the fusion oftood state politics and nationalist state governors compromised union. levelsl and state navigated the shoals of nationally sure in and conscription. when lincoln expanded his aims to assist governors in maintaining support for the war, it tested popular sovereignty's limits. the secretary of the navy addicted as much early in the war. the government will doubtless be stronger after the conflict is over then it has ever been, he confided to his wife, and there will be less liberty, but perhaps with greater security. state executives clung to a wide range of powers that prior to the war had existed independent of one another. spiriting the volunteer despite jealousies and competing ambitions as well as cooperate with the national government. the governors were as worried about the expansion of national powers as the conduct during the war. unity was important for northerners to achieve victory. yet they debated the nature of the union they were preserving. governors were party spokesman, policy formulators. yet in times of peas, they served as figureheads

today we're hosting the new secretary of state of the united states, rex tillerson. we're pleased to host system in ankara and have been following closely we are having quite high level -- to presidents talked on the phone. our prime minister talked to -- in munich and i was together in bohn with me colleague in the minister's meeting and today, his visit today is a very good indicator that how much importance is attached to mutual relations by two countries. secretary of state tillerson was with the prime minister and then the president, and erdogan and then a lunch weapon had the chance to discuss various methods. of course, it is very important that we should create a new energy on the relations between turkey and the united states. because both countries are facing a lot of testing in this region and different parts of the world and two countries can play an important role in the resolving of these issues. because our responsibility is not to parts of the world we are located but interested in various problem around the world. therefore the friendship and relatio

with secretary of state. >> good morning. thank you for joining us. the executive order signed by the president today, protecting the nation from foreign terrorist entry in the united states, is a vital measure for strengthening our national security. president's solemn duty to protect the american people. and with this order president trump is exercising his rightful authority to keep our people safe. threats to our security continue to evolve and change, commonsense dictates we continually reevaluate and reassess the system we rely upon to protect our country. while no system can be made completely infallible, the american people can have high confidence we are identifying ways to improve the vetting process and keep terrorists from entering our country. to our allies and partners around the world, please understand this order is part of our ongoing efforts to illuminate vulnerabilities that radical islamic terrorists can and exploit dashcam and will exploit. willtate department coordinate with various agencies to implement these restrictions in an

they both spoke about one state versus two state.urrent israeli government is supported in this country are do not want a two state solution, what do they want? they want a one state, equal right. if this is what they want, we are willing to accept that and the solution to the conflict. however, you all know it's not that they are exactly seeking to achieve. they are trying to prolong comment to sustain the status quo and to continue building and continue to swallow more palestinian land and once and for all to destroy any possibility for the establishment of the palace indian state. now this is an outcome that neither you nor as are working to achieve. today, despite on the ground, we continue to be committed to a two state solution because what we are having today is one state with two systems where we have an occupation, a settlement enterprise and the population that does not have any control over its life and is still under military occupation. so when we talk about tuesday and wednesday, we have to be careful because the altern

our decision or talking to the state and a bed in the states. it are some think we can lean on some of the state expertise to help get justification would be able to have better understanding of the return on investment, senator barrasso talked about making sure we're making the taxpayer dollars go further. i don't know if i have an exact answer back in delaware whatever wean team with this federal team to make this whole system more resilient that's what we're really trying to do. >> thanks so much. >> senator capito. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank all of you. i like to ask general semonite a a question, just prefacing it by reminding those who are watching it and the general himself might recall last summer west virginia had one in a thousand year flood occurrence that took the lives of i think 23 west virginia's lost their lives. it was very fast, and the corps has been trying to repair these communities and these waterways. my question is, in the we passed at the end of last year i was putting this on the back and he kept remind you that

state department. because the u.s. state department isn't military force. the u.s.tate department is mesh leadership in the world. the u.s. state department organizes the world to support international organizations, to support the post war stable world that america leads. the u.s. state department is in charge of soft power, supporting american led interests with countries around the world. the u.s. state department does support dissidents in russia and critical media in russia. the u.s. state department calls out russian elections as hillary clinton did in 2011, calls out russian elections as neither free nor fair when there's evidence that russian elections are neither free nor fair. the one existential threat vladimir putin fears in his own country after 17 years in power, the one existential threat he fears is a revolution by his own people. an arab spring type uprising by russians against him and when there have been big protest movements in russia that have threatened to rise to that level putin has raged against the u.s. state department for supporting, no,

, something that 44 states have done in response to the kelo decision and what the states have done. rather than short circuiting this response, we ought to let it continue to develop. there are constitutional issues that mr. king took a decision and the supreme court said there are limits to power. congress may not threaten states with the loss of federal funds to the degree where it coerces a state in carrying out federal policy. it conditions the use of vaguely defined economic development fund on state's funds and threatens to take away those funds for two years if the state doesn't comply. such total loss may result in coercion of the states by the federal government. as a practical matter, losing federal funding is something i find unacceptable. on what is a close call, a call that i find is important to leave it to states and local governments the decision and decisions that might help the economically depressed and those who need it greatly, i find the bill unnecessary and problematic and would oppose the bill. mr. king: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the

we know that states are spent different amounts money, 4001 state, 12,000 in another state. do we know we are getting better outcomes? to ask individuals about their care tax i think the conversations were having should all be around improving health outcomes and trying to do a better job. i do want to be about hurting states. that's why come from. that's what i understand. i've worked with governors and understand that whether our engines of state budget and is not a whole lot of extra money. i think this is about giving states, putting states in a leadership role so they can manage their programs better. i think when states are closer to the people that they serve, then the federal government may have a better understanding of what can work in their state. then the federal government. i think we heard from some of the senators today about rural areas, for example. they have special challenges,, front to areas. some the things that are coming down from washington in terms of a one-size-fits-all approach doesn't always work. the new state should have the flexibility to desig

the virginia state capitol and the constitution of the united states were born in the same year, 1788. the constitution is just a few months older than the virginia state capitol. the american revolution put richmond on the map as a new capital city for a new commonwealth. in 18 621, the american civil 1851,t richmond -- in the american civil war -- virginians took a long time to decide whether or not to secede from the union and subsequently joined the confederacy. we are standing in the room where virgin is ultimately change their minds and voted to secede from the union. once that decision was made, the confederate congress was brought to richmond from alabama and for the next four years, between july of 1861 through march of 18 625, the virginia state capitol was multitasking. it hosted the ongoing meetings of the virginia assembly and the activities of our state governors, but it also posted simultaneous meetings that hosted simultaneous of the congress, the american civil war camp are dramatic and in virginia right here at richmond. in spring of 1865. the confederate government

that's in the united states -- in the united states had these scholarships. i said, wonder if anyone had written history of that. no one had. i got very interested and pursue the topic. ms. cullison: it came out of a personal situation. i had been living in brazil for a while, and i ended up bringing back the man who eventually was my husband and the father of my son. the process that he went through in order to have a fiance visa and then to become a permanent resident and a citizen, i started to question the way the whole policy worked. and it wanted to see how it had changed. host: rachel mentioned flows of migration. how is mexican migration broadly different from other immigration, a border country? what about this flow of back and forth between the united states? what is the historical context for that? ms. cullison: the historical context has a lot to do with the fact that much of the u.s., the western region used to be mexico. so, there has for more than, you know, more than a century, been a circular migration of people just with families just with ,

the state versus the state. hour goefvernors are reclaiming the response, welcome, governor of kansas, arizona and scott walker of wisconsin. our moderator, richard graver. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> good morning, everyone. i'm rick graver president of the bradly foundation. our topic federalism and over our lifetimes we have witnessed disturbing expansion of federal government far beyond what our founders ever anticipated. that expansion of federal government has gotten worse over the last eight years under president obama. we have great privilege to welcome governor to discuss various issues of federal growth and regulatory over reach. they bring a first happened perspective on why states can and should be a laboratory of change within our governmental system within the united states. just a couple of words on each of the governors. starting to my far right, governor ducci is the 33 governor of arizona. he was elected in 2014. he inherited a $1 billion definite he fixed. thank you. he has been consistently committed to growth,

costs to states. when they're shifting costs to states, that means they're passing costs on to states. now, specific to mental and behavioral health issues and addiction, while the republican proposal doesn't repeal any requirements from the law, the republican proposal will kill mental health parity for millions of americans and eliminate access to mental health and substance abuse disorders that it is meant to provide to them. and parities about ensuring people with health insurance have coverage, for the behavioral health services that they need. ensuring plans that cover mental hoelt and substance abuse disorder services, it will be recovered to the surgical services. it will kick millions of americans off of health insurance but leave them with this parting gift. that they can't rest assured that if they are able to afford coverage in the future, including paying the 30% penalty because they were previously unable to afford coverage, they could get health coverage to provide mental health service

state-by-state it does a lot of wonderful things. the reason it is broken is because the financing mechanism behind it is broken. it is a matching program in every state so to get a bit different match based on a private -- poverty levels. it has been gained over the years and if i were the governor of states, i would do the same thing. financially there is no one in the u.s. will tire the actual match rate is. we've is $600 billion program with the rules are different at its simply scrambled eggs state-by-state and there is no consistency. that's what needs to be fixed. the actual services medicaid provides i think generally most states, this a lot more managed care and critical health care service. the issue is running a $600 billion program like this. that's what the house bill and i president clinton was for the idea of a cap. the real issues to end the silliness of the program management and financing of this thing. -- erent people, different there a lot of reasons to fix medicaid and you can debate who should get what spending

with the state of massachusetts.ton state is very interesting. attorney general ferguson won the huge ruling against the first version of the muslim ban that resulted in it being stopped dead in the ninth circuit u.s. court of appeals. tonight washington attorney general bob ferguson says he believes that same ruling that stopped the first version of the ban should still apply to the second version of the ban because it is basically the same ban, basically the same policy. you can hear that argument from him in person right now because he's about to be a guest on "the lard word" with ari melber. that does it tonight. now it's time for "the last word" with ari melber. >> donald trump facing three lawsuits on the travel band and on one of his controversial hotels. the attorney general who dealt the administration its first big loss is going up against the administration again. republicans worried that donald trump who says he loves wikileaks isn't

in the united states for nearly 15 years and because he wrote so much about the united states and avery crucial time, the aftermath of the civil war, reliving events of that, great emigration coming into the united states, the exploration of the west, pushing indians off their lands come all this is part of the landscape of the united states that jose marti wrote about. and race is a big part of that. race is also important because marti who wanted to get cuba free from spain, that didn't happen until after the spanish-american war of 1898, realized that for cuba to succeed as the republic, a free nation, blacks and whites needed to work together and it needed to be a cuba for all. and one of the things i realized in researching what marti wrote about the united states is that the lessons about race in the united states informed his desire to see a graceless cuba that was open and available for everybody. so in one sense he experienced the united states helped him develop a more comprehensive view of what cuba should be. he comes in 1880. he's awa a way for approximatelx months in v

states. given the range of strategic challenges across the globe that our country faces and the unprecedented instability and violence rolling the middle east today, it is critical that we take steps to unify support for the u.s.-israel relationship across the political spectrum. thus, i believe it is vital that the u.s. ambassador to israel is seen as a unifying figure in this enduring relationship. i really do believe that there is broad understanding and support in the senate, in the house for the special relationship between the united states and israel. israel the only true democracy in the middle east, a country that we can rely upon for important intelligence information, an economy that is similar to ours, it's a country that has enjoyed a special relationship since 1948 when harry truman recognized israel after the historic vote in the united nations. so following extensive consideration of mr. friedman's record and taking into account his statements during his nomination hearing, i

states. this tragic case is one of the most simplest extra territorial cases this court will ever have in front of it for five reasons. first, all of the conduct of the domestic police officer happened inside the united states. second, it was a civilian domestic police officer. third, it was a civilian plaintiff, not an enemy combatant. fourth, it was one of the most fundamental rights, the right to life. fifth, the other government involved supports -- the government of mexico supports the claim. >> so is that -- i was trying to figure out from your brief what exactly your rule is. so are all five of those necessary in your view for there to be a bivens clamp? is anything else necessary? is that exactly the rule that you want us to adopt? >> justice kagan, the rule we're asking this court to adopt to avoid the nominalist result when a "uss domestic officer on u.s. soil shoots and there's no constitutional constraints, when there is a cross border shooting involving a federal law enforcement

sessions: maryland is talking about a state law to make the state a sanctuary state. the governor is opposed to that, i am glad to hear. that would be such a mistake. i would plead with the people of maryland to understand this makes the state of maryland more at risk for violence and crime. it is not the policy. -- it is not good policy. as a prosecutor for many years, i just know the historic relationship different federal agencies have with regard to honoring detainers. it is a fundamental principle of law enforcement that if you have a person arrested in another -- and another jurisdiction has a charge, they filed a detainer. you turn them over when you are finished with them. >> listening to you carefully, it sounds like your applying the standards the obama administration put forward with compliance on underlying department of justice rules. are you taking additional steps? are you asking the president to talk about other federal funds as a way to punish sanctuary cities or states? mr. sessions: what i am saying today is essentially the policies of the obama adm

it is often higher than annual in-state college tuition in if over 30 states.l issue for individuals all across america. i can briefly talk about social impact. programs for children who could not previously access those services. the -- to ensure families living in poverty have access to childhood services, expanding mu nins pal bonds, free up other money that could be used for teacher salary. a prekindergarten tax credit. it has been very successful in the state of pennsylvania. it allows people who could not afford high quality early childhood services to get that. a lot are struggling with finance issues. as they both said, this is not only an education issue. it is a work force development issue. there are ideas that are percolating and social impact bonds processes that can look at funding the expansion of high quality care. we hope you'll reach out. we hope you'll work with constituents. we turn it back over to you. jennifer and i would love to answer any questions if any governors have any questions. thank you again so much for your committee. >> i saw

operating states law on the united states official who is acting inside the united states. this case has had as far as the conduct is concerned, the united states is written all over it. nothing about mexico. the border patrol law does not take these borders from mexico. -- their orders from mexico. >> it would be up to the united states across acute -- prosecute mr. mesa. >> why? they would not get any damages for the death of their 15-year-old son for their emotional suffering. think i have fallen government justice ginsburg is saying a more fundamental question, which is i don't think you or the u.s. government is suggesting that anyone is condoning people standing at the border and taking potshots at passing mexicans. >> absolutely not. >> yes, there is a criminal remedy for the government to vindicate its position. be -- notould there be a civil remedy to ensure that border police are complying with the constitution? either under the fourth or fifth amendment? what an shooting potshots at mexican citizens be shocking to the conscience? >> it is shocking. but where were

admission of that state into the united states. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection. mrs. fischer: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. fischer: thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the assistant democratic leader. mr. durbin: mr. president, last night i joined most of the members of congress to hear president trump give his first address to a joint session. his speech lasted about 60 minutes and i listened carefully as did everyone in the chamber at the president's first remarks from that historic setting addressing a joint session of congress. there was some omissions which i found very interesting. not once, not one time in the course of an hour did president trump ever say the word "russia." not one time. even though we've been

there would be a 1983 claim. >> how often do state offices act under cover of state law. outside, with an impact outside the united states. >> justice ginsburg, i've never heard of that, generally the interaction at the border is the border patrol with mexican nationals on the south and north side of our border it's generally the border control. >> if there are no other questions, i'd like to reserve the rest of my time. >> mr. chief justice, may it please the court. the fourth amendment does not apply in a cross border shooting by united states federal agent the petitioner's claim was answered in verdugo. i don't think this court gets to the question of the functionali functionality. >> acting with the approval and cooperation of mexican officers. that's a quite a different case, isn't it. >> it is. however, in verdugo. the person claiming protection was in the united states. the act occurred in mexico. here we have mr. hernandez who was seized in mexico. he was never in the united states. the border is very real and very finite, it's not elastic. >> i thought in verdugo

russian state-run state-funded tv paid michael flynn $45,000 minus a percentage cut that went to the speaker's bureau plus a three day long all expensions paid trip to moscow and a five star hotel right off red square for him and his son mike, jr. the cash he ppocketsed, the business class travel, all of his meals all of that appears to be payments from a foreign government and presidents are not allowed to take payments from a foreign government. american public officials are not allowed to take payments from a foreign government and the department has made clear that retired military officers are not allowed to take payments from a foreign government michael flynn took it, though plus the money he took from his other two russian gigs that we learned from his speaker's bureau that was published by mike isikoff. if you are a public official or president of the united states or retired military officer and you want to get around the part of the constitution that says u're not allowed to take payment from foreign governments the only way you can get around that is if you get permission

the united states law operated on a united states official who is acting inside the united states.his case as far as the conduct is concerned has united states written all over it. the border patrol guard doesn't take his borders from mexico. >> i think it would be up to the united states to prosecute mr. mesa when they choose to do so and provide a remedy to the petitioners. >> there wouldn't be any damages for their 15-year-old son for their emotional suffering. following up on what justice ginsburg is saying, the more fundamental question, which is i don't say you are the u.s. government that anyone is condoning people standing at the border and taking shots at mexicans. and yes, there is a criminal remedy for the government to the decade this position and why should there not be a civil remedy and either an error this amendment. with the shooting that mexican citizens be into the content? >> where was the line applied as presented by the petitioners as far as they could travel. >> it would apply when the action that violates the amendment takes place in the united states and wh

my state, premiums in my state have skyrocketed. there are actually parts of tennessee that don't have a single insurance provider in the marketplace. not one. while in other parts of my state, people may have an insurance card, but they can't get care. they actually are going to health departments, even though they have an insurance card. we must work together on a conservative vision for repealing and replacing obamacare. it's a promise that we made to our voters for years and it's a promise we finally have an opportunity to keep. and i intend to keep that promise. i urge all members to work toward a common goal and with that i look forward to answering your questions. mr. sessions: thank you very much. as i previously indicated, i'm going to attempt to go now in order with our colleagues that are here as ranking members, and the gentleman from new jersey, mr. pallone, would be acknowledged and -- it's all ok? ok. the gentleman is recognize -- is ecognized. r. pallone: mr. pallone: i would like to respond to what some of my collea

i'm from an expansion state. we have -- a lot of us are from expansion states. moving forward. the way we deal with the expansion in the current version of the bill is expansion is maintained through 2020. january 1st of 2020. the people who have health insurance after january 1st, 2020, the current version or have medicaid in the expanded population stay on medicaid for as long as they're on medicaid at the enhanced fmap, the 90-10. states can maintain the expansion but if they put people in the expansion after 2020 in the current version they would have it do it at the traditional fmap. you have able bodies, most people in the expansion are able-bodied because otherwise they might be on traditional medicaid. you're incentivizing states to become health insurance able bodies adults at a greater rate than disabled and elderly. in kentucky federal government gives 70 cents for somebody who's disabled and they'll give you 90 cents, after the fmap for someone that's able-bodied. we allow them to stay on. cbo has estimated that people in the frozen population within three to five y

with the state of massachusetts. the washington state is very interesting. attorney general ferguson won the huge ruling against the first version of the muslim ban that resulted in it being stopped dead in the ninth circuit u.s. court of appeals. tonight washington attorney general bob ferguson says he believes that same ruling that stopped the first version of the ban should still apply to the second version of the ban because it is basically the same ban, basically the same policy. you can hear that argument from him in person right now because he's about to be a guest on "the lard word" with ari melber. that does it tonight. now it's time for "the last word" with ari melber. "first look" is up next. >>> this morning the gop's obamacare replacement plan has cleared more procedural hurdles, but house speaker paul ryan is rallying support for the legislation. >>> and a quick-hitting snowstorm is hitting parts of the northeast from pittsburgh to providence. millions of americans are under a winter weather advisory or

it's the united states law operating on the united states official who is acting inside the united stateshis case has, as far as the conduct is concerned, united states written all over it. there's nothing about mexico. the border patrol guard doesn't take his orders from mexico. >> and then i think it would be up to the united states to prosecute mr. mesa criminally if they were to choose that if they were to choose to do so, which would provide a remedy to the petitioners. >> why? they wouldn't get any damages for the deat the death of the 1d son for their emotional suffering. but i think i have come following up on what justice ginsburg is saying, a more fundamental question, which is i don't think you are the u.s. government is suggesting that anyone is condoning people standing at the border and taking potshots at passing mexicans. >> absolutely not. >> all right. and yes, there's a remedy, criminal remedy for the government to vindicate its position, but why should there not be a civil remedy to ensure that border police are complying with the constitution? either under the fourth o

a jewish state, israel, and an arab state, palestine. [ applause ] he said. to preserve the beautiful dream of israel for a new century and beyond, we must continue our pursuit of this goal. i say, this is the way to continue israel's proud character, jewish, democratic and secure. and to that end, [ applause ] i know that i was invited, when i received the invitation to be here today, i took great personal pride in receiving it and great pleasure in accepting the invitation, but i know i wasn't invited just because i was a supporter of israel as a member of congress. i was invited because i was the house democratic leader. and, in that regard, i want to read you a letter from my colleagues in the house, signed by around 191 house members, a couple republicans, 189 democrats. i may read it off my phone, which i think may be clearer, but let me begin here. as strong supporters of israel, we write to urge you to reaffirm -- oh, it's to dear mr. president. did i tell you that? dear mr. president. as strong supporters of israel, we write to urge you to reaffirm t

why are the states and counties not funding what is primarily a state crime? >> because they're cheap and kids don't vote. unfortunately. i truly believe that. there are 795-ish child add vocy centers around the country and 95% have to seek private funding to keep the doors open. the federal government gives a small amount of money to these centers, but they're seeing hundreds of thousands of kids every year and i guarantee that's one why of the reasons why kids recant, are incapable of testifying, don't get on the witness stand. children need advocacy centers and they don't have it. >> you would agree these are among the toughest cases of all to prosecute so you're going to have a child as your star witness or your going to have a pediatrician preferably highly trained in being able to detect indications of abuse, but i never once had dna in a child sex abuse case. it's a witness and forensic expert and maybe a therapist, very little money is dedicated to that at the state and local level and i find it astonishing. i'm out of time. what i would benefit from b

the united states. i want to express my apprecia appreciation to the prime minister of iraq. the united states welcomes this kind of close cooperation of countries in every region of the world who share our commitment to national security. >> so, he laid out what the government's position is, that they basically spent the last month or so working with the iraqi government as he described. what's missing, there was internal pressure from folks within the administration, folks from congress and so on saying look, these are individuals who have gone out on the most extraordinary limb to help the united states. those who have helped as translators during the war is at the height of the wars in particular. those vi is sas were developed to allow those individuals who are helped the united states to come to the united states. many, their lives are in di because of that work. there were a number of push and pull factors there. there's great relief from the r iraqis, though some trepidation and what folks in th

first produce nonuniformity among 50 states. among the states that have the death penalty. and others are not who the states think about who should be executed. that has nothing do with it. oddly enough. in this case what has to do with it is a technical matter about this individual that would free some while subjecting others. to the death penalty irrespective of what texas citizens think. so do you see my question? what are they up to in this opinion? i think they were up to going back to the citizens of texas. you saw what i think they are up to. >> you tell me if i'm right, wrong or what. >> i believe that's mistaken because there are two points after that discussion of texas consensus where the court said and this is briseno. and the court of individual cases, we decline to answer that question about the texas consensus without significant greater assistance from citizenry act between legislature. and legal determination and medical diagnosis and court says that question is not before us in this case because it goes on to adopt the aamr ninth clinical standard. >> mr.

avy clear message from the secretary of state. >> reporter: the secretary of state was up at the border between south korea and north korea, he said the 20 years of diplomacy have failed. the efforts to contain and control north korea's nuclear ambitions and missile ambitions have failed. he returned to seoul this afternoon speaking to reporters saying that the military option is on the table if north korea threatens the u.s. forgss or south korean forces based here on the peninsula or if they continue to accelerate the weapons program to an extent where the u.s. feels there is no other recourse. of course the story goes like this, the thinking is there were ever to be a preemptive strike on north korea, they could retaliate against seoul, a city with a population of 24 million people in the wider metro area. it sits within rocket range of the north korean border. certainly military conflict and military option is something no one wants to see. secretary tillerson said there are a number of steps that could be taken place. >> the policy of strategic placement has ended. we're exploring

state and local conditions, trade-offs, goals and economic needs are generally best known by state and local governments. at this point i think this bill does create a problem people have a privacy recognized, and i call this a strategic super holdup problem. and that is, this bill would specially empower property holders not just with the value of the land, which is always something they can seek, but by being able to threaten the loss of all federal economic development funds, a single holdout can threaten really not just to hold up a project, but to cause a cessation of major funds that would otherwise float to the jurisdiction. and so this holdout really is specially empowered and i think that's a real problem. as i suggest in my testimony, i see my time is running out, i think one way to address some of these issues would be that if this bill is to proceed, is that there should be some way for people to know if they have reached a genuine agreement wih state and local governments that they couldn't take fair market value and then walk away and ensue, then similarly there should be

we're going to give states the option of block grants of medicaid to the states, so states like floridano vaft and design medicaid around the unique needs of the people in this community, and we're going to allow states like florida to include a work requirement for able-bodied adults insuring that medicaid's benefits are available to those who need them most. >>> these are all common sense solutions, added to this legislation in a vigorous debate on capitol hill. and under the president's leadership we'll continue to listen intently for ways to make this even better. just yesterday, president trump made it clear. he supports the bill 100%. and we all do. every day, more and mor members of congress are getting on board. and as we work to pass this first bill, rest assured, our administration is also working with dr. tom price over at health and human services, and with seema verma at the center of medicaid services to give states like the florida the freedom and flexibility to help your most vulnerable in the ways that are going to be best for you. just this past week, they sent a lette

but realize that the complexity of the states, the diversity of the state is also the bounty of the state. there's so much we learn from each other in california. it's a state where everybody can somehow get the representation depending whatever group they belong to. it's a state also of great conflict. the there are many values in the state. there's a place for everybody in this state, the far right has its region in california. leave you me. and the left of course does as well.

the 17 states are in substantial compliance, states, policymakers continue to object to establish by many. one of the most pervasive criticisms is the inclusion of juveniles on registries. nicole pittman is here to discuss the real impact of juvenile registration, juvenile and family and overall effectiveness. i think the chairman for holding this hearing on this important topic, we all wish child exploitation would be eradicated but the problem persists. what we learned today, i hope we can work together to come closer to achieving the goal. >> the chair think the gentleman from michigan and recognize the gentleman from the full committee, mister goodlatte. >> i'm from virginia. whatever i said i meant virginia. >> time please you are holding this hearing and thank you for the opportunity to say a few words about it. it is an important hearing combating crimes, much progress has been made in preventing, investigating and prosecuting child exploitation crimes but there is still work to be done. bureau of justice statistics reported 67% of all victims of sexual assault to law-enforcem

they had a state that they called people to come to join by migration to the state. whereas al qaeda was sending people out to attack from their bases. i see isis as, in a way, being two separate entities. one is the territorial entity in iraq and syria that's subject to the local dynamics of syrian and iraqi politics. and the other is this kind of global caliphate idea that's energizing people in many different countries, and that will probably survive the extinction of the territory of that first caliphate. >> reporter: as you interviewed some of these isis supporters and followers, influencers, did you feel they were trying to convince you of their righteousness, their rightness, or even to recruit you? >> yes. in many cases, they were speaking to me because i think they thought that i might join their movement. and they would explicitly phrase it like this. they'd say, "we're giving you an invitation. we like you," they would say. "we don't want you to burn forever. we want you to be on our side and share in your part of paradise." i was able to have interactions

coming from the state of alaska as you and i do, we recognized as an oil state. they have been labeled as an oil producing state. under his leadership we have seen texas produce more wind energy. that something to keep in mind as those come to the floor as if they think governor perry is anti-climate change or or doesn't support care for our environment. that is clearly not the case and his actions speak louder than words when we are talking about states, alaska is always out there bragging about our size but if texas were its own country, it would be the 12th largest economy in the world. i think it's important, when we are talking economiche contribution as the 12th largest economy in the world, it's pretty significant. what happened in the state of texas? not only did the people of texas give their endorsement to governor. he to ask him to serve again as governor, they gave him their word by reelecting him to offics he will be served well as he takes the helm at the department of energy. doe is a very important mission ranging from the maintenance of our nucle

but i have to state this. washingtonwho are in in both the executive and legislative branches are elected by the people. and it's like the old pogo cartoon, remember? we have met the enemy and they are us. and i have to think now, as well as then, we are the ones who must decide in the end what kind of leadership we want in washington. and also, the second point, which i tried to make here is that people -- and this is normal -- people tire. people tire of war. war ofon't mean the combat, but the war against injustice. to put it aside in a form of survival. i've always thought, since i was a young man, that we needed a part of us to be committed to the basic principles of the declaration of independence, which we all know was more revered by lincoln than the constitution, that all men are created equal. [applause] >> as an attorney, i must address you as your honor. [laughter] >> chief will do. [laughter] i really appreciated your positive remarks about how things might have been different had lincoln not been

the state's versus the state. how governors are reclaiming america's promise. please welcome -- and governor scott walker of wisconsin. or moderator from the harry bradley foundation, richard ghraiber. ♪ >> got it? >> good morning, everyone. my name is rick, i'm president of the bradley foundation. it is great to be here. our topic today is federalism. and certainly over our lifetimes, we've witnessed a frightening and really disturbing expansion of federal government. far beyond what our founders ever anticipated, and they truly did work hard to work against and to prevent. and that expansion of federal government has only gotten worse over the last eight years under president obama. today we have the great privilege to welcome four outstanding governors to discuss these very significant issues of federal growth and regulatory overreach. and they really do bring a great firsthand perspective why states should be the laboratory of the governmental system in the united states. just a couple of works on each of our governors. starting to my far right, governor do

they were coming to the united states to study, get a u.s. degree that they hoped would advance their professional careers in mexico. between the differences the labor and student migrants were not always so clear. sometime students work in similar jobs that labor migrants did. they could be confused for labor migrants in some situations, which students could take offense at, because of their own prejudices. fall within the broader group of mexicans in the united states. obviously students, come from better backgrounds and perhaps laborers in terms of their wealth and their parents, were the way they were treated by the u.s. government, by immigration officials, were they different? ms. cullison: i would say soap . -- i would say so. for the laborers, it was very much a process in the 1950's, i go forward to 1996 and i can explain that more later, but it was very much a process of screening who would be good potential laborers and agricultural and some industry at the time. thist was very fluid with program but the program would only allow pe

, according to a formula, which has no factor in it for whether a state is a border state or not. so you're essentially asking -- i won't say texas, because it's a large state. let's just say new mexico or arizona. you're essentially asking them to pay extra for border infrastructure. which the state of oklahoma doesn't have to do. although border infrastructure is a national equity and has economic impacts well beyond the state in question. so we think there needs to be a process to overcome these weaknesses, and we think that a great way to do that would be a border infrastructure bank, analogous to the north american development bank, which is already in existence with the headquarters as a u.s./mexico financial institution. and we think that that bank could take on that role of creating that database, and providing that kind of intelligence and planning function. and it could also start to rescue border infrastructure from the clutches of the annual appropriations process and highway trust fund. and enable also private sector funding to flow alongside public sector funding to

states but it was just the power-play and the small states that we will walk out of convention if you don't give us a senate. i'm sorry, that was long-winde long-winded -- [applause] >> you can watch this and other programs online booktv.org. >> book tv tapes hundreds of author programs throughout the country all year long. here's a look at some of the events we will be covering this week. monday we will be at the seattle public library. wednesday we will be at the women's national republican club in new york where biographer craig shirley will discuss ronald reagan 1976 and 1980 presidential election. then we had back to discuss the life of alexander hamilton and his role in developing the american banking system. then we will be at harvard law school where the professor will examine the causes of mass incarceration. friday we are in ann arbor michigan where kevin davis will discuss the growing use of neural science in criminal defense cases. then a stop in rhinebeck new york where former deputy chief of staff to president obama will discuss her experiences in the white house. wrappi

three of these nations are state sponsors of terrorists. the other three have served as safe havens of terrorists. these are countries where terrorists have taken over. this increases the risk that people are admitted here from these countries may belong to terrorist groups, or may have been radicalized by them. we cannot come from nation's security by allowing visitors entry when their own governments are unable or unwilling to provide the information we need to affect -- vet them responsibly. this executive order, responsibly provide us a needed pause, so we can carefully review how we scrutinize people coming from these countries. second, the department of justice leaves that this executive order, just as the first executive order is a , lawful and proper exercise of presidential authority. this department of justice will defend and enforce lawful orders of the president consistent with the corporate doubles of our -- core principles of our constitution. the executive is in power. by congress, to make national security judgments and enfo

united states. senate represe refugees.prese they sit on the floor of the senate representing some of our great states, and yet with this president, he is asking them and all of us to ignore this history.ooking for we have accepted more than 150,000 refugees from the former yugoslavia. over 100,000 soviet jews who are escaping thousand soviet jews who were skipping some arg religion, looking for freedom they came to the united states. there refugees were flee in regimes hostile to our country. some argued the hostile elements could be hidden amongst them. think about the hundreds of thousands who came from communist controlled cuba into the united states. were they subjected to extreme vetting? no. there are people whose that we come here looking for freedot and we opened our doors and they have made us a better country because of it. the the united states was not fined by the fear mongers when it came to these refugees joining us in the united states. we shouldn't be today. today. let's be clear, r

the state. unquote. that's the federal law. the law is clear and of course it makes sense from a management perspective. alaska is a patch of many different ownerships of our land, state, federal, native lands. the moose and bear in our great state don't know these borders. one agency needs to be in charge, and that's the state agency. and while it might be true that this obama administration regulation as written only applies and impacts alaska, it's a precedent that should trouble every member of this body -- every state in the union -- because if they can do it in alaska, they can do it anywhere. that's why the association of fish and wildlife agencies, the state agencies charged withing hadding wildlife in all 50 states and territories from california, new mexico, and new jersey all support this resolution. they all support overturning the obama administration fish and wildlife reg -- all 50 states. the people who know these issues support what we're doing herein the senate floor right now -