mr. peters, who represents ms. somers. >> thank you. i want to start by thanking the chairman and the committee for allowing me to be a guest. we are not members of the committee, but there is not any place we would rather be this morning. it takes a lot of courage to do what you are doing, and i want to say thank you for that. also to let you know, beyond the power of your stories, it is the education you provide that only you can provide. these are insights that only you have. it has been very valuable to us. while we are new here, we can tell you that from time to time you see testimony that will make a difference. that is what has happened today. you can feel confident those brothers and sisters will be heavily affected and helped by the time you put in and the effort you put in today. i also want to thank howard and jean somers for your leadership, for the time you put in on behalf of daniel, and the education you have given me. i look forward to continuing to

mr. peters: yes. mr. miller: mr. speaker, i do know one bill that's much more bipartisan than the senate's 93-3 vote and that was the use's bill that passed 4440-0. mr. peters: that bill is connected -- is contained within the senate bill that i hope we're able to vote on. that's why we could kill two birds with one stone. frankly, if we can't get this kind of thing done it's no wonder that the approval rate of the body is at 9%. it's a shame. so i do urge my colleagues to adopt the motion to instruct so we can get this effort moving and provide our veterans with the educational opportunities that they deserve and with the support they deserve and with the opportunity that they deserve because they fought so hard and so bravely for us. mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the entleman yields. all time for debate has expired. without objection, the previous question is ordered. the question is on the motion to instruct. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of

and mrs. peters. >> come in. >> mrs. peters, won't you come in? >> it was beautiful.utely beautiful. here they're tackling a subject without tackling it. >> why didn't you tell me on the phone. >> miss the expression on your face? >> the network worried about the fact that the african-americans might be upset by it. the network was always a little behind. there is always somebody back there who doesn't have b-a-w-l-s, bawls. >> in the hollywood, the co-writer, carl reiner, "dick van dyke." >> i wish somebody had told me. i would have worn my hair. ll fi! it's a complete checkup of the services your vehicle needs. so prepare your car for any road trip by taking it to an expert ford technician. because no matter your destination good maintenance helps you save at the pump. get our multi-point inspection with a synthetic blend oil change, tire rotation, brake inspection and more for $29.95 or less. get a complete vehicle checkup only at your ford dealer. i live in a luxury penthouse overlooking central park. when the guests arrive, they're greeted by my butler, larry. my

mr. peters: -- mr. peters: i have an amendment at the desk. the clerk: amendment number 7 printed in house report 113-546 offered by mr. peters of michigan. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 677, the gentleman from michigan, mr. peters, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from michigan. mr. peters: thank you, madam chair. i rise today to offer an amendment that builds on the existing language in this bill to strengthen protections for american students. my amendment ensures students have the information that they need to make important financial decisions that can impact their lives long after graduation. as you may be aware, combined student loan digit in our nation has topped -- debt in our nation has topped $1 trillion and the unfortunate reality is that many of those students who do not know the enormous harm that defaulting on that debt can cause to them. nearly 15% of the student loan borrowers default within three years of graduation and this can have serious consequences on thei

attorney and i said, yeah, and he said, i promise you i will call him today. >> peter cross remembers that phone call. >> mrlley says, peter, i am with the u.s. attorneys' office and we know your client is innocent. >> i thank god every day for john o'malley. when i looked in that man's eyes, i seen a man who has integrity and a man who was honest. >> o'malley's affidavit was enough for the bronx da to re-open the case and to get in front of a judge, but that would take time. two more months. but now at least eric had reason to hope, and in his cell he assembled a little photo gallery of others who had been exonerated. >> this is my wall of hope. everybody here has been unjustly convicted and freed. >> on august 5th, 2012, eric's lawyer goes to court. cross is joined by his assistant, and by now they have worked on eric's case for six years. >> i want to see him out. i told him the last time i went up to sing sing, i said i am not visiting you again. this is it. >> cross argues his case to the judge. >> my client has spent 17 years plus in jail for a crime he didn't commit. >> prosecutors do not admit there

our lead co-sponsor, mr. peter welch, and my co-chair of the tourism caucus, mr. farr, who i believe will speak in a few minutes, for their work on this legislation and also the ranking member of the subcommittee ms. schakowsky. i support this prudent, narrow, re-authorization of the travel promotion act. thank you, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from illinois is recognized. ms. schakowsky: it is now my pleasure to yield to the gentleman from california, from . beautiful area of the country carmel. there it is. to mr. farr. mr. farr: thank you for yielding. thank you for your leadership on this bill. i rise in support of this bill for many reasons. the first reason is that america needs to market itself. you'd think -- you think, oh, everybody loves america. what i found in my travels is that not everybody has the same opinion about america. if you turn on your television right now, the rest of the world is trying to get people who live in this country to go travel to their cou

will call this lawyer today." >> i was standing online in the bank. >> reporter: peter cross remembers that phone call. >> mre, "peter i'm with the u.s. attorney's office. we know your client is innocent." and that was such an emotional moment for me tears welled up in my eyes right in front of the teller. >> thank god every day for john o'malley. when i looked in that man eyes, you know, i seen a man who has integrity. i seen a man who was honest. affidavit was enough for the bronx d.a. to reopen the case and to get in front of a judge. but that would take time. two more months. but now, at least eric had reason to hope. in his cell he assembled his own little gallery of others who'd been exonerated. >> this is my wall of hope. everyone here has been unjustly convicted and freed. >> reporter: on august 5th, 2012, eric's lawyer goes to court. >> this is our first appearance to try to get the judgment vacated. >> reporter: cross is joined by his assistant, charmaine chester. by now they've worked on eric's case for six years. >> i want to see him out. yeah, i told him the last time i went up to sing sing. i s

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mr. scott peters of california. mr. peters and i both have an interest in saving money and $5 amendment would save million. and in putting our moneys wisely in research on renewable energies which saves individuals money, individual citizens' money, and protects our environment. in using that money -- instead of putting the money in the budget, to do research on coal and fossil fuels that contribute to global warming and a threat to our environment. the fact is, the department of energy's energy efficiency program has been effective. this would increase it by $10.3 million. this program is underfunded already in the bill. and it would take $15 million from funds that are in the budget for coal research and development, $15 million that are in excess of the president's budget request. the department of energy's energy efficiency programs partners with private industry, small business and academics to facilitate research development and deployment of innovative energy efficiency technologies in manufacturing buildings and

mr. peters. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for one minute. mr. peters: thank you for yielding. mr. speaker, i'm proud to state my agreement for the veterans' access to care through choice, accountability and transparency act of 2014 and thank chairman miller and ranking member michaud for bringing this resolution. i asked for a motion to instruct to ensure that vets on the g.i. bill could pay lower in-state college tuition. i'm happy that that provision has been included. enacting the measures in this bill will go a long way towards improving veterans' health care. as those noted, there is more work to be done. the more than 200,000 veterans that live in san diego county deserve access to the med kir care and benefits that america has promised them and they have earned. it's my hope that it will give new hope to the vets at the way they've been treated by the v.a. after all they sacrificed. and today we send a bipartisan message to them, america keeps its promises to our veterans. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maine. mr

for me to introduce to you the chief executive officer of euro pacific capital and great speaker mr. peterchiff. [applause] ♪ >> thanks everybody for coming. thanks john for introducing me. hopefully i can make up for my presentation. i'm losing some of my voice. i was out a little late here in las vegas. i'm not as young as i used to be. when i first started coming to freedom fest i was at the first one and it has really blossomed into a great event despite the fact that i think every year i come here we have less freedom which is an unfortunate situation. but also i think what i like to talk about is what we can do to try to preserve what freedom we have left with respect to our financial assets, our portfolios. i think many americans are going to find that not only are they losing their liberties, they are going to lose a lot of their wealth, especially if that wealth consists of u.s. dollar denominated debt instruments whether the treasury or municipal bonds, corporate bonds and even a real assets, u.s. stocks, u.s. real estate, are going to lose a significant real value. nominal value

mr. peters from california, my colleague, mr. lipinski from california for their work on the bill and i'm hopeful this bipartisan legislation can see movement in the senate and from there we can help to alleviate some of the burden placed on our research universitys so they can get back to the main goal of conducting science research. mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois. mr. lipinski: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. lipinski: i want to take this opportunity to thank mr. bucshon and chairman smith for not only this bill but the series of bills we're debating today. the subcommittee that chairman bucshon is chairman of and i'm ranking member, have been very active in this congress. we have been working on the first act, and i'm very happy that although there were some disagreements over that bill which did pass through committee, today we

time now for a very quick break but stick around because when we return peter schiff is on the show we love mr schiff peter sat down with me earlier today to discuss the latest g.d.p. numbers and you definitely don't want to miss what he has to say about them and then in today's big deal edward harris and i are continuing the g.d.p. number discussion and remember you can see all segments featured in today's show on you tube at you tube dot com slash boom bust our teeth and on hulu out who dot com slash boom dash. now before we go to break here are a look at some your closing numbers of the bell come on back. well. technology innovation all the developments around russia we've got the future are covered. welcome back to the show now the four percent growth that we saw in the second quarter could be a sign that the u.s. economy is finally finally turning a corner yet of the door at the same time we're still climb back from heart contraction in the first quarter so i guess that equals out so how healthy is the recovery that's the real question earlier i sat down with peter schiff c.e.o. of euro p

time now for a very quick break but stick around because when we return peter schiff is on the show we love mrschiff peter sat down with me earlier today to discuss the latest g.d.p. numbers and you definitely don't want to miss what he has to say about them and then in today's big deal edward harris and i are continuing the g.d.p. number discussion and remember you can see all segments featured in today's show on you tube you tube dot com slash boom bust our teeth and on who knew how to who dot com slash boom dash. now before we go to break here are a look at some your closing numbers of the bell come on doc. i think that's the master plan is to or remove public governorship or stock market participation from the unwashed masses who have the temerity to go out there and buy a share in some publicly listed company hoping that they too can emulate warren buffett all that's going to be wiped out by the koch brothers and the buffets of the world the private equity scam artists are going to take it all private and this is what these it's going to be could be told with oligarchies you know america'

time now for a very quick break but stick around because when we return peter schiff is on the show we love mr schiff peter sat down with me earlier today to discuss the latest g.d.p. numbers and you definitely don't want to miss what he has to say about them and then in today's big deal edward harris and i are continuing the g.d.p. number discussion and remember you can see all segments featured in today's show on you tube at youtube dot com slash boom bust our teeth and on who out who dot com slash boom dash. now before we go to break here are a look at some your closing numbers with the bell come on back at us. would you like me you want your comedy news with some t. want your comedy news to be a bear feasted no holds barred fight to the dead. like a true vampire winding into the necks of the corporate elite billionaire freaks while they're going. well that's what you get with my new show projected tonight. and star wars. there's a line that there. might . be. welcome back to the show now the four percent growth that we saw in the second quarter could be a sign that the u.s. economy is fina

time now for a very quick break but stick around because when we return peter schiff is on the show we love mr schiff peter sat down with me earlier today to discuss the latest g.d.p. numbers and you definitely don't want to miss what he has to say about them then in today's big deal edward harris and i are continuing the g.d.p. number discussion and remember you can see all segments featured in today's show on you tube at you tube dot com slash boom bust our teeth and on hulu out who dot com slash boom dash. now before we go to break here are a look at some your closing numbers with the bell come on. iran like syria has been george very harshly on that leads on to the constant. isn't it justified the it's not pursuing do you see a weapon down you know raising to spectrum of perceived remember like the. same time you see we are developing nuclear weapons in the home. you said you did see. the movie before maybe. we would be stupid not to take. welcome back to the show now the four percent growth that we saw in the second quarter could be a sign that the u.s. economy is finally finally turning

mr. peters who represents the somers. >> thank you. i want to thank the chairman and the committee for allowing me to be a guest. we are not members of this committee. i don't think there is any place we would rather be this morning. it takes a lot of courage to do what you are doing. thank you for that. also to let you know beyond the power of your stories, it's the education you provide that only you can provide. these are insights that only you have. it's been very valuable to us. while we are new here, i can tell you that from time to time you see testimony that's going to make a difference. that is certainly what's happened today. you can feel very confident that those brothers you talked about and sisters will be heavily affected and helped by the time you put in and effort you put in today. i also just want to thank in particular howard and jean somers for your leadership, the time you put in on behalf of daniel and the education you've given me. i look forward to continue working with you to make these issues, to resolve these

mr. peters, on which the yeas and nays were ordered. the clerk will redesignate the motion. the clerk: motion to instruct conferees or h.r. 3230 offered by mr. peters of california. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to instruct. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] ifment on this vote, the yeas are 205 and the nays are 207. the motion is not adopted. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent consent that when the house adjourns today it adjourn to meet until 10:00 tomorrow morning. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. for what purpose does the gentleman from missouri seek recognit

mr. peters is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman and hello, gentlemen. i have a question from the committeement we struggle with how to maintain the lead in science. i wonder what your perspective is on how important space exploration is in maining our lead in science. >> certainly it is right at the cutting-edge. this is one of our many pieces, i guess, in the overall u.s. portfo portfolio of leading the revolution. just off the screen to the right there is the arm of robonot and he was out last night to do upgrades and we will bring it up and get it in full operation maybe with set of legs down the road. the work we do are is on the cutting edge but that is one small piece of what is going on and a lot of it is thanks to government funding and pumping money into the research that is critical for the nation not just five years down the road but 50 and a 100. >> the gentlemen from alabama mr. brooks and recognized. >> i am from alabama's fifth district the home of the marshal space flight center. as a child i grow up feeling the saturn five rocket tested

mr. peters, is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. hello, gentlemen, i have a question for you for our committee. we struggle a lot with how to maintain the country's lead in science. i wondered if you could give us your perspective on how important space exploration and research is to maintaining our nation's lead in science. >> certainly, it's right at the cutting edge. and this is just one of our many pieces, i guess, in our overall u.s. portfolio of leading this technolo technological revolution we're leading day to day. just off our screen to the right, there's the arm of robonaun. we just had him out last night to do some upgrades and we'll bring it out and get it in full operation here, maybe with a set of legs, down the road. so the work we're doing up here is right on the cutting edge, but that's just one small piece across our entire country of what's going on, and a lot of it is thanks to government funding and pumping money into this research that's critical for our nation, not just five years down the road, but 50 and 100

mr. peters is recognized. >> thank you, mr. secretary, for being here. two topics. first in general, we know that the proposed rule is estimated to cost between $162 million to $278 million for additional mitigation and pollution reduction falths while -- it lists benefits including reducing flooding, filtering pollution, providing wildlife ab at that times and supporting fishing and resources ground water with benefits of $514 million annually and i wanted you to give us some sense as to how those benefit numbers were calculated. >> well, we use a variety of methods in economic analysis to do that and one of the things we did for this economic analysis and getting a lot of comment on this, as well. is we looked at actual determinations or jurisdictional determinations that were being made by the corps of engineers in the field following the 2008 guidance and how they were making those determinations and would they be different under this proposal then we looked at that and we looked at studies that wiare available related to the values of different flood control ap

he said he would have been insane because of you're assistant, mr. peter, and also holbrooke. could you tell us about that? what was going on in the background? karzai basically said what -- the karzai of today and not the karzai of 2008. it was just you, holbrooke, and also your assistant. and of course you were the one trying to think of peace. karzai was very well managed before 2008 by george bush administration. he was a find -- we even call him a hero. the best president, the best this and that, around the world. and all of a sudden, he became a zero. the reason he was told me -- i asked him, what happened? he said, because i don't get respect from this administration. and that comes back to sovereignty. i took a group of google and youtube to karzai and he was so impressed. my god, those americans are such nice people. he says why the americans have diplomatic, don't behave like google and youtube. >> get rid of that allen guy. >> all right, general. >> the border with pakistan is a very, very difficult piece of terrain. some of the federally administered tribal areas o

mr. peters, is recognized for his questions. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, mr. secretary, for being here. i want to cover two topics. first in general, we know that the proposed rule is estimated to cost between $162 million to $278 million for additional mitigation and pollution reduction facilities. it lists benefits including reducing flooding, filtering plus, providing wildlife habitats, supporting hunting and fishing and recharging ground water with estimated benefits at $388 million to $548 million annually. i wanted you to give us some sense of how those benefit numbers were calculated. >> well, we use a variety of methods in economic analysis to do that and one of the things we did for this economic analysis and getting a lot of comment on this, as well. is we looked at actual determinations or jurisdictional determinations that were being made by the corps of engineers in the field following the 2008 guidance and how they were making those determinations and would they be different under this proposal then we looked at that and we looked at studies that

our lead co-sponsor, mr. peter welch, and my co-chair of the tourism caucus, mr. farr, who i believe will speak in a few minutes, for their work on this legislatn

not because of ambassador kai eide, he would have been insane because, you know, your assistant, mr. peter -- [inaudible] and also holbrooke, could you tell us a little bit about that? what was the background? and karzai basically said, you know, what made karzai the karzai of today and not the karzai of 2008. it was just you, holbrooke and also your assistant. and, of course, you were the one you were trying to just bring some peace. karzai was very well managed before 2008 by george bush administration. he was -- [inaudible] and we even call him a hero, the best president, the best this and that around the world. and all of a sudden he became a zero. and the reason he told me, i asked him what happened, he says because i don't get respect from this administration. and that comes back to sovereignty. e took a group of google and youtube to karzai, and he was so impressive. and he said, my god, those americans are such nice people. this is why american diplomats don't behave like google and youtube. [laughter] >> get rid of that alan guy. go ahead, general. >> the border with pakistan is a

mr. peters who represents the somers. >> thank you. i want to thank the chairman and the committee for allowing me to be a guest. we are not members of this committee. i don't think there is any place we would rather be this morning. it takes a lot of courage to do what you are doing. thank you for that. also to let you know beyond the power of your stories, it's the education you provide that only you can provide. these are insights that only you have. it's been very valuable to us. while we are new here, i can tell you that from time to time you see testimony that's going to make a difference. that is certainly what's happened today. you can feel very confident that those brothers you talked about and sisters will be heavily affected and helped by the time you put in and effort you put in today. i also just want to thank in particular howard and jean somers for your leadership, the time you put in on behalf of daniel and the education you've given me. i look forward to continue working with you to make these issues, to resolve these

mr. peters. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for two minutes. mr. peters: thank you, mr. speaker. san diego and the entire state of california are facing a prolonged drought that is placing us at increased risk of wildfires. the we are currently in the midst of what is expected to be one of the longest and hardest wildfire seasons in recent memory. that's why i also agree that we have to take action immediately to ensure adequate funding for wildfires by bringing to the floor h.r. 3992, the wildfire disaster funding act of 20 sh. -- 2014. it is a bipartisan bill with dozens of sponsors from both sides of the aisle. it's fiscally responsible. and has broad support from washington and beyond. in may, san diego saw an early start to fire season when nearly a dozen wildfires erupted over a five-day period. burning 27,000 acres and destroying 65 homes. every day communities in the region are at risk of wildfires. this is an elongated fire season. we are not used to seeing these kind of events until september or october. that means the cost to contain fire

mr. miller, and especially my friend, peter welch, for working with me on this amendment. the underlying bill, mr. speaker, as you know, seeks to support innovation and -- in higher education by reenvisioning how regulators and institutions have measured student progress and student aid and this bill, mr. chairman, sets up demonstration projects to study the effect of competency-based education. our amendment, mr. chairman, simply permits participation of dual enrollment programs to be included in the demonstration project's created and as the chairman knows, many students, in fact i'm reluctant to cite statistics but i think it's well north of a million students have demonstrated from dual enrollment classes. in fact, mr. chairman, i live with a student that has nefited back home, both at norman high school and spartanburg high school, probably other high schools have partnered with schools of higher learning to prepare our children to, number one, be able to gauge the speed of pitches in college. the pitchers pitch a little faster in college sometimes than they do in high

mr. wilde himself. 73s peter wild, 70 years -- years old. he's the man behind capri sun. the pouch of orange juices that he has amos lee -- that he famously got mohamed ali involved in the rate -- involved in. that is not part of wild flavors now. but this man is 73. 26th apparently the five wealthiest man in the world. has about $3 billion. that will go up if you cashes in. individual.or the >> thanks, carolyn. see later -- you later. the ecb has announced they were release minutes of their meetings. the new development. ♪ >> welcome back. this is "countdown.:" i am mark barton. better-than-expected jobs in the u.s.. a record high for the dow. giving investors plenty to think about ahead of the last trading day of the week. during us now, mike. thank you for joining us today. the ecb will hold less meetings and publish minutes of those meetings. should we applaud? this greater transparency? >> the minutes are probably the key thing. the ecb realistically in the next couple of years is not going to be changing policy anytime soon. probably till 2017-2018. the minutes will

coequal collaboration and i really want to thank jeff in my office, peter from supervisor mar's office and supervisor cohen's office. with that, mr. chairman i make a motion to forward the soda tax to the full board to the supervisors with a positive recommendation. >> thank you very much. i will call the roster. supervisor breed? >>supervisor london breed: i just want to make a comment because this is a difficult process for me because i'm adamant leo posed to putting forth a beverage tax period. i wanted to make sure that i checked in with folks that i know people that i support, checked in with my community and formally. i know there has been a study at ucsf and looking at other data about this and just really trying to connect the data to actual people that i know in my community who are kids who drink sugary soft drinks and trying to make the connection. eye still -- i have still not been able to do that. the data is there and i'm not disputing the data, but the data relates to my experience is not connected. that doesn't mean it's actually not correct data. i'm not part of the beverage industry or any corporation. so i gues

mr. brzezinski, counselor at the center for strategic international studies. peterook outline some of the people who would be hit, some of the individuals. hy have they remained silent? but first, i don't think they first, ipleased -- >> don't think they are very pleased. but quite friendly, i don't know what these names mean in practical terms. if one is reporting these names, one should to the extent that one can, indicate where their assets are and where they operate mainly full stop is it in certain foreign banks, real estate? it is symbolic. i think perfect world site missions -- sectoral sanctions should be coming soon. i hope the europeans live up to their obligations. after all, we are in this together and we have a shared interest in stability in europe, and not in the use of force to change borders. something that has not been attempted since the days of hitler. >> dr. brzezinski, let's go to the middle east and efforts to secure peace between israel and hamas. at least 16 palestinians were killed when a school came under attack today. what can and should

. >> a family of al jazeera journalist peter greste has launched a new' pil new appeal to secure his freedom. mr. greste has been imprisoned in egypt along with his colleagues for 191 days. >>> an iraqi general has been killed. the general commanded a division responsible for defending part of the capitol. fighters from the islamic state group who control large parts of northern and western iraq are now threatening to advance on the capitol. their threat follows an explosion at security checkpoints in central baghdad. we have more details. >> the bomb took place just behind me 300 to 400 meters away. when we looked behind there was a big thick black cloud of smoke where the bomb, took place. it was at a checkpoint. seven people died and 21 people injured. it's the second bombing in 12 hours here in central baghdad, and there was another suicide-bomber on a motorcycle which hit another neighborhood here. after that bombing early in the morning the islamic state claimed responsibility for this. we have a picture of the man they say is responsible for that particular attack. now this is slightly di

we're glad to be seeing our own california representative scott peters and mr. sila who have been with us along the way to help with the experiences of our son. >> our nightmare started january 15 when daniel came back from his second service of combat in iraq. he suffered traumatic brain injury and gulf war syndrome. daniel spent six tragic years trying to access the va health and benefit systems before finally collapsing under the weight of his own despair. we have attached the story of daniel somers to our testimony which provides the details of his efforts, and we hope you will read it if you have not already done so. today it is our objective to begin the process which will ultimately provide hope and care to the 22 veterans a day who are presently ending their lives. >> just over a year ago and four days after daniel's death, feeling fortunate that we at least had a letter from him, howard and i -- howard is a urologist and i spent 30 years in the business of health care -- sat down with daniel's wife who is a bachelor of science and nursing, and his mothe

how well i'm a true the word neutralized is correct i think mr putin views himself in history somewhere along the lines of piotr very leaky peter the great because the rino they leak catherine the great and now it's going to be blood the image of a leaky because he's the man who regained crimea and possibly part of ukraine for russia but what different. does it make how he views himself i mean he always said that he's trying to protect russia's interests and those great leaders that you just mentioned they were protecting russia's interests what's wrong with standing out for a country that's right and as i said he's very much in the pattern of peter the great and catherine the great in an effort to add land whether it's buffer for protection or buffer to move forward in an effort to enhance russia's strength that the lemma is when you add russia's security on the one hand you add in security for others whether it's what's left of the ukraine or poland or the baltic states doesn't that also apply to the united states though when you try to appreciate your security interests in iraq or afghanistan or libya or syria don't you make