. >> americans for prosperity is non partisan and that is essential at the time when the very foundations of our nation are being challenged. in all candor we have seen both political parties come up short and make disastrous mistakes. now more than ever we the strong principal freedom movement to hold both accountable and that's exactly what american for prosperity is doing. >> do you agree with the non partisan label? >> they certainly target democrats more than republicans. you have to say there is a situation right now in detroit where americans for prosperity has come out against a plan to fund the pension system there to the tune of 195 million and the americans for prosperity is saying if you guys vote for this talking to the republicans and the state legislature, if you vote for this, we're going to target you for defeat. in some instances they do go after republicans and moderates as well. >> how much money have they given to politics in the last 20, 25 years. >> i think that's hard to quantity because it certainly is well into the millions. but a lot doesn't flow to the politica

accountable and that's exactly what american for prosperity is doing. >> do you agree with the non partisanabel? >> they certainly target democrats more than republicans. you have to say there is a situation right now in detroit where americans for prosperity has come out against a plan to fund the pension system there to the tune of 195 million and the americans for prosperity is saying if you guys vote for this talking to the republicans and the state legislature, if you vote for this, we're going to target you for defeat. in some instances they do go after republicans and moderates as well. >> how much money have they given to politics in the last 20, 25 years. >> i think that's hard to quantity because it certainly is well into the millions. but a lot doesn't flow to the political system directly. they spend a lot of to influence political culture through a variety of think tanks and educational institutions. a lot of charles's money has gone to money like the cueto institute. it's through this way that they've sought to influence the political system and not just through the funding of

i think a little different motivation than that. >> i will say it's nice to see non-partisan frustrationer the implications of that. before we let you guys go, we had to get to this latest sound of bill clinton defending hillary clinton. it's going viral online. of kourks he was coming out really defending her against these charges that she's out of touch because she made those dead broke comments saying she wasn't that well off. listen to him. >> it is factually true that we were several million dollars in debt. i think i had the lowest net worth of any american president in the 20th century when i took office, but i still could have been tone deaf. no i don't and we've got a good life and i'm grateful for it. but i still -- we go to our local grocery store on the weekend. we talk to people in our town, we know what's going on. the real issue is if you've been fortunate enough to be successful, are you now out of touch and insensitive to the agonizing struggles other people are facing. >> governor, why this general discomfort with talking about being wealthy? we elect hyper wealthy cand

i want to make the point that bill cosby's on the only non-partisan father in america.he numbers for barack obama. 69% of democrats chose him number one. only 3% of republicans. now look at the flip. george herbert walker bush. eking out number one choice of americans just eking out a win over bill cosby. and her to one i point out because he's not a politician, tom hanks. that was the third highest, but only 30% of democrats. this was done by the eagles, one of the most philanthropic organizations. >> what is it that bill cosby is doing that everybody else isn't doing? >> because he talks about parenting and family. and he did so with great joy and fat albert, and one of the great cartoons of all time. >> can you do it? >> hey, hey, hey. it's fat albert, and i actually look like fat albert. and he's been two generations. he was popular in the early 1960s with "i spy." so here's someone who speaks about the importance of family and fathers for their kids. >> how is it, it makes me a little bit sad to see even going for a father it's divided along party lines pt how can

. >> supposed to be a non-partisan organization accused of taking sides. >> we'll see what happens tonight meantime, thanks so much for joining us today. >> "the real story" with gretchen starts right now. >>> we start with today because secretary of state john kerry arriving now in jordan after meeting with political and ethnic leaders today in baghdad as the violence spirals out of control still in that region. >>> hi, everyone. hope you had a great weekend. i'm gretchen carlson. welcome to "the real story" for a monday. >>> isis militants locked in a series of deadly battles across iraq and continue to press toward baghdad. this week alone they seized more for towns in the west as well as two border crossings with jordan and syria. we are hearing a key hydroelectric dam may have fallen into their

be able to trust that it will once again become non-partisan, non-political. your agency has a set of rules for taxpayers and apparently another set for themselves. the american people understand that if they cannot prove that they did the right thing in their tax return five, six, and seven years ago it will be disallowed the land they will pay taxes and penalty. welcome in fact of you maintain only six months of records and that apparently count on people good and bad to maintain documents they think are important beyond that and do so without safeguards to protect the iraqi people from the laws of those documents. commissioner, tonight you will say that you have produced dozens of documents. it will be an impressive number. quite frankly, that production is pushing a button and printing documents out and that having people scratch out almost everything of value, in many cases. it is not producing the documents that you don't want to produce, the documents that embarrassing. the fact is, it is the last documents, not the first documents that normally do as g

the report was commissioned by the non-partisan risky business project, chaired by former new york city mayor michael r. bloomberg. two universities in the nation's capital have agreed to a major energy deal to buy more than half their power from three new solar power farms. those farms are planned to be in north carolina. the project will break ground this summer. once fully operational with 243,000 solar panels, the solar farms are expected to generate 123 million kilowatt hours of electricity per year. planners say the project will eliminate about 60- thousand metric tons of carbon emissions per year. that's the equivalent of taking over 12-thousand cars off the road. water levels in southern minnesota are expected to remain high for the next couple of days. this is video near mankato. where the rising water is approaching its highest in 50 years because of heavy rain. crews are watching out for hazardous debris in the area. secretary of state john thank kerry is in iraq for a second day today. he is trying to get iraqi leaders to overhaul the shiite-led government in an effort to de

it was commissioned by a non-partisan project. they want businesses to prepare for the effects of climate change and push for reductions in emissions blamed for heating the planet. here say break down of conditions. they expect in the year 2050 -- i will be brief -- in the southwest an additional month of testimonies in the mid-90s. expect wildfires in the midwest. 19% less crop yield. moving to the southeast, 11 to 36,000 additional deaths that may be related to heat per year. at home, this is the number you need to know about. in the northeast, 6 to $9 billion in property damage because the water levels they expect to rise significantly. they want to warn businesses, if they don't make changes now that they may not be able to flank these outcomes by 2050. live in the digital operations center, keith jones, nbc 10 news. >> here is something that might help. an environmental group is fighting to get more electric cars on the road. nbc 10 in newark where environment america officials explain the findings of its new report. it argue

1993, harry reid said this on the floor of the senate -- [video clip] >> who is this so-called non partisan grassroots group that calls it citizens for a sound economy? i'd like to point out a few facts about this group. this group has as its top officials a family by the name of coke. these officers, these coke family members are known for their ultra and i stress ultra right wing conservativism and i think even this statement gives conservative. a bad name which it doesn't deserve. >> that was 1993. he's been beating this drum a lot longer than i realized i suppose. >> that's the first one we could find. just to jump ahead here, the washington "free beacon" which is owned by a foundation the senator for american freedom, has put together a video. you might have seen it that shows mr. reed on the floor of the senate mentioning the coke brothers 134 times. we'll run this for a little bit of this. this is recent that they put this together this year. let's watch. (repeats: "coke brothers") (repeats: "coke brothers") these two brothers are trying to buy america. >> what's going on? >> you kno

these are non-partisan issues of mismanagement, of bureaucracy and veterans not receiving care they deservee promised them. so here again, you need to bring in an outsider who can really help bring in sweeping changes and some sweeping reforms and so right now, even from republicans we're seeing praise of this potential choice. >> the question becomes the timeline. we know congressional lawmakers are working from both sides of the aisle to develop some new legislation they hope will help with the va. congress is on break because of the july 4th holiday. we this appointment as well, wes, ontimeline. when do we see results either a new secretary from the va or from legislatures. >> i can't give you any good news or veterans watching at home. it will be probably long timeline before we see sub assistant sieve changes in the va we're talking about problems entrenched for decades. we're looking at noll knee accepted quickly. but going facility by facility, reviewing wait times and care being provided and diving deep into the institutional cultural problem, you're talking about the course of year

. >> supposed to be a non-partisan organization accused of taking sides. >> we'll see what happens tonight. meantime, thanks so much for joining us today. >> "the real story" with gretchen starts right now. >>> we start with today because secretary of state john kerry arriving now in jordan after meeting with political and ethnic leaders today in baghdad as the violence spirals out of control still in that region. >>> hi, everyone. hope you had a great weekend. i'm gretchen carlson. welcome to "the real story" for a monday. >>> isis militants locked in a series of deadly battles across iraq and continue to press toward baghdad. this week alone they seized more for towns in the west as well as two border crossings with jordan and syria. we are hearing a key hydroelectric dam may have fallen into their hands. secretary kerry met with al maliki today. any details of what they talked about? >> reporter: first, in terms of the hydroelectric dam, this is significant because isis militants are also trying to take control of an oil refinery, massive oil refinery, in northern iraq. if they were to

that's a non-partisan scandal. that's a horrifying situation and the mesh people want answers.g. there is, unfortunately, a lot more the american people to think about other than jobs ant economy. >> you're right, those are very important issues. i hope we get to the bottom of the irs scandal after they review all of the e-mails and come up with something other than you targeted tea party groups. the second thing on the va scandal, that's absolutely horrible that men and women who served our country cannot come back and get the health care they need. we need -- >> who should be fired? >> why is everybody a finger pointing as opposed to let's solve the problem and move the country forward? get back to jobs and the economy. >> now that we've mentioned a lot of different things that have come up. poll number is from nbc news/"wall street journal." the question was can president obama lead the country and get the job done? yes, 42%. no, 54%. is this lame duckism kicking in a little early, as in pre-mid-terms? is this a trough that he'll come out of? how does he combat this? that's

called the "risky business project, the non-partisan effort is led by former new york city mayor michaelomberg, an independent; former treasury secretary henry paulson, a republican; and billionaire financier and democratic donor, tom steyer. the group warned tuesday that if carbon dioxide levels continue rising at their current pace. between $66 and $106 billion dollars of u.s. coastal property will likely be below sea level by 2050. days with temperatures exceeding 95 degrees may triple, to as and farm production could drop 14%. in a video statement, bloomberg says it's time to change course. >> if you invest in real estate, commodities, municipal or corporate bonds, these risks matter to you. unless we get serious about managing the risks of climate change, we're likely to see more severe losses in the future. >> woodruff: the group calls for a comprehensive response, but makes no specific recommendations. former treasury secretary henry paulson joins me now. thank you for being with us. >> judy, it's good to be here. >> woodruff: so this is an effort to focus on the economic impact o

. >> reporter: in fact, according to a 2012 study from the non- partisan vera institute, many children not granted relief from removal, despite having legitimate claims to a visa or asylum. immigration attorneys and experts say that most children are placed in removal proceedings within one year of arrival. some of those who have been released can be difficult to track down and physically deport. those with attorneys continue to fight. >> the borders of the united states are not open, not even for children who come on their own, and the deportation process starts when they get here, and we expect that it will continue for the vast majority of these kids. >> reporter: back in northern virginia, nodwin is getting to know his parents, who left honduras when he was just five and a half months old. they didn't want their faces shown in this report. >> ( translated ): when i saw them i ran towards them and hugged them and they told me "welcome to your parents' home" >> reporter: he's allowed to stay in the u.s. while his asylum claim makes it's way through the courts. he's also just finished

. >> it is interesting that is supposed to be a non-partisan operation but now a staunch republican andat causes serious problems within the equity congress because there were a number of democrats as well as frank we tin was one of them a and there was warfare within the equity congress to destroy the of movement by the of way. >> what is fascinating is they could organize with over 4,600 people. >> the fact that he could keep together a unit to that was established in 1911 of 1,000 men? through 1916 despite all the obstacles thrown in their way. with the a disparagements of him for the way the officers were selected even colonel marshalled was part of who came tournai york that was the official conference of the 15 new york. in the report was highly a critical meeting to the construction when the legislation in a cave from albany with did democratic governor to be impeached and convicted and removed from office eventually the order was this regiment was to be formed to entirely within 90 days but the leadership decided they would muster in the regiment company by company to drag out t

first of all, it really is a truly non-partisan set of tools that have been used, a bipartisan set of tools. i think that's been indicated. and one of the first personnel calls that i made during the transition in 2008 was to track down stewart levy at an event with his kids, right? >> and talk him in to stay -- >> get him to stay in the obama administration and he did. and i think to steve's point, it resulted in continuity in building on the tools and insights that had been developed in the bush administration that we built on and enhanced, i think, going forward, so, it really is a bipartisan effort. treasury is at the table and has been at the table addressing some of our most important security issues, national security issues, whether it be the terrorist threat or it be the north korea challenge or the non-proliferation challenge in iran. i think the point that steve pointed to, which is a really important point that goes to the point of the strength of being at the center of the world financial system here in terms of our ability to do these things. in many ways, even our unila

this is an analytical point from a non-partisan point of view, but the president is the ceo of the country he has to bring the country together. he has to figure out how to work his will. all of you who were in congress know that the process of consultation -- speaker, i haster, i remember interviewing president bush once and he had to leave to go have lunch with you. you spent time, you talked things out. there is an isolation now in the white house. it is always a bunker, to a certain extent, which i am sure mike mccurry can attest to having lived in a bunker for years in the clinton white house. >> around zestier topics. >> pardon? >> around zestier topics. >> yes, right. [laughter] real life. there needs to be -- the congress and the republicans bear some responsibility for this, but basically the ceo of the country has to find a way to work his will. if you look at the history of this, two presidents from two different parties, reagan and clinton, you can criticize them and many would in many ways. but they found a way to work their will. and obama has not found a way on these foreign

it is non-partisan, and we look forward to working with all of your agency's in giving you this judge tory authority necessary and the funding necessary to meet our 100 million international visitors will. thank you very much. .. >>asy i have the planned process for hanging in the family is said to the kitchens to make edible with the small amount of tea hc and the leaves here are the trim, and that to be tried to made into joints or sent to the places into a cash and then right here we have of finished but sent to carrier and haing touche dry in a couple of weeks before they sell its in the dispensary. >> come to order. the 11th of series of hearings about the hiring education act yesterday released my opening thoughts on what it should look like and i have asked all stakeholders to submit their thoughts and comments by august 29th and continue to add to that proposal is today's hearing to determine how best to proceed on that topic. the focus of today's hearing campus sexual assaults is profoundly important. too many students are salted on our nation's college campuses. according to

when a member of congress calls for them to join in a town hall meeting or university that is non-partisanto be engaged with the community. i hope you view that as the important role. >> i speak to all once a week. >> you are my representative so get out there. the of maurice you know, the fbi the more you like we just have to talk to folks. >> i want to pose the question i am from texas and we have been dealing with a case that seems to have been caught in a quagmire of an african-american male that was designed as of the killing the body was found 18 days after it was reported in well-liked and the glove from a family in the area and with that on killing investigation i will request a general briefing on the parameters. this has gotten caught up of the scale of injustice that is almost unbelievable with local officials and even federal law enforcement if there's a to a close relationship and i don't make these allegations but as the inquiry. land i want to get of briefing at this time. also the case which i believe of the young man shot on his own front lawn with his parents saying this

the economic club of new york is the nation's leading non-partisan forum for economic policy speeches. more than 1,000 speakers have appeared before the club. this is establish ad very strong tradition of excellence. like to recognize 214 members of the centennial society who have contributed to insure a sound future for the club. and i would like to welcome the students here today from brooklyn college and law school, columbia university business school, and nyu law school, fordham and the new school. their attendance is made possible by our members. we're honored today to hear from mary jo white, chair of the securities & exchange commission. i for one am very happy to see she is at the fcc performing so ably and leading that institution. chair white arrived at the fcc -- sec in april last year, with decades of experience as a federal prosecutor and securities lawyer. as a u.s. attorney for the southern district from 1993 to 2000 two, she specializes in prosecuting complex securities and financial institution fraud cases and international terrorism cases. after leaving her u.s. atto

this is a non-partisan issue.increasingly, americans of all backgrounds, of all political and religious beliefs are coming to embrace marriage for same-sex couples. i think we're just seeing where the future is headed. the supreme court will obviously be taking it up and probably much sooner than anyone ever anticipated. and every single decision that occurs at the lower court level just reaffirms that it is a constitutional right for same-sex couples to marry. host: do you think the supreme court is going to wait for another circuit supreme court decision or do you think they'll take it up from this 10th circuit court decision you say sooner rather than later? guest: it's too early to tell. we're waiting a decision on the fourth quarter -- fourth circuit. it wouldn't come down prior to the october term in which the supreme court would have an opportunity to taking the 10th circuit court decision. there are several other cases teed up in front of the sixth circuit and the seventh circuit. so the court may have qui

it is non-partisan, and we look forward to working with all of your agency's in giving you this judge tory authority necessary and the funding necessary to meet our 100 million international visitors will. thank you very much. .. >> come to order. the 11th of series of hearings about the hiring education act yesterday released my opening thoughts on what it should look like and i have asked all stakeholders to submit their thoughts and comments by august 29th and continue to add to that proposal is today's hearing to determine how best to proceed on that topic. the focus of today's hearing campus sexual assaults is profoundly important. too many students are salted on our nation's college campuses. according to current research one of five winners sexually assaulting her victims of sexual assault while in college we will hear today sexual assaults is not just happen to women wind out of 60 men have also had sexual assaults and lgbt or those with disabilities may have a higher risk. no student should have to endure something so4:b terrible while in college and today we will hear from t

requires absolute integrity, and people have to have confidence that they are applying the laws in a non-partisano you believe that according to the litmus test outlined by the president that it has been followed? that we have seen congress or the administration interrogating or questioning the irs as to the standards first dictated by the president 13 months ago? >> i don't believe it for a second. all the evidence is otherwise. to all of a sudden find after a year of asking for the e-mails from lois lerner, to find that her computer had crashed containing all the important information or e-mails between 2009 and 2011 -- >> it wasn't only hers. was it, senator? it happened to coincidentally involve six other staffers? >> worse than that. because hers crashed. then they took it and said they tried to get what they could out of it, but then destroyed it. so we have no chance of looking at it, and doing anything more. then just monday, a week ago, we met with the commissioner and three of his staff people, and not one mention about the other six computers that may have crashed, and at least one com

it's remarkable, judge gonzalez, how non-partisan you seem in this whole debate? >> well, i try to be fair about these kind of things, unlike the critics of president bush, including candidate obamaingen very unpleasant about making these decisions. i've given counsel to the president and the attorney general. i understand how difficult these decisions can be. i long ago learned that i'm not very good at predicting how the court is going to come out an issues relating to the war on terrorism. >> in your roam at attorney general, you had disagreements sometimes with members on the hill. is this a case of the executive and the legislative branches interpreting their roles differently? >> no question about it. there's always an institutional dance that occurs between the branches of government with respect to the exercise of power, and each branch is going to want to protect their prerogatives, and we're seeing a little bit of that in connection with this debate ongoing right now. >> thank you very much, sir, alberto gonzalez, former attorney general of the united st

the people who run those programs know it and every year they issue a report and these are non-partisan the actuaries, and issue the report to congress and the president. and the longer you wait to address the problem the deeper the hole gets. the more the burden of the situation will fall on their kids. we're the vendor future. the political scene system is the gridlock, it will take those challenges but the answers to some degree, if our political leaders step up to the challenge of rebalancing these in a way that is typical -- and equitable across the board we give them a better chance to fly but at the moment they're very skeptical to get these programs and i hate to say it but at the moment their skepticism is justified. >> thank you, paul. thank you for writing this book, for appearing with us today, giving us some insight into these important generational patterns. you will be signing books outside the auditorium. if anybody would like to ask a question, meet him, a book, you can join us out front. thank you for coming. [applause] >> thanks to all of you for attending. as was sai

we have a difference of opinion that can be resolved by the congressional budget office, non-partisan are better here, i think our revenues actually get to record levels in the next couple decades and then above the 18%. chris talked about 19% back in 1999, 2000, 2001. we had 18%, a deficit of $160 billion, we can get back there. instead of talking so much about how much taxes are a burden on the economy we should talk more about growth and pro-growth tax reform by lowering rates, bargaining and the base, could be revenue neutral, in other words not have an impact on the static perspective but from a macro economic perspective through growth, and frankly creating more jobs and opportunities and part of this discussion, probably realistically next year. what i talked about this year is the president's own budget put in place as part of a continuing resolution and what we have to deal with this year as part of the debt ceiling, something that takes that first step. even a baby step toward dealing with mandatory spending programs where we had an agreement between democrats and republican

when a member of congress calls for them to join in a town hall meeting or university that is non-partisaned with the community. i hope you view that as the important role. >> i speak to all once a week. >> you are my representative so get out there. the of maurice you know, the fbi the more you like we just have to talk to folks. >> i want to pose the question i am from texas and we have been dealing with a case that seems to have been caught in a quagmire of an african-american male that was designed as of the killing the body was found 18 days after it was reported in well-liked and the glove from a family in the area and with that on killing investigation i will request a general briefing on the parameters. this has gotten caught up of the scale of injustice that is almost unbelievable with local officials and even federal law enforcement if there's a to a close relationship and i don't make these allegations but as the inquiry. land i want to get of briefing at this time. also the case which i believe of the young man shot on his own front lawn with his parents saying this is his hous

this is a non-partisan issue. increasingly, americans of all backgrounds, of all political and religious beliefs are coming to embrace marriage for same-sex couples. i think we're just seeing where the future is headed. the supreme court will obviously be taking it up and probably much sooner than anyone ever anticipated. and every single decision that occurs at the lower court level just reaffirms that it is a constitutional right for same-sex couples to marry. host: do you think the supreme court is going to wait for another circuit supreme court decision or do you think they'll take it up from this 10th circuit court decision you say sooner rather than later? guest: it's too early to tell. we're waiting a decision on the fourth quarter -- fourth circuit. it wouldn't come down prior to the october term in which the supreme court would have an opportunity to taking the 10th circuit court decision. there are several other cases teed up in front of the sixth circuit and the seventh circuit. so the court may have qu

saying he doesn't have a future ahead of him, but i agree with what you said on a non-ideological, non-partisanwhen he walked into the studio. >> his polling apparently that some of the press reports show him ahead by 25, 35 points. in a week period, how do you go from being up 35 points to losing by 12? >> a couple of things happened. >> i have some thoughts, but i'm curious to know what your thinking is on this. and steve's. >> so -- and steve can certainly explain this more. but i used to always tell people that we're working on our campaign. 50% of the people that are going to vote, about a third of them are going to vote in the republican primary if you're lucky. maybe only 25% of the 50% are going to vote. if it's a special election, probably only 10, 11, 12% of those 50% are going to vote. and when you have an election in june, the numbers are horrific. this election were held in september after kids were back in school. you would have a higher turnout. and eric cantor would have won. locusts descending eating flesh off of the establishment in washington, d.c. those folks all won when ba

bipartisan or non-partisan, i think everybody at first -- the president was hoping they could get a bumps would have cheered had this all been on the up and up. it appears it's not. susan rice has been put out there a second time telling the same things that aren't quite accurate. she should stay off tv, they should keep her off tv. >> what's not accurate about what susan rice said? >> she goes out with the talking points and saying this was all on the up and up. this is a case where this geyser vd honorably when there was enough evidence to the contrary. >> does it matter? >> there's a couple of different issues here. there's an issue of should congress have been notified, did the president break the law? that's the one i think dianne feinstein -- >> does it matter to you if it deserted? >> it does matter to me. for the american people, that's what they will focus on. when we have so many men and women who did serve honorably. >> would you have left him there? >> i'm not the president. >> you have an opinion. >> as a layperson, i would say you don't hand over five terrorists, two of who

the people who run those programs know it and every year they issue a report and these are non-partisan the actuaries, and issue the report to congress and the president. and the longer you wait to address the problem the deeper the hole gets. the more the burden of the situation will fall on their kids. we're the vendor future. the political scene system is the gridlock, it will take those challenges but the answers to some degree, if our political leaders step up to the challenge of rebalancing these in a way that is typical -- and equitable across the board we give them a better chance to fly but at the moment they're very skeptical to get these programs and i hate to say it but at the moment their skepticism is justified. >> thank you, paul. thank you for writing this book, for appearing with us today, giving us some insight into these important generational patterns. you will be signing books outside the auditorium. if anybody would like to ask a question, meet him, a book, you can join us out front. thank you for coming. [applause] >> thanks to all of you for attending. as was sai

be able to trust that it will once again become non-partisan, non-political. your agency has a set of rules for taxpayers and apparently another set for themselves. the american people understand that if they cannot prove that they did the right thing in their tax return five, six, and seven years ago it will be disallowed the land they will pay taxes and penalty. welcome in fact of you maintain only six months of records and that apparently count on people good and bad to maintain documents they think are important beyond that and do so without safeguards to protect the iraqi people from the laws of those documents. commissioner, tonight you will say that you have produced dozens of documents. it will be an impressive number. quite frankly, that production is pushing a button and printing documents out and that having people scratch out almost everything of value, in many cases. it is not producing the documents that you don't want to produce, the documents that embarrassing. the fact is, it is the last documents, not the first documents that normally do as g