joining us tonight congressman randy forbes, member of the judiciary committee, also a member of the house armed services committee. good to have you with us, congressman. >> thanks, lou. >> your reaction to king abdullah, in ordering the execution by hanging of two al

lou: congressman randy forbes, good to talk with you. >> thanks lou. lou: no resolution in the high-stakes battle over the president's amnesty fiat for illegal immigrants. the president today tried to goad republicans somewhat, he met with six young illegal immigrants he called dreamers and who are benefitting from his executive fiat so-called dreamers as i said. >> i want to be as clear as possible, i will veto any legislation that got to my desk, that took await chance of these young people who grew up here and who are prepared to contribute to this country that would prevent them from doing so. and i am confident they can uphold that veto. lou: for now republicans seem unable to reach any kind of party consensus on how to move forward. a bill that would have funded the department of homeland security and unraveled the president's amnesty fiat failed another test vote in the senate, mr. obama's amnesty order going into effect february 18th. funding for dhs runs out a week later, february 27. >>> on capitol hill today, health and human services secret

joining us tonight congressman randy forbes, member of the judiciary committee, also a member of these armed services committee. good to have you with us, congressman. >> thanks, lou. >> your reaction to king abdullah, in ordering the execution by hanging of two al qaeda terrorists acted boldly and immediately upon the murder of jordan's pilot. >> as you mention, i met with the king yesterday shortly after this video came out and i think more important than the execution that we heard about today taking place, i think one of the things that was very impressive is that the king had as you just mentioned a well articulated strategy. you could tell that he had thought this out, he looked at it militarily he looked at it with all the components and it's not a short-term strategy. it's not something that he says he's going to be committed to for a short period of time. it's both a short-term and long-term strategy and particularly, he mentioned the fact that this was a generational fight and something that should unite muslims, christians and jews together to fight against this kind of ex

them and then open to questions and answers from all of you, we have a message from congressman randy forbes, the chairman of the china caucus in the house of representatives. he could not join us in person but his message to us, and his comment will be read out by my colleague, caroline stewart. >> the press secretary of the hudson institute. >> indeed. >> i'd like to read -- while i regret not being able to join you in person today it's a pleasure to have this opportunity to share some brief thoughts on the hundred year marathon and the contributions of dr. mike pillsbury to this important debate about the future trajectory of chinese power. i have long val i'd his insights on china and the asia-pacific region he combine knowledge of chinese history culture and politics with an understanding of u.s. security interests and the tools required to protect those interests. whether as a congressional staffer, a member of multiple presidential administrations, consultant to the pentagon's office of net assessment or as a hudson institute scholar, dr. pillsbury has rendered important contributions

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