the intelligence element wasn't there and we regret mr. clark and mr. morell were not there. but mr. more ll, particularly for your ears, i think what we thought in reading the report and in listening to the testimony was that the group didn't want the program to continue. and then i read your op-ed piece in the wall street journal. -- excuse me, in the "washington post" and i would like to read parts of it and see if the committee agrees, if i may. several news outlets have reported that the review group has called for an end to the program. we did not do that. we called for a change in approach rather than a whole sale rejection to better protect the privacy and civil liberties of americans key values of our republic and we recommended that the government no longer hold the data and that it be required to obtain an individual court order, which i want to ask about, for each search but make no mistake, the review group reaffirmed that the program should remain a tool of our government in the fight against terrorism. then you go on. another misperception involved is the revie

i want to thank mr. clark who is one of many things -- who warned of many things. we could've avoided disaster. i am going to yield to senator sessions. toill ask senator blumenthal take the chair. before i leave -- i have spent decades on this committee. we have had some terrific panels. i cannot think of anybody who brings the wealth and broadness of knowledge to an issue like the five of you do. i say that because you give it a great deal of your time and public service. it is extremely valuable. whatever we do is going to be influenced heavily by your report. i appreciate that. i know the president also appreciates the amount of time you have done. some of you i go back to longer as i have with mr. clark. page.rell, in your drafted to the cia. the clearness of your helpful.s were fromis something you hear both republicans and democrats. i appreciate that. he has been extremely helpful to this committee. professor stone, thank you so much for the time you ever taken. i will turn it over to senator blumenthal and yield to senator sessions. has spent aeahy number

the intelligence all of it was not there, and we very much regret that mr. clark and mr. were not there. particularly for your ears, i think what we thought in reading the report and listening to the testimony was that the group did not want the program to continue . and then i read your op-ed piece in "the wall street journal" -- excuse me in "the washington post<" and i would like to read part of it and see if the committee agrees. several news outlets have reported the review group has called for an end to the program. we did not do that. we called for a change in approach rather than a wholesale rejection to better protect the privacy and civil liberties of americans, key values of our republic. read recommended the government no longer -- we recommended the government no longer hold the data and that it be required to obtain an individual court order for each search. make no mistake the month review group reaffirmed that the program should remain a tool of our government in the fight against terrorism. then you go on him another misperception involved is the review g

mccullen mrs. clark to engage in peaceful, cons sensual conversation on a public sidewalk, for fear of obstruction and congestion, is narrowly tailored. problem thei, the state faced is it doesn't know, considerable history of disturbances of and itg the entrance, doesn't -- well behaviored people and the people who don't behave well. occursr a disturbance it's too late. so the state is trying to say we want to make sure that the entrance is not blocked, and the only way we can the rule that applies to everyone. we cab screen people to know who will be well behaved and who will be disruptive. >> so i think the state is simply wrong about that fact for several reasons. there are many tools that the state either has in its current tool box or could enact that would deal with that concern. if i may back up for a second, i there are two different interests that the state asserts when it makes that argument, ginsburg. first they say that are actual deliberate, there are some people who the state claims have d

mr neale clarke welcome it's very nice to see.here is a high that is so key here this is being described as a war zone the police apparently now have a green light to disperse rioters how do you think this will end up it will be quite clear as to what we're witnessing now in kiev where we're seeing an attempt to reach in change up to overthrow the democratically elected government by violence. and yes this is not pro-democracy protests this is anti democracy yannick hope it was democratically elected and what's happening is that the protest is in kiev backed by the west side by the west encouraged by what the west are trying to topple the government using violence exam acceptable and just imagine if this was happening in the greed in paris or london or any other e.u. capital what we actually be from the west of the cape having a water cannons i think there was quite a big part of ukraine in the country or people. do you think do you think rioters will eventually bond down and what can make them do. what i think you know it's the p

clarke: mr. speaker, i thank the gentleman from brooklyn, new york, my good friend and colleague, mr. jeffries, for yielding. and the gentleman from nevada, the honorable mr. horsford, for anchoring these special orders of the congressional black caucus. and i join with my colleagues of the congressional black caucus in rising this evening to address the issue of income inequality that continues to splinter the foundation of our nation. in brooklyn, the lowest income in the lowest fifth of households took home about 2.5% the borough's income in 2011. the top 5% claimed 24%. almost 22% of the population of brooklyn lives in poverty. while the causes of this polarization are complex, i believe they're not insurmountable. the people of brooklyn have started to stand up and demand action on the issue. we know that the wage stagnation contributes largely to income disparities, so let's raise the minimum wage. we know that education is the true ladder of opportunity in our communities, so let's make th

clarke: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i stand here before you to acknowledge and in remembrance of the fourth anniversary of the catastrophic earthquake in haiti of january, 2010. i come in honor and in awe of the unmitt grated strength, health and faith of the haitian people. although there is significant progress to be made, let us take the time to remember those who have died, those who continue living with the visible and invisible scars of trauma. we cannot forget those who still remain in camps, subject to forced evictions and living in precarious conditions. victims member those sexual and gender-based victims. mr. speaker, the passion of the haitian people continues to inspire a sense of community, generosity, strength and drive throughout the caribbeans dies a practice. therefore, i ask my colleagues to draw on the energy, will of the haitian people and continue to fight to help haiti to truly recover from the devastating earthquake of 2010. and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempor

mr. rodriguez. i'm confidence that players association will prevail. tony clark. >> michael thank you very much. >>> for nine years seinfeld was one of the most popular shows on tv and made to tom's restaurante most popular, called monk's on the show. there reportedly to film a episode of comedians in cars getting coffee. i'll see you back here again tomorrow night. . welcome to al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler in new york. here are tonight's top stories. two former fullerton police officers have been acquitted in the death of a mentally ill homeless man. kelly thomas died five days after the struggle with police officers. the verdicts were returned this afternoon. >>> new jersey governor chris christie, federal investigators investigating his ties to federal relief funds. looking to see if christie illegally used sandy relief funds for ads of him and his

mr. baker mingled with guests and made formal remarks. the party was held at p.j. mob mob -- p.j. clarke's in washington d.c.. >> it's not really a reality show. >> i had to wait because the president was on the bench. >> susan got stuck. did he get through? >> yeah he did. >> oh that's good. see how are you? >> hi buddy. how are you? it's good to see you. >> you know the president tried to block it. i thought it was actually like oh is this a favorite? >> it's drying up and -- attention. maybe his stopping by. that would be enjoyable if he could come by. >> there was a whole group of us stuck on the other side of the street. >> two blocks away. they really wouldn't let me walk the street. >> it was all a plot. >> you see how partisan the town has gotten. [laughter] >> how are you? how's it going how's it going? when i go to the bookstore i find your book everywhere and mine nowhere. it's still a dan balz world. >> i think it's yours now. how are you? how's it going? >> good to see you. >> nice to see you. i saw you. i was in the library last week or the week before. i wanted to say hi tha

clarke: thank you, mr. speaker. to the gentleman from las vegas, mr. horsford, i thank you for your leadership and guidance during this c.b.c. -- c.b.c. special order. today i rise to support the extension of emergency unemployment benefits. since 2008, both parties have come together to provide extra weeks of unemployment benefits for our fellow americans. these people, these americans, are our neighbors, our relatives, our friends, and constituents. who are unemployed through no fault of their own. they have consistently tried to find employment, having pounded the pavement each and every day, but unfortunately, to no avail. they deserve our help. unemployment benefits help americans pay for their most basic survival needs, food, housing, and medical care. if unemployment benefits are not extended, approximately five million americans are expected to lose emergency unemployment benefits over the next 12 months and of that number, 383,000 are new yorkers. failing to extend the emergency benefits will reduce economic growth by .4%. andhe first quarter

clark. >> good morning, i'm pam cook. time is 5:30. steve paulson talking about mr.he same thing. 57 degrees. drizzle, damp ground. a lot of reports down to morgan hill. you can always send me information. twitter sp weather. things are juicing up a little bit if you will. we need this whole pattern to drop south. we have the moisture in place. rainfall projections through friday are really, really come on a couple .10. maybe a quart every of an inch for some. 50s to near 60 degrees. sfo59. walnut creek is 59. a lot of cloud cover continues to scream in. i know it's raining up in crescent city. for us withly have a cloudy to mostly cloudy day. muggy, drizzle here in the morning, mideastly cloudy day. then hopefully things will drop farther south. overall temperatures will go from very mild to warm to very cool as we head toward friday. 60s today. here is sal. >>> the east bay traffic is not that great. we've been talking about southbound 880 at 980. and we have a crash at keller. that one turned out to be no serious injuries. medics were refused at the scene. now we

mr. gates suggests he sent the troops into harm's way as a political calculation. joining me now, former supreme allied commander, wesley clark, general, good to see you. and to me, that is the potentially most damning piece that is revealed by defense secretary bob gates, you can say, of course, president obama political considerations would factor in. had he is a thoughtful man, but that statement that president obama was skeptical, if not out right convinced, that his mission in afghanistan would fail and yet he sent 30,000 men and women over there to execute that strategy that he perceived as doomed, according to our former defense secretary, is really striking. your thoughts on it. >> well, first of all, president obama came into office and as you played the clip of the speech at west point, he did say that the idea is to get out of afghanistan. >> we knew that. >> he brought us out of iraq and he will get us out of afghanistan. >> we knew that, and a surge would help us do that. and ultimately, the surge was successful. but what he is alleging is he didn't believe in the men and women executing this successfully. he was

mr. obama some work to do in 2014. and that's the memo. now for reaction. joining us from little rock, arkansas. wesley clark former allied commander of nato. start with rodman, first. it's not an important story like iraq or iran, but here you have a guy who is propping up this north korean regime because they use him as a propaganda tool who doesn't know anything and they ask a benign question look will you help get mr. bae out becse you have access to the dictator he goes off on this rant. what do you think about that? >> i think it's very sad that a guy like dennis rodman who uses his former celebrity eustachian. he is an american citizen. he goes over there and gets used and pretends to know nothing. and i guess it's all about him and money or something in north korea. but i am dismayed by it. >> see how much he is getting paid and all of this. i think he truly does know nothing and i don't think he cares. the interesting thing is, general, this rodman situation has reached the white house. here's jay carney. >> i did not see some of the comments that mr. rodman made but i'm not going to dignify that ou

clark. let's talk about weather and traffic. steve has his buddy, mr. drizzle. >> mr. drizzle has been around. no doubt about it. if you have drizzle, you can tweet me, spweather also on facebook. we have a lot of cloud and rain to the north. i've seen about an inch of rain north of eureka. finally something is beginning to akum accumulate. might be a few breaks around noon there won't be too many breaks. really mild to warm. don't get used to it. the lows will be back in the 30s for many. some rain beginning to look pretty good up to the north. starting to slowly drop towards santa rosa, it looks like. healdsburg, st. helena, calistoga, maybe things are beginning to pick up a little bit. the rest of the bay area, cloudy, drizzle. we'll wait for the system to drop south which will be tomorrow. mild, giving way to light rain to the north. afternoon temperatures 60s for almost everybody. 58, 59. a lot of 60s here. here's sal. >>> good morning. looking at damp roads. it's not exactly rain but it's wet in some places. looks like it's dry on highway 4 and some of the traffi

mrs. mccullen does her counseling on tuesdays and wednesdays. she testified she is sometimes alone when she does the counseling. nancy clark she is alone. the statue that makes it illegal for them to engage in peaceful and consensual conversation on a public sidewalk for fear of obstruction and congestion is not narrowly tailored. >> there is a considerable history of disturbances and blocking the entrance. it doesn't know in advance to our the well behaved people and who are the people who want behaved well. after the disturbance occurs, it is too late. the state is trying to say, we want to make sure that the entrance is not blocked, and the only word can do that is to have a rule that applies to everyone. we can't screen people to know who will be well behaved and who will be disruptive. >> this state is wrong about that fact for many reasons. there are many tools that the state has or could enact that would deal with that concern. if i may backup, there are two interests that the state asserts when it makes that argument. they say that they are actual bad actors. who have deliberately blocked the door and interfered wi

mr. chairman. >> thank you, jane harman. it's great to see you again. today congressman pat meehan and yvette clarke will be marking up our cybersecurity bill. i've enjoyed a good relationship. in the spirit of bipartisanship in this committee, it will be passed hopefully unanimously just as the border security bill was passed unanimously out of this committee. they don't check our party affiliation. we should work together when it comes to national security. thank you for that comment. next the chair recognizes general keane for his testimony. >> good morning distinguished members of the committee. thank you for inviting me to testify today on an important subject. i'm honored to share this with three distinguished colleagues, to friends. senator joe lieberman, congresswoman jane harman to say that they're both great american future and i want to thank them publicly for many years of selfless service in this country. we have asked us to consider the president each at the national defense university as a basis for commentary in the united people. it is true bin laden is dead. there have been no majo

mrs. clinton's failed presidential 2008 campaign. the group used the list to send an e-mail from wesley clark, a clinton supporter, asking for donationshe group said it had its biggest online fundraising the day after renting the list. the group outlet knows ready for hillary is not technically coordinating with the campaign since hillary clinton has not yet decided whether she will run for president. a federal appeals -- appeals court in new orleans will decide whether to hear argument on a texas law that has led to the closing of many of abortion clinics in the united states. the judge for old in the judges favor in october. the higher court allowed texas to enforce the law while the decision is on appeal. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. thate focus on the issue you would expect in the tech industry. we want to make sure it is a national strategy and that american companies could keep introducing the greatest product in the world. we dominate in so many areas. we have a lot of foreign nationals. a global phenomenon. the u.s. is the world leader, and we want to keep it that way, which requires great innovation

mr. chairman. >> thank you jane harman and it's great to see you again. let me just say today actually congressman pat meehan and yvette clarkerity l. at the subcommittee level. i have enjoyed a good relationship with the ranking member and as you said in the spirit of bipartisanship on this committee. that will be passed hopefully unanimously just as the border security bill was passed unanimously out of this committee and i think when it comes to national security as you say they don't check our party affiliation and we should be working together when it comes to national security so thank you for that comment. next the chair recognizes general keane for his testimony. >> good morning mr. chairman ranking minority and distinguished members the committee ranking for inviting me to testify today on an important subject concerning the security of the american people. i'm honored to share this panel with three distinguished colleagues particularly to friend senator joe lieberman and congresswoman jane harman. let me just say that they are both great american patriots and i want to thank them public they for the many years of de

mrs. mccullen does her counseling on tuesdays and wednesdays. she testified she is sometimes alone when she does the counseling. nancy clark testified that 90% of the time, she is alone. the statue that makes it illegal for them to engage in peaceful and consensual conversation on a public sidewalk for fear of obstruction and congestion is not narrowly tailored. >> there is a considerable history of disturbances and blocking the entrance. it doesn't know in advance to our the well behaved people and who are the people who want behaved well. after the disturbance occurs, it is too late. the state is trying to say, we want to make sure that the entrance is not blocked, and the only word can do that is to have a rule that applies to everyone. we can't screen people to know who will be well behaved and who will be disruptive. >> this state is wrong about that fact for many reasons. there are many tools that the state has or could enact that would deal with that concern. if i may backup, there are two interests that the state asserts when it makes that argument. they say that they are actual bad actors. who have deliberately bl