. >> joining us to discuss the speech, congressman keith ellison of the house progressive caucus, longtime consumer

congressman keith ellison of the fifth district of minnesota. congressman hank johnson of the fourth district of georgia. congressman andre carson of the 7th district of indiana who is also the second vice-chair of the congressional black caucus. representative donna edwards of

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. >> joining us to discuss the speech, congressman keith ellison of the house progressive caucus, longtime consumer advocate and former presidential candidate ralph nader, phylllis bennis of the institute for policy studies, pulitzer prize winnng tax analyst david cay johnston, and lisa graves of the center for media & democracy. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. president obama has delivered his sixth state of the union address, outlining his domestic and foreign policy agenda for his final two years in office. on the foreign policy front, obama defended his decision to begin normalizing relations with cuba, called for congress to pass a new authorization of military force against the islamic state, and vowed again to close guantÁnamo. he also urged congress to give him trade promotion authority, the power to negotiate free trade deals like the trans pacific partnership. but much of his speech focused on the u.s. economy and efforts to bolster the middle class with a push for education, child care, and tax

host: keith ellison is a democrat from minnesota. congressman nadler of new york. this is peter king from new york. lindsey graham tweeted scott is in florida. good morning to you. what do you think about the leaders gathering in paris? caller: my point is nobody showed up from the united states. let's go back to the boston bombing. we had to at large. obama showed up for a memorial over there. my point is, do they have inside intelligence about who is where and who's out there? he did not show it in france but he showed up in a boston. it was considered a hot zone. that is my point. host: samuel, hi. caller: that was a terrorist on the front lines of that march and his name is benjamin netanyahu. he is a huge oppressor. 14 years in the world on terror and it's been a complete failure. it hasn't stopped radical islam at all. host: i guess we won't find out his opinion about the leader of israel. he was there. you can see him in this picture. benjamin netanyahu is there with angela merkel and mahmoud abbas. there were 40 world leaders that gathered in paris and marc

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. >> joining me now is keith ellison of minnesota. he was the first muslim-elect. after 9/11 you and others did so much to persuade americans no the to react negatively and not to paint people with a broad brush. this is a challenge for france which had a lot of negative legal actions and restrictive laws and a large muslim community, more than 70%. what is the challenge as they approach this manhunt to not begin racial religious profiling. >> i think it's important for authorities to know that the muslim community is often the target of these terrorists who kill people under the veneer of islam. they have every opportunity to engage community members as allies against these murderous killers. i think it's important to remember, he killed 38 people. you guarantee they were all muslim. they don't really care. this is about power. i think that we should bear in mind these terrorists hope for a backlash. they hope that government will overreact because they will use people who are negatively affected and recruit them. it's important that they are swift in justice. the

keith ellison, another racist organization. >> kkk bird. >> al sharpton, look at this, the presidental sharpton, a known racist -- >> robert bird was the majority leader in the senate for the democratic party. he's a member of the clan. and said so. this guy spoke as he was speaking to the whole state. so i would be willing -- what bothers me more is he's kind of trying to say, oh, i didn't know. and i don't believe that. >> here's the problem with politicians, they are risk averse, sean. they don't want -- let's apologize and move on. and steve scalise made a mistake playing the risk averse situation here. this is how it played out they were all in the hotel, this is what happened. >> democrats there's a double standard. >> huge. >> go on example after example, but, sean, democrats should not be the barometer of what is appropriate and inappropriate political behavior. the republican party should police its own in this case and not let the left set a standard of morality. >> agreed. >> talking about boehner being challenged by louis gohmert and congressman yoho, i wonder if it was a

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muslims are african-american and including our most high-profile home runeroes, like representative keith ellison you are paying attention to those who are muslim are largely african-american and that is a major strength of the muslim community in the united states. i think the second reason is the other side of the coin so to speak which is the american story of being an immigrant nation. so when a fifth generation irish american looks at me or my kids they say i understand your story because my great, great grandfather came here in and we as irish catholics had to struggle to find our way in the american fabric and make our contributions and i see you in the next chapter of that. and europe doesn't have either of those things when it comes to the muslim population. i think both are major strengths of america in general and specifically when it comes to the muslim illustration. >> and one thing that europe and the united states do have in common is the problem of home-grown terrorisms. 11 americans have tried to fight iraq and syria and three have died fighting with isis. i reported on a somali-

. >> in addition to that lynn you've had some democrats, including keith ellison of minnesota, send a letter to speaker boehner and nancy pelosi some out and say it was inappropriate. you have a mini rebellion coming out in the house. and you have someone like nicolas burns saying this is unprecedented. >> in diplomacy, this is not how you do it. it is how many ways you've just said it not the way to go when you deal with foreign leaders and when you deal with -- when you're this close to the israeli election, as steve had mentioned. the move by speaker boehner was unnecessarily provocative. prime minister netanyahu has addressed joint sessions of congress before. he's no stranger to washington. he's here on a regular basis to come to apec conferences. he is a familiar face of all the world leaders that people can identify in the united states. i would think he is one that a lot of people know about. so he and his ambassador, new ambassador knew that they would trigger this. it's a calculation they made and i think there's always been a story over how the u.s. -- how president obama a

congressman keith ellison of the fifth district of minnesota.of the 7th district of indiana who is also the second vice-chair of the congressional black caucus. representative donna edwards of the fourth district of maryland. representative karen bass of the 37th district of california. also the secretary of the congressional black caucus. representative cedric richmond, the second district of louisiana. representative terry sewell, the 7th district of alabama. congresswoman frederica wilson of the 24th district in florida. representative donald m. payne , jr. of the 10th district of new jersey. representative joyce beatty of the third districts of ohio. rep hakim jeffries of the 8th district of new york. my congressman by the way and also the whip of the congressional black caucus. representative mark stacy of the 33rd district of texas. representative robin kelly of the second distribute of illinois. senator cory booker of new jersey. representative alma adams of the 12th district of north carolina. representative brenda lawrence of the 14th d

led the fight with low-wage workers to raise the standard of living for good jobs, congressman keith ellison. [applause] >> i had a constituent call me the other day and he said you know i have heard some things about this transpacific partnership and i'm concerned about it. you need to send me a copy of that bill. [laughter] of course i cannot do that because i had never seen it. if they show you the bill at all they show you one little little title of that and then you can't take notes come you can't do anything. this is an invisible process. each one of us represents somewhere in the neighborhood of 700,000 people and so when we are standing in front of you we are representing whole communities, several cities minneapolis being the biggest one of these people who sent me to congress expect that i will make decisions that are going to help them and are going to stop bills that are going to hurt them. there's no way in the world i can support fast-track abdicating my responsibility, my authority as a member of congress without being very clear on every single comma and the transpacific part

then congressman keith ellison of minnesota, co-chair of the progressive caucus on his legislation to bolster the dodd/frank financial regulations. "washington journal" live every morning on c-span where we'll take your calls and comments on facebook and twitter. >>> with live coverage of the u.s. house on c-span and the senate on c-span2, here on c-span3 we complement that coverage by show youing the most relevant public affairs events. then on weekends it's the home to american history tv with programs that tell our nation's story including the civil war's 150th anniversary, visiting battlefields, american artifacts, touring museums and historic sites, history book shelf, the best known american history writers, the presidency looking at the policies and legacies of our nation's commanders in chief. lectures in history with top college professors delving into america's past and our new series, real america featuring archival matter. c-span3 created by the cable tv industry and funded by your local or cable satellite provider. >>> president obama has been invited to deliver his annua

host: congressman keith ellison represents minnesota in the u.s. house and cochairs the congressional progressive caucus for the 114th. welcome to "washington journal." guest: glad to be here again. host: democrats are in a smaller position in the 114th in the house. what do progressives in particular hope to get done? guest: we hope to achieve progress in the area of wages and economic justice. we want to make sure that the recovery begins to include more americans. we do know there has been a lot of progress in terms of reducing the unemployment rate. there has been progress in terms of job growth. we know that the dow jones has been going to new heights. still, many americans are -- have the same kind of money they had in 2006, or maybe a lot less. a lot of people lost their jobs and got reemployed at lower wages. we are very concerned about this. we would like to see the minimum wage go up. i think there is a bipartisan bill to be had there. i think we need to work on overtime. not everybody who is struggling economically is a low-wage worker.

then congressman keith ellison of minnesota, cochair of the progressive caucus on his legislation toolster the dodd-frank financial regulations. "washington journal" live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span when we take your calls and comments on facebook and twitter. >> friday a workshop on lobbying strategies and the regulatory process. we'll be live from the american university public affairs institute for a forum featuring faculty and professional lobbyists at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 3. >> friends, colleagues, countrymen, especially the people of ohio's eighth congressional district, thank you for sending me here and let's today welcome all of the new members and all of their families to what we all know to be a truly historic day. [applause] >> today is an important day for our country. many senators took the oath this afternoon. 13 for the first time. and a new republican majority accepted its new responsibility. we recognize the enormity of the task before us. we know a lot of hard work awaits. we know many important opportunities await as well. >> follow the gop

then congressman keith ellison of minnesota on his legislation to bolster dodd frank financial regulations. washington journal we will take your calls and comments on facebook and twitter. >> president obama and vice president biden travel to tennessee to talk about the economy. live coverage starts at 1:20 p.m. eastern. >> here are some of our featured programs. saturday night at 10:00 the pitfalls of group decision-making and what to do to avoid them. sunday afternoon at 1:00, the college series. we talked to professors on the influence on hip-hop on politics and u.s. come amid efforts to cure malaria during world war ii, and on c-span 3 the anderson university professor uses abraham lincoln's life to understand the views of white americans on race and slavery before and during the civil war. sunday afternoon at 4:30, a discussion on margaret sanger. her legacy and the influence race and politics had on the birth control movement. let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. call us, e-mail us, or send us a tweet. join the conversation like us on facebook, follow us on

and then she allison on his agenda -- keith ellison on his agenda. we take your calls and comments on facebook and twitter. earlier today, the defense department announced it will scale down the u.s. military infrastructure in europe with operations at airbases closing and the joint strike fighter being based in europe permanently. >> ladies and gentlemen, good morning. welcome to the pentagon. the topic today is european infrastructure consolidation and the action taken that derive from that. our briefers today, we have the assistant secretary of defense, for international security affairs, mr. derek chollet. on his left is mr. john conger, performing the duties of the assistant secretary of defense for energy installations and environments. they'll make opening statements. we'll have time for questions afterwards. and let me know if there's questions beyond that if we run out of time. mr. chollet, if you'd like to begin. >> good morning. this on? >> yes. >> okay. good morning. european and trans atlantic security is more important than ever. the un