recently hosted the sixty six international congress of the european society for cardiovascular and the vascular surgery these are the people who actually deal with such cases and anybody see congress was held in moscow does this mean russia still maintains its its reputation in this field is to get out of that. that is absolutely true russian cardiac surgeons are proficiency in all of the existing methods so part surgery they are capable of performing any kind of operations for a little bit kiri a president of the russian cardiac surgeons association or chaired the congress of the senate and he's open lecture on professor the russian cardiac surgery has gone through all stages of development starting out from primitive open chest surgeries in the united a fifty s and eventually mastering state of the yard operations such as cardiac arrhythmias surgery and from surgery so hard transplanting the torso artificial heart implantation going to do this you are one of the most renowned cardiac surgeons not only in russia but also worldwide he was in the papers recently headed received an award

the executive branch must keep congress informed on negotiations of potential international agreements with other countries on matters that effect our defense and intelligence activities in outer space. that's the reason behind this amendment and i would ask for the committee to consent to it. thank you and i yield back. >> satellites are crucial for national, economic personal security. they help u.s. soldiers in harm's way and minimize. support first responders, disaster relief workers, modern agriculture, etc., etc. we are the country that has a lot of satellites. satellites are increasingly vulnerable and harder to protect from debris and hostile action. the tests including by china endangered over 4,000 satellites. u.s. satellites are now at risk mostly from space debris but also from a growing competition with china and the absence of rules of the road. what we're talking about is rules of the road. right now anybody can put anything up there if they can get it into space. so a code of conduct, we are not saying adopt the e.u. code of conduct. we are saying we need to negotiate s

the executive branch must keep congress informed on negotiations of potential international agreements with other countries on matters that affect our defense and intelligence activities in outer space. that's the reason behind this amendment, mr. chairman, and i would ask for the committee to consent to it. thank you and i yield back. >> ms. sanchez is recognized for five minutes. >> okay, so let's set the stage for this. basically today the u.s. depepdz on satellites for more than any other country. satellites are crucial for national, economic personal security. they help u.s. soldiers in harm's way, they minimize casualties, they support first responders, disaster relief workers, modern agriculture, et cetera, et cetera. we are the country that has a lot of satellites. satellites are increasingly vulnerable and harder to protect from debris and hostile action. the asap test including by china in 2007 which created a massive debris field and endangered over 400 satellites. u.s. satellites are now at risk mostly from space debris but also from a growing competition with china and the

congress. these interns are the future of our community. these interns are the reason why we are here today. but we are also here to celebrate and recognize one of the greatest members of our community. this year is the first year we are giving the lifetime achievement award. it is going to secretary norman manetta, who is receiving this award for many reasons. he is a trail blazer, a man who paved the way for many of us who followed. he was the first asian american mayor of a major city. i'm sorry, mayor lee, but you are coming in third now. he was elected to congress 10 times. he was the first to serve two presidents in the cabinet. it was on 9/11 that he showed us what he was made up. when those planes hit the twin towers, it was secretary mineta who made the call to ground all the planes. he instituted a policy that tsa is following today to ensure that our skies are say. after 9/11, he prevented the profiling of arab-americans and muslim americans in our country. tonight, we honor him and give him this back for a very special reason. i want to thank the san francisco giants for donating

he became sort of an elder state man of public health and went to europe working with international health congresses and the league of nations. so, finding private letters, i think, was one of the great joys of researching this book. and although some of them were found with sort of good old traditional shoe left they are detective work i also had good luck on line because he had a very interesting lieutenant, a man named colonel by rucker and those of you who read the book will be as charmed by dr. rucker as i was. dr. rucker stood about 5'6" to dr. blue's six feet and he was a charming man, had a gift with speech and could charm all of the ladies of san francisco into covering their metal trash cans and routing the rats. in fact, his war cry became ladies when you look in your garbage cans, think of me. so, this made him very popular. but dr. rucker had a personal tragedy. for a while he was fighting the plague in san francisco his wife annette contracted tuberculosis. so, on the one hand you had the black death of the playing and the white playing of tuberculosis. and i was curious to what became

what can congress do to help with negotiations with the other countries to ensure a strong position that the internet remain free and open without the harmful international regulations stifling it? what can we do in congress to help with the effort? >> well, i think -- >> or -- and what must we do? >> i think the resolution that was adopted, or promulgated in the last day or two is one very important possibility, and it's one that where the more adherence it has here, the better. the clearer it becomes that the united states is completely unified on this particular set of issues. secondly i think this hearing itself is something that's very valuable, because it provides a very plain demonstration that we in the united states are unified across our political lines, and that, i think, is an important message for the world amend i assure you the world does pay very close attention to what we do in these areas. we will hope to have an opportunity towards the end of this month to introduce our new head of delegation to members and staff who are interested in speaking with them. we will, at that time ishgts thi, i think, to also provide sort of a sense of what

the administration indicates they agree saying that "it will oppose anyests to address internal transfers." congress should hold them to that pledge. at stake is our country's autonomy and the right rights of american citizens. more specifically, the legislation i've introduced seeks to ensure that u.s. citizens will not be restricted to restrictions on the use or possession of civilian firearms or ammunition. it prohibits the administration from negotiating a treaty that would result in com in domestic regulation of hunting rifles that are often mischaracteristickized as military weapons. civilian firearms must be excluded from any arms trade treaty. preparatory committee meetings have made it clear that many u.n. member states aim to craft an extremely broad treaty that includes civilian firearms within its scope. for example, mexico and several countries in central and south america have called for the treaty to cover "all types of conventional weapons regardless of their purpose, including small arms and light weapons, ammunitions, components, technology, and related materials." if those provisi

well i i at the time when i was writing the foreclosure grid to congress and also internal memos on the banking and mortgage sector there was help to provide input into the macro economic forecast for the country at that time the robles lining up for closure of fraud issues emerged and i wrote about that and dr lucas the chief economist at told me that it was an issue of media sensationalism and discouraged me from writing about it. in response to what i wrote in the the memo she said that foreclosure fraud or robo signing was an issue that we should take the lead on that we should not be adding of that we should be adding skepticism to the issue rather than add to the media hype and that was the response from my writing up our proposal fraud and also a reason that was cited in my termination where the city of thought that i had poor judgment in writing up issues related to rebel signing and what it meant for chain of title issues in mortgage securitization now as you said this wasn't just a dispute with your boss you did just disagree on the core issues here you were fired why do you b

elected into the executive of the united democratic front which becomes the internal coordination of the african national congress, which was banned. by 1985, i experienced my first stint in prison, my first house arrest after that. then i know what life is all about. >> what does the government have in mind in 1948 and in 1949 with this whole idea of apartheid? what were their goals? >> their goals were largely inspired by the kind of -- adolf hitler, the purity of the white race. the idea they were the chosen people, going to africa to bring civilization to the continent, to christianize the continent. so, they are not happy only but the idea of separating different races from each other, but perfecting the art and science of that separation. that, if you could imagine segregation, multiplied it by 10. because in south africa, they work out which areas you can live in, what schools you can go to and what you can learn in the schools. so, blacks, for example were not allowed to learn math and science and still reaping the wind from that decision. who can marry and who cannot. so, they turn it into an absolute sc

officials and members of congress drug trafficking illegal weapons sales money laundering and nuclear proliferation and every step of the way at this faced resistance not only internally at the f.b.i. but within congress remembers backed down to pressure flows within the courts were not once but twice the justice department used the state secrets privilege to silence her and even in trying to publish your book face a nearly year long f.b.i. campaign to prevent its publication so we finally get a chance to talk to the whistleblower about her story and the plight the dangers the intimidation campaigns toward others that are brave and brave enough to actually carry that title joining me tonight is to bill admin's editor of boiling frogs post and the founder director of the national security whistleblowers coalition she's also author of the memoir classified woman the civil and then story thanks so much for joining us tonight thank you for having me on it ok so i tried to give clearly a very sure it's summary here of what it was that happened to you but a lot of great for us tell us more about your story about what the information was that you tried to get out there and w

it was designated as an international labor day by the international socialist congress back in 1889.y in soviet union and communist countries and historically a popular day for political demonstrations. today may day is a holiday in more than 80 countries. more than about the maple, you know? more to may day than the maple. bill: east berlin, now berlin. not so big here. back at america's election headquarters. a roller coaster ride in key presidential poll. right now mitt romney has a slim lead over president obama. latest gallup tracking poll. five days ago the president had a 7-point lead. bob cusack, managing editor of "the hill." bob, good morning to you. >> good morning, bill. bill: what do you make of it? >> i think these polls will be volatile. it will go back and forth. bottom line this is anybody's ball game. mitt romney has had a uz brooing primary. he is right there. president obama i still think he is the favorite. he has more path to 270 electoral votes than romney does at the moment. that could change very quickly. bill: goes to question, why are we six months out. you

congress. instead, we got into the habit -- this is an emergency state have it -- the constitution says clearly that the sole power to regulate international commons wants to congress. another congress is expected and pilloried if it doesn't, to grant a hand up to the president, blanket authority, fast-track authority, to negotiate a deal, come back and get an up or down vote from congress. just like the president wants appointees for 90 days. well, appointees -- there's a better case in trade agreement. in a globalized world, trade agreement has tremendous consequences. the 600 page ones have more consequences than the one page ones would. so we go off into a world where trade specialists and trade lawyers -- my best friends are trade lawyers -- they created world where all of these questions at best, go to secretive arbitration panels, the wto and elsewhere, and they decide just which of the democratic laws that congress passes might be preempted by this trade agreement that the president signed that congress didn't debate. and which is still allowed to apply. right? and be a business case that was brought to some people as attention was

there were teams from international organizations, there was a team from congress, there was a team led by former president carter, all of whom declared that this election was a fraud. there was also a vivid media image. one of the vice presidential candidates who opposed noriega was beaten in the streets of the capital city, and the picture of him with blood dripping down the side of his face became the emblem of that regime and that election. that was a turning point in terms of world opinion and turning point in terms of american opinion. the president had earlier that month before the election had taken place gone to the council of americas and said the day of the dictator in latin america is over. it's time for democratic forces to be heard. they weren't heard. in panama, that diminished noriega's status in the region and around the world. and then in october of 1989, a colonel who was part of noriega's personal defense team, one of his body guards essentially, came forward to american officials and said, i'm going to do a coup, and i need your help. you need to protect my family w

being transparent about the negotiating process or the details with members of congress that should be reviewing international trade agreements and senator wyden says that even after his staff got all the appropriate clearance they're still being barred from viewing the details of the proposals. but guess who isn't being barred by the administration according to senator wyden and these are his own words from this week he says that quote the majority of congress is being kept in the dark as to the substance of the t p p a negotiation is all representatives of u.s. corporations like halliburton chevron ph r.m.a. comcast and the motion picture association of america are being consulted and made privy to the details of the agreement not nice but corporations are being led out of the deal but lawmakers aren't going to guess that we can call this a trend for this administration because it sounds pretty similar the way that they treated act at the end i counterfeiting trade agreement now there's a lot of anger about this on the hill already on may third more than sixty house democrats and one house republican sent a

congress dr for as thank you very much indeed for a time so how large a presence do international terrorist groups have in the north caucuses. well what we see right now is the north caucuses she hired a network. basically is why do you say operation first it was traditionally in chechnya and some other parts of around moscow and now they're focusing on what we know from the jihadi international networks based in north africa and somalia and yemen and of course in the back against them pakistan area would be the chairman of the website is that they are in support of that network now do we have evidence that all these goes this is a big strikes we don't but what we know is that if you're right you know jihadi networks around the region is hosting this training is even funding some of the activities of these you know terrorist in russia right right so how are they financing their. supporting these groups. well first of all this kind of operation the wonder we witnessed the dramatic one doesn't need really outside funding while the jihad you know works have inside. the pentagon which here at t

i've been working on the book for a number of years and i work full-time covering congress for market is international. between working a full-time job in covering senator with a full career, this has taken a long time to write. it's coming out now an interesting time of course. the senator is involved in a very contentious, typical primary. i've got a sense of how charged the atmosphere here is. this morning i went to a coffee shop and a guy was waiting on me and we started talking about indiana politics and i mention i'd written this book on senator luke are. the first thing he said is approved lurker or anti-lugar? my response is i hope it is fair to lugar because when i try to do is present to book about an important senator and describing how he goes about his work. i began this book in 2006. i just finished another book which brian referenced called the ambassador and i spent a couple years following the work of sweden's ambassador to the united states, a man died in a of john wiseman. john mr. baxter's diplomatic corps in washington. he was incredible diplomat who found a way to get tiny little

starting last congress with conservative members, they have opted for more establishment republicans and they will have a long internal debate. in order to get anything done, raising the debt ceiling again, which is subject by the next congress starts or extending the bush-era tax cuts with the help of democrats last congress, there

we had about this administration's effort to undermine our efforts, congress's efforts, in this developing fight against international regulatory schemes over the internet, because this administration moved forward with regulations over the management of networks in the united states. we're going to continue to work to rein in the explosion of the fcc, now is the time to execute a serious game plan that deals with those that would put international politics ahead of an open and prosperous internet, we may have our differences on domestic telecommunications policy, but having those policies decided at the international level would be the worst thing that could happen for the future of the internet. welcome to everyone, i appreciate the time. >> chair recognizes the ranking member, mr. waxman for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman for holding this hearing. it's an important hearing as we look down the road to an international conference where some of the proposals if adopted would fundamentally alter the way the internet operates today, undermining the decentralized multi-stakeholder approach to internet governanc

congress our perspective on the law of the convection. it's important to the establishment of regular international regimes governing maritime activities by nations to include militaries around the world and every time we have the opportunity to signal or support for this convection, we will. >> has congress signalled to you that maybe there's movement there and you might get something through now? >> i grew up in this town so i've long since offered predictions on what congress may or may not do. i don't have any particular signals about what they may do with respect to this convection. we hope that it is eventually adopted by the united states. >> the armed services committee yesterday released its report on counterfeit electronic parts that have made their way into the defense procurement line, supply line. most of the criticisms seem pointed at china, they saved some of it for this department saying the defense department lacks knowledge of the scope and impact on the parts on critical defense systems and later they said each of the three committees that the committee invested in death, the d.o.d. was unaware that counterfeit parts we

good fortune of putting my feet to the marble in the halls of congress, apapa, let me thank you, we'll give the opportunity for 20 internss summer to place their feet on the halls of this city in sacramento, perhaps in washington, d.c. so that they can partake in the greatest democracy that has ever resided on this planet. now, this is also of tremendous significance as congressman alluded to, this is the home where people left when they came to this country and they headed to mining gold in california, when they had to leave the fields of california from farming and that applies not to just the chinese, but to the filipinos and others. they set foot in san francisco. and generation upon generation of residents of san francisco had to endure the struggles and has made this city a very special place. that's why i'm so very excited about the leadership that presides over san francisco today. mayor lee, supervisor chiu, supervisor mar, supervisor chu and we had treasurer and also another county supervisor here with us. this ought to be a moment in which we celebrate the aspirations and the fact that we have risen to the gov

congress, we have an executive branch. we're influenced by the media, influenced by international views on these things. and we kind ever reach around and try to figure it out. i think the truth is if we decided we would -- we would be purists and only have relationships with countries that were like us, we would have about three or four relationships in the world. and then if we wanted to say we not only will have relationships with countries that are like we are, but we won't have relationships with those countries unless they break ties with countries. then we'd have nobody. so we know that we cannot be purists. we have to say okay, we're going to deal with people who are different. and the majority of the people who are different, their countries are different. we have to go accept that. now is there a minimum. nazi germany. they work in a uniform, i think not. why? what do we have? you take a piece of paper and you draw a circle, then you divide it into threes and say these are our political interests, we want to deal with companies, we have economic interest. they are different. we have countries

one democratic member of congress says it's time for the international community to do more.ngressman keith ellison, co-chair of the congressional progressive caucus. thanks for being with us. define much more. under any circumstances are you comfortable with u.s. boots on the grounds in syria or short of that? >> well, what i think we should start with is to get together with turkey and the international community and establish safe zones for people who are trying to flee the violence of the assad regime. people, women, children, men, others have got to have a place where they can get decent medical care, where they can be safe from the bombing and the artillery. and even the assassinations of the assad regime. turkey has demonstrated an interest in helping to provide such safe zones and the united states needs to stand with them along with the rest of the international community. >> so when you talk to your friends in the obama white house, what do they say, what is their answer for not doing more immediately? >> i think the obama white house has got to get credit for doing

moment we're having now with people sitting and tweeting in congress and the fact that anything, any politician says, can become international within a millisecond. but what's interesting is in the late 1840s you get the telegraph and an increasingly nationalized press, and it is a different technology and they're equally sort of freaked out about the implications of it. so there is an incident in 1850 in which that one senator pulls a gun on another senator. >> in the senate. >> in the senate chamber and nothing happens and they're both restrained and the moment passes and they're about to happily charge on with what's going on happen. and someone, a new hampshire congressman stands up and says i feel the need to say something. i hope you all realize even as we sit here they're beginning to read all over the country that we've just slaughtered each other in the senate, so everyone is sort of like, oh, okay, it is instant, and it is the press which means nothing happened but that's not what they're going to read in the newspapers. it is an interesting kind of similar moment in which the technology is opening possibilities, b

they didn't want an international incident. you say the congress needs to look into that?clear the decks if also that the secretary of state and geithner would be able to have this meeting. my feeling is whenever these cases take place -- they have taken place all over the world under various administrations, you take your time and it may take weeks or months. you make sure what the individual is seek. is it asylum? is it to be reintegrated into his or her country or protection? there is no place in china where a dissident or human rights activist is safe. megyn: now that he gets to come to america and go to american university. have we avoided international embarrassment? >> we have got to keep our vigilence hopefully because the chinese government -- hopefully other members of his family including his nephew and mom and others will not be retaliated against. the woman who ferried him to beijing, a young woman who put him in the car and took him there, she was arrested. we understand she is no longer arrested but being surveilled by the chinese secret police. the media ne

international sanctions. both with what the europeans are doing and the united states with respect to legislation passed by congress late last year to target transactions with the central bank of iran. the israeli military threat, i agree with nick, has been deployed in a credible manner. thas certainly focused the attention of the iranians in my opinion. i think it's also had affects on the other partisan negotiations. i don't think as nick said, i don't think the chinese would want to admit it, but they have serious energy concerns. they do not want to see a military conflict in the persian gulf. i think, this actually is one of my concerns. i think the obama administration as well has serious economic concerns with a pending presidential election, and i think for the obama administration the threat of a military attack by israel right now is deeply troubling. and one of my worries is that i'm very happy for the iranians to come to the table, highly motivated to reach a deal. i don't want the united states to be too highly motivated to reach a deal because that could lead to compromises that ultimately would not

at a local gathering, he was asked how many of his fellow members of congress are, "card-carrying marxists or international socialists." listen aain to hiseply -- >> i believe there's about 78 to 81 members of the democrat party that are members of the communist party. it's called the congressional progressive caucus. >> little of what allan west says ever surprises me. he's called president obama "a low-level socialist agitator," said anyone with an obama bumper sticker on their car is "a threat to the gene pool," and told liberals like harry reid and nancy pelosi to "get the hell out of the united states of america." apparently, he gets his talking points from fox news, rush limbaugh or the discredited rightwing rocker, ted nugent. but this time, i shook my head in disbelief. 78 to 81 democrats, members of the communist party? that's when the memory hole opened and a ghost slithered into the room. the specter stood there, watching the screen, a snickering smile on its stubbled face. and i did a double take. sure enough, it was the ghost of senator joseph mccarthy, the wisconsin farm boy who grew up beco