chairman to let me join you in welcoming secretary kissinger, sector scholz and secretary albright. you have provided extraordinary leadership to this nation and so may different capacities and we are deeply appreciative of you joining us this morning. it is an opportunity to you from individuals who have witnessed and shape history over the course of many, many years. and thank you again for joining us. i also want to commend senator mccain for the series of hearings that have allowed us to look very carefully at the strategy of the united states in the of the complex problems that face us today. you all have done so much, again, let me reiterate our appreciation and our thanks. each of you have demonstrated an in depth understanding of the historical, economic, religious ethnic and political facts affecting foreign policy and international security. in each of you emphasize the need to use all instruments of national power, not just military power but also diplomacy and economic power to address the challenges facing the united states. the breadth and complexity challenges to the

. >> we just got word from eric scholz, the printable w press secretary for the white house, the president been briefed on the latest events in paris from his top counterterrorism and homeland security advisers. what that means is the end result of the two sieges we saw over the last couple of hours, the french assault to take out both situations with the two brothers as well as the deaths of four hostages we heard about. the president is fully apprised him of the getting it through his top national security advisor, in particular in monaco a few moments ago. >> peter cook was just interviewing commerce min jim himes, the democrat from connecticut on capitol hill. he mentioned this debate that has been going on on capitol hill, where republicans now in control of both the u.s. house of representatives and united states senate. there has been some debate about maybe holding back or cutting funding to the department of homeland security. the congressman saying in light of this week's events in france that's probably not a wise thing to do. have you heard anything about any negotiations about

that is so, that is exciting news because as many republicans have noted republicans like secretary scholzand polson republicans like ronald reagan and art laffer there are smart conservative ways to address this problem. and i continue to think that the idea that the senator signed off on this all those years ago talks about raising the fee by putting a price on carbon that reflects the economic facts that it creates harm for so many other folks. the externalities with this, the costs, the people that live near the sea all of those costs in the place of the product, that is economics 101, then taking every dollar that you raise as lower working people taxes. i am completely comfortable with that notion and that is one that has been over and over again brought up in the context of republicans and conservatives discussion including a good recent paper jointly offered from the american enterprise institute. and so i had the pleasure of the deputy minority leader on the floor, traveling with him and with the ranking member on the judiciary committee and other colleagues as well. so when we sp

>> the high-end of that, something i will and in for alan scholz because i read the book. the people at the high end has so many retirement plans compensation, reimbursement for taxes, things in my opinion socially outrageous. and get all kind of benefits above and beyond what we can do anything about in our retirement system. that's the place to begin reform and whether or not those savings are so easy for our wealthiest citizens can be transferred to those on the low income scale. it is desirable. i cannot tell you how to do it today. >> thank you very much for i was asked everybody briefly. >> if you think about the entire retirement system, putting plans with social security, it is a progressive situation. it's great sort of the joint incentive as it creates sort of the -- it creates some of the joint incentive. if you scale back, individuals take advantage tend to be in their peak earning years, if you carve that back or tinker with how those tax incentives are created, you can have higher income employees not interested in participating anymore and employers may deci

one question further record from doc or scholz. -- dr. schultz. you outlined behavior for us. i'd like for you to submit how we are doing relative to that course of behavior that you recommend. thank you very much. >> and consider the definition of a day you tried to reach an entity which measures by the most suitable. i am easy about beginning a project of military engagement without knowing where will the death and what we are willing to do to sustain it in order to avoid the experience that i mentioned before. ukraine should be an independent state, free to develop its own relationships perhaps a specialized at to nato membership. it should be maintained within existing borders and russian troops should be withdrawn as part of a settlement. i believe we should avoid taking ample mental steps before we know how far we are willing to go as a territory 300 miles from moscow with special security implications. that does not change my view of the outcome, which must be a free ukraine and must include military measures as part of it. but i am uneasy when one speaks of military me