to be horribly israeli conflict in general and the israeli palestinian conflict in particular and i believe that this has started with. the good relationship that president trump and president putin have between the two of them and some european i would say readiness to to engage in a more. in a more serious manner and and then i would hope for a more binding continuous. process it would have at least three prong. first one would be regional we have a lot of common concerns with certain relatively moderate sunni regimes around us and then we have also to bilaterally continue the negotiations with the palestinians on a on the basis of transitional agreements and gradual interim processes that would bring us closer to the to a state reality before we get to the two state solution and of course we need to compliment that by the third prong which is the independent constructive steps that would compliment those steps and reverse the trend towards a one by national state which is which would be a disaster for both israel and the palestinians well mr share in the meantime we have another regional

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and in the process, i believe we can sufficiently discuss this issue with the chinese, as well. and regarding this issue, i would also like to ask for the corporation of the united states . thank you. beforees and gentlemen, i let you think the president, i would ask you to stay here. we have to get them out quickly. please stay here until the president gets out. now you can thank him with your applause. [applause] [indiscernible] >> in 2010, border patrol agent jesus mesa killed a 15-year-old who was unarmed and on the mexican side of the border. lower court ruled that mesa had qualified immunity which means he could not be sued. the supreme court is agreed with the lower court's conclusion that mr. mesa was entitled to immunity. >> the argument this morning, hernandez versus mesa. mr.

and in the process, i believe we can sufficiently discuss this issue with the chinese, as well. and regarding this issue, i would also like to ask for the corporation of the united states . thank you. beforees and gentlemen, i let you think the president, i would ask you to stay here. we have to get them out quickly. please stay here until the president gets out. now you can thank him with your applause. [applause] [indiscernible] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] announcer: c-span's "washington live with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up on "washington discussing recent immigration enforcement actions taken by the trump administration and congress. then, claire sutton of bloomberg businessweek discusses her piece on the gender wage gap in the u.s. and how companies are working to close it. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal," live at 7:00 eastern saturday morning. join the discussion. c-span, wh

i believe people are pretending. if your national intelligence estimate and this is not iran, it's u.s. intelligence community. if your own national intelligence estimate in 2007 and again in another year that i can't recall, established that iran is no longer pursuing nuclear weapons, why is it so difficult for american officials to recognize that. now we believe that nuclear weapons do not augment our security, nor to be honest, do they augment anybody else's security. so that's our position of principle. we remain very compliant with that principle throughout our history, and there are cases to prove it. including the use of chemical weapons against iran by iraq with the support of everybody international community, report after the report of the un and established that iraq used chemical weapons against us and the report at the un established that they did not. >> rose: you were a victim of -- >> of chemical weapons and we never retailate in kind. this is the record on which we stand. but you made a point that was

the law i still can't. believe. i was giving you. this if you. just. have to leave the last that you can really see the barbecue at the bar. cause i don't know that my father bought the football itself it was a set up i think so. but he investigate police officers behavior as well. i'll take drugs in the west end up being a presence here. calling people as you. like . there's a saying. keep. there on the cheap first and then to all the countries so let's ideas they're right let's go through this country he said cheerfully give them everything they do to pass. this country. this is what we don't understand how we are in such a country. let us into the minds of the same time. it was a monumental. the soon to run up with a similar symbol. like a good one. because if you feel if the middle of congo were not that got me good we'd leave again with the phone about the food stamp with the flame. would come back to the three story you have to see. at least in the best to. keep you glued. to the view. russia says videos claiming to show a chemical attack in syri

and in this chamber, i believe we can address that. we have to work outside the chamber, i think, to work with some of our providers to ensure that they are providing us the best long-term sustainable relationship we can have to deliver equipment in the most cost effective quick manner we can. >> yeah. and lastly, i just say that you address the 355 ship issue. and i'm sure you're giving some thought as to what would be the appropriate personnel in strength for a fleet of 355. looking into the nature, i assume you'd be starting to address that now, while we're addressing the grave threat that we're currently facing. >> yes, senator. if we take the full gambit of what's available to us to tackle the 355 ship goal, we should be thinking outside the box. we should be thinking possibly bringing things out of the ready reserve and ways to construct better, faster, cheaper. we'll be looking at a frigate down the road. all of this will require manning, so there will be some numbers that have to be adjusted going forward. >> sure. we look forwa

when believe to know this will not happen and i really believe that. it will not happen in. i cannot say i gotta say the. i think that a boy had a vicious circle and was not able to get out of it we still know baltic states poland we already lost russian market this is a problem for us and i believe that this is not a problem for usha mr tom let me ask you a difficult question that i mentioned before the. police from the most this perspective part of the reason ukraine is not hurrying to fulfill demands agreements is because it does not have an incentive at least an economic incentive if europe loses this incentive to sort of regain that its share on the russian market don't you think that the ukrainian issue will be forever alive in this slow boiling state there is a certain risk that it will become a conduit for frozen conflict yes definitely there is there is a risk now many european leaders recognize that sanctions that were introduced as the european response to quote unquote russia's aggression in ukraine those sanctions are hurting the domestic e

i believe that people are pretending.your national intelligence estimate, and not iran, but the u.s. intelligence community, if your own national intelligence estimates in 2007, and establishes that iran is no longer pursuing nuclear weapons, why is it so difficult for american officials to recognize that? we believe that nuclear weapons norot augment our security, to be honest do they augment anyone else's security. that is a division of principle. we remain very compliant with that principle throughout our history. there are cases to prove it, including the use of chemical weapons against iran by iraq. with the support of everybody in the international community. reportas a report, after at the united nations that established that iraq had used those weapons against us, and more reports saying that we had not. so, this is the record on which we stand. you made a point that was valid. on that is, that i tweeted the day of the signing of the agreement, on the day that we reached the day of the nuclear deal, that this was

well i believe. it should be noted first the ceasefire was first declared few days ago by the syrian army after the great advance. in southern syria also in eastern syria this put the jordanians and israeli is. in front of a complete where the syrian army supporters maybe the. fighters and iranian fighters got close to the demilitarized. zone in heights which would present a threat for israeli security promise the israeli point of view later on during the summit i believe that the russians in concerted. effort with the syrians presented this. as a trophy to the president to the american president to prove to him to prove to his opponents that. the united states could get something out of cooperation with the with russia and that's why i believe that the russians and the americans were able to get to this. zone. because we know that washington really is still sending those contradictory messages on the future of the syrian government it does beg the question how possible is any real progress. well thi

i believe that nothing that we did was wrong or illegal. i thought it was a good idea to begin with terry still think it was a good idea. had he wondered, wife it was a good idea, that the president of the united states dismissed it because of it? lt. col. north: let me make one thing clear. this lieutenant colonel is not going to challenge a decision of the commander and chief for whom i still work. i am proud to work for the commander in chief. at that commander in chief tells a lieutenant colonel to go in the corner and sit on his head, i will do so. if the commander and chief the size to dismiss me from the staff, i will salute and say thank you for the opportunity to have served and go. i will not criticize his decision no matter how he relieves me, sir. >> has anyone given you a giving you -- as the nation given you an. the president of the united states saw fit to call me later that day or he told me words to the effect, i just didn't know. i've no reason to disbelieve but the commander in chief told me sir. i did you say to him that

>> i believe mr. larson [ inaudible ] -- based on 62 and over population market cap -- >> let me ask you this, mr. goss. first of all, is social security bankrupt? >> uh, by any normal meaning of the word, i think we would have to say no as the chairman and others have said even if we reached the point of depletion, we still will be able to pay more or less on the order of -- >> it appears by the same numbers we're not on the verge of bankruptcy. >> we're not bankrupt today but we're going to be bankrupt tomorrow, we can't say that right now. >> has congress needed to shore up social security trust fund in the past? >> numerous times and it's always been done. >> hatch the active the actions congress took in the past to shore up the trust fund -- we here a lot about that -- resulted in any substantial benefit cuts? >> uh, it has at times -- the principle of reduction was back in the 1977 amendment, there was actually a major change in the benefit formula but there were in the 1983, there was a mix betw

as someone who was a i believe in the importance of education. i am a believer that education can make a difference and the ship programs which i thank you are focused on and pioneered in your home state have made a difference in many lies and i like to see that extended spect you think the tax could be inexplicable place for the tax code given that part of our challenge is people don't know where to go and spend their time in training and were asking t people to go make an investment and changes happening in a muche more rapid fashion and people t don't know where to make the investment so we can short-circuit that by getting companies to hire and train. we've taken a lot of consternation out of the system. >> i agree. that's a serious issue for the us economy and forfor th competitiveness and i would look for to working with you to try to develop something we could put into the tax law which would not be unduly complicated and be effective and efficient to deal with that issue. >> thank you. on the affordable housing issue anymore opportunity to

[applause] the president and i believe that the senate will do the right thing. that they'll begin to dismantle the failed policy of obamacare in the coming days. president trump will sign into law. when it's all said and done, a bill that puts our country on a path to better, more affordable health care for all of the american people. based on those timeless principles of freedom, competition and state-based reform. after that, i'll make you one more promise. before the end of this year, we're going to roll up our sleeves and this president's going to work with the congress and we're going to pass one of the largest tax cuts in american history. cheers and applause] i don't have to tell small business owners that the american tax code is one of the biggest barriers to success for working families and small businesses like all of you gathered here today. there's an old joke that says that the internal revenue code is 10 times the length of the bible, with none of the good news. [laughter] here's some real good news. we're going to cut taxes across the board. for

i believe my skill set strongly complements that of secretary mattis. he is a master strategist with the military and foreign policy experience. as deputy sector of defense, i bring strong execution skills with a background in technology, development and business management. it's areas this committee has identified for reform. if confirmed, i will work tirelessly with congress and the department to deliver on our commitments to our men and women in uniform and their families, to defend the nation and to be relentless stewards of the taxpayers money. i appreciate the time you've afforded me today to answer questions. >> thank you mr. shanahan. in your questions that were submitted to you, one of the questions was about providing the ukrainians with lethal weaponry to defend themselves. in explicitly you responded by saying you have to look at the issue. it's not satisfactory. do you wish to abridge or amend your statement concerning. >> i support equipping their ukrainians. >> you supported. >> yes. >> providing lethal weaponry to ukraine. >> yes. >> okay

now i write what i believe is important to write, and then i support that with whatever data exists. it's just a different way of just kind of turning it around. >> is one easier than the other? clearly. >> cohan: writing from your gut. >> yes. you have no control over data. you have no control over who's collecting it or when they publish it. so you're likely scratching for things very often and, so, this way, it makes it much, much easier. >> cohan: one thing i've never understood really about the 2016 election, and you have sort of alluded to it at the front when we were talking about donald trump the new yorker, is sheer we are the media capital of the country, we knew donald trump, new yorkers have known donald trump, seems like, forever, right? we knew without trying to editorialize too much here, sometimes i write columns, too, that he was not the greatest developer and sort of was a bit of a showman, shall we say. we knew better, i think, in new york, and you could see that by the way people voted in this city and state that he was not, perhaps, the best choice. why wasn't th

i believe that i understand his mission. i understand his goals. that's why i supported him for president. i share his beliefs that we've got to do more about crime, more about illegal immigration, more about gangs and violence, and it's an honor and a pleasure to be able to lead that effort. >> tucker: mr. attorney general, thank you.

i believe osha is involved. look forward to making sure we are stewards of good resources. >> good. do i hear you saying, if confirmed, you will look into how the navy tracks and monitors workplace violations at the shipyards it is doing business with? >> yes, senator. >> good. we are talking growing the fleet to a 355-ship navy, which would result in considerably more volume at many shipyards. i think the least we can do is make sure american workers who are employed in those shipyards and building those ships are afforded reasonable protections going forward. >> i concur, senator. >> thank you. another question, the navy operates on the front lines of the threats of climate change, including rising sea levels, intense storms, higher temperatures. the navy long recognized the risks posed by climate change. back in 2010, the navy released a climate change road map, which observed and i'm going to quote here, climate change is a national security challenge with strategic implications for the navy. it is affecting

my authority to act always flowed, i believe, from my superiors. my military training inculcated in me a strong belief in the chain of command. and so far as i can recall, i always acted on major matter with specific approval, after informing my superiors of the facts, as i knew them, the risks, and the potential benefits. i readily admit that i was action-oriented, that i took pride in the fact that i was counted upon as a man who got the job done. and i don't mean this by way of criticism, but there were occasions when my superiors, confronted with accomplishing goals or difficult tasks, would simply say, "fix it, ollie," or, "take care of it." since graduating from the naval academy in 1968, i have strived to be the best marine officer that one can be. in combat, my goal was always to understand the objective, follow orders, accomplish the mission, and to keep alive the men who served under me. one of the good things that has come from the last seven months of worldwide notoriety has been the renewed contact that i've had with some of the finest

i do believe we need to investigate it with russia. it does not stop until we get to the end of it wherever that will lead. where do democrats agree with the president's foreign-policy agenda? guest: what she just said when she started off the, something people need to listen to. democrats and republicans need to listen. there is a growing frustration with the building that stands behind you with both political parties. number seeing a growing decline. i believe that is why we have president trump. he was the effect of dissatisfaction. we need to talk to roughly two people in here with exactly what is said. our job isunderstand to get things done and do it together. we will continue to push back on president trump especially when it comes to his dealings with russia, making sure that is appropriate and fully investigated. could never just stand up in court and say someone is guilty in and sit down. you prove your case. you present evidence, clear and concise evidence, that people can understand and that you can make a decision on. we h

clinton: i believed then, and i believe even more fiercely today, that advancing the rights and full participation of women and girls is a great unfinished business of the 21st century. [applause] sec. clinton: it seems self-evident. it is not only the right and moral goal for us to be pursuing. after all, women represent half of humanity and we do have a fundamental right to participate in the decisions that shape our lives, but, and this is what i really want to impress upon you, this is strategic and necessary for matters of peace, prosperity and security. it is not a partisan issue. it is a human issue. a rising tide of women's rights lifts entire nations. so each year, when i've had the chance to come back for these awards, i am inspired although increasingly not surprised to see how far this institute has come. georgetown is very fortunate to have my dear friend, ambassador revere at the helm and backed up fully by the leadership of the university. fully by the leadership of the because the leaders, as the president just read out, that you recognize women and men alike who've c

they were doing that for a purpose and i believe the purpose was to map out exactly where the strategy we're told that is what what vulnerable points ok additional before and how do you go on ok phil phil i want to get i want to get everybody in here because we got a lot to talk about here ken phillips the expert on what happened here but you know again i want to stress here that this assault in peace time by alleged ally on an american naval vessel it's not part of popular culture or popular common knowledge and then there's a reason for that isn't that true go ahead ken. what yes if we could just recap briefly this attack took place over two hours on a clear blue sunny day this ship was an allied ship of israel the united states had been supporting israel hand and foot to that point so when the israelis were doing their overflights all the americans were waving to the israeli jets to the point they could actually see the pilots in the cockpits they were that close this attack occurred over about a two hour period thousands of rounds were fired fifty caliber machine gun napalm rockets

guest: i believe specifically when it comes to medicare that if you look long-term -- i believe we have eight years before medicare basically goes under. one of the things we agree on across style is that these programs are simply not follow. -- what we do not agree on is how sunnis measures need to -- soon these measures need to take place. we want to make sure that these reforms are able as these folks enter their senior years. ahca, asregards the much of obamacare that we can repeal i and replace, that's the way to go. obamacare is failing. without getting into all the talking points, that's why we are waiting for the senate to move and hopefully we can get to the president's desk. host: there have been commissions and even fairly recent bipartisan commissions calling for changes to social security, calling for changes to medicare, seeing the impending baby boomer generation. why's it so difficult to get this done? guest: because there's no points to win many times when it comes to social security. those can be top decisions because whether it's my age at 48 or younger, we have to st

i believe so, yes. he certainly... and his sister still is i think. i believe so, yes. ow but there were other things on that well but i think that was part of the charm. when he came from the tv show he was quite naive really about a television work because he wasn't some kind of polished, desperate wannabe tv presenter. he was a print journalist. that is what he was. up down to earth charm that he had came from his printjournalism background. he was a better tv presenter because he never really wa nted presenter because he never really wanted to be a tv presenter. they would have been proud that they had got their hands on him. pleasure to speak to you about by norman ‘s death has been announced that lunchtime. thank you very much. we are going to take a look at the weather on the other side of the studio. good afternoon to you, chris. hello. things looking reasonable to the rest of this afternoon. not completely dry. this area a cloud around scotland in northern ireland. not very heavy rain. the rain lasting a couple of hours. but sky is falling. the cloud continues t

that is the way you believed and thought, correct? and i alsorth: yes, believed all of the notes, which are now in stacks all over wash them have also been destroyed. >> after you were dismissed, did admiral poindexter call you and say to you that he confirmed he would give you authority? lt. col. north: i honestly don't recall a conversation with admiral poindexter when i was. -- after i was dismissed. he may have called. i don't remember. >> did you recall any conversation with him in which he said, colonel north, don't worry. even if you destroy all the documents i will stand up and say i approved it? lt. col. north: no, i recall no such conversation. >> once the documents were destroyed you were out there without any kind of assurance that anyone would stand behind you? is that fair to say? lt. col. north: that was the plan. it was planned that i would be out there. and everything had gone according to plan up until 12:05 in the afternoon the next day or several days thereafter. >> when the plan changed is when you had the criminal inve

i get that, but i do believe we have to focus on the predisaster. i need your help helping us understand how to navigate that. it will require the help of congress to be able to move some of that to the front side. citizens, as io said earlier, i'm not sure our be ready programs have hit the mark. something very sensitive and something to talk about is i believe asset poverty -- not poverty, asset poverty, your ability to put your hand on cash -- many americans cannot do it. many of our campaigns are saying go out, be ready, by all these supplies for the next three days. that is important, but it may be unrealistic in many communities, and we have to rethink that and form different partnerships with department of education and others train people to have their own rainy day fund. the other thing we have to look at is we call our citizens disaster victims. we call them disaster survivors. i look at our citizens as the true first responder. is notity of times, fema a first response agency. we do not roll in, we are not after the disaster. it takes time

i believe that the solution is girl power. women over the past two decades, we have been climbing, for the majority in college, the majority and the labor force. county, into any town, parish, and you will see woman who are putting food on the table. the problem is the number of women in computing has been declining. in the 1980's, if you walked into any computer science classroom is the -- in the country, it would be have poise, half girls. if we looked at steve jobs' macintosh team, the word be more women on that team then anyone today. it is a huge, huge loss. people often ask me, why? why are women disappearing? and the first thing is is culture. i know a lot of you sitting round the table have daughters. . have met some of them we know what happens around eighth grade when all of a sudden they loved math and science and they now hate it. it is because of the barbie doll that says i hate math, let's go shopping instead. it is because we can't walk into a store and by a t-shirt that says "i'm allergic to out to rep." -- "i'

>> i believe that taxes do affect economic behavior. i have seen it, and i think most economists believe that taxes do affect economic behavior. there is a wide variety of view as to what that impact is in a complex economy. i do believe in dynamic scoring. >> do tax cuts pay for themselves. the reason i am asking if i happen to share the view that behavior is relevant. i had asked him about the proposal and he said yes, we will score thoughtful bipartisan proposals is generating growth in revenue. that is very different than the proposition of tax cuts paying for themselves. so, staying with this issue that, in my view is different than saying behavior is relevant with respect to activity in a private economy, but do tax cuts pay for themselves? >> i guess i would say that i've never tried to resolve that issue even at its full extent, but i do believe it affects behavior. i just don't know if it pays for itself. if you're confirmed i assume you will have to resolve that issue. certainly the people that you would join seem to share that

i believe that they that he through them and their counterparts in israel. i had planned this action for up to two years and i believe that the sinking of the liberty was was a piece that johnson personally and vote i believe that it was all driven by his desire to have another landslide election the following year in one hundred sixty eight just as he used the previous falls flag attack in one thousand nine hundred sixty four called the gulf of tonkin as a means to ensure himself a landslide election and that year that that's what this was about for him i think that no one has ever produced any kind of rationale that that that israel could possibly benefit from such an attack a lot of things have been projected in that article you one of you mentioned in herat just two or three days ago. it was written by by people who and quoting michael oren who had been the previous ambassador from israel to the u.s. . he had written a book as well as a j. kristol both of them are filled with the lies and deceit that were planted at johnson's order fifty years ago. and e

i hope you believe i care about you. >> i do. i believe that. i do believe that. his before. you know, i'm not going to be around forever. i'm not asking to do anything for me. i'm asking to do it for you. >> i'm sorry that i'm having to bring this to you. you're dealing with enough as it is and it is another thing you have to deal with. i apologize to you. >> well, this is our loss. >> yeah, you and me together. >> this is our lives together. yes, exactly. >> it's the situation. i'm sorry i upset you. >> well, it's all right. i'll live. and i'm sorry you're upset. i love you a lot and just try to be strong. >> all right. i love you, too. >> okay, bye >> bye. >> i feel bad for him. the truth is, i really love him and i don't want him to see him being unhappy but i've been watching him be unhappy for many years. i knew that something was not going to end well with tilghman. but i never suspected this. he was always really impulsive, never thought about tomorrow or any consequences. >>> coming up -- >> convict. degenerate. felon. these are the titles by which we are

larson's i believe mr. bill is based on 62 years old and over. .> let me ask you this first of all, is social security encrypt? -- bankrupt? by any normal meaning of the word, i would say no. even if we receive -- even if we reach the point of reserve depletion, we would still have -- >> it would appear that we were are on the verge of bankruptcy. mr. goss: we cannot really say that right now. has congress needed to shore up the social security trust fund in the past? mr. goss: yes, and we have stepped up. >> were the actions that congress took in the past to resultedthe trust fund in any substantial benefit cuts? mr. goss: it has at times. the principal benefit reduction was actually back in the 1977 amendments when there was a need in a needor -- need for a change in the benefit structure. >> has social security -- mr. goss: social security has never failed to pay the benefits on a timely basis. congresss to me that will need to take action to extend the trust fund solvency, but we do not need to cut benef

i would point out, i believe it was under questioning by counsel. i do not know until these hearings began that there was any such some fine. i have not communicated with these people. i do not know the purposes for which they establish the accounts. >> i believe that. let me ask another question. these money -- this money came from several sources. it came from chiron and solicitations and countries and individuals, is that correct? >> that is my understanding, yes. >> neither of them contributed any capital to this? >> i do not know. >> there is no question in your mind, the money was to be used for governmental purposes? differ going to beg to with that particular description. , we go back to 1984 when this activity was initiated . the purpose was for these outside non-us government entities to assist in prosecuting the foreign-policy goals of the united states. it was never intended that anybody get rich. it was never intended that thene would do anything support the force and -- before policy goals. it seems to be an idea that there was a govern