without further it do, i want to introduce are two cochairs, joe lieberman and jon huntsman.on huntsman is a two-term governor of utah. very important going forward. joe served the state of connecticut for 26 years in the senate. i like to think of him as a real independent. he was no labels before we ever thought of this place. without further do, let a bring both of them out. ♪ [applause] >> that is such an auspicious song. that is assigned i have iran for governor in 2004. we are to one that election. following those two, what a special moment. when people like that take this effort seriously, you know we are doing is a serious purpose. you do not waste your time, you want to be part of something purposeful that is going in a direction toward destiny that will be good for this country. i'm delighted to be here with joe lieberman, my cochair, my rabbi, my friends, my big brother. let me just remind you of a couple things that is so significant about why we are here today. number one, there is a new center of gravity emerging in american politics. that is by virtue of how th

bush: joe lieberman, the great senator from connecticut who is one courageous person when it comes to doing what is right for freedom in the world, and we are thrilled you are here, joe. retirement ain't all that bad a deal, is it? you look refreshed being outside of washington. someone who is not so refreshed, but is doing a fabulous job as senator of colorado, cory gardner. we appreciate your service, and i want to thank you for being one of the architects of tougher sanctions on north korean officials for human rights violations. ambassador robert king, special envoy for north korean human rights, has joined us. robert, we appreciate you coming. you will hear from robert and the other two i introduced soon. we've got members of the korean-american community. part of the purpose here is to encourage all americans, but the

from how john mccain and lindsey graham and former senator joe lieberman and all of the sort of -- and marco rubio. there is a caucus in the u.s. senate made up largely of republicans who are skeptical and really reluctant to accept sort of the warm words that donald trump -- >> is rex tillerson going to be forced to denounce putin in that confirmation hearing? >> i believe he will be and pushed about his own reflexes and his own impulses. this is going to become a threat that i think we will be able to pull through the first early months of trump presidency. what's the impulse and instinct instinct and reflex is to defend putin from hacking. we know that rex tillerson in business dealings was able to be so sort of conciliatory and able to work with russia that he received a medal of friendship. what does that tell us about their impulses about russia as really not an ally but an adversary at this point to the united states of america. >> nicolle wallace, thank you very much.

i am glad the collar like to joe lieberman and -- i'm glad the caller likes joe lieberman and todd ridge. aboutf them talked bioterrorism and not to deal with them. in terms of learning, there's a lot to be said about collecting learns from previous andnistrations incorporating them. the best example is george w. bush and the flu. andooked at the situation of the 1918 flu and said what the federal government did was borderline criminal. there were so inept. we know a lot more. what should the federal government response be? financial collapse, when things were going poorly, he said at one point, if this is the great depression, you are dam sure i will be fdr. theote another book about movies they watch. i talk about the kind of reading they do. read historynd to and biography spring from that, they get lessons from history that they apply. host: i do not a you are this issue. how do you think the governor of the state and reacted to the flint water crisis? city leaders were charged in the past week. this was a real problem. i talked a little bit and i have a chapter on food and water sho

i am glad the collar like to joe lieberman and -- i'm glad the caller likes joe lieberman and todd ridge. aboutf them talked bioterrorism and not to deal with them. in terms of learning, there's a lot to be said about collecting learns from previous andnistrations incorporating them. the best example is george w. bush and the flu. andooked at the situation of the 1918 flu and said what the federal government did was borderline criminal. there were so inept. we know a lot more. what should the federal government response be? financial collapse, when things were going poorly, he said at one point, if this is the great depression, you are dam sure i will be fdr. theote another book about movies they watch. i talk about the kind of reading they do. read historynd to and biography spring from that, they get lessons from history that they apply. host: i do not a you are this issue. how do you think the governor of the state and reacted to the flint water crisis? city leaders were charged in the past week. this was a real problem. i talked a little bit and i have a chapter on food and water sho

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i'd like to turn this microphone over to my great friend joe lieberman.hank you. >> thank you, jon. thanks, ladies and gentlemen. great honor really to be co-chair of no labels with jon huntsman and better to be his friend. i want to take my text for my brief remarks this noon from a holiday card i got from my former colleague in the senate tom carper of delaware. on the card he quoted this african proverb, "if you want to go fast, go alone. if you want to go far, go together." and i think that proverb really sums up what no labels has been about and what we are doing here today. there has to be a new center in american politics where people with good intentions, even if they have different ideas, can work together to get things done for our country. because if we don't have a center in american politics, we don't really have a functioning democracy. we just have a never-ending battle of factions trying to impose their narrow views on one another. and that, too often in recent years, is exactly what it's felt like in america. it feels like we're coming ap

joe lieberman stripping out a public option on a whim -- >> medicare and walked back on. it's funny because i was having a conversation with trump voters when we d our town hall and one was telling me his experience with obama care which was a legitimately bad experience because he tried to retire early as a 61-year-old individual with health problems. and i thought to myself, man, there's that moment where they could have happened. >> i will never forgive joe lieberman. he didn't pull it back. he personally stripped it out of the bill. we needed 100% of democrats on board because after an indelicate dance with grassley and the republicans -- >> so here's my question. one way of looking at is political capital is like a bank account you draw upon to make investments or purchases. >> sure. >> and barack obama had a lot of political capital and he sure as heck used it. there's this tremendous line of accomplishments. basically do you think the trade was worth it at the end? >> yeah, i do. >> i think the president thinks the same thing. >> i do. >> the question is -- >> let'

without further ado, i want to introduce our two cochairs, joe lieberman and jon huntsman. is a two-term governor. our china hand, very important going forward. joe served for 26 years in the senate as i like to think of them is a real independent, he was no labels before we ever thought of this place. without further ado, let me bring them both out. the ♪ >> such a good song. a beautiful day by u2. we actually won that election. following now st. paul's and andy persky, what a special moment. when people like that, when they take this effort seriously, you know what we are doing is that serious purpose and intent. all of you in this room don't waste your time. you want to be part of something purposeful that is going in a direction towards a destiny that is good for this recovery. i'm delighted to be here with joe lieberman, my cochair, rabbi, friend, big or other. if you are here, we love you, too. you are terrific. there she is. let me just remind you of a couple things so significant about why we are here today. number one, there is a new center of rapidly emerging in a

i'd like to turn this microphone over to my great friend joe lieberman. you. >> thank you, jon. thanks, ladies and gentlemen. great honor really to be co-chair of no labels with jon huntsman and better to be his friend. i want to take my text for my brief remarks this noon from a holiday card i got from my former colleague in the senate tom carper of delaware. on the card he quoted this african proverb, "if you want to go fast, go alone. if you want to go far, go together." and i think that proverb really sums up what no labels has been about and what we are doing here today. there has to be a new center in american politics where people with good intentions, even if they have different ideas, can work together to get things done for our country. because if we don't have a center in american politics, we don't really have a functioning democracy. we just have a never-ending battle of factions trying to impose their narrow views on one another. and that, too often in recent years, is exactly what it's felt like in america. it feels like we're coming apart

bush: joe lieberman, the great senator from connecticut who is one courageous person when it comes to doing what is right for freedom in the world, and we are thrilled you are here, joe. retirement ain't all that bad a deal, isn't it? you look refreshed being outside of washington. the other one is not refreshed, but is doing a fabulous job as senator of colorado, cory gardner. we appreciate your service, and i want to thank you for being one of the architects of tougher sanctions on north korean officials for human rights violations. ambassador robert king, special envoy for north korean human rights, has joined us. robert, we appreciate you coming. you will hear from robert and the other two i introduced soon. we've got members of the korean-american community. part of the purpose here is to but thee all americans, best leaders will be korean americans who have benefited from living in america to help those who have sought freedom. we have some notables with us, , golfer, kj choi dallas area resident, cocaptain of the presidents cup international team that came in second to the amer

to myself, man, there was that moment where they could have happened. >> i will never forgive joe liebermant just pull it back, he personally stripped it out of the bill at the last moment because, remember, we needed 100% of democrats on board because after an incredibly delicate dance for six months with grassley and the main republicans we needed every democrat. >> here's my question. one way of looking at it is political capital is a bank account you draw upon to make investments or purchases and barack obama had political capital and he sure as heck used it. there's a tremendous line of accomplishments, basically, do you think the trade was worth it at the end? >> yeah. i do. i do. >> i think the president thinks the same thing. the question is how do you -- >> let's keep in mind we are in this position because we're talking about roughly, what, 80,000 votes in three states. barack obama says i could have won. you know who else could have won? hillary clinton could have won. >> of course. >> so i'm not ready to throw out the book. >> that's why it's important to distinguish between thi

i am glad the collar like to joe lieberman and -- i'm glad the caller likes joe lieberman and todd ridgeaboutf them talked bioterrorism and not to deal with them. in terms of learning, there's a lot to be said about collecting learns from previous andnistrations incorporating them. the best example is george w. bush and the flu. andooked at the situation of the 1918 flu and said what the federal government did was borderline criminal. there were so inept. we know a lot more. what should the federal government response be? financial collapse, when things were going poorly, he said at one point, if this is the great depression, you are dam sure i will be fdr. theote another book about movies they watch. i talk about the kind of reading they do. read historynd to and biography spring from that, they get lessons from history that they apply. host: i do not a you are this issue. how do you think the governor of the state and reacted to the flint water crisis? city leaders were charged in the past week. this was a real problem. i talked a little bit and i have a chapter on food and water short

so without further adieu, i want to introduce our two co-chairs, joe lieberman and jon huntsman, two nor of utah, joe served as state of connecticut for 26 years in the senate, as i like to think of him as a real independent. he was no labels before we ever thought of this place. and so without further adieu, let me bring them both out. [ applause ] ♪ ♪ it's a beautiful day >> that's such an auspicious song "beautiful day" by u2. that's the song i had when i ran for governor. auspicious because we won that election. it was pretty good. following nelson peltz and and andy bursky, what a special moment. people like that, mark and others who are here, whether they take this effort seriously, you know what we're doing is a serious purpose and intent. all of new this room, you don't waste your time. you want to be part of something purposeful that is going toward a -- in a drildirection that wi good for the country. i'm delighted here to be here with joe lieberman, my friend, my big brother, hadassa, if you're here, we love you toochlt you're terrific. there she is. let me just remind you

bring people together, obviously coming up with this group that has no labels tell us about it joe lieberman> absolutely right, there are no labels has existed about six years john and i cochairs the new center of american politics, it is place where democrats republicans independents can come together, to try to get something done, in our government, and we think the time is right after this election, particularly to work with if president-elect we are announcing two big things a problem solvers bipartisan caucus in congress, of at least 50 members and then creating, a super pac wish a better term with goal raising 50 million dollars to support candidates for congress, who when it comes to the big votes say no to the party leadership say no to the interest groups i am going to do what i think is right, and negotiate a compromise with the other party to get something done for our country, so that is what no labels is about today. >> after a incredible we are that we had governor huntsman obviously you want to try to get people to forget their labels republican democrat, independents, and jus

the center for jewish and christian values which he chaired with another friend of mine, senator joe lieberman. to help resolve the nation's problems. he has extraordinary intellect. i'm cutting spending, promoting the policies and strengthening our national security in the era that we faced numerous threats. as a father and grandfather. our obligation to shore to make sure it is sound for the next generation. it is a particular honor to work side-by-side. public service through the committee will never be fully known. but i can share with you it's almost an instinctual ability to get to the higher finish you no matter how calm but -- complex e the topic. so deeply about these issues that confront her. the administrations failed to advo strategy. his strong and effective advocacy for improved. the one hi is safety and securiy of the nation and its people. for years he's worked to protect the most critical infrastructu infrastructure. senator coats has warned us it isn't a matter of if but when. it's the most important an infrastructure. for all of us who seek to serve he epitomizes dedication,

senator joe lieberman.efore the campaign and before the final election to impeach the commissioner of the irs. there's still a number of republicans that want to do that, but the leadership has put the kibosh on it. the guy who is not too hot aboue that. -- not too happy about that. time is life. we have 18,000 people around the world. the microsoft cloud helps our entire staff stay connected and work together in real time to help those that need it. the ability to collaborate changes how we work. what we do together changes how we live. neil: a real quick peek at the dow right now. it is. comfortably at record territory. at these levels it is 2.8% from 20,000. about 550.5 from here. we've had many days for which i matter close to that. not so unreachable. the more it puts in perspective how fast this how fast does it happen. 1100 points has happened since the election of donald trump. the small cap stocks about half at nearly 20% year-tdate gain has come just in the election of donald trump. putting this i

. >> well look, joe lieberman, former democratic vice president became senator was on new day and saide trump administration not going to do is pressure benjamin netanyahu to do anything he doesn't want to do. that is a very different posture. and if that is going to be your posture as the u.s. president it is very hard to play the honest broker role because the evidence is that netanyahu has a very narrow needle to tlaetd to see anything that would be in israel's interests with the negotiations with the palsz nls. you could end one more stalemate. >> we appreciate. ive. good discussion. >>> just in, the cnn actress carrie fisher, who played princess leia in "star wars" has been hospitalized. her flight was approaching l.a. when she became ill. cnn will be following the story and as we get more information, will bring it to you. erin burnett "outfront" anchored by poppy harlow starts right now. >>> "outfront" next the chief suspect in the berlin christmas market attack shot to death in italy. plus trump sparring over putin with nukes while talking about improving relss with russia, wil

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senator joe lieberman served 24 years in the u.s. senate and was vice presidential nominee of the democratic party in 2000 which did not turn out quite as planned. over the years he has strongly and sometimes single-handedly defended the great internationalist tradition of franklin roosevelt and john kennedy of the freedoms and the new frontier. he is defending those ideals that aei is cochair of the american international institute. victor cha was asian direct or the nfc. he's the author of several books including the impossible state. he now serves simultaneously as the director of the asian studies at georgetown university , a korean chair at the center for strategic and international studies and the human freedom fellow at the bush institute which sounds exhausting just saying it. and robert gallucci is perhaps the most experienced and chief negotiator during the north korean nuclear crisis of 1994. the former dean of the school of foreign service at georgetown, now he is a professor at georgetown and a consultant to the bush ins

c-span,g up tonight on former utah governor jon huntsman and former connecticut senator joe lieberman the first when hundred days of the next administration. then former minister -- former british prime minister tony blair on the impact of the u.k. brexit vote. lawmakers. by may well the trip administration asounced dr. ben carson secretary of housing and urban development. here is look at some of the happenings at trump tower. >> we are excited to have dr. carson as our intended nominee for housing and urban development heard we look for to another productive week in this transition that is setting a historic pace. i was putting some time in new york this week. i think the american people are rightfully encouraged and impressed with the speed the president-elect is taking to assemble a government that will make america great again. >> the bulk of the time was with president-elect donald trump.

our conference at that time and i spent a year trying to get any democrat, any democrat, even joe lieberman, the most reasonable democrat to join with us and their at thattitude was we have the white house, the house this, senate. you want to do something on social security, jew do -- you do it. that means we'll see you in the next election. so misdisappoint if with barack obama, two things have to be done to save america. from the path we're headed. entitlement eligible changes, understand you have to change the eligible for very popular things like medicare and social security, to fit the demographics of america tomorrow. not america in the '30s or the '60s. social security in '30s, medicare in the '60s. the president knows that. he is a very smart guy. he doesn't want to do it. could preparesive tax rome. it's been 30 years, we need to do it again. not for the purpose of getting more revenue of the government. it's for the purpose of making america more competitive but the president won't do tax reform in any other way other than to get additional revenue for the government. so these two

i was number two in the conference at the time spent a year trying to get any democrat even joe lieberman lieberman to join with us and their attitude was, you have the white house, you have the house, you have the senate, you want to do something on social security you do it, what that means is we'll see you in the next election. my big disappointment is that there's two things that have to be done to save america. entitlement eligibility changes. another words you have to change the eligibility for very popular things like medicare and social security to fit the demographics of america tomorrow. not america in the 30s or in the 60s, social security and 30s medicare the 60s. the president knows that. he doesn't want to do comprehensive tax reform, spent 30 years and we need to do it again, it's it's not for the purpose of getting more revenue for the government the president won't do it in any other way other than to try to get additional revenue for the government. so these transformative issues we have been unable to address because the nation ceo simply doesn't want to do it. >> i sup

after that, former massachusetts senator joe lieberman and john husband host a discussion previewingved your objectives and at what cost. i wanted to see in the last half-century of military interventions, -- partisan politics aside, what happens in the after affects of the war. q&a, media on entrepreneur and travel writer, brian gruber discusses his latest book "war, the after party." it chronicles his travel experiences through countries affected by u.s. involved conflicts. >> we all come up with some sort -- some form of bias. i went to these places with an open mind. not to understand so much a pol but partisan point of view, to look at is the mission was accomplished and what were the costs on both ends of the gun barrel. >> tonight, at 8:00 p.m. eastern on q&a. morning, retired lieutenant general -- from the heritage association looks at donald trump's selection for security. then randi weingarten on education policies and donald trump's nomination of betsy devos as education secretary. and later, david lampton discusses the future of u.s. chinau.s.-china relations in the trump

then former utah governor jon huntsman and former connecticut senator joe lieberman on the first 100 days of the next administration. british prime minister tony blair on the impact of the uk's brexit vote. tuesday evening, it is the official lighting ceremony for the u.s. capitol christmas tree, with remarks from congressional leaders. the annual ceremony from the west lawn of the capital is live at 5:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. later, a discussion on freedom of speech and freedom of press and politics. the cato institute hosts media specialists live starting at six 5 p.m. eastern on c-span3. off the many look of a project, you look afterwards to see whether you have she your objectives come at what cost. to see through this last half-century of military , partisan politics aside at the reality aside, what happens after the party is over, what are the after effects of war? what are the costs on both sides? >> sunday night, media entrepreneur and travel writer discusses his latest book war, the after party, a global walkabout to a half-century of u.s. military interventions. it chron

by jon followed up huntsman and joe lieberman on the first 100 days of the trump administration. >> c-span'sgton withal," live every day news and policy issues that impact you. coming up morning, north carolina republican congressman walter jones is joined by california democratic congressman ted lou to discuss -- ted lieu to discuss their bipartisan legislation. then a look at foreign efforts to spread fake news during the 2016 election cycle with clint ross from the foreign policy -- clint watts from the foreign policy research institution. journal" liveton tuesday at 7 a.m. hearingp on tuesday, a on the allegations of data manipulation by the u.s. geological survey. the deputy director testifies before the house committee live on c-span3. consider theers influence of iran over certain terror groups in the middle east. we are live with the senate foreign relations committee tuesday at 2:30 p.m. eastern. follow the transition of government on c-span as president-elect donald trump selects his cabinet and the republicans and democrats prepare for the next congress to read we will take you to

former connecticut senator and joe lieberman, texas congress and physician, you do not want to miss any of that. diplomatic showdown, tensions between the u.s. and israel are rising following secretary john kerry's speech yesterday. president-elect trump is teaming up with benjamin netanyahu taking aim at the obama administration. >> they have a choice, they can choose to live together in one state or they can separate into two states. but here is a fundamental reality, if the choice is one state, israel can either be jewish or democratic, it cannot be both and it won't ever be really be at peace. >> israelis do not need to be lectured about the importance of peace by foreign leaders. israel's hand has been extended in peace to neighbors from day one. >> i think israel has been treated unfairly by a lot of people. you look at resolutions in the united nations, you take a look at what's happened, they are up 20 reprimands and other places that treat people horribly have sandra: this speech, a 72-minute speech, by the way, after a u.s. allowed resolution to pass which criticizeed israel's

together, they're the three amigos -- or as our former colleague joe lieberman might point out, we shouldally call them the three amigos 2.0. either way, here's what's clear: it is an equal partnership, one of strength and trust, one that has strengthened our defense policy and one that i am sure senators graham and mccain would say has enriched their lives. i'm sure many other colleagues feel exactly the same way. senator ayotte set out to make an impact. she clearly made one on her state and her country, for her constituents and her colleagues. but i know senator ayotte would tell you the more cherished moments of her life aren't those spent in classified briefings. they're the ones spent with her faming, with her husband joe and their two children, jake and kate. they've always been her biggest fans. they are a constant source of comfort and support. sometimes they'd like to jump in on the action themselves. in fact, kate recently made a cameo alongside her mother in an ad featuring the two shooting hoops and practicing lay-ups. from what i hear, kate may even have her sights on a futu

about putin and russia, a stark departure how john mccain and lindsey graham and former senator, joe lieberman and marco rubio, there is a caucus in the u.s. senate made up largely of republicans who are skeptical and reluctant to accept the -- >> will he be forced to denounce putin in that conversation? >> i think he will be and will be pushed about his own reflexes and own impulses. this is going to become a thread i think we can pull through the entire first early months of the trump's presidency. what is the instinct. we know on in tell, trumps instinct is to defend putin from ha hacking. we know rex tiller son in business dealings was able to be conciliatory and able to work with russia he received a medal of friendship. what does that tell us about their impulses as russia as not an ally but adversary at this point to the united states of america. >> thank you very much. >> won't be boring. you're right about that. >>> this morning, another dangerous deep freeze is under way and will eventually bring bone chilling temperatures to most of the country. good morning, ron mott in chicago. >>

center for jewish and christian values which he chaired with another dear friend of mine, senator joe lieberman. with his wife, marsha, he founded the foundation for america renewal to advance faith-based solutions and initiatives to help resolve our nation's many social problems. when dan coats returned to the senate in 2012, he pledged to the people of indiana, to our nation that he would focus his tremendous energy and extraordinary intellect on cutting wasteful spending, reducing our national debt, promoting pro-growth job creating policies and strengthening our national security in an era where we face numerous threats from every possible place. and he has kept those promises. as a father and a grandfather, two roles that i know that he cherishes, senator coats has taken to heart our obligation to ensure a sound, economic future for the next generation. it has been a particular honor to work side by side with dan coats on the intelligence committee. his public service through that committee will never be fully known to the public, but i can share with you that senator coats has almost inst

or is our former colleague joe lieberman might point out, we should really call them the three amigos to point out -- the 2.0. amigos this partnership strength and our defense policy and i'm sure the senators will tell you it has enriched their lives. i am sure many other colleagues feel exactly the same way. senator a out set out to make an impact. she clearly made one on her state, her country, her constituents, and her colleagues. i know senator ayotte would tell you the most jurors moments are not the one spent in cause wide briefings or on congressional delegation. they are the ones met with her family. with her husband and their two year -- and their two children. biggest fans. her they are a constant source of comfort and support, sometimes they would like to jump in on the action themselves. in fact, kate made a cameo alongside her mother in an ad featuring the two shooting hoops and practicing layups. from what i hear, cape may even have her sights on a future in politics. she once advised her mom not to run for president. senator a out was taken aback. such was not planning