women who died this year, including shimon peres, john glenn, mom and ali -- muhammad ali, and janet reno. also, events in the british parliament. as 2016 draws to a close, c-span notes the passing of important figures in politics and public affairs. our in memoriam program begins at portions of the funeral service held earlier this year for israeli prime minister fromn peres, and remarks president obama and bill clinton. this is about 35 minutes. [speaking a foreign language] president clinton: to the peres family, president netanyahu the , leader of the knesset and president obama and all the distinguished leaders who have come from around the world. yesterday the prime minister did something that was unthinkable back in the dark ages when i was president of the united states, he sent out a tweet. and the tweet reminded us of a simple fact. it was israel's first day without shimon peres. he was in the knesset for 48 years, but for more than 70 of his 93 years, in one way or the other, in and out of government, he was a public servant. i was honored to share almost 25 of those years with

janet reno made that commitment. it is not at all clear to me that jeff sessions -- and i should say since then, we have had more affirmative protection of providers coming from democratic attorney general's like eric holder. shortly after obama was elected, some of you might recall dr. george tiller was killed in kansas. eric holder's response was immediate. how can we protect abortion providers? i don't know. their physical protection has a lot to do with what an attorney general and the department of justice is willing to do. now underroviders are -- are now under legal attack, being subpoenaed by marsha blackburn's committee. the democrats on that committee have been flawless. they have repeatedly called for the committee to be disbanded. this committee has consistently leaked the names of the doctors of subpoenas and the fetal tissue researchers putting these people at physical risk. i don't know. there are ways to make them feel much isolated. just show up at clinics, bringing notes of encouragement. to be hone

[laughter] announcer: >> next, former attorney general janet reno, as the first woman to hold the position, served during both terms of the clinton administration leading the justice department three events like the oklahoma city bombing, the branch davidian siege, and several high-profile terrorism cases. she died earlier this year from complications related to parkinson's disease. here is a portion of janet reno's 2000 commencement address to law students at northwestern university. if all 50% of all human response is learned in the first year of life, if the concept of punishment is developed in first three years, what good are all the prisons going to be in 20 years now if the child does not understand punishment? what good are all the great institutional -- educational institutions going to be an affirmative action going to be if the child never learns in the first year the learned responses that are so critical? we have got to make sure as we parentsthese ages that are old enough, wise enough, and financially able enough to properly care for a child. people talk glibly about teaching

janet reno made that commitment. it is not at all clear to me that jeff sessions, i mean, and i should say it's been since then we've had more affirmative protection of providers coming from democratic attorney generals like eric holder, who, i mean, shortly after obama was elected some of you might recall dr. george tiller was killed in kansas that spring. eric holder's response was immediate. anyway, so how can we protect abortion providers? by -- i mean, i don't know. in other words, their physical protection has a lot to do with what an attorney general and the department of justice is willing to do. abortion providers, as my last slide showed, abortion providers are now under attack -- i mean, are now under legal attack, being subpoenaed by blackburn's committee. the democrats -- i mean, on tha have been flawless. they have -- jan schakowsky has repeatedly called for the committee to be disbanded. this committee by the way has consistently leaked the names of the doctors subpoenaed and the fetal tissue rearchers

janet reno, the first woman to hold that position.eading the justice department through event like the ohio city bombing. several high profile terrorism cases, and she died from complications related to parkinson's disease. here is a portion of the 2000 commencement address to law students at north western university >>> if 50% of human responses learnt in the first year of life, if the concept of reward and punishment are learnt what good are all the prisons going to be 20 years from now if that child doesn't understand punishment. what good are all the educational institutions going to be if a child never learns in the first year, the learned responses that are so critical. we have got to make sure as we address these ages that parents are old enough. wise enough and financially able to care for a child. people talk about glibly teaching parenting skills, you don't teach parenting skills in one course. but universities to better inform young parents, and how we get young parents to be better parents. one of the keys that no universi

states. >> that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states. >> janet reno becameongest-serving attorney general of the united states in more than 100 years. >> i don't know how the world will remember me. but i simply hope that the world, and especially our people, remember me as what i really am. and even though their dentures look clean, in reality they're not. if a denture were to be put under a microscope, we can see all the bacteria that still exists on the denture, and that bacteria multiplies very rapidly. that's why dentists recommend cleaning with polident everyday. polident's unique micro clean formula works in just 3 minutes, killing 99.99% of odor causing bacteria. for a cleaner, fresher, brighter denture every day. >>> 23 days until the president-elect takes office and it looks like he'll have the backing of some conservative latino leaders who dumped him during the election. who pulled their support after this speech back in august. you'll remember this. >> for those here illegally today, who are seeking legal status, they will have one route, and on

span janet reno is hosting an eternal dance party. as people come to terms with the loss of princes princess leia *e unsinkable molly brown. >> you are damaged goods. but charlie, the year is young, and this room for one more. i'm glad you are here. you are my one more love bundle. i'm kennedy. he the list of larger than life figures to passed this year is staggering. muha ali. arnold palmer, john glenn, cuban dictator fidel castro. house it going down there, fidel? that's barely the tip of the iceberg. tonight wee have to discuss it with the party panel in mourning and joy. it's comedian jimmy failla. and gavin mcinnes. kmele foster is here, the glorious host on the fifth column podcast. one of the most popular in the country. it's a worldwide phenomenon led by you and your great dress wearer and lapel pins. gavin, in your beautiful christmas card you touched on music and the attorneys music has in your life. i wanted to touch on music in the monologue. some of the musicians we lost, they leave a hole in the culture. tell me about yo

on the funeral of shimon peres, and we will also look at john glenn, mohammed ali, eli weisel, janet reno and fidel castro. join us on tuesday for live coverage of the opening day of the new congress. inch the official swearing of the new and reelected members of the house and senate and the election of the speaker of the house. begins-day live coverage at 7 a.m. on c-span or you can listen to it on the free c-span radio app. ♪ announcer: the presidential inauguration of a donald trump is friday, january 20. c-span will have live coverage of all the day's events and ceremonies. , ath live on c-span c-span.org or listen live on the free c-span radio app. announcer: for the next hour, a book tv exclusive. our cities tour visits scottsdale, arizona to learn more about it unique history and literary life. you can watch more of our visit at c-span.org/cities tour. part of theetter two decades, my family took a road trip every august to the family farm in thompson, i will. we would leave really early and my mom would pack up the night before. in the morning, by 4:00 a.m. we were up and ready to

>> janet reno. >> didn't she die? >> yes, ma'am. >> people are saying that edward bigma riddles too much for the school system. do you agree with that? >> i do but i feel like his back -- he does have good intentions. >> so general zod is known for being brash and outspoken. do you think isis will kneel before him the way he's demanded they do? >> no. i don't think -- i think they're >> who's more evil, isis or general zod? >> i feel like isis -- there's more of them, i feel they're more powerful. >> in a war between multiple general zods and isis, who would win? >> i'm going to say general zod, yeah. >> do you think trump was smart to big lex luther as attorney general? >> i think it was smart for trump. i don't think it's a smart move for america, no. >> so lex luther's appointment >> yes. >> you wouldn't lie about that? >> no, i would not. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: we're going to take a break. when we come back from the break we have a special holiday message from snoop dogg, and we'll journey to the year 2

before she even had a hearing then, president clinton turned to the never married and childless janet reno as the woman who would become the first woman confirmed as attorney general. rex tillerson is the same age as zoe baird. he has four children and is more than rich enough to have afforded some domestic help when his children were growing up in texas. what are the odds that rex tillerson has a zoe baird problem, what are the odds that he always found nannies and gardeners and domestic help in texas who were american citizens or properly-documented foreign workers? what are the odds that rex tillerson paid social security taxes on workers in his home before zoe baird taught the country that you had to do that? as i said, most people had no idea there was anything wrong with paying domestic workers with just cash. most people had no idea you were supposed to pay social security taxes for domestic workers. the senate finance committee went to work immediately to make it easier for people to pay those social security taxes for domestic workers, to create a simpler form to fill out. because

, janet reno and fidel castro. >> while people were starving, he was having the fancy parties in the white house. here was this rich man in washington sneering at the poor people. harrison had thousands of acres of the state, so he was actually a very wealthy man, that -- but he was portrayed as a champion of the poor. women came to the parade and waved handkerchiefs. some gave speeches. wrote pamphlets. it was shocking. some said they should be home. night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> the soho forum is a monthly debate in new york looking at issues from a libertarian perspective. this month, a debate on when the country should go to war. lawill hear from an nyu professor and a foreign-policy adviser with the cato institute. >> thank you. again, the resolution, the united states should he prepared to use force in defense of friendly nations, even when not subject to the direct threat of force. please vote on your cell phone or your smartphone, undecided, yes or no. you will vote this time and after the debate is over. as part of our tradition, we are going to be closing the vo

worked for judge in the court of appeals for the third circuit and is served under attorney general janet reno, works for the district of columbia and was named to the enron task force. from there she was counsel for the fbi and staff to director robert mueller, and the deputy attorney general's office, confirmation by the senate and assistant attorney general for national security, held her current position since march 2013 working out of what she calls my cave or bunker in the white house near the situation room. and so ends the biographical portion of the program. now on so my colleagues can eat their sausage. now for the recitation of ground rules. no live blogging or eighting, no filing of any kind. give us time to listen to what our guest says. to curb that, for all the reporters here, as regular attendees know, if you want to ask a question send me a subtle, nonthreatening signal, i will call on as many reporters as we get to in the time we have this morning. and we make some opening comments and move the questions around the table. >> what is a nonthreatening signal? >> obscenity, i kn

i had to do what she, janet reno, or alberto gonzales told me to do. the criminal justice system. if he says the department should dismiss the federal charges against officer slager, those charges are gone. and -- >> sessions can dismiss the present indictment that came down? >> absolutely. totally his decision. when we look at his record, this is a man who not only has been hostile to civil rights, he's actually brought cases against civil rights workers. >> i showed that. well, and that's why there has got to be a lot of pressure put on the democrats in the senate during these confirmation hearings. needs to have to answer this. let's turn to another major case in south carolina. the dylann roof trial got under way this past week. he's accused of killing nine black worshipers at the historic emanuel ame church. here is security video of roof going in and out of that church last year. and a sketch of roof in court this week as jurors watch a video of his confession. it included a chilling admission, quote, i went to that church in charleston and i did

for example, when bill clinton took office, janet reno sent out a memo that said, memo that said, if you have the opportunity to make a discretionary release, release it unless you can see there is a foreseeable harm. george bush and john ashcroft came in and they flipped it. and they basically said, if you can come up with the reason particularly of privacy or national security reason to withhold something under discretionary release, withhold it. obama came in and on day one of his presidency said, went back to essentially the clinton standard. so all all of the agencies are required, were required to abide by this attorney general guideline on how to follow the federal freedom of information act. the career people would go back and forth like a yo-yo. what legislation, bipartisan legislation was introduced over the last several years and finally passed and signed by the president in the spring that makes the obama holder discretionary release standard, the for siebel harm one law. so that ashcroft cannot come in and just say no, were flipping it that sounds like it's deep in the w

for example, when bill clinton took office, janet reno sent out a memo that said, if you have the opportunity to make a discretionary release, release it unless you can see there is a foreseeable harm. george bush and john ashcroft came in and they flipped it. and they basically said, if you can come up with the reason particularly of privacy or national security reason to withhold something under discretionary release, withhold it. obama came in and on day one of his presidency said, went back to essentially the clinton standard. all of the agencies are required, were required to abide by this attorney general guideline on how to follow the federal freedom of information act. the career people would go back and forth like a yo-yo. what legislation, bipartisan legislation was introduced over the last several years and finally passed and signed by the president in the spring that makes the obama holder discretionary release standard, the foreseeable harm one, law. so that ashcroft cannot come in and just say no, we are flipping it. absolutely it is really deep in the weeds and difficult to fol

you have janet reno, natalie cole, and pat summitt. >> and gwen ifill, pat summitt, janet reno, a reallate '30s and early '50s who faced a lot of challenges as women trying to accomplish what they accomplished. you can see a kind of common denominator between them. strong will, determination, real original people. >> absolutely. >> very, very brave. just inspirational. >> what a great issue. we're looking for "the new york times" magazine's the lives they lived issue, out this weekend. and online now. jake silverstein, thank you so much for coming in. >> good to be here. >> still ahead, donald trump's campaign manager kellyanne conway is taking a job in the white house. and she joins us next on "morning joe." s. i'm victoria alonso and i'm an executive producer... ...at marvel studios. we are very much hands-on producers. if my office... ...becomes a plane or an airport the surface pro's perfect. fast and portable but also light. you don't do this 14 hours a day, 7 days a week for... ...decades if you don't feel it in your heart. listen, i know my super power is to not ever sleep. that

at 8:00 eastern with a look at the life of shimon ,eres, john glenn, mohammed ali ellie was l, janet renond fidel castro. ♪ >> welcome to "westminster and review." >> is a time the government stopped running away from the looming threat of jobs and businesses in this country and the living standards of millions of people? >> i am optimistic about the prospect. >> we will be talking to two asks bert that what we know now and what the brexit future holds. not, there have been other subjects debated at westminster. blameample, who was to for the humanitarian disaster in syria. >> i think we are deceiving ourselves if we believe we have no responsibility for what has happened in syria. >> and on a more personal note, and np moves collects to tears when she tells her colleagues she was raped. left feeling surprise, then fear, then horror as i realized i could not escape. suspect has taken over debate at westminster, the brexit. it set up a radical change in direction. in the immediate aftermath, a caused david cameron to resign and after a truncated leadership conference, theresa may took char

janet reno and bob mueller. some of you are chuckling because these are two fundamentally different types of people, but they had something very similar that i respected which is they lead their institutions first and foremost focus on the facts of the law and completely impervious to clinical influence. -- impervious to political influence. packaging.ent >> i would say mentoring is like dating. it has to be mutual. in my experience, i have found -- i have developed a mutual bond. one of my mentors in my career who is a popular with everybody is a robert gibbs. he was one of the best bosses i ever had. for me, that was because he gave me a safety net to know that i could go to him. a long leash to figure out things on my own. everybody needs different mentoring and different relationships that will help you develop, the best version of that. -- develop the best version of that. i never thought about that, men helping men and the kinds of advice men give versus the kinds of advice women tend to give. that is some

former attorney general janet reno and bob mueller as i just explained. some of you are chuckling because these are two fundamentally different types of people. they had something very similar that i greatly respected which is they led their institutions first and foremost focused on the facts of the law and completely impervious to political influence. that was incredibly formative in my political experience but came in different packaging. >> i would say mentoring is kind of like he dating, it has to be mutual. i would say in my experience i have found that i have developed, kind of a mutual bond -- one of my mentors in my career and this isn't popular with everybody, is robert gibbs. he was probably one of the best bosses i have ever had. and for me that was because he gave me a safety net to know that i could always go to him and in guidance. but always gave me a long leash to kind of figure out things on my own. and everybody needs different mentoring and different relationships that will help you develop, you know the best version of that. but i do

so for example, when bill clinton took office, janet reno sent out a memo that said, if you have the opportunity to make a discretionary release, release it unless you can see if there is a foreseeable harm. george bush and john ashcroft came in and they flipped it. and they basically said if you can come up with a reason particularly of privacy or national security reason to withhold something under a discretionary release withhold it. obama came in and on day one of his presidency said, went back to essentially to the clinton standard, so all of the agencies are required were required to abide by the attorney general guideline on how to follow federal freedom of information act. and the career people would kind golf back and forth like a yoyo. well, legislation, bipartisan legislation was introduced and finally passed and signed by the president in the spring. that makes that obama holder discretionary release standard the foreseeable harm one law. so that ashcroft cannot come in and just say no, we're flipping it it. that sounds like it's really, really deep in the weeds. and kind

when bill clinton took office janet reno sent a memo, you have a chance to make a discretionary release release it unless you can see the harm. george bush and john ashcroft came in and flipped it and said if you can come up with a reason particularly privacy, would hold something under discretionary relief, fold it. obama came in and on day one of his presidency, essentially to the clinton standard, all of the agencies are required to abide by the attorney general guideline on how to follow the freedom of information act. and the career people would go back and forth like a yo-yo. legislation, bipartisan legislation was introduced over the last several years, and finally signed by the president in the spring, that makes that obama/holder discretionary relief standard lost so that ashcroft cannot come in and just say no, we are flipping it. it sounds like it is deep in the weeds and difficult to follow and more than a little strange. but it is really, really important and their were some other improvements made like the office of government information services, the national archives, h

. >> attorney general janet reno issued some guidelines. i actually have legislation. i don't even want to know who the confidential informants i appeared i want to know how many are out there, what they are being paid and what crimes they have committed while their part of the government program. the seller have a mr. chairman. thank you for your indulgence. >> the chair now recognizes mr. duncan. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. first of all, i want to go on record as saying i agree in saying that i'm astounded by the amount of spending that is being done on this 60 billion estimate and 100 billion over the last 10 years. i think we lose sight of how much a billion dollars actually is. but having said that, i have two other meetings and so unfortunately, i didn't get to hear your testimony and i apologize if you've gone into some of this earlier. i was fascinated by your report that the moynihan commission and we went through all this 20 years ago basically. the thing that is impressed with the notches there seems to be general agreement here today that there is

impact of death penalty we should do away with the death penalty and 20 years ago attorney general janet reno 0 appointed me to the citizens advisory panel for the - i believe the commitment to the sanctuary ordinance burglary benefit from having someone the commission will benefit from having someone with a strong immigrant rights background in policy and practical policy experience more than a years ago i was approached by black students at the howard law school to write and comment only policing and race i've shared with all your offices the resulting 50 page article i wrote in which i talked about black lives matter and others that are working on destructive alternative to creating true policing this is about public safety for everybody the reblues method recognizes the latin changes can come before to collaboration with common goals and experiences so working with the lavish movement and latino and asian-american organizations represents a strong foundation for collective change i'm sure you're all familiar with the broken windows to policing that term has not been used officially in san

leader who was most pivotal in my development couldn't seem more different.former attorney general janet reno as i just explained, some of you are chuckling because these are two fundamentally different types of people but they had something very similar that i respected which is they led their institutions first and foremost focused on the facts of the law and completely impervious quite frankly to political influence and that is something that was incredibly formative to my experience but they came in two very different packages. >> i would just say mentoring is kind of like dating. it has to be mutual. i would say in my experience, i have found that i have developed kind of a mutual bond with one of my mentors in my career and he was unpopular with everybody but that's robert gift and he was one of the best bosses i've ever had and for me, that was because he gave me a safety net to know that i could always go to him and guide him but always gave me a long leash to kind of figure out things on my own and everybody needs different mentor and and different relationships that will help you de

impact of death penalty we should do away with the death penalty and 20 years ago attorney general janet reno 0 appointed me to the citizens advisory panel for the - i believe the commitment to the sanctuary ordinance burglary benefit from having someone the commission will benefit from having someone with a strong immigrant rights background in policy and practical policy experience more than a years ago i was approached by black students at the howard law school to write and comment only policing and race i've shared with all your offices the resulting 50 page article i wrote in which i talked about black lives matter and others that are working on destructive alternative to creating true policing this is about public safety for everybody the reblues method recognizes the latin changes can come before to collaboration with common goals and experiences so working with the lavish movement and latino and asian-american organizations represents a strong foundation for collective change i'm sure you're all familiar with the broken windows to policing that term has not been used officially in san

[laughter] former attorney general janet reno.he first woman to hold the position, served during first terms of the clinton administration. leading the justice department for the oklahoma city bombing, and several high-profile terrorism cases. she died earlier this year from complications related to parkinson's disease. here is a portion of jenna reno's 2000 commencement address to law students at northwestern university. reno: human responses learned the first year of life. it is developed in the first three years. what good are all the prisons going to be 20 years from now if that child is honest and punishment? what good are all the institutional institutions going to be if the child never learns and knows the first year, responses that are critical? we have got to make sure, as we parents ofse ages, berlin enough, wise enough and financially able enough to properly care for a child. people talk about teaching parenting skills. you don't teach parenting skills in one course. universities is across this country can better inform

worked for judge in the court of appeals for the third circuit and is served under attorney general janet reno, works for the district of columbia and was named to the enron task force. from there she was counsel for the fbi and staff to director robert mueller, and the deputy attorney general's office, confirmation by the senate and assistant attorney general for national security, held her current position since march 2013 working out of what she calls my cave or bunker in the white house near the situation room. and so ends the biographical portion of the program. now on so my colleagues can eat their sausage. now for the recitation of ground rules. no live blogging or eighting, no filing of any kind. give us time to listen to what our guest says. to curb that, for all the reporters here, as regular attendees know, if you want to ask a question send me a subtle, nonthreatening signal, i will call on as many reporters as we get to in the time we have this morning. and we make some opening comments and move the questions around the table. what is a nonthreatening signal? david: it's like obsc

impact of death penalty we should do away with the death penalty and 20 years ago attorney general janet reno 0 appointed me to the citizens advisory panel for the - i believe the commitment to the sanctuary ordinance burglary benefit from having someone the commission will benefit from having someone with a strong immigrant rights background in policy and practical policy experience more than a years ago i was approached by black students at the howard law school to write and comment only policing and race i've shared with all your offices the resulting 50 page article i wrote in which i talked about black lives matter and others that are working on destructive alternative to creating true policing this is about public safety for everybody the reblues method recognizes the latin changes can come before to collaboration with common goals and experiences so working with the lavish movement and latino and asian-american organizations represents a strong foundation for collective change i'm sure you're all familiar with the broken windows to policing that term has not been used officially in san

here is a portion of janet reno's 2000 commencement address to law students at northwestern university. >>