keane. speaker: here. speaker: first is agenda -- speaker: i attended a task force meeting on august 6. at that meeting, a very unpre-possessing young man played a tape recording of your ethics commission meeting. featured in that audio recording was primarily your commission keane praising this young man because according to keane, hundreds he has prosecuted an ethics complaint and according to mr. keane, quote, hundreds of people in the same situation would have given up. really? or the obstacles to a successful commission complaint so high that a fraction of 1% can expect success? does mr. keane tell his business associates, and his neighbors, i'm on the ethics commission. it's dysfunctional for, you know, less all -- less than 1% of the population, i'm in charge. a very strange thing to be proud of. don't we want to live in a society where access to an ethics commission complaint is the lowest, not the highest. that raises two questions. first of all, how do all these people supposed to feel knowing th

so general keane is wrong on that? >> that's right. we did support them. >> should we have left anybody there to maintain the gains our troops had won? >> i would like to have kept a residual force in iraq if we had the right status of forces agreement. what you have to understand about this criticism is that it was iran behind the scenes with the maliki regime, which no matter what the united states had done with the negotiations iran was going to find a way to wedge us out. >> why make it easy for them? >> right. and so -- >> why won't the administration refer to it as radical islam? >> you're going to have to ask a spokesman -- >> are they wrong not to? >> i'm just -- >> why -- are they being too politically correct? because it irritates people when they see that. six out of ten americans -- >> i want them to understand -- >> no -- yes, it is about religion. don't tell me this has nothing to do with islam. it does. >> yes, of course. but let me explain what people in the region will tell you. if you ask them, say what's going on wit

if i think of something more, i'll get back to you. >> general, keane keane, you mentioned the need to equate, i think radical islamists to nazis and communists of the past why do you think it is important to use those words and why do you think it is dangerous not to? >> well i use it because it is something we cope with in the past rather successfully. and they were ideologies themselves, you know that another generation had to deal with. we built -- we beat naziism with brute force. and i think communist ideology to express it simplistically is more sophisticated, but i think we beat it with better ideas. and i think it is the combination of both of those that we need to deal with radical islam. we obviously need to use force, but that alone will not solve this problem. and the ideology also has to be dealt with. after all, what they are running from, and why they do not want the united states and the region it is not because just because of our guns it is because of our ideas. it is the democracy and capitalism that is an anathema to them and they don't want our ideas polluting tho

keane. speaker: i'll second that. those two specific aspects, the supreme court of the united states has been rather definitive that that's something that we cannot indeed enforce. and we did vote a few months ago exactly the way commissioner reanne is proposing and we voted unanimously that's not in our power. on those i don't have a problem with, and i think it's redundant and i second mr. hurt. speaker: all in favor. speaker: aye. speaker: opposed. hearing none that motion passes. speaker: can you go to the next. speaker: thank you, chair. the second set of amendments is with respect to reporting requirements for third parties who are involved in supporting or opposing candidates for city elections and the city has instituted three c fro a number of reporting requirements over the years, which are designed for primarily for two things. one is general disclosure to the public. so that the public can fairly judge messages. so that there is a transparency with respect to political actors. but then also so the voluntar

general keane thank you very much. good to have you here as always. >> good talking to you martha. >> so in the wake of these terrorist attacks that we witnessed in paris, the white house hosting a "summit on countering violent extremism" is going to be the name of it. but the administration steadfast steadfastly refuses to focus the summit on radical islamic extremism insisting it will need to cover multiple types of extremism that they are concerned about whachlt are the names of them? the state department could not label any of those for us the other night. larry korb joins us now. larry, good to see you tonight. thank you for being here. >> my pleasure. >> so you just heard general jack keane talk about what he sees as an abysmal lack of leadership in terms of recognizing this global threat that exists and having a cohesive strategy to tackle it. what do you think? >> well, first of all you're never going to win it militarily because you're dealing with an ideology. and what you have to do is convince people that w

that is not really a question but general keane, your thoughts? >> i think our behavior with iran over the years have been pretty atrocious. they took down our embassy in lebanon, they took down the annex, they took down the kuwait embassy, they took down air force barracks and a general -- one of our generals believe that a trained has below -- has blah -- hezbollah fighter use an ied exclusivelythrough a single series of -- >> ever counted any of that. this is a nonpartisan nonresponse -- bipartisan nonresponse. >> here we go into negotiations by a regime who stated an objective is to dominate the region. they are beginning to do that and want a nuclear weapons to guarantee their preservation and to help in their geopolitical objectives. the beginning of these negotiations, we are permitting the uranium and thousands of thousands of centrifuges. we are already behind. the only negotiation that should have been done is suspend the program and we will take off the sanctions. that is not where we are. i believe if it fails we go back tough, crippli

commissioner kean's point to what the downside, the downside is not true it's inaccurate. it would make a mailer seem as if some anonymous people are funding that [inaudible] records in the possession which disclose every donor who's contributed. >> anonymous people could be funding it they did not meet the threshold. >> the threshold for anonymous donations, i think it's 25 or $99 >> certainly, there's an agreement saying were going to -- it's one dollar. if there is an agreement, under california state law that you have to disclose those donors any iffy samba radio check and use it for , curator trade association i want to send out a mail piece. as soon as i write that check and there's an agreement, that's disposable at that moment. what's not disposable -- well, the threshold of $50,000 threshold a year is if there's a nonprofit that is sitting there that decides the bid adieu and ie and basically have a store of money and they're not taking it from anyone but the cumulative funds over the course of the year. they decide we are going to weigh in to send a mailer out. s

general jack keane four-star general and fox news military analyst.k we are seeing tonight? >> well, i think we're seeing finally a public policy that we've had beginning to unravel where we have people trying to defend the indefensible. and admiral kirby who you had on here, reputation as a straight shooter, good guy. but he's defending bad policy. he knows it. you can see it in all of his body language. and that's his job, megyn. he has to stand up there and advocate the policy and why we have it. but he knows full well that releasing those five was bad policy. the governance for that is inadequate as well. we're going to say good-bye to them in may. he's advocating that we may have some mitigating to be able to track them and follow them. i'm highly suspicious of that. i think we can keep them under control until may. but beyond that the likelihood they will get back in and have influence in the taliban leadership again i think is pretty high. >> uh-huh. he knows that. he just had to come on and spin about that because he's representing this admini

makes a lot of sense when you put it like that general keane. but when you look at this and you hear the gentleman that we just heard who's a cyber security expert talking about it. he said that these terrorist organizations are building up teams of people that are going to attempt to do this. you look at even 9/11 and the things that happened before 9/11, they kept working and working at similar attacks until they pulled one off. and it feels like that's what they're doing with this cyber security as well. do we have an army and a military that can match them in the cyber world and shut them down? >> the offensive capability that united states government has and what the national security agency has and the newly formed cyber command is extraordinary. and we can't talk much about it, but at network speed what they can do is incredibly damaging to any nation state. the problem you have here is isis despite its claim to be a nation state is not. i mean, they don't really have utility infrastructure, they don't have a financial system, they don't

general jack keane, retired four-star general former vice chief of staff of the army.neral, good to see you tonight. >> good to see you. >> i was watching america's newsroom this morning and martha mccallum asked the question where's our winston churchill? there was a time in which ne vel chamberlain was tell the people it would not come to what it ultimately came to. and winston churchill had a very different view and was determined to fight back the threat and ultimately when he was in charge did so. under that mantra victory at all costs, no matter how dark the road ahead the war must be fought and fought with open eyes. where is our winston churchill? >> well, frankly, you know it i know it and probably a lot of americans know it, we don't have it. and we're not going to get it in the near term. the fact of the matter is that kind of tough-minded leadership clear thinking, courageous and inspiring leadership is exactly what we need. now, we may be one election and one leader away, but the fact is we don't have it now. not in the uk not in spain, not in germany, not

keane, would that be saepable. speaker: with the chair is saying, i would like to propose a sort of -- split the baby type situation that we're going to look at this as something that's going to be something -- that we go ahead with what we have. and put it on for the next meeting as well for anything further that might be added and also for final decisions. i think that would -- that should take care of the concerns that are raised about having people here now. be able to speak to it which i respect. speaker: okay. any -- speaker: i would like to hear from the people who are here. their comments on it and at the conclusion, we decide whether to defer a final decision given their comments. speaker: that sounds perfectly reasonable to me. speaker: could i also add to commissioner reanne's understanding. in deferring a final decision, we can also take up additional analysis as well the next time. speaker: sure. we can put anything else on the agenda for february. speaker: i think that takes care of my concerns. speak

keane is asking you questions. speaker: you don't have the right to remain silent. mr. bush, one thing that's still somewhat apart of my concerns in doing this, is that the suggestion that there have been a number of things that the commission itself has passed or recommended that bears on this particular matter. over the course over the last couple of years we have various things and recommended various things, and those have not been incorporated in these proposed changes and the staff has not addressed the fact that perhaps they should be incorporated within these proposed changes. that may have come up -- you've got it in some respects, referred to in regards to the public comment, but could you outline for us what concerns you have about things that you know that we have done because our memories -- our institutional memories are pretty bad. i have to say that. speaker: one of the things that the commissions acted on in may of 2013 was an amendment to improve contractors from six months to 12 months. that has not been incorporated in this prevision. also, the commi

reaction from general jack keane whether sanctions are the right move. >>> protesters taking to the streets from the east to west coast marching against brutal police tactics and a lack of accountability. the demonstrations come as the new york police department proves excelling at keeping america's largest cities safe with the new york murder rate falling to a record low. >>> prominent black conservative niger innis is here to explain why he thinks cops are black america's best ally. >>> and the president making the most of his vacation with lots of golfing, shaved ice and snorkeling, that's going to come to an abrupt end. all about the battles that lie ahead between president obama and the new republican congress. >>> but we begin with the president's move to penalize north korea for the sony hack attack. the white house hitting the rogue regime with economic sanctions with what the white house says is the first part of response against sony pictures. james rosen has our report. >> reporter: president obama's executive order empowers the treasury department to broaden sanctions against no

general jack keane what must be done on the fight against radical islamist terrorists, here next. so ally bank really has no hidden fees on savings accounts? that's right. it's just that i'm worried about you know "hidden things..." ok, why's that? no hidden fees from the bank where no branches equals great rates. no pictures of trucks pulling boats. no photos of men working on ranches. just a ram 1500 ecodiesel that gets 156 more miles per tank than the ford f-150 ecoboost. get more facts at ramtrucks.com. so ally bank really has no hidden fees on savings accounts? that's right. it's just that i'm worried about you know "hidden things..." ok, why's that? no hidden fees from the bank where no branches equals great rates. . lou: president obama today chose silence on the paris terrorist attack as the manhunt continues for the terrorists who carried out the attack that left 12 people dead. as many as 15 wounded. my first guest tonight says the obama administration's passivity on radical islamist terror is emboldening terrorists. joining us tonight retired four-star army general, for

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that is not really a question, but general keane, your thoughts? >> i think our behavior with iran over the years have been pretty atrocious. they bombed our marine barracks, they took down our embassy in lebanon, they took down the annex, they took down the kuwait embassy, they took down air force barracks, and a general -- one of our generals believe that a trained hezbollah fighter use an ied exclusivelythrough a single series of - these are the things we have already accepted. it is a nonpartisan nonresponse -- bipartisan nonresponse. >> here we go into negotiations by a regime who stated an objective to dominate the region. they are beginning to do that and want a nuclear weapons to guarantee their preservation and to help in their geopolitical objectives. the beginning of these negotiations, we are permitting the uranium and thousands of thousands of centrifuges. we are already behind. the only negotiation that should have been done is suspend the program and we will take off the sanctions. that is not where we are. i believe if it fails we g

. >> right good soda spots to commissioner kean's question, this is certainly technical stuff. i think jesse's greatest of, but certainly beyond -- circumstances. >> [inaudible] >> yes. theoretically you can ever provision in here that dealt with anonymous donors and those anonymous donors were major funders which obviously people really want to know about. but the problem is, as people to exist and to be subject to disclaimer requirement they would've needed to already violated state law. so we would have a provision that is hearsay, look, if you already violated a state law that you need to disclose than requiring to put the disclosure statement on here. i guess jewish >> what we lose by that? >> you could do that but that's the situation. >> we obviously have a concern on the part of our citizenry about civil grand jury in regard to it. if we concede we don't lose anything let's put it in. >> i think if a civil grand jury is requesting a little bit different. i think they are saying anytime there's an anonymous donor that paid for any portion of the hangar, for example. not

general keane. >> madame chairman,committee thank you for inviting me to testify. it's always a privilege to be with this committee. it's been 15 plus years in association for me. and whose reputation for tackling tough issues has always been appreciated. i'm on orred to be here with general jim mattis and admiral fallon. obviously we have something no n. chon. we're all getting wordedolder and four stars retired. but the thing that we also have in common, we're very direct, very straightforward and we sure as hell are opinionated. so i'm usually sitting next to somebody who is circumspect. you won't get that from the three of us today. please accept my written testimony for the record and i will briefly outline the remarks. i put some extra in there because congratulations to the new members who have joined this committee. there is some background information in there that you may feel helpful to you. and i appreciate senator mccain giving us a little extra time this morning on such a complex subject. the united states is con fronting challenges on a scale not see

leave it up to the duration of general keane discussing this?at this map it's not possible for anyone to claim that current u.s. policy or strategy are succeeding because why? look at the red on the map. the red indicates where al qaeda and its affiliates, radical islam, is spreading from western africa in the middle east all the way to southern asia. that expansion has increased fourfold in the last five years. of the green, dark green is iran and the light green is difficult for people to see because of the size of countries, they are increasing in their dominance, control and influence of other countries in the regions. all radical islam. what that is, beirut, lebanon, damascus syria baghdad, iraq, truth be known and sanaa in yemen and obviously supporting hamas in the gaza strip. and the other thing that represented in black in the center of the map is isis itself in iraq and syria. isis began just around 2011 when we were pulling out of iraq. their numbers were less than 3,000. as we began a campaign against them most analysts believed the

talking with general jack keane. talking about this kind of nonsense that's ensuing, pettiness and spite from the white house, it hurts israel. but it splashes back so forcefully against the president. and certainly they realize that. netanyahu, to his credit has not said a word. either anonymously. has not sent any messages. you know, he's a man not pure as a driven snow i'm sure. but he's conducted himself in this -- i would be attempted to react differently. >> he really tries to focus on the issues. we're still all traumatized with the holocaust. just seven days ago there was the celebration of the liberation of the auschwitz camp. because people didn't speak out against hitler we ended up with 6 million jews in the gas chambers. he feels he has to speak up. who iswhere is the better place than congress? there are ways to avoid it. jeuvment i lou: i think the vast majority of americans are eager to hear the prime minister speak to our congress. because right now, we are sorely thirsty for a leader who will speak

general jack keane goes on to say for the president to do is quite stunning harris, and unprecedentedmy view. >> one more long time of oddly inane comments coming out of the white house in this very short period of 2015. it is not their job to tell the media what to print, period. that is all there is to it. i don't understand this desire and bizarre dance they're engaged in and have been engaged in not to offend islam and, at this point, again the only person with any cojones as been general asisi from egypt who stood up in the muslim word. until we get on board and strong arm muslim religious leaders, this is problem in your community, vast, wide moderate community, get out there to box the people into a corner and tell them it is not acceptable and do it all time. >> very good. democratic senator and favorite, elizabeth warren making crystal clear whether she is running for president in 2016 and whether it is the answer hillary clinton is praying for. hillary appears to be on hiring spree of her own for likely 2016 campaign, but rnc chairman reports that republicans will use bills

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i got lost for a moment because i would like general jack keane to take me as his prisoner. he's strong on national security and foreign policy. he's not afraid to tell it like it is and he makes sense. and he's calling them out. it takes courage to be able to say this is what we're doing wrong. this is how we can do it better. and by the way the time is now. not waiting because we're already behind. this is the issue right now. we're not -- we're in this position because this administration has failed to move forward, and now this country has been in retreat. >> why -- the president seems to have problems admitting the obvious. is it just about ego with him because he said that al qaeda is on the run and now it's jumped -- terrorists jumped fourhold in five years? is that it? >> you know look, i disagree with so much of this. one, i don't think we want to say that we are involved in a war at all against islam. i don't think we want that. and secondly, i think if you -- and i hear this from the general, the generals always want war. >> not true. >> unfair. >> that's not what

sxholt expected commissioner wilson's supervisor jane kim commissioner keane we have quorum. >> first item please. item one action item approval that possible modifications of the minute regular meeting of november 15, 2014 are. >> my correction to the minutes seeing none do we have a motion. >> i move to approve the minutes to the meeting of the november 13th 2014. >> second any public comment on this item? no public comment all in favor, say i. of approving the minute say i opposed? unanimous okay item 2 please and item 2 discussion item general public comment on matters within the board's jurisdiction not appearing on today's agenda. >> any public comment please come forward. >> my name is diane i want to give something to the board i want them to consider including in the benefits package i have sleep american people necessary i use a appliance kaiser paid for the oral appliance for the first year, however, not the follow-up treatment i h have had before the board the guidelines from the academy the american academy of sleep medication they recommend that anyone who wears an oral

jack keane is coming up on that. martha: a deadline has passed for the possible prisoner swap and still no word on the fate of the jordanian military pilot and the japanese hostage being held by isis. the terror group demanded jordan release the would-be suicide bomber showing off the outfit she wore that did not detonate in 2005. she is wants neksd change for this pilot. conor powell is live on this? jerusalem. are the three sides still in discussions here? >> reporter: not a lot. there is no real word coming out from anybody in this part of the world about what's going on, whether the talks are continuing and whether the fate of the two hostages both jordanian and japanese officials are indicating they are actively working on this with the implication being the hostages are still alive. the japanese prime minister shinzo abe says they are making every effort to free kiny go the japanese hostage. jordan is willing to do the deal but they want proof of life that the pilot is still alive. that's been the main request.

f he's right, general keane, and this is the major challenge of our generation. to the twisted, sick, evil ideology of fascism, naziism communism? is it the same thing? is there any difference? >> it's even worse because the pool from which this radical ideology dips from is 1.5 billion people, which is a quarter of the world's population, which is my faith. and if you want to mobilize, we need a president who can exert leadership to say he has a vision for what is victory. and victory would be the advancement of liberty, the protection of things like the green revolution. the revolutions in egypt -- there was an arab awakening that was happening. and this president has been asleep with no strategy. and that's allowed that vacuum to be filled by radical and political islam so we see the rise of islamic states and the defeat of our true allies which are liberals on the ground. >> colonel, let me dovetail into another question. so speaker boehner invites b.b. netanyahu, the white house gets angry. now we have white house political operatives now going to israel to

next of like to introduce general keane. general keane is a vietnam combat veteran, former vice chief of staff of the army one of the architects of the successful surge in iraq and current chairman of the institute for the study of war. general keane. >> madam chairman, senator ayotte, ranking minority senator reed, members of this just in which committee. thank you for inviting to testify on such a critical issue as america's global security challenges. it's always a privilege to be with this committee 15 plus years and association for me, his reputation that tackling tough issues has always been appreciated. i am honored to be here with general jim mattis and animal fox violent, both highly respected military the leaders. i don't know what the criteria for panel selection was but we have something in common. we're all getting older and we're four stars retired. but the thing that we also have in common, we are very erect we are very straightforward and we sure as hell aren't opinionated. so unusual cynics is somebody who i