find the dismembered remains of the passengers still missing. chapter two is not just to recover the bodies, but to help the investigation to collect all of those fragments, to find out exactly what happened. and if the missile parts are in the huge area. that will end pointing the finger of blame. that will decide where the blame lies. >> the russian border officials say that 40 mortar shells have been fired into their territory. earlier, the united nations accused russia of firing across the boarder into ukraine, and the state department said that moscow is providing active military support to separatist fighters. >> we have new evidence that the russians are delivering heavier and more powerful rocket launchers to ukraine, and that russia is firing artillery to attack ukrainian military positions. >> joining us live from moscow, whawhat are we hearing from thee in

hoeven: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator -- mr. hoeven: i ask for a u.c. to speak for five minutes. the presiding officer: the senator from north dakota. h.o.v. i vermr. hoeven: i very k forward to working on a long-term plan with some of the concepts that the chairman has put forward. we need for our infrastructure across this great nation. and i again look forward to working with you in that endeavor and express my thanks. mr. president, i rise to speak on the issue of ukraine and the need to address that situation and to address it with a long-term strategy. last week russian separatists shot down a malaysian airliner with 298 souls on board. innocent people killed because russia wants to control ukraine. if not all of ukraine, certainly eastern ukraine. and the obama administration is struggling to respond. president obama talks about the need for vladimir putin and russia to be accountable. meanwhile, russia continues to deny what's really going on. putin continues to arm russian separatists in eastern ukraine, separatists led by russian special force

the communicators is next with john hoeven's discussing his book on personal data and how it is tracked. a proposal to have california divided into six states. an idea that could become a ballot initiative in november. former price president dick cheney was recently joined by his wife and daughter for a discussion with politico. >> c-span, created by america's cable companies and brought to as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. john havens, what you mean by h(app)iness? >> i mean a playful rethinking of a subject, like computer happiness. that has to do with the book that i wrote. we can rewrite happiness so it is not about mood and we can use it using emerging technology. (app)" comes the " into play. it is how you can be accountable, a provider, and proactive. it has to do so with subject matter i cover in the book. >> what is the role of technology in creating happiness? >> i think the first thing is that technology is so much a part of our lives. has in anse, it extent become a spirit of outside of questions that are cyborg, like and we have a fake limb that

journalist sylvan shawn hoeven broke the story in 2013 of maria's presence in holland. >> so this was big news. >> yeah, turned out to be pretty big news. and everybody wanted to talk to me and was like warning me, like, oh, what are you going to do? are you going to go in hiding? aren't you afraid? >> reporter: there's plenty of fury in the netherlands for president putin. but it wasn't always this way. after all, holland was one of the few european countries to send its highest dignitaries to the sochi olympics. here's the country's king having a beer with the russian president. do you think people here are angry at vladimir putin? >> that's for sure, but are they also angry with his daughter? she's vladimir's daughter. that doesn't make her guilty. >> reporter: maria's close ties to a country reeling from the loss of mh17, simply a bizarre coincidence in a tragic story. erin mcgloth lynn. cnn. >>> still many questions over the crash of the algeri jet crash. >>> and a canadian man is in serious trouble. we'll tell you what he's accused of doing on board a passenger jet. every day, p

and senator hoeven and brass laid out a plan where we can get that natural gas being flared in wyoming and north dakota and get it to europe and kiev so they can become energy independent. yes, the europeans -- well, i run out of adjectives as my disdain for their behavior in light of this, but the fact is we need energy independence. but at the same time -- by the way i wonder whatever happened to tell vladimir i'll be flexible if i'm re-elected. what about the old reset button? don't we realize this is an old kgb ap rach hell bent on restoring what he believes the russian empire. >> in the white house briefing earlier said obama administration has improved global tranquility. take a listen to this. >> how does the white house react to the notion that the president is a bystander in all these cry ease? >> i think there have been a number of situations where you've seen this administration intervene in a meaningful way that has substantially furthered american interests and substantially improved the, you know, the tranquility of the global community. >> can you name one place in the g

and senator hoeven and brass laid out a plan where we can get that natural gas being flared in wyoming and north dakota and get it to europe and kiev so they can become energy independent. yes, the europeans -- well, i run out of adjectives as my disdain for their behavior in light of this, but the fact is we need energy independence. but at the same time -- by the way i wonder whatever happened to tell vladimir i'll be flexible if i'm re-elected. what about the old reset button? don't we realize this is an old kgb ap rach hell bent on restoring what he believes the russian empire. >> in the white house briefing earlier said obama administration has improved global tranquility. take a listen to this. >> how does the white house react to the notion that the president is a bystander in all these cry ease? >> i think there have been a number of situations where you've seen this administration intervene in a meaningful way that has substantially furthered american interests and substantially improved the, you know, the tranquility of the global community. >> can you name one place in the g

journalist sylvan shown hoeven broke the story in 2013. in holland. >> so this was big news. >> yeah, turned out to be pretty big news. and everybody wanted to talk to me and was like warning me like oh, what are you going to do? are you going to go in hiding or -- aren't au afraid of the fsb? >> there's plenty of fury in the netherlands for president putin but it wasn't always this way. after all, holland was one of the few european countries to send its highest dignitaries to the sochi winter olympics. here's the country's king having a beer with the russian president. do you think people here are angry at vladimir putin? >> that's for sure, but the question is are they also angry with his daughter. she's his daughter doesn't make her guilty. >> marieya's close ties to a country reeling from the loss of mh17 simply a bizarre coincidence in a tragic story. erin mclaughlin, cnn, amsterdam. >> that's it for "the lead." i'm brianna keilar. jake tapper is back on monday. i turn you over now to wolf blitzer live from jerusalem in "the situatio

hoeven: mr. president, i'm pleased to join my colleague for a very important discussion and that's the waters of the u.s., the proposed rule by the e.p.a. the good senator from missouri, myself, the senator from wyoming and -- as has been already said on the floor here about 30 of us in total are proposing an amendment to the sportsmen's bill, which is currently under consideration on the floor here, an amendment that would address the regulatory overreach by the e.p.a.; specifically, their proposed waters of the u.s. regulation. the amendment we have is very simple, very straightforward. it is relevant to the legislation that is currently on the floor and should be brought forward for a vote. it's amendment number 3453 and, as i said, it deals with the waters of the u.s. i'm going to take just a minimum to it in read it because it's very simple and very straightforward and could be dealt with in a very expeditious way. and obviously with, i believe, 29 senators supporting it, it is an amendment

joining us now is senator john hoeven, he co-authored an amendment with senator bob corker on borders passed in the senate's immigration bill, and senator welcome. it's good to see you. and before we get on to the substance of the bill and how to perhaps deal with this, can you just can you weigh in on the notion that the president, okay i understand was planned to go down there as a political trip and a fund-raising trip, but his critics that say you're in the area, why not go down and see what's happening, it's -- can you figure out the reason why that doesn't make sense for the president, for the commander in chief to be down there? >> no, he really does need to go to the border. he's right there. he could go down to mcallen, see what's going on. and even more importantly, he needs to enforce the border and return these young people who are coming here illegally to their home country. >> why do you think he's not going down there? i guess that's just a rhetorical question. is it not to be seen as associated with what's happening? because that would mean a cause and an effect? but