i'm speaking with steven hideman, rhonda swim, and ambassador kurt volker as a former u.s.assador to nato, also former deputy secretary of state. what is the answer to the question that president obama posed today in buenos aires, how do we do this in an intelligent way? is there an answer? >> i have to say, i think president is asking that question not because he's looking for the intelligent way but because he's try to discredit the idea of more military action. in fact i think if you are looking at what we can and should do you have to come back to the military question. there's a war going on, one side is winning, one side is losing, one side is i.s.i.s. which is terrible. how does this sort out? there will be some sort of military solution on the ground. iran, russia, hezbollah h are al in there trying to slaip what's going on. shaib what's going -- shaips the other questions. what do we do on supporting allies and communicates, what do we do about a close contact political organization, once there is a balance of forces on the ground. you have to get to the military s

. >> i'd like the thank my guests, steve hideman, rhonda swim and kurt volker. ray is back tomorrow, with the controversy surrounding hillary clinton's e-mails. i'm sheila macvicar, good night. >>> thanks for joining us for america tonight. tonight a closer look at the impact we make on our earth and the consequences. we see some of the clearest evidence of climate change in some of the world's most remote places, like the small island nations most directly threatened by rising tides. our correspondent saw the risk first hand when she travelled to the marshall islands and met with islanders locked in a fierce struggle to keep from becoming the world's first climate change refugees >> reporter: far in the south pacific these islands ride low above the waves, spret out over hundreds of miles of ocean. there is very little here that is not beach front. this is oon island that is literally one road wide. on this side there's at pacific and on that side there's the lagoon and there's not much in between. for thousands of years these narrow ribbons have been safe and

then, vice president joe biden on supreme court nominee garland. , and coming up and45 minutes, kurt volker michael breen, president and ceo of the truman national security project on u.s. policy and the fight against isis. the, alicia caldwell of associated press talks about u.s. security in the weight of the terrorist attacks in brussels. host: good morning everyone, we begin this morning with a call for civility in politics by house speaker paul ryan. ,n a 30 minute speech yesterday the wisconsin republican governor called on americans to aspire for more reasonable debates. it washington post this morning says it is part of a larger effort to build a firewall between congressional republicans up for reelection and donald trump. we will show you what the speaker had to say this morning and get your thoughts.

coming up thursday morning, kurt volker, executive director at the mccain institute for international leadership and michael breen on u.s. policy and the fight against isis and jihadist terrorism. they will skcexamine how migrat and immigration policies play a role in the conflict. then the u.s.'s security posture in the wake of belgium attacks. the status of syrian refugees who are already in the u.s. and those who want to come here. watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 a.m. thursday morning. join the discussion. >>> american history tv on c-span3. this weekend at 2:00 eastern on saturday, law professor jeffrey rosen talks about the influence of john marshal. >> adams said, my gift of john marshal to the people of the united states was the proudest act of my life. and marshal has been widely praised for transforming supreme court into what his biographer calls a dominant force in american life. >> at 10:00 on reel america. >> rocker. roll.

joining us is kurt volker, the former ambassador to nato and the executive director director of the mccain institute for international leadership. also with us is michael breen, the ceo of the truman security project. inc. you for being here. i will ask both of you for this question. what is the significance of the terrorist attack in brussels? >> it is a human tragedy. and the continuing pain that europe and other parts of the world are experiencing -- it is an important moment for europeans and for us as well. to step back and look at how we have done since 2014, the brussels attack. how have we done with the improvements we have made to the security systems? there are still differences in the level of security in the united states? they have a good plan. but they've only implemented about half of those. so there have been legal reforms training but that has only been done by some departments. sharing of the information, particularly what they collect about airline passengers. eurozone, europe is only as strong as the weakest link. there are a lot of phone our abilities and it is a good

joining us is kurt volker, the former ambassador to nato and the executive director director of the mccainnstitute for international leadership. also with us is michael breen, the ceo of the truman security project. inc. you for being here. i will ask both of you for this question. what is the significance of the terrorist attack in brussels? >> it is a human tragedy. and the continuing pain that europe and other parts of the world are experiencing -- it is an important moment for europeans and for us as well. to step back and look at how we have done since 2014, the brussels attack. how have we done with the improvements we have made to the security systems? there are still differences in the level of security in the united states? they have a good plan. but they've only implemented about half of those. so there have been legal reforms training but that has only been done by some departments. sharing of the information, particularly what they collect about airline passengers. eurozone, europe is only as strong as the weakest link. there are a lot of phone our abilities and it is a good ti

coming up thursday morning, kurt volker, executive director at the mccain institute for international leader and michael breen, president and ceo of the truman national security project on u.s. policy and the fight against isis and jihadist terrorism, and they'll also examine our immigration policies abroad play a role in the conflict, and alisha caldwell talks about the u.s.'s security posture in the wake of the belgium attacks. she'll also look at the status of syrian refugees who are already in the u.s. and those who want to come here. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal beginning live at 7:00 a.m. thursday morning. join the discussion. >>> american history tv on c-span3, this weekend on saturday afternoon at 2:00 eastern, law professor jeffrey rosen talks about the influence of john marshall. >> adams famously said my gift of john marshall to the people of the united states was the proudest act of my life. and marshall has been widely praised for transforming the supreme court into what his biographer john edward smith calls a dominant force in american life. >> at 10:00