mr. ambassador - - we need serious candidates. - i guess, mr. ambassador, i was wondering not are you concerned about who might be the republican nominee because you're worried that they couldn't run the country. i'm more asking, are you worried that anybody that they nominate could potentially beat your candidate. - you know, i don't think so. - is there anybody in that field. - secretary clinton has prepared herself her whole life for doing this. i think once - you know, right now, it's kind of like being the other kid who might be better than swoops, who might be better than her. nobody's more popular than the quarterback on the bench. but once you get down and it is the democratic nominee versus the republican - [evan] when it's a choice. - we've got a choice. the other thing is, and you said we're going to talk about it, we're proud of our president and our record. we're not running from what we've done. you know, ronald - everybody loves to frame everything in terms of good or bad. ronald reagan phrased the best question for american voters

mr. ambassador, one final, quick question. are you comfortable to say that the threat has subsided today? is there a concern of additional attacks as obviously it looks as if these were three coordinated explosions? because the city of brussels is clearly on lock downright now. is it over? >> well, i would not say that it is over. that would be premature. i think it's an ongoing -- it's going to be an ongoing battle, but to the extent that we continue to investigate doing hard searches, identifying people, arrest people, and i can -- the figures are out there, that the number of arrested people, the number of trials going on in the belgian court system has not simply doubled but quadrupled for the last few months. all this means the situations for these people, their freedom to act, has been seriously restrained and restricted. >> ambassador, thank you for being with us. and again, our thoughts are with you and your people this morning. good luck in the coming hours and days. we are just getting word right now that the there a

mr. ambassador, today we heard kind of the echo of what i call the politics of stereotyping. an example, how can clarence thomas be a conservative, how can ted kennedy be pro-choice, how can bernie sanders not address aipac. my question is not that. my question is about when did the politics of israel in this country move into the heart of the gop order, and when did it become true that the furthest left candidate running for president is at odds with that body of politics? >> interesting, because it really began, brian, during the 2012 campaign when prime minister netanyahu essentially more or less endorsed mitt romney for president. and evidence that the two of them had been friends going back to the respective days in boston. at that moment, netanyahu immersed himself as sort of a man in search of a leader in israel, in search of a republican candidate. the trouble and difficulties that existed between president obama and prime minister netanyahu have played out on so many different stages at a time when the alliance between israel and the united states is sacrosan sacrosa

mr. ambassador. mr. ambassador, come in, please, i'm sure you just heard what ted cruz had to say and i'll repeat it, he seemed to throw it right onto president obama almost implying you've got to change policy and it's partly your fault, what say you? >> i think that senator cruz is exactly correct. let's be clear. nothing is going to happen in the next ten this tragedy, added to the tragedy in san bernardino, added to the tragedy in paris in november and the tragedy at charlie hebdo back in january, added to the tragedy of garland, added to the tragedy of fort hood, added to the tragedy of the boston marron to bombing has not changed the president's view and it's not going to change the president's view. and so, i think the prospect is that we're going to be at greater risk as this threat continues to metastasize and that's the reality until the american people insist on getting something different. stuart: let's throw this over to europe for a second. woo we've had strong views expressed on the program

mr. ambassador, put this in the context of the president's confrontation and his record so far on foreignn it comes to cyber security? how tough has he been? >> well, i think it's not so much a matter of being tough but a matter of being prudent and ensuring that our vital infrastructure is protected to the maximum extent possible against cyber attacks. imagine if the iranians are capable of doing what was just described by eamon javers, what the russians and chinese could do to this country, our electrical grid, our water supplies, our dams. so, it's a very serious problem, one that's been written about a lot, but i still haven't seen, you know, the two parties coming together and putting together a plan to protect the u.s. if i may, too, i would just like to add quickly, that let's not forget, the u.s. and israel attacked iran's nuclear centrifuges, or the uranium enrichment centrifuges using very, very sophisticated cyber methods. >> so, what can we, mr. ambassador, take away from the idea that at least tactically, the government is going ahead and bringing these charges out, if it's n

mr. ambassador. want to stay on hillary and look at donald trump's new campaign ad that attacks her directly. roll tape. ♪ [barking] . [laughter] >> i did laugh, i'm sorry, but i did laugh. ashley, didn't mr. putin have something to say? >> yes, he wasn't laughing in reality. but russia saying they're not happy being demonized. i think thatted bromance between obama and putin is saying that-- >> it's a brutally effective ad and by the way, this is just the beginning, because the point we were making earlier. donald trump is a street fighter, he's a competitor and wants to win. he's not john mccain, not bob dole, not mitt romney. he's not going to take his foot off the gas. he's gone after the clintons in personal ways before, bill's women and so on, and that's why they feel him. >> i thought the best part of the ad was vladimir putin laughing because that shows exactly what he thinks of hillary clinton it's what he thinks of barack obama, why we need somebody who will pursue policies internationally.

mr. ambassador ,to say whether that is happening.ther the united states is trying to step up to help europe with this problem? amb. crocker: i think it will be clear, by announcements both from washington and european capitals. i'm quite sure we have had this on offer before. the urgency has never been greater. so i hope that we will, again, not wait for an invitation but offering to share with our european allies. again, we are part of a nato alliance. nato was not constructed to deal with terror, but it is a security alliance. this clearly falls within its mandate. john: ambassador crocker, you talked about integration versus segregation basically in terms of some of the communities, of how different the united states is in terms of how it has dealt with its muslim population and how it is dealt with in europe. but today, senator cruz's suggested we start police patrols in muslim communities in the united states. do you think that is a useful or constructive suggestion? amb. crocker: i absolutely do not. this is precisely what isla

mr. ambassador, welcome back to the broadcast. i'm curious what you think about what the secretary just said. is isis deteriorating? >> well, he's certainly got a point. i mean, they've lost over a fifth of their territory in syria and iraq. we have been successful in going after their leadership. we've interrupted some of the financial flows. but that said, i mean, we have a major problem that we're going to be living with for quite a while. isis seems to be planting itself in afghanistan. it's had some success in libya. the secretary is correct that some of these are acts of desperation but they're nonetheless lethal acts. in addition to brussels we've seen some real savage attacks in iraq against the shia population. where are the saudis in all this, the other sunni arab states who seem to be annoyingly quiet throughout this crisis. >> that's a very important question, in fact. if isis is now resorting to more actions outside the middle east, what about the nations of europe? are they prepared for this? >> you know, i think it'

mrs. ghani's bio, you have that in the documents. i also want to thank ambassadorazad for joining us today. the session is on the record after mrs. ghani's remarks the ambassador will join her on stage for a discussion and q & a. what i want to say is a brief word will rula ghani as a person. my wife and i were very happy to have known her and her husband when we were in afghanistan and we are very proud to have her as a friend. we first met several years ago at his home in kabul. while she was active in kabul life she wasn't a particularly public person, she was a gracious and engaging host, a warm and thoughtful person committed to improving afghanistan and supporting her husband's untiring efforts in that regard. and i mean untiring. when asher ghani ran for president she began to campaign for him which was a first in afghanistan. she was a gracious campaigner, she was attacked and maligned for campaigning in some quarters in sometimes hurtful ways, but she remained committed to supporting the campaign and to a better future for her country. as american ambassad

mr. ambassador, is neutrality acceptable?idates and we see bipartisan support, most of them will come to speak to attack today in the morning, in the afternoon and then last night we saw the support from vice president biden who is a real friend of israel. we expect to hear all of them talking about the peace negotiate but we have known in the last few years that the unfortunately we don't see any viable partner. so it doesn't matter who will be the candidate or who will be the president, we need a partner in the middle east. we have a partner in washington, a strong ally so that's why we care more about what will happen with the palestinians in the future rather than who will be in the white house. >> i'm sorry -- >> mr. ambassador -- yeah, go ahead. >> but i'll is you to focus on my professed neutrality a wide position for an american president to have? >> we learn from history we need a partner to direct negotiations. it can be a partner who will support us or not support us but the palestinians are not willing to sit down

mr. ambassador.ike huckabee reacting to president obama who is standing by his decision to stop -- to let more north african migrants into north africa. here is mike huckabee. stuart: you will be labeled a bigot for what you just said. >> maybe so, stuart, better a live bigot than a dead idiot who doesn't understand and continually naively says, oh, we can just open these borders and if we're so nice, they'll be nice to us. stuart, this is the reason this president is lost and is continuing to lose the battle against radical islam. a live bigot versus a dead idiot. >> i think the president has a con sending view of the american people. and he said in review that he understands there's a war between islam and radicals and others he can't really talk about that because the people of the united states will then have a backlash against all of islam. only he can see the difference and he doesn't want to make an issue of it. that's the problem of political correctness and i think it's one reason why the ca

mr. ambassador are the delegation ignoring you? >> he ignored my question. later he explained that was a joint decision. >> our friends and allies the russians came to syria by a joint decision and the day they will leave, it will be done through a joint syrian-russian coordination action. >> reporter: he then used the opportunity to attack the high negotiations committee, who had been at the same podium a matter of hours earlier. and in particular mohammed allouche who is a prominent member of the committee. >> translator: it's not an honor at all to sit with a terrorist in direct talks. he belongs to a terrorist faction that hit embassies and killed citizens. that's why we will never have direct talks unless this terrorist apologizes for what he has done and withdraw the suggestion. then he should shave his beard. >> reporter: those most undiplomatic comments showing the mistrust behind the scenes on the day when the announcements by the pyd only make this process even harder. james bays, al jazeera, at the united nations in geneva. >>> president obama imp

mr. ambassador. guest: thank you for having me.could europe do now as a whole or individual countries to deal with situations like this that it did not do in the wake of the paris attack? guest: there are two fundamental issues out there. one of them is simply the quality and coordination of european intelligence and security services. large,e, by and certainly in belgium, far behind and wee were on 9/11 have traveled light years in our capabilities and coordination since then. the europeans have got to improve quality and coordination of their security services. islamic state is finding the gaps in the week spots we see the results. that is a major difference between the u.s. and europe is that we integrate people in this country. back not have a ball and in the united states. that's essentially an arab and muslim ghetto. , the way successive waves of immigrants are brought into american society and truly find their place here sets us france, andelgium, even britain. to what happened tragically in brussels, the worst thing we coul

mr. ambassador, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> we were discussing the implications of these charges from the attorney general and the fbi director. and letting the oil and letting some of these. >> this is the underground warfare going on on a cyber level between iran, the united states and israel during the height of what could have been largely a war against iran's nuclear program. well, the iran nuclear agreement obviously was supposed to stem the shenanigans and the fact that the justice department felt compelled at this point and time while everybody is hoping this iran agreement is going to hopefully lift the relationship between iran and the united states forward. and for the united states to improve anymore in their new future. >> looking at the bigger picture here, i seem to remember the atta attack and it seems to be happening on a global basis back and forth. does this fit into the overall narrative? is this the attack and counter attack flow of things or is there something different here? >> this is the beginning of what essential sly the new generatio. just launched a m

mr. ambassador nice to have you with us. >> nice to be with you, good afternoon. >> when we hear from brussels the report out of the ap, 400 fighters trained to come through in these deadly waves, there's been so much focus in iraq and syria and land controlled by isis and land innes thin those territories. are they being sent to places like europe? >> i think we have to focus on where they are infiltrating and there has to be a strategy that includes military introduction of them. but also, i think it needs to be understood that there's a diplomatic component of this. this is essentially radical sunnis who are forming isis. we need assistance from some of the governments in the gulf. at some point this boil needs to be lanced and there is a component with a policing and introduction component. >> what do you think it is that finally kicks that diplomatic component into high gear? we've been talking about this for months. even before paris attacks but the conversation increased since then and yet the action has not. what will it take for that to happen? >> we have to define the interest and th

mr. ambassador, we appreciate your time on what is understandably a very busy day for you. thank you. >> thank you. bye-bye. >> i want to bring in now terrorism analyst, evan kohlmann. evan, as we spoke with the ambassador, it was interesting, he said he feels this is the end point of a very difficult road. would you agree with that? we were talking earlier, and you had a little bit of a different take. >> yeah, i don't -- i disagree for two reasons. number one, we don't know if this is the end of this network. we don't even know, if for sure, this was the same network that was involved in france. and even if this is the same network, and even if all the members are now dead or arrested or under scrutiny, this is just the beginning, because we have to get to the root causes of why this happened. and those causes have not been dealt with. for international causes and local causes. of course, international cause, there's been a war going on in syria and iraq now for going on five years. and that war, in addition to killing hundreds of thousands of syrians, is now coming in th

mr. ambassador, thank you for joining us today.you brought members of the parliament and the senate and it is a real treat to be able to have you here this morning. let me also welcome our viewers on c-span and without further adieu, please join me in welcoming minister casanueve. >> thank you so much. cyber and homeland security director, ambassador, ladies and gentlemen, dear friends, i would like to thank you for welcoming me today. i am honored to be speaking in front of you at the prestigious george washington university, where so many great american political figures on their skills. i am thinking of former secretaries of state, john foster dallas and colin powell, as well as former first lady jackie kennedy. i also would like, of course, to warmly thank the members of the center for cyber and homeland security, especially its director, who was kind enough to invite me to give you this lecture on france and the terror threat. france and the united states have a very long shared history, and despite the occasional quarrel, we

mr. ambassador, let me start with you. this group, who are they ant where do they come from?it's a group part of the pakistani taliban, the t.t.p., an affiliation with al quaida. they are an offshoot of the t.t.p., they have flirted with supporting i.s.i.s. recently aúd have been responsible for other actions including a kidnappings for ransom and terrorist acts in the past. >> reporter: when you say they flirted with i.s.i.s., what do you mean. >> they issued a statement saying we agree with i.s.i.s.'s objectives but did go to far as to disassociated with al quaida and affiliate with i.s.i.s. >> woodruff: pamela constable, what would you add to that? help us figure out how they fit into what we already know about the taliban and i.s.i.s. in this part of the world. >> it's interesting because, of course, the pakistani taliban has always been ferocious and anti-western and very anti-state, but this group seems to have been even more hard line. they split off from the pakistan taliban because it wasn't hard enough on sharia law and fundamentalist values and the leader of this g

mr. ambassador, welcome back to the newshour. >> thank you very much. >> woodruff: from where we sit in thetates, this migrant crisis looks like it's gone from a disaster to catastrophe. how do you see it? >> well, this is the greatest refugee crisis we've faced since the second world war and, of course, it's a global crisis, not just a crisis facing europe, the neighboring countries of syria have suffered hugely, large numbers of migrants in lebanon, jordan and, of course, turkey and the european union has seen an unprecedented increase in the number of refugees and asylum seekers, 1.25 million last year, doubled from the previous year, and put our systems and structures under strain. there has been a huge outpouring of compassion by european systems but our systems are straining over the outflows and we have been struggling to find a comprehensive solution. the president of the european council has been touring in the balkans and meeting with the turkish leaders and issued a letter ahead of the very important meeting taking place monday which is not only turkey uh but a further meeting of

mr. ambassador. >> good afternoon. liz: let's start with hillary clinton. she's clearly taking aim at donald trump's going to be neutral on donald trump's stance. what did you think of her speech or pitch, as it were? >> i think all the candidates will come today to aipac and will show their support to israel, bipartisan support, pause it's about the values that we share -- because it's about the values that we share. we heard hillary clinton, we will hear all the candidates saying we're standing with israel. and by the way, it is really amazing to see today thousands of people together, republicans and democrats, putting their difficulties aside and say we stand united for israel. liz: no, i get it, but does she need to separate herself more clearly from president obama's policies on israel, or are you comfortable with his policies translating over to her? >> well, liz, we have enough politics in jerusalem, so i will -- [laughter] not give weight to the politicians here. but i appreciate the democracy. i hear many people complain about what's happening now

we need to defeat the islamic state. >> if there ambassador, mr.ecretary, we thank you for your time. we hope you'll come back and continue the conversation another time. thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> in the meantime, new home sales data coming out at the top of the hour. diana olick has the details. how do they look, diana? >> it rose 2%. now, the street was look for about a 3% gain, but january's big drop was revised up pretty significantly. so this is not really a myth. so given that drop in january we're still pretty weak. february sales were down 6% from a year ago. remember, these are contracts signed in february, not clothing. we saw existing homes, clothing drop dramatically in february. that was based on shoppers out in december and jachbl mortgage rates did kick higher in february. that could be part of the issue. newly priced was up about 3% from a year ago. inventory, though, is aet a 5.6-month supply. that's up 18% from a year ago and that's much higher than the existing supply. back to you, sara. >> all right. diana olick, than

mr. ambassador? he was in the meetings as well. he and i have something in common. and we speak our minds. we are friends. i spent time in tel aviv as well with one of the finest men in the world. that is not hyperbole. president peres. my visit did not occur at a peaceful time for israel. on the night i arrived, a palestinian terrorist stabbed a dozen people, innocent victims enjoying an evening on the boardwalk. an american hero, a veteran of the army who served in iraq and afghanistan, was murdered. it took place a mile from where i was meeting with the president at his center devoted to peace. while we were speaking, we could hear the sirens. an hour later, i found out my wife, daughter in law, and my two youngest grandchildren were even closer. they were having dinner on the beach less than half a mile away. the conditions under which the israeli people live, the constant fear of attack, is real. the people of israel have lived under siege since the beginning. they built a nation in defiance of threats from their neighbors. they sustained that nation in the fac

mr. ambassador. we are over here with hobbs. which are two great enlightenment philosophers that our common culture and civilization embrace. we begin to share our view of this problem? it is part of our mainstream. >> thank you so much for taking questions. he has agreed to sign books outside. please wait a second while we get him out to the table and then you can ask questions as he signs your book. thank you very much. now fighting to sketch him him thank you. jonathan? [inaudible] thank you for your time. hello. hi. my goodness. >> i'm with the heritage foundation. thank you. you are marshall. >> thanks for your work. >> i enjoyed your talk. the question i get to ask is what is your comment on morning, but educating and trying. >> teaching how people think things work. the most important things for me. traditional catholic liberal arts. high demand education. thank you. >> i think we say everybody has -- religion outicing -- >> that is driven in the american system. we allow religion in the public square. >> with everyone ar

mr. ambassador, but europeans seem to be hugging a lot and we are over here with hobbes. [laughter] which are two great enlightenment philosophers that our common culture and civilization embrace. so why can't we begin to share our somewhat more hobbesian view of this problem with their somewhat more lucky and if you. it is after all part of our mainstream. sorry, i sound like a philosophy professor never i apologize. >> thank you so much for taking questions. [applause] mike has agreed to sign books outside. remained seated while the getting out of the table and then you can ask in your questions as he signs your book. thank you very much. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversation

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mr. ambassador, thank you very much for joining us. howard gutman, former u.s. ambassador to belgium on the phone. thank you. >> thank you. >> jim, dow down 60 points. >> i mentioned something about artificial intelligence earlier. i know mr. chertoff was talking about it. if you want to know who is really trying to figure some of this stuff out, it is ibm and watson. they have this i2 enterprise analysis, trying to ferret people who may be political prisoners and people who shouldn't be. when you hear watson, you think what is that? is that a gimmick? because the ads are so funny. no, they have excellent healthcare analysis, but they're being used to find out who is good, who is bad. ibm, again, i feel is making a comeback. artificial intelligence and ibm, it's a hit. >> the secretary did refer to behavioral algorithms. that's ibm. >> as a tool we have and they don't. >> ibm won't tell you about it. the greatness of what watson may be is the invisibility of watson. if i was ibm, i would not be putting out a press release saying i'm involved. if you can ferret th

mr. ambassador. >> they are change and succeeding. i think it's almost certain the attacks we are seeing in brussels were brought forward in time when the last attacker in paris in november was captured at the ends much last week because they -- at the end of last week. they realize he might talk so they decided to accelerate their plans. there may have been other aspects of these plans they couldn't bring off. but they have attacked in multiple places in two major cities in europe, paris and brussels. we don't know what else will happen in europe. but if people don't think this is possible to happen in the united states, they are not paying attention. there is no evidence that our government is willing to recognize this. >> the report that came out in fair rils, notes that they found -- in paris notes they found no email and online chatter between the terrorists on any of the phones that were recovered. how in the world do you keep track of a group like that that is so far underground. >> you have to infiltrate it with human agents.

mr. ambassador, when you were describing the various entities and municipalities in belgium. jersey for goodness sakes. my notes say that you remarked this is not the time for on the job training for a president. what do you mean there and to whom are you referring? >> of course i'm referring to the campaign we have in the going on in the republican side -- >> which is your party, you've been to every convention since 1972. >> pretty much, yes, i've been to them. and we've gotten involved in a lot of them -- >> do you have anybody in mind when you say that? >> i have in mind governor kasich has got more training and more knowledge being on the armed services committees. i get a little nervous when you see a couple of our republican candidates saying things that they say and this thing here today, shows you better get somebody in there who knows what he's talking about and knows what he's doing. >> you've been to every convention since 1972. are you going to this one? >> i might try and go. i tried to run for delegate got beat in the district. but i might go and try to help go

mr. ambassador, thank you for joining us.ess and religious groups is urging secretary kerry to identify the atrocities committed as genocide. mr. kerry once called the persecution of christians genocide. do you think, however, he will officially declare that by the march 17th deadline that's been set. >> i think the statutory requirements are met with respect yazidis. i think the real question is looking at what the consequences of that declaration would be. you know, if the administration had been pursuing an effective policy against isis for past couple of years. we might not be in such a perilous position. my guess would be is that the administration will acknowledge it's genocide but its policy in the region basically won't change. >> won't change. if mr. kerry declares genocide as you stated it's likely he might, what will that mean in terms of the united states and the international community's response, it may not change. will it require military intervention? would it be similar to what colin powell did in 2004? atroc

ambassador, mr. trump is saying our allies should chip in, pay more or we should potentially get out. what do you think? >> i think in many cases -- nato is a good example -- our allies haven't been doing what they should have been doing to keep up their own defense expenditures. this has been going on for decades. and i think people can reasonably say that the allies are not doing their fair share and we better find better ways to make them do it. let's be very clear here. when the united states enters into alliances formal or informal, we're doing it because we think it's in the interest of the united states to do it. particularly on national security. we are not engaged in international act act of altruism. we are not doing it for them. we are doing it for us. that's how you have to look at the balance. not simply on the accounting of who is paying for what. but on the broader question of whether it benefits american security. i think seen through that prism it's very important to keep the burden-

mr. ambassador, thank you or a motion to. >> thank you for having me on.governor or a jab says he is going to detail what is known as the religious freedom bill. >> yeah, this created quite a controversy. it was also caught the anti-bill protecting people on religious grounds in providing service is to people they didn't want to come at being required to perform ceremonies for same-sex mac situations. this created threat to boycott. the production team said we are going to get out of here. you sign this bill. and also fighting hard for the super bowl. they thought this also could hurt them if the bill passed. so because of all of that and the governor was saying i can't find an instance of that in the state that requires the bill. i'd rather let the first amendment and the protection. but he said not going to happen. stuart: do you remember lois lerner? she's the official start of the iris targeting scandal. conservative groups targeted by the irs just wanted during the quarter. but is that all about? gerri willis next. ♪ bend me shape me, any way you want

mr. ambassador. the microphone is coming. just a moment. >> i'm ambassador of nepal. thank you very much for enlightening us in addressing the developmental challenges in our part of the world. i would like to really congratulate you for mentioning local ownership in development, but how about ensuring the use of the country system in providing it and at the same time i would like to learn about your idea of untying it. >> yeah. everybody wants it untied. the state department. okay. look, part of ownership is country ownership and one of the things we've learned around the world is when the country takes ownership, but the leadership, whether it's the uppermost level or the local level is willing to put a few things into the mix. political capital, and a commitment to transparency and fairness that we get gains that last for a very, very long time and so that is, i think that's one of the most important ingredients for long-term success. so that's key. user friendly systems, we are also trying to be more user friendly, and i will say that over the years, there's been

mr. ambassador, welcome to the program. good to have you here.tes, mexico loses. far less money will go from america that to mexico. trade would eat you wrapped it. >> i think certainly it is a scenario that no one is happy to have in mexico. the two companies of the buildings. the basic issue here is you have to look at the facts. that would give donald trump a great deal of leverage. damage to mexico being significant. that is leverage in any negotiation. >> significant to the united states. >> there is 6 million jobs in the united states. twenty-six states and america have mexico as the number one and number two trading partner. hiring 600 u.s. jobs directly, if you want to impact your second largest export market of u.s. goods, be my guest. >> that is a fair point. how do you feel about the former president using obscenity. saying he will not pay for this war? >> i have always believed that you do not confront grandstanding with more grandstanding did fraudulence with fragile lands. you take on someone who is a walking fact to rezone and two'

ambassador mcnaughton, thank you for your time. >> thank you very much. >> the honorable jeanne shaheen and mr. lliam shaheen. >> ambassador bruce heyman and mrs. vicki heyman. >> the honest -- the honorable patrick leahy, senator from vermont, and mrs. leahy. >> it's nice to see the friendly relations with canada. we live only about an hour's drive run the canadian border. >> i'm proud of my heritage. >> he's a breath of fresh air for kind -- for canada. i'm excited. >> penny sebring. ms. is beth shaw and mr. adam shaw. mr. david abney and ms. sherry abney. .he honorable amy klobuchar, >> i'm head of the american-canadian inter-parliamentarian group. this brings some much-needed glamour to the very important relationship between america and canada, one of our biggest trading partners, the only embassy i've ever seen that had rates on its wall. this will make america think about how important canada is to our global security and also to our economy. >> is there some hockey trash talking going on? >> canada has applied a lot of hockey players to minnesota. thank you very much. jacobson and mr.obe

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ambassador in the prime minister, mr.peaker and sending my deepest this to his wife sharon and his three daughters. northern ireland had a profound choice to follow the path of peace when they widely adopted the good friday agreement. the actions of a nonrepresentative viewership not be about to change the course of the overwhelming majority of people in northern ireland. >> mr. speaker. on a different subject altogether, last week i got a letter from adrian. he wrote to me and i live in constant fear of my benefits being reassessed onto the streets. at the prime minister to reduce and apologize who went through such anguish and upset during the first independent >> lemay think the rental gentleman for what he said about the terrorist attack in belgium and what he said about northern ireland and the fact we have achieved so much peace and process and not viable part of our united kingdom. turning to the issue at disability, as they sit in the house on monday, when you are faced with having to take very many difficult deci

mr. miller, you just heard my interview with the ambassador, ambassador mack. he wants to draft paul ryan into this race. paul ryan has said now he doesn't want to be in the race. what's your reaction? >> well, first of all, don, it's great to be here tonight. in response to that, i would say this. speaker ryan is famous in congress for having pushed primarily two things in recent history. a large increase to immigration levels, which would pull down wages for the working class, and president obama's trade pac, which would destroy what's left in michigan. so it's interesting on two issues, where the gop wants to go in the direction of more american manufacturing jobs and less competition for wages with foreign workers, you would even be talking about putting forward someone for president who would want to go in the way of corporate america and lower wages and fewer manufacturing jobs. i don't think that merits any conversation. this election fundamentally is about the effort to reclaim for working americans their economic futures. look at what has happened to t

mr. putin the temptation put pressure on countries. francine: ambassador haass, we helpdo need mr.ith islamic state. richard: absolutely. we need turkey's help with the refugee flow to europe, with stopping the flow of jihadists going into syria. the problem is, the united states and turkey are not on the same tied -- on the same side of how to do with the kurdish issue. the kurds have been our best harbors against isis. turkey sees them as a major threat. tom: the late christopher hitchens wrote about this years ago, about the uniqueness of northern iraq, and then into eastern turkey, the kurdish question. this gets fairly radical for this time of the day, but we are moving to a post -sites middle east and iraq. we are probably looking to a middle east where you have essentially autonomous areas. kurdish areas, various sunni areas, and so forth in places like iraq and in places like syria. tom: and that is anathema to mr. erdogan? richard: absolutely. because once you pull that thread, ultimately the turkish state unravels. richard haass with the council on foreign relations, and

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mr. staffan de mistura on an individual basis. listening to the ambassador, the chief negotiator, it was clear that the meeting they just had was a preparatory meeting. they haven't got much into the substance, although this was supposed to be the day that was the start of the substantive talks and he was talking about preparations for a proper discussion, moving in the coming days from form to substance. he said he had presented a document called basic elements for a political solution, which he said he hold would enrich mrs efforts. i don't think there will be great concern that that was the focus of the meeting that was mainly about the procedure at this stage, but i think it's worth noting that when they've had talks in the past, it has got bogged down, because the tactic of the syrian government has been to focus on procedure and agenda and try to avoid discussion of the key thing, what mr. donald trump himself in an earlier press meeting said the mother was all issues, including political transition. >> the mother of all issues, the opposition wants ba