jenny beth martin is a political strategist who, in 2009, responded to the call for a new kind of party. frustrated by the unprecedented , she isn of government held today as the tea party cofounder. any beth is now the national coordinator for the crusade, and is tirelessly working toward a return to conservatism. named one of time magazine's most influential leaders, she received more than 15 million members, in addition to chairing the tea party patriots citizens fund. she is also a frequent guest on every major television, print, and news outlet in the country. when jenny beth was not busy the movement, she targets discrimination. i do not know how she does it. we are tremendously blessed to have this revolutionary with us today. well, the national tea party cofounder, jenny beth martin. [applause] >> thank you. i bring news from the rio grande valley, the breach point for the largest invasion of american territory since the british occupied and burned our capital city in the war of 1812. morning, i awoke in mcallen, texas, having spent the better part of the last week seeing for my

please help me welcome the national tea party cofounder, jenny beth martin. [applause] >> thank you. i bring news from the rio grande valley, the breach point for the largest invasion of american territory since the british occupied and burned our capital city in the war of 1812. just yesterday morning, i awoke in mcallen, texas, having spent the better part of the last week seeing for myself and for you exactly what is happening on our southern border. i spent that time talking with local sheriffs and residents, hearing directly from the frontlines, and hearing firsthand about all of the problems on the border. we hear calls from the people on the left, and even some in the republican party, saying we must launch what they call a humanitarian effort. they tell us we must care for the unaccompanied minors coming into our entry. -- into our country. they tell us we must not, we cannot send these young people home. they tell us we must borrow even more money from china to house, feed, inoculate, and treat the se strangers who broke into our home. well, i am a m

when jenny beth was not busy the movement, she targets discrimination. i do not know how she does it. we are tremendously blessed to have this revolutionary with us today. well, the national tea party cofounder, jenny beth martin. [applause] >> thank you. i bring news from the rio grande valley, the breach point for the largest invasion of american territory since the british occupied and burned our capital city in the war of 1812. morning, i awoke in mcallen, texas, having spent the better part of the last week seeing for myself and for you exactly what is happening on our southern border. i spent that time talking with local sheriffs and residents, hearing directly from the frontlines, and hearing firsthand about all of the problems on the border. people onlls from the the left, and even some in the republican party, saying we must launch what they call a humanitarian effort. must care fore the unaccompanied minors coming into our entry. they tell us we must not -- no, we cannot -- send these young people home. us we must borrow even more money from ch

please help me welcome any beth martin. -- jenny beth martin. [applause] >> thank you. i bring news from the rio grande valley, the breach point for the largest invasion of american territory since the british occupied and burned our capital city in the war of 1812. morning, i awoke in mcallen, texas, having spent the better part of the last week seeing for myself and for you exactly what is happening on our southern border. i spent the time talking with local sheriffs and residents hearing from the front lines and learning firsthand about the problems from the border. we hear calls from people on the left and even some in the republican party saying we must launch with a call a humanitarian effort. care for us we must the unaccompanied minors coming into the country. they tell us we must not, we cannot send these young people home. they tell us we must borrow even more money from china to house, clothes, feed, inoculate entry these strangers who broke into our home. mother. i am a woman. i am a christian, and i'm proud to say i am an american. i have listened to these

and yes say team from tea party groups like matt kibbie and jenny beth martin. let's talk about another way some say government controls us by plan up lateing our money. and -- manipulating our money, you say that is a form of big brother, stove forbes. >> money, is a measure of value. and when government man inlates it, it -- manipulates it, it picks winners and losers, it hurts the economy. since we've gone off gold standard. john: they are not manipulating, they are trying to keep it stable. >> stable? they keep changing the value, imagine if they did to clock what they do to dollar, 60 in an hour one day, and 42 minutes next day, and 30 minutes next. that would be chaotic. using inflated-ujusted minutes. >> they do this by printing more money, buying bonds. >> and other ways, the head of federal reserve said she wants 2% inflation that will cost american family $1000 extra teach this year, not one senator said where did get that authority to left that's extra tax on the american people? >> people on the left, have your supporters here. john: people on left s

other speakers are including jenny beth martin. the u.s.se voted along party lines to sue president obama over the implementation of the health care law. two scholars recently debated the wisdom of that effort. toobin moderated the discussion. it is hosted by the aspen institute. >> we had justices kennedy and breyer, and my wife did the introductions. ellen is now serving as the director of art in embassies for the state department, and since the format of the program is a highlys barred debate on controversial subjects, i thought i should say a word about why i think this subject is so important. was our constitution written, our founders were concerned about keeping the federal government small and avoiding anything that resembled the monarchy that they had fought against. congress was to check the power of the executive. the courts were to check the power of both. and juries were to check the power of all three. but today congress and the executive branch hardly resemble anything our founders could have imagined. congress has been incap

other speakers include jenny beth martin.he annual event is hosted by colorado christian university. the heads of 50 african countries meeting in washington dc this week for three days of talks. at 1:40 five eastern today, vice president biden will be addressing the group. he is followed by a discussion on the biggest issues to impact development. --tury state kerry will secretary of state kerry will the made. open the president will close the session. he is expected to announce $14 billion in commitments in u.s. businesses to invest in africa. we will have live coverage all of that on c-span. earlier today come at the same summit, we heard remarks from former new york city mayor michael bloomberg and commerce secretary penny pritzker. they spoke for about 20 minutes. >> good morning. thank you for joining all of us. i wanted to especially thank president obama and congress pennyary any pritzker -- brisker for teaming up with us to host this ground breaking event. with over 200 corporations and over 50 african countries are p

over on c-span, from this year's western conservative summit with tea party patriots co-founder jenny beth martin along the with former alaska governor sarah palin who called for the impeachment of president obama. >> these days you hear all of these politicians, they're denouncing barack obama saying, oh, he's a lawless, imperial president and ignores court orders and changes laws by fiat and refuses to enforce laws that he just doesn't like. that's true, but the question is, okay, politicians, what are you gonna do about it? [laughter] [applause] let's call their bluff. i'm calling their bluff because we need a little less talk and a lot more action. this is only one remedy for a president who commits high crimes and misdemeanors, and it's impeachment. it's the i word. [cheers and applause] >> by the way, we will show you all of that event, the western conservative summit in denver, tonight at 8 p.m. eastern over on c-span. voters are heading to the polls in four states today including michigan, washington state, missouri and kansas to select their party's nominees for the fall general e

over on c-span tonight, this year's western conservative summit with tea party patriots cofounder jenny beth martin, sarah palin who calls for impeachment of president obama. >> these days year all of these politicians are denouncing barack obama saying he is a lawless commitment as president and ignored court orders and changes law and refuses to report loss he doesn't like. that's true but the question is these politicians, what are you going to do about it? >> let's call their bluff. i'm calling their bluff that we need a little less talk and a lot more action. there's only one remedy for a president who commits high crimes and misdemeanors, and its impeachment. >> watch all of this year's western conservative summit hosted by the university in denver. tonight at eight eastern over on c-span. >> voters are heading to the polls in four states today can including michigan, washington state, missouri and kansas. to select their party's nominees for the fall general elections. tonight we're tracking the senate raising kids is where incumbent republican pat roberts is facing up against tea par