[laughter] mrs. carter: i get to see the top officials because i take and you top officials because i take notes. and i write down everything he and iand i write down everything he says. president carter: she also gives and andpresident carter: she also gives me instructions -- [laughter] walter: yeah, i was reading this you book, which was a total you delight. i am going to ask mrs. carter you about this. you you you you say the president rights and their that when you came back -- writes in there, that when you came back you you you you from the navy and you're doing your business work in georgia, you left dollar you work in georgia, you left dollar b decisions to the you b decisions to the family, but in 1962 when he decided to get into politics a changed your relationship with mrs. carter you you relationship with mrs. carter and she became much more you and she became much more a partner in making decisions. is that right? you you youis that right? [laughter] i want to fact check this book. you you you

isaacson: mrs. carter? mrs. carter: i wasn't there. president carter: we were with the elders the has-been politicians. a former secretary general of the united nations, kofi annan, the former president of thailand , the former president of finland. former president of mexico and former president of brazil and so forth. that's our 11 members but also the chief negotiator for the united nations for about 20 years, he was one trying to bring peace to the area. so we meet every six weeks or so and decide where we can go. we don't have to accommodate voters so we can pick and choose. mr. isaacson: where did you go in the middle east on your last trip? president carter: we went to the middle east, we went to gaza, they've had -- the carter center has had an office there. for several years. we still are working on bringing peace to israel. we are still working on that. we're trying to promote peace between israeli and palestinian factions. mr. isaacson: do you think netanyahu wants a two-state solution? president carter: no, i don't think he

i want to turn to mrs. carteryour views, how they changed on the environment, that trip to the arctic, and also may be just what it is like traveling with president carter? [laughter] mrs. carter: i travel with him all the time. we go -- we have been to 80 countries. 80 countries, the most isolated countries in the world. but that trip to the arctic was really special, i thought. we had on that ship, i think was -- what was it? national geographic? yeah, it was national geographic. everybody had to be an expert, had to say something about the environment. we heard the best people.we heard the best people. jimmy's been working on environmental issues since he was governor of georgia, marshlands. so, i think he has taught me pretty well a long time ago that we really needed to take care of the environment. walter: president carter, in this book, which i really do urge people to read, one of the things i didn't really quite know, although i did read "hour before daylight," about growing up in a tiny, unincorporated t

mr. carter: holy cow. ms. fitzmaurice, the report and the inspector general's investigation found that we had thousands of incomplete or in accurate and biographical information. could you give me the initial of your first name? s. now i've got three minutes left to ask questions here. do you think i can guess your first name in that three minutes? and my point is simply this -- we have applications that only have the first initial of the first name? stacey fitzmaurice: that is correct. mr. carter: does -- does that scare you? stacey fitzmaurice: so i think we are absolutely looking at and concerned with where we have erroneous and missing information, and we are taking actions, we have already. -- already implemented logic. mr. carter: and i appreciate that, ms. fitzmaurice, i really do. but look, i'm from georgia and i travel at least once, usually twice through the busiest airport in the world. and to think that we may have people walking around in that airport who we don't even know what their name is. we

mr. carter: ok. can you get back with us on that and please provide for this, not only that but what it's used for specifically because that's what i understand it's used for and if that form has been used and how much it's increased. ms. neuman: i'd be happy to do so. mr. carter: thank you, appreciate that. i want to mention to you again mention to you, as well, ms. neuman, i have a bill to address foia backlog requests. the majority of foia backlogs exist at dhs, so this is something i hope you will look at and i hope it will be something to assist you and help you and help us to eliminate the backlog as best we can. ms. neuman: thank you. mr. carter: thank you, mr. chairman and i yield back. >> thank you. i'll recognize the gentleman from the virgin islands for five minutes. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. good morning, witnesses, good morning to you all and thank you for the information you're providing to us. one of the things the that i really wanted us to focus on is my colleagues here d

mr. carter. i think the committee shares your frustration and that's why we had something else scheduled today here on passenger rail safety. and surface transportation safety. but instead we chose to have this hearing. i want to juxtapose t.s.a.'s turtle-like response to seemingly serious problems with what the committee has done. we found out about this less than a week ago. we're having a hearing today and we're marking up a bill to fix this problem right after this hearing. so the point is if you have issues and you need things done, i highly encourage t.s.a. to come to us because we can give you legislative fixes to things. instead of waiting to negotiate or hope to get something while the security lapse -- security gaps continue. now, i know t.s.a. is working on issues and trying to fix things. let me tell you what t.s.a. is doing in the meantime. we had a problem with precheck. precheck bill will be introduced next week or in the next couple weeks to deal with expanding and revamping the p

mr. carter. and i think the committee shares your frustration and that's why we had something else scheduled for today on passenger rail safety and transportation safety. instead we chose to have this hearing. and i want to juxtapose tsa's turtle-like response to seemingly serious problems with what the committee has done. we found out about this less than a week ago. we're having a hearing today and marking up a bill to fix this problem right at the committee. so the point is, if you have issues and you need things done, i highly encourage tsa to come to us because we can give you legislative fixes to things. instead of waiting a year to negotiate or hope to get something while the security lapse, security gaps continue. now i know tsa is working on issues and trying to fix things. let me tell you what tsa's doing in the meantime. we had a problem with pre-check. a pre-check bill will be introduced in the next couple of weeks. to deal with expanding air revamping the pre-check program and having

mr. carter: i want to commend them for a great bill. the gentleman has asked for time and time he may consume. mr. culberson: i press my strong support for the gentleman's amendment ap additional protection for american's second amendment rights and this is the right place for the bill. this is the right place. he has drafted it narrowly and carefully and i urge members to join us in supporting this second amendment right for the house. mr. carter: i'm honored to serve on this subcommittee. they made a great work product here and glad we are all to work together. and i yield back. . . for what purpose does the gentlewoman from oregon seek neck -- recognition? >> i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment number nine offered by ms. bonamici of oregon. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 287, the gentlewoman from oregon and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from oregon. ms. bonamici: i rise to offer a bipartisan amendment with

mr. carter was drunk. he denies that. the police say that mr. was getting physical with a woman, he denies that, but the woman does say he was drunk. the police involved are still on duty and their boss says that he has no intention right now of doing anything to kick them off the force. orlando's police chief instead says in the interest of transparency, he has outside investigators from a different jurisdiction, florida department of law enforcement, to help work this case. >> there's a lot more to the story beginning at the nightclub where mr. carter was intoxica intoxicated, put his hands on a woman, our officers tried to intervene. there's video and witness statements that say he resisted our officers' efforts, fled the scene, and beyond that he was at one point on top of one of our officers and pun pd another officer. >> so what we see is a video him sitting on the curb. that's what people are pointing to when the officer kicks him while he's sitting on the curb. as his attorney said clearly, the police department is not trained to beat, pu

mr. carter: 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, the gentleman is recognized. mr. carter: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. carter: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise, mr. speaker in strong support of h.r. 1615. in november of 2014, it was reported that d.h.s. had received and processed the most fully request out of any federal department. it holds the largest backlog of any foia requests of any federal agency. in fact, since 2010, d.h.s. foia requests have increased by over 65% and d.h.s. currently holds almost half of all federal foia requests of any government agency about. 50,000 of 95,000 requests. in addition, three weeks ago i was informed that the increase in d.h.s. foia requests was partly due to requests for immigr

mr. carter was intoxicated, put his hands on a woman. our officers tried to intervene. there's video and witness statements who say he resisted our officers' efforts, fled the scene, and beyond that he was at one point on top of one of our officers and punched another officer. >> so what we see in one of these videos is him sitting on the curb. that's the video that obviously a lot of people are pointing to when the officer kicks him while he's sitting on the curb. as carter's attorney said pretty clearly, said this, the police department is not trained to beat, punch, kick, tase people who are in a passive position. there's nowhere in the training matrix that you will ever see that. so is it ever okay to kick someone when they're passively sitting on it's curb? explain why -- explain that moment to us from our perspective. >> well, like i said, that's only a small piece of the picture, and i'm not going to comment until i have the full and complete investigation. >> the attorney though says you don't need to know the totality of the situation to understand in that mome

mr. carter you have to summit drawings that show the final design and what i'm interested in is not dpvd 7 and a half or 8 feet or whatever coming to b that level of understanding with the neighbors by which our building inspection reflects that compromises in the rush of the things you're doing alledgedly a broad spectrum of issues that is interesting if you have not crossed that bridge that project is not ready for prime time this is primarily our responsibility we're not on earth beautiful congest we appreciate good architecture but not the end not to approve a project we need to see the balance how our strulgd those concerns and i will support the turns and hope you'll come with a set of drawings which reflects everybody who's come to the table and agree how to move forward. >> commissioner johnson. >> thank you very much. >> i will be making a motion to continue after i ask a few questions a couple of things i like the project love the sustainable design it's not for me, i think again, i agree with the person that made a public comment about the baby that's not respect but this is a

mrs. carter. maybe we could see what could be handled. this will be -- we will try to make it quick and get one more afterwards. >> given what you said about america promoting human rights how does that or how should it affect america's alliance with saudi arabia? pres. carter: that's a very difficult question to answer. because i'm particularly interested, which we haven't mentioned this time, about the rights of women. i wrote about that, describing all the abuses of women in the world. the most horrible human rights of use on earth. saudi arabia is one of the chief culprits in mistreating women. it's almost impossible for a woman in saudi arabia, even if she graduates from college, to get a job and hold a job. women are not permitted to go on the sidewalks were into stores -- sidewalks or into stores shopping in saudi arabia unless accompanied by a husband or another man. she has to wear a veil. women are not promoted to vote or to drive a not a mobile in saudi arabia -- drive an automobile in

mr. carter: thank you, mr. chairman. first of all i want to thank you and the appropriations committee for its hard work on bringing this important legislation to the floor. as you know, we've been working with your staff on an issue of great importance to the port of savannah which services 40% of american consumers. since 1940 the national park service has leased a small parcel of land on an island within the national monument to the savannah bar pilots. the bar pilots help navigate large ships to the savannah river channel, to the port and have done so since as far back as the 1730's. in 2011 at the request of the park service, congress passed legislation to change the relationship between the bar pilots and the park service. with the enactment of the national monument lease authorization act, public law 112-69, the relationship between the bar pilots and park service was shifted from a series of special use permits to a noncompete lease of up to 10 years. at the time of consideration of the legislation, the congressi

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mr. carter, what is the political reason? why are we not targeting known isis assets if the its intention is to degrade industry isis? -- degrade and destroy isis? sec. carter: the target types you described are authorized. leadership targets indeed, fuel, which is partly used to finance this movement, is a legitimate target. we do strike those targets. i think the only limitation that the people managing the coalition air campaign have -- and this is a coalition judgment, not just a u.s. judgment -- is to try to avoid civilian casualties. and that is for obvious humanitarian reasons and also because it is not going to help what we are ultimately trying to do, which is get isolate expelled. >> you are saying no targets are hands-off? sec. carter: the categories you named are absolutely hands on and we had struck targets like that. that is definitely part of the air campaign. >> i will tell you sir, the commander who owns the authority , he has the authority. nothing happens in washington dc is limiting him from the use of --

mr. carter the administration is censure house strongly it should push back to u.s. officials see as a long-term chinese clan fight to control the region's waters. finally, actually this is a piece from "politico" today united states does have a strategy referring to a specific plan of the iraqi security forces and the pentagon is working on that plan right now. absolutely have a strategy from msnbc. i would be overjoyed to have a complete strategy presented to the congress and the american people it would be a wonderful event. the fact is they have no strategy or policy and the world is on fire and here we are. going to try to pass an amendment to have though wherewithal to defend this nation for i hope my colleagues will strongly reject the amendment pending before this body. i yield the floor. >> the senator from rhode island. >> i would ask unanimous consent to add senator mikulski, a senator udall, senator leahy, senator boxer, senator mendez mendez, senator feinstein feinstein, senator carded, and senator peters as co-sponsors of the amendment 1521. >> without

mr. carter, what is the political reason? why are we not targeting known isis assets if the intention is to degrade and destroy isis? sec. carter: congressman, the targets you describe are authorized. leadership targets indeed. fuel, partly used to finance the movement. we do strike those targets. i think the only limitation, and i will let the chairman elaborate, that the people managing the coalition air campaign have, and this is a coalition judgment, is to try to avoid civilian casualties. and that is for obvious humanitarian reasons and also because it is not going to help what we are ultimately trying to do get isil expelled. committee member: you are saying no target is hands off? sec. carter: the categories you named our hands on. we need to strike targets like that. that is part of the air campaign. gen. dempsey: the commander who holds the authority for airstrikes, he has the authority. nothing in washington is limiting him from the use of aircraft and pilots flying these missions every day. it is really a matter of

mr. carter for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman, mr. chairman, members of panel, in preparation for this hearing, i actually used my search engine on my computer to look up foia request and i was quite surprised and somewhat disappointed, i have to be honest with you that one of the results is what i hold in my hand and this is handout from the website of the minority leader, the minority party leader in the senate, senator harry reid. i is a document that encourages deferred action, applicants to file foia requests, to file foia requests for records and immigration files so the lawful permanent residents here now can actually find out and be prepared when the parents of their child file for deferred status. i was shocked. it's quite impressive and offers tips as to what they should do to file the foia requests but clearly states in this handout, it clearly states that the united states citizenship and immigration services is not currently accepting any applications because of the court order that we're familiar with. yet, it still enco

the press coverage of her goal lead to a public school house scared she looked and mrs. carter said that is just amy by people wanted to you judge her on this nine year-old but that was her character issues criticized for reading a book at the state dinner one night. it is sad to see your child as the kid to come under criticism. but one of president obama is aids told me that what from the oval office from the west wing is a time when they could talk to the president about the internet is now working or all the silly little things that is the moment the president can vent. is that true? >> very true. you often get an earful. bush did not talk too much because the staff knew how he wanted things to be. but one did president was really upset he says did you see the newspaper this morning? i said yes mr. president he said those data on reporters for the you may have remembered they drew blood. but i was right there but was in the rose garden to watch though whole thing. this staff knows do not ted barney. because you will get us now. he felt threatened and here comes the of blood

mr. carter, i think the committee shares her frustration. -- your frustration. instead, we chose to have this human. i want to juxtapose tsa's response to serious problems with what the committee has done. we found out about this a week ago. we are having a hearing today and are marking up a bill to fix this problem. the point is -- if you have issues, and you need things done, i encourage tsa to come to us because we can give you fixes rather than waiting a year to hope to get something while gaps continue. i know tsa is working on issues. we had a problem at pre-check. a bill is being introduced next week to deal with expanding the project program. we have that run properly. we concluded it was not. we take a lot of nonsecure, and put them into pre-check that is not right. back to be fixed. with access control, that is absolutely positively abysmal. when the learner having guns on airplanes, it is a problem. it cannot wait for discussions. we will have discussions about that. we also have many other things we are working on. i can tell you going forward, i hig

mr. carter, for five minutes. mr. carter: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to congratulate and celebrate my nephew cannon. cannon hutchy sewn and his wife, courtney, on the birth of their new daughter, their beautiful new daughter ella. ella brook hutchison was born on june 9 in warner robbins, georgia. she weighs in at 8 pounds, 15 1/2 uneses. i know from experience, the experience of having been molested with three sons, that parenthood is the most incredible and rewarding experience in the world. and i could not be more excited for cannon and for courtney and their new addition. i would also like to congratulate ella's grandparents, my sister, sissy, and her husband, craig, of way cross, georgia. . ella was named after my sister and my mother who was born on october 16, 1937 and passed on june 21, 2008. i know that my mother is very proud of her grandson and her namesake. to the hutchison family and especially to ella, i wish you the very best and i'm so very proud to welcome a new member to our family. thank you mr. speaker. the spe

mr. carter is actually the one who is in trouble. and he's being charged for things that he did. heart of it right now. we have noel carter and his attorney, patrick lawler joining us. patrick, thank you for being here. let's go back to the begin, noel and take it from the officers' perspective. is it true you came to the scene because you were beating up your girlfriend? >> no definitely not. i definitely deny that in any way. we were having a disagreement. and it was a public disagreement between two individuals. i've known this woman for some time. and we were having a public disagreement. so definitely i deny any accusation that is made in that manner. >> they are charging you with domestic battery, which is the same thing in this circumstance as hitting your girlfriend. does the woman involved say the same that you do? does she say that you were not hitting her? >> well, contrary to the reports, her statement was released yesterday. and i think if you had a chance to review the statement, chris, you can clearly see there's no mention of battery, there's no mention of assault

and mrs. carter just said that was just amy. but people want to judge this nine year old little girl who that was a character and she of course was criticized for reading a book at a state dinner one night. you know it's sad to see her child, this rollable little kid come under such criticism. and i can't imagine it. one of the things i always want to ask you, what a president obama's aides told me that walk from the oval office from the west wing, actually from the residents to the oval office with the time with the chief usher can talk to the president about water pressure, internet isn't working at all these silly little things that that's the moment when the president can kind of vent about what's going on in the residents. is that true does that happen? >> that's very true. i often got an interval. -- earful. president bush will he didn't talk too much, the staff knew how he wanted things to be except the one that i want to you on both presidents. one day the president was really upset because he was walking barney and easi

mr. carter left office, he really seems and i think it is accurate in giving. he defines himself a giving rather than taking. host: did this happen in the premodern president's era? did we see this from presidents in the early 20th >> member of congress have a prorated pngs that's related to the number of years they spent on the year. it's about $40,000 a year for their pension. but many members of congress do they stay here and they are in the advocacy business. that means that they are lobbying sometimes when they are not federal registered lobbyists. or they run associations and they can make quite a bit of money. there are those who left and headed the farma, for example. chair in the house of representatives, billy, did this, and he made $1.5 million. i think that americans are concerned about whether there is coin flict of interest in this revolving door -- conflict of interest in this revolving door because they are thinking of a job before they leave. >> before we get started let me begin by saying on behalf of the biden family how deeply appreciative t

mr. chairman and secretary carter and chairman dempsey. i want to add my personal gratitude on behalf of my children for your noble and lifelong commitment to the cause of human freedom and the future of it. secretary carter, it has been observed and highlighted in several different mediums recently that the kurdish strategy seems to be the one that is working in almost anyone's mind. it seems to be very effective. yesterday i had the privilege of hosting a meeting of the president of kurdish saban in my office. and he was open and honest about the strength of the kurdish people, 40 or 50 million president throughout syria and he estimated 150,000 kurdish fighters could be ready once called, but he emphasized that their greatest limitation was not the number of fighters but their equipment, their ammunition, the things they need in terms of hard support. i guess my first question to you, we would like to know if the reports are true that the administration lobbied against an effort in the senate to directly arm the kurdish peshmerga and if

mr. carter's house. >> he lives next door with his wife and two young children. >> we never counted the carsn and out. >> randy carter was arrested in 2013 for illegal dumping. at least five beds were lined up in a room. two months ago the homeowner's association discovered the home was featured on a website naughty neighbors. on the web page the property votes private parties with a light show and pro deejay. there's even a disco complete with a pole stage. >> pretty much a bar from what i understand. >> velton ellis is the president of the homeowner's association. >> i've been woke up at 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning from the loud music. my wife's actually felt the vibrations from the ground from the music. >> last week they filed a lawsuit alleging carter is in violation of using his home for a business. the price per cup sl $75 u.s. and the operating time and the maximum occupancy is 600 people. >> he's definitely running an operation. >> chase patterson doesn't want to see a fumer full of parties. >> i think it concerns us because of the safety of families. multiple people coming and goin

mr. carter. the obama administration is also unsure of how strongly you should push back against what the u.s. officials see as a long-term chinese plan to control the region's waters. and finally, actually this is a piece from politico. the united states should have a strategy to fight the state department spokesman. the president was referring to a specific plan to improve the training and equipping of the security forces at the pentagon is working on a plan right now but absolutely we have a strategy tuesday on the morning joe. i would be overjoyed to have that plan to have a complete strategy plan presented to the congress and american people. it would be a wonderful event and the fact is they have no strategy and they have no policy and the world is on fire. here we are wanting to pass the amendment which would deprive the men and women who are serving the needs and the wherewithal to defend the nation. i hope that my colleagues will strongly reject the amendment that will be pending before

mr. carter. the committee shares your frustration and that's why we had something else scheduled today on the passenger rail safety and transportation safety. instead we chose to have this hearing and i want to juxtapose tsa response to the seemingly serious problems with both with the kennedy has done. we found about this a week ago. we are having the committee hearing today and we are marking up the bill to fix the problem right after this hearing. so, the point is that you have issues and you need something done i would highly encourage you to come to us because we can get you the legislative fixes instead of waiting for a year to negotiate or hope to negotiate something when the security gaps continue. i know they are trying to fix something. let me tell you what you're doing in the meantime. we have a problem with pre- check that will be introduced in the next couple of weeks to deal with expanding and revamping the pre- check program and having it be run properly because it was concluded th

mr. carter. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you all for being here. mrs.ymour, i would like to start with you. it's my understanding that opm's legacy system that you're currently using cobalt a system that was developed originally in 1959. is that correct? >>. >> i don't know when it was invented, sir, but yes we are using cobalt in some of our systems at opm. >> ard koing to my research and staff's research it was originally developed in 1959. and that's the system we're using. >> yes, sir. ms. archuleta, opm since 2008 has spent $577 million on i.t., is that correct? >> i don't know exactly that number but i'll accept it. >> you think it's pretty close? >> i would have to trust your judgment. i don't know the number on that but i could get back to you. yes, if you want -- >> would you say sthaet in the ballpark, $577 million? i mean give or take a couple hundred million. what are we talking about? >> i can tell you what we've spent on it, but, yes, i'll -- >> $577 million since 2008, yet we're still using a legacy system that was developed in 1959? >> i

mr. carter. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you all for being here. mrs.seymour, i would like to start with you. it's my understanding that opm's legacy system that you're currently using cobalt a system that was developed originally in 1959. is that correct? >>. >> i don't know when it was invented, sir, but yes we are using cobalt in some of our systems at opm. >> ard koing to my research and staff's research it was originally developed in 1959. and that's the system we're using. >> yes, sir. ms. archuleta, opm since 2008 has spent $577 million on i.t., is that correct? >> i don't know exactly that number but i'll accept it. >> you think it's pretty close? >> i would have to trust your judgment. i don't know the number on that but i could get back to you. yes, if you want -- >> would you say sthaet in the ballpark, $577 million? i mean give or take a couple hundred million. what are we talking about? >> i can tell you what we've spent on it, but, yes, i'll -- >> $577 million since 2008, yet we're still using a legacy system that was developed in 1959? >>

mr. carter. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. carter: one of the things i always strive for in my personal and professional life is to do things better. there is no such thing as standing still. if you are not moving forward, you are moving backwards. we can continue to get things better at what we do. that's the goal of h.r. 2507 the increasing regulatory fairness act of 2015. as part of the annual rulemaking process, c.m.s. update payments to the medicare advantage program. with the current structure of this annual process, health insurers are given little time to submit comments to the new payment rates or even determine whether the payment adjustment is beneficial. with h.r. 2507, health insurers will have additional time to analyze whether the payment adjustments are justified and overall beneficial. we must always try to get better every day. this includes our work as civil servants. h.r. 2507 will provide a better environment to create the best payment rate agreement regarding medicare advantage plans. by providing more tim

mr. fleming. >> thank you, gentlemen, for your service. secretary carterons about what is happening in iraq. your nine points or nine lines that you talk about secretary carter most of them are non kaunetic. you said what factors on the ground would change? this is a very for both of you and you can volunteer each other on this. what would change in iraq that would change our strategy in a more connetic way??÷)z >> there is -- the question, what if a multisectarian iraq turns out not to be possible. i think the chairman addressed that, and i just agree with what he said earlier and it was in response to what congressman smith asked and that's an important part to our strategy on the ground. if that fails and that government can't do what it's supposed to do we will still try to enable local ground forces if they are willing to partner with us to keep stability but there will not be a single state of iraq. at the same time we are doing that, i think the other nine lines of effort signify while we are working on the challenging situation on the ground in ira

>> reporter: mrs. carterawareness to a hospital in need. for "good morning america," juju chang, abc news, new york. >> you can see in her eyes how sincere she is about this and how it just brings so many smiles as was said. >> sure does. let's go over to ginger right now. >> and i've got quite the crowd out here with me today. this is kylie from texas. you said your favorite part of new york so far? >> it was a ferry. >> a ferry to the statue of liberty. all right. well we're going to keep chatting a bit. we have to take a look at the weather forecast. look at this outside of oakland, california, brush fire turned into a couple-acre fire and shut down part of the highway for a time and a lot of heat moved angulo into northern california and a change for las vegas. they could see their first measurable rain in june in six years. all of that coming from the remnants of blanca and that upper level low out in the pacific. so as that moves on up, not only are we already seeing showers in arizona, new mexico this

mr. carter for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman members of the panel, in preparation for this hearing i actually used my search engine on my computer to look up foia requests. i was quite surprised and somewhat disappointed, i have to be honest with you, that one of the results is what i hold in my hand. and this is a handout from the website of the minority leader the minority party leader in the senate senator harry reid. it is a document that encourages deferred action applicants to file foia requests. to file foia request for criminal records and immigration files so the lawful permanent residents who are here now can actually find out and be prepared when their parents or their children file for deferred status. i was really shocked. and it's quite impressive. it offers tips as to what they should do to file the foia request. but it clearly states on this handout that the united states citizenship and immigration services is not currently accepting any applications because of the court order we are all familiar with.

mr. chairman. and thank you, gentlemen, for your service. secretary carter and general dempsey, thank you for your service to our beloved nation. i do have some questions about what's happening in iraq. your nine points or nine lines that you talk about, secretary carter most of them are nonkinetic, such things, intel and messaging and messaging and that sort of thing. but general dempsey, you said the other day that with regard to ramadi that the city itself is not symbolic in any way. so the question is what factors on the ground would change? and this is a question for both of you. you can volunteer each other on this, but what would change on the ground in iraq that would change our strategy, particularly anymore genetically genetically? >> -- in a more connected way. >> there is in one's thinking the question, what if a multi-securing iraq turns out not to be possible. i think that chairman addressed that. i disagreed with what he said earlier, in response to it congressman smith asked. that is an important part of our strategy now on the ground. if tha

mr. carter, what is the political reason or why are we not targeting known isis assets if the intention is to degrade and destroy isis as the president has said? >> congressman, the target types that you described are authorized. leadership targets, indeed. fuel, which is partly used the finance this movement, legitimate target, we do strike those targets. i think the only limitation, and i will let the chairman elaborate on this, that the people managing the coalition air campaign have, and this is a coalition judgment, not just a u.s. judgment, is to try to avoid civilian casualties. and that is for obvious humanitarian reasons and also because it's not going to help what we are ultimately trying to do, which is get isil expelled from these territories. >> so you are saying no targets are hands off? >> no, the categories you named are hands on and we have struck targets and we need to strike targets like that and that's definitely part of the campaign. i'll ask the chairman if he has anything to add. >> the commander who holds the authority for strike decisions and the collateral estimat

mr. carter for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman, mr. chairman, members of panel, in preparation for this hearing, i actually used my search engine on my computer to look up foia request and i was quite surprised and somewhat disappointed, i have to be honest with you that one of the results is what i hold in my hand and this is handout from the website of the minority leader, the minority party leader in the senate, senator harry reid. i is a document that encourages deferred action, applicants to file foia requests, to file foia requests for records and immigration files so the lawful permanent residents here now can actually find out and be prepared when the parents of their child file for deferred status. i was shocked. it's quite impressive and offers tips as to what they should do to file the foia requests but clearly states in this handout, it clearly states that the united states citizenship and immigration services is not currently accepting any applications because of the court order that we're familiar with. yet, it still enco

mr. carter left office, he really seems and i think it is accurate in giving.fines himself a giving rather than taking. host: did this happen in the premodern president's era? did we see this from presidents in the early 20th century? guest: i think presidents and the early 20 century and before that were independently wealthy before the gotten to office. they were not that concerned to grab as much money when they got out. they do not have the phenomenon of writing a popular book. some of this income -- finally dollars of income for the clintons in the last 18 months was from hillary books. that is a new phenomenon. carter writes books also, but they are not the same kind of books. they are theological. there are about fishing and things like this. they sell a lot also, but i think he does it because of a love of writing rather than trying to enhance his income. host: in the history of writing a book, there was a famous book written by former president ulysses s. grant that he finished just before he died. was there a president who wrote a book before that? gu

mr. chairman, general dempsey secretary carter, for your service. i believe we must have a full and open debate on ongoing operations in the middle east. given the ever-changing situation, has there been any thought on updating changes to the aumf measures since they were submitted? any thoughts on extensive ground operation? sec. carter: i will answer that. the question the chairman and i asked ourselves about the aumf several months ago, we asked two questions. one, did this give us the needed flexibility and of authority to conduct a campaign that is necessary? second, would its passage clearly signify to our people meaning our men and women in uniform and members of the department of defense, that the country is behind them in the fight? those of the two things that are important to me. the first question is affirmative for me in the version the president submitted. because it was flexible in its definition of isil and the enemy, so to speak, because it was not geographically limited. we know isil is geographically limited. it had the three-year