i understand you're upset about the national security. the national security is fine. we could do without half of the wall. arrore overpaid, you're gant -- host: all right, john, we wanted our guests talking about the issues today. john bellinger, just to clear things up, does not work for the federal government now. he is in the private sector now. the caller was talking about the need for such a large national security effort in the united states. are there places that could be cut, from your perspective? guest: i'm sure there are. i'm certainly not going to suggest that there can't be cuts that could be made all across the defense department or the intelligence agencies. but certainly, after 9/11, when we had the world trade center collapse after having planes flown into them, the pentagon attack, the planes hijacked, 3000 people dead, the country ndeed,ed -- i demanded -- that we be better organize and pay more attention to protecting ourselves. this has caused headaches and expense. nobody likes to stand in line at airports. we wish that we didn't have to have tsa

of our nation. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. pursuant to clause 4 of rule 1, the following enrolled joint resolution was signed by the speaker on thursday, october 10, 2013. the clerk: house joint resolution 91, making continuing appropriations for death gratuities and related survivor benefits for survivors of deceased service military members for the department of defense for fiscal year 2014 and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. frelinghuysen: pursuant to -- mr. speaker, pursuant to house resolution 371, i call up joint resolution h.j.res. 76, a joint resolution making appropriations for the national nuclear security administration for fiscal year 2014 and for other purposes and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the joint resolution. the clerk: house joint resolution 76, jount resolutio

and, yes, it is so unfortunate that our national parks, someover our nation's most -- some of our nation's most treasured sites are closed to the public. but that is what happens when the federal government shuts down. we need to end this and end it today. thank you, and i yield back the balance of my time. >> gentle lady yields pack. yields back. we now go to the gentleman from michigan, mr. wahlberg. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thanks to the panel for being here. i certainly agree with one of my colleagues who mentioned earlier on the other side of the aisle that we live in a parallel universe. a parallel universe of fact and of fiction. five years of government by crisis has been taking place, beginning with the first two years of this administration when the democrats controlled the white house, the senate and the house. a budget wasn't passed either of those two years. continuing resolutions, continuing resolutions certainly work toward crisis, don't they? and now we've come to a big crisis where the democrats' shutdown of this government has taken place. now, they would call it s

the nation' cap capital. in addition has seen the shut down not only of tourist economy, as you have, but congress holding $6 billion. >> i thank you, mr. chairman. and the republicans and democrats who voted with us to free the district local fund. we are finally making headway with the senate and the administration. mr. jarvis, sitting here in the district of columbia, the third generation -- there to hear the employees of the park service. yeah. we have trouble with the civil servant. i want to say for the record, that how unfair i think it is for the republicans to shut down the government then blame the national park service. i thank you for the way you protect the mount and the people who visit our monuments. some of us are still recalling when green paint of splattered on the lincoln memorial. even though there was no shut down because the difficulty of guarding the memorial. in 2007, irmt there was a horrific incident, vandalism, as well on the vietnam memorial. is it true there are 2,000 vandalism ev

they left out 155 national forests, 20 national grasslands, seven national monuments, 28 job corps civilian conservation centers shut down. that's thousands of kids working hard to get an education, get skills thrown out in the streets. you ever visit one of them there? i can't believe you guys would shut that down. 440 wilderness areas. 560 national wildlife refuge areas, including blocking out hunters and fishermen? come on, guys. all b.l.m. campgrounds. there's only one reason why this bill is on the floor and that's because their constituents love iconic national parks and monuments. as republicans just learned much to their chagrin. they can't take the heat from the government shutdown they're responsible for. what's next? this is whack a mole. how about our capitol hill police that are guarding us every day who have not gotten paid, will they put them on the list? when are you going to take care of them? put the whole government back to work now. [applause] the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. members are reminded that they are to address their remarks to the cha

we should not be using our national parks, the smithsonian, national zoo, holocaust museum and national gallery of art as hostages for the democratic my way or the highway shutdown and this is what this is. you either agree with us or we will shut the government down. we just simply wanted to go to conference. but no, that's not good enough. we can't go to conference and talk about these differences, so let's shut it down and that's what the democratic party has done. this is a commonsense bill and i encourage my colleagues on both sides of the aisle and let's reopen these national treasures. the speaker pro tempore: the the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from virginia is ecognized. mr. moran: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. r. moran: mr. speaker, as yogi bera would say it is deja vu all over again. the majority rushed to the floor this very bill to partially open the smithsonian, holocaust museum and national gallery of art. we had a spirited debate and the house failed to pass this

"national weekly." "national weekly" until 1957 or 1958 and in the money ran out. publisher, bill rusher, said our subscribers will never let us go under. he was correct. our subscribers see us as a cause. we are a cause. magazines need that extra help from somewhere in order to stay in existence. "national review" was founded, if the whole entity and enterprise, the mission was established today, it would be a very different undertaking. it would be difficult to launch an opinion magazine today and make a go of it, unless you are owned by a billionaire. who had toward money. edition of the "national review" comes out of her two weeks. national review online is updated hourly, sometimes. very collective -- to say the "national review down on the issue is difficult., yet people from marc stein and jonah goldberg, victor davis hanson, andy mccarthy, on and on, my colleagues here this office, rich lowry, there is a real voice of debate or discussion. i recommend, james, that he go and find out for himself.

i represent some the nation's greatest national parks. i represent the second district in utah. into the american people and particularly to some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, i would like to make what i think is a very obvious point. it's entirely the point of this hearing. yeah, the government is in a partial shutdown and there are implications that come from the. the question to consider is this. in the midst of a crisis should the federal government choose to make things better, or should they choose to make things worse? should the administration seek to alleviate some of this inconvenience and some of the spain, or should they seek to exaggerate those? should the federal government be viewed as a friend to the people or as an enemy? and mr. jarvis, surely you must realize because of some of your actions many americans view not as an advocate buzz -- but as an adversary. i think we're in a political conflict right now and we will move on. we always do. we find a way to do this. six months on of the american people will move on with their lives. a year now

and our national park. the month of october is a very wonderful month, a beautiful month to be the grand canyon and we started off with 90 plus percent occupancy at the end of september for reservations on the books ready to come. the least in one hotel. we are in the low 40% and dropping. we have lost over $400,000 in one place alone. the impact to our community has been in the millions of dollars within a very short matter of time. and all of this because elected members of congress and the president cannot come to grips with passing and getting a budget going. in the meantime, in the front lines we feel kind of like we are the ball bouncing back and forth and the ones that are paying the bill. and suddenly our source of business and income for our little community is closed as of october 1 and we immediately began to ask questions with regards to how we can do it come out with the darker crack open and in 1995, the same thing happen within a reasonably short period of time, there was an agreement between

. >> a troubled nation, a horrible disease and the legal questions surrounding the united nations mission in haiti. you're watching inside story from washington. [♪ music ] >> hello, haiti has been gripped by a cholera epidemic for three years now. thousands have died. hundreds of thousands are sick, and there is no knowing when the disease will come under control there. it's striking because cholera is easily managed and treated, but in a nation of poor infrastructure, limited healthcare resources and widespread poverty, a disease like cholera is devastating. a law enforcement brought by haigs said the united nations is responsible for bringing it to haiti after the earthquake of 2010. we'll talk about this in a moment, but first this background. >> reporter: lawyers from three human rights groups assert that the personnel of united nations stabilization in haiti triggered the country's on going epidemic. by engaging in waste disposal practices, they contaminated haiti's river with human feces. al jazeera'al jazeera explains. >> reporter: the united nations has never acknowledged respons

new mexico is home to many of the nation's most treasured public conservation lands, including national parks like carlsbad caverns, b.l.m. monuments like the newly created rio grande del norte and national forests like hilo and carson that are unstaffed during the fall hunting seasons. more than 4,000 men and women work on these public lands and they are being forced to stay home. andrew graves is an entimologist with the forest service. he is in a program called forest health protection that works across agency lines providing assistance to federal and tribal land managers and foresters throughout new mexico so that they can deal with outbreaks of disease or insect infestations. andrew says they have already canceled or postponed meetings and trainings because of the shutdown, and each day the government remains closed, thousands of people who plan to visit our national parks and our wildlife refuges will be turned away. that doesn't just hurt the government. restaurants and hotels, tire shops and grocery stores feel this pain in towns like taos, grants, las cruces. because of the shu

this is not the way to run a great nation. even if we open -- reopen head start programs, what about the millions of other students that benefit from programs administered by the department of education? what about the families who cannot get their childcare vouchers? what about the job training programs that help the unemployed parents get back on their feet? how long do they have to wait, mr. speaker, until we get around to funding their programs? when is their lucky day? we cannot continue government funding by picking programs out of a hat. if the house leadership really wanted to fix the problem, they could do so today. if they would just bring a clean continuing resolution to the house floor for a straight up or down vote. at least 25 of our republican colleagues have publicly supported a vote for a clean continuing resolution. that is enough votes to end the shutdown today. we know it. the speaker knows it. and the american people know it. so we are still waiting. now, let me say it again. this government shutdown does

our nation. their work supports numerous agencies, companies and organizations. during the bp oil spill, the employees were called in to cap the well. the work they do is remarkable. 101 1996, it has received research and development awards, oven referred to as the oscars of invention where the nobel prizes of technology. while the national labs have been used carryover funds over the past 11 days, that money is running out. within the last week employees los alamos said they would face furloughs and despite the fact they play a crucial role, the employees at new mexico's national labs are technically not federal employees. as a result, the legislation we passed to pay back pay, which i was proud to support, unfortunately does not protect employees at these labs. earlier this week, congressmen sent a letter to secretary of energy to allow the lab to use their funding to backpay any employees furloughed because of the shutdown. i remain hopeful that the furloughs can be avoided because i have hear

and why does he want the united nations moved from new york? plus, is he still offering asylum to edward snowden. joins us on talk to al jazeera. >> president morales, it is great to meet you, and have this opportunity to speak to you. thank you for joining us. >> thank you very much for this opportunity to speak with you about different aspects that have to do with the life from the country, the region, and the continent. >> our pleasure. in your recent comments, to the united nations general assembly. you suggested that the u.n. should be moved from your city. why do you feel that way? because first, air pie rassey, black male, visas. even some ministers with a president, they don't get visas. i get a visa for four, five, seven days. they consider the cuban president as the promoter of terrorism? what's more, here sometimes you have a shootings, and like there have been in the last few years, and on the other hand, the resolutions that are passed here are not respected by the host country of the united nations. they have done an economic bloc

imagine, the national park service is responsible for the protection of our national parks and publicsafety. furlough that to 85% of their workers, they don't have the staff to keep the parks open and maintain them and provide the kind of public safety and assurances that people visiting the parks can count on. all of the 401 national parks are required to close. host: the national park service joined us on the phone last week and talked about the decision to allow veterans access to the world war ii moral after they were not allowed to see the memorial. let's play that and have you respond. >> it is open to veterans that are arriving on the honor flights as for first amendment activities. we made the decision and the closure of the 401 national parks across the country that we would still honor first amendment activities on the national mall, on the lips, and the grounds. these are probably the most important sites for the the firstng of amendment. american citizens want to exercise that right so we needed to respect that. we have recognized that these honor flights for our world war

during the same period, we propagated to support the national -- promulgated to support the national army. we have shifted focus from humanitarian crisis response now concentrating on security and the foundation for economic recovery. nearly $140rovided million in funding to support , democracy,lization and economic growth activities. our dual track concluded with the successful completion of the peace process and recognition of the federal government of somalia. the united states has underscored the importance of outreach and engagement with the regional administrations to form the federal framework. we'll cut into font humanitarian assistance and civil society programs -- we will continue to provide humanitarian assistance and civil society programs. it includes an emphasis on human accountability, countering human trafficking and fiscal management. tragic and cowardly attack at kenya's civilians westgate mall has underscored vulnerabilities and the horn of africa and demonstrate that al- shabaab has the capable network in the east africa that is willing to carry out attacks outsid

[captions copyright national able satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] to all the young people right now coming out of school who cannot find a job because of obama care, this deal does nothing for them. to all of the single moms who are struggling and being forced into part-time work, trying to feed their kids on 29 hours a week, because of obama care, this deal does nothing for them. to all of the hard-working families who are right now getting massive premium increases from their health insurance companies and trying to figure out how we are going to make ends meet with health insurance going up 100%, because of obama care, this deal does nothing for them. and to all of the seniors, to all of the people with disabilities who are right now getting in the mail notifications that they are losing their health insurance because of obama care, this deal does nothing for them. mr. president, this fight was always about the american people who are hurting because of obama are. and unfortunately today, the united states senate is saying, you don't h

it's handled differently.. >> men simple exceptions for the national government of the national securitybut and the shutdown. what the speaker could do any moment to allow the open vote but i will take seriously into account that it does seem to be alarming that the civilian workforce is furloughed and i hope he will be reviewing on a rolling basis if this exposes us in any significant way. also who recently spoke to our ambassador in kenya about the investigation said tuesday the work of the intelligence to the is sizable. you to find dead better balance of transparency and dash blue dash privacy to fulfill your duties but there is a number of pieces of legislation to be considered by members of this committee to make a positive contribution whether the privacy takes into account general alexander in support to find them a needle in the haystack but the fact it can tell so much from the target of the detailed analysis indicates there is some privacy interest at stake given the current doctrine that we come together that private details should the congress be concerned about protecting t

and our national park. the month of october is a very wonderful month, it's a beautiful month to be in grand canyon. we started out, it was 90-plus percent occupancy at the end of september. reservations on the books, ready to come. our river outfitters had i believe seven or eight trips worth $900,000 ready to go down the colorado river. today i'll tell that you at least in one hotel, we're in the low 40% and dropping. we've lost over $400,000 in one place alone. the impact to our community has been in the millions of dollars. in a very short time. all this because elected members of congress and the president can't come to grips with passing and getting a budget going. in the meantime, we on the front line feel kind of line cannon fodder. we feel like we're the ball bouncing back and forth and we're the ones who are paying the bill. suddenly our source of business, our source of income for our little community, is closed october 1. we immediately began to ask questions with regard to how we can do it. how

and has forgotten why america is an exceptional nation and that. it's no different to the british the french. this is us exceptional this is. still don't know why. those of us who know we are not exceptional we are the exception. because when i save money to hire a hitman to shoot me dead from the next building or through the open window. i search through the internet typing things like i'm looking for you i'm waiting for you i wrote i'm waiting for you i'm looking for you i didn't care. this man would be like deprived disabled ill. with you know you want. the battery is run out. and learn everything about him i have grown to love every hair every one interesting him actually be healthy years and other guys who drink beer in a bench i've always promised that if she ever realizes it's too much for her and she decides to leave me i will accept her decision without criticism because it's her choice. as you don't try you don't per car no response to really. everyone in my life that i cared about their goal but when that happened i came to skate well. i

how about national security? the shutdown is having a direct and substantial impact on national security. our colleague, senator feinstein, was on the floor yesterday, spoke of the critical support that the shutdown -- or i should say the critical impact, the critical impact that the shutdown is having on the intelligence community. as many americans know, the intelligence gathering isn't just the c.i.a. it's a whole range of agencies that gather intelligence, which -- which arms us with information to protect ourselves and to be able to protect ourselves from terrorist strikes. in the intelligence community, meaning all of the federal agencies that gather intelligence to protect us, 72% of the civilian work force is furloughed. it's hard to -- really hard to comprehend the adverse impact of that. this means that the bulk of federal employees who gather critical intelligence and work with law enforcement agencies are not working during the shutdown. you've got to ask yourself at this point if you are a member of

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> this is two hours. >> i call this hearing to order. the committee has many important issues to consider and plenty of challenges to solve together on a bipartisan basis. we find ourselves in day 10 of the government shutdown. it drags down our economic recovery with each passing day. the unnecessary shutdown has left us to address the long-term physical challenges and is certainly not promoting job creation. if it were not better now, we have only one week left before we reach the nation's debt limit. if congress does not act soon, we will fail to pay our bills in the fall for the first time in history. i do not favor making the u.s. into a deadbeat nation which would be the consequence. there is little to nothing that congress could do after the fact to require -- to repair the damage that would be felt for generations. it is important to remember the real threat of a default can have significant costs. during the last major debate in 2011, the uncertainty in raising t

the national cathedral will hold a forum with shepard's mother. matthew shepard is a friend of mine, all part of a series honoring gay and lesbian victims of discrimination and bullying. >>> happening today, a new focus on education. how you can join teachers, administrators and students in an important new conversation. >> incredible images coming in of a new wildfire. why u.s. troops are the ones keeping a close eye on this one. >>> what's up, chuck? >> another day feeling more like august than october here in washington. there are changes coming, which could include strong to severe thunderstorms some time very, very soon. we'll talk about >>> new this morning from california, we're getting a better look at the fast-moving fire that has consumed already over 1,000 acres of land, including a marine base. started at camp pendleton, prompting an evacuation on that campus. eight fire crews are battling the blaze with help of military crews from the camp. >>> cloaked in controversy, arizona fire chief who lost 19 firefighters in a wildfire back in d

our nation and our allieses -- pose a national threat to our nation and our allies. they remain a key tool for for u.s. policymakers but the obama administration is delaying new sanctions following all the talk about historic high level meetings and phone calls. mr. speaker, now is not the time to be fooled by the rhetoric coming out of tehran. especially as they push harder every day to develop a nuclear bomb. but before we even begin to discuss any deal with tehran, we need to increase the pressure that has been working. it's time for the senate to pass the house's new round of sanctions which recently passed on this very floor with 400 votes. each day the iranian regime is able to further drag out the promise of talks is another day that centrifuges will keep spinning. and once they are done spinning, they won't have any need to talk again. thank you, mr. speaker, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minu

i believe that is the responsibility of the national park service to work cooperatively with the local jurisdiction in which our parks are located. in this situation, as you mentioned, we have recreational areas that are in a urban metropolitan area and reflect the needs of users inviting there. supervisor, as i have in the past, i want to renew my offer to assist you in working with the national park service. nps needs to cooperate with local jurisdiction. hopefully, the city's comments, my own, and the users of nps will create a dog management plan that recognizes the need for both governmental agencies to serve the public multiple needs. last week, constituents and my desert extension of the public comment. given the recent government shutdown since [inaudible] the actual plan itself, right here, 2700 pages, i too believe that additional time for comment and analysis should be allowed by nps. but constituents have requested a public comment period be extended to at least february 17. thank you again for supervisor winner and staff. supervisor obelisk, and supervisor came for your le

queen elizabeth opened the national theatre in london.eter o'toole was on the stage, starring in hamlet. half a century and 800 productions later, the queen returns as part of the anniversary celebrations. >> the clean backstage at the royal national theatre. shakespeare's hamlet, peter o'toole as the danish prince. >> immensely exciting. it was a wonderful adventure to have that company. >> the founding director like tom stoppard and samuel beckert. it seems that we should have a central place where almost anything can be done. >> becoming a more astute commercial population. >> his home in london, what affect does it have on the nation? >> i went to find out and speak to the nation. >> it is the tyranny of the system, a tyranny at work. >> i think it could collaborate -- the national theatre understanding is also regional as well as central. killed their dog with a fork. criticized as becoming too dominant. setss say that it standards, produces shows, and is even envied around the world. the national theatre, how many times has it put o

visitors spend $6 billion a year generating more than 70,000 jobs. >> from national parks to the national museums, here in the district, it was the same story, doors shut, tourists disappointed. >> was this part of your plan taking a bike through here? >> no. we just thought since we can't get into any of the federally run buildings that this would be the next best way to see what's here. >> virginia settled for a snapshot outside the smithsonian. she and her husband are from oregon. >> our son who lives in oregon, his job, even though he works for the county, he could not work today, because they use the communications system of the federal government, so it is amazing how many people in far-reaching areas of our country and i would assume the world are affected. >> amazing and at the world war ii memorial, rather ironic. men who fought for their country had a fight to visit the memorial built to honor them. >> well, let's hope they solve it and don't hurt too many people. >> for however long the shutdown lasts. >> randall pinkston joins us live from the capitol. there is another deadlin

whereas marine le pen, the leader of the national front remember, came in with nearly 18% of the nationalote in the first strand of the presidential election. actually elected franÇois hollande. she had succeeded in making the party more mainstream, more palatable to centrist voters. one consequence is that you don't see so much what was called a republican front. in other words the mainstream left and the right getting together in the second round of an election to keep out the national front. that is not something that either the left or the right seems keen on anymore. so that lack of, in front against the national front is good for them for future elections. >> what about if we look on a more european level at this sort of victory. populist right-wing parties -- how are they doing more broadly? >> you often have a protest vote in european elections, which give good results to these populist radical right-wing parties, and i want to show you an opinion poll will stop this is predictions by the polling institute in france. this poll really put the wind up a few french politicians, as yo

we're also joined by thomas drake, national security agency whistleblower.n 2010, the obama administration charged him with violating the espionage act after he was accused of leaking classified information to the press about waste and mismanagement at the agency. the charges were later dropped. we're also joined by jesselyn radack, national security and human rights director at the government account ability project. she is former ethics advisor to the united states department of justice. we welcome you all back from russia. i want to start with thomas drake. you your self having worked for the national security agency metellus about this trip -- agency, tell us about this trip you took to russia to give edward snowden an award. >> the award is given to the recipient and we make every effort to actually deliver it and present it in person. given he was in russia, we made arrangements to go to russia and present him with the sam adams integrity and intelligence award. >> who was sam adams? >> i will let ray mcgovern share the history of that because he reall

[applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> that was part of the today conference posted by the group representing health insurance of a secured we will have more tomorrow morning on washington journal. gold on joined by jenny health insurance exchanges. mcmahonalso have steve and brian walsh on political strategies for both parties after the government shutdown. will also hear from devlin barrett about how the fbi will deal with the sequestration cuts. senator teding, by cruz and former florida governor jeb bush. defended his actions on abc's "this week." he said he will do anything he can to prevent obamacare. and jeb bush criticized senator the thing there was some ground lost from a political point of view. he thinks these health care law will fail on its own. you can listen to agree -- a rebroadcast of abc's "this week ." that will air again after midnight tonight on c-span radio. if you listen to c-span radio on xm satellite, i want to let you know we have a new channel, xm channel 120. you can al

$24,000 on the national debt. it's now almost $53,000. in a little over eight and a half years. so two and a half times what we used to owe we now owe. how did we get there? why do did we let that happen? why don't we learn to live within our means? is there always a political reason? is there always a reason where you can game somebody to say you don't care if you don't want to do this? you couldn't care about americans that you don't want to spend money that we don't have on things that we don't need. if you look at the $125.8 trillion, that works out to $1.1 million per family. think about that. that's our unfunded liabilities and that's going to come due over the next 50 years, and if you have children or grandchildren like i do, i really don't want their opportunities to be totally limited by this debt load that we're having. so we have all this politicking and posturing and political expediency going on in both bodies, and nobody's talking about what the real problem is. the real problem is we're spending a

among many nations on the planet but that the united states is somehow better. we all pledged allegiance to the flag and school every child every day. gratefully to the. united states and. in to me that feeling the only chance to you through those. with everyone listening. to you feeling exceptional just like you. except. i can't answer that i work for the government the old reading age. or. are you feeling exceptional today. i believe that i think i think i think that i think united states should be made love there will be a bit of the country to go with the money for one of the big rules for. diversity. just spectating it minority rights they create and freedom freedom personal freedom one was exceptional stand out from other countries. the i would say part of the problem solving ability and a tired every man can work together to do so. and i'm. hiring they do you think make the united states. in other countries. like the place for this. three year old to stand out is where they are just. going to get. out of that we're free and. think for ourselves freedom. a

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[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] sebelius saying she is responsible, she is responsible -- accountable for the rep -- website. i for watching. rity and minority leaders for morning hour ebate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip each, to five minutes but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. williams, for five minutes. mr. williams: mr. speaker, thank you. mr. speaker, it is a sad day in america when army secretary john mchugh says that in today's fiscal environment the best-case scenario for our military's budget is treacherous. ray odierno says it hampers the military's ability to train its own troops. while there is waste and overlap in every federal agency, the pentagon budget not excluded, there is much to be said for congress doing its primary job of governing, passing a budget. for the last four y

that's because he is the new head of the national pta. we get his story tonight from nbc's gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: on a soggy field in georgia, these cheers aren't for the football team. >> thank you all so much for coming. >> reporter: but for the new face of the national parent/teacher association. >> that you sign up for pta unit here. >> reporter: before the image of the pta has been suburban mom. you're trying to change that perception? how? >> well, i'm today's pta. i'm a working dad. >> reporter: is the new president and the first african-american male to hold the unpaid position. >> and there are barriers in the way of education. and you have to break down those barriers. >> reporter: no stranger to challenges, thornton is an army lieutenant colonel who earned a bronze star in iraq. now retired, he trains soldiers as a contractor at fort stewart. thornton says that discipline and his own struggles growing up helped him relate to today's most at-risk kids. >> when you're in poverty, it can be hopeless. >> reporter: he was 13 w

these 100 years also are remembered by the chinese nation as a century of national humiliation. this was the chinese revolution of the 20th century, and most of it, generation of chinese in the struggle to regain national independence. it is still a driving force today behind a national effort for revitalization and modernization. all nations cherish independence, but for china, independence was almost lost and was regained with such a sacrifice. that explains why the chinese people hold independence so dearly, and it is only logical and natural that it becomes one of the fundamental principles in china's foreign policy. but i must emphasize here that when we talk about this century of national humiliation, we are not talking about seeking revenge. we just want to have our independence and sovereignty like the rest of the world. based on her own experience of suffering, we know that two wrongs don't make a right. the world, some places are more equal than others is a horrible place for all. we want to take history as a mirror and guidance so that what was done to us in the past

clap terrorism director of national intelligence first saying that our nation needs this discussion. he was followed by general keith alexandar who reminded the members of congress who were there that since september 11th, 2,996 people were killed on that day, he says there has not been a mass casualty since then. they have continued to try, they being those that would attack us. randall standing by live, randall james clap terrorism director of national intelligence saying our nation needs this discussion. there was so much activity to tighten the security that the nation needed because so many of the agencies weren't talking about anything, and they weren't talking to each other. >> well, you know, dale, with all due respect, i have to say, that there are some people who will say that in fact there was enough information for the u.s. to connect the dots prior to september 11th. let me point this out, there is some disagreement, even among advocates. about which is begun next. chairman rogers talk about the need for some reforms. and the patriot act before september 11th. he is goin

and hurting our national defense. let me tell you that from my own experience i had the opportunity to come from the pentagon. a combination of sequester in the shutdown has hurt our national defense. not only some very important elements of our defense being put on hold. we've got 12 airforce squadrons, combat squadrons that have been grounded. half of the air force planes are not ready for combat. we have ships that are not being deployed and maintenance that is not being done. we are virtually halting all our military. at a very important time when we face all kind of threats abroad in this country this is still a dangerous world that we live in new. the shutdown and the furloughs and the impact this is having on the men and women in the defense department is an excusable in terms of protecting this country so it hurts america and americans when these shutdowns take place. my hope is that everyone learns the second lesson which is that it's time to govern, to roll up their sleeves and to get to work the place they

i had a whole nation behind me. so when i said, let's go through this difficult patch together, we need to clean up the economy, we need to correct the situation, but it's going to be hard. they listened. >> they listened because they knew -- >> they knew -- they have to trust you. >> right. you alluded to the fact that other african nations, and not just african nations, these kinds of problems will often result in corruption. that's one possible result or ethnic tribal religious warfare, ma lawns on -- ma law wans -- ma lawians on ma lawians. >> as i was growing up, the line was very clear. you either was it's the pa troy moanial system of marriage or a southerner, where it was a mat trilineal system of marriage. in my particular case, we were married from those two different sides of tradition. that's where my husband comes from. but we've been very fortunate in malawi that for the past 50 years, we have allowed people to live together. we have allowed the different tribes to intermarry and now what we have in th

this 45-minute presentation aired during the national book festival on the national mall in washington d.c.. [applause] >> welcome to the opening event of the second day of the 2013 national book festival on this absolutely perfect first day of autumn. if you were here for the end ofc the program yesterday, you knoww what a contrast this is.og my name is jonathan yardley, i'm the book critic of "the washington post." [applause] >> thank you. thank you very much. "the washington post" has been . charter sponsor of the national book festival since the festival's inception 13 years ago and plays an active and enthusiastic role in aspects of the festival's planning and promotions. ctive and enthusiastic role in many aspects of the festival's planning and promotion. i'm instructed to remind you this presentation is being taped and you should stay off of the risers located in the back of the pavilion. at the national book festival in 2001, the final event of what was then a one-day festival was a presentation by scott curt in the madison building about his extraordinary biography of charles

we are a growing nation. we are a thriving nation. the most powerful nation in the world. and the way to go forward is to invest in america's people. so i thank the president. i thank the president for recognizing as devastating as sequester was that he was willing to see to a supercommittee that did not fulfill its responsibilities. so we are here and this is not about individual members of congress. it is about the american people. it is about the 29-year employee in the dallas-fort worth area that spoke eloquently to the fact that combined with military service she desired to be at work. she enjoyed working with her young child an being -- and being at a school, but she wanted to help americans. she's not able to go to work. it speaks to this question of the willy-nilly structure that the republicans have constructed. i use the term martial law for those who want to understand it better, we were speaking of the martial rule. so it's martial law on this floor, but a martial rule that we are using means that whatever's thrown down on the floor, whatever legos is thrown do

our national parks. the problem is this is not an academic issue. there are finds being given out there are finds being given out. there are people being arrested. a lot of these cases would seem to be slam dunks. i would hope people would challenge these cases. it is very difficult to be on the out deceiving -- on the receiving end here. if there is an authoritative park ranger telling you to get off the property, i understand if you do not necessarily stand up for yourself. but i think there are enterprising aclu types who would stand up to this kind of encroachment. >> hey, andrew -- there will be a hearing tomorrow, i believe in the house, on alleged infractions by members of the park service. essentially what we have been talking about is a thing called "washington monument syndrome." this is the term given to the political tactic, making, as you put it, the average joe feel the affect of a partial government shutdown, and in essence, it is making life difficult for average u.s. citizens for a polit

national guard, not only receive their pay but also the full-time national guard. they'd receive all of their benefits. they'd receive funds for the equipment to do their jobs. there would no longer be furloughs. can the chair explain why it is not germane to keep all of the needs of the national guard open for public service instead of only their pay? if we're paying our national guard but they can't do their jobs, what sense does that make? are we asking our brave soldiers simply to sit at their desks? what kind of strange house is this that would force that situation on our brave men and women, the brave men and women that have been so remarkably addressed by the gentleman across the aisle? madam speaker, if you rule this motion out of order, does that mean we will not have a chance to keep the entire federal government open today? account chair please explain why we can't keep the entire federal government, not just our part-time national guard, but the entire federal government open today? the speaker pro tempore: the chair is prepared to rule. the gentleman f

we need national actors of talks can take -- we have a tweet -- we need national actors so talks canake place. we have an islamists led government. let me insist, this is a coalition. none of the other parties were willing to step down. >> tunisian has benefited where they have had a coalition were no party has had the majority. that means all parties have been required to compromise. that is good. tunisians finally had the opportunity to express and exercise it. only that -- government can take credit for that. >> sorry. yeah. >> nobody has said that. >> it has made tunisia a unique and exemplary case. the armies not involved in politics or business. it is just the army. the tunisians admire and love -- that is partly why there is outrage on members of the national guard who were attacked and killed. tunisians would rally. if there is a degeneration into chaos, there will be a role of establishing order. if this is the tipping point indeed, if that tension begins comes to the big cities in the coast, there are concerns. they have to be wary of this. >> ejection solution? do you mean

hello and welcome to crossfire for all things considered i'm peter lobo taming the national security agency this now appears to be the intention of the u.s. president but how likely is this it has taken months of scandal embarrassing lies to get obama and his administration to this point what is clear is the following the obama is unaware of the extent of n.s.a. surveillance or he remains untruthful with the american people and the world in the end it's all about trust. to cross-talk the n.s.a. scandal i'm joined by my guests in washington karen who is she's a former senior counselor at the world bank and a whistleblower and we cross to daniel mcadams he is the executive director of the wrong paul institute or a cross in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want daniel thank go to you first i mean obama says he wants free form of the aid to intelligence agencies but we still don't know what he knew when when he knew it and i always get nervous when a politician says that's classified so i mean what is his words mean about reform or does he just want this thing to go away and

boston is ranked as the nation's most energy-efficient city. our shores will host the first offshore wind farm with a new construction terminal built in new bedford, allowing our fishermen to work alongside our wind energy workers. massachusetts is number seven in the nation in deploying solar energy, even though we're more well known for the perfect storm than perfectly sunny days. these advances, these jobs, these technologies have flourished in massachusetts because we have set the right policies and encouraged our companies to lead. massachusetts governor deval patrick set high goals for clean energy in our state and we have already surpassed them. boston mayor tom men even owe wanted -- menino wanted boston to be known as green for just more than the green monster in fenway park, and he has delivered. boston is now the greenest city in the united states. that's why i am introducing my first bill as a united states senator, to take our massachusetts leadership and make it national. my bill would require that electricity sold to american con

the director of the national intelligence james clapper deputy attorney james cole national security or keith alexander the deputy director of the nsa chris ingalls. following the first panel we will move immediately into the second panel of nongovernment experts who are very knowledgeable on fisa and privacy issues. today's hearing will provide an open forum to discuss amendments to the surveillance act and possible changes to the way fisa applications are handled at the department of justice and the nsa. i hope that all of our witnesses will give clear answers about how the proposal is under consideration in congress would affect the nsa's ability to stop terrorist attacks before they occur and encourage members to answer questions about fisa amendments and nsa programs. today i'm going to submit my statement for the wreck erred in order to ask some questions following mr. ruppersberger's opening statements in your opening statements to get some recognized -- some things clarified for the record. we will go about our business. we do expect a vote in label hold as long as we can and

queen elizabeth opened the national theatre in london.eter o'toole was on the stage, starring in hamlet. half a century and 800 productions later, the queen returns as part of the anniversary celebrations. >> the clean backstage at the royal national theatre. shakespeare's hamlet, peter o'toole as the danish prince. >> immensely exciting. it was a wonderful adventure to have that company. >> the founding director like tom stoppard and samuel beckert. it seems that we should have a central place where almost anything can be done. >> becoming a more astute commercial population. >> his home in london, what affect does it have on the nation? >> i went to find out and speak to the nation. >> it is the tyranny of the system, a tyranny at work. >> i think it could collaborate -- the national theatre understanding is also regional as well as central. killed their dog with a fork. criticized as becoming too dominant. setss say that it standards, produces shows, and is even envied around the world. the national theatre, how many times has it put o

the nation's debt. reminds me of what president frankly delano roosevelt said, never fear to negotiate but do not negotiate out of fear. failure to raise the debt limit, shutting down the government are two fearful actions which should not be on the table as we attempt to negotiate other matters in our nation's fiscal policy. the path is clear. we need to open the government, raise the nation's borrowing limit, take away those two guns to our head as a country, and then only then can we responsibly address the nation's long-term budget challenges. by now we need to come together to ensure we do not permit another self-inflicted wound to our nation's economy. that's what defaulting on the debt is, a self-inflicted wound with global consequences. what is the x date? when is the date on which the united states senate government can no longer pay its bills? we don't know exactly. it's uncertain. that's part of the problem. uncertainty creates unpredictability. nobody knows for sure. the treasury secretary s

[applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by nationalaptioning institute] held to protest surveillance. speakers included former congressman and former new mexico governor jerry johnson. was organized by the coalition "stop watching us." here's a preview. the national security state is government as a racket. thatrotection racket extracts millions from taxpayers. with the promise to protect us. what we get instead of reduction and killings of civilians around the world. what we get is the destruction , includingip abroad leaders we call our friends. the nsa appears to have gone rogue. it has become a threat to freedom at home and abroad. [cheers and applause] in the our friends international community to understand that there are many americans who object to the mass collection of private germany, france, mexico, brazil, and other countries. we insist on freedom and privacy and solidarity with our friends. [indiscernible] privacyt on freedom and and solidarity with our friends in france. french]g privacyt on freedom and and solidarity wi