so with this we welcome our friend from the uk, the right honorable philip hammond. [applause] >> thank you for your kind introduction, we are delighted to be here at the american enterprise institute. you are regarded as one of the most influential think tanks in the work that you do here have a real world impact and papers become policy in republican and democrat administrations. i also welcome the board members who are here today. the fact that so many influential and busy individuals regularly take time to speak to us is testament to your representation for high-quality and relevant work. i haven't come here by chance but by choice because i want to make an argument to a conservative audience. her is, that it is consistent with conservative values to tackle the challenge of climate change and that those conservatives values and shows how best to deal with these challenges. as i said with my speech in boston, for too long we have allowed the debate about climate change to be dominated by idealists. and those that they and only they have the answers to the climate

i am honored to be with philip hammond of the u.k. reign minister am a for his speech on energy and climate policy. a few quick words about our guest, mr. hammond is the secretary of state for commonwealth affairs. a conservative member of parliament in 1997 and has served as the secretary of state for transport and security. career, he political has had a business career in small and medium-sized countries. -- companies. we are delighted to hear his remarks about conservative approaches on how we can understand the climate and energy situation. we are also honored to have with us the british ambassador to the united states. with this, we welcome our friend from the u.k., the honorable philip hammond. [applause] sec. hammond: thank you very much for that kind introduction. i am delighted to be here at the american enterprise institute. you are rightly regarded as one of the most influential think tanks. the work that you do has a real impact. papers become policy and republican and democratic administrations. i also welcome the board m

philip hammond/ british foreign secretary "we formed a judgment that there is a significant possibility that the russian aircraft was brought down by an explosive device on board." britain, one of 3 countries stopping all flights to the airport where the plane took off. american aircraft have long been warned away from this area. josh earnest/ white house press secretary "we obviously have a strong desire to get to the bottom of what exactly happened there." no-one is ruling out a technical fault as the cause- the black box recorders are still being worked on. bill neely / nbc news/ cairo, egypt "well the egyptians are really kicking back now. the government minister saying he simply doesn't accept the us theory as fact. but egypt has now fired the head of the airport from where the plane took off and investigators have found really lax security there. the russisis too don't accept the us theory. 23 russian tourist planes are flying into that airport today, but the russians have just sent anti aircraft missiles to protect now a target. back to you." >> a a cent poll shows the majority o

well, the foreign minister, philip hammond, said they're working to bring home these 20,000 british tourists who are still in sharm el sheikh. they're trying to get them home by tomorrow. they're talking about specially monitored flights because for now there are no regular british commercial flights being allowed to fly in d out. britain n calling these short-term special measures, but in the long term they're looking at what can be done to tighten security at the sharm el sheikh airport. reena. >> all right, alex marquardt joining us there from egypt alex, thank you. >>> we now turn to presidential politics. donald trump creating controversy again. an upcoming appearance on "saturday night live." with "your voice, your vote," abc's lana zak is live in washington for us this morning. lana, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, reena and kendis. donald trump is scheduled to host "satutuay night live" this weekend, andndhe protests are getting louder. overnight people gathered outside of nbc's headquarteru in new york city. they're demanding the network drop the republican candidate from t

philip hammond has said this morning that britain was acting not just on information in the appropriatebut what he called sensitive intelligence as well, which does seem to point to something inside, and will inevitably ramp-up pressure on other countries to follow suit. chris, what airlines are going to the affected? >> initially, five airlines that fly to sharm el sheikh. easyjet is most exposed. they say that there are 4500 passengers in sinai at the moment. the plan is to get them out as undertakingible, extra checks before bringing those people back. but they likely have to stay in the hotel over there for some days yet. francine: thank you so much, chris jasper. we will keep a very close eye on it. the crude price plunges. the oil services provider slumped the most in 13 years after it cut its dividend by half. we are joined by the company's cfo. thank you for joining us on the program. we were just speaking to the chairman of delta, who had to postpone their dividend. out whatust to figure the best way forward is? >> good morning. clearly, we're operating in difficult markets, wi

philip hammond: we have concluded there is a significant possibility that the crash was caused by an explosive device on board the aircraft meanwhile? russia's foreign ministry is pushing back? saying it is "shocked " ? calling such statements "premature "? and that the uk has yet to share any evidence that the plane was bombed ? this all comes as the british prime minister david cameron and egyptian president met face-to-face today at 10 downing street ? cameron saying british investigators are working closely with the egyptians on securty. cameron sot not certain it's a bomb but increasingly likely it was a bomb / must be safety of brits those concerns as thousands of british tourists remain stranded in sharm el sheikh ? causing the netherlands, france a jefferson county teacher has a new title this morning- the state's top teacher. scott slechta has taught english and language arts at fairfield high school since 1984. he has also served in many district and state education leadership roles during his time at the school. slechta credits other teachers for all he's learned about how

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let's listen to what philip hammond, the u.k.tary had to say. >> it is matter of public record that isil sinai have claimed that they brought the aircraft down. as i said earlier, looking at the totality of the information, we judge there is a significant possibility this could have been an explosive device. >> reporter: the reason the u.k. has gone further than the u.s. on this is very clear. there are some 20,000 british tourists in sharm el sheikh who are trying to get back home. the british government and david cameron says it is his priority to make sure they get back home safely. john. >> diana magnay outside 10 downing street. thank you. >>> and efforts to evacuate tourists from sharm el sheikh hitting a roadblock. easyjet is barred from flying into the airport there to pick up thousands of tourists stranded there after the plane crash and taking them home. easyjet says this applies to other british jetliners as well. let's bring in erin mclaughlin in sharm el sheikh for latest. erin. >> reporter: christine, it is a confus

out of the assessment of security, they decided to change the travel advice, philip hammond saying that they are on the ground advising egyptian officials on additional emergency security procedures. egyptian officials do not have all of the information that british authorities have managed to obtain. now, the decision to change travel to sharm el-sheikh, he says, is premature. egypted civil organization saying that they downloaded the information from the flight data recorder and they are also looking at the cockpit voice recorder and say that was damaged and could take more time. now, that portion of the investigation is very much an international effort egypt is leading but russians, germans and the french taking part in analyzing those black boxes seen as really critical to providing concrete evidence to what happened to the plane. erin? >> erin, thank you very much. >>> "outfront" now, our terrorism analyst paul cruickshank. you heard barbara talk about how this could change the assessment, isis being able to change the way they do terrorism. >> they managed to recruit an insider a

just moments ago, britain's foreign secretary philip hammond announced that the uk was limiting britishlights to and from the sharm el sheikh airport. take a listen. >> when we are in possession of information, we will not hesitate to act on it in order to protect that security and we will take whatever criticisms we receive. we have to act in the interest of british nationals. we've looked at the broad picture of information available to us, including intelligence, and we have concluded from that, that there's a significant possibility that the russian aircraft was brought down by an explosive device on board. in consequence, we've needed to review the big picture, security arrangements, level of risk, and we have decided for the time being that we must suspend flights out to sharm el sheikh and advise against all but essential travel by air. >> we'll have much more on this breaking news ahead. including a conversation with senator al franken next. well, right now you can get 15 gigs for the price of 10. that's 5 extra gigs for the same price. so five more gigs for the same price? may

i'm president of the american enterprise institute and i'm honored to be with the honorable philip hammond on energy and climate policy. a few quick words about our guest, he is a secretary of state for one and c

enough evidence for officials to go with the bomb theory according to british foreign secretary philip hammondur conclusions and the decisions we have taken have been based on a review of all the information available to us. some of it open source. some of it intelligence information. >> reporter: prompted in part by the hammer blow the plane crashes dealt to the crucial tourist industry the egyptians smell a conspiracy the front page splashed the he'd line the people defy the conspiracy egypt will not cave into pressures. egypt stands up to the west's terrorism t. sinai-based isis affiliate that claimed credit for downing the plane released this photo montage, reportedly showing areas they control to portray the government as the bad guys. in spite of the egyptian government's insistence it is in complete control of the sinai, isis continues to operate with impunity in a small but isolated area. investigators are searching for more clues in the attack that killed americans in jordan. thet shooing near amman does not appear to be terror-related. the death toll stands at six, including the gunm

former secretary philip hammond didn't mince words. >> we looked at the available information available to us, including intelligence, and we have concluded from thaha that there is a significant possibility that the russian aircraft was brought down by an explosive device on board. >> reporter: new video reportedly taken shortly after the crash shows s ske rising from the wreckage and egyptian ambulance workers on the scene. officially u.s. intelligence agencies declined to speculate on the cause in order to not to prejudice the ongoing investigation. off the rererd, u.s. intelligence sources have told cbs news they are leaning toward the bomb theory and basing it on a chatter evidence from social media. a tracking w wsite showed the plane plunging at the ground at 300 miles an hour. if there was a bomb, wreckage and bodies will provide the evidence. aviation consultant danny kelly say. >> there is going to be certain types of markings on the b by and there is going to be certain things, certain types of that would show that there was, if you will, an sternal explososn. those two thing

conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> philip hammond is in washington this week and will have his remarks on climate change, then undersecretary of defense on women and national security, followed by another chance to see louisiana governors debate between david vitter and john edwards. >> this veterans day on c-span, congressional freshman profiles of members who are veterans, we will talk to a harvard graduate did it for tours in iraq and republican steve russell of oklahoma. he was involved in the hunt for saddam hussein. that is tomorrow on c-span. wednesday, special veterans day edition of "washington journal." guests include bill rauch of the afghanistan veterans of america who talk about veterans and military issues and then i look at them mental health of america's veterans with the veterans health administration and karen ritchie of the washington dc va medical center. plus your phone calls, tweets and facebook comments, it begins live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> c-span has the best access to congress. watch live coverag

and i would like to ask you, invite you to join me in thanking foreign minister philip hammond. [ applausesident. speaking at the gathering, marco rubio, ted cruz, lindsey graham, donald trump, jeb bush, ben carson, and mike huckabee. you can see them live starting friday morning at 10:30 eastern. and the summit continues saturday with more candidates, bobby jindal, chris christie, rand paul, john kasich and carly fiorina. starting at 10:00 p.a.m. easter on saturday. >>> all persons having business before the honorable supreme court of the united states admonish to draw near and give their attention. >> my fellow americans. tonight our country faces a grave danger. we are faced by the possibility that at midnight tonight the steel industry will be shut down. there are i'm taking two actions tonight. first, i'm directing the secretary of commerce to take possession of the steel mills and to keep them operating. >> in 1952 the united states was involved in a military conflict with north korea and at home a dispute between the steel industry and its union had come to a head. >> the korean war

i'm honored to be with the right honor rabl philip hammond for his speech on energy and climate policyforeign and commonwealth affairs. he was elected a conservative member of parliament in 1997 and and previously served as secretary of state for transport of security and state and defense. he's had a business career in small and medium-size companies. from all over the uk economy. we're delighted to hear his remarks about conservative approaches to how we can understand the climate and energy situation. we're also delighted and honored to have with us sir peter westmacott, the british ambassador to the united states. with this we welcome our friend from the uk, the right honorable philip hammond. >> thank you very much, dr. brooks, for your kind introduction. i'm delighted to be here at the american enterprise institute. you are rightly regarded as one of the most influential think tanks. the work that you do here has a real world impact. papers become policy in republican and democrat administrations. i also welcome the aei board members who are here today. the fact that so many infl

last night, we heard from foreign secretary philip hammond denouncing temporarily all flights to ande suspended until they get to exactly what happened and try to include security measures in that airport, chris. >> here's the question. is it too easy for the u.s. and british to blame isis for since they're saying there's no evidence that even the russians aren't getting it? >> reporter: well, chris, at stage, the u.s. and britain are being caution. it does not have the hallmarks of a typical attack. we haven't heard on isis' official media channels of a compelling claim of responsibility which is unusual. and indeed, it's unusual for them, this would be a first, trying to take down. or in this case, actually blowing up a civilian airliner. i would say also important to remember, sinai is still very far from the hub of isis leadership, while militants have pledged to isis, it does not mean that they're necessarily coordinating attacks together. >>> u.s. intelligence officials still examining all angles of this disaster. of pentagon correspondent barbara starr has more. >> good mornin

well, the foreign minister, philip hammond, said they're working to bring home these 20,000 british tourists who are still in sharm el sheikh. they're trying to get them home by tomorw. they're talking about specially monitored flights because for now there are no regular british commercial flights being allowed to fly in and out. britain calling these short-term special measures, but in the long term they're looking at what can be done to tighten security at the sharm el sheikh airpor reena. >> all right, alex marquardt joining us there from egypt live. alex, thank you. >>> we now turn to presidential politics. donald trump creating controversy ain. >> yeah, this time it involves an upcoming appearance on "satday night live." with "your voice, your vote," abc's lana zak is live in washington for us this morning. lana, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, reena and kendis. donald trump is scheduled to host "saturdayay night le" this weekend, and the protests are getting louder. overnight people gathered outside of nbc's headquarters in new york city. they're demanding the network drop th