. >> most of my knowledge of those agreements was handed down from jim jefferson. unfortunately he is not here to refresh my memory. >> ofm (off mic)( laughter) >> it occurs to me that the other person who was around at the time was don gehrer (sounds like) and we can check on his recollection as well. >> president torres: and we miss jim jefferson. he was a good man. communications, item number five. any public comments on communications? yes? >> is the indication we most recently received is included in item number five or included in a subsequent agenda? >> president torres: good point. we should amend the two included since it was passed last evening, we have all seen it but it should be included in the minutes. good point, thank you vice president courtney. >> i continue to be very please with the audit program in place; it is as comprehensive and transparent as any program program i have seen anywhere. i want to continue to support staff to make sure that the audit program is rigorous and copper has a as it is. it tells us things. some of the project we have

he talked about thomas jefferson's devotion in his private life to diversity and let's you interpret that. jimwebb gave a superb speech a broad ranging speech on history and patriotism. it was valley superb. anybody wants to go to the virginia website, both of them are featured there. both speeches were really worth it. >> that's not always true on graduation weekend. >> talking about it. >> i had an executescuse not to pay any attention. >> neither one spoke at the graduation? >> no. they were otherwise engaged and nominated. that was quite a con convention. no case about it. >> it all depends on how far turnout falls for the presidential. it's all you need to know. virginia, as a whole, has become a very purple state, even purplish blue in presidential eleks. obama has carried it twice and handi handily. i know peter knows village well and you do, bill. the i know credible thing about virginia is it was the least representative state for the longest time. now, twice in presidential e elections, it has come the closest of the 50 states to the national average of the presidential vote. but tha

jefferson jackson dinner. more intriguing however, ted cruz, who's reportedly considering a run himself, will speak at a dinner honoring jimoments ago is any indication, it sounds like he is read to take on the vice president. >> i would like to invite the vice president to engage in an hour long conversation and debate. how do we stop crime? >> and joining us now is karen finney, a soon to be colleague of mine here at the msnbc and former communications director at the dnc. let's get to the reasons why democrats hope mr. cruz wins. what is his biggest achilles heel in your view? worries over sharia law, his opposition to same-sex marriage, his able ility to insult memberf his own party? should i keep going? >> you can. i would say all of those have one thing in common and i think we just saw it in that clip. his ego. >> but karen, egos have never gotten in the way of people wanting to run for president. it normally is the very thing that drives them. >> however, there is a point at which you have to be able to be self-critical and recognize maybe critique criticizing members in our own party that you may need to get some

jefferson jackson fundraising dinner. also speaking at that dinner, represented jim cliburn and former senator fritz hollings. begins atage friday 7:30 p.m. eastern here on c- span, on c-span radio, and c- span.org. >> the intelligence he is driven by this certainty that religion and reason are in different boxes, that science and religion are in different boxes, and the two actually are at war with each other. someone who is rational is not religious. someone who is a religious is not rational. science is the antidote to .eligion this itself is the ultimate irrational idea, because both the belief that religion is inevitable to science and region -- and reason in the west is completely untrue. the orwell prize for journalism, melanie phillips take your calls, e-mails, facebook comments, and tweets, live, sunday noon eastern on book tv. >> the bipartisan policy center hosted a discussion on the use of drones for targeted killings. lawyer with the aclu and others of their thoughts on that policy. an all-starhis panel is a bit of an understatement. our panelists are a compilation of national security experts wh

coverage kicks off with vice president joe biden at the jefferson jackson fundraising dinner in columbia, south carolina. representative jim clyburn and former senator fritz hollings. south carolina is excited all the first southern presidential primary in 2016. live coverage starts at 7:30 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. tonight is the opening of the george w. bush library. it was dedicated last week. leading the tour, laura bush. here is a preview. >> as you well know, your husband had a lot of critics. of this change the way people view his presidency? >> i don't know if it is necessarily -- if it will necessary change the way. it is not meant to do that. it will explain all the different things we faced as a country and his choices and decisions he made to respond to whatever the challenges were. i think people will learn a lot. there are -- things people don't know about far and its relief program, -- pepfar and andaids relief program, there are a lot of things that people alone about that they don't know about before. but it will give an idea of what it is like to be president. there are success

jefferson jackson dinner. then ted cruz, the keynote speaker tonight at a tribute to former south carolina senator jim demint. your, site on c-span starting 7:30 eastern. /cpsan.book.com madeleine albright spoke on capitol hill today about the obama administration's foreign policy. she offered her thoughts on iran, syria, and south korea. >> it is my pleasure to welcome madeleine albright. she's excited to take questions. away all of your member cards. we are all about social media right now. acretary albright has been beacon of the values all around the world. that, she serves as a role model. she is the north star for strong national security policy. she reminds us that america is the indispensable nation, not the only nation that makes a difference, but the one required to bring out of the other nations together. the first secretary of state to be a woman. there have been so many in her shadows. she is also not afraid to dive in the political fights. doors,knocking on canvassing. she is ready to get into the dirt. that is what we all need to do to get the policies that we need. i have had the honor of her

jefferson-jackson fund- raising dinner. also attending that will be the former south carolina governor and the minority leader in the house, jim cliburn. that gets under way at 7:30 eastern, tomorrow night, and also happening tomorrow night, a keynote address by texas senator tim crews. he will be speaking at the republican annual silver elephant fund-raising dinner. we will have all of that tomorrow night plus your phone call comments and reaction, and we have posted a link on facebook and a place for your comments. reaction. have some we are just taking a look at some of the early ones so far. karen says, i cannot even think about 2016. she says, clinton in 2016. also, we need someone not afraid to tell the truth. i will stand with chris christie. and rodet c-span.org to the white house. president obama left the white house this afternoon after making a couple of cabinet appointments, and he headed to mexico for the first of three days of his latin american trip. he held a news conference with the mexican president. a number of topics were talked about including immigration and commerce as well. of three days. here is their

jim's support. that is how you turn the country around. the second principle is freedom. it is the foundational value of our country. the tool that our founders crafted was the constitution. thomas jeffersonescribed the constitution as change to bind the mischief of government. we should stand for the constitution and every part of the constitution. [applause] we should stand for the first amendment. all of us are shocked and horrified to read newspaper headlines this weekend that this administration is threatening to court-martial members of military if they share their faith with others. there comes a point where you cannot make this stuff up. the first amendment protects our free exercise of religion. let me be clear -- the u.s. government has no authority to tell any american in the military or not that he or she cannot share his or her faith of someone else. [applause] the second amendment, president obama has been pushing an agenda aggressively to come after our constitutional right to keep and bear arms. a few weeks ago i was proud to stand with my friend, senator rand paul, sending a very short letter to harry reid that said we will filibuster any legislation that undermines the r