no one doubts any of those things about her. >> reporter: wa about kirsten gillibrand? >> i don't aspire to that, but i do love serving the state of new york. >>> we're joined by kate bennett from "the washingtonian" and ryan liza, the washington correspondent for "the new york yorker" and monica hise, thank you all for coming. monica, you wrote in "the washington post" today that kirsten gillibrand is somebody to watch in 2020. >> we did in our annual in and out list. you know, there are the obvious comparisons that he took over hillary's seats, she's a new york senator, but also in our minds hillary has been running for 12 years. i don't think it's too soon to talk about who might be running. gillibrand has had a breakout year. i think we'll be watching her not only in 2014, but 2015, 2016, 2017. >> and can kate bennett, who is your political star? >> i'm curious about chris christie still. he doesn't pertain to the party lines, and that's refreshing. you never know what he's going to say. he has a future, too, socially middle of the road, doesn't ant do what his part

joining me now, senator kirsten gillibrand. it's great to be with you. and thanks for coming to new york since you represent this area. senator, the military justice improvement act. can you share with our viewers what that is? >> well as you said, 26,000 cases of unwanted sexual attempts rapes, sexual assaults last year alone. and what's really going on is there's been a breach of trust. the women and men who have been so brutally raped aren't reporting these cases because they do not believe their commanders will do anything. they also fear retaliation. because of the one out of ten brave souls who did report these cases, 62% were retaliated against. so you have a culture, and unfortunately a climate within our military where there's too much fear to be able to seek justice and it's so broken. even the commandant of the marine corps says the reason they don't report these cases is they don't trust us they don't trust the chain of command. >> there has been some reform. what are some of the reforms -- what has been done recent

i'm sure kirsten does. you certainly look better than i do. i'm not envious of any of that as long as i have the opportunity and i'm willing to work hard to improve my circumstances, that should be the promise of america. democratic left attitude of envy, greed and entitlement. i'm entitled to liberty and the rest suspect to me. i don't think it's going to cut it will with their core constituency but i don't think it will with the rest of the country. just how the economy works, 21 percent said yeah, income inequality thinks but it's not the government's business. only 13 percent said get involved with some people make more money than others. why is the president signaling that this is going to be such a huge theme for him? is it just going to the base because the majority of people sound like they understand that's just the way the world works. >> it isn't just the way the world works. this there is a lot of education the president could be doing on this. income -- concern about income inequality isn't being envious of other people. it's when

>> i'll send you a memo, kirsten. obama -- holder was -- >> i know the case back wards and forwards. >> holder was directly involved, lied twice to congress. obama invoked executive privilege to keep us from finding out. in "fast & furious," obama was directly responsible for sending susan rice out there to lie about the videotape. >> you mean benghazi. >> bald-faced lie to tell us what was going on, so kirsten, they are comparable in these two cases alone. by the administration, doing obama's bidding. now the obama administration is doubling down -- >> there is nothing that shows obama was connected to the irs scandal. >> is obama ever accountable to people? the mainstream media demand that is christie maybe even be fired. but he has fired four people and took action. obama never apologizes, christie apologized. >> david, you can't seriously be comparing, aides that directly report for christie. his like childhood friend who worked for him. >> wait a minute, holder and obama -- >> he doesn't even know -- >> holder --

kirsten, a lot of talk. of -- well, buzz about a colleague of ours, governor mike huckabee and what he said at the meeting this week. >> women i know are outraged that the democrats think that women are nothing more than helpless and hopeless creatures whose only goal in life is to have the government provide for them birth control medication. women i know are smart, educated, intelligent, capable of doing anything that anyone else can do. and if the democrats want to insult the women of america by making them believe that they are helpless without uncle sugar coming in and providing for them a prescription each month for birth control because they cannot control their libido or their reproductive system without the help of the government, then so be it. >> now, that's the longer sound bite. many of the sound bites run only with the last little clip there. >> right, so it lot of controversy. i think that people should know that they're probably going to get just the little clip of it and be prepared for it.

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kirsten, you're a democrat, $17 trillion in debt, we're raising the debt anywhere between one, 600 and $1.4 trillion a year. tell me why it can't work to cut one penny out of every dollar, every year for six years, all across the board, no exceptions in government. could that work? >> it could work, you know, but i also think you have to remember the deficit is projected to be dropping. so you know, to pretend that nothing is being done on deficit reduction is probably not entirely accurate. but i think there is certainly room for new ideas. you know what? sean, are you running for office? >> you know i'm not running, but i grew up, working as a bartender, a dishwasher, and construction, the opportunity we give our kids, we're stealing from them. isn't this an issue of mortality? >> well, actually there are jo s s available, there is a cultural issue, here, there are still bus boys, maybe american's work ethic could change, but the revenue has increased. government is taking in more money, very hard to get anybody to give up a dime for anything. i mean, the second you cut anything, eve

jon: kirsten powers, judy miller. thank you both. >> thank you.s convicted of murdering his wife but a utah doctor is asking to go free days before his sentencing which could be life in prison. new developments in the case of martin macneil coming up. >>> first storm of 2014 making a mess of air travel in this country. we're live at lax next. jon: a major winter storm out there disrupting travel plans for millions across the u.s. especially after the holidays. there are still hundreds of flight cancellations and delays nationwide because of this storm. the airports most affected in the hard-hit northeast, leaving a lot of travelers still trying to get home from holiday celebrations. they are stranded. will carr is streaming live from los angeles international airport. i guess the delays have echoed all the way out there, huh, will? >> reporter: that's right, jon. all morning people have come up to us and asked us, what is going on with the travel and the truth is, we don't have the snow here in los angeles but there have been very long lines and p

national captioning institute] a look at income inequality and social mobility with new york senator kirsten gillibrand at the brookings institution starting at nine :00 a.m. eastern. live coverage on c-span2. ryan with remarks live at 4:00 eastern on c-span3. next on c-span, "q&a" with david bobb. followed by "washington journal ." the u.s. house of representatives gavels back in later. "first ladies" returns with a look at the life and career of nancy >> this week on "q&a," author and educator david bobb discusses his new book titled "humility: an unlikely biography of america's greatest virtue." >> david bobb, in your book on humility, you say humility is a wimpy virtue. what did you mean by that? >> it is often seen as that. i make the argument that it is a virtue of strength. i think humility has fallen on hard times. it is seen as a virtue as something for wimps and wallflowers. people that are going to get run over. in order to be successful, conventional wisdom says you have to be assertive, bold, even putting yourself out there, self-promoting. i think humility countermand that. it

and san antonio, texas, i watched with disbelief as kirsten defended re-hiring that teacher, as a parentre organizing a bus group to see you at the shea in buffalo, on april 26th, but we're leaving mayor rob ford behind. we're looking forward to seeing you guys on the bus and are also doing shows in cincinnati. big one in pittsburgh at the console energy center, saturday, march 14th, all details on the show on billo'reilly,.com. and bill, why no mention of the two criminals crucified? only things we can confirm independent of the bible, we cannot confirm that. spectators were kept far away from the execution of jesus so they couldn't hear anything. and the roman kill squad made no mention of it at all. finally, the factor tip of the day as we mentioned in the talking points memo, i will ask president obama one question from you guys. so if you want to be the person who is mentioned during the interview, you have to think deeply. put forth a pithy question, that is different, different is the key word. make the point in the first memo. stupid stuff, tossed immediately. don't even bother,

jon: judy miller, kirsten powers, thank you both. >> thank you.coming up some new details on the surprising arrests in a 30-year-old cold case. a spectacular theft netting millions from an airport cargo vault, the infamous crime was featured in the movie, goodfellas. how the police zeroed in on them 30 years later and a man they believe was a main player. uma: well right now, new details on a story we brought you yesterday. five people arrested in connection with the 1978 heist at new york's kennedy airport where hooded gunmen made off with millions in cash and jewels. and now investigators are saying vincent asaro is one of the main players, and facing charges including murder, robbery, extortion and arson. police got a break in the case, when a witness wearing a wire said, legendary gangster, jim any gen didn't pay up. others in the heist got stuffed stiffed. others got killed. it was a key plot in the movie goodfellows where robert de niro played burke. now there could be a sequel. >> i got a call from marti sore says see, they're doing a new s

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kirsten powers, judy miller, thank you both. you can watch the president's remarks in their entirety streaming online at foxnews.com. jenna: well we certainly all saw the pictures this week. i see a vehicles in atlanta and thousands of people stranded on icy highways for hours. yesterday the roads were finally cleared and now georgia's governor is taking the blame. jonathan serrie live in atlanta with more on this. jonathan? >> reporter: hi, jenna, as you see behind me traffic is back to normal on atlanta's downtown connector but state officials are facing some tough questions of their handling of tuesday's snowstorm. listen. >> i accept responsibility for the factid not make preparation early enough to avoid these consequences. as a parent i certainly understand how someone would feel if their child was either on a school bus or at a school and unable to come back home. >> reporter: the national weather service issued a winter storm warning at 3:40 a.m. tuesday. but state officials say no one informed the governor until he came

i want kirsten to weigh in first.ted people are showing up to the doctor's offices, some of them have their insurance cards but it is not going through on the doctors office and they have people from the doctors offices saying they're sending inordinant amount of time on the phone trying to verify people actually are insured. you know, these are people who were insured before a lot of them and no longer know if they have insurance. this is obviously terrible and inexcusable. it is, there is just a lot of dysfunction and there is no reason they shouldn't be able to verify that you have insurance. bill: both of you, i mean it should be done, you're exactly right about that both of you are speaking from the same voice. from the article this is what it said, patients are also have investigation a hard time figuring out whether particular doctors are affiliated with their health insurance plan. doctors often don't know if they're in network for providers for plans on the exchange. quoting, tony, the system was not built to

seems kirsten. >> maybe you think it was misplaced anger. >> what do you think?o you think? >> what do you mean? >> do you think it was misplaced anger? >> i wasn't one of the people who was mad at komen. so are i'm not, i mean i wouldn't have stopped giving them money over it but if you are a person who does stop giving money over it, it's because they like planned parenthood. planned parenthood is an extremely important organization in this country. >> you hurt an agency that's trying to help women combating breast cancer. >> i think women are allowed to decide who they are mad at. >> they are allowed to decide and we are allowed to criticize the decision. all right, kate, now, it works both ways. because, once the komen center reinstituted their grants to planned parenthood then the traditional women stopped giving, i understand, is that what happened. >> a lot of women stopped giving after three short days. the komen foundation caved to planned parenthood. a lot of pro-lifers stopped giving. a lot of folks generally concerned about breast cancer research and

how do you look at this, kirsten? many people said if you're going to dole out this bill and law for all americans, you and your staffers should have to also be under obama care. looks like many of the staffers aren't too keen about that? >> i don't think congress should have been under obama care. it's not what obama care was designed for. obama care designed for the individual market, not for major corporations or something like the u.s. government. that's why the federal government is not under it. congress really never should have been under it. senator chuck grassley proposed in an amendment that they put congress under obama care. i guess, you know, because under the reasoning you were just saying. so that's how it ended up that congress was under obama care. i don't think they ever should have been there in the first place. i'm not surprised they are unhappy. they had really good benefits and they don't make a lot of money as compared to the private sector. >> you're bringing the discussion full circle. if it's

kirsten powers, good to see you. thank you very much. >>> a a family fair. senator john mccain and his daughter megan dishing on picks for 2016, and her fight with governor chris christie. >>> the shocking wave, we'll show you what happened next. >>> what one group wants to build next to this ten commandments monument. here is a hint. ♪ i've been around for long long years so many per share ♪ ♪ youand you're talking toere rheuyour rheumatologistike me, about trying or adding a biologic. this is humira, adalimumab. this is humira working to help relieve my pain. this is humira helping me through the twists and turns. this is humira helping to protect my joints from further damage. doctors have been prescribing humira for over ten years. humira works by targeting and helping to block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to ra symptoms. for many adults, humira is proven to help relieve pain and stop further joint damage. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal events, such as infections,

before she could answer i said never mind, kirsten. she is from alaska. gets it a little snow doesn't scare kirsten powers. if the conditions are so bad in d.c. how come everyone here at fox news channel in d.c. managed to get here to work and on time. our commute is no different than government employees. we drive the same roads and we drive the same routes. sure some government workers may not want to travel in any snow, and i understand that that's fine. but then they should just take the day off without pay or use a vacation day. government workers are being paid for this snow day by you, the taxpayer, that's messed up. that's my off-the-record comment tonight. if you have an important story or issue you think think should take off-the-record tell us about it urgent hunt for three black widows believed to be preparing for kill. are they already inside the sochi security ring. a live report from russia coming up. just minutes ago governor mcdonnell, once a rising star in the republican party public i insisting that he and his wife did nothing illegal.

you know, but there is a law, powers, a law on the books so that if you, kirsten powers, are not making as much money as someone doing exactly the same job and i don't know how that is possible if you are so brilliant i don't know how anybody could go up to that standard but say there was a man as smart as you all right? this is a hypothetical and you were getting less paid. the feds can raid the fox news channel and put into cuffs. >> hey, don't give them ideas, bill. >> okay. you know that law is on the books and you know they can do it so what's the beef? >> well, i think that people could still discriminate because how are you really going to find out what someone sells making? >> you file a claim and they have to in a deposition show it. >> yeah, but you would have to have a reason, what am i going to go around the office and demand that people tell me how much they make? >> what you don't know what hurt you. >> yeah. >> kate. >> what the democrats want to do right now. >> i have got a question for i. >> okay. >> this minimum wage madness, when are these pinheads in the republican

is this a big deal kirsten or just another photo on. >> i think it's a big deal for women the thingsa shriver's report showed is that there is still income inequality, that women are making i think 77 cents on the dollar as compared to men. so i consider that to be a pretty serious issue. >> do you think the government should guarantee equal wages? >> well, i don't think there is really any way that they could guarantee equal wages. >> what's the point? is this just a p.r. campaign to like urge people to be fair in their paychecks to women? is it just a p.r. campaign? >> i think there are a lot of things that she recommended that could be done that could support women such as having child care available which would change the dynamic for working women. >> free child care? >> you could have tax credits to support child care. you could have government provided child care. there are things like that that i think would make things very different for women who want to work. or need to work. >> and, kate, you say? >> well, first of all, this is a this was funded by large port george soros

here to talk about a proactive agenda to do just that is new york state senator kirsten gillibrand.ator gillibrand, you have a kind of platform that you're pushing to deal precisely with this issue. what is it? >> a number of things. first, we have to create workplace rules that actually reflect who's in the workplace. almost half our workers today are women. women are earning more than half the college degrees, more than half the advanced degrees in this country. so if we're ever going to reach the full potential of this country, we really have to tap into the full potential of women. so something as simple as paid family medical leave. more often than not when there's a new baby in the family, infant, an ill parent or dying family member, it's the women who have to side track off their careers to take care of the loved ones. we have to have paid family medical leave. equal pay for equal work. raise the minimum wage. 2/3 of minimum wage earners are women. universal pre-k. make sure women can stay in the workplace longer, can actually reach their full earning potential. put more mon

[applause] senator kirsten gillibrand talks about her proposal to help families. is paul ryan -- she will be followed by her representative paul ryan. >> with government funding expiring on wednesday. rayhalltative neck talks about a chemical leak in his state of west virginia. doctors are needed to implement the health care law? your e-mails, phone calls and tweets on "washington journal." >> as a president first stated in march and reemphasize tuesday night, the goal in afghanistan and pakistan was to disrupt, dismantle and defeat al qaeda and its extremist allies. return to both countries. the international military effort to stabilize afghanistan is necessary to achieve this overarching goal. served twoates presidents as defense secretary from 2006-2011 heard and c.i.a. director in the early 90s. friday at 6 p.m. eastern on c- span two, a life book tv event. secretary gates talks about his management of the wars in iraq and afghanistan and his relationship with the white house and congress. women's weeks look for history author bonnie morris. online for the re

] >> tomorrow we will take a look at income inequality and social mobility with social -- senator kirsten gillibrand. live coverage on c-span two. also monday at the parking institutions, house budget to the chair paul ryan. you can watch his remarks live on c-span three. coming up next on c-span, newsmakers, with mailing congressmen and house minority whip steny hoyer. politicalat the strategies that the republicans and democrats might use with the approaching 2014 midterm elections. and then at 8:00 p.m., q&a. >> "newsmakers" is pleased to welcome steny hoyer. he is the democratic leadership whip. michael lillis covers congress or the hill. >> hi. >> like to be with you. >> moderates are fleeing both parties fairly quickly. congress mcintyre and else's retirement this week. there are 15 blue dogs. two are retiring. what does this mean for the possibilities of taking the house in 2014? are these just gone? >> i do not think they are just gone. i think they were very strong candidates in their districts. they were very republican districts. redistricting has hurt both of them. i think we

jon: judith miller, kirsten powers. thank you both. >> thank you.boston mobster, james "whitey" bulger convicted of multiple murders was reportedly brought to tears by a touching love note from his girlfriend. the attorney for bulger reportedly hand delivering a note his client wrote to his girlfriend, something the mobster never thought the prison officials would allow. bulger's girlfriend, catherine greg behind bars reportedly helping him hide from police. we are told she responded that we spent 16 years on the run together best arrest in 2011 and we set them up for a nice reality tv series on their romance. jon: guy convicted -- jenna: horrible things. jon: participating in what, 16 murders, crying over his girlfriend. >>> target reveals a massive data breach affecting tens of thousands or 10 of millions of americans actually was bigger than originally reported. just how far it went. >>> plus danger beneath the snow. some expert advice on avalanche safety in light of several recent deaths in the west. rmer:n idaho potato farmer. and our giant ida

we've got mike baker and kirsten hagland. >> i don't know why we're doing this story.be because it's awesome. do they plot where they squat? dogs align themselves with the earth's magnetic field when they poop. this is on fox news.com. don't come after me. all right? it is. a team of czech and german researchers came to the conclusion after studying 70 dogs during 1900 defacations over two years, lucky. when a dog is circling around it could be aligning itself. perry you poop more outdoors than indoors. >> i knew you were going to say. that i knew it. >> i would say this, i go circles. >> be vague i do like to line up in concern directions due to certain enemy threat. >> that is why there is a compass on the watch. >> how about you, miky? >> i don't know what the question is >> do you have to miss someone off to get this assignment? it goes and stands upwing and you get a whiff. that is what it's doing. it happens every time. you smell it. >> that is logical, laurie. >> i know is that next time any dogs crap in the house i'm going to have an excuse.. >> i know you were

this is just the first thing you know kirsten said. one hopes that they will agree to meet again and said that a fairly soon and that in the meantime in on will be brought back into that discussion because the minute you're going to deal with the wall. it all the good people of varus threats to the street opposite to go get it okay just to say both comedies on one side and therefore call it a go. that makes no sense a tool who comes into full of whimsy and peacekeeping moscow wants the threat of terrorism in syria especially those posed by al qaeda to be the main focus of talks in switzerland. jihadist groups operating in the country targeting the government and the seven rebels this clashes of the film the files and opposition forces that since the start of the year and the resulting report reports some of the washington's previous indiscriminate support for the rebels is called irresponsible. when the enemy of your enemy is serenity. things can get complicated. it's a conundrum the u s bases in syria where political financial and mil

muslims make up just one point four percent of the population compared to kirsten satirical sixty percent. britain has labour hundred and thirty mins in schools and around one thousand six hundred mosques. well the taste of some alf the festival was held in september more than three hundred thousand residents and was pitching and have spent a third day with no safe drinking water because of the chemical spill and they still may not be able to drink or shower from the top four days to come the federal raid tomlin said it had been progress made in the cleanup of this bill but officials couldn't say when the ban on tap water use would be lifted from the capital charleston and the surrounding counties as many as eighteen thousand nine hundred meters of an industrial foaming agents known as crude and c h m we can see the elk river last week. the amount of contaminants is confirmed to be falling but is not yet consistently low enough for people to safely use the water according to officials involved in the cleanup. this bill for schools and businesses to close in charleston and surrounding comm

then we'll be live with a keynote speech by senator kirsten gillibrand on promoting upward social mobility. and later, more live coverage of two forums from the new america foundation; the first on government election funding followed later by an examination of the use of u.s. military force in response to terrorist threats. >> next, former new york republican congresswoman ann marie buerkle talks about some of the challenges facing women conservatives and what they can do to overcome them. she spoke recently at a forum held by the clare boothe luce institute. [applause] >> thank you all very much and thank you for that kind introduction. sometimes when i'm feeling tired and i listen to that i think, oh, maybe that's why i'm tired. [laughter] i'm just so glad to be back here, and i want to just thank the clare boothe luce society and this opportunity to talk to all of you, because there's nothing more important than your generation and making sure that you're involved and that you can carry on the great leg is si of the united states of america -- legacy of the united states of america. be

we've got mike baker and kirsten hagland. >> i don't know why we're doing this story.ecause it's awesome. do they plot where they squat? dogs align themselves with the earth's magnetic field when they poop. this is on fox news.com. don't come after me. all right? it is. a team of czech and german researchers came to the conclusion after studying 70 dogs during 1900 defacations over two years, lucky. when a dog is circling around it could be aligning itself. perry you poop more outdoors than indoors. >> i knew you were going to say. that i knew it. >> i would say this, i go circles. >> be vague i do like to line up in concern directions due to certain enemy threat. >> that is why there is a compass on the watch. >> how about you, miky? >> i don't know what the question is >> do you have to miss someone off to get this assignment? it goes and stands upwing and you get a whiff. that is what it's doing. it happens every time. you smell it. >> that is logical, laurie. >> i know is that next time any dogs crap in the house i'm going to have an excuse.. >> i know you were ver

here with us now is the cofounder and ceo of lift, kirsten. you just had a baby?ernity leave? >> yes. >> how is that first week going? >> her dad is there. >> dad are heroes and talk about that a different way. i want to hear about lift. you started this in college? >> i did. fifteen years ago. >> how did you come across the idea and what is it and how did you start it? you're at yale, a sophomore? >> i was at yale. i had always done a lot of volunteering growing up. i grew up in a very public service oriented family. the long story short is after volunteering in head start i know we were talking about that in the earlier segment, i felt the children i was working with needed so much more than just the occasionally support. they also needed a lot of support for their families to ensure that their parents employment situation and housing situation and child care situation was stable. so fast forward 15 years and we built an organization that helps families secure the strong personal and social and financial foundations they need to get ahead. >> tell about us about

. >> kirsten, you want a quick response to that? >> it is the same thing. suggested he's going to do that each brad thinks is illegal. setting up task forces or consumer protection agencies which is all i heard stuszed is by any measure illegal or outside of role'm of what an executive. >> you also say it is not that affective. >> we'll see what the president has in mind. >> keep your pens handy. super bowl is right around the corner and you can catch the big game on the local fox statement. >> and law enforcement from the fbi holding a conference right now in the security on the stadiumment rick is there. what have they told you, rick? >> reporter: bill, more than 100 state and local aenlss are handling security for the super bowl but the new jersey state police is uniquely qualified for the job. met life stadium has a home game every weekend of the season because of the jets and giants both playing here. and the new jersey state police handle security for everyone of those games. they are preparing and have been preparing for years and getting ready for t

columnist for daily beast and fox news contributor, kirsten, what do you make of that?ere was a "time" magazine cover of hillary clinton with a high heel shoe saying she would be democratic nominee for president. yet, there are linger questions about benghazi. >> comparing chris christie to hillary clinton, they are not quite comparable because chris christie's scandal is realtime. it's happening right now. i think the media is going to be much more attentive to that. the question will be down the road if you run for president, will they revisit it or let it go, whereas i think hillary clinton's scandal primarily is the benghazi situation. i think the media feels like that's sort of old news and not something they want to revisit. >> it's interesting. there haven't been any arrests. one would say it's ongoing. they are different in the fact nobody died in the bridgegate compared to four americans who died, who were basically assassinated. >> look, the obama administration did a very good job convincing the media the only people who care about benghazi are right wing tin

eastern on "the situation room," and i'll speak with senator kirsten gillibrand, one of the democrats make sure to tune in for that, and "newsroom" continues right now with martin savidge. >>> i'm martin savidge. thanks for joining us. happy new year to everyone. it's off to a devastating start in the city of minneapolis. an explosion and fire ripped through an apartment building this morning. authorities there not even sure that everyone has managed to make it out. flames were shooting 20 feet out of windows when the crews arrived. crews who went inside had to retreat. 13 people have been taken to the hospital. six are in critical condition. and then adding to this, the misery, is of course the extreme cold in manipulatinneapolis. the temperature is below zero, but the wind

the ones you see listed there particularly to folks like kirsten gillibrand and cory booker who are thoughtaspirations for higher office. years ago, another group of democratic senators faced a monumental choice on how to vote on an urgent matter of war and piece and their advisers were telling them they had to vote in such a way that they would look tough and resolute and bolster their credibility. when the time came to vote on the resolution for the authorization of force in iraq, this is what happened. >> i have concluded after careful and serious consideration that a vote for the resolution best serves the security of our nation. >> i will vote because i believe it is the best way to hold saddam hussein accountable. >> so senator booker, before voting on this bill, maybe call up john kerry and hillary clinton and ask them if they wish they could have that vote back. if we end up in a war with iran, the public will hate it rightly and will be seen as a disaster and you'll be condemned by history and public opinion for your role in bringing it about. if we end up with peace in iran, it wi

. >> listen, we saw and talked about this before, kirsten, the status fierced agreement in iraq.oing back and forth on how they wanted it to happen and then the time ran out and it just didn't happen. it seems that this is shaping up to be something similar in afghanistan or at least potentially, as this negotiation is still going on. >> well, i just have to say the idea that this is the president who doesn't like to use the military, if he doesn't like the military, lhe uses the military an awful lot. he's been quite aggressive, actually. >> he says, about suspicion of the military, all too early in the obama administration, suspicion and distrust of senior military officers by senior white house officials including the president and the vice president became a big problem for me as i tried to manage the relationship between the commander in chief and his military leaders. >> he's characterizing something. how do we know it was mistrust of them or just of the president thinking he has made it clear that afghanistan was a priority. i think that was a mistake. i don't think he sho

[applause] [inaudible conversations] >> new york democratic senator kirsten gillibrand delivering the opening keynote address at the brook, institution's -- brookings institution's social mobility summit. paul ryan of wisconsin will give the closing keynote at today's summit and we'll have live coverage of his remarks set for 4:30 eastern time. we'll have it on our companion network, c-span3. we're going to immediately take you to another live event looking at the effect of government funding on political campaigns. this is hosted by the new america foundation, we join it in progress. >> the marketplace in most of america might judge her as, you know, not a great candidate. why should i invest in a candidate who doesn't have any experience? i can take my campaign, my donation and give it to somebody who i think is going to win. what we find here with the publicly-funded, with the full funding especially, is we diminish anxiety among candidates, we increase the feelings that they, that they're feeling in control. they're less surprised about the rigors of raising money, and they emerge

. >> kirsten is the co-founder of lift. great to meet you. were an undergraduate at yale. and you met some homeless people or people in need. and this was your notion of individually-based poverty action. tell me about it. >> that's right. i was actually inspired to start lift after volunteering in head start, which was a war on poverty program and working with children living in poverty. but i started to feel that the children i was working with needed so much more than what i could provide. they also needed families who were on stable ground. and so what we've done over the last 15 years with lift is to build an organization that helps families establish the strong personal, social, and financial foundations that they need to get ahead, ranging from stable jobs, safe housing, education for themselves and their kids, but also the ability to access the confidence and connections that we all need to achieve success in life. >> how do you do that in most recent years in the recession and in this terrible job market, when jobs are so scarce, esp

he's going to be attending the state of the union tomorrow as a guest of kirsten gillibrand of new yorkor being here. >> my pleasure. >> what is the most important thing about service members and their families in the state of the union? >> we want to hear the president stand with all the veterans group in america and every veteran and military family i've spoken to in the last few weeks and oppose these ridiculous retirement cuts. this has a real impact on the families. if you're a retired first class out of the army, this is going to mean $85,000 you're going to lose. more importantly, this was a promise made with the veterans. when you sign up your retirement benefit is part of the deal. they got together and both agreed to the deal, and it's been outrageous for everybody outside of party lines. the president has got to step out and say he's against these cuts and against any future cuts like it. what is next? is the g.i. bill next? are mental health benefits next? this is a very important line. veterans are pushing back hard. that's why we're going to be protesting on capitol hill t

candidate that he funneled the money to appears to be republican wendy long, who is absolutely crushed by kirstenand in the race in new york. they go all the way back to the dartmouth review where they jointly had to apologize after a staffer put a quote from hitler into the statement of principles published in the paper and distributed on yaum kippur. joining me now is someone the previous record holder of indicted for the dumbest crime of the decade. former senator jeff smith ran against rose carnahan for the congressional seat. he went to federal prison after pleading guilty to obstructing charges. he's now assistant professor of politics and advocacy and writes about politics and it's always great to have you on the show, jeff. >> good to be here, chris. >> so this is what the conservatives are saying on fox news, they're going after obama critics with indictments. virginia governor d' souza unleashing the dogs. do you think he's a political prisoner? >> no, i don't think he's a political prisoner, along with two other democratic state legislators, i was indicted. i went to prison, so did one

i don't imagine that you would see a joe biden or andrew cuomo or kirsten gillibrand. >> i thought itl that bill and hillary clinton took such a prominent role in the de blasio inaugural as well, speaking of playing to the progressive wing to the party. kelly o'donnell, certainly on the hill there are a number of senators who are looking at the potential of running and also looking at the midterm elections and what impact that is going to have. are terribly concerned about the midterm elections and obama legacy. hillary clinton will have to decide if she runs just how much to distance herself from some of the unpopular policies of this white house. >> she's one of the rare political figures who already has some endorsements from fellow democrats who would typically in a regular year wait a bit to see what the landscape looks like before so vigorously saying that they are for hillary. she's got that behind her. but there are few people in american political life who understand the rigors for running for president better. she did it twice with her husband, once on her own. few people kn

senator kirsten gill brand that will talk about military sexual assaults and what can be done to fixuld work in practice. but first, we'reng

we want to start with kirsten lodal. she is the cofounder and chief executive officer. this is ann marie mosley. and this is kasim reed. thank you very much. we do every policy area with you, it seems. this is the one that is your favorite. and this is randy. 16 years ago, we started this group. i am interested in the story and what animated you to decide that changing women's opportunities was the you wanted to go. >> the inspiration came out of volunteering in head start. feeling that in addition to providing children with exceptional opportunities, we also needed to be providing support to their parents and families. helped him find housing, excellent jobs, education for themselves and their children. in the last 15 years, we have helped over 100,000 families move away from -- the key lesson we have learned at lift and what our data supports is that when they put women in the driver's seat of their own journey, we will see the greatest success. when we put them in the driver seat, and map our programs according to their needs, women will be more active participants.