in addition to the new york deputy police commissioner, we will hear from michael chertoff and the administrator for the transportation security agency john pistole. each issue should be handled

in a few moments a forum on the face of terrorism, including remarks by michael chertoff and john pistolect committees, similar to the one toablished last week investigate the terrorist attacks in benghazi, libya. america'scussion on aging infrastructure. >> a collection of interviews with some of the nation's top storytellers. >> my parents migrated from the south to washington. my mother from georgia, my father from southern virginia. washington was where they met, married, and had me. without the great the gratian, i would not be here. i've lived with that all my life. i was surrounded by the language, the food, the music, the ambitions of the people who had migrated from the south. it has been with me all this time. unique voices from tony five years from our conversations, "sundays at eight." ewings is a reporter from politico. why such a large increase in one year? say is the officials there were many more smaller terrorist attacks. although there were fewer egg experts callm spectacular attacks like that 9/11 attack, there were more smaller-scale bombings or shootings or attacks th

tremendous questioner, tremendous united states senator, no matter how good he was, he picked michael chertoffo was my chief counsel on that committee. he went on to become the director of homeland security. he could five down deep into the questioning of witnesses and bring forward the facts that would allow the committee members an ability to understand where they were going and then make their questioning much more effective. >> it's very interesting to hear what you're saying because we all have seen those hearings before where they only get five minutes. and a lot of times you're frustrated because you don't feel like they're getting anywhere. and the witness is by themselves and doesn't have anyone sitting next to them saying, wait a minute, that's not exactly how it happens. you say invoking the fifth amendment -- say one of the witnesses wants to do that. any person who does that, should do it in person in front of the american people? why? >> you look at what's going on with the irs investigation and lois lerner. it is important that people have their fifth amendment privilege to not

. >> we want to take you to an event with michael chertoff. 2004 at theed in university of southern california and partly funded by the homeland security department. >> thank you for those very kind words of introduction. and, mr. undersecretary, thanks for your comments about what has been achieved. it is a powerful testament to the vision that congress had when it authorized these centers of excellence. i think the promise of this has really been borne out. it has been over 10 years since september 11, and it is now the 10th anniversary of the founding of create. in 2007, as some of you will remember, i had the great privilege of speaking here early in the life of this organization, and even then i was very impressed by what was being done, but even more by what was being contemplated. what i would like to do in my remarks today is talk a little bit about the value that you bring to the homeland security enterprise, which is not just the department of homeland security, but also the organizations that are part of what protect us in the united states. and then to put that in the context of wh

it was established in 2012 under the chairmanship of former secretary of homeland security michael chertoff and this brings together university's expertise, research, policy and education to address the wide range of issues that are relevant to the cyber challenge, including national and international security and economic competitiveness as well as concerns about privacy and civil liberties. i'm sure you join me in looking forward to the program and to president ilves' address. please join me in welcoming frank salufo and director of gw's homeland security policy institute. >> thank you, president knapp, and let me echo the president's comments and welcome everyone to george washington university today. let me also welcome our viewers on c-span, those watching at home. it is a real treat and i've got the distinct privilege of very, very briefly introducing our speakers. to give you a sense of the state of play, we're going to start with some prepared remarks by president ilves. then we'll turn right into a moderated question and answer period with congressman rogers, congressman ruppersber

we will hear from michael chertoff and the administrator of the transportation security agency. the president of the u.s. chamber of commerce said today the republicans in congress should approve an overhaul of immigration law or else risk losing the white house in 2016. his comments came at a conference on the effect of aging infrastructure on the u.s. economy. >> good morning, everybody. welcome to infrastructure week 2014. i am the executive director of transportation and infrastructure. this morning on behalf of the council on competitiveness, the national association of manufacturers, the chamber, we are pleased to kick off a we hope will become an annual week of spotlighting the nation's public infrastructure that serves as a physical platform for our economy. in the fall of last year a man challenged to organizations, the chamber and counsel to work together to raise the profile of the nation's infrastructure new ceo's andruit top-level voices and create more interest among the business committee for dressing the challenges we will discuss today and throughout the week. l

. >> you can watch the entire discussion with remarks from michael chertoff and john at 8:00tonight starting p.m. eastern here on c-span. up next, we'll hear from the attorney who successfully argued against the defense of marriage act last year with the supreme court's. he sued the federal government for failing to recognize the marriage to another woman. it also talks about ongoing court cases around the country involving same-sex marriage. this is under one hour. >> good afternoon. my name is jonathan leiken. i'm the president of the cleveland metropolitan bar association. i am pleased to introduce robbie kaplan. yesterday, may 1, was law day. we celebrate law day every year to reflect on the importance of law in our society and what better place to have this conversation than the citadel of free speech, the city club of cleveland? and what better topic to illustrate the importance of law in our society than the fight for equal rights for the lgbt community? i just want to give a little bit of context to today's conversation. it has been almost a year since the u.s. supreme court for a la

and tonight at eight, a discussion on terrorism featuring former homeland security director michael chertoff, tsa administrator john pistole and a panel of security experts who describe the terrorist threat as it exists today. here in new york city john miller talks about the terrorist mindset when planning an attack. >> we obsess they'll attack the water supply, the food supply, they'll poison the milk in the cows, they'll do a biological -- they sit around up at night while we're tossing and turning thinking about what they're thinking, and they're thinking about i need to kill people. i need to have the streets running with blood, i need people running and screaming, and i need it on tv. i'm not worried about causing a blackout. i need people to die. terrorism is theater. it requires a storyline, it needs a big, dramatic scene, it needs that story arc, and the big scene, the money shot involves blood and bodies, and that's what they're thinking about. they ain't thinking about the grave i have. gravy. >> and deputy police commissioner john miller is part of the panel also discussing devel

michael chertoff, former secretary of homeland security, former special advisor, form federalç judgeow to ask questions. believe me, brian, hillary clinton is not going to be able to make speeches when mike chertoff is cross-examining her. >> will he have subpoena power to make people come? >> yes. he won't have the power to indict, which a special prosecutor would. but they would have the power to expose, to compel answers. and believe me mike chertoff, there are others, he's the best known, knows how to ask questions. >> are we overstating what has come down the pike and been exposed or do you think this is a major move point in the benghazi case and i was disappointed at jay carney's efforts to hide that yesterday. >> right and he was c.c.'d on that memo. judge, thanks so much. coming up straight ahead, look at this one. one of these people is faking how they feel. who do you think it is? we'll show you how to spot a liar. >>> he dishes out love to anyone trying to make money in the straupt business. business. -- in the restaurant business. >> you guys are wimping out. >> john tap