in south carolina, the state that was named the front they state the country. the most patriotic thing the union. it makes zero sense. on february 20 third, 316, president obama announced his plan to close guantanamo bay detention facility currently used to house some of the deadliest terrorist in history. including the principal architect of the september 11 attacks. contain little new information. it did not even name a state facility for potential. but instead reference the department of defense's 2015 of 13 potential, but unidentified facilities. in the opening paragraph of the plan, president obama resents three reasons for why it is a national security imperative. that the united states and its mission and guantanamo bay. regardless of any man that may support these at assertions, they do not support the conclusion that the terrace should be transferred to charleston south carolina. or any other location and the united states. i know the other witnesses today will discuss a specific costs and security concerns. my testimony today will focus on three speci

civil war and the united states would had not recognized stating finally found out who it's real friends and enemies were because spanish cuba, cuba was controlled by spain and it was leaning towards a diplomatic support of the confederate states of america. as we all know, the british abolitionist were barely able to prevent london from lending diplomatic support to the so-called confederate states of america. it was haiti that stood foursquare in favor of the united states government and fought this death match against the slaveholding confederate states of america. by by the way, april 15, 2016 marks the onset of emancipation of the enslaved and neighboring washington d.c. which is being marked as we speak. in any case, no no good deed goes unpunished. as a result of haiti helping to support the united states of america during its hour of need, during this u.s. civil war that led to the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of u.s. nationals because of the trader revolts against abolition's in the united states of america. you might ask yourself parenthetically, how and why it is that a

states are. and we have an obligation to -- i think it's an obligation as a state to make sure that we don't as a state exceed that 1%. in addition when we negotiate rules around that, there are rules that -- asking for a waver for any particular district, we have to go through a relatively rigorous process to make sure it doesn't happen, so it's going to be about providing technical assistance of those districts that exceed 1%. we deal that. it's our responsibility. in the past it's been a local responsibility, but it's clear that this committee determine that this state be accountable for that and we will be. it's something we take very seriously. >> thank you. >> thank you, senator. my district probably has a bigger challenge in meeting that 1% mark simply because of some of the specialized programming that we have for medically fragile and severely and profound disabled students, but we always meet -- we always fall under that 1% mark. i think this is another example where it's very difficult

as a state exceed that 1%. in addition when we negotiate a rules around that, there are, there are rules that asking for a waiver for any particular district, we have to go through relatively rigorous process to make sure it doesn't happen some it is going to be about providing technical assistance to those districts that exceed 1% and we'll do that. it is our responsibility. and in the past it's been local responsibility but it is clear this committee determined that the state needs to be accountable for that which we will be. something that we take verier is rusely. . . to set benchmarks that translate into an equitable measure at the state and local level. so one of the things that came up during regulations negotiations was just this issue. certainly seems to be a bit of a paradox there. this day can't go over 1% but individual districts can. i would argue the district, districts another 4% of students without alternative assessment and what i have in my district and the no properly testing more students th

local state and federal. disaggregated by personnel and nonpersonnel and that is a improvement and gives better transparency. but we know we're seeing popping up around the country some very creative programs in giving services to students. if all you're doing is counting those specific dollars spent by education departments, you are going to miss some services that are provided in a community school concept maybe by social services. you might not count some of the services that are provided by a boys and girls club. >> excuse me for interrupting, i want to make sure everyone has the five minutes. >> okay. >> go ahead and wind up. >> winding up right now. if you are just counting dollars that a district makes in teacher placement decisions based on the specific salary or benefits cost, so that things look -- you're going to worry about things looking equal instead of saying are we actually giving services to our students. all we're saying is why in the world would you want to cut off reasonable flexibility th

on behalf of the state of nevada, the united states senate and the united states of america, i express my sincere gratitude to the families of all nevadans who have given their lives in the line of duty. i assure you that your losses will never be forgotten. and i thank and commend each of the brave nevadans currently serving in our armed forces as well as their families for their sacrifice. but my gratitude extends across the nation to all veterans and their families. we owe all of you a debt of thanks that can never be repaid. may god bless our troops and may we continue to bless -- may he continue to bless this great country. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. mrs. boxer: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from california. mrs. boxer: am i correct there is no quorum call at the moment? the presiding officer: that is correct. the senator from california is recognized. mrs. boxer: thank you so much. mr. president, we're working behind the scenes to allow a vote on h.r. 2576, the frank r. lautenberg chemical safety for the 21st century act. my understanding of

after state.s is bigger but it is a trend we are seeing. bernie sanders did well when we see that 39 percent say they want someone less liberal. >> to me if you see less liberal than obama this is one of the first times we have seen that. we have seen a lot of states saying they want more liberal or more of the staple. this is clearly a different state. if the red state we know that is something they want but when you look at this it is something you have to take away and got to start thinking about how they are going to move forward here. >> this stuck out to me. 82 percent in nebraska. 87 percent in west virginia. that is a good sign for trump. >> we are see ago big shift about whether or not people think trump stands a chance against hillary. they said not a chance now we are seeing a chance. we are seeing that reflected as a whole. we haven't seen them head to head but now we see i think trump really has a shot. >> the race could just be beginning. lee carter always good to have you here. >> t

you can't do that state by state. it doesn't make any sense. at the same time, there is no such regime. and what efforts there are at this point are certainly not well integrated and accepted and so forth. so you do run into the problem of saying. so this is the problem of if the government says you shouldn't talk to them, you doll anyway, and then you're going to get in trouble because that's the legal regime you're living in. i understand that. i still think that it makes sense to try and be thinking about this in a way that does acknowledge that there are these kinds of relationships and networks and so forth that there are conceiveably ways to put your thumb on the scale of supporting people's aspirations which aren't necessarily the rt of cleeshed democracy promotion so forth. and but you're right. it's a particularly challenging moment to figure out how to do that. i think you see that all over the world. again, we care about the middle east. but we see it all over the world kind of touted support some of the protest movements in other pa

it is suspected they use cuba as a gateway into the united states or canada. and without objection, i ask unanimous consent that this article be inserted into the record. what this article reflects is truly frightening, given the fact that cuba currently has zero document verification machines at any of its airports. they do not have any electronic means of trying to verify whether any of the documents being presented to them are, in fact, what they purport to be and authentic. so, there you have it. these are the concerns, and they are multifaceted and serious. we are here today not to elaborate on the merits of the administration's rapprochement with cuba, but to take a serious look, as is our job, at the national security implications of a policy that has been pushed through at breakneck speed with seemingly minimal regard for the security and safety of the american people. with that, i now recognize the ranking member of this subcommittee, the gentlewoman from new york, ms. rice, for any statement she may have. representative rice: thank you, mr. chairman,

southern states. florida, bill nelson and marco rubio are from florida, are expected to get it first and southern states, you know, through the gulf to texas, and potentially up to the east coast is where it is supposed assault first. and from there, you know there are some experts who say it could spread even further into the northern states. >> guest: the house is calling for half of that. hal rodgers tweeted on monday saying the bill introduced provides 622 million to fight zika virus, all funding is offset and will last for the rest of fiscal 2016. why is it important for house republicans to have that offset? >> guest: they are very concerned about adding to do the deficit. they say zika virus is a public health emergency and they want to see it treated but it needs to be paid for. this funding goes through the end of the fiscal year we are in now through september 30th. so i would expect even if this were approved, which i think is unlikely to happen in the senate, they could come back and add a

. -- states. samuel white of delaware proved more prophetic -- he predicted on the senate floor about a selection of vice presidential nominees -- "the question will not be asked is he capable, is he honest? can he by his name, by his connections, by his wealth, by his influence, best promote the election of the president." as they had in the house, republicans defended designation on the grounds it would ensure the majority party would elect the vice president and prevent a repeat of 1800, when the when the electors intended cancer was merely the presidency. they showed how someone put forward as vice president could he come president. this, they charged, could destroy the union. for it torunning out be ratified by the 1804 election, and taking vantage of two convenient absences on the passedsenate republicans the amendment without a vote to spare. everything will federalist voted no. how's compared with the senate three days later with the vote necessary for the two thirds margin. again, every f

by state legislatures. the proposal should utilize the opportunity to decrease administrative burden and associated costs. and the deductible cannot result in delayed assistance to those in need. regardless of what happens with the disaster deducting bl or any other current initiative, i'd like to wrap up with a few thoughts. the federal government should continue to offer incentive programs and how states to pursue innovate i ways to strengthen their communities. we recommend continued evaluation to better understand the things that prevent or deter communities from fully leveraging these opportunities. nema also recommends that a study to determine the true costs of disasters be conducted that captures not only those direct financial costs borne by fema, but also those costs paid by other federal agencies, state, local and tribal governments and the private sector. position fema as a partner in developing a more resilient nation. fema's focus must transcend response, and the agency must make advancements

, blue states that he wants to paint red. trump is about to start his second rally of the day right now. he's already blaming the state's water problems on environmentalists and saving his sharpest attacks for hillary clinton while praising russia's vladimir putin. protesters were in the streets of fresno earlier and they are out in force right now in san diego. with tensions running high, can police keep a lid on potential violence? >>> and a stunning look and kim jong-un as a child. his aunt, who says she helped raise him, even changed his diapers, now lives secretly here in the united states running a dry cleaning shop. she says he got his first general uniform at the age of 8 but basketball was his real passion. i'll speak with republican congressman darrell issa of california and our correspondents, analysts and guests, they'll have full coverage of the day's top stories. let's begin with sara murray who is in san diego right now. donald trump has his work cut out for him in california right now. set the scene. >> report

by state.the bottom up, all of you across this country did it in five weeks. not bad, right? [ applause ] i -- i'll put our people and our state coordinators against anybody, anywhere, in time, in terms of quality and dedication. so god bless you and thank you for your work. [ applause ] so thank you for thinking of the next generation. and if you got hot and tired about all of this, look at your children and look at your grandchildren and think about what your folks did for us and redouble our efforts to do it for them. now, i want to thank everybody here today but my heart has a special soft place for one group. and your heart has a soft place for this group too. and these are the people who have fought in the wars and offered their lives for all of us. [ applause ] there are guys here -- there are people with us here today and children with us here today who lost their dad or father on a battlefield. there are people who left parts of themselves on the battlefield for all of us. i have one f

we now talk a lot about failed states. filled states don't usually fail and continuously. they fail over time. what you saw were state that were being hollowed out. they were failing before it was apparent. but a compensatory world developed. you don't have failed state and then i do my strides on the land gave. today i will give you an example in the country that has one of the strongest things in the region, egypt, well over half the commercial transaction are unrecorded. 7% of adult egyptians have a bank account and this is not as desperate mobilephone penetration was 115%. so there are more mobile phones than there are people. but the same people who have mobile phones, smartphones and so for don't put their money and advantage. so even in a country, which as i say, has a fairly robust a capacity, this is not a country that is managing its own fiscal apparatus, monetary policy. none of that is taking place in a sophisticated way. fiscal reform, not tax revenue in nature just 10% of gdp with christy and the guard of the imf and is very low for a modern economy. so in a

that that ought to be an issue decide bid the states to decisions of each state. however, to the extent that daily fantasy is or is not gambling, it ought to be run fairly with appropriate consumer protections and appropriate level of regulation, whether gaming regulation or otherwise. so we fully support the consumers being able to engage in this activity in a lawful and safe manner and with appropriate protections. and we hope, whether it is at a federal level or a state level, appropriate actions are taken to make sure that this is a safe playing field for those who enjoy it. we think it's a really interesting innovation. it is something that has activated fan bases for varieties of sports and increased engagement. i know that the leagues with the exception of the ncaa have embraced it. and it's something that we would like to see done in a safe and responsible manner. and with that i will be happy to answer any questions. >> the chair thanks the gentleman. the gentleman yields back. mr. bru baker. >> good morning, chairman burgess, ranking member schakowski an

if it's going state to state, that's a much harder path for us to go down. certainly if you look at -- let me take a step backwards. so we looked at ugia as a company, small companies did and they saw that in 2016 as a green light by the federal government to -- 2006 as a green light by the federal government to go online with fantasy sports. that was season long. that was before daily was contemplated. so we have companies that are relying on you guys and said go ahead and go start your businesses and they've gone out and they started their businesses and now we have states coming in and changing the game, changing the format. i don't think you'll hear any daily fantasy sports company or season-long sports company balk at consumer protections as long as they're done in a way it's financially viable to stay in business. mr. pallone: maybe that's something we can look into. thank you. let me go back to mr. schoenke again and, again, i'm asking you specifics about draftkings and fanduel which you said you can answer. i want to talk about the so-called insider

specifically, the ig found that while fema tracks specific audit recommendations on a state-by-state basis, fema has not proactively analyze its audits to discover trends , engage and root cause analysis and implement corrective action over the entire program. the ig, i am concerned states could be repeating the same mistakes and that we run the risk of money not being spent for its intended purpose. similarly, i am concerned about a gao report that found fema does not comprehensively collect or monitor the status of corrective actions made by federal departments that participate in national level exercises. while fema has made progress in addressing this issue, more needs to be done to track corrective action, to ensure that fema has an up-to-date outlook of national preparedness. i look forward to hearing from you mister manning on how fema plans to improve oversight of the homeland security grant program and track the status of corrective actions made by federal departments. i want to again thank chairman paul for providing us this opportunity to discuss these important issues and

the great state of nevada, silver state, the freest state in the nation.e.udly place our one vote for also peterson. and 11 votes for the next president of the united states , governor gary johnson. new hampshire. new hampshire is the freest state in the union. new hampshire was the last state to elect a libertarian state representative and soon we hope to make it again. new hampshire is the landing zone for the free state project. come to new hampshire and live free. because of the fine activism of libertarians, we are actually repealing laws we repealed one third of our homeschool laws and we are the first date to get out of real id. we were peeled laws of small breweries. if you call 911 because someone is sick, the police were not arrested for being involved in that activity. that was libertarianism. has eightconstitution articles protecting private property. we have an expensive way to conscience. and it was a right to revolution. we also have jury nullification and a whole bunch of other stuff. because new hampshire has the highest per capita of libe

vernon jordan was appalled and the state state of black america was born. mr.ordan is regretfully unable to join us in person today but he graciously sat down with us and shared his memories of the past and insights into the present. take a look. ♪ >> when i think back on my ten-year term of the urban league, the state of black america is one of the things that i am the most proud of. the 1970s was the aftermath of what happened in the 1960s when we defined the rights of black people. the 1970s were about making real the rights that had been defined. let me give you an example. in the 1960s we conferred and defined their right to check into a motel or a hotel. the 1970s were about providing the wherewithal to check out. the right to check in is meaningless if you don't have what it takes to check out, and so that meant a good education so you can get a good job and so the implementation of the definition and the conferring of rights in the 1960s was a primary goal of the 1970s. 1975 was an interesting year. president gerald ford was running the country. he was

get married in every state. however, in some states people can get fired because they are gay and even more states, people can get fired for being transgender. we can appropriately protect people based on their gender identity just as we do based on race and gender. first call from philadelphia, pennsylvania. rick is on our democrats line. >> and we're taking you live now. you can find the rest of this conversation online c-span.org on ourn "washington journal" files. here is the urban league in washington, d.c., talking about the report on the state of black america. this is the 40th annual report, calling for $1 trillion of investment to improve the lives of african-americans in the united states. the associated press reports the study shows african-americans are doing about the same as they have in previous years. as the u.s. recovers from the great recession and much better than they did when the first state of black america report came out in 1976. >> good morning. ladies and gentlemen, i just want to welco

in this campaign, we have taken on the entire democratic establishment in state after state. we have taken on the senators, the members of the congress, the governors, the mayors. we have taken them all on, and in the clinton organization obviously, we have taken on the most powerful political organization this country. an organization that has won two very successful political campaigns with hillary clinton in 2008. that is what we were up against. that was then. today is today. as of today, we have now won 17 primaries and caucuses in every part of the country. by the way, we hope to make indiana our 18th victory on tuesday. and we have received some 9 million votes. in recent national polls, we are not behind secretary clinton by 60 points anymore. in the last few weeks actually, there have been a couple of polls that have us in the lead. other polls have us single digits behind. in terms of fundraising, we have received more individual campaign contributions -- 7.4 million -- than any candidate in presidential history at this point in a campaign. we do not have a super pa

secretary of state, john c. calhoun, from slaveholding south carolina, helped to engineer one of the first successful covert actions of u.s. foreign policy in helping to fund a succession of split on the island leading to the formation of the dominican republic. this led to incessant and persistent conflict between these new states. that is to say haiti on one side of the island and the dominican republic on the other side of the island. in fact, in one of the rare instances in the history of colonialism, the dominican republic as the united states civil war was about to be ignited circa 1860 invite the formal colonial power back to the island to re-colonize the dominican republic's. that is to say most nations struggle assiduously again colonialism. that because of the so-called black scare in this purification bowl and haitian domination on the eastern side of the island invited madrid to come back and take over. but this rather pernicious event was quickly overtaken by the onset of the u.s. civil war and the

additional support to state and local entities. so i urge all members to join me in supporting this bill, and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from mississippi is recognized. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 4743, the national cybersecurity preparedness consortium act of 2016, and i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, h.r. 4743 allows the department of homeland security to utilize university-based consortiums to help provide cybersecurity training and support to state, local and tribal leaders, including first responders. there is strong bipartisan support for this legislation as introduced by the gentleman from texas, mr. castro. r. 4743 authorizes d.h.s. to use consortium to provide state and local governments with university-developed cybertraining and technical assistance, including for the development of cyberinf

i'm going to put states into play like michigan.g 15 states into play that i think i can win. lou: he said from the outset that he would have to put into play states other republicans couldn't. among the states trump is hoping to win, the last time a republican won florida,io rr and virginia was in 2004. in california, michigan and pence strain yeah the last republican to win was 1988, george h.w. bush. and in california. ronalronald ronald reagan won te state in 1984. but only fools underestimate trump. an extraordinary number of them inhabit washington, d.c. and work at what passes for journalism these days. trump has brought excitement and millions of voters to the party. garnering a half million votes and republican turnout overall also record-breaking. 28 million votes cast so far this year with five states states still to go in the republican primaries. i believe trump will win this election irrespective of who ultimately is the democratic nominee. and if i may, i want to explain why. these are the principle electoral reasons.

eight states. building up the organizations in those states. hiring field organizers. making sure those state operations have what they need for the general election. and that will be music to the ears of democratics. now that they have settled on their candidate, donald trump and democrats are still in this contested broil on this side. it's going to be music to their ears to hear that it's starting. it's going to be music to the ears of the democrats specifically in those eight states especially because in six of those states they've got republican incumbent senators who are up for re-election this year and who the democrats would very much like to take their seats away. so millions of dollars in new funding, lots of new field organizers hired, beefing up state organizations. that's all getting under way. sanders campaign aggressively criticized hillary clinton's campaign for forming the fund-raising with dnc. sanders criticizing the clinton folks not having enough money they were raising through that joint operation. he said not enough of that money was making its w

united states. for instance, the brothers in boston spent a decade in the united statebefore carrying out the bombs. nidal hasan was serving in the military when committing the attack. and unfortunately isis knows all too well the best way to attack america is have americans do it for you and that is why isis uses social media and the internet to radicalize americans at home. we have to do our west best to make sure when isis makes their recruitment pitch to americans the message falls on deaf ears. if isis is successful in radicalizing americans we must be vigilant that we can stop every terrorist attack well before an attack can be carried out. let me be clear, dhs, department of homeland security, are not alone in tackling the threat of homegrown terrorism. congress must help. all americans must help. we can start by taking actions to keep weapons out of the hands of terrorists here. we also need to improve the ability of our law enforcement and intelligence agencies to detect homegrown terrorism

state has ever had. she's the highest profile latino republican not just nationally now but maybe ever and she also right now has a really important job in republican politics. in addition to being the two term governor of new mexico she's chair of the republican governor's association. last night as donald trump was heading to her state to do his first presidential campaign fundraiser because he's no longer self funding and then afterwards to appear at what ended up being a scarey and violent rally in albuquerque, in advance of that rally last night we played a piece of tape from the local news in albuquerque in which the governor explained why exactly she was not planning to attend that donald trump event even though he was coming to her state. >> everybody of course wants to know if you will be attending donald trump's rally tomorrow. >> no, i will not. >> what's your reason. tell us why. >> you know, i'm really busy. >> she's really busy. all governors are. she did not go to that donald trump event l

state department's rules. now the report goes on to say that when she left, she should have at least turned over those records and said that she was able to provide them when she was asked for it. she turned over 55,000 pages, 30,000 e-mails that she had sent while she was in the state department. but the report does also say that there was -- even though she turned over 55,000 pages, there was still some things missing from those -- from those e-mails, including e-mails to david petraeus, who is the former cia director and e-mails to sid blumenthal, a friend and confidant of hers looking to do business in libya. it is brought up regarding benghazi and her use of this public server. this doesn't end the controversy over this private server because we still have an fbi investigation ongoing. we expect at some point in the next couple of weeks she might get a call from the fbi asking her to sit down for an interview before that investigation is wrapped up. >> evan, reading the press accounts of this, it says amo

we have freedom of choice in our state.ou can choose to go to any school you choose to, regardless of your race. but last year, the justice department filed a suit, and they said, not enough people on this side of the chart choose to go to school on the side, and not enough people in alabama chose to go across town to go to school, and vice versa. we said, they could have chosen if they wanted to. what are we going to do about it? and there as was, that's your problem. you work it out. and if you don't work it out, we are going to take away your money. not any such thing as federal funds. they are taxpayer funds. i'm tired of people saying alabama gave you money. you gave the citizens of the state of alabama money. you gave the citizens of the state of california money. you give the government money. when they send it back to you, they say they won't say how they can spend it. we'll attach a lot of strings. that you who paid into the treasury will get it back. well, in that decision, they ruled that we could keep freedom of

no, there wasn't, and in effect at their conclusion, the united states, secretary of state kerry and his russian counterpart lavrov, putting a s toe face on what continue be a deep divergence of views and approaches to this now years-long syrian conflict. as they met there were reports from syria indicating that violence continued on the fragile patchwork cease-fires that had been in place for a number of weeks now were not really holding, and putting on start display the disparity between the show of unity, the show of physical unity at that post conference talk and the reality on the ground, where we see entrenched positions on both sides. , ofhe one hand, the regime course, president bashar digging its heels in, with hezbollah fighting to prop up bashar al-assad. other, countries, the united states, saudi arabia, turkey, saying there can be no stable future for syria without the departure of president assad . in the interim, no clear path forward. laura: no caps off forward, but we did have 2 major talking points today. one was getting humanitarian aid to civilians, particularly t

let me state a couple of things here that have been said about our state. chief executive magazine just recently named indiana one of the top five states in the nation for business. the magazine asks 513 c.e.o.'s, chief executive officers, to rank the states that were familiar with on tax and regulatory regime. work-first quality and living environment. let me give you a couple of their quotes. "indiana has its act together. it is impressive." "indiana has consistently ranked in the top flee in offering not -- top flee in offering not just competitive but also packages that improve the skill sets for higher work forces." the executive officer of the indiana interactive intelligence inc. recently sawed that the state's low cost and low taxes allowed job creators to invest more resources into their businesses and their employees." he went on to say, "limited regulations make it easy to grow here, freeing up time, which is perhaps an entrepreneur's most coveted gift. we have great universities, turning out lots of talented graduates. the public and private sec

if you have one regional state supporting one player and a different regional state supporting another player, that's not going to work well. i think everybody understands that. egypt, the united arab emirates, qatar, saudi arabia, sudan, chad, niger, morocco, i hope i've not missed any of the north after rican players -- jordan - did miss one -- as well as the united kingdom, france, the european union, all signed on to this communique which is a full-throated endorsement to the government of national accord. it's like water hydraulics. i don't know if there are other kinds. you can't predict where an individual particle will go. if you dig a trench, most of the water will go down that trench. if you go down a channel and after you dipg the channel, you then coat the channel and start putting in filters and a variety of things to get the water looking good and useful for more purposes. what we're doing is trying to create a channel for national unity and reconciliation. and for building the institutions libya needs for building enough stability so the economy can come back, distribute

the united states to build a better future for the whole mankind.nt, first lady, distinguished guests and dear friend for the other members of the delegation as you make the most of the final year we are delighted to note you have saved the best for last. a few weeks ago it was our annual exercise. i am honored as watching u.s. marines learning how to cross country ski. mr. president, [inaudible] two years ago during the exercise just as we stood together after 9/11 and just as we now have joined forces in the fight in the partnership we are bound by the experiences and the history that we share. one of the marines i met to exercise was cage solberg. there are millions of people in dissent in the united states there are more here than there are in norway. it's the cost of the huge atlantic ocean in the '90s to pursue the new opportunities for themselves and their children and they carry the dream of a better life in the united states. today the atlantic ocean unites us more. it's made the seed for the nation open to trade with the world and committe

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an imminent threat to the united states. there were no threats to the united states at all. always best to act multilaterally. if it has to act unilaterally, we went into panama with nobody's consent. they were brutalizing our servicemen down there. we invade and get back in the united states. there are circumstances when that is appropriate. is always better on the executive and legislative. >> it would more likely be the exception than the rule. analysis one in the that secretary baker said, there are a lot of policy options between an invasion and doing nothing. that has to be part of the analysis. i agree with respect to secretary kerry that the political solution there -- we are working on that. it is important. we talk about the other things we need to do as a nation. it is important that we have a security's -- security problem with isis. the united states is going to have to lead an effort to eliminate that threat. last i agree with secretary baker, we have all men with obligations around the world. this obligates us to act with for some time as necessary. to isis, w

a lot of the state fully supported segregation.ist of these things -- personality, his interviews in a bathtub smoking a cigar. that was a lot of the appeal to bilbo and why people kept voting for him. but the end of bilbo's life he was removed from the senate because of bribery and race relations issues. he died within the next year of cancer soon after his career ended. nowadays, talking to university groups, many people don't know who theodore bilbo was. even though theodore bilbo's legacy has fallen to the wayside, people can learn more about him by looking through his papers. controversial or not. >> our cities tour staff recently traveled to hattiesburg, mississippi to learn about interest history. learn more about hattiesburg and other stops on the tour at c-span.org/citiestour. you're watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. crying for peace and light because your choices will make all the difference don't be cases or a newon job or a new issue that really stretches your boundaries. >> spend your

some calling it a short-lived alliance in the hoosier state and other states coming up.i think it will go down in history as a nonevent. if it will too late. -- it's a little too late. it's estimated that 30% of our voters have voted early. because of that, the impact of a potential alliances probably for not. do not know if i can say necessarily that we are different breed than other states, but i do know the average hoosier does not take kindly to somebody telling them how to vote. that is one of those situations where you say it is interesting. i do not think it will matter at all to the people going in to vote. i think most will vote the way they originally intended to. that a lion's is nothing more than just a gesture that was going to pretty obvious by the fact that campaigns have limited resources relative to money and manpower. more important than anything is just time. i think that is what this is all about. john kasich is spending his money and time and resources in states that could be more productive to them. it probably could have been done without announcin

this is red states and blue states. and they're also starting to index the tax to inflation so that the tax will not lose purchasing power over time. >> we have viewers wanting to ask you questions. we'll start with tim. tim is in baltic, ohio. republican line for our guest, casey dinges of the american society of civil engineers. go ahead. >> caller: yeah. i'm superintendent of the water system, and in 2010 we built a watt dwraermt pla water treatment plant. pretty much had to. the cost of that was $1.3 million. but on the idea of looking at the price of it i figured that without prevailing wage we could have got that in at 700,000. so i think the prevailing wage is the biggest knock on how we get infrastructure done. >> mr. dinges. >> you're hitting on a wage issue. i'm sure if you had a guest from labor sitting here they would talk pretty hard on this issue. that can be an issue in more of the northern states. that's not an issue in the southern states and other parts of the united states. i've heard other projects,

other states as well. on top of this the supreme court has created a situation where money, as it did in the late 1800s speak so loudly that it risks the power of the vote. we have gerrymandering, both parties gerrymander and have from the beginning. the new role of big money is quite significant. since citizens united, a small handful of mega-donors genuinely have transformed campaign finance. in the last election the top 100 donors gave more than the other 4.75 million small donors combined. there is a level of concentration, the we haven't seen since the days of jpmorgan and the robber barons. those are the recent trends, the scary trends. why am i optimistic? why do i find myself energized by this moment? the answer is there is more agitation, more concern, more wide understanding of the ways in which the system is broken than we have had in a long long time. the book talks about this. in this election you have candidates from all over the place whether it is bernie sanders talking about campaign finan

state. i think he did fairly well with hispanics in nevada if you want to believe thoelz exit polls and -- those exit polls and there are doubts but he hasn't and to me, that is when this became an unreachable goal for him. when he couldn't, he couldn't be competitive enough to win a big diverse state, you know, whether it is new york, whether it is in illinois, in ohio, a big diverse state where he could lay down the marker. >> well said. thanks, chuck so much. joey reed, eugene is back with us. we're joined by hughes hewit. maybe explain why you're so popular and in some demand which you are, so, let me ask you how the crumbling of the wall around jericho is doing right now with donald trump going around with his trump. it seems like he is making his way through the gate. that he is now going to be the accepted nominee of your party. of the republican party. >> it does seem that way, i was never a trump guy and i'm not on the trump band wagon yet but it does seem after he locked it up in i

a nuclear armed state. so, i don't know that this deterrence, compellence distinction is quite as important as it may seem. the second thing where i would push back, this is clearer in the article than what it was that li bin had time to say, is this question of strategic stability. in the article it suggested that chinese scholars are coming to use the u.s. traditional defendtition of strategic stability, and i would simply say that has not been my experience and dialogue with them. that quite to the contrary, the narrow definition, rose pointed out one of the dangers that strategic stability risks becoming a synonym for overall foreign policy. and if you take a narrower definition focusing on prevention of nuclear war, it is unclear that the chinese see that any of the strategic stability thinking in the united states built up between equals is relevant to a discussion between there. i think this is an important thing. i am on the public record as saying the term "strategic stability" has outlived its use

state. they are u.s. citizens and have the rights and obligations of all other citizens, except they do not vote for president. that is no different than the people here in the district of columbia. they do fight in the military and the members of congress to care about them, the same with the care about other u.s. citizens. host: >> coming up, daniel lipman for politico will join us. blank will be on to talk about the delays and long lines , and thet security impact on the travel season. in dan duluth will talk about president obama becoming the third u.s. president to the is -- toto visit the anon visit vietnam. be sure to watch washington journal live at 7:00 eastern sunday morning. join the discussion. >> this sunday night vanity fair columnist and slate magazine founder talks about his new book old age, a beginner's guide on living with parkinson's disease. brain disease. that is a nonsensical question. but what i really meant isn'tsly was thinking going to affect my thinking. -- earn ai learn living

for all of the states and especially our nation, the greatest nation, the united states of america. thank you very much. >> everybody hear me? good. the question -- i'm bob stephens. i'm governor mccrory's general counsel. it's a p-h, thank you for answering. the question that was just asked of me was why was a claim under title ix not asserted in this lawsuit and the answer to that is, the title ix issue was raised against the university system, not directed towards the governor, nor was it directed towards the department of public safety. those are the two claims that we addressed in our lawsuit. the university system will make their own decisions about what they want to do with that title ix issue. [inaudible question] >> do not know. my understanding is the board of governors is meeting tomorrow and my assumption is they will take that up then and make a decision. [inaudible question] >> in the graham case. they have not. it's important to note that. what happened in the fourth circuit case, a split panel, 2-1, made a decision that the district court, the lower court, had used t

you wouldn't do it in the united states. on earth thinks countries in northern europe would agree to things going back the way they were before? and that leads them down a single inevitable path. it means political union. there is no other way. there has to be a single government for the eurozone. there has to be a united states of the eurozone. the plans are already taking shape. angela merkel, the italian finance minister, french president, hollande, the presidents of the big eu institutions have all called for political union. it means according to president hollande a eurozone parliament, a common budget, and a common cabinet. inevitably, it means giving up independent nation status. that is the decision they took back in 1999, when they created the euro. in european terms, it really does mean finishing off our equivalence of the fictitious american union, not just with a parliament in panama city but with a single government for all the americas there as well. europe has no choice but to make its version of fiction a re

an my state of arkansas is the only state to default on its bond. a precedent for if a bills andot pay their it is not a pretty precedent what happens. the state issued a lot of highway bonds, had natural disasters, found themselves after the stock crash. they default it on their bonds. 1949 before we were able to issue another bond. this took a hard toll on the state. they put into act a balanced budget act. legislature,tate we were experiencing the peak of the financial downturn. we were running surpluses because we were disciplined and not spending more than we took in. we need that discipline here. the state and the territory are two different entities. we want to show viewers the piece you wrote is in the "washington post." puerto rico is the canary in the u.s. debt mine. thecan check it out on "washington post" website. richard, good morning. caller: good morning. guest: good morning. caller: you are not my congressman, you are a little north -- i am a little north of you. i am 61, laid off. i have sold my home and everything i own. my wife an

you did not see this in more conservative states. he has done well in these primary states. i expect this to continue as long as these activists are getting news feed times as long as they are getting their point of view out there and get the name of their organization down there. when you are flying the mexican flag while throwing rocks at the american police, i think this only helps donald trump in his opinion about what he said about illegal immigrants. >> why is donald trump even in california? that is as blue as they come kind of state having, hasn't voted for a republican since 1988? why is he there? >> did did vote for a republican in 1877, george bush then. clinton is only up in some polls by about 10 points. she was up by 11 or 13 against sanders and now it is tied. >> you think that california could go for trump. >> 100%. he is the kind of candidate just like ronald reagan and h.w., the first time he ran for president in '88 before the re-election in '92, that can really energize the people in california and make them come out. the polls you have seen are only on t

a typical day at valley state starts early. at 6:30, breakfast is cooked and served by the inmates under staff supervision. the majority of inmates spend their day in a variety of valley state's educational, vocational or rehabilitation programs where they can earn a high school diploma, learn a trade or cope with anger, addiction and abuse. >> when i first came to prison, i started fighting at anything. anything you said to me would make me, you know, react. if i felt threatened. most of the time i'd end up in cuffs. i had several police tell me you're going to be here until the prison falls down. and through going to groups and therapy, i finally learned that that wasn't the way to do it. i need to learn how to use talking skills instead of my hands. and with more help and more good functions, i have the chance to go home. >> life here is about order and routine. by 10:00 p.m. it's lights out. but there are some places at valley state that never go to sleep. >>> coming up -- [ screaming ] >> this is how it is 24/7. you have t

the states that have filed this lawsuit are by and large fairly republican-leaning states.this another frontline in america's divided politics? >> there is no question. all of these states, and we had indications that texas would launch the lawsuit. it is a little surprised that the 10 other states signed up as well. ofy're doing this because government interference, according to them. there is some sense in an election year this will not go away and mistakes are rising on this issue. protestseen to some or those calling from this action from their state government who said very frankly to us that having conceded ground on same-sex marriage over recent years, this was an issue where can serve it is were going -- where conservatives were going to fight that. there is an estimated 700,000 transgender americans whose lives are affected. katty: why this issue? you say america has moved so fast on other issues around gay rights. >> i think, although some would suggest that this was where some of those fighting against this rapid progress in many ways over recent years when it co

she is the sitting governor of a state that is going to possibly be a battleground state. she's a latina. that's important for the republicans of course. more importantly, it's just about respect. common sense. she wants donald trump to lower his volume. that's all she said. all of a sudden today he said, well, you know what? i can attack her, too. i think it was a mistake. >> add it to the very long and growing and continuously growing list of things that official washington media and professional political consultants say that's it. john mccain is not a hero. at a time when he needs to unify the republican party, you go after a sitting governor who is head of a party organization, she's a woman. she's a hispanic. he has issues with these things. i don't think that will be a battleground state. i think new mexico is moving away from the republicans. on every box you check, this is negative for donald trump but what's he been doing for a year now? in his view, it ain't broke, don't fix it. >> jason, does it make sense? he got annoyed? >> you're right. >> is it good for a p