in practical terms for the state and what happens in my state and other states, first how does russia identify potential target? this is not just a random email that came to him. it was targeted directly at him to his address. it looked very real because they know who he was and where he worked. how are the russians that savvy to track this person, and how does it work in the future? >> i cannot go into great detail in this forum, but intelligent services do not -- they are looking for vulnerabilities. that in the cyber sense would be computer vulnerabilities. as far as targeting specific individuals, i don't know all of the facts around that email and all of the emails sent, but my guess is they did not just send it to one person. like that toemail a variety hoping that one would click on it. >> how do they get that information? go to the website and gather all the emails, tracked the individual to get more information so it looks like something they would click on? >> a variety of ways. maybe by reviewing source material, online or otherwise, but they collect a lot of information th

or in a star state one or two state stars. there are new parts of the law that gives states more flexibility with those resources, the money. and i think we will largely look back on this law as a success or failure about how we do with the schools that aren't getting it done with kids right now. meaning the lowest performing in our state are we able to significantly improve those schools. and i think some of the techniques we have been using in the past haven't worked in states. so under no child left behind has done a lot of reporting data and asking districts and schools to improve themselves. either coming up with a plan or just saying you need to improve and that didn't work as well. and i think we need a structure in place in each state. so one area where i am interested in states improve signiing is to -- is just as we have these conversations, it is really important that we get into the plans and figure out what states are actually doing. states may have submitted something to the federal government that may not have e

the acts happened in the united states and projected into another state, most states, we have counsel here for officer to tell us, the family could sue the state officer in texas. he did the acts in texas, lives in texas, personal jurisdiction. >> justice ginsburg -- excuse me i mean justice sotomayor -- >> that's the first time -- [laughter] >> i apologize. justice sotomayor. but the issue is citizenship and jurisdiction of where it occurred. i put the victim all the way into mexico, there would be statutory exclusion based on jurisdiction if he came into the united states or was within the control area that might be jurisdiction, then there would be a 1983 claim. >> how often do state officers act under cover of state law with an impact outside the united states? >> i have never heard of that. generally the interaction at the border is the border patrol with mexican nationals on the south, south and north side of our border is generally the border patrol. if there are no other questions, i would like to reserve the rest of my time. >> thank you, counsel. mr. ortega. >> may it please

it varies by state, so in some states the law requires something called stakeholder engagement. the state department of whattion have to hear out teacher groups are saying and how they feel about this, but that does not necessarily mean that the state department is going to abide by what they say. sometime the legislatures are making these decisions, so yes, with one of the other union officials in connecticut, and they had made this point about the fact that one of the challenges here is that some schools want to use evaluations to help teachers improve, and in this law we are figuring out how to distribute teachers. so to splitting the purpose of the evaluation, and the evaluation is a very sensitive talk rick -- topic. one of the things with teacher evaluations is that most states, teachers9.5% of the getting an ok on their teacher evaluations. state farm is trying to figure out a way to make the evaluations -- states are trying to figure out way to make evaluations more challenging to figure out how to make them more effective, what role they play, all very important questio

state. as you just said you have been arguing since 1994 as you have been looking at these networks. you say that the proliferation of these networks is a result of what i call the disaggregation of the state. meaning that different parts of governments were peeling away from the chessboard model of foreign policy. directed by the head of state and the foreign ministry and instead creating networks of both private and civic. the question i have is, as we are watching debates play out now, debates here in this country that really fueled i would argue, the election of the president. among the things that he still argues as president but then argued as a candidate was that a need to return american sovereignty. and the ongoing debate that we see even most recently in the french election. for president. where one candidate was arguing very much to pull back from the european union.in an argument she made at the time to reassert french sovereignty. and the winner ultimately arguing that the frenc

that for that state. there's two pieces i think we're most interested in, one making sure that as states set these plans we don't go back to a time pre-no child left behind where we were able to ignore groups of kids or ignore poor performance in any sort of way in any school. before no child left behind, we didn't report out subgroups. so a school could just sort of skate by on averages or things like that. and so i think it's really important -- that's good in the first 17 plans that we don't see a real backing away from student performance as the goal for the states. and so i think that's a real positive. i think another area where i think we have a lot of work to do is on the intervention side. let's say we grade a school, if you're in a letter grade state, a d or an f. or if you're in a star state, at the low end of the star, one or two stars. what are we going to do as a state or as a district to help that school improve? there are new parts of the law that gives states more flexibility with those r

states. you just said it has been arguing since 1994 and looking at the networks. and you they sat meaning different parts of the strict and creating networks of private and civic actors. and what fuelled what i would call the election of president trump and agued at candidate and president as a need to return american sovereignty and the ongoing debate we see in the french election where one candidate is arguing back to pull back from the european union. in an argument she made at the tiement to reassert french sovereign sovereignty. what is your sense of kind of where this eb and flow goes since 1994 when you started making the arguments and digging into it. >> that is a great question. it goes back to both and. in the book, i reprint that famous picture and do you see an old woman or men and people say it is an old lady. see the big nose and wart. >> i saw the young lady. i didn't know if that said something about me or what. my point is you have to see both. if we are under attack, that i

first of all, my state, my home state of washington, is one of those states where our supreme court has said, has ruled and said, that caps are not constitutional. so this bill is an intrusion of our state's rights. this bill also clearly puts the interests of big corporations over everyday people. and sends a signal to medical and health providers that they can act irresponsibly, perhaps, to make more money and get away with it. let me give you a very real example of what happens when hospitals put profit over people. the neurology program at swedish cherry hill hospital in seattle is under investigation for negligent care arising out of a program designed to incentivize neuro science doctors to take on heavy caseloads of complicated cases that lead to serious errors and even death. one of the patients was talia, a talented and vibrant young woman. she went in for a cervical spinal fusion with a neurosurgeon who has been embroiled in numerous investigations. as a result of gross medical malpractice, talia died. according to a "seattle times" investigation, numerous problems surfaced ar

other states. we push back, we try to cooperate and signal our willingness to cooperate, sometimes that works sometimes it doesn't. when you think about president obama's speech in 2009, new beginning with the muslim world, to really address the causes of terrorism and lots of other problems coming out of the middle east you need to build networks. networks of entrepreneurs and civic groups, networks of muslim groups that are pushing back. that is where the web strategies commit. that is where you bring in business, civic groups and you design a network a particular way and run it. >> the question that leads me to raises someone they call page 37 of the book, the disaggregation of the state. as he just said it's been arguing since 1994 is even looking at the networks. you say that the proliferation of the networks as a result of the disaggregation of the state, meaning that different parts of governments are peeling away from the chessboard model policy directed by the head of state and instead cre

, below the state and through the state. in this world the state with the most connections will be the central player, able to set the global agenda and unlock innovation and sustainable growth. so again my question to you is, when you say a state with the most connections will be the central player, is that to say the most networked state would be the strongest state? what is the strongest network state today? what do we do with the state like north korea which is arguably the least networked, but therefore also apparently, esters we can tell, least prone to suasion and pressure, even from its most important friend, namely, china? is there an odd outlier that by keeping itself out of the network, north korea is making itself particularly resilient? or if not just stubborn and isolated, is it also then more difficult to move? >> guest: now, it's exactly the way i think we need to think about power in the networked world, or the web world, that traditionally power is your size, the size of your economy, the size of your milit

folks in the state see that. our revolution stretches across the state. naacp crosses the state. it is those two traditions, progressivism and civil rights that i come out of and it is what makes our state so great in our chances so good. we are one to run a tough campaign. said to me that this moment after bernie' is -- or his campaign reminds them of 1999. group know out of presidential campaigns that don't quite make it all the way can come transformative movements that allow breakthrough candidates to move their states, move their cities forward in ways that nobody thought was possible just moments before. amy: ben jealous, will you be accepting corporate contributions? >> of course not. of course not. amy: will you be pushing for universal health care or single-payer, medicare for all? >> i was re-clear today we will ensure that every citizen in maryland -- i was very clear today we will ensure that every citizen in maryland has quality, affordable health care in maryland and a matter what happens in washington. this is my first down the campaign. we

guest has stated. one only has to look at 1953 when most of that, the democratic leader of iran, was overthrown by the united states so they could install the shah and control the oil interests. if you look at the arms deal, trump is selling arms, which is a violation of human rights -- cluster bombs are being sold, which is a violation of international norms. i don't buy the assertion by a gust of the united states really cares about the stability of the middle east. italy cares about its unjust. -- its own interests. invading iraq, there was a horrible disaster. one can only look at israel, which the united states pays $10 million a day to prop up, basically an apartheid regime. i just disagree with your guests. i don't see how you can say the united states is concerned about the stability and well-being of the people of the middle east. it seems to me that the opposite is true. they don't want democratically elected governments that can think and do what they want. it is we want governments they can

states. so this leads to just one point of connection between the npt and the convention that is currently under discussion in new york. and that is the single strongest recommendation i have for those who are drafting the treaty is to make explicit that membership and adherence to the nuclear nonproliferation treaty is a precondition for adherence to the convention on the prohibition of nuclear weapons. there is no inconsistency at all between the goals and what is likely to be the final language of the convention on prohibition of nuclear weapons. i have heard the concerns by some about what they would call forum shopping. that is, that there may be countries that for political reasons are tempted to embrace the convention, the new convention but then to withdraw from the npt. it doesn't sound very logical, and yet i've done enough in the nonproliferation field to know that logic does not always win over politics. and it is possible to envision a situation in which, for political, tactical

and exiting the agreement protects the united states from future intrusions on the united states sovereignty. and massive future legal liability. believe me, we have massive legal liability if we stay in. as president, i have one obligation, and that obligation is to the american people. the paris accord would undermine our economy, hamstring our workers, weaken our sovereignty, impose unacceptable legal risk, and put us at a permanent disadvantage to the other countries of the world. it is time to exit the paris accord. [applause] pres. trump: and time to pursue a new deal that protects the environment, our companies, our citizens, and our country. it is time to put youngstown, ohio, detroit, michigan, and pittsburgh, pennsylvania along with many, many other locations within our great country before paris, france. it is time to make america great again. [applause] president trump: thank you. thank you. thank you very much. thank you very much. very important. i'd like to ask scott pruitt whom most of you know and respect as i do just to say a few words. scott, please? [applause] >> thank yo

so this does have to be explored in detail and has to be established state-by-state. those three points i would make, teacher qualifications. apropos minimum standards. what all this teacher qualifications at the school to saving money for tuition tax credit program? second, attrition of students as well as teachers. the third thing is i think for reporters and us talking about this with robert earlier, kevin had a great piece "new york times" back in february on free voucher programs, indiana, ohio and louisiana and how they had not worked out. one thing missing from the analysis that journalists have to underscore is the difference in per-person expenditure. you don't have to be a fan of vouchers to underscore that the expenditure for example, in d.c. is about 50% at private schools. this does have to be emphasized if you're going to do apples to apples comparisons. >> robert? >> there's only one study the tax credit scholarship program and it's the florida model. it did show some positive results. we do need to have a conversation of transparency still but i wanted

states. you still have to follow the laws of the state which you're in. it's recognized in all states. some of the other bills actually are geared for members of congress. there's some out there, i think are basically, there's one that allows us to carry anywhere in the united states except for the u.s. capitol where the secret service is. representative from texas have intriguing one. i like some of the details. it gives more flexibility to capitol police. the secret service and it allows flexibility of where guns can be and can't be carried. i think we have to look at that. if we're going to open up for members of congress, to carry there's going to be areas like in georgia you can't carry if you have a concealed carry. that actually are higher target areas for us. such as large political gatherings. we're going to have to look at how do we address some of that. host: let me ask the folks if they want to ask questions about representative loudermilk what he said about conceal carry. the amo

state were cancelled.nd not replaced by sales in the san juan basin. what impact does the rotational lease sale schedule have on oil and gas development in new mexico considering the texas , permian is right across the border? and how does this affect the budget of the state of new mexico? mr. flynn: mr. chairman, thank you for the question. the impact is profound from both an economic and a jobs perspective. as i mentioned before, approximately one-third give or take a couple of percentage points in a given year of our budget is derived directly from severance taxes paid by the oil and gas industry. so when the state of new mexico is not attracting activity, we are suffering from an economic perspective. of the federal royalty, nearly 50% of the federal royalties paid comes back to the state of new mexico as well. we derive benefits both from our severance tax as well as our share of the federal royalties that are paid. each drilling rig constitutes approximately 50 to 100 high paying jobs. so each rig on

states would have to opt in. from my perspective the kids in the states that i work closely with and want to try to help are likely left out of that. which is why i know race to the top style plan. another thing is that like the democrats and republicans are split on choice which is to say like how much, where, for whom. andrew cuomo would tell you like in new york state teachers unions give to democrats in the city and republicans upstate. lots of people waving the hand to be what i think is the wrong side on this. whether or not the proposal can survive the politics of congress right now is like a coin toss. i think they should try it. i don't know whether or not it would be successful. >> when you think about the politics which this leads to the next thing which i want to talk about recent dwemevelopments. i know you guys track this closely. we mentioned texas which i imagine a lot of people would be mystified. how is it that texas has not been able to enact private school choice policy? >> i am going to argue

one state contributing to the nonattainment of another state. you want to make sure that there is accountability and that steps are being taken in one state to address it downwind. so that is a very important objective and rule we have as an agency. the agencies endeavor to do that in the past. that cross state air pollution rule was actually stricken by the courts. we're trying to make sure that doesn't happen again. it's a very important priority and it is. we don't want the process of one state contributing to the nonattainment of another. we want a shared responsibility there. >> i'll conclude by saying a, we don't want one state contributing to another nor one nation contributing to another which is clearly happening. and the second thing is, if you say you may need the help of congress, all hope is lost then because we -- i'm pessimistic about being able to be convince some of my colleagues that you know, because the narrative will be republicans want to weaken clear air standards. that's not true. we're trying to reflect the reality there

of the states? >> yes and i was very pleased about that. >> not that they took you up on that help, but the russians probe a majority of the states voter databases? >> i don't know the final count because i haven't had access to intel for the last five months. i see open source and i'm not in a position to agree or disagree. i've seen open source i think 39 states and i'm not in a position to agree or disagree. >> time is expired. >> five minutes. >> good morning, mr. johnson. >> morning, sir. >> i want to start by thanking you for your service to our country which includes a very successful stint as a ausa. so, you will recognize some of my questions as being leading questio questions. they are not leading from the standpoint of trying to trick you as more in the interest of time. if i say something you may disagree with, it's just in the interest of time. i want to see if we can get some things out of the way that we all agree on. russia has a history of cyberattacks against our country. is that t

the united states was trying to isolate the united states and convince people that all of the talk about wanted to pursue peace was a centrifuge. during the 70's, i think one of the arguments i make in the book is that nixon, -- i think i come across as being surprisingly pro- ex-kissinger in this book. it was not my intention. i think that opening china was a very important moment that changed the world. i think what nixon understood was the importance of status to china in a way that his predecessors did not. when he reached out to china he really found ways that china could seek rapprochement with the united states while retaining their status. they are interesting -- the chinese would make these strong pro-afro-asian anti-imperialist statements in the united nations. kissinger would say yes, we realize you have to do that. you need to maintain your credibility in the third world. kissinger actually want china to maintain their credibility in the third world at this point. they think it could be useful against the soviet union. it is a complicated dynamic. they are always central to c

of course never mind the fact the pentagon itself is actually the largest polluter in the united states that's because wherever our military and multinational corporations go environmental devastation follows what have we pushed the global underclass too far the nine hundred ninety nine protest against the world trade organization in seattle shocks the press when americans from around the country gather to protest the meeting of global corporate elites where they craft laws and regulations favorable to their business model based on pillaging resources in poor nations around the world and those nations have fought back as well it seems as though no matter where the w t o goes be it in bali new delhi can khun nairobi or elsewhere massive demonstrations follow in two thousand and three a former korean farmer committed ritual suicide on opening day of the meeting sacrificing his life to protest against organizations agricultural policies but as developing nations grow stronger they have begun to stablish in an alternative. to the global financial and economic order the so-called brics natio

and exiting the agreement protects the united states from future intrusions on the united states' sovereignty. and massive future legal liability. believe me. we have massive legal liability if we stay in. as president, i have one obligation. and that obligation is to the american people. the paris according would undermine our economy, ham string our workers, weaken our sovereignty, impose unacceptable legal risk, and put us as a permanent disadvantage to the other countries of the world. it is time to exit the paris accord. [ applause ] >> and time to pursue a new deal that protects the environment, our companies, our citizens and our country. it is time to put young town, ohio, detroit, michigan and pittsburgh, pennsylvania along with many other great locations in our country before paris, france. it is time to make america great again. thank you [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you very much. [ applause ] >> thank you very much. thank you very much. very important. i'd like to ask scott pruitt who most of you know and respect as i do, just to say a few words, scott, please. [ applause ] >

it's in the state department by the secretary of state. and so i would say his role is one of any other senior adviser in the west wing. he does -- he has freedom and i've invited him as i have others, serving the national security adviser, mcmaster and others, if there ato call, if t issues that arise in the west wing. let me know so we have visibility so we can talk about how we want to address those. >> do you have any instances where he hasn't coordinated with state or yourself before engaging in discussions with foreign nationals or officials? >> you'd have to ask him as to whether he has. >> thank you, mr. secretary. you spoke earlier about the working relationship with china in terms of north korea. and there have been positive steps. i want to congratulate you on your work in that regard. but one of my concerns is the fact that as china might move away from trade, opportunities, to try to pressure north korea, russia seems to be creeping in with those, you know, replacing that vacuum. with their own trade opportunities and other in

2018 budget request for the state department. members of the senate foreign relations committee had questions about those budget cuts, sanctions against countries doing business with north korea, and future relations with russia. it was also at this hearing were secretary tillerson announced the release of an american college student who had been imprisoned in north korea since march of last year. >> the foreign relations committee has come to order. banging] tillerson, we appreciate you being here. we were having a discussion about the timing issue. we have a lot of other things happening today, and i would like to finish this in one roun d. so what i think i'm going to do, i think what we will do, let's put six minutes on the clock, and if we really need to have a second round for some reason, we will. i'm open to discussion about that right now -- >> i think six minutes sounds fair on the first round. i don't want to preclude a member on either side that believes they need additional time for a second round, but i would encour

low spending state. state. they would be locked into those dollars, modified only by small trend rate over time. if they chose to add benefits, if they chose to put different care management into help, kids with asthma, diabetes come to elect to do that as state dollars or by cutting something else in the program. in florida there's not a lot of give. >> where do we go? folks in nursing homes, they are very expensive. special needs kids, children's hospitals? >> absolutely. we spend about a third of our dollars in long-term services and supports for the elderly, for people with disabilities. populations will be vying for the limited dollars just to be able to keep steady, never might lose grant. >> thank you for helping to explain what is at stake. take very much. i yelled back. >> the chair recognizes gentleman from oregon five o minutes for questions, please. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i appreciate it. mr. holmes, i love to get in a discussion with you on value. you may have some good points

how a failed state will maintain the remnants of the state but of course they no longer function for a unified power for the common good there's a sort of there's a mythology i'm sure you saw this many times reporter at there's a sort of myth ology of the central state that operates when the police stop you and demand some paperwork or whatever but really what it is there's no central database that there is right you just you describe the state as a ghost in essence that's right. or is like the twitching limbs severed from a spiders and yet i mean it's you know these these offices are used for basic survival you can hold up travelers and demand a fifty dollars or one hundred dollars bribe from them in the name of you know some centralized state that didn't fact exist you know maybe ten twenty thirty years ago so you know that's part of how states fails the corruption and the the reprivatize ation of the means of administration in the means of oppression weber's argument is that you know the modern state is about detaching the leader of a bureaucracy from ownership of the bureaucracy

a lot of states that are very much into environmentalism like the state of california will fight the president's decision tooth and nail. listen to what governor jerry brown said. >> donald trump by being a denier, going against science is stimulating a reaction. that reaction is going to be strong and sustainable and california will be right there in the forefront of leading the effort to help our economy. >> the president will make what the white house believes is a strong case that the paris climate accord would do nothing for the united states, nothing for the environment. we'll see in the next few minutes how the president makes that argument in the rose garden. >> shepard: can you explain how the two sides took the side they did? what are the politics for republicans? >> it's about manufacturing and jobs. for republicans that want to see a manufacturing renaissance in this country, want to see the creation of jobs, whether they're old jobs or whether they be new economy jobs, doesn't really matter. for them, it's all about the economy. for democrats, it's about protecting the e

state department budget by 31%. secretary tillerson also talked about sanctions against north korea, u.s.-cuba policy, and the paris climate accord. thetor bob corker chairs committee. sen. corker: the formulations committee will come to order. -- foreign relations committee will come to order. mr. secretary, we appreciate you being here. we had a discussion about the timing issue. we do have a lot of other things happening today and i would like to finish this in one round. if it isink we will do ok with you -- let's put six minutes on the clock. if we need to have a second round for some reason, we will. we will have a discussion about that. >> i think six minutes sounds if we need to have a second round for some reason, we will. fair. i do not want to preclude a member on either side from having that second round. i would encourage our members to try to be efficient with the use of their time. sen. corker: i want to begin by saying last night about 10:20 p.m., we finished negotiating a russia bill to be attached

so they would be valuable to the state. sec. tillerson: indeed. >> one example of what's been read into the budget by some people when they have seen consolidation of departments and responsibilities without the future result is you have the economic support fund and the development assistance account merged into one fund without any change of the authorization for the fund. a new name called the economic support and development fund. will our 2019 show the results of the mergers, not just in terms of financially but reauthorization for the departments? you are not just going to redo the budgets but restructure the departments and the mission too, i assume? sec. tillerson: that would be the intent coming out of this redesign. as all of you well know, we have a number of bureaus that have common missions, some of them have overlapping missions. not true just within the state department, but we have that with other agencies, as well. this exercise is also to identify where we have overlapping missions with defense, agriculture, de

i would love to have a state budget and i would love to have the united states government backing us up, but that's how we're going to do it and increase the quality of our students. more importantly, for the students that don't go on to northwestern, they're not just coming out with an associates degree. they're coming out with a degree that was design by the industry -- so they know the credentials -- and they're not just getting a job, but if they're in health care they're getting a job that's a career that leads them to the middle class. key difference. you're in health care, you want to be a nurse, we got a way to do it. second, you want to bounce yourself up in the higher grade as a nurse, we have an educational system. we are more than just a job. we're a career that helps you get up that economic ladder. >> with the new requirements for students starting in 2020, if a student doesn't present these qualifications-h -- >> they go to that woman's family house, extending to her home. >> will they be considered a dropout or what are their alternatives? >> here's -- i know -- let m

the 2018 state department budget submitted to congress by the secretary of state. calls for 32% cut to our international affairs budget. i've never seen a budget proposal so reckless in all the years i have been here so it's insulting to our personnel and quick to have bipartisan opposition. mr. secretary when we spoke he said we hope to put the state department glide path to reduce spending levels. a one third cut is more like a nosedive. imagine being an american diplomat learning this is the value the administration puts on your service would imagine waking up every morning a dangerous place and the other side world knowing the officials responsible for your safety haven't even been nominated and america's top diplomat which is you mr. secretary coming to umatilla asked us for a 32% budget cut. some consequences of his budget will hit us down the road if we fail to invest in diplomacy and develop now. the concepts welcome back to us and the worst we'll need to fight. senator lindsey graham said it well and that will make him implement this budget to put a lot of

we imagine state x. and state x says we're not going to provide police protection. we will for everybody but not the church and by the way that costs us extra money. we have to hire extra policemen. that's all. why not? same with helping children that get sick at school. these hypotheticals are obvious. nothing to do with missouri but as soon as you answer that, i'll be able to know if it asks you the question. >> well this differs. >> i'm not asking that yet. >> i'm asking does the constitution of the united states permit a state or a city to say we give everybody in this city police protection but not churches? we give everybody fire protection but let the church burn down. we give everybody public health protection but not a church. that's the law in my imaginary state and i'm saying does the constitution which guarantees free exercise of religion permit such laws? >> i'm not going to take a position that it permits those laws. >> all right. then you say no it does not permit those laws. very well. if it does not permit a law that pays money out of the treasury f

the state department can lead the effort as a state sponsor of terror. they are considered a sponsor of terror. i would hope that would be on your radar to do. they are doing bad things throughout the world. on behalf of terrorism and destroying human rights of many people, i would like to know what the plan is. do we support peaceful regime change. there are iranians in exile all over the world. is the u.s. position to leave things as it is? i want to mention russia. i was in georgia in 2008 after they invaded. georgia took one third in the world said that's not nice and nothing happened.ba they're in eastern ukrainene now. is that unlawful and still unlawful and those territories must be returned.r are go are we just going to accept the russian invasion of those territories. the last thing i want to mention is pakistan play in this, we give them money and that money ends up in the hands of bad guys who hurt americans. they get 500 million a year not counting the military.e they also should be removed from the major non- ally status that they have. i kn

a rogue state. we will have more on president trump move to withdraw from the paris accord after headlines. in washington, d.c., the trump administration says it has granted retroactive wavers to senior staff to allow them to skirt ethics rules aimed at preventing conflicts of interest. the disclosure came in undated memos by the counsel to the president that were made public wednesday evening. one of those benefiting from the move is trump's chief strategist stephen bannon, who has reportedly maintained contact with the far-right website breitbart media in violation of a white house ethics pledge. bannon formerly headed breitbart, which frequently publishes racist, sexist, xenophobic news. the director of the office of government ethics, walter shaub, told "the new york times," the move was invalid, saying -- "there is no such thing as a retroactive e iver. if y you need d a retroactivive waiver, you have violated a rule." in russia, president vladimir putin denied allegations thursday that the rus

in one state, and people in a state might follow it. there's no easy mathematical point of to answer the question you're asking. i completely understand the question but it has to be handled on a case-by-case basis. my point is in many instances olestra talk about a question of federal constitutional law when people are free to decide whether or not they want government involved. if they do that make the decision of the state and local level. >> host: actually. i isolated some of the folks in your book but others on this whole idea about big government versus smaller government, who else would you highlight and why? >> guest: mum bett, a whole chapter. i love mum bett. she's a slave in massachusetts. she was a slave in the household of colonel john ashley who was a prominent figure in massachusetts. it was at the home of the colonel that a document they became known as the sheffield declaration was written. the document recognized as a matter of natural law that all human beings are free and equal. human beings in a state of nature, it'

it was an enemy state, enemy of israel so that the united states was not looking at syria and sayingwe need stability here. actually, for many people the regime change or even a prolonged civil war that much of a problem. that's the starting point. syria wasn't important. the second point about the united states view was that it didn't say much about syria. >> that's not always uprising. [laughter] true. but we didn't know a lot about its allies. we had people to phone and we talk to ? we had a relationship with the guys in the military. there is no such relationship with the united states. we didn't have an investor there in syria from 2,522,011. they did not know this country. what's interesting is we made a lot of generalizations when i just didn't know the country at all. we went from one position in early 2011 when afghan started in this rebellion and when hillary clinton with secretary of state went on television said he's going to be fine. we trust that he won't help reform and he'll start being stopping aggressive. a few months later, barack obama says tend to stand aside. th

he will be hurting those very states.elfis why i say it is a destructive step that was taken today, but i think the american people in communities and states across our country have laws in place they will continue to follow and will continue to show leadership notwithstanding what this ideological announcement has done today. >> the president said it was a bad deal, gave polluters and economic edge over the united states. he said at one point, at what point do they stop laughing at us. kerry: i think other countries will stop laughing when we don't have announcements like we did today. and when we have a president that offers rater vision about the possibilities of the future. i think countries all over the world has happened to the theed states as a result of announcement today, which is not based on truth, based on facts, not based on science. there is no science whatsoever that embraces what the president says today about unleashing other strategies that take us up backwards. it will be ceding leadership, loss of jobs

safe red state. among the small band of conservatives if nothing else want to be able to vote on repeal. promised voters they would repeal obamacare. the house bill, not full repeal. the senate bill drafted nowhere near full repeal but ben is open to compromise. if we can't, try this -- >> if we don't get this resolved by the monday of the next week, july 10th. if there? a combined repeal and replace plan i'm writing a letter to the president this morning urging on him to call on us to separate them. do as much repeal and ask the president to cancel august state work period, stay here and work on replace separate. >> now, i get, if you split them, you complicated current negotiations and you freak out a lot of republicans, because if you just vote on repeal and replace -- this argument, vote to repeal, that gives urgency to the negotiations about pliout r because they know they have to do it. >> not necessarily. >> not really. it they do the repeal thing all the senators feeling safe and wanted the f

to state. you see the provision many states already have. they'll lead to lower cost, better care for patients which ought to be the goal in the end. with that, i reserve. the chair: frur -- for what purpose does the gentleman rise? mr. cohen: i rise in opposition to my friend's amendment. the chair: the -- the gentleman is recognized. mr. cohen: this imposes on states qualifications for expert witnesses in a health care lawsuit. requires plaintiffs to obtain aer is tit cat of merit for a health care professional to pursue a lawsuit, and a 90-day precertification requirement. this is very, very difficult in that it says that if you apologize a doctor apologizes, the hope is that the doctor can apologize and the patient may think, oh, he apologized, that's nice, i won't sue him but then you can't if you decide to sue him or her you can't put that apology in evidence against them. so it's kind of maybe crocodile tears. crocodile apology. but it also requires the plaintiff to get a certificate of

more of a welfare state is if you know as if just making him a state by doing that it's going to be a bigger burden on us taxpayers those are always the arguments that you hear the right wing talking about but you don't hear about the you don't hear about the other side of that story it's almost this as if the media has done such a poor job telling telling the story about how the us has been such predators down there in puerto rico we know that the recent vote even though the turnout was. oh approved a measure to move forward with statehood so where does it go now the state said you know even there was a small turnout twenty three percent turnout ninety seven percent of that turnout said yeah we want to become a state where does this go now in what is in your take the likelihood of that happening with this particular congress that we have right now. in order for puerto rico to become a state there has to be a joint resolution from both congress and the president is i think we both agree that the likelihood of that happening is small but as far as kind of the the right wing side sayi

right now 11 states and washington, d.c., use state-run marketplaces. the battle over trumpcare has supporters of single parent health care hoping their mission will gain some traction now. that brings us to our first pulse question of the day. agree or disagree, states should determine health care, not the federal government. pulse.msnbc.com/america, let us know what you think. start thg hour with mark almaday. thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having me, richard. >> you heard president trump say he wants a bill with heart. does the bcra, the senate republican bill, have heart? >> well, i don't know yet, because i haven't looked it over completely, but i can tell you this, that when the house bill came out, there was a lot of us, myself included, that were not in favor of the bill, so i expect the senate bill to go through evolution, too, in terms of trying to get to where they need to be to pass the bill. >> what would be one of the tweaks, based on your high level of understanding of the bcra? >> well, i'll tell you this, one of the challenges,

>> we as of right now we have evidence of 21 states or election-related systems in 21 states that were targeted. >> but in no case were actual vote tallies altered in any way, shape or form? >> that is correct. >> former homeland security secretary jay johnson also talked about the issue at today's house select lblgs committee hearing. we'll show you that testimony again now. >> i'd like to welcome our witness this morning, former secretary of the department of homeland security jay johnson. mr. johnson, thank you very much for being here this morning. as a reminder to our members, we are and will remain in opposition. this hearing will address only unclassified matters. to our guests in the audience, welcome. we appreciate the public and media interest in the committee's important work. we would expect proper decorum will be observed at all times and disrussians to today's proceedings will not be tolerated. at this point in time, mr. john be so, will you please rise and take an oath. do you swear that the testimony will be the truth so hen you god? thank you. thank you, secretary john

and the moniker narco state. we were doing him a great disservice, as it turns out because we have a real narco state in venezuela today, and it's really more of a narco regime and it's a continuing criminal enterprise where at the very highest levels from the ministers and the minister of the interior of justice for drug trafficking control and al a sammy shown here and the vice president of venezuela and the former president of the national s semiblee and essentially the speaker of the house who the department of justice told the wall street journal is a kingpin. members of the presidential household in this trafficking and you have a situation where the security officials, because of the alliance that hugo chavez made with the farc had access to vast tons of cocaine and then went about the task of moving this cocaine through the international territory and ewing the resources of the state and the personnel of the state. you have these ministers of government who were more preoccupied than they were in doing th

i share your concerns regarding the state and the russian intrusion into the state electoral. and i also understand the challenges with sharing that information regarding the individual states' vulnerabilities. i'm committed to work with you and be completely transparent with that. i understand the need to understand who's been hacked or the intrusion occurred and the unique vulnerabilities to each state which may be different and working through those challenges. and i concur with you completely. the solutions aren't going to be easy and the problem is increasing. and i fully commit if confirmed to work with you. >> i hope you would be willing to share with us, even if it's on a confidential basis, this committee, so we can figure out a way to sort through to make sure we're better prepared. >> absolutely, sir. >> i will hold you to that. i'm down to the last minute. one other thing, as i mentioned in my opening state, the concept of the fusion center makes a great deal of sense. i do wonder at times if there's not duplication and just wonder whether you have, many years now

states act in their interests. china would like to hold the united states at risk so it will. it's up to the united states then to respond by closing that deterrent gap that we've allowed to remain vulnerable because of the abm treaty and then just the lack of policy makers interests in actually moving in that direction. that's why i think it's so important that congress had the prudence and insight to amend that national missile defense act to make it clear that should the united states deem it responsible and technological that we're free to do that. >> a deterrent gap. i must -- i don't think i've heard that. maybe i haven't been paying attention. just so you all know and those of you watching at home, the united states has about 5,000 thermal nuclear war heads in its active stockpile. russia has approximately the same, about 4,000 now, we've come down a little bit. that's enough to destroy human civilization maybe 20, 30 times over. that's a pretty good deterrent. i don't see any gap in either side. we could easily cut down to a few hundred each and we'd still have a robus

to preserving the united states as a federated union of different states, very diverse , north versus south for one. a stress that runs throughout the union, also east versus west. this is also overlapping with his commitment to building railroads. he was one of the leading proponents of the idea that we need to tie the union together by means of railroads, canals, as well as reform that will only strengthen the union. that seems to him a pressing priority that as we're going to explore -- did not usually encourage an expression of an open anti-slavery position given how deeply divisive that was to american politics. and then, for a high percentage of his career as we will examine over the next few minutes, he was involved with united states president, prospects, and profile out of the larger world, and as secretary of state. for him, american sovereignty always seemed under threat, especially for the british, and always needed to be protect. that's another core principle that come as we're going to see, really, kids the way he interacted with slavery. with those they priorities -- pe

>> i think it varies from state to state.ertainly individuals are able-bodied without kids on medicaid who are working. >> but that's a small percentage of people. i don't want to have to walk back through the list. we agreed that this is happening and that's a small percentage so i think it's important because this is the secretary of health and human services and he's not saying there are a whole bunch of americans out there that are lazy, that are on medicaid because they don't want to work. it doesn't comport with the evidence. it's not true and it's certainly not true in my state so the question then comes if we're going to cut the program by 25 percent, if you are running colorado's medicaid program and i have a story i'll share with your staff from the denver post yesterday or the day before, front-page story about the $700 million a year by 2023 that the state is going to have to come up with to compensate for the withdrawal of the federal government, the medicaid production. just the house passed bill, not your budge