well you know i talked to the state policy network and they said today that you know their people have no coordinated agenda but if you look at the last four years and i listened to some of their kind of strategy meetings they're clearly going after after unions they're talking about consolidating power by and acting with these voter id laws going after acorn this kind of pave the way before james o'keefe and really just even the gerrymandering issue that these kind of absurdly drawn congressional districts these state think tanks are defending them saying no this is this is part of this is part of our state now you can't change these borders well and in fact you know democrats across the country running for the house of representatives got one point three million more votes than republicans did in the last election you would think that they would control the house of representatives they don't the republicans do because of the jury mandarin that you just described and that was all done in all driven at the state level of the isn't this really the brilliant strategy and this is kind of

concentrating their resources their political investments in the states this group the state policy network coordinates conservative think tanks in all fifty states they now have fifty nine affiliates and they're basically a p.r. firm for alec so the very fact the american legislative exchange council where the lobby is republican legislators get together and push push out corporate friendly legislation that's right so some of this is partisan some of it's ideological and another aspect is simply corporate lobbying but it's all under this kind of veneer

what does the state policy network to in relation to alec14. >> it is basically the p.r. for alec. spn will set up a think tank in a state capitol create policy papers to support that policy, o perform-eds, place media pieces supporting that policy and lobby the legislature to see i enacted. they're taking what alec creates and putting their weight to make it allow. michael: sounds like these think tanks are through issuing. why is that? >> the pelican institute was started in 2009, really after the 2008 election. republican planners looked beyond washington and saw that state capitols was where they could still have potential growth, so based on the disclosures that i reported in this story, we've seen 10s of millions of dollars flow to these either new think tanks like the pelican institute or existing state think tanks all over the country so they can compile over 400 journalists. they are also aggressively going after their opposition, creating these new websites to promote these types of kind of radical right wing reforms and really just overtaking their perceived en

the letter was organized by a bipartisan political policy network technet and included top executivest. >> there have been other issues but we view this issue as a defining issue. you know, last century people talked about the arms race. now it's all about the brain race. so whoever has the best brains, the best minds, the best talent is going to win that race. that's what the united states needs, and immigration is at the core of that issue. so when you think of immigration, it's about bringing talent from all over the globe. >> reporter: after facing criticism for not giving away enough of his fortune, zuckerberg made a splash on oprah in 2010 announcing his plan to plunk $100 million into newark, new jersey, schools. two years later, zuckerberg and his wife gave 18 million facebook shares or roughly $500 billion to the silicon valley community foundation for health and education funding. >> and most important things that your administration has done. >> reporter: but now it's all about political influence, and zuckerberg is playing both size of the aisle, hosting a town hall for pr

non-governmental organizations working loosely in networks with governments with wings of the united nations to try to promote various types of policies that they agree with and you know again you'll see clashing networks that try to undermine one another try to promote their differing visions of how to create well development maybe or whether we should have gay rights at the international level whether we should promote them in particular countries in all of these areas you have these kind of clashes between different ideologies different ideas about how to promote particular visions of the public good you but that's the market place as well right getting people to buy certain kind of drugs sure we don't eat it doesn't have to be can well i mean or it does not look at it we're going to get it in that way. it it doesn't it's certainly not conspiratorial i would say it is politics at the global level in which there again are very different views about how to solve particular problems whether things even are problems this is a major question between let's say the gun rights groups and the groups or trying to control guns and their sales

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answer and many of you are attorneys and have chosen to be policy makers and political leaders instead, but, we are part of a necessary network of services and when you address the criminal justice system and you go down with the district attorney, it is also important to m

i think in policy and politics it does, and certainly in entertainment the big networks that have allat shows over the many years, that started to change about ten years ago with reality tv. reality tv programs are inexpensive compared to a big undertaking like the bible. cable stations all across the speck trim are producing much better television. it's that unsatisfying sugar high from watching one reality show you want to see something of substance. great acting and tells us something about communicating to the younger people and it's visual. everything that they look, if you study the revolution, you read the story about the evolution and then you click on the links about george washington being sworn in as the first president. >> i wouldn't say our country is polarized by religion but i think we stored it in the attic and replaced witness more contemporary which is pornography and other things that consume people's time. i think its rejection of truth. we are seeing the end of truth and embracing relativism which goes, once you let go of religion you let go the idea of absolute t

are attorneys and have chosen to be policy makers and political leaders instead, but, we are part of a necessary network of services and when you address the criminal justice system and you go down with the district attorney, it is also important to remember that the aftermath of the criminal justice system whether it be prosecution or defense are the families, the women and children that we serve. and we are the ones that are out there on the ground, in the community, serving those needs that probably are more hidden from the public than most. and it is a tough time for all of us. budget wise, but for, those of us who represent survivors in court, if you have noticed that the courts are substantially reduced in the capacities it is particularly difficult for those women or survivors who are not english speaking and are low income, there are no court reporters, so that we are constantly waiting to get into court and there are no translators so that the resources, our resources are called on by the court and so in closing, let me just tell you our appreciation for renewing the commitment of san francisco

but i absolutely think we have to have a dense network of public policies to support these organizings off the hook. we need government to set a basic standard in the labor market. is there which is part of why they're trying to frame public workers as somehow a draw on the system. if they set a standard, they can push the standard down. >> and when the campaigns raise the minimum wage, we have tons of studies showing no negative impacts. employers will fight tooth and nail over every last scent. these are the fronts of the debate. what i would say is the new deal employment and labor law structure is out of date. the principles absolutely still apply. government has a role to set the basic terms of the labor market and then workers on the other side find the best form of organizing that fits them. we have several great examples. >> and there really is a disscopic story about our workplace realities. it's in part about the question of job security. [ male announcer ] every famous curve has an equally thrilling, lesser-known counterpart. conquer them with the exhilarating is 250. get g

both in policy and politics it does, and certainly in entertainment. the networks, the big networks , that really started to change aboutov 10 years ago with realityst tv. reality tv programs are inexpensive sigh compared to the bible. the cable stations all across the spectrum are producing much better television. and i think perhaps it is the unsatisfying sugar high you might get from watching one reality show. you actually want to see something of substance, great acting ande really great lighting. it tells a story and it tells the importance of communicating to younger people and it is visual. everything they look at -- if you study the revolution, you read the story about the evolution and then you click on the link to watch a video about gorming washington being sworn in as the first president. that is something happening in hollywood. >> i don't think our country is polarized by religion. we stored it in the attic like old furniture and replaced it withing more contemporary which is disposable entertainment like pornography that fills people's time. i don't

sometimes the challenges to expand medicare but sometimes a challenge is a payment policy and say can establish sufficient networks because one dominant health care system may continue with the house plan i don't believe paying plans more lead to higher choices sometimes you have a delicate the provider contract level but that underscores what the strategy has been to create those that have the best of managed-care plan also to make sure it is as strong as possible so that is the strategy to make sure they are as strong as possible so they can still receive the same coordination and managing principals. >> florida has the opposite of delaware. of birds of 40 of 50% is on medicare band age. let's talk about that. the insurance companies are screaming bloody murder but shouldn't they have known that the whole idea the changes of medicare's advantage was to cut out the 14 percent of the they had over and above medicare fee-for-service as a result of the prescription drug bill. >> before the affordable care act we said they were 14% greater than fee-for-service polyester made today and then repays even the rather. >>

lurches and not a mobile networks that we need to treat as threat networks that threaten our security and we need to come up with a policyand partnerships to put pressure on the network. the financiers, leaders, logistics, operators, the folks we learned how to go after in our threat not work we've done in the past. >> i just had one thing they've done speaking of the away game in the u.s. european command has put together a joint interagency counter trafficking center modeled to the one in key west, very low-cost whole of government, bringing the partners and trying finding good at these routes. it sold government agency approach we will succeed. >> i want to thank you all for your testimony and extra hours service to our nation and i think general kelly from your testimony about morale and the need to make sure we maintain what attracts the best and brightest and bravest were military is on point at this time in our history. thank you for your service in testimony today. >> thank you, senator blumenthal. senator jim was. >> thank you, mr. chairman. to reach of the thank you for your service, leadership and all the men

network. ♪ >>> a new policy meant to ease restrictions for airline passengers is not sitting well with everyoneng in april, the tsa will allow passengers to carry with them onboard items like pocket knives which have been banned since 9/11. the tsa says its decision will allow workers to focus on more serious weapons. but this is stirring anger among 9/11 victims families, also flight attendants. and joining me now is vita shook, vita, welcome. and i almost feel silly asking you why you are opposed to this. but go ahead and explain what the problem is. >> well, the problem is introducing weapons onboard. so knives have been prohibited onboard commercial aircraft for over a decade. and a reintroduction doesn't make any sense. >> former tsa chief kip holly agrees with this saying it should go a step further to allow battle axes, machetes onboard. both of which are obviously banned. so how do you respond to his argument that searching for these smaller items, if you will, that's a waste of time in essence distracting them from finding bigger weapons that could bring down an airliner. >> well, that

if you're not able to communicate through values and policies people agree with, it doesn't matter. >> michael steele, saw him on this network today saying that what you're watching is certain republicans are going out there and trying new ideas out there in the marketplace of ideas, and this is the way it should happen. it should be in effect free-lanced by senators and notable republicans that say i'm moving this way on immigration, for example. michael steele seems to think this is kind of working. >> sure, because it is not at the presidential level. folks in the senate showing, marco rubio, rand paul, senators on immigration, but the problem they're going to have is when they take -- when 2016 happens and they decide whether they're going to run for president when the base of the party starts smacking back, will this leadership they're showing, however nuanced, will that be the case when they decide to run for president. that's where the rough will be. i am not convinced that the courage we see now is what we will see in a year when they have to say to voters look, you're killing our party. we have to change. you must f

lurches and not a mobile networks that we need to treat as threat networks that threaten our security and we need to come up with a policyand partnerships to put pressure on the network. the financiers, leaders, logistics, operators, the folks we learned how to go after in our threat not work we've done in the past. >> i just had one thing they've done speaking of the away game in the u.s. european command has put together a joint interagency counter trafficking center modeled to the one in key west, very low-cost whole of government, bringing the partners and trying finding good at these routes. it sold government agency approach we will succeed. >> i want to thank you all for your testimony and extra hours service to our nation and i think general kelly from your testimony about morale and the need to make sure we maintain what attracts the best and brightest and bravest were military is on point at this time in our history. thank you for your service in testimony today. >> thank you, senator blumenthal. senator jim was. >> thank you, mr. chairman. to reach of the thank you for your service, leadership and all the men

not that means factory expansions or whether it's a distribution network, whatever it might be, that's what he's doing with this policy on -- >> does it all come to a screechscreec screeching halt, though? does it become the show me market? do companies start to pull back on investment and see -- they wait and see, as well, does that hurt earnings? >> that remains to be seen. >> all right. real cliff hanger there. let's go to the charts now. our next guest says what is driving this rally is way different than what we saw in 2007, so, let's get to the charts. check the details with the manager director of yamada research. great to see you. >> thank you. >> let's talk about the dow transports. another all-time high. that would be a good thing for most theorists. >> yes, absolutely. but when the dow joins it and they both make a new high, as they did today, you are in a much better position, in terms of the bull market. >> right. so, walk us through, so, still, you see a buy signal from the dow theory, correct. >> yes, absolutely. >> let's get to the next chart. the s&p 500, we have it from 1998 and we had a couple of to

to enlighten us and talk about more foreign policy with john kerry and iran, heather is the executive director of the national security networkhanks for being on the show. >> thanks for having me. michael: what are the ramifications immediately of the death of hugo chavez? is it something that americans are going to realize or feel in any way i'm not going to say on a daily basis but what's going to be the immediate impact, if any. >> your world tomorrow is going to look like today. he has been deathly ill for sometime. medura has been running the government. there will be an election. the interesting question that it's actually too early to know is whether there will be turbulence in the international oil markets because of this. that's really the one very short-term consequence that we could expect to see. remember, venezuela is a top global oil producer member of the opec. medium term frankly is where it starts to get interesting is an election held, can the vice president win what does the opposition do? chavez was an incredibly magnetic figure and became president four times on the basis of that. there's nobody that even

we must also make sure that consumer confidence in our communications networks and policies is there. this includes continued work and practical steps for online privacy and safety. we must aggressively fight fraud and abuse. i want to thank all five f.c.c. commissioners for being here today. i know you-all have a lot on your plate and i appreciate hearing from you on the issues for your agency. i'm particularly interested in your work on the pending broadcast television senate auctions, a topic which the subcommittee is also planning to explore. i was pleased that the february 2012 public safety spectrum legislation provided the commission with the authority to conduct incentive auctions. this authority hopes to bridge the need for additional wireless spectrum through a voluntary program under which the broadcasters can trade spectrum, usage rights to -- in exchange for a share of the proceeds. the proper groundwork for these new auctions is essential to ensure the full benefit of this new authority is realized. i expect the f.c.c.'s work on these auctions to be faithful to the statu

policy goal. iran is also expanding their network that is promoted violence across the region in sudan, syria, iraq and elsewhere. randy continues to provide financial and material support through the revolutionary guard to groups seeking to overthrow or undermine governments or terrorize innocent civilians. general, you are the two commanders most involved in these current chant -- challenges involving iran. we look forward to hearing your views. the death toll continues to rise daily. the atrocities committed by the regime over the past two years has solidified the commitment of all but a few in the international community that the required outcome in syria is that hassad must go. the ended state -- the united states has provided aid, but these have not been enough. the committee looks forward to hearing your views and to learn what our closest allies in the region say about the possibility of extending additional aid to the opposition. the committee is also interested in our commanders reactions to recent reports about u.s. counterterrorism operations and whether more of these how-to of terroris

policies, procedures, technical architecture, work closely with the data coordinator which will be an existing position within each agency. and, so, you're recruiting this organizational structure and network within our city family to really accelerate the release of data to the public. and one of the main things that the open data coordinator will be working on is establishing a catalog of data that they manage as an agency. and the reason we did that was when we talk to our community and ask them, hey, what data would you like to see, their response was, well, what data do you have? our response would be, well, we don't know. obviously not a fruitful productive exchange. that tried to resolve that issue and create a great feedback so we can prioritize thousands if not tens of thousands of data sets we manage on behalf of the public. the other components of the open data legislation are really making structural systematic change so that our default position is one of openness. the first is that we are ensuring that new technology that we purchase has the ability to share data inherently, that it has a p

policy but if everybody's furniture is covered it's a problem. >> stephen: everybody is a person so they are equal so they should be covered. >> if you are an employee starting out today. >> stephen: game show network. >> or any other company. we pay for your insurance. >> stephen: do you pay for it or is it a wheel they spin? >> we pay for it. an excellent idea though. >> stephen: you got a kidney! [cheers and applause] >> you are going to have over your lifetime. >> stephen: yes. >> somewhere around $1.8 million paid into the health care. so when we understand our system. what we need to understand is how much it's costing us. we think in terms of benefits isn't it great that everything is covered. we're all paying for each other's care, each other's furniture. the problem is as a result we created a system where there's no incentive to save money, to curb excess care, to serve customers well and no incentive to curb true danger which is killing 100,000 to 200,000 a year. >> stephen: there's no competitiveness between companies? >> there are very few insurance companies left. there's usually only one or two bidding on your business. the more important issue is providers. we need a health care sys

discussion, it struck me that there are five policies that we should be paying attention to the premiums do not equal cost. we just released an out-of-network survey today, and the numbers being charged, individuals and providers that are out-of-network versus and network as well. affordability is not equal to subsidy. subsidy is an important part of affordability and i was very grateful for that. but my scholarship helped me with the subsidies. the silo says we are going to do something on medicare, medicaid, then it gets shifted to the private sector individuals are worried about being able to purchase it and public programs are worried about able to being able to maintain it. aco's do not equal competition. we had a discussion about creating aco's without really getting in under the hood to look at where the competitive effects order. and finally for all of you here this institution, as you well know, they don't give you a sense of what particular individuals were paying. so when we see this, that doesn't tell you what will happen to a 25-year-old. it doesn't tell you what will happen to a 54-year-old and i have to start looking at case

policy goal. iran is also actively expending -- expanding their threat network that has promoted violence across the region in yemen, gaza, sudan, syria, iraq and elsewhere. iran continues to provide financial and material support through the revolutionary guard in to groups seeking to overthrow or undermine governments or terrorize innocent civilians. general mattis and admiral mccraven, you are the two commanders most involved in confronting these current challenges and planning for contingencies involving iran. we look forward to hearing your views on these matters. in syria, the death toll continues to rise daily. the mass atrocities committed by the assad regime over the past two years have solidified the commitment of all but a few in the international community that the required outcome in syria is that assad must go. the united states is the largest contributor of nonlethal and humanitarian aid to the international response efforts, but these contributions have not been enough. general mattis, the committee looks forward to hearing your views on the situation in syria and to learn of what ou

the bush foreign policy, so the issues that made that republican party dominant, all three issues are in democratic favor. until you deal with these problems, it does not matter what network you have. economic conservatives and smaller government, less intrusion, and with they will have to figure out how to mollify the social movement. >> i do not think anyone has suggested the only thing that republicans are weighing right now are do we need better data bases and do we need more storefront offices. i was responding to a question directly about that. there is a lot of discussion going on right now about positioning, policies, looking for some of integrating new program pauses, how do we explain our policies better. i do not accept the premise that there is no doubt when you look at the gay marriage issue, that is very generational, it moved faster than any social issue i have ever seen. on the flip side, the pro-life argument has gained steam on the pro-life side of things. you can argue that taxpayers pay for contraceptives. the gay marriage issue has moved away from the republican party. how are we communicating our ideas, and there is no doubt, and this is in the repor

policy center's immigration director. "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. and thefotainment coverage of political news, with the executive director of tmx, a former network news anchor, and .n "l.a. times" writer this is an hour and 15 minutes. [applause] >> thanks so much for being here. thank you to my colleagues. this is a terrific panel of three incredible journalists with incredibly different backgrounds. let's get into it. i must confess this is the first time i was told i would be moderating this panel. i felt great physical pain. it was a flashback, a moment of real physical pain back in 2003 outside buildings in norwalk. the recall election was scheduled and people were going to run for governor. i was staking it out and covering it when arnold schwarzenegger walked up the stairs to file his papers. i was sitting at a respectful distance and trying to get in a question. arnold was ignoring me. next thing i knew, my head had hit the ground. i had been mowed over by teams of reporters and crews. i stayed at a respectful distance while they went right up to arnold and got answers to their questions. they were undeterred by security and various rope line

policy goal. iran is also actively expanding their threat network that has promoted violence across the region in yemen, gaza, sudan, syria, iraq and elsewhere. iran continues to provide financial and material support through the revolutionary guard in to groups seeking to overthrow or undermine governments or terrorize innocent civilians. general mattis and admiral mcraven, you are the two commanders most involved in confronting these current challenges and planning for contingencies involving iran. we look forward to hearing your views on these matters. in syria, the death toll continues to rise daily. the mass atrocities committed by the assad regime over the past two years have solidified the commitment of all but a few in the international community that the required outcome in syria is that assad must go. the united states is the largest contributor of nonlethal and humanitarian aid to the international response efforts, but these contributions have not been enough. general mattis, the committee looks forward to hearing your views on the situation in syria and to learn of what our closest a

policy communications. 4/5 of the trip are something else, but because they're highly concentrated in the morning and evening commutes, that is a lot of trans -- the restaurant he transportation networkit really matters for transportation policy and planning. host: dr. brian mckenzie, talk about how people are getting to work these days. are we still a car bound country? guest: absolutely. the vast majority of workers get to work by automobile. about 86% of workers, those who drove alone and carpal, get to work by automobile. only about 5% use transit at the national level. host: so this use of cars in the chart here that shows 86% car, truck and van use, this is a number that goes down for folks who have a mega commutes, as he would discredit. these are folks who have commutes of 90 minutes or longer to work. guest: we do see a relationship between transit uses and average travel time. people who get to work by transit on average do have a longer commute than those who drive alone or carpool. but it is difficult to disentangle these two factors. it is not necessarily a direct linear relationship. transit users are highly concentrated in places like new york, d.c., chicago, laces tha

network. i also was opposed to the war in vietnam. i was never in favor of the mass murder and never in favor of idea -- i was against the policy, becauseould somehow bring to the american screen that kind of stuff is outrageous. now i don't know if my co-hosts have to say about this but i'll tell you from cbs. you better apologize. you say you have no comment. how do you have no comment on something as outrageous as that? i'll tell you one thing, cbs a great network if you don't want to become known as the communist bastard sympathizers. anyone else have something to say? >> eric: summed it up well. >> dana: took the word out of our collective mouth. >> eric: well said. >> bob: if you want to get ahold of cbs, please do. i don't know how you get them. cbs new york or tweet them or blitz them or do whatever you need to do. they deserve to apologize and now. don't duck behind moon an bruke herbiemr or put it off on the producers. you were anti-american and you deserve to apologize to veterans. >> greg: i bet you brukeheimer has no idea but once he finds out he should do something about this. >> bob: if they don't do something -- how coul

policy change she announced last week. a new website business insider said myer data to help with the decision. she got tired of seeing empty parking lots. so she checked the network they log in for work. many employees were not logging in very often so she eliminated all work from home arrangements. >>> big problems for those daily deal discount websites. sites like group upon are doing some major overhauls because they continue to lose money. on friday groupon fired andrew mason, who sent out a letter to his staff saying i was fired today. groupon lost 75% of its value since it's public debut 15 months ago. living social is also struggling. it lost $650 million last year and has laid off 10% of its staff. >>> in san francisco yesterday young women who took center stage in a conference with elected female officials. the event was attended by more than 250 high school and college students. participants say with so many young women under pressure to look and act a certain way, some words of advice are always welcome. >> it gets really important for them to come out and talk to us and tell us how they got to the point they are at right now so we can feel empowered t