states.org. joining us today on our panel are john samples, vice president at the cato institute and the two authors of "freedom in the 50 states" bill ruger and jason sorens. we'll have time for q&a at the end so please hold your questions. without altering over to john samples will introduce our authors. [applause] >> thank you. so do the states matter? i think in washington with inclined to forget about them or think they don't matter all that much. after all, the big issues are debated here, not about here, the big history increasingly takes place writer in washington, not in the states. but think about the moment the average citizens or most citizens, their concrete interactions with government are most often going to take place at the state and local level. where you have your children educated, most people will send the decrepit schools. want open business? you'll find out there are state and local regulations need to deal with. and finally of course if you want to drive a car yet to g

congress needs to understand how russia attacked our states in order to help states, to help states defend against these attacks in the future. and i'm so glad that the chairman acknowledged the fact that we are under constant attack. this ain't nothing new, and they are prepared to do it again and again and again. and they are probably learned some things of what the done to do it even better and try to get more effectively, that is,, anything with our elections the next time. dan coats, the director of national intelligence recently warned that, quote, listen to what he said, the warning lights are blinking red. he compared these warning signs to what we saw before 9/11. 9/11. let me repeat that. president trump's own director of national intelligence compared our situation now to the months leading up to the attack of september 11, 2001. yet chairman gowdy would not extend an invitation to ask anyone for odni to testify. we understand that we make it a classified briefing at some later date, but a closed-door briefing is no substitute for a public hearing to inform the american people a

states it is almost 30% of the entire budget of the state. so it is a very important responsibility. under federal law, the single-audit action you , states are required to perform an audit every year of the medicaid program is -- program as well as other state programs. senator mccaskill: most state budgets are dominated by passed through money from the federal government. dodaro: and in the omb guidelines, there are things that need to be checked while state auditors are doing those audits. compliance is one vehicle that cms could use. also the single lot it's are always intended to be the base, that you start there and then you could add other audits that do more in depth work, which is i think what could be done in a managed care arena. this area cms is starting to do audits of some of their programs, but they are on a where they aree covering one third of the states, one third of the states, one third of the states, so they won't be finished with their cycle until 2021. if you use state auditors, you have knowledgeable people to start wi

>> it is state-by-state battle for control of the senate. thes interesting because democratic leader has given his vulnerable members a lot of leeway to go through conscience on various issues, like caps on the supreme court. nominee is the best example. there always under heavy pressure. he's not cracking the rip -- with. o'donnell andoe joe -- a west virginia, make their own decision. this is the midterms. it comes close to election day. there has been a dynamic in the senate all year long. the base once -- trump. but they have no interest in working with trump. this do what is best. >> i think there are issues that democrats are running off of the states. we heard senator van hollen bring up health care today. they are running hard against the republican tax cuts. incoming quality was unfair. it will resonate in a lot of states. everett to repeal the affordable care act. entitlements,ther , and bys that will large, they are counting on the energy among the democratic base against president trump. the link that to mention it. >> as far as

all over the state. claire mccaskill in missouri. all over the state. alexander: did that happen in 2016? that also happen on the senate level? sen. van hollen: my sense is people do not campaign in every square inch of their state. as i indicated, there was a parallel. square inch of their state. i do believe the fact that the clinton campaign did not fight it out in a lot of states we are talking about, first of all, places like michigan and wisconsin, but also that they did not campaign in every part of their state like pennsylvania. alexander: the races this year are in very pro-trump states. i notice that barack obama came out with his endorsements. i did not notice that he had endorsed for brown in ohio or bob casey and pennsylvania, even though he endorsed other candidates. do you think barack obama will be campaigning in the senate battleground states in the months ahead, or would he be a bit of a liability in those pro-trump states? sen. van hollen: think barack obama will campaign wherever the senate candidates ask him to campaign. that is usu

it is a state, it is a state agency.applause] and to begin anything else is completely disingenuous. the reason the subway is in such bad shape, yes, we have had, it preceded andrew cuomo but he stole hundreds of millions of dollars from the mta budget for his pet projects that had nothing to do with it. [applause] to use the empty a like an atm and we see the results. he is at seven and a half years to avoid this very avoidable crisis in our new york city subway, nds done next to nothing. why with the next four years many different? cuomo: my opponent lives in the work of fiction. i live in the world of fact. [shouting] let's get a few facts, okay? the subway system is owned by new york city. the subway system -- [talking over each other] cuomo: can you stop interrupting? [applause] can you stop interrupting? what one can you stop lying? cuomo: do as you do. the funding over the past 30 years for the sfunding over the0 years for the subway system has come from new york city for the capital repairs. the state has partici

obviously, we are trying to defend 26 states including many states that trump won. that is your first line of defense. then, we are on offense. we are on offense in many places. we don't have a lot of targets of opportunity. republican senate seats that are open. we have to if it candidates in places like nevada and arizona, tennessee, we have a big race going on in texas. i will say, we have good candidates in the other states as well. this is a cycle where anything can happen. if we have learned one thing, anything can happen. alexander: what is the top tier though? sen. van hollen: we always look at the states that donald trump won and mitt romney won. there are the five states, like missouri, indiana, north dakota, west virginia, montana. -- you're asking me on the terms of what we are defending. obviously, there is a big battle going on in florida. but, the reality is our candidates are doing really well. that is because they have track records of standing up first and foremost for the people of their state. they are all about delivering results for their state

host: with the state compact, how many states would be needed to make that change in how many statessigned on? the compact is triggered when the equivalent of 270 electors of joined. -- have joined great 12 states representing 165 electors that have joined. a veryblem is, they hit thick red wall because there is not yet a solidly republican state that has joined the compact. they could change, people are thinking about trying to bring referendum in states that allow referenda because what we know is that the public overwhelmingly supports the idea of a president who actually represents all america and what we know is the public is deeply skeptical as your earlier colors were of the electoral college system that seems to be just a random number generator increasingly in the selection of our president. if the people could decide, i think it would be an easy question, but we depend upon politicians to bring the national popular vote compact to fruition and despite incredible hard work of many people literally sense bush versus gore, that still has not come to fruition. host: a tear for

its state has now funded four times. marcia: will the state of the shortfall? the state cannot find the mta without sharing it with the city. if they would do 50/50, i would do it. marcia: you do not think you should try to send as a message in good faith just to do it this one time? i want to find a $33 billion plan. that is what we need to fix the subways. not with theit, one step at a time, incremental approaches. we had something, and the city would not find it. it got delayed. -- the city would not fund it. need the city and the state to both share the fiscal responsibility. marcia: ok, your time is up. , would you do away with the fare hike and have the state cap the shortfall? think it ises, i unconscionable that we're thinking about -- governor cuomo is thinking about raising the fares on a system that is so poor. as someone on their each day, i know firsthand how the rates have tripled under governor cuomo, how the trains are slower now that they were in 19 80, how we have the worst on-time record of any system in the country. would you delay the fare

your state, the state health care.the federal government -- >> the environment, all of those operate under the expanded definition of the commerce clause which gives unlimited power to the federal government. >> and unelected bureaucrats decide. that not the elected representatives. people who get appointed decide your freedom. that's what needs to be reversed. if we want to fix our country and restore freedom and liberty, we need to make the decision-making closer to the people instead of unelected bureaucrats. >> isn't the battle between constitutionalism and progressivism, the progressives reject at least as i said, intellectual forefathers, the constitution, they do not like the way it's set up, they want centralized decision-making like in europe, hagel, marx, whatever you want to call it, soft communism, individuals make decisions, individuals are not allowed to make decisions. decisions have to be made for the general good. the community. isn't that ultimately the battle we're facing right now? >> absolutely, th

settlement outposts and i go by territory and then the message from israel ok we have the united states here and look at what we're doing we're massacring palestinians and then in the united nations there are two israeli ambassadors one named don and one them dearly and we will blame the palestinians will blame the palestinians will export fear and so on and i don't think that enter national community has any on and their forehead saying stupid because the lack of free action of the international community is as little a threat is that any threat to the stability and security of all nations extrema blood would be brutal brutal will breed blood violence will breed violence this petition will lead to disparate apts and what israel is doing now and destroying a palestinian life social life economic life making people hopeless what will the it would be creating i'm a father of four a grandfather of seven i don't want them to be suicide bombers i want them to be like your children in russia like the children the three didn't like the children and they're not states i want them to be normal p

after state after state. the efforts got a shot in the arm after the supreme court in an opinion authored by john roberts, who i just mentioned earlier, gutted a piece of the voting rights act. after that decision, a few things happened. first, the laws actually not as a discriminatory by texans voter id law where you could use a gun permit but not a student id, were allowed to go into effect. the second thing that happened, states passed more sweeping voter restrictions. a month after the supreme court decision, when john roberts said that initial discrimination in voting was largely a thing of the past, north carolina which is one of the most progressive states in the south, passed one laws. strictest voter id it eliminated same-day voter registration, illuminated citizens awareness month, where states encourage citizens to vote, all of this in one bill, one month after the supreme court noted the act. this was challenged in federal court in 2016, the court found that this law and -- in the courts words, ta

benefiting now from such actions for israel and united states the united states is not only not a partner they cannot be a partner they are not a broker they have taken the seats of netanya they are dictating the solution this wrong in this region towards lawlessness extremists in this region have been strengthened and bravado demolition by this american is a decisions and actions more than time before moderates in the arab world people like me have been destroyed so that when the nations of the world if they can't get through security council if they can get through the international criminal court if they can do anything about that that means you're telling the arab people the only way for you is do is while and the only way we're for you is to support extremism and that's what we've been fighting against as arabs because we we want to live and let live we want we want to human rights we want to human rights women's rights democracy the rule of law we want peace but with such actions such fascism such up our side being exercised by israel and israel getting away with it i think this is

gulf states. and this concept of north-south corridor has been picked up by the gulf state's, particularly the lower gulf states. and they use it in their policy making documents and so on in terms of developing this north-south relationship closer. throughout the past decade or so, we have seen the creation of all kinds of different vehicles, if you will, that help promote financial ties between russia and the middle east states. and i just want to draw your attention to a comment that i made in my paper from last year that i now have pinned on my twitter. my advertisement for twitter. the point is the following. that russia's moral vision, moral vision, involving spiritual sovereignty, great national wealth in strategic minerals and energy plus moscow's relationship with china and the rest of the far east appeals to arab authorities and businessman. and that is occurring right now. that appeal of what russia represents as a future leader of this eur-asian space is that something businessman are

apartheid state. while some members of the knesset including members of prime minister netanyahu that ruling party have also asked that the controversial law but he said by calling its critics hypocrites and claiming the law does not infringe on the rights of minorities this quote there are suggestions that we should change the flag and the anthem in the name. but first of all in the state of israel it is something that undermines the foundation of our existence for this reason the attacks on leftists that define themselves as. the depths to which the left has fallen from we're not ashamed of science we're proud of our state of being the national home for the jewish people which strictly. in a manner that is without the individual rights of all its citizens that we were joined by guests on both sides of the debate the changes to the law you state belong to the jews and of course all the citizens but it is the home and state the home and of the state of the jews. why anybody would protest against this

israel's prime minister has defended the controversial new nation state law but is trying to reassure the druze community. during a cabinet meeting binyamin netanyahu said the law was meant to protect israel its status as a jewish state on saturday the minority jewish community led a rally in tel aviv against the log online retail giant amazon has removed products with nazi or white supremacist symbols from its website advocacy groups and a u.s. politician complained to amazon after several items with the logos and imagery were found for sale online well those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story of watching. will the druze remain loyal to the state of israel the arab speaking minority long thought they're part of israel but the new nation state law says israel is a homeland for jewish people only the druze and other minorities are outraged and they fight the discrimination this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. the new law declares israel is a homeland solely for jewish people non jewish minorities are understandably outraged inc

because there is no magical formula, maybe for you, but as i met with other states, state-based leaders of these things, people that truly care about the mission and communicating that vision and there are people who want to help you build this infrastructure. this type of organization because it is truly necessary. it fills a void and helps give people cut through the marketing that you hear on the campaign trail and actually gives them measurable things to judge actions instead of listening to words. if we are truly going to, we heard this time and again, the conservative movement doesn't have a pipeline of recruitment to promote good candidates to office. apparently the goal is to washington, d.c., which don't quite understand but we don't have that pipeline. this organization helps qualify people that way. find out who is out there. plug-in with them. build a cadre of people you can rely on and look for the resources and put together -- i have an mba. i think in frameworks a lot. and business plans. it is probably far too structured to do anything in politics but honestly, put toget

certain states. i want to revisit some of the major themes we've explored this semester and i really want to move beyond the sites of battle between north and south. because when we do this, you actually see some really important continuities. last week and the week before, i talked about changes. today, i want to talk about continuities and changes. continuities that were well in place during the 19th century and changes that began before the civil war, continued after the civil war, and weren't caused entirely by it. and i want to do that by moving far afield from the places where most of the battles were fought during the civil war. i want to move to the northern plains. now, let me ask you a question. the last time we talked about the northern plains, when was it? what was going on there? what do you remember? anyone? come on. yes! front row? >> lewis and clark expedition had moved westward and they had made some contact with the -- dakota. >> yes. and what was the impact of the lewis and clark e

the numbers at the state level do not represent the full cost at the state level. these are just the numbers we were able to have access to. >> host: we are talking about the cost of incarcerating criminal aliens with gretta goodwin, director of the homeland security and justice program, government counseling office, joining the conversation, 202-481-7001 independents 202-748-8002. we have plenty of gao officials on but if somebody if this is your first time being introduced to the government accountability office, what is it? >> guest: government accountability office is part of the legislative branch. we are the investigative body of congress. we are at and investigate all federal programs. by that i mean if your agency is receiving money from any federal agencies, if you're into the is a serving money from any federal agencies we will on it or evaluate or investigate the purpose of what we are doing, to ensure federal money is being spent in the most efficient and effective way possible. >> host: is that happening when it comes to criminal alien incarceration? >

well, he dominated in the state. the white areas of the state, suburban white areas, rural white areas in 2016 came out and voted in force for donald trump. there is a belief among a lot of trump voters that the discussion that we have in the media, you know, the phrase that's just kind of convenient shorthand, is unfair, that they're being victimized for it. i think you could see a white lash with this. that if this conversation continues on this course, don't be surprised if you start to see ron desantis' support go up with white voters because while florida is an increasingly diverse state, at the same time we're still adding a lot of white people, especially older white conservative retirees, and they don't like this sort of discussion. when they hear it, they usually wind up flocking toward the republican, the conservative manner or at least the anti-progressive side of the aisle. >> republican candidates are not running away from the controversial racial topics. they're sort of running toward it for these midte

of the united states. this bank, a private bank with stockholders and dividends. this bank, hamilton says, will benefit not only financial -- private financial interests but will benefit the country, the public. how will it benefit the public? because the treasury, the u.s. treasury, will deposit money in the bank, money coming in from taxes and the treasury can also borrow money from the bank. this bank has a 20-year charter but it has lots of opponents. you remember that chief opponent, thomas jefferson, hates the bank. the bank, jefferson believes, is an institution that imperils american liberty by elevating to power a nonproductive elite. jefferson comes to power in 1800. so does his authority. that first bank, the charter expires in 1811, but one year later a war erupts with britain. that war is a very expensive war. the national government finds itself in tremendous fiscal straits. so after the war is finished five years later, the democratic republicans, the party of jefferson, charter a second ban

of florida, the state of georgia and even in my home state of illinois, and absolutely in the state of maryland. because these folks, they are a distraction for what is possible. we know even in the state e of governor, -- at my l last count, there are e more registered fols who are registered to vote for the democratic party. the thing we have to do is actually use the work to turn us folks out and mobilize them not just for the election, but beyond election day and get them organized. amy: we want to ask yoyou to sty with us, charlene carruthers, founding director of the black youth prproject 100, author of a new book "unapologetic: a black, queer and feminist mandate for radical movements." we want to thank phillip agnew co-director of dream defenders, , in florida based committee movement and organization that work -- to elect organized fiercely for andrew gillum in his upset victory in the democratic primary for governor in florida. when we come back, we're going to go south to look at mississippi. the surge in deaths in mimississippi'i's prisons. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy

in the united states? >> again, that's not something that we can discuss in an open or public setting but we would be happy to sit down with you and provide a classified briefing with our intelligence immunity. >> do you have anything to add that? >> mr. >> , you'd. >> no senator. >> if he did personally own assets in the united states, why would we not, as a sanction, consider seizing them? hypothetically? >> hypothetically, if any russian oligarch or senior leader have assets in the united states, of course that is an action that we would consider undertaking assuming it's within our legal authority to do so. >> will this is just my opinion, but here's what i think. i think he does own assets in the united states and i think the treasury knows what those assets are and whether we do it in a classified or unclassified setting, that's above my pay grade, but i would like us to have a frank and honest discussion about the ramifications of seizing those assets. would you object to that? >> my little. >> last

the state government, they will be similar to other states. phil have to follow certain rules. -- they will have to follow certain rules. just because you're in the country doesn't mean you'll go into --. some colonial appendage or you not be able to do the things that you would in other states. this is really different. from the situation with other powers. they have heartland, they will not be clonal appendages. places, and these other even if it's on by individuals. that is not the case here. it is made public and turned into private property. again, this happens because of this policy. that's only because it is owed. this is a conscious decision. see here the northwest territory, ohio, indiana, illinois, is that we're talking about. so independence, other elements of northwest ordinance underscored jeffersons vision of independence. as part of the northwest territory, you have part of the inheritance. property andp your give it to the number of people. that will be held in a way that provides has to be transmitted. you will not have --. yo

the state. >> would that be direct contacts between your state and the state of indiana? >> i'm sorry, repeat the question. >> would that direct the contacts you have had back and forth. >> yes, sir, we track the head person in engagement. >> what i would like to do is get a copy of all of that so that we know on the state's end that we can be helpful to our state to make sure that they are getting everything they need, the last mileprogram, all these things put in place. so that we have the most secure possible election. and not -- obviously, my state, but also that across -- >> we can certainly engage and provide you an update on what we're doing particularly nationwide. but i do need to reinforce the fact that there is a level of confidentiality. because i'm involuntary, i'm an entirely dependent position upon a state or local jurisdiction to come to me and to bring information to ask for help. if i'm in a position where i'm posting or sharing what is confidential information, this is just like attorney/client privilege. i'm the attorney, they are the client, they own

of the state of the jews. why anybody would protest against this democratic decision that has been made by the majority of any population in any state and i you know i look on the flags of europe frags which we're speaking about flags of our. our our signs and symbols in the state you can find so many states with the cross of the flags nobody objected big states surrounding us are you slumming states nobody protest against it why is this wave of protect protest is is made against the jewish that is is that the only democratic states in all this region mejor me this question please well the whole thing is a controversy about this low there is nothing good actually about this law this law in first place doesn't include elements which is essential for having a proper a normal life in this country as it is more twenty percent of the society in israel is not jewish and no way it's transfer all those who are not jews to a second class citizens and after this law and that's were for this law doesn't suit israeli soci

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

the state of israel is the nation state of the jewish people israel is a jewish and democratic state individual rights are anchored in many laws including the basic law of human freedom and dignity no one harmed and no one intends to harm these individual rights without the nation state law the future of israel as the jewish nation state cannot be ensured for generations to come. therefore we will establish today a special ministry a committee that will advance those ties and these commitments and in parallel will also recognize those who serve in the israeli military and security services from all religions and ethnicities and simmons following that story for us out of the bureau wester islam andrew clearly benjamin netanyahu is not given to rowing back on this where do you think this is heading next. well it's really every every aa is on the how this protest movement comes together evidently from that remark from netanyahu he's not shifting at all in that special committee you referred to was known about a few days back and it's already been dismissed by all concerned in the proces

out of 50 states. criminal justice system. >> shepard: since you mentioned money, mr. mayor, you also ran on universal healthcare, lots more money for schools and special for teachers, raising the minimum wage to $15 for all floridians. specifically, mr. mayor, if elected governor, how are you going to pay for that? >> yeah, well, what we have proposeside an increase in the corporate tax rate which in the state of florida is lower than. >> shepard: increase from where to win. >> alabama and georgia. right now we are at 5.25. and we have suggested going up to just over 7%. >> shepard: that won't do it? >> puts news line with many other states. it creates a billion dollars in funding for our public education system. and part of it is that i just don't believe that corporations choose states to locate in when they are 40th out of 50th in the public education system. they don't choose states to locate when they have got blue green algae of guacamole content flowing in and out of the state. corporations cho

and the united states will not shrink from this challenge.[applause] >> under president trump's leadership, we will meet it head on to defend our nation and build a peaceful future, here on earth and in space. america will always seek peace, in space as on the earth, but history proves that peace only comes through strength. and in the realm of outer space, the united states space force will be that strength in the years ahead. [applause] >> now, the report the department of defense will release today that secretary mattis just referenced represents a critical step towards establishing the space force as a sixth branch of our armed forces. it actually identified four actions that we will take to evolve our space capabilities and they are built on the lessons of the past. we all remember the hard lesson learned in the early 80s as the tragic debacle of desert one took place. eight american patriots fell in the line of duty while trying to rescue their fellow americans who were being held hostage in iran. in the wake of that failed mission, ame

he was confirmed by the united states senate, sworn in as the deputy secretary of state on may 24th, 2017, and later served as acting secretary of state from april 1, 2018 until secretary pompeo joined the department. deputy secretary sullivan brings a wealth of experience to our state department family. he spent decades in the private sector, most recently as partner and cochair of the law firms national security practice. he has also held senior positions in two prior administrations at the justice defense and commerce departments , including as deputy secretary of commerce from 2007-2009. early in his career, mr. sullivan was a law clerk for associate justice david h souter at the supreme court of the united states and clerked at the united states court of appeals of this fifth circuit. a native of boston, massachusetts, mr. sullivan is a graduate of brown university and earned his law degree in the columbia university school of law. please join me in welcoming deputy secretary sullivan. [applause] >> thank you. it is a great honor for me to stand here today and it's a solemn day

the idea of states rights, the states have certain rights. remember who are the people who have evoked states rights before and for what purpose? before the war. yeah, abby? wait for the mic. make sure the mic is close to you so that everyone can hear your intelligence questions and responses. >> maybe -- i mean, before the civil war it was southern like politician evoking states rights but that was fundamentally to do with slavery. you know, some politicians like in the succession of south carolina in their statement they evoked states rights in terms of sovereignty between the states, but now the federal government has like won, that idea can't stand anymore because now they're having to be reintroduced. slavery is abolished and there is no sovereignty between the states, the federal government has the precedent. >> absolutely. very good. that's exactly why states rights is somewhat discredited, that idea, because first it had been used to defend slavery by southern states, they didn't want the federal government to interfere with slavery,

clay wins four -- excuse me -- five states, jackson takes the bulk of the states. you will notice south carolina refuses to vote for jackson in the middle of that nullification crisis. jackson wins the election and victory for the jack sewn janua -- jacksonians. this cartoon, when i was in graduate school i took a digital history course and we had an assignment, we had to take an old photograph or old black and white cartoon and we had to use photo shop to color it in. i never used photo shop before, but i really thought this cartoon is interesting and it's in bad shape. so i took this cartoon and did that. not bad, right? not bad for a dinner, right? but look at the imagery in this cartoon. pretty incredible. there standing behind jackson the common man, enthusiastically patting him on the back. the bankers, the financiers running away in fear. oh, and look at that, the newspapers, the press, all spread out on the ground, they've been defeated. and then look at the demon face. oh, and look at the columns, the falling columns. what's that all about? well, if you're

some states would restrict abortion, some would ban abortion, others would -- many states would allow exactly what we have now, women can have a right to abortion and there is no restrictions at all. >> for those who want to read your reporting, they can find your work at l.a. times.com. david savage, thank you very much. >> all persons having business before the honorable, the supreme court of the united states, are admonished to give their attention. announcer: "landmark cases," exploring the constitutional dramas between several supreme court decisions. >> number 759. chief justice burger: we will hear arguments for number 18, roe v. wade. >> quite often in many of our most famous decisions, the court took quite unpopular cases. >> let's go through a few cases that illustrate very dramatically and visually what it means to live in this society of 310 million different people who help stick together because they believe in the rule of law. host: good evening, and welcome to c-span's "landmark cases." tonight, the 12th and final in our history series, the 1973 roe v. wade decision, a

being exported from turkey into the united states and fifty. percent on stale now what that scene is on monday the turkish lira dropped to a record low against the us dollar and the words from mr over the weekend of prompted well quite colorful way of saying no to the u.s. dollar across turkey. but ultimately what a trade war creates is uncertainty and uncertainty is kryptonite for business in a trade war in the end everyone loses in everyone's economy takes a hit and not is why we see in the reaction from this side of the atlantic. to the middle east where the israeli prime minister is digging in over another large scale protest in tel aviv against the recently passed nation's state law which are a bit released claim makes non jews second class citizens benjamin netanyahu sais that rallies underline the need for such a law. we received clear testimony of the urgency of the nation state law we saw palestinian flags in the heart of tel aviv we heard the calls with blood and fire we will redeem palestine many of the demonstrators want to repeal t

i think the united states at this point has basically given up on diplomacy. we've seen this very much over the past year plus in terms of how the state department has essentially been playing a inferior role in terms of u.s. foreign policy which is unprecedented so what the government has decided to do is essentially use the only significant a leverage that it retains apart from a military invasion and that basically is is sanctions which are a financial measure and the issue then becomes the ability of the united states to make other countries comply with us financial regulations so pretty much it's if you sort of tell everyone that they have to follow your rules or they won't let you play in our marketplace once economics this attached to that correct. you know that's basically it i mean that the the the the big one that's coming up of course is november fourth when the united states has decided unilaterally that iran will not become how to sell its oil to anyone and anyone who tries to buy iranian oil will be sanctioned by the united states and this is rid

they're hitting red states and purple states like wisconsin and michigan. so it hasn't happened yet, but i to think that -- i do think that there's a growing concern about the impact. there's a very interesting article yesterday in the financial times aha i thought was finish that i thought kind of capture some of in this. there's a head of steam behind these tariffs whether it's the china tariffs or possibly the auto tariffs. it's clear that some folks in the administration would like to move forward with these. i mean, it's there in front of us, right? but there's also some suggestions that the administration -- in feeling the pushback and the outcry maybe particularly there be agriculture but increasingly from manufacturing -- that they're thinking about recalibrating their strategy. you saw in the meeting with european commission, you know? it appears that the u.s. is trying to take a step back from trade war with europe. maybe that's happening now with mexico and canada. and so moving from a situation where we have what looks a bit like a mull hi the f

the state is expanding oil production in the state, even as they are scaling up clean energy. so the sierra club and hundreds of other organizations and scientists are calling for jerry brown to begin a managaged phaseout of fossil fuels, reasonably, thoughtfully, over time, to respond to the climate crisis. and at the samame time, there is also a debate in the state legislature to move the entire state, which is the fifth-largest economy in the world, all the way to 100% clean energy. san diego has committed to going to 100% clean energy. san jose, sann francisco, oakland, large parts of the state at the city level have committed to move to 100% clean energy. we're looking to see the whole state get off of all coal and gas and fossil fuels and moved to 100% clean energy as quickly as possible over the coming years. amy: michael brune, you began -- let me by saying just find it all stop well, you can tell us how you began your piece. if donald trump could take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere as officially as he sucks oxygen out of the news cycle, the, crisis would be solv

the united states reimpose as harsh sanctions on iran but both allies and adversaries refuse to follow the trump administration's lead is this a new blow to american leadership or the first sign a new pull over power structure is beginning to emerge this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm of the doubt that has made earlier this week washington reimpose that wide range of sanctions on iran the move followed the u.s. decision to withdraw from the iran nuclear agreement formally known as the j c p o the trump administration called on other powers to join it but also issued a threat telling governments to choose do business with america or iran not both the response has been a nearly universal no some of washington's closest allies have even promised legislation to protect their own companies against possible american reprisals. are you a little concerned that countries like china. but now actually more. of. the world imports come on zero making progress we think the sanctions are biting already and we think they will continue to fight and cause significant negative econ

, regional dishes, or jazz in each state. i'm sure people would tune in. any comments? >> of course. we do, this is where i will pull in my, it's day 11 so cut me some slack card. i have not gotten my head around all the different types of content, 60 different language services creating and disseminating. i know we do softer sides of news, including documentaries. i don't think we do cooking shows, and i am happy to be corrected on that. the answer has to do with in the general impression in the current era of accusations of fake news, there is so much need to report empirical facts, that investing in softer news might not be the best bang for our buck. that is the impression that guides us. there are huge opportunities for us to intervene in markets where there is a need for content not purely entertainment or purely news, but can draw in audiences and educate them on cooking or interesting recipes from the region but also healthy cooking, healthy eating, which can be tied back to specific national interests. i am happy to

the united states would have no rights to make claims to other states to request those other states to comply with their obligations so we'd see a return to what you might call the wild west of retaliation and counter-retaliation right there that some of that but what a what a long way from that carrot let's talk about the nafta. negotiations because donald trump is at least being consistent to this is a president who is not a fan of multilateral trade deals he described the north america free trade agreement as the worst trade deal maybe ever signed anywhere and the killer of u.s. jobs here is what i can understand about this this is a three way deal between canada the united states and mexico how does mr trump been able to turn what was a three way deal into two bilateral deals u.s. canada and us mexico. well in order to turn it into to wire lateral deals he would have to withdraw the united states from the existing agreements and enter into new agreements with the two states but let me say that what he has negotiated with mexico he concluded preliminary in the negotiations with m

or -- we just recently lost a state trooper, 24-year-old state trooper, who was also a veteran, was needlessly killed in the line of duty. so we've den a number of things in arizona, like the arizona medal of valor, this is for unusual heroism or bravery in the line of duty. and we put together a border streak force which is led by our department of public safety in partnership with our county sheriffs. we've got county sheriff mark daniels who is here today, these are men who work with us at the state level. this administration has been working with us at the national level. we've been getting results not only in stopping gang members and dangerous drug bus arresting criminals at the border and have a cooperative federal government in the pursuit. mercedes: ron, talk to us about the counterterrorism task force and what i.c.e. is doing with that. >> thank you for this opportunity, i'm grate to feel share this moment with good friends and people i care a lot about. i.c.e. was created in the aftermath of 9/11 to prevent the lessons learned in that event. so one of the single biggest investments

and his secretary of state -- and as secretary of state, he successfully navigated through the turbulent relations with britain, france, spain and the barbary pirates -- all of whom were threatening war against us. when president adams retreated to quincy, massachusetts, because frankly abigail didn't like washington very much, he left madison in charge of running the federal government -- i'm sorry, left marshall in charge of running the federal government. it was marshall who oversaw the completion of the national capitol at washington d.c. and as chief justice, marshall brilliantly defended the independence of the judiciary against the attempts by the republicans to impeach the federalist judges. he affirmed the federal court's power to review the actions of the executive and of congress. he established the supremacy of the federal government over the states, and he promoted the idea of a national market9 that would promote -- market that would promote commerce. he protected private property and facilitated the growth of corporations and private colleges. he defended the rights of the

of state and assistant secretary of state for africa took part in the ceremony to mark the anniversary. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests, but everybody please find a place. we are delighted with the turnout. thank you very much. good morning. my name is pete were nausea and i'm the assistant secretary of state for african affairs than i am honored and humbled to be with all of you today as we remember those who lost in the night to 90 amens in the embassies of nairobi. it is now my privilege to introduce you to secretary of state, john jay sullivan. john sullivan was confirmed by the united states senate, sworn in on may 24th 2017 and he later served as acting secretary of state from april 1st 2018 until secretary pompeo. deputy secretary sullivan brings a wealth of experience to her state department family. he spent decades in the private sector and cochair of the law firm's national security part is. also he's held senior positions of two prior administrations at the justice defense and commerce department

i work as -- at the state department seeks to advance the united states interest in this region by promoting a democratic, secure, stable hemisphere. goals that members of this committee told me are important. the united states has a long and strategic hardship of honduras. economic prosperity, security, are linked to u.s. national security. there is no denying the significant flow of migrants from honduras creating conflict challenges of key concern to many senators. honduras is adjusting those many underlying conditions. including the lack of jobs and economic opportunity, high levels of crime, and a sometimes corrupt government. with important assistance of any united states congress, government institutions and social services for receiving return -- have improved. honduras is also strengthening its border controls to prevent trafficking in human smuggling. and national dialogue is vital to address the violence that occurs following the november 2017 election. to reform the electoral process and most importantly, to reconcile it deeply divided country. if confirmed, will also make a prio