they turn around and give it to a company that does ncc construction.e company gets all of these contracts is because they are a minority contractor. 23% of contracts have been roped off. host: built into the system? guest: the agencies have to choose which cut that they are on the set aside so in the end they can meet these goals. basically this company that is out of detroit, they're politically connected. the hired a good friend of former detroit mayor who is in jail right now. that is what these guys do. get a contract, handed off to someone else and profit. host: to many contracts, is it cheaper if the government provided some services? guest: i think it could be but the government would have to beef up their -- they would to go on a hiring spree and that nothing that is callable right now. beo not know of that would the best thing over all. certainly we talk about a bloated public workforce we're seeing the same thing in the private-sector work people are getting very wealthy off of taxpayer funds. they are a private company but they are not reall

from paul applegarth, the first ceo of the ncc through john and now to you, we have had superb leadership. and i want to just say one other thing. we've had superb people working in the tricep. s here -- trenches here in washington and across the world to make this dream a reality. and so thank you also to all of you who have worked for and with mcc. i've always thought that american foreign policy, indeed america, is at its best in the world when our interests and our values come together. and i can think of no better example of of our interest and our values coming together than mcc. we know that we have an interest in a world that is peaceful. we know that we have an interest in a world that can, indeed, provide for its people. the poorest of it people we know that those two are lunged, that -- linked, that very often conflict and disease are the harbingers of much, much worse to come. here in the united states perhaps we had to be reminded again of what the void of hopelessness can do when we experienced the terrible attacks of september 11th. we know that a more peaceful world is in

they turn around and give it to a company that does ncc construction. reason the company gets all of these contracts is because they are a minority contractor. of contracts have been roped off. built into the system? guest: the agencies have to choose which cut that they are on the set aside so in the end they can meet these goals. basically this company that is out of detroit, they're politically connected. the hired a good friend of former detroit mayor who is in jail right now. is what these guys do. get a contract, handed off to someone else and profit. contracts, is it cheaper if the government provided some services? guest: i think it could be but the government would have to beef up their -- they would have to go on a hiring spree and that nothing that is callable right now. i do not know of that would be the best thing over all. ceainly we talk about a bloated public workforce we're seeing the same thing in the private-sector work people are getting very wealthy off of taxpayer funds. they are a private company but they are not really because th

different federal agencies that have the capacity, the fbi couldn't do this alone, you'll have the ncc, the department of homeland security, the counterterrorism center, you're going to have state and local have capacity and so everyone is looking. >> and then once they have identified through, say, that lord & taylor video and the other video, we believe two videos that were key to the identification to the extent of this apparent suspect, alleged suspect, once they do that, i imagine they have to go relook at everything they already looked at with that person in mind. >> right. and then -- my guess is that's what made them pretty confident because they had -- they finally had the middle piece, they didn't have before, then they could go both backwards and forwards and see what this guy was doing. he did start running after he dropped the bag in terms of timeline. >> we don't really know how confident they are. we believe they saw somebody who they think is acting in a suspicious way, but who he is and what he was doing and what the rational would be. mike brooks is with us. he's a le

the ncc has selected sierra leone to develop a compact.t karoma. [applause] the united states is committed to continuing its strong partnership with leaders in countries committed to democracy, respect for human rights, the full inclusion of women in society, economics and politics as well as religious depressed freedoms. president sall welcome. [applause] >> i am going to stop here since we have a very full program and not a great deal of time. i would like to turn the microphone over first two president karoma and then to our other two presidents and one prime minister who are here with us today. i will ask that each of you tried to keep your remarks to no more than five minutes so that we have ample time for questions from our audience here as well as in our overflow rooms as well as those who are following us on social media. ..