it includes state to main the 50 states, plus the district of columbia. we have an example of congress deeming a nonstate to be a state, and thereby authorizing the subsidies within that policy. similarly, the statute says if a territory create such an exchange, shall be treated as a state. again, you have congress drawing an equivalence between something that is not a state and the state, so residents of that policy will be eligible for substitute. simply put, the entire statute is fully consistent with the requirement that taxpayers be enrolled in state established exchanges in order to receive the tax credits or subsidies that are available through the exchanges. the statute is clear and consistent and unambiguous on this point. as of legislative history, the most important thing to understand about this provision is how little legislative history there is. there are three interrelated reasons for this. first, as the new republic's jonathan cohen told npr in january, 2010, exchanges got very little attention in the additional -- the initial debate over

the defined to mean the 50 states, plus the district of columbia. we have an example of congress deeming a nonstate to be a state , and thereby authorizing the subsidies within that policy. statute says if a territory create such an exchange, shall be treated as a state. again, you have congress drawing an equivalence between something that is not a state and the state, so residents of that policy will be eligible for substitute. simply put, the entire statute is fully consistent with the requirement that taxpayers be enrolled in state established to receiven order the tax credits or subsidies that are available through the exchanges. andstatute is clear consistent and unambiguous on this point. history, thetive most important thing to understand about this provision is how little legislative history there is. there are three interrelated reasons for this. republic'she new jonathan cohen told npr in january, 2010, exchanges got very little attention in the additional -- the initial debate over the flaw. and that is because "it is not a hot button iss

"incorporated and blended with the state." church and state. ut by the middle of the 18th this did not sit well with the growing ranks of religious dissenters. particularly presbyterians and the baptists. they challenged that established church's ideas. they clenged enlightenment thought as embodied for example in the works of jefferson and madison. people like jefferson and madison objected to the language of "toleration." tolerating churches that were not part of the establishment. they did not like toleration. they insisted instead on complete religious freedom. their language prevailed in the 16th article of the religious declaration of rights and found its fullest expression a decade ater in jefferson's statute. this time, most virginiaans virginians most accepted the idea. as george mason wrote in the declaration of rights, "religion is the tutey we owe to our creator." think of that, religion as duty. jefferson in the statute would speak about religion as "opinion." gain, most virginiaians -- virginians believed the government rested on t

let's start with that report on consumer spending by the states. this is something new right clicks >> this is brand-new. what's interesting and exciting about the report is that it breaks down consumer spending. consumers are important. they make up about 70% of the spending in the total economy and not only that but they are one of the drivers of growth. so what we are doing for the first time is breaking out consumer spending by state so we can see how the consumers are reacting to the economic individual states and one of the things we find as they are different reactions and the realities are a lot different in the different regions and not only are we breaking out the total consumer spending we are also breaking it up by category so you can look at some of the details in terms of what they are spending money on. part of the impetus was during the financial crisis and the great recession we got calls for a lot more data on how the consumers were varying and we think that the state component is interesting and important. >> host: people get to t

of the renewables in new york and the state where we go from here i want to start with the climate change been new york economy there's been i don't know why an idiotic debate around climate change (clapping) why this is a debate i'll never know, you know, we don't talk about drowning polar bears but new york was hit with super short term sandy it was the largest and when it hit new jersey but spit despite it was the second most it's truthful storm in history trailing katrina sandy caused more than $68 billion in damage and it happened in new york state it happened in the real estate to our bridges and tunnels and roads all things were flooded with significant damage. the energy infrastructure was seriously damaged being e merged in seawater. thank fully we've landowner a lot sandy's 14 foot storm surge we talk about this is a storm surge of 14 feet 2 feet higher than any in the history. that's why the electrical system was flooded and the brooklyn tunnel was flood and lower manhattan and queens were completely underwater we took away many, many lessons i have to give and the gentl

we're going from california san francisco to the oovt of the united states the senator from the new york state he's a ranking member on the technology and i think has been a vigorous fighter for our justice cause (clapping.) okay before everyone as we have a group of technical stiff going i need everybody - ready. i need everybody to smile in the the first (laughter) hi. now we've got the self i didn't see out of the way. i have no idea how to use the power point i'm going to press the bottoms. all right. good evening >> good evening. so if you weren't here i'm from brooklyn i want to call a word >> he have to say in response good evening friends. >> good evening. >> i cail you guys friends even though i've met which of you for the first time today i feel like we share so much in common first those who are here deeply care about climate change and those who have the motivation to move forward in a road map we need to realize but second there was another great motivation speak by governor jerry brown give them a hand. it's speech was a call to action to the state legislators across the co

the state talks about the robison case, johnson versus robison saying that the state only needs to show that the inclusion of the included group further a legitimate of the state. the state is misreading that case. the court found that the line drawn there rationally distinguished between the two groups, there was good reasons why conscientious objectivors could be denied veteran benefits and veterans could not. they were not similarly situated with respect to those benefits. here is the problem that we have with the biology rational. michigan has a robust policy of adoption. it allows single, gay, and lesbian people to adopt. in michigan, adoptive parents have the same legal rights as biological parents. it allows donor sperm. it allows artificial insemination. cases are struck down under rational basis that are riddled with exceptions. so the ban doesn't face that rationale. another disconnect. people can marry without having children and people can have children without being married. infertile, involuntary, they can all marry. equal protection under constitutional law doctrine disti

china and the united states. building trust is elusive particular if one side doesn't understand what the other side thinks and why it does. that is the value of this book. and i can think of no better person to explain the iranian viewpoint to a western audience than seyed hossein mousavian who was at many events who did his und undergraduate here and has been doing research and teaching at princeton. i can recommend his book and it is for sale at the door. and i should tell you it is proved to be so poplar that we had to send out to the publisher to get more in. and he will linger a bit at the end to sign copies and chat with you. he was here two years ago to discuss his first book and i am delighted to have him back here potentially at this moment for our two countries. welcome and the floor is yours. [applause] >> thank you. first of all, i would like to extend my gratitute to warren and his colleagues at ipi -- gratitude -- for planning this event. i came to the united states in mid-1970s and left the u.s. so

capacity on the part of the state they have the resources. this is a relatively wealthy state. they have a history of innovation in healthcare. healthcare in the fortunately of an all payer determines reimbursement for all hospital services. they have done there for a long time. this doesn't happen elsewhere in country.h or the they have a generous medicaid program and they had a good thatt with plenty of plans were willing to participate. those factors are all there. cheerleading sort of perspective you would say wow, everything is in place. what happened? was a horrible monumental failure that really to the infrastructure of the exchange itself, the i.t. maryland is among the lowest of the states in eligible nrolling people as a result. horrible outcome for what i think was a pretty good planning process but much remains to be learned about there. why did the exchange fail? i can't tell you that. all thethink anyone has answers. there's a legislature post-audit study under way. the g.a.o. is looking at this. answers that will be forthcoming but a few we can was the plan ow, to

in the united states. he is the author of church and state and revolutionary virginia and "the great catastrophe of my life: divorce and the old dominion." his latest book is "establishing religious freedom." vhs. an old friend of the he described himself as a vhs and seek a few moments ago, which i think is somewhat self rep -- self-deprecating. he has spoken your in the past. it is a real treat to have him latest talk about his book. please join me in a warm vhs welcome for tom buckley. [applause] >> thank you very much, paul. it is really nice to be back here again. it is my home away from home when i am in richmond. in 1878, the chief justice of the united supreme court -- if i can make this thing work -- there he is. he looks like an antique there himself. [laughter] in 1878, this chief justice had a major case to decide. congress had recently outlawed polygamy. the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints was asserting a right to practice later me on the grounds of the free exercise clause of the f

basis of the state of california we've got to manage this impending disaster we're experts in disaster preparedness and management i want to thank the governor mark for hosting this recreational meeting >> thank you all how are stakeholders in this to be working and sharing information with each other as an entire region. san francisco while we will do our best we have to work in concert with the north bay arresting and all regions this is not going to go away we've not be lucky like maybe in the world series or something where we can count on someone else's failure to be our success we have to make our own success we're doing our best in san francisco. since 2007 our san francisco government agencies have reduced water by 20 percent but still that's not enough i've called for on ailed 10 percent because if we are going to have some serious conversations with our businesses before i do that before i indicate to them what we need from them and they are the biggest water yourselves in our city we have to demonstrate ou

>> it depends on the state. states could create it exchanges. there is some question about whether or not they could still get the federal of subsidies that were initially provided for state creation. and for some states, like in ohio, have enacted constitutional amendment that preclude the state from doing anything that forces someone to acquire health insurance. if that is interpreted to apply to things like the employer or even the individual mandate, it seems like ohio would not be allowed to create an exchange without repealing that. because the creation of the exchange results in tax credits that trigger both the employer mandate and the individual mandate penalties. it depends on the state, how easy that would be. but certain states, politically, this would probably become a political issue in the states, just as medicaid expansion has been. in some states, it is politically popular to want to accept medicaid expansion, and in some states, it's popular to say no, we are not going to take it -- take the money. >> healthcare.gov has proven a

they put the state ahead of the individual. our president is presiding over the downgrading of our economy and the degrading of our constitutional rights. i have a rendezvous with destiny. because we are going to elect the president of the united states that will fully repeal the obama health law. a president who will reign in the power and cost and size of this behemoth federal government. we should eliminate the department of energy, environmental protection, importantly,d most let's get rid of the department of the interior. the land belongs to us not the federal government. that's right. and we will elect a president that takes seriously his or her both

montana is a really interesting state as so many of the western states are. lots of folks think it is very conservative, but it is that combination of libertarian, and also with a populous bent that the right candidate can really make a huge difference. i worked for senator john tester prior to becoming the president of emily's list. i think he is a great example of the kind of leader that you can elect in montana. i think that's what the people of montana are looking for in this election. we'll have to see what's going to happen here with the choice of who is going to be the nominee for this election. it is a short amount of time, and it's going to be -- it is not easy to mount a campaign statewide as quickly as they are going to have to. but with the right issues, i think we could see some of this play out in montana as well. >> here in washington we are obviously very focused on what is going on in the senate and keep therats' fight to senate. at that point in time there is only one woman occupying a governor's mansion. tell us about the races emily's list

you look at the question over here and what is the state definition of the access they will provide to marriage. it can be a fundamental right to marriage. they are saying that it is a bilateral association and it is a fundamental right to marry. a number of states have already ruled that way. if that is the situation, our case is simple. then, you have, under due process, a notion that when you are married, that attaches all sorts of rights. you have important parenting rights and child-rearing rights that are recognized by the supreme court. for history, that has been transportable across state lines. that is a separate argument and there is a fundamental right to marriage recognition that is transportable. then, there is another line. it is equal protection. if you have an unusual situation like section three of doma where the federal government always accepts something as a marriage and same-sex couples, they say we are not getting into the business of marriage. that is unusual discrimination and requires special consideration. when the court applies that test, not putting a doctri

particularly at the state level. when you put these republican principles into practice it still works. the progress we are seeing in education are all a result of the act that we are putting these into practice. i love telling that story. >> governor mike pence, thank you for being our newsmaker. >> let me turn back to our reporters. >> i think these are better than a lot of old realize. he is floating at the fringe of a discussion. there are bigger personalities out there. rand paul who are getting more headlines. he is a social conservative. there should be a litmus test or anything during they could be seen as a candidate who could rise later in the race. >> who ever it is should come from the state level. do you think that is a re-teaming quality for voters for the republican base? >> it is clear that democrats who are angry look at the congressional approval ratings. it is not a surprise to hear a governor say that this ought to come from the state capital. have to a coalesce a lot of the parties various element

china and the united states. uilding trust is elusive particular if one side doesn't understand what the other side thinks and why it does. that is the value of this book. and i can think of no better person to explain the iranian viewpoint to a western audience than seyed hossein mousavian who was at many events who did his und undergraduate here and has been doing research and teaching at princeton. i can recommend his book and it is for sale at the door. and i should tell you it is proved to be so poplar that we had to send out to the publisher to get more in. and he will linger a bit at the end to sign copies and chat with you. he was here two years ago to discuss his first book and i am delighted to have him back here potentially at this moment for our two countries. welcome and the floor is yours. [applause] >> thank you. first of all, i would like to extend my gratitute to warren and his colleagues at ipi -- gratitude -- for planning this event. i came to the united states in mid-1970s and left the u.s. som

what can the united states do to improve the situation? nited states is an important partner and a common ally of korea and japan. so you will certainly have to be conscious and aware of the reactions from both friends, korean reaction and the japanese reaction. i have been in politics for 10 years, and i have been leading the delegation from korea to participate in a trilateral parliamentary legislative exchange in u.s. and korea and japan. and i found that when we talk about sensitive issues between korea and japan such as an issue on our territory, the sex slave issue -- very emotional, and the shrine issue which is explosive, our japanese counterparts from tokyo tended to behave very rationally without american sense. maybe our japanese counterparts think that koreans behave well with our american friends, as well. so i think there is some kind of a spirit, a dialogue, a partnership, even when we talk about sensitive issues the between the two sides. mind you, united states cannot disregard the issues, the phony issues between korea and

at the stated level. i have served 12 years on capitol hill and about 1.5 years as the governor of indiana. whatconvinced the cure for ails us will come north from our nation state capitals that it ever will from our nation's capital. i hope more republican-led states are really leading the way with the kind of results that are demonstrating that when you put these republican principles into practice this all works. i am very optimistic about the future. i'm very humbled and grateful to be among the company of so many accomplishment and women in our party across the country. i like our chances. for the it be a mistake party to nominate someone who is in washington now? do a mistake would for our party to continue to look to washington for a place we are going to solve many of the intractable problems facing our country. is less about where the leadership emerges from than the focus. to some extent, our party in the last quarter century has become as washington center as the democratic party. in my short te

the state says the judge had failed to spell out adequate legal grounds for his decision. a federal court in texas has struck down major parts of a law that would have restricted abortions in that state. the law, which was to have gone into effect monday, would have required abortion clinics to meet hospital building standards, like widening hallways, before conducting additional procedures. the judge said the law would have placed an undue burden on women in part because some women would have had to travel 500 miles to get an abortion. and the rare intact skeletal remains of a man thought to have lived more than 6,000 years ago have gone on display at the penn museum in philadelphia. the remains were first discovered in 1930 in what is now southern iraq, but sat in storage in the museum's basement ever since. they were found in an unmarked box only after the museum started digitizing its collection and couldn't account for the item. >> sreenivasan: returning now to the crisis in ukraine. for more perspective about what options the united states and its western allies have

the bay area. i too want to thank our state officials for hosting this meeting here in san francisco. it's the eight drug - drug drought task force kind of like it the drought task force meeting that's been held. i think the bay area is a very important place to hold such a meeting i also want to thank harry less than kelly for hosting this this room is fantastic i'm in awe of what we've being able to do with 24 green building. nancy ward is someone who we worked closely with over the years when she was at fema and mark stole nancy from fema but luckyly she didn't go too far we get to work with her still we're worked with cal we say that john doe i didn't talks to my staff on 0 daily basis if issues ranging from reimbursements to the rim fire occupying we've worked closely with cal o s and mark has been in his position since 2012 was appoint by governor jerry brown and serves as the homeland security advisors he comes with us with thirty plus years in the field and responded to so many disasters in california i'm he can't remember but we have this critically close work are, manship her

here is the wire from the governor of the state of wyoming. so there was a lot of fear about that later. in 1892 they came up on the far side of casper and they got off the train and they got their horses and they started riding north. the objective of was to write to southern johnson county. when they arrived it is covered that one of their primary target was only a little bit further north. and they talk to the man that they attacked and it was november 301 of 1891 and they had not been successful. instead they shot back at him and he became the prime witness in the case of attempted murder. so they wanted to kill him because he was the primary witness against criminal charges that were being vigorously pursued against the leaders of the assassination squad that were the big shots in the association and i believe it was the ninth of april of 1892 and the idea is that they were going to kill these men and the only problem was that one was a very tough guy. so there were 50 men lazing around him and by 3:00 o'clock there were three wounded in t

the statistic of the united states was e -- the constitution of the united states was designed to preserve sirred value, embody certain beliefs about the nature of humanity. it was supposed to create a check against the nature of man kind. this ises why the founders believed youd in interests to counterbalance interests and the nature of hand kind dictated -- no man could be trusted with ultimate power because men were capable of great evil, which is exactly what madison said. men are not angels. if they were no government would be necessary, and if there -- we're web site and -- we're human beings -- people who are not president obama are devils and he is an angel inch his view and the views of his administration, people who work for the government are by necessity good. a self-selected group of people who are only there for the best. all the rest of us are there for the worst. we're there for self-interest, evil self-interest. why you see president obama and his wife go around to the rest of the country and say repet lid if you want to do good for the country, don't start a business, go

the state group, is to rout them from syria. you have already reported on the on going wave of air strikes now trying to get some space between the groups fighters and the mosul dam, and there are questions being raised where the rhetoric, this is a threat to american security, american national security represented by the islamic state group, does the rhetoric match the actions and the president's stated goals here, of protecting americans, there are certainly seems to be an escalation, dempsey saying you have to get at them within syria, obviously the administration sticking to their no ground troops vow, that it will not be reinserted into iraq, and certainly not into syria, but the rest of the rhetoric is certainly escalating. the temperatures are rising in wake of that gruesome murder of james foley. >> mike, i want to ask you how this plays politically, both in terms of the beheading but also the briefing at the pent gone, does that give the administration more cover politically, should they decide to escalate and provide m

40% of the state is african-american. it seems to me that the cochran campaign campaigned for african-american votes and mcdaniel didn't. and that's why he lost. >> every candidate should be campaigning for african-american votes, hispanic votes. to bob dole's point we want to fwroe the party but on bases like school choice, strong republican focus issue that would help black americans more than any other group of americans and yet we don't see thad cochran doing that. we don't see pat roberts doing that. and you see more of it at the state level. but there are ways to appeal to voter that is aren't thought of as traditionally republican. it needs to be done on a principle basis. just talking to them about how conservative principles can make their life better. >> okay. we'll leave it there. >> that should be our focus. >>> president of the conservative funds these days, ken cuccinelli. thank you for coming on, sir. good to talk with you. >> you, too. >>> today, bill clinton, former president, of course, is moderating a pa

sill just a week before the city asked the state for help. e police superintendent said he didn't want it. >> we have more police officers than any large city in the country per capita. so let's not do that. >> reporter: austin is one of chicago's more violent neighborhoods. this marks the shot where a 14-year-old was gunned down on sunday, shot in the back by two unknown assailants. austin is one of the neighborhoods the state troopers are covering. it also is in this man's district. he is convinced the state police are making a difference. >> the world is out that you cannot commit crime in chicago because if you do, you are going to get caught. the laws are there to deter. >> reporter: still ford admits it may take time before the people doing the shooting, get that message. >>> concerns are growing in the united states and around the world over ebola, senegal has now confirmed its first case of ob oboe -- ebola. the world health organization is warning that the number of cases could rise to 20,000 in a matter of months. that's six times th

and that is a conundrum for the united states. they don't feel -- president obama does not feel that he has partners in syria. either in the assad regime or in the -- amongst the syrian rebel groups. assad doesn't rule his border, he's not in control of the north part of his country. and therefore it's -- he has very little say over what people do. and the united states has claimed self-defense in this because of the foley murder and because isis has said that it's going to hurt america. and come to new york. what does president obama now that he's gotten himself involved in striking isis does he want to detroit them or does he just want to missour mow thes prime minister netanya too ooh did in gaza without any attempt to fix the root problems of sunni discontent stretching from throughout syria all the way over to iraq? that's the question. is he going to try to build a nation out of the if he di dests isis to replace it with something, or is he going to kill the leadership, destroy as much as their military stuff as he can and hi

the sergeant was a friend to the united states. and was brought home at the cost of five terrorist officials. he was an american citizen so we had to be brought home. if there is anything that speaks to a dictation it is the president's ability to say who is an american citizen and who isn't with the purpose of hitting them for a drone. what the obama administration has done as far as the mining of meta data is far beyond the scope of the patriot act. the person that wrote this said if i perceived it would be widely applied by united states to check our g-mail and g-chats i would not have signed off on this. bribry is rampant with the president paying off unions and political allies and some of the statistics on bribery is stunning. $3.9 billion in grants backed by firms with connectioconnections obama staffers. the $20 million in green technology loan contained $16 billion went to companies related to president obama or his cronies. bribery is rampant within this administration. and there is obstruction of justice and the federal g

state legislatures. the riege season a hot bed of tea party activism. in some states where the tide is running from blue to red, it can be difficult to differentiate republican from democratic candidates. s the complex. and we find opposition various in degree as well as rationale and motive. the south is not as solid as it might seem in its opposition. as the state reports illustrate, differences in opinion are present within the states themselves. not only between proponents and opponents of a.c.a. but amongst those who have reservations about a.c.a. our field reports provide excellent examples of this network. both florida and texas have gained significant attention as a result of actions taken by key elected officials. as the reports discuss in rich detail opponents to a.c.a. in these states have not always seen eye to eye in responding to the new law. they have also had differing iews on how to move forward. for example, conservative governors and legislators may have different views on how to move forw

for the time being it seems as though the tart for this state of the -- target for this state of the operation is to retake mosul dam, an important resource for the whole country, not just northern iraq. how do you think british and american forces can prevent following through and getting caught up in the syrian conflict? >> well, they'll have to really stay off the ground as much as possible, if you will, and leave the heavy fighting for the peshmerga and iraqi troops, who should be berg into the fray at some point. there is a tendency for i.s.i.s. to be clever about how they are going to booby trap around the dam. and the dam itself. it may take special operations forces in order to make the dam safe. yell have to see when that poip comes. >> thank you for the ipp site. >> thank you very much. director at the middle eastern gulf military analysis institute. >>> now, fighting between rival armed groups continue in libya, despite falls for a ceasefire. the u.n. condemned an escalation in the violence, saying it threatens the stability of the country. >>> five weeks of fighting betwe

minister hinted on monday of the country's willingness to work with the united states to take down the islamic state. >> syria is willing to cooperate and work to fight on terrorism, but takeing into consideration that the syrian government is representing the syrian sovereignty. >> sideing with the regime that the u.s. encouraged others to over throw is not sounding ideal or logical, but what other options does the u.s. have. can the u.s. defeat the islamic state without giving advantage to other problem players in the region? the way forward for u.s. policy in iraq and syria and what are the obama willings's options and the risks attached to those options? we have froefr from georgetown university. a senior fellow from the council on foreign relations and deputy security of defense. and a fellow at the brookings institution and author of temptations of power. you have got these lists of possible options, the chips on the u.s.'s side of the table, and on the islamic states, what's the next logical moh for the u.s.? >> well, the first thing that we need to do is take some lessons from

has a consulate and military personnel. -- united states military the united states has also begun rubbing really supplies to iraqis forced to flee their homes. about 40,000 numbers of the yazidi religious minority remain on mount sinjar near the border with syria. obama said airstrikes may be needed to halt what he said was a potential genocide. >> when we have the unique capabilities to help avert a massacre, i believe the united states of america cannot turn a blind eye. weekend act -- we can act carefully a response bleacher prevent a potential genocide. fighting has resumed in gaza after the expiration of a 72-hour cease-fire. israel said it launched airstrikes after palestinians resumed rocket fire. palestinian officials say a 10-year-old boy was killed earlier today when an israeli airstrike hit near a mosque in gaza city. six people were wounded. ofamas rejected an extension the three-day cease-fire saying that israel had failed to meet a key palestinian demand to tease the crippling blockade of gaza. the month-long israeli offenses has killed nearly 1900 palestinians,

that would've outlawed abortion in that state. the voters of mississippi, not a progressive state i don't think we'd say, they overwhelmingly, rejected that. >> yet 14 years ago a third of women of reproductive age lived in states considered hostile to abortion access. now more than half do. why is that not losing? >> i don't think it's the states, i think it's the state legislatures. i do think the state legislatures have moved dramatically to the right, and not just on women's issues, on a whole, on voting rights issues, on a whole host of issues. unfortunately, a wing of the republican party, the most extreme wing that believes abortion should not be legal, that believes birth control should not be available are really in charge of the primary process. >> is it conceivable to you that your opponents have won the moral argument, that is they've convinced enough people in conservative circles that abortion is morally wrong, leaving politicians that you talk about no choice but to go where the voters lead? >> i fundamentally disagree

that's the state department. he's wrapping up a very important summit with african leaders that came to washington. the president will make a statement and answer reporters' questions. we anticipate the questions will be far ranging between what's going on with israel, hamas and gaza to ukraine, the ebola outbreak in africa. lots of issues on the agenda. let's bring in john king, elise, and john are here. he always has a news conference, but this is a little different. >> it is. he has a message he has to get across. 40% approval rating and his approval is 46% now, and it's even lower and handling isis in iraq, 47 approval rating and handling russia, 36%. it is in tune with what the american people want, withdrawing from iraq and withdrawing from afghanistan in a number of months, but clearly it's hard for the american people to turn their eyes away from the crisis and how they're exploding and how so far the adhad minh statia administration's policies, and calming the situation in gaza or, frankly, standing up to

you're leading on the minimum wage. thirteen states in the year have enacted increases in the minimum wage. mayors and other county executives doing the same. you look at the issue of paid leave and workplace flexibility, and you see leadership at state and local levels across this country. you look at leadership in the civil rights context, and i implore you to continue at a state and and local level to enact these laws. because what we need is what i call redundancy this law enforcement. if we're going to protect people against discrimination, we need federal laws, we need state laws, and we need local laws. because laws are only as good as the political will of the people enforcing them. and at any one given time, the will to enforce may not be there at one level. and that is why you need to continue those efforts to put this place those protections at a state and a local level. because you really are those drum majors for justice. i firmly believe and i leave you with this, that the moral arc of our nation and our universe bends to

we heard the secretary of state chuck hagel say that the islamic state group is worse than anything that the united states has ever seen including al-qaeda. we heard the joint chief of staff say that they will have to be routed out of syria if they're going to be defeated, and they need to be defeated. now comes another top adviser ben rhodes when asked if, in fact, the president is entertaining airstrikes in syria at this point to go after the islamic state group, his answer is that they're actively considering what would be necessary to protect americans and they are not restricted by borders. now all of this under the stated policy, here's the concern now, a gap opening up between the rhetoric that is being used and the stated policy of the american government, that is to protect american interests inside iraq. that's why they've been executing airstrikes up to 93. most of them around the mosul dam, that vital facility that was controlled by the islamic state forces. let's listen to what they had to say. >> we're going to do what is necessary to protect americans, and so if we see plo

one wonders whether the state system under the twin pressures now of their breakup of the states and the pressure still for popular revolutions, whether or not the middle east is going to go through a major convulsion anyway. if it does, one piece that we cannot leave standing is a jihadist group with that much standing that is capable of attacks across europe and the u.s. >> we have to worry to the threat of the homeland. no question and the way condi described it, absolutely accurate in terms of the number of people who have american passports was that is a concern. -- and so, that is a concern. the thing that is also a concern and is something that has led the president to change in terms of the airstrikes has to do with the humanitarian situation. and one of the things that has troubled me all along is that we have not cared enough about the humanitarian situation in syria and not only the specific things about the numbers of people who have died were being displaced, -- or the number who have been displaced but the effect of , having those displaced people whether in the jordan w

whether he's efficient or not he was handed the country in a very very poor state. the united states was a very very big player in these whole quagmire trying to dislodge the governments in both iraq and in syria i wonder what will it take for the united states to every concede that even for good reasons like democracy or freedom regime change is rarely a good idea i think rarely a good idea is probably a good way to put it and by the way i would agree with a lot of your comments about maliki i think you've made them better than his government has made them in fact the criticism of maliki for not having enough sunni outreach that may be true but i think one can apportion some of the criticism on the sunni's who have made it very clear they're not interested in living under a shia prime minister that has a prime minister represent shia political power and so i think it's a very fundamental problem in iraq and so i don't i think it's a problem much deeper than maliki's behavior and whether he has kept or not kept various promises so i think he has a problem in how he's

adler, who are the most at risk populations in the united states? you talked a lot about protecting children. is it the children? you have also testified about protecting the elderly population. guest: well, depending on the product, different hazard products have emerged, but you are correct i have in concerned by the elderly since i have moved into that demographic. statistics,at the the elderly over 65 constitute 65% of the fatalities from consumer products, and the demographic is only growing. an interesting statistic i've run across -- we have more people age 55 and older than they have people in canada. as i say, this demographic is only growing, so it is an area that i have been particularly concerned about. when i was acting chair, i actually reorganized the agency to a small amount to put a tohanical hazard tteam the elderly together. i think this will growing concern for this agency and other agencies as well. host: you talked about cribs when it comes to children. what products are the elderly population more at risk from? guest: falls. st

the united states now on the highest state of alert for a health emergency. the cdc raising its emergency operations center to a level one. the world health organization today saying it may declare an international public health emergency. ebola confirmed in the most populous country in africafrica nigeria. it has killed nearly 1,000 people. >> despite, obviously, extraordinary pain and hardship of the families and persons who have been affected and despite the fact that we have to take this very seriously, we have to remind ourselves this is not an airborne disease, this is one that can be controlled and contained very effectively if we use the right protocols. >> dr. sanjay gupta is "outfront." you were at the cdc when it raised that alert to the highest possible level. that decision, i know, not one to be made lightly. >> it is not. the last time this happened was during the 2009 h1n1 flu epidemic and before that hurricane katrina. they take this seriously. this is where we're focusing our attention. we're keeping our eyes on the ball and the ball is all ab

strike in the united states. this is like nothing the middle east has seen in your lifetime, is it? >> absolutely. i've never seen any force like this. this is a nightmarish, puritanical islamic force. this is al qaeda on steroids. unfortunately for the last two years we let them fester and grow in syria and we discovered their lethality in june when they took over most of northern iraq, including the second largest iraqi city, mosul. there was a panic in washington when they threatened baghdad, but then again, that sense of urgency dissipated in the last few weeks. the clash between the united states and isis was inevitable. the question today is whether the president of the united states is doing enough. the question is, is it too little too late. at this stage what i see is it is too little. the president doesn't want boots on the ground. i understand that, obviously. but he has to support somebody else's boots on the ground. and the only available boots willing to fight are the kurds and we need to embark on a