mr. secretary. i think this convention is a great opportunity for us to demonstrate the high standards the u.s. has made is the gold standard for treatment of our citizens with disabilities. >> senator kaine. >> before i have a comment and question for secretary kerry, i want to do an introduction. gail pollock is here with us today. she was the first woman nonphysician commander of the u.s. army medical command, enacting sermon -- surgeon general of the army with an $8 billion annual budget in 2007. she has extensive experience in the military, but she was challenged by senator anyway -- inouye when he made comments about care for blinded troopers. following her experience in a program at harvard, she established a sole source information solution provider for anybody concerned about vision loss. we're very happy she's here today and for all the work she has done around the world. thank you, general pollock, and secretary kerry. there's a lot going on in the world today, and that you have chosen to

mr. secretary, about how important this treaty is for americans who are traveling abroad. mr. chairman, i would ask consent that the statement by secretary hagel in support of the legislation, on behalf of the military families come in the 5.5 million american veterans who have disabilities, been a part of the record. >> without objection, so ordered. >> i often write you letters. i have written you letters raising concerns of religious freedom, concerns about corruption and other country, concern about how police activities occur in other countries. will write you about issues concerning people who have challenges and disabilities. can you just tell me -- you are secretary of state, you are in those meetings -- the fact that we have not ratified this treaty, does that affect your credibility in advocating on behalf of a sick core values that we believe in, the right of all people, including of all people with disabilities, when you raise these issues of concern that we have another countries? >> senator, i am not going to tell you in every conversation i've had somebody has ra

mr. chairman. secretary kerry, thank you for your extraordinary leadership and thank you for what you've done as secretary of state. you have been an incredible voice for america and we thank you for that service. i want to acknowledge the presence of doctor morgan, a commission of the maryland commission on people with disabilities. doctor morgan is a retired neurologist of 20 years of experience in the field of neurology, psychiatry and diagnostics radiology. he's a tireless advocate working as a volunteer for the national ms society. is a person who lives with ms. i just would like to quote one of the statements dr. morgan made, and that is that a person with a family living abroad, i would be able to visit my siblings, nephews and extended families without the uncertainty accessible that has plagued prior visits. just underscoring what you have said, secretary, about how important this treaty is for americans who are traveling abroad. and mr. chairman, i would ask consent that the statement by secretary

mr. secretary, i do not read from notes typically. but i'm going to do that today to ask in a specific way. and i want to say to all of the people ad volunteer -- advocattiadvoca advocating on the treaty -- and i know we want to support the cause. i don't think that is in question. when people look at these issues, sometimes they forget there is a whole body of law out there that affects people domestically in ways that were never intended. my goal, and i think a number of people on the committee's goal, is to make sure the best of what the treaty is about is preserved, but at the same time you end up in a situation where you have not done things that affect us domestically in ways we never intended for that occur. in the supreme case versus barn the supreme court argued ratification can expand existing power to legislate beyond traditional limit and the framers intepped tended for the senate to use advice and power. did you agree with that? >> i don't believe that bond applies here. so it isn't a question of whether i agree or disagr

mr. secretary. >> good morning. >> good morning. i can only imagine how tired you are. mr. secretary, two questions. how much coordination takes place between the members of the p-5 plus 1 ahead of a meeting like this. were you blindsided by the french and their objections to the agreement? and a second question, you don't have a deal yet. you're hoping to get one in the coming weeks with further negotiations, but that does give detractors of a deal with iran time to de rail your work. i'm thinking of israel. i'm thinking of saudi arabia, but i'm also thinking of congress in the u.s. are you worried that congress is going to push once again for further sanctions against iran? >> well, let me answer the second part of your question first, and just tell you point blank that this is an issue of such consequence that really needs to rise or fall on the merits, not on politics. people need to stop and think about what happens each day now that you don't have an agreement. each day that you don't have an agreement, iran will continue to enrich. iran will continue to pu it's p. wha

mr. secretary, thank you for joining us. as my first question, a lot of people say iran is just going to be north korea, a country that agrees to stop its nuclear ambitions in order to get sanctions lifted and then secretly goes ahead and continues with its program. why do you think iran is not north korea? >> well, there are many reasons why it's not. first of all, it's a member of the npg. secondly, they have engaged in the negotiation, thirdly, they have committed to have daily inspections of certain facilities. they have committed to restrict their activities with those inspections taking place. and in addition to that, they have publicly committed that they are not going to build a nuclear weapon, north korea already has and has tested and will not declare a policy of denuclearization. so there are many different things that lead one to at least say that we ought to be exploring and testing the possibility of a diplomatic solution. let me be clear, we do that with eyes absolutely wide open. we have no illusions, you don

mr. secretary i have two quick questions. >> node will. i am 81 years old in july. i do not need multi part questions. [laughter] it is to end 15:00 p.m. in washington right flew in from single part question. [laughter] but feel free to go ahead. [laughter] >> first question. >> no. you only get one question. turn off his microphone. [laughter] believe the right to a boat for republicans the will not tax without a decrease or raising expenses or without some sort of cut in the middle? i remember i watched your interview on the letterman show there was a time of $100 billion it. >> it was the presidency of johnson the first federal budget in our history of one ended billion dollars everybody can pass at the thought. >> now doesn't seem ts at the thought. >> now doesn't seem that way it doesn't look like the republicans are hoping us. >> that i was asked asked, speaking of my other books at fort leavenworth leavenworth, the military base, not the prison, 40 dendritic they the majors from around the world somebody asked what is the biggest problem that i worry about wh

mr. chairman. thank you, secretary sibelius. mr. chairman. hank you, secretary sebelius for your presence here today and your testimony. while i, too, am frustrated with the flawed rollout of healthcare.gov, i do appreciate your longstanding commitment to improving the heal i think it is important to note that in my home state of california, and other states as well, the new exchange marketplace -- to call it covered california. it is working. constituents are finding that rates are as much as 29% less than those they found in the marketplace last year. i am thankful my constituents now have this option. as i look at implementation nationwide, it seems clear to me that political decisions in individual states have really made the difference for consumers. the governors and state legislators that embrace this law are delivering for their communities. who continue to throw up roadblocks here in congress, and state legislators, should not now be surprised there are significant bombs around the way. this seems to me to be completely disingenuous.

mr. secretary. >> that will be a closed session item mr. vice president, next, 6b. >> commissioners, as there are not really any matters and we have already engaged in some closed session activity, i would say that we put this one off until the next meeting. is that okay? >> yes. >> i'm fine with that, sir. >> vote -- the next item please. >> item seven, vote to elect whether to disclose any or all discussion on item six held in code session . >> move on non disclosure. >> second. >> can we do that or need role call? all in favor? >> i. >> we don't need role call. >> closed. the next item please. >> item eight adjournment. >> so moved. >> second. >> we're adjourned. thank you.

mr. secretary general, delegates, ladies and gentlemen we meet again in the quest for peace. 24 whos ago when i last had the honor of addressing this body the shadow of fear lay darkly across the world. the freedom of west berlin, wars in mediate peril, agreement seemed remote, the mandate of the units in the congo was under fire. hold back the darkness today the clouds have lifted a little. so that new rays of hope can break through. the pressures on west berlin appear to be eased. unity in the congo has largely been restored. the integrity of the united nations secretariat has been reaffirmed. a decade of development is underway and for the first time in 17 years of effort, a specific step has been taken to limit the nuclear arms race. i refer of course to the treaty to ban nuclear tests in the atmosphere, outer space and under water. concluded by the soviet union, the united kingdom and the united states and already signed by nearly 100 countries. it has been hailed by people the world over who are thankful to be free from the fears of nuclear fall out and i'm confident that on next t

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mr. secretary. >> that will be a closed session item mr. vice president, next, 6b. >> commissioners, as there are not really any matters and we have already engaged in some closed session activity, i would say that we put this one off until the next meeting. is that okay? >> yes. >> i'm fine with that, sir. >> vote -- the next item please. >> item seven, vote to elect whether to disclose any or all discussion on item six held in code session . >> move on non disclosure. >> second. >> can we do that or need role call? all in favor? >> i. >> we don't need role call. >> closed. the next item please. >> item eight adjournment. >> so moved. >> second. >> we're adjourned. thank you. everybody. >> all right. good morning. thank you all for coming out today i'm ed reiskin i'm the director of transportation in san francisco. i appreciate you all coming out. what we're here to talk about is safety. about a year and a half ago the board of supervisors adapted a strategic plan identifying transportation safety as the number one goal for the 6 years of

mr. secretary. >> that will be a closed session item mr. vice president, next, 6b. >> commissioners, as there are not really any matters and we have already engaged in some closed session activity, i would say that we put this one off until the next meeting. is that okay? >> yes. >> i'm fine with that, sir. >> vote -- the next item please. >> item seven, vote to elect whether to disclose any or all discussion on item six held in code session . >> move on non disclosure. >> second. >> can we do that or need role call? all in favor? >> i. >> we don't need role call. >> closed. the next item please. >> item eight adjournment. >> so moved. >> second. >> we're adjourned. thank you. hub. >> hi, i'm jean yes my name is jean and sometimes, people call me sir, girl. san francisco has served our sewer system and it's no square feet it's a matter of time. that's why we're planning major upgrades public health depends on it that. see how this important work is done. i was fascinated by it. we're going to creek. i would recycle you to come up and see th

mr. secretary. >> that will be a closed session item mr. vice president, next, 6b. >> commissioners, as there are not really any matters and we have already engaged in some closed session activity, i would say that we put this one off until the next meeting. is that okay? >> yes. >> i'm fine with that, sir. >> vote -- the next item please. >> item seven, vote to elect whether to disclose any or all discussion on item six held in code session . >> move on non disclosure. >> second. >> can we do that or need role call? all in favor? >> i. >> we don't need role call. >> closed. the next item please. >> item eight adjournment. >> so moved. >> second. >> we're adjourned. thank you. >> (clapping) great that's correct. as i was saying i'm the chair of the yerba buena community and the neighborhood that's home to the highest concentration of that's right we don't think there's a better place. we're here it stretches to harrison and fifth street on the west and we that it's really a place that welcomes people to the city the culture institutions and

." >> mr secretary you said a good bit about the requirements on iran and your hopes for what it will do on a sort of technical level. i would hope that you might just take a moment and reflect on what this agreement may mean or signify longer term or in a larger sense. this is several months and this is the first time that a diplomatic level from the united states and iran sat together and talked about anything much less something of this moment. what is your view and what is your hope for what the next steps as far as a u.s. relationship with iran would be. >> well, obviously it is not insignificant, nor does it just fly by me, nor the president, who took great risks in committing us and making certain that we would proceed forward on this endeavour. it's no small thing, i think, that since 1979, for, what, 34 years, iran and the united states have not been able to talk to each other, and there has been an enormous build-up of suspicion and an enormous build-up of animosity, and there have been moments here and there were there might have been some kind of minor assistance one way o

mr. secretary was it iran that gusted over half of u.s. draft and publicly commented against it friday morning. >> jon: he tweeted? [laughter] weapon haven't talked for 34 years, we get together and you tweet a break up. that's what you do? takes a will lot of balls. that takes a lot of balls. [ laughter ] doesn't the tweeting take the gravitas out of it, by the way? you know, the lamps are going out all over europe, we shall not see them lit again in our lifetimes, he tweeted. [laughter] #peer is -- #persevere. for more on this we go to samantha bee. sam, thank you for joining us. sam, how is the obama administration taking this diplomatic setback? >> oh, they really needed this one, jon. obama just really needed a win. >> jon: it's been a rough couple months with the president. >> the whole mess with the nsa, congress holding up his appointments ant healthcar.gov roll out was pathetic. >> jon: nightmare. >> a disaster stuffed in a traf industry wrapped in inexmp tense. they call the a cluster (bleep) now this softwear glitch. >> jon: wha

mr. secretary, the floor is yours. >> thank you. mr. chairman, ranking member corker, members of the committee, thanks very much for welcoming me here to talk about the disabilities treaty, which i am very anxious to do. mindful of the comments of the ranking member just now, i would just start off by saying we are 100% prepared as we have been to work through what are known as rud's -- reservations, understandings, and declarations in order to pass this treaty. that is our goal. as we begin with a place that makes it clear that we do not believe this has impact among but we are happy to restate and reassert the law in ways that makes senators feel comfortable, obviously. we want to pass this. it is not lost on any of us that only 11 months ago the senate fell just five votes short of approving this treaty. so more than 60 senators have already resolved in their minds many of the questions that are reraised again and again. we can go into them. those days when we ended up five votes short, when people changed so it was closer, that was

mr. secretary can you tell us >> the first thing the president said his greatest education was on the south side of chicago. he learned a lot of lessons and he has asked the entire constant to travel around the country and learn the lessons from the community that have not just envisioned but create revitalizations. he told us to learn but the other message he wanted to make sure i got out if we're going to continue to live up to the ideals of our founders in america if this is a country no matter where you come from or what you look like if you work hard and play by the rules he can get ahead. we need to live up to those ideals and that means in neighborhoods where traditionally kids have had a tough time getting ahead and even though their lifespan was determined by their zip code we can't allow that. for promise zones his promise is to quadruple our budget and all those investments will help what the community of admission has become >> anyone else? okay. thank you >> thank you. >> so today's a very special day and i welcome you all of you and on behalf of the mexican museum this has bee

mr. chairman, and thank you, secretary, for being with us today. i want to follow up on a couple of those questions that mr. walden was asking you about cgi. as you know, chairman issa last night released this document, monthly project status report from cgi last night, and it looks to me as sort of a technical document that has a punch list of outstanding open issues. and some of them do highlight items that upon first read seem to be alarming. for example, one of the entries said, due to the compressed schedule, there's not enough time built in to allow for adequate performance testing. and this certainly, in retrospect, sounds bad. but the date of the document that chairman issa released is september 6th, and then on september 10th, four days later, cgi came into this committee and testified under oath, quote, cgi federal is confident it will deliver the functionality that cms has directed. and we're trying to figure out, at least i'm trying to figure out, how cgi is now coming in and saying, you know, we warned everybody that this wasn't going t

mr. chairman. thank you, madam secretary for coming to day. i'm going to follow up on mr. doyle's line of questioning. one concern i have with the fallout from the website is that many users who tried to sign up and discouraged becausest proble of the problems will be too discouraged to come back once the site is fixed. what do you plan to do to get those folks to come back? >> sir, we intend to invite them back. formally by e-mail, by message. but we don't want to do that until we're confident that they will have a different experience. so fixing the site is step one. and then inviting people back to the site to make it clear that when our timetable is fulfilled, they have four months to shop for affordable health coverage on a fully functioning site. we know we're going to have to spend special time on young and healthy merns wamericans who thy don't need insurance, aren't aware of the law, don't want to use a failed or flawed site. we have to spend some particular attention on them. >> thank you. have the software spes infectioinfectio specifications including the test

mr. secretary, was it iran that gutted over half of u.s. draft thursday night and publicly commented against it friday morning? we are committed to constructive engagement, interaction on equal footing, key to achieve key shared objectives. he commented on a bbc talk show that same day. >> if diplomats fail to maintain an integrated and unified style it forms their credibility and damages mutual trust. the goal of these talks is to reduce the distrust that has been created over the past eight years. such contradictory and conflicting remarks are different from what actually happened on the ground. >> reporter: before the talks fell apart a draft interim deal was made laying out caps in iran's nuclear capacity, and ways to make facilities more assessable to inspectors for exchange of easing economic sanctions on tehran. prime minister benjamin netanyahu called the interim deal dangerous. >> this is a deal that is proposed now. iran does not roll back its nuclear weapons making capacities at all. it's a bad and dangerous deal that deals with

mr. secretary that seems to be almost the most deplorable, if i can say insidious part of this.he work requirements are part of establishing continuous establish this narrative that seems to have taken hold in the gop that this is a culture of couch potatoes people trying to benefit off the back of the taxpayer when in reality they are helping the working poor. people old, disabled, people who have children. beyond that there's an economic stimulus built into s.n.a.p., which is every dollar in s.n.a.p. benefits creates $1.70 in economic activity. what do you make -- given the reality at hand here, which is s.n.a.p. is good for the economy, s.n.a.p. helps elevator people out of poverty. people on snap are not actually people who are looking to profit off the american taxpayer. why do you think republicans are so resistant to funding this program? >> well, it's hard to explain, especially since they are trying to eliminate efficiencies and basically put requirements on folks who already either have those requirements or those requirements are really not rational for a senior citiz

mr. secretary, thank you very much for taking the time to be with us. >> thanks, george. thank you very much. >>> reaction now from republican senators saxby chambliss. and member of the intelligence senate armed service committee. senator, thank you for joining us this morning. is this a deal you can support? >> sure. george, you know, the publicly stated goal of this administration relative to iran's nuclear program is to prevent it from happening. nothing in the details that i have seen thus far of the final deal, nothing in what secretary kerry just said, moves us in the direction of preventing iran from developing a nuclear weapon. sure they're going to destroy uranium to 20%, but irrespective of what he just said, they're going to be able to continue to enrich uranium. they have 6 tons now, they'll allow them to go to 7 tons. then they'll come back to 6 tons within the next six months. but they'll still have the capability. nothing in this deal requires the destruction of any centrifuges. they'll be able to replace centrifuges that become inoperable and i just don't

mr. secretary general, delegates, ladies and gentlemen

this afternoon, mr secretary, you are due to meet with the president and general abdul fatah al-sisi. for our part here at the foreign ministerry, we held constructive, frank and detailed construction of various issues and discussed how to move things forward in the interests of both countries. i affirm egypt's desire to have good and point of view relationship with the united states, based on our own priorities. >> translation: we'll open the floor for questions and then meet the president. >> we'll give the secretary a chance to speak, and after that questions from the audience. >> thank you. well minister, thank you very much. thank you for your welcome back here. in egypt. thank you for your welcome. you and i have talked frequently on the telephone, and we know each other... (overspoken by interpreter). >>> apologies we are having translation issues. we can't hear what kerry is saying in english. let's cross to our correspondent sue turton, who has been standing by in cairo. sum up for us what the foreign minister was saying before we came in to the press conference. sue, we were

mr. secretary. we thank you for your time very much. >> thanks. >>> joining me now, the ranking member of the senate foreign relations committee, bob corker of tennessee. senator, it's good to have you here because the subject is iran, and the president of iran -- >> there's no volume. >> -- saying this morning -- we might have some audio difficulties. senator, can you hear me okay? senator, are you able to hear me? we'll work on that as i set up the premise here, which is the question of what the senate is ultimately going to do on sanctions. senator, are you with me one last time? >> i'm not hearing david for some reason. >> we're going to take a break, get this ironed out, be back, we hope, with senator corker right get thi[ female announcer ]k, we we give you relief from your cold symptoms. you give them the giggles. tylenol cold® helps relieve your worst cold and flu symptoms. but for everything we do, we know you do so much more. tylenol cold®. whoa! sweet mother of softness. paws off pal. jus

mr. secretary speak weight. someone will have to turn his mic on. you had the floor up there before, sandy. >> who passed the first question? okay. you've got it, okay. is your mic on? >> well, mr. secretary, i do have two quick questions -- >> no, no. and 81 in july. i do not, i do not need multiparty questions. [laughter] >> okay. >> its 17 but it's 10:15 in washington from were i flew in yesterday. single part questions. >> okay. spent but i mean feel free to go ahead. [laughter] >> okay. first question is will you -- >> no, no. you only get one. [laughter] turn off his mic. [laughter] [applause] >> will you write a book or republicans called rumsfeld's that says that will not tax without doing a tax increase? now will not raise expenses without some sort of cut in the middle? i mean, i remember when i watched your interview on the letterman show you have suggested that there was a time in which our debt reached, i forget what was, like $100 billion or something like that and the world went crazy. >> i was there. it was in the presidency of lyndo

mr. secretary. we tha you for your time very much. >> thanks. >>> joining me now, the rankg member of the senate feign relations committee, bob corke of tennessee. senator, it's good to have you here because the subject is iran, anthe president of ir -- >> there's no volume. >> -- saying this morning -- we mighhave some audio difficulties. senator, can you hear me okay? senator, are you able to hea me? we'll work on that ai set up the premise here, which ishe questionf what the senate is ultimately going to do on nctions. senator, are you with me one last time? >>'m not hearing david for some reason. >> we're goingo take a break, get this ironed t, be back, we hope, with senatororker right get this ironed t, be back, we hope, with senatororker right after i was ady to serve. i just gotten married. i was right out of schoo my family'all military. yodon't know what to eect. then suddey you're there... in another world. i did my job. you do your best. i remember the faces... how everything mattered...