saxby would open the meeting and look around and say, well, the bar is open. that was it. we would all go over and get a drink. that was the staff meeting. it never varied. >> what were your principle concerns the first nine months of '74? >> what? >> in 1974, your solicitor general, before president nixon resigns, what were your principle concerns those months? >> when i was solicitor general but not attorney general? >> yeah. >> my principle concerns were arguing the cases i had. let me see. the first day back during the time i was -- when i was acting as attorney general i had no staff. everybody had left. so nobody was writing memoranda, putting things in context and so forth. i had two guys from my own office sort of screwing around trying to straighten things out. i sat on the couch and received people and sort of dispensed justice offhand. it was ridiculous. the first day back when saxby took over and i went back to the court, i was sitting there just before the court adjourned, solicitor general sits up front. just before the court adjourned, a page handed me a not

saxby would open the meeting and look around and say, well, the bar is open. that was it. we would all go over and get a drink. that was the staff meeting. it never varied. >> what were your principle concerns the first nine months of '74? >> what? >> in 1974, your solicitor general, before president nixon resigns, what were your principle concerns those months? >> when i was solicitor general but not attorney general? >> yeah. >> my principle concerns were arguing the cases i had. let me see. the first day back during the time i was -- when i was acting as attorney general i had no staff. everybody had left. so nobody was writing memoranda, putting things in context and so forth. i had two guys from my own office sort of screwing around trying to straighten things out. i sat on the couch and received people and sort of dispensed justice offhand. it was ridiculous. the first day back when saxby took over and i went back to the court, i was sitting there just before the court adjourned, solicitor general sits up front. just before the court adjourned, a page handed me a not

washington races for the release on a report on torture we will talk to the top republican on the committee saxby chambliss. and michael bloomberg is joins forces in the white house about a push on investment and we will talk to him and valerie jarrett. 40 years after president nixon's resignation we will talk to the man in the middle of the watergate scandal former white house counsel johnn dea about his new book, "the nixon defense: what he knew and when he knew it." 60 years of news because this is "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs good morning, bob is off today. we go first to tel aviv where cbs news correspondent is standing by. what has happened at this u.n. school? >> well, norah palestinianwu sources tell us an apparent air strike hit outside this u.n. school in the southern part of the gaza strip outside the gates of the school the entrance. 10 people have been killed and 30 people were injured. the u.n. says thousands of people were taking shelter in the school and the israeli military knew exactly where it was. there has not been comment from the israeli military except to

today, saxby chambliss talks about the deficit and national security. thescussion on threats to united states. -- look at thect u.s. threat from iraq. >> c-span presents a bates on what -- debates of what makes america rate. andepth looks at irs student loan debt. new perspectives on issues including global warming and voting rights. our history tour shows sights and sounds of the store places. find our tv schedule one week in advance at c-span.org. you can e-mail us. follow us on twitter and like us on facebook. chambliss is the vice chair of the intelligence committee. he was in california and gave a speech on a national security. this is about an hour. t national security. this is an hour. [gavel] >> good afternoon and welcome to this meeting of the commonwealth club of california, a place where you are in the know. us online at commonwealthclub.org, on facebook, twitter, and our youtube channel. i am john diaz, editorial page editor of the san francisco chronicle and your moderator for today's program. pleased to welcome saxby chambliss, the united

saxby would open the meeting and look around and say, well, the bar is open. that was it. we would all go over and get a drink. that was the staff meeting. it never varied. >> what were your principle concerns the first nine months of '74? >> what? >> in 1974, your solicitor general, before president nixon resigns, what were your principle concerns those months? >> when i was solicitor general but not attorney general? >> yeah. >> my principle concerns were arguing the cases i had. let me see. the first day back during the time i was -- when i was acting as attorney general i had no staff. everybody had left. so nobody was writing memoranda, putting things in context and so forth. i had two guys from my own office sort of screwing around trying to straighten things out. i sat on the couch and received people and sort of dispensed justice offhand. it was ridiculous. the first day back when saxby took over and i went back to the court, i was sitting there just before the court adjourned, solicitor general sits up front. just before the court adjourned, a page handed me a not

please join me in welcoming senator saxby chambliss to the commonwealth club. [applause] >> john, thank you very much and thank you for coming out today and letting me have the opportunity to share some thoughts with you. when i do these things similar to this around the country, i usually find out that i learn as much from you as you will learn from me about what is going on in california, and in the world. as john said, i've had the privilege of working with a number of my colleagues in california. principally right now, dianne feinstein, who chairs the select committee on intelligence. i have been the vice chair for the last four years, serving with diane. when i was on the committee for eight years prior to that server and -- serving with her. diane is a good friend and a great leader and someone i've enjoyed working with. i will talk a little bit more about some things we've done together. mentioned, my chairmanship on the subcommittee on terrorism and homeland security in the house , mylligence committee really good friend jane harman from the los angeles

the vice-chairman of the senate intelligence committee senator saxby chambliss.good to see you. >> thank you. i know the senate intelligence committee has been working for five years investigating whether thiessen hansed interrogation techniques used after 9/11 were inappropriate and wrong and what will this report show? >> well, first of all, you are right, that this has been an ongoing process for over five years now. there was only one vote against proceeding with this program, this investigation when it was authorized in 2009 that was my vote. i thought it was a mistake and i still think it is a mistake. there is a theory on the part of the senate democrats who are the only ones that carried out this investigation that thiessen hansed interrogation techniques were used against detainees both inside guantanomo bay and outside guantanomo bay. and that no significant information was obtained as a result of the use of those enhanced interrogation techniques. now, that is absolutely wrong. and you are going to be able to see from the report itself, as well as from

saxby chambliss, retiring u.s. senator from georgia. also want to thank our audience here and on radio, television and the internet. i'm john diaz and this meeting of the commonwealth club of california, the place where you are in the know, is adjourned. \[captions performed by national captioning institute] \[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] >> more live coverage coming up in just under 10 minutes -- a discussion on two cases making their way through the federal courts, challenging health care subsidies and the affordable care act. that is hosted by the cato institute live at noon here on c-span. later, a discussion of an executive order issued by president obama in 2012 that provides temporary protection deportation. this is a discussion hosted by the feud charitable trust live at 2:00 p.m. eastern. senators john mccain and lindsey graham evans -- have issued a joint statement expressing the support of a new premise or in is pastle saying it time for president obama to develop a comprehensive strategy to combat

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policy other than other government officials are still actually defending it like senator saxby chambliss said that the cia is enhanced interrogation tactics. valuable and disrupting terrorist plots and bringing now some of them a lot and unfortunately the flippin way politicians are responding to the findings of the cia torture report leaves little hope for any accountability on behalf of the torturers and as far as the cia's spying on the senate at least senator is going to agree to be outraged on that so apparently we shouldn't hold our breath for them to care about waterboarding until lawmakers are subjected to that. i. and america's overworked society of us simply do not get enough sleep and while the detrimental health effects of sleep deprivation are well documented and a new study shows that lack of sleep may also be a social justice issue according to researchers at the university of california irvine sleep deprivation is at least partially responsible for the creation of falls memory and this phenomenon that drastic consequences for the reliability of eyewitness testimony in cri

policy other many other government officials are still actually defending it like senator saxby chambliss serious said that the cia is enhanced interrogation tactics one value bowl in disrupting terrorist plots and brain now some of them a lot and unfortunately the flippin way politicians are responding to the findings of the cia torture report leaves little hope for any accountability on behalf of the torturers and as far as the cia's spying on the senate at least senator is going to agree to be outraged on that so apparently we shouldn't hold our breath for them to care about waterboarding until lawmakers are subjected to that too. in america's overworked society millions of us simply do not get enough sleep and while the detrimental health effects of sleep deprivation are well documented as a new study shows that lack of sleep may also be a social justice issue according to researchers at the university of california irvine sleep deprivation is at least partially responsible for the creation of falls memories and this phenomenon that drastic consequences for the reliability of eyewitne

you are honoring saxby chambliss for a number of achievements. one of those achievements was his work with senator warner on the long-term debt. i think that kind of bipartisanship, that statesmanship, that collaboration, is what we need more of in washington. it has been the theme of my campaign. as i travel around the state, it has been responsible for the energy and excitement we see. we had 200 people in the hot sun waiting for us when we got here, just to say we are ready for real change, for the kind of civility you want to bring to washington. and it is responsible for the 50,000 folks who have given time or resources to the campaign, and at the heart of taking on issues we can deal with with a practical and pragmatic sensibility. some of the issues that we talked about here today. protecting and preserving our national defense. comprehensive immigration reform. making sure we are investing in the right things, smart things like infrastructure and our kids, education. david and i have different real world experiences. i have experiences ab

you are honoring saxby chambliss for a number of achievements. one of those achievements was his work with senator warner on the long-term debt. i think that kind of bipartisanship, that statesmanship, that collaboration, is what we need more of in washington. it has been the theme of my campaign. as i travel around the state, it has been responsible for the energy and excitement we see. we had 200 people in the hot sun waiting for us when we got here, just to say we are ready for real change, for the kind of civility you want to bring to washington. and it is responsible for the 50,000 folks who have given time or resources to the campaign, and at the heart of taking on issues we can deal with with a practical and pragmatic sensibility. protecting and preserving our national defense. comprehensive immigration reform. making sure we are investing in the right things, smart things like infrastructure and our kids, education. david and i have different real world experiences. i have experiences about lifting people up to the last 26 yrs

saxby chambliss of georgia will talk about u.s. debt and its impact on national security. >> coming up next on "washington journal," the beginning of week long look at president lyndon johnson's great society. robert woodson and will join us to talk about his goal of promoting equality through the civil rights act and economic opportunities. the discussion continues later with the heritage foundation and the brennan center who will talk about the voting rights act in your time -- >> in your time we have the opportunity to move not only to the rich and powerful society, but upward to the great society. ♪ good morning. host: been fifth -- >> the, it has been 50 years. this weekend on washington journal we will examine his goal of ending journal -- ending inequality. half a century later, how are we doing? this morning in light of the developing story in ferguson, mi

saxby chambliss, retiring u.s. senator from georgia. also want to thank our audience here and on radio, television and the internet. i'm john diaz and this meeting of the commonwealth club of california, the place where you are in the know, is adjourned. [captions performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] >> tonight we will hear from experts tasked with tracking lease read of dangerous diseases tracking dangerous diseases, an outbreak of pox in two americans trace to prairie dogs. here is a look. >> one of the reasons at cdc investigate animals is emerging diseases in people are often traced back to animals. one of these situations occurred in 2003. the first hint we had something had gone wrong, you can see in this picture, this is a three-year-old girl in wisconsin . she developed these very odd, this are being -- disturbing skin lesions. i was the first generation of kids who did not get a smallpox vaccine. many researchers dedicated their early careers to eradicating the dis

that's senator saxby chambliss.e legal decision from the government accountability office validates the argument that i've been making with my colleagues against the administration release of the taliban five by failing to notify congress 30 days in advance as required by the fiscal 2014 national defense authorization the president completely disregarded the law duly passed by congress and signed by his own hand. there's a picture of senator saxby chambliss in the picture as well. >> let's go to melting waiting on the line for democrats as we continue this discussion on your thoughts on the call to expand the u.s. response to isis. good morning. >> caller: how are you doing this morning? i'm glad to be speaking this morning. these people, isil, isis, these are some very wicked people. i watched foley for many years in the news that he's a good journalist and what they did to him, i'm just tired of these type of people acting the way they act to us. we need to bring forth our whole force, nuke them because if we don'

he's apologized to dianne feinstein and saxby chandler. but that's too late for some.e calling for brennan to resign. so what's next for brennan and what's next for america's beleaguered intelligence community? joining us now, ambassador john negropon negroponte. he was also the nation's first director of national intelligence. thank you for being here, sir. you were a top u.s. intelligence official as we mentioned under president bush most recently. do you think john brennan was being dishonest or just ill informed? >> well, you know, i obviously, can't be certain. i haven't seen all the documents. i haven't read the inspector general's report. but let me just say this personally based on my own experience that i have the absolutely highest regard for john brennan. he's a distinguished career intelligence professional. he served many different administrations, and i know he also has the confidence of the president of the united states. of course, they are going to have to get to the bottom of all of this, and people are going to be looking into it. and i don't know ex

. >> that was part of my interview with retiring senator saxby chambliss where he defended the president'solf outings which have been roundly criticized by republicans in general. we wanted to bring you one more piece of my exit interviews with some of those lawmakers i got to before leaving the show. they're getting ready to leave the hill for the last time. we've been showing you some of the interviews i've done with these retiring members. today we'll wrap it up with some of the advice all of them had for president obama. no surprise the big focus is on congressional communications, an area where lawmakers say the president has fallen short, particularly when it comes to war issues. >> the problem in afghanistan, a lot of, you know, people -- i don't think the american people understand exactly why we're there and i don't think they understand what we've accomplished there. i've faulted the president for not communicating enough with the people. and so as a result of that, we've lost political support. >> what would be your advice to him, how to improve his relationship with congress in

drafts and so supposedly they weren't supposed to look at that we have just about a half a minute left saxby chambliss come out and say republican from georgia and so this is a partisan document how does how does torture get partisan other than in the context of perhaps the legacy of the bush administration why most of the republicans boycotted the process on the grounds they said that it was based on documents rather than on interviews of course at the time none of the cia agents would have agreed to any interviews because they were under criminal investigation so interviews were were off the table and documents primary documents were really the best way to get to the truth of this matter so the republicans many of them not all of them really took themselves out of the investigation from the beginning so it's hard for me to see how they can accuse it of being a part of an investigation when they voluntarily have said to themselves from the process are just tactical it's sort of like you know i wasn't there therefore it wasn't there it's well you know senator snowe approves the report so it

saxby chambliss wouldn't have go that far but did say -- >> this is very very serious and i will tellyou as a member of the committee, someone who has great respect for the cia, i am extremely disappointed. >> reporter: the white house press secretary says the president still does have confidence in the cia director and pointed out that brennan has created an internal accountability board to see if anyone should be punished at the agency. >> this is such a big story. nancy, thank you. >>> two executives and longtime friends got into a struggle. one is struggling for his life after he was shot in a high-rise building. they birth their business from the ground up. dean francis shows what triggered yesterday's violence. >> reporter: what began as a routine workday rapidly disintegrated into chaos. >> people were crying. >> it was nuts. there were helicopters overhead. >> reporter: the incident began over the week after tony defrances learned he was being demoted. on thursday he entered the 17th floor of this building for a private meeting with the company's founder and ceo steven leavoy.

saxby chambliss wouldn't go that far but did say -- >> this is very very serious, and i will tell you as a member of the committee, someone who has great respect for the cia, i am extremely disappointed. >> reporter: the white house press secretary says the president does still have confidence in the cia director and pointed out that brennan has created an internal accountability board to see if anyone should be punished at the agency. >> nancy that's a big story, thank you. >>> two executives and long-time friends got into a life-and-death strug nell chicago. this morning one is fighting for his life after he was shot in a high-rise office building. steven lavoie and anthony defrancis built their business from the ground up. dean reynolds shows us what triggered yesterday's violence. >> reporter: what began as a routine work day at aerostream a chicago-based technology firm rapidly disintegrated into chaos. >> people were crying and stuff. it was nuts. >> there were helicopters flying overhead. >> reporter: the incident began less than a week after tony defrancis learned he was being

you saw senator saxby chambliss come out of a long meeting on capitol hill thursday.s went behind closed doors and they came out. it got worse and worse the more they heard. senator chambliss who had been a pretty staunch defender and raised questions about feinstein in march, he came out and said, the people who are involved with this need to be dealt with harshly. >> how stead fast do you think the white house support is for brennan? obama comes out and gives the endorsement on friday? is that going to be long lasting or subject to change? >> i think it's subject to change depending on the politics on capitol hill. the reaction from members is going to determine the white house response. they're going to stand by him i believe to the extent they possibly can. he's been with the president a long time. the president clearly trusts him. it's personal for the senators and the staff. it's extraordinary in the sense that not only is cia forbidden from spying on americans generally, here it's a breach of the separations of power because they're spying on overseers. i agree

saxby chambliss has come to brennan's defense. and yesterday in his press conference president obama defended brennan. much later the president made more news with this turn of phrase. >> even before i came into office, i was very clear that in the immediate aftermath of 9/11 we did some things that were wrong. we did a whole lot of things that were right, but we tortured some folks. we did some things that were contrary to our values. >> so, that line got a lot of attention yesterday. folks. i know the president uses folks a lot. just sort of conversationally. but just in the context of torture it seemed a little weird to people. also the context of this obviously there is this report that's going to be coming out, the report at the heart of the spying -- bringing out supposedly all sorts of terrible details about the torture program. what did you make of the president going out of his way to say that yesterday? >> it was extremely surprising because he's generally not that open about it, frankly. and, you know, my guess i think,

and attorney general saxby then a designate who was also present at the time that this matter was discussed and at the time that i accepted responsibilities, testified that i had the right to contest an assertion of executive privilege and stated that i can go to court at any time to determine that. now, the president himself, as we point out in our brief in announcing the appointment of new independent prosecutor stated that he had no greater interest than to see that the new special prosecutor has the cooperation from the executive branch and the independence that he needs to bring about that conclusion of the watergate investigation. the president's chief of staff at the time that this appointment was accepted and at the time that the new regulations were then drafted by the acting attorney general, had assured me and this is a part of the record because a letter was written at the request of senator hugh scott to the white house as a result of discussions that he had with general hague in which i sent a copy of the testimony that i had given to the congressional committees to the white

non-and davidlle purdue are the candidates looking to replace saxby chambliss year they recently talked about issues related to transportation, national defense and immigration at a forum hosted by the georgia chamber of commerce. this is 40 minutes. >> welcome to you all. thank you for being here. i'm john pruitt, retired newscaster for wsb, and they pulled me out of retirement and dusted me off in order to moderate a forum. we're sold out here and this will be televised live by wmaz. perhaps some other outlets. we will be seeing rebroadcasts of the forum on other media outlets around georgia. so it's going to receive wide exposure because this is the first time candidates michelle nunn and david perdue have been on the same stage. we would ask you to refrain from applause or audience reaction with the exception to when the candidates are introduced and at the conclusion of the forum. i want to tell you a few words about the format that was agreed to by both campaigns after some negotiation. e\ach candidate will have an opening statement of five minutes. following the five-minute openi