mrs. kennedy, mrs. obama is just someone that this public seized on them. >> celebrity's a strange thing and fashion celebrities in particular. it's an amazing -- people will just identify, whether or not in fact they look like the person. they had the wonderful jackie kennedy show at the costume institute. and there were lines and lines out the door of people wearing baggy shorts and fanny packs and flip-flops. and i thought you're going to worship at her shrine and wearing that? >> very good question. lisa kathleen graddy, valerie steele and tracy reese. thank you. [ applause ] >>> join american history tv like us on facebook. >> and next, presidential charactertures. during the presentation historian david mccull lu discusses the presidents and some of their most memorable qualities. this is about an hour. i want to tell you, you're in for a rare thrill of an experience. i saw patrick do what he does this way in rome two years ago and it took my breath away. it's like watching a magic show. and i thi

mr. kennedy: mr. speaker, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number one printed in part b of house report 114-29, offered by mr. kennedy of massachusetts. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 125, the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. kennedy, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. kennedy: mr. speaker, if i could ask the house to come to order please. the chair: the committee will be in order. the gentleman may proceed. mr. kennedy: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to offer an amendment rooted in the values t kn wals. we madigr o etlanayarus aspectsf federal policy in k-12 education there are important areas where we can in fact find common ground. we all believe that our children deserve an education that prepared him or her to succeed in a modern economy. we all know that far too many children don't get that chance today. particularly children in minority and high poverty schools. we all know

mr. kennedy, glad to have you. where's the risk?> there's an environmental issue, and i think there's almost a larger issue now of our democracy about the growing power of the oil industry to influence our democracy. and some of those people that you showed in the clip were people who were landowners who woke up one day and found oil industry people on their property saying we're going to put a pipeline through your property, we're going to get it using imminent domain, and you have nothing to say about it. there's a permit that transfers the federal authority, this sacred authority of imminent domain, to a private company to make money for themselves. this is not about something that's going to benefit the american public. the terminus of this gas pipeline is new york. they say they are going to ship this gas in new england, but all of the gas pipelines that leave new york and goes towards new england are restrained. this company is building this pipeline so they can ship gas to nova scotia and then ship it to europe and asia. >> r

mr. kennedy. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. kennedy: thank you mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today in proud support of the affordable care act and the millions of americans that have received coverage under this law. i rise today in support of the idea that in this country, the most powerful in the world, that every citizen deserves access to quality, affordable health care. and i rise today on behalf of the millions of children that get health insurance through the children health insurance program that is also at risk today. mr. speaker, one in five children today are on food stamps. 16 million kids under the age of 18. for the first time in 50 years, the majority of u.s. public school students live in poverty. chip was designed in the 1990's to try to address these kids and make sure they have access to health care. and since the uninsured rate for children has dropped from 14% to 7%. chip funding expires later this year and includes in this bill, more than eight million children will lose access to health insurance. that

mr. kennedy. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. kennedy: thank you mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today in proud support of the affordable care act and the millions of americans that have received coverage under this law. i rise today in support of the idea that in this country, the most powerful in the world, that every citizen deserves access to quality, affordable health care. and i rise today on behalf of the millions of children that get health insurance through the children health insurance program that is also at risk today. mr. speaker, one in five children today are on food stamps. 16 million kids under the age of 18. for the first time in 50 years, the majority of u.s. public school students live in poverty. chip was designed in the 1990's to try to address these kids and make sure they have access to health care. and since the uninsured rate for children has dropped from 14% to 7%. chip funding expires later this year and includes in this bill, more than eight million children will lose access to health insurance. that

mrs. kennedy. it was up there. so he saw himself like that.saw himself as a great leader who would bring liberia to the modern age, you see. and he said to me, "you know, if you want to stop this war, just send in a battalion of marines. we'll all surrender," he said. "we'll all surrender. u.s. marines? we'll all surrender." >> narrator: around that time, the u.s. was embroiled in the gulf war. military intervention here was not an option. >> i sent word back to washington, and then word quickly came back. "secretary cohen, you are under instructions not to take charge of this war, so please do not do that." (laughs) so i just went, i said, "okay," and i went about my business. >> narrator: after months of waiting, the firestone managers were growing restless. they were holed up in a compound in monrovia, unable to work on the plantation. >> we asked, "can we go to the plantation?" talked to the rebel forces there, and, "we want to start the plantation again." we thought that would be enough incentive for them to say, "yeah, yeah, come back."

mr. john kennedy. may i ask you -- so i don't look too naive, a tough question right off the bat?whether i'm democrat or republican? >> people recognize television was now the medium that mattered. it wasn't before 1960 and it was every day after 1960 in those presidential debates. >> try to find a western. >> all right. >> once everyone had a tv set in their living room and advertisers had fully gotten a grip on how effective this is a way to sell products, the definition of what you were doing was to create entertainment that would appeal to as many people as possible. >> beaver, eat your brussels sprouts. >> i can't. my stomach's filled up to my throat. >> no excuses. >> "leave it to beaver" was something that a lot of families understood. it's the first show that was ever shot from the perspective of a child. >> beaver. >> most people have had a lot of the experiences that the beaver or wally has had and everyone in their life has an eddie haskell. >> wally, some dumb kid fell in the soup. good evening, mr. cleaver. some poor unfortunate child is trapped up there. >> everyone

mr. kennedy. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. kennedy: thank you mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today in proud support of the affordable care act and the millions of americans that have received coverage under this law. i rise today in support of the idea that in this country, the most powerful in the world, that every citizen deserves access to quality, affordable health care. and i rise today on behalf of the millions of children that get health insurance through the children health insurance program that is also at risk today. mr. speaker, one in five children today are on food stamps. 16 million kids under the age of 18. for the first time in 50 years, the majority of u.s. public school students live in poverty. chip was designed in the 1990's to try to address these kids and make sure they have access to health care. and since the uninsured rate for children has dropped from 14% to 7%. chip funding expires later this year and includes in this bill, more than eight million children will lose access to health insurance. that

mr. kennedy: that is an issue for us all. stem education science, technology engineering, and math met matics is a critical vehicle to make sure all americans have access to the economic gains that will power our country for the next generation. mr. speaker, over the next 10 years, stem jobs will grow at double the rate of nonstem jobs. at all levels of education. stem careers earn about 11% higher wages compared to the counterparts in other jobs. this is an enormous opportunity but to date our efforts around stem education have left huge segments of our population behind. hispanics and african-americans combined only occupy about 13% of all stem jobs. while women make up nearly half the work force overall, only 26% of stem jobs are held by women. in 2013, there were 11 states where not a single african-american student took the computer science advanced placement test and eight states where no hispanic students did, and three states where no women did. mr. speaker, this is a challenge for us all. with this in mind i rise tod

until '60, with kennedy writing the letter to mrs. your chance, side with martin luther king. he didn't on do it. he took his chances on that theory, because he went to a lunchtime rally in georgia and all the white guys working downtown are waving at him. >> nixon did relatively well. >> but guys like eisenhower were getting like a third. i think they say in movies, plot points. when you move. the roundtable is staying with us. up next, why is president obama breaking out to the selfie stick in a new buzzfeed video? i don't even know what i'm talking about. this is "hardball," the place for politics. >>> pressure is going on the four-term governor of oregon. governor john kitzhaber, a democrat, is facing calls to resign amid allegations that hi fiancee used his office to land contracts for her consulting business. people close to the governor saying he actually decided to resign, but later reversed course, now is vowing to stay on the job. the attorney general has launched a criminal investigation. we'll be right back. >>> seconds le

when nicholas coxon bach was deputy attorney general during the kennedy mr.e escorted to african-american students to the door at the university of alabama after the court's order that school to be desegregated and one of those students happen to be a woman named vivian malone. her sister sharon became an announced -- an accomplished and renowned doctor and married a promising young lawyer somewhat below her standards. [laughter] named eric holder. so if you ever wonder why eric has his portrait hanging in his office that is why. under eric's watch this department has relentlessly defended the voting rights act and the right to vote pushback against attempts to undermine that right. he has challenged discriminatory immigration laws that are not only harassed legal immigrants but made it harder for law enforcement to do their job. he has brought a record number of prosecutions for human trafficking, hate crimes and resolution of legal disputes disputes with native americans that have languished for years. several years ago eric recommended our government stop

kennedy: thank you for watching the show tonight. thank you for being here, mr. mayor. at kennedy nation, i'm looking for 100,000th follower. almost halfway there. if you are that person, i will put you next to me and will snuggle you for an hour. that is a promise! i will see you next time. stay beautiful. lou: good evening, everybody. i'm lou dobbs. president obama today making an extraordinary effort to draw a moral equivalency between christians, a millenium ago and the radical islamic terrorism of the islamic state now. president obama also chose to equate america's slave history with radical islamist terrorism saying both drawing on religion to justify violence and brutality. the president today embarking on what appears to be a new campaign of rationalization for both his policies of avoidance and his rhetoric that never refe

he denounced president kennedy for a lack of passion. mr. baldwin said there could no longer be a republican party for the negro people as long as it listed a barry goldwater nor a democratic party as long as it listed senator eastland for the negro people. he asserted that the federal government acted swiftly and energically. unless the government acts future slaughter would make birmingham look like a dress rehearsal. what do i think about king's attitude? king's right-hand man, wyatt walker, at king's convention according to the "new york times" on september 26th said we have been duped. meaning these persons involved in the civil rights struggle of which king is the symbolic leader. his right-hand man says, we have been duped or duped ourselves into believing that the chains have been broken, when in truth we have only been chained more securely. half freedom in many instances has been worse than no freedom at all. don't ask me what i think about their struggle. i can tell you what they think about their struggle and they are pointing ou

until '60 with kennedy writing the letter to mrs.re's your chance side with martin luther king. he didn't on do it. he took his chances on that theory, because he went to a lunchtime rally in georgia and all the white guys working downtown are waving at him. >> nixon did relatively well. >> but guys like eisenhower were getting like a third. i think they say in movies plot points. when you move. the roundtable is staying with us. up next why is president obama breaking out to the selfie stick in a new buzzfeed video? i don't even know what i'm talking about. this is "hardball," the place for politics. ad, who was that man? dad: he's our broker. he helps looks after all our money. kid: do you pay him? dad: of course. kid: how much? dad: i don't know exactly. kid: what if you're not happy? does he have to pay you back? dad: nope. kid: why not? dad: it doesn't work that way. kid: why not? vo: are you asking enough questions about the way your wealth is managed? wealth management at charles schwab before larry instantly transferred money

mr. bush, jr. through -- mainly entirely through the help of ted kennedy, we got a bill through congress authorizing the creation of a monument to john adams in the district of columbia. there is nothing in our capitol commemorating the presidency or the importance to our founding time of john adams. and president bush, h.w. bush, was newly in office and he was going to sign the bill. and ted called me and said, you should come down for this ceremony. well, i had never been to anything like that and i wanted very much to do it. and so we met for lunch ted and i, at the adams hotel and then we were going to walk over through lafayette square to the white house. and ted was suffering from a lot of back pain and it was clear it was difficult for him to walk, but he insisted he wanted to walk. he never complained about it. so we started out to go over to the white house. i don't, it was 2:15, 2:30 something like that. and all the way through the park he was going, that damn president is doing this and those republicans are doing that. just -- and i said, ted, i've got to tell you, i like the president.

become chair of global affairs faculty at harvard and co-director of the project at kennedy's school bellfor senator. mr. chairman senator reid, it would really be hard to find someone to serve as secretary of defense who combines as much practical pentagon experience with so deep a background in national security policy as ash carter. the fact convened this morning to consider his nomination means that the talents and abilities of a brilliant and extraordinary strategic thinker and public servant and administrator can again be put to use for our nation. it also means, as you've said that ash carter has again chosen, with the support of his wife and family, to answer the call to duty to serve our country. over the past 30 years, dr. carter has worked directly or indirectly for virtually every secretary of defense, no matter the political party of the secretary. he knows the department he has been asked to lead very well. and therefore, can begin leading it on day one. from 1993 to 1996 ash served as the assistant secretary of defense for international security policy. during that time he worked on the l

become chair of global affairs faculty at harvard and co-director of the project at kennedy's school bellfor senator. mr. chairman senator reid, it would really be hard to find someone to serve as secretary of defense who combines as much practical pentagon experience with so deep a background in national security policy as ash carter. the fact convened this morning to consider his nomination means that the talents and abilities of a brilliant and extraordinary strategic thinker and public servant and administrator can again be put to use for our nation. it also means, as you've said that ash carter has again chosen, with the support of his wife and family, to answer the call to duty to serve our country. over the past 30 years, dr. carter has worked directly or indirectly for virtually every secretary of defense, no matter the political party of the secretary. he knows the department he has been asked to lead very well. and therefore, can begin leading it on day one. from 1993 to 1996 ash served as the assistant secretary of defense for international security policy. during that time he worked on the l

kennedy school of government and co-director of the preventive advance project at the kennedy school's bellfour center. mr. chairman senator reed, it would be hard to find someone to serve as secretary of defense who combines as much practical pentagon experience with so deep a background in national security policy as ash carter. the fact that you have convened this morning to consider his nomination means that the talents and abilities of a brilliant and extraordinary strategic thinker and public servant and administrator can, again, be put to use for our nation. it also means as you've said that ash carter has again chosen with the support of his wife and family to answer the call to duty to serve our country. over the past 30 years dr. carter has worked directly or indirectly for virtually every secretary of defense, no matter the political party of the secretary. he knows the department he has been asked to lead very well. and therefore can begin leading it on day one. from 1993 to 1996 ash served as the assistant secretary of defense for international security policy. during that time he worked on t

mr. poole, there were no injuries. reporting live in silver spring suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. >> thanks, suzanne. a search is under way this evening in prince william county for a bank robber who has been using a rather unique mask. take a look at this. the surveillance camera snapped this photo at the bank of america on sudley road this morning. despite the unusual mask tellers describe the suspect to police as 5'10" tall and hispanic woman with a nose piercing. so far there have been no arrests. >> now, to the developing story in ukraine. this new video is giving a glimpse of the sophisticated fire power russian rebels are using in the fight ukraine's military. this video comes from about 35 miles northeast where government troops have suffered heavy losses. and that video comes as german chancellor angela merkel meets with president obama at the white house. they are talking about how to get that crisis under control without sparking an all out war involving russia. as karen traverse reports, the two world leaders are still far apart on one key issue. >> violence in eastern ukraine continues t

kennedy, abc 7 news. >> now suzanne didn't leave it there. mr. struthers says he's repeatedly contacted state police and we talked with authorities at the agency who say they have no record of him ever calling. but they will assist struther with the process of filing a claim and they'll decide whether the state will pay for the damage. >> wow. let's get back to the weather now. abc 7 is on stormwatch once again. another winter weather alert moving right into our area. but airlines are already giving travelers other options if they're headed to cities like dallas or atlanta. our meteorologist steve rudin is here with a look at why those areas are getting some weather waivers today. >> let me tell you, it is rough across the country not only to the south of us. let's take a live look at denver right now where the snow continues to fall. if you have travel plans out to the west that's when they're running into problems out there also as we look at that live picture. this is from our affiliate out there and you can see denver is used to the snow. the

kennedy went steaming out of that room. now i have to go to west virginia because you've taken away my victory because my peeps showed up. >> congratulations, mrident, it was a tough fight and honor running against you, why do you have to come up with excuses as to why he beat you? it sounds just a little petty. >> the first nixon-kennedy debate, nixon said to kennedy -- yeah, nixon said to kennedy, you had a great turnout in ohio. thank you for talking points. >>> let me finish with secretary clinton's new role in life, which has become a political identification in her life. you're watching "hardball," a place for politics. i love my shows, but i can't just sit around all day. that's why i have xfinity. their cloud based dvr lets me take everything i recorded, anywhere i go. which is perfect for me, [whispering] because i have responsibilities. ...i mean that's really interesting, then how do you explain these photos?! [people gasping] objection your honor. sustained. with the x1 dvr library you could take anywhere, xfinity is perfect for people on the go. >>> let me finish tonight with secretary clinton's role in life. many people pull back

mr. grenvilleanville is no, it is a pre-soviet russia. which kennedy? -- which can it be? christopher: he is a national leader and is perceived as such. under the propaganda, today's "financial times," i think the crucial point to make is the russian people have been propagandized throughout their history, especially during the long communist period and they can spot when the propaganda is completely false. they used to talk about doublethink, where you have one compartment of your brain that deals with ordinary like him and the other part that deals with propaganda from the communist party, but it strikes a chord with the people because they believe crimea is russia and should be russia and the people outside ukraine are being shelled by the ukrainian army and they are. so it goes to a grain of the certain truth, even though like all propaganda it distorts and in sizes one -- and emphasizes one part of the information. brendan: going back 100, 70 years in russian history. christopher: it is useful up to a point. i am british myself, as tom said, and if you are a british p

mrs. meehan said and she is still sweet on him. >> i just thought he was the cutest thing and he asked if i wanted to get married. kennedy: and not all murderers are hard not only a romantic but needy. >> kennedy: charles hopefully your death will be soon. we think of switzerland what do you think of? he took care is flying suit. look at this. ♪ that looks so peaceful and when it looks like when you get to heaven. european vacations are really boring but today's there is a greater probability to survive them. there is no greater force than a group of scorned teenagers. these got busted shoplifting in california they wanted revenge so they went back to raise holy hell. for girls and one boy knocked anything they cut off the shelf one even punched a store manager in the face. wouldn't you love to take them to new zealand to go jumping without a suit? number four. new zealand is a beautiful country filled with cheap hawk its and meteor's. it was a piercing the atmosphere. it left for sonic booms. he said the flashes were in front of him and landed in a gully. ♪ that's what everyone said at the same time. if you have clerest

kennedy went steaming out of that room. now i have to go to west virginia because you've taken away my victory because my peeps showed up. >> congratulations, mrent, it was a tough fight and honor running against you, why do you have to come up with excuses as to why he beat you? it sounds just a little petty. >> the first nixon-kennedy debate nixon said to kennedy -- yeah nixon said to kennedy, you had a great turnout in ohio. thank you for talking points. >>> let me finish with secretary clinton's new role in life which has become a political identification in her life. you're watching "hardball," a place for politics. can help guide your retirement savings. our experience is one reason 100% of our retirement funds beat their 10-year lipper averages. so wherever your long-term goals take you we can help you feel confident. request a prospectus or summary prospectus with investment information, risks, fees and expenses to read and consider carefully before investing. call us or your advisor. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. you used to sleep like a champ. then boom... what happened? stress, fun, bad habits kids, now what? let's build a

mrs. obama and her campaign. >> we'll move on to a break. muscular men when we come back. first, coming up tomorrow on ken kennedy. >> hi, guys, on the next "kennedy, the one and only sherrod small. we will see you on a little place i like to call the fox bees network. the fox business network. >>> should you have you void dates -- should you avoid dates with guys who lift weights? a study revealed that more muscles mean more masogany. it came out in 2012, but -- >> it is news to us. >> hunky men were more likely to have sexist beliefs than their scrany -- scrawney counter parts. we believe they are more leakily to endorse traditional stereo types of masculine tee. they claim that in societies where the patriarcky is being challenged by being as manly as possible. sounds like science to me. what do you think of the study? an apology for those women who are used to just pushing around scrany fellas -- scrawnyfellas. >> what about guys who look like anyone liam niesen has ever killed in a movie. is that manly enough? >> you are getting there. it is about attitude. and the attitude about the women to assert yourself

mr. o'reilly's book about the jfk assassination. the publisher told us, we fully stand behind bill o'reilly and his best-setter "killing kennedy" andne of our most important authors. this one passage is immaterial to the story being told by this terrific book, and we have no plans to look into this matter. it doesn't matter, we don't care if it's not true, we're not looking into it. mr. o'reilly has also faced criticism on another matter for saying he saw nuns killed in el salvador. here's him making that claim on fox news right after the newtown elementary school massacre, in a wide-ranging discussion about the nature of evil. >> i don't think a lot of people understand, my mother, for example, doesn't understand evil. when i would tell her, hey, mom, i was in el salvador and i saw nuns get shot in the back of the head, she almost couldn't process it. she couldn't process it. >> mr. o'reilly did not see nuns get shot in the back of the head in el salvador even if that is what he told his poor mom. american catholic nuns were killed in el salvador in december 1980. mr. o'reilly did not see them killed. he did not visit el salvador

kennedy: the healthiest practice a man can put in his gullet. according to a new study at michigan state, that may come in handy if you're waiting for mr.u're going to be up all night. if you're waiting for him, that might be a risky evolutionary strategy because he may never come along because of the tv show of the movie "sex and the city." so your best bet would be to settle for mr. baker. so what do you think that your wife was thinking when you met? >> i think that i am the embodiment. i am -- i am a solid guy and, you know, i'm an all-american guy, but i'm not a poster guy. you know, who are the hotties now? the guy from 50 shades of gray, i'm not him, but i make a better husband. kennedy: up something that a lot of women don't think about. i mean, you obviously picked correctly. >> part of this is how he is going to be, should he be part of the equation? i went for mr. perfect because we have a plan to move them all. >> we are just getting them together. >> if you can't engage in our masquerades. and this is something that evolves in smaller settings. soar if you are in a tiny town or travel village and the first one said this, wh

kennedy passed an equal pay law. i aare gree with mr. trump. about the race issue. we heard neil patrick harris at the end of it. he felt like he had to apologize for "selma.." >> i don't know if it's because of race i do know if it were something conservative and there were not any black people in the audience or on the stage getting awards, there would be a lot of, you know, problems. >> double standard? >> yes double standard. they're hypocrites. sorry? >> how pervasive are politics in hollywood? you would think there might be some that feel a different way, are they being silenced? >> oh, yeah. they're so chummy with this administration, they love it so much, why aren't they making them do the changes. >> we hear what they're saying behind the scenes when the dialogue was leaked out about what they were emailing each other thanks to north korea. clint eastwood made american sniper. what was the problem, is clint eastwood the problem with american sniper because he was at the rnc talking to the chair? >> probably. i would say probably. which

mr. president, the democratic platform promises to work for equal rights for women, including equal pay. what have you done for the women? >> i'm sure we haven't done enough, and -- [ laughter ] >> in 1961, president kennedymission on the status of women. that commission produced a report in 1963 that revealed things like the fact that women earned 59 cents for every dollar that men earned. that women were kept out of the most lucrative professional positions. >> women couldn't open a bank account in their own name. they couldn't get credit. they certainly couldn't open their own business. >> women couldn't serve on juries in some states. >> there was one kind of disadvantage after another that was revealed altogether in this one report. >> perhaps you'd be willing to tell the people what you feel is the real need for it. >> we want to be sure that the women are used as effectively as they can to provide a better life for our people, in addition to meeting their primary responsibility, which is in the home. >> women's position as it had traditionally been was that they were husband's helpmates. >> jack, what is your definition of a husband? >> i think it's like driving the horse. and he's got to hold the

mr. gorbachev please tear down this wall. that's not really his job. although i think there's a colonel of truth to what obama said, it's chronologically peculiar, he shouldn't be making those comments when fighting evil. kennedysurprised -- >> because the professorial president used such a stupid cliche, it was i think on september 12, 2001, i started hearing this every day. a month after september 11th, bill clinton went up and said exact same thing about the crusades. this is the sort of janet jackson school of historical wrongs like what have you done for me lately. this is a thousand years ago, the first crusade. we don't want to get into the specifics whether or not they are morally equivalent if the crusades were defensive or offensive war. kennedy: isn't historical context much more important? >> one would hope, but sometimes none of this stuff has to do with religion at all. how dare you seed the ground to that and say this is a bad religion in islam. and now it's a bad religion. hey, our religion, not our religion but christianity has done some horrible things a thousand years ago. i just -- kennedy: is it the same thing as raping women, crucifying children, and burying them alive today? >> no. kenne

mr. secretary, i'll stop over any time you'll have me. >> and i think it is worth taking time over to go over to talk with secretary kennedy. and some of it going through the report and the requirements of that. and you all have been terrific in helping us to be able to upgrade. we have a massive upgrade effort going on now, and it is costly. about $2.2 billion going into the security. >> and i appreciate that. and one of my major concerns and we'll follow up in a more appropriate environment. but one of my major concerns is the rate at which new construction is occurring has clearly slowed over the last few years. and in some of the areas of greatest uncertainty as to whether or not they can keep -- the countries can keep their commitment to us, like in africa and in the middle east, are areas that i are -- that i hope we can focus on some of the funds of moving those forward. let me switch to one nearly $1 billion activity. we've been working -- our oversight committee is working on the foreign affairs security training center question, this $900 or so million dollar program has had a lot of questions and quite frankly we

mr. putin's calculus, and the possibility of lethal defense stiff weapons is one those options that is being examined. >> joining me now from boston is nick bernls, in in, burns, he is profsor at hear extraordinary's kennedy school of goverentnd i am pleased to have him back on this program. welcome. >> thanks charle. >> rose: so the president says that he is not yet prepared to send lethal weapons, are, or open the door to that but wanted to try further diplomatic efforts and also sanions to isolate russia. do you believe that can be successful? >> i am very skeptical of that, just the sanctions and the political process will stop president putin, it was disinteresting charlie did mention at the white house press conference he is considering sending defensive arms to ukraine, it is the first time he has been that forthcoming and i think in a way what you are seeing here charlie is president obama is trying to help chancellor merkel stiffen up the european position on these talks with president putin, the penalties led by chancellor merkel very invested in peace negotiations think there is a possibility of putting together a cease-fire and an agreement that would separate the forces that would potentially

mr. chairman. thank you for your long-standing and extraordinarily valuable service to our nation. >> thank you, senator. >> i'm prepared to overlook you desserting the kennedy school at harvard to go to stanford and i hope you'll let us know if your back requires you to stand up or take a break. >> i'm fine thank you for the consideration. >> i'll take it out of my time. i want to begin with a couple of questions and i hope i won't cover the ground you've already covered. from the conversations we've had, i assume that you will continue to back the current full support for two submarines a year in the construction of our virginia class submarines and the ongoing r & d and other programs necessary for the ohio class. >> i will because under" c" superiority is one of our advantages. >> we need to be on a war footing because we need to be prepared and ready and the surveillance and intelligence functionses as well as the deterrent capability are essential to our national defense, am i correct? >> absolutely. >> let me move to another area that is very close to my heart. again, i want to thank our chairman, senator mccain, who joaned -- joined with me in the cl

mr. chairman. thank you for your long-standing and extraordinarily valuable service to our nation. >> thank you, senator. >> i'm prepared to overlook you desserting the kennedy school at harvard to go to stanford and i hope you'll let us know if your back requires you to stand up or take a break. >> i'm fine thank you for the consideration. >> i'll take it out of my time. i want to begin with a couple of questions and i hope i won't cover the ground you've already covered. from the conversations we've had, i assume that you will continue to back the current full support for two submarines a year in the construction of our virginia class submarines and the ongoing r & d and other programs necessary for the ohio class. >> i will because under" c" superiority is one of our advantages. >> we need to be on a war footing because we need to be prepared and ready and the surveillance and intelligence functionses as well as the deterrent capability are essential to our national defense, am i correct? >> absolutely. >> let me move to another area that is very close to my heart. again, i want to thank our chairman, senator mccain, who joaned -- joined with me in the cl

mr. secretary i'll stop over any time you'll have me. >> and i think it is worth taking time over to go over to talk with secretary kennedy. and some of it going through the report and the requirements of that. and you all have been terrific in helping us to be able to upgrade. we have a massive upgrade effort going on now and it is costly. about $2.2 billion going into the security. >> and i appreciate that. and one of my major concerns and we'll follow up in a more appropriate environment. but one of my major concerns is the rate at which new construction is occurring has clearly slowed over the last few years. and in some of the areas of greatest uncertainty as to whether or not they can keep -- the countries can keep their commitment to us like in africa and in the middle east, are areas that i are -- that i hope we can focus on some of the funds of moving those forward. let me switch to one nearly $1 billion activity. we've been working -- our oversight committee is working on the foreign affairs security training center question, this 900$900 or so million dollar program has had a lot of questions and quite frankly w

mr. chairman. i am pleased to introduce dr. marty west, an associate professor of education at the harvard graduate school of education and deputy director of the harvard kennedy school's program on education policy and governance. dr. west studies education policy and reform and impact on student learning and development. he has authored many articles on the subject including many pieces on no child left behind. last year dr. west worked for this committee as senior education policy adviser. to chairman alexander. i know there are areas where we agree and areas where we disagree but i am always very happy to welcome witnesses from massachusetts to testify before this committee. thank you, dr. west, for being here today. >> senator bennett. >> thank you, mr. chairman and i want to thank you and ranking member for holding this hearing. i often say that if we had a rally to keep no child left behind the same on the capitol steps not a single person in the country would come to that. we are eight years overdue. we are long overdue. i am honored to introduce my friend tom boss boasberg, the superintendent of the denver public schools. tom joined as chief operation

kennedy came to the right decision somehow. this ultimately revolves around the president and he or she should not necessarily be constrained by efforts to tinker with the machinery. >> thank you both. thank you mr. chairman. >> your testimony has been very helpful. we began our conversations about your work on a commission and now we have branched out and covered a lot of very important areas that i think that needs to be an important part of the discussion and dialogue that we have on both sides of the aisle and both ends of pennsylvania avenue. so i con-- you contributed a great deal to our knowledge and our thought process and i thank you for it. >> i simply want to express the same feeling and appreciation for your efforts not just today but for many, many years. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> this hearing is adjourned. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption contents and accuracy. visit ncicap.org host: good morning on this president's day weekend. president obama remains in palm springs, california. he returns to th

audiences got a chance to watch the two kennedy brothers and senator goldwater had a big impact on all of their careers. >> you can't tell us who we talk to besides you, mr. hopper and the other gentleman. i am asking you. >> you're the one who made the report to the committee and now we find that there are no records. he merely talk to you and the other gentleman involved. >> that investigation went on to about 1960 when robert kennedy became the campaign manager for his brother's presidential campaign. john f. kennedy declared it in this room and january 1960. >> senator john kennedy of massachusetts, democrat throws his hat in the ring at a press conference. >> i am today announcing my candidacy for the presidency of the united states. >> a lot of the staff of the president investigation, who during the day investigative mccarthy at night were in the back room plane to john f. kennedy's campaign and peter salinger and mary o'brien and kenny o'donnell and a lot of people who became major players in the kennedy at the station started out on the senate staff subcommittee investigation. that was a special committee that was created out of the labor commit