first, i want to ask each of you if your state has spent grant dollars for costs on your state exchange. mr. allen? >> we do not believe so. >> ms. o'toole? >> no. >> mr. gutierrez? microphon microphone, please. >> we have not spent outside any written authority from cms. >> mr. kissle? >> we have one item that we are trying to reconcile with our auditors before in spending it, it's in a segregated account. >> mr. lee? >> we are spending establishment funds to continue the final establishment of our exchange, federal dollars but no operational funds. >> mr. watley? >> no. >> can i ask each of you what your operational costs are this year for the exchange. mr. allen? >> for the current state fiscal year which began july 1st, our operational costs are about $12 million. >> ms. o'toole? >> thank you. sorry, i'm having trouble with the microp

ohio state, michigan state. they like ohio state. the question for indiana, can they get two wins down the stretch. i think they're better than maryland. i think they're better than purdue. if kevin wilson can get this team a little healthier during the bye week, get howard more healthy at running back, i think if they could hold together -- i'm not saying they're out of both games before that. i think they're both than both teams at the end and i think they will get -- >> mike: line of scrimmage. holmes, touchdown. indiana is just worn out up front. >> ed: nice confidence booster for the offensive line of michigan state. week. you know you're going to take some time off and for this offensive line, they've had two out. so coming through in the end and will go into a bye week, get healthy and a nice run to finish it out. >> mike: the extra point would make it 52-26. this is hardly a 52-26 game. just happy to execute a couple kicks. >> ed: the offensive line and kicking game needed some confidence. >> mike: geiger celebrating a little

ohio state, michigan state. they like ohio state. the question for indiana, can they get two wins down the stretch. i think they're better than maryland. i think they're better than purdue. if kevin wilson can get this team a little healthier during the bye week, get howard more healthy at running back, i think if they could hold together -- i'm not saying they're out of both games before that. i think they're both than both teams at the end and i think they will get -- >> mike: line of scrimmage. holmes, touchdown. indiana is just worn out up front. >> ed: nice confidence booster for the offensive line of michigan state. a good way to go into a bye week. you know you're going to take some time off and for this offensive line, they've had two touchdown runs here to close it out. so coming through in the end and will go into a bye week, get healthy and a nice run to finish it out. >> mike: the extra point would make it 52-26. this is hardly a 52-26 game. just happy to execute a couple kicks. >> ed: the offensive line and kicking game

is to be recalled that 137 states have denied our state. 137 countries. there is universal recognition of the rights of our people. resolution 6719 of 2012 which why,status -- given all that come israel does not recognize the state of palestine? the current situation is unsustainable. shall start implementing the declaration i have just announced by legal means. we shall not resort to violence. we shall resort to peaceful and legal means. this will be a transitional moving the palestinian people to independence. israel must fully barrett's responsibilities. -- bear its response ability is. toed on our commitments international law, the state of palestine will continue its exceed two international conventions and organizations. all international organizations. to exceed toight all of them because this will be antagonizing with our status with international law. through all forward available legal means. party -- aontracting state party with her own statutes -- our own statutes of palestine is a member of the international criminal court. international ceas

on reman, the state now freed from its misapprehensions of state law decide what it thinks state law requires. >> how does it work. should be pretty elementary. i mean, i looked at the indian case. that seems a little far out. the -- definitely gives you support on your statement here. suppose you took justice scalia's example. we have iowa state rule 56. we interpret iowa state rule 56 the same way as the federal rules of civil procedure. that's our rule. now this is what it means in that case. they say but we're doing it under iowa state rule. you say we can review that because they said that iowa state rule is the same as the federal. is that right? how do you fit that in the words of 1257? >> i doubt that that would satisfy the court. there is a theor retcal answer and a practical answer. let me give the practical answer first. the states that govern the federal rules of evidence and civil procedure uniformly say we will treat federal precedent as guidance in our decisions as for its persuasive value. they recognize that there are state rules of procedure and state rules of evide

when we say to set up the palestinian state our state exists. the land of our state is under occupation. of course the issue of changing our status at the united states , this is the expression of exercising your right, including the glorious days two days ago when we raised our flag. these are expressions of self determination. the expression of self determination are not for negotiation or to ask anyone for permission to do that. by the way, we are not reinventing the wheel. when israel declared its independence, it did not negotiate that issue with anybody or ask permission from anyone. the united states of america in 1776, they did not negotiate with with the brits or ask anyone. we are no exception. we are the same like them. however, these are issues operate negotiating with israel all these issues. we're ready and willing to negotiate these things if the israeli side is ready and willing. >> how do you take what prime minister benjamin netanyahu said in the united nations where he said we stand ready to negotiate with the palestinians wit

state-controlled -- state's control or management. pew.am becky with i was wondering if other states are contacting you in their expiration of this? we saw the map and there was a bunch of states that have not considered this. are you hearing from states that are looking into this? and speaking to michelle's point about vermont, if we did see other states pursue this, with academic fraud? -- would that cut down on fraud? ms. albertson: in the case of nevada, whenever -- when california implemented their law they reached out to us. they were five or six of us is unhappy with the director in her administrators and deputies to share the lessons learned. it is invaluable what you can learn from the other states. i know scott has alluded to the american association of motor vehicle administrators organization that both my stay in his long to. a very valuable networking resources. i would be happy to share lessons learned with any jurisdiction that would be interested. where the seat reaching out to everybody, nobody is asking us. ms. contr

and vermont is another state and connecticut is another state that we are looking at.e pulled information. we really studied them in utah as well. how we can translate those lessons learned into our state? that was an effort on their part to keep other states or folks from other states from basically flooding their doors with false residency documents. they wanted to say this person has lived here for two years as a resident of maryland and we're looking to do the same thing. because we are so small and close to everybody else it is , easy to come into delaware. that is our attempt to do the same thing maryland is doing, trying to limit the number of people that can say yes, i'm a resident here when they just showed up yesterday. >> can we ask a question? mr. hunter: certainly. go head. head. just a moment, he will get a microphone. right over here on the side, please. >> thank you. my name is armando guzman and i am with pbs, we are broadcasting in spanish nationally. albertsonask miss have you found this to be a burden on the state at all? ms. albertson: no, not at a

state solutions. we are going to try to compile over the next six to eight months some of the great success stories and put them into a book so we have something to document what's taking place and distribute that to the public for their enlightenment and understanding. we will highlight republican democratic independent success is taking place in our states and also to talk about and share best practices. those are the objectives. i think we are going to be able to highlight a lot of things and i think the list is going to be significantly long. the characteristics of these will be the successes are innovative and we are breaking new ground in territory and ways of doing things. they will be relevant to the times and put the need to find an address today. also they will be good for the public. there's a positive result that comes and we will highlight those and the governors will submit the suggestion so we can compile this list. let me take a moment to address the idea of our first objective which i

the law is very clear and has been from the beginning of united states that state law is left to state courts to decide. it's not for the united states supreme court to decide. questions are purely state law. what i think the supreme court got wrong in gore -- bush v. gore was they sent it back to the supreme court discussed borderline that discuss bush v. gore in the book. >> much of our discussion this afternoon has been on the arbitration system and the arbitration clause. could you describe that process and a little bit more detail so maybe we might understand that? >> sure. anytime there's a contract, the contract can say that rather than go to court the parties agreed they will go to an arbiter. the arbiters are private individuals. it's not a judge. there is the american arbitration association. there are groups of arbiters.

the state of minnesota initially received $155 million to launch its state exchange. its exchange received an additional $34 million from cms, in part to fund ongoing fixes to the i.t. system. despite this infusion of funds, minnesota has announced that it would revert to an old system next year for minnesotacare premiums because of the continued exchange problems. the state of california received over $1 billion in federal grant dollars to establish its exchange, covered california, the most of any state. despite call center and website woes, california had the highest enrollment in 2014, but only retained 65% of its 2014 enrollees. this year, california's enrollment numbers reached 1.4 million, falling 300,000 short of expectations. cms awarded the state of connecticut approximately $176 million in federal establishment grants, and as of september 2015, approximately 96,000 individuals were enrolled in a plan. only 50% of enrollees were previously uninsured. the state of oregon received $305 million in federal grant dollars exchange, cover oregon. despite this heavy

state? "a forum state is the state where the lawsuit was filed," goosmann said. what does all of this mean to businesses? "businesses need to be careful about what they say on their website, where your staff and employees work (virtual or not), to whom you send or receive calls, where you wire money and where you send text messages and emails," goosmann said. "all these things can increase the chances of your business being hauled to an out- of-state courthouse." if a business doesn't have a location, employees, or money in a state, can they still be sued in that state? "yes, for example, even if you have never been to arizona, never owned any land in arizona, and never had any employees stationed in arizona, it does not necessarily mean you can avoid being sued there," goosmann said. how can a company avoid a lawsuit in another state their business isn't active in? "talk to an attorney today about personal jurisdiction and ways to avoid a lawsuit out of state," goosmann said. "there are man

the state is currently operating as a federally supported state-based marketplace and relies on healthcare.gov. so we're here to understand the challenges these state exchanges face. why are they struggling to become self-sustaining given the extraordinary taxpayer investment? is it a lack of accountability or oversight? where has cms been and are they encouraging fiscal restraint or taking a hands-off approach which has allowed money to be spent uncontrollably? and where an exchange has decided to shut down, has cms tried to recoup any federal grant dollars? lastly, are the exchanges doomed to fail? hopefully we will get answers to these important questions so i thank the witnesses for testifying today, and i recognize the ranking member from colorado for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i think we can all stipulate that some states have struggled with the technological hurdles of setting up their own marketplaces. we all knew the affordable care act would face challenges in some aspects of implementation. and i've been saying for a long time that it's this committee's role to conduc

it's a matter of state law. they decided to change state law. >> they didn't do that in this case, your honor. >> not yet. if we agree with you and send it back and they look at it and they say, oh, if that's what teague means, we're not going to follow teague. what stops them from doing that? and doesn't that make us look foolish? >> no, it doesn't, your honor. >> render decisions that could be overruled by somebody else? >> if a state considers the merits of a federal claim, it must grant the relief the federal court -- >> but the question is what's the federal claim. why didn't you cite standard oil versus johnson in your response to questions from justice scalia and justice alito? >> i believe my friend the solicitor general -- >> the name of the case. standard oil versus johnson. >> that was a case cited by the solicitor general. i believe my friend from the solicitor general's office can answer that question a little bit better. >> are you asking us to decide the question of -- left open in danforth? danfo

>> if there were model states. >> yes, the model state that we used was the state of utah. it was very helpful during the legislative hearing process, some of the senators that had been involved in utah's legislation came in and spoke to nevada's lemgs lays tors and we utilized their lessons learned to help us implement our project which i think helped us become very successful. >> did you do anything differently than utah? >> yes, what we did differently is the first thing that they did is they suggested that we change the name from a driver privilege card to a driver authorization card. so through their experiences, they had learned by using the term privilege, that it had the connotation to it that wasn't necessarily true. because it isn't a privilege to drive, it's a right to drive. so the first thing our legislators agreed to come was change the name from privilege to authorization. one of the west lebest lessons was what utah had used as far as the translation services that are required for foreign documents. it is a huge impact on the agency that has this undertaking

hoosier state but the united states. although the school was initially constructed out of pressure to segregate indianapolis high schools, the high school quickly became a source of pride for the african-american community in indianapolis and across the great hoosier state. however, despite its historic championship victory, the high school basketball team did not receive the praise and recognition traditionally bestowed upon previous state championships. after its win, the team took the traditional ride on a fire truck from butler field house to monument sirk until downtown indianapolis. but the team was not allowed to get off the truck at the circle for the traditional photo sessions. instead, the fire truck took one more lap then headed back into the city's black neighborhood. now, mr. speaker, 60 years later, i stand along all hoosiers to recognize these men for their trail blazering efforts in bringing our city together through high school sports. their win was a major first step for african-american athletes across

it's the law in the united states. it's not going to stop members of this panel on the senate for trying to overturn the law but the president is making this commitment to the world based upon the law. we only installed 70 megawatts of solar in the united states in 2005. last year we installed 7,000 megawatts, not 20. and between 2015 and 2016 we're going to install 20,000 megawatts of solar. the price is collapsing. the same thing is true for wind. and so what we now have is 6% of all electricity coming from wind and solar in the united states in 2005, it was 1%. we keep on this pathway and we keep the state renewable electricity standards on the books, we keep the tax breaks on the books as law, we'll be at 15% to 20% renewable electricity by the year 2025 unless people work hard to repeal the law that the president is operating under. so the chairman is right. there is always within our constitutional system an ability to overturn what is existing law, but there's nothing the president is doing which is not consiste

i think the united states should be treating them as they are which is illegal and what the united states should be doing is doing two things. one, puchg for their complete dismantle much and number 2, that the united states doesn't give israel any more money unless and until it ends the apartheid regime and settlement activity. >> you feel financial assistance military equipment what about this conversation that dennis ross had about what he calls coordinated unilateralism, that the u.s. is the third party that oversees whatever happened, is that still a likelihood, is the united states still a legitimate player in peace talks or any peace process between israel and palestine? >> the only role that the united states has played over the course of the past several decades is to be israel's enabler. it has provided israel with unbridled military and financial 74tsupport and military support whether it is in the united nations or otherwise. the role that the united states has been playing is being israel's lawyer, israel's advocate. this is the role that the rest of the world has recognized,

it is to be recalled that 137 states -- i repeat, 137 states recognized our state. that is four times the number of states that recognized israel at its foundation. i repeat, 137 countries. and there is universal recognition of the right of termination of our people. here i would like to further recall of resolution 6719 of 2012 which emphasized that -- which according to palestine observe state status, reaffirm the organization would be the government of the state of palestine and the palestinian national counsel is the senior parliament. why given all that israel does not recognize the state of palestine? i must reiterate, the current situation is unsustainable. and we shall start implementing the declaration i have just announced by legal means. we shall not resort to violence. we shall resort to peaceful and legal means to implement that. either the palestinian national authority would be a transition of power, moving the palestinian people from under occupation to independence or israel the occupying power must fully bear its responsibilities. at the same time,

state. justice: they say in a particular case, it is a great guidance, we agree, our interpretation is the federal interpretation. kelly review that because it was -- can we reviewed that because it was federal interpretation? yes or no? michael dreeben: there is a distinction to in this case and that that may suggest that this kit with the court has jurisdiction over and that would does not. justice: you say it does not in the example of federal rules of procedure? michael dreeben: i am doubtful the court would have jurisdiction or choose to exercise it because i except for premises of the argument of your hypothetical, but in the real world, it does not happen. justice: when you say that is a doubtful case, i think you are acknowledging that if we adopt your argument, we're going to get that case and lots of similar cases. we are going to have to parse the words, the words that were used, by the state supreme court. well, we are following or guided by it or strongly guided by it, or adopte

and of the several states to each other and to the citizens of the states of the united states have been before this court during the official life of any of its present members. so he's essentially starting out by saying, this is the single most important case any of us have heard, any of us have decided. >> mary ann is watching in corpus christi, texas. >> caller: how are you doing? >> great. your question for us? >> caller: my question is directed to professor ross. who is attributed to the well-educated, aftrican community, and also to the education of oscar dunn and pinchback? >> what had happened in new orleans is there weren't -- there were a few public schools in new orleans before the civil war, but the afro-crioles didn't go there. they were educated by catholic schools. some sent their children to schools in the north. it was all done from a franco phone perspective. i wanted to get one other point in to the caller two times ago. in omaha, perhaps things are solved over time because it's an efficient place. in new orleans, if someone with power doesn't act, nothing happen

exams given by the states. number two, course exams that were typically give it at the secondary grade level such as tests in american history or chemistry. three, formative exams are given periodically over the course of the school year to assess student progress to some of these were required by the state, some by the district, some are commercial, so more homegrown. number four, student learning objectives that are typically give it an otherwise untested grades and subjects that often form the basis for evaluating staff. and five, other mandated assessment only when those tests are required for all students in a particular grade. all of our districts administered congressionally mandated state summit of exams that will take between six and nine hours apiece. 71% of our districts administered end of course tests in one number of subjects and will consume between two and five hours per grade. nearly 60% of the districts administered formative exams on average three times a year that will take between seven and

for each of our states.t is what we want because if these are standards are set properly we know our kids are on a learning trajectory to learn what they need to know to be part of the knowledge economy. that's when it was set. there is been a lot of political mall debate about -- people confounded it is it federal or state control. no, states are deciding this. a few states rolled back the c'mon core but what they put in place of it is 95% the common core, just a different word. but for the two states and district of columbia are still doing the common core because they know it's right. more than the political debate is what's happening with teachers in the schools. when you survey teachers across the nation whose states have common core in place, they say we like it. it's hard to implement but we know it's the right thing for our students. our students are learning the things that they need to learn. so they believe in it. in some ways, the political discourse just can't, thank goodness, trickling to the r

she says it's a matter of state sovereignty. >> we think it's a state's rights issue and the fcc should not have the ability to come in and override state and local rights. it's important for the state to retain that ability to make these decisions within their borders. so it is a bill, house bill 1106. senator 'tillis tillis and i out of north carolina and i, the chattanooga tfns situation it woul tennessee situationit would pro. whether you are talking about chattanooga or utopia which is the utah situation you would see olot of public debt accrue to the citizens when they try and do these. chattanooga they each have about a half billion of debt now tied to these systems. >> right now except that chattanooga had calculated a return on investment and i understand that this doesn't apply to everything and that return started showing up much earlier than they had planned. so while the concept of not incurring public debt something the public sector can do, what happens in the case where it's actually profitable? >> it should be a decision that is made by those localities and abiding by s

you are the chief diplomat of the united states.ad the note if you need to. >> i have to -- i have -- >> i'm not done with my question. i'm giving you the courtesy of r5eding your notes. >> that's all right. >> they were pushing back. but you overcame those objections. but then you had another big obstacle, didn't you? that was the white house itself. there were senior voices within the white house that were opposed to military action. vice president biden, department of defense, secretary gates, the national security council and so forth. but you persuaded president obama to intervene militarily, isn't that right? >> congressman, i think it's important to point out, there were many in the state department who believed it was very much in america's interests and in further answer of our values to protect the libyan people, to join with our european allies and our arab partners. the ambassador who had had to did he withdrawn from libya because of direct threats to his physical safety, but who knew libya very well, ambassador kretz wa

states." that sounds weird. when did "these" become "the" united states? now, it is important to remember, and as we talk about the constitution, that when -- the united states has had to live, it is easy to forget about the first life because it was short. the first life was roughly 1776 until 1788. it was a time of a decade or more, a confederation. then the u.s. changed its government and it became a federation, a federal republic and that is the key distinction, because when the country started, we save the country, but actually the eighth -- states all felt different, they all spoke the same language, kind of. but they felt very different and they were very different. we use words now in ways people do not use them before. for example, the idea of a country, when you talk about a country, you are talking about your state. if you were talking about the larger apparatus of the u.s., you might use a different word, like empire. they used it because they didn't have another word for it. they

and to the united states. but much of awwhat we offered, despite our best efforts, we had the prime minister come to washington in 2012. much of what we offered was difficult for the libyans to understand how we accepted. i stayed in close contact, both of my deputies went there. we talked with the libyan leadership frequently by phone from washington and communicated regularly. i have said with our team based in tripoli and all of this focused on trying to help stand up a new interim government. and we were making progress on de-militarization, demobilization, trying to integrate the militia fighters on libya-based weapons. it was important to recognize. i was ultimately responsibility for security, the responsibility for what happened in benghazi -- >> what does that mean when you say you took responsibility? when mr. westmoreland asked you that question you said contracting and so forth. what does that mean? if you are responsible, what action would you have done differently. what do you own as a result so

a palestinian state and the state of israel. unfortunately, israel today with its policies is pushing everybody towards the one-state solution and what we are seeing today in the west bank and in jerusalem is a by-product of this israeli efforts to kill once and for all the two-state solution. i hope that we can still find partners in israel. we continue to extend our hand for peace, honorable peace, but not a peace that will allow israel to control us for another 50 years or another 100 years. we're genuine in our intentions to end this conflict but it takes two to tango and if the israelis want to do it on their own, they should be ready to pay for the consequences that we are unfortunately seeing right now. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you, ambassador areikat you laid out what is the formal official position of your government. we'll hear from dr. jim zogby. jim, perhaps you can give us a little color what is going on here with domestic politics? >> thank you, randa, and thank you, maen i want to actually cover th

. >> state laboratories of democracy. >> let people decide state by state. john: yeah, the states have the freedom to try things, the best ideas win. because people can leave if they don't like one state's policies. and we should have more of that says camille -- kmele foster of freethink media. >> public schools are not mandated by the federal government there. are states where various states and county governments can create their own policy. they taylor the policy to the particular needs of the particular community and get to see what works. if your school district doesn't work particularly well, one, they're closer to you, so you have a better chance of changing it, and two easier to move across county line than the national border of a particular country. john: another experiment now is drug legalization, marijuana legalization. >> sure, absolutely. we've seen a couple of states in the union do something crazy like legalize marijuana, but in places like colorado we haven't seen the dire consequences that are predicted. >> they would horrible things woul

and hit islamic state targets. >>> the united states supports any genuine effort to fight isil. we also made clear that we have grave concern should russia strike areas where isil and al qaeda targets are not operating. strikes of that kind would question russia's real intentions fighting isil or protecting the assad regime. >>> we have been observing russian activities and i don't want to go into detail about that at this time, but one of the reasons it is contradictory is that exactly the potential for them to strike as they may well have in places where, in fact, isil is not present. >> and the state department says that u.s. led coalition missions are continuing as normal tonight. despite a demand from russia to get out of syrian air space. and we have no idea what normal means when it comes to the u.s. led coalition. the coalition is made up, we're told, of 26 nations. their roles are not reported on. only nine of those nations appeared to be engaged in attacks against the islamic state. they warned law makes this week about russian president putin and the failed u.s. polic

they outplayed florida state. they had the ball with just about a minute on the plus side of the field. they fumbled it back and ended up losing it. and you could tell in talking to dabo swinney, he even brought it up when we met with him earlier in the year against georgia tech. it was a loss that galvanized this team. it was the first game watson showed what he was all about. they out-played florida state down there. i think clemson beats florida state by 14 or more points next week. i think they're that much better right now. golson is probably back. he passed the concussion test today. >> mike: what about cook? >> ed: if he isn't playing -- and i think clemson is much better than florida state. >> mike: clemson could sew it up in the athlet lantic division. >> ed: people keep saying around these parts, well, you know, the coastal division, unc beats pitt the other night. they better put a really good team in the playoff. it's not going to matter. if clemson wins out they're in the playoffs and i think they'll

it is shown to have the lowest approvals and it has dwindled from 26 states and washington to seven states and washington, d.c. it is no longer viable actually. tests are not doing better. it is true to say there is little common purpose left in common core. so this volume we are releasing this morning, "drilling through the core," is definitely a timely release. but five years into the this great american education debate it is worth remembering what we are debating. it is not politics. but the debate is a contest between two distinct views. the first is common core standards are a state effort to improve k-12 education and help children in under performing districts. the second view is the common core standard are of dubious academic quality and is a state and local issue. "drilling through the core" is a book that strives to treat the first view fairly but argue the second view should prevail. a little on the publisher pioneer institute. pioneer institute has been called the brains of the common core implication. but we cut issues on k-12 reform and helped states make historic strides i

ually states have immunity and so you cannot sue a state unless under specific circumstances. so by maintaining these two and so you have to have protection with the right to regulate that has to be reaffirmed. and the fact that states should be subject to dispute binding dispute resolutions. we think we've the principals back on the table and we are able to negotiate on this topic. important topic of investment protection whether the u.s. will agree or not we haven't our proposal and that will be a matter for the negotiations. we have been in a situation with for a year-and-a-half where we could not negotiate . cause we wanted to conduct we had 144,000 comments on our questions. so we've had a very intense discussion on the matter. now we're able to negotiate again. on the safe harbor, a couple of points. first of all, questions. so we've had a very intense discussion on the matter. now we're able the questions from the irish court so people say the court didn't do this or that. the court was very much limited in what it could do. it was asked questions by the irish court and

the united states has zero. chinese airports, japanese airports, i think even cuba's now in the process of building a new deep water port to take the panamax ships. what are we doing? not much. the grow america act is totally stalled. it's not going anywhere right now. but we've got 23 days. so what are we proposing, are we proposing something that will increase the rail capacity in the united states, that will combine rail, ports and highways into a system to provide for goods movement, freight movement, integrated? no, we're not going to do such a thing. other countries do it, hey, but this is america, we just like to fall behind, so where are we with the grow america act? some of us have introduced it, some of us think we ought to do something like this, that we really ought to pay for our infrastructure. oh, by the way, this doesn't raise gas tax,

but thanks to a state trooper...and a good memory.. their loved one is making the 500-mile trek dear future, please help. the present is kind of a scary place. i have no money, no job, no clothes. i feel completely helpless. but i hear good things about you, future. like i'll have hair, and friends, and books and music. i can't wait to meet you. before we go... a reunion is in the works in minnesota thanks to an all points bulletin for a missing bear. ... the stuffed kind. the family returned home from a road trip to find their five-year old's teddy bear was missing. the bear was a family heirloom.. so they reached out to state troopers in indiana where they thought their son may have dropped it. amazingly, a trooper found it just where they thought it would be. the teddy bear is now all boxed up and making a 500 mile trip home double shooting.. a fight ankeny parking lot late last night. the fast food chain where the shooting happened and how the suspect was brought into police custody. packed house... iowa democrats cheered for their

secretary of state john kerry.ack in the u.s., house republicans are clearing the way for paul ryan to become the next speaker of the house. the freedom caucus decided last night to back ryan. house leadership election is next week. vetodent obama plans to the defense policy bill today. the white house says the president does not like how the bill is funded and it would complicate his plans to close guantÁnamo bay in cuba. latest. is the you can always find the latest on bloomberg.com. betty: thank you so much. vonnie quinn with more at the news desk. stay with us as we continue to you can always find the latest on bloomberg.com. monitor the benghazi hearing on capitol hill. >> no more important than the e-mails of anyone else. it just took us a little bit longer to get them and it garnered a little more attention in the process. ♪ >> they deserve the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. the friends and family deserve the truth. we are going to find the truth. ,etty: ok, that is trey gowdy who was spe

saturday, they breezed past kansas state. the horns bring in backup qb tyrone swoopes in short yardage situations. he had three touchdown runs. speaking of running, here comes jonathan gray right at you. please do not hurt me. gray had 103 yards. texas wins 23-9. after a 1-4 start, the horns take a two-game winning streak to ames next saturday. the 12th-ranked hawkeyes are sitting pretty at 7-0. iowa was off this week. and if they were scouting next saturday's opponent, they saw a pretty tough maryland team. the terrapins fired their coach midseason, but took penn state nittany lions to the wire. maryland down by 1 in the fourth. trying to come all the way back, picked off in the fourth. that finishes off maryland's come back. then state with the 31-30 win. the misery continues for huskers fans. it was another blown fourth-quarter lead. facing northwestern, nebraska found itself down 8 in the fourth. tommy armstrong finds the end zone, that cut the lead to 2 at 30-28. they need the 2-point conversion to tie it. armstrong danc

it was not a state department deal. and in fact, if you want to know the truth, the only option that the state department had was the fess team as you and i talked about before. now, you mentioned that it was for rebuilding. and i've got the state department thing here about the fess. i would read it but it's going to take up too much of my time. but there's not anything -- 2 doesn't say anything about rebuilding anything. it says that it's for crisis management expertise, time-sensitive information, planning for contingency operations, hostage negotiating expertise, which we thought at one time that the ambassador may have been kidnapped, reach back to washington, d.c. agencies and specialized communications capabilities. now, that's what it says on the state department website. you know, that would have been the one thing you could have done to get people on the way over there to help those folks that were still in an ongoing battle that was ready to go, setting there. but you know what? that plane never got out of th

will cms comeback on the state? >> what i'm in a position to do so we been able to review the grand documents can $300 went for the entire operation setting up the health insurance exchange. technology is peace of the. i think of the gao report that identifies 70 million of the 300 for that function is my understand where in compliance with and have delivered the deliverables required under the terms of the credit for the $305 million. i don't think there's discussion about return because we have complied with the terms of the grant. >> well, even though the exchange was never functioning? >> technology didn't launch but were able to cover 70,000 people in the first year despite the. 100,000 people -- >> did use the exchange behind the curtain with paper input? >> it was a hybrid paper automated process spent sorry, mr. chairman, of conover. >> in terms of an audit you said, hhs our cms require an audit into how you spent the money, mr. alan? >> we are required -- >> to report. are in a few required by the federal p

from your situation we discovered in our state that we actually fund our state funds a confederate state park. i am getting ready to jump into that issue. i am a little reluctant because i no it's going to destroy everything else i'm working on in terms of abortion and guns and voting rights, and that is what i need to no, where can i find my level of support the sizable communities? >> that's what we're doing here, sharing information. we will take one more and then let our panel react. >> thank you. he emerged, represent rhode island are we have democrats but our leadership is not progressive. if you have lessons for organizing a progressive caucus and how you can use that? >> be happy to. good. why don't we have our panel respond? >> are these things on? all right. so, the race and religion question, i think for our work in oregon, the most important thing we did was expand the table. the coalition changed. traditional progressive organizations, labor unions and the like 11 doing this work for a long time been toward smaller community organizations around how to lobby come out to be i

when you go into the states and seeing the legislation passed to strengthen the state laws. in virginia, the nra is he headquartered. the attorney general and the governor swept came out strong on the gun issue. so when we look -- >> well, actually legislation, and change in the way that people acquire, handle and use fire arms, has that happened? >> the one time this issue was brought to the voter via a ref fen rum in the state of washington, the voters supported passing that law and that got put on the books. these states are changing the way that people talk about guns and win on guns and it is only a matter of time before the federal government answers the same way and it is more of a winning issue. before we couldn't get the presidential candidate to talk about the guns or reasonable legislation, and with this president here and the campaign pool, it is an issue if you are a politician in america, you cannot run from it, you have to have a response to it, and if you want to win on the issue, you have to be on the right side of it. >> americans are closely divided on whe

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. -- islamic state. they said we'll vet the leaders and make sure they are okay. we'll ask them some questions. we'll take it from them their fighters are all good guys. they've dropped a lot of ammunition and weapons. this supports normally irritates the turks. who feel like the kurds are all of a part -- they consider the kurdish organization that we're now helping to be a terrorists organization along with kurds who are in iraq. at the same time you've got our other allies in the region, the saudis ataris, the uea who are throwing up their hands. look, we've been following your lead, united states. you've told us not to arm the other people. i mean they've done it under the table. they haven't done it as an official policy. perhaps we need to start rethinking this. i think the administration has a lot of decisions to make. elizabeth: what are the chances that both of you think there's a collision in the air between the u.s. and russian air missile. it hasn't happened yet. how dangerous is this right n

experts have said it had to have been a state, thiess a state. so we can -- at least a state. so we can talk about it in at least a hypothetical, that a state has used a weapon that is autonomous in a sense. you can have cyber weapons that are actually not just out mated, but are -- automated, but are truly autonomous. here are the legal principles, though, for both cyber and autonomous weapons that need to be considered. and this is where i disagree with the human rights watch where i can kind of counter some of the things they say. the three major principles in the laws of war which some of which have been mentioned, but i'm going to emphasize them. you have to look at whether weapons are indiscriminate by their nature or not. i do not believe autonomous weapons by their very nature necessarily are indiscriminate. that would be an argument that would support human rights if i was wrong. unnecessary suffering. if a weapon is developed where it causes unnecessary suffering, then it would be unlawful per se. and also the last principle, harmful effects that are uncontrolled. yo

secretary of state john kerry said the united states would welcome "any genuine effort" by moscow to target the islamic state and the nusra front, but he criticized wednesday's air strikes on other rebel groups fighting president assad. >> i relayed and reiterated the concerns i expressed in the course of the un security council meeting which was led by russia today. concerns we have, obviously, about the nature of the targets, the type of targets, in the need for clarity with respect to them . and it is one thing, obviously, to be targeting isil, concerned, obviously, that is not what is happening. amy: to talk more about syria and palestine, we're joined by rashid khalidi, edward said professor of arab studies at columbia university. he's the author of several books, including his latest, "brokers of deceit: how the u.s. has undermined peace in the middle east." professor, welcome back to democracy now! talk about what is happening right now in syria, what russia is doing, with united states is doing. talks what we have now is a civil war that is developed into a quite massive prox

he is the new secretary of state, jefferson's secretary of state. madison is just doing what jefferson is telling him. this is a lawsuit in effect against the sitting president of the united states. like later on, the nixon tapes case in your series. host: and marbury is a proxy for adams, so it is really adams versus jefferson. we should tell you that this story ends amicably between jefferson and adams. if you don't know this part of it, the two men continued to correspond from respective parts of the country throughout their years. they ended their lives on the same day. this is always a wonderful footnote to the life stories. ofy both died on the fourth july on the 50th anniversary of the declaration of independence, and they had come together intellectually at the end. it's great to put that in there. you write in your book that despite the fact that thomas jefferson went over to the state department, he never wanted to meyer his presidency in a debate about the judiciary. but that changed when william marbury filed suit. why? williamcember 180