supposed to officially end the senate foreign relations committee held a hearing on that topic today and artie's meghan lopez has the report. today the house foreign affairs committee now on capitol hill to discuss the future of afghanistan as well as u.s. presence in the country beyond twenty fourteen we heard from members of the state department usa id as well as the defense department all talking about the particularly steps that need to take place in the country in order to ensure a free and stable afghanistan after u.s. troops finally do leave the country now one of the major issues that is looming over this entire hearing and the issue of afghanistan in general is the lack of a bilateral security agreement between the u.s. and afghanistan without such an agreement u.s. officials warn that they cannot leave troops in the country for fear of them being prosecuted under afghan law for completing their military duties last month the loya jirga which is the council of twenty five hundred afghan tribal elders approved the bilateral security agreement overwhelmingly so what's the hold up will hold up in this case is afghan president hamid karzai who says h

you're looking at live pictures from the house foreign affairs committee on capitol hill with secretary of state kerry defending his short-term deal with iran. trying to talk congress out of imposing new sanctions that kerry fears would jeopardize any chance of a long-term agreement. bring you the development as they happen moments from now. first to south africa, what is considered a sign of rebirth to south africans, a drenching rain following over mourners, nelson mandela's grand memorial service, soaking thousands who gathered to celebrate the remarkable life of that country's founding father. tens of thousands of south africans braved bad weather and tight security to attend along with nearly 100 world leaders, a gathering are presidents, kings, tyrant. the days service begins days of tributes to come. ron allen joins me from soweto, south africa. ron, it's been quite a day and night. extraordinary weather also. i know in the south african context, it is good and considered a blessing and it is considered a sign of rising to heaven. that certainly was not a comfortable moment for t

scheduled to testify about 1:00 or so to defend the recent iran nuke deal before the house foreign affairs committeel, of course, calls for more inspections, some limits also on iran's uranium enrichment program in exchange for the easing of some sanctions on iran. but a bipartisan group of senators is close to a deal on an agreement, if you like, on tougher sanctions. >> and so let's bring in jim sciutto from washington to talk about this and dissect this. take us through this because we want to understand. secretary kerry spends all this time to get this break through deal with iran. you strike this interim agreement last month in geneva and then it makes it harder for the white house which is already afraid that iran's not going to commit to go forward with this and really see if it works, see if it happens. does this just not come down to trust? congress is not ready to trust iran even under a new regime. >> you're absolutely right. there's a gaping trust deficit. that's the point of view of republican and democratic lawmakers. you can't trust iran and you have to keep adding to economic pressur

. >> and if they were, they heard america's top diplomat tell the house foreign affairs committee that imposing additional sanctions right now would cost them the support of russia and china and strengthen the hand of those in iran the most hostile to the west. >> people in intel community will sit and tell you, and i urge you to get briefed on it, who will tell you the whole school of thought in iran, the hardliners who welcome the idea that the united states might whack them, because they think they will be heroes in the street. >> both sides of the aisle shows misgivings about the deal in geneva last month. they cited the fact that six security council resolutions now on the books make it illegal for iran to continue making uranium. >> if it is enriched to 5%, you are still 70% there toward the way of making a bomb. they could at least stop enriching while we are negotiating with them and i don't think that is too much to ask. >> the u.s. allies will negotiate with iran consistent with practical needs. >> what are the practical needs? to have some medical research maybe? to feed eno

it's a tough sell especially before this house foreign affairs committee. >> tough because it's bipartisan opposition. you've got both on the senate side and the house side, democrats and republicans who don't trust the deal, in effect, want to add sanctions plus the disagreement is so fundamental. the members of the house don't want iran to have any enrichment program whatsoever. that's something the president says he's not comfortable with. it's not banned in the interim deal. that's fundamental disagreement. >> he wants a very modest enrichment program, not enough necessarily to build a bomb, but enough perhaps for peaceful purposes. >> no question, modest monitored. that's not a standard that many lawmakers in both parties think is possible frankly. >> critics point out the u.n. security council said no enrichment of uranium. walk us through the basically elements of the six-month deal. kerry will be testifying saying if it doesn't work out, you can always increase sanctions later but don't do it now. >> it's interesting to look at the differences between how they want the next six mon

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he's set to testify less than an hour from now before the house foreign affairs committee.retary kerry will try to defend the landmark agreement in spite of concerns expressed by several lawmakers that it is far too weak and actually allows tehran to continue enriching uranium. florida congresswoman ileana raz lehtonen sits on the house foreign affairs committee, she joins us live. congresswoman, you don't like this deal. why? >> absolutely not. secretary kerry said getting a bad deal would be worse than getting no deal. well, that's what we ended up getting. we've got a bad deal. and he's going to try to sell this case to congress today, but it's a pretty tough sell. why? because we made concession after concession in this nuclear deal with iran, and iran gives up precious little. what we're doing is that we're saying iran does have a right to enrich, and in return what are we -- we're making all of these concessions, we're doing away with the sanctions regime. now, i am the author of the toughest sanctions law that we've ever had on the books, and this deal virtually wipe

. >> with me now is chairman emeritus of the house foreign affairs committee. why is this a big deal? . >> i was born in cuba. like many others i had to flee the communist tyranny, raised here in this wonderful country but my district is filled with cuban americans like me who have felt the sting of communist oppression. this is a man, fidel and raul, makes little difference to whom we're referring jail dissidents. it's incredible today is the international human rights day and yet, what happened in raul castro's cubea, the man whose hand president obama shook he jailed, detained and he beat human rights activists who were trying to commemorate international human rights day. that is why it matters people are dieing to come to the united states from my native homeland to flee that oppression. raul castro does not deserve for president obama to bestow him this courtesy. sometimes it happens i can understand a setting but in that nature, he really should have ignored raul castro. and shook the hands of democratly elected leaders. raul castro is not a real leader

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then the house foreign affairs committee now on capitol hill to discuss the future of afghanistan as well as the us presence in the country beyond twenty fourteen when her for members of the state department and usaid id as well as the defense department hall talking about the particular steps that need to take place in the country too hard to ensure a free and stable afghanistan after us troops really do leave the country the major issues that is looming over this entire hearing and the issue of afghanistan in general is a likeable bilateral security agreement between the us and afghanistan. with the accession agreement u s officials warn that they cannot leave troops in the country for fear of not being prosecuted under european law for completing their military duty is the only answer that which is a total of twenty five hundred afghan tribal elders of the bilateral security agreement overwhelmingly so what's the holdup. in this case is afghan president will meet karzai says he wants to wait until after his country's elections in twenty fourteen endorse a sign that bilateral secur

chairman of the house foreign affairs committee and a cuban american. congresswoman, good to see you now. i know you're upset about this. for the people who don't follow the relationship with cuba as close as you do, why was this a big deal? >> well, i was born in cuba, and like many in my district, i had had to flee the country, my district is felt with cubans who have felt the sting of communist oppression. he jails dissidents, and it is so incredible that today is the international human rates day. and yet what happened in raoul castro's cuba's the man that president obama shook, he jailed and detained and beat human rights activists who were trying to commemorate international human rights day. that is why it matters, people are dying to come to the united states from my native homeland of cuba, to free that oppression, raoul castro does not deserve to have a hand shake. he should have shunn ened him a ignored him. he really should have ignored him and shook the hands of democratically elected leaders. >> let me ask you, the white house was now sayi

. >>> secretary of state john kerry testifies before the house foreign affairs committee about the deal, ahead. we'll talk to the chairman of that committee about to to expect. >>> and constitutional scholars say president obama is getting too powerful and exercising what the constitution was meant to avoid. we'll talk about the boundaries of the event. i'm shannon bream. we begin with the deadly winter storm with an icy winter grip that has taken hold of much of the country. freezing rain, sleet, and snow is moving instead steadily at t hour. crews are clearing ice while frustrated travelers wait it all out. our chief meteorologist has the latest. hello, dana. >> hi, shannon. you mentioned it. it's going to be brutal for the next 12 to 24 hours. as we look ahead, d.c. is going to see snow right now and then it's going to change over to a wintry mix of freezing rain is and/or sleet. to the south of this area, that's where we're seeing this icy mix. the purples, pinks, and that's going to move in. unfortunately, to the d.c. area over the next 12 to 24 hours. as we look ahead to the next

members in both the democratic side and the republican side of the house, foreign affairs committee talkingout how in the past, they voted to impose sanctions against iran. led by chairman ed royce, the republican of california, and elliot engle a democrat of new york, members of congress pushed john kerry on just what would happen if iran doesn't go through with its pledges and their major concern is whether or not iran is giving up enough. if country is going far enough. so secretary kerry pushed back. he reiterated statements and sent them terrifically to members of congress, that this is not about having faith in iran, that this is an opportunity for the u.s. and its allies to get more access. he said this should get them closer to a nuclear free iran. >> the issue here is what are we going to do about so it we don't have a sudden break out that threatens israel and all the countries in the region and ourselves. now the truth is you said it is time to continue recall aspects of weaponnization, no they haven't, because in order to weapon nice you have to have highly enriched uranium, and

also on capitol hill today, reblicans and democrats on the house foreign affairs committee wrote secretaryate on the proposed iranian nuclear deal as the president's top diplomat attempted to persuade congress against enacting new sanctions against the iranian regime. ranking democrat blasted the obama administration for not requiring that iran stopped enriching uranium as part of the six month interim deal. >> i want to make it clear that i have some serious reservations about the agreement. first and foremost, it seems to me at a minimum that it should have required the iranians to suspend the uranium enrichment as demanded by six separate un security council resolutions. i do not think it is asking too much to say that at least while we are talking he stopped enriching. lou: called the negotiations delicate and confirmed that the road iranian state would only be required to slow their enrichment process. >> iran cannot increase the number of centrifuges in opation, and it will not install or use any nex generation centrifuges to enrich uranium. lou: in the senate finance committee today

. >>> secretary of state john kerry testifies before the house foreign affairs committee about the deal we'll talk to the chairman of that committee about to to expect. >>> and constitutional scholars say president obama is getting too powerful and exercising what the constitution was meant to avoid.

. >> keeping our focus overseas, the house foreign affairs committee is holding a hearing next week on the plight of the american pastor jailed in iran. he is being held by tehran over his christian faith. abadini has already served one year of his eight-year sentence. although president obama made a plea for the pastor's release in an historic phone call to iran's new president, the white house has come under scrutiny for not negotiating his release. that of two other americans during the latest nuclear talks with iran. >>> president obama's job approval rating, that's coming up. >> we're going to do it fair and balanced. it's not just issues with obama care though that have his second term agenda in question. >> finally, friends mourning the logs of actor paul walker. as they grieve, some of his so-called fans are trying to cash in on his death. >> unbelievable. and remembering our fallen heroes. first in hawaii, then in washington, where veterans are gathering to commemorate pearl harbor. [ paper rustles, outdoor sounds ] ♪ [ male announcer ] laura's heart attack didn't come with a

secretary of state john kerry will discuss administration overturs to iran before the house foreign affairs committeet week. he's trying to get congress to delay new sanctions. tonight correspondent james rosen on iran's rapidly expanding nuclear efforts and who is responsible. >> reporter: when he announced the nuclear deal with iran last month, secretary of state john kerry sought to pre-empt criticism that the accord grants iran the right to enrich uranium by pointing to the staggering number of centrifuges the regime has installed and by implying this whole situation could have been avoided if only president bush had done the right thing a decade ago. >> in 2003, when the iranians made an offer for the former administration with respect to their nuclear program, there were 164 centrifuges. that offer was not taken. subsequently sanctions came in. and today there are 19,000 centrifuges and growing. >> reporter: demming exactly when iran crossed a particular technical threshold can be difficult. after all, the regime has hidden entire nuclear fa sill tis for years at a time. let's accept kerry's as

the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee, ed royce, even invoked the name of nelson mandela, citing the use of economic sanctions in ending apartheid in south africa. of course, the administration's point of view is, listen, we already have stiff sanctions in place. this deal has only relaxed them modestly. if you impose new sanctions now, that's really going to destroy the diplomatic path. you know, they've been making that same argument for two weeks. secretary kerry and the administration. it's fallen on deaf ears so far. i don't know how many people they're going to convince up on the hill today. >> so then in terms of convincing, how relucreluctant congress be to actually trust iran? >> extremely reluctant. that's the problem. they say, listen, if they impose new sanctions, they wouldn't come into effect for six months. the trouble is, this interim deal that the u.s. and european powers signed with iran said, we will impose no sanctions for the life of this deal. this would in effect break that commitment from the american and the european side. the administration will

conference committee. >> host: we mentioned the iran nuclear deal, should note that the house foreign affairs committee today is going to be holding a full committee hearing on that deal, and the witnesses include secretary of state john kerry. you can see that live on c-span3, that starting at 1 p.m. you can also share your comments as you watch that hearing with, using hashtag c-span chat and also on facebook at facebook.com/c-span, of course. but we've got congressman john garamendi for about the next 35 minutes or so, he's taking your calls and questions on end-of-year legislative agenda. our phone lines are open, the numbers are on the screen. we'll start with charlie from hayward, california, on our line for republicans. you're on with congressman garamendi. >> guest: hello, congressman, charlie peters. i've had the pleasure of meeting you before. >> guest: hello, charlie. >> caller: i have a question as to whether or not the issue of the corn ethanol, the british petroleum effort with the military at putting a lot of renewables in our military's energy, if that issue's going to be taken up befor

next week the house foreign affairs committee will be holding more hearing on this case. he's been held in tehran for more than a year because of his christian faith. his wife plans to testify at that house hearing with news that his condition is getting worse. last time he was moved one of the deadliest prisons in iran. >>> today marks the 72nd anniversary of the day that will live in infamy. ceremonies are being held both here in washington and in hawaii to mark the japanese attack on pearl harbor. you're seeing a live picture of the world war ii memorial here in washington, d.c. that ceremony gets under way later this afternoon. thousands of people are expected to gather at pearl harbor to remember the surprise attack that killed more than 2,000 people andrew the u.s. into world war ii. among those attending, 70 surviving heroes from that fateful tragic day. >>> well, a stunning new poll making headlines this week over news that the first time in 40 years more americans now believe that u.s.' global importance and prestige are on a downward spiral and there's a growing

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today, kerry implored the house foreign affairs committee not to adopt additional sanctions for now.'re asking you to give our negotiators and our experts the time and the space to do their jobs. and that includes asking you, while we negotiate, that you hold off imposing new sanctions. now, i'm not saying never. if this doesn't work, we're coming back and asking you for more. i'm just saying not right now. >> woodruff: in tehran, iran's foreign minister issued his own warning shortly before secretary kerry appeared at that hearing. >> ( translated ): i'm sure the americans know that any new sanctions would be against what they agreed to in the geneva plan of action, and, well, it would be a serious breach and would jeopardize the deal at their end. and they would be responsible for that. >> woodruff: any easing of the existing sanctions will wait until u.n. inspectors verify that iran is filling its side of the interim nuclear agreement. the senate confirmed the nomination of one of president obama's key judicial nominees today. washington lawyer patricia millett won a position on t

. >>> secretary of state john kerry just appeared before the house foreign affairs committee to address head-on. >> the national security of the united states is stronger under this first step agreement than it was before. israel's national security is stronger than it was the day before we entered into this agreement. and the gulf and middle east interests are more secure than they were the day before we entered this agreement. >> today's hearing is important because many observers don't actually get what the president is doing with iran, because they associate almost any diplomacy with weakness. but this president is, in fact, doing something different. he's practicing coercive diplomacy, and it's a foreign policy approach that includes talking and pressing with leaders of foreign nations directly. it's an approach, in fact, you may remember that obama laid out five years ago when as a candidate for president he said he would talk to leaders of iran, syria and north korea. >> ronald reagan and democratic presidents like jfk constantly spoke to soviet union at a time when ronald reagan

. >>> today, members of the house foreign affairs committee got their first classified briefing on an. a first step toward preventing that country from developing a nuclear weapon. the outline of the deal includes requirements, such as daily inspections, continued sanctions and an end to any enrichment that could produce a nuclear bomb. in exchange, iran gets about $7 billion in frozen assets, and the promise of no sanctions for the duration of the six-month agreement. after the classified briefing, democrats sounded skeptical of iran's intentions. republicans, on the other hand, sounded skeptical of iran and president obama. >> i believe, with everything within my being, that iran will obtain a nuclear weapon. if we go down oh the road that the obama administration wants to take us on. >> the level of naivete that barack obama has shown regarding iran's pursuit of a nuclear weapons capability begs my ability to articulate. >> those comments are down right dovish compared to the opinion of one other member of their party. >> i think if you have to hit iran, you don't put boots on the

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. >> the secretary of state was testifying before the house foreign affairs committee today.go? >> that's right. not friendly territory from either party. it shows how deep the rifts are between the administration and many on the hill. kerry was making the case on the hill as he has before that this is the best chance for the administration, for the u.s., to avoid -- to keep iran from getting a bomb, not a perfect chance. in fact, secretary kerry said today that he made clear he has his own serious concerns, serious questions, about iran's commitment, but he says it is the best chance short of military action. here's how he put it to the committee today. >> you want to take a nation to war, you better have exhausted all the possibilities of trying to get a peaceful resolution before you do it. >> so strong words there from secretary kerry, but that argument did not sway many house members. eliot engel, a democrat, asked why the administration was opposed when sanctions would not take effect for six months. democratic brad sherman even accused the administration of hampering p

house and senate committees to not impose new sanctions on an. the senate banking committee voted to hold off new sanctions for now. the chairman exercised that. the lawmakers for the house and foreign affairs say they will act with their committee to create sanctions with a built-in six-month delay if a comprehensive deal is not reached. >>> attacked by a shark at a florida beach. one surfer explained how he managed to fight off the beast. that's when we come back. just by talking to a helmet. it grabbed the patient's record before we even picked him up. it found out the doctor we needed was at st. anne's. wiggle your toes. [ driver ] and it got his okay on treatment from miles away. it even pulled strings with the stoplights. my ambulance talks with smoke alarms and pilots and stadiums. but, of course, it's a good listener too. [ female announcer ] today cisco is connecting the intern of everything. so everything works like never before. [ emale announcer ] only aveeno daily moisturizing lotion has an active naturals oat formula that creates a moisture reserve skin can replenish itself. aveeno® naturally beautiful results. [ male announcer ] they are a glowing example of what it means to

the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee will be asking those questions but first he willalk to us live in just a couple minutes. martha: let it snow, bill. check it out. it is everywhere. a massive storm blanketing the eastern seaboard, new york, new jersey, baltimore, all in the cross-hairs. it is raining down in georgia where our friend are down there as well. we're live in the extreme weather center when we come back. martha: george zimmerman's girlfriend is asking a florida judge to drop all the charges against him. zimmerman was arrested last month after his girlfriend called 911 told them he pointed a gun at her and physically assaulted her. the girlfriend written to the court that her statements were misrepresented and she wants him cleared of any wrongdoing. weird twist in this story. prosecutors may still pursue the case despite the girl's request which would be difficult. bill: john kerry is on the hot seat in a matter of hours. the secretary of state the only witness at a congressional hearing that will exam an controversy aol nuclear deal that has been cut wit

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[inaudible conversations] >>> in testimony before the house foreign affairs committee, secretary of state john kerry today urged congress not to pass additional sanctions on iran over its nuclear program. here is some of what he said. we're asking you to qvc our negotiators and experts the time and space to do their jobs. that include asking you while we negotiate that you hold off in posing new sanctions. i'm not saying never. it i just told you a few minutes ago. it it doesn't work we're coming back and asking you for more. i'm saying not right now. let me be very clear. it's a delicate diplomatic moment. we have a chance to address peacefully one of the most pressing national security concerns that the world faces today with huge implications of the potential of conflict. we're in a cross roads. we're at one of those hinge points in history. one path could lead to an enduring resolution and international communities concern about iran's nuclear program. other path lead to continued hostility and potentially to conflict. and i don't have to tell you these are high stakes. we have an obl

last summer, the house foreign affairs committee received a g.a.o. report detailing a startling lack of progress on u.s. funded reconstruction efforts in haiti. the committee followed up by sending a bipartisan delegation of staff to investigate. and then held an oversight hearing on haiti reconstruction, where members asked tough questions about u.s. aid efforts. one recommendation we heard over and over was that congress needs improved and more frequent reporting to ensure that we are being kept up to date on reconstruction activities and so that congress can provide tough oversight at a time when much of the funding for haiti has yet to be spent. wasted taxpayer dollars is simply unacceptable here. while we can help, haitians must do better as haiti special coordinator thomas adams noted in his testimony before the committee. the key to sustainable improvement in haiti lies not in the johns re-- generosity of donors but in the creation of economic opportunity in haiti. i agree whole heartedly with the special coordinator but unfortunately, haiti c

secretary of state is going to testify next week before the house foreign affairs committee. will congress wait until after he testifies? >> guest: congress should not wait. we should have an administration and congress, so in love with the idea whether they did something or not that they are blind to the reality. we should proceed with sanctions if the rain and snow that this is not an american deal with them. this is a carrier bombing deal with them on the rest of congress is now behind them. the u.s. senate, and they still want to impose sanctions. this is going to be very hard for them to say we are going to trust you ran and hope they do the right thing for the first time in 40 years and most of it happens. >> host: in athens, ohio, democratic caller. hi, william. >> caller: the evidence that the world trade center was brought down with explosives of 9/11 is real and proven. more and more people wake up every day. how much more trusted the american public does congress have to lose before cases reality and acknowledges the need for new investigation into destruction? >>

kerry was asked about that handshake at yesterday's hearing on capitol hill before the house foreign affairs committee. here's what he had to say. [ video clip] -- [video clip] >> ladies and gentlemen, today is about honoring nelson mandela and the president is at an international funeral with leaders from all over the world. he didn't choose who was there. they were there to honor and mandela -- to honor mandela. and we appreciate that people will of the world from different walks of life who appreciated mandela and were friends came to honor him. said,k, as the president i urge you to read his speech or see it if you haven't read it. as the president said in his speech today, honoring nelson mandela, he said we urge leaders to honor mandela's struggle for freedom by upholding the asic human rights of their -- >> and would you say that role castro is upholding basic -- >> no, absolutely not. host: that was secretary of state john kerry popping about the handshake that president obama had with raul castro at yesterday's tribute to nelson mandela. the secretary of state was also there to testify about

secretary kerry appear before the house foreign affairs committee for two hours. >> this hearing will order. committee will discuss the interim nuclear agreement which the u.s. and five other nations have reached with the ran last month. we welcome our secretary of state, the honorable john kerry, to address the committee's questions and concerns regarding the administration's plan. mr. secretary, we appreciate you coming before the committee. while we will debate how best to derail iran's nuclear program, i know that you appreciate that a threat to our national security. congress has played a key role in u.s. policy towards iran, mainly by driving sanctions against the regime. i rolled mine the committee that the legislation which we past unanimously, legislation bill -- roy single royce-engel bill, so we look forward to a constructive discussion today. these are high-stakes issues, but i am confident that the spirit of bipartisanship will prevail, as it typically does on this committee. we welcome our secretary of state. the key issue is whether a final agreement would allow iran to

i have been pursuing iran since 1996 when i learned as a member of the house foreign affairs committee that the united states was sending voluntary contributions to the iaea in advance -- in addition to our membership dues whose voluntary contributions were going for what? bash ar nuclear facility. that was not in the national interest and security of the united states. i led an effort to stop that. now, i have been continuing to pursue iran for 17 years when it wasn't in the spotlight. and what i have seen is iran deceive, delay and over various administrations march forward to the point that it seems we are now ready to accept some form of an enrichment program in iran. and so some of us are very skeptical, not because of wide-eyed skepticism because of reality of what is the history so far. and i have to say part of my challenge in trying to listen to the administration is some of the same statements i heard in the past. i was looking at a transcript of the senate foreign relations committee in december of 1991. many of the arguments i heard then against the pursuit of any sanctions

royce, who chairs the house foreign affairs committee used to represent the 40th, which could explaine financial disclosure form not his declaration of candidacy. >>> and the governor of arkansas calling for lieutenant governor mark darr to step down. the request comes a day after darr agreed to pay $11,000 in fines. darr who violated spending rules 11 times since 2010 said he has no plans to quit. >>> well this year saw a new set of political scandals, and another group of americans who found themselves thrust into the political spotlight seemingly out of nowhere. from the missouri rodeo clown with a mask depicting president obama to those involved in the anthony weiner scandal to the young woman who unwittingly became the face of healthcare.gov. we saw a lot of unique and unexpected americans who got their 15 minutes of fame. now politico broke down a top ten list of celebrities for the year. politico joins me now. i'm going to tick off a few of these for people at home to just pay attention to. and then we will ask you a couple questions about them. let's start with number ten, the

he made these comments at a house foreign affairs community -- committee hearing. area -- that two hour hearing now on c-span. >> i have been focused on afghanistan since before 9/11. today, the committee recognizes the tremendous sacrifices made by our troops, by their families , so that america is safe from the type of attack that osama bin laden launched from afghanistan. next year, the administration plans to transition from combat operations to and advise and assist role. we need a workable and realistic transition plan in place. delegation led by adam kissinger and joined by scott perry and juan vargas, traveled to afghanistan and pakistan and they collected information useful to this committee. i thank them for their oversight work. i also want to recognize the committee's military advisor, colonel andrea thompson. she has served towards in afghanistan and organize the trip. i am concerned administration has not defined a mission in afghanistan. u.s. troop strength will drop 34,000 in two months in pending a bilateral security agreement, these numbers will d

secretary of state is going to testify next week before the house foreign affairs committee. will congress wait until after he testifies? guest: congress should not wait. i think what you have in the administration in this bubble which exists in congress and in the administration, too, i think they are so in love with the idea of just saying they did something here, whether it works or not, that they're blind to the reality. and so i think we should proceed with sanctions. let the iranians know this is not an american deal with them. this is a kerry-obama deal with them and that the rest of congress is not behind them. i think the senators, too, that the u.s. senate, they still want to impose sanctions as well. this is going to be very hard for them to say, ok, we're just going to trust iran and hope they do the right thing for the first time in 40 years and we'll see what happens. host: william is up first in athens, ohio, democratic caller. hi, william. caller: hi. congress, the evidence that the world trade center building seven was brought down with explosives on 9/11 is

speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the committee on foreign affairs be discharged from further consideration of house resolution 434 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 434, resolution honoring the life accomplish, it life, accomplishments and legacy of nelson mandela, and expressing condolences on his passing. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection to the consideration of the resolution? without objection, the resolution is agreed to and the motion to reconsider is laid pon the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin seek recognition? mr. ryan: mr. speaker, i send to the desk a concurrent resolution and ask unanimous consent for its immediate consideration in the house. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the concurrent resolution. the clerk: house concurrent resolution 72, concurrent resolution providing for corrections to the enrollment of house joint resolution 59. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection to the consideration of the concurr

kerry and the white house have asked congress not to go ahead and vote on a new round of sanctions against iran. secretary of state will testify next week before the foreign affairs committee congress wait until after he testifies? guest: congress should not wait. what you have in this administration and the bubble that exists, they are in love with the idea of saying that they did something. whether it works or not, they are blind to reality. we should proceed with sanctions, let the iranians know this is not un-american deal, this is a kerry-obama deal. and that the rest of congress is not behind them. the u.s. senate want to impose sanctions. this will be hard for them to say we are going to trust iran and hope they do the right thing for the first time in 40 years. host: william is up first in ohio, democratic caller. theer: congressman, evidence that world trade center building 7 was wrought down with explosives is real and proven. how much more trust does congress have to lose before it faces reality and acknowledges the need for a new investigation into building 7's destruction? guest: i don't think you need investigation. the way that those towers were brought down

house. the gentlewoman may proceed. ms. pelosi: -- >> i want to join the distinguished ranking member of the foreign affairs committee, former chair of the foreign affairs committee, congresswoman ros-lehtinen in saying i too visited the fast for families and i fast for immigration, i wear the button. i am so proud our house of representatives showed its respect to the strength of the message of our guests here today. ms. pelosi: because immigration is about america. it's who we are, by and large a nation of immigrants. it's the constant reinvig ration of our country. every person who come here's with his or her hopes, dreams, and aspirations for a better future, the optimism for the future, courage to come to -- to come, to work hard, to play by the rules. that invigorates america and the traditions of family, community and the rest, really every immigrant comes with -- who comes with those values and those goals makes america more american. i also rise, mr. speaker, to talk about a place where immigration and health come together and i thank president obama for lifting the travel ban on those affected with h.i.v. -- infect

kerry and the white house have asked congress not to go ahead and vote on a new round of sanctions against iran. secretary of state will testify next week before the foreign affairs committee will congress wait until after he testifies? guest: congress should not wait. what you have in this administration and the bubble that exists, they are in love with the idea of saying that they did something. whether it works or not, they are blind to reality. we should proceed with sanctions, let the iranians know this is not un-american deal, this is a kerry-obama deal. and that the rest of congress is not behind them. the u.s. senate want to impose sanctions. this will be hard for them to say we are going to trust iran and hope they do the right thing for the first time in 40 years. host: william is up first in ohio, democratic caller. theer: congressman, evidence that world trade center building 7 was wrought down with explosives is real and proven. how much more trust does congress have to lose before it faces reality and acknowledges the need for a new investigation into building 7's destruction? guest: i don't think you need investigation. the way that those towers were brought