i would like to mention sequestration on the budgetary cuts and the national park service and the national bureaus. sequestration was designed to be flexibility and discriminate. it is defering important work. to conclude, the national park service will continue to pursue knew and creative ways to address its funding needs. i want to thank our many partners who are here who have come to us with ideas and i appreciate the support of congress to resolve this extraordinary challenge. thank you. >> director jarvis, thanks very much. because of the number of senators here, i'll ask one question to get us started and recognize our colleagues. director jarvis, for decades, the park service has recommended expanding the oregon caves national monument. and one of the primary reasons has been because the existing site is not large enough to protect the site, given the volume of visitors. so in the case of oregon caves, not expanding the site could actually increase the cost of maintaining a very unique resource. my point is that the park acquisition and maintenance costs are not always in conflict,

our nation and continues to serve our nation during so many trying times that director clapper has done. from his first serving our nation as the united states marine, during his time as a young airman in vietnam, throughout all the difficult times our nation has faced over the past five decades of peace, war, and conflict, what many do not know is that in the mid- 1990's he served as an instructor teaching a course, knowing he would go on to shape this great institution. that is very true, amazing, little knowing that he would go on to shape this great institution that the community has become and to lead that tens of thousands of women and men who make up our tremendous workforce. director clapper was awarded an honorary doctorate by niu in 1992, and it was through his leadership that this institution became the national university. on behalf of all the men and women in the united states intelligence community, all of you that are here, i would like to thank you, and i would like to present to you, to the audience here, as he gets up here and provides the commencement speech, ladies a

protesters in egypt have stormed the national brotherhood's national headquarters. at least 16 people have been killed in two days of protests across the country. 19 firefighters who died trying to put out wildfires in the u.s. state of arizona. the fire started friday and quickly spread because of high temperatures and wind. it is the worst incident of its kind in 30 years. the u.n. is launching one of its biggest ever peacekeeping missions. over 12,000 peacekeepers have been deployed to mali. will take over from french forces who have been fighting rebels in the north. james was in the capital for the handover ceremony. >> a formal ceremony took place here in the last few hours. troops taking off their national uniforms and putting on the beret of the u.n. it is supposed to require thousands extended trips, less than half of those currently in the country. i spoke to the head of the u.n. mission and to the overall head of peacekeeping. >> there are lots of things you are still lacking. a solide, but we have base to work from with 6200 troops. we're making sure mor

national interests.youof u.s. national interests. think what we've found in history is that there are timesa where we have to work outside the security council, becauseyou and the security council doesn't come along -- althoughhelp in come along -- although presidents have believed thata it's in our national interest to you and who act.you there are times when we find it are beneficial, of course, to have security council authorization, you in a because then we tend to be ablea to get some buy-in on the backend, maybe get somea a a a a a assistance with peacekeeping or reconstruction assistance and so a forth. there's no question that andandationally, a security council authorization isin helpful. but from the standpoint of american interests, it is u.s. are you a and i'd like for you to speak to you a that and just whether you believe there are many, many duplicative programs there that are wasteful and should bea and looked at and streamlined. holding a you a you >> well, thank you, senator. and again, as i said in my security coun

the creation of the national park which was a national monument that we expanded it to a national park helps the ranching economy in the valley because their water supplies were threatened and it's an example of how lwcf was creatively focused on protecting the way of life and using the marvelous natural landscapes. on a case-by-case basis i still think lwcf has a very important role when it comes to land acquisition. one other comment, a lot of the maintenance needs our buildings roads bridges and water systems and the purchase of additional land sometimes better in holdings to make the national park complete to land land trades in the lake is relatively inexpensive and makes a management job of people like director jarvis easy. so i have a disagreement as to the utility of lwcf when it comes to land acquisition in situations where it's merited. >> but you wouldn't deny the fact that if we don't start catching up this is going to go into an elliptical curve in terms of the cost. but i would make the point for example we have had her recent purchase at the grand teton national park and

that is how we have also expressed them at united nations could -- nation security council. >> thankyou, mr. speaker. what hopes does my right honorable friend have that the syrian opposition, especially the al-nusra front, can achieve its aim of providing a free, democratic, and pluralistic syria that defends the rights of all syrians after the demise of the assad regime? >> we cannot look to the al- nusra front to provide a free, democratic syria. they are not the majority. either of people fighting for the opposition, and certainly not among people who simply want to see peace and dignity and prosperity for their country and a change of government. i think my honorable friend should be able to trust us invariably over the national coalition. with their expanded membership and new leadership, this includes many secular figures and minorities from across syria. i have found in all of my meetings with them that their commitment to a democratic, nonsectarian syria is credible and it is sincere. >> it sese politicians might have sympathies for those people in tahrir square. would he ag

president, george washington, and the making of the nation's highest office." what did you discover new about george washington in the biography? >> well, the constitution, when it was written, vested executive powers in a president of the united states, but it failed to disclose what powers were, and, indeed, it didn't tell the president how to use them. it told him, simply, that he was to execute the office of the president. well, what does that mean? it means nothing today. it meant nothing then. indeed, that's what the framers wanted. they had lived for years under absolute monarchy, under the tyranny, and they were not about to recreate a monarchy in the country. they created a figure head and the first president to take his oath of office was to be just that, except that his name was george washington, and george washington had been commander-in-chief of the revolutionary army, that defeated the world's most powerful army, most powerful army on earth, and won this nation's independence. the american people adored him, revered him, and elected him by unani

womack: afghan national forces includes the national afghan army and police and been one of the united states' top priorities since operations began in afghanistan in 2001. the purpose of the afghan national force development program is to grow the capacity and capability of the afghan national security force in line with international agreements. this year's request totals $7.7 billion. the request is in the categories of defense forces, interior forces and detainee operations. included within the categories is sustainment to conduct day-to-day operations totaling $5 billion and enablelers that my friend refers to and says that if i heard him correctly that we don't know what these enablers are. we doe no what they are. and people who have backgrounds in security or military would understand the importance of night vision devices or regional military hospitals, training in maintenance expenses and a host of other associated items that we refer to in this legislation as enablers. the department of defense has taken steps to right-size the funding. the core request is indeed the right a

national interest. what we need to look at here, is what is in our national interest. calm in that area, obviously with egypt breaking apart is not good for the allies we have. we have some treaties in place that are important. i don't know what else our nation can do at this time other than to urge the military to move along in a responsible way, to urge all parties to recognize they have been part of this process, it has broken down, we can assess what has happened down the road and who calls all of this occur but at present as a nation, the people would have run for office and the party whose have created to move this country ahead need to realize right now breaking that apart is not in their interests, certainly not in our interests and, again, at present, i'm not sure what else the united states can do other than trying to be a calming voice and doing the same with the rest of the neighborhood. >> gregg: what thing that is talk about is cutting off age to egypt's military and the president stopped

the former national security agency contractor has asked ecuador for asylum. snowden revealed last month that nsa agents collect phone and private data at home and abroad. american authorities have charged him with espionage and asked russia to extradite him. he's believed to be staying in the transit area of a moscow airport. vladimir putin said he can stay in russia if he promises to stop leaking information. >> translator: if he wants to stay in russia, there's one condition. he must stop his activities aimed at inflicting damage on our american partners. >> the latest reports based on snowden's revelations have put even more heat on the u.s. government. they say american agents spied on embassies and missions belonging to their allies around the world. nhk world has details. >> reporter: the german magazine "der spiegel" reported that workers at the u.s. national security agency installed listening devices in eu offices in washington and new york. they say they eavesdropped on meetings on eu officials. they cited a secret document leaked by snowden. the ar

the brook haven national laboratory in new york and loss allah moss national laboratory. he budget requested $212 million for environmental remediation and site cleanup. this bill provides $194 million for these environmental cleanup activities. i understand that the energy and water subcommittee was forced to make difficult choices due to an inadequate budget allocation. however, i believe cleanup of these sites should be a top priority. we should not continue to fund new nuclear energy research while communities across the country are told to wait for cleanup of our past mistakes. for instance, the energy technology engineering center, which is part of the field laboratory, is highly contaminated due to a partial nuclear meltdown of a sodium reactor in 1959. this partial nuclear meltdown, which was covered up until 1989, contaminated the soil and groundwater in the entire area and has resulted in cancer clusters among nearby residence. many of those who worked at the facility or lived nearbuy died after the nuclear fallout after the 1959 meltdown. cleaning up the soil a

our nation and continues to serve our nation during so many trying times that director clapper has donenation as a united states marine, during his time as a young airman in vietnam, throughout all the difficult times our nation has faced over the past five decades of peace, war, and conflict, what many do not know is that in the mid- 1990's he served as an instructor teaching a course, entitled the future of the intelligence community, little knowing he would go on to shape this great institution. that is very true, amazing, little knowing that he would go on to shape this great institution that the community has become and to lead that tens of thousands of women and men who make up our tremendous workforce. director clapper was awarded an honorary doctorate by niu in 1995, and it was through his leadership that this institution became the national university. on behalf of all the men and women in the united states intelligence community, all of you that are here, i would like to thank you, and i would like to present to you, to the audience here, as he gets up here and provides the co

national interest -- protect. and what we need to look at here is what is in your national interest and calm in that area obviously egypt breaking apart is not good for the allies that we have. we do have some treaties that are in place that are very important. we need to keep that in mind. so again, i don't know what else our nation can do at this time other than to urge the military to move along in a responsible way. to urge all parties to recognize that they have been part of this process. it is broken down. we can assess what happened down the road and who caused all of this to occur but at present as a nation these people who have run for office, these parties who have been created to move this country ahead need to realize that right now breaking that apart is not in their interest, certainly not in our interest and again at the present i'm not sure what else the united states can do other than trying to be a calming voice and doing the same with the rest of the neighborhood. >> senator reed, one thing that

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] "q&a" with the nasa administrator. an live at 7:00 a.m., your calls and comments on "washington journal." representatives discuss immigration legislation in the house. tonight, we will show you what south west airlines ceo gary kelly has to say about air travel in this country him as he takes questions from an audience at the university of denver. then we will open up our phone lines to get your thoughts on the subject. and we will ask you what advice you would give the federal to improve air travel in the u.s. we recently asked the same question at ronald reagan national airport just outside washington, d.c., and here's what people had to say. i think one of the things they could do it is have more tsa agents at peak travel times. it seems like the lines are increasingly longer and longer. does not seem to be enough tsa agents. the other thing, i think the more security, prescreened security. i am a prescreened security traveler but even those lines are as long as the oth

i kind of focus on national security.rcerating them. letting people starve to death, it is less humane than feeding them involuntarily if necessary. >> we give no actionable intelligence from someone in this -- >> for closing the option to detain people. i would suggest as senator feinstein knows, a real impediment to our ability to prosecute and to prosecute war like the one that has been by people who operate with a high regard for operational security. to the extent that we deny ourselves unilaterally. this ability by putting them in a place where we can have those kinds of interrogations. i believe, as i said earlier, i think it is a dereliction of duty on the part of the commander in chief. >> thank you, general. >> mr. chairman, i wonder if i could respond to this question that senator cruz raised. the claim that 20% of guantÁnamo detainees have rejoined the fight is highly misleading. and defense department officials have said that many detainees included in that category are merely suspected of having some associa

-- nations to chestnut hill? >> that part of northwest philadelphia was in a territory that was being eyed or potential housing for the u.n. and staff. i'm going to go off my prepared slides here to show you a map. this is one of the historical society maps that you saw flashing earlier. this is this google and appear in this territory was the additional land that they were looking at. they toured up there and lo and behold they visited people who said sure you can have my house. which is not at all would have been happening in the suburbs of new york so the philadelphians were very skillful in arranging that. i looked at the papers but i'm told there are good materials there. >> to big-money powers. see perhaps that's the case. safieh think it would make a very interesting read. >> that would add to the competition. thank you for that. thank you very much. there is another question in the front. >> he since we are in philadelphia i can't help but ask, among the boosters was there a mention that article you showe

pretext of national security so. you know the problem here is of course that if you are a foreigner and the u.s. government is spying on you you have absolutely no recourse to justice you cannot sue them you cannot go to the math accords you cannot go to american courts for the same reason so often with you you have absolutely no one recourse to justice and i find this very hard to process i have to salute you agree what i was saying about the job of a spy is to spy on other countries usually that would go for spying on other governments but when you come to listening to the civilian population there's something called like a civil liberties and what's important in this entire affair is that your civil liberties are human rights and your value as a human being does not depend on the color of your passport those are inviolable rights you have a right to privacy of communications you have a right to your family you have a right to freedom of expression they do not whatsoever depend on citizenship passport or something

syrian national coalition readers have met with u.s. secretary of state john kerry urging washington to get a move on with sending promised arms to the rebels that's ahead of a planned informal session with the u.n. security council where there. were cold display of the group having no official state has the details now from. new york a delegation representing the syrian opposition is in new york city for a three day visit that kicked off thursday afternoon during a bi lateral meeting between the group and the u.s. secretary of state john kerry prior to the closed door discussions kerry said that there could not be any military solution to the syrian crisis only a political solution not a political solution is expected to be ironed out at the upcoming geneva two conference co-sponsored by russia and the u.s. however it is no secret that the syrian opposition would like to receive the weapons and military aid that the obama administration recently promised to deliver to the rebels that are currently fighting against syrian president bash

[applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by nationalptioning institute] ♪ would be honored, every member of congress, go down this river ♪ i would be honored every member of congress go down this river made of promise ♪ >> in a few moments, some of yesterday's house debate on the status of nsa data collection programs. the game a discussion of the defense spending bill. is live at journal" 7:00 a.m. several leather vents to tell about today. beginning with the politico for mommy health insurance exchanges. that is on c-span2 after 8:00 a.m. eastern. on c-span3, the senate homeland security considers the nomination of the director of u.s. citizenship and immigration services. later on c-span3, a senate energy and national -- natural resources subcommittee holds meeting on water infrastructure. that is that's 2:30 p.m. eastern. >> i think that the korean war in a sense sort of helped the -- unify themselves in a way that was not there before. when the communists came down, they were brutal. a lot of the south koreans turned against the co

national security interest.that is, i think, a broad standard, but a critical one. >> zero one to the follow-up a little bit on the palestinian authority. a number of questions that i will submit. and wondering how you'll make it clear the palestinians that there actions that the united nations will have serious implications and consequences. >> well, i know from having worked this issue for the last two years that we make it clear in every bilateral encounter we have that it will have serious consequences. moreover will have serious consequences, not just to the u.s. and palestinian bilateral but the peace process. i think there is legislation appears as well that would impose a direct symbolic and financial consequence in terms of the palestinian office and some of the funding. the palestinians have been made aware of those consequences as well. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> congratulations on your nomination and thank you for coming. was there recent military takeover in egypt back to? >> thank you. as you k

the creation of the national park which was a national monument that we expanded it to a national park help the ranching economy and the ballot because their water supplies were threatened and it's an example of how lwfc was creatively focused on protecting the way of life and these marvelous natural landscapes. i think on a case-by-case basis i still think lwfc -- a lot of the maintenance needs or buildings roads and bridges and water systems and the purchase of additional land sometimes to make a national park complete and the like is relatively inexpensive and makes a management job of people like direct reserves easier so i may have a disagreement as to the utility in situations where it is warranted. see you wouldn't deny the fact that if we don't start catching up this is going to go into an elliptical curve in terms of the cost. but i would make a point for example we have had a recent purchase of the grand teton national park and the planned purchase but plus the purchase was made although maybe totally proper the amount of money paid for that small expansion would cut the back

he is trying to be a national candidate. if you're looking for a new paper weight or if you want to paper train your puppy or line your bird cage, he's going to give you the opportunity. he's got a book out this fall. the title of the book is "unintimidated, a governor's story and a nation's challenge". now on friday, walker gave the keynote speech at western conservative summit in colorado. while walker was out campaigning and promoting himself, dozens of his constituent, back in his home state of washington, were being arrested in the capitol for singing. you heard me right. for singing. throw woeks after a federal judge said wisconsin could legally require permits for group under 20 it started. every weekday since march 20011, a group of walker protesters participated in what they call a sing-along at the capitol. it is enthusiastic at their part. now they are being arrested. by friday, who than 60 people had been arrested. since when do you have to have a permit to exercise your constitutional right as free speech? i tho

. >> right now on "andrea mitchell reports" -- a nation divided. thousands protest the verdict as president obama calls trayvon martin's death a tragedy for a family, a community, and a nation. >>> in the wake of the verdict, the strong passions the case had elicited could be running even higher, and that it was important to remember that we are a nation of laws and a jury had had spoken. the president also wanted to ask every american to heed the call for calm reflection from trayvon martin's parents. a rather remarkable request, given how much they have suffered. >>> george zimmerman's lawyers contend -- justice was done. >> i understand people's frustration, but it would seem to be that trayvon martin overreacted to what he perceived to be something going on and he overreacted in a violent way. >>> but is zimmerman out of the woods? this hour three congressman pressing the justice department to pursue a civil rights case against zimmerman. attorney general eric holder says the investigation will continue. >>> the nuclear options. senate majority

back to "face the nation." we're joined in studio by dan stein, president of the american -- federation for american immigration reform and janet murguia, the president and c.e.o. of the national council of la raza, she joins us from kansas city. janet, let me start with you. what is the best thing about the senate-passed bill that you think republicans in the house ought to know but don't know. >> pelley: >> well, i think t best thing about the senate-passed bill is that it tries to address the issue of immigration reform in a comprehensive way and that there are real answers for this problem in this bill. we want them to know that there is a path to legalization and citizenship that is a tough and narrow one that allows for criminal background checks, that allows for folks to go to the back of the line and that we make sure we are doing everything from a security standpoint to create a strong immigration reform system and for us i think that's really important. it's clear that there has been a lot of concern

the syrian national coalition. well i think we'll see significant international divisions primarily because the united states and the united kingdom france other western nations have really made clear that they will only accept the fall of the side and despite the fact that they continually try to say that they're for peace negotiations it seems at every turn whether it's sending arms to the rebels whether it's in them quote unquote non-lethal aid money in general supporting the gulf countries that are also supporting them that really all of the talk about peace is disingenuous and unlike russia and other countries they seem very. determined to push forward the syrian rebels as the new leadership of the country regardless of the situation on the ground and talk of peace is pretty unlikely isn't it until those issues of chemical weapons and terrorist activities put to rest because still a lot of discussion over those aspects of what's happening there in syria i think that's one hundred percent correct i mean when th

and the national football league said no to promoting obama care. now the white house is enlisting a new group of people to push the president's landmark health care law. is it in trouble? >>> thousands of libraries across the country suddenly morphing into recruiting centers for the obama administration. it is the next big phase of taxpayer funded health care. fox report. why an army of librarians is on the public front line of this regulation rollout. >>> also, chopper down. >> came in fast and low and smacked right into the water. >> in the same river where the world witnessed the miracle on the hudson, this time a sight-seeing helicopter hits the water. in minutes, the emergency that left no other option. >>> and freedom isn't free. neither are fireworks displays, where some joufourth of july celebrations will not go off, thanks to belt tightening. >>> first from fox, a key american partner in the middle east is experiencing anxiety as people are massing in the streets, carrying a message for the president of egypt. i am harris faulkner. tension

in that national authorities cannot make a judgment that they want more. and in the cave with the debate and action with said capital requirements of what the basel levels would be. those of us charged with the stability of the united states as to what levels of capital will most usher without unduly affecting the flow of credit. there is dawson of the interactive quality. jimmy their reasoning on this and explain to me more why that'd is inadequate. with the regulators as i said with the basel iii with the leverage ratios significantly that lower that might have been optimal. that people are showing with additional measures. final thing i would say i think capital is central. capital is said good area to start to set minimum requirements for you don't need to harmonize capital but you do with margins because the orbit dryish on that that is why working so hard internationally to harmonize what would be applied to the derivatives. i don't think that is necessary in the capital area but also because the position of any firm depends on the competitive positi

your nation felt it, i think, first, bigger and harder than any other nation. i'm not sure it is the history you want to make, but we are in that fight right now every day. and we have not protected ourselves yet. as we go with this dialogue with our european allies, and i met with the chairman of the justice committee that does all of data privacy. we're trying to work through some things and then push it down to the private sector across the youth. -- across the european union. this is a private sector generated economy when it comes to the private-sector -- this is a private-sector generated effort when it comes to the economy. we have to have a uniquely american approach that protects privacy, protects civil liberty, and still protect our national property and security interests as well. we do that with the europeans and then spread it out through the g-20. that is our plan. for any of the reporters here, you should grab the estonians. they are ahead of the curve when it comes to cyber protection, mainly because they have worked through such tough times of

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen. thank you for joining us. my name is frank gaffney, i am the president of the center for security policy. thisglad to be sponsoring event on the eve of our nation's wethday to showcase what wha believe is a problematic nomination by president obama to the position as the permanent representative of the unit states to the united nations. a woman by the name of samantha power. it is in stark contract to the fourth of july, and the sentiment that most of us exit -- exhibit that. samantha power has been harshly critical over a long period of time of our country. my review it -- my personal thought is that she is confused with the blue are actually enemies of the united states when it comes to the character of this country, its role in the world, and the kind of positions that it has embraced and stood for and as spouse. we believe that a view of the united states that is positive, that is appreciative of its , andon behalf of freedom is co

on behalf of all of us, let me just say we are surely a kinder and gent leer nation -- gentler nation because of you, and we can't thank you enough. [applause] ♪ so it is now my great pleasure to join president bush and all of you in presenting this extraordinary award to an extraordinary couple who have done so much for so many people. we are very grateful to them. lloyd and kathy, will you please step up to receive your award? [applause] [laughter] [applause] >> thank you for this incredible award. we are humbled and honored to be chosen as the 5,000th daily point of light. not in our wildest dreams did we ever plan to be here or even imagined receiving this award. in fact, after being in business for 34 years, floyd was dreaming of relaxing, even sailing around the world, but in 2003, he was asked to build an 8th hospice in an old help sigh hospital in a village in tanzania, and that changed everything. when we got there, we saw children dying of starvation. there was no food and no money. three little boys who were schavaging for food ate something that was poisennous and they die

no other nation.gree to handcuff ourselves and our allies by restricting ourselves. let it not be. let us not deal in false narratives. let us deal in facts that will keep the american people safe. when you look at an envelope, when a letter is put in the mail , is there a privacy rights? no. the privacy rights is what is inside that envelope. is there a fourth amendment rights. poor the minute right to what is in that phone call. let's deal with a reality and not in false narratives. >> the gentleman from florida reserve system i'm. minute to the gentleman from wisconsin. >> the gem it realized for one minute. of these in support amendments. i do so as the person who is the principal author of the patriot act in 2001. who got that through after 9/11. who supported and managed the 2006 reauthorization. let me make this clear, unlike what we've for the speakers and the other side, this amendment does not stop the collection of data under to 15. the people who are subject to an investigation of an autho

changing about the dynamic of the nation.s, we are at the beginning of this transformation. and we've got to seize the moment. >> david and i come from cities where this has already happened, miami and los angeles. where it was blacks and whites. it's a complicated conversation. >> let me get a break in here. we will do that. we'll come back with more including a tribute to the pioneering journalist helen thomas who died yesterday at the pioneering journalist helen thomai like a clean kitchen. the i don't do any cleaning. i make dirt. ♪ i'm not big enough or strong enough for this. there should be some way to make it easier. [ doorbell rings ] [ morty ] here's a box, babe. open it up. oh my goodness! what is a wetjet? some kind of a mopping device. there's a lot of dirt on here. morty, look at how easy it is. it's almost like dancing. [ both humming ] this is called the swiffer dance. woman: what do you mean, homeowners insurance doesn't cover floods? [ heart rate increases ] man: a few inches of water caused all this? [ hear

and government secrecy the big question today was how do we strike a balance between privacy and national security interests senators question top officials from the n.s.a. f.b.i. and justice department for twenty nine year old school drop come in and take a massive massive amounts of data it's obvious there were adequate controls. ezine but even fire those are not yet as though they presumably been admonish officials that at this point no one has been fired nor has anyone residing in the wake of the leak brought up today was the vastness of the program that collects phone records of millions of americans on a daily basis whether or not it's constitutional to do so intelligence officials assured senators that the government only files on actual conversations when they're suspected of terrorist activities back according to the second branch of officials a surveillance program has thwarted fifty four attacks throughout the world but a spokesperson from the a.c.l.u. said that such a broad collection of information on innocent citizens is unconstitutional base of surveillance is also poisonou

>> i think every nation cares. every nation wants to be -- it is hard.ou know, sometimes i sound arrogant. every nation -- every other space agency head wants to be in my place. they want to lead the most thenant space agency in world. they want to be a part of the only government organization from the only country that has ever landed humans on another heavenly body, or the only country in the world that has ever successfully landed a vehicle on another planet, which we have done, i want to say, six or seven times at least. no one has -- the russians landed a vehicle on mars, and we never heard about it. we think it landed successfully. but i don't count it a success unless it lands and talks to you and is doing something for you. >> nasa administrator, charles bold yn. thank you. >> thank you. >> for a d.v.d. copy of this program, call 1-877-662-7726. for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at q&a.org. these programs are also available as cspan podcast. >> next, live, your calls and comments on [video clip] rep dis

reasons but nations should be proud of the nations they are. no nation could be more proud than the yeats of america. we are the unchallenged greatest nation in the world. and we rest in -- we risk a decline if some of the people in this congress don't come back around to embrace the pillars of american exceptionalism. so i asked myself, what sit, what it is -- is it that people on my side of the aisle, also across the country, what's in the gang of eight's bill that's good for america and americans? who benefits when you look across the country. first i thought, nobody. then i degree deeper, i'm going to be challenged if i say nobody in america is benefited from this. so i produced a complete list. i think this is the complete list of the americans that are benefited by the gang of eight's bill. fers the elitists. the elitists being those people who want to hire cheap labor to take care of dwardens and lawns and clean their houses and toilets that people say americans won't do or don't want to do, so they want to hire cheap labor, maybe paint

to create a national guard unit solely for the cyber security of our nation. to get people from the private sector that are dedicated to the military. they can be more cost-efficient as well. can i have your opinion on what the impact would be with a dual status, and if that would be better for our defense and growing this talent and out -- >> there is a commitment to the various roles. the service chiefs are taking a look at it. with the advice of the commander. the resurgence see to this, there really would be no role. it is really title 10, but go ahead. it is really part of our force that's going to grow. principally, to help us defend our own networks. the cyber attacks, obviously. we ought to play our role in assisting them. we end up finding ourselves in a war. we are short of money and it will cost a lot to develop this capability. it is not bear all the time. there is expertise out there that we want. >> we want to look very closely at if this makes sense financially. >> we have been spending time on sexual assault in the military. one of the things i

and kevin willette of the national fire protection association. he's worked in the field for more than three decades, including serving as past fire chief of wilbraham, massachusetts. thank you both for being with us. william welch, i'm going to begin with you. in prescott where it's begun to rain. but tell us what is the latest on the condition of the fire? >> well, judy, you know, this rain... rain is always good for battling fires but this one not necessarily because it's thunderstorms. as you may know, lightning is what started this fire. thunderstorms can create lots of unpredictable winds that aggravate the fire and make it difficult to predict. it could be what's happened yesterday, the difficult-to-predict fires, where they're going to move. right now the fire is out of control, uncontained, over 8,000 acres have been burned. we're expecting that number to grow significantly later today. >> woodruff: do the firefighters there now have the support they need? >> well, they're getting it. there are about 400 firefighters on the scene or will

and secede from the nation. and then within a year of that, rand paul had him on staff on the payroll writing rand paul's book. and now that rand paul is getting asked about it, senator paul says the whole secessionist neoconfederacy thing was a youthful indiscretion which this 39-year-old put down months before rand paul hired him. that's apparently all you have to say. that's how rand paul is explaining that he's keeping this guy on with him. salary paid by the taxpayers. as he heads to purple state nevada this weekend to attend one of two conservative movement and republican party vegas events this weekend spotlighting the most ambitious republican federal officeholders in the nation alongside the nation's leading proponents of the theory that our country's first black president could not possibly be american, he must be secretly foreign, his presidency is illegitimate and it's a giant conspiracy. when republicans talk to each other about how to spend their time, especially in states like nevada where electio

and the national football league said no to promoting obama care.ow the white house is enlisting a new group of people to push the president's landmark health care law. is it in trouble? >>> thousands of libraries across the country suddenly morphing into recruiting centers for the obama administration. it is the next big phase of taxpayer funded health care. fox report. why an army of librarians is on the public front line of this

these are full scope becoming independent schools a nation a nation should be self-governing to govern the feels better than allowing someone else to do. the. right. search string. and i think you're. on the record with. the. and i thought your bushel cool tone camera alleged provocations by western forces and shocking brutality by the allies coming up. on me my goals expose us covert ops in syria. nine eleven and blowback. the un has branded as an instrument for war targeting future colonies. but also. all those groups of snipers shoot first peaceful protesters and police in syria triggering western intervention here groups of snipers for no apparent reason shoot both peaceful protesters and soldiers in egypt unexplained snipers of spokes on the wrist in thailand venezuela and many of the other nations on the washington's controlled surgeries to report on the recent bloodshed in egypt thanks a lot for joining us to receive the same thing in syria that's correct and again if we examine the same situation in the early days of the syria conflict we have many reports from individuals on t

so as nations -- there is no russia. of funds except ee every other nation it is in kind.hey either put a module up. they take components and go into the station. nd the more they contribute, the more opportunities they have to fly an astronaut. o because the u.s. is the dominant provider of supplies nd funds and everything else, we pay for the transportation for all of our international partners. we paying russia $450 million. >> in the beginning at the time thinking about this, it was still the soviet union when we started to think about things. we flew apollo sophia: use when the original signed. t was >> what's soyuz? > it's the equivalent of the shuttle carrying three people at a time. it's the human rated spacecraft. they don't change. soyuz has been around since the beginning of time. >> been in one? in one. flown i have not. they're small. a three-person capsule. smaller than apollo capsule, really, that's the way we get back and forth to space. what is going to be critically american of having commercial capabilities is it takes us two soyuz flights to the complet

we protect privacy and national security. some question how the collection of a large volume of telephone metadata could comply with the statutory requirement that business records obtained be relevant to unauthorized investigation. we are working to see what additional information we can declassified including the actual court papers that have been filed but i can abroad summary of this legal basis here today. it is important to remember he authorized investigation of the statute is an intelligence investigation, not a criminal investigation. i talked about the difference between these before. the statute said an authorized investigation is conducted pursuant in accordance with guidelines approved by the attorney general. those guidelines allow the fbi to conduct an investigation into a foreign terrorist entity. if there is an arctic global aspect will basis that reasonably indicate the entity may have engage international terrorism or other threats to national security or may be planning more supporting, in other words we c

for any nation who supports snowden.ow of course he has applied for asylum in more than 20 countries. there is been no formal reply except for a few nations to say procedurally an individual has to be in the country to be able to submit his application formally. that was my case -- that was the case in my home of iceland. the ecuadorians are saying similar things. the options that he has have opened up, i believe, because the support and the recognition of the importance of his work is growing, especially in europe. the possibility of being granted asylum in many european countries. >> one of the countries appears to be venezuelan. nicolas maduro said edward snowden deserves the world's protection for divulging details of washington spy program. >> he said great truth in order to dismantle a world that cannot be controlled, not by an american injury list elite, nor by anyone. these revelations he has made are the most important. a young man of 29 years capable of opening himself up against mechanisms of the intelligence

priority policy of the national priority policy is meant to give priority to french nationals of the same skill to tax us positions and came housing in france this is what i call a small deterrent this is a pain from the moment immigrants have no further interest in coming to france then they'll stop coming if they. see me gratian is also a huge issue in russia we talk about all the time when we say we have to have more restrictions they can here's a question who would work in places at very low salaries that russians would never want to work at same thing in france no less. yes i understand perfectly because it's a measure that we've been using since the one nine hundred seventy s. but that was imposed by big companies and keep the real question is why is there no one willing to work in these places is it because they're underpaid and given. the difficulty of these jobs their salary should be higher than those that are given today kids mostly due to the decline of the west where intellectuals have been encouraged more than laborers and working with their hands is seen as something t

and ten other pacific nations are involved in the tpp talks. they want to free up trade in 21 areas including the nation of all tariffs. if agreed, could account for one-third of economic output. japanese leaders have been left behind and they've watched other nations into various partnerships. south korea has concluded agreements with the eu and the u.s. japan is trying to catch up and start many negotiations. in march with china and south kor korea. in april with the eu. and in may japanese officials began talks on the regional comprehensive economic partnership which includes asean and five other countries. japanese are focusing on free trade for a number of reasons. the domestic parkt is expected to shrink because of the declining birthrate and growing number of elderly. the rise in cheaper imports is expected to increase in consumption. and japanese companies need to be more globally competitive. government officials say the trade agreements will pay off. they project joining the tpp alone will boost real gdp $32 billion a year. japan take

of the nation. so i want to thank the gentlelady for rising on this very important point of science of the future versus cleanup of the past, but we simply don't have the funds in this bill to do both and it puts us in a very, very destructive position for the interests of our nation. i yield back my remaining time. the chair: the gentlelady from ohio yields back. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlelady from texas. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. he amendment is not agreed to. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 7 printed in the congressional record offered by mr. takano of california. the chair: the gentleman from california is recognized for five minutes. mr. takano: mr. chairman, i rise today to offer an amendment to the fiscal year 014 energy and water appropr