without that state's consent. that's unamendable provision of the constitution. law students love having late night dorm debates about whether or not an unamendable constitutional provision is itself a violation of the people's natural right to alter and abolish government and an amendment provision whenever they want. save that for another wonk session. now let's wonk out and inspire patriotically by returning to the text and seeing the final tweaks in the very last draft of u.s. constitution. so here's the very final draft of the u.s. constitution and a couple crucial changes made at the last minute. we've already talked about some of them. here is one we haven't talked about yet, representation in congress. originally the text says there there can be no more than one representative for every 40,000 people in the house all know, of cour course, there's less. before signing george washington wanted a motion that the number be changed to 30,000. that was the only time during the convention that he voiced his opini

it is an honor to come before you this afternoon to report on the state of our great state. before we start, i want to recognize the first lady of wisconsin, my wife and our two sons, matt and alex. [ applause ] >> last year as you might remember, my wife joined me at this podium to talk about her groundbreaking work called fostering futures. she and her team continue their efforts regarding tribal council, county governments, nonprofits, colleges and universities and employers across wisconsin. our state agencies have been trained how to incorporate trauma informed care. she brought together a group of for spouses and staff to wisconsin to talk about this work and she went to washington to get the federal government more involved in syria. i want to thank you for your leadership, jeanette, leadership that will change the lives of children, adults and families across wisconsin. [ applause ] >> next to my wife is major general donald dunbar who is the adjutant general of the 10,000 strong men and women of the wisconsin national guard. thank you for your service, general. [ ap

. >> wisconsin governor scott walker delivers his eighth state of the state address before the joint session of the wisconsin legislature at the capitol in madison. he injures his a new $100 per child tax -- he introduces his new $100 per child tax credit. he introduces healthcare coverage for those with pre- existing condition. this is just over an hour. >> [ applause ]>> members of the cabinet and legislature, distinguished guests and most them rightly, fellow citizens of wisconsin. it is an honor to come before you this afternoon to report on the state of our great state. before we start, i want to recognize the first lady of wisconsin, my wife and our two sons, matt and alex. [ applause ] >> last year as you might remember, my wife joined me at this podium to talk about her groundbreaking work called fostering futures. she and her team continue their efforts regarding tribal council, county governments, nonprofits, colleges and universities and employers across wisconsin. our state agencies have been trained how to incorporate trauma informed care. she brought together a group of

of the state address. gov. hogan: mr. speaker, mr. president, members of the general assembly, distinguished guests and fellow marylanders, three years ago when i first had the honor of standing before this assembly to report on the state of our state, maryland was at a critical turning point. our state economy was floundering and lagging behind the rest of the nation. maryland was losing businesses, jobs and taxpayers at an alarming rate. too many of our families and small businesses were struggling just to make ends meet. the people of maryland had become frustrated with politics as usual. our state was at a crossroads and we we faced a pivotal choice between continuing in the same direction or putting maryland on a new and better path, and all of us had to make a choice between serving a political party or serving the people of maryland. one only needs look to washington to see the destruction that is caused when hyper-partisanship and inflammatory rhetoric through and he wrote it our our faith in the i

. >>> next alaska governor bill walker's state of the state address. he highlighted efforts to boost the state's revenue and employment through oil and natural gas development and increasing mining and timber production. also, education and health care. >> president kelly, speaker edgman, members of the legislate legislature, members of the cabinet and my fellow alaskans, good evening. thank you for this opportunity to address the second regular session of the 30th legislature and speak directly to the people of alaska. lieutenant governor, over the last three years you have been so much more than a lieutenant governor. you have been a friend, a brother, a shoulder to the wheel. your fierce devotion to the state where we were both born inspires me every day. to my first lady of 40 years, donna, and to byron's first lady of 45 years, toni, thank you both for all you do of the people of alaska. byron and i could not do our jobs without you. [ applause ] i also want to acknowledge our daughter, tessa, son-in-law dennis, as well as joey mallott and all the

the united states. why was that change made? well, some say it was merely a stylistic change because the framers didn't know which of the 13 states would actually ratify so they hedged their bets by keeping it more concise plus that was shorter and others disagree and say the change to we, the people of the united states, was the tangible expression of james wilson's belief that we the people of the united states as a whole are sovereign, not we the people of the individual states. there are another series of really important changes, congressional power is altered. congress has the power to declare rather than make war. the presidential term is finally four years and they eliminated the term limits of the seven-year term, plus it's election by the electoral college and that was the compromise wilson wasn't able to get popular election which was what he wanted so the electoral college was considered, a group of wise delegates who because they would actually know the best candidates would be able to exer

though it is a swing state. the electoral targets that include open governor seat, state senate as well as state house. i also believe there can be an opportunity to support a citizen movement to put a ballot initiative on the ballot with regard to how redistricting should be done. georgia is another example where democrats have the potential to make gains that could protect against partisan gerrymandering.our electoral work it will focus on the open governors seat and state senate. the national redistricting foundation, we have active litigation there that is challenging the midcycle. the midcycle redistricting that was done by the statehouse in 2015. arizona is an example of a state on the watchlist. they currently have a nonpartisan commission. i would point out arizona and california as good examples of places that have nonpartisan commissions.republicans in the state legislature they have put forward potential changes that can weaken the process that is in place and make it more political. wisconsin is also

or to school, 900 of them enlisted in the united states military. they were undocumented in america, willing to hold up their hand to take an oath that they would die for america. that's how much they loved this country. 20000 of them went to work and school teachers across the united states of america, perhaps they are your child's teacher or your grandchild teacher today. they are doing important things in this country but president trump announced on last september 5th the program that protects them and allows them to work would end and then they challenge us and said the senate and the house to do something about it and pass a law and isn't that what you are there for a president trump said that is right in the job. this week will try to pass a law to end this crisis which will reach ahead on march 5th of thisll year when the daca progrm officially ends and 1000 young people a day would lose their protection. we have less than three weeks and so we will move today hopefully, at some point to consider some alternatives to solve this problem. i'm

i am honored to join you for the state of the state address and to open this legislative session. i was actually going to forgo this speech this year. and let you guys get right to work. but since you all good here and demanded that i explain myself more, sit back and relax. because i've got things to say. [applause] but in all seriousness, i'm glad to be here with you today. last year we met together under very different and difficult circumstances. the steepest crash in global oil and gas prices in history , devastated our state. across last last few fiscal years we face a $600 million shortfall. and the prospect of emptying the state entire weavings account. the situation was bleak. of course, facing economic and fissile adversity is not new to us. when i took office in new mexico face a massive budget deficit, years of irresponsible spending during prosperous times made managing through the hard times that much harder. then as responsible budgeting gateway, political dysfunction in washington , the federal government and acted across the board spending cuts,/the spending in pa

state. ♪ host: good morning, everyone. we will begin with your thoughts on the economy. president trump during his first date of the union has said since his election 2.4 million new jobs have been created, wages are rising, deregulation is spurring growth, and the tax cuts mean more money in american pockets. we want to know, are you seeing a difference? does president trump deserve the credit? if you make the low $50,000, .ial in at (202) 748-8000 if you make between $50,000 and .100,000, dial (202) 748-8001 if your income is over $100,000, (202) 748-8002. asn us on twitter, as well c-span on facebook. the president counting the economy on tuesday. [video clip] since thetrump: election, we have created 2.4 million new jobs. [applause] trump: including 200,000 new jobs in manufacturing alone. tremendous number. [applause] pres. trump: after years and years of wage stagnation, we are finally seeing rising wages. [applause] pres. trump: unemployment claims have hit a 45-year low. [applause] a

. >>> next, maine governor paul lepage gives his final state of the state address, where he told state lawmakers he would not implement a voter-approved measure to expand medicaid without a way to pay for it. he also talked about jobs, the local economy, and energy policy among other topics. from augusta, this is an hour and a half. >> thank you so much. members of the 128th legislature, distinguished guests, my fellow citizens, i want to briefly remember paul mitchell, brother of senator mitchell who passed away this weekend. he was a dedicated public servant and a good friend. as i begin the last state of the state address of my time as governor of the great state of maine, let me be first to thank my wife. honey, please stand. [ applause ] first of all, she looks gorgeous. [ applause ] she has been unwavering as a representative from the governor to the people of the state of maine, and she's done it with grace, with dignity, and she's never said no that i can recall. she's just unbelievable. and in case i forget, happy valentine's day. [ applause ] i also want to thank our children

i told you we're bringing this lawsuit, to red states, to blue states and the red states turn out tobe southern states and it turns out that in addition to the constitutional claims there's a voting rights claim because there is good evidence in the southern states that they must [inaudible] the winner take all system to exclude blackened minorities from influence of the personal election system. i'm almost constitutional lawyers look at the winner take all challenge and they say i don't see how that will work but i think they are wrong. the voting rights act claim is really solid and what i think will happen once this is out on the table is that the republican party will look at this and say holy crap, what if you lose winner take all in the south and the democrats get to keep it in the north then you can't possibly win and then the motivation towards what i agree with you is the sensible republican position which is let's try to win more votes because we have to probably have more voice if you talk to most voters about what they think. will be in a more salient position but let me

workers from another state could actually end up working in any other state despite individual state rules and regulations or testing and licensing criteria so of course any such changes would need to be approved by congress and experts say that approving such a change would be difficult at best i'm going to be positive for today i'm glad he's put it out there we need the infrastructure good for the administration good for the president we'll get into more of these details archie correspondent ashley banks thank you so much. turning back to the day's big story this morning donald trump tweeted about infrastructure saying after just after so stupidly spending seven trillion dollars in the middle east it's now time to start investing in our country and that's hard to argue with but now here to talk with us about the choices president trump has framed in that tweet his tweet is former pentagon official michael maloof michael it amazes me that he would do that because it seems to me that we're spending that and more and he's actually calling for some of this so what are the numbers that

separates federal and state prosecution is that we have the ability to cross state borders and international boundaries and are interested in going after the more serious violator. mandatory minimums give us the opportunity. in the federal system there are only 13% or 14% of people serving mandatory minimums. they are people that did not meet the safety valve and refused to cooperate. the congress of the united states says those are the people that we want to serve the mandatory minimum sentence. mandatory minimums have been around since 1790. we have mandatory minimums today not only for drugs, but human sex trafficking, child pornography,and -- and identity theft. romney is running the open senate race for the seat currently held by orrin hatch. while we wait for this event to begin, with former governor romney, we will take a look at mike pence's remarks. they talked about the vice presidents recent trip to south .merica and the olympic spirit >> please welcome our host mike allen. mike: thanks the bank of america for that message. think you for making these conversations possible. thank

at the time, immigration was decided on a state-by-state basis. the cities would start -- set their own standards for who could come in. they developed over time. our current chief justice has talked about this case and we will listen to what he had to say about it next. he was the first person to take the job seriously. most lawyers have this image of him as the first chief, but he was the fourth. the three behalf -- before him serve for a couple of years and did not regard the court as an important institution. in fact, spend most of their time doing other things. is famous for a treaty he negotiated with the english but john marshall saw the role of the chief justice and the court quite differently. he took the job seriously and served in it for three decades. he is responsible for establishing the principle that the court has the authority and responsibility to review acts of congress for constitutionality. he established the court in a promise -- in a prominent position. >> quite a number of presidents were in alignment with him about his vis

united states.mplified through partnerships in the space industry, for example. the world saw neil armstrong walk on the moon courtesy of the ineysuckle tracking center the city. those first images were beamed around the world from our city, reflecting a strong space industry and partnerships with nasa. wi-fi technology was developed in australia. by thedeveloped commonwealth scientific and industrial resource organization. it is home to five universities. -- we are australia's education capital. we are a small city of 420,000 people. advantage, andat my role as both governor and ther of the city, to be most innovative government in australia, to be able to quickly implement new public policy, and we have done so through many different programs and projects, including infrastructure investment, partnerships, financing, land value capture, all the best examples of public policy that we have heard around the table today. -- it canimplement it be implemented and we seek to lead our nation to the good i

secretary of state when we had. the meeting at the three of us our president has stated his. opinions and expectations quite clearly. not only innovation to by later relations but also in relation to our regional cooperation. and. approaches to the issues regional issues there is i said before our relations are going through a critical stage. we are either going to. mend fences. or. about going in a different direction than we have come to an agreement. to take steps together of course we need to take steps and yes of course both parties have expectations of each other. we. have expectations and ration to. enjoy that one and the support given to the y.p. g. by the united states and we have stated our expectations quite clearly. these. serious essential. all concerns that we have. all. wanted and have been stated clearly some promises have been made some of those promises were not kept. discussed what could be done. be discussed. how birds could be into action so that they wouldn't be just. and. we've decided to. form a mechanism that or in fact mechanisms such. as to how. the

bad blood between iran in the united states is one of the reasons why the united states wants to keep a footprint there it really is quite amazingly doing the bidding of riyadh in tel aviv all the time because there is now absolutely no strategic interest of the united states or the anyone in the european union about syria and i think that it backs it all up in a in a it's always misguided the more they listen to riyadh in detail of the the opposite happens iran's influence continues to expand when are they going to learn go ahead in a year that's true iran has in some ways benefited from the disasters wreaked on the middle east by the u.s. in the last few decades but i would completely disagree that europe and the u.s. have no interest in containing iran or destroying syria the u.s. certainly does and the west in general and especially britain and the usa do are very concerned as i said the outset to destroy any independent or potentially independent force in the global south of. israel and saudi arabia the. bulldogs if you like of western power in the middle east the watchdogs keepi

the natural state of the world is conflict. and it takes an enlightened powerful hegemon like the united states to produce a degree of order. - nature abhors a vacuum. power. leadership. abhors a vacuum. something will fill that vacuum if the united states discontinues its leadership role in areas. - the period between the first world war and the second world war is the relevant comparison to look at. where we had this gap between an exhausted britain and a reluctant america, this vacuum was filled. and my concern is that if america is pulling back, retrenching, stepping down from its role, then other, less benign forces are going to take its place. - [narrator] the conflicts in syria and yemen are in many ways proxy wars between the iranians and the saudis as they battle for regional dominance. china meanwhile is also working to increase its influence in the asia-pacific region. - china is throwing its weight around in building roads and railroads in africa and putting together a trade pact for other east asian nations as well

if you look at the states, they are essentially blue states. there has been interesting activity in red states. the question i would really like to draw out is what is the state --play to get to two said 270. >> from my perspective it is three yards and a cloud of dust. this happens one stay at a time and one legislator at a time. it happened of everyone of those states in a bipartisan nonpartisan fashion. i think it is also important to point out that in a lead up to the 2016 election, we have also passed one chamber or another in 12 additional states with 96 electoral votes. thinks that is easy, welcome to my shoes after this session. in the lead up to the election, we had 154 republican sponsors on this bill and 163 democrat sponsors on the spell in the states that it was introduced. this is a reform that supports newt gingrich and howard dean. if anybody knows anything about those two guys, they do not get together on politics very much. they do believe that the national popular vote interstate compact is the way to go. while the condition

in our 2011 report, we stated that state law put -- was a major impetmeant because there is provision in state lawry stricting counties from providing aid to persons or corporations with county money but since then, the city attorney has investigated it further and has concluded that that state law does not apply, would not prevent creation of a public bank in san francisco and they have an opinion piece on that and these are the key points about it. one is that the public bank would serve a public service, the third point there and supported by case law. and importantly, it would be a separate legal entity. i want to really emphasize that point. i think sometimes there's confusion about who would run a public bank, a new city agency and absolutely the answer is no, it would not be. it would have to be a separate legal entity. i'll discuss that in a minute a little bit more. some specific steps and this is where we try to be as concrete as possible, it starts with the goals and policies and hiring staff and consultants. there will have to be some investment made in terms of resources

and it impacts rhode island and it impacts every state not just states with coastlines and every state in the country, so i know we had a lot of follow-up from our meeting and i appreciate you working with me and senator white house with that. i also appreciate at the outset and the chairman mentioned some of the things that you have done. your focus, as you said during your confirmation hearing on the rule of law process which is important, certainly important in my state and you made some decisions recently with regard to pebble mine and others that i think you're focused a lot on that process and on the lotus rule. some of the complaints here on this side, the vast majority of the states in america, democrat and republican-led states would oppose it, there are 30 states that sued the federal government. there was no process. that was a huge federal overreach and i appreciate you drawing that back. you had the support of the vast majority of the states and american citizens on that one and i just want to thank you on that. i do want to mention one that's very important to me and i am

we are a state, but we are not recognized yet as a state. affirm respect for international law and relevant solutions. all of these resolutions must be respected, including security council resolution. the preservation of the principal, the state of with jerusalem as its capital, living side-by-side with the state of israel in and reductionrity of partial solutions. let's be clear here. let's be serious. for acceptance with the agreement between the two parties. capital oflem as the palestine. ensuring the security without undermining the independence and sovereignty of either. is key.nty preserved by occupation. or by violence. we are ready to find solutions. to protect the borders, six agreed solutions for the palestine refugees on the basis of resolution 194, in accordance with the peace initiative. a continuation of the international commitment and report. -- support. . million refugees who will take care of them? if you stop your assistance to these 6 million refugees, who are educated. , itou stop your assistance is either that or you

>> guest: the lines between the states or between the states and the federal government? >> host: did they lose some of their identity in the process? >> guest: i don't think he causes the individual states to lose their identity i don't think that is one of the consequences of that. i don't see where that would be part of what follows. >> we are talking about the time in history where most people thought of the state as the country as the primary source of personal identity and one thing they worried about is something that they viewed as a forerunner that is the arm of the federal government reaching into the state so i don't think at this point it risked the life impact between this time it was a plural noun not singular and people started referring to it even grammatically singular. the case was watched internationally with people wondering how this young nation would establish itself and with a look into the case. >> it was another part of the whole thing because a lot of it was held by citizens of other nations and there was a sense that the bank was also a tool of

to recycle assets and to sell state-owned assets. dan andrews from victoria recently sold a port at a very good price. and recyclables assets, sell them, and then deploy the money into new infrastructure. the state, the government is often very well-placed to take the construction risk and then having got an asset building underway, to then be able to sell it to pension funds and funds that are looking for that kind of reliable return. i think we also have to do more to capture valley. toll roads are fairly straightforward. from a a financing point of vi. we have a lot to learn and australia and in manyto respects the experiencero in america is very instructive, on how to capture valley out of rail. we have to r start looking at urban rail, rail general as the property deal. and develop the means to capture some of the value or the appreciation of value to real estate that is occasions by the construction of the rail. some of your cities have been very innovative in doing that. we've been looking very carefully at that. in other word

reliabable partners who were instrumental in defeating islamic state.es, the west is not exactly rushing to their rescue. is the ypg on the verge of becoming the next victim of middle eastern power politics? erdogan's offensive, who will help the kurds? that is our topic. it is a pleasure to welcome a scholar who says while the turkish government violates international law in the name of counterterrorism, the international community is once again standing still. we have a guest from the european center for kurdish studies, and she says the kurds finally have to focus on their own political interests. the pkk ypg only follows its own stop them.will not we will soon be delving further into what those acronyms mean. finally, it's great to have the founder and editor of a magazine on the islamic world who says no player can pretend to be surprised. the u.s., some european countries, but also russia created a set of false expectations, and they knew this would happen. this is very much a case of one man's freedom fighter is another man's terrorist, to quote

of alabama. [ applause ] i've been called on to report of the state of the state.hen i became governor on april the 10th, our ship of state government was adrift. we needed thoughtful and straightforward leadership. over the past nine months, we have proven that alabamians see progress, not stagnation. mr. president, mr. speaker, it is my pleasure to report that we have successfully steadied the ship of state and that -- [ applause ] i declare that the state of the state is strong and that our future is as bright as the sun over the gulf. [ applause ] tonight let's take a brief journey to consider where we are, where we've been, and where we're going. most governors have three months to prepare. i had three hours. yet after being sworn in as governor on april the 10th, 2017, in the old senate chamber, just across the all from where we're gathered tonight, i promised the people of alabama there would be no disruption in the ongoing functions of our state government. that's a promise kept. i promised the people that night that even though challenges lay ahead, we wou

united states. once again let's check out the text because it's so exciting to compare the evolution of the preamble so we'll go back to this great interactive you can check it out online at constitutioncenter.org/treasures and here this is the manuscript of the committee of detailed repo report. look, there's the original preamble. we the people of the states of new hampshire, massachusetts, rhode island and providence plantations, connecticut, new york, new jersey, pennsylvania, delaware, maryland, virginia, north carolina, south carolina, and georgia do ordain, declare and establish the following constitution for the government of ourselves and our posterity. it doesn't have all that inspiring language about establish justice, provide for the common defense and so forth. it just says ordain declare and establish the constitution for the government of ourselves and our posterity. now let's see what else this next draft says, the style of the government, the name shall be the united states of ameri

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states t that basically, the sales tax is whether states revenue comes from. we didn't have significant income tax it is date and it's quite palpable, the consequence of the decision, states like that are the ones that are most interested in the question at her best able to bring home to the supreme court the consequent of the decision and so i think it fits that mold. in the statee south dakota where you don't have a lot of urban shopping areas and that sort of thing so it is a very significant consequence for that state. >> they want justice. a lot of the retailers on our side also have that internet sales but the fact that they have stores in all the states banning even if you buy them online they have discharged the sales tax it's only the pure internet sellers subject to the tax so the focus that we represent our best buy and wal-mart and much more please join me in thanking our excellent panel. [applause] there are many cookies left in front. fruit less attached. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> today hillary clinton delivers remark

it's not fair to the united states and it's very unfair to the workers of the united states. very, very unfair. and even today, it's extremely hard on companies that want to do business in china, because the barriers are incredible, where as the barriers coming into our country are foolishly not. foolishly. i believe in reciprocal trade. if they do something to us, we do something to them. well, that never happened. and it's gotten worse and worse over the years but we'll correct it that can be the only thing that can get in the way of a truly long term great relationship, because we ever all the ingredients for our friendship. from the washington examiner -- gabby. >> your chief of staff has recommended ending the practice of granting temporary clearances. if that proceeds would you be willing to grant a waiver to jared kushner, or one of the senior advisers? president trump: jared has done an outstanding job. he gets zero, he doesn't get a salary. nor does ivanka, who is now in south korea, long trip, representing her country, and we cannot get a better representative. in f

on average, tps recipients in our state have lived in the united states for an average of 21 years. they are our neighbors, our friends and our coworkers. i recognize this hearing is not about tps, but i recognize a republican-controlled congress doesn't want to negotiate so i have to use every platform to address this issue. i yield back. >> the chair thanks the gentlelady. the chair now thanks the chairman of the full committee, the gentleman from texas, mr. mccaul. >> thank you, chairman perry. transnational criminal organizations are a serious and growing threat to the american people. they disregard the rule of law of all nations and use their networks to smuggle struggles and traffic human beings for sexual exploitation and slave labor. they resort to brutal violence and intimidation tactics to carry out their illegal deeds. these networks of vile individuals and gangs line ms-13 have been known to kidnap, torture and behead their victims. top officials at dhs are very alarmed by their actions. before becoming white house chief of staff, secretary of homeland security john kel

it is happening in red states, in states across the country. in the 10th district of wisconsin, trump won by 17 points in 2016, but now that seat belongs to a democrat. the 97th district of the oklahoma senate, trump won it by almost 40 points, but we flipped that one, too. [applause] and doug jones became the first democratic senator of alabama in 25 years. [applause] and let me talk about your own backyard. right here in new hampshire in the 9th state house district, trump won it by 17 points in 2016, but now that seat belongs to democrat charlie sinclair. [applause] districte fourth house by 23 points back in 2016, now that seat along to democrat jeremy lerner. years, last 12 republicans held the top post at city hall here in manchester, until you helped elect joyce craig. [applause] so, what we see is that americans from every walk of life, in every corner of our nation, from big cities to small towns, from new hampshire to texas will choose us if we choose to stand up for them. not for the lobbyists or the big corporations, and not only fo

member states. the problem with the law is not so much the fact it says you can't say polish death camps but the fact the law says you cannot diminish the role of the nazis which means that if you say that the poles had some part of it you are violating the war and by all accounts while the nazis were the ones who were ninety percent responsible for the holocaust and what happened in poland clearly the poles who were involved in really the cases where the poles were part of the part of the problem and so it's a real problem of course the question of freedom of speech as well freedom of people to study the holocaust to talk about the holocaust and not to mention the fact that thousands and thousands of israelis go every year to visit many of them high schoolers and the question is when their guides go to poland do they have to be afraid to speak the truth and speak of what went on in poland i think this will have an effect on poles relations with the western europe at this point i mean it's part of a

secretary of state's in syria the united states has been arming and supporting the kurdish militia the y.p. ji. turkey says the y p g is a terrorist organization that's killed dozens of tucker civilians and soldiers in recent weeks this support for the kurdish fighters has baffled the turks who say the americans should be siding with their nato allies and not with an outward group according to tillerson the disagreements over syria are being resolved on both ankara and washington will now be working towards the same goal our two countries share the same objectives in syria the defeat of isis. secure and stable zones and independent and unified syria. tillerson and his counterparts. announced that they did stablished a mechanism so that the true nato allies would be able to resolve all issues and better collaborates but no details were given and there's another problem this is not going away the continued refusal by the u.s. to extradite. the mountain to accuse is of orchestrating the july twenty sixth being felt. only in fed up honest and invited in relation to. do we have evidence do

simple state laws get replaced with state laws. okay. so the real shortcoming of the current system in my mind and as a republican in minnesota i can't think of a single redeeming quality of the current system. is problem is in every presidential election if you're a battleground state voter you get what you want from the american president and the rest of us are forced to deal with that. we happen to be in reliably republican or democratic states. okay. so the real shortcoming, right, is that two few voters feel valued, a legislate value in terms the of participation in presidential campaigns, whether you're a democratic in la or republican in minnesota you feel under valued in presidential campaigns. that impacts public policy. if you think that's a little thing, my conservative friends, think about the republican president that passed a trillion dollar prescription drug benefit to appease the voters of the i 34 quarter of florida in a essential swing state and presidential elections. these aren't little decisions that get made. they'r

russian state but it's not. developmental competency that the russian state the kremlin may cheer upon without actually the kremlin for asking the kremlin first absolutely and to believe that mr putin. controls. with what is happening in russia or. our society is much much much worse organized and i think. putting it on competency when it comes to social media is rather questionable it is well known that he's not using smartphones so he's knowledge of. tool of communication. maybe he's in charge so maybe he is the one who should be indicted after all now if you look at some of the output of the troll sweatshop it uses magical language what they would call rather than american english i think shows very poor knowledge of the american domestic politics brush style to it all you know it looks very amateur at the level of a high school newspaper at bath and yet a lot of very well placed in very well educated people in the united states take it as nothing. either a declaration or an act of waging war on the united st

it's also a border state. when laura alvarred ao was years old her -- alvarado was 8 years old her family broughter to illinois. she was an excellent student and involved in many extra curricular and volunteer activity. she was a member of the national honor society. the national honor society. the resounding theme of all of this, a member of the national honor society. she played soccer, tennis and basketball and was a member of the student government. the school newspaper, the chess club and yearbook club. laura went to northwestern -- excuse me -- northern illinois university. in college she worked two jobs to pay for her college tuition. keep in mind she's ineligible for federal financial assistance because of her immigration status. in 2016 laura graduated with honors with a major in justice studies. but then she was stuck. laura wanted to become a lawyer but was unable to pursue this dream, mr. speaker, because she was undocumented. six years -- long years later in 2012, president obama established daca

and later, governor bruce rauner delivers the illinois state of the state address. farmers and ranchers testified on how they have been impacted by environmental regulations. the senate environment and public works committee heard from industry stakeholders, including representatives from the american farm bureau, the national farmer's union and the national pork producers council. this hearing is an hour and 45 minutes. >>> good morning. i call this hearing to order. today, we'll hold a hearing on the impact of federal environmental regulations and policies on american farming and ranching communities. the discussion here today is not about the value of environmental regulations but about how some federal regulations can be inflexible, antiquated, duplicative and ultimately harmful to american agriculture, a critical part of our nation's economy. members of this committee should work to ensure environmental laws are strong and effective without being overly burdensome. this is often a difficult task. the united states is blessed with diverse ecosystems that often r

the red states turn out to be in the southern states. it turns out in addition to the constitutional claims there's a voting rights claim because there's good evidence in the southern states that they mucked about with the winner take all system in order to exclude blacks and minorities from influence over the presidential election system. now, i know most constitutional lawyers look at the winner take all challenge over the one person one vote and say i don't see how that's going to work. i think they're wrong, but okay. the voting acts right kplam cla really solid and i think what will happen once this is out on the table is the republican party will look at this and say holy crap, what if we lose winner take all in the south and the democrats get to keep it in the north? then we can't possibly win. and then the motivation towards what i agree with you is the sensible republican position, which is let's just try to win more votes because we actually probably do have more votes if you talk to most voters about what they think. we'll be

is is for the two-state solution or one-state solution? and then in a dangerous, unprecedented manner, this administration, under unlawful decision to remove the issue of jerusalem off the table. without any reason. it decided to recognize the city of israel's capitol and to transfer its embassy to the city, to jerusalem. it did so ignore that east jerusalem is part of the palestinian territory and is occupied since 1967, and it is our capitol, which we wish to be -- open to all faithful or all the faithful othe three religions. especially islam, christianity, and judaism. it is also strange that the united states still lists the palestine liberation organization on its terror list, and it imposes restrictions on the work of our mission in washington, under the pretext of congressional decision since 1987. all of these international, bilateral relations between us and the u.n., including assistance and visits, we then discover that the congress believes we are terrorist is. is the congress thinks we are terrorists, how is the administratio

for a two-state solution.e appeared before the u.n. security council today and said future peace efforts cannot be brokered by the u.s. u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley reiterated the u.s. is ready to work with palestinian leadership. venezuelan president nicolas maduro is offering to meet with president trump for direct talks. he tweets the american leader should change his agenda of aggression for one of dialogue. venezuela becomes the first country to launch its own version of bitcoin cryptocurrency to try to work its way out of a major economic crisis. some of the other stories beyond our borders tonight. we'll be right back. (female vo) breaking news from washington as lawmakers; (male vo) raging wildfires continue to scorch parts; (male vo) allegations of misconduct; ♪ oh, why you look so sad, ♪ the tears are in your eyes, mvo: how hard is it just to take some time out of your day to give him a ride to school and show him you support him. ♪ and don't be ashamed to cry, ♪ let me see you through, ♪

do you think at the moment the united states with the secretary of state has been quite active that there is a moment for u.s. leadership for such a mechanism? frankly as much as the amir of kuwait has made many efforts that those have not always been that received. in abu dhabi there's a point that they see it as a deadlock to kind of right that as a potential opportunity for washington or maybe doha to propose a set of those principles. >> definitively that definition when it comes from the highest like the president himself has expressed his commitment for this crisis and he always called for conversation on the meeting with the amir. also we need to start the adjustment process. the secretary of state who is visiting the region he proposed some proposals which can become a baseline or further negotiations. i thought he was very responsive and we sent back our commitment in what we thought about but the same thing. if it's ignored by the other side we cannot have a breakthrough without them. >> in looking at the state of u.s. relationship there is certainly been criticism by members wh

business owners in the united states are immigrants. they create jobs right here in the united states. jobs are not the problem here. the problem is the color of immigrants' skin. we have a president of the united states who has wondered out loud, why we can't have more whites come to this country. president trump denies being a racist. for a non-racist he's done a shockingly good job of support supremist. >> this is about strong nuclear families and family values. i am proud of who i am, where i came from and i am a descendent of immigrants and i also learned and believe in strong values and strong family values and we lead with those values and so, mr. president, our immigration system should reflect our national commitment to the strength and the importance of that family unit and those family values. it makes no sense to me that we are fighting today to predict these kids and keep them in this country and then take their parents and rip them out of the home and send them back to a country that they do not want to go to, that they do

and our state are employees some 30,000. nearly $1 billion a year to our state economy. pressing the first dayfarmers on the first in the nation for value of product produced . in the number of onlima beans harvested, first in the, and i think in sussex county which is the third largest county, first in collection of broilers by county. we do all this while practicing exceptional environmental stewardship and our farming community is working closely in partnership with usda, state agencies and cities. >> carnations environmental laws have been helping us liver clean air and water. and our farmers and ranchers. i should add that our list to that list are fishing communities, because their success is also greatly dependent on a healthy environment and vital ecosystems. for example, epa has found that in 2005, the clean air act rules that were from ground small can also protect our crops. and animals, to the tune of $14 billion in estimated cost by 2020. clean air act also protects crops from damaging ultraviolet radiation by protecting ozone layer and admitting the use of

does that affect you on the state level? >> sure. our state turned back federal dollars. and for every dollar we spend, we get about three back. in medicaid money, different type of federal money. so, you know, our legislature made such deep cuts that we're not even able to provide that match. it's not good economic sense to do those things. but they're doing them for political reasons. it's for the next election. they have taken a blood oath that they're not going to raise anybody's taxes. and there are ways to raise revenue without necessarily raising taxes. but it's all about politics rather than policy. >> a couple more issues in mississippi before we go to calls. i want to ask you about the anti-profiling ordinance in jackson. what is it and what's your view of it? the anti-profiling ordinance. what is that and what is your view of it? >> yeah. you know, i'm not familiar with that. i haven't read it. so i really can't comment on it. most of our law enforcement are trained about any kind of racial profiling and the police department here, i think, does a pretty good j

i told you we are bringing this lawsuit to red states and blue states. it turns out that in addition to the constitutional claims, there is a voting rights act claim because there is good evidence in southern states that they mucked about with the winner take all system in order to exclude blacks and minorities from influence over the president -- the present electoral system. you talk to lawyers who say they don't know how that will work. i think they are wrong. the voting rights act claim is really solid. what i think will happen once this is out on the table is that the republican party in particular will get this and what if wecrap, lose winner take all in the south and democrats get to keep it in the north?" then they cannot possibly win. then the sensible position is let's try to win more votes. let me just mention one other really anxiety-inducing thing we're doing. many of you remember in the last election these electors who voted against their pledge. three of them were in the state of washington and one of them in kickedte of colorado was off i