should do, with democratic senator tim kaine and republican senator john mccain. good evening, i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. also ahead this wednesday, general motors c.e.o. mary barra faces tough questions from lawmakers over deadly defects, on the heels of the company's most recent major recall. >> woodruff: and it's some people's worst fear, getting bitten by a poisonous snake. about 100,000 people around the world die from them every year. >> venomous snakes attack more than two million people a year in rural parts of india, asia, africa, central and south america. without timely medical treatment, patients will die. >> woodruff: those are just some of the stories we're covering on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org >> and with the ongoing support of these insti

but now this sport is being ruined by players like kain colter, seen here selfishly rite writhing onground, who insist they deserve more. >> right now not one penny is guaranteed to pay for our medical expenses. you hear horror stories about players losing scholarships they've been injured. what are these kids going do. >> they should get a second job. >> we already have fall-time job. we don't have time get a second job. >> why don't you just sell kain colter jerseys, make some extra crash. >> you're not allowed to profit off your likeness. >> join another league. >> there is no other league. >> you have a lot of complaints. >> a lot of those expenses down the road will be coming out of our own pocket even though we suffered the injuries wearing our school's colors. >> when you go in with back pain, if that doctor instead of money will accept a nice little anecdote about how fun it is to beat wisconsin? >> we didn't beat wisconsin. >> oh. well, that's on you. whether it's coulter or other collegiate athletes once again wining they deserve a cut of ncaa profit or brand-new complaints

thank you kaine for your insights. i know he has a real passionate interest in honduras as such with the whole central american region. i have one final question. i was arguing earlier that we need to invest more so we don't spend so much more as it comes to facing the problem versus meeting the core elements of why we have situations like young people crossing the

herman kain potential president again, and fan of "potter gist i i." in the 2014 midterm elections a battle between the tea party and republicans is about to play out in mississippi, sam cochrane has been in the senate since 1968. seeking his seventh term. he's facing chris mc-daniel, and supporters were arrested for allegedly photographing cochrane's bedridden wife in a nursing home. the image to be used in an attack add. mc-daniel's condemn itted. there are questions about what he news. the poll is a toss-up. waiting in the wings is travis childers, the democratic nominee for the mississippi senate seat. if his opponent is mc-daniel democrats will pop the corks and republicans will have heartburn. mc-daniel has a lengthy record of inflammatory and racial statements that may not play well in a general election. >> in the race for a congregsal seat. matt rowsen dale has been campaigning against a federal government with too much power. he released this ad. [ gun fire ] >>. >> the federal government is too big and too powerful. >> yes, he shot down a dr

at the same conference, herman kain gave an indication that he would join the field. in 2012 he was accused of sexual harassment. here is part of his speech this weekend. >> the liberals thought they had shut be up. i'm back. [ laughs ] [ cheering and applause ] >> i'm back. >> herman kain, fan of "potter gist ii", he pulled it off better than most people. in the 2014 congressional midterm elections, a battle between the tea party and republican establishment is about to play out in mississippi senate primary. a republican seeking a seventh term, facing chris mc-daniel. four mc-daniel supporters were found photographing his opponents wife in a nursing home. this race is a toss up. waiting in the wings is travis childers, the democratic nominee for the senate seat. if childers opponent is mc-daniel. democrats will celebrate. republicans will have heartburn. he as a record of inflammatory and racist statements that could make him u.n. electable. it the senate seat goes to a republican, the majority goes up. in the race for a congressional seat. matt rowsen dale campaign

should do, with democratic senator tim kaine and republican senator john mccain.ood evening, i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. also ahead this wednesday, general motors c.e.o. mary barra faces tough questions from lawmakers over deadly defects, on the heels of the company's most recent major recall. >> woodruff: and it's some people's worst fear, getting bitten by a poisonous snake. about 100,000 people around the world die from them every year. >> venomous snakes attack more

kaine: if i could ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection is there objection? without objection. mr. kaine: mr. president, i rise today to talk about an american memory and the absence of a memory. and the lesson that i draw both from the memory and the absence compels me to introduce a resolution today. first the memory. i would submit that the most known photograph in the history of the united states is the alfred eisenstat frerotte of a sailor kissing a woman in times square. if you google v.j. day photo, you'll find more than 31 million links. joy, celebration, gratitude, the photo says it all. it was important to celebrate the end of that war and to thank those from that greatest generation who had made it possible by serving. and we've continued to celebrate them, mr. president, most recently in the recent commemoration of the 70th anniversary of d-day. now the absence of a memory. where was that photo -- that joy at the end of the vietnam war? there was none. no iconic photo, no ritual moment o

tim kaine got 45%. definitely a republican district. tim kaine did well in the state overall.andidate in virginia. did win the district. a tough, uphill sled for democrats. both candidates as you are pointing out. very unknown. who knows how they will be. if one will say something that will alien all it voters in the district. a lot of volatility, start there, know how it will play out. >> since both are professors i would imagine both campaign will be looking at their writings. a lot of times you get yourself in trouble. >> yeah. yeah. a fair point. we will have more on the breaking news and how it could be affecting other races. our guest stays with us. as we look forward to 2014. stay with us. ates ates means advanced technology. we learned that technology allows us to be craft oriented. no one's losing their job. there's no beer robot that has suddenly chased them out. the technology is actually creating new jobs. siemens designed and built the right tools and resources to get the job done. that's keeping you from the healthcare you deserve. at humana, we believe if health

senator tim kaine has joined ron paul and said look, this is a new war. the president has not authorized to take us into a new war in iraq or in syria and to do that, you need a vote of the congress and not only aught to have a vote, they aught to debate what we are debating now and is it wise to go back in there militarily? >> the people that will complain about that in congress are the same people that said the administration should have been supporting the army all along and now he is finally making moves to do it. >> and the bush 2002 resolution is legally still applied. >> mort. i'll repeat what i said before on this show. this is a much more important struggle and confrontation than we are talking about. it is really critical that we find a way to deal with iraq, because the borders on saudi arabia and kuwait, our whole position in the middle east is at stake here. it is critical that we find -- i wouldn't want to stop and not do anything when this is the -- i haven't gotten that far yet. but one of the things we have to do is get involved there and

it has grown in popularity among some, but remains on the frin nls, if jillian kain is on indication of what might happen, football could have a chance in the u.s. >>> martin kaymer wins the u.s. open by eight shots at pinehurst in north carolina. he became the 7th player in 114 years to finish at the u.s. open. the 1-under 69, ensuring a second major win after claiming the pga championship in 2010. >>> australia is calling on the world heritage committee to scrap a ruling protecting a large area of the tasmania wilderness. normally governments campaign to have areas listed. it's all about the money as andrew thomas reports from tasmania. >> reporter: they reach for the sky, growing traght up -- straight up. some are as much as 80 metres tall, and 4-600 years old. now the trees of tamarack ottawa race weekend's florence teen valley are protected. they can't be logged. >> last year the world heritage committee added the tall wet forests to the world heritage li listing. >> reporter: that was on the advice of the last australian government. as a result jobs are at risk. this guitar mad

. >> this issue that started with kain colter in a classroom in northwestern has now grown much, much larger. house republicans have called hearing today in congress. >> we share the concerns of players that progress is too slow, but forming a union is not the answer. >> it is simply the wrong way to go to address these issues. the number of questions that are raised, are so myriad and wide ranging... >> would a union negotiate over the number and length of practices? perhaps a union would bargain over the number of games. if the school and union are at an impasse, would athletes go on strike? are these schools ready to make some tough decisions like cutting support to other athletic programs like lacrosse field hockey, or even raising tuition? >> the list of grievances these players presented are a list of grievances that players could have presented 5 or 10 years ago across the college community, but they haven't been addressed. whether or not you have the security of a scholarship, for how long, whether you have health insurance, stipends, transfers...we've been over this. we've be

security of serbia and create conditions for the domestic economy while italian officials are also kaine as well saying it's he will continue to support the south which is among the strategically important infrastructure projects the south will further strengthen the existing gas supply despite the fact that some countries all wavering on the in washington are trying to delay construction on the south strain the fact that the agreement could be signed by later on tuesday in vienna with austria means that the south stream is one step closer to becoming reality. if the deal was done south stream could start operating in twenty fifteen and would start pumping it off natural gas to keep a third of homes warm for a year by twenty twenty supplies would be increased by thirty percent and added ten years from now they could be a whopping one hundred forty billion cubic meters per year that would meet a quarter of europe's needs austria's politicians say they are chain for close cooperation with moscow but i think the time this. let's put it to a little bit difficult it's very important to build

security and create conditions for boosting the domestic economy while in italy officials are also kaine for the project to go ahead. one official saying that it will continue to support the south stream which is among the most strategically important infrastructure projects for the continent so there are clear divisions between western powers but the signing of the agreement here in austria brings the idea of the south stream one step closer to reality now the first branch of the pipeline could be operational as soon as twenty fifteen caring enough energy to fuel thirty eight million europeans households a year by two thousand and twenty supplies are to be increased by thirty per sand and in another decade they could reach a whopping one hundred forty billion cubic meters per year that will meet a quieter of europe's needs we're going to talk to a senior research fellow at the oxford institute for anarchy studies kind of thanks so much for joining us here on r.t. international in your opinion how much of a step forward is this agreement. hello well in my view the easiest step forward it

security and create conditions for boosting the domestic economy while in italy officials are also kaine for the project to go ahead. one official saying that he will continue to support the south stream which is among the most strategically important infrastructure projects for the continent so there are clear divisions between western powers but the signing of the agreement here in austria brings the idea of the south stream one step closer to reality now the first branch of the pipeline could be operational as soon as twenty fifteen caring enough energy to fuel thirty eight million european households a year by twenty twenty supplies are to be increased by thirty percent and and in another decade they could reach a whopping one hundred forty billion cubic meters per year and that would mean a quarter of europe's needs and jack sprat stephen o'sullivan says austria coming aboard is a major success. but certainly a step forward without a doubt it's yet another consumer central and eastern europe that is interested in buying us through this new supply souls' there are calls many other is

security and create conditions for boosting the domestic economy while in italy officials are also kaine for the project to go ahead. one official saying that he will continue to support the south stream which is among the most strategically important infrastructure projects for the continent so there are clear divisions between western powers but the signing of the agreement here in austria brings the idea of the south stream one step closer to reality. paul thanks so much for bringing us this update postcard reporting there. now an advance spurred stephen a solvent says austria coming on board is a major success this is certainly a step forward without a doubt it's yet another consumer central and eastern europe that is interested in buying us through this huge supply souls there are of course many other issues that have to be resolved ostracizing you know it's just one of the things that there are many other issues for example that ok need to decide to go to building the bike on the planet and sell these to get exemption from what's called the. package which basically means that it's

of serbia and create conditions for boosting the domestic economy while italian officials are also kaine as well saying it's he will continue to support the south stream which is among the strategically important infrastructure projects the south stream will further strengthen the existing gas supply while in bulgaria of course the country that is at the moment suspended the walk even the prime minister has been quoted as saying that he project will go forward but only after they was over all issues that they have with the european union despite the fact that some countries all wavering on the in washington are trying to delay construction on the. strain the fact that the agreement could be signed here later on tuesday in vienna austria means that the south stream is one step closer to becoming reality. thanks but we'll leave it there that's artie's paul scott live from vienna thank you. now if the deal is done south stream could start operating in twenty fifteen and would start pumping enough natural gas to keep a third of homes warm for a year by twenty twenty supplies will be increase

kaine: mr. president, i rise today also to speak about health care issues. the affordable care act and sylvia mathews burwell, the nominee to be secretary of health and human services. the affordable care act has completed its first year of open enrollment, and despite some significant technical challenges, eight million americans have used the state or federal health insurance marketplace as created by the a.c.a. to access insurance. i want to talk about the status of the a.c.a. today, some challenges including some comments made by my colleague from louisiana and then talk about sylvia matthews burwell. of the eight million americans who have used the exchanges to access health insurance, over 116,000 of them are virginians. in ause to the eight million, three million more people have been enrolled in medicaid or chip as of february, compared -- in addition to the marketplaces opened, and those medicaid chip expansions were because of the affordable care act provisions. in addition, an estimation of 3.1 million young adults have gained coverage by being ab

. >>> still ahead senator tim kaine is telling he needs congressional approval before taking action inraq. house's chances of passing immigration reform. >>> a questionable tweet they sent out. we will explain what it had to do with the movie "bridesmaids" and a look at how creative people come up with their ideas and what john lennon and paul mccartney tell us how genius happens. >>> first, too easy. >> i could tell you. >> lsd? what? >> what is too easy? >> bill karins, what can you tell us? >> about the genius part? >> yes. >> someone with my intelligence we don't have time to extrapolate on this topic. >> the green blobs are the radar. rained pretty good in philly last night and in new york. a little bit of rain are rhode island. boston another hour or so and your rain is over and same for cape cod. we may mark spark a few storms in new england today but warm and dry from new york to d.c. we are calling it upper 80s with a shot at hitting 90 today and feeling like summer and you want to have the ac on. >>> in the middle of the country it's all about flooding. pictures continue to c

in late 1940 dora's letters no longer come but had a return address by lot kaine perron ace france. i was so perplexed when i first saw this return address. i remember sitting in my office and looking at the envelope and saying what his camp bursts gerston how had this elderly sick woman landed there? on october 22, 1940 starting at 66:00 in the morning nazi officials began knocking on the doors of jewish homes not only there but other cities and towns in the region. jewish residents were given between 15 minutes to one hour to pac their bags. it's important to note that at this time the nazi jewish policy was not extermination but rather it was immigration that would be implemented through terror and discrimination. given that the world refused to cooperate shutting its doors it's not surprising that the nazis cast their eyes on the southwestern corner of vichy france where camp there's is situated. you can see camp girders and read there. there were other camps as well. gerdes had originally been built for refugees fleeing the spanish civil war. it is not fully occupy it and this

big daddy kain. a tribe called quest. michael jackson. >> michael jackson? >> frank sinatra.ou know. it's a wide list. of artists. >> from sinatra you got what? >> i like when he said, i did it my way. i didn't know frank sinatra's name, i heard his name when i was a kid but this song, "my way" stood out to me. as a kid. >> these are -- i've been doing this for a few years, i've met a lot of artists, this is jay-z making the case that hip-hop is poetry, this was in 2004. >> the hip-hop poetry and the poets in hip-hop are some of the best ever. the double entendres, the stories being told all the while rhyming and staying on beat and expressing emotions and having people connect to those emotions, oh, man that's -- you know it's some of the best music ever. ever. ever. you know, not to knock any other industry, like the things that hip-hop artists sing about, those are real things. those are things people connect to. that's why the hip-hop artists have movements, people follow them because the things they're saying resonate with people. it strikes a chord. when it's done corre

this is a list that includes current senator and former virginia governor tim kaine. kaine, who endorsed obama over clinton in 2007 and went on to become president obama's pick to run the dnc. missouri senator claire mccaskill, an early obama endorser in the 2008 primary, another name on board with hillary. jim mussina who joined a pro hillary super pac in january as its co-chairman. add all the senate's democratic women reportedly signed saying run, hillary, run. throw in the 41 members of the house who according to the hill newspaper are also already declared clinton supporters and the message of support to secretary clinton is loud and clear. perhaps just as loud is the unspoken message to vice president joe biden, maryland governor martin o'malley, former montana governor brian schweitzer and potentially so many others. we know the nomination is open, but you need not apply. at the table this morning, perry bacon jr., senior political reporter for nbc news, democratic pollster margie omero, ritchie kim and amy goodman, host and executive producer of democracy now.

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. >> that was virginia senator tim kaine on the senate floor this morning appearing to speak for lotsamericans when it comes to iraq and the prospects of u.s. military strikes. the former dnc chair used his speech to challenge his fellow democrats, saying is president obama may not strike against the sunni militants now battling the shia-led government in iraq, at least not without congressional approval. the speech seems to reflect the overall mood of the country as evidenced by a new nbc news "wall street journal" poll, which finds that 71% of americans believe the iraq war wasn't worth it. nevertheless, secretary of state john kerry said today he'll head to saudi arabia on friday to discuss the sectarian warfare in iraq after spending two days with leaders there this week. but white house efforts to stabilize the region won't count for much without some prospect of better leadership in iraq. and today, iraq's prime minister nuri al maliki called the idea of forming a new national unity government, something considered a prerequisite for u.s. military strikes, he called it a, quote,

kaine: thank you, mr. president. i rise in support of one of the judicial nominees we will consider first by cloture vote in a few minutes and then a vote scheduled on confirmation tomorrow, it is the nomination of magistrate judge hannah lauck to the eastern district of virginia. judge lauck is somebody i know quite well, she serves in the eastern district of richmond where i live, a court where i spent a majority of my 17-year legal practice practicing. she is a native virginian, went to college outside of virginia but came back to the commonwealth after graduating from yale law school and began her careers a law clerk for james spencer whose retirement has opened up the opening. it is fitting she has the opportunity to fill his shoes on the court. judge lauck is very well prepared. she began as i explained as a judicial law clerk which is a prestigious position for a wonderful federal judge, judge spencer. she has included in her public career over the last 20 plus years both public service and private practice. b

two democrats from the state senate, emily kaine, backed by emi emily's list, and troy jackson, are competing for that one, to take on whichever republican wins the nomination. and again, there's an open seat. should be fairly competitive, particularly in an off year. as i said, we'll be talking to two virginia candidates in just a moment. but first, i want to go to my colleague, nbc's perry bacon. he is leiv for me in spartanburg, south carolina. and perry, it is remarkable, i think, when we look back, if lindsey graham gets 50% plus one today, in this very crowded primary, it's actually one of the more remarkable feats, considering his voting record, how unapologetic he's been about it, in a state that has arguably the most conservative electorate in the country. >> exactly, chuck. it's not just that he voted for obama, he also voted for immigration reform, is that he goes around bragging about these things. like, i've been covering these primaries where the republican nominee, the incumbent against the tea party challenger. mitch mcconnell, talks about how conservative he is. and graham sp

kaine: i rise today to talk about an important topic, the topic of embassy security. the safety of embassies abroad and especially our capital a ambassadors and small a ambassadors who go to work, 182 countries where we where have embassies to represent the united states. embassy security was in the news yesterday. the president announced the dispatch of 275 marines to baghdad to protect the embassy in iraq and today we received the news of the law enforcement works done by the united states to finally capture one of the leaders behind the raid on benghazi in september of 2012. obviously, embassy security is an important and very newsworthy and topical issue. mr. president, i think you noticed what i did was in the aftermath of the tragic attack on the embassy compound in benghazi that cost four americans their lives there has been much discussion in congress about benghazi. but too much of it in my view has been focused on trying to play the blame game than trying to talk about what we should do to minimize the chance of an incident like that happening again. we've s

ofnow senator tim kaine virginia raised this issue in an op-ed last week. the one clear thing is this is the magnitude of -- i do want to emphasize potential. that seems to be the focus in the region and not trying to mount attacks outward. there has been reporting of a who try to learn from the yemeni franchise of al , and we do have this group of foreign fighters that has gone over to iraq and syria. are u.s.es in citizens. those certainly are most concerned because we can travel most easily. i would think for every american, no matter what their political views are. host: eleanor is on our line for republicans in massachusetts. caller: a moment of silence. the invasion on the united -- the military has to be put there and no amnesty for illegal immigrants. question -- have a comes the united states first. comesler: united states first. [indiscernible] this was brought forth and presented as opposition to the oil cartel. this would bring down the price of fuel. qaeda and the al --ficulties in latin america it will bring down the price of the fuel flux wou

ofnow senator tim kaine virginia raised this issue in an op-ed last week. one clear thing is this is the magnitude of -- i do want to emphasize potential. that seems to be the focus in the region and not trying to mount attacks outward. there has been reporting of a who try to learn from the yemeni franchise of al , and we do have this group of foreign fighters that has gone over to iraq and syria. are u.s.es in citizens. those certainly are most concerned because we can travel most easily. i would think for every american, no matter what their political views are. host: eleanor is on our line for republicans in massachusetts. caller: a moment of silence. the invasion on the united -- the military has to be put there and no amnesty for illegal immigrants. question -- have a comes the united states first. comesler: united states first. [indiscernible] this was brought forth and presented as opposition to the oil cartel. this would bring down the price of fuel. qaeda and the al --ficulties in latin america it will bring down the price of the fuel flux would r

. >> thank you, senator kaine. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you to all the witness for your service and willingness to serve. miss smith. let me ask you a question that i was curious about. i forgot to ask you this. in cutter under the leadership of the new have there been any particular changes in direction in the u.s.-cutter partnership or relationship that have seemed notable during the time of transformation. as a kind of steady and continuing to dot relationship in the same place it was or have we seen some changes in direction because of that leadership transition? >> if i'm confirmed i would love to be given more fulsome response when i'm there and make my own assessment. my understanding is that our relationship continues to bes close cooperative as it was before. the amere has been in power for just about a year, and of course, he's not new to the government. he was working there for over a decade under his father's rule. while i wouldn't say we're seeing a change, what we are seeing is continued progress on the areas where we h

who consented to proposals for higher taxes during the kaine governorship.l of this has been forcefully campaign. the brat eric cantor with over $2 million in his campaign treasury, which he has spent more than one million dollars of that, has a much bigger and louder megaphone than brat. this will be a thinly attended primary. cantory give the opposition an opportunity to di ng up the majority leader. host: when it goes back to jim moran, tell us a little bit about his challenger. he was the lieutenant governor in the late 1980's and early 1990's, he ran unsuccessfully for governor in 1997 but remained active in national democratic politics, first as a fundraiser for howard dean and then as a fundraiser for barack obama. man of some means in the washington area. er is synonymous with automobiles, principally volvulus. the family has a considerable fortune that has supported mr. beyer's political ambitions. host: the picture is associated candidatesory about conceder willingness to to obama's efforts. consider the eighth district in northern virginia, this i

. -- i wantrner, i know to thank senator warner and senator kaine for helping us get a witness from virginia today and i know you both have questions. several senators and votes will be called shortly. with any members want to go vote and come back, we will keep going as the boat is called. >> thank you very much. of the statistics i found very interesting was in comparison to germany, your college costs 4.3% of the country's median income. here, it is 51%. thedoes that affect aspirations of students and those two nations? >> the lack of affordability of college may not only impact the alsonts themselves, but it might impact a broader family balance sheet. as we saw, the rise in student becauset was not only college was increasing in costs, but students themselves are bearing a larger share of total college costs compared to their parents or other sources. that means because people have less home equity, they have less savings adult with unemployment themselves will stop those costs got shifted to students, so it may impact the student and the family aspirations themselves about how they wil

. >> senator tim kaine said the president should present a clear plan to congress.oes the president have any immediate plans to consult with members of congress? >> we are in active consultation with members on the situation in iraq and we will continue to do that. >> how would you would characterize what is happening in iraq right now? >> and islamist jihadist group composed of mixed nationalities threatening the sovereign state of our iraq. and the iraqi security forces need to confront that threat, and we are working closely with the government in baghdad and with iraq's political leadership to a valuate the kind of assistance we can provide in addition to the assistance we have already provided and the assistance on its way to help them meet that challenge. >> would you characterize it or are you not ready to be there? >> the way i characterized it reflects what is happening on the ground. >> the australian prime minister has been critical of the president in the past. some would say offensive, at times, about him. given that past relationship, how would you not

senator warner, i know -- i want to thank senator warner and senator kaine for helping us get a witness from virginia today and i know you both have questions. we have several senators and votes will be called shortly. with any members want to go vote and come back, we will keep going as the boat is called. >> thank you very much. one of the statistics i found very interesting was in comparison to germany, your college costs 4.3% of the country's median income. here, it is 51%. how does that affect the aspirations of students and those two nations? >> the lack of affordability of college may not only impact the students themselves, but it also might impact a broader family balance sheet. here, it is 51%. how does that affect the aspirations of students and those two nations? >> the lack of affordability of college may not only impact the students themselves, but it also might impact a broader family balance sheet. as we saw, the rise in student loan debt was not only because college was increasing in costs, but students themselves are bearing a larger share of total college costs compar

. >> thank senator kaine, and particularly i know that he has a real passionate interest in honduras.and as such, throughout the central america region which is a challenge for us. i have one final question, in nealon. mr. nealon. you know, i was arguing earlier that we need to invest more so that we don't spend so much more, multiples more as it relates to facing the problem versus meeting the core elements of why we have situations like young people crossing the boarder. by same -- border. by the same token, as i advocate for increased resources to addressing the citizen security issue throughout central america including, obviously, in honduras, we need a strong, shared approach with the governments in the region; in this case with honduras. in that sense, i want to get an understanding of your evaluation of the hernandez administration's ability and willingness. understanding you're not on the ground, but hopefully the briefings have given you some insight. the state department's 2013 human rights report on honduras raised concerns about corruption, the weakness of the justice sys

kaine: madam president, i rise to discuss the current crisis in iraq. in particular i want to discuss an important question, would congress need to approve any u.s. military combat action in iraq? last week the president summoned congressional leadership to the white house to discuss the deteriorating situation in iraq and a potential united states response. press reports of the meeting had members quoted the president as saying he had all necessity authority for military action already and some accounts had the congressional leaders also agreeing that the president had necessary authority. madam president, i do not believe that this president or any president has the ability without congressional approval to initiate military action in iraq or anywhere else except in the case of an emergency posing an imminent throat the u.s thre. or its citizens. and i also assert that the current crisis in iraq, while serious and posing a possibility of a long-term threat to the united states, is not the kind of conflict where the president can or should act unilater

senator tim kaine said that the president should present a clear plan to congress soon. does the president have any immediate plans to consult with members of congress? >> we are in active consultation with members of congress on the situation in iraq. we will continue to do that os appropriate. >> finally, how would you characterize what's happening in iraq now? would you characterize it as a simple war? >> what we are seeing is an islamic jihadist group composed substantially of noniraqis, as i understand it. but certainly mixed nationalities threatening the sovereign state of iraq. the iraqi security forces need to confront that threat. we are working very closely with the government in baghdad and with iraq's political leadership to evaluate the kinds of assistance we can provide in addition to the assistance we have already provided and the assistance that's on its way to help them meet the challenge. >> just to be clear, would you characterize it as a civil war? >> again, i think the way i characterized it reflects what's happened on the ground there. yes, ma'am? >

. >> senator kaine. miss smith let me just ask you a question. i was curious about. we had a chance to talk. i forgot to ask you about this. in qatar under the new leadership, have there been any particular changes in direction in the u.s./qatar partnership or relationship that have seemed notable during this time of transformation. is it kind of steady and we're continuing to do -- the relationship is in the same place that it was. have we seen some changes in direction because of that leadership transition? >> if i'm confirmed h i would love to be given more response when i'm actually there and able to make my own assessment. my understanding is that our relationship continues to be as close and cooperative as it was before. the amir has been in power for just about a year. he is not new to the government. he was working for over a decade before under his father's rule. so while i would say we aren't seeing a change, what we are seeing is continued progress on the areas that we have good and close coordination. i have every expectation that if i am confirmed we wil

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