mr. brooks? >> that was so much fun. i can't tell you working with the late great john candy and with rick and everybody on the, and all the assholes that worked, that were those names, major asshole was in charge of them. that was so much fun. working on the ship, a great production designed. it was fabulous. >> the answer was soon. one more... >> it is a lost art. i didn't have time to say anything else. no, you know, i don't know, it comes back with the people. i mean, you know the three, we have three new great late night hosts jimmy fallon, jimmy kimel andconan and they are all there and encouraging the comedy and from that something wonderful will be born and come to us, you know, on the big screen, hopefully. >> mel, a lot of artists, including your son max, decided not to go the hollywood route because of feeling their art and craft is compromised but you have navigating around that with the big studios and how did you pull that off? >> well, i lied to them. i told them things i never intended to do. i told them

mr. brooks. thank you so much. i am muslim. i'm not arab and paying the mel brooks in compliments. we have a huge fan that has a question for you. take it away. >> hi, i want to ask how can you keep [indiscernible] day after day and change your mind to ignore the actual setting? >> i don't know. it is a good question. you know, it is like, it is the ability to ad lib. something comes up and you see it and nail it. we had a 90 minute show of the show of shows and all live and 907 minutes and six comedy sketches and just, i don't know, we just did something magical. we just did it. speaking about the upcoming comedian, ryan here in d. c. and mel brooks has impacted you, take it away. >> mel, i'm curious which historical figure, which funny historical figure is funniest of all times? >> louis the 16. he was fooling around and repairing the watches and never they were going to chap -- chop his head off. >> you stay up until 3:00 a.m. in the morning every night, what do you do? >> between 1-2 i eat cheerios and 2-3 i cry and then go to sleep. that is nearly the truth. laughter and trage

mrs. brooks: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and include any extraneous material on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mrs. brooks: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. mrs. brooks: mr. speaker, i rise today in support of h.r. 1791, the medical preparedness allowable use act, introduced by my colleague and the former chairman of the subcommittee on emergency preparedness response and communications, the honorable congressman bilirakis from florida. this bill amends the homeland security act of 2002 to make it clear that grant funds under the state homeland security grant program and urban area security initiative may be used to enhance medical preparedness and purchase medical countermeasures. the emergency preparedness response and communications subcommittee held a series of hearings in the 11

mr. brooks in los angeles this morning and mr. thanks for joining us and they called them out for lack of movement of talks and should agree that the obstruction has made progress tougher and my question to you, with russia continuing to prop up the assad regime do kerry's words fall on deaf ears in damascus? >> there is no question it fell on deaf ears. if we look at this objectively the assad regime is in a good position with strong support from russia and iran. they dodged military action and they are playing, they are in a very good position right now. i think ultimately in order to sort of move to some type of progress on this issue the u.s. is going to need to engage with iran more. russia is sort of the far patron and iran is the near patron of the assad government and regime and to get to where we need to go i think we need to deal with iran more in order to do it. >> reporter: president obama mentioned over the weekend, mr. brooks, he is considering new ways to pressure the syrian president bashir al-assad and did not pla

mr. brooks from indiana. >> thank you, mr. secretary for being here, and sitting here for even longer you expected. in the past two budget cycles, the president proposed consolidating several of the homeland security grant programs, administered by fema into a national preparedness grant program. but that request has been denied and a bicameral, bipartisan way because they were never in the details provided as to how this is going to affect our state and local partners. and we are still waiting and have been waiting to hear what fema propose with respect to consolidating these very important grant programs. i'm curious whether not using the language, whether or not the administration is planning on submitting this consolidated grant program once again? i have one other quick question for you. >> i'll have to get back to on that one. >> i will just let you know it is been met with much opposition by both sides, both chambers, and would expect it to receive the same response as presented in the same way. we also, in showing the

mr. brooks, for five minutes. last week the tennessee valley of north alabama enjoyed a great economic victory when remington outdoor company announced 2,000 new jobs and a new firearms manufacturing plant in the valley. last month new york governor andrew cuomo declared that hardworking americans who believe in the second amendment's right to bear arms have no place in the state of new york because that's not who new yorkers are, end quote. no question, alabama and the tennessee valley owe a debt of gratitude to new york and it's governor cuomo for helping to inspire remington to expand in beafment but to be fair, new york's hostility to the second amendment is only one factor supporting remington's alabama expansion. the most important thing is that alabama is better place to do business. new york's income tax rates are roughly 60% higher than alabama's which means that alabama's hardworking citizens keep more of the money they earn. new york's per capita property tax rates are roughly four times higher than tho

mr. mel brook, it is a pleasure having you on the show. >> it was a great experience. the only disapointment is that what i get paid to do it. otherwise it was fun. >> good evening everyone. welcome to al jazeera america. i'm john seigenthaler in new york. morning from the u.s. to russia not to intervene in ukraine. still in hiding, reports that the former president is under russian protection and may speak. day of action, sending a message to free al jazeera staffers held 61 days for doing their job. and the fine print, plans for new labels on food and the new information you will get. we begin tonight with ukraine and dramatic developments in the eastern region of cry mea. governments seized russian buildings. and also a warning not to intervene in ukraine and the former president is hiding in russia. we will have more on today's developments in kiev. but first, lawrence lee is in crimea. >> there are attempts to turn the capital into a source of kiev but the reverse. the parliament building in the hands of heavily armed men protecting it from what they see as undemo

mr. brooks: another day in washington. another boondoggle in the backs of american taxpayers.labbergasted in the week our secretary of defense warns severe defense cuts caused by america's deteriorating will ial system, congress help build electrical powerlines in africa. financial prudence dictates we reduce our deficits by not spending the money at all. if we must spend it and must choose between africa or america, mr. speaker, i choose spending it in america. america spends more than $40 billion a year on foreign aid, money we do not have, borrow to get and cannot afford to pay back. mr. speaker, if financial irresponsibility and economic insanity have a home, rest assured they live in washington, d.c. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, two months ago emergency unemployment benefits e

mr. frye's report of the cottage row area. on last thursday, president hasz, commissioner pearlman and i attended a signing ceremony in the mayor's office where he signed the landmark for marcus brookes. so, i think this was pretty special. and then the follow-up on mr. frye's presentation or comments on the removal of the 5 redwoods and one eucalyptus in cottage row, i went back to the hearing that we had on july 17th, and at that time we started to discuss the elements of the park focusing in on whats was written in the national registry. and we kind of left the door open to further explore that and to possibly open up that registry one more time and to be very clear and specific about what kinds of things should be noted in the park because there is very little information there now. and even though i think it would be nice to have japanese maples there, i'm not sure if that is really in keeping with the historic nature of that park. so, i'd like to ask if mr. frye can do a little bit more research and inform us of the process to, once again, reopen that part of the registry so that we don't have this problem 20 years from now, that, you know, the same issue is going to come up, t

brooks regrets hiring him in 2014. >> this part of the house that was damaged. mr.son left it undone. >> wilson arraigned this afternoon in supreme court and ran a company known as first impressions and arrested at his home in oakland. >> delta airlines will award miles based on price paid for tickets instead of how many miles traveled. it's intended to lure traveller who's spend most money on tickets delta says it makes it easier to redeem miles. some have been doing it for years. we'll see if others follow suit. >> experts homes shot way up. commerce department reports new home sails jumped nearly 10% last month and rose 11% on the west coast the report came as a huge surprise. analysted predicted sales would drop because of harsh weather and rising mortgage rates now, they say this is another sign of a resurging market. >> very encouraging. >> thank you. >> sure. >> this week's series of storms not just affecting us in the bay area, some residents are preparing for the of the worst, especially in glendora. crews working to protect the area including to protect ho

hey, brooke, could you wait outside for a minute? mrs. forman has this rule that there's only...ber five. exactly. so i'll just wait outside then? attagirl. hey, jackie, i suspect kelso hasn't told brooke that he burned down the police academy. interesting. i suspect you're right, steven. fez, what do you think? i think i smell cookies. all right, fine, so i haven't told her. but the only reason she likes me is 'cause i'm doing well at the academy. michael, you can't start a relationship based on a huge lie. you have to start off fresh, and then gently sprinkle in the lies as you go along. a relationship is like a cookie, and the lies are the tasty chocolate chips. where are the cookies, damn it? okay, what did you want to tell me? well, you see, pastor dan, when we were here before and you had asked us about premarital sex, we might have-- we lied, okay? we have had sex zillions of times. i used to try to keep track on a pad, but it got unwieldy. oh, god. eric! i'm sorry, donna, but we are knocking on hell's door, and i ain't goin' in! eric, you're not going to hell. but you mig

to: fiona hill, director of the center on the united states and europe at the brookings institution. her latest book is "mrputin: operative in the kremlin." and nadia diuk, she's spent decades studying and visiting ukraine, and is a vice president at the national endowment for democracy. we welcome you both to the program, nadia diuk, giving these divisions we are seeing in this report and hearing about elsewhere, can this country hold together ukraine? >> i think what we saw in the film was basically about country$qah. i think the government being put together in kiev right now really is trying to address the issue of unity. there are people who have been brought into this line-up that would be voted on tomorrow that are from the east of ukraine. they are new faces. there was an interesting action today in the western city of leviv which is normally known as being pro western and very ukrainian. they introduced a day of speaking russian. so that the-- and the mayor was leading this to show that whatever language ukrainians speak that they feel themselves to be one country and belong to one you knit. >> pu

mr. boehner his speakership. representative mo brooks of alabama echoed the threat.n welker. the president has already said he wants immigration reform legislation to be passed this year. but given the speaker's latest comments, is this something he will now use executive action to push forward? >> reporter: i don't think so, milissa. the white house is signaling the president is not going to use executive actions to deal with the issue of immigration reform. the president has consistently called for a broad bipartisan bill to get passed. it looked like 2014 was the year, as you point out, that immigration reform could actually get done. republicans saying behind the scenes that it is politically smart, especially after you saw president obama win the latino vote by wide margins in 2012. we saw house speaker john boehner bring a woman named rebecca talent on board, onto his team. she's someone who's worked extensively on immigration reform in the past. i've been talking to those who are familiar with speaker boehner's thinking. they say he wants to see immigration re

brooks of arkansas to be united states district judge for the western district of arkansas. mr. reid: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the cloture motion. the clerk: we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the nomination of timothy l. brooks of arkansas to be united states district judge for the western district of arkansas, signed by 18 senators as follows -- mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the reading of the names not be necessary. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask consent that the mandatory quorum under rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i now move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. all opposed say nay. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. reid: i now move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 571. the presiding

mr. putin and russia will give us plenty to talk about here at brookings.la, i want to wish you every success with the book and thank strobe and here for sitting here so long when the sun is actually shining outside. thank you. [laughter] [applause]

mr. speaker, too many hoosier, too many americans, have similar stories. the president has the layed the employer mandate for businesses twice. ms. brooks: but he's offered no such relief for individual whors studsying. that's why steve scalise and i introduced the fare act this simple bill ensures that whenever the obamacare employer mandate is delayed, the individual mandate will be delayed as well. house republicans understand that fairness means not treated people differently. it means government cannot pick and choose which laws aply to which americans. mr. speaker, let's pass this commonsense piece of legislation. it's the fair thing to do. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. thompson: i rise as co-chairman of the bipartisan career and technical education caucus to recognize national career and technical education month. this recognizes

mr. seiko, you need to respond to me so we know you are all right. let's go a little bit more. okay. okay. >> joel brookst. his adversary, john seiko, is serving a six-year sentence for sexual assault. our cameras were there when officers interrogated them about the fight. >> what was this all about? >> well, he's a rapist. i was talking with an inmate in the meal line about it with him. >> you were talking about his crime with another prisoner. >> i was talking with a prisoner about him being a rapist. and he came up to me and he said you ain't [ bleep ] and i said you're not. >> i told him to stop talking about me and i repeated it. and he said, what are you going to do? and i just repeated it again, stop talking about me. and then he walked up to me in my face and said, now what are you going to do? >> five minutes later he bum rushed me. >> don't come at me. >> well, slammed me against the wall. >> i put my hand in his face. i don't know what i did after that. >> then he starts scratching my face. i grabbed him around the waist and threw him on the floor and hit him twice in self-defense to get him t

brooke. diplomacy in full swing with president obama's answer there. >> well said, mr. president. you mentioned, of course, the french president, president hollande is there. and much to do, briana over who he sits next to with the state dinner. we know it won't be his significant other. had the whole recent breakup. do you know the latest on the seating chart? >> that's right. normally what would happen is the spouse, or in this case, france's first lady. not married to hollande. >> recently not here because of allegedly a terrorist between hollande and an actress there in france. normally the spouse would sit next to the president. we're told by people who put on dinners like this and organize seating charts that if there's an easy way around it, it won't get in the way of things. you can put hollande between the first lady and president, they can get creative. it won't be a problem but we're seeing affairs of the heart eclipsing some foreign affairs in this visit because this is very recent with president hollande showing up without a partner. >> brianna kielar, thank you my fr

mr. putin and russia will give us plenty to talk about here at brookings.angela, i want to wish you every success with the book and thank strobe and here for sitting here so long when the sun is actually shining outside. thank you. [laughter] [applause] >> this discussion on u.s.-russia relations happen on a day when violence erupts into yet. a nineted press reports demonstrators have been killed in the violence demonstrations there. we'll show you all of this in our program schedule and you can see it online at www.c-span.org. the house and senate are out this week. congress is out for the presidents' day recess and the district work cakey -- work period starts again next week. this read in part that increasing the minimum wage would have two brits both exxon low-wage workers. most of them would receive higher pay that would increase their families income. some of those families would see their income rise above the federal poverty threshold. but some jobs for low-wage workers would probably be eliminated. the income of many workers who became jobless woul

mr. putin and russia will give us plenty to talk about here at brookings.la, i want to wish you every success with the book and thank strobe and here for sitting here so long when the sun is actually shining outside. thank you. [laughter] [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> the energy secretary will talk about energy production at the national press club tomorrow. before becoming energy secretary, he was a professor at m.i.t.. live coverage at 1:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. 2:00, a conversation on cyber security infrastructure. we hear from the director of the national institute of standards and technology. watch live coverage from the brookings institution on c-span 20. >> next, iraq -- -- iraq's ambassador luqman abd al-rahim fayli talks about the current political climate. this is just over one hour. >> i want to welcome you all here today. i am the dean of the school of international service and it is a wonderful honor to be hosting the iraqi ambassador here on

mr. i speak dutch! >> so pat for the brook. who knows.26. several families being allowed back into their own homes in east san jose this morning following an 11-hour standoff. swat officers were trying to catch a wanted felon in the home not star from story road. authorities say the suspect barricaded himself inside the home around 6:30 last night. officers convinced the suspect to turn himself in about 5:30 this morning. he was wanted on several charges, including offenses related to weapons. no one was hurt. >>> let's check that morning commute. how is it looking for a monday? >> looks like a white screen, but with the help of gabriella there, there are some cars there. low clouds and fog around the area of oakland. mostly low clouds hanging out there. but you can't see 8:80 clearly. we do see a slower drive. our traffic and weather systems tightening together. it's reporting that there may be foggy conditions through the oakland hills. of course, those roads will get fog. here's a slower drive, but actually starting to sort itself out