and then a look at immigration policy and border patrol security with michael chertoff. and a conversation with former house majority leader eric cantor. >> >> and now on the "the communicators" we want to introduce you to karl nebbia who spent many years with the national telecommunication and information administration. what was your role over there? and what did you do? >> i spent about 30 years at ncia. my final years i was the associative associative min strart administrator. in our office we had engineer functions, policy functions, it people, international efforts and so on. so basically oversaw the whole federal government spectrum management. >> host: how do you manage spectrum? >> well, you could separate them in time but now we are using signals to stop interference and more sophisticated capabilities of determining when the systems are operating to allow openings for other systems to fit into the gap and lots of different things. much of it is technology-based. but there has been significant changes in how we manage the spectrum, how we provide spectrum to di

this morning at the bipartisan policy center for remarks by former homeland security secretary michael chertoffon immigration and border security. he will also be taking questions from the audience during this event. panel discussion with the chief of the u.s. border patrol how the federal government can better measure the success of immigration enforcement. expected to start any moment. the moderator will be teresa brown, director of the bipartisan policy at the bipartisan policy center. [inaudible conversations]. >> this morning here at the bipartisan policy center remarks by former homeland security secretary michael chertoff. he is a member of the bipartisan policy center's immigration task force. he will be taking audience questions, followed by a panel discussion on how the federal government can better measure success of immigration enforcement as the u.s. continues to debate immigration reform and whether or not enforcement effort have been successful and to what extent. we'll get introductions by theresa brown from the center. both chambers of congress are back in. we'll take you there

. >> the former secretary of homeland security michael chertoff and the chief of border patrol michael fisher spoke earlier this week about measuring the progress of immigration enforcement. this is from the bipartisan policy center and it's about an hour and a half. >> good morning everyone. thank you very much for coming up to the bipartisan policy center and thank you for joining us today. we have a very great lineup of speakers and i will introduce the amendment but first let me say i am theresa cardinal brown and i'm the director of the immigration project at the bipartisan policy center. a little bit of background it was founded in 2007 by four former senate majority leaders howard baker tom daschle bob dole and george mitchell. epc is perhaps the only think tank in washington that is bipartisan which means we pull together knowledgeable leaders from both parties to drive solutions to some of the countries most challenging problems. we do analysis and you have probably a copy of the reports we are going to be discussing today. negotiation among task forces and commissions we have

announcer: the bipartisan policy center will hear from michael chertoff about immigration policy and border security. he will part of a discussion of also include u.s. border patrol chief michael fisher. the event will focus on how immigration law is currently in forest and what improvements can be made to better protect u.s. borders. that is live at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2, and tomorrow, florida center -- senator marco rubio is expected to announce his candidate for president, making them the third candidate making himself in the race. in miami, we will have live coverage beginning at 5:30 p.m. eastern here on c-span. announcer: review a fan of the c-span first lady series? it is now a book published by public affairs looking inside the first life of every first lady lady in american history, based on interviews with primitive historians and biographers. learn details of all 45 first ladies what made these women who they were, their lives, and their unique partnerships with their presidential spouses. the book, first ladies, on the lives of 45 iconic american women, providing i

. >> the bipartisan policy center will hear tomorrow from former homeland security secretary michael chertoff about immigration policy and border security. it will be part of a discussion that also includes former border patrol chief michael fisher. the event will focus on what improvements can be made to better protect u.s. borders. that is live at 11:00 a.m. eastern time on c-span2. and tomorrow, florida senator marco rubio is expected to announce his candidacy for president, making him the third republican to officially enter the 2016 race. we will have live coverage beginning at 5:30 p.m. eastern here on c-span. the p county --polk county democrats hosted an event including former virginia senator jim webb and former maryland governor martin o'malley. both of them have said they are considering a presidential run in 2016. this is part of c-span's road to the white house coverage. it is 45 minutes. [applause] senator webb: thank you very much. it is a pleasure to be able to spend a few minutes with you tonight. i would like to think the polk county democrats for inviting us to be here with

includes business leaders, farmers members of cabinet and cabinet members and like former secretary michael chertoff a couple words about the project today. immigration reform legislation has been debated in congress over past few years, particularly last summer which saw arrival of thousands unbe a companied children and families from central america. that caused challenges for the border agencies. one key area keeps coming back and that is the issue of securing our border. this is continuous mantra for many leaders and put forward by some as precondition to immigration reform it is very ill-defined concept and it is rather not well-understood. in fact when it comes to border security the lack of understanding and solid data tends to make a secure border something in the eye of the beholder. yet this isn't a really good way to make policy so we at bpc engaged in a project to determine the best ways to measure the security of the border and effectiveness of immigration enforcement and results are in the report you have today. what we found briefly is that the history of developing measures is a long

and later, former homeland security secretary michael chertoff talks about immigration policy and border security. >> former house majority leader eric cantor recently talked about the challenges of long-term political decisionmaking at harvard university's institute of politics. mr. kantor lost his seat in congress. this is just our an hour. >> good evening and welcome to the john tv kennedy, jr. forum. i'm director of the institute of politics. tonight our guest is former congressman eric cantor. he currently serves as vice chair of the investment bank but until 2014 he spent two decades in public service. first, serving in the virginia house of delegates, and beginning in 2001 representing virginia's seventh district in the u.s. house of representatives. in 2008, congressman cantor was elected republican whip, and in 2011, he was elected house majority leader of the 112th 112th congress. known as a smart and pragmatic legislator congressman cantor called for a vision of conservatism, and i quote founded on decency, inspiration, and a desire to let every american have a fair shot at ea

> the bipartisan policy center will hear later today from former homeland security secretary michael chertoff regarding immigration policy and border security. he'll be part of a discussion that will also include u.s. border patrol chief michael fisher. that event will focus on how immigration law is currently enforced and what improvements can be made to better protect u.s. borders. you can see that live at 11 a.m. eastern here on c-span2. and later today florida senator marco rubio is expected to announce his candidacy for president, making him the third republican to officially enter the 2016 race. that announcement is happening at an event in miami. we'll have live coverage beginning at 5:30 eastern on our companion network c-span. >> were you a fan of c-span's "first ladies" series? "first ladies" is now a book published by public affairs looking inside the personal life of every first lady in american history. based on original interviews with more than 50 preeminent historians and biographers learn details of all 45 first ladies that made these women who they were, their lives, ambitio

author of the book isis inside the army of terror, michael weiss and in washington, former director of the cia and nsa. now a principal at the chertoffave you both with us morning. >> general i'm curious with your thoughts on the negotiations with iran. >> joe, it's really hard to predict what's going to happen. the odds are less than even that we'll get the political statement which seems to be the fallback position since we're not going to get a detailed agreement. the iranians want acceptance. they want respect for sovereignty. we want dates and times. weep want numbers. i suspect we're still talking past one another. >> general, there's a report in "the new york times" this morning that john kerry reported back to the president of the united states that the deadline didn't mean anything to the iranians. it seemed to mean more to us. i thought i would be able to pick a fight with a former vermont governor but he agreed with me. he says it seems like the iran iranians need it more than we do. we seem to be desperate for a deal, the roles are reversed. >> i agree with the governor. >> i do too. he's right. >> yeah. this has become t

michael hayden. he is former director of the cia and nsa. principle at the chertoff group about this.den, good morning welcome back here to "america's newsroom." >> good morning, bill. bill: we don't know the end product clearly but based on what we know today would you do this deal? >> well, let me put it to you this way bill. in terms of what it is we think we know i have not yet found anything in the contract so to speak that i find disqualifying. the american statement, and that's important, bill because what we're saying, not what the iranians are saying, the american statement about 5,000 for so centrifuges that iraq and fordo don't go away but effectively neutered frankly bill more than i thought we would demand n that sense i'm heartened but there is a lot here we don't know yet. by the way nobody signed anything. this isn't a deal. it is an understanding. bill: are we at halftime or are we past that. >> actually in terms of the tough work, we're probably just ending the first quarter. bill: wow. >> took us 18 months bill, to kind of get an understanding of a framework of a po