in conclusion, it is true that red states, blue states, purple states, states across the country -- we are not looking for a tax advantage. we are looking for tax clarity. the pay is -- the chaos that has been spoken about, that exists with the tens of thousands of businesses that have closed -- close to hundreds of thousands of employees who have lost their job. it is those small businesses that i am elected to represent. it is those small businesses that are expanding chaos. the chaos of not being able to compete in the market place because online retailers do not have to collect the 6% to 10% tax, they are fighting desperately to maintain that competitive advantage. in conclusion, this is a tax equity issue. businesses, that want to take advantage of the market in my state and in every state should comply with the regulations in those states do with automobiles, tobacco, or any other commodity. i look forward to questions. >>> thank you. welcome. >> thank you, thank you for the invitation. i am director of the interstate commerce initiative at the tax union, a policy project that fo

in conclusion, it's true that states, red states, blue states, purple states, states across the country, we're not looking for a tax advantage. we're looking for tax parity. the chaos that's been talked about in this committee, the chaos that's been of by witnesses today that chaos exists with the tens of thousands of businesses that have closed. the hundreds of thousands of employees who have lost their jobs because they can't compete adequately on the internet. it's those small businesses as a state legislator i'm elected to represent. it's those small businesses experiencing chaos. the chaos of not being able to compete in a marketplace because online retailers don't have to collect the 6% to 10% tax. and that 6% to 10% tax they are fighting desperately to maintain hat competitive advantage. in conclusion, this is a tax equity issue. businesses that want to take advantage of the market in my state and in every state should comply with the regulations in those states no different than they do with automobiles or alcohol, tobacco, or any other commodity. with that i thank you for oppor

you have to look at states where the votes in the states are. so, that's my short version of streamlined. has 24 states. you don't have california, texas, new york, florida. it's going to be really difficult to get those states to submit their taxing jurisdiction to a third-party group. they basically said they won't do it. so that's where we came to a two pathway approach that would have allowed for those states to be able to be granted collection authority. and those other states would have had to meet some other simplification standards. i think that that, if congress thattake up legislation, will have to be the practical conversation that we are having and there are a number of other conversations and topics that need to be dealt with with foreign sellers with retroactivity. certainly there are functional and fairness issues along with that. i can tell you that for the marketplace fairness coalition, our membership is split at this point. we have members that would like to see signification. we have members that believe the states should hav

every state is the same, but every state is different. so whether or not that's the urban areas or rural areas, one of the misconceptions i have noticed is that elections are not run by these huge jurisdictions in terms of having 10 or 15 people. it's one or two individuals doing more and more things basically from my testimony of ada compliance, ownership even driving a school bus, so from a to z. >> sorry i went over there a bit. thank you, mr. chairman. >>> let me follow up on the discussion we talked about. right now there's not a quorum on the eac, and because of that, you are unable to pass the guidelines, 2.0. is that correct? >> that is correct. >> how else is that the work ofe eac? >> we are able to do almost all of the work that the eac staff would source, so the day-to-day operations and the support that we can give to the states doesn't stop. we are not able to vote on new policy. so, that is the one area we are restricted where we don't have a quorum. and that would include the bgsg. >> and once you do have a quorum, is it re

in their state. how concerned are you about the possibility of more cyber attacks ahead in the november midterm elections? jim: the briefings we have had and what has and reported is that the russians will attack us again. i don't see any reason why they wouldn't. we had secretary nielsen speak to us at a luncheon in philadelphia. she said the same thing. for us as secretaries of state across the country, we have been focused and working to overcome the issues around cyber security. keep in mind prior to august 2016, cyber security -- we were concerned about, but nothing like what happened after august of 2016. since that time i think all 50 states have been focused. eric: to follow up, there are five states that completely use electronic voting machines that do not have a paper record. those states have told us for a story we recently published that they are not going to be replacing those machines before the midterm elections. they don't have time, even with the federal money that they have. do you

rhode island secretary of state on federal and state, congressman michael mccall chairs the committee. this is two hours and 10 minutes. >>> the committee is meeting today to examine the work of the department of homeland security is doing to assist state and local officials to secure election infrastructure including voting machines, vote tallying systems and voting databases. the role looking across the critical infrastructures because cyber threat elections may pose a similar threat to critical infrastructure sector is. our democratic system in critical infrastructures are under attack. in 2016 russia meddled in our presidential election through a series of cyber attacks and information warfare. their goals were to undermine the credibility of the outcomes of discord-- and so chaos among the american people. this was a provocative attack against our country and we must not allow it to happen again. we state repeatedly that foreign interference in our democracy cannot be tolerated. i strongly believe we will be targeted again this november in the midterm elections and we need to be

states. so first just in general, if you can imagine a normal year for the individual market which may be hard to imagine, if you imagine a typical year what would insurance companies be thinking about as they develop premium rates for their customers? this slide gives you a picture of what are the factors that go into a premium. some of it is pretty obvious. they are looking at what kind of health services their enrollees are using and how many are likely to renew their policy. they are looking at market wide trends and what physicians and hospitals and drug companies are charging for their services and goods. they will be looking at the state or federal regulatory policy decisions. if there is a shift on federal policy that will be taken into account. they are looking at things like the status of affordable care act subsidies like cost sharing reduction that compensates insurers for the cost of low deductible plans that they are required to provide to low income enrollees. they will be look

in some cases you got states that get 13 million. in other states you may get 3 million. that's a lot to be clear, but it's not enough if you're talking about a state that has to replace all of their dres -- >> which is new jersey, georgia -- >> in some cases we are talking about 80 million dollars -- >> dre's are the touch-screen voting machines that are hack prone; right? >> they have certain vulnerabilities. they are compensating controls. we're kind of digressing here. but you want a paper-based voter verifiable paper trail for any voting system. and you want to do post election audits. those are the things we recommend. but both of those, if you don't have them, cost money. so where is it coming from? here's my sense of what's going on right now. states need money, yes. they need money to replace these systems. they need money to institute post election audits. where's that money going to come from? it is the responsibility of the states to administer elections. it is the responsibility of the department of homeland security and the federal government to provide for

all states are supposed to be equal entered into the union with the same rights, the states maintain the rights of the wildlife population in the water and the reason the federal government is trying to control this is water moves and animals move off of federal lands under state lands and those regulations come those animals and that water. the reason they start to regulate on federal lands, state rights is trying to control individuals on their private land and they should not have any rights to anything that was reserved by the states when they entered into the union. they should be able to control those resources and not pick and choose which states want to usurp their laws. >> guest: the caller is right, this is a states rights issue and that is why people outside alaska would do well to pay attention to this. the caller is right that there are common areas in state authorities over managing fish and wildlife. alaska is a unique place. i look forward to hearing the other guests this weekend on c-span to explain the details of how the alaska national interest land confirmation ac

outside of the united states. so the real effect for wayfair to advantage companies that are located in canada or for that matter located in hong kong or the uk because the customs, u.s. customs will not intercept goods for the purposes of enforcing states sale and use taxes, so it really is an action by the supreme court, probably inadvertently to favor foreign competitors over u.s. companies. >> question for george and possibly mike. your comments have been focused mainly on the sales and use tax collection obligations that small businesses will have to shoulder. do you see any implications from the elimination of the physical presence test for other types of, let's say local business obligations or counties may try to export to nonreseller or some other business that might be exported. >> is your question, mark, whether the wayfair decision has implications for other types of decisions. >> not like state income tax more like local business licenses. >> absolutely. you know, there's a brave new frontier here. hi

in 1985, 5 states. in 1986, 3 states. in 1987, 4 states. in 1988, three states. in 1989, seven states. in 1990, two states. in 1991, one state. and again, i remembered what i told myself years earlier. as long as you get one state every year, be happy. so i was very grateful to have north dakota's one ratification in 1991. now i would attribute the slowing down of the process to the war in the persian gulf, which was occupying the attention of the nation in the year 1991. had that not occurred, i could have gotten perhaps missouri. but i was happy with north 1990 one and i was particularly happy with it because, oddly enough, in their 1987 session and in their 1989 it by onehey defeated vote. i couldn't believe it. it would pass the north dakota house of representatives by a comfortable margin. numberere an unusually of names, but i did not let that bother me because it past the north dakota house of representatives. it went to the north dakota senate and field by one vote. i thought, oh, that's just an aberration. when 1989 rolls around, there it passes. then it

to state. thank you again for the invitation to be able to be here it is my honor to join this conversation if only for a brief moment thank you for holding this hearing. from the national institutes of the standards of technology and mr. masterson from the department of homeland security. the. we have another panel after you and want to have a chance to ask questions so you can deal with h your time however you would like to, but if you want to summarize anything in your statement, we will have your statement in the record and we are glad to have it as we are glad to have you here today so we will start with the chairman of the advisory commission with you and then go to the commissioner mccormick and doctor romaine and mr. masterson. >> good morning chairman, ranking members of the committee. i am pleased to testify to discuss the assistance commission work to support the local leaders and efforts to conduct efficient accessible and secure elections. the commission takes pride in the resource

red states and blue states. this was not a partisan issue. we were absolutely struggling to understand what it was that it was going to mean to us. it did seem to me that they were looking to take over our elections, which have been for a long time considered a state function. i am of the camp that we should have some national standards on things. that is why i have been a supporter of the election assistance commission. unconscionable that .he funding has been reduced i think that is one area we could do better on, that congress could do better on, that the president has to do better on. i'm curious if you would like to speak to the question of whether the white house should be coordinating strategy. when i talk to people at dhs and the state level, they say they we are not seeing white house leadership on the issue. does that need to be here, or is it sufficient to have these folks at dhs? jim: all these federal agencies report to the president. and the president administration have to take a leadership role in this. we havehe discussions h

the state and some have not allow that. others said we will. regulates these? the states. there was an amendment that said all multiple welfare arrangements are regulated 100% by the state whether fully insured or self-insured. so how will i apply those? short-term plans who regulates them? the states. they have to decide what they want to do. and there are other areas like medicaid expansion.th now overall what they are looking at so they say how can i make this work better for the unsubsidized population? what can we do to stabilize thatt reinsurance. the healthier wealthier. it is too expensive. a family of four cannot afford that that is where state look at this how can i use waivers or other methods or give coverage that is where the states areng headed. i just a point ofth clarification they may not know the difference between the association health plan. >> all association health plan are multiple employer healthcare arrangements. they all involve multiple employers but not all multiple have health plans or other types of entities and then make it very clear everyth

not all states are -- 2016, not all states are resourced. that is the greatest opportunity for policy discussion. >> madam secretary you talk to some around the country as well on this. you shared a little light on the resources? >> i can vouch for the fact that the information, it is easy to quick fixedly -- fixed quickly if it is outdated. the second part of resourcing is important, the public sector, people working on this in government. at some point we need to invest in making sure the people at the local levels, you can have federal resources at the federal level, at dhs. if they cannot involve and engage with anyone on the local level. you're going blind. i think there are 2 pieces, first is equipment and the next is human resources. >> we talked a little bit about this, what is occurring, give us your opinion on how you see it, pro or con in terms of the sector. >> thank you, this one is clear, the homeland security act of 2003 provided the secretary of homeland security authority to lead the critical infrastructure activity across t

can states be doing more, too? >> absolutely, state and federal. >> mr. hatch, you say only 9% has the election sharing analysis censors. this seems to me to be concerningly low. do you have an opinion on why so few people are actually engaging in the federal-state tribal partnerships that's responsible for sharing information on the integrity of our election? >> thank you for asking that. yes, it is low. the main reason why is because it's new. it's only been up and running for just a couple of months. the rate at which counties are joining the eii sac and states as well is alarmingly fast, which is really hopeful. and organization such as naco and national group of government officials -- >> i'm sorry to interrupt, my time is limited. but you would encourage your fellow election administrations across the country to join the election infrastructure isac? >> it's one of my primary jobs. >> how do they do that? >> they go to the website and contact any association. it's easy. >> bingo. they can do that through the national association of secretaries of st

simply put, alabama is a trade state, an exporting state. it's not just cars either. we export about $170 million annually in soybeans to china, and that industry contributes about 11,000 jobs to our state. the day that china released its list of u.s. goods that could be tariffed, soybean prices fell 40 cents that morning. stan uceri, the president of the alabama soybean and corn association and soybean farmer said, quote, if you weighed that out in dollar figures, it was in the billions what the value of the u.s. soybean crop lost in just that one day, just based on the fear of an imposed tariff. end quote. i've heard from other farmers, too. peanut contract prices have fallen flat. pork prices have fallen $18 a head since march. cotton prices dropped 10 cents in the wake of the initial round of tariffs. our cattle farmers share these concerns and are participating potential production cost increases as a result of more expensive fuel and grain. and just yesterday, just yesterday we learned that the administration is going to spend $12 billion in taxpayer money to he

a nation state bill will take its place as one of the basic laws of the state of israel. to do so in a way which is very preferential, unmistakably clear that a jewish state takes precedence over a democratic one, which was one of the provisions that, frankly, was not -- was dropped from the legislation, which would have basically forced the supreme court in cases involving democracy as opposed to jewish identity to basically look at jewish identity or jewishness as the higher standard. it's important to distinguish, israel has two palestinian challenges. it has the palestinian challenge of what to do with gaza from which it has withdrawn but has varying means of control and the west bank on one hand. so-called peace process. then it has the other challenge. the challenge of a national minority. the challenge of 1.2 or 3 million israeli/arabs, palestinian citizens of israel, arab/israels, how they choose to call them serviselves who are cs of the state and according to the declaration of independence, entitled to equality under the law. that is missing from the nation sta

you aren't denying the united states' democracy? do you believe the united states is a democracy? and if so, if it is a democratic state, then the final conclusion in this kind of dispute can only be delivered by trial. by the court. not by the executive, by the law enforcement. for instance, the concord company that was brought up is being accused of interference. but this company does not represent the russian state. and i brought several examples before. well, you have a lot of individuals in the united states, take george soros, for instance, with multibillion capitals, but it doesn't make him -- his posture the posture of the united states. no, it does not. it's the same case. there is the issue of trying a case in the court and the final -- the final say is for the court to deliver. we are now talking about the private -- the individuals and not about particular states. and as far as the most recent allegation is concerned, about the russian intelligence officers, we do have an intergovernmental treaty. please do send us the request. we will analyze it properly and send a fo

to the united states. they elected a new president. i worry if president trump continues along the same lines, president-elect lopez obrador may pull the plug on security cooperation. where would that leave us the next time we're seeking an extradition? or if terrorists sought to cross the u.s.-mexican border? too much is at stake in our bilateral relationship, and we simply don't know if the president will continue to take to twitter and do damage. and looking south, mexico is just the start. for months the families have been torn apart and central american children essentially have been held ransom to a radical agenda. the president created this policy. he then said only congress could fix it, which wasn't true, made clear by the fact he then signed an executive order trying to end the policy. but the damage was done. children to this day still remain apart from their parents. that has to change. the organization of american states unanimously adopted a resolution on june 29th, criticizing the inhumane f

which means that in ten states, northern states, free states, they couldn't vote at all. but i think another subset of the amendments, i think ten, prevented black people from voting or holding public office anywhere. there is your white supremacy thing coming in. we don't care what massachusetts or new york or vermont allows. we don't want them voting at all. or holding office. so the white supremacy thing seeps into it everywhere and the economic issue and the basic southern way of life which is build on both of those things. i wouldn't try to separate those in any way. they're both very compelling reasons that pop-up in here. let me make one final comment. when virginia secedes finally, actually, they're busy working on approving of articles of this 13th amendment they were putting together on april 12th. the day the firing started. they get a telegram from the governor of south carolina saying we started bombarding the fort. it's going to close. it's going to fall at any minute and they stop work and stop talking, start talking about secsession. up until that time, th

this is a very difficult discussion between federal and states and the united states. we see that there are other , and in the european union other parts of the world like dynamichat have a huge on these issues. limited -- we were too slow in germany. it is interesting for me to learn how the federal states here in the united states review this challenge. time as a your minister president, a equivalent to being a governor. do you have a group like the national governors association? where the minister presidents come together and share best practices? >> yes. [inaudible] there are several meetings around one year. in the spring. the meeting goes around in the states. [inaudible] there's a place were we discussed topics like the education system, like how to deal with issues of security. with theogether chancellor to talk about how we questions and issues of migration, of integration, especially for asylum-seekers and refugees. challenge in , but not only in germany, but in the entire european sphere. >> human to use the word challenge. what would you say are your bigge

bringing the total to all 50 states. we provide grants to the states for drug court which as you know, could turn participants lives around and save taxpayers thousands of dollars per each participant. i encourage you to make sure that the drug core system -- drug court system is robust partnering with evidence-based treatment programs. with medication -assisted treatment for those who need it facing the opioid addiction and for expanding eligibility. what is critical is the partnership. as with any major issue, governors are planning the most critical role, i would like to think the national governors association for continuing the focus -- i would like to thank the national governors association for continuing the focus. i met with several of you at the white house event, and no matter whether it's over -- opioids, cocaine, or meth we need the entirety of the government federal, state, and local from the local to police department -- police department, we could save lives and strengthen the community and help safeguard

states. and i want to get particular mention to richard nathan, who created and leads the research network and that played an important role in this project. he could not be here in person but is watching on the web cast. finally before i introduce our lead speaker mark hall, i want to mention that we've been busy running meetings, and we have two of them next week. on wednesday, we're having a conversation with scott gottlieb, fda commissioner, about biosimilars, and have an outstanding pam of three experts to react to his remarks. that's going to be wednesday afternoon at 1:30. also at the end of the week, we have a conference on the experience with mipps. i can't remember what it stands for. but those that are interested know it very well. and experience with mips to date and the policy options to address its shortcomings. so without further ado, let me into deuce ma-- introduce mark . [ applause ] >> thank you very much. it's been a quite interesting project and i appreciate the support t

neither in russia nor the united states. and yet the money was transferred to the united states. they sent a huge ament of money, $400 million out of the contribution to the campaign of hillary clinton. but that's their personal case. it might have been legal. the contribution itself. but the way the money was earned was illegal. so we have reason to believe that some intelligence officers accompanied and guided these transactions. so we have an interest of question now. that could be a first step. we can also extend it. they all can be found in an appropriate legal flamework. >> did you want president trump to win the election? and did you direct any of your officials to help him do that? president putin: bringing the u.s.-russia relationship back to normal. i think there are three questions from the russian pool. ou have the floor. >> thank you so much. rt tv is ilya petrenko, channel. mr. president, would you please go into the details of possibly any specific arrangements for the u.s. to work together with russia and syria if any of these kinds of of -- of arrangements ere ma

state patc, -- but it would be state financed. we have stateng money and that provider tax expires at the end of 2019. if we don't have that resource, i think a lot of -- we will be very limited in what we can do and we will not be as proactive. that leads me to the midterm elections. a lot depends on what happens. governor's race and our previous governor is reentered from the republican side and very contentious. we are considered a tossup state , so it really depends what midterm.in this even in conclude, minnesota with our collaborative approach and history of working public-private partnerships, there is increasing division between the republicans and democrats, and i am hoping as a short-livedhat is and moved back toward a more collaborative approach. i think there are pressures from both sides to go into your own camp and not talk to each other, and work at opposite ends. i think we have shown that we can be active and proactive in terms of reacting to the changes, and i think insurance companies -- one of the things they s

the united states army in alaska.corporation with the united states air force, the army in alaska is responsible for some of the most ultramodern electronic installations in the world. relay illion telephone network sending the voice of alaskans all over the world. army participation in the air defense of the nation dots the -- scape with intricateer intricate elements of warnings of air, missile and satellite operation. just one mile from fairbanks, the army maintains its most northern post. fort wayne wright. winter this far north is a serious business. but the long warm days of summer help make up for inconveniences f cold and dark. alaska is often called the gibraltar of the north because of its location as a strategic outpost of the united states. the army accordingly in addition to participation in air defense missions is constantly training and in readiness to defense alaska under the most realistic conditions possible. at fort great dealy, this training and testing program is ost evident. its climate is signif

and they said that the decision of expanding medicaid was up to the states, and today we have 17 states in our country that still have not expanded medicaid. and what that means in english, in real terms, is today there are millions and millions of people in 17 states in this country, people who are ill, people who can't afford health care, people who can literally dying because they don't go to the doctor when they should, and that is all because of a decision of the united states supreme court. but it is not only the issue of campaign finance or the issue of medicaid and health care where the supreme court has acted in a disastrous way. i think everybody knows that our country has a very, very shameful history in terms of civil rights, and it has been a very long and hard struggle for us to finally say that in america, regardless of the color of your skin, regardless of your economic position, you have the right to vote. not a radical idea, but it is a struggle that very brave people fought for for many, many decades. in 1965, u.s. congress finally passed the voting rights act, which

so prices were larger in the federal exchange states than the state exchange states. first of all, state-based exchanges invest more in making the market work. they have the structure and they have money on their own to pay for the outreach and marketing and navigation. there is also sort of the social political climate. these exchanges tend to be in more of the blue states that embrace the principle of the affordable care act, and the federal exchanges tend to be the more hostile state, and that plays out in terms of this basic political social dynamic, as well as the regulatory provision. state-based exchanges are more likely not to allow the transitional plans or the non-aca plans to continue, and the federal states are like, we'll do whatever you want. so those things, i think, build up over time. you can see that. they're not dramatically different but they are different. moving on to insurer participation. i have a lot of ground to cover and i realize i've already used over half my time. i'm already talking fast. we have seen dropoffs with insurers but the big p

but this company does not constitute the russian state. it does not represent the russian state. and i brought several examples before. well, you have a lot of individuals in the united states -- take george soros, for instance -- with multibillion in capital, but does it make him -- his position, his posture the posture of the united rates? -- united states? no, it does not. well, it's the same case. there is the issue of trying a case in the court, and the final say is for the court to deliver. we are now talking about the private individuals, not about particular states. and as far as the most recent allegation is concerned, about the russian intelligence officers, we do have an intergovernmental treaty. please do send us the request. we will analyze it properly, and we'll send a formal response. and as i said, we can extend this cooperation, but we should do it on a reciprocal basis, because we would await our russian counterparts to provide us access to the persons of interest for us who -- who we believe can have something to do with the intelligence services. let's discuss

and the state is not a city beauty and the f.m. city i think the issue and the international community probably should open and of us on the session with say pakistan and india and probably even china on the question of security and i think i think the. short many very many years ago or two words of city really has changed a lot in the in the recent in the reason because i think i think it's you will think that out there not a lot i mean i think we should focus on that rather than i'm going back to n.p.t. which is not something that was going to be i think the divorce rate at all to be open to all or new members or mr off what do you think of what mr jacob a saying and also as we look at that again coming towards the end of the show do you think that the n.p.t. and the nuclear deterrence that it has made the world any safer. so i think mr jacob was quite correct the nonproliferation treaty is buttressed by the comprehensive new it desk when treaty which bans all nuclear explosions or ever however the united states and china have si

and literally days after that decision was rendered by the supreme court, officials in state after state after state responded by enacting voting restrictionsar targeted at african-americans, or people, young people, and other groups of citizens who don't traditionally vote republican. literally, days after that supreme court decision. state officials said wow, we now havee the opportunity to make it harder for our political opponent to vote, and they moved very, very quickly with restricted voting rights laws. and that was, that situation was created by, once again a 5-4 vote by a conservative supreme court. and just this year, just this year we saw the supreme court rule against unions in a really outrageous decision in the jan this case, designed to weaken the ability of workers -- janus -- public employees to negotiate their contract. just this year we saw the supreme court uphold president trump's muslim ban, and other important pieces ofis legislati. this is already a supreme court that, given the option, will rule as they have time and time again often by a 5-4 vote in favor of co

that statement was from the united states president's state department. >> okay. but the united states president said that it was an incredible offer. and so, that's why i'm pointing out the difference and commending you. please take it. with regard to what else was said during that meeting, i know you have given some indication of what was discussed, let me just give a sense of how russia is characterizing that meeting and this is the problem with the private meeting like this. many of us voiced strong concerns about having a private meeting like this with no readout. officially. for what happened. and here's what happens when the private meeting like that is held. vladimir putin's meeting with donald trump was, quote, better than super, russia's top diplomat has said. the summit was fabulous. i think that was lavrov who also said. the remarks of russian news agency summed up the mood that mr. trump sided over their own intelligence agencies. here's how one paper in russia, trump hernandez failed to dominate putin. another said a quiet modest trump has paled in c

on their toes constantly trying to come to back to the united states and give the united states more trump unlike many of his predecessors and i think perhaps unprecedented in american history as my my calling into pointed out he is able to look at each player each state each set of interests and pick and choose what he thinks is good for the united states and even more importantly what's good for him personally what is good for president trump and so these every the saudis and the emirates i think that the white house and trump in particular have been very disappointed in what they think the saudis should have given or even promised to give the united states in terms of investment in the united states arms sales a whole range of things that in particular the saudi crown prince promised when he came to washington he was in the united states for a three week visit he promised a whole slew of things that he has not delivered on so i think in part you see president trying trying to turn up the heat on our allies in saudi arabia and in the emirates that you know that they're not the only

they were transferred to the united states. they sent huge amount of money, $400 million as a contribution to the campaign of hillary clinton. that's their personal case. it might have been legal, the contribution itself. the way the money was earned was illegal. we have solid reason to believe that some intelligence officers, guided these transactions. we have an interest of questioning them. that could be a first step. we can extend it. options abound. they all can be found in an appropriate legal framework. >> did you direct any of your officials to help him do that? >> translator: yes, i did. yes, i did. because he talked about bringing the u.s./russia relationship back to normal. >> translator: i think there can be three questions from the russian pool. you have the floor. >> translator: thank you so much. good evening in everyone. >> mr. president, would you please go into the details of possibly any specific arrangements for the u.s. to work together with russia in syria, if any of these arrangements were made today or d

it has clearly rattled my state. our seafood-- industry is the number one in salmonte and with our exports, our salmon went to china over the last five years. about a third of our salmon has been exported to china. of our card went the china. us. is very significant to we are trying to figure out what this means not only to our fishermen, but our processors and the just six industry. the 10% retaliatory tariffs puts even more pressure on our seafood processes because many of our fish and shellfish that are harvested are then process -- processed in china before reimported back to the united states for domestic distribution. in many ways, we are looking at this and it is imposing a 10% tax on our own seafood which is tough to reconcile. pretty well inng china, making significant steps towards reducing the tariffs imbalance we had seen. headed is a drop to about 6% and everything , again, a month or so ago. wehave been doing everything can to further that trade toationship with china really help balance things out and

i love my state. i love my family's history the there. >> host: what brought you great parents to alaska? >> guest: on my dad side the story goes that everybody wanted to come up for the

now we're not a flyover state . we are somewhere where people are seeking to come to to bring their businesses and families and actually enjoy where we have known all along in the land of enchantment so i am so grateful to all ofyou for being here. i hope you continue to go to the events . to participate in the conversations that we all have. take best practices. we are not the ones with all the best ideas, we share. we learn. we pick up ideas from one another. that's why we have these conferences so that we can take the best practices that fit best in our state though we can continue to grow and be successful, not for ourselves but for thepeople we serve . i wish you well and it will be fun and exciting and we will see you theretonight. bring a light sweater. and god bless . [applause] >> thank you governor martinez and congratulations on all of your success. the one question everyone has to answer when they are finished is whether they are red chili or green chili or christmas. we will all let you know how that go

of any of the states. the 740,000 people in alaska, how many work in the industry industry? our fishing and tourism industries are very high , but it is a significant generator of jobs, certainly in the top three or four employment in alaska in the energy sector. timeter: you are four zones away from washington, d.c. in much time do you spend washington, and how much attention to you pay to what goes on here? gov. walker: a lot. in fact, i will be there next week for most of the week. land is owned or controlled by the federal government, so we have an ongoing relationship with the federal government since statehood. it is an important part that we have engagement with all administrations, and we have, certainly throughout my term. we've had significant engagement with the prior and current administration. reporter: trade is a big issue here in washington. you just returned from china recently on a trade mission. what are your thoughts when it comes to the current state of affairs between the u.s. and chin

i mean there's nothing like the united states american city for american cities are not safe. a strange and generally safe very safe. but still there are. there are guns but particularly following there was one very infamous massacre at port arthur in tasmania. that really had a shocking effect on the country and it was a conservative government howard government actually reinforced the gun laws following that massacre. we've just had the the killing of seven people in western australia apparently suicide. a really cold blooded killing that to me seemed almost out of place here but it's not because there are gardens in the country those guns that the alleged murderer used were licensed so the licensing laws here of it there's nothing like the kind of open market and. the. the culture of the gun is sacred in the united states it's certainly built into the fabric of the myth ology and then i'd just say that there's no parallel here this is this is generally a gun control society given the similar histories between the united states and australia why do you think that like guns a

what about the united states. $12 billion for the united states and $5 billion worth of services.direct result of this policy including the sanctions. the united states have driven up their companies from the russian market. so they left, and this vacuum was filled by their rivals, their competitors. some of them lost their investments. what was that for? we are interested in developing our relationship in the area of stability. strategic challenges, and any other challenges that we have. i think today president trump made the first step in this direction. chris: mr. president, thank you. thank you for talking with us. >> thank you. kennedy: there you have it, "fox news sunday" chris wallace versus pution president vladimir putin. you can tell vladimir putin is used to having his way in interviews, but fortunately chris wallace pushed back. the former president of georgia, russia invaded georgia in 2008. how did you feel watching that interview? >> well be it's have much as it was for me. i met vladimir putin more than 30 times. he not only invaded my country but heavily intrude i

department of state. thank you, chairman. >> thank you very much. secretary staff has asked that we stay to the seven minute deal. if we could not ask five part questions and end at 6:58. if you could give the respondent time to answer within the seven minutes, i'll appreciate it. i'll with hold my time for interjections along the way. >> thank you. when the preponderasident meets for president putin it cloallow the russian state administration to provide more information and sometimes member of president's own cabinet. i'd like to ask you some questions to understand what actually happened. has the president told you what he and president discussed in their two hour closed door meeting in helsinki? >> you can put your microphone on? >> i'm confident you've had proo private one-on-one. >> i asked a simple question. you can't eat up my seven minutes. did he tell you whether or not what happened in those two hours? >> yes. the predicate implied some notion there was something improper about having a one-on-

we are a very rich resourced state. as far as the way it has been handled lately, i think it has been a little unfortunate the way it has been vetoed. that effectively is a progressive tax because alaska has no sales tax, no income tax. however low tax state, the way the pfd was handled where they took away that people had to pay $1000 in taxes. that is inequitable if you ask me. >> voices from the state on c-span. [bells] welcome to a special presentation of our c-span cities tour as we taking to alaska. known as the last frontier, it is the largest state in the u.s., and 60% of his over 663 square miles is land administered as part of the national parks system. it has a population of only 740,000. the united states purchased alaska from russia in 1867, and admitted it is the 49th state in 1959. with the help of our gci cable partners, in the next two hours we will visit juneau, fairbanks and anchorage to learn about the history and culture of the state, beginning with the alaska native heritage center where he learned

but we also have to be fair to the people of the united states and the taxpayers of the united states. youprime minister, thank again for joining me for these important discussions. we are both outsiders to politics. can you believe it? to politics.ers i look at all these wonderful politicians. we are determined to protect the rights and needs and interests of our citizens. i look forward to partnering with you to build on the incredible it from -- incredible friendship between our countries and to creating a brighter future for both the people of italy and the people of the united states. and with that, i want to thank you very much for coming to the white house. it is my great honor. prime minister conte: good afternoon, i want to thank you for your hospitality is it -- hospitality. it is a sign of the special attention to italy and me as well. forgive me, but i don't want to renounce the privilege for speaking in my wonderful language now. translator: i wish -- for all of families of the victims the fires at the place in california. i wish to say a very affectionate hello to all ou

the idea of states rights, the states have certain rights. who are the people who have evoked states rights before, and for what purpose before the war? abby? wait for the microphone again, make sure it is close so veryone can hear your intelligent questions and responses. student: before the war, it was southern politicians evoking states rights, but it was fundamentally to do with slavery. some politicians, like in the secession of south carolina, in their statements, they haven't states rights and the sovereignty of states, but now the federal government has won and the idea cannot stand any more. slavery is abolished and there is no sovereignty between the states, the federal government has the precedent. prof. sinha: exactly right. states rights is somewhat discredited. it was also used to secede from the union. it was the right of the state to secede from the union to protect slavery. states rights are connected with the institution of slavery and secession and civil war. it is somewhat of a discredited philosophy at this time. the issu

the united states. trump begannald with mistaken notions that as a satellite of china, north korea would then to not -- bend to china's will. thanks largely to president ton's advice, he has come understand that diplomacy, bolstered by a gradual lifting of sanctions, may better achieve his aims. instantlys not only agree with a summit to chairman kim, but praise him as an honorable leader, and to even pledge to rebuild north korea's economy to a level equivalent of south korea has broken all precedent. , secretary earlier pompeo remarked that the united states seeks a fundamentally different strategic relationship with north korea, suggesting he is listening, carefully listening to the north korean's concerns. in the past we were opponents on the battlefield. but today our security relationship is all about cooperation. cooperating and not fighting is truth that when a country decides to create a brighter future for itself alongside the united states, we follow through on american promises. then i have