senator mark kirk says 429 unaccompanied minors who crossed the border illegally, are in chicago. they're in the custody of the health and human services department, but kirk did not say where they are being housed. he says the american people have a right to know if they pose a threat. he's asking u-s ambassadors in guatemala, honduras and el salvador if any of them have criminal records. former state representative keith farnham is considering a plea deal in the federal child pornography case against him. farnham is accused of e-mailing videos of children being molested. he resigned after his home was raided in march, citing unspecified health issues. farnham is under house arrest. a barge sunk in the chicago river near the lasalle street bridge yesterday.. the barge belonged to a construction company doing work along the riverwalk. the 50 by 20 foot barge is now completely submurged... no one was on board when it sank.. house republicans are moving forward with plans to sue president obama, who is firing back with his own criticsm. andrew spencer has more. the white house is off

i want to bring in republican senator mark kirk from illinois. to call for a tough response over the crisis in ukraine. as you know, in a couple of minutes, president obama will be delivering a response from the white house on this situation in ukraine and the plane that was shot down. what do you want to hear from the president? >> i want to hear that the department of justice will bring one hell wrongful death suit against trussia with a weapons system that is operated by russian forces. >> do you blame vladimir putin? >> it appears the system is so complicated that it would need a back-up from russian armed forces. it would mean that russia is directly responsible for the death of 300 people. >> what you are suggesting is that this buk missile system is so complicated that they can't rule out the possibility that russian advisers somehow assisted these pro russian rebels in firing this at this malaysian aircraft, this commercial aircraft. you say you want a wrongful death suit then against the perpetrators then, if you think vladimir putin --

senator mark kirk expected to provide more information later today. in a written statement the senator has raised concerns about these children. if any of these individuals has a criminal record in the home country our government owes it to the american people to facilitate sharing of records and reassure our nation that these individuals pose no threat. talking to local officials here at the honduras council on the northwest side they say that any sharing of records is being handled at the national level to the honduran embassy in washington. the department of health and human services in charge of the 429 children once again spokespeople for the u.s. government not returning calls on this politically charged issue since the fall the united states has seen a wave of desperate children crossing the border from countries like honduras guatemala and el salvador. the been taken into custody by border patrols. the influx of children sparked an ugly incident in california with protesters clashing of sympathizers. many people demanding their immediate depor

you saw senator mark kirk say we need to do something to prevent these kinds of attacks. you've seen people who were pushing it shortly after 9/11 and then revised their calls. not gotten to the point of major momentum yet. it is starting to percolate again on capitol hill. host: we have a quote from senator kirk. we can't hide. we need to think about how to defeat this threat technically. we should let them make the decision as they are booking. that would restore a lot of confidence in the system. faa toushing the encourage airlines to do this. how much power does the faa have? how much would have to move through congress for any change in defense systems to occur? the question of who would fund it is an issue that has to be resolved by congress. regulations, i do think the faa could do it on its own and mandate that the airlines do this. to intervene on the money and the regulatory side. host: let's explain how these antimissile systems work. can you explain to us the technology? guest: there are a variety of different technologies. that are not even on the planes. how

senator mark kirk from illinois said it very eloquently at a press conference we had with the veterans groups last week. he said our veterans fought for freedom around the globe. they ought to be able to move freely around the globe. we owe this to the u.s. chamber of commerce, the business round table, countless companies who know not only this is the right thing to do, it's the right thing to do for business. there's all kinds of markets opening all around the world where people with disabilities -- software, new software, new kinds of equipment, new devices that are helping people with disabilities live more full and meaningful lives. one of that was developed here in america. i know our businesses would like to be involved with this treaty to be able to be involved in raising the level of accessibility and opportunity for people with disabilities around the globe. scores of religious groups want to see this treaty ratified. in closing, mr. president, it's time to bring this to the floor. as i say, i know members have serious concerns about this, and they should be addressed. i beli

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senator mark kirk is worried about the safety of american passengers, calling on the faa, quote, to installounter measures on commercial planes. those systems could have prevented this, a november 2003 attack on a dhl cargo plane over baghdad. it managed to land safely. terrorists launched a shoulder-fired missile and barely missed a passenger jet taking off from kenya in 2002. those are designed to encounter simpler, shoulder-fired missiles. to fend off more sophisticated radar-guarded missiles, one possible counter measure, according to experts in various reports, could be fired from the commercial plane in a canister. that canister would burst open and send out what is called chaffe, metal confetti. >> it create as cloud that's much larger than the aircraft and this cloud distracts the missile because the radar cross section of the cloud is much bigger than that of the aircraft and the missile is thrown off target. >> reporter: but experts say it's only for a few seconds before the missile could lock back on to the aircraft and installing and maintaining this equipment could throw planes

mark kirk is calling for action sending this letter to aa asking it to produce a study to detail feasibilitycost and timeframe to install counter measures to defend against surface-to-air missiles on u.s. i civilian airlines. after 9/11 he added the u.s. department of security spent $276 plilon studying away commercial airlines could be protected. >> why don't we put them on today? it's the cost. >> but when it comes to evading surface it air missiles, all of the experts we tospoke to agree. right now, the only way to avoid a strike is to avoid conflict zones all together. erin? >> thank you. makes it difficult to ply. in certain parts of the world or around the world. >>> still to come, the kay office crash site. why and heat the u.s. been there yet. >>> is there any way they checked whether this plane was civilian? we needed 30 new hires for our call center. i'm spending too much time hiring and not enough time in my kitchen. [ female announcer ] need to hire fast? go to ziprecruiter.com and post your job to over 30 of the web's leading job boards with a single click; then simply select th

senator mark kirk is worried about the safety of american passenger, calling on the faa to install countermeasures commercial planes. those systems could have prevented this. a november 2003 attack on a cargo plane over baghdad. it managed to land safely. israel already has these measures that was developed after a israeli passenger jet was attacked. but those are designed to counteronly simpler shoulder fired missiles. to fend off more sophisticated radar missiles like the one fired at the malaysia airlines jet, one possible countermeasure could be fired from the commercial plane in a canister. that canister would burst open and send out what's called chaf, metal confetti. >> it creates a cloud that's much larger than the aircraft and this cloud distracts the missile because the radar cross-section of the cloud is much bigger than that of the aircraft so the missile is thrown off targets. >> reporter: but experts say it's only a few seconds before the missile could lock back on to the aircraft and installing and maintaining these systems would be difficult. they are enormously expensive. >> the l

. >> senator mark kirk of illinois and dave lineman of nebraska say illegals are being sent to their states but they claim they account get any information from the federal government about who is being sent there. their backgrounds, where they're staying specifically, or for how long. >> tried to find out where the detention facilities are in the state of illinois, and i have not been told where these -- the addresses of these facilities. i think that would be an enormous reform we could ensure the safety and security of these kids. >> why are they conducting a secret operation essentially, transporting them all over the country, and now we learn to nebraska, and the federal government won't tell us what is going on. >> senator kirk says the immigration crisis has been handled with such incompetence it will be president obama's katrina. given the number of children separated from parents in the process, kirk says they have become vulnerable to traffickers. one illinois congressman, said the immigration mess was created by a law signed by president bush back in 2008, and instead of h

then of course there was illinois senator and republican mark kirk last week suggesting background checks at the borders because obviously that's the way to weed out the criminals, you know, from the legitimate child refugees. so the question is, has the republican party completely jumped the shark on this issue, and is this ratchet rhetoric really the gop's grand latino outreach plan? alfonso aguilar joins us. he served as chief of the u.s. office of citizenship under president george w. bush. i'm going to start with you, alfonso. the images of people screaming at buses full of children who don't understand what they're saying because they probably don't really necessarily speak english, and some of them are 5. people yelling go home. some showing up to meetings in michigan with guns, with ar-15s strapped on and screaming go home. is this the way the republican party reaches out to latino-americans? when americans, whether you're latino or not, look at this, this looks crazy. does it look crazy to you? >> it looks definitely crazy. some of those comments are preposterous and are offensiv

or there's senator mark kirk of illinois, who released a press release calling for any of the kids sentto be given criminal background checks to, quote, reassure our nation that these individuals pose no threat. and let's not forget texas governor rick perry, who's out to prove that indeed photos of a tough-guy governor with guns totally solves the immigration crises. there's truly an ugly side to this debate over the central american refugee children. it is to put it mildly not america looking our best. just saying. and that wraps things up for "the reid report." i'll see you back here tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. eastern. but sure to visit us online. "the cycle" is up next. what you guys got going on? >> hey, joy. we have an exciting show. i'm excited about every block today. we're going to end today, as you did, talking about those central american refugees. i'm going to make the moral case for why they need to be allowed to stay, all of them. we're also going to talk about people who want so segregate themselves in louisiana. we're going to talk about the conflict in israel. and of course,

you saw senator mark kirk say we need to do something to prevent these kinds of attacks. you've seen people who were pushing it shortly after 9/11 and then revised their calls. not gotten to the point of major momentum yet. it is starting to percolate again on capitol hill. host: we have a quote from senator kirk. we can't hide. we need to think about how to defeat this threat technically. we should let them make the decision as they are booking. that would restore a lot of confidence in the system. faa toushing the encourage airlines to do this. how much power does the faa have? how much would have to move through congress for any change in defense systems to occur? the question of who would fund it is an issue that has to be resolved by congress. regulations, i do think the faa could do it on its own and mandate that the airlines do this. to intervene on the money and the regulatory side. host: let's explain how these antimissile systems work. can you explain to us the technology? guest: there are a variety of different technologies. that are not even on the planes. how

senator tim johnson of south dakota, senator mark kirk of illinois. they have worked so assiduously on coming up with a bill for funding our veterans for fiscal year 2015, and it is an outstanding bill. and -- but when we look -- but right now we're out there in the wilderness. we've moved it through the subcommittee, we've moved it through the full committee. it passed unanimously. and we're out in the ethers waiting to come to the floor. johnson and kirk, mikulski, shelby -- we're like people with our nose pressed against the glass on the floor. we see it within our grasp but we can't get through. and all we want to do is help to complete the job that we're trying to undertake today. you know, as much as the bill will be -- that senator sanders worked out, that without the v.a. mil-con appropriations bill, the veterans will lack key tools to expand care, important support personnel that allows the doctors and nurses to do their job, important technology to run contemporary institutions and, by the way, the bill that we're going to be working on, the

senator mark kirk is worried about the safety of american passengers calling on the faa "to install counteranes." those systems could have prevented this. on november 2003 attack on a dhl cargo plane over baghdad. it managed to land safely. israel already has counter measures on its el-al planes developed after terrorists launched a shoulder fired missile and barely missed an israeli passenger jet in 2002. on the israeli planes a laser moves toward a missile and deflects it away. but those are designed to count ker only simpler shoulder fired missiles. to fend off more sophisticated radar guided missiles, one possible counter measure according to experts in various reports could be fired from the commercial plane in a canister that would burst open and send out what's called chaff, metal confetti. >> reflective aluminum particles create a cloud much larger than the aircraft. this cloud distracts the missile because the radar cross section of the cloud is much bigger than that of the aircraft. so the missile is thrown off target. >> experts say it's only for a few seconds before the missile

and i'd like to commend the senator from new jersey for his leadership along with senator mark kirk in iran sanctions legislation, legislation that enjoys wide bipartisan support, and indeed that would have passed into law months ago were it not for the majority leader of this chamber refusing to allow a vote on it. even to this day, we should vote on kirk-menendez because a substantial majority of members of this body and the house of representatives would pass this legislation to make clear what the senior senator from new jersey just made clear: that no deal is not nearly as bad as a bad deal, which all of us fear we are on the verge of entering into this geneva. madam president, i rise today to address the misguided foreign policy of the obama administration. which is wreaking catastrophic consequences across the globe. the obama-clinton-kerry foreign policy has profoundly under undd or national security along with that of our friend and ally, the nation of israel.. just last week the white house coordinator for the middle east, philip gordon, gave an astonishing speech at an inter

senator mark kirk of illinois, while he served in the house of representatives, was one of eight republicansto vote for the waxman-markey cap-and-trade proposal. in that same year, 2009, senator jeff flake of arizona, then representing arizona in the house, was an original cosponsor of the raise wages, cut carbon act to reduce payroll taxes for employers and employees in exchange for equal revenue from a carbon tax. on the house floor then-representative flake argued the virtues of this approach. here is what he said. "if we want to be honest about helping the environment, then just impose a carbon tax and make it revenue neutral. give commensurate tax relief on the other side. myself and another republican colleague have introduced that legislation to do just that. let's have an honest debate about whether or not we want to help the environment by actually having something that is revenue neutral where you tax consumption as opposed to income." it was a good idea then and it's still a good idea now. senator flake's words were echoed that year in the senate by senator collins, a lead cospons

working with senators tim johnson and mark kirk, i convened an all hands on deck hearing with these agencies. social security immediately responded under carolyn's leadership to make sure that the va gets on a biweekly basis -- am i correct? for the information that it needs, so that the veterans administration can deal with its backlog. she's got her own backlog with the disability benefits, this techno boondoggle, once again, before she took over, no one in charge. everybody in charge. everybody ditherring and moving their microchips around. you know that deal. and we saw it in the health exchange, we see it over here. but i think she's the person to fix it. so, mr. chairman, and senator hatch, i really hope, as you can see my enthusiasm for her, and if you want william donald shaffer smiling on you today, the do it now and do it right, confirm carolyn colvin. >> that is some sort of sendoff. thank you, chairman mikulski. your commitment to these programs is renowned. and i especially appreciate your bringing up mr. shaffer. because i remember meeting him, and i saw how you could have a he

mark kirk saying russian made advanced sam has murdered 285 people.ctions should expand to oil and energy sectors. also with a senate hearing earlier today on the gm ignition switch issue, we've been asking you has gm's response to the ignition switch problem when appropriate. you can continue to leave comments on twitter using #cspanchat or go to facebook.com/cspan. >>> 40 years ago the watergate scandal led to the only resignation of an american president. throughout this month and early august, american history tv revisits 1974 and the final weeks of the nixon administration. this weekend opening statements from the house judiciary committee as members consider articles of impeachment. >> selection of the president, it occupies a very unique position within our political system. it's the one act in which the entire country participates and the are ult is binding upon all of the states for four years. the outcome is accepted, the occupant of that office stands as a symbol of our national unity and commitment. so if the judgment of the people is to b

my very able subcommittee chairmen, senator tim johnson, with the help of ranking member senator mark kirk of illinois. they have done such incredible diligence on how we could use the taxpayers' dollar wisely to really provide the services that we promised the veterans. yes, health care, but also that you don't -- you shouldn't stand in line for your health care, but you also shouldn't stand in line and wait in line and then hope the line gets smaller for your disability benefits. what the v.a. milcon bill does this year under the very able leadership of senator johnson and the cooperation of senator kirk was to do these very important reforms. and the committee responded. i wish you could have been in the full committee that day. we passed it on a bipartisan basis of 30-0. now i want to be able to bring this bill to the floor so this week we could do all three of these and make sure that the sanders-mccain conference report bill is not on a weak foundation. we need to modernize our v.a. infrastructure. there's over $10 billion of backlog in crumbling physical infrastructure at the v.a. i

you saw senator mark kirk say we need to do something to prevent these kinds of attacks.ve seen people who were pushing it shortly after 9/11 and then revised their calls. not gotten to the point of major momentum yet. it is starting to percolate again on capitol hill. host: we have a quote from senator kirk. we can't hide. we need to think about how to defeat this threat technically. we should let them make the decision as they are booking. that would restore a lot of confidence in the system. faa toushing the encourage airlines to do this. how much power does the faa have? how much would have to move through congress for any change in defense systems to occur? the question of who would fund it is an issue that has to be resolved by congress. regulations, i do think the faa could do it on its own and mandate that the airlines do this. to intervene on the money and the regulatory side. host: let's explain how these antimissile systems work. can you explain to us the technology? guest: there are a variety of different technologies. that are not even on the planes. how do y

thank you for the >> state department official brett mark kirk returns to capitol hill does my to testify about iraq on the senate foreign relations committee. he will be joined by a former cia analyst. live coverage begins at 10:00 eastern on c-span three and c-span.org. today on c-span, "washington journal" is but your phone calls them live coverage of the house, to base their scheduled to work on legislation to provide financial counseling for student loan borrowing and deal with the tax code. in about 45 minutes, we will talk with congressman mike conaway about u.s. relations with russia. onn arizona congressman efforts to address the problem of children emigrating from central america without their parents. the cochair of the delta regional authority on his agencies ever to end poverty in the mississippi delta region.

mark kirk says this. why did the faa block plates over ukraine? was shot plane down days before. dall, werom mark need an independent investigation of what happened. we must hold those responsible for this tragedy. you do not shoot a plane out of the sky at 33,000 feet without some very sophisticated hardware. andy democratic congressman -- it is important to not rush to judgment. those responsible must be held accountable. mh17 isy pelosi says an unspeakable outrage. our deepest sympathy with the family, friends, and loved ones. speaker boehner had this to say. many innocents were killed today. it is horrifying, and we await the facts. jim in michigan. what should the u.s. response to russia be? more aggressive or not? caller: yes, it should be. without a doubt. i am a vietnam veteran. i think that the united states [beep]o get off their and get back to the john f. kennedy cuban crisis. he stood up to them and said do it or not. shoot away. we need to straighten this world out. not just u.s.a. we need to look to the bible and look in revelations. states,le of the united you had b

republican senator mark kirk saying, quote, i think they should actively look into mounting active defensesw defense technology have saved flight mh 17 from an attack? here to tell us more is our guest. >> just below the belly of an aircraft are these gadgets that take an hour to install. one airline is installing them. what it is, it's counter measure technology and it costs roughly a million dollars for this. the question is, how come we're not already using this on every single commercial aircraft, if there is a remote possibility that even though this was a buk missile, very powerful missile that was alleged to have hit this aircraft, even with the shoulder missiles that will be more prevalent cause the costs are coming down, they're easier to get into the market, this has the potential of stopping all of these types of missiles. >> how does this work? this what does it do if it were in the plane and why don't we use it? >> here is what's great about this technology. you're in the aircraft. you're the pilot on the flight deck and you need to do nothing. this system is automatic. it will

host: your thoughts being reflected by mark kirk. he is quoted in the washington post about that very thing. they should be equipped with missile defense systems. we are going to continue on our conversation about the incident over ukraine. hannaest is going to be from the foreign-policy initiative. we will change gears and take a look at guns and gun ownership issues with shannon watts. she will join us later in the program. first, we want to point you to our programming on both american history tv and book tv this weekend. weekend, different city across the united states is highlighted. at des moines, iowa this weekend. you will meet michael garter, of the deseditor moines register. receivede wrote that the most response from readers. any editorial would be a personal editorial. i've written five in my life. christopher died when he was 17 unexpectedly. got sick one day and died when years ago almost today. -- 20 years ago almost today. i wrote an editorial about him and received enormous response. part of the response was because

>> i talked to senator mark kirk on thursday and he urged the obama administration to press the faa toover these contested areas and it should also be noted that the legal culpability, according to senators -- >> i think u.s. airlines have made it clear they have a rule in place and not flying over hostile areas so this is pertaining right now to international carriers over international jurisdictions. >> that sort of is like closing the barn door after the horse is already bolted. >> i guess my point is what leverage would the u.s. have when we are not talking about u.s. carriers?carriers. >> the u.s. can set the example and hope other international carriers follow along and so they can avoid similar situations. >> arthur? >> this is actually controlled by the international civil aviation organization. they actually, on international flights like these, all of the main carriers describe to this and part of the united nations. they have the authority to declare a no-fly zone which actually was in place here up to 32,000 feet. but given the backdrop of four planes that were shot down by

senator mark kirk, not a member of the committee, but has said this about the treaty. "he want to say, as a recently disabled american, how important it is to adopt this convention. too often we have a problem of thinking of our veterans as victims, but they are victors. this convention allows people to become victors instead of victims." end quote. and again, one of the true giants of the senate, former senator bob dole, whom i mentioned is today is his birthday, here is what he had to vasay about this treaty, this disability treaty: "u.s. ratification of the crpd will increase the ability of the united states to improve physical, technological, and communication access in other countries, thereby helping to ensure that americans, particularly many thousands of disabled american veterans, have equal opportunities to live, work, and travel abroad." end quote. the fact is, madam president, this treaty is supported by many respected, thoughtful, conservative republican leaders. i could cite many more statements from colleagues and other republicans. the simple truth is t

you saw senator mark kirk say we need to do something to prevent these kinds of attacks. you've seen people who were pushing it shortly after 9/11